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Finding Your Online Voice offers a thought-provoking discussion of innovative approaches to technology-based distance education. Editor J. Michael Spector focuses on how highly experienced teachers conceptualize and organize online classes.

This book focuses on the construction, electromagnetic effects, control, applications, and selection of electromechanical drives with linear synchronous motors. Fully revised and updated throughout, this edition offers several new chapters, new illustrative material, and more numerical examples. It explains the physics of hard magnetic material and superconductors and addresses technologies in factory automation and high speed transportation systems with linear motors. The authors also discuss modern applications of brushless linear synchronous motors with permanent magnets and superconducting excitation systems.

In Situ hybridization allows the visualization of specific DNA/RNA sequences in individual cells in tissue sections, single cells, or chromosome preparations, and is an especially important method for studying DNA and RNA in heterogeneous cell populations. This book delves into in situ hybridization methods through the use of light microscopy.

Red blood cell (RBC) aggregation, a normally occurring phenomenon and a major factor affecting blood rheology, is an important area of study within bioengineering. This volume is the first to comprehensively review the topic. It provides extensive coverage of the determinants and mechanisms of RBC aggregation. It also examines methods to measure and modify RBC aggregation and discusses comparative data in other mammals. Written by leading researchers, this is an invaluable resource for basic science, medical, and clinical researchers; graduate students; and clinicians interested in mammalian red blood cells.

With excerpts from international specialists in the field of neurobiology, this book presents state of the art research on the neurobiological aspects of depression. It discusses opioid and endocannabinoid systems and depression and explores other sources for depression provided by research in biochemistry, molecular biology, and genomics. Topics covered include genetic factors of depression; monoaminergic pathways and depression; serotonergic pathways and depression; melantonergic system, chronobiological rhythms, and depression; the significance of tachykinin mechanisms in depression; and the melatonergic system, chronobiological rhythms, and depression. This book serves as a reference for researchers in neuroscience and related fields, as well as graduate students.

An important member of the smart materials family, the shape memory polymer has attracted serious attention as a result of its ability to recover its original shape after having a stimulus applied to them. From their history to the most recent developments, this book provides the full story of polyurethane-based shape memory polymers, including discussion of thermomechanical properties and behavior of the polymer and its composites. It also addresses the modification of the shape memory polymer and introduces novel actuation mechanisms, as well as presenting the wide range of state-of-the-art (and potential) applications.

Nonlinear static monotonic (pushover) analysis has become a common practice for performance-based seismic bridge design. The popularity of pushover analysis is due to its ability to identify the failure modes and the design limit states of bridge piers and to provide the progressive collapse sequence of damaged bridges when subjected to major earthquakes. This book fills the need for a complete reference on pushover analysis for practicing engineers. Covering the simplest to the most sophisticated methods, this book includes step-by-step procedures. The authors also provide a computer program, INSTRUCT, that allows readers to perform their own analyses.

This handbook explains how photoluminescence spectroscopy is a powerful and practical analytical tool for revealing the fundamentals of light interaction and, thus, the optical properties of semiconductors. The book shows how luminescent semiconductors are used in lasers, photodiodes, infrared detectors, light-emitting diodes, solid-state lamps,

Extreme value theory (EVT) provides tools for assessing risk of highly unusual developments, such as financial market crashes. This book presents a synthesis of recent research, with emphasis on dependent observations. It concentrates on modern topics, such as compound Poisson approximation, processes of exceedances, and nonparametric estimation methods, which have not been focused on in other books on extremes. Along with examples from finance and insurance that illustrate the methods, the book includes over 200 exercises, making it useful as a reference book, self-study tool, or comprehensive course text.

Like the author¿s other companion books, The Chemistry Companion provides high-quality information in unique one-page-per-topic presentations that do not overburden and distract readers with excessive details. Suitable as an introduction or study guide, the book offers concise summaries of general chemistry concepts, easily accessible in a convenient, reader-friendly format. It presents the minimum of what readers need to know to understand the subject. Emphasizing the physics underlying chemistry, the book enables readers to better appreciate what is happening from the chemical perspective that is usually found in traditional chemistry books.

This quick, easy-to-read reference supplies data and interpretation on the public perception of nanotechnology, along with a discussion of the implications for risk communication. An integral component of the Perspectives in Nanotechnology Series, the book is based primarily on a review of available social science evidence as well as the author's research concerning public perceptions of nanotechnology. She applies lessons learned from other emerging technologies to help clarify and define the issues of risk and the public that accompany nanotechnology, and to suggest the challenges involved in managing those risks. The book demnostrates how the wide variety of nanotechnologies under development precludes reliance on a single approach.

As the first book to exclusively examine the genus Phyllanthus, this book begins with a systematic classification and identification manual for various plants in the genus, followed by all aspects on the scientific evaluation of the species for modern medicinal use. This reference compiles cutting-edge research from countries around the world, including the UK, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Spain, Cuba, and China. Topics covered include phylogenetic analysis of Phyllanthus, chemistry of the genus, anti-cancer effects of Phyllanthus, genotoxicity, chemoprotective effect of Phyllanthus, anti-diabetic effects of Phyllanthus, clinical trials involving Phyllanthus, and various formulations containing different plants from this genus.

