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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
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Outbreak in the Village: A Family Doctor's
Book SynopsisOutbreak in the Village is a fascinating account of the personal and professional journey of Dr. Doug Jenkinson, physician and researcher. Over the course of four decades in practice, Jenkinson traces the reemergence of whooping cough in the developed world, using his practice in the idyllic English countryside as a clinical control group. Keeping meticulous notes and indulging an itch to investigate, he explores one of history's most enigmatic and pervasive diseases. Jenkinson relates the tale of his life's work amid winsome anecdotes, relevant history, and practical advice. Told in an amiable, engaging voice with an expert balance of levity and earnestness, this story will charm casual readers interested in medical history and memoir, as well as doctors and researchers who identify with the experiences and may benefit from the research and techniques employed. Readers will find themselves in the examination room beside Jenkinson as the investigation unfolds, learning about the nature of the illness and the sweeping detrimental effects of an anti-vaccination campaign. An intriguing memoir about a mysterious illness, a public health failure, and one doctor's quest for clarity, Outbreak in the Village is a tale of perseverance and objectivity sure to delight and inform.Table of Contents Introduction From Africa to England The children’s clinic at Keyworth Whooping cough vaccine 1977–9. The first outbreak of whooping cough Does the vaccine work? 1981. Whooping cough vaccine is very rarely harmful 1981–3. The second outbreak. How many cases are there really? 1985–7. The third outbreak. The search for subclinical infection 1987. Does the effectiveness of the vaccine wear off? 1988. Trying to raise the uptake of pertussis vaccine 1989–91. The fourth outbreak. The natural history of whooping cough 1990s. Whooping cough fades away but new diagnostic tests emerge 2000. Whoopingcough.net. Overcoming diagnostic paralysis The early noughties. The new tests aid the re-discovery of whooping cough Late noughties. ‘Resurgence’ of whooping cough in the USA and Australia puts the UK on alert 2012. Whooping cough diagnoses peak in the UK but remain unchanged in Keyworth What lies ahead? Epilogue About Bordetella bacteriaAge incidence changes in Keyworth whooping cough patients A critical look at recent pertussis statistics in England
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Cultural Heritage—Possibilities for Land-Centered
Book SynopsisThis book includes multi-national research studies (social and natural science research, as well as more directly practical university-based knowledge) about cultural heritage, land, and societal development in varied countries. The book is particularly about land use (as a fundamental aspect of the environment) and its role in development (especially sustainable development). Many of the studies are about topics concerning the transition from more rural to more urbanized land areas. However, some studies concern other types of changes. This includes general attention to globalization and nation-state dimensions of change. Nonetheless, there are interpretations communicated of unique histories at differing scales in the researches here. There is often a focus on more uniquely local and regional territories (including attention to smaller-scale land use) and an interest in future possibilities that conserve positive features of past terrain.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- 1. The need to preserve cultural heritage; Karol Król et al.- 2. The Italian National Register of historical rural landscape; Mauro Agnoletti, Antonio Santoro.- 3. Cultural heritage in the region of Eastern Slovakia; Slavomír Marcinčák et al.- 4. Agricultural and food heritage of the Moravian region; Martin Král et al.- 5. Wine quality as a part of cultural heritage affected by different geographical origins; Martina Fikselová et al.- 6. Food and meals from a cultural-historical perspective; Josef Kameník.- 7. Regional gastronomy as transmitter of cultural heritage; Agnieszka Filipiak-Florkiewicz et al.- 8. Culinary traditions of the Lemkovyna; Marcin Łukasiewicz et al.- 9. Genetic uniqueness of local cattle populations as part of homeland heritage; Radovan Kasarda, Nina Moravčíková.- 10. Objectification of reliability of selected methods of identification and quantification of meat and its substitutes; Jozef Golian et al.- 11. Traditional cheeses from the Malopolska region; Dorota Najgebauer-Lejko, Jacek Domagała .- 12. Traditional unfermented and fermented liquid milk products from the Malopolska region; Domagała Jacek, Najgebauer-Lejko Dorota.- 13. Farm animals and traditional products of the Carpathian Mountains; Władysław Migdał et al.- 14. Traditional crops cultivated in southern Malopolska; W. Berski et al.- 15. Fruits of traditional varieties; Jacek Słupski et al.- 16. Edible mushrooms of the Polish Carpathians; Emilia Bernaś et al.- 17. Usage of wild growing plants as foodstuffs; Piotr Gębczyński et al.- 18. Ecological structure of cultural landscapes in suburban areas; Renata Różycka-Czas, Barbara Czesak.- 19. South African agriculture/viniculture, land ownership, and sustainable development; Betty J. Harris, Edward Sankowski.- 20. Metamorphosis of the Polish villages as a result of semi-urbanization; Magdalena Wilkosz- Mamcarczyk, Barbara Olczak.- 21. Assessment of land-use and land-cover changes in a rural cultural landscape: the case of a Polish municipality; Tomasz Noszczyk et al.- 22. Land use and landscape in rural China after 40 years of reform and opening up; Chen Gaiying et al.- 23. Rural areas in historical cities; Bohdan Cherkes.24. Sustainable economic development and cultural landscapes: some US-Poland comparisons and connections; Edward Sankowski.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Bioeconomy and Sustainability: Perspectives from
Book SynopsisIn this edited volume, scientists from different disciplines discuss modern biotechnological processes and a knowledge-based bioeconomy. The authors base their arguments on ecological, economic, legal, social and ethical aspects. Moreover, they explore the opportunities, risks, and challenges of bioeconomic concepts and biotechnologies in many subject areas. The chapters consider land use, nature and environment, nutrition, technology and governance, energy, economy, law and regulation, as well as ethics. A special focus should be on new technologies and how they can be used, without compromising the ambitious goal of creating a more sustainable, but also fair world. To do justice to this broad array of topics, the editors frame all topics in overarching introductions and close the volume with final conclusions. Thereby this volume offers data and critical thoughts for any member of a Bioeconomy – be it from academia, the industry or public regulation.Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction and Overview1. Scientific Introduction [working title] (Ulrich Schurr) 2. Ethical Introduction [working title] (Dirk Lanzerath) Part II: Energy and Land Use 3. “Global Shifting Agriculture” and Bioeconomy: Challenges for the Sustainable Use of Global Land Resources (Jan Börner) 4. Sustainable Resources – From Plants to Products (Ralf Pude, C. Wever, T. Kraska) Part III: Nutrition and Food Ethics 5. Food as a Moral Problem (Birgit Beck) 6. Bioeconomy and Food Security: Moral Conflicts due to Climate Change and Population Growth (Patrick Hohlwegler) 7. Acceptance of Insects and In-Vitro-Meat as Sustainable Meat Substitute in Germany – In Search of Decisive Food-Psychological Influences (Florian Fiebelkorn, Jacqueline Dupont, Patrik Lammers) Part IV: Technology and Governance 8. Characteristics of Innovation in Bioeconomy (Max Mittenzwei) 9. Spatial Implications of the Leitmotif Shift from Biotechnology to Bioeconomy (Leonard Prochaska, Daniel Schiller) 10. Problem Structures of the Bioenergy Policy in the Power and Heating Sectors (Katrin Beer) 11. The Bioeconomy Transformation in the German Rheinische Revier – Stakeholders and Discourses in Media Coverage (Sandra Venghaus, Sophia Dieken, Maria Belka) Part V: Regulation and Economics 12. Bioeconomy and Genome Editing – Germany and the Netherlands in Comparison (Robin Siebert, Christian Herzig, Marc Birringer) 13. Monitoring and Measuring Bioeconomy (Maximilian Kardung) 14. Resource Sufficiency in a Sustainable Bioeconomy: A Predator-Prey Perspective (Lioudmila Chatalova) 15. Biotechnology and Law [working title] (Julian Kinderlerer) 16. Economics of Bioeconomy [working title] (Justus Wesseler) Part VI: Normativity and Ethics 17. Bioeconomy and Ethics (Bart Gremmen) 18. Bioeconomy: An Environmental-Ethical Perspective (Marion Stahl) 19. Conditions of an Ethically Responsible and Sustainable Bioeconomy Based on the Responsibility Ethics of Hans Jonas (Jana Schoop) 20. Bioeconomy as a Normative Concept of Resilience – Challenges and Chances (Sebastian Lenze) Part VII: Conclusions and Outlook 21. Bioeconomy: Challenges and Conflicts from an Interdisciplinary Perspective [working title] (Mandy Stake) 22. Bioeconomy: Challenges and Conflicts from a Philosophical, Socio-Political and Ethical Perspective [working title] (Christina Pinsdorf)
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Basic Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciences
