ISBN,URL,TITLE,AUTHORS,EDITION,VOLUME,PAGES,IMPRINT,DESCRIPTION,PUBDATE,USD,Euro,REVIEW,TOC,SUBJECT,BOOK SERIES,SUPER AREA 0-444-50707-8,Hyperlink,Midlife Health - Current Concepts and Challenges for the Future,"Samsioe, G.;Skouby, S.",, ,236,Elsevier,"Hardbound. The world population is growing and ageing. This is particularly true for the female part and the World Health Organisation has predicted a 4-fold increase of women over 50 by the year 2030. Already by the age of 50 women start to outnumber men, and after age 75 there are twice as many women as men. Current knowledge of women's health issues after the age of 50 is vital, as women will be the most common patients almost irrespective of medical specialty! Some of the burning questions and hot issues discussed during the 5th European Congress on the Menopause & Andropause are: Prevention is better than cure; how could this be done cost-effectively? Is this applicable to all major diseases? How should prevention be organised? Can results from one population be transferred directly to another? What is the preventive role of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in women? Could HR",01-Mar-02,110.00,110.00,,"Preface. Contents. I. Endocrinology, physiology and psychology in mid ages. Metabolic and endocrine changes in climacteric women (A. Milewicz, M. Demissie). Psychosocial stress and male gonadal function (M. Nilisson, P. Båvenholm). 5-androgens and postmenopause: effects of 6 months DHEA supplementation in postmenopausal women (A. Genazzani et al.). Menopause: loss of self-esteem? (M. Lachowsky). How to assess quality of life? Aspects of methodology (E. Alder). Depression in midlife women: what have we learned from longitudinal studies? (A. Mariella, E. Mitchell, N. Woods). HRT and cognitive funcion (R. Erkkola, P. Polo-Kantola). Middle-aged men: sexuality and well-being lecture given on the 6th European Congress on Menopause Copenhagen, Denmark, 1-4 July 2000 (A. Thiele). II. Osteoporosis. Techniques for measuring bone mineral density (J. Stepan). Postmenopausal osteoporosis: biochemical markers for monitoring of bone metabolism (N. Bjarnason). III. Hormones and cardiovascular disease. Estrogen and apoptosis in atherosclerosis (M. Barton, M. Cox). Inflammation in atherosclerosis and acute coronary syndromes (J. Gram). HRT effects on inflammatory markers: is chronic inflammation a contra-indication for HRT? (C. Kluft). Nutritional modification of cardiovascular disease risk (M. Osler). Hypertension and HRT (A. Mueck). Motion: there is no relation between estrogen deficiency and cardiovascular morbidity. Some introductory remarks by the moderator Dr. Amos Pines to a debate between Dr. John Sevenson (for) and Dr. Trudy Bush (against) (A. Pines). Long-term hormone replacement therapy use is no longer controversial (S. Palacios). IV. Breast and endometrium. Risk of breast cancer with hormone replacement therapy (K. Michels). Is there a place for progestin agents in breast cancer prevention? (A. Gompel et al.). Managing menopausal symptoms after breast cancer (E. Kubista, M. Seifert). Cancer in the family and implications for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) (P. Fasching et al.). Ultrasound: a useful tool? (W. Haenggi, L. Raio). Biopsy techniques (S. Rozenberg et al.) V. Wound healing. Ovarian hormone deficiency and wound healing (M. Calvin). VI. Information and education. Clinical use of soy products (P. Albertazzi). Cimicifuga racemosa: a selective estrogen receptor modulator? (D. Seidlová-Wuttke et al.). Attitudes towards menopause and hormone replacement therapy in different cultures (S. Krishna). The consensus conference and technical report series (B. Nesheim). Whom and how should we inform? (T. Moskovic). Index of authors. Keyword index. ",Obstetrics and Gynecology,International Congress Series,Medicine 0-08-043931-4,Hyperlink,Numerical Modelling and Analysis of Fluid Flow and Deformation of Fractured Rock Masses,"Zhang, Xing;Sanderson, D.J.",, ,300,Elsevier,"Hardbound. Our understanding of the subsurface system of the earth is becoming increasingly more sophisticated both at the level of the behaviour of its components (solid, liquid and gas) as well as their variations in space and time. The implementation of coupled models is essential for the understanding of an increasing number of natural phenomena and in predicting human impact on these. The growing interest in the relation between fluid flow and deformation in subsurface rock systems that characterise the upper crust has led to increasingly specialized knowledge in many branches of earth sciences and engineering. A multidisciplinary subject dealing with deformation and fluid flow in the subsurface system is emerging. While research in the subject area of faulting, fracturing and fluid flow has led to significant progress in many different areas, the approach has tended to be ""reductionist"", i.e. involving the isolation and simplification of phe",01-Apr-02,105.00,105.00,,"Preface. 1. Introduction to modelling deformation and fluid flow of fractured rock. 2. Modelling of simple rock blocks. 3. Evaluation of 2-dimensional permeability tensors. 4. Scaling of 2-D permeability tensors. 5. Percolation behaviour of fracture networks. 6. Slip and fluid flow around an extensional fault. 7. Instability and associated localization of deformation and fluid flow in fractured rocks. 8. Grain scale flow of fluid in fractured rocks. 9. Changes of permeability due to excavation of ship-locks of the Three Gorges Project, China. 10. Wellbore instability due to ""block loosening"" in fractured rock masses. Summary. References. Index. ",Tectonics,,Earth and Planetary Sciences 0-444-50261-0,Hyperlink,Chemical Test Methods of Analysis,"Zolotov, Yurii A.;Ivanov, Vadim M.;Amelin, Vasilii G.",, ,336,Elsevier,"Hardbound. Chemical analysis moves from laboratory to places where samples to be analysed are located. This trend is aptly termed ""on-site analysis"". As the nowadays popular dictum says: ""from sample transfer to information transfer"", and this is very true. Besides, owing to the ever increasing number of samples to be analysed, preliminary screening and selection of samples seems to be necessary, even in the laboratory. Rapid test methods of chemical analysis can solve both these tasks. Thus, this book is devoted to test methods that are widely used in environmental, industrial, clinical, forensic, medical, and other areas allowing a rapid, simple and cost-effective analysis - qualitative, semi-quantitative and quantitative to be performed by trained as well as non-trained personnel. Some general characteristic features of test methods and test systems are described in the book, e.g. definitions, advantages and limitations, chemical and physical p",01-Mar-02,150.00,150.00,,"Selected papers. General Features of Test Systems. Fields of use and advantages of test systems, terminology. Some history. Classification of test methods. General requirements and metrology. Limitations of test methods. Chemical Principles of Test Methods: Reactions and Reagents. Selection of reactions and reagents. Variants of reagent applications. Immobilization of chemical reagents. Matrices and methods. Catalytic reactions. Immunoassay procedures. Methods and Tools for Analysis of Liquid Samples. Paper strips and their analogues. Indicator powders. Indicator tubes. Tablets and similar forms. Regular ampoules and droppers. Self-filling ampoules. Titration kits. Other tools. Systems of Measurement and Registration. Requirements to methods and their classification. Visual methods. Colorimetric visual methods. Use of more sophisticated but still compact instruments. Measurement of colour. Titrimetric methods. Chemical dosimeters. Mini devices with built-in software methods. Test concentrators incorporating indicator powders. Methodology and Application Areas of Test Systems. Fields of use. Attestation of methods and their official endorsement. Sample screening. Determination of Inorganic Components in Water and Soil. Sum parameters. Cations. Anions. Other inorganic components. Determination of Organic Components in Water and Soil. Sum parameters. Petroleum hydrocarbons. Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). Organochlorine compounds. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB). Various pesticides. Other organic compounds. Analysis of Air and Vapours. Analysis using indicator tubes. Application of pocket analysers. Detection of Alcohol Vapours, Narcotics, Chemical Weapons and Explosives. Alcohol vapours. Narcotics. Chemical weapons. Explosives. Use of Test Methods in Medicine. Determination of glucose. Testing for cholesterol. Other medical applications of test methods. Drug control. Some other Applications of Test Methods. Determination of gold and silver by the touchstone. Use of test methods in education. Conclusions and Perspectives. ",Analytical Chemistry,Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry,Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 0-7623-0805-2,Hyperlink,The Many Faces of Multi-Level Issues,"Yammarino, F.J.;Dansereau, F.",, ,380,Jai,"Hardbound. The Many Faces of Multi-Level Issues is the first volume in the new annual series Research in Multi-Level Issues. The purpose of these annual volumes is to present timely, scholarly work on multiple levels of analysis, especially multi-level theory, research, and methods. The focus is on ""critical essays"" (i.e. critical literature reviews and new model development), purely theoretical work, significant empirical studies, methodological developments, analytical techniques, and philosophical treatments in the field of multi-level studies. The substantive area of focus may be a single discipline or topic, or span a range of disciplines or topics. Some relevant areas include, but are not limited to, organizational behavior, human resources management, organization theory, business policy and strategy, psychology, sociology, education, and political science as well as leadership, decision making, communication and information proc",01-Jul-02,86.00,86.00,,"About the editors. List of contributors. Overview. The many faces of multi-level issues (F. Dansereau, F.J. Yammarino). Planning . Planning in organizations: performance as a multi-level phenomenon (M.D. Mumford et al.). Images of Planning, Performance, and Other Theory (A.C. Bluedorn). Planning in organizations: one vote for complexity (S. Finkelstein). Planning in organizations: complexity, history, and performance (M.D. Mumford). Selection. A multilevel perspective on personnel selection research and practice: implications for selection system design, assessment, and construct validation (R.E. Ployhart, B. Schneider). Leveling the selection field (C. Ostroff). A multilevel perspective on personnel selection: are we ready? (N. Schmitt). A multilevel perspective on personnel selection: when will practice catch up? (R.E. Ployhart, B. Schneider). Perceptions of Politics. Perceptions of organizational politics: theory and research directions (G.R. Ferris et al.). Multilevel theorizing about perceptions of organizational politics (R.L. Dipboye, J.B. Foster). Politics and political behavior: where else do we go from here? (D.B. Fedor, J.M. Maslyn). Perceptions of organizational politics: additional thoughts, reactions, and multi-level issues (G.L. Adams et al.). Culture. Linking culture and behavior in organizations: suggestions for theory development and research methodology (P.C. Earley, E. Mosakowski). Culture, levels of analysis, and cultural transition (J.A. Alutto). Linking culture to behavior: focusing on more proximate cognitive mechanisms (M.W. Morris, M.J. Young). Exploring cross-level effects in cultural research (P.C. Earley, E. Mosakowski). Simulation. Multi-level simulation analysis: the dynamics of HIV/AIDS (S.T. Seitz, C. Hulin). Multi-level simulation analysis: a methodology for planning and evaluation in public health (R.S. Bernstein). Multi-level simulation analysis issues: four themes (S.E. Markham). On recommending computational modeling (S.T. Seitz, C. Hulin). ",Industrial Organization (General),Research in Multi-Level Issues,"Economics, Business and Management" 0-08-043862-8,Hyperlink,Intelligent Manufacturing Systems 2001,"Zaremba, M.;Szpytko, J.;Banaszak, Z.",, ,180,Pergamon,"Paperback. This Proceedings contains the papers presented at the 6th IFAC Workshop on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, held in Poznan, Poland in April 2001. The Workshop followed the well-established tradition of such meetings organised under the sponsorship of the IFAC Technical Committee on the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (TC MIT), addressing key areas of scientific research and industrial applications in intelligent manufacturing systems. The papers in the Proceedings cover topics such as case studies of particular manufacturing processes, rapid prototyping, new concepts for the technical support of intelligent manufacturing, and methodological aspects of distributed and discrete-event systems. A number of contributions reflect the truly international character of the research in this area. Two promising technologies have generated a considerable amount of attention in the IMS community; multi-agents systems, which originate w",01-Oct-01,75.00,75.00,,"Paper headings. Minimizing cycle time of job scheduling using petri nets a study of heuristic methods (B. Alqassar et al.). Implementation in Java of the champ dispatcher (S.