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Contents
Author Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II
Title Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .XIV
Proceedings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Orderform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Apress Business for Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Apress Professional Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Biomedicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Computer Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Earth Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Economics / Management Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Environmental Sciences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Geography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Humanities / Arts / Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Life Sciences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Linguistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Materials Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Medicine & Public Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Philosophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Physics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Popular Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Social Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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Author Index
A
84Abbass, Computational Red Teaming
63Abdi/Beaton, Principal Component
and Correspondence Analyses Using R
(SpringerBriefs in Statistics)
171Abeyratne, Aviation and Climate Change
(SpringerBriefs in Law)
84Adamatzky (Ed), Automata, Universality,
Computation (Emergence, Complexity and
Computation 12)
210Adnan (Eds), Proceedings of the International
Colloquium on Sports Science, Exercise,
Engineering and Technology 2014 (ICoSSEET
2014)
29Advances and Technical Standards in
Neurosurgery 42
77Advances in Polymer Science 264
36Andreeff (Ed), Targeted Therapy of Acute
Myeloid Leukemia (Current Cancer Research)
113Antoniadis (Eds), Supersymmetry after the
Higgs Discovery
157Antonijevic (Ed), Optimization of
Pharmaceutical R&D Programs and Portfolios
211Appice (Eds), New Frontiers in Mining Complex
Patterns, NFMCP 2013 (Lecture Notes in
Computer Science, LNAI 8399)
171Araszkiewicz (Eds), Problems of Normativity,
Rules and Rule Following (Law and Philosophy
Library 111)
36Aravalli/Steer, Hepatocellular Carcinoma
(SpringerBriefs in Cancer Research)
176Arimoto (Eds), The Changing Academic
Profession in Japan (The Changing Academy
– The Changing Academic Profession in
International Comparative Perspective 11)
1Agarwal (Eds), Non-Invasive Sperm Selection
for In Vitro Fertilization
140Armstrong (Ed), Advanced Protocols in
Oxidative Stress III (Methods in Molecular
Biology 1208)
140Agnoletti (Eds), The Basic World of
Environmental History (Environmental History
4)
3Arnoldner/Chen, Lin (Ed), Manual of Otologic
Surgery
36Aguilar-Roblero (Eds), Mechanisms of Circadian
Systems in Animals and Their Clinical Relevance
1Aikawa (Ed), Cardiovascular Imaging
113Ake (Eds), Giants of Eclipse: The zeta Aurigae
Stars and Other Binary Systems (Astrophysics
and Space Science Library 408)
199Akramullah, Digital Video Concepts, Methods
and Metrics, Compression
1Alboni (Eds), Vasovagal Syncope
66Aliev/Guirimov, Type-2 Fuzzy Neural Networks
and Their Applications
2Alió (Eds), Multifocal Intraocular Lenses
(Essentials in Ophthalmology)
2Allen, The Etiology of Atopic Dermatitis
63Alvo/Yu, Statistical Methods for Ranking Data
(Frontiers in Probability and the Statistical
Sciences)
175Amaldi, Particle Accelerators: From Big Bang
Physics to Hadron Therapy
2Amin (Eds), Patent Foramen Ovale
75Amiri et al., Silicon Containing Copolymers
(SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science)
211Andreasen (Eds), Foundations of Intelligent
Systems, ISMIS 2014 (Lecture Notes in
II
75Asaka (Eds), Soft Actuators, Modeling
211Atluri (Eds), Data and Applications Security and
Privacy XXVIII, DBSec 2014 (Lecture Notes in
Computer Science, LNISA 8566)
85Atomic Energy Society of Japan (Ed), The
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident
211Auvray (Eds), Haptics: Neuroscience, Devices,
Modeling, and Applications, EuroHaptics 2014
(Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNISA
8618)
211Auvray (Eds), Haptics: Neuroscience, Devices,
Modeling, and Applications, EuroHaptics 2014
(Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNISA
8619)
113Avella (Eds), Strongly Correlated Systems
(Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences 180)
190Bagattini (Eds), The Nature of Children’s WellBeing (Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and
Research 9)
85Bagdoev et al., Wave Dynamics of Generalized
Continua (Advanced Structured Materials 24)
124Baglioni et al., Compendium of
Nanoapplications for Conservators
200Balan, Lua Programmer’s Reference
85Bandyopadhyay/Kamal, Stabilization and
Control of Fractional Order Systems: A Sliding
Mode Approach (Lecture Notes in Electrical
Engineering 317)
76Banoub (Ed), Detection of Chemical, Biological,
Radiological and Nuclear Agents for the
Prevention of Terrorism (NATO Science for
Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and
Biology)
210Barafort (Eds), Systems, Software and
Services Process Improvement, EuroSPI
2014 (Communications in Computer and
Information Science 425)
171Barten, Minorities, Minority Rights and Internal
Self-Determination
140Barton (Eds), Nanomicrobiology
182Battistella (Ed), Global and Asian Perspectives
on International Migration (Global Migration
Issues 4)
141Beaujean (Eds), Nuclear Reprogramming
(Methods in Molecular Biology 1222) 2nd ed.
114Beech, Alpha Centauri (Astronomers’ Universe)
205Beginning Apache Cassandra Development
200Beginning MongoDB in C#
211Bencomo (Eds), [email protected], Applications
(Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNPSE
8378)
86Benedetto (Eds), Civil Engineering Applications
of Ground Penetrating Radar
3Bennett et al., Laboratory Hemostasis. 2nd ed.
59Axelrod/Kimmel, Branching Processes in
Biology (Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics
19) 2nd ed.
127Bennett/Morse, Human Footprints: Fossilised
Locomotion?
54Aïd, Electricity Derivatives (SpringerBriefs in
Quantitative Finance)
214Bernstein (Eds), Hypercomplex Analysis: New
Perspectives and Applications (Trends in
Mathematics)
B
3Bacqué (Eds), Psychothérapies analytiques en
oncologie (Psycho-Oncologie)
75Baev, Specific Intermolecular Interactions of
Element-Organic Compounds
182Berthold, Human Rights-Based Approaches to
Clinical Social Work Practice (SpringerBriefs in
Human Rights and Social Work Practice)
4Bhattacharya (Eds), Regenerative Medicine
183Biagetti, Ethnoarchaeology of the Kel Tadrart
Tuareg (SpringerBriefs in Archaeology 6)
News 8/2014
Author Index
211Biere (Eds), Computer Aided Verification, CAV
2014 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science,
LNTCS 8559)
86Briat, Linear Parameter-Varying and Time-Delay
Systems, Observation (Advances in Delays and
Dynamics 3)
176Billett, Mimetic Learning at Work
(SpringerBriefs in Education)
76Brunazzi et al., The Importance of Packaging
Design for the Chemistry of Food Products
134Billi (Ed), Landscapes and Landforms
of Ethiopia (World Geomorphological
Landscapes)
213Bissyandé (Eds), e-Infrastructure and e-Services
for Developing Countries, AFRICOMM
2013 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for
Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and
Telecommunications Engineering 135)
86Bjontegaard et al., RILEM Technical Committee
195-DTD Recommendation for Test Methods
for AD and TD of Early Age Concrete (RILEM
State-of-the-Art Reports 16)
141Björn (Ed), Photobiology. 3rd ed.
210Bock (Eds), Modeling, Simulation and
Optimization of Complex Processes - HPSC
2012, March 5-9
210Bolikowski (Eds), Theory and Practice of Digital
Libraries -- TPDL 2013 Selected Workshops,
SUEDL 2013 (Communications in Computer
and Information Science 416)
211Bonsangue (Ed), Coalgebraic Methods in
Computer Science, CMCS 2014 (Lecture Notes
in Computer Science, LNTCS 8446)
183Bonvalet et al., Renewing the Family: A History
of the Baby-Boomers (INED Population Studies
4)
190Borelli, Borelli’s On the Movement of Animals
- On the Force of Percussion (Studies in History
and Philosophy of Science 37)
190Borelli, Borelli’s On the Movement of Animals On the Natural Motions Resulting from Gravity
(Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
38)
124Borzenkov/Hevus, Surface Active Monomers,
Properties (SpringerBriefs in Materials)
37Bourguignon (Eds), Brain Crosstalk in Puberty
and Adolescence (Research and Perspectives in
Endocrine Interactions 13)
127Brassard (Eds), Natural Disaster Management in
the Asia Pacific (Disaster Risk Reduction)
54Bressloff, Stochastic Processes in Cell Biology
(Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics 41)
4Brethauer (Eds), Minimally Invasive Bariatric
Surgery. 2nd ed.
47Breyer (Ed), Epistemological Dimensions of
Evolutionary Psychology
54Brešar, Introduction to Noncommutative
Algebra (Universitext)
87Bruner (Ed), Human Paleoneurology (Springer
Series in Bio-/Neuroinformatics 3)
196Bruyn et al., A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings
(Rembrandt Research Project Foundation )
55Bunimovich/Webb, Isospectral
Transformations: A New Approach to Analyzing
Multidimensional Systems and Networks
(Springer Monographs in Mathematics)
C
211Cabot (Eds), Modelling Foundations and
Applications, ECMFA 2014 (Lecture Notes in
Computer Science, LNPSE 8569)
211Cai (Eds), Computing and Combinatorics,
COCOON 2014 (Lecture Notes in Computer
Science, LNTCS 8591)
66Calero (Eds), Green in Software Engineering
47Callus (Eds), Clinical Psychology and Congenital
Heart Disease
87Cancellieri, Polynomial Theory of ErrorCorrecting Codes (Signals and Communication
Technology)
87Candaele (Eds), Trusted Computing for
Embedded Systems
66Cao, Metasynthetic Computing and
Engineering of Complex Systems (Advanced
Information and Knowledge Processing)
88Capecchi/Ruta, Strength of Materials and
Theory of Elasticity in 19th Century Italy
(Advanced Structured Materials 52)
211Cariani (Eds), Deontic Logic and Normative
Systems, DEON 2014 (Lecture Notes in
214Cartier (Eds), Mathematics in the 21st Century,
Lahore (Springer Proceedings in Mathematics
& Statistics 98)
88Castillo-León (Eds), Lab-on-a-Chip Devices and
Micro-Total Analysis Systems
89Celi (Ed), Advanced Design Cultures
89Chaki (Eds), Applied Computation and Security
Systems (Advances in Intelligent Systems and
Computing 305)
89Chaki (Eds), Applied Computation and Security
Systems (Advances in Intelligent Systems and
Computing 304)
170Chakrabarti/Sen, Green Investing
(SpringerBriefs in Finance)
5Chan (Ed), Dry Eye (Essentials in
Ophthalmology)
5Chan (Eds), Pelvic Floor Ultrasound
5Chan (Eds), Teaching Anatomy
114Chapman, Mary Somerville and the World of
Science (SpringerBriefs in History of Science
and Technology)
214Chatterjee (Eds), Managing in Recovering
Markets (Springer Proceedings in Business and
Economics)
63Chattopadhyay/Chattopadhyay, Statistical
Methods for Astronomical Data Analysis
(Springer Series in Astrostatistics 3)
90Cheah/Li, Task-Space Sensory Feedback
Control of Robot Manipulator (Intelligent
Systems, Control and Automation: Science and
Engineering 73)
213Chen (Eds), Emerging Issues in Smart Learning
(Lecture Notes in Educational Technology)
127Chen et al., European Atlas of Extreme
Temperatures and Precipitation Records
90Chen, Out-of-order Parallel Discrete Event
Simulation for Electronic System-level Design
90Chen/Huang, Stabilization and Regulation of
Nonlinear Systems (Advanced Textbooks in
Control and Signal Processing)
91Cheng, Pose-varied Multi-axis Optical Finishing
Systems
211Cheung (Eds), Hybrid Learning Theory and
Practice, ICHL 2014 (Lecture Notes in Computer
128Chinarro, System Engineering Applied to
Fuenmayor Karst Aquifer (San Julián de Banzo,
Huesca) and Collins Glacier (King George
Island, Antarctica) (Springer Theses)
4Cavallini (Eds), Clinical Management of Male
Infertility
191Chorafas, Science and Technology
37Cavanna/Nani, Consciousness
141Christ (Eds), Animal Models for Stem Cell
Therapy (Methods in Molecular Biology 1213)
67Cecilio/Furtado, Wireless Sensors in
Heterogeneous Networked Systems (Computer
Communications and Networks)
6Chu (Eds), Surgical Oncology
88Celebi (Ed), Partitional Clustering Algorithms
III
Author Index
6Chughtai (Eds), Treatment of Benign
Prostatic Hyperplasia: Modern Alternative to
Transurethral Resection of the Prostate
211Davis (Eds), Service Research and Innovation,
ASSRI 2013 (Lecture Notes in Business
Information Processing 177)
114Cicogna, Metodi matematici della Fisica
(UNITEXT for Physics) 2nd ed.
157Dawoody (Ed), Public Administration and Policy
in the Middle East (Public Administration,
Governance and Globalization 9)
213Citti (Eds), Geometric Methods in PDE’s
(Springer INdAM Series 10)
6Cokkinos (Ed), Introduction to Translational
Cardiovascular Research
211Colinet (Eds), Pristine Perspectives on Logic,
Language and Computation (Lecture Notes in
Computer Science, LNTCS 8607)
211Comin (Eds), Pattern Recognition in
Bioinformatics, PRIB 2014 (Lecture Notes in
Computer Science, LNBI 8626)
128Cordani (Eds), São Francisco Craton, Eastern
Brazil (Regional Geology Reviews)
211Cornelis (Eds), Rough Sets and Current Trends
in Soft Computing, RSCTC 2014 (Lecture Notes
in Computer Science, LNAI 8536)
115Cottam/Orchiston, Eclipses, Transits,
and Comets of the Nineteenth Century
(Astrophysics and Space Science Library 406)
91Couso et al., Random Sets and Random
Fuzzy Sets as Ill-Perceived Random Variables
(SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and
Technology)
201Croitoru/Carson, Agile SharePoint 2013
7Crosby (Eds), Proximal Humerus Fractures
84Crowder/Friess, Agile Project Management:
Managing for Success
142Cruz (Eds), Industrial Crops (Handbook of Plant
Breeding 9)
47Culp (Ed), Child and Family Advocacy, Practice
(Issues in Clinical Child Psychology)
210Czachórski (Eds), Information Sciences and
Systems 2014
D
7D’Aprile, MRI of Degenerative Disease of the
Spine
176Dailey-Hebert (Eds), Transformative
Perspectives and Processes in Higher Education
(Advances in Business Education and Training
6)
157Das (Ed), Globalization and Standards (India
Studies in Business and Economics)
91Davim (Ed), Machining of Titanium Alloys
(Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology)
IV
211De Cristofaro (Eds), Privacy Enhancing
Technologies, PETS 2014 (Lecture Notes in
Computer Science, LNSC 8555)
55de M. Rios/Straume, Symbol Correspondences
for Spin Systems
92De Smedt et al., Temperature- and Supply
Voltage-Independent Time References for
Wireless Sensor Networks (Analog Circuits and
Signal Processing 128)
158De Tombe, Handling Societal Complexity
142Dean (Eds), Genomics of Plant-Associated
Fungi and Oomycetes: Dicot Pathogens
142Dean (Eds), Genomics of Plant-Associated
Fungi: Monocot Pathogens
172Del Mar (Eds), Legal Fictions in Theory and
Practice (Law and Philosophy Library 110)
211del Pobil (Eds), From Animals to Animats 13,
SAB 2014 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science,
LNAI 8575)
92Demarchi (Eds), Carbon for Sensing Devices
183Demas et al., Strategies for Sustainable Tourism
at the Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang, China
(SpringerBriefs in Archaeology)
184Demetriou (Ed), The European Union in Crisis
211Demri (Eds), Automated Reasoning, IJCAR
2014 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNAI
8562)
143Dennery (Eds), Perinatal and Prenatal Disorders
(Oxidative Stress in Applied Basic Research and
Clinical Practice)
7Di Carlo (Ed), Noncolorectal,
Nonneuroendocrine Liver Metastases
67Di Luca (Ed), Multisensory Softness (Springer
Series on Touch and Haptic Systems)
212Di Ruscio (Eds), Theory and Practice of Model
Transformations, ICMT 2014 (Lecture Notes in
212Dietrich (Ed), Detection of Intrusions and
Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment, DIMVA
2014 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNSC
8550)
212Dimitrova (Eds), User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization, UMAP 2014 (Lecture
Notes in Computer Science, LNISA 8538)
143Docker (Ed), Lampreys: Biology, Conservation
and Control (Fish & Fisheries Series 37)
55Dokken (Eds), SAGA – Advances in ShApes,
Geometry, and Algebra (Geometry and
Computing 10)
56Dolićanin/Antonevich, Dynamical Systems
Generated by Linear Maps. 2nd ed.
212Dowek (Ed), Rewriting and Typed Lambda
Calculi, RTA and TLCA 2014 (Lecture Notes in
92Dowell, A Modern Course in Aeroelasticity
(Solid Mechanics and Its Applications 217) 5th
ed.
191Dubucs (Eds), Constructivity and Computability
in Historical and Philosophical Perspective
(Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science
34)
212Duff (Eds), Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems,
Living Machines 2014 (Lecture Notes in
212Dwyer (Eds), Diagrammatic Representation
and Inference, Diagrams 2014 (Lecture Notes in
208Dye et al., SQL Server T-SQL Recipes. 4th ed.
37Dygai/Zhdanov, Theory of Hematopoiesis
Control (SpringerBriefs in Cell Biology 5)
E
8Eaglstein, The FDA for Doctors
56Eigen et al., Weakly Wandering Sequences
in Ergodic Theory (Springer Monographs in
Mathematics)
158Einav (Ed), The New World of Transitioned
Media (The Economics of Information,
Communication, and Entertainment)
8Emery (Eds), Office-Based Gynecologic Surgical
Procedures
8Enzenauer et al., Functional Ophthalmic
Disorders
38Errington (Eds), Extrasynaptic GABAA
Receptors (The Receptors 27)
9Escorpizo (Eds), Handbook of Vocational
Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation
(Handbooks in Health, Work, and Disability)
212Esparza (Eds), Automata, Languages, and
Programming, ICALP 2014 (Lecture Notes in
212Esparza (Eds), Automata, Languages, and
Programming, ICALP 2014 (Lecture Notes in
News 8/2014
115Esposito, Formality Theory (SpringerBriefs in
Mathematical Physics 2)
115Esseling, Photorefractive Optoelectronic
Tweezers and Their Applications (Springer
Theses)
38Evgen’ev et al., Heat Shock Proteins and Whole
Body Adaptation to Extreme Environments
F
116Falkenburg (Eds), Why More Is Different (The
Frontiers Collection)
196Faltermeier, An Easy Guide to Care for
Sculpture and Antique Art Collections
124Fan/Chu, Silicon Carbide Nanostructures,
Structure (Engineering Materials and
Processes)
9Farage (Eds), Skin, Mucosa and Menopause
78Farber (Eds), Retail Food Safety (Food
Microbiology and Food Safety)
137Farmer, Modern Climate Change Science
(SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science)
9Fattouch (Eds), Secondary Mitral Valve
Regurgitation
198Feinleib, Big Data Bootcamp
39Felsted/Wright, Toward Post Ageing (Healthy
Ageing and Longevity 1)
172Ferretti, EU Competition Law, the Consumer
Interest and Data Protection (SpringerBriefs in
Law)
177Filipenko (Eds), Problem Based Learning in
Teacher Education
10Firoozi (Ed), Female Pelvic Surgery
116Fischetti/Aboud, Advanced Physics of
Semiconductors (Graduate Texts in Physics)
213Flores (Eds), New Trends in Mechanism and
Machine Science (Mechanisms and Machine
Science 24)
39Foged (Eds), Subunit Vaccine Delivery
(Advances in Delivery Science and Technology)
40Fong, The Role of Microbes in Common
Non-Infectious Diseases (Emerging Infectious
Diseases of the 21st Century 1)
212Formenti (Eds), Computational Intelligence
Methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics,
CIBB 2013 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science,
LNBI 8452)
212Fouilhoux (Eds), Combinatorial Optimization,
ISCO 2014 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science,
LNTCS 8596)
Author Index
201Frampton, Big Data Made Easy
201Freeman, Expert ASP.NET Web API 2 for MVC
Developers
110Freni et al., Characterization of Zeolitebased Coatings for Adsorption Heat Pumps
Technology)
56Fridman, Introduction to Time-Delay
Systems (Systems & Control: Foundations &
Applications)
57Friz/Hairer, A Course on Rough Paths
(Universitext)
158Fu (Ed), Handbook of Simulation Optimization
(International Series in Operations Research &
Management Science 216)
143Fukada (Eds), Zinc Signals in Cellular Functions
and Disorders
184Funari (Eds), Archaeology of Culture Contact
and Colonialism in Spanish and Portuguese
America
G
195Gabryś-Barker (Eds), Studying Second
Language Acquisition from a Qualitative
Perspective (Second Language Learning and
Teaching 27)
10Gahtan (Eds), Essentials of Vascular Surgery for
the General Surgeon
159Gaillard, When Sovereigns Go Bankrupt
(SpringerBriefs in Economics)
202Gajda, Pro Vagrant
212Galhardas (Eds), Data Integration in the
Life Sciences, DILS 2014 (Lecture Notes in
93Gans, Mechanical Systems
214Gao (Eds), Advances in Global Optimization
(Springer Proceedings in Mathematics &
Statistics 95)
116Gasperini, Relatività Generale e Teoria della
Gravitazione (UNITEXT for Physics) 2nd ed.
212Giese (Eds), Graph Transformation, ICGT 2014
(Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNTCS
8571)
67Gigengack et al., Motion Correction in Thoracic
Positron Emission Tomography (SpringerBriefs
in Electrical and Computer Engineering)
10Ginat (Eds), Post-treatment Imaging of the
Orbit
68Gipp, Citation-based Plagiarism Detection
110Girard, Physical and Statistical Models
for Steam Generator Clogging Diagnosis
Technology)
184Glatzer (Ed), Global Handbook of Quality of Life
(International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life)
185Gnecco (Eds), Ethics and Archaeological Praxis
(Ethical Archaeologies: The Politics of Social
Justice 1)
57Godinho/Natário, An Introduction to
Riemannian Geometry (Universitext)
212Goertzel (Eds), Artificial General Intelligence,
AGI 2014 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science,
LNAI 8598)
11Goldsmith (Eds), Cardio-Renal Clinical
Challenges
48Goldstein (Eds), Handbook of Intelligence,
Historical Perspective
160Golinelli (Ed), Cultural Heritage and Value
Creation
78Goncharov, Non-Linear Optical Response in
Atoms, Molecules and Clusters (SpringerBriefs
in Molecular Science)
191Gonzalez, Philosophico-Methodological
Analysis of Prediction and its Role in Economics
(Theory and Decision Library A: 50)
187González-Ruibal (Eds), Ethics and the
Archaeology of Violence (Ethical Archaeologies:
The Politics of Social Justice 2)
11Goodlin (Eds), End-of-Life Care in
Cardiovascular Disease
159Gavalec et al., Decision Making and
Optimization (Lecture Notes in Economics and
Mathematical Systems 677)
78Gorb (Eds), Application of Computational
Techniques in Pharmacy and Medicine
(Challenges and Advances in Computational
Chemistry and Physics 17)
144Gerald (Eds), Biodiversity and Conservation of
the Yucatan Peninsula
57Gorenflo et al., Mittag-Leffler Functions
(Springer Monographs in Mathematics)
210Gero (Ed), Studying Visual and Spatial
Reasoning for Design Creativity
160Gosavi, Simulation-Based Optimization
(Operations Research/Computer Science
Interfaces Series 55) 2nd ed.
159Ghosh (Eds), Diversification of Agriculture in
Eastern India (India Studies in Business and
Economics)
134Goudie/Viles, Landscapes and Landforms of
Namibia (World Geomorphological Landscapes
5)
V
Author Index
160Grad, Vector Optimization and Monotone
Operators via Convex Duality (Vector
Optimization)
212Han (Eds), Database Systems for Advanced
Applications, DASFAA 2014 (Lecture Notes in
212Holz (Eds), Trust and Trustworthy Computing,
TRUST 2014 (Lecture Notes in Computer
Science, LNSC 8564)
202Grant, Beginning AngularJS
212Hanus (Eds), Declarative Programming and
Knowledge Management, KDPD 2013 (Lecture
Notes in Computer Science, LNAI 8439)
212Holzer (Eds), Implementation and Application
of Automata, CIAA 2014 (Lecture Notes in
128Harada, Interactions of Earth’s Magnetotail
Plasma with the Surface, Plasma, and Magnetic
Anomalies of the Moon (Springer Theses)
212Holzinger (Eds), Interactive Knowledge
Discovery and Data Mining in Biomedical
Informatics (Lecture Notes in Computer
Science, LNISA 8401)
93Grasser (Ed), Hot Carrier Degradation in
Semiconductor Devices
210Gröchenig (Eds), Operator-Related Function
Theory and Time-Frequency Analysis (Abel
Symposia 9)
177Green (Eds), The Body in Professional Practice,
Learning and Education (Professional and
Practice-based Learning 14)
11Greenberg (Ed), Craniomaxillofacial
Reconstructive and Corrective Bone Surgery.
2nd ed.
12Greenberg (Ed), Digital Technologies for
Craniomaxillofacial Surgery
161Greiner/Fincke, Public Debt, Sustainability and
Economic Growth
137Greschke (Eds), Grounding Global Climate
Change
138Grunewald (Eds), Ecosystem Services –
Concept, Methods and Case Studies
93Harik (Ed), Trends in Nanoscale Mechanics,
Graphene
64Haughton et al., Movie Analytics
(SpringerBriefs in Statistics)
58Hausmann, Mod Two Homology and
Cohomology (Universitext)
48Hommel et al., Human Action Control:
212Hong (Eds), Mathematical Software -- ICMS
2014, Seoul (Lecture Notes in Computer
49Hornby, Inclusive Special Education
144Hayat (Ed), Tumor Dormancy, Quiescence, and
Senescence, Vol. 3, Cancer (Tumor Dormancy
and Cellular Quiescence and Senescence 3)
40Horsnell (Ed), How Helminths Alter Immunity
to Infection (Advances in Experimental
Medicine and Biology 828)
199Head, Pro WordPress Marketing and Search
Engine Optimization
202Horton, Beginning Modern C++. 4th ed.
182Heard (Eds), Family Formation in 21st Century
Australia
58Howe (Eds), Symmetry: Representation Theory
and Its Applications (Progress in Mathematics
257)
13Hraška/Murín, Surgical Management of
Congenital Heart Disease II
12Gulotta (Eds), Massive Rotator Cuff Tears
117Hehn/Manoli, CMOS Circuits for Piezoelectric
Energy Harvesters (Springer Series in Advanced
Microelectronics 38)
161Guo (Eds), Multicultural China (Current Chinese
Economic Report Series)
162Heinemann/Gaiser, Social, Local, Mobile
(Management for Professionals)
168Hüschelrath (Eds), Public and Private
Enforcement of Competition Law in Europe
(ZEW Economic Studies 48)
214Gupta (Eds), Laser Physics and Technology,
Indore (Springer Proceedings in Physics 160)
145Heinlein (Ed), Plasmodesmata (Methods in
Molecular Biology 1217)
95Hu et al., Nonlinear Stochastic Systems with
Network-Induced Phenomena
144Guénet et al., Genetics of the Mouse
68Heinrich, Aligning Business Processes and
Information Systems
178Huang (Eds), ICT in Education in Global Context
(Lecture Notes in Educational Technology)
94Helwani, Adaptive Identification of
Acoustic Multichannel Systems Using
Sparse Representations (T-Labs Series in
Telecommunication Services)
212Huang (Eds), Intelligent Computing in
Bioinformatics, ICIC 2014 (Lecture Notes in
212Gørtz (Eds), Algorithm Theory -- SWAT 2014,
SWAT 2014 (Lecture Notes in Computer
H
161Ha (Ed), Land and Disaster Management
Strategies in Asia
212Hernandez (Eds), Graph-Based Representation
and Reasoning, ICCS 2014 (Lecture Notes in
117Hagen (Ed), The Physical Basis of Bacterial
Quorum Communication (Biological and
Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)
178Hewson, Embracing Indigenous Knowledge in
Science and Medical Teaching (Cultural Studies
of Science Education 10)
134Hakim, Mediterranean Urbanism
68Hillmann, Holoscopy (Aktuelle Forschung
Medizintechnik – Latest Research in Medical
Engineering)
48Halford et al., Couples Therapy with New
Parents (Springer Series on Couples and
Health)
177Hall, Meaning-Oriented Pedagogy
(SpringerBriefs in Education)
162Hallegatte, Natural Disasters and Climate
Change
12Halverson (Eds), Advanced Surgical Techniques
for Rural Surgeons
VI
94Hintz, Orbital Mechanics and Astrodynamics
94Hippe (Eds), Human-Computer Systems
Interaction: Backgrounds and Applications
3 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and
Computing 300)
138Holtmeier, Animals’ Influence on the Landscape
and Ecological Importance, Newcomers
212Huang (Eds), Intelligent Computing
Methodologies, ICIC 2014 (Lecture Notes in
212Huang (Eds), Intelligent Computing Theory,
ICIC 2014 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science,
LNISA 8588)
129Huang et al., Geo-disaster Modeling and
Analysis: An SPH-based Approach (Springer
Natural Hazards)
117Huang, Experimental Econophysics (New
Economic Windows)
145Hughes (Eds), Mast Cells (Methods in Molecular
Biology 1220) 2nd ed.
129Hutter et al., Physics of Lakes (Advances in
Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and
Mathematics)
News 8/2014
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214Ibadula (Eds), Bridging Algebra, Geometry,
and Topology (Springer Proceedings in
Mathematics & Statistics 96)
118Igochine (Ed), Active Control of Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities in Hot Plasmas
(Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma
Physics 83)
162Ihori (Eds), The Political Economy of Fiscal
Consolidation in Japan (Advances in Japanese
Business and Economics 8)
13Ilankovan et al., Local Flaps in Facial
Reconstruction
95Ippoliti (Ed), Heuristic Reasoning (Studies in
Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational
Ethics 16)
185Ireland (Eds), The Ethics of Cultural Heritage
(Ethical Archaeologies: The Politics of Social
Justice 4)
178Isaias/Issa, High Level Models and
Methodologies for Information Systems
13Istre (Ed), Minimally Invasive Gynecological
Surgery
14Itakura (Ed), Deep Brain Stimulation for
Neurological Disorders
95Ivancevic et al., Enhancing Performance and
Reducing Stress in Sports: Technological
Advances (Cognitive Systems Monographs 24)
40Izquierdo, The Art of Forgetting
J
Author Index
58Jean, Control of Nonholonomic Systems: from
Sub-Riemannian Geometry to Motion Planning
(SpringerBriefs in Mathematics)
110Kearly (Eds), Neutron Applications in Materials
for Energy (Neutron Scattering Applications
and Techniques)
145Jendek/Polakova, Host plants of world Agrilus
(Coleoptera, Buprestidae)
16Keuchel (Eds), Video Capsule Endoscopy
172Joao Guia (Ed), The Illegal Business of Human
Trafficking
203Jackson, Android Apps for Absolute Beginners.
3rd ed.
17Khanna (Eds), Surgical Techniques for Prostate
Cancer
203Jordan, Practical Neo4j
147Köhler (Ed), Protein Design (Methods in
Molecular Biology 1216) 2nd ed.
15Juffermans (Eds), Transfusion in the Intensive
Care Unit
118Kido, Digital Fourier Analysis
K
96Kacprzyk (Eds), Springer Handbook of
Computational Intelligence
15Kaeding (Eds), Hamstring and Quadriceps
Injuries in Athletes
146Kalia (Ed), Quorum Sensing vs Quorum
Quenching: A Battle with No End in Sight
210Kalz (Eds), Computer Assisted Assessment
-- Research into E-Assessment, CAA
69Kisačanin (Eds), Advances in Embedded
Computer Vision (Advances in Computer Vision
and Pattern Recognition)
119Klein/Fletcher, Galactic and Intergalactic
Magnetic Fields (Springer Praxis Books)
15Karakousis, Atlas of Operative Procedures in
Surgical Oncology
96Klingelnberg (Ed), Bevel Gear
118Karschau, Mathematical Modelling of
Chromosome Replication and Replicative
Stress (Springer Theses)
129Kate et al., Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) in
the Permo-Carboniferous (SpringerBriefs in
Earth System Sciences)
163Jain, Economic Analysis of Liability Rules
64Kateri, Contingency Table Analysis (Statistics
for Industry and Technology)
49Jansen (Eds), Conceptualising and Measuring
Work Identity
146Kioussi (Ed), Stem Cells and Tissue Repair
(Methods in Molecular Biology 1210)
163Kar/Datta, Industrial and Labor Economics
(India Studies in Business and Economics 25)
210Jain (Eds), Intelligent Computing,
Communication and Devices (Advances in
Intelligent Systems and Computing 309)
14Jans (Eds), Rhinoviruses (Methods in Molecular
Biology 1221)
211Kimppa (Eds), ICT and Society, HCC11
2014 (IFIP Advances in Information and
Communication Technology 431)
204Kanjilal, ASP.NET MVC5 for the Enterprise
96Kashyap/Bujamma, Bioinformatics of Non
Small Cell Lung Cancer and the Ras ProtoOncogene (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences
and Technology)
69Janes/Succi, Lean Software Development in
Action
173Kiestra, The Impact of the European
Convention on Human Rights on Private
International Law
212Klein (Eds), Interactive Theorem Proving, ITP
LNTCS 8558)
210Jain (Eds), Intelligent Computing,
Communication and Devices (Advances in
203James, Pro XAML with C#
17Khan (Ed), Airway Management
212Jones (Ed), ECOOP 2014 -- Object-Oriented
Programming, Uppsala (Lecture Notes in
16Karcioglu (Ed), Orbital Tumors. 2nd ed.
14Jackson (Eds), The Perioperative Medicine
Consult Handbook. 2nd ed.
16Khalbuss (Eds), Diagnostic Cytopathology
Board Review and Self-Assessment
210Kawtrakul (Eds), Information Search,
Integration, and Personalization, ISIP
146Keane, Wildland Fuel Fundamentals and
Application
17Knotkova (Eds), Textbook of Neuromodulation
41Kochhar (Eds), Metabonomics and Gut
Microbiota in Nutrition and Disease (Molecular
and Integrative Toxicology)
212Kohlenbach (Eds), Logic, Language,
Information, and Computation, WoLLIC 2014
(Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNTCS
8652)
111Kovacs, Probabilistic Safety Assessment of
WWER440 Reactors
79Kovács et al., 100 Chemical Myths,
Misunderstandings
214Koziel (Eds), Solving Computationally
Expensive Engineering Problems (Springer
Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics 97)
147Kroneck (Eds), The Metal-Driven
Biogeochemistry of Gaseous Compounds in
the Environment (Metal Ions in Life Sciences
14)
VII
Author Index
212Kryszkiewicz (Eds), Rough Sets and Intelligent
Systems Paradigms, RSEISP 2014 (Lecture
137Leal Filho (Ed), Transformative Approaches
to Sustainable Development at Universities
(World Sustainability Series)
97Ku Shaari (Eds), Engineering Applications of
Computational Fluid Dynamics (Advanced
Structured Materials 44)
64Lecoutre/Poitevineau, The Significance Test
Controversy Revisited (SpringerBriefs in
Statistics)
130Kueppers (Eds), Volcanoes of the Azores (Active
Volcanoes of the World)
179Ledger et al., Global to Local Curriculum Policy
Processes (Policy Implications of Research in
Education 4)
147Kukol (Ed), Molecular Modeling of Proteins
125Kulkarni, Nanotechnology: Principles and
Practices. 3rd ed.
18Kumar (Ed), Teledentistry (Health Informatics)
204Kurtz/Wortman, ASP.NET Web API 2: Building a
REST Service from Start to Finish . 2nd ed.
111Kuzman/Kutnar, Contemporary Slovenian
Timber Architecture for Sustainability (Green
Energy and Technology)
L
18Lacy (Eds), Functional and Motility Disorders of
the Gastrointestinal Tract
138Lal (Eds), Sustainable Intensification to
Advance Food Security and Enhance Climate
Resilience in Africa
69Langmann, Wide Area 2D/3D Imaging
210Laouiti (Eds), Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks for
Smart Cities (Advances in Intelligent Systems
and Computing 306)
163Lasko/Lasko, International Sales Steering by
Result Framing
211Lassenius (Eds), Software Business. Towards
Continuous Value Delivery, ICSOB 2014 (Lecture
Notes in Business Information Processing 182)
214Lau (Eds), Geometry and Analysis of Fractals
(Springer Proceedings in Mathematics &
Statistics 88)
18Laub Jr. (Ed), Congenital Anomalies of the
Upper Extremity
211Laurent (Eds), Information Processing
and Management of Uncertainty, IPMU
VIII
111Lehner et al., Power-to-Gas: Technology and
Business Models (SpringerBriefs in Energy)
19Lenzi (Eds), Multidisciplinary Approach to
Obesity
97Levinzon, Piezoelectric Accelerometers with
Integral Electronics
59Lewis, Tautological Control Systems
(SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer
Engineering)
19Li (Eds), Handbook of Capsule Endoscopy
210Li (Eds), Proceedings of 2014 1st International
Conference on Industrial Economics and
Industrial Security
210Lollino (Eds), Engineering Geology for Society
and Territory - Volume 2
97Long (Eds), Proceedings of the 14th
International Conference on Man-MachineEnvironment System Engineering (Lecture
Notes in Electrical Engineering 318)
164Lowe (Eds), Managing Media Firms and
Industries (Media Business and Innovation)
80Lüttschwager, Raman Spectroscopy of
Conformational Rearrangements at Low
Temperatures (Springer Theses)
192, 192, 192Lu (Ed), A History of Chinese
Science and Technology
193Lucey, Pesky Essays on the Logic of Philosophy
(Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning 6)
79Li et al., Essential Oils as Reagents in Green
Chemistry (SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science)
173Ludewig, On the Effect of Offshore Wind Farms
on the Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics
(Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs 31)
186Li, Beyond Market and Government (China
Academic Library)
41Lukashevich (Eds), Novel Technologies for
Vaccine Development
20Liang (Eds), Microwave Ablation Treatment of
Solid Tumors
80Lund (Eds), Applications of EPR in Radiation
Research
20Liao (Eds), Advances in Image-Guided Urologic
Surgery
112Luo (Eds), Wind Turbine Control and Monitoring
(Advances in Industrial Control)
148Lichtfouse (Ed), Sustainable Agriculture
Reviews (Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 15)
98Luo et al., Hardware/Software Co-Design and
Optimization for Cyberphysical Integration in
Digital Microfluidic Biochips
164Lienhard/Preuss, Legacy, Sustainability
and CSR at Mega Sport Events (Event- und
Impaktforschung)
20Lima (Eds), Pediatric Urology
19Lévêque (Ed), Chirurgie de la douleur
M
135Loczy (Ed), Landscapes and Landforms
of Hungary (World Geomorphological
Landscapes)
130Maanan (Eds), Sediment Fluxes on Coastal
Areas (Coastal Research Library 10)
79Loh (Ed), In-Situ Gelling Polymers (Series in
BioEngineering)
98Madry, Space Systems for Disaster Warning,
Response, and Recovery (SpringerBriefs in
Space Development)
179Maguire, Margaret Mead (SpringerBriefs in
Education)
148Mahalingam (Ed), Combined Stresses in Plants
98Mahmoud, Developing Security Tools of WSN
and WBAN Networks Applications (Lecture
Notes in Electrical Engineering 316)
204Mak et al., Hibernate Recipes. 2nd ed.
News 8/2014
80Malik (Eds), Food Processing: Strategies for
Quality Assessment (Food Engineering Series)
49Mandal (Eds), Understanding Facial Expressions
in Communication
130Mandal/Maiti, Semi-quantitative Approaches
for Landslide Assessment and Prediction
(Springer Natural Hazards)
50Manor-Binyamini, Language and Discourse in
Special Education
70Marcel (Eds), Handbook of Biometric AntiSpoofing (Advances in Computer Vision and
Pattern Recognition)
205Mardan, Pro Express.js
164Maritan, Practical Manual of Quality Function
Deployment
135Marmaras, Planning London for the Post-War
Era 1945 - 1960 (Springer Geography)
186Marreiros (Eds), Use-Wear and Residue Analysis
in Archaeology (Manuals in Archaeological
Method, Theory and Technique 10)
Author Index
210Menegatti (Eds), Intelligent Autonomous
Systems 13 (Advances in Intelligent Systems
and Computing 302)
41Miczek (Eds), Neuroscience of Aggression
(Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences 17)
213Moriai (Ed), Fast Software Encryption, FSE 2013
(Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNSC
8424)
21Miele (Eds), Imaging Trauma and Polytrauma in
Pediatric Patients
186Morizot (Eds), The Development of Criminal
and Antisocial Behavior
212Miesenberger (Eds), Computers Helping People
with Special Needs, ICCHP 2014 (Lecture Notes
in Computer Science, LNISA 8548)
213Morrill (Eds), Formal Grammar, Formal
Grammar 2014 (Lecture Notes in Computer
212Miesenberger (Eds), Computers Helping People
with Special Needs, ICCHP 2014 (Lecture Notes
in Computer Science, LNISA 8547)
180Mthethwa-Sommers, Narratives of Social
Justice Educators (SpringerBriefs in Education)
139Milačič (Eds), The Sava River (The Handbook of
Environmental Chemistry 31)
22Miller (Eds), Stress Fractures in Athletes
50Miller, PTSD and Forensic Psychology
(SpringerBriefs in Psychology)
50Mills (Ed), Gender and the Work-Family
Experience
165Martinho (Ed), The Agricultural Economics of
the 21st Century
70Miorandi (Eds), Social Collective Intelligence
(Computational Social Sciences)
193Martini (Eds), Experts and Consensus in Social
Science (Ethical Economy 50)
119Miroshnichenko, Solar Cosmic Rays
2nd ed.
21Maschmeyer (Eds), Infections in Hematology
21Mason (Ed), Pediatric Sedation Outside of the
Operating Room. 2nd ed.
205Mastering the Internet of Things, Protocols
139Masys (Ed), Disaster Management: Enabling
Resilience (Lecture Notes in Social Networks)
99Matía (Eds), Fuzzy Modeling and Control:
Theory and Applications (Atlantis
Computational Intelligence Systems 9)
119Maurath/Manoli, CMOS Circuits for
Electromagnetic Vibration Transducers
(Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics
49)
99Mauro, Traffic and Random Processes
149McCleery (Eds), Urban Wildlife
59McFarland (Eds), Alfred Tarski
173Megliani, Sovereign Debt
70Melikov/Ponomarenko, Multidimensional
Queueing Models in Telecommunication
Networks
210Menegatti (Eds), Intelligent Autonomous
Systems 13 (Advances in Intelligent Systems
and Computing 301)
22Moreira (Eds), Diagnosing Non-small Cell
Carcinoma in Small Biopsy and Cytology
99Mishra (Eds), White Space Communication
(Signals and Communication Technology)
210Mu (Eds), The Proceedings of The Third
International Conference on Communications,
Signal Processing, and Systems (Lecture Notes
in Electrical Engineering 322)
51Muhlbauer (Eds), Women and Aging
166Muresan, Social Market Economy
213Murgante (Eds), Computational Science and Its
Applications - ICCSA 2014, Guimarães (Lecture
Notes in Computer Science, LNTCS 8584)
208Mitchell et al., SQL Server Integration Services
Design Patterns. 2nd ed.
211Mladenov (Eds), Nonlinear Dynamics
of Electronic Systems, NDES 2014
(Communications in Computer and
165Mochón/Sáez, Understanding Auctions
(Springer Texts in Business and Economics)
71Moeslund (Eds), Computer Vision in Sports
(Advances in Computer Vision and Pattern
Recognition)
120Murphy, Investigating the A-Type Stars Using
Kepler Data (Springer Theses)
165Mohapatra/Lokhande, Cloud Computing and
ROI (Management for Professionals)
213Mola (Eds), From Information to Smart Society
(Lecture Notes in Information Systems and
Organisation 5)
179Mongkhonvanit, Coopetition for Regional
Competitiveness (SpringerBriefs in Education)
42Mor (Eds), Apoptosis and Cancer (Methods in
112Morales Pedraza, Electrical Energy Generation
in Europe
N
149Narayanan (Ed), Bacterial Artificial
Chromosomes (Methods in Molecular Biology
1227) 2nd ed.
22Nasir (Ed), Clinical Dermatology Trials 101
112Nasr/Connor, Natural Gas Engineering and
Safety Challenges, Analysis
100Natarajan et al., Metal Matrix Composites,
Wear Characteristics (SpringerBriefs in Applied
Sciences and Technology)
100NATARAJAN, Reliable Design of Electronic
Equipment
IX
Author Index
214Nathanson (Ed), Combinatorial and Additive
Number Theory (Springer Proceedings in
Mathematics & Statistics 101)
125Nazarov (Eds), Functional Nanomaterials and
Devices for Electronics, Sensors and Energy
Harvesting (Engineering Materials)
42Nielsen (Ed), In Situ Hybridization Protocols
(Methods in Molecular Biology 1211) 4th ed.
81Nirschl (Eds), Upscaling of Bio-Nano-Processes
(Lecture Notes in Bioengineering)
51Palmary (Eds), Healing and Change in the City
of Gold (Peace Psychology Book Series 24)
151Pieroni (Eds), Ethnobotany and Biocultural
Diversities in the Balkans
150Pandey et al., Global Comparative Analysis
of CBL-CIPK Gene Families in Plants
(SpringerBriefs in Plant Science)
180Pio (Eds), Philosophy of Music Education
Challenged: Heideggerian Inspirations
(Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and
Education 15)
42Pannese, Neurocytology, Nerve Processes. 2nd
ed.
150Panyutina et al., Flight of Mammals: From
Terrestrial Limbs to Wings
43Poluektova (Eds), Humanized Mice for HIV
Research
23Papaliodis (Ed), Uveitis
60Poznyak et al., Attractive Ellipsoids in Robust
Control (Systems & Control: Foundations &
Applications)
60Nisio, Lectures on Stochastic Control
166Pardalos (Eds), Social Networks and the
Economics of Sports
25Pradhan, Yoga and Mindfulness Based
Cognitive Therapy
131November/Leanza, Risk, Disaster and Crisis
Reduction
24Park (Ed), Sports Injuries to the Shoulder and
Elbow
43Prato (Ed), Human and Mosquito Lysozymes
120Numai, Fundamentals of Semiconductor Lasers
(Springer Series in Optical Sciences 93) 2nd ed.
43Parpura (Eds), Glutamate and ATP at the
Interface of Metabolism and Signaling in the
Brain (Advances in Neurobiology 11)
100Nishida et al., Conversational Informatics
101Nurmi (Eds), GALILEO Positioning Technology
(Signals and Communication Technology 182)
O
101Öchsner, Elasto-Plasticity of Frame Structure
Elements
187Ogawa (Eds), Low Fertility and Reproductive
Health in East Asia (International Studies in
Population 11)
101Ogunfunmi (Eds), Speech and Audio Processing
for Coding, Enhancement and Recognition
206Olsson, JavaScript Quick Syntax Reference
51Orth-Gomer (Eds), Psychosocial Stress and
Cardiovascular Disease in Women, Findings
149Otegui (Ed), Plant Endosomes (Methods in
23Ottaviani, Crib Death - Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome (SIDS). 2nd ed.
213Ourselin (Eds), Biomedical Image Registration,
WBIR 2014 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science,
LNIP 8545)
P
120P. Ghatak/Bhattacharya, Heavily-Doped
2D-Quantized Structures and the Einstein
Relation (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
260)
102P. Wierzbicki, Technen: Elements of Recent
History of Information Technologies with
Epistemological Conclusions (Intelligent
Systems Reference Library 71)
102Pacheco Torgal (Eds), Biotechnologies and
Biomimetics for Civil Engineering
X
82Pasch/Malik, Advanced Separation Techniques
for Polyolefins (Springer Laboratory)
24Pasquali (Ed), Cryosurgery
24Patel (Eds), Ureteral Stone Management
150Peacock (Ed), Parasite Genomics Protocols
166Pearson, Jr. (Eds), Advancing Women in Science
25Peh (Ed), Pitfalls in Diagnostic Radiology
25Pekarsky, The New Drug Reimbursement
Game: a Regulator’s Guide to Playing and
Winning
213Perales (Eds), Articulated Motion and
Deformable Objects, AMDO 2014 (Lecture
Notes in Computer Science, LNIP 8563)
167Peris-Ortiz (Eds), New Challenges in
Entrepreneurship and Finance, Performance
213Perner (Ed), Advances in Data Mining:
Applications and Theoretical Aspects, ICDM
2014 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNAI
8557)
213Perner (Ed), Machine Learning and Data Mining
in Pattern Recognition, MLDM 2014 (Lecture
102Petzek (Eds), Economical Bridge Solutions
based on innovative composite dowels and
integrated abutments
167Pflug/Pichler, Multistage Stochastic
Optimization (Springer Series in Operations
Research and Financial Engineering)
60Pham, Resilient Controls for Ordering Uncertain
Prospects (Springer Optimization and Its
Applications 98)
26Pritchard-Jones (Eds), Renal Tumors of
Childhood (Pediatric Oncology)
207Pro OpenGL for C# Developers, Web
199Pro SVG 2
206Pro T-SQL Programmer’s Guide. 4th ed.
207Pro Unity Animation
200Pro Unity Performance
180Proctor (Eds), Controversies in Education
(Policy Implications of Research in Education 3)
148Progress in Botany 76
167Puu, Arts, Sciences, and Economics. 2nd ed.
Q
103Qu/Liu, Wafer-Level Chip-Scale Packaging
R
206R Recipes
71Ramisch, Multiword Expressions Acquisition
(Theory and Applications of Natural Language
Processing)
168Ramos (Eds), The Interrelationship Between
Financial and Energy Markets (Lecture Notes in
Energy 54)
209Raspberry Pi and iOS Projects
174Reardon/Snauwaert, Betty A. Reardon: A
Pioneer in Education for Peace and Human
Rights (SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science
and Practice 26)
151Reboredo (Ed), Forest Context and Policies in
Portugal (World Forests 19)
151Reddy, Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria
for Horticultural Crop Protection
News 8/2014
Author Index
131Ren, Storm-triggered Landslides in Warmer
Climates
210Schabacker (Eds), Modelling and Management
of Engineering Processes
122Shiraishi, Investigation of Staged Laser-Plasma
Acceleration (Springer Theses)
26Rezaei (Ed), Cancer Immunology
28Schatten (Eds), Salmonella (Methods in
152Shivanna/Tandon, Reproductive Ecology of
Flowering Plants: A Manual
188Schatz, Impact of Organized Crime on Murder
of Law Enforcement Personnel at the U.S.Mexican Border (SpringerBriefs in Sociology)
30Sieper/Braun, Clinician’s Manual on Axial
Spondyloarthritis
152Ribatti (Ed), Vascular Morphogenesis (Methods
in Molecular Biology 1214)
71Richter/Flückiger, User-Centred Engineering
121Rieutord, Fluid Dynamics (Graduate Texts in
Physics)
103Rigatos, Advanced Models of Neural Networks
26Rigopoulos (Eds), Nail Psoriasis
152Rodgers (Ed), ADAMTS-13
121Romano/Marasco, Continuum Mechanics
using Mathematica®, Methods (Modeling
and Simulation in Science, Engineering and
Technology) 2nd ed.
187Rosenberger (Ed), Relational Social Work
Practice with Diverse Populations (Essential
Clinical Social Work Series)
27Ross (Eds), Minimally Invasive Approaches to
Colon and Rectal Disease
27Ross (Eds), Robotic Approaches to Colorectal
Surgery
28Scheinemann (Eds), Pediatric Neuro-oncology
131Schettino, Quantitative Plate Tectonics
61Schiffler, Quiver Representations (CMS Books in
Mathematics)
139Schmidt et al., Plant Phenology as a Biomonitor
for Climate Change in Germany (SpringerBriefs
in Environmental Science)
189Schubert (Eds), Challenges to European Welfare
Systems
30Söderback (Ed), International Handbook of
Occupational Therapy Interventions. 2nd ed.
105Seedhouse, Virgin Galactic (Springer Praxis
Books)
213Seidl (Eds), Tests and Proofs, TAP 2014 (Lecture
Notes in Computer Science, LNPSE 8570)
27Roth (Eds), The Role of Anesthesiology in
Global Health
210Selvaraj (Eds), Progress in Systems Engineering
(Advances in Intelligent Systems and
Computing 1089)
103Roy/Zeng, Social Multimedia Signals
105Senani et al., Current Conveyors
181Ryan (Ed), Teaching Reflective Learning in
Higher Education
52Shackelford (Eds), The Evolution of Sexuality
(Evolutionary Psychology)
S
28Saclarides (Eds), Common Surgical Diseases.
3rd ed.
104Sadegh Amiri et al., Soliton Coding for Secured
Optical Communication Link (SpringerBriefs in
Applied Sciences and Technology)
104Sadowski (Eds), Multiscale Modeling of
Complex Materials (CISM International Centre
for Mechanical Sciences 556)
104Salandro et al., Electrically-Assisted Forming
(Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing)
125Salit, Tropical Natural Fibre Composites
(Engineering Materials)
188Sarkowsky (Eds), Migration, Regionalization,
Citizenship (Politikwissenschaftliche
Paperbacks)
188Sauer, The Archaeology and Ethnohistory of
Araucanian Resilience (Contributions To Global
Historical Archaeology)
121Shadrivov (Eds), Nonlinear, Tunable and Active
Metamaterials (Springer Series in Materials
Science 200)
44Shah (Eds), Amorphous Solid Dispersions
(Advances in Delivery Science and Technology)
207Sileika, Pro Python System Administration. 2nd
ed.
122Simpson, Surprises in Theoretical Casimir
Physics (Springer Theses)
153Singh (Ed), Advances in Plant Biopesticides
135Singh (Ed), Urban Development Challenges,
Risks and Resilience in Asian Mega Cities
(Advances in Geographical and Environmental
Sciences)
153Singh (Eds), Broadening the Genetic Base of
Grain Legumes
126Singh/Sundaram, Kishor (Ed), CO2
Sequestration Using Photosynthetic
Microorganisms (SpringerBriefs in Materials)
52Sinnott (Ed), Positive Psychology
213Sinz (Eds), Theory and Applications of
Satisfiability Testing - SAT 2014, Held as Part of
the Vienna Summer of Logic (Lecture Notes in
44Sioud (Ed), RNA Interference (Methods in
181Smeyers (Eds), International Handbook
of Interpretation in Educational Research
(Springer International Handbooks of
Education)
72Smiraglia, The Elements of Knowledge
Organization
31Sonoda (Ed), Advanced Colonoscopy
29Shah (Eds), Cleveland Clinic Manual of Vascular
Surgery
72Stalla-Bourdillon et al., Privacy vs. Security
(SpringerBriefs in Cybersecurity)
132Shanov/Kostov, Dynamic Tectonics and Karst
(Cave and Karst Systems of the World)
153Stowell (Ed), Galectins (Methods in Molecular
Biology 1207)
72Shao (Eds), Computer Vision and Machine
Learning with RGB-D Sensors (Advances in
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition)
82Subramanian (Eds), Materials and Processes for
Solar Fuel Production (Nanostructure Science
and Technology 174)
29Shariat (Eds), Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma
73Sucaet/Waelput, Digital Pathology
(SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)
132Shaw (Ed), Recovery from the Indian Ocean
Tsunami (Disaster Risk Reduction)
132Shaw (Ed), Tohoku Recovery (Disaster Risk
Reduction)
30Shea (Eds), Pathology of Challenging
Melanocytic Neoplasms
189Shek (Eds), Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong
(Quality of Life in Asia 5)
213Susilo (Eds), Information Security and Privacy,
ACISP 2014 (Lecture Notes in Computer
Science, LNSC 8544)
105Suzuki (Eds), Recent Advances in Natural
Computing (Mathematics for Industry 9)
208Syed, Beginning Node.js
XI
Author Index
52Szablewska (Eds), Current Issues in Transitional
Justice (Springer Series in Transitional Justice 4)
T
154Tabata (Eds), The Lotus japonicus Genome
(Compendium of Plant Genomes)
31Tabbara (Eds), Ocular Infections (Essentials in
Ophthalmology)
122Tachikawa, N=2 Supersymmetric Dynamics for
Pedestrians (Lecture Notes in Physics 890)
31Tan (Ed), Transdisciplinary Perioperative Care in
Colorectal Surgery
73Tao et al., Configurable Intelligent Optimization
Algorithm (Springer Series in Advanced
Manufacturing)
44Templeton (Eds), Discovering and Developing
Molecules with Optimal Drug-Like Properties
(AAPS Advances in the Pharmaceutical
Sciences Series 15)
193ten Have (Ed), Bioethics Education in a Global
Perspective (Advancing Global Bioethics 4)
32Tilles (Eds), Bibliothèques médicales à l’hôpital
45Timmins (Eds), Hydrophilic Matrix Tablets for
Oral Controlled Release (AAPS Advances in the
Pharmaceutical Sciences Series 16)
133Tiwari, The Capacity Crisis in Disaster Risk
Management (Environmental Hazards)
106Tollazzi, Alternative Types of Roundabouts
(Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic 6)
53Tompkins, Clinician’s Guide to Severe Hoarding
106Toniolo (Eds), Built Heritage: Monitoring
Conservation Management (Research for
Development)
76Topics in Current Chemistry 354
81Topics in Current Chemistry 353
81Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry 41
77Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 9
82Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 16
77Topics in Organometallic Chemistry 48
83Topics in Organometallic Chemistry 47
61Treiman, Calculus with Vectors (Springer
Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics and
Technology)
45Tremblay (Eds), Microglia in Health and Disease
32Trombetta (Eds), Management of Gender
Dysphoria
XII
53Tuerk (Eds), Clinical Videoconferencing in
Telehealth (Behavioral Telehealth)
U
211Uden (Eds), Knowledge Management in
Organizations, KMO 2014 (Lecture Notes in
Business Information Processing 185)
196Udías, Jesuit Contribution to Science
154Uversky, Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
V
194Walach, Secular Spirituality (Studies in
Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality 5)
155Wallander, Soil
155Wang (Ed), Agrobacterium Protocols (Methods
in Molecular Biology 1224) 3rd ed.
