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A 52 Bartolini (Eds), Modern Sliding Mode Control C Theory 1 Adams, Guidelines for Reports by Autopsy (LNCIS 380) 34 Camarinha-Matos (Eds), Collaborative Pathologists 70 Bassa (Eds), 40 Years of Pulsars Networks:Reference Modeling 105 Agassi, Science and History (AIP Conf . Proc . 983) 35 Camarinha-Matos (Eds), Methods and Tools (Boston Stud . Phil . Science 253) 101 Bausch (Eds), Handbook Utility Management for Collaborative Networked Organizations 33 Agrawal (Eds), Theory and Applications of 19 Bebendorf, Hierarchical Matrices 20 Cannarsa/D’Aprile, Introduzione alla teoria Models of Computation (LNCSE 63) della misura e all’analisi funzionale (LNCS 4978) 33 Beckert (Eds), Tests and Proofs (Unitext) 17 Aguilar-Gaxiola (Eds), Depression in Latinos (LNCS 4966) 54 Cao/Yan, Low-Power High-Speed ADC for (Issues in Children’s and Families’ Lives 8) 34 Ben Yahia (Eds), Concept Lattices and their Nanometer CMOS Integration 18 Alladi (Ed), Surveys in Number Theory Applications (Analog Circuits and Signal Processing) (Developments in Math . 17) (LNCS 4923) 96 Carlberg, Inflation and Unemployment in a 69 Anders, Cathodic Arcs 52 Bentley, Spaceplanes Monetary Union (Spr . Ser . Atom . Phys . 50) 34 Berghammer (Eds), Relations and Kleene 54 Cen (Eds), Challenges of Power Engineering 51 Andrade-Cetto (Eds), Informatics in Control, Algebra in Computer Science and Environment Automation and Robotics (LNCS 4988) 81 Charlier/Finkl, Ocean Energy (Lecture Notes Electrical Engineering 15) 26 Berk, Statistical Learning from a Regression 35 Chen (Eds), Advances in Geometric Modeling 51 Arcoumanis (Ed), Combustion in Automotive Perspective and Processing Engines (Spr . Ser . Statistics) (LNCS 4975) (Exp . Fluid Mech .) 81 Bernard (Eds), Taking Geoinformation 35 Chen (Eds), Information Security Practice 51 Arena (Ed), Dynamical Systems, Wave-Based Science One Step Further and Experience Computation and Neuro-Inspired Robots (Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and (LNCS 4991) (CISM 500) Cartography) 55 Chen (Eds), Intelligence and Security Infor- 18 Argyros, Convergence and Applications of 111 Bernecker, The Metaphysics of Memory matics Newton-type Iterations (Philosophical Studies Series 111) (SCI 135) 69 Avilov (Eds), Electron Microscopy and Multi- 10 Berstein (Eds), Innovative Endocrinology of 36 Cheng (Eds), Advances in Wireless Ad Hoc scale Modeling - EMMM - 2007 Cancer and Sensor Networks (AIP Conf . Proc . 999) (Advs . Exp . Med . & Bio . 630) (Signals Technol .) 1 Avner (Eds), Pediatric Nephrology . 6th ed . 53 Bessière (Eds), Probabilistic Reasoning and 79 Cherkaoui/Capolungo, Atomistic and 1 Avner (Eds), Pediatric Nephrology . 6th ed . Decision Making in Sensory-Motor Systems Continuum Modeling of Nanocrystalline
D 88 Evangelista (Eds), Algal Toxins: Nature, 57 Gras (Eds), Statistical Implicative Analysis Occurrence, Effect and Detection (SCI 127) 71 Dagdug (Eds), Biological Physics (NATO Science A)
105 Hon/Goldstein, From Summetria to 22 Keener/Sneyd, Mathematical Physiology 5 Lozano (Eds), Textbook of Stereotactic and Symmetry: The Making of a Revolutionary (IAM 8/2) 2nd ed . Functional Neurosurgery . 2nd ed . Scientific Concept 91 Kocher (Eds), Genome Mapping and
62 Murthy et al ., Product Reliability 76 Petrova-Koch (Eds), High-Efficient Low-Cost 48 Schubert (Eds), Detection of Liquid Explo- (Spr . Ser . Reliability Eng .) Photovoltaics sives and Flammable Agents in Connection 23 Myasnikov et al ., Group-based Cryptography (Spr . Ser . Opt . Sc . 1011) with Terrorism (Adv . Courses Math .) 5 Pfaff (Eds), Hormones and Social Behaviour (NATO Science B)
85 Thomas (Eds), Geography and Drug 78 Weisend II (Eds), Advances in Cryogenic Addiction Engineering 7 Thoumie (Ed), Actualités en rééducation des (AIP Conf . Proc . 985)
A 106 Clocks in the Sky 69 Electron Microscopy and Multiscale 34 Collaborative Networks:Reference Modeling Modeling - EMMM - 2007 53 Acoustics for Engineers 104 A Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base 79 Electron Spin Resonance and Related 7 Actualités en rééducation des maladies for Europe – Eine einheitliche Körperschaft- Phenomena in Low-Dimensional Structures neuro-musculaires de l’adulte steuerbemessungsgrundlage für Europa 66 Electronic Circuits 56 Adaptive and Multilevel Metaheuristics 109 Comparative and Global Pedagogies 60 Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and 97 Adaptive Scalarization Methods in Multiob- 15 Comparative Placentation Nanofluidics jective Optimization 59 Complex Nonlinearity 112 Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions 1 Adrenal Imaging 72 Compound Nuclear Reactions and Related 6 Epidémiologie des cancers de l’enfant 67 Advanced Design and Manufacture to Gain a Topics 61 Error Correction Codes for Non-Volatile Competitive Edge 57 Computational Intelligence for Remote Memories 15 Advances in Cognitive Neurodynamics ICCN Sensing 12 Essential Concepts in Toxicogenomics 2007 65 Computational Intelligence in Automotive 81 The European Information Society 78 Advances in Cryogenic Engineering Applications 113 Evaluation of Text and Speech Systems 79 Advances in Cryogenic Engineering 59 Computer and Information Science 62 Evolution of the Web in Artificial Intelligence Materials 34 Concept Lattices and their Applications Environments 45 Advances in Cryptology – EUROCRYPT 2008 3 Congenital Heart Defects . Decision Making 93 Evolutionary Biology from Concept to 35 Advances in Geometric Modeling and for Surgery Application Processing 18 Convergence and Applications of Newton- 77 Advances in Meteoroid and Meteor Science type Iterations F 24 Advances in Modeling Agricultural Systems 44 Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in Agent Systems III 36 Advances in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor 48 Fast Reactions in Energetic Materials 85 Coral Reefs of the USA Networks 21 Field Arithmetic 20 Correspondance de Leonhard Euler 42 Agent-Oriented Software Engineering VIII 75 First Stars III 22 Country Risk Evaluation 39 Agile Software Engineering 51 Flow and Combustion in Reciprocating 107 Critical Pedagogy and the Everyday 88 Algal Toxins: Nature, Occurrence, Effect and Engines Classroom Detection 68 Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer and Boiling in 89 Crop Biosecurity 25 Algebra, Arithmetic, and Geometry Micro-Channels 98 Cross Regional Trade Agreements 44 The Algorithm Design Manual 28 Forecasting with Exponential Smoothing 83 Cross-border Governance and Sustainable 43 Algorithmic Game Theory 40 Formal Methods and Testing Spatial Development 26 Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R 70 40 Years of Pulsars 11 Current Topics in Complement II 41 An Approach to Modelling Software 96 40 Years of Research on Rent Seeking 1 11 Cyclin Dependent Kinase 5 (Cdk5) Evolution Processes 97 40 Years of Research on Rent Seeking 2 58 Approximate and Noisy Realization of 97 40 Years of Research on Rent Seeking Discrete-Time Dynamical Systems D 105 From Summetria to Symmetry: The Making 44 Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems of a Revolutionary Scientific Concept 43 Artificial Evolution 56 Defect and Material Mechanics 38 Functional and Logic Programming 110 Artificial Market Experiments with the 17 Depression in Latinos 37 The Future of Identity in the Information U-Mart System 68 Design of Ultra Wideband Antenna Matching Society 56 Atmospheric Icing of Power Networks Networks 79 Atomistic and Continuum Modeling of 48 Detection of Liquid Explosives and Flam- G Nanocrystalline Materials mable Agents in Connection with Terrorism 107 Developing Students’ Statistical Reasoning 2 General Surgery 55 Diagnosis of Process Nonlinearities and B 91 Genome Mapping and Genomics in Fishes Valve Stiction and Aquatic Animals 14 Diagnostic Criteria in Autoimmune Diseases 15 Bacterial Signal Transduction 10 Genomics and Pharmacogenomics in 84 Dictionary of Gems and Gemology 76 Beamed Energy Propulsion Anticancer Drug Development and Clinical 3 Differential Diagnosis for the Dermatologist 2 Biliary Lithiasis Response 67 Digital VLSI Design with Verilog 49 Bioactive Heterocycles V 93 Genomics-Assisted Crop Improvement 36 Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery 100 Bio-Inspired Credit Risk Analysis 85 Geography and Drug Addiction 61 Dynamic Methods for Damage Detection in 71 Biological Physics 5 Geropsychology and Long Term Care Structures 16 Bipolar Depression: Molecular Neurobiology, 68 Global Design to Gain a Competitive Edge 51 Dynamical Systems, Wave-Based Computa- Clinical Diagnosis and Pharmacotherapy 50 Green Chemical Reactions tion and Neuro-Inspired Robots 21 Boundary Integral Equations 84 Groundwater Geochemistry 60 Dynamics of the Axially Moving Orthotropic 72 Burning Plasma Diagnostics 23 Group-based Cryptography Web 106 The Buzz about Bees 1 Guidelines for Reports by Autopsy Pathologists C E H 69 Cathodic Arcs 90 The Economics of Forest Disturbances 66 Elasto-Plastic and Damage Analysis of Plates 54 Challenges of Power Engineering and 2 Handbook of Cardiovascular CT and Shells Environment 101 Handbook Utility Management 103 Charity Law & Social Policy VIII Title Index Springer News 5/2008 springer.com/booksellers
112 Hermeneutics and Hindu Thought: M 18 Nonlinear Optimization with Engineering Toward a Fusion of Horizons Applications 49 Heterocyclic Polymethine Dyes 40 Machine Learning 82 Nonlinear Time Series Analysis in the 19 Hierarchical Matrices 102 The Making of Information Systems Geosciences 72 High Energy Physics and Applications 61 Manufacturing Systems and Technologies for 107 novepernove 76 High Time Resolution Astrophysics the New Frontier 71 Nuclei and Mesoscopic Physics 76 High-Efficient Low-Cost Photovoltaics 12 The Marmoset Brain in Stereotaxic 89 The Nucleus 105 A History of Physical Theories of Comets, Coordinates 90 The Nucleus From Aristotle to Whipple 60 Masonry Constructions: Mechanical Models 5 Hormones and Social Behaviour and Numerical Applications O 90 Host Plant Catalog of Aphids 19 Mathematical Epidemiology 6 Host-Pathogen Interactions 23 Mathematical Models of Financial Derivatives 81 Ocean Energy 37 Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control 22 Mathematical Physiology 46 OpenGL Graphics Through Applications 45 Hypercomputation 30 Mathematics and Politics 108 Organizing Schools for Productive Learning 28 Matrix Algebra From a Statistician’s 94 Origin of Group Identity Perspective 4 Orthopaedic Spine Surgery 24 Matrix-Based Multigrid 103 Individual Criminal Responsibility for Core 64 Mechanical System Dynamics P International Crimes 38 Medical Imaging and Informatics 102 Industrial Project Management 67 Metaheuristics for Scheduling in Industrial 70 The Painlevé Handbook 6 Infection and Rheumatic Diseases and Manufacturing Applications 36 Passive and Active Network Measurement 96 Inflation and Unemployment in a Monetary 111 The Metaphysics of Memory 91 Pathways to High-tech Valleys and Research Union 35 Methods and Tools for Collaborative Triangles 12 Influenza Vaccines for the Future Networked Organizations 23 Patterns of Change 51 Informatics in Control Automation and 101 Mobile Service Innovation and Business 1 Pediatric Nephrology Robotics Models 42 Performance Modeling and Engineering 43 Information Security and Cryptology 41 Model-Based Software and Data Integration 87 Pharmaceuticals in the Environment 35 Information Security Practice and Experience 45 Modeling Communication with Robots and 111 Philosophical Lectures on Probability 40 Information Systems and e-Business Virtual Humans 94 Pine Wilt Disease: A Worldwide Threat to Technologies 96 Modeling Income Distributions and Lorenz Forest Ecosystems 46 Information Theory and Network Coding Curves 88 Plant Growth Signaling 63 Ingredients for Successful System Level 19 Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of 91 Plant Physiological Ecology Automation Design Methodology Complex Processes 73 Plasma 2007 100 Innovations in Macroeconomics 28 Modern Multivariate Statistical Techniques 77 Plasma and Fusion Science 10 Innovative Endocrinology of Cancer 52 Modern Sliding Mode Control Theory 87 Plasma Assisted Decontamination of 7 Insulin Resistance 93 Molecular Embryology Biological and Chemical Agents 55 Intelligence and Security Informatics 14 Molecular Imaging I 108 Play and Learning in Early Childhood Settings 103 International Safeguards and Satellite 14 Molecular Imaging II 74 Polarized Ion Sources Imagery 92 Molecular Mechanisms of Plant and Microbe 13 Prenatal Mouse Brain Atlas 58 An introduction to fluid mechanics and Coexistence 17 The Primary Care Toolkit transport phenomena 26 Morphometrics with R 53 Probabilistic Reasoning and Decision Making 39 Introduction to Video Search Engines 11 Mouse Models of Human Blood Cancers in Sensory-Motor Systems 27 Introductory Statistics with R 25 Multilevel Block Factorization Precondi- 20 Probability Models for DNA Sequence 20 Introduzione alla teoria della misura e tioners Evolution all’analisi funzionale 66 Multiscale Fatigue Crack Initiation and 75 Proceeding of the National Society of Black Propagation of Engineering Materials Physicists K 62 Product Reliability N 41 Programming Languages 10 Kidney Research 99 Public Management and the Metagover- 47 Nanostructure Design nance of Hierarchies, Networks and Markets L 59 Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Optimization (NICSO 2007) Q 55 Neuroscience in Space 74 Latin-American School of Physics XXXVIII 78 Neutrino Factories, Superbeams and ELAF 69 Quantum Magnetism Betabeams 54 Learning Classifier Systems in Data Mining 73 Neutron and X-Ray Scattering 2007 92 Lipid Signaling Protocols 62 New Challenges in Applied Intelligence R 111 The Loss of Certainty Technologies 54 Low-Power High-Speed ADCs for Nanometer 57 New Methods of Concurrent Checking 110 Racism in the 21st Century CMOS Integration 83 New Trends in Soil Micromorphology 27 Random Effect and Latent Variable Model 65 Next-Generation FTTH Passive Optical Selection Networks 17 Recent Developments in Alcoholism 71 Recent Developments in Physical Chemistry springer.com/booksellers Springer News 5/2008 Title Index IX
49 Recognition of Anions 52 Sustainable Energy Production and 87 Reducing Climate Impacts in the Transporta- Consumption tion Sector 47 Symmetry through the Eyes of a Chemist 77 Reference Data on Atomic Physics and Atomic Processes T 82 Regional Climate of China 50 Regulated Systems for Multiphase Catalysis 99 Teaching Entrepreneurship 34 Relations and Kleene Algebra in Computer 31 TestGoal Science 31 The Testing Network 83 Remote Sensing from Space 33 Tests and Proofs 48 Resilience of Cities to Terrorist and other 5 Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Threats Neurosurgery 13 Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and 13 Th17 Cells: Role in Inflammation and Pharmacology Autoimmune Disease 4 Revision Sinus Surgery 110 Theories on Law and Ageing 78 RIAO/OPTILAS 2007 33 Theory and Applications of Models of Computation S 4 Thymus Gland Pathology 42 Topics in Cryptology – CT-RSA 2008 3 Salivary Gland Cytopathology 38 Transactions on Computational Science I 100 Scenario Logic and Probabilistic Manage- 89 Trees in Patagonia ment of Risk in Business and Engineering 98 Trends in Business and Economic Ethics 105 Science and History 33 Trustworthy Global Computing 46 Semantic Grid: Model, Methodology, and Applications U 113 Semantics in Acquisition 53 The Sense of Touch and Its Rendering 75 Unifying Themes in Complex Systems 58 Sensors and Low Power Signal Processing 81 Uranium Deposits of the World 63 7th Asian-Pacific Conference on Medical and 102 Urban Transportation Planning in the Biological Engineering United States 101 The Silver Market Phenomenon 21 Singular Limits in Thermodynamics of Viscous Fluids V 70 Sirius Matters 73 Sixth Torino Workshop on Evolution and 65 Vector Control of Three-Phase AC Machines Nucleosynthesis in AGB Stars and IIND 47 Vinegars of the World Perugia Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics 39 VizSEC 2007 64 Soft Computing Applications in Business 64 Solder Joint Reliability Prediction for Multiple W Environments 52 Spaceplanes 80 Water Dynamics 29 The Statistical Analysis of Functional MRI 82 Water in Road Pavements Data 29 Wavelet Methods in Statistics with R 57 Statistical Implicative Analysis 37 Web Services and Formal Methods 26 Statistical Learning from a Regression 94 Wnt Signaling Perspective 95 Wnt Signaling 29 Statistical Methods for Environmental Epidemiology with R 27 Statistics for Decision Making & Competitive Advantage 88 Stem Cells 92 Stem Cells, Human Embryos and Ethics 24 Stochastic Control in Discrete and Continuous Time 99 Stochastic Optimization Methods 98 Strategy and Governance of Networks 84 Stratosphere Troposphere Interactions 86 Stress Field of the Earth’s Crust 63 Supervised and Unsupervised Ensemble Methods and their Applications 80 Surface and Interface Analysis 18 Surveys in Number Theory
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V. I. Adams, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, E. D. Avner, W. E. Harmon, P. Niaudet, N. Yoshikawa M. A. Blake, G. Boland, Massachusetts General USA (Eds .) Hospital, Boston, MA, USA (Eds .) Guidelines for Reports by Pediatric Nephrology Adrenal Imaging Autopsy Pathologists Through 5 editions, Pediatric Nephrology has Imaging of the adrenal gland has made tremen- become the standard reference text for students, dous progress in the last decade as new tech- Traditionally, pathology residents have learned trainees, practicing physicians (Pediatricians, nologies continue to evolve. Adrenal Imaging how to write autopsy reports by trial-and- Nephrologists, Internists, and Urologists), sub- highlights the pertinent clinical and pathological error, with oral feedback from local mentors. specialists, and allied health professionals seeking information that underpins the accurate inter- Now, pathologists and pathologists in training information about Children’s Kidney Diseases. It is pretation and use of adrenal imaging. Written by throughout the English-speaking world have access global in perspective, and reflects the international a prestigious group of international contributors, to a manual that describes what should be in an group of editors, who are well-recognized world’s individual chapters in Adrenal Imaging serve as autopsy report, how to organize the material, and experts in Pediatric Nephrology. a relevant and up-to-date reference of adrenal what the purposes are. The book lists numerous imaging findings, algorithms and techniques bad habits to avoid, and offers examples of effec- Features in CT, MR nuclear medicine, intervention and tive report construction. It covers not only how 7 Now in its 6th edition, Pediatric Nephrology trauma. Summary sections at the end of each to describe diseases and injuries, but also how to has become THE standard medical reference chapter illuminate key teaching points to enhance formulate and write opinions. As a supplement, the textbook in the field retention. book also contains recommendations on record retention schedules for medical examiners (not Fields of interest Features everything needs to be saved in perpetuity), and Nephrology; Pediatrics; Urology/Andrology 7 Practical, comprehensive, and well illustrated how to formulate opinions for death certificates. 7 Contributions from world-renowned adrenal The book is aimed at pathologists in training, but Target groups experts 7 Demonstrates the importance of the will also be of benefit to seasoned pathologists who All physicians and health care professionals adrenal glands in medicine, surgery, and imaging want to improve their reports. treating children with kidney disease, such as 7 Highlights new developments in adrenal pediatric and internist nephrologists, pediatricians, imaging 7 Reviews established adrenal imaging Features pediatric urologists, family practitioners, physi- findings, algorithms, and techniques in CT, MR 7 To help the autopsy pathologist clearly commu- cians in training, nurses and dialysis personnel nuclear medicine, intervention, and trauma nicate reports 7 Emphasizes troublesome topics Type of publication Contents From the contents Reference work Adrenal Embryology and Pathology.- Adrenal Part I. Autopsy protocol.- Purpose, structure, and Cortical Dysfunction.- Adrenal Medullary organization.- Purpose.- Structure.- Organiza- Dysfunction.- Adrenal Role in Oncology.- Adrenal tion.- Measurements.- Diagnostic terms.- External Surgery.- Imaging of Adrenal Dysfunction.- Examination.- Inventory of parts.- Clothing and Imaging of Pheochromocytoma.- Adrenal Imaging surface evidence.- Identifying Features.- Signs Using CT: Differentiation of adenomas and metas- of death.- Organization of external findings.- tases.- MRI of the Adrenals.- Adrenal Nuclear Therapy.- Organ and tissue dnation.- Wounds Due May 2009 Medicine.- PET/CT of the Adrenals.- Adrenal by type.- General organization.- Outside-in.- Intervention and Trauma.- Future of Adrenal Paragraphs.- Impact wounds.- Blade wounds.- Original published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003 Imaging. Hanging.- Firearm wounds.- Burns and fire deaths.- Wounds by organ. 6th ed . 2009 . Approx . 1800 p . 600 illus ., 50 in color . Fields of interest Hardcover Diagnostic Radiology; Oncology; Endocrinology Fields of interest 7 € 249,00 | £187.50 Pathology; Public Health ISBN 978-3-540-76327-7 Target groups Radiologists, radiology residents and fellows, Target groups 9
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Original published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003 Due August 2008 Due September 2008 6th ed . 2009 . Approx . 1800 p . 600 illus ., 50 in color . 2008 . Approx . 335 p . 56 illus . in color . (Contemporary 2008 . Approx . 115 p . 4 illus . Hardcover Print + eReference . Medical Imaging) Hardcover 7 € 34,95 | £26.50 7 € 311,00 | £234.00 7 € 134,95 | £101.50 9
K. I. Bland, M. W. Büchler, A. Csendes, O. J. Garden, G. Borzellino, C. Cordiano, University of Verona, Italy M. J. Budoff, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, M. G. Sarr, J. Wong (Eds .) (Eds .) CA, USA; J. S. Shinbane, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA (Eds .) General Surgery Biliary Lithiasis Principles and International Practice Basic Science, Current Diagnosis and Handbook Management of Cardiovascular CT Essentials for Clinical Practice General Surgery: Principles and International Practice is organized into Ten Sections, each The aim of the book is an overview on biliary representing an important branch of surgical lithiasis, twenty years after the first laparoscopic ‘Handbook of Cardiac CT’ is a primer for the science. It aims to provide the medical student, cholecystectomy, including all its clinical pictures. practical performance and interpretation of general surgical resident or active practitioner Gallbladder, main bile duct and intra-hepatic cardiovascular computed tomography. This manual with an illustrative, instructive and comprehen- stones, in their uncomplicated and complicated serves as a companion to the textbook: ‘Cardiac sive textbook depicting the rationale for the basic forms will be illustrated. Basic science, epidemi- CT Imaging: Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disease’ operative principles mandated by state-of-the-art ology, diagnostic and therapeutic approaches of and provides essential concise and practical text surgical therapy. biliary lithiasis will be reported summary of each topic, with additional tables, Different diagnostic procedures will be described algorithms, protocols and key images for orienta- Features and critically discussed as well as treatment tion to and familiarization with important disease 7 “Go-to” source to rapidly evaluate the organ options for each of the clinical pictures of biliary processes. This manual targets a reading audience site-disease 7 Comprehensive insight into selec- lithiasis including technical details and the most who are in the training phase of performance tive management of high-risk and rare diseases recent scientific acquisitions. Content of the book and interpretation of cardiovascular CT and is is not only limited to the currently therapeutic designed as an easily accessible pocket reference. Field of interest approaches reported in the literature, but it also Surgery includes new and innovative therapeutic strategies Features for biliary lithiasis 7 First portable reference to cardiac CT tech- Target groups The most important feature is that all of the niques 7 All techniques covered including General surgery residents, general surgery possible diagnostic and therapeutic approaches 64-slice CT 7 Highly illustrated manual practitioners, medical students will be illustrated. 7 Compliments existing textbook: ‘Cardiac CT Imaging’ edited by Matthew Budoff and Type of publication Features Jerold Shinbane Reference work 7 Provides a complete overview on biliary lithiasis Contents Patient Selection and Preparation.- Image From the contents Acquisition.- Image Processing, and Interpreta- Epidemiology of biliary lithiasis.- Biliary phys- tion.- Cardiovascular Calcium Scoring.- Coronary iopathology and gallstone disease.- Structure Artery Disease.- Coronary Angiography after and composition of stones.- Natural history of Revascularization.- Myocardial and Pericardial biliary lithiasis.- Diagnostic procedures for biliary Disease Processes.- Valvular Disease.- Cardiac Due October 2008 lithiasis.- Medical treatment of biliary lithiasis.- Masses.- Aorta and Great Vessels.- Congenital Anaesthesia in biliary lithiasis.- Techniques of Heart Disease.- Cardiac Electrophysiology Appli- Originally published by WB Saunders, 2002 cholecystectomy.- Robot-Assisted cholecystec- cations.- Peripheral and Carotid Vasculature.- tomy.- Day Surgery cholecystectomy.- Diagnosis Pulmonary and Thoracic Disease.- Competency 2nd ed . 2008 . Approx . 2585 p . 870 illus ., 227 in color . and treatment of acute cholecystitis.- Incidental and Credentialing.- Appendix: Cardiac Anatomy Hardcover carcinoma of the gallbladder.- Complications of Orientation. 7 € 199,95 | £139.95 laparoscopic cholecystectomy. ISBN 978-1-84628-832-6 Fields of interest Fields of interest Cardiology; Imaging / Radiology; Diagnostic 9
Originally published by WB Saunders, 2002 Due May 2008 Due September 2008 2nd ed . 2008 . Approx . 2585 p . 870 illus ., 227 in color . Print + eReference . 2008 . Approx . 480 p . Hardcover 2008 . Approx . 265 p . 223 illus ., 38 in color . Softcover 7 € 250,00 | £174.95 7 approx. € 139,95 | £105.50 7 € 46,95 | £40.00 9
A. F. Corno, Alder Hey Royal Children Hospital, W. C. Faquin, Massachusetts General Hospital, S. Jackson, L. T. Nesbitt, Jr, LSU, New Orleans, LA, Liverpool, England; P. Festa, Ospedale Pediatrico Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; USA Apuano “G . Pasquinucci”, Massa, Italy C. N. Powers, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Richmond, Differential Diagnosis for the Congenital Heart Defects. VA, USA Dermatologist Decision Making for Surgery Salivary Gland Cytopathology CT-Scan and MRI When faced with a challenging dermatologic problem, physicians are often required to do a The diagnosis and management of congenital Salivary gland cytopathology is one of the most time-consuming search through large dermato- heart defects has rapidly evolved over the last few challenging areas of diagnostic cytology. Salivary logic texts to find the information on the necessary decades. Gland Cytopathology will use a simplified differential diagnosis. This comprehensive and In this third volume of the series entitled algorithmic approach based upon differential concise Handbook of Differential Diagnosis for the “Congenital Heart Defects: Decision Making for diagnostic groups to cover practical aspects of Dermatologist will shorten this process to a matter Surgery” Antonio Corno provides an up-to-date diagnosing common as well as challenging salivary of seconds. Hundreds of dermatologic diagnoses, and comprehensive presentation of the new role gland lesions. morphologic features, drug-induced disorders, that cardiac CT and MRI will play in the manage- This volume published in the “Essentials in extracutaneous manifestations, histologic find- ment of congenital heart defects. He has been ably Cytopathology” book series will fulfill the need for ings, and random other findings are listed in assisted by a cardiologist, Pierluigi Festa. an easy-to-use and authoritative synopsis of site alphabetical order and in a homogenous reader- The book provides a dazzling array of images specific topics in cytopathology. These guide books friendly structure. The differential diagnosis for derived by both techniques and covers the full fit into the lab coat pocket, ideal for portability and each disorder can be found under each diagnosis. range of congenital heart malformations. Both quick reference. Each volume is heavily illustrated Accompanied by a PDA version, this valuable the pre-operative and post-operative usefulness with a full color art program, while the text follows and portable title enables dermatologists and of these techniques is presented: in the pre-opera- a user-friendly outline format. those dealing with dermatologic diseases to find a tive period with regard to the details useful for correct diagnosis more rapidly. choosing among all available surgical options; Features in the post-operative period for monitoring the 7 Published in the Essentials in Cytopathology Features follow-up and potential complications. book series 7 Designed to be concise and easy 7 Comprehensive list of hundreds of dermato- to use 7 Fits in lab coat pocket 7 Site specific logic diagnoses 7 Morphologic features Features 7 Majority of illustrations are in four color 7 Drug-induced disorders 7 Extracutaneous 7 First and only volume on the market presenting 7 Illustration oriented accompanied by text in manifestations and histologic findings with differ- all the pre- and post-operative aspects and images outline format ential diagnosis 7 Alphabetically structured with of congenital heart defects as seen by CT and reader-friendly format 7 Includes PDA-version MRI 7 Numerous illustrations provide clear and From the contents didactic images for each specific anatomic detail Introduction to FNA and Salivary Gland Neo- Contents 7 Helps to decide on the best surgical option plasia.- Salivary Gland FNA: Anatomical,Clinica, The Chief Complaint.- The Past Medical History, 7 Provides advice with regard to monitoring in and Technical Considerations.- Algorithmic Social History, and Review of Systems.- The the post-operative period 7 Alerts to potential Approach to Salivary Gland FNA: An Overview.- Physical Exam.- The Biopsy.- The Laboratory complications The Normal Salivary Gland Aspirate.- Inflamma- Results.- The Diagnosis.- Quick Glossary. tory Patterns and Lymphoma.- Matrix-Containing Fields of interest Tumors: Pleomorphic Adenoma and Adenoid Fields of interest Cardiac Surgery; Pediatric Surgery; Pediatrics Cystic Carcinoma.- Basaloid Tumors: Basal Cell Dermatology; Internal Medicine; General Prac- Adenoma and Basal Cell Adenocarcinoma.- Onco- tice / Family Medicine Target groups cytic Tumors: Oncocytoma, Warthin Tumor, and Cardiac surgeons, postgraduates, undergraduates Acinic Cell Carcinoma.- Cystic and Mucinous Target groups Lesions: Mucocele and Low Grade Mucoepider- Dermatology residents as well as dermatology Type of publication moid Carcinoma. experts and those dealing with patients with skin Professional book disease Fields of interest Pathology Type of publication Handbook Target groups Cytopathologists; anatomic/clinical pathologists; cytopathology fellows/trainees; cytotechnologists; cytopreparatory technicians
Type of publication Handbook Due May 2008 Due May 2008 Due June 2008 2008 . Approx . 1010 p . 112 illus ., 62 in color . 2008 . Approx . 255 p . 176 illus ., 164 in color . (Essentials in With CD-ROM for Windows, Macintosh and PDA . 2008 . Approx . 220 p . Hardcover Cytopathology, Volume 5) Softcover Hardcover 7 € 119,95 | £90.50 7 € 46,95 | £36.00 7 € 64,95 | £49.00 9
W. Käfer, B. Cakir, T. Mattes, H. Reichel, University of S. E. Kountakis, Medical College of Georgia, GA, USA; C. Lavini, U. Morandi, University of Modena and Ulm, Germany (Eds .) J. Jacobs, New York University Medical Center, New Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; C. A. Moran, University York, NY, USA; J. Gosepath, Mainz Medical School, of Texas, Huston, TX, USA; R. Schoenhuber, General Orthopaedic Spine Surgery Mainz, Germany (Eds .) Hospital, Bolzano, Italy (Eds .) An Instructional Course Textbook Revision Sinus Surgery Thymus Gland Pathology Clinical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Features Based on the instructional course of orthopaedic In “Revision Sinus Surgery” the world’s most spine surgery, the “Ulm Spine Week”, which is held prominent rhinologists illustrate their experi- annually at the Department of Orthopaedics of the ence in diagnosing and managing recurrent The thymus role has been unclear until the second University of Ulm, a panel of experts in the field sinus disease and skull base lesions. Starting with half of 1900. Nowadays its function is much of spine surgery is presenting a variety of issues preoperative planning and medical management, clearer, and the increase of the thymus pathology related to the treatment of acquired disorders of these challenging cases are well-illustrated with is a challenging problem that can be better faced. the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine as well as the relevant surgical techniques. This invaluable The most important thymus diseases often require to lumbar non-fusion technology. resource is designed to prevent complications and a multidisciplinary approach, and involve several improve the outcomes of revision sinus surgeries. specialists, from the clinical immunologist to the Features Both practicing and in-training otolaryngologists neurologist and the radiologist, from the surgeon 7 Meant to be a manual for all surgeons dealing can use this comprehensive volume as an all-in- to the anaesthesist and the oncologist. with spinal pathologies 7 Instructional course one source for the evaluation and management of The volume deals with the whole range of this textbook recurrent sinus disease and skull base pathology. gland pathology and describes the most recent surgical and non surgical techniques. Written by From the contents: Features international experts, it will be very useful for all Posterior instrumentation of the cervical spine 7 Surgical technique lavishly illustrated with those involved in the treatment of these diseases. using the neon occipito-cervical system.- Treat- step-by-step approach 7 Reader-friendly struc- ment principles in rheumatoid instability of the ture 7 Includes postoperative care and outcomes Features cervical spine.- Surgical techniques in cervical as well as the management of complications 7 Updating monograph: the volume compre- spinal canal stenosis.- Techniques of thoracic and 7 Written by the world’s most prominent rhinolo- hends the most important pathologies of the lumbar pedicle screws, lumbosacral fixation, and gists thymus (congenital, flogistic and hypertrophic, costotransversectomy.- Fusion procedures for neoplastic pathology) and presents the most recent degenerative disorders of the lumbar spine – From the contents surgical and non surgical techniques of treatment indications, techniques, and results.- Herniation CT/MR anatomy in revision sinus surgery.- Indi- of thymus pathology 7 Multidisciplinar approach of the lumbar intervertebral disc – when is surgery cations for revision sinus surgery.- Predictors of of the thymus pathology, suitable for several required?- Lumbar spinal canal stenosis – failure of primary surgery.- Medical management specialists as surgeons, neurologists, pathologists, decompression with or without stabilization?- after primary surgery failure and preop medical radiologists and so on Spondylolisthesis – diagnosis and therapy.- management.- Intraoperative imaging.- Surgical Current concepts in scoliosis surgery.- Computer anatomy in revision sinus surgery.- Surgical Fields of interest navigation in spine surgery.- Treatment of cervical instruments.- Anesthetic choices, techniques and Thoracic Surgery; Surgery; Pediatrics spine injuries.- Thoracic spine injuries – open injections.- Revision septal and turbinate surgery.- versus endoscopic procedures.- Surgical treatment Revision endoscopic surgery of the ethmoid and Target groups of fractures of the lumbar spine.- The role of verte- maxillary sinus.- Revision endoscopic surgery of Surgeons, neurologists, immunologists, general broplasty and kyphoplasty in the management of the sphenoid sinus.- Endoscopic and microendo- practitioners, pathologists, anaesthesiologists osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. scopic revision frontal sinus surgery.- Revision endoscopic modified lothrop.- Revision surgery of Type of publication Fields of interest the frontal sinus.- Trans-septal frontal sinus- Monograph Orthopedics; Neurosurgery; Traumatic Surgery otomy.- Frontal sinus rescue: what to do when it fails. Target groups Orthopaedists, neurosurgeons, orthopaedic Fields of interest surgeons, spinal surgeons Otorhinolaryngology; Head and Neck Surgery; Neurosurgery Type of publication Monograph Target groups Otolaryngologists, rhinologists, head and neck surgeons as well as neurosurgeons working with otolaryngologists
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A. Lozano, P. Gildenberg, R. Tasker (Eds.) D. W. Pfaff, The Rockefeller University, New York, E. Rosowsky, J. M. Casciani, M. Arnold (Eds .) NY, USA; C. Kordon, P. Chanson, University Hospital Textbook of Stereotactic and Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France; Y. Christen (Eds .) Geropsychology and Long Functional Neurosurgery Hormones and Social Term Care Behaviour A Practitioner‘s Guide The Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional President: M. Smith Neurosurgery will become a reference text in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. The The evolutionary approach presented in this book authors have been selected based on their inter- provides clues to the relevance of social interac- The ever-increasing population of older adults national recognition and academic excellence in tions as part of the natural selection process, for residing in nursing homes and long-term care the field. It covers stereotactic principles as well as the survival of species, including ours. Proceeding communities, as reflected in numerous demo- functional stereotaxis. Amongst the stereotactic further, as science often does, from the simple graphic studies, point out a clear need for gero- principles are discussions of frame-based and to the complex, and taking advantage of the psychologists i.e., trained specialists in the field frameless systems of stereotaxis, image guidance wide pluridisciplinary range of the participants of aging and mental health, to meet the needs of stereotaxis, atlases and the technical aspects of – coming from fields as diverse as molecular this nation’s older adults. This book will provide a radiosurgery. neuroscience, anthropology and psychology – a needed resource for psychologists working in long- final question was raised as to whether biological term care settings and those who wish to do so. Features substrates of complex social behaviors may also be Key outcomes include the provision of high quality 7 State-of- the art appraisal of the field of stereo- relevant to moral issues characteristic of humans psychological services for this important but tactic and functional neurosurgery beings (Hauser and Young 2008): for instance, neglected sector namely, people living in nursing information aiming at decision making is not homes, assisted living communities and other LTC Fields of interest processed by the brain in the same way, whether settings. Neurosurgery; Diagnostic Radiology; Imaging / or not a given situation is perceived as involving This text will be of great value to psychologists Radiology moral dilemmas. In fact, it could be argued that currently working in long-term care settings who human social behavior mechanisms do not consti- have had graduate work in geropsychology, yet Target groups tute a simple extension of other central nervous desire more in-depth and practical training. Neurosurgeons, surgeons and neurologists at all system regulatory functions but instead represent level of experience and require a different level of analysis. Features 7 One of few books offering to increase the Type of publication From the contents number of trained mental health professionals Reference work Modules, minds and morality.- Brain mecha- available to address the unmet needs for mental nisms theoretically underlying extremes of social health and behavioral health treatment within behaviours: the best and the worst.- Serotonergic the growing population of elderly 7 Includes modulation of sex and aggression.- The Effect of ethical issues and guiding professional principles neuropeptides on human trust and altruism: A 7 Offers easy access to the content and considers neuroeconomic perspective.- Molecular Neurobi- various training models and opportunities ology of the Social Brain.- Impact of brain evolu- Due July 2009 tion on hormones and social behaviour.-Brain Contents oxytocin mediates beneficial consequences of close 1: Policies and Reimbursement: Meeting the Originally published by McGraw Hill social interactions: from maternal love and sex.- Need for Mental Health Care in Long Term Care.- Hormones, brain plasticity and reproductive func- 2: Referrals.- 3: Providers.- 4: Assessment.- 2nd ed . 2009 . Approx . 2175 p . 900 illus ., 450 in color . tions.- Neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying 5: Treatment Plans.- 6: Treatment Process.- With DVD . Hardcover the intergenerational transmission of maternal 7: Integration of Psychiatry Medication and 7 € 599,00 | £451.00 behaviour and infant abuse in rhesus macaques.- Psychology in Long Term Care.- 8: Documentation ISBN 978-3-540-69959-0 Brain corticosteroid receptor function in response and Outcomes Measurement.- 9: Ethical Issues in 9
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S. Rupp, K. Sohn, Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial G. Schett, J. Zwerina, Medical University Erlangen, D. Sommelet, CHU de Nancy, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, Engineering and Biotechnology, Stuttgart, Germany Germany France; J. Clavel, Unité INSERM, Villejuif, France; (Eds .) B. Lacour, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France (Eds .) Infection and Rheumatic Host-Pathogen Interactions Diseases Epidémiologie des cancers de Methods and Protocols Mimicking and Complicating Effects on l‘enfant Rheumatic Disorders
In recent decades, infectious diseases, once Pourquoi un cancer? Chez notre enfant? Peut- believed to be fairly contained, have become a il guérir? Aura-t-il des séquelles? Cet ouvrage vital, resurgent field of research. In Host-Pathogen Autoimmune and rheumatic diseases are two rassemble pour la première fois en France les Interactions: Methods and Protocols, top experts close allies. Differential diagnosis of both disease données d’incidence (un enfant sur 500 est examine the relationship between the host and the groups can be cumbersome since the clinical signs touché chaque année), de répartition par types pathogen, crucial in the outcome of an infection of rheumatic and infectious disorders are very histologiques et de survie (75,2 % à 5 ans pour and the establishment of disease or asymptomatic, similar. This book addresses the fact that infectious la période 1990-99) des cancers de l’enfant. Ces commensal colonization by organisms. The step- disease can either mimic or complicate rheumatic données proviennent des cinq registres régionaux by-step laboratory methods and protocols of this diseases. In the first part, cases of with standard de population dont le premier a été mis en place en volume study host-pathogen interaction, with a rheumatic symptoms patients triggered by infec- Lorraine en 1983, et des deux registres nationaux focus on fungal, bacterial and parasitic pathogens, tions and differential diagnosis are presented. The (hémopathies et tumeurs solides) qui assurent at a molecular level in order to reveal the mecha- second part is dedicated to the complications of désormais la surveillance sanitaire de la totalité du nisms of infection and to identify the vulner- rheumatic disease infections. Standard patient territoire français. Outils au service des recherches abilities of the pathogen of interest. Written in the cases are presented as well as risk factors, clinical étiologiques, les registres, régulièrement évalués, highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ features and microbial spectra. Further chap- éclairent sur les progrès thérapeutiques et la series format, the chapters feature brief subject ters inform about the impact of anti-rheumatic qualité de la prise en charge des patients dans des introductions, lists of the necessary materials and and immunomodulatory drug therapies (incl. filières adaptées aux exigences de soins et d’une reagents, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding biological agents) on infectious risk, the specific recherche clinico-biologique de qualité. Le recueil known pitfalls. aspects of vaccination during immunosuppressive des données chez l’adulte guéri permet d’évaluer la therapy and issues about the infectious risk and réalité du suivi et le degré éventuel de complica- Features chemoprophylaxis during orthopedic surgery. This tions tardives et de séquelles. 7 Ready-to-start protocols established for reli- book provides clinicians a detailed insight between ability by experts in the field 7 Easy to reproduce rheumatic and infectious disease. Fields of interest 7 Comprehensive coverage of the models of Oncologie; Pédiatrie infection and methods to study the major human Features pathogenic bacteria, fungi as well as parasites 7 Connections between Rheumatic and Infec- Target groups tious Disease clinically described 7 Mimicking Chercheurs; etudiants en DES et FMC: pédiatrie, From the contents or Complicating Effects addressed 7 Provides oncologie, génétique, santé publique, médecine Introduction: Bacterial Pathogens.- Transcription Patient Cases, Risk Factors and Microbial spectra générale; etudiants en DESC: cancérologie option Analyses in the Interaction of Neisseria menin- pédiatrie gitidis with Mammalian Host Cells.- Surface- Fields of interest exposed adherence molecules of Streptococcus Rheumatology; Infectious Diseases; Internal Type of publication pneumoniae.- Screening of Virulence Traits in Medicine Monographie Legionella pneumophila and Analysis of the Host Susceptibility to Infection by Using the Dictyoste- Target groups lium Host Model System. Rheumatologists, immunologists, internists, clinicians Fields of interest Infectious Diseases; Pathology; Immunology Type of publication Professional book Target groups Infectious disease specialists, pathologists, molecular biologists
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P. Thoumie, Hôpital Rothschild, Paris, France (Ed .) P. S. Zeitler, K. J. Nadeau, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA (Eds .) Actualités en rééducation des maladies neuro-musculaires Insulin Resistance de l‘adulte Childhood Precursors and Adult Disease
The prevalence of disorders related to insulin Contents resistance has continued to increase throughout Les Myopathies.- Panorama et actualité des the developed and developing world. The world’s myopathies de l’adulte.- Expérience de Consul- population has continued to become more obese tation multidisciplinaire des myopathies de and sedentary. Of great concern in the last decade l’adulte.- Appareillage du tronc pour campto- is the extension of these deleterious lifestyle cormie.- Rééducation de l’Equilibre et myopa- patterns to the pediatric population, leading thies.- Entrainement aérobie dans le McArdle.- to both obesity and the appearance of insulin Troubles vésico sphinctériens et myopathies.- Les resistance-related disorders in youth as well as neuropathies.- Panorama et actualité des neuropa- adults. Insulin Resistance: Childhood Precursors thies périphériques.- Appareillage de marche des and Adult Disease presents topics related to insulin Charcot Marie Tooth.- Chirurgie du pied dans resistance and its consequences across the lifespan. les neuropathies.- Les neuropathies végétatives.- In the first section of the book examining epidemi- Douleurs et neuropathies périphériques.- Rééduca- ology, the contributors review controversies over tion de l’équilibre et de la marche et neuropathies the definition of metabolic syndrome in adults ataxiantes. and children, current knowledge regarding the epidemiology of insulin resistance in the pediatric Fields of interest population and the contributions of the prenatal Médecine, généralités; Réhabilitation; Médecine de and early childhood environment to the develop- réhabilitation ment of insulin resistance.
Target groups From the contents Médecins MPR, kinésithérapeutes, neurologues, The metabolic syndrome: definitions, contro- médecins généralistes versies, and clinical utility.- Epidemiology of the Metabolic syndrome and related disorders in Type of publication children and adolescents.- Metabolic syndrome in Monographie children and adolescents worldwide.- Maternal- fetal contributors to the insulin resistance syndrome in youth.- Early childhood contribu- tions to insulin resistance.- Molecular Mechanisms of insulin resistance.- Techniques used to assess insulin action.- Adiposity is the enemy: body composition and insulin sensitivity.- Ectopic fat deposition: adiponectin and insulin resistance in obese adolescents.- Mediators of insulin resistance.
Fields of interest Endocrinology; Internal Medicine; General Prac- tice / Family Medicine
Target groups Endocrinologists, primary care clinicians, cardi- ologists, exercise physiologists, nutritionists
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Encyclopedia of Neuroscience* Marc D. Binder, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Nobutaka Hirokawa, University of Tokyo, Japan; Uwe Windhorst, University of Goettingen, Germany; Martin C. Hirsch, Marburg, Germany (Eds.) Unique in its breadth and detail, this encyclopedia offers a comprehensive and highly readable guide to a complex and fast-expanding field. The five-volume reference work gathers more than 10,000 entries, including in-depth essays by internationally known experts, and short keynotes explaining essential terms and phrases. In addition, expert editors contribute detailed introductory chapters to each of 43 topic fields ranging from the fundamentals of neuroscience to fascinating developments in the new, inter-disciplinary fields of Computational Neuroscience and Neurophilosophy. Some 1,000 multi-color illustrations enhance and expand the writings. 5 volume SET 2008. Approx. 5000 p. 1000 illus. in color. In 5 volumes, not available separately. Hardcover July 2008 Print ISBN 978-3-540-23735-8 7 € 1999,00 | £ 1537.50 Prepub. Price valid until 31.10.2008 7 € 1600,00 | £ 1231.00 August 2008 eReference ISBN 978-3-540-29678-2 7 € 1999,00 | £ 1537.50 Prepub. Price valid until 30.11.2008 7 € 1600,00 | £ 1231.00 August 2008 * Previously announced in Print + eReference Springer NEWS 09/2007 ISBN 978-3-540-35857-2 7 € 2499,00 | £ 1922.50 Prepub. Price valid until 30.11.2008 7 € 1999,00 | £ 1537.50
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L.M. Berstein, N .V . Petrov Research, St . Petersburg, T.D. Hewitson, G. Becker, The Royal Melbourne F. Innocenti, University of Chicago, IL, USA (Ed .) Russia; R.J. Santen, University of Virginia Health Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia (Eds .) Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA, USA (Eds .) Genomics and Kidney Research Pharmacogenomics in Innovative Endocrinology of Experimental Protocols Cancer Anticancer Drug Development and Clinical Response In Kidney Research: Experimental Protocols, This volume is devoted to the new developments in top experts in the field seek to aid researchers such topics as mechanisms of hormonal carcino- by providing a number of specialized techniques The availability of new molecular approaches genesis, epidemiology and risk factors, hormone developed to examine this intricate system. to the selection of drug therapy is an emerging production by tumor tissue and hormonal sensi- Through both well-established and novel methods, need, as the traditional approach based on the tivity of the latter, genesis, dichotomy and endo- this volume explores the preparation and culture evaluation of patient and tumor characteristics crinology of cancer in females, pharmacogenomics of the main cell types used to study renal disease is clearly far from optimal. Many, and in most and proteomics in oncoendocrinology, biological mechanisms, the common animal models used to cases the majority of treated patients do not have core of hormonal and antihormonal therapy of mimic the various forms of human renal disease, significant benefits from the treatment while they cancer and its prevention. and specific applications and techniques used in often experience moderate to severe toxicities. In vivo and in vitro. Written in the highly successful “Pharmacogenomics, Anticancer Drug Discovery, From the contents Methods in Molecular Biology™ series format, the and Response” readers will find a series of Mechanisms of Hormone Carcinogenesis: Evolu- chapters contain step-by-step, readily reproducible chapters addressing the role of genomic informa- tion of Views, Role of Mitochondria.- Adaptation laboratory protocols, lists of the necessary mate- tion in cancer therapy and in drug development to Estradiol Deprivation Causes Up-Regulation of rials and reagents, and tips on troubleshooting and representing a unique source, as it describes Growth Factor Pathways and Hypersensitivity to avoiding known pitfalls. experimental approaches, statistical strategies, and Estradiol in Breast Cancer Cells.- Role of Endo- Essential and cutting-edge, Kidney Research: clinical examples of the application of genomic crine-Genotoxic Switchings in Cancer and Other Experimental Protocols delivers invaluable medicine in oncology. This book provides the most Human Diseases: Basic Triad.- Breast Develop- guidance to new and experienced laboratory comprehensive body of knowledge on the role of ment, Hormones and Cancer.- Epidemiology researchers delving into the sophisticated study of genetic and genomic variation in the individualiza- of Hormone-Associated Cancers as a Reflec- the kidney. tion of drug therapies in cancer patients. tion of Age.- Obesity and Diabetes Epidemics: Cancer Repercussions.- Progesterone Receptor Features Features Action: Translating Studies in Breast Cancer 7 Includes step-by-step instructions providing a 7 Comprehensive reference for researchers in the Models to Clinical Insights.- Aromatase expres- level of detail rarely found in journal articles field of cancer pharmacogenomics and clinicians, sion in women’s cancers.- Proteomics of Cancer 7 Provides experimental techniques for exam- from both academia and industry 7 Provides a of Hormone-Dependent Tissues.- Endogenous ining the mechanisms and pathology of kidney collection of multi-disciplinary topics 7 Covers Hormone Levels and Risk of Breast, Endome- disease 7 Details protocols for isolating and the most important aspects of pharmacogenomics trial and Ovarian Cancer: Prospective Studies.- culturing the most common renal cell types applied to cancer patients Hormonal Heterogeneity of Endometrial Cancer.- 7 Involves an in-depth review of the various Cell Cycle Machinery: Links with Genesis and animal models of renal disease 7 Emphasizes Fields of interest Treatment of Breast Cancer.- Selective Estrogen techniques for mouse models Cancer Research; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Modulators as an Anticancer Tool: Mechanisms of Human Genetics Efficiency and Resistance. Fields of interest Molecular Medicine; Nephrology; Cell Biology Target groups Fields of interest Cancer pharmacogenomics and clinicians, students Cancer Research Target groups Nephrologists, renal disease specialists, laboratory Type of publication Target groups scientists, cellular biologists Contributed volume Researchers in the area of endocrinology Type of publication Type of publication Contributed volume Contributed volume
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N.Y. Ip, Hong Kong University of Science and J.D. Lambris, Unniversity of Pennsylvania, S. Li, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA Technology, Hongkong, China; L. Tsai, Massachusetts Philadelphia, PA, USA (Ed .) (Ed .) Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA (Eds .) Current Topics in Mouse Models of Human Cyclin Dependent Kinase 5 Complement II Blood Cancers (Cdk5) Basic Research and Pre-clinical Applications
Several studies indicate that complement proteins Cyclin Dependent Kinase 5 provides a comprehen- exert functions that are either more complex In this book, Dr. Li and his author team plan to sive and up-to-date collection of reviews on the than previously thought, or go well beyond the emphasize why mouse models are useful in vivo discovery, signaling mechanisms and functions of innate immune character of the system. The systems for understanding disease mechanisms Cdk5, as well as the potential implication of Cdk5 advent of high-throughput platforms for genome and developing therapeutic strategies in blood in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. and proteome-wide profiling, together with the cancers. The authors do not intend to cover all Since the identification of this unique member of enormous amount of raw genetic information that types of blood cancers; instead, they will focus the Cdk family, Cdk5 has emerged as one of the has accumulated in the databases, have stirred new on some major ones such as leukemias and most important signal transduction mediators in expectations in biomedical research. They have led lymphomas. However, the authors will try to cover the development, maintenance and fine-tuning complementologists to revisit established biolog- as much as they can the cancer types and point of neuronal functions and networking. Further ical systems, such as the complement system, from out that many blood cancers need to be studied studies have revealed that Cdk5 is also associated a global and integrative perspective. Complement in mouse disease models although they are still with the regulation of neuronal survival during research is now faced with the challenge of trying not available at present. A major focus in the book both developmental stages and in neurodegenera- to integrate isolated biochemical pathways into will be to show what we can or cannot learn from tive diseases. These observations indicate that complex gene and protein regulatory circuits. mouse disease models and to also show the critical precise control of Cdk5 is essential for the regula- This volume represents a collection of topics on contributions of mouse models in therapeutic drug tion of neuronal survival. The pivotal role Cdk5 the “novel” functions of complement, patho-physi- development. appears to play in both the regulation of neuronal ology, protein structures, design of complement survival and synaptic functions thus raises the inhibitors, and complement assays discussed Features interesting possibility that Cdk5 inhibitors may during the conference. 7 Most importantly, this book will be very highly serve as therapeutic treatment for a number of respected because it is coming out of The Jackson neurodegenerative diseases. Features Laboratory, which is the largest and most famous 7 Proceedings from the Fourth Aegean Confer- mouse genetics institution in the world 7 The Features ences Workshop on Complement Associated editor has invited several experts at The Jackson 7 Appeals to researchers from various fields of Diseases, Animal Models, and Therapeutics Laboratory and they’ve agreed to author chapters neuroscience research, in light of the extensive (June 10-15, 2007) involvement of Cdk5 in neuronal development, From the contents plasticity and neurological disorders 7 Written From the contents 1. Mouse models of myeloproliferative disease by leaders in the field of Cdk5 research 7 Encom- Adipokines and the Immune System: An Adipo- associated with mutant JAK2 tyrosine kinase: passes a variety of Cdk5 studies using different centric View.- The Role of Complement in Stroke insights into pathophysiology and therapy.- 2. approaches to elucidate the functions and signaling Therapy.- Food intake regulation by central Genetic modeling of human blood cancers in mechanisms of Cdk5 complement system.- A Pivotal Role of Activation mice.- 3. Murine Models of Hematopoietic of Complement Cascade (CC) in Mobilization of Disease: Pathologic Analysis and Characteriza- From the contents Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cells (HSPC).- tion.- 4. Mechanisms of DNA double strand Cdk5 – discovery, kinetics and biochemistry.- Regulation of Tissue Inflammation by Thrombin- break repair in hematopoietic homeostasis and Cdk5 as a modulator of gene transcription.- Cdk5 Activatable Carboxypeptidase B (or TAFI).- Inter- oncogenesis.- 5. Modeling human leukemia using as a regulator of neuronal migration.- Regulation action between the Coagulation and Complement immune-compromised mice.- 6. Dietary Restric- of Cdk5.- Cdk5 in the regulation of neuronal death System.- Platelet Mediated Complement Activa- tion: A model system probing the cell fate decision and survival – developmental apoptosis.- Cdk5 in tion.-Adrenergic Regulation of Complement- between cancer and senescence.- 7. Modeling the regulation of neuronal death and survival – induced Acute Lung Injury.- Stucture, Function human Philadelphia chromosome-positive neuronal death models. and Diseases of Ficolins. leukemia in mice.