-A Andréasson). Reference model for a virtual enterprise (Z.A. Banaszak, M.B. Zaremba). Analysis of the application of the constraint management in the Czech Republic (J. Basl). Machine vision for intelligent manufacturing (T. Borangiu, L.M.T. Balibrea). A reconfigurable fault-tolerant communication system for intelligent manufacturing control (T. Borangiu, F. Ionescu). Supply chains planning requirements (M.F. Carvalho, P.G. Furtado). Experimental analysis of the performance of an english auction mechanism in a market-like model for manufacturing scheduling (S. Cavalieri, M. Macchi). The remote factory: providing a test-bench service for the research community (S. Cavalieri, M. Macchi). Man, decision-making, control and performance: a complementary view to process-oriented approach (D. Chen et al.). Scheduling and sequencing jobs on machines by way of simulated annealing-based heuristics (J.F.T. Delgado et al.). Reconfiguring the control systems in holonic manufacturing (M. Fletcher et al.). From remote maintenance to co-operative expertise-based E-maintenance (B. Iung et al.). Supervising and control of industrial processes using internet technologies (N. Ivanescu, S. Brotac). Globalisation and openness of intelligent machine tools design system (J. Jedrzejewski et al.). Application of petri nets to group scheduling in flexible manufacturing systems (K.A. Kattan et al.). A framework for building distributed agent-based industrial applications (D. Konstantas et al.). IMS - rapid product development - a project overview (H. Newlyn). Object oriented paradigm for manufacturing automation (J. Reiner, J. Koch). Grouping products in a follow-up production control system for parallel partitioned flow production lines (P. Sitek, M. Zaborowski). Flow synchronisation of the production systems: the distributed control approach (B. Skould, D. Krenczyk). Direct and ""intelligent"" monitoring of thermal distortions (M. Szafarczyk et al.). Investigation of intelligent fuzzy based control system of overhead crane (J. Szpytko et al.). Deadlock avoidance in flexible flow shops with loops (P. Valckenaers et al.). Bringing the model-based verification of distributed control systems into the engineering practice (V. Vyatkin, H-M. Hanisch). The follow-up scheduling in a production control system (M. Zaborowski). A programming method for load planning in manufacturing systems (Y. Zheng, J.P. Bourrieres). Author index. ",Control Systems,IFAC Proceedings Volumes,"Engineering, Energy and Technology" 0-08-043751-6,Hyperlink,Treatise on Geochemistry : 10 Volume Set,"Holland, H.;Turekian, K.",,10 Volume Set ,7800,Elsevier,Hardbound. ,01-Jun-03,4595.00,4825.00,, ,Geochemistry and Petrology,,Earth and Planetary Sciences 0-08-043962-4,Hyperlink,"Manufacturing, Modelling, Management and Control 2001","Kovacs, G.L.",, ,140,Pergamon,"Paperback. This Proceedings contains the papers presented at the IFAC Workshop on Manufacturing, Modelling, Management and Control (MIM 2001), held in Prague, Czech Republic, on 2-4 August 2001. This regular IFAC workshop has developed a reputation for high quality, and regularly features notable contributions by leading world experts. This Proceedings volume shows that the latest Workshop was no exception. The papers feature subjects such as production planning, virtual manufacturing, scheduling design, planning management, monitoring and diagnostics, manufacturing and machining, software, decision support systems, and modelling, as well as traditional and modern disciplines of manufacturing automation. The Proceedings of the MIM 2001 workshop are essential reading for anyone with an interest in the latest developments in the modelling and control of manufacturing systems. ",01-Dec-01,71.50,71.50,,"Chapter headings. Production Planning-Virtual Manufacturing-Scheduling. Negotiation models and production planning for virtual enterprises (M. Cantamessa, A. Villa). Cooperating agents for planning and scheduling (B. Frankovic, T.T. Dang). Scheduling cutting machines in a clothing industry (A. Agnetis, P. Detti). Obstacles to simulation exploitation in manufacturing industry (B.W. Hollocks). Incremental process planning with related knowledge storage and data exchange (J. Papstel, A. Saks). Application of uncertain variables to control for a class of production operations with parametric uncertainties (Z. Bubnicki). The model of dynamic management system of a manufacturing company (P.Żukowski et al.). Design-Planning-Management. Designing bottle products using environmental criteria (N. Bilalis et al.). Human intent model assisted group work of design and manufacturing engineers (L. Horváth, I.J. Rudas). Some design and management problems of complex, ditributed organizations (G.L. Kovács, P. Paganelli). The use of MICSS/MERP, an ERP Model, in education and research (J. Chen et al.). Monitoring-Diagnostics. A monitor system for machine tools - applications (L. Javorčík et al.). a monitor tool for CIM Systems (K. Kabitzsch et al.). Review of systematic conflict generation in model-based diagnosis of dynamic systems (B. Górny, A. Ligeza). Supervisor system for detection and treatment of failures in manufacturing systems using distributed petri nets (L.A.M. Riascos, P.E. Miyagi). Manufacturing-Machining. A discrete-event formalism to model adaptive multi-agent manufacturing control (G. Maione, D. Naso). Remote cost estimation of machined parts (D. Ben-Arieh, Q. Li). On-line seam qualification and control in a sewing machine (M.A. Carvalho, F.B.N. Ferreira). Software-Decision Support. The explicit control law for hybrid systems via parametric programming (V. Sakizlis et al.). Comparison of three different open architecture controllers (J. Nacsa). Engineering-Control-Modelling. A linear PIC system that can operate in a non-linear world (S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill). Distributed micro flow-sensor network design and modeling (Y. Liu, S.Y. Nof). Author index. ",Control Systems,IFAC Workshop Series,"Engineering, Energy and Technology" 0-444-50653-5,Hyperlink,Molecular Biology and Immunology in Hepatology,"Tsuji, T.;Higashi, T.;Zeniya, M.;Meyer zum Buschenfelde, K.-H.",, ,362,Elsevier,"Hardbound. This book presents an integration of recent knowledge of virology, molecular biology and immunology focusing on intractable liver diseases. It reports on mechanisms of liver injury e.g. viral hepatitis, fulminant hepatic failure, autoimmune hepatitis, and hepatocarcinogenesis based on the evidence from both clinical and basic research e.g. genetic diversities or transgenic mice models. It also explains current concepts and new strategies to treat alcoholic liver diseases, interferon resistant hepatitis C virus, liver cirrhosis, fulminant hepatic failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma e.g. new drugs, immunotherapy, gene therapy or living related liver transplantation. The authors are all front runners in current hepatology and give us proper information on each topic. The book will be of interest to all clinicians and basic scientists devoted to hepatology and will be a useful guide to reveal what we can do now and what we should do to treat",01-Mar-02,145.00,145.00,,"Preface (T. Tsuji). Hepatology in 21st century. General Aspects of Molecular Biology and Immunology for the Treatment of Intractable Liver Diseases (K.-H. Meyer zum Büschenfelde). Viral Hepatitis. The Mechanisms of Liver Injury in Hepatitis B Virus Infection (T. Ishikawa, S. Kakumu). Genetic Diversity and Pathophysiology of Hepatitis B Virus (H. Yatsuhashi, M. Yano). Immunopathogenesis of Hepatitis C (M.J. Koziel). Recent Advancement in Interferon Therapy for Hepatitis C Treatment (J. Feher, G. Lengyel). New Therapeutic Strategy for Chronic Hepatitis C (N. Hayashi, A. Kasahara). Transgenic Mouse Models for Viral Hepatitis: The Role of Hepatitis Viruses in Hepatocarcinogenesis (K. Koike). Gene Therapy of Viral Hepatitis (H.E. Blum). Liver Cirrhosis. Reversibility of Liver Cirrhosis: Evidence from Clinical and Basic Research (A. Watanabe). Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Diverse Strategies Based on Underlying Liver Diseases (M. Omata). Gene Expression Profiles in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (S. Kaneko, K. Kobayashi). Gene Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Recent Advancements and Problems to Overcome (S. Kuriyama, H. Tsujinoue, T. Nakatani, H. Yoshiji, H. Fukui). Novel Immunological Approach for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (T. Higashi, K. Nouso, M. Uemura, S.J. Nakamara, Y. Kobayashi). Alcoholic Liver Injury. Assessment of the Reversibility and Treatments of Alcoholic Liver Disease (J.C. Bode). Autoimmune Liver Diseases. Molecular Mechanisms of Autoimmune Hepatitis (A. Vogel, M.P. Manns). Roles of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Autoimmune Hepatitis (H. Miyakawa). Molecular Mechanisms of T-cell Responses of Autoimmune Hepatitis (M. Zeniya, H. Takahashi, Y. Aizawa, G. Toda). Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: Solving the Enigma (K. Yamamoto, M.E. Gershwin). Induction of T cell Anergy by Peptide Analogue in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (H. Ishibashi, S. Shimoda, H. Shigematsu, M. Nakamura). Putative Mechanism of Overlap Syndrome: What is the Entity? (S. Onji, K. Yamamoto). Fulminant Hepatic Failure. Etiology and Pathophysiology of Fulminant Hepatic Failure (K. Fujiwara, S. Mochida). Cytokines and Fulminant Hepatic Failure (K. Kayano, I. Sakaida, K. Okita). Treatment and Prognosis of Fulminant Hepatic Failure (M. Yoshiba). Living Related Liver Transplantation. Current Strategy of Living Related Liver Transplantation: Overview (K. Tanaka, S. Kaihara). Viral Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Relation to Living-Donor Liver Transplants (T. Ichida). Subject Index. ",Gastroenterology and Hepatology,,Medicine 0-444-51011-7,Hyperlink,Large Marine Ecosystems of the North Atlantic,"Sherman, K.;Skjoldal, H.R.",, ,464,Elsevier,"Hardbound. This is the first book to provide assessments of multidecadal changes in resources and environments of the Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) of the North Atlantic. Using the case study method, researchers examine the forces driving the changes and actions underway aimed at turning the corner from declining trends in biomass yields, toward recovery of depleted species populations and improvements in ecosystem integrity. Recently a distinguished group of 24 scientists argued eloquently that a new Sustainability Science was emerging that was focused on ""meeting fundamental human needs while preserving the life support systems of planet Earth"". The contributions contained in this volume are at the cutting edge of Sustainability Science and the results presented by the contributors are pertinent to one of the core questions: ""How are long-term trends in environment and development, including consumption and population, reshaping n",01-Mar-02,99.00,99.00,,"Preface. Acknowledgments. Contributors. I. North Atlantic Teleconnections. 1. North Atlantic climatic signals and the plankton of the European continental shelf (A.H. Taylor). 2. Interregional biological responses in the North Atlantic to hydrometeorological forcing (P.C. Reid, G. Beaugrand). II. Northwest Atlantic Large Marine Ecosystems. 3. Changes to the large marine ecosystem of the Newfoundland-Labrador shelf (J. Rice). 4. Decadal changes in the Scotian shelf large marine ecosystem (K.C.T. Zwanenburg, et al.). 5. Dynamics of fish larvae, zooplankton, and hydrographical characteristics in the West Greenland large marine ecosystem 1950-1984 (S.A. Pedersen, J.C. Rice). 6. The U.S. northeast shelf large marine ecosystem: zooplankton trends in fish biomass recovery (K. Sherman, et al.). III. Insular North Atlantic. 7. Iceland shelf large marine ecosystem: decadal assessment and resource sustainability (O.S. Astthorsson, H. Vilhjálmsson). 8. Ecological features and recent trends in the physical environment, plankton, fish stocks, and seabirds in the Faroe shelf ecosystem (E. Gaard, et al.). IV. Northeast Atlantic. 9. Zooplankton-fish interactions in the Barents Sea (P. Dalpadado, et al.). 10. Dynamics and human impact in the Bay of Biscay: an ecological perspective (L. Valdés, A. Lavin). 11. Iberian sardine fisheries: trends and crises (T. Wyatt, C. Porteiro). 12. The North Sea large marine ecosystem (J.M. McGlade). V. Summary and Comments. 13. Changing states of the large marine ecosystems in the North Atlantic: summary and comments (G. Hempel). Index. ",Aquatic Biology and Ecology,Large Marine Ecosystems,Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0-444-50657-8,Hyperlink,Applied Mycology and Biotechnology : Volume 1. Agriculture and Food Production,"Khachatourians, G.G.;Arora, D.K.;Khachatourians, G.G.;Arora, D.K.",,Volume 1. Agriculture and Food Production ,448,Elsevier,"Hardbound. Presenting a stimulating synthesis of rapidly growing research interests and publications by scholars in the field of applied mycology and biotechnology. The surge of research and development activity in applied mycology and fungal biotechnology relates to the need and utility of fungi in many contexts. These contexts are wide in scope, and include agriculture, animal and plant health, biotransformation of organic or inorganic matter, food safety, composition of nutrients and micronutrients, and human and animal infectious disease. Containing a balanced treatment of principles, biotechnological manipulations and applications of major groups of fungi in agriculture and food, this book will serve as a practical resource for mycologists, microbiologists, biotechnologists, bioengineers, scientists from agri-food industry, biochemists, botanists and agriculturists. ",01-Jan-01,172.50,172.50,,"Preface. Editorial Board for Volume 1. Applied mycology and biotechnology for agriculture and foods (G.G. Khachatourians, D.K. Arora). Filamentous fungi - growth and physiology (R.W.S. Weber, D. Pitt). Metabolic regulation in fungi (G.A. Marzluf). Protein secretion by fungi (J.F. Peberdy, G.L.F. Wallis, D.B. Archer). Significance of fungal peptide secondary metabolites in the agri-food industry (D.G. Panaccione, S.L. Annis). Plant antifungal peptides and their use in transgenic food crops (A.E. Woytowich, G.G. Khachatourians). Clustered metabolic pathway genes in filamentous fungi (J.W. Cary, P.-K. Chang, D. Bhatnagar). Molecular transformation, gene cloning, and gene expression systems for filamentous fungi (S.E. Gold, J.W. Duick, R.S. Redman, R.J. Rodriguez). Aspergillus nidulans as a model organism for the study of the expression of genes encoding enzymes of relevance in the food industry (A.P. MacCabe, M. Orejas, D. Ramán). Detection of food-borne toxigenic molds using molecular probes (M.E. Boysen, A.R.B. Eriksson, J. Schnürer). Strain improvement in filamentous fungi - an overview (K.M.H. Nevalainen). Fungal solid state fermentation - an overview (M.K. Gowthaman, C. Krishna, M. Moo-Young). Role of fungal enzymes in food processing (R.K. Saxena, R. Gupta, S. Saxena, R. Gulati). Production of organic acids and metabolites of fungi for food industry (N.A. Sahasrabudhe, N.V. Sankpal). Index of Authors. Keyword Index. ",Mycology,,Life Sciences 0-444-50657-8,Hyperlink,Applied Mycology and Biotechnology : Volume 1. Agriculture and Food Production,"Khachatourians, G.G.;Arora, D.K.;Khachatourians, G.G.;Arora, D.K.",,Volume 1. Agriculture and Food Production ,448,Elsevier,"Hardbound. Presenting a stimulating synthesis of rapidly growing research interests and publications by scholars in the field of applied mycology and biotechnology. The surge of research and development activity in applied mycology and fungal biotechnology relates to the need and utility of fungi in many contexts. These contexts are wide in scope, and include agriculture, animal and plant health, biotransformation of organic or inorganic matter, food safety, composition of nutrients and micronutrients, and human and animal infectious disease. Containing a balanced treatment of principles, biotechnological manipulations and applications of major groups of fungi in agriculture and food, this book will serve as a practical resource for mycologists, microbiologists, biotechnologists, bioengineers, scientists from agri-food industry, biochemists, botanists and agriculturists. ",01-Jan-01,172.50,172.50,,"Preface. Editorial Board for Volume 1. Applied mycology and biotechnology for agriculture and foods (G.G. Khachatourians, D.K. Arora). Filamentous fungi - growth and physiology (R.W.S. Weber, D. Pitt). Metabolic regulation in fungi (G.A. Marzluf). Protein secretion by fungi (J.F. Peberdy, G.L.F. Wallis, D.B. Archer). Significance of fungal peptide secondary metabolites in the agri-food industry (D.G. Panaccione, S.L. Annis). Plant antifungal peptides and their use in transgenic food crops (A.E. Woytowich, G.G. Khachatourians). Clustered metabolic pathway genes in filamentous fungi (J.W. Cary, P.