ISBN,URL,TITLE,AUTHORS,EDITION,VOLUME,PAGES,IMPRINT,BINDING,DESCRIPTION,PUBDATE,USD,Euro,REVIEW,TOC,SUBJECT,BOOK SERIES,SUPER AREA
0-444-51055-9,Hyperlink,Erasmi Opera Omnia : Apologia,"Erasmus;Mout, M.E.H.N.;Akkerman, F.;McConica, J.K.;Bartelink, G.J.M.;Rademaker, C.S.M.;Domanski, J.;Trapman, J.;van Heck, A.;Augustijn, C.;Heesakkers, C.L.;Bene, Ch.;de Jonge, H.J.;Branca, V.;van Poll-van de Lisdonk, M.L.;Heinimann, F.;Trapman, J.;Jenny, B.R.;Margolin, J.-C.;Massaut, J.-P.;Posthumus Meyjes, G.H.M.;Schmidt, P.-G.;Sottili, A.;Vredeveld, H.;Weiler, A.G.;Rummel, E.;Rabbie, E.",,Volume IX-4 ,432,North-Holland,HC,Hardbound. ,01-Aug-04,200,200,,"PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION (E. Rummel).
APOLOGIA QVA RESPONDET DVABVS INVECTIVIS EDVARDI LEI (E. Rummel).
RESPONSIO AD ANNOTATIONES EDVARDI LEI (E. Rummel).
MANIFESTA MENDACIA (E. Rummel).
RESPONSIO AD DISPVTATIONEM CVIVSDAM PHIMOSTOMI DE DIVORTIO (E. Rabbie).",History,Erasmi Opera Omnia,Arts and Humanities
0-444-51510-0,Hyperlink,"Studies in Natural Product Chemistry : Bioactive Natural Products, Part J","Rahman, Atta-Ur;Atta-Ur-Rahman, Prof.",,Volume 29 ,892,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. Natural products play an integral and ongoing role in promoting numerous aspects of scientific advancement, and many aspects of basic research programs are intimately related to natural products. The significance, therefore, of the 29th volume in the Studies in Natural Product Chemistry series, edited by Professor Atta-ur-Rahman, cannot be overestimated.",01-Oct-03,410,410,,"Ecdysteroid Structure-Activity Relationships (L. Dinan).

Potentially Cancer Chemopreventive and Anti-Inflammatory 
Terpenoids from Natural Sources (T. Akihisa et al.).

Total Synthesis of Biologically Intriguing Drimane-Type Sesquiterpenoids 
Via Intramolecular Diels-Alder Approaches (Yoshikazu Suzuki et al.).

Synthesis of Bioactive Diterpenes (A.K. Banerjee et al.).

Search for Bioactive Natural Products from Unexploited Microbial Resources
(Masami Ishibashi).

Polyhydroxy-p-Terphenyls and Related p-Terphenylquinones from Fungi: 
Overview and Biological Properties (V. Calì et al.).

Halogen-Containing Antibiotics from Streptomycetes (T. Rezanka, J. Spížek).	

Natural Bridged Biaryls with Axial Chirality and Antimitotic Properties
(O. Baudoin, F. Guéritte).

Synthetic Studies on Biologically Active Alkaloids Starting from 
Lactam-Type Chiral Building Blocks (Naoki Toyooka, Hideo Nemoto).

Advances in Chemical Synthesis of Carbasugars and Analogues (G. Rassu et al.).

The Biosynthesis and Properties of Anti-Carbohydrate Antibodies
(J.H. Pazur).	

Protein and Non-Protein Protease Inhibitors from Plants (G.M. Polya).
Generating and Screening A Natural Product Library for Cyclooxygenase and Lipoxygenase Dual Inhibitors (Qi Jia).	

The Chemistry and Biology of Lapachol and Related Natural Products 
a and b-Lapachones (Á.G. Ravelo et al.).

The Chemistry and Pharmacology of the Genus Dorstenia (Moraceae) (B.T. Ngadjui, B.M. Abegaz).	



",Natural Products Chemistry,Studies in Natural Products Chemistry,Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
0-444-86479-2,Hyperlink,Computational Methods for Transient Analysis,"Belytschko, T.;Hughes, T.J.R.",, ,524,North-Holland,HC,"Hardbound. In this volume, the theoretical basis and implementation of computer methods for the transient analysis of solids and structures are described. While emphasis is placed on finite element methods, finite difference and boundary-element methods are also treated. Both linear and nonlinear analysis are considered but the developments are limited to the methodologies of direct time integration. In summary, this book brings together for the first time the theoretical basis of methods commonly used in transient analysis.

",01-Jan-83,194,194,"...the timely text provides an eminently readable treatment of current computational developments for the transient response analysis of solids and structures which has not been available heretofore within a single book.,(Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering)","Preface. 1. An Overview of Semidiscretization and Time Integration Procedures (T. Belytschko). 2. Analysis of Transient Algorithms with Particular Reference to Stability Behavior (T.J.R. Hughes). 3. Partitioned Analysis of Coupled Systems (K.C. Park and C.A. Felippa). 4. Boundary-Element Methods for Transient Response Analysis (T.L. Geers). 5. Dynamic Relaxation (P. Underwood). 6. Dispersion of Semidiscretized and Fully Discretized Systems (H.L. Schreyer). 7. Silent Boundary Methods for Transient Analysis (M. Cohen and P.C. Jennings). 8. Explicit Lagrangian Finite-Difference Methods (W. Hermann and L.D. Bertholf). 9. Implicit Finite Element Methods (M. Geradin, M. Hogge and S. Idelsohn). 10. Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian Finite Element Methods (J. Donea). Indices.",Soil and Rock Mechanics,Mechanics and Mathematical Methods - Series of Handbooks,"Engineering, Energy and Technology"
0-444-50854-6,Hyperlink,"Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science, 10: Stochastic Programming","Ruszczynski, A.;Shapiro, A.",, ,700,North-Holland,HC,"Hardbound. This Handbook Volume brings together leading experts in the most important sub-fields of stochastic programming to present a rigorous overview of basic models, methods and applications of stochastic programming.  The work is intended for researchers, students, engineers and economists, who encounter in their work optimization problems involving uncertainty.

The area of stochastic programming was created in the middle of the last century, following fundamental achievements in linear and nonlinear programming.  However, because of the inherent difficulty of stochastic optimisation problems, it took a long time until efficient solution methods were developed.  In the last two decades a dramatic change in our abilities to solve stochastic programming problems took place.  It is partially due to the progress in large scale linear and nonlinear programming, in nonsmooth optimization and integer programming, but mainly it follows the development o",01-Sep-03,179,179,,"Preface. Chapters. Stochastic Programming Models (A. Ruszczynski, A. Shapiro).
Optimality and Duality in Stochastic Programming (A. Ruszczynski, A. Shapiro).
Decomposition Methods (A. Ruszczynski).
Stochastic Integer Programming (F.V. Louveaux, R. Schultz).
Probabilistic Programming (A. Prékopa).
Monte Carlo Sampling Methods (A. Shapiro).
Stochastic Optimization and Statistical Inference (G. Ch. Pflug).
Stability of Stochastic Programming Problems (W. Römisch).
Stochastic Programming in Transportation and Logistics	(W.B. Powell, H. Topaloglu).
Stochastic Programming Models in Energy	(S.W. Wallace, S.-E. Fleten).	
		


","Mathematical Programming, Networks",Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science,"Economics, Business and Management"
0-444-51086-9,Hyperlink,The Classical Stefan Problem,"Gupta, S.C.",, ,408,North-Holland,HC,"Hardbound. This volume emphasises studies related to
classical Stefan problems. The term ""Stefan problem"" is
generally used for heat transfer problems with 
phase-changes such
as from the liquid to the solid. Stefan problems have some
characteristics that are typical of them, but certain problems
arising in fields such as mathematical physics and engineering
also exhibit characteristics similar to them. The term
``classical"" distinguishes the formulation of these problems from
their weak formulation, in which the solution need not possess
classical derivatives. Under suitable assumptions, a weak solution
could be as good as a classical solution. In hyperbolic Stefan
problems, the characteristic features of Stefan problems are
present but unlike in Stefan problems, discontinuous solutions are
allowed because of the hyperbolic nature of the heat equation. The
numerical solutions of inverse Stefan problems, and the analysis of
direct Stefan problems are so i",01-Aug-03,100,100,,"
Chapter 1. The Stefan Problem and its Classical Formulation
1.1  Some Stefan and Stefan-like Problems
1.2  Free Boundary Problems with Free Boundaries of Codimension-
     two
1.3  The Classical Stefan Problem in One-dimension and the
     Neumann Solution
1.4  Classical Formulation of Multi-dimensional Stefan Problems
	1.4.1  Two-Phase Stefan problem in
		multipledimensions
        1.4.2  Alternate forms of the Stefan condition
        1.4.3  The Kirchhoff's transformation
        1.4.4  Boundary conditions at the fixed boundary
        1.4.5  Conditions at the free boundary
        1.4.6  The classical solution
        1.4.7  Conservation laws and the motion of the melt
Chapter 2.  Thermodynamical and Metallurgical Aspects of  Stefan
	    Problems
2.1  Thermodynamical Aspects
        2.1.1  Microscopic and macroscopic models
        2.1.2  Laws of classical thermodynamics
        2.1.3  Some thermodynamic variables and thermal
	       parameters
        2.1.4  Equilibrium temperature; Clapeyron's equation
2.2  Some Metallurgical Aspects of Stefan Problems
        2.2.1 Nucleation and supercooling
        2.2.2 The effect of interface curvature
        2.2.3 Nucleation of melting, effect of interface
 	      kinetics, and glassy solids
2.3  Morphological Instability of the Solid-Liquid Interface
2.4  Non-material Singular Surface : Generalized Stefan
     Condition
Chapter 3. Extended Classical Formulations of n-phase Stefan
	   Problems with n>1 
3.1 One-phase Problems
         3.1.1  An extended formulation of one-dimensional one-
		phase problem
         3.1.2  Solidification of supercooled liquid
         3.1.3  Multi-dimensional one-phase problems
3.2  Extended Classical Formulations of Two-phase Stefan
     Problems
         3.2.1  An extended formulation of the one-dimensional
		two-phase problem
         3.2.2  Multi-dimensional Stefan problems of classes II
	        and III
         3.2.3  Classical Stefan problems with n-phases, n> 2
	 3.2.4	Solidification with transition temperature range
 			
3.3  Stefan problems with  Implicit Free Boundary Conditions
         3.3.1  Schatz transformations and implicit free boundary
		conditions
         3.3.2  Unconstrained and constrained oxygen-diffusion
		problem (ODP)
Chapter 4. Stefan Problem with Supercooling : Classical
  	   Formulation and Analysis
4.1	Introduction 
4.2	A Phase-field Model for Solidification using Landau-
	Ginzburg Free Energy Functional
4.3  	Some Thermodynamically Consistent Phase-field and Phase
 	Relaxation Models of Solidification
4.4  	Solidification of Supercooled Liquid Without Curvature
	Effect and Kinetic Undercooling : Analysis of the
	Solution
        4.4.1  One-dimensional one-phase solidification of
	       supercooled liquid (SSP)
        4.4.2  Regularization of blow-up in SSP by looking at
	       CODP
        4.4.3  Analysis of problems with changes in the initial
	       and boundary conditions in SSP
4.5  	Analysis of Supercooled Stefan Problems with the Modified
	Gibbs-Thomson Relation
        4.5.1 Introduction
        4.5.2 One-dimensional one-phase supercooled Stefan
	      problems with the modified Gibbs-Thomson
 	      relation
        4.5.3 One-dimensional two-phase Stefan problems with the
	      modified Gibbs-Thomson relation
        4.5.4 Multi-dimensional supercooled Stefan problems and
	      problems with the modified Gibbs-Thomson
	      relation
        4.5.5 Weak formulation with supercooling and
	      superheating effects
Chapter 5. Superheating due to Volumetric Heat Sources:
	   Formulation and Analysis
5.1  	The Classical Enthalpy Formulation of a One-dimensional
	Problem
5.2  	The Weak Solution
        5.2.1  Weak solution and its relation to a classical
	       solution
        5.2.2  Structure of the mushy region in the presence of
	       heat sources
5.3  	Blow-up and Regularization
Chapter 6.  Steady-State and Degenerate Classical Stefan
	    Problems
6.1  	Some Steady-state Stefan Problems
6.2  	Degenerate Stefan Problems
        6.2.1  Quasi-static Stefan problem and its relation to
	       the Hele-Shaw problem
Chapter 7. Elliptic and Parabolic Variational Inequalities
7.1	Introduction
7.2  	The Elliptic Variational Inequality
        7.2.1  Definition and the basic function spaces
        7.2.2  Minimization of a functional
        7.2.3  The complementarity problem
        7.2.4  Some existence and uniqueness results
	       concerning
	       elliptic inequalities
        7.2.5  Equivalence of different inequality formulations
	       of an obstacle problem of the string
7.3  	The Parabolic Variational Inequality
        7.3.1  Formulation in appropriate spaces
7.4  	Some Variational Inequality Formulations of 
        Classical Stefan Problems
        7.4.1  One-phase Stefan problems
        7.4.2  A Stefan problem with a quasi-variational
	       inequality formulation
        7.4.3  The variational inequality formulation of a two-
	       phase Stefan problem
Chapter 8.  The Hyperbolic Stefan Problem
8.1  	Introduction
        8.1.1  Relaxation time and relaxation models
8.2  	Model I : Hyperbolic Stefan Problem with Temperature
	Continuity at the Interface
        8.2.1  The mathematical formulation
        8.2.2  Some existence, uniqueness and well-posedness
	       results
8.3  	Model II : Formulation with Temperature Discontinuity at
	the Interface
        8.3.1  The mathematical formulation
        8.3.2  The existence and uniqueness of the solution and
	       its convergence as &tgr; → 0 
8.4 	Model III : Delay in the Response of Energy to Latent and
	Sensible Heats
	8.4.1	The Clasical and the Weak Formulations
Chapter 9. Inverse Stefan Problems
9.1  	Introduction
9.2  	Well-posedness of the solution
        9.2.1  Approximate solutions
9.3  	Regularization
        9.3.1  The regularizing operator and generalized
	       discrepancy principle
        9.3.2  The generalized inverse
        9.3.3  Regularization methods
        9.3.4  Rate of convergence of a regularization method
9.4  	Determination of Unknown Parameters in Inverse Stefan
	Problems
        9.4.1  Unknown parameters in the one-phase Stefan
	       problems
        9.4.2  Determination of Unknown parameters in the two-
	       phase Stefan problems
9.5  	Regularization of Inverse Heat Conduction Problems by
 	Imposing Suitable Restrictions on the solution
9.6  	Regularization of Inverse Stefan Problems Formulated as
	Equations in the form of Convolution Integrals
9.7  	Inverse Stefan Problems Formulated as Defect Minimization
	Problems
Chapter 10. Analysis of the Classical Solutions of Stefan
  	    Problems
10.1  	One-dimensional One-phase Stefan Problems
        10.1.1  Analysis using integral equation formulations
        10.1.2  Infinite differentiability and analyticity of the
		free boundary
        10.1.3  Unilateral boundary conditions on the
		boundary: Analysis using finite-difference
		schemes
        10.1.4  Cauchy-type free boundary conditions
        10.1.5  Existence of self-similar solutions of some
		Stefan problems
        10.1.6  The effect of density change
10.2  	One-dimensional Two-phase Stefan Problems
        10.2.1 Existence, uniqueness and stability results
        10.2.2 Differentiability and analyticity of the free
	       boundary in the one-dimensional two-phase Stefan
	       problems
        10.2.3 One-dimensional n-phase Stefan problems with
	       n > 2
10.3  	Analysis of the Classical Solutions of Multi-dimensional
	Stefan Problems
        10.3.1  Existence and uniqueness results valid for a
		short time
        10.3.2  Existence of the classical solution on an
		arbitrary time interval
Chapter 11. Regularity of the Weak Solutions of Some Stefan
	    Problems
11.1  	Regularity of the Weak solutions of One-dimensional
	Stefan Problems
11.2 	Regularity of the Weak solutions of Multi-dimensional
	Problems
        11.2.1 The weak solutions of some two-phase Stefan
	problems in Rn, n> 1
        11.2.2 Regularity of the weak solutions of one-phase
 	Stefan problems in Rn, n> 1
Appendix A.  Preliminaries
Appendix B.  Some Function Spaces and norms
Appendix C.  Fixed Point Theorems and Maximum Principles
Appendix D.  Sobolev Spaces
Bibiography
Captions for Figures
Subject Index

