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For more than four decades, scientists and researchers have relied on the Advances in Chromatography series for the most up-to-date information on a wide range of developments in chromatographic methods and applications. For Volume 50, the series editors have invited established, well-known chemists from across the globe to offer cutting-edge reviews on their areas of expertise. The clear presentation of topics and vivid illustrations for which this series has become known makes the material accessible and engaging to analytical, biochemical, organic, polymer, and pharmaceutical chemists at all levels of technical skill.

This book explores fundamental concepts of wind energy conversion systems, discussing grid integration and stability issues, methods of transient stability enhancement, and minimization of fluctuations in power, frequency, and voltage in wind generator systems. The author provides tools and information to help ensure generator stabilization in the face of network faults and other obstacles, including random wind speed variations and fluctuations in output power, frequency, and terminal voltage. He also explains methodologies associated with minimizing those fluctuations.

This remarkable book presents nonlinear systems technology and advanced signal processing technology from the most fundamental to modern aspects for next generation biomedical monitoring systems as well as nonlinear optical transmission systems. The text provides the theory and techniques of nonlinear physics and applications for physical systems. It also illustrates computer models and processing techniques for nonlinear signals with MATLAB® and Simulink® models. Providing a fundamental understanding of nonlinear systems and associated processing of signals, this volume leads readers to applications in real-world, practical environments.

This timely book examines changes in soil properties and behaviour caused by short- and long-term stresses from anthropogenic activities and environmental forces. Introducing new concepts of soil behaviour, soil maturation, and soil functionality, it integrates soil physics, soil chemistry, and soil mechanics as vital factors in soil engineering. The book focuses on two key areas in environmental soil behaviour: the use of soil as an environmental tool for management and containment of toxic and hazardous waste materials, and the impact of ageing and weathering processes and soil contamination on the properties and behaviour of soils.

Written for academicians, policymakers, and students, this reference addresses fundamental questions about food security: the ability to physically and economically obtain basic food needs. The authors examine whether the food produced today will be hampered by climate change, food and fuel competition, or land use policy changes. The reference also analyzes and interprets current trends and emerging challenges to provide policymakers with the necessary information to ensure adequate responses at local and international levels. It highlights opportunities for problem solving through technology, management and international institutions. The book also includes a section on data collection, theory, and reliability.

Featuring twenty new chapters reflecting current interest and updating safety and quality standards and regulations, this second edition of an industry reference covers state of the art science, technology, and applications of meat products, by-products, and meat processing as well as worker safety, waste management, slaughtering, carcass evaluation, meat safety, and animal handling issues, both national and international. New topics include beef and raw meat preservation, Jewish and Muslim slaughter and preservation rules, the use of non-meat ingredients, and newly popular processing methods such as emulsion, deboning, marination, and breading.

This how-to book presents a thorough introduction to groundwater systems analysis and appropriate simulation optimization (S/O) approaches for several types of groundwater problems. It covers optimization terminology, principles, and S/O computational approaches and introduces optimization theory and algorithms that have been successful in resolving water quality and groundwater management problems. The author offers guidance for simplifying and solving optimization problems with selected S/O approaches and models by offering case studies, flowcharts, and numerous examples. A dictionary of terminology and access to free software is also included.

This volume discusses the effects of naturally occurring and process-generated prooxidants and antioxidants on various aspects of food quality. It emphasizes the chemical nature and functional properties of these compounds and their interactions with other food components in storage and processing, specifically focusing on the sensory quality, nutritional value, health-promoting activity, and safety aspects of foods. It examines the analysis of prooxidants and antioxidants in foods, covers measurement and mechanisms of antioxidant activity, presents case studies on selected natural food antioxidants, and discusses functional antioxidant foods.

Nuclear weapons have not merely revolutionized the military sphere but also left their stamp on the world order. Knowledge of the basic principles of nuclear strategy has become a prerequisite to understanding world events. This book discusses the problems of quantities of nuclear weapons, limitations of war, and proliferation of nuclear weapons.

Due to recent advances in methodology that offer significant improvements over conventional methods, there is increasing interest in the use of time series models for the study of neuroscience data such as EEG, MEG, fMRI, and NIRS. Written by one of the pioneers of these methods, this book presents an overview of time series models for the study of neuroscience data. It is accessible to applied statisticians working with neuroscience data as well as quantitatively trained neuroscientists. The book is supported by many real examples to illustrate the methods provides computational toolbox on the web, which enables readers to apply the methods to real data.

