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Silver in Organic Chemistry
Harmata Michael
The first authoritative book on using silver cations in organic chemistry—for catalysis and more! With more sophisticated catalytic methodologies fueling a resurgence in the study of cation-based chemistry, gold and platinum have stepped to the...
Heidegger and the Media
Gunkel David
The most significant philosopher of Being, Martin Heidegger has nevertheless largely been ignored within communications studies. This book sets the record straight by demonstrating the profound implications of his unique philosophical project...
Quantitative Modeling in Toxicology
Krishnan Kannan
Governments around the world are passing laws requiring industry to assess the toxicity of the chemicals and products they produce, but to do so while reducing, refining, or even replacing testing on animals. To meet these requirements,...
Global Issues. An Introduction
Seitz John L.
Extensively revised and updated, the new Fourth Edition of Global Issues: An Introduction offers a unique approach to the most important environmental, economic, social, and political concerns of modern life. Revised and updated to reflect the...
Crystallography and Crystal Defects
Kelly Anthony
Extensively revised and updated, this new edition of a classic text presents a unified approach to crystallography and to the defects found within crystals. The book combines the classical and exact description of symmetry of a perfect crystal...
In Vivo Glucose Sensing
Cunningham David D.
In Vivo Glucose Sensing is a key reference for scientists and engineers working on the development of glucose sensing technologies for the management of diabetes and other medical conditions. It discusses the analytical chemistry behind the...
Elements of Environmental Chemistry
Hites Ronald A.
From Reviews of the First Edition: «This splendid, at times humorous, and reasonably priced little book has much to commend it to undergraduate chemists and to other science students.» —J. G. Farmer, University of Edinburgh «Complex...
Historicising Gender and Sexuality
Spear Jennifer M.
Historicising Gender and Sexuality features a diverse collection of essays that shed new light on the historical intersections between gender and sexuality across time and space. Demonstrates both the particularities of specific formulations of...
Biocatalysis and Biomolecular Engineering
Shaw Jei-Fu
An expert overview of new technologies guiding the construction of a sustainable society This compendium of important insights from sixty distinguished international scholars looks at the significant advances in progressive environmental...
Handbook of Therapeutic Antibodies
Reichert Janice M.
Still the most comprehensive reference source on the development, production and therapeutic application of antibodies, this second edition is thoroughly updated and now has 30% more content. Volume 1 covers selection and engineering strategies...
Polyploid and Hybrid Genomics
Chen Z. Jeffrey
Polyploidy plays an important role in biological diversity, trait improvement, and plant species survival. Understanding the evolutionary phenomenon of polyploidy is a key challenge for plant and crop scientists. This book is made up of...
Handbook of Battery Materials
Daniel Claus
A one-stop resource for both researchers and development engineers, this comprehensive handbook serves as a daily reference, replacing heaps of individual papers. This second edition features twenty percent more content with new chapters on...
Laser Surface Modification and Adhesion
Mittal K. L.
The book provides a unique overview on laser techniques and applications for the purpose of improving adhesion by altering surface chemistry and topography/morphology of the substrate. It details laser surface modification techniques for a wide...
An Introduction to Bioreactor Hydrodynamics and Gas-Liquid Mass Transfer
Heindel Theodore J.
Reviews and compares the major types of bioreactors, defines their pros and cons, and identifies research needs and figures of merit that have yet to be addressed Describes common modes of operation in bioreactors Covers the three common...
Solid State NMR Studies of Biopolymers
McDermott Anne E.
The content of this volume has been added to eMagRes (formerly Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance) – the ultimate online resource for NMR and MRI. The field of solid state NMR of biological samples [ssNMR] has blossomed in the past 5-10 years,...
Critical Perspectives on Global Competition in Higher Education. New Directions for Higher Education, Number 168
Portnoi
This volume delivers a cutting-edge analysis on vernacular globalization, or how local forces mediate global trends. It delves into the vital facets of the quest for global competitiveness, including: Global university rankings World-class...
Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition. A Practical Guide
Mackey Alison
Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition: A Practical Guideis an informative guide to research design and methodology for graduate students and scholars. Each chapter of this volume offers background, step-by-step guidance, and relevant...
Introductory Bioelectronics. For Engineers and Physical Scientists
Pethig Ronald R.
