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The Heavy-Fermions (sometimes known as Heavy-Electrons) is a loosely defined collection of intermetallic compounds containing rare-earth (mostly Ce) or actinide (mostly U) elements. This book offers a summary as well as a critical review of the theoretical and experimental work done on Heavy Fermions. It provides research references.

Earthquake engineering is the ultimate challenge for structural engineers. This book features seismic design and retrofitting techniques for low and high rise buildings, single and multi-span bridges, dams and nuclear facilities. It also compares and contrasts various seismic resistant techniques in USA, Russia, Japan, Turkey, India, and China.

The "Handbook of Natural Resource and Energy Economics" examines current theory and samples current application methods for natural resource and energy economics. This third volume deals primarily with non-renewable resources and analyzes the economics of energy and minerals.

Documents the status of adsorption research for a variety of metals by geomedia ranging from individual minerals to sediments and soils. This book examines factors affecting the extent of metal adsorption, including the effects of selected anions, competition among metals, pH, metal concentration, loading and variable metal adsorption capacity.

Provides expositions of major advances in fundamental stability theories and methods for dynamic systems of ODE and DDE types. This title presents comprehensive theory and methodology of stability analysis. It is useful for graduate students in applied mathematics, mechanics, control theory, theoretical physics and mathematical biology.

For each priority group of chemicals, this book presents information on sources, uses, physical and chemical properties, tissue concentrations in field collections and their significance, lethal and sublethal effects under controlled conditions.

Provides information on testing and development of hydroprocessing catalysts with the aim to improve performance of the conventional and modified catalysts as well as to develop novel catalytic formulations. This book also focusses on pore size and pore volume distribution of the catalysts.

A reference for research, learning and teaching, this series of handbooks aims to achieve readability for mathematicians.

Intended to be of assistance to those who wish to be introduced to a given topic in the field of magnetism and as a work of reference for scientists active in magnetism research. This volume provides trends and achievements in magnetism.

Mathematical Finance is a prolific scientific domain in which there exists a particular characteristic of developing both advanced theories and practical techniques simultaneously. This book addresses the three aspects in the field: mathematical models, computational methods, and applications.

More than 20 countries generate electricity from geothermal resources and about 60 countries make direct use of geothermal energy. This book provides an account of all facets of geothermal energy development and summarizes the knowledge on geothermal resources, their exploration and exploitation.

Provides detailed kinetic analysis of the binding and dissociation reactions that are occuring on the biosensor surface. This book addresses the area of analyte-receptor binding and dissociation kinetics occurring on biosensor surfaces. It provides physical insights into reactions occurring on biosensor surfaces.

The Generator Coordinate Method (GCM) is a mathematical tool for the understanding of stable atomic nuclei. This title is designed to assist scientists applying GCM in the analysis of the electronic structure of atoms and molecules. It covers the Generator Coordinate Method and applications for atoms, molecules and nuclei.

Contains selected papers from the First International Conference on the Ontology of Spacetime. This book provides chapters that address two main questions: what is the status of the substantivalism/relationalism debate, and what about the prospects of presentism and becoming within present-day physics and its philosophy?

Discusses fundamental problems in dynamics, which exist in engineering, natural and social sciences. This illustrated book presents a basic theory for the interactions among many dynamical systems and for a system whose motions are constrained naturally or artificially.

Provides a survey of results in the field of the cell and cell associated objects modeling. This book investigates applications to modeling in the areas of AIDS, cancers and life longevity, and proves fundamental properties of evolutionary systems on optimal distribution of their various resources on their internal and external functions.

Presents an overview of advances in the intertwining of the following research fields: photon and electron spectroscopy, quantum chemistry, modelling and mass-spectrometry. This book offers a different point of view to the understanding of isolated elementary building blocks of biomolecules and their assemblies.

Talks about a comprehensive technology for recycling of used lubricating oils. This book discusses efficient and effective ways of reusing lubricating oil which, if implemented, can result in a better quality of life, the stability of the environment, the health of national economies and better relationships between nations.

Monitoring pollutants in air, soil and water is a routine requirement in the workplace. This book provides a collection of information on a set of techniques that help monitor the quality of air, surface and ground waters. It also covers theory and applications, providing information and guidelines for use in the field.

Presents the applications of separation methods, mainly chromatography, in forensic practice. This book contains reviews on forensic relevant groups of compounds. It presents application of separation methods in forensic chemistry. It contains chapters on forensic genetics.

Contains a selection of papers presented at PASSIVITY-9, the 9th International Symposium on the Passivation of Metals and Semiconductors and the Properties of Thin Oxide Layers, which was held in Paris, 27 June-1 July, 2005. This book covers the fundamental aspects of passivity and provides a view of the advances and trends in the field.

Focuses on petroleum refining bioprocesses, establishing a connection between science and technology. This title details the micro organisms and biomolecules examined for biocatalytic purposes for oil refining processes.

System administration is about the design, running and maintenance of human-computer systems. This book summarizes the state of research and practice in this field of network and system administration, in an anthology of chapters written by the top academics in the field. It covers data center planning and design.

Presenting the chemistry, materials science, physics and technology of rare earth elements, this volume incorporates a recapitulation of the scientific achievements and contributions made by Professor LeRoy Eyring (1919-2005) to the science of the lanthanide oxides in which the lanthanide element has a valence equal to or greater than three.

Includes selected topics on the measurement and evaluation of physico-chemical properties of molten electrolytes. This work describes the features, properties, and experimental measurement of different physico-chemical properties of molten salt systems used as electrolytes for different metal production, as a medium for reactions in molten salts.

Intended to serve as a guide for the identification and quantification of amino acids and amines in various matrices, providing an overview on the theory and protocol of various methods. This work presents chromatograms with elution programs enabling visual analysis and compares the advantages-disadvantages of various chromatographic techniques.

Provides clinicians and medical investigators with a reliable and critical yearly survey of data and trends in the area of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions. This book also includes an essay that describes the modern approach to classifying adverse drug reactions.

Transient problems in transport phenomena have a variety of applications. This book looks at transient problems in heat, mass and momentum transfer: including non-Fourier effects of conduction and relaxation; non-Fick effects of mass diffusion and relaxation; and non-Newtonian effects of viscous momentum transfer and relaxation.

Provides critical reviews of important topics in computational chemistry as applied to all chemical disciplines. This title covers topics that include quantum chemistry, molecular mechanics, force fields, chemical education, and applications in academic and industrial settings.

Deals with a Lie algebraic approach to the study of nonlinear properties of molecular highly excited vibrations. This work presents the fundamental concepts of nonlinear dynamics such as chaos, fractals, quasiperiodicity, resonance, and the Lyapunov exponent, and their roles in the study of molecular vibrations.