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Apple Academic Press Inc. The Chemical Century: Molecular Manipulation and
Book SynopsisThis fascinating new volume provides a comprehensive yet concise overview of the chemical aspects of some of the major innovations and changes that occurred during the 20th century, relating chemical structures and properties to real-life applications. Developed for a course taught by the author for several years at UVA, the author covers the important and consequential developments in chemistry and explains their everyday, real-life applications. These include such topics as consumer products, fossil fuel use, polymers, agriculture, food production, nutrition, explosives, and drugs. The section Molecular Biology and Its Applications includes examples of the application of biotechnology and genetic engineering. Trade Review"Professor Richard Sundberg, who is well known as an author of both a widely used advanced organic chemistry text and two indole chemistry monographs, has now published The Chemical Century for the educated general public. With minimal chemical jargon and few organic chemical structures, Sundberg has woven a fascinating story of chemistry over the past 150 years. From early chemical dyes and explosives, to the structures of DNA and proteins, and to today’s medicines and pesticides, Sundberg covers an array of ubiquitous chemical topics that are regularly featured in news media and on the Internet. Importantly, his book goes far in dissipating ‘chemophobia’—the irrational fear of chemicals that has plagued the general public for decades.The Chemical Century should be on the reading list of anyone interested in learning about chemicals, both good and evil."—Dr. Gordon W. Gribble, The Dartmouth Professor of Chemistry, Hanover, New Hampshire"Professor Sundberg is well known as an educator and as co-author of the two-volume, multi-edition Advanced Organic Chemistry, a mainstay in chemistry graduate education for 40 years. He now has turned his pedagogical talents to the history of mankind from the 1800s until today through the lens of the contributions of chemistry. Readers need little chemical knowledge in order to inhale a sense of chemical research, product development, and commercialization in the 20thcentury. Sundberg nimbly weaves the themes of power (such as in the form of explosives and fuels), the manufacture of everyday things, food, drug discovery, biotechnology, and molecular biology into a story that we, our parents, and our grandparents have experienced firsthand—mankind’s advances during the past 100 years."—Jeffrey I. Seeman, Department of Chemistry, University of Richmond"This masterful book relates the impact of chemical discovery and invention on the broad scope of twentieth-century history: upheaval in war, government and society; human and ecological health; industry and commerce; the rise and fall of nations and the quality of everyday human life. Chemical structures and equations provide depth for chemists and serve as illustrations for the more casual reader. The book’s organization and the table of contents make it easy to select particular topics of interest. The Chemical Century is a unique and valuable work: both a clearly written history of the science and a history of the century from a chemical point of view. Derived from classroom lectures at the University of Virginia, this book illustrates Dr. Sundberg’s love of teaching and his never-ending search for causation. Discovery leads to invention. Invention enables discovery as we progressed through the Chemical Century." — Peter Bukowick, Chief Operating Officer (retired), Alliant TechsystemsTable of ContentsPOWER FROM MOLECULES. Explosives and Propellants: Power to Breach Mountains, Wage War, and Visit the Moon. Hydrocarbons as Fuels and Petrochemicals: Shaping the Past; Dominating the Present; Complicating the Future. MAKING THINGS WE USE. The Chemical Industry: An Overview. Halogenated Hydrocarbons: Persistence, Toxicity, and Problems. Polymers: Making New Materials. Household and Personal Care Products: Cleaning Up and Looking Good. Silicones: From Contact Lenses to Pavement Sealants. CHEMISTRY AND FOOD. Chemistry and Agriculture: Helping Feed the World. Chemistry, Food and the Modern Diet: What’s in Food Besides Food ?. Vitamins and Nutrition. MOLECULES FOR THE TREATMENT OF ILLNESS. Drug Discovery, Development, and Distribution. Antibiotics: The Battle with the Microbes. Analgesic, Anti-Inflammatory, Anti-Pyretic, and Anesthetic Drugs: Dealing with Pain, Inflammation, and Fever. Antihypertensive Drugs: Controlling Blood Pressure. Steroids: Arthritis, Fertility, Heart Attacks, and Home Run Records. Diabetes and Anti-Diabetic Therapy: Control of Glucose. Drugs For Treatment of Neurological and Psychological Conditions. Anti-Malarial and Other Anti-Parasitic Drugs. Response to the AIDS Pandemic. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS. DNA Structure, Sequencing, Synthesis, and Modification: Making Biology Molecular. Applications of Biotechnology: Biology Doing Chemistry.
£95.00
Apple Academic Press Inc. Natural-Based Polymers for Biomedical
Book SynopsisThis new book presents the authors’ biomedical studies of natural degradable biopolymers (polyhydroxyalkanoates [PHAs]) and discusses the demand for medical-grade materials and modern trends, focusing on the present status and future potential of PHAs. The authors present and summarize their most important results and findings obtained during the last few years in experimental studies and clinical trials of PHAs at the Institute of Biophysics Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science. Table of ContentsRequirements for Biomaterials: The Position and Potential of Degradable Polyhydroxyalkanoates. Creation and Use of Environmentally Friendly Materials as an Important Part of Critical Technologies of the 21st Century. Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Natural Degradable Biopolymers. Microcarriers of PHAs for Cell Technology and Drug Delivery. Potentials of Polyhydroxyalkanoates as Materials for Constructing Cell Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering. Degradable Polyhydroxyalkanoates as a Basis for Drug Delivery Systems. Implants and Cell Grafts of PHAs for Tissue Regeneration. Potentials of Polyhydroxyalkanoates for Repair of Skin Defects. Potential of PHAs for Bone Defect Repair. Perspectives for Using PHAs in Abdominal Surgery. A Study of Mesh Implants Coated with a Biocompatible PHA Layer. A Study of PHAs as Materials for Designing Fully Resorbable Biliary Stents.
