The increasingly sophisticated and powerful information technology we are creating plays an ever more prominent role in facilitating interaction and cooperation in everyday life. The time has come to harness it in the service of scientific research. This pathbreaking book describes the technical and social challenges and opportunities of electronic collaboration and offers specific examples of the ways in which it has not only facilitated but in some cases enabled work by scientists. Key players all, the chapter authors illuminate the general issues with their first-hand accounts. Very few researchers today can work in isolation. "Electronic Collaboration in Science" provides the first clear road map for all whose investigations are leading them into this fascinating new multidisciplinary domain.

'Laboratory Design Guide' takes the reader through the complex stages of laboratory design and construction, offering practical advice and detailed examples.
Brian Griffin's working manual covers the latest designs for new and evolving laboratory practices and equipment and includes current and future requirements for laboratories such as automation. Case studies illustrate the points made and represent the international view of the principles of laboratory design.
'Laboratory Design Guide' will prove invaluable to all those responsible for the design of laboratory buildings: the client; architect; engineer; building project manager and scientist.
Brian Griffin is a full-time laboratory design consultant. His 15 years' experience in this field have resulted in many published articles on the subject and numerous lectures to laboratory managers and scientists. This close contact with the industry has increased Brian Griffin's awareness of the trends in laboratory practice and the need for effective design of new facilities.
Working design manual for all members of the lab design team
Shows the design process from start to finish
Incorporates the very latest designs for new and evolving laboratory practices and equipment

In this volume, the authors begin by defining usability, advocating and explaining the methods of usability engineering and reviewing many techniques for assessing and assuring usablity throughout the development process. They then follow all the steps in planning and conducting a usability test, analyzing data and using the results to improve both products and processes. Using examples from many types of products and tests, the book discusses the full range of testing options from quick studies with few subjects to more formal tests with carefully designed controls. The authors discuss the place of usability laboratories in testing as well as the skills needed to conduct a test. Included are forms to use or modify to conduct a usability test, as well as layouts of existing labs that should help the reader build his or her own.

Aiming to provide a reference and general introductory volume for industrial and academic scientists, this text provides a practical guide to automated processes in the laboratory. It can also serve as a text for an introductory or advanced course on laboratory automation. The reader can focus on a particular technology and obtain sufficient information or read the entire book for a comprehensive view of the field of lab automation. The book covers the many forms of laboratory automation, ranging from robotics, which can allow for automated sample preparation and subsequent analysis, to flow injection analysis and other forms of automated systems. The final facet of many automated systems, LIMS, is also addressed.

Focused, streamlined, and designed throughout to meet the needs of the one-term GOB Lab course, this manual features 14 easy-to-follow experiments (6 general chemistry, 4 organic chemistry, and 4 biochemistry) that include clear directions and illustrate the key concepts important for an allied health career. Pre- and post-lab questions for every experiment test the reader's ability to apply concepts.

Succeed in your course using this lab manual's unique blend of laboratory skills and exercises that effectively illustrate concepts from the main text, CHEMISTRY FOR TODAY: GENERAL, ORGANIC, AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 8e. The book's 15 general chemistry and 20 organic/biochemistry safety-scale laboratory experiments use small quantities of chemicals and emphasize safety and proper disposal of materials. "Safety-scale' is the authors' own term for describing the amount of chemicals each lab experiment requires--less than macroscale quantities, which are expensive and hazardous, and more than microscale quantities, which are difficult to work with and require special equipment.