ISBN,URL,TITLE,AUTHORS,EDITION,VOLUME,PAGES,IMPRINT,BINDING,DESCRIPTION,PUBDATE,USD,Euro,REVIEW,TOC,SUBJECT,BOOK SERIES,SUPER AREA
0-08-042698-0,Hyperlink,Underneath the Bragg Peaks,"Egami, T.;Billinge, S.J.L.",, ,500,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. This book focuses on the structural determination of crystalline solids with extensive disorder.  Well-established methods exist for characterizing the structure of fully crystalline solids or fully disordered materials such as liquids and glasses, but there is a dearth of techniques for the cases in-between, crystalline solids with internal atomic and nanometer scale disorder.
Egami and Billinge discuss how to fill the gap using modern tools of structural characterization.  While this subject might sound rather narrow, the fact is that today this problem is encountered in the structural characterization of a surprisingly wide range of complex materials of interest to modern technology and is becoming increasingly important.
",01-Jan-03,165,165,,"Structure of complex materials.Crystallography and beyond. The power of total scattering and PDF methods. Resources for learning total scattering and PDF methods. 

Crystallographic analysis of complex materials. Theoretical background. Crystallographic analysis. Crystallographic methods and disorder: limitations of crystallographic methods. 

The method of total scattering and atomic pair-distribution function analysis. Total scattering and the PDF. Compositionally resolved partial PDF. Magnetic correlation functions. The PDF in higher dimensions. Error analysis for the PDF. 

Total scattering experiments. General considerations. The neutron scattering experiment. 	The x-ray scattering experiment. 

Data collection and analysis. Data analysis overview. Obtaining S(Q) in practice. Real-world data analysis. 


Extracting structural information from the PDF. Direct information. Modeling the PDF. Additional information and advanced modeling. 

Dynamics of the local structure. Measurement of inelastic scattering. Dynamic structure factor. 	Correlated dynamics and the PDF. Dynamic pair correlation function (DPCF). Effect of inelastic scattering on the PDF. 


Structure of well-ordered crystals. PDF of ideal and distorted perovskites. Complex periodic structure: Antiferroelectric Lead Zirconate. Pb polarization.   

Defects, nanocrystalline and crystallographically challenged materials. 	Lattice defects and the PDF method. Defects in well ordered crystals. Nanocrystals and crystallographically challenged materials. Chemical short-range order. 


Local structure of systems with competing interactions. Mixed ferroelectric oxides. Colossal magnetoresistive (CMR) manganites. Superconducting cuprates.  

Phase transitions.   Local correlations and phase transitions. Phase transitions in complex materials. Phase transitions in systems with competing interactions I: Relaxor 
ferroelectricity. Phase transition in systems with competing interactions II: CMR manganites. Lattice involvement in the metal-insulator transition and the CMR effect. Phase transition in systems with competing interactions III: High TC cuprates. 

Concluding Remarks. 


",General Materials Science,Pergamon Materials Series,Materials Science
0-08-044163-7,Hyperlink,Carbon Alloys,"Yasuda, E.;Ingaki, M.;Kaneko, K.;Endo, M.;Oya, A.;Tanabe, Y.",, ,400,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. Carbon is a unique material, having great diversity of structure and properties. The idea of Carbon Alloys was initiated as a national project in Japan, and is now recognized as an international research field. This book has been written to produce a definitive guide to Carbon Alloy science.  

Eiichi Yasuda and his team consider the definition of Carbon Alloys, present the results of the Carbon Alloys projects, describe typical Carbon Alloys and their uses, discuss recent techniques for their characterization, and finally, illustrate potential applications and future developments for Carbon Alloy science. 
",01-Mar-03,170,170,,"Introduction (E. Yasuda, M. Inagaki).

Space Control in Carbon Alloys. Hybrid orbital control in carbon alloys (R. Saito). 
Structural design and functions of carbon materials by alloying in atomic and molecular scales (M. Endo et al.). 
Surface and hidden surface-controlled carbon alloys (K. Kaneko).  
Control of interface and microstructure in carbon alloys (Y. Tanabe, E. Yasuda).

Typical Carbon Alloys and their Processing. Intercalation compounds (N. Akuzawa). Porous carbon (T. Kyotani). Polymer blend for designing of carbon materials (A. Oya).

The Latest Characterization Techniques. Computer simulation (S Tsuneyuki). Crystallite size and lattice constant measurements of carbon materials 
by X-ray diffraction (M. Shiraishi, M. Inagaki). Studies on pore structure of carbon materials by small-angle X-ray 
scattering (K. Nishikawa). XAFS analysis and application to carbon related materials and 
catalysts (H. Yamashita). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and its application to carbon (N. Suzuki). Transmission electron microscopy (H. Saka). Electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) and its applications to characterization of carbon materials (H. Hirai). Visualization of the atomic-scale structure and reactivity of metal carbide surfaces by scanning tunneling microscopy K. Fukui et al.). Infra red (IR) spectra, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), and 
proton magnetic thermal analysis (PMRTA)(O. Ito et al.). 
Raman spectroscopy as a characterization tool for carbon materials (M. Kakihana, M. Osada). Basics of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and its application to carbon alloys (T. Nishizawa). Gas adsorption (Y. Hanzawa, K. Kaneko). Electrochemical characterization of carbons and carbon alloys (T. Nakajima). Mechanical probe for micro-/nano-characterization (M. Sakai). Magnetism of nano-graphite (T. Enoki et al.). 
Magnetoresistance and its application to carbon and carbon alloys (Y. Hishiyama). 
 
 


Function Developments and Application Potentials. Application of advanced carbon material in Li-ion secondary battery (M. Endo, Y-A. Kim). Electrochemical functions (M. Miyake). Electric double layer capacitors (S. Shiraishi). Electron emission from carbon nanotubes (Y.  Saito et al.). Gas separation with carbon membranes (K. Kusakabe, S. Morooka). Property control of carbon materials by fluorination (H. Touhara). Preparation of metal loaded porous carbons and their use as a highly active catalyst for NO reduction (K. Miura, H. Nakagawa). Formation of seaweed bed using carbon fibers (M. Shiraishi). C/C composite materials and their properties (T. Oku). Superhard materials (O. Takai). 




",General Materials Science,,Materials Science
0-444-51269-1,Hyperlink,Soil Water Repellency,"Ritsema, C.J.;Dekker, L.W.",, ,352,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. It has become clear that soil water repellency is much more wide-spread than formerly thought. Water repellency has been reported in most continents of the world for varying land uses and climatic conditions. Soil water repellency often leads to severe runoff and erosion, rapid leaching of surface-applied agrichemicals, and losses of water and nutrient availability for crops. At present, no optimum management strategies exist for water repellent soils, focusing on minimizing environmental risks while maintaining crop production. 