213Wang (Eds), Databases Theory and
Applications, ADC 2014 (Lecture Notes in
106Wang et al., An Introduction to Harmony
Search Optimization Method (SpringerBriefs in
Applied Sciences and Technology)
107Wang et al., Analysis and Design of Singular
Markovian Jump Systems
32Vaidyanathan et al., Chronic Venous Disorders
of the Lower Limbs
74Wang, Cognitive Radio Networks
(SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)
73van Breugel (Eds), Horizons of the Mind. A
Tribute to Prakash Panangaden (Lecture Notes
in Computer Science, LNTCS 8464)
33Wang, Key Diagnostic Features in Uroradiology
197van de Wetering, A Corpus of Rembrandt
Paintings VI (Rembrandt Research Project
Foundation 6)
213van den Herik (Eds), Computers and Games,
CG 2013 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science,
LNTCS 8427)
33Venkatesh (Eds), Magnetic Resonance
Elastography
213Vetulani (Eds), Human Language Technology
Challenges for Computer Science and
Linguistics, LTC 2011 (Lecture Notes in
154Vidhyasekaran, Plant Hormone Signaling
Systems in Plant Innate Immunity (Signaling
and Communication in Plants 2)
136Vieira (Eds), Landscapes and Landforms of
Brazil (World Geomorphological Landscapes)
61Vivaldi, Mathematical Writing (Springer
Undergraduate Mathematics Series)
210Vlamos, PhD (Eds), GeNeDis 2014 (Advances in
Experimental Medicine and Biology 820)
33Vogl (Eds), Diagnostic and Interventional
Radiology
168Vrat, Materials Management (Springer Texts in
Business and Economics)
W
169Wastian (Eds), Applied Psychology for Project
Managers (Management for Professionals)
213Watt (Eds), Intelligent Computer Mathematics,
DML (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNAI
8543)
194Webb, A Comparative Doxastic-Practice
Epistemology of Religious Experience
(SpringerBriefs in Religious Studies 2)
155Wei (Eds), Advance in Structural Bioinformatics
(Advances in Experimental Medicine and
Biology 827)
123Westfall/Sheehan, Celestial Shadows, Transits
107Wien, High Efficiency Video Coding (Signals
and Communication Technology)
34Wigley (Eds), Raynaud’s Phenomenon
65Willekens, Multistate Analysis of Life Histories
with R (Use R!)
156Wittinghofer (Ed), Ras Superfamily Small G
Proteins: Biology and Mechanisms 1+2
189Wolf (Eds), Politics in South Asia
195Wood, Icelandic Morphosyntax and Argument
Structure (Studies in Natural Language and
Linguistic Theory 90)
34Wright/Strube, Color Atlas Of Strabismus
Surgery. 4th ed.
34Wu (Eds), Dialysis Access Management
45Wagner (Eds), Chromatographic Fingerprint
Analysis of Herbal Medicines
107Wu, Elements of Vorticity Aerodynamics
(Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering)
123Waitukaitis, Impact-Activated Solidification of
Cornstarch and Water Suspensions (Springer
Theses)
108Wu, Knee Joint Vibroarthrographic Signal
Processing and Analysis (SpringerBriefs in
Bioengineering)
News 8/2014
108Wu, The Helmholtz Equation Least Squares
Theory for Reconstructing and Predicting
Acoustic Radiation (Modern Acoustics and
Signal Processing)
X
108Xhafa (Eds), Modeling and Processing for NextGeneration Big-Data Technologies (Modeling
and Optimization in Science and Technologies
4)
156Xiaoquan (Eds), Plant Metabolomics
74Xu et al., Cancer Bioinformatics
Y
109Yager (Eds), Intelligent Methods for Cyber
Warfare (Studies in Computational Intelligence
563)
46Yamada (Eds), Confronting Emerging Zoonoses
Author Index
213Zheng (Eds), Smart Health, ICSH 2014 (Lecture
Notes in Computer Science, LNISA 8549)
169Zhou, China’s Monetary Policy Regulation and
Financial Risk Prevention
169Zhou, Foreign Aid in China
53Zihl/Dutton, Cerebral Visual Impairment in
Children
23Özkaya/Yazganoglu, Adverse Cutaneous Drug
Reactions to Cardiovascular Drugs
109Zohdi, A Finite Element Primer for Beginners
Technology)
213Zu (Eds), Pervasive Computing and the
NetworkedWorld,ICPCA/SWS2013(LectureNotesin
Computer Science, LNCCN 8351)
214Zweig (Eds), Social Informatics - The Social
Impact of Interactions between Humans and IT
(Springer Proceedings in Complexity)
136Yamamoto, The Agglomeration of the
Animation Industry in East Asia (International
Perspectives in Geography 4)
213Yamashita (Eds), Reversible Computation, RC
LNPSE 8507)
156Yaniv (Eds), Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
of the Middle-East (Medicinal and Aromatic
Plants of the World 2)
35Yazici (Eds), Understanding Evidence-Based
Rheumatology, Drugs
74Yu, A Developer’s Guide to the Semantic Web.
2nd ed.
211Yuan (Eds), Trustworthy Computing and
Services, ISCTCS 2013 (Communications in
Computer and Information Science 426)
Z
210Zamojski (Eds), Dependability Problems of
Complex Information Systems (Advances in
62Zaslavski, Turnpike Phenomenon and
Infinite Horizon Optimal Control (Springer
Optimization and Its Applications 99)
62Zayed (Eds), New Perspectives on
Approximation and Sampling Theory (Applied
and Numerical Harmonic Analysis)
109Zhang/Ohsaki, Tensegrity Structures, Stability
(Mathematics for Industry 6)
133Zhao, Physical and Chemical Dissolution Front
Instability in Porous Media (Lecture Notes in
Earth System Sciences)
XIII
Title Index
A
17Airway Management
B
59Alfred Tarski
194A Comparative Doxastic-Practice Epistemology
of Religious Experience
212Algorithm Theory -- SWAT 2014
196A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings
68Aligning Business Processes and Information
Systems
197A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings VI
57A Course on Rough Paths
74A Developer’s Guide to the Semantic Web
109A Finite Element Primer for Beginners
192A History of Chinese Science and Technology
92A Modern Course in Aeroelasticity
118Active Control of Magneto-hydrodynamic
Instabilities in Hot Plasmas
152ADAMTS-13
94Adaptive Identification of Acoustic
Multichannel Systems Using Sparse
Representations
155Advance in Structural Bioinformatics
106Alternative Types of Roundabouts
200Beginning MongoDB in C#
44Amorphous Solid Dispersions
208Beginning Node.js
196An Easy Guide to Care for Sculpture and
Antique Art Collections
174Betty A. Reardon: A Pioneer in Education for
Peace and Human Rights
106An Introduction to Harmony Search
Optimization Method
96Bevel Gear
57An Introduction to Riemannian Geometry
107Analysis and Design of Singular Markovian
Jump Systems
144Biodiversity and Conservation of the Yucatan
Peninsula
78Application of Computational Techniques in
Pharmacy and Medicine
213Advances in Data Mining: Applications and
Theoretical Aspects
69Advances in Embedded Computer Vision
214Advances in Global Optimization
20Advances in Image-Guided Urologic Surgery
153Advances in Plant Biopesticides
166Advancing Women in Science
23Adverse Cutaneous Drug Reactions to
Cardiovascular Drugs
84Agile Project Management: Managing for
Success
201Agile SharePoint 2013
155Agrobacterium Protocols
XIV
198Big Data Bootcamp
141Animal Models for Stem Cell Therapy
103Advanced Models of Neural Networks
29Advances and Technical Standards in
Neurosurgery
32Bibliothèques médicales à l’hôpital
201Big Data Made Easy
42Apoptosis and Cancer
12Advanced Surgical Techniques for Rural
Surgeons
186Beyond Market and Government
203Android Apps for Absolute Beginners
89Advanced Design Cultures
82Advanced Separation Techniques for
Polyolefins
205Beginning Apache Cassandra Development
202Beginning Modern C++
138Animals’ Influence on the Landscape and
Ecological Importance
140Advanced Protocols in Oxidative Stress III
202Beginning AngularJS
114Alpha Centauri
31Advanced Colonoscopy
116Advanced Physics of Semiconductors
149Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes
193Bioethics Education in a Global Perspective
96Bioinformatics of Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
and the Ras Proto-Oncogene
213Biomedical Image Registration
80Applications of EPR in Radiation Research
212Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems
81Applications of Porphyrinoids
102Biotechnologies and Biomimetics for Civil
Engineering
89Applied Computation and Security Systems
169Applied Psychology for Project Managers
190Borelli’s On the Movement of Animals - On the
Force of Percussion
184Archaeology of Culture Contact and
Colonialism in Spanish and Portuguese
America
190Borelli’s On the Movement of Animals - On the
Natural Motions Resulting from Gravity
213Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects
212Artificial General Intelligence
167Arts, Sciences, and Economics
204ASP.NET MVC5 for the Enterprise
204ASP.NET Web API 2: Building a REST Service
from Start to Finish
15Atlas of Operative Procedures in Surgical
Oncology
60Attractive Ellipsoids in Robust Control
212, 212Automata, Languages, and Programming
84Automata, Universality, Computation
211Automated Reasoning
171Aviation and Climate Change
37Brain Crosstalk in Puberty and Adolescence
59Branching Processes in Biology
214Bridging Algebra, Geometry, and Topology
153Broadening the Genetic Base of Grain Legumes
106Built Heritage: Monitoring Conservation
Management
C
61Calculus with Vectors
74Cancer Bioinformatics
26Cancer Immunology
82Carbohydrates as Drugs
92Carbon for Sensing Devices
News 8/2014
11Cardio-Renal Clinical Challenges
1Cardiovascular Imaging
123Celestial Shadows
Title Index
212Computational Intelligence Methods for
Bioinformatics and Biostatistics
84Computational Red Teaming
D
211Data and Applications Security and Privacy
XXVIII
53Cerebral Visual Impairment in Children
213Computational Science and Its Applications ICCSA 2014
189Challenges to European Welfare Systems
211Computer Aided Verification
212Database Systems for Advanced Applications
110Characterization of Zeolite-based Coatings for
Adsorption Heat Pumps
210Computer Assisted Assessment -- Research into
E-Assessment
213Databases Theory and Applications
79100 Chemical Myths
72Computer Vision and Machine Learning with
RGB-D Sensors
47Child and Family Advocacy
169China’s Monetary Policy Regulation and
Financial Risk Prevention
189Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong
19Chirurgie de la douleur
45Chromatographic Fingerprint Analysis of
Herbal Medicines
32Chronic Venous Disorders of the Lower Limbs
68Citation-based Plagiarism Detection
86Civil Engineering Applications of Ground
Penetrating Radar
71Computer Vision in Sports
212, 212Computers Helping People with Special
Needs
211Deontic Logic and Normative Systems
211Computing and Combinatorics
49Conceptualising and Measuring Work Identity
73Configurable Intelligent Optimization
Algorithm
46Confronting Emerging Zoonoses
18Congenital Anomalies of the Upper Extremity
22Clinical Dermatology Trials 101
191Constructivity and Computability in Historical
and Philosophical Perspective
53Clinical Videoconferencing in Telehealth
53Clinician’s Guide to Severe Hoarding
30Clinician’s Manual on Axial Spondyloarthritis
165Cloud Computing and ROI
119CMOS Circuits for Electromagnetic Vibration
Transducers
117CMOS Circuits for Piezoelectric Energy
Harvesters
211Coalgebraic Methods in Computer Science
74Cognitive Radio Networks
34Color Atlas Of Strabismus Surgery
214Combinatorial and Additive Number Theory
212Declarative Programming and Knowledge
Management
14Deep Brain Stimulation for Neurological
Disorders
37Consciousness
47Clinical Psychology and Congenital Heart
Disease
159Decision Making and Optimization
213Computers and Games
29Cleveland Clinic Manual of Vascular Surgery
4Clinical Management of Male Infertility
212Data Integration in the Life Sciences
111Contemporary Slovenian Timber Architecture
for Sustainability
64Contingency Table Analysis
121Continuum Mechanics using Mathematica®
58Control of Nonholonomic Systems: from SubRiemannian Geometry to Motion Planning
210Dependability Problems of Complex
Information Systems
76Detection of Chemical, Biological, Radiological
and Nuclear Agents for the Prevention of
Terrorism
212Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and
Vulnerability Assessment
98Developing Security Tools of WSN and WBAN
Networks Applications
22Diagnosing Non-small Cell Carcinoma in Small
Biopsy and Cytology
33Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
16Diagnostic Cytopathology Board Review and
Self-Assessment
212Diagrammatic Representation and Inference
34Dialysis Access Management
118Digital Fourier Analysis
180Controversies in Education
73Digital Pathology
100Conversational Informatics
12Digital Technologies for Craniomaxillofacial
Surgery
179Coopetition for Regional Competitiveness
126CO2 Sequestration Using Photosynthetic
Microorganisms
48Couples Therapy with New Parents
11Craniomaxillofacial Reconstructive and
Corrective Bone Surgery
212Combinatorial Optimization
23Crib Death - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
(SIDS)
148Combined Stresses in Plants
24Cryosurgery
28Common Surgical Diseases
160Cultural Heritage and Value Creation
124Compendium of Nanoapplications for
Conservators
105Current Conveyors
199Digital Video Concepts, Methods and Metrics
139Disaster Management: Enabling Resilience
44Discovering and Developing Molecules with
Optimal Drug-Like Properties
159Diversification of Agriculture in Eastern India
5Dry Eye
132Dynamic Tectonics and Karst
56Dynamical Systems Generated by Linear Maps
52Current Issues in Transitional Justice
XV
Title Index
E
213e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing
Countries
10Essentials of Vascular Surgery for the General
Surgeon
G
185Ethics and Archaeological Praxis
119Galactic and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields
187Ethics and the Archaeology of Violence
153Galectins
115Eclipses, Transits, and Comets of the
Nineteenth Century
183Ethnoarchaeology of the Kel Tadrart Tuareg
101GALILEO Positioning Technology
163Economic Analysis of Liability Rules
151Ethnobotany and Biocultural Diversities in the
Balkans
50Gender and the Work-Family Experience
102Economical Bridge Solutions based on
innovative composite dowels and integrated
abutments
172EU Competition Law, the Consumer Interest
and Data Protection
144Genetics of the Mouse
212ECOOP 2014 -- Object-Oriented Programming
127European Atlas of Extreme Temperatures and
Precipitation Records
142Genomics of Plant-Associated Fungi and
Oomycetes: Dicot Pathogens
138Ecosystem Services – Concept, Methods and
Case Studies
117Experimental Econophysics
101Elasto-Plasticity of Frame Structure Elements
201Expert ASP.NET Web API 2 for MVC Developers
142Genomics of Plant-Associated Fungi: Monocot
Pathogens
112Electrical Energy Generation in Europe
193Experts and Consensus in Social Science
129Geo-disaster Modeling and Analysis: An SPHbased Approach
104Electrically-Assisted Forming
38Extrasynaptic GABAA Receptors
213Geometric Methods in PDE’s
54Electricity Derivatives
F
107Elements of Vorticity Aerodynamics
178Embracing Indigenous Knowledge in Science
and Medical Teaching
213Emerging Issues in Smart Learning
11End-of-Life Care in Cardiovascular Disease
97Engineering Applications of Computational
Fluid Dynamics
129Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) in the PermoCarboniferous
182Family Formation in 21st Century Australia
213Fast Software Encryption
10Female Pelvic Surgery
210GeNeDis 2014
214Geometry and Analysis of Fractals
113Giants of Eclipse: The zeta Aurigae Stars and
Other Binary Systems
182Global and Asian Perspectives on International
Migration
150Global Comparative Analysis of CBL-CIPK Gene
Families in Plants
184Global Handbook of Quality of Life
150Flight of Mammals: From Terrestrial Limbs to
Wings
179Global to Local Curriculum Policy Processes
121Fluid Dynamics
157Globalization and Standards
210Engineering Geology for Society and Territory Volume 5
80Food Processing: Strategies for Quality
Assessment
43Glutamate and ATP at the Interface of
Metabolism and Signaling in the Brain
169Foreign Aid in China
212Graph Transformation
151Forest Context and Policies in Portugal
212Graph-Based Representation and Reasoning
213Formal Grammar
66Green in Software Engineering
115Formality Theory
170Green Investing
211Foundations of Intelligent Systems
137Grounding Global Climate Change
95Enhancing Performance and Reducing Stress in
Sports: Technological Advances
211From Animals to Animats 13
213From Information to Smart Society
18Functional and Motility Disorders of the
Gastrointestinal Tract
125Functional Nanomaterials and Devices for
Electronics, Sensors and Energy Harvesting
8Functional Ophthalmic Disorders
47Epistemological Dimensions of Evolutionary
Psychology
120Fundamentals of Semiconductor Lasers
79Essential Oils as Reagents in Green Chemistry
99Fuzzy Modeling and Control: Theory and
Applications
XVI
H
15Hamstring and Quadriceps Injuries in Athletes
70Handbook of Biometric Anti-Spoofing
19Handbook of Capsule Endoscopy
48Handbook of Intelligence
158Handbook of Simulation Optimization
9Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitation and
Disability Evaluation
158Handling Societal Complexity
News 8/2014
211Haptics: Neuroscience, Devices, Modeling, and
Applications
98Hardware/Software Co-Design and
Optimization for Cyberphysical Integration in
51Healing and Change in the City of Gold
38Heat Shock Proteins and Whole Body
Adaptation to Extreme Environments
120Heavily-Doped 2D-Quantized Structures and
the Einstein Relation
36Hepatocellular Carcinoma
95Heuristic Reasoning
204Hibernate Recipes
107High Efficiency Video Coding
Title Index
211ICT and Society
56Introduction to Time-Delay Systems
178ICT in Education in Global Context
6Introduction to Translational Cardiovascular
Research
21Imaging Trauma and Polytrauma in Pediatric
Patients
188Impact of Organized Crime on Murder of Law
Enforcement Personnel at the U.S.-Mexican
Border
123Impact-Activated Solidification of Cornstarch
and Water Suspensions
212Implementation and Application of Automata
42In Situ Hybridization Protocols
79In-Situ Gelling Polymers
49Inclusive Special Education
163Industrial and Labor Economics
120Investigating the A-Type Stars Using Kepler
Data
122Investigation of Staged Laser-Plasma
Acceleration
55Isospectral Transformations: A New Approach
to Analyzing Multidimensional Systems and
Networks
J
206JavaScript Quick Syntax Reference
196Jesuit Contribution to Science
K
178High Level Models and Methodologies for
Information Systems
142Industrial Crops
68Holoscopy
21Infections in Hematology
33Key Diagnostic Features in Uroradiology
73Horizons of the Mind. A Tribute to Prakash
Panangaden
211Information Processing and Management of
Uncertainty
108Knee Joint Vibroarthrographic Signal
Processing and Analysis
145Host plants of world Agrilus (Coleoptera,
Buprestidae)
210Information Sciences and Systems 2014
211Knowledge Management in Organizations
93Hot Carrier Degradation in Semiconductor
Devices
40How Helminths Alter Immunity to Infection
48Human Action Control:
43Human and Mosquito Lysozymes
127Human Footprints: Fossilised Locomotion?
210Information Search, Integration, and
Personalization
213Information Security and Privacy
L
210, 210Intelligent Autonomous Systems 13
88Lab-on-a-Chip Devices and Micro-Total
Analysis Systems
213Intelligent Computer Mathematics
3Laboratory Hemostasis
212Intelligent Computing in Bioinformatics
143Lampreys: Biology, Conservation and Control
212Intelligent Computing Methodologies
161Land and Disaster Management Strategies in
Asia
213Human Language Technology Challenges for
Computer Science and Linguistics
212Intelligent Computing Theory
87Human Paleoneurology
210Intelligent Computing, Communication and
Devices
134Landscapes and Landforms of Ethiopia
182Human Rights-Based Approaches to Clinical
Social Work Practice
109Intelligent Methods for Cyber Warfare
135Landscapes and Landforms of Hungary
94Human-Computer Systems Interaction:
Backgrounds and Applications 3
128Interactions of Earth’s Magnetotail Plasma with
the Surface, Plasma, and Magnetic Anomalies
of the Moon
134Landscapes and Landforms of Namibia
43Humanized Mice for HIV Research
211Hybrid Learning Theory and Practice
45Hydrophilic Matrix Tablets for Oral Controlled
Release
214Hypercomplex Analysis: New Perspectives and
Applications
I
195Icelandic Morphosyntax and Argument
Structure
212Interactive Knowledge Discovery and Data
Mining in Biomedical Informatics
136Landscapes and Landforms of Brazil
50Language and Discourse in Special Education
214Laser Physics and Technology
69Lean Software Development in Action
212Interactive Theorem Proving
60Lectures on Stochastic Control
181International Handbook of Interpretation in
Educational Research
164Legacy, Sustainability and CSR at Mega Sport
Events
30International Handbook of Occupational
Therapy Interventions
172Legal Fictions in Theory and Practice
163International Sales Steering by Result Framing
86Linear Parameter-Varying and Time-Delay
Systems
154Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
13Local Flaps in Facial Reconstruction
54Introduction to Noncommutative Algebra
XVII
Title Index
212Logic, Language, Information, and
Computation
20Microwave Ablation Treatment of Solid Tumors
125Nanotechnology: Principles and Practices
188Migration, Regionalization, Citizenship
180Narratives of Social Justice Educators
187Low Fertility and Reproductive Health in East
Asia
176Mimetic Learning at Work
200Lua Programmer’s Reference
27Minimally Invasive Approaches to Colon and
Rectal Disease
127Natural Disaster Management in the Asia
Pacific
M
213Machine Learning and Data Mining in Pattern
Recognition
91Machining of Titanium Alloys
33Magnetic Resonance Elastography
32Management of Gender Dysphoria
214Managing in Recovering Markets
164Managing Media Firms and Industries
3Manual of Otologic Surgery
179Margaret Mead
114Mary Somerville and the World of Science
12Massive Rotator Cuff Tears
145Mast Cells
205Mastering the Internet of Things
4Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery
112Natural Gas Engineering and Safety Challenges
13Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery
42Neurocytology
171Minorities, Minority Rights and Internal SelfDetermination
41Neuroscience of Aggression
57Mittag-Leffler Functions
58Mod Two Homology and Cohomology
108Modeling and Processing for Next-Generation
Big-Data Technologies
210Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of
Complex Processes - HPSC 2012
210Modelling and Management of Engineering
Processes
211Modelling Foundations and Applications
[email protected]
137Modern Climate Change Science
76Molecular Machines and Motors
82Materials and Processes for Solar Fuel
Production
147Molecular Modeling of Proteins
168Materials Management
67Motion Correction in Thoracic Positron
Emission Tomography
118Mathematical Modelling of Chromosome
Replication and Replicative Stress
64Movie Analytics
212Mathematical Software -- ICMS 2014
7MRI of Degenerative Disease of the Spine
61Mathematical Writing
161Multicultural China
214Mathematics in the 21st Century
70Multidimensional Queueing Models in
Telecommunication Networks
177Meaning-Oriented Pedagogy
93Mechanical Systems
36Mechanisms of Circadian Systems in Animals
and Their Clinical Relevance
156Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the MiddleEast
134Mediterranean Urbanism
41Metabonomics and Gut Microbiota in Nutrition
and Disease
100Metal Matrix Composites
162Natural Disasters and Climate Change
19Multidisciplinary Approach to Obesity
2Multifocal Intraocular Lenses
110Neutron Applications in Materials for Energy
167New Challenges in Entrepreneurship and
Finance
211New Frontiers in Mining Complex Patterns
62New Perspectives on Approximation and
Sampling Theory
213New Trends in Mechanism and Machine
Science
1Non-Invasive Sperm Selection for In Vitro
Fertilization
78Non-Linear Optical Response in Atoms,
Molecules and Clusters
77Non-Linear Viscoelasticity of Rubber
Composites and Nanocomposites
7Noncolorectal, Nonneuroendocrine Liver
Metastases
211Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems
95Nonlinear Stochastic Systems with NetworkInduced Phenomena
121Nonlinear, Tunable and Active Metamaterials
41Novel Technologies for Vaccine Development
141Nuclear Reprogramming
O
104Multiscale Modeling of Complex Materials
31Ocular Infections
67Multisensory Softness
8Office-Based Gynecologic Surgical Procedures
167Multistage Stochastic Optimization
173On the Effect of Offshore Wind Farms on the
Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics
65Multistate Analysis of Life Histories with R
71Multiword Expressions Acquisition
N
210Operator-Related Function Theory and TimeFrequency Analysis
157Optimization of Pharmaceutical R&D Programs
and Portfolios
66Metasynthetic Computing and Engineering of
Complex Systems
122N=2 Supersymmetric Dynamics for Pedestrians
94Orbital Mechanics and Astrodynamics
114Metodi matematici della Fisica
26Nail Psoriasis
16Orbital Tumors
45Microglia in Health and Disease
140Nanomicrobiology
83Organo-di-Metallic Compounds (or Reagents)
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90Out-of-order Parallel Discrete Event Simulation
for Electronic System-level Design
P
Title Index
139Plant Phenology as a Biomonitor for Climate
Change in Germany
145Plasmodesmata
189Politics in South Asia
150Parasite Genomics Protocols
175Particle Accelerators: From Big Bang Physics to
Hadron Therapy
88Partitional Clustering Algorithms
2Patent Foramen Ovale
30Pathology of Challenging Melanocytic
Neoplasms
211Pattern Recognition in Bioinformatics
28Pediatric Neuro-oncology
21Pediatric Sedation Outside of the Operating
Room
20Pediatric Urology
5Pelvic Floor Ultrasound
143Perinatal and Prenatal Disorders
87Polynomial Theory of Error-Correcting Codes
91Pose-varied Multi-axis Optical Finishing
Systems
52Positive Psychology
10Post-treatment Imaging of the Orbit
111Power-to-Gas: Technology and Business
Models
63Principal Component and Correspondence
Analyses Using R
211Pristine Perspectives on Logic, Language and
Computation
207Pro OpenGL for C# Developers
129Physics of Lakes
97Piezoelectric Accelerometers with Integral
Electronics
25Pitfalls in Diagnostic Radiology
135Planning London for the Post-War Era 1945 1960
149Plant Endosomes
151Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria for
Horticultural Crop Protection
154Plant Hormone Signaling Systems in Plant
Innate Immunity
156Plant Metabolomics
51Psychosocial Stress and Cardiovascular Disease
in Women
3Psychothérapies analytiques en oncologie
50PTSD and Forensic Psychology
161Public Debt, Sustainability and Economic
Growth
Q
211Privacy Enhancing Technologies
191Philosophico-Methodological Analysis of
Prediction and its Role in Economics
110Physical and Statistical Models for Steam
Generator Clogging Diagnosis
7Proximal Humerus Fractures
168Public and Private Enforcement of Competition
Law in Europe
205Pro Express.js
133Physical and Chemical Dissolution Front
Instability in Porous Media
147Protein Design
203Practical Neo4j
193Pesky Essays on the Logic of Philosophy
115Photorefractive Optoelectronic Tweezers and
Their Applications
210Progress in Systems Engineering
157Public Administration and Policy in the Middle
East
72Privacy vs. Security
141Photobiology
148Progress in Botany
164Practical Manual of Quality Function
Deployment
213Pervasive Computing and the Networked
World
180Philosophy of Music Education Challenged:
Heideggerian Inspirations
210Proceedings of the International Colloquium
on Sports Science, Exercise, Engineering and
Technology 2014 (ICoSSEET 2014)
207Pro Python System Administration
199Pro SVG 2
131Quantitative Plate Tectonics
61Quiver Representations
146Quorum Sensing vs Quorum Quenching: A
Battle with No End in Sight
R
206Pro T-SQL Programmer’s Guide
206R Recipes
207Pro Unity Animation
80Raman Spectroscopy of Conformational
Rearrangements at Low Temperatures
200Pro Unity Performance
202Pro Vagrant
91Random Sets and Random Fuzzy Sets as IllPerceived Random Variables
199Pro WordPress Marketing and Search Engine
Optimization
156Ras Superfamily Small G Proteins: Biology and
Mechanisms 1+2
203Pro XAML with C#
209Raspberry Pi and iOS Projects
111Probabilistic Safety Assessment of WWER440
Reactors
34Raynaud’s Phenomenon
177Problem Based Learning in Teacher Education
171Problems of Normativity, Rules and Rule
Following
210Proceedings of 2014 1st International
Conference on Industrial Economics and
Industrial Security
97Proceedings of the 14th International
Conference on Man-Machine-Environment
System Engineering
105Recent Advances in Natural Computing
132Recovery from the Indian Ocean Tsunami
77Reducing Drug Attrition
4Regenerative Medicine
187Relational Social Work Practice with Diverse
Populations
116Relatività Generale e Teoria della Gravitazione
100Reliable Design of Electronic Equipment
26Renal Tumors of Childhood
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183Renewing the Family: A History of the BabyBoomers
152Reproductive Ecology of Flowering Plants: A
Manual
60Resilient Controls for Ordering Uncertain
Prospects
78Retail Food Safety
166Social Market Economy
103Social Multimedia Signals
166Social Networks and the Economics of Sports
162Social, Local, Mobile
75Soft Actuators
213Reversible Computation
211Software Business. Towards Continuous Value
Delivery
212Rewriting and Typed Lambda Calculi
155Soil
14Rhinoviruses
119Solar Cosmic Rays
86RILEM Technical Committee 195-DTD
Recommendation for Test Methods for AD and
TD of Early Age Concrete
104Soliton Coding for Secured Optical
Communication Link
131Risk, Disaster and Crisis Reduction
214Solving Computationally Expensive
Engineering Problems
44RNA Interference
173Sovereign Debt
27Robotic Approaches to Colorectal Surgery
98Space Systems for Disaster Warning, Response,
and Recovery
211Rough Sets and Current Trends in Soft
Computing
212Rough Sets and Intelligent Systems Paradigms
77Ruthenium in Catalysis
S
55SAGA – Advances in ShApes, Geometry, and
Algebra
28Salmonella
191Science and Technology
9Secondary Mitral Valve Regurgitation
194Secular Spirituality
130Sediment Fluxes on Coastal Areas
81Selective Catalysis for Renewable Feedstocks
and Chemicals
75Specific Intermolecular Interactions of
Element-Organic Compounds
101Speech and Audio Processing for Coding,
Enhancement and Recognition
210Studying Visual and Spatial Reasoning for
Design Creativity
39Subunit Vaccine Delivery
113Supersymmetry after the Higgs Discovery
124Surface Active Monomers
13Surgical Management of Congenital Heart
Disease II
6Surgical Oncology
17Surgical Techniques for Prostate Cancer
122Surprises in Theoretical Casimir Physics
148Sustainable Agriculture Reviews
138Sustainable Intensification to Advance Food
Security and Enhance Climate Resilience in
Africa
55Symbol Correspondences for Spin Systems
58Symmetry: Representation Theory and Its
Applications
128System Engineering Applied to Fuenmayor
Karst Aquifer (San Julián de Banzo, Huesca) and
Collins Glacier (King George Island, Antarctica)
24Sports Injuries to the Shoulder and Elbow
210Systems, Software and Services Process
Improvement
96Springer Handbook of Computational
Intelligence
128São Francisco Craton, Eastern Brazil
208SQL Server Integration Services Design Patterns
208SQL Server T-SQL Recipes
85Stabilization and Control of Fractional Order
Systems: A Sliding Mode Approach
90Stabilization and Regulation of Nonlinear
Systems
63Statistical Methods for Astronomical Data
Analysis
63Statistical Methods for Ranking Data
T
36Targeted Therapy of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
90Task-Space Sensory Feedback Control of Robot
Manipulator
59Tautological Control Systems
5Teaching Anatomy
181Teaching Reflective Learning in Higher
Education
130Semi-quantitative Approaches for Landslide
Assessment and Prediction
146Stem Cells and Tissue Repair
211Service Research and Innovation
54Stochastic Processes in Cell Biology
102Technen: Elements of Recent History of
Information Technologies with Epistemological
Conclusions
124Silicon Carbide Nanostructures
131Storm-triggered Landslides in Warmer Climates
18Teledentistry
75Silicon Containing Copolymers
183Strategies for Sustainable Tourism at the
Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang, China
92Temperature- and Supply Voltage-Independent
Time References for Wireless Sensor Networks
88Strength of Materials and Theory of Elasticity in
19th Century Italy
109Tensegrity Structures
9Skin, Mucosa and Menopause
213Smart Health
22Stress Fractures in Athletes
70Social Collective Intelligence
113Strongly Correlated Systems
214Social Informatics - The Social Impact of
Interactions between Humans and IT
195Studying Second Language Acquisition from a
Qualitative Perspective
160Simulation-Based Optimization
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213Tests and Proofs
17Textbook of Neuromodulation
136The Agglomeration of the Animation Industry
in East Asia
165The Agricultural Economics of the 21st Century
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188The Archaeology and Ethnohistory of
Araucanian Resilience
40The Role of Microbes in Common NonInfectious Diseases
40The Art of Forgetting
139The Sava River
140The Basic World of Environmental History
64The Significance Test Controversy Revisited
177The Body in Professional Practice, Learning and
Education
213Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing
- SAT 2014
133The Capacity Crisis in Disaster Risk
Management
210Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries -- TPDL
2013 Selected Workshops
176The Changing Academic Profession in Japan
212Theory and Practice of Model Transformations
186The Development of Criminal and Antisocial
Behavior
37Theory of Hematopoiesis Control
152Vascular Morphogenesis
132Tohoku Recovery
1Vasovagal Syncope
39Toward Post Ageing
160Vector Optimization and Monotone Operators
via Convex Duality
72The Elements of Knowledge Organization
185The Ethics of Cultural Heritage
2The Etiology of Atopic Dermatitis
184The European Union in Crisis
52The Evolution of Sexuality
8The FDA for Doctors
85The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident
108The Helmholtz Equation Least Squares Theory
for Reconstructing and Predicting Acoustic
Radiation
172The Illegal Business of Human Trafficking
173The Impact of the European Convention on
Human Rights on Private International Law
76The Importance of Packaging Design for the
Chemistry of Food Products
168The Interrelationship Between Financial and
Energy Markets
154The Lotus japonicus Genome
147The Metal-Driven Biogeochemistry of Gaseous
Compounds in the Environment
99Traffic and Random Processes
31Transdisciplinary Perioperative Care in
Colorectal Surgery
137Transformative Approaches to Sustainable
Development at Universities
176Transformative Perspectives and Processes in
Higher Education
24Ureteral Stone Management
186Use-Wear and Residue Analysis in Archaeology
212User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization
71User-Centred Engineering
23Uveitis
V
210Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks for Smart Cities
16Video Capsule Endoscopy
105Virgin Galactic
130Volcanoes of the Azores
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15Transfusion in the Intensive Care Unit
6Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia:
Modern Alternative to Transurethral Resection
of the Prostate
103Wafer-Level Chip-Scale Packaging
85Wave Dynamics of Generalized Continua
93Trends in Nanoscale Mechanics
56Weakly Wandering Sequences in Ergodic
Theory
125Tropical Natural Fibre Composites
159When Sovereigns Go Bankrupt
212Trust and Trustworthy Computing
99White Space Communication
87Trusted Computing for Embedded Systems
116Why More Is Different
211Trustworthy Computing and Services
69Wide Area 2D/3D Imaging
144Tumor Dormancy, Quiescence, and Senescence,
Vol. 3
146Wildland Fuel Fundamentals and Application
190The Nature of Children’s Well-Being
62Turnpike Phenomenon and Infinite Horizon
Optimal Control
25The New Drug Reimbursement Game: a
Regulator’s Guide to Playing and Winning
66Type-2 Fuzzy Neural Networks and Their
Applications
158The New World of Transitioned Media
149Urban Wildlife
112Wind Turbine Control and Monitoring
67Wireless Sensors in Heterogeneous Networked
Systems
51Women and Aging
U
14The Perioperative Medicine Consult Handbook
117The Physical Basis of Bacterial Quorum
Communication
165Understanding Auctions
35Understanding Evidence-Based Rheumatology
162The Political Economy of Fiscal Consolidation in
Japan
49Understanding Facial Expressions in
Communication
210The Proceedings of The Third International
Conference on Communications, Signal
Processing, and Systems
29Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma
27The Role of Anesthesiology in Global Health
135Urban Development Challenges, Risks and
Resilience in Asian Mega Cities
81Upscaling of Bio-Nano-Processes
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25Yoga and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Z
143Zinc Signals in Cellular Functions and Disorders
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Medicine & Public Health
A. Agarwal, Cleveland Clinic Center for Reproductive
Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA; E. Borges, Jr., Fertility
Centro de Fertilização Assistida, São Paulo, Brazil;
A. S. Setti, Instituto Sapientiae - Centro de Estudos,
São Paulo, Brazil (Eds)
E. Aikawa, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard
Medical School, Boston, MA, USA (Ed)
Cardiovascular Imaging
Arterial and Aortic Valve Inflammation and
Calcification
Non-Invasive Sperm Selection
for In Vitro Fertilization
P. Alboni, Ospedale Privato Quisisana, Ferrara, Italy;
R. Furlan, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano,
Milan, Italy (Eds)
Vasovagal Syncope
Fields of interest
Reproductive Medicine; Urology/Andrology
Fields of interest
Cardiology; Nuclear Medicine; Imaging / Radiology
Target groups
Professional/practitioner
Target groups
Contents
PART I – INTRODUCTORY ASPECTS 1 Origin
and evolution of the vasovagal reflex.- 2 Vasovagal syncope in the Divine Comedy and the Holy
Bible.- 3 Definition and classification of transient
loss of consciousness.- 4 Epidemiology of vasovagal syncope.- PART II – PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
OF VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE 5 Role of autonomic
nervous system.- 6 Role of baroreceptor mechanisms.- 7 Role of adenosine.- 8 Cardiac rhythms
in neurally mediated syncope.- 9 Pathophysiology
– Conclusive remarks.- PART III – DIAGNOSTIC
AND CLINICAL ASPECTS.- 10 Initial evaluation
of the patient with transient loss of consciousness.- 11 Clinical presentation and diagnosis of
vasovagal syncope.- 12 Examinations in suspected
vasovagal syncope PART IV – DIFFERENTIAL
DIAGNOSIS.- 13 Differential diagnosis of vasovagal syncope.- 14 Differential diagnosis of peculiar
sindromes: Postural tachycardia.- 15 Differential diagnosis of peculiar sindromes: Sick sinus
syndrome.- 16 Differential diagnosis of peculiar
sindromes: Chronic fatigue syndrome.- 17 Differential diagnosis of peculiar sindromes: Fibromyalgia.- PART V – PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT 18 Prognosis of vasovagal syncope and risk
stratification in the emergency department.- 19
Treatment of vasovagal syncope: Counseling,
drugs and counter-pressure manoeuvres.- 20 Role
of loop-recorder and pacemaker implantation.- 21
Therapy – Conclusive remarks.- PART VI – SPECIAL ISSUES.- 22 Vasovagal syncope in children.23 Vasovagal syncope in the elderly.- 24 Vasovagal
syncope during driving, working and physical
activity.- 25 Vasovagal syncope and orthostatic
intolerance after space flight.
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Contributed volume
Fields of interest
Cardiology; Emergency Medicine; Neurology
Novel Concepts and Methods
Contents
Male Infertility Laboratory Investigation: A Critical Analysis of the 2010 World Health Organization Semen Analysis Guidelines.- Intracytoplasmic
Injection with Suboptimal Spermatozoa.- Novel
Sperm Tests and Their Importance.- Sperm Selection Based on Surface Electrical Charge.- Microfluidics for Sperm Selection.- Sperm Binding to
Zona Pellucida, Hyaluronic Acid Binding Assay
and PICSI.- Non-Apoptopic Sperm Selection.Motile Sperm Organelle Morphology Examination
(MSOME).- Setup of Micromanipulator for Sperm
Selection and Injection for IMSI.- Configuring the
Microscope for Intracytoplasmic MorphologySelected Sperm Injection (IMSI).- The Technical
Background of Advanced IMSI Systems.- Sperm
Vacuoles: Origin and Implications.- MSOME:
Conventional Semen Analysis, Sperm Manipulation, and Cryopreservation.- MSOME and Sperm
Chromatin Status.- MSOME and Sperm DNA
Integrity: Biological and Clinical Considerations.MSOME and Sperm Chromosomal Constitution.- Intracytoplasmic Morphologically Selected
Sperm Injection (IMSI): Indications and Clinical
Results.- Genomic and Proteomic Approaches in
the Diagnosis of Male Infertility.
Contents
Part 1: Preclinical imaging of mechanisms of atherosclerosis and its complications.- Pathobiology
and basic mechanisms of atherosclerosis.- Ultrasound imaging of endothelial cell activation and
damage in atherosclerosis.- Molecular imaging
of macrophages.- Optical molecular imaging of
inflammation and calcification in atherosclerosis.- Imaging of antigen-presenting cells.- Imaging of oxidation-specific epitopes.- Intravascular
molecular imaging.- Imaging of complications of
atherosclerosis (platelets aggregation and thrombosis).- Part 2: Imaging insights into mechanisms
of calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) and calcification.- Pathobiology and basic mechanisms of
CAVD.- Molecular imaging of aortic valve inflammation and calcification: Preclinical studies.- PET
CT imaging of inflammation and calcification in
CAVD: Clinical studies.- Ultrasound imaging of
CAVD.- Micro-OCT imaging of microcalcification.- Part 3: Clinical imaging of inflammation
and calcification.- MR imaging in cardiovascular
disease.- Molecular mechanisms of atherosclerosis
imaged by MR.- Cardiovascular nuclear imaging.- Preclinical and clinical PET CT imaging of
inflammation and calcification.- Clinical feasibility
and monitoring of the effects of anti-inflammatory
therapy in atherosclerosis.
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
Due August 2014
Due September 2014
Due November 2014
2014. XVIII, 364 p. 42 illus., 33 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1410-4
2015. XII, 424 p. 133 illus., 121 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 160,49 | € (A) 164,99 | sFr 200,00
7€ 149,99 | £135.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09267-6
2015. Approx. 280 p. 25 illus., 5 in color. Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 85,59 | € (A) 87,99 | sFr 106,50
7 approx.€ 79,99 | £72.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09101-3
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J. L. Alió, Alicante, Spain; J. Pikkel, Vissum Corp.
Instituto Oftalmológico, Alicante, Spain (Eds)
H. B. Allen, Drexel University Department of
Dermatology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Multifocal Intraocular Lenses
The Etiology of Atopic
Dermatitis
The Art and the Practice
This book provides the practising ophthalmologist
and surgeon with up-to-date information on the
use of multifocal intraocular lenses to eliminate
pseudophakic presbyopia. Guidance is provided
on types and models of intraocular lens, indications, selection of patients, implantation, neuroadaptation and complications and their avoidance.
A key goal is to enable the practitioner to select
the best lens for the individual patient, taking into
account special circumstances. In addition, the
results achieved to date with different lenses are
analyzed and advice is given on the management
of expectations. The authors are acknowledged
international experts who draw upon their own
experience and the peer-reviewed literature to
provide the practitioner with cutting-edge information and evidence-based guidance.
Features
7 Reviews all aspects of multifocal intraocular
lenses 7 Provides cutting-edge information for
cataract and refractive surgeons 7 Offers guidance on indications for modern intraocular lenses
and the decision making process
Contents
The challenges.- Historical perspective.- Types and
models.- Neuro adaptation.- Preoperative considerations.- Cataract surgery and lens exchange.Surgical complications.- Multifocal intraocular
lenses after refractive surgery.- Refractive surgery
after multifocal intraocular lens implantation.Special circumstances.- Results (Meta-analysis).Managing the expectations.
Field of interest
Ophthalmology
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
This book will present completely new, unique
findings in eczema: sweat ducts that become occluded with staphylococcal biofilms trigger the innate immune system with TLR2 receptor activity
and this leads to production of the “itching” and
inflammation in this disease. Dermatologists and
pediatricians treat eczema exceedingly well and
this is ordinarily accomplished with corticosteroid
containing topicals. However, after treatment, it is
intriguing that aggressive moisturization and cautious bathing will in most instances prevent future
flares of the disease, even though it is precipitated
by bacteria and their biofilms. Diseases where eczema has been found with a completely unrelated
disorder have shown occluded sweat ducts on
histopathologic examination.
Features
7 Highly illustrated diagnostic review of
atopic dermatitis 7 Concise approach with the
emphasis on immediate application of knowledge 7 Presents key concepts in an easy understandable format
Contents
Clinical presentations.- Microbiology.- Pathology.Immunology.- Genetics.- Physiology.- Treatment.Diseases in which eczema is a secondary component (Meyerson’s nevus and Doucas Kapetanakis
pigmented purpuric dermatosis).- Diseases with
occluded sweat ducts other than eczema (tinea
pedis, axillary granular parakeratosis, seborrheic
dermatitis).- The Story of Eczema in Pictures.Epilogue: A comparison of psoriasis and eczema:
both caused by bacteria, but neither an infection.
Fields of interest
Dermatology; Allergology
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
2014. XV, 303 p. 300 illus., 200 in color. (Essentials in
Ophthalmology) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09218-8
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Z. Amin, RUSH University Medical Center, Chicago,
IL, USA; J. Tobis, UCLA School of Medicine, Los
Angeles, CA, USA; H. Sievert, CardioVascular Center
Frankfurt Sankt Katharinen, Frankfurt, Germany;
J. Carroll, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz
Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA (Eds)
Patent Foramen Ovale
Contents
Historical importance of PFO.- Embrylogical importance.- Anatomical variations.- PFO affiliations.- Atrial fibrillation.- Pulmonary embolism.- Migraine.- Stroke.- Deep sea diving
and PFO.- Orthodeoxia/Platypnea.- Sleep Apnea
and PFO.- Persistent desaturations and PFO
in the elderly.- High altitude pulmonary
edema.- Sclerotherapy.- DVT (deep venous
thrombosis).- When not to close PFO.- Dementia.- White matter lesions.- Diagnostic tools.- 2D
echo.- ICE.- 3D echo.- Angiography.- TCD.- AVM
and PFO.- Eustachian valve and PFO.- Other
types of PFO.- Evaluation of PFO based upon
anatomy.- Closure methods.- Surgical closure.Device closure.- Amplatzer PFO occluder.- Helex septal occluder.- Occlutech device.- Sideris
Patch device.- Cardia.- Solysafe.- Coherex.- Premere device.- Bioabsorbabale device “Biostar
and Biotrek”.- PFM PFO device.- Non-device
closure.- Coaptus device.- Trials.- Trial design.cost.- effectiveness.-Perspective from CE Mark
officials.- Perspective from FDA officials.- Stroke
trials.- Closure I.- what went wrong?.- RESPECT.What went right?.- What went wrong?.- Perspective of a trial specialist!.- REDUCE: what ia right
and what is wrong about this trial.- Other trials.Migraine trials.- PREMIUM.- MIST.- Need for
further trials e.g. sleep apnea trial.- Thromboembolic states and PFO.- Arrhythmias and PFOs.
Fields of interest
Cardiology; Cardiac Surgery; Minimally Invasive
Surgery
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Due January 2015
Due September 2014
2015. X, 165 p. 111 illus., 108 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-1-4471-6544-6
9<HTMEPH=bgfe g> 2015. Approx. 500 p. 1000 illus., 300 in color. With
online files/update. Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 160,49 | € (A) 164,99 | sFr 200,00
7 approx.€ 149,99 | £135.00
ISBN 978-1-4471-4986-6
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C. Arnoldner, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria; J. M. Chen, Sunnybrook Health Sciences
Center, Toronto, ON, Canada
V. Lin, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto,
ON, Canada (Ed)
Manual of Otologic Surgery
emporal bone dissection training is paramount
T
to the surgical education of any otolaryngologist
and a special rite of passage for those who wish
to focus their practice in otology. The complexity of temporal bone anatomy, which is exposed
in a step-wise fashion during dissection, holds a
special fascination for surgeons at all levels, while
mastery of the microsurgical anatomy remains the
most basic attribute defining surgical competence and skills. In spite of the recent progress in
surgical simulation either through virtual realty
or with artifical physical constructs, which will
play an important role in education, the cadaver
bone remains the gold standard and provides an
indispensable platform for otological training. The
Manual of Otologic Surgery takes the reader stepby-step through routine temporal bone surgeries
while maximizing the use of the cadaver tissue. In
an effort to improve visual realism, the book provides high-resolution photographs and anatomically accurate illustrations to allow the reader to
better appreciate the three-dimensional relationship of the internal constructs of the temporal
bone. Special emphasis is placed on describing the
most current techniques for cochlear implantations and active middle ear implants, the two areas
that have had the most significant impact on the
field of otology in recent years.
Features
7 Presents high-resolution images and illustrations 7 Focuses on implantable hearing devices 7 Detailed description of surgical procedures
and techniques in otology
M.‑F. Bacqué, Université Strasbourg I Dépt.
Psychologie, Strasbourg, France; S. Pucheu, Hôpital
européeen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (Eds)
S. T. Bennett, Intermountain Healthcare, Murray, UT,
USA; C. M. Lehman, University of Utah Department
of Pathology, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; G. M. Rodgers,
University of Utah Health Sciences Ctr. Department
of Hematology, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Psychothérapies analytiques en
oncologie
Laboratory Hemostasis
La psychanalyse est souvent traitée sur un mode
passionnel binaire : on est pour ou radicalement
contre !
Features
7 Chaque chapitre est rédigé sous un angle théorico-clinique clair et précis 7 Tous les concepts
sont explicités 7 Chaque chapitre est précédé
d'un résumé en français présentant son objectif 7 Premier ouvrage sur le sujet
Contents
Pour une clinique de l’angoisse, place et fonction
en oncologie.- Impact transgénérationnel et
résonances traumatiques d’un deuil sans sépulture
chez une adolescente ayant perdu sa mère d’un
cancer.- Évaluer une psychothérapie analytique :
dispositif et expérience subjective du thérapeute
en groupe de pairs.- Place de la psychothérapie
dans l’imaginaire des patients et des soignants.Dynamiques psychiques et refoulement en période
de latence chez l’enfant atteint de cancer.- Que
sont devenues les théories psychosomatiques du
cancer.- Problématique de l’annonce du cancer
cérébral de l’enfant.- Clinique différentielle des
logiques subjectives à l’hôpital général. Une
pratique en service d’oncologie.- Travailler avec
la non-demande des ado atteints de cancer.- Pour
une éthique du sujet en fin de vie à domicile.- Un
rêve qui réveille.- L’intimité sexuelle à l’épreuve du
cancer : remaniements psychiques et relationnels.Fondements et variations des psychothérapies
analytiques.
A Practical Guide for Pathologists
Coagulation testing is the basis for the diagnosis
of bleeding and thrombotic disorders, as well as
the mainstay of anticoagulant monitoring and
management. This handbook provides practical
information and guidance on topics relevant to
directing a coagulation laboratory, filling a void in
the literature. Since the first edition, all chapters
have been updated and an entirely new chapter is
included on pharmacogenomics and pharmacogenetics.
Features
7 Provides practical information and guidance
on how to run a coagulation laboratory 7 Covers
the basics of coagulation testing for residents and
fellows 7 Addresses targeted questions relevant
to day-to-day practice
Contents
Role and Responsibilities of the Laboratory
Director.- Collection of Coagulation Specimens.Instrumentation for the Coagulation Laboratory.Validation of Coagulation Assays, Instruments
and Reagents.- Hemostasis Screening Assays.Testing for Inherited Bleeding Disorders.- Testing
for Acquired Platelet Disorders.- Acquired Coagulation Disorders and TTP.- Testing for Inherited
and Acquired Thrombotic Disorders.- Monitoring
of Anticoagulant Therapy.- Pharmacogenomics
and Pharmacogenetics.- Coagulation Testing and
Transfusion Medicine.
Fields of interest
Psychotherapy; Oncology; Psychiatry
Fields of interest
Pathology; Hematology
Target groups
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Professional book
Due February 2015
A paraître December 2014
Due September 2014
2014. Approx. 100 p. 55 illus. in color. Softcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 53,45 | € (A) 54,95 | sFr 66,50
7 approx.€ 49,95 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-7091-1489-6
2014. Ca. 220 p. 10 ill. (Psycho-Oncologie) Broché
7 approx. *€ (D) 45,64 | € (A) 46,92 | sFr 57,00
7 approx.€ 42,65 | £38.99
ISBN 978-2-8178-0536-8
2nd ed. 2015. XX, 205 p. 27 illus., 1 in color. Softcover
7 *€ (D) 85,59 | € (A) 87,99 | sFr 106,50
7€ 79,99 | £72.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08923-2
Fields of interest
Otorhinolaryngology; Head and Neck Surgery
Target groups
Product category
Professional book

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N. Bhattacharya, Calcutta School of Tropical
Medicine, Kolkata, India; P. G. Stubblefield, Boston
University School of Medicine, Jamaica Plain, MA,
USA (Eds)
Regenerative Medicine
Using Non-Fetal Sources of Stem Cells
Contents
Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cell-Based
Therapies: Regeneration Versus Repair.- The Role
Of Microenvironment Stromal Cells In Regenerative Medicine.- Identity Of Human Endometrial
Tissue: Potent Source Of Stem Cells.- Endometrial
Regenerative Cells and Exosomes Thereof for
Treatment of Radiation Exposure.- Endometrial
stem cells as potential cures for human diseases.Menstrual Blood Transplantation Therapy for
Stroke and other Neurological Disorders.- Characteristics and therapeutic potential of menstrual
blood-derived stem cells.- Use of Animal Fats in
Traditional Chinese Medicine.- Adipose-derived
stem cells for therapeutic applications.- Subcutaneous adipose tissue derived stem cells: advancement and applications in regenerative medicine.Expanded adipose tissue-derived stem cells for
articular cartilage injury treatment: a safety and
efficacy evaluation.- Redundant human omentum
fat: a leap towards regenerative medicine.- Human
Adipose-derived Stem Cells (ASC):Their Efficacy
in Clinical Applications.- Potentialities of adiposederived mesenchymal stem cells collected from
liposuction for use in cellular therapy.- Stem cells
from dental tissue for regenerative dentistry and
medicine.- Dental Stem Cells Risk and Responsibilities.- Stem Cells & Deciduous Teeth Responsibilities.- Breastmilk Stem Cells: Recent Advances
and Future Prospects.- Existence of mesenchymallike somatic stem cells in the porcine uterus.
Fields of interest
Hematology; Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering; Stem Cells
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
S. Brethauer, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute,
Cleveland, OH, USA; P. R. Schauer, Lerner College
of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA; B. D. Schirmer,
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville,
VA, USA (Eds)
Minimally Invasive Bariatric
Surgery
Contents
The Global Burden of Obesity and Diabetes.Pathophysiology of Obesity Comorbidity: The
Effects of Chronically Increased Intraabdominal
Pressure.- Medical Management of Obesity.- History of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery.- Developing a Successful Bariatric Surgery Program.- Essential Bariatric Equipment: Making
your Facility More Accommodating to Bariatric
Surgical Patients.- Patient Selection: Pathways
to Surgery.- The Role of Behavioral Health in
Bariatric Surgery.- Operating Room Positioning,
Equipment and Instrumentation for Laparoscopic
Bariatric Surgery.- Anesthesia for Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery.- Postoperative Pathways
in Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery.- Bariatric
Surgery: Patient Safety and Quality Improvement .- Data Management for the Bariatric Surgery Program.- Sleeve Gastrectomy: Technique,
Pearls, & Pitfalls.- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Outcomes.- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy:
Management of Complications.- Sleeve Gastrectomy as a Revisional Procedure.- Laparoscopic
Gastric Plication.- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Technique.- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Outcomes.- Laparoscopic
Adjustable Gastric Banding: Long-Term Management.- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding:
Management of Complications.- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Controversies.- Bypass:
Transoral Circular Stapler Gastrojejunostomy
Technique.- Gastric Bypass: Transgastric Circular
Stapler Technique.
