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There has been a great deal of progress in the development of materials, their application to structures, and their adaptation to a variety of systems. This book includes an overview of fabrication methods and developmental processes.

Features a broad spectrum of techniques in neurobehavioral genetics. This book examines past conceptual streams of behavior genetics. It is suitable for investigators who want to incorporate genetic methods into neurobehavioral and psychiatric research.

This book has been developed to provide significant information about usage and applications of various quality tools and techniques for managing a construction project as it moves through the different phases of the project life cycle.

The value stream mapping methods described in Mapping Clinical Value Streams will help you achieve more efficient healthcare processes and will pave the way to an improved medical system with significantly reduced medical errors and other costly waste. Presented in an easy-to-assimilate format, the book includes examples from actual healthcare processes, plus numerous illustrations and margin assists that call your attention to key points. Value stream mapping icons make it easy to see and understand the ebb and flow of healthcare processes.

Covers a range of physiologically active carbohydrate compounds and their roles in the promotion of health and the prevention of disease. This title provides the information available on the chemistry, physical properties, processing effects, production, and physiological function of these food constituents.

Presents an overview of the main medical imaging devices and highlights various systems. With applications ranging from imaging the whole body to replicating cellular components, this title discusses imaging modalities such as x-ray systems, computed tomographic systems, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, and MR microscopy.

Focuses on prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders with an emphasis on administrative controls. This title provides knowledge about risk factors for upper and lower extremities at work. It discusses fundamentals of surveillance of musculoskeletal disorders and surveillance methods based on the assessment of body discomfort.

While various components systems are rooted in semiconductor manufacturing, VLSI systems involve a broad range of technologies. This title examines the technologies associated with VLSI systems, including VLSI processes, semiconductor technology, micromachining, microelectronics packaging, compound semiconductor digital ICs, and multichip modules.

Offers a comprehensive resource covering the spectrum of devices and their models. Providing practical discussions on amplifiers, circuits and filters, and compound semiconductor digital integrated circuit technology, this title includes chapters on design automation, design languages, algorithms, and architectures.

Explores the data on the effects of alcohol on the nutritional state of alcohol abusers. This book illustrates the combined effects of malnutrition on tissue damage and examines the role of altered nutrition in various alcohol-related diseases.

Reviews research on mineral supplements. This book discusses the science behind each of the major minerals, and on the mineral's ability to correct deficiencies that may affect health. It is suitable for biomedical research and professional health care community.

Analyzes how crop science emerged. This book discusses methods for preparing media, creating solutions and dilutions, and accomplishing sterile culture work. It investigates common methods for visualizing and documenting studies and quantifying responses of tissue culture in research. It delivers the essential foundation of plant tissue culture.

Consumers look to health professionals for guidance on how to integrate complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies into their lifestyles, yet most health care professionals are trained only in conventional practices. This work provides the foundation to understand CAM nutrition practices and how they are integrated into conventional care.

Organized by engineering speciality, this handbook is suitable for students, practitioners, and researchers in the various areas of engineering.

Covers basic material characteristics, system-level concerns and constraints, simulation and modeling of devices, and packaging. This work details the properties and characteristics of each semiconductor device type, including Varactors, Schottky diodes, transit-time devices, BJTs, HBTs, MOSFETs, MESFETs, and HEMTs.

Offers an overview of the fundamentals of rubber and the challenges of recycling. This work provides an explanation of the various processes available to breakdown, recycle, and reuse crosslinked rubber. It concludes with a practical discussion on how market demands can be met with recycled rubber.

Offers an in-depth treatment of the various perspectives on processing, compression, and analysis of digital image sequences. This volume delivers the background necessary to understand the strengths and weaknesses of techniques and the directions that consumer and technical applications may take over the coming decades.

A reference for using fluoroscopic and x-ray equipment during surgical procedures. It helps the radiologic technologist master many of the operating room x-ray procedures. It also presents photographs of patient position, c-arm position, and desired fluoroscopic image.

The role of biomaterials has been influenced by advances in many areas of biotechnology and science, as well as advances in surgical techniques and instruments. This book covers such subjects as biodegradable polymeric materials and their relation to tissue engineering, biologic materials, and biomaterials applications in soft and hard tissues.

Contamination problems have become a major factor in the manufacture, quality, and reliability of electronic assemblies, and understanding the mechanics and chemistry of contamination is necessary for improving quality. This title presents a generalized overview of contamination problems and offers a problem-solving reference.

Companies are turning to electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP) to reduce costs associated with paper-based billing processes and to streamline payment response time. This book presents the essentials about this way of viewing and paying bills. It explains how to use it to save time and money for service providers and customers.

Forensic Anthropology Training Manual serves as a practical reference tool and a framework for training in forensic anthropology.The first chapter informs judges, attorneys, law enforcement personnel, and international workers of the information and services available from a professional forensic anthropologist. The first section (Chapters 2-11) is a training guide to assist in the study of human skeletal anatomy. The second section (Chapters 12-17) focuses on the specific work of the forensic anthropologist, beginning with an introduction to the forensic sciences. The book provides basic information on successfully collecting, processing, analyzing, and describing skeletal human remains.

Offers an overview of prion-related diseases. This book reviews the symptoms, epidemiology, and neuropathology of the disease, and focuses on the idea that TSEs result from a mechanism involving transmission by replication of the misfolding of a single protein.

Introducing the concept of artificial DNA, this book presents research on the process, trends, and application of artificial DNA. It covers methods of oligonucleotide synthesis and direct uses of synthetic DNA, as well as methods of gene assembly from synthetic oligonucleotides and applications of synthetic genes.

Based on polymer conferences held in 1999 and 2001, this book offers a collection of status reports, success stories, and opportunities from specific composite applications in infrastructure renewal that provide insight to the resulting economic development and effects.

Demonstrates theoretical solutions and practical approaches to aeration as it affects grain storage science and technology that will be required for effectively cooling grain, for controlling storage insects and improving the storability of grain commodities, while minimizing residual pesticides.

Examines the forests of the South, providing a comprehensive description of the region. This book provides information for practicing foresters, researchers, and students to increase forest growth for the many forest types and in the various subregions without detrimentally affecting soil, species diversity, or long-term aesthetics.

Explains the success of the STEEP (Solutions to Economic and Environmental Problems) conservation project which focuses on the Palouse and the western Pacific Northwest. This book includes topics such as integrated pest management; equipment for conservation farming; and conservation farming technology transfer to producers.

Offers a review of the conclusions regarding yield loss in entomology, weed science, and plant pathology, combining theory with successful applications. This book focuses on knowledge of yield and fitness loss in natural and agricultural ecosystems and on a physiologically-based approach to provide a common basis for discussing biotic stress.

The spotted seatrout is an important species not only for recreational and commercial fisheries, but also as an integral part of many estuarine ecosystems. This book presents a summary of the basic biology of this important species.