Fields of interest Fields of interest Fields of interest Neurosciences; Cell Biology; Developmental Immunology; Microbiology; Infectious Diseases Cancer Research; Cell Biology; Animal Genetics Biology and Genomics Target groups Target groups Immunologists, microbiologists, pathologists, and Target groups Cellular, developmental and molecular specialists in infectious disease and inflammation Basic and clinical researchers, medical students neuroscientists and pharmaceutical companies Type of publication Type of publication Contributed volume Type of publication Contributed volume Contributed volume Due August 2008 Due August 2008 Due August 2008 2008 . Approx . 315 p . 65 illus . (Advances in Experimental 2008 . Approx . 320 p . 118 illus ., 18 in color . Hardcover Medicine and Biology, Volume 632) Hardcover 2008 . Approx . 240 p . 43 illus ., 20 in color . Hardcover 7 € 99,95 | £75.50 7 € 119,95 | £90.50 7 € 114,95 | £88.50 9
D.L. Mendrick, Gene Logic Inc ., Gaithersburg, MD, X. Palazzi, Biomatech, Chasse-sur-Rhône, France; R. Rappuoli, G. Del Giudice, Novartis Vaccines, Siena, USA; W.B. Mattes, The Critical Path Institute, Rock- N. Bordier, Pfizer Amboise, France Italy (Eds .) ville, MD, USA (Eds .) The Marmoset Brain in Influenza Vaccines for the Essential Concepts in Stereotaxic Coordinates Future Toxicogenomics
Laboratory-bred common marmosets (Callithrix The threat constituted by the multiple outbreaks of The field of toxicogenomics has been growing jacchus) have a natural lifespan in captivity in avian influenza during the last few years is urgently quickly, yet with rapid growth comes the need excess of 12 years, while their maximum longevity calling for the development of new influenza to periodically reflect on the nature of the field. is more than 16 years. Due to its small size, its vaccines. Fortunately, a quantum leap in tech- Essential Concepts in Toxicogenomics collects relatively easy adaptation to laboratory conditions, nology has revolutionized the study of influenza reviews, opinion pieces and case studies from and neuroanatomical similarities with human and the engineering of new vaccine strains by the leading experts in this dynamic field with a species, this animal is considered to represent a reverse genetics. This volume provides a historical focus on its application to pharmaceuticals. Topics convenient primate model for neurosciences and background and state-of-the-art information about covered include issues that affect the quality of drug development. the recent advances in the biology of influenza and toxicogenomics experiments, statistical approaches The Marmoset Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates the design of new influenza vaccines. to their data analysis, the use of such data to provides a comprehensive guide for those – both build toxicogenomic models, and the utilization researchers and undergraduates – who are inter- Features of genomics to identify biomarkers within the ested in the marmoset brain, tissue target charac- 7 Gives an overview of epidemiology and control preclinical and clinical arenas. Although not in the terization and comparative anatomy. The nomen- of influenza 7 Thorough discussion of immune standard Methods in Molecular Biology™ series clature and atlas presentation were inspired from response and correlates of protection 7 Presents format, this volume retains the practicality and existing reference brain atlases in other species, new vaccination strategies usefulness of the highly successful series. and the high quality of illustrations was achieved Informative and cutting-edge, Essential Concepts thanks to automated whole slide scanning. Contents in Toxicogenomics is an ideal resource for phar- Introduction.- Influenza virus: the biology of a maceutical companies, chemical manufacturers, Contents changing virus.- Influenza vaccines have a short toxicologists, and all who must keep up-to-date on Introduction.- Surgery and Stereotaxic Approach.- but illustrious history.- The epidemiology of progress in this vital and important field. Histology.- Data Capture.- Reference Planes and influenza and its control.- Influenza and influenza Stereotaxic Accuracy.- Nomenclature.- List of vaccination in children.- The immune response Features Structures.- Index of Abbreviations.- List of Major to influenza A viruses.- Correlates of protec- 7 Includes contributions from experts in fields as Brain Areas.- Conclusion.- References.- Plates. tion against flu.- The role of animal models in diverse as the pharmaceutical industry, biotech- flu vaccine research.- Live, attenuated influenza nology companies, regulatory agencies, non-profit Fields of interest vaccine.- MF59: A safe and potent oil in water organizations and academia 7 Covers the many Neurosciences; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / emulsion adjuvant for influenza vaccines, which uses of toxicogenomics spanning its predictive Histology; Neurobiology induces enhanced protection against virus chal- application, use in mechanistic analysis, and lenge.- Non recent history of influenza pandemics, consideration for risk assessment Target groups vaccines and adjuvants.- Waiting for a pandemic.- Neuroscientists, neuroanatomists, neuropatholo- Modelling influenza pandemic and interventions. Fields of interest gists, neurosurgeons, students Pharmacology/Toxicology; Human Genetics; Fields of interest Bioinformatics Type of publication Virology; Life Sciences, general Monograph Target groups Target groups Pharmaceutical scientists, chemical manufacturers, Epidemiologists, virologists toxicologists Type of publication Type of publication Monograph Contributed volume
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Reviews of Physiology, B. Ryffel, Transgenose Institute, CNRS, Orléans, U.B. Schambra, East Tennessee State University, France; F. Di Padova, Novartis Institute, Basel, Johnson City, TN, USA Biochemistry and Switzerland (Eds .) Pharmacology Prenatal Mouse Brain Atlas Th17 Cells: Role in
Series editors: S. G. Amara, E. Bamberg, Inflammation and Prenatal Mouse Brain Atlas is the only book avail- B. K. Fleischmann, T. Gudermann, S. C. Hebert, Autoimmune Disease able for studies of the mouse brain before birth. R. Jahn, W. Lederer, R. Lill, A. Miyajima, A previous edition, Atlas of the Prenatal Mouse S. Offermanns, R. Zechner Brain, was used by researchers working on normal With the recent definition of the Th17 cell subset, brain development and abnormal development Volume 160 a new paradigm in innate and adaptive immunity (toxicological and teratological studies), which has has been established. This book describes the func- recently gained particular importance in genetic Contents tion of the Th17 cell subset and its prevalent role in studies. Since the completion of the Human V. di Marzo: Endocannabinoids: Synthesis and many inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The Genome Project, identification of human genes has Degradation.-. Rivera and J. Chun: Biological mechanism by which this T cell subset is gener- allowed researchers to produce transgenic mice Effects of Lysophospholipids.- S. J. O’Meara, ated and maintained shows specific differences to study individual genes in the brain. The mouse K. Rodgers, and C. Godson: Lipoxins: Update and between mice and man which are reviewed. One is ideal for these genetic projects, but since mice Impact of Endogenous Pro-Resolution Lipid Medi- characteristic of Th17 cells is to secrete specific are notorious for killing defective off-spring, the ators.- R.K.P. Benninger, M. Hao, and D. Piston: and unique cytokines such as IL-17A, IL-17F and studies on the effects of gene manipulations often Multi-photon Excitation Imaging of Dynamic IL-22; their functions are described in detail. These have to be performed on prenatal mouse brains. Processes in Living Cells and Tissues.- G. Schmitz cytokines have acquired a prevalent role in many This new greatly expanded edition provides an and M. Grandl: Lipid Homeostasis in Macrophages pathological conditions in animal models and in easily accessible tool for researchers in the fields of – Implications for Atherosclerosis. humans. Targeting these cytokines as well as the normal and abnormal brain development for their generation of Th17 cells may open new ways to genetic, toxicological, teratological and develop- Fields of interest treat many autoimmune diseases. The role of Th17 mental studies. Human Physiology; Medical Biochemistry; in infectious conditions is also addressed. Pharmacology/Toxicology Features Features 7 Complete mapping of the developing mouse Target groups 7 A topical volume describing in detail the Th17 brain 7 Features imaging of whole brain sections Researchers and scientists in the fields of lipid cell population 7 Several new therapies are 7 Includes DVD with color images mediators, two-photon microscopy and metabolic being evaluated in this context 7 International syndrome authorship Contents Preface.- Introduction.- Methods.- References.- Type of publication Contents List of Structures.- List of Abbreviations.- Gesta- Monograph Discovery and basic aspects of IL-17.- Experi- tional Day 12.- Gestational Day 14.- Gestational mental models of disease.- Role of IL-23 - IL-17 Day 16.- Gestational Day 18. in infection and tumor control.- IL-17 in clinical autoimmune disease.- Novel tools and therapeutic Fields of interest avenues. Neurosciences; Developmental Biology; Human Genetics Fields of interest Immunology; Cell Biology; Rheumatology Target groups Researchers and advanced students working in Target groups neuroscience, physiology, anatomy/histology, and Scientific libraries; researchers and clinicians from developmental biology immunology, inflammation research, rheuma- tology, dermatology, gastroenterology, neurology; Type of publication pharmaceutical and biotech industry Atlas
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Due October 2008 Originally published by Academic Press, 1992 Due May 2008 2008 . Approx . 300 p . (Progress in Inflammation Research) 2008 . Approx . 550 p . 530 illus ., 265 in color . With DVD . 2008 . Approx . 155 p . 20 illus ., 10 in color . Hardcover Hardcover Spiral binding 7 € 119,95 | £92.50 7 € 119,00 | £89.50 7 approx. € 150,15 | £115.50 9
W. Semmler, German Cancer Research Center, W. Semmler, German Cancer Research Center, Y. Shoenfeld, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel; Heidelberg, Germany; M. Schwaiger, Technical Heidelberg, Germany; M. Schwaiger, Technical R. Cervera, University of Barcelona, Spain; University Munich, Germany (Eds .) University Munich, Germany (Eds .) M.E. Gershwin, University of California at Davis, CA, USA (Eds .) Molecular Imaging I Molecular Imaging II Diagnostic Criteria in Autoimmune Diseases The aim of this textbook of molecular imaging The aim of this textbook of molecular imaging is to provide an up to date review of this rapidly is to provide an up to date review of this rapidly growing field and to discuss basic methodological growing field and to discuss basic methodological According to the Autoimmune Diseases Coor- aspects necessary for the interpretation of experi- aspects necessary for the interpretation of experi- dinating Committee (ADCC), between 14.7 and mental and clinical results. Emphasis is placed on mental and clinical results. Emphasis is placed on 23.5 million people in the USA – up to eight the interplay of imaging technology and probe the interplay of imaging technology and probe percent of the population are affected by autoim- development, since the physical properties of the development, since the physical properties of the mune disease. Autoimmune diseases are a family imaging approach need to be closely linked with imaging approach need to be closely linked with of more than 100 chronic, and often disabling, the biologic application of the probe (i.e. nanopar- the biologic application of the probe (i.e. nanopar- illnesses that develop when underlying defects ticles and microbubbles). Various chemical ticles and microbubbles). Various chemical in the immune system lead the body to attack its strategies are discussed and related to the biologic strategies are discussed and related to the biologic own organs, tissues, and cells. In Handbook of applications. Reporter-gene imaging is beeing applications. Reporter-gene imaging is beeing Autoimmune Disease, the editors have gathered addressed not only in experimental protocols, but addressed not only in experimental protocols, but in a comprehensive handbook a critical review, by also first clinical applications are discussed. Finally, also first clinical applications are discussed. Finally, renowned experts, of more than 100 autoimmune strategies of imaging to characterize apoptosis and strategies of imaging to characterize apoptosis and diseases, divided into two main groups, namely angiogenesis are described and discussed in the angiogenesis are described and discussed in the systemic and organ-specific autoimmune diseases. context of possible clinical translation. context of possible clinical translation. A contemporary overview of these conditions with special emphasis on diagnosis is presented. Contents Contents Each chapter contains the essential information Preface.- I. Instrumentation.- Fundamentals of Preface.- III. Amplification Strategies. Optical required by attending physicians as well as bench Optical Imaging. Micro-CT. PET and SPECT Methods. PET and SPECT. Magnetic Reso- scientists to understand the definition of a specific Instrumentation. Magnetic Resonance Imaging nance.- IV. Molecular Targets and Biomarkers autoimmune disease, the diagnostic criteria, and and Spectroscopy. Ultrasound Basics. Multimodal for Imaging.- Peptides, Multimers and Polymers. the treatment. Imaging Approaches: PET/CT and PET/MR.- II. Small Molecule Receptors as Imaging Targets. Imaging probes.- Conventional Contrast Agents. Enzymes/Transporters. Phage Peptide Display.- V. Features Magnetic Resonance. Conventional Contrast Applications.- Experimental Imaging. Molecular 7 Essential information required by attending Agents. X-ray Contrast Agents and Molecular Imaging: Gene Reporter Imaging (Protein / physicians as well as bench scientists 7 Expert, Imaging – A Contradiction? Radiopharmaceuti- Protein). The Use of Ultrasound in Transfection critical reviews of more than 100 autoimmune cals . Molecular Imaging using Positron Emission and Transgene Expression. Magnetic Resonance of diseases 7 Divided into two main groups: Tomography. Optical Agents. Ultrasound Contrast Mouse Models of Cardiac Disease.- Translational systemic and organ-specific autoimmune diseases Agents for Molecular Imaging. Agents for Polariza- Imaging. Imaging of Apoptosis. Molecular Imaging 7 Contemporary overview of conditions, with tion Enhancement in MRI. of PET Reporter Gene Expression. Non Invasive special emphasis on diagnosis 7 Offers definition Cell Tracking. Non-invasive Tracer Techniques to of specific autoimmune diseases, the diagnostic Fields of interest Characterize Angigogenesis. Molecular Imaging- criteria, and treatment recommendations Pharmacology/Toxicology; Imaging / Radiology; guided Gene Therapy of Gliomas. Ultrasound Fields of interest Fields of interest Immunology; Rheumatology; Internal Medicine Target groups Pharmacology/Toxicology; Imaging / Radiology; Libraries, scientists and researchers in the fields of Ultrasound Target groups molecular imaging, ultrasound and radiotherapy Immunologists, rheumatologists, internal medi- Target groups cine physicians, osteopaths; basic scientists dealing Type of publication Libraries, scientists and researchers in the fields of with autoimmune diseases Handbook molecular imaging, ultrasound and radiotherapy Type of publication Type of publication Contributed volume Handbook
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R. Utsumi, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka City, Japan R. Wang, F. Gu, E. Shen, East China University of P. Wooding, G. Burton, University of Cambridge, UK (Ed .) Science and Technology, Shanghai, China (Eds .) Comparative Placentation: Bacterial Signal Transduction Advances in Cognitive Structures, Functions and Evolution Networks and Drug Targets Neurodynamics ICCN 2007 Proceedings of the International Conference on Cognitive Neurodynamics. ICCN 2007 The reasons for the range of placental structures This fascinating book encourages many micro- Proceedings and their evolution presents a fascinating scientific biologists and students to enter the new world puzzle. It is also of immediate medical relevance of signal transduction in microbiology. Over since in man and animals impaired placental the past decade, a vast amount of exciting new growth has recently been shown to be associ- information on the signal transduction pathway This volume contains the Proceedings of the 1st ated with an increased incidence of cardiovas- in bacteria has been brought to light. Reports on International Conference on Cognitive Neurody- cular, metabolic and other diseases in later life these developments have been put together in this namics held in Shanghai, November 17-21, 2007. [see The Fetal Matrix , Gluckman and Hanson, book, Bacterial Signal Transduction: Networks and The participants were treated to an exciting and CUP, 2005 ] Comparative placental studies will Drug Targets. The aim of this book is to provide stimulating conference that left everyone with an facilitate an understanding of what factors control an incentive for graduate students, academic enthusiastic vision for the future of the field. this impaired growth in humans and also allow scientists, and researchers in the pharmaceutical The latest important progress was covered by 13 informed selection of valid animal models. industry to further elucidate the TCS networks and mini-symposia including: Models of Mental Disor- The most important feature of the book will be the apply them in the search for novel drugs. ders; Cognitive Machines; Dynamics in learning unique collection of the best Light and Electron and memory; Central nervous system synchroniza- micrographs [all with full authorisation to use From the contents tion; Neuroinformatics; Cognitive Computational ]from the last 35 years which precisely illustrate Introduction to bacterial signal transduction Modeling of Human Language Processing; Cogni- the structural range in each vertebrate taxon. networks.- The PhoQ/PhoP Regulatory Network of tive Neurodynamics of Attention; Bottom-Up These are reinforced by a series of line diagrams Salmonella enterica.- Structural Basis of the Signal and Top-Down; Brain Networks; From Anatomy clarifying the developmental origin and detail of Transduction in the Two-Component System.- The to Dynamics; Translational Cognitive Neuroim- the functional placental units. two-component network and the general stres aging; K-sets; Theory and Applications; Advanced sigma factor RpoS (sS) in Escherichia coli.- Small Signal Processing Techniques for Brain Data Contents RNAs Controled by Two-Component Systems.- Analysis; Visual cortex: information processing 1. Placentation fundamentals.- 2. Implantation, Two-Component Signaling and Gram Negative and dynamics; Dynamics of Firing Patterns and Maternofetal exchange and Vascular relationships.- Envelope Stres Response Systems.- Dual Regula- Synchronization in Neuronal Systems. 3. Fish, Amphibia, Bird and Reptile placentation.- tion with Ser/Thr Kinase Cascade and a His/Asp 4. Monotreme and Marsupial placentation.- 5. TCS in Myxococcus xanthus.- Two-Component Features Eutherian Epitheliochorial placentation, Pig Signaling Systems and Cel Cycle Control in 7 The latest progress in the field of cognitive and Horse.- 6. Synepitheliochorial placentation, Caulobacter crescentus.- Reg B/Reg A, A Global neurodynamics 7 Completely focused on the Ruminants, Ewe and Cow.- 7. Endotheliochorial Redox -Responding Two-Component System.- The topic of cognitive neurodynamics 7 Review placentation, Cat, Dog.- 8. Haemochorial placenta- BvgS/BvgA Phosphorelay System of Pathogenic and comments to the progress of cognitive neuro- tion, Mouse, Rabbit and Human.- 9. Immunology, Bordetellae: Structure, Function and Evolution.- dynamics by leading scientists in this field Viviparity and Evolution.- 10. Hybridisation, Capturing the VirA/VirG TCS of Agrobacterium 7 Covering almost all the sub-fields of cognitive Cloning and Fetal Origins of Adult Disease. tumefaciens.- Quorum Sensing and Biofilm neurodynamics Formation by Streptococcus mutans.- The Roles of Fields of interest Two-Component Systems in Virulence of Patho- Fields of interest Biomedicine general; Developmental Biology; genic Escherichia coli and Shigella spp. Neurosciences; Complexity; Cognitive Psychology Human Physiology
Field of interest Target groups Target groups Biomedicine general Scientists and students working in cognitive Researchers, scientists and libraries in the fields neurodynamics, computational neuroscience and of biomedicine, developmental biology and Target groups cognitive science physiology Graduate students, academic scientists, and researchers in the pharmaceutical industry Type of publication Type of publication Proceedings Monograph Type of publication Contributed volume
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C.A. Zarate, Jr., H.K. Manji, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA (Eds .) Bipolar Depression: Molecular Neurobiology, Clinical Diagnosis and Pharmacotherapy
Although our knowledge of mood disorders is expanding, comparatively little is known about bipolar depression in particular. This book offers the most up-to-date information about the diag- nosis, treatment, and research surrounding bipolar depression. Early chapters provide diagnostic information and review the course, outcome and genetics of this heritable condition. The book gives a thorough and unique overview of the neurobiology of the disorder, including neuroimaging work. Several chapters delineate the treatment of bipolar depres- sion in special populations such as children and pregnant women. Furthermore, the particular issues of suicide, focusing on the need for assess- ment during both acute and maintenance treat- ment, are addressed. Finally, acute and long-term treatment strategies for bipolar depression are discussed, including both traditional and novel therapeutics, as well as non-pharmacological treat- ments. This volume offers researchers and clinicians key insights into this devastating disorder.
Features 7 Comprehensive volume covering research and therapeutic implications 7 Edited by leading experts in the field 7 International authorship
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S. A. Aguilar-Gaxiola, University of California, Davis, M. Galanter, New York University, New York, NY, USA; L. C. James, MiLILani, HI, USA; W. T. O‘Donohue, CA, USA; T. P. Gullotta, Child and Family Agency of L. A. Kaskutas, Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA (Eds .) Southeastern Connecticut, New London, CT, USA CA, USA (Eds .) (Eds .) The Primary Care Toolkit Recent Developments in Depression in Latinos Practical Resources for the Integrated Alcoholism Behavioral Care Provider Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention Research on Alcoholics Anonymous and Spirituality in Addiction Recovery Integrated care is receiving a lot of attention from Depression ranks as a leading mental health clinicians, administrators, policy makers, and problem among Hispanic immigrants and their researchers. Given the current healthcare crises in US-born children. And a wide array of issues It was once taken for granted that peer-assisted the United States, where costs, quality, and access – starting with the widespread stereotype of the groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous had no to care are of particular concern, many are looking “illegal immigrant” – makes the Latino experi- “real“ value in recovery from addiction. More for new and better ways of delivering behavioral ence of this condition differ from that of any other recently, evidence-based medicine is recognizing health services. Integrating behavioral health into group. Depression in Latinos consolidates the a spiritual component in healing – especially primary care medical settings has been shown to: conceptual, diagnostic, and clinical knowledge when it comes to addiction. The newest edition (1) produce healthier patients; (2) produce medical based on this salient topic, providing coverage of Recent Developments in Alcoholism reflects savings; (3) produce higher patient satisfaction; from prevalence to prevention, from efficient this change by focusing on the 12-step model of (4) leverage the primary care physician’s time so screening to effective interventions. recovery as well as mindfulness meditation and that they can be more productive; and (5) increase In this concise yet comprehensive volume, leading other spiritually oriented activity. More than thirty physician satisfaction. For these reasons this is clinicians, researchers, and academics offer contributors bring together historical background, an emerging paradigm with a lot of interest and extensive research and clinical findings, literature research findings, and clinical wisdom to analyze momentum. For example, the President’s New reviews (e.g., an in-depth chapter on the Mexican the compatibility of professional treatment and Freedom Commission on Mental Health has American Prevalence and Services Survey), and nonprofessional support, day-to-day concepts recently endorsed redesigning the mental health insights gathered from first-hand experience in of relapse prevention, the value of community system so that much of this is integrated into clinical practice. building in recovery, and much more. primary care medicine.
Features Features Features 7 Fills a much-needed information and cultural 7 Discusses how spirituality places a unique role 7 Includes evidence-based practice guidelines, gap in literature 7 Responds to the information in addiction recovery 7 Shows how and why fact sheets, assessment inventories, and group and market needs 7 Explains the importance of 12-step groups work protocols; thus, highly practical 7 Addresses the culturally and linguistically appropriate care major clinical problems and complaints encoun- 7 Supports the mandate imposed on training From the contents tered in primary care settings 7 Written by institutions 7 Provides readers a rare opportunity The 12 step recovery model of AA: a volun- leading experts in their fields to share the multiple experiences of the authors tary mutual help association.- Twelve defining and how they have developed their expertise moments in the history of Alcoholics Anony- From the contents mous.- The impact of AA on professional treat- Part I: Tools for Getting Started.- How to From the contents ment.- The impact of AA on other substance abuse Determine the Need: A Readiness Assessment Section 1: Sociodemographic, Epidemiological, related 12 step recovery programs.- The impact of System.- What Administrators Should Understand Linguistic and Cultural Factors in Depression in AA on non-professional substance abuse recovery and Expect.- Who to Hire? Hiring and Interview Latinos.- Section 2: Prevention, Screening, Assess- programs and sober living houses.- Introduction.- Protocols.- A Training Program for the Behav- ment and Diagnosis of Depression.- Section 3: The concept of spirituality in relation to addiction ioral Care Provider in Integrated Care.- Training Treatment of Depression. recovery and general psychiatry.- Kickbacks from Behavioral Care Providers in Integrated Care.- A helping others: Health and recovery.- Issues in General Practice Operational Manual.- Billing and Fields of interest measuring spirituality and religiousness in alcohol Surviving in the Primary Care Setting.- Financial Child & School Psychology; Family Relations; research. Models. Cross Cultural Psychology Fields of interest Fields of interest Target groups Psychology, general; Health Psychology; Health Psychology; Primary Care Medicine; Clinical psychologists, counseling and school Clinical Psychology Clinical Psychology psychologists, social psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical social workers, psychiatric nurses, and Target groups Target groups allied professionals with degrees in public health, Clinicians, developmental psychologists, Health psychologists, clinical psychologists, sociology, and public policy administration social workers psychiatrists, mental health nurses, clinical social workers Type of publication Type of publication Contributed volume Monograph Type of publication Professional book Due July 2008 Due July 2008 Due September 2008 2008 . Approx . 335 p . 2 illus ., 1 in color . (Issues in 2008 . Approx . 475 p . 22 illus . (Recent Developments in Children‘s and Families‘ Lives, Volume 8) Hardcover Alcoholism, Volume 18) Hardcover 2008 . Approx . 240 p . Hardcover 7 € 42,95 | £33.00 7 € 99,95 | £77.00 7 approx. € 38,50 | £29.50 9
K. Alladi, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA I.K. Argyros, Cameron University, Lawton, OK, USA M. Bartholomew-Biggs, University of Hertfordshire, (Ed .) Hatfield, UK Convergence and Applications Surveys in Number Theory of Newton-type Iterations Nonlinear Optimization with Engineering Applications
Number theory has a wealth of long-standing This monograph provides a comprehensive study problems, the study of which over the years has led of both basic theory and new results in the area. The case studies presented are in such areas as data to major developments in many areas of math- Each chapter contains new theoretical results and fitting, vehicle route planning and optimal control, ematics. This volume consists of seven significant important applications in engineering, modeling scheduling and resource allocation, sensitivity chapters on number theory and related topics. dynamic economic systems, input-output systems, calculations and worst-case analysis. Written by distinguished mathematicians, key optimization problems, and nonlinear and linear Among the main topics covered: (1) one-variable topics focus on multipartitions, congruences differential equations. Several classes of opera- optimization - optimality conditions, direct search and identities (G. Andrews), the formulas of tors are considered, including operators without methods, gradient methods; (2) unconstrained Koshliakov and Guinand in Ramanujan’s Lost Lipschitz continuous derivatives, operators with optimization in n variables - optimality conditions Notebook (B.C. Berndt, Y. Lee, and J. Sohn), high order derivatives, and analytic operators. and solution methods including Nelder and Mead alternating sign matrices and the Weyl character Each section is self-contained. Examples are used simplex, steepest descent, Newton and quasi- formulas (D.M. Bressoud), theta functions in to illustrate the theory and exercises are included Newton methods, trust region methods, conjugate complex analysis (H.M. Farkas), representation at the end of each chapter. gradients, Gauss-Newton method for least-squares; functions in additive number theory The book assumes a basic background in linear (3) constrained optimization in n variables (M.B. Nathanson), and mock theta functions, algebra and numerical functional analysis. Grad- - optimality conditions and solution methods ranks, and Maass forms (K. Ono), and elliptic uate students and researchers will find this book including problem transformation and elimination functions (M. Waldschmidt). useful. It may be used as a self-study reference or of variables, reduced gradients, penalty and barrier All of the surveys were outgrowths of featured as a supplementary text for an advanced course in methods, sequential quadratic programming, inte- talks given during the Special Year in Number numerical functional analysis. rior point methods; (4) an introduction to global Theory and Combinatorics at the University of optimization; (5) an introduction to automatic Florida, Gainesville, 2004-2005, and describe Features differentiation. major progress on a broad range of topics. 7 Contains new theoretical results and important applications to engineering, dynamic economic Features Features systems, input-output systems, nonlinear and 7 A sound theoretical introduction to optimiza- 7 Surveys on major developments in modern linear differential equations, and optimization tion but mainly placing a practical emphasis on number theory 7 Self-contained chapters problems 7 Useful to an audience of graduate understanding algorithms and how to use them presented by distinguished mathematicians in the students and researchers working in the areas of field numerical and functional analysis or computer From the contents science 7 Includes many solved problems and 1. Introduction to engineering optimization prob- Contents exercises at the end of each chapter lems.- 2. Some engineering problems in one vari- Preface.- 1. A Survey of Multipartitions: Congru- able.- 3. Numerical optimization in one variable.- ences and Identities.- 2. Koshliakov’s Formula From the contents 4. Route-planning and other problems in several and Guinand’s Formula in Ramanujan’s Lost Note- Operators and Equations.- The Newton-Kantoro- variables.- 5. Gradients, Hessians and automatic book.- 3. Exploiting Symmetries: Alternating Sign vich (NK) Method.- Applications of the Weaker differentiation.- 6. Optimality conditions for n vari- Matrices and the Weyl Character Formulas.- Version of the (NK) Theorem.- Special Methods.- able unconstrained problems.- 7. Steepest descent 4. Theta Functions in Complex Analysis and Newton-Like Methods.- Analytic Computational method.- 8. Newton method.- 9. Quasi-Newton Number Theory.- 5. Inverse Problems for Repre- Complexity: We are Concerned with the Choice of methods.- 10. Conjugate gradient methods.- sentation Functions in Additive Number Theory.- Initial Approximations.- Variational Inequalities.- 11. Problem transformations to handle constraints. 6. Mock Theta Functions, Ranks, and Maass Convergence Involving Operators with Outer or Forms.- 7. Elliptic Functions and Transcendence. Generalized Inverses.- Convergence on General- Fields of interest ized Banach Spaces.- Point-to-Set Mappings. Optimization; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Fields of interest Control; Optimization; Operations Research, Number Theory; Special Functions; Functions of a Fields of interest Mathematical Programming Complex Variable Numerical Analysis; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis; Functional Analysis Target groups Target groups Advanced undergraduates studying optimization Pure mathematicians, researchers, and post-grad Target groups techniques; graduate and postgraduate students students Graduate students and researchers in numerical who need to apply optimization techniques functional analysis and computer science Type of publication Type of publication Contributed volume Type of publication Graduate/Advanced undergraduate textbook Monograph
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M. Bebendorf, University of Leipzig, Germany H.G. Bock, University of Heidelberg, Germany; F. Brauer, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, E. Kostina, University of Marburg, Germany; Canada; P. van den Driessche, University of Victoria, Hierarchical Matrices X.P. Hoang, Institute of Mathematics, Hanoi, Canada; J. Wu, York University, Toronto, Canada (Eds .) Vietnam; R. Rannacher, University of Heidelberg, A Means to Efficiently Solve Elliptic Boundary Germany (Eds .) Mathematical Epidemiology Value Problems Modeling, Simulation and With contributions by: L. Allen, C. Bauch, C. Castillo-Chavez, D. Earn, Z. Feng, M. Lewis, Hierarchical matrices are an efficient framework Optimization of Complex J. Li, M. Martcheva, M. Nuno, J. Watmough, for large-scale fully populated matrices arising, Processes M. Wonham, P. Yan e.g., from the finite element discretization of Proceedings of the International Conference solution operators of elliptic boundary value on High Performance Scientific Computing, problems. In addition to storing such matrices, Based on lecture notes of two summer schools with March 6–10, 2006, Hanoi, Vietnam approximations of the usual matrix operations can a mixed audience from mathematical sciences, be computed with logarithmic-linear complexity, epidemiology and public health, this volume offers which can be exploited to setup approximate a comprehensive introduction to basic ideas and preconditioners in an efficient and convenient way. The conference has been organized by the Hanoi techniques in modeling infectious diseases, for the Besides the algorithmic aspects of hierarchical Institute of Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Center comparison of strategies to plan for an antici- matrices, the main aim of this book is to present for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg, pated epidemic or pandemic, and to deal with a their theoretical background. The book contains and its International PhD Program “Complex disease outbreak in real time. It covers detailed the existing approximation theory for elliptic prob- Processes: Modeling, Simulation and Optimiza- case studies for diseases including pandemic lems including partial differential operators with tion”, and Ho Chi Minh City University of Tech- influenza, West Nile virus, and childhood diseases. nonsmooth coefficients. Furthermore, it presents nology. The contributions cover the broad inter- Models for other diseases including Severe Acute in full detail the adaptive cross approximation disciplinary spectrum of scientific computing and Respiratory Syndrome, fox rabies, and sexually method for the efficient treatment of integral present recent advances in theory, development transmitted infections are included as applica- operators with non-local kernel functions. The of methods, and applications in practice. Subjects tions. Its chapters are coherent and complementary theory is supported by many numerical experi- covered are mathematical modelling, numerical independent units. In order to accustom students ments from real applications. simulation, methods for optimization and control, to look at the current literature and to experience parallel computing, software development, applica- different perspectives, no attempt has been made Fields of interest tions of scientific computing in physics, chem- to achieve united writing style or unified notation. Computational Mathematics and Numerical istry, biology and mechanics, environmental and Analysis; Numerical Analysis; Partial Differential hydrology problems, transport, logistics and site From the contents Equations location, communication networks, production Part I: Introduction and General Framework.- scheduling, industrial and commercial problems. A light introduction to modelling recurrent Target groups epidemics.- Compartmental models in epidemi- Mathematicians and engineers in science and Fields of interest ology.- An introduction to stochastic epidemic industry Scientific Computing; Mathematical Modeling and models.- Part II: Advanced Modeling and Industrial Mathematics; Optimization Heterogeneities.- An introduction to networks in Type of publication epidemic modeling.- Deterministic compartmental Monograph Target groups models: Extensions of basic models.- Further notes Computational scientists on the basic reproduction number.- Spatial struc- ture I: Patch models.- Spatial structure II: Partial Type of publication differential equation models.- Continuous – time Proceedings age – structured models in population dynamics and epidemiology.- Distribution theory, stochastic processes and infectious disease modeling.
Fields of interest Genetics and Population Dynamics; Ordinary Differential Equations; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory
Target groups Graduate students and researchers in mathematical epidemiology, mathematical biology, applied mathematics and public health
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P. Cannarsa, T. D‘Aprile, Università di Roma Tor R. Durrett, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA L. Euler vergata, Italy S. Bodenmann, Riehen, Schweiz; A. Kleinert, Probability Models for DNA Universität Halle, Deutschland (Eds .) Introduzione alla teoria della Sequence Evolution misura e all’analisi funzionale Correspondance de Leonhard Euler avec L. Bertrand, Our basic question is: Given a collection of DNA Ch. Bonnet, J. Castillon, Il libro introduce la teoria della misura e l’analisi sequences, what underlying forces are respon- G. Cramer, Ph. Cramer, funzionale con una coda di argomenti scelti. sible for the observed patterns of variability? To Contiene un’ampia gamma di esempi ed esercizi, approach this question we introduce and analyze a G. Cuenz, G.L. Lesage, per i quali si forniscono spesso suggerimenti number of probability models: the Wright-Fisher J.M. von Loen et J.K. Wettstein generosi. É rivolto principalmente a studenti della model, the coalescent, the infinite alleles model, laurea in Matematica e Ingegneria. and the infinite sites model. We study the compli- cations that come from nonconstant population This volume of the Opera omnia will be devoted to Features size, recombination, population subdivision, and the French letters Euler exchanged with his friend 7 Il testo può essere utilizzato per corsi triennali three forms of natural selection: directional selec- and countryman Johann Kaspar Wettstein, as di analisi matematica e in particolare della laurea tion, balancing selection, and background selec- well as with some Swiss scholars from and around Specialistica in Matematica e Ingegneria tion. These theoretical results set the stage for the Geneva (Louis Bertrand, Charles Bonnet, Marc- investigation of various statistical tests to detect Michel Bousquet, Jean Castillon, Gabriel Cramer, Fields of interest departures from “neutral evolution”. The final Philibert Cramer, Gaspard Cuentz, Georges-Louis Analisi; Analisi funzionale; Teoria della misura e chapter studies the evolution of whole genomes by Lesage). It will also include a short correspon- dell’integrazione chromosomal inversions, reciprocal translocations, dence between the great mathematician and a and genome duplication. remote relative, Johann Michael von Loen, who is Target groups Throughout the book, the theory is developed in mentioned in a letter from Louis Bertrand and in Studenti di Matematica e Ingegneria close connection with data from more than 60 some letters from Euler addressed to Maupertuis experimental studies from the biology literature and Frederic II. Type of publication that illustrate the use of these results. We hope that those correspondences will draw Libro di testo introduttivo a slightly different portrait of Euler, who wasn’t Features just the most prolific mathematician ever but also 7 Second edition of a successful book built networks to propagate his ideas, to protect 7 Genetics is one of the fastest growing areas and recommend some of his contemporaries, of active research 7 Durrett is a very well-known eventually to help organize and consolidate the probabilist 7 Assumes no previous knowledge of Academies of Berlin and St. Petersburg. biology and only a basic knowledge of probability 7 Includes data from numerous experimental Features studies from the biological literature 7 Competent edition of the correspondence of Euler 7 Euler is one of the most important math- Contents ematicians in the eighteenth century 7 Those Basic models.- Estimation and hypothesis testing.- fully edited letters will offer a new look at Euler Recombination.- Population complications.- Step- and his contribution to the enlightened sciences ping stone model.- Natural selection.- Diffusion process.- Multidimensional diffusions.- Genome Fields of interest rearrangement. Histoires des mathématiques
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E. Feireisl, ASCR Praha, Prag, Czech Republic; M.D. Fried, Montana State University, Billings, MT, G.C. Hsiao, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA; A. Novotný, Université de Toulon ANLA, La Garde, USA; M. Jarden, University of Tel Aviv, Israel W.L. Wendland, University of Stuttgart, Germany France Field Arithmetic Boundary Integral Equations Singular Limits in Thermodynamics of Viscous Fluids Field Arithmetic explores Diophantine fields This book is devoted to the basic mathematical through their absolute Galois groups. This largely properties of solutions to boundary integral equa- self-contained treatment starts with techniques tions and presents a systematic approach to the Many interesting problems in mathematical fluid from algebraic geometry, number theory, and variational methods for the boundary integral dynamics involve the behavior of solutions of profinite groups. We use Haar measure on the equations arising in elasticity, fluid mechanics, nonlinear systems of partial differential equations absolute Galois group to replace counting argu- and acoustic scattering theory. It may also serve as certain parameters vanish or become infinite. ments. New Chebotarev density variants interpret as the mathematical foundation of the boundary This book is designed as an introduction to the diophantine properties. Here we have the only element methods. The latter have recently become problems involving singular limits based on the complete treatment of Galois stratifications, used extremely popular and efficient computational concept of weak or variational solutions. The prim- by Denef and Loeser, et al, to study Chow motives tools in applications. The authors are well known itive system consists of a complete system of partial of Diophantine statements. for their fundamental work on boundary integral differential equations describing the time evolution Progress from the first edition starts by character- equations and related topics. This book is a major of the three basic state variables: the density, the izing the finite-field like P(seudo)A(lgebraically) scholarly contribution to the modern theory velocity, and the absolute temperature associated C(losed) fields. We once believed PAC fields were of boundary integral equations and should be to a fluid, which is supposed to be compressible, rare. Now we know they include valuable Galois accessible and useful to a large community of viscous, and heat conducting. It can be repre- extensions of the rationals that present its absolute mathematical analysts, applied mathematicians, sented by the Navier-Stokes-Fourier-system that Galois group through known groups. PAC fields engineers and scientists. combines Newton’s rheological law for the viscous have projective absolute Galois group. Those that stress and Fourier’s law of heat conduction for the are Hilbertian are characterized by this group Fields of interest internal energy flux. being pro-free. Computational Mathematics and Numerical As as summary, this book studies singular limits of Analysis; Numerical Analysis; Appl. Mathematics/ weak solutions to the system governing the flow of Features Computational Methods of Engineering thermally conducting compressible viscous fluids. 7 Third revised edition of the classic Ergebnisse volume “Field Arithmetic” by M. Fried and Target groups Contents M. Jarden 7 Improves the second edition in Graduate students, and professors in mathematical 1 Fluid flow modeling.- 2 Mathematical theory two ways: 7 Removes many typos and math- analysis and applied mathematics, engineering and of weak solutions.- 3 Existence theory.- 4 Asymp- ematical inaccuracies that appeared in the second sciences; applied mathematicians, scientists and totic analysis – an introduction.- 5 Singular limits edition (in particular fills a gap in the refer- engineers engaging in computational mathematics – low stratification.- 6 Stratified fluids.- 7 Refined ences) 7 Reports on five open problems of the and mechanics; researchers in boundary integral analysis of the acoustic waves.- 8 Appendix.- second edition that were solved since that edition equations, boundary elements and related topics 9 Bibliographic remarks. appeared in 2005 Type of publication Fields of interest Fields of interest Monograph Partial Differential Equations; Mechanics, Fluids, Algebra; Algebraic Geometry; Field Theory and Thermodynamics Polynomials
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J. Keener, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; J. Keener, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; K. Kosmidou, M. Doumpos, C. Zopounidis, Technical J. Sneyd, University of Auckland, New Zealand J. Sneyd, University of Auckland, New Zealand University of Crete, Greece Mathematical Physiology Mathematical Physiology Country Risk Evaluation Volume 1 Volume 2 Methods and Applications
Mathematical Physiology provides an introduction In the second volume, the human body is studied Written by experts in the fields of multicriteria into physiology using the tools and perspectives piece by piece, beginning with an introduction to methodology, credit risk assessment, opera- of mathematical modeling and analysis. The book electrocardiology, followed by the physiology of tions research, and financial management, this is divided into two parts, the first dealing with the the circulatory system, blood, muscle, hormones, book develops a comprehensive framework for fundamental principles of cell physiology, and the and kidneys. Finally, the authors examine the evaluating models based on several classification second with the physiology of systems. digestive system and the visual system, ending techniques that emerge from different theoretical This second edition provides coverage of more with the inner ear. directions. This book compares different statistical recent models in the chapters, more stochastic This book will be of interest to researchers, to and data mining techniques, noting the advantages approaches, including single channel analysis graduate students and advanced undergraduate of each method, and introduces new multicriteria and Fokker-Planck and Langevin equations. New students in applied mathematics who wish to methodologies that are important to country risk chapters on Calcium Dynamics, Neuroendocrine learn how to build and analyze mathematical modeling. Cells and Regulation of Cell Function have been models and to become familiar with new areas of Key topics include: (1) A review of country risk included. application, as well as to physiologists interested definitions and an overview of the most recent This book will be of interest to researchers, in learning about theoretical approaches to their tools in country risk management, (2) In-depth graduate students and advanced undergraduate work. analysis of statistical, econometric and non-para- students in applied mathematics who wish to The inclusion of numerous exercises and models metric classification techniques, (3) Several real- learn how to build and analyze mathematical could be used to add further interest and challenge world applications of the methodologies described models and become familiar with new areas of to traditional courses taught by applied mathema- throughout the text, (4) Future research directions applications, as well as to physiologists interested ticians, bioengineers, and physiologists. for country risk assessment problems. in learning about theoretical approaches to their Winner of the prize for The Best Mathematics work. book of 1998 from the American Association of Features Winner of the prize for The Best Mathematics Publishers. 7 Develops a unique point in the development of book of 1998 from the American Association of a country risk evaluation model based on several Publishers. Features classification techniques emerging from different 7 Contains a variety of physiological problems research areas, i.e., multicriteria methodology, From the contents and the current and new mathematical techniques neural networks, and artificial intelligence Cellular Physiology.- Biochemical Reactions.- used in this area 7 Numerous exercises and 7 Includes an extensive bibliography 7 Utilizes Cellular Homeostasis.- Membrane Ion Channels.- models are included 7 Of interest both to applied a statistical approach and multicriteria approach to Passive Electrical Flow in Neurons.- Excitability.- mathematicians and quantitative physiologists the country risk Traveling Waves of Electrical Excitation.- Wave 7 Winner of the prize for The Best Mathematics Propagation in Higher Dimensions. book of 1998 from the American Association of Contents Publishers Preface.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Review of Method- Fields of interest ologies.- 3. Applications.- 4. Conclusions.- Refer- Mathematical Biology in General; Human Physi- Contents ences. - Index. ology 12 The Heart. 13 The Circulatory System. 14 Blood. 15 Respiration. 16 Muscle. 17 The Endocrine Fields of interest Target groups System. 18 Renal Physiology. Applications of Mathematics; Economics/Manage- Researchers, graduate students and advanced ment Science, general; Statistics for Business/ undergraduate students in applied mathematics, Fields of interest Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance physiologists Mathematical Biology in General; Human Physi- ology Target groups Type of publication Economists, financial managers, bank managers, Graduate/Advanced undergraduate textbook Target groups operations researchers, management scientists, and Researchers, graduate students and advanced risk analysts; can also be used as a supplementary undergraduate students in applied mathematics, text for graduate courses in finance and financial physiologists risk management
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L. Kvasz, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia Y. Kwok, Hong Kong University of Science & A. Myasnikov, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Technology, China Canada; V. Shpilrain, The City College of New York, Patterns of Change NY, USA; A. Ushakov, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NY, USA Linguistic Innovations in the Development of Mathematical Models of Classical Mathematics Financial Derivatives Group-based Cryptography
The book offers a reconstruction of linguistic inno- This second edition of Mathematical Models of vations in the history of mathematics. It argues Financial Derivatives, now featuring new mate- This book is about relations between three different that there are at least three ways in which the rial, focuses on the valuation principles that are areas of mathematics and theoretical computer language of mathematics can be changed. common to most derivative securities. A wide science: combinatorial group theory, cryptography, As illustration of changes of the first kind, called range of financial derivatives commonly traded in and complexity theory. It is explored how non- re-codings, is the development along the line: the equity and fixed income markets are analysed, commutative (infinite) groups, which are typically synthetic geometry, analytic geometry, fractal emphasising aspects of pricing, hedging and studied in combinatorial group theory, can be used geometry, and set theory. In this development practical usage. It presents a self-contained treat- in public key cryptography. It is also shown that the mathematicians changed the very way of ment of risk-neutral valuation theory, martingale there is a remarkable feedback from cryptography constructing geometric figures. measure, and tools in stochastic calculus required to combinatorial group theory because some of the As illustration of changes of the second kind, for the understanding of option pricing theory. problems motivated by cryptography appear to be called relativization, is the development of Derivative pricing models are solved using various new to group theory, and they open many inter- synthetic geometry along the line: Euclid’s geom- approaches, by martingale pricing theory and esting research avenues within group theory. etry, projective geometry, non-Euclidean geometry, partial differential equation methods. This text Then, complexity theory, notably generic-case Erlanger program up to Hilbert’s Grundlagen der is targeted to students in mathematical finance. complexity of algorithms, is employed for crypt- Geometrie. It also serves as a good reference for quantita- analysis of various cryptographic protocols based Changes of the third kind, called re-formulations tive analysts and derivative traders in investment on infinite groups, and the ideas and machinery are for instance the changes that can be seen on the banks. The most recent research results and from the theory of generic-case complexity are different editions of Euclid’s Elements. Perhaps the methodologies are made accessible to the reader used to study asymptotically dominant properties best known among them is Playfair’s change of the through the extensive set of exercises at the end of of some infinite groups that have been applied in formulation of the fifth postulate. each chapter. public key cryptography so far.