Fields of interest
Surgery; Abdominal Surgery; General Surgery
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
G. Cavallini, Gynepro Medical Team, Bologna, Italy;
G. Beretta, Centro Demetra, Firenze, Italy (Eds)
Clinical Management of Male
Infertility
This book provides andrologists and other practitioners with reliable, up-to-date information on
all aspects of male infertility and is designed to
assist in the clinical management of patients. Clear
guidance is offered on classification of infertility,
sperm analysis interpretation and diagnosis. The
full range of types and causes of male infertility
are then discussed in depth. Particular attention is
devoted to poorly understood conditions such as
unexplained couple infertility and idiopathic male
infertility, but the roles of diverse disorders, health
and lifestyle factors and environmental pollution
are also fully explored.
Features
7 Covers all aspects of male infertility 7 Meets
the needs of practitioners involved in clinical
management 7 Highlights stimulating areas of
research and presents international guidelines
Contents
Prevalence Definition and Classification of Infertility.- Sperm analysis interpretation.- Diagnosis of
Infertility.- General therapeutic approach to male
infertility.- Azoospermia.- Varicocele and Infertility.- Chromosomic causes of infertility.- Male
idiopathic (oligo)±(astheno)±(terato)-spermia.Obesity and male infertility.- Unexplained couple
infertility (male role).- Inflammatory Infertility.- Testicular Pathology.- Endocrine infertility.- Iatrogenic infertility.- Dietary Complements
and phytotherapy.- Environmental pollution and
infertility.- The role of the andrologist in assisted
reproduction.- Sexual problems and infertility.
Fields of interest
Reproductive Medicine; Urology/Andrology;
Endocrinology
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Due November 2014
Due September 2014
2015. XV, 304 p. 60 illus., 56 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 85,59 | € (A) 87,99 | sFr 106,50
7€ 79,99 | £72.00
ISBN 978-1-4471-6541-5
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2nd ed. 2014. Approx. 475 p. 210 illus., 128 in color.
Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 181,89 | € (A) 186,99 | sFr 226,00
7 approx.€ 169,99 | £153.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1636-8
9<HTMEUD=jbgdgi> Due September 2014
2015. XI, 173 p. 11 illus., 6 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 85,59 | € (A) 87,99 | sFr 106,50
7€ 79,99 | £72.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08502-9
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C. Chan, University of Sydney Vision Eye Institute,
Sydney, NSW, Australia (Ed)
Dry Eye
A Practical Approach
This handbook is a concise, easy-to-read, practical
guide on dry eye disease for the general ophthalmologist and optometrist. Its aim is to convey the
knowledge necessary to diagnose, classify, grade
and manage dry eye effectively and efficiently. To
this end, the current guidelines, studies and the
personal experience of internationally recognized
dry eye experts are distilled into practical tips for
everyday use in the clinic. The handbook consists
of a series of short chapters covering definition and classification, epidemiology, diagnosis,
medical management, surgical management and
future directions. A further chapter presents case
examples documenting the optimal approach to
the multiple scenarios that may be encountered
in the clinic. Each of the main chapters includes
highlighted boxes emphasizing the important
points or clinical pearls as well as tables and flow
charts that will allow the eye care practitioner to
use the book as a quick reference or reminder.
Features
7 Highly readable and easy-to-use manual written by international dry eye experts 7 Tables,
highlighted key points and handy tips in each
chapter 7 Case studies section documenting the
optimal approach to multiple scenarios
L. Chan, Concord Repatriation General Hospital,
Sydney, Australia; V. Tse, Concord Repatriation
General Hospital, Concord, NSW, Australia; S. The,
P. Stewart, Concord Repatriation General Hospital,
Sydney, NSW, Australia (Eds)
L. K. Chan, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
SAR, China; W. Pawlina, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN,
USA (Eds)
Pelvic Floor Ultrasound
A Practical Guide
Principles, Applications and Case Studies
Contents
1. Elements Of Successful Adult Learning.- 2.
Characteristics Of Students Of The Millennial Generation.- 3. Students Learning Styles
In Anatomy.- 4. Outcome-Based Approach To
Student Learning.- 5. Competencies Needed For
Teaching Anatomy Effectively And Efficiently.- 6. Using Teaching Assistants In Anatomy.- 7. Engaging Residents And Clinical Faculty In Anatomy
Education.- 8. Giving A Lecture.- 9. Engaging
Students In Active Learning In The Large Group
Setting.- 10. Preparing and Recording Lectures
For On-Line Delivery.- 11. Evaluating Your
Own Performance In A Lecture.- 12. Choosing
Between Lecture and Briefing Session.- 13. Facilitating Small Group Discussion.- 14. Engaging
Students With Different Learning Styles And Behavioral Problems.- 15. Promoting The Learning
Of Anatomy In PBL Environment.- 16. Promoting
The Learning Of Anatomy In CBL Environment.- 17. Promoting The Learning Of Anatomy In TBL
Environment.- 18. Giving Feedback To Students.19. Using Body Painting To Teach Anatomy.- 20.
Evaluating Your Own Performance In Leading
A Small Group Discussion.- 21. Running A
Body Donation Program.- 22. Designing Gross
Anatomy Laboratory To Meet The Needs Of Today’s Learner.- 23. Preparing Students Emotionally For The Human Dissection Experience.- 24.
Promoting Reflection In The Laboratory.- 25. The
Pros And Cons Of Dissection And Prosection.- 26. Use Of Fresh Specimens In Anatomy Teaching
And Learning.- 27. Instruments For Facilitating
Anatomy Learning In The Laboratory.- 28. The
Use Of Digital Human Models.
There is increasing interest in using ultrasound
for assessment of pelvic floor disorders such as
voiding dysfunction , pelvic organ prolapse and
faecal incontinence. Ultrasound can also be a useful imaging modality for urodynamics and pelvic
floor physiotherapy.
Features
7 This book will present case studies of common
conditions to illustrate the role of pelvic floor
imaging so the readers will be able to identify
with the type of patients they see 7 There will
be simple practice points and practical tips in
performing pelvic ultrasonography in table
formats to assist the reader in providing hands-on
management of patients 7 Short video clips will
be available to the reader to see real-time imaging
of different pathologies illustrated in the cases
Contents
1. Principles of Ultrasound and Instrumentation.2. Functional Anatomy and Approaches to Imaging of the Pelvic Floor.- 3. Essentials for Setting Up
Practice in Clinician Performed Ultrasound.- 4.
Ultrasound Imaging in Assessment of the Male
Contents
Patient with Voiding Dysfunction.- 5. The Female
Introduction.- Definition and classification of dry
Patient 1- Assessment of Female Voiding Dyseye.- Epidemiology of dry eye.- How to choose the function.- 6. The Female Patient 2- Pelvic Organ
Prolapse.- 7. Imaging of Gynaecologic Organs.- 8.
right artificial tear.- Practical office based screening and diagnostics.- Medical management of dry
Ultrasound Assessment of the Patient with Fecal
eye.- Procedural / surgical management of dry
Incontinence.- 9. 3D Ultrasound Imaging of the
eye.- Case studies.- Future directions and research. Pelvis.
Field of interest
Ophthalmology
Fields of interest
Ultrasound; Imaging / Radiology; Gynecology
Target groups
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Professional book
Teaching Anatomy
Field of interest
Anatomy
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Due December 2014
2014. Approx. 150 p. 60 illus., 20 in color. (Essentials
in Ophthalmology) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,95 | € (A) 109,95 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,95 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44105-3
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Due September 2014
7 approx. *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7 approx.€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-3-319-04309-8
2015. XX, 430 p. 38 illus., 33 in color. Softcover
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08929-4
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Q. D. Chu, LSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport,
Shreveport, LA, USA; J. F. Gibbs, Jersey Shore
University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ, USA;
G. B. Zibari, Willis Knighton Health System,
Shreveport, LA, USA (Eds)
Surgical Oncology
A Practical and Comprehensive Approach
This volume provides a comprehensive perspective
on surgical oncologic diseases that are relevant to
those who have an interest in surgical oncology.
Features
7 Written by experts in their field 7 Bolstered
with detailed illustrations, diagrams and photographs 7 Includes a set of short questions and
answers at the end of each chapter that reinforce
the salient points
Contents
Melanoma.- Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers.- NonInvasive Breast Cancer.- Early Breast Cancer.- Locally Advanced Breast Cancer (LABC).- BRCA1
and BRCA2 in Breast Cancer and Ovarian Cancer.- Breast Cancer during Pregnancy.- Esophageal
Cancer.- Gastric Cancer.- Small Bowel Cancer.Gallbladder Cancer.- Cholangiocarcinoma.- Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.- Adrenal Lesions.- Hepatocellular Carcinoma.- Colon Cancer.- Local
Excision of Early Stage Rectal Cancer.- Rectal
Cancer.- Management of Liver Metastases from
Colorectal Cancer.- Hereditary Colorectal Cancer
and Polyposis Syndromes.- Cytoreductive Surgery
and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy.- Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anal Canal.Thyroid Cancer.- Pancreatic Neuroendocrine
Tumors (PNETs).- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
(MEN) Syndromes.- Carcinoid Tumors.- Soft
Tissue Sarcoma.- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
(GIST).- Ovarian and Adnexal Masses.
Fields of interest
Surgical Oncology; General Surgery
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
B. Chughtai, A. E. Te, S. A. Kaplan, Weill Cornell
Medical College, New York, NY, USA (Eds)
D. V. Cokkinos, Biomedical Research Foundation,
Athens, Greece (Ed)
Treatment of Benign Prostatic
Hyperplasia: Modern
Alternative to Transurethral
Resection of the Prostate
Introduction to Translational
Cardiovascular Research
Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia:
Modern Techniques is an up-to-date review of
modern techniques used to treat benign prostatic
hyperplasia. It provides a comprehensive review of
both office and operating room based techniques.
Both electrosurgical and laser based techniques
are covered.
Features
7 A comprehensive review of both office and
operating-room based techniques 7 Written by
experts in the field 7 Bolstered with detailed
illustrations, photographs and tables
Contents
Introduction.- Principles of Electrocautery Based
Techniques.- Monopoloar TURP.- Bipolar TURP.Plasmakinetic Vaporization.- Principles of Laser
Based Techniques.- 532nm Laser Photoselective
Vaporization of Prostate.- 532nm Laser Enucleation/Resection Techniques.- Holmium Ablation
of Prostate.- Holmium Enucleation of Prostate.- Thulium Resection of Prostate.- Thulium
Enucleation of Prostate.- Diode Laser Resection of
Prostate (980nm).- Modern Open Prostatectomy.Laparoscopic/Robotic Simple Prostatectomy.Transurethral Microwave Therapy.- Transurethral
Needle Ablation.- Prostatic Tissue Approximation.- Prostatic Stents.- Prostatic Artery Embolization.- Ethanol Injection of Prostate.
Fields of interest
Urology/Andrology; Primary Care Medicine
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Contents
Introduction – What Is Translational Research.Insights into heart development and regeneration.- Basis Of Cell Excitability And Cardiac
Conduction System.- The Renin-AngiotensinAldosterone System In Cardiovascular Diseases.Beta adrenergic receptors.- The hypothalamicpituitary-adrenal axis in human health and
disease.- Genetic Polymorphisms.- Genetic
Polymorphisms and the Vascular Endothelium.The role of microRNAs in Cardiovascular Disease.- Pathways To Myocardial Hypertrophy.- The
multiple actions of the insulin-like growth factor-I
signaling in the myocardium.- Calcium Cycling
Circuits in Cardiac Physiology and Pathophysiology.- Inflammation and atherosclerosis.- Stress
proteins and the Adaptive Response of the Heart.The Mechanisms And Modalities Of Cell Death.Repair of the infarcted myocardium.- Pathways
to cardiac remodeling.- A Translational Approach
to Probe the Arrhythmic Potential of the Heart:
Therapeutic Considerations.- Animal Models Of
Cardiovascular Disease.- Experimental in vitro assessment of cardiac function.- In vivo experimental assessment of cardiac function.- Non invasive
imaging modalities for Cardiovascular Translational Research- Technical Considerations.Cardiovascular Applications of Non-Invasive
Imaging in Cardiovascular Diseases: from Bench
to Bedside.- Molecular Imaging of Inflammation
Using Echoardiography: Advances With the Use of
Microbubbles.- Clinical Aspects And Genetics Of
Cardiomyopathies.- Cardiorenal Syndrome: What
Basic Research Can Contribute.
Field of interest
Cardiology
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 203,29 | € (A) 208,99 | sFr 253,00
7€ 189,99 | £171.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1422-7
2015. XIV, 220 p. 47 illus., 43 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1586-6
7 *€ (D) 203,29 | € (A) 208,99 | sFr 253,00
7€ 189,99 | £171.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08797-9
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L. Crosby, Georgia Regent’s University, Augusta, GA,
USA; R. Neviaser, George Washington University,
Washington, DC, USA (Eds)
Proximal Humerus Fractures
Evaluation and Management
Proximal Humerus Fractures includes everything
the orthopedic surgeon needs to know about the
clinical management of these common shoulder
injuries.
Features
7 Illustrates current operative and non-operative
management strategies for proximal humerus
fractures 7 Includes open reduction, percutaneous pinning, locking plate and intramedullary
nail fixation techniques 7 Covers humeral head
hemiarthroplasty as well as reverse shoulder
arthroplasty
Contents
Anatomy and Classification of Proximal Humerus Fractures.- Non-operative Treatment of
Proximal Humerus Fractures.- Closed Reduction
and Percutaneous Fixation of Proximal Humerus
Fractures.- Tuberosity Fractures.- Intramedullary Locking Nail Fixation of Proximal Humerus
Fractures: Rationale and Technique.- Proximal
Humeral Locking Plates for Displaced Fractures
of the Proximal Humeral Humerus.- Hemiarthroplasty for the Treatment of Proximal Humerus
Fractures.- Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty for
Proximal Humerus Fractures.- Complications of
Treatment of Proximal Humerus Fractures.- Evaluation and Management of Proximal Humerus
Nonunions and Malunions.
Fields of interest
Orthopedics; Sports Medicine
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
P. D’Aprile, S. Paolo Hospital, Bari, Italy
MRI of Degenerative Disease of
the Spine
A Case-Based Atlas
This richly illustrated case-based atlas thoroughly
depicts the role of MR imaging in the assessment
of patients presenting with pain due to degenerative disease of the spine and will serve as an
excellent guide to differential diagnosis. Importantly, generic radicular compression is the main
reason for the painful symptomatology in only a
limited number of cases, and this book illustrates
and emphasizes how various anatomic elements of
the spine can be responsible. The imaging features
of a range of disorders involving both the anterior
and posterior elements of the spine are described,
including active inflammatory osteochondrosis,
atypical herniated discs, facet joint disorders,
spondylolysis, and degenerative-inflammatory
changes of the spinal ligaments and posterior
perispinal muscles.
Features
7 Describes the distinguishing MR features of
a wide range of spinal pathologies 7 Presents
images obtained with different MR sequences,
including those specifically offering better visualization of the inflammatory status 7 Includes a
series of unusual cases in addition to more common presentations
Contents
PART I Technical aspects.- Biomechanics of the
Spine.- Spine Stability.- Spine Instability.- MRI in
Degenerative Disease of the Spine.- Disc Degeneration.- Disc Herniation.- Canal Stenosis.- Facet
joint changes.- Spondylolysis.- Spinal perispinal
ligamentous degenerative-inflammatory changes.Muscular changes.- PART II Clinical Cases.
Fields of interest
Neuroradiology; Imaging / Radiology; Diagnostic
Radiology
Target groups
Product category
Atlas
I. Di Carlo, Cannizzaro Hospital University Hospital,
Catania, Italy (Ed)
Noncolorectal,
Nonneuroendocrine Liver
Metastases
Diagnosis and Current Therapies
This book offers a complete overview on non
colorectal non neuroendocrine (NCRNNE) liver
metastases and describes in detail the currently
available therapies. Each chapter focuses on the
treatment of metastases from a particular primary
malignancy and also provides valuable information on incidence, natural history and diagnosis.
Features
7 First monograph to focus specifically on
noncolorectal non neuroendocrine (NCRNNE)
liver metastases 7 Offers extensive guidance on
treatment of metastases from different primary
malignancies 7 Serves as a valuable reference on
which to base future studies
Contents
Foreword.- Preface.- 1 Liver metastases from adrenocortical cancer.- 2 Liver metastases from brain
cancer.- 3 Liver metastases from breast cancer.- 4
Liver metastases from kidney cancer.- 5 Liver
metastases from larynx cancer.- 6 Liver metastases from lung cancer.- 7 Liver metastases from
melanoma cancer.- 8 Liver metastases from ovarian and uterus cancer.- 9 Liver metastases from
pancreas cancer.- 10 Liver metastases from salivar
glands cancer.- 11 Liver metastases from sarcomas
cancer.- 12 Liver metastases from stomach cancer.- 13 Liver metastases from testis cancer.- 14
Liver metastases from thyroid cancer.- 15 Liver
metastases from ureteral, bladder and prostate
cancer.- 16 Liver Metastases from Brain Cancer.
Fields of interest
Surgical Oncology; Minimally Invasive Surgery;
Surgery
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due November 2014
Due October 2014
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08950-8
2014. Approx. 200 p. 338 illus. in color. Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7 approx.€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09446-5
2014. XVI, 184 p. 22 illus. in color. Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7 approx.€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09292-8
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W. H. Eaglstein, The University of Miami Miller
School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
The FDA for Doctors
Many doctors want to know more about the FDA
not only so that they might better understand the
issues and how they are related to their practice,
such as off label-drug usage, but also to enrich
their professional lives and allow them to more
deeply understand the many FDA related articles
written in the popular press. It is further based
on the notion that doctors prefer a formal way
to learn about FDA. The Agency is a truly vast
subject engaging thousands of lawyers, regulators,
scientists, physicians, writers, legislators and many
others directly and indirectly. This book is an
introductory overview written from a physician’s
perspective for physicians. It is organized along
lines that emphasize issues most interesting to
physicians.
Features
7 Provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the FDA and those issues related to their
practice and to society in general 7 Represents
an introductory overview written from a physician’s perspective for physicians 7 Contains detailed explanation of nomenclature and definitions
Contents
Introduction - The FDA, Doctors and the Practice
of Medicine.- Drugs.- Devices.- Biologics.- Combination Products.- Supplements and Neutraceuticals.- Foods.- Cosmetics and Cosmeceuticals.The FDA (history, organization, budgets).- The
Approval Process (including Phases 1-4, advisory
committees, Guidances and personal medicine).The FDA and Promotion and Advertising.- The
FDA and Drug Names.- The FDA , Politics and
the Public.
Fields of interest
Medicine/Public Health, general; Health Administration; Pharmacoeconomics and Health
Outcomes
Target groups
J. D. Emery, Cleveland Clinic, Willoughby Hills, OH,
USA; M. F. Paraiso, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH,
USA (Eds)
Office-Based Gynecologic
Surgical Procedures
Recent trends in medicine have pushed many
gynecologic procedures to the outpatient setting,
whether in-office, in small medical ambulatory
surgery centers, or in procedure rooms. OfficeBased Gynecologic Surgical Procedures covers
both basic and advanced procedures, from biopsy
and saline ultrasound to cystoscopy. It answers
the “How?”, “What?”, and “When?” of setting up,
preparing for, and confidently performing office
procedures.
Features
7 Covers basic and advanced procedures 7 Includes procedural algorithms and instructions for
the office setting 7 Useful for residents, fellows,
clinicians, NPs and even family medicine doctors
Contents
Pre-Procedure Patient Evaluation and Management.- Getting Started in Office Based Gynecologic Procedures: Office Set-up, Procedural
Implications and Ensuring Patient Safety.- Informed Consent.- Anesthesia and Analgesia.Basic Gynecologic Procedures.- Saline Infusion
Sonohysterography.- Office Diagnostic Hysteroscopy.- Hysteroscopic Tubal Sterilization.- Office
Operative Hysteroscopy: Polyp and Sub-mucosal
Fibroid Removal.- Office-Based Global Endometrial Ablation.- Cystoscopy.- Urodynamics.- PeriUrethral Injections.- Trigger Point Injections for
Pelvic Pain.- Colposcopy.- Loop Electro-Excision
Procedure (LEEP).- Vulvar Biopsy and Excision/
Ablation.
Fields of interest
Gynecology; Surgery; Reproductive Medicine
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Product category
Professional book
R. Enzenauer, Childres Hospital of Colorado,
Aurora, CO, USA; W. Morris, University ofTennessee
Department of Ophthalmology, Memphis, TN, USA;
T. O’Donnell, University of Tennessee Department
of Ophthalmology, Memphis, TN, USA; J. Montrey,
Denver, CO, USA
Functional Ophthalmic
Disorders
Ocular Malingering and Visual Hysteria
Features
7 Reviews the historical and contemporary
research on functional disorders in general and
functional visual disorders in particular 7 Provides a ‘how to’ manual on diagnostic testing for
the different types of functional visual disorders 7 Written for ophthalmologists and optometrists 7 Video provided online to illustrate
the various tests and possible results conducted
on a mock patient to assist in the differential
diagnosis 7 Topics covered include history of
functional disorders, ophthalmologic examination in malingering and techniques and tests for
functional and simulated defects 7 Written and
edited by leaders in the field
Contents
1. Introduction And Terminology.- 2. History
Of Functional Disorders.- 3. Hysterical Ocular
Functional Disorders.- 4. Ocular Malingering.5. Differentiating Ocular Functional Disorders:
Hysteria Versus Malingering.- 6. Overview Of The
Clinician – Patient Interaction.- 7. Techniques
And Tests For Functional Ophthalmic Disorders.8. Testing For Functional Total Blindness.- 9. Tests
For Simulation Of Monocular Blindness.- 10. Tests
For Decreased Vision.- 11. Tests For Miscellaneous Functional Visual Complaints.- 12. Tests Of
Historical Interest In Functional Visual Loss.
Field of interest
Ophthalmology
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
Due August 2014
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
2014. X, 108 p. 9 illus., 7 in color. Softcover
7 *€ (D) 64,19 | € (A) 65,99 | sFr 80,00
7€ 59,99 | £53.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08361-2
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1413-5
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08749-8
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R. Escorpizo, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT,
USA; S. Brage, Directorate for Labour and Welfare,
Oslo, Norway; D. Homa, University of WisconsinStout, Menomonie, WI, USA; G. Stucki, University of
Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland (Eds)
Handbook of Vocational
Rehabilitation and Disability
Evaluation
M. A. Farage, K. W. Miller, Procter & Gamble Co.,
Cincinnati, OH, USA; N. Fugate Woods, University
of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; H. I. Maibach, San
Francisco, CA, USA (Eds)
K. Fattouch, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy;
P. Lancellotti, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium;
G. D. Angelini, Imperial College of London, London,
UK (Eds)
Skin, Mucosa and Menopause
Secondary Mitral Valve
Regurgitation
Management of Clinical Issues
Application and Implementation of the ICF
Features
7 Fills a gap in applying the WHO's ICF in VR
teaching and practice 7 Addresses contemporary
and emerging issues in vocational rehabilitation
and disability evaluation 7 ICF will play major
role in upcoming revision of WHO's International
Classification of Diseases
Contents
Introduction.- Conceptual framework: functioning and disability.- Public health perspective.- Work and employment.- Vocational
rehabilitation.- Disability evaluation.- Summary
and exercise for chapters 1-5.- State of the Field:
VR and DE.- Work disability assessment.- Legal issues.- Job placement.- Musculoskeletal
conditions.- Neurological conditions.- Brain
injuries.- Mental health and ICF.- Application
of ICF to disability evaluation.- Community
mental health and ICF.- Occupational disease.Case Study.- Summary and exercise for chapters
7-17.- ICF-Based Measurement.- Patient-reported
outcomes.- Clinician-reported outcomes.- Questionnaire development and testing.- ICF and multimodal rehabilitation.- Case study.- Summary and
exercise for chapters 20-23. The Way Forward.Challenges and opportunities.
An era of global population aging is upon us.
By 2030, one in eight people will be over age 65.
Since women generally live longer than men, the
health and welfare of postmenopausal women
will become a significant public health concern.
This book offers a comprehensive review of the
life changes associated with menopause, both at
the dermatological and physiological level (e.g.,
hormonal, immunological) and at the subcellular
level. It critically examines the dermatological,
biological, and clinical challenges to postmenopausal health and well-being and the current and
emerging therapeutic interventions.
Features
7 Detailed review of the direct and indirect dermatological effects of the menopause 7 Evaluation of treatment effectiveness 7 Holistic view of
the menopause as a life transition rather than as a
series of distinct medical conditions
Contents
What is Menopause?.- Skin and Menopause.- Effect of Supplementations and Vitamins on Menopause.- Hormonal Change and Therapy.- Menopause and Genital.- Menopause and Autoimmune
Disease.- Hotflahes.- Other Therapy for Menopause.- Sexual Decline.- Menopause Tests.- Menopause and Sleep.- Menopause and Mental Effects.Menopause and Quality of Life.- Menopause and
cosmetic procedures.
Fields of interest
Rehabilitation; Health Psychology; Public Health
Fields of interest
Dermatology; Gynecology
Target groups
Target groups
Product category
Handbook
Product category
Professional book
Contents
Prevalence and definition of secondary mitral
valve regurgitation.- Anatomical changes associated with secondary mitral regurgitation: Difference
between ischemic and idiopathic cardiomyopathy.- Clinical prognostic value of secondary mitral
valve regurgitation.- Functional classification of
the secondary mitral valve regurgitation.- Preoperative echocardiographic evaluation of secondary
mitral valve regurgitation.- Three-dimensional
echocardiographic imaging of secondary mitral
valve regurgitation.- Dynamic stress evaluation of
secondary mitral valve regurgitation.- Evaluation
of secondary mitral valve regurgitation by cardiac
magnetic resonance.- Timing and patients selection for surgical repair of secondary mitral valve
regurgitation.- Intraoperative echocardiographic
imaging during mitral valve repair.- Surgical approaches of secondary mitral regurgitation: Mitral
valve restrictive annuloplasty: the ideal strategy.- The role of the “edge-to-edge” mitral valve
repair.- Prosthetic ring choice: impact on clinical
outcomes and repair results.- Papillary muscles
relocation.- Basal chordal cutting.- The Coapsys
Device.- The CorCap device.- Role of cardiac resynchronization therapy.- Percutaneous treatment
in secondary mitral valve regurgitation.- 2D and
3D echocardiographic imaging during percutaneous mitral clip procedure.- Impact of tricuspid
valve regurgitation in patients with secondary
mitral valve regurgitation.- Tricuspid valve repair:
when and how.- Predictors of recurrent mitral
regurgitation after mitral valve repair surgery.Follow-up after mitral valve repair.
Fields of interest
Cardiology; Interventional Radiology
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due October 2014
2015. VI, 514 p. 30 illus., 11 in color. (Handbooks in
Health, Work, and Disability) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 245,03 | € (A) 251,90 | sFr 305,00
7€ 229,00 | £206.50
ISBN 978-3-319-08824-2
9<HTODMJ=ai cec> Due September 2014
2015. XX, 504 p. 91 illus., 68 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 160,49 | € (A) 164,99 | sFr 200,00
7€ 149,99 | £135.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44079-7
9<HTOGRC=e ahjh> 2015. XV, 215 p. 77 illus., 56 in color. With online files/
update. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-1-4471-6487-6
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F. Firoozi, The Smith Institute for Urology Hofstra
North Shore-, Lake Success, NY, USA (Ed)
Female Pelvic Surgery
Female Pelvic Surgery: A Comprehensive
Guide provides a comprehensive, state-of-theart surgical review of this field and will serve as
a valuable resource for clinicians and surgeons.
The text reviews the basic indications for treatment and details the many surgical approaches
to the management of all pelvic floor disorders.
In addition to step-by-step description in text,
the volume provides illustrations/photographs of
surgical techniques. Integration of surgical videos
demonstrating the major repairs described in each
section augment the textbook and serve as the
ultimate format for the education of clinicians and
surgeons.
Contents
Anatomy of the Female Genitourinary Tract.- Instrumentation for Female Pelvic Surgery.- Surgical
Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence.Sacral Neuromodulation.- Transvaginal Prolapse
Repair.- Obliterative Vaginal Procedures.- Open
Transabdominal Sacrocolpopexy.- Laparoscopic
and Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy.- Transvaginal Urethrolysis for Urethral
Obstruction.- Vaginal Fistula Repairs.- Repair
of Urethral Diverticula.- Augmentation Cystoplasty.- Urethroplasty for Female Urethral
Stricture.- Excision of Vaginal Cysts.- Transvaginal
Closure of Bladder Neck.- Surgical Therapy for
Fecal Incontinence.- Botulinum Toxin Therapy for
Voiding Dysfunction and the Female Pelvic Floor.Construction of the Neovagina.
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
D. Ginat, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston,
MA, USA; S. Freitag, Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, USA (Eds)
Essentials of Vascular Surgery
for the General Surgeon
Post-treatment Imaging of the
Orbit
This volume provides a concise and up to date
resource that directly addresses the needs of
general surgeons who perform vascular surgery by
focusing on the diagnosis and clinical management of common vascular conditions. The volume
is divided into sections on arterial disease, venous
disease, vascular trauma, and vascular access.
This book provides a comprehensive review
of the imaging features that are seen following
the application of a variety of ophthalmic and
orbital procedures and therapies in patients with
disorders affecting the cornea, retina, lens and
ocular adnexa, as well as glaucoma. A wealth
of high-quality radiographic images, including
CT, MRI and ultrasound, depict expected posttreatment findings and appearances in patients
with complications. In addition, correlations are
made with clinical photographs and photographs
of implanted devices. This reference has been prepared by experts in the field and should serve as a
valuable guide to both radiologists and ophthalmologists, facilitating navigation of the intricacies
of the treated eye and orbit and optimization of
patient management.
Features
7 First of its kind to accurately mirror the
SCORE curriculum for vascular disease as
a patient care topic in general surgery training 7 Provides clear illustrations, well structured algorithms, and a “real world” perspective 7 Written by experts in the field
Features
7 Written entirely by experts in the field 7 Provides a step-by-step guide to surgical techniques 7 Richly detailed with illustrations,
photographs and video clips
Fields of interest
Urology/Andrology; Gynecology
V. Gahtan, SUNY Upstate Medical University,
Syracuse, NY, USA; M. J. Costanza, SUNY Upstate
Medical University, Manlius, NY, USA (Eds)
Contents
Diagnosis and imaging.- Surgical and endovascular technique and tools.- Peripheral arterial thrombosis/emboli.- Compartment syndrome.- Diabetic
foot infection.- PAD and claudication.- Critical
limb ischemia.- Lower extremity amputations.Deep venous thrombosis.- Superficial thrombophlebitis.- Chronic venous insufficiency.- Varicose
veins.- Inferior vena cava filters.- Vascular injuries
in the neck.- Vascular injuries in the abdomen.Extremity vascular injuries.- Temporary venous
catheters.- Arteriovenous hemodialysis access.Access complications.- Arterial occlusive disease:
carotid, mesenteric, renal.- Aortic pathology:
AAA, dissection, traumatic transection.- Non-atherosclerotic vascular disease: vasculitis, popliteal
entrapment, hypercoaguable.- Surgical and endovascular complications: infection, hemorrhage.
Fields of interest
General Surgery; Vascular Surgery
Target groups
Features
7 Comprehensive clinical and radiological
perspective on what to expect after treatment of
a variety of orbital conditions 7 Abundance
of high-quality clinical and radiological images 7 Concise text that discusses expected
findings and complications
Contents
Cornea.- Lens.- Retina.- Ocular Adnexa.- Glaucoma.- Intraocular Tumor Treatments.
Fields of interest
Imaging / Radiology; Ophthalmology; Radiotherapy
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
Due September 2014
2015. XXVIII, 346 p. 219 illus., 185 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1503-3
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1325-1
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44022-3
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D. J. Goldsmith, Guy’s Hospital, London, UK;
A. Covic, Gr. T. Popa University of Medicine and
Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania; J. Spaak, Karolinska
Institutet Danderyd University Hospital, Stockholm,
Sweden (Eds)
Cardio-Renal Clinical
Challenges
Contents
Epicardial coronary heart disease in chronic
kidney disease: diagnosis and management.- Small
vessel disease in CKD, Diabetes, obesity and Hypertension.- Sudden Cardiac Death and Arrhythmia in Chronic Kidney Disease.- Anticoagulation
in Chronic Kidney Disease.- MRA inhibition in
CKD: more than salt and water.- Vascular effects
of inflammation and oxidative stress in CKD.Uric acid, allopurinol: the cardio-renal silver
bullet?.- FGF23 and phosphate: two cardiovascular toxins with distinct toxicity profiles?.- Renal
congestion in heart failure.- Effect of Vitamin D
on Endothelial Function and Blood Pressure.Vitamin D and its effects on the heart.- Volume
overload in chronic kidney disease: Pathophysiology, Assessment techniques, Consequences
and Treatment.- Reversing Arterial Stiffening
And Calcification - A Pipe Dream?.- Pulmonary
Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease: a new
problem child.- How To Use Inhibitors Of The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System In Patients
With Chronic Kidney Disease And Heart Failure.- Erectile and sex hormone dysfunction and
cardiovascular consequences in chronic kidney
disease.- Renal Sympathetic Denervation in the
Management of Treatment-Resistant Hypertension.- Future Therapeutic Prospects for Treatment
of Cardiorenal Syndromes.- Novel combination
therapy to target heart and kidney.- Challenging
complex diseases.- Is “Me, Me, Me” the new “We,
We, We”? : Can we afford (not) to take the plunge
into the personalised, stratified medicine era?.
Fields of interest
Nephrology; Cardiology; Diabetes
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
S. J. Goodlin, Patient-Centered Education and
Research, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; M. W. Rich,
Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis,
MO, USA (Eds)
End-of-Life Care in
Cardiovascular Disease
Features
7 Details the practical issues open to cardiovascular physicians and those medical professionals
who manage patients reaching the end of their
life from a cardiology perspective 7 Details the
management options open to physicians to ensure
that their practice is in line with the requirements of the patient nearing the end of their
life 7 Includes discussion of ethical, cultural and
geographical issues that need to be considered
when managing these patients
Contents
Introduction.- Dying from Cardiovascular Disease: An Epidemiologic Perspective.- Decision
Making about End of Life Care: Advance Directives, Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare,
and Talking with Patients about Dying with Heart
Disease.- Palliative Care and Hospice in Patients
with Advanced Cardiovascular Disease.- End-ofLife Care in Hospitalized Patients with Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease.- End-of-Life
Care in the Intensive Care Unit.- End-of-Life
Care on the Surgical Services.- Management of
Cardiovascular Death in the Emergency Department.- Management of Hospitalized Patients with
Unexpected Cardiopulmonary Arrest.- End-ofLife Care in the Nursing Home.- End-of-Life Care
in Patients with Congenital and Pediatric Heart
Disease.- Psychosocial, Spiritual, and Existential
Issues at End of Life.- Management of Implanted
Cardiac Devices at End of Life.- Models of End-ofLife Care in the Home Environment.
Fields of interest
Cardiology; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Aging
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
A. M. Greenberg, Columbia University, New York, NY,
USA (Ed)
Craniomaxillofacial
Reconstructive and Corrective
Bone Surgery
Principles of Internal Fixation Using AO/ASIF
Technique
This in-depth revision of the successful first edition is one of the only books of its kind to cover
the full range of craniomaxillofacial reconstructive
and corrective bone surgery. This evolving field
has a large number of worldwide clinicians and
new developments, especially in technology and
new plate designs, and appeals to oral and maxillofacial surgeons, plastic surgeons, ENT/Head
and Neck Surgeons, and neurosurgeons alike.
Complete with updates on popular topics from
the first edition, such as advanced bone healing
concepts in craniomaxillofacial reconstructive
and corrective bone surgery and the ITI Dental
Implant System, this edition specifically addresses
the coverage of craniomaxillofacial reconstructive
and corrective bone surgery as they pertain to the
use of AO/ASIF techniques and instrumentation
distributed globally.
Features
7 One of the only books to cover the full range of
craniomaxillofacial reconstructive and corrective
bone surgery 7 Includes topics such as advanced
bone healing concepts in craniomaxillofacial
reconstructive and corrective bone surgery and
the ITI Dental Implant System 7 Addresses the
coverage of craniomaxillofacial reconstructive and
corrective bone surgery as they pertain to the use
of AO/ASIF techniques and instrumentation
Fields of interest
Plastic Surgery; Otorhinolaryngology; Dentistry
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
Due December 2014
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09161-7
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-1-4471-6520-0
2nd ed. 2014. XX, 880 p. Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 213,95 | € (A) 219,94 | sFr 265,50
7 approx.€ 199,95 | £179.50
ISBN 978-1-4939-1528-6
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A. M. Greenberg, Columbia University, New York, NY,
USA (Ed)
L. V. Gulotta, E. V. Craig, Hospital for Special Surgery,
New York, NY, USA (Eds)
Digital Technologies for
Craniomaxillofacial Surgery
Massive Rotator Cuff Tears
igital technologies are changing the way that surD
geons operate. They are revolutionizing the ability
of surgeons to visualize, plan, and create rapid
prototyped models and patient- specific implants
for the broad disciplines of ENT, plastic, oral and
maxillofacial surgeons.
Presenting a logical, comprehensive approach to
the patient with a massive rotator cuff tear, this
book begins with the pathoanatomy and diagnostic work-up for this common injury, including
imaging. Both non-operative and operative treatment options for massive tears follow, including
arthroscopy, the use of biologics and patches, tendon transfers, and hemiarthroplasty and reverse
total shoulder arthroplasty. A practical treatment
algorithm for clinicians treating patients with
massive rotator cuff tears is also included. Each
chapter opens with pearls and pitfalls covering the
main key points for quick reference.
Features
7 Provides information on the latest digital
technologies available for craniomaxillofacial
surgery 7 Only book of its kind to review the
new digital methodologies related to craniomaxillofacial surgery 7 Discusses how this technology
is revolutionizing the ability of surgeons to visualize, plan, and create rapid prototyped models and
patient specific implants
Contents
1. Craniomaxillofacial Surgery Digital Technologies: An overview.- 2. Helical CT and Cone Beam
CT: Basis for Digital Navigation and Manufacturing.- 3. Navigation for Sinus Surgery.- 4. Navigation for Craniomaxillofacial Reconstruction.- 5.
CT Guided Dental Implant Surgery.- 6. Orthognathic Surgery: Digital Planning.- 7. Craniomaxillofacial Oncological Surgery: Digital Planning.- 8.
Craniomaxillofacial Surgery: Custom Bone
Plates.- 9. Optical Technologies for Restorative
Dentistry.- 10. Rapid Manufacturing Technologies
for Craniomaxillofacial Surgery and Dentistry.11. Custom Facial Implants using 3D Modeling.12. Custom Cranial Implants using 3D Modeling.- 13. Future Directions of Craniomaxillofacial
Surgery and Digital Technologies.
Fields of interest
Otorhinolaryngology; Head and Neck Surgery;
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Diagnosis and Management
Features
7 Presents a comprehensive discussion of current
operative and non-operative treatment options
for massive rotator cuff tears, such as arthroscopy,
biologics, tendon transfers and reverse shoulder
arthroplasty 7 Includes background, indications
and contraindications, step-by-step description,
pearls and pitfalls and outcomes for all treatment
techniques 7 Contains plentiful illustrations and
intra-operative photographs
Contents
Pathophysiology of Rotator Cuff Tears.- History and Physical Exam.- Imaging of the Rotator
Cuff.- Non-Operative Management: Natural History, Medications and Injections.- Arthroscopic
Treatment.- Biologics and Patches.- Latissimus
Dorsi Tendon Transfer.- Pectoralis Major Tendon
Transfer.- Hemiarthroplasty.- Reverse Total
Shoulder Arthroplasty.- Treatment Algorithm for
Patients with Massive Rotator Cuff Tears.
Fields of interest
Orthopedics; Sports Medicine; Rehabilitation
A. L. Halverson, Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA;
D. C. Borgstrom, Mithoefer Center for Rural Surgery,
Cooperstown, NY, USA (Eds)
Advanced Surgical Techniques
for Rural Surgeons
Contents
Endoscopic Control of Upper GI Bleeding.- Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Techniques for Enteral
Access.- Endomucosal Resection of Colon Polyps
and Control of Postpolypectomy Bleeding.- Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration.- Partial
Cholecystectomy.- Percutaneous Cholecystostomy.- Laparoscopic Repair of Abdominal Wall
Hernias.- Closure Repair of Complex Ventral
Hernias - Open with Separation of Parts.- Surgical
Management of Skin Neoplasias of the Face.- Defect Closure after Lesion Excision of the Face.Surgical Management of Melanoma of the Trunk
and Extremities.- Post-Excisional Wound Closure
Chapter for Rural Surgeons.- Breast Ultrasound
in Rural Surgical Practice.- Oncoplastic Lumpectomy.- Skin-Sparing Mastectomy.- Epistaxis.- Thyroid Surgery.- Parathyroidectomy.- Central Venous
Access for Rural Surgeons.- Pacemakers.- The Vein
Stripping Ablation and Phlebectomy.- Decompressive Craniotomy in Trauma.- Tracheostomy and
Cricothyroidotomy.- Repair of Soft Tissue Facial
Injuries.- Repair of Fingertip Amputations.- Damage Control Laparotomy.- Cesarean Section in a
Rural Setting.- Surgical Management of Ectopic
Pregnancy.- Ovarian Torsion.- Percutaneous
Suprapubic Catheter Placement.- Pre-operative
ureteral catheter placement to prevent ureteral
injuries.- Surgical Management of Testicular
Torsion.- Vasectomy.- Perioperative Management
in Infants and Children.- Hypertrophic Pyloric
Stenosis (HPS) in Infancy.
Fields of interest
General Surgery; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Head and Neck Surgery
Target groups
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Product category
Contributed volume
Due April 2015
Due August 2014
Due October 2014
7 approx. *€ (D) 171,15 | € (A) 175,94 | sFr 216,00
7 approx.€ 159,95 | £146.50
ISBN 978-1-4939-1531-6
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-1-4899-7493-8
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1494-4
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Product category
Contributed volume
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V. Hraška, German Pediatric Heart Center, Sankt
Augustin, Germany; P. Murín, Asklepios Klinik Sankt
Augustin Deutsches Kinderherzzentrum, Sankt
Augustin, Germany
V. Ilankovan, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,
Poole, UK; M. Ethunandan, Southampton General
Hospital, Southampton, UK; T. E. Seah, Singapore,
Singapore
Surgical Management of
Congenital Heart Disease II
Local Flaps in Facial
Reconstruction
Single Ventricle and Hypoplastic Left Heart
Syndrome Aortic Arch Anomalies Septal
Defects and Anomalies in Pulmonary Venous
Return Anomalies of Thoracic Arteries and
Veins A Video Manual
A Defect Based Approach
Approximately 120 different surgical procedures
are used to correct congenital heart diseases,
and the burden that this places on the surgeon is
compounded by the exceptional complexity of the
techniques and the rarity of many of the lesions.
Training is problematic, not least because of legal
issues, and currently available texts, drawings and
images are no substitute for real ‘live’ surgery.
Against this background, the authors have set out
to create an interactive multimedia manual that
covers many aspects of congenital heart surgery.
Features
7 A manual with DVDs that covers all aspects
of congenital heart surgery 7 Presents the
surgical approach and technique for each heart
defect by means of high-quality, instructive video
clips 7 Video clips are accompanied by a clear
descriptive narrative, including patient history and
diagnostic images 7 A powerful teaching tool for
surgeons and surgeons in training
Contents
From the Contents: Aortic Arch Surgery.- Septal
Defects.- Thoracic Arteries and Veins.- Single
Ventricle Palliation.- Residuals Surgery.
Fields of interest
Surgery; Cardiac Surgery; Cardiology
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
Written by three experienced consultants with a
large skin cancer practice and international reputations for excellence, this book provides comprehensive practical solutions to defects in the head
and neck region that are confronted by the clinician in day-to-day practice. Essential information
is first provided on anesthesia, defect assessment
and individual flaps, while the core chapters focus
on the reconstruction of specific defects at specific
sites. The defects and reconstructive solutions are
depicted by means of sequential, clinically relevant
line drawings that are complemented by clear
supporting text highlighting the intricacies and
nuances of the procedure and the decision-making
process. Helpful algorithms at the end of each
chapter summarize the solutions.
Features
7 Provides clinicians and trainees with step-bystep descriptions of the reconstructive solutions
for specific defects 7 Depicts procedures by
means of sequential line drawings 7 Highlights
subtleties of the procedures and decision-making
process
Contents
Local anaesthesia.- Aesthetic & reconstructive
units.- Decision making process / defect assessment.- Individual flaps.- Reconstruction of
specific sites.
Fields of interest
Plastic Surgery; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery;
Dermatology
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
O. Istre, Fredriksberg, Denmark (Ed)
Minimally Invasive
Gynecological Surgery
In this book, world-renowned experts describe the
latest advances in minimally invasive gynecologic
surgery and explain why endoscopy is of key
importance in so many conditions.
Features
7 Presents and discusses the latest advances in
minimally invasive gynecologic surgery 7 Considers a wide range of techniques and indications 7 Explains the role of laparoscopy in gynecologic oncology 7 Written by world-renowned
experts
Contents
Imaging before Endoscopic Surgery.- Hysteroscopic Instrumentation.- Uterine Malformation.- Asherman Syndrome.- Hysteroscopic
Sterilization.- Endometrial Polyps.- Diagnostic Methods, Risk Factors of Niches, Related
Symptoms and Therapies.- Adenomyosis.- Laparoscopic Hysterectomy.- Laparoscopic Subtotal
Hysterectomy.- How to Avoid Laparotomy During
Hysterectomy.- Robotic Approach to Management
of Fibroids.- Uterine Artery Occlusion in Patient
with Fibroids, Infertility and Symptomatic Studies.- Barbed Suture Use in Minimally Invasive Gynecology.- Laparoscopic Cerclage.- Laparoscopic
Approach to Pelvic Organ Prolapse.- Feasibility
of Single Port Hysterectomy.- Learning Curve
and Perioperative Outcomes Associated with
Laparoendoscopic Single Site Surgery.- Adhesion
Prevention in Minimal Invasive Gynecological
Surgery.- Complications.- Neurophysiology and
Minimal Invasive Laparoscopic Therapy.
Fields of interest
Gynecology; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Obstetrics/Perinatology
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Due October 2014
2014. Approx. 220 p. 270 illus., 260 in color.
With DVD. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 171,19 | € (A) 175,99 | sFr 213,00
7€ 159,99 | £144.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44069-8
9<HTOGRC=e agji> Due September 2014
Due September 2014
2015. XV, 172 p. 143 illus. Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08478-7
7 *€ (D) 85,59 | € (A) 87,99 | sFr 106,50
7€ 79,99 | £72.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44058-2
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T. Itakura, Koyo Hospital, Wakayama, Japan (Ed)
M. B. Jackson, S. Mookherjee, N. P. Hamlin,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA (Eds)
Deep Brain Stimulation for
Neurological Disorders
The Perioperative Medicine
Consult Handbook
Theoretical Background and Clinical
Application
Chronic electrical stimulation of the brain has
demonstrated excellent outcomes in patients with
Parkinson’s disease and has recently also been applied to various other neurological diseases. This
comprehensive, up-to-date textbook will meet
the needs of all who wish to learn more about the
application of deep brain stimulation and will provide a sound basis for safe and accurate surgery.
Features
7 Extensive discussion of the findings of clinical studies 7 Detailed descriptions of surgical
technique 7 Essential anatomical and functional
background information
Contents
Basic Background of Brain Stimulation: Anatomy
and Physiology.- Basal Ganglia and Neuron
Network.- Mechanism of Brain Stimulation.Symptoms and Signs.- Parkinson disease.- Other
movement disorders.- Epilepsy. Clinical Studies on Deep Brain Stimulation: Intraoperative
Microrecording.- Instrument of Brain Stimulation.- Surgical Technique.- Instrument.- Parkinson
disease.- Stimulation of Subthalamic Nucleus.Stimulation of Globus Pallidus.- Stimulation of
Thalamus.- Dystonia.- Essential Tremor.- Intractable pain.- Motor Cortex Stimulation.- Spinal Cord
Stimulation.- Psychiatric Disorders.- Epilepsy.Complications.
Fields of interest
Neurosurgery; Neurology
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Contents
Introduction.- Styles of Medical Consultation.The Preoperative Evaluation.- Perioperative
Medication Management.- Anesthesia Pearls.Cardiovascular Risk Stratification.- Ischemic
Heart Disease.- Perioperative Beta-blockers.Atrial Fibrillation.- Hypertension.- Valvular Heart
Disease.- Implantable Cardiac Electronic Devices.Diabetes Mellitus.- Stress-Dose Steroids.- Thyroid Disease.- Liver Disease and Perioperative
Risk.- Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- Chronic
Anticoagulation.- Disorders of .- Thrombocytopenia.- Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia.Anemia.- Sickle Cell Disease.- Cerebrovascular
Disease.- Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders.- Parkinson’s Disease.- Pulmonary Risk Assessment
and Management.- Asthma and COPD.- Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity Hypoventilation
Syndrome.- Pulmonary Hypertension.- Venous
Thromboembolic Disease.- Restrictive Lung
Disease.- Chronic Kidney Disease.- Acute Kidney
Injury.- Rheumatoid Arthritis.- Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus.- Gout and Pseudogout.- Bariatric
Surgery.- Decision-Making Capacity.- Perioperative Care of Elderly Patients.- Nutrition.- Patients
with A Solid Organ Transplant.- Substance Abuse
and Dependence.- The Postoperative Evaluation.Postoperative .- Postoperative Delirium.- Postoperative Ileus.- Surgical Procedures Overview.
Fields of interest
Internal Medicine; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Surgery
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
D. A. Jans, Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, Clayton, VIC, Australia;
R. Ghildyal, University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT,
Australia (Eds)
Rhinoviruses
Methods and Protocols
Features
7 Includes cutting-edge methods and protocols 7 Provides step-by-step detail essential for
reproducible results 7 Contains key notes and
implementation advice from the experts
Contents
Classification and Evolution of Human Rhinoviruses.- Nested-RT-PCR and Multiplex RT-PCR for
Diagnosis of Rhinovirus Infection in Clinical Samples.- Molecular Identification and Quantification
of Human Rhinoviruses in Respiratory Samples.Molecular Genotyping of Human Rhinovirus by
PCR and Sanger Sequencing.- Growth of Human
Rhinovirus in H1-Hela Cell Suspension Culture
and Purification of Virions.- Propagation of
Rhinovirus – C Strains in Differentiated Epithelial
Cells of Human Airway at Air-Liquid Interface.Infectivity Assays of Human Rhinovirus-A and
–B Serotypes.- Application of FCS in Studies of
Rhinovirus Receptor Binding and Uncoating.Capillary Electrophoresis, Gas Phase Electrophoretic Mobility Molecular Analysis, and Electron
Microscopy - Effective Tools for Quality Assessment and Basic Rhinovirus Research.- Proteases of
Human Rhinovirus – Role in Infection.- A Protocol to Express and Isolate HRV16 3C Protease for
Use in In vitro Protease Assays.- Reverse Genetics
System for Studying Human Rhinovirus Infections.- Reverse Genetic Engineering of the Human
Rhinovirus Serotype 16 Genome to Introduce
an Antibody-Detectable Tag.- Mouse Models of
Rhinovirus Infection and Airways Disease.
Fields of interest
Infectious Diseases; Virology
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Due October 2014
Due September 2014
Due October 2014
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08475-6
2nd ed. 2015. 275 p. 9 illus., 5 in color. Softcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 48,14 | € (A) 49,49 | sFr 59,50
7 approx.€ 44,99 | £40.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09365-9
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Molecular Biology, Volume 1221) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 101,64 | € (A) 104,49 | sFr 126,50
7€ 94,99 | £85.50
ISBN 978-1-4939-1570-5
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N. Juffermans, Academic Medical Center,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands; T. Walsh, University of
Edinburgh The Queens Medical Research Institute,
Edinburgh, UK (Eds)
Transfusion in the Intensive
Care Unit
Due to a high incidence of anemia, critically ill
patients are frequently transfused, with up to 40%
of patients receiving a transfusion during their
stay in the Intensive Care Unit.
Features
7 Offers practical guidelines for transfusion tailored to specific ICU patient populations 7 Summarizes results from clinical trials performed in
the past decade which have studied transfusion
triggers for red blood cells, plasma, and platelets in the ICU 7 Provides background on the
pathophysiology of anemia in the critically ill, the
tolerance of specific patient groups to anemia and
the purpose of red blood cell transfusion
Contents
Introduction.- Causes of Anemia in Critically
Ill Patients.- Red Blood Cell Transfusion Trigger
in Sepsis.- Red Blood Cell Transfusion Trigger
in Cardiac Disease.- Red Blood Cell Transfusion Trigger in Cardiac Surgery.- Red Blood Cell
Transfusion Trigger in Brain Injury.- Red Blood
Cell Transfusion in the Elderly.- ScvO2 as an
Alternative Transfusion Trigger.- Alternatives
to Red Blood Cell Transfusion.- Blood Sparing
Alternatives in the Intensive Care Unit.- Massive
Transfusion in Trauma.- Transfusion in Gastrointestinal Bleeding.- Platelet Transfusion Trigger
in the Intensive Care Unit.- FFP Transfusion in
Intensive Care Medicine.- Transfusion-Related
Acute Lung Injury.- Transfusion-Associated Circulatory Overload.
Fields of interest
Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Anesthesiology; Cardiac Surgery
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
C. C. Kaeding, J. R. Borchers, Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH, USA (Eds)
C. P. Karakousis, State University of New York at
Buffalo Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, NY, USA
Hamstring and Quadriceps
Injuries in Athletes
Atlas of Operative Procedures
in Surgical Oncology
A Clinical Guide
Contents
Surgical Technique in Cancer Surgery.- Intraoperative Lymphatic Mapping/Sentinel Lymphadenectomy.- Tumor in the Hand.- Tumor in
the Wrist.- Tumor in the Ventral Aspect of the
Forearm.- Tumor in the Dorsal Aspect of the
Forearm.- Tumor in the Anterior Compartment
of the Arm.- Tumor in the Dorsal Aspect of
the Arm.- Tumor in the Medial Arm.- Axillary
Node Dissection.- In Continuity Axillary and
Supraclavicular Node Dissection.- Neck Dissection.- Tumor at the Shoulder Point.- Tumor in the
Neck.- Scapulectomy.- Shoulder Disarticulation.Forequarter Amputation.- Tumor in the Back.Chest Wall Tumors.- Tumor in the Lower Chest
Wall and Upper Abdomen.- Involvement of the
Abdominal Wall by Tumor.- One-Layer Closure
of the Abdominal Wall.- Midline Abdominal Wall
Gaps and Incisional Hernia.- Regional Chemotherapy Infusion Via the Hepatic Artery.- Peritoneolysis in the Reconstruction of a Roux-en-Y
Loop.- Hilar Hepatojejunostomy.- Hepatic Resection.- Pancreaticoduodenectomy.- Distal Pancreatectomy.- Colonic Interposition for Esophageal
Replacement.- Ileal Loop Bladder-Interposition
Conduit.- Resection of Mesenteric Tumors.- Dissection in the Bowel Mesentery and Its Clinical
Applications.- Retroperitoneal Node Dissection.Retroperitoneal Sarcomas.- Tumor in the Lesser
Sac.- Tumor in the Right Abdomen.- Tumor in the
Left Abdomen.- The T or L Incision in Resection
of Tumors of the Pelvis.- Groin Dissection.- Abdominoinguinal Incision in the Resection of Pelvic
Tumors and Limb Salvage.- Resection of Pelvic
Tumors with Visceral Involvement.- Internal
Hemipelvectomy.
Injuries to the hamstring and quadriceps muscles
can occur in both low- and high-impact sports
and as such are among the more common injuries
incurred by athletes. Reviewing the relevant
physiology, epidemiology, mechanisms, clinical
presentation and treatment of these conditions,
Hamstring and Quadriceps Injuries in Athletes
covers all sports-related injuries of the thigh musculature in one place.
Features
7 Reviews physiology, epidemiology, mechanism,
clinical presentation and treatment of hamstring
and quadriceps injuries in athletes 7 Illustrates
management for avulsions, tendinosis, strains,
contusions and other athletic injuries 7 Includes
chapters on rehabilitation, injury prevention and
return to play
Contents
Functional Anatomy of the Hamstrings and Quadriceps.- Quadriceps and Hamstrings Strength in
Athletes.- Epidemiology of Hamstring and Quadriceps Injury.- Midsubstance Hamstring Injuries
in the Athlete.- Acute Proximal Hamstring Tendon Avulsions.- Biologic Enhancement of Healing
in Hamstring Injuries.- Hamstring Harvest:
Rehabilitation and Clinical Outcomes.- Proximal
Quadriceps Injuries in Athletes.- Contusions,
Myositis Ossificans and Compartment Syndrome
of the Thigh.- Quadriceps Tendon Ruptures.- Rehabilitation of Quadriceps Injuries.- Hamstring
Injury Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention.