Book SynopsisThis textbook is designed for students of biology, molecular biology, ecology,medicine, agriculture, forestry and other professions where the knowledge of organic chemistry plays an important role. The work may also be of interest to non-professionals, as well as to teachers in high schools. The book consists of 13 chapters that cover the essentials of organic chemistry, including - basic principles of structure and constitution of organic compounds, - the elements of the nomenclature, - the concepts of the nature of chemical bond, - introductions in NMR and IR spectroscopy, - the concepts and main classes of the organic reaction mechanisms, - reactions and properties of common classes or organic compounds, - and the introduction to the chemistry of the natural organic products followed by basic principles of the reactions in living cells. This second edition includes revisions and suggestions made by the readers of the first edition and the author's colleagues. In addition, it includes substantial changes compared to the first edition. The chapter on Cycloaddition has been completed by including the other pericyclic reactions (sigmatropic rearrangements, electrocyclic reactions). The chapter on Organic Natural Products has been extended to include new section covering the principles of organic synthesis. New chapter "Organic Supramolecular and Supermolecular Structures" is added. This chapter covers the basic knowledge about the molecular recognition, supramolecular structures, and the mechanisms of the enzyme catalyzed reactions. Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Legends in Gandhian Social Activism: Mira Behn
Book SynopsisThis book is about Madeleine Slade (1892-1982) and Catherine Mary Heilemann (1901-1982), two English associates of Mohandas K. (Mahatma) Gandhi (1869-1948), known in India as Mira Behn and Sarala Behn. The odysseys of these women present a counternarrative to the forces of imperialism, colonialism, capitalism, and globalized development. The book examines their extraordinary journey to India to work with Gandhi and their roles in India’s independence movement, their spiritual strivings, their independent work in the Himalayas, and most importantly, their contribution to the evolution of Gandhian philosophy of socio-economic reconstruction and environmental conservation in the present Indian state of Uttarakhand. The author shows that these women developed ideas and practices that drew from an extensive intellectual terrain that cannot be limited to Gandhi’s work. She delineates directions in which Gandhian thought and experiments in rural development work and visions of a new society evolved through the lives, activism, and written contributions of these two women. Their thought and practice generated a new cultural consciousness on sustainability that had a key influence in environmental debates in India and beyond and were responsible for two of the most important environmental movements of India and the world: the Chipko Movement or the movement against commercial green felling of trees by hugging them, and the protest against the Tehri high dam on the Bhagirathi River. To this day, their teachings and philosophies constitute a useful and significant contribution to the search for and implementation of global ideas of ecological conservation and human development. Table of ContentsBridging Divides: Mira Behn and Sarala Behn in Gandhian Social Activism 1) General Introduction PART I: The Road Taken: Early Life and Work in India with Gandhi 2) Mira Behn: When the Spirit Becomes the Guide 3) Sarala Behn: She Who Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways ) PART II: Gandhian Sarvodaya and the Challenge to Development 4) Gandhi and Science?: Rethinking Science, Technology, and Development the Gandhian Way 5) Off the Beaten Path: Mira Behn and Himalayan Environment and Development 6) From Reform to Revolution: Sarala Behn, Nai Talim, and the Rise of Local Women’s Power Part III: The Battle for the Hill Environment: The Behns in Gandhian Activism 7) Saving the Forests: Ecology in Sarvodaya 8) Protesting the Dam: Vision of a Permanent Economy Part IV: The Bridge Builders: The Integrative Worldviews of Mira Behn and Sarala Behn 9) Beauty Wonder, and Sustainability: Reconnecting Humans to Nature for “Durable Harmony” 10) Holistic Education and Practical Spirituality for Human-Nature Harmony 11) Bridging Divides: The Living Legacies of the Behns new outline structure Bridging Divides: Mira Behn and Sarala Behn in Gandhian Social Activism 1) General Introduction PART I: The Road Taken: Early Life and Work in India with Gandhi (with introduction text – former Chapter 2) 2) Mira Behn: When the Spirit Becomes the Guide (former Chapter 3) 3) Sarala Behn: She Who Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways (former Chapter 4) PART II: Gandhian Sarvodaya and the Challenge to Development (with Introduction text - former Chapter 5) 4) Gandhi and Science?: Rethinking Science, Technology, and Development the Gandhian Way (former Chapter 6) 5) Off the Beaten Path: Mira Behn and Himalayan Environment and Development (former Chapter 7) 6) From Reform to Revolution: Sarala Behn, Nai Talim, and the Rise of Local Women’s Power (former Chapter 8) Part III: The Battle for the Hill Environment: The Behns in Gandhian Activism (with Introduction text - former Chapter 9) 7) Saving the Forests: Ecology in Sarvodaya (former Chapter 10) 8) Protesting the Dam: Vision of a Permanent Economy (former Chapter 11) Part IV: The Bridge Builders: The Integrative Worldviews of Mira Behn and Sarala Behn (with Introduction text - former Chapter 12) 9) Beauty Wonder, and Sustainability: Reconnecting Humans to Nature for “Durable Harmony” (former Chapter 13) 10) Holistic Education and Practical Spirituality for Human-Nature Harmony (former Chapter 14) 11) Bridging Divides: The Living Legacies of the Behns (former Chapter 15)
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Springer International Publishing AG The Enteric Nervous System II
Book SynopsisThis book is based on the proceedings of the Enteric Nervous System conference in Adelaide, Australia, under the auspices of the International Federation for Neurogastroenterology and Motility. The book focuses on methodological strategies and unresolved issues in the field and explores where the future is heading and what technological advances have been made to address current and future questions. The Enteric Nervous System II continues in the tradition of a popular earlier volume which covered the previous meeting. Many of the same authors are contributing to this new volume, presenting state-of-the-art updates on the many developments in the field since the earlier meeting. The coverage include a wide range of topics, from structure and function of the enteric nervous system through gut motility and visceral pain. The author team includes long-established authorities who significantly contributed to the advances in ENS research over the past two decades and the new generation that will continue to contribute to advancing our understanding of the field. Table of Contents Luminal Chemoreceptors and Intrinsic Nerves- Key Modulators of Digestive Motor Function Comparative and evolutionary aspects of the ENS Exploring synaptic transmission in the ENS: electrophysiology, functional studies and modelling Mucosal Serotonin Ca2+ signaling in Interstitial cells of Cajal: The mechanistic basis for many GI motility behaviors Identifying types of neurons in the enteric nervous system Clinico-Pathological Features of severe gut dysmotility Purinergic signaling in the ENS Myogenic and neural control in concert colonic response to physiological and chemical stimuli Molecular targets to alleviate enteric neuropathy and gastrointestinal dysfunction The emerging role of the gut-brain microbiota axis in neurodevelopmental disorders A view on how enteric neurons monitor luminal content Interaction of the microbiota and the developing ENS Influence of the circadian rhythm on enteric nervous system function Mechanosensitive Enteric Neurons (MEN) at work Neurogenetic investigation of the ENS and gut motility The shaggy dog story of enteric signaling: serotonin, a molecular megillah Contribution of enteric neuroglial remodelling to inflammatory bowel disease and cancer evolution Examining cellular metabolism in the enteric nervous system Embryonic development of motility: a bottom-up approach to the workings of the intestine Quantitative analysis of intestinal movements with spatiotemporal maps The roles of Mas related G-protein coupled receptors in the gut Refining Enteric Neural Circuitry by Quantitative Morphology, Transcriptomics and Function in Mice” Extrinsic modulation of enteric circuits that regulate colon function in health and disease Activating and Modeling ENS Circuits in Mouse Colon Neurons, macrophages and glia: the role of intercellular communication for gut motility Modelling development of the ENS: What's been done and what's next Epithelial 5-HT4 receptors as a target for treating constipation and colitis Activity in Enteric Neural circuits underlying propulsion Contribution of the ENS to autoimmune diseases and irritable bowel syndrome
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Springer International Publishing AG Bacterial Degradation of Organic and Inorganic
Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary work deals with the bacterial degradation of organic and inorganic materials such as prosthetic devices and the consequent production of non-engineered nanoparticles (NPs). Focus is put on the interaction of these, often toxic, NPs with the environment, the microorganisms and the host human body. Electron Microscopy is the method of choice to investigate bacterial colonization and degradation of plastic polymers. Hence one section of the book is fully dedicated to the most recent and interesting microscopy technologies in microbiology and soft matters. The final chapter of the book on the complex and multivariate relationships between a microscopist and electron microscopy images is dedicated to Lyubov Vasilievna Didenko (1958 – 2015), a passionate researcher who contributed substantially to the field of Electron Microscopy research and its applications in studying bacterial-polymer interactions. The book addresses researchers and advanced students working in general and clinical microbiology, nanobiology, materials sciences and image analysis fields. Table of ContentsChap 1. Staphylococcus aureus.- Chap 2. Electron Microscopy.- Chap 3. Nanoworld.- Chap 4. Staphylococcus aureus scouts the nanoworld. A neverending story.- Chap 5. Nanoparticles and toxicity.- Chap 6. Images, knowledge and doubt. Chap 7. Post Scriptum.
