Bøker utgitt av Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc

Suitable for researchers and professionals working in food sourcing, regulation, safety, and distribution, this book lays out the key issues and challenges in food safety, food quality, chain integrity, the link with consumers, and the technological base of tracking and tracing systems.

Analyzes sedimentary facies, basin evolution, and sequence stratigraphy to provide answers to depositional processes and environmental changes through the Earth's history, including tectonic events, climate changes, and sea-level fluctuations. This book covers the geology of the Korean peninsula.

Focuses on control and optimisation of process systems. This title offers reviews that combine descriptive chemistry and mechanistic insight and yield an understanding of how the chemistry drives the properties.

Provides users of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-IV) with information on applying the WAIS-IV, including additional indexes and information regarding use in special populations for advanced clinical use and interpretation. This book offers sophisticated users of the WAIS-IV and Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS-IV).

Suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and professional scientists, this book presents advances and comprehensive reviews in cell biology - both plant and animal. It provides up-to-date information and directions for future research.

From genetic engineering to hurricane prediction, mathematical models guide much of the decision making in our society. If the assumptions and methods underlying the modeling are flawed, the outcome can be disastrously poor. This book explores a range of approaches including optimization models, dynamic models and probability models.

Available water disinfection systems rely mainly on large-scale filtration and the combination of filtration (to remove solids), and subsequent application of chemical disinfectants. This title provides single-source comparison of advantages and disadvantages relevant to the various practices of multiple water treatments.

Offers a comprehensive presentation of the discipline of neuroscience, from molecules to cognition. This book builds from an introductory section that includes fundamental neuroanatomy and covers cellular and molecular neuroscience, development, sensory systems, motor systems, regulatory systems, and behavioral and cognitive neuroscience.

Contains reviews of the research in applied microbiology. This title covers areas such as: bacterial diversity in the human gut, protozoan grazing of freshwater biofilms, metals in yeast fermentation processes, and the interpretation of host-pathogen dialogue through microarrays.

For decades, the surface-plasmon-polariton wave guided by the interface of simple isotropic materials dominated the scene. This title includes Dyakonov waves guided by interfaces formed with columnar thin films, and multiple modes of surface-plasmon-polariton waves guided by the interface of a metal and a periodically varying dielectric material.

Turmeric has been used as a medicine, a condiment, and a dye since at least 600 BC, while ginger has been used extensively throughout history for its medicinal purposes. This book helps for those involved in production and marketing of these plants, and those looking for information on medicinal and nutritional properties of turmeric and ginger.

Gives insight into Alcoholism and Drug Addiction genetic and/or acquired etiologies through researched studies that draw the conclusion that Addiction is a disease/ medical condition. This book features the treatment from detox followed by psychotherapy with evidence based practices and supported by Aftercare programs to maintain sobriety.

Explores the discovery of how to get the coordinates of analytical expressions x, y and z when the intensity of the magnetic fields are known. This book also deals with the problem of how to analyze, define and design any type of transmitter along with its positioning equation(s).

Gravity waves exist in all types of geophysical fluids, such as lakes, oceans, and atmospheres. This title provides readers with a working background of the fundamental physics and mathematics of gravity waves, and introduces a variety of applications and numerous recent advances.

Presents a cogent explanation of the fundamentals of meteorology, and explains storm dynamics for weather-oriented meteorologists. This title discusses climate dynamics and the implications posed for global change. It features a companion website with MATLAB[registered] exercises and treatments of several key topics.

Helps you to understand musical phenomena in terms of mental functions - to characterize the ways in which one perceives, remembers, creates, and performs music, this book encompasses the way the brain perceives, remembers, creates, and performs music. It is designed for use as a textbook for advanced courses in psychology of music.

Guides the reader through each step of writing MATLAB programs. This book assumes no previous programming experience on the part of the reader, and uses multiple examples in clear language to introduce concepts and practical tools.

Suitable for those who have an interest in agricultural research and development and want to learn on the challenges facing the global agricultural production systems, this book addresses the effects of climate change and the population explosion on food supply and offers solutions to combat them.

Probability theory is a rapidly expanding field and is used in many areas of science and technology. This book presents concepts and results from analysis before embarking on the study of probability theory. It also presents the concepts, methodology and fundamental results of probability theory.

Introduces researchers, post-graduate students, and analysts to data mining using R, a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. This book provides practical methods for using R in applications from academia to industry to extract knowledge from vast amounts of data.

Looks at research into the causes, effects, classification systems, syndromes of developmental disabilities. In this title, contributors come from ranging perspectives, including genetics, psychology, education, and other health and behavioral sciences. It provides the scholarly research in the study of developmental disabilities.

Provides a starting point for researchers and practitioners entering the field, and build a platform for further research and discovery. In this book, chapters are referenced to provide readers with a comprehensive list of resources on the topics covered.

Offers a summary of the global warming peer reviewed science since 2007. This title covers a range of topics evaluated by the IPCC, including greenhouse gas emissions, the global carbon cycle, sea level rise, and future climate projections.

Part of the "Methods in Enzymology" series, this title covers essential ion channel methods.

Emphasizes the use of 'new variables' and objective numerical methods to drive drug discovery in an encompassing way. This book provides a practical discussion of the concepts, ideas, applications and examples of efficiency-driven drug discovery.

Precharge logic is used by a variety of industries in applications where processor speed is the primary goal, such as VLSI applications. This book covers the challenges faced by designers when using this logic style, including logic basics, timing, noise considerations, and more. It is suitable for engineers in a variety of industries.