Fields of interest
Sports Medicine; Orthopedics; Rehabilitation
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Field of interest
Surgical Oncology
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
Due October 2014
2015. XV, 188 p. 21 illus., 6 in color. Softcover
7 *€ (D) 85,59 | € (A) 87,99 | sFr 106,50
7€ 79,99 | £72.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08734-4
2015. VI, 340 p. 66 illus., 53 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 85,59 | € (A) 87,99 | sFr 106,50
7€ 79,99 | £72.00
ISBN 978-1-4899-7509-6
2015. 230 p. 522 illus., 495 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1633-7
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Z. A. Karcioglu, University of Virginia, Charlottesville,
VA, USA (Ed)
Orbital Tumors
Diagnosis and Treatment
Orbital Tumors, 2nd edition discusses advances
in orbital disease and their treatment, offering
readers an up-to-date, single volume reference for
orbital tumors. Divided into two parts, this book
covers everything from advances in oncogenesis
and its relationship to orbital tumors, to medical genetics and the role of imaging in diagnosis
of orbital tumors. Additionally, new information
on incidence and behavior of tumors resulting
from environmental and social trends is included.
Written and edited by leaders in the fields of
ophthalmology and oncology, Orbital Tumors,
2nd edition builds upon the first edition, proving
to be a useful reference for orbital specialists and
of significant interest for everyone dealing with
orbital pathology from a clinical and scientific
point of view.
Features
7 Discusses advances in orbital diseases and their
treatment 7 Offers an up-to-date, single-volume
reference on orbital tumors 7 Emphasizes
improvements in diagnostic and therapeutic
measures over the last decade 7 Topics covered
include everything from advances in oncogenesis
and its relationship to orbital tumors, to medical
genetics and the role of imaging in diagnosis of orbital tumors 7 Written for orbital specialists and
of significant interest for everyone dealing with
orbital pathology from a clinical and scientific
point of view
M. Keuchel, Bethesda Hospital Bergedorf, Hamburg,
Germany; F. Hagenmüller, Asklepios Hospital Altona
Medizinische Abt. I - Gastroenterologie, Hamburg,
Germany; H. Tajiri, Jikei University School of
Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (Eds)
Video Capsule Endoscopy
A Reference Guide and Atlas
This book is simultaneously a superb atlas and
a detailed guide to all aspects of video capsule
endoscopy. History, technique, performance,
reading, indications, contraindications, outcomes,
complications and alternative methods are described systematically by a large panel of experts.
Features
7 Comprehensive overview of the technique
and performance of video capsule endoscopy 7 Systematic description of small bowel
diseases 7 Huge collection of typical and rare
images 7 Includes colon capsule endoscopy 7 Contributions from a large panel of experts
Contents
Video Capsule Endoscopy.-Complementary
Procedures.-Normal Small Intestine.-Diverticula.Vascular Diseases of the Small Intestine.Inflammatory and Systemic Diseases.-Tumors
of the Smal Intestine.-Findings Outside the
Small Intestine.-Postoperative and Postinterventional Changes.-Complications:Prevention and
Management.-Pediatric Findings.-Influence of
VCE on Clinical Outcome.-Esophageal Capsule
Endoscopy.- Future Developments of Capsule
Endoscopy.
W. E. Khalbuss, Clarient Diagnostic Services, Aliso
Viejo, CA, USA; Q. K. Li, The Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA (Eds)
Diagnostic Cytopathology
Board Review and SelfAssessment
Diagnostic Cytopathology Board Review and SelfAssessment provides a comprehensive systemsbased review of non-gynecological cytology
including cytomorphology, pitfalls and ancillary
studies, presented in a high-yield format with
board-type multiple choice questions and detailed
answers.
Features
7 Over 800 board exam-type questions 7 Over
600 high-quality full-color photomicrographs 7 Concise high-yield review with tables
emphasizing key diagnostic points 7 Written by
experienced cytopathologists with intensive teaching experience
Fields of interest
Ophthalmology; Pathology; Oncology
Fields of interest
Gastroenterology; Imaging / Radiology; Abdominal Surgery
Contents
Chapter 1. Lung Cytopathology (Bronchial
and Aspiration Cytology).- Chapter 2. Serous
Fluid Cytopathology.- Chapter 3. Cerebrospinal
Fluid Cytology.- Chapter 4. Thyroid Fine-Needle
Aspiration.- Chapter 5. Lymph Node Cytopathology.- Chapter 6. Salivary Gland Fine-Needle
Aspiration.- Chapter 7. Liver Fine-Needle Aspiration.- Chapter 8. Pancreatic Fine-Needle Aspiration.- Chapter 9. Gastrointestinal and Bile Duct
Brushing Cytology.- Chapter 10. Renal and Adrenal Fine-Needle Aspiration.- Chapter 11. Urine
Cytopathology.- Chapter 12. Soft Tissue and Bone
Fine-Needle Aspiration.- Chapter 13. Application
of Molecular Diagnostics to Cytopathology.
Target groups
Target groups
Field of interest
Pathology
Product category
Professional book
Product category
Professional book
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Due October 2014
Due September 2014
2nd ed. 2015. XX, 1026 p. 347 illus., 278 in color.
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1509-5
2015. XIV, 480 p. 715 illus., 693 in color. With DVD.
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44061-2
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2015. XIV, 966 p. 483 illus. in color. Softcover
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1476-0
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Z. H. Khan, Tehran University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran, Iran (Ed)
R. V. Khanna, G. Bratslavsky, SUNY Upstate Medical
University, Syracuse, NY, USA; R. J. Stein, Cleveland
Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA (Eds)
Airway Management
Surgical Techniques for
Prostate Cancer
Because of his international prominence, Professor Khan has been able to gather an enviable list of
experts in the field to contribute their experience
with airway management in a multitude of clinical
settings. The critical appraisal of the airway authored by the editor, Professor Khan, sets the stage
for the important preoperative tests that may alert
the clinician of the potential for a difficult airway
so that appropriate plans can be made.
Features
7 A comprehensive book on airway management 7 Covers all aspects of a challenging
airway 7 Easy to grasp and up to date management strategies for controversial airway scenarios 7 Highlights and discusses debatable issues in
state of art fashion
Contents
Physiology of the airway.- Airway Assessment-A
Critical Appraisal.- Video laryngoscopy & indirect
intubating aids in airway management.- Perioperative care of ambulatory anaesthesia.- The pediatric airway: Normal and abnormal.- Intubation
of the pediatric patient.- The difficult pediatric
airway: Management options.- Perioperative
Management of obstructive sleep apnea.- Airway
management in traumatic brain injury.- Airway
management in cervical spine injured patients.Indigenous devises in difficult airway management.- Cricothyrotomy.- Surgical airway.- Surgical approaches to airway management.- Difficult
Airway in Obstetrics.- Ultrasonography: Heralding a new era in airway management.
Fields of interest
Anesthesiology; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Human Physiology
This volume provides a comprehensive review
and detailed description of surgical techniques for
prostate cancer surgery. All aspects are covered,
including surgical anatomy and methods of
transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsies,
step-by-step approach techniques for radical
prostatectomy, and the latest data on outcomes.
Furthermore, limitations as well as tips and tricks
are detailed in addition to management of common complications. Lastly, with the increasing
use of ablative therapy and brachytherapy, the
mechanism of action as well as the keys to obtaining optimal outcomes are illustrated. Surgical
Techniques for Prostate Cancer is a concise and
valuable resource to surgeons that documents the
different approaches to prostate cancer surgery.
Features
7 Written entirely by experts in their
field 7 The first single, concise reference documenting the different approaches to prostate cancer surgery 7 Provides a step by step approach to
techniques
Contents
Essentials of the Human Prostate.- Transrectal
Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsy.- Magnetic
Resonance Imaging in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis.- Open Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy and
Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection.- Laparoscopic
Prostatectomy and Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection.- Robotic Prostatectomy.- Perineal Prostatectomy.- Brachytherapy.- Prostate Cryoablation.Focal Ablation for Prostate Cancer.
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Urology/Andrology; General Surgery; Minimally
Invasive Surgery
Product category
Contributed volume
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
H. Knotkova, Metropolitan Jewish Health Systems
(MJHS), New York, NY, USA; D. Rasche, Department
of Neurosurgery University Hospital of SchleswigHolstein, Lübeck, Germany (Eds)
Textbook of Neuromodulation
Principles, Methods and Clinical Applications
Features
7 Allows readers to understand basic principles and rationale of neuromodulation and
critically assess each method and its clinical
application 7 Written by leading experts in the
field 7 Well-illustrated
Contents
Principles of Neuromodulation.- Methods and
Technologies for Low-Intensity Transcranial
Electrical Stimulation: Waveforms, Terminology,
and Historical Notes.- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation.- Spinal Cord Stimulation.- Dorsal Root
Ganglion Stimulation: A Target for Neuromodulation Therapies.- Deep Brain Stimulation.- Motor Cortex Stimulation.- Physiological Basis of
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.- Transcranial
Direct Current Stimulation: Protocols and Physiological Mechanisms of Action.- Customization
of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for
Susceptible Populations Including at the Extremes
of Age, Obesity, and Stroke.- Cranial Electrical
Stimulation.- The Mechanisms and Actions of
Motor Imagery Within the Clinical Setting.Neuroprosthesis and Sensory-Motor Training.Clinical Applications of Neuromodulation in
Psychiatry.- Applications of Neuromodulation in
Pain Management.- Applications of Neuromodulation in Neurology and Neurorehabilitation.Neuromodulation for Addiction.- Enhancement
of Sensory and Cognitive Functions in Healthy
Subjects.- Conclusive Overview.
Fields of interest
Neurology; Psychiatry; Pain Medicine
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Due August 2014
Due August 2014
Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08577-7
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1615-3
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1407-4
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S. Kumar, University of Tennessee Health Science
Center, Memphis, TN, USA (Ed)
Teledentistry
Teledentistry is of growing interest to the healthcare world. Over the last few years, momentum is
growing in research and service in Teledentistry
- mostly carried out by tertiary medical institutes
across the world.
Features
7 First ever book on Teledentistry 7 Written by
experts from around the globe 7 Discusses the
most up to date status of technology and service in
teledentistry
Contents
Introduction to Teledentistry.- Teledentistry in
practice: Literature review.- Effect of a home tele
care program on oral health among adults with
tetraplegia.- Comparing potential early caries
assessment methods for teledentistry.- Distant
diagnosis of oral disease using e-mails.- Factors
influencing the adoption and implementation of
teledentistry in the UK, with a focus on orthodontics.- Teledentistry for screening new patient
orthodontic referrals.- Field testing of remote
teledentistry technology.- Remote diagnosis of
children dental problems based on non-invasive
photographs.- Endodontic-oral surgery teleconsultation.- Role of teledentistry in dental education.- Teledentistry in dental specialist education
in Finland.- Ethics and the electronic health
record in dental school clinics.- Teledentistry-assisted, affiliated practice for dental hygienists.- Using teledentistry for providing the specialist access
to rural Indians.- Application of teledentistry in
oral medicine in a Community Dental Service.Teledentistry – way forward.
Fields of interest
Health Informatics; Dentistry
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
B. E. Lacy, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center,
Lebanon, NH, USA; M. D. Crowell, J. K. DiBaise, Mayo
Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA (Eds)
Functional and Motility
Disorders of the
Gastrointestinal Tract
A Case Study Approach
This volume covers the myriad of functional and
motility gastrointestinal disorders in a comprehensive manner. The book is divided into seven
major sections, with each section beginning with
a brief case presentation highlighting the specific
disorder to be reviewed.
Features
7 A case study approach with an emphasis on
diagnosis and treatment 7 Each chapter includes
tables of clinical "pearls" and differential diagnosis 7 Written by international experts in the field
of motility disorders
Contents
Globus.- Dysphagia.- Noncardiac Chest
Pain.- Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility
Disorders: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.Aerophagia, Belching, and Rumination.- Dyspepsia.- Chronic nausea.- Gastroparesis.- Cyclical
Vomiting Syndrome.- Gas and Bloating.- Small
Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth.- Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction.- Functional Gallbladder
Disorder.- Right Upper Quadrant Pain after Cholecystectomy.- Chronic Constipation.- Irritable
Bowel Syndrome.- Colonic Inertia.- Chronic Diarrhea.- Fecal Incontinence.- Rectal Pain.- Complementary and Alternative Management Strategies
in Irritable Bowel Syndrome.- Appendix: Answers
to Teaching Questions.
Fields of interest
Primary Care Medicine; Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
D. R. Laub Jr., University of Vermont, Burlington, VT,
USA (Ed)
Congenital Anomalies of the
Upper Extremity
Etiology and Management
Contents
Part I. General Considerations.- Embryology
and Classification of Congenital Upper Limb
Anomalies.- Incidence and Syndromes Associated
with Congenital Anomalies of the Upper Limb.Anesthesia Concerns in Congenital Anomalies
of the Upper Extremity.- Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation Management of Children with
Congenital Anomalies of the Upper Extremity.Therapy Management of Children with Congenital Anomalies of the Upper Extremity.- Visible
Distinctions and Congenital Anomalies of the
Upper Extremities: Psychological Considerations.Part II. Failure of Formation/Differentiation.Radial Longitudinal Deficiency: Radius.- Radial
Longitudinal Deficiency: Surgical Reconstruction
of Congenital Thumb Hypoplasia.- Congenital
Radioulnar Synostosis.- Ulnar Longitudinal
Deficiency.- Symbrachydactyly.- Dorsal-Ventral
Deficiency.- Part III. Failure of Hand Plate Formation/Differentiation.- Syndactyly: A Review of the
Current Knowledge on the Genetic Understanding
and Management Techniques.- Apert Syndrome.Central Deficiency (Cleft Hand).- Camptodactyly
and Clinodactyly.- Synostosis and Coalitions
of the Hand and Wrist.- Congenital Clasped
Thumb.- Part IV. Duplication.- Radial Polydactyly.- Ulnar Polydactyly and Ulnar Dimelia.- Part
V. Overgrowth, Amniotic Band, and Generalized
Anomalies.- Macrodactyly.- Amniotic Band Syndrome.- Arthrogryposis.- Madelung Deformity.Epidermolysis Bullosa.- Osteogenesis Imperfecta.
Fields of interest
Orthopedics; Plastic Surgery; Pediatrics
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
2015. XI, 120 p. 23 illus., 22 in color. (Health
Informatics) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08972-0
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Due September 2014
Due October 2014
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1497-5
7 *€ (D) 160,49 | € (A) 164,99 | sFr 200,00
7€ 149,99 | £135.00
ISBN 978-1-4899-7503-4
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A. Lenzi, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy;
S. Migliaccio, Foro Italico University, Rome, Italy;
L. M. Donini, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy (Eds)
Multidisciplinary Approach to
Obesity
From Assessment to Treatment
Contents
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS: Anatomy and
physiology of adipose tissue.- Regulation of energy
intake.- Obesity: definition and epidemiology.METABOLISM & ENDOCRINOLOGY: Obesity
and thyroid function.- Hypothalamic Growth
Hormone/IGF-1 Axis.- Adrenal function and
obesity.- Ovarian function and obesity: PCOS,
menopause.- Obesity and osteoporosis.- Sarcopenic obesity.- Obesity and testicular function.Obesity and Glucose metabolism.- Dyslipidemia
and cardiovascular risk in obesity.- Pulmonary
complications of obesity.- Sexual distress in
obesity.- EVALUATION OF OBESE SUBJECTS:
Clinical evaluation.- Nutritional status evaluation:
energy balance and body composition.- Psychiatric and psychological evaluation.- Functional
evaluation.- Impairment of quality of life in obesity.- THERAPEUTIC APPROACH: Therapeutic
education and psychotherapy.- Dietary intervention and nutritional counseling.- Physical activity
and training prescription.- Prescription Medications for the Treatment of Obesity.- Bariatric surgery.- Reconstructive plastic surgery.- Nutritional,
metabolic and psychological rehabilitation.- Increasing adherence to diet and exercise through
cognitive behavioral strategies.- Interdisciplinary
approach to obesity.
Fields of interest
Endocrinology; Metabolic Diseases; Urology/
Andrology
Target groups
M. Lévêque, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris,
France (Ed)
Chirurgie de la douleur
De la lésion à la neuromodulation
La chirurgie dans le traitement de la douleur a
connu ces dernières années un important développement avec l’avènement des techniques de
neuromodulation et, aujourd’hui, rares sont les
douleurs chroniques rebelles ne pouvant bénéficier de telles interventions. Plusieurs chapitres
reviennent, néanmoins, sur les gestes de chirurgies
lésionnelles encore couramment pratiquées que
ce soient dans le traitement de la névralgie faciale,
des douleurs rachidiennes ou plexiques. Les
nouvelles techniques de neuromodulation visant à
soulager des douleurs irréductibles sont abordées
dans le détail qu’ils s’agissent de la stimulation de
la médullaire, sous-cutanée, occipitale, corticale
ou cérébrale profonde. Les techniques d’infusion
de drogues intrathécales, proposées dans les douleurs cancéreuses et les lombalgies rebelles, sont
également traitées. Outre les rappels anatomiques
nécessaires à la compréhension de ces techniques,
le reste de l’ouvrage est consacré aux indications de
ces gestes, à la sélection des patients et à leur suivi
médical.
Features
7 Le seul ouvrage disponible en français
sur ce thème 7 De nombreuses illustrations 7 Chaque technique est traitée par un
expert 7 Des tableaux récapitulatifs et des encadrés sur les points clés
Fields of interest
Pain Medicine; Neurosurgery; Surgery
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Professional book
Z. Li, Z. Liao, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China;
M. McAlindon, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield,
UK (Eds)
Handbook of Capsule
Endoscopy
Handbook of Capsule Endoscopy is a concise
guide to the clinical diagnostic use of capsule
endoscopy, a non-invasive imaging technology
of the gastrointestinal tract. This book is written
by an international team with over 30 authors
from 8 countries, mainly China, Britain, Israel,
Italy, Germany, Korea, United Arab Emirates and
the United States. This book introduces nearly all
aspects of capsule endoscopy, including the six
devices currently in use, the set up procedures, indications and contraindications, its application in
three organs, special use in pediatrics, safety issues
and case presentations. This book is an ideal reference work for physicians and surgeons who wish
to utilize this helpful imaging technology. Prof.
Zhaoshen Li and Associate Prof. Zhuan Liao are
doctors in Changhai Hospital, the Second Military
Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Features
7 Comprehensive guide written by experts in
endoscopy 7 Introduce the six devices currently
in use 7 Present interesting and typical cases of
capsule 7 Great diagnostic value to physicians
and surgeons who perform intestinal surgery
Contents
The history of wireless capsule endoscopy.- The
current main types of capsule endoscopy.- Small
bowel capsule endoscopy.- Esophageal capsule
endoscopy.- Colon capsule endoscopy.- Non-imaging capsule endoscopy.- Capsule endoscopy in
pediatrics.- Comparison of capsule endoscopy and
device assisted enteroscopy.- Future development
of capsule endoscopy.- Case presentations.
Fields of interest
Gastroenterology; Imaging / Radiology
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
Due October 2014
A paraître November 2014
Due August 2014
7 *€ (D) 85,59 | € (A) 87,99 | sFr 106,50
7€ 79,99 | £72.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09044-3
2014. Ca. 400 p. 60 ill., 30 en couleurs. Relie
7 approx. *€ (D) 30,43 | € (A) 31,28 | sFr 38,00
7 approx.€ 28,44 | £25.99
ISBN 978-2-8178-0508-5
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9228-8
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P. Liang, X. Yu, J. Yu, Chinese PLA General Hospital,
Beijing, China (Eds)
Microwave Ablation Treatment
of Solid Tumors
Contents
Microwave ablation principles and techniques.Microwave ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma.Percutaneous Ultrasound-guided Microwave
Ablation of Liver Metastasis.- Microwave Ablation
of Large (≥5.0cm) Hepatocellular carcinoma.Percutaneous microwave ablation for benign focal
liver lesions.- Complications of microwave ablation for liver tumors.- Percutaneous microwave
ablation for liver tumors adjacent to large vessels.Microwave Ablation Therapy of Malignant Liver
Tumors Adjacent to the Gallbladder.- Microwave
ablation of liver tumors adjacent to hepatic
hilum.- Percutaneous Microwave Ablation with
Temperature MonitorCombined with ethanol ablation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Abutting the
Gastrointestinal Tract.- Artificial ascites in assisting percutaneous microwave ablation for hepatic
tumors adjacent to the gastrointestinal tract.- Microwave ablation in the treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma near diaphragm.- Application of
artificial pleural effusion in microwave ablation of
liver tumor.- Microwave ablation combined with
cellular immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma.- Traditional Chinese Medicine Combined
with Microwave Ablation against Hepatocellular
Carcinoma.- Comparison of microwave ablation
with resection and with radiofrequency ablation
treatment in hepatocellular carcinoma.- Microwave ablation in renal cell carcinoma.- Microwave
ablation of Renal Angiomyolipoma.- Microwave
Ablation of Benign Thyroid Nodules.- Microwave
Ablation of Adrenal Tumors.- microwave ablation
for superficial malignant tumors.- Microwave
Ablation of spleen.- Microwave ablation for
adenomyosis.
Fields of interest
Interventional Radiology; Ultrasound; Oncology
Target groups
J. C. Liao, Stanford University School of Medicine,
Palo Alto, CA, USA; L.‑M. Su, University of Florida
College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA (Eds)
Advances in Image-Guided
Urologic Surgery
Features
7 Combines advances in biomedical imaging
with intraoperative navigation 7 Written by
leading experts in this emerging field 7 Covers
advances that hold great promise in improving
diagnostic and therapeutic urologic interventions
Contents
Endoscopic Fluorescence Imaging of Bladder
Cancer: Photodynamic Diagnosis and Confocal
Laser Endomicroscopy.- Narrow Band Imaging for Urothelial Cancer.- Optical Coherence
Tomography in Bladder Carcinoma.- Optical
Coherence Tomography for Prostate Cancer and
Beyond.- Fluorescence Image-Guided Robotic
Surgery.- Multiphoton Microscopy in Urologic Surgery.- Hyperspectral Imaging of Renal
Oxygenation (Near-Infrared Tissue Oximetry
for Renal Ischemia).- Light Reflectance Spectroscopy and Autofluorescence (Kidney and
Prostate).- Intraoperative Doppler Ultrasound
During Robotic Surgery.- TRUS of the Prostate:
State of the Art.- Ultrasound-Guided Prostate
Cryotherapy.- Endoluminal Ultrasonography .Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging for
Prostate Cancer.- MR-Guided Prostate Interventions.- CT-Guided Renal Ablation- MR-Guided
Renal Ablation.- Augmented Reality for Percutaneous Renal Interventions.- Image Guidance in
Robotic Assisted Renal Surgery.- Urologic Surgery
Training Using Computer-Assisted Simulators.Molecular Imaging in Urology.
Fields of interest
Urology/Andrology; Imaging / Radiology; Oncology
Target groups
M. Lima, Policlinico Sant’Orsola Malpighi, Bologna,
Italy; G. Manzoni, Policlinico, Milano, Italy (Eds)
Pediatric Urology
Contemporary Strategies from Fetal Life to
Adolescence
Contents
Foreword By Göran Läckgren.- Preface.- Part I
General Aspects.- 1 Prenatal Diagnosis Or Urological Abnormalities.- 2 Antenatal And Perinatal
Management Of Urinary Malformations.- 3
Urinary Tract Imaging.- 4 Anesthesia In Pediatric
Urology.- 5 Endoscopy Of The Urinary Tract.- 6
Laparoscopy And Retroperitoneoscopy.- 7 Robotics.- Part II Kidney And Upper Urinary Tract.- 8
Uretero-Pelvic Junction Anomalies.- 9 One Trocar
Assisted Pyeloplasty.- 10 Uretero-Vesical Junction
Anomalies.- 11 Ureteral Duplications And Ureteroceles.- Part III Bladder.- 12 Vescico-Ureteral
Reflux.- 13 Exstrophy Complex & Epispadias.- 14
Cloacal & Uro-Genital Sinus Anomalies.- 15
Neurogenic Bladder.- 16 Surgery For Incontinence.- 17 Lower Urinary Tract Nonneurogenic
Dysfunction.- Part 4 – Urethra.- 18 Posterior
Urethral Valves.- 19 Urethral Anomalies.- Part
5 - Genitalia.- 20 Disorders Of Sex Development:
General Aspects.- 21 Disorders Of Sex Development: Surgical Management.- 22 Hypospadias.- 23
Cryptorchidism.- Part 6 - Uro-Genitals Tumors.24 Adrenal Tumors.- 25 Renal Tumors.- 26
Gonadal Tumors.- Part 7 – Nephro-Urology.- 27
Renal Function From Fetus To Adulthood.- 28
Urinary Tract Infections.- 29 Chronic Kidney Disease.- 30 Urolithiasis.- 31 Renal Transplantation.
Fields of interest
Pediatric Surgery; Urology/Andrology; Surgery
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9314-8
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1449-4
7 *€ (D) 160,49 | € (A) 164,99 | sFr 200,00
7€ 149,99 | £135.00
ISBN 978-88-470-5692-3
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G. Maschmeyer, Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann,
Potsdam, Germany; K. V. Rolston, M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
(Eds)
Infections in Hematology
Infections are among the most frequent complications in patients with hematological malignancies
and in those undergoing high-dose chemotherapy
and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. A profound knowledge on the epidemiology, diagnostic approaches, treatment modalities
and prophylactic strategies is essential for the
clinical management of these complications in
patients who are often severely immunocompromised owing to their underlying diseases and in
particular, the intensive myelosuppressive chemo
and immunotherapy. This textbook provides
a clinically oriented, compact and up-to-date
overview on infections in hematology patients and
their management. The typical pathogens to be
considered in different subgroups of patients are
identified and further aspects of the microbiological background are explored. Clinical, imaging,
and laboratory-based diagnostic techniques are
discussed and therapeutic strategies appropriate
to different situations are then presented, with due
attention to the pitfalls, toxicities and interactions
that can arise during antimicrobial treatment.
Features
7 A clinically oriented, compact, and up-to-date
overview on all aspects of infections in hematology patients 7 Identifies the typical pathogens
to be considered in different subgroups of patients 7 Presents clinical, imaging and laboratory-based diagnostic techniques, and discusses
the therapeutic strategies appropriate to different
situations 7 Considers various prophylactic
strategies
K. P. Mason, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,
USA (Ed)
Pediatric Sedation Outside of
the Operating Room
A Multispecialty International Collaboration
Contents
Part I. Pediatric Sedation Outside the Operating
Room.- 1. The History of Sedation.- 2. Sedation Policies, Recommendations and Guidelines Across the Specialties and Continents.- 3.
Procedural Sedation: Let’s Review the Basics.- 4.
The Pre-Sedation Assessment and Implications on
Management.- 5. Sedation Scales and Discharge
Criteria: How Do They Differ? Which One to
Choose? Do They Really Apply to Sedation?.- 6.
Physiological Monitoring for Procedural Sedation: The Routine and Beyond.- 7. The Pediatric
Airway: Anatomy, Challenges and Solutions.- 8.
Pediatric Physiology: How Does It Differ from
Adults?.- 9. The Pharmacology and Clinical Application of Sedatives, Analgesics, and Adjuncts.- 10.
Sedatives: Effects on Memory and Amnesia.- 11.
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in the
Pediatric Population.- 12. Billing and Reimbursement for Sedation Services in the United States.Part II. Sedation Models Delivered by Different
Specialties: A Global Voyage.- 13. The Pediatric
Hospital Medicine Service: Models, Protocols and
Challenges.- 14. The Anesthesia Directed Sedation
Service: Models, Protocols and Challenges.- 15.
Sedation in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: International Practice.- 16. Sedation in the Pediatric
Intensive Care Unit: Challenges, Outcomes and
Future Strategies in the United States.- 17. Sedation in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Current
Practice in Europe.- 18. Sedation for Pediatric
Gastrointestinal Procedures.
Fields of interest
Hematology; Oncology; Transplant Surgery
Fields of interest
Anesthesiology; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Diagnostic Radiology
Target groups
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Professional book
V. Miele, Cardiovascular and Emergency Radiology
AO S. Camillo-Forlanini, Rome, Italy; M. Trinci, S.
Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy (Eds)
Imaging Trauma and
Polytrauma in Pediatric
Patients
This book provides a detailed and comprehensive
overview of the role of diagnostic imaging in the
assessment and management of trauma and polytrauma in children. The coverage includes imaging
of injuries to the head, thorax, abdomen, bone and
musculoskeletal system, with careful attention to
the newest imaging techniques, imaging during
the course of recovery and imaging of complications. A series of illustrative cases underline the
prognostic value of imaging. In addition, an individual chapter is devoted to diagnostic imaging in
cases of child abuse.
Features
7 Offers comprehensive guidance on diagnostic imaging of pediatric injuries 7 Provides
up-to-date coverage on the newest diagnostic
techniques 7 Includes a wealth of illustrations
of value to all physicians involved with pediatric
trauma
Contents
Pediatric polytrauma management.- Pediatric
head injuries.- Pediatric thoracic trauma.- Abdominal trauma.- Imaging bone injuries with
plain film X-ray.- Ultrasound and magnetic
resonance imaging of pediatric musculoskeletal
injuries.- Diagnostic imaging in child abuse.- Informed consent and medico-legal issues related to
the imaging of pediatric traumatic emergencies.
Fields of interest
Imaging / Radiology; Diagnostic Radiology;
Pediatrics
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due October 2014
7 approx. *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7 approx.€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-3-662-43999-9
9<HTOGRC=edj j > 2nd ed. 2015. XX, 800 p. 133 illus., 66 in color.
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 203,29 | € (A) 208,99 | sFr 253,00
7€ 189,99 | £171.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1389-3
9<HTMEUD=jbdijd> Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08523-4
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T. Miller, C. C. Kaeding, Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH, USA (Eds)
Stress Fractures in Athletes
Stress fractures are fatigue failures of bone caused
by unusual or repeated stress on bone and are
among the more common sports injuries encountered. Often going unreported or occasionally
unnoticed, athletes run the risk of a more serious
fracture if untreated. Stress Fractures in Athletes
focuses on the presentation, evaluation and treatment of these injuries.
Features
7 Focuses on the presentation, diagnosis and
management of stress fractures in athletes 7 Provides in-depth analysis of the pathophysiology
and biomechanics of individual stress fractures 7 Comprehensively covers all body regions
affected by stress fractures
Contents
Part I: Presentation and Diagnosis of Stress
Fractures.- Pathophysiology and Epidemiology of
Stress Fractures.- General Treatment Concepts for
Stress Fractures.- Biomechanics and Gait Analysis
for Stress Fractures.- Classification of Stress Fractures.- Imaging of Stress Fractures.- Part II: Management of Stress Fractures.- Stress Fractures of
the Lumbar Spine.- Stress Fractures of the Pelvis.Stress Fractures of the Femur.- Stress Fractures of
the Patella.- Stress Fractures of the Tibia.- Stress
Fractures of the Fifth Metatarsal.- Stress Fractures
of the Ankle.- Stress Fractures of the Calcaneus,
Sesamoids and Metatarsals.- Stress Fractures of
the Ribs and Shoulder Girdle.- Upper Extremity
Stress Fractures.- Insufficiency Fractures.
Fields of interest
Sports Medicine; Orthopedics; Rehabilitation
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
A. L. Moreira, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
Center, New York, NY, USA; A. Saqi, Columbia
University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA (Eds)
A. Nasir, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC,
USA (Ed)
Clinical Dermatology Trials 101
Diagnosing Non-small Cell
Carcinoma in Small Biopsy and
Cytology
A Primer for Dermatologists
This volume provides a practical yet comprehensive guide to manage the shift in the diagnosis of
lung cancer from large resections to small samples,
including cytology specimens and core biopsies.
Features
7 Provides an up-to-date practical and comprehensive guide 7 Written multidisciplinary experts who are regularly involved in the care of lung
cancer patients 7 Richly illustrated with tables,
algorithms, and numerous color images
Contents
Histological Classification and Its Need for Treatment of Lung Cancer.- Advances in Non-surgical
Sampling Techniques for the Diagnosis and
Staging of Lung Cancer.- Adequacy and Tissue Preservation of Small Biopsy and Cytology
Specimens.- Optimization and Triage of Small
Specimens.- Ancillary Immunohistochemical
Techniques for the Subclassification of Non-small
Cell Lung Cancer.- Adequacy and Utilization of
Small Biopsy Material for Molecular Diagnosis.Role of Immunohistochemistry in the Detection
of Targetable Mutations.- New Discoveries for the
Treatment of Lung Cancer and the Role of Small
Biopsy Material.- Evaluation of Small Biopsy
Material in Patients with Multiple and Secondary Tumors.- Common Benign Mimickers of
Lung Carcinoma in Cytology and Small Biopsy
Specimens.
Fields of interest
Pathology; Oncology; Pneumology/Respiratory
System
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume

Clinical
Dermatology Trials 101 provides dermatologists with a handbook that allows them to
become familiar with all aspects of clinical trials.
Everything from obtaining the necessary tools
and equipment, complying with local, federal, and
international guidelines and regulations, and hiring and training staff for the safe and up-to-date
conduct of dermatology clinical trials is covered.
Written by leading experts in the field, Clinical
Dermatology Trials 101 is the only clinical trial
how-to available for dermatologists.
Features
7 Provides dermatologists a handbook for
conducting clinical trials 7 Educates readers on
all aspects of conducting successful clinical trials 7 Written by leaders in the field of dermatology 7 Only clinical trial "how to" available for
dermatologists 7 Written for practicing and
academic dermatologists, dermatology residents,
clinical research fellows, dermatology fellows,
and industry dermatologists
Contents
Preface; 1. History and Background; 2. General
Clinical Trials; 3. Dermatologic Clinical Trials: A
Practical Approach; 4. Device Clinical Trials; 5.
Practical Tips; 6. Budgets and Contracts; 7. Ethical
and Legal Issues Related to Human Subjects for
Research; 8. Ethics; 9. Clinical Research in Pediatric Dermatology; 10. Statistics; 11. Photography; 12. The Regulatory Landscape; 13. Industry;
14. Societal Perspective; 15. Opportunites in
Clinical Research: Take the Initiative; Appendix;
Glossary
Field of interest
Dermatology
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
Due November 2014
2015. XVI, 530 p. 125 illus., 59 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09237-9
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1606-1
7 approx. *€ (D) 85,59 | € (A) 87,99 | sFr 107,50
7 approx.€ 79,99 | £73.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09026-9
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G. Ottaviani, Università degli Studi di Milano,
Milano, Italy
E. Özkaya, K. D. Yazganoglu, Istanbul University
Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
G. Papaliodis, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary,
Boston, MA, USA (Ed)
Crib Death - Sudden Infant
Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Adverse Cutaneous Drug
Reactions to Cardiovascular
Drugs
Uveitis
Sudden Infant and Perinatal Unexplained
Death: The Pathologist’s Viewpoint
Crib death or sudden infant death syndrome is
the most frequent death-causing syndrome during
the first year of life, striking one infant in every
700-1,000. Despite a wide spectrum of theories
and years of research, crib death remains a great
enigma.
Features
7 Describes findings in a large number of
cases 7 Provides valuable help in recognizing
pathological structures 7 Includes a standardized autopsy protocol to be applied in all cases
Contents
INTRODUCTION.- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).- Sudden Intrauterine Unexplained
Death (SIUD).- MATERIALS AND METHODS.Clinical and pathological information form.- Post
mortem regulation on SIDS.- Necropsy procedures.- Cardiac sampling and study of the conduction system.- Brainstem sampling and inherent
techniques.- Study of the carotid bifurcation,
ganglia and paraganglia.- Lung: evaluation of the
development stage.- Immunohistochemistry and
other techniques.- RESULTS.- Epidemiological
results.- Cardiac Conduction findings.- Central
autonomic nervous system findings.- Hypoplasia
and agenesis of the arcuate nucleus.- Combined
pulmonary and arcuate nucleus hypoplasia.- Peripheral autonomic nervous system findings.DISCUSSION.- Cardiac conduction pathology.Neuropathology.- CONCLUDING REMARKS.
Adverse cutaneous drug reactions (ACDR) are
among the most frequent events in patients receiving drug therapy. Cardiovascular (CV) drugs are
an important group of drugs with potential risk of
developing ACDR especially in elderly as marketing of more new drugs and their prescription
continue to increase.
Features
7 Comprehensive review with color photos on
skin side effects of cardiovascular drugs 7 Includes useful tables allowing diagnosis according
to drug class and the type of dermatologic reaction
at a glance 7 Special emphasis on cross-reactions
and the role of patch testing in diagnosis 7 Easy
access and common use in dermatology outpatient
clinics
Contents
Introduction (General information on different
types of ACDR).- Angiotensin converting enzyme
inhibitors.- Angiotensin II receptor blockers.Alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonists.- Alphaadrenergic receptor blockers.- Adrenergic neuron
blockers.- Class I antiarrhythmic drugs (sodium
channel blockers) .- Beta adrenergic receptor
blockers (class II antiarrhythmics) .- Class III
antiarrhythmics.- Calcium channel blockers (class
IV antiarrhythmics) .- Diuretics.- Sympathomimetics.- Vasodilatory drugs.- Lipid lowering
drugs.- Platelet inhibitors.- Thrombolytics.- Anticoagulants.- Miscellaneous drugs.- Diagnostic
procedure: The role of patch.
Fields of interest
Pathology; Forensic Medicine; Pediatrics
Fields of interest
Dermatology; Cardiology
Target groups
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Monograph
A practical guide for the treatment of ocular
inflammation
Uveitis is a practical guide for the diagnosis and
treatment of uveitis and ocular inflammatory
diseases.
Features
7 Provides a practical guide for the treatment of
uveitis/ocular inflammatory diseases 7 Written and edited by leaders in the field of uveitis 7 Some of the topics discussed include signs
and symptoms of uveitis, clinical approaches to
the patient, medical and surgical therapies, and
neoplastic and infectious diseases masquerading
as uveitis 7 Written primarily for practicing
ophthalmologists and ophthalmology residents
Contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Signs and Symptoms of
Uveitis.- 3. Clinical approach to the patient with
uveitis.- 4. Laboratory testing.- 5. Medical therapy
for uveitis.- 6. Surgical therapy for uveitis.- 7.
Traumatic uveitis.- 8. Uveitis associated with viral
infections.- 9. Uveitis associated with bacterial
infections.- 10. Uveitis associated with fungal
infections.- 11. Uveitis associated with protozoal
infections.- 12. Uveitis associated with helminthic
infections.- 13. Uveitis associated with insect
infestation.- 14. Uveitis associated with animal
vectors.- 15. Ocular inflammation secondary to
type I hypersensitivity.- 16. Ocular inflammation
secondary to type II hypersensitivity.- 17. Ocular
inflammation secondary to type III hypersensitivity.- 18. Ocular inflammation secondary to type
IV hypersensitivity.- 19. Neoplastic and Infectious
diseases masquerading as uveitis.
Field of interest
Ophthalmology
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Due August 2014
2nd ed. 2014. XXIII, 195 p. 46 illus., 44 in color.
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08346-9
9<HTODMJ=aidegj> Due September 2014
Due December 2014
2015. XIV, 260 p. 92 illus. in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-1-4471-6535-4
7 approx. *€ (D) 117,69 | € (A) 120,99 | sFr 148,00
7 approx.€ 109,99 | £100.50
ISBN 978-3-319-09125-9
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J.‑Y. Park, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul,
Korea, Republic of (South Korea) (Ed)
Sports Injuries to the Shoulder
and Elbow
Contents
1. Shoulder anatomy & Biomechanics: Part 1
Anatomy of the Shoulder.- 2. Shoulder anatomy &
Biomechanics: Part 2 Biomechanics of the Shoulder (Stability & kinematics of shoulder otion,
throwing kinematics).- 3. Diagnostic imaging of
shoulder pathology.- 4. Current concept: Surface
electromyography.- 5. Epidemiology of Shoulder injuries in throwing & overhead athletes.- 6.
Physical examination of the shoulder: A systemic
review with meta-analysis of individual tests.- 7.
Shoulder Arthroscopic Portals: Ordinary vs.
Uncomventional.- 8. Rotator Cuff Tear in Athletes:
Part I Pathophysiology.- 9. Rotator Cuff Tear in
Athletes: Part II Conservative management.- 10.
Rotator Cuff Tear In Athletes: Part III Surgical
treatement.- 11. Current concept: Arthroscopic
treatment of partial articular-sided rotator cuff
tears.- 12. SLAP lesion: Part I Pathophysiology
& Diagnosis.- 13. SLAP lesion: Part II Acute lesion vs. Chronic lesion resulted from repetitive
motion (or microtrauma).- 14. SLAP lesion: Part
III Return to play after SLAP repair.- 15. SLAP lesion: Part IV Management of concomitant rotator
cuff tear.- 16. Scapular dyskinesis: Part 1 Clinical
implications in shoulder injuries.- 17. Scapular
dyskinesis: Part II A new diagnostic modality:
3-dimensional wing CT.- 18. Posterosuperior &
anterosuperior impingement in overhead athletes.19. Traumatic Anterior Shoulder Instability: Part
I General concepts & proper management.- 20.
Traumatic Anterior Shoulder Instability: Part II
Bony Bankart lesions: Small vs. large fragment.21. Traumatic anterior shoulder instability: Part III
Hill-Sachs lesions.
P. Pasquali, Pius Hospital de Valls, Valls, Spain (Ed)
Cryosurgery
S. Patel, LAKE FOREST, IL, USA; S. Y. Nakada, UW
Medical Foundation Centennial Buildin, Madison, WI,
USA (Eds)
A Practical Manual
Ureteral Stone Management
This book aims to fill the gap created by the lack
of formal training in cryosurgery, which leads not
only to an underutilization of the technique but
also to inappropriate uses with unpleasant consequences for patients. The book covers all practical
aspects of cryosurgery and also offers a theoretical foundation for practice. Basic principles,
equipment, and techniques are described, and
procedures are explained step by step for a range
of applications, including common benign lesions,
vascular lesions, premalignant conditions, and
malignancies. An important feature is the coverage
of the latest advances in combination treatments
such as topical drugs and cryosurgery, ultrasound
and cryosurgery, photography and cryosurgery,
cryobiopsy, and immuno cryosurgery.
A Practical Approach
Features
7 Up-to-date practical manual that also explains
the theoretical basis for applications of cryosurgery 7 Step-by-step tutorials for each cryosurgical procedure 7 Descriptions of various
combination treatments that can be used to
improve results
Contents
History.- Basic Principles. Cryobiology.- Immunocryosurgery.- Techniques.- Basic Equipments.Cryobiopsy.- Common Benign Lesions.- Vascular
Lesions.- Pre Malignant Management. Combination Treatments.- Malignant Lesions.- Bcc and
Ultrasound.- Special Areas: Eyelids, Earlobe,
Nose.- Cryosurgery and other Imaging Techniques.- Palliative Treatment.- Postoperative
Care.- Complications.- Future considerations.
With the rising incidence of urolithiasis, the management of ureteral stones continues to become
a larger component of urologic practice. Though
almost all urologists deal with ureteral stones,
there have been many recent improvements in
instrumentation and adjunctive equipment as well
as improvements in imaging and the data we can
obtain from radiologic imaging in order to guide
stone management.
Features
7 Summaries will be given at the end of each
chapter to help the reader assimilate the most important points in each chapter 7 This book will
contain algorithms for the management of ureteral
stones and how to deal with various complications which will assist the reader in selecting the
best treatment option 7 This book will show the
reader the limitations and accuracy of new imaging modalities through radiology imaging and
radiation exposure to the patient and urologist
Contents
History of Ureteral Stone Management.- Radiology Imaging for Ureteral Stones.- Radiation
Exposure to the Patient and Urologist.- Treatment
Algorithms.- Observation and Medical Expulsive
Therapy.- Shock Wave Lithotripsy.- Semirigid Ureteroscopy.- Flexible Ureteroscopy.- Percutaneous
Nephrolithotomy.- Ureteral Stents.- Adjunctive
Equipment.- Tips and Tricks.- Difficult Cases and
Scenarios.- Complications.
Fields of interest
Dermatology; Surgery
Fields of interest
Urology/Andrology; Imaging / Radiology; Interventional Radiology
Target groups
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Contributed volume
Due December 2014
Due September 2014
Due December 2014
7 approx. *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7 approx.€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-3-642-41794-8
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-3-662-43938-8
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08791-7
Fields of interest
Orthopedics; Sports Medicine; Rehabilitation
Medicine
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
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W. C. Peh, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore,
Singapore (Ed)
B. A. Pekarsky, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institut,
Adelaide, Australia
B. Pradhan, Cooper University Hospital Medical
School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, USA
Pitfalls in Diagnostic Radiology
The New Drug Reimbursement
Game: a Regulator’s Guide to
Playing and Winning
Yoga and Mindfulness Based
Cognitive Therapy
This book addresses two key issues in pharmacoeconomics (the choice of the decision threshold
and the relationship between pharmaceutical
innovation, price and future health) and also
provides a practical introduction to applied game
theory to an audience who are likely to be more
familiar with non-strategic analysis of drug pricing (decision analytic models). This is the first text
that allows experienced health economists to make
inroads into the world of applied game theory.
This book attempts to bridge the considerable
gaps that exist between spiritual philosophies and
evidence-based medicine and between the psychotherapeutic models of the East and the West.
Based on the insights of both the ancient wisdom
and modern medicine, this book presents Yogic
science not just as a set of physical exercises or religious rituals but as theories about the mind that
have bio-psycho-social implications in relation to
health and illness.
Features
7 Addresses the choice of the decision threshold
and the relationship between pharmaceutical
innovation, price and future health 7 Provides a practical introduction to applied game
theory 7 Allows experienced health economists
to make inroads into the world of applied game
theory
Features
7 Bridges the gap between spiritual philosophies
and evidence-based medicine 7 Describes
philosophies and techniques of Yoga and Mindfulness 7 Presents symptom-specific models
of Yoga of value in healthcare (both illness and
wellness)
The practice of diagnostic radiology has become
increasingly complex, with the use of numerous
imaging modalities and division into many subspecialty areas. It is becoming ever more difficult
for subspecialist radiologists, general radiologists,
and residents to keep up with the advances that
are occurring year on year, and this is particularly
true for less familiar topics. Failure to appreciate
imaging pitfalls often leads to diagnostic error
and misinterpretation, and potential medicolegal
problems.
Features
7 Only textbook to focus primarily on the topic
of pitfalls in diagnostic radiology 7 Highlights
the pitfalls in a comprehensive and systematic
manner 7 Written by experts in different imaging modalities and subspecialties from reputable
centers across the world
Contents
Part1: Imaging modality and technique pitfalls.Radiography and fluoroscopic and contrast-based
techniques.- Ultrasonography.- Computed tomography.- Magnetic resonance imaging.- Nuclear
medicine imaging including SPECT-CT and
PET.- Interventional radiology techniques.- Bone
mineral density and quantitative imaging.- Radiation dose management.- Approach to characterizing radiological errors.- Part 2: System-based
imaging pitfalls.- Musculoskeletal system.- Spine.Brain.- Head and neck.- Chest including lungs.Cardiac and vascular system.- Abdomen- solid
organs.- Gastrointestinal system.- Genitourinary
system.- Reproductive system- female.- Obstetrics.- Breast.- Pediatrics.
Fields of interest
Imaging / Radiology; Diagnostic Radiology
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Contents
Introduction.- Reframing the political economy of
new drugs. - The social rate of return on investment in pharmaceutical R&D. - The value of innovation. - The shadow price. - The health shadow
price. - The health shadow price and the economic
context. - The `pharmaceutical R&D financing’
game. - The `pharmacotherapy needs a premium’
game. - Conclusion.
Fields of interest
Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology; Medicine/Public
Health, general
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
A Clinical Guide
Contents
PART I: DEMYSTIFICATION: History and
Original Concepts on Yoga.- Yoga, Mind and the
Psychosomatics.- Brain, Mind and Soul - Bridging the Gap.- PART II: STANDARDIZATION:
Methods in Yoga and Mindfulness.- Attempts at
Standardization.- PART III: APPLICATION: Yoga,
Mindfulness and Metallization.- Yoga and Psychotherapy.- Yoga and Maintenance of Psychophysical
Health.
Fields of interest
Psychiatry; Psychology, general; Complementary
& Alternative Medicine
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
Due December 2014
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44168-8
2014. XVI, 248 p. 9 illus. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 64,19 | € (A) 65,99 | sFr 80,00
7€ 59,99 | £53.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08902-7
2014. Approx. 200 p. 5 illus. Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 85,59 | € (A) 87,99 | sFr 106,50
7 approx.€ 79,99 | £72.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09104-4
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K. Pritchard-Jones, Royal Marsden NHS Trust Inst.
Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK; J. Dome,
Children’s National Medical Center Center for Cancer
& Blood Disorders, Washington, DC, USA (Eds)
Renal Tumors of Childhood
Biology and Therapy
This book provides a comprehensive overview of
the biological basis of renal tumors in childhood
and the clinical approaches to their treatment.
Features
7 Integrates state of the art information on biological advances and clinical dilemmas in a format
that will be easily understandable for practising
clinicians and research scientists 7 Documents the recent explosion in knowledge of
molecular changes in the various childhood
renal tumours 7 Details the different treatment
approaches and discusses the incorporation of
biologically targeted agents into front-line therapy
Contents
Epidemiology of Renal Tumours of Childhood.Genetic Predisposition to Wilms Tumour.- Clinical Presentation.- Pathology.- Treatment of Wilms
Tumor in the Children’s Oncology Group.- Treatment of Wilms Tumor – The SIOP approach.Treatment of Rlapsed Wilms Tumor.- Imaging.- Biological prognostic pathways.- Molecular
Targeted Therapy for Pediatric Renal Tumors.Surgical Consideration For Wilms Tumours and
other Neoplastic Renal Lesions.- Radiotherapy
for Wilms’ Tumour and other Childhood Renal
Cancers.- Late effects and QOL.- Non-Wilms
Pediatrci Renal Tumors.- Wilms Tumor in Low
Income Countries.
Fields of interest
Oncology; Surgical Oncology; Pediatrics
Target groups
Research
Product category
Professional book
N. Rezaei, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Tehran,
Iran (Ed)
Cancer Immunology
A Translational Medicine Context
Contents
Introduction on cancer immunology and immunotherapy.- Inflammatory and innate immune
cells in cancer microenvironment and progression.- Role of innate immunity in cancers and
antitumor response.- Role of B cells in anti tumor
response.- The role of exhaustion in tumor-induced T cell dysfunction in patients with cancer.Regulatory T cells and Th17 cells in the immunosuppressive tumor network.- Role of cytokines
in tumor immunity and immune tolerance to
cancers.- Role of chemokines and chemokine receptors in cancers.- The role of Fas and Fas-ligand
in cancers.- MHC class I molecules and cancer
progression: Lessons learned from preclinical
tumor models.- Role of plasmacytoid dendritic
cells in cancer.- Cancer immunoediting: immunosurveillance, immuneequilibrium, and immune
escape.- Apoptosis, autophagy and necroptosis in
Cancer.- Prognostic value of innate and adaptive
immunity in cancers.- Epigenetics and Micro
RNAs in cancers .- Immunogenetics of cancers.Immunodeficiencies and cancers.- Immunosenescence and cancers.- Nutrition, immunity and
cancers.- Allergies and cancers.- Cancer immunology of transmissible cancers.- Systems biology
and systems immunology of cancer.- Principles of
immunological diagnostic tests for cancers.- Flow
cytometry in cancer immunotherapy: applications,
analysis, quality control and future.- Immunohistochemistry of cancers.- Immunology and
immunotherapy of graft versus host disease.
Fields of interest
Internal Medicine; Immunology; Oncology
D. Rigopoulos, Athens University School of
Medicine, Athens, Greece; A. Tosti, University of
Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami,
FL, USA (Eds)
Nail Psoriasis
From A to Z
Nail psoriasis is very common and causes considerable morbidity to patients. With the aid of informative illustrations, this book presents the clinical
signs suggestive of nail psoriasis and describes the
differential diagnosis of nail abnormalities. Newer
methods of diagnosis are considered, and advice is
provided on the use of severity evaluation indexes.
The available treatments are extensively discussed,
with information on the latest options. Selection
of the appropriate treatment may be a challenge,
so guidance is provided on all factors that should
be taken into consideration and on choice of
treatment for special categories of patient, such as
children and pregnant women. Contributors have
been selected from across the world, offering an
international perspective on the condition.
Features
7 Detailed guidance on diagnostic methods and
differential diagnosis 7 Advice on treatment
selection, with attention to newer options and special patient categories 7 Numerous informative
illustrations 7 Written by experts from across
the world
Contents
Epidemiology.- Genetics.- Arthritis and Comorbidities.- Pathology.- Diagnosis and newer
Methods.- Clinical Features for Matrix, Bed,
Folds.- Dermoscopy.- Differential Diagnosis.- Severity Evaluation Indexes.- Quality of Life.- Treatment.- Special Populations.- How to Choose my
Treatment.- What is the Future?
Target groups
Fields of interest
Dermatology; General Practice / Family Medicine;
Rheumatology
Product category
Contributed volume
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
2015. XI, 262 p. 72 illus., 49 in color. (Pediatric
Oncology) Hardcover
7approx. * € (D) 149,75 | € (A) 153,95 | sFr 201,00
approx. € 139,95 | £126.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44002-5
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Due September 2014
Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 203,29 | € (A) 208,99 | sFr 253,00
7€ 189,99 | £171.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44005-6
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08809-9
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H. Ross, Temple University Health System
Comprehensive Digestive Disease Cen, Philadelphia,
PA, USA; S. Lee, New York Presbyterian Hospital,
New York, NY, USA; M. Mutch, Washington
University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA;
D. E. Rivadeneira, Huntington Hospital/North ShoreLIJ, Smithtown, NY, USA; S. R. Steele, Madigan Army
Medical Center, Olympia, WA, USA (Eds)
H. Ross, Temple University Health System
Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center,
Philadelphia, PA, USA; S. W. Lee, New York
Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA;
D. E. Rivadeneira, Huntington Hospital/North ShoreLIJ, Huntington, NY, USA; S. R. Steele, Madigan
Army Medical Center Department of Colon & Rectal
Surgery, Olympia, WA, USA (Eds)
Minimally Invasive Approaches
to Colon and Rectal Disease
Robotic Approaches to
Colorectal Surgery
Technique and Best Practices
Contents
Perioperative Assessment.- Patient Positioning,
Instrumentation, and Trocar Placement.- Surgical
Anatomy.- Right Colectomy: Straight Laparoscopic.- Right Colectomy: Hand-Assist.- Laparoscopic Left/Sigmoid Colectomy.- Hand Assisted
Left Colectomy.- Total Abdominal Colectomy:
Straight Laparoscopic Approach.- Total Abdominal Colectomy: Hand Assisted Approach.- Operative Details of Laparoscopic Rectal Resection
for Cancer.- Laparoscopic Hand-Assisted Low
Anterior Resection .- Laparoscopic Abdominoperineal Resection .- Laparoscopic Proctocolectomy.- Laparoscopic Rectopexy.- Minimally Invasive
Approach for Stoma Creation.- Laparoscopic
Stomal Reversal.- Laparoscopic Parastomal Hernia
Repair .- Overcoming Technical Challenges: The
Abdomen.- Overcoming Technical Challenges:
The Pelvis.- Overcoming Technical Challenges:
Reoperative Surgery.- Overcoming Technical
Challenges: Prevention and Managing Complications.- Single-Incision Laparoscopic Approaches
to Colorectal Disease.- Natural Orifice Surgery
(NOTES).- Robotic Surgery.- Transanal Minimally
Invasive Surgery (TAMIS): Operative Technique,
Pitfalls, and Tips.- Combined Endo-Laparoscopic
Surgery (CELS).- Emergency Laparoscopic
Colorectal Surgery.- Laparoscopy in the Elderly
Patient.
Contents
Acknowledgements.- Preface.- Foreword.- Preoperative.- Perioperative Assessment.- Patient
Positioning, Instrumentation, and Trocar placement.- Surgical Anatomy.- Right Colectomy:
Straight Laparscopic.- Right Colectomy: HandAssist.- Laparoscopic Left/Sigmoid Colectomy.Hand Assisted Left Colectomy.- Total Abdominal
Colectomy: Straight Laparoscopic Approach.Total Abdominal Colectomy: Hand Assisted
Approach.- Operative Details of Laparoscopic
Rectal Resection for Cancer.- Laparoscopic HandAssisted Low Anterior Resection.- Laparopscopic
Abdominoperineal Resection.- Laparoscopic
Proctocolectomy.- Laparoscopic Rectopexy.- Minimally Invasive Approach for Stoma Creation.Laparoscopic Stomal Reversal.- Laparoscopic
Parastomal Hernia Repair.- Overcoming Technical
Challenges: The Abdomen.- Overcoming Technical Challenges: The Pelvis.- Overcoming Technical
Challenges: Reoperative Surgery.- Overcoming
Technical Challenges: Prevention and Managing
Complications.- Single-Incision Laparoscopic Approaches to Colorectal Disease.- Natural Orifice
Surgery (NOTES).- Robotic Surgery.- Transanal
Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS): Operative
Technique, Pitfalls, and Tips.