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Springer International Publishing AG Generalized Linear Mixed Models with Applications
Book SynopsisThis open access book offers an introduction to mixed generalized linear models with applications to the biological sciences, basically approached from an applications perspective, without neglecting the rigor of the theory. For this reason, the theory that supports each of the studied methods is addressed and later - through examples - its application is illustrated. In addition, some of the assumptions and shortcomings of linear statistical models in general are also discussed. An alternative to analyse non-normal distributed response variables is the use of generalized linear models (GLM) to describe the response data with an exponential family distribution that perfectly fits the real response. Extending this idea to models with random effects allows the use of Generalized Linear Mixed Models (GLMMs). The use of these complex models was not computationally feasible until the recent past, when computational advances and improvements to statistical analysis programs allowed users to easily, quickly, and accurately apply GLMM to data sets. GLMMs have attracted considerable attention in recent years. The word "Generalized" refers to non-normal distributions for the response variable and the word "Mixed" refers to random effects, in addition to the fixed effects typical of analysis of variance (or regression). With the development of modern statistical packages such as Statistical Analysis System (SAS), R, ASReml, among others, a wide variety of statistical analyzes are available to a wider audience. However, to be able to handle and master more sophisticated models requires proper training and great responsibility on the part of the practitioner to understand how these advanced tools work. GMLM is an analysis methodology used in agriculture and biology that can accommodate complex correlation structures and types of response variables. Table of ContentsChapter 1) Elements of the Generalized Linear Mixed Models.- Chapter 2) Generalized Linear Models.- Chapter 3) Objectives in Model Inference.- Chapter 4) Generalized Linear Mixed Models for non-normal responses.- Chapter 5) Generalized Linear Mixed Models for Count response.- Chapter 6) Generalized Linear Mixed Models for Proportions and Percentages response.- Chapter 7) Times of occurrence of an event of interest.- Chapter 8) Generalized Linear Mixed Models for Categorial and Ordinal responses.- Chapter 9) Generalized Linear Mixed Models for Repeated Measurements.
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Springer International Publishing AG Mastering Your Dissertation: The Answers to Your
Book SynopsisThis reader-friendly guide is specifically designed for any student who has ever had a question about theses as part of their university undergraduate degree course in a life- or health science-related subject. It covers the varied types of projects that exist, including experimental work, surveys, meta-analyses, audits and qualitative and quantitative studies - all in one place.Get support at planning, completing and writing of your research based thesis. By using examples and check lists, this book leads you through the entire process encompassing each chapter of the dissertation. Let the question and answer writing style encourage you and boost your confidence when embarking on what is probably your largest piece of work to date, solved in a step by step approach.The experienced authors have run an enormous number of web and face-to-face workshops to support students in life and health sciences and help them write their dissertations. It became clear that research theses are a considerable source of anxiety and that many essential questions need answering - this book is your solution.Table of ContentsSee Attachments
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Springer Molecular Mechanisms Determining Mammalian Oocyte
Book SynopsisChapter 1. Predicting Infertility: How Genetic Variants in Oocyte Spindle Genes Affect Egg Quality.- Chapter 2. Regulation of Oocyte mRNA Metabolism: A Key Determinant of Oocyte Developmental Competence.- Chapter 3. Mechanisms of DNA Damage Response in Mammalian Oocytes.- Chapter 4. How do Environmental Toxicants Affect Oocyte Maturation via Oxidative Stress?.- Chapter 5. Molecular Mechanisms Determining Mammalian Oocyte Quality with the Treatment of Cancer Therapy.- Chapter 6. Telomere Elongation during Pre-implantation Embryo Development.
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Springer In Silico Clinical Trials for Cardiovascular
Book SynopsisChapter 1 - Heart physiology and heart diseases, Djordje Jakovljevic, Nenad Filipovic.- Chapter 2 - Finite element modeling, Nenad Filipovic.- Chapter 3 - System biology modeling for drug optimization, Marko Zivanovic, Nenad Filipovic.- Chapter 4 - Artificial intelligence approach for medical image processing, Tijana Sustersic, Nenad Filipovic.-Chapter 5 - Pharmacokinetic and AI modeling, Lazar Velicki, Nenad Filipovic.- Chapter 6 - Molecular micro modeling of heart muscle, Momcilo Prodanovic, Nenad Filipovic.- Chapter 7 - Use case: Risk stratification of cardiomyopathy disease, Lazar Dasic, Nenad Filipovic.- Chapter 8 - Use case: Surrogate AI model for left ventricle modeling, Bogdan Milicevic, Nenad Filipovic.- Chapter 9 - Use case: Carotid artery plaque modeling, Andjela Blagojevic, Nenad Filipovic.- Chapter 10 - Use case: Stent deployment for coronary artery, Miljan Milosevic, Nenad Filipovic.- Chapter 11 - Use case: Balloon deployment for peripheral arteries. Aleksandra Vulovic, Nenad Filipovic.- Chapter 12 - Use case: Aorta stenosis modeling, Smiljana Tomasevic, Nenad Filipovic.- Chapter 13 - Use case: Stent biodegradation modeling, Dalibor Nikolic, Nenad Filipovic.
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Springer Rejuvenation and Longevity
Book SynopsisIntroduction to optimistic gerontology.- The origin of life, immortality, and aging.- Cellular learning, decision-making, and rejuvenation.- Sporulation, meiosis and rejuvenation.- Longevity secrets of the three marine beautiessponges, corals and sea anemones.- Metazoans who live longer than Jeanne Calment.- Transposable elements and rejuvenation of genome.- Embryonic stem cells and the last-minute' correction.- Muse cells and VSEL stem cells in longevity and rejuvenation.- The paradox of the adult stem cells: Relevance to aging and rejuvenation.- Biological age can be moved in both directions.- Rejuvenation is on its way.
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Springer International Publishing AG Meaning of Life, Human Nature, and Delusions: How
Book SynopsisWhatever are your beliefs, background, education, political views or interests, one thing is sure: this book will engage you, teach you something new, and more importantly make you to re-think deeply about critical aspects of your daily-life, including sex, love, food, physical activities, diseases, work and stress, and how you see and deal with other people, other animals, and the planet in general. Indeed, it focuses on topics that have fascinated people from all places and historical periods since times immemorial: Why are we here? What is the meaning of life? Are we progressing, and will we thrive? It does this by integrating in a unique fashion information from ancient Greek, Sumerian, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, Christian and Muslim texts to high-tech brain research, facts about near-death experiences, Covid-19, QAnon conspiracies, virtual reality and dating aps; from Adam and Eve to the rise of misogyny and racism to Black Lives Matter, Me-Too, Hollywood romantic movies and Disney fairy-tales. Contrary to notions about 'human progress' and 'Homo Deus' defended by authors such as Harari, Pinker and Dawkins, it shows that human history instead involves the repetition of similar imaginary tales created by a combination of traits found in other animals and the uniquely human obsession about 'cosmic purpose' stories related to our awareness of death's inevitability. Organized religions appeared later, chiefly during the rise of agriculture and 'civilizations'. Diogo navigates mesmerizing untold stories revealing a paradox: these events and the industrial 'revolution' increased inequality, oppression, slavery, subjugation of women, famines, plagues, 'work', stress, and suicides. Data from psychology, biology, neurobiology, and cross-cultural studies of hunter-gatherers and so-called 'developed' societies reveal an even more profound paradox: within all forms of life, the 'sapient being' is the one immersed in Neverland's world of unreality - truly a Homo irrationalis, fictus and socialis believing in fictional tales about cosmic 'duties', 'romantic meant to be', demons, inferior 'races' and 'genders', conspiracies, and 'justified' slavery, warfare, genocides, and animal abuses. Importantly, such tales play, on the other hand, crucial functions such as help coping with death and a plethora of societal troubles, decreasing stress, or preventing drug and alcohol abuse. An optimist and passionate wondered and wanderer, Diogo provides enthralling details about the history of religion, discrimination, romantic love, warfare, diseases and Earth's biodiversity illustrating how 'virtue is in the middle' and that we - with our intriguing combination of beliefs, bodily needs and desires, artistic abilities, and mismatches between our senses' illusions and the cosmos' reality - are not 'better' or 'worse' than the other millions of captivating living species. This powerful and urgently needed message has critical repercussions for how we understand, care about, and mindfully enjoy living in this splendid planet, in the reality of here and now.Pre-publication comments: "I applaud the enormous work that Diogo has invested in this follow-up