ISBN,URL,TITLE,AUTHORS,EDITION,VOLUME,PAGES,IMPRINT,BINDING,DESCRIPTION,PUBDATE,USD,Euro,REVIEW,TOC,SUBJECT,BOOK SERIES,SUPER AREA "0-444-82086-8","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0444820868"",""Hyperlink"")","Handbook of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry : Applications to Inorganic and Miscellaneous Materials","Gallagher, P.K.;Brown, M.E.;Gallagher, P.K.","","Volume 2 ","941","Elsevier","HC","Hardbound. ","01-DEC-03","299.00 ","299.00 ","","Applications Of Thermal Analysis And Calorimetry In Adsorption And Surface Chemistry (Philip L. Llewellyn). The Applications Of Thermoanalytical Techniques To The Preservation Of Art And Archaeological Objects (Marianne Odlyha). The Application Of Thermal Analysis To The Study Of Carbons (Pauline Phang And The Late David Dollimore). Applications Of Thermal Analysis In The Preparation Of Catalysts And In Catalysis (B. Pawelec, J.L.G. Fierro). Ceramics, Glass, And Electronic Materials (Patrick K. Gallagher, John P. Sanders). Thermal Analysis Of Clays (Katherine S. Meyers, Robert F. Speyer). Energy Storage (Takeo Ozawa, Masayuki Kamimoto). The Thermal Stability Of Explosives (Jimmie C. Oxley). Fossil Fuels - Application Of Thermal Analysis Techniques (Mustafa Versan Kok). General Inorganic Chemicals And Coordination Compounds (H.J. Seifert). Applications Of Thermal Methods In The Geosciences (Werner Smykatz-Kloss, Klaus Heide And Wolfgang Klinke). Dehydration Of Crystalline Hydrates (Andrew K. Galwey). Thermal Analysis In Metallurgy (Shaheer A. Mikhail, A. Hubert Webster). Pyrotechnics (E.L Charsley, P.G. Laye andM.E. Brown). Thermal Analysis In Studies Of High-Tc Superconductors (J. Valo and M. Leskelä).","Thermochemistry and Thermodynamics","Handbook of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry","Chemistry and Chemical Engineering" "0-44450-995-X","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/044450995X"",""Hyperlink"")","Economics of Art and Culture","Ginsburgh, V.",""," ","228","Elsevier","HC","Hardbound. This volume contains a large selection of the invited papers given at the Twelfth Conference of the Association of Cultural Economics International held in Rotterdam in 2002. Two sessions were devoted to what came to be called the cultural industries (movies, television, media, etc.). Two dealt with the history of art and music markets. The last two were more policy oriented. One was devoted to the management of built heritage which becomes larger every year, and will be in need of more and more public funding. The invited speakers in the last session had spent, or are still spending, some or most of their time in the ""real world,"" and try to discuss how cultural economists can contribute to alleviate the hard life of those who have to manage culture. Choices necessarily meant that many fields in which active research is alive were not dealt with, in particular, the contemporary functioning of art markets, artists' labor markets, museums a","01-FEB-04","95.00 ","95.00 ","","1. Motion picture directors: luck, talent and rewards (A. De Vany). 2. Independent film finance, Pre-sale agreements, and the distribution of film earnings (F.W. Rusco, W.D. Walls). 3. Are they all crazy or just risk averse? Some movie puzzles and possible solutions (S.A. Ravid). 4. Measuring the cultural discount in the price of exported U.S. television programs (S. McFadyen, C. Hoskins, A. Finn). 5. Attitudes toward advertising and price competition in the press industry (J.J. Gabszewicz, D. Laussel, N. Sonnac). 6. Art dealers in Holland (J.M. Montias). 7. Auctioning paintings in late seventeenth-century London: rules, segmentation and prices in an emergent market (N. De Marchi). 8. Music as a commodity: creating a market in eighteenth-century London (R. McGuinnes). 9. The test of time: does 20th century American art survive? (W. Landes). 10. The credibility of cultural economists' advice to governments (A. Peacock). 11. Quantifying quality and other problems (T. Mason). 12. Who owns cultural goods? The case of built heritage (F. Benhamou). 13. The relationship between regional and national policies in the arts (R. Rizzo). 14. Making a list: information as a tool of historic preservation (J.M. Schuster).","General Economics","Contributions to Economic Analysis","Economics, Business and Management" "0-444-51265-9","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0444512659"",""Hyperlink"")","Elsevier's Dictionary of Abbreviations, Acronyms, Synonyms and Symbols used in Medicine","Tsur, S.A.",""," ","856","Elsevier","HC","Hardbound. Description: Over 10,000 abbreviations are added to this second edition of the dictionary, the first edition of which was published in 1999. The new edition contains over 30,000 abbreviations of terms used in the field of anatomy, bacteriology, biology, chemistry, medicine (human and veterinary), pathology, pharmacology, etc., with especially detailed itemization of the chemical elements, hormones, insulins, kidney function tests, pulmonary function tests, serological tests for syphilis, symbols used in various disciplines, such as biology, calculation, chemistry, Greek alphabet, medicine and pharmacy, numeration and signs of the zodiac, the vitamins , etc.","01-JAN-04","195.00 ","195.00 ",""," ","Internal Medicine","","Medicine" "0120188465","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0120188465"",""Hyperlink"")","Advances in Geophysics, 46","Dmowska, R.",""," ","","Academic Press","HC","Hardbound. The critically acclaimed serialized review journal for nearly fifty years, Advances in Geophysics is a highly respected publication in the field of geophysics. Since 1952, each volume has been eagerly awaited, frequently consulted, and praised by researchers and reviewers alike. Now with over 45 volumes, the Serial contains much material still relevant today-truly an essential publication for researchers in all fields of geophysics.","01-JAN-04","140.00 ","140.00 ","","1. Mountain Building, Erosion and Seismic Cycle in the Nepal Himalaya. Jean-Phillipe Avouac, Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA 2. Seismic Traveltime Tomography of the Crust and Lithosphere. N. Rawlinson and M.S. Sambridge, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 3. Assembly of Pangea: Combined Paleomagnetic and Paleoclimatic Approach. Marek Lewandowski, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland 4. Characteristics of Dense Nests of Deep and Intermediate-Depth Seismicity. Zoya Zarifi and Jens Havskov, Department of Earth Sciences, Bergen University, Bergen, Norway","Geophysics","Advances in Geophysics","Earth and Planetary Sciences" "0-08-044317-6","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0080443176"",""Hyperlink"")","Air Pollution, Global Change and Forests in the New Millennium","Karnosky, D.F.;Percy, K.E.;Chappelka, A.H.;Simpson, C.;Pikkarainen, J.",""," ","484","Elsevier","HC","Hardbound. The chapters in this book present a snapshot of the state of knowledge of air pollution effects at the beginning of the 21st century. From their different disciplines, a distinguished collection of authors document their understanding of how leaves, trees, and forests respond to air pollutants and climate change. Scenarios of global change and air pollution are described. The authors describe responses of forests to climate variability, tropospheric ozone, rising atmospheric CO2, the combination of CO2 and ozone, and deposition of acidic compounds and heavy metals. The responses to ozone receive particular attention because of increasing concern about its damaging effects and increasing concentrations in rural areas. Scaling issues are addressed - from leaves to trees, from juvenile trees to mature trees, from short-term responses to long-term responses, and from small-scale experiments and observations to large-scale","01-NOV-03","140.00 ","140.00 ","","Introduction to the Book Series. List of Contributors. Foreword and Acknowledgements. Preface (R.A. Birdsey, USFS Global Change Program). Issues, Challenges and Risks. 1. Air pollution and global change: A double challenge to forest ecosystems (D.F. Karnosky, K.E. Percy et al.). 2. What is the role of demographic factors in air pollution and forests? (D.S. Shriner, D.F. Karnosky). 3. Changing atmospheric carbon dioxide: A threat or benefit? (D.F. Karnosky, P. Sharma et al.). 4. Tropopsheric ozone: A continuing threat to global forests? (K.E. Percy, A.H. Legge, S.V. Krupa). Tropospheric Ozone. 5. Regional scale risk assessment of ozone and forests (G. Gerosa, A. Ballarin-Denti). 6. Limitations and perspectives about scaling ozone impacts in trees (T.E. Kolb, R. Matyssek). 7. Simulating the growth response of aspen to elevated ozone: A mechanistic approach from leaf-level photosynthesis to complex architecture (M.J. Martin, G.E. Host et al.). 8. Ozone affects the fitness of trembling aspen (D.F. Karnosky, K. Percy et al.). 9. Responses of Aleppo pine to O3 (R. Alonso, S. Elvira et al.). 10. Ozone affects Scots pine phenology and growth (S. Manninen, R. Sorjamaa et al.). 11. Ozone affects leaf surface-pest interactions (K.E. Percy, B. Mankovska et al.). 12. Ultrastructural response of a Mediterranean shrub species to O3 (F. Bussotti, E. Gravano et al.). 13. Ozone injury symptoms on vegetation in an alpine valley, North Italy (F. Bussotti, C. Mazzali et al.). Acidic Deposition. 14. Forest growth and critical air pollutant loads in Scandinavia (C. Nellemann, M.G. Thomsen et al.). 15. Norway spruce mortality and critical air pollutant loads (M.G. Thomsen, C. Nellemann). 16. Beech foliar chemical composition: A bioindicator of air pollution stress (G. Amores, J.M. Santamaria). 17. Atmospheric contamination of a wilderness park near a smelter in northern Michigan (W. Beer, E. Jepsen, J. Roth). 18. Mycorrhizal community structure of Scots pine trees exposed to acidic deposition (M. Rudawska, B. Kieliszewska-Rokicka et al.). Interaction of Air Pollutants and Climate Change. 19. Responses of forests in the northern U.S. to air pollution and climate change (R.A. Mickler, S.G. McNulty et al.). 20. An intensive monitoring study of air pollution stress in a beech forest in Spain (J.M. Santamaria, G. Amores et al.). 21. Effects of elevated carbon dioxide and acidic rain on the growth of Holm oak (E. Paoletti, F. Manes). 22. Effects of elevated CO2 and O3 on aspen clones of varying O3 sensitivity: Can CO2 ameliorate the harmful effects of O3? (B. Wustman, E. Oksanen et al.). 23. Growth responses of aspen clones to elevated carbon dioxide and ozone (J.G. Isebrands, E.P. McDonald et al.). Conclusions and Research Needs. 24. State of science and gaps in our knowledge in relation to air pollution (M. Ferretti, J. Bucher et al.). 25. Air pollution and global change impacts on forest ecosystems: Monitoring and research needs (D.F. Karnosky, K.E. Percy et al.). Author Index. Subject Index. ","Pollution Control","Developments in Environmental Science","Environmental Sciences" "0-444-51132-6","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0444511326"",""Hyperlink"")","Life Cycle of the Phosphoria Formation","Hein, J.R.",""," ","664","Elsevier","HC","Hardbound. Geological, geoenvironmental, and resource studies were completed to study a world-class phosphate ore in the Western US Phosphate Field. This integrated, multi-agency, multidisciplinary research emphasized: (1) Geological and geochemical baseline characterization of the deposit and associated rocks, (2) Delineation, assessment, and spatial analysis of phosphate resources and lands disturbed by mining, (3) Contaminant residence, reaction pathways, and environmental fate associated with the occurrence, development, and use of phosphate rock, and (4) Depositional origin and evolution of the Phosphoria Formation and deposit and geoenvironmental modeling.","01-FEB-04","250.00 ","250.00 ","","Preface. List of Contributors. Part I. Introduction. 1. The Permian Earth (J.R. Hein). 2. Evolution of thought concerning the origin of the Phosphoria Formation, Western US Phosphate Field (J.R. Hein, R.B. Perkins, B.R. McIntyre). Part II. Regional Studies. 3. The history of production of the Western Phosphate Field (S.M. Jasinski, W.H. Lee, J.D. Causey). 4. The Meade Peak Member of the Phosphoria Formation: Temporal and spatial variations in sediment geochemistry (R.B. Perkins, D.Z. Piper). 5. Regional analysis of spiculite faunas in the Permian Phosphoria basin: Implication for paleoceanography (B.L. Murchey). 6. Strain distribution and structural evolution of the Meade plate, southeastern Idaho (J.G. Evans). Part III. Geological and Geochemical Studies in southeast Idaho. 7. The effects of weathering on the mineralogy of the Phosphoria Formation, southeastern Idaho (A.C. Knudsen, M.E. Gunter). 8. Petrogenesis and mineralogic residence of selected elements in the Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Member of the Permian Phosphoria Formation, southeast Idaho (R.I. Grauch, G.A. Desborough et al.). 9. Weathering of the Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Member, Phosphoria Formation: Observations based on uranium and its decay products (R.A. Zielinski, J.R. Budahn et al.). 10. Mineral affinities and distribution of selenium and other trace elements in black shale and phosphorite of the Phosphoria Formation (R.B. Perkins, A.L. Foster). Part IV. Geoenvironmental Studies. 11. The Phosphoria Formation: A model for forecasting global selenium sources to the environment (T.S. Presser, D.Z. Piper et al.). 12. Lithogeochemistry of the Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Member of the Phosphoria Formation, southeast Idaho (J.R. Herring, R.I. Grauch). 13. Rock leachate geochemistry of the Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Member of the Phosphoria Formation, southeast Idaho (J.R. Herring). 