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The Chemist's Companion Guide to Patent Law
Evans Mark J.
Written by an individual with experience as both a chemist and a patent attorney, The Chemist's Companion Guide to Patent Law covers everything the student or working chemist needs to know about patentability, explaining important concepts of...
Trace Analysis of Specialty and Electronic Gases
Raynor Mark W.
Explores the latest advances and applications of specialty and electronic gas analysis The semiconductor industry depends upon a broad range of instrumental techniques in order to detect and analyze impurities that may be present in specialty...
Corrosion Resistance of Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys. Understanding, Performance, and Testing
Ghali Edward
Valuable information on corrosion fundamentals and applications of aluminum and magnesium Aluminum and magnesium alloys are receiving increased attention due to their light weight, abundance, and resistance to corrosion. In particular, when used...
Advanced Delivery and Therapeutic Applications of RNAi
Cheng Kun
RNA interference (RNAi) is a process in living cells whereby small double stranded RNA interferes with the expression of specific genes with complementary nucleotide sequence. Like many nucleic acid-based therapies, RNAi has great potential in...
Climate Change and Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance
Gill Sarvajeet S.
In this ready reference, a global team of experts comprehensively cover molecular and cell biology-based approaches to the impact of increasing global temperatures on crop productivity. The work is divided into four parts. Following an...
Plant Phenolics and Human Health. Biochemistry, Nutrition and Pharmacology
IUBMB
A collection of current knowledge of phytochemicals and health Interest in phenolic phytochemicals has increased as scientific studies indicate these compounds exhibit potential health benefits. With contributions from world leaders in this...
Essential Practical NMR for Organic Chemistry
Richards S. A.
This book describes the use of NMR spectroscopy for dealing with problems of small organic molecule structural elucidation. It features a significant amount of vital chemical shift and coupling information but more importantly, it presents sound...
Adipose Tissue in Health and Disease
Leff Todd
This timely and most comprehensive reference available on the topic covers all the different aspects vital in the fight against the global obesity epidemic. Following a look at adipose tissue development and morphology, the authors go on to...
Ionic and Organometallic-Catalyzed Organosilane Reductions
Fry James L.
Ionic and Organometallic-Catalyzed Organosilane Reductions provides an up-to-date, comprehensive review of reductions with organosilanes. Both ionic and catalyst-mediated reaction types are included, with appropriate reference to reaction...
Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Applying Empirically Supported Techniques in Your Practice
Fisher Jane E.
Proven to be highly effective for the treatment of a wide range of problems, cognitive-behavior therapy is the most widely used psychotherapeutic technique. Building on the success of the previous edition, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Second...
Marginalized Students. New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 155
Watson Jesse S.
Gone are the days when the term diversity may have been used to solely signify the color of one's skin or gender. This volume examines how diverse and marginalized populations are situated within American community colleges amd pushes the...
Acid Gas Injection and Related Technologies
Wu Ying
Large producers have started to use gas injection for their applications and in the future it is predicted that this trend will increase. This book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of this technique, which is rapidly increasing...
Life in Europe Under Climate Change
Alcamo Joseph
Life in Europe will indeed go on as the climate changes, but not in the same way as before. The air will be warmer, winds will change, patterns of rainfall and snowfall will alter, and sea level is likely to rise. These phenomena are already...
Disability and Campus Dynamics. New Directions for Higher Education, Number 154
Madaus Joseph W.
Prepare your institution for a new generation of disability services that embraces the growing student, as well as staff and faculty population with disabilities. Legal compliance, reasonable accommodations, classroom instruction issues,...
Developing Students' Leadership Capacity. New Directions for Student Services, Number 140
Osteen Laura
Leadership education has become an essential outcome of higher education in the past decade and yet leadership development efforts vary greatly on campuses. In response, the International Leadership Association (ILA) published “Guiding...
Handbook of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
Cremers David A.
Starting from fundamentals and moving through a thorough discussion of equipment, methods, and techniques, the Handbook of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy provides a unique reference source that will be of value for many years to come for...
Introduction to Soil Chemistry. Analysis and Instrumentation
Vitha Mark F.
Provides the tools needed to explore the incredible complexities of the earth's soils Now in its Second Edition, this highly acclaimed text fully equips readers with the skills and knowledge needed to analyze soil and correctly interpret the...
Mass Spectrometry in Drug Metabolism and Disposition. Basic Principles and Applications
Lee Mike S.