to his widely acclaimed Evolution driven by organismal behavior book, and the challenge of getting people to think beyond and outside of our usual set of definitions and expectations. The case-studies provided in the book are fascinating and insightful" (Drew Noden, Award-winning Emeritus Professor, Cornell University)"Rui Diogo is becoming the Slavoj Zizek of evolutionary biology" (Marcelo Sanchez-Villagra, Director of the Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zurich) Table of ContentsStanding on the shoulders of farsighted humansBook dedicationAcknowledgementsList of Boxes Preface1 Introduction1.1 Standing on the shoulders of others: a book of thousand different voices1.2 Notes on interdisciplinarity2 Death and cosmic purpose of life2.1 Quests to find a cosmic purpose of life2.2 Beliefs, religion, and evolution2.3 Fear of death, purpose, human evolution, and discrimination 2.4 Teleology, morality, organized religions, and advantages of believing 2.5 Beliefs, atheism, and spirituality3 Our place in nature, progress, racism and eugenics3.1 'Progress', racism and quests to understand our place in nature 3.2 Cultural, or 'epigenetic', versus innate, or 'genetic', notions of race 3.3 Aristotle, Galen, monkeys, human anatomy, and Chain of Being 3.4 Apes and rise of innate notions of 'race' such as white supremacy 3.5 Apish-humans, Malthus and Darwin's 'struggle-for-life', Freud's psychoanalysis, and eugenics 3.6 Medical experimentation, 'progress', eugenics, and genocide 4 Myths and reality about 'savages' and 'civilization' 4.1 'Savages', 'civilization' and inequality 4.2 Agriculture, labor, slavery, leisure, health and 'progress' 4.3. Hobbes, Rousseau's 'Noble Savage', and violence 5 Sex, love, marriage, 'meant to be', and misogyny 5.1 Teleological stories, homosexuality, romantic love, sex, and marriage 5.2 Agriculture, religion, 'original sin', monogamy, and misogyny 5.3 Women, men, sexual desire and orgasms 5.4 Sex at dawn, Sex at dusk, scientific biases, 'traditional societies', and jealousy 5.5 History of marriage, love and sex, and links to health and happiness 5.6 Misogyny, history, teleology, religion, and Hypatia of Alexandria 5.7 Myths and facts concerning narratives on gender differences and roles 6 Darwin, capitalism, 'social Darwinism', colonialism, and beliefs 6.1 Darwin, Darwinism, idealization, adaptationism, and just-so-stories 6.2 Purpose, struggle-for-life, selfish genes, straw-men and suicide 6.3 'Progress', 'higher' or 'favored' groups, racism, misogyny, and capitalism 6.4 Teleological narratives, 'savages', colonialism, slavery, and neo-colonialism 7 Brains, conspiracies, witches, monsters, wars and animal abuse 7.1 Brains, behavior, genes, and religions 7.2 Randomness, lack of control, conspiracy theories, and political beliefs 7.3 Witches, sexuality, misogyny, religion, magic, and QAnon conspiracies 7.4 Teleological tales, violence, and torture 7.5 Homo irrationalis, ideology, war, terrorism and mass killings 7.6 'Savages', 'civilization', animal abuse, Enlightenment and humanism 7.7 'Monsters', disabilities, 'mother's fault', God's visitation, and mass murder 8 'Progress', morality, truth, 'good' and 'evil' 8.1 Morality, 'human exceptionalism', 'progress', revolutions, and health 8.2 'Noble savages', 'good', 'evil', technologic development, and loneliness 8.3 Affluence, abundance, growth and inequity, quality of life and euthanasia 8.4 Rousseau, Hobbes, biases, and 'civilization' 8.5 Child mortality, sex, atrocities, wellbeing, unlimited wants, and our planet 9 Towards a fulfilling life in this splendid, non-purposeful, planet 9.1 Nature, nurture, religion, enculturation, self-domestication and self-punishment 9.2. Homo irrationalis, socialis et fictus in Neverland: unreality, illusions and delusions 9.3 No need for better angels, economic fairytales, nor new teleological narratives and illusions 9.4 Medicine, wellbeing, and the price we pay for Neverland, alternative facts, and fake news 9.5 Lucretius, Epicurus, Sagan, Gould: towards a fulfilling life in a splendid non-purposeful cosmos References and suggestions for further reading Figure credits Index
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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.
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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.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG At Europe's Service: The Origins and Evolution of
Book SynopsisThe European People's Party, the largest political party in Europe, has roots that run deep in history. Founded in 1976 as a Christian Democratic federation, the European People's Party is now a strong centre-right movement and a leading European political family. It has member parties in almost all European countries, and it is very well represented in the institutions of the European Union. This book tells the story of the European People's Party: why it was founded, how it is currently organised and what its guiding ideas, values and principles are. It gives an up-to-date account of the party's contribution to European integration, its work with its member parties and its central role in organising the centre-right in Europe. Above all, this book is for everyone who wants to know what a European-level political party looks like, how it is structured and how it acts. Table of ContentsOrigins and Development: Paving the Way: The SIPDIC, NEI and EUCD.- Founding the EPP.- Rapprochement Towards Conservative and Other Like-minded Parties.- Eastward Enlargement.- Merger with the EUCD and EDU.- Party Organisation: The Congress.- Political Assembly and Presidency.- Summit.- The General Secretariat.- Working Groups and Member Associations.- Statute and Financing.- Centre for European Studies.- The EPP's Relationship to the Group in the European Parliament.- Party Programme: Programmatic Profile.- Annexes.- Chronology.
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Springer Spektrum Ernhrung Physiologische und Praktische
Book SynopsisGrundlagen der Ernährungsphysiologie.- Physiologie des Verdauungstraktes.- Makronährstoffe.- Mikronährstoffe.- Methoden zur Ernährungserhebung und Erfassung des Ernährungsstatus.- Ernährung der Schwangeren und pränatale Entwicklung des Kindes.- Säuglingsernährung und Ernährung der stillenden Mutter.- Ernährung von Kindern, Jugendlichen und Erwachsenen.- Ernährung älterer Menschen.- Geschmack und Geruch.- Hunger und Sättigung.- Lebensmitteltoxikologie und -sicherheit.- Kontaminanten, Rückstände und Zusatzstoffe in Lebensmitteln.- Natürlich vorkommende Toxine in Lebensmitteln.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Relationsanalyse (RELAN) - Aussagenlogische,
Book SynopsisDieses Lehrbuch führt in die Relationsanalyse, eine neue Methode der statistischen Auswertung ein. Das vorliegende Konzept richtet sich keineswegs nur an FachstatistikerInnen, sondern soll für möglichst viele EmpirikerInnen mit etwas statistischem Interesse konkrete Nutzungsanregungen bieten. Diese ist eine logisch-statistische Methode zur Analyse, Exploration und Prüfung von multivariaten, multifunktionalen und kausalen Hypothesen aus verschiedenen Fachgebieten. Zunächst wird die Methode in ihren Grundzügen erklärt und anschließend wird auf die Vorteile dieser Methodik im Vergleich zu bereits bestehenden statistischen Methoden eingegangen. Das dafür spezifisch entwickelte und online verfügbare Computerprogramm RELAN wird detailliert, praxisnah und anhand von Beispielen erklärt. Das Buch eignet sich für LeserInnen verschiedener Interessenslagen und enthält daher eine Leseanleitung, je nachdem, ob man mehr an der Theorie oder der praktischen Nutzung der Methode interessiert ist. Als Anwendungsgebiete kommen Psychologie, Soziologie, Biologie, Medizin, Pharmakologie, Ökonomie, Ökologie, Meteorologie, Astrophysik, … in Frage, in welchen die erforschten Gesetze multikausal, bedingt-kausal, indirekt-kausal und multieffektiv beschrieben werden können.Table of ContentsInhaltsverzeichnis1. Einleitung2. Schnelllese-Anleitung3. Relationsanalyse und RELAN-Programm (Kurzbeschreibung)4. Warum eine Relationsanalyse?5. Sachverhalte und Aussagen6. Logik, Relationen und Statistik7. Logisch-statistische Basisfunktionen8. Schwachpunkte statistisch-empirischer Methodologie9. Forderungen an eine methodische Neuorientierung statistisch-empirischer Wissenschaften10. Prinzipien empirischer Forschung11. Das empirische Forschungssystem12. Ein relationsanalytisches Strukturschema empirischer Forschung13. Gesetzmäßigkeit und Kausalität14. Grundzüge einer Relationsanalyse (RELAN)15. Relationsanalytische Auswertungsoptionen16. Vor- und Nachteile relationsanalytischer Auswertungen17. RELAN - Relationsanalytische Software18. AusblickA AnhängeB GlossarC LiteraturverzeichnisD Stichwortverzeichnis
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Endlich Biochemie verstehen
Book SynopsisDieses Buch beantwortet brennende Fragen nach dem (molekularen) Sinn des Lebens und macht Lust auf mehr. Was ist es denn „was die Welt, im Innersten zusammenhält“. Das Buch ist als Lehrbuch konzipiert und macht übergeordnete Konzepte der Biochemie mit einfachen Bildern begreifbar. Die Konzepte oder spannenden Fragen der Kapitel werden mit viel Witz und über einfache Eselsbrücken den Studierenden näher gebracht. Table of ContentsSpielregeln.- Der LEGO-Baukasten des Lebens.- DNA oder das Buch des Lebens.- Wie entsteht Ordnung aus dem Chaos?.- Wie setzt man eine chemische Reaktion in Gang? ...auch dann, wenn sie eigentlich nicht will?.- Die Renaissance des Stoffwechsels – vom trockenen Prüfungsstoff zur modernen Metabolismus-Forschung.- Es werde Licht – Das einzige wirklich grüne Kapitel.- Was Evolution wirklich ist....- Wie liest (und schreibt) man wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen am besten?.- Epilog: Mein Lebenslauf anhand meiner Lieblingsmoleküle.- Glossar – von Anabolismus bis Zielmolekül.
