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This collection of original chapters, written by prominent social scientists, elucidates the theory and practice of contemporary rural sociology. The book applies lessons from the careers of sociologists and their field research endeavors, covering a wide range of topics: agricultural production, processing, and marketing; international food security and rural development; degradation of the bio-physical environment across borders; and the study of community, family, health, and many other issues in an increasingly globalized world. The authors¿ candid accounts provide insight into possibilities for enhancing opportunity and equality and serving basic human needs.

This book applies the core principles derived from Sun Tzüs timeless book Art of War to combating disease through surgery. It¿s goal is to offer principles, strategies and leadership guidelines for surgeons and healthcare practitioners who carry out interventional procedures for the ultimate aim of defeating illness and enhancing the care of patients. The book follows eleven sections of the Art of War. Each section reflects on its message, but with a modern surgical point of view. In the book, the role of the surgeon is equivalent to that of a leader or military commander, and the lessons offered in the Art of War are expanded to identify surgical principles and practice.

Continuing the mission of the first two editions, this third edition covers the fundamentals of emulsion science and demonstrates how this knowledge can be applied to control the appearance, stability and texture of many common emulsion-based foods. With two new chapters, this edition provides the most comprehensive and contemporary discussion of the field of food emulsions currently available. The new chapters cover the behavior of food emulsions within the gastrointestinal tract after ingestion and the application of emulsion-based delivery systems.

This book provides up-to-date, evidence-based and unbiased information about psychopharmacology. It spans the range of the discipline, from mode of action and side effects of drugs to meta-analyses of clinical trials. This latest edition is fully updated and provides the key facts about currently used psychotropic drugs, set in the context of the neuroscience of the disorders they treat. It also includes a new chapter on the principles of psychiatric prescribing. Key references are provided at the end of each chapter along with suggestions for further reading.

This book provides a solid foundation of theoretical and practical knowledge. It explains the basics of arc welding, describing the salient features of modern arc welding processes as well as the types and characteristics of welded joints, their common defects, and recommended remedial measures. It also addresses the analysis and design of welded structures, explores the design of joints in respect to common welded steel structures, and identifies the cost factors involved in welded steelwork. Detailed bibliographies are included at the end of each chapter.

This book proposes a new model, the Lean and Green Business Model (L&GBM), where the environmental aspect of sustainability is integrated with Lean thinking to create a way of thinking that contributes to and balances the three sustainability dimensions of people, profit, and planet. The model presented uses a kaizen approach for improving mass and energy flows in manufacturing environments that already possess a deployment level in applying Lean. The book tells the story of how a major British multinational corporation developed and implemented an L&GBM in two of its automotive facilities in Brazil.

The theory of water waves constitutes an important branch of applied mathematics, and due to its vast applicability in ocean related activities, it is also an important branch of engineering. This book describes a number of classes of wave scattering problems involving obstacles of various geometrical shapes, surface discontinuities, variable bottom topography, and more. The book presents an up-to-date account of mathematical developments in water wave scattering. It covers mathematical modeling of breakwaters used in protecting ports and marinas.

The book examines basic areas of marine research, subjects of special and topical importance; and new areas as they arise. This series is consistently among the highest ranking in terms of impact factor in the marine biology category of the citation indices compiled by the Institute of Scientific Information. It is an essential reference for research workers and students in all fields of marine science, and the series volumes find a place in the libraries of universities, marine laboratories, research institutes and government departments.

This book covers the theory and practice of multisensor data fusion, from fundamental concepts to cutting-edge techniques drawn from a broad array of disciplines. Featuring contributions from data fusion researchers and academicians, the text discusses the advantages and challenges associated with multisensor data fusion, from extended spatial and temporal coverage to imperfection and diversity in sensor technologies. It presents state-of-the-art advances in the design of data fusion algorithms and architectures, as well as showcases applications in fields such as medicine, transportation's traffic, defense, and navigation.

This book instills an essential knowledge of electricity and electronics required for work with renewable energy. It begins with a brief explanation of the necessary mathematics and then addresses the basics of electricity and relationships, motors and generators, transformers, and networks and distribution; tackles the key concepts associated with electronics, diodes and transistors, switching devices, and power converters; covers digital electronics from number systems and logic circuits to encoders and decoders; and explores advanced subjects such as reactive power and the operation of a transistor.

