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Applications of Transition Metal Catalysis in Drug Discovery and Development. An Industrial Perspective
Crawley Matthew L.
This book focuses on the drug discovery and development applications of transition metal catalyzed processes, which can efficiently create preclinical and clinical drug candidates as well as marketed drugs. The authors pay particular attention...
Career Programming: Linking Youth to the World of Work. New Directions for Youth Development, Number 134
Hirsch Barton J.
Across education, out-of-school-time programming, and workforce development, researchers and practitioners are seeking ways to bolster the career readiness of our nation’s youth, particularly low-income youth. This issue brings together...
Revisiting Truth, Beauty,and Justice: Evaluating With Validity in the 21st Century. New Directions for Evaluation, Number 142
Montrosse-Moorhead Bianca
This issue discusses ways of constructing, organizing, and managing arguments for evaluation. Not focued solely on the logic of evaluation or predictive validity, it discusses the various elements needed to construct evaluation arguments that...
Youth Civic Development: Work at the Cutting Edge. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 134
Flanagan Constance A.
Take a cutting edge look at the civic engagement of young people. Increasingly recognized as an important feature of democratic functioning in communities, it has also become clear that the civic domain is indispensable as a context for...
Alluvial Sedimentation (Special Publication 17 of the IAS)
Puigdefabregas C.
Most of the thirty-four papers contained in this Special Publication arise from the Fourth International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology held in Spain in 1989. Sections deal with various aspects of sediment transport and hydraulics in flume...
The Shaping of American Higher Education. Emergence and Growth of the Contemporary System
Kisker Carrie B.
When the first edition of The Shaping of American Higher Education was published it was lauded for its historical perspective and in-depth coverage of current events that provided an authoritative, comprehensive account of the history of higher...
Green Solvents. Reactions in Water
Anastas Paul T.
There has been dramatic growth in the community of researchers and industrialists working in the area of Green Chemistry. There has been an increasing recognition by a wide-range of scientists and engineers in the chemical enterprise that the...
Graphics for Learning. Proven Guidelines for Planning, Designing, and Evaluating Visuals in Training Materials
Clark Ruth C.
Are you getting the most learning value from visuals? Thoroughly revised and updated, Graphics for Learning is the second edition of the bestselling book that summarizes the guidelines for the best use of graphics for instructional materials,...
Thermochemical Processing of Biomass. Conversion into Fuels, Chemicals and Power
Stevens Christian
Thermochemical pathways for biomass conversion offer opportunities for rapid and efficient processing of diverse feedstocks into fuels, chemicals and power. Thermochemical processing has several advantages relative to biochemical processing,...
Reading R. S. Peters Today. Analysis, Ethics, and the Aims of Education
Christoph Martin Wieland
Reading R. S. Peters Today: Analysis, Ethics and the Aims of Education reassesses British philosopher Richard Stanley Peters’ educational writings by examining them against the most recent developments in philosophy and practice. Critically...
Sex, Stress and Reproductive Success
Barsyte Dalia
Any events that challenge the survival of living organisms may be classified as stressors. These stressors could include, for example, lack of food, increased population pressure, predatory pressure, climatic events or in the case of humans,...
Handbook of Nanotoxicology, Nanomedicine and Stem Cell Use in Toxicology
Casciano Daniel A.
The Handbook of Nanotoxicology, Nanomedicine and Stem Cell Use in Toxicology provides an insight into the current trends and future directions of research in these rapidly developing scientific fields. Written by leading scientists and experts,...
Exploring Leadership. For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference
Wagner Wendy
Exploring Leadership For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference, Facilitation and Activity Guide Based on the third edition of the best-selling text Exploring Leadership, this companion Facilitation and Activity Guide is designed to help...
Exploring Leadership. For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference, Student Workbook
Wagner Wendy
Exploring Leadership For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference, Student Workbook This companion to the third edition of Exploring Leadership is designed to help you deepen your understanding of leadership and develop your leadership...
Facilitating the Moral Growth of College Students. New Directions for Student Services, Number 139
Liddell Debora L.
Moral development is a powerful task of young adulthood, and attending to that development is a mandate expected of institutions of higher education. Liddell and Cooper offer a practical approach to understanding how moral learning occurs as...
Generation on a Tightrope. A Portrait of Today's College Student
Dean Diane R.
Praise for Generation on a Tightrope «Over the last four decades, Arthur Levine has become the premier analyst of continuities and changes in the American college student population. In this impressive and comprehensive volume, Levine and...