Features Features Features 7 Focuses on changes of language in the history 7 Was one of the earliest introductory textbooks 7 First monograph exploring the area of “non- of mathematics 7 Introduces exact tools of formal in mathematical finance 7 Good reputation commutative cryptography” 7 Employing logic for the reconstruction of the historical devel- established by the 1st edition decision problems (as opposed to search problems) opment of the language of mathematics 7 Offers in public key cryptography allows to construct two rather universal patterns of development Contents cryptographic protocols with new properties Introduction to Derivative Instruments.- Funda- 7 First presentation of a rigorous mathematical From the contents mental Concepts of Financial Economics and Asset justification of security for protocols based on infi- Re-codings as the first pattern of change in Price Dynamics.- Pricing Models for One-Asset nite groups, as an alternative to the security model mathematics.- Historical description of re- European Options.- Path Dependent Options.- known as semantic security codings.- Philosophical reflections on re-codings.- American Options and Free Boundary Value Prob- Relativizations as the second pattern of change lems.- Numerical Schemes for Pricing Options.- Fields of interest in mathematics.- A Historical description of Interest Rate Models and Bond Pricing.- Interest Group Theory and Generalizations; Combina- relativizations in synthetic geometry.- Historical Rate Instruments. torics; Computational Mathematics and Numerical description of relativizations in algebra. Analysis Fields of interest Fields of interest Quantitative Finance; Finance /Banking; Applica- Target groups History of Mathematics tions of Mathematics Mathematicians and computer scientists interested in cryptography; accessible to graduate as well as Target groups Target groups undergraduate students Historians and philosophers of mathematics, Researchers, financial analysts and master degree mathematicians and logicians with historical students in financial mathematics/engineering Type of publication interest Graduate/Advanced undergraduate textbook Type of publication Type of publication Graduate/Advanced undergraduate textbook Monograph
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P.J. Papajorgji, P. M. Pardalos, University of Florida, A. Seierstad, University of Oslo, Norway Y. Shapira, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Gainesville, FL, USA (Eds .) Haifa, Israel Stochastic Control in Discrete Advances in Modeling and Continuous Time Matrix-Based Multigrid Agricultural Systems Theory and Applications
This book is a comprehensive introduction to This book presents an up-to-date review of stochastic control problems in both discrete and This book introduces and analyzes the multigrid advances in the mathematical modeling of agri- continuous time. Specifically, the book covers approach for the numerical solution of large sparse cultural systems. It covers a broad spectrum of stochastic dynamic programming and the optimal linear systems arising from the discretization problems and applications based on internet and stopping problem for discrete time with a finite of elliptic partial differential equations. Special communications technology, as well as method- or infinite horizon. It also covers continuous attention is given to the powerful matrix-based- ological approaches based on the integration of time stochastic control of piecewise deterministic multigrid approach, which is particularly useful for different simulation and data management tools. processes and of diffusions, including optimal problems with variable coefficients and nonsym- Using real-world cases, each chapter presents a stopping problems. The material is presented logi- metric and indefinite problems. This approach detailed solution of a problem in a particular field. cally, beginning with the discrete-time case using applies not only to model problems on rectangular This book demonstrates that regardless of the few mathematical tools, and ending with stochastic grids but also to more realistic applications with nature of the problem and the application domain, continuous-time models requiring more advanced complicated grids and domains and discontinuous modeling is a central and important activity in the mathematics. Students will find the numerous coefficients. process of developing agricultural systems. illustrative examples and exercises useful for Matrix-Based Multigrid can be used as a textbook Researchers and graduate students in the fields of understanding the material. in courses in numerical analysis, numerical linear agriculture and environmental studies will benefit This text will be of benefit to students in algebra, and numerical PDEs at the advanced from this book. It will also serve as an excellent economics, engineering, finance, business admin- undergraduate and graduate levels in computer reference for managers, team leaders, developers istration, mathematics and related fields. Prere science, math, and applied math departments. The and modelers of agricultural and environmental quisites are courses in calculus and elementary theory is written in simple algebraic terms and systems and researchers in the applied computa- probability. therefore requires preliminary knowledge in basic tion field. linear algebra and calculus only. Features Features 7 Offers broad coverage of three types of Features 7 Presents an up-to-date review of advances stochastic control problems at an elementary level 7 Second edition is a much improved version of in the mathematical modeling of agricultural 7 Includes numerous illustrative examples and the book, with more explanation included for the systems 7 Covers a broad spectrum of problems exercises non-expert and applications based on internet and commu- nications technology 7 Uses methodological Contents From the contents approaches based on the integration of different Preface.- Stochastic Control over Discrete Time.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- Preface.- Part I. simulation and data management tools The HJB Equation for Deterministic Control.- Concepts and Preliminaries.- 1. The Multilevel– 7 Provides detailed solutions of real-world Piecewise Deterministic Optimal Control Multiscale Approach.- 2. Preliminaries.- Part II. problems Problems.- Control of Diffusions.- Appendix: Partial Differential Equations and Their Discretiza- Probability, Concepts, and Results.- Solutions.- tion.- 3. Finite Differences and Volumes.- 4. Finite From the contents References.- Index. Elements.- Part III. Numerical Solution of Linear Introduction.- Business Modelling of Networked Systems.- 5. Iterative Linear System Solvers.- Supply Chain Systems in Agriculture.- Modelling Fields of interest 6. The Multigrid Iteration.- Part IV. Multigrid for External Information Needs of Agri-Food Business Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Structured Grids. Networks.- Rural Development Through Input- Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Output Modelling. Optimization; Systems Theory, Control Fields of interest Computational Mathematics and Numerical Anal- Fields of interest Target groups ysis; Numeric Computing; Linear and Multilinear Scientific Computing; Simulation and Modeling; Advanced undergraduates and graduate students Algebras, Matrix Theory Environmental Monitoring/Analysis in economics, engineering, and applied math- ematics Target groups Target groups Advanced undergraduate and graduate students Researchers and modelers of agricultural and Type of publication in computer science, math, and applied math environmental systems, software developers in Graduate/Advanced undergraduate textbook departments; researchers, engineers, and others agriculture, researchers in applied computation; interested in the numerical solution of partial managers and team leaders in agriculture differential equations
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Y. Tschinkel, New York University, New York, NY, USA; Y. Tschinkel, New York University, NY, USA; P.S. Vassilevski, Lawrence Livermore National Y. G. Zarhin, Pennsylvania State University, University Y. G. Zarhin, Pennsylvania State University, Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA Park, PA, USA (Eds .) University Park, PA, USA (Eds .) Multilevel Block Factorization Algebra, Arithmetic, and Algebra, Arithmetic, and Preconditioners Geometry Geometry Matrix-based Analysis and Algorithms for Volume I: In Honor of Y.I. Manin Volume II: In Honor of Y.I. Manin Solving Finite Element Equations
The two volumes of Algebra, Arithmetic, and The two volumes of Algebra, Arithmetic, and Geometry: In Honor of Y.I. Manin are composed Geometry: In Honor of Y.I. Manin are composed This monograph is the first to provide a compre- of invited expository articles and extensions of invited expository articles and extensions hensive, self-contained and rigorous presentation detailing Manin’s contributions to the subjects, and detailing Manin’s contributions to the subjects, and of some of the most powerful preconditioning are in celebration of his 70th birthday. are in celebration of his 70th birthday. methods for solving finite element equations in a The well-respected and distinguished contribu- The well-respected and distinguished contribu- common block-matrix factorization framework. tors include: Behrend, Berkovich, Bost, Bressler, tors include: Behrend, Berkovich, Bost, Bressler, Topics covered include the classical incomplete Calaque, Carlson, Chambert-Loir, Colombo, Calaque, Carlson, Chambert-Loir, Colombo, block-factorization preconditioners and the most Connes, Consani, Dabrowski, Deninger, Connes, Consani, Dabrowski, Deninger, efficient methods such as the multigrid, algebraic Dolgachev, Donaldson, Ekedahl, Elsenhans, Dolgachev, Donaldson, Ekedahl, Elsenhans, multigrid, and domain decomposition. Addi- Enriques, Etingof, Fock, Friedlander, Geemen, Enriques, Etingof, Fock, Friedlander, Geemen, tionally, the author discusses preconditioning Getzler, Goncharov, Harris, Iskovskikh, Jahnel, Getzler, Goncharov, Harris, Iskovskikh, Jahnel, of saddle-point, nonsymmetric and indefinite Kaledin, Kapranov, Katz, Kaufmann, Kollár, Kaledin, Kapranov, Katz, Kaufmann, Kollár, problems, as well as preconditioning of certain Kontsevich, Looijenga, Marcolli, Markl, Merel, Kontsevich, Looijenga, Marcolli, Markl, Merel, nonlinear and quadratic constrained minimization Merkulov, Movshev, Mukhin, Nekovar, Nikulin, Merkulov, Movshev, Mukhin, Nekovar, Nikulin, problems that typically arise in contact mechanics. Oort, Orlov, Pantchichkine, Penkov, Polishchuk, Oort, Orlov, Pantchichkine, Penkov, Polishchuk, The book presents analytical as well as algorithmic Sarnak, Schechtman, Ogievetsky, Tichomirov, Sarnak, Schechtman, Ogievetsky, Tichomirov, aspects. Tsygan, van der Geer, Vasserot, Vishik, Voronov, Tsygan, van der Geer, Vasserot, Vishik, Voronov, This text can serve as an indispensable reference Wodzicki, Zarhin, Zink. Wodzicki, Zarhin, Zink. for researchers, graduate students, and practitio- ners. It can also be used as a supplementary text Features Features for a topics course in preconditioning and/or 7 Contributed articles are written by distin- 7 Contributed articles are written by distin- multigrid methods at the graduate level. guished and invited prominent researchers in the guished and invited prominent researchers in the field 7 Broad collection of topics reveals Y.I. field 7 Broad collection of topics reveals Y.I. Features Manin’s wide range of research and influence Manin’s wide range of research and influence 7 Uses block-matrix factorization to represent 7 The subjects covered range from mathematical 7 The subjects covered range from mathematical important developments in the field such as the logic to theoretical physics logic to theoretical physics algebraic multi-grid and domain decomposition methods 7 Rigorous and self-contained presenta- From the contents From the contents tion 7 Includes four useful appendices 7 Excel- Gerstenhaber and Batalin-Vilkovisky structures Gerstenhaber and Batalin-Vilkovisky structures lent reference for practitioners and researchers on Lagrangian intersections.- A non-Archimedean on Lagrangian intersections.- A non-Archimedean interpretation of the weight zero subspaces of interpretation of the weight zero subspaces of Fields of interest limit mixed Hodge structures.- Analytic curves in limit mixed Hodge structures.- Analytic curves in Linear and Multilinear Algebras, Matrix Theory; algebraic varieties over number fields.- Riemann- algebraic varieties over number fields.- Riemann- Partial Differential Equations; Computational Roch for real varieties.- Del Pezzo moduli via root Roch for real varieties.- Del Pezzo moduli via root Mathematics and Numerical Analysis systems. systems. Target groups Fields of interest Fields of interest Graduate students, practitioners and researchers in Algebra; Geometry; Algebraic Geometry Algebra; Geometry; Algebraic Geometry iterative methods and numerical linear algebra
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R. A. Berk, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, R. S. Bivand, E. J. Pebesma, V. Gómez-Rubio J. Claude, Université de Montpellier 2, France PA, USA Applied Spatial Data Analysis Morphometrics with R Statistical Learning from a with R Regression Perspective Using R for morphometrics can overcome prob- This book addresses the needs of researchers and lems in familiarizing oneself with various software Statistical Learning from a Regression Perspective students using R to analyze spatial data across a languages, converting data and results every time considers statistical learning applications when range of disciplines and professions. The book is another software is required, and adapting and interest centers on the conditional distribution co-authored by a group involved in the Compre- converting the results to go further. With a single of the response variable, given a set of predictors, hensive R Archive Network. environment, shape analysis can be performed and when it is important to characterize how the from data acquisition to data analysis, and the predictors are related to the response. As a first Features results can be presented in the form of graphs, approximation, this is can be seen as an extension 7 Addresses the needs of researchers and students both accurate and esthetic. of nonparametric regression. Among the statis- using R to analyze spatial data across a range of tical learning procedures examined are bagging, disciplines and professions 7 Co-authored by a Features random forests, boosting, and support vector group involved in the Comprehensive R Archive 7 First guide for doing and developing modern machines. Response variables may be quantitative Network morphometrics with or categorical. Real applications are emphasized, especially those Contents Contents with practical implications. One important theme Hello, world: handling spatial data in R.- Classes Contributors.- Abbreviations and notations.- is the need to explicitly take into account asym- for spatial data in R.- Visualizing spatial data.- Introduction.- Acquiring and manipulating metric costs in the fitting process. For example, Spatial data import and export.- Further methods morphometric data.- Traditional statistics for in some situations false positives may be far less for handling spatial data.- Customising spatial morphometrics.- Modern morphometrics based costly than false negatives. Another important data classes and methods.- Spatial point pattern on configurations of landmarks.- Statistical theme is to not automatically cede modeling analysis.- Interpolation and geostatistics.- Areal analysis of shape using modern morphometrics.- decisions to a fitting algorithm. In many settings, data and spatial autocorrelation.- Modelling areal Going further with R.- Appendix A: functions subject-matter knowledge should trump formal data.- Disease mapping.- Afterword.- References. developed in this text.- Appendix B: packages used fitting criteria. in this text. Fields of interest Features Statistical Theory and Methods; Econometrics; Fields of interest 7 Accesible discussion of statistical learning Environmental Monitoring/Analysis Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health procedures for practitioners 7 Lots of real Sciences applications discussed 7 Intuitive explanations Target groups and visual representation of underlying statistical Graduate students, researchers Target groups concepts Researchers, graduate students Type of publication Contents Monograph Type of publication Statistical learning as a regression problem.- Monograph Regression splines and regression smoothers.- Classification and regression trees (CART).- Bagging.- Random forests.- Boosting.- Support vector machines.- Broader implications and a bit of craft lore.
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P. Dalgaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark D. B. Dunson, National Institute of Environmental C. Fraser, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA (Ed .) USA Introductory Statistics with R Random Effect and Latent Statistics for Decision Making Variable Model Selection & Competitive Advantage R is an Open Source implementation of the well- known S language. It works on multiple computing platforms and can be freely downloaded. R is thus The book is divided into four sections featuring This book reviews basics then develops modeling ideally suited for teaching at many levels as well articles by experts in the various areas of model with numerous examples from decision making. as for practical data analysis and methodological uncertainty in latent variable models. Translation of results into business English insures development. both students’ understanding of their ramifications This book provides an elementary-level introduc- Features as well as the use of results by decision makers tion to R, targeting both non-statistician scientists 7 These are such recent topics that books have not without statistics backgrounds. Analyses are illus- in various fields and students of statistics. The yet emerged trated with graphics. main mode of presentation is via code examples with liberal commenting of the code and the Contents Features output, from the computational as well as the Ciprian Crainiceanu, Likelihood ratio tests for 7 Basic statistics coverage is streamlined and statistical viewpoint. Brief sections introduce inference on variance components in random modeling constitutes more than half of the content the statistical methods before they are used. A effects models.- Xihong Lin, Variance compo- 7 Results of statistical analysis are translated into supplementary R package can be downloaded and nent testing in generalized linear models with business English 7 Applications are taken from contains the data sets. All examples are directly random effects.- Dongchu Sun, Priors for variance real business problems 7 Analyses are shown in runnable and all graphics in the text are generated component testing.- Jiming Jiang, Frequentist Excel and Data Desk’s DDXL add-in from the examples. subset selection in random effects models.- David Dunson and Saki Kinney, Bayesian variable selec- Field of interest Features tion in linear and logistic mixed effects models.- Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical 7 New material on Poisson and nonlinear regres- Bo Cai and David Dunson, Bayesian variable selec- Finance/Insurance sion 7 Expanded coverage of data handling tion in generalized linear mixed models.- Peter issues 7 Answers to exercises now provided Bentler, Model comparison in structural equation Target groups 7 Updated to R 2.6.2. models.- Ken Bollen and Surajit Ray, Bayesian Graduate students model selection criteria for hierarchical and struc- Contents tural equation models.- Sik-Yum Lee, Comparing Type of publication Basics. - The R environment. - Probability and structural equation models using Bayes factors. Graduate/Advanced undergraduate textbook statistics. - Descriptive statistics and graphics. - One and two sample tests. - Regression and Fields of interest correlation. - ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis. Statistical Theory and Methods - Tabular data. - Power and the computation of sample size. - Advanced data handling. - Multiple Target groups regression. - Linear models. - Logistic regression. Practitioners, researchers - Survival analysis. - Rates and Poisson regres- sion. - Nonlinear curve-fitting. - Obtaining and Type of publication installing R and the ISwR package. - Data sets in Monograph the ISwR package. - Compendium. - Answers to exercises. - Index.
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D. A. Harville, IBM, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA R. J. Hyndman, A. B. Koehler, J. K. Ord, R. D. Snyder A. J. Izenman, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Matrix Algebra From a Forecasting with Exponential Statistician‘s Perspective Smoothing Modern Multivariate The State Space Approach Statistical Techniques Regression, Classification, and Manifold This book presents matrix algebra in a way that is Learning well-suited for those with an interest in statistics or a related discipline. It provides thorough and Exponential smoothing methods have been around unified coverage of the fundamental concepts since the 1950s, and are still the most popular along with the specialized topics encountered in forecasting methods used in business and industry. Remarkable advances in computation and data areas of statistics such as linear statistical models However, a modeling framework incorporating storage and the ready availability of huge data sets and multivariate analysis. It includes a number of stochastic models, likelihood calculation, predic- have been the keys to the growth of the new disci- very useful results that have heretofore only been tion intervals and procedures for model selection, plines of data mining and machine learning, while available from relatively obscure sources. Detailed was not developed until relatively recently. This the enormous success of the Human Genome proofs are provided for all results. The style and book brings together all of the important new Project has opened up the field of bioinformatics. level of presentation are designed to make the results on the state space framework for expo- These exciting developments, which led to the contents accessible to a broad audience. The book nential smoothing. It will be of interest to people introduction of many innovative statistical tools is essentially self-contained, though it is best- wanting to apply the methods in their own area of for high-dimensional data analysis, are described suited for a reader who has had some previous interest as well as for researchers wanting to take here in detail. The author takes a broad perspec- exposure to matrices (of the kind that might be the ideas in new directions. tive; for the first time in a book on multivariate acquired in a beginning course on linear or matrix Part 1 provides an introduction to exponential analysis, nonlinear methods are discussed in detail algebra) smoothing and the underlying models. The as well as linear methods. Techniques covered essential details are given in Part 2, which also range from traditional multivariate methods, such Features provide links to the most important papers in the as multiple regression, principal components, 7 Provides the background in matrix algebra literature. More advanced topics are covered in canonical variates, linear discriminant analysis, necessary to do research and understand the Part 3, including the mathematical properties of factor analysis, clustering, multidimensional results in these areas 7 Essentially self-contained, the models, extensions of the models for specific scaling, and correspondence analysis, to the newer the book is best-suited for a reader who has had problems, and applications to particular domains. methods of density estimation, projection pursuit, some previous exposure to matrices 7 Solutions neural networks, multivariate reduced-rank to the exercises are available in the author’s Features regression, nonlinear manifold learning, bagging, “Matrix Algebra: Exercises and Solutions” 7 Provides solid intellectual foundation for expo- boosting, random forests, independent component nential smoothing methods 7 Gives overview of analysis, support vector machines, and classifica- From the Contents current topics and develops new ideas that have tion and regression trees. Matrices.- Submatrices and Partitioned Matrices.- not appeared in the academic literature 7 The Linear Dependence and Independence.- Linear forecast package for R implements the methods Features Spaces: Row and Column Spaces.- Trace of a described in the book 7 Many graphics 7 Describes database management systems (Square) Matrix.- Geometrical Considerations.- for maintaining and querying large databases Linear Systems.- Consistency and Compatibility.- From the Contents 7 Provides detailed descriptions of linear and Inverse Matrices.- Generalized Inverses.- Idem- I. Introduction: Basic concepts.- Getting started. II. nonlinear data-mining and machine-learning tech- potent Matrics.- Linear Systems.- Projections Essentials: Linear innovation state space models.- niques 7 Integrates theory, real-data examples and Projection Matrics.- Determinants.- Linear, Non-linear and heteroscedastic innovation state from many scientific disciplines, exercises, and Bilinear, and Quadratic Forms.- Matrix Differen- space models.- Estimation of innovation state full-color graphics for explaining the various clas- tiation.- Kronecker Products and the Vec and Vech space models.- Prediction distributions and inter- sical and new multivariate statistical techniques Operators.- Intersections and Sums of Subspaces.- vals.- Model selection. III. Further topics: Normal- Sums and Differences of Matrics.- Minimization izing seasonal components.- Model properties. Fields of interest of a Second-Degree Polynomial (in N Variables) Statistical Theory and Methods; Probability and Subject to Linear Constraints. Fields of interest Statistics in Computer Science; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Fields of interest Finance/Insurance; Game Theory/Mathematical Target groups Statistical Theory and Methods Methods; Statistical Theory and Methods Graduate and undergraduate students
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N. A. Lazar, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA G. Nason, University of Bristol, UK R. D. Peng, F. Dominici, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg, Baltimore, MD, USA The Statistical Analysis of Wavelet Methods in Statistics Functional MRI Data with R Statistical Methods for Environmental Epidemiology with R This book is a primer on fMRI for statisticians This book contains information on how to tackle A Case Study in Air Pollution and Health interested in learning more about this fascinating many important problems using a multiscale subject and the many statistical challenges inherent statistical approach. It focuses on how to use in functional neuroimaging data, laying out the multiscale methods and discusses methodological basics of technique, and surveying the most and applied considerations. The number of studies of air pollution and various popular current statistical approaches. health outcomes has increased dramatically in Features recent years. Basic aspects of analyzing and under- Features 7 Provides a quick, up-to-date and clear refer- standing air pollution and health data are covered 7 First book on fMRI aimed primarily at statisti- ence to the discipline of wavelets and their uses in as well as an overview of the different approaches cians introduces data analysis to this important statistics 7 One of the few works that focuses on to statistical modeling. and growing field 7 In-depth survey of the major the utilities of wavelets in a wide statistical context, statistical approaches brings readers up-to-date on covering nonparametric regression, time series Features the state of the art fMRI data analysis 7 Discus- and variance stabilization 7 Links with the new 7 Summarizes current methodology for sion and comparison of analysis paths enable WaveThresh freeware R software package so that conducting time series analysis in environmental readers to make informed data analysis choices users can see how new wavelet statistical methods epidemiology 7 R packages are available under are used in practice a free software license for readers to use and adapt Contents for their own purposes 7 Complete national The science of fMRI.- Design of fMRI experi- Contents datasets on air pollution and mortality available ments.- Noise and data preprocessing.- Statistical Wavelets, discrete wavelet transforms, non-deci- for reproducing and extending the analyses in the issuesin fMRI data analysis.- Basic statistical mated transforms, wavelet packet transforms, book analysis.- Temporal, spatial, and spatiotemporal lifting transforms.- Multiscale methods for models.- Multivariate approaches.- Basis function denoising (wavelet shrinkage).- Locally stationary Contents approaches.- Bayesian methods in fMRI.- Multiple wavelet time series and texture modelling.- Multi- Overview of the data.- Overview of statistical testing in fMRI: the problem of “thresholding”.- scale variable transformations for Gaussianization modeling.- Statistical issues related to air pollution Additional statistical issues.- Case study: eye and variance stabilization.- Miscellaneous topics. and health.- Summarizing evidence of the health motion data.- Survey of major fMRI software pack- effects of air pollution.- Case studies. ages.- Glossary of fMRI terms.- References.- Index. Fields of interest Statistical Theory and Methods; Econometrics; Fields of interest Fields of interest Bioinformatics Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences Sciences; Neurosciences; Bioinformatics Target groups Graduate students, researchers Target groups Target groups Researchers, practitioners Statisticians, graduate students Type of publication Monograph Type of publication Type of publication Monograph Monograph
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A. Taylor, Union College, Schenectady, NY, USA; A. M. Pacelli, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA Mathematics and Politics Strategy, Voting, Power, and Proof
This book teaches humanities majors the acces- sibility and beauty of discrete and deductive math- ematics. It assumes no prior knowledge of either college-level mathematics or political science, and could be offered at the freshman or sophomore level. The book devotes one chapter each to a model of escalation, game-theoretic models of international conflict, political power, and social choice. The book contains exercises throughout.
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Contents Preface.- Social Choice.- Yes-No Voting.- Political Power.- Conflict.- Fairness.- Escalation.- More Social Choice.- More Yes-No Voting.- More Polit- ical Power.- More Conflict.- More Fairness.- More Escalation.- Attributions.- References.- Index.
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D. de Grood, Collis B .V ., Leiden, The Netherlands J. P. Henry, Gebenstorf, Switzerland TestGoal The Testing Network Result-Driven Testing An Integral Approach to Test Activities in Large Software Projects
Software testing is traditionally seen as a difficult and time consuming activity that is hard to embed “The Testing Network” presents an integrated in the software development process. This book approach to testing based on cutting-edge method- provides a different view. It explains to stake- ologies, processes and tools in today’s IT context. holders how testing can add value to software It means complex network-centric applications to development and doing business, and provides the be tested in heterogeneous IT infrastructures and tester with practical information. in multiple test environments (also geographi- TestGoal is not just another methodology. Several cally distributed). The added-value of this book good testing methodologies exist. But, like any is the in-depth explanation of all processes and other profession, also testing encompasses more relevant methodologies and tools to address this than the simple application of a methodology. complexity. Main aspects of testing are explained After all, strict adherence to a specific method- using TD/QC - the world-leader test platform. ology is no guarantee for success. Success stems This up-to-date know-how is based on real-life from the mindset, enthusiasm, knowledge and skill IT experiences gained in large-scale projects of of the tester. These factors determine whether a companies operating worldwide. The book is methodology is applied successfully and whether abundantly illustrated to better show all technical testing takes on a result-driven character. And aspects of modern testing in a national and inter- that’s what TestGoal is about: a result-driven national context. The author has a deep expertise attitude, testing principles and expertise as funda- by designing and giving testing training in large ment, and a hands-on six step plan to enable result companies using the above-mentioned tools and driven testing. processes. “The Testing Network” is a unique synthesis of core test topics applied in real-life. Features 7 Gives a set of testing principles and starting Features points to make testing result driven 7 Makes 7 Presents an integrated approach to testing aware that people make the difference; Testing based on cutting-edge methodologies, processes Expertise 7 Describes the test activities in a and tools 7 Main aspects of testing ar explained practical way 7 Clearly describes a six step plan using TD/QC 7 Up-to-date know-how based on to achieve the test goal 7 Explains why the test real life IT experiences activities are important for the result of the test project Contents The project: motivation, purpose and content of Fields of interest the book.- Introduction to testing.- Test methods Software Engineering; Management of Computing and technology.- Test domain.- Test processes.- and Information Systems; Technology Manage- Test platforms and tools.- Analysis of defect root ment causes.- Measuring test efforts.- Test issues.- Conclusion.- Useful aids.- Advices from the Target groups practice.- Templates.- Checklists.- Worksheets.- IT professionals like software testers, project Glossary.- References. managers, quality assurance managers Fields of interest Type of publication System Performance and Evaluation; Software Professional book Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems; Computer Communication Networks
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Encyclopedia of Algorithms* Ming-Yang Kao (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of Algorithms will provide a comprehensive set of solutions to important algorithmic problems for students and researchers interested in quickly locating useful information. The first edition of the reference will focus on high-impact solutions from the most recent decade; later editions will widen the scope of the work. Nearly 500 entries will be organized alphabetically by problem, with subentries allowing for distinct solutions and special cases to be listed by the year. An entry will include: a description of the basic algorithmic problem; the input and output specifications; the key results; examples of applications; citations to the key literature. Open problems, links to downloadable code, experimental results, data sets, and illustrations may be provided. All entries will be written by experts with links to Internet sites that outline their research work will be provided. The entries will be peer-reviewed. This defining reference will be published in print and on line. The print publication will include an index of subjects and authors as well as a chronology for locating recent solutions. The online edition will supplement this index with hyperlinks as well as include hyperlinks in the text of the entries to related entries, xRefer citations, and other useful URLs mentioned above.
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M. Agrawal, D. Du, Z. Duan, A. Li (Eds .) G. Barthe, INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, France; B. Beckert, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany; C. Fournet, Microsoft Research Ltd, Cambridge, UK R. Hähnle, Chalmers University of Technology, Theory and Applications of (Eds .) Göteborg, Sweden (Eds .) Models of Computation Trustworthy Global Tests and Proofs 5th International Conference, TAMC 2008, Computing Second International Conference, TAP 2008, Xi‘an, China, April 25–29, 2008, Proceedings Third Symposium, TGC 2007, Sophia- Prato, Italy, April 9–11, 2008, Proceedings Antipolis, France, November 5–6, 2007, Revised Selected Papers This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of This book constitutes the refereed proceedings the 5th International Conference on Theory and of the Second International Conference on Tests Applications of Models of Computation, TAMC and Proofs, TAP 2008, held in Prato, Italy, in April 2008, held in Xi‘an, China in April 2008. This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- 2008. The 48 revised full papers presented together with conference proceedings of the Third Symposium The 8 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited talks and 1 plenary lecture were carefully on Trustworthy Global Computing, TGC 2007; 3 invited papers and the extended abstracts of reviewed and selected from 192 submissions. The it moreover contains tutorials from the adjacent 2 tutorials were carefully reviewed and selected for papers address current issues of all major areas Workshop on the Interplay of Programming inclusion in the book. The papers cover the area of in computer science, mathematics (especially Languages and Cryptography, both held in Sophia- convergence of software proofing and testing and logic) and the physical sciences - computation, Antipolis, France, in November 2007. feature current research work that combines ideas algorithms, complexity and computability theory The 19 revised papers presented together with from both areas for the advancement of software in particular. With this crossdisciplinary character 3 invited papers were carefully selected from 48 quality. Topics addressed are generation of test the conference is given a special flavor and distinc- submissions during two rounds of reviewing and cases, oracles, or preambles by theorem proving, tion. improvement. The TGC 2007 symposium papers model checking, symbolic execution, or constraint focus on providing tools and frameworks for logic programming; generation of specifications Fields of interest constructing well-behaved applications and for by deduction; verification techniques combining Theory of Computation; Algorithm Analysis and reasoning about their behavior and properties proofs and tests; program proving with the aid Problem Complexity; Computation by Abstract in models of computation that incorporate code of testing techniques; transfer of concepts from Devices and data mobility over distributed networks with testing to proving; automatic tools; formal frame- highly dynamic topologies and heterogeneous works as well as case studies. Target groups devices. The volume concludes with 3 tutorial Researchers and professionals papers, presented at the co-located Workshop Fields of interest on the Interplay of Programming Languages and System Performance and Evaluation; Software Type of publication Cryptography. Engineering; Logics and Meanings of Programs Proceedings Fields of interest Target groups Software Engineering; Computer Communication Researchers and professionals Networks; Programming Techniques Type of publication Target groups Proceedings Researchers and professionals
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S. Ben Yahia, E. Mephu Nguifo, R. Belohlavek (Eds .) R. Berghammer, B. Möller, G. Struth (Eds .) L. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh (Eds .) Concept Lattices and their Relations and Kleene Algebra Collaborative Networks: Applications in Computer Science Reference Modeling Fourth International Conference, CLA 2006 10th International Conference on Relational Tunis, Tunisia, October 30–November 1, 2006 Methods in Computer Science, and 5th Selected Papers International Conference on Applications Collaborative Networks: Reference Modeling of Kleene Algebra, RelMiCS/AKA 2008, works to establish a theoretical foundation for Frauenwörth, Germany, April 7–11, 2008, Collaborative Networks. Particular emphasis is Proceedings put on modeling multiple facets of collabora- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of tive networks and establishing a comprehensive the Fourth International Conference on Concept modeling framework that captures and structures Lattices and their Applications, CLA 2006, held in diverse perspectives of these complex entities. Tunis, Tunisia, October 30-November 1, 2006. The book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings Further, this book introduces a contribution to the The 18 revised full papers together with 3 invited of the 10th International Conference on Relational definition of reference models for Collaborative contributions presented were carefully reviewed Methods in Computer Science, RelMiCS 2008, and Networks. and selected from 41 submissions. The topics the 5th International Conference on Applications Collaborative Networks: Reference Modeling include formal concept analysis, foundations of of Kleene Algebras, AKA 2008, held in Manchester, provides valuable elements for researchers, PhD FCA, mathematical structures related to FCA, rela- UK in April 2008. students, engineers, managers, and leading prac- tionship of FCA to other methods of data analysis, The 26 revised full papers presented together titioners interested in collaborative systems and visualization of data in FCA, and applications of with 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and networked society. FCA. selected from numerous submissions. The papers describe the calculus of relations and similar alge- Features Fields of interest braic formalisms as methodological and concep- 7 Establishes a theoretical foundation for Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Information tual tools with special focus on formal methods for Collaborative Networks 7 Emphasis on modeling Storage and Retrieval software engineering, logics of programs and links multiple facets of collaborative networks 7 Valu- to neighbouring disciplines. Their scope comprises able reference for researchers and practitioners Target groups relation algebra, fixpoint calculi, semiring theory, alike Researchers and professionals iteration algebras, process algebras and dynamic algebras. Applications include formal algebraic Contents Type of publication modeling, the semantics, analysis and development Introduction.- Towards a CN Reference Model.- Proceedings of programs, formal language theory and combina- Modeling Tools and Approaches.- Modeling torial optimization. Examples.- Subjects Index.
Fields of interest Field of interest Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages; Computer Systems Organization and Communica- Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation; Artificial tion Networks Intelligence (incl. Robotics) Target groups Target groups Researchers, PhD students, engineers, managers, Researchers and professionals and leading practitioners interested in collabora- tive systems and networked society Type of publication Proceedings Type of publication Monograph
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L. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, M. Ollus L. Chen, Y. Mu, W. Susilo (Eds .) F. Chen, University of Science and Technology, Hefei, (Eds .) China; B. Jüttler, Johannes Keppler University, Linz, Information Security Practice Austria (Eds .) Methods and Tools for and Experience Collaborative Networked Advances in Geometric 4th International Conference, ISPEC 2008 Modeling and Processing Organizations Sydney, Australia, April 21–23, 2008 Proceedings 5th International Conference,GMP 2008, Hangzhou, China, April 23–25, 2008, Collaborative Networked Organizations represent Proceedings one of the most relevant organizational paradigms in industry and services. A large number of devel- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of opments in recent years have turned Collaborative the 4th International Information Security Practice Networks into a pervasive phenomenon in all and Experience Conference, ISPEC 2008, held in This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of socio-economic sectors. Sydney, Australia, in May 2008. the 5th International Conference on Geometric The main aim of this book is to provide a compre- The 29 revised full papers were carefully reviewed Modeling and Processing, GMP 2008, held in hensive set of reference material derived from the and selected from 95 submissions. The papers Hangzhou, China, in April 2008. results of ECOLEAD project in one organized cover a wide range of topics in mathematics, The 34 revised full papers and 17 revised short volume. The ECOLEAD project, a large 4-year computer science and security applications, papers presented were carefully reviewed and European initiative, involved 28 organizations including authentication and digital signatures, selected from a total of 113 submissions. The (from academia, research and industry), from privacy, encryption and hash-function algorithms, papers cover a wide spectrum in the area of 14 countries (in Europe and Latin America). security analysis, network security, access control, geometric modeling and processing and address Three main types of results from ECOLEAD are security devices, pairing and elliptic curve based topics such as curves and surfaces, digital geom- presented: (i) Conceptual frameworks and models, security practice, security computation and so etry processing, geometric feature modeling (ii) Methods and processes, and (iii) Software forth. and recognition, geometric constraint solving, tools and systems. Furthermore, the experience geometric optimization, multiresolution modeling, and lessons learned with a number of large pilot Fields of interest and applications in computer vision, image implementations in real-world running networks Data Encryption; Computer Communication processing, scientific visualization, robotics and of enterprises are also included as an indication of Networks; reverse engineering. the assessment/validation of the project results. Target groups Fields of interest Features Researchers and professionals Computer Imaging, Graphics and Computer 7 Three main types of results from ECOLEAD are Vision; Computer Graphics; Simulation and presented: (i) Conceptual frameworks and models, Type of publication Modeling (ii) Methods and processes, and (iii) Software tools Proceedings and systems 7 Includes results from a number of Target groups large pilot implementations in real-world running Researchers and professionals networks of enterprises as an indication of the assessment/validation Type of publication Proceedings Field of interest Computer Systems Organization and Communica- tion Networks
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M. X. Cheng, University of Missouri, Rolla, MO, USA; M. Claypool, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, D. Coeurjolly, I. Sivignon, L. Tougne, F. Dupont D. Li, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China (Eds .) MA, USA; S. Uhlig, Delft University of Technology, (Eds .) The Netherlands (Eds .) Advances in Wireless Ad Hoc Discrete Geometry for and Sensor Networks Passive and Active Network Computer Imagery Measurement 14th IAPR International Conference, 9th International Conference, PAM 2008, DGCI 2008, Lyon, France, April 16–18, 2008, Wireless ad hoc networks, mobile or static, have Cleveland, OH, USA, April 29–30, 2008, Proceedings special resource requirements and different Proceedings topology features, which make them different from classic computer networks in resource manage- ment, routing, media access control, and QoS This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of provisioning. This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th IAPR TC-18 International Conference on The book presents papers written by distinguished the 9th International Conference on Passive and Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery, DGCI researchers in the field and focuses on the theo- Active Measurement, PAM 2008, held in Cleve- 2008, held in Lyon, France, in April 2008. retical and experimental study of the following land, OH, USA, in April 2008. The 23 revised full papers and 22 revised poster advanced research topics: security and trust, The 23 revised full papers presented were carefully papers presented together with 3 invited papers broadcasting and multicasting; power control and reviewed and selected from 71 submissions. The were carefully reviewed and selected from 76 energy efficiency, and QoS provisioning. papers focus on research and practical applications submissions. The papers are organized in topical This book is a great reference tool for graduate of network measurement and analysis techniques sections on models for discrete geometry, discrete students, researchers, and mathematicians and are organized in topical sections on addressing and combinatorial topology, geometric transforms, interested in studying mobile ad hoc and sensor and topology, applications, classification and discrete shape representation, recognition and networks. sampling, measurement systems and frameworks, analysis, discrete tomography, morphological wireless 802.11, tools, characterization and trends, analysis, discrete modelling and visualization, as Features and malware and anomalies. well as discrete and combinatorial tools for image 7 Presents the most recent research on the rapidly segmentation and analysis. growing field of research on mobile ad hoc and Fields of interest sensor networks 7 Presents authored papers, Computer Communication Networks; System Fields of interest written by distinguished researchers in the field Performance and Evaluation; Information Systems Image Processing; Computer Graphics; Pattern 7 Focuses on subtopics that have emerged from Applications (incl. Internet) Recognition mobile ad hoc and sensor network research, ie., QoS routing, broadcast and multicast 7 Elabo- Target groups Target groups rates on several multicasting approaches in mobile Researchers and professionals Researchers and professionals wireless ad hoc networks Type of publication Type of publication From the contents Proceedings Proceedings Backbone Quality-of-Service Routing Protocol for Heterogeneous Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (X. Du).- Optimal Path Selection in Ad Hoc Networks Based on Multiple Metrics (H. Badis, K. Al Agha).- Analyzing Voice Transmission between Ad Hoc Networks and Fixed IP Net- works Providing End-to-End Quality of Service (M.C. Domingo, D. Remondo).
Fields of interest Computer Communication Networks; Communi- cations Engineering, Networks
Target groups Researchers in the fields of networking and tele- communications, graduate students and professors interested in a wireless networks curriculum; and practitioners working on sensor networks
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M. Dumas, University of Tartu, Estonia; R. Heckel, M. Egerstedt, Georgia Institute of Technology S. Fischer Hübner, Karlstad University, Sweden; University of Leicester, UK (Eds .) Atlanta, GA, USA; B. Mishra, Courant Institute, P. Duquenoy, Middlesex University, UK; A. Zuccato, New York, NY, USA (Eds .) TeliaSonera, Sweden; L. Martucci, Karlstad University, Web Services and Formal Sweden (Eds .) Methods Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control The Future of Identity in the 4th International Workshop, WS-FM 2007, Information Society Brisbane, Australia, September 28–29, 2007, 11th International Workshop, HSCC 2008, Proceedings St. Louis, MO, USA, April 22–24, 2008, Proceedings of the Third IFIP WG Proceedings 9.2, 9.6/11.6, 11.7/FIDIS International Summer School, Karlstad University, Sweden, August 4–10, 2007 This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings workshop proceedings of the 4th International of the 11th International Conference on Hybrid Workshop on Web Services and Formal Methods, Systems: Computation and Control, HSCC 2008, WS-FM 2007, held in Brisbane, Australia, in held in St. Louis, MO, USA, in April 2008. This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of September 2007 in conjunction with the 5th The 42 revised full papers and 20 revised short the Third IFIP International Summer School held International Conference on Business Process papers presented were carefully reviewed and in Sweden on August 4-10, 2007. Management, BPM 2007. selected from numerous submissions for inclu- The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in The 9 revised full papers presented together with sion in the book. The papers focus on research in the sciences and technologies of information and 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and embedded, reactive systems involving the interplay communication. The scope of the series includes: selected from 22 submissions. The papers address between symbolic/switching and continuous foundations of computer science; software theory the application of formal methods and reasoning dynamical behaviors and feature the latest develop- and practice; education; computer applications techniques to Web service technology, and formal ments of applications and theoretical advance- in technology; communication systems; systems theories inspired by developments in the field of ments in the design, analysis, control, optimiza- modeling and optimization; information systems; Web services. tion, and implementation of hybrid systems, with computers and society; computer systems tech- particular attention to embedded and networked nology; security and protection in information Fields of interest control systems. processing systems; artificial intelligence; and Software Engineering; Computer Communication human-computer interaction. Proceedings and Networks; Logics and Meanings of Programs Fields of interest post-proceedings of refereed international confer- Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems; ences in computer science and interdisciplinary Target groups Processor Architectures; Logics and Meanings of fields are featured. These results often precede Researchers and professionals Programs journal publication and represent the most current research. The principal aim of the IFIP series is Type of publication Target groups to encourage education and the dissemination Proceedings Researchers and professionals and exchange of information about all aspects of computing. Type of publication Proceedings Features 7 Papers were peer-reviewed and carefully selected 7 Much information in this series is published in advance of journal publication 7 Contributors in this volume are world- renowned experts in their field
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X. Gao, H. Müller, M. Loomes, R. Comley, S. Luo J. Garrigue, Nagoya University, Japan; M. Gavrilova, University of Calgary, Canada; (Eds .) M. Hermenegildo, Universidad Politecnica de C. K. Tan, OptimaNumerics, Belfast, UK (Eds .) Madrid, Spain (Eds .) Medical Imaging and Transactions on Informatics Functional and Logic Computational Science I Second International Conference, Programming MIMI 2007, Beijing, China, 9th International Symposium, FLOPS 2008, August 14–16, 2007, Revised Selected papers Ise, Japan, April 14–16, 2008, Proceedings The LNCS journal Transactions on Computational Science reflects recent developments in the field of Computational Science, conceiving the field not as a mere ancillary science but rather as an innovative This book constitutes the thoroughly refeered post- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of approach supporting many other scientific disci- conference proceedings of the Second Interational the 9th International Symposium on Functional plines. The journal focuses on original high-quality Conference on Medical Imaging and Informatics, and Logic Programming, FLOPS 2008, held in Ise, research in the realm of Computational Science in MIMI 2007, held in Beijing, China, in August Japan, in April 2008. parallel and distributed environments, encom- 2007. The 20 revised full papers presented together with passing the facilitating theoretical foundations and The 40 revised full papers presented together 3 invited contributions were carefully reviewed the applications of large-scale computations and with 4 keynote talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 59 submissions. The papers massive data processing. It addresses researchers and selected from 110 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on constraints, and practitioners in areas ranging from aerospace are organized in topical sections on medical constructive arithmetic, dependent types, to biochemistry, from electronics to geosci- image segmentation and registration, medical rewriting, program transformation, logic and ences, from mathematics to software architecture, informatics, PET, fMRI, ultrasound and thermal lambda-calculus, types, and debugging. presenting verifiable computational methods, find- imaging, 3D reconstruction and visualization. The ings and solutions and enabling industrial users to volume is rounded off by 4 papers from 2 work- Fields of interest apply techniques of leading-edge, large-scale, high shops on legal, ethical and social issues in medical Programming Techniques; Programming performance computational methods. imaging and informatics, as well as on computer- Languages, Compilers, Interpreters; Logics and aided diagnosis (CAD). Meanings of Programs Fields of interest Software Engineering/Programming and Oper- Fields of interest Target groups ating Systems; Theory of Computation; Scientific Image Processing; Pattern Recognition; Artificial Researchers and professionals Computing Intelligence (incl. Robotics) Type of publication Target groups Target groups Proceedings Researchers and professionals Researchers and professionals Type of publication Type of publication Collected works Proceedings
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D. C. Gibbon, Z. Liu, AT&T Labs, Middletown, NJ, USA J. R. Goodall, Applied Visions Inc ., Northport, NY, O. Hazzan, Y. Dubinsky, The Technion, Israel Institute USA; G. Conti, US Military Academy, West Point, NY, of Technology, Haifa, Israel Introduction to Video Search USA; K. Ma, University of California, Davis, CA, USA Engines (Eds .) Agile Software Engineering VizSEC 2007 Advisory board: S. Abramsky, C. Hankin, D. C. Kozen, A. M. Pitts, F. Nielson, S. S. Skiena, Proceedings of the Workshop on Video search engines enable users to take advan- I. Stewart, D. D. Zhang tage of constantly growing video resources like, Visualization for Computer Security for example, video on demand, Internet television and YouTube, for a wide variety of applications This textbook presents the current issues in soft- including entertainment, education and commu- Networked computers are ubiquitous, and are ware development methods. Special emphasis is nications. subject to attack, misuse, and abuse. One method placed on agile software development, being one of David Gibbon and Zhu Liu describe the current to counteracting this cyber threat is to provide the mainstream paradigms for the management of state of video search engine technology and inform security analysts with better tools to discover software projects. us about opportunities to contribute to the devel- patterns, detect anomalies, identify correlations, Features and topics: (1) Examines the Agile opment of this field. Their book has a practical and communicate their findings. Visualization manifesto and its implications. (2) Discusses the emphasis with the goal of bringing readers up to for computer security (VizSec) researchers and delivery of software projects on time and within date on the state of the art in multimedia search developers are doing just that. VizSec is about budgets by using agile software development envi- technologies and systems. It explains the overall putting robust information visualization tools into ronment. (3) Considers the customer role in agile process of video content acquisition, indexing the hands of human analysts to take advantage of software development environments. (4) Looks and retrieval with browsing, it provides overviews the power of the human perceptual and cognitive at measures to control and monitor the software of constituent technologies such as informa- processes in solving computer security problems. development process. (5) Offers Agile software tion retrieval, Internet video systems, video and This volume collects the papers presented at the development processes from a cognitive perspec- multimedia processing to extract index data, and it 4th International Workshop on Computer Security tive. (6) Explores the concept of agility from the gives examples of research prototypes and existing - VizSec 2007. management perspective. (7) Investigates the commercial systems and describes their features. impact of agility on the organization level. (8) The From the contents wider context of each topic to software engineering Features 1. Introduction.- Section 1: Users and Testing.- is emphasized. 7 Readers will understand the basics of the Section 2: Network Security.- Section 3: Commu- technologies used in today’s video search engines nication, Characterization, and Context.- Features 7 Learn which video indexing techniques are Section 4: Attack Graphs and Scans. 7 Presents a new and updated perspective on a appropriate for given types of video material, and Software Engineering Methods course 7 Global be able to decide on suitable methods for new Fields of interest principles are presented with detailed practices, video content types 7 Be able to differentiate Computer Imaging, Graphics and Computer that can be easily implemented by the readers between proven, practical techniques and those Vision; Visualization; Data Structures, Cryptology 7 Delivers comprehensive understanding of the that are speculative, under development, or of and Information Theory important elements of software developments narrow applicability methods 7 Highlights and integrates technical, Target groups social, cognitive and managerial aspects of soft- Contents Professionals, graduate students, and researchers ware development processes 1) Video Search - 2) Video Data Sources and in visualization and computer science Applications - 3) Internet Video - 4) Video Contents Search Engine Systems - 5) Media Processing - Type of publication Introduction to Agile Software Develpment.- 6) Video Processing - 7) Audio Processing - Contributed volume Teamwork.- Customer and Users.- Time.- 8) Text Processing - 9) Multimodal Processing - Measures.- Quality.- Learning.- Abstraction.- 10) Research Systems - 11) Current Trends in Trust.- Globalization.- Reflection.- Change.- Video Search.- Glossary, References. Leadership.- Delivery and Cyclicality.- Epilogue.
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R. Hierons, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK; K. Huang, H. Yang, I. King, M. Lyu R. Kaschek, C. Kop, C. Steinberger, G. Fliedl (Eds .) J. P. Bowen, M. Harman, Kings College London, UK (Eds .) Machine Learning Information Systems and Formal Methods and Testing Modeling Data Locally and Globally e-Business Technologies 2nd International United Information An Outcome of the FORTEST Network. Systems Conference, UNISCON 2008, Revised Selected Papers Machine Learning – Modeling Data Locally and Klagenfurt, Austria, April 22–25, 2008, Globally presents a novel and unified theory that Proceedings tries to seamlessly integrate different algorithms. This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed and Specifically, the book distinguishes the inner peer-reviewed outcome of the Formal Methods nature of machine learning algorithms as either and Testing (FORTEST) network – formed as a “local learning” or “global learning.”This theory This book constitutes the refereed proceedings network established under UK EPSRC funding not only connects previous machine learning of UNISCON 2008 held in Klagenfurt, Austria, that investigated the relationships between formal methods, or serves as roadmap in various models, during April 22-25, 2008. (and semi-formal) methods and software testing but – more importantly – it also motivates a theory UNISCON combines the ECOMO workshop series - now being a subject group of two BCS Special that can learn from data both locally and globally. and the ISTA conference series. The 19 papers Interest Groups: Formal Aspects of Computing This would help the researchers gain a deeper dealing with conceptual modeling, model-driven Science (BCS FACS) and Special Interest Group in insight and comprehensive understanding of the software development and information systems Software Testing (BCS SIGIST). techniques in this field. The book reviews current applications represent a 30% selection from the Each of the 12 chapters in this book describes a topics, new theories and applications. original set of submissions. way in which the study of formal methods and Kaizhu Huang was a researcher at the Fujitsu They are completed by two keynote lectures and 35 software testing can be combined in a manner that Research and Development Center and is currently papers from internationally renowned researchers, brings the benefits of formal methods (e.g., preci- a research fellow in the Chinese University invited in honor of Heinrich C. Mayr, whose 60th sion, clarity, provability) with the advantages of of Hong Kong. Haiqin Yang leads the image birthday is also celebrated at this event, that he testing (e.g., scalability, generality, applicability). processing group at HiSilicon Technologies. originally created.
Fields of interest Features Fields of interest Software Engineering; Programming Languages, 7 New unified theory 7 Detailed graphic illus- Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Compilers, Interpreters; Logics and Meanings of tration 7 Empirical validation for each model Information Systems; Software Engineering Programs Contents Target groups Target groups Introduction.- Global Learning vs. Local Learning: Researchers and professionals Researchers and professionals A Background Review.- A General Global Learning Model.- Learning Locally and Globally.- Type of publication Type of publication Application I: Imbalanced Learning.- Application Proceedings Proceedings II: Regression.- Summary.
