"This book brings together a distinguished group of historians to explore the previously neglected relationship between nationalism and urban history. It reveals the contrasting experiences of nationalism in different societies and milieus. It will help historians to reassess the role of nationalism both inside and outside the nation state. "--

Enabling eBusiness describes the architecture and components for a comprehensive and robust eBusiness infrastructure. W.S. Whyte introduces the technical possibilities and issues in and around eBusiness and relates them to established business theory.

Looking at the entire supply chain - from supplier to customer - the book includes logistics, customer service, B2B operations, marketing and a lot more.

Enabling eBusiness helps technical and functional team leaders and strategists to get to grips with the requirements for distributed systems and on-line retailing. It is recommended reading for final year and postgraduate students in telecommunications, computer science, electrical engineering and business school courses.

Here you'll find the answers to these questions - and more:

• How can you "seduce" customers into buying on-line?
• How do you get customers to trust you?
• What is database marketing?
• How do you make payment secure?

Demand for cleanrooms is flourishing as manufacturing becomes increasingly sophisticated. From computers and CD players to medicines and convenience foods, more and more products require high levels of contamination control. Fully revised and updated, Cleanroom Design, Second Edition presents the latest advances in the field. Written by a highly experienced team of international authors, the broad coverage encompasses the design of cleanrooms for the microelectronics, pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology industries. Features include:

• New chapter on the design of medical devices featuring configurations for heart pacemakers and aortic bioprostheses
• Examination of the international standards for the design of cleanrooms providing the designer with a concise information source
• Discussion of cost-efficiency and energy-saving concepts such as minimizing the air flow rate and the impact of mini-environments
• Section on high efficiency air filtration looking at filter standards and testing
• Practical guidance on construction materials and surface finishes, pipework design, the production and transmission of high purity gases and water purification techniques

A self-contained and practical book providing step-by-step guidance to the design and construction of cleanrooms, appropriate testing methodologies, and operation for the minimization of contamination...

This second edition has been comprehensively revised and includes extensive updates to the two chapters that contain information on cleanroom standards and guidelines. The chapter on risk management has been extensively revised, especially the section on risk assessment. Other new subjects that have been added to the various chapters are those on clean-build, determination of air supply volumes for non-unidirectional airflow cleanrooms, RABS (Restricted Access Barrier Systems), contamination recovery test methods, entry of large items into a cleanroom, glove allergy problems, and how to develop a cleanroom cleaning programme.

Used for in-house training and a textbook in colleges, this volume is for cleanroom personnel at all levels. It provides novices with an introduction to the state-of-the-art technology and professionals with an accessible reference to the current practices. It is particularly useful in the semiconductor, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life sciences industries.

William Whyte is an international authority in cleanrooms, with over 45 years experience in research, teaching and consulting in the electronic, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. He is a member of British and International standards committees writing the International Cleanroom standards, and has received numerous awards for his work in Cleanroom Technology.

A comment on the first edition:

..".extremely useful and helpful...very well-written, highly organized, easy to understand and follow..." ("Environmental Geology," 2003)

This book brings together a distinguished group of historians to explore the previously neglected relationship between nationalism and urban history. It reveals the contrasting experiences of nationalism in different societies and milieus. It will help historians to reassess the role of nationalism both inside and outside the nation state.