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70th Conference on Glass Problems
Charles H. Drummond, III
This issue contains a collection of papers presented at the 70th Conference on Glass Problems at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Topics include melting and molding, refractories, and environmental issues and new products.
Frequency-Domain Analysis and Design of Distributed Control Systems
Yu-Ping Tian
This book presents a unified frequency-domain method for the analysis of distributed control systems. The following important topics are discussed by using the proposed frequency-domain method: (1) Scalable stability criteria of networks of...
Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 34
Jules Janick
Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant breeding and genetics covering horticultural, agronomic and forestry crops, incorporating both traditional and molecular methods. The contributions are authored by world...
Cold Region Hazards and Risks
Colin Whiteman A.
This is a unique, timely and engaging text with wide ranging geographical coverage. The text brings together, for the first time, information about a vast array of hazards associated with ice and snow, spanning both well known phenomenon (e.g....
An Introduction to Bond Markets
Moorad Choudhry
The bond markets are a vital part of the world economy. The fourth edition of Professor Moorad Choudhry's benchmark reference text An Introduction to Bond Markets brings readers up to date with latest developments and market practice, including...
Steroid Chemistry at a Glance
Daniel Lednicer
The term steroid has become virtually synonymous with drug abuse in sport to the majority of the public. However these steroids – androgens – actually comprise only a single relatively small class of biologically active steroids, and are...
Aqueous Pretreatment of Plant Biomass for Biological and Chemical Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals
Charles Wyman E.
Plant biomass is attracting increasing attention as a sustainable resource for large-scale production of renewable fuels and chemicals. However, in order to successfully compete with petroleum, it is vital that biomass conversion processes are...
Synthesis, Properties and Mineralogy of Important Inorganic Materials
Terence Warner E.
Intended as a textbook for courses involving preparative solid-state chemistry, this book offers clear and detailed descriptions on how to prepare a selection of inorganic materials that exhibit important optical, magnetic and electrical...
The Media in Transitional Democracies
Katrin Voltmer
The last quarter of a century has seen an unprecedented wave of democratization around the globe. In these transitions from authoritarian rule to a more democratic order, the media have played a key role both by facilitating, but frequently also...
Environmental Hydraulics. Mathematical Models
Jean-Michel Tanguy
This series of five volumes proposes an integrated description of physical processes modeling used by scientific disciplines from meteorology to coastal morphodynamics. Volume 1 describes the physical processes and identifies the main...
Tautomerism. Methods and Theories
Liudmil Antonov
Covering the gap between basic textbooks and over-specialized scientific publications, this is the first reference available to describe this interdisciplinary topic for PhD students and scientists starting in the field. The result is an...
Environmental Hydraulics. Modeling Software
Jean-Michel Tanguy
This series of five volumes proposes an integrated description of physical processes modeling used by scientific disciplines from meteorology to coastal morphodynamics. Volume 1 describes the physical processes and identifies the main...
Environmental Hydraulics. Numerical Methods
Jean-Michel Tanguy
This series of five volumes proposes an integrated description of physical processes modeling used by scientific disciplines from meteorology to coastal morphodynamics. Volume 1 describes the physical processes and identifies the main...
Alloys. Preparation, Properties, Applications
Fathi Habashi
In industry very few metals are used in their pure form; the majority are employed as a combination of a metal with other metals, nonmetals or metalloids. In this way some specific properties are improved, making the alloy more attractive than...
Chlorine. Principles & Industrial Practice
Peter Schmittinger
Chlorine is one of the most important inorganic basic chemicals It is not only an essential reaction component for the synthesis of numerous organic and inorganic chemicals and plastics, it is also of great importance for the production of...
Syntactic Analysis. The Basics
Nicholas Sobin
Highly readable and eminently practical, Syntactic Analysis: The Basics focuses on bringing students with little background in linguistics up to speed on how modern syntactic analysis works. A succinct and practical introduction to understanding...