The book starts with a historical overview of water repellency research, followed by seven thematic sections covering 26 research chapters. The first section discusses the origin, the second the assessment, and the third the occurrence and hydrological implications of soil water repellency. The fourth section is devoted to the effect of fire on water repellency, section five deals with the physics and modeling of f",01-Mar-03,175,175,,"1. Introduction (C.J. Ritsema, L.W. Dekker). 2. Historical overview of soil water repellency (L.F. DeBano). Origin of Soil Water Repellency. 3. Hydrophobic compounds in sands from New Zealand (D.J. Horne, J.C. McIntosh). 4. Chemical characterisation of water repellent materials in Australian sands
(C.M.M. Franco, P.J. Clarke et al.). Assessment of Soil Water Repellency. 5. Characterizing the degree of repellency (J. Letey, M.L.K. Carrillo, X.P. Pang). 6. Sessile drop contact angle method (J. Bachmann, A. Ellies, K.H. Hartge). 7. Water-entry value as an alternative indicator (Z. Wang, L. Wu, Q.J. Wu). Occurrence and Hydrological Implications. 8. Soil wettability in forested catchments in South Africa (D.F. Scott). 9. Soil water repellency in arid and humid climates
(D.F. Jaramillo, L.W. Dekker et al.). 10. Water repellency in dunes along the Dutch coast (L.W. Dekker, C.J. Ritsema, K. Oostindie). 11. Water repellent soils on UK golf greens (C.A. York, P.M. Canaway). 12. Soil water repellency in the Natural Park of Donana, southern Spain (F.J. Moral Garcia, L.W. Dekker et al.). 13. Soil water repellency in northeastern Greece (A.K. Ziogas, L.W. Dekker et al.). 14. Soil moisture: a controlling factor in water repellency?
(S.H. Doerr, A.D. Thomas). 15. Wetting patterns in water repellent Dutch soils (L.W. Dekker, C.J. Ritsema). 16. The impact of water-repellency on overland flow and runoff in Portugal (A.J.D. Ferreira, C.O.A. Coelho et al.). 17. The erosional impact of soil water repellency: an evaluation (R.A. Shakesby, S.H. Doerr, R.P.D. Walsh). Effect of Fire on Water Repellency. 18. The role of fire and soil heating on water repellency (L.F. DeBano). 19. Infiltration rates after prescribed fire in Northern Rocky Mountain forests (P.R. Robichaud). Physics and Modeling on Water Repellent Soils.  20. Physics of hydrophobic soils (T.W.J. Bauters, T.S. Steenhuis et al.). 21. Solute transport through a hydrophobic soil
(B.E. Clothier, I. Vogeler, G.N. Magesan). 22. Effects of water repellency on infiltration rate and flow instability (Z. Wang, Q.J. Wu et al.). 23. Non-equilibrium model for gravity-driven fingering in water repellent soils: Formulation and 2D simulations (J. Nieber, A. Sheshukov et al.). 24.  Modeling implications of preferential flow in water repellent sandy soils (C.J. Ritsema, L.W. Dekker). Ameloriation Techniques and Farming Strategies on Water Repellent Soils.
25. Clay spreading on water repellent sands (M.A. Cann). 26. Treating water repellent surface layer with surfactant (L.W. Dekker, K. Oostindie et al.). 27. Management of water repellency in Australia (P.S. Blackwell). 28. Water repellency: a whole farm bio-economic perspective (A.K. Abadi Ghadim). Bibliography and References.  29. More than one thousand references related to soil water repellency (L.W. Dekker, L.F. DeBano et al.). 30. References not listed in chapter 29.",Hydrology,,Earth and Planetary Sciences
0-444-51251-9,Hyperlink,"The Science of Color, Second Edition","Shevell, S.K.",, ,336,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. This second edition of The Science of Color focuses on the principles and observations that are foundations of modern color science.  Written for a general scientific audience, the book broadly covers essential topics in the interdisciplinary field of color, drawing from physics, physiology and psychology.  The jacket of the original edition of the book described it as ""the definitive book on color, for scientists, artists, manufacturers and students.""  This edition also aims for a broad audience.
The book begins by tracing scientific thinking about color since the seventeenth century.  This historical perspective provides an introduction to the fundamental questions in color science, by following advances as well as misconceptions over more than 300 years.  

",01-Apr-03,95,95,,"Preface. Dedication. Contributors. 1. The origins of modern color science (J. Mollon). 2.	Light, the retinal image, and photoreceptors (O. Packer, D.R. Williams). 3. Color matching and color discrimination (V.C. Smith, J. Pokorny). 4. Color appearance (S.K. Shevell). 5. Color appearance and color difference specification (D.H. Brainard). 6. The physiology of color vision (P. Lennie). 7. The physics and chemistry of color: The fifteen mechanisms (K. Nassau). 8. Digital color reproduction
(B. Wandell, L.D. Silverstein). Index.
",Neuroscience,,Neuroscience
0-444-51332-9,Hyperlink,Assessment of Safety and Risk with a Microscopic Model of Detonation,"Leiber, C.-O.",, ,616,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. This unique book is a store of less well-known explosion and
detonation phenomena, including also data and experiences related to
safety risks. It highlights the shortcomings of the current
engineering codes based on a classical plane wave model of the
phenomenon, and why these tools must fail. 

For the first time all the explosion phenomena are described in terms
of proper assemblages of hot spots, which emit pressure waves and
associated near field terms in flow. Not all of the approaches are
new. Some even date back to the 19th century or earlier.. What is new
is the application of these approaches to explosion phenomena. In
order to make these tools easily available to the current detonation
physicist, basic acoustics is therefore also addressed. 

Whereas the current plane wave, homogeneous flow detonation physics
is an excellent engineering tool for numerical predictions under
given conditions, the multi-hot-spot-model is an additional t",01-Jun-03,175,175,,"Prologue. 
I. Shortcomings in the macroscopic plane-wave model of detonation. 
II. Impedance mirror photography of H. Dean Mallory. 
III. Pressure generating mechanis. 
IV. Equations. 
V. Pressure sources for modeling. 
VI. Rayleigh's bubble model. 
VII. Losses by volume variations. 
VIII. Variety of initiation modes by bubbles. 
IX. Various approaches to describe bubble dynamic phenomena. 
X. Sensitivity testing. 
XI. Low- (LVD) and slow-velocity detonation (SVD) of liquid explosives. 
XII. Low velocity detonation of solid explosives. 
XIII. Case histories. XIV. 
Dipole scattering. 
XV. Finite shock rise. 
XVI. Void precursors. 
XVII. Alterations of hugoniots by bubble flow. 
XVIII. Critical dimensions. 
XIX. Critical diameter(s) of nitromethane (NM). 
XX. Smooth and rough pressure fronts, dark waves and DDT. 
XXI. Shock tubes. 
XXII. Detonation phenomena in charges with an axial cavity. 
XXIII. Microscopic and macroscopic properties of solids. 
XXIV. Fracture dynamics of initiation.  
Subject index.",Fundamental Areas of Phenomenology (Including Applications),,Physics and Astronomy
0-444-51339-6,Hyperlink,Rapid Thermal Processing for Future Semiconductor Devices,"Fukuda, H.",, ,160,Elsevier,TP,"Paperback. This volume is a collection of papers which were presented at the 2001 International Conference on Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP 2001) held at Ise Shima, Mie, on November 14-16, 2001. This symposium is second conference followed the previous successful first International RTP conference held at Hokkaido in 1997. The RTP 2001 covered the latest developments in RTP and other short-time processing continuously aiming to point out the future direction in the Silicon ULSI devices and II-VI, III-V compound semiconductor devices.

This book covers the following areas: advanced MOS gate stack, integration technologies, advancd channel engineering including shallow junction, SiGe, hetero-structure, novel metallization, inter-connect, silicidation, low-k materials, thin dielectrics including gate dielectrics and high-k materials, thin film deposition including SiGe, SOI and SiC, process and device modelling, Laser-assisted crystallization and TFT device ",01-Mar-03,95,95,, ,Semiconductor Physics,,Physics and Astronomy
0-444-50935-6,Hyperlink,Analysis and fate of surfactants in the aquatic environment,"Knepper, T.P.;Barcelo, D.;de Voogt, P.",, ,960,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. An understanding of the fate and behaviour of organic chemicals, such as surfactants, in the environment is a prerequisite for the sustainable development of human health and ecosystems. As surfactants are being produced in huge amounts, it is important to have a detailed knowledge about their lifetime in the environment, their biodegradability in wastewater treatment plants and in natural waters, and their ecotoxicity. Parameters relevant for the assessment of long-term behaviour, such as interactions with hormonal systems need to be understood to avoid unexpected adverse effects to future generations of people and the environment. However, the identification and quantification of commercial surfactants in the environment is made more complicated and cumbersome because they comprise of tens to hundreds of homologues, oligomers and isomers of anionic, nonionic, cationic and amphoteric compounds.