-K. Chang, D. Bhatnagar). Molecular transformation, gene cloning, and gene expression systems for filamentous fungi (S.E. Gold, J.W. Duick, R.S. Redman, R.J. Rodriguez). Aspergillus nidulans as a model organism for the study of the expression of genes encoding enzymes of relevance in the food industry (A.P. MacCabe, M. Orejas, D. Ramán). Detection of food-borne toxigenic molds using molecular probes (M.E. Boysen, A.R.B. Eriksson, J. Schnürer). Strain improvement in filamentous fungi - an overview (K.M.H. Nevalainen). Fungal solid state fermentation - an overview (M.K. Gowthaman, C. Krishna, M. Moo-Young). Role of fungal enzymes in food processing (R.K. Saxena, R. Gupta, S. Saxena, R. Gulati). Production of organic acids and metabolites of fungi for food industry (N.A. Sahasrabudhe, N.V. Sankpal). Index of Authors. Keyword Index. ",Mycology,,Life Sciences 0-444-51030-3,Hyperlink,Applied Mycology and Biotechnology : Volume 2. Agriculture and Food Production,"Khachatourians, G.G.;Arora, D.K.;Arora, D.K.;Khachatourians, G.G.",,Volume 2. Agriculture and Food Production ,360,Elsevier,"Hardbound. This volume of Applied Mycology and Biotechnology completes the set of two volumes dedicated to the coverage of recent developments on the theme ""Agriculture and Food Production"". The first volume provided overview on fungal physiology, metabolism, genetics and biotechnology and highlighted their connection with particular applications to food production. The second volume examines various specific applications of mycology and fungal biotechnology to food production and processing. In the second volume coverage on two remaining areas of the theme, food crop production and applications in the foods and beverages sector, is presented. The interdisciplinary and complex nature of the subject area, combined with the need to consider the sustainability of agri-food practices, its economics and industrial perspectives, requires a certain focus and selectivity of subjects. In this context the recent literature contained in this work will help ",01-Apr-02,145.00,145.00,,"Preface. Editorial Board for Volume 2. Contributors. 1. Brewer's Yeast: genetics and biotechnology (J. Polaina). 2. Genetic diversity of yeasts in wine production (T. Benitez, A.C. Codón). 3. Fungal carotenoids (C. Echavarri-Erasun, E.A. Johnson). 4. Edible fungi: biotechnological approaches (R.D. Rai, O.P. Ahlawat). 5. Single cell proteins from fungi and yeasts (U.O. Ugalde, J.I. Castrillo). 6. Cereal fermentation by fungi (C.-H. Lee, Sang Sun Lee). 7. Mycotoxins contaminating cereal grain crops: their occurrence and toxicity (D. Bhatnagar, R. Brown, K. Ehrlich, T.E. Cleveland). 8. Emerging strategies to control fungal diseases in vegetables (P.K. Pandey, K.K. Pandey). 9. Biological control of postharvest diseases of fruits and vegetables (A. El Ghaouth, C. Wilson, M. Wisniewski, S. Droby, J.L. Smilanick, L. Korsten). 10. Biological weed control with pathogen: search for candidates to applications (S.M. Boyetchko, E.N. Rosskopf, A.J. Ceasar, R. Charudattan). 11. Biotechnology of arbuscular mycorrhizas (M. Giovannetti, L. Avio). 12. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as biostimulants and bioprotectants of crops (L.J.C. Xavier, S.M. Boyetchko). Keyword index. ",Mycology,,Life Sciences 0-444-51030-3,Hyperlink,Applied Mycology and Biotechnology : Volume 2. Agriculture and Food Production,"Khachatourians, G.G.;Arora, D.K.;Arora, D.K.;Khachatourians, G.G.",,Volume 2. Agriculture and Food Production ,360,Elsevier,"Hardbound. This volume of Applied Mycology and Biotechnology completes the set of two volumes dedicated to the coverage of recent developments on the theme ""Agriculture and Food Production"". The first volume provided overview on fungal physiology, metabolism, genetics and biotechnology and highlighted their connection with particular applications to food production. The second volume examines various specific applications of mycology and fungal biotechnology to food production and processing. In the second volume coverage on two remaining areas of the theme, food crop production and applications in the foods and beverages sector, is presented. The interdisciplinary and complex nature of the subject area, combined with the need to consider the sustainability of agri-food practices, its economics and industrial perspectives, requires a certain focus and selectivity of subjects. In this context the recent literature contained in this work will help ",01-Apr-02,145.00,145.00,,"Preface. Editorial Board for Volume 2. Contributors. 1. Brewer's Yeast: genetics and biotechnology (J. Polaina). 2. Genetic diversity of yeasts in wine production (T. Benitez, A.C. Codón). 3. Fungal carotenoids (C. Echavarri-Erasun, E.A. Johnson). 4. Edible fungi: biotechnological approaches (R.D. Rai, O.P. Ahlawat). 5. Single cell proteins from fungi and yeasts (U.O. Ugalde, J.I. Castrillo). 6. Cereal fermentation by fungi (C.-H. Lee, Sang Sun Lee). 7. Mycotoxins contaminating cereal grain crops: their occurrence and toxicity (D. Bhatnagar, R. Brown, K. Ehrlich, T.E. Cleveland). 8. Emerging strategies to control fungal diseases in vegetables (P.K. Pandey, K.K. Pandey). 9. Biological control of postharvest diseases of fruits and vegetables (A. El Ghaouth, C. Wilson, M. Wisniewski, S. Droby, J.L. Smilanick, L. Korsten). 10. Biological weed control with pathogen: search for candidates to applications (S.M. Boyetchko, E.N. Rosskopf, A.J. Ceasar, R. Charudattan). 11. Biotechnology of arbuscular mycorrhizas (M. Giovannetti, L. Avio). 12. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as biostimulants and bioprotectants of crops (L.J.C. Xavier, S.M. Boyetchko). Keyword index. ",Mycology,,Life Sciences 0-444-510893,Hyperlink,Geophysical Inverse Theory and Regularization Problems,"Zhdanov, Michael S.",, ,628,Elsevier,"Hardbound. This book presents state-of-the-art geophysical inverse theory developed in modern mathematical terminology. The book brings together fundamental results developed by the Russian mathematical school in regularization theory and combines them with the related research in geophysical inversion carried out in the West. It presents a detailed exposition of the methods of regularized solution of inverse problems based on the ideas of Tikhonov regularization, and shows the different forms of their applications in both linear and nonlinear methods of geophysical inversion. This text is the first to treat many kinds of inversion and imaging techniques in a unified mathematical manner. The book is divided in five parts covering the foundations of the inversion theory and its applications to the solution of different geophysical inverse problems, including potential field, electromagnetic, and seismic methods. The first part is an introduction to ",01-Apr-02,215.00,215.00,,"Preface. I. Introduction to Inversion Theory. 1. Forward and inverse problems in geophysics. 1.1 Formulation of forward and inverse problems for different geophysical fields. 1.2 Existence and uniqueness of the inverse problem solutions. 1.3 Instability of the inverse problem solution. 2. Ill-posed problems and the methods of their solution. 2.1 Sensitivity and resolution of geophysical methods. 2.2 Formulation of well-posed and ill-posed problems. 2.3 Foundations of regularization methods of inverse problem solution. 2.4 Family of stabilizing functionals. 2.5 Definition of the regularization parameter. II. Methods of the Solution of Inverse Problems. 3. Linear discrete inverse problems. 3.1 Linear least-squares inversion. 3.2 Solution of the purely under determined problem. 3.3 Weighted least-squares method. 3.4 Applying the principles of probability theory to a linear inverse problem. 3.5 Regularization methods. 3.6 The Backus-Gilbert method. 4. Iterative solutions of the linear inverse problem. 4.1 Linear operator equations and their solution by iterative methods. 4.2 A generalized minimal residual method. 4.3 The regularization method in a linear inverse problem solution. 5. Nonlinear inversion technique. 5.1 Gradient-type methods. 5.2 Regularized gradient-type methods in the solution of nonlinear inverse problems. 5.3 Regularized solution of a nonlinear discrete inverse problem. 5.4 Conjugate gradient re-weighted optimization. III. Geopotential Field Inversion. 6. Integral representations in forward modeling of gravity and magnetic fields. 6.1 Basic equations for gravity and magnetic fields. 6.2 Integral representations of potential fields based on the theory of functions of a complex variable. 7. Integral representations in inversion of gravity and magnetic data. 7.1 Gradient methods of gravity inversion. 7.2 Gravity field migration. 7.3 Gradient methods of magnetic anomaly inversion. 7.4 Numerical methods in forward and inverse modeling. IV. Electromagnetic Inversion. 8. Foundations of electromagnetic theory. 8.1 Electromagnetic field equations. 8.2 Electromagnetic energy flow. 8.3 Uniqueness of the solution of electromagnetic field equations. 8.4 Electromagnetic Green's tensors. 9. Integral representations in electromagnetic forward modeling. 9.1 Integral equation method. 9.2 Family of linear and nonlinear integral approximations of the electromagnetic field. 9.3 Linear and non-linear approximations of higher orders. 9.4 Integral representations in numerical dressing. 10. Integral representations in electromagnetic inversion. 10.1 Linear inversion methods. 10.2 Nonlinear inversion. 10.3 Quasi-linear inversion. 10.4 Quasi-analytical inversion. 10.5 Magnetotelluric (MT) data inversion. 11. Electromagnetic migration imaging. 11.1 Electromagnetic migration in the frequency domain. 11.2 Electromagnetic migration in the time domain. 12. Differential methods in electromagnetic modeling and inversion. 12.1 Electromagnetic modeling as a boundary-value problem. 12.2 Finite difference approximation of the boundary-value problem. 12.3 Finite element solution of boundary-value problems. 12.4 Inversion based on differential methods. V. Seismic Inversion. 13. Wavefield equations. 13.1 Basic equations of elastic waves. 13.2 Green's functions for wavefield equations. 13.3 Kirchhoff integral formula and its analogs. 13.4 Uniqueness of the solution of the wavefield equations. 14. Integral representations in wavefield theory. 14.1 Integral equation method in acoustic wavefield analysis. 14.2 Integral approximations of the acoustic wavefield. 14.3 Method of integral equations in vector wavefield analysis. 14.4 Integral approximations of the vector wavefield. 15. Integral representations in wavefield inversion. 15.1 Linear inversion methods. 15.2 Quasi-linear inversion. 15.3 Nonlinear inversion. 15.4 Principles of wavefield migration. 15.5 Elastic field inversion. A. Functional spaces of geophysical models and data. A.1 Euclidean space. A.2 Metric space. A.3 Linear vector spaces. A.4 Hilbert spaces. A.5 Complex Euclidean and Hilbert spaces. A.6 Examples of linear vector spaces. B. Operators in the spaces of models and data. B.1 Operators in functional spaces. B.2 Linear operators. B.3 Inverse operators. B.4 Some approximation problems in the Hilbert spaces of geophysical data. B.5 Gram - Schmidt orthogonalization process. C. Functionals in the spaces of geophysical models. C.1 Functionals and their norms. C.2 Riesz representation theorem. C.3 Functional representation of geophysical data and an inverse problem. D. Linear operators and functionals revisited. D.1 Adjoint operators. D.2 Differentiation of operators and functionals. D.3 Concepts for variational calculus. E. Some formulae and rules from matrix algebra. E.1 Some formulae and rules of operation on matrices. E.2 Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. E.3 Spectral decomposition of a symmetric matrix. E.4 Singular value decomposition (SVD). E.5 The spectral Lanczos decomposition method. F. Some formulae and rules from tensor calculus. F.1 Some formulae and rules of operation on tensor functions. F.2 Tensor statements of the Gauss and Green's formulae. F.3 Green's tensor and vector formulae for Lamé and Laplace operators. Bibliography. Index. ",Mathematical Geology,Methods in Geochemistry and Geophysics,Earth and Planetary Sciences 0-444-50580-6,Hyperlink,Viruses and Liver Cancer,"Tabor, E.",, ,186,Elsevier,"Hardbound. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most important complications of chronic viral hepatitis. It usually results in a fatal outcome if not discovered in its earliest stages. Its close association with the hepatitis B and C viruses makes it one of the first human cancers for which there is strong evidence of a viral cause. For this reason it provides a model for studying viral carcinogenesis in humans. In some countries, HCC is one of the most common tumors of adult men. In addition, there is evidence that the incidence of this cancer has doubled in the past 15 to 20 years in many countries, and the incidence has doubled every 20 years for the past half century in Japan. In some studies, the increase has been shown to be due primarily to cases associated with HCV infection. Molecular studies of HCC show that mutations in oncogenes, in various cellular repair pathways, and in tumor suppressor genes together appear to contribute to",01-Jul-02,95.00,95.00,,"Contents. Introduction (R.J.A. Grand). Immortalization of primary rodent cells by SV40 (A.J. Darmon, P. S. Jat). Adenovirus early region 1 proteins: action through interaction (R.J.A. Grand). Polyoma virus middle T-Antigen: growth factor receptor mimic (P.R. Nicholson, S.M. Dilworth). Pathobiology of human papillomaviruses (M.A. Stanley). The function of the human papillomavirus oncogenes (D. Pim, M. Thomas, L. Banks). Hepatitis B virus in experimental carcinogenesis studies (S. Schaefer). Epstein-Barr virus and oncogenesis: from tumors to transforming genes (L.S. Young). Human herpesvirus-8 (R.F. Jarret). Human herpesvirus-8: dysregulation of cell growth and apoptosis (F. Neipel, E. Meinl). Human T-Cell leukemia virus type 1 oncoprotein, tax: cell cycle disregulation and cellular transformation (K.G. Low, Kuan-The Jeang). Proviral tagging: a strategy using retroviruses to identify oncogenes (T. Moroy, M. Zornig, T. Schmidt). The induction and suppression of apoptosis by viruses (E.M. Hammond, R.J.A. Grand). Evasion of the immune system by tumor viruses (N. Philpott , E. Blair). Immunity to human papillomaviruses: implications for vaccine design (J.C. Steele). Adenovirus cancer gene therapy (M.B. Powell, G.W.G. Wilkinson). List of addresses. ",Carcinogenesis,Perspectives in Medical Virology,Life Sciences 0-444-50580-6,Hyperlink,Viruses and Liver Cancer,"Tabor, E.",, ,186,Elsevier,"Hardbound. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most important complications of chronic viral hepatitis. It usually results in a fatal outcome if not discovered in its earliest stages. Its close association with the hepatitis B and C viruses makes it one of the first human cancers for which there is strong evidence of a viral cause. For this reason it provides a model for studying viral carcinogenesis in humans. In some countries, HCC is one of the most common tumors of adult men. In addition, there is evidence that the incidence of this cancer has doubled in the past 15 to 20 years in many countries, and the incidence has doubled every 20 years for the past half century in Japan. In some studies, the increase has been shown to be due primarily to cases associated with HCV infection. Molecular studies of HCC show that mutations in oncogenes, in various cellular repair pathways, and in tumor suppressor genes together appear to contribute to",01-Jul-02,95.00,95.00,,"Contents. Introduction (R.J.A. Grand). Immortalization of primary rodent cells by SV40 (A.J. Darmon, P. S. Jat). Adenovirus early region 1 proteins: action through interaction (R.J.A. Grand). Polyoma virus middle T-Antigen: growth factor receptor mimic (P.R. Nicholson, S.M. Dilworth). Pathobiology of human papillomaviruses (M.A. Stanley). The function of the human papillomavirus oncogenes (D. Pim, M. Thomas, L. Banks). Hepatitis B virus in experimental carcinogenesis studies (S. Schaefer). Epstein-Barr virus and oncogenesis: from tumors to transforming genes (L.S. Young). Human herpesvirus-8 (R.F. Jarret). Human herpesvirus-8: dysregulation of cell growth and apoptosis (F. Neipel, E. Meinl). Human T-Cell leukemia virus type 1 oncoprotein, tax: cell cycle disregulation and cellular transformation (K.G. Low, Kuan-The Jeang). Proviral tagging: a strategy using retroviruses to identify oncogenes (T. Moroy, M. Zornig, T. Schmidt). The induction and suppression of apoptosis by viruses (E.M. Hammond, R.J.A. Grand). Evasion of the immune system by tumor viruses (N. Philpott , E. Blair). Immunity to human papillomaviruses: implications for vaccine design (J.C. Steele). Adenovirus cancer gene therapy (M.B. Powell, G.W.G. Wilkinson). List of addresses. ",Carcinogenesis,Perspectives in Medical Virology,Life Sciences 0-08-043691-9,Hyperlink,Large Scale Systems: Theory and Applications 2001,"Filip, F.G.;Dumitrache, I.;Iliescu, S.",, ,602,Pergamon,"Paperback. This volume contains the papers presented at the 9th IFAC Symposium on Large Scale Systems: Theory and Applications (LSS 2001), held in Bucharest, Romania, 18-20 July 2001. The Symposium was the latest in a long-running and well-respected series in this key area of IFAC's technical interest. Its aim was to address the control aspects of those industrial, economic, social and environmental systems whose characteristics are high dimensionality, non-linearity and uncertainty, associated with a multitude of structural forms, with intense and time critical information exchange and efficient co-ordination. The Symposium covered all major aspects of large scale, complex systems including methodological aspects, technological solutions and practical applications. The Symposium struck a balance between the technical sessions addressing methodological aspects and those devoted to practical applications. Several invited sessions were or",01-Apr-02,123.00,123.00,,"Chapter headings. Selected papers. Plenary Papers. Complexity made simple - at a small price (C.G. Cassandras). Optimal control using integrated systems optimisation and parameter estimation (P.D. Roberts). Modelling and Model Reduction. Building the DES-plant model in a class of hybrid control systems (V.E. Oltean et al.). Fuzzy cognitive maps multi-model for complex manufacturing systems (C.D. Stylios, P.P. Groumpos). Production Planning and Scheduling. Applications of QBD process in the study of tandem queueing systems (D. Merezeanu, D. Andone). A dynamic single-stage multi-item inventory control model (M.A. Ould-Louly, A. Dolgui). A meta-heuristic solution for identical parallel machine scheduling with earliness and tardiness penalties (H. Tamaki, S. Kitamura). Societal Systems Modeling, Planning and Management. A group decision making model among multi-municipals for siting a refuse incineration plant (S. Fujita, H. Tamura). Nonlinear model of evaluating the economic policies for global warming issue taking into account the competitiveness in international market (K. Akazawa et al.). Decentralised Control and Estimation. Decentralized PI Controller design by eigenvalues assignment (A. El-Kashlan). Strong co-observability for decentralized supervisory control of discrete event systems (S. Takai, T. Ushio). Water, Gas, Power Systems. Two-layer control of integrated quality and quantity in dynamic water distribution systems (M.A. Brdys et al.). Robust estimation of variables and parameters in dynamic water distribution systems (M.A. Brdys et al.). Large Scale Computer Integrated Manufacturing from Education to Industrial Applications. MATLAB tools for petri-net-based approaches to flexible manufacturing systems (C. Mahulea et al.). Communications and Information Systems. A new process control strategy based on Fieldbus (R. Dobrescu et al.). Agent-oriented captology for anthropocentric systems (B.E. Barbat). Intelligent Control. Intelligent control for off-tracking elimination in long articulated vehicles with multiple semi-trailers (G.N. Davrazos et al.). Fuzzy and Intelligent Techniques. Methodology and Applications. Robustness analysis of a class of fuzzy control systems (R.-E. Precup et al.). Experiences with a development tool for fuzzy modeling applications (F.A. Sbarciog et al.). Optimization. An application of interior point method to 0-1 mixed integer programing problems (O. Saeki et al.). Dynamic portfolio optimization with expected value-variance criteria (P. Magiera, A. Karbowski). Hierarchical Control. Two level noniterative control (K. Stoilova et al.). Multilevel fuzzy control of esterification reactor (M. Hadjiski, K. Boshnakov). Nonlinear Dynamics in Complex Systems. Nonlinear dynamics sensitivity analysis in networks and applications to sensing (H.N. Teodorescu, A. Stoica). Control of chaotic population dynamics using OPCL method (I. Grosu et al.). Supervision, Diagnosis and Man-Machine Interaction. Parallel implementation of image filtering algorithms in multiprocessor systems (V. Stoica et al.). Abstraction levels for the fault isolation in multifunctional conductive flow systems (V. Ariton). Decentralized Control Design for Interconnected Systems. System design, redesign for decentralised control (N. Karcanias). Overlapping LQ control of discrete-time time-varying systems (L. Bakule et al.). Large Scale Complex Systems: Risk and Governance. New Challenges for risk assessment tools for new kind of decisions (P. Kafka). Overview of the Risk Legislation (C. Radu et al.). Decision Support Systems. Production planning method for supporting processing business in petrochemistry (C. Resteanu et al.). Decision analysis for the project selection problem under risk (C.Z. Radulescu, M. Radulescu). Transportation Systems. Nonlinear optimal control applied to coordinated ramp metering in the amsterdam ring-road (A. Kotsialos, M. Papageorgiou). Hard platooning versus soft platooning in large-scale highway transportation systems (S.A. Manesis). Hybrid Intelligent Techniques in Intelligent Manufacturing Systems. Intelligent autonomous agents for manufacturing (I. Dumitrache et al.). Discrete transition enabling properties applied to a hybrid automation model (A. Favela, B. Cruz). Modelling and control of wastewater treatment plants. Robust hierarchical optimising control of municipal wastewater treatment plants (M.A. Brdys, Y. Zhang). Dissolved oxygen control for activated sludge processes (M.A. Brdys, K. Konarczak). Complex Systems: Theory and Analysis. Delay independent stabilization of delayed systems and quadratic stabilizability of uncertain delay-free linear systems (T. Amemiya). Control structure of stabilizing controller for the minimum phase systems and design method of adaptive control systems (K. Yamada). ",Control Systems,IFAC Proceedings Volumes,"Engineering, Energy and Technology" 0-08-043556-4,Hyperlink,Intelligent Control for Agricultural Applications 2001,"Purwadaria, H.K.;Seminar, K.B.;Suroso;Tjokronegoro, H.A.;Widowo, R.J.",, ,332,Pergamon,"Paperback. This Proceedings contains the papers presented at the second IFAC-CIGR Workshop on Intelligent Control For Agricultural Applications, held in Bali, Indonesia, 22-24 August 2001. The workshop provided a forum for the presentation and discussion of new results and approaches in the area of intelligent control application in agriculture and industry. The topics covered in the Proceedings range from precision farming to applications of control, neural networks and fuzzy algorithms in greenhouse technology, agricultural production and industrial processes. Also covered are quality evaluation using non-destructive methods such as ultrasonic, visible light and near infrared reflectance (NIR), as well as agricultural commodities, including fishery products as well as plants. Altogether over 50 papers are presented, including keynote papers by leading world experts. ",01-Apr-02,97.00,97.00,,"Chapter headings. Selected papers. Keynote Papers. Microprecision control for plant factories (H. Murase). Opportunities and challenges for the development of automated and autonomous systems for agricultural production (J.F. Reid). Precision Farming I. Precision farming approaches for small scale farms (S. Shibusawa). Fuzzy control of multi-spectral imaging sensor for detecting crop nitrogen stress (Y. Kim et al.). Precision Farming II. Precision technology for controlling soil moisture with plug seedlings (H. Murase et al.). Local temperature control within a confined space (H. Murase et al.). Greenhouse Technology I. A comparison of optimal greenhouse heating setpoint generation algorithms for energy conservation (N. Sigrimis et al.). Predicting the greenhouse inside air temperature with RBF neural networks (P.M. Ferreira, A.E. Ruano). Algorithm and Simulation I. Kansei GUI: Developing a Kansei parameter extraction algorithm (H. Murase et al.). Kansei graphic user interface virtual farm: software development using VRML (H. Murase et al.). Algorithm And Simulation II. Plankton feature identification by genetic algorithm (M.H. Purnomo et al.). Parameter estimation using genetic algorithm for fed-batch growth of saccharomyces cerevisiae (E. Joelianto et al.). Neural Network Applications I. Development of chilli growth control system using an artificial neural network (Suroso et al.). Non-destructive analysis for citrus and lanzone fruit qualities using ANN (S.E. Widodo et al.). Greenhouse Technology II. Detecting water stress of greenhouse crops by exciting the ventilation (R. Linker, I. Seginer). Response of leaf electricity to photo-stimuli (K. Matsumoto et al.). Robotics and Automation I. The optimization of the fruity separation algorithm of accumulating the strawberry automatic harvesting robot (K. Hatou et al.). Autonomous vehicle based on GPS and inertial sensors (N. Noguchi et al.). Robotics and Automation II. Optimum value in the design of DC servomotor control to stepper motor (Darwison et al.). Application of adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) to active noise control (R. Bambang, S. Wicaksana). Control Theory and Applications I. Managing the supply of a slurry treatment plant by means of a hybrid dynamical system (F. Guerrin, P.W. Ranaivosolo). Decentralized control design by exploitation structural properties (R.J. Widodo, V. Indrawati). Control Theory and Applications II. Decentralized predictive control of the heat dynamics of a greenhouse (S.G. Tzafestas et al.). Designing temperature control system for mushroom cultivation (B.I. Setiawan). Control Theory and Applications III. Identification and optimal control of the water loss of fruit during storage, as affected by temperature (T. Morimoto et al.). Automation of in-store drying systems in China (G. Srzednicki et al.). Control Theory and Applications IV. Control of sinking distance of ball urea fertilizer with light sensor (R. Handoyo et al.). A model for controlling groundwater in tidal wetland agricultures (B.I. Setiawan et al.). Fuzzy Applications I. Intelligent temperature control in tea withering process using fuzzy logic: an experimental study (R. Bambang et al.). PLC-based fuzzy controller for sterilizing process of crude palm oil mill (Riza et al.). Fuzzy Applications II Simulation on modular circuits for parallel-analogue fuzzy logic controller (F.A. Samman, R.J. Widodo). Application of an Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) for a class of fed-batch fermentation processes (E. Joelianto et al.). Non Destructive Quality Evaluation I. Automatic ripeness grading of durian pulp using color histograms and density (N. Sonard et al.). Determination of acoustic properties of durian fruit (B. Haryanto et al.). Non Destructive Quality Evaluation II. Determination of bruise development rate on salak fruit using image processing (U. Ahmad et al.). Characteristics of marine microalgae as a result of the change in light quality during the culture period (K. Murakami et al.). Sensing Technology. Radar imagery monitored crop identification (Z.A. Ismail). Plants identification by using near-infrared to visible spectrum ratio techniques (T. Antonio, H. Zain). Neural Network Applications II. Model for predicting and classifying durian fruit based on maturity and ripeness using neural network (A. Rejo et al.). Identification of the maturity level of Mango arumanis based on non-destructive method using artificial neural network (A. Suyantohadi et al.). ",Control Systems,IFAC Proceedings Volumes,"Engineering, Energy and Technology" 0-08-043961-6,Hyperlink,Social Stability: The Challenge of Technology Development,"Kopacek, P.",, ,124,Pergamon,"Paperback. This Proceedings contains the papers presented at the eighth in IFAC's conference series on Supplementary Ways for Improving International Stability. This conference, entitled ""Social Stability: The Challenge of Technology Development"", was held in Vienna, Austria, on 27-29 September 2001. The papers included in this Proceedings volume cover a very broad field of interest, and include topics such as social aspects of technology transfer, managing the introduction of technological change, ethical aspects, technology and environmental stability and anticipating secondary and tertiary effects of technological development. Technological development has caused profound changes to social stability. Regions that had stable populations for centuries have experienced enormous population growth, leading to the formation of sometimes unmanageable megaplex cities, as well as bringing about macroscopic environmental change. The papers in",01-Apr-02,70.00,70.00,,"Survey Paper. Whistleblowers - heroes or traitors?: Individual and collective responsibility for ethical behaviour (M.A. Hersh). Invited Plenary Paper. The fundamentals of modern civilization consequences and remedies (M. Mansour). Managing the Introduction of Technological Change. Providing and R&D capability for small-medium sized firms in europe: towards a unified model of technology