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Swine in the laboratory; surgery, anesthesia, imaging, and experimental techniques, 2d ed. (CD-ROM included)
Given the complexity of porcine anatomy and the frequent appearance of swine in veterinary, agricultural and biomedical labs, newcomers have a steep learning curve and little time to learn pigs properly. This reference gives students comprehensive directions to preoperative care all the way through to recovery in a variety of experimental and practical settings, covering biology, handling, husbandry, anatomy, anesthetics and analgesia, perioperative care, wound closure and integument, and directions to procedures throughout the body systems, including the gastrointestinal, liver and biliary, urinary and reproductive, cardiovascular and pulmonary. Sections address catheterization and imagery endoscopy, xeno-transplantation and transgenic technologies, toxicology, and radiobiology. The illustrations and photographs are particularly well done. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Syzygies and Hilbert functions.
Primarily drawn from an October 2005 conference held at Cornell, ten papers present recent results on Hilbert functions and free resolutions. The longest papers explore questions about Castelnuovo- Mumford regularity and illustrate how bigraded commutative algebra differs from the classical graded case. Other topics include Hilbert coefficients of ideals, Lex-plus-powers ideals, multiplicity conjectures, the geometry of Hilbert functions, infinite free resolutions over toric rings, and subspace arrangements. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Turmeric; the genus Curcuma.
The history, production, and uses of turmeric are thoroughly examined in the 15 chapters of this volume. Phytochemistry, biotechnology, agronomy, insect pests, and postharvest technology are the subject of separate chapters. Other chapter topics include turmeric's use in traditional medicine and as a spice and flavorant. The contributors are affiliated with institutions in India, the U.K. and the U.S.; about half are with either the Indian Institute of Spices Research in Calicut, India, or the Department of Experimental Therapeutics at the U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Understanding drug release and absorption mechanisms; a physical and mathematical approach. (CD-ROM included)
Due to the huge investments now involved in drug product development, the trial-and-error approach is no longer acceptable. Grassi (macromolecular materials engineering, U. of Trieste) and Italian colleagues present a dual approach to the drug release and absorption mechanisms involved: mathematical models build on the underlying biochemical and rheological (flow) principles presented. Delivery systems covered include polymeric matrices, microemulsions, permeable microencapsulated synthetic membranes and biological ones. Gastrointestinal (GI) tract and skin absorption routes in human and experimental models are discussed. (Crohn's disease is consistently misspelled as "Cronhn's" in the discussion on absorption in the case of GI diseases.) (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Understanding forest disturbance and spatial pattern; remote sensing and GIS approaches.
New technologies now allow researchers to see both the forest and the trees. With remote sensing and GIS practitioners can monitor and manage forests to the micro level, particularly in cases of forest disturbance, which has an extra level or two of biological and landscape ecological complexity. Contributors of the nine interrelated papers here describe the structure, function and shape of forest landscapes, the means of identifying and describing forest disturbance and spatial patterns, remotely sensed data in mapping harvesting patterns or in cases of fire or insect defoliation, integration of data types and sources, and working through a case study of harvest and fire disturbance in Montana. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Understanding surveillance technologies; spy devices, privacy, history & applications, 2d ed.
Intended for law enforcement and military professionals, this reference describes different devices for acoustic, electromagnetic, chemical, biological, and computer surveillance. The book is modular, each chapter following the same basic format: introduction, description of devices within the category, discussion of context in which the devices are usually used, historical overview of the milestones association with the technology, description of common applications, discussion of legal and ethical implications, and further resources. The second edition corrects widespread inaccuracies. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Vanadium; chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology, and practical applications.
With the advent of high field nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, there has been a rapid growth in the understanding of the oxidation states of vanadium (V), which are marked by a high diversity in biochemical activity and can have powerful influences on inhibiting or promoting the function of a large range of enzymes and also have a insulin-mimetic or insulin-enhancing effect in diabetic animals. Tracey (retired, chemistry, Simon Fraser U., Canada), Willsky (biochemistry, State U. of New York at Buffalo, US), and Takeuchi (executive director, Battery Research and Development and the Center of Excellence, Greatbatch Inc., US) describe vanadium (V) oxidation applications in biochemistry, pharmacology, and technology, concentrating especially on the aqueous chemistry of the vanadium (V) oxoanion, vanadate. They cover mixed ligand chemistry, various aspects vanadium coordination and reactivity, possible mechanisms for vanadium's effect on biological processes, the functionality of the vanadium dependent haloperoxides, and the distribution of vanadium in the biosphere. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
VeriIog HDL; digital design and modeling.