The EU-funded PRISTINE project (Priority surf",01-Aug-03,395,395,,"Surfactants: Properties, Production and Environmental Aspects.

Separation and Detection.
GC and GC-MS determination of surfactants.
Capillary electrophoresis in surfactant analysis.
LC determination using conventional detectors. 
Atmospheric pressure ionisation mas spectrometry.

Sample Handling.
Sampling and sample treatment for surfactant analysis in water.  
Methods for the sample handling of nonionic surfactants in sludges and sediments.
Sample handling for the determination of surfactants in biota. 

Quantification and Quality Assurance in Surfactant Analysis.
Introduction.
Advantages and limitations in surfactant quantification by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.
Stability of surfactants in post-sampling storage.
Interlaboratory studies for the determination of surfactants.

Environmental Processes.
Aerobic biodegradation of surfactants.
Anaerobic biodegradation of surfactants.
Biodegradation of LAS in the marine environment.
Surfactant sorption on natural sediments.
Fate of organosilicone surfactants.

Occurrence of Surfactants in the Environment.
Concentrations of surfactants in wastewater treatment plants. 
Occurrence of surfactants in surface waters and freshwater sediments.
Occurrence of surfactants in drinking water. 
Occurrence and fate of surfactants in soil, subsoil and groundwater.

Toxicity.
Toxicity of surfactants for aquatic life.
Bioconcentration. 
Estrogenicity of surfactants.
Risk assessment of surfactants.


Recommendations and Future Trends.

 

",Analytical Chemistry,Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry,Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
0-444-50964-X,Hyperlink,Emerging Technologies in Protein and Genomic Material Analysis,"Marko-Varga, G.;Oroszlan, P.",, ,244,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. It is widely recognized that analytical technologies and techniques are playing a pioneering role in a range of today's foremost challenging scientific endeavours, including especially biological and biomedical research. Worthy of mention, for example, are the role that high performance separation techniques played in mapping the human genome and the pioneering work done within mass spectrometry. 

It is also apparent that state-of-the-art pharmaceutical and biomedical research is the major driving force of the development of new analytical techniques. Advancements in genomics research has provided the opportunity for a call for new drug targets for new technologies, which has speeded up drug discovery and helped to counteract the trend towards inflation of R&D costs.

This book has been designed to be a reference covering a wide range of protein and genomic material analysis techniques. Emerging developments are presented with applic",01-May-03,95,95,,"Preface. (G. Marko-Varga, P. Oroszlan).
Enabling bio-analytical technologies for protein and genomic material analysis and their impact on biology (G. Marko-Varga, P. Oroszlan).
DNA sequencing: from capillaries to microchips (A. Guttman).
Phosphoprotein and phosphoproteome analysis by mass spectrometry (O. Jensen, M. Grønborg).
Quantitative peptide determination using column-switching capillary chromatography interfaced with mass spectrometry (J. Abian, M. Carrascal).
On-line continuous flow,multi-protein biochemical assaysfor the characterization ofbio-active compounds using electrospray quadrupoletime-of-flight mass spectrometry (H. Irth et al.).
Capillary isoelectric focusing developments in protein analysis (A. Palm).
Bio-affinity extraction for the analysis of cytokines and proteomics samples (G. Marko-Varga).
Peptidomics-based discovery of endogenous neuropeptides in the brain (P.E. Andren).
Beauty of silicon micromachined microstructures interfaced to MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry (T. Laurell et al.).
Identification and characterization of peptides and proteins using fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (J. Bergqvist, M. Palmblad).
Biological single molecule applications and advanced biosensing (M. Hegner).",Analytical Chemistry,Journal of Chromatography Library,Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
0-444-51084-2,Hyperlink,"Handbook of Culture Media for Food Microbiology, Second Edition","Corry, J.E.L.;Curtis, G.D.W.;Baird, R.M.",, ,680,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. This is a completely revised edition, including new material, from 'Culture Media for Food Microbiology' by J.E.L. Corry et al., published in Progress in Industrial Microbiology, Volume 34, Second Impression 1999.

Written by the Working Party on Culture Media, of the International Committee on Food Microbiology and Hygiene, this is a handy reference for microbiologists wanting to know which media to use for the detection of various groups of microbes in food, and how to check their performance.
The first part comprises reviews, written by international experts, of the media designed to isolate the major groups of microbes important in food spoilage, food fermentations or food-borne disease. The history and rationale of the selective agents, and the indicator systems are considered, as well as the relative merits of the various media.  The second part contains monographs  on approximately 90 of the most useful media. 
The first edition",01-Apr-03,249,249,,"Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part 1. Reviews of media.
1. Microbiological assessment of culture media: comparison and statistical evaluation of methods (G.H. Weenk). 2. Recovery of stressed microorganisms (P.J. Stephens, B.M. Mackey). 3. Media for the detection and enumeration of clostridia in foods (M.W.J.
Bredius, E.M. de Ree). 4. Media for Bacillus spp. and related genera relevant to foods (D. Fritze, D. Claus). 5. Culture media and methods for the isolation of Listeria monocytogenes (R.R. Beumer, G.D.W. Curtis). 6. Media used in the detection and enumeration of Staphylococcus aureus (P. Zangerl, H. Asperger). 7. Culture media for enterococci and group D-streptococci (G. Reuter, G. Klein). 8. Culture media for lactic acid bacteria (U. Schillinger, W.H. Holzapfel). 9. Culture media for non-sporulating Gram positive, catalase positive food
spoilage bacteria (G.A. Gardner). 10. Media for the detection and enumeration of bifidobacteria in food products
(D. Roy). 11. Media for the detection and enumeration of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris and Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius in foods (J. Baumgart). 12. Media for detection and enumeration of 'total' Enterobacteriaceae, coliforms
and Escherichia coli from water and foods (M. Manafi). 13. Media for the isolation of Salmonella spp. (H. van der Zee). 14. Media for the isolation of Shigella spp. (H. van der Zee). 15. Isolation of Yersinia enterocolitica from foods (E. de Boer). 16. Review of media for the isolation of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli
(A.E. Heuvelink). 17. Culture media for the isolation and enumeration of pathogenic Vibrio species in foods and environmental samples (J.D. Oliver). 18. Culture media for the isolation of campylobacters, helicobacters and arcobacters (J.E.L. Corry, H.I. Atabay et al.). 19. Culture media for Aeromonas spp. and Plesiomonas shigelloides (I. Perales). 20. Media for Pseudomonas spp. and related genera from food and environmental samples (V.F. Jeppesen, C. Jeppesen). 21. Culture media for genera in the family Flavobacteriaceae (C.J. Hugo, P.J. Jooste). 22. Media for detecting and enumerating yeasts and moulds (L.R. Beuchat). Part 2. Pharmacopoeia of culture media. Notes on the use of the monographs. Summary of organisms and recommended media. Monographs.
Appendix I. Testing methods for use in quality assurance of culture media. Appendix II. Test strains. Subject Index. ",Clinical Microbiology,Progress in Industrial Microbiology,Life Sciences
0-7623-1001-4,Hyperlink,"Advances in Agricultural Economic History, Volume 2","Kauffman, K.D.",, ,254,Jai,HC,"Hardbound. Issues surrounding agriculture have always had pride of place among academic research in economic history.  Interest in agricultural issues does not seem to come into fashion, and then fade into the background only to return years later.  Indeed, agriculture was so vital to the workings of historical economies that a steady stream of important scholarship continues to be produced.