","Nonlinear, Statistical and Mathematical Physics (General)",North-Holland Series in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics,Physics and Astronomy
0-08-044187-4,Hyperlink,Meaning: The Dynamic Turn,"Peregrin, J.",, ,300,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. In recent decades, many theories of formal semantics of natural language have undergone what can be called a dynamic turn: they have moved from treating language as a static system to considering it 'in action' and to taking meanings as crucially involving 'context-change potentials'. The theories, however, usually concentrate much more on the hows of the turn than on its whys; and as a result, the conceptual foundations of dynamic semantics are much less elaborated than its technical side. This book, based on a conference held in Prague in September 2001, is a contribution to filling this gap: it consists of papers addressing, from various sides, the foundational questions of the dynamic theories of meaning. It includes contributions of writers who are commonly held as authorities concerning the turn, who, however, here concentrate more on the why's than on the how's of dynamic semantics. Hence the book should be of interest both for ",01-Oct-03,81,81,,"List of contributors. Introduction (J. Peregrin). Foundations. Structural properties of dynamic reasoning (J. van Benthem). Construction by description in discourse representation (N. van Leusen, R. Muskens). On the dynamic turn in the study of meaning and interpretation (R. Breheny). Real dynamics (W. Hinzen). Syntax, Semantics, and Discourse. Growth of logical form: the dynamics of syntax (R. Kempson et al.). The double dynamics of definite descriptions (K. von Heusinger). Dynamics in the meaning of the sentence and of discourse (P. Sgall). On the meaning of prescriptions (T. Childers, V. Svoboda). Imperative negation and dynamic semantics (B. Žarnić). Semantic Games. Dynamic game semantics (T. Janasik, G. Sandu). About games and substitution (M. Rebuschi). In defense of (some) verificationism: verificationism and game-theoretical semantics (L. Vigeant). Name index. Subject index.",Linguistics,Current Research in the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface,Social and Behavioral Sciences
0-444-51308-6,Hyperlink,Applied Financial Econometrics in E-Commerce,"Islam, S.M.N.;Oh, K.B.",, ,318,North-Holland,HC,"Hardbound. This book Applied Financial Econometrics in E-Commerce is concerned with the investigation of the contemporary financial issues of the e-commerce market. We hypothesise that new economic issues regarding e-commerce are emerging and have wide macroeconomics, e-commerce equity market and policy implications. A new AEMM model along with some other quantitative methods is used to address a wide range of financial issues in the e-commerce sector. Econometric analyses including stationarity tests, and cointegration modelling for volatility and predictability and efficient market hypothesis are performed. The macroeconomic pervasive factors are found to be significant for e-commerce sector financial issues. The empirical findings of this Australian study and their implications for policy formulation and financial markets in different regions of the world are stated.",01-Sep-03,95,95,,"Abbreviated Contents. Foreward. Preface. List of Tables. List of Figures. List of Appendixes. Chapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2 Financial issues, theory and econometric models. Chapter 3 Multi-factor financial econometric model. Chapter 4 Methodology and financial econometric methods. Chapter 5 Financial econometric results and factor analyses. Chapter 6 Volatility, predictability and returns issues. Chapter 7 Portfolios and financial planning models. Chapter 8 Summary, major findings, policy implications and conclusion. Appendixes. References.",Financial Economics (General),Contributions to Economic Analysis,"Economics, Business and Management"
0-444-51328-0,Hyperlink,"Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science, 11: Supply Chain Management: Design, Coordination and Operation","Kok, A.G. de;Graves, S.C.",, ,752,North-Holland,HC,"Hardbound. Supply Chain Management (SCM) has been a very visible and influential research topic in the field of operations research (OR) over the course of the last decade of the 20th century. The problems and experiences that emerged from business practices have stimulated many researchers to contribute to a deeper understanding about underlying phenomena and causal relationships. SCM has also served as an important application area for OR methods and techniques.

This handbook contains chapters covering a broad range of SCM issues written by leading experts in the field. The work is intended for researchers, students, engineers, economists and managers involved in SCM.

After the Introduction to SCM in Chapter 1 the Volume is divided into 3 parts.

Part I deals with Supply Chain Design. In Chapter 2, the optimal location of warehouses and factories is discussed as well as some tactical problems related to pricing and integrated production, inve",01-Oct-03,179,179,,"Preface. Introduction (S. Graves, T. de Kok). Part I: Supply Chain Design.
Supply chain design and planning ? Applications of optimization techniques for strategic and tactical models (A. Muriel, D. Simchi-Levi). Safety stock placement, inventory hedges for buffering against demand and supply uncertainty (S. C. Graves, S. P. Willems). Supply chain design: Flexibility considerations (W. Bertrand). Design for postponement (J.M. Swaminathan, H.L. Lee). Part II: Supply Chain Coordination.
Supply chain coordination with contracts (G. P. Cachon).  Information sharing and supply chain coordination (F. Chen). Tactical planning models for supply chain management (J. M. Swaminathan, S. R. Tayur). Part III: Supply Chain Operations.
Planning hierarchy, modeling and advanced planning systems (B. Fleischmann, H. Meyr). Supply chain operations: serial and distribution inventory systems (S. Axsäter).
Supply chain operations: assemble-to-order systems (J.-S. Song, P. Zipkin). 
Planning supply chain operations: definition and comparison of planning concepts (T. G. de Kok, J. C. Fransoo). Dynamic models of transportation operations (W. B. Powell).",Operations Management,Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science,"Economics, Business and Management"
0-444-51389-2,Hyperlink,Brain Mechanisms for the Integration of Posture and Movement,"Mori, S.;Stuart, D.G.;Wiesendanger, M.;Pierce, P.A.",, ,544,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. This volume of Progress in Brain Research is dedicated to the scientific mentors of Shigemi Mori: Bunichi Fujimori (1910-86), John Brookhart (1913-85), and Victor Gurfinkel (1922-present). 

It describes the current state of knowledge on the role of parallel and distributed neuronal systems in the integration of posture and movement. The charge to the authors of the various chapters was twofold: to provide a conceptual overview of the topic that could serve as a balanced reference text for the next generation of movement neuroscientists; and, to stimulate further experimental and theoretical work in the field. 

Key issues are addressed in ten interrelated sections: perspectives on the overall issues; three aspects of brainstem-spinal cord interactions (developmental and comparative; motoneuron properties, pattern generation, and sensory feedback; adaptive mechanisms); biomechanical and imaging approaches; descending command issu",01-Jul-03,266,266,,"List of contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. I. Perspectives. 1. Innate versus learned movements - a false dichotomy? (S. Grillner, P. Wallén). 2. Why and how are posture and movement coordinated? (J. Massion, A. Alexandrov, A. Frolov). 3. Motor coordination can be fully understood only be studying complex movements (P.J. Cordo, V.S. Gurfinkel). 4.	The emotional brain: neural correlates of cat sexual behavior and human male ejaculation (G. Holstege, J.R. Georgiadis). II. Spinal cord and brainstem: development and comparative issues. 5.	Developmental changes in rhythmic spinal neuronal activity in the rat fetus (N. Kudo, H. Nishimaru, K. Nakayama). 6. The maturation of locomotor networks (F. Clarac, F. Brocard, L. Vinay). 7. Reflections on respiratory rhythm generation
(K. Ezure). III. Spinal cord and brainstem: motoneurons, pattern generation and sensory feedback. 8.	Key mechanisms for setting the input-output gain across the motoneuron pool
(H. Hultborn, R.B. Brownstone et al.). 9. Rhythm generation for food-ingestive movements (Y. Nakamura, N. Katakura et al.). 10. Do respiratory neurons control female receptive behavior: a suggested role for a medullary central pattern generator? (P.A. Kirkwood, T.W. Ford). 11. The central pattern generator for forelimb locomotion in the cat (T. Yamaguchi). 12.	Generating the walking gait: role of sensory feedback (K.G. Pearson). IV. Spinal cord and brainstem: adaptive mechanisms. 13. Cellular transplants: steps toward restoration of function in spinal injured animals (M. Murray). 14. Neurotrophic effects on dorsal root regeneration into the spinal cord (A. Tessler). 15. Effects of an embryonic repair graft on recovery from spinal cord injury (S. Kawaguchi, T. Iseda, T. Nishio). 16. Determinants of locomotor recovery after spinal injury in the cat (S. Rossignol, L. Bouyer et al.). V. Biomechanical and imaging approaches in movement neuroscience. 17. Trunk movements and EMG activity in the cat: level vs. upslope walking (N. Wada, K. Kanda). 18. 	Biomechanical constraints in hindlimb joints during the quadrupedal vs. bipedal locomotion of M. Fuscata (K. Nakajima, F. Mori et al.). 19. Reactive and anticipatory control of posture and bipedal locomotion in a non-human primate
(F. Mori, K. Nakajima et al.). 20. Neural control mechanisms for normal vs. Parkinsonian gait (H. Shibasaki, H. Fukuyama, T. Hanakawa). 21. Multijoint movement control: the importance of interactive torques (C.J. Ketcham, N.V. Dounskaia, G.E. Stelmach). VI. Descending command issues. 22. How the mesencephalic locomotor region recruits hindbrain neurons (I. Kagan, M.L. Shik). 23. Role of basal ganglia-brainstem systems in the control of postural muscle tone and locomotion
(K. Takakusaki, J. Oohinata-Sugimoto et al.). 24. Locomotor role of the corticoreticular-reticulospinal-spinal interneuronal system (K. Matsuyama, F. Mori et al.). 25.	Cortical and brainstem control of locomotion (T. Drew, S. Prentice, B. Schepens). 26. Direct and indirect pathways for corticospinal control of upper limb motoneurons in the primate
(R.N. Lemon, P.A. Kirkwood et al.). VII. Supraspinal sensorimotor interactions. 27. Arousal mechanisms related to posture and locomotion: 1. Descending modulation (E. Garcia-Rill, Y. Homma, R.D. Skinner). 28. Arousal mechanisms related to posture and locomotion: 2. Ascending modulation (R.D. Skinner, Y. Homma, E. Garcia-Rill). 29. Switching between cortical and subcortical sensorimotor pathways (T. Isa, Y. Kobayashi). 
VIII. Cerebellar interactions and control mechanisms. 30.	Cerebellar activation of cortical motor regions: comparisons across mammals (T. Yamamoto, Y. Nishimura et al.). 31.	Task-dependent role of the cerebellum in motor learning (J.R. Bloedel). 32. Role of the cerebellum in eyeblink conditioning
(V. Bracha). 33. Integration of multiple motor segments for the elaboration of locomotion: role of the fastigial nucleus of the cerebellum (S. Mori, K. Nakajima et al.). 34. Role of the cerebellum in the control and adaptation of gait in health and disease (W.T. Thach, A.J. Bastian). IX. Eye-head-neck coordination. 35. Current approaches and future directions to understanding control of head movement (B.W. Peterson). 36.	The neural control of orienting: role of multiple-branching reticulospinal neurons (S. Sasaki, K. Yoshimura, K. Naito). 37.	Role of the frontal eye fields in smooth gaze tracking
(K. Fukushima, T. Yamanobe et al.). 38. The role of cross-striolar and commissural inhibition in the vestibulocollic reflex
(Y. Uchino). 39. Functional synergies among neck muscles revealed by branching patterns of single, long descending motor-tract axons (Y. Sugiuchi, S. Kakei et al.). 40. Control of orienting movements: role of multiple tectal projections of the lower brainstem (A. Grantyn, A.K. Moschovakis, T. Kitama). 41.	Pedunculo-pontine control of visually guided saccades (Y. Kobayashi, Y. Inoue, T. Isa). X. Higher control mechanisms: basal ganglia, sensorimotor cortex and frontal lobe. 42.	Macro-architecture of basal ganglia loops with the cerebral cortex: use of rabies virus to reveal multisynaptic circuits
(R.M. Kelly, P.L. Strick). 43. A new dynamic model of the cortico-basal ganglia loop (A. Nambu). 44. Functional recovery after lesions of the primary motor cortex (E.M. Rouiller, E. Olivier). 45. Adaptive behavior of cortical neurons during a perturbed arm-reaching movement in a non-human primate (D.J. Weber, J. He). 46.	The quest to understand bimanual coordination (M. Wiesendanger, D.J. Serrien). 47. Functional specialization in dorsal and ventral premotor areas (E. Hoshi, J. Tanji). 48. Spatially directed movement and neuronal activity in freely moving monkey
(Y.-Y. Ma, J.-W. Ryou et al.). Subject Index.

",Neuroscience,Progress in Brain Research,Neuroscience
0-444-51401-5,Hyperlink,"Update on the Chemical Thermodynamics of Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium, Americium and Technetium","Guillaumont, R.;Fanghanel, T.;Fuger, J.;Grenthe, I.;Neck, V.;Palmer, D.A.;Rand, M.H.;Mompean, F.J.;Illemassene, M.;Domenech-Orti, C.;Ben-Said, K.",, ,964,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. This volume is part of the series on ""Chemical Thermodynamics"", published under the aegis of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, and updates and expands the thermodynamic data on inorganic compounds and complexes of uranium, neptunium, plutonium, americium and technetium contained in the previous volumes of the series. A review team, composed of seven internationally recognized experts, has critically reviewed during five years all the scientific literature containing chemical thermodynamic information for the above mentioned systems that has appeared since the publication of the earlier volumes. The results of this critical review carried out following the Guidelines of the OECD NEA Thermochemical Database Project have been documented in the present volume, which contains new tables of selected values for formation and reaction thermodynamical properties and an extensive bibliography.",01-Oct-03,260,260,,"PrefaceAcknowledgementNote from the chairman of the NEA TDB Project Phase IIEditor's notePart I. Introductory material1. Introduction2. Standards, conventions and contents of tablesPart II. Tables of selected data3. Selected data for uranium4. Selected data for neptunium5. Selected data for plutonium6. Selected data for americium7. Selected data for technetium8. Selected auxiliary dataPart III. Discussion of new data selection9. Discussion of new data selection for uranium10. Discussion of new data selection for neptunium11. Discussion of new data selection for plutonium12. Discussion of new data selection for americium13. Discussion of new data selection for technetium14. Discussion of new auxiliary data selection
Part IV. AppendicesA. Discussion of selected referencesB. Ionic strength correctionsC. Assigned uncertaintiesD. Some limitations encountered in the use of the ionic strength correction procedures
",Chemical Physics,Chemical Thermodynamics Series,Physics and Astronomy
0-444-51301-9,Hyperlink,Origins of Occupational Health Associations in the World,"Grieco, A.;Fano, D.;Carter, T.;Iavicoli, S.",, ,304,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. This is not a book of history but rather a collection of contributions reviewing the origins of Occupational Medicine and Health (OM/H) Associations in a large number of countries. Thus it is without precedent in the international literature of occupational health.

