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This atlas presents specific procedures for aesthetic craniofacial
surgery in a comprehensive and easily understandable style. The
book can be used as an operation manual for the aesthetic
craniofacial surgeon, as a reference for the general plastic
surgeon, and as an introductory text for residents in craniofacial,
reconstructive, oral, head and neck surgery. It includes around 100
osteotomy methods and imperative information on patient selection,
preoperative procedures, complications and implants.
This volume contains papers presented at the NATO Advanced Research
Workshop (ARW) Dynamic Interactions in Quantum Dot Systems held at
Hotel Atrium in Puszczykowo, near Poznan, Poland, May 16-19,2002.
The term low-dimensional systems, which is used in the title of
this volume, refers to those systems which contain at least one
dimension that is intermediate between those characteristic
ofatoms/molecules and those ofthe bulk material. Depending on how
many dimensions lay within this range, we generally speak of
quantum wells, quantum wires, and quantum dots. As such an
intermediate state, some properties of low-dimensional systems are
very different to those of their molecular and bulk counterparts.
These properties generally include optical, electronic, and
magnetic properties, and all these are partially covered in this
book. The main goal of the workshop was to discuss the actual state
of the art in the broad area ofnanotechnology. The initial focus
was on the innovative synthesis of nanomaterials and their
properties such as: quantum size effects, superparamagnetism, or
field emission. These topics lead us into the various field based
interactions including plasmon- magnetic spin- and exciton
coupling. The newer, more sophisticated methods for
characterization of nanomaterials were discussed, as well as the
methods for possible industrial applications. In general, chemists
and physicists, as well as experts on both theory and experiments
on nanosized regime structures were brought together, to discuss
the general phenomena underlying their fields ofinterest from
different points ofview.
Organized nanoassemblies of inorganic nanoparticles and organic
molecules are building blocks of nanodevices, whether they are
designed to perform molecular level computing, sense the
environment or improve the catalytic properties of a material. The
key to creation of these hybrid nanostructures lies in
understanding the chemistry at a fundamental level. This book
serves as a reference book for researchers by providing fundamental
understanding of many nanoscopic materials.
'A must-read' Stylist 'Powerful' Harriet Tyce 'A spellbinding
novel' The Irish Times 'Thrilling' Heat 'Compulsive' John Marrs
'Dazzling' Chris Whitaker 'Grippingly readable' The Daily Mirror 'A
rollercoaster read' Elle THE THING IS . . . WHO DIDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO GAIN BY HAVING A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM? ALL THAT
MONEY? HE DREW US ALL IN LIKE BEES TO HONEY - AND HE KNEW IT THE
ENTIRE TIME. Ten years ago, Sarah left behind a career in Hollywood
that she had sacrificed everything for. Now she lectures at a small
college, her dreams of showbiz success long behind her. When a
curious journalist raises her filmmaking past, Sarah must finally
tell her own story and confront the old dreams that she left
behind. But with old dreams come new realisations, and Sarah can't
help but wonder: was she complicit in the terrible events that
happened all those years ago? And is she content to let the past
stay buried? POWERFUL AND TIMELY, COMPLICIT IS A GLIMPSE INTO THE
DARK GLAMOUR OF HOLLYWOOD, AND THE PRICE OF AMBITION IN A DANGEROUS
WORLD. A COMPELLINE SLOW BURN THAT ASKS THE QUESTION: IF SPEAKING
UP COULD COST YOU EVERYTHING, WHAT WOULD YOU REALLY DO?
. A.J. M ller, V. Balsamo, M.L. Arnal: Nucleation and
Crystallization in Diblock and Triblock Copolymers.- 2 J.-F. Gohy:
Block Copolymer Micelles.- 3 M.A. Hillmyer: Nanoporous Materials
from Block Copolymer Precursors.- 4 M. Li, C. Coenjarts, C.K. Ober:
Patternable Block Copolymers.-
'Chinese in Steps' is a series of textbooks designed for
English-speaking adults who learn Chinese either as part of their
degree study at university, or simply as part of their professional
or self-development programme for practical purposes.
1. A.J. Muller, V. Balsamo, M.L. Arnal: Nucleation and
Crystallization in Diblock and Triblock Copolymers.- 2 J.-F. Gohy:
Block Copolymer Micelles.- 3 M.A. Hillmyer: Nanoporous Materials
from Block Copolymer Precursors.- 4 M. Li, C. Coenjarts, C.K. Ober:
Patternable Block Copolymers.-
Find out which technologies enable the Grid and how to employ them
successfully!