Temporality. Universals and Variation
Maria Bittner
Temporality surveys the ways in which languages of different types refer to past, present, and future events, through an in-depth examination of four major language types: tense-based English, tense-aspect-based Polish, aspect-based Chinese, and...
Advances in Chemical Physics. Vol. 141
Stuart A. Rice
The Advances in Chemical Physics series presents the cutting edge in every area of the discipline and provides the field with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances. It provides an editorial framework that makes the book an...
Applications of Texture Analysis
A. D. Rollett
This volume contains papers presented at The 15th International Conference on the Texture of Materials from June 1-5th, 2008 in Pittsburgh, PA. Chapters include: Thin Films Texture at Non-Ambient Conditions Novel Texture Measurement Techniques...
Advances in Chemical Physics. Vol. 143
Stuart A. Rice
The Advances in Chemical Physics series presents the cutting edge in every area of the discipline and provides the field with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances. It provides an editorial framework that makes each volume...
Advances in Chemical Physics. Volume 143
Stuart A. Rice
The Advances in Chemical Physics series presents the cutting edge in every area of the discipline and provides the field with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances. It provides an editorial framework that makes each volume...
Horticultural Reviews, Volume 36
Jules Janick
Horticultural Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in horticultural science and technology covering both basic and applied research. Topics covered include the horticulture of fruits, vegetables, nut crops, and ornamentals. These...
Advances in Chemical Physics. Volume 144
Stuart A. Rice
This series provides the chemical physics field with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area of the discipline. Topics included in this volume include recent developments in classical density functional theory,...
Biophysical Chemistry of Biointerfaces
Hiroyuki Ohshima
The first book on the innovative study of biointerfaces using biophysical chemistry The biophysical phenomena that occur on biointerfaces, or biological surfaces, hold a prominent place in the study of biology and medicine, and are crucial for...
Introduction to Private Equity
Cyril Demaria
Introduction to Private Equity is a critical yet grounded guide to the private equity industry. Far more than just another introductory guide, the book blends academic rigour with practical experience to provide a critical perspective of the...
Chemometrics for Pattern Recognition
Richard Brereton G.
Over the past decade, pattern recognition has been one of the fastest growth points in chemometrics. This has been catalysed by the increase in capabilities of automated instruments such as LCMS, GCMS, and NMR, to name a few, to obtain large...
Cumulenes in Click Reactions
Henri Ulrich
Cumulenes are organic molecules with two or more cumulative (consecutive) double bonds. Their reactions often proceed at room temperature, with or without a catalyst, and are stereospecific, giving the reaction products in high yields – features...
Seismic Analysis of Structures
T. Datta K.
While numerous books have been written on earthquakes, earthquake resistance design, and seismic analysis and design of structures, none have been tailored for advanced students and practitioners, and those who would like to have most of the...
Advanced Biomedical Image Analysis
Mark Haidekker
A comprehensive reference of cutting-edge advanced techniques for quantitative image processing and analysis Medical diagnostics and intervention, and biomedical research rely progressively on imaging techniques, namely, the ability to capture,...
Horticultural Reviews, Volume 38
Jules Janick
Horticultural Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in horticultural science and technology covering both basic and applied research. Topics covered include the horticulture of fruits, vegetables, nut crops, and ornamentals. These...
Reviews in Computational Chemistry
Kenny Lipkowitz B.
This volume, like those prior to it, features chapters by experts in various fields of computational chemistry. Volume 27 covers brittle fracture, molecular detailed simulations of lipid bilayers, semiclassical bohmian dynamics, dissipative...
Immunoassays in Agricultural Biotechnology
Guomin Shan
A very broad range of professionals are using immunoassay technology daily to analyze genetically engineered (GE) crops and related areas, and many of these professionals are completely new to this technology. There is a great need for users to...
Fiber-Optic Communication Systems
Govind Agrawal P.
This book provides a comprehensive account of fiber-optic communication systems. The 3rd edition of this book is used worldwide as a textbook in many universities. This 4th edition incorporates recent advances that have occurred, in particular...