Advances in Electrochemical Science and Engineering
Alkire Richard C.
Volume 7 in the well-established series «Advances in Electrochemical Science and Engineering» covers – among others – important topics on electrodeposition. As in all previous volumes, the editors have succeeded in selecting highly topical areas...
Sustainable Water Engineering. Theory and Practice
Chandrappa Ramesha
Ensuring safe and plentiful supplies of potable water (both now and for future generations) and developing sustainable treatment processes for wastewater are among the world’s greatest engineering challenges. However, sustainability requires...
Solidification of Containerless Undercooled Melts
Herlach Dieter M.
All metallic materials are prepared from the liquid state as their parent phase. Solidification is therefore one of the most important phase transformation in daily human life. Solidification is the transition from liquid to solid state of...
Living Dinosaurs. The Evolutionary History of Modern Birds
Dyke Dr. Gareth
Living Dinosaurs offers a snapshot of our current understanding of the origin and evolution of birds. After slumbering for more than a century, avian palaeontology has been awakened by startling new discoveries on almost every continent....
Name Reactions in Heterocyclic Chemistry II
Corey E. J.
The up-to-DATE guide to name reactions in heterocyclic chemistry Name Reactions in Heterocyclic Chemistry II presents a comprehensive treatise on name reactions in heterocyclic chemistry, one of the most exciting—and important—fields within...
Impact Cratering. Processes and Products
Pierazzo E.
Impact cratering is arguably the most ubiquitous geological process in the Solar System. It has played an important role in Earth’s history, shaping the geological landscape, affecting the evolution of life, and generating economic resources....
Transformative Learning in Practice. Insights from Community, Workplace, and Higher Education
Mezirow Jack
Transformative learning is becoming influential in all areas of the educational landscape. In Transformative Learning in Practice, leading authorities and practitioners working in a variety of national and international settings, including...
Qualitative Research. A Guide to Design and Implementation
Tisdell Elizabeth J.
The bestselling guide to qualitative research, updated and expanded Qualitative Research is the essential guide to understanding, designing, conducting, and presenting a qualitative research study. This fourth edition features new material...
Acceptance and Mindfulness in Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Understanding and Applying the New Therapies
Forman Evan M.
Praise for Acceptance and Mindfulness in Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Understanding and Applying the New Therapies «One of the most fruitful aspects of the encounter between classical Buddhist knowledge and modern science has been the emergence...
Chemometric Methods in Capillary Electrophoresis
Hanrahan Grady
Use chemometric techniques to develop optimum separation conditions for capillary electrophoreses For all its advantages, capillary electrophoresis (CE) also carries significant disadvantages for the researcher. Offering a unique blend of...
Ceramic Materials and Components for Engines
Aldinger Fritz
Several ceramic parts have already proven their suitability for serial application in automobile engines in very impressive ways, especially in Japan, the USA and in Germany. However, there is still a lack of economical quality assurance...
Elements of Structural Dynamics. A New Perspective
Rao G. V.
Structural dynamics is a subset of structural analysis which covers the behavior of structures subjected to dynamic loading. The subject has seen rapid growth and also change in how the basic concepts can be interpreted. For instance, the...
Geomorphic Analysis of River Systems. An Approach to Reading the Landscape
Brierley Gary J.
Filling a niche in the geomorphology teaching market, this introductory book is built around a 12 week course in fluvial geomorphology. ‘Reading the landscape’ entails making sense of what a riverscape looks like, how it works, how it has...
Biomimetic, Bioresponsive, and Bioactive Materials. An Introduction to Integrating Materials with Tissues
Phillips Gary J.
The accessible introduction to biomaterials and their applications in tissue replacement, medical devices, and more Molecular and cell biology is being increasingly integrated into the search for high-performance biomaterials and biomedical...
Practical Sustainability Strategies. How to Gain a Competitive Advantage
Avlonas Nikos
Strategies that enable organizations to succeed as businesses and as responsible corporate citizens Based on the authors' many years of research and hands-on experience, this book provides tested and proven practical strategies that make it...
Healthy Eating and Physical Activity in Out-of-School Time Settings. New Directions for Youth Development, Number 143
Hall Georgia
The evidence base of the impact and effectiveness of healthy eating and physical activity interventions in the out-of-school setting is continuing to emerge. By sponsoring this special issue, the National AfterSchool Association provides a...
Evidence-Based Bullying Prevention Programs for Children and Youth. New Directions for Youth Development, Number 133
Noam Gil G.
