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Biomedicine H. Aldskogius, Uppsala University, Sweden (Ed.) P. van Endert, Université Paris Descartes, France (Ed.) Animal Models of Spinal Cord Antigen Processing

G. Laviola, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy; S. Macrì, Isti- Repair Methods and Protocols tuto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy (Eds.)

The development of treatment strategies that can Features Adaptive and Maladaptive Aspects help patients with spinal cord injury to regain lost Antigen processing is a biological process that pre- of Developmental Stress functions and an improved quality of life is a major pares antigens for the presentation to special cells medical challenge, and experimental spinal cord in the immune system called T lymphocytes. In research has to meet these challenges by resolving Antigen Processing: Methods and Protocols, expert Since the very early stages of life, we all experi- fundamental problems, establishing a basis for possi- researchers in the field provide a comprehensive set ence some form of stress. Stressors can be mild to ble novel treatment strategies of spinal cord injury, of protocols for studying presentation of antigens severe and can range from unsuccessfully longing for and motivating their clinical translation. In Animal produced in the standard processing pathways for maternal milk in infancy, to recklessly wiggling on a Models of Spinal Cord Repair, expert researchers MHC class I and class II molecules. The chapters [..] motorbike to be on time to watch the NBA finals on examine a broad range of experimental models for TV, to breaking up a relationship. All those events research on spinal cord injury, how they have con- Fields of interest that we call “stress” have the capability of perturbing tributed to our current state of knowledge, and what Immunology; Antibodies a given state of psychological and physiological equi- their advantages are in the further advancement of librium and moving it to a different level. The transi- spinal cord repair. With[...] Target groups tion from crawling to walking has to be considered a Professional/practitioner form of stress as much as losing a job. It is through a Features continuous cross-talk between environmental stres- The development of treatment strategies that can Type of publication sors and individual adaptations that we build our[...] help patients with spinal cord injury to regain lost Contributed volume functions and an improved quality of life is a major More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-217-9 Features medical challenge, and experimental spinal cord Since the very early stages of life, we all experi- research has to meet these challenges by resolving Hardcover ence some form of stress. Stressors can be mild to fundamental problems, establishing a basis for possi- 2013. XVII, 589 p. 85 illus., 25 in color. (Methods in Mol- severe and can range from unsuccessfully longing for ble novel treatment strategies of spinal cord injury, ecular Biology, Vol. 960) maternal milk in infancy, to recklessly wiggling on a and motivating their clinical translation. In [..] $159.00 motorbike to be on time to watch the NBA finals on ISBN 978-1-62703-217-9 TV, to breaking up a relationship. All those events Contents Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. that we call “stress” have the capability of perturbing The Spinal Cord: Functional Organization, Dis- a given state of psychological and [..] eases, and Dysfunctions.- The Pathological Findings in Traumatic Injury to the Human Spinal Cord.- Contents Acute Spinal Cord Injury In Vitro: Insight Into Basic Making Sense of Stress: An Evolutionary-Develop- Mechanisms.- Spinal Cord Injury: The Lamprey mental Framework.- Prenatal and maternal psy- Model.- Dorsal Root Injury for the Study of Spinal chosocial stress in primates: adaptive plasticity or Cord Injury Repair.- No-Laminectomy Spinal Cord- vulnerability to pathology?.- The Everyday Stress Transected Murine Model.- Spinal Cord Injury: Resilience Hypothesis: Unfolding resilience from a The Rabbit Model.- The Cat Model of Spinal Cord perspective of everyday stress and coping.- Ontogeny Injury.- Using Naturally-Occurring Spinal Cord of stress reactivity in the human child: Phenotypic Injury in Domestic Dogs to Explore Novel Thera- flexibility, trade-offs, and pathology.- Consequences peutic Options.- Primate Models of Spinal Repair.- of Developmental Stress in Humans: Prenatal Stress.- Animal Models[...] Consequences of Developmental Stress in Humans: Adversity experienced during Childhood and Ado- Fields of interest lescence.- Behavioural and neuroendocrine[...] Neurosciences; Neurology; Animal Models

Fields of interest Target groups Neurosciences; Psychiatry; Biomedicine (general) Professional/practitioner

Target groups Type of publication Professional/practitioner Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-196-7 Type of publication Contributed volume Hardcover 2013. XII, 336 p. 49 illus., 36 in color. (Neuromethods, More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5604-9 Vol. 76) Hardcover $139.00 2013. XII, 281 p. 19 illus., 7 in color. (Current Topics in ISBN 978-1-62703-196-7 Neurotoxicity, Vol. 3) Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. $209.00 ISBN 978-1-4614-5604-9 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. springer.com Biomedicine 3

K.K. Jain, Jain PharmaBiotech, Basel, Switzerland Y.Y. Shugart, National Institute of Mental Health , Bethesda, MD, K.L. Tucker, University of Heidelberg, Germany; T. Caspary, Emory USA (Ed.) University, Atlanta, GE, USA (Eds.) Applications of Biotechnology in Neurology Applied Computational Genomics Cilia and Nervous System Development and Function "Applied Computational Genomics" focuses on an Culling together excerpts from a wide range of writ- in-depth review of statistical development and appli- ings by Dr. Kewal K. Jain on biotechnology topics as Cilia are tiny microtubule-based organelles project- cation in the area of human genomics including they relate to disorders of the nervous system, Appli- ing from the plasma membrane of practically all cells candidate gene mapping, linkage analysis, popula- cations of Biotechnology in Neurology covers a vari- in the body. In the past 10 years a flurry of research tion-based, genome-wide association, exon sequenc- ety of applications for those working in life sciences has indicated a crucial role of this long-neglected ing and whole genome sequencing analysis. The and the pharmaceutical sciences, particularly those organelle in the development and function of the authors are extremely experienced in the area of developing diagnostics and therapeutics for the ner- central nervous system. A common theme of these statistical genomics and will give a detailed intro- vous system. This detailed volume delves into areas studies is the critical dependency of signal transduc- duction of the evolution in the field and critical eval- such as neurobiotechnology, like neurogenomics tion of the Sonic hedgehog, and more recently, Wnt uations of the advantages and disadvantages of the and neuroproteomics, molecular diagnostics, vari- signaling pathways upon cilia to regulate fate deci- statistical models proposed. They will also share their ous methods of improving systemic administration sions and morphogenesis. Both primary and motile views on a future shift toward translational biology. of drugs for targeted delivery to the nervous system, cilia also play crucial roles in the function of the ner- The book will be of value to human geneticists, med- including the use of nanobiotechnology, biotechnol- vous system, including the primary processing of ical doctors, health educators,[...] ogy-based strategies and[...] sensory information, the control of body mass, and Features higher functions such as[...] Features "Applied Computational Genomics" focuses on an Culling together excerpts from a wide range of writ- Features in-depth review of statistical development and appli- ings by Dr. Kewal K. Jain on biotechnology topics as Cilia are tiny microtubule-based organelles project- cation in the area of human genomics including they relate to disorders of the nervous system, Appli- ing from the plasma membrane of practically all cells candidate gene mapping, linkage analysis, popula- cations of Biotechnology in Neurology covers a vari- in the body. In the past 10 years a flurry of research tion-based, genome-wide association, exon sequenc- ety of applications for those working in life sciences has indicated a crucial role of this long-neglected ing and whole genome sequencing analysis. The and the pharmaceutical sciences, particularly those organelle in the development and function of the authors are extremely experienced in the area of sta- developing diagnostics and therapeutics for the ner- central nervous system. A common theme of these tistical genomics and will give a detailed introduc- vous system. This detailed volume [..] studies is the critical dependency of signal transduc- tion of the [..] tion of the Sonic hedgehog, and more recently, Wnt Contents Contents [..] Introduction to Neurobiotechnology.- Neuro- Introduction.- Concepts of Genetic Epidemiology.- genetics & Neurogenomics.- Neuroproteomics.- Contents Integration of Linkage Analysis and Next Genera- Biomarkers of Neurological Disorders.- Molecu- Introduction.- 1 Primary and motile cilia: their ultra- tion Sequencing Data.- From Family Study to Pop- lar Diagnostics for Neurological Disorders.- Mol- structure and ciliogenesis.- 2 Primary Cilia, Sonic ulation Study: A history of Genetic Mapping for ecular Neuropharmacology.- Ion Channels and Hedgehog Signaling, and Spinal Cord Development.- Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC).- QTL Map- Neurology.- Role of Nitric Oxide in Neurological 3 Primary cilia and brain development.- 4 Primary ping of Molecular Traits for Studies of Human Com- Disorders.- Nanoneurology.- Neurotrophic Fac- Cilia in Cerebral Cortex: Growth and Functions plex Diseases.- Renewed Interest in Haplotype: from tors.- Cell Therapy of Neurological Disorders.- Gene on Neuronal and Non-Neuronal Cells.- 5 Primary Genetic Marker to Gene Prediction.- Analytical Therapy of Neurological Disorders.- Role of Biotech- Cilia and Inner Ear Sensory Epithelia.- 6 Neuronal Approaches for Exome Sequence Data.- Rare Vari- nology in Drug Delivery to the Nervous System.- Cilia and Obesity.- 7 Motile cilia and brain function: ants Analysis in Unrelated Individuals.- Gene Dupli- Vaccines for Neurological Disorders.- Biotechnology ependymal motile cilia development, organization, cation and Functional Consequences.- From GWAS for Neuroprotection.- Biotechnology in Neuroregen- function and their associated pathologies.- 8 Primary to Next-Generation Sequencing on Human Complex eration.- Role of[...] Cilia and Brain Cancer.- 9 Abnormalities of the Cen- Diseases: the[...] tral Nervous System across the[...] Fields of interest Fields of interest Neurosciences Fields of interest Human Genetics; Bioinformatics; Biotechnology Biomedicine (general); Neurobiology; Neuro- Target groups Target groups sciences; Human Physiology; Cancer Research; Professional/practitioner Research Developmental Biology Type of publication Type of publication Target groups Monograph Contributed volume Research More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-271-1 More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5557-4 Type of publication Hardcover Hardcover Contributed volume 2013. XXXVII, 636 p. 16 illus., 5 in color. 2012. XII, 184 p. 10 illus., 8 in color. (Translational Bioin- More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5807-0 $159.00 formatics, Vol. 1) ISBN 978-1-62703-271-1 Hardcover $189.00 2013. XIII, 277 p. 69 illus., 38 in color. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. ISBN 978-94-007-5557-4 $209.00 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. ISBN 978-94-007-5807-0 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 4 Biomedicine springer.com

A. Aghamohammadi, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran; N. Kabbani, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA (Ed.) S. Choi, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea (Ed.) N. Rezaei, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran (Eds.) Dopamine Encyclopedia of Signaling Clinical Cases in Primary Molecules Immunodeficiency Diseases Methods and Protocols Dopamine, a catecholamine transmitter, plays a A Problem-Solving Approach Biological processes are driven by complex sys- number of vital physiological roles in the brain and tems of functionally interacting signaling mole- body, and, in recent years, studies on the role of Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) are a cules. Thus, understanding signaling molecules is dopamine in disease have opened new avenues of heterogeneous group of inherited disorders charac- essential to explain normal or pathological biologi- research and discovery. In Dopamine: Methods and terized by different defects in the development and cal phenomena. A large body of clinical and experi- Protocols, experts and key figures within the field function of the immune system. This book aims to mental data has been accumulated over these years, provide detailed protocols on leading approaches increase the clinical awareness and knowledge of albeit in fragmented state. Hence, systems biologi- in the study of dopamine within biological systems. practicing clinicians regarding the diagnosis and cal approaches concomitant with the understand- Divided into sections on cellular/biochemical, imag- management of PIDs. In order to achieve this goal, ing of each molecule are ideal to delineate signaling ing, genetics, and electrophysiology, this collections about 90 cases drawn from real life are presented, networks/pathways involved in the biologically includes protocols for bioluminescence and fluores- along with approximately 300 related questions. The important processes. The control of these signaling cence imaging, receptor immunoprecipitation and selected case reports are the result of the invaluable pathways will enrich our healthier life.Currently, proteomic analysis, creation and characterization of cooperation of more than 40 scientists in the field there are more than 30,000 genes in human genome. a mouse model of Parkinson’s[...] of immunodeficiency. They focus both on the pre- However, not all the proteins encoded by these[...] senting features of patients with PIDs and on the Features required further investigation and[...] Features Dopamine, a catecholamine transmitter, plays a Biological processes are driven by complex systems number of vital physiological roles in the brain and Features of functionally interacting signaling molecules. Thus, body, and, in recent years, studies on the role of Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) are a understanding signaling molecules is essential to dopamine in disease have opened new avenues of heterogeneous group of inherited disorders charac- explain normal or pathological biological phenom- research and discovery. In Dopamine: Methods and terized by different defects in the development and ena. A large body of clinical and experimental data Protocols, experts and key figures within the field function of the immune system. These defects render has been accumulated over these years, albeit in frag- provide detailed protocols on leading approaches in patients susceptible to a variety of infectious diseases. mented state. Hence, systems biological approaches the study of dopamine within biological systems. [..] Knowledge of normal immunity and specific warn- concomitant with the understanding of each [..] ing signs and symptoms can help physicians to iden- Contents tify those children with underlying PIDs.This [..] Contents Detection of Cell Surface Dopamine Receptors.- 5-Hydrocytryptamine receptor 3a.- 5-Hydroxytrypt- Methods for the Study of Dopamine Receptors Contents amine receptor 2B.- 5-Hydroxytryptamine recep- Within Lipid Rafts of Kidney Cells.- Methods of Recurrent infections.- Combined T- and B-cell tor 2C.- A-Raf.- ABCA.- Ack1.- ADAP.- Adap1.- Dopamine Research in Retina Cells.- Capture of D2 immunodeficiencies.- Primary Antibody Deficien- Adenylyl cyclase.- Adenylyl cyclase type 9.- Adhe- Dopamine Receptor Signaling Complexes in Striatal cies.- Disorders of Phagocytic Cells.- Immune dys- sion-GPCRs.- ADP-ribosylation factor domain pro- Cells for Mass Spectrometry Proteomic Analysis.- regulation diseases.- Defects in Innate immunity: tein 1.- Ags (Activators of G-protein signaling).- Modeling Spatial Aspects of Intracellular Dopamine Receptors and Signaling Components.- Autoinflam- Aif.- AKAP.- Androgen receptor.- Angiotensin II Signaling.- A Biophysical Approach for the Study of matory disorders.- Complement deficiencies.- Other receptor 2.- Ant.- AP-3.- AP-4.- Apo2L (TRAIL).- Dopamine Receptor Oligomerization.- Detection of well-defined immunodeficiency syndromes. Arap3.- Arf-like protein 8b.- Arfgap1.- Arfrp1.- Receptor Heteromers Involving Dopamine Recep- ATF3.- Aurora kinase.- Bcl2 family.- Beta-Catenin.- Fields of interest tors by the Sequential BRET-FRET (SRET) Technol- Bradykinin receptor.- Btg/Tob.- c-Myb.- Cadherin.- Immunology; Allergology; Pediatrics; Infectious Dis- ogy.- BRET Approaches to Characterize Dopamine Calcium channel, voltage-dependent.- Calpain.- eases; Human Genetics and TAAR1[...] Carma1.-[...] Target groups Fields of interest Fields of interest Professional/practitioner Neurosciences; Neurobiology; Neurochemistry Gene Function; Molecular Medicine; Cytokines and Type of publication Target groups Growth Factors; Cell Biology; Protein-Ligand Inter- Contributed volume Professional/practitioner actions; Bioinformatics

More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-31784-2 Type of publication Target groups Hardcover Contributed volume Research 2012. XIX, 377 p. 31 illus., 19 in color. More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-250-6 Type of publication $209.00 Encyclop(a)edia ISBN 978-3-642-31784-2 Hardcover 2013. XI, 312 p. 78 illus., 22 in color. (Methods in Molec- Due: February 28, 2013 More on www.springer.com/978-1-4419-0460-7 ular Biology, Vol. 964) 2012. XLVIII, 2030 p. 300 illus., 100 in color. Print + eRef- $139.00 erence. ISBN 978-1-62703-250-6 $1,350.00 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. ISBN 978-1-4419-0462-1 Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. springer.com Biomedicine 5

M. Pascual, Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca, Spain; J.V. Burnier, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, S. Lentzsch, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA (Ed.) S. Roa, Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca, Spain Canada; M.N. Burnier, Jr., McGill University Health Centre, Mon- treal, QC, Canada (Eds.) Genetic and Molecular Epigenetic Approaches to Allergy Epidemiology of Multiple Myeloma Research Experimental and Clinical Metastasis Multiple myeloma is a plasma cell malignancy char- In recent years, epigenetic approaches to existing sci- A Comprehensive Review acterized by complex heterogenous cytogenetic entific problems have offered many new and excit- abnormalities that accounts for 1.4% of all cancers, Metastatic disease is the most lethal aspect of human ing perspectives. This book focuses on epigenetic and approximately 10% of hematologic malignan- malignancies, making the understanding and con- approaches to study asthma and allergy research. cies. The clinical manifestations of multiple myeloma tinued research of the process of metastasis a cru- The authors briefly review cellular factors, immune include lytic bone lesions, cytopenia, hypercal- cial step in treating cancer. The proposed book, signaling, and inflammatory pathways in allergy and cemia, renal dysfunction, hyperviscosity of the blood, entitled “Experimental and Clinical Metastasis: A asthma, as well as genetic influences in the patho- immunodeficiency, and peripheral neuropathy. Comprehensive Review” aims to provide a clear and genesis of atopic disorders. Diseases that have been Based on the clinical and genetic data, probably all extensive review of the clinical and experimental clearly linked to an epigenetic dysregulation will be cases of multiple myeloma arise from an asympto- implications of metastatic disease. This work focuses discussed, as well as the role of epigenetics in the ori- matic monoclonal gammopathy of unknown signif- on recent contributions to the field of metastasis, gin of complex diseases. The authors will examine icance. The exact mechanism of the transition from and will highlight crucial findings in the molecu- the impact of environment factors in the predisposi- MGUS to overt multiple myeloma is still not well lar understanding of disseminated disease as well as tion to atopic disorders, and they will also describe understood. Recent oncogenomic studies have fur- standard and personalized medicine currently being the major unanswered[...] ther[...] investigated in the clinic. Topics will include, among Features many, gene properties of[...] Features In recent years, epigenetic approaches to existing sci- This state-of-the-art book is written by a group of Features entific problems have offered many new and excit- international experts to provide insight into the The primary cause of death related to cancers can ing perspectives. This book focuses on epigenetic newest breakthroughs from basic pathogenesis to be traced back to metastases, originated from cancer approaches to study asthma and allergy research. clinical aspects of multiple myeloma. The book pro- cells. The presence of metastatic disease, the spread The authors briefly review cellular factors, immune vides a comprehensive overview of the genetic and of cancer cells, is the most important prognostic and signaling, and inflammatory pathways in allergy and molecular epidemiology of multiple myeloma in survival factor in patients with cancer. Although asthma, as well as genetic influences in the pathogen- order to get a more refined and conclusive under- treatment of the primary tumor is well established esis of atopic disorders. Diseases that have been [..] standing of this disease. Areas, which are covered and usually results in local control, treating metasta- include the [..] Contents tic disease is a much more daunting task. At [..] Introduction.- Immune System and Atopic Disor- Contents Contents ders.- Epigenetics.- Epigenetics, Environment and Preface.- Genetics of Multiple Myeloma.- Gene Introduction.- Interactions of Normal Tissues and Allergic Diseases.- Conclusions and Future Perspec- expression signature in MGUS and multiple Systems with Metastatic Cells: Impact on Location, tives. myeloma.- Cap-Dependent Protein Translation Ini- Survival and Growth.- Introduction to Metastasis tiation in Multiple Myeloma: an Attractive Target Suppressor Genes.- Metastasis suppressor genes.- Fields of interest for Therapy.- IRES-dependent, CAP-independent Metastatic Dormancy & Metastatic Suppressor Human Genetics; Gene Expression; Allergology translation in Multiple Myeloma.- Epigenetic gene Genes.- Clinical Implications.- Growth Factor Sys- silencing as a new target for multiple myeloma.- Target groups tems and Cell Cycle Regulation.- Angiogenesis.- Role of Bone Disease in the Pathogenesis of Multiple Research Inflammatory mediators in Tumorigenesis and Myeloma.- Index. Metastasis.- Role of stroma in disease progression.- Type of publication Local spread.- Lymphatic – GI tract and Breast Can- Fields of interest Brief cer.- Hematogenous – Uveal Melanoma.- Other Cancer Research; Cell Biology; Human Genetics More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6365-8 methods.- Haematogenous Models of Metastases.- Spontaneous,[...] Target groups Softcover Research 2013. VIII, 64 p. 13 illus. (SpringerBriefs in Genetics) Fields of interest $49.95 Cancer Research; Pharmacology / Toxicology Type of publication ISBN 978-1-4614-6365-8 Contributed volume Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Target groups Research More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-4659-0 Hardcover Type of publication 2013. VII, 125 p. 15 illus., 13 in color. Contributed volume $189.00 More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-3684-3 ISBN 978-1-4614-4659-0 Hardcover Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 2013. XVI, 472 p. 65 illus., 51 in color. $209.00 ISBN 978-1-4614-3684-3 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 6 Biomedicine springer.com

I. Malyshev, Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, W.S. El-Deiry, Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, PA, USA (Ed.) R. Küppers, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany (Ed.) Moscow, Russia Impact of Genetic Targets on Cancer Lymphoma Immunity, Tumors and Aging: The Therapy Role of HSP70 Methods and Protocols Lymphomas are lymphoid malignancies derived The topic of ‘Impact of genetic targets on cancer from B or T lymphocytes, and their study has been The book is dedicated to the topical area of biology therapy’ has reviews that each focuses on a specific and still is paradigmatic for many aspects of can- and medicine and the role of stress proteins HSP70 tumor type, review recent knowledge about mol- cer research. Lymphoma: Methods and Protocols in the regulation of intracellular protein homeostasis, ecular pathogenesis in general and especially as it presents and discusses key methods that are used in signaling transduction and cell protection. The book impacts response to therapy. The topic is aimed to lymphoma research, partly specific for lymphoma is divided into chapters, which describe the discov- provide a forum for publication of original peer- research but often adaptable to the study of other ery of HSP70 and its molecular structure, the mech- reviewed short communications, full-length research cancers. By covering a broad variety of methods used anism of the synthesis and function in normal and and review articles on new research findings and in lymphoma research, this book will be of inter- damaged cells, examine the role of HSP70 in immu- developments in cancer therapies. As the field is est not only for hematologists, hematopathologists, nity, cancerogenesis, aging, Alzheimer's disease and highly important it requires co-operation between and immunologists but also for scientists interested cardiac surgery. In this book, the author looks at research communities from all over the world to in other fields of cancer research as well as human HSP70 as a factor which prevents the transformation share their knowledge and experience in order to genetics. Written in the highly successful Methods in of homeostasis mechanisms of intracellular proteins build a comprehensive knowledge on genetic targets Molecular Biology™ series format,[...] into a link in the pathogenesis of a disease. on different cancer therapies. Each[...] Features Features Features Lymphomas are lymphoid malignancies derived The book is dedicated to the topical area of biology The topic of ‘Impact of genetic targets on cancer from B or T lymphocytes, and their study has been and medicine and the role of stress proteins HSP70 therapy’ has reviews that each focuses on a specific and still is paradigmatic for many aspects of can- in the regulation of intracellular protein homeostasis, tumor type, review recent knowledge about mol- cer research. Lymphoma: Methods and Protocols signaling transduction and cell protection. The book ecular pathogenesis in general and especially as it presents and discusses key methods that are used in is divided into chapters, which describe the discov- impacts response to therapy. The topic is aimed to lymphoma research, partly specific for lymphoma ery of HSP70 and its molecular structure, the mech- provide a forum for publication of original peer- research but often adaptable to the study of other anism of the synthesis and function in normal and reviewed short communications, full-length research cancers. By covering a broad variety of methods used damaged cells, examine the role of HSP70 in [..] and review articles on new research findings and [..] in [..] Contents Contents Contents Forward.- Introduction.- 1 A General Description Novel antineoplastics targeting genetic changes in Origin and Pathogenesis of B Cell Lymphomas.- of HSPs, The Molecular Structure of HSP70, The colorectal cancer.- Update on Clinical Trials: Genetic Flow Cytometry for Non-Hodgkin and Classical HSP70 Cycle.- 2 HSP70 Functions In Normal Cells.- Targets in Breast Cancer.- Impact of Genetic Tar- Hodgkin Lymphoma.- Laser-Based Microdissection 3 HSP70 IN A Damaged Cells.- 4 Mechanisms Of gets on Cancer Therapy in Esophagogastric Cancer.- of Single Cells from Tissue Sections and PCR Analy- Activation And Inactivation Of HSP70 Synthesis.- Impact of Genetic Targets on Cancer Therapy: Liver sis of Rearranged Immunoglobulin Genes from Iso- 5 HSP70 In The Immune Responses.- 6 HSP70 in Cancer.- Targeting the molecular phenotype of pan- lated Normal and Malignant Human B Cells.- PCR- Carcinogenesis.- 7 HSP70 In Aging.- 8 The Role Of creatic cancer toward the goal of patient-tailored Based Analysis of Rearranged Immunoglobulin or T- HSP70 in Protection of (a) The Brain In Alzheimer’s therapy.- Impact of genetic markers on treatment of Cell Receptor Genes by GeneScan Analysis or Het- Disease, and (b) The Heart.- Index. Non-small cell lung cancer.- Impact of Genetic Tar- eroduplex Analysis for Clonality Assessment in Lym- gets on Therapy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell phoma Diagnostics.- Expression Cloning of Human Fields of interest Carcinoma.- Tyrosine Kinase Targeted Treatment of B Cell Immunoglobulins.- Studying the Replication Biomedicine (general); Immunology; Protein Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia and[...] Science; Molecular Medicine; Cancer Research History of Human B Lymphocytes by Real-Time Fields of interest Quantitative (RQ)-PCR.-[...] Target groups Cancer Research; Human Genetics; Medical Micro- Fields of interest Research biology; Biomedicine (general) Cancer Research; Gene Expression Type of publication Target groups Target groups Brief Research Professional/practitioner More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5942-8 Type of publication Type of publication Softcover Contributed volume 2013. XI, 141 p. 48 illus., 46 in color. (SpringerBriefs in Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6175-3 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Vol. 6) More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-268-1 $49.95 Hardcover Hardcover ISBN 978-94-007-5942-8 2013. VIII, 446 p. 22 illus., 21 in color. (Advances in 2013. XI, 315 p. 46 illus., 24 in color. (Methods in Molec- Experimental Medicine and Biology, Vol. 779) Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. ular Biology, Vol. 971) $209.00 $139.00 ISBN 978-1-4614-6175-3 ISBN 978-1-62703-268-1 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. springer.com Biomedicine 7

C. Has, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany; C. Sitaru, Univer- S. Lacey, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; M. Upadhyaya, Cardiff University, UK; D.N. Cooper, Cardiff Univer- sitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany (Eds.) R. Lawson, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (Eds.) sity, UK (Eds.)

Molecular Dermatology Multisensory Imagery Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Methods and Protocols Molecular and Cellular Biology Is a pear sweeter than a peach? Which of Mona The sustained skin research efforts over the past Lisa’s hands is crossed over the other? What would Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), caused by muta- decades has led to the accumulation of a significant the Moonlight Sonata sound like played by a brass tional inactivation of the NF1 tumour suppressor collection of information on skin structure and phys- band? Although these are questions that appeal to gene, is one of the most common dominantly inher- iology as well as on the pathogenesis of cutaneous mental imagery in a variety of sensory modalities, ited human disorders, affecting 1 in 3000 individu- diseases. In Molecular Dermatology: Methods and mental imagery research has been dominated by als worldwide. This book presents in concise fashion, Protocols, leading experts in the field provide a col- visual imagery. With the emergence of a well-estab- but as comprehensively as possible, our current state lection of state-of-the-art reliable protocols cover- lished multisensory research community, however, of knowledge on the molecular genetics, molecu- ing a wide spectrum of techniques and experimental it is time to look at mental imagery in a wider sen- lar biology and cellular biology of this tumour pre- models, specific molecular assays and disease mod- sory context. Part I of this book provides overviews disposition syndrome. Written by internationally els, as well as overviews of diagnostic and research of unisensory imagery in each sensory modality, recognized experts in the field, the 44 chapters that areas relevant to molecular dermatology. As a vol- including motor imagery, together with discussions constitute this edited volume provide the reader with ume in the highly successful Methods in Molecular of multisensory and cross-modal interactions, synes- a broad overview of the clinical features of the dis- Biology™ series, chapters include introductions to thesia, imagery in the blind and following[...] ease, the structure and expression of the NF1 gene, their respective topics,[...] its germ line and somatic[...] Features Features Is a pear sweeter than a peach? Which of Mona Lisa’s Features The sustained skin research efforts over the past hands is crossed over the other? What would the Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), caused by muta- decades has led to the accumulation of a significant Moonlight Sonata sound like played by a brass band? tional inactivation of the NF1 tumour suppressor collection of information on skin structure and phys- Although these are questions that appeal to men- gene, is one of the most common dominantly inher- iology as well as on the pathogenesis of cutaneous tal imagery in a variety of sensory modalities, men- ited human disorders, affecting 1 in 3000 individu- diseases. In Molecular Dermatology: Methods and tal imagery research has been dominated by visual als worldwide. This book presents in concise fashion, Protocols, leading experts in the field provide a col- imagery. With the emergence of a well-established but as comprehensively as possible, our current state lection of state-of-the-art reliable protocols covering multisensory research community, however, it is of knowledge on the molecular genetics, molecular a wide spectrum of techniques and [..] time to [..] biology and cellular biology of this tumour [..]

Contents Contents Contents Molecular Dermatology Comes of Age.- Molecular Introduction.- Visual Mental Imagery.- Somes- From the Contents: von Recklinghausen disease.- Diagnosis of Autoimmune Blistering Diseases.- Mol- thetic Mental Imagery.- Auditory Aspects of Audi- Clinical diagnosis and atypical cases.- Management ecular Diagnosis of Genodermatoses.- Three-Dimen- tory Imagery.- Modulation by Sensory Experience and treatment of NF1: complex UK NF1 clinics.- sional Visualization of the Molecular Architecture and Comparison to Auditory Mental Imagery.- Mortality in NF1.- The cognitive profile of NF1 chil- of Cell-Cell Junctions In Situ by Cryo-Electron Motor and Kinesthetic Imagery.- Mental Imagery dren, therapeutic implications.- Clinical expression Tomography of Vitreous Sections.- 3D Visualization and Blindness.- Representing 3D Space in Work- of NF1 in monozygotic twins.- Whole body MRI of Epidermal Langerhans Cells.- In Vivo Imaging ing Memory: Spatial Images from Vision, Hearing, studies in NF1 patients.- Quality of Life in NF1.- of Lymph Node Lymphangiogenesis by Immuno- Touch, and Languag.- Crossmodal Mental Imagery.- NF1 gene: promoter, 3’UTR and complex features.- Positron Emission Tomography.- Optical Imaging Is Synesthesia a Form of Mental Imagery? .- Visual Germline mutational spectrum of NF1 and Geno- of HPV Infection in a Murine Model.- Laser Scan- Imagery in Haptic Shape Perception.- Auditory type-Phenotype Correlations.- Splicing mechanisms ning Microscopy Approach for Semiquantitation of Imagery Contains More Than Audition.- Visual and mutations in the NF1 gene.- NF1 Germline and In Vitro Dermal Particle Penetration.- Analysis of and Motor Mental Imagery after Brain Damage.- somatic mosaicism.- Deep intronic NF1 mutations Cutaneous[...] Imagery Questionnaires:[...] and[...]

Fields of interest Fields of interest Fields of interest Molecular Medicine; Endocrinology Neurosciences; Neurology; Cognitive Psychology Human Genetics; Cancer Research; Oncology; Mole- cular Medicine; Neurosciences Target groups Target groups Professional/practitioner Graduate Target groups Research Type of publication Type of publication Contributed volume Contributed volume Type of publication Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-226-1 More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5878-4 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-32863-3 Hardcover Hardcover 2013. XII, 460 p. 84 illus., 59 in color. (Methods in Molec- 2013. X, 435 p. 35 illus., 14 in color. Hardcover ular Biology, Vol. 961) $209.00 2012. XVI, 717 p. 75 illus., 60 in color. $139.00 ISBN 978-1-4614-5878-4 $239.00 ISBN 978-1-62703-226-1 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. ISBN 978-3-642-32863-3 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 8 Biomedicine springer.com

P.J. Quesenberry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA; J.J. S.T. Sonis, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; M.J. Richardson, M.A. Riley, K. Shockley (Eds.) Castillo, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, D.M. Keefe, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia (Eds.) Providence, RI, USA (Eds.) Progress in Motor Control Pathobiology of Cancer Regimen- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Related Toxicities Neural, Computational and Dynamic Approaches Prognostic Factors and Targets This volume is the most recent installment of the Progress in Motor Control series. It contains contri- The contents of this book will be organized into This book will be the first that focuses on solely on butions based on presentations by invited speakers three sections. The first section defines the scope, model organisms for lymphoma. It's editors are at the Progress in Motor Control VIII meeting held impact and behaviour of cancer regimen-related tox- internationally recognized in the field. in Cincinnati, OH, USA in July, 2011. Progress in icities and frames the issue of balancing treatment Motor Control is the official scientific meeting of the Features success and physiological cost. In the second seg- International Society of Motor Control (ISMC). The Recent developments in the therapy of non-Hodgkin ment of the book, the most current thinking around Progress in Motor Control VIII meeting, and conse- lymphoma have improved response and survival the pathobiology of specific, common, and represen- quently this volume, provide a broad perspective on rates in patients with these conditions. This book is tative toxicities is presented by leading researchers the latest research on motor control in humans and focused on the biology, prognostic factors and novel and translational scientists. The final portion of the other species. targets of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. We believe that book discusses the common biological relationships understanding the pathophysiology of non-Hodgkin between toxicities, bioinformatical approaches to Features lymphoma provides a mean to improve its risk-strat- analysing key and common pathways, and strategies This volume is the most recent installment of the ification and treatment. This book is intended for for the development of effective interventions. Progress in Motor Control series. It contains contri- medical [..] butions based on presentations by invited speakers Features at the Progress in Motor Control VIII meeting held Contents Toxicities have been consistent undesirable com- in Cincinnati, OH, USA in July, 2011. Progress in Cancer Stem Cells: A Matter of Perspective.- B panions of every form of radiation and drug cancer Motor Control is the official scientific meeting of the and T-cell development.- HIV lymphomagenesis.- treatment regimens. In addition to the potential for International Society of Motor Control (ISMC). The Epstein-Barr Virus Lymphomagenesis and Thera- toxicities to devastate patients’ quality of life, they Progress in Motor Control VIII meeting, and [..] peutic Targets.- Antigen driven lymphomagenesis.- generate huge incremental financial costs, and sap Pre-clinical lymphoma models.- Prognostic factors patients’ ability to tolerate definitive cancer therapy. Contents in B-cell lymphoma.- Prognostic factors in T-cell And every new drug or biological has come with new Preface.- Model-based and model-free mechanisms lymphoma.- Prognostic factors in HIV-associated side effects. Historically, [..] of human motor learning.- The molecular basis of lymphoma.- Future directions on the treatment of experience-dependent motor system development.- Contents aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma.- New mono- Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Error-Based Motor Preface.-Epidemiology and outcomes of regi- clonal antibodies for indolent non-Hodgkin lym- Learning.- Plasticity in the motor network following men-related toxicities.- The biological basis for phomas.- Current therapies for T-cell lymphoma.- primary motor cortex lesion.- The mirror system in differences in normal tissue response to radiation Stem Cell Transplantation for lymphoma.- Autolo- monkeys and humans and its possible motor-based therapy and strategies to establish predictive assays gous stem cell[...] functions.- A molecular basis for intrinsic muscle for individual complication risk.- The bystander properties: Implications for motor control.- Theoret- Fields of interest effect: Ionizing radiation-induced non-targeted ical and methodological issues in serial correlation Cancer Research; Pharmacology / Toxicology effects: Evidence, mechanism and significance.- The analysis.- On the control of unstable objects: The role of genes on the metabolism of chemotherapeu- Dynamics of Human Stick Balancing.-[...] Target groups tic agents and their impact on toxicity.- Animal Research models of regimen-related toxicities.- Nausea and Fields of interest Vomiting.- Mucositis.- Dermatitis and Alopecia.- Neurosciences; Human Physiology; Neurology Type of publication Fibrosis.- Myelosuppression.- Neuropathy.-[...] Contributed volume Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5850-0 Fields of interest Research Cancer Research; Pharmacology / Toxicology Hardcover Type of publication 2013. 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K.S. Sastry, Emeritus Prof., Dept. of Virology, S.V. University, Tiru- P.M. Rabinovich, The Anlyan Center, Yale School of Medicine, M.G. Katze, University of Washington at Seattle, WA, USA (Ed.) pathi-517502, AP, India New Haven, CT, USA (Ed.) Systems Biology Seed-borne plant virus diseases Synthetic Messenger RNA and Cell

Metabolism Modulation First, systems biology is an inter-disciplinary Seeds provide an efficient means in disseminating Methods and Protocols approach, requiring the combined talents of biol- plant virus and viroid diseases. The success of mod- ogists, mathematicians, and computer scientists. ern agriculture depends on pathogen free seed with Synthetic mRNA is an attractive tool for mam- Second, systems biology is holistic, with the goal of high yielding character and in turn disease manage- malian cell reprogramming that can be used in basic obtaining a comprehensive understanding of the ment. There is a serious scientific concern about the research, as well as in clinical applications. Present workings of biological systems. This is achieved transmission of plant viruses sexually through seed mRNA in vitro synthesis is a rather simple proce- through the acquisition of massive amounts of data and asexually through plant propagules. The present dure, which delivers a high yield of quality product. by high-throughput technologies—oligonucleotide book provides the latest information along with the Various modifications may be introduced into the microarrays, mass spectrometry, and next-gen- total list of seed transmitted virus and viroid diseases mRNA by changing the sequence of the DNA tem- eration sequencing—and the analysis of this data at global level including, the yield losses, diagnostic plate, by modifying the reaction of transcription, or through sophisticated mathematical algorithms. techniques, mechanism of seed transmission, epi- by post-transcriptional modification. mRNA, as a It is perhaps the use of mathematics, to integrate demiology and virus disease management aspects. transfection agent, has several advantages over DNA, abundant and diverse types of data and to generate Additional information is also provided on the trans- as mRNA expression is not dependent on nuclear models of interconnected molecular networks, that mission of plant[...] entry and occurs directly in the cytosol. Synthetic best[...] Messenger RNA and Cell Metabolism Modulation: Features Methods and Protocols covers the typical[...] Features Seeds provide an efficient means in disseminating In this volume, a wide-ranging series of reviews plant virus and viroid diseases. The success of mod- Features reveal how systems biology—a holistic and inter- ern agriculture depends on pathogen free seed with Synthetic mRNA is an attractive tool for mam- disciplinary approach requiring the combined tal- high yielding character and in turn disease manage- malian cell reprogramming that can be used in basic ents of biologists, mathematicians, and computer ment. There is a serious scientific concern about the research, as well as in clinical applications. Present scientists—is changing the face of infectious dis- transmission of plant viruses sexually through seed mRNA in vitro synthesis is a rather simple proce- ease research. Leading experts discuss how the use and asexually through plant propagules. The present dure, which delivers a high yield of quality product. of high-throughput and computational approaches book provides the latest information along with [..] Various modifications may be introduced into the are generating exciting—and often unexpected—new mRNA by changing the sequence of the DNA tem- insights into the [..] Contents plate, by modifying the reaction of transcription, or Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Identification by [..] Contents and Taxonomic Groups.- Chapter 3: Economic Sig- Introduction.- Editorial.- System approaches to dis- nificance of Seed Borne Virus Disease.- Chapter Contents secting Immunity.- Integrative omics and model- 4: Virus Transmission.- Chapter 5: Mechanism of Cell Engineering with Synthetic Messenger RNA.- ing of pathogenic Samonellae and Yersiniae.- The Seed Transmission.- Chapter 6: Detection of Viruses In vitro Transcription of Long RNA Containing role and contribution of system biology to the non- in Seeds.- Chapter 7: Vegetative Propagative Plant Modified Nucleosides.- HPLC Purification of in human primate model of influenza pathogenesis and Materials and Their Certification Schemes. vitro Transcribed Long RNA.- Synthetic mRNAs vaccinology.- Host-pathogen genome politics and with Superior Translation and Stability Properties.- policies.- The TB regulatory network.- Proteomic Fields of interest Non-Viral, Cationic Lipid-Mediated Delivery of network understanding of immune cell signal- Virology; Plant Pathology; Plant Sciences mRNA.- Light-Induced mRNA Transfection.- Engi- ing and cell-cell communication via data-driven modeling.- Systems vaccinology.- Correlates of vac- Target groups neering B Cells with mRNA.- Programming Human cine and natural mediated immune protection in Research Dendritic Cells with mRNA.- Large Volume Flow Electroporation of mRNA: Clinical Scale Process.- HIV infection.- System biology approach for new Type of publication Retrovirus-Based mRNA Transfer for Transient Cell target and[...] Monograph Manipulation.- mRNA Delivery to Human Dendritic Cells by Recombinant.-[...] Fields of interest More on www.springer.com/978-81-322-0812-9 Biomedicine (general); Medical Microbiology; Hardcover Fields of interest Immunology; Vaccine 2013. XVIII, 329 p. 8 illus. in color. Human Genetics Target groups $209.00 Research ISBN 978-81-322-0812-9 Target groups Professional/practitioner Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Type of publication Type of publication Contributed volume Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-33098-8 More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-259-9 Hardcover Hardcover 2013. XX, 263 p. 49 illus., 42 in color. (Current Topics in 2013. XI, 324 p. 49 illus., 18 in color. (Methods in Molec- Microbiology and Immunology, Vol. 363) ular Biology, Vol. 969) $189.00 $139.00 ISBN 978-3-642-33098-8 ISBN 978-1-62703-259-9 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 10 Chemistry springer.com

R. Dermietzel, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (Ed.) M. Bennett, Brain & Mind Research Institute, Camperdown, NSW, Australia Chemistry The Cytoskeleton Virginia Woolf and Neuropsychiatry Imaging, Isolation, and Interaction P.L.H. McSweeney, University College Cork, Ireland; P.F. Fox, Uni- versity College Cork, Ireland (Eds.) The cerebral cytoskeleton, considered to be the This book, written by one of the leaders in the field working horse in brain tissues, becomes particularly of the neurosciences, will give an explanation of the Advanced Dairy Chemistry important when degenerative diseases of the nervous symptoms and eventual untimely suicide of one of system are considered. The Cytoskeleton: Imaging, literatures greatest authors; Virginia Woolf. The Volume 1A: Proteins: Basic Aspects, 4th Edition Isolation, and Interaction assembles chapters on gen- sources used are letters and statements from Woolf eral aspects of the cytoskeleton, which are helpful for herself, the literature she wrote and comments, let- Professor Fox’s multi-volume Advanced Dairy polishing knowledge of the cytoskeleton in a brief ters and any other documentation that referred to Chemistry set was first published in four volumes and informative way, and these pieces are flanked by her mental state and her medical status. The author in the early 1980s. A second edition came out in the a collection of detailed protocols on diverse emerg- will use current insight into depression, the men- early 1990s, and an updated third edition was pub- ing techniques including in vivo and in vitro imag- tal consequences of child abuse and drug interac- lished a decade later. The set is the leading major ing of the cytoskeleton at work as well as proteomics tions/effects to illustrate this case study. The book reference on dairy chemistry, providing in-depth methodologies addressing preparative strategies for should appeal to researchers in the neurosciences, coverage of milk proteins, lipids, and lactose. The the isolation of cytoskeletal components of the cen- psychology and psychiatry as well as to a broader editors propose beginning the revision cycle again, tral nervous[...] audience, mainly individuals[...] with a revised first volume on proteins, to be divided and published separately as Volume 1A - Proteins: Features Features Basics Aspects, and Volume 1B – Applied Aspects. The cerebral cytoskeleton, considered to be the This book, written by one of the leaders in the field Fox and his co-editor, Paul McSweeney, have created working horse in brain tissues, becomes particularly of the neurosciences, provides an explanation of an extensively revised the Table of Contents for Vol- important when degenerative diseases of the nervous the symptoms and eventual untimely suicide of one ume 1A, which details the novel[...] system are considered. The Cytoskeleton: Imaging, of literatures greatest authors; Virginia Woolf. The Isolation, and Interaction assembles chapters on gen- sources used are letters and statements from Woolf Features eral aspects of the cytoskeleton, which are helpful for herself, the literature she wrote and comments, let- The chemistry and physico-chemical properties of polishing knowledge of the cytoskeleton in a brief ters and any other documentation that refers to her milk proteins is perhaps the largest and most rapidly and informative way, and these pieces [..] mental state and her medical status. The author [..] evolving major area in dairy chemistry. Advanced Dairy Chemistry-1A; Proteins: Basic Aspects cov- Contents Contents ers the fundamental chemistry of dairy proteins, the Fluorescence Proteins and Time-Lapse Imaging of 1. Sexual Abuse, Literary Genius and a Mind gone most commercially valuable constituents of milk. the Cytoskeleton.- Visualizing In Vitro Traffick- Awry. - 2. The Development of Early 20th century This fourth edition includes all chapters in the third ing.- Interaction of the Glycocalyx with the Actin Psychiatry and its Failure. - 3. Freud, the Subcon- edition on basic aspects of dairy proteins [..] Cytoskeleton.- Cytoskeleton Dynamics and Bind- scious and Virginia Woolf. - 4. Virginia Woolf’s ing Factors.- Principles of Proteomic Approaches to Suicide. - 5. Brain Networks, Hormones and Genes Contents the Cytoskeleton.- Analyzing the Cytoskeletal Tran- implicated in Depression. - 6. The Pathology of 1. Origin and evolution of the major constituents scriptome: Sex Differences in Rat Hypothalamus.- Synapses in Brain Networks implicated in Depres- of milk.- 2. Milk Proteins: Introduction and histori- Proteomic Approaches for the Study of Electrical sion. - 7. On the Mechanism of Action of an Anti- cal aspects.- 3. Quantitation of proteins in milk and Synapses and Associated Protein-Interaction Com- Depressant. - 8. On the Identification of Drugs Mod- milk products.- 4. Chemstry of Caseins.- 5. Higher plexes.- The Cytoskeleton as a Pharmacological Tar- ulating Epigenetic Mechanisms in Depression. - 9. order structures of the caseins: a paradox.- 6. Casein get in Neurodegenerative Diseases.- Neurofilaments: Brain Networks in Psychosis. - 10. The Mind, Mental micelle structure, functions and interactions.- 7. b- Properties, Functions, and Regulation.- From an Illness and the Stream of Consciousness. Lactoglobulin.- 8. a-Lactalbumin.- 9. Immunoglob- Axon[...] ulins in mammary secretions.- 10. Lactoferrin.- 11. Fields of interest Minor proteins, Including Growth Factors.- 12. Fields of interest Biomedicine (general); Neurosciences; Neurobiol- Indigenous enzymes of milk.- 13. Interspecies com- Neurosciences; Neurobiology ogy; Psychiatry; Popular Science in Medicine and parison of milk proteins.- 14. Genetics and Biosyn- Health; Psychoanalysis thesis of milk proteins.- 15.[...] Target groups Professional/practitioner Target groups Fields of interest Popular/general Food Science; Protein Science; Microbiology Type of publication Contributed volume Type of publication Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-265-0 Monograph Professional/practitioner More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5747-9 Hardcover Type of publication 2013. XIV, 359 p. 52 illus., 31 in color. (Neuromethods, Hardcover Contributed volume Vol. 79) 2013. XVIII, 214 p. 35 illus., 10 in color. $139.00 $49.95 More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-4713-9 ISBN 978-1-62703-265-0 ISBN 978-94-007-5747-9 Hardcover Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 2013. XVII, 548 p. 113 illus., 40 in color. $229.00 ISBN 978-1-4614-4713-9 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. springer.com Chemistry 11

M.V. Putz, West University of Timisoara, Romania; D.M.P. Mingos, C. Hill, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; D.G. Musaev, Emory T. Inokuma, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA University of Oxford, UK (Eds.) University, Atlanta, GA, USA (Eds.) Development of Novel Hydrogen- Applications of Density Functional Complexity in Chemistry and Bond Donor Catalysts Theory to Chemical Reactivity Beyond: Interplay Theory and

Experiment This work describes novel, effective hydrogen-bond The series Structure and Bonding publishes critical New and Old Aspects of Complexity in Modern Research (HB) donor catalysts based on a known bifunctional reviews on topics of research concerned with chem- tertiary amine-thiourea, a privileged structure, which ical structure and bonding. The scope of the series Complexity occurs in biological and synthetic sys- has been proven to be one of the most widely used spans the entire Periodic Table and addresses struc- tems alike. This general phenomenon has been organocatalysts. These HB donor catalysts derived ture and bonding issues associated with all of the addressed in recent publications by investigators in from quinazoline and benzothiadiazine were ini- elements. It also focuses attention on new and devel- disciplines ranging from chemistry and biology to tially synthesized as novel HB donors with their oping areas of modern structural and theoretical psychology and philosophy. Studies of complexity HB-donating abilities being measured by analytical chemistry such as nanostructures, molecular elec- for molecular scientists have focussed on breaking methods. They were found to be effective for a vari- tronics, designed molecular solids, surfaces, metal symmetry, dissipative processes, and emergence. ety of asymmetric transformations including Michael clusters and supramolecular structures. Physical and Investigators in the social and medical sciences reactions of a, b-unsaturated imides and hydraz- spectroscopic techniques used to determine, exam- have focused on neurophenomenology, cognitive ination reactions of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds. ine and model structures fall within the purview of approaches and self-consciousness. Complexity in Thiourea catalysts that have an additional functional Structure and Bonding to the extent that the focus is both structure and function is inherent in many sci- group are also described. Specifically,[...] on the scientific results[...] entific disciplines of current significance and also in technologies of current importance that are rapidly Features Features evolving to address global societal[...] This work describes novel, effective hydrogen-bond Mihai V. Putz Density Functional Theory of Bose- (HB) donor catalysts based on a known bifunctional Einstein Condensation: Road to Chemical Bonding Features tertiary amine-thiourea, a privileged structure, which Quantum CondensateRoman F. Nalewajski Infor- Complexity occurs in biological and synthetic sys- has been proven to be one of the most widely used mation Theory Insights into Molecular Electronic tems alike. This general phenomenon has been organocatalysts. These HB donor catalysts derived Structure and ReactivityGeorge Maroulis Apply- addressed in recent publications by investigators in from quinazoline and benzothiadiazine were ini- ing Conventional Ab Initio and Density Functional disciplines ranging from chemistry and biology to tially synthesized as novel HB donors with their HB- Theory Approaches to Electric Property Calcula- psychology and philosophy. Studies of complexity donating abilities being measured by analytical [..] tions. Quantitative Aspects and [..] for molecular scientists have focussed on breaking symmetry, dissipative processes, and emergence. Contents Contents Investigators in the social and medical sciences have Introduction.- Development of HB donor catalysts.- From the Contents: Density Functional Theory of focused [..] Development and properties of novel HB donor cat- Bose-Einstein Condensation: Road to Chemical alysts.- Asymmetric Michael addition to alpha,beta- Bonding Quantum Condensate - Information The- Contents unsaturated imides catalyzed by HB donors.- Asym- ory Insights into Molecular Electronic Structure and Challenges of Complexity in Chemistry and Beyond; metric Hydrazination of activated methylene com- Reactivity - Applying Conventional Ab Initio and K. Mainzer.-Emergence, breaking symmetry and pounds catalyzed by HB donors.- Development of Density Functional Theory Approaches to Electric neurophenomenology as pillars of chemical tenets; hydroxy thiourea catalysts.- Asymmetric Michael Property Calculations. Quantitative Aspects and Per- A. Dei.- Complexity in Molecular Magnetism; D. addition of gamma-hydroxyenones and alkenyl- spectives - Descriptors as Probes for Inter-Molecular Gatteschi.-Rational Design of Single-Molecule boronic acids.- Asymmetric Petasis Reaction of N- Interactions and External Perturbation - Application Magnets; T.Glaser.- Emergence in Inorganic Poly- aryl-alpha-iminoamides and Alkenylboronates.- of Reactivity Indices Within Density Functional The- oxometalate Cluster Systems: From Dissipative Conclusion. ory to Rationale Chemical Interactions Dynamics to Artificial Life; L. Cronin.-.The Amaz- ingly Complex Behaviour of Molybdenum Blue Fields of interest Fields of interest Solutions; E. Diemann and A. Müller.-Encapsu- Organic Chemistry; Medicinal Chemistry; Catalysis Inorganic Chemistry lated Water Molecules in Polyoxometalates. Insights Target groups from Molecular Dynamics; P. Miró and C. 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J.C.A. Boeyens, University of Pretoria, South Africa; P. Comba, H. King, Fayetteville, GA USA F.-M. Matysik, University of Regensburg, Germany; J. Wegener, Universität Heidelberg, Germany (Eds.) University of Regensburg, Germany (Eds.) Food Safety Management Electronic Structure and Number Frontiers of Bioanalytical Chemistry Implementing a Food Safety Program in a Food Retail Busi- Theory ness Selected Contributions from Bioanalytical Reviews

Bohr’s Boldest Dream The goal of this book is to show how to build and Here, renowned researchers in bioanalysis present manage a food safety department that is tasked with in-depth reviews of recent trends in the field. Cov- The series Structure and Bonding publishes critical ensuring food safety within a food retail business. erage includes topics such as aptamers, bioelectro- reviews on topics of research concerned with chem- The experiences of the author as the head of Food analysis, nanoparticles, quantitative NMR, mass ical structure and bonding. The scope of the series and Product Safety at Chick-fil-A will be used as the spectrometry, immunosensors and -assays, or chiral spans the entire Periodic Table and addresses struc- model. Specifically, the book will discuss the spe- electromigration techniques. Originally published in ture and bonding issues associated with all of the cific components of a food safety program, the tac- the journal Bioanalytical Reviews, these outstanding elements. It also focuses attention on new and devel- tics needed to establish these components (forming contributions are now available in a hardcover print oping areas of modern structural and theoretical the majority of the chapters), how to measure the format. This volume benefits in particular those chemistry such as nanostructures, molecular elec- success of each component, and how to influence research groups and libraries that have chosen to tronics, designed molecular solids, surfaces, metal the organization to ensure resources to support the have only electronic access to the journal. It also pro- clusters and supramolecular structures. Physical and program. The book will also focus on how to choose vides valuable content for all researchers in bioana- spectroscopic techniques used to determine, exam- and work with the appropriate partners, validate the lytical science. ine and model structures fall within the purview of value to the business, and[...] Structure and Bonding to the extent that the focus is Features on the scientific results[...] Features Here, renowned researchers in bioanalysis present Food Safety Management is intended for retail food in-depth reviews of recent trends in the field. Cov- Features safety professionals and business leaders tasked to erage includes topics such as aptamers, bioelectro- J.C.A. Boeyens and P. Comba Chemistry by build and manage food safety programs, as well analysis, nanoparticles, quantitative NMR, mass Number TheoryJ.C.A. Boeyens as regulatory professionals, academic researchers, spectrometry, immunosensors and -assays, or chiral Chemistry in Four DimensionsC.J.H. including students of food science, and other food electromigration techniques. Originally published in Schutte Is the Rydberg-Ritz relation- industry professionals who work to ensure the safety the journal Bioanalytical Reviews, these outstanding ship valid?J.C.A. Boeyens Cal- of food along the supply chain.This book will help contributions are now available in a hardcover print culation of Atomic Structure J.C.A. the reader to:Develop and [..] [..] Boeyens Covalent [..] Contents Contents Contents Introduction.- The Food Safety Management Analysis of endogenous D-amino acid –containing Chemistry by Number Theory.- Chemistry in Four Team.- The Food Safety Management Program.- peptides in Metazoa.- Toxin immunosensors and Dimensions.- Is the Rydberg-Ritz relationship Systems.- Education and Training.- Facilities and sensor arrays for food quality control.- Surface plas- valid?.- Calculation of Atomic Structure.- Covalent Capabilities.- Execution and Verification.- Gap mon resonance sensors in cell biology: basics and Interaction.- Molecular Shape.- All is Number. Analysis.- Influence and Resources.- Partnerships application.- Electrochemical aptamer-based sen- Fields of interest with Public Health Officials.- Index. sors.- Analytical potential of gold nanoparticles in Inorganic Chemistry; Math. Applications in Chem- functional aptamer-based biosensors.- Quantitative Fields of interest istry; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry NMR spectroscopy of biologically active substances Food Science; Public Health; Health Promotion and and excipients.- Advances in structure elucidation Target groups Disease Prevention of small molecules using mass spectrometry.- Elec- Research trochemical arrays coupled with magnetic separators Target groups for immunochemistry.- Simple and[...] Type of publication Professional/practitioner Reviews Fields of interest Type of publication Analytical Chemistry; Laboratory Medicine; Nucleic More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-31976-1 Monograph Acid Chemistry; Proteomics; Metabolomics Hardcover More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6204-0 2013. XI, 183 p. 50 illus., 16 in color. (Structure and Target groups Hardcover Bonding, Vol. 148) Research 2013. XIII, 130 p. 37 illus. 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T. Gu, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA (Ed.) S. Mortimore, Land O'Lakes, Inc., St. Paul, MN, USA; C. Wallace, J.A. Kent, Jupiter, FL, USA (Ed.) University of Central Lancashire, UK Green Biomass Pretreatment for Handbook of Industrial Chemistry Biofuels Production HACCP and Biotechnology A Practical Approach

The increasing global demand for energy requires HACCP: A Practical Approach, 3rd edition has been Substantially revising and updating the classic ref- a versatile approach, prompting many researchers updated to include the current best practice and new erence in the field, this handbook offers a valuable to focus on renewable bioenergy from different bio- developments in HACCP application since the last overview and myriad details on current chemical masses, especially cellulosic biomass. Such biomasses edition was published in 1998. This book is intended processes, products, and practices. No other source can be agricultural wastes, municipal wastes or direct to be a compendium of up-to-date thinking and best offers as much data on the chemistry, engineer- harvests from high-yield energy corps. If properly practice approaches to the development, implemen- ing, economics, and infrastructure of the industry. pre-treated, the subsequent enzyme hydrolysis step tation, and maintenance of HACCP programs for The Handbook serves a spectrum of individuals, is much more effective and can effectively minimises food safety management.Introductory chapters set from those who are directly involved in the chemi- the waste disposal. Green Biomass Pretreatment for the scene and update the reader on developments cal industry to others in related industries and activi- Biofuels Production reviews a range of pretreatment on HACCP over the last 15 years. The preliminary ties. It provides not only the underlying science and methods such as ammonium fiber explosion, steam stages of HACCP, including preparation and plan- technology for important industry sectors, but also explosion, dilute acid hydrolysis, alkali hydrolysis, ning and system design, are covered first, followed broad coverage of critical supporting topics. Indus- and supercritical carbon dioxide explosion focusing by a consideration of food safety hazards and their trial processes and products can be much enhanced on their final sugar[...] control. Prerequisite program coverage has[...] through observing the tenets and[...]

Features Features Features The increasing global demand for energy requires HACCP: A Practical Approach, 3rd edition has been Substantially revising and updating the classic ref- a versatile approach, prompting many researchers updated to include the current best practice and new erence in the field, this handbook offers a valuable to focus on renewable bioenergy from different bio- developments in HACCP application since the last overview and myriad details on current chemical masses, especially cellulosic biomass. Such biomasses edition was published in 1998. This book is intended processes, products, and practices. No other source can be agricultural wastes, municipal wastes or direct to be a compendium of up-to-date thinking and best offers as much data on the chemistry, engineer- harvests from high-yield energy corps. If properly practice approaches to the development, implemen- ing, economics, and infrastructure of the industry. pre-treated, the subsequent enzyme hydrolysis step is tation, and maintenance of HACCP programs for The Handbook serves a spectrum of individuals, much more effective and can effectively [..] food safety risk [..] from those who are directly involved in the chemical industry to [..] Contents Contents “Plant Cell Wall Structure-Pretreatment” the Critical Foreword.- Acknowledgements.- About the Contents Relationship in Biomass Conversion to Fermentable Authors.- Disclaimer.- About this Book.- Prologue.- Historical development of the chemical industry.- Sugars.- Thermo-Mechanical Pretreatment of Feed- 1. An Introduction to HACCP and its role in food Chemical process safety: Safe practices and accident stocks.- Solid-State Biological Pretreatment of Ligno- safety control.- 2. Preparation and planning to prevention.- Managing an emergency preparedness cellulosic Biomass.- Hydrothermal Pretreatment of achieve effective food safety management.- 3. Haz- program.- Applied statistical methods.- Green engi- Lignocellulosic Biomass.- Pretreatment of Lignocel- ards, their significance and control.- 4. Prerequi- neering: Integration of green chemistry, pollution lulosic Biomass Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide sites for food safety – PRPs and Operational PRPs.- prevention, and risk based considerations.- Indus- As A Green Solvent.- Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic 5. Designing food safety.- 6. How to do a HACCP trial catalysis: A practical guide.- Environmental Biomass Using Green Ionic Liquids. Study.- 7. Implementation, Verification and Main- chemical determinations.- Nanotechnology: Prin- tenance for Ongoing Risk Management.- 8. Consid- ciples and applications.- Nanostructured materials: Fields of interest erations for HACCP application in different supply Industrial Applications.- Synthetic organic chem- Industrial Chemistry / Chemical Engineering; chain sectors.- Epilogue.- References, further reading icals.- Chemistry in the pharmaceutical industry.- Renewable and Green Energy; Renewable and Green and[...] Manufactured textile fibers.- Dye[...] Energy; Characterization and Evaluation of Materi- als; Applied and Technical Physics Fields of interest Fields of interest Food Science; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Industrial Chemistry / Chemical Engineering; Target groups Risk; Public Health Biotechnology; Energy Technology; Industrial Pollu- Research tion Prevention; Polymer Sciences Target groups Type of publication Professional/practitioner Target groups Brief Professional/practitioner More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-6051-6 Type of publication Monograph Type of publication Softcover Handbook 2013. IX, 153 p. 71 illus., 35 in color. (SpringerBriefs in More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5027-6 More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-4258-5 Green Chemistry for Sustainability) Hardcover $49.95 2013. XXX, 474 p. 112 illus., 27 in color. Hardcover ISBN 978-94-007-6051-6 $79.95 2012. XIV, 1562 p. 1196 illus., 59 in color. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. ISBN 978-1-4614-5027-6 $559.00 ISBN 978-1-4614-4258-5 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 14 Chemistry springer.com

H.K. Biesalski, University Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany H.D. Goff, R.W. Hartel, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI USA A. Zeinolebadi, University of Hamburg, Germany

Hidden Hunger Ice Cream In-situ Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Investigation of Hidden Hunger is an increasing problem even in Ice Cream, 7th Edition focuses on the science and Transient Nanostructure of Multi- developed countries, whose potential negative con- technology of frozen dessert production and qual- sequences on long-term health are often overlooked ity. It explores the entire scope of the ice cream and phase Polymer Materials Under and underestimated. Chronic malnutrition is at the frozen dessert industry, from the chemical, physical, Mechanical Deformation core of the global hunger challenge facing science, engineering and biological principles of the produc- politics, and economics. In plain language and with tion process to the distribution of the finished prod- moving examples, Hans K. Biesalski describes how uct. It is intended for industry personnel from large The results in this dissertation set the ground to hidden hunger affects human health long before to small scale processors and suppliers to the indus- answer a fundamental question in data-driven poly- malnutrition becomes obvious. Worldwide, over one try and for teachers and students in dairy or food sci- mer material science: "Why don't prepared com- third of deaths among children under 5 years of age ence or related disciplines. While it is technical in posites show less fatigue than the pure plastics?" A is associated with malnutrition. As poverty is the scope, it also covers much practical knowledge useful simultaneous analysis of mechanical testing and main reason for hidden hunger, addressing this dire to anyone with an interest in frozen dessert produc- small angle X-Ray scattering from the DESY source challenge requires long-term policies. Land grabbing tion. World-wide production and consumption data, in Hamburg has been applied to approach this ques- and climate change seriously[...] global[...] tion, which is also central to the European research project "Nanotough", and the results are clearly pre- Features Features sented in this book. The evolution of the materials Hidden Hunger is an increasing problem even in Ice Cream, 7th Edition focuses on the science and structure is visualized and quantitatively analyzed developed countries, whose potential negative con- technology of frozen dessert production and qual- from exhaustive sequences of scattering images. sequences on long-term health are often overlooked ity. It explores the entire scope of the ice cream and Three different classes of polymer composites are and underestimated. Chronic malnutrition is at the frozen dessert industry, from the chemical, physical, presented as typical and illustrative[...] core of the global hunger challenge facing science, engineering and biological principles of the produc- politics, and economics. In plain language and with tion process to the distribution of the finished prod- Features moving examples, Hans K. Biesalski describes how uct. It is intended for industry personnel from large The results in this dissertation set the ground to hidden hunger affects human health long before to small scale processors and [..] answer a fundamental question in data-driven poly- malnutrition [..] mer material science: "Why don't prepared com- Contents posites show less fatigue than the pure plastics?" A Contents The Ice Cream Industry.- Composition and simultaneous analysis of mechanical testing and Hunger - a baseline study of the current situation.- Formulations.- Mix Ingredients.- Flavoring and small angle X-Ray scattering from the DESY source Hidden hunger.- Causes of hidden hunger.- Trapped Coloring Materials.- Mix Processing and Proper- in Hamburg has been applied to approach this ques- on the hunger carousel - generation after genera- ties.- Calculation of Ice Cream Mixes.- Freezing and tion, which is also central to the European research tion.- Quality comes with a price tag - the deadly tri- Refrigeration.- Soft-Frozen Dairy Desserts.- Novelty project [..] angle of economics, hunger and child development.- Products and Ice Cream Cakes.- Packaging, Hard- Ways out of the hunger crisis - making food security ening and Shipping.- Ice Cream Structure.- Shelf- Contents secure.- Strategies to combat hidden hunger. Life.- Cleaning and Sanitizing for Microbio- Introduction.- Experimental Part.- Data Evaluation.- logical Quality and Safety.- Analyzing Frozen Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomers Under Fields of interest Desserts.- Formulations for Specialty Products.- Uniaxial Deformation.- Polypropylene/Montmo- Food Science; Agriculture; Public Health; Develop- Index. rillonite Nanocomposites: Continuous Stretching ment Economics; Popular Science and Load-Cycling.- HDPE/PA Microfibrillar Com- Fields of interest posites Under Load-Cycling.- Summary and Future Target groups Food Science; Carbohydrate Chemistry Works..- Experimental Part.- Data Evaluation.- Popular/general Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomers Under Uni- Target groups axial Deformation.- Polypropylene/Montmoril- Type of publication Professional/practitioner lonite Nanocomposites: Continuous Stretching and Popular science Load-Cycling.- HDPE/PA Microfibrillar Composites More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-33949-3 Type of publication Under Load-Cycling.- Summary and Future Works. 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M. Guo, Imperial College, London, UK G. Jenkins, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, J.M. Pezzuto, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI, USA; N. Suh, Rutgers Jiangsu, China; C.D. Mansfield, Scientific & Medical Communica- University, Piscataway, NJ, USA (Eds.) tions Consultant, France (Eds.) Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Light-Weight Eco-composites Natural Products in Cancer Microfluidic Diagnostics Prevention and Therapy Methods and Protocols Miao Guo's PhD thesis provides scientific insights into the environmental issues related to biocom- Microfluidic techniques are becoming widely incor- Chemoprevention of Esophageal Squamous Cell posites based on starch-polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) porated into medical diagnostic systems due to the Carcinoma with Berries, by Gary D. Stoner and Li- blends. The author contributes significantly to the inherent advantages of miniaturization. In Microflu- Shu WangCancer Prevention by Different Forms of methodological issues underlying the Life Cycle idic Diagnostics: Methods in Molecular Biology, Tocopherols, by Chung S. Yang and Nanjoo Suh- Assessment (LCA) modelling approach. As well researchers in the field detail methods and protocols Cancer Chemopreventive and Therapeutic Potential as presenting complete LCA inventories using pri- covering subjects such as microfluidic device fabrica- of Guggulsterone, by Inas Almazari and Young-Joon mary data from a variety of sources, Guo devel- tion, on-chip sample preparation, diagnostic appli- SurhInhibition of UVB-Induced Nonmelanoma Skin ops a new modelling approach incorporating the cations and detection methodologies. The protocols Cancer: A Path from Tea to Caffeine to Exercise to process-oriented biogeochemistry model Denitrifica- described range from cutting-edge developments Decreased Tissue Fat, by Allan H. Conney, You- tion-Decomposition (DNDC) into site-specific LCA to established techniques and basic demonstrations Rong Lou, Paul Nghiem, Jamie J. Bernard, George C. studies to simulate carbon and nitrogen dynamics suitable for education and training; from basic fabri- Wagner and Yao-Ping LuCancer Chemoprevention in the wheat agro-ecosystem. This thesis addresses cation methods to commercializing research. Writ- and Nutri-Epigenetics: State of the Art and Future important LCA data quality issues by using compre- ten in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Challenges, by Clarissa GerhauserA Perspective on hensive[...] Biology™ series format, chapters[...] Dietary Phytochemicals and Cancer Chemopreven- tion: Oxidative Stress,[...] Features Features Miao Guo's PhD thesis provides scientific insights Microfluidic techniques are becoming widely incor- Features into the environmental issues related to biocom- porated into medical diagnostic systems due to the G. D. Stoner L.-S. WangChemoprevention of posites based on starch-polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) inherent advantages of miniaturization. In Microflu- Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma with Berri- blends. The author contributes significantly to the idic Diagnostics: Methods in Molecular Biology, esC. S. Yang N. SuhCancer Prevention by Different methodological issues underlying the Life Cycle researchers in the field detail methods and protocols Forms of TocopherolsI. Almazari Y.-J. SurhCancer Assessment (LCA) modelling approach. As well as covering subjects such as microfluidic device fabrica- Chemopreventive and Therapeutic Potential of Gug- presenting complete LCA inventories using primary tion, on-chip sample preparation, diagnostic applica- gulsteroneA. H. ConneyY.-R. LouP. NghiemJ. J. data from a variety of sources, Guo develops a new tions and detection methodologies. The [..] BernardG. C. Wagner Y.-P. LuInhibition of UVB- modelling [..] Induced [..] Contents Contents Present Technology and Future Trends in Point of Contents Materials and Methods.- LCA of Wheat Agro-Eco- Care Microfluidic Diagnostics.-Teaching Microflu- Chemoprevention of Esophageal Squamous Cell Systems.- LCA Case Studies of Starch-Based Foam.- idic Diagnostics Using Jell-O® Chips.-Fundamen- Carcinoma with Berries, by Gary D. Stoner and Li- End of Life Scenarios.- LCA of WBF Products Over tals of Microfluidics for High School Students with Shu WangChemoprevention of Esophageal Squa- Whole Life Cycles.- Sensitivity and Uncertainty no Prior Knowledge of Fluid Mechanics.-Measur- mous Cell Carcinoma with Berries, by Gary D. Analysis. ing Microchannel Electroosmotic Mobility and Stoner and Li-Shu Wang.- Cancer Prevention by Dif- Zeta Potential by the Current Monitoring Method.- ferent Forms of Tocopherols, by Chung S. Yang and Fields of interest Overview of the Microfluidic Diagnostics Commer- Nanjoo Suh.- Cancer Chemopreventive and Thera- Polymer Sciences; Environmental Chemistry; Bio- cial Landscape.-Practical Aspects of the Prepara- peutic Potential of Guggulsterone, by Inas Almazari materials tion and Filing of Patent Applications.-Introduction and Young-Joon Surh.- Inhibition of UVB-Induced to In Vitro Diagnostic Device Regulatory Require- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer: A Path from Tea to Caf- Target groups ments.-Microfluidic Device Fabrication by Thermo- feine to Exercise to Decreased Tissue Fat, by Allan Research plastic[...] H. Conney, You-Rong Lou, Paul Nghiem, Jamie J. Bernard, George C.[...] Type of publication Fields of interest Monograph Biotechnology; Microengineering Fields of interest More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35036-8 Organic Chemistry; Cancer Research; Nutrition; Target groups Medical Biochemistry; Biochemistry; Molecular Hardcover Professional/practitioner Medicine 2012. 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K. Mizuse, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan S. Unnikrishnan, Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering, Computer Science Mumbai, India; S. Surve, Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engi- neering, Mumbai, India; D. Bhoir, Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues Col- Spectroscopic Investigations of lege of Engineering, Mumbai, India (Eds.)