Bioelectronics is a rich field of research involving the application of electronics engineering principles to biology, medicine, and the health sciences. With its interdisciplinary nature, bioelectronics spans state-of-the-art research at the...
Oxidation of Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins. Kinetics and Mechanism
Rokita Steven E.
Explains the role of reactive intermediates in biological systems as well as in environmental remediation With its clear and systematic approach, this book examined the broad range of reactive intermediate that can be generated in biological...
Letters to a Young Chemist
Ghosh Abhik
What’s it really like to be a chemist? Leading chemists share what they do, how they do it, and why they love it. “Letters to a young …” has been a much-loved way for professionals in a field to convey their enthusiasm and the realities of what...
In Transition: Adult Higher Education Governance in Private Institutions. New Directions for Higher Education, Number 159
Ellis J. Richard
Take a candid look into how some traditional liberal arts colleges have incorporated nontraditional adult degree programs. This volume of case studies shows how a number of small, independent universities addressed various administrative and...
Suicide Risk Management. A Manual for Health Professionals
Chehil Sonia
Suicide Risk Management: A Manual for Health Professionals is a short, clearly written book that provides practical guidance on how to manage the suicidal or potentially suicidal patient. Written by two expert teachers, the book has been used in...
Prioritizing Academic Programs and Services. Reallocating Resources to Achieve Strategic Balance, Revised and Updated
Ikenberry Stanley O.
Prioritizing Academic Programs and Services Revised and Updated Increasing economic concerns make the new edition of this best-selling classic an invaluable resource for those who want and need to implement a proven step-by-step approach to...
The Evolutionary Strategies that Shape Ecosystems
Grime J. Philip
In 1837 a young Charles Darwin took his notebook, wrote «I think» and then sketched a rudimentary, stick-like tree. Each branch of Darwin's tree of life told a story of survival and adaptation – adaptation of animals and plants not just to the...
Heterocycles in Natural Product Synthesis
Chattopadhyay Shital K.
Filling a gap on the market, this handbook and ready reference is unique in its discussion of the usefulness of various heterocyclic systems in the synthesis of natural products. Clearly structured for easy access to the information, each...
Cancer. Basic Science and Clinical Aspects
Barry Sheila A.
“… Useful background information is displayed in blue boxes, and good use is made of numerous tables and diagrams… a useful book for the undergraduate medical or allied health professional…” –Oncology News, May/June 2010 This forward looking...
Advances and Applications in Electroceramics II
Nair K. M.
With contributed papers from the 2011 Materials Science & Technology symposia, this is a useful one-stop resource for understanding the most important issues in the advances and applications of electroceramics. Logically organized and carefully...
Advances in Electroceramic Materials II
Nair K. M.
During the past decades, understanding of the science and technology powering electronic materials has played a major role in satisfying social needs by developing electronic devices for automotive, telecommunications, military, and medical...
Real-Time Systems Design and Analysis. Tools for the Practitioner
Laplante Phillip A.
The leading text in the field explains step by step how to write software that responds in real time From power plants to medicine to avionics, the world increasingly depends on computer systems that can compute and respond to various...
Positive and Negative Outcomes of Sexual Behaviors. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 144
Vasilenko Sara A.
Developing healthy sexual behaviors is critical to adolescents’ wellbeing. While more emphasis has been on negative outcomes, there are broad positive implications for physical health, mental health, intimate relationships, and identity...
Encyclopedia of Polymer Blends, Volume 2. Processing
Palsule Sanjay
A complete and timely overview of the topic, this volume imparts knowledge of fundamental principles and their applications for academicians, scientists and researchers, while informing engineers, industrialists and entrepreneurs of the current...
Organized Out-of-School Activities: Setting for Peer Relationships. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 140
Fredricks Jennifer A.
Explore how the peer relationship and extracurricular organized activities—like sports, the arts, and community-based organizations—influence academic functioning, social development, and problem behavior. This volume shows how out-of-school...
Packaging Design. Successful Product Branding From Concept to Shelf
Klimchuk Marianne R.
The fully updated single-source guide to creating successful packaging designs for consumer products Now in full-color throughout, Packaging Design, Second Edition has been fully updated to secure its place as the most comprehensive resource of...
Using Mixed Methods to Study Intersectionality in Higher Education. New Directions in Institutional Research, Number 151
Museus Samuel D.