This invaluable text provides a complete, clear, systematic, and
practical understanding of the technologies that enable the Grid.
The authors outline all the components necessary to create a Grid
infrastructure that enables support for a range of wide-area
distributed applications. "The Grid: Core Technologies" takes a
pragmatic approach with numerous practical examples of software in
context. It describes the middleware components of the Grid
step-by-step, and gives hands-on advice on designing and building a
Grid environment with the Globus Toolkit, as well as writing
applications.
"The Grid: Core Technologies: " Provides a solid and up-to-date
introduction to the technologies that underpin the Grid. Contains a
systematic explanation of the Grid, including its infrastructure,
basic services, job management, user interaction, and applications.
Explains in detail OGSA (Open Grid Services Architecture), Web
Services technologies (SOAP, WSDL, UDDI), and Grid Monitoring.
Covers Web portal-based tools such as the Java CoG, GridPort,
GridSphere, and JSR 168 Portlets. Tackles hot topics such as WSRF
(Web Services Resource Framework), the Semantic Grid, the Grid
Security Infrastructure, and Workflow systems. Offers practical
examples to enhance the understanding and use of Grid components
and the associated tools.
This rich resource will be essential reading for researchers
and postgraduate students in computing and engineering departments,
IT professionals in distributed computing, as well as Grid end
users such as physicists, statisticians, biologists and
chemists.
This volume contains papers presented at the NATO Advanced Research
Workshop (ARW) Dynamic Interactions in Quantum Dot Systems held at
Hotel Atrium in Puszczykowo, near Poznan, Poland, May 16-19,2002.
The term low-dimensional systems, which is used in the title of
this volume, refers to those systems which contain at least one
dimension that is intermediate between those characteristic
ofatoms/molecules and those ofthe bulk material. Depending on how
many dimensions lay within this range, we generally speak of
quantum wells, quantum wires, and quantum dots. As such an
intermediate state, some properties of low-dimensional systems are
very different to those of their molecular and bulk counterparts.
These properties generally include optical, electronic, and
magnetic properties, and all these are partially covered in this
book. The main goal of the workshop was to discuss the actual state
of the art in the broad area ofnanotechnology. The initial focus
was on the innovative synthesis of nanomaterials and their
properties such as: quantum size effects, superparamagnetism, or
field emission. These topics lead us into the various field based
interactions including plasmon- magnetic spin- and exciton
coupling. The newer, more sophisticated methods for
characterization of nanomaterials were discussed, as well as the
methods for possible industrial applications. In general, chemists
and physicists, as well as experts on both theory and experiments
on nanosized regime structures were brought together, to discuss
the general phenomena underlying their fields ofinterest from
different points ofview.
An astonishing and unique novel inspired by the author's own story
`I highly recommend Dark Chapter...post-rape numbness, stifled
rage, female victim alternating with rapist - how circumstances and
accident come together tragically.' Joyce Carol Oates Vivian is a
cosmopolitan Taiwanese-American tourist who often escapes her busy
life in London through adventure and travel. Johnny is a
15-year-old Irish teenager, living a neglected life on the margins
of society. On a bright spring afternoon in West Belfast, their
paths collide during a horrifying act of violence. In the
aftermath, each is forced to confront the chain of events that led
to the attack. Inspired by true events, this is a story of the dark
chapters and chance encounters that can irrevocably determine the
shape of our lives. Book Prizes: Winner of The Guardian Not The
Booker Prize Shortlisted for The Authors' Club Best First Novel
Award Nominated to The Edgars Awards Highly Commended for CWA Debut
Dagger What Reviewers and Readers Say: 'Complex and rewarding... an
important book,' Stylist 'Heart-wrenching depiction... Brave, raw
and strikingly original, it is a story that will resonate for many
years,' Daily Mail 'An important and moving book about rape and the
long process of recovery,' Cathy Rentzenbrink 'Dark Chapter is a
fascinating book, which takes an unflinching look at reality of
sexual violence. I have never found myself rooting for a heroine
with more urgency than in Dark Chapter,' Kate Rhodes 'Deftly
written, pacey and unflinching, I could not put it down. Winnie M
Li is a rare talent with an explosive and timely story. Do not miss
it,' Marti Leimbach `Dark Chapter is a must-read. It's gripping,
compelling and all the more authentic for inhabiting both voices so
completely. Stunning,' Erin Kelly 'Winnie M Li handles alternate
points-of-view seamlessly in Dark Chapter, an unflinching lens on
the sexual assault landscape and one that should be applauded,' Ali
Land `An authentic, courageous debut, told with unflinching honesty
and exceptional insight,' A.D. Garrett `A powerful story,
compassionately told,' Ros Barber `An accomplished debut, an honest
and unsparing story,' Cath Stanicliffe 'Lyrical, haunting and
hypnotic. Winnie Li yanks us into the abyss, luring us to confront
the complexities of our humanity before expertly pulling us out. An
important novel from a ballsy new literary heroine. A must read,'
Irenosen Okojie 'The novel is as disturbing and entertaining as any
crime thriller is. But Li is writing from experience,
fictionalising her attack as a way to explore how the legal system
treats rape victims, and the real effects of such an experience.