Cavanagh (Santa Clara University) introduces the language elements and expressions of the Verilog hardware description language (HDL) for simulating digital systems, and explains the dataflow, behavioral, and structural modeling constructs. Also appropriate for practicing computer engineers, the graduate textbook provides design examples complete with the design module, the test bench module, the outputs, and the waveforms. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
The water encyclopedia; hydrologic data and Internet resources, 3d ed.
The size of a big city telephone book, the 3rd edition of this reference contains over 1100 tables and 500 figures covering all aspects of the water industry. New to this edition are chapters on data management and international data collection. The pollution chapter has been greatly expanded, and wastewater is now the subject of its own chapter. Based on the premise that Internet information can be unreliable or become unavailable, the text's goal is to provide a comprehensive one-stop resource for statistics and information relating to water and the water industry in the U.S. Tables and figures are often reproduced from websites (all source information is included), including many government sites, as well as printed reports mainly from a wide variety of government institutions and the American Water Works Association. An exhaustive list of agencies and organizations, with contact information, including websites, is found in an appendix. The material was edited by specialists affiliated with ARCADIS G&M, Inc. in Tampa, Florida and Fairfax, Virginia. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Wireless crime and forensic investigation.
Consultant Kipper writes for his fellow consultants, private investigators, and information technology security professionals but also considers those who need to know about the current technologies, including personal area networks, wireless local area networks, metropolitan area networks, and wide area networks. He covers the various wireless threats, vulnerabilities, security, crime fighting, digital forensic principles and wireless forensics and the wireless future. Within each topic he describes situations, features and devices and the means of deflecting, detecting and investigating the eavesdropping and information-gathering methods that apply in each case. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Wireless mesh networking; architectures, protocols, and standards.
Fifty-five international academics and researchers contribute 16 chapters to a technical guide for students, educators, faculties, telecom service providers, research strategists, scientists, researchers, and engineers in the fields of wireless networks and mobile communications. Coverage includes wireless mesh networking fundamentals and various types of network architecture; techniques for enabling a complete, secure and reliable wireless network, including routing, security, medium access control, scalability, load balancing, cross layer optimization, scheduling, multimedia communication, and multiple antenna systems; standardization activities and particular mesh network specifications in the emerging standards, such as mesh mode in the IEFF 802.11 Wireless LAN and in the IEEE 802.16 WiMAX; and the application of mesh networks in emergency management and public safety. Distributed in the U.S. by Taylor & Francis. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Wireless security and cryptography; specifications and implementations.
Researchers in electronics and computer science point out key issues that need to be addressed in order to achieve desirable levels of security in wireless communications, where devices are becoming a bit cramped for security software developed for systems with a little more leg room. Their goal is to help develop protocols and approaches that can be used in the next several generations of wireless systems. Among the topics are hardware design issues in elliptic curve cryptography, a security enhancement layer for Bluetooth, and binary algorithms for multiplicative inversion. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
X Internet; the executable and extendable Internet.
Executable Internet (X Internet) has the potential to produce highly interactive systems that are said to increase productivity while enhancing the user experience. Whether or not this innovation in human-computer interaction will actually work in delivering services and capabilities to users remains to be seen but consultant Keyes is certain the X Internet will provide developers and business with new opportunities and users with new features. She covers the strategies behind extended Internet, its inter-connectivity and practicality, including in wireless networks, the legal aspects (such as intellectual property, fraud and privacy), computer-human interaction, the platform, application development, data, building executable Internet applications, extreme programming, and resources. Appendices include a user-interface design guide, web-based system design guide, audio and video production values and sample policies. Distributed by Taylor and Francis. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
The year in gastroenterology and hepatology; v.2.
Like v.1, this volume is organized into chapters on diseases of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract, low GI tract, GI endoscopy, hepatology and liver transplantation. As are the majority of the contributors, Drs. Zein and Lasner are affiliated with the Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Cleveland, Clinic, Ohio. To enable clinicians to keep up in this specialty, they introduce 17 chapters presenting abstracts of recent key journal papers with investigator's interpretation and prefatory and reviewers' comments on their methodology and findings. Selected papers treat the epidemiology and advances in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the esophagus, irritable bowel syndrome, IBD, liver, and malignancies. Indexing is by papers reviewed and general subject. Distributed by CRC Press. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
The year in schizophrenia; v.1.
Carpenter (psychiatry and pharmacology, U. of Maryland School of Medicine) and Thaker (psychiatry, U. of Maryland School of Medicine) compile 15 chapters by psychiatrists, psychologists, and researchers around the world who present recent research on schizophrenia. Sections cover etiology and etiopathophysiology, clinical presentation, pathophysiology, and treatment, with individual topics such as genetics, environmental factors, classification, neuropathology, functional neuroimaging, and new drug treatments. This is the first volume in a new series. Distributed by CRC Press. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
