Highways provide the arteries of modern society. The interaction of road, rail and other transport infrastructure with the ground is unusually intimate, and thus needs to be well-understood to provide economic and reliable infrastructure for society. Challenges include not only the design of new infrastructure (often on problematic ground), but increasingly the management and maintenance of aging assets in the face of issues such as climate change.

This book is the written record of the first International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics held under the auspices of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, held in Nottingham, UK, in 2008. It comprises about 100 papers from a global selection of researchers and practitioners on:

? Slope instability, stabilisation, and asset management;

? Construction on soft ground;

? Interaction with structures and geogrid reinforced soil;

? Effect of climate change and vegetation;

? Highways, pavements and subgrade;

? Railway geotechnics;

? Soil improvement;

? Characterisation and recycling of geomaterials.

A further part of this collection contains papers on unbound aggregate materials as used in pavement construction and drainage. They formed the ?Unbound Aggregates in Roads (UNBAR7)? theme of the conference which followed on from the previous symposia of that title, also held in Nottingham, UK, most recently in 2004. The volume will be of interest to professionals and academics in geotechnical, highway, railway and general civil engineering.

Originally published in 1923, this book provides an exploration of Egyptian art. Drawing on environmental factors of the Egyptian region, architecture, history and Egyptian society, Capart also provides an insight into the psyche of the Egyptian artist.

Engineering and Physical Approaches to Cancer addresses the newest research at this interface between cancer biology and the physical sciences. Several chapters address the mechanobiology of collective and individual cell migration, including experimental, theoretical, and computational perspectives. Other chapters consider the crosstalk of biological, chemical, and physical cues in the tumor microenvironment, including the role of senescence, polyploid giant cells, TGF-beta, metabolism, and immune cells. Further, chapters focus on circulating tumor cells and metastatic colonization, highlighting both bioengineered models as well as diagnostic technologies. Further, this book features the work of emerging and diverse investigators in this field, who have already made impressive cross-disciplinary scientific contributions. This book is designed for a general audience, particularly researchers conversant in cancer biology but less familiar with engineering (and vice-versa). Thus, we envision that this book will be suitable for faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and advanced graduate students across medicine, biological sciences, and engineering. We also anticipate this book will be of interest to medical professionals and trainees, as well as researchers in the pharmaceutical and biomedical device industry. Describes physical aspects of cancer, including collective cell migration, the aberrant tumor microenvironment, circulating tumor cells, and metastatic colonization. First volume available on the topic of physical aspects of cancer

Originally published in 1923, this book provides an exploration of Egyptian art. Drawing on environmental factors of the Egyptian region, architecture, history and Egyptian society, Capart also provides an insight into the psyche of the Egyptian artist.

This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.

Having recently moved with his parents, young sister and bullying older brother Henry, Bradley is not adjusting very quickly to his new surroundings. Often bored, he badly misses hanging out with his best friend Scott. His mother's over protective nature, combined with his father's unwillingness to step in on his behalf, often leave Bradley unable to participate in the activities most boys his age enjoy. Frustrated and depressed by the imminent end of summer and the beginning of classes in a new school, Brad's mood is at rock bottom. When all indications that his life will continue along this downtrodden path, he takes a stroll not far from home amid misty and ominous clouds, and encounters a strange and terrifying apparition. Following a similar encounter in his garden, Brad discovers a strange icon on his computer screen. The initials HG Clicking on the icon, he finds himself involved in a series of dangerous adventures which he shares with his best friend. The two boys risk their long friendship and their very lives as battle to ensure the safety of the Earth and to overcome a deadly foe intent on World domination.

This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1934 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1934 edition.

1929. A Study in the Beginnings of Medicine with Special Reference to Ancient Egypt. Contents: Primitive Ideas on Life, Disease and Death; Prolonging Life and Averting Extinction; Making a Mummy; Magicians and Possessing Spirits; Beginnings of Therapeutics and Surgery. The First Medical Books; Ancient Egyptian Medicine; Drugs and Doses; Assyrian Medicine; Survival of Ancient Medicine.