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Since the heyday of research on aggression in the late 1960s,
developments in several varied areas had enabled us to take a new
look at this important though difficult topic. Recent findings and
sophisticated new techniques in behavior genetic analysis at the
time had made it possible not only to enhance our understanding of
the genetic mechanisms underlying aggressive behavior, but also to
provide some reasonable suggestions as to the role of aggression in
evolution. Originally published in 1983, there had been significant
advances in genetic and neural research and a much more
sophisticated and heuristic approach to the measurement and
conceptualization of aggressive behavior had developed. The ten
chapters in this volume provide a thorough overview of these new
approaches and methodologies. There are also suggestions regarding
the scope of future research on aggressive behavior, since much of
what is presented describes the ongoing research activities of the
contributors. This book is divided into four sections: The first
provides a systematic foundation for research on aggression, and a
description of some of the newer strategies for research in this
area; the second concerns quantitative genetic analyses, selection
data from both wild and laboratory populations, and situational
determinants of aggressive behavior; the third section details new
and exciting findings in neurochemical and neuropharmacological
effects; and the last section contains a chapter that provides a
summary and synthesis of all that has come before.
Since the heyday of research on aggression in the late 1960s,
developments in several varied areas had enabled us to take a new
look at this important though difficult topic. Recent findings and
sophisticated new techniques in behavior genetic analysis at the
time had made it possible not only to enhance our understanding of
the genetic mechanisms underlying aggressive behavior, but also to
provide some reasonable suggestions as to the role of aggression in
evolution. Originally published in 1983, there had been significant
advances in genetic and neural research and a much more
sophisticated and heuristic approach to the measurement and
conceptualization of aggressive behavior had developed. The ten
chapters in this volume provide a thorough overview of these new
approaches and methodologies. There are also suggestions regarding
the scope of future research on aggressive behavior, since much of
what is presented describes the ongoing research activities of the
contributors. This book is divided into four sections: The first
provides a systematic foundation for research on aggression, and a
description of some of the newer strategies for research in this
area; the second concerns quantitative genetic analyses, selection
data from both wild and laboratory populations, and situational
determinants of aggressive behavior; the third section details new
and exciting findings in neurochemical and neuropharmacological
effects; and the last section contains a chapter that provides a
summary and synthesis of all that has come before.
Skin is a multifarious image in medieval culture: the material
basis for forming a sense of self and relation to the world, as
well as a powerful literary and visual image. Treating key medieval
English texts and traditions, from romance and exemplum to
technical treatises and encyclopedias, the essays in this
collection show the subject of skin to be a peculiarly resistant
and revealing mode of reading texts, highlighting not the
hierarchy, but the interdependency of the senses, and laying bare
the intimacy of the human, the animal, the divine and the monstrous
in medieval natural philosophy, pastoralia and ethics, and the
literary imagination.
Skin is a multifarious image in medieval culture: the material
basis for forming a sense of self and relation to the world, as
well as a powerful literary and visual image. This book explores
the presence of skin in medieval literature and culture from a
range of literary, religious, aesthetic, historical, medical, and
theoretical perspectives.
Experts in rheology and polymer processing present up-to-date,
fundamental and applied information on the rheological properties
of polymers, in particular those relevant to processing,
contributing to the physical understanding and the mathematical
modelling of polymer processing sequences. Basic concepts of
non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, micro-rheological modelling and
constitutive modelling are reviewed, and rheological measurements
are described. Topics with practical relevance are debated, such as
linear viscoelasticity, converging and diverging flows, and the
rheology of multiphase systems. Approximation methods are discussed
for the computer modelling of polymer melt flow. Subsequently,
polymer processing technologies are studied from both simulation
and engineering perspectives. Mixing, crystallization and reactive
processing aspects are also included. Audience: An integrated and
complete view of polymer processing and rheology, important to
institutions and individuals engaged in the characterisation,
testing, compounding, modification and processing of polymeric
materials. Can also support academic polymer processing engineering
programs.