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Springer Evolutionstheorie im Wandel
Book SynopsisDarwins Jahrtausendidee und Batesons Gegenmodell.- Die Modern Synthesis das Standardmodell der Evolution.- Evo-Devo das Beste aus zwei Welten.- Ausgewählte Evo-Devo-Forschungsergebnisse.- Die Theorie der Nischenkonstruktion.- Die Erweiterte Synthese der Evolutionstheorie.- Die Evolution des Menschen in seiner (nicht-)biologischen Zukunft.- Wie viele Evolutionstheorien?.- Die Player des neuen Denkens in der Evolutionstheorie.- Glossar.
£35.99
Harwood-Academic Publishers Statistical Physics
Book SynopsisA look at Statistical Physics by renowned Russia-Soviet physicist Yuri Klimontovich of the Moscow State University, MSU Faculty of Physics.
£999.99
Harwood-Academic Publishers Advances In Natural Product Ch
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
£152.00
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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Spektrum Academic Publishers Tödliches Geflecht
Book SynopsisEin mutierter Mutterkorn-Pilz, der ursprünglich ausschließlich Roggen befällt, löst nunmehr auch beim Menschen eine tödlich verlaufende Erkrankung aus. Zahlreiche Menschen sind gefährdet, einige akut von dieser lebensbedrohlichen Krankheit betroffen. In Frankreich ist die ländliche Bevölkerung großer Landstriche in Aufruhr, die Behörden sind alarmiert. Kann es gelingen, mit gentechnischen Methoden diesen Erreger zu bekämpfenTrade ReviewEin höchst origineller Plot mit klaren Handlungssträngen und realistischen Laborszenarien, flott geschrieben, nett dotiert mit erfrischenden Sticheleien gegen blasierte Politiker und träge Bürokraten: Schreibgewandt wie immer präsentiert der Autor [...] in diesem Krimi Science-Fiction vom Feinsten. [...] Eine wunderbare Lektüre für einen möglicherweise doch nicht so ganz entspannten Feierabend.Biologie in unserer ZeitEs ist ein gediegenes Meisterstück!BiospektrumDer Biologe Axel Brennicke, Professor für molekulare Botanik an der Universität Ulm, hat einen spannenden, wohltuend unpathetischen Biothriller geschrieben. Seine Charaktere, die einen mutierten, auch für Menschen giftigen Getreidepilz bekämpfen, erweckt er mit wenigen Worten zum Leben und dosiert die wissenschaftlichen Erklärungen ... sparsam. Technology ReviewDas Buch ist mit Sicherheit spannend zu lesen!SWR 4 Baden-Württemberg...die Geschichte ist beklemmend realistisch.Bildung und Beratung AgrarForscher dürfen auch mal Helden sein... In einem Roman, der beim Spektrum Verlag erscheint und von einem Wissenschaftler geschrieben ist, ist die Quote des Pipettierens und Mikroskopierens nachvollziehbar...was dieses Buch ganz hervorragend herausarbeitet, ist der Umgang mit Seuchenzügen.Umweltzentrum-Braunschweig.de
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Spektrum Academic Publishers Wie viele Elefanten wiegt ein Blauwal?: Nützliche
Book SynopsisEin Blauwal ist groß – aber wie groß? Wie viele Eiffeltürme ist der Mount Everest hoch? Wie viele Olympiaschwimmbecken fasst ein Supertanker? Wie viele Posaunen erzeugen denselben Lärm wie ein Donnerschlag? Höher, größer, schneller – und origineller: Humorvoll und kenntnisreich geschrieben, fesselt Wie viele Elefanten wiegt ein Blauwal? den Leser mit reich bebilderten Betrachtungen über Flächen, Höhen, Gewichte, Geschwindigkeiten und vieles mehr. Noch nie hat Messen so viel Spaß gemacht!Trade ReviewWeeks' Buch ist reich bebildert: Alle Vergleiche sind in Fotos oder Zeichnungen umgesetzt. ... So sieht man oftmals mit einem einzigen Blick, was gemeint ist. Auch hier kommt die Komik nicht zu kurz, wenn er zum Beispiel 21,5 rote englische Telefonzellen aus einem Container quellen lässt. ... Es ist ein kleines Nachschlagewerk zum Schmökern, das uns durch seine gelungenen Vergleiche immer wieder zum Staunen bringt.DeutschlandradioUngeheuer detailreich, trotzdem aber allgemein verständlich, wird eine Vielzahl von Themen unserer Umwelt, hauptsächlich aus der Biologie, der Physik und der Geografie, mit neuen Maßeinheiten versehen. ... Die Stärke dieses Buchs liegt in der Unzahl der Einzelinformationen, die reichlich bebildert und humorvoll geschrieben sind. ... Fazit.: Das Buch ist ein Muss für alle Personen, die sich bemühen, Sachverhalte anschaulich und verständlich zu vermitteln. Sehr empfehlenswert für Lehrende aller couleur, für alle naturwissenschaftlich interessierten Personen und sogar für verantwortungsbewusste Politiker. Das Buch ist auf jeden Fall seinen Preis wert.BIOspektrumBilder sowie farbig unterlegte Seiten mit spannend geschriebenen Informationstexten nehmen den Leser mit auf eine Entdeckungsreise durch die Welt der biologischen und technischen Dimensionen. Dabei gelingt es dem Autor immer wieder, durch geschickte Kombinationen von thematischem Oberbegriff und den dazugehörigen Fallbeispielen zu verblüffen. ... Marcus Weeks vermittelt dem Leser eine Vorstellung über unbekannte Dimensionen, indem er Bekanntes mit Neuem verknüpft, den Leser gewissermaßen auf dessen persönlichem Wissensstand abholt. ... Als roter Faden ziehen sich eine gehörige Portion an Humor und Originalität durch die einzelnen Kapitel, gekoppelt mit sorgfältig recherchiertem Sachwissen.Physik in unserer Zeit...wunderschönes Buch mit wunderschönen Illustrationen ... amüsant zu lesen.hr2 Radio Podcast... einfach ein nett aufgemachtes, amüsant zu lesendes kleines Büchlein, das durchaus das ein oder andere Aha-Erlebnis parat hält. ... es [macht] wirklich Spaß, in dem Buch zu blättern und zu schmökern.Pharmazie in unserer ZeitEin Supertanker fasst 200 Olympiaschwimmbecken. Und 76 Posaunen erzeugen den Lärm eines Donnerschlags. Muss man das wissen? Nein? Macht es Spaß, das zu wissen? Definitiv! Gescheit geschrieben, hübsch illustriert und ohne Scheu vor Skurillitäten rückt dieser Band die Verhältnisse auf eingängige Weise zu recht.oliverlehmann.atEs eignet sich für neugierige, wissensdurstige Kinder und Jugendliche und lässt sich sicher als Einstieg in Vertretungsstunden gut nutzen. ... ein amüsantes Büchlein mit verblüffenden Angaben.Biologie in der SchuleTable of Contents1 Länge und Entfernung,- 2 Fläche.- 3 Höhe und Tiefe.- 4 Gewicht, Masse und Dichte.- 5 Volumen und Speicherkapazität.- 6 Bevölkerung.- 7 Zeit.- 8 Geschwindigkeit.- 9 Temperatur.- 10 Energie und Leistung.- 11 Schall.- Tabelle vergleichbarer Einheiten
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CRC Press The Pharmaceutical Index: 2013 Worldwide NCEs
Book SynopsisAn ideal drug candidate should possess good pharmacological activity, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity properties. Historically, there are around 6,000 drugs being used in humans and approximately 3,000 still in clinical use, not including herbal medicines. This Pharmaceutical Index series focuses on the profiles of 500 pharmaceutically marketed products from the past two decades. Professor Dr. K. Barry Sharpless is Honorary Editor-in-Chief of this first Index by Pharmacodia. The volume includes 24 NCEs worldwide approved drugs in 2013. Pharmacodia plan to publish two further volumes which will feature 2014 NCEs (32 drugs) and 2015 NCEs (25 drugs).