Beyond its importance of being a record of the past, it is clear that much of the research in this area has important policy implications for both developed and developing economies.  This type of work highlights an important facet of doing such historical research: learning from the past so as to understand better the world today.  Several articles contained in volume two of Advances in Agricultural Economic History either implicitly or explicitly have lessons or policy implications for today.

Volume 2 of Advances in Agricultural Economic History",01-Feb-03,95,95,,"List of Contributors. Editorial Board. Editorial Policy and Manuscript form guidelines. Editor's Introduction. Great disappointments: The lessons from nineteenth century transitions from slavery to free labor (S.L. Engerman). Freehold tenure in late eighteenth century Denmark (I. Henriksen). The complexion gap: The economic consequences of color among free African Americans in the rural antebellum south (H. Bodenhorn). A capital intensive innovation in a capital-scarce world: Steam-threshing in nineteenth century Italy (G. Federico). Weather effects on European agriculture price inflation 1870-1913 (S. Solomou, W. Wu). Agricultural labor market integration in the antebellum northeast: Evidence from two New York farms (J. E. Murray).",Economic History (General),Advances in Agricultural Economic History,"Economics, Business and Management"
0-7623-0895-8,Hyperlink,Political Sociology for the 21st Century,"Dobratz, B.A.;Waldner, L.K.;Buzzell, T.",, ,342,Jai,HC,"Hardbound. This volume of the series explores the state of political sociology at the beginning of the 21st century. The collection offers works that show significant advances in the study of the social roots of all things ""political"" in society. As in prior volumes, this collection demonstrates the richness of both theoretical and methodological studies in political sociology.

The contributions brought together in this volume address the continued significance of questions related to public policy, public opinion, civil society, voting and social movements.  The readings offer important summaries of prior work in the field, and in some cases construct an important synthesis of current research, so as to prepare a broader research agenda in the study of social movements, public policy, racism, and the civil sphere.

The volume also presents important questions about methodological issues. The collection includes examples of current discussion relat",01-Jun-03,90,90,,"Editorial board. Special reviewers. Preface. Introduction: political sociology for the 21st century (B.A. Dobratz et al.). Public Opinion and Civil Society. Toward a political sociology of civil society (R.N. Jacobs). Public opinion research and political sociology (D.L. Weakliem). Domain structure, opportunity, and the contentious politics of crime (H.H. Haines). ""It wasn't me!"": how will race and racism work in 21st century America? (E. Bonilla-Silva et al.). Electoral Politics. Voting behavior and political sociology: theories, debates, and future directions (C. Brooks et al.). Class and nonvoting in comparative perspective: possible causes and consequences in the United States (H.R. Kerbo, J.J. Gonzalez). Practicing progressive politics in a conservative state: reflections of a North Carolina legislator (P. Luebke). Social Movements. Emerging trends in the study of protest and social movements (P.E. Oliver et al.). Qualitative research on social movements: exploring the role of qualitative designs in examining contentious political action (T.B. Gongaware, R.D. Benford). Historical Comparative Analysis of the State. Theory, history and comparative political sociology: assessing recent analyses of the making, unmaking, and remaking of states (S. Pfaff, E. Kiser). Historical contingency theory, policy paradigm shifts, and corporate malfeasance at the turn of the 21st century (H. Prechel). About the authors.",Political Sociology,Research in Political Sociology,Social and Behavioral Sciences
0-444-51124-5,Hyperlink,Numerical Analysis of Wavelet Methods,"Cohen, A.",, ,336,North-Holland,HC,"Hardbound. Since their introduction in the 1980's, wavelets have become a powerful tool in mathematical analysis, with applications such as image compression, statistical estimation and numerical simulation of partial differential equations. One of their main attractive features is the ability to accurately represent fairly general functions with a small number of adaptively chosen wavelet coefficients, as well as to characterize the smoothness of such functions from the numerical behaviour of these coefficients. The theoretical pillar that underlies such properties involves approximation theory and function spaces, and plays a pivotal role in the analysis of wavelet-based numerical methods. 
 This book offers a self-contained treatment of wavelets, which includes this  theoretical pillar and it applications to the numerical treatment of partial differential equations. Its key features are:

	1. Self-contained introduction to wavelet bases and related ",01-May-03,95,95,,"Introduction.
Notations.

1. Basic examples.
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 The Haar system.
1.3 The Schauder hierarchical basis.
1.4 Multivariate constructions.
1.5 Adaptive approximation.
1.6 Multilevel preconditioning.
1.7 Conclusions.
1.8 Historical notes.

2. Multiresolution approximation.
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Multiresolution analysis.
2.3 Refinable functions.
2.4 Subdivision schemes.
2.5 Computing with refinable functions.
2.6 Wavelets and multiscale algorithms.
2.7 Smoothness analysis.
2.8 Polynomial exactness.
2.9 Duality, orthonormality and interpolation.
2.10 Interpolatory and orthonormal wavelets.
2.11 Wavelets and splines.
2.12 Bounded domains and boundary conditions.
2.13 Point values, cell averages, finite elements.
2.14 Conclusions.
2.15 Historical notes.

3. Approximation and smoothness.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Function spaces.
3.3 Direct estimates.
3.4 Inverse estimates.
3.5 Interpolation and approximation spaces.
3.6 Characterization of smoothness classes.
3.7 Lp-unstable approximation and 0<p<1.
3.8 Negative smoothness and Lp-spaces.
3.9 Bounded domains.
3.10 Boundary conditions.
3.11 Multilevel preconditioning.
3.12 Conclusions.
3.13 Historical notes.

4. Adaptivity.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Nonlinear approximation in Besov spaces.
4.3 Nonlinear wavelet approximation in Lp.
4.4 Adaptive finite element approximation.
4.5 Other types of nonlinear approximations.
4.6 Adaptive approximation of operators.
4.7 Nonlinear approximation and PDE's.
4.8 Adaptive multiscale processing.
4.9 Adaptive space refinement.
4.10 Conclusions.
4.11 Historical notes.

References.
Index.


",Numerical Analysis,Studies in Mathematics and its Applications,Mathematics
0-7623-1032-4,Hyperlink,"Studies in Law, Politics and Society, Volume 29","Sarat, A.;Ewick, P.",, ,170,Jai,HC,"Hardbound. This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society presents a diverse
array of articles by an interdisciplinary group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and law, and examines law and culture, the complex intersections of law and policy, and the place of religious values in legal life. The articles published here exemplify the exciting and innovative work now being done in interdisciplinary legal scholarship.
",01-Jun-03,90,90,,"Table of contents. List of contributors. Law and Cultural Life. Theorizing the public domain: copyright and the development of a cultural commons (D. Halbert). The law and the anomaly of performance: baseball as cultural policy (L. Nielsen). Law in Domains of Policy. Capital punishment and elite politics: dissensus and the death penalty in America
(J. Randle). Welfare, democracy, and the reflexive legitimacy of law (K. Olson). Social class, drugs, gender and the limitations of the law: contrasting the elite and street prostitute (M.A. Norton-Hawk). The Place of Religious Values in Legal Life. The case for insincerity (J.M. Kang).



