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This book is a comprehensive guide to new DFT methods that will
show the readers how to design a testable and quality product,
drive down test cost, improve product quality and yield, and speed
up time-to-market and time-to-volume.
Gene regulatory networks are the most complex, extensive control
systems found in nature. The interaction between biology and
evolution has been the subject of great interest in recent years.
The author, Eric Davidson, has been instrumental in elucidating
this relationship. He is a world renowned scientist and a major
contributor to the field of developmental biology.
This is a hands-on reference guide for the maintenance or
reliability engineer and plant manager. As the third volume in the
"Life Cycle Engineering" series, this book takes the guiding
principles of Lean Manufacturing and Maintenance and applies these
concepts to everyday planning and scheduling tasks allowing
engineers to keep their equipment running smoothly, while
decreasing downtime. The authors offer invaluable advice on the
effective use of work orders and schedules and how they fit into
the overall maintenance plan.
This volume covers the formation and biogeochemistry of a variety of important sediment types from their initial formation through their conversion (diagenesis) to sedimentary rocks. The volume deals with the chemical, mineralogical, and isotopic properties of sediments and sedimentary rocks and their use in interpreting the environment of formation and subsequent events in the history of sediments, and the nature of the ocean-atmosphere system through geological time.
Neurobiology of Addiction is conceived as a current survey and
synthesis of the most important findings in our understanding of
the neurobiological mechanisms of addiction over the past 50 years.
The book includes a scholarly introduction, thorough descriptions
of animal models of addiction, and separate chapters on the
neurobiological mechanisms of addiction for psychostimulants,
opioids, alcohol, nicotine and cannabinoids. Key information is
provided about the history, sources, and pharmacokinetics and
psychopathology of addiction of each drug class, as well as the
behavioral and neurobiological mechanism of action for each drug
class at the molecular, cellular and neurocircuitry level of
analysis. A chapter on neuroimaging and drug addiction provides a
synthesis of exciting new data from neuroimaging in human addicts -
a unique perspective unavailable from animal studies. The final
chapters explore theories of addiction at the neurobiological and
neuroadaptational level both from a historical and integrative
perspective.
Worm gears are special gears that resemble screws, and can be used
to drive other gears. Worm gears, enable two non-touching shafts in
a machine to mesh (join) together.
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is an analytical tool used by
chemists and physicists to study the structure and dynamics of
molecules. In recent years, no other technique has grown to such
importance as NMR spectroscopy. It is used in all branches of
science where precise structural determination is required and
where the nature of interactions and reactions in solution is being
studied. Annual Reports on NMR has established itself as a premier
means for the specialist and nonspecialist alike to become familiar
with new techniques and applications of NMR spectroscopy.
In this volume, six review articles which cover a broad range of
topics of current interest in modern optics are included.
Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry provides the chemical community with authoritative and critical assessments of the many aspects of physical organic chemistry. The field is a rapidly developing one, with results and methodologies finding applications from biology to solid state physics. This text is ideal for those interested in the relationship between the structure and function of organic compounds, including physical and theoretical chemists as well as organic and bioorganic chemists.
Introduced 160 years ago as an attempt to generalize complex
numbers to higher dimensions, quaternions are now recognized as one
of the most important concepts in modern computer graphics. They
offer a powerful way to represent rotations and compared to
rotation matrices they use less memory, compose faster, and are
naturally suited for efficient interpolation of rotations. Despite
this, many practitioners have avoided quaternions because of the
mathematics used to understand them, hoping that some day a more
intuitive description will be available.
Benjamin Bederson contributed to the world of physics in many
areas: in atomic physics, where he achieved renown by his
scattering and polarizability experiments, as the Editor-in-Chief
for the American Physical Society, where he saw the introduction of
electronic publishing and a remarkable growth of the APS journals,
with ever increasing world-wide contributions to these highly
esteemed journals, and as the originator of a number of
international physics conferences in the fields of atomic and
collision physics, which are continuing to this day. Bederson was
also a great teacher and university administrator.