£400.00
Brill Chemical Processes with Participation of
Book SynopsisThe book is devoted to kinetics and thermodynamics of the processes with participation of some biological compounds and their synthetic analogues. Aspects of their acting as model enzymes, molecular receptors, photo sensitizers, pharmocophores, and biopharmaceutical compounds are under consideration. Quantitative characteristics of transfer of cations, anions and small organic molecules, fermentative catalysis, diffusion of the drug molecular through biological membranes are found. Mechanisms of the processes are discussed. Biological activity of studied compounds is evaluated. Bio-damages of materials as well as adhesions of microorganisms on materials surface are investigated.Table of ContentsPreface, Foreword, Chapter 1: Synthetic and Natural Bacteriochlorins: Synthesis, Properties and Applications, Chapter 2: meso-Phenylporphyrins as Synthetic Models of Natural Porphyrins: Synthesis and Modification, Chapter 3: The Mechanism of Catalytic Action of the Coordination Centres of Catalase Synthetic Models, Chapter 4: Complexation of Porphyrins with Ions and Organic Molecules, Chapter 5: Chemical Activation of Porphyrins in Coordination Core Reactions, Chapter 6: Synthesis, Structure Peculiarities and Biological Properties of Macroheterocyclic Compounds, Chapter 7: The Photochemical Aspect of Reactions of Flavonols with Molecular Oxygen, Chapter 8: Solvation of Drugs as a Key for Understanding Partitioning and Passive Transport Exemplified by NSAIDs, Chapter 9: Biodamage of Materials: Adhesion of Microorganisms on the Surface of Materials, Chapter 10: Controlled Release of Aseptic Drug from Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) Films: A Combination of Diffusion and Zero-order Kinetics, Chapter 11: Transport of Water as a Structurally Sensitive Process Characterizing the Morphology of Biodegradable Polymer Systems, Chapter 12: A Novel Technique for Measurement of Electrospun Nanofiber, Chapter 13: Image Analysis of Pore Size Distribution in Electrospun Nanofiber Webs: New Trends and Developments, Chapter 14: Electrospun Biodegradable and Biocompatible Natural Nanofibers: A Detailed Review
£210.00
Brill Polymer Surface Modification: Relevance to
Book SynopsisThe topic of polymer surface modification is of tremendous contemporary interest because of its critical importance in many and varied technological applications where polymers are used. Currently there is brisk research activity in unraveling the mechanisms of surface modification and finding ways to prolong the life of surface treatment. Also there is acute interest and need to devise new, improved and economical means to modify polymer surfaces. This book is divided into three parts as follows: Part 1: Surface Modification Techniques; Part 2: Interfacial Aspects and Adhesion; Part 3: General Papers. The topics covered include : various techniques for surface modification including plasma (both vacuum and atmospheric pressure), ozone, photografting, UV photo-oxidation, laser, use of charged particles and others for a variety of polymers; longevity of surface treatment; hydrophobic recovery; fabrication of high-density polymer nano-dots; immobilization of organometallic catalysts on textile carrier materials; polymer membrane antifouling properties; electroless metallization of polymers; effects of surface modification on interfacial shear strength of composites, cord/rubber adhesion, adhesion of UV-curable coatings and attachment of hyperbranched polymers; plasma polymerization; block copolymers; application of plasma technology in decontamination of heat-sensitive polymer surfaces. In essence this book reflects the current state-of-the-knowledge in the arena and represents the work of many renowned scientists and technologists. It should be of interest to anyone with a desire or need to learn the latest R&D activity in this domain and the information contained here should be very valuable in deciding the optimum surface modification technique for his/her particular requirements.Table of ContentsSurface Modification Techniques. Interfacial Aspects and Adhesion. General Papers.
£210.00
Brill Electrically Conductive Adhesives
Book SynopsisWith all the environmental concerns and constraints today and stricter future regulations, there is a patent need to replace materials noxious to the environment by environmentally-friendly alternatives. Electrically conductive adhesives (ECAs) are one such example. ECAs offer an excellent alternative to lead-solder interconnects for microelectronic packaging applications. ECAs are used in electronics for laptop computers, camcorders, watch electronics, hard-drive suspensions and a myriad of electronic equipments. Environmentally-friendly ECAs offer many advantages vis-Ã -vis solder, such as simple and low-temperature processing conditions, better thermo mechanical performance and finer pitch. This book is based on the two Special Issues of the Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology (JAST vol. 22, no. 8-9 and vol. 22, no. 14) dedicated to this topic. The book contains a total of 21 papers (reflecting overviews and original research) and is divided into three parts as follows: Part 1: Introduction and Recent Developments, Part 2: Mechanical, Durability and Reliability Aspects and Part 3: Characterization and Properties.Table of ContentsPreface, Part 1: Introduction and Recent Developments Using Electrically Conductive Inks and Adhesives as a Means to Satisfy European PCB Manufacturing Directives, Part 2: Mechanical Durability and Reliability Aspects Reliability of Anisotropic Conductive Adhesive Joints in Electronic Packaging Applications Y. C. Lin and X. Chen Drop Test Performance of Isotropic Electrically Conductive Adhesives, Part 3: Characterization and Properties Novel Techniques for Characterization of Fast-Cure Anisotropic Conductive and Non-conductive Adhesives M. Teo Chemorheology of Epoxy/Nickel Conductive Adhesives During Processing and Cure
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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
Book SynopsisResearch reported in the volume includes work in the: industrial and field systems; powder compaction; agglomeration and fracture; quasi-static deformations; stress fluctuations; vibrated beds; collisional grain flows; and avalanches and hopper flows.
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A A Balkema Publishers Progress in Durability Analysis of Composite
Book SynopsisComposite material systems are the basis for much of the natural world around us and are rapidly becoming the basis for many modern engineering components. A controlling feature for the general use of such systems is their damage tolerance, durability and reliability. The present book is a comprehensive cross section of the state of the art in the field of the durability of polymer-based, composite, and adhesive systems. As such, it is of special value to researchers concerned with the frontier of the field, to students concerned with the substance of the subject, and to the applied community concerned with the finding methodologies that make it possible to design safe and durable engineering components using material systems.
£195.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Geometrical Optics of Weakly Anisotropic Media
Book SynopsisThis book explores recent developments in QIA and describes the application of the theory to different branches of wave physics, from plasma physics, quantum physics, and ionospheric radio wave propagation to acoustics, optics, and astrophysics. This is an up-to-the-minute exposition of the latest developments in an important new area, written by authors of outstanding reputation. A rich source of both theoretical methods and practical applications, it covers a wide range of problems of general physical significance. Until recently, there was no effective method for describing waves in weakly anisotropic inhomogeneous media. The method of quasi-isotropic approximation (QIA) of geometrical optics was developed to overcome this problem. The QIA approach bridges the gap between geometrical optics of isotropic media (Rytov method) and that of anisotropic media (Courant-Lax approach), thus providing a complete picture of the geometrical optics of inhomogeneous media.Table of Contents1. Geometrical Optics of Inhomogeneous Media 2. Modifications and Generalizations of QIA 3. Electromagnetic Waves in Magnetized Plasmas 4. Quasi-Isotropic Approximation in Quantum Mechanics 5. Geometrical Acoustics of Weakly Anisotropic Media 6. Optical Effects in Weakly Anisotropic Media
£145.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Compounds and Alloys Under High Pressure: A
Book SynopsisThis is the first book to classify and systematize the available data on the behavior of binary alloys under high pressure. Despite the fact that there is a strong correlation between temperature-composition (T-C) phase diagrams at normal pressure and three- dimensional temperature-composition-pressure (T-C-P) diagrams, many material scientists seldom refer to the (T-C-P) diagrams, just as many high pressure researchers often ignore the data obtained at normal pressure. This book aims to bridge the gap between data obtained at high pressure and that obtained at normal pressure. The most recent research covers not only elements and stoichiometric compounds, but also binary, ternary, and multicomponent alloys, and so this book covers an extended range of substances. The properties of 890 binary systems and a further 1153 pseudobinary and ternary systems are summarized, and accompanied by an extensive bibliography. The data includes information on the solubility of components in solid solutions, melting, and first- and second-order phase transformations in alloys and stoichiometric compounds.Table of Contents1. List of Binary Alloys 2. List of Pseudobinary and Ternary Alloys 3. Binary Alloys
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Taylor & Francis Ltd New Challenges in Organic Electrochemistry
Book SynopsisThis monograph will clearly depict much of the current, leading research into the reactions and properties of organic and bioorganic materials in which electron transfer plays an important role. Organic electrochemistry is increasingly expanding to various interdisciplinary fields and is of major interest to a growing number of researchers and engineers. The contents of this book emphasize the scope of the reaction field at the electrode interface, specifically, electrogenerated active species, new mediatory reactions, and new trends in organic electrochemistry. Many of the results demonstrated in these reports may have broad applications to the development of science and new technologies. The twenty contributing authors are all active researchers in organic electrochemistry, bioelectrochemistry, electrocoordination chemistry, or electroanalytical chemistry.Table of Contents1. New Concepts and Methodologies for Electrode Interface Modification 2. Electrochemical Reaction Control by Magnetic Fields 3. Reaction Selectivity Control on Electron Transfer Processes in Photoirradiated Semiconductor Surface 4. Specific Control of Electrogenerated Reactive Species and Their Synthetic Applications 5. Synthetic Application of Active Organophosphorus Species by Paired Electrolysis 6. Novel Trends of Electrooxidation Chemistry on Silicon and Tin Compounds 7. Construction of Mediatory Reactions 8. Novel Electroorganic Synthesis Using Mediators 9. Development of Controlled Electron Transfer on Organometallic Compounds 10. New Trend of Bioelectrochemistry
