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Ideas in Chemistry and Molecular Sciences. Where Chemistry Meets Life
Bruno Pignataro
Ideas in Chemistry and Molecular Sciences gives an account of the most recent results of research in life sciences in Europe based on a selection of leading young scientists participating in the 2008 European Young Chemists Award competition. In...
Basics of Biomedical Ultrasound for Engineers
Haim Azhari
A practical learning tool for building a solid understanding of biomedical ultrasound Basics of Biomedical Ultrasound for Engineers is a structured textbook that leads the novice through the field in a clear, step-by-step manner. Based on twenty...
Dictionary of DNA and Genome Technology
Paul Singleton
DNA technology has a vital role in diverse fields such as criminal investigation and gene therapy – dynamic areas involving many specialised terms and techniques. This unique dictionary offers current, detailed, accessible information to...
Colloids and Interfaces with Surfactants and Polymers
James Goodwin
From blood to milk, pumice to gelatine, most scientists interact with colloids on a daily basis without any real knowledge of their nature. Building on the success of the first edition, Colloids and Interfaces with Surfactants and Polymers...
Eportfolios for Lifelong Learning and Assessment
Darren Cambridge
This book clearly articulates the foundations of an educational vision that is distinctively supported by eportfolio use, drawing on work in philosophy, sociology, higher and adult education, and elearning research. It is academically rigorous...
Advances in Enzymology and Related Areas of Molecular Biology
Eric Toone J.
This book covers important advances in enzymology, explaining the behavior of enzymes and how they can be utilized to develop novel drugs, synthesize known and novel compounds, and understand evolutionary processes.
Biological Chemistry of Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth
Hongzhe Sun
Arsenic, antimony and bismuth, three related elements of group 15, are all found in trace quantities in nature and have interesting biological properties and uses. While arsenic is most well known as a poison – and indeed the contamination of...
The H.264 Advanced Video Compression Standard
Iain Richardson E.
H.264 Advanced Video Coding or MPEG-4 Part 10 is fundamental to a growing range of markets such as high definition broadcasting, internet video sharing, mobile video and digital surveillance. This book reflects the growing importance and...
Lead-free Solders. Materials Reliability for Electronics
K. Subramanian
Providing a viable alternative to lead-based solders is a major research thrust for the electrical and electronics industries – whilst mechanically compliant lead-based solders have been widely used in the electronic interconnects, the risks to...
Big Questions, Worthy Dreams. Mentoring Emerging Adults in Their Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Faith
Sharon Parks Daloz
Praise for Big Questions,Worthy Dreams «The things at stake in this tenth anniversary edition are even more profound and urgent than they were the first time around. This is not a little story about young people. It is a big story about humanity...
Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity. Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics
Tim Maudlin
The third edition of Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity has been carefully updated to reflect significant developments, including a new chapter covering important recent work in the foundations of physics. A new edition of the premier...
Wave Propagation in Fluids. Models and Numerical Techniques
Vincent Guinot
This second edition with four additional chapters presents the physical principles and solution techniques for transient propagation in fluid mechanics and hydraulics. The application domains vary including contaminant transport with or without...
Earthquakes. Models, Statistics, Testable Forecasts
Yan Kagan Y.
This book is the first comprehensive and methodologically rigorous analysis of earthquake occurrence. Models based on the theory of the stochastic multidimensional point processes are employed to approximate the earthquake occurrence pattern and...
Periodic Structures. Mode-Matching Approach and Applications in Electromagnetic Engineering
Ruey-Bing Hwang (Raybeam)
Provides readers an understanding of the basic physics underlying meta-materials, providing a powerful tool for analyzing their electromagnetic properties Periodic Structures: Mode-Matching Approach and Applications in Electromagnetic...
Yeast. Molecular and Cell Biology
Horst Feldmann
Finally, a stand-alone, all-inclusive textbook on yeast biology. Based on the feedback resulting from his highly successful monograph, Horst Feldmann has totally rewritten he contents to produce a comprehensive, student-friendly textbook on the...
The Photosynthetic Membrane. Molecular Mechanisms and Biophysics of Light Harvesting
Alexander Ruban V.
The proteins that gather light for plant photosynthesis are embedded within cell membranes in a site called the thylakoid membrane (or the «photosynthetic membrane»). These proteins form the light harvesting antenna that feeds with energy a...
Connections for the Digital Age. Multimedia Communications for Mobile, Nomadic and Fixed Devices
E. Carne Bryan
Explores and analyzes past and current technologies and trends in multimedia communication Digital natives—those persons born in the digital age—have an ever-widening range of wireless-enabled devices at their disposal. They are the drivers of...