This book offers pertinent basic science information on strategies
used for the rational design and discovery of novel anticancer
agents, and, in addition, translational studies involving clinical
trial design and execution with these novel, mostly cytostatic
agents. This book covers basic science strategies that are being
used in drug discovery and preclinical evaluation focused on novel
molecular targets, as well as clinical trial methodology including
clinical pharmacokinetics and imaging to address issues of efficacy
evaluation of the new, relatively non-cytotoxic anticancer agents.
Comprised of two separate volumes, Neuroimaging provides a
state-of-the-art review of a broad range of neuroimaging techniques
applied to both clinical and research settings. The breadth of the
methods covered is matched by the depth of description of the
theoretical background. Part B covers the application of
neuroimaging in both research and clinical settings for the study
of anxiety disorders, dementia, depression, schizophrenia,
functional somatic syndromes, stroke, and multiple sclerosis using
a range of neuroimaging modalities including CT, PET, SPECT, DTI,
structural MRI and fMRI. One chapter is devoted to the study of
brain development using structural MRI, and one chapter to the
study of pediatric neurobehavioral disorders using fMRI. One of the
most exciting recent applications of neuroimaging to the area of
genetics is covered, and with the theory and application of
neuroreceptor imaging in psychiatry, forms the final two chapters.
Much effort has been devoted to developing theories to explain the
wide variation we observe in reproductive allocation among
environments. Reproductive Allocation in Plants describes why
plants differ in the proportion of their resources that they
allocate to reproduction and looks into the various theories. This
book examines the ecological and evolutionary explanations for
variation in plant reproductive allocation from the perspective of
the underlying physiological mechanisms controlling reproduction
and growth. An international team of leading experts have prepared
chapters summarizing the current state of the field and offering
their views on the factors determining reproductive allocation in
plants. This will be a valuable resource for senior undergraduate
students, graduate students and researchers in ecology, plant
ecophysiology, and population biology.
As with the previous edition, the third edition of Engineering
Tribology provides a thorough understanding of friction and wear
using technologies such as lubrication and special materials.
Tribology is a complex topic with its own terminology and
specialized concepts, yet is vitally important throughout all
engineering disciplines, including mechanical design, aerodynamics,
fluid dynamics and biomedical engineering. This edition includes
updated material on the hydrodynamic aspects of tribology as well
as new advances in the field of biotribology, with a focus
throughout on the engineering applications of tribology.
Fixtures--the component or assembly that holds a part undergoing
machining--must be designed to fit the shape of that part and the
type of machining being done. This book discusses the fundamentals
of Computer-Aided Fixture Design (CAFD) techniques and covers
fixture planning, fixture design (both modular and dedicated
fixtures), fixture design verifications, and the overall
integration with CAD/CAM. The book shows how CAFD may lead to a
significant reduction of product and process development time and
production cost, and how CAFD can increase quality assurance
through simulation and science-based technical specification and
cost estimation in business quoting, especially in current
supplier-based manufacturing. It also provides case study examples.
Vascular Transport in Plants provides an up-to-date synthesis of
new research on the biology of long distance transport processes in
plants. It will be a valuable resource and reference for
researchers and graduate level students in physiology, molecular
biology, physiology, ecology, ecological physiology, development,
and all applied disciplines related to agriculture, horticulture,
forestry and biotechnology. The book considers long-distance
transport from the perspective of molecular level processes to
whole plant function, allowing readers to integrate information
relating to vascular transport across multiple scales. The book is
unique in presenting xylem and phloem transport processes in plants
together in a comparative style that emphasizes the important
interactions between these two parallel transport systems.
Without sensors most electronic applications would not exist-they
perform a vital function, namely providing an interface to the real
world. The importance of sensors, however, contrasts with the
limited information available on them. Today's smart sensors,
wireless sensors, and microtechnologies are revolutionizing sensor
design and applications. This volume is an up-to-date and
comprehensive sensor reference guide to be used by engineers and
scientists in industry, research, and academia to help with their
sensor selection and system design. It is filled with hard-to-find
information, contributed by noted engineers and companies working
in the field today. The book will offer guidance on selecting,
specifying, and using the optimum sensor for any given application.