Hydrogen Bond Network Structures J. Kurtz in Water Clusters Advances in Computing, ASP.NET MVC 4 and the Web API Communication, and Control

The properties and nature of water clusters studied Building a REST Service from Start to Finish Third International Conference, ICAC3 2013, Mumbai, India, with novel spectroscopic approaches are presented January 18-19, 2013, Proceedings in this thesis. Following a general introduction on This one hundred page book focuses exclusively on the chemistry of water and water clusters, detailed how you can best use the ASP.NET MVC 4 Frame- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of descriptions of the experiments and analyses are work to build world-class REST services using the the Third International Conference on Advances in given. All the experimental results, including first Web API. It sets aside much of what the ASP.NET Computing, Communication and Control, ICAC3 size-selective spectra of large clusters consisting of MVC Framework can do, and focuses exclusively 2013, held in Mumbai, India, in January 2013. The 200 water molecules, are presented with correspond- on how the Web API can help you build web ser- 69 papers presented in this volume were carefully ing analyses. Hitherto unidentified hydrogen bond vices. You will not find any help on CSS, HTML, reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. They network structures, dynamics, and reactivity of var- JavaScript, or jQuery. Nor will you find any help on deal with topics such as image processing, artificial ious water clusters have been characterized at the the Razor view engine, HTML Helpers, or model intelligence, robotics, wireless communications; data molecular level. The main targets of this book are binding. If you need this information then Pro warehousing and mining, and are organized in top- physical chemists and chemical physicists who are ASP.NET MVC 4 is your perfect book. ASP.NET ical sections named: computing; communication; interested in water[...] MVC 4 and the Web API: Building a REST Service control; and others. from Start to Finish helps you build cutting-edge Features Features REST services using ASP.NET MVC 4 and the Web This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of The properties and nature of water clusters studied API in more depth and detail[...] with novel spectroscopic approaches are presented the Third International Conference on Advances in in this thesis. Following a general introduction on Features Computing, Communication and Control, ICAC3 the chemistry of water and water clusters, detailed This one hundred page book focuses exclusively on 2013, held in Mumbai, India, in January 2013. The descriptions of the experiments and analyses are how you can best use the ASP.NET MVC 4 Frame- 69 papers presented in this volume were carefully given. All the experimental results, including first work to build world-class REST services using the reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. They size-selective spectra of large clusters consisting of Web API. It sets aside much of what the ASP.NET deal with topics such as image processing, artificial 200 water molecules, are presented with [..] MVC Framework can do, and focuses exclusively intelligence, robotics, wireless communications; data on how the Web API can help you build web ser- [..] Contents vices. You will not find any help on CSS, HTML, Contents General Introduction.- Infrared spectroscopy of JavaScript, or jQuery. Nor will you find any help on Computing.- k-QTPT: A Dynamic Query Optimiza- chromophore-labeled water clusters phenol-(H2O)n the Razor view engine, HTML [..] (n < ~50).- Infrared pectroscopy of large protonated tion Approach for Autonomous Distributed Data- water clusters H+(H2O)n (n ≤ 221).- Tuning of the Fields of interest base Systems.- Market-Driven Continuous Double Internal Energy and Isomer Distribution in Proto- Computer Science (general) Auction Method for Service Allocation in Cloud nated Water Clusters H+(H2O)n (n ≤ 50): Towards Computing.- Prediction Based Job Scheduling Strat- a more detailed understanding of structures and Target groups egy for a Volunteer Desktop Grid.- GRAF Password dynamics.- Infrared spectroscopy of water cluster Popular/general for More Secured User Authentication.- Secured radical cations (H2O)n+ (n ≤ 11).- Conclusions and Mechanism for Dynamic Key Generation in ATM future work. 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S. Li, Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, China; A. El Saddik, Univer- S. Li, Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, China; A. El Saddik, Univer- E. David, Ashkelon Academic College, Israel; V. Robu, University sity of Ottawa, ON, Canada; M. Wang, Hefei University of Tech- sity of Ottawa, ON, Canada; M. Wang, Hefei University of Tech- of Southampton, UK; O. Shehory, Haifa University, Israel; S. Stein, nology, China; T. Mei, Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, China; N. nology, China; T. Mei, Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, China; University of Southampton, UK; A. Symeonidis, Aristotle Univer- Sebe, University of Trento, Italy; S. Yan, National University of Sin- N. Sebe, University of Trento, Italy; S. Yan, National University of sity of Thessaloniki, Greece (Eds.) gapore, Singapore; R. Hong, Hefei University of Technology, Bei- Singapore, Singapore; R. Hong, Hefei University of Technology, jing, China; C. Gurrin, Dublin City University, Ireland (Eds.) China; C. Gurrin, Dublin City University, Ireland (Eds.) Agent-Mediated Electronic Advances in Multimedia Modeling Advances in Multimedia Modeling Commerce. Designing Trading Strategies and Mechanisms for 19th International Conference, MMM 2012, Huangshan, 19th International Conference, MMM 2013, Huangshan, China, January 7-9, 2012, Proceedings, Part II China, January 7-9, 2013, Proceedings, Part I Electronic Markets

The two-volume set LNCS 7732 and 7733 consti- The two-volume set LNCS 7732 and 7733 consti- AMEC 2011, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2, 2011, and TADA 2011, tutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 19th tutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 19th Barcelona, Spain, July 17, 2011, Revised Selected Papers International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, This volume contains ten thoroughly refereed and MMM 2012, held in Huangshan, China, in January MMM 2012, held in Huangshan, China, in January revised papers detailing recent advances in research 2013. The 30 revised regular papers, 46 special ses- 2013. The 30 revised regular papers, 46 special ses- on designing trading agents and mechanisms for sion papers, 20 poster session papers, and 15 demo sion papers, 20 poster session papers, and 15 demo agent-mediated e-commerce. They were originally session papers, and 6 video browser showdown were session papers, and 6 video browser showdown were presented at the 13th International Workshop on carefully reviewed and selected from numeroues sub- carefully reviewed and selected from numeroues sub- Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce (AMEC missions. The two volumes contain papers presented missions. The two volumes contain papers presented 2011), collocated with AAMAS 2011 in Taipei, Tai- in the topical sections on multimedia annotation I in the topical sections on multimedia annotation I wan, or at the 2011 Workshop on Trading Agent and II, interactive and mobile multimedia, classifi- and II, interactive and mobile multimedia, classifi- Design and Analysis (TADA 2011), collocated with cation, recognition and tracking I and II, ranking in cation, recognition and tracking I and II, ranking in IJCAI 2011 in Barcelona, Spain.The papers presented search, multimedia representation, multimedia sys- search, multimedia representation, multimedia sys- at these two workshops illustrate both the depth and tems, poster papers, special session[...] tems, poster papers, special session[...] broad range of research topics in this field. They Features Features range from providing solutions to open theoreti- The two-volume set LNCS 7732 and 7733 consti- The two-volume set LNCS 7732 and 7733 consti- cal problems in online scheduling and bargaining tutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 19th tutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 19th under[...] International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, Features MMM 2012, held in Huangshan, China, in January MMM 2012, held in Huangshan, China, in January This volume contains ten thoroughly refereed and 2013. The 30 revised regular papers, 46 special ses- 2013. The 30 revised regular papers, 46 special ses- revised papers detailing recent advances in research sion papers, 20 poster session papers, and 15 demo sion papers, 20 poster session papers, and 15 demo on designing trading agents and mechanisms for session papers, and 6 video browser showdown were session papers, and 6 video browser showdown were agent-mediated e-commerce. They were originally carefully reviewed and selected from numeroues sub- carefully reviewed and selected from numeroues sub- presented at the 13th International Workshop on missions. The [..] missions. The [..] Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce (AMEC Contents Contents 2011), collocated with AAMAS 2011 in Taipei, Tai- Quality Assessment on User Generated Image Semi-supervised Concept Detection by Learning wan, or at the 2011 Workshop on Trading Agent for Mobile Search Application.- 2D/3D Model- the Structure of Similarity Graphs.- Refining Image Design and Analysis (TADA [..] Based Facial Video Coding/Decoding at Ultra- Annotation by Integrating PLSA with Random Contents Low Bit-Rate.- Hierarchical Text Detection: From Walk Model.- Social Media Annotation and Tagging Non–cooperative Bargaining with Arbitrary One– Word Level to Character Level.- Building a Large Based on Folksonomy Link Prediction in a Tripar- Sided Uncertainty.- An Adaptive Proportional Scale Test Collection for Effective Benchmark- tite Graph.- Can You See It? Two Novel Eye-Track- Value-per-Click Agent for Bidding in Ad Auctions.- ing of Mobile Landmark Search.- Geographical ing-BasedMeasures for Assigning Tags to Image Improving Prediction in TAC SCM by Integrating Retagging.- Recompilation of Broadcast Videos Regions.- Visual Analysis of Tag Co-occurrence Multivariate and Temporal Aspects via PLS Regres- Based on Real-World Scenarios.- Evaluating Novice on Nouns and Adjectives.- Verb-Object Concepts sion.- Agent Adaptation across Non-ideal Markets and Expert Users on Handheld Video Retrieval Image Classification via Hierarchical Nonnegative and Societies.- Testing Adaptive Expectations Mod- Systems.- Perfect Snapping.- Smart Video Browsing Graph Embedding.- Robust Semantic Video Index- els of a Continuous Double Auction Market against with Augmented Navigation Bars.- Human Action ing by Harvesting Web Images.- Interactive Evalua- Empirical Facts.- Autonomously Revising Knowl- Search Based on Dynamic Shape[...] tion of Video Browsing[...] edge-Based Recommendations through Item and Fields of interest Fields of interest User Information.- A Bidding Agent for Advertise- Multimedia Information Systems; Information Multimedia Information Systems; Information ment Auctions: An Overview of the CrocodileAgent Storage and Retrieval; Information Systems Appli- Storage and Retrieval; Information Systems Appli- 2010.- Dealing with[...] cations (incl.Internet); Image Processing and Com- cations (incl.Internet); Image Processing and Com- Fields of interest puter Vision; Pattern Recognition; Data Mining and puter Vision; Pattern Recognition; Data Mining and e-commerce / e-business; Business Information Sys- Knowledge Discovery Knowledge Discovery tems; Artificial Intelligence (incl. 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M. La Rosa, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, T. Su, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China D. Ji, Wuhan University, China; G. Xiao, Wuhan University, China Australia; P. Soffer, University of Haifa, Israel (Eds.) (Eds.) Chinese Handwriting Recognition: Business Process Management An Algorithmic Perspective Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshops 13th Workshop, CLSW 2012, Wuhan, China, July 6-8, 2012, Revised Selected Papers BPM 2012 International Workshops, Tallinn, Estonia, Septem- Designing machines that can read handwriting like ber 3, 2012, Revised Papers human beings has been an ambitious goal for more This book constitutes carefully reviewed and revised than half a century, driving talented researchers to selected papers from the 13th Chinese Lexical This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of explore diverse approaches. 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Chinese handwriting recognition lexical computation; lexical resources; lexical seman- Process Design (BPD 2012), Business Process Intel- poses its own unique challenges, such as huge vari- tics; new methods for lexical semantics; and other ligence (BPI 2012), Business Process Management ations in strokes, diversity of writing styles, and a topics. and Social Software (BPMS2 2012), Data- and Arti- large set of confusable categories. With ever-increas- fact-Centric BPM (DAB 2012), Event-Driven Busi- ing training data, researchers[...] Features ness Process Management (edBPM 2012), Empirical This book constitutes carefully reviewed and revised Research in Business Process Management (ER- Features selected papers from the 13th Chinese Lexical BPM 2012), Process Model Collections (PMC 2012), This book provides an algorithmic perspective on the Semantics Workshop, CLSW 2012, held in Wuhan, Process-Aware Logistics[...] recent development of Chinese handwriting recogni- China, in July 2012. 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F. Dignum, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; C. Brom, Charles A. Villavicencio, T. Poibeau, A. Korhonen, A. Alishahi (Eds.) H.-W. Shen, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Acad- University, Prague, Czech Republic; K.V. Hindriks, Delft University emy of Sciences, Beijing, China of Technology, The Netherlands; M. Beer, Sheffield Hallam Uni- versity, UK; D. Richards, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Aus- Cognitive Aspects of Computational tralia (Eds.) Language Acquisition Community Structure of Complex Networks Cognitive Agents for Virtual Questions related to language acquisition have Environments been of interest for many centuries, as children Community structure is a salient structural charac- seem to acquire a sophisticated capacity for pro- teristic of many real-world networks. Communities First International Workshop, CAVE 2012, Held at AAMAS are generally hierarchical, overlapping, multi-scale 2012, Valencia, Spain, June 4, 2012, Revised Selected Papers cessing language with apparent ease, in the face of ambiguity, noise and uncertainty. However, with and coexist with other types of structural regularities This book constitutes the refereed post-proceed- recent advances in technology and cognitive-related of networks. This poses major challenges for conven- ings of the First International Workshop on Cogni- research it is now possible to conduct large-scale tional methods of community detection. This book tive Agents for Virtual Environments, CAVE 2012, computational investigations of these issuesThe book will comprehensively introduce the latest advances held at AAMAS 2012, in Valencia, Spain, in June discusses some of the latest theoretical and practi- in community detection, especially the detection 2012. The 10 full papers presented were thoroughly cal developments in the areas involved, including of overlapping and hierarchical community struc- reviewed and selected from 14 submissions. In addi- computational models for language tasks, tools and tures, the detection of multi-scale communities in tion one invited high quality contribution has been resources that help to approximate the linguistic heterogeneous networks, and the exploration of mul- included. The papers are organized in the following environment available to children during acquisi- tiple types of structural regularities. These advances topical sections: coupling agents and game engines; tion, and discussions of challenging[...] have been successfully applied to analyze large-scale using games with agents for education; visualization online social networks,[...] and simulation; and evaluating games with agents. 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In addi- computational investigations of these issues.The will comprehensively introduce the latest advances in tion one invited high quality contribution has been book [..] community detection, especially the detection of [..] included. The papers are organized in the following Contents topical [..] Contents Language Learning.- T.Poibeau, A.Villavicencio, Community structure: An Introduction.- Detecting Contents A.Korhonen and A.Alishahi.- Part I Methods and the overlapping and hierarchical community struc- Coupling Agents and Game Engines.- HLA Proxy: Tools for Investigating Phonetics and Phonology.- ture in networks.- Multiscale community detection Towards Connecting Agents to Virtual Environ- Phon: A Computational Basis for Phonological Data- in networks with heterogeneous degree distribu- ments by Means of High Level Architecture (HLA.- base Building and Model Testing. Y.Rose, G. J. Hed- tions.- Community structure and diffusion dynamics Decoupling Cognitive Agents and Virtual Envi- lund, R.Byrne, T.Wareham, and B.MacWhinney.- on networks.- Exploratory Analysis of the structural ronments.- Agent Communication for Believable Language Dynamics in the Framework of Com- regularities in networks. Human-Like Interactions between Virtual Char- plex Networks: A Case Study on Self-organiza- Fields of interest acters.- Using Games with Agents for Education.- tion of the Consonant Inventories. 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S. Tominaga, Chiba University, Japan; R. Schettini, Università W. Xu, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, G. CSURKA, Xerox Research Centre Europe, Meylan, France; M. degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy; A. Trémeau, Univer- China; L. Xiao, National University of Defense Technology, Kraus, Aalborg University, Denmark; L. Mestetskiy, Moscow State sité Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France (Eds.) Changsha, China; P. Lu, National University of Defense Tech- University, Russia; P. Richard, University of Angers, France; J. Braz, nology, Changsha, China; J. Li, National University of Defense Escola Superior de Tecnologia do IPS, Setubal, Portugal (Eds.) Technology, Changsha, China; C. Zhang, National University of Computational Color Imaging Defense Technology, Changsha, China (Eds.) Computer Vision, Imaging and 4th International Workshop, CCIW 2013, Chiba, Japan, March 3-5, 2013. Proceedings Computer Engineering and Computer Graphics - Theory and Applications This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of Technology the 4th Computational Color Imaging Workshop, 16th National Conference, NCCET 2012, Shanghai, China, International Joint Conference, VISIGRAPP 2011, Vilamoura, CCIW 2013, held in Chiba, Japan, in March 2013. August 17-19, 2012, Revised Selected Papers Portugal, March 5-7, 2011. Revised Selected Papers The 21 revised full papers, presented together with 4 invited papers, were carefully reviewed and selected This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of from numerous submissions. 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The 15 revised full papers presented together This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of with one invited paper were carefully reviewed and the 4th Computational Color Imaging Workshop, Features selected. The papers are organized in topical sections CCIW 2013, held in Chiba, Japan, in March 2013. This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the on computer graphics theory and applications; imag- The 21 revised full papers, presented together with 4 16th National Conference on Computer Engineer- ing theory and applications; information visualiza- invited papers, were carefully reviewed and selected ing and Technology, NCCET 2012, held in Shanghai, tion theory and applications; and computer vision from numerous submissions. The papers are orga- China, in August 2012. The 27 papers presented were theory and[...] nized in topical sections on color image perception; carefully reviewed and selected from 108 submis- color combination; multi-spectral image analysis and sions. 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The 15 revised full papers [..] Image Processing and Computer Vision; Computer Random Numbers Using MT Method.- MGTE: A Graphics; Pattern Recognition Multi-level Hybrid Verification Platform for a 16- Contents Core Processer.- An Efficient Parallel SURF Algo- Computer graphics.- Imaging.- Information visual- Target groups rithm for Multi-core Processor.- A Study of Cache ization.- Computer vision. Research Design in Stream Processor.- Design and Implemen- Fields of interest tation of Dynamically Reconfigurable Token Coher- Type of publication Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and ence Protocol for Many-Core Processor.- Dynamic Proceedings Graphics; Image Processing and Computer Vision; and Online Task Scheduling Algorithm Based on Computer Graphics; Pattern Recognition; Algorithm More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36699-4 Virtual Compute[...] Analysis and Problem Complexity; Computer Appli- Softcover Fields of interest cations 2013. XII, 335 p. 207 illus. 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H.D. Pfeiffer, Akamai Physics, Las Cruces, NM, USA; D. Ignatov, R.L.F. Cordeiro, University of São Paulo, Brazil; C. Faloutsos, R. Di Pietro, University of Rome, Italy; J. Herranz, Universitat National Research University, Moscow, Russia; J. Poelmans, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; C. Traina Júnior, Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; E. Damiani, University Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium; G. Nagarjuna, Tata University of São Paulo, Brazil of Milan, Italy; R. State, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India (Eds.) (Eds.) Data Mining in Large Sets of Conceptual Structures for Complex Data Data Privacy Management and Discovering Knowledge Autonomous Spontaneous Security

20th International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS The amount and the complexity of the data gathered 7th International Workshop, DPM 2012, and 5th International 2013, Mumbay, India, January 10-12, 2013, Proceedings by current enterprises are increasing at an exponen- Workshop, SETOP 2012, Pisa, Italy, September 13-14, 2012. tial rate. Consequently, the analysis of Big Data is Revised Selected Papers This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th nowadays a central challenge in Computer Science, International Conference on Conceptual Structures, This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed joint especially for complex data. For example, given a ICCS 2013, held in Mumbai, India, in January 2013. post proceedings of two international workshops, satellite image database containing tens of Terabytes, The 22 full papers presented were carefully reviewed the 7th International Workshop on Data Privacy how can we find regions aiming at identifying native and selected from 43 submissions for inclusion in the Management, DPM 2012, and the 5th International rainforests, deforestation or reforestation? Can it be book. The volume also contains 3 invited talks. ICCS Workshop on Autonomous and Spontaneous Secu- made automatically? Based on the work discussed in focuses on the useful representation and analysis of rity, SETOP 2012, held in Pisa, Italy, in September this book, the answers to both questions are a sound conceptual knowledge with research and business 2012. The volume contains 13 full papers selected “yes”, and the results can be obtained in just minutes. applications. It advances the theory and practice in out of 31 submissions and 3 keynote lectures from In fact, results that used to require days or weeks connecting the user's conceptual approach to prob- the DPM workshop and 10 papers selected among of hard work from human specialists can now be lem solving with the formal structures that computer numerous submissions from the SETOP workshop. obtained in[...] applications need to bring their productivity to bear. The contributions from DPM cover topics from Conceptual structures (CS) represent a family of Features location privacy, citizens' privacy, privacy, authen- approaches that[...] The amount and the complexity of the data gathered tication with anonymity, privacy in distributed by current enterprises are increasing at an exponen- systems, privacy policies, and automated privacy Features tial rate. Consequently, the analysis of Big Data is enforcement. The[...] This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th nowadays a central challenge in Computer Science, International Conference on Conceptual Structures, Features especially for complex data. For example, given a ICCS 2012, held in Mumbai, India, in January 2013. This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed joint satellite image database containing tens of Terabytes, The 22 full papers presented were carefully reviewed post proceedings of two international workshops, how can we find regions aiming at identifying native and selected from 43 submissions for inclusion in the the 7th International Workshop on Data Privacy rainforests, deforestation or reforestation? [..] book. The volume also contains 3 invited talks. ICCS Management, DPM 2012, and the 5th International focuses on the useful representation and analysis of Contents Workshop on Autonomous and Spontaneous Secu- conceptual knowledge with research and business [..] Preface.- Introduction.- Related Work and Con- rity, SETOP 2012, held in Pisa, Italy, in September cepts.- Clustering Methods for Moderate-to-High 2012. The volume contains 13 full papers selected Contents Dimensionality Data.- Halite.- BoW.- QMAS.- Con- out of 31 submissions and 3 keynote lectures from Syllogisms in Logic Teaching.- A Model to Compare clusion. the DPM workshop and [..] and Manipulate Situations Represented as Seman- tically Labeled Graphs.- Analyzing Clusters and Fields of interest Contents Constellations from Untwisting Shortened Links on Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery; Database Location privacy.- Citizens' privacy.- Privacy.- Twitter Using Conceptual Graphs.- Taking SPARQL Management Authentication with anonymity.- Privacy in distrib- 1.1 Extensions Into Account in the SWIP System.- uted systems.- Privacy policies.- Automated privacy System Architecture to Implement a Conceptual Target groups enforcement.- Run-time enforcement in process Graphs Storage in an RDF Quad Store.- Medical Research and service security.- Security policy deployment.- Archetypes and Information Extraction Templates Distributed intrusion detection.- Autonomous and in Automatic Processing of Clinical Narratives.- Type of publication spontaneous response.- Privacy policies.- Secure Using Conceptual Structures in the Design of Com- Brief localization.- Context aware and ubiquitous comput- ing.- Identity management. puter-based Assessment Software.- Modeling Onto- More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4889-0 logical Structures[...] Softcover Fields of interest Fields of interest 2013. 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Decision Aid Models for Disaster Digital Libraries and Archives Engineering Secure Software and

Management and Emergencies 8th Italian Research Conference, IRCDL 2012, Bari, Italy, Feb- Systems ruary 9-10, 2012, Revised Selected Papers 5th International Symposium, ESSoS 2013, Paris, France, Feb- Disaster management is a process or strategy that is This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed pro- ruary 27 - March 1, 2013. Proceedings implemented when any type of catastrophic event ceedings of the 8th Italian Research Conference This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the takes place. The process may be initiated when any- on Digital Libraries, held in Bari, Italy, in Febru- 5th International Symposium on Engineering Secure thing threatens to disrupt normal operations or puts ary 2012. The 22 full papers, included together with Software and Systems, ESSoS 2013, held in Paris, the lives of human beings at risk. Governments on 4 panel papers, were selected from extended ver- France, in February/March 2013. The 13 revised full all levels as well as many businesses create some sort sions of the presentations given at the conference, papers presented together with two idea papers were of disaster plan that make it possible to overcome following an additional round of reviewing and carefully reviewed and selected from 62 submis- the catastrophe and return to normal function as revision after the event. The topics covered are as fol- sions. The papers are organized in topical sections on quickly as possible. Response to natural disasters lows: legacy documents and cultural heritage; sys- secure programming, policies, proving, formal meth- (e.g., floods, earthquakes) or technological disas- tems interoperability and data integration; formal ods, and analyzing. ter (e.g., nuclear, chemical) is an extreme complex and methodological foundations of digital libraries; process that involves severe time pressure, various semantic web and linked data for digital libraries; Features uncertainties, high non-linearity and many stake- multilingual information access; digital library infra- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the holders. Disaster management[...] structures; metadata creation[...] 5th International Symposium on Engineering Secure Software and Systems, ESSoS 2013, held in Paris, Features Features France, in February/March 2013. The 13 revised full Disaster management is a process or strategy that is This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed pro- papers presented together with two idea papers were implemented when any type of catastrophic event ceedings of the 8th Italian Research Conference carefully reviewed and selected from 62 submis- takes place. The process may be initiated when any- on Digital Libraries, held in Bari, Italy, in February sions. The papers are organized in topical sections on thing threatens to disrupt normal operations or puts 2012. The 22 full papers, included together with 4 secure programming, policies, proving, formal meth- the lives of human beings at risk. Governments on all panel papers, were selected from extended versions ods, [..] levels as well as many businesses create some sort of of the presentations given at the conference, follow- disaster plan that make it possible to overcome the ing an additional round of reviewing and revision Contents catastrophe and return to normal function as [..] after the event. The topics covered are as follows: [..] Control-Flow Integrity in Web Applications Using Security Policies to Automate Placement of Network Contents Contents Intrusion Prevention.- Idea: Callee-Site Rewriting of On the Use of Information in Humanitarian Oper- Experiences and Perspectives in Management for Sealed System Libraries.- Towards Unified Autho- ations.- Decision Aid Models and Systems for Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage Resources rization for Android.- Model-Based Usage Control Humanitarian Logistics. A Survey.- Uncertainty in (Panel).- Where Do Humanities Computing and Policy Derivation.- Compositional Verification of Humanitarian Logistics for Disaster Management.- Digital Libraries Meet?.- The Archimede Project Application-Level Security Properties.- Towards Fuzzy inference systems for disaster response.- for an Electronically Digitized Archive of Historical Verifying Voter Privacy through Unlinkability.- Security Based Operation in Container Line Supply Monographs.- Considerations on the Preservation Confidentiality for Probabilistic Multi-threaded Pro- Chain.- A Linguistic-Valued Information Process- of Base Digital Data of Cultural Resources.- Sup- grams and Its Verification.- A Fully Homomorphic ing Method for Fuzzy Risk Analysis.- A Belief Rule- porting Tabular Data Characterization in a Large Crypto-Processor Design: Correctness of a Secret Based Generic Risk Assessment Framework.- Fuzzy Scale Data Infrastructure by Lexical Matching Tech- Computer.- DKAL: Constructing Executable[...] semantics in closed domain question answering.- niques.- Data Interoperability and Curation: The Decision Making with Extensions of Fuzzy Sets.- European Film Gateway Experience.- Annotating Fields of interest Classification of Disasters and Emergencies under Digital Libraries and Electronic Editions in a[...] Computer Communication Networks; Data Encryp- Bipolar[...] tion; Software Engineering / Programming and Fields of interest Operating Systems; Data Structures, Cryptology and Fields of interest Information Storage and Retrieval; User Inter- Information Theory; Mathematical Applications in Simulation and Modeling; Computer Applications; faces and Human Computer Interaction; Com- Computer Science; Models and Principles Operation Research / Decision Theory; Business & puter Appl. in Administrative Data Processing; Economics (general) Database Management; Document Preparation and Target groups Text Processing; Information Systems Applications Target groups Research (incl.Internet) Research Type of publication Target groups Type of publication Proceedings Research Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36562-1 More on www.springer.com/978-94-91216-73-2 Type of publication Softcover Proceedings Hardcover 2013. 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B. Magnini, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Povo, Italy; F. Cutugno, L.A. Maciaszek, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland; K. Y.I. Nakano, Seikei University, Musashino-shi, Tokyo, Japan; C. University Federico II, Naples, Italy; M. Falcone, Fondazione Ugo Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA (Eds.) Conati, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Bordoni, Rome, Italy; E. Pianta, CELCT, Povo, Italy (Eds.) Th. Bader, AGT International, Darmstadt, Germany (Eds.) Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Evaluation of Natural Language and Software Engineering Eye Gaze in Intelligent User Speech Tool for Italian Interfaces 6th International Conference, ENASE 2011, Beijing, China, International Workshop, EVALITA 2011, Rome, January 24-25, June 8-11, 2011. Revised Selected Papers Gaze-based Analyses, Models and Applications 2012, Revised Selected Papers This book contains a collection of thoroughly refer- Remarkable progress in eye-tracking technologies EVALITA (http://www.evalita.it/) is the reference eed papers presented at the 6th International Confer- opened the way to design novel attention-based evaluation campaign of both Natural Language Pro- ence on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software intelligent user interfaces, and highlighted the cessing and Speech Technologies for the Italian lan- Engineering, ENASE 2011, held in Beijing, China, in importance of better understanding of eye-gaze in guage. The objective of the shared tasks proposed June 2011. The 18 revised and extended full papers human-computer interaction and human-human at EVALITA is to promote the development of lan- presented together with 10 revised short papers were communication. For instance, a user’s focus of atten- guage technologies for Italian, providing a common carefully reviewed and selected from 75 initial sub- tion is useful in interpreting the user’s intentions, framework where different systems and approaches missions. The papers cover a wide range of topics, their understanding of the conversation, and their can be evaluated and compared in a consistent man- such as software quality and testing, requirements attitude towards the conversation. In human face- ner. This volume collects the final and extended con- engineering, programming, software processes and to-face communication, eye gaze plays an important tributions presented at EVALITA 2011, the third methods, software tools and environments, busi- role in floor management, grounding, and engage- edition of the evaluation campaign. The 36 revised ness process and services modeling, software com- ment in conversation.Eye Gaze in Intelligent User full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from ponents, software effort and processes, and socio- Interfaces draws on ideas from a number of contrib- a total of 87 submissions. The papers are organized technical aspects of software development. utors working on how attentional information can in topical sections roughly corresponding[...] be[...] Features Features This book contains a collection of thoroughly refer- Features EVALITA (http://www.evalita.it/) is the reference eed papers presented at the 6th International Confer- Remarkable progress in eye-tracking technologies evaluation campaign of both Natural Language Pro- ence on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software opened the way to design novel attention-based cessing and Speech Technologies for the Italian lan- Engineering, ENASE 2011, held in Beijing, China, in intelligent user interfaces, and highlighted the guage. The objective of the shared tasks proposed June 2011. The 18 revised and extended full papers importance of better understanding of eye-gaze in at EVALITA is to promote the development of lan- presented together with 10 revised short papers were human-computer interaction and human-human guage technologies for Italian, providing a common carefully reviewed and selected from 75 initial sub- communication. For instance, a user’s focus of atten- framework where different systems and approaches missions. The papers cover a wide range of topics, tion is useful in interpreting the user’s intentions, can be evaluated and compared in a consistent man- [..] their understanding of the conversation, and their ner. This volume [..] attitude [..] Contents Contents Software quality and testing.- Requirements engi- Contents The EVALITA Dependency Parsing Task: From neering.- Programming.- Software processes and Preface.- Introduction.- Part I: Gaze in Human 2007 to 2011.- Use of Semantic Information in a Syn- methods.- Software tools and environments.- Busi- Communication.- How Eye Gaze Feedback Changes tactic Dependency Parser.- Parsit at Evalita 2011 ness process and services modeling.- Software com- Parent-child Joint Attention in Shared Storybook Dependency Parsing Task.- An Ensemble Model ponents.- Software effort and processes.- Socio- Reading: An Eye-tracking Intervention Study.- for the EVALITA 2011 Dependency Parsing Task.- technical aspects of software development. Shared Gaze in Situated Referential Grounding: An Tuning DeSR for Dependency Parsing of Italian.- Empirical Study.- Automated Analysis of Mutual Domain Adaptation for Dependency Parsing at Fields of interest Gaze in Human Conversational Pairs.- Part II: Gaze- Evalita 2011.- Experiments in Newswire-to-Law Software Engineering; Logics and Meanings of Pro- based Cognitive and Communicative Status Esti- Adaptation of Graph-Based Dependency Parsers.- grams; Computer Communication Networks; Pro- mation.- REGARD: Remote Gaze-Aware Reference Domain Adaptation by Active Learning.- Named gramming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters; Detector.- Effectiveness of Gaze-based Engagement Entity Recognition on Transcribed Broadcast News Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Estimation in Conversational Agents.- A Computa- at EVALITA 2011.- A Simple Yet Effective Approach Management of Computing and Information Sys- tional Approach for Prediction of Problem-solving for Named Entity Recognition[...] tems Behavior using[...]

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C.S. Pasareanu, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, B. Beckert, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany; F. Dami- D.A. Yuen, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA; L. USA; G. Salaün, INRIA, Montbonnot Saint-Martin, France (Eds.) ani, University of Turin, Italy; F.S. de Boer, CWI Amsterdam, The Wang, Computer Center and Computer Network Information Netherlands; M.M. Bonsangue, Leiden University, The Nether- Center, Beijing, PR China; X. Chi, Supercomputing Center, Beijing, lands (Eds.) PR China; L. Johnsson, University of Houston, TX, USA; W. Ge, Formal Aspects of Component Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China; Y. Shi, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (Eds.) Software Formal Methods for Components 9th International Symposium, FACS 2012, Mountain View, CA, and Objects GPU Solutions to Multi-scale USA, September 11-13, 2012. Revised Selected Papers 10th International Symposium, FMCO 2011, Turin, Italy, Octo- Problems in Science and This book constitutes the revised selected papers ber 3-5, 2011, Revised Selected Papers Engineering of the 9th International Symposium on Formal Aspects of Component Software, FACS 2012, held Formal methods have been applied successfully to the verification of medium-sized programs in pro- in Mountain View, CA, USA in September 2012. This book covers the new topic of GPU comput- tocol and hardware design for some time. However, The 16 full papers presented were carefully reviewed ing with many applications involved, taken from their application to the development of large systems and selected from 40 submissions. They cover top- diverse fields such as networking, seismology, requires more emphasis on specification, modeling, ics such as formal models for software components fluid mechanics, nano-materials, data-mining , and validation techniques supporting the concepts of and their interaction; formal aspects of services, ser- earthquakes ,mantle convection, visualization. It will reusability and modifiability, and their implementa- vice oriented architectures, business processes, and show the public why GPU computing is important tion in new extensions of existing programming lan- cloud computing; design and verification methods and easy to use. It will offer a reason why GPU com- guages like Java.This book contains 20 revised papers for software components and services; composition puting is useful and how to implement codes in an submitted after the 10th Symposium on Formal and deployment: models, calculi, languages; formal everyday situation. methods and modeling languages for components Methods for Components and Objects, FMCO 2011, and services; model based and GUI based testing which was held in Turin, Italy, in October 2011. Features of[...] Topics covered include autonomic service-compo- This book covers the new topic of GPU comput- nent ensembles; trustworthy eternal systems[...] ing with many applications involved, taken from Features diverse fields such as networking, seismology, Features This book constitutes the revised selected papers of fluid mechanics, nano-materials, data-mining , Formal methods have been applied successfully to the 9th International Symposium on Formal Aspects earthquakes ,mantle convection, visualization. It will the verification of medium-sized programs in pro- of Component Software, FACS 2012, held in Moun- show the public why GPU computing is important tocol and hardware design for some time. However, tain View, CA, USA in September 2012. The 16 and easy to use. It will offer a reason why GPU com- their application to the development of large systems full papers presented were carefully reviewed and puting is useful and how to implement codes in an requires more emphasis on specification, modeling, selected from 40 submissions. They cover topics such everyday situation. as formal models for software components and their and validation techniques supporting the concepts of interaction; formal aspects of services, service ori- reusability and modifiability, and their implementa- Contents ented [..] tion in new extensions of existing programming [..] Initial-value problems associated with viscoelastic- ity in the geosciences.- The geophysical phenome- Contents Contents non of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment.- Initial Value The ASCENS Project.- ASCENS: Engineering Auto- Formal models for software components and their Approach with the MOL.- Elastic and Viscoelastic nomic Service-Component Ensembles.- A Lan- interaction.- Formal aspects of services, service ori- Responses.- Current Numerical Methods for inte- guage-Based Approach to Autonomic Computing.- ented architectures, business processes, and cloud grating VIP.- GPU Hardware aspects.- GPU Soft- A Survey on Basic Connectors and Buffers.- The computing.- Design and verification methods for ware aspects.- Philosophy of GPU Implementation EternalS Coordination Action.- Synthesis-Based software components and services.- Composition of the MOL in VIP problems.- Code conversion ver- Variability Control: Correctness by Construction.- and deployment: models, calculi, languages; formal sus Code implementation using CUDA or Open CL.- Modeling Application-Level Management of Virtual- methods and modeling languages for components Examples of Postglacial Rebound.- Future Perspec- ized Resources in ABS.- HATS Abstract Behavioral and services.- Model based and GUI based testing of tives of VIP on GPU. components and services.- Models for QoS and other Specification: The Architectural View.- Automatic extra-functional properties (e.g., trust, compliance, Service Categorisation through Machine Learning Fields of interest security) of components and services.- Components in Emergent Middleware.- Towards a Model- and Numeric Computing; Geophysics / Geodesy; Contin- for real-time, safety-critical, secure,[...] Learning-Based Framework for Security Anomaly uum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Physi- Detection.- Enhancing Model[...] cal Chemistry Fields of interest Software Engineering; Mathematical Logic and For- Fields of interest Target groups mal Languages; Logics and Meanings of Programs; Software Engineering; Programming Languages, Research Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters; Compilers, Interpreters; Operating Systems; Logics Programming Techniques; Management of Comput- and Meanings of Programs; Software Engineering / Type of publication ing and Information Systems Programming and Operating Systems; Information Monograph Systems Applications (incl.Internet) More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-16404-0 Target groups Research Target groups Hardcover Research 2013. 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R. Lämmel, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Germany; J. Saraiva, Uni- J.M. Kizza, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, TN, USA L. Sun, University of Plymouth, UK; I.-H. Mkwawa, University of versidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal; J. Visser, Software Improve- Plymouth, UK; E. Jammeh, University of Plymouth, UK; E. Ifea- ment Group, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Eds.) chor, University of Plymouth, UK Guide to Computer Network Generative and Transformational Security Guide to Voice and Video over IP

Techniques in Software For Fixed and Mobile Networks Engineering IV This comprehensive guide exposes the security risks and vulnerabilities of computer networks and This book presents a review of the latest advances International Summer School, GTTSE 2011, Braga, Portugal, networked devices, offering advice on developing in speech and video compression, computer net- July 3-9, 2011, Revised and Extended Papers improved algorithms and best practices for enhanc- working protocols, the assessment and monitoring ing system security. Fully revised and updated, this of VoIP quality, and next generation network archi- This tutorial volume includes revised and extended new edition embraces a broader view of computer tectures for multimedia services. The book also con- lecture notes of six long tutorials, five short tutorials, networks that encompasses agile mobile systems cludes with three case studies, each presenting easy- and one peer-reviewed participant contribution held and social networks. Features: provides support- to-follow step-by-step instructions together with at the 4th International Summer School on Gen- ing material for lecturers and students, including challenging hands-on exercises. Features: provides erative and Transformational Techniques in Soft- an instructor’s manual, slides, solutions, and lab- illustrative worked examples and end-of-chapter ware Engineering, GTTSE 2011. The school presents oratory materials; includes both quick and more problems; examines speech and video compression the state of the art in software language engineering thought-provoking exercises at the end of each chap- techniques, together with speech and video compres- and generative and transformational techniques in ter; devotes an entire chapter to laboratory exercises; sion standards; describes the media transport proto- software engineering with coverage of foundations, discusses flaws and vulnerabilities in computer[...] cols RTP and RTCP, as well as the VoIP signalling methods, tools, and case studies. protocols SIP and SDP; discusses the concepts[...] Features Features With the growth of cloud computing, social net- Features This tutorial volume includes revised and extended works, and ever more advanced mobile devices, Since the release of the first internet phone in 1995, lecture notes of six long tutorials, five short tutorials, information security and assurance has become the use of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) has and one peer-reviewed participant contribution held more important than ever before.This comprehen- grown exponentially, so that today it is an estab- at the 4th International Summer School on Genera- sive and authoritative Guide to Computer Network lished and popular technology for real-time commu- tive and Transformational Techniques in Software Security exposes the various security risks and vul- nications in both business and daily life.This Guide Engineering, GTTSE 2011. The school presents the nerabilities of computer networks and networked to Voice and Video over IP introduces the funda- state of the art in software languagae engineering and devices, offering advice on developing improved mental techniques underpinning the huge success generative and transformational techniques in [..] algorithms and [..] and global penetration of VoIP. After [..]

Contents Contents Contents Compilation of Legacy Languages in the 21st Cen- Part I: Understanding Traditional Computer Net- Introduction.- Speech Compression.- Video Com- tury.- Variation Programming with the Choice work Security.- Computer Network Fundamentals.- pression.- Media Transport for VoIP.- VoIP Sig- Calculus.- Leveraging Static Analysis in an IDE.- Understanding Computer Network Security.- Part nalling – SIP.- VoIP Quality of Experience (QoE).- Differencing UML Models: A Domain-Specific vs. II: Security Challenges to Traditional Computer Net- IMS and Mobile VoIP.- Case Study 1: Building Up a a Domain-Agnostic Method.- Model Management works.- Security Threats to Computer Networks.- VoIP System Based on Asterisk.- Case Study 2: VoIP in the Wild.- Bidirectional by Necessity: Data Per- Computer Network Vulnerabilities.- Cyber Crimes Quality Analysis and Assessment.- Case Study 3: sistence and Adaptability for Evolving Application and Hackers.- Hostile Scripts.- Security Assessment, Mobile VoIP Applications and IMS. Development.- Requirements for Self-adaptation.- Analysis, and Assurance.- Part III: Dealing with Net- Dynamic Program Analysis for Database Reverse work Security Challenges.- Disaster Management.- Fields of interest Engineering.- Model-Based Language Engineering Access Control and Authorization.- Authentication.- Computer Communication Networks with EMFText.- Feature-Oriented Software Devel- Cryptography.- Firewalls.- System Intrusion Detec- opment: A Short Tutorial on Feature-Oriented Pro- tion and Prevention.- Computer and Network[...] Target groups gramming, Virtual[...] Graduate Fields of interest Fields of interest Information Storage and Retrieval; Data Storage Type of publication Software Engineering; Logics and Meanings of Pro- Representation; Management of Computing and Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook grams; Programming Languages, Compilers, Inter- Information Systems; Computer Communication More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4904-0 preters; Programming Techniques; Mathematical Networks Logic and Formal Languages; Software Engineering / Hardcover Programming and Operating Systems Target groups 2013. XII, 269 p. 204 illus., 5 in color. (Computer Com- Lower undergraduate munications and Networks) Target groups $79.95 Research Type of publication ISBN 978-1-4471-4904-0 Undergraduate textbook Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4542-4 Proceedings Hardcover More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35991-0 2013. XXIV, 521 p. 106 illus. (Computer Communica- Softcover tions and Networks) 2013. XII, 449 p. 112 illus. (Programming and Software $69.95 Engineering, Vol. 7680) ISBN 978-1-4471-4542-4 $95.00 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. ISBN 978-3-642-35991-0 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. springer.com Computer Science 29

M.J. Burge, MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA, USA; K. Bowyer, Uni- S. Uesugi, Matsuyama University, Japan (Ed.) I. Diethelm, Carl von Ossietzky Universität, Oldenburg, Germany; versity of Notre Dame, IN, USA (Eds.) R.T. Mittermeir, Alpen-Adria Universität, Klagenfurt, Austria (Eds.) IT Enabled Services Handbook of Iris Recognition Informatics in Schools. Sustainable

As the global economy turns more and more service Informatics Education for Pupils of This authoritative collection introduces the reader oriented, Information Technology-Enabled Services all Ages to the state of the art in iris recognition technology. (ITeS) require greater understanding. Increas- Topics and features: with a Foreword by the “father ing numbers and varieties of services are provided 6th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situa- of iris recognition,” Professor John Daugman of through IT. Furthermore, IT enables the creation of tion, Evolution, and Perspectives, ISSEP 2013, Oldenburg, Ger- many, February 26 -- March 2, 2013, Proceedings Cambridge University; presents work from an inter- new services in diverse fields previously untouched. national selection of preeminent researchers, reflect- Because of the catalyzing nature of internet technol- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of ing the uses of iris recognition in many different ogy, ITeS today has become more than “Outsourc- the 6th International Conference on Informatics social contexts; provides viewpoints from researchers ing” of services. This book illustrates the enabling in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives, in government, industry and academia, highlight- nature of ITeS with its entailment of IT, thus con- ISSEP 2013, held in Oldenburg, Germany, in Feb- ing how iris recognition is both a thriving industry tributing to the betterment of humanity. The scope ruary/March 2013. The 15 full papers included in and an active research area; surveys previous devel- of this book is not only for academia but also for this volume were carefully reviewed and selected opments in the field, and covers topics ranging from business persons, government practitioners and from 48 submissions; in addition the book contains the low-level (e.g., physics of iris image acquisition) readers from daily lives. Authors[...] two keynote talks in full-paper length. The contri- to the high level[...] butions are organized in topical sections named: Features from computer usage to computational thinking; Features As the global economy turns more and more service algorithmic and computational thinking; games; More than 100 trillion iris comparisons are now oriented, Information Technology-Enabled Services informatics in the context of other disciplines; and being performed on a daily basis, a number that is (ITeS) require greater understanding. Increas- competence-based learning and retention of compe- rapidly growing. This is breath-taking progress for a ing numbers and varieties of services are provided tencies. field that is arguably just twenty years old.The first through IT. Furthermore, IT enables the creation of book of its kind devoted entirely to the subject, the new services in diverse fields previously untouched. Features Handbook of Iris Recognition introduces the reader Because of the catalyzing nature of internet technol- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of to this exciting, rapidly developing, technology of ogy, ITeS today has become more than “Outsourc- the 6th International Conference on Informatics today and tomorrow. Blending [..] ing” of [..] in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives, ISSEP 2013, held in Oldenburg, Germany, in Febru- Contents Contents ary/March 2013. The 15 full papers included in this Introduction to the Handbook of Iris Recognition.- IT-Enabled Services.- The Effects Of Similarities To volume were carefully reviewed and selected from A Survey of Iris Biometrics Research: 2008-2010.- Previous Buyers On Trust And Intention To Buy 48 submissions; in addition the book contains two Standard Iris Storage Formats.- Iris Quality Metrics From E-Commerce Stores: An Experimental Study keynote talks in full-paper length. The contributions for Adaptive Authentication.- Quality and Demo- Based On The Svs Model.- Information Diffusion [..] graphic Investigation of ICE 2006.- Iris Recogni- And Dissipative Effect On Social Networks.- Con- tion with Taylor Expansion Features.- A Theoretical struction Of An Appropriately Professional Working Contents Model For Describing Iris Dynamics.- Iris Recogni- Environment For It Professionals: A Key Element Of The Darmstadt Model: A First Step towards a tion in the Visible Wavelength.- Multispectral Iris Quality It-Enabled Services.- A Community Based Research Framework for Computer Science Educa- Fusion and Cross-spectrum Matching.- Robust and Trust Establishing Mechanism For A Social Web tion in Schools.- Computer Science in Secondary Secure Iris Recognition.- Template Aging in Iris Bio- Service.- Smartphones: The Next Generation Med- Schools in the UK: Ways to Empower Teachers.- metrics.- Fusion of Face and Iris Biometrics.- Meth- ication Administration Tool.- Weaknesses Of The E- From Computer Usage to Computational Think- ods for Iris Segmentation.- Introduction[...] Government Development Index.- Computer Medi- ing Informatics in the French Secondary Curricula: ated Communication[...] Fields of interest Recent Moves and Perspectives.- Informatics for All High School Students: A Computational Think- Pattern Recognition Fields of interest ing Approach.- Novice Difficulties with Interleaved Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Pattern Composition.- Blind Pupils Begin to Solve Target groups Complex Networks; e-commerce / e-business Research Algorithmic Problems.- Location-Based Games in Target groups Informatics Education.- Using Computer Games as Type of publication Research Programming Assignments[...] Contributed volume Fields of interest More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4401-4 Type of publication Monograph Computers and Education; Science Education; Com- Hardcover puters and Society; Personal Computing; Learning 2013. 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M. Agosti, University of Padova, Italy; N. Ferro, University of D. Cotroneo (Ed.) J.L. Ayala, University of Madrid, Spain; D. Shang, Newcastle Uni- Padova, Italy; P. Forner, Center for the Evaluation of Language versity, UK; A. Yakovlev, Newcastle University, UK (Eds.) and Communication Technologies, Povo, Italy; H. Müller, Uni- versity of Applied Sciences, Sierre, Switzerland; G. Santucci, Innovative Technologies for Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (Eds.) Dependable OTS-Based Critical Integrated Circuit and System Systems Design. Power and Timing Information Retrieval Meets Modeling, Optimization and Information Visualization Challenges and Achievements of the CRITICAL STEP Project Simulation The demand for large-scale dependable, systems, PROMISE Winter School 2012, Zinal, Switzerland, January 22nd International Workshop, PATMOS 2012, Newcastle upon 23-27, 2012, Revised Tutorial Lectures such as Air Traffic Management, industrial plants Tyne, UK, September 4-6, 2012, Revised Selected Papers and space systems, is attracting efforts of many The research domains information retrieval and word-leading European companies and SMEs in the This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the information visualization have always been indepen- area, and is expected to increase in the near future. 22nd International Conference on Integrated Circuit dent from each other. However, they have the poten- The adoption of Off-The-Shelf (OTS) items plays and System Design, PATMOS 2012, held in New- tial to be mutually beneficial. With this in mind, a a key role in such a scenario. OTS items allow mas- castle, UK Spain, in September 2012. The 25 revised writer school was organized in Zinal, Switzerland, in tering complexity and reducing costs and time-to- full papers presented were carefully reviewed and January 2012, within the context of the EU-funded market; however, achieving these goals by ensuring selected from numerous submissions. The paper fea- research project PROMISE (Participative Research dependability requirements at the same time is chal- ture emerging challenges in methodologies and tools Laboratory for Multimedia and Multilingual Infor- lenging. CRITICAL STEP project establishes a strate- for the design of upcoming generations of integrated mation Systems Evaluation). PROMISE aims at gic collaboration between academic and industrial circuits and systems, including reconfigurable hard- advancing the experimental evaluation of complex partners, and proposes a framework to support the ware such as FPGAs. The technical program focus multimedia and multilingual information systems development of dependable, OTS-based,[...] on timing, performance and power consumption as in order to support individuals, commercial entities, well as architectural aspects with particular emphasis and communities who design, develop, employ, and Features on modeling, design, characterization, analysis and improve such complex systems. The overall goal[...] The demand for large-scale dependable, systems, optimization. such as Air Traffic Management, industrial plants Features and space systems, is attracting efforts of many Features The research domains information retrieval and word-leading European companies and SMEs in the This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the information visualization have always been indepen- area, and is expected to increase in the near future. 22nd International Conference on Integrated Circuit dent from each other. However, they have the poten- The adoption of Off-The-Shelf (OTS) items plays a and System Design, PATMOS 2012, held in New- tial to be mutually beneficial. With this in mind, a key role in such a scenario. OTS items allow master- castle, UK Spain, in September 2012. The 25 revised writer school was organized in Zinal, Switzerland, in ing complexity and reducing costs and time-to-mar- full papers presented were carefully reviewed and January 2012, within the context of the EU-funded ket; however, [..] selected from numerous submissions. The paper fea- research project PROMISE (Participative Research ture emerging challenges in methodologies and tools Laboratory for Multimedia and Multilingual Infor- Contents for the design of upcoming generations of integrated mation [..] Introduction to basic concepts.- V&V in Safety Criti- circuits [..] cal Systems.- Fault Injection.- Security.- Monitoring Contents and Diagnosing. Contents Introduction to Information Visualisation.- Princi- Sleep-Transistor Based Power-Gating Tradeoff ples for Human-Centred Design of IR Interfaces.- Fields of interest Analyses.- Modelling and Analysis of Manufac- Human-Computer Interaction View on Information Performance and Reliability; Software Engineering / turing Variability Effects from Process to Archi- Retrieval.- User-Oriented Information Retrieval.- Programming and Operating Systems tectural Level.- Non-invasive Power Simulation User-Oriented Evaluation in IR.- Multimedia Infor- at System-Level with SystemC.- A Standard Cell Target groups mation Retrieval in a Social Context.- TREC-Style.- Optimization Method for Near-Threshold Voltage Research Visual Analytics and Information Retrieval.- An Operations.- An Extended Metastability Simulation Introduction to Crowdsourcing for Language and Method for Synchronizer Characterization.- Phase Multimedia Technology Research.- Medical (Visual) Type of publication Contributed volume Space Based NBTI Model.- Fast Propagation of Information Retrieval.- Is Visualization Usable for Hamming and Signal Distances for Register-Transfer Displaying Web Search Results in an Exploratory More on www.springer.com/978-88-470-2771-8 Level Datapaths.- Noise Margin Based Library Opti- Search Context?. Hardcover mization Considering Variability in Sub-threshold.- 2013. VIII, 215 p. 49 illus. TCP Window Based[...] Fields of interest $109.00 Information Storage and Retrieval; Information Sys- ISBN 978-88-470-2771-8 Fields of interest tems Applications (incl.Internet); User Interfaces System Performance and Evaluation; Simulation and Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. and Human Computer Interaction; Multimedia Modeling; Computer Communication Networks; Information Systems; Media Design Register-Transfer-Level Implementation; Logic Design; Programming Languages, Compilers, Inter- Target groups preters Research Target groups Type of publication Professional/practitioner Proceedings More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36414-3 Type of publication Proceedings Softcover 2013. X, 177 p. 89 illus. (Information Systems and Appli- More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36156-2 cations, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI, Vol. 7757) Softcover $72.00 2013. X, 258 p. 150 illus. 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W. Cirne, Google, Mountain View, CA, USA; N. Desai, Argonne A. Fred, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal; J.L.G. Dietz, Uni- K. Lodaya, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India National Laboratory, IL, USA; E. Frachtenberg, Facebook Inc., versity of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands; K. Liu, University (Ed.) Menlo Park, CA, USA; U. Schwiegelshohn, Technische Universität of Reading, UK; J. Filipe, INSTICC and Instituto Politécnico de Dortmund, Germany (Eds.) Setúbal, Portugal (Eds.) Logic and Its Applications

Job Scheduling Strategies for Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge 5th International Conference, ICLA 2013, Chennai, India, Janu- Parallel Processing Engineering and Knowledge ary 10-12, 2013, Proceedings Edited in collaboration with FoLLI, the Association 16th International Workshop, JSSPP 2012, Shanghai, China, Management May 25, 2012. Revised Selected Papers of Logic, Language and Information, this book con- Second International Joint Conference, IC3K 2010, Valencia, stitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th Indian This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed pro- Spain, October 25-28, 2010, Revised Selected Papers Conference on Logic and Its Applications, ICLA ceedings of the 16th International Workshop on 2013, held in Chennai, India, in January 2013. The This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing, 15 revised full papers presented together with 7 conference proceedings of the Second International JSSPP 2012, which was held in Shanghai, China, in invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowl- May 2012. The 14 revised papers presented were from numerous submissions. The papers cover the edge Engineering, and Knowledge Management, carefully reviewed and selected from 24 submis- topics related to pure and applied logic, foundations IC3K 2010, held in Valencia, Spain, in October 2010. sions. The papers cover the following topics: parallel and philosophy of mathematics and the sciences, set This book includes revised and extended versions batch scheduling; workload analysis and modeling; theory, model theory, proof theory, areas of theoreti- of a strict selection of the best papers presented resource management system software studies; and cal computer science, artificial intelligence and other at the conference; 26 revised full papers together Web scheduling. disciplines which are of direct interest to mathemati- with 2 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and cal and philosophical logic. Features selected from 369 submissions. According to the This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed pro- three covered conferences KDIR 2010, KEOD 2010, Features ceedings of the 16th International Workshop on and KMIS 2010, the papers are organized in topical This book collects the refereed proceedings of the Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing, sections on knowledge discovery and information 5th Indian Conference on Logic and Its Applications, JSSPP 2012, which was held in Shanghai, China, in retrieval, knowledge engineering and ontology[...] ICLA 2013, held in Chennai, India, in January 2013. May 2012. The 14 revised papers presented were The 15 revised full papers presented together with Features carefully reviewed and selected from 24 submis- 7 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- sions. The papers cover the following topics: parallel from 35 submissions. The papers cover the topics conference proceedings of the Second International batch scheduling; workload analysis and modeling; related to pure and applied logic, foundations and Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowl- resource [..] philosophy of mathematics and the sciences, set [..] edge Engineering, and Knowledge Management, Contents IC3K 2010, held in Valencia, Spain, in October 2010. Contents Parallel batch scheduling.- Workload analysis and This book includes revised and extended versions Invited Papers.- Constructive Decision Theory modeling.- Resource management system software of a strict selection of the best papers presented at (Extended Abstract).- Bisimulation and Coverings studies.- Web scheduling. the conference; 26 revised full papers together with 2 for Graphs and Hypergraphs.- Forcing Axioms, invited [..] Finite Conditions and Some More.- A Note on Fields of interest Axiomatisations of Two-Dimensional Modal Log- Fields of interest Software Engineering; Operating Systems; Computer ics.- The Birth of Proof: Modality and Deductive Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Communication Networks; Algorithm Analysis and Reasoning.- Indiscrete Models: Model Building and Computer Communication Networks; Information Problem Complexity; Software Engineering / Pro- Model Checking over Linear Time.- Probabilistic Storage and Retrieval; Software Engineering; User gramming and Operating Systems; Simulation and IF Logic.- Contributed Papers.- Tableaux-Based Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Data Modeling Decision Method for Single-Agent Linear Time.- Mining and Knowledge Discovery Synchronous Temporal Epistemic Logics with Inter- Target groups acting Time and Knowledge.- Agent-Time Epis- Research Target groups Research temics and Coordination.- Dynamic[...] Type of publication Fields of interest Proceedings Type of publication Proceedings Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages; Logics More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35866-1 and Meanings of Programs; Artificial Intelligence More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-29763-2 (incl. 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C.C. Aggarwal, IBM, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA (Ed.) A. Kucera, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; Th.A. Hen- H. Greenspan, Tel Aviv University, Israel; H. Müller, University of zinger, Institute of Science and Technology, Klosterneuburg, Applies Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Switzerland; T. Austria; J. Nesetril, Charles University in Prague, Czech Repub- Syeda-Mahmood, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA, Managing and Mining Sensor Data lic; T. Vojnar, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic; D. USA (Eds.) Antos, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (Eds.)