£99.75
Apple Academic Press Inc. Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Book SynopsisApplied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Volume 4: Experimental Techniques and Methodical Developments provides a detailed yet easy-to-follow treatment of various techniques useful for characterizing the structure and properties of engineering materials. This timely volume provides an overview of new methods and presents experimental research in applied chemistry using modern approaches. Each chapter describes the principle of the respective method as well as the detailed procedures of experiments with examples of actual applications and then goes on to demonstrate the advantage and disadvantages of each physical technique. Thus, readers will be able to apply the concepts as described in the book to their own experiments.The book is broken into several subsections: Polymer Chemistry and Technology Computational Approaches Clinical Chemistry and Bioinformatics Special Topics This volume presents research and reviews and information on implementing and sustaining interdisciplinary studies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.Table of ContentsSynthesis of Unsaturated Biodegradable Poly(Ester Amide) S and Study of Their Thermal and Mechanical Properties. Experimental Design and Properties of Foams: Azodicarbon Amide and Zinc Oxide. Thermal and Tribochemical Processes in Polyphenyleneoxide in the Process of Friction. Compatibility and Thermal Properties of Poly(Ethylene Oxide) and Natural Rubber-Graft-Poly (Methyl Methacrylate) Blends. Thermal Properties and Intermolecular Interaction of Binary Polymer Blends of Poly(Ethylene Oxide) and Poly(N-Butyl Methacrylate). Cross-Linking of Epoxy-Isocyanate Mixtures in the Presence of Hydroxyl-Acrylic Oligomer. The Superposing Significant Interaction Rules (SSIR) Method. The Vision of Application of Multiobjective Optimization and Genetic Algorithm in Modeling and Simulation of the Riser Reactor of a Fluidised Catalytic Cracking Unit: A Critical Review. A Theoretical Study of Bimetallic CuAun (N=1-7) Nanoalloy Clusters Invoking Conceptual DFT-Based Descriptors. Biochemistry Apps as Enabler of Compound and DNA Computasional: Next-Generation Computing Technology. Adsorbents for DNA Separations. Adsorption of DNA on Silica, Alumina and Hydroxylapatite. Thermal Behaviour of Sodium Salt of Calf Thymus DNA. Environmental Engineering, Membrane Technology and Novel Separation Processes: A Broad Scientific Perspective and a Critical Overview. A Comparative Study on Electro-Centrifuge Spinning and Electrospinning Process as Two Different Nanofiber Creation Techniques. Results of Testing of Helio-Drying Apparatus with Polycarbonate Covering. Dependence of Morphology on Optical and Electrical Properties of Metal Oxide Nanostructures. Mechanism of Ni(Fe)ARD Action in Methionine Salvage Pathway, in Biosynthesis of Ethylene, and Role of Tyr-Fragment as Regulatory Factor.
£117.80
Apple Academic Press Inc. Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Book SynopsisThis volume, Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Volume 5: Research Methodologies in Modern Chemistry and Applied Science, is designed to fulfill the requirements of scientists and engineers who wish to be able to carry out experimental research in chemistry and applied science using modern methods. Each chapter describes the principle of the respective method, as well as the detailed procedures of experiments with examples of actual applications. Thus, readers will be able to apply the concepts as described in the book to their own experiments. This book traces the progress made in this field and its sub-fields and also highlight some of the key theories and their applications and will be a valuable resource for chemical engineers in Materials Science and others.Table of ContentsAdsorption of Malachite Green to Silica Hydrogel. Fullerenes in the Air Oxidation Environment. Water Vapor Adsorption by Zeolites. Degradation and Stabilization Issues of Polyethylene in Open Air Applications. Theoretical Calculations on Aza-Scorpiand Systems. Global Water Crisis, Groundwater Remediation and Futuristic Vision of Environmental Engineering Techniques: A Far-Reaching Review. Whey Protein Based Edible Films: Progress and Prospects. Guar Gum as a Promising Hydrocolloid: Properties and Industry Overview. Bio-Functional Peptides: Biologically Activities, Production, and Applications. Bioproducts Obtained from the Bioprocessing of the Banana Peel Waste: An Overview. Current Trends in the Biotechnological Production Fructooligosaccharides. The RSM-CI Emerging Technology for Enabling Biochemical Process: Ethanol Production from Palm Plantation Biomass Waste in Indonesia. Assessment of Quercetin Isolated from Enicostemma littorale Against Few Cancer Targets: An in silico Approach.