The editor-in-chief, Jon Wilson, has years of experience in the
sensor industry and leads workshops and seminars on sensor-related
topics.
The scope of service provided by professional accountants is
influenced by legislation and case law as well as the dictates of a
variety of government and private sector agencies: including State
Boards of Accountancy, Academic Accreditation Bodies, the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission, the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board, independent standard setting bodies
such as the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (US), the
Financial Accounting Standards Board (US), the International
Accounting Standards Board and self-regulatory organizations such
as State Societies of CPA and the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants. There are equivalent and emerging local
international bodies that exist in most developed countries. It is
important for academics, students, practitioners, regulators and
researchers to consider, study and understand the role and
relationship of such bodies with the practice and content of our
discipline. Research in Accounting Regulation is a refereed annual serial that seeks to publish high quality manuscripts, which address regulatory issues and policy affecting the practice of accountancy, broadly defined. Topics of interest include research based on: 1) Self-regulatory activities. This research series aims to encourage the submission of original empirical, behavioural or applied research manuscripts that consider strategic and policy implications for regulation, regulatory models and markets. It is intended for individual researchers, practitioners, regulators andstudents of accountancy who desire to increase their understanding of the regulation of accountancy.
The second edition of this popular engineering reference book,
previously titles Newnes Electrical Engineer's Handbook, provides a
basic understanding of the underlying theory and operation of the
major classes of electrical equipment.
Mechatronics is a core subject for engineers, combining elements of
mechanical and electronic engineering into the development of
computer-controlled mechanical devices such as DVD players or
anti-lock braking systems. This book is the most comprehensive text
available for both mechanical and electrical engineering students
and will enable them to engage fully with all stages of mechatronic
system design. It offers broader and more integrated coverage than
other books in the field with practical examples, case studies and
exercises throughout and an Instructor's Manual. A further key
feature of the book is its integrated coverage of programming the
PIC microcontroller, and the use of MATLAB and Simulink programming
and modelling, along with code files for downloading from the
accompanying website.
It's a plain fact: regardless of how smart, creative, and
innovative your organization is, there are more smart, creative,
and innovative people outside your organization than inside. Open
source offers the possibility of bringing more innovation into your
business by building a creative community that reaches beyond the
barriers of the business. The key is developing a web-driven
community where new types of collaboration and creativity can
flourish. Since 1998 Ron Goldman and Richard Gabriel have been
helping groups at Sun Microsystems understand open source and
advising them on how to build successful communities around open
source projects. In this book the authors present lessons learned
from their own experiences with open source, as well as those from
other well-known projects such as Linux, Apache, and Mozilla.
The voices of birds have always been a source of fascination.
Nature's Music brings together some of the world's experts on
birdsong, to review the advances that have taken place in our
understanding of how and why birds sing, what their songs and calls
mean, and how they have evolved. All contributors have strived to
speak, not only to fellow experts, but also to the general reader.
The result is a book of readable science, richly illustrated with
recordings and pictures of the sounds of birds.
As the Internet has grown, so have the challenges associated with
delivering static, streaming, and dynamic content to end-users.
This book is unique in that it addresses the topic of content
networking exclusively and comprehensively, tracing the evolution
from traditional web caching to today's open and vastly more
flexible architecture. With this evolutionary approach, the authors
emphasize the field's most persistent concepts, principles, and
mechanisms--the core information that will help you understand why
and how content delivery works today, and apply that knowledge in
the future.
This volume, from an international authority on the subject, deals
with the physical and instrumentation aspects of measurement
science, the availability of major measurement tools, and how to
use them. This book not only lays out basic concepts of electronic
measurement systems, but also provides numerous examples and
exercises for the student. |
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