14. Rex Chert Member of the Permian Phosphoria Formation: Composition, with emphasis on elements of environmental concern (J.R. Hein, B.R. McIntyre et al.). 15. Gaseous selenium and other elements in near-surface atmospheric samples, southeast Idaho (P.J. Lamothe, J.R. Herring). 16. Selenium loading through the Blackfoot River watershed: Linking sources to ecosystems (T.S. Presser, M. Hardy et al.) 17. Selenium attenuation in a wetland formed from mine drainage in the Phosphoria Formation, southeast Idaho (L.L. Stillings, M.C. Amacher). 18. Selenium and other trace elements in water, sediment, aquatic plants, aquatic invertebrates, and fish from streams in SE Idaho near phosphate mining (S.J. Hamilton, K.J. Buhl, P.J. Lamothe). 19. Uptake of selenium and other contaminant elements into plants and implications for grazing animals in southeast Idaho (C.L. Mackowiak, M.C. Amacher et al.). Part V. Modeling Studies. 20. Review of world sedimentary phosphate deposits and occurrences (G.J. Orris, C.B. Chernoff). 21. Western Phosphate Field - Depositional and economic deposit models (P.R. Moyle, D.Z. Piper). 22. Societal relevance, processing, and material flow of western phosphate - Refreshments, fertilizer, and weed killer (S.M. Jasinski). Appendix CD: Table of world sedimentary phosphate deposits (with appendices for chapters 12, 13, 18, and 19) (G.J. Orris, C.B. Chernoff). Authors Index. Subject Index.","Geology","Handbook of Exploration and Environmental Geochemistry (formerly Handbook of Exploration Geochemistry)","Earth and Planetary Sciences" "0-08-043012-0","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0080430120"",""Hyperlink"")","Mechanics of Excavation and Support in Weak and Fractured Rocks","Zhao, J.;Zhu, W.",""," ","1360","Elsevier","HC","Hardbound. This title is of extreme importance to all interested in the properties and use of rock masses as a building material. Rock masses differ significantly from man made materials, and can vary with time, location and direction. As a result, there is a strong need to capture these variations via the modeling and analysis Zhao and Zhu provide solutions to the challenges faced by modeling and excavation analysis in rock masses, taking into account discontinuity influence, time dependence behavior and construction method. The book brings together previously published technical papers and new material presented for the first time to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date reference.","01-AUG-03","260.00 ","260.00 ","","PART A: Illustrative worked examples - Questions and Answers Introduction Geological Setting Stress In situ rock stress Strain and Theorey of elasticity Intact Rock: deformability, strength and Failure Fractures and Hemespherical projection Rock masses: deformability, strenght and failure Permeability Anisotropy and inhomogeneity Testing Techniques Rock Mass classification Rock dynamics and time dependency Rock mechanics interactions and rock engineering systems Excavation principles Rock reinforcement and rock support Foundation and slope instability mechanisms Design of surfave excavations Underground excavation instability mechanisms Design of underground excavations PART B: Questions","Civil Engineering (General)","","Engineering, Energy and Technology" "1-85617-408-5","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/1856174085"",""Hyperlink"")","Predictive Maintenance of Pumps using Condition Monitoring","Beebe, R.S.",""," ","384","Elsevier Advanced Technology","HC","Hardbound. • A practical book written by an experienced engineer. • Will explain how to minimise energy costs, prevent overhauls and reduce maintenance expenditure. • Includes material not found anywhere else. This book show how Condition Monitoring can be applied to detect internal degradation in pumps so that appropriate maintenance can be decided upon based on actual condition rather than arbitrary time scales. The book focuses on the main Condition Monitoring techniques particularly relevant to pumps (vibration analysis, performance analysis). The philosophy of Condition Monitoring is briefly summarised and field examples show how Condition Monitoring is applied to detect internal degration in pumps.","01-MAR-04","175.00 ","175.00 ","","Chapter 1 - Condition Monitoring/Predictive Maintenance 1.1 Outline of philosophy 1.2 Overview of methods available 1.3 NDT and wear particles in oil applied to pumps Chapter 2 - Vibration Analysis of Pumps 2.1 Basics of vibration measurement 2.2 Assessment of severity 2.3 Analysis of vibration frequencies 2.4 Case studies Chapter 3 - Performance Analysis of Pumps 3.1 Review of performance characteristics 3.2 Site testing of pumps 3.3 Measurement of test data: expedients for flow, pressure 3.4 Pumps in systems - finding the system curve by test Chapter 4 - Condition Monitoring of Pumps: Performance Analysis 4.1 Head-Flow test 4.2 Shutoff Head test 4.3 Thermometric testing 4.4 Balance device leakoff flow 4.5 Other methods Chapter 5 - Optimisation of Time to Overhaul 5.1 Production lost 5.2 Pumps with intermittent operation 5.3 No production lost, but energy consumption increases (constant speed, throttle controlled pump) 5.4 No production lost, but energy consumption increases (variable speed pump) Chapter 6 - Other Applications of Condition Monitoring Information 6.1 Investigation of over-sized pumps: impeller reduction to reduce energy consumption Chapter 7 - Application of Condition Monitoring to Positive Displacement Pumps 7.1 Vibration analysis 7.2 Performance analysis References Index ","Fluids Engineering","","Engineering, Energy and Technology" "1-85617-410-7","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/1856174107"",""Hyperlink"")","The Practical Pumping Handbook","MacKay, R.C.",""," ","384","Elsevier Advanced Technology","HC","Hardbound. • Aids understanding of pumps to minimize failures and time-out. • A practical handbook covering the basics of the pumping process. • Written by an acknowledged expert. A practical account of pumping, starting with basics and providing a detailed but accessible understanding of all aspects of the pumping process and what can go wrong with it. Written by an acknowledged expert with years of teaching experience in the practical understanding of pumps and systems.","01-JUN-04","95.00 ","95.00 ","","Chapter 1 - Pump Mechanics Volute Casing Impeller & Water Rings Stuffing Box & Seal Chamber Shaft & Sleeves Bearings & Lubricant Bearing Housing Seal Flanged Motor Adapter Chapter 2 - Pump Hydraulics Fluid Flow Pressure-Head Relationship Head-Capacity Relationship Pump Curves Pump Efficiency Optimum Inlet Conditions Affinity Laws Impeller Radial Loads Pump Specific Speed Hydraulic Instabilities Shaft Deflection Formulae Shaft Slenderness Ratio Chapter 3 - System Hydraulics Flow Rate Total Dynamic Head System Curves Pump & System Curves Parallel & Series Pumping System Analysis Examples Chapter 4 - Cavitation & NPSH Cavitation Defined Air Entrainment Suction Recirculation Discharge Recirculation Suction Specific Speed NPSH Required NPSH Available Calculation of NPSH Available Living with Cavitation Chapter 5 - Pump Selection 8 Pump Selection Factors Sample Pump Specification Pump Data Sheet Evaluation Analysis Chapter 6 - Mechanical Seal Considerations Type Selection Basic Seal Operation The Seal Faces Seal Flexibility Options Fretting and Non-Fretting Seals Balanced and Unbalanced Seals Inside and Outside Seals Component and Cartridge Seals Single or Double Seals Environmental Controls Chapter 7 - Pump Installation & Piping Installation, Handling and Location Foundation Requirements Piping Considerations Shaft Alignment Chapter 8 - Pump Start-up Installation Check list Lubrication and Cooling Packing and Mechanical Seals Start-up Preparation and Sequence Chapter 9 - Troubleshooting 6 Solutions to Every Pumping Problem Zero or Insufficient Discharge Excessive Power Consumption Pump Vibration Excessive Packing Leakage Premature Seal Failure Premature Bearing Failure Chapter 10 - Materials Corrosion Resistance and Materials Selection Materials of Construction for Pumping Various Liquids Chapter 11 - Friction Losses Friction Loss Tables up to 24 inches from HI Resistance Coefficients for Valves and Fitting Friction Losses in Paper Stock Chapter 12 - Fluid Properties Properties of Water at Various Temperatures Barometric Pressure vs Altitude Vapour pressures Solids and Slurries Performance Correction for Viscous Liquids Viscosity Conversion Tables ","Fluids Engineering","","Engineering, Energy and Technology" "0-7623-1075-8","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0762310758"",""Hyperlink"")","Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Misspecified Models: Twenty Years Later","Fomby, T.;Carter Hill, R.",""," ","278","Jai","HC","Hardbound. This volume is the result of an Advances in Econometrics conference held in November of 2002 at Louisiana State University in recognition of Halbert White's pioneering work published in Econometrica in 1980 and 1982 on robust variance-covariance estimation and quasi-maximum likelihood estimation. It contains 11 papers on a range of related topics including the estimation of possibly misspecified error component and fixed effects panel models, estimation and inference in possibly misspecified quantile regression models, quasi-maximum likelihood estimation of linear regression models with bounded and symmetric errors and quasi-maximum likelihood estimation of models with parameter dependencies between the mean vector and error variance-covariance matrix. Other topics include GMM, HAC, Heckit, asymmetric GARCH, Cross-Entropy, and multivariate deterministic trend estimation and testing under various possible misspecifications.","01-DEC-03","95.00 ","95.00 ","","A comparative study of pure and pretest estimators for a possibly misspecified two-way error component model (B.H. Baltagi, G. Bresson, A. Pirotte). Tests of common deterministic trend slopes applied to quarterly global temperature data (T.B. Fomby, T.J. Vogelsang). The sandwich estimate of variance (J.W. Hardin). Test statistics and critical values in selectivity models (R.C. Hill, L.C. Adkins, K.A. Bender). Estimation, inference, and specification testing for possibly misspecified quantile regression (T.-H. Kim, H. White). Maximum likelihood estimation with bounded symmetric errors (D. Miller, J. Eales, P. Preckel). Consistent quasi-maximum likelihood estimation with limited information (D. Miller, S.-H. Lee). An examination of the sign and volatility switching ARCH models under alternative distributional assumptions (M.F. Omran, F. Avram). Estimating a linear exponential density when the weighting matrix and mean parameter vector are functionally related (C.-Y. Sin). Testing in GMM models without truncation (T.J. Vogelsang). Bayesian analysis of misspecified models with fixed effects (T. Woutersen).","Mathematical and Quantitative Methods (General)","Advances in Econometrics","Economics, Business and Management" "0-08-044051-7","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0080440517"",""Hyperlink"")","Quantitative Borehole Acoustic Methods","Tang, X.-M.;Cheng, A.",""," ","274","Elsevier","HC","Hardbound. Acoustic logging is a multidisciplinary technology involving basic theory, instrumentation, and data processing/interpretation methodologies. The advancement of the technology now allows for a broad range of measurements to obtain formation properties such as elastic wave velocity and attenuation, formation permeability, and seismic anisotropy that are important for petroleum reservoir exploration. With these advances, it is easier to detect and characterize formation fractures, estimate formation stress field, and locate/estimate petroleum reserves. The technology has evolved from the monopole acoustic logging into the multipole, including dipole, cross-dipole, and even quadrupole, acoustic logging measurements. The measurement process has developed from the conventional wireline logging into the logging-while-drilling stage. For such a fast developing technology with applications that are interesting to readers of different backgrounds, ","01-JAN-04","105.00 ","105.00 ","","Preface. 1. Overview of Acoustic Logging - Applications and Recent Advances. 1.1 Acoustic well logging concept and evolution of acoustic tools. 1.2 Formation elastic-wave property - measurements and applications. 1.3 Permeability estimation. 1.4 Formation anisotropy measurement and applications. 1.5 Determining shear-wave transverse isotropy from stoneley waves. 2. Elastic Wave Propagation in Boreholes. 2.1 Borehole source formulation. 2.2 Solution for the elastic formation. 2.3 Employing the boundary condition at the borehole. 2.4 Full waveform synthetic seismograms. 2.5 Analysis of wave modes in a borehole. 2.6 Modeling multi-layered formations. 2.7 Multi-layered formation and cased-hole acoustic logging synthetic seismograms. 2.8 Modeling logging-while-drilling multipole wave propagation. 2.9 Modeling the effect of attenuation. 2.10 Acoustic logging in a transversely isotropic formation. 3. Elastic Wave Velocity and Attenuation Estimation from Array Acoustic Waveform Data. 3.1 Frequency domain methods. 3.2 Time-domain methods. 3.3 Resolution enhancement. 3.4 Borehole compensation. 3.5 Dispersion effects and correction. 3.6 Wave attenuation estimation. 4. Permeability Estimation - Theory, Methods, and Field Examples. 4.1 Theory for acoustic propagation along a permeable porous borehole. 4.2 Permeability estimation from borehole stoneley waves. 4.3 Joint interpretation of formation permeability from acoustic and NMR log data. 5. Acoustic Logging in Anisotropic Formations: Theory, Method, and Applications. 5.1 Anisotropy in a borehole environment. 5.2 Analysis of cross-dipole acoustic waveform data for shear-wave anisotropy determination. 