Fields of interest
Colorectal Surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgery;
Surgical Oncology
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Fields of interest
Colorectal Surgery; General Surgery; Surgical
Oncology
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
R. Roth, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,
New York, NY, USA; E. A. Frost, Icahn Medical Center
at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; C. Gevirtz,
LSU Health Sciences Center, New York, NY, USA;
C. Atcheson, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount
Sinai, New York, NY, USA (Eds)
The Role of Anesthesiology in
Global Health
A Comprehensive Guide
Contents
Part I: Evolution and Development of Missions.Medical Missions: A Short History from There to
Here.- The Evolution of Surgical and Humanitarian Missions.- The Global Burden of Surgical
Need.- Comparative Economics of Anesthesia
Care and the Global Anesthesia Workforce.- Planning a Mission, Fundraising, and Building a Team:
The Kybele Experience.- Organizing and Developing Universal Anesthetic Equipment.- Materials
Management.- What do Patients and Communities Expect of a Medical Mission?.- Anesthesia
in Resource-Poor Settings: The Médecins sans
Frontières Experience.- Quality Care: Maintaining
Safety Through Minimum Standards.- Legal and
Ethical Issues in Global Health: A Trip through
the Vagaries of Truth and Culture.- Part II: Specific Case Related Implementation.- Strategies for
Patient Assessment and Scheduling.- Postoperative Follow-up and Quality Maintenance.- Women’s Rights and the Right to Pain Relief in Surgery
and Labor.- Saving Sight In Developing Countries.- Cardiac Anaesthesthesia in Low Resource
Settings.- Anesthesia Considerations for Facial
Deformity Repair in Lesser Developed Countries.Implementing a Regional Anesthesiology Service
in a Low Resource Setting.- The Management of
Pain in Less Developed Countries.- Living the
Mission in Serbia and Other Less Affluent Worlds.
Fields of interest
Anesthesiology; Tropical Medicine
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Due September 2014
Due May 2015
Due December 2014
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1580-4
7 approx. *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7 approx.€ 139,99 | £126.50
ISBN 978-3-319-09119-8
2014. XVI, 644 p. 30 illus., 20 in color. Softcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 48,14 | € (A) 49,49 | sFr 59,50
7 approx.€ 44,99 | £40.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09422-9
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T. J. Saclarides, Loyola University Medical Center
Professor of Surgery, Head, Maywood, IL, USA;
J. A. Myers, K. W. Millikan, Rush University Medical
Center, Chicago, IL, USA (Eds)
H. Schatten, University of Missouri College
of Veterinary Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA;
A. Eisenstark, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO,
USA (Eds)
Common Surgical Diseases
Salmonella
An Algorithmic Approach to Problem Solving
Contents
Cardiac Clearance for Non-Cardiac Surgery.Preoperative Evaluation of Bleeding.- Managing
Patient’s Medications (Diabetes, Beta Blockers,
NSAIDS, Anticoagulants).- The Carotid Bruit.DVT Prophylaxis.- Initial Trauma Assessment
and Resuscitation.- Head Trauma.- Management of the Difficult Airway.- Penetrating Neck
Trauma.- Penetrating Chest Trauma.- Penetrating
Abdominal Trauma.- Blunt Abdominal Trauma.Pelvic Fractures.- Traumatic Hematuria.- Extremity Fractures.- Burns.- Chronic Lower Extremity
Ischemia.- Algorithmic Approach to the Acute
Cold Leg.- Myocardial Infarction .- Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm.- Dialysis Access.- Thyroid
Nodules and Malignancy.- Cushing’s Syndrome.Hyperthyroidism.- Hypercalcemia.- Insulinoma.Gastrinoma.- Surgical Hypertension: Evaluation
and Treatment.- Incidentalomas.- Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage.- Dysphagia.- Esophageal
Cancer.- Gastroesophageal Reflux.- Acute
Pancreatitis.- Chronic Pancreatitis.- Small Bowel
Obstruction.- Ulcer Disease and Helicobacter
Pylori.- Ischemic Bowel.- Crohn’s Disease.- Ulcerative Colitis.- Acute Appendicitis.- Diverticulitis.Large Bowel Obstruction.- Colon Cancer.- Lower
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage.- Genetic Predisposition to Colorectal Cancer.- Rectal Cancer.- Anal
Cancer.- Anorectal Pain- Rectal Bleeding.- Rectal
Bleeding.- Jaundice.- Liver Mass.- Portal Hypertension.- Carcinoid Disease.- Inguinal Hernia.Abdominal Wall Defects.- Indications for Renal
Transplantation.
Contents
Luminex® Multiplex Bead Suspension Arrays for
the Detection and Serotyping of Salmonella spp..Quantitative Proteomic Identification of Host
Factors Involved in the Salmonella typhimurium
Infection Cycle.- Determination of Antimicrobial
Resistance in Salmonella spp..- Red-mediated Recombineering of Salmonella enterica Genomes.- A
Method to Introduce an Internal Tag Sequence
into a Salmonella Chromosomal Gene.- Generation and use of Site-directed Chromosomal cyaA’
Translational Fusions in Salmonella enteric.Detection of Antimicrobial (Poly)Peptides with
Acid Urea Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
followed by Western Immunoblot.- Detecting
non-typhoid Salmonella in Humans by Enzymelinked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISAs): Practical
and Epidemiological Aspects.- Study of the Stn
Protein in Salmonella; A Regulator of Membrane
Composition and Integrity.- Development of a
Bacterial Nanoparticle Vaccine.- Direct Attachment of Nanoparticle Cargo to Salmonella
typhimurium Membranes Designed for Combination Bacteriotherapy Against Tumors.- Applications of Microscopy in Salmonella Research.- Live
Cell Imaging of Intracellular Salmonella enteric.In vitro Modeling of Gallbladder-associated
Salmonella spp. Colonization.- Salmonella Phages
and Prophages – Genomics, Taxonomy, and Applied Aspects.
Fields of interest
General Surgery; Abdominal Surgery; Colorectal
Surgery
Target groups
Target groups
Fields of interest
Infectious Diseases; Bacteriology
Product category
Contributed volume
K. Scheinemann, McMaster Children’s Hospital,
Hamilton, ON, Canada; E. Bouffet, The Hospital for
Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada (Eds)
Pediatric Neuro-oncology
Although rare, brain tumors are the most common
solid tumor in children. Each year in the United
States, nearly 3,500 children and adolescents
under the age of 20 are diagnosed with a primary
brain tumor. Brain tumors in children are very
different from those arising in adults and vary
from one another with respect to age at diagnosis,
aggressiveness, and location.
Features
7 The only up-to-date book on the topic 7 Leading international experts 7 Full
range of childhood brain tumors, from diagnosis
through after care 7 Succinct reviews of fundamentals, such as developmental neurobiology, and
the basic science of pediatric brain tumors
Contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Epidemiology of pediatric
brain tumors.- 3. Clinical signs and symptoms of
pediatric brain tumors.- 4. Neuro-imaging.- 5.
Neuro-surgery.- 6. Low grade glioma.- 7. High
grade glioma.- 8. Medulloblastoma/ PNET.- 9.
Ependymoma.- 10. Germ cell tumors.- 11. ATRT.12. Craniopharyngeoma.- 13. Rare brain tumors
(CPP, CPC etc.).- 14. Infant brain tumors.- 15.
Radiotherapy.- 16. Chemotherapy.- 17. Targeted
treatment.- 18. Long term sequelae.- 19. Neurocognitive outcome.- 20. Quality of life.- 21.
Palliative care.- 22. Cancer syndromes.- 23. Brain
tumor stem cells.- 24. Pediatric neurooncology
in developing countries.- 25. Neuropathology 26.
HDCT/ ASCT.- 27. Developmental neurobiology.28. Basic science of pediatric brain tumors.
Fields of interest
Oncology; Pediatrics; Neurology
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
3rd ed. 2015. XXII, 312 p. 93 illus., 2 in color.
Softcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 127,50
7 approx.€ 99,99 | £86.50
ISBN 978-1-4939-1564-4
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2nd ed. 2014. XII, 520 p. 52 illus., 26 in color.
(Methods in Molecular Biology, Volume 1225)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 101,64 | € (A) 104,49 | sFr 126,50
7€ 94,99 | £85.50
ISBN 978-1-4939-1624-5
9<HTMEUD=jbgcef> Due December 2014
7 approx. *€ (D) 80,20 | € (A) 82,45 | sFr 98,00
7 approx.€ 74,95 | £66.99
ISBN 978-1-4939-1540-8
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Advances and Technical
Standards in Neurosurgery
J. Lobo Antunes, C. Di Rocco, M. Sindou,
V. V. Dolenc, Series editor: J. Schramm, J. D. Pickard,
N. Akalan, V. Benes, Z. H. Rappaport
Volume 42
J. Schramm, Univ.Klinikum Bonn Med.
Einrichtungen, Bonn, Germany (Ed)
Advances and Technical
Standards in Neurosurgery
Volume 42
Features
7 Presents important advances and reviews
technical standards for difficult procedures in
neurosurgery 7 Covers important aspects of the
management of pineal lesions, optic pathway gliomas and cavernous sinus meningiomas 7 Discusses surgical treatment of cluster headache,
occipital nerve stimulation and the arguments for
vascular decompression for hypertension
Contents
Neurosurgical Treatment of Cluster Headache.Occipital Nerve Stimulation.- State-of-the-Art
Endovascular Treatment of Acute Ischemic
Stroke.- Is There a Place for Microsurgical Vascular Decompression of Brainstem for Apparent
Essential Blood Hypertension? A Review.- Pineal
Lesions: A Multidisciplinary Challenge.- Cavernous Sinus Meningiomas: Imaging and Surgical
Strategy.- Optic Pathway Gliomas.- Minor and
Repetitive Head Injury.
Field of interest
Neurosurgery
S. K. Shah, D. G. Clair, The Cleveland Clinic
Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA (Eds)
Cleveland Clinic Manual of
Vascular Surgery
This book, from the faculty and residents of one
of the world’s most respected hospitals, provides a
comprehensive and concise approach to vascular disease. Beginning with the foundations of
vascular disease and diagnosis, this text moves on
to cover critical disease processes. Each section
of the book, dedicated to a unique pathology,
explains salient pathophysiology, presentation,
diagnosis, treatment options, and outcomes.
A special emphasis is given to both open and
endovascular techniques and their related pitfalls.
Additionally, reflecting the growing importance
of evidence-based medicine, readers are provided
with references to critical publications that underpin diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations.
Diagnosis, treatment, and more are provided
succinctly, allowing this text to be broad in focus
while remaining in a convenient portable format.
Features
7 Written by internationally recognized experts
at the Cleveland Clinic 7 Provides a broad focus,
succinct style, and handbook-style format 7 Integrates endovascular technique with traditional
open surgery 7 Provides seminal and current
evidence-based research findings
Contents
Arterial Aneurysms.- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.- Acute Lower Limb Ischemia.- Aortoiliac
Disease.- Upper Limb Ischemia.- Mesenteric
Ischemia.- Renovascular Disease.- Lymphatic.Lymphedema.- Miscellaneous.- Portal Hypertension.- Hemodialysis Access.- Vasculitis.
Target groups
Fields of interest
Vascular Surgery; Cardiac Surgery; General
Surgery
Product category
Contributed volume
Target groups
S. F. Shariat, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria; E. Xylinas, Paris Descartes University, Paris,
France (Eds)
Upper Tract Urothelial
Carcinoma
Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma represents
the first book of its kind to be dedicated solely to
UTUC. It’s aim is to improve understanding and
eventually care of a disease that is greatly understudied and underappreciated, yet commonly dealt
with by many medical and urologic oncologists.
Features
7 Provides contemporary concepts and controversies regarding diagnosis and staging 7 Richly
illustrated with images, illustrations and links to
video content 7 The first book of its kind to be
dedicated solely to UTUC
Contents
Epidemiology and risk factors for upper urinary
urothelial cancers.- Diagnosis and Evaluation of
Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (UTUC).- Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Pathology.- Prognostics factors, molecular markers and
predictive tools in upper tract urothelial carcinoma.- Conservative management of low-risk
UTUC.- Surgical Management of High-risk Upper
Tract Urothelial Carcinoma.- The Role of Lymphadenectomy in the Management of Urothelial
Carcinoma of the Upper Urinary Tract.- Chemotherapy.
Fields of interest
Urology/Andrology; Oncology
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Professional book
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09065-8
2015. XVII, 110 p. 9 illus., 5 in color. Softcover
7 *€ (D) 85,59 | € (A) 87,99 | sFr 106,50
7€ 79,99 | £72.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1630-6
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1500-2
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C. R. Shea, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago,
IL, USA; J. A. Reed, Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, TX, USA; V. G. Prieto, University of Texas,
MD Anderson Cancer, Houston, TX, USA (Eds)
J. Sieper, Charite University Hospital Campus
Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany; J. Braun,
Rheumatology Center Ruhrgebiet Campus Benjamin
Franklin, Herne, Germany
Pathology of Challenging
Melanocytic Neoplasms
Clinician’s Manual on Axial
Spondyloarthritis
A thorough guide for readers to quickly gain an
update on standard diagnosis and treatment methods for axial spondyloarthritis. Approximately 80
illustrations and images are used throughout the
text to exemplify the disease and diagnostic and
treatment algorithms. Easily accessible text and
tables review the current treatment recommendations and emerging treatment options based on
recent clinical trials.
Features
7 Illustrative cases are added to each discussion 7 Written by experts in the field 7 Includes clinically relevant, up-to-date references 7 Tables summarize key points
Contents
Part I: Introductory Chapters.- Chapter 1. Gross
Prosection of Melanocytic Lesions.- Chapter 2.
Histopathologic Staging and Reporting of Melanocytic Lesions.- Chapter 3. Clinicopathologic
Correlation in Melanocytic Lesions.- Chapter 4.
Anathema or Useful? Application of Immunohistochemistry to the Diagnosis of Melanocytic
Lesions.- Chapter 5. Applications of Additional
Techniques to Melanocytic Pathology.- Part 2:
Diagnostic Challenges.- Chapter 6. Spitz Nevus
versus Spitzoid Melanoma.- Chapter 7. Halo Nevus versus Melanoma with Regression.- Chapter
8. Nevoid Malignant Melanoma versus Melanocytic Nevus.- Chapter 9. Dysplastic Nevi versus
Melanoma.- Chapter 10. Blue Nevus versus Pigmented Epithelioid Melanocytoma.- Chapter 11.
Recurrent Melanocytic Nevus versus Melanoma.Chapter 12. Neurothekeoma versus Melanoma.Chapter 13. Melanoma in situ versus Paget’s
Disease.- Chapter 14. Desmoplastic Nevus versus
Desmoplastic Melanoma.- Chapter 15. Cutaneous
Metastatic Melanoma versus Primary Cutaneous
Melanoma.- Chapter 16. Acral Nevus versus Acral
Melanoma.- Chapter 17. Capsular (Nodal) Nevus
versus Metastatic Melanoma.- Index.
Fields of interest
Pathology; Dermatology; Molecular Medicine
I. Söderback, Karolinska Institute Associate
Professor, Stockholm Sweden, Nacka, Sweden (Ed)
International Handbook
of Occupational Therapy
Interventions
Features
7 A thorough guide for readers to quickly gain an
update on standard diagnosis and treatment methods for axial spondyloarthritis 7 Approximately
80 illustrations and images are used throughout
the text to exemplify the disease and diagnostic
and treatment algorithms 7 Easily accessible text
and tables review the current treatment recommendations and emerging treatment options
based on recent clinical trials
Contents
Introduction.- Overview of axial spondyloarthritis.- Clinical manifestations of axial spondyloarthritis.- Diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis.- Imaging in axial spondyloarthritis.- Management of
axial spondyloarthritis.
Fields of interest
Medicine/Public Health, general; Pharmacy
Target groups
Product category
Handbook
Contents
Part I. Occupational Therapy: Basic Information.- International Perspective on Occupational
Therapy The Past – the Present – the Future.- The
Genesis of International Handbook of Occupational Therapy Interventions.- Towards a
Taxonomy of Occupational Therapy Interventions.
A Comparative Literature Analyse of Scientific
Review Articles Published 2008 – 2013.- Occupational Therapy: Emphasis on Clinical Practice.The Clinical Reasoning Process: Cornerstone of
Effective Occupational Therapy Practice.-Ethical
Considerations and Priority in Occupational
Therapy.- Participants in Occupational Therapy
Interventions :Needs Assessments – A Necessary Phase in Rehabilitation.- Evidence-Based
Occupational Therapy and Basic Elements for
Conducting Assessments.- Occupational Science
Informing Occupational Therapy Interventions.- Interactive Patient Cases in Occupational
Therapy– How to Succeed.- PART II. INTERVENTIONS: THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
MANAGES AND FACILITATES THE CLIENT’S
ADAPTATIONS.- Interventions: the Occupational
Therapist Manages for Adaptations - Overview.Environmental Adaptation for Individuals with
Functional Difficulties and Their Families in
the Home and Community.- Housing Adaptations and Home Modifications.- Management of
24-Hour-Body-Positioning.- Ergonomic Interventions for Computer Users with Cumulative
Trauma Disorders Glenn Goodman.- Wheelchair
Seating and Pressure Mapping.
Fields of interest
Occupational Therapy; Health Psychology; Rehabilitation
Target groups
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
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T. Sonoda, Weill Medical College of Cornell
University, New York, NY, USA (Ed)
Advanced Colonoscopy
Principles and Techniques Beyond Simple
Polypectomy
This book provides surgeons and gastroenterologists with state-of-the-art techniques in terms of
advanced colonoscopy. Chapters introduce methods of removing polyps that were not previously
amenable to colonoscopic snare polypectomy. Advanced techniques such as closure of perforations
and intestinal stenting are extensively covered.
The text maintains a strong emphasis on surgical/
endoscopic technique. Extensive discussion on
equipment and skill acquisition is also covered. As
many readers will never have seen these complex
procedures before, extensive photographs and
video clips are provided. The authors provide tips,
tricks, and pitfalls that will help the reader incorporate these new techniques into their practice.
Advanced Colonoscopy: Polypectomy and Beyond
will be of great value to any surgeon or gastroenterologist currently performing colonoscopy and
interested in advanced techniques.
Features
7 Provides tips, tricks, and pitfalls for advanced
techniques 7 Written by experts in their
fields 7 Extensively illustrated with photographs, illustrations and video clips
Contents

Endoscopic
Instruments.- Difficult Polpys: Conventional methods.- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR).- Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
(ESD).- Combined Endoscopic and Laparoscopic
Surgery (CELS).- Colonic Stenting.- Endoscopic
Treatment of Perforations of Fistulas.
Fields of interest
Colorectal Surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgery;
Gastroenterology
K. Tabbara, The Eye Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;
A. M. El-Asrar, King Abdulaziz University Hospital,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; M. Khairallah, Fattouma
Bourguiba University Hospital, Monastir, Tunisia (Eds)
Ocular Infections
Ocular infections remain an important cause of
ocular morbidity and loss of vision, yet many
are preventable or curable. Early diagnosis and
prompt treatment help in the control of such
infectious disorders and the prevention of blindness. There are many infectious diseases of the eye
and adnexa and knowledge of their diagnosis and
management is essential to an optimal therapeutic
outcome. This book provides the practitioner with
the important information required to ensure
appropriate diagnosis and management of ocular
infectious diseases. Specific clinical signs and
symptoms are outlined, and the role of specific
diagnostic tests, including molecular biology
techniques, is explained. All of the most common microorganisms are considered and current
knowledge on the antimicrobial therapy of ocular
infections is clearly summarized.
Features
7 Concise guide to diagnosis and management of
infectious diseases of the eye 7 Covers the most
recent advances in knowledge and new therapeutic modalities 7 Tables on dosages of intraocular antibiotics 7 Advice on use of topical and
subconjunctival antibiotics
Contents
Introduction.- Antimicrobial Agents in Ophthalmology.- Infections of the Eyelids.- Microbial
Keratitis.- Microbial Conjunctivitis.- Infections of
the Ocular Adnexae: Nasolacrimal System, Lacrimal Glands, Orbit.- Infectious Anterior Uveitis.Infections of the Retina and Posterior Segment.Endophthalmitis.- Emerging Ocular Infections.
Field of interest
Ophthalmology
Target groups
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Product category
Contributed volume
K.‑Y. Tan, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore,
Singapore (Ed)
Transdisciplinary Perioperative
Care in Colorectal Surgery
An Integrative Approach
The field of colorectal surgery has undergone tremendous developments in recent decades. Surgery
has become less invasive, new perspectives and
insights have improved perioperative management
and novel outcome measures have been defined.
At the same time, the limits of surgical technique
and perioperative care are being challenged by
more complex patients. In order to realize the immense potential for excellent outcomes in colorectal surgery, coordinated multifaceted care must be
delivered within a context of limited resources.
Features
7 Detailed discussion of the transdisciplinary
integration of different components of care in
colorectal surgery 7 Wide-ranging coverage of
issues associated with surgical and perioperative
care 7 Helpful take-home messages in bullet
point form
Contents
Complexity of Current Healthcare and Transdisciplinary Care.- Design Thinking in Care Integration.- Integrative Care for Elderly Patients.- Integrative Perioperative Nutrition.- Transdisciplinary
Nursing.- Enhanced Recovery.- Integrative Pharmacology.- Transdisciplinary Prehabilitation and
Rehabilitation.- Transdisciplinary Cancer Management.- Marrying Endoscopic and Laparoscopic
Treatment for Colorectal Cancer.- Multimodal
Approach to Familial Colorectal Cancer.- Transdisciplinary Incontinence Management.- Transdisciplinary Constipation Management.- Innovations
in Perianal Care and Surgery.- Transdisciplinary
Stoma Care.- Healing and Psychosocial Issues.
Fields of interest
Oncology; Colorectal Surgery; Nursing
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
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Ophthalmology) Hardcover
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G. Tilles, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France; V. LerouxHugon, Paris, France; A. Martin, AP-HP - DDPCM,
Paris, France (Eds)
Bibliothèques médicales à
l’hôpital
Histoires, rôles et perspectives
L’accès à la documentation médicale à Paris est
né en même temps que la nouvelle Ecole de
Santé, issue des préoccupations révolutionnaires.
En 1794, en effet, était créée, la bibliothèque
médicale qui centralisait alors livres et périodiques
proposés aux étudiants et futurs médecins. Dans
les premières années de la IIIe République, la
remise en question de la forme et du contenu de
l’enseignement délivré par la Faculté de Médecine
incita les Internes des Hôpitaux de Paris, alors
chevilles ouvrières des services hospitaliers, à
créer des bibliothèques à leur usage et à proximité
de leurs lieux de travail. A l’hôpital Saint-Louis,
le climat de création de la dermatologie, permit
la fondation d’une bibliothèque spécialisée de référence, la bibliothèque Henri-Feulard. La menace
de fermeture de la bibliothèque à la fin des années
1980 incite à lui donner une forme associative qui
lui redonne le dynamisme nécessaire à un nouveau
développement. Dans les premières années du
XXème siècle est crée à l’hôpital de la Salpêtrière
une prestigieuse bibliothèque de neurologie. Création originale, cette bibliothèque provient d’un
riche fonds privé, celui de la bibliothèque personnelle de Jean-Martin Charcot.
Features
7 Premier ouvrage sur ce thème 7 Synthèse
historique et contemporaine sur le sujet 7 Riche
iconographie
Fields of interest
History of Medicine; Education (general)
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
C. Trombetta, University of Trieste Cattinara
Hospital, Trieste, Italy; G. Liguori, Urological Clinic,
Cattinara Hospital, Trieste, Italy; M. Bertolotto,
Cattinara Hospital, Trieste, Italy (Eds)
S. Vaidyanathan, Amrita Institute of Medical
Sciences, Kochi, India; R. R. Menon, P. Jacob, Amrita
Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerla, India;
B. John, Government Medical College, Kerla, India
Management of Gender
Dysphoria
Chronic Venous Disorders of the
Lower Limbs
A Multidisciplinary Approach
A Surgical Approach
Contents
Part I General Aspects: Sexual Ambiguity:
Development Of Judgement And Evaluation
Criteria Over The Centuries.- Gender dysphoria: definition and evolution through the
years.- The DSM Diagnostic Criteria For Gender
Dysphoria.- Epidemiologic Considerations On
Transsexualism.- Etiopathogenetic Hypotheses
Of Transsexualism.- Imaging: Examination
Technique.- Clinical Management Of Gender
Dysphoria In Adolescents.- Part II Management of
Male to Female: Psychological Characteristics And
Sexuality Of Natal Males With Gender Dysphoria.- Endocrine Treatment Of Transsexual Male To
Female Persons.- Surgical Therapy: My Personal
Technique.- Surgical Therapy: Vaginoplasty In
Male Transsexuals Using Penile Skin And Urethral
Flap .- Surgical Therapy: Construction Of The
Neovagina Using The Pelvic Peritoneum.- Surgical
Therapy: Technical Suggestions For Better And
Lasting Functional And Aesthetic Outcomes In
Manufacturing The Neoclitoris.- Surgical Therapy:
Feminization Laryngoplasty.- Surgical Therapy:
Mastoplasty.- Complications Of Male To Female
Vaginoplasty.- Surgery In Complications: Colon
Vaginoplasty.- Surgery In Complications: Ileal
Vaginoplasty.- Surgery In Complications: Management Of Prolapse.- Evaluation Of Lower Urinary
Tract Function After Surgery.- Follow Up Of
Patients After Male To Female (Mtf) Sex Reassignment Surgery (Srs).- Quality Of Life After Sexual
Reassignment Surgery.- Imaging.
Contents
Section I - Basics Chapter 1 Venous diseases
- a historical survey.- Chapter 2 - Lower limb
venous anatomy.- Chapter 3 - Venous physiology
and haemodynamics of lower limbs.- Chapter
4 - Chronic venous disorders. Classification ,
severity assessment and nomenclature. Section
II - Primary varicose veins -C2 clinical class.Chapter 5 - Epidemiology and risk factors.- Chapter 6 - Primary varicose veins : symptoms and
diagnosis.- Chapter 7 - Open surgery for primary
varicose veins.- Chapter 8 - Endovenous thermal
ablation.- Chapter 9 - Sclerotherapy.- Chapter 10
- Recurrent varicose veins Section III - Chronic
venous insufficiency and leg ulcer - C3-C6 clinical
class.- Chapter 11 - Chronic venous insufficiency
and venous ulcers: pathophysiology.- Chapter 12
- Chronic venous insufficiency - clinical features and investigations.- Chapter 13 - Principles of
treatment of chronic venous insufficiency.- Chapter 14 - The post-thrombotic syndrome. Pathophysiology, clinical features and management.Chapter 15 - Care of ulcer and compression
therapy.- Chapter 16 - Pharmacotherapy of CVI.Chapter 17 - Strategies for the management of
incompetent perforating veins.- Chapter 18 - Deep
vein valve reconstruction.- Chapter 19 - Deep vein
obstruction - management strategies. Section IV Assorted venous problems.- Chapter 20 - Venous
telangiectasia and reticular veins- Clinical class
CI.- Chapter 21 - Pelvic venous syndromes.
Fields of interest
Urology/Andrology; Imaging / Radiology; Surgery
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
Fields of interest
General Surgery; Surgery; Vascular Surgery
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
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ISBN 978-81-322-1990-3
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S. K. Venkatesh, R. L. Ehman, Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
MN, USA (Eds)
Magnetic Resonance
Elastography
The first book to cover the groundbreaking
development and clinical applications of Magnetic
Resonance Elastography, this book is essential for
all practitioners interested in this revolutionary diagnostic modality. The book is divided into three
sections. The first covers the history of MRE. The
second covers technique and clinical applications
of MRE in the liver with respect to fibrosis, liver
masses, and other diseases. Case descriptions are
presented to give the reader a hands-on approach.
The final section presents the techniques, sequence
and preliminary results of applications in other
areas of the body including muscle, brain, lung,
heart, and breast.
Features
7 The first book to cover this revolutionary diagnostic technique 7 Extensive coverage of current
clinical applications of Liver MRE in fibrosis, liver
masses, and other diseases 7 Gives an introduction to the applications and preliminary results of
MRE in other organs currently under investigation
Contents
Introduction.- History of Elastography.- Liver
MRE Technique.- Clinical Applications of Liver
MRE – 1 Liver Fibrosis.- Clinical Applications of
Liver MRE – 2 Liver Masses.- Impact of MRE on
Liver Diseases.- MRE for Other Applications in
the Abdomen.- MRE of Muscle.- MRE of Brain.MRE of Lung and Heart.- MRE of Breast.
Fields of interest
Diagnostic Radiology; Imaging / Radiology;
Gastroenterology
T. J. Vogl, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt,
Germany; W. Reith, Universitätsklinikum des
Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany; E. J. Rummeny,
TU München Klinikum rechts der Isar, München,
Germany (Eds)
L.‑J. Wang, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital,
Taoyuan, Taiwan
Diagnostic and Interventional
Radiology
A Case-Based Guide
This exceptional book covers all aspects of diagnostic and interventional radiology within one
volume, at a level appropriate for the specialist.
From the basics through diagnosis to intervention:
the reader will find a complete overview of all areas of radiology. The clear, uniform structure, with
chapters organized according to organ system,
facilitates the rapid retrieval of information.
Features
7 Covers the entire spectrum of radiology in
one exceptional volume 7 Provides up-to-date
information on diagnosis and interventional techniques 7 Presents more than 2500 images for
comparison with the reader’s own findings
Contents
Part I: General Aspects.- Part II: Neuroradiology.- Part III: Head and Neck.- Part IV: Thorax,
Mediastinum, Pleura.- Part V: Mamma.- Part
VI: Heart and Vessels.- Part VII: Gastrointestinal
Tract.- Part VIII: Genitourinary System.- Part IX:
Bones and Joints.
Fields of interest
Diagnostic Radiology; Orthopedics; Gastroenterology
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Target groups
Key Diagnostic Features in
Uroradiology
This book presents a wealth of images of the
different diseases and conditions encountered in
the field of uroradiology with the aim of enabling
the reader to recognize lesions, to interpret them
appropriately and to make correct diagnoses. The
images have been selected because they depict
typical or classic findings and provide a route to
lesion recognition that is superior to memorization of descriptions.
Features
7 Enables the reader to recognize key imaging
features and to make a correct diagnosis 7 Depicts classic imaging findings for a wide range
of diseases and conditions 7 Offers guidance
on selection of imaging technique in different
circumstances 7 Includes images obtained with
the full range of modalities
Contents
Normal variant and congenital anomalies.- Urinary tract infection.- Renal cystic disease.- Renal
parenchymal neoplasms.- Lesions of the renal
pelvicalyceal system, ureter, bladder and urethra.Vascular diseases.- Retroperitoneum.- Adrenal
gland.- Male reproductive system: Prostate ,
seminal vesicles and testicular lesions.- Female
reproductive system: Uterine body, uterine cervix,
ovary, vagina.- Nephrological, systemic and nonurinary diseases with urinary tract involvement.
Fields of interest
Imaging / Radiology; Urology/Andrology; Nephrology
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
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Due September 2014
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ISBN 978-3-662-44036-0
2015. XIII, 660 p. 723 illus. Hardcover
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F. M. Wigley, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
MD, USA; A. L. Herrick, The University of Manchester,
Manchester, UK; N. Flavahan, Johns Hopkins
University School of Medic, Baltimore, MD, USA (Eds)
Raynaud’s Phenomenon
A Guide to Pathogenesis and Treatment
Features
7 Renowned experts on Raynaud’s Phenomenon
offer comprehensive review and new insights
into this disorder 7 Reviews current understanding of pathogenesis, methods of measuring
Raynaud’s Phenomenon, and current treatment
options 7 Of interest to healthcare providers
who deal with Raynaud’s Phenomenon and associated diseases and to scientists interested in this
disorder
Contents
Historical perspective of Raynaud’s phenomenon.definition, nomenclature and diagnostic criteria.Epidemiology of Raynaud’s Phenomenon.- Thermoregulation: The Normal Structure and Function
of the Cutaneous Vascular System.- Pathophysiological Regulation of the Cutaneous Vascular
System in Raynaud’s Phenomenon.- Primary
Raynaud’s Phenomenon.- Raynaud Phenomenon
In The Pediatric Age.-Secondary Raynaud’s phenomenon.- Traumatic Vasospastic Disease.- Other
Secondary Causes.- Raynaud’s Mimics.- Nailfold
Capillaries.-Non-Invasive methods of assessing
Raynaud’s phenomenon.- Angiography.- Autoantibodies in Raynaud’s Phenomenon.- Systemic
Vasospasm.- Clinical Outcome Measures in
Raynaud’s Phenomenon.- Design and reporting
of randomised controlled trials for Raynaud’s
phenomenon.- Non-drug Approaches to Treating
Raynaud’s Phenomenon.- Drug Treatment of
Raynaud’s Phenomenon.- Management of digital
ischemia.- Surgical Management.- Practical Approaches to Treatment: Case Studies.
K. W. Wright, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los
Angeles, CA, USA; Y. N. Strube, Kingston, ON, Canada
Color Atlas Of Strabismus
Surgery
Strategies and Techniques
Contents
Preface to the Fourth Edition; Preface to the Third
Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface
to the First Edition; Acknowledgment; Section I:
Management Strategies - 1 Amblyopia Treatment
- 2 Principles of Strabismus Surgery -3 Infantile
Esotropia -4 Acquired Esotropia -5 Exotropia -6
Torticollis, Nystagmus, and Incomitant Strabismus -7 Complex Strabismus -8 Cranial Nerve
Palsies Section II: Surgical Techniques - 9 Surgical
Anatomy -10 Basic Surgical Techniques (Dos and
Don’ts) -11 Rectus Muscle Recession -12 Topical
Anesthesia Strabismus Surgery -13 Adjustable Suture Technique -14 Rectus Muscle Tightening Procedures -15 Horizontal Rectus Muscle Offsets and
the Y-Splitting Procedure -16 Transposition Surgery for Rectus Muscle Palsy -17 Inferior Oblique
Muscle Weakening Procedures -18 Superior
Oblique Tendon Tightening Procedures -19 Superior Oblique Tendon Weakening Procedures
-20 Faden Operation (Posterior Fixation Suture)
-21 Reoperation Techniques - 22 Minimally Invasive Strabismus Surgery; Appendixes
Field of interest
Ophthalmology
Target groups
Product category
Atlas
S. Wu, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA,
USA; S. Kalva, UT Southwestern Medical Center,
Dallas, TX, USA (Eds)
Dialysis Access Management
This practical book covers the basic principles and
practice of dialysis access management, a crucial
part of the care of patients undergoing hemodialysis.
Features
7 A practical book covering the basic principles
and practice of dialysis access management 7 Facilitates learning and understanding of the procedures by presenting information in a step-by-step
approach 7 Contains numerous images and
diagrams demonstrating commonly performed
dialysis access exams, interventions, procedures
and surgeries in an easy-to-read format
Contents
Angiographic Imaging Equipment.- Endovascular
Tools.- Basic Endovascular Skills and Techniques
.- Radiation Safety.- Conscious Sedation and
Anesthesia Care.- Vascular Anatomy for Hemodialysis Access.- Hemodialysis Access: Types.Hemodialysis Access: Physical Examination and
Surveillance.- Hemodialysis Access: Imaging
Diagnosis.- Angiogram and Angioplasty.- Declotting of Hemodialysis Arteriovenous Access.- Endovascular Stent Placement.- Minimally Invasive
Banding Procedure.- Peripheral Arterial Disease
in Hemodialysis Access.- Non-tunneled Hemodialysis Catheter.- Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheter.Surgical Placement of Hemodialysis Vascular
Accesses.- Surgical Management of Deep Fistulae
Veins.- Preoperative and Postoperative Care for
Hemodialysis Vascular Access Surgery.
Fields of interest
Nephrology; Interventional Radiology; Vascular
Surgery
Fields of interest
Rheumatology; Internal Medicine; Dermatology
Target groups
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Contributed volume
Due October 2014
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4th ed. 2015. XV, 182 p. 253 illus., 149 in color.
Hardcover
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ISBN 978-1-4939-1479-1
9<HTMEUD=jbehjb> Due September 2014
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ISBN 978-3-319-09092-4
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H. Yazici, Istanbul University, Beyazit, Istanbul,
Turkey; Y. Yazici, New York University School of
Medicine NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York,
NY, USA; E. Lesaffre, Department of Biostatistics,
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Eds)
Understanding Evidence-Based
Rheumatology
A Guide to Interpreting Criteria, Drugs, Trials,
Registries, and Ethics
Features
7 Provides useful insight to anyone needing to assess or execute any kind of clinical
study 7 Based on trials’ successes and shortcomings and shows how they affected the currently
used guideline in rheumatology 7 Offers a
multifaceted approach, from interpreting data
to trial design, from analysis to presentation and
publication of data
Contents
1. Evidence in Rheumatology: How Does It Differ
from Other Diseases?.- 2. A Review of Statistical
Approaches for the Analysis of Data in Rheumatology.- 3. Disease Classification/Diagnosis
Criteria.- 4. Biomarkers, Genetic Association
and Genomic Studies.- 5. Outcome Measures in
Rheumatoid Arthritis.- 6. Issues in Setting Up a
Study and Data Collection.- 7. The Randomized
Controlled Trial: Methodological Perspectives.- 8.
Limitations of Traditional Randomized Controlled
Clinical Trials in Rheumatology.- 9. Methodological Issues Relevant to Observational Studies,
Registries and Administrative Health Databases
in Rheumatology.- 10. Systematic Reviews and
Meta-analyses in Rheumatology.- 11. Ethical Issues in Study Design and Reporting.- 12. Future
Directions.
Fields of interest
Rheumatology; Internal Medicine; Medicine/Public Health, general
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Due August 2014
2014. IV, 292 p. 32 illus., 20 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00
7€ 119,99 | £108.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08373-5
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Biomedicine
R. A. Aguilar-Roblero, Universidad Nacional
Autonoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico;
M. Díaz-Muñoz, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, Juriquilla, Qro, Mexico; M. L. Fanjul-Moles,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
City, Mexico (Eds)
Mechanisms of Circadian
Systems in Animals and Their
Clinical Relevance
Contents
1. Introduction to Circadian Rhythms, Clocks and
its Genes.- 2. Oxidative Stress and its Role in the
Synchronization of Circadian Rhythms in Crustaceans, an Ecological Perspective.- 3. Control of
Rest: Activity Behavior by the Central Clock in
Drosophila.- 4. Biological Rhythmicity in Subterranean Animals, a Function Risking Extinction?.5. Avian Circadian Organization.- 6. Functional
Organization of Circadian Timing System of Diurnal Primate (Marmoset).- 7. Intracellular Calcium
as a Clock Output from Suprachiasmatic Nuclei
Neurons.- 8. GABAA Receptor-Mediated Neurotransmission in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus.- 9.
Network Properties in the SCN Function.- 10.
Behavioral, Physiological and Neuroendocrine
Circadian Rhythms during Lactation.- 11. A Time
to Wake, a Time to Sleep.- 12. Chronostasis: The
Timing of Physiological Systems.- 13. Circadian
rhythm and Food/Nutrition.- 14. Physiopathology of Circadian Rhythms: Understanding the
Biochemical Mechanisms of Obesity and Cancer.15. Effects of Circadian Disruption on Physiology and Pathology: from Bench to Clinic (and
Back).- 16. Circadian Dysfunction in Huntington’s
Disease.- 17. Is it Possible to Modify Clock Genes
to Improve Health?.
Fields of interest
Neurosciences; Human Physiology; Neurology
M. Andreeff, University of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA (Ed)
R. N. Aravalli, C. J. Steer, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Targeted Therapy of Acute
Myeloid Leukemia
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Contents
Introduction/Perspective.- Genetics and Classification of Acute Myeloid Leukemia.- Proteomics
of AML to guide Selection of Therapy.- Roles
of Apoptosis Regulating Bcl-2-Family Genes in
AML.- Bcl-2 family: Translational aspects.- IAP
Family and Proteins as Therapeutic Targets for
Acute Myeloid Leukemia.- TP53 Mutations in
Acute Myeloid Leukemia.- Targeting p53 Tumor
Suppressor for AML Therapy.- AML-Selective
Apoptosis Induction by rationally designed Death
Ligand Fusion Protein.- PIM Kinases in AML.Development of Midostaurin as a Tyrosine Kinase
Inhabitor.- FLT3 in AML.- FLT3-ITD. Clinical
(Sorafenib/AC220).- Nucleophosmin (NPM1).Raf/MEK Pathway.- The Role of Translational
Medicine in Optimization of Therapies targeting
the RAS-MAP Kinase Pathway.- Clinical Use of
Farnesyltransferase Inhititors.- The P13K-AKTmTOR signaling Network in AML.- Targeting
the P13 Kinase-mTOR Signaling Pathway in
AML.- Aurora kinases.- The Clinical Development
of Aurora Kinase Inhibitors in Acute Myeloid
Leukemia.- AML-Deacetylases.- Methylation in
AML-Clinical Applications.- Topic: RARa/RXR Part: Basic.- Arsenic Trioxide in Untreated APL.Targeting PML-RARα with Retinoids.- NR4A Orphan Receptors as Drug Targets.- Antibody-based
Therapeutics Targeting CD33, CD45, and CD66.New Heterogeneity of the Leukemic Stem Cells.Targeting Leukemia Stem Cells.- Regulation of
Hematopoiesis by CXCL12/CXCR4 Signaling.CXC4/CXCL12 as a Therapeutic Target.- VLA-4:
A Cell’s Consequential Encounter.
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Cancer Research; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Cell
Biology
Product category
Contributed volume
Target groups
Research
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms and
Novel Therapeutic Strategies
This book provides up-to-date information on the
development and progression of hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) with a review of the cellular and
molecular mechanisms involved in the disease
process. Recent research in HCC has led to significant progress in our understanding of the cellular
processes and molecular mechanisms that occur
during multi-stage events that lead to hepatocarcinogenesis. The emergence of micro RNAs and
molecular targeted therapies have added a new
dimension in our efforts to combat this deadly disease, Chapters include discussion and evaluation
of current intervention strategies and therapeutic
options and a focus on the novel approaches that
are being pursued, such as micro-RNA based
therapies and personalized medicine to treat liver
cancer. This book will be of interest to basic and
clinical researchers, as well as to drug developers.
Contents
Introduction.- Etiology.- Current diagnosis and
treatment options for HCC.- Pathophysiology of
HCC.- Molecular mechanisms of HCC.- Animal
models of liver cancer.- Novel therapeutic strategies to combat HCC.- Conclusions.
Fields of interest
Cancer Research; Oncology;
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Product category
Professional book
Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 160,49 | € (A) 164,99 | sFr 200,00
7€ 149,99 | £135.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08944-7
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Due October 2014
Due October 2014
2015. I, 1065 p. 62 illus., 46 in color. (Current Cancer
Research) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 192,59 | € (A) 197,99 | sFr 240,00
7€ 179,99 | £162.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1392-3
2014. Approx. 100 p. 2 illus. in color. (SpringerBriefs
in Cancer Research) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09413-7
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J.‑P. Bourguignon, University of Liège, Liège,
Belgium; J.‑C. Carel, Hopital Robert Debre, Paris,
France; J. Young, Centre Hospitalier de Bicetre,
Kremlin Bicetre, France; Y. Christen, Fondation Ipsen,
Boulogne-Billancourt, France (Eds)
Brain Crosstalk in Puberty and
Adolescence
Contents
Drugs and the adolescent brain by Anne L. Wheeler and Paul W. Frankland.- Gonadal hormones
organize the adolescent brain and behavior by
Cheryl L. Sisk.- The role of pubertal hormones in
the development of gender identity: fMRI studies
by S.M. Burke and J. Bakker.- Pubertal timing,
exploratory behavior and mental health: a view
from a clinician and public health practitioner
by Pierre-André Michaud.- Puberty, the brain
and mental health in adolescence by Russell
Viner.- The Role of Puberty in Human Adolescent
Brain Development by Anne Lise Goddings.- The
Adolescent Brain: Insights from Neuroimaging
by Jay N. Giedd and Alexander H. Denker.- Gene
networks, epigenetics and the control of female
puberty by Alejandro Lomniczi, Juan Manuel
Castellano, Hollis Wright, Basak Selcuk, Kemal
Sonmez and Sergio R. Ojeda.- Neuroendocrine
and Molecular Mechanisms for the Metabolic
Control of Puberty: Recent Developments by
Manuel Tena-Sempere.- Prostaglandin E2,
gliotransmission and onset of puberty by Vincent
Prevot and Jerome Clasadonte.- The gonadotropic
axis deficiency: a neurodevelopmental disorder
by Lukas Huijbregts, Brooke Tata, Nicolas de
Roux.- Changes in pubertal timing: past views,
recast issues by Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, Françoise Domine, Fabienne Glowacz, Marie-Christine
Lebrethon, Anne-Simone Parent.- Subject Index.
Fields of interest
Neurosciences; Human Genetics; Endocrinology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Biomedicine
A. E. Cavanna, National Centre for Mental Health,
Birmingham, UK; A. Nani, Torino, Italy
A. Dygai, V. Zhdanov, Russian Academy of Medical
Sciences, Tomsk, Russia
Consciousness
Theory of Hematopoiesis
Control
Theories in Neuroscience and Philosophy of
Mind
Contents
Part 1. Philosophical theories of consciousness:
Chapter 1. Tim Bayne.- Chapter 2. Ned Block.Chapter 3. David Chalmers.- Chapter 4. Paul and
Patricia Churchland.- Chapter 5. Tim Crane.Chapter 6. Donald Davidson.- Chapter 7. Daniel
Dennett.- Chapter 8. René Descartes.- Chapter 9.
Hubert Dreyfus.- Chapter 10. Jerry Fodor.- Chapter 11. Douglas Hofstadter.- Chapter 12. Jaegwon
Kim.- Chapter 13. William Lycan.- Chapter 14.
Thomas Metzinger.- Chapter 15. Thomas Nagel.Chapter 16. Hilary Putnam.- Chapter 17. David
Rosenthal.- Chapter 18. Bertrand Russell.- Chapter 19. John Searle.- Chapter 20. Stephen Stich.Part 2. Scientific theories of consciousness:Chapter
21. Bernard Baars.- Chapter 22. Jean-Pierre
Changeux and Stanislas Dehaene.- Chapter 23.
Michael Corballis.- Chapter 24. Francis Crick and
Christof Koch.- Chapter 25. Antonio Damasio.Chapter 26. Merlin Donald.- Chapter 27. John
Eccles and Karl Popper.- Chapter 28. Gerald
Edelman.- Chapter 29. Richard Gregory.- Chapter 30. Stuart Hameroff.- Chapter 31. Nicholas
Humphrey.- Chapter 32. Julian Jaynes.- Chapter
33. Benjamin Libet.- Chapter 34. Roger Penrose.Chapter 35. Vilayanur Ramachandran.- Chapter
36. Michael Trimble.- Chapter 37. Francisco
Varela.- Chapter 38. Max Velmans.- Chapter 39.
Adrian Williams.- Chapter 40. Adam Zeman.
Fields of interest
Neurosciences; Philosophy of Mind; Behavioural
Sciences
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
This monograph summarizes the large amount of
experimental data accumulated during many years
of studying the functions of the blood system
and its regulatory mechanisms under the action
of diverse morbific factors within the models of
pathological processes (e.g. immobilization stress,
blood loss, inflammation, cytostatic and radiation
myelosuppressions, experimental encephalopathies, neuroses, and spontaneous leucosis). These
data are is analyzed with the understanding that
hematopoietic tissue is an integrated system that
can react to the challenges of both the internal and
external environments.
Features
7 First short book on the process of production, multiplication and specialization of blood
cells 7 Of interest to both active researchers, as
well as to a wider non-specialist audience 7 A
unique, concise account of Hematopoiesis
Contents
Introduction.- Abbreviations.- 1 Mechanisms
of Hematopoiesis Control.- 2 Alterations in the
blood system induced by extreme conditions.- 3
Disturbances in hemopoietic control during neurotic disorders.- 4 Alterations in the blood system
during myelosuppression induced by cytostatic
and radiation treatments.- 5 Disturbances in
hematopoietic control during experimental leucosis.- 6 Disturbances in the control of the blood
system during the posthypoxic period.- Conclusions.- References.- Index.
Field of interest
Biomedicine general
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Due September 2014
2014. X, 226 p. 23 illus., 17 in color. (Research and
Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions, Volume 13)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09167-9
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Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 85,59 | € (A) 87,99 | sFr 106,50
7€ 79,99 | £72.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44087-2
9<HTOGRC=e aihc> 2014. X, 105 p. 18 illus., 1 in color. (SpringerBriefs in
Cell Biology, Volume 5) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08583-8
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Biomedicine
A. C. Errington, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; G. Di
Giovanni, University of Malta, Msida MSD, Malta;
V. Crunelli, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK (Eds)
New Series
M. B. Evgen’ev, D. Garbuz, O. Zatsepina, Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Healthy Ageing and Longevity
Heat Shock Proteins and Whole
Extrasynaptic GABAA Receptors Body Adaptation to Extreme
GABA is the principal inhibitory neurotransmitEnvironments
ter in the CNS and acts via GABAA and GABAB
receptors. Recently, a novel form of GABAA
receptor-mediated inhibition, termed “tonic”
inhibition, has been described.
Features
7 First book to describe tonic inhibition 7 Emphasizes the important role of extrasynaptic GABAA receptors 7 Brings together contributions
from leading experts in the field
Contents
A brief introduction to extrasynaptic GABAA
receptors and ‘tonic’ GABAA receptor mediated
inhibition in physiology and disease.- Extrasynaptic GABAA receptors: subunit composition,
distribution, and regulation.- Biophysical properties of recombinant 2- AND δ- subunit containing GABAA receptors.- The pharmacology of
extrasynaptic GABAA receptors.- Neurosteroids
and extrasynaptic GABAA receptors.- Sources
of GABA that activate extrasynaptic GABAA
receptors.- Modulation of Extrasynaptic GABAA
Receptors by G-protein-coupled Receptors.- Extrasynaptic GABAA receptors and tonic inhibition
in spinal cord.- The role of peri-synaptic GABA
receptors after stroke.- The role of extrasynaptic
GABAA receptors in focal epilepsy.- Gain-ofFunction of Thalamic Extrasynaptic GABA-A
Receptors in Typical Absence Seizures.- GABAergic control of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
(HPA) axis: role of extrasynaptic GABAA receptors.- Tonic GABAA receptor mediated inhibition
in Fragile-X Syndrome: A cause of dysfunction or
a pathway for a cure?
Fields of interest
Neurosciences; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Neurology
Target groups
Research
Series editor: S. I. Rattan
Rapidly changing demographics worldwide
towards increased proportion of the elderly in the
population and increased life-expectancy have
brought the issues, such as “why we grow old”,
“how we grow old”, “how long can we live”, “how
to maintain health”, “how to prevent and treat diseases in old age”, “what are the future perspectives
for healthy ageing and longevity” and so on, in
the centre stage of scientific, social, political, and
economic arena. Although the descriptive aspects
of ageing are now well established at the level of
species, populations, individuals, and within an
individual at the tissue, cell and molecular levels,
the implications of such detailed understanding
with respect to the aim of achieiving healthy ageing and longevity are ever-changing and challenging issues. This continuing success of gerontology,
and especially of biogerontology, is attracting the
attention of both the well established academicians and the younger generation of students and
researchers in biology, medicine, bioinformatics, bioeconomy, sports science, and nutritional
sciences, along with sociologists, psychologists,
politicians, public health experts, and health-care
industry including cosmeceutical-, food-, and
lifestyle-industry. Books in this series will cover
the topics related to the issues of healthy ageing
and longevity. This series will provide not only
the exhaustive reviews of the established body of
knowledge, but also will give a critical evaluation
of the ongoing research and development with
respect to theoretical and evidence-based practical and ethical aspects of interventions towards
maintaining, recovering and enhancing health and
longevity.
For many years, the authors have investigated the
adaptive role of heat shock proteins (HSPs) in
different animals, including the representatives of
homothermic and poikilothermic organisms that
inhabit regions with contrasting thermal conditions.
Features
7 The book is a unique combination of data
obtained in field studies and laboratory investigations of the various types of molecular adaptations
to extreme environments 7 The book presents
results of data accumulated over almost 30 years
of studies of various animals inhabiting highly
aggressive niches 7 The book represents the first
attempt to investigate the role of stress proteins on
whole body adaptations to adverse conditions
Contents
Introduction.- The discovery of heat shock
response system and major groups of heat shock
proteins.- Molecular functions of heat shock proteins.- Regulation of heat shock genes expression.Heat shock proteins and adaptation to variable
and extreme environments.- Different trends in
the evolution of heat shock genes systems.- The
role of mobile elements in the evolution and function of Hsps systems.- Fine tuning of the HSR in
various organisms.- Experimental modulation of
heat shock response.- Glossary.
Fields of interest
Biomedicine general; Life Sciences, general; Cell
Biology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
2014. I, 450 p. 34 illus., 18 in color. (The Receptors,
Volume 27) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 160,49 | € (A) 164,99 | sFr 200,00
7€ 149,99 | £135.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1425-8
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Due September 2014
2014. XII, 264 p. 34 illus. in color. Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 139,05 | € (A) 142,94 | sFr 173,00
7 approx.€ 129,95 | £117.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9234-9
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K. F. Felsted, S. D. Wright, University of Utah, Salt
Lake City, UT, USA
Toward Post Ageing
Technology in an Ageing Society
This book examines the emergent and expanding
role of technologies that hold both promise and
possible peril for transforming the ageing process
in this century.
Features
7 Presents a provocative interdisciplinary metaanalysis that contrasts paradigms with inflection
points within the field of ageing 7 Offers a detailed examination of the varied roles of technology in an ageing society 7 Examines the promise
and challenges of post ageing 7 Addresses the
implication of ethics in postponing and possibly
ending ageing
Contents
Preface.- Part I Transcending Disciplinary and
Paradigmatic Tensions in Gerontology.- The Use
of Inflection Points.- The Definition and Delineation of Each Inflection Point.- Part II Toward Post
Ageing: Critical Examination and Provisional
Typology for Understanding the Varied Roles of
Technology in an Ageing Society.- Post Ageing.Moderate Versions of the Inflection Point and
Positive Derivative.- Transition Publications from
the Moderate Version of the Inflection Point (and
positive derivative) to the Radical Version.- Radical Versions of the Inflection Point.- Viable Criticisms for the Radical Version of Post Ageing.- Part
III The Next Inflection Point.- The Promise and
Challenges of Post Ageing.- Longevity.- Technology.- Philosophical Antecedents for Post Ageing.
Biomedicine
C. Foged, T. Rades, University of Copenhagen,
Copenhagen, Denmark; Y. Perrie, Aston University
Aston Pharmacy School, Birmingham, UK; S. Hook,
University of Otago School of Pharmacy, Dunedin,
New Zealand (Eds)
New Series
Subunit Vaccine Delivery
Series editor: I. Fong
A significant improvement in the safety of modern
vaccines has been the development of subunit vaccines, as these are composed of very well-defined
and highly pure components, often recombinant
proteins. However, since protein-based antigens in
general are weakly immunogenic by themselves,
co-administration of adjuvants is required to
induce potent and persistent specific immune responses. In recent years, there has been substantial
progress in the discovery of new efficient adjuvants for subunit vaccines that are often classified
into delivery systems and immunopotentiating
compounds that constitute pathogen-associated
molecular patterns, such as the toll-like receptor
ligands. The combination of delivery systems and
immunopotentiators has appeared to represent extraordinarily good adjuvants due to concomitant
enhanced antigen delivery and potent stimulation
of innate immunity. Many of these adjuvants are of
a particulate nature and mimic the structure and/
or composition of microbes in a reductionist fashion. Examples are liposomes, polymeric nanoparticles, emulsions and virus-like particles. However,
there are a substantial number of pharmaceutical
challenges associated with the subunit vaccine
development process due to the complex nature of
the antigen-adjuvant combinations.
Infectious diseases have been the scourge of mankind for centuries with such dreaded pestilence as
the Black Death (plaque) between the fourteenth
and eighteenth centuries, and cholera epidemics
intermittently from the sixteenth to the twentieth
century. Previous dreaded diseases such as small
pox and poliomyelitis have been and or soon to
be eliminated from the world. However, many
pathogens of the past are still with us today and
are capable of creating havoc and pandemics (such
as the Influenza virus). The advent of vaccines
and antibiotics in the mid-twentieth century gave
false hope to medical professionals and politicians
that infectious diseases would be a relic of the
past by the end of the twentieth century. Quite the
contrary has occurred with new emerging infectious diseases being recognized as we are currently
witnessing with the AIDS pandemic, and reemergence of older microbes. The Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century Series is aimed
to address the new challenging infections and
surrounding issues facing physicians and mankind
in the new century. Old or established pathogens
such as Mycobacteria tuberculosis and malaria
are now re-emerging or spreading across the
globe in a more treatment resistant form. These
and other aggressive and difficult pathogens are
addressed in the initial volumes of the series “Reemergence of Established Pathogens in the 21st
Century” by world renown, leading experts in the
field. Among the initial volumes is a review of the
exciting area of new concepts of the relationship
between microbes and the cardiovascular system
in “Infection and the Cardiovascular System: New
Perspectives” by a leading researcher in this area.