£123.50
Apple Academic Press Inc. High-Performance Materials and Engineered
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together innovative research, new concepts, and novel developments in the application of new tools for chemical and materials engineers. It contains significant research, reporting new methodologies and important applications in the fields of chemical engineering as well as the latest coverage of chemical databases and the development of new methods and efficient approaches for chemists. This authoritative reference source provides the latest scholarly research on the use of applied concepts to enhance the current trends and productivity in chemical engineering. Highlighting theoretical foundations, real-world cases, and future directions, this book is ideally designed for researchers, practitioners, professionals, and students of materials chemistry and chemical engineering. The volume explains and discusses new theories and presents case studies concerning material and chemical engineering.The book is divided into several sections, covering: Advanced Materials Chemoinformatics, Computational Chemistry, and Smart Technologies Analytical and Experimental Techniques Table of ContentsOptical Thin Film Filters: Design, Fabrication and Characterization. Fabrication of Exceptional Ambient Stable Organic Field-Effect Transistors by Exploiting the Polarization of Polar Dielectric Layer. Nonlinear Thermal Instability in a Fluid Layer under Thermal Modulation. Application of Random Sequential Algorithm for the Modelling of Macromolecular Chains Cross-Linking Evolution during a Polymer Surface Modification. Polyaniline-Coated Inorganic Oxide Composites for Broadband Electromagnetic Interference Shielding. A Comprehensive Review of Membrane Science and Technology and Recent Trends in Research: A Broad Environmental Perspective. Application of Statistical Approaches to Optimize the Productivity of Biodiesel and Investigate the Physicochemical Properties of the Bio/Petro-Diesel Blends. Smart Mobile Devices Emerging Technology: An Enabler to Health Monitoring System. Principal Component, Cluster and Meta Analyses of Soya Bean, Spanish Legumes and Commercial Soya Bean. Electrokinetic Soil Remediation: An Efficiency Study in Cadmium Removal. Nano-Sized Nickel Borate Preparation and Characterization. The New Equipment for Clearing of Technological Gases. Operational and Engineering Aspects of Packed Bed Bioreactors for Solid-State Fermentation. Effects of Glutathione, Phosphonate or Sulfonated Chitosans and Their Combination on Scavenging Free Radicals.
£123.50
Rudolf Steiner Press Butterflies: Beings of Light
Book Synopsis"The butterfly flutters above and over the earth, borne on the air and shimmering with light...We ought really to see them as nothing other than beings of light, joyous in their colours and the play of colours. All the rest is garment and luggage." - Rudolf Steiner Truly poetic and deeply esoteric, these lectures by Rudolf Steiner have been gathered here in a single volume for the first time, with an in-depth introduction that traces and explains the stages of butterfly metamorphosis. The emergence of the butterfly from its pupa is one of the most moving phenomena we can encounter in nature. In this creature's visible transformations, we can experience a revelation of spirit. The butterfly, says Rudolf Steiner, is "...a flower blossom lifted into the air by light and cosmic forces". It is a being that develops from and through light, via a process of incorporation and internalization. By gazing into the world of these special and rarefied creatures, we can intuit that they, "...ray out something even better than sunlight: they shine spirit light out into the cosmos".
£10.99
Maney Publishing The Steel Industry in the New Millennium Vol. 1:
Book SynopsisThis is the first of two volumes containing the proceedings of the 1996 international conference: ''The steel industry in the new millennium: innovation, strategy and markets''. This volume is divided into four main sections, the first two correspond to the Conference''s Working Group II on ''Technological Innovation'', while the third contains the papers delivered during Working Group III, on the ''The Market for Steel''. The last section contains the final speech by Father William Hogan, written very much from the perspective of demand, whereas the introductory paper by Marcus looks at the steel market, mainly from the technological angle. This volume brings together papers by leading academics, steel executives and consultants, and business leaders from all the main steel producing countries. It reviews the prospects of demand and the new technologies that are re-shaping production patterns across the world.
£109.25
Maney Publishing Metals and the Royal Society
Book SynopsisIn this book two distinguished metallurgists have traced the role of metallurgical technology in the creation of the scientific revolution and the formation of the Royal Society.
£108.85
Maney Publishing Sir Henry Bessemer: Father of the Steel Industry
Book SynopsisThis volume, illustrated with many photographs and drawings, commemorates the centenary of the death of Sir Henry Bessemer, one of the outstanding inventors of the 19th century.
£150.82
Maney Publishing Cyclic Oxidation of High Temperature Materials
Book SynopsisProceedings of a workshop organised by the European Federation of Corrosion, Frankfurt/Main, 1999, the papers review the current understanding of materials behaviour under cyclic oxidation.
£128.25
Maney Publishing Materials for High Temperature Power Generation
Book SynopsisMaterials Congress ''98- Frontiers in Material Science and Technology, organised by the Institute of Materials was held from the 6 to 8 April 1998 at the Royal Agricultural College, Circencester. This event which was attended by more than 450 delegates from academia and industry consisted of technical sessions dealing with materials issues involving rubbers, polymers, composites ceramics, ferrous and nonferrous metals and alloys in applications ranging from medical prosthesis two advanced powerplant engineering. These proceedings contain the 10 most important papers presented in the session of the Congress concerned with materials for high temperature powerplant and process plant applications organised by the institute of Materials High Temperature Materials Performance Committee. The selected papers are largely in the form of critical reviews which not only highlight the development of materials to meet specific applications but also comment on solutions used for both current and future applications. These reviews not only discussed the evolution of advanced materials for high temperature power and process plant applications but also indicate the developments in materials which must take place to achieve the higher efficiency and environmentally acceptable plant for the 21st century and beyond.
£156.43
Maney Publishing Electrochemical Approach to Selected Corrosion
Book SynopsisThe 50th Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) was held in Pavia, Italy in September 1999 and this volume contains selected papers from the symposium devoted to "Materials Corrosion and Protection". The papers cover the industrial application of the electrochemical approach to corrosion research, prediction, prevention and control as well as fundamental research. The papers. all carefully reviewed, are grouped under the headings of inhibitors, organic coatings, inorganic coatings, passivity and corrosion testing and evaluation in special environments.
£109.25
Maney Publishing Stainless Steel 2000: Thermochemical Surface
Book SynopsisThis volume, the fruit of a current status seminar, reflects the enormous strides which have been made in the last few years in the study of the expanded austenite phase (also called the S phase) and the development of new surface treatment techniques. The book also contains a selection from related papers and a comprehensive bibliography of the literature on the subject from 1979 to 2000.