A full history of workplace prevention has never been written, although there are a number of important but anecdotal accounts of distinguished academic, professional and political leaders in the field. The history of medicine is also often presented as the history of distinguished physicians rather than in terms of developments in health care or prevention. This is especially marked in the field of worker protection where there has been only limited interest among physicians and historians.  It is particularly difficult to make comparisons between different countries, or across social and political and cultural boundaries.  This book attempts to 'boldly go' into such new fields.",01-Sep-03,100,100,,"Foreword. History of the origins of occupational health associations in Argentina (A.F. Werner). Development of occupational health in the Asia-Pacific region (W.-O. Phoon). The development of health and safety at work in Denmark (J. Staun, C. Wolff). The evolution of occupational safety and health conditions in Ecuador: 1900-2000 (R. Harari). Origins of occupational health associations in France (A. Caubet, M. Valentin, J. Caillard). Institutionalisation of industrial hygiene in Germany (D. Milles and R. Müller). Occupational health in Hungary and the history of the Hungarian Scientific Society for Occupational Health and Medicine (G. Ungváry). Occupational health professional associations and professional development in Ireland (D. Murphy). The origins of the Italian Occupational Health Society (A. Grieco, A. Porro et al.). Origins of occupational health in Japan with special reference to the Japan Society for Occupational Health (Y. Aizawa). The history of the origins of occupational health associations in Korea (S.-K. Kang). History of the National Federation of Occupational Health, Mexico, 2002 (J.A. Morales). Dutch occupational physicians: from pioneers to law-directed professionals (A.I.F. Vernooy, A.N.H. Weel). Origins of the Norwegian Occupational Health Services and its associations of physicians (Ø. Larsen). The history of occupational medicine in Poland, including the history of Polish association of occupational medicine and its predecessors (R. Szozda). Portuguese Society of Occupational Medicine - its role in the development of occupational health (A. de Sousa Uva). Development of occupational health in Russia -  historical background
(N. Izmerov). A history of the Society of Occupational Health, Singapore (D. Koh). South Africa (D.W. Stanton). 
From ""accident medicine"" to ""factory medicine"": Spanish occupational medicine in the 20th Century (A. Menéndez-Navarro, E. Rodríguez-Ocana). OHS in Sweden - The lands of associations (G. Gerhardsson). 
The development of the ""Swedish Model"" of cooperation in occupational health and safety, and the joint industrial safety council as its main association (A. Thornquist). Occupational health professions in the United Kingdom (T. Carter, C. Atwell, H. Wilson). A brief history of the origins of occupational health in the United States (C.B. Lowman). 
Appendix. From industrial nursing to occupational health nurse management (J. Staun, C. Wolff). Author Index. Keyword Index.
","Public, Environmental and Occupational Health",,Medicine
0-444-51125-3,Hyperlink,Acetylcholine in the Cerebral Cortex,"Descarries, L.;Krnjevic, K.;Steriade, M.",, ,308,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. Comprehensive exposé, by leading neuroscientists, of current knowledge on the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the cerebral cortex.  All aspects of the subject are covered, from its most elementary, at the molecular and cellular levels, to its systemic and holistic implications, including its role in cognition and involvement in human diseases and therapeutics.  

The twenty-two chapters are grouped under four main headings : I. Functional Morphology of the Acetylcholine Innervation in Cerebral Cortex (Including Hippocampus); II. Modes of Action of Acetylcholine in the Cerebral Cortex; III. Cortical Properties and Functions Modulated by Acetylcholine, and IV. Clinical, Pathological and Therapeutic Implications. This broad perspective updates the reader on recent advances and future trends in the study of a major neuromodulatory system in brain.",01-Sep-03,152,152,,"List of contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. I. The Acetylcholine Innervation of Cerebral Cortex. 1. Phylogenetic and ontogenetic aspects of the basal forebrain cholinergic neurons and their innervation of the cerebral cortex
(K. Semba). 2.	Structural determinants of the roles of acetylcholine in cerebral cortex (L. Descarries, N. Mechawar et al.). 3. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes in cerebral cortex and hippocampus (L.A. Volpicelli, A.I. Levey). 4.	The cholinergic innervation of the human cerebral cortex
(M.-M. Mesulam). II. Modes of Action of Acetylcholine in the Cerebral Cortex. 5.	Synaptic mechanisms modulated by acetylcholine in cerebral cortex (K. Krnjević). 6.	Functional and molecular characterization of neuronal nicotinic ACh receptors in rat hippocampal interneurons (J.L. Yakel, Z. Shao). 7. The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes and their function in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex
(M. Alkondon, E.X. Albuquerque). 8. Studies of muscarinic neurotransmission with antimuscarinic toxins (L.T. Potter, D.D. Flynn et al.). III. Cortical Properties and Functions Modulated by Acetylcholine. 9. Hyperactivation of developing cortical circuits by acetylcholine and the ontogeny of abnormal cognition and emotion: findings and hypothesis (A. Peinado, D.P. Calderon). 10. Synaptic mechanisms and cholinergic regulation in auditory cortex (R. Metherate, C. Hsieh). 11. Activity, modulation and role of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons innervating the cerebral cortex (B.E. Jones). 12.	Cholinergic modulation of the cortical microvascular bed
(E. Hamel). 13.	Acetylcholine systems and rhythmic activities during the waking-sleep cycle (M. Steriade). 14.	Cholinergic mechanisms mediating anaesthetic induced altered states of consciousness (S.B. Backman, P. Fiset, G. Plourde). 15.	High acetylcholine sets circuit dynamics for attention and encoding; Low acetylcholine sets dynamics for consolidation
(M.E. Hasselmo, J. McGaughy). IV. Clinical, Pathological and Therapeutic Implications. 16. Knock-out and knock-in mice to investigate the role of nicotinic receptors in the central nervous system (N. Champtiaux, J.-P. Changeux). 17. Nicotinic modulation of thalamocortical neurotransmission (P.B.S. Clarke).  18. Amyloid &bgr; peptides and central cholinergic neurons: functional interrelationship and relevance to Alzheimer's disease pathology (S. Kar, R. Quirion). 19. Nicotinic receptor mutations in human epilepsy (O.K. Steinlein). 20.	Neurochemistry of consciousness: cholinergic pathologies in the human brain
(E.K. Perry, R.H. Perry). 21. Functional studies of cholinergic activity in normal and Alzheimer disease states by imaging technique (A. Nordberg). 22. Paying attention to acetylcholine: the key to wisdom and quality of life? (P.J. Whitehouse). Subject Index.	
",Neuroscience,Progress in Brain Research,Neuroscience
0-08-044212-9,Hyperlink,Wave Energy Conversion,"Brooke, J.;Bose, N.",, ,188,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. 
Key Features


   A detailed review of the of wave energy conversion methods
   Written by leading experts in the field 
   A valuable resource for all interested in ocean engineering and renewable energy
 


Wave energy, together with other renewable sources, is expected to provide a small but significant proportion of future energy requirements, without adding to pollution and global warming. The conversion of wave energy to power has various applications particularly in many coastal areas and islands.

Written by leading experts in the field, this book investigates the full potential of wave energy as an alternative source of power.  A review of the basic academics of waves is presented, followed by chapters on the application of methods, including various items that must be considered such as power transfer systems and environmental impacts. The final chapters give a geographical overview of",01-Sep-03,125,125,,"Ocean Wave, Wave Energy Conversion Systems, Power Transfer Systems, Economics of Wave Power, Environmental and Socioeconomic Implications, Wave Power Activities in the Americas and Oceania, Wave Power Activities in the Asia-Pacific Region, Wave Power Activities in Northern Europe, Wave Power Activities in Southern Europe and Africa",Ocean and Coastal Engineering,,"Engineering, Energy and Technology"
0-444-51472-4,Hyperlink,NGF and Related Molecules in Health and Disease,"Aloe, L.;Calza, L.",, ,464,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. The book highlights different aspects of current understanding of neurotrophin-receptor signal transduction pathways, including the signaling endosome hypothesis. Findings on the synaptotrophic potential of NGF and related neurotrophins, neurotrophin involvement in neuronal stem cell biology, biological activity of the NGF precursor proNGF, and nociception- and antinociception-associated activity of NGF and/or BDNF are also presented and discussed. 

Several chapters deal with the involvement of various neurotrophins in the control of different nonneuronal processes, such as immune, inflammatory and allergic reactions, tissue repair and wound healing. The findings showed that neurotrophins play important roles in the pathobiology of a surprising variety of seemingly unrelated non-neurological diseases, including bronchial asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic sclerosis, hair growth disorders, psoriasis, corneal and skin ulcers, atherosclero",01-Oct-03,230,230,,"List of contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. I. Growth Factors and Cell Signaling. 1. Trafficking the NGF signal: implications for normal and degenerating neurons (J.-D. Delcroix, J. Valletta et al.). 2. The p75 neurotrophin receptor - multiple interactors and numerous functions (J.J. Gentry, P.A. Barker, B.D. Carter). 3. The role of neurotransmission and the Chopper domain in p75 neurotrophin receptor death signaling
(E.J. Coulson, K. Reid et al.). 4. The role of NT-3 signaling in Merkel cell development (M. Sieber-Blum, V. Szeder,  M. Grim). II. Growth Factors, Progenitor Cells and Cell Survival. 5. Stem cells and nervous tissue repair: from in vitro to in vivo (L. Calzà, M. Fernandez et al.).
6. Pathways of survival induced by NGF and extracellular ATP after grown factor deprivation (N. d'Ambrosi, B. Murra et al.). 7. ProNGF: a neurotrophic or an apoptotic molecule?
(M. Fahnestock, G. Yu, M.D. Coughlin). 8. NGF deprivation-induced gene expression: after ten years, where do we stand? (R.S. Freeman, R.L. Burch et al.). 9. Neural stem and progenitor cells: choosing the right Shc (T. Cataudella, L. Conti, E. Cattaneo). III. Neurotrophins and CNS. 10. Acute and long-term synaptic modulation by neurotrophins (B. Lu). 11.	Neurotrophic factors and psychiatric-like disorders: evidence in rodent models of schizophrenia and depression (F. Angelucci, A. Mathe). 12. Discovering novel phenotype-selective neurotrophic factors to treat neurodegenerative diseases (P.S. Petrova, A. Raibekas et al.). 13. Neurobehavioral coping to altered gravity: endogenous responses of neurotrophins (N. Francia, D. Santucci et al.). 14. Neurotrophic factors in Huntington's disease (J. Alberch, E. Pérez-Navarro, J.M. Canals). IV. Neurotrophins, PNS and Peripheral Tissues. 15. Neural crest development and neuroblastoma: the genetic and biological link (A. Nakagawara). 16. Neurotrophin-3 in the development of the enteric nervous system (A. Chalazonitis). 17.	Neurotrophins in the ear: their roles in sensory neuron survival and fiber guidance (B. Fritzsch, L. Tessarollo et al.).
18. Neurotrophin presence in human coronary atherosclerosis and metabolic syndrome: a role for NGF and BDNF in cardiovascular disease? (G.N. Chaldakov, M. Fiore et al.). 19.	Neurotrophins in spinal cord nociceptive pathways (A. Merighi, G. Carmignoto et al.). V.	Neurotrophins and the Immune System. 20. The role of neurotrophins in bronchial asthma: contribution of the pan-neurotrophin receptor p75 (H. Renz, S. Kerzel, A. Nockher). 21. Expression of nerve growth factor in the airways and its possible role in asthma
(V. Freund, N. Frossard). 22. Neurotrophins and neurotrophin receptors in allergic asthma (C. Nassenstein, S. Kerzel, A. Braun). 23.  Nerve growth factor and wound healing (K. Kawamoto,  H. Matsuda). VI. Neurotrophins and Neuro-Inflammatory Responses. 24. Interactions between the cells of the immune and nervous system: neurotrophins as neuroprotection mediators in CNS injury (R. Tabakman, S. Lecht et al.). 25.	Role of nerve growth factor and other trophic factors in brain inflammation (P. Villoslada, C.P. Genain). 26.	Remyelination in multiple sclerosis: a new role for neurotrophins? (H.H. Althaus). 27. Role of NGF and neurogenic inflammation in the pathogenesis of psoriasis (S.P. Raychaudhuri, S.K. Raychaudhuri). VII. Neurotrophic Factors and Potential Therapeutic Applications.
28. Nerve growth factor: from animal model of cholinergic neuronal degeneration to gene therapy in Alzheimer's disease
(M.H. Tuszynski, A. Blesch). 29. Viral vestor-mediated gene transfer of neurotrophins to promote regeneration of the injured spinal cord (W.T.J. Hendriks, M.J. Ruitenberg et al.). 30. Neurotrophic factors and their receptors in human sensory neuropathies (P. Anand). 31. Epithelial growth control by neutrophins: leads and lessons from the hair follicle
(V.A. Botchkarev, N.V. Botchkareva et al.). 32. Nerve growth factor, human skin ulcers and vascularization. Our experience (L. Aloe). Overview and Conclusion. 33.	The nerve growth factor and the neuroscience chess board
(R. Levi-Montalcini). Subject Index.	
",Neuroscience,Progress in Brain Research,Neuroscience
0-444-51477-5,Hyperlink,Coalitions in Oligopolies,"Brown, M.;Chiang, S.-H.",, ,268,North-Holland,HC,"Hardbound. This book examines sequential coalition formation in oligopolies. Coalitions refer to mergers and acquisitions, cartels, and associations. The principal aim is the prediction and explanation of the coalition structure - whether an industry will emerge as a monopoly, say, or as a collection of sub-coalitions.

In environments where decisions to form coalitions are made sequentially, the prediction and explanation of the equilibrium coalition structure can differ dramatically from the textbook simultaneous-move model. This difference derives from the knowledge effect, which is unique to the sequential-move models.",01-Sep-03,95,95,,"Abbreviated Contents. I Symmetric oligopoly. 1. The basic oligopoly model. 2. Cost savings due to synergies. II Uncertainty, financial decisions, and managerial incentives. 3. Market volatility and coalitions. 4. Real and financial decisions. 5. Coalitions and incentives. III Coalition theory and sequential procedures. 6. Coalitions without externalities. 7. Coalitions with externalities. 8. Who moves first?  Bibliography. Index. ","Market Structure, Firm Strategy and Market Performance",Contributions to Economic Analysis,"Economics, Business and Management"
0-08-044076-2,Hyperlink,Proceedings of the 15th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress,"Mansour, A.E;Ertekin, R.C",, ,1360,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. KEY FEATURES:

   Provides researchers in Ocean engineering with a thorough review of the latest research in the field
   Lengthy reports by leading experts 
   A valuable resource for all interested in ocean engineering
	


DESCRIPTION:
The International Ship and Offshore Congress (ISSC) is a forum for the exchange of information by experts undertaking and applying marine structural research.
These three volumes contain the eight technical committee reports, six Specialist Committee and 2 Special Task Committee reports which were presented for the 15th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2004) in San Diego USA, between 11th and 15th August 2003. Volume III will be published in 2004 and is to contain the discussion of the reports, the chairmen's reply, the text of the invited Lecture and the congress report of ISSC 2003.",01-Jun-03,260,260,,"Volume 1: Environment, Loads, Quasi-Static Response, Dynamics Response, Ultimate Strength, Fatigue and Fracture, Design Principles and Criteria, Design Methods.
Volume 2: Risk Assessment, Inspection and Monitoring, Collision and Grounding, Structural Design of High Speed Vessels, Floating Production Systems, Fabrication Technologies, Fatigue Strength Assessment",Civil Engineering (General),,"Engineering, Energy and Technology"
0-444-51242-X,Hyperlink,The Metabolic Syndrome,"Crepaldi, G.;Tiengo, A.;Avogaro, A.",, ,312,Excerpta Medica,HC,"Hardbound. This volume contains the papers presented at ""The 8th European Symposium on Metabolism"". It provides a comprehensive and updated evaluation of the possible role of insulin resistance in the pathogenesis of a cluster of major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. 