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R. Kutsche, N. Milanovic, TU Berlin, Germany (Eds .) K. Lee, Decorah, IA, USA T. Li, Yunnan University, Kunming, China Model-Based Software and Programming Languages An Approach to Modelling Data Integration An Active Learning Approach Software Evolution Processes First International Workshop, MBSDI 2008, Berlin, Germany, April 1–3, 2008, Proceedings Programming Languages: An Active Learning “An Approach to Modelling Software Evolution Approach introduces students to three program- Processes“ describes formal software processes ming paradigms: object-oriented/imperative that effectively support software evolution. The languages using C++ and Ruby, functional importance and popularity of software evolution This book includes selected papers of the First languages using Standard ML, and logic program- increase as more and more successful software International Workshop on Model-Based Soft- ming using Prolog. This interactive textbook is systems become legacy systems. On the one hand, ware and Data Integration 2008, held in Berlin, intended to be used in and outside of class. Each software evolution has become an important char- Germany, in April 2008 as a part of the Berlin chapter follows a pattern of presenting a topic acteristic in the software life cycle. On the other Software Integration Week 2008. followed by a practice exercise or exercises that hand, software processes play an important role in The 9 revised full papers presented together encourage students to try what they have just read. increasing efficiency and quality of software evolu- with 3 invited lectures were carefully reviewed This textbook is best-suited for students with a 2-3 tion. Therefore, the software evolution process, the and selected from numerous submissions. The course introduction to imperative programming. inter-discipline of software process and software papers are organized in topical sections on data Key Features: (1) Accessible structure guides the evolution, becomes a key area in software engi- integration, software architectures, services and student through various programming languages. neering. migration, as well as on model-based and semantic (2) Seamlessly integrated practice exercises. (3) Prof. Tong Li earned his Ph.D. in Software Engi- approaches. Classroom-tested. (4) Online support materials. neering at De Montfort University, U.K.; he has Advance praise: “The Programming Languages published five monographs and over one hundred Fields of interest book market is overflowing with books, but papers. Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); none like this. In many ways, it is precisely the Database Management book I have been searching for to use in my own Features programming languages course.“ 7 Leads to successful software evolution Target groups 7 Improves the quality and efficiency of software Researchers and professionals Features evolution 7 Improves the research on software 7 Interactive text with projects for students to do evolution 7 No similar book available Type of publication outside of the classroom 7 Book incorporates Proceedings compiler and logical programming approaches Contents 7 Promotes active learning techniques 7 Class- Preface.- Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 room-tested material Overview of Software Processes and Software Evolution.- Chapter 3 Related Work.- Chapter 4 From the contents Software Evolution Process Meta-Model EPMM.- Specifying Syntax.- Object-Oriented Programming Chapter 5 Software Evolution Process Description with C++.- Object-Oriented Programming with Language EPDL.- Chapter 6 Framework of Soft- Ruby.- Functional Programming in Standard ML.- ware Evolution Processes.- Chapter 7 Designing Language Implementation in Standard ML.- Logic Processes and Activities.- Chapter 8 Designing Programming.- Formal Semantics.- Appendix Tasks.- Chapter 9 Efficiency Improvement of the A: The C++ Scanner Class Implementation.- Software Evolution Processes.- Chapter 10 Support Appendix B: The Ruby Scanner Class Implementa- Environment EPT.- Chapter 11 Case Studies.- tion.- Appendix C: Standard ML Basis Library.- Chapter 12 Conclusions. Appendix D: SML Calculator Compiler.- Appendix E: The Factorial Program’s Code.- Appendix F: Fields of interest Small Action Semantic Description. Software Engineering
Fields of interest Target groups Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters; Teachers, postgraduate and senior undergraduate Logics and Meanings of Programs; Symbolic and students, software engineers and managers Algebraic Manipulation Type of publication Target groups Monograph Students
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Z. Liu, C. H. Xia, IBM T .J . Watson Research Center, M. Luck, King‘s College London, UK; L. Padgham, T. Malkin, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Hawthorne, NY, USA (Eds .) RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (Eds .) (Ed .) Performance Modeling and Agent-Oriented Software Topics in Cryptology – Engineering Engineering VIII CT-RSA 2008 8th International Workshop, AOSE 2007, The Cryptographers‘ Track at the RSA Honolulu, HI, USA, May 14–18, 2007, Conference 2008, San Francisco, CA, USA, This book presents the latest advances in method- Revised Selected Papers April 8–11, 2008, Proceedings ology and techniques of performance modeling and engineering, ranging from theoretical advances to system and architecture developments, from technology to economics, from academic Software architectures that contain many dynami- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of innovations to engineering processes, from cally interacting components, each with its own the Cryptographers’ Track at the RSA Conference statistical analysis to system control, and from thread of control, engaging in complex coordi- 2008, CT-RSA 2008, held in San Francisco, CA, enterprise systems to computer networks. The nation protocols, are difficult to correctly and USA in April 2008. collection promotes innovative research in these efficiently engineer. Agent-oriented modelling The 26 revised full papers presented together emerging topics, bridging the gap between theory techniques are important for the design and devel- with the abstract of 1 invited talk were carefully and practice, and stimulating the use of these new opment of such applications. This book provides a reviewed and selected from 95 submissions. The developments. diverse and interesting overview of the work that is papers are organized in topical sections on hash Part I focuses on performance design and currently being undertaken by a growing number function cryptanalysis, cryptographic building engineering, introducing new methodologies of researchers in the area of Agent-Oriented Soft- blocks, fairness in secure computation, message and considerations including machine learning, ware Engineering. authentication codes, improved aes implementa- network economics, online advertising and perfor- This volume constitutes the thoroughly refereed tions, public key encryption with special proper- mance engineering. Part II concentrates on sched- proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on ties, side channel cryptanalysis, cryptography uling and control, covering new developments in Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, AOSE 2007, for limited devices, invited talk, key exchange, Internet traffic routing, network scheduling, and held in Honolulu, Hawaii in May 2007 as part of cryptanalysis, and cryptographic protocols. modeling and control of computer systems. Each AAMAS 2007. The 16 revised full papers were chapter is self-contained, including both a broad carefully selected from numerous submissions Fields of interest survey of the topic and the technical challenges during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. Data Encryption; Discrete Mathematics in and solutions. The volume contains the papers presented at the Computer Science workshop, together with papers resulting from Features discussions on tools and platforms. Target groups 7 First book to cover both performance modeling Researchers and professionals and performance engineering 7 Establishes a Fields of interest connection between market mechanisms and Software Engineering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Type of publication Internet applications 7 Provides state-of-the-art Robotics); Logics and Meanings of Programs Proceedings insights in the application of control theory and optimization techniques on computer systems and Target groups computer networks Researchers and professionals
From the contents Type of publication Machine Learning Techniques-Reductions Proceedings Between Prediction Quality Metrics.- Performance Engineering and Management Method--A Holistic Approach to Performance Engineering.- Economic Models of Communication Networks.
Fields of interest Performance and Reliability; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks
Target groups Researchers in performance and evaluation; those in networking and systems
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B. Monien, U. Schroeder, University of Paderborn, N. Monmarché, E. Talbi, P. Collet, M. Schoenauer, D. Pei, M. Yung, D. Lin, C. Wu (Eds .) Germany (Eds .) E. Lutton (Eds .) Information Security and Algorithmic Game Theory Artificial Evolution Cryptology First International Symposium, SAGT 2008, 8th International Conference, Third SKLOIS Conference, Inscrypt 2007, Paderborn, Germany, April 30–May 2, 2008, Evolution Artificielle, EA 2007 Tours, France, Xining, China, August 31–September 5, 2007, Proceedings October 29–31, 2007, Revised Selected Papers Revised Selected Papers
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Symposium on Algorithmic This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- Game Theory, SAGT 2008, held in Paderborn, conference proceedings of the 8th International conference proceedings of the Third SKLOIS (State Germany, in April/May 2008. Conference on Artificial Evolution, EA 2007, held Key Laboratory of Information Security) Confer- The 28 revised full papes presented together in Tours, France in October 2007. ence on Information Security and Cryptology, with 3 invited lectures were carefully reviewed The 27 revised full papers presented were carefully Inscrypt 2007 (formerly CISC), held in Xining, and selected from 60 submissions. The papers reviewed and selected from 62 submissions during China, in August/September 2007. are organized in topical sections on routing and two rounds of reviewing and improvement. The The 33 revised full papers and 10 revised short scheduling, markets, mechanism design, potpourri papers cover all aspects of artificial evolution: papers presented together with 2 invited papers of games, solution concepts, and cost sharing. genetic programming, swarm intelligence, combi- were carefully reviewed and selected from 167 natorial and multi-objective optimization, theory submissions. The papers are organized in topical Fields of interest in genetic algorithms and evolutionary systems, as sections on digital signature schemes, block cipher, Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); well as applications of evolutionary algorithms. key management, zero knowledge and secure Computers and Society; Computer Appl. in computation protocols, secret sharing, stream Administrative Data Processing Fields of interest cipher and pseudorandomness, boolean functions, Computation by Abstract Devices; Algorithm privacy and deniability, hash functions, public key Target groups Analysis and Problem Complexity; Artificial cryptosystems, public key analysis, application Reseachers and professionals Intelligence (incl. Robotics) security, system security and trusted computing, and network security. Type of publication Target groups Proceedings Researchers and professionals Fields of interest Data Encryption; Management of Computing and Type of publication Information Systems Proceedings Target groups Researchers and professionals
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I. Rahwan, British University Dubai; S. Parsons, City J. S. Sichman, J. Padget, S. Ossowski, P. Noriega S. S. Skiena, State University of New York, Stony University of New York, NY, USA; C. Reed, University (Eds .) Brook, NY, USA of Dundee, UK (Eds .) Coordination, Organizations, The Algorithm Design Manual Argumentation in Multi-Agent Institutions, and Norms in Systems Agent Systems III 4th International Workshop, ArgMAS 2007, COIN 2007 International Workshops This expanded and updated second edition of a Honolulu, HI, USA, May 15, 2007, COIN@AAMAS 2007, Honolulu, HI, USA, classic bestseller continues to take the “mystery” out of designing and analyzing algorithms and Revised Selected and Invited Papers May 2007 COIN@MALLOW 2007, Durham, UK, their efficacy and efficiency. Expanding on the September 2007, Revised Selected Papers highly successful formula of the first edition, the book now serves as the primary textbook of choice This volume presents the latest developments in for any algorithm design course while maintaining the growing area of research at the interface of This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed its status as the premier practical reference guide argumentation theory and multiagent systems. post-workshop proceedings of the International to algorithms. Argumentation provides tools for designing, Workshop on Coordination, Organization, Institu- NEW: (1) Incorporates twice the tutorial material implementing and analyzing sophisticated forms tions and Norms in Agent Systems, COIN 2007, and exercises. (2) Provides full online support for of interaction among rational agents. Application held as two events at AAMAS 2007, the 6th Inter- lecturers, and a completely updated and improved domains include: legal disputes, business negotia- national Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents website component with lecture slides, audio tion, labor disputes, team formation, scientific and Multiagent Systems in Honolulu, HI, USA, and video. (3) Contains a highly unique catalog inquiry, deliberative democracy, ontology recon- in May 2007 and MALLOW 2007, the Federated of the 75 most important algorithmic problems. ciliation, risk analysis, scheduling, and logistics. Workshops on Multi-Agent Logics, Languages, and (4) Includes new “war stories” and “interview The papers presented in this book constitute the Organisations in Durham, UK, in September 2007. problems”, relating experiences from real-world thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings This volume is the third in a series focusing on applications. of the 4th International Workshop on Argumenta- issues in Coordination, Organizations, Institutions tion in Multi-Agent Systems, held in Honolulu, and Norms (COIN) in multi-agent systems. The Features HI, USA, in May 2007 as an associated event of 23 papers in this volume are revised versions of 7 Unique, handy reference package with a prac- AAMAS 2007, the main international conference papers presented at the two workshops that were tical, hands-on appeal to a wide audience 7 This on autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. carefully selected from 38 initial submissions. The classic bestseller has been expanded and updated A number of invited revised papers on argumenta- papers are organized in topical sections on coordi- with twice the original tutorial material and exer- tion in MAS are also included, from both AAMAS nation, organization and institutions, and norms. cises 7 Contains a highly unique catalog of the 2007 and AAAI 2007, the 22nd Conference on 75 most important algorithmic problems 7 Addi- Artificial Intelligence. Fields of interest tional useful information such as lecture slides and Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Software updates available via author’s website Fields of interest Engineering; Logics and Meanings of Programs Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Computer From the contents Communication Networks; User Interfaces and Target groups Part I: Practical Algorithm Design. Introduction to Human Computer Interaction Researchers and professionals Algorithms. Algorithm Analysis. Data Structures. Sorting and Searching. Graph Traversal. Weighted Target groups Type of publication Graph Algorithms. Combinatorial Search and Researchers and professionals Proceedings Heuristic Methods. Dynamic Programming. Intractable Problems and Approximations. How Type of publication to Design Algorithms.- Part II: The Hitchhiker‘s Proceedings Guide to Algorithms. A Catalog of Algorithmic Problems. Data Structures. Numerical Problems. Combinatorical Problems. Graph Problems: Poly- nomial-Time.
Fields of interest Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity; Algorithms; Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science
Target groups Advanced undergraduates, practitioners, begin- ning grads
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N. Smart, University of Bristol, UK (Ed .) A. Syropoulos, Democritus University of Thrace, I. Wachsmuth, University of Bielefeld, Germany; Xanthi, Greece G. Knoblich, University of Birmingham, UK (Eds .) Advances in Cryptology – EUROCRYPT 2008 Hypercomputation Modeling Communication 27th Annual International Conference on the Computing Beyond the Church-Turing Barrier with Robots and Virtual Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Humans Techniques, Istanbul, Turkey, Second ZiF Research Group 2005/2006 April 13–17, 2008, Proceedings Hypercomputation is a relatively new theory of International Workshop on Embodied computation that is about computing methods Communication in Humans and Machines, and devices that transcend the so-called Church- Turing thesis. This book will provide a thorough Bielefeld, Germany, April 5–8, 2006, This book constitutes the refereed proceedings description of the field of hypercomputation Revised Selected Papers of the 27th Annual International Conference on covering all attempts at devising conceptual the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic hypermachines and all new promising computa- Techniques, EUROCRYPT 2008, held in Istanbul, tional paradigms that may eventually lead to the Two main types of embodied agents are playing an Turkey, in April 2008. construction of a hypermachine. increasingly important role in cognitive interaction The 31 revised full papers presented were carefully Readers of this book will get a deeper under- technology: virtual humans inhabiting simulated reviewed and selected from 163 submissions. The standing of what computability is and why the environments and humanoid robots inhabiting papers address all current foundational, theoretical Church-Turing thesis poses an arbitrary limit to the real world. The need to develop an integrated and research aspects of cryptology, cryptography, what can be actually computed. Hypercomputing perspective of embodiment in communication, and cryptanalysis as well as advanced applications. is in and of itself quite a novel idea and as such the establishing bridges between lower-level, senso- The papers are organized in topical sections on book will be interesting in its own right. The most rimotor functions and a range of higher-level, cryptanalysis, signatures, encryption, curve based important features of the book, however, will be communicative functions involving language and cryptography, hash and mac function construc- the thorough description of the various attempts of bodily action has led to the exploration of how tions, cryptanalysis of hash and mac functions, hypercomputation: from trial-and-error machines artificial agents can advance our understanding multi-party computation, protocols, zero knowl- to the exploration of the human mind, if we treat it of key aspects of embodiment, cognition, and edge, foundations, and UC multi-party computa- as a computing device. communication. tion using tamper proof hardware. The 17 articles in this state-of-the-art survey Features address artificial intelligence research on commu- Fields of interest 7 Comprehensive examination of the hypercom- nicative agents and also provide an interdisci- Data Encryption; Computer Communication putation field 7 In-depth presentation of the plinary perspective from linguistics, behavioral Networks current status of computation and its potential research, theoretical biology, philosophy, commu- 7 Philosophical and pragmatic approach to the nication psychology, and computational neurosci- Target groups limits of computation and why the Church-Turing ence. Researchers and professionals thesis is an arbitrary limit 7 Describes the various attempts at hypercomputation, including Fields of interest Type of publication trial-and-error machines and the human mind Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Simula- Proceedings treated as a device with computational abilities tion and Modeling; Computer Communication Networks Fields of interest Theory of Computation; Algorithm Analysis and Target groups Problem Complexity; Computation by Abstract Researchers and professionals Devices Type of publication Target groups Proceedings Anyone with an interest in computability theory or general interest in theory of computation; researchers, engineers, and professionals in computer science, mathematics, cognitive science and physics
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R. Whitrow, London Metropolitan University, Z. Wu, H. Chen, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, R. W. Yeung, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China London, UK China Information Theory and OpenGL Graphics Through Semantic Grid: Model, Network Coding Applications Methodology, and Applications This book contains a thorough discussion of the OpenGL Graphics Through Applications is a classical topics in information theory together practical introduction to Computer Graphics with with the first comprehensive treatment of network an emphasis on understanding through practice. Semantic Grid: Model, Methodology, and Applica- coding, a subject first emerged under information Throughout the book, theory is followed by imple- tions introduces to the science, core technologies, theory in the mid 1990’s that has now diffused mentation using C / C++ and complete programs and killer applications. First, scientific issues of into coding theory, computer networks, wireless are provided on the Springer website. semantic grid systems are covered, followed by communications, complexity theory, cryptog- A procedural approach has been taken to two basic technical issues, data-level semantic raphy, graph theory, etc. With a large number of algorithmic development while taking an object mapping, and service-level semantic interoper- examples, illustrations, and original problems, this oriented approach when building artefacts from ating. Two killer applications are then introduced book is excellent as a textbook or reference book simple objects. The book covers a range of topics to show how to build a semantic grid for specific for a senior or graduate level course on the subject, including: (1) image processing, (2) artefact application domains. Although this book is as well as a reference for researchers in related construction, (3) introductory animation, (4) organized in a step by step manner, each chapter fields. texturing, (5) curves surfaces and patterns. is independent. Detailed application scenarios are Robert Whitrow has taught computing courses also presented. In 1990, Prof. Wu invented the first Features from first year undergraduate to postgraduate KB-system tool, ZIPE, based on C on a SUN plat- 7 Modern treatment of information theory that MSc at a range of different institutions. form. He proposed the first coupling knowledge combines with new topic of network coding representing model, Couplingua, which embodies 7 Includes numerous examples, illustrations, and Features Rule, Frame, Semantic Network and Nerve Cell original problems 7 Structured systematically as 7 Concise text which includes worked examples Network, and supports symbol computing and a textbook and includes problems with solutions from theory to code implementation data processing computing. His current focus is on semantic web, grid & ubiquitous computing, and Contents Contents their applications in the life sciences. The Science of Information.- Part I: Components Getting Started.- Image File Formats.- Image of Information Theory. Information Measures. Processing.- Transformations.- Viewing and Features The I-Measure. Zero-Error Data Compression. Projection.- Light and Colour.- Texture Mapping.- 7 Gives a complex network model for semantic Weak Typicality. Strong Typicality. Discrete Objects to Artefacts.- Curves Surfaces and grid 7 Offers a semantic Grid toolkit for data Memoryless Channels. Rate Distortion Theory. The Patterns.- Appendices.- References, Index. integration and process composition 7 Discusses Blahut-Arimoto Algorithms. Differential Entropy. semantic-based message middleware 7 Discusses Continuous-Valued Channels. Markov Structures. Fields of interest knowledge discovery and data mining in semantic Information Inequalities. Shannon-Type Inequali- Computer Graphics; Computer Imaging, Graphics grid ties. Beyond Shannon-Type Inequalities. Entropy and Computer Vision and Groups.- Part II: Fundamentals of Network Fields of interest Coding. Introduction. The Max-Flow Bound. Target groups Computer Communication Networks; Information Single-Source Linear Network Coding: Acyclic Second/final year undergraduates in computing, Systems Applications (incl.Internet) Networks. Single-Source Linear Network Coding: engineering or mathematics Cyclic Networks.- Multi-Source Network Coding. Target groups Type of publication Professionals in grid computing and PhD and Fields of interest Undergraduate textbook graduate students in computer science Communications Engineering, Networks; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory; Type of publication Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes Monograph Target groups Textbook for information theory courses
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E. Gazit, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; P. Giudici, L. Solieri, Agriculture and Food Science, I. Hargittai, Budapest University of Technology R. Nussinov, SAIC-Frederick, Inc ., Frederick, MD, USA Reggio Emilia, Italy (Eds .) and Economics, Hungary; M. Hargittai, Hungarian (Eds .) Academy of Sciences at Eötvös University, Hungary Vinegars of the World Nanostructure Design Symmetry through the Eyes of Methods and Protocols a Chemist The importance of vinegars goes far beyond their merely economic aspect: they are in fact the result As one of the fastest growing fields of research in of environmental resources and culture, of tradi- Reviews of previous editions 7 This has to be the the 21st century, nanotechnology is sure to have tion and science. The origin of vinegar is lost in the most delightful book on symmetry ever written! an enormous impact on many aspects of our lives. dawn of human history, together with the begin- 7 F.L. 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The chapters contributed by leading experts working in the field and enriched by several images book. The work offers a broad new perspective. are divided into two sections, the first of which and tables, clearly describes some of the main 7 Scientific American covers experimental aspects of nanostructure types of vinegar produced in the world in their 7 In the refreshing style of scientists with an almost design and the second delves into computational peculiar aspects. In particular, vinegar technology renaissance versatility. 7 New Scientist methods. As a volume of the highly successful and microbiology are dealt with extensively. The 7 This beautiful book… looks at symmetry as a Methods in Molecular Biology™ series, this collec- nomenclature of the microorganisms involved has unifying theme in the nature of things. tion pulls together cutting-edge protocols, written been updated according to the current taxonomy. 7 Mathematical Reviews in a step-by-step, readily reproducible format 7 …gives the reader a broad perspective… 7 The certain to guide researchers to the desired results. Features Mathematical Intelligencer 7 Gives an overview of the most popular types of 7 An outstanding book that succeeds admirably on Features vinegars produced in the world 7 Technologies a number of levels… 7 Bowker’s Good Reading 7 Provides information about the design of the and microorganisms involved in their production 7 I warmly recommend it to all chemists. 7 Journal building blocks by experimental exploration of are described in details 7 The nomenclature of of Chemical Education synthetic chemicals, biological prospects, and microorganisms has been updated according to the theoretical studies of the conformational space current taxonomy, and includes the most recent Features 7 Explores the characterization of the formed changes 7 The only book to comprehensively survey nanostructures by various biophysical techniques chemistry from the point of view of symmetry Contents 7 Contains many examples from chemistry as From the contents Vinegar through the Time.- Vinegars of the well as from other fields which emphasize the Molecular Design of Performance Proteins with World.- Vinegar Microbiology: Preservation of unifying nature of the symmetry concept 7 This Repetitive Sequences: Recombinant Flagelliform Vinegar Bacteria.- Vinegar Microbiology: Other new edition has been further revised and contains Spider Silk as Basis for Biomaterials.- Creation Microorganisms.- Vinegar Engineering.- Malt streamlined text and renewed the illustrative mate- of hybrid nanorods from sequences of natural Viniegra.- Rice vinegar.- Chinese vinegar and rial as well as an epilogue 7 Features expanded trimeric fibrous proteins by use of the fibritin solid-fermentation process.- Vinegar from tropical sections dealing with biopolymers and quasicrys- trimerization motif.- The Leucine Zipper as a Africa.- Wine and grape vinegar.- Traditional tals Building Block for Self-assembled Protein Fibers. Balsamic Vinegar.- Jerez Vinegar.- Cider Vinegar : Microbiology, Technology and Quality.- Fruit Fields of interest Fields of interest vinegar.- Production of vinegar from whey. Inorganic Chemistry; Math. Applications in Biotechnology; Nanotechnology Chemistry; Arts Fields of interest Target groups Applied Microbiology; Food Science; Biotech- Target groups Nanobiotechnologists, molecular biologists, nology Chemistry undergraduates and postgraduates; computational biologists, chemists, computer researchers and professionals working in chem- scientists Target groups istry, the mathematical sciences, and the fine arts Scientists, professionals and students in biotech- who have an interest in symmetry Type of publication nology, food science, applied microbiology Contributed volume Type of publication Type of publication Graduate/Advanced undergraduate textbook Professional book
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H. Pasman, Delft University of Technology, retired H. Schubert, Fraunhofer-Institute for Chemical A.S. Shteinberg, Berkeley, CA, USA TNO Applied Scientific Research, The Netherlands; Technology, Pfinztal, Germany; A. Kuznetsov, V .G . I. A. Kirillov, Russian Research Centre „Kurchatov Khlopin Radium Institute, St . Petersburg, Russia (Eds .) Fast Reactions in Energetic Institute“, Moscow, Russia (Eds .) Detection of Liquid Explosives Materials Resilience of Cities to Terrorist and Flammable Agents in High-temperature Decomposition of Rocket Propellants and Explosives and other Threats Connection with Terrorism Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Urban Structures Resilience Workshop on Detection of Liquid Explosives Under the title Energetic Materials (EM), the under Multi-Hazard Threats: Lessons of and Flammable Agents in Connection with author considers nearly all important homoge- 9/11 and Research Issues for Future Work, Terrorism, St. Petersburg, Russia, Moscow, Russia, 16-18 July, 2007 neous and heterogeneous systems such as solid and 17–19 October 2007 liquid explosives, pyrotechnic substances, mixtures used in combustion synthesis and all components of present rocket fuels. Since the combustion and The volume of hazardous cargo passing increases The book contains lectures of an international explosion of these materials are greatly influenced with the growth of economy and the expansion NATO-Russian Advanced Workshop about the by the kinetics of their chemical reactions, a quan- of technology. As we have seen in the recent past, detection of liquid explosives and flammable titative study of those kinetics is of great interest cities can become too easily a focus of terror. To agents. The ARW was one of a series of workshops for both theoretical and practical applications. counter these trends measures have to be taken. before, dealing with the detection of explosives and Kinetic studies of the thermal decomposition of This book presents an overview of threats and initiated by terrorist actions using liquid explo- EM have been very successful so far for both high measures based on a NATO advanced research sives. The aim of the workshop was to present and and low temperatures, but only for gaseous mate- workshop meant to make an inventory of items to discuss suitable methods about the feasibility rials. For condensed materials these studies were on which, for making progress research will be and realization of the detection of liquid explosive limited to low temperatures, mainly because of the worthwhile to perform. The spectrum of subjects is charges and flammable agents. lack of specialized techniques and instrumenta- broad. It covers various types of hazard threats, the tion. mechanisms of collapse of structures including the Features doubts about why the WTC buildings collapsed 7 The proceedings of this workshop are the only Features following the impact of aircraft and the ensuing possibility to gain information outside the area 7 The major part of the experimental results fires. of secrecy about the state of the art in this special presented in the book has not been published field of application 7 Activities in this area by before 7 For the first time these studies are Fields of interest Russian researchers are of special interest and will available in English 7 Combining theoretical and Urbanism; Basics of Construction; Safety in Chem- be a starting point for NATO Russian Research experimental parts including a description of novel istry, Dangerous Goods Cooperation methodologies and instruments
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Structure and Bonding Topics in Heterocyclic Topics in Heterocyclic
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Recognition of Anions N. Motohashi, University of Meiji, Tokyo, Japan (Ed .) L. Strekowski, Georgia State University, USA (Ed .) Bioactive Heterocycles V Heterocyclic Polymethine Flavonoids and Anthocyanins in Plants, and Dyes Features latest Bioactive Heterocycles 1 7 Presents critical reviews of the present position Synthesis, Properties and Applications and future trends in modern chemical research concerned with chemical structure and bonding 7 Short and concise reports, each written by the Features Features world‘s renowned experts 7 Still valid and useful 7 Heterocyclic chemistry is the biggest branch 7 Heterocyclic chemistry is the biggest branch after 5 or 10 years 7 More information as well as of chemistry covering two-third of the chemical of chemistry covering two-third of the chemical the electronic version of the whole content avail- literature 7 Covers hot topics of frontier research literature 7 Covers hot topics of frontier research able at: springerlink.com summarized by reputed scientists in the field summarized by reputed scientists in the field 7 Our review series is topic related 7 Online 7 Topic related 7 Online version available on Contents version available on SpringerLink.com SpringerLink.com G.W. Bates, P.A. Gale: An Introduction to Anion Receptors Based on Organic Frameworks.- S.R. Contents Contents Bayly, P.D. Beer: Metal Based Anion Receptor Functionality of Anthocyanins as Alterative Medi- M. Mojzych, M. Henary: Synthesis of Cyanine Systems.- S.-I. Tamaru, I. Hamachi: Recent cine.- Bioactive Mechanism of Interaction Between Dyes.- B.A. Armitage: Cyanine Dye – Nucleic Acid Progress of Phosphate Derivatives Recognition Anthocyanins and Macromolecules Like DNA Interactions.- J.S. Kim, A. Watson, M. Henary, G. Utilizing Artificial Small Molecular Receptors and Proteins.- Antibacterial Activity of Artificial Patonay: Near-Infrared Cyanine Dye – Protein in Aqueous Media.- P. Ballester: Anions and Phenothiazines and Isoflavones from Plants.- Inhi- Interactions.- R.K. Pandey, N. James, Y. Chen, Pi-Aromatic Systems. Do they Interact Attrac- bition of Multidrug Resistance of Cancer Cells by M.P. Dobhal: Cyanine Dye-Based Compounds for tively?- R. Vilar: Anion Templates in Synthesis and Selected Carotenoids, Flavonoids and Anthocya- Tumor Imaging With and Without Photodynamic Dynamic Combinatorial Libraries.- S.L. Ewen, J.H. nins.- Changes in Polyamine Levels during Cell Therapy.- V.Z. Shirinian, A.A. Shimkin: Mero- G. Steinke: Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Using Death Induced by Heterocycles.- Tumor-specificity cyanines: Synthesis and Application.- V.F. Traven: Anions as Templates. and Type of Cell Death induced by Hetero- Coumarin Polymethines, Their Boron Complexes cycles.- Advanced Dihydropyridines as Novel and Analogs.- S. Yagi, H. Nakazumi: Squarylium Field of interest Multidrug Resistance Modifiers and Reversing Dyes and Related Compounds.- J. Paczkowski, Inorganic Chemistry Agents.- Theoretical Studies on Phenothiazines, J. Kabatc, B. Jedrzejewska: Polymethine Dyes as Benzo[a]phenothiazines and Benz[c]acridines. Fluorescent Probes and Visible-Light Photoinitia- Target groups tors for Free Radical Polymerization.- M. Henary, Scientists and practitioners Fields of interest M. Mojzych: Stability and Reactivity of Polyme- Organic Chemistry; Biochemistry, general; thine Dyes in Solution. Type of publication Medicinal Chemistry Reviews Fields of interest Target groups Organic Chemistry; Biochemistry, general Scientists and practitioners, industry Target groups Type of publication Scientists and practitioners, industry Reviews Type of publication Reviews
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Topics in Organometallic P. Tundo, University of Venice Ca‘Foscari, Venice, Italy; V. Esposito, Interuniversity Consortium ‚Chemistry Chemistry for the Environment‘ INCA, Lecce, Italy (Eds .)
Series editors: J. M. Brown, P. H. Dixneuf, Green Chemical Reactions A. Fürstner, L. Hegedus, P. Hofmann, P. Knochel, G. v. Koten, S. Murai, M. Reetz Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on New Organic Chemistry Volume 23 Reactions and Methodologies for Green Production, Lecce, Italy, W. Leitner, M. Hölscher (Eds .) 29 October–10 November 2006 Regulated Systems for Green Chemistry is an inventive science based on Multiphase Catalysis fundamental research towards the development of new sustainable chemical processes. There is a great need to create a new type of chemistry Multiphase catalysis in recent years has been focused on a new production system, in order to shown in academia and industry to be the prepare the younger generation to get a greener emerging key technology for the competitive and future. sustainable production of fine chemicals in the The globalization pushes the chemistry commu- next decades. It convincingly unites the indispens- nity to adopt ethical issues. In this respect Green able core advantages of homogeneous catalysis Chemistry can achieve the approval of society with future governmental and industrial sustain- by teaching students to be confident in science ability criteria. In a joint effort by seven of Germa- and at the same time by convincing people that ny‘s most distinguished scientists in the field it is possible to attain technological development and four renowned industry partners a research with respect and care for the environment we consortium was established which for the first live in. This is why it is of foremost importance time has systematically explored and related the that education and fundamental research remain main issues and mutual interdependencies of the strictly connected, so that democracy and develop- different approaches in multiphase catalysis. This ment can grow and progress side by side. work has resulted in the development of an expert tool box, which relates the complex chemical and Fields of interest process based requirements to be considered when Organic Chemistry; Catalysis setting up a catalytic system. Target groups Features Postdoctoral researchers in academia in the field 7 Each volume of Topics in Organometallic of chemistry and particularly organic chemistry, Chemistry provides the broad scientific reader- organometallic chemistry, catalysis, alternative ship with a comprehensive summary and critical feedstocks, photochemistry, electrochemistry, overview of a specific topic in organometallic biomimetic synthesis, chemicals production, safer chemistry 7 Research in this rapidly developing industrial processes design; postgraduate students transdisciplinary field is having profound influence in academia in the field of chemistry, lecturers on other areas of scientific investigation, ranging in academia, junior scientists in the chemical from catalytic organic synthesis to biology, medi- industry R&D, senior scientists in the chemical cine and material science industry R&D, governmental advisors for scientific matters Fields of interest Organometallic Chemistry ; Catalysis; Medicinal Type of publication Chemistry Proceedings
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J. Andrade-Cetto, J. Ferrier, J. M. Pereira, J. Filipe C. Arcoumanis, London, UK; T. Kamimoto, Tokyo, P. Arena, University of Catania, Italy (Ed .) (Eds .) Japan (Eds .) Dynamical Systems, Wave- Informatics in Control Flow and Combustion in Based Computation and Automation and Robotics Reciprocating Engines Neuro-Inspired Robots Selected Papers from the International Conference on Informatics in Control Automation and Robotics 2006 Optimization of combustion processes in auto- The book deals with a new way to conceive motive engines is a key factor in reducing fuel bio-robotics, linking this subject to the theory of consumption in conventional and advanced gaso- nonlinear dynamical systems and analog/logic line and diesel engines. This volume investigates circuits, like Cellular Nonlinear Networks and The present book includes a set of selected papers and describes flow and combustion processes in spiking networks. The topic is treated as a series from the 3rd “International Conference on diesel and gasoline engines. It consists of eight of lessons, explaining the details of the different Informatics in Control Automation and Robotics” chapters written by world experts from industry, aspects, from Neurobiology to Electronics, to (ICINCO 2006), held in Setúbal, Portugal, 1-5 government laboratories and academia. Each Robotics, including specific sensory and sensory- August 2006. The conference was organized in of the chapters is self-contained and, therefore, motor system modelling and implementation by three simultaneous tracks: “Intelligent Control independent from the other in that it covers its using spiking networks. Moreover, it is explained Systems and Optimization”, “Robotics and Auto- central theme in depth, although prior knowledge how bio-robots can be used to model biological mation” and “Systems Modeling, Signal Processing of the fundamentals remains a prerequisite. The behaviours. and Control”. The book is based on the same book bridges a serious gap between conventional structure. The purpose of this conference is to textbooks and the significant technological Fields of interest bring together researchers, engineers and practitio- breakthroughs presented in worldwide conferences Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation ners interested in the application of informatics to during the last ten years on direct-injection gaso- Control, Automation and Robotics. line engines, advanced diesels and homogeneous- Target groups Informatics applications are pervasive in many charge compression-ignition engines. Postgraduate students and researchers in electronic areas of Control, Automation and Robotics, and engineering and robotics, computer science engi- this conference intends to emphasize this connec- Features neering, neurobiology tion, therefore, most papers highlight applications 7 Concise overview of flow and combustion of Information Technology (IT) in these areas and processes in automotive engines 7 Authors are Type of publication present ideas on how to solve problems using IT, eminent researchers from academia and industry Monograph both in R & D and industrial applications. Contents Features Spark Ignition and Combustion in Four-Stroke 7 Includes a set of selected papers from the Gasoline Engines.- Flow, Mixture Preparation 3rd “International Conference on Informatics and Combustion in Two-Stroke Direct-Injection in Control Automation and Robotics” (ICINCO Gasoline Engines.- Flow, Mixture Preparation and 2006) 7 Recent research on Informatics in Combustion in Four-Stroke Direct-Injection Gaso- control, automation and robotics line Engines.- Turbulent Flow Structure in Direct- Injection, Swirl-Supported Diesel Engines.- Recent Contents Developments on Diesel Fuel Jets Under Quiescent Invited Papers.- Part I: Intelligent Control Conditions.- Conventional Diesel Combustion.- Systems and Optimization.- Part II: Robotics and Advanced Diesel Combustion.- Fuel Effects on Automation.- Part III: Signal Processing, Systems Engine Combustion and Emissions. Modeling and Control. Fields of interest Fields of interest Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Fluids Control Engineering; Automation and Robotics; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) Target groups Researchers and engineers in the automotive Target groups industry Engineers, researchers and students in electrical engineering, control, robotics and automation and Type of publication computer science Monograph
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F. Barbir, FESB, University of Split, Croatia; S. Ulgiati, G. Bartolini, L. Fridman, A. Pisano, E. Usai (Eds .) M. A. Bentley, Rock River, WY, USA University of Naples Parthenope, Italy (Eds .) Modern Sliding Mode Control Spaceplanes Sustainable Energy Theory From Airport to Spaceport Production and Consumption New Perspectives and Applications Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Sustainable Energy Production Spaceplanes From Airport to Spaceport presents and Consumption and Environmental This book is a collection of invited chapters a coherent, lucid, and optimistic picture of the Costing, Naples, Italy, 4-7 July 2007 covering several areas of modern sliding mode future of the near future. Space vehicles may soon control theory. The authors identify key contribu- take off from international airports and refuel in tions defining the theoretical and applicative state space. New technologies could allow flights to take The book, like the meeting itself, deals with very of the art of the sliding mode control theory and off regularly between the Earth and the Moon. The crucial aspects of the energy/environmental/social the most promising trends of the ongoing research technical details presented explain precisely how problem such as energy and economic growth, activities. all this can be accomplished within the next few integrated analysis of societal and ecosystem decades. metabolism, status, development and use of Features This book also explains why the Space Tourist renewable energy sources at regional level, and 7 Hot topic of current interest in a variety of market could easily become the single most impor- zero emission production patterns in agriculture, research communities 7 Concise survey of tant factor in the mid-term future development industry and the energy sectors. The authors modern sliding mode control theory of space transportation. In a few years it will be treat in depth all the aspects linked to evalua- possible to board a spaceplane and fly into Earth tion methods, multidisciplinary integration of Contents orbit, and perhaps visit a space station. Later devel- approaches, economic problems of energy use, Part I Basic Theory.- Part II Design Methods.- opment could include refuelling in orbit to take a competition of bioenergy with food production Part III Observers and Fault Detection.- Part IV tour of cislunar space. The book’s solid engineering and environmental protection, peak oil and strate- Applications. foundation will be of interest to both space explo- gies to deal with, trade and societal metabolism. ration enthusiasts and future space travelers. The close interrelationship of these topics emerges Fields of interest very clearly. So much so that the presentations Control Engineering; Systems Theory, Control Features definitely help to place the individual projects and 7 An indispensable resource for those inter- research activities within a larger societal and envi- Target groups ested in Space Tourism, a rapidliy growing new ronmental frame for increased sustainability. Engineers, researchers, and students in control field with thousands of rides already booked in engineering sub-orbital spaceplanes 7 Discusses engineering Features as well as commercial aspects of spaceplanes and 7 Interdisciplinary and intriguing approach to Type of publication space travel 7 Provides a complete and non- sustainable energy issues 7 Covering energy Monograph mathematical overview that is fully accessible to technologies, analyses, societal metabolism, lay readers economics, environment 7 Discussing questions such as “Biomass or biomess” or “Why green is not Contents enough” Introduction.- Why Spaceplanes?- Spaceplanes Have Arrived.- Rocket Science – with Wings.- Fields of interest Missiles, Modules, and Moonplanes.- Suborbital Energy Economics; Renewable Energy Sources; Spaceplanes.- Ballistic Spaceplanes.- Piggyback to Environmental Economics Orbit.- Single Stage to Orbit – Real Spaceplanes.- Lunar Spaceplanes.- Technical Hurdles.- Non- Target groups Technical Barriers.- Strategies for Success.- Glos- Energy analysts, energy planners, energy sary.- Spaceplane Mathematics.- Index. economists Fields of interest Type of publication Popular Science in Astronomy; Astronomy Proceedings Target groups Space and astronomy enthusiasts followed by engineering and space science enthusiasts Due June 2008 Type of publication 2008 . Approx . 385 p . (NATO Science for Peace and Popular science Security Series C: Environmental Security) Hardcover 7 € 159,95 | £120.50 ISBN 978-1-4020-8492-8 9
P. Bessière, C. Laugier, Inria Rhône-Alpes, Saint A. Bicchi, M. Buss, M. O. Ernst, A. Peer (Eds .) J. Blauert, University of Bochum, Germany; N. Xiang, Ismier, France; R. Siegwart, ETH Zurich, Switzerland School of Architecture, Troy, NY, USA (Eds .) The Sense of Touch and Its Rendering Acoustics for Engineers Probabilistic Reasoning and Troy Lectures Decision Making in Sensory- Progress in Haptics Research Motor Systems “Sense of Touch and its Rendering“ presents a This book provides the material for an introduc- unique and interdisciplinary approach highlighting tory course in engineering acoustics for students Probabilistic Reasoning and Decision Making the field of haptic research from a neuropsycho- with basic knowledge in mathematics. It is based in Sensory-Motor Systems by Pierre Bessière, logical as well as a technological point of view. This on extensive teaching experience at the university Christian Laugier and Roland Siegwart provides edited book is the outcome of the TOUCH-HapSys level. Under the guidance of an academic teacher a unique collection of a sizable segment of the European research project and provides an impor- it is sufficient as the sole textbook for the subject. cognitive systems research community in Europe. tant contribution towards a new generation of Each chapter deals with a well defined topic and It reports on contributions from leading academic high-fidelity haptic display technologies. The book represents the material for a two-hour lecture. The institutions brought together within the European is structured in two parts: A. Fundamental Psycho- 15 chapters alternate between more theoretical and projects Bayesian Inspired Brain and Artifact physical and Neuropsychological Research and B. more application-oriented concepts. (BIBA) and Bayesian Approach to Cognitive Technology and Applications. The two parts are Systems (BACS). This fourteen-chapter volume not however separated, and the many connections Features covers important research along two main lines: and synergies between the two complementary 7 Book is a result of profound didactical Experi- new probabilistic models and algorithms for domains of research are highlighted in the text. ence and many years of teaching 7 Readable perception and action, new probabilistic meth- The eleven chapters discuss the recent advances in even for non-engineers from Communication odology and techniques for artefact conception the study of human haptic (kinaesthetic, tactile, Science 7 Basics are well explained 7 No deep and development. The work addresses key issues temperature) and multimodal (visual, auditory, mathematical background required concerned with Bayesian programming, naviga- haptic) perception mechanisms. tion, filtering, modelling and mapping, with appli- Contents cations in a number of different contexts. Features Introduction - Mechanic and acoustic oscillators - 7 Recent research in the growing field of haptics Electromechanic and electroacoustic oscillations - Features by leading experts Electromechanic and electroacoustic analogies - 7 Provides a unique collection of cognitive Electromechanic and electroacoustic transduc- systems research 7 Addresses key issues Contents tion - Magnetic-field transducers - Electric-field concerned with Bayesian programming, naviga- Part I Psychophysical and Neuropsychological transducers - The wave equation in fluids - Horn tion, filtering, modelling and mapping, with appli- Research.- Functional Exploration Studies and stepped ducts - Spherical sound sources and cations in a number of different contexts of Supramodal Organization in the Human line arrays - Piston membranes, diffraction and Extrastriate Cortex.- Brain mechanisms of haptic scattering - Dissipation, reflection and absorption - From the contents perception.- Dynamic haptics: tactile flow.- Geometric acoustics and diffuse sound fields - Part I Introduction.- Probability as an alternative Human Haptic Perception and the Design of Isolation of air- and structure-borne sound - Noise to logic for rational sensory–motor reasoning and Haptic-Enhanced Virtual Environments.- Part II control: a survey - Appendices, e.g, complex nota- decision.- Basic Concepts of Bayesian Program- Technology and Applications.- 2-DOF fMRI- tion for sinusoidal signals, power and intensity. ming.- Part II Robotics.- The CyCab: Bayesian Compatible Haptic Interface for Bimanual Motor navigation on sensory–motor Trajectories.- The Tasks with Grip/Load Force Measurement.- Fields of interest Bayesian occupation filter.- Topological SLAM.- Electro-Active Polymer Actuators for Tactile Communications Engineering, Networks; Signal Probabilistic contextual situation analysis.- Displays.- Rheological device.- Multi-Modal VR Processing; Acoustics Bayesian Maps: probabilistic and hierarchical Systems.- Design of a Multilevel Haptic Display.- models for mobile robot navigation. Design and Evaluation of Haptic Soft Tissue Inter- Target groups action.- Bone Drilling Medical Training System. Graduate students of engineering and communica- Fields of interest tion science, practitioners Automation and Robotics; Artificial Intelligence Fields of interest (incl. Robotics); Control Engineering Automation and Robotics; Control Engineering; Type of publication Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) Monograph Target groups Researchers, graduate students and professionals Target groups in robotics, probabilistic reasoning and Bayesian Researchers, graduate students and professionals programming in robotics and haptics
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L. Bull, B. Ester, J. Holmes (Eds .) Z. Cao, S. Yan, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA K. Cen, Y. Chi, F. Wang, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (Eds .) Learning Classifier Systems in Low-Power High-Speed Data Mining ADCs for Nanometer Challenges of Power CMOS Integration Engineering and Environment Proceedings of the International Conference Just over thirty years after Holland first presented on Power Engineering 2007 the outline for Learning Classifier System Low-Power High-Speed ADCs for Nanometer paradigm, the ability of LCS to solve complex real- CMOS Integration is about the design and imple- world problems is becoming clear. In particular, mentation of ADC in nanometer CMOS processes This book is the proceedings of the International their capability for rule induction in data mining that achieve lower power consumption for a Conference on Power Engineering-2007. The has sparked renewed interest in LCS. This book given speed and resolution than previous designs, fields of this book include power engineering brings together work by a number of individuals through architectural and circuit innovations that and relevant environmental issues. The recent who are demonstrating their good performance in take advantage of unique features of nanometer technological advances in power engineering and a variety of domains. CMOS processes. A phase lock loop (PLL) clock related areas are introduced. This book is valuable The first contribution is arranged as follows: multiplier has also been designed using new circuit for researchers, engineers and students majoring in Firstly, the main forms of LCS are described in techniques and successfully tested. 1) A 1.2V, power engineering. some detail. A number of historical uses of LCS in 52mW, 210MS/s 10-bit two-step ADC in 130nm data mining are then reviewed before an overview CMOS occupying 0.38mm2. Using offset canceling Features of the rest of the volume is presented. The rest of comparators and capacitor networks implemented 7 Proceedings of the International Conference this book describes recent research on the use of with small value interconnect capacitors to replace on Power Engineering-2007 7 Discusses recent LCS in the main areas of machine learning data resistor ladder/multiplexer in conventional sub- technological advances in power engineering and mining: classification, clustering, time-series and ranging ADCs, it achieves 74dB SFDR for 10MHz relevant environmental issues numerical prediction, feature selection, ensembles, and 71dB SFDR for 100MHz input. and knowledge discovery. 2) A 32mW, 1.25GS/s 6-bit ADC with 2.5GHz Contents internal clock in 130nm CMOS. A new type of Power Systems.- Fuel Utilization.- Boilers.- Features architecture that combines flash and SAR enables Turbines.- Generators.- Operation and Mainte- 7 Brings together recent data mining applications the lowest power consumption, 6-bit > 1GS/s ADC nance for Power Plant.- Environmental Protec- of a machine learning technique 7 Covers a wide reported to date. tion.- Heat Transfer Enhancement, Numerical range of domains demonstrating the utility of the Simulation and Modeling of Heat Transfer Process, Learning Classifier Systems technique Features Combustion, and Power System.- Fuel Cell.- Nano 7 Implementation detail of three state-of-the- Heat Transfer, Nano Fluid Flow, and Nano Mate- Contents art low-power high-performance ADC and clock rials.- New Materials for Energy Systems.- Alterna- Data Mining in Proteomics with Learning multiplier PLL designs using unique architectures tive Energy.- Economics of Power Plant. Classifier Systems.- Improving Evolutionary 7 Concise and graphical explanation of key Computation based Data Mining for the Process points in ADC/PLL design at both architecture Field of interest Industry: The Importance of Abstraction.- Distrib- and circuit level 7 Theory backed by extensive Power Engineering uted Learning Classifier Systems.- Knowledge measurement results from actual silicon Discovery from Medical Data: An Empirical Study Target groups with XCS.- Mining Imbalanced Data with Learning Fields of interest Institutions and researchers in power engineering Classifier Systems.- XCS for Fusing Multi-Spectral Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation; Data in Automatic Target Recognition.- Foreign Circuits and Systems; Power Engineering Type of publication Exchange Trading using a Learning Classifier Proceedings System.- Towards Clustering with Learning Clas- Target groups sifier Systems.- Comparison of Several Genetic- CMOS analog/RF design engineers, graduate Based Supervised Learning Systems. students in the field of nanometer CMOS analog/ RF circuit design Fields of interest Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Type of publication Engineering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) Monograph
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H. Chen, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA; A. A. Choudhury, S . L . Shah, N . F . Thornhill G. Clement, M. F. Reschke C. C. Yang, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Eds .) Diagnosis of Process Neuroscience in Space Intelligence and Security Nonlinearities and Valve Informatics Stiction Data Driven Approaches To be aware of the environment, one must sense or perceive that environment. The body senses The book is organized in four major areas. The first the environment by the interaction of specialized unit focuses on the ter-rorism informatics and data sensory organs with some aspect or another of the mining. The second unit discusses the intelli-gence The subject matter of the book is concerned with environment. The central nervous system utilizes and crime analysis. The third unit covers access the detection and diagnosis of process nonlin- these sensations in order to coordinate and orga- control, infrastruc-ture protection, and privacy. earities from routine process data. In general, nize muscular movements, shift from uncomfort- The forth unit presents surveillance and emergency processes can be treated as locally linear and able positions, and adjust properly. One relevant response. measures of overall process performance can be question is “what is the relative contribution of Readers will find the book valuable and useful in monitored from routine operating data. However gravity to these sensory and motor functions?” their study or work, especially the ISI community. when process performance is not satisfactory then This book reviews the effects of space flight on the The researchers and practitioners in this commu- it is imperative that the cause of poor performance functioning of the sensory organs primarily used nity will continue to grow and share research be diagnosed. Poor performance can be due to for balance and spatial orientation. Disorientation findings to contribute to national safety around several reasons. Statistics abound on the cause of and malaise so frequently encountered during the world. poor control performance. It has been docu- early exposure to microgravity and on return mented that as many as 40% of the control loops to Earth are described. Theories and actual data Features in industry perform unsatisfactorily because of regarding the role of the central nervous system 7 Latest research on intelligence and security valve problems, a majority of them due to valve in the adaptation of sensory-motor functions informatics stiction, causing the closed loop system to become (including the control of posture, eye movements, nonlinear. The development of signal processing and self-orientation) to changing environmental Contents methods to detect and quantify process nonlin- gravity levels are explored. Unit 1: Terrorism Informatics and Data Mining.- earity from routine process data is the main subject Unit 2: Interlligence and Crime Analysis.- Unit matter of this book. Features 3: Access Control, Infrastructure Protection and 7 Designed for the general scientific reader, this Privacy.- Unit 4: Surveillance and Emergency Features book offers an overview of neuroscience research Response. 7 Analyses three important causes of perfor- performed in space 7 Each project and the mance deterioration common in process control reason why it was done is described with illustra- Fields of interest and is of significant practical value in process plant tions, rationale and hypothesis, and a summary Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of troubleshooting of results 7 Reference lists guide readers to the Engineering; Data Encryption; Artificial Intel- published papers from experiments ligence (incl. Robotics) From the contents Higher Order Statistics: Preliminaries.- Bispec- Contents Target groups trum and Bicoherence.- Impact of Data Compres- Preface.- Foreword.- Brain and Space, The Last Researchers, engineers, graduate students in sion and Quantization on Data Driven Process Two Frontiers.- Neurosciences: What is it.- History computational intelligence, computer science Analyses.- Measures of Nonlinearity – A Review.- of Space Neurosciences.- Space Neurobiology.- Linear or Nonlinear? A Bicoherence Based Human Sensory Functions in Space.- Human Type of publication Measure of Nonlinearity.- A Nonlinearity Measure Behavior and Performance in Space.- Integrative Monograph Based on Surrogate Data Analysis.- Nonlineari- Effects (Combined effects of Neurovestibular ties in Control Loops.- Diagnosis of Poor Control functions and other functions, such as…).- Neuro- Performance. science in Space: What We Don‘t Know.- Coun- termeasures (or How to Live in Space; or Trip to Fields of interest Mars).- References.- Index. Control Engineering; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk Fields of interest Popular Science in Medicine and Health; Target groups Neurology Control engineers from industry and academia, signal processing experts and process control Target groups practitioners Space enthusiasts with some education in life sciences; students in aerospace Type of publication Monograph Type of publication Popular science