Bridging the gap between the ancient art of herbalism and the emerging sciences of ethnopharmocology or phytopharmacotherapy, this book highlights the major breakthroughs in the history of the field and focuses on future directions in the discovery and application of herb-derived medicines. Implementing the concept of reverse pharmacology, it integrates documented clinical and experiential "hits" into pharmacological leads by transdisciplinary exploratory studies. It further develops these into drug candidates by experimental and clinical research.

Based on the many approaches available for dealing with large-scale systems (LSS), this book provides a rigorous framework for studying the analysis, stability, and control problems of LSS while addressing the dominating sources of difficulties due to dimensionality, information structure constraints, uncertainties, and time delays.

Details advances in computational photography, their applications, and specific research challenges. This text begins with computational photography fundamentals and computational cameras, followed by a discussion of computational photography approaches across a broad spectrum of imaging applications.

Exploring a steadily growing field, this book focuses on quantum phase transitions (QPT), frontier area of research. It takes a look back as well as a look forward to the future and the many open problems that remain. The book covers new concepts and directions in QPT and specific models and systems closely tied to particular experimental realization or theoretical methods. Although mainly theoretical, the book includes experimental chapters that make the discussion of QPTs meaningful. The book also presents recent advances in the numerical methods used to study QPTs.

Suitable for undergraduates as well as graduates, this title presents the fundamental perspectives of criminology theory.

A study of land use on the suburban fringe that analyzes the complex relationships that underlie land conversion in the United States. It contains an examination of the northwestern urban complex; some nationwide projections for the future; and a list of measures may change the nature and results of the suburban land conversion process.

"Seventh Continent: Antarctica in a Resource Age".

Provides a guide to digital imaging using reflected infrared and ultraviolet radiation for crime scene photographers. This title demonstrates how tunable wavelength light sources and digital imaging techniques can be used to successfully locate and document physical evidence at the crime scene, in the morgue, or in the laboratory.

A practical guide for any student considering enrollment in, currently enrolled in, or recently graduated from an online course. It covers topics such as: how to identify the best online program; comparing online with traditional education programs; finding an ideal work-life balance; managing time and staying organized and more.

Anthropology is a kind of debate between human possibilities -- a dialectical movement between the anthropologist as a modern man and the primitive peoples he studies. This brilliant, tough-minded book contains chapters ranging from encounters in the field to essays on the nature of law, schizophrenia and civilization, and the evolution of the work of Claude Levi-Strauss. Diamond views the anthropologist who refuses to become a searching critic of his own civilization as not merely irresponsible, but a tool of Western civilization.

A reference work on major zoonoses of the world. It covers diseases communicable to humans, as well as those diseases common to both animals and humans. It identifies animal diseases that are host specific and reviews the effects of various human diseases on animals.

A concise social history of teaching from the colonial period to the present. It places important topics such as discipline in the classroom, technology and cultural diversity within historical perspective.

This volume takes a comprehensive look at the theoretical and empirical research on early phonetic and phonological acquisition in the context of typical and atypical development. It explores processes that operate in acquisition, such as memory, learning, and self-organization. It will interest cognitive psychologists, linguistics, and speech pathologists.

The product of an effort to find programmes of service delivery that demonstrably treat the varieties of mental health problems of children and their families, this text identifies 18 of them and describes their rationale, targeted population, staff and personnel and implementation.

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Improve the "Health" of Your Organization by Using the Right Metrics! The vast majority of companies use some form of balanced scorecard to measure performance measu, yet recent research suggests that most scorecards are based on singular, unsophisticated measurements, providing flawed data on the state of the organization. "Beyond the Balanced Scorecard: Improving Business Intelligence with Analytics," by Mark Graham Brown, provides managers with the right metrics for evaluating important aspects of performance that are not accurately tracked by most companies and government organizations. Leaders will learn how to objectively measure: Relationships with Customers Employee Satisfaction External Business Environment Supplier/Vendor performance Strategy and Financials This book will show you how to construct a performance index, as well as provide you with example metrics of various aspects of performance that are difficult to measure.

Advanced Aseptic Processing Technology

How to Observe Morals and Manners is the first systematic and substantive treatise on the methodology of sociological research. First published in 1838 and long out of print, this new edition presents for modern students research techniques used by those whose work has been the foundation for present-day social science.

Addressing various aspects of seafood quality, this title focuses on the effects of natural and anthropogenic environmental conditions on the availability of marine organisms harvested for food purposes. It explains how to enhance the desirable sensory quality and health effects of various marine food products.

Discusses the various aspects of functional foods found in the traditional Asian diet, from fundamental concepts of biochemistry, nutrition, and physiology to food science and technology. This book discusses processing technology and process systems, equipment, material preparation, food preparation and quality control during processing.