£104.50
Taylor & Francis Ltd Collision Processes and Excitation of UV Emission
Book SynopsisOver the past few decades, the excitation and ionization of atmospheric gases has become an area of intense research. A large amount of data have been accumulated concerning the various elementary processes which occur when photons, electrons and ions collide with atoms and molecules. This scattered information has now been collected in a handbook for the first time, and the authors give a critical analysis of relevant data. This book is a comprehensive and detailed study of the available information and is distinguished by the following outstanding features: the consideration of a large number of atmospheric constituents, including H^O2, H, N^O2, N, O^O2, O, CO, CO^O2, H^O2O, HCl and some hydrocarbons the maximum number of space particles, including magnetospheric particles, are considered as projectiles: photons, electrons, hydrogen atoms, protons and helium ionsthe energy range under study corresponds to the real spectrum of cosmic fluxes, from threshold values for elementary processes up to several thousand keV the recommended values of cross sections, obtained from analysis of the available experimental data, are given in the handbook and their accuracy is estimated. These features make the handbook particularly valuable to specialists in the aeronomy of planets, comets and active perturbations, as well as to experimentalists and theoreticians working in the fields of plasma physics, atomic and molecular physics, physics of the upper atmosphere, chemical physics, optics and spectroscopy.Table of Contents1. Cross Sections for Photoionization and Primary Photoelectron and Auger Electron Spectra 2. Production of Electrons and Slow Ions by Electron Impact 3. Cross Sections for UV-Emission in Collisions of H+ and He+ with Molecules and Atoms of Atmospheric Gases 4. Cross Sections for Ultraviolet Emission in Electron Collisions with Molecules and Atoms of Atmospheric Gases 5. Production of Electrons and Slow Ions in Collisions of H+, H0 and He+ with Atmospheric Molecules and Atoms
£150.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Molecular Magnetochemistry
Book SynopsisInvestigating the relationship between the magnetic properties and structure of molecules, molecular magnetochemistry, is an area of growing interest to scientists in a variety of fields, including physical, organic and inorganic chemistry, molecular physics, and biophysics. For the first time, systematic results on magnetic properties of molecules such as mean magnetic susceptibility, their anisotropies and principal magnetic axes are presented. Molecular Magnetochemistry is a comprehensive and up-to-date view on experimental methods not covered in previous volumes, including the Zeeman effect in vapor phase and magnetic birefringence of diamagnetic systems (Cotton-Mouton Effect). The relationship between magnetic and related electrical phenomena is also described, summing up experimental data on magnetic and electrical anisotropies and components of molecular quadrupole moments.Table of ContentsPreface, Illustration Acknowledgments, Introduction Magnetic Susceptibility as a Molecular, Tensor Property, 1 Determination of Average Magnetic Susceptibilities, 2 Methods of Determination of Anisotropic Magnetic Susceptibilities of Molecules, 3 Relation Between Magnetic and Electric Properties of Molecules, 4 Tensor Additivity of Molecular Electron Properties, 5 Magnetic Susceptibilities and Interatomic Interaction Effects, 6 Determination of Three-Dimensional Structure of Molecules and Complexes, References, Subject Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Recent Advances in Polymer Chemical Physics:
Book SynopsisThe Institute of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences has become one of the world's premiere centers for studies of polymeric materials; in use, during processing, and in harsh environments. The Institute's focus is on commercially available materials and their modifications to improve performance through advanced theoretical analysis and implementation of experimental results. Selected papers from the Institute have been incorporated into five sections-Stabilization and Degradation, Biochemistry , Photochemistry, Rheology and Flame Retardancy-and should provide invaluable background to producers of polymeric materials.Table of Contents1. Chemical Transformation of Polymers During Processing 2. Experimental Methods for Estimating Stabilizers; Efficiency 3. Quantitative Foundations of Polymer 4. Physico-Chemical Criteria for Estimating the Efficiency of Burn Dressings Biocompatibility and Biodestructibility 5. Photoradical Ageing of Polymers 6. A New Generation of Highly Efficient Fluorescent Polymers 7. Hydrodynamic and Conformational Parameters of the Macromolecules of Cellulose and Its Derivatives in Non-Aqueous Solutions 8. New Types of Ecologically Safe Flame Retardant Polymer Systems 9. Elastomeric Heat-Shielding Materials for Internal Surfaces of Missile Engines
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Dynamics and Defects in Liquid Crystals: A
Book SynopsisDuring his distinguished scientific career, Alfred Saupe made important contributions to liquid crystal research, laying the groundwork on which much of the current knowledge and research in the physics of liquid crystals is based. This volume features papers presented by Prof. Saupe's colleagues, students and friends at a festschrift in honor of his 70th birthday. In addition, a selection of Prof. Saupe's articles are reprinted in the original German and in English translation, offering the reader a unique opportunity to see both the early work of this important scientist and widespread effect of that work on later discoveries in liquid crystal physics.Table of Contents1. Orientational Order in Nematics: Experiment, Theory and Simulation 2. Influence of Cholesteric Solvents on the Kinetics of Schiff Base Formation from Enantiomeric Amines 3. SMECTICS/AC: Critical behavior at the Smectic-A to Nematic Transition of Confined Liquid Crystal Mixtures 4. Macrostructures in Smectic Liquid Crystals 5. LCs AND POLYMERS: Freedericksz Transition Measurements on Polymer-Stabilized Liquid Crystal 6. Wavelength Selection in Slowly Quenched Systems 7. Selected Papers of Alfred Saupe 8. Electrically Induced Flows in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals Films 9. CHOLESTERICS/BLUE PHASES: Flexoelectric Induced Vanishing of the Cholesteric Helix 10. HELIELECTRICS: FERRO/ANTIFERRO: A Pictorial Approach to Helical 11. NEMATICS: On the Role of Spherical Symmetry in the Maier-Saupe Theory 13. Dynamics of Giant Vesicles
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Gordon and Breach Quantitive Analysis Of Biospec
Book SynopsisFirst published in 2004, this book collects several up-to-date methods for quantitative analysis of biospecific interactions, a field that has a long history that perhaps can be said to have begun with the classical paper of G. Scatchard in 1949 (The attractions of proteins for small molecules and ions, but which has advanced impressively during the last few years. A precise spatial arrangement of just a few hydrogen bonds can confer a remarkably specific reversible association between two molecules. A web of weak interactions governs biospecific recognition in general. The binding equilibria in living cells tune and coordinate a multitude of functions. The thermodynamic properties of such interactions are often studied by binding experiments in simplified and essentially ideal systems. However, similar types of studies may elucidate the biologically relevant dynamic steady-state conditions in living cells and organisms, allowing for the very wide range of interactant concentrations and the interplay between the many reactions and interactions. The development in biosciences will continue with in-depth studies of macromolecules and membranes. More detailed knowledge will allow analyses of delicate balances between substances and events in the complex systems involved in life processes. Methods to study biospecific affinities are thus highly important tools for understanding mechanisms and effects of molecular binding events in vivo and in vitro, e.g., in biochemical, biomedical and pharmaceutical research, and for biotechnological research and production.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Polymer Yearbook 16
Book SynopsisThe "Polymer Yearbooks" provide reviews of Japanese and Russian polymer science not otherwise readily available in English. A desk reference interest to polymer scientists, they contain reviews covering topics in polymer synthesis, degradation, renewable polymer sources, drug release, thermodynamics of polymers under shear, and more. The books also contain lists of publications in polymer science and their editors are listed, together with information such as standard abbreviations and trade names. There are summaries of physical, chemical and mathematical data along with definitions of terms in polymer science. This volume also contains state-of-the-art Japanese research presented in 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 interest to polymer scientists in Japan, more easily available worldwide.Table of ContentsPart 1 Review section: kinetics and mechanisms of the product conversions in reaction of 2,4,6-tri-t-butylphenol with NO2; physical and mechanical behaviour of polymer glasses; cross-linked poly(methyl methacrylate); effect of polymer matrix on kinetics and mechanism of carbene reactions; properties of constitutive equations for undiluted linear polymers based on the molecular theory; investigation of organosiloxane equilibrium reactions; some peculiarities of phenolic stabilizers consumption and role of their transformation products in the oxidation process; definition of terms and classification of processes relating to aging polymers; physical chemistry of topological disorder - sorption and reactions of low-molecular compounds in polymers; biodegradable polymeric microparticles in biomedical applications; ecological aspects of polymer flame retardation; some aspects of the thermal degradation of poly(vinyl chloride); conference "physics and chemistry of elementary chemical processes"; European meeting on fire retardancy of polymeric materials. Part 2 Progress in polymer science in Japan: computer science of polymer; polymer dynamics and rheology; free-radical polymerization; ionic chain polymerization - anionic, cationic and coordination polymerization of vinyl monomers and related compounds; electroactive polymers; degradable polymers; structure, properties and functions of thermoresponsive polymer gels; functional membrane, separation membrane and organic thin films; biopolymers; polymer alloys; physical properties of polymeric solids. Part 3 Current awareness.
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A A Balkema Publishers Constitutive Models for Rubber III: Proceedings
Book SynopsisRecent developments in the modelling of rubber are collated in this volume, including not only stress-strain behaviour and the use of the large strain finite element method for simulation, but also fatigue, fracture, filler reinforcement, dynamic properties and the effects of ageing.