Further volumes of the series will address newly
recognized pathogens such as Nipah virus, New
variant of Creutzfeld-Jacob disease (mad cow or
bovine encephalopathy), emergence of old-world
pathogens in the Western World such as West-Nile
virus, and many others.
Emerging Infectious Diseases of
the 21st Century
Fields of interest
Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology; Vaccine;
Biomedicine general
Fields of interest
Biomedicine general; Geriatrics/Gerontology;
Ethics
Target groups
Research
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Monograph
Due August 2014
Due November 2014
2014. XVII, 157 p. 1 illus. in color. (Healthy Ageing
and Longevity, Volume 1) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09050-4
2014. X, 430 p. (Advances in Delivery Science and
Technology) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7 approx.€ 139,99 | £126.50
ISBN 978-1-4939-1416-6
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Biomedicine
I. Fong, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
The Role of Microbes in
Common Non-Infectious
Diseases
This new volume in the series Emerging Infectious
Diseases of the 21st Century is a novel book on
the role of microbes in the pathogenesis of common and disabling non-infectious diseases. New
insights have emerged over the past several years
suggesting that our commensal microflora of the
gut is extremely important in regulating physiological and immune functions of the body.
Features
7 Explores the role of microbes in the pathogenesis of common and disabling non-infectious
diseases 7 Draws upon increasing evidence that
the microflora of the gut plays a key role in the
regulation of physiological and immune functions
of the body 7 Excellent resource for both physicians and investigators
Contents
Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Microbial Pathogenesis.- Microbes in Colon Cancer and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- The Role of Microbes in
Obesity.- Microbes in the Pathogenesis of Diabetes
Mellitus.- Asthma and Microbes: a New Paradigm.- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Searching for a
Microbial Etiology.- Can Microbes Play a Role in
the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer Disease?- Multiple
Sclerosis and Microbes.- The Role of Infections
and Microbes in Atherosclerosis.
W. Horsnell, University of Cape Town, Cape Town,
South Africa (Ed)
How Helminths Alter Immunity
to Infection
Helminth infections are common, cause considerable pathology, and alter a host’s immune profile.
This can have important consequences not only
on the host’s ability to control a helminth infection, but also on their ability to control unrelated
infections. In endemic areas, understanding how
helminth infection influences the outcome of
common infectious diseases and changes the efficacy of childhood vaccination programs is an important public health question. This book reviews
how host immunity to helminths alters our ability
to respond to the major pathogens that exist in
helminth endemic regions. Current understanding
of how helminths alter important but relatively
neglected contributors to the host’s anti-helminth
immune responses are addressed, namely host
antibody responses and how maternal infection
may alter a child’s immune development.
Features
7 Reviews the current understanding of how
helminth infections impact the ability to control
unrelated infections 7 Covers new evidence
about helminth infections controlling allergy and
immune mechanisms 7 Examines helminth
infections protecting against various auto-immune
diseases
Target groups
Research
Contents
The Role of Antibody in Parasitic Helminth Infections.- Maternal Helminth Infections.- HelminthM. TB Co-Infection.- Bacterial Infections and
Vaccines.- Helpful or a Hindrance: Co-Infections
of Helminth During Malaria.- Helminth Infections and HIV: Theories and Facts Regarding HIV
and Helminth Interaction.
Product category
Monograph
Fields of interest
Immunology; Infectious Diseases; Parasitology
Fields of interest
Medical Microbiology; Infectious Diseases; Immunology
Target groups
Research
I. Izquierdo, PUC RS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
The Art of Forgetting
Contents
1 To the reader (Introduction).- 2.1 Why do we
forget 2.2 Creation and evocation of memories 2.3
Types of forgetting 2.4 Loss of working memory
are inherent to the nature 2.5 Brain areas involved
in different kinds of memory 2.6 Rationalizing the
manager functions 2.7 The connection between
nervous cells 2.8 The forgetting of short and
long-term memories 2.9 Memories and emotions
2.10 State-dependent memories 2.21 Two famous
example of state dependent memories 2.12 Does
state dependence involves forgetting? 2.13 Use
and disuse of synapses 2.14 Real forgetting or
definitive loss of memories 2.15 The persistence of
a memory and its absence 2.16 Exercising memory
2.17 Reading, knowledge, memory, and disease
2.18 The art of forgetting: a first approach 2.19
The art of forgetting: falsifying memories 2.20
When do we falsify memories 2.21 The forgetting
of people 2.22 The art of make a whole people
loss its memory 2.23 Cellular death as an adaptive
mechanism 2.24 When the art of forgetting is not
possible: amnesic patients 2.25 H.M. case 2.26
Neuronal ramification/plasticity as an adaptive
mechanism 2.27 Suppression of neuronal ramification/plasticity as an adaptive mechanism 2.28
Memory acquisition 2.29 The art of forgetting: habituation 2.30 The art of forgetting: extinction 2.31
The hole of extinction on diseases caused by fear
(Phobias) 2.32 Spontaneous and caused extinction
2.33 Funes, the memorious 2.34 Differentiation
(discrimination) 2.35 The art of forgetting: forced
extinction and reversal learning 2.36 The art of
forgetting: repression 2.37 Accessory memories
and convenient forgetting.- 3. The art of forgetting.- 4. Final words.
Fields of interest
Neurosciences; Psychiatry; Aging
Target groups
Graduate
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
2015. XVI, 162 p. 7 illus. in color. (Emerging Infectious
Diseases of the 21st Century, Volume 1) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1669-6
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2014. I, 230 p. 6 illus. in color. (Advances in
Experimental Medicine and Biology, Volume 828)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1488-3
9<HTMEUD=jbei d> Due February 2015
2015. Approx. 125 p. 5 illus. Softcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 53,45 | € (A) 54,95 | sFr 66,50
7 approx.€ 49,95 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-06715-5
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S. Kochhar, Nestec SA, Nestlé Research Center,
Lausanne, Switzerland; F.‑P. Martin, Nestlé Institute
of Health Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland (Eds)
Metabonomics and Gut
Microbiota in Nutrition and
Disease
Contents
Introduction to Metabolomics in systems biology
research.- Metabolomics in clinical practice.Adopting multivariate non-parametric tools to
determine genotype-phenotype interactions in
health and disease.- Metabolomics in Translational Research for Personalized Medicine and
Nutrition.- Can we use Metabolomics to Understand Changes to Gut Microbiota Populations and
Function? A Nutritional Perspective.- Automated
annotation of microbial and human flavonoid
derived metabolites.- Metabonomics in neonatal
and paediatric research: Studying and modulating gut functional ecology for optimal growth
and development.- Metabolomics and Milk: the
Development of the Microbiota in Breast Fed
Infants.- Metabonomics and gut microbial paradigm in healthy ageing.- Roles of herbal medicine
in modulating gut microbiota associated with
health and diseases.- Gut microbiota and metabolic diseases: from pathogenesis to therapeutic
perspective.- Role of microbiota in regulating host
lipid metabolism and disease risk.- Role of the Gut
Microbiota in Maintaining GI Health: Highlights
on Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- Deciphering
the gut microbial contribution to the aetiology of
autism development.- The Modulation of Drug
Efficacy and Toxicity by the Gut Microbiome.Understanding the benefits of bariatric surgery
on gut physiology: implications for obesity, type 2
diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Biomedicine
I. Lukashevich, H. Shirwan, University of Louisville,
Louisville, KY, USA (Eds)
Novel Technologies for Vaccine
Development
This book presents a detailed overview of the development of new viral vector-based vaccines before discussing two major applications: preventive
vaccines for infectious diseases and therapeutic
cancer vaccines. Viral vector-based vaccines hold
a great potential for development into successful
pharmaceutical products and several examples at
the advanced pre-clinical or clinical stage are presented. Nevertheless, the most efforts were focused
on novel and very innovative technologies for new
generation of vector-based vaccines. Furthermore,
specific topics such as delivery and adjuvant and
protection strategies for cell-mediated-based
vaccines are presented. Given its scope, the book
is a “must read” for all those involved in vaccine
development, both in academia and industrial
vaccine development.
Features
7 Written by selected experts from academia
and industry 7 Gives a broad and translational
overview to the topic 7 Comprehensive volume
on viral vector vaccines with focus on different
cases of vaccine development
Fields of interest
Vaccine; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology;
Immunology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
K. A. Miczek, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA;
A. Meyer-Lindenberg, Central Institute of Mental
Health, Mannheim, Germany (Eds)
Neuroscience of Aggression
This volume assembles the leading aggression
researchers both at the preclinical and clinical
level. They review the current state of knowledge
about neural mechanisms of aggressive behavior
and point to the need for innovative methodologies to further our understanding of this greatly
understudied set of behaviors.
Features
7 Highlights the current developments in the
field and places them into an appropriate historical
context 7 Outlines higher resolution methods, both at the behavioral and neurobiological
level 7 Points to unresolved issues
Contents
Neurogenetics of Aggressive Behavior – Studies in Rodents.- Neurogenetics of Aggressive
Behavior – Studies in Primates.- Glucocorticoids
and Escalated Aggressive Behavior.- Models of
Female Aggression – Prefrontal Cortex.- Nitric
Oxide, Serotonin and Aggression.- Hypothalamus
and Aggressive Behavior.- Vasopressin-Serotonin
Interactions in Aggressive Behavior.- Dopamineoxytocin: Attachment and Conflict.- Stress and
violence.- Gene-environment interactions and
violence.- MAO-A and genetic risk for violence.- The development of violent behavior in
humans.- Schizophrenia and violence.- Psychopathy.- Violent and callous behavior in children.Aggression in Children and Adolescents- Alcohol
and Aggression.
Fields of interest
Neurosciences; Psychopharmacology; Psychiatry
Fields of interest
Pharmacology/Toxicology; Medical Microbiology;
Food Science
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume

Due November 2014
Due October 2014
2014. X, 293 p. 52 illus., 45 in color. (Molecular and
Integrative Toxicology) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 160,49 | € (A) 164,99 | sFr 200,00
7€ 149,99 | £135.00
ISBN 978-1-4471-6538-5
9<HTMEPH=bgfdif> Due October 2014
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-3-7091-1817-7
9<HTOHLJ=b ibh > 2014. Approx. 470 p. (Current Topics in Behavioral
Neurosciences, Volume 17) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 203,29 | € (A) 208,99 | sFr 253,00
7 approx.€ 189,99 | £171.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44280-7
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Biomedicine
G. Mor, A. Alvero, Yale University, New Haven, CT,
USA (Eds)
B. Nielsen, Bioneer A/S, Horsholm, Denmark (Ed)
E. Pannese, University of Milan, Milano, Italy
In Situ Hybridization Protocols
Neurocytology
Fine Structure of Neurons, Nerve Processes,
and Neuroglial Cells
2nd fully revised and updated edition
Fields of interest
Cancer Research; Apoptosis
Contents
Fixation/Permeabilization Procedure for mRNA in
situ Hybridization of Zebrafish Whole-mount Oocytes, Embryos, and Larvae.- MicroRNA In Situ
Hybridization on Whole Mount Preimplantation
Embryos.- Whole-mount in situ Hybridization
(WISH) Optimized for Gene Expression Analysis
in Mouse Embryos and Embryoid Bodies.- Whole
Mount in Situ Hybridization using DIG-labeled
Probes in Planarian.- In Situ Hybridization on
Whole-Mount Zebrafish Embryos and Young Larvae.- LNA-based in Situ Hybridization Detection
of mRNAs in Embryos.- Chromogen Detection
of microRNA in Frozen Clinical Tissue Samples
using LNA™ Probe Technology.- MicroRNA In
Situ Hybridisation in Tissue Microarrays.- Fluorescence in situ Hybridization for Detection of
Small RNAs on Frozen Tissue Sections.- Sensitive
and Specific in situ Hybridisation for Early Drug
Discovery.- Zinc Based Fixation for High Sensitivity in situ Hybridization: A Non-Radioactive
Colorimetric Method for the Detection of Rare
Transcripts on Tissue Sections.- Dual-color Ultrasensitive Bright-field RNA in situ Hybridization
with RNAscope.- Fully Automated Fluorescencebased 4-color Multiplex Assay for Co-detection
of microRNA and Protein Biomarkers in Clinical
Tissue Specimens.- Multiplexed miRNA Fluorescence in situ Hybridization for Formalin-Fixed
Paraffin-Embedded Tissues.- Simultaneous
Detection of Nuclear and Cytoplasmic RNA Variants Utilizing Stellaris® RNA Fluorescence in situ
Hybridization in Adherent Cells.- Quantitative Ultrasensitive Bright-field RNA in situ Hybridization
with RNAscope.- Identification of Low Expressing
Transcripts of the NPY Receptors’ Family in the
Murine Lingual Epithelia.
Target groups
Field of interest
Human Genetics
Fields of interest
Neurosciences; Cell Biology; Cell Physiology
Product category
Contributed volume
Target groups
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Monograph
Apoptosis and Cancer
Features
Contents
Caspase-3 Activation is a Critical Determinant of
Genotoxic Stress-induced Apoptosi.- Flow Cytometry Enumeration Of Apoptotic Cancer Cells By
Apoptotic Rate.- “Multiplexed Viability, Cytotoxicity and Caspase Activity Assays”.- A Multiplexed
Method for Kinetic Measurements of Apoptosis
and Proliferation using Live Content Imaging.Detection of End Stage Apoptosis by ApopTag®
TUNEL Technique.- Detection and Quantification
of Apoptosis in Primary Cells using Taqman® Protein Assay.- Detection of p53 Protein Aggregation
in Cancer Cell Lines and Tumor Samples.- Detection of p53 Protein Transcriptional Activity
by Chromatin Immunoprecipitation.- Homogeneous, Bioluminescent Proteasome Assays.- Laser
Capture Microdissection for Gene Expression
Analysis.- Using the Peggy Simple Western System
for Fine Needle Aspirate Analysis.- Analysis of
Autophagosome Formation Using Lentiviral
Biosensors for Live Fluorescent Cellular Imaging.Optical Imaging of Ovarian Cancer Using HER-2
Affibody Conjugated Nanoparticles.- Measuring
Cardiac Autophagic Flux in vitro and in vivo.PET Imaging for Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (TKI)
Bio distribution in Mice.
Contents
Neurons and Interneuronal Connections: a Historical Overview.- Some Evolutionary Aspects and
General Features of Neurons.- Shape and Size of
Neurons.- Different Types of Neuron.- The Structure of Neurons.- The Perikaryon.- The Nucleus.Dendrites.- Age-Related Changes.- The Axon.The Plasma Membrane.- Intercellular Junctions
Involving Neurons.- Interneuronal Adherent Junctions.- Interneuronal Chemical Synapses.- Autapses.- The Neuromuscular Junction.- Structural
Aspects of Synaptic Activity.- Synaptic Structural
Plasticity.- Age-Related Changes.- Relationship
Between Axons of the Autonomic Nervous System
and Effector Cells.- Electrotonic and Mixed
Junctions.- Synapse-Like Junctions Involving
Neuroglial Cells.- Other Types of Interneuronal
Communication.- The Neuroglia of the PNS.- The
Satellite Cells of Sensory and Autonomic Ganglia.Schwann Cells and the Myelin Sheath.- Other
Neuroglial Cells of the PNS.- Functions of the
PNS Neuroglia.- Neuron-Glia Communication.The Neuroglia of the CNS.- Historical Note.- Some
Evolutionary Aspects.- The Ependyma.- The Choroid Epithelium.- Astrocytes.- Oligodendrocytes.NG2-Expressing Cells.- Renewal of the Neuroglial
Cell Population.- Microglial Cells.- Historical
Note.- Resting Microglia.- Neural Macrophages.Age-Related Changes.- The Cellular Organization
of the CNS.- The Blood Vessels of the CNS.- Arteries.- Capillaries and the Blood-Brain Barrier.Veins.- Cells Associated with Microvessels.- AgeRelated Changes.
Due October 2014
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
2nd ed. 2014. XIV, 222 p. 69 illus., 39 in color.
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 101,64 | € (A) 104,49 | sFr 126,50
7€ 94,99 | £85.50
ISBN 978-1-4939-1660-3
4th ed. 2014. XIV, 262 p. 56 illus., 52 in color.
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 101,64 | € (A) 104,49 | sFr 126,50
7€ 94,99 | £85.50
ISBN 978-1-4939-1458-6
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9<HTMEUD=jbefig> Originally published by Georg Thieme Verlag,
Stuttgart, 1994
2nd ed. 2014. XVI, 230 p. 101 illus., 12 in color.
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-3-319-06855-8
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V. Parpura, University of Alabama, Birmingham,
AL, USA; A. Schousboe, University of Copenhagen,
Copenhagen, Denmark; A. Verkhratsky, University of
Manchester, Manchester, UK (Eds)
Glutamate and ATP at the
Interface of Metabolism and
Signaling in the Brain
Features
7 Suitable for advanced and graduate courses on
the roles of glutamate and ATP in metabolism and
signaling 7 Only current book on this highly
researched topic 7 Contributions from leading
experts in cell metabolism, intracellular signaling
and neurotransmission
Contents
1. Glutamate and ATP: The Crossroads of Signaling and Metabolism in the Brain.- 2. Glutamate
Metabolism in the Brain Focusing on Astrocytes.3. Glycogenolysis and Purinergic Signaling.- 4.
Purinergic and Glutamatergic Receptors on
Astroglia.- 5. Regulated Exocytosis in Astrocytes Is as Slow as the Metabolic Availability of
Gliotransmitters: Focus on Glutamate and ATP.- 6.
Adenosine and Glutamate in Neuroglial Interaction: Implications for Circadian Disorders and
Alcoholism.- 7. Purinergic Receptor Stimulation
Decreases Ischemic Brain Damage By Energizing
Astrocyte Mitochondria.- 8. Excitotoxicity and
Mitochondrial Dysfunction Underlie Age-dependent Ischemic White Matter Injury.- 9. Role of
Astrocytes in Delayed Neuronal Death: GLT-1 and
its Novel Regulation by MicroRNAs.- 10. Ca2+
Signaling in Astrocytes and its Role in Ischemic
Stroke.- 11. Pathological Potential of Astroglial
Purinergic Receptors.
Fields of interest
Neurosciences; Neurobiology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Biomedicine
L. Y. Poluektova, University of Nebraska Medical
Center, Omaha, NE, USA; J. V. Garcia-Martinez, The
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel
Hill, NC, USA; Y. Koyanagi, Kyoto University Institute
for Virus Research, Sakyo-ku, Japan; M. G. Manz,
University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland;
A. M. Tager, Massachusetts General Hospital Center
for Immunology, Charlestown, MA, USA (Eds)
Humanized Mice for HIV
Research
Contents
Mamoru Ito’s Vision for the Future of Humanized
Mouse Models.- Part I. Mouse genetic background
and human hematopoietic stem cells biology.Humanized Mice as Models for Human Disease.Role of mouse innate immunity in immunodeficient mice for xenotransplantation.- Mouse
genetic background and human hematopoietic
stem cells biology; tips for humanization.- Biology
of Human Hematopoietic Stem Cell Xenotransplantation in Mice.- Impact of the mouse IL-2Rg
chain on lymphoid tissue development and human
reconstitution in immunodeficient mice.- BM
hematopoietic niche occupancy defect of HSC in
scid mice.- Improvement of human multilineage
hematopoietic engraftment by cytokine knockin
replacement in human-hemato-lymphoid system
mice.- Part II. SECTION 2: Understanding of
human immune cells development and function in
mouse environment.- Cytokine species-specificity
and humanized mice.- Human T cell biology in
a mouse environment.- Thymic education of human T cells and regulatory T cell development in
humanized mice.- Human B cell development in a
mouse environment.- The analysis of the functions
of human B and T cells in humanized NOG mice.NK cell development in human immune system
(HIS) mice and their role in HIV pathogenesis.Maintenance and function of human CD8+ T cells
and NK cells in humanized mice.
Fields of interest
Medical Microbiology; Immunology; Virology
Target groups
Research
M. Prato, University of Torino, Torino, Italy (Ed)
Human and Mosquito
Lysozymes
Old Molecules for New Approaches Against
Malaria
Malaria remains an alarming emergency in developing countries. It is thus urgent to identify any
parasite or host molecules that can serve as new
affordable markers for early diagnosis of disease
complications or as new targets for vector control.
In this context, human and mosquito lysozymes
are good candidate molecules, as their involvement in malaria has been recently reported by
several independent groups. This book reviews
the grounded knowledge on malaria etiology and
physiopathology, as well as the current approaches
for diagnosis, therapy, and vector control.
Features
7 Covers groundbreaking research into new
understandings and uses for older and well-known
enzymes 7 Explores both human and mosquito
lysozymes and their medical potential 7 Considers the potential role of other antimicrobial
peptides, ie TEP-1 in the mosquito, and PF-4 in
the human host
Contents
Etiopathogenesis and pathophysiology of malaria.Malaria diagnosis, therapy, vaccines and vector
control.- Lysozymes in the animal kingdom.- Role
of lysozymes of Anopheles mosquitoes in Plasmodium development.- Effects of malaria products
on human monocyte and neutrophil degranulation and lysozyme release.- Human lysozyme in
malaria patients.- Beyond lysozyme.
Fields of interest
Parasitology; Medical Microbiology; Immunology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Contributed volume
Due August 2014
2014. VI, 340 p. 58 illus., 37 in color. (Advances in
Neurobiology, Volume 11) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08893-8
9<HTODMJ=ai jdi> Due November 2014
Due October 2014
2014. V, 795 p. 54 illus., 45 in color. Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 149,75 | € (A) 153,94 | sFr 186,50
7 approx.€ 139,95 | £126.50
ISBN 978-1-4939-1654-2
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09431-1
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Biomedicine
N. Shah, Kashiv Pharmaceuticals, Bridgewater, NJ,
USA; H. Sandhu, Merck & Co., Inc., Summit, NJ, USA;
D. S. Choi, Kashiv Pharmaceuticals, Bridgewater,
NJ, USA; H. Chokshi, Roche Innovation Center, New
York, NY, USA; A. W. Malick, Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.,
Nutley, NJ, USA (Eds)
Amorphous Solid Dispersions
Theory and Practice
Contents
1 Fundamentals of Amorphous Systems: Thermodynamic Aspects.- 2 Theoretical Considerations
in Developing Amorphous Solid Dispersions.- 3
Overview of Amorphous Solid Dispersion
Technologies.- 4 Excipients for Amorphous Solid
Dispersions.- 5 Miniaturized Screening Tools
for Polymer and Process Evaluation.- 6 HME
for Solid Dispersions: Composition and Design
Considerations.- 7 HME for Solid Dispersions:
Scale up and Late Stage Development.- 8 Spray
Drying: Scale UP and Manufacturing.- 9 Design
and Development of HPMCAS based spray dried
dispersions.- 10 MBP Technology: Composition
and Design Considerations.- 11 MBP Technology:
Process Development and Scale up.- 12 Pharmaceutical Development of MBP Solid Dispersions: Case Studies.- 13 Downstream Processing
Considerations.- 14 Structural Characterization
of Amorphous Solid Dispersions.- 15 Dissolution of Amorphous Solid Dispersions: Theory
and Practice.- 16 Stability of Amorphous Solid
Dispersion.- 17 Regulatory Considerations in Development of Amorphous Solid Dispersions.- 18
KinetiSol® based Amorphous Solid Dispersions.19 Amorphous Solid Dispersion Using Supercritical Fluid Technology.- 20 Supersolubilization
by Using Non-Salt Forming Acid-Base Interaction.- 21 Stabilized Amorphous Solid Dispersions
with Small Molecule Excipients.- 22 Mesoporous
ASD – Fundamentals.- 23 Mesoporous Silica Drug
Delivery Systems.
Fields of interest
Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
M. Sioud, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello,
Norway (Ed)
RNA Interference
Challenges and Therapeutic Opportunities
Contents
RNA Interference: Mechanisms, Technical Challenges and Therapeutic Opportunities.- Nanostructured RNAs for RNA Interference.- One Long
Oligonucleotide or Two Short Oligonucleotides
Based shRNA Construction and Expression.PLGA Microspheres Encapsulating siRNA.- Magnetic Nanoparticle and Magnetic Field Assisted
siRNA Delivery In Vitro.- Cytoplasmic Delivery
of siRNAs to Monocytes and Dendritic Cells Via
Electroporation.- Delivery of siRNAs to Cancer
Cells Via Bacteria.- Microwell Array-Mediated
Delivery of Lipoplexes Containing Nucleic Acids
for Enhanced Therapeutic Efficacy.- Modulating
the Tumor Microenvironment with RNA Interference as a Cancer Treatment Strategy.- Targeted In
Vivo Delivery of siRNA and an Endosome-Releasing Agent to Hepatocytes.- Cell-Internalization
SELEX: Method for Identifying Cell-Internalizing
RNA Aptamers for Delivering siRNAs to Target
Cells.- Strategies for siRNA Navigation to Desired
Cells.- Analysis of RNA Interference-Mediated
Hepatic Gene Silencing Following Murine Hydrodynamic Injection of Guanidinopropyl-Modified
siRNAs.- Therapy of Respiratory Viral Infections
with Intranasal siRNAs.- Engineering Therapeutic
Cancer Vaccines that Activate Anti-Tumor Immunity.- Immunosuppressive Factor Blockade in
Dendritic Cells Via siRNAs Results in Objective
Clinical Responses.- Targeting bcr-abl Transcripts
with siRNAs in an Imatinib-Resistant Chronic
Myeloid Leukemia Patient: Challenges and Future
Directions.- A Facile Method for Interfering
with Off-Target Silencing Mediated by the Sense
Strand.
Fields of interest
Pharmacology/Toxicology; Human Genetics
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
A. C. Templeton, Pharmaceutical Sciences & Clinical
Supply, Merck & Co, Inc., West Point, PA, USA;
S. R. Byrn, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN,
USA; R. J. Haskell, Discovery Pharmaceutics, BristolMyers Squibb, Wallingford, CT, USA; T. E. Prisinzano,
University of Kansas School of Pharmacy, Lawrence,
KS, USA (Eds)
Discovering and Developing
Molecules with Optimal DrugLike Properties
Contents
1 Developability Assessment and Risk Management During Drug Discovery.- 2 Discovery
Formulations – Approaches and Practices in Early
Preclinical Development.- 3 Enabling Discovery
Through Leveraging and Miniaturizing Pharmaceutical Principles and Processes.- 4 Diagnosing
Biopharmaceutical Limitations.- 5 The Importance
of Molecular Design Principles in Delivering High
Quality Pharmaceutical Candidates.- 6 Predictive
Approaches to Establishing, Understanding, and
Communicating Risk with Emphasis on Early
Development.- 7 Strategies and Methods for
Drug Candidate Phase Optimization in Discovery
Space.- 8 Efficient Laboratory Methods to Assess
Risk and Design Formulations.- 9 Advanced X-ray
Analytical Methods to Understand Structure,
Properties and Risk.- 10 Performance and Characterization of Amorphous Solid Dispersions: An
Overview.- 11 Hot-Melt Extrusion: The ProcessProduct-Performance Interplay.- 12 Practical
Considerations for Spray Dried Formulation and
Process Development.- 13 Nanosizing: “End-toEnd” Formulation Strategy for Poorly-WaterSoluble Molecules.- 14 Leveraging Solid State
Form and Physiochemical Properties for Early
Clinical Formulation Efforts: Opportunities and
Challenges during Telcagepant Liquid Capsule
Development.
Fields of interest
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due October 2014
Due September 2014
2014. X, 591 p. 206 illus., 141 in color. (Advances in
Delivery Science and Technology) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 181,89 | € (A) 186,99 | sFr 226,50
7€ 169,99 | £153.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1597-2
2014. XIV, 498 p. 108 illus., 58 in color. (Methods in
7 *€ (D) 117,69 | € (A) 120,99 | sFr 146,50
7€ 109,99 | £99.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1537-8
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9<HTMEUD=jbfdhi> 2014. XII, 500 p. 184 illus., 132 in color. (AAPS
Advances in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Series,
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1398-5
9<HTMEUD=jbdjif>
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P. Timmins, Drug Product Science and Technology,
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Moreton, UK; S. Pygall,
Commercial Trade Channels, Merck, Sharp and
Dohme, Hoddesdon, UK; C. Melia, School of
Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Notthingham,
UK (Eds)
Hydrophilic Matrix Tablets for
Oral Controlled Release
Contents
1 Hydrophilic Matrix Dosage Forms: Definitions,
General Attributes and the Evolution of Clinical
Utilization.- 2 Design and Evaluation of Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose Matrix Tablets for Oral
Controlled Release: a Historical Perspective.- 3
An Industrial Perspective on Hydrophilic Matrix
Tablets based on Hyproxypropyl Methylcellulose
(Hypromellose).- 4 Natural Polysaccharides in
Hydrophilic Matrices.- 5 Applications of Polyethylene Oxide (POLYOX) in Hydrophilic Matrices.6 A Formulation Development Perspective on
Critical Interactions Affecting the Performance of
Hydrophilic Matrix Tablets.- 7 In vitro Physical
and Imaging Techniques to Evaluate Drug Release
Mechanisms from Hydrophilic Matrix Tablets.- 8
Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Modelling
in the Development and Evaluation of Hydrophilic
Matrix Tablets.- 9 Approaches to Rapid In Vivo
Optimization of Hydrophilic Matrix Tablets.- 10
Extrusion: an Enabling Technology for Controlled
Release Hydrophilic Matrix Systems.- 11 Microenvironmental pH Control and Mixed Polymer
Approaches to Optimize Drug Delivery with
Hydrophilic Matrix Tablets.- 12 Evolving Biopharmaceutics Perspectives for Hydrophilic Matrix
Tablets: Dosage Form-Food Interactions and Dosage Form Gastrointestinal Tract Interactions.
Biomedicine
M.‑È. Tremblay, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
WI, USA; A. Sierra, University of the Basque Country
EHU/UPV, Basque Country, Spain (Eds)
Microglia in Health and Disease
These past few years have witnessed a revolution
in our understanding of microglia, especially since
their roles in the healthy central nervous system
(CNS) have started to unravel. These cells were
shown to actively maintain health, in concert with
neurons and other types of CNS cells, providing
further insight into their involvement with diseases. Edited by two pioneers in the field, Marie-Ève
Tremblay and Amanda Sierra, Microglia in health
and disease aims to share with the broader scientific community some of the recent discoveries
in microglia research, from a broad perspective,
with a collection of 19 chapters from 52 specialists
working in 11 countries across 5 continents.
Features
7 Only book to cover the role of microglia in the
healthy brain as well as in pathological conditions 7 The most up-to-date research in the
subject 7 Contributions from leading researchers and emerging experts
Fields of interest
Contents
Introduction.- Historical Context.- Microglial
Physiology.- Lessons from in vivo Imaging.- Roles
in Immune Responses.- Neuroprotection Versus
Neurotoxicity.- Developmental Neuronal Elimination.- Developmental Angiogenesis, Myelination
and Astrogliogenesis.- Developing and Mature
Synapses.- Adult Neurogenesis, Learning and
Memory.- Neuropathic Pain.- Drug Addiction.Aging.- Neurodevelopmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders.- Human Immunodeficiency
Virus.- Multiple Sclerosis.- Ischemia and Stroke.Neurodegenerative Diseases.- Spinal Cord and
Brain Trauma
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Neurosciences; Neurobiology; Immunology
Product category
Contributed volume
Target groups
Research
H. Wagner, Ludwig-Maximillians-University
Center of Pharma Research, Munich, Germany;
R. Bauer, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Graz, Austria; D. Melchart, Kompetenzzentrum f.
Komplementärmedizin Klinikum rechts der Isar,
Munich, Germany; P.‑G. Xiao, Beijing Institute of
medicinal Plant Dev, Beijing, China; A. Staudinger,
TCM-Klinik Bad Kötzting, Bad Kötzting, Germany
(Eds)
Chromatographic Fingerprint
Analysis of Herbal Medicines
Vols. 1-3
This package contains vols. I, II, and III and thus
constitutes a comprehensive and valuable source
on the most commonly used herbal drugs in
Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Features
7 Description of the 103 mostly used Chinese
drugs Detailed thin layer and HPLC analytical
data 7 Contains numerous coloured figures
Fields of interest
Pharmacology/Toxicology; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology; Complementary & Alternative
Medicine
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
2014. X, 328 p. 102 illus., 34 in color. (AAPS Advances
in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Series, Volume 16)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1518-7
9<HTMEUD=jbfbih> Due September 2014
Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 181,89 | € (A) 186,99 | sFr 226,50
7€ 169,99 | £153.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1428-9
2014. 750 p. (2-volume-set)
7 *€ (D) 330,63 | € (A) 339,90 | sFr 411,50
7€ 309,00 | £278.50
ISBN 978-3-319-09298-0
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Biomedicine
A. Yamada, The University of Tokyo Graduate School
of Agricultural and Life, Tokyo, Japan; L. H. Kahn,
Princeton University, New Jersey, USA; B. Kaplan,
Sarasota, FL, USA; T. P. Monath, PaxVax Inc.,
Townsend, MA, USA; J. Woodall, Federal University
Center for Health Sciences, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
L. Conti, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
(Eds)
Confronting Emerging
Zoonoses
The One Health Paradigm
Features
7 Furnishes a unique resource for everyone interested in the interface of human and veterinary
medicine and public health 7 Presents the latest
understanding of the origin of human pathogens
and disease emergence 7 Includes compelling
One Health successes and challenges in areas
such as comparative medicine, field epidemiology
training and food safety
Contents
Part I The Importance of a One Health Approach
to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases.- 1 The Origin
of Human Pathogens.- 2 Drivers of Emerging
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases.- 3 Biodiversity
and Emerging Zoonoses.- Part II Understanding Zoonotic Diseases Through A One Health
Perspective.- 4 Hantaviruses.- 5 Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli Infections.- 6 Bartonellosis: A One
Health Perspective.- 7 A One Health Approach
to Influenza Pandemics.- Part III The Successes
and Challenges of Implementing One Health.- 8
One Health: From Concept to Practice.- 9 Field
Epidemiology and One Health: Thailand’s Experience.- 10 One Health and Food Safety.- 11 The
Clinical Biomedical Research Advances Achievable Utilizing One Health Principles.- 12 One
Health Successes and Challenges
Fields of interest
Virology; Bacteriology; Infectious Diseases
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-4-431-55119-5
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Psychology
T. Breyer, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
(Ed)
E. Callus, E. Quadri, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato,
San Donato Milanese, Italy (Eds)
A. M. Culp, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL,
USA (Ed)
Epistemological Dimensions of
Evolutionary Psychology
Clinical Psychology and
Congenital Heart Disease
Child and Family Advocacy
psychology and philosophy arose as answers
As
to the eternal question of how the mind works,
evolutionary psychology has gained ground over
recent years as a link between cognitive-behavioral
and natural-science theories of the mind. This
provocative field has also gathered a wide range of
criticisms, from attributing too much autonomy
to the brain to basing itself on faulty assumptions
about our prehistoric past.
Lifelong Psychological Aspects and
Interventions
Features
7 Explains the relationship between biological
foundations and cognitive processes 7 In depth
analysis of the relationship between organisms,
brain, and brain modules 7 Critical assessment
of philosophical premise of evolutionary psychology
Contents
Philosophy and Evolution.- The Broad Foundations of Adaptationist-Computational Evolutionary Psychology.- Towards a Cognitive Philosophy
of Science.- The ‘Meme’ Meme Revisited.- Evolutionary Psychology, Altruism, and Kin Selection.- Like Me: A Homophily-Based Account of
Human Culture.- Evolutionary Media Psychology
and its Epistemological Foundation.- Preparedness to Learn about the World: Evidence from
Infant Research.- Depression as an Adaptation:
The Infection-Defense Hypothesis and Cytokine
Mechanisms.- When Misrepresentation Is Successful.- Human Sacrifice and the Evolution of
Thinking – A Critical Assessment of Christoph
Türcke’s Philosophy of Dreams.
Fields of interest
Cognitive Psychology; Philosophy of Science;
Biological Psychology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Contents
PART I CHD AND HUMANIZATION OF
HEALTH CARE Congenital heart disease:
medical overview.- Humanisation of health care
context.- PART II FAMILY DYNAMICS, PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING IN CHILDREN
AND ADOLESCENTS WITH ConHD Adjusting
to congenital heart disease in adolescence: the role
of patients’ personality and self.- Psychological
aspects in children and adolescents with ConHD.Neuropsychological aspects in children and
adolescents with ConHD.- PART III PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT, PSYCHOLOGICAL
FUNCTIONING, QOL AND TREATMENT
PREFERENCES IN ADULTS WITH ConHD Psychological functioning in adults with congenital
heart disease.- Quality of life in ConHD.- End
of life care and treatment preferences.- PART IV
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEER TO PEER INTERVENTIONS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
NON PROFIT ASSOCIATIONS Psycho-cardiology and the role of the psychologist in acquired and
congenital heart disease.- Medical Art Therapy for
patients with congenital heart disease.- Communication and relational issues of the relationship
between health care professionals and patients
with ConHD.- The importance of associations
and peer to peer support.- Peer counselling in
congenital heart disease.
Fields of interest
Psychology, general; Cardiology
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Bridging the Gaps Between Research,
Practice, and Policy
Contents
Preface.- Section I – Introduction.- 1. The WellBeing of Children in the United States: Evidence
for a Call for Action.- 2. Advocating For Children, Youth and Families in the Policy Making
Process.- Section II – Selected Child Issues in
Need of Advocacy Effort.- 3. Promoting Children’s
Mental Health: The Importance of Collaboration
and Public Understanding.- 4. Health Reform: A
Bridge to Health Equity.- 5. Child Maltreatment
Prevention.- 6. Strategies for Ending Homelessness among Children and Families.- 7. Lessons
Learned about the Impact of Disasters on Children and Families and Post-Disaster Recovery.- 8.
Early Childhood Education and Care: Legislative
and Advocacy Efforts.- 9. Education Reform Strategies for Student Self-Regulation and Community
Engagement.- 10. Media Violence and Children: Applying Research to Advocacy.- 11. Changing
Juvenile Justice Practice & Policy: Implementing
Evidence-Based Practices in Louisiana.- 12. Advocacy for Child Welfare Reform.- 13. American
Indian/Alaska Native Children and Families.Section III. Illustrations of Advocacy Practices.14. A Multi-level Framework for Local Policy
Development and Implementation.- 15. When
Evidence and Values Collide: Preventing Sexually
Transmitted Infections.- 16. Lessons from the Legislative History of Federal Special Education Law:
A Vignette for Advocates.- 17. The Promise of
Family Engagement: An Action Plan for Systemlevel Policy and Advocacy.- Section IV.
Fields of interest
Child and School Psychology; Family; Public
Health
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Due August 2014
Due October 2014
Due November 2014
2015. I, 256 p. 14 illus., 6 in color. Hardcover
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Psychology) Softcover
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Psychology
S. Goldstein, University of Utah School of Medicine,
Salt Lake City, UT, USA; D. Princiotta, Neurology,
Learning and Behavior Center, Salt Lake City, UT,
USA; J. A. Naglieri, University of Virginia Curry
School of Education, Charlottesville, VA, USA (Eds)
Handbook of Intelligence
Evolutionary Theory, Historical Perspective,
and Current Concepts
Contents
Preface.- SECTION 1. BACKGROUND.- The
Roots of Human Intelligence: What Were We
Before We Were Intelligent?.- Intelligence in
Nonprimates.- Intelligence in Primates.- The Evolution of Language.- Intelligence in Humans.- The
Origins of Intelligence as a Conceptual Construct: Plato, Pascal and Philosophy.- Modern Foundation: Darwin, Charcot and Dalton.- SECTION 2.
THEORIES OF INTELLIGENCE.- Intelligence
Defined: James, Wundt, Cattell, Thorndike and
Yerkes.- Alfred Binet and the Children of Paris.David Wechsler and the Soldiers of America.Alan Kaufman and Intelligence Redefined as
Cognitive Processing.- A.R. Luria and Intelligence
Redefined as a Neuropsychological Construct.Daniel Sternberg and Multiple Intelligences in the
New Age of Thinking.- Daniel Goleman and Emotional Intelligence and Behavior.- Carol Dweck
and Intelligence as a Malleable Construct.- SECTION 3. ASSESSMENT OF INTELLIGENCE.The Connection Between Intelligence Tests and
Theory of Intelligence.- Assessing Intellectual
Knowledge.- Assessing Intellectual Ability.
Fields of interest
Developmental Psychology; Assessment, Testing
and Evaluation; Sociology, general
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
W. K. Halford, The University of Queensland,
St. Lucia, QLD, Australia; J. Petch, Relationships
Australia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; D. Creedy, Griffith
University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
Couples Therapy with New
Parents
This is a practical clinical guide to evidence-based
education and support for couples during the progression into parenthood. Addressing issues such
as communication, expectations, conflict management skills, self change, infant care principles,
and shared parenting, this guide offers exercises
and presents strategies to help therapists in assisting couples at this vulnerable stage in life.
Features
7 Provides evidence-based couple intervention 7 Offers practical guidance for couple and
family therapists as well as health professionals 7 Describes major challenges that confront
expectant parents 7 Reviews ways to help
couples appraise and improve relationship communication 7 Addresses best practice care
principles
Contents
Supporting Couples Becoming Parents in the 21st
century.- Expectant Parents: Developing Realistic
and Shared Expectations.- Focusing on the Couple
Relationship and Partner Needs During Pregnancy.- Taking Baby Home.- Sharing Infant Care.Caring and Sexuality.- Looking Ahead.
Fields of interest
Clinical Psychology; Social Work; Psychotherapy
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
B. Hommel, S. B. Brown, University of Leiden,
Leiden, The Netherlands; D. Nattkemper, HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Human Action Control:
From Intentions to Movements
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction and overview * Explains the basic theoretical issues and questions,
mentions some historical lines of thought, and
ends with a functional model of human action
that will help to organize the remaining chapters.
Chapter 2. Neurobiological foundations of human
action * provides a brief overview of the human
nervous system and the major cortical areas
involved in action planning and action control.
Chapter 3. Intention and action goal * defines
how intentions and goals can be conceptualized,
what role consciousness could play, where goals
and intentions are coming from, how they are
acquired and cognitively represented. Chapter 4.
Perception and action * Discusses the relationship
between perception and action, both dissociations
and interactions, as well as models explaining
dissociations and the integration of perceptual and
action processes. Chapter 5. Selecting an action *
Discusses and compares several ways to select an
action, ranging from stimulus-triggered selection over rule-based selection to truly intentional
action selection, and addresses the role of practice.
Chapter 6. Planning an action * Explains the
cognitive role of an action plan, discusses how
action plans are cognitively represented, how they
are structured and specified, and how they are
acquired. Chapter 7. Planning an action sequence
* Explains the functional problems of sequencing
and ways to address them, reviews and compares
basic sequencing models, discusses how complex,
hierarchical action plans can be constructed and
represented.
Fields of interest
Cognitive Psychology; Psychology, general
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due November 2014
Due October 2014
7 *€ (D) 213,99 | € (A) 219,99 | sFr 266,50
7€ 199,99 | £180.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1561-3
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Health) Hardcover
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ISBN 978-1-4939-1612-2
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ISBN 978-3-319-09243-0
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G. Hornby, University of Canterbury College of
Education, Christchurch, New Zealand
Inclusive Special Education
Evidence-Based Practices for Children with
Special Needs and Disabilities
Much has been written about special education
and about inclusive education, but there have
been few attempts to pull these two concepts and
approaches together. This book does just that: sets
special education within the context of inclusive
education.
Features
7 Presents an integrated model of inclusive
and special education based on scientifically
sound theory and research 7 Offers strategies
for implementing inclusive special education
at the whole-school, classroom, and teacher
levels 7 Focuses on international issues, providing examples from several countries 7 Features
practical implications for psychologists, teachers,
and other professionals who work in schools
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Wide
Range of Special Needs in Schools.- Chapter 3:
Review of Theory, Research and Practice in Inclusive Special Education.- Chapter 4: Organization
of Education Systems and Schools for Inclusive
Special Education.- Chapter 5: Curriculum for
Children with Special Needs.- Chapter 6: Effective
Classroom Strategies for Teaching Children with
Special Needs in Mainstream Schools.- Chapter
7: Effective Teaching Strategies for Children with
Different Types of Special Needs.- Chapter 8:
Effective Schoolwide Strategies for Teaching Children with Special Needs.- Chapter 9: Implementing and Evaluating a Comprehensive System of
Inclusive Special Education.
Psychology
P. G. Jansen, VU University, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands; G. Roodt, University of Johannesburg,
Johannesburg, South Africa (Eds)
M. K. Mandal, Defence Research & Development
Organization, New Delhi, India; A. Awasthi, Defence
Institute of Psychological Research, New Delhi, India
(Eds)
Conceptualising and Measuring
Understanding Facial
Work Identity
Expressions in Communication
South-African Perspectives and Findings
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction – What This Book is all
About; Gert Roodt, Paul G.W. Jansen and Freddie
Crous.- PART I: CONCEPT AND THEORY.Chapter 2: Work Identity – Clarifying the Concept; Chris Bothma, Sandra Lloyd and Svetlana
Khapova.- Chapter 3: The Process of Identity
Work – Negotiating a Work Identity; Anne Crafford, Byron Adams, Tamsen Saayman and Claartje
Vinkenburg.- Chapter 4: Personal and Situational
Work-based Identity Antecedents; Roslyn de
Braine and Gert Roodt.- Chapter 5: Work-based
Identity Operationalization; Chris Bothma, Roslyn
de Braine, Francois Bester and Mathijs Bal.- PART
II: EXPLORATORY ANALYSES.- Chapter 6:
Subjective and Objective Work-based Identity
Outcomes; Chris Bothma, Gert Roodt and Sylvia
van de Bunt-Kokhuis.- PART III: TESTING FOR
CAUSALITY.- Chapter 7: Empirical Tests of
Work-based Identity Antecedents and Consequences; Roslyn de Braine, Chris Bothma and
Francois Bester.- PART IV: CONCLUSIONS,
IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.Chapter 8: Conclusions; Roslyn de Braine, Chris
Bothma, Francois Bester and Paul G.W. Jansen.- Chapter 9: Moving Forward – Practical and
Theoretical Implications; Gert Roodt, Paul G.W.
Jansen, Sylvia van de Bunt-Kokhuis.
Fields of interest
Industrial, Organisational and Economic Psychology; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology;
Human Resource Management
Fields of interest
Child and School Psychology; Learning and
Instruction; Social Work
Target groups
Research
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Cross-cultural and Multidisciplinary
Perspectives
Contents
Chapter 1. Facial Expressions of Emotions:
Research Perspectives.- Chapter 2. Recognition of
Facial Expressions: Past, Present, and Future Challenges.- Chapter 3. Evidence for the Universality
of Facial Expressions of Emotions.- Chapter 4.
In-group advantage and other-group bias in facial
emotion recognition.- Chapter 5. Asymmetry of
Facial Expressions of Emotion.- Chapter 6. Facial
expressions in empathy research.- Chapter 7. The
role of social context for the interpretation of emotional facial expressions.- Chapter 8. Automatic
Facial Expression Analysis.- Chapter 9. Facial
Expressions to Emotions: A Study of Computational Paradigms for Facial Emotion Recognition.- Chapter 10. Evaluation of the Intricacies of
Emotional Facial Expression (EFE) of Psychiatric
Patients using Computational Models.- Chapter
11. Micro expressions and deception.- Chapter
12. The detection of deception in cross-cultural
contexts.- Chapter 13. Study of Facial Microexpressions in Psychology.
Fields of interest
Biological Psychology; Criminology & Criminal
Justice; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral
Sciences
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Professional book
Due August 2014
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 42,75 | € (A) 43,95 | sFr 53,50
7€ 39,95 | £35.99
ISBN 978-1-4939-1482-1
2015. XXX, 410 p. 9 illus., 6 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9241-7
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ISBN 978-81-322-1933-0
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Psychology
I. Manor-Binyamini, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
L. Miller, Independent Practice, Boca Raton, FL, USA
Language and Discourse in
Special Education
PTSD and Forensic Psychology
Understanding Ethnographic
Interdisciplinary Team Culture
This book is a concise overview of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), focusing on how
this psychological diagnosis is dealt with in
legal settings. It covers both civil cases (where
personal injury claims are put forward) and
criminal cases (where lessened penalties may be at
stake). The goal of the courts is to decide on compensation in the former and extent of punishment
in the latter. Offered here are critical points for forensic psychology evaluators and expert witnesses
who must provide relevant scientific information
in these situations. However, the issues discussed
are useful to professionals in both mental health
and law. With a full explanation of the nature
of PTSD, as well as practical advice on how the
legal system approaches this and other traumatic
disability syndromes, this guide is also relevant
to military personnel, medical rehabilitation, and
criminology researchers.
This book examines the words and discourse as
well as their meaning and impact on the everyday
culture of a multidisciplinary team at a school
for students with mental disabilities. The book
examines the organizational, social, professional,
and emotional experiences of team members from
such disciplines as child and school psychology,
special education, therapy (e.g., occupational,
speech), social work, and pediatric medicine
within a special education school.
Features
7 Examines the impact of words and discourse on the culture of a special education
school 7 Discusses organizational, social, professional, and emotional experiences of multidisciplinary team members 7 Explores how team
members describe and interpret daily requirements of working effectively in a special education
school 7 Analyzes the influence of language and
discourse on outlook, behavior patterns, and coping of team members
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Multidisciplinary Teams in Special Education Schools: Their
Language and Discourse.- Chapter 3. An Ethnographic Case Study.- Chapter 4. Words Relating to
the Work Done with Students.- Chapter 5. Words
Relating to Teamwork.- Chapter 6. Discourse
Events in the Multidisciplinary Team.- Chapter
7. Discourse Events in the Administrative Team.Chapter 8. Conclusion.
Fields of interest
Child and School Psychology; Behavioral Therapy;
Social Work
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Applications to Civil and Criminal Law
Features
7 Scientifically based information 7 Concise and practical coverage of a complex disorder 7 Includes both civil and criminal
aspects 7 Useful for mental health and law
professionals
Contents
History and concept of PTSD.- Delineates the
main clinical features of the syndrome.- Subtypes
and variants of PTSD.- PTSD to make a case for
compensable psychological injury.- Applications
of PTSD to criminal law.- Describing practical
applications of PTSD.- Practical advice and guidelines for forensic psychological examiners.
Fields of interest
Psychotherapy and Counseling; Law and Psychology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
M. J. Mills, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USA
(Ed)
Gender and the Work-Family
Experience
An Intersection of Two Domains
Contents
Part I: Societal Influences & Entrenchment: Gender Ideology and Work-Family Plans of the Next
Generation.- Beyond the ‘Ideal’ Worker: Including
Men in Work-Family Discussions.- Gender, Poverty, and the Work-Family Interface.- Exploring
the Double Jeopardy Effect: The Importance of
Gender and Race in Work-Family Research.Challenging Heteronormative and Gendered
Assumptions in Work-Family Research: An
Examination of LGB Identity-Based Work-Family
Conflict.- Gender, Gender Role Ideology, and the
Work-Family Interface: A Cross-Cultural Analysis.- Part II: Considerations from the Homefront:
Feeling Work at Home: A Transactional Model
of Women and Men’s Negative Affective Spillover
from Work to Family.- The Intersection of Gender
and Work-Family Guilt.- Gender, Accuracy about
Partners’ Work-Family Conflict, and Relationship
Quality.- Work-Family Equality: The Importance
of a Level Playing Field at Home.- On-Demand:
When Work Intrudes upon Employees’ Personal
Time – Does Gender Matter?.- Part III: Career and
Organizational Considerations: Family-Friendly
Organizational Policies, Practices, and Benefits
through the Gender Lens.- Shiftwork as Gendered
and its Impact on Work-Family Balance.- Gender Roles in a Masculine Occupation: Military
Men and Women’s Differential Negotiation of
the Work-Family Interface.- Women in STEM:
Family-Related Challenges and Initiatives.- Examining the Work-Family Experience of Female
Workaholics.- Family Life on the Fast-Track?
Fields of interest
Clinical Psychology; Gender Studies; Personality
and Social Psychology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
2015. XIII, 142 p. 11 illus. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
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ISBN 978-3-319-09023-8
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SpringerBriefs in Behavioral Criminology) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09080-1
9<HTODMJ=ajaiab> Due September 2014
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ISBN 978-3-319-08890-7
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V. Muhlbauer, Academic College of Netanya School
of MBA, Netanya, Israel; J. C. Chrisler, Connecticut
College, New London, CT, USA; F. L. Denmark, Pace
University, New York, NY, USA (Eds)
Women and Aging
An International, Intersectional Power
Perspective
These are paradoxical times to be an older woman.
As individual older women take the stage as role
models in the arts and the public sphere, female
elders as a group are marginalized as dependent,
declining and unimportant. Women and Aging
surveys the evolving sociopolitical landscape in an
era still struggling with gender and age discrimination.
Features
7 One of the only books that focuses on women
over 60 and the recent developments in the many
facets of power and the ways in which they affect
the lives of older women 7 Elaborates on issues
of importance to older women in relation to
personal power and status in gendered-age power
structures 7 Draws attention to the growing
differences in regard to both the meaning of
gendered-age identity and the degree of choice
that older women have in controlling their lives
Contents
Introduction.- Older Women, Power and the
Body.- Older women, Economic Power and
Consumerism.- The Impact of Multiple Roles on
the Well-being of Older Women: Strain or Enrichment?.- Older Women, Leadership and Encore
Careers.- Sexuality and Older Women: Desirability and Desire.- Lesbians over 60: Newer Every
Day.- Clinical Interventions to Empower Older
Women.
Fields of interest
Gender Studies; Cross Cultural Psychology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Psychology
K. Orth-Gomer, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm,
Sweden; N. Schneiderman, University of Miami,
Coral Gables, FL, USA; V. Vaccarino, Rollins School
of Public Health Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA;
H.‑C. Deter, und der Humboldt Universität Standort
Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany (Eds)
I. Palmary, University of Witwatersrand African
Centre for Migration and Society, Johannesburg,
South Africa; B. Hamber, INCORE, University
of Ulster, Londonderry, Ireland; L. N. Carrasco,
University of Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South
Africa (Eds)
Psychosocial Stress and
Cardiovascular Disease in
Women
Healing and Change in the City
of Gold
Concepts, Findings, and Future Perspectives
Contents
Epidemiology and Risk Factors.- Prevalence and
incidence of cardiovascular disease in women:
psychosocial stress, morbidity, and mortality.- Socioeconomic status and women’s health:
development over the life span.- Women’s health,
work and family life.- Early stress experience:
psychosocial risk factors in women with special
reference to PTSD.- Mechanisms and Psychobiological Pathways.- Basic psychophysiological stress
mechanisms: cortisol and catecholamines.- Female
endogenous hormones: the menopausal transition
and women’s health.- Psychoneuroimmunological
pathways in women.- Psychobiological mechanisms in women.- Neurobiological and genetic
pathways in women.- Recovery and restitution:
sleep quality and reparatory functions in women.Pst-traumatic stress disorder: early impact on
brain function and psychobiological pathways in
women.- Breathing patterns and blood pressure
regulation in women.- Interventions to Reduce
Women’s Stress and Improve Health.- Evaluation
of randomized clinical trials in women’s health:
impact, methods, and criteria.- Life skills for
women: cognitive processes and communicative
skills in randomized clinical trials.- Cognitive programs, dynamic concepts: interpersonal interactions in women’s clinical trials.
Fields of interest
Health Psychology; Cardiology; Gender Studies
Target groups
Research
Case Studies of Coping and Support in
Johannesburg
Contents
Chapter 1: Case studies of precarious life in
Johannesburg.- Chapter 2: The Suitcase Project:
Working with unaccompanied child refugees
in new ways.- Chapter 3: Shaping New Spaces:
An alternative approach to healing in current
“shelter” interventions for vulnerable women in
Johannesburg.- Chapter 4.Violence and Memory
in Breaking the Silence of Gukurahundi: A case
study of the ZAM in Johannesburg, South Africa.Chapter 5: Between remorse and nostalgia: Haunting memories of war and the search for healing
among former Zimbabwean soldiers in exile in
South Africa.- Chapter 6: Violence, suffering and
support: Congolese forced migrants’ experiences
of psychosocial services in Johannesburg.- Chapter 7:Watching each others’ back, coping with
precarity in sex work.- Chapter 8:Tormented by
Umnyama: An urban cosmology of migration and
misfortune in inner-city Johannesburg.- Chapter
9: Faith healing, migration and gendered conversions in Pentecostal churches in Johannesburg.Chapter 10: Healing and deliverance in the city of
gold.
Fields of interest
Community and Environmental Psychology;
Clinical Psychology; Political Science, general
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due October 2014
Due September 2014
2015. Approx. 200 p. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09305-5
2015. XXV, 505 p. 27 illus., 11 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09240-9
9<HTODMJ=ajdaf > 9<HTODMJ=ajceaj> 2015. XXII, 220 p. (Peace Psychology Book Series,
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08767-2
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Psychology
T. K. Shackelford, R. D. Hansen, Oakland University,
Rochester, MI, USA (Eds)
J. D. Sinnott, Towson University, Baltimore, MD, USA
(Ed)
The Evolution of Sexuality
Positive Psychology
Attraction, mating, reproduction: it is a given that
as a species, human beings are concerned with sex.