Insulin resistance was recognized as a feature and a pathogenetic mechanism in pathological states such as type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity. More recently, however, it has become apparent that impairment in insulin action may be shared by a variety of conditions not necessarily associated with diabetes or obesity such as hypertension and endothelial dysfunction. It leads not only to metabolic but also to hemodynamic alterations and to proinflammatory reactions. 

Therefore, The Metabolic Syndrome is a disorder in which not only the ""response to injury"" concept is operative but also the substrate alterations and the pathophysiology of the arterial wall are strictly interconnecte",01-Aug-03,130,130,,"Preface.

Opening lecture.

The metabolic syndrome revisited
(P.J. Léfèbvre).

Epidemiology.

Prevalence, ancillary clinical features and cardiovascular disease in the metabolic syndrome: the Bruneck study
(E. Bonora et al.).

HbA1c as a diagnostic tool for diabetes
(B. Balkau et al.).

The athero-thrombotic and inflammatory profile of visceral obesity
(J.-P. Després).

Genetics.

The genetics of adiponectin
(F. Vasseur).

Genetic variants of modulators of insulin action
(V. Tassi et al.).

Candidate genes for insulin resistance: what's new?
(M. Laakso, A. Kubaszek).

Adipokine genes and the insulin-resistance syndrome
(A. Doria).

Autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia: genetics and clinical aspects
(G. Zuliani, R. Fellin).

APOA5 - a recent addition to genes determining plasma triglycerides
(P.J. Talmud).

Molecular-genetics of the hypoalphalipoproteinemias in Italy
(S. Bertolini et al.).

Beta cell function.

Type 2 diabetes: simple, dual or multiple pathogenetic defects?
(S. Del Prato, A. Coppelli, P. Marchetti).

Signals adapting the beta cells to changes in insulin sensitivity
(B. Ahrén, G. Pacini).

Glucotoxicity and lipotoxicity in the beta cell
(A. M. Rabuazzo et al.).

Arterial wall function.

Diabetes mellitus, oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction
(K.Sydow, T.Münzel).

Non esterified fatty acids and endothelial dysfunction
(A. Avogaro et al.).

Renal complications.

Diabetic nephropathy - an acquired or inherited disease?
(P.-H. Groop, C.Forsblom).

Diabetic nephropathy: renal structural studies in type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients
(M. Dalla Vestra, P. Fioretto).

Pathogenetic mechanisms of diabetic microangiopathy
(U. Di Mario, G. Pugliese).

Diabetic nephropathy - the diabetologist's dream is currently a nightmare
(P. Passa).

Cardiovascular complications.

Vascular effects of insulin - A clinical physiologist's viewpoint
(R.C. Bonadonna).

Insulin resistance and impaired regulation of hemodynamic parameters
(P. Valensi).

Renin-angiotensin system and endothelial function
(R. Ceravolo et al.).

Dyslipidemia of the plurimetabolic syndrome and risk of cerebrovascular events
(N. Vitturi et al.).

From cholesterol to risk analysis: the revolution of the Heart Protection Study""
(G.F. Gensini, B. Dilaghi).

The plurimetabolic syndrome: qualitative lipoprotein abnormalities and atherosclerosis
(A. Zambon, G.Crepaldi).

Prevention and treatment.

Lifestyle modification to prevent type 2 diabetes
(G. Riccardi, R. Giacco, M. Parillo).

Dietary therapy of the metabolic syndrome
(R. Carmena).

Statins and the metabolic syndrome
(M. Averna, A. Lo Verde).

Effects of statins on lipoprotein fractions
(C. Cortese, L. Liberatoscioli).

Results of the Heart Protection Study: can we still assume a class effect?
(A. Corsini, F. Bernini).

Sulfonylureas in the prevention of vascular complications: from UKPDS to the ADVANCE study
(A.J. Krentz).

KATP channel pharmacology in the pancreas and the cardiovascular system
(F.M. Gribble, F. Reimann).

Reduction of visceral fat and improvement of metabolic and respiratory complications in severe obesity
(G. Enzi, L. Busetto).

Blood glucose in relation to blood pressure control as risk factors in the progression of renal damage in type 2 diabetes
(R. Nosadini).

Author index.

Keyword index.

",Clinical Endocrinology,International Congress Series,Life Sciences
0-444-51032-X,Hyperlink,Inverse Agonism,"Ijzerman, A.P.",, ,280,Excerpta Medica,HC,"Hardbound. This volume reflects the current state of thinking and debates with regard to inverse agonism. It constitutes the first book published on this issue and holds the contributions and recorded discussions of the 10th Esteve Foundation Symposium held in 2002. 

Inverse agonism at G-protein-coupled receptors is a novel pharmacological concept with important consequences for the understanding of receptor mechanisms and drug action. Since its first description in 1989 the concept of inverse agonism has dramatically changed the view on current and future medicines. Next to traditional agonists and antagonists the drug repertoire has been expanded now with a novel category of ligands, i.e. 'inverse agonists'. 
",01-Aug-03,115,115,,"About the Esteve Foundation.

Introduction.

Conference information.

Different mechanisms of negative efficacy - Distinguishing inverse agonists from negative antagonists
	(T. Costa et al.).
Novel approaches to enhance the detection of receptor constitutive activity and inverse agonists 
	(G. Milligan). 

From inverse agonism to ""paradoxical pharmacology""
	(R.A. Bond, K.L.J. Evans, Z. Callaerts-Vegh).

Different inverse agonist activities of &bgr;-adrenergic receptor antagonists - pharmacological characterization and therapeutical implications in the treatment of chronic heart failure
	(C. Maack, M. Böhm (Germany).

Inverse agonism at &bgr;1 -adrenergic receptors 
	(M.J. Lohse, C. Hoffmann, S. Engelhardt).

Physiological and pathological role of the constitutively active alpha1D-adrenoceptors
	(P. D'Ocon).

Inverse agonism at cannabinoid receptors
	(R.G. Pertwee).

Inverse agonism at adenosine A1 receptors
	(R.A.F. de Ligt, A. Lorenzen, A.P. IJzerman).	Differential ligand efficacy at h5 HT1A receptor-coupled G protein subtypes: a commentary
	(A. Newman-Tancredi).

5 HT2c constitutive receptor activity: effector pathway-dependence
	(K.A. Berg, W.P. Clarke).

Modulation of constitutive GPCR activity: a way of life?
	(R. Leurs et al.).
Constitutive activity of the recombinant and native histamine H3 receptor
	(J.M. Arrang et al.). 
	
Inverse agonism of the antipsychotic drugs at the D2 dopamine receptor
	(P.G. Strange).

Inverse agonism at dopamine D2 receptors: a receptor recalcitrant to high levels of constitutive activation 
	(T. Wurch, E.A. Boutet-Robinet, P.J. Pauwels).

Platelet-activating factor receptor: differential regulation and signaling by agonists and inverse agonists
	(D.J. Dupré, M Rola-Pleszczynski, J. Stanková).

AgRP, physiological role of an inverse agonist 
	(R.A.H. Adan, W.A.J. Nijenhuis, M.J.H. Kas).

Inverse agonism at neurotensin receptors NTS1 and NTS2
	(P. Kitabgi).

The thyrotropin receptor, a GPCR with a built in inverse agonist
	(G. Vassart).

Inverse agonism and the PTH/PTHrP receptor
	(R. Gensure, P.H. Carter, T.J. Gardella).

Inverse agonists to explore the mechanisms of metabotropic glutamate receptor activity
	(L. Prezeau et al.).

Control of constitutive activity of metabotropic glutamate receptors by Homer proteins 
	(L. Fagni et al.).

General discussion.
Index of authors.
Keyword index.
",Pharmacology,International Congress Series,"Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Science and Toxicology"
0-444-51101-6,Hyperlink,Sample Preparation for Trace Element Analysis,"Mester, Z.;Sturgeon, R.",, ,1390,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. Following the collection of a sample, every analytical chemist will agree that its subsequent preservation and processing are of paramount importance. The availability of high performance analytical instrumentation has not diminished this need for careful selection of appropriate pretreatment methodologies, intelligently designed to synergistically elicit optimum function from these powerful measurement tools. 

Sample Preparation for Trace Element Analysis is a modern, comprehensive treatise, providing an account of the state-of-the art on the subject matter. The book has been conceived and designed to satisfy the varied needs of the practicing analytical chemist. It is a multi-author work, reflecting the diverse expertise arising from its highly qualified contributors. 

The first five chapters deal with general issues related to the determination of trace metals in varied matrices, such as sampling, contamination control, refe",01-Nov-03,395,395,,"Sampling and sample preservation for trace element analysis (B.G. Kratochvil).
Sources of analyte contamination and loss during the analytical process (P. Schramel, G. Knapp). 
Calibration approaches for trace element determination (D.C. Baxter, I. Rodushkin). 
Stated references for ensuring traceability of trace element analysis (Ph. Quevauviller).
Detection methods for the quantitation of trace elements (L. Ebdon et al.).


Digestion and Extraction Approaches
Wet digestion methods (H. Matusiewicz).
Dry ashing (M. Hoenig).
Microwave based extraction (E.E. King, D. Barclay). 
Fusion and fluxes (F. Claisse).
Supercritical fluid extraction (J.M. Bayona et al.).
Accelerated solvent extraction of organometallic and inorganic compounds (J. Ezzell).
Sonication as sample preparation method for elemental analysis (K. Ashley).
Solid phase microextraction as a tool for trace element determination (Z. Mester, R. Sturgeon).
Solid phase extraction (V. Camel).
Chelation solvent extraction for separation of metal ions (Taketoshi Nakahara, Hideyuki Itabashi).
Cryogenic trapping for speciation analysis (O.F.X. Donard et al.).
Biotrapping as an alternative to metal preconcentration and speciation (C.Camara, Y. Madrid).
Membrane extraction (J. Åke Jönsson, L. Mathiasson).
Derivatization and vapor generation methods for trace element analysis and 
speciation (Yong Cai).

Laser ablation sampling (R.E. Russo, D.P. Baldwin).
Flow injection techniques for sample pretreatment (Zhao-Lun Fang). 
Automation of sample preparation (M.D. Luque de Castro, J.L. Luque García).

Matrices

Sample preparation for crude oil, petroleum products and polymers (R.I. Botto).
Sample preparation of geological samples, soils and sediments (P.J. Potts, P. Robinson).
Sample preparation for food analysis (M. Ihnat).
The determination of trace elements in water (S. Willie).
Aerosol sampling and sample preparation for elemental analysis (J. Hlavay).
Sample preparation for industrial waste analysis (R. Clement, P. Drouin). 
Sample preparation for semiconductor materials (K. Kawabata et al.).


Trace Element Speciation
Sampling and sample treatment in the analysis of organotin compounds in environmental samples
(R. Morabito).
Sample preparation for arsenic speciation (W. Goessler, D. Kuehnelt).
Sample preparation for speciation of selenium (J.A. Caruso et al.).
Sample preparation for mercury speciation (H. Hintelmann).
Sample preparation for speciation of lead (F.C. Adams, M. Heisterkamp).
Sample preparation for chromium speciation (M.de la Guardia, A. Morales-Rubio).
Sample preparation for metal-based drugs (R. Barefoot). 
Sample preparation for speciation analysis for metallobiomolecules (R. Lobinski et al.).
Sample preparation for the analysis of volatile metal species (J. Feldmann).
Sequential extraction (G. Rauret, A. Sahuquillo).


",Analytical Chemistry,Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry,Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
0-08-044312-5,Hyperlink,Hurricane - Generated Seas,"Ochi, M",, ,180,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. KEY FEATURES:

   The first detailed investigation of its kind.
   Reveals information vital for avoidance of disastrous events experienced by ships and offshore structures. 
   Including detailed analysis of hurricane sea wave data obtained by buoys
 

DESCRIPTION:

Hurricanes are one of the most adverse aspects of the ocean environment, and can give rise to a disastrous event for marine systems in the ocean.

Designed as a reference for researchers, designers graduate students and technical managers in naval, ocean and coastal engineering.  This highly applicable work provides clarification of hurricane generated sea conditions necessary for the design and operation of marine systems in a sea way, and provision of information for protection of near shore / onshore structures and the environment at the time of hurricane landing

The clarification of the severity and characteristics ",01-Oct-03,150,150,,"
Hurricane Wind and Sea State in the Ocean, Wave spectra of Hurricane Generated Seas in Deep Water, Transformation of Sea State with the Advance of a Hurricane from Deep to finite Water Depth, Sea Severity and Wave Charectersitics, Hurricane Landing and Nearshore Sea Severity, Review of Non-Gaussian Random Waves",Ocean and Coastal Engineering,,"Engineering, Energy and Technology"
0-08-0439217,Hyperlink,Marine Structural Design,"Bai, Y",, ,628,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. KEY FEATURES:

 Presents modern structural design principles helping the engineer understand how to conduct structural design by analysis
 Offers practical and usable theory for industrial applications of structural reliability theory 
 
 

DESCRIPTION:

This new reference describes the applications of modern structural engineering to marine structures.  It will provide an invaluable resource to practicing marine and offshore engineers working in oil and gas as well as those studying marine structural design.  The coverage of fatigue and fracture criteria forms a basis for limit-state design and re-assessment of existing structures and assists with determining material and inspection requirements.  Describing applications of risk assessment to marine and offshore industries, this is a practical and useful book to help engineers conduct structural design",01-Aug-03,185,185,,Structural Design Principles Ultimate StrengthFatigue and FractureStructural ReliabilityRisk Assessment,Ocean and Coastal Engineering,,"Engineering, Energy and Technology"
0-444-51494-5,Hyperlink,Nano and Giga Challenges in Microelectronics,"Greer, J.;Korkin, A.;Labanowski, J.",, ,256,North-Holland,HC,"Hardbound. The book is designed as an introduction for engineers and researchers wishing to obtain a fundamental knowledge and a snapshot in time of the cutting edge in technology research. 
As a natural consequence, Nano and Giga Challenges is also an essential reference for the "gurus" wishing to keep abreast of the latest directions and challenges in microelectronic technology development and future trends. The combination of viewpoints presented within the book can help to foster further research and cross-disciplinary interaction needed to surmount the barriers facing future generations of technology design.

Key Features:

• Quickly becoming the hottest topic of the new millennium (2.4 billion dollars funding in US alone

• Current status and future trends of micro and nanoelectronics research

• Written by leading experts in the corresponding research areas

•  Excellent tutorial for graduate students an",01-Dec-03,99,99,,"Preface.


