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Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between
the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the
1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social
sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of
those important works which have since gone out of print, or are
difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total
are being brought together under the name The International
Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the
Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was
originally published in 1964 and is available individually. The
collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of
between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.
Drawing upon the rich heterogeneity of Denis Diderot's
texts-whether scientific, aesthetic, philosophic or literary-Andrew
Clark locates and examines an important epistemological shift both
in Diderot's oeuvre and in the eighteenth century more generally.
In Western Europe during the 1750s, the human body was
reconceptualized as physiologists began to emphasize the
connections, communication, and relationships among relatively
autonomous somatic parts and an animated whole. This new
conceptualization was part of a larger philosophical and
epistemological shift in the relationship of part to whole, as
discovered in that of bee to swarm; organ to body; word to phrase;
dissonant chord to harmonic progression; article to encyclopedia;
and individual citizen to body politic. Starting from Diderot's
concept of the body as elaborated from the physiological research
and speculation of contemporaries such as Haller and Bordeu, the
author investigates how the logic of an unstable relationship of
part to whole animates much of Diderot's writing in genres ranging
from art criticism to theatre to philosophy of science. In
particular, Clark examines the musical figure of dissonance, a
figure used by Diderot himself, as a useful theoretical model to
give insight into these complex relations. This study brings a
fresh approach to the classic question of whether Diderot's work
represents a consistent point of view or a series of ruptures and
changes of position.
Academia and industry join forces in Aromatic Fluorination, as an
expert from each domain contributes to this new text on
fluorination of carbocyclic and heterocyclic rings. The book begins
with a discussion of fluorine's unique combination of properties,
including size, electronic effects, and hydrophobicity, as well as
the historical development of its product applications. It explains
methods for introducing fluorine into an aromatic ring, focusing on
nucleophilic fluorine transfer reactions. The role of catalysts,
solvents, and other variables are examined, and the scope and
limitations of the methods are discussed. Of particular interest to
those working in non-specialist laboratories, Aromatic Fluorination
includes detailed descriptions of the new electrophilic routes to
fluoroaromatics, in addition to traditional routes and alternative
methods involving radical chemistry. Because one of the most
important fluorine-containing substituent is CF3, the book explains
routes to benzotrifluorides (ArCF3), including traditional
industrial methods and modern alternatives employing C-1
halofluorocarbons and other fluoroaliphatics. An alternative to CF3
is CF3S, and several methods of synthesizing aromatic
CF3S-containing molecules are described. Since the successful
development and diverse applications of aromatic fluorine compounds
have led to the search for new compounds and novel substituents,
the incorporation of other substituents is also explored. Aromatic
Fluorination concludes with discussion of the factors responsible
for the successful development of pharmaceutical, agrochemical and
liquid crystal applications and the potential for applications in
high-performance polymers and other areas. This section also
describes in detail important industrial aromatic fluorination
processes and the relative merits of different process technologies
and their costs.
This introductory study surveys the entire range of Ricoeur's work, placing it within the context of post-structuralism. Includes a discussion of Time and Narrative and shows how Ricoeur's work links European and American traditions.
Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between
the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the
1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social
sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of
those important works which have since gone out of print, or are
difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total
are being brought together under the name The International
Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the
Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was
originally published in 1964 and is available individually. The
collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of
between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.
SELDI is distinct from other TOF-MS technologies in that it couples
features of chromatography and mass spectrometry, facilitating
analyte enrichment and sample cleanup on an array surface. In the
growing field of proteomics, SELDI technology has been widely used
for biomarker discovery and characterization in diverse
applications including diagnostics, drug development, and basic
research. SELDI-based biomarker studies can typically be divided
into four phases: discovery, validation, purification and
identification, and assay development. SELDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry:
Methods and Protocols provides an overview of the current
applications of SELDI-TOF MS (surface enhanced laser
desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry), with an
emphasis on study and experimental design, data analysis and
interpretation, and assay development. Written in the highly
successful Methods in Molecular Biology (TM) series format,
chapters contain introductions to their respective topics, lists of
the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily
reproducible laboratory protocols, and notes on troubleshooting and
avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and accessible, SELDI-TOF
Mass Spectrometry: Methods and Protocols will provide information
on optimizing study design, experimental protocols, and data
analysis and interpretation to yield robust biomarkers and
biomarker assays, using examples from different disease areas.
