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A very good piece of work, I assure you, and a merry. -Now, good
Peter Quince, call forth your actors by the scroll. -Masters,
spread yourselves. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act 1, Sc. 2 This
volume is the outcome of a NATO Advanced Study Institute held in
August 1979 at Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada.
About 130 participants from all the countries of the aJiiance as
well as India and Japan attended this event which lasted two weeks.
Seventeen of these participants had been invited to present reviews
of chosen topics, usually in their specialty. This book is
constituted mainly of these presentations, which were prepared as
chapters. In addition, six of the participants, whose seminars were
found to complement the main chapters, were coopted by the invited
lectures/authors to provide additional chapters. Although a lecture
was given on electric fields, a chapter on this matter is
unfortunately absent due to the lack of preparation time. One may
say that Environmental Physiology of Fishes as a discipline
originated in Canada. Having been involved as a teacher and worker
in this field since 19 54, it was but natural that I was tempted to
organise an ASI and get a volume out on the matter. I was
encouraged by discussions with colleagues and the acceptance on the
part of a large number of eminent colleagues to attend the ASI,
deliver lectures and write chapters.
I see a man's life is a tedious one. Cymbeline, Act III, Sc. 6. It
is well known that the best way to learn a subject is to teach it!
Along the same lines one might also say that a pleasant way of
learning a subject and at the same time getting to know quite a few
of the workers active in it, is to arrange and to attend an
Advanced Study Institute (ASI) or a workshop lasting about two
weeks. This was and is the wisdom behind the NA TO-ASI programme
and much as people fear that a fortnight may be too long, before it
is over everyone feels that it was too short, especially if the
weather had cooperated. Organising this ASI which resulted in this
volume has been a very good learning experience. I started my
career in research with invertebrates and retained an interest in
them over the years due to my teaching a course and working
sporadically on various aspects of photoreception in Polychaetes,
Crustaceans and Insects. Thus, the thought of organising an ASI on
photoreception and vision in invertebrates had been brewing in my
mind for the past half a dozen years or so. It was felt that it
will be desirable to do a bit of stock taking and discuss possible
new approaches to the study of this matter.
Tush, my good lord, this superficial tale Is but a preface of her
worthy praise; King Henry the Sixth: Part I, Act V, Sc. 5 This
volume is the direct result of a NATO. Advanced Study Institute
(ASI) of the same title, held at Bishop's University, Lennoxville,
Quebec, Canada in August 1991. All the major presentations had been
commissioned, so to speak, during the organisational phase. This
was done with the view of not only having a structured ASI, whIch
is expected to be a high-level tutorial activity, but also the
ensuing volume. As will be indicated in the general introduction,
there have been a couple of meetings and publications dealing with
rhythms in fishes in the past twenty years. However, as in other
disciplines, there has been substantial progress in this field
also. Further, I wished to cover almost all aspects and come out
with a volme which will be as complete as possible. Of course, this
failed to materialise. In spite of starting the arrangements two
years before the event, several lecturers were not able to attend
due to a number of reasons. Some could be replaced while others
could not Taking into account their individual specialties, I asked
about twenty active workers in the field to provide provoking
overviews, not simply reviews of their own work. Also, this being a
NATO.
When Dr. Katherine Tansley's "Vision in Vertebrates" appeared in
1965, it filled a real void that had hitherto existed. It did so by
serving at once as a text-book: for an undergraduate course, a
general introduction to the subject for post-graduate students
embarking on research on some aspect of vision, and the interested
non-specialists. Gordon Walls' "The Vertebrate Eye and It. s
Adaptive Radiation" and A. Rochon-Duvigneaud's "Les Yeux et la
Vision des Vertebres" have served as important sources of
information on the subject and continue to do so even though it is
40 years since they appeared. However, they are essentially
specialised reference works and are not easily accessible to boot.
The genius of Katherine Tansley was to present in a succinct (132
pages) and lucid way a clear and an interesting survey of the
matter. Everyone liked it, particularly the students because one
could read it quickly and understand it. Thus, when it seemed that
a new edition was desirable, especially in view of the enormous
strides made and the vast literature that had accumulated in the
past 20 years, one of us (MAA) asked Dr. Tansley if she would
undertake the task. Since she is in retirement and her health not
in a very satisfactory state both she and her son, John Lythgoe
(himself a specialist of vision), asked us to take over the task.