£178.06
Apple Academic Press Inc. Recent Advances in Biochemistry
Book SynopsisThis title includes a number of Open Access chapters.Advances in biochemistry directly influence medicine and the field of human health. The field of biochemistry is constantly changing with new discoveries being made all the time. This new book covers a range of advances in the field of biochemistry, including new research techniques and methods, a classification system, new research, and more.Table of ContentsBiochemical Characterization of Bovine Plasma Thrombin-Activatable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor (TAFI). Ion Uptake Determination of Dendrochronologically-Dated Trees Using Neutron Activation Analysis: Progress Reports 1 3. A Novel Method for Screening the Glutathione Transferase Inhibitors. Role of the UPS in Liddle Syndrome. A Novel Mechanism in Regulating the Alpha-Subunit of the Epithelial Sodium Channel (ENaC) by the Alternatively Spliced Form ENaC-b. A Novel Human NatA N -Terminal Acetyltransferase Complex: hNaa16p-hNaa10p (hNat2-hArd1). Biochemical Characterization and Cellular Imaging of a Novel, Membrane Permeable Fluorescent Camp Analog. Fast Benchtop Fabrication of Laminar Flow Chambers for Advanced Microscopy Techniques. A New Classification System for Bacterial Rieske Non-Heme Iron Aromatic Ring-Hydroxylating Oxygenases. The Camp-HMGA1-RBP4 System: A Novel Biochemical Pathway for Modulating Glucose Homeostasis. Advances in Parasite Genomics: From Sequences to Regulatory Networks. XML-Based Approaches for the Integration of Heterogeneous Bio-Molecular Data. more.
£128.25
Gordon & Breach Science Publishers SA Mixing Liquids By Mechnanical
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
£99.75
Gordon and Breach Time-Resolved Vibrational Spec
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
£199.50
Gordon and Breach Chemistry Fate Organophosphor
Book SynopsisOrganophosphorus Compounds important as natural compounds, as pesticides and as potential chemical weapons. This volume brings together the most significant research papers from a workshop organised by the International Association. of Environmental Analytical Chemistry. The papers discussion toxicological and chemical as well as analytic aspects of relevant scientific problems in areas such as environmental chemistry, ecosystems, detection devices., chromatographical analytic chemistry, genetically determined polymorphism, the biological effects of. Organophosphorus Compounds and the role of stereoisomers. These papers have previously been published in the International Journal of Environmental Analytic Chemistry and the journal Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry.
£90.24
Gordon and Breach Chemically Modified Surfaces S
Book SynopsisChemically Modified Surfaces is a monographic series designed to serve as a medium for the publication of new scientific results concerning surface modification by means of chemical reaction. The variety of substrates which may be involved, and an equally extensive variety of modification reactions and methodologies makes this a broad topic crossing many traditional disciplinary lines. This second volume contains the papers presented at the Chemically Modified Surfaces symposium in Colorado where experts from around the world presented papers on such topics as biomaterials, catalysis, surface characterization, and surface modification in electronics.
£180.50
Gordon & Breach Science Publishers SA Selected Works of Louis Neel
Book SynopsisOne of the world's foremost authorities on magnetism, Professor Louis Neel was the recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics. With all but ten of Neel's 150 original papers being written in French, the aim of this English edition is to bring this important work to a wider readership. Table of ContentsPreface to the English Edition, Preface to the French Edition, Louis Néel - Chronology, I General theory of magnetism, II Ferrimagnetism, III Antiferromagnetism, IV Magnetic interactions and their variations, V Approach to saturation in ferromagnets, VI Elementary domains; phases and modes, VII Bloch and Neel walls, VIII Weak fields and anhysteretic magnetization, IX Coercive force; magnets, X Random fields; reptation and tilting, XI Magnetic after-effects, XII Directional order; irradiation, XIII Rocks and baked clays, XIV Surface problems, XV Antiferromagnetic hysteresis, XVI Apparatus and Techniques, XVII Experimental work, Index
£498.75
Gordon & Breach Science Publishers SA Deep Centers in Semiconductors
Book SynopsisExamines several key semiconductor deep centers, all carefully chosen to illustrate a variety of essential concepts. A deep center is a lattice defect or impurity that causes very localized bound states and energies deep in the band gap. For each deep center chosen, a scientist instrumental in its development discusses the theoretical and experimental techniques used to understand that center. The second edition contains four new sections treating recent developments, including a chapter on hydrogen in crystalline semiconductors.Table of ContentsPerspectives in the Past Present and Future, Chalcogen Impurities in Silicon, The Lattice Vacancy in Silicon, Oxygen and Oxygen Associates in Gallium, The Two Dominant Recombination Centers, The MidGap Donor Level EL2 in Gallium, DX Centers in IIIV Alloys, Iron Impurity Centers in IIIV Semiconductors, Chromium in Gallium Arsenide, The Optoelectronic Properties of Copper, Hydrogen in Crystalline Semiconductors
£375.00
Gordon & Breach Science Publishers SA Fundamental Physics of Ultrasound