deployment, innovation and organisational learning (L. Stapleton et al.). Technology transfer to developing countries and technological development for social stability: Part 1 (A.T. Dinibutun, G.M. Dimirovski). Techniques of planning sets of measures for preventing and overcoming reasons and consequences of emergency situations (V.V. Kul'ba et al.). Technology Transfer and Social Change. Applying world water assessment to conflict resolution: 'managing' nature to ease political strain (J.G. Richardson). Insights into future international social stability (F. Kile). New technologies impacts on development of society. environment, roles and actors (A. Makarenko). Some aspects of technology transfer - a case study (A. Izworski et al.). Social and Ethical Aspects of Technology Transfer. Technology change, technology transfer and ethics: Part 1 (M.A. Hersh). Computerization of metallurgical production as the means for solution of the energy-saving and ecological safety tasks (S.A. Vlasov et al.). Technology and Environmental Stability. A Socially appropriate approach for managing technological change (M. Jancev, J. Cernetic). Economic recovery through electronic mode 2 knowledge production (L. Stapleton et al.). Stability of socioeconomic systems: scenario investigation methodology (D.A. Kononov et al.). Humanitarian demining for international stability (P. Kopacek). Various. Learning to learn within dynamic multinational environments: a new model (T. O'Keeffe). Cognitive analysis and situation modelling (V. Maximov). Aspects of decision making (R. Genser). Technological change and performance of optimal economic policy: some results for Austria (G. Haber). Author Index. ",Control Systems,IFAC Proceedings Volumes,"Engineering, Energy and Technology" 0-08-043236-0,Hyperlink,Control Applications in Marine Systems 2001,"Katebi, R.",, ,542,Pergamon,"Paperback. This Proceedings contains the papers presented at the IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems (CAMS 2001), held on 18-20 of July 2001 at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. More than 120 delegates from over 20 countries attended the Conference and discussed and exchanged their research results in marine control systems design and applications. CAMS 2001 attracted the highest number of papers and delegates of any conference in this series. This increase reflects the growing importance of control design and applications in marine systems. The papers in the Proceedings cover a wide range of areas including autopilot systems, dynamic positioning systems, tracking systems, roll stabilization, robotic off-shore systems, ship navigation systems, ship propulsion, traffic guidance and control systems, engine and machinery control systems, safety and fault tolerant control, and training and vehicle simulati",01-Apr-02,128.00,128.00,,"Plenary Paper I. Selected papers. Enhanced maritime safety through diagnosis and fault tolerant control (M. Blanke). Ship Motion Modelling and Control. An improved numerical model for the study of controlled ship motions in extreme following and quartering seas (Z. Ayaz et al.). Ship Control in Restricted Areas. Automatic ship berthing using parallel neural controller (N. IM, K. Hasegawa). Marine Application of Fuzzy Logic and Neural Network. Design of automatic collision avoidance system using fuzzy inference (K. Kijima, Y. Furukawa). Autopilot designed with fuzzy set theory (A. Zirilli et al.). Position, Routing and Path Control. Assisted dynamic positioning system for a FPSO based on minimization of a cost function (E.A. Tannuri et al.). Positional game control of ship in collision situations (J. Lisowski). Semi-Plenary Paper I. Research on flexible oscillating fin propulsion system and robotic fish (I. Yamamoto, Y. Terada). Ship Propulsion and Engine Control. Observer-based FDI for gain fault detection in ship propulsion benchmark - a geometric approach (T.F. Lootsma et al.). Underwater Vehicles Modelling and Control (Invited Papers). Docking techniques and evaluations trials of the swimmer AUV (K.M. Keller et al.). Predictive control and dynamic planning of an autonomous underwater vehicle (R. Smierzchalski et al.). Ship Manoeuvring and Control. Concept of a modern manoeuvre prediction system for ships (H. Korte et al.). Monitoring, Fault Diagnosis, and Fault Detection in Marine Vehicles. Enhanced neural-network modelling for process fault diagnosis (T.K. Chang et al.). Plenary Paper II. In pursuit of lean manning: ship automation and the value of simulation (K.J. Cartledge). Application of Genetic Algorithms to Marine Systems. Genetic method of optimization of evacuation ways in cases the fire growth at ferryboat (D. Lozowicka, P. Nikonczuk). Control of Special Ships. Modelling and control of a trawl system in the transversal direction (V. Johansen et al.). Modelling and Control Of Fast Ships (Invited Papers). A simulation tool for a fast ferry control design (S. Esteban et al.). Modelling and control of underwater vehicles I (Invited Papers). Control of limit cycles for underwater vehicle systems using describing functions (Y.J. Huang, Y.-J. Wang). AUV sliding mode autopilot optimisation using genetic algorithms (E.W. McGookin). Semi-Plenary Paper II. Shipboard system diagnostics and reconfiguration using model-based autonomous cooperative agents (S. Chiu et al.). Different Aspects of Marine Control. Wave spectrum correction with the ship's speed and the incidence angle (V. Nicolau, E. Ceanga). Ship Autopilot Control Design. Predictive PID control for ship autopilot design (M.H. Moradi, M.R. Katebi). Plenary Paper III. Ship control technology; a US navy perspective (J. Moschopoulos). Sensors, Observers, Identification and Control. Model identification of a low-speed UUV (P. Ridao et al.). Trajectory Planning, Course Keeping and Ship Interactions. Optimization of the course in the ship's movement by input-output linearization (M.H. Casado et al.). Modelling and Control of Underwater Vehicles II (Invited Papers). Fuzzy clustering methods as techniques for identifying control strategies for an underwater vehicle (I.S. Akkizidis, G.N. Roberts). Feature-related acoustic guidance of unmanned underwater vehicles (M. Caccia). Control Design for Marine Systems. Polynomial H2-optimization of sampled-data ship control systems in continuous time (K.Yu. Polyakov et al.). The preliminary study of fin and rudder multivariate hybrid control system - advanced rudder roll stabilization system (H. Oda et al.). Semi-Plenary Paper III. Practical aspects of ride control systems for high speed ferries (A.J. Haywood). Filtering, Identification and Control. Relay-based process identification in the frequency domain (Y.G. Wang, W.J. Cai). Ship Track Keeping. Optimization of program tracks for research ship (V.M. Ambrosovsky, S.P. Habarov). ",Control Systems,IFAC Proceedings Volumes,"Engineering, Energy and Technology" 0-08-044003-7,Hyperlink,Fieldbus Systems and their Applications 2001,"Dietrich, D.;Neumann, P.;Thomesse, J.-P",, ,330,Pergamon,"Paperback. This volume contains the papers from the 4th IFAC conference on Fieldbus Systems and Their Applications (FeT'2001) held in Nancy, France, 15 - 16 November 2001. This conference was, for the first time, sponsored by IFAC with previous conferences being held in Vienna (Austria) 1995, 1997 and Magdeburg (Germany) 1999. The conference was supported by IFAC, the technical committees on Components and Instruments, on Advanced Manufacturing Technology, on Real-Time Software Engineering and their chairmen. The program covered a variety of research topics, which are of current interest, such as: •performances, •dependability of fieldbus based systems, •definition of devices profiles and architectures problems, •conformance testing and interoperability, •scheduling, •new technologies and wireless systems. More and more papers related to the validation and to the evaluation of applicati",01-Apr-02,97.00,97.00,,"Chapter headings. Plenary Papers. The three interfaces of a smart transducer (H. Kopetz). IEC 61158: an offence to technicians? (P.Leviti). Industrial fieldbuses for embedded railway applications: a brilliant future (M. Albuquerque et al.). A perspective on ethernet-TCP/IP as a fieldbus (J.-D Decotignie). Dependability I. Scheduling for a TTCAN network with a stochastic optimization algorithm (F. Coutinho et al.). FTT CAN error confinement (J.Ferreira et al.). Use of fieldbus in safety related systems, an evaluation of worldFIP according to proven-in-use concept of IEC 61508 (J.P. Froidevaux et al.). High Performance Fieldbuses. A comparison of the use of USB 2.0 and firewire in industrial applications. (P. Dallemagne). Image transport system in profibus networks (V.M. Sempere Payá, J. Silvestre Blanes). Dependability II. Secure data communication over fieldbus systems (T. Erdner et al.). On dependability evaluation of fieldbus networks: a transient fault analysis (A. Carvalho, P. Portugal). Fault confinement mechanisms on CAN: analysis and improvements (B. Gaujal, N. Navet). Improving flexibility and responsiveness in FTT-CAN with a scheduling coprocessor (E. Martins, J.A. Fonseca). Device Profiles. Three component model for field device intergration in control systems (C. Diedrich et al.). Device profile descriptions using general purpose mark-up languages (M. Wollschlaeger et al.). Continuous engineering through uniform device-functions and standard web-technologies (K. Bender et al.). Scheduling. A protocol for dynamic assignment of identifiers in CAN application layer (S. Cavalieri). Schedulability analysis of periodic and asynchronous information flow in IEC 61158 type 1 fieldbus (S. Cavalieri, S. Monforte). Task and message priority assignment in automotive systems (M. Richard et al.). Asynchronous communication on FTT-CAN: experimental results (P. Pedreiras L. Almeida). Applications. PABADIS -an infrastructure for flexible shop floor automation (E. Klemm, A. Lüder). Comparison of fieldbus systems in a room automation application (P. Fischer). The smart fridge - a networked appliance (T. Sauter, P. Palensky). Monitoring system of car information central control system (G.Y. Li et al.). Performance and Real Time Communication. Performance evaluation of switched ethernet in realtime applications (J. Jasperneite, P. Neumann). Time constrained communication over switched ethernet (Y.Q. Song). Quality of service and fieldbuses (M.A. Léon Chávez). Study and method of ethernet architecture segmentation for industrial applications (E. Rondeau et al.). Architectures. Multi-vendor engineering tool for profinet applications: a fast connection (E. Meyer). A definition and a model of a perceptive awareness system (PAS) (C. Tamarit et al.). Specifications of communications in industrial distributed systems using UML (A. Villeminot et al.). Object orientated timed messaging service for industrial ethernet: a fieldbus like architecture for power plant control and factory automation (E. Becquet et al.). Validation and Test. On conformity between implementation and specification of a modular production system (P. Kauffmann et al.). A hybrid method for the validation of real-time systems (L. Kaiser, F. Simonot-Lion). Adaptive monitoring the control variable in event triggered control networks (M. Miśkowicz). Profiles. A HART profile for PROFIBUS-DP (L. Rauchhaupt). Network profiles for LON (K. Kabitzsch, G. Stein). VENUS (Vienna Embedded Networking Utility Suite) (A. Döderlein et al.). Optimization of PDO communication in CANopen networks (H. Zeltwanger). New Technologies and Education. A component model for embedded real-time software product lines (A. Wall, C. Norström). Teaching networks and control in engineering: a fieldbus experience (F. Ferreira et al.). Management of distributed automation systems based on web technologies (T. Bangemann). Supporting internet protocols in master-slave fieldbus networks (F. Pacheco et al.). Wireless Fieldbuses and Gateways. Highly modular gateway architecture for fieldbus/internet connections (G. Pratl et al.). KNX radio frequency in home automation (E. Stangl). On the adaptation of broadcast transactions in token-passing fieldbus networks with heterogeneous transmission media (A. Alves et al.). Architectures for the interconnection of wireless and wireline fieldbuses. Author index. ",Control Systems,IFAC Proceedings Volumes,"Engineering, Energy and Technology" 0-444-50974-7,Hyperlink,Optical Biosensors: Present and Future,"Ligler, F.S.;Rowe Taitt, C.A.",, ,618,Elsevier,"Hardbound. Optical Biosensors provides the most comprehensive analysis of optical biosensors and relevant technologies to date. It focuses both on current state of the art technologies and new advances that will influence the future of optical biosensor development, including several technological advances not yet greatly explored within this field. The book is divided into two parts: The first part focuses on present technology and here leaders in each field describe the underlying principles behind each technology. The authors then enumerate the types of applications for which it has been tested, provide opinions about the advantages and disadvantages of the biosensor and philosophize on future developments using that particular biosensor. The second part deals with the science for future technology developments including four different methods for producing new recognition elements (genetic engineering of proteins, chemical synthesis, ",01-Apr-02,249.00,249.00,,"Part I. Optical Biosensors: The Present. Optrode-based fiber optic biosensors (I. Biran, D.R. Walt). Evanescent wave fiber optic biosensors (C.A. Rowe Taitt, F.S. Ligler). Planar waveguides for fluorescence biosensors (K. Sapsford et al.). Flow immunosensor (A.W. Kusterbeck). Time resolved fluorescence (R. Thompson). Electrochemiluminescence (M.M. Richter). Surface plasmon resonance biosensors (J. Homola et al.). The resonant mirror optical biosensor (T. Kinning, P. Edwards). Interferometric biosensors (D.P. Campbell, C.J. McCloskey). Part II. Optical Biosensors: The Future. Genetic engineering of signaling molecules (A. Feltus, S. Daunert). Artificial receptors for chemosensors (T.W. Bell, N.M. Hext). Nucleic acids for reagentless biosensors (M. Rajendran, A.D. Ellington). New materials based on imprinted polymers and their application in optical sensors (S. Piletsky, A.P.F. Turner). Optically based sol-gel biosensor materials (J.L. Rickus et al.). Membrane-based biosensors (B. Cornell). Pebble nanosensors for real time intracellular chemical imaging (M. Brasuel et al.). Colloidal semiconductor quantum dot conjugates in biosensing (H. Mattousssi et al.). Soft lithography and microfluidics (R.S. Kane et al.). ",Bioanalysis,,Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 0-08-043963-2,Hyperlink,Advanced Fuzzy-Neural Control 2001,"Albertos, P.;Sala, A.",, ,198,Pergamon,"Paperback. This Proceedings contains the papers presented at the first IFAC Workshop on Advanced Fuzzy-Neural Control, held at Valencia, Spain, on 15-16 October 2001. This is the first IFAC technical meeting specifically devoted to fuzzy and neural control. The use of artificial intelligence techniques has been expanded to many engineering areas. Fuzzy systems, neural networks, genetic algorithms and, in general, soft computing techniques are regarded as alternatives for the solution of complex problems involving non-linear systems, optimisation and/or dealing with approximate knowledge. Fuzzy logic controllers are undoubtedly one of the most successful applications of fuzzy logic theory. The issues covered in the Proceedings include: Stability, robustness and adaptation Learning and local models Structures Design methodologies Heuristics vs. model based design Applications in process control Applicatio",01-Apr-02,80.00,80.00,,"Stability, Robustness and Adaptation. Stability issues in fuzzy control (J. Aracil, F. Gordillo). Stabilization of nonlinear systems based on fuzzy lyapunov function (K. Tanaka et al.). Conditions for non quadratic stabilization of discrete fuzzy models (T.