",Sociology (General),"Studies in Law, Politics and Society",Social and Behavioral Sciences
0-444-51384-1,Hyperlink,Computational Molecular Biology,"Istrail, S.;Pevzner, P.;Shamir, R.",, ,184,North-Holland,HC,"Hardbound. This volume contains papers demonstrating the variety and richness of computational problems motivated by molecular biology. The application areas within biology that give rise to the problems studied in these papers include solid molecular modeling, sequence comparison, phylogeny, evolution, mapping, DNA chips, protein folding and 2D gel technology. The mathematical techniques used are algorithmics, combinatorics, optimization, probability, graph theory, complexity and applied mathematics.",01-Mar-03,60,60,,"This is the fourth volume in the Discrete Applied Mathematics series on computational molecular biology, which is devoted to combinatorial and algorithmic techniques in computational molecular biology. This series publishes novel research results on the mathematical and algorithmic foundations of the inherently discrete aspects of computational biology. 

The volume contains ten papers demonstrating the variety and richness of computational problems motivated by molecular biology. The application areas within biology that give rise to the problems studied in these papers include solid molecular modelling, sequence comparison, phylogeny, evolution, mapping, DNA chips, protein folding and 2D gel technology. The mathematical techniques used are algorithmics, combinatorics,  optimization, probability, graph theory, complexity and applied mathematics.

Key features:

•	protein folding
•	phylogenetic inference
•	2-dimensional gel analysis
•	graphical models for sequencing by hybridisation
•	dynamic visualization of molecular surfaces
•	problems and algorithms in sequence alignment
 
",Life and Medical Sciences,Topics in Discrete Mathematics,Computer Science
0-444-51262-4,Hyperlink,"A Color Atlas of Clinical Helminthology of Domestic Animals, Revised Edition","Taira, N.;Ando, Y.;Williams, J.C.",, ,162,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. This volume comprehensively illustrates all major helminth parasites of veterinary importance using more than 900 spectacular color photographs of exceptional quality and clarity. No comparable atlas or publication of helminth parasites and their effect on the host animal exists.

It demonstrates the life cycle stages, clinical conditions, diagnostic measures, fecal examination techniques, pathology and epidemiology relevant to helminths of domestic and companion animals.

The scope and subject matter of this atlas are addressed to a broad audience interested in the helminth parasites of domestic animals, many of which are of zoonotic importance. The atlas will be an invaluable reference work in veterinary schools, medical schools, and schools of public health, at both undergraduate and graduate teaching levels. It will be of great assistance to parasitologists, animal and human healthcare personnel, and diagnostic and research personnel,",01-Jul-03,125,125,,"Foreword to the first edition. Acknowledgments to the first edition.  Foreword to the revised edition.   Acknowledgments to the revised edition.  Part I: Classification.  Category of helminths.  Trematoda (Flukes). Cestoda (Tapeworms).  Nematoda (Roundworms).  Nematomorpha / Acanthocephala / Hirudinae. Gastropoda (Univalves). Part II: Atlas of individual worms. Fasciola spp. (lesions and adult worms). Fasciola gigantica - Japanese strain (eggs, Lymnaea). Fasciola gigantica - Japanese strain (moment from cercaria to metacercaria). Fasciola gigantica - Japanese strain (metacercariae, zoonotic infections). Fasciolopsis buski. Dicrocoelium chinensis. Eurytrema pancreaticum. Echinostoma sp. (probably E. revolutum). Cymbiforma (Notocotylidae). Paragonimus westermani. Rumen fluke (adult worm). Rumen fluke (egg, cercaria, Planorbid snails). Gigantocotyle. Homalogaster paloniae. Schistosoma japonicum. Anoplocephala perfoliata / A. magna. Moniezia benedeni. Moniezia expansa. Thysanosoma actinioides (fringed tapeworm). Raillietina cesticillus (macro). Raillietina cesticillus (micro). Cysticercus cellulosae (macro). Cysticercus cellulosae (micro). Cysticercus pisiformis. Cysticercus tenuicollis. Cysticercus bovis. Coenurus serialis. Diphyllobothrium erinacei. Strongyloides papillosus (worm).  Strongyloides papillosus (disease, death). Strongyloides ratti / S. venezuelensis. Agriostomum vryburgi. Bunostomum phlebotomum / Chabertia ovina. Horse strongyles (lesions, large strongyles). Horse strongles (small strongyles). Oesophagostomum radiatum (nodular worm of cattle). Oesophagostomum dentatum (nodular worm of pigs).  Syngamus trachea (in fowl). Mammonogamus laryngeus (in ruminants). Stephanurus dentatus. Cooperia spp. Haemonchus spp. Ostertagia ostertagi (adult worm). Ostertagia ostertagi (immature worm).  Trichostrongylus axei. Hyostrongylus rubidus. Nematodirus helvetianus. Mecistocirrus digitatus. Dictyocaulus viviparus (adult worm). Dictyocaulus viviparus (larvae).  Dictyocaulus filaria. Metastrongylus apri (adult worm). Metastrongylus apri (larvae). Metastrongylus salmi. Heterakis gallinarum. Ascaridia galli. Ascaris suum. Toxocara vitulorum - compared to Ascaris suum (infection site). Toxocara vitulorum - compared to Ascaris suum  (macro). Toxocara vitulorum - compared to Ascaris suum (micro). Toxocara canis. Toxocara cati. Parascaris equorum. Oxyuris equi (horse pinworm). Dentostomella translucida. Habronema megastoma. Tetrameres confusa. Tetrameres Americana. Gnathostoma sp. Thelazia rhodesi. Thelazia callipaeda. Spirocerca lupi. Ascarops strongylina. Physaloptera praeputialis. Parafilaria bovicola. Dirofilaria immitis. Onchocerca gibsoni. Setaria digitata. Setaria marshalli. Setaria equina. Trichuris discolor (in cattle). Trichuris suis (adult worm). Trichuris suis (acute trichuriosis). Trichuris vulpis (in dog). Capillaria contorta (in fowl). Dioctophyma renale (macro). Dioctophyma renale (micro).  Gordius sp. (Nematomorpha, horsehair worms).  Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus (Acanthocephala).  Atypical Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus, proboscis is absent. Centrorhynchus sp. (Acanthocephala). Corynosoma sp. (Acanthocephala). Hirudo (Hirudinae, leech). 
Part III: Supplemental photographs, sketches and laboratory techniques. Parasite eggs from cattle faeces (a).  Parasite eggs from cattle faeces (b).  Parasite eggs from pig faeces.  Freshwater snails from various locations in Thailand (1989).  Summary of parasite faecal examination methods.  Apparatus for faecal examination.  Faecal weighing and determination of faecal consistency.  Four practical faecal examination techniques.  O-ring technique  - a modified McMaster technique.  Beads technique for Fasciola EPG count.  Sugar centrifugal flotation technique. Polyethylene tube culture technique.  Fasciola gigantica (Japanese strain) mounted specimen.  Development of eggs of Fasciola gigantica (Japanese strain).  Fasciola (life cycle, eggs, snail culture).  Fasciola (eggs, miracidium, snail) / Dicrocoelium.  Strongyloidosis in calf, sawdust litter pens.  Strongyloidosis in calf / S. venezuelensis.  Oesophagostomum / Syngamus / Mammonogamus.  Cooperia / Haemonchus / Ostertagia / Trichostrongylus / Hyostrongylus / Mecistocirrus.  Stephanurus / Dictyocaulus viviparus.  Isolation and purification technique for D. viviparus larvae.  Heterakis / Metastrongylus / Dentostomella / Tetrameres.  Tetrameres / Ascaridia / Toxocara vitulorum.  Milk spots in liver of pigs infected with Ascaris suum and Toxocara canis.  Case report of heavy infection of Parascaris equorum.  Thelazia / Spirocerca / Ascarops.  Physaloptera / Onchocerca/ Parafilaria.  Setaria / Trichuris infection of pigs in sawdust litter pens.  Trichuriosis in pigs found in sawdust litter pens.  Trichuris eggs / Dioctophyma / Gordius / Acanthocephala.  Measurement of parasite eggs in faeces of cattle.  Carmine staining and acetic-acid treatment. Photography techniques. Captions. References. Index.