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C. Cotta, M. Sevaux, K. Sörensen (Eds .) C. Dascalu, G. A. Maugin, C. Stolz (Eds .) M. Farzaneh, Université du Québec, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada (Ed .) Adaptive and Multilevel Defect and Material Metaheuristics Mechanics Atmospheric Icing of Power Proceedings of the International Symposium Networks on Defect and Material Mechanics (ISDMM), Features held in Aussois, France, March 25–29, 2007 7 Presents recent results in adaptive and multi- Atmospheric ice takes a wide range of fascinating level metaheuristics forms, all beautiful in their own ways but many posing severe risk to the security of overhead From the contents This volume presents recent developments in the networks for electric power, communications and Part I Reviews of the Field.- Hyperheuristics: theory of defects and the mechanics of material other systems. This comprehensive book docu- Recent Developments.- Self-Adaptation in Evolu- forces. Most of the contributions were presented at ments the fundamentals of atmospheric icing and tionary Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimisa- the International Symposium on Defect and Mate- surveys the state of the art in eight chapters, each tion.- Part II New Techniques and Applications.- rial Forces (ISDMM2007), held in Aussois, France, written by a team of experienced and internation- An Efficient Hyperheuristic for Strip-Packing March 25-29, 2007. ally renowned experts. The treatment is detailed Problems.- Probability-driven simulated annealing The mechanics of material forces, originated in and richly illustrated. The presentation follows a for optimizing digital FIR filters.- RASH: A Self- the works of Eshelby, provide a rational frame- logical sequence, starting with the icing climate adaptive Random Search Method.- Market Based work for the description of driving forces on and meteorological conditions, proceeding Allocation of Transportation Orders to Vehicles in evolving inhomogeneities and structural changes through development of observations and models Adaptive Multi-Objective Vehicle Routing.- in continua. The general eshelbian mechanics of accretion and release of ice and heavy snow, A Simple Evolutionary Algorithm with Self-Adap- formulation comes up with a unifying treatment then considering static and dynamic mechanical tation for Multi-Objective Nurse Scheduling.- of different phenomena like fracture and damage loads, the effects of ice and snow on electrical Individual Evolution as an Adaptive Strategy for evolution, phase transitions, plasticity and disloca- insulation, de-icing, ice prevention and mitiga- Photogrammetric Network Design.- Adaptive tion motion, etc. tion methods. The statistical analysis of icing data Estimation of Distribution Algorithms.- Initializa- and the mathematical and numerical modelling tion and Displacement of the Particles in TRIBES, Features support appropriate mechanical and electrical a Parameter-Free Particle Swarm Optimization 7 State of the art in its field 7 Spin off from the design processes for icing conditions on overhead Algorithm.- Evolution of Descent Directions.- International Journal of Fracture, widely respected lines. “Multiple Neighbourhood” Search in Commercial journal in the field VRP Packages: Evolving Towards Self-Adaptive Features Methods. Fields of interest 7 Although there are many papers and proceed- Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Continuum ings of specialized conferences on atmospheric Fields of interest Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Appl. icing, none of these distil the results sufficiently to Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engi- support a line design process 7 Overhead design Engineering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) neering practitioners presently use a standards-based, deterministic process. Internationally, standards Target groups Target groups are moving to incorporate probabilistic design Engineers, researchers, and graduate students in Researchers in theoretical solid mechanics, civil methods. computational intelligence and engineering mechanics, applied mathematics Fields of interest Type of publication Type of publication Power Engineering; Civil Engineering; Meteo- Monograph Proceedings rology/Climatology
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M. Goessel, V. Ocheretny, E. Sogomonyan, M. Grana, Universidad Pais Vasco, San Sebastian, R. Gras, E. Suzuki, F . Guillet, F. Spagnolo (Eds .) D. Marienfeld Spain; R. J. Duro, Universidad de La Coruña, Spain (Eds .) Statistical Implicative Analysis New Methods of Concurrent Theory and Applications Checking Computational Intelligence for Remote Sensing Statistical implicative analysis is a data analysis Written by a team of two leading experts and method created by Régis Gras almost thirty years two very successful young former PhD students, This book is a composition of different points of ago which has a significant impact on a variety of New Methods of Concurrent Checking describes view regarding the application of Computational areas ranging from pedagogical and psychological new methods of concurrent checking, such as Intelligence techniques and methods to Remote research to data mining. Statistical implicative partial duplication, use of output dependencies, Sensing data and applications. It is the general analysis (SIA) provides a framework for evaluating complementary circuits, self-dual parity, self-dual consensus that classification, its related data the strength of implications; such implications are duplication and others. A special chapter demon- processing, and global optimization methods are formed through common knowledge acquisi- strates how the new general methods of concur- core topics of Computational Intelligence. Much tion techniques in any learning process, human rent checking can be more specifically applied to of the content of the book is devoted to image or artificial. This new concept has developed into regular structures to obtain optimum results. This segmentation and recognition, using diverse a unifying methodology, and has generated a is exemplified for all types of adders up to 64 bits tools from different areas of the Computational powerful convergence of thought between math- with a level of detail never before presented in the Intelligence field, ranging from Artificial Neural ematicians, statisticians, psychologists, specialists literature. The clearly written text is illustrated by Networks to Markov Random Field modeling. The in pedagogy and last, but not least, computer about 100 figures. book covers a broad range of topics, starting from scientists specialized in data mining. New Methods of Concurrent Checking is approved the hardware design of hyperspectral sensors, and This volume collects significant research contri- in many university courses for graduate and data handling problems, namely data compression butions of several rather distinct disciplines that undergraduate students, and it is of interest to and watermarking issues, as well as autonomous benefit from SIA. Contributions range from students and teachers in electrical engineering and web services. The main contents of the book are psychological and pedagogical research, bioinfor- computer science, researchers and designers and devoted to image analysis and efficient (parallel) matics, knowledge management, and data mining. all readers who are interested in the design and the implementations of these analysis techniques. understanding of reliable circuits and computers. Features Features 7 Presents latest results in statistical implicative Features 7 Presents recent results in computational intel- analysis 7 Of great importance for the emerging nano- ligence applications in remote sensing technologies with their increasing numbers of Contents transient faults 7 Shows in a systematic way From the contents Part I Methodology and concepts for SIA.- Part how the best possible state-of-the-art digital error Optical configurations for imaging spectrom- II Application to concept learning in education, detection circuits can be designed 7 Only book eters.- Remote Sensing Data Compression.- A teaching, and Didactics.- Part III A methodolog- which describes the most important methods of Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm for Hyper- ical answer in various application Frameworks.- concurrent checking developed in the last 15 years spectral Image.- Architecture and Services for Part IV Extensions to rule interestingness in data Computational Intelligence in Remote Sensing.- mining. From the contents On Content-Based Image Retrieval Systems For 1 Introduction. 2 Physical Faults and Functional Hyperspectral Remote.- An analytical approach Fields of interest Errors. 3 Principles of Concurrent Checking. 4. to the optimal deployment of Wireless Sensor Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Concurrent Checking for the Adders. References. Networks.- Parallel Spatial-Spectral Processing of Engineering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Index. Hyperspectral Images.- Parallel Classification of Applications of Mathematics Hyperspectral Images Using Neural Networks.- Fields of interest Positioning Weather Systems from Remote Sensing Target groups Circuits and Systems; Simulation and Modeling Data using Genetic Algorithms. Engineers, researchers, and graduate students in computational intelligence and computer science Target groups Fields of interest Concept engineers and CAD-designers for reliable Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Type of publication systems in modern technologies (for Automo- Engineering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) Monograph tive electronics, medical applications, electronic devices for power stations, trains, space applica- Target groups tions), graduate students and undergraduate Engineers, researchers, and graduate students in students of electrical and computer engineering, computational intelligence and computer science lecturers Type of publication Type of publication Monograph Monograph
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Y. Hasegawa, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan G. Hauke, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain S. K. Islam, M. R. Haider, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA Approximate and Noisy An introduction to fluid Realization of Discrete-Time mechanics and transport Sensors and Low Power Signal Dynamical Systems phenomena Processing
This monograph deals with approximation and This book presents the foundations of fluid Low-power sensors and their applications in noise cancellation of dynamical systems which mechanics and transport phenomena in a concise various fields ranging from military to civilian include linear and nonlinear input/output rela- way. It is suitable as an introduction to the subject lives have made tremendous progress in the recent tions. It will be of special interest to researchers, as it contains many examples, proposed problems years. Low-power and extended battery life are engineers and graduate students who have special- and a chapter for self-evaluation. The solutions to the key focuses for long term, reliable and easy ized in filtering theory and system theory. From all problems are displayed in the corresponding operation of these sensors. Sensors and Low Power noisy or noiseless data, reduction will be made. appendix. Signal Processing provides a general overview of a A new method which reduces noise or models The content is divided into four parts: fundamen- sensor’s working principle and a discussion of the information will be proposed. Using this method tals, conservation principles, dimensional analysis emerging sensor technologies including chemical, will allow model description to be treated as noise and transport phenomena at interfaces. The trans- electro-chemical and MEMS based sensors. Also reduction or model reduction. port phenomena of momentum, heat and mass are included is a discussion on design challenges As proof of the efficacy, this monograph provides presented from a rigorous fluid mechanics point associated with low-power analog circuits and new results and their extensions which can also of view, and they are explained using a unified, the schemes to overcome them. Finally, a short be applied to nonlinear dynamical systems. To systematic approach, including the analogies discussion of some of the simple wireless telemetry present the effectiveness of our method, many between the various transport phenomena. schemes best suited for low-power sensor applica- actual examples of noise and model information tions and sensor packaging issues is discussed. reduction are also provided. Features Applications and sensor prototypes included are 7 Foundations of fluid mechanics and trans- environmental monitoring, health care monitoring Features port phenomena are presented in a simple basic and issues related to the development of sensor 7 Presents approximate and noisy realization of way 7 All transport phenomena are explained prototypes and associated electronics to achieve discrete-time dynamical systems from a systematic, unified point of view 7 Core high signal-to-noise ratio will also be presented. subjects of the book are conservation principles, Contents dimensional analysis and transport phenomena Features Introduction.- Input/output maps and additive 7 Besides the numerous examples and proposed 7 Contains a cohesive treatment of the general noises.- Approximate and Noisy Realization of problems, there is a self-evaluation chapter concept of a sensor’s working principle and how it Linear Systems.- Approximate and Noisy Realiza- could be used for various applications 7 Provides tion of So-called Linear Systems.- Approximate From the contents an extensive discussion on the fundamentals of and Noisy Realization of Almost Linear Systems.- Part I Fundamentals. 1 Basic Concepts in Fluid the emerging sensor technologies 7 Includes a Approximate and Noisy Realization of Pseudo Mechanics. 2 Elementary Fluid Kinematics. discussion on device physics of the bulk CMOS Linear Systems.- Approximate and Noisy Realiza- 3 Fluid Forces. 4 Fluid Statics.- Part II Conserva- and the SOI CMOS processes with respect to tion of Affine Dynamical Systems.- Approximate tion Principles. 5 Transport Theorems. 6 Integral monolithic sensor integration and low-power and Noisy Realization of Linear Representation Conservation Principles. 7 Constitutive Equations. sensor signal processing Systems. 8 Differential Conservation Principles.- Part III Dimensional Analysis. Theory and Applica- Fields of interest Fields of interest tions. 9 Dimensional Analysis. 10 Dimension- Circuits and Systems; Signal Processing; Elec- Control Engineering; Systems Theory, Control; less Equations and Numbers.- Part IV Transport tronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation Complexity Phenomena at Interfaces. 11 Introduction to the Boundary Layer. Target groups Target groups Engineers and practicing engineers in the sensors Engineers, researchers and students in control and Fields of interest and signals community dedicated to developing dynamical systems Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Engineering Ther- new prototypes and applications for sensor based modynamics, Transport Phenomena; Mechanics, products Type of publication Fluids, Thermodynamics Monograph Type of publication Target groups Professional book Graduate and undergraduate students who want to learn fluid mechanics and transport phenomena
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V. G. Ivancevic, T. T. Ivancevic N. Krasnogor, G. Nicosia, M. Pavone, D. Pelta (Eds .) R. Lee, H. Kim (Eds .) Complex Nonlinearity Nature Inspired Cooperative Computer and Information Chaos, Phase Transitions, Topology Change Strategies for Optimization Science and Path Integrals (NICSO 2007)
The purpose of the 7th IEEE/ACIS International Complex Nonlinearity: Chaos, Phase Transitions, Biological and natural processes have been a Conference on Computer and Information Science Topology Change and Path Integrals is a book continuous source of inspiration for the sciences (ICIS 2008) and the 2nd IEEE/ACIS International about prediction control of general nonlinear and and engineering. For instance, the work of Wiener Workshop on e-Activity (IWEA 2008) to be held chaotic dynamics of high-dimensional complex in cybernetics was influenced by feedback control on May 14 – 16, 2008 in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. systems of various physical and non-physical processes observable in biological systems; is to bring together scientists, engineers, computer nature and their underpinning geometro-topo- McCulloch and Pitts’ description of the artificial users, and students to share their experiences and logical change. neuron was instigated by biological observations exchange new ideas and research results about The book starts with a textbook-like exposè on of neural mechanisms; the idea of survival of the all aspects (theory, applications and tools) of nonlinear dynamics, attractors and chaos, both fittest inspired the field of evolutionary algorithms computer and information science; and to discuss temporal and spatio-temporal, including modern and similarly, artificial immune systems, ant the practical challenges encountered along the way techniques of chaos–control. Chapter 2 turns to colony optimisation, automated self-assembling and the solutions adopted to solve them. the edge of chaos, in the form of phase transitions programming, membrane computing, etc. also The conference organizers selected 23 outstanding (equilibrium and non-equilibrium, oscillatory, have their roots in natural phenomena. papers from ICIS/IWEA 2008, all of which you fractal and noise-induced), as well as the related The second International Workshop on Nature will find in this volume of Springer’s Studies in field of synergetics. While the natural stage for Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Optimiza- Computational Intelligence. linear dynamics comprises of flat, Euclidean tion (NICSO), was held in Acireale, Italy, during geometry (with the corresponding calculation November 8-10, 2007. The aim for NICSO 2007 Features tools from linear algebra and analysis), the natural was to provide a forum were the latest ideas and 7 Includes the best papers of the IEEE/ACIS stage for nonlinear dynamics is curved, Rieman- state of the art research related to cooperative International Conference on Computer and Infor- nian geometry (with the corresponding tools from strategies for problem solving arising from Nature mation Science (ICIS 2008) held on May 14-16, nonlinear, tensor algebra and analysis). could be discussed. 2008 at Portland, Oregon
Features Features From the contents 7 Complete treatment of the tools of complexity 7 Presents latest results in nature inspired coop- An MDA Approach for Database Profiling and 7 Includes a comprehensive bibliography on the erative strategies for optimization Performance Assessment.- Prediction of Diabetes subject and a detailed index 7 Enables the reader by Employing a New Data Mining Approach to perform a competitive research in modern From the contents Which Balances Fitting and Generalization.- complex nonlinearity A Preliminary Study of Fitness Inheritance in Compression of Electrocardiogram Using Neural Evolutionary Constrained Optimization.- Probabi- Networks and Wavelets.- Multi-Step Parallel PNN Contents listically Guided Prefix Gene Expression Program- Algorithm for Distributed-Memory Systems.- Soft- Basics of Nonlinear and Chaotic Dynamics.- Phase ming.- Flocking-based Document Clustering on ware Repository for Software Process Improve- Transitions and Synergetics.- Geometry and the Graphics Processing Unit.- Artificial Immune ment.- Payment Annotations for Web Service Topology Change in Complex Systems.- Nonlinear System For Collaborative Spam Filtering.- MP Description Language (PA-WSDL).- An Analogical Dynamics of Path Integrals.- Complex Nonlin- Systems and Hybrid Petri Nets.- Spatial Sorting of Thinking based New Software Engineering earity: Combining it all together. Binary Metadata Documents via Nature-Inspired Education Methodology.- Capturing Public Agents in Grids.- hCHAC-4, an ACO Algorithm Knowledge to Forecast Future Events.- An Agent Fields of interest for Solving the Four-Criteria Military Path-finding Based Semantic OSGi Service Architecture.- A Complexity; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Problem.- Searching Ground States of Ising Spin Framework for SOA-based Application on Agile of Control; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory Glasses with Genetic Algorithms and Binary Small and Medium Enterprise.- Optimizing Text Particle Swarm Optimization. Summarization Based on Fuzzy Logic. Target groups Researchers, engineers, graduate students in Fields of interest Fields of interest complexity, applied nonlinear dynamics Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) Engineering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) Type of publication Monograph Target groups Target groups Engineers, researchers, and graduate students in Researchers, engineers, graduate students in computational intelligence and computer science computational intelligence and computer science
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D. Li, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA (Ed .) M. Lucchesi, C. Padovani, G. Pasquinelli, N. Zani K. Marynowski, Technical University of Lódz, Poland Encyclopedia of Microfluidics Masonry Constructions: Dynamics of the Axially and Nanofluidics Mechanical Models and Moving Orthotropic Web Numerical Applications
Covering all aspects of transport phenomena on A material continuum moving axially at high the nano- and micro-scale, Springer’s Encyclo- speed can be met in numerous different technical pedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics includes Features applications. These comprise band saws, web over 750 entries in three alphabetically-arranged 7 Presents mechanical models and numerical papers during manufacturing, processing and volumes including the most up-to-date research, applications of masonry constructions printing processes, textile bands during manufac- insights, and applied techniques across all areas. turing and processing, pipes transporting fluids, Specifically, subjects covered in this comprehensive Contents transmission belts as well as flat objects moving at Springer Reference include electrical double- Elements of Tensor Algebra and Analysis.- The high speeds in space. In all these so varied tech- layers, optofluidics, DNC lab-on-a-chip, nanosen- Constitutive Equations of Masonry-Like Mate- nical applications, the maximum transport speed sors, and more. rials.- Equilibrium of Masonry Bodies.- The or the transportation speed is aimed at in order to Numerical Method.- Masonry Arches, Vaults increase efficiency and optimize investment and Features and Domes.- Comparison Between Explicit performance costs of sometimes very expensive 7 Internal structure and organization with and Numerical Solutions.- Applications.- A The and complex machines and installations. The four types of entries: fundamentals, theoretical Constitutive Equation of Masonry-Like Mate- dynamic behavior of axially moving systems very models and simulation, experimental studies and rials: the Two-Dimensional Case.- B Algorithm often hinders from reaching these aims. techniques, applications and devices 7 Clearly for the Solution of the Equilibrium Problem: The book is devoted to dynamics of axially moving structured essays with extensive cross-references Non-Isothermal Case.- C Flow-Chart and Element material objects of low flexural stiffness that are Library of COMES-NOSA.- D The GiD2Nosa referred to as webs. Webs are moving at high Fields of interest Interface. speed, for example, in paper production the paper Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Nanotechnology; webs are transported with longitudinal speeds of Engineering Thermodynamics, Transport Fields of interest up to 3000 m/min. Phenomena Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control; Mechanics; Structural Mechanics Features Target groups 7 Presents the state of knowledge in the field of Academics and research libraries Target groups dynamic behaviour of axially moving materials Researchers and graduate students in applied Type of publication mechanics construction and civil engineering Contents Encyclop(a)edia Dynamics of the Axially Moving Orthotropic Type of publication Web.- State of Knowledge on Dynamics of Monograph Axially Moving Systems.- Dynamical Analysis of the Undamped Axially Moving Web System.- Displacements of the Web in Equilibrium States of the Linearized System.- Dynamics of the Axially Moving Viscoelastic Web.- Beam Model of the Due July 2008 Moving Viscoelastic Web.- Concluding Remarks.
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R. Micheloni, A. Marelli, R. Ravasio, Qimonda Italy M. Mitsuishi, K. Ueda, F. Kimura, University of Tokyo, A. Morassi, University of Udine, Italy; F. Vestroni, srl, Design Center Vimercate, Italy Japan (Eds .) University of Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy (Eds .) Error Correction Codes for Manufacturing Systems and Dynamic Methods for Damage Non-Volatile Memories Technologies for the New Detection in Structures Frontier The 41st CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Nowadays it is hard to find an electronic device Systems May 26–28, 2008, Tokyo, Japan The book presents an updated state-of-the-art which does not use codes: for example, we listen overview of dynamic methods for structural to music via heavily encoded audio CD’s and we health monitoring and damage detection in watch movies via encoded DVD’s. There is at least structures, with special emphasis on advanced one area where the use of encoding/decoding is Collected here are 112 papers concerned with research in the field today. The topic is treated as not so developed, yet: Flash non-volatile memo- all manner of new directions in manufacturing a series of lessons, explaining both theoretical and ries. Flash memory high-density, low power, cost systems given at the 41st CIRP Conference on experimental aspects of dynamic non-destructive effectiveness, and scalable design make it an ideal Manufacturing Systems. The high-quality material methods and their connection with inverse and choice to fuel the explosion of multimedia prod- presented in this volume includes reports of work identification problems in structural dynamics. ucts, like USB keys, MP3 players, digital cameras from both scientific and engineering standpoints and solid-state disk. and several invited and keynote papers addressing Fields of interest In ECC for Non-Volatile Memories the authors the current cutting edge and likely future trends Structural Mechanics; Vibration, Dynamical expose the basics of coding theory needed to in manufacturing systems. The book’s subjects Systems, Control; Quality Control, Reliability, understand the application to memories, as well as include: (1) new trends in manufacturing systems Safety and Risk the relevant design topics, with reference to both design: sustainable design, ubiquitous manufac- NOR and NAND Flash architectures. A collection turing, emergent synthesis, service engineering, Target groups of software routines is also included for better value creation, cost engineering, human and social Postgraduate students and researchers in civil and understanding. aspects of manufacturing, etc.; (2) new applications mechanical engineering The authors form a research group (now at for manufacturing systems – medical, life-science, Qimonda) which is the typical example of a optics, NEMS, etc.; (3) intelligent use of advanced Type of publication fruitful collaboration between mathematicians and methods and new materials – new manufacturing Monograph engineers. process technologies, high-hardness materials, bio- medical materials, etc. Features 7 Summary of basics in coding theory found in Features typical coding books which are mainly focused on 7 Provides the reader with the latest research on mathematical aspects 7 Examples of real applica- new technologies and practices in manufacturing tions of Hamming, BCH and Reed-Solomon codes 7 CIRP conferences attract the brightest and best 7 Description of ECC inside NOR and NAND researchers in their fields 7 Past proceedings are Flash memories 7 Collection of software routines frequently referenced as important source mate- for encoding and decoding in Flash memories rials for researchers, engineers and students
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D. P. Murthy, M. Rausand, T. Østerås R. Nayak, N. Ichalkaranje, L. C. Jain (Eds .) N. T. Nguyen, R. Katarzyniak, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland (Eds .) Product Reliability Evolution of Web in Artificial Specification and Performance Intelligence Environments New Challenges in Applied Intelligence Technologies
Currently, reliability issues are not addressed The Web has revolutionized the way we seek infor- effectively in new product development. Product mation on all aspects of education, entertainment, The field of intelligence technologies covers a reliability depends on the technical decisions made business, health and so on. The Web has evolved variety of computational approaches that are often in the early stages and the impact of commercial into a publishing medium, global electronic suggested and inspired by biological systems, outcomes in the latter stages. With an effective market and increasingly, a platform for conducting exhibiting functional richness and flexibility of methodology for reliability performance and speci- electronic commerce. A part of this success can be natural behavior. This class of technologies consists fication, one can make better decisions. attributed to the tremendous advances made in the of such important approaches as data mining algo- Product Reliability develops a framework linking Artificial Intelligence field. The popularity of the rithms, neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy reliability specifications and product performance Web has opened many opportunities to develop and multi-valued logics, rough sets, agent-oriented in new product development by: (1) consid- smart Web-based systems using artificial intel- computation, often integrated into complex hybrid ering how customer needs and business aims ligence techniques. solutions. Applied intelligence technologies are can be translated into product development so There exist numerous Web technology and appli- used to build machines that can act and think like that desired performance is met/exceeded; (2) cations that can benefit with the application of arti- living systems, solve problems in an autonomous discussing the data requirements, tools and tech- ficial intelligence techniques. It is not possible to way, develop rich private knowledge bases and niques needed to build models vital to decision- cover them all in one book with a required degree produce results not foreseen and programmed in a making; (3) providing an approach applicable to of quality, depth and width. We present this book direct way by designers. many products. to discuss some important Web developments by This book is suitable for managers and engineers using artificial intelligence techniques in the areas Features involved in new product design. It can be used as of Web personalisation, semantic Web and Web 7 Presents latest results and new challenges in a text for graduate courses on design, manufac- services. applied intelligence technologies turing, new product development and opera- tions management and in various engineering Features Contents disciplines. 7 Latest research in the area of evolution of Web Part 1. Agent and Multiagent Systems.- Part 2. in artificial intelligence environment Personal Assistants and Recommender Systems.- Features Part 3. Knowledge Modelling and Processing.- Part 7 Provides a much-needed systematic treatment Contents 4. Intelligence Technologies in Optimization and of product reliability specifications and perfor- An Introduction to the Evolution of the Web in an Combinatorial Problems.- Part 5. Intelligence mance 7 Provides a framework which links Artificial Intelligence Environment.- Innovations Technologies in Computer and Telecommunica- reliability specifications and product performance in Web Applications using Artificial Intelligence tion Systems. in the context of new product development Paradigms.- Modeling Interests of Web users for 7 Problems and examples can be found at the recommendation.- Context-aware Web Content Fields of interest end of each chapter adaptation for mobile User Agents.- Knowledge Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of on the Web: Models, Algorithms, and an Effective Engineering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); From the contents Framework based on Web Services.- Model- Applications of Mathematics New Product Development.- Product Performance based Data Engineering for Web Services.- SAM: and Specification.- An Introduction to Reliability Semantic Advanced Matchmaker.- Clarifying the Target groups Theory.- Performance and Specification in the Meta.- Emergent Semantics in Distributed Knowl- Engineers, researchers, and graduate students in Front-end Phase.- Performance and Specification edge Management.- Web-based Bayesian Intel- computational intelligence and computer science during Design.- Performance during Development. ligent Tutoring Systems.- A Survey of Web-based Collective Decision Making Systems. Type of publication Fields of interest Monograph Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk; Fields of interest Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Marketing; Systems and Information Theory in Engineering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) Engineering Target groups Target groups Engineers, researchers, and graduate students in Managers responsible for new product develop- computational intelligence ment; engineers involved with product design Type of publication Type of publication Monograph Monograph
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O. Okun, University of Oulu, Finland; G. Valentini, H. D. Patel, S. K. Shukla, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Y. Peng, X. Weng (Eds .) Università di Milano, Italy (Eds .) VA, USA 7th Asian-Pacific Conference Supervised and Unsupervised Ingredients for Successful on Medical and Biological Ensemble Methods and their System Level Automation Engineering Applications Design Methodology APCMBE 2008, 22-25 April 2008, Beijing, China System Level Design (SLD) and Electronic System Features Level (ESL) Design are buzzwords of today’s Elec- 7 Presents recent developments of Supervised tronic Design Automation (EDA) industry. The This volume presents the proceedings of the and Unsupervised Ensemble Methods and Their idea is to raise the level of abstraction of design 7th Asian-Pacific Conference on Medical and Applications 7 Extended contributions from entry for future hardware systems beyond the Biological Engineering (APCMBE 2008). Themed SUEMA 2007 workshop and more register transfer level (RTL). This is necessitated “Biomedical Engineering – Promoting Sustainable by the increasing complexity of the systems, the Development of Modern Medicine” the proceed- Contents immense gate count available on a single chip, ings address a broad spectrum of topics from Part I Ensembles of Clustering Methods and the relatively slower growth in designer produc- Bioengineering and Biomedicine, like Biomate- Their Applications.- Cluster Ensemble Methods: tivity, and decreasing design turn around time. rials, Artificial Organs, Tissue Engineering, Nano- from Single Clusterings to Combined Solutions.- Even though a number of languages and design biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Biomedical Random Subspace Ensembles for Clustering environments have been proposed in the last few Imaginging, Bio MEMS, Biosignal Processing, Categorical Data.- Ensemble Clustering with a years which includes SystemC, Bluespec, SpecC, Digital Medicine, BME Education. It helps medical Fuzzy Approach.- Collaborative Multi-Strategical and System Verilog, none of these satisfy our wish and biological engineering professionals to interact Clustering for Object-Oriented Image Analysis.- list for a successful system level design language and exchange their ideas and experiences. Part II Ensembles of Classification Methods or framework. We want to model heterogeneous and Their Applications Intrusion Detection in system-on-chips (SoCs) which can be based Features Computer Systems Using Multiple Classifier captured by a language capable of expressing and 7 Presents the proceedings of the 7th Asian- Systems.- Ensembles of Nearest Neighbors for co-simulating multiple models of computation. Pacific Conference on Medical and Biological Gene Expression Based Cancer Classification.- Engineering; APCMBE 2008 22-25 April 2008, Multivariate Time Series Classification via Stacking Features Beijing, China of Univariate Classifiers.- Gradient Boosting 7 A first book to discuss the wish lists for an ESL GARCH and Neural Networks for Time Series language and environment in a comprehensive Fields of interest Prediction.- Cascading with VDM and Binary manner and provide solutions that enable the wish Biomedical Engineering; Biomedicine general Decision Trees for Nominal Data. list 7 The solutions in this book are all imple- mented in prototypes available from our website Target groups Fields of interest which readers can download and experiment with Engineers, researchers, and congress participants Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of 7 The industry is still not sure about what ESL Engineering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) should be and what a tool supporting ESL design Type of publication methodology must have Proceedings Target groups Engineers, researchers, and graduate students in Fields of interest computational intelligence and computer science Circuits and Systems; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems; Software Engineering/ Type of publication Programming and Operating Systems Monograph Target groups Engineers in the EDA industry creating tools for ESL, researchers in the EDA field working with ESL and system level design and verification, design managers in EDA and design industry who are considering their choice for ESL tools and envi- ronments, graduate students in EDA based courses
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A. E. Perkins, Micron Technology, Inc ., Boise, ID, USA; F. Pfeiffer, TU Munich, Germany B. Prasad, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, S. K. Sitaraman, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (Ed .) Atlanta, GA, USA Mechanical System Dynamics Soft Computing Applications Solder Joint Reliability in Business Prediction for Multiple This textbook gives a clear and thorough presenta- Environments tion of the fundamental principles of mechanical systems and their dynamics. It provides both the Soft computing techniques are widely used in most theory and applications of mechanical systems in businesses. This book consists of several important Solder Joint Reliability of Electronic Packages will an intermediate theoretical level, ranging from papers on the applications of soft computing tech- provide industry engineers, graduate students and the basic concepts of mechanics, constraint and niques for the business field. The soft computing academic researchers, and reliability experts with multibody systems over dynamics of hydraulic techniques used in this book include (or are very insights and useful tools for evaluating solder joint systems and power transmission systems to closely related to): Bayesian networks, biclustering reliability of ceramic area array electronic pack- machine dynamics and robotics. The book aims at methods, case-based reasoning, data mining, ages under multiple environments. The material practicing engineers and graduate and advanced Dempster-Shafer theory, ensemble learning, presented here is not limited to ceramic area array undergraduate students in mechanical engineering evolutionary programming, fuzzy decision trees, packages only, it can also be used as a method- and mechanics. The concept of the book is mainly hidden Markov models, intelligent agents, k-means ology for relating numerical simulations and determined by the experiences of the author. clustering, maximum likelihood Hebbian learning, experimental data into an easy-to-use equation Sixteen years aerospace industry with its fore- neural networks, opportunistic scheduling, prob- that captures the essential information needed to runner role in all technologies, but also in many ability distributions combined with Monte Carlo predict solder joint reliability. Such a methodology fundamentals, twenty years academia in the area methods, rough sets, self organizing maps, support is often needed to relate complex information in of mechanics, especially in the areas of dynamics vector machines, uncertain reasoning, other a simple manner to managers and non-experts and control, fundamental research on bilaterally statistical and machine learning techniques, and in solder joint who work with computer server and unilaterally constrained systems, on robotics combinations of these techniques. applications as well as for harsh environments and walking machines and many applications with such as those found in the defense and automotive regard to practical industrial problems. Features industries. 7 Presents the applications of soft computing Features techniques for the business field Features 7 Has the potential to become the standard work 7 Provides a comprehensive summary of current of mechanical systems 7 Clear presentation of From the contents literature on lead-containing ceramic area array the basic concepts and industrial applications of Ensembles of Classifiers in Arrears Manage- electronic package solder joining reliability the dynamics of mechnical systems 7 “A good ment.- Bicluster Analysis of Currency Exchange 7 Develops useful and easy-to-use tools for theory is very practical, but we also have to state, Rates.- Predicting the Effects of Alternative Pricing predicting solder joint fatigue life under thermal that good practice might induce good new theories Strategies in an Artificial Society Undergoing cycling and power cycling environments. Offers never known before. Both are important for a good Technology Adoption.- An Evolutionary Program- insight into how to relate accelerated thermal engineer.” ming based Knowledge Ensemble Model for Busi- cycling testing conditions to real world applica- ness Risk Identification.- The Application of Fuzzy tions From the contents Decision Trees in Company Audit Fee Evaluation: Kinematics.- Momentum and Moment of A Sensitivity Analysis.- An Exposition of NCaRBS: Fields of interest Momentum.- Energy.- Impulsive Motion.- Analysis of US Banks and Moody’s Bank Financial Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumenta- Constraint Systems.- Basic Characteristics.- Strength Rating.- A Clustering Analysis for Target tion; Metallic Materials; Optical and Electronic Principles.- Multibody Systems with Bilateral Group Identification by Locality in Motor Insur- Materials Constraints.- Multibody Systems with Unilateral ance Industry.- Probabilistic Sales Forecasting for Costraints.- Impact Systems. Small and Medium-Size Business Operations.- Target groups User Relevance Feedback Analysis in Text Infor- Process engineers, manufacturing engineers, Fields of interest mation Retrieval: A Rough Set Approach. quality assurance engineers, electronics engineers, Mechanical Engineering; Theoretical and Applied materials scientists and reliability experts who Mechanics; Automotive and Aerospace Engi- Fields of interest work in the area of electronic packaging neering Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) Type of publication Target groups Professional book Students, researchers, practicing engineers in the Target groups fields of mechanical engineering, computational Engineers, researchers, and students in fuzziness mechanics, robotics Type of publication Type of publication Monograph Monograph
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J. Prat, Universitat Politecnica Catalunya, Barcelona, D. Prokhorov, Toyota Technical Center, Ann Arbor, N. P. Quang, Hanoi University of Technology, Hanoi, Spain (Ed .) MI, USA (Ed .) Vietnam; J. Dittrich, ENERDRIVE, Zurich, Switzerland Next-Generation FTTH Passive Computational Intelligence in Vector Control of Three-Phase Optical Networks Automotive Applications AC Machines Research towards unlimited bandwidth System Development in the Practice access
Features 7 Presents recent automotive applications of The book deals with the problem area of the vector Fibre-to-the-Home networks constitute a Computational Intelligence control of the three-phase AC machines like that fundamental telecom segment with the required one of the induction motor with squirrel-cage potential to match the huge capacity of transport Contents rotor (IMSR), the permanentmagnet excited networks with the new user communication Learning-based Driver Workload Estima- synchronous motor (PMSM) and that one of the demands. Huge investments in access network tion.- Visual Monitoring of Driver Inattention.- doubly fed induction machine (DFIM) from the infrastructure are expected for the next decade, Understanding Driving Activity Using Ensemble view of the practical development. It is primarily with many initiatives already launched around Methods.- Computer Vision and Machine about the use of the IMSR as well as the PMSM in the globe recently, driven by the new broadband Learning for Enhancing Pedestrian Safety.- Appli- the electrical drive systems, at which the method service demands and the necessity by operators to cation of Graphical Models in the Automotive of the field-oriented control has been successful in deploy a future-proof infrastructure in the field. Industry.- Extraction of Maximum Support Rules the practice, and about the use of the grid voltage Dense FTTH Passive Optical Networks (PONs) is for the Root Cause Analysis.- Neural networks in oriented controlled DFIM in the wind power a cost-efficient way to build fibre access, and inter- automotive applications.- On learning machines plants. national standards (G/E-PON) have been already for engine control. After a summary of the basic structure of a field- launched, leading to new set of telecom products oriented controlled three-phase AC drive, the main for mass deployment. However, these systems only Fields of interest points of the design and of the application are make use of less than 1% of the optical bandwidth. Automotive and Aerospace Engineering; Appl. explained. The detailed description of the design Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engi- rules forms the main emphasis of the book. The Features neering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) description is expanded and made understandable 7 First book devoted to next generation FTTH by numerous formulae, pictures and diagrams. networks 7 First book devoted to Passive Optical Target groups Networks 7 First book on WDM technologies Engineers, researchers, and graduate students in Features applied to Passive Optical Networks computational intelligence and computer science 7 Extended, English version of successful German and automotive engineering textbook on electrical drive technology, often used Contents in industry and university List of Figures. List of Tables. Abbrevations. Refer- Type of publication ences. 1 Introduction. 2 Architecture of Future Monograph Fields of interest Access Networks. 3 Components for Future Access Power Engineering; Control Engineering Networks. 4 Enhanced Transmission Techniques. 5 Network Protection. 6 Traffic Studies. 7 Metro- Target groups Access Convergence. 8 Economic Models. Practitioners / professionals, scientists, graduate students Fields of interest Electronic and Computer Engineering; Micro- Type of publication waves, RF and Optical Engineering; Communica- Monograph tions Engineering, Networks
Target groups Broadband telecommunications operators, researchers on optical communications, photonics and telecom networks, electrical and electronic engineering schools, at Master and Doctorate level, optical fibre system product vendors
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G. C. Sih, East China University of Science, Shanghai, U. Tietze, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, G. Z. Voyiadjis, Louisiana State University, Baton China (Ed .) Erlangen, Germany; C. Schenk, Munich, Germany; Rouge, LA, USA; P. Woelke, Weidlinger Associates, E. Gamm, Erlangen, Germany New York, NY, USA Multiscale Fatigue Crack Initiation and Propagation Electronic Circuits Elasto-Plastic and Damage of Engineering Materials: Handbook for Design and Application Analysis of Plates and Shells Structural Integrity and Translated by: U. Tietze, C. Schenk Microstructural Worthiness This book presents a finite element model for the Fatigue crack growth behaviour of small and This book covers all important aspects of analog elasto-plastic and damage analysis of thin and large bodies and digital circuit design. Part I describes thick shells. Linear elastic, inelastic and softening semiconductor devices and their behavior with behaviors caused by damage in structural shells, respect to the models used in circuit simula- as well as large rotations are investigated. The tion. Basic circuits are analyzed in four steps: textbook is addressed to graduate students and This book elucidates the correlation of fatigue large-signal transfer characteristic, small-signal researchers in civil, mechanical and aerospace crack growth data to multiscale cracking, response, noise and distortion. Part II describes engineering as well materials scientists and applied particularly to the understanding of micrographs the use of operational amplifiers and A/D and D/A mechanicians. influenced by mechanical disturbance and ther- converters in low-frequency applications. Part III The formulation presented here was developed modynamic variables. Attention is given to the describes circuits for analog and digital commu- primarily for large scale structural analyses. Special interpretation of test data by fatigue crack growth nication over wireless channels. This includes the emphasis is therefore placed in computational rate using two empirical parameters inconsistent high-frequency behavior of passive components, efficiency. Despite ever increasing capabilities with the fracture control methodology currently amplifiers and mixers. of nowadays computers, small scale constitutive used by industry. Micrograph and crack growth models are hardly ever applicable to analysis of rate data are presented for a host of metals used by Features large structures. This book provides a constitutive the aerospace and nuclear industry. Furthermore, 7 Handbook for students and professionals on a model which allows for accurate representation of these data can be shown to lie on a straight line for key technology of electronic and electrical engi- the non-linear shell behavior up to failure, while the two parameter model that traditionally refers neering 7 Meets the requirements of a complete offering high efficiency and applicability to large to regions I, II, and III. Results for small and large professional life 7 Gives detailed, feasible solu- scale structural analyses. cracks can thus be connected to provide fatigue life tions to practical problems without neglecting prediction with data from the microscopic scale the basic theory 7 The accompanying CD-ROM Features level such that the interactive effects of loading, contains simulations in the global PSPICE stan- 7 Recent advances on the theory of plates and geometry and material by mechanical tests are dard shells accounted for. From the contents Contents Features Part I. Basics: Diodes. Bipolar transistors. Field Introduction.- Shell Constitutive Equations.- Finite 7 Transition of micro-fatigue crack growth to the effect transistors. Amplifiers. Operational ampli- Element Analysis.- Geometrically Non-Linear macro scale 7 Multiscale data representation by fiers. Latching circuits. Basic logic circuits. Digital Finite Element Analysis.- Elasto-Plastic Behav- two-parameter fatigue crack growth relation arithmetic circuitry. Sequential logic systems. iour.- Modeling of Damage Effects.- Numerical 7 Microstructural cracking details identified with Semiconductor memories.- Part II. Applications: Methods and Computational Algorithms.- crack growth rates 7 Effects of micro-specimen Linear and non-linear operational circuitry. Computer Software. damage in contrast to macro-size specimens Controlled sources and impedance converters. Active filters. Signal generators. Power amplifiers. Fields of interest Fields of interest Power supplies. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Structural Structural Mechanics Mechanics; Mechanical Engineering Fields of interest Target groups Circuits and Systems; Electronics and Microelec- Target groups Practitioners of fracture mechanics in fatigue, tronics, Instrumentation; Measurement Science, Engineers, researchers and PhD students in design material and structure, engineers, Instrumentation mechanics, mechanical and structural engineering researchers and educators Target groups Type of publication Type of publication Advanced students and professionals in electrical Monograph Proceedings engineering
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J. Williams, Silicon Valley Technology Institute, San F. Xhafa, A. Abraham (Eds .) X. Yan, B. Eynard, W. J. Ion (Eds .) José, CA, USA Metaheuristics for Global Design to Gain a Digital VLSI Design with Scheduling in Industrial and Competitive Edge Verilog Manufacturing Applications Proceedings of ICADAM 2008 Volume 1 A Textbook from Silicon Valley Technical Institute This volume presents meta-heuristics approaches The globalisation of manufacturing industries for scheduling problems arising in industrial and leads to a thirst for rapid advancements in This unique textbook is structured as a step-by- manufacturing applications. Nowadays, meta- technological development and expertise in the step course of study along the lines of a VLSI IC heuristics have become a de facto approach to fields of advanced design and manufacturing. In design project. tackle in practice with the complexity of sched- this scenario, both industry and academia have In a nominal schedule of 12 weeks, two days uling problems. Early work applied evolutionary an urgent need to equip themselves of the latest and about 10 hours per week, the entire verilog computing methods to scheduling problems. The knowledge and trends relating to design and language is presented, from the basics to every- present volume is novel in many respects. First, manufacture. thing necessary for synthesis of an entire 70,000 the proposed approaches comprise a variety of Global Design to Gain a Competitive Edge collects transistor, full-duplex serializer - deserializer, meta-heuristics (Genetic Algorithms, Memetic together papers from the 2008 International including synthesizable PLLs. Algorithms, Ant Colony Optimization, Particle Conference on Advanced Design and Manufacture Digital VLSI Design With Verilog is all an engineer Swarm Optimization, Tabu Search, Scatter Search, (ICADAM). This conference solicits both cutting needs for in-depth understanding of the verilog Variable Neighborhood Search). Second, in most edge fundamental research and recent industrial language: Syntax, synthesis semantics, simulation, cases, hybridization is approached as the most application papers, with a goal towards bringing and test. Complete solutions for the 27 labs are effective way to achieve state-of-the art results. together from all over the world design and manu- provided on the accompanying CD-ROM. For a facture practitioners from academia, government reader with access to appropriate electronic design Features organisations and industry. tools, all solutions can be developed, simulated, 7 First book on scheduling problems in Grid, P2P and synthesized as described in the book. and other Emergent Computational Systems Features A partial list of design topics includes design 7 Provides a holistic view on the rapid globalisa- partitioning, hierarchy decomposition, safe coding From the contents tion of trade and manufacturing 7 Addresses styles, back-annotation, wrapper modules, concur- Exact, Heuristic and Meta-heuristic Algorithms the urgent need for postgraduates and researchers rency, race conditions, assertion-based verification, for Solving Shop Scheduling Problems.- Scatter to identify new problems and associated practical clock synchronization, and design for test. Search Algorithms for Identical Parallel Machine working solutions in the field Scheduling Problems.- On the Effectiveness of Features Particle Swarm Optimization and Variable Neigh- Contents 7 Covers the entire verilog language 7 Includes borhood Descent for the Continuous Flow-Shop Front end of engineering design.- Engineering a multiple-lab project in development of a large Scheduling Problem.- A Dynamical Ant Colony knowledge management and design for X.- Detail serialization device 7 Uses simulation examples Optimization with Heuristics for Scheduling Jobs design and design analysis.- Simulation and opti- to teach the writing of code for correct netlist on a Single Machine with a Common Due Date.- misation in design.- New mechanism and device synthesis 7 Shows the use of assertions for the Deterministic Search Algorithm for Sequencing design and analysis.- Manufacturing systems verilog and design-for-test methodology for the and Scheduling.- Sequential and Parallel Variable design.- Collaborative and creative product devel- hardware 7 Includes a CD-ROM with verilog Neighborhood Search Algorithms for Job Shop opment and manufacture. netlist libraries and answers for all lab exercises Scheduling.- Solving Scheduling Problems by Evolutionary Algorithms for Graph Coloring Fields of interest Fields of interest Problem. Manufacturing, Machines, Tools; Engineering Circuits and Systems; Programming Languages, Design; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, Compilers, Interpreters Fields of interest CAE) and Design Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Target groups Engineering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Target groups Working engineers or engineering students Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet) Researchers and postgraduates in the fields of interested in the design of digital IC‘s. Typical engineering design, globalisation and marketing, backgrounds of working engineers would be: Test Target groups advanced manufacture and automation; post- engineering; analog design or test; digital design Engineers, researchers, and graduate students in graduates in business and administration, as well in VHDL metaheuristics, computational intelligence and as economical development scheduling Type of publication Type of publication Professional book Type of publication Proceedings Monograph
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X. Yan, C. Jiang, B. Eynard (Eds .) L. P. Yarin, A. Moysak, G. Hetsroni, Technion City, B. S. Yarman, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Haifa, Israel Advanced Design and Design of Ultra Wideband Manufacture to Gain a Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer and Antenna Matching Networks Competitive Edge Boiling in Micro-Channels via simplified real frequency technique Proceedings of ICADAM 2008 Volume 2
The book presents the first systematic exposition of Design of Ultra Wideband Antenna Matching the problem related to microfluid flow developing Networks: via Simplified Real Frequency Tech- The globalisation of manufacturing industries under conditions of intensive heat transfer and nique (SRFT) will open up a new horizon for leads to a thirst for rapid advancements in phase changing of working fluid. A wide class of design engineers, researchers, undergraduate and technological development and expertise in the the problem are concerned with drag and heat graduate students to construct multi-band and fields of advanced design and manufacturing. In transfer in micro-channels at laminar and turbu- ultra wideband antenna matching networks for this scenario, both industry and academia have lent flows of single and two-phase fluids, effect of antennas which in turn will push the edge of tech- an urgent need to equip themselves of the latest energy dissipation, axial conduction, wall rough- nology to manufacture new generation of complex knowledge and trends relating to design and ness on flow characteristics, in particular, values communication systems beyond microwave manufacture. of operating parameters, corresponding to stable frequencies both in commercial and military line. Advanced Design and Manufacture to Gain a and unstable states. Attention is paid to analysis In Design of Ultra Wideband Antenna Matching Competitive Edge collects together papers from of steady and unsteady capillary flow with distinct Networks, many real life examples are presented the 2008 International Conference on Advanced interface in the frame of unit approach is based to design antenna matching networks over HF Design and Manufacture (ICADAM). This on quasi-one-dimensional model accounting the and cellular commercial multi-band frequencies. conference solicits both cutting edge fundamental affect of capillarity, frictional and gravity forces on For each example, open MatLab source codes are research and recent industrial application papers, the flow development. A number of specific prob- provided so that the reader can easily generate and with a goal towards bringing together from all over lems are connected with effect of axial conduction, verify the results of the examples included in the the world design and manufacture practitioners wall roughness, as well as optimization of micro- book. from academia, government organisations and heat exchanger is considered. industry. Features Features 7 The first one of its kind to cover the full details Features 7 Micro-channels are the future for cooling all of Simplified Real Frequency Technique (SRFT) 7 Provides a holistic view on the rapid globalisa- types of circuits 7 Thermodynamics is the key to design ultra-wideband matching networks for tion of trade and manufacturing 7 Addresses factor for designing effective coolers antennas the urgent need for postgraduates and researchers to identify new problems and associated practical Contents From the contents working solutions in the field Introduction.- Cooling systems of electronic 1: Real Frequency Techniques: A historical review. devices.- Single phase flows.- Single phase heat 2: Antenna fundamentals. 3: Antennas for mobile Contents transfer.- Two-phase flows.- Boiling in micro- wireless communication. 4: Challenges in mobile Simulation and virtual reality enabled design channels.- Capillary flow with distinct interphase.- phone antenna development. 5: Design tech- and manufacture analysis.- Materials design Steady and unsteady capillary flow with distinct niques for internal terminal antennas. 6: Terminal and processing.- Manufacturing system design interphases.- Laminar flow in a heated capillary antenna measurements. 7: Description of lossless and analysis.- Machine tools and manufacturing with distinct interface.- Onset flow instability in two ports. technologies.- Manufacturing planning.- MEMS.- heated capillary.- Properties of working fluid.- Special manufacturing techniques and industrial Drag and heat transfer in micro-channel. 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Electronic and Computer Engineering; Micro- Fields of interest waves, RF and Optical Engineering; Communica- Fields of interest Engineering Thermodynamics, Transport tions Engineering, Networks Manufacturing, Machines, Tools; Engineering Phenomena; Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Ther- Design; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, modynamics Target groups CAE) and Design Junior, senior, graduate and PhD students of Target groups communication engineering, microwave engi- Target groups Scientists and researchers neering, wireless communication engineering as Researchers and postgraduates in the fields of well as Analog-VLSI design engineering, major engineering design, globalisation and marketing, Type of publication libraries of school/college of engineering of univer- advanced manufacture and automation; post- Monograph sities, major military research units and labs, major graduates in business and administration, as well research labs working on communication and as economical development wireless communication companies