This book examines the background, industrial context, process, analytical methodology, and technology of metabolite identification. It emphasizes the applications of metabolite identification in drug research. While primarily a textbook, the...
Advances in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells VI
Bansal Narottam P.
The Seventh International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC): Materials, Science, and Technology was held during the 34th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites in Daytona Beach, FL, January 24 to 29,...
Essentials of Autism Spectrum Disorders Evaluation and Assessment
Ventola Pamela E.
Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to utilize the varied assessments frequently used in evaluating autism spectrum disorders With both the detection and awareness of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) on the rise, there is an urgent...
Techniques for Surviving Mobile Data Explosion
Verma Dinesh C.
Discusses the challenges of bandwidth scarcity due to mobile data explosion and their solutions The rapidly growing popularity of Smartphones and other mobile devices has resulted in an exponential growth of mobile data. There is insufficient...
Handbook of Global and Multicultural Negotiation
Woodrow Peter J.
Praise for Handbook of Global and Multicultural Negotiation «In today's globalized world, few competencies are as essential as the ability to negotiate across cultures. In this insightful and practical book, Chris Moore and Peter Woodrow draw on...
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy in Surface Science
Davies Philip R.
Here, top international authors in the field of STM and surface science present first-class contributions on this hot topic, bringing the reader up to date with the latest developments in this rapidly advancing field. The focus is on the...
Heterogeneous Electrode Processes and Localized Corrosion
Revie R. Winston
Sheds new light on the significance of electrode inhomogeneity and electrochemical heterogeneity A major contribution to the field of electrochemistry, this book—based on a thorough review of the literature and author Yongjun Tan's twenty years...
Functional Polymer Films, 2 Volume Set
Advincula Rigoberto C.
Very thin film materials have emerged as a highly interesting and useful quasi 2D-state functionality. They have given rise to numerous applications ranging from protective and smart coatings to electronics, sensors and display technology as...
Nonlinear Wave Methods for Charge Transport
Bonilla Luis L.
The present book introduces and develops mathematical techniques for the treatment of nonlinear waves and singular perturbation methods at a level that is suitable for graduate students, researchers and faculty throughout the natural sciences...
Hormones in Neurodegeneration, Neuroprotection, and Neurogenesis
Gravanis Achille G.
As life expectancy increases and population ages, the already enormous impact of neurodegeneration on society will become even larger without better prevention and treatment. Developing strategies to prevent degeneration of neurons and to...
Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles
Ridsdill-Smith T. James
This book describes the evolutionary and ecological consequences of reproductive competition for scarabaeine dung beetles. As well as giving us insight into the private lives of these fascinating creatures, this book shows how dung beetles can...
Solid State Characterization of Pharmaceuticals
Storey Richard A.
The field of solid state characterization is central to the pharmaceutical industry, as drug products are, in an overwhelming number of cases, produced as solid materials. Selection of the optimum solid form is a critical aspect of the...
Organizational Capacity to Do and Use Evaluation. New Directions for Evaluation, Number 141
Cousins J. Bradley
Gain a greater understanding of organizational capacity to do and use evaluation and implications for evaluation capacity building (ECB). This volume is unique in that it represents a multiple case study of eight organizations that were...
Continuing to Engage the Online Learner. More Activities and Resources for Creative Instruction
Conrad Rita-Marie
Continuing to Engage the Online Learner Contributing to both the theoretical and practical literature, Continuing to Engage the Online Learner expands on the work of Conrad and Donaldson's bestselling Engaging the Online Learner. This next-step...
The Academic Portfolio. A Practical Guide to Documenting Teaching, Research, and Service
Miller J. Elizabeth
This comprehensive book focuses squarely on academic portfolios, which may prove to be the most innovative and promising faculty evaluation and development technique in years. The authors identify key issues, red flag warnings, and benchmarks...
The World News Prism. Challenges of Digital Communication
Scotton James F.
Fully revised and updated, the eighth edition of The World News Prism analyzes the changing role of transnational news media in the 21st-century globalized world and its impact on rapidly changing news events. Includes a new chapter dedicated to...
The World News Prism. Digital, Social and Interactive
Scotton James F.
Now available in a fully revised and updated ninth edition, World News Prism provides in-depth analysis of the changing role of transnational news media in the 21st-century. Includes three new chapters on Russia, Brazil, and India and a revised...