1. Integrated Circuit Technologies: From Conventional CMOS to the nanoscale era (P. M. Zeitzoff, J. A. Hutchby, G. Bersuker, H. R. Huff).


2. Electronics Below 10 nm (K. Likharev).


3. Lithography: Concepts, Challenges, and Prospects (K. Lucas, S. Postnikov, C.  Henderson, S. Hector).
 

4. Experimental Investigations of the Stability of Candidate Materials for
High-K Gate Dielectrics in Silicon-Based MOSFETs (S. Stemmer and D. G. Schlom).


5. Defects in wide-gap oxides: Computer modelling and challenges (A. L Shluger, A. Foster).


6. Tunneling Through Single Molecules (J. Tomfohr, Jun Li, O. Sankey).


7. Practical Quantum Computing (P. M. Lenahan).

Subject. Index.
",Microelectronics,,"Engineering, Energy and Technology"
0-444-51444-9,Hyperlink,Viral Gastroenteritis,"Desselberger, U.;Gray, J.",, ,720,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. Viruses are increasingly recognised as the cause of acute gastroenteritis in man, particularly in children. This book provides overviews and updates on current issues relating to basic research, clinical diagnosis, immunology, epidemiology, treatment and prevention of infections with gastroenteritis viruses.

Data are presented and interpreted by leading research groups in 33 chapters spread over 6 sections. The book will be of interest to virologists, gut physiologists, immunologists, epidemiologists, vaccinologists, paediatricians and physicians (infectious diseases), and public health physicians. It will also capture the interests of medical and natural science students and postdoctoral scientists at various levels of their careers.",01-Jul-03,195,195,,"Preface. Section I. Viral gastroenteritis: Causes, pathophysiology, immunology, treatment and epidemiology. Introduction. 1. Viral causes of gastroenteritis  (U.D. Parashar, R.I. Glass). 2. Physiology and pathophysiology of the gut in relation to viral diarrhea (F. Michelangeli, M.C. Ruiz). 3. The enteric nervous system and infectious diarrhea (O. Lundgren, L. Svensson). 4. Immunology of the gut (P. Brandtzaeg, F.-E. Johansen). 5. Treatment of viral gastroenteritis (D. Bass). Section II. Rotaviruses. Introduction. 1. Structural organization of the genome in rotavirus (J.B. Pesavento, M.K. Estes, B.V.V. Prasad). 2. The three-dimensional structure of rotavirus VP6 (F.A. Rey, J. Lepault, J. Cohen). 3. Attachment and post-attachment receptors for rotavirus (S. López, C.F. Arias). 
4. Rotavirus genome replication: role of the RNA-binding proteins (J.T. Patton, K. Kearney, Z. Taraporewala). 5. Translation of rotavirus mRNAs in the infected cell (D. Poncet). 6. The rotavirus NSP4 enterotoxin: current status and challenges (M.K.  Estes). 7. Interaction of the rotavirus nonstructural glycoprotein NSP4 with viral and cellular components (J.A. Taylor, A.R. Bellamy). 8. Effects of rotavirus infection on the structure and functions of intestinal cells (A.L. Servin). 9. Microarrays and host-virus interactions: A transcriptional analysis of Caco-2 cells following rotavirus infection (D.A. Feigelstock, M.A. Cuadras, H.B. Greenberg). 10. The rat model of rotavirus infection (M. Ciarlet, M.E. Conner, M.K. Estes). 11. Human adaptive immunity to rotaviruses: A model of intestinal
mucosal adaptive immunity (A.M. Gonzalez, M.C. Jaimes et al.). 12. Molecular epidemiology of rotaviruses: Genetic mechanisms associated with diversity (M. Iturriza-Gómara, U. Desselberger, J. Gray). 13. Current state of development of human rotavirus vaccines (P.A. Offit, H.F. Clark, R.L. Ward). 14. Rotavirus-like particle vaccines evaluated in a pig model of
human rotavirus diarrhea and in cattle (L.-J. Yuan, L.J. Saif). 15. DNA-based rotavirus vaccines (J.E. Herrmann). Section III.
Enteric Adenoviruses. Introduction. 1. Aspects of the molecular biology of enteric adenoviruses (F. Stevenson, V. Mautner). 2. Epidemiology of enteric adenoviruses 40 and 41 and other adenoviruses in immunocompetent and immunodeficient individuals (J.C. de Jong). Section IV. Norwalk- and Sapporo-like viruses (human caliciviruses). Introduction. 1. Structure of Norwalk virus: the prototype human calicivirus (A. Bertolotti-Ciarlet, R. Chen et al.). 2. Feline calicivirus as a model for the study of calicivirus replication (S.V. Sosnovtsev, K.Y. Green). 3. Pathogenesis of enteric calicivirus infections (M.Z. Guo, L.J. Saif). 4. Development of serological and molecular tests for the diagnosis of calicivirus infections (X. Jiang). 5. Molecular epidemiology of human caliciviruses (M. Koopmans, E. van Strien, H. Vennema). 6. Calicivirus RNA recombination (D.O. Matson). Section V. Astroviruses. Introduction. 1. Studies on the molecular biology of human astrovirus. (U. Geigenmuller, E. Méndez, S.M. Matsui). 2. Ribosomal frameshifting in astroviruses (I. Brierley, M. Vidakovic). 3. Molecular epidemiology of human astroviruses (S.S. Monroe). Section VI.
Other viruses causing gastroenteritis. Introduction. 1. Epidemiology of toroviruses (M. Petric). 2. Molecular characterization and epidemiology of picobirnaviruses (B.I. Rosen). 3. Molecular biology and epidemiology of Aichi virus and
other diarrhoeogenic enteroviruses (T. Yamashita, K. Sakae). 4. Histopathology of viral gastrointestinal infections
in the immunocompromised (J.W. Grant). List of Contributors. Subject Index.

",Virology,Perspectives in Medical Virology,Life Sciences
0-08-043930-6,Hyperlink,Seismic Waves and Rays in Elastic Media,"Slawinski, M.A.",, ,424,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. This book seeks to explore seismic phenomena in elastic media and emphasizes the interdependence of mathematical formulation and physical meaning. The purpose of this title - which is intended for senior undergraduate and graduate students as well as scientists interested in quantitative seismology - is to use aspects of continuum mechanics, wave theory and ray theory to describe phenomena resulting from the propagation of waves.

The book is divided into three parts: Elastic continua, Waves and rays, and Variational formulation of rays. In Part I, continuum mechanics are used to describe the material through which seismic waves propagate, and to formulate a system of equations to study the behaviour of such material. In Part II, these equations are used to identify the types of body waves propagating in elastic continua as well as to express their velocities and displacements in terms of the properties of these continua. To solve the equati",01-Aug-03,160,160,,I. Elastic continua. Introduction to Part I. 1. Deformations. 2. Forces and balance principles. 3. Stress-strain equations. 4. Strain energy. 5. Material symmetry. II. Waves and rays. Introduction to Part II. 6. Equations of motion: Isotopic homogeneous continua. 7. Equations of motion: Anisotropic inhomogeneous continua. 8. Hamilton's ray equations. 9. Lagrange's ray equations. 10. Christoffel's equations. 11. Reflection and transmission. III. Variational formulation of rays. Introduction to Part III. 12. Euler's equations. 13. Fermat's principle. 14. Ray parameters. IV. Appendices. Introduction to Part IV. A. Euler's homogenous-function theorem. B. Legendre's transformation. C. List of symbols. Bibliography. Index. About the author.,Seismology,,Earth and Planetary Sciences
0-444-51351-5,Hyperlink,Cryptosporidium: From Molecules to Disease,"Thompson, R.C.A.;Armson, A.;Ryan, U.M.",, ,422,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. In the relatively short period since Cryptosporidium was recognised as a human pathogen, and that it could be transmitted in water as well as directly between animals and people, it has been the subject of intense investigations. Its status as an opportunistic pathogen, especially in AIDS patients, and the lack of effective anti-cryptosporidial drugs have served to emphasise the public health importance of this organism. This has to some extent overshadowed the fact that Cryptosporidium is also an important pathogen of domestic animals and wildlife. 

In recent years, the application of molecular biology and culture techniques have had an enormous impact on our understanding of the aetiological agents of cryptosporidial infections and our ability to study the causative agents in the laboratory. As a consequence, a wealth of information and novel data has been produced during the last 3-4 years, particularly in the areas of ",01-Nov-03,139,139,,"Preface (A. Thompson). Introduction: Cryptosporidium: from molecules to disease (G. Meinke). Cryptosporidiosis - Aetiology, Infectivity and Pathogenesis. Cryptosporidium: they probably taste like chicken (S.J. Upton). Cryptosporidium: from molecules to disease (R. Fayer). Cryptosporidium parvum: infectivity, pathogenesis and the host-parasite relationship (C.L. Chappell, P.C. Okhuysen et al.). What is the clinical and zoonotic significance of cryptosporidiosis in domestic animals and wildlife (M.E. Olson, B.J. Ralston et al.). Extended Abstracts. Control of Cryptosporidium parvum infection and the role of IL-4 in two strains of inbred mice (C.A. Notley, S.A.C. Mcdonald et al.). Human peripheral CD8+CD103+ T-lymphocyte transmigration through inverted Cryptosporidium parvum sporozoite infected HCT-8 cell monolayers (G. Gargala, A. Delaunay et al.). Cryptosporidium parvum volunteer study: infectivity and immunity	(C.L. Chappell, P.C. Okhuysen et al.). Transmission of human genotype 1 Cryptosporidium parvum into lambs (M. Giles, D.C. Warhurs et al.). A longitudinal study of Cryptosporidium prevalence and its impact on performance in feedlot cattle (B.J. Ralston, M.E. Olson et al.). Identification and characterisation of the antigenic CPA135 protein	(F. Tosini, A. Agnoli et al.). A permanent method for detecting
Cryptosporidium parvum life cycle stages in in vitro culture (H.V. Smith, R.A. Nichols et al.). 
Successful cultivation of Cryptosporidium reveals previously undescribed Gregarino-like developmental stages (N. Hijjawi, B.P. Meloni et al.). Epidemiology and species differentiation. Cryptosporidium as a public health challenge (R.M. Chalmers). The zoonotic potential of Cyptosporidium (R.C.A. Thompson). Molecular epidemiology of human cryptosporidiosis (L. Xiao, C. Bern et al.). Molecular characterisation and taxonomy of Cryptosporidium (U.M. Ryan). Extended Abstracts. Antigenic differences in Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts: the ""Iowa strain"" enigma (A. Ronald, S. Birrell et al.). Antigenic analysis of Cryptosporidium parvum isolates of human and animal origin (A. Ronald, J.E. O'Grady, H.V. Smith). Typing of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts using phage-display technology (C. Lima, H.V. Smith et al.). High resolution genotyping of Cryptosporidium by mutation scanning (A. El-Osta, Y. Zhu et al.). Evaluation of oocyst DNA extraction methods using real-time PCR (P. Monis, A. Keegan et al.). Differentiation of Cryptosporidium parvum subtypes by a novel microsatelite-telomere PCR with page (S.A. Blasdall, J.E. Ongerth, N. Ashbolt). Genotypic variation of Cryptosporidium organisms recovered from persons living in Kenya, Malawi, Vietnam and Brazil (W. Gatei, C.A. Hart et al.). Epidemiological surveys of cryptosporidiosis in Thai orphans (M. Mungthin, T. Naaglor et al.). Cryptosporidium and Cyclospora-associated diarrhea in Kathmandu, Nepal (K. Ono, K. Kimura et al.). Ecology of zoonotic cryptosporidiosis in watersheds containing cattle farming operations (T.K. Graczyk, C.J. Shiff et al.). Identifying variation among human, animal and environmental isolates of Cryptosporidium (R.M. Chalmers). Cryptosporidium in eastern grey kangaroos Macropus giganteus (M.L. Power, M.B. Slade et al.). Viability and infectivity. Detection of infectious Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in environmental water samples (G.D. Di Giovanni, R. Aboytes). Measuring inactivation of Cryptosporidium parvum by in vitro cell culture	(P.A. Rochelle, A.A Mofidi et al.). In vitro  cultivation and development of Cryptosporidium in cell culture (N. Hijjawi). Extended Abstracts. The use of cell culture and real-time PCR to assess disinfection of Cryptosporidium parvum	(A. Keegan, S. Gelonese et al.). Inactivation of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts by low pressure UV-light (P. Karanis, D. Schoenen, O. Hoyer). Detection of viable oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum by nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA) (C.J. Lowery, J.E. Moore et al.). Flow cytometric evaluation of Cryptosporidium parvum oocyst viability (A. Delaunaya, G. Gargalaa et al.). Cryptosporidium and the environment. The public health significance of Cryptosporidium in the environment (P.T. Monis, R.M. Chalmers). Assessing variables in disinfection parameters of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts (M.M. Marshall). Detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts in water matrices (F.W. Schaefer III). Microbiological health criteria for Cryptosporidium (C. Ferguson, G. Medema et al.). Case-control studies of sporadic Cryptosporidiosis in Melbourne and Adelaide (B.R. Robertson, C.K. Fairley et al.). The DWI licensed inter-laboratory Cryptosporidium proficiency scheme (CRYPTS). (H.V. Smith, B.M. Campbell, J. Peet). Extended Abstracts. Detection of Cryptosporidium spp. via fluorescent in situ hybridisation: novel approaches of background reduction and signal enhancement (M. Dorsch, D.A. Veal). The risk of Cryptosporidium to Sydney's drinking water supply	(P. Cox, P. Hawkins et al.). Outbreak of waterborne Cryptosporidiosis at North Battleford, SK, Canada (P. Wallis, N. Bounsombath et al.). Event sampling for Cryptosporidium and Giardia in
South Australian water sources (S. Hayes, P. Dobson et al.). Drinking water regulations for Cryptosporidum in England and Wales (D. Drury, A. Lloyd). Why Cryptosporidium research for large water supplies: investigations in the Lake Mornos, the big water reservoir of Greater Athens, Greece (P. Karanis, C. Papadopoulou et al.). NATA accreditation of laboratories testing water for the presence of parasitic protozoa (T.G. Orlova). Use of ferric sulfate flocculation method for the recovery of Cryptosporidium oocysts from drinking water (P. Karanis, A. Kimura). A sensitive, semi-quantitative direct PCR-RFLP assay for simultaneous detection of five Cryptosporidium species in treated drinking waters and mineral waters (R.A.B. Nichols, C.A. Paton et al.). The incidence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in private water supplies in the United Kingdom (J. Watkins, D. Drury). The problem with Cryptosporidium in swimming pools	(G. Nichols, R. Chalmers et al.). Cryptosporidium parvum  oocyst recovery using immunomagnetisable separation (C.A. Paton, D.E. Kelsey et al.). Significance of enhanced morphological detection of Cryptosporidium sp. oocysts in water concentrates using DAPI and immunofluorescence microscopy (H.V. Smith, B.M. Campbell et al.). Surveillance of Cryptosporidiosis: progressive approaches (G. Nichols, J. McLauchlin et al.). Cryptosporidium and the environment - overview and summary	(R.M. Chalmers, P. Monis). Cryptosporidium - chemotherapy. A review of chemotherapeutic approaches to the treatment of Cryptosporidium (A. Armson, J.A. Reynoldson, R.C.A. Thompson). Extended Abstracts. An examination of the activity of the dinitroanilines on Cryptosporidium parvum  using in vitro, in vivo and target expression methods (A. Armson, R.C.A. Thompson et al.). Nitazoxanide in the treatment of cryptosporidiosis (J.F. Rossignol, A. Youb et al.). The application of quantitative-PCR for high throughput screening of novel compounds against Cryptosporidium parvum in vitro and their subsequent IC50 determination (L. Pallant, L. Macdonald et al.). Development of a standard method to recover protozoan parasites from soft fruit and salad vegetables (C.A. Paton, N. Wilkinson et al.). How safe is drinking water in primary schools? (U. Chukohtuad, V. Suphiphat). Synthesis. Facilitators: (P. O'Donoghue, S. Upton et al.).