Advances in hardware technology have lead to an Medical Content-Based Retrieval ability to collect data with the use of a variety of sen- Mathematical and Engineering for Clinical Decision Support sor technologies. In particular sensor notes have Methods in Computer Science become cheaper and more efficient, and have even Third MICCAI International Workshop, MCBR-CDS 2012, Nice, been integrated into day-to-day devices of use, such 8th International Doctoral Workshop, MEMICS 2012, Znojmo, France, October 1st, 2012, Revised Selected Papers as mobile phones. This has lead to a much larger Czech Republic, October 25-28, 2012, Revised Selected Papers scale of applicability and mining of sensor data sets. This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of This volume contains the post-proceedings of the 8th The human-centric aspect of sensor data has cre- the Third MICCAI Workshop on Medical Con- Doctoral Workshop on Mathematical and Engineer- ated tremendous opportunities in integrating social tent-Based Retrieval for Clinical Decision Support, ing Methods in Computer Science, MEMICS 2012, aspects of sensor data collection into the mining MCBR-CBS 2012, held in Nice, France, in October held in Znojmo, Czech Republic, in October, 2012. process. Managing and Mining Sensor Data is a con- 2012. The 10 revised full papers presented together The 13 thoroughly revised papers were carefully tributed volume by prominent leaders in this field, with 2 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected out of 31 submissions and are presented targeting advanced-level students in computer sci- selected from 15 submissions. The papers are divided together with 6 invited papers. The topics covered ence as a secondary text book or[...] on several topics on image analysis of visual or mul- by the papers include: computer-aided analysis and timodal medical data (X-ray, MRI, CT, echo videos, Features verification, applications of game theory in computer time series data), machine learning of disease corre- Advances in hardware technology have lead to an science, networks and security, modern trends of lations in visual or multimodal data, algorithms for ability to collect data with the use of a variety of sen- graph theory in computer science, electronic systems indexing and retrieval of data from visual or multi- sor technologies. In particular sensor notes have design and testing, and quantum information pro- modal medical databases, disease model-building become cheaper and more efficient, and have even cessing. and clinical decision support systems[...] been integrated into day-to-day devices of use, such Features as mobile phones. This has lead to a much larger Features This volume contains the post-proceedings of the 8th scale of applicability and mining of sensor data sets. This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of Doctoral Workshop on Mathematical and Engineer- The human-centric aspect of sensor data [..] the Third MICCAI Workshop on Medical Con- ing Methods in Computer Science, MEMICS 2012, tent-Based Retrieval for Clinical Decision Support, Contents held in Znojmo, Czech Republic, in October, 2012. MCBR-CBS 2012, held in Nice, France, in October An Introduction to Sensor Data Analytics.- A The 13 thoroughly revised papers were carefully 2012.The 10 revised full papers presented together Survey of Model-based Sensor Data Acquisition selected out of 31 submissions and are presented with 2 invited talks were carefully reviewed and and Management.- Query Processing in Wire- together with 6 invited papers. The topics covered by selected from 15 submissions. The papers are divided less Sensor Networks.- Event Processing in Sensor the papers include: computer-aided analysis and ver- on several topics on image analysis of visual or mul- Streams.- Dimensionality Reduction and Filtering ification, [..] timodal [..] on Time Series Sensor Streams.- Mining Sensor Data Contents Streams.- Real-Time Data Analytics in Sensor Net- Fields of interest BDD-Based Software Model Checking with works.- Distributed Data Mining in Sensor Net- Information Storage and Retrieval; Information Sys- CPAchecker.- Security for Cyber-Physical Systems.- works.- Social Sensing.- Sensing for Mobile Objects.- tems Applications (incl.Internet); Pattern Recogni- Quantum Secret Sharing with Graph States.- Test- A Survey of RFID Data Processing.- The Internet tion; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery; Image ing Embedded Memories: A Survey.- Quicksort of Things: A Survey from the Data-Centric Perspec- Processing and Computer Vision; Management of and Large Deviations.- Recent Results on Howard’s tive.- Data Mining for Sensor Bug Diagnosis.- Min- Computing and Information Systems Algorithm.- Advantage of Quantum Strategies in ing of Sensor Data[...] Random Symmetric XOR Games.- Verification Target groups Fields of interest of Liveness Properties on Closed Timed-Arc Petri Research Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery; Database Nets.- Fast Algorithm for Rank-Width.- Determi- Type of publication Management; Information Storage and Retrieval; nacy in Stochastic Games with Unbounded Payoff Proceedings Computer Communication Networks; Information Functions.- Strategy Complexity of Finite-Horizon Systems Applications (incl.Internet) Markov Decision Processes and Simple Stochastic More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36677-2 Games.- Controllable-Choice[...] Softcover Target groups 2013. 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S. Abdel Hamid, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada; H.S. S. Qadeer, Mircosoft Research, Remond, WA, USA; S. Tasiran, Koc P. van Emde Boas, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Hassanein, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada; G. Taka- University, Istanbul, Turkey (Eds.) F.C.A. Groen, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; G.F. Ital- hara, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada iano, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy; J. Nawrocki, Poznan University of Technology, Poland; H. Sack, Hasso Plattner Insti- Runtime Verification tute, Potsdam, Germany (Eds.) Routing for Wireless Multi-Hop Third International Conference, RV 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, Networks September 25-28, 2012, Revised Selected Papers SOFSEM 2013: Theory and Practice

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- of Computer Science The focus of this brief is to identify what unifies and conference proceedings of the Third International what distinguishes the routing functions in four 39th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory Conference on Runtime Verification, RV 2012, wireless multi-hop network paradigms. The brief and Practice of Computer Science, Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech held in Istanbul, Turkey, in September 2012. The 25 Republic, January 26-31, 2013, Proceedings introduces a generic routing model that can be used revised full papers presented together with 3 invited as a foundation of wireless multi-hop routing pro- papers and 2 tutorials were carefully reviewed and This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the tocol analysis and design. It demonstrates that such- selected from 50 submissions. 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Security Protocols XVII 19th International Conference, SAC 2012, Windsor, Canada, Evaluation and Benchmarking August 15-16, 2012, Revised Selected Papers 17th International Workshop, Cambridge, UK, April 1-3, 2009. 4th TPC Technology Conference, TPCTC 2012, Istanbul, Revised Selected Papers This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- Turkey, August 27, 2012, Revised Selected Papers conference proceedings of the 19th International This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- Conference on Selected Areas in Cryptography, the 4th TPC Technology Conference, TPCTC 2012, proceedings of the 17th International Workshop SAC 2012, held in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, in held in Istanbul, Turkey, in August 2012. It contains on Security Protocols, SP 2009, held in Cambridge, August 2012. The 24 papers presented were carefully 10 selected peer-reviewed papers, 2 invited talks, a UK, in April 2009. The 17 revised full papers pre- reviewed and selected from 87 submissions. They are report from the TPC Public Relations Committee, sented together with edited transcriptions of some organized in topical sections named: cryptanalysis, and a report from the workshop on Big Data Bench- of the discussions following the presentations have digital signatures, stream ciphers, implementations, marking, WBDB 2012. The papers present novel gone through multiple rounds of reviewing, revi- block cipher cryptanalysis, lattices, hashfunctions, ideas and methodologies in performance evaluation, sion, and selection. The theme of this workshop was blockcipher constructions, and miscellaneous. "Brief Encounters". In the old days, security proto- measurement, and characterization. cols were typically run first as preliminaries to, and Features Features later to maintain, relatively stable continuing rela- This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of tionships between relatively unchanging individual conference proceedings of the 19th International the 4th TPC Technology Conference, TPCTC 2012, entities. Pervasive computing, e-bay and second life Conference on Selected Areas in Cryptography, held in Istanbul, Turkey, in August 2012. It contains have shifted the ground: we now[...] SAC 2012, held in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, in 10 selected peer-reviewed papers, 2 invited talks, a August 2012.The 24 papers presented were carefully report from the TPC Public Relations Committee, Features reviewed and selected from 87 submissions. They are and a report from the workshop on Big Data Bench- This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- organized in topical sections named: cryptanalysis, marking, WBDB 2012. The papers present novel proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on digital signatures, stream ciphers, implementations, ideas and methodologies in performance evaluation, Security Protocols, SP 2009, held in Cambridge, UK, block [..] in April 2009. The 17 revised full papers presented [..] together with edited transcriptions of some of the Contents Contents discussions following the presentations have gone Cryptanalysis.- An All-In-One Approach to Dif- TPC Benchmark Roadmap 2012.- Incorporating through multiple rounds of reviewing, revision, and ferential Cryptanalysis for Small Block Ciphers.- A Recovery from Failures into a Data Integration selection. The theme of this workshop was "Brief [..] New Method for Solving Polynomial Systems with Benchmark.- Two Firsts for the TPC: A Benchmark Noise over F2 and Its Applications in Cold Boot Key to Characterize Databases Virtualized in the Cloud, Contents Recovery.- Cryptanalysis of the Xiao – Lai White- and a Publicly-Available, Complete End-to-End Ref- Evolutionary design of attack strategies.- Below the Box AES Implementation.- Digital Signatures A erence Kit.- Adding a Temporal Dimension to the salt.- Attacking each other.- Bringing zero-knowl- Practical Leakage-Resilient Signature Scheme in TPC-H Benchmark.- Performance Per Watt - Bench- edge proofs of knowledge to practice.- Towards the Generic Group Model.- Forward Secure Signa- marking Ways to Get More for Less.- Revisiting ETL a verified reference implementation of a trusted tures on Smart Cards.- The Stafford Tavares Lec- Benchmarking: The Case for Hybrid Flows.- MulTe: platform module.- Pretty good democracy.- Brief ture Extracts from the SHA-3 Competition.- Stream A Multi-Tenancy Database Benchmark Framework.- encounters with a random key graph.- Why I'm not Ciphers Cryptanalysis of the “Kindle” Cipher.- BDMS Performance Evaluation: Practices, Pitfalls, an entropist.- A novel stateless authentication proto- Cryptographically Strong de Bruijn Sequences with and Possibilities.- Data Historians in the Data Man- col.- Establishing distributed hidden friendship rela- Large[...] tions.- The final word. agement[...] Fields of interest Fields of interest Fields of interest Data Encryption; Systems and Data Security; Algo- System Performance and Evaluation; Database Man- Data Encryption; Computer Communication Net- rithm Analysis and Problem Complexity; Computer agement; Software Engineering; Computer Appl. in works; Management of Computing and Information Communication Networks; Information Systems Administrative Data Processing Systems; Systems and Data Security; Information Applications (incl.Internet) Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Legal Aspects Target groups of Computing Target groups Research Research Target groups Type of publication Professional/practitioner Type of publication Proceedings Proceedings Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36726-7 Proceedings More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35998-9 Softcover Softcover More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36212-5 2013. 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Revised Selected Papers Development This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- proceedings of the 5th International Conference 5th International Conference, SWQD 2013, Vienna, Austria, conference proceedings of the 5th International on Software Language Engineering, SLE 2012, held January 15-17, 2013, Proceedings Conference on Software and Data Technologies, in Dresden, Germany, in September 2012. The 17 ICSOFT 2010, held in Athens, Greece, in July 2010. papers presented together with 2 tool demonstra- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of The 30 revised full papers presented together with 1 tion papers were carefully reviewed and selected the 5th Software Quality Days Conference (SWQD) invited lecture were carefully reviewed and selected from 62 submissions. SLE’s foremost mission is to held in Vienna, Austria, in January 2013. This pro- from a total of 410 submissions in two rounds of encourage and organize communication between fessional symposium and conference offers a range reviewing and improvement. The papers cover a communities that have traditionally looked at soft- of comprehensive and valuable opportunities for wide range of topics and are organized in four gen- ware languages from different, more specialized, and advanced professional training, new ideas, and net- eral topical sections on healthinf, biodevices, biosig- yet complementary perspectives. SLE emphasizes the working with a series of keynote speeches, profes- nals, and bioinformatics. fundamental notion of languages as opposed to any sional lectures, exhibits, and tutorials. The seven realization in specific technical spaces. scientific full papers accepted for SWQD were Features each peer-reviewed by three or more reviewers and This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- Features selected out of 18 high-quality submissions. Fur- conference proceedings of the 5th International This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- ther, two keynotes and six short papers on promising Conference on Software and Data Technologies, proceedings of the 5th International Conference research directions were also presented and included ICSOFT 2010, held in Athens, Greece, in July 2010. on Software Language Engineering, SLE 2012, held in order to spark discussions between[...] The 30 revised full papers presented together with 1 in Dresden, Germany, in September 2012. The 17 invited lecture were carefully reviewed and selected papers presented together with 2 tool demonstration Features from a total of 410 submissions in two rounds of papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 62 This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of reviewing and improvement. The papers cover a submissions. 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E. Dawson, Queensland University of Technology, QLD, Australia M. Gavrilova, University of Calgary, AB, Canada; C.J.K. Tan, Exas- J.F. Peters, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; A. (Ed.) cala Ltd., Birmingham, UK (Eds.) Skowron, University of Warsaw, Poland; S. Ramanna, University of Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Z. Suraj, University of Rzeszow, Poland; X. Wang, University of Calgary, AB, Canada (Eds.) Topics in Cryptology - CT- RSA 2013 Transactions on Computational

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the The LNCS journal Transactions on Computational The LNCS journal Transactions on Rough Sets is Cryptographers' Track at the RSA Conference 2013, Science reflects recent developments in the field of devoted to the entire spectrum of rough sets related CT-RSA 2013, held in San Francisco, CA, USA, in Computational Science, conceiving the field not as issues, from logical and mathematical foundations, February/March 2013. The 25 revised full papers a mere ancillary science but rather as an innovative through all aspects of rough set theory and its appli- presented were carefully reviewed and selected from approach supporting many other scientific disci- cations, such as data mining, knowledge discovery, 89 submissions. The papers are grouped into topical plines. 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Y. Yuan, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, D. Maharry R. Schumacker, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; S. China; X. Wu, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunica- Tomek, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA tions, China; Y. Lu, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommuni- cations, China (Eds.) TypeScript Revealed Understanding Statistics Using R

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B. Wolff, Université de Paris-Sud, France; M.-C. Gaudel, Université D. Rosenberg, M. Stephens M. Haindl, Institute of Information Theory and Automation, de Paris-Sud, France; A. Feliachi, Université de Paris-Sud, France Prague, Czech Republic; J. Filip, Institute of Information Theory (Eds.) and Automation, Prague, Czech Republic Use Case Driven Object Modeling Unifying Theories of Programming with UMLTheory and Practice Visual Texture

4th International Symposium, UTP 2012, Paris, France, August Accurate Material Appearance Measurement, Representation 27-28, 2012, Revised Selected Papers Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML: The- and Modeling ory and Practice shows how to drive an object-ori- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the ented software design from use case all the way This book surveys the state of the art in multidimen- 4th International Symposium on Unifying Theories through coding and testing, based on the minimal- sional, physically-correct visual texture modeling. of Programming, UTP 2012, held in Paris, France, in ist, UML-based ICONIX process. In addition to a Features: reviews the entire process of texture syn- August 2012, co-located with the 18th International comprehensive explanation of the foundations of the thesis, including material appearance representa- Symposium on Formal Methods, FM 2012. 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S.K. Ghosh, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, J. Cordeiro, INSTICC, Setúbal, Portugal; K.-H. Krempels, RWTH P. Demeester, Ghent University, Belgium; I. Moerman, Ghent Uni- India; T. Tokuyama, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Eds.) Aachen University, Germany (Eds.) versity, Belgium; A. Terzis, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA (Eds.) 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The 29 full papers presented gies, WEBIST 2012, held in Porto, Portugal, in April carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submissions. were carefully reviewed and selected from 86 sub- 2012, and organized by the Institute for Systems and The papers cover a wide range of topics in the fol- missions. The papers are organized in topical sec- Technologies of Information, Control and Commu- lowing areas: experimentation and data access; data tions on computational geometry, approximation nication (INSTICC), in collaboration with ACM management; network algorithms and protocols; and and randomized algorithms, parallel and distrib- SIGMIS.The 23 papers presented in this book were physical layer and hardware aspects. uted computing, graph algorithms, complexity and carefully reviewed and selected from 184 submis- bounds, and graph drawing. sions. The papers were selected from those with the Features best reviews also taking into account the quality of This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Features their presentation at the conference. The papers are 10th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Net- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of grouped into parts on Internet Technology; Web works, EWSN 2013, held in Ghent, Belgium, in Feb- the 7th International Workshop on Algorithms and Interfaces and Applications; Society, e-Business,[...] ruary 2013. The 12 revised full papers presented were Computation, WALCOM 2013, held in Kharagpur, carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submissions. India, in February 2013. The 29 full papers presented Features The papers cover a wide range of topics in the fol- were carefully reviewed and selected from 86 sub- This book contains the thoroughly refereed and lowing areas: experimentation and data access; data missions. The papers are organized in topical sec- revised best papers from the 8th International Con- management; network algorithms and protocols; and tions on computational geometry, approximation ference on Web Information Systems and Technolo- [..] and randomized algorithms, parallel and distributed gies, WEBIST 2012, held in Porto, Portugal, in April computing, graph [..] 2012, and organized by the Institute for Systems and Contents Technologies of Information, Control and Commu- On Assessing the Accuracy of Positioning Systems in Contents nication (INSTICC), in collaboration with ACM Indoor Environments.- TrainSense: A Novel Infras- Computational Geometry.- Approximation and SIGMIS.The 23 papers presented in this book were tructure to Support Mobility in Wireless Sensor Randomized Algorithms.- Parallel and Distributed carefully [..] Networks.- Access Control in Multi-party Wire- Computing.- Graph Algorithms.- Complexity and less Sensor Networks.- HybridStore: An Efficient Bounds.- Graph Drawing. Contents Data Management System for Hybrid Flash-Based Part I: Internet Technology.- Part II: Web Interfaces Sensor Devices.- Annotating Real-World Objects Fields of interest and Applications.- Part III: Society, e-Business and Using Semantic Entities.- Data-Aware, Resource- Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity; Dis- e-Government.- Part IV: Web Intelligence.- Part V: Aware, Lossless Compression for Sensor Networks.- crete Mathematics in Computer Science; Mathemati- Mobile Information Systems. cal Applications in Computer Science; Symbolic and BLITZ: Wireless Link Quality Estimation in the Algebraic Manipulation; Computer Graphics; Algo- Fields of interest Dark.- Understanding Link Dynamics in Wireless rithms Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Sensor Networks with Dynamically Steerable Direc- Business Information Systems; e-commerce / e-busi- tional Antennas.-[...] Target groups ness; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interac- Fields of interest Research tion; Software Engineering Computer Communication Networks; Special Pur- Type of publication Target groups pose and Application-Based Systems; System Per- Proceedings Research formance and Evaluation; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36064-0 Type of publication Softcover Proceedings Target groups 2013. 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D.G. Zeitoun, Ecole Superieure de Gestion, Paris, France; E. Wak- Dentistry Earth Sciences shal, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Land Subsidence Analysis in Urban T. Eliades, University of Zurich, Switzerland (Ed.) M. Kühn, GFZ German Research, Potsdam, Germany; U. Münch, Koordinierungsbüro Geotechnologien, Potsdam, Germany (Eds.) Areas Research Methods in Orthodontics The Bangkok Metropolitan Area Case Study CLEAN A Guide to Understanding Orthodontic Research Cities built on unconsolidated sediments consist- CO2 Large-Scale Enhanced Gas Recovery in the Altmark Nat- ing of clays, silt, peat, and sand, are particularly sus- The orthodontic literature includes many articles on ural Gas Field - GEOTECHNOLOGIEN Science Report No. 19 ceptible to subsidence. Such regions are common basic science and engineering research techniques, in delta areas, where rivers empty into the oceans, but clinicians are typically unfamiliar with the prin- The project CLEAN (CO2 Large-Scale Enhanced Gas along flood plains adjacent to rivers, and in coastal ciples underlying these techniques and may also lack Recovery in the Altmark Natural Gas Field) provides marsh lands. Building cities in such areas aggravates the background knowledge required for a full appre- site specific knowledge for a potential future pilot the problem for several reasons:1. Construction ciation of their role. This book comprehensively project. This contributed volume gives an overview of buildings and streets adds weight to the region reviews a wide array of the research methods most and final results of the entire project which is final- causing additional soil deformations. 2. Often the frequently encountered in the literature, encompass- ized to the end of 2012. regions have to be drained in order to be occupied. ing the areas of materials science and clinical and This results in lowering of the water table and leads Features biological research. The various methods and tech- to hydro-compaction.3. Often the groundwater is The project CLEAN (CO2 Large-Scale Enhanced Gas niques are carefully described, and their indications used as a source of water for both human consump- Recovery in the Altmark Natural Gas Field) provides and limitations are explained. All of the information tion and industrial[...] site specific knowledge for a potential future pilot is up to date, reflecting latest developments in the project. This contributed volume gives an overview field. For practicing[...] Features and final results of the entire project which is final- Cities built on unconsolidated sediments consist- Features ized to the end of 2012. ing of clays, silt, peat, and sand, are particularly sus- The orthodontic literature includes many articles on ceptible to subsidence. Such regions are common Contents basic science and engineering research techniques, in delta areas, where rivers empty into the oceans, 1.Introduction to the joint research project CLEAN: but clinicians are typically unfamiliar with the prin- along flood plains adjacent to rivers, and in coastal CO2 Large-scale Enhanced gas recovery in the Alt- ciples underlying these techniques and may also lack marsh lands. Building cities in such areas aggravates mark Natural gas fields.- 2. Technical Aspects of the background knowledge required for a full appre- the problem for several reasons:1. Construction of CO2 Injection.- 3.Well Integrity.- 4. Evaluation of ciation of their role. This book comprehensively buildings and streets adds weight to [..] Geo-Processes.- 5. Reservoir and Cap Rock Monitor- reviews a wide array of the research methods most ing.- 6. Environmental and Process Monitoring.- 7. frequently encountered in the literature, [..] Contents Theoretical test case of the injection of 100,000 t of Introduction.- The subsidence phenomenon Contents CO2 into the Altmark depleted gas field.- 8. Public throughout the world.- Mechanical modeling of Orthodontic materials: An overview of research Outreach. porous media.- Fundamentals of teh consolida- on orthodontic alloys and ceramics.- Research on tion theory for soils.- Biot's theory of consolida- Fields of interest orthodontic polymers.- Assessment of biological tion.- The numerical solution of the Biot equations.- Geology; Energy Technology; Sustainable Develop- action of materials: biocompatibility testing proto- General software.- A case study: the Bangkok ment; Analytical Chemistry; Simulation and Model- cols. Computers in orthodontic research: Comput- plain.- Conclusions.- Index ing ers in orthodontic research. Clinical orthodontic Fields of interest research: Clinical research and epidemiological stud- Target groups Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; ies.- Meta-analysis and bias in clinical research.- Key Research issues in designing epidemiologic and clinical studies Hydrogeology; Geoengineering, Foundations, in orthodontics. Biological research in orthodontics: Type of publication Hydraulics; Software Engineering; Landscape, Tooth movement and craniofacial growth: evolution Monograph Regional and Urban Planning; Geophysics and Envi- of study models. ronmental Physics More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-31676-0 Fields of interest Hardcover Target groups Dentistry; Biomedicine (general) 2013. X, 199 p. 119 illus., 16 in color. (Advanced Tech- Graduate nologies in Earth Sciences) Target groups $129.00 Type of publication Professional/practitioner ISBN 978-3-642-31676-0 Monograph More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5505-5 Type of publication Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Professional book Hardcover 2013. XVIII, 307 p. 113 illus., 14 in color. (Springer Envi- More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-31376-9 ronmental Science and Engineering) Hardcover $129.00 2013. XVIII, 211 p. 63 illus., 43 in color. ISBN 978-94-007-5505-5 $159.00 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. ISBN 978-3-642-31376-9 Due: February 28, 2013 46 Economics springer.com

A. Schmidt, University of Leeds, UK K.N. van Dalen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Economics Modelling Tropospheric Volcanic Multi-Component Acoustic

Aerosol Characterization of Porous Media M.-A. Aufaure, Ecole Centrale Paris, France; E. Zimányi, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels Belgium (Eds.) From Aerosol Microphysical Processes to Earth System Impacts The feasibility to extract porous medium parame- ters from acoustic recordings is investigated. The Business Intelligence Anja Schmidt's thesis is a unique and comprehen- thesis gives an excellent discussion of our basic sive evaluation of the impacts of tropospheric vol- understanding of different wave modes, using a full- Second European Summer School, eBISS 2012, Brussels, Bel- gium, July 15-21, 2012, Tutorial Lectures canic aerosol on the atmosphere, climate, air quality waveform and multi-component approach. Focus and human health. Using a state-of-the-art global lies on the dependency on porosity and permeabil- microphysics model, the thesis describes and quan- To large organizations, business intelligence (BI) ity where especially the latter is difficult to estimate. promises the capability of collecting and analyzing tifies the impact of volcanic sulphur emissions on In this thesis, this sensitivity is shown for inter- global aerosol, clouds and the radiative forcing of internal and external data to generate knowledge face-wave and reflected-wave modes. For each of and value, thus providing decision support at the climate. The advanced model enables the first ever the pseudo-Rayleigh and pseudo-Stoneley interface estimate of the impact of the emissions on aerosol strategic, tactical, and operational levels. BI is now waves unique estimates for permeability and poros- impacted by the “Big Data” phenomena and the evo- microphysical properties such as particle number ity can be obtained when impedance and attenuation concentrations and sizes, and therefore a consider- lution of society and users. In particular, BI appli- are combined. The pseudo-Stoneley wave is most cations must cope with additional heterogeneous ably improved ability to quantify the climate and air sensitive to permeability: both the impedance[...] quality effects. There are several important discover- (often Web-based) sources, e.g., from social net- works, blogs, competitors’, suppliers’, or distribu- ies in this thesis. Firstly, it[...] Features tors’ data, governmental or NGO-based analysis and The feasibility to extract porous medium parame- papers, or from research publications. In addition, Features ters from acoustic recordings is investigated. The they must be able to provide their results also on Anja Schmidt's thesis is a unique and comprehensive thesis gives an excellent discussion of our basic mobile devices, taking into account[...] evaluation of the impacts of tropospheric volcanic understanding of different wavemodes, using a full- aerosol on the atmosphere, climate, air quality and waveform and multi-component approach. Focus human health. Using a state-of-the-art global micro- Features lies on the dependency on porosity and permeability To large organizations, business intelligence (BI) physics model, the thesis describes and quantifies where especially the latter is difficult to estimate. In the impact of volcanic sulphur emissions on global promises the capability of collecting and analyzing this thesis, this sensitivity is shown for interface and internal and external data to generate knowledge aerosol, clouds and the radiative forcing of climate. [..] The advanced model enables the first ever estimate and value, thus providing decision support at the strategic, tactical, and operational levels. BI is now [..] Contents impacted by the “Big Data” phenomena and the evo- Governing equations for wave propagation in a lution of society and users. In particular, BI applica- Contents fluid-saturated porous medium.- Green’s tensors tions must cope with additional heterogeneous [..] Motivation and background.- GLOMAP-mode for wave propagation in a fluid-saturated porous overview.- The role of time-averaged volcanic sul- medium.- On wavemodes at the interface of a fluid phur emissions in the pre-industrial Era.- Impact of Contents and a fluid-saturated poroelastic solid.- Pseudo Managing Complex Multidimensional Data.- the 1783–1784AD Laki eruption on global aerosol interface waves observed at the fluid/porous- formation processes and cloud condensation nuclei.- An Introduction to Business Process Modeling.- medium interface. A comparison of two methods.- Machine Learning Strategies for Time Series Fore- Impact of the 1783–1784 AD Laki eruption on cloud Impedance and ellipticity of fluid/elastic-solid inter- drop number concentrations and the first aerosol casting.- Knowledge Discovery from Constrained face waves: medium characterization and simul- Relational Data: A Tutorial on Markov Logic Net- indirect effect.- What if a Laki-style eruption were to taneous displacement - pressure measurements.- happen tomorrow?. works.- Large Graph Mining: Recent Developments, Impedance and ellipticity of fluid/porous-medium Challenges and Potential Solutions.- Big Data Ana- interface waves: medium characterization and simul- Fields of interest lytics on Modern Hardware Architectures: A Tech- taneous[...] Natural Hazards; Earth System Sciences; Atmos- nology Survey.- An Introduction to Multicriteria Decision Aid: The PROMETHEE and GAIA Meth- pheric Sciences; Environmental Health; Atmospheric Fields of interest ods.- Knowledge Harvesting for Business Intelli- Protection / Air Quality Control / Air Pollution Geophysics / Geodesy; Acoustics; Geotechnical gence.- Business Semantics as an Interface between Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Applica- Target groups Enterprise Information[...] tions of Mathematics; Geoengineering, Foundations, Research Hydraulics Fields of interest Type of publication Business Information Systems; Computer Appl. in Target groups Monograph Administrative Data Processing; Database Manage- Research ment; Information Storage and Retrieval; Discrete More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34838-9 Type of publication Mathematics in Computer Science; Probability and Hardcover Monograph Statistics in Computer Science 2013. XV, 145 p. 44 illus., 41 in color. (Springer Theses) $129.00 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34844-0 Target groups ISBN 978-3-642-34838-9 Hardcover Research Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 2013. XIX, 170 p. 55 illus., 17 in color. (Springer Theses) Type of publication $129.00 Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook ISBN 978-3-642-34844-0 Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36317-7 Softcover 2013. X, 235 p. 83 illus. (Lecture Notes in Business Infor- mation Processing, Vol. 138) $72.00 ISBN 978-3-642-36317-7 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. springer.com Economics 47

E. Fernández Vázquez, University of Oviedo, Spain; F. Rubiera S.O. Idowu, London Metropolitan University, UK; N. Capaldi, Loy- F.A. Rabhi, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Aus- Morollón, University of Oviedo, Spain (Eds.) ola University New Orleans, LA, USA; L. Zu, International Labor tralia; P. Gomber, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany (Eds.) Organization, Turin, Italy; A. Das Gupta, Indian Institute of Planta- tion Management, Bangalore, India (Eds.) Defining the Spatial Scale in Enterprise Applications and Modern Regional Analysis Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Services in the Finance Industry New Challenges from Data at Local Level Responsibility 6th International Workshop, FinanceCom 2012, Barcelona, Spain, June 10, 2012, Revised Papers This book explores different approaches to defin- ing the concept of region depending on the spe- The role of Corporate Social Responsibility in the This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th cific question that needs to be answered. While the business world has developed from a fig leaf mar- International Workshop on Enterprise Applications typical administrative spatial data division fits cer- keting front into an important aspect of corporate and Services in the Finance Industry, FinanceCom tain research questions well, in many cases, defining behavior over the past several years. Sustainable 2012, held in Barcelona, Spain, on June 10, 2012.The regions in a different way is fundamental in order to strategies are valued, desired and deployed more workshop spans multiple disciplines, including tech- obtain significant empirical evidence. The book is and more by relevant players in many industries all nical, service, economic, sociological, and behav- divided into three parts: The first part is dedicated to over the world. Both research and corporate prac- ioral sciences. It reflects on technologically enabled a methodological discussion of the concept of region tice therefore see CSR as a guiding principle for opportunities, implications, and changes due to and the different potential approaches from different business success.The “Encyclopedia of Corporate the introduction of new business models or regula- perspectives. The problem of having sufficient infor- Social Responsibility” has been conceived to assist tions related to the financial services industry and mation to define different regional units is always researchers and practitioners to align business and the financial markets. The seven papers presented present. This justifies the second part of the book, societal objectives. All actors in the field will find were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous which focuses[...] reliable and up to date definitions and explanations submissions. The topics covered are: news and text of the key terms of CSR in this[...] analysis; algorithmic and[...] Features This book explores different approaches to defin- Features Features ing the concept of region depending on the spe- The role of Corporate Social Responsibility in the This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th cific question that needs to be answered. While the business world has developed from a fig leaf mar- International Workshop on Enterprise Applications typical administrative spatial data division fits cer- keting front into an important aspect of corporate and Services in the Finance Industry, FinanceCom tain research questions well, in many cases, defining behavior over the past several years. Sustainable 2012, held in Barcelona, Spain, on June 10, 2012.The regions in a different way is fundamental in order to strategies are valued, desired and deployed more workshop spans multiple disciplines, including tech- obtain significant empirical evidence. The book is and more by relevant players in many industries all nical, service, economic, sociological, and behav- divided into three parts: The first part is dedicated over the world. Both research and corporate practice ioral sciences. It reflects on technologically enabled [..] therefore see CSR as a guiding principle for business opportunities, implications, and changes due to [..] [..] Contents Contents Preface.- Part I: Building Economic Areas from Local Contents Part I: News and Text Analysis.- Part II: Algorithmic Data.- Part II: Estimation of Spatial Desaggregated AA1000.- Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) and High Frequency Trading.- Part III: Technology Data.- Part III: Applications of Spatial Analysis with ACCA.- Accountability.- AccountAbility.- Acid Role and Impact. Small Area Observations. Rain.- Acidification.- Adam Smith - The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations.- Fields of interest Fields of interest Advertisment.- Affirmative Action.- African Peer Business Information Systems; e-commerce / e- Regional Science; Economic Geography; Statistics Review Mechanism (APRM).- Ageism.- Agency and business; Finance / Banking; Computer Appl. in for Business, Economics, Mathematical Finance, Corporate Governance.- Agency Theory.- Agenda21 Administrative Data Processing; Data Mining and Insurance (UN).- Agglomeration.- Alcohol.- Altruistic CSR.- Knowledge Discovery; Information Systems Applica- An Aristotelian Approach to Sustainable Man- tions (incl.Internet) Target groups agement.- Anglo-American model v. Continen- Research tal Europe model.- Animal rights.- Animal rights, Target groups Human rights Environmental Management.- Animal Research Type of publication testing.-[...] Contributed volume Type of publication Proceedings More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-31993-8 Fields of interest Non-Profit Enterprises/Corporate Social Respon- More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36218-7 Hardcover sibility; Environmental Economics; Energy Policy, 2012. XIV, 326 p. 84 illus., 7 in color. (Advances in Spa- Softcover Economics and Management; Environment (gen- tial Science) 2013. X, 131 p. 19 illus. (Lecture Notes in Business Infor- eral); Social Sciences (general) $179.00 mation Processing, Vol. 135) ISBN 978-3-642-31993-8 Target groups $72.00 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Graduate ISBN 978-3-642-36218-7 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Type of publication Encyclop(a)edia More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-28035-1 Hardcover 2013. 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G. Poels, Ghent University, Belgium (Ed.) W. Ver Eecke, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA N. Langen, Bonn

Enterprise Information Systems of Ethical Reflections on the Financial Ethics in Consumer Choice the Future Crisis 2007/2008 An Empirical Analysis based on the Example of Coffee

6th IFIP WG 8.9 Working Conference, CONFENIS 2012, Ghent, Making Use of Smith, Musgrave and Rajan This dissertation elaborates differences and simi- Belgium, September 19-21, 2012, Revised Selected Papers larities of forms of ethical behaviour in general and In this book the author reflects on the philosophical analyses whether German consumers differentiate This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th and ethical bases of the financial crisis 2007-08 and between different types of ethical behaviour in par- International IFIP Working Conference on Research the subsequent recession. He finds in Adam Smith ticular. The thesis is characterised by its intensive and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information solid arguments for the new free market economy, combination of theoretical and empirical research. Systems (CONFENIS 2012), held in Ghent, Bel- capitalism, but also arguments for a role for the gov- It furthermore contributes to the literature as the gium, during September 19–21, 2012. The theme ernment in the case of public goods (roads) and of method triangulation applied in the different surveys of the conference was "enterprise information sys- merit goods (education, control of banking). Where reveals previously unknown relationships between tems of the future –– evolving toward more perfor- the provision of public goods requires that the gov- different kinds of ethical behaviour, such as ethi- mance through transparency and agility," mirroring ernment respect consumer sovereignty there the pro- cal consumption and charitable giving, as well as the trend toward more open and more flexible vision of merit goods legitimizes the violation of that between different forms of ethical products. Choice systems.In all, 53 contributions were submitted principle. By making use of the history of economic experiment, latent class analysis, information display and after a rigorous review process 10 full papers thought (e.g., the neo-liberal tradition) the author matrix and item-based[...] and 15 short papers were selected for publication in demonstrates that Musgrave’s idea of merit goods this book. These 25 papers present a well-balanced can be expanded to[...] Features mix between the traditional social sciences and the Individuals have a multitude of possibilities by novel[...] Features means of their decisions to influence ecological, In this book the author reflects on the philosophical social and economic developments at the regional, Features and ethical bases of the financial crisis 2007-08 and national and global level. Nina Langen elaborates dif- This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th the subsequent recession. He finds in Adam Smith ferences and similarities of forms of ethical behav- International IFIP Working Conference on Research solid arguments for the new free market economy, iour, such as ethical consumption and charitable and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Sys- capitalism, but also arguments for a role for the gov- giving in general and investigates whether German tems (CONFENIS 2012), held in Ghent, Belgium, ernment in the case of public goods (roads) and of consumers differentiate between different types of during September 19–21, 2012. The theme of the merit goods (education, control of banking). Where ethical [..] conference was "enterprise information systems of the provision of public goods requires that the [..] the future –– evolving toward more performance Contents through transparency and agility," mirroring the Contents Consumers’ decision making.- Preference measure- trend toward more open [..] Introduction.- Adam Smith and the Free Market.- ment.- Ethical consumption.- Fair Trade.- Charitable The Concepts of Private, Public and Merit Goods.- Giving.- Cause-related Marketing. Contents Business Ethics and Eleven Categories of Merit Full Papers.- Short Papers. Goods.- The Ethical and Socio-political Dimensions Fields of interest of the Financial Crisis of 2007-08 and the Subsequent Marketing Fields of interest Recession.- Conclusion. Business Information Systems; Information Sys- Target groups tems Applications (incl.Internet); Computer Appl. in Fields of interest Research Administrative Data Processing Financial Economics; Finance / Banking; Ethics; International Economics; Political Economy; Type of publication Target groups Methodology and the History of Economic Thought Monograph Research Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-3-658-00758-4 Type of publication Research Softcover Proceedings 2013. XXIV, 344 p. 20 illus., 4 in color. More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36610-9 Type of publication $89.95 Brief Softcover ISBN 978-3-658-00758-4 2013. XII, 277 p. 62 illus. (Lecture Notes in Business More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35090-0 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Information Processing, Vol. 139) Softcover $72.00 2013. X, 102 p. (SpringerBriefs in Economics) ISBN 978-3-642-36610-9 $49.95 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 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K. Hoeyer, University of Copenhagen, Denmark J.F. e Cunha, University of Porto; M. Snene, University of Geneva, R. Advani Switzerland; H. Nóvoa, University of Porto, Portugal (Eds.) Exchanging Human Bodily Material: Financial Freedom Exploring Services Science Rethinking Bodies and Markets A Guide to Achieving Lifelong Wealth and Security 4th International Conference, IESS 2013, Porto, Portugal, Feb- ruary 7-8, 2013, Proceedings If you're one of the millions of Americans who is This book addresses the debate usually tagged as buried in credit card debt, or maybe you're hav- being about ’markets in human body parts’ which Service science constitutes an interdisciplinary ing trouble deciphering the fine print on your is antagonistically divided into pro-market and approach to systematic innovation in service sys- 401(K)—that is, if you even have a 401(K)!—don't anti-market positions. The author provides a set of tems, integrating managerial, social, legal, and dismay. You can start taking steps toward closing propositions about how to approach this and shows engineering aspects to address the theoretical and your financial illiteracy gap right away with the a way out of the concrete impasse of it. Assump- practical challenges of the services industry and its sound, practical personal finance advice offered up tions about markets and bodies that characterize this economy.This book contains the refereed proceed- in Reuben Advani's Financial Freedom. Designed debate are analyzed and described while the author ings of the 4th International Conference on Explor- for young adult professionals but filled with cru- argues that these assumptions are in fact constitu- ing Services Science (IESS), held in Porto, Portugal, cial information that will financially empower read- tive for exchanges of human bodily material – but in February 2013. This year, the conference theme ers of all ages, Financial Freedom is more than just in unacknowledged ways. It is concluded that what was Enhancing Service System Fundamentals and your standard personal finance book, which offers we need is a different analytical approach to better Experiences, chosen to address the current need to up plenty of encouragement but very little actionable understand the mechanisms at play when organiza- explore enhanced methods, approaches, and tech- advice. Instead, this user-friendly[...] tions exchange organs, tissues and cells for[...] niques for a more sustainable and comprehensive economy and society. The 19 full and 9 short[...] Features Features If you're one of the millions of Americans who is This book addresses the debate usually tagged as Features buried in credit card debt, or maybe you're hav- being about ’markets in human body parts’ which Service science constitutes an interdisciplinary ing trouble deciphering the fine print on your is antagonistically divided into pro-market and approach to systematic innovation in service sys- 401(K)—that is, if you even have a 401(K)!—don't anti-market positions. The author provides a set of tems, integrating managerial, social, legal, and dismay. You can start taking steps toward closing propositions about how to approach this and shows engineering aspects to address the theoretical and your financial illiteracy gap right away with the a way out of the concrete impasse of it.Assumptions practical challenges of the services industry and its sound, practical personal finance advice offered up about markets and bodies that characterize this economy.This book contains the refereed proceed- in Reuben Advani's Financial [..] debate are analyzed and described while the author ings of the 4th International Conference on Explor- argues [..] ing Services Science (IESS), held in Porto, Portugal, Fields of interest [..] Business & Management Science Contents 1. Introduction.- 2. What is a market?.- 3. What is a Contents Target groups human body?.-4. Ubject exchange as everyday prac- Strategic Reorientation and Influences on Busi- Popular/general tice.- 5. Ubjectology.- 6. Conclusion. ness-IT Alignment: Case Study of a Luxembour- gish Financial Services Provider.- A Service Oriented Type of publication Fields of interest Simulation Architecture for Intelligent Building Professional book Health Economics; Theory of Medicine / Bioethics; Management.- Capabilities in Systems Engineer- More on www.springer.com/978-1-4302-4539-1 Ethics ing: An Overview.- Applying the Lead User Method for Designing e-Services – Practical Techniques and Softcover Target groups Experiences.- Theory of Constraints in the Service 2014. 164 p. Research Sector: Characterization for Banking and Analy- $24.99 ISBN 978-1-4302-4539-1 Type of publication sis of the Factors Involved in Its Adoption.- Service Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Monograph Innovation Analytics: Towards an Approach for Val- idating Frameworks for Service Innovation Capabil- More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5263-4 ities[...] Hardcover 2013. XI, 191 p. 1 illus. 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B.L. Nelson, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA J. Bach, R. Werner T. Ackermann, Darmstadt, Germany

Foundations and Methods of How to Secure Your H-1B Visa IT Security Risk Management

Stochastic Simulation A Practical Guide for International Professionals and Their US Perceived IT Security Risks in the Context of Cloud Computing Employers A First Course This book provides a comprehensive conceptual- The H-1B visa is the gateway for the world—s best ization of perceived IT security risk in the Cloud This graduate-level text covers modeling, program- and brightest to live and work in the United States Computing context that is based on six distinct risk ming and analysis of simulation experiments and as IT professionals, engineers, scientists, professors, dimensions grounded on a structured literature provides a rigorous treatment of the foundations of doctors, nurses, and researchers. How to Secure review, Q-sorting, expert interviews, and analysis of simulation and why it works. It introduces object- Your H—1B Visa guides employees and employ- data collected from 356 organizations. Additionally, oriented programming for simulation, covers both ers alike through the maze of H-1B laws, policies, the effects of security risks on negative and positive the probabilistic and statistical basis for simulation and procedures. This road map lays out the whole attitudinal evaluations in IT executives' Cloud Com- in a rigorous but accessible manner (providing all H-1B process from petition to visa to status main- puting adoption decisions are examined. The book’s necessary background material); and provides a tenance to visa extension and, ultimately, to perma- second part presents a mathematical risk quantifica- modern treatment of experiment design and analy- nent residence in the US for you and your family. It tion framework that can be used to support the IT sis that goes beyond classical statistics. The book shows you step by step exactly how the H-1B process risk management process of Cloud Computing users. emphasizes essential foundations throughout, rather divides up between the employer and employee. It The results support the risk management processes than providing a compendium of algorithms and identifies the points where the two tracks converge of (potential) adopters, and[...] theorems and prepares the reader to use simulation and the H-1B employer and employee need[...] in research as well as practice.The book is[...] Features Features Tobias Ackermann provides a comprehensive con- Features The H-1B visa is the gateway for the world—s best ceptualization of perceived IT security risk in the This graduate-level text covers modeling, program- and brightest to live and work in the United States Cloud Computing context that is based on six dis- ming and analysis of simulation experiments and as IT professionals, engineers, scientists, professors, tinct risk dimensions grounded on a structured lit- provides a rigorous treatment of the foundations of doctors, nurses, and researchers. How to Secure erature review, Q-sorting, expert interviews, and simulation and why it works. It introduces object- Your H—1B Visa guides employees and employers analysis of data collected from 356 organizations. oriented programming for simulation, covers both alike through the maze of H-1B laws, policies, and Additionally, the effects of security risks on nega- the probabilistic and statistical basis for simulation procedures. This road map lays out the whole H-1B tive and positive attitudinal evaluations in IT execu- in a rigorous but accessible manner (providing all process from petition to visa to status [..] tives' [..] necessary background material), and provides a modern [..] Fields of interest Contents Business & Management Science Cloud Computing.- IT risk management.- Perceived Contents IT security risks.- Scale development.- Analysis of Why Do We Simulate?.- Simulation Programming: Target groups adoption decisions.- Risk quantification framework. Quick Start.- Examples.- Simulation Programming Popular/general with VBASim.- Two Views of Simulation.- Simula- Fields of interest tion Input.- Simulation Output.- Experiment Design Type of publication Business Information Systems and Analysis.- Simulation for Research.- VBASim. Professional book More on www.springer.com/978-1-4302-4728-9 Target groups Fields of interest Research Operation Research / Decision Theory; Operations Softcover Research, Mathematical Programming; Simulation 2013. 176 p. Type of publication and Modeling $24.99 Monograph ISBN 978-1-4302-4728-9 More on www.springer.com/978-3-658-01114-7 Target groups Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Graduate Softcover 2013. XXIV, 190 p. 39 illus. Type of publication $79.95 Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook ISBN 978-3-658-01114-7 More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6159-3 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Hardcover 2013. XIV, 276 p. 53 illus., 11 in color. (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Vol. 187) $89.95 ISBN 978-1-4614-6159-3 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. February 28, 2013 springer.com Economics 51

S. Leitner, University of Klagenfurt, Austria N. Kraiczy, Vallendar, Germany J.B. Guerard, Jr., McKinley Capital Management, Inc., Anchorage, AK, USA Information Quality and Innovations in Small and Medium- Management Accounting Sized Family Firms Introduction to Financial Forecasting in Investment Analysis A Simulation Analysis of Biases in Costing Systems An Analysis of Innovation Related Top Management Team Behaviors and Family Firm-Specific Characteristics One of the main aims of management accounting is Forecasting—the art and science of predicting future to provide managers with accurate information in Small and medium-sized firms are a prevalent orga- outcomes—has become a crucial skill in business order to provide a good basis for decision-making. nizational form in Germany. Their importance for and economic analysis. This volume introduces the There is evidence that the information provided by the German economy is indisputable. Most of them reader to the tools, methods, and techniques of fore- management accounting systems (MAS) is distorted are global market leaders in their niches and are con- casting, specifically as they apply to financial and and the occurrence of biases in accounting informa- sidered to be a force for innovation in the German investing decisions. With an emphasis on "earnings tion is widely accepted among users of MAS. At the economy. The ability to be innovative in niche mar- per share" (eps), the author presents a data-oriented same time, the intensity and the frequency of use of kets has been identified as the antecedent of their text on financial forecasting, understanding finan- MAS increase, too. Consequently, the quality of the strong, or even dominant, competitive positions in cial data, assessing firm financial strategies (such as provided information is critical. The focus of this their industries. The driver of this innovation success share buybacks and R&D spending), creating effi- simulation study is twofold. On the one hand, the may well be the family, which distinguishes family cient portfolios, and hedging stock portfolios with impact of the sophistication of traditional costing firms from non-family firms. But how can a family financial futures. The opening chapters explain how systems on error propagation in the case of a set of influence innovation in a family firm and does this to understand economic fluctuations and how the input biases is investigated.[...] influence have only positive effects? This dissertation stock market leads the[...] focuses on the impact[...] Features Features One of the main aims of management accounting is Features Forecasting—the art and science of predicting future to provide managers with accurate information in Small and medium-sized firms are a prevalent orga- outcomes—has become a crucial skill in business order to provide a good basis for decision-making. nizational form in Germany. Their importance for and economic analysis. This volume introduces the There is evidence that the information provided by the German economy is indisputable. Most of them reader to the tools, methods, and techniques of fore- management accounting systems (MAS) is distorted are global market leaders in their niches and are con- casting, specifically as they apply to financial and and the occurrence of biases in accounting informa- sidered to be a force for innovation in the German investing decisions. With an emphasis on “earnings tion is widely accepted among users of MAS. At the economy. The ability to be innovative in niche mar- per share” (eps), the author presents a data-oriented same time, the intensity and the frequency of use of kets has been identified as the antecedent of their text on financial forecasting, understanding [..] MAS [..] strong, or even dominant, competitive positions in their [..] Contents Contents Chapter 1: Why do we forecast?.- Chapter 2: Regres- Introduction.- Management Accounting.- Concep- Contents sion Analysis and Forecasting Models.- Chapter 3: tual and Theoretical Framework.- Research Design Family firms.- Innovation.- Top Management An Introduction to Time Series Modeling and Fore- and Model Formalization.- Costing System Sophisti- Teams.- Upper Echelon Theory.- Innovativeness. casting.- Chapter 4: Regression Analysis and Multi- cation and Quality of Provided Information.- Effects collinearity: Two Case Studies.- Chapter 5: Multiple of Single Input Biases on the Quality of Provided Fields of interest Time Series Analysis and Causality Testing.- Chapter Information.- Effects of Multiple Input Biases on the Business Strategy/Leadership 6: A Case Study of Portfolio Construction using the Quality of Provided Information.- Discussion.- Sum- USER Data and the Barra Aegis System.- Chapter 7: Target groups mary and Conclusion. More Efficient Portfolios Featuring the USER Data Professional/practitioner and an Extension to Global Data and Investment Fields of interest Type of publication Universes.- Chapter 8: Forecasting World Stock Accounting / Auditing; Business Information Monograph Returns and Improved Asset Allocation.-[...] Systems; Simulation and Modeling; Operation Research / Decision Theory More on www.springer.com/978-3-658-00062-2 Fields of interest Softcover Financial Economics; Finance / Banking; Quantita- Target groups 2013. XIX, 173 p. 13 illus. (Familienunternehmen und tive Finance Research KMU) Target groups $79.95 Type of publication Research Monograph ISBN 978-3-658-00062-2 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-33208-1 Type of publication Monograph Softcover 2012. XXIV, 187 p. 12 illus. (Lecture Notes in Economics More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5238-6 and Mathematical Systems, Vol. 664) Hardcover $89.95 2013. 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Z. Xu, PLA University of Science and Technology,Nanjing,China I. Suzuki, Y. Kaneko M. Ghosh, Visva- Bharati, Santiniketan, Birbhum, India

Intuitionistic Fuzzy Aggregation Japan’s Disaster Governance Liberalization, Growth and and Clustering How was the 3.11 Crisis Managed? Regional Disparities in India

Natural disasters are often multifaceted and cause This book offers a systematic introduction to the Upon the backdrop of impressive progress made severe damage. Disasters initiated locally can become clustering algorithms for intuitionistic fuzzy val- by the Indian economy during the last two decades national and even global crises. Today’s world ues, the latest research results in intuitionistic fuzzy after the large-scale economic reforms in the early urgently needs a new body of knowledge and tech- aggregation techniques, the extended results in inter- 1990s, this book evaluates the performance of the niques for the mitigation of and response to disas- val-valued intuitionistic fuzzy environments, and economy on some income and non-income dimen- ter. Central to such a body of knowledge are disaster their applications in multi-attribute decision making, sions of development at the national, state and sec- preparedness, emergency and crisis management such as supply chain management, military system toral levels. It examines regional economic growth systems of government, of which capacity build- performance evaluation, project management, ven- and inequality in income originating from agricul- ing is becoming an increasingly important element ture capital, information system selection, building ture, industry and services. In view of the importance in public administration, management and gover- materials classification, and operational plan assess- of the agricultural sector, despite its declining share nance. Today, disasters are to be managed by sound ment, etc. in gross domestic product, it evaluates the perfor- local, national, and global governance, through all mance of agricultural production and the impact of the phases of preparedness, prevention, mitigation Features agricultural reforms on spatial integration of food and then to relief, recovery and[...] This book offers a systematic introduction to the grain markets. It studies rural[...] clustering algorithms for intuitionistic fuzzy val- Features ues, the latest research results in intuitionistic fuzzy Features Natural disasters are often multifaceted and cause aggregation techniques, the extended results in inter- Upon the backdrop of impressive progress made by severe damage. Disasters initiated locally can become val-valued intuitionistic fuzzy environments, and the Indian economy during the last two decades after national and even global crises. Today’s world their applications in multi-attribute decision making, the large-scale economic reforms in the early 1990s, urgently needs a new body of knowledge and tech- such as supply chain management, military system this book evaluates the performance of the economy niques for the mitigation of and response to disaster. performance evaluation, project management, [..] on some income and non-income dimensions of Central to such a body of knowledge are disaster pre- development at the national, state and sectoral levels. paredness, emergency and crisis management sys- Contents It examines regional economic growth and inequal- tems of government, of which capacity building is 1 Intuitionistic Fuzzy Aggregation Techniques.-1.1 ity in income originating from agriculture, industry becoming [..] Rankings of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Values.-1.1.1 Intu- and [..] itionistic Fuzzy Values.-1.1.2 Methods for Ranking Contents IFVs.-1.1.2.1 The Method for Ranking IFVs by Using Contents Contents.- Introduction.- Brief overview of the the Score Function.-1.2.1.2 The Method for Ranking Chapter1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Review of Eco- Tohoku 3.11 Mega Earthquake, Tsunami and IFVs by Using the Positive Ideal Point.-1.1.2.3 The nomic Policies and Growth Performance.- Chap- Fukushima NPS Disasters.- Government institu- Method for Ranking IFVs by Using the Intuitionis- ter 3: Regional Economic Growth and Inequality.- tions available at time of the 3.11disaster for the tic Fuzzy Point Operators.-1.1.2.4 The Method for Chapter 4: Growth and Regional Divergence in emergency management.- How the 3.11 emergency Ranking IFVs by Using the Similarity Measure and Industry and Services.- Chapter 5: Growth and responses for the gigantic natural disasters were the Accuracy Degree.-1.1.3 The Application of Rank- Regional Divergence in Agriculture.- Chapter 6: actually organized?.- Managing Fukushima NPS ing IFVs Using the Similarity Measure and the Accu- Structural Breaks and Performance in Agriculture.- accidents: in particular focus on government crisis racy Degree in Multi-attribute Decision[...] Chapter 7: Growth and Structural Breaks in Food communication.- Road to Recovery and Reconstruc- Grains Production.- Chapter 8: Spatial Efficiency in tion after the Great East Japan Earthquake.- Conclu- Fields of interest Regional Food Grain Markets.- Chapter 9: Inclusive sion. Operation Research / Decision Theory; Marketing Growth, Employment and Rural Poverty.- Chapter Fields of interest 10: Microfinance and Rural Poverty.- Chapter 11: Target groups Regional[...] Research Public Administration; Political Science, general; Business & Economics (general) Fields of interest Type of publication Development Economics; Agricultural Economics; Monograph Target groups Research Econometrics; Economic Policy More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-28405-2 Type of publication Target groups Hardcover Research 2012. IX, 278 p. 43 illus., 37 in color. (Studies in Fuzzi- Monograph ness and Soft Computing, Vol. 279) More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6150-0 Type of publication $179.00 Hardcover Monograph ISBN 978-3-642-28405-2 2013. VIII, 113 p. 4 illus. in color. (Public Administration, More on www.springer.com/978-81-322-0980-5 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Governance and Globalization, Vol. 4) Hardcover $129.00 2013. XVII, 223 p. 38 illus. 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W. Sroka, Academy of Business in Dabrowa Górnicza, Poland; Š. E.S. Lee, Pusan National University, Republic of South Korea A. Ghadiri, Bonn-Rhine-Sieg University, Sankt Augustin, Ger- Hittmár, University of Zilina, Slovakia many; A. Habermacher, ctp corporate training programmes, Zuerich, Switzerland; T. Peters, Bonn-Rhine-Sieg University, Sankt Management of International Trade Augustin, Germany Management of Alliance Networks

Formation, Functionality, and Post Operational Strategies Under the current multilateral trading system, most Neuroleadership business entities have turned their attention away Effective management is crucial to the success of the from focusing exclusively on their domestic market A Journey Through the Brain for Business Leaders inter-firm cooperation, and may reduce the risk that to the management of international business trans- This book takes you on a journey through the brain, is inherently associated with these strategies. If coop- actions on the global market. Around the world, this its function and its impact on leadership. The young erative strategy is to be successful, managers must trend has increased the demand for education and business field of neuroleadership is founded on the have knowledge of factors that should be taken into training on the principles of international trade and, belief that understanding the brain can give lead- consideration during formation and management of more practically, the administration of international ers new and powerful insights into human behav- alliance networks. Therefore the main goal of this- business transactions. This book aims to give upper- iour and how to effectively tap into that knowledge book is an understandable and simple presentation level undergraduates and graduate students a com- to generate better returns in business. The book of the complexity involved in the management of prehensive understanding of the administrative and approaches the background, history, and major alliance networks at three basic stages: formation practical aspects of international commerce. It seeks thinkers in the field, but also reassesses the funda- stage, functioning stage, and post-operational stage. to provide students, as the potential future practi- mental concept of neuroleadership. The authors look The book consists of six chapters, both theoreti- tioners of[...] cal and practical. A new model for management of into the fundamental basic needs of human beings, alliance networks, which[...] Features how they are represented in the neural networks, and Under the current multilateral trading system, most how this manifests in motivational drives. The book Features business entities have turned their attention away also focuses explicitly on how[...] Effective management is crucial to the success of the from focusing exclusively on their domestic market Features inter-firm cooperation, and may reduce the risk that to the management of international business trans- This book takes you on a journey through the brain, is inherently associated with these strategies. If coop- actions on the global market. Around the world, this its function and its impact on leadership. The young erative strategy is to be successful, managers must trend has increased the demand for education and business field of neuroleadership is founded on the have knowledge of factors that should be taken into training on the principles of international trade and, belief that understanding the brain can give lead- consideration during formation and management of more practically, the administration of [..] alliance networks. Therefore the main goal of this- ers new and powerful insights into human behav- book is an understandable and simple [..] Contents iour and how to effectively tap into that knowledge Preface.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Overseas Market to generate better returns in business. The book Contents Research.- 3 International Trade Contracts.- 4 approaches the background, history, and major Introduction.- Network organizations: theoretical Terms of International Trade.- 5 Payment Collec- thinkers in [..] assumptions of functioning and management of tion in International Trade.- 6 International Trans- Contents inter-firm cooperation.- Management of alliance portation.- 7 Marine Cargo Insurance.- 8 Foreign Preface.- Introduction.- 1 Neuroleadership - The network at the formation stage.- Management of Exchange Risks.- 9 Electronic Commerce.- 10 Claim Backdrop.- 2 Neuroscience for Business.- 3 Neu- alliance network at the functionality stage.- Man- and Dispute Settlement.- 11 Application to Practical roscience in Business - Key Protagonists.- 4 Four agement of alliance network at the post-operational Fields.- Index. stage.- A process approach to the management of Basic Human Needs at the Heart of Neuroscience.- alliance networks.- Management of the alliance net- Fields of interest 5 Organisational and Personnel Development Tools work in practice.- Conclusions.- Summary. Emerging Markets/Globalization; Production / in the Neuroscience Spotlight.- 6 Practical Applica- Logistics; Commercial Law tions.- 7 Learning Check.- 8 Glossary.- Index. Fields of interest Business Strategy/Leadership; Industrial Organiza- Target groups Fields of interest tion; Organization / Planning; Business Information Graduate Personnel Management; Neuropsychology; Organi- Systems zation / Planning; Organizational Studies, Economic Type of publication Sociology Target groups Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook Professional/practitioner Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-30402-6 Professional/practitioner Type of publication Hardcover Brief 2012. XV, 353 p. 4 illus. Type of publication Professional book More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34245-5 $99.00 ISBN 978-3-642-30402-6 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-30164-3 Softcover Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 2013. XVII, 124 p. 27 illus. (SpringerBriefs in Business) Hardcover $49.95 2012. 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L.C. Peh, SIM University, Singapore; S.P. Low, National University P. Bogetoft, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Den- R. Dou, Tianjin University, P.R. China (Ed.) of Singapore mark Proceedings of 2012 3rd Organization Design for Performance Benchmarking International Asia Conference International Construction Business Measuring and Managing Performance on Industrial Engineering "In this book, Peter Bogetoft - THE expert on the and Management Innovation The book explains how Gravitational Distance and theory and practice of benchmarking - provides an the System of Cities influence transnational con- (IEMI2012) in–depth yet very accessible and readable explana- struction-related firms when they venture over- tion of the best way to do benchmarking, starting seas. The study presented in the book internalizes from the ground up."Rick AntleWilliam S. Beinecke The purpose of the 2012 3rd International Asia the characteristics of home and foreign cities, and Professor of Accounting, Yale School of Manage- Conference on industrial engineering and manage- of transnational firms, to develop situational busi- mentCFO, Compensation Valuation, Inc."I highly ment innovation (IEMI2012) is to bring together ness strategies and organization designs in terms of recommend this well-written and comprehensive researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in Strategy, Structure, Systems, Leadership Style, Firm’s book on measuring and managing performance. Dr. the application of informatics to industrial engineer- Skills, Staff’s characteristics, Shared Values and Sup- Bogetoft summarizes the fundamental mathematical ing and management innovation. ply Chain. The book presents the findings of surveys concepts in an elegant, intuitive, and understandable and interviews with managers and professionals in way."Jon A. ChilingerianProfessor, Brandeis Univer- Features eight different Asian cities stretching from Singapore sity and INSEAD"Bogetoft gives in his book Perfor- The purpose of the 2012 3rd International Asia Con- to China. The findings are then used to develop busi- mance Benchmarking an excellent introduction to ference on Industrial Engineering and Manage- ness solutions in the[...] the[...] ment Innovation (IEMI2012) is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested Features Features in the application of informatics to usher in new The book explains how Gravitational Distance and "In this book, Peter Bogetoft - THE expert on the advances in the industrial engineering and manage- the System of Cities influence transnational con- theory and practice of benchmarking - provides an ment fields. struction-related firms when they venture overseas. in–depth yet very accessible and readable explana- The study presented in the book internalizes the tion of the best way to do benchmarking, starting Contents characteristics of home and foreign cities, and of from the ground up."Rick AntleWilliam S. Beinecke Core areas of Industrial Engineering.- Assistive transnational firms, to develop situational business Professor of Accounting, Yale School of Manage- Technology of Industrial Engineering.- Management strategies and organization designs in terms of Strat- mentCFO, Compensation Valuation, Inc."I highly System Innovation or Areas of engineering educa- egy, Structure, Systems, Leadership Style, Firm’s [..] recommend this well-written and [..] tion. Contents Contents Fields of interest Introduction.- Geographical distance and inter- Introduction to Benchmarking.- Performance Business & Economics (general); Industrial and Pro- national business.- Firm’s behavior and System of Measures.- Performance Models.- Performance duction Engineering; Technology Management; cities.- Internationalization of construction busi- Analysis – DEA.- Performance Analysis – Business Information Systems ness.- Business strategies and Organization design.- SFA.- Performance Planning.- Performance Modeling for Organization design.- Research design Restructuring.- Performance Target groups and methodology.- Survey findings.- Case studies.- Contracting.- Interactive Benchmarking. Research Synthesis for Organization design.- Decision Support System for Organization design.- Conclusion. 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M. Missbach, Walldorf, Germany; J. Stelzel, Leimen, Germany; C. J. Huo, Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R.China; Z. Hong, Tongji Y. Hou, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA Gardiner, Tokyo, Japan; G. Anderson, Cypress, TX, USA; M. Tem- University, Shanghai, P.R.China pes, Carnegie, VIC, Australia State Government Budget Service Science in China SAP on the Cloud Stabilization

A service economy era is coming! As the basic disci- Policy, Tools, and Impacts This book provides an introduction to the various pline of service dominant era, service science mainly This book is the first comprehensive, full-scale treat- facets of building and operating an SAP infrastruc- studies common rules of service activities, aiming to ment of the law, politics and economics with regard ture exploiting Cloud technologies. It describes and provide theoretical bases for creating service value in to the policies and policy instruments for budget sta- discusses the latest developments and challenges and the new era. The book, which integrates knowledge bilization at the state level. Covering the period from suitable solutions, and also outlines future trends of service management, operational management, 1946 through 2008 in the United States, it provides where possible. To ensure that this book is also logistics and supply chain management, constructs a details on the methods and results of empirical tests useful to readers who do not consider themselves research system for this emerging discipline. Service of the effects of budget stabilization instruments on experts in this area, this book explains in detail the science research system constitutes service philoso- government operations, public service provision, and backgrounds of the various solutions. Also, prac- phy, resource allocation, operational management some other aspects of social and economic life. With tice-oriented case studies are provided through- and service technology. Many cases about China’s the lingering effects of the most recent financial cri- out the book in order to make the reader aware of service enterprises are incorporated in the book, in sis and economic downturn, and the subsequent Tea essential but perhaps less obvious points. However, the hope of providing readers an insight into not Party movement advocating smaller government and the book concentrates exclusively on the set up and only service science[...] deficit reduction, this book carries timely and impor- operation of the SAP[...] Features tant[...] Features A service economy era is coming! As the basic disci- Features This book provides an introduction to the various pline of the new service dominant era, service science This book is the first comprehensive, full-scale treat- facets of building and operating an SAP infrastruc- mainly studies common rules of service activities, ment of the law, politics and economics with regard ture exploiting Cloud technologies. It describes and aiming to provide theoretical bases for creating to the policies and policy instruments for budget sta- discusses the latest developments and challenges and future service value. This book, which integrates ser- bilization at the state level. Covering the period from suitable solutions, and also outlines future trends vice management, operational management, logistics 1946 through 2008 in the United States, it provides where possible. To ensure that this book is also and supply chain management, presents a research details on the methods and results of empirical tests useful to readers who do not consider themselves system for this emerging discipline. This system [..] of the effects of budget stabilization instruments on experts in this area, this book explains in detail the government operations, public [..] [..] Contents Preface.- Service Economy Knocks.- The Rise of Ser- Contents Contents vice Science.- The Connotation of Service Science.- Table of Contents.- Preface.- List of Abbreviations.- 1 From Adaptive Infrastructures to Cloud Comput- Overview of Service Science Research System.- Ser- 1. Introduction and Overview.- Part I: From Eco- ing.- 2 How the SAP Business Suite, NetWeaver and vice Philosophy.- Resource Allocation.- Operation nomic Stabilization to Budget Stabilization: Theory HANA fit to the cloud.- 3 Service Level Agreements Management.- Supporting System of Service Tech- and Tools.- 2. From Economic Stabilization to Bud- for SAP on Cloud.- 4 Security of SAP in public and nology.- Service Science Application on Traditional get Stabilization.- 3. Subnational Government Tools private clouds.- 5 Change and Configuration Man- Service Industries.- Application of Service Science in for Budget Stabilization.- Part II: Boom-Year Sav- agement.- 6 How Private and Public Clouds Work.- the Emerging Service Industries. ings and Effects in Bust Years.- 4. Patterns of State 7 SAP solutions on public clouds.- 8 Private cloud Savings with BSF and GFS.- 5. State Saving Behavior infrastructures for SAP.- 9 Stateless computing for Fields of interest – Effects of BSF in Interaction with BBR.- 6. Effects SAP on clouds.- 10 Economic and Legal Aspects of Business & Economics (general); Operation of Boom-year Savings across Three Types of State Cloud Computing. Research / Decision Theory; Production / Logistics Expenditures.- 7. Effects of Boom-year Savings on Fields of interest Target groups Bust-year Budgetary Actions.-[...] Business Information Systems; Information Systems Research Fields of interest Applications (incl.Internet); Management of Com- Public Finance & Economics; Political Science, gen- puting and Information Systems Type of publication Monograph eral; Public Administration Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34496-1 Target groups Professional/practitioner Hardcover Research Type of publication 2013. XIII, 461 p. 65 illus. 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M. Schlickel, Paderborn, Germany G. Gandellini, University of Rome III, Italy; A. Pezzi, University of B.-J. van Putten, Berlin, Germany Rome III, Italy; D. Venanzi, University of Rome III, Italy Strategy Deployment in Business Supporting Reuse in Business Case Units Strategy for Action – II Development Strategy Formulation, Development, and Control Patterns of Operations Strategy Cascading Across Global Sites in a Manufacturing Firm The innovative and unique feature of this book is Determining the value of an information system for that it does not contain theoretical concept that an organization is challenging, especially before the This book reveals and presents the root-causes that cannot be translated into practice. This second execution of the project in which the system is put lead to varying improvement performances across volume expands the analysis of the strategic deci- into operation. Many organizations cope with prob- different locations of a global positioned manufac- sions, emphasizing the importance of a sustainable lems when having to identify the potential benefits turing organization. Conducting a multiple case competitive advantage, and proposing an inte- of the investment, while even more have difficulties study analysis of manufacturing sites around the grated conceptual and operational framework (the with their quantification. An analysis, in which mul- world, the author found that the quality of the strat- “Strateco Dashboard”), that complements and sig- tiple possible investments and approaches are com- egy deployment process is vital, especially when it is nificantly improves the recent and well-known Blue pared with respect to their benefits, costs and risks, clear to all affected employees—a situation we refer Ocean approach to strategy development. Finally, is called a ‘business case’ (BC). The current frame- to as strategy cascading. But having a sound strategy it addresses the measurement of the performance works that can be used to develop BCs offer too little cascading alone is not enough. The author worked of strategy in terms of value creation, highlighting support for the aforementioned challenges. Oppor- out that a company, which achieves to align its sound differences and similarities, as well as strengths and tunities to improve BC frameworks, and thereby the strategy cascading with the company context and weaknesses, of the main metrics. Furthermore, it[...] efficiency and[...] leadership style of its top-management team, is likely to realize more[...] Features Features The innovative and unique feature of this book is Determining the value of an information system for Features that it does not contain theoretical concept that can- an organization is challenging, especially before the This book reveals and presents the root-causes that not be translated into practice. This second vol- execution of the project in which the system is put lead to varying improvement performances across ume expands the analysis of the strategic decisions, into operation. Many organizations find it challeng- different locations of a global positioned manufac- emphasizing the importance of a sustainable com- ing to identify the potential benefits of the invest- turing organization. Conducting a multiple case petitive advantage, and proposing an integrated con- ment, while even more have difficulties with their study analysis of manufacturing sites around the ceptual and operational framework (the “Strateco quantification. An analysis, in which multiple possi- world, the author found that the quality of the strat- Dashboard”), that complements and significantly ble investments and approaches are compared [..] egy deployment process is vital, especially when it is improves the [..] clear to all affected employees—a situation we refer Contents to [..] Contents Challenges and Reuse in Business Case Develop- 1 Introduction to the second volume.- 2 Business ment.- Business Case Ontology.- Business Case Contents strategy: Formulation, development and control.- 3 Framework.- Supporting Dynamic Reuse in Busi- Introduction.- Review of the Literature on Strat- Corporate strategy: diversification and management ness Case Development.- Exploring the Usability in egy Cascading, Context, and Leadership.- Research of multiple SBUs.- 4 Organization, ownership and Valuation Methods in Business Cases.- The Relation Design and Data Collection.- The Relevance of Orga- collaboration strategies.- 5 Financial performance between Dynamic Business Models and Business nizational Context to Strategy Cascading.- The Effect and sustainability of strategy. Cases.- Decision Support by Automatic Analysis of of Leadership on Strategy Cascading.- Assessment Business Process Models. of Strategy Cascading Quality and Improvement Per- Fields of interest formance.- Results on Strategy Cascading, Context, Business Strategy/Leadership; Business & Manage- Fields of interest and Leadership Style.- Theoretical and Managerial ment Science; Management/Business for Profession- Business Information Systems Implications.- Appendix: Interview Guide. als Target groups Fields of interest Target groups Research Business Strategy/Leadership; Organization / Plan- Graduate ning; Production / Logistics Type of publication Type of publication Monograph Target groups Brief More on www.springer.com/978-3-658-01170-3 Research More on www.springer.com/978-88-470-2474-8 Softcover Type of publication Softcover 2013. XXXII, 223 p. 54 illus. Monograph 2013. X, 117 p. 63 illus. 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C. Murdock R. Fox S. Nayak, ICFAI Business School, Mumbai, India

Tax Insight Tax Strategies for the Small The Global Financial Crisis

For Tax Year 2012 Business Owner Genesis, Policy Response and Road Ahead

Tax Insight: For Tax Year 2012 will teach you to take Reduce Your Taxes and Fatten Your Profits The Financial Crisis, though originating in the US, control of life—s biggest expense—taxes. In your life- is global and comparable with the Great Depression Tax Strategies for the Small Business Owner: Reduce time, you will spend more money on taxes than on of the 1930s. The book takes both micro and macro Your Taxes and Fatten Your Profits will help the anything else. Despite that fact, you likely know the view of the crisis. It examines the evolution of the small business owner increase profits while feel- current prices of movies and milk but don—t know global monetary system and looks at the crisis from a ing more comfortable dealing with taxes. It begins what your marginal tax rate is. You know where to systemic angle. It examines the institutional changes by looking at the often overlooked critical deci- get the cheapest gallon of gas to save a buck or two, in American capitalism and market mechanisms. sion small business owners face when they start a but you don—t give a thought to the tax strategies you The dynamics of the market and its cyclical charac- business: the choice of business entity. The book should be using right now that would save you thou- ters are discussed. It examines the structural changes then examines all the deductions that a business sands. Why? Is it too complicated and confusing? in the US economy. The role of globalization and owner can take legally to reduce taxes. It also pro- Too unpleasant? In Tax Insight, tax expert Casey international funds flow, their changing character vides advice business owners need to make good tax- Murdock opens up the world of taxes with amazing and the growing interdependence among nations related decisions: Should I lease or buy? Should I hire clarity and simplicity. As you will discover, you have have been examined. At the micro level, the book an employee or outsource the task? How much will within reach numerous[...] discusses the subprime market[...] buying a building reduce my taxes and for how long? Features Many people freeze up when they are[...] Features Tax Insight: For Tax Year 2012 will teach you to take The Financial Crisis, though originating in the US, Features control of life—s biggest expense—taxes. In your life- is global and comparable with the Great Depression Tax Strategies for the Small Business Owner: Reduce time, you will spend more money on taxes than on of the 1930s. The book takes both micro and macro Your Taxes and Fatten Your Profits will help the anything else. Despite that fact, you likely know the view of the crisis. It examines the evolution of the small business owner increase profits while feel- current prices of movies and milk but don—t know global monetary system and looks at the crisis from a ing more comfortable dealing with taxes. It begins what your marginal tax rate is. You know where to systemic angle. It examines the institutional changes by looking at the often overlooked critical decision get the cheapest gallon of gas to save a buck or two, in American capitalism and market mechanisms. small business owners face when they start a busi- but you don—t give a [..] The dynamics of the market and its cyclical [..] ness: the choice of business entity. The book then Fields of interest examines all the deductions that a business owner [..] Contents Business & Management Science Part I- The Crisis: Micro-Macro Perspective.- Chap- Fields of interest ter1- Pathology of the Crisis.- Chapter 2- Sub-Prime Business & Management Science Target groups Debt Imbroglio : Risks-Rewards of Financial Sophis- Popular/general Target groups tication.- Chapter 3- Policy Response.- Chapter 4- Popular/general Why Is the Economy Not Taking Off?.- Chapter 5- Type of publication Euro-Sclerosis: Causation and Control.- Part II- Evo- Professional book Type of publication lutionary Economics: A Systemic View.- Chapter More on www.springer.com/978-1-4302-4737-1 Professional book 6- Benign Neglect of Dollar: Bretton Woods and its Demise.- Chapter 7- Enter The Globalization : Par- Softcover More on www.springer.com/978-1-4302-4842-2 adigm Shift.- Chapter 8- Great Crash and Depres- 2014. 376 p. Softcover sion : Relook.- Part III- Structural Gaps.- Chapter 9- $29.99 2014. 280 p. Metamorphosis of American[...] ISBN 978-1-4302-4737-1 $24.99 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. ISBN 978-1-4302-4842-2 Fields of interest Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Financial Economics; International Economics; Macroeconomics / Monetary Economics; Economic Policy; Emerging Markets/Globalization; Finance / Banking

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T. Bourquin, N. Mango L.M. Orr, D. Orr Engineering Traders at Work When to Hire—or Not Hire—a

How the World's Most Successful Traders Make Their Living in Consultant M. Baczyński, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland; G. Beliakov, the Markets Deakin University, Burwood, Australia; H. Bustince Sola, Public Getting Your Money's Worth from Consulting Relationships University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; A. Pradera, Universidad Shortly after most novice traders discover how trad- Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain (Eds.) When to Hire—or Not Hire—a Consultant:Getting ing works and begin to realize that they have the Your Money's Worth from Consulting Relationships potential to make unlimited amounts of money in is a hands-on, practical guide for anyone think- Advances in Fuzzy Implication the financial markets, they start dreaming the near- ing about hiring a consultant to set strategy, solve impossible dream. They fantasize about buying that Functions problems, increase profits or revenue, develop new condo in Boca Raton for their parents or surpris- products, open new markets, or improve efficiency. ing their son with a brand-new car on his 16th birth- Consulting is one of the fastest growing professions Fuzzy implication functions are one of the main day. They even begin to imagine themselves opening in the United States. According to the U.S. govern- operations in fuzzy logic. They generalize the classi- their own trading firm or milling about the pit of ment, there were 719,000 consultants in the U.S. in cal implication, which takes values in the set {0,1}, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, lobbying against 2010, and you can expect an additional 274,000 by to fuzzy logic, where the truth values belong to the other professional traders for the perfect entry into 2020. Cloaked in —expert— status, consultants might unit interval [0,1]. These functions are not only fun- a once-in-a-lifetime trade. But then ... they watch seem to be the answer to many business problems. damental for fuzzy logic systems, fuzzy control, the markets lurch in wildly unpredictable ways, lose You call someone in to solve a particular problem or approximate reasoning and expert systems, but they their shirts in a few live[...] develop new markets, then send[...] also play a significant role in mathematical fuzzy Features logic, in fuzzy mathematical morphology and image Features Shortly after most novice traders discover how trad- processing, in defining fuzzy subsethood measures When to Hire—or Not Hire—a Consultant:Getting ing works and begin to realize that they have the and in solving fuzzy relational equations. This vol- Your Money's Worth from Consulting Relationships potential to make unlimited amounts of money in ume collects 8 research papers on fuzzy implication is a hands-on, practical guide for anyone think- the financial markets, they start dreaming the near- functions.Three articles focus on the construction ing about hiring a consultant to set strategy, solve impossible dream. They fantasize about buying that methods, on different ways[...] problems, increase profits or revenue, develop new condo in Boca Raton for their parents or surprising products, open new markets, or improve efficiency. Features their son with a brand-new car on his 16th birthday. Consulting is one of the fastest growing professions Fuzzy implication functions are one of the main They even begin to imagine themselves opening their in the United States. According [..] operations in fuzzy logic. They generalize the classi- [..] cal implication, which takes values in the set {0,1}, Fields of interest Fields of interest to fuzzy logic, where the truth values belong to the Business & Management Science Business & Management Science unit interval [0,1]. These functions are not only fun- damental for fuzzy logic systems, fuzzy control, Target groups Target groups approximate reasoning and expert systems, but they Popular/general Popular/general also play a significant role in mathematical [..] Type of publication Type of publication Contents Professional book Professional book An Overview of Construction Methods of Fuzzy More on www.springer.com/978-1-4302-4734-0 Implications.- Fuzzy Implications: Classification and More on www.springer.com/978-1-4302-4443-1 a New Class.- A Survey of the Distributivity of Impli- Softcover Softcover cations over Continuous T-norms and the Simulta- 2013. 284 p. 2013. 220 p. neous Satisfaction of the Contrapositive Symmetry.- $29.99 $24.99 Implication Functions in Interval-valued Fuzzy Set ISBN 978-1-4302-4734-0 ISBN 978-1-4302-4443-1 Theory.- (S;N)-Implications on Bounded Lattices.- Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Implication Functions Generated Using Functions of one Variable.- Compositions of Fuzzy Implications.- Fuzzy Implications: Some Recently Solved Problems.

