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This book provides an in-depth exploration of scientific
photography. Highlighting the best practices needed to make,
distribute, and preserve scientific visual information using
digital photographic methods and technologies, it offers solutions
to some of the biggest challenges facing photographers. Written by
a team of international, award-winning image makers with over 300
years of cumulative experience, this comprehensive resource
explains the foundations used, the tools required, and the steps to
needed for creating the optimal photograph in a range of
environments and circumstances. Topics covered include: * ethical
practices * aerial photography * close-up and macro photography *
computational photography * field photography * geological
photography * imaging with invisible spectrums * photographing
small animals in captivity * time-based imaging * image processing
in science Showcasing modern methods, this book equips readers with
the skills needed to capture and process the best image possible.
Designed for basic and intermediate photographers, Natural Science
Imaging and Photography exists as an essential contemporary
handbook.
This book provides an in-depth exploration of scientific
photography. Highlighting the best practices needed to make,
distribute, and preserve scientific visual information using
digital photographic methods and technologies, it offers solutions
to some of the biggest challenges facing photographers. Written by
a team of international, award-winning image makers with over 300
years of cumulative experience, this comprehensive resource
explains the foundations used, the tools required, and the steps to
needed for creating the optimal photograph in a range of
environments and circumstances. Topics covered include: * ethical
practices * aerial photography * close-up and macro photography *
computational photography * field photography * geological
photography * imaging with invisible spectrums * photographing
small animals in captivity * time-based imaging * image processing
in science Showcasing modern methods, this book equips readers with
the skills needed to capture and process the best image possible.
Designed for basic and intermediate photographers, Natural Science
Imaging and Photography exists as an essential contemporary
handbook.
This volume is a compilation of sixteen chapters that detail
reverse genetics protocols. Reverse Genetics of RNA Viruses:
Methods and Protocols guides readers through comprehensive
protocols on RNA viruses, that were the most challenging to obtain
and/or that were developed most recently. Written in the highly
successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters
include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the
necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily
reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and
avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and practical, Reverse
Genetics of RNA Viruses: Methods and Protocols aims to ensure
successful results in the further study of this vital field.
This volume is a compilation of sixteen chapters that detail
reverse genetics protocols. Reverse Genetics of RNA Viruses:
Methods and Protocols guides readers through comprehensive
protocols on RNA viruses, that were the most challenging to obtain
and/or that were developed most recently. Written in the highly
successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters
include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the
necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily
reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and
avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and practical, Reverse
Genetics of RNA Viruses: Methods and Protocols aims to ensure
successful results in the further study of this vital field.
Bioarchaeology is the analysis of human remains within an
interpretative framework, including a wide range of contextual
information. This comprehensive and much-needed manual provides
both a starting point and a reference for archaeologists working in
this integrative field. The authors cover a range of
bioarchaeological methods and theory including: * Ethical issues
involved in dealing with human remains, specifically related to
NAGPRA * Field and taphonomic clues * Lab and Forensic techniques *
Best practices methods for Excavation techniques * Special
applications of Bioarchaeology * Theoretical frameworks of
Bioarchaeology With case studies from over twenty years each of
bioarchaeological research, the authors integrate theoretical and
methodological discussion with a wide range of field studies, from
different geographic areas, time periods, and data types, to
demonstrate the full scope of this important field of study.
A collection of essays that explores magical realism as a momentary
interruption of realism in US ethnic literature, showing how these
moments of magic realism serve to memorialize, address, and redress
traumatic ethnic histories.
vi The intent, therefore, was to provide for a fresh and original
review of all relevant topics and issues in the field, following a
comprehensive and coherent programme. Such an ambitious goal could
only be reached thanks to the unlimited collaboration of the
lecturers: They were requested to produce nothing less than "freer,
broader, speculative and personal "considerations of the subjects"
they had to cover *** And so they did: their presentations unfolded
a fantastic picture, a most fascinating and meaningful
identification of the field, its present problems and trends. But
participants at this conference contributed many valuable
observations while discussing specific points. Unfortunately, more
often than not, it proved impossible to identify them in the
records. Accordingly, we incorporated here and there some of these
"anonymous" contributions as part of the edited version of the
texts. To all of the participants, I would like to express my
gratitude for their actively taking part in all the scientific (and
social *** ) activities (lectures, round tables, posters,
encounters) of this N.A.T.O. ASl. The result was a stimulating
atmosphere, conducive to authentic scientific exchanges. Hence, the
success of this meeting should be credited only to them. Finally,
on behalf of all participants, I would like to thank Professor
Sissini, the Mayor of Maratea, and Mr. B. Vitolo, the Chairman of
its Tourist Office: their enthusiastic support greatly contributed
to make of our time in their wonderful seaside resort an
unforgettable one.
