Bøker utgitt av Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

In this book, Dr. Andras Sobester reviews the science behind high altitude flight. Flying high makes very high speeds possible -- what are the practical limits?The key advantage of stratospheric flight is that the aircraft will be 'above the weather' - but is this always the case?

" The goal of this book is to provide primary care physicians with a practical in troductory understanding of medical informatics, focusing on areas of importance in primary care.

Topics covered include: Signal processing and source modeling Linguistic analysis Articulatory synthesis and visual speech Concatenative synthesis and automated segmentation Prosodic analysis of natural speech Synthesis of prosody Evaluation and perception Systems and applications.

Chapter three presents patient management in detail so that in the later chapters, as disorders are being pre sented, the student can have the management strategies clearly in mind. Chapter fourteen focuses on special issues in the practice of psychiatry such as sleep issues, forensic psychiatry, AIDS, etc.

This volume covers aspects of ecology, behavior, genetics, taxonomy, 'cultural' patterns, hunting by non-human primates, physiology, dietary chemistry, and ecotourism, in several major clades of primates from galagos and pottos, through cercopithecoids, to hominoids.

One of the most civilized nations in history, China has a long-standing writing tradition and many Chinese texts have become world treasures. However, the way the Chinese teach writing in various countries in contemporary times is little known to the outside world, especially in Western countries.

Divided into two volumes, this work presents an analysis of in vitro and recombinant DNA technologies for the improvement of grain, forage, and tree legumes. It presents the status and prospects of in vitro regeneration and genetic transformation expression and stability of transgenes modification of traits in almost all the important legumes.

This volume is relevant to Islamicists, phenomenologists, comparatists, metaphysicians, philosophers of religion, and historians of ideas. The main aim of this series is to engage in a philosophical exploration, bringing back to the philosophical arena key philosophical issues presently forgotten.

This book focuses on successful application of microbial biotechnology in areas such as medicine, agriculture, environment and human health.

In the past, many tropical and parasitic infections were confined to tropical areas of the world located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.

Especially when there is a lot of political rhetoric in the air, those of us with strong political convictions are inclined to reflect on just why we hold certain views even as others who are basically like us hold very different ones.

Advances in Light Water Reactor Technologies focuses on the design and analysis of advanced nuclear power reactors. Safety, design, development and maintenance of these reactors is the main focus, with key technologies like full MOX core design, next-generation digital I&C systems and seismic design and evaluation described at length.

Grappling with Gravity explores the physiological changes that will occur in humans and the plants and animals that accompany humans as we move to new worlds, be it to colony in the emptiness of space or settlements on the Moon, Mars, or other moons or planets. As a person adapts in space he or she will become less fit to live on Earth.

Collects together the studies of music consumption, and developments in music technology. This book combines the perspectives of both social scientists and technology designers, uncovering how music technologies are actually being used. It is useful for those designing new music technologies, and those working in the music industry.

The titling of this book - "Facing Reality" - came to me unbidden, presumably from my subconscious! The other component of the title - "Reality" - is the ultimate reality for each of us as conscious beings - our birth - our self-hood in its long stream of becoming throughout our life - our death and apparent annihilation.

Archaeology has been transformed by technology that allows one to 'see' below the surface of the earth. and the utilization of imaging from aircraft and spacecraft to reveal the regional setting of archaeological sites and to assist in cultural resource management.

Current research activities are leveraging the Grid to create generic- and domain-specific solutions and services for data management and knowledge discovery. This volume presents the latest Grid solutions and research results in key areas such as distributed storage management, Grid databases, Semantic Grid and Grid-aware data mining.

This unique text is a practical guide to managing and developing Healthcare Knowledge Management (KM) that is underpinned by theory and research. Designed to demystify the KM process and demonstrate its applicability, this text offers contemporary and clinically-relevant lessons for future organizational implementations.

Recent surveys have provided new and updated information into public insights of the nascent space tourism industry. The book also provides a manual for future suborbital and orbital private space explorers. Over half of the book is dedicated to providing for the first time essential training material for private spaceflight participants.

This book describes the science and procedure behind the materials in foods that impart their desirable properties. The book can serve as a text in a course in food materials science at the senior or graduate level or as a supplemental text in an advanced food technology course.

Discusses various aspects of modern neural crest biology from its evolutionary significance to its specification, migration, plasticity and contribution to multiple lineages of the vertebrate body, to the pathologies associated with abnormal neural crest development and function. This book features illustrations of central issues and concepts.

This volume offers an accessible journey through the Universe in search of water. The author shows how scientists detect water, from the nearest planets to the furthest galaxies. Coverage includes the role played by water in studies of habitable exoplanets.

This is the only book of its kind to provide an overview of the science of flavonoids in plants.

Lunar Outpost provides a detailed account of the various technologies, mission architectures, medical requirements and training needed to return humans to the Moon within the next decade.

A perceived rise in autism worldwide has led to a dramatic increase in autism research. This is a uniquely interdisciplinary text that presents the latest findings regarding the physiological, neuropathological, neurochemical and clinical elements of autism.

This book provides a timely insight into the relationships between extreme conflict, the international trade in forest products, and the social, economic and environmental condition of tropical forests and their human communities.

The fusion of algebra, analysis and geometry, and their application to real world problems, have been dominant themes underlying mathematics for over the years. This book features topics such as: signal and image processing in remote sensing, computer vision, medical image processing, biological signal processing, geometric algebras, and more.

A synthesis of results collected from the analysis of numerous projects and industry case studies is presented, with focus on: Principles and models, ICT infrastructures and tools, Implementation issues, and Case studies.

Lithium-Ion Batteries Hazard and Use Assessment examines the usage of lithium-ion batteries and cells within consumer, industrial and transportation products, and analyzes the potential hazards associated with their prolonged use.

At a time when rates of depression and other mental health problems are increasing significantly among high school students, measures of school attitude and well-being are of central importance to school practitioners.