Bullying is a hot topic at schools across the nation. Chronic involvement in bullying is associated with many intrapersonal, interpersonal, and academic problems, and even sporadic experiences of bullying are harmful. During the last two...
Inkjet Technology for Digital Fabrication
Martin Graham D.
Whilst inkjet technology is well-established on home and small office desktops and is now having increasing impact in commercial printing, it can also be used to deposit materials other than ink as individual droplets at a microscopic scale....
Introduction to Proteomics. Principles and Applications
Blobel G?nter
Proteomics provides an introductory insight on proteomics, discussing the basic principles of the field, how to apply specific technologies and instrumentation, and example applications in human health and diseases. With helpful study questions,...
Asymmetric Synthesis of Nitrogen Heterocycles
Husson H. P.
Here, all aspects of the topic are presented in a compact manner. The book is clearly structured, and divided into two sections – asymmetric synthesis of heterocycles containing only one nitrogen and that of those with more than one nitrogen as...
Modern Gold Catalyzed Synthesis
A. Stephen K. Hashmi
With its impressive features, gold has led to completely new reaction types in recent years, which in turn have strongly influenced both organic catalysis and material science. Other fields where a significant amount of new results has been...
Functional Biology of Plants
John A. Bryant
Functional Biology of Plants provides students and researchers with a clearly written, well structured whole plant physiology text. Early in the text, it provides essential information on molecular and cellular processes so that the reader can...
Advances in Chemical Physics. Volume 147
Stuart A. Rice
The Advances in Chemical Physics series—the cutting edge of research in chemical physics The Advances in Chemical Physics series provides the chemical physics and physical chemistry fields with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of...
Advances in Chemical Physics. Volume 149
Stuart A. Rice
The Advances in Chemical Physics series—the cutting edge of research in chemical physics The Advances in Chemical Physics series provides the chemical physics field with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area...
Advances in Chemical Physics. Volume 153
Stuart A. Rice
Detailed reviews of new and emerging topics in chemical physics presented by leading experts The Advances in Chemical Physics series is dedicated to reviewing new and emerging topics as well as the latest developments in traditional areas of...
Advances in Chemical Physics. Volume 155
Stuart A. Rice
The cutting edge of research in chemical physics Each volume of the Advances in Chemical Physics series discusses aspects of the state of diverse subjects in chemical physics and related fields, with chapters written by top researchers in the...
Nitrenes and Nitrenium Ions
Gudmundsdottir Anna D.
Featuring contributions respected leaders in the field, Nitrene and Nitrenium Ions is the first comprehensive book to explore the role of reactive intermediate nitrene and nitrenium ions in chemistry and biochemistry. Covering a broad range of...
Design for Thermal Stresses
Barron Randall F.
The tools engineers need for effective thermal stress design Thermal stress concerns arise in many engineering situations, from aerospace structures to nuclear fuel rods to concrete highway slabs on a hot summer day. Having the tools to...
Surface Complexation Modeling: Gibbsite
Dzombak David A.
This book provides a description of the generalized two layer surface complexation model, data treatment procedures, and thermodynamic constants for sorption of metal cations and anions on gibbsite, the most common form of aluminum oxide found...
Experimental Mechanics of Solids
Sciammarella Cesar A.
Experimental solid mechanics is the study of materials to determine their physical properties. This study might include performing a stress analysis or measuring the extent of displacement, shape, strain and stress which a material suffers under...
Primer on Transplantation
American Society of Transplantation
Produced in association with the American Society of Transplantation, this new edition is full of practical advice for the next generation of transplant professionals. In addition to 5 organ-specific chapters: kidney, pancreas, heart, lung and...
Vibro-impact Dynamics
Guo Yu
Presents a systematic view of vibro-impact dynamics based on the nonlinear dynamics analysis Comprehensive understanding of any vibro-impact system is critically impeded by the lack of analytical tools viable for properly characterizing grazing...
Bulk Nanostructured Materials
Zehetbauer Michael J.
The processing and mechanical behaviour of bulk nanostructured materials are one of the most interesting new fields of research on advanced materials systems. Many nanocrystalline materials possess very high strength with still good ductility,...
Green Processes. Green Synthesis
Anastas Paul T.
Edited by Professor CJ Li, one of the leading international experts in the fields of Green Chemistry and Green Synthesis, this volume presents such hot topics as synthesis without protecting groups, multi-component reactions, and synthesis in...