-M. Guerra, L. Vermeiren). Stability analysis of nonlinear control systems with fuzzy DMC controllers (P. Marusak, P. Tatjewski). Conicity and lyapunov stability analysis of reactive navigation with fuzzy perception and fuzzy control (F. Cuesta, A. Ollero). On the robust performance of fuzzy linear systems (J. Bondia, J. Picó). Fuzzy control manoeuvring of tractor-trailer vehicles using lyapunov functions and bifurcation theory (A. González-Cantos et al.). Applications in Process Control. Using fuzziness for causal diagnosis in engine dyno test benches (S. Boverie et al.). Linear and fuzzy control for machining process: design and experiments (R.E. Haber et al.). Gain-scheduled control of a servo pneumatic actuator using Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy models (H. Schulte). Multivariable fuzzy control of fedbatch bioreactors (E. Picó-Marco et al.). Learning and Local Models. Open-loop fuzzy control: iterative learning (M. Olivares et al.). Single and multi-objective genetic programming design for B-spline neural networks and neuro-fuzzy systems (C. Cabrita et al.). Identification for local-model control with fuzzy clustering (J.L. Díez et al.). Direct inverse control using learning automata (E. Ikonen et al .). Structures. Neuro and neuro-fuzzy identification for model-based control (A. Fink et al.). State space neural networks in non-linear adaptive system identification and control (J. Henriques et al.). A comparative analysis of PID methods using fuzzy objective (F. Mesa Varela et al.). Applications in Robotics. Development of an aerial robot toward real applications (M. Sugeno). Skills' learning in an autonomous mobile robot using continuous reinforcement (M.J.L. Boada, M.A. Salichs). Biologically inspired architecture for multisensorial control of robotic systems. (J.L. Pedreño-Molina et al.). Parametric neurocontroller for positioning of a tendon-driven transmission system (J.I. Mulero-Martínez et al.). Design Methodologies. Fuzzy backstepping control technique for mechanical systems (P. Carbonell, Z.-P. Jiang). Decentralized decoupled sliding-mode control for two-dimensional inverted pendulum using neuro-fuzzy modeling (M. Farrokhi, A. Ghanbari). Centralized and decentralized neural-network sliding-mode robot controller (R. &Sbreve;afari&cbreve;, K. Jezernik). Hybrid state feedback control for T-S-fuzzy systems with nonminimum phase (S.S. Kim, J.Y. Choi). A multivariable neural predictive control algorithm (M. Lawrynczuk, P. Tatjewski). Heuristics. Model-based or heuristic-based fuzzy logic controllers? foundations and examples (L. Foulloy et al.). Biomimicry, mathematics, and physics for control and automation: conflict or harmony (K. Passino). ",Control Systems,IFAC Proceedings Volumes,"Engineering, Energy and Technology" 0-08-043907-1,Hyperlink,Cost Oriented Automation (Low Cost Automation 2001),"Bernhardt, R.;Erbe, H.-H",, ,252,Pergamon,"Paperback. The Proceedings contains the papers presented at the IFAC Symposium on Cost-Oriented Automation held in Berlin, Germany from 8-9 October 2001. Cost-Oriented Automation is one of IFAC's key technical areas and this regular symposium series has an excellent reputation. This Symposium was organised by the Technische Universitat Berlin/Center of Human-Machine Systems and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK-Berlin) on behalf of the VDI/VDE Gesellschaft fur Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik. The life cycle of automation systems, including design, production, operating, maintenance, reconfiguration and recycling, was considered with particular emphasis on cost effectiveness (cost of ownership). The Proceedings contains nearly 40 papers, including the papers presented at two industrial workshops on Virtual Programmable Logic Control and Lifecycle Costs, where new developments in these fields were p",01-Apr-02,87.00,87.00,,"Plenary Papers. Low cost automation in field robotics (A. Ollero). Maintenance holistic framework for optimising the cost/availability compromise of manufacturing systems (G. Morel et al.). Controls for Manufacturing Systems. Preventive maintenance for industrial application (S. Tzvetkova, B. Klaassens). Modeling and analysis of fault-tolerant systems for machining operations based on petri nets (P.E. Miyagi, L.A.M. Riascos). System approach-based bayesian network to aid maintenance of manufacturing process (P. Weber et al.). Testing novel techniques for the development of batch processing automation systems (A. Sanchez et al.). Simulation of Manufacturing Systems and Processes. Cost-risk analysis in statistical validating simulation models of service processes (K.N. Nechval et al.). Design of safe and low cost automation systems: application to a three-tank control system (B. Conrard, M. Bayart). Cost oriented VR-simulation environment for computer aided control design (D. Wollherr, M. Buss). Actuators and Sensors. On some low cost fuzzy control solutions for third-order integral actuators (R.-E. Precup, S. Preitl). Test strategies of an intelligent instrument (P. Jeanjean et al.). A low-cost DCS with multifunction instruments and CAN bus (J. Cisek et al.). LARII: development tool for smart sensors and actuators (M. Bayart). Programmable Logic Controls. Safe, fast and cheap programmable control (W.A. Halang et al.). Robust predictive control for a greenhouse using input/output linearization and linear matrix inequalities (S. Piñón et al.). PLC-programming by demonstration using graspable models (K. Schäfer, W. Bruns). Software based computer numerical controller for low cost automations at small and medium metal-working companies for developing countries (C.M. de J. Ramírez, A.M. Gutiérrez). Robotics. Inertial stabilization controller for a 2 DOF platform (C. Pérez, F.R. Rubio). Control a robot on internet (P. Ogor et al.). Industrial powder coating systems: sensor-based spray trajectory control (U. Nunes et al.). Is vision the appropriate sensor for cost oriented automation? (F. Lange, G. Hirzinger). Information Processing for Shop Floor Control. Efficiency increase of district heating plants through application of cost-oriented control and monitoring means (A.M. Prokhorenkov et al.). Contract-based approach for shop-floor re-engineering (L. Camarinha-Matos, J. Barata). Trends in agile and co-operative manufacturing (P. Leitão et al.). Human-Machine Interfaces. The impact of HMI on the design of a disassembly system (J. Wirandi et al.). Use of the internet technology to the production support (A. Potthast). Supporting maintenance personnel through a multi-agent system (R. Marzi, P. John). Needs of the chinese users on German machines: localization as one sales aspect (K. Röse et al.). Implemented Solutions. Cost and reliability compromised control strategy for drive of high power (R. Muszynski). Low cost automation of a cable system for timber harvesting (L.E. Chiang). A stereo vision system for the estimation of biomass in fish farms (C. Serna, A. Ollero). The Microenvironmental systems project (A.A. Amelkin et al.). Virtual Programmable Logic Control. Development of virtual robot controllers and future trends (R. Bernhard et al.). Peripheral and process simulation with WINMOD (J. Mewes). COSIMIR ® PLC - 3D simulation of PLC programs (E. Freund et al.). Lifecycle Costs. Is high automation a dead end? cutbacks in production overengineering in German industry (G. Lay, E. Schirrmeister). SARA SUI - service information management under the aspect of lifecycle costs (O. Kögel). New electronic services for production sector (E. Hohwieler, R. Berger). ",Control Systems,IFAC Proceedings Volumes,"Engineering, Energy and Technology" 0-444-50973-9,Hyperlink,EPR in the 21st Century,"Kawamori, Asako;Yamauchi, Jun;Ohta, Hitoshi",, ,840,Elsevier,"Hardbound. The Proceedings in this volume are a refereed selection of presentations from The Third Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposium (APES'01), held in Kobe, Japan from October 29 to November 1, 2001. Participants from 20 countries from Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America presented 210 papers, of which 132 are included here. These Proceedings are also a blueprint for development of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) / electron spin resonance (ESR) in the Asia-Pacific region in the 21st century. The Symposium reflected a variety of research fields developed over half a century and focuses especially on the most recent developments, such as high-field and high-frequency EPR, which are envisaged to be further developed and applied to various fields in the 21st century. All sessions consisted of Plenary, Invited and Contributed presentations. The Plenary presentations aimed at summarizing the overall developments. Invited presentations, r",01-Apr-02,300.00,300.00,,"Selected papers are from a selection from the 132 chapters included. Physics and Magnetism. Recent developments in low-temperature ESR in quantum antiferromagnetic chains (Masaki Oshikawa). Continuous wave and pulsed EPR spectroscopy of paramagnetic ions in some fluoride, silicate and metaphosphate glasses (S.C. Drew, J. R. Pilbrow). Spin solitons in the alternate charge polarization background of MMX chains (Makoto Kuwabara et al.). Microwave radiation from magnetostatic mode in high power FMR (Michinobu Mino et al.). Slow dynamics in chaotic magnon system (Jiang Cai et al.). Materials Sciences. ESR and ENDOR spectroscopy of solitons and polarons in conjugated polymers (Shin-ichi Kuroda). ESR study of deoxygenated high-temperature superconductors and their constituents (R. J. Singh et al.). Temperature dependence of paramagnetic resonance in pure and doped ferrihydrite nanoparticles (A. Punnoose, M.S. Seehra). Structural elucidation of vacuum deposited films of titanyl phthalocyanine by EPR (Hiroyuki Kaji, Yuhei Shimoyama). The nature of coduction ESR linewidth temperature dependence in graphite (A.M. Ziatdinov, V.V. Kainara). Location of dangling bonds in ELA poly-Si (H. Furuta et al.). ESR studies of BEDT-TTF organic conductors containing supramolecular assemblies (Y. Oshima et al.). Chemical Reactions. Time-resolved EPR studies of excited states: some old and some new stories (Noboru Hirota). Pulsed-ESR investigations of the photo-excited triplet state of naphthalene (Kunio Taguma et al.). Spin labeling study of polymer chain motion in PEG/PVP blend (Shiming Chen et al.). EPR and UV-VIS studies on the influence of solute-solvent interaction on the self-redox reaction of bis (dithiophosphato) copper(II)(N.D. Yordanov, K. Ranguelova). Environmental Sciences. In vivo and ex vivo EPR spectroscopy and imaging of endogenously produced nitric oxide under physiological and pathophysiological conditions (Tetsuhiko Yoshimura, Naoki Kato). Molecular-electronic mechanism of the toxicity of Dioxin and ability of some natural structures to concurrently interact to inhibit its activity (Nguyen Van Tri et al.). Biology and Life Sciences. Kinetic EPR study on reactions of vitamin E radicals (Zhihua Chen et al.). EPR studies on free radical generation by the reaction of methylglyoxal with amino acids and protein (Hyung-Soon Yim et al.). EPR monitoring on the quality of life (N.D. Yordanov et al.). Magnetic resonance studies on ascorbate binding to albumin (E. Lozinsky et al.). Electron magnetic resonance study on the effect of radioactive radiation on the photosynthesis of chlorophyll in lipid bilayers (Y. S. Kang et al.). Medical Sciences. Advances in the spin labeling method (L.J. Berliner). Electron paramagnetic resonance in medicine (R. Saifoutdinov). Non-invasive analysis of stress-induced gastric ulcer in rats (K. Yasukawa, H. Utsumi). Possible production of hydroxyl free radical in the gastric legion of nitroso carcinogen-administrated rats (T. Mikuni et al.). Geology. EPR and optical absorption spectroscopy on minerals (B.J. Reddy et al.). Spectral studies of divalent copper in antlerite mineral (R. Rama Subba Reddy et al.). Dosimetry. EPR dose reconstruction in teeth: Fundamentals, applications, problems and perspectives (A.A. Romanyukha, D.A. Schaure). ESR dating applications in archaeology and earth sciences (R. Grün). ESR and NMR dosimetry (O. Baffa et al.). Retrospective EPR-dosimetry in Semipalatinsk nuclear test site region (S. Pivovarov et al.). Determination of total ionizing radiation dose on animals from west Kazakhstan by EPR method (R.N. Nasirov et al.). Cross-Disciplinary and Methodology. Pulsed ESR double resonance (PELDOR) spectroscopy: Application to spin-labeled peptides (Y.D. Tsvetkov, A.D. Milov). Ferroelectric resonators for EPR spectrometers at 35, 65 and 125 GHz (I.N. Geifman, I.S. Golovina). Detection of the internal electric field and relaxational magnetoelectric effect in chromium mesogen (N.E. Domracheva et al.). High Frequency and High Field EPR. Modern ESR methods in the study of proteins and membranes (J.H. Freed). High-frequency single-crystal EPR application to multifrequency approach: Study of metalloproteins (S.K. Misra). High frequency ESR on quantum spin systems by using single shot and repeating pulsed fields (H. Nojiri). Millimeter wave ESR measurement of diamond chain substance azurite (Tomohisa Kamikawa et al.). ESR spectrometer using frequency tunable gyrotrons as a radiation source (Seitaro Mitsudo et al.). High-frequency (W-band) EPR studies of biological samples (Koichi Fukui et al.). ",Analytical Chemistry,,Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 0-7623-0227-5,Hyperlink,"Political Decision Making, Deliberation and Participation","Delli Carpini, M.X.;Huddy, L.;Shapiro, R.Y.",, ,298,Jai,"Hardbound. The essays contained in this latest volume address three important and interrelated themes in the theory and practice of democratic politics: the use of information short cuts in political decision making; the role of deliberation in citizens' attitude and opinion formation; and the pathways to civic and political participation. Drawing on well-established theory and findings from both political science and psychology each essay provides an interpretative review of recent and important research. Taken together, the essays offer a valuable contribution to our understanding of the complex and