Fields of interest Computational Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

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Type of publication Monograph More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35676-6 Hardcover 2013. XII, 210 p. 40 illus. (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, Vol. 300) $129.00 ISBN 978-3-642-35676-6 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. springer.com Engineering 59

H. Nguyen-Schäfer, Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG, E. Maricau, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium; G. Gielen, KU Leuven, H.V. Fuchs, Berlin, Germany Stuttgart, Germany Heverlee, Belgium Applied Acoustics: Concepts, Aero and Vibroacoustics of Analog IC Reliability in Nanometer Absorbers, and Silencers for Automotive Turbochargers CMOS Acoustical Comfort and Noise Control Aero and Vibroacoustics of Automotive Tur- This book focuses on modeling, simulation and bochargers is a topic involving aspects from the analysis of analog circuit aging. First, all important Alternative Solutions - Innovative Tools - Practical Examples working fields of thermodynamics of turboma- nanometer CMOS physical effects resulting in cir- chinery, aerodynamics, rotordynamics, and noise cuit unreliability are reviewed. Then, transistor aging The author gives a comprehensive overview of mate- propagation computation. In this broadly interdisci- compact models for circuit simulation are discussed rials and components for noise control and acousti- plinary subject, thermodynamics of turbomachinery and several methods for efficient circuit reliability cal comfort. Sound absorbers must meet acoustical is used to design the turbocharger and to determine simulation are explained and compared. Ultimately, and architectural requirements, which fibrous or its operating conditions. Aerodynamics is needed to the impact of transistor aging on analog circuits is porous material alone can meet. Basics and applica- study the compressor flow dynamics and flow insta- studied. Aging-resilient and aging-immune circuits tions are demonstrated, with representative exam- bilities of rotating stall and surge, which can produce are identified and the impact of technology scal- ples for spatial acoustics, free-field test facilities and growling and whining-type noises. Rotordynamics ing is discussed. The models and simulation tech- canal linings. Acoustic engineers and construction is necessary to study rotor unbalance and self-excited niques described in the book are intended as an aid professionals will find some new basic concepts and oil-whirl instabilities, which lead to whistling and for device engineers, circuit designers and the EDA tools for developments in order to improve acousti- constant tone-type noises in rotating[...] community to understand and[...] cal comfort. Interference absorbers, active resonators and micro-perforated absorbers of different materi- Features Features als and designs complete the list of applications. Aero and Vibroacoustics of Automotive Tur- This book focuses on modeling, simulation and bochargers is a topic involving aspects from the analysis of analog circuit aging. First, all important Features working fields of thermodynamics of turboma- nanometer CMOS physical effects resulting in cir- The author gives a comprehensive overview of mate- chinery, aerodynamics, rotordynamics, and noise cuit unreliability are reviewed. Then, transistor aging rials and components for noise control and acousti- propagation computation. In this broadly interdisci- compact models for circuit simulation are discussed cal comfort. Sound absorbers must meet acoustical plinary subject, thermodynamics of turbomachinery and several methods for efficient circuit reliability and architectural requirements, which fibrous or is used to design the turbocharger and to determine simulation are explained and compared. Ultimately, porous material alone can meet. Basics and applica- its operating conditions. [..] the impact of transistor aging on analog [..] tions are demonstrated, with representative examples for spatial acoustics, free-field test facilities and canal Contents Contents linings. Acoustic engineers and construction [..] Introduction to Turbocharging.- Induced Noise Introduction.- CMOS Reliability Overview.- Transis- Types.- Acoustic Propagation Theory.- Analyzing tor Aging Compact Modeling.- Background on IC Contents Root Causes of Noise.- Computational Nonlinear Reliability Simulation.- Analog IC Reliability Simula- Introduction.- The Low Frequency Problem.- Sound Rotordynamics of Turbochargers.- Subsynchronous tion.- Integrated Circuit Reliability.- Conclusions. Absorption for Noise Control and Room-acousti- Constant Tone.- Eigenfrequency Modifications to cal Design.- Passive Absorbers.- Panel Absorbers.- Reduce Constant Tone Level. Fields of interest Helmholtz Resonators.- Interference Silencers.- Circuits and Systems; Electronics and Microelectron- Absorbers with Active Components.- Micro perfo- Fields of interest ics, Instrumentation; Nanotechnology and Micro- rated Absorbers.- Integrated and Integrating Sound Automotive Engineering; Engineering Acoustics; engineering Absorbers. Control , Robotics, Mechatronics; Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings) Target groups Fields of interest Research Engineering Acoustics; Acoustics; Noise Control; Target groups Structural Materials; Civil Engineering; Electrical Professional/practitioner Type of publication Engineering Monograph Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6162-3 Target groups Monograph Professional/practitioner Hardcover More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35069-6 2013. XVI, 198 p. 95 illus., 27 in color. (Analog Circuits Type of publication Hardcover and Signal Processing) Professional book 2013. 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I. Giannoccaro, Politecnico di Bari, Italy (Ed.) P. Lecca, University of Trento, Italy (Ed.) S.C. Cowin, Grove School of Engineering of The City College and The Graduate School of The City University of New York, NY, USA Behavioral Issues in Operations Biomechanics of Cells and Tissues Management Continuum Mechanics of Experiments, Models and Simulations Anisotropic Materials New Trends in Design, Management, and Methodologies The application of methodological approaches and mathematical formalisms proper to Physics and Behavioral Operations Management has been iden- Continuum Mechanics of Anisotropic Engineering to investigate and describe biological tified in the last years as one of the most promising Materials(CMAM) presents an entirely new and processes and design biological structures has led to emerging fields in Operations Management. Behav- unique development of material anisotropy in the the development of many disciplines in the context ioral Issues in Operations Management explains context of an appropriate selection and organization of computational biology and biotechnology. The and examines up-to-date research in this field, which of continuum mechanics topics. These features will best known applicative domain is tissue engineering works to analyze the impact of human behavior on distinguish this continuum mechanics book from and its branches. Recent domains of interest are in the management of complex operating systems. A other books on this subject. Textbooks on contin- the field of biophysics, e.g.: multiscale mechanics of collection of studies from leading scholars presents uum mechanics are widely employed in engineering biological membranes and films and filaments; mul- different methodologies and approaches, supported education, however, none of them deal specifically tiscale mechanics of adhesion; biomolecular motors by real data and case studies. Issues such as building with anisotropy in materials. For the audience of and force generation. Modern hypotheses, models, trust and strong cooperative relationships with sup- Biomedical, Chemical and Civil Engineering stu- and tools are currently emerging and resulting from pliers, enhancing motivation and designing proper dents, these materials will be dealt with more fre- the convergence of the methods and[...] incentives for stimulating more effective decision quently and greater accuracy in their analysis will be maker behaviours are considered. The[...] Features desired. Continuum Mechanics of Anisotropic Mate- The application of methodological approaches and rials' author[...] Features mathematical formalisms proper to Physics and Behavioral Operations Management has been iden- Features Engineering to investigate and describe biological tified in the last years as one of the most promising Continuum Mechanics of Anisotropic processes and design biological structures has led to emerging fields in Operations Management. Behav- Materials(CMAM) presents an entirely new and the development of many disciplines in the context ioral Issues in Operations Management explains unique development of material anisotropy in the of computational biology and biotechnology. The and examines up-to-date research in this field, which context of an appropriate selection and organization best known applicative domain is tissue engineering works to analyze the impact of human behavior on of continuum mechanics topics. These features will and its branches. Recent domains of interest are in the management of complex operating systems. A distinguish this continuum mechanics book from the [..] collection of studies from leading scholars [..] other books on this subject. Textbooks on contin- Contents uum mechanics are widely employed in engineering Contents Preface.- Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering: education, however, none of them [..] From the Contents: Complex systems approaches for application to the case of Anterior Cruciate Liga- BOM research: NK fitness landscape and social net- Contents ment Repair, by C.P. Laurent.- Process Modeling work theory.- Behavioral OM Experiments: Critical Introduction.- Mechanical Modeling of Materials.- and Rendering of Biochemical Structures: Actin, Inquiry Reawakening Practical issues in Research.- Basic Continuum Kinetmatics.- Continuum For- by Ozan Kahramanogullari.- A model predicting Trust in supply chains: A network perspective.- mulations of Conservation Laws.- Formulation of rolling cells percentage in inflamed brain venules, by Trust in face-to-face and electronic negotiation: A Constitutive Equations.- Modeling Material Symme- Paola Lecca.- Analysis and modeling of metabolism laboratory study.- Learning on the Shop Floor: the try.- Four Linear Continuum Theories.- Modelling of cancer, by Miroslava Cuperlovic-Culf.- Model- Behavioural Roots of Organisational Knowledge.- Material Microstructure.- Poroelasticity.- Mixture ling the influence of cell signaling on the dynamics Incentives in organizations of operating systems: Theory.- Kinematics and Mechanics of Large Defor- of gene regulatory networks, by Chiara Damiani.- Can Economics and Psychology coexist in Human mations.- Plasticity Theory.- Appendix.- Mechanistic models of astrocytic glucose metabo- Resources Management?.- Conservatism, Overconfi- lism calibrated on PET images, by Paola Lecca.-[...] dence, and Self-attribution in Purchasing[...] Fields of interest Biomedical Engineering; Biophysics and Biological Fields of interest Fields of interest Physics; Mechanics; Biomaterials; Classical Contin- Biomedical Engineering; Biophysics and Biological Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, uum Physics Physics; Computational Biology / Bioinformatics; Marketing; Industrial and organisational psychology; Biotechnology; Analysis Operation Research / Decision Theory Target groups Graduate Target groups Target groups Research Research Type of publication Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook Type of publication Type of publication Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5024-5 Monograph More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5889-6 Hardcover More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4877-7 2013. 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O. Drubel, Siemens AG, Berlin, Germany M. Wältermann, TU Berlin, Germany M. Kachanov, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA; I. Sevostianov, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA (Eds.) Converter Applications and their Dimension-based Quality Modeling Influence on Large Electrical of Transmitted Speech Effective Properties of Machines Heterogeneous Materials In this book, speech transmission quality is modeled on the basis of perceptual dimensions. The author The book contains state-of the-art reviews in the Converter driven applications are applied in more presents a new analytical assessment method that area of effective properties of heterogeneous mate- and more processes. Almost any installed wind- allows the dimensions to be rated by non-expert lis- rials - the classical field at interface of materials sci- farm, ship drives, steel mills, several boiler feed water teners in a direct way. Due to the efficiency of the ence and solid mechanics. The primary focus is pumps, extruder and many other applications oper- test method, a relatively large number of stimuli on thermo-mechanical properties, materials sci- ate much more efficient and economic in case of can be assessed in auditory tests. The test method is ence applications, as well as computational aspects variable speed solutions. The boundary conditions applied in two auditory experiments. The book gives and new opportunities provided by rapidly increas- for a motor or generator will change, if it is supplied the evidence that this test method provides mean- ing computer powers. The reviews are at the level by a converter. An electrical machine, which is oper- ingful and reliable results. The resulting dimension that is appropriate for a substantial community of ated by a converter, can no longer be regarded as an scores together with respective overall quality ratings researchers working in this field, both at universities independent component, but is embedded in a sys- form the basis for a new parametric model for the and in the industry, and to graduate students. The tem consisting of converter and machine.This book quality estimation of transmitted speech based on book can be used as supplementary reading to grad- gives an overview of existing converter designs for the perceptual[...] uate level courses. large electrical machines. Methods for the appropri- ate calculation of machine[...] Features Features In this book, speech transmission quality is modeled The book contains state-of the-art reviews in the Features on the basis of perceptual dimensions. The author area of effective properties of heterogeneous mate- Converter driven applications are applied in more presents a new analytical assessment method that rials - the classical field at interface of materials sci- and more processes. Almost any installed wind- allows the dimensions to be rated by non-expert lis- ence and solid mechanics. The primary focus is on farm, ship drives, steel mills, several boiler feed water teners in a direct way. Due to the efficiency of the thermo-mechanical properties, materials science pumps, extruder and many other applications oper- test method, a relatively large number of stimuli applications, as well as computational aspects and ate much more efficient and economic in case of can be assessed in auditory tests. The test method is new opportunities provided by rapidly increasing variable speed solutions. The boundary conditions applied in two auditory experiments. The book gives computer powers. The reviews are at the level that is for a motor or generator will change, if it is supplied [..] [..] by a converter. An electrical machine, which is [..] Contents Contents Contents A Dimension-based Approach to Mouth-to-ear 1 Non-interaction approximation in the problem of Typical converter designs for electrical machines.- Speech Transmission Quality.- Quality Feature effective properties.- 2 Multipole expansion method Calculation-methods for converter fed electrical Space of Transmitted Speech.- Direct Scaling of in micromechanics of composites.- 3 Effective field machines.- Additional losses due to higher volt- Speech Quality Dimensions.- Instrumental Dimen- method in the theory of heterogeneous media.- 4 age harmonics.- Converter caused torque oscilla- sion-based Speech Quality Modeling. Effective properties of composite materials, rein- tions.- Noise based on electromagnetic sources in forced structures and smart composites: Asymptotic case of converter operation.- Converter caused shaft Fields of interest homogenization approach.- 5 An Overview of Com- voltages.- Insulation strategies in converter dri- Communications Engineering, Networks; Informa- putational Micromechanics; T.I. Zohdi. ven machines.- Converter applications in typical tion Systems and Communication Service; Acoustics examples of energy efficient pump systems and in Fields of interest processes with a strong overload characteristic. Target groups Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Research Structural Materials; Mechanical Engineering Fields of interest Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Net- Type of publication Target groups works; Renewable and Green Energy; Computational Monograph Research Intelligence; Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings) More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35018-4 Type of publication Target groups Hardcover Monograph Research 2013. XII, 203 p. 38 illus. (T-Labs Series in Telecommuni- More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5714-1 cation Services) Type of publication $129.00 Hardcover Monograph ISBN 978-3-642-35018-4 2013. VII, 389 p. 120 illus., 58 in color. (Solid Mechanics More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36281-1 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. and Its Applications, Vol. 193) $179.00 Hardcover ISBN 978-94-007-5714-1 2013. X, 190 p. 113 illus. (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 232) Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. $129.00 ISBN 978-3-642-36281-1 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 62 Engineering springer.com

E. Byskov, Aalborg University, Denmark R. Czerwinski, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland; K.L. Sundarkrishnaa, Chennai, India D. Kania, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland Elementary Continuum Mechanics Friction Material Composites for Everyone Finite State Machine Logic Synthesis for Complex Materials Perspective With Applications to Structural Mechanics Programmable Logic Devices Friction Material Composites is the first volume of the five volumes which strongly educates and The book opens with a derivation of kinematically updates engineers and other professionals in braking nonlinear 3-D continuum mechanics for solids. This book is a monograph devoted to logic synthe- industries, research and test labs. It explains besides Then the principle of virtual work is utilized to sis and optimization for CPLDs. CPLDs' macro- the formulation of design processes and its com- derive the simpler, kinematically linear 3-D theory cell can also be interpreted as programmable AND- plete manufacturing input. This book gives an idea and to provide the foundation for developing con- fixed OR structure, well known as PAL-based struc- of mechanisms of friction and how to control them sistent theories of kinematic nonlinearity and lin- ture. The question is: what should be done when the by designing .The book is useful for designers of earity for specialized continua, such as beams and number of implicants representing function exceeds automotive, rail and aero industries for designing the plates, and finite element methods for these struc- the number of product terms available in a logic brake systems effectively with the integration of fric- tures. A formulation in terms of the versatile Budi- block. The answer is ... in the book.Logic synthe- tion material composite design which is critical. It ansky-Hutchinson notation is used as basis for the sis and optimization methods dedicated for PAL- clearly emphasizes the driving safety and how seri- theories for these structures and structural elements, based structures are proposed. The methods strive ous designers should select the design input. The as well as for an in-depth treatment of structural to find the optimum fit for the combinational logic significance of[...] instability. and finite state machines to the structure of the logic Features Features device and aim at area and speed optimization. The Friction Material Composites is the first of the five The book opens with a derivation of kinematically theoretical background and complete strategies[...] volumes which strongly educates and updates engi- nonlinear 3-D continuum mechanics for solids. Features neers and other professionals in braking indus- Then the principle of virtual work is utilized to This book is a monograph devoted to logic synthe- tries, research and test labs. It explains besides the derive the simpler, kinematically linear 3-D theory sis and optimization for CPLDs. CPLDs' macrocell formulation of design processes and its complete and to provide the foundation for developing consis- can also be interpreted as programmable AND-fixed manufacturing input. This book gives an idea of tent theories of kinematic nonlinearity and linearity OR structure, well known as PAL-based structure. mechanisms of friction and how to control them by for specialized continua, such as beams and plates, The question is: what should be done when the num- designing .The book is useful for designers of [..] and finite element methods for these structures. [..] ber of implicants representing function exceeds the Contents Contents number of product terms available in a logic block. Frictional force.- Rolling motion.- Design essentials Preface.- Introduction.- I Continuum Mechanics.- The answer is ... in the book.Logic synthesis and [..] for brake friction composite material - automobile II Specialized Continua.- III Beams with Cross-Sec- Contents and rail applications.- Formulation design.- General tions and Plates with Thickness.- IV Buckling.- V Introduction.- Definitions and Basic Properties.- property requirements in a friction material design.- Introduction to the Finite Element Method.- VI Synthesis of FSMs.- State Assignment Algorithms.- Friction material laws and rules governautomobile Mathematical Preliminaries.- Index. Theoretical Background of Technology-Dependent and rail ing a design.-Functional role of raw materi- Fields of interest Optimization.- The Algorithm of Area Optimization als in brake friction material composite design.- Use- Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Based on Graphs of Outputs.- Conclusions.- Output ful manufacturing guidelines for secondary market Mechanical Engineering; Appl. Mathematics / Com- File Format.- Conclusion. automobile brake friction material pad/liner suppli- putational Methods of Engineering ers.- Quality control design most suited for friction Fields of interest material industry ISO 9000, 9001, QS 9000, QS 14000 Target groups Circuits and Systems; Logic Design; Engineering and TQM. 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R.A. Aliev, Joint Business Administration Program, Baku, Azerbai- H. Czichos, Beuth Hochschule für Technik, Berlin, Germany (Ed.) S.-l. Ao, IAENG Secretariat, Hong Kong, China (Ed.) jan Handbook of Technical Diagnostics IAENG Transactions on Engineering Fundamentals of the Fuzzy Logic- Fundamentals and Application to Structures and Systems Technologies Volume 6 - Special Based Generalized Theory of Edition of the World Congress on Decisions This book presents concepts, methods and tech- niques to examine symptoms of faults and failures Engineering and Computer Science of structures, systems and components and to moni- 2010 Every day decision making and decision making in tor functional performance and structural integrity. complex human-centric systems are characterized The book is organized in five parts. Part A intro- by imperfect decision-relevant information. Main duces the scope and application of technical diag- This volume contains twenty-two revised and drawback of the existing decision theories is namely nostics and gives a comprehensive overview of the extended research articles written by prominent incapability to deal with imperfect information and physics of failure. Part B presents all relevant meth- researchers participating in the World Congress modeling vague preferences. Actually, a paradigm ods and techniques for diagnostics and monitoring: on Engineering and Computer Science (WCES of non-numerical probabilities in decision making from stress, strain, vibration analysis, nondestructive 2009). The book offers the state of art of tremendous has a long history and arose also in Keynes’s analysis evaluation, thermography and industrial radiology to advances in engineering technologies and also serves of uncertainty. There is a need for further general- computed tomography and subsurface microstruc- as an excellent reference work for researchers and ization – a move to decision theories with percep- tural analysis. Part C cores the principles and con- graduate students working with/on engineering tech- tion-based imperfect information described in NL. cepts of technical failure analysis,[...] nologies. The languages of new decision models for human- centric systems should be not languages based on Features Features binary logic but human-centric[...] This book presents concepts, methods and tech- This volume contains twenty-two revised and niques to examine symptoms of faults and failures of extended research articles written by prominent Features structures, systems and components and to monitor researchers participating in the World Congress Every day decision making and decision making in functional performance and structural integrity. The on Engineering and Computer Science (WCES complex human-centric systems are characterized book is organized in five parts. Part A introduces the 2009). The book offers the state of art of tremendous by imperfect decision-relevant information. Main scope and application of technical diagnostics and advances in engineering technologies and also serves drawback of the existing decision theories is namely gives a comprehensive overview of the physics of as an excellent reference work for researchers and incapability to deal with imperfect information and failure. Part B presents all relevant methods and [..] graduate students working with/on engineering tech- modeling vague preferences. 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A. Chakrabarti, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India; R.V. M. Wiercigroch, University of Aberdeen, UK; G. Rega, Sapienza A. Buekens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Prakash, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India (Eds.) University of Rome, Italy (Eds.) Incineration Technologies ICoRD'13 IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear

Global Product Development Dynamics for Advanced Waste incineration is the art of completely combust- Technologies and Engineering ing waste, while maintaining or reducing emission This book showcases over 100 cutting-edge research Design levels below current emission standards. Where pos- papers from the 4th International Conference on sible, objectives include the recovering of energy as Research into Design (ICoRD’13) – the largest in Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear Dynam- well as the combustion residues. Successful waste India in this area – written by eminent researchers ics for Advanced Technologies and Engineering Design, held incineration makes it possible to achieve a deep from over 20 countries, on the design process, meth- Aberdeen, UK, 27-30 July 2010 reduction in waste volume, obtain a compact and ods and tools, for supporting global product devel- sterile residue, and eliminate a wide array of pollu- opment (GPD). The special features of the book are Nonlinear dynamics has been enjoying a vast devel- tants. This book places waste incineration within the the variety of insights into the GPD process, and the opment for nearly four decades resulting in a range wider context of waste management, and demon- host of methods and tools at the cutting edge of all of well established theory, with the potential to strates that, in contrast to landfills and composting, major areas of design research for its support. The significantly enhance performance, effectiveness, waste incineration can eliminate objectionable and main benefit of this book for researchers in engineer- reliability and safety of physical systems as well as hazardous properties such as flammability and toxic- ing design and GPD are access to the latest quality offering novel technologies and designs. By criti- ity, result in a significant[...] research in this area; for practitioners and educators, cally appraising the state-of-the-art, it is now time to it is exposure to an[...] develop design criteria and technology for new gen- Features eration products/processes operating on principles Waste incineration is the art of completely combust- Features of nonlinear interaction and in the nonlinear regime, ing waste, while maintaining or reducing emission This book showcases over 100 cutting-edge research leading to more effective, sensitive, accurate, and levels below current emission standards. Where pos- papers from the 4th International Conference on durable methods than what is currently available. sible, objectives include the recovering of energy as Research into Design (ICoRD’13) – the largest in This new approach is expected to radically influence well as the combustion residues. Successful waste India in this area – written by eminent researchers the design, control[...] incineration makes it possible to achieve a deep from over 20 countries, on the design process, meth- reduction in waste volume, obtain a compact and ods and tools, for supporting global product devel- Features sterile residue, and eliminate a wide array of [..] opment (GPD). The special features of the book are Nonlinear dynamics has been enjoying a vast devel- the variety of insights into the GPD process, and the opment for nearly four decades resulting in a range Contents host of [..] of well established theory, with the potential to Glossary.- Definition of the Subject.- 1. Introduc- significantly enhance performance, effectiveness, tion.- 2. Evaluation of Waste Incineration.- 3. Waste Contents reliability and safety of physical systems as well as Incineration.- 4. Incinerator Furnaces and Boil- Preface.- Conference Organizing Committee.- Table offering novel technologies and designs. By criti- ers.- 5. Selection of Incinerator Furnaces.- 6. Refuse- of Contents. Papers.- Author Index. cally appraising the state-of-the-art, it is now time to Derived-Fuel.- 7. Public Image of Incineration.- 8. develop design criteria and technology for new [..] Future Directions.- Bibliography.- Index. Fields of interest Engineering Design; Computer-Aided Engineering Contents Fields of interest (CAD, CAE) and Design; Technology Management; I New Nonlinear Dynamics Methods and Theories: Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Environmental Management 1. Noise-induced jumping prior to a fold: Applied Transfer; Waste Management / Waste Technol- to climate tipping predictions, by J Michael Thomp- ogy; Industrial Chemistry / Chemical Engineer- Target groups son.- 2. Computation of the basins of attraction in ing; Renewable and Green Energy; Environmental Research non-smooth dynamical systems, by Ugo Galvanetto.- Engineering / Biotechnology; Renewable and Green 3. Two conceptions of nonlinear normal vibration Type of publication Energy modes and their applications in applied problems, by Proceedings Yuri V Mikhlin.- 4. Soliton-mediated electric current Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-81-322-1049-8 or electron transfer arising from the coupling of elec- Upper undergraduate Hardcover tron quantum mechanics to nonlinear elasticity in Type of publication 2013. XXIV, 1448 p. 689 illus. (Lecture Notes in Mechan- anharmonic crystal lattices, by Manuel G Velarde.- Brief ical Engineering) 5. Dynamics of a ring of[...] $399.00 More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5751-0 Fields of interest ISBN 978-81-322-1049-8 Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control; Engineering Softcover Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Design; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory 2013. XVIII, 89 p. 15 illus., 7 in color. 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R. Bembenik, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland; L. E. Goodarzi, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA; M. N. Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA; J. Skonieczny, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland; H. Rybin- Ziaei, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA; L. Teang Zhang, NEC Labs America, Princeton, NJ, USA ski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland; M. Kryszkiewicz, Shui, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia Warsaw University of Technology, Poland; M. Niezgodka, Univer- sity of Warsaw, Poland (Eds.) Media Access Control and Resource Introduction to Risk and Allocation Intelligent Tools for Building a Uncertainty in Hydrosystem For Next Generation Passive Optical Networks Scientific Information Platform Engineering This book focuses on various Passive optical net- Advanced Architectures and Solutions works (PONs) types, including currently deployed Water engineers require knowledge of stochastic, Ethernet PON (EPON) and Gigabit PON (GPON) This book is a selection of results obtained within frequency concepts, uncertainty analysis, risk assess- as well as next generation WDM PON and OFDM two years of research per- formed under SYNAT - a ment, and the processes that predict unexpected PON. Also this book examines the integrated opti- nation-wide scientific project aiming at creating an events. This book presents the basics of stochas- cal and wireless access networks. Concentrating on infrastructure for scientific content storage and shar- tic, risk and uncertainty analysis, and random sam- two issues in these networks: media access control ing for academia, education and open knowledge pling techniques in conjunction with straightforward (MAC) and resource allocation. These two prob- society in Poland. The selection refers to the research examples which are solved step by step. In addition, lems can greatly affect performances of PONs such in artificial intelligence, knowledge discovery and appropriate Excel functions are included as an alter- as network resource utilization and QoS of end users. data mining, information retrievaland natural lan- native to solve the examples, and two real case stud- Finally this book will discuss various solutions to guage processing, addressing the problems of imple- ies is presented in the last chapters of book. address the MAC and resource allocation issues in menting intelligent tools for building a scientific various PON networks. information platform.This book is a continuation Features Water engineers require knowledge of stochastic, and extension of the ideas presented in “Intelligent Features frequency concepts, uncertainty analysis, risk assess- Tools for Building a Scientific Information Platform” This book focuses on various Passive optical net- ment, and the processes that predict unexpected published as volume[...] works (PONs) types, including currently deployed events. This book presents the basics of stochas- Ethernet PON (EPON) and Gigabit PON (GPON) Features tic, risk and uncertainty analysis, and random sam- as well as next generation WDM PON and OFDM This book is a selection of results obtained within pling techniques in conjunction with straightforward PON. Also this book examines the integrated opti- two years of research per- formed under SYNAT - a examples which are solved step by step. In addition, cal and wireless access networks. Concentrating on nation-wide scientific project aiming at creating an appropriate Excel functions are included as an [..] two issues in these networks: media access control infrastructure for scientific content storage and shar- (MAC) and resource allocation. These two problems ing for academia, education and open knowledge Contents can greatly affect [..] society in Poland. The selection refers to the research Preface.- Basic Concepts.- Probability Theories.- Risk and Uncertainty Analysis.- Monte in artificial intelligence, knowledge discovery and Contents Carlo Simulation.- Evaluation of Dam Overtopping data mining, information retrievaland [..] Overview of Broadband Access Technologies.- PON Risk Based on Univariate Flood Frequency Analy- Architectures.- Media Access Control and Resource Contents ses.-Evaluation of Dam Overtopping Risk Based on Allocation in GPON.- Media Access Control and From the Contents: Media, Information Univariate and Bivariate Flood Frequency Analyses.- Resource Allocation in EPON and 10G-EPON.- Overload, and Information Science.- Information References.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- Appendix Media Access Control and Resouce Allocation in Retrieval for Heterogeneous Knowledge Sources C.- Index. WDM PON.- OFDM PON.- Hybrid Optical and based on Multi-Agent Systems.- Interactive Infor- Wireless Access.- Green Passive Optical Networks.- mation Search in Text Data Collections.- Home- Fields of interest Looking Forward. pages Identification and Information Extraction Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chem- in Researcher Profiling.- On Digitalizing the Geo- Fields of interest istry and Earth Sciences; Quality Control, Reliability, graphical Dictionary of Polish Kingdom Published Communications Engineering, Networks; Computer Safety and Risk in 1880.- Semantic Data Sharing and Presenta- Systems Organization and Communication Net- tion in Integrated Knowledge System.- Long-term Target groups works; Signal, Image and Speech Processing Preservation Services as a Key Element of the Digital Research Libraries Infrastructure.- Development of a Univer- Target groups sity Knowledge Base.-[...] Type of publication Research Monograph Fields of interest Type of publication Computational Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5850-6 Brief (incl. 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S.X. Ding, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany X. Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China H. Gattringer, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Österreich; J. Ger- stmayr, Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH, Austria (Eds.) Model-Based Fault Diagnosis MotionCast for Mobile Wireless Techniques Networks Multibody System Dynamics, Robotics and Control Design Schemes, Algorithms and Tools MotionCast for Mobile Wireless Networks provides Guaranteeing a high system performance over a wide an overview on the research for mobile ad-hoc net- The volume contains 19 contributions by inter- operating range is an important issue surrounding works regarding capacity and connectivity. Wire- national experts in the field of multibody system the design of automatic control systems with succes- less ad-hoc networks are useful when there is a lack dynamics, robotics and control. The book aims to sively increasing complexity. As a key technology of infrastructure for communication. The proposed bridge the gap between the modeling of mechani- in the search for a solution, advanced fault detec- notion “MotionCast” is for the capacity analysis cal systems by means of multibody dynamics for- tion and identification (FDI) is receiving consider- of multicast in MANET. A new kind of connectiv- mulations and robotics. In the classical approach, a able attention. This book introduces basic model- ity (k;m)-connectivity, is also defined, and its criti- multibody dynamics model contains a very high level based FDI schemes, advanced analysis and design cal transmission range for i.i.d. (independently and of detail, however, the application of such models algorithms, and mathematical and control-theo- identically distributed) and random walk mobil- to robotics or control is usually limited. The papers retic tools. This second edition of Model-Based Fault ity models are derived respectively. This book also aim to connect the different scientific communities Diagnosis Techniques contains: • new material on investigates the related issues of connectivity in in multibody dynamics, robotics and control. Main fault isolation and identification and alarm manage- mobile and static circumstances. In addition, it pro- topics are flexible multibody systems, humanoid ment; • extended and revised treatment of systematic vides a survey of the capacity scaling[...] robots, elastic robots, nonlinear control, optimal threshold determination for systems with[...] path planning, and identification. Features Features MotionCast for Mobile Wireless Networks provides Features Guaranteeing a high system performance over a wide an overview on the research for mobile ad-hoc net- The volume contains 19 contributions by inter- operating range is an important issue surrounding works regarding capacity and connectivity. Wire- national experts in the field of multibody system the design of automatic control systems with succes- less ad-hoc networks are useful when there is a lack dynamics, robotics and control. The book aims to sively increasing complexity. As a key technology in of infrastructure for communication. The proposed bridge the gap between the modeling of mechanical the search for a solution, advanced fault detection notion “MotionCast” is for the capacity analysis of systems by means of multibody dynamics formula- and identification (FDI) is receiving considerable multicast in MANET. A new kind of connectivity tions and robotics. In the classical approach, a multi- attention. This book introduces basic model-based (k;m)-connectivity, is also defined, and its critical [..] body dynamics model contains a very high level of FDI schemes, advanced analysis and design [..] detail, however, the application of such models to Contents robotics or [..] Contents MotionCast: Delay and Capacity Tradeoff Analy- Basic Ideas, Major Issues, and Tools in the Observer- sis.- MotionCast: General Connectivity in Clustered Contents Based FDI Framework.- Modelling of Technical Sys- Wireless Networks.- MotionCast: A Survey on the Time-optimal path planning along specified tra- tems.- Structural Fault Detectability, Isolability and Capacity Scaling of Wireless Networks. jectories.- Efficient online computation of smooth Identifiability.- Basic Residual Generation Methods.- trajectories along geometric paths for robotic manip- Perfect Unknown Input Decoupling.- Residual Gen- Fields of interest ulators.- Constraint and dynamic analysis of compli- eration with Enhanced Robustness against Unknown Communications Engineering, Networks; Computer ant mechanisms with a flexible multibody modelling Inputs.- Residual Generation with Enhanced Robust- Communication Networks; Power Electronics, Elec- approach. - Sensor data fusion for the localization ness against Model Uncertainties.- Norm-Based trical Machines and Networks; Computer Systems and position control of one kind of omnidirec- Residual Evaluation and Threshold Computation.- Organization and Communication Networks tional mobile robots. - Modelling and control of Statistical-Methods-Based Residual Evaluation and infinite-dimensional mechanical systems: a port- Threshold Setting.- Integration of Norm-Based and Target groups Hamiltonian approach. - Passivity-based tracking Statistical Methods.- Integrated Design of[...] Research control of a flexible link robot. - Norm-optimal itera- tive learning control for a pneumatic[...] Fields of interest Type of publication Control; Industrial Chemistry / Chemical Engineer- Brief Fields of interest ing; Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Net- More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5634-6 Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control; Control , works; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk Robotics, Mechatronics Softcover Target groups 2013. 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A.D. Sappa, Computer Vision Center, Barcelona, Spain; J. Vitrià, W. Zhou, Shanghai Nanotechnology Promotion Center, China C. Mavroidis, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA; A. Fer- University of Barcelona, Spain reira, École Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Bourges, France (Eds.) Nanoimprint Lithography: Multimodal Interaction in Image An Enabling Process for Nanorobotics and Video Applications Nanofabrication Current Approaches and Techniques Traditional Pattern Recognition (PR) and Computer Nanoimprint Lithography: An enabling process for Nanorobots can be defined as intelligent systems Vision (CV) technologies have mainly focused on nanofabrication presents a comprehensive descrip- with overall dimensions at or below the micrometer full automation, even though full automation often tion of nanotechnology that is one of the most range that are made of assemblies of nanoscale com- proves elusive or unnatural in many applications, promising low-cost, high-throughput technologies ponents with individual dimensions ranging between where the technology is expected to assist rather than for manufacturing nanostructures, and an emerging 1 to 100 nm. These devices can now perform a wide replace the human agents. However, not all the prob- lithography candidates for 22, 16 and 11 nm nodes. variety of tasks at the nanoscale in a wide variety lems can be automatically solved being the human It provides the exciting, multidisciplinary field, of fields including but not limited to fields such as interaction the only way to tackle those applica- offering a wide range of topics covering: principles, manufacturing, medicine, supply chain, biology, and tions. Recently, multimodal human interaction has process, material and application. This book would aerospace. Nanorobotics: Current Approaches and become an important field of increasing interest in be of specific interest for researchers and graduate Techniques offers a comprehensive overview of this the research community. Advanced man-machine students in the field of nanoscience, nanotechnology emerging interdisciplinary field with a wide rang- interfaces with high cognitive capabilities are a hot and nanofabrication, material, physical, chemical, ing discussion that includes nano-manipulation and research topic that aims at solving challenging prob- electric engineering and biology. Dr. Weimin Zhou industrial nanorobotics, nanorobotic manipulation lems in image and video applications.[...] is an associate professor at[...] in biology and medicine,[...] Features Features Features Traditional Pattern Recognition (PR) and Computer Nanoimprint Lithography: An enabling process for Nanorobot devices now perform a wide variety Vision (CV) technologies have mainly focused on nanofabrication presents a comprehensive descrip- of tasks at the nanoscale in a wide variety of fields full automation, even though full automation often tion of nanotechnology that is one of the most including but not limited to fields such as manufac- proves elusive or unnatural in many applications, promising low-cost, high-throughput technologies turing, medicine, supply chain, biology, and outer where the technology is expected to assist rather than for manufacturing nanostructures, and an emerg- space. Nanorobotics: Current Approaches and Tech- replace the human agents. However, not all the prob- ing lithography candidates for 22, 16 and 11 nm niques is a comprehensive overview of this interdis- lems can be automatically solved being the human nodes. It provides the exciting, multidisciplinary ciplinary field with a wide ranging discussion that interaction the only way to tackle those applications. field, offering a wide range of topics covering: princi- includes nano-manipulation and industrial [..] [..] ples, process, [..] Contents Contents Contents Section I: NanoRobotics: The Vision and Applica- An Application for Efficient Error-Free Labeling Principles and statues of nanoimprint lithogra- tions.- Introduction to NanoRobotics.- Nanome- ofMedical Images.- Interactive Document Retrieval phy.- Stamp Fabrication.- stamp surface treatment.- chanical Cantilever-Based Manipulation for Sensing and Classification.- Interactive Visual and Semantic Nanoimprint lithography resists.- Nanoimprint lith- and Imaging.- Swarms of Self-Organized Nanoro- Image Retrieval.- Coloresia: An Interactive Colour ography process.- Modeling and Simulation of NIL.- bots.- Reservoir Nanoagents for In-Situ Sensing Perception Device for the VisuallyImpaired..- Inter- Application of NIL in Light emitting Diodes.- Appli- and Intervention.- Miniaturization and Micro/ active Pansharpening and Active Classification in cation of NIL in memory devices.- Application of Nanotechnology in Space Robotics.- Diamondoid RemoteSensing.- Interactive Image Retrieval Based NIL in solar cell. Nanorobotics.- Section II: Nano-Manipulation and on Relevance Feedback.- An User-Driven Tool for Industrial NanoRobotics.- Virtual Tooling for Nano Interactive Retrieval of Non AnnotatedVideos.- Fields of interest Assembly and Nano Manipulations.- Nanorobotic Exploiting Multimodal Interaction Techniques for Nanotechnology and Microengineering; Optical and Mass Transport.- Nanorobotic Manipulation of 1D Video-Surveillance.- Interactive Video Surveillance Electronic Materials; Nanotechnology; Nanochem- Nanomaterials in Scanning Electron Microscopes.- for Perimeter Control.- Interactive[...] istry Section[...]

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B. He, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA (Ed.) R. Camussi, University of Rome 3, Italy (Ed.) B. Shen, Donghua University, Shanghai, PR China; Z. Wang, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK; H. Shu, Donghua University, Shanghai, PR China Neural Engineering Noise Sources in Turbulent Shear Flows: Fundamentals and Nonlinear Stochastic Systems with Neural Engineering, 2nd Edition, contains reviews Applications Incomplete Information and discussions of contemporary and relevant top- ics by leading investigators in the field. It is intended Filtering and Control to serve as a textbook at the graduate and advanced The articles in this volume present the state-of-the- undergraduate level in a bioengineering curriculum. art in noise prediction, modeling and measurement. Nonlinear Stochastic Processes addresses the fre- This principles and applications approach to neural The articles are partially based on class notes pro- quently-encountered problem of incomplete infor- engineering is essential reading for all academics, vided during the course `Noise sources in turbu- mation. The causes of this problem considered here biomedical engineers, neuroscientists, neurophysi- lent shear flows', given at CISM on April 2011. The include: missing measurements; sensor delays and ologists, and industry professionals wishing to take first part contains general concepts of aero acoustics, saturation; quantization effects; and signal sam- advantage of the latest and greatest in this emerging including vortex sound theory and acoustic analo- pling. Divided into three parts, the text begins with field. gies, in the second part particular emphasis is put a focus on H∞ filtering and control problems asso- into arguments of interest for engineers and relevant ciated with general classes of nonlinear stochastic Features for aircraft design: jet noise, airfoil broadband noise, discrete-time systems. Filtering problems are consid- Neural Engineering, 2nd Edition, contains reviews boundary layer noise (including interior noise and its ered in the second part, and in the third the theory and discussions of contemporary and relevant top- control) and the concept of noise sources, their theo- and techniques previously developed are applied to ics by leading investigators in the field. It is intended retical modeling and identification in turbulent lows. the solution of issues arising in complex networks to serve as a textbook at the graduate and advanced All these[...] with the design of sampled-data-based controllers undergraduate level in a bioengineering curriculum. and filters. Among its highlights, the[...] This principles and applications approach to neural Features engineering is essential reading for all academics, The articles in this volume present the state-of-the- Features biomedical engineers, neuroscientists, [..] art in noise prediction, modeling and measurement. Nonlinear Stochastic Processes addresses the fre- The articles are partially based on class notes pro- quently-encountered problem of incomplete infor- Fields of interest vided during the course `Noise sources in turbu- mation. The causes of this problem considered Biomedical Engineering; Neurosciences; Biophysics lent shear flows', given at CISM on April 2011. The here include: missing measurements; sensor delays and Biological Physics; Imaging / Radiology first part contains general concepts of aero acoustics, and saturation; quantization effects; and signal including vortex sound theory and acoustic analo- sampling.Divided into three parts, the text begins Target groups gies, in the second part particular emphasis is put [..] with a focus on H∞ filtering and control problems Research associated with general classes of [..] Contents Type of publication Fundamentals: Introduction to aero acoustics and Contents Contributed volume self-sustained oscillations of internal flows.- Sound From the Contents: Quantized H-infinity Control More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5226-3 radiation by moving surfaces and the Greens func- for Nonlinear Stochastic Time-delay Systems with tions techniques.- Applications: Jet noise.- Analysis Missing Measurements.- Nonlinear H-infinity Filter- Hardcover techniques for aero acoustics: noise source iden- ing for Discrete-Time Stochastic Systems with Miss- 2013. 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Control Fields of interest Target groups Control; Probability Theory and Stochastic Research Processes; Communications Engineering, Networks; Signal, Image and Speech Processing; Systems The- Type of publication ory, Control Monograph More on www.springer.com/978-3-7091-1457-5 Target groups Research Hardcover 2013. 450 p. 95 illus. (CISM International Centre for Type of publication Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 545) Monograph $249.00 ISBN 978-3-7091-1457-5 More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4913-2 Due: April 28, 2013 Hardcover 2013. XVI, 250 p. 68 illus., 31 in color. $129.00 ISBN 978-1-4471-4913-2 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. springer.com Engineering 69

W. Lacarbonara, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy R. Seising, European Centre for Soft Computing, Mieres, Spain; H. Su, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, E. Trillas, European Centre for Soft Computing, Mieres, Spain; C. China; X. Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Moraga, European Centre for Soft Computing, Mieres, Spain; S. Nonlinear Structural Mechanics Termini, University of Palermo, Italy (Eds.) Pinning Control of Complex Theory, Dynamical Phenomena and Modeling On Fuzziness Networked Systems Nonlinear Structural Mechanics: Theory, Dynamical A Homage to Lotfi A. Zadeh – Volume 1 Synchronization, Consensus and Flocking of Networked Sys- Phenomena and Modeling offers a concise, coherent tems via Pinning presentation of the theoretical framework of nonlin- The notion of Fuzziness stands as one of the really ear mechanics, computational methods, applications, Synchronization, consensus and flocking are ubiq- new concepts that have recently enriched the world parametric investigations of nonlinear phenomena uitous requirements in networked systems. Pinning of Science. Science grows not only through technical and their mechanical interpretation towards design. Control of Complex Networked Systems investigates and formal advances on one side and useful applica- The theoretical and computational tools that enable these requirements by using the pinning control tions on the other side, but also as consequence of the formulation, solution, and interpretation of non- strategy, which aims to control the whole dynamical the introduction and assimilation of new concepts linear structures are presented in a systematic fash- network with huge numbers of nodes by imposing in its corpus. These, in turn, produce new develop- ion so as to gradually attain an increasing level of controllers for only a fraction of the nodes. As the ments and applications. And this is what Fuzziness, complexity of structural behaviors, under the pre- direct control of every node in a dynamical network one of the few new concepts arisen in the XX Cen- vailing assumptions on the geometry of deformation, with huge numbers of nodes might be impossible or tury, has been doing so far. This book aims at pay- the constitutive aspects and the loading scenarios. unnecessary, it’s then very important to use the pin- ing homage to Professor Lotfi A. Zadeh, the “father Readers will find a unified[...] ning control strategy for the synchronization of com- of fuzzy logic” and also at giving credit to his excep- plex dynamical networks. The research on pinning tional work and personality. In a way, this is reflected Features control strategy in consensus and flocking of multi- in the variety of[...] Nonlinear Structural Mechanics: Theory, Dynamical agent systems can not only help us to[...] Phenomena and Modeling offers a concise, coherent Features presentation of the theoretical framework of nonlin- Features The notion of Fuzziness stands as one of the really ear structural mechanics, computational methods, Synchronization, consensus and flocking are ubiq- new concepts that have recently enriched the world applications, parametric investigations of nonlin- uitous requirements in networked systems. Pinning of Science. Science grows not only through technical ear phenomena and their mechanical interpretation Control of Complex Networked Systems investigates and formal advances on one side and useful applica- towards design. The theoretical and computational these requirements by using the pinning control tions on the other side, but also as consequence of tools that enable the formulation, solution, and [..] strategy, which aims to control the whole dynamical the introduction and assimilation of new concepts network with huge numbers of nodes by imposing in its corpus. These, in turn, produce new develop- Contents controllers for only a fraction of the nodes. As the ments and applications. And this is what Fuzziness, Concepts, Methods and Paradigms – Stability and direct control of every node in a dynamical [..] Bifurcation of Structures – The Elastic Cable: from [..] Formulation to Computation – Nonlinear Mechan- Contents Contents ics of Three-Dimensional Solids – The Nonlinear Overview.- Pinning control for complete synchro- On Fuzziness: A – Ma. Theory of Beams – Elastic Instabilities of Slender nization of complex dynamical networks.- Pin- Structures– The Nonlinear Theory of Curved Beams Fields of interest ning control for cluster synchronization of complex and Flexurally Stiff Cables – The Nonlinear The- Computational Intelligence; Mathematical Logic and dynamical networks.- Distributed pinning-con- ory of Plates – The Nonlinear Theory of Cable-Sup- Formal Languages trolled second-order consensus of multi-agent sys- ported Structures – The Nonlinear Theory of Arch- tems.- Distributed pinning-controlled consensus in Supported Structures – Discretization Methods. Target groups a heterogeneous influence network.- Distributed pin- Research ning-controlled flocking with a virtual leader.- Dis- Fields of interest tributed pinning-controlled flocking with preserved Structural Mechanics; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Type of publication network connectivity. Systems and Complexity; Civil Engineering; Com- Monograph putational Intelligence; Computational Science and Fields of interest More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35640-7 Engineering Control; Systems Theory, Control; Artificial Intel- Hardcover ligence (incl. Robotics); Robotics and Automation; Target groups 2013. XII, 466 p. 117 illus. (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Communications Engineering, Networks Research Computing, Vol. 298) $179.00 Target groups Type of publication ISBN 978-3-642-35640-7 Research Monograph Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. More on www.springer.com/978-1-4419-1275-6 Type of publication Monograph Hardcover 2013. XVII, 802 p. 290 illus., 3 in color. More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34577-7 $279.00 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-4419-1275-6 2013. XI, 163 p. 57 illus. Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. $179.00 ISBN 978-3-642-34577-7 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 70 Engineering springer.com

Z. Fang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China (Ed.) Y. Yang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; M. Ma, Nanyang M. S, Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India; S.S. Technological University, Singapore (Eds.) Kumar, Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India (Eds.) Pretreatment Techniques for Biofuels and Biorefineries Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Green Proceedings of the Fourth Communications and Networks International Conference on Signal This book includes 19 chapters contributed by the and Image Processing 2012 (ICSIP world's leading experts on pretreatment methods 2012 (GCN 2012): Volume 3 for biomass. It extensively covers the different types 2012) of biomass (e.g. molasses, sugar beet pulp, cheese whey, sugarcane residues, palm waste, vegetable The objective of the 2nd International Conference on Volume 1 oil, straws, stalks and wood), various pretreatment Green Communications and Networks 2012 (GCN The proceedings includes cutting-edge research approaches (e.g. physical, thermal, chemical, physic- 2012) is to facilitate an exchange of information articles from the Fourth International Conference ochemical and biological) and methods that show on best practices for the latest research advances in on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP), which is the subsequent production of biofuels and chemi- the area of communications, networks and intelli- organised by Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology, cals such as sugars, ethanol, extracellular polysaccha- gence applications. These mainly involve computer Kalapatti, Coimbatore. The Conference provides rides, biodiesel, gas and oil. In addition to traditional science and engineering, informatics, communica- academia and industry to discuss and present the lat- methods such as steam, hot-water, hydrothermal, tions and control, electrical engineering, information est technological advances and research results in diluted-acid, organosolv, ozonolysis, sulfite, milling, computing, and business intelligence and manage- the fields of theoretical, experimental, and applica- fungal and bacterial,[...] ment. Proceedings of the 2nd International Confer- ence on Green Communications and Networks 2012 tion of signal, image and video processing. The book Features (GCN 2012) will focus on green information tech- provides latest and most informative content from This book includes 19 chapters contributed by the nology and applications, which will provide in-depth engineers and scientists in signal, image and video world's leading experts on pretreatment methods for insights for engineers and scientists in[...] processing from around the world, which will bene- biomass. It extensively covers the different types of fit the future research community to work in a more biomass (e.g. molasses, sugar beet pulp, cheese whey, Features cohesive and collaborative way. sugarcane residues, palm waste, vegetable oil, straws, The objective of the 2nd International Conference on Features stalks and wood), various pretreatment approaches Green Communications and Networks 2012 (GCN The proceedings includes cutting-edge research (e.g. physical, thermal, chemical, physicochemical 2012) is to facilitate an exchange of information on articles from the Fourth International Conference and biological) and methods that show the [..] best practices for the latest research advances in the area of communications, networks and intelligence on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP), which is Contents applications. These mainly involve computer science organised by Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology, Biopretreatment.- Thermal Pretreatment.- Chemical and engineering, informatics, communications and Kalapatti, Coimbatore. The Conference provides Pretreatment.- Physicochemical Pretreatment.- Gasi- control, electrical engineering, information [..] academia and industry to discuss and present the lat- fication, Liquefaction and Biogas.- Novel Pretreat- est technological advances and research results in the ment Techniques.- Pretreatment of Different Types Contents fields of theoretical, experimental, and application of of Biomass. Intelligent Control.- Efficient Management.- Opti- signal, [..] mal Design of Access Network Infrastructures.- Fields of interest Home Networks.- Terminal Equipment. Contents Renewable and Green Energy; Industrial Chem- Preface.- Table of Contents.- About the Editors.- istry / Chemical Engineering; Renewable and Green Fields of interest About ICSIP 2012: Conference Details, Organizing Energy; Biotechnology Communications Engineering, Networks; Renew- Committee.- Papers.- Author Index. able and Green Energy; Environmental Engineering / Target groups Biotechnology; Information Systems and Communi- Fields of interest Professional/practitioner cation Service Signal, Image and Speech Processing; Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics; Type of publication Target groups Document Preparation and Text Processing Professional book Research Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-32734-6 Type of publication Research Hardcover Proceedings Type of publication 2013. XIX, 457 p. 99 illus., 41 in color. 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M. S, Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India; S.S. J. Liu, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China K.S. Rao, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India; S.G. Kumar, Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India Koolagudi, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India (Eds.) Radial Basis Function (RBF) Neural Network Control for Mechanical Robust Emotion Recognition using Proceedings of the Fourth Spectral and Prosodic Features International Conference on Signal Systems and Image Processing 2012 (ICSIP Design, Analysis and Matlab Simulation In this brief, the authors discuss recently explored spectral (sub-segmental and pitch synchronous) and 2012) Radial Basis Function (RBF) Neural Network Con- prosodic (global and local features at word and sylla- trol for Mechanical Systems is motivated by the need Volume 2 ble levels in different parts of the utterance) features for systematic design approaches to stable adaptive for discerning emotions in a robust manner. The The proceedings includes cutting-edge research control system design using neural network approx- authors also delve into the complementary evidences articles from the Fourth International Conference imation-based techniques. The main objectives of obtained from excitation source, vocal tract system on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP), which is the book are to introduce the concrete design meth- and prosodic features for the purpose of enhancing organised by Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology, ods and MATLAB simulation of stable adaptive RBF emotion recognition performance. Features based Kalapatti, Coimbatore. The Conference provides neural control strategies. In this book, a broad range on speaking rate characteristics are explored with the academia and industry to discuss and present the lat- of implementable neural network control design help of multi-stage and hybrid models for further est technological advances and research results in methods for mechanical systems are presented, such improving emotion recognition performance. Pro- the fields of theoretical, experimental, and applica- as robot manipulators, inverted pendulums, sin- posed spectral and prosodic features are evaluated on tion of signal, image and video processing. The book gle link flexible joint robots, motors, etc. Advanced real life emotional[...] provides latest and most informative content from neural network controller design methods and their engineers and scientists in signal, image and video stability analysis are explored. The book[...] Features processing from around the world, which will bene- In this brief, the authors discuss recently explored Features fit the future research community to work in a more spectral (sub-segmental and pitch synchronous) and Radial Basis Function (RBF) Neural Network Con- cohesive and collaborative way. prosodic (global and local features at word and sylla- trol for Mechanical Systems is motivated by the need ble levels in different parts of the utterance) features Features for systematic design approaches to stable adaptive for discerning emotions in a robust manner.The The proceedings includes cutting-edge research control system design using neural network approx- authors also delve into the complementary evidences articles from the Fourth International Conference imation-based techniques. The main objectives of obtained from excitation source, vocal tract system on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP), which is the book are to introduce the concrete design meth- and prosodic features for the purpose [..] organised by Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology, ods and MATLAB simulation of stable adaptive RBF Kalapatti, Coimbatore. The Conference provides neural [..] Contents academia and industry to discuss and present the lat- Introduction.- Robust Emotion Recognition using Contents est technological advances and research results in the Pitch Synchronous and Sub-syllabic Spectral Fea- Introduction.- RBF Neural Network Design and fields of theoretical, experimental, and application of tures.- Robust Emotion Recognition using Word Simulation.- RBF Neural Network Control Based on signal, [..] and Syllable Level Prosodic Features.- Robust Emo- Gradient Descent Algorithm.- Adaptive RBF Neural tion Recognition using Combination of Excitation Contents Network Control.- Neural Network Sliding Mode Source, Spectral and Prosodic Features.- Robust Preface.- Table of Contents.- About the Editors.- Control.- Adaptive RBF Control Based on Global Emotion Recognition using Speaking Rate Features.- About ICSIP 2012: Conference Details, Organizing Approximation.- Adaptive Robust RBF Control Emotion Recognition on Real Life Emotions.- Sum- Committee.- Papers.- Author Index. Based on Local Approximation.- Backstepping Con- mary and Conclusions.- MFCC Features.- Gaussian trol with RBF.- Digital RBF Neural Network Con- Mixture Model (GMM). Fields of interest trol.- Discrete Neural Network Control.- Adaptive Signal, Image and Speech Processing; Computer RBF Observer Design and Sliding Mode Control. Fields of interest Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics; Signal, Image and Speech Processing; User Interfaces Document Preparation and Text Processing Fields of interest and Human Computer Interaction; Language Trans- Control; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control; lation and Linguistics; Computational Linguistics Target groups Computational Intelligence; Mathematical Models of Research Cognitive Processes and Neural Networks Target groups Research Type of publication Target groups Proceedings Research Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-81-322-0999-7 Brief Type of publication Hardcover Monograph More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6359-7 2013. XI, 479 p. 318 illus. (Lecture Notes in Electrical More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34815-0 Softcover Engineering, Vol. 222) 2013. XII, 118 p. 37 illus., 15 in color. (SpringerBriefs in $179.00 Hardcover Speech Technology) ISBN 978-81-322-0999-7 2013. 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R.B. Rusu, San Francisco, CA, USA B. Thomson, Univeristy of Cambridge, UK W. Sha, Queen’s University Belfast, UK

Semantic 3D Object Maps for Statistical Methods for Spoken Steels

Everyday Robot Manipulation Dialogue Management From Materials Science to Structural Engineering