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A. Anders, Plasma Applications Group, Lawrence A. Avilov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, B. Barbara, CNRS, Laboratoire Louis Néel, Grenoble, Berkeley Lab, Berkeley, CA, USA Russia; S. Dudarev, EURATOM/UKAEA Fusion Assoc ., France; Y. Imry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Oxfordshire, UK; L. Marks, Northwestern University, Rehovot, Israel; G. Sawatzky, P. Stamp, University of Cathodic Arcs Chicago, IL, USA (Eds .) British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Eds .) From Fractal Spots to Energetic Electron Microscopy and Quantum Magnetism Condensation Multiscale Modeling – Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study EMMM 2007 Institute on Quantum Magnetism, Les Houches, France, 6-23 June 2006 Cathodic arcs are among the longest studied An International Conference yet least understood objects in science. Plasma- generating, tiny spots appear on the cathode; they are highly dynamic and hard to control. With Magnetism is a somewhat peculiar research field. an approach emphasizing the fractal character The EMMM-2007 Conference brought together It clearly has a quantum-mechanical basis – the of cathode spots, strongly fluctuating plasma leading experts in electron microscopy and mate- microsopic exchange interactions arise entirely properties are described such as the presence of rials modeling from around the world to explore from the exclusion principle, in conjunction multiply charged ions that move with supersonic how to synergistically combine atomic scale with respulsive interactions between electrons. velocity. Richly illustrated, the book also deals with characterization and modeling to enhance the And yet until recently the vast majority of practical issues, such as arc source construction, development of new materials. magnetism researchers and users of magnetic macroparticle removal, and the synthesis of dense, phenomena around the world paid no attention well adherent coatings. The book spans a bridge Fields of interest to these quantum-mechanical roots. Thus, eg., the from plasma physics to coatings technology based Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons; Nuclear huge ($400 billion per annum) industry which on energetic condensation, appealing to scientists, Fusion manufactures hard discs, and other components practitioners and graduate students alike. in the information technology sector, depends Target groups entirely on room-temperature properties of Features Those interested in physics and the chemistry of magnets - yet at the macroscopic or mesoscopic 7 An up-to-date account of research related to solids, nanomaterials science; nanotechnology, scales of interest to this industry, room- cathodic arcs and arc-based coatings technology materials for renewable power sources, and fusion temperature magnets behave entirely classically. 7 A unique compilation of facts, theory, and data and nuclear materials to cathodic arcs 7 Designed as in introduction Features for the newcomer as well as a reference book for Type of publication 7 This book, published after a NATO school at the expert 7 Contains numerous illustrations and Proceedings Les Houches benefited from the lectures of most references prominent world physicists 7 Covers a broad spectrum of modern subjects in quantum magne- Contents tism, with connections to nanophysics, quantum Introduction.- A brief history of cathodic arc computation coating.- The physics of cathode processes.- The inter-electrode plasma.- Cathodic arc sources Fields of interest and systems.- Macroparticles.- Macroparticle Quantum Physics; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials; filters.- Energetic condensation.- Reactive deposi- Quantum Computing, Information and Physics tion.- Some applications of cathodic arc coatings.- Appendix A: Plasmas and sheaths: A primer.- Target groups Appendix B: Periodic Tables. Professors, researchers, post-docs and PhD students in physics, quantum information, chem- Fields of interest istry, mainly focused on theoretical aspects Atoms, Molecules, Clusters and Plasmas; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Surfaces and Type of publication Interfaces, Thin Films Proceedings
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C. Bassa, Z. Wang, A. Cumming, V. Kaspi, McGill N. Brosch, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel R. M. Conte, CEA–Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France; University, Montreal, QC, Canada (Eds .) M. Musette, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Sirius Matters 40 Years of Pulsars The Painlevé Handbook Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars and More Since very early times Sirius was a point of attrac- tion in the night sky. It served to synchronize This book introduces the reader to methods This conference was in celebration of the 40th calendars in antiquity and was the subject of many allowing one to build explicit solutions to these anniversary of the discovery of radio pulsars in myths and legends, including some modern ones. equations. A prerequisite task is to investigate the summer of 1967. The conference highlighted It was perceived as a red star for more than 400 whether the chances of success are high or low, and the important discoveries of the last 40 years and years, but such reports were relegated to the Medi- this can be achieved without any a priori knowl- addressed the most interesting and topical areas terranean region. Astronomically, Sirius is a very edge of the solutions, with a powerful algorithm of neutron star astrophysics today. These areas bright star. This, and its present close distance to presented in detail called the Painlevé test. If the included pulsar searches and timing, accretion and us, argues in favor of it being the target of detailed equation under study passes the Painlevé test, the neutron-star recycling, millisecond pulsars in the studies of stellar structure and evolution. Its binary equation is presumed integrable. If the test fails, field and in globular clusters, young neutron stars nature, with a companion that is one of the more the system is nonintegrable or even chaotic, but it including magnetars, traditional Crab-like pulsars, massive white dwarfs, is an additional reason for may still be possible to find solutions. and isolated neutron stars, glitches, precession, such studies. This book collects the published The examples include on the integrable side the and nulling, as well as binary pulsars, including information on Sirius in an attempt to derive a nonlinear Schrödinger equation (continuous and the double pulsar, constraints on mass, radius, coherent picture of how this system came to look discrete), the Korteweg-de Vries equation, the and equation of state of neutron stars, as well as as it does. Hénon-Heiles Hamiltonians, on the nonintegrable discussion of new and future instrumentation. side the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation The conference was opened by a talk about the Features (encountered in optical fibers, turbulence, etc), the discovery of pulsars by Nobel-Prize winner Antony 7 Presents the historical and astrophysical context Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation (phase turbu- Hewish, and throughout the conference there of Sirius at an advanced level 7 The historical lence), the Kolmogorov-Petrovski-Piskunov equa- were brief anecdotal talks from eminent pulsar evidence for redness is not dismissed out-of-hand tion (KPP, a reaction-diffusion model). researchers, giving their personal recollections of but is examined in detail, considering possible important moments in pulsar history. physical explanations 7 Intriguing issues in the Features evolution of this binary system are pointed out: 7 Thorough treatment of the Painlevé property Fields of interest a very massive white dwarf, the elliptical orbit, a and Painlevé tests of differential equations Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; metallic-line primary 7 With many worked examples illustrating the Astronomy; Astrophysics methods developed 7 Written at a level acces- From the contents sible to graduate students as well as experts 7 No Target groups 1 Sirius Matters.- 2 Historical perspective.- other book offers such a thorough treatment of the Researchers in neutron star astrophysics, univer- 3 Mysteries of the Sirius System.- 4 Approaching search for analytic solutions of nonlinear differen- sity faculty, graduate students, high-level under- modern times.- 5 Modern optical measurements.- tial equations 7 The methods explained are used graduates, and NASA scientists 6 Modern non-optical observations.- 7 The neigh- in a wide variety of applications borhood of Sirius.- 8 The perspective of stellar Type of publication structure.- 9 The perspective of stellar evolution.- Fields of interest Proceedings 10 Sirius revealed - a synthesis of the information. Mathematical Methods in Physics; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory; Ordinary Differential Fields of interest Equations Astronomy; Astrophysics; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences Target groups Researchers in mathematical physics and pure and Target groups applied mathematics; graduate students in math- Practitioners/professionals, academic libraries, ematics and physics; other scientists including scientists/researchers physicists, chemists, and engineers, who need some aspect of Painlevé equations or the Painlevé Type of publication property in their work and would use the book as a Monograph reference for results
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L. Dagdug, L. Gracía-Colin, Universidad Autónoma P. Danielewicz, NSCL/Michigan State University, East E. Díaz-Herrera, Universidad Autónoma Metropoli- Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico (Eds .) Lansing, MI, USA; P. Piecuch, Michigan State Univer- tana-Iztapalapa, México, D .F, Mexico; E. Juaristi, sity, East Lansing, MI, USA; V. Zelevinsky, Michigan Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Biological Physics State University, East Lansing, MI, USA (Eds .) Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, D .F ., Mexico (Eds .) 3rd Mexican Meeting on Mathematical and Nuclei and Mesoscopic Physics Experimental Physics Workshop on Nuclei and Mesoscopic Physics Recent Developments in – WNMP 2007 Physical Chemistry Third Meeting on Mathematical and The Third Mexican Meeting on Mathematical and Experimental Physics Experimental Physics brought together scientists Mesoscopic physics unifies physical systems “in from many different fields. The Meeting was between” microworld and macroworld. Such divided into three Symposia: (i) Physical Chem- systems are sufficiently large to reveal certain istry, (ii) Biological Physics, (iii) Gravitation and statistical regularities, but they are sufficiently The purpose of the Third Mexican Meeting on Cosmology. These proceedings presents the papers small to allow physicists to study, both theo- Mathematical and Experimental Physics was to of the Biological Physics Symposium. The main retically and experimentally, individual quantum gather together graduate students and prac- objective of the symposium was to open new lines states. The conference covers common and specific ticing scientists in order to provide a perspec- of research for young scientists and promising features of those systems (nuclei, complex atoms tive on recent developments in the field physical graduate students interested on Biophysics. Topics and molecules, atomic traps, sold state micro- chemistry. The Meeting was divided into three discussed included biological physics, Ions and and nano-devices, prototypes of future quantum Symposia: (i) Physical Chemistry, (ii) Biological membranes, DNA, proteins and macro systems. computers). This young field is rapidly developing Physics, (iii) Gravitation and Cosmology. Invited opening new ideas and technological break- lectures were presented by relevant scientists who Field of interest throughs. additionally discussed likely development in their Biophysics/Biomedical Physics research fields in the near future. Fields of interest Target groups Quantum Physics; Elementary Particles and Fields of interest Biophysicists and statistical physicists Nuclei; Mathematical and Computational Physics Biophysics/Biomedical Physics; Astronomy, Astro- physics and Cosmology; Relativity and Cosmology Type of publication Target groups Proceedings Researchers and students in atomic physics, molec- Target groups ular physics, nuclear physics, quantum informa- Scientists and students in the areas of physical tion, biological physics chemistry, organic chemistry, statistical mechanics, quantum chemistry, macromolecular chemistry, Type of publication biomolecules, catalysis, solid state, thermody- Proceedings namics, electrochemistry, stereochemistry
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J. Ellis, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland; S. Nasri, J. Escher, F.S. Dietrich, Lawrence Livermore National G. Gorini, Milano-Bicocca University, Milano, Italy; E. Malkawi, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA; T. Kawano, Los F.P. Orsitto, ENEA, Frascati, Italy; E. Sindoni, UAE (Eds .) Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA; M. Tardocchi, Milano-Bicocca University, Milano, Italy I.J. Thompson, Lawrence Livermore National (Eds .) High Energy Physics and Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA (Eds .) Applications Burning Plasma Diagnostics Compound Nuclear Reactions An International Conference Proceedings of the UAE-CERN Workshop and Related Topics Proceedings of the 2007 International Workshop on Compound-Nuclear Reactions ITER (the International Thermonuclear Experi- The workshop was dedicated to topics in elemen- and Related Topic – CNR* 2007 mental Reactor, a joint venture between Europe, tary particle physics such as: The electroweak Japan, Russia, USA, China, India and South Korea) precision, supersymmetry, new ideas beyond the will need to measure a wide range of plasma standard model and new physics at the Large parameters in order to reach and sustain high Hadron Collider (LHC). These proceedings feature All papers have been peer-reviewed. Compound- levels of fusion power and provide input to control a number of plenary and parallel talks as well as nuclear reactions play a crucial role in nuclear systems with adequate reliability and long-term poster sessions presented at the workshop. astrophysics, nuclear energy, and national security. stability. The conference was the first appointment Although the concept of the compound nucleus of the diagnostic community after the approval of Fields of interest dates back to the 1930s, a comprehensive, quantita- ITER, and was therefore an opportunity to review Physics beyond the Standard Model; Nuclear tive description of compound-nuclear reactions the status of ITER diagnostics with particular Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons; Particle Accelera- remains to be established. CNR* 2007 brought reference to the capabilities of the present tion and Detection, Beam Physics together experts in nuclear theory, experiment, proposed systems to meet the requirements on and data evaluation to review current efforts aimed the measurements. Critical issues related with the Target groups at understanding compound-nuclear reactions measurements of fast particles, fusion products, Scientists working in the field of elementary and to identify strategies for addressing open plasma facing components and radiation effects particle physics and related topics questions. were addressed as well as new areas of diagnostic developments related with DEMO, the next step Type of publication Fields of interest fusion reactor that will deliver electrical power Proceedings Elementary Particles and Nuclei; Nuclear Physics, from fusion. Heavy Ions, Hadrons; Nuclear Fusion Fields of interest Target groups Nuclear Fusion Nuclear physicists and nuclear chemists at univer- sities and national laboratories; nuclear data evalu- Target groups ators; postdocs and graduate students in nuclear Libraries at fusion laboratories; individuals with a physics or nuclear chemistry at universities and specific interest in plasma diagnostics at universi- national laboratories; scientists at national funding ties and fusion laboratories worldwide agencies (DOE, NSF, etc.) in nuclear sciences; scientists interested in applications involving Type of publication nuclear reactions (nuclear energy, nuclear waste, Proceedings nuclear astrophysics)
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R. Guandalini, S. Palmerini, M. Busso, University of H. Hartfuss, MPI for Plasma Physics, Greifswald, A. Ikram, A. Purwanto, Sutiarso, National Nuclear Perugia, Italy (Eds .) Germany; M. Dudeck, CNRS, Orléans, France; Energy Agency of Indonesia, Batan, Indonesia; J. Musielok, Opole University, Opole, Poland; A. Zulfia, The University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indo- Sixth Torino Workshop M.J. Sadowski, The Andrzej Soltan Institute for nesia; S. Hendrana, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Nuclear Studies, Swierk/Otwock, Poland (Eds .) LIPI, Indonesia; Z. Nurachman, Bandung Institute of on Evolution and Technology, ITB, Indonesia (Eds .) Nucleosynthesis in AGB Stars Plasma 2007 and IIND Perugia Workshop 4th German-Polish Conference on Plasma Neutron and X-Ray Scattering on Nuclear Astrophysics Diagnostics for Fusion and Applications; 2007 6th French-Polish Seminar on Thermal The International Conference Plasma in Space and Laboratory
All papers have been peer-reviewed. This book contains the lectures given at the joint meeting All papers have peer-reviewed. Neutron, espe- “Ninth Torino Workshop on Evolution and All papers have been peer-reviewed. The confer- cially together with X-ray scattering techniques Nucleosynthesis in AGB Stars” and “Second ence allowed for a large variety of presentations have been showing the elegant and tremendous Perugia Workshop in Nuclear Astrophysics”, held of recent plasma research in a large domain from achievements in revealing the static and dynamic together in Perugia (Italy) from October 21 to fusion to low energy plasma physics for funda- structures in the wide range of materials, i.e. October 26, 2007. In the present book, the fields mental as well as technological investigations. The alloys, ceramics, polymers, composites, and also covered by the lecturers are quite wide: the joining conference was dedicated to scientists, engineers biological materials for advanced purposes. With of the “Torino Workshops” strictly focused on and students. Important scientific events in the the intention on establishing the techniques due AGB stars, and of the “Perugia Workshops” dedi- field of recent plasma research were highlighted, to the availibility of the facilities at neutron scat- cated to a broader view of Nuclear Astrophysics, as for example: Fusion programmes: diagnostics tering laboratory in Indonesia and a light X-ray resulted in a coordinated, but widely interdisci- for ITER, the stellarator Wendelstein 7-X project, synchrotron laboratory in Singapore, then the next plinary discussion, where AGB nucleosynthesis tokamak modelling with the participation of the future works and collaborations, especially in the could be integrated by complementary issues European scientific community, the WEGA stel- southeast Asian region will be strengthened and concerning nuclear processes in massive stars, larator, inertial confinement fusion with a new enlightened. while the observational sessions usually dominated approach (fast ignition), dynamics of edge modes, by spectroscopic results on stellar atmospheres and and fusion-reaction protons in the PF-360 facility. Fields of interest laboratory measurements on solar and pre-solar Plasma applications: Hall-effect plasma source Statistical Physics; Mathematical Methods in system materials could be complemented by the for space propulsion, fluctuations at low and high Physics rich information now coming from space-borne frequencies in relation with the abnormal electron infrared photometry. transport and general plasma turbulence in Target groups magnetized plasmas as well as recent results from Graduate students, researchers, and industry Fields of interest dusty plasma research. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Type of publication Astronomy; Astrophysics Fields of interest Proceedings Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Plasma Target groups Physics; Nuclear Fusion Researchers in stellar physics, nucleosynthesis, chemical evolution, researchers in galactic Target groups and extragalactic astronomy, PhD students in Basic plasma physics, fusion research, inertial and astronomy and physics magnetic confinement, plasma applications for cleaning sterilization Type of publication Proceedings Type of publication Proceedings
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R.R. Jauregui, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de A. Kponou, Y. Makdisi, A. Zelenski, Brookhaven Landolt-Börnstein México, México, México; J.A. Recamier, Instituto de National Lab, Upton, NY, USA (Eds .) Ciencias Fisicas, Cuernavaca, Mexico; O. Rosas-Ortiz, Numerical Data and Functional Relationships Cinvestav-IPN, México, D .F ., México (Eds .) Polarized Ion Sources, Targets in Science and Technology – New Series and Polarimetry Latin-American School of Editor-in-chief: W. Martienssen PSTP2007: 12th International Workshop Physics XXXVIII ELAF Group 8 Quantum Information and Quantum Cold Matter The International Workshop on Polarized Sources Advanced Materials and Targets and Polarimetry is an international forum to discuss new achievements and problems in Technologies polarization techniques development. The sources, Volume 1 The main subjects of the book are Quantum targets and polarimeters are the cornerstones of Information and Cold Quantum Matter. It includes polarization studies in nuclear and high-energy Laser Physics and Applications lecture notes on diverse profiles (both experi- physics at accelerators. Polarized 3He, 129Xe gases mental and theoretical) of quantum information are used for NMR imaging in medical research. G. Herziger, R. Poprawe, H. Weber (Ed .) as well as recent advances in quantum control of A variety of polarization techniques based on: physical systems. Lectures are mainly addressed to classical physics of atomic beams, atomic colli- Part 2 graduate students and young researchers. sions, plasma physics, optical pumping, solid state physics at cryogenic temperatures and others unify Laser Systems Fields of interest nuclear physics with other branches of physics. Elementary Particles and Nuclei; Mathematical Polarization techniques development for over With contributions by: R. Beigang, A. Bruns, and Computational Physics; Elementary Particles, 50 years served very successfully for educational E. Gornik, H.J. Hoffmann, R. Iffländer, Quantum Field Theory purposes. K.A. Janulewicz, M.J. Kelley, J. Limpert, G.R. Neil, P. Nickles, W. Sandner, A. Tünnermann, H. Wenzel Target groups Fields of interest Students and researchers interested in the theoret- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; The three volumes VIII/1A, B, C document the ical and experimental issues concerning quantum Astronomy; Astrophysics state of the art of “Laser Physics and Applications”. information, quantum optics and degenerate Scientific trends and related technological aspects quantum systems Target groups are considered by compiling results and conclu- Physicists and engineers working on polarized sions from phenomenology, observation and Type of publication sources, targets and polarimetry; on the accelera- experiments. Reliable data, physical fundamentals Proceedings tion of polarized beams; on experiments with and detailed references are presented. polarized beams and targets In the recent decades the laser source matured to an universal tool common to scientific research as Type of publication well as to industrial use. Today the main technical Proceedings goal is the generation of optical power towards shorter wavelengths, shorter pulses, higher efficiency and higher power for applications in science and industry. Tailoring the optical energy in wavelength, space and time is a requirement for the investigation of laser-induced processes, i.e. excitation, non-linear amplification, storage of optical energy, etc.
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A.A. Minai, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA; B. W. O‘Shea, A. Heger, Los Alamos National H.M. Oluseyi, Florida Institute of Technology, Y. Bar-Yam, New England Complex Systems Institute, Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA; T. Abel, KIPAC, Melbourne, FL, USA (Ed .) Cambridge, MA, USA (Eds .) Menlo Park, CA, USA (Eds .) Proceeding of the National Unifying Themes in Complex First Stars III Society of Black Physicists Systems 34th Annual Day of Scientific Lectures & Vol IV: Proceedings of the Fourth 30th Annual Meeting: 2007 Joint Annual International Conference on Complex This conference explored the formation, life, and Conference of the National Society of Black Systems death of the earliest stars (also known as Popula- Physicists and the National Society of tion III stars) and their impact on subsequent Hispanic Physicists structure formation and chemical evolution of the universe. First Stars III covered a wide range In June of 2002, over 500 professors, students of observational topics, including star formation, and researchers met in Boston, Massachusetts stellar evolution, supernovae, and the search for The Joint Annual Conferences of the National for the Fourth International Conference on primordial and metal-poor stars in the galactic Society of Black Physicists and National Society Complex Systems. The attendees represented a halo. of Hispanic Physicists brings together over 500 remarkably diverse collection of fields: biology, African American and Hispanic American physics ecology, physics, engineering, computer science, Fields of interest students and professionals. This conference has a economics, psychology and sociology, The goal of Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; cutting-edge scientific program as well as a student the conference was to encourage cross-fertilization Astronomy; Astrophysics professional development program that includes between the many disciplines represented and to mentor-protégé match-making and a recruiting deepen understanding of the properties common Target groups fair. The scientific program includes over 120 oral to all complex systems. Astronomers, astrophysicists, and graduate and poster presentations covering the following This volume contains 43 papers selected from the students topics: Astronomy and Astrophysics; Atomic more than 200 presented at the conference. Topics and Molecular Physics; Chemical and Biological include: cellular automata, neurology, evolution, Type of publication Physics; Mathematical and Computational computer science, network dynamics, and urban Proceedings Physics; Condensed Matter and Materials Physics; planning. Cosmology, Gravitation and Relativity; Fluid and Plasma Physics; Physics Education Research; Contents Photonics and Optics; Health Physics; Medical Introduction.- Part I: Methods.- Part II: Models.- Physics; Space and Earth Systems Physics; Nuclear Part III Applications. and Particle Physics; Physics in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean; Physics and Public Fields of interest Policy; Technology Transfer. Complexity; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Operations Research/Decision Theory Fields of interest Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Target groups Astronomy; Astrophysics Researchers Target groups Type of publication Multidisciplinary physicists and astronomers Monograph Type of publication Proceedings
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A. Pakhomov, University of Alabama in Huntsville, V. Petrova-Koch, Gate-East, Garching, Germany; D. Phelan, O. Ryan, A. Shearer, NUI, Galway, Ireland AL, USA (Ed .) R. Hezel, Universität Hannover, Pullach, Germany; (Eds .) A. Goetzberger, Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Beamed Energy Propulsion Energiesysteme, Freiburg, Germany (Eds .) High Time Resolution Fifth International Symposium on Beamed High-Efficient Low-Cost Astrophysics Energy Propulsion Photovoltaics The Universe at Sub-Second Timescales Recent Developments
This book contains the nearly complete collec- The Universe is revealed as an ever-changing tion of papers, presented at the Fifth Interna- entity, filled with the energy flowing from stars tional Symposium on Beamed Energy Propul- A bird’s-eye view of the developmental trends and and galaxies. While astronomy covers a diverse sion (ISBEP 5). It will provide an inspirational problems of recent photovoltaics is presented. range of astrophysical objects and timescales, the reading to researchers in the field of advanced The obvious effort worldwide to develop high- emerging field of high time resolution astrophysics propulsion, students and faculty at physics and efficiency low-cost PV modules, making use of (HTRA) focuses on the outermost dynamic limits engineering departments, as well as general audi- most efficient solar cells and clever low-cost solar presented by the Universe. On these extreme ence, concerned with the future exploration of concentrators is described. Also includes are timescales, the Universe is still largely unexplored, space. Topics include: Ablative Laser Propulsion, recent development in the non-organic PV, which and the questions posed by this developing field Lightcraft, Plasmadynamics of Laser Propulsion, is expected to overcome several hurdles in a very have lead to the beginning of a new scientific Measurement Techniques, Power Beaming Sources near future and to enter the marketplace. quest for answers. The conference “Universe at and Facilities, Power Beaming for Thermal Stress sub-second timescales” brought together leading and Drag Reduction, Microwave Beamed Energy Features astronomers and astrophysicists, who have so far Propulsion, and Other Advanced Propulsion 7 Covers the major developments in photovol- developed HTRA independently, with the goal of Concepts. taics 7 Summarizes the current knowledge in reviewing the current state of the art of HTRA, low-cost and high-efficiency solar cell technique exploring the questions posed, and to discuss Fields of interest 7 Presents the new technology of concentrator where we should go from here. Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences; Laser photovoltaics 7 Written by leading experts, Technology and Physics, Photonics; Automotive including a Nobel laureate 7 Both a reference Fields of interest and Aerospace Engineering work for researchers and a study text for graduate Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; students Astronomy; Astrophysics Target groups Academic/industrial researchers in the fields of Contents Target groups advanced propulsion, aerospace engineering, and 1. Milestones of Photovoltaics.- 2. From Extrater- Astronomers, astrophysicists, physicists, laser science; faculty and graduate students inter- restrial to Terrestrial PV Applications.- 3. PV researchers, engineers, postgraduate students in ested in mechanical and aerospace engineering Solar: Toward Mainstream Market for Electricity.- physics/astronomy, instrumentation and detector and physics of propulsion 4. Recent developments of Si-Wafer-Photovol- researchers taics.- 5. III–V Solar Cells and Concentrator Type of publication Arrays.- 6. Economic Perspective: Is the CPV Type of publication Proceedings Capable of Breaking the Economic Barrier?- Proceedings 7. Other Innovative Modules and Systems.- 8. Design Rules for Efficient Organic Solar Cells.
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B.M. Smirnov, Joint Institute for High Temperatures, J. Trigo-Rodriguez, Bellaterra, Spain; F. Rietmeijer, C. Varandas, C. Silva, Instituto Plasmas e Fusão Moscow, Russia Albuquerque, NM, USA; J. Llorca, Barcelona, Spain; Nuclear, Lisboa, Portugal (Eds .) D. Janches, Boulder, CO, USA (Eds .) Reference Data on Atomic Plasma and Fusion Science Physics and Atomic Processes Advances in Meteoroid and 17th IAEA Technical Meeting on Research Meteor Science Using Small Fusion Devices
This book is a data book for atomic physicists. Numerical data are given for atoms, atomic This volume is a compilation of articles that All papers have been peer- reviewed. The contribu- processes and atomic systems along with basic summarize the most recent results in meteor, tion of the small fusion devices community is concepts and simple models for atomic physics meteoroid and related fields presented at the presented in topics such as: (i) plasma physics of this area. Information of the same type for Meteoroids 2007 conference held at the impressive such as transport, turbulence, confinement and elements, for example atom and ion ionization CosmoCaixa Science Museum in Barcelona, Spain. stability; and (ii) technology developments such as potentials, is represented in the form of peri- The conference took place between the 11th and new diagnostic concepts and prototypes, materials odical tables. Atomic spectra and potential curves the 15th of June and was organized by the Institute testing, characterization and improvement, remote of diatomic molecules are given together with of Space Sciences (Consejo Superior de Investiga- participation experiments and design of control formulas and unit conversional factors for quanti- ciones Científicas, CSIC) and the Institut d‘Estudis and data acquisition systems. ties of atomic physics and physics of ionized gases. Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC). Researchers in meteor science and supporting fields representing Fields of interest Features more than 20 countries participated at this interna- Atoms, Molecules, Clusters and Plasmas; Nuclear 7 Summarizes all important basic data in atomic tional conference. Fusion physics 7 Useful reference work for researchers, The papers in this volume underwent the rigorous engineers and graduate students alike refereeing process, and they are good examples Target groups of the continuous progress being made in this Plasma physicists and engineers Contents research field. Technological advances in meteor 1. Introduction.- 2. Fundamental Constants, and metoroid detection, the ever-increasing Type of publication Elements, Units.- 3. Elements of Atomic and sophistication of computer modeling, and the Proceedings Molecular Physics.- 4. Elementary Processes proliferation of autonomous monitoring stations Involving Atomic Particles.- 5. Transport continue to create new niches for exciting research Phenomena in Gases.- 6. Properties of Macro- on meteoroids and their parent bodies. scopic Atomic Systems. Fields of interest Fields of interest Astronomy; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Atoms, Molecules, Clusters and Plasmas; Materials Sciences; Planetology Science; Physics and Applied Physics in Engi- neering Target groups Astronomers and practical astronomers Target groups Scientists, advanced students Type of publication Monograph Type of publication Monograph
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J. Weisend II, J. Barclay, S. Breon, J. Demko, N.U. Wetter, Institute for Nuclear and Energetic O. Yasuda, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, M. DiPirro, J.P. Kelley, P. Kittel, A. Rowe, Research, São Paulo, SP-Brazil; J. Frejlich, IFGW- Japan; N. Mondal, Tata Institute of Fundamental M. Zagarola, S. Van Sciver, A. Zeller, A. Klebaner, UNICAMP, Campinas-SP, Brazil (Eds .) Research, Mumbai, India; C. Ohmori, KEK, Ibaraki, J. Pfotenhauer, T. Peterson, J. Lock (Eds .) Japan (Eds .) RIAO/OPTILAS 2007 Advances in Cryogenic 6th Ibero-American Conference on Optics Neutrino Factories, Engineering (RIAO); 9th Latin-American Meeting on Superbeams and Betabeams Transactions of the Cryogenic Engineering Optics, Lasers and Applications (OPTILAS) 9th International Workshop on Neutrino Conference – CEC, Vol. 52 Factories, Superbeams, and Betabeams – NuFact 07 All papers have been peer-reviewed. This confer- ence is focused on research activities on all areas All papers have been peer-reviewed. This confer- of Optics, mainly in Latin-American and Iberic ence is the principal North American Confer- countries, but also in other countries all over the The workshop has reviewed progress towards the ence on cryogenic engineering. It is attended by world as well. A specific session for Education future generation of neutrino oscillation experi- scientists and engineers from all over the world. in Optics is also included. The main interest of ments. These experiments will use very intense The papers published here have been fully refereed this conference is offering a general view of the conventional neutrino beams and novel beams and cover all aspects of cryogenic engineering present research activities and trends on Optics derived from muons or radioactive nuclei. These including: refrigeration, superconductivity, cryo- in the Latin-America area because all countries new facilities will provide a broad research front coolers, air liquefaction, heat and mass transfer, in the region with a significant activity in Optics including muon physics and neutrino scattering insulation systems, cryostat design and space were well represented, including senior and young experiments. The main technical challenges cryogenics. researchers as well as graduated students talking involve construction of very intense proton beams, about their PhD and MSc thesis work. Topics targeting, effective capture of produced particles, Fields of interest discussed included: atmospheric optics; color, cooling and ultra-fast acceleration of the resulting Thermodynamics; Superconductivity, Superflu- vision and radiometry; diffractive optics; education muons. idity, Quantum Fluids; Engineering Thermody- for optics; guided optics; holography and interfer- namics, Transport Phenomena ometry; lasers and quantum optics; metamaterials; Fields of interest nonlinear optics; optical instruments; optical Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics Target groups materials and applications; optical metrology; Engineers, scientists and students optical processing; optical spectroscopy; thin films. Target groups High energy physicists, both experimentalists and Type of publication Fields of interest theorists; accelerator physicists and graduate and Proceedings Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices; post-graduate students with interest in high energy Electromagnetism, Optics and Lasers; Quantum physics and accelerator Optics, Quantum Electronics, Nonlinear Optics Type of publication Target groups Proceedings Researchers, scholars, governmental development agencies
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U. Balachandran, K. Amm, D. Evans, E. Gregory, M. Cherkaoui, L. Capolungo, Georgia Institute of M. Fanciulli, CNR-INFM MDM National Laboratory, M. Osofsky, S. Pamidi, C. Park, J. Wu, M. Sumption Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA Agrate Brianza, Italy (Ed .) (Eds.) Atomistic and Continuum Electron Spin Resonance and Advances in Cryogenic Modeling of Nanocrystalline Related Phenomena in Low- Engineering Materials Materials Dimensional Structures Transactions of the International Cryogenic Deformation Mechanisms and Scale Materials Conference – ICMC, Vol. 54 Transition This book is devoted to the discussion of the state of the art of spin resonance in low dimensional All papers have been peer-reviewed. The 2007 structures, such as two-dimensional electron joint Cryogenic Engineering Conference and Atomistic and Continuum Modeling of Nanocrys- systems, quantum wires, and quantum dots. World International Cryogenic Materials Confer- talline Materials develops a complete and rigorous leading scientists in the field report on recent ence (CEC-ICMC) was held at the Chattanooga state-of-the-art analysis of the modeling of the advances and discuss open issues and perspectives. Convention Center in Chattanooga, TN, from mechanical behavior of nanocrystalline (NC) Frontiers and opportunities for spin resonance July 16th through 20th. Nearly 700 attendees materials. Among other key topics, the material techniques, with particular emphasis on funda- from 28 countries came together to enjoy the focuses on the novel techniques used to predict the mental physics, nanoelectronics, spintronics and joint technical programs, industrial exhibit, and behavior of nanocrystalline materials. Particular quantum information processing, are discussed. special events. There were 382 papers presented attention is given to recent theoretical and compu- in plenary, oral, and poster sessions. Papers in the tational frameworks combining atomistic and Features ICMC part of the conference covered the physical continuum approaches. Also, the most relevant 7 Covers the latest developments in spin and mechanical properties of metals & alloys at deformation mechanisms governing the response resonance in low-dimensional systems cryogenic temperatures, insulation materials used of nanocrystalline materials are addressed and 7 Important for nanosystems such as quantum in magnets for large-scale applications, recent discussed in correlation with available experi- dots and quantum wires 7 Includes basic physics developments in the conventional low-tempera- mental data. and applications 7 Both a reference work for ture superconductors, YBCO coated conductors, researchers and a study text for graduate students Bi-based superconductors, and MgB2 conduc- Features tors. Conductor stability & AC losses as well as 7 Meets the high demand for material dealing From the contents superconductor applications were also covered at with nanocrystalline materials 7 Discusses new 1. Transport Detected Conduction Electron Spin this conference. ICMC papers selected after peer modeling techniques and their potential applica- Resonance and g-Factor Anisotropy in a GaAs/ review process are published by AIP as Conference tions and possible extensions, such as molecular AlGaAs Parabolic Quantum Well in the Quantum Proceedings Volume 986. dynamics, strain gradient based finite element Hall Regime.- 2. Electron Spin Manipulation in simulations, and novel micromechanical schemes Quantum Dot Systems.- 3. Resistively Detected Fields of interest NMR in GaAs/AlGaAs.- 4. Optical Control of Superconductivity, Superfluidity, Quantum Fluids; From the contents Electron Spins in Quantum Dots.- 5. Single Condensed Matter and Material Sciences; Engi- Definition of nanocrystalline materials, fabrication Electron Spin Measurements in Si-Based Semi- neering Thermodynamics, Transport Phenomena processes, and applications.- Structure, mechanical conductor NanoStructures.- 6. Si/SiGe Quantum properties and applications of nanocrystalline Devices, Quantum Wells, and Electron Spin Target groups materials.- From the atomistic to the continuum: Coherence.- 7. Electrical Detection of Electron Researchers & engineers working in the field of Bridging the scales and related issues.- Predic- Spin Resonance in Two-dimensional Systems.- superconductors; graduate students in materials tive capabilities and limitations of molecular 8. Quantitative Treatment of Decoherence.- science & applied physics; engineers working simulations: Theory.- Predictive capabilities and 9. Measuring the Charge and Spin States of Elec- in large magnet (ITER; LHC-Large Hadron limitations of molecular simulations: Applica- trons on Individual Dopant Atoms in Silicon.- Collider; FIRE-Fusion Ignition Research Experi- tions.- Grain boundary modeling.- Deformation 10. Electron Spin as a Spectrometer of Nuclear ment) programs; NASA scientists/engineers; and mechanisms in nanocrystalline materials.- Predic- Spin Noise and Other Fluctuations. program planners in government, industry, and tive capabilities and limitations of nonlinear utilities continuum micromechanics. Fields of interest Condensed Matter and Material Sciences; Type of publication Fields of interest Nanotechnology; Physics and Applied Physics in Proceedings Materials Science; Nanotechnology; Metallic Engineering Materials Target groups Target groups Scientists, advanced students, academic libraries Materials scientists and mechanical engineers Type of publication Type of publication Monograph Due May 2008 Monograph
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R. Holze, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany K. Tohji, N. Tsuchiya, B. Jeyadevan, Tohoku Univer- sity, Sendai, Japan (Eds .) Surface and Interface Analysis An Electrochemist‘s Toolbox Water Dynamics 5th International Workshop on Water Dynamics A broad, almost encyclopedic overview of spectro- scopic and other analytical techniques useful for investigations of phase boundaries in electrochem- Water is the essential constituent for life and this istry is presented. The analysis of electrochemical proceedings covers the role of water in materials, interfaces and interphases on a microscopic, even earth science and geo/biosphere. It assesses the molecular level, is of central importance for an role of water in a range of earth processes and improved understanding of the structure and considers environmentally friendly approaches dynamics of these phase boundaries. The gained to preserving water environments for present knowledge will be needed for improvements of and future generations. Included are transport methods and applications reaching from elec- phenomena and chemical reactivity, origin of trocatalysis, electrochemical energy conversion, geofluids, fluid-rock interactions, water as a trigger biocompatibility of metals, corrosion protection to for earthquake and volcanic eruptions, and the galvanic surface treatment and finishing. The book global circulation of water in the Earth’s interior provides an overview as complete as possible and (crust, mantle and core), as well as the cause-and enables the reader to choose methods most suit- effect relationship between water, ecology and life able for tackling his particular task. It is neverthe- in various environments. less compact and does not flood the reader with the details of review papers. Fields of interest Condensed Matter and Material Sciences; Features Hydrogeology 7 The techniques presented are adaptable to electrocatalysis, electrochemical energy conver- Target groups sion, biocompatibility of metals, galvanic surface Chemists, materials scientists, geoscientists, treatment and finishing 7 Enables the reader to environmentalists, and biologists choose methods most suitable for tackling a range of discrete tasks 7 The coverage is compact and Type of publication does not overwhelm the reader with details of Proceedings review papers
Contents 1. Introduction.- 2. Structure and Dynamics of Electrochemical Phase Boundaries.- 3. Scope and Limits of Classical Electrochemical Methods.- 4. Spectroscopy and Surface Analysis at Interfaces Between Condensed Phases.- 5. Spectroscopy at Electrochemical Interfaces.- 6. Diffraction and other X-Ray Methods.- 7. Surface Analytical Methods.
Fields of interest Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films; Measurement Science, Instrumentation; Solid State Physics and Spectroscopy
Target groups Researchers, advanced students
Type of publication Monograph
Due May 2008
Due June 2008 Only available in print
2008 . Approx . 350 p . 200 illus . (Springer Series in 2008 . Approx . 200 p . (AIP Conference Proceedings, Chemical Physics, Volume 74) Hardcover Volume 987) Hardcover 7 approx. € 129,95 | £98.00 7 € 73,15 | £56.50 9
L. Bernard, Dresden University of Technology, R.H. Charlier, Coastal Planning and Engineering, F.J. Dahlkamp Germany; A. Friis-Christensen, European Commis- Boca Raton, FL, USA; C.W. Finkl, Florida Atlantic sion-DG Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy; H. Pundt, Univiersity, Boca Raton, FL, USA Uranium Deposits of the University of Applied Studies and Research Harz, World Wernigerode, Germany (Eds .) Ocean Energy The European Information Tide and Tidal Power Presents a massive collection of data on the loca- Society tion, quality and accessibility of uranium ores in Taking Geoinformation Science One Step Engineers’ dreams and fossil energy replacement nearly every region of the globe. Incorporating Further schemes can come true. Man has been tapping the the latest findings, including much newly available energy of the sea to provide power for his indus- material, this is the most comprehensive reference tries for centuries. Tidal energy combined with work produced on the topic. With expert over- This book comprises innovative research presented that of waves and marine winds rank among those views and fine-grained analysis of the economic at the 11th Conference of the Association of most successfully put to work. Large scale plants viability of ore deposits, this exhaustive and Geographic Information Laboratories for Europe are capital intensive but smaller ones, particularly practically-oriented reference is arranged by four (AGILE), held in 2008 in Girona, Spain. The scien- built in China, have proven profitable. Since the regions: Asia; USA and Latin America; Europe; tific papers cover a variety of fundamental research initiation of the St Malo project in France, similar and Australia-Oceania and Africa. topics as well as applied research in Geoinforma- projects have gone into active service where tion Science including measuring spatiotemporal methods have been devised to cut down on costs, Features phenomena, quality and semantics, spatiotemporal new types of turbines developed and cost competi- 7 Provides a unique overview, e.g. of Russian and analysis and modelling, spatiotemporal decision tiveness considerably improved. Tidal power has Chinese deposits previously unavailable in English support, and spatial information infrastructures. enormous potential. The book reviews recent prog- or the West The book is aimed at researchers, practitioners, ress in extracting power from the ocean, surveys and students who work in various fields and the history of tidal power harnessing and updates a Fields of interest disciplines related to Geoinformation Science and prior publication by the author. Mineral Resources; Economic Geology; Nuclear GI technology. Engineering Contents Features Poseidon to the Rescue - Resource Management.- Target groups 7 A state-of-the-art overview of ongoing Medieval Engineering that Lasted.- Engineers’ Libraries, geologists, mining engineers, resource GIScience research Dreams Come Through.- The Quoddy and Fundy managers Affairs.- China Looks Favourably at Tidal Power.- From the contents Resurgimento and Aggiornamento.- No Barrage Type of publication Measuring Spatiotemporal Phenomena.- Quality Needed - Forward to the Past! Reference work and Semantics of Geoinformation.- Spatiotemporal Analysis.- Spatiotemporal Modelling and Decision Fields of interest Support.- Spatial Information Infrastructures.- Oceanography; Renewable Energy Sources; Index. Energy Economics
Fields of interest Target groups Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Libraries, professionals, scientists, graduates, Computer Applications in Geosciences lectureres, undergraduates Due December 2008
Target groups Type of publication 2009 . Approx . 2400 p . Hardcover Academic libraries with a collection of GIS, spatial Monograph 7 € 799,00 | £601.50 information engineers ISBN 978-3-540-78555-2 Prepublication price, valid until March 31, 2009 Type of publication 7 € 699,00 | £526.50 Monograph 9
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A. Dawson, University of Nottingham, UK (Ed .) R. . Donner, Dresden University, Germany; C. Fu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Z. Guan, S.M. Barbosa, Porto University, Portugal (Eds .) J. He, X. Yang, Z. Jiang, Nanjing University of Infor- Water in Road Pavements mation, China (Eds .) Amounts, Movement, Drainage & Impact Nonlinear Time Series Analysis in the Geosciences Regional Climate of China Applications in Climatology, Geodynamics Water in and beneath a road pavement has a major and Solar-Terrestrial Physics impact on the road’s performance and its surviv- Regional Climate of China is the first volume to ability. This book provides a state-of-the-art on present the latest research findings gained over the topic of water in pavement, including coverage The understanding of dynamical processes in the the last decade which has greatly advanced our of the basic theory, where the water comes from, complex system “Earth” requires the appropriate knowledge of the regional climate researches in how it may (or may not) be drained, the effect of analysis of a large amount of data from observa- China. A distinctive feature of the volume is that temperature on the movement, how movements tions and/or model simulations. In this volume, it is based on an integration of researches by using may be modelled numerically, and the impact modern nonlinear approaches are introduced the advanced technologies, such as field observa- that water content has on pavement material and and used to study specifiic questions relevant to tion and experiment, satellite information and subgrade behaviour. It includes sections on instru- present-day geoscience. The approaches include numerical models in the regional climate studies. mentation and monitoring and it deals not only spatio-temporal methods, time-frequency analysis, with the water condition, but with water quality. dimension analysis (in particular, for multi- Features With increased concerns that road construction variate data), nonlinear statistical decomposition, 7 Provides the most recent research results in last may introduce contaminants into the environ- methods designed for treating data with uneven decade in the area of regional climate studies in ment, the book also addresses the leaching action sampling or missing values, nonlinear correla- China by using the advanced technologies, such as of pavement water as well as the opportunities tion and synchronization analysis, surrogate data field observation and experiment, satellite infor- for the pavement to sorb contaminants from techniques, network approaches, and nonlinear mation and numerical models pavement run-off. It draws on information from a methods of noise reduction. This book aims to wide variety of sources, particularly in Europe and present a collection of state-of-the-art scientific Fields of interest the US, both published and unpublished, having contributions used in current studies by some of Meteorology/Climatology; Atmospheric been edited by a team of practising engineers and the world’s leading scientists in this field. Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; researchers. Geophysics/Geodesy Fields of interest Features Applied Geosciences; Meteorology/Climatology; Target groups 7 Only book world-wide addressing this topic Geophysics/Geodesy Practitioners, lecturers and graduate students in 7 The principal output of the European co-opera- the fields of climatology and atmospheric sciences tive Action on “Water Movements in Road Pave- Target groups ments & Embankments” 7 Provides unique guid- Researchers and post graduate students in geosci- Type of publication ance on assessing water condition and its effects on ences in general, and in particular climatologists Monograph road performance 7 Provides unique guidance and meteorologists on assessing and ameliorating contaminant move- ment in pavement groundwater 7 Written by Type of publication leading experts in Europe Monograph
Fields of interest Hydrogeology; Civil Engineering; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution
Target groups Practising pavement designers and maintainers; advanced level university students taking pave- ment engineering courses
Type of publication Monograph
Due October 2008 Due June 2008 Due June 2008
2009 . XIV, 397 p . 75 illus . (Geotechnical, Geological, and 2008 . XII, 350 p . (Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, 2008 . XVII, 490 p . 156 illus ., 26 in color . (Regional Climate Earthquake Engineering, Volume 5) Hardcover Volume 112) Hardcover Studies) Hardcover 7 approx. € 99,95 | £75.50 7 € 129,95 | £100.00 7 € 149,95 | £113.00 9
B. Jasani, M. Pesaresi, S. Schneiderbauer, G. Zeug S. Kapur, University of Cukurova, Adana, Turkey; M. Leibenath, Leibniz Institute, Dresden, Germany; (Eds .) A. Mermut, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, E. Korcelli-Olejniczak, PAN-Warszawa, Warsaw, Canada; G. Stoops, Gent University, Gent, Belgium Poland; R. Knippschild, Leibniz Institute, Dresden, Remote Sensing from Space (Eds .) Germany (Eds .) Supporting International Peace and Security New Trends in Soil Cross-border Governance Micromorphology and Sustainable Spatial ‘Remote Sensing from Space – Supporting Development International Peace and Security’ provides the Mind the Gaps! reader with an overview of the state-of-the-art The book contains state of the art new research EO related research in the most relevant topics results in micromorphology as well as other of security research. Whilst focusing on remote disciplines of soil science. It provides very useful sensing technologies the book follows an inter- up-to-date information for researchers, educators, Border regions in Central Europe undergo disciplinary approach. It comprises management graduate students interested in microscopic and tremendous changes due to the enlargement of aspects (Issues and priority of security research, submicroscopic studies of soils and sediments. In the European Union and the related processes of crisis response), applied methodologies and the past, micromorphology has been considered Europeanization, bordering and re-bordering. process chains (Treaty monitoring, estimation of almost solely as a descriptive and interpretative The book explores the consequences of these population densities and characteristics, border branch of science. Attempts are now made to processes for cross-border governance and spatial permeability models, damage assessment) and obtain quantitative data. There has been much planning in Central Europe. It combines analyses the latest developments in generic tools (feature progress in applying soil micromorphology in of European and national framework conditions recognition, change detection and visualization). Quaternary geology, in particular identifying with case studies from border regions and cities Contributing authors are leading researchers from and characterizing palaeosols. The new areas for in 8 countries. The focus is on generic questions private companies, national research institutions soil micromorphology are soil ecology, materials of cross-border planning and cooperation as well and international organizations working together sciences and archaeology. as on selected sectors such as nature conservation, in a European research project GMOSS (Global transport and economic development. The book is Monitoring for Security and Stability). Fields of interest written for the international scientific community Biogeosciences; Soil Science & Conservation; and for practitioners in the fields of spatial plan- Features Environmental Monitoring/Analysis ning, cross-border cooperation, environmental 7 Representation of high-level European protection and structural policy. knowledge and expertise in EO technology and Target groups EO data applications in the field of civil security Libraries, institutes, scientists, researchers Features 7 Coverage of a wide spectrum of civil security 7 First up-to-date presentation of cross-border research issues: from the analysis of security Type of publication governance and spatial planning with a focus on threats to security applications and the generic Monograph Central Europe 7 Unique in comprising both tools needed for their implementation theoretic discussions and empirical findings
From the contents Contents 1 Introduction.- 2 Security Concepts. 2.1 Dimen- I External influences and framework conditions.- sions and spatial concepts of security. 2.2 Security II Cross-border governance at regional level.- research in the scope of GMES and in particular III Cross-border co-operation between cities and by GMOSS. 2.3 Issues and Priorities for Euro- metropolitan regions.- IV Sectoral perspectives on pean Security. 2.4 A Novel Approach to Capacity border regions.- V Conclusions. Building for Security Applications.- 3 Tools and Applications. 3.1 Infrastructure and standards. 3.2 Fields of interest Respond to crisis. 3.3 Game and Scenario Analysis. Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Envi- 3.4 Treaty monitoring. ronmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Political Science
Fields of interest Target groups Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry; Image Libraries, institutes, researchers, scientists Processing; Pattern Recognition Type of publication Target groups Monograph Scientists, researchers in spatial sciences as well as practitioners, politicians, decision makers at NGO‘s in the field of security, crisis management, risk assessment and vulnerability
Type of publication Monograph Due May 2008 Due November 2008 Due May 2008 2008 . Approx . 205 p . 100 illus . (Central and Eastern 2008 . VI, 246 p . 112 illus ., 66 in color . Hardcover 2008 . Approx . 200 p . Hardcover European Development Studies (CEEDES)) Hardcover 7 approx. € 89,95 | £69.00 7 € 99,95 | £77.00 7 approx. € 89,95 | £67.50 9
M. Manutchehr-Danai, Regensburg, Germany B.J. Merkel, B. Planer-Friedrich, Technische Univer- K. Mohanakumar, Cochin University of Science and sität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany Technology, Cochin, India Dictionary of Gems and D.K. Nordstrom, US Geological Survey, Boulder, CO, Gemology USA (Ed .) Stratosphere Troposphere Groundwater Geochemistry Interactions An Introduction A Practical Guide to Modeling of Natural and The rapid growth of gemological sciences and mineralogy requires a comprehensive dictionary Contaminated Aquatic Systems for gemologists, mineralogists, geologists, jewel This textbook describes various physical, radiative, dealers, industry, and hobbyists. The third edition dynamical and chemical processes involved in the of this dictionary contains about 29,000 entries – The 2nd edition of “Groundwater Geochem- coupling between the Stratosphere and Tropo- about 4,000 more than the second edition. istry – A practical guide to modeling of natural sphere. This textbook is intended for graduate and contaminated aquatic systems” remains students in middle atmosphere stratospheric Review of the 1st edition 7 The volume’s strength the comprehensive text book offering begin- physics, dynamic and atmospheric science courses lies in its comprehensive scope; it treats all aspects ners and advanced modellers alike a minimum and will be useful to all research workers in meteo- of gemology beginning with the gems themselves, theoretical background and a strong focus on the rology, aeronomy, atmospheric physics, atmo- elaborates on technical methods and procedures, practical solution of geochemical modeling with spheric chemistry and environmental sciences. explicates professional terminology, and identifies PHREEQC. Current areas of interest, such as Antarctic ozone individuals and associated groups....Given its useful The new edition covers the possibility to use hole, global warming effects on stratospheric format and comprehensiveness, the book will serve PITZER equation and the CD music concept cooling are also addressed. Stratosphere tropo- as an invaluable reference source for practitioners within the new version of PHREEQC. Examples sphere exchange, transport processes in the upper and serious scholars in the field. 7 CHOICE for reactive transport use PHREEQC´s 1d features troposphere and lower stratosphere and the role with multicomponent diffusion as well as PHAST of stratosphere on tropospheric weather systems Features with the graphical user interface GoPhast on 2d are presented. The information provided in the 7 Offers a “one-stop reference” to any matter and 3d examples. Implementing uncertainties of textbook will have broad applicability in other dealing with gems, gemology, jewellery and related thermodynamically data is addressed by means branches of atmospheric science, and will be of sciences of the program Ljungskile. As in the 1st edition, interest to those studying such areas as climate detailed descriptions on how to solve each problem change, extreme weather events, and potential for Fields of interest step by step guide the user from basic to more and the prediction of tropospheric weather systems. Mineralogy; Geology; Mineral Resources more advanced hydrogeochemical modelling. Features Target groups Features 7 A comprehensive stratosphere troposphere Gemologists, mineralogists, geologists in science 7 Fills a gap in modern text books, focusing on coupling textbook 7 Highly illustrated with and industry; jewellers and hobbyists; libraries the solution of practical hydrogeochemical ques- diagrams and figures 7 Includes latest develop- tions with the help of PHREEQC ments and provides problem sets 7 A valuable Type of publication reference for all atmospheric scientists Dictionary From the contents Theoretical Background.- Hydrogeochemical Contents Modeling Programs.- Exercises.- Solutions.- 1. Structure and Composition of the Lower and References.- Index. Middle Atmosphere.- 2. Radiative Processes in the Lower and Middle Atmosphere.- 3. Dynamics System requirements of the Troposphere Stratosphere.- 4. Waves in For PC und Mac. For the complete system require- the Troposphere and Stratosphere.- 5. Chemical ments see: springer.com Processes in the Stratosphere and Troposphere. Due September 2008 Fields of interest Fields of interest 3rd ext . and rev . ed . 2009 . Approx . 900 p . 1500 illus . Hydrogeology; Analytical Chemistry; Applied Meteorology/Climatology; Math. Applications in Hardcover Geosciences Geosciences; Thermodynamics 7 € 399,00 | £300.50 ISBN 978-3-540-72795-8 Target groups Target groups Practitioners and professionals in the fields of Graduate students in middle atmosphere/ strato- 9
B. Riegl, R.E. Dodge, Nova Southeastern University, Y.F. Thomas, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Dania Beach, USA (Eds .) National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA; New Series D. Richardson, Association of American Geogra- Coral Reefs of the USA phers, Washington, DC, USA; I. Cheung, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Arlington, VA, USA (Eds .)