Written by a foremost authority, this book presents over 230 cases and questions at different levels of expertise, with detailed explanatory answers. The cases appear in random order, just as they would in real life, and enable readers¿by solving the clinical puzzle¿to make differential diagnoses, treatment plans, and prognoses. The color review includes a wealth of problem-oriented information of value¿and enjoyment¿for formal and informal training and continuing education.

This book explains how to model mining systems using GPSS/H® and PROOF® by Wolverine Software Corporation. Employing a unique approach that encourages engagement from the start, the text discusses animation first, and then slowly introduces simulation language. As each new topic is covered, an animation is provided to illustrate the key concepts. Leveraging valuable insight gained from the author¿s extensive experience modeling mines around the world, the book offers a comprehensive yet accessible treatment of mine simulation and animation useful in increasing the efficiency of industrial mining processes.

This modern treatise on compact models for circuit computer-aided design (CAD) presents industry standard models for bipolar-junction transistors (BJTs), metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) field-effect-transistors (FETs), FinFETs, and tunnel field-effect transistors (TFETs), along with statistical MOS models.

For students embarking on their first research project, sieving through the vast amount of information on the Internet can be a daunting and time consuming task. Research projects require not just understanding of the research methodology, but also complementary skills including information search, technical writing, oral presentation, and software knowledge. This book is written especially for students who need a quick and concise handbook to support them in conducting research so that they can devote most of their time to their research.

This book not only highlights key developments in compact heat exchangers, but also instills a practical knowledge of the latest process integration and heat transfer enhancement methodologies. Presenting illustrative case studies of applications in food and chemical production plants, the text progresses from the basic principles, terminology, and heat transfer aspects of compactness to the mitigation of fouling in heat exchangers and their systems. It also delivers a thoughtful analysis of the economics of implementation, considering energy¿capital trade-off, capital cost estimation, and energy prices.

This text provides an overview of the current methodological strategies in computer-aided drug discovery and design.

This book covers the theoretical foundations and design methods of nonimaging optics, as well as key concepts from related fields. The second edition features new material on the advantages of nonimaging optics, wavefronts for a prescribed output, infinitesimal étendue optics, Köhler optics, color mixing, the simultaneous multiple surface (SMS) design method in 3-D, integral invariants, and more. It contains 21 chapters, 24 fully worked and several other examples, and 1,000+ illustrations, including photos of real devices. It addresses applications from solar energy concentration to illumination.

This book keeps students grounded in the basic conservation principles and motivates them to understand and solve each flow problem in terms of physical principles, which empowers them with new confidence in the subject. It develops a strong foundation in control volume analyses for the basic conservation laws of mass, momentum, energy, and entropy in inertial and non-inertial reference frames, including an exceptionally intuitive understanding of 1-D compressible flows with area change, friction, heat transfer, and rotation under both continuous and abrupt changes in entropy.

This handbook presents state-of-the-art methods for modeling time series of counts and incorporates frequentist and Bayesian approaches for discrete-valued spatio-temporal data and multivariate data. The book examines the advantages and limitations of the various modeling techniques and keeps probabilistic, technical details to a minimum. While the book focuses on time series of counts, some of the methods discussed can be applied to other types of discrete-valued time series, such as binary-valued or categorical time series.

In recent years, there have been major technological innovations allowing important microbial mechanisms and interactions with arthropods that drive carrion decomposition to be described. This book fills a historical information gap in the ecology of decomposing animal organic matter. It covers the molecular mechanistic foundations that provide the foundation for intra- and interspecific interactions related to population biology, community ecology, and how this manifests into habitat- and ecosystem-level importance.

In order to achieve and maintain peak performance, elite-level athletes require the right nutrition at the right time. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research on the nutritional requirements of athletes at the top of their game. Since researchers, clinicians, and graduate students work with certain populations of athletes, and not single nutrients or metabolic systems, this book arranges topics by 1) athletic population and 2) nutrition /exercise interactions that reach across athletic sub-populations (such as recovery nutrition), instead of by nutrients or metabolic system.

Insects have one of the widest distributions on the globe because they have adapted to extreme ranges of environments. This book presents current entomological research, where molecular tools help to advance traditional ecological studies. Chapters include insect¿insect and insect¿plant interactions, mechanisms of environmental adaption, and use of insect biotechnology in pest and vector control. The book may help to combine powerful methods in molecular biology with exciting issues in ecology in order to understand why insects become "masters of survival."

This practical resource demonstrates the power of learning to read like writers. It shows teachers and students how to discover the ways that authors make writing come alive, and how to use that knowledge to inspire and improve their own writing.