Steels and computer-based modelling are fast grow- The book written by Dr. Radu B. Rusu presents Speech is the most natural mode of communication ing fields in materials science as well as structural a detailed description of 3D Semantic Mapping and yet attempts to build systems which support engineering, demonstrated by the large amount of in the context of mobile robot manipulation. As robust habitable conversations between a human and recent literature.Steels: From Materials Science to autonomous robotic platforms get more sophisti- a machine have so far had only limited success. A key Structural Engineering combines steels research and cated manipulation capabilities, they also need more reason is that current systems treat speech input as model development, including the application of expressive and comprehensive environment mod- equivalent to a keyboard or mouse, and behaviour modelling techniques in steels. The latest research els that include the objects present in the world, is controlled by predefined scripts that try to antici- includes structural engineering modelling, and together with their position, form, and other seman- pate what the user will say and act accordingly. But novel, prototype alloy steels such as heat-resistant tic aspects, as well as interpretations of these objects speech recognisers make many errors and humans steel, nitride-strengthened ferritic/martensitic steel with respect to the robot tasks. The book proposes are not predictable; the result is systems which are and low nickel maraging steel. Researchers studying novel 3D feature representations called Point Feature difficult to design and fragile in use.Statistical meth- steels will find the topics vital to their work. Materi- Histograms (PFH), as well as a frameworks for the ods for spoken dialogue management takes a radi- als experts will be able to learn about steels used in acquisition and processing of Semantic 3D Object cally different view. It treats dialogue as the problem structural[...] Maps with contributions to robust[...] of inferring a user's[...] Features Features Features Steels and computer-based modelling are fast grow- The book written by Dr. Radu B. Rusu presents Speech is the most natural mode of communication ing fields in materials science as well as structural a detailed description of 3D Semantic Mapping and yet attempts to build systems which support engineering, demonstrated by the large amount of in the context of mobile robot manipulation. As robust habitable conversations between a human and recent literature.Steels: From Materials Science to autonomous robotic platforms get more sophisti- a machine have so far had only limited success. A key Structural Engineering combines steels research and cated manipulation capabilities, they also need more reason is that current systems treat speech input as model development, including the application of expressive and comprehensive environment mod- equivalent to a keyboard or mouse, and behaviour is modelling techniques in steels. The latest research els that include the objects present in the world, controlled by predefined scripts that try to anticipate includes structural engineering [..] together with their position, form, and other seman- what the user will say and act accordingly. But [..] tic aspects, as well as [..] Contents Contents Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 High-strength Contents Dialogue system theory.- Maintaining state.- Main- low-alloy steel.- Chapter 3 Fire-resistant steel.- Introduction.- Semantic 3D Object Mapping Ker- taining state - optimizations.- Policy design.- Evalua- Chapter 4 Heat-resistant steel.- Chapter 5 Nitride- nel.- Mapping of Indoor Environments.- Applica- tion.- Parameter learning. strengthened ferritic/martensitic steel.- Chapter 6 tions. Fields of interest Ultra high strength maraging steel.- Chapter 7 Low Fields of interest Signal, Image and Speech Processing; Statistics for nickel maraging steel.- Chapter 8 Concrete struc- Robotics and Automation; Artificial Intelligence Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chem- tures.- Chapter 9 Cold-formed steel portal frame.- (incl. Robotics); Image Processing and Computer istry and Earth Sciences; Probability and Statistics in Chapter 10 Fire engineering.- Chapter 11 Fire resis- Vision; Signal, Image and Speech Processing Computer Science; Neuropsychology; Biological Psy- tance of protected slim floors. chology; Cognitive Psychology Target groups Fields of interest Research Target groups Building Materials; Light Construction, Steel Con- Research struction, Timber Construction; Metallic Materials; Type of publication Structural Materials; Characterization and Evalua- Monograph Type of publication tion of Materials Monograph More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35478-6 Target groups Hardcover More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4922-4 Research 2013. XII, 232 p. 181 illus. (Springer Tracts in Advanced Hardcover Robotics, Vol. 85) 2013. XVII, 136 p. 29 illus., 5 in color. 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M.G. Moehrle, University of Bremen, Germany; R. Isenmann, ISI, W. Guo, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; G. Labrosse, P. Alotto, University of Padova, Italy; F. Freschi, Polytechnic Uni- Karlsruhe, Germany; R. Phaal, University of Cambridge, UK (Eds.) Université Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France; R. Narayanan, University versity of Turin, Torino, Italy; M. Repetto, Polytechnic University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA of Turin, Torino, Italy; C. Rosso, Polytechnic University of Turin, Torino, Italy Technology Roadmapping for Strategy and Innovation The Application of the Chebyshev- Spectral Method in Transport The Cell Method for Electrical Charting the Route to Success Phenomena Engineering and Multiphysics Technology roadmapping is a significant method to Problems help companies gain orientation concerning future Transport phenomena problems that occur in engi- An Introduction challenges. This work contains a description of tech- neering and physics are often multi-dimensional and nology roadmapping in four major parts, providing multi-phase in character. When taking recourse to This book presents a numerical scheme for the solu- expert knowledge on framing/embedding of technol- numerical methods the spectral method is particu- tion of field problems governed by partial differen- ogy roadmapping, processes of technology roadmap- larly useful and efficient. The book is meant prin- tial equations: the cell method. The technique lends ping, implementing technology roadmapping and cipally to train students and non-specialists to use itself naturally to the solution of multiphysics prob- linking technology roadmapping to other instru- the spectral method for solving problems that model lems with several interacting phenomena. The Cell ments of strategic planning. The book provides a fluid flow in closed geometries with heat or mass Method, based on a space-time tessellation, is inti- comprehensive survey of technology roadmapping transfer. To this aim the reader should bring a work- mately related to the work of Tonti and to his ideas since it contains papers by leading European, Amer- ing knowledge of fluid mechanics and heat transfer of classification diagrams or, as they are nowadays ican and Asian experts, provides orientation regard- and should be readily conversant with simple con- called, Tonti diagrams: a graphical representation of ing different methods of technology roadmapping cepts of linear algebra including spectral decomposi- the problem's equations made possible by a suitable and their interconnections, supplies readers with tion of matrices as well as solvability conditions for selection of a space-time framework relating physical a[...] inhomogeneous problems. The[...] variables to each other. The main features of the cell method are presented and links with many other dis- Features Features crete numerical[...] Technology roadmapping is a core method to help Transport phenomena problems that occur in engi- companies and other organisations gain orienta- neering and physics are often multi-dimensional and Features tion for future opportunities and changes.This book multi-phase in character. When taking recourse to This book presents a numerical scheme for the solu- is a key resource for technology roadmapping – it numerical methods the spectral method is particu- tion of field problems governed by partial differen- provides expert knowledge in four areas:To frame/ larly useful and efficient. The book is meant prin- tial equations: the cell method. The technique lends embed technology roadmappingTo structure the cipally to train students and non-specialists to use itself naturally to the solution of multiphysics prob- process and tasks of technology roadmappingTo the spectral method for solving problems that model lems with several interacting phenomena. The Cell implement technology roadmapping into [..] fluid flow in closed geometries with heat or [..] Method, based on a space-time tessellation, is inti- mately related to the work of Tonti and to his ideas Contents Contents of classification diagrams or, as they are [..] Basics of technology roadmapping.- Institutional ref- An Introduction to the Book and a Road Map.- An erence for technology roadmapping.- Processes of Introduction to the Spectral Method.- Steady One- Contents technology roadmapping.- Implementing technology Dimensional (1D) Heat Conduction Problems.- Tonti diagrams.-Topological equations.- Constitu- roadmapping.- Linking technology roadmapping to Unsteady 1D Heat Conduction Problems.- Steady tive equations.- Classical physical problems.- Multi- other instruments of strategic planning. Two-Dimensional (2D) Heat Conduction Problems.- physics problems.- Implementation. 2D Closed Flow Problems - The Driven Cavity.- Fields of interest Fields of interest Applications to Hydrodynamic Instabilities.- Exer- Industrial and Production Engineering; Business Appl. Mathematics / Computational Methods of cises for the Reader.- References.- Index. Strategy/Leadership; Technology Management Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Numerical and Computational Physics Target groups Fields of interest Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Research Target groups Transfer; Numerical and Computational Physics; Research Type of publication Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Fluid- and Aerody- Proceedings namics; Computational Science and Engineering Type of publication Monograph More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-33922-6 Target groups Hardcover Graduate More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36100-5 2013. VIII, 285 p. 89 illus. Hardcover Type of publication $199.00 2013. XII, 130 p. 113 illus. 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R. Bartnik, Opole University of Technology, Poland T. Pedersen, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Den- K. Tzanakakis, Athens, Greece mark; L. Bals, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark; P.D. Ørberg Jensen, Copenhagen Business School, The Modernization Potential of Gas Frederiksberg, Denmark; M.M. Larsen, Copenhagen Business The Railway Track and Its Long Turbines in the Coal-Fired Power School, Fredricksburg, Denmark (Eds.) Term Behaviour Industry The Offshoring Challenge A Handbook for a Railway Track of High Quality Thermal and Economic Effectiveness Strategic Design and Innovation for Tomorrow’s Organization A proper quality of a track and other infrastructure objects represents a basic requirement for train safety The opportunity of repowering the existing condens- The continuous search for efficiency gains and the and punctuality. Most of the physical systems and ing power stations by means of gas turbogenera- goal of attaining a sustainable competitive advantage their components deteriorate over time. This affects tors offers an important opportunity to considerably have steadily increased the volume of goods and ser- performance and may lead to failures. Albert Ein- improvement of their energy efficiency. The Mod- vices procured globally from third party vendors. In stein said, “You have to learn the rules of the game. ernization Potential of Gas turbines in the Coal- this context, named as “the next wave of globaliza- And then you have to play better than anyone else.” Fired Power Industry presents the methodology, cal- tion”, the offshoring phenomenon has stimulated Only if we understand how the whole system works, culation procedures and tools used to support enter- research and political debates. With the rise of ser- taking into account its imperfections and how they prise planning for adapting power stations to dual- vices offshoring, international value chain disaggre- influence its quality and performance will we be able fuel gas-steam combined-cycle technologies. Both gation for services has reached a formerly unknown to learn the rules of the game and “play better.” The the conceptual and practical aspects of the conver- scale. Also, it is increasingly complex transactions, book provides the readers with the necessary func- sion of existing coal-fired power plants is covered. requiring a higher degree of qualification, which tional knowledge of track behaviour and comprehen- Discussions of the feasibility, advantages and dis- are becoming subject to offshoring as well.The Off- sively covers the[...] advantages and possible methods are supported by shoring Challenge: Strategic Design and Innovation chapters presenting equations of energy[...] for Tomorrow’s[...] Features A proper quality of a track and other infrastructure Features Features objects represents a basic requirement for train safety The opportunity of repowering the existing condens- The continuous search for efficiency gains and the and punctuality. Most of the physical systems and ing power stations by means of gas turbogenera- goal of attaining a sustainable competitive advantage their components deteriorate over time. This affects tors offers an important opportunity to considerably have steadily increased the volume of goods and ser- performance and may lead to failures. Albert Ein- improvement of their energy efficiency. The Mod- vices procured globally from third party vendors. In stein said, “You have to learn the rules of the game. ernization Potential of Gas turbines in the Coal- this context, named as “the next wave of globaliza- And then you have to play better than anyone else.” Fired Power Industry presents the methodology, cal- tion”, the offshoring phenomenon has stimulated Only if we understand how the whole system [..] culation procedures and tools used to support enter- research and political debates. With the rise of ser- prise planning for adapting power stations to dual- vices offshoring, international value chain [..] Contents fuel [..] History of Railways – A Quick View.- The External Contents Environment of the Infrastructure.- The Railway Contents Exploring Layers of Complexity in Offshoring Track as a System.- The Track Degradation.- Track 1.Introduction.- 2.Thermodynamic fundamentals for Research and Practice.- Offshoring Activities Impact Quality.- Design – Construction – Maintenance production of electric power in hierarchical j-cycle A Company’s Business Model: The Case of BBVA Aiming at High Performance.- Tools for Rational systems.- 3.In-series or parallel system?.- 4.Energy and Banco Santander.- Entrepreneurial Global- Maintenance (RAMS and LCC).- Outsourcing Track efficiency of repowering a power unit by installing a ization: Lessons from the Offshoring Experiences Maintenance. gas turbogenerator in a parallel system.- 5.Selection of European Firms.- Tracking Offshoring and of an optimum gas turbogenerator for the repowered Outsourcing Strategies in Global Supply Chains.- Fields of interest power unit.- 6.Selection of the structure of the heat Exploring Processes and Capabilities in Offshoring Civil Engineering; Engineering Economics, Organi- recovery steam generator for the repowered power Intermediation.- Offshoring And Outsourcing Of zation, Logistics, Marketing; Engineering Design unit.- 7.Comparison of specific cost of producing Customer-Oriented Business Processes: An interna- electricity in a 370 MW power unit adapted to dual- tional transaction value model.- Offshoring White- Target groups fuel gas-steam system and in a new one operating Collar Work: An Explorative Investigation of the Professional/practitioner under supercritical[...] Processes and[...] Type of publication Fields of interest Fields of interest Monograph Renewable and Green Energy; Energy Efficiency Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, (incl. 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Y. Zheng, IMP, TU Darmstadt, Germany S. Khan, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Pakistan; A.-S. Khan Pathan, International Islamic University Malaysia, Environment Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Eds.) Tunable Multiband Ferroelectric

Devices for Reconfigurable RF- Wireless Networks and Security G.Th. Farmer, Farmer Enterprises, Las Cruces, NM, USA; J. Cook, Frontends The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia Issues, Challenges and Research Trends Climate Change Science: A Modern Reconfigurable RF-frontends aim to cope with the “Wireless Networks and Security” provides a broad continuous pursuit of wider frequency coverage, coverage of wireless security issues including cryp- Synthesis higher efficiency, further compactness and lower tographic coprocessors, encryption, authentication, cost of ownership. They are expected to lay the key management, attacks and countermeasures, Volume 1 - The Physical Climate foundations of future software defined or cogni- secure routing, secure medium access control, intru- An introduction to the principles of climate change tive radios. As a potential enabling technology for sion detection, epidemics, security performance science with an emphasis on the empirical evidence the frontends, the tunable ferroelectric devices have analysis, security issues in applications. The contri- for climate change and a warming world. Additional shown not only enhanced performance but also new butions identify various vulnerabilities in the physi- readings are given at the end of each chapter. A list functionalities. This book explores the recent devel- cal layer, MAC layer, network layer, transport layer, of "Things to Know" opens each chapter. Chapters opments in the field. It provides a cross-sectional and application layer, and focus on ways of strength- are arranged so that the student is first introduced to perspective on the interdisciplinary research. With ening security mechanisms and services throughout the scientific method(s), examples of the use of the attention to the devices based on ceramic thick-films the layers. This carefully edited monograph is target- scientific method from other sciences drawn from and crystal thin-films, the book reviews the adapted ing for researchers, post-graduate students in uni- the history of science with an emphasis on climate technologies of material[...] versities, academics, and[...] science. Climate science is treated in each chapter Features Features based on the premise of global warming. Chapter Reconfigurable RF-frontends aim to cope with the “Wireless Networks and Security” provides a broad treatments on the atmosphere. biosphere, geosphere, continuous pursuit of wider frequency coverage, coverage of wireless security issues including cryp- hydrosphere, and anthroposphere and their inter- higher efficiency, further compactness and lower tographic coprocessors, encryption, authentication, relationships are given. cost of ownership. They are expected to lay the key management, attacks and countermeasures, Features foundations of future software defined or cogni- secure routing, secure medium access control, intru- Climate Change Science: A Modern Synthesis intro- tive radios. As a potential enabling technology for sion detection, epidemics, security performance duces the principles of climate change science, the frontends, the tunable ferroelectric devices have analysis, security issues in applications. The contri- emphasizing the empirical evidence for climate shown not only enhanced performance but also new butions identify various vulnerabilities in the physi- change and a warming world. Divided into eleven [..] cal [..] sections, this comprehensive book opens with an Contents Contents introduction to basic scientific principles including Introduction.- Tunable Microwave Dielectrics.- Pro- From the contents: Security in Amateur Packet the scientific method, the laws of thermodynamics, cessing of Ferroelectric Films and Components.- Radio Networks.- Security Issues in Mobile Ad hoc the gathering and interpretation of data, biographical Novel Multilayer Components on BST Thin-Films.- Network.- Secure AODV Routing Protocol Based on [..] Summary and Outlook. Trust Mechanism.- Security and Privacy in Vehicu- lar Ad-hoc Networks: survey and the road ahead.- Contents Fields of interest Security issues and approaches on wireless M2M sys- 1. Introduction.- Part I - Scientific principles and the Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Commu- tems.- Security and Privacy in Wireless Body Area scientific method.- 2. scientific principles.- 3. The nications Engineering, Networks Networks for Health Care Applications.- Security scientific method and its use.- Part II - Overview and Privacy Issues in Wireless Mesh Networks: A of climate change science.- 4. Earth’s energy bud- Target groups Survey.- Trust Establishment Techniques in VANET. get.- 5. Climate change trends.- 6. Earth’s surface Research temperature.- 7. Climate change science as earth Fields of interest science.- Part III - Earth’s atmosphere.- 8. Introduc- Type of publication Communications Engineering, Networks; Systems tion to earth’s atmosphere.- 9. Carbon dioxide, other Monograph and Data Security greenhouse gases, and the carbon cycle.- 10. Earth’s albedo, radiative forcing and climate change.- 11. More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35779-4 Target groups Atmospheric circulation and climate.- Part IV - The Hardcover Research world ocean and[...] 2013. XII, 148 p. 137 illus. 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S.A. Shahid, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, H. Imura, Yokohama National University, Japan W.P. Stewart, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA; D.R. United Arab Emirates; M.A. Abdelfattah, Environment Agency - Williams, USDA-FS, Fort Collins, CO, USA; L.E. Kruger, USDA-FS, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; F.K. Taha, International Center Juneau, AK, USA (Eds.) for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Eds.) Environmental Systems Studies

A Macroscope for Understanding and Operating Spaceship Place-Based Conservation Developments in Soil Salinity Earth Perspectives from the Social Sciences Assessment and Reclamation The environmental field is deep and wide. In the The concept of “Place” has become prominent in Innovative Thinking and Use of Marginal Soil and Water flood of information, how can people understand the Resources in Irrigated Agriculture underlying causes of what they hear about the envi- natural resource management, as professionals ronment from newspapers and television? This book increasingly recognize the importance of scale, place- The papers assembled here cover topics such as tech- was originally published in Japanese, with the aim specific meanings, local knowledge, and social-eco- nological advances in soil salinity mapping and mon- of providing basic information about the ideas and logical dynamics. Place-Based Conservation: Per- itoring, management and reclamation of salt-affected methods to see and understand the interconnection spectives from the Social Sciences offers a thorough soils, use of marginal quality water for crop produc- between nature and human activities from a system- examination of the topic, dividing its exploration tion, salt-tolerance mechanisms in plants, biosaline atic point of view. The author subsequently prepared into four broad areas. Place-Based Conservation pro- agriculture and agroforestry, microbiological inter- an English version of the same material for use as a vides a comprehensive resource for researchers and ventions for marginal soils, opportunities and chal- textbook for the Global Environmental Leaders Pro- practitioners to help build the conceptual grounding lenges in using marginal waters, and soil and water gram at Nagoya University, where he taught many necessary to understand and to effectively practice management in irrigated agriculture. students from Asia and Europe. The book covers place-based conservation. diverse environmental issues such as[...] Features Features This important addition to the technical literature of Features The concept of “Place” has become prominent in ecology is a storehouse of information on marginal The environmental field is deep and wide. In the natural resource management, as professionals soils and waters from around the world. Soil salin- flood of information, how can people understand the increasingly recognize the importance of scale, place- ity is considered the most important component of underlying causes of what they hear about the envi- specific meanings, local knowledge, and social-eco- land degradation in arid and semi-arid regions, it is ronment from newspapers and television? This book logical dynamics. Place-Based Conservation: Per- dynamic, spreading globally in over 100 countries was originally published in Japanese, with the aim spectives from the Social Sciences offers a thorough and covering more than one billion hectares. It is of providing basic information about the ideas and examination of the topic, dividing its exploration causing significant losses in irrigated [..] methods to see and understand the interconnection into four broad areas. Part One, Conceptual [..] between nature and human activities from a system- Contents atic [..] Contents Part I High-tech in Soil Salinity Mapping and Moni- Contents:.- 1: The Emergence of Place-Based Con- toring.- 1. Developments in Soil Salinity Assessment, Contents servation.- Part I: Conceptual Issues of Place-Based Modeling, Mapping and Monitoring from Regional 1. Seeing and Understanding Interactions between Conservation.- 2: Science, Practice and Place.- 3: to Submicroscopic Scales.- 2. Soil Salinity Modelling, Nature and Humanity.- 2. Operating Our Spaceship Conservation That Connects Multiple Scales of Approaches and Key Issues.- 3. Quantification of the Earth.- 3. Understanding the Global Climate Sys- Place.- 4: Organizational Cultures and Place-Based Salt Content of Soils Under Different Climatic Con- tem.- 4. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service: Indica- Conservation.- 5: Community, Place, and Conser- ditions on a National Scale in South Africa.- 4. Soil tors of the Global Environment.- 5. An Evolutionary vation.- Part II: Experiencing Place.- 6: Sensing Salinizaion Assessment and Monitoring at Boe Klue View of the Environment.- 6. Transforming Our Value in Place.- 7: Place Meanings as Lived Expe- District, Nan Province, Northern Thailand.- 5. Soil Society: Low Carbon, Coexistence with Nature, and rience.- 8: Personal Experience and Public Place Salinity Mapping Using Multi-Temporal Satellite Sound Material Cycle.- 7. The Environment as a Creation.- 9: Volunteer Meanings in the Making of Images in Agricultural Field of Syrdary Province of Commons: How Should It Be Managed?.- 8. Eco- Place.- Part III: Representing Place.- 10: Integrating Uzbekistan.- 6. The New Map[...] nomics of the Environment.- 9. Resources, Energy, Divergent Representations[...] and Environmental Load.- 10. Japan and an Asian Fields of interest Perspective. Fields of interest Soil Science & Conservation; Waste Water Tech- Environmental Management; Nature Conservation; nology / Water Pollution Control / Water Man- Fields of interest Landscape, Regional and Urban Planning; Sustain- agement / Aquatic Pollution; Marine & Freshwater Environmental Management; Earth System Sciences; able Development; Environment (general); Human Sciences; Agriculture; Climate Change Environmental Economics Geography

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Type of publication Type of publication Type of publication Contributed volume Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5683-0 More on www.springer.com/978-4-431-54125-7 More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5801-8 Hardcover Softcover Hardcover 2013. LI, 808 p. 212 illus., 116 in color. 2013. XII, 151 p. 27 illus., 22 in color. 2013. XI, 264 p. 18 illus., 1 in color. $229.00 $89.95 $179.00 ISBN 978-94-007-5683-0 ISBN 978-4-431-54125-7 ISBN 978-94-007-5801-8 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. springer.com Geography 77

M. Casanova, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; O. Salazar, Uni- M. Sargolini, Università di Camerino, Macerata, Italy versity of Chile, Santiago, Chile; O. Seguel, University of Chile, Geography Santiago, Chile; W. Luzio, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile Urban Landscapes

The Soils of Chile Environmental Networks and the Quality of Life M. Raubal, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; D.M. Mark, University of Buf- falo, NY, USA; A.U. Frank, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria (Eds.) Today, more than 50% of the world’s population This book is intended for students and soil scientists lives in cities and is subject to particular environ- Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of who want to know about the state of the art in soil mental and economic impacts against the backdrop sciences in Chile. The book merges a comprehen- of an evolving planetary crisis. This book explores Geographic Space sive bibliographical review of the soil surveys carried the intimate relationship between the quality of out throughout the length and breadth of Chilean life of city dwellers and the quality of urban land- New Perspectives on Geographic Information Research territory during the past 40 years and more recent scapes, including those regenerated through green 20 years ago, from July 8 to 20, 1990, 60 researchers information obtained by the authors in a number of spaces and environmental networks. Starting from gathered for two weeks at Castillo-Palacio Magalia field studies. As its starting point the book presents the concept of “landscape” as defined by the Euro- in Las Navas del Marques (Avila Province, Spain) a general overview of important features related to pean Landscape Convention (i.e. "an area, perceived to discuss cognitive and linguistic aspects of geo- Chilean soils, such as geology and geomorphology, by people, whose character is the result of the action graphic space. This meeting was the start of suc- climate, land use and vegetation. In this long and and interaction of natural and/or human factors"), it cessful research on cognitive issues in geographic narrow country different soil formation factors and expands upon, in particular, the interactions between information science, produced an edited book (D. processes have resulted in a broad variety of soil bod- the different biotic and[...] ies, from the[...] M. Mark and A. U. Frank, Eds., 1991, Cognitive and Features Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space. NATO ASI Features Today, more than 50% of the world’s population Series D: Behavioural and Social Sciences 63. Kluwer, This book is intended for students and soil scientists lives in cities and is subject to particular environ- Dordrecht/Boston/London), and led to a biannual who want to know about the state of the art in soil mental and economic impacts against the backdrop conference (COSIT), a refereed journal (Spatial Cog- sciences in Chile. The book merges a comprehensive of an evolving planetary crisis. This book explores nition and Computation), and a substantial and still bibliographical review of the soil surveys carried out the intimate relationship between the quality of life growing research community. It[...] throughout the length and breadth of Chilean terri- of city dwellers and the quality of urban landscapes, Features tory during the past 40 years and more recent infor- including those regenerated through green spaces In 1990, sixty researchers gathered for two weeks at mation obtained by the authors in a number of field and environmental networks. Starting from the con- Castillo-Palacio Magalia in Las Navas del Marques, studies. As its starting point the book [..] cept of [..] Spain, to discuss cognitive and linguistic aspects of Contents Contents geographic space. This meeting was the start of suc- Preface.- General Chile overview.- Territory forma- Introduction.- Part I The City and Nature: Ecology cessful research on cognitive issues in geographic tion: geology and geomorphology.- Climate: from vs Aesthetics. Bios, Techne, Logos. Environmen- information science. It appeared worthwhile to desert to glaciers.- Vegetation.-Land use.- Main tal and Landscape Quality. The City Under Trans- assess the achievements and reconsider the research features of Chilean soils.- Soil formation in Chile.- formation and the City in Crisis. Metabolization of challenges twenty years later. What has changed in Major soil zones.- A soil map of Chile.- Manage- the Changes. Waste Spaces: Disused, Residual, and [..] ment of soil properties in Chile.- Chemical prop- Degraded Areas. Smart Communities. A Changing Contents erties.- Physical properties.- Biological properties.- Vision (Alternative Scenarios). Urban and Territor- Researching Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Human induced soil degradation in Chile.- Ero- ial Regeneration Programs. Environmental Networks Geographic Space - Las Navas then and now.- Spatial sive soil degradation.- Non erosive soil degrada- and Greening the City. Environmental Networks and Computing - How spatial structures replace compu- tion.- Desertification.- Future of soil conservation in the Shape of the City. Different Spatial Relationship tational effort.- The Cognitive Development of the Chile.- Annexe. Scales. New Instruments and Support Systems for Spatial Concepts NEXT, NEAR, AWAY and FAR.- Decision Making.- Part II Case Study – the[...] Fields of interest From compasses and maps to mountains and terri- Soil Science & Conservation Fields of interest tories: Experimental results on geographic cognitive Sustainable Development; Landscape, Regional and categorization.- Prospects and Challenges of Land- Target groups Urban Planning; Urbanism; Quality of Life Research marks in Navigation Services.- Landmarks and a hik- Research ing ontology to support wayfinding in a national Target groups park during different seasons.- Talking about Place Type of publication Research Where It Matters.- Many to Many Mobile Maps.-[...] Monograph Fields of interest More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5948-0 Type of publication Monograph Geographical Information Systems / Cartography Hardcover 2013. 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M. Leitner, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA (Ed.) F. Vescovi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Institute for Mobility Research, Institute for Mobility Research (ifmo), Munich, Germany (Ed.) Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Designing the Urban Renaissance Megacity Mobility Culture Geospatial Technologies Sustainable and competitive place making in England How Cities Move on in a Diverse World This book is an academic essay about the urban Recent years in North America have seen a rapid regeneration policies which have been changing the What determines how cities move on? The ever- development in the area of crime analysis and map- physical - and partly social - outlook of many Eng- increasing challenges to urban mobility come in ping using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) lish cities during the last 10-15 years, eventually giv- many forms, and approaches to address them range technology. In 1996, the US National Institute of Jus- ing birth to a process which is also known as ‘Urban from the technically ingenious to attempts to change tice (NIJ) established the crime mapping research Renaissance’. The main focus is on urban design: travel behaviour. Key amongst factors essential to center (CMRC), to promote research, evaluation, the way it has been promoted by the government as the success of any such approach is whether the development, and dissemination of GIS technology. an important means for delivering attractive places urban environment proves to be fertile ground for The long-term goal is to develop a fully functional in more sustainable and competitive cities. The the desired progress. Another vital determinant of Crime Analysis System (CAS) with standardized research describes the support given to local author- success is how well individual measures to engineer data collection and reporting mechanisms, tools for ities for this purpose through new laws and powers, the transport system interact with other develop- spatial and temporal analysis, visualization of data the publishing of planning and design manuals and ments. This leads to the principal subject of Megacity and much more. Among the drawbacks of current the delivery of especially dedicated funds, bodies and Mobility Culture: the basic principles that deter- crime analysis systems is their lack of tools for spatial programmes. It also explores[...] mine the paths along which cities move. This book analysis. For this reason, spatial[...] demonstrates that the concept of ‘mobility[...] Features Features The economic and social challenges brought by glob- Features Recent years in North America have seen a rapid alization and the inevitable prospect of a commit- What determines how cities move on? The ever- development in the area of crime analysis and map- ment to sustainable development have induced the increasing challenges to urban mobility come in ping using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) UE to put towns and cities at the heart of the current many forms, and approaches to address them range technology. In 1996, the US National Institute of Jus- political agenda. Urban and metropolitan areas are from the technically ingenious to attempts to change tice (NIJ) established the crime mapping research considered as primary resources for the regenera- travel behaviour. Key amongst factors essential to center (CMRC), to promote research, evaluation, tion of the territory and for the distribution of wealth the success of any such approach is whether the development, and dissemination of GIS technology. among the population. The initial and admirable [..] urban environment proves to be fertile ground for The long-term goal is to develop a fully functional the desired progress. Another vital determinant of Crime [..] Contents success is how [..] Introduction.-The Recent Reform of the English Contents Planning System.- New strategic drivers for the Contents From the Contents: Spatial Heterogeneity in Crime regeneration of cities.- Stakeholders, programmes, Setting the Context.- The Reader’s Guide to Mobil- Analysis.- When Does a Drug Market Become a strategies.- Elements of design strategy.- The role of ity Culture.- Stories from the Megacity.- Perspectives Drug Market? Finding the Boundaries of Illicit Event housing: city living, communities, places.- Conclu- for Megacities on the Move.- the Seven Mobility Cul- Concentrations.- Convicted Sex Offender Residen- sions: short notes on the English lesson. ture Temperaments of Cities. tial Movements.- Street-Level Spatiotemporal Crime Analysis: Examples from Bronx County, NY (2006– Fields of interest Fields of interest 2010).- Exploring Spatial Patterns of Crime Using Landscape, Regional and Urban Planning; Sustain- Landscape, Regional and Urban Planning; Civil Non-Hierarchical Cluster Analysis.- Reconstitution able Development; Architectural History and Theory Engineering; Regional Science; Engineering Eco- of the Journeys to Crime and Location of their Ori- nomics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing; Sociol- gin in the Context of a Crime Series. A Raster Solu- Target groups ogy, general; Transportation tion for a Real Case Study.- Journey-to-Crime by Graduate Gender and Age Group in Manchester, England.-[...] Target groups Type of publication Professional/practitioner Fields of interest Monograph Geographical Information Systems / Cartography; Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5630-4 Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Edu- Monograph Hardcover cation, Public Policy, and Law; Criminology & Crim- More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34734-4 inal Justice 2013. XVIII, 173 p. 95 illus., 79 in color. $129.00 Hardcover Target groups ISBN 978-94-007-5630-4 2013. XXII, 276 p. 57 illus. (Lecture Notes in Mobility) Research Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. $129.00 ISBN 978-3-642-34734-4 Type of publication Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Monograph More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-4996-2 Hardcover 2013. XIII, 446 p. 152 illus., 110 in color. 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J.M. Krisp, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany (Ed.) D. Fernández-Prieto, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy; R. Sabia, ESA- ESRIN, Frascati, Italy Law Progress in Location-Based Services Remote Sensing Advances for Earth International Ombudsman Institute, International Ombudsman The book consists of peer-reviewed papers from the System Science Institute, Wien, Austria (Ed.) 9th symposium on Location Based Services (LBS) The ESA Changing Earth Science Network: Projects 2009-2011 which is targeted to researchers, industry/market Australasia and Pacific Ombudsman operators and students of different backgrounds (sci- To better understand the various processes and entific, engineering and humanistic). As the research interactions that govern the Earth system and to Institutions field is developing and changing fast, this book fol- determine whether recent human-induced changes Mandates, Competences and Good Practice lows up on current trends and gives suggestions and could ultimately de-stabilise its dynamics, both nat- guidance to further research. This book offers a com- ural system variability and the consequences of Commissioned by the International Ombudsman mon ground bringing together various disciplines human activities have to be observed and quantified. Institute (IOI), the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of and practice, knowledge, experiences, plans and In this context, the European Space Agency (ESA) Human Rights (BIM) in Vienna conducted a com- ideas on how LBS can and could be improved and on published in 2006 the document “The Changing parative analytical study on Ombudsman Institu- how it will influence both science and society. The Earth: New Scientific Challenges for ESA's Living tions in the Australasia and Pacific region between book comprises front-end publications organized Planet Programme” as the main driver of ESA’s new January 2011 and April 2012. In Part 1, this book into sections on:spatial-temporal[...] Earth Observation (EO) science strategy. The docu- provides an analytical comparison of the public sec- ment outlines 25 major scientific challenges covering tor Ombudsman Institutions in Australia (the Com- Features all the different aspects of the Earth system, where monwealth Ombudsman and the state/territory The book consists of peer-reviewed papers from the EO technology and ESA missions may provide a[...] Ombudsmen of all Australian states as well as of the 9th symposium on Location Based Services (LBS) Northern Territory and the ACT), the Cook Islands, which is targeted to researchers, industry/market Features Hong Kong, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, operators and students of different backgrounds (sci- The European Space Agency, through its Support Samoa, Taiwan, Tonga and Vanuatu. In addition to a entific, engineering and humanistic). As the research to Science Element (STSE) Programme, funds a net- comparative analysis showing the partial heterogene- field is developing and changing fast, this book fol- work of young post-doc scientists undertaking cut- ity of the[...] lows up on current trends and gives suggestions and ting-edge research in the area of Remote Sensing. guidance to further research. This book offers a [..] This so-called Changing Earth Science Network Features focuses on the exploitation of Earth Observation Commissioned by the International Ombudsman Contents (EO) data to address major issues related to the Institute (IOI), the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Extraction of location-based Emotions from Photo broader context of Climate Change under five scien- Human Rights (BIM) in Vienna conducted a com- Platforms.- Combining Float Car Data and Multi- tific research lines: [..] parative analytical study on Ombudsman Institu- spectral Satellite Images to Extract Road Features tions in the Australasia and Pacific region between and Networks for Navigation Applications.- Space- Contents January 2011 and April 2012. In Part 1, this book Time Mapping of Mass Event Data.- Analyzing Preface - The Changing Earth Science Network provides an analytical comparison of the public sec- Human Activities through Volunteered Geographic Projects 2009-2011.- Carbongases - Retrieval and tor Ombudsman Institutions in Australia (the Com- Information: Using Flickr to Analyze Spatial and analysis of carbon dioxide and methane greenhouse monwealth Ombudsman and the [..] Temporal Pattern of Tourist Accommodation.- A gases from SCIAMACHY on ENVISAT.- Aerosol Platform for Location Based App Development for direct radiative effect in cloudy scenes retrieved from Contents Citizen Science and Community Mapping.- A fram- space–borne spectrometers.- DIagnostics of MIxing Part 1 Comparative Analysis of the Ombudsman work for on-line detection of custom group move- and TRansport in atmospheric Interfaces.- Study of Institutions: Introduction.- Legal Framework.- Man- ment patterns.- Mining Event Related Knowledge the chemistry-climate coupling in the UTLS region date.- Powers.- Awareness and Outreach.- Good from OpenStreetMap.-[...] with satellite measurements.- Variability of the phy- Practice Examples.- Part 2: Reports on Different toplankton spring and fall blooms in the Northeast- Jurisdictions: Australia Commonwealth Ombuds- Fields of interest ern Atlantic in the 1980s and 2000s.- A method to man.- Australia Ombudsman New South Wales.- Geographical Information Systems / Cartography; retrieve temporal averages of 2D ocean surface[...] Australia Northern Territory Ombudsman.- Aus- Information Systems and Communication Service tralia Queensland Ombudsman.- Australia South Fields of interest Australian Ombudsman.- Australia Tasmanian Target groups Remote Sensing / Photogrammetry; Earth System Research Ombudsman.- Australia Victorian Ombudsman.- Sciences; Climate Change; Oceanography; Meteorol- Australia Western Australian Ombudsman.- Hong ogy / Climatology; Natural Hazards Type of publication Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) Ombudsman.- Cook Islands Ombudsman.- New[...] Monograph Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34202-8 Research Fields of interest Private International Law, International & Foreign Hardcover Type of publication Law, Comparative Law; International IT and Media 2013. 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R. Wolfrum, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and C. Wellman, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, USA S. Ruggeri, University of Messina, Italy (Ed.) International Law, Heidelberg, Germany; I. Gätzschmann, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany (Eds.) Terrorism and Counterterrorism Transnational Inquiries and the

A Moral Assessment Protection of Fundamental Rights International Dispute Settlement: in Criminal Proceedings Room for Innovations? This book presents a definition of terrorism that is broad and descriptive and much needed to pre- A Study in Memory of Vittorio Grevi and Giovanni Tranchina vent misunderstanding. The book identifies the This publication succeeds previously published sem- features that make terrorism ‘wrong’, including The protection of fundamental rights in the field inars of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative coerciveness, the violation of rights and undermin- of transnational criminal inquiries is of great deli- Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg, Ger- ing of trust. Next, it evaluates reasons given for ter- cateness in the current tangled web of domestic and many) dealing with evolving principles and new rorism such as the protection of human rights and international legal sources. Due to this complex sce- developments in international law. Due to the lim- the liberation of oppressed groups as not normally nario, this research has been carried out from a four- its of traditional dispute settlement in international justified. Following this, the book identifies and eval- level perspective. The first part provides a critical law and the ongoing scholarly debate on those lim- uates international responses to terrorism, taking analysis of the multilevel systems of protecting fun- its, it focuses on possible innovations and functional into account General Assembly and Security Coun- damental rights from the perspective of suprana- approaches to improve international dispute set- cil resolutions, United Nations conventions and tional and constitutional case law, and in the field of tlement mechanisms. In doing so, it covers a wide criminalization in international law. It also looks at international and organized crime. The second part variety of topics such as procedures of the WTO, national responses which often take the[...] focuses on EU judicial cooperation in three main advisory opinions of international courts and tri- fields: financial and serious organized crime, mutual bunals, the privatization of international dispute set- Features recognition tools, and individual rights protection. tlement, the interaction between[...] This book presents a definition of terrorism that is The third part[...] broad and descriptive and much needed to prevent Features misunderstanding. The book identifies the features Features This publication succeeds previously published sem- that make terrorism ‘wrong’, including coerciveness, The protection of fundamental rights in the field inars of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative the violation of rights and undermining of trust. of transnational criminal inquiries is of great deli- Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg, Ger- Next, it evaluates reasons given for terrorism such as cateness in the current tangled web of domestic and many) dealing with evolving principles and new the protection of human rights and the liberation of international legal sources. Due to this complex sce- developments in international law. Due to the limits oppressed groups as not normally [..] nario, this research has been carried out from a four- of traditional dispute settlement in international law level perspective. The first level provides a critical and the ongoing scholarly debate on those limits, it Contents analysis of the multilevel systems of protecting fun- focuses on possible innovations and functional [..] 1.What is Terrorism?.- 2.Why is Terrorism Wrong?.- damental rights from the perspective of [..] 3.How Could Terrorism be Justified?.- 4.Interna- Contents tional Responses.- 5.State Responses.- 6.Moral Limits Fields of interest Opening Address.- What Makes the WTO Dis- on State Responses.- Index. International Criminal Law; Private International pute Settlement Procedure Particular: Lessons to Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative be Learned for the Settlement of International Dis- Fields of interest Law; European Law; Human Rights putes in General?- Advisory Opinions: Are they a Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History; Target groups Suitable Alternative for the Settlement of Interna- Criminology & Criminal Justice; Ethics; Religious Research tional Disputes?- Interaction between Counsel and Studies; Political Theory International Courts and Arbitral Tribunals: Ethical Target groups Type of publication Standards for Counsel.- International Courts as Law- Professional/practitioner Contributed volume makers.- Privatization of the Settlement of Interna- More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-32011-8 tional Disputes.- Final Remarks and Conclusions. Type of publication Brief Hardcover Fields of interest 2013. XIV, 573 p. 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A.H. Delcour, University of Houston, TX, USA (Ed.) V.K. Gupta, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland; M.G. Life Sciences Tuohy, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland (Eds.) Bacterial Cell Surfaces Biofuel Technologies D.K. Maheshwari, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar, India (Ed.) Methods and Protocols Recent Developments In recent years, molecular microbiology has emerged Bacteria in Agrobiology: Disease as a top, cutting-edge biological discipline, thanks Biofuels are considered to be the main potential Management to the multi-disciplinary and integrative approaches replacement for fossil fuels in the near future. In this taken by investigators seeking to understand the book international experts present recent advances intricacies of the microbial world and how it affects in biofuel research and related technologies. Top- The future of agriculture greatly depends on our human health and the biosphere. In Bacterial Cell ics include biomethane and biobutanol production, ability to enhance productivity without sacrificing Surfaces: Methods and Protocols, recent advances microbial fuel cells, feedstock production, biomass long-term production potential. The application of in structural biology, proteomics, and imaging tech- pre-treatment, enzyme hydrolysis, genetic manipu- microorganisms, such as the diverse bacterial species niques, together with the traditional biochemical and lation of microbial cells and their application in the of plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB), rep- genetic approaches, are provided in order to present biofuels industry, bioreactor systems, and economi- resents an ecologically and economically sustain- an exciting look into the structure, function, and reg- cal processing technologies for biofuel residues. The able strategy. The use of these bio-resources for the ulation of the bacterial cell envelope. The detailed chapters provide concise information to help under- enhancement of crop productivity is gaining impor- volume contains examples of traditional and innova- stand the technology-related implications of biofuels tance worldwide."Bacteria in Agrobiology: Disease tive tools for the[...] development. Moreover, recent updates on biofuel Management" discusses various aspects of biologi- feedstocks, biofuel[...] cal control and disease suppression using bacteria. Features Topics covered include: fluorescent pseudomonads; In recent years, molecular microbiology has emerged Features siderophore-producing PGPR; pseudomonas inocu- as a top, cutting-edge biological discipline, thanks Biofuels are considered to be the main potential lants; bacillus-based biocontrol agents;[...] to the multi-disciplinary and integrative approaches replacement for fossil fuels in the near future. In this taken by investigators seeking to understand the book international experts present recent advances Features intricacies of the microbial world and how it affects in biofuel research and related technologies. Top- The future of agriculture greatly depends on our human health and the biosphere. In Bacterial Cell ics include biomethane and biobutanol production, ability to enhance productivity without sacrificing Surfaces: Methods and Protocols, recent advances in microbial fuel cells, feedstock production, biomass long-term production potential. The application of structural biology, proteomics, and [..] pre-treatment, enzyme hydrolysis, genetic manipula- microorganisms, such as the diverse bacterial species tion of microbial cells and their application in the [..] of plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB), rep- Contents resents an ecologically and economically sustain- A Bird’s Eye View of the Bacterial Landscape.- Visu- Contents able strategy. The use of these bio-resources for the alizing the Bacterial Cell Surface: An Overview.- Second Generation Bio-ethanol and Renewable enhancement of crop productivity is gaining impor- Purification of the Outer Membrane Usher Protein Chemicals from Lignocellulosics.- Potential Bio- tance [..] and Periplasmic Chaperone-Subunit Complexes resources as Future Sources of Biofuels Produc- from the P and Type 1 Pilus Systems.- Experimental tion: An Overview.- The Role of Fungal Enzymes in Contents Manipulation of the Microbial Functional Amyloid Global Biofuel Production and Biorefinery.- Progress Advances in Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacte- Called Curli.- Visualization of Gram-Positive Bac- in Physical and Chemical Pretreatment of Ligno- ria for Biological Control of Plant Diseases.- Bacteria terial Pili.- Single Cell Microfluidic Studies of Bac- cellulosic Biomass.- Acid Pretreatment Technolo- for Plant Growth Promotion and Disease Manage- terial Motility.- Chromatographic Analysis of the gies and SEM Analysis of Treated Grass Biomass in ment.- Bacterial Endophytes of Perennial Crops for Escherichia coli Polysialic Acid Capsule.- Analysis of Biofuel Processing.- Progress on Enzymatic Saccha- Management of Plant Disease.- Biological Control Exopolysaccharides in Myxococcus xanthus Using rification Technologies for Biofuels Production.- of Pathogens and Plant Growth Promotion Poten- Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy.-[...] Fermentative Bio-hydrogen Production using Micro- tial of Fluorescent Pseudomonads.- Disease Manage- bial Consortia.- Bio-hydrogen As Biofuel: Future ment in Staple Crops: A Bacteriological Approach.- Fields of interest Prospects and[...] Beneficial Bacteria for Biological Control of Fun- Microbiology; Bacteriology gal Pathogens of Cereals.- Biological Control of Fields of interest Peronosporomycete Phytopathogens by Bacterial Target groups Microbiology; Applied Microbiology; Renewable and Antagonists.- Pseudomonas Inoculants as Agents for Professional/practitioner Green Energy; Agriculture; Biotechnology Plant[...] Type of publication Target groups Fields of interest Contributed volume Research Bacteriology; Agriculture; Plant Pathology More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-244-5 Type of publication Target groups Hardcover Contributed volume 2013. 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X. Wang, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (Ed.) C.W. Heizmann, University of Zürich, Switzerland (Ed.) L. Galluzzi, INSERM U848, Villejuif , France; I. Vitale, INSERM U848, Villejuif, France; O. Kepp, INSERM U848, Villejuif, France; G. Kroe- mer, INSERM U848, Villejuif, France (Eds.) Bioinformatics of Human Calcium-Binding Proteins and RAGE

Proteomics From Structural Basics to Clinical Applications Cell Senescence

A major direction in medical research leading to Methods and Protocols “Bioinformatics of Human Proteomics” discusses clinical applications targets the regulation of intra- the development of methods, techniques and appli- cellular calcium and the various human diseases Cell senescence is the process whereby cells per- cations in the field of protein bioinformatics, an associated with an altered homeostasis of this global manently lose the possibility to proliferate without important direction in bioinformatics. It collects second messenger. These diseases include, for exam- undergoing cell death, and occurs in a plethora of contributions from expert researchers in order ple: cardiomyopathy, inflammation, brain disor- distinct model organisms. In Cell Senescence: Meth- to provide a practical guide to this complex field ders, diabetes and cancer. In Calcium-Binding ods and Protocols, expert researchers in the field of study. The book covers the protein interaction Proteins and RAGE: from Structural Basics to Clini- detail the methods that are now commonly used to network, drug discovery and development, the cal Applications,expert researchers in the field detail study cell senescence, in model organisms encom- relationship between translational medicine and many of the methods which are now commonly used passing bacteria, fungi, worms, flies, zebrafish, and bioinformatics, and advances in proteomic methods, to study calcium binding proteins. These methods mammalian cells. These techniques cover the study while also demonstrating important bioinformatics and techniques, such as calcium-measurements, of all the morphological, biochemical and functional tools and methods available today for protein analy- screening methods, clinical chemistry, and therapy, manifestations of senescence at the cellular level and sis, interpretation and predication. It is intended for are generally applicable to many other areas[...] include protocols for population analyses and high- experts or senior researchers in the fields of[...] throughput approaches in suitable model organisms. Features Written in the highly[...] Features A major direction in medical research leading to “Bioinformatics of Human Proteomics” discusses clinical applications targets the regulation of intra- Features the development of methods, techniques and appli- cellular calcium and the various human diseases Cell senescence is the process whereby cells per- cations in the field of protein bioinformatics, an associated with an altered homeostasis of this global manently lose the possibility to proliferate without important direction in bioinformatics. It collects second messenger. These diseases include, for exam- undergoing cell death, and occurs in a plethora of contributions from expert researchers in order to ple: cardiomyopathy, inflammation, brain disorders, distinct model organisms. In Cell Senescence: Meth- provide a practical guide to this complex field of diabetes and cancer. In Calcium Binding Proteins ods and Protocols, expert researchers in the field study. The book covers the protein interaction net- and RAGE: from Structural [..] detail the methods that are now commonly used to work, drug discovery and development, the relation- study cell senescence, in model organisms encom- ship between [..] Contents passing bacteria, fungi, worms, [..] Measurement of Intracellular Ca2+ Concentra- Contents tion in Single Cells using Ratiometric Calcium Contents Clinical Bioinformatics in Human Proteomics Dyes.-Divers Models of Divalent Cation Interac- Cell Senescence as Both a Dynamic and a Static Research.- Proteomics defines protein interaction.- tion to Calcium-binding Proteins: Techniques and Phenotype.-Senescence Regulation by mTOR.- Protein Function Microarrays: Design, Use and Anthology.-Probing Ca2+ Binding Capability of Senescence Regulation by the p53 Protein Fam- Bioinformatic Analysis in Cancer Biomarker Dis- Viral Proteins with the EF-hand Motif by Grafting ily.-Markers of Cellular Senescence.-Biomarkers covery and Quantitation.- Proteomics and Cancer Approach.-New Aspects of Calmodulin-calmod- of Cell Senescence Assessed by Imaging Cytom- Research.- Towards development of novel pep- ulin Binding Domains Recognition.-Purification etry.-Cytofluorometric Assessment of Cell Cycle tide-based cancer therapeutics: computational design and Characterization of the Human Cysteine-rich Progression.-Quantification of Cell Cycle-arrest- and experimental evaluation.- Advances of pro- S100A3 Protein and its Pseudo Citrullinated Forms ing Proteins.-Colorimetric Detection of Senes- teomic methods.- Clinical and Biomedical Mass Expressed in Insect Cells.-X-ray Structural Analy- cence-associated β Galactosidase (SA-βgal).- Spectrometry – New Frontiers in Drug Develop- sis of S100 Proteins.-Purification and Stable Isotope Chemiluminescent Detection of Senescence-Asso- ments and Diagnosis.- Disease biomarkers: Mod- Labeling of the[...] ciated β Galactosidase (SA-βgal).-Detection of the eling MR spectroscopy and clinical applications.- Senescence-associated Secretory Phenotype (SASP).- Processing of mass spectrometry[...] Fields of interest Unbiased Characterization of the[...] Protein Science; Protein Structure Fields of interest Fields of interest Bioinformatics; Computational Biology / Bioinfor- Target groups Cell Biology; Cell Physiology matics; Molecular Medicine; Proteomics; Systems Professional/practitioner Biology Target groups Type of publication Professional/practitioner Target groups Contributed volume Research Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-229-2 Contributed volume Type of publication Hardcover More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-238-4 Contributed volume 2013. 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G.K.E. Scriba, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany (Ed.) R. Wünschiers, University of Applied Sciences, Mittweida, Ger- A. Zambonelli, University of Bologna, Italy; G.M. Bonito, Duke many University, Durham, NC, USA (Eds.) Chiral Separations Computational Biology Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms Methods and Protocols A Practical Introduction to BioData Processing and Analysis Current Knowledge and Future Prospects There is a demand for analytical methods that are with Linux, MySQL, and R able to discriminate between enantiomers in order to Edible ectomycorrhizal mushrooms (EEMMs) com- analyze the enantiomeric purity of compounds from This greatly expanded 2nd edition provides a prac- prise more than 1000 species and are an impor- natural or chemical sources not only in pharmaceuti- tical introduction to - data processing with Linux tant food and forest resource. In this volume of Soil cal sciences but in any field on bioactive compounds tools and the programming languages AWK and Biology, internationally recognized scientists offer including chemistry, biology, biochemistry, foren- Perl- data management with the relational data- their most recent research findings on these beguil- sic, and environmental sciences and many others. base system MySQL, and- data analysis and visual- ing fungi. Topics covered include: complex ecolog- The second edition of Chiral Separations: Methods ization with the statistical computing environment ical interactions between plants, EEMMs, and soil and Protocols, expands upon the previous edition R for students and practitioners in the life sci- organisms; comparative genomics, high-through- with current methodology, providing an overview ences. Although written for beginners, experienced put sequencing and modern research tools; genetic and especially practically oriented applications of the researchers in areas involving bioinformatics and selection of fungal strains and techniques for inoc- most important analytical techniques in chiral sep- computational biology may benefit from numerous ulating plants; economic and social considerations aration sciences. New chapters on analytical separa- tips and tricks that help to process, filter and format surrounding wild collected EEMMs; and practi- tion sciences by chromatographic[...] large datasets. Learning by doing is the basic con- cal information concerning soil management and cept of this book. Worked examples illustrate how to EEMM cultivation. The book will be a useful guide Features employ data processing and analysis techniques,[...] for[...] There is a demand for analytical methods that are able to discriminate between enantiomers in order to Features Features analyze the enantiomeric purity of compounds from This greatly expanded 2nd edition provides a prac- Edible ectomycorrhizal mushrooms (EEMMs) com- natural or chemical sources not only in pharmaceuti- tical introduction to - data processing with Linux prise more than 1000 species and are an important cal sciences but in any field on bioactive compounds tools and the programming languages AWK and food and forest resource. In this volume of Soil Biol- including chemistry, biology, biochemistry, forensic, Perl- data management with the relational database ogy, internationally recognized scientists offer their and environmental sciences and many others. The system MySQL, and- data analysis and visualiza- most recent research findings on these beguiling second edition of Chiral Separations: Methods [..] tion with the statistical computing environment R fungi. Topics covered include:· Complex ecolog- for students and practitioners in the life sciences. ical interactions between plants, EEMMs, and soil Contents Although written for beginners, [..] organisms· Comparative [..] Chiral Recognition in Separation Science – An Overview.-Enantioseparations by Thin-Layer Chro- Contents Contents matography.-Gas Chromatographic Enantiosepara- Part I Whetting Your Appetite.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Biology & Ecology of Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mush- tion of Unfunctionalized Chiral Hydrocarbons - An Content of this Book.- Part II Computer & Operat- rooms.- Cultivation of Edible Etomycorrhizal Overview.-HPLC-Enantioseparation on Cyclodex- ing Systems.- 3 Unix/Linux.- Part III Working with Mushrooms (with main focus on truffles) and case trin-based Chiral Stationary Phases.-Enantiosepara- Linux.- 4 The First Touch.- 5 Working with Files.- 6 studies.- Wild Collected Edible Etomycorrhizal tions by High Performance Liquid Chromatography Remote Connections.- 7 Playing.- 8 Using the Shell.- Mushrooms: Economics, Conservation, Manage- Using Polysaccharide-Based Chiral Stationary Phases 9 Installing BLAST+ and ClustalW.- 10 Shell Pro- ment.- The Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushroom – An Overview.-Common Screening Approaches for gramming.- 11 Regular Expressions.- 12 Sed.- Part industry in the age of “-omics”. Efficient Analytical Method Development in LC and IV Programming.- 13 AWK.- 14 Perl.- 15 Other SFC on Columns Packed with Immobilized Poly- Programming Languages.- Part V Advanced Data Fields of interest saccharide-derived Chiral Stationary Phases.-Chiral Analysis.- 16 Relational Databases with MySQL.- 17 Agriculture; Fungus Genetics; Food Science; Terres- Separations by HPLC[...] The Statistics Suite R.- Part VI Worked Examples.- tial Ecology 18 Genomic Analysis of the Pathogenicity Factors[...] Fields of interest Target groups Biochemistry; Chromatography Fields of interest Research Computer Applications in Life Sciences; Bioinfor- Target groups matics; Proteomics; Biochemistry; Computer Appli- Type of publication Professional/practitioner cations; Biophysics and Biological Physics Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-33822-9 Type of publication Target groups Contributed volume Professional/practitioner Hardcover 2012. XII, 409 p. 35 illus., 16 in color. 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L. O'Connor, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland; B. S.E. Nicholson, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical R. Bose, The City University of New York, NY, USA; A.J. Glynn, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland (Eds.) Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia; N.A. Nicola, Walter and Eliza Bartholomew, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY, USA Hall Institute for Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia (Eds.) Fungal Diagnostics Macroevolution in Deep Time JAK-STAT Signalling Methods and Protocols Methods and Protocols The prerequisite to investigating the underlying Invasive fungal infections are a significant cause causes behind mass extinction is a profound under- of morbidity and mortality. Over the past decade The receptor-associated JAK protein kinases and standing of the evolutionary history of both liv- there has been a concerted effort to develop reli- their substrates, the STAT transcriptional activa- ing and dead species. It is especially important to able methods for the detection of such infections. In tors, transmit signals following cytokine and growth appreciate the significance of such studies in extinct Fungal Diagnostics: Methods and Protocols, expert factor binding to receptors expressed on the cell organisms; especially in organisms that were abun- researchers in the field detail the introduction of new surface, to result in specific transcriptional and cel- dant in a certain geologic era, but have subsequently technology into a diagnostic setting include ease of lular responses. Over the last two decades, the field dwindled or become extinct. Such studies should use, and rapid turnaround time without compromis- has progressed from identification of the individ- help to accurately evaluate patterns of evolution in ing sensitivity and specificity. Focusing specifically ual components through to an understanding of the extinct species lineages and help predict the same in on fungal detection in clinical settings, fungal diag- activation and deactivation mechanisms, and the its modern analogs. The book includes cutting edge nostics including, environmental testing, agricul- complex structural detail of the proteins involved. research in evolutionary biology that should serve as ture and food production and veterinary diagnostics. We now know that these pathways are important a starting point for conservation. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecu- in many biological processes, including growth and lar Biology™ series[...] development, hematopoiesis, and the innate and Features adaptive immune response. JAK-STAT[...] The prerequisite to investigating the underlying Features causes behind mass extinction is a profound under- Invasive fungal infections are a significant cause Features standing of the evolutionary history of both liv- of morbidity and mortality. Over the past decade The receptor-associated JAK protein kinases and ing and dead species. It is especially important to there has been a concerted effort to develop reli- their substrates, the STAT transcriptional activa- appreciate the significance of such studies in extinct able methods for the detection of such infections. In tors, transmit signals following cytokine and growth organisms; especially in organisms that were abun- Fungal Diagnostics: Methods and Protocols, expert factor binding to receptors expressed on the cell dant in a certain geologic era, but have subsequently researchers in the field detail method performance, surface, to result in specific transcriptional and cel- dwindled or become extinct. Such studies should ease of use and turnaround time of innovative diag- lular responses. Over the last two decades, the field help to [..] nostic methods. Focusing mainly on fungal [..] has progressed from identification of the individual components through to an understanding of the [..] Contents Contents Chapter 1. Advancement in evolutionary theories.- Overview of Invasive Fungal Infections.-Fungal Contents Chapter 2. Macroevolution in extinct species.- Chap- Diagnostics: Review of Commercially Available Analysis of Janus Tyrosine Kinase Phosphoryla- ter 3. Comparative trends in evolution across cor- Methods.-Rapid Methods for the Extraction and tion and Activation.- Co-Immunoprecipitation Pro- related geological strata.- Chapter 4. Evolution in Archiving of Molecular Grade Fungal Genomic tocol to Investigate Cytokine Receptor Associated modern and extinct species. DNA.-Apex DNA Microarray for the Identifica- Proteins e.g. Janus Kinases or Other Associated Sig- tion of Pathogenic Fungi.-Microscopic Detection naling Proteins.- In Vitro JAK Kinase Activity and Fields of interest of Yeasts using Fluorescence in situ Hybridiza- Inhibition Assays.- Quantitative Analysis of JAK Evolutionary Biology; Conservation Biology / Ecol- tion.-Quantitative Detection of Aspergillus spp. by Binding using Isothermal Titraion Calorimetry and ogy; Biogeosciences; Invertebrates Real-time Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplifi- Surface Plasmon Resonance.- Determination of Pro- cation (NASBA).-Differentiation of Fungi using tein Turnover Rates in the JAK/STAT Pathway using Target groups Hybridization Probes on the LightCycler® .-Quanti- a Radioactive Pulse-Chase Approach.- Designing Graduate tative and Multiplex Detection of Pathogenic Fungi RNAi Screens to Identify JAK/STAT Pathway Com- using Padlock Probes, Generic[...] ponents.- The Use of JAK-Specific Inhibitors as Type of publication Chemical[...] Brief Fields of interest More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6475-4 Microbiology Fields of interest Cell Biology; Cytokines and Growth Factors Softcover Target groups 2013. 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J.J. Kohler, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dal- P. Hematti, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA; A. Keating, I. De Smet, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, UK (Ed.) las, TX, USA; S.M. Patrie, University of Texas Southwestern Med- University of Toronto, ON, Canada (Eds.) ical Center, Dallas, TX, USA (Eds.) Plant Organogenesis Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Mass Spectrometry of Methods and Protocols Biology and Clinical Applications Glycoproteins Organogenesis entails the regulation of cell division, Mesenchymal Stromal Cell (MSC) biology has been Methods and Protocols cell expansion, cell and tissue type differentiation, studied for more than 4 decades and the cells have and patterning of the organ as a whole. It is essen- Glycosylation is the most abundant post-trans- been investigated for potential clinical applications tial to gain insight into how organs are initiated and lational modification of proteins. Estimates vary for more than 15 years. Progress has become expo- how they develop. However, this very often is sub- widely, but a common assessment is that upwards nential over the past decade due mainly to the broad ject to technical difficulties as these processes take of 50% of eukaryotic proteins are modified by some therapeutic potential of these cells. However, MSC place embedded deep in tissues or are difficult to type of glycan. In Mass Spectrometry of Glycopro- studies have also been subject to controversy and access or visualize. To achieve this, we need special- teins: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers increasing scrutiny as new mechanisms of action are ized techniques such as those concisely illustrated in in the field detail many of the methods that are reported and ever-expanding therapeutic applica- Plant Organogenesis: Methods and Protocols. Chap- now commonly used for glycoproteomics. These tions pursued. In this book, leading authorities from ters address topics such as how to study and image methods and techniques include robust sample all over the world, who are actively involved in this the structure of ovules and embryos of Arabidopsis preparation techniques; advanced chromatographic field, provide state-of-the-art knowledge of the basic thaliana, tools to establish cell lineages in order to strategies for improving dynamic range; state-of- biology, translational requirements and latest clinical visualize[...] the-art mass spectrometry instrumentation and asso- experience with[...] ciated ionization and fragmentation methods; and Features Features informatics tools used for identifying glycoproteins Organogenesis entails the regulation of cell division, Mesenchymal Stromal Cell (MSC) biology has been and[...] cell expansion, cell and tissue type differentiation, studied for more than 4 decades and the cells have and patterning of the organ as a whole. It is essen- Features been investigated for potential clinical applications tial to gain insight into how organs are initiated and Glycosylation is the most abundant post-trans- for more than 15 years. Progress has become expo- how they develop. However, this very often is subject lational modification of proteins. Estimates vary nential over the past decade due mainly to the broad to technical difficulties as these processes take place widely, but a common assessment is that upwards therapeutic potential of these cells. However, MSC embedded deep in tissues or are difficult to access or of 50% of eukaryotic proteins are modified by some studies have also been subject to controversy and visualize. To achieve this, we [..] type of glycan. In Mass Spectrometry of Glycopro- increasing scrutiny as new mechanisms of action are teins: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers in [..] Contents the field detail many of the methods that are now The Tomato Leaf as a Model System for Organo- Contents commonly used for glycoproteomics. These meth- genesis.- Usefulness of Physcomitrella patens for MSCs in regenerative medicine: A perspective.- ods and [..] Studying Plant Organogenesis.- The Dicot Root MSCs: Changing hypotheses, paradigms, and con- as a Model System for Studying Organogenesis.- Contents troversies on mechanisms of action in repairing tis- Genetic Control of Root Organogenesis in Cereals.- Introduction to Glycosylation and Mass Spectrom- sues.- MSCs: the need to rethink.- Characterization Gene Expression Analysis of Aquatic Angiosperms etry.-Tandem Lectin Weak Affinity Chromatogra- of MSCs: From early studies to the present.- MSCs Podostemaceae to Gain Insight into the Evolution phy (LWAC) for Glycoprotein Enrichment.-CSC as therapeutics.- MSC niche for hematopoiesis.- of Their Enigmatic Morphology.- Brown Algae as a Technology - Selective Labeling of Glycoproteins Immunomodulatory properties of MSCs.- MSCs and Model for Plant Organogenesis.- Microscopic Analy- by Mild Oxidation to Phenotype Cells.-Use of- the innate immune system: A balancing act.- MSCs: sis of Ovule Development in Arabidopsis thaliana.- Boronic Acid Nanoparticles in Glycoprotein En- paracrine effects.- Cross-talk between MSCs and Imaging of Phenotypes, Gene Expression and Pro- richment.-Incorporation of Unnatural Sugars for their environments.- Human MSCs from bone mar- tein Localization During Embryonic Root Formation the Identification of Glycoproteins.-Characteriza- row, umbilical cord blood and adipose tissue: all the in[...] tion of Membrane-associated Glycoproteins using same?.- MSCs in solid tumors and hematological[...] Lectin Affinity Chromatography and Mass Spec- Fields of interest Fields of interest trometry.-Sialic Acid Capture-and-Release and LC- Plant Sciences; Plant Biochemistry Stem Cells; Cell Biology; Biotechnology MSn Analysis of Glycopeptides.-In-Solution Diges- Target groups tion of Glycoproteins for[...] Target groups Professional/practitioner Professional/practitioner Fields of interest Type of publication Protein Science; Mass Spectrometry Type of publication Contributed volume Contributed volume Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-220-9 Professional/practitioner More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5710-7 Hardcover Hardcover Type of publication 2013. 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M.-A. Grandbastien, INRA, Versailles, France; J.M. Casacuberta, P. Vit, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela; S.R.M. A. Sabu, Kannur University, Kerala, India; A. Augustine, Kannur Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Barcelona, Spain Pedro, University of São Paulo, Brazil; D. Roubik, Smithsonian University, Kerala, India (Eds.) (Eds.) Tropicsl Research Institute, Panama (Eds.) Prospects in Bioscience: Addressing Plant Transposable Elements Pot-Honey the Issues Impact on Genome Structure and Function A legacy of stingless bees

Transposable elements are short lengths of DNA The stingless bees are one of the most diverse, attrac- The book entitled “Prospects in Bioscience: Address- with the capacity to move between different points tive, fascinating, conspicuous and useful of all the ing the issues” is a collection of selected research within a genome. This process can affect the func- insect groups of the tropical world. This is a formi- papers presented at the International Conference on tion of genes at or near the insertion site. The present dable and contentious claim but I believe it can be Advances in Biological Sciences (ICABS) organized book gives an overview of the impact of transpos- backed up. They are fifty times more species rich by the Department of Biotechnology and Microbiol- able elements on plant genomes and explains how to than the honey bees, the other tribe of highly euso- ogy and the Inter University Centre for Bioscience, recognize and study transposable elements, e.g. by cial bees. They are ubiquitous in the tropics and Kannur University, Kerala, India. ICABS witnessed using state-of-the-art strategies like “new generation thrive in tropical cities. In rural areas, they nest in a unique spectrum of Scientific Programmes on the sequencing.” Moreover, the impact of transposable a diversity of sites and are found on the flowers of most recent and exciting developments in modern elements on plant genome structure and function is a broad diversity of crop plants. Their role in nat- biology. The conference displayed the numerous reviewed in detail, and also illustrated in examples ural systems is barely studied but they almost cer- breakthroughs and significant developments in the and case studies. The book is intended both for read- tainly deserve that hallowed title of keystone species. important areas of modern biology and their rele- ers familiar with the field and for newcomers. With They are popular with the general public and are vance to the welfare of global society. The Book con- large-scale[...] greatly[...] tains 50 well written chapters, each one[...]

Features Features Features Transposable elements are DNA sequences with The meliponines, stingless honey-making bees, The book entitled “Prospects in Bioscience: Address- the capacity to move within a genome. Although encircle the tropical world and penetrate every for- ing the issues” is a collection of selected research their presence and impact has long been known, the est there. This book brings together and synthesizes, papers presented at the International Conference on recent genome-wide analysis of many eukaryotic on a global scale and for the first time, informa- Advances in Biological Sciences (ICABS) organized genomes has uncovered their major role in genome tion on these bees as honey producers and natural by the Department of Biotechnology and Microbiol- dynamics and function. The present book explains alchemists. Their ability to store their food in flexi- ogy and the Inter University Centre for Bioscience, how to recognize and study transposable elements, ble cerumen ‘pots’ made from wax and resin enables Kannur University, Kerala, India. ICABS witnessed e.g. by using state-of-the-art strategies based on new- them to produce honey for which the world has no a unique spectrum of Scientific Programmes on the generation [..] other [..] most [..]