Advances in Understanding Adult Motivation
Features
7 Contributors are leading researchers in the
field 7 Focuses on evolution of sex 7 Topics of
book came out of one-day conference of "Evolution of Sexuality," where more than a dozen world
renowned panelists came together
Contents
Sexual conflict and evolutionary psychology:
towards a unified framework.- Darwinian literary
analyses of sexuality.- Assortative mating, class,
and caste.- Do men and women perform oral sex
as mate retention behavior?.- The French connection: Parent-offspring conflict and the English
Revolution.- An evolutionary functional analysis
of the hormonal predictors of women’s sexual motivation.- Evolutionary science of female orgasm.The functional design and phylogeny of women’s
sexuality.- Transgendered male androphilia in the
human ancestral environment.- Two behavioral
hypotheses for the evolution of male homosexuality in humans.- The evolution of culturally- variable sex differences: Men and women are not
always different, but when they are…it appears
not to result from patriarchy or sex role socialization.- Sperm competition and the evolution of
human sexuality. variable sex differences: Men and
women are not always different, but when they
are…it appears not to result from patriarchy or
sex role socialization.- Sperm competition and the
evolution of human sexuality.
Fields of interest
Sexual Behavior; Gender Studies; Cross Cultural
Psychology
Contents
Introduction.- Chapter 1. Calling in Child Rearing
– Promoting Meaningful, Purposeful Living in
Family Life.- Part I Positive Subjective Experiences.- Chapter 2. Mental Health and Illness in
Relation to Physical Health Across the Lifespan.- Chapter 3. Flow Theory and the Paradox of
Happiness.- Chapter 4. Finding Flow: The History
and Future of a Positive Psychology Concept.Chapter 5. Identity, Wisdom, and Critical Life
Events in Younger Adulthood.- Chapter 6. Amusing Ourselves to Health: A Selected Review of
Lab Findings.- Part II Positive Personality Traits.Chapter 7. Rediscovering Internal Strengths of the
Aged: The Beneficial Impact of Wisdom, Mastery,
Purpose in Life, and Spirituality on Aging Well.Chapter 8. The Black Survivors: The Courage,
Strength, Creativity and Resilience in the Cultural
Traditions of Black Caribbean Immigrants.- Chapter 9. The Role of Motivation in Adults’ Reading Comprehension: A Lifespan View.- Chapter
10.Martial Arts as a Pathway to Flourishing.Chapter 11. Creating a More Ethical Workplace.Chapter 12. A Seminar in Positive Psychology.Chapter 13.The Positive Psychology of Adult
Generativity: Caring for the Next Generation
and Constructing a Redemptive Life.- Chapter
14.The History and Future Directions of Positive
Health Psychology.- Part IV Learning to Thrive
During Adulthood.- Chapter 15. The Influence of
Erik Erikson on Positive Psychology Theory and
Research.- Chapter 16.Resilience and Multiple
Stigmatized Identities: Lessons from Transgender
Persons’ Reflections on Aging.- Chapter 17.Experiential Wisdom and Lifelong Learning.
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Positive Psychology; Personality and Social Psychology
Product category
Contributed volume
Target groups
N. M. Szablewska, Southern Cross University School
of Law and Justice, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia;
S.‑D. Bachmann, University of Lincoln Law School,
Lincoln, UK (Eds)
Current Issues in Transitional
Justice
Towards a More Holistic Approach
This volume is an inter-disciplinary scholarly resource bringing together contributions from writers, experienced academics and practitioners
working in fields such as human rights, humanitarian law, public policy, psychology, cultural and
peace studies, and earth jurisprudence. This
collection of essays presents the most up to date
knowledge and status of the field of transitional
justice, and also highlights the emerging debates
in this area, which are often overseen and underdeveloped in the literature. The volume provides
a wide coverage of the arguments relating to controversial issues emanating from different regions
of the world.
Features
7 Contains interdisciplinary case studies that
bridge academics and practitioners from the
field approaching transitional justice issues from
a political science perspective 7 Provides a
theoretical and conceptual basis with an overview
chapter of the current state of transitional justice
and concludes with a chapter on the emerging
developments and trends of transitional justice 7 Explores the new field of ecological law
and environmental jurisprudence
Contents

Fields of interest
Cross Cultural Psychology; Political Science, general; Personality and Social Psychology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Professional book
Due October 2014
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M. A. Tompkins, San Francisco Bay Area Center
for Cognitive Therapy and University of California,
Berkeley, CA, USA
Clinician’s Guide to Severe
Hoarding
A Harm Reduction Approach
The cat lady. The couple who won’t let anyone in
their apartment. The old man with all that junk
in his yard. Their severe hoarding puts them, and
often others, at risk for injury, disease, and even
death.
Features
7 Focus will be specifically on the needs of family
members or those close to persons who hoard
rather than hoarders themselves 7 Present a
unique approach to the problem of compulsive
hoarding (harm reduction) which focuses on
assisting family members in developing a plan
to manage the problem 7 Raise awareness of a
unique form of obsessive-compulsive behavior
that has not been widely written about 7 Take
the focus off discarding and put the focus on
problem management leading to a less stressful
healing process
Contents
Part I: Hoarding and Harm Reduction: Hoarding
Behavior and Hoarding Disorder.- Harm Reduction.- Part II: The Approach: Harm Reduction
Process for Severe Hoarding.- Engaging the Client
Who Hoards in the Harm Reduction Approach.Assessing Harm Potential.- Building and Facilitating a Harm Reduction Team.- Creating a Harm
Reduction Plan.- Managing the Harm Reduction
Plan.- Part III: Other Considerations: Special
Populations.- Legal Considerations.- Additional
Resources.- Appendix.
Fields of interest
Clinical Psychology; Social Work; Psychiatry
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Psychology
P. W. Tuerk, Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South
Carolina;Veterans Health Administration, Clinical
Sciences Research and Development, Ralph H.
Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA;
P. Shore, Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health
& Science University; VA Northwest Health Network
(VISN 20), Department of Veterans Affairs, Portland,
OR, USA (Eds)
J. Zihl, Universität München Inst. Psychologie,
München, Germany; G. Dutton, Royal Hospital for
Sick Children, Glasgow, UK
Clinical Videoconferencing in
Telehealth
Cerebral visual disorders have far-reaching
consequences for child development. These have
profound adverse effects on children’s education
and success in school and also in later life, but,
unfortunately, cerebral visual disorders often remain undiagnosed and untreated in the pediatric
population. This book provides a state-of-the-art
account of what is known about the development
and disorders of visual perception in children. It
covers the development and disorders of visual
perception in children, their assessment, early
intervention and management in an interdisciplinary context, both from a scientific as well as
clinical perspective.
Program Development and Practice
Contents
Part I: Clinic Managers and Administrators: A
Sequential Guide to Establishing Sustainable
Programming: Technologies and Clinical Videoconferencing Infrastructures: A guide to selecting
appropriate systems.- Conducting a Telehealth
Needs Assessment.- Common Elements of the Expert Consensus Guidelines or Clinical Videoconferencing.- Policy Development, Procedures and
Tools for Navigating Regulations.- Pulling it All
Together: Logistics of Program Implementation.Program Evaluation and Modification: Supporting
Pragmatic and Data-Driven Clinical Videoconferencing (CV) Services.- Part II: For Clinicians:
Clinical Standards and Protocols to Support
Effective and Safe Intervention: The Informed
Consent Process for Therapeutic Communication
in Clinical Videoconferencing.- Patient Safety
Planning and Emergency Management.- Clinical
Assessment in Clinical Videoconferencing.- Therapeutic Alliance in Clinical Videoconferencing:
Optimizing the Communication Context.
Fields of interest
Clinical Psychology; Computer Appl. in Social
and Behavioral Sciences; Psychological Methods/
Evaluation
Cerebral Visual Impairment in
Children
Visuoperceptive and Visuocognitive
Disorders
Features
7 Practical handbook that shows how to identify,
assess and rehabilitate cerebral visual disorders
in children 7 Scholarly and comprehensive
review of the literature on cerebral visual disorders
in children, their assessment and rehabilitation 7 Considers the context of the rapidly
evolving field of brain plasticity research
Contents
Introduction.- Neurobiological foundations and
development of visual perception.- Cognitive
functions and their development.- Cerebral visual
dysfunctions.- Assessment of visual functions and
dysfunctions.- Intervention.- Case reports.- References.
Target groups
Fields of interest
Neuropsychology; Developmental Psychology;
Neurology
Product category
Contributed volume
Target groups
Product category
Monograph

Due September 2014
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7 approx.€ 34,95 | £29.99
ISBN 978-1-4939-1431-9
2015. I, 414 p. (Behavioral Telehealth) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08764-1
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-7091-1814-6
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Mathematics
R. Aïd, EDF R&D, Clamart, France
M. Brešar, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Electricity Derivatives
Introduction to
Noncommutative Algebra
Offering a concise but complete survey of the
common features of the microstructure of electricity markets, this book describes the state of the art
in the different proposed electricity price models
for pricing derivatives and in the numerical methods used to price and hedge the most prominent
derivatives in electricity markets, namely power
plants and swings. The mathematical content of
the book has intentionally been made light in
order to concentrate on the main subject matter,
avoiding fastidious computations. Wherever possible, the models are illustrated by diagrams. The
book should allow prospective researchers in the
field of electricity derivatives to focus on the actual
difficulties associated with the subject. It should
also offer a brief but exhaustive overview of the
latest techniques used by financial engineers in
energy utilities and energy trading desks.
Contents
Introduction.- Electricity Markets.- Electricity Features.- Markets Microstructure.- Real
Derivatives.- Conclusion.- Price Models.- Preliminary Remarks.- HJM Style Forward Curve
Models.- One-Factor Spot Models.- Multi-Factor
Spot Models.- Structural Models.- Derivatives.Spreads.- Power Plants and Tollings.- Storage and
Swings.- Retail Contracts.- Weather Derivatives.Conclusion.
Field of interest
Quantitative Finance
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Providing an elementary introduction to noncommutative rings and algebras, this textbook begins
with the classical theory of finite dimensional
algebras. Only after this, modules, vector spaces
over division rings, and tensor products are introduced and studied. This is followed by Jacobson’s
structure theory of rings. The final chapters treat
free algebras, polynomial identities, and rings of
quotients. Many of the results are not presented
in their full generality. Rather, the emphasis is on
clarity of exposition and simplicity of the proofs,
with several being different from those in other
texts on the subject. Prerequisites are kept to a
minimum, and new concepts are introduced gradually and are carefully motivated. Introduction to
Noncommutative Algebra is therefore accessible
to a wide mathematical audience. It is, however,
primarily intended for beginning graduate and
advanced undergraduate students encountering
noncommutative algebra for the first time.
Features
7 Provides an easy-to-read introduction to
noncommutative rings and algebras 7 Makes
the theory, usually treated in more advanced texts,
accessible to undergraduate students 7 Presents
new proofs of some classical theorems
Contents
Finite Dimensional Division Algebras.- Structure
of Finite Dimensional Algebras.- Modules and
Vector Spaces.- Tensor Products.- Structure of
Rings.- Noncommutative Polynomials.- Rings of
Quotients and Structure of PI-Rings.
Field of interest
Associative Rings and Algebras
P. C. Bressloff, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT,
USA
Stochastic Processes in Cell
Biology
This book develops the theory of continuous and
discrete stochastic processes within the context of
cell biology. A wide range of biological topics are
covered including normal and anomalous diffusion in complex cellular environments, stochastic
ion channels and excitable systems, stochastic
calcium signaling, molecular motors, intracellular transport, signal transduction, bacterial
chemotaxis, robustness in gene networks, genetic
switches and oscillators, cell polarization, polymerization, cellular length control, and branching
processes.
Features
7 First graduate textbook in interdisciplinary applied mathematics that focuses on applications of
stochastic processes to cell biology 7 Introduces
concepts in stochastic process via motiviating
biological applications 7 Solutions to exercises
provided as supplementary material 7 Large
number of examples and exercises, highly illustrated
Contents
Introduction.- Diffusion in Cells: Random walks
and Brownian Motion.- Stochastic Ion Channels.Polymers and Molecular Motors.- Sensing the
Environment: Adaptation and Amplification in
Cells.- Stochastic Gene Expression and Regulatory
Networks.- Transport Processes in Cells.- SelfOrganization in Cells I: Active Processes.- SelfOrganization in Cells II: Reaction-Diffusion
Models.- The WKB Method and Large Deviation
Theory.- Probability Theory and Martingales.
Target groups
Graduate
Fields of interest
Mathematical and Computational Biology;
Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Cell
Biology
Product category
Graduate/Advanced undergraduate textbook
Target groups
Graduate
Product category
Due August 2014
Due November 2014
Due August 2014
2014. Approx. 125 p. (SpringerBriefs in Quantitative
Finance) Softcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7 approx.€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08394-0
2014. XVII, 217 p. (Universitext) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
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ISBN 978-3-319-08692-7
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2014. XVIII, 670 p. 206 illus., 90 in color.
(Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics, Volume 41)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 74,89 | € (A) 76,99 | sFr 93,50
7€ 69,99 | £62.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08487-9
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Mathematics
L. Bunimovich, Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, USA; B. Webb, Brigham Young University,
Provo, UT, USA
P. de M. Rios, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos,
Brazil; E. Straume, Norwegian University of Science
and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Isospectral Transformations:
A New Approach to Analyzing
Multidimensional Systems and
Networks
Symbol Correspondences for
Spin Systems
This book presents a new approach to the analysis
of networks, which emphasizes how one can compress a network while preserving all information
relative to the network’s spectrum. Besides these
compression techniques, the authors introduce a
number of other isospectral transformations and
demonstrate how, together, these methods can be
applied to gain new results in a number of areas.
This includes the stability of time-delayed and
non time-delayed dynamical networks, eigenvalue
estimation, pseudospectra analysis and the estimation of survival probabilities in open dynamical
systems.
Features
7 Dynamical networks is a hot topic 7 The first
book to highlight the isospectral matrix reduction
of networks and put into context of traditional
networks literature 7 Static and dynamical properties of networks are covered
Contents
Isospectral Transformations: A New Approach to
Analyzing Multidimensional Systems and Networks.- Isospectral Matrix Reductions.- Dynamical Networks and Isospectral Graph Reductions.Stability of Dynamical Networks.- Improved
Eigenvalue Estimates.- Pseudospectra and Inverse
Pseudospectra.- Improved Estimates of Survival
Probabilities.
Fields of interest
Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory; Mathematical Methods in Physics;
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
In mathematical physics, the correspondence
between quantum and classical mechanics is a
central topic, which this book explores in more
detail in the particular context of spin systems,
that is, SU(2)-symmetric mechanical systems. A
detailed presentation of quantum spin-j systems,
with emphasis on the SO(3)-invariant decomposition of their operator algebras, is first followed by
an introduction to the Poisson algebra of the classical spin system and then by a similarly detailed
examination of its SO(3)-invariant decomposition.
Features
7 Presents the SO (3)-invariant decomposition
of the operator algebra of spin systems and of the
Poisson algebra on the two sphere 7 Provides a
full classification and detailed systematic presentation of symbol correspondences for spin systems
and of general twisted products of symbols on the
two sphere 7 High spin number asymptotic limit
of symbol correspondence sequences and twisted
products
Contents
Preface.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Preliminaries.- 3
Quantum Spin Systems and Their Operator Algebras.- 4 The Poisson Algebra of the Classical Spin
System.- 5 Intermission.- 6 Symbol Correspondences for a Spin-j System.- 7 Multiplications of
Symbols on the 2-Sphere.- 8 Beginning Asymptotic Analysis of Twisted Products.- 9 Conclusion.Appendix.- Bibliography.- Index.
Fields of interest
Non-associative Rings and Algebras; Quantum
Physics; Topological Groups, Lie Groups
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
9<HTMEUD=jbdhej> SAGA – Advances in ShApes,
Geometry, and Algebra
Results from the Marie Curie Initial Training
Network
Contents
1 Introduction to ShApes, Geometry, and Algebra:
Tor Dokken and Georg Muntingh.- Part I Change
of Representation: 2 Numerical methods for
implicitisation and their applications: Oliver J. D.
Barrowclough.- 3 Sparse implicitization via interpolation: Ioannis Z. Emiris, Tatjana Kalinka, and
Christos Konaxis.- 4 The intersection problems
of parametric curves and surfaces by means of
matrix-based implicit representations: Thang Luu
Ba.- Part II Geometric Computing – Algebraic
Tools: 5 Singular Zeros of Polynomial Systems:
Angelos Mantzaflaris and Bernard Mourrain.- 6
Plane mixed discriminants and toric jacobians:
Alicia Dickenstein, Ioannis Z. Emiris and Anna
Karasoulou.- 7 Topology of the intersection of two
parameterized surfaces, using computations in 4D
space: Stéphane Chau and André Galligo.- 8 Rational Bézier Formulas with Quaternion and Clifford Algebra Weights: Rimvydas Krasauskas and
Severinas Zubé.- Part III Algebraic Geometry for
CAD Applications: 9 Algebraic spline geometry –
some remarks: Ragni Piene.- 10 On the dimension
of spline spaces on triangulations: Nelly Villamizar
and Bernard Mourrain.- 11 Polynomial Interpolation Problems in Projective Spaces and Products
of Projective Lines: Elisa Postinghel.- 12 Rational
parametrizations of edge and corner blends for
isogeometric analysis: Heidi E. I. Dahl.- Part IV
Practical Industrial Problems: 13 Bisectors and
Vorono¨ı diagram of a family of parallel half-lines:
I. Adamou, M. Fioravanti, L. Gonzalez-Vega, and
B. Mourrain.
Fields of interest
Geometry; Algebra; Mathematics of Computing
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
2014. XVIII, 138 p. 51 illus., 29 in color. (Springer
Monographs in Mathematics) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7€ 84,99 | £76.50
ISBN 978-1-4939-1374-9
T. Dokken, G. Muntingh, SINTEF ICT, Oslo, Norway
(Eds)
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
2014. VIII, 186 p. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7€ 84,99 | £76.50
ISBN 978-3-319-08197-7
9<HTODMJ=aibjh > 2014. Approx. 315 p. 85 illus., 70 in color. (Geometry
and Computing, Volume 10) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 101,64 | € (A) 104,49 | sFr 126,50
7€ 94,99 | £85.50
ISBN 978-3-319-08634-7
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Mathematics
Ć. B. Dolićanin, State University of Novi Pazar, Novi
Pazar, Serbia; A. B. Antonevich, Belarusian State
University, Minsk, Belarus
Dynamical Systems Generated
by Linear Maps
The book deals with dynamical systems, generated by linear mappings of finite dimensional
spaces and their applications. These systems have
a relatively simple structure from the point of
view of the modern dynamical systems theory.
However, for the dynamical systems of this sort,
it is possible to obtain explicit answers to specific
questions being useful in applications. The considered problems are natural and look rather simple,
but in reality in the course of investigation, they
confront users with plenty of subtle questions and
their detailed analysis needs a substantial effort.
The problems arising are related to linear algebra
and dynamical systems theory, and therefore, the
book can be considered as a natural amplification,
refinement and supplement to linear algebra and
dynamical systems theory textbooks.
Features
7 Provides explicit answers to specific questions
being useful in applications 7 Investigates dynamical system given by linear mapping 7 Offers
a natural amplification, refinement and supplement to linear algebra and dynamical systems
theory textbooks
Contents
From the Contents: Introduction.- Vector trajectory.- The Jordan basis and special subspaces.Representation of the vector trajectory.- The
structures related to the principal term of the vector Trajectory.- The asymptotic behavior of vector
trajectories and trajectories of one-dimensional
subspaces.
S. Eigen, Department of Mathematics, Boston, MA,
USA; A. Hajian, Northeastern University, Boston,
MA, USA; Y. Ito, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan;
V. Prasad, University of Massachusetts Lowell,
Lowell, MA, USA
Weakly Wandering Sequences
in Ergodic Theory
The appearance of weakly wandering (ww)
sets and sequences for ergodic transformations
over half a century ago was an unexpected and
surprising event. In time it was shown that ww
and related sequences reflected significant and
deep properties of ergodic transformations that
preserve an infinite measure. This monograph
studies in a systematic way the role of ww and
related sequences in the classification of ergodic
transformations preserving an infinite measure.
Connections of these sequences to additive
number theory and tilings of the integers are also
discussed. The material presented is self-contained
and accessible to graduate students.
Features
7 Provides a full account of the problem
of finite invariant measures for measurable
transformations with detailed explanation of
its history 7 Explains in detail the properties
and significance of weakly wandering and other
sequences of integers attached to infinite ergodic
transformations 7 Shows interesting new connections between ergodic theory and certain
number theoretic problems
Contents
1. Existence of a finite invariant measure2. Transformations with no Finite Invariant Measure3.
Infinite Ergodic Transformations4. Three Basic
Examples5. Properties of Various Sequences6. Tilings etc7. Sequences as Isomorphism Invariants
Fields of interest
Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control; Complexity
Fields of interest
Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory; Number
Theory; Measure and Integration
Target groups
Research
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Monograph
E. Fridman, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Introduction to Time-Delay
Systems
Analysis and Control
The beginning of the 21st century can be characterized as the” time-delay boom” leading to
numerous important results. The purpose of this
book is two-fold, to familiarize the non-expert
reader with time-delay systems and to provide
a systematic treatment of modern ideas and
techniques for experts. This book is based on the
course ”Introduction to time-delay systems” for
graduate students in Engineering and Applied
Mathematics that the author taught in Tel Aviv
University in 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 academic
years. The sufficient background to follow most
of the material are the undergraduate courses in
mathematics and an introduction to control.
Features
7 Leads the reader from some basic results on
time-delay systems to recent developments on Lyapunov-based methods 7 Covers the comprehensive LMI-based methods, starting from the
simple conditions and showing the ideas that
essentially improve the results 7 Presents a timedelay approach to the hot topics of sampled-data
and networked control systems
Contents
Introduction.- Linear time-delay systems.Lyapunov-based stability analysis.- Performance
analysis of time-delay systems.- Control design for
time-delay systems.- Discrete-time delay systems.Sampled-data and networked control systems: a
time-delay approach.
Fields of interest
Systems Theory, Control; Control; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due July 2014
Originally published by Academska Misao, Belgrade,
2012
No distribution rights for Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
2nd ed. 2014. XII, 203 p. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7€ 84,99 | £76.50
ISBN 978-3-319-08227-1
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Due August 2014
Due September 2014
2014. XV, 153 p. 14 illus. (Springer Monographs in
Mathematics) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7€ 84,99 | £76.50
ISBN 978-4-431-55107-2
2014. XVI, 346 p. 28 illus., 22 in color. (Systems &
Control: Foundations & Applications) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 101,64 | € (A) 104,49 | sFr 126,50
7€ 94,99 | £85.50
ISBN 978-3-319-09392-5
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Mathematics
P. K. Friz, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin,
Germany; M. Hairer, The University of Warwick,
Coventry, UK
A Course on Rough Paths
With an Introduction to Regularity Structures
Lyons’ rough path analysis has provided new
insights in the analysis of stochastic differential
equations and stochastic partial differential equations, such as the KPZ equation. This textbook
presents the first thorough and easily accessible
introduction to rough path analysis.
L. Godinho, J. Natário, Instituto Superior Técnico,
Lisbon, Portugal
An Introduction to Riemannian
Geometry
With Applications to Mechanics and
Relativity
R. Gorenflo, Free University Berlin Mathematical
Institute, Berlin, Germany; A. A. Kilbas, Belarusian
State University Department of Mathematics and
Mechanics, Minsk, Belarus; F. Mainardi, University
of Bologna Department of Physics, Bologna,
Italy; S. V. Rogosin, Belarusian State University
Department of Economics, Minsk, Belarus
Mittag-Leffler Functions
Features
7 Provides a self-contained and easily accessible
introduction to rough path analysis with many
exercises 7 Focuses on the simplest setting applicable to analysis of stochastic differential equations 7 Includes recent applications to stochastic
partial differential equations
Unlike many other texts on differential geometry,
this textbook also offers interesting applications
to geometric mechanics and general relativity. The
first part is a concise and self-contained introduction to the basics of manifolds, differential forms,
metrics and curvature. The second part studies
applications to mechanics and relativity including
the proofs of the Hawking and Penrose singularity
theorems. It can be independently used for onesemester courses in either of these subjects. The
main ideas are illustrated and further developed
by numerous examples and over 300 exercises.
Contents
Introduction.- The space of rough paths.- Brownian motion as a rough path.- Integration against
rough paths.- Stochastic integration and Itô’s
formula.- Doob–Meyer type decomposition for
rough paths.- Operations on controlled rough
paths.- Solutions to rough differential equations.Stochastic differential equations.- Gaussian rough
paths.- Cameron–Martin regularity and applications.- Stochastic partial differential equations.Introduction to regularity structures.- Operations
on modelled distributions.- Application to the
KPZ equation.
Features
7 Presents a self-contained treatment of Riemannian geometry and applications to mechanics
and relativity in one book 7 Conveys nontrivial
results in general relativity (such as the Hawking
and Penrose singularity theorems) which are not
usually treated in introductory texts 7 Contains
detailed solutions to many of the 300 exercises to
help students test and consolidate their understanding 7 Includes a summary of all the main
definitions and results from the necessary background material in differential calculus, algebra
and topology
Fields of interest
Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Ordinary Differential Equations; Partial Differential
Equations
Contents
Differentiable Manifolds.- Differential Forms.Riemannian Manifolds.- Curvature.- Geometric
Mechanics.- Relativity.
Contents
Preface.- Introduction.- 1.History of MittagLeffler functions.- 2.Classical Mittag-Leffler
function.- 3.Mittag-Leffler functions with two or
three parameters.- 4.Generalized Mittag-Leffler
functions.- 5.Mittag-Leffler functions and solution
to fractional order equations.- 6.Applications to
deterministic models.- 7.Applications to stochastic
models.- Appendices.- A. Euler Gamma and Betafunctions.- B. Entire functions.- C. Integral transforms.- D. Mellin-Barnes integral.- E. Elements
of fractional calculus.- F. Higher transcendental
functions.- References.
Target groups
Graduate
Fields of interest
Differential Geometry; Mathematical Physics;
Mechanics, Classical and Quantum Gravitation,
Relativity Theory
Fields of interest
Special Functions; Mathematical Applications in
the Physical Sciences; Mathematical Modeling and
Industrial Mathematics
Target groups
Graduate
Target groups
Research
Product category
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Theory and Applications
As a result of researchers’ and scientists’ increasing interest in pure as well as applied mathematics
in non-conventional models, particularly those
using fractional calculus, Mittag-Leffler functions
have recently caught the interest of the scientific
community.
Features
7 Unique project to be realized in the theory
of special functions 7 Presents a complete and
self-contained description of all aspects of the
theory and application of the Mittag-Leffler functions 7 The introduced functions are of great
importance for solving differential and integral
equations of fractional order
Due September 2014
Due October 2014
Due August 2014
2014. Approx. 265 p. (Universitext) Softcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7 approx.€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08331-5
2014. X, 467 p. 60 illus. (Universitext) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 64,19 | € (A) 65,99 | sFr 80,00
7€ 59,99 | £39.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08665-1
9<HTODMJ=aid bf> 9<HTODMJ=aig fb> 2014. XII, 425 p. 7 illus., 2 in color. (Springer
Monographs in Mathematics) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 101,64 | € (A) 104,49 | sFr 126,50
7€ 94,99 | £85.50
ISBN 978-3-662-43929-6
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Mathematics
J.‑C. Hausmann, University of Geneva, Geneva,
Switzerland
Mod Two Homology and
Cohomology
Cohomology and homology modulo 2 helps the
reader grasp more readily the basics of a major
tool in algebraic topology. Compared to a more
general approach to (co)homology this refreshing
approach has many pedagogical advantages: 1. It
leads more quickly to the essentials of the subject,
2. An absence of signs and orientation considerations simplifies the theory, 3. Computations
and advanced applications can be presented at an
earlier stage, 4. Simple geometrical interpretations
of (co)chains. Mod 2 (co)homology was developed
in the first quarter of the twentieth century as
an alternative to integral homology, before both
became particular cases of (co)homology with
arbitrary coefficients.
Features
7 Presents a simplified version of these important tools of algebraic topology 7 Provides a
self-contained introduction to mod 2 (co)homology 7 Begins with basic principles and leads up
to advanced topics that are not usually mentioned
in an algebraic topology text 7 Includes many
interesting applications of mod 2 homology and
cohomology theory, both classical and more
recent
Contents
Introduction.- Simplicial (co)homology.- Singular
and cellular (co)homologies.- Products.- Poincaré
Duality.- Projective spaces.- Equivariant cohomology.- Steenrod squares.- Stiefel-Whitney classes.Miscellaneous applications and developments.Hints and answers for some exercises.
Fields of interest
Algebraic Topology; Manifolds and Cell Complexes (incl. Diff.Topology)
Target groups
Graduate
Due September 2014
2014. VIII, 441 p. 9 illus. (Universitext) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 64,19 | € (A) 65,99 | sFr 80,00
7€ 59,99 | £39.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09353-6
58
Symmetry: Representation
Theory and Its Applications
In Honor of Nolan R. Wallach
Features
7 A unique and comprehensive tribute for Nolan
R.
Contents
Preface.- Publications of Nolan R. Wallach.- Unitary Hecke algebra modules with nonzero Dirac
cohomology.- On the nilradical of a parabolic
subgroup.- Arithmetic invariant theory.- Structure
constants of Kac-Moody Lie algebras.- The Gelfand-Zeitlin integrable system and K-orbits on the
flag variety.- Diagrams of Hermitian type, highest
weight modules, and syzygies of determinantal
varieties.- A conjecture of Sakellaridis-Venkatesh
on the unitary spectrum of spherical varieties.- Proof of the 2-part compositional shuffle
conjecture.- On symmetric SL-invariant polynomials in four qubits.- Finite maximal tori.- Sums
of Littlewood–Richardson coefficients and GLnharmonic polynomials.- Polynomial functors and
categorifications of Fock space.- Pieri algebras and
Hibi algebras in representation theory.- Action of
the conformal group on steady state solutions to
Maxwell’s equations and background radiation.Representations with a reduced null cone.- Mseries and Kloosterman–Selberg zetafunctions for
R-rank one groups.- Ricci flow and manifolds with
positive curvature.- Remainder formula and zeta
expression for extremal CFT partition functions.Principal series representations of infinite-dimensional Lie groups, I: Minimal parabolic subgroups.
F. Jean, ENSTA ParisTech, Palaiseau, France
Control of Nonholonomic
Systems: from Sub-Riemannian
Geometry to Motion Planning
Nonholonomic systems are control systems which
depend linearly on the control. Their underlying
geometry is the sub-Riemannian geometry, which
plays for these systems the same role as Euclidean
geometry does for linear systems. In particular the
usual notions of approximations at the first order,
that are essential for control purposes, have to be
defined in terms of this geometry. The aim of these
notes is to present these notions of approximation and their application to the motion planning
problem for nonholonomic systems.
Features
7 Provides recent results and state-of-the-art
in nonholonomic motion planning 7 Includes
the description of a complete algorithm 7 It is a
crash course on first-order theory in sub-Riemannian geometry
Contents
1 Geometry of nonholonomic systems.- 2 Firstorder theory.- 3 Nonholonomic motion planning.4 Appendix A: Composition of flows of vector
fields.- 5 Appendix B: The different systems of
privileged coordinates.
Fields of interest
Systems Theory, Control; Differential Geometry;
Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Fields of interest
Topological Groups, Lie Groups; Group Theory
and Generalizations; Algebraic Geometry
Target groups
Research
Product category
9<HTODMJ=ajdfdg> R. E. Howe, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA;
M. Hunziker, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA;
J. F. Willenbring, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,
Milwaukee, WI, USA (Eds)
Product category
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2014. XXX, 550 p. 38 illus., 5 in color. (Progress in
Mathematics, Volume 257) Hardcover
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7€ 109,99 | £99.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1589-7
2014. X, 104 p. 1 illus. in color. (SpringerBriefs in
Mathematics) Softcover
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Mathematics
D. Axelrod, Nelson Biology Labs,Rutgers University,
PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA; M. Kimmel, Rice University,
Houston, TX, USA
A. Lewis, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
Branching Processes in Biology
This brief presents a description of a new modelling framework for nonlinear/geometric control
theory. The framework is intended to be—and
shown to be—feedback-invariant. As such, Tautological Control Systems provides a platform for
understanding fundamental structural problems
in geometric control theory. Part of the novelty
of the text stems from the variety of regularity classes, e.g., Lipschitz, finitely differentiable,
smooth, real analytic, with which it deals in a
comprehensive and unified manner. The treatment
of the important real analytic class especially
reflects recent work on real analytic topologies by
the author. Applied mathematicians interested in
nonlinear and geometric control theory will find
this brief of interest as a starting point for work in
which feedback invariance is important. Graduate
students working in control theory may also find
Tautological Control Systems to be a stimulating
starting point for their research.
This book provides a theoretical background of
branching processes and discusses their biological
applications. Branching processes are a welldeveloped and powerful set of tools in the field
of applied probability. The range of applications
considered includes molecular biology, cellular
biology, human evolution and medicine. The
branching processes discussed include GaltonWatson, Markov, Bellman-Harris, Multitype, and
General Processes. As an aid to understanding
specific examples, two introductory chapters, and
two glossaries are included that provide background material in mathematics and in biology.
Features
7 Intended for mathematicians, statisticians,
and biologists, as well as advanced graduate
students 7 More material added in the chapter
on infinitely-dimensional multitype processes,
including the infinitely-dimensional linearfractional case 7 Background material expanded. 7 More than 360 citations, including 100 new
citations to recent literature
Contents
Motivating Examples and Other Preliminaries.- Biological Background.- The Galton-Watson
Process.- The Age-Dependent Process: Markov
Case.- The Bellman-Harris Process.- Multitype
Processes.- Branching Processes with Infinitely
Many Types.- Genealogies of Branching Processes
and their Applications.- References.
Fields of interest
Mathematical and Computational Biology; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences;
Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes
Target groups
Graduate
Product category
Tautological Control Systems
Features
7 Promises a new methodology of study with
fundamentally novel tools leading to a radically
different way of understanding system structure 7 Eliminates the need to consider control
parameterization and the effects of its variation 7 New approach will inspire further work
and discussion
Contents
1 Introduction, motivation, and background.- 2
Topologies for spaces of vector fields.- 3 Timevarying vector fields and control systems.- 4
Presheaves and sheaves of sets of vector fields.- 5
Tautological control systems: Definitions and fundamental properties.- 6 Étalé systems.- 7 Ongoing
and future work.
Fields of interest
Systems Theory, Control; Control
Alfred Tarski
Early Work in Poland—Geometry and
Teaching
Foreword by: I. Grattan-Guinness, Bengeo, UK
Contents
1 Tarski’s first paper.- 1.1 Introduction .- 1.2 Item 1
below (nearing completion).- 2 Papers on equidecomposibility of polygons.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2
Item 2 below (nearing completion).- 2.3 Item 6
below (old translation, needs redoing).- 2.4 Item
8 below (old translation, needs redoing).- 2.5 Exercise 31pc in item 11g below.- 3 Papers related to
secondary teaching.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Item 4
below (meeting report).- 3.3 Item 7 below (on circles, nearing completion).- 3.4 Extract from Item
9 below (textbook).- 3.5 Remainder of item 11
below (exercises).- 4 Assorted contributions.- 4.1
Introduction.- 4.2 Item 3 below (on insurance).4.3 Item 5 below (abstract on truth).- 4.4 Item 10
below (Lukasiewicz abstract on definitions).- 4.5
Item 12 below (contributions to discussions).- 5
Bibliography.- 5.1 Introduction .- 5.2 List of Tarski
works published since the Collected Works.- 5.3
List of biographical books and articles.- 5.4 List of
summaries of Tarski’s scientific work.- 5.5 References for the present book .- Illustrations.- Young
Tarski (frontispiece).- From the first paper .- From
the 1924 paper.- Something from one of the teachers’ journals .- Index.
Fields of interest
Mathematical Logic and Foundations; Mathematics Education; History of Mathematical Sciences
Target groups
Product category
Collection of essays
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Due November 2014
Due July 2014
2nd ed. 2014. Approx. 345 p. 69 illus., 3 in color.
(Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics, Volume 19)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 64,19 | € (A) 65,99 | sFr 80,00
7€ 59,99 | £53.99
ISBN 978-1-4939-1558-3
2014. IX, 118 p. (SpringerBriefs in Electrical and
Computer Engineering / SpringerBriefs in Control,
Automation and Robotics) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08637-8
9<HTMEUD=jbf id> A. McFarland, J. McFarland, Plock, Poland; J. Smith,
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA,
USA (Eds)
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Mathematics
M. Nisio, Hyogo-ku, Kobe, Japan
Lectures on Stochastic Control
This book provides an introduction to stochastic
controls, via the method of dynamic programming, formulated by nonlinear semigroup. The
dynamic programming principle, originated by
R. Bellman in 1950s, is known as the two stage
optimization procedure and gives a powerful tool
to analyze stochastic control problems. Through
the dependence of value function on its terminal
cost function, we construct a nonlinear two parameter semigroup which formulates the dynamic
programming principle and whose generator
provides Hamilton--Jacobi--Bellman equation. Here we mainly concerned with finite time
horizon stochastic controls. But we also apply the
semigroup approach to control-stopping problems
and stochastic differential games together with
examples in financial market models. This book is
organized as follows. Chapters 1--4 deal with completely observable finite dimensional controlled
diffusions. Chapters 5 and 6 are concerned with
Hilbert space valued stochastic processes, related
to partially observable control problems.
Features
7 Deals with a quick review of stochastic analysis
and stochastic differential equations with random
coefficients 7 Deals with viscosity solutions of
nonlinear parabolic equation 7 Shows the connection between controlled Zakai equations and
control of partially observable diffusions
Field of interest
Mathematics, general
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
K. D. Pham, The Air Force Research Laboratory,
Kirtland Air Force Base, NM, USA
Resilient Controls for Ordering
Uncertain Prospects
Change and Response
Providing readers with a detailed examination
of resilient controls in risk-averse decision, this
monograph is aimed toward researchers and
graduate students in applied mathematics and
electrical engineering with a systems-theoretic
concentration.
Features
7 Highlights current advances in resilient controls of bilinear stochastic systems 7 Presents
theoretical explorations on several fundamental
problems for resilient controlled systems 7 Contains new breakthroughs in network time delays
and communication channel constraints
Contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Actuator Failure Accommodation in Risk-Averse Feedback Control.- 3.
Towards a Risk Sensitivity and Game-Theoretic
Approach of Stochastic Fault-Tolerant Systems.- 4.
Disturbance Attenuation Problems with Delayed
Feedback Measurements.- 5. Performance Risk
Management in weakly Coupled Bilinear Stochastic Systems.- 6. Risk-Averse Control of Weakly
Coupled Bilinear Stochastic Systems.- 7. Resilient control of A Class of Uncertain Time-Delay
Systems.- 8. Networked Control with Time Delay
Measurements and Communications Channel
Constraints.- 9. Risk-Averse Control of Networked Systems with Compensation of Measurement Delays and Control Rate Constraints.- 10.
Epilogue.- Index.
Fields of interest
Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization; Operation Research/Decision Theory;
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
7 approx. *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7 approx.€ 84,99 | £76.50
ISBN 978-4-431-55122-5
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A. Poznyak, Centro de Investigacion y Estudios
Avanzados, México, Mexico; A. Polyakov, INRIA-LNE,
Villeneuve d’Ascq, France; V. Azhmyakov, University
of Antonio Nariño, Neiva, Colombia
Attractive Ellipsoids in Robust
Control
This monograph introduces a newly developed
robust-control design technique for a wide class
of continuous-time dynamical systems called
the “attractive ellipsoid method.” Along with a
coherent introduction to the proposed control
design and related topics, the monograph studies
nonlinear affine control systems in the presence of
uncertainty and presents a constructive and easily
implementable control strategy that guarantees
certain stability properties. The authors discuss
linear-style feedback control synthesis in the context of the above-mentioned systems.
Features
7 Presents numerical procedures for designing
robust and adaptive-robust feedbacks 7 Covers a
wide class of quasi-Lipschitz nonlinear uncertain
systems 7 All subclasses of uncertain systems are
treated with a unified approach
Contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Mathematical Backgrounds.3. Robust State Feedback Control.- 4. Robust
Output Feedback Control.- 5. Control with
Sample-Data Measurements.- 6. Sample Data and
Quantifying Output Control.- 7. Robust Control
of Implicit Systems.- 8. Attractive Ellipsoids in
Sliding Mode control.- 9. Robust Stabilization
of Time-Delay Systems.- 10. Robust Control of
Switched Systems.- 11. Bounded Robust Control.12. Attractive Ellipsoid Method with Adaptation.
Fields of interest
Systems Theory, Control
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
2014. XV, 200 p. 33 illus. (Springer Optimization and
Its Applications, Volume 98) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7€ 84,99 | £76.50
ISBN 978-3-319-08704-7
2014. XVIII, 366 p. 65 illus. in color. (Systems &
Control: Foundations & Applications) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 101,64 | € (A) 104,49 | sFr 126,50
7€ 94,99 | £85.50
ISBN 978-3-319-09209-6
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Mathematics
R. Schiffler, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Quiver Representations
This book is intended to serve as a textbook for a
course in Representation Theory of Algebras at the
beginning graduate level. The text has two parts.
In Part I, the theory is studied in an elementary
way using quivers and their representations. This
is a very hands-on approach and requires only
basic knowledge of linear algebra. The main tool
for describing the representation theory of a finitedimensional algebra is its Auslander-Reiten quiver,
and the text introduces these quivers as early as
possible. Part II then uses the language of algebras
and modules to build on the material developed
before. The equivalence of the two approaches is
proved in the text. The last chapter gives a proof
of Gabriel’s Theorem. The language of category
theory is developed along the way as needed.
Features
7 First textbook on representation theory
which uses the quiver representations approach 7 Much shorter than other texts on
the subject and is meant as a textbook for a one
semester course 7 Explicit constructions of
Auslander-Reiten quivers are given
Contents
Part I: Quivers and their representations.- Representations of quivers.- Projective and injective
representations.- Examples of Auslander-Reiten
quivers.- Part II: Path algebras.- Algebras and
modules.- Bound quiver algebras.- New algebras
from old.- Auslander-Reiten theory.- Quadratic
forms and Gabriel’s theorem.
Fields of interest
Algebra; Associative Rings and Algebras;
Combinatorics
Target groups
Graduate
Product category
J. S. Treiman, Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, MI, USA
F. Vivaldi, Queen Mary University of London,
London, UK
Calculus with Vectors
Mathematical Writing
Calculus with Vectors grew out of a strong need
for a beginning calculus textbook for undergraduates who intend to pursue careers in STEM fields.
The approach introduces vector-valued functions
from the start, emphasizing the connections
between one-variable and multi-variable calculus.
The text includes early vectors and early transcendentals and includes a rigorous but informal approach to vectors. Examples and focused applications are well presented along with an abundance
of motivating exercises. The approaches taken to
topics such as the derivation of the derivatives of
sine and cosine, the approach to limits and the use
of “tables” of integration have been modified from
the standards seen in other textbooks in order
to maximize the ease with which students may
comprehend the material.
This book teaches the art of writing mathematics,
an essential -and difficult- skill for any mathematics student. The book begins with an informal
introduction on basic writing principles and a
review of the essential dictionary for mathematics.
Writing techniques are developed gradually, from
the small to the large: words, phrases, sentences,
paragraphs, to end with short compositions. These
may represent the introduction of a concept,
the abstract of a presentation or the proof of a
theorem. Along the way the student will learn how
to establish a coherent notation, mix words and
symbols effectively, write neat formulae, and structure a definition. Some elements of logic and all
common methods of proofs are featured, including various versions of induction and existence
proofs. The book concludes with advice on specific
aspects of thesis writing (choosing of a title,
composing an abstract, compiling a bibliography)
illustrated by large number of real-life examples.
Many exercises are included; over 150 of them
have complete solutions, to facilitate self-study.
Features
7 Includes early vectors and early transcendentals to help prepare students for calculus-based
physics classes 7 Contains several appendices
designed to help fill in necessary background
knowledge, including basic trigonometry and
algebra review 7 Uses non-standard approaches
in order to optimize ease of understanding for
students
Contents
Preface.- 1. Points and Vectors.- 2. Limits and Derivatives.- 3. More on Limits.- 4. Rules for Finding
Derivatives.- 5. Applications of Limits and Derivatives.- 6. Integration.- 7. The Cross Product.- 8.
More Techniques of Integration.- 9. Applications
of Integration.- 10. Series.- Index.
Fields of interest
Integral Transforms, Operational Calculus;
Sequences, Series, Summability; Mathematical
Methods in Physics
Features
7 Teaches undergraduate students to learn
and improve their mathematical writing
skills 7 Contains many exercises and solutions
for self-learners 7 Tried and tested for many
years on courses at Queen Mary, University
London
Contents
Some writing tips.- Essential dictionary I.- Essential dictionary II.- Mathematical sentences.Describing functions.- Writing well.- Forms of
argument.- Induction.- Existence and definitions.Writing a thesis.
Field of interest
Mathematics, general
Target groups
Lower undergraduate
Target groups
Lower undergraduate
Product category
Undergraduate textbook
Product category
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
2014. XVI, 226 p. 25 illus. (CMS Books in
Mathematics) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09203-4
9<HTODMJ=ajcade> 2014. X, 407 p. 350 illus., 300 in color. (Springer
Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics and
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7€ 44,99 | £40.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09437-3
9<HTODMJ=ajedhd> Due August 2014
2014. XVII, 204 p. 16 illus. in color. (Springer
Undergraduate Mathematics Series) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 37,44 | € (A) 38,49 | sFr 47,00
7€ 34,99 | £24.99
ISBN 978-1-4471-6526-2
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Mathematics
A. J. Zaslavski, Technion - Israel Institute of
Technology, Haifa, Israel
A. I. Zayed, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA;
G. Schmeisser, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg,
Erlangen, Germany (Eds)
Turnpike Phenomenon and
Infinite Horizon Optimal
Control
This book is devoted to the study of the turnpike
phenomenon and describes the existence of solutions for a large variety of infinite horizon optimal
control classes of problems. Chapter 1 provides
introductory material on turnpike properties.
Chapter 2 studies the turnpike phenomenon
for discrete-time optimal control problems. The
turnpike properties of autonomous problems with
extended-value integrands are studied in Chapter
3. Chapter 4 focuses on large classes of infinite
horizon optimal control problems without convexity (concavity) assumptions. In Chapter 5, the
turnpike results for a class of dynamic discretetime two-player zero-sum game are proven.
Features
7 Establishes a turnpike property for optimal
control problems without convexity (concavity)
assumptions 7 Contains optimal solutions for
optimal control problems without convexity (concavity) assumptions over infinite horizon 7 Uses
a turnpike property of approximate solutions for
zero-sum game with two players
Contents
Preface.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Turnpike Properties
of Discrete-Time Problems.- 3. Variational Problems with Extended-Value Integrands.- 4. Infinite
Horizon Problems.- 5. Dynamic Discrete Time
Zero-Sum Games.- References.- Index.
Fields of interest
Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control;
Optimization; Optimization; Operations Research,
Management Science
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
New Perspectives on
Approximation and Sampling
Theory
Festschrift in Honor of Paul Butzer’s 85th
Birthday
Contents
Abstract Exact and Approximate Sampling Theorems.- Sampling in Reproducing Kernel Hilbert
Space.- Boas-Type Formulas and Sampling in
Banach Spaces with Applications to Analysis on
Manifolds.- On Window Methods in Generalized
Shannon Sampling Operators.- Generalized sampling approximation for multivariate discontinuous signals and applications to image processing.Signal and System Approximation from General
Measurements.- Confirmation PROCESS.- Sparse
Signal Processing.- Signal Sampling and Testing
Under Noise.- Superoscillations.- General Moduli
of Smoothness and Approximation by Families
of Linear Polynomial Operators.- Variation and
approximation in multidimensional setting for
Mellin integral operators.- The Lebesgue Constant
for Sinc Approximations.- Six (Seven) problems
in frame theory.- Five good reasons for complexvalued transforms in image processing.- Frequency Determination Using the Discrete Hermite
Transform.- Fractional Operators, Dirichlet
Averages and Splines.- A Distributional Approach
to Generalized Stochastic Processes on Locally
Compact Abelian Groups.- On a discrete Turán
problem for l-1 radial functions.
Fields of interest
Approximations and Expansions; Special Functions; Signal,Image and Speech Processing
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
2014. XII, 328 p. (Springer Optimization and Its
Applications, Volume 99) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 101,64 | € (A) 104,49 | sFr 126,50
7€ 94,99 | £85.50
ISBN 978-3-319-08827-3
2014. XV, 485 p. 66 illus., 38 in color. (Applied and
Numerical Harmonic Analysis) Hardcover
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7€ 94,99 | £85.50
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H. Abdi, D. Beaton, The University of Texas, Dallas,
TX, USA
Statistics
M. Alvo, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada;
P. L. Yu, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong,
China
A. K. Chattopadhyay, T. Chattopadhyay, University
of Calcutta, Calcutta, India
This book introduces advanced undergraduate,
graduate students and practitioners to statistical
methods for ranking data. An important aspect of
nonparametric statistics is oriented towards the
use of ranking data. Rank correlation is defined
through the notion of distance functions and the
notion of compatibility is introduced to deal with
incomplete data. Ranking data are also modeled
using a variety of modern tools such as CART,
MCMC, EM algorithm and factor analysis. This
book deals with statistical methods used for analyzing such data and provides a novel and unifying
approach for hypotheses testing.
in its own right with rewarding examples, including work by the authors with galaxy and Gamma
Ray Burst data to engage the reader. This includes
a comprehensive blending of Astrophysics and
Statistics. The first chapter’s coverage of preliminary concepts and terminologies for astronomical phenomenon will appeal to both Statistics
and Astrophysics readers as helpful context.
Statistics concepts covered in the book provide
a methodological framework. A unique feature
is the inclusion of different possible sources of
astronomical data, as well as software packages for
converting the raw data into appropriate forms for
data analysis.
Principal Component and
Statistical Methods for
Statistical
Methods
for
Ranking
Correspondence Analyses Using
Astronomical Data Analysis
Data
R
This book introduces “Astrostatistics” as a subject
With the right R packages, R is uniquely suited to
perform Principal Component Analysis (PCA),
Correspondence Analysis (CA), Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA), and metric multidimensional scaling (MMDS). The analyses depicted
in this book use several packages specially developed for theses analyses and include (among others): the ExPosition suite, FactoMiner , ade4, and
ca. The authors present each technique with one
or several small examples that demonstrate how
to enter the data, perform the standard analyses,
and obtain professional quality graphics. Through
explanations of the major options for how to carry
out each method, readers can tailor the content of
this book to their particular goals. Explanations
include the effects of using particular packages.
Features
7 Fills a void in the literature for how to do PCA
and CA with R, a wildly popular and open source
software 7 All analyses use R packages, including a package created for this book, and examples
provide all data and code 7 The "how to"
approach used here can be used in courses and
self-learning
Contents
inimum of R.- Notations.- Principal Component
M
Analysis.- Correspondence Analysis.- Multiple
Correspondence Analysis & Alternative.- Appendix: The Singular Value Decomposition (SVD).References.- Index.
Features
7 Contains a unified treatment of both inference and modeling for ranking data 7 Contains
comprehensive software to enable the practitioner
to access the methods 7 Contains illustrative
data sets and exercises so that it can be used as a
textbook in a graduate course
Contents
Introduction.- Exploratory Analysis of Ranking
Data.- Correlation Analysis of Paired Ranking
Data.- Testing for randomness, agreement and
interaction.- Block Designs.- General Theory of
Hypothesis Testing.- Testing for Ordered Alternatives.- Probability Models for Ranking Data.Probit Models for Ranking Data.- Decision Tree
Models for Ranking Data.- Extension of DistanceBased Models for Ranking Data.- Appendix A:
Ranking Data Sets.- Appendix B: Limit Theorems.- Appendix C: Review on Decision Trees.
Features
7 Provides a concise introduction to statistical
astronomy in context of recent discoveries 7 Details various traditional and non-traditional
methodologies for analyzing and interpreting large
scale data sets in new field 7 Integrates R and
provides data sets for readers to learn from
Contents
Introduction to Astrophysics.- Introduction to
Statistics.- Sources of Astronomical Data.- Statistical Inference.- Advanced Regression and its
Application with Measurement Error.- Missing
Observations and Imputation.- Dimension Reduction and Clustering.- Clustering, Classification
and Data Mining.- Time Series Analysis.- Monte
Carlo Simulation.- Uses of Softwares.- Appendix.
Fields of interest
Statistical Theory and Methods; Statistics, general;
Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs
Fields of interest
Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences; Astrophysics
and Astroparticles; Astronomy, Astrophysics and
Cosmology
Target groups
Research
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Monograph
Due October 2014
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
2014. X, 110 p. 40 illus., 10 in color. (SpringerBriefs in
Statistics) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09255-3
2014. X, 270 p. 23 illus., 4 in color. (Frontiers in
Probability and the Statistical Sciences) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7€ 84,99 | £76.50
ISBN 978-1-4939-1470-8
2014. XV, 333 p. 62 illus., 45 in color. (Springer Series
in Astrostatistics, Volume 3) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7€ 84,99 | £76.50
ISBN 978-1-4939-1506-4
9<HTODMJ=ajcf d> 9<HTMEUD=jbehai> Fields of interest
Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences;
Statistical Theory and Methods
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
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Statistics
D. Haughton, Bentley College Dept. Mathematical
Sciences, Waltham, MA, USA; M.‑D. McLaughlin,
K. D. Mentzer, Bentley University, Waltham, MA,
USA; N. Villa-Vialaneix, INRA, Toulouse, France;
C. Zhang, Bentley University, Waltham, MA, USA
Movie Analytics
A Hollywood Introduction to Big Data
Movies will never be the same after you learn how
to analyze movie data, including key data mining,
text mining and social network analytics concepts.
These techniques may then be used in endless
other contexts.
Features
7 Current introduction to big data issues
through an appealing and surprisingly complex
subject: movie analytics 7 Delves into text mining techniques through movie reviews, twitter
data and social network analysis 7 Includes visualization of the co-starring network, prediction
of Oscar winners and analysis of movie attendance
data 7 All methods may be applied to myriad
other contexts
Contents
What do we know about analyzing movie data:
section on past literature.- What is meant by “big
data”; the data scientist point of view.- Visualization of very large networks: the co-starring
social network.- Text Mining: twitter movie related data.- Text Mining: movie review data.- Dollars and cents: analysis of financial data (revenue,
budget etc.).- Analysis of movie attendance
data.- Gold standard: Intradate data and Oscars.- Can one predict Oscars from twitter and
review text data.
Fields of interest
Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science,
Education, Public Policy, and Law; Data Mining
and Knowledge Discovery; Statistics for Business/
Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
M. Kateri, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen,
Germany
B. Lecoutre, Université de Rouen UMR 6085 CNRS,
St Et. du Rouvray CEDEX, France; J. Poitevineau,
Université Pierre et Marie Curie CNRS, Paris Cedex
05, France
Contingency Table Analysis
Methods and Implementation Using R
Contingency tables arise in diverse fields, including life sciences, education, social and political
sciences, notably market research and opinion
surveys. Their analysis plays an essential role in
gaining insight into structures of the quantities
under consideration and in supporting decision
making.
Features
7 Presents a variety of new sophisticated models
for the analysis of two- and multidimensionalcontingency tables 7 Real-world applications to
life sciences, education, social and political sciences, notably market research, and opinion surveys 7 Emphasis is on applications and methods
of fitting models using standard statistical packages, such as SPSS, S-PLUS, R, and BUGS, as well
as on interpretation of the results 7 Up-to-date
supplementary material is available on the author's
website 7 For a broad audience of advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and practitioners
in statistics, biosciences, social sciences, education,
and economics 7 May be used as a textbook for
a course on categorical data analysis
Contents
Preface.- Introduction.- Analysis of Two-Way
Tables.- Analysis of Multi-Way Tables.- LogLinear Models.- Generalized Linear Models and
Extensions.- Association Models.- More on Association Models and Related Methods.- Response
Variable Analysis in Contingency Tables.- Analysis
of Square Tables.- Further Topics.
Fields of interest
Statistical Theory and Methods; Statistics for
Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education,
Public Policy, and Law; Statistics for Life Sciences,
Medicine, Health Sciences
Target groups
Product category
The Significance Test
Controversy Revisited
The Fiducial Bayesian Alternative
The purpose of this book is not only to revisit the
“significance test controversy,”but also to provide
a conceptually sounder alternative. As such, it
presents a Bayesian framework for a new approach
to analyzing and interpreting experimental data. It
also prepares students and researchers for reporting on experimental results. Normative aspects:
The main views of statistical tests are revisited and
the philosophies of Fisher, Neyman-Pearson and
Jeffrey are discussed in detail.