Using detailed examples that illustrate how to calculate and analyze various aspects of the power system without relying on computer analysis, this book provides comprehensive coverage of both theory and practice in fundamental areas of power system analysis, including power flow, short-circuit computations, harmonics, machine modeling, equipment rating, reactive power control, and optimization. The second edition reflects new advancements and changes in both national and international standards. Comprehensive yet easy to read, the text also features two new chapters on arc flash hazard analysis and wind power generation, two topics that have taken the industry by storm in recent years.

This volume explains the biophysics and theory behind many MRI techniques and gives examples of how these techniques are applied in cancer diagnosis and treatment. The first section of the book presents basic cancer biology, theoretical aspects of NMR/MRI physics, and the hardware required to form MR images. The next three sections cover image processing and characterizing tissue properties using endogenous and exogenous contrast mechanisms. The book concludes with emerging areas of MR cancer characterization, including radiation therapy planning, molecular and cellular imaging, pH imaging, and hyperpolarized MR.

Starting at the transistor level, this book covers basic system-level CMOS design concepts applicable to modern SoCs. The text uses practical design examples to illustrate circuit design so that readers can develop an intuitive rather than conventional analytic understanding. System-level knowledge is built upon understanding fundamental concepts of noise, jitter, and frequency and phase noise. This material addresses basic abstract concepts of transistor circuits, as well as advanced topics such as ADCs and PLLs, providing a proper perspective on this advanced SoC design. Other topics include DAC, phase locked loop, frequency synthesizer, clock recovery, and digital assisting.

Dietary factors have been implicated in at least four of the ten leading causes of death in the U.S. (heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and stroke). Yet physicians frequently receive inadequate training in nutrition to properly counsel their patients. Written as a textbook for medical students during preclinical years, this book covers selected nutritional topics as they relate to human health and disease. New topics in this third edition include the nutritional aspects of kidney disease, alternative medicine, the benefits of exercise, diabetes and metabolic syndrome, personalized nutrition and medicine, and vegetarianism.

A comprehensive, science-based approach to understanding the various salinity stresses on turfgrass, landscape plants, and soils, this book covers the causes, problems, and characteristics of saline and sodic sites. It discusses site assessments for each type of salinity stress, including laboratory and field methods, and soil and water quality report interpretations. Presenting options for the development and implementation of best management practice (BMPs), it considers whole ecosystem site assessment for environmental issues such as soil quality/sustainability, salt disposal, and potential to affect surface and ground waters.

It has become accepted in the neuroscience community that perception and performance are quintessentially multisensory by nature. Using the full palette of modern brain imaging and neuroscience methods, this volume details current understanding in the neural bases for these phenomena as studied across species, stages of development, and clinical statuses.Topics discussed include anatomy, neurophysiological bases and how multisensory stimuli can dramatically change the encoding processes for sensory information, combinatorial principles and modeling, development and plasticity, clinical manifestations, how perception and action are affected by altered sensory experience, and attention and spatial representations.

Demonstrates that lean implementation isn't strictly for manufacturing, that it can just as effectively be implemented in an R&D organization, providing that the differences that each culture requires is understood. This book explains why the lean approach is appropriate for R&D.

Mechanobiology examines effects of mechanical force stimuli on cellular biological functions. At appropriate levels, mechanical stimuli are necessary for growth and maintenance of healthy tissues and organs. The past two decades have seen a dramatic increase in the level of research in mechanobiology. Collecting the cutting-edge research findings from a diverse range of scientists, this volume presents basic materials in mechanics and cell biology. The book is an appropriate reference for those new to the field and is designed to stimulate new ways of thinking in current mechanobiology researchers.

This illuminating account of ideas of world order prevalent in the Elizabethan Age and later is an indispensable companion for readers of the great writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries¿Shakespeare and the Elizabethan dramatists, Donne and Milton, among many others

Based on the authors¿ lecture notes, this text presents concise yet complete coverage of statistical inference theory, focusing on the fundamental classical principles. Unlike related textbooks, it combines the theoretical basis of statistical inference with a useful applied toolbox that includes linear models. Suitable for a second semester undergraduate course on statistical inference, the text offers proofs to support the mathematics and does not require any use of measure theory. It illustrates core concepts using cartoons and provides solutions to all examples and problems.

An accessible, engaging examination of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, whose dramatic life story is used to narrate the rise and fall of radical challenges to capitalism in 20th-Century United States.

An accessible, engaging examination of Barbara Egger Lennon, whose life illustrates how many early 20th century American women managed to balance traditional roles with work and activism.

Renowned scholar Istvan Deak brings us the comparative history of collaboration, retribution, and resistance during World War II.

This volume focuses on the development of entertainment-education - using the universal appeal of entertainment to show individuals how they can live safer, healthier, and happier lives. The authors identify ethical and other problems that accompany this approach to social change.

An insightful policy study that shows that in the American political context, health care is neither exclusively a public right nor a private privilege.

Frequently consulted for its knowledge of international and national agreements and for its technical expertise, VERTIC is the first port of call for many TV and radio journalists.

This book surveys all the main theories and approaches in comparative politics. It provides background on the history of the field and it includes contributions by the leading figures in the field.

This text addresses the issue of change in organizations and the resistances and defensive behaviors that obstruct transformation.