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S.T.A. Pickett, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, S. Turillazzi, University of Florence, Italy E.F. DeLong, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA; E. Stackebrandt, Paris, USA; M.L. Cadenasso, University of California, Davis, CA, USA; B. France; S. Lory, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; F. McGrath, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, NY, USA Thompson, Federal University Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Eds.) (Eds.) The Biology of Hover Wasps The Prokaryotes Resilience in Ecology and Urban This book represents the culmination of the author’s Design lifetime work on a single fascinating group of insects, Prokaryotic Biology and Symbiotic Associations the hover wasps, Stenogastrinae. The author explores The Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, Linking Theory and Practice for Sustainable Cities the biology of these little-known wasps at the thresh- peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and old of sociality, presenting an ambitious survey of Achaea. This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is The contributors to this volume propose strategies of ideas about their evolution and an assessment of the organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using urgent and vital importance that aim to make today’s current standing of controversial concepts.Following the family level to delineate chapters.Different from urban environments more resilient. Resilience, the taxonomic and morphological descriptions, the other resources, this new Springer product includes ability of complex systems to adapt to changing con- behaviour, colonial dynamics, social communication not only taxonomy, but also prokaryotic biology and ditions, is a key frontier in ecological research and is and especially the remarkably diverse nests of wasps technology of taxa in a broad context. Technologi- especially relevant in creative urban design, as urban are discussed. Compared to the better-known species cal aspects highlight the usefulness of prokaryotes in areas exemplify complex systems. With something of paper wasps, hornets and yellow jackets, the hover processes and products, including biocontrol agents approaching half of the world’s population now wasps show various peculiarities, such as characteris- and as genetics tools.The content of the expanded residing in coastal urban zones, many of which are tics of[...] vulnerable both to floods originating inland and ris- fourth edition is divided into two parts: Part 1 con- ing sea levels, making urban areas more robust in the Features tains review chapters dealing with the most impor- face of environmental threats must be a policy ambi- This book represents the culmination of the author’s tant general concepts in[...] tion of the highest priority.The complexity of urban lifetime work on a single fascinating group of insects, Features areas results[...] the hover wasps, Stenogastrinae. The author explores The Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, the biology of these little-known wasps at the thresh- peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and Features old of sociality, presenting an ambitious survey of Achaea. This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is The contributors to this volume propose strategies of ideas about their evolution and an assessment of the organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using urgent and vital importance that aim to make today’s current standing of controversial concepts.Following the family level to delineate chapters.Different from urban environments more resilient. Resilience, the taxonomic and morphological [..] ability of complex systems to adapt to changing con- other resources, this new Springer product includes ditions, is a key frontier in ecological research and is Contents not only taxonomy, but also prokaryotic biology and especially relevant in creative urban design, as urban The Hover Wasps.- Morphology and Anatomy.- technology of taxa in a broad context. [..] areas exemplify complex systems. With something Behaviour.- Colonial Dynamics.- Social Communi- Contents approaching half of the world’s [..] cation.- The Nest of Hover Wasps.- The Evolution of Preface.- Foreword.- About the Editors.- List of Social Behaviour in Insects and the Hover Wasps. Contents Contributors.- (Section 1) Biology of Bacteria and 1. Ecology of the City as a Bridge to Urban Design.- Fields of interest Archaea.- How We Do, Don’t and Should Look at 2. 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Prokaryotic Physiology and Biochemistry Acoustic Metamaterials and Applying Cognitive Grammar in the Phononic Crystals The Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, Foreign Language Classroom peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and Achaea. This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is Teaching English Tense and Aspect This comprehensive book presents all aspects of organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using acoustic metamaterials and phononic crystals. The the family level to delineate chapters.Different from The monograph constitutes an attempt to demon- emphasis is on acoustic wave propagation phe- other resources, this new Springer product includes strate how Cognitive Grammar (CG) can be nomena at interfaces such as refraction, especially not only taxonomy, but also prokaryotic biology and employed in the foreign language classroom with unusual refractive properties and negative refraction. technology of taxa in a broad context. Technologi- a view to aiding learners in better understanding A thorough discussion of the mechanisms leading to cal aspects highlight the usefulness of prokaryotes in the complexities of English grammar. Its theoreti- such refractive phenomena includes local resonances processes and products, including biocontrol agents cal part provides a brief overview of the main tenets in metamaterials and scattering in phononic crystals. and as genetics tools.The content of the expanded of Cognitive Grammar as well as illustrating how fourth edition is divided into two parts: Part 1 con- the description of English tense and aspect can be Features tains review chapters dealing with the most impor- approached from a traditional and a CG perspec- This comprehensive book presents all aspects of tant general concepts in[...] tive. The empirical part reports the findings of an acoustic metamaterials and phononic crystals. The empirical study which aimed to compare the effects emphasis is on acoustic wave propagation phe- Features of instruction utilizing traditional pedagogic descrip- nomena at interfaces such as refraction, especially The Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, tions with those grounded in CG on the explicit unusual refractive properties and negative refraction. peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and an implicit knowledge of the Present Simple and A thorough discussion of the mechanisms leading to Achaea. This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is Present[...] such refractive phenomena includes local resonances organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using in metamaterials and scattering in phononic crystals. the family level to delineate chapters.Different from Features other resources, this new Springer product includes The monograph constitutes an attempt to demon- Contents not only taxonomy, but also prokaryotic biology and strate how Cognitive Grammar (CG) can be Introduction to Phononic Crystals and Acoustic technology of taxa in a broad context. [..] employed in the foreign language classroom with Metamaterials.- Discrete One-Dimensional a view to aiding learners in better understanding Phononic and Resonant Crystals.- One-Dimen- Contents the complexities of English grammar. Its theoreti- sional Phononic Crystals.- 2d-3d Phononic Crystals.- Volume 3: Human Microbiology.- Intestinal Tract cal part provides a brief overview of the main tenets Dynamic Mass Density and Acoustic Metamaterials.- Bacteria.- Oral Microbiology.- Prebiotics.- Pro- of Cognitive Grammar as well as illustrating how Damped Phononic Crystals and Acoustic Metamate- biotics.- Skin Bacteria.- Bacterial Pathogenesis.- the description of English tense and aspect can be rials.- Nonlinear Periodic Phononic Structures and Biotoxin.- Botulism and Tetanus.- Bubonic Plague.- approached from a [..] Granular Crystals.- Tunable Phononic Crystals and Burn Infections.- Chlamydial Diseases.- Cholera.- Metamaterials.- Nanoscale Phononic Crystals and Diarrhea.- Diphtheria.- Dysentery.- Gonorrhea.- Contents Structures.- Phononic Band Structures and Trans- Identification of Pathogens by Classical Clinical Introduction to Cognitive Grammar.- Traditional mission Coefficients: Methods and Approaches. 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Y. Nishida, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Z.L. Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA G.F. Tavadze, Tbilisi, Georgia; A.S. Shteinberg, Berkeley, CA, USA Technology (AIST), Nagoya, Japan (retired in 2002) Piezotronics and Piezo- Production of Advanced Materials Introduction to Metal Matrix Phototronics by Methods of Self-Propagating Composites High-Temperature Synthesis Fabrication and Recycling The fundamental principle of piezotronics and piezo-phototronics were introduced by Wang in This translation from the original Russian book This book is the first of its kind to deal with fabrica- 2007 and 2010, respectively. Due to the polarization outlines the production of a variety of materials tion processes of metal matrix composites (MMCs) of ions in a crystal that has non-central symmetry in by methods of self-propagating high-temperature theoretically, experimentally, systematically, and materials, such as the wurtzite structured ZnO, GaN synthesis (SHS). The types of materials discussed instructively. The theoretical bases of fabrication and InN, a piezoelectric potential (piezopotential) is include: hard, refractory, corrosion and wear-resis- processes and recycling processes of MMCs are created in the crystal by applying a stress. Owing to tant materials, as well as other advanced and spe- established in this volume. Most other books in the the simultaneous possession of piezoelectricity and cialty materials. The authors address the issue of field are concerned with the mechanics of proper- semiconductor properties, the piezopotential cre- optimal parameters for SHS reactions occurring dur- ties, which is not easy for readers to grasp, and they ated in the crystal has a strong effect on the carrier ing processes involving a preliminary metallother- introduce fabrication processes only as techniques transport at the interface/junction. Piezotronics is for mic reduction stage, and they calculate these using without theoretical discussion. Because this book devices fabricated using the piezopotential as a “gate” thermodynamic approaches. In order to confirm the provides a clear image of the fabrication processes voltage to control charge carrier transport at a con- effectiveness of this approach, the authors describe of MMCs without using complicated mathemat- tact or[...] ics, readers can use production theory to create new experiments focusing on the synthesis of elemental composites. Also, fundamental[...] Features crystalline boron, boron carbides and[...] The fundamental principle of piezotronics and Features Features piezo-phototronics were introduced by Wang in This translation from the original Russian book This book is the first of its kind to deal with fabrica- 2007 and 2010, respectively. Due to the polarization outlines the production of a variety of materials tion processes of metal matrix composites (MMCs) of ions in a crystal that has non-central symmetry in by methods of self-propagating high-temperature theoretically, experimentally, systematically, and materials, such as the wurtzite structured ZnO, GaN synthesis (SHS). The types of materials discussed instructively. The theoretical bases of fabrication and InN, a piezoelectric potential (piezopotential) is include: hard, refractory, corrosion and wear-resis- processes and recycling processes of MMCs are created in the crystal by applying a stress. Owing to tant materials, as well as other advanced and spe- established in this volume. Most other books in the the simultaneous possession of piezoelectricity and ciality materials. The authors address the issue of field are concerned with the mechanics of properties, [..] which is not easy for readers to grasp, and they [..] optimal parameters for SHS reactions occurring dur- Contents ing processes [..] Contents Introduction to Piezotronics and Piezo-Phototron- Contents From the Contents: Fabrication processes for com- ics.- Piezopotential in Wurtzite Semiconductors.- Synthesis of elemental boron and its refractory posites.- Fabrication by squeeze casting.- Theory of Basic Theory of Piezotronics.- Piezotronic Tran- compounds by self-propagating high-temperature pressure infiltration.- Centrifugal casting of metal sistors.- Piezotronic Logic Circuits and Opera- synthesis with metallothermic reduction.- Hard matrix composites.- Properties of composites.- tions.- Piezotronic Electromechanical Memories.- titanium and zirconium boride alloys and items Superplasticity of composites.- Materials for the fab- Theory of Piezo-Phototronics.- Piezo-Phototronic manufactured from them by SHS-compaction.- Pro- rication of composites.- Recycling of composites. 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The Summer School background for numerical methods, such as finite hosted a series of Lectures presented by world class to foundations and computability, such as logic, differences and finite elements. axiomatic set theory, model theory, recursion theory, leaders in each of these fields in the Department of Physics at Cinvestav. Such research lines are also the and computability. In this new edition, many small Features main interest of the Physics Department which now and large changes have been made throughout the This book is designed as an advanced undergradu- celebrates its fifty years since its establishment. These text. The main purpose of this new[...] ate or a first-year graduate course for students from proceedings include the[...] various disciplines like applied mathematics, physics, Features engineering. 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The Stefan Samko Anniversary Volume Equations Substantial effort has been drawn for years onto the development of (possibly high-order) numerical This volume is dedicated to Professor Stefan Samko The book is dedicated to the construction of particu- techniques for the scalar homogeneous conservation on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. The con- lar solutions of systems of ordinary differential equa- law, an equation which is strongly dissipative in L1 tributions display the range of his scientific interests tions in the form of series that are analogous to those thanks to shock wave formation. Such a dissipation in harmonic analysis and operator theory. Particular used in Lyapunov’s first method. A prominent place property is generally lost when considering hyper- attention is paid to fractional integrals and deriva- is given to asymptotic solutions that tend to an equi- bolic systems of conservation laws, or simply inho- tives, singular, hypersingular and potential operators librium position, especially in the strongly nonlin- mogeneous scalar balance laws involving accretive or in variable exponent spaces, pseudodifferential oper- ear case, where the existence of such solutions can’t space-dependent source terms, because of complex ators in various modern function and distribution be inferred on the basis of the first approximation wave interactions. An overall weaker dissipation can spaces, as well as related applications, to mention but alone. The book is illustrated with a large number of reveal intrinsic numerical weaknesses through spe- a few. Most contributions were firstly presented in concrete examples of systems in which the presence cific nonlinear mechanisms: Hugoniot curves being two conferences at Lisbon and Aveiro, Portugal, in of a particular solution of a certain class is related to deformed by local averaging steps in Godunov-type June‒July 2011. special properties of the system’s dynamic behavior. schemes, low-order errors[...] It is a book for students and specialists who work[...] Features Features This volume is dedicated to Professor Stefan Samko Features Substantial effort has been drawn for years onto the on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. The con- The book is dedicated to the construction of particu- development of (possibly high-order) numerical tributions display the range of his scientific interests lar solutions of systems of ordinary differential equa- techniques for the scalar homogeneous conservation in harmonic analysis and operator theory. Particular tions in the form of series that are analogous to those law, an equation which is strongly dissipative in L1 attention is paid to fractional integrals and deriva- used in Lyapunov’s first method. A prominent place thanks to shock wave formation. 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H. Andréka, Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Budapest, Hungary; F. Buekenhout, Brussels, Belgium; A.M. Cohen, University of R. Lamour, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany; R. März, M. Ferenczi, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany; C. Tischendorf, Univer- Hungary; I. Németi, Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Budapest, sity of Cologne, Germany Hungary (Eds.) Diagram Geometry Differential-Algebraic Equations: A Cylindric-like Algebras and Related to Classical Groups and Buildings Projector Based Analysis Algebraic Logic This book provides a self-contained introduction to diagram geometry. Tight connections with group Differential algebraic equations (DAEs), including theory are shown. It treats thin geometries (related Algebraic logic is a subject in the interface between so-called descriptor systems, began to attract sig- to Coxeter groups) and thick buildings from a dia- logic, algebra and geometry, it has strong con- nificant research interest in applied and numeri- grammatic perspective. Projective and affine geome- nections with category theory and combinatorics. cal mathematics in the early 1980s, no more than try are main examples. Polar geometry is motivated Tarski’s quest for finding structure in logic leads about three decades ago. In this relatively short time, by polarities on diagram geometries and the com- to cylindric-like algebras as studied in this book, DAEs have become a widely acknowledged tool to plete classification of those polar geometries whose they are among the main players in Tarskian alge- model processes subjected to constraints, in order to projective planes are Desarguesian is given. It differs braic logic. Cylindric algebra theory can be viewed in simulate and to control processes in various appli- from Tits' comprehensive treatment in that it uses many ways: as an algebraic form of definability the- cation fields such as network simulation, chem- Veldkamp's embeddings. The book intends to be a ory, as a study of higher-dimensional relations, as an ical kinematics, mechanical engineering, system basic reference for those who study diagram geome- enrichment of Boolean Algebra theory, or, as logic biology.DAEs and their more abstract versions in try. Group theorists will find examples of the use of in geometric form (“cylindric” in the name refers to infinite-dimensional spaces comprise a great poten- diagram geometry. Light on[...] geometric aspects). Cylindric-like algebras have a tial for future mathematical modeling of complex wide range of applications, in, e.g., natural language Features coupled processes.The purpose of the book is[...] theory, data-base[...] This book provides a self-contained introduction to Features diagram geometry. Tight connections with group Features Differential algebraic equations (DAEs), including theory are shown. It treats thin geometries (related Algebraic logic is a subject in the interface between so-called descriptor systems, began to attract sig- to Coxeter groups) and thick buildings from a dia- logic, algebra and geometry, it has strong con- nificant research interest in applied and numerical grammatic perspective. Projective and affine geome- nections with category theory and combinatorics. mathematics in the early 1980s, no more than about try are main examples. Polar geometry is motivated Tarski’s quest for finding structure in logic leads three decades ago. In this relatively short time, DAEs by polarities on diagram geometries and the com- to cylindric-like algebras as studied in this book, have become a widely acknowledged tool to model plete classification of those polar geometries whose they are among the main players in Tarskian alge- processes subjected to certain constraints in order to [..] braic logic. Cylindric algebra theory can be viewed in simulate and to control processes in various [..] many ways: as an algebraic form of definability the- Contents ory, [..] Contents 1. Geometries.- 2. Diagrams.- 3. Chamber Sys- Notations.- Introduction.- Part I. Projector based tems.- 4. Thin Geometries.- 5. Linear Geometries.- Contents approach.- 1 Linear constant coefficient DAEs.-.2 6. Projective and Affine Spaces.- 7. Polar Spaces.- 8. Introduction.- H. Andréka and I. Németi: Reduc- Linear DAEs with variable coefficients.- 3 Nonlinear Projective Embeddings of Polar Spaces.- 9. Embed- ing First-order Logic to Df3, Free Algebras.- DAEs.- Part II. Index-1 DAEs: Analysis and numeri- ding Polar Spaces in Absolutes.- 10. Classical Polar N.Bezhanishvili: Varieties of Two-Dimensional cal treatment.- 4 Analysis.- 5 Numerical integration.- Spaces.- 11. Buildings.- Bibliography.- Index. Cylindric Algebras.- R. Hirsch and I. Hodkinson: 6 Stability issues.- Part III. Computational aspects.- Completions and Complete Representations.- J. Fields of interest 7 Computational linear algebra aspects.- 8 Aspects Madarász and T. Sayed Ahmed: Amalgamation, Geometry of the numerical treatment of higher index DAEs.- Interpolation and Epimorphisms in Algebraic Part IV. Advanced topics.- 9 Quasi-regular DAEs.- Logic.- T. Sayed Ahmed: Neat Reducts and Neat Target groups 10 Nonregular DAEs.- 11 Minimization with con- Embeddings in Cylindric Algebras.- M. 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The Theory of Elliptic Modules with Applications Excursions in Harmonic Analysis, Excursions in Harmonic Analysis, Drinfeld Moduli Schemes and Automorphic Forms: Volume 1 Volume 2 The Theory of Elliptic Modules with Applications is based on the author’s original work establishing The February Fourier Talks at the Norbert Wiener Center The February Fourier Talks at the Norbert Wiener Center the correspondence between ell-adic rank r Galois The Norbert Wiener Center for Harmonic Analysis The Norbert Wiener Center for Harmonic Analysis representations and automorphic representations of and Applications provides a state-of-the-art research and Applications provides a state-of-the-art research GL(r) over a function field, in the local case, and, in venue for the broad emerging area of mathemati- venue for the broad emerging area of mathemati- the global case, under a restriction at a single place. It cal engineering in the context of harmonic analysis. cal engineering in the context of harmonic analysis. develops Drinfeld’s theory of elliptic modules, their This two-volume set consists of contributions from This two-volume set consists of contributions from moduli schemes and covering schemes, the simple speakers at the February Fourier Talks (FFT) from speakers at the February Fourier Talks (FFT) from trace formula, the fixed point formula, as well as the 2006-2011. The FFT are organized by the Norbert 2006-2011. The FFT are organized by the Norbert congruence relations and a "simple" converse theo- Wiener Center in the Department of Mathematics Wiener Center in the Department of Mathematics rem, not yet published anywhere. This version, based at the University of Maryland, College Park. These at the University of Maryland, College Park. These on a recent course taught by the author at The Ohio volumes span a large spectrum of harmonic analy- volumes span a large spectrum of harmonic analy- State University,[...] sis and its applications. They are divided into the fol- sis and its applications. They are divided into the fol- Features lowing parts:Volume I· Sampling Theory· lowing parts:Volume I· Sampling Theory· Drinfeld Moduli Schemes and Automorphic Forms: Remote Sensing· Mathematics of Data Process- Remote Sensing· Mathematics of Data Process- The Theory of Elliptic Modules with Applications ing· Applications of Data[...] ing· Applications of Data[...] is based on the author’s original work establishing Features Features the correspondence between ell-adic rank r Galois The Norbert Wiener Center for Harmonic Analysis The Norbert Wiener Center for Harmonic Analysis representations and automorphic representations of and Applications provides a state-of-the art research and Applications provides a state-of-the-art research GL(r) over a function field, in the local case, and, in venue for the broad emerging area of mathemati- venue for the broad emerging area of mathemati- the global case, under a restriction at a single place. It cal engineering in the context of harmonic analysis. cal engineering in the context of harmonic analysis. develops Drinfeld’s theory of elliptic [..] This two-volume set consists of contributions from This two-volume set consists of contributions from Contents speakers at the February Fourier Talks (FFT) from speakers at the February Fourier Talks (FFT) from Elliptic Moduli.- Hecke Correspondences.- Trace 2006-2011. The FFT are organized by the Norbert 2006-2011. The FFT are organized by the Norbert Formulae.- Higher Recipropcity Laws. Wiener Center in the Department of Mathematics at Wiener Center in the Department of Mathematics at the [..] the [..] Fields of interest Number Theory; Topological Groups, Lie Groups; Contents Contents Category Theory, Homological Algebra; Algebra Part 1 Sampling Theory.- Unions of Subspaces for Part V Measure Theory.- Absolute Continuity and Data Modeling and Subspace Clustering.- Fusion Singularity of Measures Without Measure Theory.- Target groups frames and Unbiased Basic Sequences.- Sampling in Visible and Invisible Cantor Sets.- Convolution Graduate Spaces of Bandlimited Functions on Commutative Inequalities for Positive Borel Measures on R^d and Spaces.- Smooth Interpolation of Data by Efficient Beurling Density.- Positive Operator-Valued Mea- Type of publication Algorithms.- An Overview of Time and Multi- sures: A General Setting for Frames.- Part VI Filter- Brief band Limiting.- A Panorama of Sampling Theory.- ing.- Extending Wavelet Filters, Infinite Dimensions, Part II Remote Sensing.- Multistatic Radar Wave- the Non-Rational Case, and Indefinite-Inner Product More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5887-6 forms for Imaging of Moving Targets.- Exploitation Spaces.- On the Group-Theoretic Structure of Lifted Softcover Performance and Characterization of a Prototype Filter Banks.- Parametric Optimization of Biorthog- 2013. 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A. Cangiani, University of Leicester, U.K.; R.L. Davidchack, Univer- V.V. Volchkov, Donetsk National University, Ukraine; V.V. D.J. Galiffa, Penn State Erie, Erie,PA, USA sity of Leicester, U.K.; E. Georgoulis, University of Leicester, U.K.; Volchkov, Donetsk National University, Ukraine A.N. Gorban, University of Leicester, U.K.; J. Levesley, University of Leicester, U.K.; M.V. Tretyakov, University of Nottingham, U.K. On the Higher-Order Sheffer (Eds.) Offbeat Integral Geometry on Orthogonal Polynomial Sequences Symmetric Spaces Numerical Mathematics and On the Higher-Order Sheffer Orthogonal Polyno- Advanced Applications 2011 The book demonstrates the development of inte- mial Sequences sheds light on the existence/non- gral geometry on domains of homogeneous spaces existence of B-Type 1 orthogonal polynomials. This Proceedings of ENUMATH 2011, the 9th European Confer- since 1990. 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J. Janas, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland; P. Kurasov, L.C.G. Rogers, University of Cambridge, UK M. Joswig, TU Darmstadt, Germany; T. Theobald, Goethe-Univer- Stockholm University, Sweden; A. Laptev, Imperial College Lon- sität Frankfurt am Main, Germany don, UK, and Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; S. Naboko, St. Petersburg State University, Russia (Eds.) Optimal Investment Polyhedral and Algebraic Methods

Operator Methods in Mathematical Readers of this book will learn how to solve a wide in Computational Geometry Physics range of optimal investment problems arising in finance and economics. Starting from the fundamen- Polyhedral and Algebraic Methods in Computational Conference on Operator Theory, Analysis and Mathematical tal Merton problem, many variants are presented Geometry provides a thorough introduction into Physics (OTAMP) 2010, Bedlewo, Poland and solved, often using numerical techniques that algorithmic geometry and its applications. It presents the book also covers. The final chapter assesses the its primary topics from the viewpoints of discrete, The conference Operator Theory, Analysis and relevance of many of the models in common use convex and elementary algebraic geometry.The Mathematical Physics – OTAMP is a regular bien- when applied to data. first part of the book studies classical problems and nial event devoted to mathematical problems on the techniques that refer to polyhedral structures. The border between analysis and mathematical physics. Features authors include a study on algorithms for computing The current volume presents articles written by par- Readers of this book will learn how to solve a wide convex hulls as well as the construction of Voronoi ticipants, mostly invited speakers, and is devoted range of optimal investment problems arising in diagrams and Delone triangulations.The second part to problems at the forefront of modern mathemat- finance and economics. 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A. Detinko, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland; D. A.N. Shiryaev, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia; E. Çınlar, Princeton University, Princeton, USA; R.J. Vanderbei, Flannery, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland; E. S.R.S. Varadhan, New York University, NY, USA; E.L. Presman, Princeton University, Princeton, USA O'Brien, University of Auckland, New Zealand (Eds.) Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia (Eds.) Real and Convex Analysis Probabilistic Group Theory, Prokhorov and Contemporary

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In modeling, and simulation in healthcare, together tional analysis and partial differential equations. In this respect, the four-dimensional case is particu- with optimization methods, form the core of the vol- principle, the material should be accessible to stu- larly interesting due to its relevance in physics and ume. Systems Analysis Tools for Better Health Care dents with only knowledge of calculus of several vari- its algebraic properties, as the quaternion forms the Delivery illustrates the increased need of partner- ables, basic partial differential equations, and linear only associative[...] ship between engineers and health care professionals. algebra, as the necessary[...] This book will benefit researchers and practitioners Features in health care delivery[...] Features The theory of slice regular functions over quater- This book gives an introduction to the finite element nions is the central subject of the present volume. 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State-of-the-art results tial differential equations, but with a minimum level [..] from applications of data mining, business process of [..] modeling, and simulation in healthcare, together [..] Contents Contents Introduction.- 1.Definitions and Basic Results.- Contents 1. Piecewise Polynomial Approximation in 1D.- 2. 2.Regular Power Series.- 3.Zeros.- 4.Infinite Prod- Optimization Methods for Large-scale Radiotherapy The Finite Element Method in 1D.- 3. Piecewise ucts.- 5.Singularities.- 6.Integral Representations.- Problems, Dionne M. Aleman, Hamid R. Ghaffari, Polynomial Approximation in 2D.- 4. The Finite Ele- 7.Maximum Modulus Theorem and Applications.- Velibor V. Misic, Michael B. Sharpe, Mark Ruschin, ment Method in 2D.- 5. Time-dependent Problems.- 8.Spherical Series and Differential.- 9.Fractional and David A. Jaffray. -Portable Asset Management in 6. Solving Large Sparse Linear Systems.- 7. Abstract Transformations and the Unit Ball.- 10.Generaliza- Hospitals, Nebil Buyurgan, Nabil Lehlou, and Ashraf Finite Element Analysis.- 8. The Finite Element.- 9. tions and Applications.- Bibliography.- Index. Hajiyev. -Clinical Data Mining to Discover Opti- Non-linear Problems.- 10. Transport Problems.- 11. mal Treatment Patterns, Patricia Cerrito. - Stochas- Solid Mechanics.- 12. Fluid Mechanics.- 13. Electro- Fields of interest tic Integer Programming in Health Care Delivery, magnetics.- 14. Discontinuous Galerkin Methods.- Functions of a Complex Variable; Sequences, Series, Camilo Mancilla and Robert H. Storer. - An Exposi- A. Some Additional Matlab Code.- References. Summability; Functional Analysis tory Discourse of E-health, Anastasius Moumtzoglou and Anastasia Kastania. - Nurse Scheduling Prob- Fields of interest Target groups lem: An Integer Programming Model with a[...] Computational Science and Engineering; Partial Research Differential Equations; Theoretical and Applied Fields of interest Mechanics; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, Type of publication Optimization; Operations Research, Mathematical CAE) and Design; Computational Mathematics and Monograph Programming; Health Administration; Mathematical Numerical Analysis More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-33870-0 Modeling and Industrial Mathematics Target groups Hardcover Target groups Upper undergraduate 2013. XIX, 185 p. 4 illus., 3 in color. 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B. Birnir, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA S.T. Rachev, Stonybrook University, NY, USA; L. Klebanov, Charles B. Maury, University of Paris Sud, Paris, France University, Prague, Czech Republic; S.V. Stoyanov, EDHEC Busi- ness School, EDHEC-Risk Institute, Singapore; F. Fabozzi, EDHEC The Kolmogorov-Obukhov Theory Business School, Singapore The Respiratory System in of Turbulence Equations The Methods of Distances in the A Mathematical Theory of Turbulence Theory of Probability and Statistics This book proposes an introduction to the math- Turbulence is a major problem facing modern soci- ematical modeling of the respiratory system. A eties. It makes airline passengers return to their seats detailed introduction on the physiological aspects This book covers the method of metric distances and fasten their seatbelts but it also creates drag on makes it accessible to a large audience without any and its application in probability theory and other the aircraft that causes it to use more fuel and create prior knowledge on the lung. Different levels of fields. The method is fundamental in the study of more pollution. The same applies to cars, ships and description are proposed, from the lumped models limit theorems and generally in assessing the qual- the space shuttle. The mathematical theory of turbu- with a small number of parameters (Ordinary Differ- ity of approximations to a given probabilistic model. lence has been an unsolved problems for 500 years ential Equations), up to infinite dimensional mod- The method of metric distances is developed to study and the development of the statistical theory of the els based on Partial Differential Equations. Besides stability problems and reduces to the selection of an Navier-Stokes equations describes turbulent flow has these two types of differential equations, two chap- ideal or the most appropriate metric for the problem been an open problem. The Kolmogorov-Obukhov ters are dedicated to resistive networks, and to the under consideration and a comparison of probabil- Theory of Turbulence develops a statistical theory of way they can be used to investigate the dependence ity metrics. After describing the basic structure of turbulence from the stochastic Navier-Stokes equa- of the resistance of the lung upon geometrical char- probability metrics and providing an analysis of the tion and the physical theory, that was proposed by acteristics. The theoretical analysis of[...] Kolmogorov[...] topologies in the space of probability measures gen- erated by different types of probability metrics, the Features Features authors study[...] The book proposes an introduction to the math- Turbulence is a major problem facing modern soci- ematical modeling of the respiratory system. A Features eties. It makes airline passengers return to their seats detailed introduction on the physiological aspects This book covers the method of metric distances and fasten their seatbelts but it also creates drag on makes it accessible to a large audience without any and its application in probability theory and other the aircraft that causes it to use more fuel and create prior knowledge on the lung. Different levels of fields. The method is fundamental in the study of more pollution. The same applies to cars, ships and description are proposed, from the lumped models limit theorems and generally in assessing the qual- the space shuttle. The mathematical theory of turbu- with a small number of parameters (Ordinary Differ- ity of approximations to a given probabilistic model. lence has been an unsolved problems for 500 years ential Equations), up to infinite dimensional models The method of metric distances is developed to study and the development of the [..] based on Partial [..] stability problems and reduces to the selection of an Contents ideal or the most appropriate metric for the [..] Contents 1.The Mathematical Formulation of Fully-Developed Introduction.- Lumped models.- The lung as a Contents Turbulence.- 2.Probability and the Statistical The- resistive tree.- Computing velocity fields.- Gas Main directions in the theory of probability metrics.- ory of Turbulence.- 3.The Invariant Measure and the exchanges.- The lung as an infinite tree.- Data.- Solu- Probability distances and probability metrics: Defi- Probability Density Function.- 4. Existence Theory tions to exercises.- Complements.- Glossary. of Swirling Flow.- The Bound for a Swirling Flow.- nitions.- Primary, simple and compound probabil- Detailed estimates of S2 and S3.- The Generalized ity distances, and minimal and maximal distances Fields of interest Hyperbolic Distributions.- References. and norms.- A structural classification of probabil- Ordinary Differential Equations; Fluid- and Aerody- ity distances.-Monge-Kantorovich mass transference namics; Pneumology/Respiratory System; Numeric Fields of interest problem, minimal distances and minimal norms.- Computing Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences; Quantitative relationships between minimal dis- Fluid- and Aerodynamics; Partial Differential Equa- tances and minimal norms.- K-Minimal metrics.- Target groups tions Relations between minimal and maximal distances.- Graduate Moment problems related to the theory of probabil- Target groups ity metrics: Relations between compound and[...] Type of publication Research Monograph Fields of interest More on www.springer.com/978-88-470-5213-0 Type of publication Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Sta- Brief tistical Theory and Methods; Approximations and Hardcover 2013. 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A.M. Hinz, Ludwigs-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; A.A. Roytvarf, Rishon LeZion, Center District, Israel A. Guerraggio, University of Bocconi, Milano, Italy; G. Paoloni, S. Klavžar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; U. Milutinović, Uni- University of Rome, Italy versity of Maribor, Slovenia; C. Petr, Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics, Ljubljana, Slovenia Thinking in Problems Vito Volterra How Mathematicians Find Creative Solutions The Tower of Hanoi – Myths and Maths This concise, self-contained textbook gives Vito Volterra (1860-1940) was one of the most an in-depth look at problem-solving from a famous representatives of Italian science in his day. mathematician’s point-of-view. Each chapter builds Angelo Guerragio and Giovanni Paolini analyze This is the first comprehensive monograph on the off the previous one, while introducing a variety Volterra’s most important contributions to mathe- mathematical theory of the solitaire game “The of methods that could be used when approaching matics and their applications, as well as his outstand- Tower of Hanoi” which was invented in the 19th any given problem. Creative thinking is the key to ing organizational achievements in scientific policy. century by the French number theorist Édouard solving mathematical problems, and this book out- Volterra was one of the founding fathers of func- Lucas. The book comprises a survey of the histori- lines the tools necessary to improve the reader’s tional analysis and the author of fundamental con- cal development from the game’s predecessors up to technique.The text is divided into twelve chapters, tributions in the field of integral equations, elasticity recent research in mathematics and applications in each providing corresponding hints, explanations, theory and population dynamics (Lotka-Volterra computer science and psychology. Apart from long- and finalization of solutions for the problems in the model). He delivered keynote lectures on the occa- standing myths it contains a thorough, largely self- given chapter. For the reader’s convenience, each sion of the International Congresses of Mathemati- contained presentation of the essential mathemati- exercise is marked with the required background cians held in Paris (1900), Rome (1908), Strasbourg cal facts with complete proofs, including also unpub- level. This book implements a variety of strategies[...] (1920) and Bologna (1928). He became[...] lished material. The main objects of research today are the so-called Hanoi graphs and the related Sier- Features Features piński graphs. Acknowledging the great[...] This concise, self-contained textbook gives Vito Volterra (1860-1940) was one of the most an in-depth look at problem-solving from a famous representatives of Italian science in his day. Features mathematician’s point-of-view. Each chapter builds Angelo Guerragio and Giovanni Paolini analyze This is the first comprehensive monograph on the off the previous one, while introducing a variety Volterra’s most important contributions to mathe- mathematical theory of the solitaire game “The of methods that could be used when approaching matics and their applications, as well as his outstand- Tower of Hanoi” which was invented in the 19th any given problem. Creative thinking is the key to ing organizational achievements in scientific policy. century by the French number theorist Édouard solving mathematical problems, and this book out- Volterra was one of the founding fathers of func- Lucas. The book comprises a survey of the histori- lines the tools necessary to improve the reader’s tional analysis and the author of fundamental contri- cal development from the game’s predecessors up to technique.The text [..] butions [..] recent research in mathematics and applications in computer science and psychology. Apart from long- Contents Contents standing myths it [..] Preface.- Using the Stars on Problems.- Under- I. Chronicles of Italian life.- II. Professor in Pisa.- III. standing the Advanced Skill Requirements.- The cats of Torino.- IV. Rome, public appointments, Contents Acknowledgements.- Jacobi Identities and Related the politician.- V. Days of firing from a dirigible.- VI. Foreword by Ian Stewart.- Preface.- 0 The Beginning Combinatorial Formulas.- A Property of Recursive From war to peace: Italy’s National Research Coun- of the World.- 1 The Chinese Rings.- 2 The Classi- Sequences.- A Combinatorial Algorithm in Multi- cil.- VII. The end of freedom.- VIII. After the cats, cal Tower of Hanoi.- 3 Lucas’s Second Problem.- 4 exponential Analysis.- A Frequently Encountered fish.- IX. Time runs out.- Appendix I: Significant Sierpinski Graphs.- 5 The Tower of Hanoi with More Determinant.- A Dynamical System with a Strange dates in Italian history 1849-1945.- Appendix II: Sig- Pegs.- 6 Variations of the Puzzle.- 7 The Tower of Attractor.- Polar and Singular Value Decomposi- nificant dates in the life of Vito Volterra 1860-1940.- London.- 8 Tower of Hanoi Variants with Oriented tion Theorems.- 2x2 Matrices Which Are Roots of Index of Names. Disc Moves.- 9 The End of the World.- A Hints and Unity.- A Property of Orthogonal Matrices.- Con- Solutions to Exercises.- Glossary.- Bibliography.- vexity and Related Classical Inequalities.- One-Para- Fields of interest Name Index.- Subject Index.- Symbol Index. meter Groups of Linear Transformations.- Some History of Mathematics Problems in Combinatorics[...] Fields of interest Target groups Mathematics (general); History of Mathemat- Fields of interest Popular/general ics; Sequences, Series, Summability; Combina- Algebra; Analysis; Combinatorics Type of publication torics; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Biography Sciences; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complex- Target groups ity Graduate More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-27262-2 Hardcover Target groups Type of publication 2013. XI, 176 p. 25 illus. 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A. Tagliafico, Institute of Anatomy, Department of Experimen- F.R. Noyes, Cincinnati Sportsmedicine Research and Education Medicine tal Medicine (DIMES), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; C. Marti- Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, USA; S. Barber-Westin, Cincinnati noli, Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics Sportsmedicine Research and Education Foundation, Cincinnati, (DISC), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy OH, USA (Eds.)

M.A. Galli, Section of Perinatal and Pediatric Cardiology, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; A Radiologically-Guided Approach ACL Injuries in the Female Athlete G.B. Danzi, Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Mangia- galli Regina Elena, Milano, Italy to Musculoskeletal Anatomy Causes, Impacts, and Conditioning Programs

Nearly a million anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) For many healthcare professionals, musculoskele- A Guide to Neonatal and Pediatric injuries occur each year worldwide, causing long- tal diseases represent the "bread and butter" topic ECGs term problems in the knee joint. This textbook after graduation. Therefore, radiological education examines the short- and long-term impacts of ACL in respect of the musculoskeletal system is vital in injuries on the basis of hundreds of published stud- ensuring adequate patient management and cost- Electrocardiography has an ever-expanding role in ies. Risk factors for such injuries are explored using effective use of healthcare financial resources. This pediatric cardiology evaluation. The specific com- data from hypothesis-driven investigations, and pos- book illustrates the clinical anatomy of the mus- petencies required for its optimal use in this setting, sible causes of the higher risk of noncontact ACL culoskeletal system by means of images obtained however, generally lie beyond the expertise of car- injuries in female athletes are analyzed. Neuromus- using commercially available imaging equipment diologists used to dealing with adults. This guide – cular training programs shown to reduce the rate and the three main imaging techniques employed the product of extensive practical experience in the of these injuries in female athletes are described in today – magnetic resonance imaging, computed field of pediatric cardiology – proposes a very simple step-by-step detail with the aid of numerous color tomography, and ultrasound. Based on an integrated method for reading neonatal and pediatric ECGs that photographs and video demonstrations. In addition, multimodality approach, each anatomical region is based on the application of straightforward crite- detailed descriptions are provided[...] ria and permits the immediate recognition of nor- is presented with a special focus on clinically rele- mal and pathological patterns. The first part of the vant[...] Features guide presents and describes this methodology and Nearly a million anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) Features the parameters of normal pediatric ECGs, while the injuries occur each year worldwide. Such injuries can For many healthcare professionals, musculoskele- second part focuses[...] cause long-term problems in the knee joint, includ- tal diseases represent the "bread and butter" topic ing in particular the early onset of osteoarthritis. It after graduation. Therefore, radiological education Features has been evident for some time that a tremendous in respect of the musculoskeletal system is vital in Electrocardiography has an ever-expanding role in gender disparity exists in noncontact ACL injuries in ensuring adequate patient management and cost- pediatric cardiology evaluation. The specific com- sports, and this aspect has been the subject of inten- effective use of healthcare resources. This book illus- petencies required for its optimal use in this setting, sive research. This textbook, [..] however, generally lie beyond the expertise of car- trates the clinical anatomy of the musculoskeletal diologists used to dealing with adults. This guide – system by means of images obtained using [..] Contents the product of extensive practical experience in the Introduction: The ACL: Anatomy, Biomechanics, Contents field of pediatric cardiology – proposes a very simple Mechanisms of Injury, and the Gender Disparity. Introduction.- Shoulder.- Elbow.- Wrist/Hand.- method for reading neonatal and pediatric ECGs [..] The Impact of ACL Injuries: Short- and Long-Term Hip.- Knee.- Foot/Ankle.- Spine Effects on the Knee Joint: Consequences of Com- Contents Fields of interest plete ACL Ruptures.- ACL Reconstruction: Chon- Part I: Normal ECG.- Methodology for read- droprotective Effects, Risks of Reinjury. Proposed ing.-Newborn model.- Infant model.- Adult model.- Diagnostic Radiology; Orthopedics; Rehabilitation Medicine; Sports Medicine Risk Factors of Noncontact ACL Injuries: Role of Parameters of a normal pediatric ECG.- Part II: Shoe-Surface Interaction and Noncontact ACL Pathological patterns.-Right ventricular overload.- Target groups Injuries.- Neuromuscular Differences Between Men Right systolic ventricular overload.- Right diastolic Professional/practitioner and Women.- Gender Differences in Muscular Pro- ventricular overload.- Left ventricular overload.- Left tection of the Knee.- Effects of Alterations in Gait systolic and diastolic ventricular overload.- Biven- Type of publication Mechanics on the Development of Osteoarthritis in tricular overload.- Miscellaneous – ECG.- Pediatric Monograph the ACL-Deficient[...] ECG indications.- Bibliography. 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L. Longo, International Academy for Laser Medicine and Surgery, L. Longo, IALMS, Florence, Italy (Ed.) A. Trecca, Gruppo USI, Roma, Italy (Ed.) Florence, Italy (Ed.) Advances in Laserology - Selected Atlas of Ileoscopy Advances in Laserology - Selected Papers of Laser Florence 2011: Papers of Laser Florence 2010: A Collection of Clinical Cases A Window on the Laser Medicine World This atlas presents high-quality images of clinical The 50th Birthday of Laser Medicine World cases of small bowel diseases, with a focus on the The annual Congress of the International Academy importance of terminal ileoscopy as the first step Laser Florence 2010 is the annual Congress of the Laser Medicine and Surgery, called Laser Florence in detecting this group of rare pathologies. Among International Academy Laser Medicine and Surgery. 2011, opened a window on four different sector of the conditions covered are celiac disease, inflam- The year 2010 is the fiftieth birthday of Laser and laser use on human body: skin, nervous system, teeth matory bowel disease, neoplasms, infections, and we celebrated it with a special edition. As usual and cellular level. In these sectors laser use allowed pediatric disease. The multidisciplinary approach researchers and doctors were shown new data imme- diagnosis and treatment of different lesions, better to the presentation of clinical cases, with contribu- diately available for practical use, in different topics: than traditional procedures. Advantages, limits and tions from histology, radiology, capsule endoscopy, Dentistry, Dermatology, Neurology, Rehabilitation controversies were discussed by pioneers and opin- enteroscopy, and surgery, ensures that the atlas will and Sport Injuries, ENT, Phlebology, Plastic Surgery, ion leaders of this matter, together young researchers provide an accurate learning course for beginners Photodynamic Diagnosis and Therapy, Diabetology. and doctors. As usual this mix producted new data and also an effective update for specialists. A special session was dedicated to the role of laser immediately available for practical use. A special ses- beams and light in Energetic Medicine, now called sion was dedicated to role of laser beams and light in Features Quantum Medicine and Regenerative Medicine. In Energetic Medicine, called now Quantum Medicine This atlas presents high-quality images of clinical fact, in the world there is a bit of confusion between and Regenerative[...] cases of small bowel diseases, with a focus on the data obtained from[...] importance of terminal ileoscopy as the first step in Features detecting this group of rare pathologies. Among the Features The annual Congress of the International Academy conditions covered are celiac disease, inflammatory Laser Florence 2010 is the annual Congress of the Laser Medicine and Surgery, called Laser Florence bowel disease, neoplasms, infections, and pediatric International Academy Laser Medicine and Surgery. 2011, opened a window on four different sector of disease. The multidisciplinary approach to the pre- The year 2010 is the fiftieth birthday of Laser and laser use on human body: skin, nervous system, teeth sentation of clinical cases, with contributions [..] we celebrated it with a special edition. As usual and cellular level. In these sectors laser use allowed researchers and doctors were shown new data imme- diagnosis and treatment of different lesions, better Contents diately available for practical use, in different topics: than traditional procedures. Advantages, limits and The Asymptomatic Patient, 1 case.- The Symp- Dentistry, Dermatology, Neurology, Rehabilitation controversies were discussed by pioneers and [..] tomatic Patient, 1 case.- Celiac Diseases, 1 case.- and Sport Injuries, ENT, Phlebology, Plastic Surgery, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 2 cases.- Neoplastic [..] Contents Disease, 7 cases.- Infectious Disease, 2 cases.- The From the Contents: Plenary Session.- Laser Biomod- Pediatric Patient, 1 case.- Radiology, 3 cases.- Cap- Fields of interest ulation.- Rends in Basic and Applied Research in sule Endoscopy, 4 cases.- Enteroscopy, 2 cases.- Health Informatics; Nuclear Medicine; Radiother- Laser Biomedicine.- Laser Dentistry.- Talk Poster Surgery, 2 cases.- Histology, 1 case.- Miscellaneous, apy; Medical and Radiation Physics; Laser Technol- Session.- Laser Skin Medicine and Surgery. ogy and Physics, Photonics 2 cases. 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For the first time histology and rare tumors to pitfalls and incidental specialties and physicians at all levels who are look- in the world, physicians now have the capability to findings. Dermatologic surgeons, Mohs cutaneous ing to gain a better understanding of[...] repair the mitral valve percutaneously without the surgeons, dermatopathologists and pathologists alike need for a sternotomy or cardiopulmonary bypass. will find this book to be[...] Features However, as with all new endeavors, there is a steep Detailed anatomic drawings and state-of-the-art learning curve, not just for the individual operator Features radiologic images combine to produce this essential but also for the entire field. The MitraClip technol- For those who perform Mohs microscopically con- Atlas of Lymph Node Anatomy. 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Also featured The field of structural heart disease interventions is Atlas of Practical Mohs Histopathology is written by are clinical cases depicting drainage pathways for experiencing a stage of rapid growth with the devel- leading experts in the field and discusses the broad common malignancies. 2-D and 3-D maps offer [..] opment of percutaneous mitral valve repair therapies range of clinically-focused histopathology from nor- and percutaneous aortic valve replacement therapies. mal skin and rare tumors to pitfalls and [..] Contents The MitraClip represents a new therapeutic frontier Head and Neck Lymph Node Anatomy.- Chest for mitral regurgitation and is expected to revolu- Contents Lymph Node Anatomy.- Abdominal Lymph Node tionize repair of the mitral valve. For the first time in 1. How to use this atlas2. Normal skin his- Anatomy.- Pelvic Lymph Node Anatomy.- Pitfalls the world, physicians now have the [..] tology3. Basal cell carcinoma4. 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L. Rudnicka, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland; M. Olszewska, V. Sanchis-Alfonso, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Valencia, Spain S.L. Bonnick, Clinical Research Center of North Texas, Denton, TX, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland; A. Rakowska, CSK MSWiA, (Ed.) USA; L.A. Lewis, Clinical Research Center of North Texas, Denton, Warsaw, Poland (Eds.) TX, USA Atlas of the Patellofemoral Joint Atlas of Trichoscopy Bone Densitometry for

Dermoscopy in Hair and Scalp Disease A picture is worth a thousand words, and the goal Technologists of this atlas is to better understand patellofemoral The aim of this atlas is to provide detailed and com- conditions through pictures. Hence the reason we As a technology, bone densitometry is really quite prehensive, easy-to-use information, sufficient to have decided to publish this book, which is a col- extraordinary. The ability to quantify the density perform trichoscopy in clinical practice. From basics lection of the finest images of patellofemoral joint of the bones at a variety of skeletal sites has truly to advanced knowledge, everything in one book. In surgery, supplied by world renowned specialists in revolutionized the approach to a number of dis- this sense it is rather an “illustrated textbook” than Knee surgery. All the images, footnotes and sum- eases, the most important of which is osteoporosis. solely an atlas. It includes evidence based informa- maries are compiled in order to convey a simple Using the information from the machines, espe- tion, acknowledged algorithms, which help easy understanding of this complex problem. This is a cially dual-energy X ray absortiometry (DXA) tech- diagnosis and “take home messages”, which aid very practical book, aimed at the general orthopedic nology, physicians can recommend and prescribe memorizing specific features of diverse diseases. The surgeon and also those that specialize in surgery of interventions that will slow bone loss and reduce the atlas consists of two major parts. In the first part the knee. The book is divided into four sections, the risk of disabling fractures. The remarkable advances the authors describe structures and patterns seen first section focuses on the etiopathogenic bases, the in skeletal imaging with densitometry devices have in trichoscopy. The second part consists of detailed second section focuses[...] made possible quantitative and diagnostic assess- description of characteristic trichoscopy features of ments of skeletal structure. However it is in fact the diverse diseases of[...] Features skill and concern of the technologist[...] The Atlas of the Patellofemoral Joint is designed Features to be a detailed visual guide, presenting the reader Features Trichoscopy – the use of dermoscopy to diagnose with a wealth of images that will act as a crucial aid As a technology, bone densitometry is really quite diseases of hair and scalp – was initially named in when faced with surgery of the knee and particu- extraordinary. The ability to quantify the density 2006 and thus it is still very much in its childhood. larly that of the patella. All the images, footnotes and of the bones at a variety of skeletal sites has truly With so much still to learn in the great field of hair summaries are compiled in order to convey a simple revolutionized the approach to a number of dis- and scalp disorders, recent years have brought mul- understanding of this complex problem. It is a very eases, the most important of which is osteoporosis. tiple results from original studies into trichoscopy, practical book, aimed not only to [..] Using the information from the machines, especially new case descriptions, and analytic reviews, as well dual-energy X ray absortiometry (DXA) technology, as know-how derived from unpublished but [..] Contents physicians can recommend and prescribe interven- Foreword.-Preface.-SECTION I: tions [..] Contents ETIOPATHOGENIC BASES AND THERAPEUTIC Preface.- Introduction.- Trichoscopic Structures IMPLICATIONS.- Background.- Patellofemoral Contents and Patterns.- Normal Values in Trichoscopy.- Tips, malaligment vs Tissue homeostasis.- Myths and An Introduction to Conventions in Densitome- Tricks, and Artifacts.- Genetic Hair Shaft Disorders.- truths about patellofemoral disease. Pathogenesis try.- Densitometry Techniques.- Skeletal Anatomy Ectodermal Dysplasia and Other Genetic Syndromes of anterior knee pain and patellar instability.- What in Densitometry.- Performing a DXA PA Lumbar Associated with Hair Loss.- Acquired Nonscarring have we learned from realignment surgery?.- Biolog- Spine, Proximal Femur or Forearm Study.- Radiation Alopecia.- Primary Cicatricial Alopecia.- Hair Trans- ical causes of anterior knee pain.- In search of the Safety in X-ray Densitometry.- Quality Control Pro- plantation.- Infections and Inflammatory Scalp Dis- etiology of anterior knee pain.- Biomechanics of the cedures.- Precision in Bone Densitometry.- Using eases.- Trichoscopy in Children.- Precancerous Scalp patellofemoral joint.- Implications in the genesis of Absolute Risk to Predict Fracture Risk in Clinical Lesions and Scalp Tumors.- Trichoscopy in Asian pain and instability.- Anatomy of patellar disloca- Practice.- An Overview of Osteoporosis.- Interpre- Patients.- Trichoscopy in Patients with Dark Skin tion.- Evaluation of the patient with anterior knee tation of Bone Densitometry Data.- Less than Per- Phototypes.- Algorithms in Trichoscopy.- Monitor- pain and patellar[...] fect Scan Images.- Pediatric Densitometry.- VFA ing Therapy with Trichoscopy.-[...] Imaging, Femoral Morphometry and Hip Structural Fields of interest Analysis.- Body Composition Analysis.- Appendices. Fields of interest Orthopedics; Surgical Orthopedics Dermatology; General Practice / Family Medicine Fields of interest Target groups Imaging / Radiology Target groups Professional/practitioner Professional/practitioner Target groups Type of publication Professional/practitioner Type of publication Atlas Atlas More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4494-6 Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4485-4 Monograph Softcover Hardcover 2013. XXII, 262 p. 352 illus., 68 in color. More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-3624-9 2012. XIV, 507 p. 628 illus., 625 in color. $89.95 Hardcover $189.00 ISBN 978-1-4471-4494-6 2013. XXIII, 421 p. 150 illus., 46 in color. ISBN 978-1-4471-4485-4 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. $99.00 Due: February 28, 2013 ISBN 978-1-4614-3624-9 Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. springer.com Medicine 107

C. Basso, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; M. Valente, University C. Catalano, University of Rome, Italy; M. Anzidei, Policlinico J. Jolkkonen, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; P. of Padua, Padova, Italy; G. Thiene, University of Padua, Padova, Umberto I, Roma, Italy; A. Napoli, Policlinico Umberto I, Roma, Walczak, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA (Eds.) Italy (Eds.) Italy (Eds.) Cell-Based Therapies in Stroke Cardiac Tumor Pathology Cardiovascular CT and MR Imaging

From Technique to Clinical Interpretation Stroke remains one of the main causes of death and Cardiac tumors were once a nosographic entity of disability worldwide. While effective therapy for scarce clinical interest because of the rarity and of The availability and diffusion of high-performance stroke recovery remains an unmet need. Much hope the intrinsic diagnostic and therapeutic impossibil- technologies has strengthened the role of CT angiog- and promises are placed on cell-based therapies. The ities, and were considered a fatal morbid entity. It raphy and MR angiography as simple and reliable aim of this book is to provide focused yet compre- has now become a topical subject due to advances techniques for the characterization and treatment hensive reviews on the current state of cell-based in clinical imaging (echo, magnetic resonance, planning of the main diseases of the cardiocircula- approaches in the treatment of stroke. The topics computed tomography) as well as innovation in tory system, an understanding of which has become covered include experimental data on functional out- technologies of in-vivo diagnosis. Cardiac Tumor essential for all radiologists. The aim of this book is come after intravascular and intracerebral delivery Pathology presents a spectacular example of these to provide technical indications which are both con- of cells in stroke animals, followed by translational advances with clinico-pathologic correlations. This cise and thorough regarding the main methods and chapters which will rely heavily on the use of differ- timely volume covers history, epidemiology, demo- examination techniques for performing high-qual- ent imaging modalities in the tracking of cells. The graphics, clinical diagnosis, pathology, imaging by ity CT angiography and MR angiography studies in last and most challenging part will describe the early echo, CT and MRI of both benign and malignant a broad range of clinical settings. This is supported phase of clinical[...] cardiac tumors, either primary or secondary.[...] by a large number of cases and is rich with advice on image interpretation and[...] Features Features Stroke remains one of the main causes of death and Cardiac tumors were once a nosographic entity of Features disability worldwide. Effective therapy for stroke scarce clinical interest because of the rarity and of The availability and diffusion of high-performance recovery remains an unmet need. Much hope and the intrinsic diagnostic and therapeutic impossibil- technologies has strengthened the role of CT angiog- promises are placed on cell-based therapies. The ities, and were considered a fatal morbid entity. It raphy and MR angiography as simple, reliable aim of this book is to provide focused yet compre- has now become a topical subject due to advances techniques for the characterization and treatment hensive reviews on the current state of cell-based in clinical imaging (echo, magnetic resonance, com- planning of the principal diseases of the cardiovascu- approaches in the treatment of stroke. The topics puted tomography) as well as innovation in tech- lar system, an understanding of which has become covered include experimental data on functional out- nologies of in-vivo diagnosis. Cardiac Tumor [..] essential for all radiologists. The aim of this book is come after [..] to provide concise but thorough [..] Contents Contents Introduction: Cardiac tumors in the era of cardiovas- Contents Preclinical Optimization of Cell Therapies: Cell cular surgery and imaging.- Cardiac tumors: classifi- 1. CT Angiography - 2. MR Angiography – 3. Post- Therapy and Structural Plasticity Following Cere- cation and epidemiology.- Cardiac myxoma.- Other Processing – 4. Plaque Imaging – 5. Intracranial Cir- bral Ischemia.- Delivery Routes for Cell Therapy in benign cardiac tumors.- Cardiac tumors in the pae- culation – 6. Carotid Arteries - 7. Thoracic Aorta Stroke.- Different Sources of Stem Cells for Trans- diatric age.- Primary malignant cardiac tumors.- - 8. Pulmonary Circulation – 9. Coronary Circula- plantation Therapy in Stroke.- Efficacy of Transplant Cardiac metastases.- Echocardiographic diagnosis.- tion – 10. Abdominal Aorta - 11. Renal Arteries and and Endogenous Precursor and Stem Cell Interven- New cardiac imaging techniques: magnetic reso- Splanchnic Vessels - 12. Arteries of the Upper Limbs tions on Stroke Recovery.- Translational Imaging nance and computed tomography.- Cardiac surgery.- – 13. Arteries of the Lower Limbs - 14. Whole-Body Techniques to Study Cell Therapy: Cell Labeling Chemotherapy and cardiotoxicity. Angiography - 15. Vascular Malformations - 16. Vas- Methods for Non-Invasive MR Imaging of Stem culitis - 17. Venous System Cells.- Strategies for Enhanced, MRI-guided Target- Fields of interest ing of Stem Cells to Stroke Lesions.- Image-guided Fields of interest Pathology; Oncology; Cardiology; Diagnostic Radiol- Injection and Non-invasive Monitoring of Tissue[...] ogy Imaging / Radiology; Diagnostic Radiology; Cardiol- ogy; Angiology; Vascular Surgery Fields of interest Target groups Neurology; Imaging / Radiology; Neurosciences Professional/practitioner Target groups Professional/practitioner Target groups Type of publication Research Contributed volume Type of publication Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-142-4 Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-88-470-2867-8 Contributed volume Hardcover 2013. XIV, 197 p. 139 illus., 105 in color. 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W.C. Cho, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China (Ed.) J.P. Sturmberg, Monash University, Wamberal, NSW, Australia; A. Längler, Germeinschaftskrankenhaus Witten, Witten, Ger- C.M. Martin, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, ON, many; P.J. Mansky, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, Canada (Eds.) USA; G. Seifert, Charite, Berlin, Germany (Eds.) Evidence-based Non- pharmacological Therapies for Handbook of Systems and Integrative Pediatric Oncology Palliative Cancer Care Complexity in Health This book covers a broad spectrum of complemen- tary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices Cancer is one of the leading killers in the world and This book is an introduction to health care as a com- employed in pediatric oncology worldwide, with a the incidence is increasing, but most cancer patients plex adaptive system, a system that feeds back on special focus on the methods widely used in West- and cancer survivors suffer much from the disease itself. The first section introduces systems and com- ern countries. It is a scientifically based, practice-ori- and its conventional treatments’ side effects. In the plexity theory from a science, historical, epistemo- ented handbook that will meet the needs of pediatric past, clinical data showed that some complemen- logical, and technical perspective, describing the oncologists working in medical practices and hospi- tary and alternative medicine (CAM) possessed anti- principles and mathematics. Subsequent sections tals. An introductory section includes a comparative cancer abilities, but some clinicians and scientists build on the health applications of systems science overview of current CAM use in pediatric oncol- have queried about the scientific validity of CAM theory, from human physiology to medical deci- ogy in different countries. Commonly used CAM due to the lack of scientific evidence. There is great sion making, population health and health services methods are then discussed in a series of chapters demand in the knowledge gap to explore the sci- research. The aim of the book is to introduce and that provide a theoretical description of the method entific and evidence-based knowledge of CAM in expand on important population health issues from in question, followed by more practically oriented the anticancer field. With this aim, a book series a systems and complexity perspective, highlight cur- information, including scientific data if[...] is needed to structurally deliver the knowledge to rent research developments and their implications readers.Integrative therapies[...] for health care delivery, consider[...] Features This book covers a broad spectrum of complemen- Features Features tary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices as Cancer is one of the leading killers in the world and Systems and complexity theory plays critical roles part of an integrative pediatric oncology employed the incidence is increasing, but most cancer patients in such varied fields as computer science, the physi- worldwide, with a special focus on those methods and cancer survivors suffer much from the disease cal sciences, meteorology, and economics--and yet commonly used in the so-called Western countries. and its conventional treatments’ side effects. In the health care has yet to take full advantage of what it It is a scientifically based, practice-oriented hand- past, clinical data showed that some complemen- has to offer. What the theory offers is on rich dis- book that will meet the needs of pediatric oncologists tary and alternative medicine (CAM) possessed anti- play as the Handbook of Systems and Complexity in working in medical practices and hospitals. [..] cancer abilities, but some clinicians and scientists Health presents a revolutionary approach to reform- have queried about the scientific validity of CAM [..] ing basic practice and large-scale care [..] Contents Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Overview on the most Contents Contents used CAM-therapies in pediatric oncology Part 3: Prelims.- An Overview of Non-pharmacological 1. Complexity in Health - An Introduction.- 2. Com- Areas under development Part 4: Resources and Therapies for Palliative Cancer Care.- Effect of plexity, uncertainty and mess as the links between information Massage Therapy on Anxiety and Depression in science and the humanities in healthcare.- Part 1 - Cancer Patients.- Effect of Massage Therapy on Complexity Theory and Methods.- 3. Understand- the Relief of Cancer Pain.- The Effect of Acupres- Fields of interest ing Complex Systems.- 4. The Complex Nature Oncology; Pediatrics sure on Chemotherapy-induced Nausea.- Effects of of Knowledge.- 5. Mathematical Principles: Tales Qigong Therapy on Alleviating Symptoms in Can- of Tails.- 6. Modelling.- 7. A methodology for the Target groups cer Patients: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.- analysis of medical data.- 8. Psychological Rhyth- Professional/practitioner Effects of Yoga on the Quality of Life in Cancer micities.- 9. Modeling Illness and Recovery with Patients.- Efficacy of Mind-body Therapy on Stress Nonlinear Dynamics.- Part 2 - Dynamics in Human Type of publication Reduction in Cancer Care.- Effect of Mindful- Health.- 10. Homeostasis: The Dynamic Self-reg- Professional book ness-based Interventions in Cancer Care.- Aro- ulatory Process that Maintains Health and Buffers More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-04200-3 matherapy, Physical and[...] against[...] Hardcover Fields of interest Fields of interest 2012. VIII, 206 p. 2 illus., 1 in color. (Pediatric Oncology) Complementary & Alternative Medicine; Acupunc- Health Administration; Complexity $139.00 ture; Oncology; Biomedicine (general); Cancer ISBN 978-3-642-04200-3 Research Target groups Due: March 28, 2013 Research Target groups Professional/practitioner Type of publication Handbook Type of publication Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-4997-3 More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5832-2 Hardcover 2013. 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J.P. Díaz-Jimenez, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, A. Malvasi, Santa Maria Hospital, Bari, Italy (Ed.) H.M. Tabery, University Hospital UMAS, Malmö, Sweden USA; A.N. Rodriguez, Clinica y Maternidad Colon, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Eds.) Intrapartum Ultrasonography for Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca and Interventions in Pulmonary Labor Management Filamentary Keratopathy Medicine In Vivo Morphology in the Human Cornea and Conjunctiva During intrapartum obstetric care clinicians evaluate the fetal head position manually, either by abdom- This book presents in vivo captured high-magnifica- Interventions in Pulmonary Medicine is an inal or digital vaginal palpation. However, digital tion images of two conditions: keratoconjunctivitis important new volume that addresses all areas of examination has been shown to be highly opera- sicca (KCS, or dry eye), an extremely common dis- interventional pulmonology, a minimally inva- tor-dependent (subjective). Intrapartum ultrasound, ease of the ocular surface, and filamentary keratopa- sive endoscopic way to diagnose and treat lung dis- on the other hand, seems to be reproducible and easy thy, a relatively rare phenomenon most commonly orders. This volume contains dedicated chapters to learn. In crucial situations like obstructed labor, associated with KCS. The images of KCS represent that outline the many issues related to lung cancer, likely to require medical intervention, there really is the broad spectrum of ocular surface changes seen both in early and advanced stages, from diagnosis a need for ultrasound assessment of birth progress in the condition while the images of filamentary to personalized treatment. It also covers broncho- and on the busy labor ward.This is the first book keratopathy clearly reveal the components of the scopic therapeutic options to benign conditions that devoted entirely to intrapartum ultrasound for the ocular surface appendices, termed filaments. The are highly prevalent, such as COPD and asthma. management of labor. Experts in the field present photographs show phenomena captured in vari- Techniques described in this volume are: laser ther- their own experiences and summarize the published ous illumination modes, without staining and after apy, argon plasma coagulation therapy, cryotherapy, state of the art. The use[...] staining with diagnostic dyes, and the photographic brachytherapy, placement of intrapleural drainage sequences illustrate their dynamics. The images[...] systems, endoscopic treatment of emphysema, stents Features in[...] During intrapartum obstetric care clinicians evaluate Features the fetal head position manually, either by abdom- This book presents in vivo captured high-magnifica- Features inal or digital vaginal palpation. However, digital tion images of two conditions: keratoconjunctivitis Interventions in Pulmonary Medicine is an examination has been shown to be highly opera- sicca (KCS, or dry eye), an extremely common dis- important new volume that addresses all areas of tor-dependent (subjective). Intrapartum ultrasound, ease of the ocular surface, and filamentary keratopa- interventional pulmonology, a minimally inva- on the other hand, seems to be reproducible and easy thy, a relatively rare phenomenon most commonly sive endoscopic way to diagnose and treat lung dis- to learn. In crucial situations like obstructed labor, associated with KCS. Although most of the images orders. This volume contains dedicated chapters that likely to require medical intervention, there [..] of KCS originated from patients with Sjögren’s syn- outline the many issues related to lung cancer, both drome, they fairly represent the broad spectrum of in early and advanced stages, from diagnosis to per- Contents [..] sonalized treatment. It also covers bronchoscopic Clinical Evaluation of Labor and Intrapartum Sonog- therapeutic [..] raphy.- General Setup of Intrapartum Sonography Contents and Its Utilization in Labor.- The Use of Ultrasound Ocular Surface Changes in Keratoconjunctivitis Contents in the Latent and Active Phase in the First Stage of Sicca: The Mucus in the Preocular Tear Film.- The Foreword.- Section I. Basic endoscopy.- 1. Tracheo- Labor.- Intrapartum Sonography and Labor Progres- Corneal Surface.- The Conjunctival Surface.- Case bronchial Anatomy.- 2. Flexible Bronchoscopy.- sion.- Occiput Posterior Position and Intrapartum Reports.- Corneal Epitheliopathy After Herpes 3. Rigid Bronchoscopy.- 4. Anesthesia for Inter- Sonography.- Asinclytism Clinical and Intrapartum Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO). Filamentary Keratopa- ventional Bronchoscopic Procedures.- 5. Evaluat- Diagnosis in Labor.- The Angle of Progression: An thy: The Morphology and Dynamics of Filaments.- ing Outcomes After Interventional Procedures.- 6. Objective Assessment of Fetal Head Descent in the Case Reports. Bronchoscopy Education: New Insights.- Section Birth Canal.- Head Rotation in Labour and Intra- II. Tracheobronchial obstructions.- 7. Reopening partum Sonography Diagnosis with 2D and 3D.- The Fields of interest The Airway: Fast Methods – Laser Assisted Mechan- Progress of Labour Using Intrapartum[...] Ophthalmology ical Resection, Electrocautery and Argon Plasma Coagulation.- 8. Cryotherapy.- 9. Endobronchial Fields of interest Target groups Brachytherapy: Concept, Indications, Technique and Gynecology; Imaging / Radiology; Obstetrics / Peri- Professional/practitioner Outcomes.- 10. Photodynamic Therapy for Early and natology Advanced[...] Type of publication Target groups Monograph Fields of interest Professional/practitioner More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-31027-0 Pneumology/Respiratory System; Oncology; Surgery; Hardcover Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Imaging / Radiol- Type of publication 2012. XIII, 196 p. 218 illus. in color. ogy Professional book $189.00 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-29938-4 Target groups ISBN 978-3-642-31027-0 Professional/practitioner Hardcover Due: February 28, 2013 2013. XIII, 189 p. 163 illus., 106 in color. Type of publication $109.00 Contributed volume ISBN 978-3-642-29938-4 More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6008-4 Due: February 28, 2013 Hardcover 2013. 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F. Catani, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy; S. A. Baur-Melnyk, Klinikum der Universität München, Germany A.N. Kingsnorth, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK; K.A. LeBlanc, Zaffagnini, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy (Eds.) (Ed.) Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA (Eds.) Knee Surgery using Computer Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Assisted Surgery and Robotics Bone Marrow Management of Abdominal Hernias

Hernia repair is one of the commonest operations This book discusses the full range of current applica- On account of its unrivalled imaging capabilities in general surgery. Open or laparoscopic repair of tions of computer-assisted surgery and robotics in and sensitivity, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) a primary inguinal hernia is a relatively straightfor- the field of knee surgery, and also considers potential is considered the modality of choice for the inves- ward operation, but more complex abdominal wall future applications. The impact of computer-assisted tigation of physiologic and pathologic processes hernias demand greater surgical skill and knowl- surgery on a wide range of surgical procedures is affecting the bone marrow. This book describes the edge. The editors have assembled the world's top clearly explained. Procedures considered include MRI appearances of both the normal bone mar- herniologists to describe and illustrate numerous total knee arthroplasty, unicompartmental knee row, including variants, and the full range of bone surgical techniques in detail. The field of herniology arthroplasty, cruciate ligament reconstruction, marrow disorders. Detailed discussion is devoted has developed rapidly over the last few years. Since patellofemoral arthroplasty, and revision surgery. In to malignancies, including multiple myeloma, the previous edition of this book, published in 2003, each case, technical aspects are thoroughly addressed lymphoma, chronic myeloproliferative disorders, new surgical techniques have been developed and in a readily understandable manner. Knee Surgery leukemia, and bone metastases. Among the other many new prosthetic and biologic materials have Using Computer-Assisted Surgery and Robotics will conditions covered are benign and malignant com- been introduced. Management of Abdominal Her- be an ideal guide to this exciting field for both novice pression fractures, osteonecrosis, hemolytic anemia, nias 4e presents an authoritative,[...] and more experienced[...] Gaucher’s disease, bone marrow edema syndrome, trauma, and[...] Features Features Hernia repair is one of the commonest operations This book discusses the full range of current applica- Features in general surgery. Open or laparoscopic repair of tions of computer-assisted surgery and robotics in On account of its unrivalled imaging capabilities a primary inguinal hernia is a relatively straightfor- the field of knee surgery, and also considers potential and sensitivity, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ward operation, but more complex abdominal wall future applications. The impact of computer-assisted is considered the modality of choice for the inves- hernias demand greater surgical skill and knowledge. surgery on a wide range of surgical procedures is tigation of physiologic and pathologic processes The editors have assembled the world's top herniol- clearly explained. Procedures considered include affecting the bone marrow. This book describes the ogists to describe and illustrate numerous surgical total knee arthroplasty, unicompartmental knee MRI appearances of both the normal bone mar- techniques in detail. The field of herniology has [..] arthroplasty, cruciate ligament reconstruction, [..] row, including variants, and the full range of bone marrow disorders. Detailed discussion is devoted to Contents Contents malignancies, [..] Preface.- Preface to the Third Edition.- General Accuracy of Computer Assisted Surgery.- Does com- Introduction and History of Hernia Surgery.- Essen- puter –assisted surgery affect clinical outcome? A Contents tial Anatomy of the Abdominal Wall.- Epidemiology review of the literature.- Total Knee Arthroplasty - Technical aspects in bone marrow imaging: Diffu- and Etiology of Primary Groin Hernias.- Logistics.- Measured Resection Technique.- Computer Assisted sion and perfusion for bone marrow imaging.- Con- Economics of Hernia Repair.- Principles in Hernia Surgery – Ligament Balance.- Robotics in Total trast media.- Histology and normal bone marrow: Surgery.- Prostheses and Products for Hernioplasty.- Knee Arthroplasaty.- Soft tissue managing in Pos- Histology of bone marrow.- Normal bone marrow, Biology of Prosthetics.- Anesthesia.- Complications terior Cruciate Ligament retaining Total Knee variants and mimickers.- Imaging examples of age of Hernia in General.- Inguinal Hernias in Children.- Arthroplasty.- Soft tissue management in com- dependent normal bone marrow and haematopoi- Umbilical Hernia in Babies and Children.- Diagnosis puter assisted cruciate retaining Total Knee Replace- etic islands.- Bone marrow neoplasia: Primary bone of a Lump in the Groin in the Adult.- Anterior Open ment.- Navigated Standard Unicompartmental Knee marrow malignancies.- Bone metastases.- Multiple Repair of Inguinal Hernia in Adults.- Extraperitoneal Arthroplasty.- Robotic Unicompartmental Knee myeloma.- MRI as a tool for the assessment of treat- or Preperitoneal Open[...] Arthroplasty.- Bicompartmental knee reconstruction ment response in oncologic marrow involvement.- computer[...] Differentiation of benign and malignant vertebral Fields of interest compression fractures.- Benign processes affecting Abdominal Surgery; Surgery; Medicine (general) Fields of interest the bone[...] Surgical Orthopedics Target groups Fields of interest Professional/practitioner Target groups Imaging / Radiology; Diagnostic Radiology Professional/practitioner Type of publication Target groups Contributed volume Type of publication Professional/practitioner Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-1-84882-876-6 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-31429-2 Type of publication Hardcover Contributed volume 2013. 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S.M. Lichtman, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA; N.M. Hansen, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA (Ed.) P.H.C. Lim, Gleneagles Medical Centre, Singapore (Ed.) R.A. Audisio, University of Liverpool, UK (Eds.) Management of the Patient at High Men's Health Management of Gynecological Risk for Breast Cancer Cancers in Older Women Men's Health is a concise, didactic compendium that covers three important aspects of male sexual Management of the Patient at High Risk for Breast health:- Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome; Prema- This book aims to provide an up-to-date review Cancer provides a state-of-the art review of patients ture Ejaculation and Sexually Transmitted Infec- of the literature in each of the major areas relating who are at high risk for breast cancer, how to iden- tions (STIs).The chapters that deal with Testosterone to the management of older gynecological cancer tify them, the tools available for risk assessment and Deficiency Syndrome cover the epidemiology of the patients, and makes recommendations for best prac- quantification and indications for genetic counsel- condition in the local context, the science behind tice and future research. The authors come from a ing and testing. The book summarizes the high risk the condition, its clinical presentation and treat- broad geographic spread including the UK, main- breast imaging options, including newest techniques ment choices.The section on Premature Ejaculation land Europe and North America to ensure a world- and schedules. Pathologic evaluation of high risk advises the health practitioner on how to investigate wide relevance. lesions are featured as well as the management issues this condition and describes the various treatment surrounding these lesions. The volume also covers options available to the patient.The chapters on Sex- Features the management of concomitant cancer risk and ually Transmitted Infections cover special aspects of The risk of cancer increases with age and the num- screening strategies.A concise, yet comprehensive the diagnosis, prevention and[...] ber of older adults seeking treatment is rising dra- overview of the current status of the topic, Manage- matically in line with the aging population. The care ment of the Patient at High[...] of older patients differs from that of younger adults Features Men's Health is a concise, didactic compendium because of variation in the biology of the tumor, age- Features that covers three important aspects of male sexual related variation in host physiology, co-morbidity Management of the Patient at High Risk for Breast health:- Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome; Prema- burden and psychosocial issues, which might impact Cancer provides a state-of-the art review of patients ture Ejaculation and Sexually Transmitted Infections the efficacy and side effects of cancer [..] who are at high risk for breast cancer, how to iden- (STIs).The chapters that deal with Testosterone Defi- tify them, the tools available for risk assessment and ciency Syndrome cover the epidemiology of the con- Contents quantification and indications for genetic counsel- dition in the local context, the science behind the 1. Background and Epidemiology.- 2. Pathology of ing and testing. The book summarizes the high risk condition, its clinical presentation and treatment [..] Gynecologic Cancer.- 3. Geriatric Issues in Ovarian breast imaging options, including newest techniques Cancer.- 4. Geriatric Assessment for the Oncologist.- and schedules. Pathologic evaluation of [..] 5. Pharmacology of Chemotherapy.- 6. Pre-opera- Contents Preface.- Introduction.- Part 1: tive risk assessment.- 7. Genetics and Gynecologi- Contents Hypogonadism.- Epidemiology: Late Onset Hypogo- cal Cancer.- 8. Radiotherapy.- 9. Ovarian Cancer: IDENTIFYING WOMEN AT HIGH RISK OF nadism – Singapore.- Pathophysiology of Late Onset Symptoms and Presentation.- 10. Ovarian Cancer – BREAST CANCER: UNDERSTANDING THE Hypogonadism, Risks and Benefits of Replacement Surgical Considerations.- 11. Ovarian Cancer: Pri- RISK MODELS.- GENETIC AND GENOMIC Therapy.- Testosterone Assays and their Poten- mary Chemotherapy.- 12. Relapse - Surgical Consid- FACTORS IN BREAST CANCER.- BRCA tial Pitfalls.- Diagnosing and Evaluating Androgen erations and Secondary Cytoreduction.- 13. Ovarian MUTATION.- HIGH RISK BREAST LESIONS Defi ciency, Including Andropause.- Testosterone Cancer Relapse – Experimental Therapies.- 14. Man- AND PATHOLOGIC EVALUATION.- MANAGE- Preparations for Treatment of Hypogonadal Men.- agement of Recurrent Ovarian Cancer in Older[...] MENT OF HIGH RISK LESIONS.- RADIOLOGIC Androgens, Use, Misuse and Abuse.- Testosterone IMAGING FOR THE HIGH RISK PATIENT.- RISK Therapy, Prostate Safety and Other Safety Issues.- Fields of interest REDUCTION STRATEGIES: MEDICAL ONCOL- The Role of Testosterone in the Metabolic Syndrome Oncology; Geriatrics / Gerontology; Surgical Oncol- OGY.- RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES: SURGI- in Men.- The Testosterone and Erectile Dysfunction ogy CAL PERSPECTIVE.- OPTIONS AND ADVANCES (or Sexual[...] IN BREAST RECONSTRUCTION.- MANAGE- Target groups MENT OF CONCOMITANT CANCER RISK.- Professional/practitioner Fields of interest PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF TESTING Endocrinology; Urology / Andrology; Infectious Dis- Type of publication POSITIVE FOR THE BRCA GENE.- THE HIGH eases Contributed volume TECH HIGH RISK CLINIC.- CURRENT AND FUTURE DIRECTION IN[...] Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-2215-9 Professional/practitioner Hardcover Fields of interest 2013. 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A.R. Sepulveda, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; J.P. S.J. Frucht, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, H.W. Strauss, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, Lynch, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA (Eds.) USA (Ed.) NY, USA; G. Mariani, University of Pisa Medical School, Italy; D. Volterrani, University of Pisa Medical School, Italy; S.M. Larson, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA Molecular Pathology of Neoplastic Movement Disorder Emergencies (Eds.)