 













                                                      
 
 







",Veterinary Science,,Agricultural and Biological Sciences
0-7623-1024-3,Hyperlink,"Fiscal Policy, Inequality and Welfare","Bishop, J. A.;Amiel, Y.",, ,437,Jai,HC,"Hardbound. Research on Economic Inequality, Volume 10, Fiscal Policy, Inequality and Welfare contains ten papers, both theoretical and applied, on tax progressivity and tax and transfer equity. Theory topics covered include consumption tax equity, alternative definitions of tax progressivity, horizontal equity and reranking. The applied work includes studies of Australia's consumption taxes, Israel's national insurance tax system, Mexican transfer system, Canadian tax equity, trends in US tax and transfer progressivity and a study of the impact of the repeal of the US marriage tax penalty.
",01-May-03,85,85,,"1. ""Non-uniform consumption taxes: A 'blunt redistributive instrument?""(J. Creedy). 2. ""Marginal tax rates and the measurement of tax progressivity,""(L. Achdut, Y. Awad, J. Silber). 3. ""Horizontal equity and differences in income tax treatment: A reconciliation,""(X. Ramos, P. Lambert). 4. ""Classical horizontal inequality and reranking: An integrating approach,""(J-Y. Duclos, V. Jalbert, A. Araar). 5. ""Ranking individuals versus groups,""(S. Yitzhaki, M. Eisenstaedt). 6. ""Flat taxes and inequality in Canada,""(J. Davies, M. Hoy, T. Lynch.). 7. ""The impact of public transfers on inequality and social welfare: Comparing Mexico's PROGRESA to other government programs,""(Q. Wodon, B. de la Briere, C. Siaens, S. Yitzhaki). 8. ""Income tax progressivity in the United States: New evidence, 1969-1995,""(Q.H. Zhang, J.P. Formby). 9. ""The distributional effects of US tax and transfer policy on the household,""(J.Mills, S. Zandvakili). 10. ""Redistribution, welfare and equity effects of marriage tax penalties in the United States,""(J.A. Bishop, J.P. Formby, H. Kim.).",Welfare and Poverty,Research on Economic Inequality,"Economics, Business and Management"
0-7623-1027-8,Hyperlink,Corporate Governance and Finance,"Hirschey, M.;John, K.;Makhija, A.",, ,280,Jai,HC,"Hardbound. Papers in this volume focus upon corporate governance, broadly defined as the system of controls that helps the corporation effectively manage, administer and direct economic resources. Questions of what and how to produce become equally important as organizations strive to better serve demanding customers. As a result, the design and control of effective organizations structure has been described by the vertical and horizontal relationships among the firm, its customers and suppliers. More recently, researchers have come to understand that the efficiency of firms depends upon the ability of participants to find effective means to minimize the transaction costs of coordinating productive activity. As financial economists have learned, resource allocation will be efficient so long as transaction costs remain low and property rights can be freely assigned and exchanged. An important problem that must be addressed is the so-called agency problem r",01-May-03,105,105,,"List of contributors. Bank monitoring, firm performance and top management turnover in Japan (C.W. Anderson et al.). Corporate governance in Singapore: The impact of directors' equity ownership (G.S. Bhabra, et al.). Method of payment choice for international targets (K.P. Fuller, M.B. Glatzer). Organization structure and corporate governance: A survey (M. Hirschey). Ownership structure and shareholder voting on board structure changes (T.A. John, G.K. Vasudevan). Did earnings management contribute to the overvaluation of Enron's stock? (J.D Martin, A. Sayrak). Operational risk in financial service providers and the proposed Basel capital accord: An overview (J.M. Netter, A.B. Poulsen). Auditor resignations, litigation risk and litigation experience (S. Scholz).",Corporate Finance and Governance,Advances in Financial Economics,"Economics, Business and Management"
0-444-51382-5,Hyperlink,"Coronary Artery Disease: Genes, Drugs and the Agricultural Connection","Faegerman, O.",, ,152,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. To say this book is just about coronary heart disease would demean its real value.  The author has brought together from innumerable sources, information that places coronary artery disease in a historical, evolutionary, and scientific context.  The book is eminently readable by both the lay public and members of the medical profession.  

Physicians and health workers often fail to appreciate the historical and scientific context of disease.  That is because they are critically involved in the day-to-day management of patients.  This book makes the topic exciting and provides extraordinary insight into the importance of history and how science, society and social circumstances interact.

This book is less about coronary artery disease than it is about certain contexts that author believes are important for a better understanding of this disease and several others. The contexts are biological, clinical, managerial, social and historical, ",01-Jun-03,50,50,,"Foreword (P.A. Poole-Wilson). Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Coronary artery disease before 1920. 2. Coronary artery disease 1920-2000. 3. Coronary artery disease after 2000: Epidemiologic transitions. 4. The cholesterol controversy. 5. Food and coronary artery disease. 6. The agricultural connection. 7. Diversity, complexity and human disease. 8. Biotechnology and the marriage of university and industry. 9. Medicalization. 10. Managing medicine. Conclusions. Appendix 1: A crash course in coronary artery disease. Appendix 2: A mini-course on fats. Index.
",Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,,Medicine
0-444-51396-5,Hyperlink,"Coronary Artery Disease: Genes, Drugs and the Agricultural Connection","Faegerman, O.",, ,,Elsevier,TP,"Paperback. To say this book is just about coronary heart disease would demean its real value.  The author has brought together from innumerable sources, information that places coronary artery disease in a historical, evolutionary, and scientific context.  The book is eminently readable by both the lay public and members of the medical profession.  

Physicians and health workers often fail to appreciate the historical and scientific context of disease.  That is because they are critically involved in the day-to-day management of patients.  This book makes the topic exciting and provides extraordinary insight into the importance of history and how science, society and social circumstances interact.

This book is less about coronary artery disease than it is about certain contexts that author believes are important for a better understanding of this disease and several others. The contexts are biological, clinical, managerial, social and historical, ",01-Jun-03,35,35,,"Foreword (P.A. Poole-Wilson). Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Coronary artery disease before 1920. 2. Coronary artery disease 1920-2000. 3. Coronary artery disease after 2000: Epidemiologic transitions. 4. The cholesterol controversy. 5. Food and coronary artery disease. 6. The agricultural connection. 7. Diversity, complexity and human disease. 8. Biotechnology and the marriage of university and industry. 9. Medicalization. 10. Managing medicine. Conclusions. Appendix 1: A crash course in coronary artery disease. Appendix 2: A mini-course on fats. Index.
",Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,,Medicine
0-444-51294-2,Hyperlink,25 Years of Advances in Water Resources,"Miller, C.T.;Parlange, M.B.;Hassanizadeh, S.M.",, ,548,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. This volume assembles a broad range of comprehensive, scholarly works in the field of water resources that accomplish multiple objectives: (1) to provide a critical review of the state of knowledge; (2) to provide introductions to, or comparisons among, classes of methods; (3) to unify knowledge in related areas; and (4) to point the way to future advancements in the field. Individual contributions are authored by world-class scholars and assembled to provide an important contribution to the field that will have enduring value to hydrologists, soil scientists, environmental engineers, atmospheric scientists, geostatisticians, and applied mathematicians.

