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Provides an overview of the role of nitrosocompounds and nitrosyl-iron complexes in physiology. This book is dedicated to the role of nitrosocompounds in physiology, with emphasis on the nitrosocompounds that are endogenously formed in higher organisms and humans.

Presents a collection of surveys of research problems in topology and its applications. This book covers topics which include general topology, set-theoretic topology, continuum theory, topological algebra, dynamical systems, computational topology and functional analysis. It presents representative surveys of research groups.

A collection of 13 reviews on structural and coordination chemistry of actinide compounds. This book provides both general overview and review of developments in the field, including such topics as nanomaterials and nanoparticles and their relevance to the transfer of actinides under environmental conditions.

Answers the question of what distinguishes the living from the non-living, takes an in-depth look to a vigorous and expanding discipline, from molecule to system and explores the region between individual components and the system.

Suitable for researchers using Mathematics as well as for mathematicians themselves, this book covers a range of subjects in pure and applied mathematics. It provides the distances, as well as distance-related notions and paradigms in ready-to-use fashion.

Covers latent variable models, which are a flexible class of models for modeling multivariate data to explore relationships among observed and latent variables. This handbook covers a wide class of important models. It includes illustrative examples with real data sets from business, education, medicine, public health and sociology.

Contains terms that are used in the broad fields of electronics data protection and data management in the interconnected world. This book covers various aspects of the modern technology's practices in multiple subfields, namely: physical (hardware and perimeter) security, and wired and wireless telecommunication infrastructure security.

Suitable for an engineer in industrial process development, a research chemist in academia and industry, and a graduate student intending to become a reaction engineer, this book includes chapters on heterogeneous catalysis and periodic and chaotic reactions.

Concerned with explanatory concepts in evolution, genetics, and ecology, this book contains a collection of 25 essays which provide an overview of the state of the field. It demonstrates how philosophical analysis has been able to contribute to sometimes contested areas of scientific theory making.

Voice over WLANs offers more flexibility than wired networks (changes to a WLAN don't require changes to installed wiring) and greater capacity than wired networks. This book provides an overview of voice over WLANs/VoIP (voice over internet protocol) technology, including voice coding, packet loss, delay and 'jitter', and 'echo' control.

Provides developments on fractional differential and fractional integro-differential equations involving many different potentially useful operators of fractional calculus. This book is application oriented and it contains the theory of Fractional Differential Equations. It provides problems and directions for further investigations.

RF (radio frequency) and wireless technologies drive communication. This book offers information regarding software defined RF, using frequencies smarter, and, using more of the spectrum, with ultrawideband technology.

A crucial part of any hiring process should be employment background screening, pre- and post-hire. This work describes various aspects of the employment background screening processes - its history and evolution, the imperative for implementing a screening process, and the creation of a comprehensive policy.

Covers the literature published during 2003 on most of the important heterocyclic ring systems. This 16th annual volume of "Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry", opens with 2 specialized reviews. The first covers 'Lamellarins: Isolation, activity and synthesis' and the second discusses 'Radical Additions to Pyridines, Quinolines and Isoquinolines'.

Considers several interpretative difficulties raised by gauge-type symmetries (those that correspond to no change in physical state). This book focuses on spacetime physics, and in particular classical and quantum general relativity.

Covers the following topics: general introduction, source term, fire accidents, vapour cloud explosions, BLEVEs and vessel explosions, atmospheric dispersion of toxic or flammable clouds, vulnerability, and quantitative risk analysis. This book is a useful for engineering professionals and for teaching at graduate and post-graduate levels.

Presenting fractal analysis examples, this book provides a means to make quantitative the degree of heterogeneity present on the sensor surface, and relates it to the binding and dissociation rate coefficients. It emphasizes medially-oriented examples and the detection of disease-related analytes.

Provides an introduction to the theory of gravity which is used as the basis for developing applications in exploration and geodesy. This book offers a survey of gravity instrumentation, with emphasis on the theory of underlying these instruments.

The emergence of Web 2.0 is provoking challenging questions for developers: What products and services can our company provide to customers and employees using Rich Internet Applications, mash-ups, Web feeds or Ajax? What are best practices and how do we apply them? This title offers a complete view of Web 2.0 including services and technologies.

Explains the groundwork necessary for IT to really support the business properly. This book helps businesses capture corporate knowledge and unstructured data, and offer solutions for codifying it for use in IT and management. It includes sample unstructured metadata for use in self-testing and developing skills.

Pyrolysis is involved in many practical applications as well as in many common human activities, but harmful compounds can be generated in the process. This title provides a comprehensive description of pyrolysis of non-polymeric organic molecules. It offers information on mechanisms and kinetics of numerous pyrolytic processes.

Provides information on developing concepts and definitions of bioavailability. This book includes a discussion of bioavailability and ecotoxicity of contaminants and bioavailability of nutrients and agrichemicals for applications in agriculture. It analyzes tools for assessing bioavailability and the role of bioavailability in risk assessment.

Reviews and assesses novel technologies suitable to measure the flow rates of gas, oil and water in a three-phase flow. This book evaluates those technologies already implemented in the various commercial meters in terms of operational and economical advantages or shortcomings from an operator point of view.

Drawing on the authors' combined 40 years of usability testing experience, this title presents some of the most effective principles and practices. It offers targeted advice on how to maintain objectivity. It discusses the ethical considerations that apply in different usability testing.

ZigBee is a short-range wireless networking standard backed by such industry leaders as Motorola, Texas Instruments, Philips, Samsung, Siemens, and Freescale. This book presents a comprehensive overview of ZigBee technology and networking, from RF/physical layer considerations to application layer development.

A compilation of key chapters from the top MK computer animation books - in the areas of motion capture, facial features, solid spaces, fluids, gases, biology, point-based graphics, and Maya. It includes chapters that provide CG Animators with a sampling of essential techniques that every 3D artist needs to create stunning and versatile images.

A collection of lectures given in July 2007 at the Les Houches Summer School on 'String Theory and the Real World: From particle physics to astrophysics'. It provides a pedagogical introduction to topics in String Theory, and Cosmology.

Provides the methodology for identifying which waste types are produced from particular industrial processes and how they can be treated. This book presents an explanation of the fundamental mechanisms by which pollutants become dissolved or become suspended in water or air.

Uses real-life examples and time-tested rules of thumb to guide the mechanical engineer through issues of reliability and fitness-for-service. This work on piping and pipeline assessment is suitable for mechanical or pipeline engineers.

The classic book "The Art of War" (or as it is sometimes translated, "The Art of Strategy") by Sun Tzu is often used to illustrate principles that can apply to the management of business environments. This book applies the time-honored principles of Sun Tzu's theories of conflict to contemporary organizational security.