Gastrointestinal Diseases Diagnosis and Treatment Nuclear Oncology Updated and expanded with nine additional chap- Molecular Pathology of Neoplastic Gastrointestinal ters, Movement Disorder Emergencies: Diagnosis Pathophysiology and Clinical Applications Diseases reviews the molecular aspects that char- and Treatment, Second Edition is an indispensable acterize the spectrum of neoplastic conditions that Nuclear Oncology: Pathophysiology and Clinical resource for general neurologists, specialists, fel- affect the gastrointestinal tract, providing the reader Applications is a comprehensive textbook covering lows, and residents eager to improve their approach with current up-to-date knowledge. For each dis- the increasing role of radionuclide-based technolo- toward the patient with a movement disorder emer- ease entity chapters provide reviews on:the molecu- gies in the management of oncologic patients, with gency. In this comprehensive second edition, promi- lar basis of the individual diseasemolecular testing disease-oriented chapters giving a detailed overview nent neurologists from around the world logically approaches currently available or in development of current indications and developments. Topics and systematically review the major movement dis- for diagnosis or for gene target characterization for covered include instrumentation, physics, radiobi- order emergencies, instructing the reader on how selective targeted therapiesrecommended guide- ology, radioguided surgery, and radionuclide ther- optimally to recognize and manage these problems. lines for clinical application of molecular tests are apy, which is discussed with useful separate topics The authors cover a broad range of disorders, includ- included whenever availablemolecular testing for describing the importance of organ function assess- ing acute dystonic reactions, neuroleptic malignant hereditary predisposition or disease riskanimal mod- ment after cancer therapies in the heart, lung, kidney syndrome, startle syndromes, tic emergencies,[...] els and cell culture models of disease and the gastro-intestinal tract. Additionally, signifi- Features cant aspects of cancer biology and molecular imag- Features Updated and expanded with nine additional chap- ing are discussed, as well as[...] Molecular Pathology of Neoplastic Gastrointestinal ters, Movement Disorder Emergencies: Diagnosis Diseases reviews the molecular aspects that char- Features and Treatment, Second Edition is an indispensable acterize the spectrum of neoplastic conditions that Nuclear Oncology: Pathophysiology and Clinical resource for general neurologists, specialists, fel- affect the gastrointestinal tract, providing the reader Applications is a comprehensive textbook covering lows, and residents eager to improve their approach with current up-to-date knowledge. For each dis- the increasing role of radionuclide-based technolo- toward the patient with a movement disorder emer- ease entity chapters provide reviews on:the molecu- gies in the management of oncologic patients, with gency. In this comprehensive second edition, promi- lar basis of the individual diseasemolecular testing disease-oriented chapters giving a detailed overview nent neurologists from around the world logically approaches currently [..] of current indications and developments. Topics and systematically [..] covered include instrumentation, physics, radiobiol- Contents Contents ogy, radioguided surgery, and radionuclide [..] Section 1. Introduction.- 1. Mechanisms of Gas- A Brief Introduction to Movement.- Acute Parkin- trointestinal Carcinogenesis.- Section 2. Epithelial Contents sonismParkinsonism-Hyperpyrexia Syndrome Neoplastic Disease.- 2. Targeted Therapies and Mol- -The Cancer Biology of Molecular Imaging.- Radio- in Parkinson’s Disease.- Neuroleptic Malignant ecular Diagnostics of Gastrointestinal Cancers.- 3. pharmaceuticals for Single-Photon Emission Imag- Syndrome.- Malignant Catatonia.- Psychosis and Molecular Pathology of Barrett's Metaplasia and ing and for Therapy.- Radiopharmaceuticals for Parkinson’s Disease.- Abductor Paresis in Shy- Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.- 4. Molecular Pathol- Imaging in Oncology with Special Emphasis on Drager Disease.- Movement Disorder Emergencies ogy of Squamous Carcinomas of the Esophagus.- Positron-Emitting Agents.- Physics of Nuclear of ohe Upper Aerodigestive Tract.- Dystonic Storm.- 5. Molecular Mechanisms and Pathology of Gastric Oncology.- Instrumentation.- Radiobiology and Pseudodystonic Emergencies.- Tardive and Neu- Carcinogenesis: Sporadic Cancers.- 6. Hereditary Radiation Dosimetry in Nuclear Medicine: Ther- roleptic-Induced Emergencies.- Hemiballism-Hemi- Diffuse Gastric Cancer and Other Gastric Cancers apy, Diagnosis, and Considerations for Sensitive chorea.- Sydenham’s chorea, PANDAS and other Associated with Hereditary Predisposition Syn- Populations.- Lymphomas.- Multiple Myeloma.- Post-streptococcal neurological disorders.- Emergen- dromes.- 7. Cancer Predisposition Syndromes of Brain Tumors.- Head and Neck Cancer.- Thyroid cies in Huntington’s Disease.- Acute Spinal Rigidity.- the[...] and Parathyroid Tumors.- Breast Cancer.- Lung and Tic Emergencies.-[...] Mediastinal Tumors.- Gastric Cancers.- Cancers of Fields of interest Fields of interest the Esophagus and Small[...] Pathology; Gastroenterology Neurology Fields of interest Target groups Target groups Nuclear Medicine; Imaging / Radiology; Oncology Professional/practitioner Professional/practitioner Target groups Type of publication Type of publication Professional/practitioner Contributed volume Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6014-5 Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-1-60761-834-8 Contributed volume Hardcover Hardcover 2013. X, 277 p. 53 illus., 40 in color. (Molecular Pathol- More on www.springer.com/978-0-387-48893-6 2013. XVIII, 401 p. 25 illus. (Current Clinical Neurology) ogy Library, Vol. 7) Hardcover $209.00 $189.00 2013. 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M. Astuto, University of Catania, Italy (Ed.) M. Lima, University of Bologna, Italy (Ed.) S.E. Jacob, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA; E.M. Herro, University Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA Pediatric Anesthesia, Intensive Pediatric Thoracic Surgery Care and Pain: Standardization in Practical Patch Testing and Clinical Practice The recent widespread application of minimally Chemical Allergens in Contact invasive techniques has had a profound impact on the diagnosis and therapy of thoracic disor- Dermatitis This book provides a comprehensive overview of ders, including in the pediatric age group. This current standards of anesthesia and intensive care book is intended as a practical guide to the current Practical Patch Testing and Chemical Allergens in in neonates and children, with a view to promoting approaches in pediatric thoracic surgery. Up-to-date Contact Dermatitis covers the most relevant aller- standardization in clinical practice. The first part of information is provided on the surgical techniques gens in a concise and algorithmic fashion, with the book, devoted to issues in intensive care, opens employed for diagnosis and therapy in a wide range practical tips for patch testing. This book assist- by considering scoring systems for the assessment of of congenital and acquired thoracic pathologies from s practitioners and trainees with educating patients sick children. The diagnosis, prevention, and man- the prenatal age to adolescence. Among the disorders on how to avoid their irritants and allergens to effec- agement of ventilator-associated pneumonia are then considered in detail are cystic malformations of the tively manage contact dermatitis. Clinical pearls for discussed, and the roles of high-frequency oscilla- lung, chest wall deformities, diaphragmatic hernias, patch testing of certain allergens are clearly outlined tory ventilation and noninvasive respiratory support esophageal anomalies, mediastinal tumors, laryngeal in this book to help providers avoid common pitfalls are reviewed. Further chapters address procedural anomalies, and thoracic[...] sedation and analgesia in children, the progress and reduce the risk of incorrect diagnoses, making toward ‘open’ ICUs with liberal visiting policies, and Features it an essential reference for all involved in the treat- advances in long-term[...] The past two decades have witnessed a technologi- ment of contact dermatitis. cal revolution in surgery, leading to the widespread Features Features application of minimally invasive techniques. Such The field of contact dermatitis is potentially frus- This book provides a comprehensive overview of techniques have had a profound impact on the diag- trating given the complexity of the clinical deci- current standards of anesthesia and intensive care nosis and therapy of thoracic disorders, including in sion-making process and the effect of false positives in neonates and children, with a view to promoting the pediatric age group. This book is intended as a and negatives on patient expectations and man- standardization in clinical practice. The first part of practical guide to the current approaches in pediatric agement. Practical Patch Testing and Chemical the book, devoted to issues in intensive care, opens thoracic surgery. Up-to-date information [..] by considering scoring systems for the assessment of Allergens in Contact Dermatitis outlines the most sick children. The diagnosis, prevention, and man- Contents common allergens with practical tips for patch test- agement of ventilator-associated pneumonia [..] 1 Anatomical Aspects.- 2 Prenatal Diagnosis.- ing in a concise and algorithmic [..] 3 Thorax Imaging.- 4 Anaesthesia in Thoracic Contents Contents Surgery.- 5 Operative approaches to the thorax.- Clinical Guide Introduction.- Clinical Guide – Top 1 Scoring System in the Sick Children.- 2 Diagno- 6 Thoracoscopy.- 7 Diagnostic techniques of the 88 Allergens. sis, Prevention and treatment of VAP in children.- 3 Esophagus.- 8 Esophageal atresia.- 9 Esophageal Modes of artificial ventilation and monitoring of res- malformations.- 10 Strictures of the esophagus.- 11 Fields of interest piratory system in neonate and children (including Esophageal Perforation.- 12 Esophageal Replace- Dermatology; Allergology High frequency oscillatory ventilation in ICU chil- ment.- 13 Gatrointestinal Reflux.- 14 Achalasia.- Part dren).- 4 Noninvasive ventilation in neonates and III.- Larinx and Trachea.- 15 Laryngoscopy, bron- Target groups children.- 5 CRRT in neonate and children-What we choscopy and Tracheoscopy.- 16 Laryngeal Anom- Professional/practitioner have learned.- 6 Pain management in neonates and alies.- 17 Tracheal lesions.- 18 Vascular Ring.- Part children.- 7 The ‘open’ Intensive Care Unit: the chal- IV.- Diaphragm.- 19 Congenital Diaphragmatic Her- Type of publication lenge continues.- 8 Long Term Home Ventilation in nia.- 20[...] Professional book Children: Advances and Perspectives.- 9 Anesthesia and perioperative medicine in[...] Fields of interest More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4584-4 Thoracic Surgery; Pediatric Surgery; Minimally Inva- Softcover Fields of interest sive Surgery 2013. 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A. Ernst, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; F.J. K. Anastasiadis, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece; I. Fogelman, Guy's Hospital, London, UK; G. Gnanasegaran, St. Herth, University of Heidelberg, Germany (Eds.) P. Antonitsis, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece; H. Thomas Hospital, London, UK; H. van der Wall, Concord Nuclear Argiriadou, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece Imaging, Concord West, NSW, Australia (Eds.) Principles and Practice of Interventional Pulmonology Principles of Miniaturized Radionuclide and Hybrid Bone ExtraCorporeal Circulation Imaging

Principles and Practice of Interventional Pul- From Science and Technology to Clinical Practice monology provides a comprehensive text covering This book, written by authors with national and all aspects of Interventional Pulmonology. Provid- Minimal extracorporeal circulation (MECC) sys- international reputations in the field, covers all ing both pathophysiologic background as well as tems have been designed in order to reduce dramati- aspects of radionuclide and hybrid bone imaging. illustrated and clear instruction on how procedures cally the side-effects of conventional extracorporeal Introductory sections present the basic science and ought to be performed, this text will be of great value circulation while serving as a safe perfusion tech- consider the current status and limitations of con- to interventional pulmonologists, thoracic surgeons, nique for open heart surgery with cardiopulmonary ventional radiological techniques. The underlying surgical oncologists, and interventional radiologists. bypass. The book aims to provide an up-to-date and principles of PET-CT and SPECT-CT are carefully comprehensive overview covering practical advice explained, and the value of different PET and SPECT Features on how to use MECC systems for those new to the tracers, assessed. The role of single- and dual-modal- Principles and Practice of Interventional Pul- field as well as tips, pitfalls, results, and latest devel- ity approaches in the imaging of benign bone dis- monology provides a comprehensive text covering opments. It also offers a systematic review of all pub- eases and malignancies is then discussed in detail in all aspects of Interventional Pulmonology. Provid- lished studies on a variety of MECC systems. The a series of well-illustrated chapters. The pathologies ing both pathophysiologic background as well as book will enable physicians to gain a better under- addressed include metabolic bone disease, arthritis, illustrated and clear instruction on how procedures standing of these new systems as well as to under- bone and joint infections,[...] ought to be performed, this text will be of great value stand the rationale for their use in[...] to interventional pulmonologists, thoracic surgeons, Features surgical oncologists, and interventional radiologists. Features The accurate identification of pathology in the skele- Minimal extracorporeal circulation (MECC) systems ton is an extremely important goal, and the great Contents have been designed in order to reduce dramatically strength of the radionuclide bone scan is its ability to History of the Rigid Bronchoscope.- General Prin- the side-effects of conventional extracorporeal cir- identify functional change before structural change ciples of Endoscopic Imaging.- The Bronchoscope: culation while serving as a safe perfusion technique occurs. Over the years, the indications for bone scan What’s available, determining selection and how to for open heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. have evolved to include benign disorders as well as properly care for the instrument.- Bronchoscopic However, the low penetration of this technology in malignancies. Further striking developments include Procedural Unit Design for Advanced Procedures.- contemporary practice means that few surgical cen- the emergence of PET and of new tracers [..] Quality Control Mechanism for Endoscopic Proce- tres have accumulated sufficient experience to share dures.- Moderate and Deep Sedation Techniques.- [..] Contents Physiology of Fixed Airway Obstruction.- Airway From the contents: Anatomy of skeletal Imaging.- Airway Anatomy.- Bronchoscopy Educa- Contents system.- Physiology of bone formation, remodel- tion.- Simulation for Endoscopy Training.- Princi- Introduction.- Pathophysiology Of Cardiopul- ling and metabolism.- Pathophysiology of bone ples of Cancer Staging.- Laryngoscopy.- Assessment monary Bypass.- MECC Equipment.- Perfusion metastases.- Skeletal tracer kinetics.- Biochemical of Vocal Cord Function and Voice Disorders.- Con- Principles.- Surgical Considerations.- Anaesthetic markers in bone diseases.- Plain radiography in ventional[...] Management .- Clinical Outcome: MECC Vs. CECC benign bone disease and bone metastases.- CT in And OPCAB.- MECC In Valve Surgery.- MECC In benign bone disease and bone metastases.- MRI Fields of interest Non-Coronary And Non-Valve Procedures.- Future in benign bone disease and bone metas- Thoracic Surgery; Pneumology/Respiratory System; Perspectives.- MECC - The Perfusionist's Point Of tases.-Basic principles of SPECT-CT and PET-CT Interventional Radiology; Surgical Oncology View. .- One Decade MECC: From A Pioneering To technology.- Bone scintigraphy: SPECT and PET Standard Procedure.- Epilogue. tracers.- Current applications and limitations of Target groups SPECT.- Bone scintigraphy: procedure, variants, Professional/practitioner Fields of interest artefacts and pitfalls.- Bone[...] Cardiac Surgery; Thoracic Surgery Type of publication Fields of interest Professional book Target groups Nuclear Medicine; Oncology; Orthopedics Professional/practitioner More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-4291-2 Target groups Hardcover Type of publication Professional/practitioner 2013. 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K.A. Sackheim, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, USA D.B. Glick, University of Chicago, IL, USA; R.M. Cooper, Toronto H.J. Baskin, Sr., University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA; (Ed.) General Hospital, ON, Canada; A. Ovassapian, University of D.S. Duick, Endocrinology Associates, Scottsdale, AZ, USA; R.A. Chicago, IL, USA (Eds.) Levine, Thyroid Center of New Hampshire, Nashua, NH, USA (Eds.) Rehab Clinical Pocket Guide The Difficult Airway Rehabilitation Medicine Thyroid Ultrasound and An Atlas of Tools and Techniques for Clinical Management Designed in a concise, easy-to-read style for a wide Ultrasound-Guided FNA variety of medical occupations, the Rehab Clinical The Difficult Airway provides a comprehensive textual and visual coverage of how to deal with Pocket Guide is the ideal, handy reference for reha- Since the first publication of Thyroid Ultrasound patients who have expected or unexpected difficult bilitation professionals and other health providers. and UGFNA in 2000, ultrasound has become estab- airways. The text begins with a description of the Divided into four sections that cover inpatient care, lished as a primary tool for diagnosing and managing incidence and importance of the difficult airway and clinical strategies, outpatient care, and additional thyroid disease. Indeed, over the last 10 years ultra- then describes the ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm diagnostics and therapeutics, this is the first book of sound has become a catalyst for bringing together created to facilitate the management of “difficult its kind to contain all of the relevant clinical infor- endocrinologists, surgeons, radiologists, and pathol- airways.” The majority of the book features a com- mation needed on the rehabilitation unit, including ogists to create a multidisciplinary approach to the prehensive step-by-step approach to the rescue tech- topics such as medication dosing, consultant recom- management of thyroid disease which is and will niques listed as part of the ASA Algorithm. Noted mendations, specific rehabilitation goals and treat- continue to benefit our patients. ments, and even billing details for various diagnoses. experts in each of the techniques have been recruited The Rehab Clinical Pocket Guide offers all the clin- by the book editors to present the information. Fig- Features ical[...] ures throughout the book illustrate important points Thyroid Ultrasound and Ultrasound-Guided FNA, and procedures. This is a wonderful[...] Third Edition, is the gold-standard, concise, user Features friendly resource for all clinicians who use ultra- Features Designed in a concise, easy-to-read style for a wide sound in the evaluation and management of thyroid The Difficult Airway provides comprehensive tex- variety of medical occupations, the Rehab Clinical disease and ancillary disease of the neck. Building tual and visual coverage of how to deal with patients Pocket Guide is the ideal, handy reference for reha- on the success of the first two editions, this version who have expected or unexpected difficult airways. bilitation professionals and other health providers. again emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach and The book begins with a review of current definitions Divided into four sections that cover inpatient care, offers all the new information regarding [..] clinical strategies, outpatient care, and additional of the difficult airway, its incidence, and the evolu- diagnostics and therapeutics, this is the first book of tion of algorithms to facilitate its management. The Contents its kind to contain all [..] chapters that follow offer a comprehensive update on Foreword.- Preface.- History of Thyroid Ultra- the techniques and [..] sound.- Thyroid Ultrasound Physics.- Doppler Contents Ultrasound of the Neck.- Normal Neck Anatomy Contents Brain Injury.- Spinal Cory injury.- Neuromuscu- and Method of Performing Ultrasound Examina- 1.The Difficult Airway: Definitions and Algorithms.- lar Rehabilitation.- Orthopedic Rehabilitation.- tion.- Pediatric Ultrasound of the Neck.- Ultrasound 2.The Expected Difficult Airway.- 3.The Role of Pediatric Rehabilitation.- Cardiac Rehabilitation.- of Diffuse Thyroid Enlargement - Thyroiditis.-Ultra- Awake Intubation.- 4.Unanticipated Difficult Direct Nutrition in Rehabilitation Medicine.- Wheel- sound of Nodular Thyroid Enlargement.- Ultra- Laryngoscopy: Methods to Improve Its Success.- chair Prescription Writing.- Modalities.- Medical sound and Mapping of Neck Lymph Nodes.- 5.The Role of Rigid Fiberoptic Laryngoscopy.- 6.Role Emergencies in Rehabilitation.- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound of the Parathyroid Glands Devaprabu of Rigid Video Laryngoscopy.- 7.The Role of the Medicine.- Interventional Pain Management.- Mus- Abraham.- Surgical Trends in Treatment of Thy- Supraglottic Airway.- 8.The Role of Flexible Bron- culoskeletal Pelvic Pain & Pelvic Floor Dysfunction.- roid Nodules, Thyroid Cancer and Parathyroid Dis- choscopy.- 9.The Role of Optical Stylets.- 10.The Rheumatology.- Prosthetics.- Electrodiagnostic Stud- ease.- Ultrasound of Salivary Glands and the Non- Role of the Lightwand.- 11.Role of retrograde intuba- ies.- Medical Acupuncture.- Common Medications Endocrine Neck.- Ultrasound-Guided[...] Used in Rehabilitation Medicine. tion.- 12.The Role of the Combitube and Laryngeal Tube.- 13.The Role of Transtracheal Jet Ventilation.- Fields of interest Fields of interest 14.The Role of Surgical Airway[...] Endocrinology; Diagnostic Radiology; Ultrasound; Rehabilitation Medicine Oncology; Otorhinolaryngology; Internal Medicine Fields of interest Target groups Anesthesiology; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Target groups Professional/practitioner Emergency Medicine Professional/practitioner

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M. Monga, The Cleveland Clinic, Glickman Urological & Kidney D. Bergandi (Ed.) Institute, Department of Urology, Cleveland, OH, USA (Ed.) Philosophy The Structural Links between Ureteroscopy J.R. Garrett, California State University, Sacramento, CA, USA; F. Ecology, Evolution and Ethics Indications, Instrumentation & Technique Jotterand, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA; D.C. Ralston, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA (Eds.) The Virtuous Epistemic Circle Ureteroscopy: Indications, Instrumentation & Tech- Evolutionary biology, ecology and ethics: at first nique provides a comprehensive and state-of-the- The Development of Bioethics in glance, three different objects of research, three art review of ureteroscopy and will serve as a valu- different worldviews and three different scientific able resource for urologists throughout the world. the United States communities. In reality, there are both structural The volume provides evidence based outcomes to and historical links between these disciplines. First, support the expanding indications for ureteroscopy some topics are obviously common across the board. as well as a strong emphasis on appropriate patient In only four decades, bioethics has transformed from Second, the emerging need for environmental policy selection. The book also provides detailed rec- a fledgling field into a complex, rapidly expand- management has gradually but radically changed the ommendations for the step-by-step approach to ing, multidisciplinary field of inquiry and practice. relationship between these disciplines. Over the last ureteroscopy from both an instrumentation and Its influence can be found not only in our intellec- decades in particular, there has emerged a need for techniques perspective. The work is extensively tual and biomedical institutions, but also in almost an interconnecting meta-paradigm that integrates illustrated with endoscopic images and accompanied every facet of our social, cultural, and political life. more strictly evolutionary studies, biodiversity stud- by a web site of video clips which further highlight This volume maps the remarkable development ies and the ethical frameworks that are most appro- the clinical application of available endoscopic[...] of bioethics in American culture, uncovering the important historical factors that brought it into exis- priate for allowing a[...] Features tence, analyzing its cultural, philosophical, and pro- Features Ureteroscopy: Indications, Instrumentation & Tech- fessional dimensions, and surveying its potential Evolutionary biology, ecology and ethics: at first nique provides a comprehensive and state-of-the- future trajectories. Bringing together a collection glance, three different objects of research, three art review of ureteroscopy and will serve as a valu- of original essays by seminal figures in the fields of different worldviews and three different scientific able resource for urologists throughout the world. medical ethics and[...] communities. In reality, there are both structural The volume provides evidence based outcomes to and historical links between these disciplines. First, support the expanding indications for ureteroscopy Features some topics are obviously common across the board. as well as a strong emphasis on appropriate patient In only four decades, bioethics has transformed from Second, the emerging need for environmental policy selection. The book also provides detailed [..] a fledgling field into a complex, rapidly expand- ing, multidisciplinary field of inquiry and practice. management has gradually but radically changed [..] Contents Its influence can be found not only in our intellec- Contents History of Ureteroscopy.- Ureteroscopy in 2012: tual and biomedical institutions, but also in almost List of Figures.- List of The Scope of the Scope.- Ureteroscopy for Lat- every facet of our social, cultural, and political life. Contributors.- Acknowledgements.- 1 Ecology, Evo- eralizing Hematuria.- Ureteropelvic Junction This volume maps the remarkable development of lution, Ethics: In Search of a Meta-Paradigm - An Obstruction.- Ureteral and Ureteroenteric Stric- bioethics in American culture, uncovering the [..] Introduction; Donato Bergandi.- 2 Evolution Ver- tures.- Transitional Cell Cancer.- Ureteral Calculi.- sus Creation: A Sibling Rivalry?; Michael Ruse.- 3 Intrarenal Calculi.- Flexible Ureteroscopes: Fiberop- Contents Evolution and Chance; Jean Gayon.- 4 Some Con- tic and Digital.- Guidewires and Angled Catheters.- Introduction.- 1. Jeremy R. Garrett, Fabrice Jot- ceptions of Time in Ecology; Jean-Marc Drouin.- 5 Ureteral Access Sheaths.- Irrigation Systems and terand, and D. Christopher Ralston – “The Devel- Facts, Values, and Analogies: A Darwinian Approach Irrigation Fluids.- Intracorporeal Lithotripsy: Elec- opment of Bioethics in the United States: An to Environmental Choice; Bryan G. Norton.- 6 trohydraulic, Pneumatic & Ultrasonic.- Flexible Introduction”.- Part I: The Birth of Bioethics: His- Towards EcoEvoEthics; Patrick Blandin.- 7 Ecology Ureteroscopy: Holmium:YAG Laser And Optical torical Analysis.- 2. Eric J. Cassell – “The Begin- and Moral Ontology; John Baird Callicott.- 8 Ani- Fibers.- Stone Migration Devices.- Stone Baskets nings of Bioethics”.- 3. Howard Brody – “Teaching mal Rights and Environmental Ethics; Tom Regan.- and[...] at the University of Texas Medical Branch, 1971-74: Humanities, Ethics, or Both?”.- 4. John Collins 9 Reconciling Individualist and[...] Fields of interest Harvey – “André Hellegers, the Kennedy Institute, Fields of interest Urology / Andrology and the Development of Bioethics: The Ameri- can-European Connection”.- 5. H.T. 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Physics A. Macchi, University of Pisa, Italy M.C. March, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK A Superintense Laser-Plasma Advanced Statistical Methods for

H.M. Matevosyan, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia; A.W. Interaction Theory Primer Astrophysical Probes of Cosmology Thomas, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia (Eds.) The continuous trend towards higher and higher This thesis explores advanced Bayesian statistical 8th Circum-Pan-Pacific Symposium laser intensities has opened the way to new physical methods for extracting key information for cos- on High Energy Spin Physics: regimes and advanced applications of laser-plasma mological model selection, parameter inference interactions, thus stimulating novel connections and forecasting from astrophysical observations. PacSPIN2011 with ultrafast optics, astrophysics, particle physics, Bayesian model selection provides a measure of and biomedical applications. This book is primar- how good models in a set are relative to each other ily oriented towards students and young researchers - but what if the best model is missing and not This conference proceedings would be of interest who need to acquire rapidly a basic knowledge of included in the set? Bayesian Doubt is an approach to academic staff and graduate students involved in this active and rapidly changing research field. To which addresses this problem and seeks to deliver research in Hadronic, Nuclear and High Energy The- this aim, the presentation is focused on a selection of an absolute rather than a relative measure of how oretical and Experimental Physics. Far from being basic models and inspiring examples, and includes good a model is. Supernovae type Ia were the first elementary, the proton is composed of more fun- topics which emerged recently such as ion accelera- astrophysical observations to indicate the late time damental quarks and gluons, with QCD believed tion, "relativistic engineering" and radiation friction. acceleration of the Universe - this work presents a to be the fundamental theory of the strong force The contents are[...] detailed Bayesian Hierarchical Model to[...] which binds them. One of the most topical tests of QCD is whether it can explain the origin of the Features Features spin of the proton. This meeting served to bring The continuous trend towards higher and higher This thesis explores advanced Bayesian statistical together experts in this area from around the world laser intensities has opened the way to new physical methods for extracting key information for cosmo- to exchange their latest ideas. regimes and advanced applications of laser-plasma logical model selection, parameter inference and interactions, thus stimulating novel connections with forecasting from astrophysical observations.Bayesian Features ultrafast optics, astrophysics, particle physics, and model selection provides a measure of how good This conference proceedings would be of interest biomedical applications. This book is primarily ori- models in a set are relative to each other - but what if to academic staff and graduate students involved in ented towards students and young researchers who the best model is missing and not included in the set? research in Hadronic, Nuclear and High Energy The- need to acquire rapidly a basic knowledge of this [..] Bayesian Doubt is an approach which [..] oretical and Experimental Physics. Far from being elementary, the proton is composed of more funda- Contents Contents mental quarks and gluons, with QCD believed to be 1. Introduction.- 2. From one to many electrons.- 3. Introduction.- Cosmology background.- Dark the fundamental theory of the strong force which Relativistic nonlinear waves in plasmas.- 4. Electron energy and apparent late time acceleration.- Super- binds them. One of the most topical tests of QCD is acceleration.- 6. Photon acceleration and relativistic novae Ia.- Statistical techniques.- Bayesian Doubt: whether it [..] engineering. 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J.G. Weisend II, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA V.A. Smirnov, Moscow State University, Russia W.J. Maciel, Cidade Universitaria, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Ed.) Analytic Tools for Feynman Astrophysics of the Interstellar Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Integrals Medium Transactions of the Cryogenic

Engineering Conference - CEC The goal of this book is to describe the most pow- The space between the stars contains a large diver- erful methods for evaluating multiloop Feynman sity of objects in which physical processes occur that This conference is the principal North American integrals that are currently used in practice. This are fundamental to the structure and evolution of Conference on cryogenic engineering. It is attended book supersedes the author’s previous Springer book galaxies. This book offers the reader a basic knowl- by scientists and engineers from all over the world. “Evaluating Feynman Integrals” and its textbook ver- edge of these processes and presents simple numeric The papers published here have been fully refer- sion “Feynman Integral Calculus.” Since the publi- estimates of the main quantities relevant to the inter- eed and cover all aspects of cryogenic engineering cation of these two books, powerful new methods stellar medium. The main objects that constitute including: refrigeration, superconductivity, cryocool- have arisen and conventional methods have been the interstellar space are described, but the empha- ers, air liquefaction, heat and mass transfer, insula- improved on in essential ways. A further qualita- sis of the book lies in the physical processes occur- tion systems, cryostat design and space cryogenics. tive change is the fact that most of the methods and ring in these objects, which may also occur in other the corresponding algorithms have now been imple- astrophysical environments. The book is directed tor Features mented in computer codes which are often public.In graduate as well as advanced undergraduate students This conference is the principal North American comparison to the two previous books, three new of physics and astrophysics. Conference on cryogenic engineering. It is attended chapters have been added: One is on sector[...] by scientists and engineers from all over the world. Features The papers published here have been fully refer- Features The space between the stars includes a large variety eed and cover all aspects of cryogenic engineering The goal of this book is to describe the most pow- of objects, where physical processes occur that are including: refrigeration, superconductivity, cryocool- erful methods for evaluating multiloop Feynman fundamental for the structure and evolution of galax- ers, air liquefaction, heat and mass transfer, insula- integrals that are currently used in practice. This ies. This book gives the reader some basic knowledge tion systems, cryostat design and space [..] book supersedes the author’s previous Springer book of these processes and at the same time, presents esti- “Evaluating Feynman Integrals” and its textbook ver- mates of the main quantities relevant to the study of Contents sion “Feynman Integral Calculus.” Since the publi- the interstellar medium. The book could be used as From the Contents: 100 Years Superconducting cation of these two books, powerful new methods an introductory course on the [..] Materials, Machines, and Cryogenics.- Thermal have arisen and conventional methods have been Insulation Systems—I.- Large Scale Systems—I.- improved on in [..] Fields of interest Aerospace Cryocoolers.- Pulse Tube Cryocoolers— Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Astro- I.- Helium II Properties and Systems.- Cryogenic Contents physics and Astroparticles; Extraterrestrial Physics, Power Cables.- Thermal and Fluid Management for Introduction.- Feynman Integrals: Basic Defini- Space Sciences Aerospace.- AMR and Thermoacoustic Coolers.- tions and Tools.-Evaluating by Alpha and Feynman Target groups Hydrogen and Propellant Systems.- Heat Transfer Parameters.- Sector Decompositions.- Evaluating Upper undergraduate Systems.- Pulse Tube Cryocoolers—II.- Cables and by Mellin-Barnes Representation.- Integration by Current Leads.- Pulse Tube Cryocoolers—IV.- Heat Parts and Reduction to Master Integrals.- Evaluation by Differential Equations.- Evaluating Master Inte- Type of publication Transfer—III.- SRF—II.- Cooler Components and Monograph Reliability.- Novel Concepts and Industry Applica- grals by Dimensional Recurrence and Analyticity.- tions.- Compressors.-[...] Asymptotic Expansions in Momenta and Masses.- More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-3766-6 Tables.- Some Special Functions- Summation For- Hardcover mulae.- Table of MB Integrals.- A Brief Review of Fields of interest 2013. 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L. Kocarev, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, A.H. Siddiqi, Gautam Buddha University, Gautuma Budh Nagar, U.W. Pohl, TU Berlin, Germany Macedonia (Ed.) India (Ed.) Epitaxy of Semiconductors Consensus and Synchronization in Emerging Applications of Wavelet Complex Networks Methods: Introduction to Physical Principles Introduction to Epitaxy provides the essential infor- 7th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathe- mation for a comprehensive upper-level graduate In this book for the first time two scientific fields - matics-Thematic Minisymposia course treating the crystalline growth of semicon- consensus formation and synchronization of com- ductor heterostructures. Heteroepitaxy represents munications - are presented together and examined The volume is based on the deliberations of three the basis of advanced electronic and optoelectronic through their interrelational aspects, of rapidly grow- thematic minisymposia (MS369, MS425 MS483) devices today and is considered one of the top fields ing importance. Both fields have indeed attracted identified by the scientific programme committee in materials research. The book covers the structural enormous research interest especially in relation of International congress of Industrial and applied and electronic properties of strained epitaxial layers, to complex networks. In networks of dynamic mathematics-2011 held at Vancouver, BC, Canada the thermodynamics and kinetics of layer growth, systems (or agents), consensus means to reach an during 18-22, July 2011. This congress is organized and the description of the major growth techniques agreement regarding a certain quantity of interest at an interval of four years by the International coun- metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy, molecular beam that depends on the state of all dynamical systems cil of Industrial and applied mathematics( ICIAM) epitaxy and liquid phase epitaxy. Cubic semiconduc- (agents). Consensus problems have a long history IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE world so far seven tors, strain relaxation by misfit dislocations, strain in control theory and computer sciences, and form congresses have been organized at Paris(1987), and confinement effects[...] the foundation of the field of distributed computing. Washington DC (1991), Hamburg(1995), Edinburg Synchronization, which defines[...] (1999), Sydney(2003), Zurich(2007) and Vancou- ver(2011). The next congress is scheduled in Beijing, Features Introduction to Epitaxy provides the essential infor- Features August 2015. ICIAM comprises currently represen- mation for a comprehensive upper-level graduate Synchronization in complex networks is one of the tatives of[...] course treating the crystalline growth of semicon- most captivating cooperative phenomena in nature ductor heterostructures. Heteroepitaxy represents and has been shown to be of fundamental impor- Features the basis of advanced electronic and optoelectronic tance in such varied circumstances as the continued The volume is based on the deliberations of three devices today and is considered one of the top fields existence of species, the functioning of heart pace- thematic minisymposia (MS369, MS425 MS483) in materials research. The book covers the structural maker cells, epileptic seizures, neuronal firing in the identified by the scientific programme committee and electronic properties of strained epitaxial [..] feline visual cortex and cognitive tasks in humans. of International congress of Industrial and applied mathematics-2011 held at Vancouver, BC, Canada E.g. coupled visual and acoustic interactions make Contents [..] during 18-22, July 2011. This congress is organized at an interval of four years by the International coun- Epitaxy.- Structural Properties of Heterostructures.- Electronic Properties of Heterostructures.- Ther- Contents cil of Industrial and applied mathematics( ICIAM) modynamics of Epitaxial Layer-Growth.- Atomistic Consensus theory in networked systems.- Con- IN DIFFERENT [..] Aspects of Epitaxial Layer Growth.- Doping, Diffu- trol of Networks of Coupled Dynamical Systems.- sion, and Contacts.- Methods of Epitaxy. 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Z.N. Soroko, St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, St. Peters- Z.N. Soroko, St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, St. Peters- M. Unemura, University of Tsukuba, Japan; K. Omukai, Kyoto Uni- burg, Russia; S.I. Sukhoruchkin, St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics burg, Russia; S.I. Sukhoruchkin, St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics versity, Japan (Eds.) Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia; H. Schopper (Ed.) Inst., St. Petersburg, Russia; H. Schopper, CERN, Geneva, Switzer- land (Ed.) First Stars IV from Hayashi to the Excited Nuclear States - Nuclei with Future Z = 74-103 Excited Nuclear States - Nuclei with Z=48-60 The First Stars IV meeting was aimed at discussing Volume I/25E is the last one in a series of volumes star formation through cosmic time and the impacts on the properties of the excited states of all nuclei. Volume I/25C is the third one in a series of volumes of first stars on galaxy formation, first explosions, The data presented are collected from all kinds of on the properties of the excited states of all nuclei. cosmic reionization, and formation of massive black nuclear reactions, including measurements of reac- The data presented are collected from all kinds of holes. This meeting was held partially as a memor- tions with neutrons and γ-rays not yet fully consid- nuclear reactions, including measurements of reac- ial conference for Professor Hayashi (1920-2010), in ered in previous compilations. The nuclei considered tions with neutrons and γ-rays not yet fully consid- honor of his invaluable contributions to the study of also comprise nuclei far from the stability line. The ered in previous compilations. The nuclei considered star formation and cosmology. properties of excited nuclear states are of importance also comprise nuclei far from the stability line.The for scientific and practical applications. No system- properties of excited nuclear states are of importance Features atic compilation of such data has been performed so for scientific and practical applications. No system- The First Stars IV meeting was aimed at discussing far. The present compilation has been prepared by atic compilation of such data has been performed so star formation through cosmic time and the impacts eminent experts in the field. One of the characteris- far. The present compilation has been prepared by of first stars on galaxy formation, first explosions, tics of Landolt-Börnstein is that data are evaluated eminent experts in the field. One of the characteris- cosmic reionization, and formation of massive black before they[...] tics of Landolt-Börnstein is that data are evaluated holes. This meeting was held partially as a memor- before they[...] ial conference for Professor Hayashi (1920-2010), in Features honor of his invaluable contributions to the study of Volume I/25E is the last one in a series of volumes Features star formation and cosmology. on the properties of the excited states of all nuclei. Volume I/25C is the third one in a series of volumes The data presented are collected from all kinds of on the properties of the excited states of all nuclei. Contents nuclear reactions, including measurements of reac- The data presented are collected from all kinds of Development of Star Formation Theory from the tions with neutrons and γ-rays not yet fully consid- nuclear reactions, including measurements of reac- Hayashi Era.- Formation of Pop III Stars.- Pop III to ered in previous compilations. The nuclei considered tions with neutrons and γ-rays not yet fully consid- Pop II Transition.- Metal-Poor Stars and Galaxies in also comprise nuclei far from the stability line. The ered in previous compilations. The nuclei considered the Local Universe.- First Supernovae and Gamma properties of excited nuclear [..] also comprise nuclei far from the stability line.The Ray Bursts.- Formation of Primordial Galaxies and properties of excited nuclear states [..] Observations of High-z Universe.- Cosmic Reioniza- Fields of interest tion and Background Radiation.- Growth of Massive Physics (general); Astronomy, Astrophysics and Fields of interest Black Holes at High-z. 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V.V. Uchaikin, Ulyanovsk State University, Ulyanovsk, Russia R.D. Holder, St. Edmund's College, Cambridge, UK; S. Mitton, St. S. Chadwick, Foxton, New Zealand; I. Cooper, Glen Orua, New Edmund's College, Cambridge, UK (Eds.) Zealand Fractional Derivatives for Physicists and Engineers Georges Lemaître: Life, Science and Imaging the Southern Sky Legacy An Amateur Astronomer's Guide Volume I Background and Theory Volume II Applications This book is not about imaging from the southern The first derivative of a particle coordinate means its The year 2011 marked the 80th anniversary of hemisphere, but rather about imaging those areas of velocity, the second means its acceleration, but what Georges Lemaître’s primeval atom model of the uni- the sky that lie south of the celestial equator. Many of does a fractional order derivative mean? Where does verse, forerunner of the modern day Big Bang the- the astronomical objects presented are also accessi- it come from, how does it work, where does it lead ory. Prompted by this momentous anniversary the ble to northern hemisphere imagers, including those to? The two-volume book written on high didac- Royal Astronomical Society decided to publish a in both the USA and Europe. Imaging the Southern tic level answers these questions. Fractional Deriva- volume of essays on the life, work and faith of this Sky discusses over 150 of the best southern objects to tives for Physicists and Engineers— The first volume great cosmologist, who was also a Roman Catholic image, including nebulae, galaxies, and planetaries, contains a clear introduction into such a modern priest. The papers presented in this book examine in each one accompanied by a spectacular color image. branch of analysis as the fractional calculus. The sec- detail the historical, cosmological, philosophical and This book also includes sections on both image cap- ond develops a wide panorama of applications of the theological issues surrounding the development of turing and processing techniques and so makes an fractional calculus to various physical problems. This the Big Bang theory from its beginnings in the pio- ideal all-in-one introduction. Furthermore, because book recovers new perspectives in front of the reader neering work of Lemaître through to the modern it contains an in-depth study of how to capture all dealing with turbulence and semiconductors, plasma day.This book offers the best account in English of the objects, many of[...] and[...] Lemaître’s life and work. It will be[...] Features Features Features "If you're looking for a handy reference guide to The first derivative of a particle coordinate means its The year 2011 marked the 80th anniversary of help you image and explore the many splendors of velocity, the second means its acceleration, but what Georges Lemaître’s primeval atom model of the uni- the southern sky, Imaging the Southern Sky is the does a fractional order derivative mean? Where does verse, forerunner of the modern day Big Bang the- book for you. The work features not only stunning it come from, how does it work, where does it lead ory. Prompted by this momentous anniversary the color images, all taken by Stephen Chadwick, of to? The two-volume book written on high didactic Royal Astronomical Society decided to publish a vol- the best galaxies, nebulae, and clusters available to level answers these questions. Fractional Derivatives ume of essays on the life, work and faith of this great astrophotographers, but also lesser-known objects, for Physicists and Engineers— The first volume con- cosmologist, who was also a Roman Catholic priest. some of which have gone largely [..] tains a clear introduction into such a [..] The papers presented in this book examine in detail the [..] Contents Contents Foreword by Sir Patrick Moore.- Acknowledg- Physical Basics.- Fractional Derivatives.- Fractional Contents ments.- Preface.- Section I: The Objects of the South- Equations.- Applications.- Mechanics.- Kinetics.- Georges Lemaître: A brief introduction to his ern Skies.- Chapter 1: The Hunter and his Dog Electrodynamics.- Atomic Physics.- Space Physics. science, his theology, and his impact.- Georges (Canis Major, Eridanus, Lepus, Orion).- Chapter 2: Lemaître: the Priest who Invented the Big Bang.- Vast Explosive Remnants (Vela).- Chapter 3: The Fields of interest “The wildest speculation of all”: Lemaître and the Ship of Srgo (Carina, Centaurus, Puppis, Vela).- Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational primeval-atom universe.- Lemaître and Hoyle: Chapter 4: On the Serpent's Back (Antila, Centau- Physics; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Contrasting Characters in Science and Religion.- rus, Corvus, Hydra, Virgo).- Chapter 5: The Emu Analysis; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Com- Lemaître, the Big Bang and the Quantum Uni- (Ara, Centaurus, Circinus, Crux, Lupus, Musca, puter Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences verse.- Lemaître: Science and Religion.- Aquinas Norma, Scorpius, Triangulum Australe).- Chapter and Contemporary Cosmology: Creation and 6: The Heart of the Galaxy (Corona Australis, Ophi- Target groups Beginnings.- Georges Lemaître and Stigler's Law uchus, Sagittarius, Scorpius).- Chapter 7: The Deep Research of Eponymy.- Building on the Legacy of Georges South[...] Lemaître in Contemporary Cosmology.- Multiple Type of publication Reasons for a Multiverse.-[...] Monograph Fields of interest Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; Popular Fields of interest More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-33910-3 Science in Astronomy Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; History Hardcover and Philosophical Foundations of Physics 2012. 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N.K. Sahoo, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India; D. K. Basar, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia; S. Viridi, A. Avella, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy; F. Udupa, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India; D. Bhat- Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia (Eds.) Mancini, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy (Eds.) tacharyya, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India (Eds.) International Conference on Physics Lectures On The Physics Of Strongly India Vacuum Society Symposium and its Applications Correlated Systems XV on thin Films: Science & Technology Fifteenth Training Course in the Physics of Strongly Correlated International Conference on Physics and Its Applica- Systems Thin Films for Tribological Applications. The arti- tions (ICPAP 2011) is aimed at providing the much cles in the proceedings are recent research findings needed forum of scientific communication and inter- The volume contains the lectures delivered at the in these various branches of Thinfilms, in the form of action among distinguished scientists working in “XV Training Course in the Physics of Strongly Cor- 98 short papers by the research workers in the field the field of physics and related fields. The topics related Systems”, held in Vietri sul Mare (Salerno) from various universities and research institutes in delivered in this conference cover: Theoretical High Italy, in October 2010. The project of the meeting India. Energy Physics, Material Science and Technology, was to promote the formation of young scientists Biophysics and Medical Physics, Nuclear Science and by means of training through research. These fea- Features Engineering, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Compu- tures are reflected in the book: the lectures are up-to- Thin Films for Tribological Applications. The arti- tational Physics, Instrumentation and Measurement, date monographies of relevant subjects in the field of cles in the proceedings are recent research findings Physics Educations. Condensed Matter Physics. Contributions include: in these various branches of Thinfilms, in the form of The Density Matrix Renormalization Group and its 98 short papers by the research workers in the field Features Time-Dependent Variants (Model Hamiltonians, from various universities and research institutes in International Conference on Physics and Its Applica- Exact Diagonalization, Truncated Diagonalization: India. tions (ICPAP 2011) is aimed at providing the much the Numerical, Renormalization Group idea, The needed forum of scientific communication and inter- Density Matrix Truncation: the kernel of[...] Contents action among distinguished scientists working in From the Contents: Probing spectroscopic like infor- the field of physics and related fields. The topics Features mation using resonant scattering.- Au-nanoparti- delivered in this conference cover: Theoretical High The volume contains the lectures delivered at the cles-decorated MWCNTs demonstrating enhanced Energy Physics, Material Science and Technology, “XV Training Course in the Physics of Strongly Cor- fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy.- Compari- Biophysics and Medical Physics, Nuclear Science and related Systems”, held in Vietri sul Mare (Salerno) son of magnetization and magnetoresistance in Co/ [..] Italy, in October 2010. The project of the meeting Cu multilayers.- Effect of ferrite layer thickness on was to promote the formation of young scientists by the magnetic properties of SnO2/Cu-Zn ferrite mul- Contents means of training through research. 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A. Avella, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy; F. Mancini, Univer- S. Benkadda, CNRS - University of Aix-Marseille, France; N. E. Burzo, University Babes-Bolyai,Cluj-Napoca, Romania; H.P.J. sity of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy (Eds.) Dubuit, CNRS - University of Aix-Marseille, France; Z. Guimarães- Wijn (Ed.) Filho, University of São Paulo, Brazil (Eds.) Lectures on the Physics of Strongly Magnetic Properties of Correlated Systems XVI: MHD and Energetic Particles Tectosilicates, Part β 5th Iter International Summer School Sixteenth Training Course in the Physics of Strongly Corre- lated Systems This school aims at preparing young researchers The magnetic properties of silicates and phosphates to tackle the current and anticipated challenges at are compiled in subvolume 27I. While subvolumes The volume contains the lectures delivered at the magnetic fusion devices, and spreading the global 27I1, 27I2, 27I3, 27I4, and 27I5 (already published) “XVI Training Course in the Physics of Strongly knowledge required for a timely and competent deal with orthosilicates, sorosilicates, cyclosilicates, Correlated Systems”, held in Vietri sul Mare exploitation of the ITER physics potential. The inosilicates, and phyllosilicates, respectively, the (Salerno) Italy, in October 2011. The project of the 5th edition is an overview of MHD interacting present subvolume 27I6 deals with tectosilicates. meeting was to promote the formation of young sci- with energetic particles issues, with regard to ITER Subvolume 27I6 has been split in three parts α,ß and entists by means of training through research. These project. γ. Further subvolumes will be dedicated to phos- features are reflected in the book: the lectures are up- phates. – Silicates are very complex systems, covering to-date monographies of relevant subjects in the field Features large classes of minerals as well as synthetic sam- of Condensed Matter Physics. Contributions include: This school aims at preparing young researchers ples. Their crystal structure is discussed and atomic Strongly Correlated Electron Physics: From Kondo to tackle the current and anticipated challenges at positions are given. In addition to magnetic proper- and Spin Glasses to Heavy Fermions, Hidden Order magnetic fusion devices, and spreading the global ties, results of neutron diffraction studies, nuclear and Quantum Phase Transitions; Landau’s Fermi knowledge required for a timely and competent gamma[...] Liquid Concept to the Extreme: the Physics of Heavy exploitation of the ITER physics potential. The Fermions; Simulations with matrix[...] 5th edition is an overview of MHD interacting Features with energetic particles issues, with regard to ITER The magnetic properties of silicates and phosphates Features project. are compiled in subvolume 27I. While subvolumes The volume contains the lectures delivered at the 27I1, 27I2, 27I3, 27I4, and 27I5 (already published) “XVI Training Course in the Physics of Strongly Contents deal with orthosilicates, sorosilicates, cyclosilicates, Correlated Systems”, held in Vietri sul Mare Foreword: MHD and Energetic Particles.- Excita- inosilicates, and phyllosilicates, respectively, the (Salerno) Italy, in October 2011. The project of the tion of Alfvén modes by energetic particles in mag- present subvolume 27I6 deals with tectosilicates. meeting was to promote the formation of young sci- netic fusion.- Transport of fast particles in turbulent Subvolume 27I6 has been split in three parts α,ß and entists by means of training through research. 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E. Burzo, H.P.J. Wijn (Ed.) I.A. Parinov, Southern Federal University, Russia Y. Kakehashi, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Japan