Book SynopsisBased on lectures by the author, this volume is designed as a textbook on general ultrasonics. The text provides coverage of the propagation of ultrasonic waves in media with different elastic properties and under conditions close to those encountered in scientific and practical applications of ultrasound.Table of ContentsForeword to the English Edition, Preface, List of Symbols, I. BASIC EQUATIONS OF THE THEORY OF ELASTICITY, II. PROPAGATION OF ULTRASONIC WAVES IN LIQUIDS AND GASES, III. SINUSOIDAL PLANE WAVES WITH INFINITESIMAL AMPLITUDE, IV. FINITE-AMPLITUDE PLANE WAVES, V. STEADY FORCES ARISING IN AN ULTRASONIC FIELD, VI. ULTRASONIC CAVITATION, VII. REFLECTION, REFRACTION AND SCATTERING OF ULTRASONIC WAVES, VIII. TRANSMISSION OF PLANE WAVES THROUGH LAYERS. ELECTRO ACOUSTICAL ANALOGIES. RADIATION OF PLANE WAVES, IX. SPHERICAL WAVES, X. PROPAGATION OF ULTRASOUND IN AN ISOTROPIC SOLID, XI. PROPAGATION OF ULTRASOUND IN CRYSTALS, PROBLEMS AND THEIR SOLUTIONS, REFERENCES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, SUBJECT INDEX
£152.00
Gordon and Breach Astrophysics Threshold 21st Ce
Book SynopsisFirst Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
£256.50
Taylor & Francis Ltd Paradigms of the Large-Scale Universe
Book SynopsisDynamical systems provide powerful methods for the study of profound properties of many-dimensional nonlinear systems. In this unique book, the authors offer a consistent geometrical treatment of observational cosmology from the concepts of the theory of dynamical systems. The dynamics of clusters of galaxies differ drastically from stellar dynamics, thus requiring a mathematical approach to large-scale problems. Since mathematical techniques are not a familiar tool in this field, a full summary of the elementary ideas of differential geometry, ergodic theory and catastrophe theory are also considered in this exploratory text. Readership: Mathematicians, astrophysicists, and cosmologists, as well as anyone interested in the many subject disciplines related to geometrical and topological aspects of the large-scale universe.Table of ContentsThe problem of large-scale structure of the universe; geometry, dynamical systems, catastrophes; definition of a galaxy cluster; the bound-tree technique; appearance of matter distribution; statistical methods; filaments and light-travel effects; the cosmic background radiation as a tracer of geometry of the universe.
£105.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Finite Element Methods for Nonlinear Optical
Book SynopsisThis book provides researchers at the forefront of nonlinear optical technologies with robust procedures and software for the systematic investigation of the fundamental phenomena in nonlinear optical waveguide structures. A full vectorial electromagnetic formulation is adopted and the conditions under which simplification to a scalar formulation is possible are clearly indicated. The need to model the dielectric saturation properly is identified, and improved algorithms are presented for obtaining the complete power dispersion curve of structures exhibiting bistability. As the stability analysis of nonlinear modes is crucial to the development of nonlinear model methods, an effective procedure to investigate the propagation of the scalar nonlinear waves in 3D is another important feature of the book. All of the procedures described, as well as an automatic mesh generator for the finite element method, are incorporated into a software package which is included with this book.Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Series, Preface, 1. Introduction, 2. Formulation of Electromagnetic Wave Equations for Nonlinear Optical Waveguides, 3. Vector finite Element Approach, 4. Automatic Mesh Generation, 5. Solution of Nonlinear Generalised Eigenvalue Problems, 6. Applications to Nonlinear Optical Waveguides, 7. Weak-Guidance Approximation and Propagation Stability Analysis, 8. Coupled Optical Waveguides, Appendix A: ANOWS Contents, Appendix B: ANOWS Documentation, Appendix C: ANOWS Usage and Examples, Appendix D: Common Errors in Using ANOWS, Bibliography, Index, License Agreement
£166.25
Springer Karriereoptionen in den Lebenswissenschaften
Book SynopsisKapitel 1. Überlegungen zu beruflichen Perspektiven: Nachdenken über Karriereaspirationen.- Kapitel 2. Der Wert von wissenschaftlich ausgebildetem Personal in der Lebenswissenschaftsindustrie.- Kapitel 3. Aktuelle Rollen in den Lebenswissenschaftsindustrien.- Kapitel 4. Tipps und Strategien zur Auffindung von Jobmöglichkeiten: Lebenslauf und Online-Präsenz auf LinkedIn.- Kapitel 5. Der Einstellungsprozess: Eine zweiseitige Straße zum Erfolg.- Kapitel 6. Erfahrungsberichte.- Kapitel 7. Integration solcher Informationen in einen Kurs an einer Universität für ein Master- oder Doktoratsprogramm in Lebenswissenschaften.
£52.24
De Gruyter Annelida 14
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Springer International Publishing AG Integrating Emotions and Cognition Throughout the Lifespan
Book SynopsisThis book synthesizes the literature on emotional development and cognition across the lifespan. The book proposes a core language by which to describe positive and problematic developmental changes by recourse to a parsimonious set of core principles, such as elevations or declines in tension thresholds and their relation to the waxing and waning of the cognitive system over the life course. It integrates, similarly, the lifelong consequences of the positive or damaging aspects of the social milieu in fostering increases in tension thresholds with their advanced capacity for maintaining equilibrium and warding off stress versus a lowering of tension thresholds with disturbances of equilibrium maintenance and heightened susceptibility to stress and deregulation.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Preface.- Chapter 2. Introduction.- Chapter 3. Emotions and Cognition: From Myth and Philosophy to Modern Psychology and Neurobiology.- Chapter 4. Equilibrium and Disequilibrium in Development.- Chapter 5. Emotions in Infancy.- Chapter 6. Emotions in Childhood.- Chapter 7. Adolescence to Early Adulthood.- Chapter 8. Middle Adulthood.- Chapter 9. Aging.- Chapter 10. Postscript.