5.3 Application of cross-dipole anisotropy measurement to fracture analyses in open and cased holes. 5.4 Application of cross-dipole anisotropy measurement to formation stress analysis. 5.5 Estimating formation shear-wave transverse isotropy. 6. Summary, Related Topics, and Road Ahead. 6.1 Summary of previous chapters. 6.2 Related topics and road ahead. References. Names and Places. Index. ","Seismology","Handbook of Geophysical Exploration: Seismic Exploration","Earth and Planetary Sciences" "0-7623-1080-4","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0762310804"",""Hyperlink"")","Market Discipline in Banking","Kaufman, G.G",""," ","606","Jai","HC","Hardbound. It has become increasingly evident in recent years that the safe and the efficient operation of the banking system cannot be guaranteed by Government regulation and supervisory review alone, regardless of how conscientious the regulator, or well-intended the regulations. Government regulation needs to be supplemented by market discipline. Market discipline requires the existence of at least some ""de-facto at-risk"" bank stakeholders, who have an incentive both to monitor the financial performance of the banks and to take action to influence bank management if they find performance unsatisfactory. But the concept of market discipline in banking was dormant for many years in the post-World War II era in almost all countries, as the fear of major economic spillover damage from bank failures led governments and regulators to either not failing insolvent banks officially or protecting most or all stakeholders, if they did place these banks in receive","01-DEC-03","115.00 ","115.00 ","","List of contributors. Introduction (G.G. Kaufman). Part I. Market discipline in banking: Theory and evidence 1. Resolving large complex financial organizations (R. Bliss). The impact of supervisory disclosure on the supervisory process (R. Feldman, et al.). Market discipline: A theoretical framework for regulatory policy development (P. Hamalainen, et al.). International financial conglomerate and bank insolvency regimes (R. Herring). Comment (J. Bisignano). Comment (B.E. Gup). Comment (G.G. Kaufman). Comment (H. Rosenblum). Part II. Market discipline in banking: Theory and evidence 2. Market discipline and financial crisis policy: A historical perspective (M.D. Bordo). The role of market discipline in handling problem banks (D.T. Llewellyn, D.G. Mayes). Do un-insured depositors vote with their feet? (K. McDill, A.M. Maechler). Market discipline of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: How do share prices and debt yield spreads, respond to new info? (R.S. Seiler, Jr.). Comment (L. Mote). Comment (R. van Order). Part III. Market discipline in banking: Role of supervisors and netting. Netting, financial contracts, and banks: The economic implications (B.Bergman, et al.). Inter-bank netting agreements and the distribution of bank default risk (W.R. Emmons). Do jumbo-cd holders care about anything? (J.R. Hall, et al.). Bank loan underwriting practices: Can supervisors' risk assessments, contribute to early warning systems? (C. Richardson, et al.). Comment (D. Evanoff). Comment (J.E McNulty).","Financial Institutions and Services","Research in Financial Services: Private and Public Policy","Economics, Business and Management" "0-444-51530-5","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0444515305"",""Hyperlink"")","Algorithmic Graph Theory and Perfect Graphs","Golumbic, M.C.",""," ","346","North-Holland","HC","Hardbound. Algorithmic Graph Theory and Perfect Graphs, first published in 1980, has become the classic introduction to the field. This new Annals version continues to convey the message that intersection graph models are a necessary and important tool for solving real-world problems. It remains a stepping stone from which the reader may embark on one of many fascinating research trails. The past twenty years have been an amazingly fruitful period of research in algorithmic graph theory and structured families of graphs. Especially important have been the theory and applications of new intersection graph models such as generalizations of permutation graphs and interval graphs. These have lead to new families of perfect graphs and many algorithmic results. A new Epilogue chapter in this second edition surveys many of the recent results in the area. It also gives pointers for further study. The book has served to unify the topic and to act as a sp","01-MAR-04","70.00 ","70.00 ","","Foreword 2003. Corrections and errata. Foreward. Preface. Acknowledgments. List of Symbols. Chapter 1. Graph Theoretic Foundations. Chapter 2. The Design of Efficient Algorithms. Chapter 3. Perfect Graphs. Chapter 4. Triangulated Graphs. Chapter 5. Comparability Graphs. Chapter 6. Split Graphs. Chapter 7. Permutation Graphs. Chapter 8. Interval Graphs. Chapter 9. Superperfect Graphs. Chapter 10. Threshold Graphs. Chapter 11. Not So Perfect Graphs. Chapter 12. Perfect Gaussian Elimination. Contents. Appendix. Epilogue 2003. Index. ","Discrete Mathematics / Combinatorics","Annals of Discrete Mathematics","Mathematics" "0-444-51551-8","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0444515518"",""Hyperlink"")","Biotic Indicators for Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture","Buchs, W.",""," ","558","Elsevier","HC","Hardbound. This volume highlights aspects and approaches to questions on the development and findings of biotic indicator (systems), considering the complex problems of conversion into practice. Biotic indication in relation to sustainable land use and biodiversity is discussed from many angles. Covered in this volume are the following topics: Political requirements and statements on biotic agri-environmental indicators; Requirements regarding agri-environmental indicators from a scientific as well as an applied point of view; Scientific reviews and critical discussions of ""state of the art"" knowledge regarding several kinds of agri-environmental indicators for biodiversity and/or sustainable agriculture; Original experiments on certain aspects regarding indication of biodiversity in agroecosystems; Practical experience with the application and suitability of agri-environmental indicato","01-OCT-03","189.00 ","189.00 ","","Part I. Introduction. Biotic indicators for biodiversity and sustainable agriculture - introduction and background (W. Büchs). Part II. Requirements. Environmental policy, agri-environmental indicators and landscape indicators (H.-P. Piorr). Part III. Biodiversity at different scale levels. Biodiversity and agri-environmental indicators - general scopes and skills with special reference to the habitat level (W. Büchs). Floristic diversity at the habitat scale in agricultural landscapes of Central Europe - summary, conclusions and perspectives (R. Waldhardt, D. Simmering, H. Albrecht). Biodiversity indicators: the choice of values and measures (P. Duelli, M.K. Obrist). Biodiversity, the ultimate agri-environmental indicator?: Potential and limits for the application of faunistic elements as gradual indicators in agroecosystems (W. Büchs, A. Harenberg et al.). Sample size and quality of indication - a case study using ground-dwelling arthropods as indicators in agricultural ecosystems (J. Perner). Biotic indicators of carabid species richness on organically and conventionally managed arable fields (T.F. Döring, A. Hiller et al.). The spatial and temporal pattern of carabid beetles on arable fields in northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) and their value as ecological indicators (U. Irmler). Which carabid species benefit from organic agriculture? - A review of comparative studies in winter cereals from Germany and Switzerland (T.F. Döring, B. Kromp). Regional diversity of temporary wetland carabid beetle communities: a matter of landscape features or cultivation intensity? (U. Brose). Assessment of changing agricultural land use: response of vegetation, ground-dwelling spiders and beetles to the conversion of arable land into grassland (J. Perner, S. Malt). Auchenorrhyncha communities as indicators of disturbance in grasslands (Insecta, Hemiptera) - a case study from the Elbe flood plains (northern Germany) (H. Nickel, J. Hildebrandt). Suitability of arable weeds as indicator organisms to evaluate species conservation effects of management in agricultural ecosystems (H. Albrecht). Morphometric parameters: an approach for the indication of environmental conditions on calcareous grassland (C. Mückschel, A. Otte). Selecting target species to evaluate the success of wet grassland restoration (G. Rosenthal). Development and control of weeds in arable farming systems (B. Gerowitt). Indicators for evaluating soil quality (M. Schloter, O. Dilly, J.C. Munch). A biological classification concept for the assessment of soil quality: ""biological soil classification scheme"" (BBSK) (A. Ruf, L. Beck et al.). On the quality of soil biodiversity indicators: abiotic and biotic parameters as predictors of soil faunal richness at different spatial scales (K. Ekschmitt, T. Stierhof et al.). Microbial eco-physiological indicators to asses soil quality (T.-H. Anderson). Influence of precision farming on the microbial community structure and functions in nitrogen turnover (M. Schloter, H.-J. Bach et al.). Biodiversity and landscape - summary, conclusions and perspectives (R. Waldhardt). Quantifying the impact of landscape and habitat features on biodiversity in cultivated landscapes (Ph. Jeanneret, B. Schüpbach, H. Luka). Landscape structure as an indicator of biodiversity: matrix effects on species richness (J. Dauber, M. Hirsch et al.). The influence of matrix type on flower visitors of Centaurea jacea L. (M. Hirsch, S. Pfaff, V. Wolters). Indicators of plant species and community diversity in grasslands (R. Waldhardt, A. Otte). Effects of landscape patterns on species richness - a modelling approach (N.C. Steiner, W. Kohler). Landscape indicators from ecological area sampling in Germany (R. Hoffmann-Kroll, D. Schafer, S. Seibel). Operationalisation of a landscape-oriented indicator (E. Osinski). Mosaic indicators - theoretical approach for the development of indicators for species diversity in agricultural landscapes (J. Hoffmann, J.M. Greef). Practical example of the mosaic indicators approach (J. Hoffmann, J.M. Greef et al.). Part IV. Experiences and applications. Application of biotic indicators for evaluation of sustainable land use - current procedures and future developments (E. Osinski, U. Meier et al.). Bio-resource evaluation within agri-environmental assessment tools in different European countries (D. Braband, U. Geier, U. Köpke). Method for assessing the proportion of ecologically, culturally and provincially significant areas (OELF) in agrarian spaces used as a criterion for environmental friendly agriculture (D. Roth, M. Schwabe). Experiences with the application, recordation and valuation of agri-environmental indicators in agricultural practice (M. Menge). Field related organisms as possible indicators for evaluation of land use intensity (W. Heyer, K.-J. Hülsbergen et al.). Nature balance scheme for farms - evaluation of the ecological situation (R. Oppermann). Part V. Economy. Economic perspectives of using indicators (E. Osinski, J. Kantelhardt, A. Heissenhuber). Money as an indicator: to make use of economic evaluation for biodiversity conservation (I. Brauer). Threshold values for nature protection areas as indicators for bio-diversity - a regional evaluation of economic and ecological consequences (S. Herrmann, S. Dabbert, H.-G. Schwarz-von Raumer). Comparative assessment of agri-environment programmes in federal states of Germany (R. Marggraf). Is there a reliable correlation between hedgerow density and agricultural site conditions? (J. Kantelhardt, E. Osinski, A. Heissenhuber). Consideration of biotic nature conservation targets in agricultural land use - a case study from the Biosphere Reserve Schorfheide-Chorin (A. Meyer-Aurich, P. Zander, M. Hermann). Rewards for ecological goods - requirements and perspectives for agricultural land use (B. Gerowitt, J. Isselstein, R. Marggraf). Author Index. Subject Index. Volume Contents. Editorial Advisory Board.","Agriculture and Environment","","Agricultural and Biological Sciences" "0-444-51550-X","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/044451550X"",""Hyperlink"")","Building the European Capacity in Operational Oceanography","Dahlin, H.;Flemming, N.C.;Nittis, K.;Petersson, S.E.",""," ","714","Elsevier","HC","Hardbound. Building the European Capacity in Operational Oceanography represents the presentations made at the Third EuroGOOS Conference held in 2002 in Athens. It shows the huge steps made since the first conference, held in 1996, when it was totally beyond anyone's imagination to conceive of the range, depth, variety and power of the operational oceanographic systems described here. This encouraging book demonstrates current development in Operational Oceanography, shows the operational capabilities of newly developed science and technology, and has insight into user perspectives on existing and planned activities.","01-NOV-03","239.00 ","239.00 ","","Conference Organisers. Preface. Conference Opening. Current Developments in Operational Oceanography. Global Ocean Observing Systems and the challenges of the 21st century (D.J. Baker). New European developments for Operational Oceanography (J.