Magnetic Properties of Microstructure and Properties Modern Theory of Magnetism in Tectosilicates, Part γ of High-Temperature Metals and Alloys Superconductors The magnetic properties of silicates and phosphates This book describes theoretical aspects of the metal- are compiled in subvolume 27I. While subvolumes lic magnetism from metals to disordered alloys to The main features of high-temperature supercon- 27I1, 27I2, 27I3, 27I4, and 27I5 (already published) amorphous alloys both at the ground state and at ductors (HTSC) that define their properties are deal with orthosilicates, sorosilicates, cyclosilicates, finite temperatures. The book gives an introduction intrinsic brittleness of oxide cuprates, the layered inosilicates, and phyllosilicates, respectively, the to the metallic magnetism, and treats effects of elec- anisotropic structure and the supershort coher- present subvolume 27I6 deals with tectosilicates. tron correlations on magnetism, spin fluctuations in ence length. Taking into account these features, this Subvolume 27I6 has been split in three parts α, ß metallic magnetism, formation of complex magnetic treatise presents research into HTSC microstruc- and γ. Further subvolumes will be dedicated to structures, a variety of magnetism due to configu- ture and properties, and also explores the possibil- phosphates. – Silicates are very complex systems, rational disorder in alloys as well as a new magnet- ities of optimization of the preparation techniques covering large classes of minerals as well as synthetic ism caused by the structural disorder in amorphous and superconducting compositions. The "com- samples. Their crystal structure is discussed and alloys, especially the itinerant-electron spin glasses. position-technique-experiment-theory-model," atomic positions are given. In addition to magnetic The readers will find that all these topics can be employed here, assumes considerable HTSC defec- properties, results of neutron diffraction studies, understood systematically by means of the spin-fluc- tiveness and structure heterogeneity and helps to nuclear gamma[...] tuation theories based[...] draw a comprehensive picture of modern repre- Features sentations of the microstructure, strength and the Features The magnetic properties of silicates and phosphates related[...] This book describes theoretical aspects of the metal- are compiled in subvolume 27I. While subvolumes lic magnetism from metals to disordered alloys to Features 27I1, 27I2, 27I3, 27I4, and 27I5 (already published) amorphous alloys both at the ground state and at The main features of high-temperature supercon- deal with orthosilicates, sorosilicates, cyclosilicates, finite temperatures. The book gives an introduction ductors (HTSC) that define their properties are inosilicates, and phyllosilicates, respectively, the to the metallic magnetism, and treats effects of elec- intrinsic brittleness of oxide cuprates, the layered present subvolume 27I6 deals with tectosilicates. tron correlations on magnetism, spin fluctuations in anisotropic structure and the supershort coherence Subvolume 27I6 has been split in three parts α, ß metallic magnetism, formation of complex magnetic length. Taking into account these features, this trea- and γ. Further subvolumes will be dedicated [..] structures, a variety of magnetism due to [..] tise presents research into HTSC microstructure and Fields of interest properties, and also explores the possibilities of opti- Contents Physics (general) mization of the preparation techniques and [..] Introduction to Magnetism.- Metallic Magnetism at the Ground State.- Magnetic Excitations.- Metallic Contents Target groups Magnetism at Finite Temperatures.- Spin Fluctua- Superconductors and Superconductivity: Gen- Research tion Theory in Weak Ferromagnets .- Antiferro- eral Issues.- High-Temperature Superconductors: magnetism and Spin Density Waves.- Magnetism Overview.- Composition Features and HTSC Prepa- Type of publication in Dilute Alloys.- Magnetism of Disordered Alloys.- ration Techniques.- Experimental Investigations of Reference work Magnetism of Amorphous Metals and Alloys. 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D. Burgess, Queen Mary University of London, UK; J. Drake, Uni- B. Aktas, Gebze Institute of Technology, Turkey; F. Mikailzade, R.A. Ganeev, Imperial College London, UK versity of Maryland, College Park, MD USA; E. Marsch, Christian Gebze Institute of Technology, Turkey (Eds.) Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany; R. von Steiger, International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland; M. Velli, NASA Jet Nonlinear Optical Properties of Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA; Th. Zurbuchen, Uni- Nanostructured Materials for Materials versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (Eds.) Magnetoelectronics Multi-Scale Physics in Coronal This book is mostly concerned on the experimental This book provides an up-to-date review of nanome- research of the nonlinear optical characteristics of Heating and Solar Wind ter-scale magnetism and focuses on the investigation various media, low- and high-order harmonic gen- Acceleration of the basic properties of magnetic nanostructures. eration in different materials, and formation, and It describes a wide range of physical aspects together nonlinear optical characterization of clusters. We From the Sun into the Inner Heliosphere with theoretical and experimental methods. A broad also demonstrate the inter-connection between these overview of the latest developments in this emerging areas of nonlinear optics. Nonlinear optical proper- This volume explores the cross-linkages between the and fascinating field of nanostructured materials is ties of media such as optical limiting can be applied kinetic processes and macroscopic phenomena in the given with emphasis on the practical understanding in various areas of science and technology. To define solar atmosphere, which are at the heart of our cur- and operation of submicron devices based on nanos- suitable materials for these applications, one has to rent understanding of the heating of the closed and tructured magnetic materials. carefully analyse the nonlinear optical characteris- open corona and the acceleration of the solar wind. tics of various media, such as the nonlinear refractive The focus lies on novel data, on theoretical models Features indices, coefficients of nonlinear absorption, satura- that have observable consequences through remote This book provides an up-to-date review of nanome- tion absorption[...] sensing, and on near-solar and inner-heliosphere ter-scale magnetism and focuses on the investigation observations, such as anticipated by the upcoming of the basic properties of magnetic nanostructures. Features Solar Orbiter and Solar Probe missions, which are It describes a wide range of physical aspects together This book is mostly concerned on the experimental currently developed by the international community. with theoretical and experimental methods. A broad research of the nonlinear optical characteristics of This volume is aimed at students and researchers overview of the latest developments in this emerging various media, low- and high-order harmonic gen- active in solar physics and space science. Previously and fascinating field of nanostructured materials is eration in different materials, and formation, and published in Space Science[...] given with emphasis on the practical [..] nonlinear optical characterization of clusters. We also demonstrate the inter-connection between these Features Contents areas of nonlinear optics. Nonlinear optical proper- This volume explores the cross-linkages between the From Magneto- to Spin Dynamics in Magnetic ties of media such as optical limiting can be [..] kinetic processes and macroscopic phenomena in the Heterosystems.- Spin-Transfer Torque Effects in solar atmosphere, which are at the heart of our cur- Single-Crystalline Nanopillars.- Origin of Ferromag- Contents rent understanding of the heating of the closed and netism in Co-implanted ZnO.- Magnetic Charac- Introduction.- References.- Chapter 1 Low-order open corona and the acceleration of the solar wind. terization of Exchange Coupled Ultrathin Magnetic harmonic generation of laser radiation in various The focus lies on novel data, on theoretical models Multilayers by Ferromagnetic Resonance Tech- media.- Chapter 2 High-order harmonic genera- that have observable consequences through remote nique.- Characterization of Antiferromagnetic/Fer- tion from laser ablation of various surfaces.- Chap- sensing, and on near-solar and inner-heliosphere [..] romagnetic Perovskite Oxide Superlattices.- Half- ter 3 Nonlinear optical refraction and absorption Metallic and Magnetic Silicon Nanowires Func- of media.- Chapter 4 Laser ablation induced cluster Contents tionalized by Transition Metal Atoms.- Magnetic formation.- Chapter 5 Low-order nonlinear optical From the Contents: UVCS Observations of Tem- and Magneto-Resistive Properties of Thin Films characterization of clusters.- Chapter 6 Application perature and Velocity Profiles in Coronal Holes.- Patterned by Self-Assembling Polystyrene Nanos- of nanoparticle-contained plasmas for high-order Helios: Evolution of Distribution Functions 0.3-1 pheres.- Magnetic Nanoparticle[...] harmonic generation. 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S.K. Singh, H.N.B Garhwal University, Srinagar, India; J.G. Morfin, P. Gouma, SUNY Stone Brook, Columbus, OH, USA (Ed.) A. Balogh, Imperial College London, UK; A. Bykov, Russian Acad- Fermilab, Batavia, IL, USA; M. Sakuda, Okayama University, Japan; emy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia; R.P. Lin, University of K.D. Purohit, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, India (Eds.) California, Berkeley, CA, USA; J. Raymond, Harvard-Smithsonian Olfaction and Electronic Nose Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, USA; M. Scholer, Max Planck Institute, Garching, Germany (Eds.) Nulnt11: The 7th International Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Olfac- tion and Electronic Nose Workshop On Neutrino-Nucleus Particle Acceleration in Cosmic Interactions in the Few Gev Regions This conference proceedings would be of interest Plasmas to academia, industry, research labs, biotechnol- ogy, nanotechnology, sensors related industries. NuInt11, the seventh in the series of international This conference brought together experts from vari- The review articles collected in this volume present workshops on Neutrino Nucleus Interactions in the ous disciplines to discuss how to produce electronic a critical assessment of particle acceleration mech- Few-GeV region was held in Dehradun-Musoorie, olfaction systems that either mimic nature or rely anisms and observations from suprathermal parti- India and was hosted by H. N. B. Garhwal Uni- on novel concepts to sensing chemicals in complex cles in the magnetosphere and heliosphere to high- versity, Srinagar (Garhwal) situated in Central odor environments. Applications of these devices are energy cosmic rays, thus covering a range of ener- Himalayan region of Northern India. The workshop found in medicine, safety and quality control. gies over seventeen orders of magnitude, from 103 focused on the measurement of Neutrino Nucleus eV to 1020 eV. The main themes are observations of cross sections and reconstruction of the kinematics Features accelerated populations from the magnetosphere to of neutrino reactions which play an important role This conference proceedings would be of interest extragalactic scales and assessments of the physical in understanding the neutrino oscillation physics. to academia, industry, research labs, biotechnol- processes underlying particle acceleration in differ- The interpretation of the experiments and extraction ogy, nanotechnology, sensors related industries. ent environments (magnetospheres, the solar atmos- of the neutrino oscillation parameters require active This conference brought together experts from vari- phere, the heliosphere, supernova remnants, pulsar collaboration of theoretical and experimental physi- ous disciplines to discuss how to produce electronic wind nebulae and relativistic outflows). Several con- cists working in the field of nuclear and[...] olfaction systems that either mimic nature or rely tributions review the status of[...] on novel concepts to sensing chemicals in complex Features odor environments. Applications of these devices are Features NuInt11, the seventh in the series of international found [..] The review articles collected in this volume present workshops on Neutrino Nucleus Interactions in the a critical assessment of particle acceleration mech- Few-GeV region was held in Dehradun-Musoorie, Fields of interest anisms and observations from suprathermal parti- India and was hosted by H. N. B. Garhwal Uni- Biophysics and Biological Physics; Medical and Radi- cles in the magnetosphere and heliosphere to high- versity, Srinagar (Garhwal) situated in Central ation Physics; Nanotechnology; Monitoring / Envi- energy cosmic rays, thus covering a range of energies Himalayan region of Northern India. 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C. Wohlfarth, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Ger- A. Balogh, Imperial College London, Berkhamsted, UK; R.A. J. Heerikhuisen, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL, USA; G. many; M.D. Lechner, Universität Osnabrück, Germany; K.-F. Treumann, ISSI, Bern, Switzerland Li, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL, USA; N. Pogorelov, Uni- Arndt, TU Dresden, Germany (Eds.) versity of Huntsville, AL, USA; G.P. Zank, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL, USA (Eds.) Physics of Collisionless Shocks Physical Properties and their Relations I Space Plasma Shock Waves Physics of the Heliosphere: A 10 The present book provides a contemporary sys- Year Retrospective: Thermodynamic Properties: Equilibria of Ternary Polymer Solutions tematic treatment of shock waves in high-temper- Proceedings of the 10th Annual International Astrophysics ature collisionless plasmas as are encountered in Conference Polymers belong to an essential material group with near Earth space and in Astrophysics. 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Topics include coronal mass ejections, of the different quantities and their significances. are naturally magnetised implying that the magnetic shocks, turbulence, particle acceleration, and neutral The experimental determination of the physical field plays an important role in their evolution and atoms. quantities is given as well as the influence to other dynamics. This part treats subcritical shocks which physical quantities. This volume helps to choose the dissipate flow energy by generating anomalous resis- Features best material for all kinds of applications also for tance or viscosity. The main emphasis[...] This conference proceedings covers physical those which are not mentioned in polymer material processes in the heliosphere, from the solar atmos- books. 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D. Issadore, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; V. Astapenko, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Rus- A. Al-Hajry, Najran University, Saudi Arabia; A. Umar, Najran Uni- R.M. Westervelt, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA (Eds.) sia versity, Saudi Arabia; H. Al-Harbi, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; N. Bouarissa, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia; H. Berriche, King Khalid Univer- Point-of-Care Diagnostics on a Chip Polarization Bremsstrahlung on sity, Abha, Saudi Arabia; M. El-Ghazaly, King Abdulaziz City for Atoms, Plasmas, Nanostructures Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Eds.) The topic of this book is the development of auto- and Solids mated and inexpensive tools that transfer medical Proceedings of the Fifth Saudi tests from a specialized clinical laboratory directly to Physical Society Conference (SPS5) the point of care, using biochip technology. Immedi- The book is devoted to the modern theory and ate access to medically relevant biochemical informa- experimental manifestation of Polarization tion for doctors and nurses promises to revolutionize Bremsstrahlung (PB) which arises due to scatter- This proceedings would be of interest to read- patient care and dramatically lower costs. The minia- ing of charged particles from various targets: atoms, ers working in the fields of Nanomaterials & turization and automation of medical tests are made nanostructures (including atomic clusters, nanopar- Nanophysics, Semiconductors, Atomic and Nuclear possible by biochip technology, that integrates ticle in dielectric matrix, fullerens, graphene-like Physics, Particles & Fields, Quantum Optics, Bio and advances in integrated circuits, microelectromechan- two-dimensional atomic structure) and in condensed Medical Physics, Environmental Physics, Sensors ical systems (MEMS), microfluidics, and electronics. matter (monocrystals, polycrystals, partially ordered and Devices, and Instrumental Physics. The proceed- The target audience for this book includes engineer- crystals and amorphous matter) The present book ing includes 45 articles, contributed by conference ing and biomedical researchers who would like to addresses mainly researchers interested in the radia- participants on a broad range of topics related to the- develop or apply biochip[...] tive processes during the interaction between fast oretical and experimental physics. The major topics particles and matter. It also will be useful for post- covered in the proceedings were Nanomaterials & Features graduate students specializing in radiation physics Nanophysics, Semiconductors, Atomic and Nuclear The topic of this book is the development of auto- and related fields. Physics, Particles & Fields, Quantum Optics, Bio mated and inexpensive tools that transfer medical and Medical Physics, Environmental physics, Sen- tests from a specialized clinical laboratory directly to Features sors and Devices, Techniques & Developments and the point of care, using biochip technology. Immedi- The book is devoted to the modern theory and hence[...] ate access to medically relevant biochemical informa- experimental manifestation of Polarization tion for doctors and nurses promises to revolutionize Bremsstrahlung (PB) which arises due to scatter- Features patient care and dramatically lower costs. The minia- ing of charged particles from various targets: atoms, This proceedings would be of interest to read- turization and automation of medical tests are [..] nanostructures (including atomic clusters, nanopar- ers working in the fields of Nanomaterials & ticle in dielectric matrix, fullerens, graphene-like Nanophysics, Semiconductors, Atomic and Nuclear Contents two-dimensional atomic structure) and in condensed Physics, Particles & Fields, Quantum Optics, Bio and Part I: Motivation.- Introduction to BioChips.- The matter (monocrystals, polycrystals, partially ordered Medical Physics, Environmental Physics, Sensors Context and the Potential Impact for Improved crystals and [..] and Devices, and Instrumental Physics. The proceed- Point of Care Diagnostics.- An Introduction to Con- ing includes 45 articles, contributed by conference temporary Clinical Laboratory Medicine.- PART II: Contents participants on a broad range of topics related to [..] Fluid Handling.- Ultra Low Cost Passive Microflu- Theory of Bremsstrahlung.- Bremsstrahlung the- idics.- Active Microfluidics - Pumps, Gates, Valves, ory for slow (quasi-classical) electron scatter- Fields of interest and Heaters.- Digital Microfluidics - Electrowet- ing.- Bremsstrahlung in plasmas.- Bremsstrahlung Semiconductors; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and ting on Printed Circuit Boards.- Hybrid Integrated of fast particles in condensed matter.- Induced Plasma Physics; Quantum Optics, Quantum Elec- Circuit / Microfluidic Chips.- Part III: Detection.- Bremsstrahlung in electromagnetic fields.- Polar- tronics, Nonlinear Optics; Biophysics and Biological Nanoparticle Based Medical Diagnostics.- Minia- ization Bremsstrahlung on nanostructures.- Physics; Environmental Physics turized Fluorescence Based Flow Cytometry.- Holo- Experimental observations of PB.- Laser-assisted graphic Cell Imaging on a Chip.- Single Molecule[...] electron–atom inelastic scattering and other experi- Target groups ments.- Nonrelativistic electron Bremsstrahlung in Research Fields of interest thin and thick metal targets.- Possible PB applica- Biophysics and Biological Physics; Biomedical Engi- tions for structure diagnostics. 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R.A. Evarestov, St. Petersburg State University, Russia T. Ralph, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; P.K. D. Dubbers, Universität Heidelberg, Germany; H.-J. Stöckmann, Lam, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany (Eds.) Quantum Chemistry of Solids Quantum Physics: The Bottom-Up LCAO Treatment of Crystals and Nanostructures Quantum Communication, Approach Quantum Chemistry of Solids delivers a comprehen- Measurement and Computing From the Simple Two-Level System to Irreducible Representa- sive account of the main features and possibilities of (QCMC): tions LCAO methods for the first principles calculations of electronic structure of periodic systems. The first The Tenth International Conference This concise tutorial provides the bachelor student part describes the basic theory underlying the LCAO and the practitioner with a short text on quantum The conference proceedings will be of interest to methods applied to periodic systems and the use of physics that allows them to understand a wealth of physicists, engineers and mathematicians work- Hartree-Fock(HF), Density Function theory(DFT) quantum phenomena based on a compact, well read- ing with quantum mechanical systems and frontier and hybrid Hamiltonians. The translation and site able, yet still concise and accurate description of technologies. The QCMC series of conferences pro- symmetry consideration is included to establish con- nonrelativistic quantum theory. This “quadrature of vides a forum for the presentation and discussion of nection between k-space solid –state physics and the circle” is achieved by concentrating first on the new results from the field of quantum information. real-space quantum chemistry. The inclusion of elec- simplest quantum system that still displays all basic Quantum information is the study of information tron correlation effects for periodic systems is con- features of quantum theory, namely, a system with stored in quantum systems. The unique properties sidered on the basis of localized crystalline orbitals. only two quantized energy levels. For most readers of quantum mechanics lead to the ability to perform The possibilities of[...] it is very helpful to understand such simple systems information tasks that are hard or impossible for before slowly proceeding to more demanding topics classical systems. Features like particle entanglement, quantum chaos, or the Quantum Chemistry of Solids delivers a comprehen- Features use of irreducible tensors.[...] sive account of the main features and possibilities of The conference proceedings will be of interest to LCAO methods for the first principles calculations Features physicists, engineers and mathematicians work- of electronic structure of periodic systems. The first This concise tutorial provides the bachelor student ing with quantum mechanical systems and frontier part describes the basic theory underlying the LCAO and the practitioner with a short text on quantum technologies. The QCMC series of conferences pro- methods applied to periodic systems and the use of physics that allows them to understand a wealth of vides a forum for the presentation and discussion of Hartree-Fock(HF), Density Function theory(DFT) quantum phenomena based on a compact, well read- new results from the field of quantum information. and hybrid Hamiltonians. The translation and site able, yet still concise and accurate description of Quantum information is the study of information [..] nonrelativistic quantum theory. This “quadrature of stored in quantum systems. The unique properties of the circle” is achieved by concentrating first on the quantum [..] Contents simplest quantum system that still displays all [..] Space Groups and Crystalline Structures.- Sym- Fields of interest metry and Localization of Crystalline Orbitals.- Contents Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics; Hartree–Fock LCAO Method for Periodic Systems.- Some simple two-level systems.- Equations of Quantum Computing; Quantum Physics; Quantum Electron Correlations in Molecules and Crystals.- motion.- Manipulation of spins.- Spooky action at Optics, Quantum Electronics, Nonlinear Optics Semi-empirical LCAO Methods for Molecules and a distance.- Atomic two-level systems.- Other two- Periodic Systems.- Kohn–Sham LCAO Method for Target groups level systems.- Excursions in parameter space. 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M.L. Elert, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, USA; W.T. Butler, J.L. Hoffman, University of Denver, CO, USA; J. Bjorkman, Uni- D. Möhl, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA; J.P. Borg, versity of Toledo, OH, USA; B. Whitney, University of Wiscon- Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA; J.L. Jordan, Air Force sin-Madison, WI, USA (Eds.) Research Laboratory, Eglin AFB, FL, USA; T.J. Vogler, Sandia Stochastic Cooling of Particle National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA (Eds.) Stellar Polimetry: From Birth to Beams Shock Compression of Condensed Death This lecture note describes the main analytical Matter - 2011 approaches to stochastic cooling. The first is the Measurements of polarized light are increasingly time domain picture, in which the beam is rapidly Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical used to probe a variety of physical processes operat- sampled and a statistical analysis is used to describe Society Topical Group on Shock Compession of Condensed ing in and around stars throughout their lifetimes. Matter(Part one, Part two) the cooling behaviour. The second is the frequency This meeting brought together both observational domain picture, which is particularly useful since the The conference focuses on research topics related and theoretical astronomers to discuss advances in observations made on the beam are mainly in this to dynamic compression of condensed matter. This polarimetric methods, applications to stellar sources, domain. This second picture is developed in detail to interdisciplinary field encompasses areas of physics, and the future of astrophysical polarimetry. assess key components of modern cooling theory like chemistry, materials science, and planetary physics. mixing and signal shielding and to illustrate some of Features the diagnostic methods. Finally the use of a distribu- Measurements of polarized light are increasingly Features tion function and the Fokker-Plank equation, which used to probe a variety of physical processes operat- The conference focuses on research topics related offer the most complete description of the beam dur- ing in and around stars throughout their lifetimes. to dynamic compression of condensed matter. This ing the cooling,[...] interdisciplinary field encompasses areas of physics, This meeting brought together both observational chemistry, materials science, and planetary physics. and theoretical astronomers to discuss advances in Features polarimetric methods, applications to stellar sources, This lecture note describes the main analytical Fields of interest and the future of astrophysical polarimetry. approaches to stochastic cooling. The first is the Condensed Matter Physics; Fluid- and Aerody- time-domain picture, in which the beam is rapidly Fields of interest namics; Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems; sampled at a high rate and a statistical analysis is Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Astron- Thermodynamics; Energy Technology; Geophysics used to describe the cooling behaviour. The second is omy, Observations and Techniques; Astrophysics and Environmental Physics the frequency-domain picture, which is particularly and Astroparticles useful since the observations made on the beam and Target groups the numerical cooling simulations are mainly in [..] Research Target groups Research Contents Type of publication Foreword.- Introduction.- Simplified Theory, Time- Proceedings Type of publication Proceedings domain Picture.- Pickup and Kicker Impedance.- More on www.springer.com/978-0-7354-1006-0 Frequency-domain Picture.- A More Detailed More on www.springer.com/978-0-7354-1012-1 Derivation of Betatron and Filter Cooling (Fre- Hardcover quency-Domain Picture).- Feedback via the Beam 2012. Approx. 1780 p. With DVD. (Materials Physics and Hardcover and Signal Shielding.- The Distribution Function Applications, Vol. 1426) 2012. Approx. 320 p. (Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. and Fokker-Planck Equations.- Some Special Appli- $392.00 1429) cations.- References.- Glossary. ISBN 978-0-7354-1006-0 $155.00 ISBN 978-0-7354-1012-1 Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. Fields of interest Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics; Measurement Science, Instrumentation; Electrical Engineering

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S. Bellucci, Istituto Nazionale die Fisica Nuclear, Frascati, Italy G. Bracco, University of Genoa, Italy; B. Holst, University of T. Yuasa, The University of Tokyo, Japan (Ed.) Bergen, Norway (Eds.) Suzaku Studies of White Dwarf Supersymmetric Gravity and Black Surface Science Techniques Stars and the Galactic X-ray Holes Background Emission The book describes the experimental techniques Proceedings of the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati School on the Attractor Mechanism 2009 employed to study surfaces and interfaces. The emphasis is on the experimental method. Therefore This thesis presents a study of the origin of an appar- This book is based upon lectures presented in the all chapters start with an introduction of the scien- ently extended X-ray emission associated with the summer of 2009 at the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali tific problem, the theory necessary to understand Galactic ridge. The study was carried out with broad- di Frascati School on Attractor Mechanism, directed how the technique works and how to understand band spectra obtained from mapping observations by Stefano Bellucci. The symposium included such the results. Descriptions of real experimental setups, in the Galactic bulge region conducted in 2005–2010 prestigious lecturers as S. Ferrara, G. Dall'Agata, J.F. experimental results at different systems are given by the Suzaku space X-ray observatory. The spectra Morales, J. Simón and M. Trigiante. All lectures were to show both the strength and the limits of the tech- were analyzed with a newly constructed X-ray spec- given at a pedagogical, introductory level, which is nique. In a final part the new developments and pos- tral model of an accreting white dwarf binary that reflected in the specific "flavor" of this volume. The sible extensions of the techniques are presented. The is one of the proposed candidate stars for the origin book also benefits from extensive discussions about, included techniques provide microscopic as well as of the Galactic ridge emission in the higher energy and the related reworking of, the various contribu- macroscopic information. They cover most of the band. Fitting of the observed Galactic ridge spectra tions. It is the fifth volume in a series of books on the techniques used in surface science. with the model showed that there is another spectral general topics of supersymmetry, supergravity, black component that fills the gap between the observed X- holes and the attractor mechanism. Features ray flux and the[...] The book describes the experimental techniques Features employed to study surfaces and interfaces. The Features This book is based upon lectures presented in the emphasis is on the experimental method. Therefore This thesis presents a study of the origin of an appar- summer of 2009 at the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali all chapters start with an introduction of the scien- ently extended X-ray emission associated with the di Frascati School on Attractor Mechanism, directed tific problem, the theory necessary to understand Galactic ridge. The study was carried out with broad- by Stefano Bellucci. The symposium included such how the technique works and how to understand band spectra obtained from mapping observations prestigious lecturers as S. Ferrara, G. Dall'Agata, J.F. the results. Descriptions of real experimental setups, in the Galactic bulge region conducted in 2005–2010 Morales, J. Simón and M. Trigiante. All lectures were experimental results at different systems are given to by the Suzaku space X-ray observatory. The spectra given at a pedagogical, introductory level, which is show both [..] were analyzed with a newly constructed X-ray spec- reflected in the specific "flavor" of this [..] tral model of an accreting white dwarf binary [..] Contents Contents Macroscopic Techniques.- Optical Techniques.- Contents Black Holes in Supergravity: Flow Equations and X-ray Techniques.- Neutral Particle Techniques.- Review of the Galactic X-ray Background Emission Duality.- Intersecting Attractors.- Extremality, Charged Particle Techniques.- Scanning Probe Tech- and White Dwarf Binaries.- Constructing an X-ray Holography and Course Graining.- Issues on Black niques. Model of Accreting White Dwarf Binaries.- Instru- Holes in Four Dimensional Supergravity.- On the mentation.- Estimating the Masses of White Dwarfs Classification of Two Center Orbits for Magical Fields of interest in Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables.- Decomposing Black Holes. Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films; Measure- the Galactic Ridge X-ray Emission. ment Science, Instrumentation; Nanotechnology; Fields of interest Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices; Fields of interest Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity The- Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; Measure- ory; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory; Mathe- Nanoscale Science and Technology ment Science, Instrumentation matical Physics; Mathematical Methods in Physics Target groups Target groups Target groups Research Research Research Type of publication Type of publication Type of publication Monograph Monograph Proceedings More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34242-4 More on www.springer.com/978-4-431-54218-6 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-31379-0 Hardcover Hardcover Hardcover 2013. XXIII, 663 p. 327 illus., 155 in color. (Springer 2013. XV, 154 p. 81 illus., 32 in color. (Springer Theses) 2013. IX, 204 p. 4 illus. 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M.A. Wahid, University Technology Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia; S. M. Marcos, University of Cadiz, Spain; J. Salguero, University of F. Dong, Tianjin University, China; X. Cai, University of Shanghai Samion, University Technology Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia; J.M. Cadiz, Spain (Eds.) for Science and Technology, China; Y. Murai, Hokkaido Univer- Sheriff, University Technology Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia; N.A.C. sity, Japan; C. Tan, Tianjin University, China (Eds.) Sidik, University Technology Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia (Eds.) The 4th Manufacturing Engineering The 7th International Symposium The 4th International Meeting of Society International Conference (MESIC 2011) on Measurement Techniques for Advances in Thermofluids (IMAT Multiphase Flows 2011) Manufacturing Engineering Society International (Part One; Part Two) Conference (MESIC 2011) continues the tasks of This proceeding includes papers selected from the the three previous conferences and will accomplish 7th ISMTMF held in Tianjin, China, 2011. The focus The present Proceedings will provide as a platform one of the objectives of the Manufacturing Engineer- of this symposium is to develop measurement tech- to dissemination of knowledge among researchers ing Society: the knowledge spreading in the scope niques for multiphase flows, covering electrically and scholars in the field of thermofluids particu- of Manufacturing Engineering. Papers included in sensitive sensors, radioactive sensors, optical sensors larly related to the areas such as fluid mechanics, these Proceedings have been peer reviewed and come and mechanical sensors, and also basic understand- heat transfer and combustion which also covers from a meeting of professionals and researchers from ing of flow patterns and models of two/three phase wide range of specialization such as thermal system, industry and academia, where recent advances in flows. power plant technology, refrigeration and air-con- the field of Manufacturing Engineering have been ditioning, computational fluid dynamics, turboma- presented and discussed in topics as Manufacturing Features chinery, desalinization, and tribology. Processes, Manufacturing Systems, Metrology and This proceeding includes papers selected from the 7th ISMTMF held in Tianjin, China, 2011. The focus Features Industrial Quality, Welding and Joining Technolo- gies, Materials Processing, Production[...] of this symposium is to develop measurement tech- The present Proceedings will provide as a platform niques for multiphase flows, covering electrically to dissemination of knowledge among researchers Features sensitive sensors, radioactive sensors, optical sensors and scholars in the field of thermofluids particu- Manufacturing Engineering Society International and mechanical sensors, and also basic understand- larly related to the areas such as fluid mechanics, Conference (MESIC 2011) continues the tasks of ing of flow patterns and models of two/three phase heat transfer and combustion which also covers the three previous conferences and will accomplish flows. wide range of specialization such as thermal system, one of the objectives of the Manufacturing Engineer- power plant technology, refrigeration and air-con- ing Society: the knowledge spreading in the scope Fields of interest ditioning, computational fluid dynamics, turboma- of Manufacturing Engineering. Papers included in Measurement Science, Instrumentation; Phase Tran- chinery, [..] these Proceedings have been peer reviewed and come sitions and Multiphase Systems from a meeting of professionals and researchers from Contents Target groups [..] From the Contents: Thermoacoustic engines and Research refrigerators.- Biomass energy: Sustainable solution Fields of interest for greenhouse gas emission.- Atomization of a liq- Type of publication Acoustics; Measurement Science, Instrumentation; uid jet in a crossflow.- Session Presentations.- Analy- Proceedings Laser Technology and Physics, Photonics; Applied sis of bouyancy-aided convection heat transfer from and Technical Physics; Mechanics; Mechanical Engi- More on www.springer.com/978-0-7354-1011-4 horizontal cylinder at low Reynolds number.- Cool- neering ing of a rectangular microchannel heat sink with Softcover 2012. Approx. 400 p. (AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. ammonia gas.- Numerical prediction on the disper- Target groups 1428) sion of pollutant particles.- Thermal stresses in the Research wall of pipes caused by periodic change of tempera- $170.00 ture of medium fluid.- Reacting shock waves charac- Type of publication ISBN 978-0-7354-1011-4 teristics for biogas compared to other[...] Proceedings Online orders shipping within 2-3 days.

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V. Burkert, Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, VA, USA; M. K. Kyutoku, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, Ibaraki, B.E. Baaquie, National University of Singapore, Singapore Jones, Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, VA, USA; M. Pen- Japan nington, Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, VA, USA; D. Richards, Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, VA, USA (Eds.) The Theoretical Foundations of The Black Hole-Neutron Star Binary Quantum Mechanics The 8th International Workshop Merger in Full General Relativity of the Physics of Excited Nucleons: Dependence on Neutron Star Equations of State The Theoretical Foundations of Quantum Mechan- NSTAR 2011 ics addresses fundamental issues that are not dis- This thesis presents a systematic study of the orbital cussed in most books on quantum mechanics. This evolution, gravitational wave radiation, and merger book focuses on analyzing the underlying princi- This workshop covered experimental and theoretical remnant of the black hole–neutron star binary ples of quantum mechanics and explaining the con- work in understanding the spectrum and structure merger in full general relativity for the first time. ceptual and theoretical underpinning of quantum of excited nucleons. The audience were nuclear and Numerical-relativity simulations are performed mechanics. In particular, the concepts of quantum high energy physicists. The workshop gives a snap- using an adaptive mesh refinement code, SimulA- indeterminacy, quantum measurement and quan- shot of the present status of the field. tor for Compact objects in Relativistic Astrophysics tum superposition are analyzed to clarify the con- (SACRA), which adopts a wide variety of zero-tem- cepts that are implicit in the formulation of quantum Features perature equations of state for the neutron star mat- mechanics.The Schrodinger equation is never solved This workshop covered experimental and theoretical ter. Gravitational waves provide us with quantitative in the book. Rather, the discussion on the funda- work in understanding the spectrum and structure information on the neutron star compactness and mentals of quantum mechanics is treated in a rigor- of excited nucleons. The audience were nuclear and equation of state via the cutoff frequency in the spec- ous manner based on the mathematics of quantum high energy physicists. The workshop gives a snap- tra, if tidal disruption of the neutron star occurs mechanics. The[...] shot of the present status of the field. before the binary merges. The[...] Features Contents Features The Theoretical Foundations of Quantum Mechan- Plenary Session Presentations.- Opportunities and This thesis presents a systematic study of the orbital ics addresses fundamental issues that are not dis- Challenges for Theory in the N* program.- Exper- evolution, gravitational wave radiation, and merger cussed in most books on quantum mechanics. This imental Challenges of the N* program.- Baryon remnant of the black hole–neutron star binary book focuses on analyzing the underlying princi- Spectroscopy in Lattice QCD with Spin Identifica- merger in full general relativity for the first time. ples of quantum mechanics and explaining the con- tion.- Overview: Phenomenological approaches to Numerical-relativity simulations are performed ceptual and theoretical underpinning of quantum N* extraction.- Extraction of Resonance Parame- using an adaptive mesh refinement code, SimulA- mechanics. In particular, the concepts of quantum ter.- Complete Pseudoscalar Photo-production Mea- tor for Compact objects in Relativistic Astrophysics indeterminacy, quantum measurement and quantum surements.- Results from Polarized Experiments at (SACRA), which adopts a wide variety of zero-tem- superposition are [..] LEGS and GRAAL.- Nucleon to Δ and Δ Form Fac- perature [..] tors in lattice QCD.- Nucleon Resonance Electro- Contents couplings from the CLAS Meson Electroproduction Contents Preface.- Acknowledgments.- 1 Synopsis.- 2 The Data.- EBAC-DCC analysis of world data of πN, γN, Equations of State of Neutron Star Matter.- Com- Quantum Entity and Quantum Mechanics.- 3 Quan- and N(e, e—)[...] puting Initial Conditions.- Methods of Simulations.- tum Mechanics: Empirical and Trans-empirical.- 4 Diagnostics for Numerical Simulations.- The Merger Degree of Freedom F; State space V.- 5 Operators.- 6 Fields of interest of Nonspinning Black Hole-Neutron Star Binaries.- Density matrix; Entangled states.- 7 Quantum inde- Particle and Nuclear Physics The Merger of Spinning Black Hole-Neutron Star terminacy.- 8 Quantum Superposition.- 9 Quan- Binaries. tum Theory of Measurement.- 10 The Stern-Gerlach Target groups experiment.- 11 The Feynman Path Integral.- 12 Fields of interest Research Conclusions.- Glossary of Terms.- List of Symbols.- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Math- References.- Index. 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M. Gasperini, University of Bari, Italy M. Fujimoto, University of Guelph, ON, Canada M. Thiriet, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

Theory of Gravitational Interactions Thermodynamics of Crystalline Tissue Functioning and Remodeling States in the Circulatory and Ventilatory This reference textbook is an up-to-date and self- Systems contained introduction to the theory of gravitational Thermodynamics is a well-established discipline of interactions. The first part of the book follows the physics for properties of matter in thermal equilib- traditional presentation of general relativity as a geo- The volumes in this authoritative series present a rium with the surroundings. Applying to crystals, metric theory of the macroscopic gravitational field. multidisciplinary approach to modeling and sim- however, the laws encounter undefined properties A second, advanced part then discusses the deep ulation of flows in the cardiovascular and ventila- of crystal lattice, which therefore need to be deter- analogies (and differences) between a geometric the- tory systems, especially multiscale modeling and mined for a clear and well-defined description of ory of gravity and the gauge theories of the other coupled simulations. Volume 5 is devoted to cells, crystalline states. Thermodynamics of Crystalline fundamental interactions. This fills a gap which is tissues, and organs of the cardiovascular and ventila- States explores the roles played by order variables present in the context of the traditional approach tory systems with an emphasis on mechanotransduc- and dynamic lattices in crystals in a wholly new to general relativity, and which usually makes stu- tion-based regulation of flow. The blood vessel wall way.The book begins by clarifying basic concepts for dents puzzled about the role of gravity. The neces- is a living tissue that quickly reacts to loads applied stable crystals. Next, binary phase transitions are dis- sary notions of differential geometry are reduced to on it by the flowing blood. In any segment of a blood cussed to study collective motion of order variables, the minimum, leaving[...] vessel, the endothelial and smooth muscle cells can as described mostly as classical phenomena. New to sense unusual time variations in small-magnitude this edition is the[...] Features wall shear stress and large-amplitude wall stretch This reference textbook is an up-to-date and self- Features generated by abnormal[...] contained introduction to the theory of gravitational Thermodynamics is a well-established discipline of interactions. The first part of the book follows the Features physics for properties of matter in thermal equilib- traditional presentation of general relativity as a geo- The volumes in this authoritative series present a rium with the surroundings. Applying to crystals, metric theory of the macroscopic gravitational field. multidisciplinary approach to modeling and sim- however, the laws encounter undefined properties A second, advanced part then discusses the deep ulation of flows in the cardiovascular and ventila- of crystal lattice, which therefore need to be deter- analogies (and differences) between a geometric the- tory systems, especially multiscale modeling and mined for a clear and well-defined description of ory of gravity and the gauge theories of the [..] coupled simulations. Volume 5 is devoted to cells, crystalline states. Thermodynamics of Crystalline tissues, and organs of the cardiovascular and ventila- States explores the roles played by order variables [..] Contents tory systems with an emphasis on mechanotransduc- Elementary notions of relativistic field theory.- Contents tion-based regulation of flow. The blood vessel wall Towards a relativistic theory of gravity.- Tensor cal- Introduction.- Phonons.- The Correlation Energy is a [..] culus in a Riemannian manifold.- Maxwell equations and Crystal Symmetry.- Mean-Field Theories in and Riemann geometry.- Test bodies and signals Contents Binary Ordering.- Pseudospin Clusters.- Critical in a Riemann spacetime.- Geodesic deviation and Preface.- Chapter 1: Blood.- Chapter 2: Fluctuations.- Pseudospin Correlations.- The Soliton curvature tensor.- The Einstein equations for the Hematopoiesis.- Chapter 3: Blood Cells.- Chapter Theory of Long-range Order.- Soft Modes.- Experi- gravitational field.- The weak field approximation.- 4: Lymph Drainage.- Chapter 5: Cardiomyocytes.- mental Studies on Critical Fluctuations.- Magnetic Gravitational waves.- The Schwarzschild solution.- Chapter 6: Heart Wall.- Chapter 7: Vessel Wall.- Crystals.- Electrons and Phonons in Metals.- Super- The Kasner solution.- Vierbeins and Lorentz con- Chapter 8: Smooth Myocytes.- Chapter 9: Vascular conducting Phases.- Theories of Superconducting nection.- The Dirac equation in a gravitational field.- Endothelium.- Chapter 10: Vascular Growth.- Chap- Transitions.- Appendix.- Index. 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The ter 11: Tissue Development, Repair, and Remod- language of differential forms.-[...] Fields of interest eling.- Chapter 12: Airway Surface Liquid and Thermodynamics; Solid State Physics; Physical Respiratory Mucus.- Chapter 13: Surfactant.- Chap- Fields of interest Chemistry; Crystallography; Strongly Correlated Sys- ter 14: Conclusion.- References.- List of Currently Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity The- tems, Superconductivity Used Prefixes and Suffixes.- List of Aliases.- Comple- ory; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory; Cos- mentary Lists of Notations.- Index. mology; Mathematical Physics Target groups Research Fields of interest Target groups Biophysics and Biological Physics; Biomedical Engi- Upper undergraduate Type of publication neering; Mathematical and Computational Biology; Monograph Systems Biology; Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Car- Type of publication diology Undergraduate textbook More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5084-9 More on www.springer.com/978-88-470-2690-2 Hardcover Target groups 2013. 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S.-Q. Shen, The University of Hong Kong, China M.Y. Marov, Vernadsky Institute, Moscow, Russia; A.V. P.-L. Sulem, Observatory of the Coast Riviera, Nice, France; M. Kolesnichenko, Keldysh Institute, Moscow, Russia Mond, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel (Eds.) Topological Insulators Turbulence and Self-Organization Dirac Equation in Condensed Matters Waves and Instabilities in Space Modeling Astrophysical Objects Topological insulators are insulating in the bulk, but and Astrophysical Plasmas process metallic states present around its boundary The book deals with the development of continual models of turbulent natural media. Such models owing to the topological origin of the band structure. The articles in these proceedings provide up-to- serve as a ground for the statement and numerical The metallic edge or surface states are immune to date reviews of the present understanding of sev- evaluation of the key problems of the structure and weak disorder or impurities, and robust against the eral important issues concerning the dynamics of evolution of the numerous astrophysical and geo- deformation of the system geometry. This book, the space and astrophysical plasmas. They discuss obser- physical objects. The processes of ordering (self- first of its kind on topological insulators, presents vational results, asymptotic analyses and numeri- organization) in an originally chaotic turbulent a unified description of topological insulators from cal simulations of topics such as plasma instabilities, medium are addressed and treated in detail with the one to three dimensions based on the modified Dirac shock dynamics, turbulence, plasma heating and par- use of irreversible thermodynamics and stochastic equation. A series of solutions of the bound states ticle acceleration, both in the heliosphere where very dynamics approaches which underlie the respective near the boundary are derived, and the existing con- accurate data are provided by satellite in situ mea- models. Different examples of ordering set up in the ditions of these solutions are described. Topological surements, and in more distant astrophysical objects. natural environment and outer space are brought invariants and their applications to a variety of sys- Most of the articles include a significant introductory and thoroughly discussed, the main focus being tems from[...] material and an extended bibliography. given to the protoplanetary discs formation and[...] Features Features Features Topological insulators are insulating in the bulk, but The articles in these proceedings provide up-to- This book focuses on the development of contin- process metallic states around its boundary owing date reviews of the present understanding of sev- uum models of natural turbulent media. It provides a to the topological origin of the band structure. The eral important issues concerning the dynamics of theoretical approach to the solutions of different metallic edge or surface states are immune to weak space and astrophysical plasmas. They discuss obser- problems related to the formation, structure and disorder or impurities, and robust against the defor- vational results, asymptotic analyses and numeri- evolution of astrophysical and geophysical objects. mation of the system geometry. This book, Topo- cal simulations of topics such as plasma instabilities, A stochastic modeling approach is used in the math- logical insulators, presents a unified description of shock dynamics, turbulence, plasma heating and par- ematical treatment of these problems, which reflects topological insulators from one to three [..] ticle acceleration, both in the heliosphere where very self-organization processes in open dissipative sys- accurate [..] Contents tems. 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P.K. Bajpai, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya University, Bilaspur, R.X. Fischer, Bremen, Germany; W. Baur, Western Springs, IL, USA India; K.S. Ojha, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya University, (Eds.) Psychology Bilaspur, India; K.N. Singh, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya Uni- versity, Bilaspur, India (Eds.) Zeolite-Type Crystal Structures and S.C. Carr, Massey University, Palmerston, New Zealand XVI National Seminar on their Chemistry. Framework Type Ferroelectrics and Dielectrics Codes STO to ZON Anti-Poverty Psychology (NSFD-XVI) Vol. 14: Microporous and other Framework Materials with Zeolite-Type Structures Psychology has focused more on personalities in The present volume provides a state of the art Zeolites and zeolite-like materials became important poverty -- pathologizing -- than on contexts for account of the research being carried out in India because of their ion exchange capacities and their poverty reduction (Pick & Sirkin, 2010). As a result, in the field of advanced materials, especially fer- outstanding catalytic properties. Millions of tons the discipline has inadvertently sequestered and roelectrics, multiferroics, electro ceramics, polar of zeolites have been produced in the past years for isolated itself, and its potential contribution, from dielectrics, nano phases and nano structures, nano the oil refining industry alone and, in even greater poverty reduction initiatives - globally and locally. composites, based on these materials as well as thin quantities, as ion-exchanging softening agents for In recent years, there have been major develop- films. A number of new processing techniques, char- detergents. Numerous other applications, e.g., in ments in both the scope and depth of psychological acterization tools and applications in the areas of environmental protection, farming, gas separation, research on global development issues. Some of the microwave dielectrics, memory devices, sensors medicine, and pharmacy, are known, making zeo- key developments include significant advances in & actuators, photonics and nanotechnology are lites almost a necessity for daily life. Consequently, understanding of what motivates teachers in schools, described. The volume is especially useful for those there are many research activities dealing with zeolite on designing community interventions to promote pursuing research in the field of material science, properties and characterization. However, a strictly health, and on managing the development of human polymer chemistry, nanotechnology and condensed systematic description of zeolite-type crystal struc- “capacity” in aid and development[...] matter physics. tures was not[...] Features Features Features Reducing poverty, whether globally or locally, has The present volume provides a state of the art Zeolites and zeolite-like materials became important always comprised a set of complex critical tasks. account of the research being carried out in India because of their ion exchange capacities and their But just as essential as the tasks is their underlying in the field of advanced materials, especially fer- outstanding catalytic properties. Millions of tons worldview: where formerly the emphasis was on roelectrics, multiferroics, electro ceramics, polar of zeolites have been produced in the past years for changing institutions and thus changing people, the dielectrics, nano phases and nano structures, nano the oil refining industry alone and, in even greater movement now is away from paternalistic reme- composites, based on these materials as well as thin quantities, as ion-exchanging softening agents for dies and toward culturally aware organizations and films. A number of new processing techniques, char- detergents. Numerous other applications, e.g., in efforts to develop the untapped resources of people acterization tools and applications in the areas of [..] environmental protection, farming, gas [..] and their [..]

Fields of interest Fields of interest Contents Condensed Matter Physics; Surface and Interface Physics (general); Science Part I: Levels.- Personality.- Organizations.- Part II: Science, Thin Films; Nanoscale Science and Tech- Community.- Markets.- Media.- Part III: Nexus.- nology; Structural Materials; Magnetism, Magnetic Target groups Aid.- Mobility.- Systems. Materials Research Fields of interest Target groups Type of publication Cross Cultural Psychology; Sociology, general Research Reference work Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-32371-3 Type of publication Research Proceedings Hardcover 2013. 300 p. (Physical Chemistry, Subvolume 14F) Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-0-7354-0932-3 approx. $5,389.00 Monograph Softcover ISBN 978-3-642-32371-3 More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6302-3 2012. 450 p. (Materials Physics and Applications, Vol. Due: April 2013 Hardcover 1372) $187.00 2013. V, 385 p. 10 illus. (International and Cultural Psy- ISBN 978-0-7354-0932-3 chology) $129.00 Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. ISBN 978-1-4614-6302-3 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. springer.com Psychology 137

L.H. Gold, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA; D.L. E.E.(. Michaelides, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, USA K. Malley-Morrison, Boston University, MA, USA; A. Mercurio, Vanderpool, PRMS, Inc., Arlington, VA, USA (Eds.) Boston University, MA, USA; G. Twose, American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, USA (Eds.) Heat and Mass Transfer in Clinical Guide to Mental Disability Particulate Suspensions Evaluations International Handbook of Peace and Reconciliation Heat and Mass Transfer in Particulate Suspen- Disability evaluations are the most common clinical sions is a critical review of the subject of heat and mental health evaluations conducted for nontreat- mass transfer related to particulate Suspensions, How do ordinary people from different regions ment purposes. They place mental health profes- which include both fluid-particles and fluid-droplet around the world define peace and reconciliation? sionals in the role of communicating information Suspensions. Fundamentals, recent advances and What factors do they think are necessary for pro- that is typically confidential to administrative and industrial applications are examined. The subject of moting reconciliation between countries? Do they legal systems. Unfortunately, mental health profes- particulate heat and mass transfer is currently dri- believe that individuals have a right to protest against sionals receive little to no training in conducting ven by two significant applications: energy transfor- war and in favor of peace? Do they believe that assessments that focus on disability and disabil- mations –primarily combustion – and heat transfer apologies can improve the chances of reconciliation? ity management, and often do not understand the equipment. The first includes particle and droplet What do they think are the best ways for achieving implications and risks of providing this information, combustion processes in engineering Suspensions peace? Does reasoning regarding the achievability of especially without conducting what are often special- as diverse as the Fluidized Bed Reactors (FBR’s) and world peace vary by region? International Handbook ized evaluations. Clinical Guide to Mental Health Internal Combustion Engines (ICE’s). On the heat of Peace and Reconciliation, a companion volume Disability Evaluations is geared for general mental transfer side, cooling with[...] to the International Handbook on War, Torture, health practitioners, providing[...] and Terrorism, examines and analyzes how people Features around the world think about justice,[...] Features Heat and Mass Transfer in Particulate Suspen- Millions of people with psychiatric disorders are sions is a critical review of the subject of heat and Features competitively employed in the United States labor mass transfer related to particulate Suspensions, How do ordinary people from different regions force.At any given time, some employees with men- which include both fluid-particles and fluid-droplet around the world define peace and reconciliation? tal health problems may want or need to leave the Suspensions. Fundamentals, recent advances and What factors do they think are necessary for pro- workplacedue to these disorders, either temporarily industrial applications are examined. The subject of moting reconciliation between countries? Do they or permanently; others want to remain at or return particulate heat and mass transfer is currently driven believe that individuals have a right to protest against to workdespite mental health impairments. The by two significant applications: energy transforma- war and in favor of peace? Do they believe that administrative and legal employment [..] tions [..] apologies can improve the chances of reconciliation? What do they think are the best ways for achieving Contents Contents peace? [..] Mental Health Disability: A Model for Assessment.- Fundamentals.- Numerical Modeling and Simula- Legal and Ethical Issues in Providing Mental Health tions.- Fluidized Bed Reactors.- Heat Transfer with Fields of interest Disability Evaluations.- What should I do? When Nanofluids. Personality and Social Psychology; Positive Psychol- Patients Seek Disability Documentation.- Weigh- ogy ing Work Accommodations, Work Withdrawal, and Fields of interest Return to Work.- Psychological Testing in Work- Energy Systems; Engineering Thermodynamics, Target groups place Disability Evaluations.- Malingering and Men- Heat and Mass Transfer; Engineering Fluid Dynam- Research tal Health Disability Evaluations.- Social Security ics Type of publication Disability Insurance Evaluations: Treating Clinicians Handbook and Consultative Examiners.- Workers’ Compensa- Target groups tion Evaluations.- Long-term Disability Evaluations Research More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5932-3 for Private Insurers.- The Americans with[...] Type of publication Hardcover 2013. XVI, 681 p. 1 illus. in color. 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S.O. Dean, Fusion Power Associates, Gaithersburg, MD, USA F.N. Thomas, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, USA P.A. Prieto, Asociación para el Estudio de los Recursos Energéti- cos, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain; C.A.S. Hall, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, USA Search for the Ultimate Energy Solution-Focused Supervision

Source A Resource-Oriented Approach to Developing Clinical Exper- Spain’s Photovoltaic Revolution tise A History of the U.S. Fusion Energy Program The Energy Return on Investment New data have come to light through the Solu- Why has the clean, limitless energy promised by tion Focused Brief Therapy Association Archive The Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI or fusion always seemed just out of reach? Search for (hereafter, the Archive). This information is drawn EROEI) is the amount of energy acquired from the Ultimate Energy Source: A History of the U.S. from manuscripts and video featuring one of the a particular energy source divided by the energy Fusion Energy Program, explains the fundamen- SF founders, Insoo Kim Berg, MSW. Archive video expended, or invested, in obtaining that energy. tals and concepts behind fusion power, and traces- examples of Ms. Berg conducting supervision, ther- EROI is an essential and seemingly simple mea- the development of fusion historically by decade apy teams, and case consultation as well as unpub- sure of the usable energy or “energy profit” from —covering its history as dictated by US govern- lished manuscripts written by her provide unique the exploitation of an energy source, but it is not ment policies, its major successes, and its prognosis opportunities to illustrate specific assumptions and so easy to determine all of the energy expenditures for the future. The reader will gain an understand- techniques rarely seen before. The documents out- that should be included in the calculation. Because ing of how the development of fusion has been line Ms. Berg’s philosophy, assumptions, and tech- EROI values are generally low for renewable energy shaped by changing government priorities as well niques to conduct supervision, and the videos offer sources, differences in these estimates can lead to as other hurdles currently facing realization of in vivo examples of her supervision and team/case sharply divergent conclusions about the viability of fusion power. Advance Praise for Search for the Ulti- consultation style. Together, the Archive[...] these energy technologies. This book presents the mate Energy Source:“Dr. Dean has been uniquely first complete energy analysis of a[...] involved[...] Features As Solution-Focused (SF) Brief Therapy transformed Features Features the clinical world with its powerful present/future The Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI or Why has the clean, limitless energy promised by orientation and innovative techniques, it is no sur- EROEI) is the amount of energy acquired from fusion always seemed just out of reach? Search for prise that its approach should be applied to super- a particular energy source divided by the energy the Ultimate Energy Source: A History of the U.S. vision. By contrast, what is surprising is the lack of expended, or invested, in obtaining that energy. Fusion Energy Program, explains the fundamentals consensus on what constitutes good SF supervisory EROI is an essential and seemingly simple mea- and concepts behind fusion power, and traces the practice.Solution-Focused Supervision fills in the sure of the usable energy or “energy profit” from development of fusion historically by decade—cover- blanks, expanding on [..] the exploitation of an energy source, but it is not so ing its history as dictated by US government policies, easy to determine all of the energy expenditures that its major successes, and its prognosis for [..] Contents should be [..] SF Supervision Stance.- Systems thinking and iso- Contents morphism.- The Insoo approach to SF Supervision.- Contents Prologue.- Chapter 1 - Fusion Fundamentals.- Chap- SF Supervision Practices.- Tap on the shoulder: Preface.- Chapter 1. Solar Energy and Human Civi- ter 2 - Fusion Concepts.- Chapter 3 - The Strug- Supervision with Insoo Kim Berg.- Research and lization.- Chapter 2. The Evolution of the Demand gling Years - 1960s.- Chapter 4 - The Glory Years Supervision.- Applications.- Concluding thoughts. for Primary Energy and Electricity in Spain.- Chap- – 1970s.- Chapter 5 - The Carter Plan vs. The Rea- ter 3. The historical, Legal, Political, Social and Eco- gan Agenda – 1980-1985.- Chapter 6 - Successes and Fields of interest nomic Context of Solar Photovoltaics in Spain.- Disasters – 1985-1990.- Chapter 7 - Hope for Resur- Clinical Psychology; Psychology Research; Psy- Chapter 4. Calculating the Energy Return on Energy gence – 1990-1995.- Chapter 8 - Financial Tsunami chotherapy and Counseling Invested (EROI) for Spain’s Solar Photovoltaic – 1995-1999.- Chapter 9 - The New Millennium: Energy in 2008.- Chapter 5. Methods: Calculating the Science vs. Energy – 2000-2008.- Chapter 10 - The Target groups Energy Output. The Energy Returned (ER or Eout).- Obama Administration – 2009-2012.- Chapter 11 – Professional/practitioner Chapter 6. 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T.A. Hoffer, J.L.E. Shelton Z. Jagoo, University of Mauritius, Réduit, Mauritius Social Sciences Suicide Among Child Sex Offenders Tracking Solar Concentrators

A Low Budget Solution S.K. Mitra, University of Heidelberg, Germany (Ed.) By providing empirical data and multidisciplinary considerations, the book increases awareness of Harnessing a multitude of complementary green Citizenship as Cultural Flow child sex offender suicide among the various enti- energy sources is the only plausible way to satisfy ties which come into contact with this population the energy demands of a greedy global economy. Structure, Agency and Power of offenders. This book attempts to bring aware- The potential of solar energy (being the most abun- ness of this potentially high risk population to better dant) in fulfilling part of the energy requirements The book addresses the very topical subject of citizen inform the law enforcement, corrections, and men- of mankind is immense and constitutes the focal making. By delving into a range of sources - among tal health communities of the unique risk factors for point of this book. A self-powered solar tracker them survey questions, historical documents, polit- suicide among CSOs and provide a more effective that points directly towards the sun by means of an ical theory, architectural design, and public policy crisis response. The Federal Bureau of Investigation integrated control mechanism with two degrees of - the book provides a unique analysis of when and (FBI) Behavioral Analysis Unit III- Crimes Against rotational freedom was studied and developed. The why citizenship has taken root in India. Each chapter Children reviewed and analyzed 106 male Child Sex electro-mechanical control system is based on a pre- highlights the constant innovation of citizenship that Offenders (CSO) who committed suicide during the cisely-timed microcontroller circuit that first com- has occurred in India's legal, political, social, eco- course of a child sex crime[...] putes the altitude and azimuth of the sun in real-time nomic and aesthetic arrangements as well as provid- and then drives a pair of stepper motors[...] ing the basis for comparative analysis across South Features Asian cases and the European Union. 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Each chapter directly towards the sun by means of an integrated highlights the constant innovation of citizenship that Contents [..] has occurred in India's legal, political, [..] Introduction.- General Suicide Research.- Liter- ature on Suicide Notes.- Literature on Child Sex Contents Contents Offender Dynamics.- Research on Child Sex Offend- Introduction.- The Physics of the Sun.- Solar Track- Introduction: Citizenship today—Shifting Para- ers and Suicide.- Methdology and Results.- child Sex ing.- Solar Concentrators.- Experimental Results.- digms, Hybridization, or plus ça change?.- Part I: Offender Characteristics.- Child Sex Crime Inves- Conclusion.- Appendices. Reimagining the liberal canon.- From T. H. 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K. Burger, Sion, Switzerland J.W. Drisko, Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA; M.D. Grady, R. Klemm, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; D. Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA Klemm, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany Early Childhood Care and Education and Equality of Opportunity Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Gold and Gold Mining in Ancient Social Work Egypt and Nubia Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives on Social Challenges Geoarchaeology of the Ancient Gold Mining Sites in the Early childhood care and education has become a Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Social Work Egyptian and Sudanese Eastern Deserts subject of increasing public interest in a great num- introduces the key ideas of evidence-based clinical ber of countries and among several international social work practice and their thoughtful application. The book presents the historical evolution of gold organizations and foundations. This book focuses It intends to inform practitioners and to address mining activities in the Egyptian and Nubian Desert on key issues in early childhood care and education, the challenges and needs faced in real world prac- (Sudan) from about 4000 BC until the Early Islamic adding pedagogical, historical, and sociological per- tice. This book lays out the many strengths of the Period (~800–1350 AD), subdivided into the main spectives to a body of research in education that has EBP model, but also offers perspectives on its limi- classical epochs including the Early Dynastic – Old neglected important questions to date. The studies tations and challenges. An appreciative but critical and Middle Kingdoms – New Kingdom (including presented focus on effects of early childhood care perspective is offered throughout. Practical issues Kushitic) – Ptolemaic – Roman and Early Islamic. It and education on children, on the importance of (agency supports, access to research resources, help is illustrated with many informative colour images, family background for child development, on the in appraising research) are addressed - and some maps and drawings. An up to date comprehensive use of institutional services among different families, practical solutions offered. Ethical issues in assess- geological introduction gives a general overview on the history of such services in France and in the ment/diagnosis, working with diverse families to on the gold production zones in the Eastern Desert United States of America, and[...] make treatment[...] of Egypt and northern (Nubian) Sudan, including the various formation processes of the gold bearing Features Features quartz veins mined in these ancient[...] Early childhood care and education has become a "This volume is a superb and user-friendly resource key issue in social science as well as in politics. In for clinical social workers interested in incorporat- Features many countries, different actors increasingly use ing the EBP approach into their practice. It provides The book presents the historical evolution of gold early childhood programs to tackle a variety of soci- the intellectual and practical tools that practition- mining activities in the Egyptian and Nubian Desert etal challenges. The studies collected in this book ers need to use EBP wisely as well as to appreciate its (Sudan) from about 4000 BC until the Early Islamic contribute theoretical and empirical dimensions to limitations, with many case illustrations. Although Period (~800–1350 AD), subdivided into the main a body of research that has neglected a number of the book can easily be used on its own by graduate classical epochs including the Early Dynastic – Old questions to date. 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What is Evidence Based Practice and How It maps [..] inequalities.- New contributions to early childhood Influences Clinical Practice?- Introduction and care and education research.- Effects of early child- Overview.- Three Perspectives on Evidence Based Contents hood care and education programs on intellectual Practice.- The Steps of EBP in Clinical Social Archaeological Chronology fo Gold Mining in development.- History of childcare in France and Work: An Overview.- Assessment in Clinical Ancient Egypt and Nubian Sudan.- Value of Gold in in the United States.- Desire, language, and edu- Social Work and Identifying.- Practice Informa- Ancient Egypt.- Analyses of Gold and Observations cation in early childhood.- Multiple methodical tion Needs.- Locating Practice Research.- Evaluating on Ancient Egyptian Goldsmithing.- Summary on approaches.- Implications for practice and research. Research: Research Designs in EBM/EBP.- Evalu- the Sequential and Spatial Distribution of Ancient ating Research: Other Issues of Research Method- Gold Producing Sites in the Egyptian and Nubian Fields of interest ology in EBM/EBP.- Meta-analysis and Systematic Eastern Deserts. Social Sciences (general) Reviews: Aggregating.- Research Results.- Shared Fields of interest Decision Making with the Client.- Finalizing the Archaeology; Economic Geology; Geoecology / Nat- Target groups Treatment Plan and[...] Research ural Processes Fields of interest Target groups Type of publication Social Work; Psychotherapy and Counseling; Psy- Research Monograph chotherapy; Social Policy More on www.springer.com/978-3-658-01211-3 Type of publication Target groups Monograph Softcover Professional/practitioner 2013. IX, 235 p. More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-22507-9 $59.95 Type of publication Hardcover ISBN 978-3-658-01211-3 Monograph 2013. XX, 649 p. 587 illus., 519 in color. 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D.C. Comer, M.J. Harrower D.P. Farrington, University of Cambridge, UK; A.R. Piquero, Uni- K. Komp, Umeå University, Sweden; M. Aartsen, Vrije Universiteit versity of Texas at Dallas, TX, USA; W.G. Jennings, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Eds.) South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA Mapping Archaeological Old Age In Europe Landscapes from Space Offending from Childhood to Late Middle Age A Textbook of Gerontology Given the rising awareness and interest in aer- Europe currently is the oldest continent in the world ial and satellite remote sensing, there is a need Recent Results from the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development and its population is still ageing. This demographic to familiarize archaeologists with the basic prin- shift affects society, economy, and welfare states. ciples and applications of what have become Offending from Childhood to Late Middle Age is a Scholars from various disciplines and the public the most useful technologies. This volume, timely volume by leading researchers in Life Course noted this development and wonder what effects it in the Springerbriefs Archaeologial Heritage Criminology, which reports new findings from The may have, but lack adequate information. They call Management series, accomplishes this. Contribu- Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development, a for explanations that are concise and easily accessi- tions to the volume come from those who have been prospective longitudinal survey of 411 South Lon- ble. The book at hand fills this lacuna. It introduces active in developing key technologies as well as those don males first studied at age 8 in 1961. The main readers to the most important developments, theo- who have been most successful in applying them. aim of the study is to advance knowledge about ries, concepts, and discussions in ageing studies – Leading experts, most of them from NASA, con- criminal careers up to age 56. At the time of these always keeping an eye on the current situation in cisely describe what needs to be understood in order most recent findings, forty-two percent of the males Europe. Each chapter adopts the perspective of a dif- to utilize images produced from data collected by were convicted, with an average ten-year conviction ferent discipline, e.g. public health, sociology, eco- the most important airborne and satellite sensing career. Only seven percent of the males accounted nomics, or technology.[...] devices..[...] for half of all convictions. Almost all of the males (93 Features Features percent) reported committing an offense in four age ranges, compared with 29 percent[...] Europe currently is the oldest continent in the world Mapping Archaeological Landscapes from Space: In and its population is still ageing. This demographic Observance of the 40th Anniversary of the World Features shift affects society, economy, and welfare states. Heritage Convention offers a concise overview of Offending from Childhood to Late Middle Age is a Scholars from various disciplines and the public air and spaceborne imagery and related geospatial timely volume by leading researchers in Life Course noted this development and wonder what effects it technologies tailored to the needs of archaeologists. Criminology, which reports new findings from The may have, but lack adequate information. They call Leading experts including scientists involved in Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development, a for explanations that are concise and easily accessi- NASA’s Space Archaeology program provide techni- prospective longitudinal survey of 411 South London ble. The book at hand fills this lacuna. It [..] cal introductions to five sections: 1) Historic Air and males first studied at age 8 in 1961. The main aim [..] of the study is to advance knowledge about criminal Contents careers up to age 56. At the time of [..] Foreword: Alan Walker.- 1: Introduction: Older Contents People under the Magnifying Glass: Kathrin Komp Chapter Outline Introduction: The History and Contents and Marja Aartsen.- 2: Bio- and Health Gerontol- Future of Geospatial Technologies in Archaeology Introduction.- The Cambridge Study: previous ogy: How Ageing Changes our Bodies: Joel Ankri The Corona NASA ROSES Project Use of Corona in results.- The Social Interview at Age 48.- Offi- and Bernard Cassou.- 3: Gerontopsychology: Age- Archaeology of China Section 1: Multispectral and cial Criminal Careers.- Self-reported versus offi- ing is all in your Head: Mike Martin, Nathan Theill Hyperspectral Imagery Multispectral Technology cial offending.- Life Success at Age 48.- Persisters, and Vera Schumacher.- 4: Social Gerontology: Older and Archaeological Applications Understanding the desisters, and late onset offenders.- Psychopathy People and Everybody Else: Christina Victor.- 5: Development of Nabataean Agriculture Through the at age 48.- Death at age 48.- Costs and benefits of Political Gerontology: Population Ageing and the Use of Landsat and Aster Imagery Using Hyperion offending.- Conclusions and Policy Implications. 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K. Lasinska, Mannheim D.C. Comer, Cultural Site Research and Management, Baltimore, B. Zhao, Peking University, China MD, USA Social Capital in Eastern Europe The Little Emperors’ New Toys The Archaeology of Poland an Exception? Interdependence A Critical Inquiry into Children and Television in China Katarzyna Lasinska deals with the consequences Drawing on original research I conducted in the European Involvement in the Development of a Sovereign of democratic transitions in Middle and Eastern United States late 1980s, the book argues for a critical approach Europe. By selecting specific sets of countries accord- to the study of children and television. It begins ing to the main explanations such as Catholic tra- The publication explores the ways in which archaeo- with critical reappraisals of previous empiricist and dition, transformation process and communist logical research can inform us about the manner and interpretative studies to set the ground for a dif- legacies, the author identifies key factors explaining motives of European involvement in the develop- ferent theoretical inquiry which links biography particular findings in Poland. Thank to systemat- ment of a sovereign United States. The five chapters with history. The situated activity of children’s tele- ically used comparative research strategy the pit- focus on different archaeological sites (four terres- vision viewing therefore has to be related to the falls of idiosyncratic argumentation are successfully trial sites and one underwater), and each consider broader historical and cultural formations in post- avoided. Through inclusion of religious tradition the special ways in which archaeology can contribute Mao China. By way of a methodological pluralism as an explanative factor the results go beyond the to our understanding of the cultural dynamics that of questionnaire survey, in-depth interviews and commonly used East-West comparisons. The author set the historic course of events in motion that cul- observation, the book provides the reader with a presents a comprehensive picture of complex condi- minated in United States sovereignty. An intro- thorough critical analysis of the rise of the new com- tions and different processes for social[...] duction and conclusion examine how the material mercial ethic in Chinese society[...] culture that is the central focus of archaeological Features research should be preserved, managed, and inter- Features Katarzyna Lasinska deals with the consequences preted. While much is known through[...] Drawing on original research I conducted in the late of democratic transitions in Middle and Eastern 1980s, the book argues for a critical approach to the Europe. By selecting specific sets of countries accord- Features study of children and television. It begins with crit- ing to the main explanations such as Catholic tra- The publication explores the ways in which archaeo- ical reappraisals of previous empiricist and inter- dition, transformation process and communist logical research can inform us about the manner and pretative studies to set the ground for a different legacies, the author identifies key factors explaining motives of European involvement in the develop- theoretical inquiry which links biography with his- particular findings in Poland. Thank to systemati- ment of a sovereign United States. The five chapters tory. The situated activity of children’s television cally used comparative research strategy the pitfalls focus on different archaeological sites (four terres- viewing therefore has to be related to the [..] of [..] trial sites and one underwater), and each consider the special ways in which archaeology can contribute Contents Contents to our understanding of the cultural dynamics that 1. Introduction: In the Name of Modernisation.- 2. Exploring social capital in Poland.- Social capital: [..] Children and Television: Public Concern and Scien- conceptional framework and empirical findings.- tific Research.- Roots of Concern.- Television and Communist legacy and systemic transition.- Catholi- Fields of interest Change: Before and After.- Windows of Vulnerabil- cism and social capital.- Catholicism and social capi- Archaeology; Cultural Heritage ity.- The Home and the School.- Taking Children tal in Poland is a comparative perspective - empirical Seriously: the Interpretative Turn.- Towards a Criti- evidence.- Is social capital building different in Target groups cal Perspective.- 3. Positivist Approach and Interpre- Poland?.- Why is Poland an exception among post- Research tative Alternative: Critical Reappraisals.- Childhood: communist societies?. Controversies in Conceptualization.- Positivist Type of publication Approach: an Instrument of Control?.- Interpreta- Fields of interest Brief tive Alternative: a New Empiricist Ethos?.- 4. Critical Comparative Politics; Social Sciences (general) More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6027-5 Approach to the Study of Children[...] Target groups Softcover Fields of interest Research 2013. V, 109 p. 25 illus., 20 in color. (SpringerBriefs in Sociology, general; Cultural Studies; Communication Archaeological Heritage Management, Vol. 1) Studies Type of publication $49.95 Monograph ISBN 978-1-4614-6027-5 Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-3-658-00522-1 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Research Softcover Type of publication 2013. XVII, 238 p. 50 illus. Monograph $59.95 ISBN 978-3-658-00522-1 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-32047-7 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Hardcover 2013. 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M.K. Cowles, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA H.-J. Andreß, Universität zu Köln, Germany; K. Golsch, Universität Statistics Bielefeld, Germany; A.W. Schmidt, Universität zu Köln, Germany Applied Bayesian Statistics Applied Panel Data Analysis for D.G. Kleinbaum, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; K.M. Sulli- With R and OpenBUGS Examples van, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; N.D. Barker, Atlanta, GA, Economic and Social Surveys USA This book is based on over a dozen years teaching a Bayesian Statistics course. The material presented Many economic and social surveys are designed here has been used by students of different levels ActivEpi Companion Textbook as panel studies, which provide important data for and disciplines, including advanced undergraduates describing social changes and testing causal relations A supplement for use with the ActivEpi CD-ROM studying Mathematics and Statistics and students in between social phenomena. This textbook shows graduate programs in Statistics, Biostatistics, Engi- how to manage, describe, and model these kinds of This Companion Textbook supplements the neering, Economics, Marketing, Pharmacy, and Psy- data. It presents models for continuous and categori- ActivEpi CD-ROM, sold separately. The ActivEpi chology. The goal of the book is to impart the basics cal dependent variables, focusing either on the level CD-ROM provides a multimedia presentation of of designing and carrying out Bayesian analyses, of these variables at different points in time or on concepts, commonly taught in an introductory epi- and interpreting and communicating the results. In their change over time. It covers fixed and random demiology course. ActivEpi mixes a full array of addition, readers will learn to use the predominant effects models, models for change scores and event media to motivate, explain, visualize and apply epi- software for Bayesian model-fitting, R and Open- history models. All statistical methods are explained demiological concepts. Virtually all of the mate- BUGS. The practical approach this book takes will in an application-centered style using research exam- rial on the ActivEpi CD-ROM is included in the help students of all levels to[...] ples from scholarly journals, which can be replicated Companion Textbook. Because individuals differ by the reader through[...] in their learning skills, the ActivEpi CD-ROM and Features This book is based on over a dozen years teaching the ActivEpi Companion Textbook offer readers Features a Bayesian Statistics course. The material presented different but related options on how to learn epi- Many economic and social surveys are designed here has been used by students of different levels demiology. The Textbook can be used as a hardcopy as panel studies, which provide important data for and disciplines, including advanced undergraduates reference of the textual materials contained on the describing social changes and testing causal relations studying Mathematics and Statistics and students in CD-ROM, as a resource[...] between social phenomena. This textbook shows graduate programs in Statistics, Biostatistics, Engi- how to manage, describe, and model these kinds of Features neering, Economics, Marketing, Pharmacy, and Psy- data. It presents models for continuous and categori- This Companion Textbook supplements the chology. The goal of the book is to impart the [..] cal dependent variables, focusing either on the level ActivEpi CD-ROM, sold separately. The ActivEpi of these variables at different points in time or on [..] CD-ROM provides a multimedia presentation of Contents What is Bayesian statistics?.- Review of probability.- concepts, commonly taught in an introductory epi- Contents Introduction to one-parameter models.- Inference demiology course. ActivEpi mixes a full array of Introduction: Benefits and challenges of the panel for a population proportion.- Special considera- media to motivate, explain, visualize and apply epi- design.- Outline of the book.- Audience and prereq- tions in Bayesian inference.- Other one-parameter demiological concepts. 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J. Wakefield, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA M. Grigoletto, University of Padua, Italy; F. Lisi, University of Th.J. Quirk, Webster University, St. Louis, MO, USA; M. Quirk, Bai- Padua, Italy; S. Petrone, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy (Eds.) ley, CO, USA; H. Horton, Bailey, CO, USA Bayesian and Frequentist Regression Methods Complex Models and Excel 2007 for Biological and Life Computational Methods in Sciences Statistics

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Th.J. Quirk, Webster University, St. Louis, MO, USA; M. Quirk, Bai- C. Fuchs, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany N. Golyandina, St. Petersburg University, Russia; A. Zhigljavsky, ley, CO, USA; H. Horton, Bailey, CO, USA Cardiff University, UK Inference for Diffusion Processes Excel 2010 for Biological and Life Singular Spectrum Analysis for Sciences Statistics With Applications in Life Sciences Time Series Diffusion processes are a promising instrument for A Guide to Solving Practical Problems realistically modelling the time-continuous evolution Singular spectrum analysis (SSA) is a technique of of phenomena not only in the natural sciences but This is the first book to show the capabilities of time series analysis and forecasting combining ele- also in finance and economics. 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