",General Microbiology,,Life Sciences
0-444-51400-7,Hyperlink,"Biotechnology Annual Review, Volume 9","El-Gewely, M.R.",, ,480,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. It is an exciting time to follow the new developments in the field of biotechnology and its wider applications in the different areas.  The whole genomes of over 1000 viruses and over 100 microbes can now be found in Entrez Genome. The genomes represent both completely sequenced organisms and those for which sequencing is still in progress. The three main domains of life - bacteria, archaea, and eukaryota - are represented, as well as many viruses and organelles. 

The exponential increase of the sequence data lead to the development of the new ""Bioinformatics"" field in order to attempt making sense, at least biological sense, out of all the new and fast data.

It will take also other techniques such as ""functional genomics"" to link the gap between a specific phenotype or a treatment and a gene sequence. Functional genomics tools are therefore important for the accurate molecular diagnosis/prognosis, target discovery  validation needed fo",01-Nov-03,240,240,,"Preface. Editorial Board. List of contributors. 1. Biochips beyond DNA: technologies and applications (J.H. Ng, L.L. Ilag). 2. Nonribosomal peptide synthetases as technological platforms for the synthesis of highly modified peptide bioeffectors - cyclosporin synthetase as a complex example	(T. Velkov, A. Lawen). 3. Horseradish peroxidase: A valuable tool in biotechnology (A.M. Azevedo, V.C. Martins et al.). 4. Considerations for the planning and conduct of reproducibility studies of in vitro diagnostic tests for infectious agents (T. Derion). 5. Clinical trial methods to discover and validate predictive markers for treatment response in cancer (S. Paik). 
6. Production of high-quality marketing applications: Strategies for biotechnology companies working with contract research organizations (S.J. Hecker, C. Preston, M. Foote). 7. Use of benchmarking in the development of biopharmaceutical products
(M. Giffin, S. McLeish). 8. The state of biopharmaceutical manufacturing (D.T. Molowa, R. Mazanet). 9. Review of current authorship guidelines and the controversy regarding publication of clinical trial data (M. Foote). 10. Protein electrostatics. A review of the equations and methods used to model electrostatic equations in biomolecules. Applications in biotechnology (M.T. Neves-Petersen, S.B. Petersen). 11. The development of supportive care agents for patients with cancer (T.K. Neumann, M. Foote). Index of authors. Keyword index.
",Biotechnology (General),Biotechnology Annual Review,Life Sciences
0-444-51259-4,Hyperlink,"The Biological Response to Planned and Unplanned Injuries: Cellular, Molecular and Genetic Aspects","Ogawa, M.;Yamamoto, T.;Hirota, M.",, ,416,Excerpta Medica,HC,"Hardbound. This volume comprises the papers from the 19th Kumamoto Medical Bioscience Symposium held in Kumamoto, Japan between 7 and 8 November 2002. The papers focus on the frontiers of research related to the cellular, molecular and genetic aspects of the biological response to planned and unplanned injuries. Planned (operation, etc) and unplanned (trauma, infection, etc.) injuries may disturb the homeostasis of living organisms that, in turn, create several biological responses to maintain their homeostasis. The year 2002 was the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA. Using the sophisticated molecular biological techniques, numerous cytokines have been cloned as mediators of biological response since the late 1970s. Such discoveries have provoked a dramatic progression in the research in this field. The Symposium encouraged the exchange of current topics regarding such biological responses from around the world in orde",01-Sep-03,145,145,,"Preface.

1.  Plenary lectures.

The community of the shelf								
(T.G. Buchman).

Regulation of innate immune response by Stat proteins during septic peritonitis
(A. Matsukawa).

High precision analysis of gene expression in whole blood: assessment of patient status and response to therapy
(J.C. Cheronis).

Regulation of inflammatory responses by activated protein C
(K. Okajima). 

Cellular, molecular and sexual dimorphic response to trauma-hemorrhage
(M.A. Choudry et al.). 

Clinical aspect of hypercytokinemia-induced pathophysiology in critical care
(H. Hirasawa et al.). 

Significance of trypsin inhibitor gene mutation in the predisposition to pancreatitis
(M. Hirota et al.). 

Molecular and genetic mechanisms of acute and chronic pancreatitis
(D.C. Whitcomb). 

Nutrition and phagocyte intracellular signal transduction
(H. Saito, W. Kang, S. Ikeda). 

Initial and delayed inflammatory and counterinflammatory mediator patterns following severe injury
(E. Faist). 

2.  Cytokine reaction/polymorphism.

Inhibition of tumor necrosis factor-&agr; production by urinary trypsin inhibitor
(H. Isobe et al.). 

Increase in plasma IL-18 in patients with hepatic failure reflects the decreased hepatic metabolism
(M. Shibata et al.). 

Alteration of the cytokine-related gene expression levels in lymphocytes observed in terminally injured patients estimated by the DNA chip technology
(T. Tarui et al.). 

Gabexate mesilate, a synthetic protease inhibitor, inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor- a production by inhibiting activation of both nuclear factor-&kgr;B and activator protein-1 in human monocytes
(M. Yuksel, K. Okajima, M. Uchiba).

Genetic polymorphisms in the promoter region of interleukin-8
(S. Fujishima et al.). 

Cytokine gene polymorphisms predict acute rejection following renal transplantation
(L. Yang, Y. Liu). 

3.  Molecular detection of cancer cells.

Peritoneal metastasis after operation for non-serosa-invasive gastric carcinoma and a prophylactic strategy for peritoneal dissemination
(T. Marutsuka et al.). 

Establishment of a rapid procedure for one-step real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in combination with automated mRNA extraction: a clinical application to intraoperative molecular diagnosis of cancer cells
(N. Hayashi et al.). 

Molecular detection of occult cancer cells in the patients with liver tumors treated by local ablation therapy
(T. Maeda et al.). 

4.  Surgical insults.

Video-assisted minithoracotomy versus conventional open thoracotomy: clinical evaluation of video-assisted thoracic surgery for non-small cell lung cancer
(T. Tashima et al.). 

Changes of serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor following major surgical injury
(R. Futami et al.). 

Changes of interleukin 6 and soluble IL-6 receptor levels after surgery
(K. Sakamoto et al.). 

Accelerated cytokine responses of elderly patients result in significant increase of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and postoperative complications following gastrointestinal surgery
(T. Beppu et al.).

Perforation of Meckel's diverticulum in a neonate delivered to a mother with hyperthyroidism
(S. Okazaki et al.). 

5.  Pancreatits.

Contribution of IL-18 and its related cytokines on the development of hepatic dysfunction in non-biliary acute pancreatitis
(M. Shibata et al.). 

Interleukin 18 levels reflect the severity of acute pancreatitis
(H. Nakae et al.). 

The effect of TNF- a converting enzyme inhibitor on cytokine response in acute pancreatitis
(K. Maeda et al.). 

Dynamic aspects of granulocyte activation in acute pancreatitis
(Y. Kimura et al.). 

Cytokine storm in acute pancreatitis: Influence of inflammatory attack and arterial infusion therapy
(M. Sugimoto et al.).

Endothelin is involved in pancreatic and intestinal ischemia during severe acute pancreatitis
(K. Inoue et al.).

Functional analysis of pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor protein with amino acid substitution
(K. Kuwata, M. Hirota, M. Ogawa).

Generation of pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor gene knockout mice
(M. Omuraya et al.). 

6.  Transplantation.

Prolonged survival of rat hepatic allografts after pretransplant intraportal administration of recipient blood to the donor
(F. Wang et al.). 

Study of the protective effect of zinc: a potent HSP inducer during liver cold preservation in rat
(Y. Cheng et al.).

Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation at the china medical university:  report of 13 cases
(Y. Liu et al.). 

Hepatic artery reconstruction in orthotopic liver transplant
(J. Liang et al.). 

Study of cytomegalovirus infection in renal transplant recipients
(Y. Meng, Y. Liu). 

Isolation and protective effect in UW solution of human hepatocytes during cold storage
(G. Li, Y. Liu, J. Liang).  

7.  Sepsis/burn.

Surfactant protein A and D levels in patients with  septic ards
(H. Nakae et al.). 

The TH1/TH2 ratio in the patients with diminished expression of HLA-DR on monocytes1
(Y. Imamura et al.). 

Biophysics-induced tissue regeneration. A pilot study using ""delta-S"" entropy variation system on burns sequelae and keloids
(G. Marineo et al.). 

8.  Neutrophil/endothelial cell/NO.

A pulmonary metastatic model of human non-small cell lung carcinoma cells in scid mice
(E. Tanaka et al.). 

Induction of neutrophil elastase by TNF-&agr; in human cancer cell lines
(S. Ishikawa et al.). 

Inhibition by antithrombin of cytokine-induced endothelial cell activation in vitro
(M. Uchiba et al.). 

Protective function of nitric oxide in murine salmonella infection
(M.S. Alam, T. Akaike, H. Maeda). 

Heme oxygenase and nitric oxide synthase on tumor growth
(K. Doi et al.).

9.  Signal transduction/DNA synthesis.

Immunohistochemical analysis of RON receptor tyrosine kinase and presence of RON and its splicing variant in malignant and non-malignant human colonic mucosa
(T. Okino et al.).

Pharmacological difference in muscarinic receptors between circular and longitudinal muscle cells of murine small intestine
(D. Sato, K. Nishi, M. Ogawa). 

GANP DNA-primase associated with MCM3 and DNA synthesis
(S. Tomiyasu et al.). 
 
10.  Carcinogenesis.

Atrophic/metaplastic changes of gastric mucosa: a preliminary interventional trial comparing different antioxidant supplements
(F. Marotta et al.). 

Proposal of genetic pathways of 'de novo' colorectal carcinomas
(K. Shiomori et al.). 

Immunohistochemical expression of SKALP/elafin in squamous cell carcinoma of human lung and esophagus
(N. Yoshida et al.). 

11. Metastasis/invasion of cancer cells.

Analysis of the signal transduction pathway in related to invasion and metastasis in pancreatic cancer
(H. Egami et al.). 

Correlation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 (ERK2) expression and the cell disscociation induced by dissociation factor (DF) in pancreatic cancer cells
(X. Tan et al.). 

Mechanism of surgical oncotaxis and its regulation
(J. Hihara et al.).

Type IV collagen alpha chains in colon cancer
(Y. Hiki et al.). 

12.  Cancer biology/treatment.

Human carcinoma cells express IL-8 and IL-8 receptor: Their role and regulation in cancer biology
(T. Ishiko et al.). 

The signal of proteinase-activated receptor-2 (PAR-2) plays an important role in pancreatic cancer progression
(O. Ikeda et al.). 

Effects of far infrared ray on HeLa cells and WI-38 cells
(Y. Hamada et al.).

Identification of cancer antigens by SEREX
(T. Nakatsura et al.). 

Group II phospholipase A2 is increased in peritoneal and pleural effusions in patients with various cancers
(T. Abe et al.). 

Biological significance of the production of membrane associated phospholipase A2 in human gastric cancer
(H. Ohmachi et al.). 

Expression of group II phospholipase A2 in malignant and non-malignant human hepatocytes
(S. Ohshima et al.). 

Possible relationship between the expression of membrane-associated phospholipase A2 (M-PLA2) and the proliferation of interstitial tissue in human pancreatic cancer
(H. Kiyohara et al.). 

Artificial neurons in oncological pain: The potential of scrambler therapy to modify a biological information
(G. Marineo et al.). 

Proposal of the optimal and practical therapeutic strategy for gastric cancer
(S. Shimada et al.). 

Author index.

Keyword index.
",Genetics,International Congress Series,Life Sciences
0-08-044199-8,Hyperlink,Acceptability of Transport Pricing Strategies,"Schade, J.;Schlag, B.",, ,340,Pergamon,HC,"Hardbound. Several studies and research projects all over the world have considered transport pricing strategies as promising attempts to solve the urgent traffic problems in urban areas. However, empirical results have shown that public and political acceptability of such strategies is low.

Until now, acceptance research in transport has occurred in comparative isolation. There are no standardized terms and no generally recognized research methodologies. This volume attempts to overcome this research problem and bring the disciplines involved together. Thus, the first aim is a contribution to an interdisciplinary exchange which covers all relevant aspects of acceptance. Contributions come from some of the most recognized psychologists, economists, civil engineers, sociologists and political scientists in the field, like, e.g., Bruno S. Frey, Tommy Gärling, Peter Jones, José Viegas, Tony May, Stef Proost, and other excellent authors. The s",01-Oct-03,95,95,,"Acceptability of transport pricing strategies: an introduction (J. Schade, B. Schlag). Setting the Stage: Acceptability Problem. Efficient pricing in transport - overview of European Commission's Transport Research Programme (C. Sikow-Magny). Acceptability of road user charging: meeting the challenge (P. Jones). Why are efficient transport policy instruments so seldom used? (B.S. Frey). Urban road pricing in Norway: public acceptability and travel behaviour (T. Tretvik). Reforming transport pricing: an economic perspective on equity, efficiency and acceptability (I. Mayeres, S. Proost). European Research Results. European research results on transport pricing acceptability (J. Schade). Environmental awareness and acceptability of pricing policy in Germany (U. Kuckartz, H. Grunenberg). Success and failure: experiences from cities (B. Hårsman). An analytical framework of pricing acceptability: application to four case studies (C. Raux, S. Souche). Acceptability of price changes in urban mobility (J.M. Viegas, R. Macário). Behind Public Acceptability: Relevant Determinants. Factors influencing the acceptability and effectiveness of transport pricing (L. Steg). Acceptability of road user charging: the influence of selfish and social perspectives (S. Jaensirisak et al.). Which role does the objective play? Empirical findings from Germany (O. Hölzer). Determinants of people's acceptability of pricing measures: replication and extension of a causal model (S. Bamberg, D. Rölle). Willingness to support traffic policy measures: the role of justice (H. Ittner et al.). Political Acceptability. Political acceptance of road pricing: goal conflicts in municipality decision making (L-O. Johansson et al.). Individual uncertainty and the political acceptability of road pricing policies (E. Marcucci, M. Marini). Public and political acceptability of transport pricing: are there differences? (H. Link). Contributors. Subject index. Name index.





",Industry Studies: Utilities and Transportation,,"Economics, Business and Management"
0-7623-0801-X,Hyperlink,Intergenerational Ambivalences,"Pillemer, K.;Luscher, K.",, ,336,Jai,HC,"Hardbound. This book is an in-depth, cutting-edge report on the intergenerational ambivalence perspective: an innovative framework for understanding parent-adult child relationships that has emerged from work in several disciplines such as sociology, psychology, history, and family therapy in the US and Europe over the past ten years. It is an excellent starting point for anyone interested in the ambivalent feelings experienced between adult children and their parents. The volume is particularly suited for scholars, graduate courses, and advanced undergraduate courses on the family, aging, life-course, and gender studies.