Experts in rheology and polymer processing present up-to-date,
fundamental and applied information on the rheological properties
of polymers, in particular those relevant to processing,
contributing to the physical understanding and the mathematical
modelling of polymer processing sequences. Basic concepts of
non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, micro-rheological modelling and
constitutive modelling are reviewed, and rheological measurements
are described. Topics with practical relevance are debated, such as
linear viscoelasticity, converging and diverging flows, and the
rheology of multiphase systems. Approximation methods are discussed
for the computer modelling of polymer melt flow. Subsequently,
polymer processing technologies are studied from both simulation
and engineering perspectives. Mixing, crystallization and reactive
processing aspects are also included. Audience: An integrated and
complete view of polymer processing and rheology, important to
institutions and individuals engaged in the characterisation,
testing, compounding, modification and processing of polymeric
materials. Can also support academic polymer processing engineering
programs.
Rheology is, by common consent, a difficult subject and some of the
theoretical components are often viewed as being of prohibitive
complexity by scientists without a strong mathematical background.
There are also the difficulties inherent in any multidisciplinary
science like rheology for those with a specific training.
Therefore, newcomers to the field are sometimes discouraged, and
for them the existing texts on the subject - some of which are
outstanding - are of limited assistance because of their depth of
detail and highly mathematical nature.
This book introduces the subject of rheology in terms
understandable to non-experts and describes the application of
rheological principles to many industrial products and processes.
It provides a simple but authoritative guide which shows clearly
how mathematics, physics and chemistry have contributed to the
development of rheology. The generic features of all liquid-like
materials are summarised, i.e. viscosity, linear viscoelasticity,
normal stresses and extensional viscosity. Particular systems are
then discussed, i.e. polymeric liquids and suspensions. The final
chapter gives an outline of the theoretical advances which have
been made. Consistent notation and nomenclature have been used
throughout the book, and the key textbooks and publications which
will enable the reader to follow up particular topics are listed.
This literally "refreshing" collection is based on the notion that
the future of bioethics is inseparable from its past. Seminal works
provide a unique and relatively unexplored vehicle for
investigating not only where bioethics began, but where it may be
going as well. In this volume, a number of the pioneers in
bioethics - Tom Beauchamp, Lisa Sowle Cahill, James Childress,
Charles E. Curran, Patricia King, H. Tristram Engelhardt, William
F. May, Edmund D. Pellegrino, Warren Reich, Robert Veatch and LeRoy
Walters - reflect on their early work and how they fit into the
past and future of bioethics. Coming from many disciplines,
generations, and perspectives, these trailblazing authors provide a
broad overview of the history and current state of the field.
Invaluable to anyone with a serious interest in the development and
future of bioethics, at a time when new paths into medical
questions are made almost daily, "The Story of Bioethics" is a
Baedeker beyond compare.
The science of rheology remains a mystery to most people, even to
some scientists. Some respectable dictionaries have been quite
cavalier in their attitude to the science, the small Collins Gem
dictionary, for example, being quite happy to inform us that a Rhea
is an three-toed South American ostrich, whilst at the same time
offering no definition of rheology. This maybe due to the fact that
the science is interdisciplinary and does not fit well into any one
of the historical disciplines.
This book contains an in-depth study of the history of rheology,
beginning with the statements of Heraclitus, Confucius and the
prophetess Deborah. It also emphasises the distinctive
contributions of Newton, Hooke, Boltzmann, Maxwell, Kelvin and
others, and culminates in the flourishing activity in the second
half of this century.
Features of this book:
Is the only book on the subject
Prevents the rediscovery of results already made
Will educate newcomers to the field to the rich heritage in even
a relatively recent science like rheology.
The book will be invaluable for science and scientific history
libraries and will also be of interest to rheologists, and
scientists working in the polymer processing, food, lubrication,
detergent and similar industries."
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