-F. Minster). The European contribution to GODAE (M. Bell, P. Bahurel). Regional Systems I. A possible migration from marine scientific research to operational oceanography in the context of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) (P. Ryder). Cyprus coastal ocean forecasting and observing system (G. Zodiatis, R. Lardner et al.). MAMA - Towards a new paradigm for ocean monitoring in the Mediterranean (The MAMA Consortium). Model-derived seasonal amounts of dust deposited on Mediterranean Sea and Europe (G. Kallos, A. Papadopoulos, P. Katsafados). Evaluation of POSEIDON forecasts in the Aegean Sea for a three-year period (A. Papadopoulos, L. Perivoliotis et al.). Fluorescence lidars and their potentials for the remote sensing of the marine environment (G. Cecchi, D. Lognoli et al.). Long-term sustained observing system for climatic variability studies in the Mediterranean (A. Theocharis and the CIESM initiative group). Comparison of ECMWF operational surface meteorology and buoy observations in the Ligurian Sea (R. Bozzano, A. Siccardi et al.). Impact of climate change on Adriatic Sea hydrology (A. Frasheri, N. Pano). Temperature sampling strategies assessment in the Mediterranean Forecasting System (F. Raicich). Water masses and diagnostic circulation west of Sardinia from 23 March to 4 April 2001 (R. Sorgente, A. Ribotti, I. Puillat). XBT observations in the Eastern Mediterranean: data analysis and assessment of numerical ocean forecasts (V. Zervakis, K. Nittis et al.). Marine meteorological and oceanographic services in the Hydrometcenter of Russia (Z.K. Abousiarov, V.S. Krasjuk et al.). Remote Sensing Systems. Measurement of wave groups using radar-image sequences (H. Dankert, J. Horstmann et al.). Synergy of remote sensing and numerical modelling for monitoring of suspended particulate matter (A. Pleskachevsky, J. Horstmann et al.). Monitoring precipitation using underwater acoustic remote sensing (T.H. Guymer, G.D. Quartly et al.). Marine SAR Analyses and Interpretation system - MARSAIS (J. Johannessen, T. Hamre et al.). Study and monitoring of sea ice cover in the Caspian and Aral Seas from TOPEX/POSEIDON microwave data (A.V. Kouraev, F. Papa et al.). Oceanpal: an instrument for remove sensing of the ocean and other water surfaces using GNSS reflections (G. Ruffini, M. Caparrini et al.). Monitoring of waves with X-band radar in the port of Sines (P. Izquierdo, C. Guedes Soares, J.B. Frontes). Performance of the PISCES HF radar during the DEFRA trials (L.R. Wyatt, J.J. Green et al.). Long-term changes in the Black Sea surface chlorophyll a according to in situ and modern satellite data (O.A. Yunev, V. Suetin et al.). The role of synergy in developing a Marine SAR Analysis and Interpretation System (S. Ufermann, I.S. Robinson, J.A. Johannessen). Routine scatterometer winds for the Mediterranean (A. Stoffelen). Sea Surface Salinity mapping with SMOS space mission (J. Font, G. Lagerloef et al.). Sea level prediction at the Portuguese coast based on model and remote sensed data (C. Guedes Soares, H. Hajji, P. Sebastião).Numerical Modelling and Data Assimilation. The Forecasting Ocean Assimilation Model (FOAM) system (M. Bell, R. Barciela et al.). Coupled physical and biochemical data driven simulations of Black Sea in spring-summer: real-time forecast and data assimilation (S.T. Besiktepe). Data assimilation in an operational forecast system of the North Sea-Baltic Sea system (J.V.T. Sørensen, H. Madsen et al.). Impact of the progress in operational oceanography on oil spill drift forecasting in the Mediterranean Sea (P. Daniel, F. Marty, P. Josse). The study of seasonal variability in the Adriatic Sea with the use of EOF analysis (A. Grezio, N. Pinardi et al.). Next Generation Systems. AUVs: designing and operating next generation vehicles (G. Griffiths, I. Edwards). Sustainability analysis in marine research, monitoring and forecasting systems (J. She). EC Operational Forecasting Workshop: Reports on EC Operational Forecasting Projects. The use of HF radar networks within operational forecasting systems of coastal regions (K.-W. Gurgel, H.-H. Essen, T. Schlick). The DIADEM/TOPAZ monitoring and prediction system for the North Atlantic (L. Bertino, G. Evensen). GAVDOS: A satellite radar altimeter calibration and sea-level monitoring site on the island of Gavdos, Crete (S.P. Mertikas, E.C. Pavlis et al.). EDIOS: European Directory of the Initial Ocean Observing System (J. Verduin, J. Fischer). IOMASA - Integrated Observing and Modelling of the Arctic Surface and Atmosphere (G. Heygster, S. Andersen et al.). Marine EnviRonment and Security for the European Area, MERSEA Strand - 1 (J.A. Johannessen, P.-Y. Le Traon et al.). Integrated marine science in European shelf seas and adjacent waters (J. She, E. Buch). ESONET - European Sea Floor Observatory Network (I.G. Priede, J. Mienert et al.). In-Situ Monitoring. Use of a Ferry-Box system to look at shelf sea and ocean margin processes (D.J. Hydes, A. Yool et al.). Monitoring the marine environment operational practices in Europe (J. Legrand, M. Alfonso et al.). Smartbuoy: A marine environmental monitoring buoy with a difference (D.K. Mills, R.W.P.M. Laane et al.). ARGOS capabilities for global ocean monitoring (C. Ortega). FerryBox systems for monitoring coastal waters (W. Petersen, M. Petschatnikov et al.). Real-time oceanographic measurements using the M3A system (I. Thanos, K. Nittis, C. Tziavos). EGOS - European Group of Ocean Stations providing real time buoy observations from data sparse areas of the North Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas (V. Wagner, A.A. Hageberg, C. Michelsen). CORIOLIS, a French project for in situ operational oceanography (S. Pouliquen, T. Carval et al.). ASSEM: Array of Sensors for long term SEabed Monitoring of geohazards (J. Blandin, R. Person et al.). Adaptive sampling for coastal environmental monitoring using a geo-referenced mobile instrument platform and correlative data visualisation (T.O. Ojo, M. Sterling et al.). A comparison with the Argo observing system - Gyroscope 0302 cruise (G. Parrilla-Barrera, M. Vargas-Yáñez et al.). Coastal oceanographic station at the entrance of the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic) (V.D. Šonc, B. Petelin). The NOR-50: a fast research vessel for operational oceanography (P. Marchand, J. Servain). Monte Carlo simulation of NaI(TI) gamma-spectra in sea water (D.S. Vlachos, C. Tsabaris). In situ calibration of biofouling-prone oceanographic sensors in the framework of the POSEIDON project (V. Zervakis, E. Krasakopoulou et al.). Waves Monitoring and Forecasting. Wave and current forecasting along the Spanish Catalan coast (A. Sanchez-Arcilla, M. Espino et al.). Progress in building a wave climate database along the French coasts through numerical hindcast simulations over a 20-years period (M. Benoit, D. Violeau et al.). Modelling of sea states sequence along a ship route using Markov theory (C. Diamanti, T. Soukissian). Real time monitoring of Spanish coastal waters: The deep water network (E. Alvarez Fanjul, M. Alfonso et al.). Adaptive neural network for wave forecasting (D.S. Vlachos, A. Papadopoulos). User Perspectives. Demand side ""pull"" for EuroGOOS products: Identifying market and policy decisions impacted by new environmental information (M.G. Altalo, C. Summerhayes et al.). International public goods and operational oceanography (M. Brown). Global operational oceanography and the role of the Joint WMO/IOX Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (P. Dexter, J. Guddal). The Global Ocean Observing System: design and implementation of the coastal module (T.C. Malone). High-resolution wind fields from synthetic aperture radars and numerical models for offshore wind farming (S. Lehner, J. Horstmann, C. Hasager). EuroGOOS Task Teams. Towards NOOS - The EuroGOOS NW Shelf Task Team 1996-2002 (M. Holt, Chair, NOOS Steering Group). Present status of BOOS - Baltic Operational Oceanographic System (BOOS Steering group). Regional Systems 2. Review of the last 15 years with the Seawatch system (S.E. Hansen). Real-time forecast modelling for the NW European Shelf seas (M. Holt, Z. Li, J. Osborne). Arctic climate change - will the ice disappear this century? (O.M. Johannessen, M.W. Miles et al.). Approach to the operational Ocean Observing System in the Yellow Sea through China-Korea bi-lateral cooperation (D.Y. Lee, G.K. Tan et al.). Operational products and services for the Belgian coastal waters (V. Pison, J. Ozer). Co-ordinating UK inputs to EuroGOOS and GOOS (M.J. Cowling, I.H. Townend). 3D, EOF-based spatial analysis of Gyroscope observations in the North Atlantic Ocean (S. Ruiz, D. Gomis, J. Font). A unified model system for the Baltic Sea (L. Funkquist). (Alg@line - joint operational unattended phytoplankton monitoring in the Baltic Sea (L. Ruokanen, S. Kaitala et al.). Pre-operational system for oil spill simulation (P. Sebastião, C.Guedes Soares). Coastal Systems. Monitoring the Norwegian Coastal Zone Environment (MONCOZE) (J.A. Johannessen, B. Hackett et al.). Sensing the coastal environment (J.S. Bonner, F.J. Kelly et al.). The Bay of Biscay project (J. Boucher, P. Marchand). The POL Coastal Observatory (R. Proctor, M.J. Howarth). Optical variability associated with phytoplankton dynamics in the Cretan Sea during 2000 and 2001 (P. Drakopoulos, G. Petihakis et al.). Contemporary problems of navigation safety and sea pollution in the Georgian Exclusive Economic Zone (G. Metreveli, K. Bilashvili). Outfall of storm sewers in the sea - a technical review (J.D. Demetriou). Ferrybox and databuoy measurements of plankton blooms (S.E. Hartman D.J. Hydes et al.). Engineering-biological method for coastal protection (D. Parlichev, G. Parlichev). Data - Products - Users. Defence-related applications for operational oceanography (D. Jourdan, C. Lucion). The modelling system for simulation of the oil spills in the Black Sea (I. Brovchenko, A. Kuschan et al.). Society and sustainable use of the Exclusive Economic Zones (J.H. Stel). Society and sustainable use of mineral resources in the Exclusive Economic Zones (J.H. Stel, T. Homminga, H. van Muijen). Applications and availability of ocean model products from the Met Office (J. Turton). CORIOLIS: Providing a data management infrastructure for operational oceanography (L. Petit de la Villéon, Th. Carval et al.). An approach to integration of oceanographic information production on the Web (E. Vyazilov, N. Mikhalov, S. Belov). IWICOS: Integrated Weather, Sea Ice and Ocean Service System (S. Sandven, T. Hamre et al.). Digital, high resolution weather, sea ice and ocean information to the users at sea: the IWICOS demonstration during the Aranda expedition in the Fram Strait (A. Seinä, R. Berglund et al.). IWICOS architecture - software architecture for marine GIS-data interoperability (J. Haajanen, R. Berglund et al.). IWICOS metadata - describing met-ice-ocean information with metadata (J. Haajanen, M. Lind, L.T. Petersen). Delivering near real-time met-ice-ocean observation and forecast data - the IWICOS Façade (V. Kotovirta, R. Berglund et al.). Interactive Internet coastal wave information production and retrieval system (K.C. Jun, D.Y. Lee et al.). MEDAR/MEDATLAS 2002: A Mediterranean and Black Sea database for operational oceanography (M. Fichaut, M.-J. Garcia et al.). POLIS; Poseidon On-line Information System (D.S. Vlachos). GMES Marine Forum. An introduction to the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative (P. Ryder, J.H. Stel et al.). Closure. Conference Valedictory Speech (N. Flemming). Index of Keywords. Index of Authors. List of Reviewers. List of Participants. ","Marine Science and Technology","Elsevier Oceanography Series","Earth and Planetary Sciences" "0-444-51443-0","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0444514430"",""Hyperlink"")","Radiation and Humankind","Shibata, Y.;Yamashita, S.;Watanabe, M.;Tomonaga, M.",""," ","328","Elsevier","HC","Hardbound. This volume is a compilation of 38 papers presented at the First Nagasaki Symposium of the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science held in Japan on 21 and 22 February 2003. The use of radiation has extended to various fields including medicine, agriculture, science and engineering, and atomic energy has come to comprise a significant portion of the electric power generated in several advanced countries. The effects of radiation on human health have been investigated in atomic bomb survivors for more than half a century, and the knowledge thus obtained has greatly enriched our understanding. The Chernobyl accident, however, indicated that exposure to low doses of radiation affects human health in a way different from that observed in atomic bomb survivors. Recognizing the importance of research on low dose or low dose rate radiation, the above event was launched as a 21st Century COE Program wi","01-NOV-03","127.00 ","127.00 ","","Preface. Greeting. Addresses. COE Program. International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science: a multidisciplinary program of Nagasaki University for the 21st Century Center of Excellence (COE) in Japan (M. Tomonaga). Keynote lectures. Radioadaptive response and genomic instability: a phenotypic dichotomy of genome-environment interaction (M.S. Sasak). The Chernobyl Tissue Bank - integrating international research on thyroid cancer (G.A. Thomas). Hallmarks of radiation carcinogenesis: ignored concepts (J.E. Trosko, C.