£42.74
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Physik für Biologen: Die physikalischen
Book SynopsisPhysik für Biologen - Kein trockener Stoff nur für die Prüfung! Eine Einführung in die Grundlagen der klassischen und modernen Physik sowie in die physikalischen Gesetzmäßigkeiten der Natur. Physik für Biologen - Die Grundlagen verstehen und die Wissenschaft vom Leben wird lebendig!Table of ContentsKlassische Physik.- Einführung.- Die Physik des Massenpunkts.- Die Physik des starren Körpers.- Die Physik des deformierbaren Körpers.- Die Physik der Flüssigkeiten.- Thermodynamik.- Mechanische Schwingungen und Wellen.- Das elektrische und das magnetische Feld.- Zeitlich veränderliche Felder.- Optik.- Moderne Physik.- Einführung.- Die spezielle Relativitätstheorie.- Die Quantelung des Lichts.- Materiewellen.- Atomphysik.- Kernphysik.- Quantenphysik der Vielteilchensysteme.- Molekülphysik.- Anhänge.
£33.74
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Theorien in der biologiedidaktischen Forschung:
Book Synopsis21 Theorien anerkannter Fachleute legen hier den Grundstein für die fundierte Erforschung fachdidaktischer Fragen. Die Autoren präsentieren Theorien zum erfolgreichen Lehren und Lernen, zur Erkenntnisgewinnung, zum Bewerten und zu emotionalen Aspekten des Lernens und Handelns. Sie verdeutlichen die Komponenten jeder Theorie: Wie erreiche ich Ziele. Welche Faktoren muss ich kontrollieren während ich eine Untersuchung plane. Wie kann ich die Folgen einer bestimmten Handlung abschätzen. Wie erkläre ich Ergebnisse. Der schnelle Überblick für alle Forschungswilligen. Optimal vorbereitet für Examensarbeit und den Einstieg in die Dissertation.Table of ContentsEs gibt nichts Praktischeres als eine gute Theorie.- Es gibt nichts Praktischeres als eine gute Theorie.- Theorien zu Motivation, Interesse und Einstellung.- Theorie des Interesses und des Nicht-Interesses.- Einstellungen im Kontext Biologieunterricht.- Die Theorie des geplanten Verhaltens.- Das sozial-kognitive Prozessmodell gesundheitlichen Handelns.- Vom Motiv zur Handlung — Ein Handlungsmodell für den Umweltbereich.- Theorien zum Lernen.- Moderater Konstruktivismus.- Die Conceptual Change-Theorie.- Didaktische Rekonstruktion — eine praktische Theorie.- Theorie des erfahrungsbasierten Verstehens.- Intuitive Vorstellungen bei Denk- und Lernprozessen: Der Ansatz „Alltagsphantasien“.- Theoretische Ansätze zur Metakognition.- Lernstrategien, Lernorientierungen, Lern(er)typen.- Multimedia-Lernen und Cognitive Load.- Das Contextual Model of Learning — ein Theorierahmen zur Erfassung von Lernprozessen in Museen.- Theorien zur Erkenntnisgewinnung.- Erkenntnisgewinnung als wissenschaftliches Problemlösen.- Das Scientific Discovery as Dual Search-Modell.- Theorien zum Bewerten.- Theorien zur Entwicklung und Förderung moralischer Urteilsfähigkeit.- Bewertungskompetenz für systematisches Entscheiden in komplexen Gestaltungssituationen Nachhaltiger Entwicklung.- Einstellungen und Werte im empirischen Konstrukt des jugendlichen Natur- und Umweltschutzbewusstseins.- Theorien zum Lehren.- Theorien und Methoden der Expertiseforschung in biologiedidaktischen Studien.- Unterrichtsqualität als Forschungsfeld für empirische biologiedidaktische Studien.
£27.99
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Die Schleimhäute des Ohres und der Luftwege: Biologie und Klinik
Table of ContentsAllgemeiner Teil.- I. Der Aufbau der Schleimhäute.- Deckepithel; Drüsenepithel; Bindegewebiger Grundstock; Blut- und Lymphgefäßapparat; Lymphatisches Gewebe.- II. Die Verrichtung der Schleimhäute.- A. Die Aufgaben des Epithels.- 1. als formbildendes Organ.- Beweis aus der „in toto“ teilbaren Drüsenbeere.- 2. als bedeckendes Organ.- Oberflächenschutz; Flimmerfunktion; Durchlässigkeit.- B. Die Aufgaben des bindegewebigen Grundstockes.- 1. als Organ der Erhaltung.- Ernährung; Befeuchtung.; Wärmehaushalt.- 2. als Organ der Abwehr.- Bindegewebiger Grundstock stammt vom Mesenchym ab. Letzteres ist der Schauplatz der Entzündung. Örtliche und allgemeine Abwehr durch mesenchymale Zellen.- III. Die Variabilität der Schleimhäute.- A. Die Analyse der Einzelfaktoren.- Aus Entwicklung und Entfaltung, aus Erhaltung und Funktion der zwei Schleimhautschichten.- 1. Die morphologischen Faktoren der Variabilität.- a) Die Bedeutung des Epithels der Schleimhaut.- Individuelles Verhalten des Deck- und Drüsenepithels.- b) Die Bedeutung des bindegewebigen Grundstockes der Schleimhaut.- Individuelle Histologie der Binde- und Stützsubstanzen.- ?) Vergleichende Gewebsanalyse.- Individuell verschiedener Aufbau des Bindegewebes.- ?) Anthropometrische Reihenuntersuchungen.- Körperbau und Schleimhaut.- Eigenschaften des Bindegewebes sind anlagebedingt, bestimmen Form und Gestalt des Individuums, wie der Schleimhaut. Daher das Abhängigkeitsverhältnis.- Die Schleimhaut des Hyperplastikers und des Hypoplastikers.- Körperbau und Trommelfell.- 2. Die Leistungsfaktoren der Variabilität.- a) Die Bedeutung des Epithels 16.- Anlagebedingt wechselnde Entwicklungspotenz; Abhängige Differenzierung; Gestaltung der Organe; Entfaltung der Drüsen im suhepithelialen Grundstock; Variabler Oberflächenschutz aus Drüsen- und Flimmerf unktion.