Design of Heterogeneous Catalysts. New Approaches Based on Synthesis, Characterization and Modeling
Umit Ozkan S.
This long-awaited reference source is the first book to focus on this important and hot topic. As such, it provides examples from a wide array of fields where catalyst design has been based on new insights and understanding, presenting such...
Challenging Ableism, Understanding Disability, Including Adults with Disabilities in Workplaces and Learning Spaces. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Number 132
Tonette Rocco S.
Disability can affect adults across the life span—and it is the one minority group every person could join. This sourcebook aims to broaden the view of disability from a medical or economic concern to a social justice concern. It examines...
Expanding the Boundaries of Adult Religious Education: Strategies, Techniques, and Partnerships for the New Millenium. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Number 133
E. Isaac Paulette
The field of adult religious education is rich with opportunities for study and service. This sourcebook showcases adult religious education as an important site for program creation, teaching, learning, and adult development. It offers insight...
Applications of Dialogical Self Theory. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 137
Hubert Hermans J.
In an increasingly interconnected world, a dialogical self is not only possible but even necessary. People are closer together than ever, yet they are confronted with apparent and sometimes even insurmountable differences. While there is a need...
Identity Around the World. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 138
Seth Schwartz J.
Examine the structure and context of identity development in a number of different countries: Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Italy, China, and Japan. While some identity development proceeds in much the same way across national...
Leading for the Future: Alignment of AACC Competencies with Practice. New Directions for Community College, Number 159
Pamela Eddy L.
The AACC competencies were initially developed to help provide guidance in developing community college leaders because of predictions of a leadership crisis in the two-year college sector. Since their creation, the competencies have been used...
Advancing the Regional Role of Two-Year Colleges. New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 157
L. Phelps Allen
In the midst of a challenging economic recovery, the nation’s policy makers and education leaders are seeking new and potentially more effective strategies to align personal and public educational investments with job creation, increased levels...
Understanding Equity in Community College Practice. New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 172
Erin Castro L.
What do equity-oriented practices look like in different community college contexts? Given the increasing role of the community college in realizing equitable outcomes for students, examples of what practitioners are doing to move forward an...
Developing and Assessing Personal and Social Responsibility in College. New Directions for Higher Education, Number 164
Robert Reason D.
In 2007, wanting to expand higher education’s civic engagement conversation, the Association of American Colleges and Universities launched the Core Commitments Initiative. That initiative focused attention on personal and social responsibility...
In Search of Self: Exploring Student Identity Development. New Directions for Higher Education, Number 166
Chad Hanson
Students become new and different people through the course of their education. When students earn the right to say, “I am a college graduate,” that new status becomes a part of who they are. The authors in this volume—scholars from a range of...
Attracting and Retaining Women in STEM. New Directions for Institutional Research, Number 152
Joy Gayles Gaston
Underrepresentation of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields is a problem that has persisted over the past three decades and is most severe at the highest levels of the STEM career path. Although national attention has...
Refining the Focus on Faculty Diversity in Postsecondary Institutions. New Directions for Institutional Research, Number 155
Yonghong Xu Jade
Faculty diversity is gaining unprecedented emphasis in the mission of colleges and universities, and institutional researchers are being pushed for relevant data. This volume examines faculty diversity from a variety of perspectives. Together,...
Fostering the Increased Integration of Students with Disabilities. New Directions for Student Services, Number 134
Marianne Huger S.
All members of a community benefit from the diversity that students with disabilities bring to a campus, and all campus constituents have an obligation to serve their diverse students. This volume provides the preparation and knowledge your...
Advancing the Integrity of Professional Practice. New Directions for Student Services, Number 135
Robert Young B.
Defining integrity as «the combination of attributes and actions that makes people and organizations coherent, consistent, and potentially ethical,» the editor and contributing authors illustrate how student affairs administrators can understand...
Undergraduate Global Education: Issues for Faculty, Staff, and Students. New Directions for Student Services, Number 146
Ann Highum
Find practical research, strategies, and advice in this issue on the power of global education for 21st-century college learners.This volume assists campus professionals and faculty members as they: Design courses for study abroad Implement...
Understanding and Addressing Commuter Student Needs. New Directions for Student Services, Number 150
J. Biddix Patrick
Despite representing a majority of the college student population, a surprising lack of research has focused on the unique issues and needs of commuter students. This volume reviews the contemporary research and thinking about commuters. Topics...
Self-Regulated Learning. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Number 126
Hefer Bembenutty
Self-regulation involves students' beliefs about their own potential for actions, thoughts, feelings and behaviors that will then allow them to work toward their own academic goals. Clearly, the need for self-regulation in higher education is...
Inquiry-Guided Learning. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Number 129
Virginia Lee S.