Most interestingly, Li fleshes out the mind of the rapist: the
experiences that have shaped him and which legitimise his behaviour
to himself. I really want lots of people to find it and read it.'
Sara Pascoe `Extraordinarily courageous... humbling... A remarkable
book to read in this time.' A.L. Kennedy
This monumental work provides a new perspective on the historical
significance of famines in China over the past three hundred years.
It examines the relationship between the interventionist state
policies of the eighteenth-century Qing emperors ("the golden age
of famine relief"), the environmental and political crises of the
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (when China was called
"the Land of Famine"), and the ambitions of the Mao era (which
tragically led to the greatest famine in human history). In
addition to a wide array of documentary sources, the book employs
quantitative analysis to measure the economic impact of natural
crises, state policies, and markets. In this way, the theories of
Qing statesmen that have received much attention in recent
scholarship are linked to actual practices and outcomes. Using the
Zhili-Hebei region as its focus, the book also reveals the unusual
role played by the institutions and policies designed to ensure
food security for the capital, Beijing.
'Powerful' Harriet Tyce 'Brave' Liz Nugent 'Compulsive' John Marrs
'Dazzling' Chris Whitaker 'Fearless' Anna Mazzola 'Masterful'
Araminta Hall 'Timely' TM Logan You know what it's like. A comment
here, a closed door there, turning a blind eye to get ahead. My
name is Sarah Lai. You won't have heard of me. A decade ago I was
on the cusp of being a big deal. But that was a long time ago. Now,
instead of working in Hollywood, I teach students about it. And
these are the two most important lessons you need to know about the
film industry: 1) Those with the money have all the power. 2) Those
with the power get whatever they want. Ignore these rules and the
whole system will crumble. Stick to the rules and you'll succeed.
But at what cost? Ask yourself, what would you have done?
A condensed version of the critically-acclaimed SURGERY: BASIC SCIENCE AND CLINICAL EVIDENCE, Essential Practice of Surgery provides a state-of-the-art, evidence-based approach to surgery for surgeons, residents and medical students. The book is divided into 8 comprehensive sections, providing the most succinct coverage of crtical topics: Care of the Surgical Patient; Gastrointestinal & Abdominal Disease; Endocrine Surgery; Vascular Surgery; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Transplantation; Cancer; and Associated Disciplines. Over 250 illustrations and 340 tables, including 62 evidence-based tables, complement the text. Reviews of SURGERY: "...a fresh approach... [the book] emphasizes the basic science underlying the practice of surgery and the evidence supporting clinical decisions. The text is clearly written and the chapters are well-illustrated. There is also a unique feature: several hundred evidence-based tables. These tables allow the reader to reach conclusions on the basis of data." -- New England Journal of Medicine "Is it different from the existing textbooks of surgery? Did the authors achieve their principal goal of providing an evidence-based approach to surgical decision making? Would I recommend it to the surgical residents in my program?...the answer to all these questions is yes. The ambitious undertaking of creating an evidence-based textbook of surgery has largel succeeded and I heartily recommend it." -- Journal of the American Medical Association "During a period of numerous adventures into the textbook arena, this is different in focus and quality. The 130 contributors constitute an excellent group of young surgeons, who, along with the editors, have stayed the course with this interesting format. Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence is reader friendly with excellent illustrations and 200 evidence-based tables. -- Archives of Surgery
A cellular automaton is a discrete model studied in computability
theory, mathematics, physics, complexity science, theoretical
biology and microstructure modelling. It consists of a regular grid
of cells, each in one of a finite number of states, such as "On" or
"Off". The grid can be in any finite number of dimensions. For each
cell, a set of cells called its neighbourhood (usually including
the cell itself) is defined relative to the specified cell. This
book presents current research from across the globe in the study
of cellular automata, including using cellular automata to solve
optimisation problems; modelling drug release science using
cellular automata; using the cellular automata model to study the
dispersion of aphids and ladybugs in a block of citric trees; and
the reversibility of cellular automata.