Simply Photoshop Elements 8
Mike Wooldridge
If you want to get up to speed with Photoshop Elements 8, then this clear, concise guide is the ideal companion for fast and efficient learning. Simply Photoshop Elements 8 contains examples of all the newest features of Photoshop Elements,...
Teach Your Children Tables
Bill Handley
Great math skills are a head start to lasting success Teach Your Children Tables is the ultimate guide to improving your child's mathematical abilities. Written by a renowned education expert, this book provides a proven approach to teaching...
Kittler and the Media
Geoffrey Winthrop-Young
With books such as Discourse Networks and Gramophone, Film, Typewriter and the collection Literature, Media, Information Systems, Friedrich Kittler has established himself as one of the world's most influential media theorists. He is also one of...
Zizek and the Media
Paul Taylor A.
Slavoj Zizek reaches the parts of the media that other theorists cannot. With sources ranging from Thomas Aquinas to Quentin Tarantino and Desperate Housewives to Dostoyevsky, Zizek mixes high theory with low culture more engagingly than any...
Virilio and the Media
John Armitage
In books such as The Aesthetics of Disappearance, War and Cinema, The Lost Dimension, and The Vision Machine, Paul Virilio has fundamentally changed how we think about contemporary media culture. Virilio’s examinations of the connections between...
Desalination. Water from Water
Jane Kucera
This is the first volume to cover desalination in such depth and detail, offering engineers, technicians, and operators full coverage of the applications, economics, and expectations of what will certainly become one of the most important...
Biosensing Using Nanomaterials
Arben Merkoci
An interdisciplinary approach to one of the hottest topics in nanotechnology and nanoscience Biosensing Using Nanomaterials introduces novel concepts in the area of bioanalysis based on nanomaterials, opening new opportunities for basic research...
Clinical Trials Handbook
Shayne Cox Gad
Best practices for conducting effective and safe clinical trials Clinical trials are arguably the most important steps in proving drug effectiveness and safety for public use. They require intensive planning and organization and involve a wide...
Maxwell's Equations
Paul Huray G.
An authoritative view of Maxwell's Equations that takes theory to practice Maxwell's Equations is a practical guide to one of the most remarkable sets of equations ever devised. Professor Paul Huray presents techniques that show the reader how...
Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis
Iwao Ojima
Praise for the previous editions «An excellent text . . . will no doubt provide the benchmark for comparative works for many years.» —Journal of the American Chemical Society «An excellent state-of-the-art compilation of catalytic asymmetric...
Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence
Chris Geddes D.
Discover how metal-enhanced fluorescence is changing traditional concepts of fluorescence This book collects and analyzes all the current trends, opinions, and emerging hot topics in the field of metal-enhanced fluorescence (MEF). Readers learn...
Concise Physical Chemistry
Donald Rogers W.
This book is a physical chemistry textbook that presents the essentials of physical chemistry as a logical sequence from its most modest beginning to contemporary research topics. Many books currently on the market focus on the problem sets with...
Urban School Leadership
Tom Payzant
This important book, written by educational expert and urban school leader, Tom Payzant, offers a realistic understanding of what urban school leadership looks like from the inside. Payzant shares his first-hand knowledge of the unique...
Condensed Matter Physics
Michael Marder P.
Now updated—the leading single-volume introduction to solid state and soft condensed matter physics This Second Edition of the unified treatment of condensed matter physics keeps the best of the first, providing a basic foundation in the subject...
Simply Digital Photography
Rob Sheppard
If you are serious about digital photography, then this clear, concise guide is the ideal companion for fast and efficient learning. Simply Digital Photography offers techniques that can be used to make better digital photos, prints, and...
Tales from Facebook
Daniel Miller
Facebook is now used by nearly 500 million people throughout the world, many of whom spend several hours a day on this site. Once the preserve of youth, the largest increase in usage today is amongst the older sections of the population. Yet...
The Pragmatic Turn
Richard Bernstein J.
In this major new work, Richard J. Bernstein argues that many of the most important themes in philosophy during the past one hundred and fifty years are variations and developments of ideas that were prominent in the classical American...