With dramatic increases in the life span, many people now have adult relationships with their parents that last 30, 40, or even more years. These intergenerational bonds are perhaps the most stable and enduring ties people experience in our rapidly changing world. At the same time, social norms for how these relationships ""should"" be",01-Nov-03,90,90,,"Introduction: ambivalence in parent-child relations in later life (K. Pillemer, K. Lüscher). Conceptual and Historical Perspectives. Conceptualizing and uncovering intergenerational ambivalence (K. Lüscher). Intergenerational ambivalences in the past - a social-historical assessment (A. Plakans). Assessing Intergenerational Ambivalence. Methodological issues in assessing ambivalences in intergenerational relations (F. Lettke, D.M. Klein). Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em: mothers' ambivalence toward their adult children (K. Pillemer). Intergenerational ambivalence in the context of the larger social network (K.L. Fingerman). Intergenerational ambivalence: methods, measures, and results of the Konstanz study (K. Lüscher, F. Lettke). Ambivalence, Care, and Intergenerational Relations. The filial task in midlife: ambivalence and the quality of adult children's relationships with their old-aged parents (F.R. Lang).	Ambiguous loss and ambivalence when a parent has dementia (P. Boss, L. Kaplan). The ambivalences of parental care among young German adults (D. Lorenz-Meyer). Intergenerational Ambivalence Involving Young Adults. The experience of ambivalence within the family: young adults ""coming out"" gay or lesbian and their parents (B.J. Cohler). Ambivalence and attachment in family relationships (G.R. Maio et al.). The once and future parents: exploring the impact of early parental memories on the anticipated life histories of young adults (H. Segal).
",Sociology of the Family,Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research,Social and Behavioral Sciences
0-7623-0879-6,Hyperlink,"Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Volume 20","Leicht, K.T.",, ,440,Jai,HC,"Hardbound. Volume 20 of Research in Social Stratification and Mobility continues to remain at the forefront of the diverse group of social scientists who study social inequality and is now the official publication of the Social Stratification Research Group of the International Sociological Association (RC-28). This issue features a comprehensive retrospective on the 40 years of contributions to social stratification research made by the late William Sewell and the Wisconsin Longitudinal Survey, including an all-inclusive bibliography of publications. Other contributions address the growing differences between workers with full-time jobs and various categories of the underemployed (in Israel, the United States and Germany), social mobility in Korea and Sweden, subjective responses to social inequality and the social consequences of status inconsistency, and analyses of class consciousness and growing wealth inequality in the OECD.",01-Oct-03,90,90,,"Introduction (K.T. Leicht). The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Turns 40: A Tribute to William H. Sewell. As we age: a review of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, 1957-2001 (W.H. Sewell et al.). Comparative Analysis of Employment and Underemployment. The gender stratification of employment hardship: queuing, opportunity structure, and economic cycles (S. Alon). Change in part-time work across occupations, 1970-1990 (N. Cassirer). Labor market structure and reemployment rates: unemployment dynamics in West Germany and the United States (M. Gangl). Social Mobility in Distinctive Institutional Settings. Intergenerational social mobility among Korean men in comparative perspective (H. Park). Do opposites attract? How inequality affects mobility in the labor market (M. Tahlin). The Stratification Implications of Status Inconsistency and Role Conflict. Unmet expectations: the effect of status inconsistency on quitting and internal job changing (W.E.B.D. Creed, I. Saporta). Organizational and professional commitment in professional and nonprofessional organizations: the case of nurse doctorates (A.P. Finley et al.).
The Continuing Salience of Class Power and Class Consciousness. The power of property in comparative perspective (L.E. Raffalovich, E. Vesselinov). Finding class consciousness in the new economy (M. Wallace, A. Junisbaev).
",Sociology (General),Research in Social Stratification and Mobility,Social and Behavioral Sciences
0-7623-1064-2,Hyperlink,The Multicultural Challenge,"Brochmann, G.",, ,304,Jai,HC,"Hardbound. Cultural pluralisation - reinforced by immigration - has had major consequences for the political agenda in recent years in liberal democratic states. New types of tension have arisen - new forms of social and cultural differentiation, and new patterns of inequality. The diversity also reshapes the frame of reference for traditional policy instruments employed by modern welfare states: new issues arise that are linked to rights, legitimacy, and policy measures of a general and targeted nature. This volume of Comparative Social Research addresses a number of issues related to this new diversity. Common themes are multiculturalism, power and integration, and these themes are analyzed through a comparative lens.",01-Nov-03,90,90,,"List of contributors. Introduction (G. Brochmann). Integration nations: the nation-state and research on immigrants in Western Europe (A. Favell). The shrinking capacity of the national welfare state: international migration and the deregulation of identity formation (M. Bommes). Comparing minority and majority rights. Multicultural integration in a power perspective (T. Borchgrevink, G. Brochmann). The political representation of immigrants in Oslo and Copenhagen: a study of electoral systems and voting behavior (J. Bergh, T. Bjørklund). Political mobilization of ethnic minority women (L. Togeby). The trouble with difference: gender, ethnicity, and Norwegian social democracy (A.N. Longva). The importance of being good. Power and morality in Norwegian immigration politics (A. Hagelund). What creed in Europe? Social exclusion, citizenship, and a changing EU policy agenda (C-U. Schierup). Ethnicity, social subordination and cultural resistance (A. Ålund). From homogeneity to difference? Comparing multiculturalism as a description and a field for claim-making (G. Sciortiono).
",Sociology (General),Comparative Social Research,Social and Behavioral Sciences
0-7623-1066-9,Hyperlink,"Advances in Accounting, Volume 20","Reckers, P.M.J.",, ,262,Jai,HC,"Hardbound. Now in its twentieth edition, Advances in Accounting continues to provide an important forum for discourse among and between academic and practicing accountants on issues of significance to the future of the discipline. Emphasis continues to be placed on original commentary, critical analysis and creative research - research that promises to substantively advance our understanding of financial markets, behavioral phenomenon and regulatory policy.  Technology and aggressive global competition have propelled tremendous changes over the two decades since AIA was founded. A wide array of unsolved questions continues to plague a profession under fire in the aftermath of one financial debacle after another. This volume of Advances in Accounting, not surprisingly, includes articles reflective of recent economic distress: articles on the effects of post bankruptcy financial reporting, measurement of decline in earnings persis",01-Nov-03,90,90,,"Articles. List of contributors. Editorial board. Statement of purpose and review procedures. Editorial policy and manuscript format. Contents. The effects of post-bankruptcy financing on going concern reporting (L.J. Abbott et al.). A time-series approach to measuring the decline in quarterly earnings persistence	(S.P. Baginski et al.). Understanding the satisfaction process for new assurance services: the role of attitudes, expectations, disconfirmation and performance (K. Gladden Burke et al.). Re-estimations of the Zmijewski and Ohlson bankruptcy prediction models (J.S. Grice, Jr., M.T. Dugan). Prolific authors of accounting literature (J.R. Hasselback et al.). The impact of non-audit service fee disclosure requirements on audit fee and non-audit service fee in the United Kingdom: an empirical analysis (G. Iyer, V. Iyer). The evolving role of IS audit: a field study comparing the perceptions of IS and financial auditors (V.P. Vendrzyk, N.A. Bagranoff). International Perspectives. The decision-facilitating role of management accounting systems on managerial performance: the influence of locus of control and task uncertainty (V.K. Chong, I.R.C. Eggleton). Change in strategy and MCS: a match over time? (Ralph Kober, J. Ng). Do auditors assess the systematic market risk in their audit pricing decisions?  International evidence (P. Sahlstrom, J. Nikkinen). Trends in accounting doctoral dissertations: 1991 - 2000 (M. Porporato et al.). The economic value added (EVA):  an analysis of market reaction (B. Deya Tortella, S. Brusco).
 

",Accounting,Advances in Accounting,"Economics, Business and Management"
0-7623-1033-2,Hyperlink,Ethnic Entrepreneurship,"Stiles, C.;Galbraith, C.S.",, ,516,Jai,HC,"Hardbound. The papers in this volume, the fourth in the series International Research in the Business Disciplines, provide a broad survey of the nature and scope of entrepreneurship within ethnic groups.  Of particular interest, the contributors address the role of ethnic entrepreneurship in shaping the structure of modern economies. Ethnicity has heretofore been given less attention in entrepreneurship research than its importance might seem to warrant due largely to the prevalence of the assimilation hypothesis: the assumption that everyone, without regard to ethnicity, works as a producer in the general economy and buys as a consumer from the general economy. The economic uniformity implied by this assumption invites critical comment.

In five parts, the collection explores aspects of ethnic entrepreneurship as both part of the structure of the general economy and in terms of the process of movement toward or away from assimilation",01-Oct-03,90,90,,"List of contributors. Introduction: thoughts on a common thread (C.H. Stiles, C.S. Galbraith). Immigration, Ethnicity and Entrepreneurial Behavior. The ethnic ownership economy (I. Light). Are ethnic enclaves really tiebout clubs?  Ethnic entrepreneurship and the economic theory of clubs (C.S. Galbraith). Levels of resources for ethnic entrepreneurs (P.G. Greene, R. Chaganti). The role of social and human capital in the start-up and growth of immigrant businesses	(J.M. Sequeria, A.A. Rasheed). The embryonic development of an ethnic neighborhood: a longitudinal case study of entrepreneurial activity (C.S. Galbraith et al.). Aboriginal Entrepreneurship. Innovation and entrepreneurship amongst Päkeha and Mäori in New Zealand (H.H. Frederick, E. Henry). Aboriginal entrepreneurship and economic development in Canada: thoughts on current theory and practice (R.B. Anderson, R.J. Giberson). Ethnic Religious Identity and Entrepreneurship. Church membership, social capital, and entrepreneurship in Brazilian communities in the US (A.C.B.  Martes, C.L. Rodriguez). Are you at peace with God and your neighbor? Cultural resources and restraints on Mennonite entrepreneurship (J.A. Ryman). The construction of an ethnic identity in religious traditionalism: an ethnographic survey (D.V. Caterine). Ethnic Entrepreneurship: Assimilation and Integration. Ethnic business families (G.R. Iyer). Developing entrepreneurial characteristics in minority youth: the effects of education and enterprise experience (H.S. Rasheed, B.Y. Rasheed). Psychological acculturation of ethnic minorities and entrepreneurship (G. Singh, A. DeNoble). Capital Access and Ethnic Entrepreneurship. Ethnic minority entrepreneurs and the commercial banks in the UK: access to formal sources of finance and decision-making by their bankers (D. Deakins et al.). Ethnic minority entrepreneurs and venture capital (J.S. Rubin).

",Business,International Research in the Business Disciplines,"Economics, Business and Management"
0-7623-1065-0,Hyperlink,"Advances in Taxation, Volume 15","Porcano, T.M.",, ,176,Jai,HC,"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-Nov-03,90,90,,"List of contributors. Editorial board. Ad hoc reviewers. AIT statement of purpose. The effect of export tax incentives on export volume: the DISC/FSC evidence (B.A. Billings et al.). Implications of benchmark state and local tax rates for measures of estimated taxes (B.D. Childs). Tax administration problems: GAO-identified shortcomings and implications (P.J. Harmelink et al.). Implicit taxes and progressivity (H.J. Iglarsh, R.G. Allan). The association of career stage and gender with tax accountants' work attitudes and behavior (S Luttman et al.). The determinants of staff accountants' satisfaction with services at Korean district tax offices (T. Shim). Tax policy effectiveness as measured by responses to limits placed on the deduction of executive compensation (T. Smith).

",Accounting,Advances in Taxation,"Economics, Business and Management"
0-7623-1060-X,Hyperlink,The City as an Entertainment Machine,"Nichols Clark, T.",, ,312,Jai,HC,"Hardbound. This volume explores how consumption and entertainment change cities. But it reverses the ""normal"" causal process. That is, many chapters analyze how consumption and entertainment drive urban development, not vice versa. How?

People both live and work in cities. And where they choose to live shifts where and how they work. Amenities enter as enticements to bring new residents or tourists to a city. Amenities have thus become new public concerns for many cities in the US and much of Northern Europe. Old ways of thinking, old paradigms - such as ""location, location, location"" and ""land, labor, capital, and management generate economic development"" - are too simple. So is ""human capital drives development"". To these earlier questions, we add: ""how do amenities and related consumption attract talented people, who in turn drive the classic processes which make cities grow?"" This new question is critical for policy makers. Urban public o",01-Nov-03,90,90,,"Introduction: taking entertainment seriously (T. Nichols Clark). A political theory of consumption (T. Nichols Clark). Urban amenities: lakes, opera, and juice bars: do they drive development? (T. Nichols Clark). Globalization and the liminal: transgression, identity and the urban primitive (L. Langman, K. Cangemi). Consumers and cities (E.L. Glaeser et al.). The new political culture and local government in England (A. Bartlett et al.). Technology and tolerance: the importance of diversity to high-technology growth
(R. Florida, G. Gates). Gays and urban development: how are they linked? (T. Nichols Clark). Amenities: recent work mainly by economists (A. Zelenev). The international mayor (T. Nichols Clark et al.). Starbucks, bicycle paths, and urban growth machines: emails among members of urban and community section of American Sociological Association. (Listserve). Amenities drive urban growth: leadership and policy linkages (T. Nichols Clark et al.). List of contributors, biographical sketches.",Community and Urban Sociology,Research in Urban Policy,Social and Behavioral Sciences
0-444-50867-8,Hyperlink,"Clinical Neurophysiology of Disorders of Muscle and Neuromuscular Junction, Including Fatigue","Stalberg, E.",, ,626,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. This book is a review of basic physiology, pathophysiology, clinical symptoms and diagnostic methods with emphasis on electrophysiology in disorders of muscle and neuromuscular junction, including fatigue.