This volume offers institutional researchers several examples of the ways in which quantitative and qualitative methods can be integrated for a better grasp of how members of our educational communities understand and experience their...
Atomic Force Microscopy in Liquid. Biological Applications
Bar? Arturo M.
About 40 % of current atomic force microscopy (AFM) research is performed in liquids, making liquid-based AFM a rapidly growing and important tool for the study of biological materials. This book focuses on the underlying principles and...
The Handbook of Critical Intercultural Communication
Nakayama Thomas K.
The Handbook of Critical Intercultural Communication aims to furnish scholars with a consolidated resource of works that highlights all aspects of the field, its historical inception, logics, terms, and possibilities. A consolidated resource of...
Risk Management in Student Affairs. Foundations for Safety and Success
Sorochty Roger W.
A comprehensive, accessible guide to the policies and practices of risk management in higher education Student affairs staff at all types of colleges and universities need to be equipped to help manage risk and protect their institutions, the...
Prehistoric Life. Evolution and the Fossil Record
Lieberman Bruce S.
Prehistoric life is the archive of evolution preserved in the fossil record. This book focuses on the meaning and significance of that archive and is designed for introductory college science students, including non-science majors, enrolled in...
Drug Disposition and Pharmacokinetics. From Principles to Applications
Curry Stephen H.
This is an authoritative, comprehensive book on the fate of drug molecules in the body, including implications for pharmacological and clinical effects. The text provides a unique, balanced approach, examining the specific physical and...
Primer on Posttraumatic Growth. An Introduction and Guide
Wicks Robert J.
From the inspiring chapter quotes, to relevant historical and current research, to practical clinical directions, Primer on Posttraumatic Growth takes a giant step toward both grounding us and moving us ahead with strong hope for adjustment and...
Recreation as a Developmental Experience: Theory Practice Research. New Directions for Youth Development, Number 130
Allen Lawrence R.
It's not all «fun and games.» A growing body of research suggests that recreation activities can be powerful development contexts when they are properly framed and intentionally designed. This volume highlights much of that research, and the...
Advances in Sintering Science and Technology
Olevsky E. A.
This issue of the Ceramic Transactions compiles 41 papers covering a rich diversity of the sintering science and technology topics. These papers were presented at the International Conference on Sintering, November 16-20, 2008 in La Jolla,...
Handbook of Position Location. Theory, Practice and Advances
Buehrer R. Michael
Radio systems capable of localization have emerging applications in homeland security, law enforcement, emergency response, defense command and control, multi-robot coordination and vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian collision...
A Grammar of Old English, Volume 2. Morphology
Hogg Richard M.
A Grammar of Old English, Volume II: Morphology completes Richard M. Hogg's two-volume analysis of the sounds and grammatical forms of the Old English language. Incorporates insights derived from the latest theoretical and technological...
Geological History of Britain and Ireland
Woodcock Nigel H.
Britain and Ireland have a remarkably varied geology for so small a fragment of continental crust, with a fine rock record back through three billion years of geological time. This history would have been interesting enough if it had been played...
Nonlinear Dynamics with Polymers. Fundamentals, Methods and Applications
Tran-Cong-Miyata Qui
Closing a gap in the literature, this is the first comprehensive handbook on this modern and important polymer topic. Edited by highly experienced and top scientists in the field, this ready reference covers all aspects, including material...
Purposeful Program Theory. Effective Use of Theories of Change and Logic Models
Rogers Patricia J.
Between good intentions and great results lies a program theory—not just a list of tasks but a vision of what needs to happen, and how. Now widely used in government and not-for-profit organizations, program theory provides a coherent picture of...
The Handbook of Transformative Learning. Theory, Research, and Practice
Taylor Edward W.
The Handbook of Transformative Learning The leading resource for the field, this handbook provides a comprehensive and critical review of more than three decades of theory development, research, and practice in transformative learning. The...
Homogeneous Catalysis with Metal Complexes. Kinetic Aspects and Mechanisms
Pozdeev P. P.
Homogeneous catalysis by soluble metal complexes has gained considerable attention due to its unique applications and features such as high activity and selectivity. Catalysis of this type has demonstrated impressive achievements in synthetic...
The Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics
Fackler P. Mark
This groundbreaking handbook provides a comprehensive picture of the ethical dimensions of communication in a global setting. Both theoretical and practical, this important volume will raise the ethical bar for both scholars and practitioners in...