The general areas of contributions to this special issue include: flow in complex porous medium systems, reactive transport in porous medium systems, upscaling, multiphase model formulation, numerical methods for single and multiphase fluid flow and species transport, optimization and data a",01-Apr-03,255,255,,"Special 25th Anniversary Issue of Advances in Water Resources (
C.T. Miller, M.B. Parlange, S.M. Hassanizadeh). Characterizing flow and transport in fractured geological media: A review (B. Berkowitz). Asymptotic regimes in unstable miscible displacements in random porous media (Z.M. Yang, Y.C. Yortsos, D. Salin). Variable-density flow and transport in porous media: approaches and challenges (H.-J.G. Diersch, O. Kolditz). Modelling the fate of oxidisable organic contaminants in groundwater (D.A. Barry, H. Prommer et al.). New modeling paradigms for the sorption of hydrophobic organic chemicals to heterogeneous carbonaceous matter
in soils, sediments, and rocks (R.M. Allen-King, P. Grathwohl,  W.P. Ball). Processes in microbial transport in the natural subsurface (T.R. Ginn, B.D. Wood et al.). A primer on upscaling tools for porous media (J.H. Cushman, L.S. Bennethum, B.X. Hu). Detailed physics, predictive capabilities and macroscopic consequences for pore-network models of multiphase flow (M.J. Blunt, M.D. Jackson et al.). On the definition and derivatives of macroscale energy for the description of multiphase systems (W.G. Gray). Immiscible two-phase fluid flows in deformable porous media (W.-C. Lo, G. Sposito, E. Majer). Explicit infiltration equations and the Lambert W-function (J.-Y. Parlange, D.A. Barry, R. Haverkamp). Numerical methods for incompressible viscous flow (H.P. Langtangen, K.-A. Mardal, R. Winther). Computational engineering and science methodologies for modeling and simulation of subsurface applications (M.F. Wheeler, M. Peszynska). Multi-scale iterative techniques and adaptive mesh refinement for flow in porous media (J.A. Trangenstein). An overview of research on Eulerian?Lagrangian localized adjoint methods (ELLAM) (T.F. Russell, M.A. Celia). Optimal design for problems involving flow and transport phenomena in saturated subsurface systems (A.S. Mayer, C.T. Kelley, C.T. Miller). On the assimilation of uncertain physical knowledge bases: Bayesian and non-Bayesian techniques (G. Christakos). An integrated approach to hydrologic data assimilation: interpolation, smoothing, and filtering (D. McLaughlin). Statistics of extremes in hydrology (R.W. Katz, M.B. Parlange, P. Naveau). Investigating soil moisture feedbacks on precipitation with tests of Granger causality (G.D. Salvucci, J.A. Saleem, R. Kaufmann). Advances in the use of observed spatial patterns of catchment hydrological response (R.B. Grayson, G. Blöschl et al.). Ecohydrology of water-controlled ecosystems (A. Porporato, P. D'Odorico et al.). How representative are local measurements of the surface shear stress for regional values? (K. Eng, W. Brutsaert). 
Quantifying net ecosystem exchange by multilevel ecophysiological and turbulent transport models (M. Siqueira, G. Katul, C.-T. Lai). Remote sensing in hydrology (T.J. Schmugge, W.P. Kustas et al.). Radar hydrology: rainfall  estimation (W.F. Krajewski, J.A. Smith). Conference Diary.",Hydrology,,Earth and Planetary Sciences
0-444-50879-1,Hyperlink,Monolithic Materials,"Svec, F.;Tennikova, T.B.;Deyl, Z.",, ,800,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. During the past decade, monolithic materials in the shape of discs, stacked layers, rolled sheets, sponges, irregular chunks, tubes, and cylinders have all been successfully demonstrated. These formats were prepared from a wide variety of materials including natural polymers such as cellulose, synthetic polymers that involved porous styrene-, methacrylate-, and acrylamide-based polymers, and inorganic materials, mainly silica. Each approach is interesting from the point of view of both preparation and application.

Although the current papers and patents concerned with monolithic separation media are quite numerous, the information is scattered throughout a vast number of journals. This book therefore fills the gap in the market for a comprehensive reference book on this subject.

Monolithic materials concerns all of the current formats of monolithic materials and provides an integrated view of this novel format of separation med",01-May-03,350,350,,"Chapter Headings.
Historical review (F. Švec, T.B. Tennikova).
Rigid macroporous organic polymer monoliths prepared by free radical polymerization (F. Švec and J.M.J. Fréchet).
Short monolithic columns - rigid disks (M. Barut et al).
Tubes (A. Podgornik et al.).
Rigid polymers prepared by ring-opening metathesis polymerization (M.R. Buchmeiser).
Monolithic polysaccharide materials (Per-Erik Gustavsson, Per-Olof Larsson).
Monolithic continuous beds prepared from water-soluble acrylamide-based monomers (A. Maruška).
Monolithic silica columns for capillary liquid chromatography (N. Tanaka et al).
Monolithic columns prepared from particles (Qinglin Tang, M.L. Lee).
Layered stacks (M.R. Etzel).
Biotextiles - monoliths with rolled geometrics (J. Bwatwa et al.).
Polymerized high internal phase emulsion monoliths (N.R. Cameron).
Imprinted monoliths (B. Sellergren).
Ordered inorganic structures (Peidong Yang).
Flow and mass transfer (A.E. Rodrigues et al.). 
Theoretical aspects of separation using short monolithic beds (T.B. Tennikova, F. Švec).
Monolithic stationary phases for the  separation of small molecules (E.C. Peters, C. Ericson).
Separation of peptides and proteins (D. Josic).
Nucleic acid analysis (C.G. Huber, H. Oberacher).
Synthetic polymers (D. Sýkora, F. Švec).
Capillary electrochromatography (M. Lämmerhofer, W. Lindner).
Large scale separations (A. Jungbauer, R. Hahn).
Immunoaffinity assays (G.A. Platonova, T.B. Tennikova).
Survey of chromatographic and electromigration separations (I. Mikšík, Z. Deyl).
Miniature and microchip technologies (Y. Fintschen et al.).
Solid-phase extraction (Shaofeng Xie et al.). 
Catalysts and enzyme reactors (A. Jungbauer, R. Hahn).
Solid phase synthesis and auxiliaries for combinatorial chemistry (A. Jungbauer, K. Pflegerl).



