This is a comprehensive study of the 2015 general election in
Britain designed not only for students and scholars of British
politics, but also for the interested reader. It looks at the
record of the Coalition government both in terms of its plans and
performance, particularly in relation to the economy, as the
starting point for understanding what happened. The authors go on
to examine the campaign during the run-up to polling day and to
explain why people voted the way they did. They also take a close
look at the various constituency battlegrounds across the country
showing how and why voting patterns varied across Britain. Finally,
they discuss the implications of the election outcome for the
future of the party system and British politics more generally.
This book provides important insights into an election which has
permanently changed the political geography of Britain.
Dedicated to Professor Manfred Gordon on the Occasion of His 70th
Birthday
A clear and succinct presentation of the essentials of this
subject, together with some of its applications and a generous
helping of interesting exercises. Following an introductory chapter
with a taste of what is to come, the next three chapters constitute
a course in nonsmooth analysis and identify a coherent and
comprehensive approach to the subject, leading to an efficient,
natural, and powerful body of theory. The whole is rounded off with
a self-contained introduction to the theory of control of ordinary
differential equations. The authors have incorporated a number of
new results which clarify the relationships between the different
schools of thought in the subject, with the aim of making nonsmooth
analysis accessible to a wider audience. End-of-chapter problems
offer scope for deeper understanding.
Gastrulation is a fundamental process of early embryonic
development. It involves virtually every aspect of cell and
developmental biology and results in the formation of fundamental
structural elements around which a developing animal's body plan is
organized. As such it is not only an important process, but also
one that is complicated and not easily dissected into its component
parts. To understand the mechanisms of gastrulation one must
acknowledge that gastrulation is fundamentally a biomechanical
process (that is, a problem of cells generating forces in a three
dimensional array, patterned in space and time such that
appropriate tissue movements are executed). Three intertwined
questions emerge: what cell activities generate forces, how are
these cell activities patterned in space and time, and how are the
resulting forces harnessed in three dimensional domains? To address
these issues it is important to define and characterize regional
cell behaviors and to learn how they are patterned in the egg and/
or by subsequent cell and tissue interactions. At the biochemical
level, what are the cellular and extracellular molecules that
control cell behavior? Finally, how are specific patterns of
cellular activity integrated to produce tissue behavior? The task
of answering the above questions, an immense task in itself, is
compounded by the fact that the morphogenetic movements of
gastrulation and their underlying mechanisms vary between different
organisms.
I would like to present some definitions which will be helpful in
understanding the purpose of this book. From The American Heritage
Dictionary of the En glish Language: Engineer 1. A person who
skillfully or shrewdly manages an enterprise. 2. To plan,
construct, and manage, as an engineer. 3. To plan, manage, and put
through by skillful acts, or contrivance. Engineering 1. The
application of scientific principles to practical ends as the
design, con struction, and operation of efficient and economical
structures, equipment and systems. 2. The profession of, or work
performed by an engineer. Some words encountered in the definitions
of engineer and engineering are Skillfully, Plan, and Manage. This
book is concerned with engineering the man ufacture of printed
circuit boards, and is dedicated to those people engaged in
designing, planning, manufacturing, and achieving quality assurance
in printed circuits. In The Handbook of Printed Circuit
Manufacturing (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985), I presented detailed
practical and theoretical information on the opera tions involved
in manufacturing printed circuits. It is possible to perform each
operation in an optimum fashion, and still leave room for
improvement. Much of that room for improvement requires the
skillful application of scientific prin ciples, planning, and
management. It is the goal of this book to provide a sound
background in industry standards and specifications, blueprint
comprehension, artwork inspection, processes and tolerances,
planning and quality assurance."