Coral Reefs of the World Coral Reefs of the USA is written by the most Geography and Drug experienced authorities in their fields and Series editors: B. Riegl, R.E. Dodge geographic areas. Stretching from the Caribbean to Addiction the western Pacific, the coral reefs of the USA span extensive geographic and biotic diversity, occur in Coral Reefs of the World is a series presenting a wide variety of geomorphological settings, and The topics explored in Geography and Drug the status of knowledge of the world’s coral reefs provide a representative cross-section of Holocene Addiction include: (1) Spatial patterns of drug use authored by leading scientists. The volumes reef-building. and addiction. (2) Linking spatial models with are organized according to political or regional For the first time, complete scholarly reviews drug abuse research. (3) Interaction of social and oceanographic boundaries. Emphasis is put on are given for the geology, geomorphology and environmental factors with biochemical processes providing authoritative overviews of biology and the biology of reefs encompassing a vast area of addiction. (4) Locational analyses of drug addic- geology, explaining the origins and peculiarities stretching from the Mariana Islands in the west, tion treatment and service delivery facilities. (5) of coral reefs in each region. The information is so Samoa in the south, Hawaii in the north and the Neighborhood scale studies of geographic factors organized that it is up to date and can be used as a Virgin Islands in the east. This book provides up- (including the built environment) and their inter- general reference and entry-point for further study. to-date information about stressors and the biotic action with drug addiction, treatment, or preven- The series will cover all recent and many of the responses of the reefs, as well as the geological tion. (6) Use of Geographic Information Systems fossil coral reefs of the world. explanations why these reefs exist in the first place. (GIS) to better understanding and respond to drug addiction. (7) Spatial diffusion modeling of Features addictive drug usage and its changing characteris- 7 First complete compilation of geology and tics, including also predictive modeling. (8) Social biology information for all US coral reefs epidemiology and GIS. 7 Written by the most experienced authorities in the field 7 Richly illustrated 7 Up-to-date Features information about ecosystem status 7 Extensive 7 The only book focused on the intersection of literature list useful as a guide to further study geography and drug abuse research 7 Multidisci- 7 Contains much information never published plinary chapters combining the methodologies of elsewhere both social and physical sciences 7 These unique mixed-methodological approaches move beyond Fields of interest more traditional research in the field of drug abuse Geosciences, general; Oceanography; and provide fresh perspectives Freshwater & Marine Ecology From the contents Target groups List of Tables. List of Figures. Acknowledgements. Ecosystem managers & researchers Foreword. Making Connections: Geography and Drug Addiction.- Part I. Integrating Geography In Type of publication Drug Abuse Reseach.- Part II. Geo-Epidemiology Contributed volume In Drug Abuse Research.- Part III. Geography Of Injection Drug Users And HIV.- Part IV. Geographic Dimensions Of Drug Treatment And Prevention.- V. Emerging Research Directions.
Fields of interest Geography (general); Epidemiology; Human Geography
Target groups Geographers; drug abuse researchers; sociologists; epidemiologists; other social scientists; public health researchers
Type of publication Contributed volume
Available Due August 2008 2008 . XXII, 806 p . 470 illus ., 450 in color . (Coral Reefs of the World, Volume 1) Hardcover 2008 . Approx . 300 p . Hardcover 7 € 124,95 | £96.00 7 € 114,95 | £86.50 9
A. Zang, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany; O. Stephansson, KTH Stockholm, Sweden Stress Field of the Earth‘s Crust
The book covers the topic in a way such that geoscience students will be able to grasp the Cauchy Stress Principle without fear of matrix transformations in an exercise. Students interested in math, physics and engineering will learn to cement a strain gauge on a rock specimen, measure residual strains by multiple overcoring and eval- uate the results. Leading edge technology in deter- mining stress (Kaiser Effect) is presented together with classical methods (Hydraulic Fracturing). In addition, borehole techniques (Breakouts) and drillcore techniques (Anelastic Strain Recovery) are illustrated. With respect to stress data, we choose locations of global interest where integrated stress determination strategies have been applied. Each case study presented has special application, like the scientific ultra-deep drilling project (KTB, Germany), drilling of seismic active fault zones (SAFOD, USA) and excavation for nuclear waste disposal (Forsmark, Sweden).
Features 7 There is no text book on the Stress Field of the Earth`s Crust 7 Brick by brick development of stress concept - Maths, Physics, Mechanics and Solid Earth 7 Impact of stress from recent case studies and experiments 7 A number of summary boxes and exercises facilitates the reading and understanding 7 DVD will include 12 video lectures, exercises, laboratory testing and color animations
Contents Preface.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Stress definition.- 3. Rock fracture criteria.- 4. Rock stress termi- nology.- 5. Earth stress models.- 6. Physics of stress measurements.- 7. Measuring crustal stress - Borehole methods.- 8. Measuring crustal stress - Core-based methods.- 9. Local stress data.- 10. Global stress data.- Stress references.
Fields of interest Geophysics/Geodesy; Mechanics; Geology
Target groups Graduate level students in geosciences – solid earth (geology, geophysics, mineralogy); students in civil, petroleum, rock and mining engineering
Type of publication Graduate/Advanced undergraduate textbook
Due October 2008
2008 . Approx . 240 p . 100 illus . With DVD . Hardcover 7 approx. € 79,95 | £60.00 9
S. Guceri, A. Fridman, Drexel University, K. Kümmerer, University Hospital Freiburg, D. Sperling, University of California, Davis, CA, USA; Philadelphia, PA, USA (Eds .) Germany (Ed .) J.S. Cannon, Energy Futures, Boulder, CO, USA (Eds .) Plasma Assisted Pharmaceuticals in the Reducing Climate Impacts in Decontamination of Biological Environment the Transportation Sector and Chemical Agents Sources, Fate, Effects and Risks Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Plasma Assisted Decontamination This book includes chapters by leading presenters Since the first edition was printed, many research at the Asilomar Conference that reflect the most of Biological and Chemical Agents, Cesme- articles on this subject have been published. current views of the world’s experts about a critical Izmit, Turkey, 9-18 September 2007 It is exceedingly difficult for the individual, in and rapidly evolving energy and environmental particular those not acquainted with the field to problem. establish trends and developments. Even specialists The chapters in this book examine increasing Plasma decontamination is effectively applied will appreciate this book, as it provides the reader worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases, uncer- today to clean and sterilize different surfaces, high with a well-founded up dated and enlarged over- tain oil supply, evolving climate change science, volume air and water streams, industrial exhausts, view that addresses the latest findings on the new public attitudes toward climate change, and the and even living tissue of animals and humans. topics in research. implications for the U.S. of growth in China, India This book provides a fundamental introduction to Following the resounding success of the first two and elsewhere. They propose methods to reduce virtually all aspects of modern plasma decontami- editions, this new edition has been brought up to growth in vehicle travel through alternative fuel, nation, as well as the most recent technological date and greatly extended. It includes the status new technologies, and land use planning. They achievements in the area. of research, paying particular attention to sources examine the costs and the potential for greenhouse and contamination of the environment, substance gas reduction through deployment of advanced Features flows, effects, risk assessment and risk manage- technology and alternative fuels and propose strat- 7 Decontamination of surfaces, air and water ment. In line with the newest developments egies to motivate consumers to buy fuel efficient streams, industrial exhausts 7 Plasma methods worldwide there are again contributions from well and alternative fuel vehicles, including heavy duty of treatment of different, surfaces, water and air known and new international authors. This volume trucks. 7 Plasma biology and plasma medicine also caters for the new requirements confronting 7 Plasma enhanced tissue engineering 7 Elec- European and American researchers since publica- Features tric discharges for plasma decontamination tion of the second edition. 7 Current information from the world’s experts on climate change 7 Focused discussion on From the contents Features transportation, the most challenging source of 1. Plasma for Bio-decontamination.- 2. Plasma for 7 Addresses the most important issues in the field climate change 7 Detailed policy analysis of Chemical Decontamination.- 3. Plasma Decon- of pharmaceuticals in the environment for the near concrete steps to combat climate change 7 In- tamination in Medicine.- 4. Electric Discharges for future 7 Typical examples and abundant data are depth discussions written in easy to understand Plasma Decontamination. presented language
Fields of interest Contents Contents Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/ General Aspects.- Sources, Occurrence and Fate.- Introduction.- Overview of transportation, Air Pollution; Physics and Applied Physics in Effects.- Risk Assessment.- Risk Management. energy, climatic change trends.- Travel demand, Engineering; Environmental Physics infrastructure and urban form.- Technologies Fields of interest and fuels.- Vehicle purchase behavior.- GHG and Target groups Ecotoxicology; Pharmacology/Toxicology; energy policy instruments: cost, efficiency, poli- Senior undergraduate and graduate students in Analytical Chemistry tics.- Conclusions: towards regional and national mechanical, chemical, electrical and environ- policy. mental engineering, scientists and engineers Target groups specializing in different aspects of chemical and Libraries, institutes, researchers, scientists in Fields of interest biological decontamination, and plasma engi- the fields of environmental sciences including Climate Change; Environmental Management; neering environmental medicine, microbiology, analytical Energy Economics chemistry Type of publication Target groups Proceedings Type of publication Professionals in government, academic, environ- Reference work mental organizations, the automotive and energy Due June 2008 industries, the knowledgeable and engaged public
2008 . XIII, 308 p . (NATO Science for Peace and Security Type of publication Series A: Chemistry and Biology) Hardcover Monograph 7 € 139,95 | £107.50 ISBN 978-1-4020-8438-6 9
L. Bögre, University of London, UK; G. Beemster, T. C. Bosch, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, V. Evangelista, L. Barsanti, A.M. Frassanito, University of Ghent, Belgium (Eds .) Germany (Ed .) P. Vincenzo, P. Gualtieri, CNR Institute of Biophysics, Pisa, Italy (Eds .) Plant Growth Signaling Stem Cells From Hydra to Man Algal Toxins: Nature, Occurrence, Effect and Agricultural plant cultivation and breeding Detection programs have altered plant productivity and yield “Stem Cells: From Hydra to Man” illustrates that Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study parameters extensively, yet the principles and there is more than human and mouse stem cells Institute on Sensor Systems for Biological underlying mechanisms are not well understood. to learn from. Reflecting an enormous growth in Threats: The Algal Toxins Case, Pisa, Italy, At the cellular level, growth is the result of only the knowledge of stem cells in various organisms, two processes, cell division and cell expansion, but the book presents the conceptual language and the 30 September - 11 October 2007 these two processes are controlled by intertwined nature of questions, as well as a summary of the signaling cascades and regulatory mechanisms advances in our understanding of stem cells from forming complex regulatory networks. Ultimately a comparative point of view that has resulted from The first part deals with a general overview of the this network is what plant scientists are trying to the development of new technology and the devel- toxins and toxicity related to the algal world. The unravel. opment of novel model organisms over the past first part includes an introduction on the main The sequencing of model and agronomically few decades. As such this book is largely a horizon algal features written by our group; then, the important plant genomes allows complete insight analysis of a frontier rather than a retrospective. diversity of the cyanobacteria, the algal division into the molecular components involved in each It presents an integrative approach to animal stem that possesses more toxic species, in relation to process. Methods to quantify the molecular cells and covers the major contributions, tools and the environment is described; an overview on the changes, image growth processes and reconstruct trends in a newly emerging field: comparative stem fresh water and marine algal toxins follows; and growth regulatory networks are rapidly developing. cell biology. the allelophaty phenomenon, i.e. any influence on This volume gives a comprehensive overview of the growth and development of natural systems what is known about plant growth regulation and Features produced by the algae metabolites is described. growth restraints due to environmental conditions 7 Covers the major contributions, tools and The first part ends with the description of toxic and should allow readers at all levels an entry into trends in a newly emerging field: comparative stem algal blooms in several European geographical this exiting field of research. cell biology 7 Reveals many common themes areas. utilized in the maintenance and differentiation of The second part deals with the review of sensor Features stem cells of apparently disparate organs in animal organisms, the use of biochemical methods and 7 Overview on what is known about plant growth and plant models 7 Promises new insights into laser Doppler techniques for toxin determina- regulation and growth restraint by environmental how stem cells act to construct and maintain tion; the use of nucleic acid sensor sensors for conditions 7 Allows readers at all levels an entry tissues, and to reveal how the diverse stem cell identification of toxic species; the use of immu- into this exciting field of research 7 Valuable systems may have evolved nological ELISA analyses combined with various resource for active researchers in the field electrochemical detection systems to quantify algal From the contents toxins. Fields of interest 1. Plant Stem Cells: Divide et Impera, Plant Sciences; Agriculture; Plant Biochemistry J.U. Lohmann.- 2. Stem Cell System of Sponge, Fields of interest N. Funayama.- 3. Stem Cells in Immortal Hydra, Life Sciences, general; Cell Biology; Computer Target groups T.C.G. Bosch.- 4. Stem cells in planarian, Appl. in Life Sciences Libraries, institutes, scientists K. Agata.- 5. The Stem Cell System of the Basal Flatworm Macrostomum lignano, P. Ladurner, Target groups Type of publication B. Egger, K. De Mulder, D. Pfister, G. Kuales, Phycologists, biologists, microscopists, students in Contributed volume W. Salvenmoser, L. Schärer.- 6. Regeneration and biological fields, sensor developers Stem Cells in Ascidians, S. Tiozzo, F.D. Brown, A.W. De Tomaso. Type of publication Proceedings Fields of interest Cell Biology; Developmental Biology; Evolutionary Biology
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M.L. Gullino, University of Torino, Italy; J. Fletcher, B. Gut, University of Zürich, Switzerland R. Hancock, Laval University Cancer Research Centre, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater (OK), USA; QC, Canada (Ed .) A. Gamliel, ARO Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel; Trees in Patagonia J.P. Stack, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, The Nucleus USA (Eds .) Volume 1: Nuclei and Subnuclear Crop Biosecurity This book is a guide to the native trees and approx- Components imately 95% of the introduced arboreal species of Assuring our Global Food Supply Argentine and Chilean Patagonia. Introductory NATO Advanced Research Workshops on chapters convey an overview on what is termed Volume 1: Nuclei and Subnuclear Structures Tools for Crop Biosecurity, Cairo, Egypt, ‘Patagonia’, as well as on the geology, climate, soils, presents an overview of features of the intra- March 17-22, 2006, Budapest, Hungary, and vegetation of Southern South America. Keys nuclear environment, followed by the most recent May 5-8, 2007 based on vegetative characters and richly illus- procedures for isolating nuclei from a wide range trated descriptions of more than 170 species form of cell types including muscle cells, yeast, oocytes, the core of the manual. These chapters are followed cells with polytene nuclei, Arabidopsis, trypano- Prevention and preparedness are the two basic by concise entries on afforestations, urban trees, somes, and dinoflagellates. The latest methods are approaches to maximize food security against any and plantations of fruit trees in climatic enclaves. described for isolating and working with nucleoli, sort of tampering, whether natural, inadvertent or Renowned experts describe the most important constitutive heterochromatin, pathology-associ- intentional. The NATO funded project “Tools for National Parks of both Argentine and Chilean ated inclusions, and chromatin and for examining crop biosecurity” was designed to strengthen the Patagonia. The last chapter is devoted to Carl glycosylation, sumoylation, and ADP-ribosyl- cooperation among U.S., Europe and Israel in the Skottsberg and his remarkable expedition through ation of nuclear proteins. Written in the highly field of crop biosecurity and to generate awareness Patagonia a hundred years ago. successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series on how the psychological, economic and cultural format, chapters contain lists of necessary mate- consequences of crop bioterrorism, especially Features rials and reagents, readily reproducible protocols, attacks on soft targets such as crop seeds, could 7 Concise overview of geology, climate and soil and tips for troubleshooting and avoiding known have a disproportionate adverse effect on Mediter- of Argentine as well as Chilean Patagonia pitfalls. ranean agriculture and, more generally, on society. The Nucleus, Volume 1: Nuclei and Subnuclear This book illustrates the achievements of the Contents Structures is an essential reference for scientists project originated from the workshops organized How to use this guide for identifying trees.- who are working on our rapidly growing under- during the project itself taking in consideration Southern South America and the term ‘Patagonia’.- standing of the cell nucleus and its activities. main microbiological threads posed to crops, the Geology, climate, and soils of Patagonia.- Vegeta- tools to recognize and to control them, the needs tion of Patagonia.- What is a tree?- Flowering Features for international cooperation and research funds plants and their divisions.- Characteristic features 7 Includes state-of-the-art procedures for to create networks which can face emerging risks of gymnosperms (conifers).- Characteristic isolating and working with nuclei from a wide for agriculture. features of angiosperms.- Dicots and monocots.- range of cell types, and procedures for studying Keys to groups of trees.- Genera and species of their components including pathology-related Fields of interest gymnosperms.- Genera and species of dicots.- structures Agriculture; Plant Pathology; Microbiology Genera and species of monocots.- Afforestation with Pinaceae in zones of transition.- Fruit trees Fields of interest Target groups in Los Antiguos and Chile Chico.- Trees in urban Cell Biology; Biochemistry, general; Biological Policy makers, experts in crop biosecurity, plant landscapes.- National parks, forest reserves, and Techniques pathologists, biologists, researchers, lawyers, regional reserves of Southern Argentina and experts in diagnostics, agronomists, extension Chile.- Carl Skottsberg’s “modest” expedition – Target groups services A look at the scientific discovery of Patagonia. Nucleic acid chemists, cellular biologists, biochemists Type of publication Fields of interest Proceedings Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Type of publication Forestry; Tree Biology Contributed volume
Target groups Botanists, dendrologists, urban landscape experts, libraries
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R. Hancock, Laval University Cancer Research Centre, J. Holman, Academy of Sciences of the Czech T.P. Holmes, J. P. Prestemon, K.L. Abt, Southern QC, Canada (Ed .) Republic, Ceske Budejovice Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA (Eds .) The Nucleus Host Plant Catalog of Aphids Volume 2: Physical Properties and Imaging The Economics of Forest Methods The major part of this catalog consists of host Disturbances lists of particular aphid species in the Palaearctic Wildfires, Storms, and Invasive Species region based on published and unpublished data of Volume 2: Physical Properties and Imaging more than 2,400 authors with respective references Methods presents biophysical approaches to study arranged by geographical provenience. Separate This book provides a unique, state-of-the-art the mechanical properties of nuclei, together with lists are included of aphids living on particular review of both traditional and emerging themes a comprehensive range of imaging methods. These plants arranged in alphabetical order of plant in the economics of natural forest disturbances. include FISH, FRAP, FRET, molecular beacons, genera and families, mosses, ferns, gymnosperms, Although natural disturbances such as wildfire, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, single dicotyledons and monocotyledons. hurricanes and pests have long been recognized molecule tracking, and combing DNA for optical as important factors influencing the structure and microscopy, recognition imaging for atomic force Features health of forests, recent and dramatic increases microscopy, and hybridisation, tomography, and 7 Presents the database of 3,654 aphid species in the costs and damages associated with forest spectroscopic imaging for electron microscopy. which were identified on 11,793 plants from 246 disturbances necessitates a new evaluation of Written in the highly successful Methods in plant families 7 About 2/3 of the world’s aphid these processes. The authors show that neo-clas- Molecular Biology™ series format, chapters contain species listed 7 The host records are arranged sical economic principles can be integrated with lists of necessary materials and reagents, readily alphabetically by aphid species with references ecosystem analysis and modern econometric reproducible protocols, and tips for trouble- arranged by geographical area 7 About 2,500 methods to uncover the causes and consequences shooting and avoiding known pitfalls. unpublished, collection-based host records from of natural forest disturbances. The chapters The Nucleus, Volume 2: Physical Properties and Central Europe, Balkan, Central Asia and Russia encompass modern areas of concern in forest Imaging Methods provides a comprehensive have been incorporated economics and policy, including temporal and collection of the cutting-edge methods making a spatial dynamics of economic-ecologic systems, major contribution to understanding the nucleus Fields of interest risk-reducing mitigation and adaptation strategies, and its nanostructure today. Plant Pathology; Entomology; Animal Ecology and the valuation of impacts on market and non- market resources. Features Target groups 7 Provides the latest protocols to study the Institutions and researchers dealing with /or Features mechanical properties of the nucleus and for interested in study of insect taxonomy and ecology, 7 The first book to evaluate the economic aspects imaging down to the molecular level by optical, insect–plant relationships, biodiversity, plant of natural forest disturbances 7 Written by atomic force, and electron microscopy protection and nature conservation leading experts in the field 7 Contains rigorous empirical analyses within a policy oriented focus From the contents Type of publication 7 Integrates economics and ecology of distur- Physical properties of the nucleus studied by Encyclop(a)edia bances 7 Systematic analysis of different sources micropipette aspiration.- Mechanical properties of of forest disturbances in a unified framework interphase nuclei probed by cellular strain applica- tion.- Gene expression in polytene nuclei.- Elec- From the contents tron microscope visualization of RNA transcrip- 1. An Introduction to the Economics of Forest tion and processing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Disturbance.- 2. Forest Economics, Natural Miller chromatin spreading. Disturbances and the New Ecology.- 3. Natural Disturbance Production Functions.- 4. Statistical Fields of interest Analysis of Large Wildfires.- 5. The Production of Cell Biology; Biochemistry, general; Imaging / Large and Small Wildfires. Radiology Due September 2008 Fields of interest Target groups 2009 . Approx . 1200 p . Hardcover Forestry Management; Economic Policy; Nucleic acid chemists, cellular biologists, biochem- 7 € 499,00 | £384.00 Agricultural Economics ists, protein scientists, imaging specialists ISBN 978-1-4020-8285-6 Target groups Type of publication 9
W. Hulsink, Wageningen University and Research T.D. Kocher, University of Maryland, MD, USA; H. Lambers, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Centre, and Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The C. Kole, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA (Eds .) WA, Australia; T.L. Pons, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands; H. Dons, Wageningen University and Netherlands; F.S. Chapin, III, University of Alaska, Research Centre, and BioSeeds B .V ., Wageningen, Genome Mapping and Fairbanks, AK, USA The Netherlands (Eds .) Genomics in Fishes and Plant Physiological Ecology Pathways to High-tech Valleys Aquatic Animals and Research Triangles Innovative Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Mapping of animal genomes has generated huge The growth, reproduction and geographical Transfer and Cluster Formation in Europe databases and several new concepts and strategies, distribution of plants are profoundly influenced by and the United States which are useful to elucidate origin, evolution and their physiological ecology: the interaction with phylogeny. Genetic and physical maps of genomes the surrounding physical, chemical, and biological further provide precise details on chromosomal environments. This renowned textbook is notable In some cases internationally renowned universi- location, function, expression and regulation of in emphasizing that the mechanisms underlying ties and/or research laboratories inspire engineers academically and economically important genes. plant physiological ecology can be found at the and scientists to become entrepreneurs and take The series Genome Mapping and Genomics in levels of biochemistry, biophysics, molecular the lead in cluster development (e.g. in the chap- Animals provides comprehensive and up-to-date biology, and whole-plant physiology. ters on Food Valley Wageningen, the Knowledge reviews on genomic research on a large variety of At the same time, the integrative power of physi- Pearl Leuven-Flanders and the Scandinavian selected animal systems, contributed by leading ological ecology is well-suited to assess the costs, Oresund cluster). In other cases indigenous scientists from around the world. benefits, and consequences of modifying plants for flagship firms, collaborating with each other and This volume summarizes the first era of genomic human needs, and to evaluate the role of plants in outsourcing many activities to smaller companies, studies of aquaculture species, in which the tools ecosystems. may act as a region’s catalyst (e.g. in the chapters and resources necessary to support whole-genome on Flanders Vegetable Valley, the Dutch horti- sequencing were developed. Together with future Features cultural industry and the Defence Diversification technologies these data will provide the basis 7 Renowned textbook suitable for plant ecology, Agency in the UK). for the selective breeding of aquaculture species. plant physiology, and plant molecular biology Animals presented in this volume include salmo- courses 7 Notable for its integration of molec- Features nids, cyprinids, catfish, tilapias, European sea bass, ular-, whole plant-, and ecosystem-level processes 7 Provides a comparative perspective on the Japanese flounder, shrimps and oysters. 7 Features boxed entries that provide extended development of promising high-technology valleys discussions of selected issues, a glossary, and an and triangles like North Carolina, Israel Research Features extensive bibliography 7 New edition includes Triangle Park, Knowledge Pearl Leuven-Flanders, 7 The huge amount of information hitherto full color images throughout emulating and learning from the leading innova- dispersed in journals is now available in a clearly tion hotspot in the world, Silicon Valley 7 Also structured reference work 7 An invaluable work From the contents provides inside perspectives on the promotion that will promote further genomic research 1. Assumptions and Approaches. 2. Photosyn- of innovation, entrepreneurship and knowledge thesis, Respiration, and Long-Distance Trans- transfer in distinct industries Fields of interest port. 2A. Photosynthesis. 2B. Respiration. 2C. Animal Genetics and Genomics; Fish & Wildlife Long-Distance Transport of Assimilates. 3. Plant Fields of interest Biology & Management; Freshwater & Marine Water Relations. 4. Leaf Energy Budgets - Effects of R & D/Technology Policy; Life Sciences, general; Ecology Radiation and Temperature. 4A. The Plant’s Energy Regional Science Balance. 4B. Effects of Radiation and Temperature Target groups Level. 5. Scaling-Up Gas Exchange and Energy Target groups Scientists and biotechnologists in animal genetics, Balance from the Leaf to the Canopy Level. 6. Technology managers, business developers, nutrition, marine and fresh water biology, ecology Mineral Nutrition. 7. Growth and Allocation. 8. economic policy makers, investors/venture Life Cycles: Environmental Influences and Adapta- capitalists, entrepreneurs, consultants Type of publication tions. 9. Biotic Influences. 9A. Symbiotic Associa- Reference work tions, 9B. Ecological Biochemistry: Allelopathy, Type of publication Defense against Herbivores, and Detoxification of Proceedings Xenobiotics.
Due June 2008 Fields of interest Plant Sciences; Plant Ecology; Plant Physiology Only available in print Target groups 2008 . VIII, 316 p . (Wageningen UR Frontis Series, Advanced students in plant physiology/ecology Volume 24) Hardcover 7 € 119,95 | £90.50 Type of publication ISBN 978-1-4020-8336-5 Graduate/Advanced undergraduate textbook 9
B. Larijani, London Research Institute, London, UK; C.S. Nautiyal, Nat Bot Res Inst, Lucknow, India; L. Østnor, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Oslo, R. Woscholski, Imperial College London, UK; P. Dion, University Laval, QC, Canada (Eds .) Norway (Ed .) C.A. Rosser, Rye St . Antony School, Oxford, UK (Eds .) Molecular Mechanisms Stem Cells, Human Embryos Lipid Signaling Protocols of Plant and Microbe and Ethics Coexistence Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Lipid Signaling Protocols assembles in a single volume the various tools and methodologies Molecular Mechanisms of Plant and Microbe Is it acceptable from an ethical point of view to needed by the interested investigator to unravel Coexistence presents studies on the complex and use stem cells from human embryos for scientific lipid dependent signaling and cell function. manifold interactions of plants and microbes at the research and clinical therapy? And what are the Divided into two convenient sections, the volume population, genomics and proteomics level. weaknesses and strengths of various opinions and begins by summarizing the physical properties of The role of soil microbial diversity in enhancing positions when they are critically evaluated? These hydrophobic metabolites as well as the physical plant health and plant microbe beneficial are the main problems dealt with in this book. The methodologies used for their analysis, which leads symbioses is discussed. Microbial communities various chapters as a whole give a comprehensive, to the second section and its selection of biological are shown in the light of evolution. Main topics many-sided and balanced discussion of the subject. methods, focused around the most relevant lipids, include genome coexistence and the functional The book contains contributions from biological, their corresponding metabolizing enzymes and genomics and proteomics of plant-associated medical, social, political, philosophical and theo- the recognition proteins. Following the highly microbes, which could form the basis for new logical perspectives. successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series environmentally benign strategies to combat The authors have been chosen because of their format, the chapters provide readily reproducible infectious plant diseases and regulate plant growth. professional competence, many of them being laboratory protocols, lists of necessary materials Further chapters focus on the role of signaling respected scholars on a top international level. and reagents, and the tips on troubleshooting and during the different stages of plant microbe coex- They give an updated contribution from their avoiding known pitfalls. istence, in symbiotic or pathogenic relationships, own discipline in order to enlighten the different in quorum sensing and plant viral infections. aspects of the common theme. The authors cover Features Methods for studying the interactions in the root various positions and evaluations with regard to 7 Describes cutting-edge lipid analysis and quan- zone complement the book, which will certainly be the question of the use of embryonic stem cells for tification methods 7 Provides a selection of prac- of relevance in the practical application to agricul- research and therapy. tical approaches to the study of lipid metabolism ture, food security and for maintaining the balance and recognition in the cellular context 7 Includes of our ecosystems. Features reproducible, step-by-step laboratory protocols 7 Gives a survey of the stem cell field nowadays Features 7 Presents an overview of different alterna- From the contents 7 With contributions from leading scientists of tives regarding political and legal approaches to Eicosanoids: generation and detection in mamma- varied backgrounds 7 Including methodological the burning questions of regulations of human lian cells.- Lipidomic analysis of phospholipids chapters on cutting-edge technologies 7 Interdis- embryonic stem cell research 7 Informs about and related structures by liquid chromatog- ciplinary approach to soil live and sustainable differing ethical evaluations and argumentations raphy-mass spectrometry.- Measurement of agriculture from philosophical and theological points of view Polyphosphoinositides in Cultured Mammalian concerning use of embryonic stem cells in research Cells.- Inositol lipid-dependent functions in Fields of interest and therapy Saccharomyces cerevisiae: analysis of phosphati- Agriculture; Microbiology; Plant Sciences dylinositol phosphates.- Methods for the determi- From the contents nation of the mass of nuclear PtdIns4P, PtdIns5P Target groups Preface by Mahendra Rao. Introduction by Lars and PtdIns(4,5)P2. Researchers in microbiology, plant sciences, plant Østnor.- Biological and Medical Perspectives.- breeding, agriculture and soil ecology Social and political perspectives.- Philosophical Fields of interest perspectives.- Theological perspectives. Cell Biology; Biochemistry, general; Biological Type of publication Techniques Contributed volume Fields of interest Developmental Biology; Ethics; Biomedicine Target groups general Cell biologists and molecular biologists Target groups Type of publication Academics and professionals working with stem Contributed volume cell research (biology, medicine, law, philosophy, theology etc.), advanced and graduate students, politicians, everybody interested in ethical prob- lems
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P. Pontarotti, University of Aix-Marseille, France (Ed .) P. Sharpe, King‘s College London, Dental Institute, R. Varshney, ICRISAT, Patancheru, India; R. Tuberosa, London, UK; I. Mason, MRC Centre for Developmental University of Bologna, Italy (Eds .) Evolutionary Biology from Neurobiology King‘s College London, UK (Eds .) Concept to Application Genomics-Assisted Crop Molecular Embryology Improvement Methods and Protocols Vol 1: Genomics Approaches and Platforms Every biological system is the outcome of its evolu- Vol 2: Genomics Applications in Crops tion; therefore, the deciphering of its evolutionary history is of tremendous importance to understand This new edition offers a comprehensive guide the biology of a system. to cutting-edge methods used today across the Since 1997 scientists of different disciplines have field of molecular embryology. These powerful Genomics research has great potential to revo- held an annual “Evolutionary Biology Meeting” techniques take advantage of the most commonly lutionize the discipline of plant breeding. This at Marseille (France) in order to discuss their used vertebrate experimental models: murine two-volume set provides a critical assessment of research developments, exchange ideas and start embryos for their genetics, chick embryos for in genomics tools and approaches for crop breeding. collaborations. Consisting of the most representa- vivo manipulation, zebrafish for mutagenesis, Volume 1, entitled “Genomics Approaches and tive talks of the 11th meeting, this book provides amphibian embryos, and nonvertebrate chordates. Platforms”, illustrates state-of-the-art genomics an up-to-date overview of evolutionary concepts The book emphasizes the most important methods approaches and platforms presently available for and how these concepts can be applied to a better of experimental molecular biology and the crop improvement. understanding of various biological aspects. It is particular advantages of each different species. Volume 2, entitled “Genomics Applications divided into the following four parts: Modelization in Crops”, compiles crop-specific studies that of Evolution – Concepts in Evolutionary Biology – Features summarize both the achievements and limitations Knowledge – Applied Evolutionary Biology. 7 Provides an excellent source for understanding of genomics research for crop improvement. We This book is an invaluable source of information the strengths and weaknesses of the various hope that these two volumes, while providing new not only for evolutionary biologists, but also for vertebrate model organisms 7 Comprehensive ideas and opportunities to those working in crop biologists in general. guide to the cutting-edge methods amongst the breeding, will help graduate students and teachers dramatically growing field of vertebrate molecular to develop a better understanding of the appli- Features embryology 7 Experts in the field thoroughly cations of crop genomics to plant research and 7 Focuses on applied evolution, a new area dealing describe protocols and techniques accompanied breeding. with the use of evolutionary biology concepts for a by illustrations 7 New approaches for efficient better understanding of biological systems production of transgenic zebrafish and microarrays Features 7 A unique collection of review articles on plant From the contents From the contents genomics 7 A state-of-the-art presentation of Rate of Adaptation of Large Populations.- A The Mouse as a Developmental Model.- Culture genomics applied to crop improvement 7 A Phylogenetic Mixture Model for Heterotachy.- of Postimplantation Mouse Embryos.- Organ bridge to fill the gap between conventional and Accelerated Evolution of Genes of Recent Origin.- Culture in the Analysis of Tissue Interactions.- modern breeding Life-Cycle Features of Tumour Cells.- General Treatment of Mice with Retinoids In Vivo and In Evolutionary Regularities of the Organic and Vitro.- Analysis of Skeletal Ontogenesis through Fields of interest Social Life.- Old and New Concepts in Evodevo.- Differential Staining of Bone and Cartilage.- Cell Plant Sciences; Plant Genetics & Genomics; Recent Evolution of Fully Modern Spoken Grafting and Labeling in Postimplantation Mouse Agriculture Language.- Overturning the Prejudices About Embryos.- Production of Transgenic Rodents by Hydra and Metazoan Evolution.- The Search for the Microinjection of Cloned DNA Into Fertilized Target groups the Origin of Cnidarian Nematocysts in Dino- One-Celled Eggs. Genomics specialists, geneticists, plant breeders, flagellates.- A Possible Relationship Between the crop physiologists, teachers, graduate and under- Phylogenetic Branch Lengths and the Chaetognath Fields of interest graduate students; university and research institute rRNA Paralog Gene Functionalities: Ubiquitous, Developmental Biology; Cell Biology; Micro- libraries Tissue-Specific or Pseudogenes. biology Type of publication Fields of interest Target groups Contributed volume Evolutionary Biology; Developmental Biology; Developmental and molecular biologists and Bioinformatics biologists using transgenic and gene knock-out approaches, embryologists, and immunologists Target groups Researchers and advanced students Type of publication Contributed volume
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P.R. Vieira, M.M. Mota, Universidade de Évora, L.P. Villarreal, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA E. Vincan, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Portugal (Eds .) Australia (Ed .) Origin of Group Identity Pine Wilt Disease: Viruses, Addiction and Cooperation Wnt Signaling A Worldwide Threat Volume 1, Pathway Methods and Mammalian to Forest Ecosystems Models The molecular evolution of viruses is fascinating and quite controversial, relevant to the evolution Since their discovery, Wnt signaling molecules The pinewood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus of living organisms, a determinant in pathogen- have been shown to control key events in embryo- xylophilus, the causal agent of pine wilt disease esis by viruses, and amenable to detailed study in genesis, to maintain tissue homeostasis in the adult (PWD), is a serious pest and pathogen of forest various laboratories around the globe. Evolution and, when aberrantly activated, to promote human tree species, in particular among the genus Pinus. is the product of variation and selection. Genetic degenerative diseases and cancer, thus making It was first reported from Japan in the beginning recombination is a major source of variation for them a vital area of study. Wnt Signaling: Methods of the XXth century, where it became the major evolutionary selection. Full understanding of virus and Protocols examines both biochemical assays ecological catastrophe of pine forests, with losses evolution requires knowledge of the inventory of and vertebrate and invertebrate model systems to reaching over 2 million m3/ year in the 1980s. It existing viruses, their distribution in biological provide a point of reference to current molecular has since then spread to other Asian countries such space and time and their interactions with other protocols and the diverse model systems employed as China, Taiwan and Korea, causing serious losses viruses and living organisms. to study this important signaling pathway. In and economic damage. In 1999, the PWN was first The basic focus of this volume will be to trace the Volume 1, Pathway Methods and Mammalian detected in the European Union (EU), in Portugal, evolution (or accumulation) of biological identity Models, assays to measure activation of the diverse and immmediately prompted several government systems from molecules to microbes, through Wnt signaling pathways are explored, along with (national and EU) actions to assess the extent animals to primate and human social structure. a selection of models and strategies used to study of the nematode’s presence, and to contain B. Overall, the volume will be organized so that it will mammalian Wnt/FZD fuction, from protein- xylophilus and its insect vector (Monochamus trace the evolution of group identification systems protein interaction and simple cell line models to galloprovincialis) to an area with a 30 km radius from simple unicellular life forms, through the organoid cultures and mouse models. As a volume in the Setúbal Peninsula, 20 km south of Lisbon. ‘tree of life’ all the way to complex hominid social in the highly successful Methods in Molecular International wood trade, with its political as well structures. Biology™ series, chapters contain readily reproduc- as economic ramifications, has been seriously ible laboratory protocols, complete with lists of jeopardized. Features necessary equipment and reagents and the Notes 7 Luis Villarreal is one of the most respected section, which reveals helpful troubleshooting tips. Features virologists in the country - if not the world; he is Comprehensive and cutting-edge, Wnt Signaling: 7 Highly relevant subject, especialy in Europe, a true leader in the field 7 First volume to trace Methods and Protocols collects the expertise and in light of the recent discovery of one of the most the evolution of biological identity systems from knowledge of many leaders in the field to produce dangerous pathogens and pests of pine forests simple unicellular life forms, through the “tree this invaluable two-volume resource. 7 Highly inter-disciplinary text, covering all of life” all the way to complex hominid social issues pertaining to pine wilt disease, from mole- structures 7 Will also evaluate the role of genetic Features cule to ecosystem, from the nematode to the insect parasites in the origination of ‘addiction’ based 7 Records our progress to date in understanding vector, from forest ecology to plant physiology, etc. molecular strategies the intricacies of Wnt signalling 7 Includes assays 7 Also deals with trade and political issues which for and models of both canonical and non-canon- becomes useful for decision-makers From the contents ical Wnt signalling pathways 7 Contributing An overview; identity from bacteria to belief.- authors are either current or past members of the Fields of interest The prokaryotes; viruses, hyperparasites and the main laboratories that have shaped the Wnt field Forestry; Plant Pathology; Invertebrates origin of group identity.- Sensory systems (light, odor, pheromones) in communities of oceanic Fields of interest Target groups microbes.- Subjugation of the individual; prokary- Biochemistry, general; Cell Biology; Molecular Libraries, researchers, scientists and graduate otic group living- blooms, slime and mats. Medicine students of forestry, nematology, entomology, plant ecology and plant pathology, forestry technicians, Fields of interest Target groups administrators and decision-makers Evolutionary Biology; Virology; Ecology Biochemists, molecular and cellular biologists, cancer researchers Type of publication Target groups Contributed volume Researchers, scientists, professionals, and graduate Type of publication students in the fields of evolutionary biology, Contributed volume virology, ecology, immunology, genetics, microbi- ology, behavioral/social biology, infectious disease, and medicine; lay people interested in evolution
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E. Vincan, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia (Ed .) Wnt Signaling Volume 2, Pathway Models
Wnt Signaling: Methods and Protocols exam- ines both biochemical assays and vertebrate and invertebrate model systems to provide a point of reference to current molecular protocols and the diverse model systems employed to study this important signaling pathway. In Volume 2, Pathway Models, the diverse vertebrate and inver- tebrate models that have shaped the Wnt signaling field are described, presenting an overview of the unique properties of each organism, like asym- metric cell division in C. elegans and epithelial morphogenesis in Dictyostelium, with respect to studying Wnt/FZD function. As a volume in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series, chapters contain readily reproducible labo- ratory protocols, complete with lists of necessary equipment and reagents and the Notes section, which reveals helpful troubleshooting tips. Comprehensive and cutting-edge, Wnt Signaling: Methods and Protocols collects the expertise and knowledge of many leaders in the field.
Features 7 Records our progress to date in understanding the intricacies of Wnt signalling 7 Includes assays for and models of both canonical and non-canon- ical Wnt signalling pathways 7 Contributing authors are either current or past members of the main laboratories that have shaped the Wnt field 7 Includes detailed methods as well as overviews, providing easy to follow protocols as well as a background/current status of the field
Fields of interest Biochemistry, general; Cell Biology; Molecular Medicine
Target groups Biochemists, molecular and cellular biologists, cancer researchers
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M. Carlberg, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, D. Chotikapanich, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, R. D. Congleton, George Mason University, Fairfax, Germany Australia (Ed .) VA, USA; A. L. Hillman, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel; K. A. Konrad, WZB, Berlin, Germany (Eds .) Inflation and Unemployment Modeling Income in a Monetary Union Distributions and Lorenz 40 Years of Research on Rent Curves Seeking 1 Theory of Rent Seeking This book studies the coexistence of inflation and unemployment in a monetary union. The focus is The parameterization of income distributions on how to reduce the associated loss. The primary using Lorenz Curves is a useful technique to This book is a collection of significant contribu- target of the European central bank is low infla- analyze the characteristics of income inequality tions to the theory of rent seeking, from its very tion in Europe. The primary target of the German within a given population. It provides a way of beginning to the present. Researchers working government is low unemployment in Germany. describing how data are generated, why the level in this field will find it useful to have this text as And the primary target of the French government of inequality is what it is, and how these factors a reference manual. The extensive introduction is low unemployment in France. The European impact poorer sections of the population. This surveys the field and guides the reader through central bank has a quadratic loss function. The book brings together classic papers in the field, this extensive collection of major contributions, same applies to the German government and the including Camilo Dagum’s most influential contri- explaining what they think is the important contri- French government. The key questions are: To bution, survey papers outlining the state-of-the-art bution of each of these papers. what extent can the sequential process of monetary of the field, and cutting-edge research contribu- The focus in Volume I is on conceptual and theo- and fiscal decisions reduce the loss caused by infla- tions. While providing a thorough overview of the retical developments. tion and unemployment? Is monetary and fiscal methodology of income distribution modeling, cooperation superior to the sequential process of the book emphasizes its relevance on development Features monetary and fiscal decisions? economics and its importance for policy makers 7 The entire knowledge on rent seeking in two who design and assess poverty alleviation and volumes 7 Volume I provides access to the Features income redistribution policies. most significant contributions to the theory of 7 Gives a comprehensive description of processes rent seeking 7 An indispensable compendium in a monetary union where different targets are From the contents of papers that can be used as a quick reference pursued by various institutions Part A Collections of Influential Papers: A New manual on this topic Model of Personal Income Distribution: Speci- Fields of interest fication and Estimation. A Function for the Size Contents Macroeconomics; Labor Economics; International Distribution of Incomes. Some Generalized Introduction.- Part I: Rents.- Part II: Collective Economics Functions for the Size Distribution of Income. Dimensions.- Part III: Extensions.- Part IV: Struc- Efficiency Estimation of the Lorenz Curve and ture of Contests.- Part V: Experiments. Target groups Associated Inequality Measures from Grouped Researchers Observations. Distribution and Mobility of Wealth Fields of interest of Nations.- Part B Survey Papers on Lorenz Public Finance & Economics; Political Science; Type of publication Functions and the Generalizations and Exten- Methodology and the History of Economic Monograph sions of Income Distributions: Dagum Distribu- Thought tions. Pareto and Generalized Pareto Models. The Distribution of Income and Estimation of Related Target groups Measures of Inequality: the Beta Distribution. Researchers in economics and political science Parametric Lorenz Curves: Models and Applica- tions. Type of publication Collection of essays Fields of interest Econometrics; Development Economics; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/ Insurance
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R. D. Congleton, George Mason University, Fairfax, R. D. Congleton, George Mason University, Fairfax, G. Eichfelder, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, VA, USA; A. L. Hillman, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat VA, USA; A. L. Hillman, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Germany Gan, Israel; K. A. Konrad, WZB, Berlin, Germany (Eds .) Gan, Israel; K. A. Konrad, WZB, Berlin, Germany (Eds .) Adaptive Scalarization 40 Years of Research on Rent 40 Years of Research on Rent Methods in Multiobjective Seeking 2 Seeking Optimization Applications: Rent Seeking in Practice Set
This book presents adaptive solution methods for This book is a collection of significant contribu- This set of books is a collection of significant multiobjective optimization problems based on tions to the theory of rent-seeking, from its very contributions to the theory of rent-seeking, from parameter dependent scalarization approaches. beginning to the present. Researchers working its very beginning to the present. Researchers With the help of sensitivity results an adap- in this field will find it useful to have this text as working in this field will find it useful to have tive parameter control is developed such that a reference manual. The extensive introduction these texts as a reference manual. The extensive high-quality approximations of the efficient set surveys the field and guides the reader through introductions survey the field and guide the are generated. These examinations are based on this extensive collection of major contributions, reader through this extensive collection of major a special scalarization approach, but the applica- explaining what they think is the important contri- contributions, explaining what they think is the tion of these results to many other well-known bution of each of these papers. important contribution of each of these papers. scalarization methods is also presented. Thereby Volume II deals with rent seeking in practice. The The focus in Volume I is on conceptual and very general multiobjective optimization problems various applications demonstrate that the logic theoretical developments. Volume II deals with are considered with an arbitrary partial ordering of rent seeking provides a powerful lens through rent seeking in practice. The various applications defined by a closed pointed convex cone in the which to observe and understand a broad range of demonstrate that the logic of rent seeking provides objective space. The effectiveness of these new economic, political, and social phenomena. a powerful lens through which to observe and methods is demonstrated with several test prob- understand a broad range of economic, political, lems as well as with a recent problem in inten- Features and social phenomena. sity-modulated radiotherapy. The book concludes 7 The entire knowledge on rent seeking in two with a further application: a procedure for solving volumes 7 Volume II provides access to the most Features multiobjective bilevel optimization problems is significant contributions to the application of rent 7 The entire knowledge on rent seeking in two given and is applied to a bicriteria bilevel problem seeking in practice 7 An indispensable compen- volumes 7 Provides access to the most significant in medical engineering. dium of papers that can be used as a quick refer- contributions to the theory and application of ence manual on this topic rent seeking 7 An indispensable compendium Features of papers that can be used as a quick reference 7 Readers will benefit from new adaptive Contents manual on this topic methods and ideas for solving multiobjective Introduction.- Part I: Regulation and Protection.- optimization 7 Contains test problems and algo- Part II: Economic Development and Growth.- Contents rithms for many types of well-known scalarization Part III: Political and Legal Institutions.- Volume I: Introduction.- Part I: Rents.- Part II: approaches Part IV: Institutions and History.- Part V: The Collective Dimensions.- Part III: Extensions.- Part Firm.- Part VI: Societal Relations. IV: Structure of Contests.- Part V: Experiments.- Contents Volume II: Introduction.- Part I: Regulation and Part I Theory: Theoretical Basics of Multiobjec- Fields of interest Protection.- Part II: Economic Development and tive Optimization.- Scalarization Approaches.- Public Finance & Economics; Political Science; Growth.- Part III: Political and Legal Institutions.- Sensitivity.- Results for the Scalarizations.- Part Methodology and the History of Economic Part IV: Institutions and History.- Part V: The II Numerical Methods and Results: Adaptive Thought Firm.- Part VI: Societal Relations. Parameter Control.- Numerical Results.- Applica- tion to Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy.- Part III Target groups Fields of interest Multiobjective Bilevel Optimization: Application Researchers in economics and political science Public Finance & Economics; Political Science; to Multiobjective Bilevel Optimization. Methodology and the History of Economic Type of publication Thought Fields of interest Collection of essays Operations Research/Decision Theory; Operations Target groups Research, Mathematical Programming; Discrete Researchers in economics and political science Mathematics in Computer Science
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M. Haase, Franz Oppenheimer College i .Gr ., Berlin, G. Hendrikse, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The S. N. Katada, University of Southern California, Los Germany; C. Cowton, University of Huddersfield, Netherlands; M. Tuunanen, University of Kuopio, Angeles, CA, USA; M. Solis, American University, Queensgate, Huddersfield, UK Finland; J. Windsperger, University of Vienna, Washington, DC, USA (Eds .) Austria; G. Cliquet, University of Rennes 1, France Trends in Business and (Eds .) Cross Regional Trade Economic Ethics Strategy and Governance of Agreements Networks Understanding Permeated Regionalism in East Asia A growing body of academic and business special- Cooperatives, Franchising, and Strategic ists are paying attention to ethical issues in busi- Alliances ness and economics, drawing on a wide range of An unacknowledged key feature of East Asian FTA different disciplinary and theoretical perspectives. diplomacy is the region’s active cross-regional pref- This volume presents important new insights from The book emphasizes research in economics and erential trading relations. In sharp contrast to the scholars in economics, philosophy, business ethics management of networks as an interdisciplinary Americas and Europe, where cross-regional initia- and management studies. In addition to providing field by offering new theoretical perspectives and tives gained strength after the consolidation of specific perspectives on particular topics, it presenting new empirical results on strategic regional trade integration, East Asian governments presents strategic perspectives on the development and governance structure issues in cooperatives, negotiate trade deals with partners outside of their of the field. Readers can inform themselves on franchising networks, alliances, joint ventures region at an early stage in their FTA policies. The developments in particular areas, such as social and venture capital relations. The authors apply book asks three main questions: Are there regional accountability or stakeholder governance; they will different theoretical views on networks, such as factors in East Asia encouraging countries to also find substantial contributions related to the transaction cost theory, property rights theory, explore cross-regionalism early on? What are the interfaces of ethics and economics, economics and resource- and knowledge-based theory, evolu- most important criteria behind the cross-regional philosophy, business ethics and political science, tionary theory, information richness theory and partner selection? How do cross-regional FTSs and business ethics and management. The collec- social exchange theory. (CRTAs) influence their intra-regional trade initia- tion is a thought-provoking contribution to the tives? Through detailed country case studies from development of business and economic ethics as an Contents China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand increasingly important field of academic study. Part A: Cooperatives.- Part B: Franchising: Plural and Malaysia, we show the ways in which these Form and Ownership; Knowledge Management, governments seek to leverage their CRTAs in the Features Trust and Strategic Management Issues; Entrepre- pursuit of intra-regional trade integration objec- 7 Development of the integration of economics neurship and Franchising.- Part C: Strategic Alli- tives, a process that yields a much more permeated and ethics, analysis of business ethics’ relations to ances: Governance Structure Issues; Performance regionalism. other disciplines, and ideas for research ques- and Strategy of Networks. tions and strategic development of business and Features economic ethics as an academic field of enquiry Fields of interest 7 Describes the political economy of East Asia’s Organization/Planning; Marketing; cross regional preferential trade agreements and Fields of interest Entrepreneurship their implications for intra-regional integration Economics general; Philosophy; Ethics dynamics 7 Highlights the enduring regional Target groups barriers to integration, as well as the deliberate Target groups Scientists pursuit of CRTAs to enhance these governments’ Academic/corporate libraries, scientists/ leverage over intra-regional trade negotiations researchers, lecturers/tutors Type of publication Monograph Fields of interest Type of publication International Economics; Regional Science; Monograph Development Economics
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K. Marti, Universität der Bundeswehr München, L. Meuleman, The Hague, The Netherlands P. C. Sijde, G. Blaauw, University of Twente, Germany Enschede, The Netherlands (Eds .) Public Management and Stochastic Optimization the Metagovernance of Teaching Entrepreneurship Methods Hierarchies, Networks and Markets This book offers various examples for teaching and Optimization problems arising in practice involve The Feasibility of Designing and Managing learning entrepreneurship in academia. Readers random model parameters. For the computation Governance Style Combinations gain insight into the real work and experience of of robust optimal solutions, i.e., optimal solutions entrepreneurship educators from universities and being insensitive with respect to random param- business schools across Europe, especially from eter variations, appropriate deterministic substitute What is modern governance? Is it the battle against Northern Europe. The practice-oriented case problems are needed. Based on the probability ‘old-fashioned’ hierarchy, or is it the restoration of studies also highlight the different, sometimes distribution of the random data, and using deci- key hierarchical values? Is it optimizing network country-dependent contexts of teaching and the sion theoretical concepts, optimization problems management, or maximizing the benefits of market challenges for entrepreneurship education and under stochastic uncertainty are converted into thinking in the public-sector? This book argues promotion. Moreover, different solutions for the appropriate deterministic substitute problems. that it is the combination of all this. The next problems entrepreneurship educators face in Due to the occurring probabilities and expecta- question is: In practice, how do successful public providing effective learning environments are tions, approximative solution techniques must managers design and manage combinations of demonstrated. Thus, the case studies are also an be applied. Several deterministic and stochastic hierarchical, network and market governance? inspiring text book and teaching material. approximation methods are provided: Taylor In other words: what is their rationale to apply expansion methods, regression and response metagovernance? Fields of interest surface methods (RSM), probability inequalities, Five case-studies show that metagovernance is Entrepreneurship; Educational Administration; multiple linearization of survival/failure domains, a public management requisite: it amplifies the Industrial and organisational psychology discretization methods, convex approximation/ variation of actions public managers can take, and deterministic descent directions/efficient points, it prevents the three ideal-typical governance styles Target groups stochastic approximation and gradient procedures, from undermining each other. Academic/corporate libraries, lecturers/tutors, differentiation formulas for probabilities and scientists/researchers, graduates/undergraduates, expectations. Contents practitioners/professionals Introduction.- Theoretical Framework.- Research Features Approach.- Strategic Policy Making: Four Soil Type of publication 7 Many illustrations/several examples/applica- Protection Cases.- Street level Polica-making: Monograph tions to concrete problems from engineering and Community Policing.- Possibilitites and Limita- operations research, as e.g. quality engineering, tions of Metagovernance as Public Management.- robust design/many references to stochastic Practical Implications: Increasing the Metagov- optimization, stochastic programming and its ernance Capacity.- Conclusions: Contribution application to engineering, operations research to a “Grounded” Theory of Metagovernance of and economics/presentation of the material from Hierarchies, Networks and Markets as Public the practical viewpoint Management.