context-dependent dynamics of mass politics today, pointing out questions that remain unanswered and promising ways to answer these questions in future research. ",01-Jul-02,85.00,85.00,,"Introduction: political decision making, deliberation and participation (M.X. Delli Carpini et al.). Political Decision Making. Elite cues and political decision making (M. Gilens, N. Murakawa). Understanding the role of race in candidate evaluation (K. Callaghan, N. Terkildsen). Liberal-Conservative thinking in the American electorate (W.G. Jacoby). Political Deliberation. The deliberative citizen: theory and evidence (T. Mendelberg). Opinion quality and policy preferences in deliberative research (M. Lindeman). Political Engagement. Citizenship and civic engagement in public problem-solving (B. Haney et al.). Paradigms of minority and immigrant political participation in the United States (D.K. Park, C. Vargas-Ramos). ",Political Science (General),Research in Micropolitics,Social and Behavioral Sciences 0-7623-0437-5,Hyperlink,Advances in Business and Management Forecasting,"Lawrence, K.D.;Geurts, M.D.;Guerard Jr., J.G.",, ,180,Jai,"Hardbound. Advances in Business and Management Forecasting is a blind refereed serial publication published on an annual basis. The objective of this research annual is to present state-of-the-art studies in the application of forecasting methodologies to such areas as sales, marketing, and strategic decision making (an accurate, robust forecast is critical to effective decision making). It is the hope and direction of the research annual to become an applications- and practitioner-oriented publication. The topics will normally include sales and marketing, forecasting, new product forecasting, judgementally-based forecasting, the application of surveys to forecasting, forecasting for strategic business decisions, improvements in forecasting accurate and sales response models. It is both the hope and direction of the editorial board to stimulate the interest of the practitioners of forecasting to methods and techniques that are relevant. ",01-Jun-02,86.00,86.00,,"Transportation Forecasting. Integrating on-line and off-line data to forecast truck arrivals at a marine container terminal (A.C. Sideris, L.N. Spasovic). Estimating airline demand from censured data (R.H. Zeni). Development of a rail freight flow prediction model (G. Kleinman, K.D. Lawrence). Forecasting Accuracy and Methods. Obtaining a seasonal index for forecasting when the data contain a trend (P.T. Ittig). How to make accurate market share forecasts with structural response models (D. Whitlark, M.D. Geurts). What to do when sales forecasts are not accurate enough (M.D. Geurts). The relationship between accuracy and expenditure forecasting (M.D. Geurts, D. Whitlark). Forecast model selection: Genetic Algorithm Neutral Network (GANN) approach (M. Anandarajan et al.). Forecasting practices of MBAs (H. Rahmlow, R. Klimberg). Forecasting ARIMA methods: a comparison of internet and fractionally different models (S. Chen et al.). Forecasting Applications. Regression forecast modeling: a case study (A.N. Doherty, F.V. Lu). Managing to retain sales forecasters (M.D. Geurts). Consistent judgmental directional probability exchange rate prediction (A.C. Pollock et al.). Communicating revenue uncertainty using revenue semaphores (R.D. Nelson et al.). ","Information Systems, Decision Support Systems",Advances in Business Management and Forecasting,"Economics, Business and Management" 0-444-51113-X,Hyperlink,Nanoporous Materials III,"Sayari, A.;Jaroniec, M.",, ,700,Elsevier,"Hardbound. Nanoporous Materials III contains the invited lectures and peer-reviewed oral and poster contributions to be presented at the 3rd Conference on Nanoporous Materials, which will be hosted in Ottawa, Canada, June 2002. The work covers complementary approaches to and recent advances in the field of nanostructured materials with pore sizes larger than 1nm, such as periodic mesoporous molecular sieves M41S and FSM16 and related materials including clays, carbon molecular sieves, colloidal crystal templated organic and inorganic materials, porous polymers and sol gels. The broad range of topics covered in relation to the synthesis and characterization of ordered mesoporous materials are of great importance for advanced adsorption, catalytic and separation processes as well as the development of nanotechnology. The contents of this title are based on topics to be discussed by invited lecturers, which deal with periodic mesoporous organosi",01-May-02,210.00,210.00,,"Selected papers. Plenary Lectures. Recent developments in the synthesis and chemistry of periodic mesoporous organosilicas (T. Asefa et al.). Porous materials: looking through the electron microscope (O. Terasaki et al.). Molecular imprinting - a way to prepare effective mimics of natural antibodies and enzymes (G. Wulff). Synthesis of Mesoporous Silicas. Plugged hexagonal mesoporous templated silica: a unique micro- and mesoporous material with internal silica nanocapsules (P. Van Der Voort et al.). Towards a better understanding on the mechanism of mesoporous formation via an assembly of Cn(EO)m TMOS (J.L. Blin et al.). Synthesis of Framework-Modified Mesoporous Silicas. New route for synthesis of highly ordered mesoporous silica with very high titanium content (Xiang-Hai Tang et al.). Synthesis and characterization of Ti-containing mesoporous alumina molecular sieves (Chun Yang, Xi Li). Synthesis of Surface-Modified Mesoporous Silicas. Organizing one-dimensional molecular wires in ordered mesoporous silica (Zongtao Zhang et al.). Characterization of mesoporous thin films formed with added organophosphonate and organosilane (M.A. Markowitz et al.). Synthesis of Mesoporous Metal Oxides. Mesoporous alumina as a support for hydrodesulphurization catalysts (J. Cejka et al.). Mesoporous zirconium oxides: an investigation of physico-chemical synthesis parameters (J.L. Blin et al.). Single crystal particles of mesoporous (Nb, Ta)2O5 (J.N. Kondo et al.). Synthesis of Other Nanostructured Materials and Nanoparticles. Preparation of exfoliated zeolites from layered precursors - the role of pH and nature of intercalating media (W.J. Roth, J.C. Vartuli). Engineering active sites in bifunctional nanopore and bimetallic nanoparticle catalysts for one-step, solvent-free processes (R. Raja, J.Meurig Thomas). Synthesis and adsorption properties of novel carbons of tailored porosity (Z. Li et al.). Characterization of Nanoporous Materials. A study of morphology of mesoporous silica SBA-15 (Man-Chien Chao et al.). Mesoporous molecular sieves of MCM-41 type modified with Cs, K and Mg - physico-chemical and catalytic properties (M. Ziolek et al.). Meso-ALPO prepared by thermal decomposition of the organic-inorganic composite. A FTIR Study (E. Gianotti et al.). Adsorption of nitrogen on organized mesoporous alumina (J. Cejka et al.). Catalytic Applications of Nanoporous Materials. Catalytic oxidation of alpha-Eicosanol to alpha-Eicosanoic acid over Ti, Zr and Mn doped MCM-48 molecular sieves (Changping Wei et al.). Isopropanol dehydration over nanostructured sulfated MCM-41 (A.S. Araujo et al.). A selectivity of zeolite matrices in the Cu(II) reduction process (V. Petranovskii et al.). Preparation, characterization and catalytic properties of CuPC/Y nano-composite (Huaixin Yang, et al.). Environmental Applications of Nanoporous Materials. Organically-modified mesoporous silica spheres with MCM-41 architecture as sorbents for heavy metals (M. Etienne et al.). NO and NO2 gas sensors based on surface photovoltage system are fabricated by self-ordered mesoporous silicate film (Hao-Shen Zhou et al.). Other Applications of Nanoporous Materials. Polymerisations in mesoporous environments (J.H. Clark et al.). Incorporation of nano-sized zeolites into a mesoporous matrix, TUD-1 (Z. Shan et al.). SnO2 nanoparticles in the pores of non-structured SiO2 and of Si-MCM-41: comparison of their properties in gas sensing (Y. Altindag et al.). ",Zeolites and Microporous Materials,Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis,Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 0-7623-0875-3,Hyperlink,Managing Transnational Firms,"Hitt, M.;Cheng, J.",, ,232,Jai,"Hardbound. In this volume, Bartlett and Ghoshal examine the transnational firm, its development and future. Ending their chapter is a debate about the future of international management research involving several individual scholars including Julian Birkinshaw (London Business School), Yves Doz (INSEAD), and Eleanore Westney (MIT). Three leading scholars in the international management field, Michael Kotabe (Temple University), Alan Rugman (Indiana University) and Srilata Zaheer (University of Minnesota) provide thought-provoking comments on Bartlett and Ghoshal's work and on future international management research. The present volume also presents five other articles that make a contribution to the main theme of the book. Together, they cover an interesting set of topics in international management studies including: process issues and the evolution of collaboration in the management of international strategic alliances (alliances), the antecedents ",01-Jul-02,86.00,86.00,,"List of contributors. Reviewer acknowledgment. Preface (M.A. Hitt, J.L.C. Cheng). Research Forum. The transnational and beyond: reflections and perspectives at the millennium (C.A. Bartlett, S. Ghoshal). Commentary: the influence of ""Managing Across Borders"" on the field of international management (A.M. Rugman). Commentary: to kill two birds with one stone: revisiting the integration-responsiveness framework (M. Kotabe). Commentary: a big tent on an island—building bridges and community in international management research (S. Zaheer). Articles. Choice of foreign market entry modes: critical review and future directions (D. Datta et al.). Resource deficits and international entry mode: analysis of context-specificity and fungibility of resources (J. Anand). Process issues in international alliance management: a debate on the evolution of collaboration (A. Arino et al.). National entrepreneurial potential: the role of culture, economic development, and political history (S.L. Mueller et al.). Localization in human resource management: comparing American and European multinational corporations (P. Gunnigle et al.). ",International Business Management,Advances in International Management (formerly known as Advances in International Comparative Management),"Economics, Business and Management" 0-7623-0889-3,Hyperlink,"Advances in Taxation, Volume 14","Porcano, T.",, ,278,Jai,"Hardbound. Advances in Taxation publishes articles dealing with all aspects of taxation. Articles can address tax policy issues at the federal, state, local, or international level. The series primarily publishes empirical studies that address compliance, computer usage, education, legal, planning, or policy issues. These studies generally involve interdisciplinary research that incorporates theories from accounting, economics, finance, psychology, and sociology. ",01-Aug-02,86.00,86.00,,"List of contributors. Editorial board. Ad hoc reviewers. AIT statement of purpose. An empirical analysis of the effect of the earned income tax credit on work effort (S.B. Anders). The expanded taxpayer confidentiality privilege: a review and assessment of IRC Section 7525 (C.C. Bauman, A.C. Fowler). The effect of instructional strategy and cognitive level of development on tax knowledge and application (S.K. Ford, T.K. Flesher). Marginal tax rates on foreign profits of US multinationals (G.G. Geisler, E.R. Larkins). Do firms have a tax incentive for stock buyouts? An empirical examination (D.M. Guffey et al.). The failure of the IRS to provide top quality service (P.J. Harmelink W.M. VanDenburgh). The preparer effect on IRS customer satisfaction (P.A. Hite). The evolution of estate taxation in the United States (D.P. Murphy, A. Boyd Watts). The effects of the alternative minimum tax on banks' municipal bond investments (B. Musazi et al.). The effect of capital gains tax policy on investment company capital gains realizations (C.Y. Nash et al.). The effect of tax rate changes on the yield spread between corporate and municipal bonds (E. Plummer). ",Accounting,Advances in Taxation,"Economics, Business and Management" 0-444-510516,Hyperlink,Growth and Lactogenic Hormones,"Matera, L.;Rapaport, R.",, ,332,Elsevier,"Hardbound. For more than seventy years evidence has accumulated documenting the existence of a bi-directional communication network between growth hormone and the immune system. In the past twenty years there has been a tremendous proliferation of information detailing the workings of the growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor axis. A multitude of growth factors and binding proteins have been identified. More and more evidence supporting the important role of the growth hormone IGF network in the well functioning of the normal immune system has been documented. Clearly the challenge today is not to prove, but to understand, the neuroimmune regulatory role of GLH in its entire complexity. The ultimate goal of this volume and of all the other volumes of this series is to promote the understanding of the science and to ease human suffering. ",01-Apr-02,110.00,110.00,,"Foreword: the neuroimmune biology of growth and lactogenic hormones (I. Berczi). Preface (R. Rapaport). List of corresponding authors. I. Introduction. Immunoregulation by prolactin ? An Introduction (L. Matera). II. GLH Biology, Development & Receptors. The growth hormone ? insulin-like growth factor ? I axis and immunity (W.Mejia Naranjo, M. Sanchez-Gomez, D. Le Roith). Reciprocal interactions between the GH/IGF-1 system and cytokines (F. de Benedetti, M. Bozzola). Biological significance of insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (S.A. Weinzimer, P. Cohen). The expression and function of GH/IGF-I receptors in the immune system (A. Tenore, G. Valero). Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1 production by cells of the immune system (D. Weigent). Potential applications of growth hormone in promoting immune reconstitution (W.J. Murphy, L. Welniak, Rui Sun). Signal transduction by PRL receptors(Li-yuan Yu-Lee). Signal transduction and modulation of gene expression by prolactin in human leukocytes (R. Hooghe, S. de Vos, Z. Dogusan, E.L. Hooghe-Peters). Regulation of PRL release by cytokines and immunomodifiers: interrelationship between leptin and prolactin secretion. Functional implications. (O. Gualillo, et al.). Prolactin expression in the immune cells (R. Kooijman, S. Gerlo) III. Hemopoiesis and Development. Prolactin as a promoter of growth and differentiation of hemopoietic cells (G. Bellone). Growth hormone/insulin-like growth factors and hematopoiesis (R. Moghaddas, R. Rapaport). Uteroplacental prolactin family: immunological regulators of viviparity (R. Ain, H. Müller, N. Sahgal, G. Dai, M.J. Soares). IV. GLH and the Immune Response. Effect of prolactin on natural killer and MHC-restricted cytotoxic cells (L. Matera, S. Buttiglieri, F. Moro, M. Geuna). In vivo changes of PRL levels during the T-cell dependent immune response (C. Perez Castro, et al.). Prolactin regulates macrophage and NK cell mediated inflammation and cytotoxic response against tumor (U. Chattopadhyay, R. Biswas). V. GLH and Disease. Acromegaly and immune function (A. Colao, D. Ferone, P. Marzullo, G. Lombardi). Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1 in human immunodeficiency virus infection (M.E. Geffner). Human prolactin as an immunohematopoietic factor: implications for the clinic (S.M. Richards). Effectiveness of bromocriptine in the treatment of autoimmune diseases (S.E. Walker). The pathogenic role of prolactin in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (N. Suzuki). Keyword index. ",Neuroimmunology,NeuroImmune Biology,Neuroscience 0-08-044041-X,Hyperlink,"Reporting Discourse, Tense, and Cognition","Sakita, T.I.",, ,304,Elsevier,"Hardbound. Reporting discourse has attracted rigorous analyses in linguistics, literary theory, cognitive psychology, sociology, and ethnomethodology. This book provides innovative analyses of controversial topics in reporting discourse like tense alternation, reporting styles, patterns, and functions. After critically examining existing theories, Tomoko I. Sakita offers new theoretical perspectives and empirical analyses within the scope of actual language performance. Her analysis covers tenses that previous studies have neglected or have considered 'ungrammatical' or 'mistaken.' Based on models of cognitive recollection and stream of consciousness, tense reveals cognitive, attitudinal, and consciousness state markers in complex reporting processes, as well as identity, speaker psychology, and deictic relations, embedded in discourse and narrative contexts. A synthesis of discourse analysis and experiments on reporting style, structure, and functions le",01-Aug-02,88.00,88.00,,"Acknowledgments. Introduction. Reporting discourse. What is reporting discourse? Significance of reporting discourse. Working questions on reporting discourse. Narrative. Discourse perspectives. Reporting discourse and context. Discourse analysis. Overview of chapters. Data. Review and Problems of Tense-Alternation Theories. Overview. Tense-alternation theories. Traditional theory of HP. Syntactic hypothesis. Timeless present. CHP alternation theory. Clause types and directions of switch. HP in the theory of consciousness. Problem: say/said alternation. Say as a special class of reporting verbs. No regularity in say/said alternation. Wolfson's hypotheses. 'Speech act hypothesis'. 'Single speaker continuity hypothesis'. 'Third-person story hypothesis'. 'Participant distinction hypothesis'. 'Outside the tense system hypothesis'. 'Relative status hypothesis'. Johnstone's hypothesis. New relative status hypothesis. Problems with relative status hypothesis. Conclusions and directions for further research. Cognitive Backgrounds of Tense-Alternation. Overview. Tense and person. Distribution in discourse. Personal deixis and tense forms. Interpretive processes of reporting. Cognitive Recollection Model (CRM). Construals of perceived events. Construals of remembered events. Base. Recall of third-person interactions. Recall of self-involving interactions. Psychological involvement. Self-identity. Levels of narrative. Manipulations of 'footing'. 'Speak for yourself' rule in 'constructed dialogues'. Divided self. Cognitive monitoring theories. Backgrounds of prevalence of I says. Conclusion. Tense and Attitudinal Contrast. Overview. Searching vs. resultative mode. Says vs. said in pair. Says vs. said in a single speaker's speech. Says, saying, say vs. said in a single speaker?s speech. Summary of contrasts. Conflict vs. conflict-avoidance. Said vs. said shows conflict; says shows watching the situation. Said shows challenge; says shows step-back. Said shows never-intimidated attitude; says shows step-back. Summary of contrasts. Weak vs. strong attitude. Degrees of assuredness in I don't know. Degrees of firmness in negation and affirmation. Degrees of upset in exclamation. Summary of contrasts. Conclusion. Consciousness Flow, Discourse Acts, and Tense. Overview. Discourse organization units. Consciousness flow in discourse. Consciousness flow in narrative dialogues. Consciousness flow in exchanges. Adjacency pair. Three-part exchange. Consciousness flow over a series of remarks. In a single speaker's speech. Over a series of remarks. Consciousness flow in repetition of dialogue-introducers. Pre-posing double dialogue-introducers. Post-posing dialogue-introducers. At restatements. Conclusion. Tense in Indirect Reporting Discourse. Overview. Treatments of tense in grammar. Pragmatic view. Declerck's hypothesis. Tense in discourse. Prevalence of speaker's viewpoint. Avoidance of the past perfect tense. Discourse functional use of the past perfect tense. Reporting clause as dialogue marker. Conclusion. Reporting Discourse Style and Function. Overview. General characterizations of reporting discourse style and function. Theoretical backgrounds. Pragmatic studies. Reporting style and structure. Overview. Preliminary study. Experimental study. Method. Data analysis procedures. Results. Backgrounds of structural influence on style choice. Summary. Reporting function and pattern. Overview. Method. Reporting discourse functions. Evidentiality. Disagreement and persuasion. Response. Foreground and background information. Showing climaxes or punch-lines. Exemplification and demonstration of emotion. Dramatization. Dramatizing imaginary and future events. Dramatizing archetypical events. Summary. Correlations between style and function. Reporting discourse on continuum. Style and function along a continuum. Conclusion. Conclusion. Summary of chapters. Theoretical implications. Future perspectives. Notes. Transcription Conventions. References. Author Index. Subject Index. ",Linguistics,,Social and Behavioral Sciences 0-7623-0890-7,Hyperlink,Research in Science and Technology Studies,"de Laet, M.",, ,270,Jai,"Hardbound. Volume 13 of Knowledge and Society documents the various ways in which knowledge and technology transfer happen in practice. In reporting on the travel of thoughts and things, the authors in the volume undermine commonly held ideas about technology transfer. Their story shows how the process of transfer transforms and reshapes the object that travels. More importantly, they show how the travel of knowledge and technology results in new socio-technical arrangements, as well as in new socio-technical objects. These stories also relate how the authors themselves take part in achieving such processes of transfer and transformation. As anthropologists, consultants, and science studies researchers we do not stand outside the transfers that we describe. The volume is, therefore, a commentary not only on the practice of knowledge and technology transfer, but also on the practice of observation and intervention. ",01-Aug-02,88.00,88.00,,"Introduction: knowledge and technology transfer or the travel of thoughts and things (M. de Laet). Nature and culture in the field: two centuries of stories from Lituya Bay, Alaska (J. Cruikshank). Technology transfer perspectives on climate forecast applications (S. Agrawala, Kenneth Broad). Dams and designer fish: travails and travels of the Pacific salmon (M. Black). The people's water: technology transfer and community empowerment in Guatemala (B. Clemens et al.). Technology transfer: preaching to the converted or seducing the disbelievers (A. von Raesfeld). ""Transferring"" strategies of land management: the knowledge practices of indigenous land owners and environmental scientists (H. Verran). New technologies and knowledge for sustainable development: the empowerment challenge (B. Filip). Patents, knowledge and technology transfer: on the politics of positioning and place (M. de Laet). ""Out-liers,"" ""insiders,"" and practical harvests: art as technology transfer in a research environment (L. Lynch ). ",Sociology of Science and Technology,Knowledge & Society,Social and Behavioral Sciences 0-7623-0894-X,Hyperlink,"Studies in Law, Politics and Society, Volume 26","Sarat, A.;Ewick, P.",, ,188,Jai,"Hardbound. This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and law. It examines new perspectives on political relationships, politics and legal reform, and law and the family. The articles published here exemplify the exciting and innovative work now being done in interdisciplinary legal scholarship. ",01-Aug-02,86.00,86.00,,"List of contributors. Politics at the ""End"". How kings and philosophers lose their heads (but according to different conditions) (J. Goldhammer). Who killed politics? The case of Cass Sunstein: queer theory meets mainstream US constitutional theory (S. Burgess).Politics and Legal Reform. Who influences family law reform? Discourses on motherhood and fatherhood in legislative reform debates in Canada (S. Boyd, C. Young). Defining cause lawyering: Naacp v. Button and the struggle over professional ideology (T. Hilbink). Savage capitalists: law and politics surrounding Indian casino operations in California (E. Darian-Smith).Inside Families. Comparative analysis of law in theory and law in action in partner abuse cases: what do the data tell us? (L. Neilson). Lesbian and gay parenting: a brief history of legal and theoretical issues (C. Connolly). ",Sociology (General),"Studies in Law, Politics and Society",Social and Behavioral Sciences 0-08-044128-9,Hyperlink,Reasoning by Mathematical Induction in Children's Arithmetic,"Smith, L.",, ,180,Pergamon,"Hardbound. How do children understand reasoning by mathematical induction? Mathematical induction - Poincaré's reasoning by recurrence - is a standard form of inference with two distinctive properties. One is its necessity. The other is its universality or inference from particular to general. This means that mathematical induction is similar to both logical deduction and empirical induction, and yet is different from both. In a major study forty years ago, Inhelder and Piaget set out two conclusions about the development of this type of reasoning in advance of logical deduction during childhood. This developmental sequence has gone unremarked in research on cognitive development. The present study is an adaptation with a sample of one hundred children aged 5-7 years in school Years 1 and 2. There is convincing evidence that children can reason by mathematical induction on tasks based on iterative addition and that their inferences were ",01-Sep-02,86.00,86.00,,"Acknowledgements. Summary. Introduction. Mathematical Induction. Mathematical induction, logical deduction, and empirical induction. Poincaré's analysis of mathematical induction. Frege's and Russell's analysis of mathematical induction. Critical review. Conclusion. Reasoning by Mathematical Induction: Piaget's Critique. Piaget on the analysis of Frege and Russell. Piaget on Poincaré's analysis. Inhelder and Piaget's (1963) study. Conclusion. Research on the Development of Children's Reasoning. Reasoning. Deduction. Induction. Mathematical induction. Reasoning, Reasons and Responses. Critical method. Rationale for a critical method. Children's Reasoning by Mathematical Induction. Method. Results: statistical analysis of responses. Results: epistemological analysis of reasons for responses. Conservation task. Teams tasks. Recurrence task. Discussion. Hypotheses. Developmental mechanism. Educational Implications in a Constructivist Model of Education. Piaget's model of education. Educational implications in a constructivist pedagogy. Commentary by Damon Berridge. References. Boxes, figures, tables. ",Educational Psychology,Advances in Learning and Instruction,Social and Behavioral Sciences 0-444-50889-9,Hyperlink,Valence Bond Theory,"Cooper, D.L.",, ,836,Elsevier,"Hardbound. Published as a compliment and successor to the earlier book, Valence-bond Theory and Chemical Structure, Klein & Trinajstić (Editors), this volume, Valence Bond Theory, focuses on the vast increase in the range of applications of methodology based on valence bond (VB) theory during the last decade. Since the first book was published over a decade ago there have been very significant advances in methodology and many new researchers have entered the field. A wide range of work in the field is represented in this volume with a particular emphasis on work in chemistry. Chapters in the present volume touch on matters such as the re-emergence of ab initio valence bond theory as a serious tool for quantum chemical studies of molecular electronic structure and reactivity, and the main attractions of VB approaches stemming from the direct links between variational wavefunctions and more classical ideas of b",01-Aug-02,325.00,325.00,,"A short history of VB theory (G.A. Gallup). Modern valence-bond description of gas-phase pericyclic reactions (D.L. Cooper et al.). Complete active space valence bond (CASVB) method and its application to chemical reactions (Haruyuki Nakano et al.). TURTLE - A gradient VBSCF program, theory and studies of aromaticity (Joop H. van Lenthe et al.). Generalized multistructural method: theoretical foundations and applications (A.G.H. Barbosa, M.A.C. Nascimento). A spin-free approach for valence bond theory and its applications (Wei Wu et al.). BOVB - a valence bond method incorporating static and dynamic electron correlation effects (P.C. Hiberty, S. Shaik). The biorthogonal valence bond method (J.J.W. McDouall). Recent development of the SCVB method (M. Sironi et al.). The generalized multiconfiguration spin-coupled method, STO optimization, and the electronic structure of BH3 in its ground state (F.E. Penotti). Ab Initio computational approaches to weakly interacting systems in the framework of the valence bond theory: from small to large van der Waals molecules (A. Famulari et al.). Valence bond structures for some molecules with four singly-occupied active-space orbitals: electronic structures, reaction mechanisms, metallic Orbitals (R.D. Harcourt). The spin-free valence bond method: applications to metallic and electron rich systems (R.O. Vianna, A. Quintão). VB analysis of wavefunctions calculated for chemical reactions in solution (C. Amovilli). Resonating valence-bond theories for carbon &pgr;-networks and classical/quantum connections (D.J. Klein). Clar's &pgr;-aromatic sextet revisited (M. Randic). Valence bond view of fullerenes (T.G. Schmalz). Valence-bond calculations and their applications to medium-sized conjugated hydrocarbons (Y. Jiang, S. Li). Symmetric group approach to the theory of Heisenberg lattices (N. Flocke, J. Karwowski). Valence bond theory of quantum cell models (S. Ramasesha, Z.G. Soos). Spin permutation technique in the theory of strongly correlated electron systems (V.O. Cheranovskii). Many body VB Ansätze. From polymers and ladder materials to the square lattice (M.A. Garcia-Bach). Exact ground state of one- and two-dimensional frustrated quantum spin systems (A.A. Ovchinnikov). ",Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Theoretical and Computational Chemistry,Chemistry and Chemical Engineering