This volume marks a turning point in the study of Chinese economic
history. It arose from a realization that the economic history of
China-as opposed to the history of the Chinese economy-had yet to
be written. Most histories of the Chinese economy, whether by
Western or Chinese scholars, tend to view the economy in
institutional or social terms. In contrast, the studies in this
volume break new ground by systematically applying economic theory
and methods to the study of China. While demonstrating to
historians the advantages of an economic perspective, the
contributors, comprising both historians and economists, offer
important new insights concerning issues of long-standing interest
to both disciplines. Part One, on price behavior, presents for the
first time preliminary analyses of the incomparably rich and
important grain price data from the imperial archives in Beijing
and Taibei during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). These studies
reveal long-term trends in the Chinese economy since the
seventeenth century and contain surprising discoveries about market
integration, the agricultural economy, and demographic behavior in
different regions of China. The essays in Part Two, on market
response, deal with different aspects of the economy of Republican
China (1912-49), showing that markets for land, labor, and capital
sometimes functioned as predicted by models of economic
"rationality" but at other times behaved in ways that can be
explained only by combining economic analysis with knowledge of
political, regional, class, and gender differences. Based on new
types of data, they suggest novel interpretations of the Chinese
economic experience. The resulting collection is interdisciplinary
scholarship of a high order, which weaves together the analytic
framework provided by economic theory and the rich texture of
social phenomena gathered by accomplished historians. This title is
part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates
University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate
the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing
on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality,
peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using
print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in
1992.
'Powerful' Harriet Tyce 'Brave' Liz Nugent 'Compulsive' John Marrs
'Dazzling' Chris Whitaker 'Fearless' Anna Mazzola 'Masterful'
Araminta Hall 'Timely' TM Logan You know what it's like. A comment
here, a closed door there, turning a blind eye to get ahead. My
name is Sarah Lai. You won't have heard of me. A decade ago I was
on the cusp of being a big deal. But that was a long time ago. Now,
instead of working in Hollywood, I teach students about it. And
these are the two most important lessons you need to know about the
film industry: 1) Those with the money have all the power. 2) Those
with the power get whatever they want. Ignore these rules and the
whole system will crumble. Stick to the rules and you'll succeed.
But at what cost? Ask yourself, what would you have done?
Few world cities have a record as long, as fascinating, or as
well-documented as Beijing's. A capital almost continuously for
more than a thousand years, the city has been Khubilai Khan's
Mongol headquarters, home to emperors of the Ming and Qing
dynasties, and the main stage for Communist-era achievements and
upheavals. "Beijing" is the first book in English to trace this
vibrant city's history from its earliest days to the present. It
highlights recent changes in the city as its more than fifteen
million people live through record-level economic growth and
intensive preparations for the 2008 Olympics. Focusing on the lives
of ordinary residents and rulers alike, the authors examine the
controversial destruction of historic districts as well as the
construction of new residential and business districts and Olympic
venues. Extensive photographs and paintings, many not previously
published, offer a window onto Beijing not only in major phases of
its past, but also in its startlingly different present. Compelling
and revealing, Beijing arrives just in time for the city's turn in
the Olympic spotlight.
The development of modern China's most important export commodity,
silk, is traced from the opening of the treaty ports to the 1930s.
This study examines the silk industry, one of China's most advanced
traditional economic enterprises, as it moved into large-scale
trade with the West. And it especially considers whether
traditional economic organizations and practices encouraged or
inhibited the expansion of the industry and its technological
modernization. The silk industry is presented as a microcosm of
China's encounter with the modern world market, focusing on such
topics as the role of the state, the relationship between treaty
ports and rural producers, the domestic market, and the financing
and organization of the modern sector. Such important issues as the
"sprouts of capitalism" argument and Japan's assumption of first
position in the modern world silk market are authoritatively and
convincingly illuminated.
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