Of all the components that go into electronic equipment, the
printed circuit probably requires more manufacturing
operations-each of which must be per formed by a skilled
person-than any other. As a shift supervisor early in my printed
circuit career, I had to hire and train personnel for all job
functions. The amount of responsibility delegated to my
subordinates depended strictly on how well I had been able to train
them. Training people can be a trying experience and is always a
time-consuming one. It behooved me to help my workers obtain the
highest degree of job under standing and skill that they and I were
capable of. One hindrance to effective teaching is poor continuity
of thought, for example, having to say to a trainee, "Wait a
minute; forget what I just told you. We have to go back and do some
thing else first. " It was in trying to avoid pitfalls such as this
that I undertook a detailed examination of the processes involved,
what I thought each trainee had to know, and what questions they
would most frequently ask. From this analysis I developed the
various process procedures. Only after I had done so was I able to
train effectively and with the confidence that I was doing the best
possible job. Answers had to be at hand for all of their questions
and in what ever detail they needed to know."
The "Handbook on Parathyroid Diseases" presents a comprehensive
and concise overview of our current knowledge in the area of
parathyroid function, hormone regulation and disease states.
The Handbook educates the reader using a case-based approach
presenting current evidence in the field. The material is presented
in an easy to read and understandable language and uses a plethora
of tables and text boxes where possible. Complex concepts are
conveyed in simple and clear language. Leading international
experts contribute to this state of the art book providing a true
depth of knowledge and practicality.
SELDI is distinct from other TOF-MS technologies in that it couples
features of chromatography and mass spectrometry, facilitating
analyte enrichment and sample cleanup on an array surface. In the
growing field of proteomics, SELDI technology has been widely used
for biomarker discovery and characterization in diverse
applications including diagnostics, drug development, and basic
research. SELDI-based biomarker studies can typically be divided
into four phases: discovery, validation, purification and
identification, and assay development. SELDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry:
Methods and Protocols provides an overview of the current
applications of SELDI-TOF MS (surface enhanced laser
desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry), with an
emphasis on study and experimental design, data analysis and
interpretation, and assay development. Written in the highly
successful Methods in Molecular Biology (TM) series format,
chapters contain introductions to their respective topics, lists of
the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily
reproducible laboratory protocols, and notes on troubleshooting and
avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and accessible, SELDI-TOF
Mass Spectrometry: Methods and Protocols will provide information
on optimizing study design, experimental protocols, and data
analysis and interpretation to yield robust biomarkers and
biomarker assays, using examples from different disease areas.
The field of steroid hormone action has continued to expand into
the realm of molecular biology at a pace even faster than most of
us ever imagined. techniques of molecular biology have made it
possible to clone The hormone-regulated genes and to examine
steroid-receptor interactions with these genes. Nucleotide
sequences of these genes, which show preferential binding of
steroid receptors, have been identified. These results are
complemented by the identification of chromatin acceptor proteins,
which also show preferential binding for steroid-receptor
complexes. Thus, one can envision the day when cloned genes,
purified acceptor proteins, and receptor-steroid complexes will be
recombined in vitro to form a functional unit. Cellular
localization of steroid receptors has undergone recent revision,
and it now appears that receptors are localized primarily in the
nuclear compartment. These findings, although controversial, will
lead to a reassessment of many of the previous concepts of
steroid-receptor interactions and regulation. The way in which
these observations at the of physiology, molecular and cellular
levels fit into the overall scheme development, and evolution are
continuing to progress, and the future promises some very exciting
syntheses of understanding at all levels of biological
organization. The third Meadow Brook Conference on hormones was
held in order to bring together investigators who will undoubtedly
contribute heavily to this future synthesis and to permit a free
exchange of ideas and concepts as they relate to the current
state-of-the-art in molecular endocrinology. Spring 1986 ARUN K.
