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Established in 1960, Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry is the definitive serial in the area-one of great importance to organic chemists, polymer chemists, and many biological scientists. Written by established authorities in the field, the comprehensive reviews combine descriptive chemistry and me

The aim of Advances in the Study of Behavior remains as it has been since the series began: to serve the increasing number of scientists who are engaged in the study of animal behavior by presenting their theoretical ideas and research to their colleagues and to those in neighboring fields. We hope

Contains ten contributions, covering a diversity of subject areas in atomic, molecular and optical physics. This volume reviews the properties of a Fermi degenerate gas of cold potassium atoms in the crossover regime between the Bose-Einstein condensation of molecules and the condensation of fermionic atom pairs.

Volume 74 contains six excellent cutting-edge reviews detailing advances in the plant and environmental soil sciences. Chapter 1 is an extensive review on soil quality. Chapter 2 covers recent advances in understanding the formation of metal hydroxide precipitates on soil surfaces and their implica

Presents developments as well as comprehensive reviews in immunology. This title includes articles that address the range of topics that comprise immunology, including molecular and cellular activation mechanisms, phylogeny and molecular evolution, and clinical modalities.

Investigates the ways that intangible values can be identified, measured, and managed. By using case studies, and a set of accounting tools, this work demonstrates how a new value framework can protect investors while giving companies the ability to generate long-term growth.

Intending to help graduated organic chemists find careers in the North American pharmaceutical industry, this book covers the fundamentals of getting an industrial job as a medicinal or process chemist, as well as the aspects of a chemist's job - scientific, financial, and managerial - within a pharmaceutical/biotechnology company.

An accompanying manual to "Theodoridis/Koutroumbas, Pattern Recognition", that includes Matlab code of the most common methods and algorithms in the book, together with a descriptive summary and solved examples, and including real-life data sets in imaging and audio recognition.

Written by an international group of academic and professional peers, based on select presentations at The International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) meeting, this book offers insights into the topics of greatest concern to food science and technology professionals.

Addresses controversial clinical issues of the psychiatric aspects of epilepsy. This book explores the reasons behind the poor communication between psychiatrists and neurologists and suggests potential remedies to this important problem. It also examines whether psychiatrists and neurologists are properly trained.

Presents advances and comprehensive reviews in cell biology - both plant and animal. This book includes articles that address structure and control of gene expression, nucleocytoplasmic interactions, control of cell development and differentiation, and cell transformation and growth.

Features more than one hundred case vignettes that explore epilepsy. This work contain cases that challenge long-held views about epilepsy and others bring the reader to the limits of our understanding of epilepsy, both in clinical and basic science.

This study focuses on the detection and characterization of ecological impacts - including those caused by human intervention, the most crucial aspect of ecological risk assessment. The text deals with estimating the magnitude of local impacts, the extent of effects, and measurement and prediction.

Introduces the fundamental concepts of mass spectrometry and how mass spectrometers work. This work is useful for peptide, protein, oligonucleotide, and carbohydrate analysis. It has description of mass spectrometry including: Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (MALDI); Electrospray Ionization (ESI); and, Fast Atom/Ion Bombardment (FAB).

Highlights typical preparative methods for a range of polymer types. This book presents practical laboratory procedures for a selection of syntheses that are representative of a given class of starting materials and polymerization techniques. It aims to save on tedious literature searching when planning laboratory procedures.

Foresters, ecologists, land managers, geographers, and environmental scientists are interested in the behaviour and ecological effects of fires. This book focuses on the chemistry and physics of fire as it relates to the ways in which fire behaves and the impacts it has on ecosystem function.

Asserting that intangibles create financial transactions, and not vice versa, this book offers methods of valuing intangibles in intangible forms, with associated and meaningful financial values. It also presents management frameworks in which various forms of intangibles can be classified, measured, managed, and reported.

Examines the tools that can be used to assess the condition of a local government's fiscal health and some of the policy causes or remedies for certain situations, as well as some of the strategies governments can pursue to maintain and improve health. This book contains discussion questions and anonymous case studies of actual cities.

Begins with an overview of the fundamental principles and challenges of multimedia communication and networking. This book tackles compression and networking before moving on to systems, wireless multimedia and other advanced topics. It also presents a balanced treatment of audio and video with coverage of end-to-end systems.

An Introduction to Non-Harmonic Fourier Series, Revised Edition is an update of a widely known and highly respected classic textbook.Throughout the book, material has also been added on recent developments, including stability theory, the frame radius, and applications to signal analysis and the co

Scientist and engineers working in the field renewable energy must overcome the challenges of conversion, transmission and storage before it can replace more traditional power sources such as oil and gas. This book provides strategies for the efficient conversion, transmission and storage of various forms of renewable energy.

Describes the actual mechanisms by which Metabolic Syndrome progresses and causes damage in the body, including the action of insulin and the pathophysiology of insulin resistance. This book discusses the actual mechanisms by which Metabolic Syndrome progresses and causes damage to the body.

Explains the economics of land-use ecology with emphasis on changing over from a conventional model of agriculture to environmentally- and ecologically-friendly models and the financial incentives that are important to these practices. This book analyzes agricultural solutions with economic testing.

This updated edition reflects the information gained during the last decade, especially those aspects of wildlife nutrition essential to successful management either in the wild or in captivity.

Global Physical Climatology, Second Edition, provides an introduction to the science of climate and climate change. Beginning with a basic introduction to the physical climate system, the text then introduces the physics of the climate system, including the atmosphere, ocean, and land surface. . More advanced topics apply the basic knowledge introduced to natural variability of the climate in both the present and past, the sensitivity of climate to external forcing, paleoclimate, a basic description of the science of human-induced climate change, and the tools necessary to predict future climate using physical principles and computer models.

Providing a resource for looking at how the Internet affects our definition of who we are, this book examines the philosophical ramifications of Internet use and our definitions of self, reality, and work. It explores how the Internet is used to meet new friends, and also discusses what represents normal behavior with respect to Internet use.

Offers solutions to the issues and concerns of waste generated from industry. This book aims to conserve the natural resources by approaching 100 % utilization of various types of wastes by cradle-to-cradle concepts, using Industrial Ecology methodology documented with case studies. It reveals technologies for conservation of natural resources.

Examines some of the inquiry related to the study of emotions in educational contexts. This book represents research on emotions and education, and has the potential to impact research in this area.

Measure theory investigates the conditions under which integration can take place. It considers various ways in which the 'size' of a set can be estimated. This title focuses on concepts and ideas of Measure Theory, highlighting the theoretical side of the subject. It invites the readers to take an active part in the theory construction.