",Analytical Chemistry,Journal of Chromatography Library,Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
0-7623-1028-6,Hyperlink,"Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations, Volume 12","Lewin, D.;Kaufman, B.E.",, ,280,Jai,HC,"Hardbound. This volume contains eight exciting, novel and interesting papers dealing with such topics as the effects of company unions on wages, the effects of labor market regulation on hiring standards, coalition bargaining at General Electric, cooperative labor-management partnerships in the steel industry, the union commitment of adjunct faculty, the effects of union political outreach on union members political perceptions, preferences and voting behavior, reinterpretation of ""new"" labor historians differences with  ""old"" labor historians, and newly discovered lecture notes by industrial relations scholar Sumner Slichter that detail his views on the early development of welfare capitalism in the US.  These papers contain a vibrant mix of disciplinary perspectives, analytical methods, arguments and conclusions about key industrial relations topics-and do so from both contemporary and historical perspectives. The volume should be of interest to industr",01-Jun-03,90,90,,"List of contributors. Introduction (D. Lewin, B.E. Kaufman). Company unions, wages, and work hours (J. Pencavel). Labor market regulation and production worker hiring standards: international comparisons (K. Daniel, W.S. Siebert). Capital mobility and the social accord: a critical examination of the GE coordinated bargaining committee (F. Borgers). Partnerships of steel? Forging high involvement work systems in the US steel industry: a view from the local unions (S.A. Rubinstein). The union commitment of adjunct faculty (K. Pereles). Shaping political preferences through workplace mobilization: unions and the 2000 election (R. Zullo). John Fitch, David Brody and the culture of management in American labor history (J. Rees). Sumner Slichter on personnel management and employee representation before the new deal (B.E. Kaufman).
","Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining",Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations,"Economics, Business and Management"
0-7623-0967-9,Hyperlink,"Sociological Studies of Children and Youth, Volume 9","Rosier, K.B.",, ,246,Jai,HC,"Hardbound. This volume of Sociological Studies of Children and Youth continues a tradition of publishing new work by both high-profile, established researchers, and up-and-coming young scholars. Diverse contributions offer a good balance of quantitative and qualitative methodologies; focus on children, youth, or both children and youth; and come from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Two prominent themes of the volume are adolescents' transition to adulthood and children's time-use issues. Several chapters address each of these issues, including one examining children's labor in Senegal. Two ethnographic studies are included: one analyzes student-teacher interaction in an urban high-school math class, while the other examines friendship development and maintenance of early elementary-aged African American girls. The volume also includes a policy analysis of medical insurance provision for low income children, and a response to an earlier cha",01-Jun-03,90,90,,"Introduction (K.B. Rosier). Comment on Fine, Espeland, and Rojeck's ""Young Citizens: the Position of Children in Communitarian Theory"" (A. Etzioni). Gender, race, class, and the transition to adulthood: a critical review of the literature (K.A. Mahaffy). Neighborhoods and inequality: the possibilities for successful transition to adulthood (S. Bould). Race/ethnicity, gender, and adolescents' occupational aspirations: an examination of family context (S.L. Blair et al.). Child health, social policy, and the new chip program
(J. Kronenfeld, K.M. Mathieson). Children and housework: some unanswered questions (Yun-Suk Lee et al.). Child labor and household survival strategies in West Africa (L. Bass). Just play? A framework for analyzing children's time use (T. Chin, M. Phillips). In girls, out girls, and always black: African-American girls' friendships (K.A. Scott). Counterfeit classrooms: school life of inner-city children (S.H. Matthews). About the authors.",Sociology (General),Sociological Studies of Children & Youth,Social and Behavioral Sciences
0-08-044165-3,Hyperlink,Negotiating Moves,"Yotsukura, L.A.",, ,370,Pergamon,HC,"Hardbound. This innovative study of Japanese business discourse adopts Bakhtin's notion of speech genres as an heuristic in order to analyze groups of spoken texts which display similar constellations of compositional, thematic, and stylistic features. Drawing upon a corpus of over 540 naturally-occurring telephone conversations collected in the Kanto and Kansai areas of Japan, Lindsay Amthor Yotsukura demonstrates how Japanese business professionals present, negotiate and clarify their identities and intentions and enlist and offer assistance with respect to a variety of transactions such as toiawase inquiries, merchandise orders, shipping confirmations, and reports of delivery problems. In the process, she highlights the critical deictic function of linguistic devices such as the no desu (extended predicate) construction in producing formulations, and politeness expressions that index the dynamic uti/soto ('inside'/ 'outside') continuum. She also illust",01-Jun-03,85,85,"Negotiating Moves breaks new ground in linguistic pragmatics by approaching Japanese in terms of ""genres"" - typical forms of language that we associate with situations, themes and circumstances. How do Japanese people present problems and seek their resolution? What notions about the world do Japanese people collectively share and bring to bear in negotiating reality? At the intersection of formal linguistics and cultural theory, this book considers the telephone call as a microcosm of Japanese linguistic behavior - both product and process, both system and performance.,(Patricia J. Wetzel, Portland State University, USA)","Acknowledgments. Transcription Conventions and Abbreviations. List of Figures. Introduction. Objectives. Related linguistic studies on Japanese business discourse and negotiation. Motivation for the study. Identifying and describing a genre: Japanese business transactional telephone conversations. Bakhtin and the notion of speech genres. Focal exchange: problem presentation and resolution. Specific goals of the study. Overview of subsequent chapters. Data and Methodology. Introduction. Recent methods for data elicitation. Rationale for an ethnomethodological approach. Data collection methods for this study. Description of the JBC corpus. The genre of Japanese business transactional telephone conversations. Relevant findings from conversation analysis. Previous studies on offers in Japanese. Closings. Concluding remarks. The Structure of Japanese Business Transactional Telephone Conversations. Introduction. Business transactional calls vs. service encounters. Overall structure and identifying register features. Call openings. Transition section. Matter(s) for business discussion. Pre-closing devices. Discussion of other issues or transactions. Concluding remarks. Types of Japanese Business Transactional Telephone Calls. Introduction. General toiawase inquiries. Merchandise orders. Shipping confirmations. Problem reports. Concluding remarks. Problem Presentation and Resolution in Japanese Business Transactional Calls. Introduction. Problem presentation and resolution in JBCs: two examples. Interactional asynchrony in JBCs. Problem reports in English. Problem reporting sequences in English vs. Japanese service encounters. Interactional asynchrony in English: service recipients' accounts vs. service providers' formulations. Problem resolution in English vs. Japanese. Concluding remarks. Cultural and Sociolinguistic Considerations. Introduction. Metalanguage regarding communication in Japanese. Ellipsis and uti/soto deixis. Japan as a high context culture. Concluding remarks. Conclusions. Strategies for reporting problems. The function and distribution of moves toward problem resolution. Role relationships, genre, and cultural norms. Putting genres to use. Areas for future research. Appendixes. References. Author index. Subject index.",Linguistics,,Social and Behavioral Sciences
0-7623-1029-4,Hyperlink,Identification and Assessment,"Scruggs, T.E.;Mastropieri, M.A.",, ,246,Jai,HC,"Hardbound. Identification and assessment of learning and behavioural disabilities have long been issues of great concern, and have become increasingly important in recent years. Identification and assessment issues determine how students are characterized as having disabilities, provide implications for treatment, and provide evidence for the success or failure of interventions. In this volume, several topics of relevance to the issue of identification and assessment of learning and behavioural disabilities are discussed by leading scholars, in reviews of recent relevant research, policy analyses, and new investigations with original data. Included in the volume are discussions of issues regarding identification of learning disabilities; reviews of research on response to instruction (RTI) models; alternative models for identification of learning disabilities; assessment of abilities in individuals with mental retardation; the influence of IQ and reading ",01-Aug-03,90,90,,"Issues in the identification of learning disabilities (T.E. Scruggs, M.A. Mastropieri). Starting at the beginning for learning disabilities identification: response to instruction
(D.L. Speece et al.). Identification of nonresponders: are the children ""left behind"" by early literacy intervention the ""truly"" reading disabled? (S. Al Otaiba). The role of reading intervention research in the identification of children with reading difficulties: a meta-analysis of the literature funded by the NICHD (D.M. Necoechea, H. Lee Swanson). Current advances in assessment and intervention for children with learning disabilities (J.A. Naglieri). Individuals with mental retardation and a sensorimotor disorder: assessment of disability (G. Balboni, P. Ceccarani). Does IQ and reading level influence treatment outcomes? Implications for the definition of learning disabilities (H. Lee Swanson). Test anxiety, perceived competence, and academic achievement in secondary school students
(D. Lucangeli, T.E. Scruggs). The assessment of self-regulation in college students with and without academic difficulties (C. Cornoldi et al.).
",Learning Disabilities,Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities,Social and Behavioral Sciences