From the contents Fields of interest Part I Basic Stochastic Optimization Methods: Organization/Planning; Industrial Organization Decision/Control Under Stochastic Uncertainty.- Deterministic substitute Problems in Optimal Target groups Decision.- Under Stochastic Uncertainty.- Part II Researchers and scholars Differentiation Methods: Differentiation Methods for Probability and Risk Functions. Type of publication Monograph Fields of interest Operations Research/Decision Theory; Optimiza- tion; Numerical and Computational Methods in Engineering
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E. Solojentsev, Russian Academy of Sciences, P. J. Welfens, University of Wuppertal, Germany L. Yu, S. Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, St . Petersburg, Russia China; K. K. Lai, L. Zhou, City University of Hong Innovations in Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Scenario Logic and Macroeconomics Probabilistic Management Bio-Inspired Credit Risk of Risk in Business and Analysis Engineering Modern macroeconomics suffers from an unclear Computational Intelligence with Support link between short-term Keynesian analysis and Vector Machines long-term growth modelling. Moreover, product and process innovations have been only partially Key features of this Second Edition: (1) Four new integrated. The analysis suggests new approaches Credit risk analysis is one of the most important chapters providing a detailed treatment of scenario to innovations in open economies in many ways, topics in the field of financial risk management. logic and probabilistic models for revealing including the Schumpeterian Mundell-Fleming Due to recent financial crises and regulatory bribes; (2) Treatment of the basic principles of model and new monetary growth models. concern of Basel II, credit risk analysis has been the modern risk LP theory (the LP-calculus, the A specific focus is on the role of innovations for the major focus of financial and banking industry. LP-methods and the risk LP-theory with GIE) output, employment and exchange rate develop- Especially for some credit-granting institutions using uniform methodology and terminology with ments. A new link between monetary analysis and such as commercial banks and credit companies, a practical orientation towards both engineering growth modelling in open economies is presented. the ability to discriminate good customers from and economics, for the first time in book form; (3) Structural change, innovations and growth are bad ones is crucial. The need for reliable quan- Clear definitions and notations, revised sections considered from a new perspective. With respect titative models that predict defaults accurately and chapters, an extended list of references, and to economic policy - in particular innovation is imperative so that the interested parties can a new subject index; (4) More than a hundred policy - the analysis implies major changes, take either preventive or corrective action. Hence illustrations and tables which motivate the presen- concerning both EU countries and other leading credit risk analysis becomes very important for tation. OECD economies. sustainability and profit of enterprises. In such Specialists in risk management in economics, backgrounds, this book tries to integrate recent banking and business, as well as graduates and Features emerging support vector machines and other post-graduates in economics and engineering, will 7 Novel approaches to innovation dynamics and computational intelligence techniques that repli- benefit from this book. growth in open economies 7 New monetary and cate the principles of bio-inspired information non-monetary growth models 7 Discussion of processing to create some innovative methodolo- Features rational innovation policies in OECD countries gies for credit risk analysis and to provide decision 7 Four new chapters providing a detailed treat- support information for interested parties. ment of scenario logic and probabilistic models for Contents revealing bribes 7 Treatment of the basic princi- Globalization, Specialization and Innovation Features ples of the modern risk LP theory (the LP-calculus, Dynamics.- Savings, Investment and Growth: 7 Presentation of some of the most important the LP-methods and the risk LP-theory with GIE) New Approaches for Macroeconomic Modelling.- advancements in credit risk analysis with SVM and using uniform methodology and terminology with Economic Integration, Technological Progress and some fully novel intelligent models for credit risk a practical orientation towards both engineering Growth.- Impact of the Real Exchange Rate on analysis and economics, for the first time in book form Trade, Structural Change and Growth.- Macro- economic Aspects of Opening up, Unemployment, Fields of interest Fields of interest Growth and Transition.- Productivity Shocks, Finance /Banking; Operations Research/Decision Economics/Management Science, general; Quanti- Innovations, Stock Market Dynamics and Growth.- Theory tative Finance; Econometrics Innovation Dynamics and Optimum Growth.- Trade, Structural Change and Growth in an Open Target groups Target groups Monetary Economy.- Innovations in the Digital Researchers and professionals Scientists, managers, and experts in the field of risk Economy: Promotion of R and D and Growth in management in business, banks and engineering; Open Economies.- EU Innovation Policy: Analysis Type of publication students and post-graduates in economics and and Critique.- Financial Market Integration, Monograph engineering Interest Rates and Economic Development.
Type of publication Fields of interest Monograph Macroeconomics; Economic Policy; R & D/Tech- nology Policy
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A. Bausch, International University of Bremen, H. Bouwman, Delft University, The Netherlands; F. Kohlbacher, German Institute for Japanese Germany; B. Schwenker, Roland Berger Strategy H. De Vos, H. Timber, Telematica Instituut, Enschede, Studies, Tokyo, Japan; C. Herstatt, Technische Univer- Consultants GmbH, Hamburg, Germany (Eds .) The Netherlands (Eds .) sität Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (Eds .) Handbook Utility Mobile Service Innovation The Silver Market Management and Business Models Phenomenon Business Opportunities in an Era of Demographic Change Along with the increasing deregulation of Modern economies depend on innovation in European utility markets the dynamics of and services for their future growth. Service innovation the competitive pressure in the utility industries increasingly depends on information technology The current shift in demographics – aging and have steadily increased over the last years. These and digitization of information processes. shrinking populations – in many countries around changes in the regulatory framework towards Designing new services is a complex matter, since the world presents a major challenge to compa- an integrated market environment have resulted collaboration with other companies and organiza- nies and societies alike. One particularly essential in new challenges for the management of power tions is necessary. Service innovation is directly implication is the emergence and constant growth and gas companies and in a substantial need for related to business models that support these of the so-called “silver market”, the market segment strategic reorientation. In the context of these services, i.e. services can only be successful in the more or less broadly defined as those people aged developments the Handbook Utility Management long run with a viable business model that creates 55 and older. Increasing in number and share of reflects current challenges in the utility industries value for its customers and providers. This book the total population while at the same time being and provides solutions from a managerial perspec- presents a theoretically grounded yet practical relatively well-off, this market segment can be tive. The inclusion of latest insights from top approach to designing viable business models for seen as very attractive and promising, although managers, renowned researchers, professionals in electronic services, including mobile ones, i.e. still very underdeveloped in terms of product and utility-related investment banking and consulting, the STOF model and – based on it – the STOF service offerings. and professionals in public and supranational method. The STOF model provides a ‘holistic’ view This book offers a thorough and up-to-date organizations on all value chain activities within on business models with four interrelated perspec- analysis of the challenges and opportunities in the industry makes the Handbook an indispens- tives, i.e., Service, Technology, Organization and leveraging innovation, technology, product devel- able asset for both professionals and researchers. Finance. It elaborates on critical design issues that opment and marketing for elder consumers and ultimately shape the business model and drive its employees. Key lessons are drawn from the Japa- Features viability. nese lead market as well as other select countries. 7 Comprehensive coverage of most relevant and contemporary managerial issues in energy and gas Features Features companies in one book 7 Structured according 7 Consists of a business model framework, a 7 State-of-the-art innovation, product develop- to the value chain (Power Generation, Trading and practical method and numerous cases 7 The ment, and marketing for aging customers 7 With Wholesale, Transmission and Distribution, Retail) framework has a perspective on service, organiza- real-life examples from countries with a large 7 An introduction to general management issues tion, finance, and technology “silver market” such as Japan and from leading such like internationalization, growth and value companies 7 Comprehensive analysis from the creation 7 A section on regional particularities From the contents main experts in the field 7 First book in English in the utility sector Part I Theory: Introduction.- Service innovation on this topic and business models.- Conceptualizing the STOF Fields of interest model.- STOF Model: Critical Design Issues and Contents Management; Organization/Planning; Energy Critical Success factors.- The mobile context The Demographic Shift: Challenges, Chances, Economics explored.- The STOF method.- What’s next? Some Perspectives.- Innovation and Product Develop- thoughts and a research agenda.- Part II Applica- ment for the Silver Market.- Marketing for the Target groups tions: Practitioners view on generic design issues Silver Market.- Industry Challenges and Solu- Practitioners, researchers and success factors.- The dynamic STOF model in tions.- Wrap-up and Outlook. practice.- A we-centric service: the PolicePointer.- Type of publication Balancing customer and network value of mobile Fields of interest Professional book payment services.- Robustness of IPTV Business Management; Labor Economics; Demography Models.- Mobile service bundles. Target groups Fields of interest Professionals interested in business opportuni- Information Systems; Technology Management; ties in the “silver market”, i.e. the market of aging Information Systems Applications (incl. 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K. E. Kurbel, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/ S. Tonchia, University of Udine, Italy E. Weiner, U .S . Department of Transportation, Oder, Germany Washington, DC, USA Industrial Project The Making of Information Management Urban Transportation Systems Planning, Design, and Construction Planning in the United States Software Engineering and Management in a History, Policy, and Practice Globalized World This book describes, in a precise but practical way, the most recent principles and techniques of The development of U.S. urban transporta- project management, at the highest international tion policy over the past 50 years illustrates the Information systems (IS) are the backbone of any standards, with a fully company-wide, process- changing relationships among federal, state, organization today, supporting all major business based, multi-project approach. and local governments. This comprehensive text processes. This book deals with the question: how It is unique because of the integration of project examines the evolution of urban transportation do these systems come into existence? It gives a management fundamentals with the practices of planning from early developments in highway comprehensive coverage of managerial, meth- international contracting, which characterize plan- planning in the 1930s to today’s concerns over odological and technological aspects including ning, design and construction of large works in the sustainable development, security, and pollution management decisions before and during IS industrial sectors. control. Focusing on major national events, the development, acquisition and implementation, The rigorous academic approach is mixed with book discusses the influence of legislation, regula- project management, requirements engineering the managerial contribution of Danieli, one of tions, conferences, federal programs, and advances and design using UML, implementation, testing the largest worldwide suppliers of equipment in planning procedures and technology. and customization, software architecture and plat- and plants to the metals industry. Its project forms, tool support (CASE tools, IDEs, collabora- management is described alongside how it can be Features tion tools). The book takes into account that for effectively applied to win and manage large inter- 7 Tackles timely transportation issues: secu- most organizations today, inhouse development is national contracts. rity post 9/11, climate change, energy, conges- only one of several options to obtain an IS. A good tion, private vs. public funding 7 Author is deal of IS development has moved to software Features an industry/government insider with years of vendors – be they domestic, offshore or multina- 7 Integration of project management fundamen- practical experience 7 Previous edition named tional software firms. Since an increasing share of tals with the practices of international contract Choice Outstanding Title 7 Previous edition this work is done in Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin management 7 One of the three largest suppliers adopted at over a dozen universities and used by America and Africa, the making of information of plants and equipment to the metals industry public transportation and planning agencies systems is discussed within a global context. worldwide, Danieli, shows how its own project management can be effectively applied to get and From the contents Features manage large international contracts Early Highway Planning.- Launching Urban Trans- 7 Offers a unified approach to management, portation Planning and the Interstate Highway methodology and technology of making of infor- Contents Program.- Urban Transportation Planning Comes mation systems Introduction.- Part One – Engineer-to-Order of Age.- Improving Intergovernmental Coordina- Projects: 1. The Project Management Process.- tion.- Rising Concern for the Environment and Contents 2. Management of Contract Work.- 3. Product Citizen Involvement.- Beginnings of Multimodal The Digital Firm.- Managing the Making of Infor- Design. 4. Service Design. Part Two – Managing Urban Transportation Planning. mation Systems.- Information Systems Architec- Project Variables: 5. Managing a Project.- ture.- Developing Information Systems.- Analysis 6. Project Strategy Management.- 7. Project Fields of interest and Design.- Implementation and Testing.- Imple- Quality Management.- 8. Project Time Manage- Operations Research/Decision Theory; Landscape/ menting Standard Software.- Software Project ment.- 9. Project Organization and Resource Regional and Urban Planning; Environmental Management.- Tooling Support for ISD. Management.- 10. Project Cost Management.- Law/Policy/Ecojustice Part Three – International Contracting: 11. Project Fields of interest Initialization.- 12. Project Execution Phase.- Target groups Information Systems; Software Engineering/ 13. Project Risk Analysis.- 14. Annex. Managers, engineers, and planners in transporta- Programming and Operating Systems; Technology tion, logistics, urban development, operations, Management Fields of interest environmental impact, and energy; policymakers Management; Technology Management; Business/ concerned with issues of transportation, urban Target groups Management Science, general development, security, environment, and energy; Researchers professors, students, and researchers of transpor- Target groups tation planning, urban development, security, Type of publication Professionals at all levels and from all institutions geography, and environment/energy policy Monograph Type of publication Type of publication Monograph Monograph
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C. Damgaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark B. Jasani, I. Niemeyer, S. Nussbaum, B. Richter, K. O‘Halloran, M. McGregor-Lowndes, K. Simon G. Stein, Bonn, Germany (Eds .) Individual Criminal Charity Law & Social Policy Responsibility for Core International Safeguards and National and International Perspectives on International Crimes Satellite Imagery the Functions of the Law relating to Charities Selected Pertinent Issues Key Features of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Computer-Based Analysis Charity Law and Social Policy explores contempo- rary law, policy and practice in a range of modern The concept of individual criminal responsibility common law nations in four parts and from the for core international crimes is, by now, a well- With the advent of very-high-resolution commer- perspective of how this has evolved in the UK. established principle in international criminal law. cial satellite sensors, earth observation data have As progenitor of a system bequeathed to its colo- However, while the general principle behind the become very important for the verification nuclear nies and after centuries of leadership in developing concept is by and large unproblematic, its practical activities particularly for the safeguards purposes. the core principles, policies and precedents that application underscores its complexity. The aim Items and activities which can be monitored within subsequently shaped its development, the contri- of this book is to examine three pertinent issues a nuclear fuel cycle are, for instance, construction bution of England and Wales, the originating juris- relating to the concept of individual criminal and shape of buildings, plant expansion, changes diction, is first described and analysed in detail in responsibility for core international crimes: (i) of the operational status, and construction and Parts 1 and 2. These broadly sketch the parameters The joint criminal enterprise doctrine; (ii) The operations of underground activities. For an and role of ‘charity’ – seen as a mix of public and defining criteria of international criminal courts, effective use of satellite imagery, it is important to private interests - then address the law’s role in for the purposes of an evaluation of the lifting determine whether there are identifiable signatures protecting, policing, adjusting and supporting of state official immunity for core international related to nuclear facilities that could be used in charity. This provides the critical dimensions for crimes, in the light of the findings of the ICJ in the the interpretation and verification of activities. the comparative analysis of experience in the Arrest Warrant case; and (iii) The imposition of The book presents studies on visual and computer- common law nations that constitutes the main part individual criminal responsibility for terrorism as based interpretation of remote sensing data for of the book. a crime against humanity, both in international law monitoring nuclear facilities. and in relation to the ICC Statute. Features Features 7 Identification and analysis of the main func- Features 7 Benefit from the use of the “key” 7 Learn to tions of the law relating to charity 7 Contempo- 7 Selected pertinent issues of the concept of identify and utilize relevant features in an image rary cross jurisdictional analysis of charity law individual criminal responsibility for core interna- and the application of state-of-the-art image reform 7 Detailed socio-legal description and tional crimes processing techniques, such as object-based analysis of the continuing use of charity law by methods, to derive relevant information from governments to achieve social policy goals Contents earth observation data 7 Assessment of recent trends in the nonprofit Introduction.- Germane Considerations.- The Joint sector and significance of political context Criminal Enterprise Doctrine: A “monster theory From the contents of liability” or a legitimate and satisfactory tool G. Stein, B. Richter: Non-proliferation and Interna- From the contents in the prosecution of the perpetrators of core inter- tional Nuclear Material Safeguards.- Part I A Key Introduction. Part I: Charity, the Law and Social national crimes?- Lifting State Official Immunity: for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: B. Jasani: Key Features Policy in the UK. Part II: A Functional Approach Assessing the Defining Criteria of International of Nuclear Power Reactors.- B. Jasani: Key Features to the Law as it Relates to Charity in the UK. Part Criminal Courts/Tribunals.- Individual Criminal of Nuclear Research Reactors.- Application of the III: International Perspectives. Part IV: Re-config- Responsibility for Terrorism as a Crime Against “Key” to High Resolution Satellite Images.- uring the Social Policy context for Charity and the Humanity: An Appropriate Expansive Adapta- B. Jasani: Key Features of Enrichment and Repro- Law. Conclusion. App 1. Index. tion of the Subject Matter of Core International cessing plants. Crimes?- Summary. Fields of interest Fields of interest International & Foreign Law/Comparative Law; Fields of interest Air and Space Law; Remote Sensing/Photogram- Sociology; Public Law European Law/Public International Law; Crimi- metry; Political Science nology & Criminal Justice; Criminal Law Target groups Target groups Nonprofit academics and social policy analysts, Target groups Satellite imagery analysts, researchers in the field government agencies concerned with the volun- Libraries, international courts; advocates, IO’s and of remote sensing/image processing, safeguards tary/nonprofit/third sector, nonprofit/charity NGO’s; human rights activists inspectors, policy-makers, treaty negotiators, practitioners, charity law practitioners International Organisations, intergovernmental Type of publication agencies, space agencies, libraries Type of publication Monograph Monograph Type of publication Proceedings
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W. Schön, U. Schreiber, C. Spengel (Eds .) A Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base for Europe – Eine einheitliche Körperschaftsteuerbe- messungsgrundlage für Europa
The introduction of the “Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base” as a means for an efficient and equitable taxation of multinational enterprises in Europe represents the most important issue of European business taxation. Starting in 2001, the Commission and the Member States have cooper- ated in order to develop an innovative technique for the measurement and the allocation of business profits within the European Union. This venture is not only the most ambitious political project of the current European Commission, it also challenges traditional legal and economic concepts of busi- ness taxation. This book contains the proceedings of an International Tax Conference, organised under the auspices of the German Presidency in the European Union and designed in cooperation with the Centre for European Economic Research (Mannheim) and the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law (Munich) including presentations from European and American academics and tax practitioners.
Features 7 Introduction into the basic political, legal and economic issues of the most important project in European Tax Policy
From the contents Concept and Necessity of a Common Tax Base – an Academic Introduction.- Perspektiven der Konzernbesteuerung.- Taxable Corporate Income.- Common Structural Elements.- Consolidation, Allocation and International Aspects.- Adminis- trative Aspects.
Fields of interest European Law/Public International Law; Financial Law/Fiscal Law; European Integration
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J. Agassi, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada T. Heidarzadeh, University of California, Riverside, G. Hon, University of Haifa, Israel; B. R. Goldstein, CA, USA University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA Science and History A Reassessment of the Historiography of A History of Physical Theories From Summetria to Science of Comets, From Aristotle to Symmetry: The Making of Whipple a Revolutionary Scientific Concept Professor Joseph Agassi has published his Towards an Historiography of Science in 1963. It received many reviews by notable academics, including The book describes the major physical theories of Maurice Finocchiaro, Charles Gillispie, Thomas comets in the past two millennia. It demonstrates The concept of symmetry is inherent to modern S. Kuhn, Geroge Mora, Nicholas Rescher, and L. the evolution of ideas about the nature, position, science, and its evolution has a complex history Pearce Williams. It is still in use in many courses motion and physical constitution of comets from that richly exemplifies the dynamics of scientific in the philosophy and history of science. Here Aristotle to Whipple. Unlike the available works change. This study is based on primary sources, it appears in a revised and updated version with on the history of comets, which either illustrate presented in context: the authors examine closely responses to these reviews and with many addi- relatively short periods in the history of physical the trajectory of the concept in the mathematical tional chapters, some already classic, others new. cometology or portray a landscape view without and scientific disciplines as well as its trajectory They are all paradigms of the author’s innovative adequate details, the present study focuses on in art and architecture. The principal goal is to way of writing fresh and engaging chapters in the details of each theory. It also investigates the inter- demonstrate that, despite the variety of usages history of the natural sciences. action between observational and mathematical in many different domains, there is a conceptual astronomy, and the physical sciences in defining unity underlying the invocation of symmetry in Features the properties of comets. the period from antiquity to the 1790s which is 7 An intriguing book 7 Teaches one how to Ideas about the astrological aspects of comets distinct from the scientific usages of this term avoid reading and writing boring material are not considered in this study. Also, topics that first emerged in France at the end of the 7 Makes the history of science lively concerning the motion of comets are explained 18th century. The key figure in revolutionizing to the extent that is helpful in illustrating their the concept of symmetry is the mathemati- Contents physical properties. Although the present study is cian, Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752–1833). His I. Chroniclers in the Courts of Science: Introduc- mainly focused on the physical theories of comets, achievements in solid geometry are contrasted tions to the New Edition. Introductory Note: On its results will be relevant to studies in the history with the views of the philosopher, Immanuel Kant studies and their motivations. First preliminary of geology, planetary science, and astrology. (1724–1804), on the directionality of space. essay: On the desirable standard of publication. Second Preliminary Essay. Third preliminary essay: Features Features On the desirable standards of popular science. 7 A comprehensive history of physical theories of 7 Symmetry is a key concept in modern science Fourth preliminary essay: On the merit of flogging comets from 300 BC to the appearance of modern 7 Its history has been distorted for various dead horses. Concluding preliminary essay: On the theory of comets in the1950s 7 Discusses reasons 7 A critical account of the history of the sifting of the grain from the chaff. II The original the details of major theories of comets based concept sheds light on the dynamics of scientific essay revised: Introductory Note. on primary sources 7 Illustrates the interac- change and the role of concepts in theory forma- tion between observational and mathematical tion 7 The transition from the aesthetic concept Fields of interest astronomy, and the physical sciences in defining of symmetry to its scientific usage is analyzed for Science, general; History of Science; Philosophy of the properties of comets. the first time Science Fields of interest Fields of interest Target groups History of Science; Astronomy History of Science; Philosophy of Science; History All graduate students of the philosophy and the of Mathematics history of science; graduate students of history Target groups Historians of science, historians of astronomy, Target groups Type of publication astronomers, graduate students of history of People interested in the history of science, the Monograph physical sciences philosophy of science, the nature of scientific revo- lutions and the making of concepts, the impact of Type of publication aesthetic concepts on science, and the importance Monograph of science in French culture in the 18th century
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G. McNamara, Australia J. Tautz, Biozentrum Universität Würzburg, Germany Clocks in the Sky The Buzz about Bees The Story of Pulsars Biology of a Superorganism Photographs by: H. R. Heilmann Translated by: D. Sandeman Pulsars are rapidly spinning neutron stars, the collapsed cores of once massive stars that ended their lives as supernova explosions. With spectacularly beautiful colour photographs In this book, Geoff McNamara explores the and an easy understandable text The Buzz about history, subsequent discovery and contempo- Bees tells the story of honeybees in a new perspec- rary research into pulsar astronomy. The story tive. Based on the latest data, notably from his own of pulsars is brought right up to date with the research group, Jürgen Tautz provides a wonderful announcement in 2006 of a new breed of pulsar, insight into the realms of bees. Rotating Radio Transients (RRATs), which emit In contrast to the view of bee colonies as perfect short bursts of radio signals separated by long societies of selfless individuals ruled by a queen, pauses. These may outnumber conventional radio Tautz introduces them as a “superorganism”, a self pulsars by a ratio of four to one. Geoff McNamara organizing and complex adaptive system based on ends by pointing out that, despite the enormous a network of communication; a fascinating result success of pulsar research in the second half of the of evolution – a mammal in several bodies. twentieth century, the real discoveries are yet to The entire range of astonishing bee activities is be made including, perhaps, the detection of the described. Remarkable action photographs never hypothetical pulsar black hole binary system by shown before present bees busy with cell cleaning, the proposed Square Kilometre Array - the largest caring for the brood, serving in the queen’s court, single radio telescope in the world. visiting flowers, receiving nectar, producing honey, comb building, entrance guarding, heating Features and cooling. Spotlights include bees grooming, 7 Explores the prediction, subsequent discovery swarming, fighting, telephoning, sleeping and and contemporary research into pulsars communicating by high-toned beeping, scents and 7 Provides a historical and social perspective on dances. the story of pulsar astronomy 7 Explores the nature and physics of pulsars Features 7 With some 230 fascinating high quality colour Contents photographs 7 Written in an entertaining easily Prologue: Hidden in the data.- The coming of the understandable way 7 The new fundamental neutron.- Life and death among the stars.- A new bee book following the standard work of Karl von window.- Scruff.- So fast!- What makes pulsars Frisch 7 The author, Jürgen Tautz, is a world- tick?- The Searchers.- Two by two.- Waves in leading scientist and a gifted communicator of spacetime.- Faster and stronger.- Pulsars from science Parkes.- Pulsar Planets.- Magnetars.- RRATs.- SKA.- Appendices.- Glossary.- Index. Fields of interest Popular Science in Nature and Environment; Fields of interest Zoology; Behavioural Sciences Popular Science in Astronomy; Astronomy, Astro- physics and Cosmology; Astronomy Target groups Laypersons, teachers, students, scientists Target groups Popular science enthusiasts and ‘armchair’ Type of publication astronomers Popular science
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J. B. Garfield, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, T. Monchinski, City University of New York, NY, USA D. Munari, Torino, Italia MN, USA; D. Ben-Zvi, University of Haifa, Israel Critical Pedagogy and the novepernove Developing Students’ Everyday Classroom Sudoku: segreti e strategie di gioco Statistical Reasoning Connecting Research and Teaching Practice Critical Pedagogy and the Everyday Classroom Il gioco del Sudoku è esploso nel mondo occiden- presents readers with the practice and theory of tale a partire dal 2005 e da allora ha continuato Increased attention is being paid to the need for critical pedagogy as applied to real world class- a espandersi, a raccogliere nuovi proseliti, a far statistically educated citizens: statistics is now room situations. Each chapter and section begins proliferare riviste specializzate nelle edicole e siti included in the K-12 mathematics curriculum, with actual situations commonly encountered in dedicati su Internet. increasing numbers of students are taking courses school settings. The discussion in each chapter Il successo del Sudoku non accenna a rallentare. in high school, and introductory statistics courses around alternative solutions to each problem will Tutti i grandi quotidiani offrono giornalmente are required in college. However, increasing the explain how critical pedagogy differs from tradi- alcuni schemi da risolvere; sono nate associazioni amount of instruction is not sufficient to prepare tional educational praxis. e federazioni; vengono organizzati tornei locali, statistically literate citizens. A major change is vari campionati nazionali e persino un campio- needed in how statistics is taught. To bring about Features nato mondiale a cadenza annuale; si moltipli- this change, three dimensions of teacher knowl- 7 A concise introduction and exploration of cano le proposte di varianti del Sudoku classico; edge need to be addressed: their knowledge of Critical Pedagogy 7 Lucid and clearly written, moltissimi docenti universitari hanno avviato tesi statistical content, their pedagogical knowledge, drawing on real world examples of the applica- di laurea sull’argomento; sono stati scritti svariati and their statistical-pedagogical knowledge, tion of Critical Pedagogy in actual primary and prodotti software su PC, su hardware dedicato e i.e., their specific knowledge about how to teach secondary classrooms 7 A compliment to the sulle principali console di giochi interattivi. statistics. more theoretically-grounded Critical Pedagogy This book summarizes the research and highlights books 7 A critique of contemporary educational Fields of interest the important concepts for teachers to emphasize, theory and practice Scienza divulgativa, generale; Scienza divulgativa and shows the interrelationships among concepts. in matematica, scienze naturali, tecnologia It makes specific suggestions regarding how to Contents build classroom activities, integrate technological Introduction: Betting on Utopia. 1. Critical Target groups tools, and assess students’ learning. Pedagogy–Possibilities and Limit Situations. 2. The Pubblico generico Architecture of Power – Philosophy and Educa- Features tion. 3. The Architecture of Power (II) – Mental Type of publication 7 Summarizes an enormous number of research Health and Education. 4. Critical Pedagogy in the Libro di interesse generale studies and highlights the important statistical everyday classroom. 5. Critical Pedagogy across concepts for teachers to emphasize, as well as the curriculum. 6. Stepping Across: Aristocratic reveal the interrelationships among concepts elitism versus democratic faith. Bibliography. 7 Makes direct connections between the research results and practical suggestions for teachers by Fields of interest providing detailed sequences of activities to move Education (general); Teacher Education; Sociology from informal to formal reasoning about impor- of Education tant statistical concepts Target groups Fields of interest Teacher educators, academic researchers of educa- Instruction and Learning; Mathematics Education; tion theory and curriculum studies Cognitive Psychology Type of publication Target groups Monograph Mathematics and statistics education researchers and curriculum developers, statistics instructors: tertiary level, mathematics teachers: secondary level, mathematics education professionals
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I. Pramling Samuelsson, University of Göteborg, S. Sharan, Tel Aviv University, Netanya, Israel; Sweden; M. Fleer, Monash University, Melbourne, I. G. Chin Tan, Nanyang Technological University, New Series VIC, Australia (Eds .) Singapore Play and Learning in Early Organizing Schools for International perspectives Childhood Settings Productive Learning on early childhood education International Perspectives and development This book offers an alternative approach to This book provides the first ever cultural-historical secondary school organization. In line with the Series editors: M. Fleer, I. Pramling Samuelsson study of the play of children from birth to 2 years definition formulated by John Dewey’s philosophy of age in their early childhood education and care of education, the new approach aims to promote settings across 7 countries. Researchers from New productive learning. The book shows the way This series, seeks to provide an international Zealand, Australia, Chile, Hong Kong China, to extricate schools from their past in order to perspective on early childhood education. Japan, Sweden and USA present their investiga- respond more successfully to the requirements of tions of the play activities of infants and toddlers the information age in which we are living today. In particular, the books published in this in their early childhood settings. They examine The chapters treat the primary components of series will: the cultural construction of play in these different teachers’ work in schools in light of systems’ theory 7 Examine how learning is organized across a contexts through a cultural-historical analysis. as opposed to the organization of instruction prev- range of cultures, particularly indigenous commu- The book presents a review of the literature, alent in today’s schools that is designed in light of nities drawing upon Vygotsky’s (1966) work to frame bureaucratic theory. The book demonstrates how 7 Make visible a range of ways in which early the review, followed by a critique of research and the current principles of organization impede the childhood pedagogy is framed and enacted across theory on play within the field of early childhood change and improvement of instruction and by countries, including the majority poor countries education. It provides case examples of play within necessity create boredom and the routinization of 7 Critique how particular forms of knowledge specific countries, mostly using Barbara Rogoff’s teachers’ and students’ activity in schools. are constructed in curriculum within and across (1998) 3 planes of analysis as a common approach countries for framing and analysing the data generated. Features 7 Explore policy imperatives which shape and It further examines how play has been enacted 7 Discusses organizing schools for the new infor- have shaped how early childhood education is across countries and offers suggestions for future mation age 7 Discusses productive and engaged enacted across countries directions. learning 7 Discusses responsive schools to the 7 Examine how early childhood education is new era 7 Discusses schools as communities researched locally and globally Features 7 Discusses communities as a site for learning for 7 Examine the theoretical informants driving 7 A cultural-historical study 7 Focus on play students of all ages pedagogy and practice, and seek to find alterna- is hugely popular 7 An international research tive perspectives from those that dominate many study 7 Focus of attention on birth to three years From the contents Western heritage countries is completely under- researched 7 Concept was Students are bored in school. 1. Two Models of 7 Critique assessment practices and consider generated at an OMEP conference – the worlds School Structure. (1.) The one-by-one formula. (2.) a broader set of ways of measuring children’s largest society for early childhood and develop- The greater than one formula. 2. The School as a learning ment people Community; the School in the Community. Part 7 Examine concept formation from within the 1: The school as a community. Part 2: The school context of country-specific pedagogy and learning Contents in the community. 3. Student Engagement in outcomes 1: A cultural-historical perspective on play: Play as Learning. 4. Class Size and School Size. 5. The Inte- a leading activity across cultural communities.- grated Curriculum. 6. Duration of Class Sessions 2: Play and learning in Aotearoa/New Zealand and the Problem of Teaching Method. 7. Student early childhood education.- 3: Play and learning in Assessment. 8. A Systems Approach to Organiza- Australia.- 4: Play and learning in Chile. tion and Instruction in Schools. References.
Fields of interest Fields of interest Childhood Education Instruction and Learning; Educational Adminis- tration Target groups Early childhood researchers, early childhood Target groups academics University faculty in psychology and education, university and college students of education and Type of publication psychology, school psychologists and educational Contributed volume psychologists
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J. Zajda, L. Davies, S. Majhanovich (Eds .) Comparative and Global Pedagogies Equity, Access and Democracy in Education
The book critically examines equality, equity and democracy in education globally, from a number of perspectives. Globally, there are increasing argu- ments both for the democratisation of education and for the use of education to promote a demo- cratic society. It is argues that democratic schools would better prepare for active citizenship and for a strong civil society which are seen to be the foundation of a democratic state. The book argues that while there are inspiring examples of schools that engage in peace education or emancipatory pedadogy that work across various ethnic or religious divides, on balance the forms, structures, ideologies and purposes of formal education act to make national and international conflict more likely.
Features 7 Explores conceptual frameworks and method- ological approaches applicable in the research of globalisation, access and democracy in educa- tion 7 Examines central discourses surrounding the debate of democracy, access and equity in schooling globally 7 Illustrates how the relation- ship between globalisation, democracy and educa- tion policy affects current models and trends in schooling globally
From the contents Section I: Main Trends And Issues In Equity, Access And Democracy. 1. Globalization, Compar- ative Education and Policy Research: Equity and Access Issues. 2. Interruptive Democracy in Education. 3. The Role Of Education And Training In The Empowerment And Inclusion Of Migrants And Refugees. 4. Equity and Democratic Educa- tion in Ghana: Towards a Pedagogy of Difference. 5. Access Denied: A Story Of Resistance And Educational Implications Of New Policies In Hong Kong.- Section II: Race, Gender, And Equity.
Fields of interest Comparative Education; Curriculum Studies; Educational Policy
Target groups Academics and researchers in comparative educa- tion and policy research
Type of publication Contributed volume
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I. Doron, University of Haifa, Israel (Ed .) R. Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Y. Shiozawa, Y. Nakajima, H. Matsui, Y. Koyama, USA (Ed .) K. Taniguchi, F. Hashimoto (Eds .) Theories on Law and Ageing The Jurisprudence of Elder Law Racism in the 21st Century Artificial Market Experiments An Empirical Analysis of Skin Color with the U-Mart System
The fundamental idea of “law and ageing” as a discrete category of legal principle and theory is In the post-Civil Rights era, there is a temptation Economics went through great development in controversial: What special feature and charac- to assume that racism is no longer the pressing the 20th century. This development, which was teristics of “older adults” justify and even require social concern in the United States that it once based mainly on mathematical methods, is not a particular theoretical approach? Is it possible was. The contributors show that racism has not an appropriate method of analyzing markets to formulate legitimate generalizations about a fallen from the forefront of American society, that change every hour and every day. In a stock group identified as “older adults”, while avoiding but is manifest in a different way. According to market, prices constantly change depending on the harmful stereotypes of ageism? And what if the authors in this volume, in 21st century, skin speculation. U-Mart, a manmade market, has anything is gained by the approach? color has come to replace race as an important been proposed in order to study such instantly In an attempt to provide answers to these difficult cause of discrimination. This is evidenced in the moving markets. Although the U-Mart system is questions, this book presents a collection of increasing usage of the term “people of color” to internationally acclaimed for being at the forefront different theoretical frameworks to the field of encompass people of a variety of racial and ethnic of market research, its use is by no means limited law and ageing. Written by the leading scholars backgrounds. to a small number of researchers on the fringe. The in the field, this book describes the diverse and The editor has compiled a diverse group of contrib- whole system, including its source code, is open rich theoretical landscape of this field, and argues utors to examine racism from an interdisciplinary and is distributed without charge, testifying to a that time has come to recognize the importance of perspective. Contributions range from the science philosophy of creating and providing a common “Jurisprudential Gerontology” for the future devel- of racism, from its perceived biological basis at the test bed for research into financial markets. opment of the socio-legal science of ageing. end of the 19th century, to sociological studies its new forms in the 21st century. The result is a work Contents Features that will be invaluable to understanding the chal- Part I Practice.- 1 How to Use the U-Mart Market 7 Comprehensive review of contemporary theo- lenges of confronting Racism in the 21st Century. Simulator.- 2 How to Use the U-Mart System ries and approaches in the field of law and ageing Network Edition.- 3 Futures Market and U-Mart 7 Combination of jurisprudential discussion of Features Experiment.- Part II Application.- 4 A Case of law and ageing with specific case law analysis 7 Comprehensive, multidisciplinary study of U-Mart Experiment by Human Agents.- 5 Statis- 7 Written by the leading scholars in the field racism 7 Gives historical overview as well as tical Analysis of U-Mart Experiments by Humans.- detailed examination of the current state 6 Possibility and Meaning of the U-Mart.- An Contents 7 Written for researchers and scholars, but will be Attached CD-ROM Composition.- B Log Format.- Why Theorize Elder Law?- A Personal Perspec- of interest to a general audience C Machine Agents Embedded in the U-Mart tive.- Later Life Legal Planning.- Therapeutic System.- D Publication List.- Bibliography.- Index. Jurisprudence.- A Feminist Perspective.- Contents A Multi-Dimensional Model.- Law and Skin Color and Latinos with Disabilities.- Skin Field of interest Economics.- Disability Law Perspective.- Equity Color, Immigrant Wages, and Discrimination.- Sociology Theory.- Mental-Health Perspective.- The Future Skin Color and Race.- Skin Color Biases.- Lifetime of Elder Law. Prevalence and Quality of Interracial Interactions Target groups on Color Consciousness among White Young Scientists, researchers, practitioners and Fields of interest Adults.- Bleaching Syndrome among People of professionals Aging; Demography; Law Theory/Law Philosophy Color.- The Latin Americanization of U.S. Race Relations.- Brown Outs.- Fairness on the Job.- The Type of publication Target groups Cost of Color.- “There is no Discrimination Here.” Monograph Scholars and professionals who deal with issues of ageing and law, policymakers, NGO’s, graduate Fields of interest students, academic libraries Sociology; Social Psychology
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S. Bernecker, University of California at Irvine, CA, B. de Finetti, A. Mura, University of Sassari, Italy (Ed .) G. Schiemann, University of Wuppertal, Germany USA Philosophical Lectures on The Loss of Certainty The Metaphysics of Memory Probability Herman von Helmholtz’s Mechanism at the collected, edited, and annotated by Dawn of Modernity. A Study on the Transition Alberto Mura from Classical to Modern Philosophy of This book investigates central issues in the Nature philosophy of memory. Does remembering require Introduction by: M. C. Galavotti a causal process connecting the past representa- Translated by: H. Hosni tion to its subsequent recall and, if so, what is the Two seemingly contradictory tendencies have nature of the causal process? Of what kind are the accompanied the development of the natural primary intentional objects of memory states? The book contains the transcription of a course sciences in the past 150 years. On the one hand, How do we know that our memory experiences on the foundations of probability given by the the natural sciences have been instrumental in portray things the way they happened in the past? Italian mathematician Bruno de Finetti in 1979 at effecting a thoroughgoing transformation of social Given that our memory is not only a passive device the “National Institute of Advanced Mathematics” structures and have made a permanent impact for reproducing thoughts but also an active device in Rome. Bruno de Finetti (1906-1985) is known on the conceptual world of human beings. This for processing stored thoughts, when are thoughts worldwide as the founder (together with F.P. historical period has, on the other hand, also sufficiently similar to be memory-related? Ramsey) of the modern personal probability. His brought to light the merely hypothetical validity The Metaphysics of Memory defends a version fundamental idea of coherence, along with his of scientific knowledge. As late as the middle of of the causal theory of memory, argues for direct Dutch Book argument, continues to play a central the 19th century the truth-pathos in the natural realism about memory, proposes an externalist role in the debates about the foundations of prob- sciences was still unbroken. Yet in the succeeding response to skepticism about memory knowl- ability and decision theory. Moreover, his notion years these claims to certain knowledge under- edge, and develops a contextualist account of the of exchangeability and the related Representation went a fundamental crisis. For scientists today, of factivity constraint on memory. Theorem are at the heart of the modern Bayes- course, the fact that their knowledge can possess ianism in statistics and epistemology. only relative validity is a matter of self-evidence. Features Unlike the hard-to-read two-volumes major work 7 First book on the metaphysics of memory in “Theory of Probability” (1970) (translated into Features four decades 7 Most comprehensive discussion English and published in 1974 by Wiley), this book 7 First English comprehensive contribution to to date of the causal theory of memory 7 A novel is accessible to a wide audience, being conducted one of the leading German physicists in the 19th contextualist theory of memorial authenticity at a very elementary mathematical level, with no century 7 An informative account of a highly 7 Study avails itself of contemporary psychology sacrifice of conceptual rigour. important part of the history of science and a reconstruction of a conception of science that Contents Features is greatly widespread to this day 7 Profound Acknowledgments.- 1. Setting the Stage.- Part 7 The best non technical introduction to the analysis of the interaction between classical physics I: Memory Causation.- 2. The Motivation of the radical subjectivism in probability by its founder, and philosophy of nature Causal Theory of Memory.- 3. An Argument for thoroughly commented on by one of his students Memory Traces.- 4. From Traces to Recall.- Part 7 A guide to de Finetti’s radical probabilism From the contents II: Objects of Memory.- 5. The Primary Objects of and its impact on today’s philosophical debates Introduction I. The Concept of Mechanism. II. Memory.- 6. Against Representative Realism.- 7 A unique testimony of de Finetti’s views by a Mechanism as a Classical Philosophy of Nature. 7. Skepticism, Externalism, and Closure.- Part III: commented transcription of his interaction with III. The Three Lines of Traditions of Mechanism. Truth in Memory.- 8. The Factivity Constraint.- his peers and students IV. Contours of a Modern Philosophy of Nature. 9. Diachronic Content Similarity.- 10. The Pragmatic Dimension of Memory.- Bibliography.- Fields of interest Fields of interest Index. Philosophy of Science; Epistemology; Probability Philosophy of Nature; History of Science; Philos- Theory and Stochastic Processes ophy of Science Fields of interest Metaphysics; Philosophy of Mind; Philosophy Target groups Target groups Epistemologists, philosophers of science, social Scholars and students of history, history of science, Target groups scientists, statisticians, economists, historians of history of physics, history of philosophy, history of Professional philosophers as well as graduate and mathematics and statistics, and everyone interested the philosophy of science, philosophers of science advanced undergraduate students in philosophy, in subjective Bayesianism and related philosoph- and technology especially those who work in metaphysics and ical problems in general philosophy of mind Type of publication Type of publication Monograph Type of publication Collection of essays Monograph
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P. Brugger, A. Runehov, P. H. Duran, R. F. Paloutzian, R. Sherma, Binghamton University, Binghamton, R. Seitz, E. Borgman, J. Frye, J. Belzen (Eds .) NY, USA; A. Sharma, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada (Eds .) Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions Hermeneutics and Hindu Thought: Toward a Fusion of Associate editor: K. Bulkeley Horizons Editor-in-chief: N. Azari
The advent of Hindu Studies coincides with the The Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions will emergence of modern hermeneutics. Despite map the (self-)identities of current and prospective this co-emergence and rich possibilities inherent participants in a scholarly area ‘Science and Reli- in dialectical encounters between theories of gion’ - i.e., all academic disciplines, religious tradi- modern and post-modern hermeneutics, and tions, across all cultures - by implicitly drawing those of Hindu hermeneutical traditions, such an out from each how it sees itself in relation to the enterprise has not been widely endeavored. The conceptual domains of ‘Science’ and ‘Religion’, how aim of this volume is to initiate such an interface. each, within its own disciplinary/tradition bounds, Essays in this volume reflect one or more of the treats a set of key issues/themes/concepts that have following categories: (1) Examination of challenges thus far emerged as central to the area ‘Science and and possibilities inherent in applying Western Religion’. hermeneutics to Hindu traditions. (2) Critiques of certain heuristics used, historically, to “under- Fields of interest stand” Hindu traditions. (3) Elicitation of new Religious Studies; Science, general; Philosophy of hermeneutical paradigms from Hindu thought, to Religion develop cross-cultural or dialogical hermeneutics. Applications of interpretive methodologies Target groups conditioned by Western culture to classify Indian Scholars in the field of religious studies - especially thought have had important impacts. those working in the area of ‘science and religion’; scholars in the field of any academic discipline Features that have an interest in religion and the relation 7 Highlights the interpretive dimension of between science and religion; people interested in religion (Hinduism) and the religious dimension the topics of ‘interdisciplinarity’ - currently a hot of interpretation (Western hermeneutics) 7 Seeks topic in the human sciences – and ‘disciplinary transcultural value in Hindu resources of herme- identity’; scholars pursuing cross-cultural studies neutics, and presents Hindu thought in a new light in religion by recontextualizing it with Western hermeneutics
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L. Dybkjær, H. Hemsen, W. Minker (Eds .) V. Van Geenhoven (Ed .) Evaluation of Text and Speech Semantics in Acquisition Systems This volume contains a collection of writings that focuses on semantic phenomena and their In its nine chapters, this book provides an over- interpretation in the analysis of the language view of the state of the art and best practice in of a learner. The variety of phenomena that are several sub-fields of evaluation of text and speech addressed is substantial: temporal aspect and systems and components. The evaluation aspects tense, specificity, quantification, scope, finiteness, covered include speech and speaker recognition, focus structure, and focus particles. The number of speech synthesis, animated talking agents, part- languages in which these phenomena are investi- of-speech tagging, parsing, and natural language gated is very large as well: Dutch, English, German, software like machine translation, information Inuktitut, Italian, Japanese, and Polish, to name a retrieval, question answering, spoken dialogue few. The volume creates a theoretical as well as an systems, data resources, and annotation schemes. empirical bridge between semantic research on the With its broad coverage and original contributions one hand and psycholinguistic acquisition studies this book is unique in the field of evaluation of on the other. speech and language technology. This book is of particular relevance to advanced Features undergraduate students, PhD students, academic 7 The two linguistic subfields of semantics and and industrial researchers, and practitioners. language acquisition are connected to each other, which has rarely been done before 7 Semantics Features usually deals with adult language, and language 7 Unique and original collection of chapters acquisition usually is studied from the perspective on text and speech systems evaluation 7 Broad of syntax or from a functional perspective, but not coverage of the field of text and speech systems and systematically from a formal semantic one their evaluation 7 Includes chapters on language resources and standard 7 Benefit to those Contents working in the broad area of speech and language Acquisition and Interpretation: A Brief Introduc- technology evaluation tion / Veerle Van Geenhoven.- Part I: The Develop- ment of the Syntax-Semantics Interface. Papers by: Contents Greg Carlson; Tom Roeper; Ayumi Matsuo.- Part Preface. Contributing Authors. Introduction.- II: Acquiring Universal Quantification. Papers 1. Speech and Speaker Recognition Evaluation.- by: Luisa Meroni, Andrea Gualmini and Stephen 2. Evaluation of Speech Synthesis.- 3. Talking Crain; Kenneth F. Drozd and Erik Van Loosbroek; Animated Interface Agents.- 4. Evaluating Part-of- Julien Musolino.- Part III: Time in the Language Speech Tagging and Parsing.- 5. General Principles of a Learner. Papers by: Veerle Van Geenhoven; of User Oriented Evaluation.- 6. An Overview of Mary Swift; Marianne Starren.- Part IV: Finiteness Evaluation Methods in TREC Ad-Hoc Information and its Development. Papers by: Wolfgang Klein; Retrieval and TREC Question Answering.- Petra Gretsch.- Part V: Focus Particles in Child 7. Spoken Dialogue Systems Evaluation.- Language. Papers by: Ulrike Nederstigt; Wenda 8. Linguistic Resources, Development and Evalu- Bergsma.- Subject Index. ation.- 9. Towards International Standards for Language Resources.- Index. Fields of interest Psycholinguistics; Semantics; Comparative Fields of interest Linguistics Computational Linguistics; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction Target groups Graduates and researchers in semantics and Target groups psycholinguistic acquisition Advanced undergraduate students, PhD students, academic and industrial researchers and practi- Type of publication tioners Contributed volume
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