A collection of essays that explores magical realism as a momentary
interruption of realism in US ethnic literature, showing how these
moments of magic realism serve to memorialize, address, and redress
traumatic ethnic histories.
vi The word ppotein, coined one and a half century ago from the
1TpOTE:toa ("proteios" = of primary importance), underlines the
"primary importance" ascribed to proteins from the time they were
described as biochemical entities. But the unmatched compl~xity of
the process involved in their biosynthesis was (understandably)
overlooked. Indeed, protein biosynthesis was supposed to be nothing
more than the reverse of protein degradation, and the same enzymes
known to split a protein into its constituent amino acids were
thought to be able, under adequate conditions, to reconstitute the
peptide bond. This oversimplified view persisted for more than 50
years: It was just in 1940 that Borsook and Dubnoff examined the
thermodynamical aspects of the process, and concluded that protein
synthesis could not be the reverse of protein degradation, such an
"uphill task being thermody- namically impossible *** * " The next
quarter of a century witnessed the unravelling of the basic
mechanisms of protein biosynthesis, a predictable aftermath of the
Copernican revolution in biology which followed such dramatic de-
velopments as the discovery of the nature of the genetic material,
the double helical structure* of DNA, and the determination of the
ge- netic code. Our present understanding of the sophisticated
mechan- isms of regulation and control is a relatively novel
acquisition, and recent studies have shed some light into the
structure and organi- zation of the eukaryotic gene.
This is the first inter-group and gender inclusive collection of
scholarship in U.S. Latino literary criticism that begins with the
assumption that the literature written by U.S. Latinos is as
important an object of scholarship as U.S. Latino/a history,
sociology, and culture, fields that have dominated previous
inter-group anthologies. Some of the most important and insightful
Latino and Latina literary scholars in the field write on authors
from the four major Latino/a groups-- Cuban American, Dominican
American, Mexican American, and Puerto Rican American. The
anthology evaluates the state of U.S. Latino/a literary study and
projects a vision of that study for the twenty-first century. This
book is divided into four major areas of literary inquiry: analyses
of the psychic relations between the Latino/a subject and its
mimetic others; explorations of the complexities of race and
Afro-Latino/a poetics; studies of the representation of labor in
the Latino/a literary imagination; and genealogical and archival
assessment of U.S. Latino literature's relationship with American,
Caribbean, and Latin American literatures and histories.
Design, Modeling, and Reliability in ROTATING MACHINERY This broad
collection of current rotating machinery topics, written by
industry experts, is a must-have for rotating equipment engineers,
maintenance personnel, students, and anyone else wanting to stay
abreast with current rotating machinery concepts and technology.
Rotating machinery represents a broad category of equipment, which
includes pumps, compressors, fans, gas turbines, electric motors,
internal combustion engines, and other equipment, that are critical
to the efficient operation of process facilities around the world.
These machines must be designed to move gases and liquids safely,
reliably, and in an environmentally friendly manner. To fully
understand rotating machinery, owners must be familiar with their
associated technologies, such as machine design, lubrication, fluid
dynamics, thermodynamics, rotordynamics, vibration analysis,
condition monitoring, maintenance practices, reliability theory,
and other topics. The goal of the "Advances in Rotating Machinery"
book series is to provide industry practitioners a time-savings
means of learning about the most up-to-date rotating machinery
ideas and best practices. This three-book series will cover
industry-relevant topics, such as design assessments, modeling,
reliability improvements, maintenance methods and best practices,
reliability audits, data collection, data analysis, condition
monitoring, and more. This first volume begins the series by
focusing on rotating machinery design assessments, modeling and
analysis, and reliability improvement ideas. This broad collection
of current rotating machinery topics, written by industry experts,
is a must-have for rotating equipment engineers, maintenance
personnel, students, and anyone else wanting to stay abreast with
current rotating machinery concepts and technology. Design,
Modeling, and Reliability in Rotating Machinery covers, among many
other topics: Rotordynamics and torsional vibration modeling
Hydrodynamic bearing design theory and current practices
Centrifugal and reciprocating compressor design and analysis
Centrifugal pump design, selection, and monitoring General purpose
steam turbine sizing
"Long Wave Polar Modes in Semiconductor Heterostructures" is
concerned with the study of polar optical modes in semiconductor
heterostructures from a phenomenological approach and aims to
simplify the model of lattice dynamics calculations. The book
provides useful tools for performing calculations relevant to
anyone who might be interested in practical applications.
The main focus of "Long Wave Polar Modes in Semiconductor
Heterostructures" is planar heterostructures (quantum wells or
barriers, superlattices, double barrier structures etc) but there
is also discussion on the growing field of quantum wires and dots.
Also to allow anyone reading the book to apply the techniques
discussed for planar heterostructures, the scope has been widened
to include cylindrical and spherical geometries.
The book is intended as an introductory text which guides the
reader through basic questions and expands to cover
state-of-the-art professional topics. The book is relevant to
experimentalists wanting an instructive presentation of a simple
phenomenological model and theoretical tools to work with and also
to young theoreticians by providing discussion of basic issues and
the basis of advanced theoretical formulations. The book also
provides a brief respite on the physics of piezoelectric waves as a
coupling to polar optical modes.
Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of
this book requires shipment from an overseas supplier. It will be
delivered to you within 12 weeks. This is the first compilation of
essays to bring together the most important U.S. Latino/a literary
criticism of the last decade. This timely text has been long in
coming as U.S. Latino/a literary criticism has grown exponentially
throughout U.S universities since 1995.
Completely revised and updated, this bestseller provides readers
with a deep understanding of how the book’s strategies evolve and
take shape in day-to-day classroom practice. The text includes
explicit ties to reading and content standards, tips for involving
parents, steps for gathering knowledge of a student’s background
to advance learning, and a companion website.
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