£240.00
A A Balkema Publishers FRP Composites in Civil Engineering - CICE 2004:
Book SynopsisThe range of fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) applications in new construction, and in the retrofitting of existing civil engineering infrastructure, is continuing to grow worldwide. Furthermore, this progress is being matched by advancing research into all aspects of analysis and design. The Second International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE 2004) provided an international forum for the scientific community to exchange ideas and develop future directions in this rapidly developing field.The papers included in these proceedings cover a wide range of FRP applications in civil engineering and represent the contributions from nine keynote speakers, four invited speakers and over a hundred contributed papers, from over twenty countries.Table of ContentsPrefaceMessage from the President of IIFC CICE 2004 Organising Committee CICE 2004 International Advisory Committee IIFC Council IIFC Advisory Committee IIFC Executive Committee Keynote papersSessions: FRP research in China (special session) FRP research in Italy (special session) FRP research in the Middle East (special session) FRP research in Southeast Asia (special session) Long-term monitoring (special session) Materials and products Confinement of concrete in compression Bond and interfacial stresses between FRP and concrete Flexural strengthening of concrete beams and slabs Debonding failure in FRP strengthened beams Shear and torsional strenghtening of concrete beams Strenghtening of concrete columns and walls Strenghtening of beam-column joints Strenghtening of masonry and timber structures Strenghtening of steel structures Concrete structures reinforced or prestressed with FRP Hybrid FRP structures All FRP structures Durability Practical applications
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A A Balkema Publishers Configurational Mechanics: Proceedings of the
Book SynopsisThis book comprises papers that were presented at the Symposium on Configurational Mechanics, during the 5th EUROMECH Soil Mechanics Conference in Thessaloniki in August 2003. Configurational (or material) mechanics -in contrast to Newtonian mechanics in Euclidean space- concerns any sort of change or "motion" in the material configuration. This framework provides a novel and unifying view on otherwise diverse disciplines like fracture mechanics, phase transitions, plasticity and dislocation theory. In addition, configurational mechanics can be used in computations because it provides a fruitful interpretation of the field equations in the discretized space.This volume contains eleven contributions from specialists from around Europe Articles concern both theoretical and computational mechanics, electroplasticity, magnetoelasticity, elastoplasticity as well as granular, multiphase and micropolar media.Table of ContentsForeword; A critical assessment of the theory and applications of material-configurational forces; On the impact of configurational mechanics on computational mechanics; Topics in configurational mechanics of dielectrics; Configurational forces and couples in micropolar continua; On the configurational thermomechanics of nonchemically reacting solid–fluid mixtures; On consistent weakly-nonlocal modeling of granular media; Piezomagnetic tensors symmetries: an unifying tentative approach; Approaches to finite elasto-plasticity with dislocations; Branching dynamics of brittle fracture; On the dynamic fracture for a curved crack; On the use of material forces in the finite element method
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Brill Limits in Perception: Essays in Honour of Maarten
Book SynopsisThis book presents an analysis of limits in perception from the vantage point of the physicist, the engineer, the psychophysicist, the psychologist and the theorist. Limits in perception find their causal explanation at many logically and/or physically different levels. Some of the most fundamental bottlenecks are due to the quantum mechanical and atomistic structure of the microworld. Other simple constraints are due to the material constitution of sensory organs. For instance, the fact that the eye is predominantly composed of water limits both the optical quality and the available spectral window. The engineer uses knowledge on such limits to design equipment that optimizes human performance in daily life. Examples include room acoustics and visual displays. Psychophysicists and psychologists deal with limits on a quite different logical level. These limits constrain much of our perceptually guided behaviour. The book includes chapters on such topics as movement perception, binocular vision, illusory phenomena, language and perception, the perception of time. A few concluding chapters on fundamental limits imposed by information theoretical constraints on the coding and representation of sensed structure are included. Limits in Perception will be important reading material for scientists and/or engineers in the following fields: perception, experimental psychology, sensory biology, physics, neuroscience, human engineering, artificial intelligence, robotics, ophthalmology, audiology, psychonomics and ergonomics, remote sensing.Table of ContentsList of contributors, Prefacen, List of publications by M.A. Bouman, List of doctoral dissertations supervised by M.A. Bouman, PART 1: A PHYSICIST'S APPROACH TO THE LIMITS IN PERCEPTION, PART 2: AN ENGINEER'S APPROACH TO THE LIMITS IN PERCEPTION, PART 3: PSYCHOPHYSICAL APPROACHES TO THE LIMITS IN PERCEPTION, PART 4: PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE LIMITS IN PERCEPTION, PART 5: THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO THE LIMITS IN PERCEPTION, Subject index
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Brill Plasma Surface Modification of Polymers:
Book SynopsisThis book is a collection of invited papers (previously published in special issues of the Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology) written by internationally recognized researchers actively working in the field of plasma surface modification. It provides a current, comprehensive overview of the plasma treatment of polymers. In contrast to plasma polymerization, plasma surface modification reactions do not cause thin-film deposition, and can therefore only modify the surface properties of organic substrates. Plasma surface modifications are fast, efficient methods for improving the adhesion properties and other surface characteristics of a variety of polymeric materials. The focus of this volume is on adhesion phenomena, surface properties and the surface characterization of plasma-treated materials. This book opens with a critical review of the plasma surface modification of polymers for improved adhesion. The remainder of the papers are divided into two sections, one dealing with the characterization of plasma-treated surfaces and the second concerned with various practical applications of plasma-treated surfacesTable of ContentsPart 1: Technology Review 1. Plasma surface modification of polymers for improved adhesion: A critical review Part 2: Characterization of Plasma-treated Surfaces 2. XPS studies of in situ plasma-modified polymer surfaces 3. Multitechnique study of hexatriacontane surfaces modified by argon and oxygen RF plasmas: effect of treatment time and fimctionalization, and comparison with HDPE 4. Plasma surface modification of polyethylene: short-term vs. long-term plasma treatment 5. Plasma oxidation of polystyrene vs. polyethylene 6. Evolution of the surface composition and topography of perfluorinated polymers following ammonia-plasma treatment 7. Surface fluorination of polyethylene films by different glow discharges. Effects of frequency and electrode configuration 8. Reactivity of a polypropylene surface modified in a nitrogen plasma Part 3: Practical Applications of Plasma-treated Surfaces 9. Chemical reactions on plasma-treated polyethylene surfaces 10. Immobilization of polyethylene oxide surfactants for non-fouling biomaterial surfaces using an argon glow discharge treatment 11. Plasma surface treatment of poly(p-phenylene benzobisthiozol) fibers 12. CO2 plasma modification of high-modulus carbon fibers and their adhesion to epoxy resins 13. Oxygen plasma modification of polyimide webs: effect of ion bombardment on metal adhesion 14. Enhancement of the sticking coefficient of Mg on polypropylene by in situ ECR-RF Ar and N2 plasma treatments 15. Improved adhesion between plasma-treated polyimide film and evaporated copper
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Brill Polymer Biomaterials in Solution, as Interfaces
Book SynopsisThe articles collected in this publication have previously been published in eight special issues of the Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition, in honour of Dr. Allan S. Hoffman, who is known as a pioneer, a leader and a mentor in the field of biomaterials. The papers from renowned scientists from all parts of the world, representing the state-of-the-art in polymeric biomaterials today, have been rearranged into a logical order of sections, each having a distinct focus. The topics covered are: Surface Modification, Characterization and Properties; Protein Adsorption; Blood Interactions; Cell Interactions; Immobilized Cell Receptor Ligands and Immobilized Cells; Immobilized Biomolecules and Synthetic Derivatives of Biomolecules; New Polymers and Applications; Biodegradable Polymers and Drug Delivery; Water-Soluble Biomolecules, Sunthetic Polymers, and their Conjugates; Hydrogels.Table of ContentsPart I: Surface Modification, Characterization, and Properties Part IA: RF Plasma Gas Discharge 1. Molecular surface tailoring of biomaterials via pulsed RF plasma discharges 2. Introduction of amine groups on poly(ethylene) by plasma immobilization of a preadsorbed layer of decylamine hydrochloride 3. A wettability gradient as a tool to study protein adsorption and cell adhesion on polymer surfaces 4. Activity of horseradish peroxide adsorbed on radio frequency glow discharge-treated polymers 5. Patterned neuronal attachment and outgrowth on surface modified, electrically charged fluoropolymer substrates Part IB: Physico-Chemical Modification 6. New biomaterials through surface segregation phenomenon: New quaternary ammonium compounds as antibacterial agents 7. Biomaterials with permanent hydrophilic surfaces and low protein adsorption properties 8. Surface properties of RGD-peptide grafted polyurethane block copolymers: Variable take-off angle and cold-stage ESCA studies 9. Effect of polyurethane surface chemistry on its lipid sorption behavior Part II: Protein Adsorption 10. Residence time effects on monoclonal antibody binding to adsorbed fibrinogen 11. Adsorption behavior of fibrinogen to sulfonated polyethyleneoxide-grafted polyurethane surfaces 12. Effects of branching and molecular weight of surface-bound poly(ethylene oxide) on protein rejection 13. Review Formation of protein multilayers and their competitive replacement based on self-assembled biotinylated phospholipids 14. Identification of proteins adsorbed to hemodialyser membranes from heparinized plasma Part III: Blood Interactions 15. Mechanism of cytoplasmic calcium changes in platelets in contact with polystyrene and poly(acrylamide-co-methacrylic acid) surfaces 16. The synthesis of a water soluble complement activating polyacrylic acid-IgG polymer 17. A novel biomaterial: Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-polyamide multiblock copolymer I. Synthesis and evaluation of blood compatibility 18. Synthesis and non
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