-C. Chang). Overview of studies on atomic bomb survivors. The researches at Nagasaki University on atomic bomb survivors (I. Sekine). The scientific program of RERF (B.G. Bennett). Epidemiological and molecular studies in global radio-contaminated areas. Current situation and future planning of molecular epidemiology of radiation health effects around Chernobyl and Semipalatinsk (S. Yamashita). Risk of radiogenic malignant and benign thyroid diseases for the population of Oryol oblast after the Chernobyl accident: outcome of large-scale epidemiological studies (V.K. Ivanov et al.). Regularities of somatic gene mutagenesis in radiation-exposed individuals (A.A. Saenko, I.A. Zamulaeva). Overview of research and future prospects in radiation medicine based on the current health status in Belarus (P.I. Bespalchuk et al.). Thyroid gland and radiation (Ukrainian-American Thyroid Project) (M.D. Tronko et al.). Medical consequences of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident in Ukraine (V.G. Bebeshko). Medical monitoring results of survivors with acute radiation syndrome after Chernobyl disaster (V.G. Bebeshko et al.). Fallout exposure and health condition of the population in the Semipalatinsk region of Kazakhstan (M.K. Teleuov). Morphological investigation of thyroid and parathyroid glands of the population living around Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (Yu.V. Pruglo et al.). Comparative investigation of somatic gene mutagenesis and apoptosis in patients with benign, malignant tumors and healthy individuals (I.A. Zamulaeva, A.A. Saenko). Characterization of a novel rearrangement from the ret/PTC family in a case of radiation-associated human thyroid papillary carcinoma (V.A. Saenko et al.). Modulation of radiosensitivity of thyroid cancer cells by inhibition of NF-&kgr;B signaling (D.V. Starenki et al.). Selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor, STI571, inhibits growth of p53 mutant anaplastic thyroid cancer cells by inducing S-G2 transition arrest (A.P. Podtcheko et al.). Molecular features of mitochondrial DNA in radiation-associated thyroid tumors (T.I. Rogounovitch et al.). Characteristics of mitochondrial DNA in the peripheral blood cells of residents of Kazakhstan around Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (A. Hamada et al.). Involvement of Wnt pathway in thyroid cancer around Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (S.K. Meirmanov et al.). Research challenge in radiation biology to low level radiation. Ionizing radiation-induced activation of ATF-2 phosphorylation and atf3 expression is dependent on ATM and NBS kinases (J. Kool et al.). Persistent oxidative stress and gene expression changes in radiation-induced genomic instability (A.R. Snyder, W.F. Morgan). Development of photon microbeam irradiation system for radiobiology (K. Kobayashi et al.). The European Masters of Science Course in Radiation Biology (K.M. Prise, B.D. Michael, K.R. Trott). Clusterin: a protein with multiple functions as a potential ionizing radiation exposure marker (D. Klokov et al.). Cellular radiosensitivity and cell-type-specific activation of apoptosis signaling pathways (F. Suzuki et al.). Radiation sensitivity and mutation position of p53 (K. Okaichi, M. Ide, Y. Okumura). Activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway by extremely low-dose ionizing radiation (K. Suzuki, S. Kodama, M. Watanabe). Accumulation of alanine mutant p53 at Ser15, Thr18, and Ser20 after X-irradiation (M. Yamauchi et al.). Radiation-induced genomic instability triggered by telomere dysfunction (S. Kodama et al.). High susceptibility to the induction of genetic instability by radiation in DNA repair deficient cells (A. Urushibara et al.). Radiation-induced delayed chromosomal instability caused by large deletion (M. Ojima et al.). A novel radiosensitizing therapy for anaplastic thyroid cancers (A. Ohtsuru et al.). Heat stress and gap junctions (N. Hamada et al.). Single-particle irradiation system to cell at National Institute of Radiological Sciences (H. Yamaguchi et al.). Developing a scientific basis for radiation risk estimates: major goal of the DOE Low Dose Radiation Research Program (A.L. Brooks). List of participants. Author index. Keyword index.","Public, Environmental and Occupational Health","International Congress Series","Medicine" "0-12-033538-7","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0120335387"",""Hyperlink"")","Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry, 38","Richard, John",""," ","272","Academic Press","HC","Hardbound. Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry provides the chemical community with authoritative and critical assessments of the many aspects of physical organic chemistry. The field is a rapidly developing one, with results and methodologies finding application from biology to solid state physics. ","01-SEP-03","136.00 ","136.00 ","","Kendall N. Houk at Age 60 (W. Borden). Structure and Reactivity of Hydrocarbon Radical Cations (O. Wiest et al). Orbital Interactions and Long-Range Electron Transfer (M. Paddon-Row). Charge distribution and Charge Separation in Radical Rearrangement Reactions (H. Zipse). Computational Studies of Alkene Oxidation Reactions by Metal-Oxo Compunds (T. Strassner). Solvent Effects Reaction Coordinates and Reorganization Energies on Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions in Aqueous Solution (J. Gao et al). Computational Studies on the Mechanism of Orotidine Monophosphate Decaboxyylase (J.K.L. Rutgers, D.J. Tantillo).","Organic Chemistry","Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry","Chemistry and Chemical Engineering" "0120072580","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0120072580"",""Hyperlink"")","Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry, 58","Horton, D.",""," ","500","Academic Press","HC","Hardbound. Since its inception in 1945, this serial has provided critical and integrating articles written by research specialists that integrate industrial, analytical, and technological aspects of biochemistry, organic chemistry, and instrumentation methodology in the study of carbohydrates. The articles provide a definitive interpretation of the current status and future trends in carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry. ","01-DEC-03","145.00 ","145.00 ","","Obituary of Raymond U. Lemieux. Development of an Automated Oligosaccharide Synthesizer. Unsaturated Sugars. Anhydro Sugars. Acids and Other Oxidation Products. Oxidative Reactions and Degradations. 5,7-Diamino-3,5,7,9-Tetradeoxynon-2-ulosonic Acids in Bacterial Glycopolymers, Chemistry and Biochemistry. ","Organic Chemistry","Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry","Chemistry and Chemical Engineering" "0-08-043001-5","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0080430015"",""Hyperlink"")","Stability and Safety of Ships","Kobylinski, L.K;Kastner, S",""," ","454","Elsevier","HC","Hardbound. Focuses on the regulatory, operational aspects of intact stability Provides a detailed review of research and results in the field Facilitates the confident application of methods to new ship designs A stability accident is one of the worst things that can happen to a ship. This two-volume set brings together the mass of information available in one practical reference and is essential reading to all concerned with the prevention against capsizing.","01-NOV-03","195.00 ","195.00 ","","Volume 1: Regulation and Operation Part 1:Development of Stability Standards; Historical development and basic stability concepts, Development and present status of stability standards, Standards based on the consideration of heeling moments, Statistical methods of developing stability standards, Probabilistic approach to the development of stability standards, Model tests of capsizing, Stability regulations - future outlook. Part 2: Operational Aspects of Stability and Safety; Operational stability - hydrostatics and hydrodynamics, Sea environment, Roll excitation and influence of speed and heading, Resonance and large roll motion, Forces due to roll motion, Measurement and accuracy of stability status, Safety management and operational requirements.","Ocean and Coastal Engineering","Elsevier Ocean Engineering Book Series","Engineering, Energy and Technology" "0-08-044351-6","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0080443516"",""Hyperlink"")","Bioenergy Options for a Cleaner Environment","Sims, E.H",""," ","196","Elsevier","HC","Hardbound. Features Covers a number of perspectives, taking the reader through the whole process from the bioenergy resource through conversion to fuel, to policy issues. World class Editor and contributors Accessible and useful to those working in agriculture, forestry and planning, as well as energy researchers. Bioenergy Options for a Cleaner Environment describes the biomass resource and its delivery. A panel of international experts describe the range of conversion technologies both commercially available and under development, and explore the technical, environmental and socio-economic barriers and benefits of using biomass in both developed and developing countries. ","01-DEC-03","99.00 ","99.00 ",""," Biomass and resources, Ralph E H Sims and Nasir El Bassam Delivering the biomass to the conversion plant, Ralph E H Sims Heat, power and combined heat and power, Ralph P Overend Liquid and gaseous biomass fuels, Koon Ong Lim and Ralph E H Sims Policy options and strategies for market development of biomass : an Asian-Pacific perspective, Kyi Lwin Biomass - the fuel of the rural poor in developing countries, Pradeep Chaturvedi ","Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cells","","Engineering, Energy and Technology" "0-444-51497-X","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/044451497X"",""Hyperlink"")","Principles of Sex-based Differences in Physiology","Miller, V.;Hay, M.",""," ","288","Elsevier","HC","Hardbound. Differences in physiology between men and women extend far beyond differences in reproductive functions. Medical literature abounds in descriptions of differences in prevalence, symptoms and severity of diseases between men and women including heart attack, rheumatic diseases, gastrointestinal disease and osteoporosis. Much of the information is descriptive rather than mechanistic and scattered throughout a variety of books, review articles and original papers. This book provides a single source that summarizes current basic mechanisms of gene/hormone interactions and their subsequent impact on physiological functions. It is an ideal source material to be used in training the next generation of physician/scientists who will develop a more individualized approach to prevention, diagnosis and therapeutic medical practice.","01-FEB-04","149.00 ","149.00 ","","Introduction (V.M. Miller, M. Hay). Forward/Historical Overview (S. Marts, S. Keitt). Section 1. Genetic control. Sex chromosomes (M.E. Turner, C. Jenkins et al.). Endocrine control of sexual differentiation: Effects of the maternal-fetal environment and endocrine disrupting chemicals (S.C. Nagel, F.S. vom Saal). Section 2. Hormonal receptors. General mechanisms of steroid receptors and receptor co-regulator action (D.G. Monroe, T.C. Spelsberg). Non-genomic actions of hormones (R.H. Karas). Hormone receptor polymorphisms (A.M. Shearman). Section 3. Integrated systems. Cardiovascular system. Sex, hormones and the endothelium (S.J. Murphy, M.T. Littleton-Kearney et al.). Sex hormones and vascular smooth muscle (J.M. Orshal, R.A. Khalil). Cardiovascular membrane excitability and the influence of sex and sex steroids (D.K. Bowles, M. Hay). Sex-differences in electrophysiology of the heart and cardiac arrhythmias (T.V. Pham, M.R. Rosen). Sex-differences in cardiac muscle and remodeling (B.L. Stauffer, L.A. Leinwand). Reflex control of the circulation (C.T. Minson). Sex differences in hypertension and renal injury (J. F. Reckelhoff, L.A. Fortepiani et al.). Musculoskeletal system and metabolism. Influence of sex hormones on the neuromuscular junction (G.C.. Sieck, C.B. Mantilla). Sex and hormonal influences on skeletal muscle, differentiation and contractile mechanisms (M. Brown). Sex-based differences in substrate metabolism (T. Horton, B. Braun). Sex-differences in skeletal development (L.A. Fitzpatrick). Neurological effects. Sex differences in steroid-induced synaptic plasticity (R.D. Romeo, B.S. McEwen). Hormones and the developing brain (M.M. McCarthy). Mechanisms of sex-based neuropathologies (P.M. Wise, D.B. Dubal et al.). Immunological response, hemostasis and wound healing. Sex differences in autoimmunity (T.F. Fagan, D.L. Faustman). Influence of hormones and sex on platelet functions (M. Jayachandran, V.M. Miller). Sex differences in wound healing (G.S. Ashcroft).","Neuroscience","Advances in Molecular and Cell Biology","Neuroscience" "0-444-51538-0","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0444515380"",""Hyperlink"")","Current Topics on Tonsils and Mucosal Barriers of Upper Airways","Yamanaka, N.;Kuki, K.;Fujihara, K.;Tamura, S.;Hotomi, M.",""," ","320","Elsevier","HC","Hardbound. This volume is a compilation of 49 papers presented at the 5th International Symposium on Tonsils and Mucosal Barriers of the Upper Airways held in Wakayama, Japan between 9 and 11 April 2003. Upper respiratory tract infections such as acute otitis media, acute rhinosinusitis and acute pharyngo-tonsillitis are diseases that occur with extremely high frequency, and the anti-microbial agents used to treat these diseases account for a large proportion of health care costs. The increasing refractory nature of upper respiratory tract infections caused by recently appearing drug-resistant microbes in particular is presenting a major clinical problem, and elucidation of the immune functions of the tonsils and other mucosal membranes of the upper respiratory tract is considered to have important significance. The subject of sleep apnea syndrome and its correlations with adenotonsillar hypertrophy has been stirring greater interest among pedi","01-DEC-03","120.00 ","120.00 ","","Preface. Contents. Lectures. Tonsil - a mysterious organ-novel approaches using human-skin/SCID chimera (N. Yamanaka et al.). Mucosal immunity in infectious disease and allergy (P. Brandtzaeg). Syndecan shedding from epithelial cells affects host defense against respiratory infection (E.Kita, K. Mikasa, K. Kasahara). Pneumococcal proteins that may constitute the next generation vaccine for pneumococcal disease (D.E. Briles et al.). Dynamism of the mucosal immune system: from tissue organogenesis to immunity (S. Fukuyama et al.). Powered intracapsular tonsillectomy: for pediatric tonsillar hypertrophy (P.J. Koltai). Tonsil immunity and pharyngo-tonsillitis. Immunological derangement in tonsils with recurrent infections - A study of co-stimulatory factors on tonsillar B lymphocytes- (K. Fujihara et al.). Tonsil immunity and efficacy of tonsillectomy for tonsillar focal infections (Y. Harabuchi et al.). Mucosal vaccine. Mucosal vaccines for Moraxella catarrhalis (X.X. Gu et al.). Morphology and innate immunity of tonsils. Palatine tonsils - are they branchiogenic organs? (J. Slípka Sr., J. Slípka Jr.). Lymphoepithelial compartment of human palatine tonsils as a structural homologue of the thymus (V. Bykova et al.). Expression profile of human defensins in tonsils (R. Imai et al.). Animal models for tonsil research. M-cell subsets in SCID mice nasal tonsil (T. Karchev et al.). Tonsils and sleep apnea. Results of tonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in adults with tonsillar hypertrophy (S. Nakata et al.). Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) by analysis of MRI findings (T. Shintani, T. Kozawa, T. Himi). Mucosal defense and allergy in upper airways. Bacteriological view of lower respiratory tract infection in children seen in regional hospital in Yokohama (A. Nariai, S. Yokota). Distribution and role of mast cells in human tonsil (H. Yokoi et al.). Expression of steroid receptors in palatine tonsils (H. Shirasaki et al.). Recurrent tonsillitis. Intranasal immuniation against Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis (J.C. McMichael et al.). Clinical aspects of inferior pole peritonsillar abscess (Y. Hayamizu et al.). Bacterial infections in tonsils and the lower airways. Detection of Neisseria meningitidis in tonsils varies in relation to the frequency of invasive disease (D. Nadal et al.). Immune responses of palatine tonsil against bacterial antigens (N. Tanaka et al.). Focal infections and basic problems - IgA nephropathy and arthritis. A 10-year retrospective case-control study for IgA nephropathy after tonsillectomy (H. Akagi et al.). Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis and tonsillitis induced reactive arthritis (S. Kobayashi et al.). Viral and bacterial infections and mucosal immunity. Detection of Epstein-Barr virus in children's adenoids by in situ hybridization (L.H. Endo et al.). Focal infections and basic problems - PPP. T-cell activation in tonsils of patients with pustulosis palmaris et plantaris (M. Takahara et al.). The role of palatine tonsil in the pathogenesis of pustulosis palmaris et plantaris (T. Iwatsubo et al.). A role of skin homing receptor on tonsillar T-cells from patients with pustulosis palmaris et plantaris (PPP) (H. Nozawa et al.). MALT, NALT and mucosal vaccines. Epitope analysis of the P6 outer membrane protein of non-typeable haemophilus influenzae (Y. Ishida et al.). NALT-genesis is induced by Id2 gene-dependent CD3-CD4+CD45+cells (S. Fukuyama et al.). Medical and surgical treatments for tonsillar diseases. Nasopharyngeal flora and drug susceptibility in children with macrolide therapy (Y. Iino et al.). Endoscopic adenoidectomy with microdebrider (S. Rojas Khek et al.). Development of new blades of ultrasonic surgical system (SonoSurg) for tonsillectomy and nasal conchotomy (K. Suzuki et al.). Immediate tonsillectomy for peritonsillar abscess (T. Watanabe et al.). Otitis media and tonsils. Adenoid and otitis media with effusion - mini review (H. Takahashi et al.). Detection of Alloiococcus otitidis and three middle ear pathogens in the nasopharynx and the middle ear effusion of otitis-prone children (R. Takada et al.). Posters. Acoustic analysis of pediatric snoring (H. Hattori et al.). Acoustic analysis of snoring sounds with chaos theory (A. Sakakura). Anterior uveitis and poststreptococcal reactive arthritis (S. Kobayashi et al.). Bacterial florae of palatine tonsils in patients with IgA nephropathy (S. Matsutani, O. Hotta). Recurrent and chronic inflammations of Waldeyer's ring in childhood: infectuous, structural and immunological features (D. Passali et al.). Modifications of moxifloxacin concentrations in plasma and tonsillar tissue after multiple administration in adults (D. Passali et al.). HIV mucosal vaccine: nasal immunization with rBCG-V3J1 induces a long term V3J1 peptide-specific neutralizing immunity in Th1-and Th2-deficient condition (H. Goto et al.). The EBV action in tonsils and adenoids (L.H. Endo et al.). Management of peritonsillar abscess (K. Yoda et al.). Usage of surgical lasers for the treatment of chronic tonsillitis (E.A. Lvova, I.S. Manevich). Evaluation of pharyngolryngeal region with 3-D computed tomography (M. Oda et al.). Malignant lymphoma of the tonsil (S. Endo et al.). A study of costimulatory factors in tonsils of pustulosis palmaris et plantaris (K. Kishibe et al.). Index of authors. Keyword index.","Otorhinolaryngology","International Congress Series","Medicine" "0-7623-1092-8","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0762310928"",""Hyperlink"")","Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Volume 22 : 3 Volume Set","","","3 Volume Set ","","Jai","HC","Hardbound. A combination of volume 22A, B and C of Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodolgy","01-DEC-03","315.00 ","315.00 ",""," ","Methodology and History of Economic Thought (General)","","Economics, Business and Management" "0-7623-1089-8","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0762310898"",""Hyperlink"")","Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Volume 22 : A Research Annual","Samuels, W.J.;Biddle, J.E.","","Volume 22A ","448","Jai","HC","Hardbound. Contains four sets of refereed essays. One group includes papers on Harrod and Robertson; Adam Smith; Keynes; Mendeleev; Veblen; and J. M. Clark. The second group has six papers on the historiography of ""institutional economics"" during the inter-war period. The third group has two papers on a conference on the status of the status quo. The fourth group has thirteen essays each reviewing one or more recent works.","01-DEC-03","115.00 ","115.00 ","","Dynamics, trade and money in the correspondence between Roy Harrod and Dennis Robertson (D. Besomi). Keynes, uncertainty and the competitive process (S.P. Dunn). The prudence of projectors: Adam Smith's premonition of financial fragility and the origins of monetary policy (J. Toporowski). Catalysing growth?: Mendeleev and the 1891 tariff (V. Barnett). Veblen at Chicago: The winds of creativity (G.M. Hodgson). John Maurice Clark and the multiplier: A note (L. Fiorito). Roundtable on the Historiography of Institutional Economics. Introduction and summary (D. Hammond, W.J. Samuels). Institutional economics: The term and its meanings (M. Rutherford). Is institutionalism still a useful category? (R.B. Emmett). Institutional economics as a category for historical analysis (W.J. Samuels). Why institutional economics matters as a category of historical analysis (B.W. Bateman). J. Daniel Hammond, Norma Jeane Mortenson and American institutionalism: A view from the top row (S.G. Medema). The Buchanan Colloquium on the status of the status quo: Reports on a conference. The status of the status quo: The Buchanan Colloquium (W.J. Samuels). The problem of the status of the status quo: Some comments (W.J. Samuels). Review Essays. Walker's ""Equilibrium"" (G. Hueckel). Burk's ""Troublemaker: The life and history of A.J.P. Taylor and Haslam's the vices of integrity: E.H. Carr, 1892-1982"" (J. Samuels). Thompson's ""Left in the wilderness: The political economy of British democratic socialism since 1979"" (R. Cross). Cullenberg, Amariglio and Ruccio's ""Postmodernism, economics and knowledge"" (W.D. Sockwell). Hand's ""Reflection without rules"" (A.M. Bianchi). Fligstein's ""The architecture of markets"" (A.A. Schmid). Resnick and Wolff's ""Class theory and history"" (S. Clarke). Churchman's ""David Ricardo on public debt"" (D.P. O'Brien). Hodgson's ""How economics forgot history"" (A.J. Field). Shionoya's ""The German historical school"" (H. Hagemann). Carpenter's ""The dissemination of the wealth of nations in French and in France, 1766-1843"" (R.F. Hebert). Strathern's ""A brief history of economic genius"" (E. Kuiper). Findlay, Jonung and Lundahl's ""Bertil Ohlin: A centennial celebration"" (L. Magnusson). New books received.","Methodology and History of Economic Thought (General)","","Economics, Business and Management" "0-7623-1091-X","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/076231091X"",""Hyperlink"")","Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Volume 22 : Documents on and from the History of Economic Thought","Samuels, W.J.","","Volume 22B ","356","Jai","HC","Hardbound. Contains two groups of archival materials. The first group includes Edwin Cannan's unsuccessful Cobden Essay; an early critique of economics by Eli Ginzberg; introductory notes on the study of the history of economic thought by Warren Samuels; and a memoir by Jacob Warshaw on Thorstein Veblen. The second group contains lecture notes taken by F. Taylor Ostrander in courses given by David Taggart Clark (Williams College), Redvers Opie (Oxford), and Frank H. Knight (Chicago) on the history of economics. ","01-DEC-03","105.00 ","105.00 ","","Edwin Cannan's Political Economy and Socialism: An unsuccessful Cobden essay (S.G. Medema). The economists neurosis (E. Ginzberg, Introduction by W.J. Samuels). ""Two minutes of Austrian economics"" Fritz Machlup's journalistic writings, 1932-1934 (H. Klausinger). Introductory notes to the study of the history of economic thought, Set 1 (W.J. Samuels). Recollections of Thorstein Veblen (J. Warshaw, Introduction by W.J. Samuels). The history of economic thought-notes of F. Taylor Ostrander (W.J. Samuels). Preface (W.J. Samuels). F. Taylor Ostrander: A brief biography (W.J. Samuels). Notes on David Taggart Clark's course on the history of economic thought, economics 9, Williams College, Fall 1931. Notes on Redvers Opie's group tutorial, history of modern economic thought, Magdalen college, Oxford University, Spring 1933. Notes on Frank H. Knight's course on the history of economic thought, economics 302, University of Chicago, Fall 1933, including Ostrander's ""notes on cost"".","Methodology and History of Economic Thought (General)","","Economics, Business and Management" "0-7623-1090-1","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0762310901"",""Hyperlink"")","Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Volume 22 : Wisconsin ""Government and Business"" and the History of Heterodox Economic Thought","Samuels, W.J.","","Volume 22C ","443","Jai","HC","Hardbound. Contains two groups of archival materials. One group includes lecture notes from courses given at the University of Wisconsin by Edwin E. Witte and Robert Lampman on the economic role of government. The second group includes papers from a conference on the history of 20th century heterodox economics.","01-DEC-03","115.00 ","115.00 ","","Wisconsin ""government and business. ""Government and business"" at the University of Wisconsin in the mid-1950's: Introduction (W.J. Samuels). Edwin Emil Witte's course on ""government and business,"" economics 146, Fall 1954 (W.J. Samuels). Edwin Emil Witte's course on ""the role of government in the economy,"" economics 246, 1954-1955 (W.J. Samuels). Robert Lampman's course on ""government and business,"" economics 146, Fall 1955 (W.J. Samuels). Papers from a conference on the history of heterodox economics in the 20th century. Papers from a conference on the history of heterodox economics in the 20th century: Introduction (W.J. Samuels). Group one: Heterodoxy at the department level. Heterodox economics at the University of Manitoba (F. Baragar). Repression at the University of Michigan (E.H. Shaffer). The Spartan School of Institutional Economics at Michigan State University (A.A. Schmid). The Oklahoma ""institutionalist"" school (W.R. Brazelton). Economic heterodoxy at the University of Texas at mid-twentieth century (D. Hamilton). Heterodox economics at the University of Utah (E.K. Hunt, A.M. Sievers). Group two: Heterodox ideas and their evolution. The twentieth century trend of institutionalism in mainstream economics journals (R.J. Phillips, D. Kinnear). Lament for economics, or how Barbara Wooton gave it all away and became a sociologist (J.E. King). Marxist theory: From class struggle to political economy (C. Everling). The urban land economics tradition: How heterodox economic theory survives in the real estate appraisal profession (R. Ramsey).","Methodology and History of Economic Thought (General)","","Economics, Business and Management" "0-7623-1036-7","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0762310367"",""Hyperlink"")","Political Power and Social Theory, Volume 16","Davis, D.E.",""," ","362","Jai","HC","Hardbound. This volume of Political Power and Social Theory addresses some of the most pressing questions of our times, from the origins and meaning of the war in Iraq to the transnational politics of immigration to the impact of race on labor organization to the historical underpinnings of corporate power. With careful attention to historical detail, with a keen eye for the value of inter-disciplinary social science inquiry, and with a view to various countries around the globe, this research annual once again unveils the complex dynamics of key contemporary and historical dilemmas that motivate citizens and scholars alike to struggle for a better future.","01-JAN-04","95.00 ","95.00 ",""," List of contributors. Editorial board. Editorial statement. List of reviewers. Editor's introduction (D.E. Davis). Capitalism, Elites, and Class Formation. Entrepreneurs or corporations: divergent patterns of class formation in the early anthracite mining trade, 1815-1860 (M. Jepson). Leadership ideology in neotribal capitalism (E. Rata). Indigenous capitalists: the development of indigenous investment companies in relation to class, ethnicity, and the state in Malyasia and Fiji (E. Larson, S. Zalanga). Race and Ethnicity, War, and American Politics. ""Discrimination costs you dough:"" innocent identity and the anti-politics of race (G. Mann). The intermestic politics of immigration policy: lessons from the Bracero program (M.R. Rosenblum). Scholarly Controversy: Sociologists Confront a New World(Dis)Order: Debate on the Meaning and Origins of War in Iraq. Iraq, Afghanistan, the global war on terrorism, and the Owl of Minerva (I. Roxborough). Confronting an empire: sociology and the US-made world crisis (J. Foran). Bringing the classical insights and critical eye of sociology to the study of contemporary wars (G. Hooks). Commentary on/rejoinder to Ian Roxborough (J. L. Abu-Lughod). Guns and states: a commentary on Roxborough (M.A. Centeno). Rejoinder: what was the war really about? (I. Roxborough). ","Political Theory and Method (General)","Political Power and Social Theory","Social and Behavioral Sciences" "0121641376","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0121641376"",""Hyperlink"")","Computer Modelling of Microporous Materials","Catlow, Richard;van Santen, R.A.;Smit, Berend",""," ","320","Academic Press","HC","Hardbound. Microporous materials, including both zeolites and aluminophosphates are amongst the most fascinating classes of materials, with wide ranging important applications in catalysis, gas separation and ion exchange. The breadth of the field has, moreover, been extended in the last ten years by the discovery of the versatile and exciting ranges of mesoporous materials. Computational methods have a long and successful history of application in solid state and materials science, where they are indeed established tools in modelling structural and dynamic properties of the bulk and surfaces of solids; and where they are playing an increasingly important role in understanding reactivity. Their application to zeolite science developed strongly in the 1980?s, with the initial successes in modelling structure and sorption, and with emerging capability in quantum mechanical methods. The field was reviewed over ten years, since then there have been major deve","01-FEB-04","135.00 ","135.00 ","","Static lattice modelling and structure prediction of micro?and meso?porous materials. Adsorption phenomena in microporous materials. Dynamics of sorbed molecules in zeolites. Monte Carlo simulations of diffusion and reactions in zeolites. Plane wave pseudopotential modelling studies of zeolites. Reaction mechanisms in solid acid catalysts. Structure and reactivity of metal ion species in high silica zeolites. Template host interaction and template design. The interplay of experiment and simulation in zeolite science.","Chemistry - General","","Chemistry and Chemical Engineering" "0-444-51559-3","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0444515593"",""Hyperlink"")","Electrochemistry in Molecular and Microscopic Dimensions","Schultze, Joachim;Staikov, G. ",""," ","560","Elsevier","HC","Hardbound. This book is a hard bound edition of a special issue (vol. 48/20-22) of the journal Electrochimica Acta. It summarizes the highlights of the 53rd Annual meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry and Annual meeting of the GDCh-Fachgruppe Angewandte Elektrochemie. The theme of the conference was Electrochemistry in Molecular and Microscopic dimensions and was based on the role of electrochemistry in the miniaturization of chemical and physical methods. Topics covered are : - development of electrochemistry with microscopic and molecular resolution; - initiation of advances in Electrochemical Microsystem Technologies EMT, and micro/nano-electronics; - development of Electrochemical Materials Science for nanomaterials; - enhancement of miniaturization and sensitivity of electroanalysis, and; - the bridge from electrochemistry to biology and medicine of microscopic and molecular understanding.","01-NOV-03","185.00 ","185.00 ","","The 53rd Annual Meeting of ISE jointly organized with the GDCh-Fachgruppe Angewandte Elektrochemie Report on the 53rd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) jointly organised with GDCh-Fachgruppe Angewandte Elektrochemie in Dusseldorf 2002 Electrochemistry and Microsystems Microfabricated fuel cells Defect engineering: design tools for solid state electrochemical devices Micro reactor for electroorganic synthesis in the simulated moving bed-reaction and separation environment Tunnel spectroscopy of tip-generated copper clusters on Au(111) Electrochemical nucleation and growth of nano- and microparticles: some theoretical and experimental aspects In-situ video-STM studies of Cu electrodeposition on Cu(100) in HCl solution","Physical and Theoretical Chemistry","","Chemistry and Chemical Engineering" "0-08-044355-9","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0080443559"",""Hyperlink"")","Stability and Safety of Ships","Belenky, V.L;Sevastianov, N.B",""," ","430","Elsevier","HC","Hardbound. Focuses on the regulatory, operational aspects of intact stability Provides a detailed review of research and results in the field Facilitates the confident application of methods to new ship designs Volume 2 is a gathering of today's knowledge for tomorrow's development. It focuses on how risk and reliability can be applied for evaluation and regulation of the intact stability.","01-NOV-03","195.00 ","195.00 ","","Volume 2: Risks of Capsizing Part 1: Development of stability standards (BY N.SEVASTIANOV) Philosophy of probabilistic evaluation of stability and safety, Probabilistic evaluation of environmental and loading conditions Part 2: Dynamics of capsizing (by V.Belenky) Equations for non-linear motions, Non-linear rolling motion in regular beam seas, Capsizing in regular beam seas, Capsizing in regular following and quartering seas, Other factors affecting capsizing, Non-linear rolling motions in irregular seas, Probability of capsizing","Ocean and Coastal Engineering","Elsevier Ocean Engineering Book Series","Engineering, Energy and Technology" "0-08-044278-1","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0080442781"",""Hyperlink"")","Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods in Nonlinear Control 2003","Astolfi, A;Gordillo, F;van der Schaft, A.J",""," ","314","Elsevier","TP","Paperback. KEY FEATURES: Presents and illustrates new approaches to nonlinear control that exploit the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian structure of the system to be controlled Highlights the important role of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Structures as design methods This is the second of a series of IFAC Workshops initiated in 2000. The first one chaired and organized by Profs. N. Leonard and R. Ortega, was held in Princeton in March 2000. This proceedings volume looks at the role-played by Lagrangian and Hamiltonian methods in disciplines such as classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, fluid dynamics, electrodynamics, celestial mechanics and how such methods can be practically applied in the control community.","01-OCT-03","96.00 ","96.00 ","","Control of mechanical, electro-mechanical and electrical systems; control of autonomous vehicles; Hamiltonian and Lagrangian control systems; use of symplectic, Poisson and Dirac structures in control; role of symmetry, reduction and integrability in control; analysis of global phase space structure and qualitative phenomena with application to control; quantum mechanical control systems; optimal control; effect of physical and feedback-controlled dissipation; nonholonomic control systems; geometric nonlinear control of Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems; tracking and regulation for Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems; infinite dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems; control of mechanical and electro-mechanical systems in the presence of delays and transmission lines","Control Systems","IFAC Proceedings Volumes","Engineering, Energy and Technology" "2842993063","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/2842993063"",""Hyperlink"")"," : Invasive Carcinoma of the Cervix","Body, G.","","Volume 1 ","236","","TP","Paperback. The management of cervical cancer has evolved greatly over the past 20 years. Above all, screening and treatment of pre-invasive lesions have allowed a significant decrease in the incidence of cervical cancer in developed nations. Although clinical examinations and staging are most important in assessing lesions, MRI and the laparoscopic approach now offer a more precise evaluation of the locoregional spread of the disease and of the main prognostic factors upon which the increasingly specific therapeutic indications depend. Major therapeutic advances in stages I and II have also made it possible to preserve fertility to obtain better results by associating radiation and chemotherapy. This progress is the fruit of the work of international teams, many of them European, but is based on screening and diagnoses by individual physicians throughout the world. Invasive Carcinoma of the Cervix, the first book in the EPGO collection, pres","01-JAN-03","60.00 ","60.00 ","","1. New concepts in epidemiology of cervical carcinoma (A.J. Sasco). 2. Problems in screening of cervical carcinoma (A. Norström, T. Rådberg). 3. Problems in the diagnosis of invasive cervical carcinoma (M. Shafi, J.A. Jordan). 4. Pathology of cervical carcinoma (F. Fétissof). 5. Staging and pretherapeutic investigations (C. de Oliveira, F. Mota). 6. Treatment of micro-invasive cervical carcinoma (P. Bösze). 7. Radical abdominal hysterectomy for stage I and II cervical carcinoma (R. Winter, K. Tamussino). 8. Radiotherapy for stage 1-11 cervical cancer (E. van Limbergen, C. Haie-Meder). 9. Radiotherapy and surgical treatment of cervical carcinoma stages IB and II (G. Body, A.-M. Alonso et al.). 10. Laparoscopic approach: new concepts of treatment of cervical carcinoma stages I and II (D. Querleu, E. Leblanc). 11. Bulky stage I and II cervical carcinoma: a therapeutic dilemma (T. Mould, J.H. Shepherd). 12. Treatment of cervical carcinoma stages III and IV (P. Benedetti, G. Cutillo et al.). 13. Recurrence of cervical carcinoma: risk factors and treatment (S. Fotiou, A Rodolakis). 14. Management of early cervical carcinoma associated with pregnancy (J. Xercavins, A. Gil-Moreno).","Obstetrics and Gynecology","European Practice in Gynaecology and Obstetrics","Medicine" "2842993179","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/2842993179"",""Hyperlink"")"," : Viral Infection in Pregnancy","Donders","","Volume 4 ","500","","TP","Paperback. Increased knowledge about basic virology and immunology, better diagnostic techniques and the development of vaccines and efficient anti-virals open new perspectives for the prevention and treatment of viral infections affecting pregnant women and newborns. The aim of this book is to provide updated knowledge about viral infections that may affect mother and child. To order this title, and for more information go to http://intl.elsevierhealth.com/catalogue/title.cfm?ISBN=2842993179","01-JAN-03","60.00 ","60.00 ",""," ","Obstetrics and Gynecology","European Practice in Gynaecology and Obstetrics","Medicine" "2842993160","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/2842993160"",""Hyperlink"")"," : Ovulation Induction","Tarlatzis, B.C.","","Volume 3 ","314","","TP","Paperback. This book aims to update residents in practice in obstetrics and gynaecology, fellows in reproductive medicine, as well as practicing gynaecologists and endocrinologists on the most recent developments in ovulation induction. Leading experts from many different European countries describe the indications for ovulation induction and ovarian stimulation; the available protocols using not only conventional, but also the newest pharmaceutical agents, such as recombinant gonadotrophins and GnHR antagonists. They also review the potential risks (ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, multiple pregnancy and cancer) associated with these treatment modalities as well as the strategies to prevent them. The implications in this book are very important for achieving more effective as well as safer ovulation induction protocols. To order this title, and for more information, go to http://intl.elsevierhealth.com/catalogue/title.cfm?ISBN=2842993160","01-JAN-03","60.00 ","60.00 ","","1. Neuroendocrine control and ovulation (N. Bourcigaux, N. Chabbert Buffet et al.). 2. Physiology and pharmacology of mono and multifollicular development (S.G. Hillier). 3. Indications for ovulation and ovarian stimulation (D.T. Baird). 4. Mild ovarian hyperstimulation for intrauterine insemination (B.J. Cohlen, E.R. Te Velde). 5. The use of ultrasonography in monitoring ovulation induction (M. Wikland). 6. Management of hyperprolactinaemic infertility (P.G. Crosignani). 7. Clomiphene citrate (I.E. Messinis). 8. Low dose gonadotrophin treatment in polycystic ovary syndrome: the step-up protocol (S. Franks, D. White). 9. The step-down protocol (N.S. Macklon, B.C.J.M. Fauser). 10. Ovulation induction with pulsatile GnRH (C.B. Lambalk, J. Schoemaker, D.D.M. Braat). 11. Laparoscopic ovarian surgery for polycystic ovarian syndrome (S.A.K.S. Amer, T.-C. Li). 12. GnRH agonists (B.C. Tarlatzis, G. Grimbizis). 13. GnRH antagonists (K. Diedrich, M. Ludwig, R. Felberbaum). 14. Urinary gonadotrophins and recombinant FSH (Z. Shoham, Y. Or). 