- b) Die Bedeutung des bindegewebigen Grundstockes und das gesamte Mesenchym.- ?) Aktives Mesenchym oder Retikuloendothel.- Anlagebedingt wechselnde Entwicklungs- bzw. Wachstumspotenz und reaktive Energie. Produktive und alterative Entzündung. Ozaena, Polyposis und Körperbau. Trommelfell bei letzterem. Konstitutionelle Legierung. Überkreuzung. Erscheinungswechsel.- ?) Mesenchym und Immunität.- Makrophagensystem bzw. Retikuloendothel der Sitz der Antikörperbildung. Individuell verschiedene Fähigkeit der Immunisierung, abhängig von erblichen Einflüssen.- ?) Mesenchym und Gefäßsystem.- Venektasien am Locus Kießelbach. Allgemeine erbliche Venenwanddysplasie. Gesichtsfarbe.- 3. Form und Funktion.- Überleitung zur synthetischen Betrachtung der Einzelfaktoren.- B. Die Synthese der Einzelfaktoren.- Die Art der Bindung und das Abhängigkeitsverhältnis der erblichen Faktoren.- Die biologisch hochwertige und die minderwertige Schleimhaut.- IV. Die Typen der Schleimhautvariabilität.- Das morphologische Verhalten der Schleimhäute steht zunächst im Vordergrund, da gleichzeitig Ausdruck der Funktion. Die meso-, die hyper- und die hypoplastische Schleimhaut. Die hypertrophische und die atrophische Schleimhaut.- Hauptteil. Die Mittelohrschleimhaut.- Alllgemeines.- I. Die individuellen Eigenschaften der Mittelohrschleimhaut.- A. Die Varianten im Aufbau.- 1. Der Einfluß der Entwicklungspotenz.- a) Das Epithel.- b) Der bindegewebige Grundstock.- c) Die anlagebedingten Varianten der Mittelohrschleimhaut.- 2. Die Bedeutung der Umwelt.- 3. Die Schleimhauttypen im Mittelohr.- B. Die Varianten der Pneumatisation des Warzenfortsatzes.- 1. Die Ergebnisse der Zwillingsuntersuchungen.- 2. Die Ergebnisse der Familienforschung.- 3. Die übrige Forschung.- 4. Die engere Formalgenetik.- II. Der Nachweis der erbbiologischen Eigenschaften der Mittelohrschleimhaut.- Das Trommelfell als Testorgan für die Beurteilung der Schleimhauteigenart.- A. Trommelfellbild und Schleimhautcharakter.- Die Beurteilung aus dem landläufig normalen Trommelfell.- 1. Die Schleimhautbeurteilung aus der Pars tensa.- Trommelfell und Körperbau. Dreieckiger Reflex. Milchweiße Verfärbung.- Marmorierung. Schichtdicke. Durchsichtigkeit.- 2. Die Schleimhautbeurteilung aus der Pars flaccida.- Aus den Besonderheiten der Entwicklung und des Aufbaues. Die irreparable Einziehung und ihr familiäres Vorkommen.- B. Schleimhautcharakter und Pneumatisation.- Der Entfaltungsgrad der Pneumatisation ist abhängig von anlagebedingten Faktoren.- Schleimhautcharakter und Eustachische Tube.- Durchgängigkeit vom Schleimhautcharakter zum wesentlichen Teil abhängig.- C. Pneumatisation und Trommelfellbild.- Trommelfellverhalten, wie Pneumatisation vom Schleimhautcharakter abhängig.- D. Pneumatisation des Warzenfortsatzes und Sulcus sigmoideus.- Stehen in einem Abhängigkeitsverhältnis.- III. Die erbbiologischen Eigenschaften der Schleimhaut und die Mittelohrentzündung.- Die akuten und die chronischen Formen.- A. Die Mittelohrentzündung bei biologisch hochwertiger Schleimhaut.- Die entsprechenden Voraussetzungen und ihre Bedeutung. Der überwertige Infekt.- B. Die Mittelohrentzündung bei biologisch mittelwertiger Schleimhaut.- Die akute Mittelohrentzündung.- C. Die Mittelohrentzündung bei ausgesprochen minderwertiger Schleimhaut.- Die entsprechenden Voraussetzungen und ihre Auswirkung.- 1. Die Säuglingsotitis.- Eine sehr früh sich manifestierende chronische Mittelohrentzündung.- 2. Der chronische Tubenmittelohrkatarrh und der Adhäsivprozeß.- Der Trommelfellbefund. Die Pneumatisation des Warzenfortsatzes. Genealogische Untersuchungen.- 3. Die chronische Schleimhauteiterung des Mittelohres.- Ein primär chronisches Leiden.- 4. Die Masern- und die Scharlachotitis.- 5. Die chronische Knocheneiterung.- a) Die desquamierende Otitis und die Cholesteatomeiterung.- b) Der kompakte Warzenfortsatz und die Cholesteatomeiterung.- c) Schleimhaut und Epidermis.- d) Das genuine, primäre oder Flaccidacholesteatom.- e) Die sekundäre Cholesteatomeiterung.- 6. Die tuberkulöse Mittelohrentzündung.- Alterative und produktive Form. Die Abhängigkeit vom aktiven Mesenchym und damit vom Körperbau.- 7. Bemerkungen zur Behandlung und Heilungsneigung.- Die Schleimhäute der Luftwege.- I. Die formale Genese der Nasennebenhöhlen.- Ein weiterer Beweis für die formbildende Funktion des Epithels, wie für die anlagebedingte Variabilität der Entfaltung epithelialer Organe. Die individuelle Entwicklungspotenz.- II. Die individuellen Eigenschaften der Schleimhäute.- A. Die Typen der Schleimhäute.- 1. Die Bedeutung der Anlage.- Mesoplastische, hyperplastische und hypoplastische Schleimhaut.- 2. Der Einfluß der Umwelt.- Hypertrophische und atrophische Schleimhaut.- B. Die wechselnde Entfaltung der Nasennebenhöhlen.- 1. Der Umweltfaktor.- 2. Die erbliche Anlage.- Zwillings- und Familienuntersuchungen.- 3. Der Vergleich mit der Pneumatisation des Warzenfortsatzes.- III. Der Nachweis der erbbiologischen Eigenschaften der Schleimhäute.- A. Aus dem Verhalten bei der Endoskopie.- Farbe. Oberfläche, Schichtdicke, Konsistenz.- B. Aus der Familie.- C. Aus der Pneumatisation der Nasennebenhöhlen.- Die Pneumatisation der Nasennebenhöhlen bei der Ozaena.- IV. Die erbbiologischen Eigenschaften der, Schleimhäute und ihre Erkrankungen.- A. Die Diathesen.- 1. Die exsudative und die lymphatische Diathese.- Die pastöse Schleimhaut.- 2. Die allergische oder Antikörperdiathese.- B. 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Die Agranulocytose.- Rückblick und Ausblick.- Schrifttum.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Chemie im Biologiestudium: von Grund auf verständlich erklärt