Is inquiry-guided learning a universal answer for various teaching and learning ills in higher education? With eight institutional case studies drawn from colleges and universities in English-speaking countries, this volume provides a clear...
Teaching and Learning from the Inside Out: Revitalizing Ourselves and Our Institutions. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Number 130
Margaret Golden
By reclaiming the passions of our hearts and exploring insights and ideas, we begin a remembering of ourselves. As we begin to reclaim our wholeness, we also have the capacity to renew and revitalize our institutions from within. After a long...
Interpersonal Boundaries in Teaching and Learning. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Number 131
Harriet Schwartz L.
While issues of interpersonal boundaries between faculty and students is not new, more recent influences such as evolving technology and current generational differences have created a new set of dilemmas. How do we set appropriate expectations...
Expanded Learning Time and Opportunities. New Directions for Youth Development, Number 131
Malone
Expanding the learning day is gaining national momentum as an important school-improvement and whole-child development strategy. This issue focuses on school-community partnerships that provide a seamless, longer learning day that best meets the...
Strahlen und Gesundheit. Nutzen und Risiken
Jurgen Kiefer
Strahlen und Gesundheit beschreibt in allgemein verstandlicher Form sowohl die diagnostischen und therapeutischen Moglichkeiten der Strahlenanwendung als auch die Gefahren fur die menschliche Gesundheit. Dabei werden die Erkenntnisse von...
Marine Coastal and Water Pollutions. Oil Spill Studies
Fr?d?ric Muttin
Identifying efficient solutions to protect coastal regions from marine pollution requires expertise from a range of specialties and strategic approaches. This book gathers information on the impact of oil spills at a coastal level from different...
Race, Housing and Community. Perspectives on Policy and Practice
Harris Beider
This book provides an important new contribution to debates around housing policy and its impact on community cohesion. There has never been a more prescient time to discuss these concepts: the book provides an interpretation of housing, race...
Hot-Melt Extrusion. Pharmaceutical Applications
Dennis Douroumis
Hot-melt extrusion (HME) – melting a substance and forcing it through an orifice under controlled conditions to form a new material – is an emerging processing technology in the pharmaceutical industry for the preparation of various dosage forms...
Lead Optimization for Medicinal Chemists. Pharmacokinetic Properties of Functional Groups and Organic Compounds
Florencio D?rwald Zaragoza
Small structural modifications can significantly affect the pharmacokinetic properties of drug candidates. This book, written by a medicinal chemist for medicinal chemists, is a comprehensive guide to the pharmacokinetic impact of functional...
Verhalten und Abbau von Umweltchemikalien. Physikalisch-chemische Grundlagen
Walter Klopffer
Um die Gefahrdung der Umwelt durch Chemikalien einschatzen zu konnen, reicht es nicht aus, nur die Schadwirkung, d. h. den Einfluss der Chemikalie auf die Umwelt zu betrachten. Auch der Einfluss der Umwelt auf die Chemikalie spielt eine wichtige...
How to Teach Adults. Plan Your Class, Teach Your Students, Change the World, Expanded Edition
Dan Spalding
Your hands-on guide to teaching adults. . . no matter what the subject In this expanded edition of How to Teach Adults, Dan Spalding offers practical teaching and classroom management suggestions that are designed for anyone who works with adult...
Experiment!. Planning, Implementing and Interpreting
Oivind Andersson
Experiments are the most effective way to learn about the world. By cleverly interfering with something to see how it reacts we are able to find out how it works. In contrast to passive observation, experimenting provides us with data relevant...
Signal Processing with Free Software. Practical Experiments
Fran?ois Auger
An ideal resource for students, industrial engineers, and researchers, Signal Processing with Free Software Practical Experiments presents practical experiments in signal processing using free software. The text introduces elementary signals...
Industrial Statistics. Practical Methods and Guidance for Improved Performance
Anand Joglekar M.
HELPS YOU FULLY LEVERAGE STATISTICAL METHODS TO IMPROVE INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE Industrial Statistics guides you through ten practical statistical methods that have broad applications in many different industries for enhancing research, product...
A Graphic Design Student's Guide to Freelance. Practice Makes Perfect
Ben Hannam
A complete guide to freelance graphic design—created specifically for design students Why wait until you graduate? Freelancing is a great way to jumpstart your career in graphic design. It lets you apply what you've been learning in school,...
Boronic Acids. Preparation and Applications in Organic Synthesis, Medicine and Materials
Dennis Hall G.
Following the huge success of the first edition, which has become THE reference source for everyone working in the field, this long-awaited, completely updated edition features almost 50% new content. The world-renowned chemist Prof Dennis Hall...