The book is divided in three main parts. The first 7 chapters concern basic physiology, morphology and genetics within the field. The new classification system of muscle disorders is presented. The next 9 chapters cover to-date aspects of electrophysiological methods used for diagnosis and understanding of muscle disorders. This section includes EMG concepts, quantitative EMG methods, tests of neuromuscular transmission (SFEMG and repetitive nerve stimulation), surface EMG, nerve conduction methods, motor unit number estimation (MUNE), fatigue tests, respiratory system electrophysiology and a chapter on pediatric EMG. The last section contains 15 chapters on individual disorders of the muscle and neuromuscular junction. They represent rev",01-Nov-03,225,225,,"Preface. List of Contributors. 1. Introduction (E. Stålberg). Section I. Overview.  2. Skeletal muscle: structure and function (D. Burke, S.C. Gandevia). 3. Structure and function of the neuromuscular junction (J.F. Howard Jr.). 4.	Nerve-muscle interactions (T. Lømo).  5. Pathology and pathogenesis of muscle diseases (H. Kalimo).  6. Genetic aspects of diagnosis (N. Dahl). 7. Ultrasound examination of muscle (J.H. Van der Hoeven). 8. Effects of aging on motor unit structure and function (L. Larsson). Section II. Electrophysiological Methods. 9.	Electromyographic methods (E. Stålberg, J. Daube). 10. Single fiber electromyography (J.V. Trontelj). 11. Methods for the quantification of conventional needle EMG (E. Stålberg). 12. Multichannel surface EMG (D.F. Stegeman, C. Houtman et al.). 13. Neurography - motor and sensory nerve conduction studies (B. Falck). 14. Repetitive nerve stimulation (D.B. Sanders). 15.	Motor unit number estimation in disorders of muscle and neuromuscular junction (R.K. Olney). 16.	Muscle fatigue (K.R. Mills). 17. Clinical neurophysiology of respiration (C.F. Bolton, U. Zifko). 18. Pediatric electromyography and neurography (H. Royden Jones Jr., B.T. Darras, K.E. Eeg-Olofsson). Section III. Muscle Diseases. 19. Limb girdle muscular dystrophy (P.R.W. Fawcett, P.F. Chinnery). 20. Inflammatory myopathies (H.R. Briemberg, A.A. Amato). 21. Dystrophinopathies (K.E. Eeg-Olofsson). 22.	Distal myopathies (L. Edström, T. Ansved). 23. Skeletal muscle channelopathies: myotonias, periodic paralyses and malignant
hyperthermia (F. Lehmann-Horn, H. Lerche, K. Jurkat-Rott). 24.	Congenital muscular disorders (M. Fardeau, D.I. Rubin). 25.	Neuromuscular junction disorders (D.B. Sanders). 26.	Involuntary muscle contraction of peripheral origin (T. Torbergsen). 27. Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (P.R.W. Fawcett, P.F. Chinnery). 28. Mitochondrial diseases (E. Ciafaloni, E. Arnaudo). 29. Critical care myopathies (S.J. Bird). 30. Muscle weakness in critical illness (C.F. Bolton). 31.	Metabolic myopathies (C.L. Gooch, S. DiMauro). 32. Toxic myopathies (D.I. Rubin). Section IV. Future Directions. 33.	The future role of clinical neurophysiology in muscle disease
(E. Stålberg, J. Daube). Subject Index. 

































",Clinical Neurophysiology,Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology,Neuroscience
008-044-3354,Hyperlink,Time-Frequency Signal Analysis and Processing,"Boashash, B.",, ,750,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. 
KEY FEATURES:


The most comprehensive text and reference book published on the subject, all the most up to date research on this subject in one place
Key computer procedures and code is provided to assist the reader with practical implementations and applications
This book brings together the main knowledge of time-frequency signal analysis and processing, (TFSAP), from theory and applications, in a user-friendly reference suitable for both experts and beginners


DESCRIPTION:Time Frequency Signal Analysis and Processing covers fundamental concepts, principles and techniques, treatment of specialised and advanced topics, methods and applications, including results of recent research.


This book deals with the modern methodologies, key techniques and concepts that form the core of new technologies used in IT, multimedia, telecommunications as well as most fields of engineering,",01-Nov-03,245,245,,"PART I
Introduction to the Consepts of TFSAP
Time-frequency Concepts
Heuristic Formulation of Time-Frequency Distributions
Theorey of Quadratic TFDs

PART II Fundamental Principles of TFSAP
Time-Frequency Signal and Systems Analysis
Design of Time-Frequency Distributions

PART III Time-Frequency Methods
Implementation and Realization of TFDs
Measures, Performance Assesment and Enhancement
Multi-Sensor and time spacing Processing

PART IV: Statistical Techniques
Random Processes and Noise Analysis 
Instantaneous Frequency Estimation and Localization
Time Frequency Synthesis and Filtering
Detection, Classification, and Estimation

PART V Engineering Applications
Time-Frequency Methods in Communications
Time-Frequency Methods in Radar, Sonar and Acoustics
Time-Frequency Diagnosis and Monitoring
Other Applications",Aerodynamics,,"Engineering, Energy and Technology"
0-444-51378-7,Hyperlink,Recent Advances and Trends in Nonparametric Statistics,"Akritas, M.G.;Politis, D.N.",, ,518,North-Holland,HC,"Hardbound. The advent of high-speed, affordable computers in the last two decades has given a new boost to the nonparametric way of thinking. Classical nonparametric procedures, such as function smoothing, suddenly lost their abstract flavour as they became practically implementable. In addition, many previously unthinkable possibilities became mainstream; prime examples include the bootstrap and resampling methods, wavelets and nonlinear smoothers, graphical methods, data mining, bioinformatics, as well as the more recent algorithmic approaches such as bagging and boosting. This volume is a collection of short articles - most of which having a review component - describing the state-of-the art of Nonparametric Statistics at the beginning of a new millennium.

Key features:

• algorithic approaches
• wavelets and nonlinear smoothers
• graphical methods and data mining
• biostatistics and bioinformatics
• bagg",01-Nov-03,95,95,,"Preface.

1. Algorithmic Approaches to Statistics

An introduction to support vector machines

(B. Schölkopf).



Bagging, subagging and bragging for improving some prediction algorithms

(P. Bühlmann).




Data compression by geometric quantization

(Nkem-Amin Khumbah , E. J. Wegman).



2. Functional Data Analysis

Functional data analysis in evolutionary biology

(N. E. Heckman).



Functional nonparametric statistics: a double infinite dimensional framework

(F. Ferraty, P. Vieu).




3. Nonparametric Model Building 


Nonparametric models for ANOVA and ANCOVA: a review

(M. G. Akritas, E. Brunner). 



Isotonic additive interaction models

(I. Gluhovsky).



A nonparametric alternative to analysis of covariance

(A. Bathke, E. Brunner).




4. Goodness Of Fit

Assessing structural relationships between distributions - a quantile
process approach based on Mallows distance

(G. Freitag, A. Munk, M. Vogt). 


 
Almost sure representations in survival analysis under censoring and truncation:
applications to goodness-of-fit tests

(R. Cao, W. González Manteiga, C. Iglesias Pérez)




5. High-Dimensional Data And Visualization

Data depth: center-outward ordering of multivariate data and nonparametric multivariate statistics

(R. Y. Liu). 



Visual exploration of data through their graph representations

(G. Michailidis).


6.   Nonparametric Regression

Inference for nonsmooth regression curves and surfaces using kernel-based methods

(I. Gijbels).

Nonparametric smoothing methods for a class of non-standard  curve
estimation problems

(O. Linton, E. Mammen).

Weighted local linear approach to censored nonparametric regression

(Z. Cai).
 

7. Topics In Nonparametrics

Adaptive quantile regression

(S. van de Geer).  


Set estimation: an overview and some recent developments

(A. Cuevas, A. Rodríguez-Casal).

Nonparametric methods for heavy tailed vector data: a survey with applications
from finance and hydrology
 
(M. M. Meerschaert, Hans-Peter Scheffler).


8. Nonparametrics in Finance


Nonparametric methods in continuous-time finance: a selective review

(Z. Cai, Y. Hong).

Nonparametric estimation in a stochastic volatility model

(J. Franke, W. Härdle, Jens-Peter Kreiss).


Dynamic nonparametric filtering with application to volatility estimation

(Ming-Yen Cheng, J. Fan, V. Spokoiny).

  
 

A normalizing and variance-stabilizing  transformation  for financial time series

(D. N. Politis).


9.  Bioinformatics and Biostatistics

Biostochastics and nonparametrics: oranges and apples?

(P. K. Sen).



Some issues concerning length-biased sampling in survival analysis

(M. Asgharian, D. B. Wolfson).

Covariate centering and scaling in varying-coefficient regression with 
application to longitudinal growth studies

(C. O. Wu, K. F. Yu, V. W.S. Yuan). 

Directed peeling and covering of patient rules

(M. LeBlanc, J. Moon, J. Crowley).

10. Resampling and Subsampling

Statistical analysis of survival models with Bayesian bootstrap
 
(J. Lee, Y. Kim).

On optimal variance estimation under different spatial subsampling schemes
 
(D. J. Nordman, S. N. Lahiri).

 
Locally stationary processes and the local  block bootstrap 
 
(A. Dowla, E. Paparoditis, D. N. Politis). 



 

11. Time Series and Stochastic Processes

Spectral analysis and a class of nonstationary processes
 
(M. Rosenblatt). 

Curve estimation for locally stationary time series models 
 
(R. Dahlhaus). 


Assessing spatial isotropy
 
(M. Sherman, Y. Guan, J. A. Calvin).


12. Wavelet and Multiresolution Methods

Automatic landmark registration of 1D curves
 
(J. Bigot).

Stochastic multiresolution models for turbulence
 
(B. Whitcher, J.B. Weiss, D.W. Nychka, T.J. Hoar).



List of Contributors.
",Statistics,,Mathematics
0-7623-0954-7,Hyperlink,Walking Towards Justice,"Bell, M.M.;Hendricks, F.",, ,268,Jai,HC,"Hardbound. Democracy is back, at least as a topic of concern among rural sociologists. The Neoliberal cast of the recent pursuit of globalization in world politics has led to the development of a wide range of critiques united by the same question: what about democracy? From this perspective, the main issue with globalization is the globalization of what - the market or the policy, the citizen as consumer or the citizen as citizen.

This volume brings together some of the recent work of rural sociologists on democracy, in an effort to bring into sharper focus this work's distinctive contributions to the understanding the question of what is and should be globalized, with particular emphasis on rural concerns and rural people. Half the world still lives in rural areas, and the entire world depends upon the success of rural areas in providing the means for human subsistence.  The impact of globalization on rural democratization thus has implicat",01-Nov-03,90,90,,"Foreword (F.H. Buttel). Introduction (M.M. Bell, F. Hendricks). Rural Democratization in Theory. Democracy: the missing element in the market celebration (L. Busch). Milpas of the millenium: where will the excluded ones go if the system is global? (A. Bartra). Democracy in the era of globalization (A. Bonanno, R.J. Antonio). Dialogue and isodemocracy: creating the social conditions of good talk (M. Mayerfeld Bell). Democracy: balancing market, state and civil society (C. Butler Flora). Rural Democratization in Rich Countries. Global capital and the transformation of rural communities (T.A. Lyson). Civic watershed communties (L. Wright Morton). Are the new rural development programmes strengthening democracy in Europe? The case of southern Spain (E. Ramos and M. del Mar Delgado). Rural Democratization in Poor Countries.  Opening democratic spaces in rural Mozambique (R. E. Galli). Land inequality in democratic South Africa (F. Hendricks). Democracy, class, and gender in land reform: the case of Zimbabwe (S. Jacobs). Investing in indigenous people's 
territories, a new form of ethnocide? The Mapuche case (J. Calbucura). Democratization processes in rural development (G. Landázuri Benítez).
	
",Sociology (General),Research in Rural Sociology and Development,Social and Behavioral Sciences
0-444-51100-8,Hyperlink,Lab-on-a-Chip,"Oosterbroek, R.E.;van den Berg, A.",, ,402,Elsevier,HC,"Hardbound. In the past ten years there has been a rapid growth of the research and application area known as Lab-on-a-Chip. After an initial focus on electrokinetic separation techniques on chip, the scope of the field has widened to include topics like microfluidics, DNA analysis, cell analysis, microreactors and mass spectrometer interfacing. As well as the analytical chemistry community, synthetic chemists, chemical engineers, biochemists and biomedical engineers are now also becoming more and more interested in using new micro- and nanotechnological techniques.

This first Lab-on-a-Chip book contains a broad collection of papers on microtechnology, microfluidics, analytical methods and applications. All contributions are written by leading researchers in their respective fields, and provide new scientists with an overview of the field, to make him/her aware of the enormous opportunities offered by modern technology. The work presented in this book ",01-Sep-03,179,179,,"Technologies.

Hydrogels and polymers as components of a lab on a chip (J.M. Bauer, D.J. Beebe).
Microreplication technologies for polymer-based &mgr;TAS applications (H. Becker, C. Gärtner).
Silicon and glass micromachining for &mgr;TAS (J.G.E. Gardeniers et al.).
Surface chemistry in polymer microfluidic systems (L.E. Locascio et al.).
Plastic microfluidic devices: electrokinetic manipulations, life science applications, and production technologies (G. Binyamin et al.).


Methods.
Transverse diffusion in microfluidic systems (P. Yager).
Nanoliter & picoliter liquid handling (P. Koltay et al.).
Micro sequential injection system for monitoring of metabolites 
extruded by cultured cells (C.M. Schulz, J. Ruzicka).

 
Cell- & Bead-Based Systems.

Handling of beads in microfluidic devices for biotech applications (W. van der Wijngaart et al.).
Particles and molecules handling in micro channels (S. Shoji et al.).
Cell counting and cell sizing in microstructures (P. Telleman, U. D. Larsen).


Applications.

Microfabricated capillary array electrophoresis: 
implementation and applications (R. G. Blazej et al.).

Microfluidic systems for analysis of the proteome with mass spectrometry (D.J. Harrison et al.).

Interfacing &mgr;TAS to matrix assisted laser desorption time-of-flight masspectrometry - MALDI-TOF MS (T. Laurell et al.).

Micro integrated chemical systems for general use (Y. Kikutani et al.).

Synthesis in micro reactors using electro-osmotic flow (P.D.I. Fletcher et al.).
Biochips aiming at advanced medical treatment (Y. Horiike et al.).
BioMEMS for drug delivery applications (J.R. Lewis, M. Ferrari).


",Computational Chemistry,,Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
0-7623-1063-4,Hyperlink,"Bridging the Gap Between Theory, Research and Practice","Barbour, N.E.;McBride, B.A.",, ,184,Jai,HC,"Hardbound. University-based child development laboratory programs have a long and rich history.  Since their inception in the mid-1920's they have played a vital role in adding to our expanding knowledge base on child development and early childhood education. In addition to their instrumental functions in the generation of new knowledge, these programs have played significant roles in the professional development of future early childhood educators.  Through a variety of mechanisms these programs provide students with opportunities to begin applying the theory and knowledge being presented in college courses to actual practice in working with programs serving young children and their families. In recent years campuses have reconsidered, reconceptualized, and restructured the ways in which these laboratory programs fit within the agendas and missions of the universities where they are located, the local communities surrounding the universities, and the ch",01-Nov-03,90,90,,"List of contributors. Preface. Introduction to volume 12: bridging the gap between theory, research and practice (S. Reifel). The early history of child development laboratory programs
(N.E. Barbour). The Children's Center's survival brinkmanship, persistence, and creativity
(M.H. Brown, N.K. Freeman). The dilemma of linking theory and research with practice and innovation in child development laboratory programs (M.A. Clawson). An inside perspective of paradigm shifts in child development laboratory programs: bridging theory and professional preparation (A.J. Stemmel et al.). Reconceptualizing the child development laboratory school (C. Bersani, P. Hutchins). Bridging the gap through community collaboration: an evolving role for child development laboratory programs (D.M. Horm, S.D.G. Warford). Funding dilemmas: toward sustainable and creative financing in child development laboratory programs (C.A. Wright). The changing profile of teaching, research and outreach activities in lab school programs (B. McBride, J. Baumgartner). Author index. Subject index.
",Education (General),Advances in Early Education and Day Care,Social and Behavioral Sciences
0-7623-1050-2,Hyperlink,Managing Multinationals in a Knowledge Economy,"Cheng, J.;Hitt, M.",, ,220,Jai,HC,"Hardbound. This volume includes contributing chapters from authors based in Asia, Europe, and North America to examine an emerging topic in the international management field - managing multinationals in a knowledge economy. They were selected to reflect the influences of three key factors - economics, culture, and human resources - on managerial decisions that affect multinationals and their effective operations.  Leading the volume is an invited article by John H. Dunning, ""An Evolving Paradigm of the Economic Determinants of International Business Activity."" It presents a comprehensive review of his thirty-plus years of research on the eclectic paradigm, and a preview of his most recent work on the role of relational and institutional assets i