Roy JAMES H. CLARK Contents Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The first Meadowbrook Symposium was held in 1978 and during the
intervening ten years our knowledge concerning how steroid hormones
function at the level of gene expression has advanced by leaps and
bounds. In this volume, which sum marizes our fourth meeting, these
advances are very evident. What seemed like science fiction ten
years ago has become commonplace science. Who would have imagined
that we could synthesize a nucleotide sequence that binds a
specific steroid receptor and acts as a controlling element for
gene expression? No one; but as is evident from the results
reported in several chapters, this technique is yielding a wealth
of information. Using these and other techniques it has become
apparent that gene transcription is controlled by interactions
between transacting factors and DNA recognition sequences (response
elements). These transacting factors appear to be members of a
large gene family that includes steroid hormone receptors,
transcription factors, protooncogenes and homeobox proteins. Thus a
great deal has been learned, but as usual, questions remain. Many
of these questions are posed by the findings and observations found
in several chapters in this volume. Non hormone binding forms of
steroid receptors and their relevance to receptor down regulation,
recycling and biological response remain a mystery. The
quantitative relationship between receptor binding and biological
response still presents agonizing problems. These and many other
intriguing questions are discussed in this volume and set the stage
for what should be a most rewarding time in endocrinology. Winter
1989 ARUN K."
A clear and succinct presentation of the essentials of this subject, together with some of its applications and a generous helping of interesting exercises. Following an introductory chapter with a taste of what is to come, the next three chapters constitute a course in nonsmooth analysis and identify a coherent and comprehensive approach to the subject, leading to an efficient, natural, and powerful body of theory. The whole is rounded off with a self-contained introduction to the theory of control of ordinary differential equations. The authors have incorporated a number of new results which clarify the relationships between the different schools of thought in the subject, with the aim of making nonsmooth analysis accessible to a wider audience. End-of-chapter problems offer scope for deeper understanding.
Smart momentum is a revolutionary discipline that opens a new dimension in financial analysis. Starting from first principles, this book carefully explains a new logical approach to market analysis now available thanks to the advances in computer technology. The applications are enormous: smart momentum can be applied to many existing analysis techniques in any market. Smart momentum is not a black box, but a simple process based on logical intuition. It is both democratic and dynamic, continually adapting to changes in market characteristics. Neatly split into two parts and easy to understand, this book caters for those who want only to understand the concept of smart momentum as well as those who wish to apply the analysis directly. These techniques provide the basis for a new generation of financial analysis. This book is a must for every finance professional.
This monograph describes the findings of spaceflight research
related to spatial orientation, sensorimotor coordination and
mental function. Exposed to the microgravity conditions of
spaceflight, the human experiences a variety of physiological and
psychological problems, which are presented here. Recent findings
of sensory motor research in space are depicted and their benefits
for life on earth discussed. The examination of the
vestibulo-oculomotor system for example has led to the development
of innovative devices for the measurement of three-dimensional eye
and head movements. These devices are currently employed in
Earthbound applications such as eye laser surgery. The book is
written for students and researchers in neurosciences, biomedical
engineering, for neurologists and psychologists as well as for
persons wanting to know more about biomedical research in space and
its application on earth.
Your guide to a whole-school move toward personalized learning Give
students the freedom to map their own educational pathways and help
them meet graduation standards. Learn how Mount Abraham Union
Middle/High School in Bristol, Vermont, supports individualized
learning to boost their students' college and career readiness and
how you can, too. Educators can help students take advantage of
resources from the community, colleges, virtual platforms, and
creative outlets to design their own education. In this book,
readers will Hear from superintendents, students, teachers, and
parents who have implemented and experienced success with
personalized learning Get specific tips to help your staff
implement key processes and measure outcomes Find answers for
naysayers and the big questions that threaten success Use models of
prompts and rubrics to get your pilot program started Personalized
Learning gives you solid, flexible tools to enhance your school's
depth and generate successful outcomes.
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