The idea of holding an Advanced Study Institute (ASI) and getting a
volume out, on the Nervous Systems in Invertebrates first cropped
up in the summer of 1977 at the ASI on Sensory Ecology. I had
prepared a review of the nervous systems in coelomates and noticed
how much we depended on Bullock and Horridge's treatise on the one
hand and how much new material and requirements has cropped up
since 1965, when this classical work was published. Interest in the
concerted study of pollution and environmental toxicology was
growing in geometrical proportions and the use of invertebrates as
indices was growing. As a teacher of a course on the biology of
invertebrates since the beginning of my career I had also noticed
how the interest of the students and the content of my course was
shifting gradually and steadily from the traditional
morphology-taxonomy type to the physiology-ecology-embryology
orientation. Students were demanding to know the relevency of what
they had to learn. Thus, after the ASI on Photoreception and Vision
in Invertebrates held in 1982 the question of one on nervous
systems was raised by a number of colleagues. It appeared then that
the consensus was that the time was ripe to hold one and that it
will be worthwhile. Therefore, as usual arrangements had to begin
at least two years in advance. Most of the persons I contacted to
lecture and write chapters on selected topics agreed
enthusiastically.
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A very good piece of work, I assure you, and a merry. -Now, good
Peter Quince, call forth your actors by the scroll. -Masters,
spread yourselves. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act 1, Sc. 2 This
volume is the outcome of a NATO Advanced Study Institute held in
August 1979 at Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada.
About 130 participants from all the countries of the aJiiance as
well as India and Japan attended this event which lasted two weeks.
Seventeen of these participants had been invited to present reviews
of chosen topics, usually in their specialty. This book is
constituted mainly of these presentations, which were prepared as
chapters. In addition, six of the participants, whose seminars were
found to complement the main chapters, were coopted by the invited
lectures/authors to provide additional chapters. Although a lecture
was given on electric fields, a chapter on this matter is
unfortunately absent due to the lack of preparation time. One may
say that Environmental Physiology of Fishes as a discipline
originated in Canada. Having been involved as a teacher and worker
in this field since 19 54, it was but natural that I was tempted to
organise an ASI and get a volume out on the matter. I was
encouraged by discussions with colleagues and the acceptance on the
part of a large number of eminent colleagues to attend the ASI,
deliver lectures and write chapters.
High speed data converters represent one of the most challenging,
important and exciting analog and mixed-signal systems. They are
ubiquitous in our modern and highly connected world. Understanding
and designing this class of converters require proficiency in
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book covers high speed data converters from the perspective of a
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emphasis on high speed Nyquist A/D converters. Topics covered
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amplifiers; pipelined A/D converters; time-interleaved converters;
digitally assisted converters; evolution and trends. The book is
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processing algorithms. There is a healthy dose of theoretical
analysis in this book, combined with the practical issues and
intuitive perspectives.
Terminology in Biological Rhythms; M.A. Ali, et al. Introduction to
the Analysis of Periodic Phenomena; P. Legendre, P. Dutilleul.
Biological Rhythms; M.P. Gerkema. Behavior and Rhythms in Fishes;
D.L.G. Noakes. Ultradian Rhythms in Fishes; R.C. Peters, R.J.
Veeneklaas. Tidally-Synchronised Behavior in Marine Fishes; R.N.
Gibson. Lunar and Semi-Lunar Rhythms in Fishes; J.F. Leatherland,
et al. Circadian Basis for Neuroendocrine Regulation; A.H. Meier.
Sleep, Inactivity, and Circadian Rhythms in Fish; S. Reebs.
Feeding-Entrained Circadian Rhythms in Fishes; R.E. Spieler.
Melatonin Rhythms in the Pineal Organ of Fishes and its Effects; A.
Zachmann, et al. Regulation of the Rhythmic Melatonin Secretion by
Fish Pineal Photoreceptor Cells; J. Falcon, et al. The Rainbow
Trout Pineal Organ; W.A. Gern, et al. 6 additional articles. Index.
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