Multilevel Modeling Techniques and Applications in Institutional Research. New Directions in Institutional Research, Number 154
Antony James S.
Multilevel modeling is an increasingly popular multivariate technique that is widely applied in the social sciences. Increasingly, practitioners are making instructional decisions based on results from their multivariate analyses, which often...
Stereochemical Aspects of Organolithium Compounds
Gawley Robert E.
Topics in Stereochemistry, previously edited by «the father of stereochemistry» Ernest L. Eliel, is a longstanding, successful series covering the most important advances in the field. The much-anticipated Volume 26 on stereochemical aspects of...
Proceedings of the Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories (UNITECR 2013)
Smith Jeffrey D.
Proceedings containing 231 manuscripts that were submitted and approved for the 13th biennial worldwide refractories congress recognized as the Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories(UNITECR), held September 10-13, 2013.
Transforming Adults Through Coaching: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Number 148
Pappas James P.
The field of coaching adult populations has grown dramatically over the past two decades. This volume brings together coaching scholars and experts to review this trend, examine some of the theoretical foundations of the field, and explore how...
Enhancing Sustainability Campuswide. New Directions for Student Services, Number 137
Jacobs Bruce A.
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” Many student affairs divisions are doing just that, leading the way in sustainability education by providing students with the knowledge they need to make a positive impact in their personal,...
Strategies for Reducing Drug and Chemical Residues in Food Animals. International Approaches to Residue Avoidance, Management, and Testing
Riviere Jim E.
Highlighting international approaches; the book details strategies to minimize contamination, residue monitoring programs, and classes of drugs and chemicals that pose contaminant risk in livestock. Focuses attention on drug and chemical...
Meeting the Transitional Needs of Young Adult Learners. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Number 143
Olson Joann S.
This is the first New Directions volume related to young adult learners since 1984. Then, as now, young adults are an important segment of the adult population but have received scant attention in the adult education literature. Increasingly,...
The Chemistry of Hydroxylamines, Oximes and Hydroxamic Acids, Volume 1
Liebman Joel F.
Focusing on an important class of compounds in organic synthesis, this text features contributions by leading experts, and delivers the quality expected from the “Patai Series.”
Fundamentals of Heterocyclic Chemistry. Importance in Nature and in the Synthesis of Pharmaceuticals
Quin Louis D.
Heterocyclic chemistry is of prime importance as a sub-discipline of Organic Chemistry, as millions of heterocyclic compounds are known with more being synthesized regularly Introduces students to heterocyclic chemistry and synthesis with...
Radicalizing Learning. Adult Education for a Just World
Holst John D.
Radicalizing Learning calls for a total rethinking of what the field of adult education stands for and how adult educators should assess their effectiveness. Arguing that major changes in society are needed to create a more just world, the...
Catalyzed Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Formation
Hartwig John F.
Written by an experienced editor widely acclaimed within the scientific community, this book covers everything from oxygen to nitrogen functionalities. From the contents: * Palladium-Catalyzed Syntheses of Five-Membered Saturated Heterocycles *...
Development for Academic Leaders. A Practical Guide for Fundraising Success
Hunt Penelepe C.
Praise for Development for Academic Leaders «Penny Hunt has opened the door on what many academics consider the mystery of fundraising success. In a straightforward and direct way, the book explains what is most important for academic leaders to...
Basin Analysis. Principles and Application to Petroleum Play Assessment
Allen John R.
Basin Analysis is an advanced undergraduate and postgraduate text aimed at understanding sedimentary basins as geodynamic entities. The rationale of the book is that knowledge of the basic principles of the thermo-mechanical behaviour of the...
Transition Metal-Catalyzed Couplings in Process Chemistry. Case Studies From the Pharmaceutical Industry
Dunetz Joshua R.
Transition metal-catalyzed coupling reactions have a rich history that led to the awarding of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Professors Suzuki, Heck, and Negishi for their pioneering contributions to the field. The coming of age of this...
On Being Presidential. A Guide for College and University Leaders
Pierce Susan R.
Praise for On Being Presidential «This is the best book I've ever read on being a college president.»—Arthur Levine, president, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, and president emeritus, Teachers College, Columbia University «A...
End-of-Life Issues, Grief, and Bereavement. What Clinicians Need to Know
Qualls Sara Honn
A practical overview of clinical issues related to end-of-life care, including grief and bereavement The needs of individuals with life-limiting or terminal illness and those caring for them are well documented. However, meeting these needs can...