15. Recombinant human luteinizing hormone (E. Loumaye, L. O'Dea). 16. Novel stimulation protocols for assisted reproductive techniques (F. Olivenes, R. Fanchin et al.). 17. The poor responder (P.N. Barri, B. Coroleu et al.). 18. Luteal phase after ovarian stimulation (A. Tavaniotou, P. Devroey). 19. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (A. Pellicer, J.A. Garcia-Velasco). 20. Multiple pregnancies (K.G. Nygren). 21. Cancer and infertility (B.J. Mosgaard).","Obstetrics and Gynecology","European Practice in Gynaecology and Obstetrics","Medicine" "2842993144","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/2842993144"",""Hyperlink"")"," : Breech Delivery","Kunzel, W.","","Volume 2 ","260","","TP","Paperback. At the 5th European Congress of Perinatal Medicine in 1976, on the basis of careful evaluation of vaginal breech deliveries, it was claimed that a caesarean section should be performed in every case of breech presentation to reduce the danger of perinatal mortality and morbidity and to perform a relatively safe operation for the mother at a pre-determined time. Whether or not this recommendation is justified is the principle consideration of this book on breech presentation and delivery. Some obstetricians do not feel a caesarian section is necessary for each case of breech presentation, and consider maternal morbidity following caesarian section must also be taken into account. This book deals with the different aspects of breech presentation and delivery and their management. It also advises on how to carry out a successful vaginal delivery in the breech. To order this title, and for more information, go to http://intl.elsevier","01-JAN-03","60.00 ","60.00 ","","1. Epidemiology and aetiology of breech presentation (S. Albrechtsen, L.M. Irgens). 2. Counselling and care of patients during pregnancy (P. Audra, S. Bretones). 3. Breech position at term - external cephalic version: when and how? (P. Dufour). 4. Alternative methods in the management of breech presentations (M. Kirschbaum, W. Künzel). 5. Breech position at term: pelvimetry and foetometry as decision-making methods (M. Hermsteiner, G. Bachmann). 6. Breech position at term: indications for primary caesarian section (F.J.M.E. Roumen). 7. Postdate pregnancy in the breech: what to do? (R. Erkkola). 8. Management of vaginal delivery in breech presentation at term (W. Künzel, M. Kirschbaum). 9. Breech presentation at term: indications for secondary caesarian section (L. Krebs, J. Langhoff-Roos). 10. Anaesthesia in vaginal and abdominal breech delivery (K.G. Smedstad). 11. Breech presentation: neonatal morbidity and mortality after vaginal and abdominal delivery at term (L. Krebs, J.L Langhoff-Roos). 12. Is there a justification for caesarian section in preterm breech presentation (H. Rydhstroem). 13. Preterm breech: foetal morbidity and mortality in vaginal delivery of the breech (P. Dufour). 14. Maternal morbidity related to preterm infants in the foetal breech position (W. Künzel, B. Misselwitz). 15. Breech delivery under extreme conditions in developing countries (H.J. Odendaal). 16. Mode of delivery of twin gestation involving first twin breech presenation (B. Kaplan, D. Rabinerson). 17. Total extraction of the second twin in breech position? (S. Depret-Mosser, J.-P. Boulanger, F. Puech). 18. Breech delivery: legal implications and recommendations for audit and training (M. Newman).","Obstetrics and Gynecology","European Practice in Gynaecology and Obstetrics","Medicine" "0-444-51361-2","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0444513612"",""Hyperlink"")"," : Endometrial Cancer","Bosze, P.","","Volume 5 ","250","","TP","Paperback. Endometrial carcinoma is the most common genital malignancy in the Western world and is the second after cervical carcinoma in developing countries. It is a disease that affects women over 40 years of age, with 2/3 occurring at post-menopausal age. Most endometrial carcinomas are diagnosed in the early stages and have a favourable outcome. The prognosis of advanced disease is poor. Data suggests that there are at least two pathogenic entities of endometrial carcinoma; one is oestrogen related, and the other arises from atrophic endometrium. Management of endometrial carcinoma has changed during the last two decades, mainly as a result of the introduction of surgical staging by FIGO. Controversies in performing proper surgical staging, however, exist. There are a number of other controversial areas that are discussed in this book. Similarly, recent advances in diagnosing, managing and screening endometrial carcinoma have been highligh","01-NOV-03","60.00 ","60.00 ","","Preface (P. Bösze). 1. Epidemiology of endometrial carcinoma (P. Pharoah). 2. Histopathology and quantitative pathology (M. Wells). 3. Advances in endometrial cancer screening (P. Descamps). 4. Symptoms, signs and clinical prognostic factors (F. Motta, C.F. de Oliveira). 5. DNA content and S-phase fraction in adenocarcinoma of the endometrium: prognostic significance (B. Lindahl, C. Tropé). 6. Molecular biology of the carcinoma of the endometrium (F.J. Regateiro, M.C. Lemos et al.). 7. Immunology of endometrial cancer (G. Gitsch, P. Kohlberger). 8. Guidelines for staging endometrial carcinoma (H.G. Bender). 9. Imaging of endometrial carcinoma: clinical implications (A. Artner, K. Szalai). 10. Endometrial hyperplasia, diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma, hysteroscopy and endometrial ablation (R. Winter). 11. The place of laparoscopy in the management of endometrial carcinoma (D. Dargent). 12. Standard surgical management of resectable tumours (A. Ubeda, S. Dexeus, R. Aurell). 13. The role of lymphadenectomy in endometrial cancer (M.A. van Eijkeren). 14. The place of primary and adjuvant radiation therapy (R. Greiner). 15. Chemotherapy and hormonal treatment of endometrial adenocarcinoma (J.B. Vermorken). 16. Clear cell carcinoma of the endometrium (H. Vernaeve, P. Moerman, I. Vergote). 17. Uterine papillary serous carcinoma (T. Maggino, A. Gadducci). 18. Cases for radical surgery: curative and salvage intent (L. Pálfalvi, L. Ungár). 19. Major considerations and practical guidelines for management (P. Bösze). 20. Follow-up of endometrial adenocarcinoma (S. Fotiou).","Obstetrics and Gynecology","European Practice in Gynaecology and Obstetrics","Medicine" "0-444-51360-4","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0444513604"",""Hyperlink"")"," : Pediatric & Adolescent Gynaecology","Amy, J.J.","","Volume 6 ","278","","TP","Paperback. Examining and treating children and adolescents can be a frightening and unsatisfactory experience for the gynaecologist lacking experience. The pathology is completely different from that affecting older women, and both the diagnostic approach and the therapeutic measures to be applied have little in common with those to which physicians resort in their practice of adult gynaecology. This concise monograph intends to provide the reader with a wealth of information in a highly structured, readable and accessible way. One of the authors' endeavours was to avoid overlap, and hence redundancy of information. The book further illustrates the extraordinarily multidisciplinary character of paediatric and adolescent gynaecology, which unquestionably is one of its most rewarding features: the paediatric gynaecologist works hand-in-hand with colleagues and other health professionals working in many different fields, and learns a lot from this. T","01-SEP-03","60.00 ","60.00 ","","Preface (J. Lansac). Introduction (J.J. Amy). 1. Embryology of the female genital tract (J.A. Land, J.L.H. Evers). 2. Hormonal control and developoment in utero, during the neonatal period and during childhood (C. Traggiai, R. Stanhope). 3. Puberty and anomalies of pubertal development (C. Traggiai, E. Samoshkina, R. Stanhope). 4. Gynaecological examination of the young child and the adolescent (F.B. Lammes). 5. Disorders of sexual differentiation (V. de Boe, J. de Schepper, J.J. Amy). 6. Müllerian duct anomalies (M. Nisolle, P. Descamps, J.J. Amy). 7. Pediatric vulvo-vaginitis (F.B. Lammes). 8. Vulval disorders (M. Pelisse). 9. Genital bleeding during childhood (J.J. Amy). 10. Primary amenorrhoea (D.K. Edmonds). 11. Other menstrual disorders. 12. Hyperandrogenic conditions in the adolescent (V. Bruni, M. Dei). 13. Turner Syndrome: management and research in a life-span perspective (I. Bryman, M.-L. Barrenäs et al.). 14. Breast disorders (F. Peters). 15. Gynaecological tumours (P. de Sutter, C. Bourgain). 16. Sexual abuse (F. Dal, A. Lampo, J.J. Amy). 17. Anorexia nervosa (M. Dhont, C. Jannes). 18. Contraception (G. Creatsas). 19. Teenage pregnancy (A.S. Garden). 20. Imaging in pediatric gynaecology (A. Portuese, R. Raffaelli et al.).","Obstetrics and Gynecology","European Practice in Gynaecology and Obstetrics","Medicine" "0-08-044074-6","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0080440746"",""Hyperlink"")","Control Applications of Optimisation 2003","Bars, R;Gyurkovics, E",""," ","278","Elsevier","TP","Paperback. KEY FEATURES: Presents the findings of experts and practitioners in the field Provides an overview of the theory and applications Documentation of the scientific activities of the workshop The volume is designated to serve as a documentation of the scientific activities of the workshop. We hope that this workshop contributed to the further advances in theory and success in applications.The scope of the workshop included all the aspects of control applications of optimisation ranging from basic research to all kinds of applications. Its main objective was to bring researchers and practitioners together to present, discuss and further develop views in this field. CAO'2003 was the 12th Workshop in a series organised triennially under the auspices of the International Federation of Automatic Control.Three survey lectures and 41 contributed papers were presented, which cover numerous aspec","01-NOV-03","96.00 ","96.00 ","","Digital Factories, Production Networks; Design; Production Planning and Control; Multi-agent Approaches; modelling and simulation, monitoring and control; measure of on-line production systems; optimization; education and knowledge management","Control Systems","IFAC Proceedings Volumes","Engineering, Energy and Technology" "0-08-044010-X","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/008044010X"",""Hyperlink"")","Intelligent Components and Instruments for Control Applications 2003","Almeida, L;Boverie, S",""," ","304","Elsevier","TP","Paperback. KEY FEATURES: Presents the findings of experts and practitioners in the field Provides an overview of the theory and applications Presents an exchange of experiences on recent advances in this field Therefore, SICICA 2003 aimed at bringing together scientists, suppliers and users of intelligent techniques in the field of sensors, actuators and instruments to discuss generic methodologies, techniques, developments and subsystems for advanced control and measurement applications. The list of relevant topics included functionalities, quality of service and performance, data-handling techniques, design methods and tools, implementation and modelling of components and instruments, communication networks and field buses, application cases and education issues.The papers therein presented are included in this volume. From the set of presented papers, eight were recommended for possible pub","01-NOV-03","86.00 ","86.00 ","","Keynote paper; Control I, Identification, Navigation I, Control II, Navigation II, Modelling, Multimedia demonstration papers","Control Systems","IFAC Proceedings Volumes","Engineering, Energy and Technology" "0-08-0443737","=HYPERLINK(""http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0080443737"",""Hyperlink"")","Nano and Microstructural Design of Advanced Materials","Meyers, M.A;Ritchie, R.O;Sarikaya, M",""," ","150","Elsevier","HC","Hardbound. KEY FEATURES: Authoritative and up-to-date articles from leading experts in the field Teaching effective use of advanced analysis and characterization methods for the design of materials Examples of materials in which the design concepts have been successfully applied The nanostructural and microstructural design of materials for a set of targeted mechanical/functional properties is now a recognized field in materials science and engineering. The importance of the nanoscale effects has been recognized in materials research for over fifty years, but it is only recently that advanced characterization and fabrication methods are enabling scientists to build structures atom-by-atom or molecule-by molecule. The understanding and control of the nanostructure has been, to a large extent, made possible by new atomistic analysis and characterization methods pioneered by transmission electro","01-DEC-03","150.00 ","150.00 ","","Part 1: Characterization; Characterization: The Key to Materials; Nanochemical and Nanostructural Studies of the Brittle Failure of Alloys; Laser Surface Alloying of Carbon Steels with Tantalum, In-Situ TEM Observation of Alloying Process in Isolated Nanometer-Sized Particles; Development of Advanced Materials by Aqueous Metal Injection Molding; Part 2: Functional materials; Microstructural Design of Nanomultilayers (From Steel to Magnetics); Effects of Topography on the Magnetic Properties of Nano-Structured Films Investigated with Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy; Slip Induced Stress Amplification in Thin Ligaments; Part 3: Structural materials; Microstructure and Properties of In Situ Toughened Silicon Carbide; The Ideal Strength of Iron; The Bottom-Up Approach to Materials by Design; Crystal Imperfections Seen by X-Ray Diffraction Topography; Elastic Constants of Disordered Ternary Cubic Alloys. ","General Materials Science","","Materials Science"