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Volume 22, entitled Metal Ions in Bio-Imaging Techniques, of the
series Metal Ions in Life Sciences deals with metal ions as tools
in imaging. This dates back to the first half of the past century,
when barium sulfate was orally given to patients undergoing X-ray
examination. The use of contrast agents has since developed into a
large interdisciplinary field encompassing not only medicine, but
also chemistry, material sciences, physics, biology, engineering,
and computer sciences. MILS-22 provides deep and current insights
in 17 stimulating chapters on the new research frontiers of this
fast growing field on bio-imaging ... and beyond. For example,
adding bio-sensing yields theranostic agents, meaning diagnosis and
therapy linked in the same molecule; ions of Gd, Mn, Fe, Co, Ir,
99mTc, etc., are involved. Other important topics are, e.g., metal
complexes in paramagnetic Chemical Exchange Transfer (paraCEST),
radiometals for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging, or
paramagnetic metal ion probes for 19F magnetic resonance imaging.
MILS-22 is written by 57 internationally recognized experts from 12
countries, that is, from the US via Europe to China. The impact of
this vibrant research area is manifested by more than 2300
references and nearly 120 figures, mostly in color, and several
informative tables. To conclude, Metal Ions in Bio-Imaging
Techniques is an essential resource for scientists working in the
wide range from material sciences, enzymology, analytic, organic,
and inorganic biochemistry all the way through to medicine
including the clinic ... not forgetting that also excellent
information for teaching is provided.
Volume 18, entitled Metallo-Drugs: Development and Action of
Anticancer Agents of the series Metal Ions in Life Sciences centers
on biological, medicinal inorganic chemistry. The serendipitous
discovery of the antitumor activity of
cis-diamminodichloroplatinum(II) (cisplatin) by Barnett Rosenberg
in the 1960s is a landmark in metallodrug-based chemotherapy. The
success of cisplatin in the clinic, followed by oxaliplatin and
carboplatin, along with their drawbacks relating mainly to
resistance development and severe toxicity, initiated research on
polynuclear platinum complexes and on Pt(IV) complexes as prodrugs.
Furthermore, the indicated shortcomings led to the exploration of
other transition and main group metal ions, among them Ru(II/III),
Au(I/III), Ti(IV), V(IV/V), and Ga(III) including also the
essential metal ions Fe(II/III), Cu(I/II), and Zn(II). Ionic as
well as covalent and non-covalent interactions between structurally
very different complexes and biomolecules like nucleic acids,
proteins, and carbohydrates are studied and discussed with regard
to their possible anticancer actions. Hence, MILS-18 summarizes the
research at the forefront of medicinal inorganic chemistry,
including studies on the next-generation, tailor-made anticancer
drugs. All this and more is treated in an authoritative and timely
manner in the 17 stimulating chapters of this book, written by 39
internationally recognized experts from 10 nations (from the US via
Europe to China and Australia). The impact of this vibrant research
area is manifested by more than 2700 references, nearly 150
illustrations (more than half in color) and several comprehensive
tables. Metallo-Drugs: Development and Action of Anticancer Agents
is an essential resource for scientists working in the wide range
from enzymology, material sciences, analytical, organic, and
inorganic biochemistry all the way through to medicine including
the clinic ... not forgetting that it also provides excellent
information for teaching.
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An investigation was conducted to examine the effect of a row of
cylindrical surface dimples in reducing the heat load on a turbine
blade leading edge model. The models consisted of a foam
cylindrical leading edge with a flat afterbody fabricated from
Plexiglass. A single coolant hole was located 21.5- from the
leading edge, angled 20- to the surface and 90- from the streamwise
direction. The leading edge diameter to hole diameter ratio was D/d
= 18.7. A row of seven dimples was placed upstream of one of the
coolant holes. Infrared thermography techniques were used to
determine the adiabatic effectiveness, ? and heat transfer
coefficient, h, distributions so that the net heat flux reduction
could be calculated. Freestream conditions consisted of Reynolds
numbers of 60,000 and 30,000 at both low turbulence and high
turbulence.
Scientific Study from the year 2006 in the subject Business
economics - Personnel and Organisation, grade: 2,0, Maastricht
University (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration,
Studiengang International Business), language: English, abstract:
Inhaltsangabe: Abstract: Burnout is a multidimensional
psychological syndrome that evolves as a reaction to chronic stress
in the workplace. It results in an irrevocable depletion of a
person's energies and emotional resources with various negative
consequences for individuals and organizations. In the past 30
years researchers tried to understand the burnout construct in its
complexity and offered diverse answers to questions of why burnout
appears and how it can be measured. But despite the broad academic
research on burnout, the knowledge base is still lacking a
comprehensive approach on how to prevent burnout from happening and
how to alleviate organizations from its the negative implications.
This thesis gives insights by integrating various research findings
with tangible management techniques. A theoretical model is
constructed for offsetting burnout and its consequences. A list of
12 multidirectional propositions is given that managers may apply
to proactively decrease burnout and its effects. The implementation
of effective individual, managerial or organizational patterns to
deal proactively with burnout depends largely on manager's clear
and accurate understanding of the burnout construct, before acting
on its consequences. For that reason it is inevitable for managers
to comprehend the burnout phenomenon in its multidimensional and
holistic whole. Accordingly, chapter two will explicate the
theoretical burnout construct to a managerial audience. A summary
of the historical and empirical research activities will be given
in section 2.1 in order to provide a better understanding of how
the knowledge base on burnout evolved over time to its current
state. Section 2.2 offers explanations for the three burnout
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