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Harwood-Academic Publishers Polymer Yearbook 13
Book SynopsisPolymer Yearbook 13 brings together reviews and information on the progress of polymer science worldwide, including useful and topical information such as a list of new publications in polymer science and a compilation of dissertation abstracts. This volume includes reviews of key aspects of polymer science, including contributions from Russia, and details of important publications., This volume also contains reviews on state-of-the-art Japanese research presented at the annual Spring and Fall meetings of the Japanese Polymer Science Society. The aim of this section is to make information on the progress of Japanese polymer science, and on topics of current interest to polymer scientists in Japan, more easily available worldwide.Table of ContentsPreface, Contributors, REVIEW SECTION, Gennadi Efremovich Zaikov. 60th Birthday, 40 Years of Scientific Activity PVC Degradation in Blends with Other Polymers, Mathematical Modelling of the Mechanism of Some Aromatic Amine Inhibitors, Significance and Application of the Dynamic Rheological Method in Kinetorheology. Part II. High-Conversion Radical Polymerization of Some Water-Soluble Ionogen Monomers and the Gel Effect, Compression Moulding of Thermoplastic Elastomer Composites, New Metal Chelates as Antioxidant Stabilizers for Polymers and Low Molecular-Weight Substances, Spin Probes and Labels. A Quarter of a Century of Application to Polymer Studies, Spatial Organization of Polymer-Metal Coils in Liquid Solutions, Kinetics and Mechanism of the Inhibited Polymerization of Vinyl Monomers, Main Factors Influencing Flame Spread Velocity over Polymer Surfaces, Temperature Effects on Thermodestructive Processes, REVIEWS OF CONFERENCES, Reviews of Conferences in Russia, PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE IN JAPAN, Preface, Ionic Polymerizations, Polymer Dynamics and Rheology, Polymer Engineering and Technology, Photosensitive Polymers, Degradable Polymers, Hybrid Polymer Materials for Medical Use, Biopolymers, Physical Properties of Polymeric Solids, CURRENT AWARENESS, Dissertation Abstracts, Index
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CRC Press The Pharmaceutical Index: 2013 Worldwide NCEs
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Brill Chemical Processes with Participation of
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Brill Polymer Surface Modification: Relevance to
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Brill Electrically Conductive Adhesives
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SBR Kennisoverdracht B.V. Durability of Geosynthetics, Second Edition
Book SynopsisThis book provides a state-of-the-art review of the life-limiting mechanisms of geosynthetics, the methods available to test and assess lifetime, and the means by which durability can be improved. It provides engineers with the information they need on the durability lifetime, bridging the knowledge gap between them and polymer scientists.The style of the handbook is deliberately non-technical, in that it avoids chemical formulas and makes widespread use of graphs and photographs. Summaries are provided for most sections. It shows how to predict the service life of geosynthetics based on state-of-the-art knowledge and in some cases provides numerical examples. Engineers can use it to decide what they should specify, scientists are shown how to perform extrapolations and derive reduction factors, and assessors are given a separate section indicating how they should treat the information presented to them, including the uncertainties of the methods of testing and extrapolation. While directed primarily at geotextiles, reference is made to geomembranes and their use in landfills, for which a supplementary chapter is added.First edition awarded with the International Geosynthetics Award 2014Table of ContentsPrefaceGuidance for the use of the report1 Introduction to durability assessment2 Introduction of geosynthetic3 Degradation mechanisms and reduction factorsAttachments
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A A Balkema Publishers Powder and Grains 97
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A A Balkema Publishers Progress in Durability Analysis of Composite
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Compounds and Alloys Under High Pressure: A
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Collision Processes and Excitation of UV Emission
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Molecular Magnetochemistry
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Recent Advances in Polymer Chemical Physics:
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Dynamics and Defects in Liquid Crystals: A
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