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This book has two related aims: to investigate the frequently voiced claim that legal argument is nonformal in nature and, within the limits of such an investigation, to ascertain the most general proper ties of law as a rational system.

The focus is (1) to describe the biochemical, molecular, and cellular basis of the protective activity of estrogen and (2) to transfer this knowledge into the hospitals by discussing preventive and therapeutic approaches such as estrogen replacement therapy for post-menopausal women.

The third lecture investigates the mathematical properties of the equations governing the motion of a viscous incompressible second-grade fluid, such as existence, uniqueness of classical solutions and stability of steady-state flows.

The increasing proportion of demented elderly in populations, debates over patient's rights and autonomy, and the growing body of knowledge on dementia has inspired the European Dementia Consensus Network to regard competence assessment in dementia as an important topic of debate.

This book summarizes all new data obtained after development of methods of Golgi complex sub fractionation, molecular biology and microscopy. The book is devoted to molecular modes of the function of the Golgi apparatus as a whole, taking into account all experimental data.

This is the first book to specifically focus on semiconductor nanocrystals, and address their synthesis and assembly, optical properties and spectroscopy, and potential areas of nanocrystal-based devices. One emerging area where this challenge will be very successfully met is the field of semiconductor nanocrystals.

The theoretical back ground, together with the corresponding methods of solution, is developed first in each chapter and is followed by 'carefully selected examples intended to serve not only as illustrations of the theory but also as sources for useful results of engineering interest.

This book covers all aspects of supercharging internal combustion engines. It details charging systems and components, the theoretical basic relations between engines and charging systems, as well as layout and evaluation criteria for best interaction.

Substance-related disorders pose an increasing challenge not only to the field of psychiatry but also to public health. In this volume international experts present reviews of the latest research covering many areas ranging from neurobiology to psychological management, as well as different drugs, from alcohol to ecstasy.

An increasing number of artists and programmers in visual effects and broadcast production now use mental ray, a high performance rendering engine for generating photorealistic images. It includes many example shaders, including the simplest shader possible in each category that can serve as a starting point for further customization.

Chemical Solution Deposition of Functional Oxide Thin Films

Mixed finite element methods are a tool to solve complex engineering problems of different nature. On the other side the mathematical background is provided including proofs of convergence and stability of these methods and adequate solvers for mixed problems are discussed.

Written by an insider, this book covers the concept of evolved 3G networks of standardization. It draws from standardization meeting notes, company analyses and online discussion to detail relevant history, detours and alternatives that were not used.

This work on the progress in the chemistry of organic natural products offers examination on topics such as: the naturally occuring coumarins; variations of ring-attached five-carbon units found in coumarins; and variations of five carbon units attached to carbon and oxygen in coumarins.

Slender structures, such as towers, masis, high-rise buildings and bridges, are especially prone to wind excited vibrations. The lectures show how the susceptibility of a structure to wind excited vibrations can be assessed in early stages of design and what measures are effective for control or avoidance of vibrations.

Representatives from three Academies of Sciences were among the speakers of this conference: from the Bulgarian Academy, the Russian Academy and the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.

Femoral neck fractures occur primarily in the elderly population, and nowadays arthroplasty is chosen most frequently as a treatment solution.

Written by the world's leading researchers on various topics of linear, nonlinear, and stochastic mechanical vibrations, this work gives an authoritative overview of the classic yet still very modern subject of mechanical vibrations.

Translated from the German by Lorenz, K.; Kickert, R.W.

Nonlinear computational analysis of shells, nonlinearities due to deformations and nonlinear material behaviour and alternative shell element formulations are all discussed in this text. Algorithms for the treatment of the nonlinear stability behaviour of shell structure are also presented.

A symposium organized by the 'Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher LEOPOLDINA', attractive to paleo - and neobotanists, stimulated the discussion between specialists of the two disciplines. This title presents the main results of the symposium.

This book presents the theory and methodology of geographical data acquisition, providing comprehensive coverage ranging from the definition of geo-referencing systems and transformation between these systems to the acquisition of geographical data using different methods.

The topic of this monograph is the physical modeling of heterostructure devices.

Five main topics of computational plasticity are treated in this volume. The aim was primarily an integrated representation of the mathematical models, the analysis of numerical methods and the newest algorithm for the consistent and stable computation of large dimensional systems.

This volume contains twelve survey papers about solution methods for inverse and ill-posed problems and about their application to specific types of inverse problems, e.g., in scattering theory, in tomography and medical applications, in geophysics and in image processing.

This book presents the physical background (both theoretical and experimental) of the magnetic isotope effects in radical reactions in solutions.This book will be useful for physicists, chemists and biologists employing the isotope effect in their investigations as well as for those involved in isotope separation and isotope enrichment projects.