Features
7 Prepares students and researchers for experimental results report 7 Gives a genuine
understanding of statistical inference procedures 7 Provides a Bayesian framework for a
new approach to experimental data analysis and
interpretation
Contents
Introduction.- Preamble - Frequentist and Bayesian Inference.- The Fisher, Neyman-Pearson and
Jeffreys Views of Statistical Tests.- GHOST: An Officially Recommended Practice.- The Significance
Test Controversy Revisited.- Reporting Effect
Sizes: The New Star System.- Reporting Confidence Intervals: A Paradoxical Situation.- Basic
Fiducial Bayesian Procedures for Inference About
Means.- Generalizations and Methodological
Considerations for ANOVA.- Conclusion.- Index.
Fields of interest
Statistical Theory and Methods; Statistics and
Computing/Statistics Programs
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief

Due October 2014
Available
Due September 2014
2014. X, 100 p. 25 illus. (SpringerBriefs in Statistics)
Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09425-0
2014. XVII, 304 p. 21 illus., 8 in color. (Statistics for
Industry and Technology) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 64,19 | € (A) 65,99 | sFr 80,00
7€ 59,99 | £95.00
ISBN 978-0-8176-4810-7
2014. VIII, 125 p. 10 illus., 9 in color. (SpringerBriefs in
Statistics) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-662-44045-2
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Statistics
F. Willekens, Max Planck Institute for Demographic
Research, Rostock, Germany
Multistate Analysis of Life
Histories with R
This book provides an introduction to multistate event history analysis. It is an extension of
survival analysis, in which a single terminal event
(endpoint) is considered and the time-to-event is
studied. Multistate models focus on life histories or trajectories, conceptualized as sequences
of states and sequences of transitions between
states. Life histories are modeled as realizations of
continuous-time Markov processes.
Features
7 Presents a step-by-step procedure for investigating life histories using descriptive methods
and statistical modeling, as well as the popular
software language for statistical computing
(R) 7 For educational purposes, a single data
set is used throughout the book: a subsample of
the German Life History Survey (201 respondents) 7 In the last chapter, a second data set is
used: a subsample of the Netherlands Family and
Fertility Survey (500 respondents) 7 The appendix details how to start applying Biograph to other
major data sets, including the Survey of Health,
Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and
the Demographic and Health Survey 7 Life history data is visualized using ggplot2
Contents
Introduction.- Life Histories: Real and Synthetic.- The Biograph Object.- Exploratory Data
Analysis.- Visualization of Event Histories and
State Sequences.- Statistical Packages for Multistate Event History Analysis.- The Multistate Life
Table.- Application to Netherlands Family and
Fertility Survey.- Summary.- Annexes.
Fields of interest
Statistics, general; Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs; Demography
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
2014. X, 297 p. 45 illus., 36 in color. (Use R!) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £39.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08382-7
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Computer Science
R. A. Aliev, Azerbaijan State Oil Academy, Baku,
Azerbaijan; B. G. Guirimov, SOCAR, Baku, Azerbaijan
C. Calero, M. Piattini, University of Castilla-La
Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain (Eds)
L. Cao, University of Technology, Sydney, Sydney,
NSW, Australia
Type-2 Fuzzy Neural Networks
and Their Applications
Green in Software Engineering
Metasynthetic Computing
and Engineering of Complex
Systems
This book deals with the theory, design principles,
and application of hybrid intelligent systems using type-2 fuzzy sets in combination with other
paradigms of Soft Computing technology such
as Neuro-Computing and Evolutionary Computing. It provides a self-contained exposition of the
foundation of type-2 fuzzy neural networks and
presents a vast compendium of its applications
to control, forecasting, decision making, system
identification and other real problems. Type-2
Fuzzy Neural Networks and Their Applications is
helpful for teachers and students of universities
and colleges, for scientists and practitioners from
various fields such as control, decision analysis,
pattern recognition and similar fields.
Features
7 Explores the theory, design principles and
applications of hybrid intelligent systems that
use type-2 fuzzy sets in combination with other
paradigms of Soft Computing technology, such
as Neuro-Computing and Evolutionary Computing 7 Provides a comprehensive examination
of type-2 fuzzy neural networks and its applications in control, forecasting, decision making and
system identification 7 Includes source code in
C# for implementing one of the outlined examples
of a fuzzy type-2 neural network
Contents
Fuzzy Sets.- Evolutionary Computing and
Type-2 Fuzzy Neural Networks.- Type-1 and
Type-2 Fuzzy Neural Networks.- Type-2 Fuzzy
Clustering.- Application of Type-2 Fuzzy Neural
Networks.
Fields of interest
Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Computational Intelligence;
Target groups
Research
This is the first book that presents a comprehensive overview of sustainability aspects in software
engineering.
Provides a comprehensive overview and introduction to the concepts, methodologies, analysis, design and applications of metasynthetic computing
and engineering.
Features
7 First book to present a comprehensive overview of sustainability aspects in software engineering 7 Encompasses topics from requirement
elicitation to quality assurance and maintenance 7 Explicitly addresses practical issues like
stakeholder participation and decision-making
Contents
Part I Introduction.- 1 Introduction to Green in
Software Engineering.- Part II Environments, Processes and Construction.- 2 Green Software Engineering Environments.- 3 Processes for Green and
Sustainable Software Engineering.- 4 Constructing
Green Software Services: from Service Models
to Cloud-based Architecture.- Part III Economic
and Other Qualities.- 5 Economic Aspects of
Green ICT.- 6 Green Software Quality Factors.Part IV Software Development Process.- 7 From
Requirements Engineering to Green Requirements
Engineering.- 8 Towards Green Software Testing.- 9 Green Software Maintenance.- 10 Green
Software and Software Quality.- 11 Green Software
Measurement.- Part V Practical Issues.- 12 A
Decision Making Model for Adopting GreenICT
Strategies.- 13 Participation and Open Innovation
for Sustainable Software Engineering.
Features
7 Provides a comprehensive overview of complex
systems and their methodologies for understanding system complexities and ubiquitous intelligence 7 Presents a new methodology and
corresponding approaches, namely, metasynthetic
computing and engineering, to view, analyse,
design and implement problem-solving systems 7 Includes tools for handling open complex
systems and problems
Contents
Preface.- Complex Systems.- Ubiquitous Intelligence. - Systems Methodologies. – Computing
Paradigms. –Metasynthesis. – OSOAD Methodology. –Visual Modelling. – Formal Modelling. –
Integrative Modelling. – Agent Service- Oriented
Architectural Design. – Agent Service-Oriented
Detailed Design. – Ontological Engineering. –
OSOAD Case Study. – Actionable Knowledge
Discovery and Delivery. – Learning Complex
Behavioural and Social Data. – Opportunities and
Prospects. Index
Fields of interest
Software Engineering; Management of Computing
and Information Systems; Sustainable Development
Fields of interest
Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems; Robotics and Automation; Artificial
Intelligence (incl. Robotics)
Target groups
Research
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
Due October 2014
7 *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7€ 84,99 | £76.50
ISBN 978-3-319-09071-9
7 *€ (D) 101,64 | € (A) 104,49 | sFr 126,50
7€ 94,99 | £85.50
ISBN 978-3-319-08580-7
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and Knowledge Processing) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7€ 84,99 | £59.99
ISBN 978-1-4471-6550-7
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Computer Science
J. Cecilio, P. Furtado, University of Coimbra, ,
Portugal
M. Di Luca, University of Birmingham, Birmingham,
UK (Ed)
F. Gigengack, X. Jiang, M. Dawood, K. P. Schäfers,
University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Wireless Sensors in
Heterogeneous Networked
Systems
Multisensory Softness
Motion Correction in Thoracic
Positron Emission Tomography
Configuration and Operation Middleware
Offers a unique multidisciplinary overview of
how humans interact with soft objects and how
multiple sensory signals are used to perceive
material properties, with an emphasis on object
deformability.
This book presents an examination of the
middleware that can be used to configure and
operate heterogeneous node platforms and sensor
networks. The middleware requirements for a
range of application scenarios are compared and
analysed. The text then defines middleware architecture that has been integrated in an approach
demonstrated live in a refinery.
Features
7 Describes how to provide interoperability
between wireless sensor networks and enterprise
systems 7 Explains how to design a wireless
sensor network with heterogeneous components 7 Highlights the advantages of using wireless sensor networks as a complement or extension
to wired networks
Contents
Introduction.- Wireless Sensor Networks: Concepts and Components.- Application Scenarios.Existing Middleware Solutions for Wireless Sensor
Networks.- Middleware Mechanisms for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks.- Middleware
Implementation Details – A Case Study.- Programming Paradigms and Stream Processing for
WSN.- Experimental Validation of Middleware:
Platforms, Performance and Related Issues.- Communication Driver – Code Example.- User API.
Fields of interest
Computer Communication Networks; Communications Engineering, Networks; Computer System
Implementation
Target groups
Graduate
Product category
Monograph
Perceived Compliance from Multiple Sources
of Information
Features
7 Multidisciplinary analysis of how skin pressure, proprioception, tactile vibration, vision
and audition lead to the impression of material
compliance 7 Provides an overview of experiments, techniques and setups in the perception of
softness 7 Explains how sensory signals are used
to perceive softness and how to reproduce interaction with soft materials
Contents
Introduction.- Section 1: Perceptual Softness.Physical Aspects of Softness Perception.- VisualHaptic Softness.- Vibrotactile Sensation and Softness Perception.- Auditory Perception of Material
Properties.- Computational Aspects of Softness
Perception.- Section 2: Sensorimotor Softness.Exploratory Movement Strategies in Softness Perception.- The Perception of the Centre of Elastic
Force Fields: A Model of Integration of the Force
and Position Signals.- Dynamic Combination of
Movement and Force for Softness Perception.Perception of Stiffness with Delay.- Section 3:
Artificial Softness.- Natural and Artificial Motion
Feedback in Compliance Perception.- Softness
Displays.- Haptic Augmentation in Soft Tissue
Interaction.
Fields of interest
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Simulation and Modeling; Control, Robotics,
Mechatronics
Target groups
Research
Respiratory and cardiac motion leads to image
degradation in Positron Emission Tomography
(PET), which impairs quantification. In this book,
the authors present approaches to motion estimation and motion correction in thoracic PET. The
approaches for motion estimation are based on
dual gating and mass-preserving image registration (VAMPIRE) and mass-preserving optical
flow (MPOF). With mass-preservation, image
intensity modulations caused by highly non-rigid
cardiac motion are accounted for. Within the image registration framework different data terms,
different variants of regularization and parametric
and non-parametric motion models are examined.
Within the optical flow framework, different data
terms and further non-quadratic penalization are
also discussed. The approaches for motion correction particularly focus on pipelines in dual gated
PET. A quantitative evaluation of the proposed approaches is performed on software phantom data
with accompanied ground-truth motion information. Further, clinical applicability is shown on patient data. The book concludes with an outlook of
recent developments and potential future advances
in the field of PET motion correction.
Contents
Introduction.- Motion Estimation.- Motion Correction.- Further Developments in PET Motion
Correction.
Fields of interest
Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition
and Graphics; Imaging / Radiology; Signal,Image
and Speech Processing
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
Due August 2014
2014. X, 140 p. 55 illus., 18 in color. (Computer
Communications and Networks) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7€ 84,99 | £59.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09279-9
2014. XIII, 255 p. 80 illus. (Springer Series on Touch
and Haptic Systems) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7€ 84,99 | £75.99
ISBN 978-1-4471-6532-3
2015. XIII, 88 p. 33 illus., 24 in color. (SpringerBriefs in
Electrical and Computer Engineering) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08391-9
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Computer Science
B. Gipp, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Citation-based Plagiarism
Detection
Detecting Disguised and Cross-language
Plagiarism using Citation Pattern Analysis
Plagiarism is a problem with far-reaching consequences for the sciences. However, even today’s
best software-based systems can only reliably
identify copy & paste plagiarism. Disguised
plagiarism forms, including paraphrased text,
cross-language plagiarism, as well as structural
and idea plagiarism often remain undetected. This
weakness of current systems results in a large percentage of scientific plagiarism going undetected.
Bela Gipp provides an overview of the state-of-the
art in plagiarism detection and an analysis of why
these approaches fail to detect disguised plagiarism forms. The author proposes Citation-based
Plagiarism Detection to address this shortcoming.
Unlike character-based approaches, this approach
does not rely on text comparisons alone, but analyzes citation patterns within documents to form
a language-independent “semantic fingerprint”
for similarity assessment. The practicability of
Citation-based Plagiarism Detection was proven
by its capability to identify so-far non-machine
detectable plagiarism in scientific publications.
Feature
7 Publication in the field of technical sciences
Contents
Current state of plagiarism detection approaches
and systems.- Citation-based Plagiarism Detection.
Fields of interest
Computing Methodologies; Information Systems
and Communication Service
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
R. Heinrich, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT),
Karlsruhe, Germany
Aligning Business Processes
and Information Systems
New Approaches to Continuous Quality
Engineering
Business processes and information systems
mutually affect each other in non-trivial ways.
Frequently, processes are designed without taking the systems’ impact into account, and vice
versa. Missing alignment at design-time results
in quality problems at run-time. Robert Heinrich
gives examples from research and practice for an
integrated design of process and system quality.
A quality reference-model characterizes process
quality and a process notation is extended to
operationalize the model.
Feature
Contents
Introduction.- Business Process Quality.- Terms
and Definitions.- Business Process Quality.- Quality Modeling within Business Process
Models.- Aligning Business Process Design and
Information System Design.- Foundations and
Definitions.- The Order Picking Process and
Involved Information System.- Mutual Performance Impact between Business Processes and
Information Systems.- Predicting the Mutual
Performance Impact between Business Processes
and Information Systems.- Extending Palladio by
Business Process Simulation Concepts to Enable
an Integrated Simulation.- Validation.- Conclusion.- Summary and Future Work.
Fields of interest
Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems; Information Systems and Communication Service; Business Information Systems
D. Hillmann, Thorlabs GmbH, Lübeck, Germany
Holoscopy
Holoscopy is a new tomographic imaging modality that combines techniques of digital holography
with Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT). Dierck Hillmann gives a theoretical introduction to the mathematics and physics
of holoscopy and develops an efficient numerical
reconstruction procedure. Compared to FD-OCT,
holoscopy provides unique advantages by enabling
tomographic imaging without a limited depth of
focus, but results in an increased numerical cost
for reconstruction. In further chapters, the author
introduces techniques for FD-OCT that are relevant to holoscopy as well. He demonstrates and
compares numerical reconstruction methods for
FD-OCT and shows how motion and dispersion
artifacts in FD-OCT can be numerically compensated.
Feature
Contents
Theoretical Introduction to Optical Coherence
Tomography and Digital Holography.- FD-OCT
Signal Processing Using the Non-Equispaced Fast
Fourier Transform.- Motion and Dispersion Correction in FD-OCT.- Holoscopy.
Fields of interest
and Graphics; Biomedical Engineering; Computer
Science, general
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Research
Product category
Ph.D. Thesis
Due July 2014
Due July 2014
Due July 2014
2014. XXVI, 350 p. 70 illus. Softcover
7 *€ (D) 79,99 | € (A) 82,24 | sFr 100,00
7€ 74,76 | £67.99
ISBN 978-3-658-06393-1
2014. XXII, 233 p. 36 illus. Softcover
7 *€ (D) 59,99 | € (A) 61,68 | sFr 75,00
7€ 56,07 | £50.99
ISBN 978-3-658-06517-1
2014. XXXVI, 206 p. 58 illus., 1 in color. (Aktuelle
Forschung Medizintechnik – Latest Research in
Medical Engineering) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 69,99 | € (A) 71,95 | sFr 87,50
7€ 65,41 | £58.99
ISBN 978-3-658-06478-5
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A. Janes, G. Succi, Libera Università di Bolzano,
Bolzano, Italy
Lean Software Development in
Action
This book illustrates how goal-oriented, automated measurement can be used to create Lean
organizations and to facilitate the development
of Lean software, while also demonstrating the
practical implementation of Lean software development by combining tried and trusted tools.
In order to be successful, a Lean orientation of
software development has to go hand in hand with
a company’s overall business strategy. To achieve
this, two interrelated aspects require special attention: measurement and experience management.
Features
7 Illustrates how goal-oriented, automated
measurement can be used to create Lean organizations and to facilitate the development of Lean
software 7 Proposes an automatic, non-invasive
measurement approach that especially appeals to
small and medium-sized enterprises 7 Includes
lots of practical hints, advanced questions and
detailed summaries
Contents
Part I Motivation for Lean Software Development.- 1 Introduction.- 2 The Lean Revolution.- 3
Towards Lean Thinking In Software Engineering.4 Agile Methods.- 5 Issues in Agile Methods.- 6
Enabling Lean Software Development.- Part II
The Pillars of Lean Software Development.- 7 The
GQM+Strategies Approach.- 8 The Experience
Factory.- 9 Non-Invasive Measurement.- Part III
Lean Software Development in Action.- 10 The
Integrated Approach.- 11 Lean software development in action.- 12 Conclusion.
Fields of interest
Software Engineering; Management of Computing
and Information Systems; Project Management
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Computer Science
B. Kisačanin, Interphase Corporation, Plano, TX, USA;
M. Gelautz, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna,
Austria (Eds)
Advances in Embedded
Computer Vision
This book presents the very latest Advances in
Embedded Computer Vision, updated and expanded from Branislav Kisacanin’s previous work
on Embedded Computer Vision with contributions developed from research presented at the 9th
IEEE Embedded Vision Workshop.
Features
7 Provides historical perspectives and the latest
research results in the field of embedded computer
vision 7 Contains high-level, state-of-the-art research results 7 Looks ahead, providing a sense
of what major applications could be expected in
the near future
Contents
Part I: Success Stories.- The Optical Mouse.- Embedded Computer Vision for Martian Rovers.- Consumer Robotics.- Embedded Vision in
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems.- Part II:
State of the Art.- Computer Vision for Micro Air
Vehicles.- Stereo Vision Algorithms Suited to
Constrained FPGA Cameras.- Plane Sweeping in
Eye-gaze Corrected, Tele-immersive 3D Video
Conferencing.- Vehicle Detection Onboard Small
Unmanned Aircraft.- Challenges in Embedded
Vision for Augmented Reality.- Vision-based Lane
Analysis.- Tic-Tac-Tandroid.- Part III: Future
Challenges.- Distributed Smart Cameras in the
Age of Cloud Computing and the Internet-ofThings.- Data-driven Stream Mining Systems for
Computer Vision.- Designing Vision Systems that
See Better.
Field of interest
Image Processing and Computer Vision
B. Langmann, Leibniz University Hannover,
Hannover, Germany
Wide Area 2D/3D Imaging
Development, Analysis and Applications
Imaging technology is an important research area
and it is widely utilized in a growing number of
disciplines ranging from gaming, robotics and
automation to medicine. In the last decade 3D
imaging became popular mainly driven by the
introduction of novel 3D cameras and measuring devices. These cameras are usually limited
to indoor scenes with relatively low distances.
Benjamin Langmann introduces medium and
long-range 2D/3D cameras to overcome these
limitations. He reports measurement results for
these devices and studies their characteristic
behavior. In order to facilitate the application of
these cameras, common algorithms are adapted to
the 2D/3D data and new approaches for standard
computer vision tasks are introduced.
Feature
Contents
Introduction.- Depth Camera Assessment.- PMD
Imaging.- Calibration of Depth Cameras.- MultiModal Background Subtraction.- Super-Resolution for Depth Maps.- Multiple Camera 2D/3D
Tracking.- Conclusion.
Fields of interest
and Graphics; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics;
Industrial and Production Engineering
Target groups
Research
Product category
Ph.D. Thesis
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Due December 2014
Due September 2014
7approx. * € (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
approx. € 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-662-44178-7
9<HTOGRC=e bhih> 2014. VI, 272 p. 138 illus. (Advances in Computer
Vision and Pattern Recognition) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7 approx.€ 84,99 | £76.50
ISBN 978-3-319-09386-4
9<HTODMJ=ajdige> Due July 2014
2014. XIV, 136 p. 71 illus. Softcover
7 *€ (D) 69,99 | € (A) 71,95 | sFr 87,50
7€ 65,41 | £58.99
ISBN 978-3-658-06456-3
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Computer Science
S. Marcel, Idiap Research Institute, Martigny,
Switzerland; M. S. Nixon, University of
Southampton, , UK; S. Z. Li, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, China (Eds)
Handbook of Biometric AntiSpoofing
Trusted Biometrics under Spoofing Attacks
Presenting the first definitive study of the subject,
this Handbook of Biometric Anti-Spoofing
reviews the state of the art in covert attacks against
biometric systems and in deriving countermeasures to these attacks.
Features
7 The first definitive study of biometric
anti-spoofing 7 Discusses spoofing methods,
vulnerabilities of biometric systems and countermeasures to spoofing attacks 7 Presents novel
theoretical methods to evaluate spoofing and
anti-spoofing
Contents
Introduction.- Forgeries of Fingerprints in
Forensic Science.- Fingerprint Anti-Spoofing in
Biometric Systems.- Face Anti-Spoofing: Visual
Approach.- Face Anti-Spoofing: Multi-Spectral
Approach.- Iris Anti-Spoofing.- Speaker Recognition Anti-Spoofing.- Gait Anti-Spoofing.- Multimodal Anti-Spoofing in Biometric Recognition
Systems.- Evaluation Methodologies.- Related
Standards.- Legal Aspects: Biometric Data, Evidence Rules and Trusted Identities.- Ethical Issues
in Anti-Spoofing.- Evaluation Databases.
Fields of interest
System Performance and Evaluation; Image Processing and Computer Vision; Pattern Recognition
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
A. Melikov, National Academy of Sciences, Baku,
Azerbaijan; L. Ponomarenko, International Research
and Training Center for Information Technologies
and Systems of the National Academy of Sciences
of Ukraine and Ministry of Education and Science of
Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
D. Miorandi, CREATE-NET, Trento, Italy; V. Maltese,
University of Trento, Trento, Italy; M. Rovatsos, The
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; A. Nijholt,
University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands;
J. Stewart, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh,
UK (Eds)
Multidimensional Queueing
Models in Telecommunication
Networks
Social Collective Intelligence
The increasing complexity of telecommunication
networks requires us to develop adequate mathematical models. We must find their characteristics, optimize them subject to chosen criteria, and
develop the corresponding control algorithms.
Multidimensional queueing models are used to
design and optimize modern and next-generation
networks (NGN). The central problem of the related mathematical theory is to apply multidimensional and large-size queueing models to improve
efficiency.
Features
7 Features a holistic multidisciplinary perspective on social collective intelligence, including
foundational approaches, enabling technologies, and applications/case studies 7 Contains
a taxonomy of research challenges to be tackled
within various disciplines (computer science and
social sciences) 7 Includes a number of chapters
related to specific applications from experts in
the field and description of concrete and tangible
case studies 7 Aims at becoming the reference
handbook for researchers and practitioners in the
emerging field of social collective intelligence
Features
7 Includes new models and methods of
analysis 7 Contains results of numerical experiments 7 Recommended for researchers engaged
with the mathematical theory of telecommunications traffic
Contents
Multi-dimensional Loss Models of Queueing
Systems and Their Applications in Telecommunication Networks.- Analytical Methods for Analysis
of Integral Cellular Networks.- Algorithmic
Methods for Analysis of Mono-service Cellular
Networks.- Algorithmic Methods for Analysis of
Integral Cellular Networks.- Priority Schemes in
Packet-Switching Networks.- Index.
Fields of interest
Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity;
Computer Communication Networks; Communications Engineering, Networks
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due August 2014
2014. XVII, 279 p. 95 illus., 50 in color. (Advances in
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 101,64 | € (A) 104,49 | sFr 126,50
7€ 94,99 | £79.99
ISBN 978-1-4471-6523-1
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Combining the Powers of Humans and
Machines to Build a Smarter Society
Contents
From the Contents: Part I Foundations.- Towards
the Ethical Governance of Smart Society.- Collective Intelligence and Algorithmic Governance of
Socio-Technical Systems.- Part II Technologies.Privacy in Social Collective Intelligence Systems.The Future of Social is Personal: The Potential of
the Personal Data Store.- Part III Applications
and Case Studies.- Surfacing Collective Intelligence with Implications for Interface Design in
Massive Open Online Courses.- Who Were Where
When?—On the Use of Social Collective Intelligence in Computational Epidemiology.
Fields of interest
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction;
Complex Networks; Game Theory, Economics,
Social and Behav. Sciences
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due August 2014
Due August 2014
2014. XXI, 170 p. 70 illus., 13 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7€ 84,99 | £76.50
ISBN 978-3-319-08668-2
9<HTODMJ=aig ic> 2014. X, 290 p. 33 illus., 20 in color. (Computational
Social Sciences) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7€ 84,99 | £76.50
ISBN 978-3-319-08680-4
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T. B. Moeslund, Aalborg University, Aalborg,
Denmark; G. Thomas, BBC R&D, London, UK;
A. Hilton, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK (Eds)
Computer Vision in Sports
The purpose of this book is to present the stateof-the-art as well as current research challenges in
applying computer vision to problems in sports.
Features
7 The first book on the new and emerging field of
computer vision in sports 7 Contains contributions from an international selection of experts in
the field 7 The definitive reference on this topic
Contents
Introduction to the Use of Computer Vision in
Sports.- Part I: Where is the Ball?.- Ball Tracking
for Tennis Video Annotation.- Plane Approximation-Based Approach for 3D Reconstruction of
Ball Trajectory for Performance Analysis in Table
Tennis.- On-Field Testing and Evaluation of a
Goal-Line Technology System.- Part II: Where Are
the Players?.- Occlusion Detection via Structured
Sparse Learning for Robust Object Tracking.- Detecting and Tracking Sports Players with Random
Forests and Context-Conditioned Motion
Models.- Geometry Reconstruction of Players for
Novel-View Synthesis of Sports Broadcasts.- Estimating Athlete Pose from Monocular TV Sports
Footage.- Part III: What Are They Playing?.- Action Recognition in Realistic Sports Videos.Classification of Sports Types Using Thermal Imagery.- Event-Based Sports Videos Classification
Using HMM Framework.- Part IV: What’s Going
On?.- Representing Team Behaviours from Noisy
Data Using Player Role.- Recognizing Team Formation in American Football.- Real-Time Event
Detection in Field Sport Videos.
Fields of interest
Image Processing and Computer Vision; Artificial
Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Computer Appl. in
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Computer Science
C. Ramisch, Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble,
France
M. Richter, M. Flückiger, Zühlke Engineering AG,
Schlieren, Switzerland
Multiword Expressions
Acquisition
User-Centred Engineering
A Generic and Open Framework
A new product can be easy or difficult to use,
it can be efficient or cumbersome, engaging or
dispiriting, it can support the way we work and
think - or not. What options are available for
systematically addressing such parameters and
provide users with an appropriate functionality, usability and experience? In the last decades,
several fields have evolved that encompass a
user-centred approach to create better products
for the people who use them. This book provides a
comprehensible introduction to the subject.
This book is an excellent introduction to
multiword expressions. It provides a unique,
comprehensive and up-to-date overview of this
exciting topic in computational linguistics. The
first part describes the diversity and richness of
multiword expressions, including many examples
in several languages. These constructions are not
only complex and arbitrary, but also much more
frequent than one would guess, making them a
real nightmare for natural language processing
applications.
Features
7 A unique, complete and up-to-date overview
of research in multiword expressions 7 Concrete
experimental results and examples are included 7 A new generic framework for automatic
acquisition of multiword expressions from texts is
introduced
Contents
1.Introduction.- Part I.Multiword Expressions: a
Though Nut to Crack.- 2.Definitions and Characteristics.- 3 State of the Art in MWE Processing.Part II.MWE Acquisition.- 4.Evaluation of MWE
Acquisition.- 5.A New Framework for MWE
Acquisition.- Part III Applications.- 6.Application
1: Lexicography.- 7.Application 2: Machine Translation.- 8.Conclusions.- Appendixes.- A.Extended
List of Translation Examples.- B.Resources Used in
the Experiments.- C.The mwetoolkit: Documentation.- D.Tagsets for POS and syntax.- E.Detailed
Lexicon Descriptions.
Fields of interest
Document Preparation and Text Processing;
Computational Linguistics; Language Translation
and Linguistics
Target groups
Research
Creating Products for Humans
Features
7 Compact format and comprehensive overview
provide a quick but still sound introduction to
the topic 7 Integration of user-centred methods
into software engineering gives readers important hints on how to apply them in the project
practice 7 Possibilities for user-orientation
already in early stages of innovation and development 7 Provides a help for planning and
controlling user-centred activities 7 Real-life
case studies, planning examples, best practices and
checklists provide help for practitioners
Contents
Foreword.- Introduction.- A user-centred process.- The 7±2 most important user-centred techniques.- Getting a handle on UX – planning.- A
user-oriented strategy: company-wide UX.- That‘s
life – examples from actual practice.
Fields of interest
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction;
Software Engineering; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due December 2014
2014. VIII, 320 p. 171 illus., 139 in color. (Advances in
7 approx. *€ (D) 101,64 | € (A) 104,49 | sFr 126,50
7 approx.€ 94,99 | £85.50
ISBN 978-3-319-09395-6
9<HTODMJ=ajdjfg> 2014. X, 232 p. 22 illus., 5 in color. (Theory and
Applications of Natural Language Processing)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7€ 84,99 | £76.50
ISBN 978-3-319-09206-5
9<HTODMJ=ajcagf> Due October 2014
7 *€ (D) 32,09 | € (A) 32,99 | sFr 40,00
7€ 29,99 | £26.99
ISBN 978-3-662-43988-3
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Computer Science
L. Shao, University of Sheffield, , UK; J. Han,
Civolution Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands;
P. Kohli, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK;
Z. Zhang, Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA, USA
(Eds)
Computer Vision and Machine
Learning with RGB-D Sensors
Contents
Part I: Surveys.- 3D Depth Cameras in Vision:
Benefits and Limitations of the Hardware.- A
State-of-the-Art Report on Multiple RGB-D Sensor Research and on Publicly Available RGB-D
Datasets.- Part II: Reconstruction, Mapping and
Synthesis.- Calibration Between Depth and Color
Sensors for Commodity Depth Cameras.- Depth
Map Denoising via CDT-Based Joint Bilateral
Filter.- Human Performance Capture Using
Multiple Handheld Kinects.- Human Centered
3D Home Applications via Low-Cost RGBD
Cameras.- Matching of 3D Objects Based on 3D
Curves.- Using Sparse Optical Flow for Two-Phase
Gas Flow Capturing with Multiple Kinects.- Part
III: Detection, Segmentation and Tracking.RGB-D Sensor-Based Computer Vision Assistive
Technology for Visually Impaired Persons.- RGBD Human Identification and Tracking in a Smart
Environment.- Part IV: Learning-Based Recognition.- Feature Descriptors for Depth-Based Hand
Gesture Recognition.- Hand Parsing and Gesture
Recognition with a Commodity Depth Camera.Learning Fast Hand Pose Recognition.- Real time
Hand-Gesture Recognition Using RGB-D Sensor.
Fields of interest
Image Processing and Computer Vision; Artificial
Intelligence (incl. Robotics); User Interfaces and
Human Computer Interaction
R. P. Smiraglia, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
Milwaukee, WI, USA
The Elements of Knowledge
Organization
The Elements of Knowledge Organization is
a unique and original work introducing the
fundamental concepts related to the field of
Knowledge Organization (KO). There is no other
book like it currently available. The author begins
the book with a comprehensive discussion of
“knowledge” and its associated theories. He then
presents a thorough discussion of the philosophical underpinnings of knowledge organization. The
author walks the reader through the Knowledge
Organization domain expanding the core topics of
ontologies, taxonomies, classification, metadata,
thesauri and domain analysis. The author also
presents the compelling challenges associated with
the organization of knowledge. This is the first
book focused on the concepts and theories associated with KO domain.
Features
7 Provides broad and cohesive introduction to
knowledge organization 7 Serves as launching
pad for further research 7 Recognized expert in
the field
Contents
Introduction.- About the Theory of Knowledge
Organization.- Philosophy: Underpinnings of
Knowledge Organization.- History: From Bibliographic Control to Knowledge Organization.- Ontology.- Taxonomy.- Classification: Bringing Order
with Concepts.- Metadata.- Thesauri.- Domain
analysis.
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Information Storage and Retrieval; Data Mining
and Knowledge Discovery; Linguistics (General)
Product category
Contributed volume
Target groups
Research
S. Stalla-Bourdillon, University of Southampton
Southampton Law School, Southampton, UK;
J. Phillips, M. D. Ryan, University of Birmingham
School of Computer Science, Birmingham, UK
Privacy vs. Security
Securing privacy in the current environment is
one of the great challenges of today’s democracies.
Privacy vs. Security explores the issues of privacy
and security and their complicated interplay,
from a legal and a technical point of view. Sophie
Stalla-Bourdillon provides a thorough account of
the legal underpinnings of the European approach
to privacy and examines their implementation through privacy, data protection and data
retention laws. Joshua Philips and Mark D. Ryan
focus on the technological aspects of privacy, in
particular, on today’s attacks on privacy by the
simple use of today’s technology, like web services
and e-payment technologies and by State-level
surveillance activities.
Features
7 Helps to ease the dialogue between lawyers
and computer scientists via an interdisciplinary
approach 7 Incorporates a systematic approach
to clarify many of the misconceptions in the
field 7 Sheds light upon the relativity of the solutions adopted at national level and the consensus
reached at the international level
Contents
Foreword.- Privacy vs. Security… Are we done
yet?.- A Future for Privacy.
Fields of interest
Legal Aspects of Computing; International IT and
Media Law, Intellectual Property Law; Systems
and Data Security
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Product category
Monograph
Due August 2014
Due July 2014
2014. X, 316 p. 163 illus., 148 in color. (Advances in
7 *€ (D) 101,64 | € (A) 104,49 | sFr 126,50
7€ 94,99 | £85.50
ISBN 978-3-319-08650-7
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Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7€ 84,99 | £76.50
ISBN 978-3-319-09356-7
9<HTODMJ=ajdfgh> 2014. VIII, 115 p. 7 illus. (SpringerBriefs in
Cybersecurity) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £35.99
ISBN 978-1-4471-6529-3
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Computer Science
Y. Sucaet, W. Waelput, Pathomation, Berchem,
Belgium
F. Tao, L. Zhang, Y. Laili, Beihang University (BUAA),
Beijing, China
Digital Pathology
Configurable Intelligent
Optimization Algorithm
Digital pathology has experienced exponential
growth, in terms of its technology and applications, since its inception just over a decade ago.
Though it has yet to be approved for primary
diagnostics, its values as a teaching tool, facilitator
of second opinions and quality assurance reviews
and research are becoming, if not already, undeniable. It also offers the hope of providing pathology
consultant and educational services to underserved areas, including regions of the world that
could not possibly sustain this level of services
otherwise. And this is just the beginning, as its
adoption by the also rapidly-emerging fields of
medical systems biology and 3D tissue imaging indicate. This work describes how digital pathology
not only has the potential to dramatically impact
medical education and the delivery of health care,
but also to exert an immensely positive influence
worldwide, including in countries and regions that
normally fail to benefit from such technological
advances.
Features
7 Reviews the emerging field of digital pathology 7 Describes the visualization, management, evaluation, comparison, archiving and
dissemination of 2D and 3D specimens in digital
form 7 Discusses the challenges, solutions and
benefits of implementing the use of digital pathology for research, education, clinical diagnosis and
patient management
Contents
Digital Pathology’s Past to Present.- Hardware and
Software.- Applications.- Image Analysis.- Use
Cases.- A Bright Future.
Fields of interest
Health Informatics; Image Processing and Computer Vision; Pathology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Design and Practice in Manufacturing
Presenting the concept and design and implementation of configurable intelligent optimization
algorithms in manufacturing systems, this book
provides a new configuration method to optimize
manufacturing processes. It provides a comprehensive elaboration of basic intelligent optimization algorithms, and demonstrates how their
improvement, hybridization and parallelization
can be applied to manufacturing. Furthermore,
various applications of these intelligent optimization algorithms are exemplified in detail, chapter
by chapter.
Features
7 Introduces novel configuration method for
intelligent optimization algorithms to enable
increased efficiency in manufacturing 7 Provides flexible, robust and reusable intelligent
optimization algorithms to enable the solution
of complicated problems in manufacturing systems 7 Accessible to experienced programmers
as well as beginners
Contents
From the Contents: Brief History and Overview
of Intelligent Optimization Algorithms.- Recent
Advances of intelligent optimization algorithms
in manufacturing.- Dynamic Configuration Intelligent Optimization Algorithms.- Improvement
and hybridization of Intelligent Optimization
Algorithms DC-OIA.
Fields of interest
Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and
Design; Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment; Computational Science and Engineering
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
F. van Breugel, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada;
E. Kashefi, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK;
C. Palamidessi, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau,
France; J. Rutten, CWI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
(Eds)
Horizons of the Mind. A Tribute
to Prakash Panangaden
Essays Dedicated to Prakash Panangaden on
the Occasion of His 60th Birthday
Contents
Layout Randomization and Nondeterminism.Probabilistic Model Checking of Labelled Markov
Processes via Finite Approximate Bisimulations.An Operational Interpretation of Negative Probabilities and No-Signalling Models.- Bisimulation
on Markov Processes over Arbitrary Measurable
Spaces.- Probabilistic Model Checking for EnergyUtility Analysis.- (Co)Algebraic Characterizations of Signal Flow Graphs.- Fractal Sets as Final
Coalgebras Obtained by Completing an Initial
Algebra.- Leaving Traces: A Note on a Sound and
Complete Trace Logic for Concurrent Constraint
Programs.- Privacy from Accelerating Eavesdroppers: The Impact of Losses.- The Complexity
of Computing a Bisimilarity Pseudometric on
Probabilistic Automata.- From Haar to Lebesgue
via Domain Theory.- Word Order Alternation in
Sanskrit via Precyclicity in Pregroup Grammars.The Logic of Entanglement.- Free Energy of Petri
Nets.- Laudatio for Prakash Panangaden.- Generalized Differential Privacy: Regions of Priors That
Admit Robust Optimal Mechanisms.- Bisimulation for Markov Decision Processes through Families of Functional Expressions.- Random Measurable Selections.- A Final Coalgebra for k-regular
Sequences.- Automata Learning: A Categorical
Perspective.- Optimal Coin Flipping.
Fields of interest
Logics and Meanings of Programs; Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages; Probability and
Statistics in Computer Science
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Available
Due August 2014
Due August 2014
2014. X, 83 p. 10 illus. in color. (SpringerBriefs in
Computer Science) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08779-5
2015. XI, 361 p. 115 illus., 105 in color. (Springer
Series in Advanced Manufacturing) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08839-6
9<HTODMJ=aih jf> 9<HTODMJ=ai djg> 2014. XVIII, 499 p. 36 illus. (Lecture Notes in
Computer Science / Theoretical Computer Science
and General Issues, Volume 8464) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 77,04 | € (A) 79,20 | sFr 96,00
7€ 72,00 | £64.99
ISBN 978-3-319-06879-4
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Computer Science
S. Wang, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Cognitive Radio Networks
Dynamic Resource Allocation Schemes
This SpringerBrief presents a survey of dynamic
resource allocation schemes in Cognitive Radio
(CR) Systems, focusing on the spectral-efficiency
and energy-efficiency in wireless networks. It also
introduces a variety of dynamic resource allocation schemes for CR networks and provides a
concise introduction of the landscape of CR technology. The author covers in detail the dynamic
resource allocation problem for the motivations
and challenges in CR systems. The Spectral- and
Energy-Efficient resource allocation schemes
are comprehensively investigated, including new
insights into the trade-offs for operating strategies. Promising research directions on dynamic
resource management for CR and the applications
in other wireless communication systems are also
discussed. Cognitive Radio Networks: Dynamic
Resource Allocation Schemes targets computer
scientists and engineers working in wireless
communications. Advanced-level students in
computer science and electrical engineering will
also find this brief useful reading about the next
generation of wireless communication.
Contents
Introduction.- Dynamic Resource Allocation.Spectral-Efficient Resource Allocation in CR
Systems.- Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation
in CR Systems.- Trade-off Between Spectral- and
Energy-Efficiency.
Fields of interest
Computer Communication Networks; Communications Engineering, Networks; Information
Systems and Communication Service
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Y. Xu, J. Cui, D. Puett, University of Georgia, Athens,
GA, USA
Cancer Bioinformatics
This book provides a framework for computational researchers studying the basics of cancer
through comparative analyses of omic data.
Features
7 Focuses on the understanding of cancer biology from an informatics perspective 7 Provides
a unified conceptual framework for studying a
variety of cancer related problems by considering cancer a process of cell survival through cell
proliferation 7 Teaches hypothesis-driven omic
data mining and statistical inference of mechanistic relationships important to cancer initiation,
progression, metastasis and post-metastasis development 7 Gives a large collection of examples
related to different aspects of cancer study using
omic data analyses to answer a wide range of
questions
Contents
Basic cancer biology.- Omic data, information
derivable and computational needs.- Cancer
classification and molecular signature identification.- Understanding cancer at the genomic level.Elucidation of cancer divers through comparative
omic analyses.- Hyaluronic acid: A key facilitator
of cancer evolution.- Multiple routes for survival:
Understanding how cancer evades apoptosis.Cancer development in competitive and hostile
environments.- Cell proliferation from regulated
to deregulated state via epigenomic responses.Understanding cancer invasion and metastasis.Cancer after metastasis: The second transformation.- Searching for cancer biomarkers in human
body fluids.- In silico investigation of cancer using
publicly available data.- Understanding cancer as
an evolving complex system: our perspective.
Fields of interest
Computational Biology/Bioinformatics; Cancer
Research; Systems Biology
Target groups
Research
L. Yu, Delta Air Lines, Atlanta, USA
A Developer’s Guide to the
Semantic Web
Features
7 Offers complete coverage of all core standards
and technical components of the Semantic Web,
including RDF, RDFS, OWL 1 and 2, SPARQL
1.1 and RDB2RDF and related technologies such
as Turtle, Microformats, RDFa, GRDDL and
SKOS 7 Provides an in-depth description of
many well-known applications and projects such
as FOAF, DBpedia, Linked Open Data, schema.
org by Google, Yahoo! and Bing, Rich Snippets
by Google, various Semantic Web applications in
social network sites, data.
Contents
1 A Web of Data: Towards the Idea of the Semantic Web.- 2 The Building Block for the Semantic
Web: RDF.- 3 Other RDF-related Technologies:
Microformats, RDFa and GRDDL.- 4 RDFS and
Ontology.- 5 OWL: Web Ontology Language.- 6
SPARQL: Querying the Semantic Web.- 7 FOAF:
Friend of A Friend.- 8 DBpedia.- 9 Linked Open
Data.- 10 Schema.org and Semantic Markup.- 11
Social Network and the Semantic Web.- 12 Other
Recent Applications: Data.gov and Wikidata.- 13
Getting Started: Change Your Data into Structured
Data.- 14 Building the Foundation for Development on the Semantic Web.- 15 Example: Using
Jena For Development on the Semantic Web.- 16
Follow Your Nose: A Basic Semantic Web Agent.17 A Search Engine that Supports Rich Snippets.18 More Application Examples on the Semantic
Web.
Fields of interest
Information Storage and Retrieval; Information
Systems Applications (incl.Internet)
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
Due July 2014
2014. I, 86 p. 43 illus. (SpringerBriefs in Computer
Science) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08935-5
2014. X, 380 p. 68 illus. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 101,64 | € (A) 104,49 | sFr 126,50
7€ 94,99 | £85.50
ISBN 978-1-4939-1380-0
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2nd ed. 2014. X, 754 p. 145 illus., 123 in color.
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 74,89 | € (A) 76,99 | sFr 93,50
7€ 69,99 | £62.99
ISBN 978-3-662-43795-7
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S. Amiri, M. A. Semsarzadeh, Tabiat Modares
University, Tehran, Iran; S. Amiri, Amir Kabir
University Of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Silicon Containing Copolymers
Silicones have unique properties including thermal oxidative stability, low temperature flow, high
compressibility, low surface tension, hydrophobicity and electric properties. These special properties
have encouraged the exploration of alternative
synthetic routes of well defined controlled microstructures of silicone copolymers, the subject
of this Springer Brief. The authors explore the
synthesis and characterization of notable block
copolymers. Recent advances in controlled radical
polymerization techniques leading to the facile
synthesis of well-defined silicon based thermo
reversible block copolymers are described along
with atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP),
a technique utilized to develop well-defined functional thermo reversible block copolymers.
Chemistry
K. Asaka, AIST Kansai, Osaka, Japan; H. Okuzaki,
University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Japan (Eds)
A. K. Baev, Russian Academy of Sciences, Minsk,
Belarus
Soft Actuators
Specific Intermolecular
Interactions of Element-Organic
Compounds
Materials, Modeling, Applications, and
Future Perspectives
Contents
Introduction.- Polyrotaxane based on inclusion
complexes of OH-PDMS-OH and Br-PDMSBr with γ-cyclodextrin without utilizing sonic
energy.- Synthesis and Characterization of PDMS
based triblock and pentablock Copolymers.- Cobalt mediated radical polymerization of 4-bromo-2,6-dimethyl phenol and its copolymerization
with poly(dimethyl siloxane) in the presence of
Co(acac)2: DMF catalyst.- Novel Thermoreversible Block Copolymers: Silicone Macroinitiator in
Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization.
Contents
Progress and Current Status of Materials and
Properties of Soft Actuators.- Current Status of
Applications and Markets of Soft Actuators.Electromagnetic Heating.-Thermo-Responsive
Nanofiber Mats Fabricated by Electrospinning.- Self-Oscillating Gels.- Ionic Conductive
Polymers.- Conducting Polymers.- HumiditySensitive Conducting Polymer Actuators.- Carbon Nanotube/Ionic Liquid Composites.- Ion
Gels for Ionic Polymer Actuators.- Ionic Liquid/
Polyurethane/PEDOT:PSS Composite Actuators.Dielectric Gels.- Dielectric Elastomers.- Development of Actuators Using Slide Ring Materials
and Their Various Applications.- Piezoelectric
Polymers.- Spiropyran-Functionalized Hydrogel
Actuators.- Photomechanical Energy Conversion
with Cross-linked Liquid-Crystalline Polymers.Photoredox Reaction.- Magnetic Fluid Composite
Gels.- Magnetic Particle Composite Gels.- Molecular Mechanism of Electrically Induced Volume
Change of Porous Electrodes.- Material Modeling.- Distributed Parameter System Modeling.Modeling and Feedback Control of Electro-Active
Polymer Actuators.- Motion Design - A Gel
Robot Approach.- Motion Control.- Application
of Nano-Carbon Actuator to Braille Display.Underwater Soft Robots.- IPMC Actuator-Based
Multifunctional Underwater Microrobots.- Medical Applications.- Micro Pump Driven by a Pair of
Conducting Polymer Soft Actuators.- Elastomer
Transducers.- Tissue Engineering Approach to
Making Soft Actuators.
Fields of interest
Polymer Sciences; Organometallic Chemistry;
Catalysis
Fields of interest
Polymer Sciences; Biomaterials; Robotics and
Automation
Target groups
Research
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Product category
Monograph
Features
7 New polyrotaxane based on PDMS 7 New
method for synthesis of new block copolymers 7 New application for PDMS based copolymers as thermoreversible block copolymers
This book extends the development of the
thermodynamic theory of specific intermolecular interactions to element-organic and specific
organometallic compounds. The fundamentals of
an unconventional approach to the theory of Hbonding and specific interactions are formulated,
based on a concept of pentacoordinate carbon atoms. Prof. Baev has introduced the theory already
in his successful books “Specific Intermolecular
Interactions of Organic Compounds” and “Specific
Intermolecular Interactions of Nitrogenated and
Bioorganic Compounds”.
Features
7 Describes the development of the thermodynamic theory of specific intermolecular interactions 7 Describes a wide spectrum of types
of intermolecular interactions 7 The topic is
relevant to organic, organometallic and synthetic
chemistry
Contents
Hydrogen Bonds of Hydrides and Specific Intermolecular Interactions of Alkyl Compounds of
Main Group Elements.- Specific Intermolecular
Interactions of Silanes and their Derivatives.- Specific Interactions of Element-Organic Compounds
of Germanium Subgroup Elements.- Specific
Intermolecular Interactions of Sulphurgenated
Organic Compounds.- Specific Intermolecular
Interactions of Sulphur, Oxygen and Nitrogenated
Organic Compounds.
Fields of interest
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Organometallic Chemistry
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due October 2014
2014. 80 p. 40 illus., 8 in color. (SpringerBriefs in
Molecular Science) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09224-9
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-4-431-54766-2
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08562-3
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Chemistry
J. Banoub, St. John’s Memorial University, St. John’s,
Canada (Ed)
Detection of Chemical,
Biological, Radiological
and Nuclear Agents for the
Prevention of Terrorism
Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics
Contents
Preface.- Biological agents and bioterrorism.- Immunological Defence Mechanisms against Biological Agents.- Mass spectrometry and tandem mass
spectrometry: an overview.- Modern Sample
Preparation Techniques for Gas ChromatographyMass Spectrometry. Analysis of Environmental
Markers of Chemical Warfare Agents Use.- An
Overview of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/
Ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry and some
of its applications.- Field portable mass spectrometry.- MALDI Imaging Mass Spectrometry.- Bacterial Identification by Mass Spectrometry.
Fields of interest
Mass Spectrometry; Environmental Engineering/
Biotechnology; Spectroscopy and Microscopy
Target groups
Graduate
Product category
Proceedings
G. Brunazzi, Brunazzi & Associati, Torino, Italy;
S. Parisi, Industrial Consultant, Palermo, Italy;
A. Pereno, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
The Importance of Packaging
Design for the Chemistry of
Food Products
This Brief defines reliable correlations between the
food packaging design and its chemical features
in terms of an ‘integrated food product’ (the
synergistic union composed of the edible content
and its container). A good design, as described in
this Brief, implies the best choices from a series
of possibilities, taking into account economical
and commercial influences or limitations in the
production and processing chain and the chemical interactions that can arise between the food
containers and the contained edible material. This
Brief highlights how the different requirements
can be combined, while avoiding dangerous food
risks originating from the chemical interaction
between the container and the product. Different
designs are critically analysed with relation to the
effect on contained foods.
Features
7 Written by experts from different disciplines 7 Analyses different food packaging
designs and their chemical influence on contained
edible materials 7 Discusses possible food packaging typologies under various considerations and
from different angles
Contents
Introduction: The Production of Packaging Materials.- Packaging and Food: A Complex Combination.- The Instrumental Role of Food Packaging.Packaging, a Communicative Medium.- Packaging
and Quality.
Fields of interest
Food Science; Quality of Life Research; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Target groups
Research
Due September 2014
Softcover
2014. 280 p. 57 illus. in color. (NATO Science for
Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology)
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Brief
Topics in Current Chemistry
M. J. Krische, J.‑M. Lehn, J. Thiem, K. N. Houk,
C. A. Hunter, M. Venturi, M. Olivucci, H. N. Wong,
C.‑H. Wong, Series editor: H. Bayley, R. Luque,
K. Ishihara, J. S. Siegel, G. Hughes
Volume 354
A. Credi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy;
S. Silvi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Germany;
M. Venturi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
(Eds)
Molecular Machines and Motors
Recent Advances and Perspectives
The series Topics in Current Chemistry presents
critical reviews of the present and future trends
in modern chemical research. The scope of coverage is all areas of chemical science including the
interfaces with related disciplines such as biology,
medicine and materials science. The goal of each
thematic volume is to give the non-specialist reader, whether in academia or industry, a comprehensive insight into an area where new research is
emerging which is of interest to a larger scientific
audience. Each review within the volume critically surveys one aspect of that topic and places it
within the context of the volume as a whole.
Features
7 This series presents critical reviews of the
present position and future trends in modern
chemical research 7 Short and concise reports
on chemistry, each written by the world renowned
experts 7 Still valid and useful after 5 or 10
years 7 More information as well as the electronic version of the whole content available at:
springerlink.com
Field of interest
Microengineering
Target groups
Research
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Reviews
Due July 2014
Hardcover
2014. 280 p. 57 illus. in color. (NATO Science for
Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology)
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ISBN 978-94-017-9237-0
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Molecular Science / SpringerBriefs in Chemistry of
Foods) Softcover
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ISBN 978-3-319-08451-0
2014. XX, 220 p. Hardcover
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Advances in Polymer Science
U. Wiesner, B. Voit, T. E. Long, Series editor: A. Abe,
A.‑C. Albertsson, G. W. Coates, M. Möller, L. Leibler,
E. M. Terentjev, S. Kobayashi, K.‑S. Lee, M. J. Vicent,
J. Genzer, B. Z. Tang, X. Zhang, O. Okay, V. Percec
Volume 264
P. Deepalekshmi, S. Thomas, Mahatma Gandhi
University, Kottayam, India (Eds)
Non-Linear Viscoelasticity
of Rubber Composites and
Nanocomposites
Influence of Filler Geometry and Size in
Different Length Scales
Contents
Origin of Non-Linear Viscoelasticity in Filled
Rubbers: Theory and Practice.- Non-Linear Viscoelasticity in Zero Dimensional Filler Reinforced
Rubber Composites and Nanocomposites.- NonLinear Viscoelasticity of One Dimensional Filler
Einforced Rubber Composites and Nanocomposites.- Non-Linear Viscoelastic Studies in Rubber
Composites and Nanocomposites-Effects of two
Dimensional Fillers.- Non- Linear Viscoelasticity in Rubber Blend Composites and Nanocomposites.- Effect of Hybrid Fillers in the NonLinear Viscoelasticity of Rubber Composites and
Nanocomposites.- Effect of Double Networking
on Non-Linear Viscoelasticity of Elastomers.Modeling of Non-Linear Viscoelastic Behavior of
Filled Rubbers.- Effects of Aging on Non-Linear
Viscoelasticity.- Rheology of Soft Styrene Butadiene Based Semisolid Rubber Composites.
Chemistry
Topics in Organometallic
Chemistry
A. Fürstner, F. Glorius, P. H. Dixneuf, Series
editor: M. Beller, L. A. Oro, T. Ikariya, Q.‑L. Zhou,
J. M. Brown, L. J. Gooßen, J. Dupont, S. Nolan,
J. Okuda
Volume 48
P. H. Dixneuf, UMR 6226 CNRS-Université Rennes1,
Rennes, France; C. Bruneau, UMR 6226-CNRSUniversité de Rennes1, Rennes, France (Eds)
Ruthenium in Catalysis
The series Topics in Organometallic Chemistry
presents critical overviews of research results in
organometallic chemistry.
Features
7 Each volume of Topics in Organometallic
Chemistry provides the broad scientific readership
with a comprehensive and critical overview of a
specific topic in organometallic chemistry 7 Research in this rapidly developing transdisciplinary
field is having profound influence on other areas
of scientific investigation, ranging from catalytic
organic synthesis to biology, medicine and materials science 7 With contributions by international
experts
Contents
From the contents:Hydrogenation of polar bonds
catalyzed by Ruthenium-Pincer complexes.- Ruthenium-catalyzed amide-bond formation.- Hydrogen generation from alcohols and formic acid,
with ruthenium catalysts including pincer-type Ru
complexes.
Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
J. A. Lowe, Series editor: P. R. Bernstein,
A. Buschauer, G. I. Georg, U. Stilz, C. T. Supuran,
A. K. Saxena, G. LIU
Volume 9
J. R. Empfield, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals Central
Nervous System Chemistry Dept., Wilmington, DE,
USA; M. P Clark, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston,
MA, USA (Eds)
Reducing Drug Attrition
Medicinal chemistry is both science and art. The
science of medicinal chemistry offers mankind
one of its best hopes for improving the quality of
life. The art of medicinal chemistry continues to
challenge its practitioners with the need for both
intuition and experience to discover new drugs.
Hence sharing the experience of drug research
is uniquely beneficial to the field of medicinal
chemistry. Drug research requires interdisciplinary team-work at the interface between chemistry,
biology and medicine. Therefore, the topic-related
series Topics in Medicinal Chemistry covers all
relevant aspects of drug research, e.g.
Features
7 Overview chapters introduce the newcomer
to the topic covered 7 Series covers hot topics of frontier research summarized by reputed
scientists in the field 7 Volumes are useful and of
relevance for a long period of time
Fields of interest
Medicinal Chemistry; Pharmacology/Toxicology
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Polymer Sciences; Ceramics, Glass, Composites,
Natural Materials; Condensed Matter Physics
Fields of interest
Organometallic Chemistry; Catalysis; Industrial
Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Target groups
Research
Target groups
Research
Product category
Reviews
Product category
Reviews
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 203,29 | € (A) 208,99 | sFr 253,00
7€ 189,99 | £171.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08701-6
7 *€ (D) 203,29 | € (A) 208,99 | sFr 253,00
7€ 189,99 | £171.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08481-7
7 approx. *€ (D) 245,03 | € (A) 251,90 | sFr 305,00
7 approx.€ 229,00 | £206.50
ISBN 978-3-662-43913-5
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Chemistry
J. Farber, Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Ottawa, ON,
Canada; J. Crichton, Consultant, Pakenham, ON,
Canada; P. Snyder, Jr., HITM, St. Paul, MN, USA (Eds)
Retail Food Safety
Currently, there is no one book or textbook that
covers all aspects of retail food safety. It is becoming apparent that a number of issues relating to
retail food safety have come to the forefront in
some jurisdictions of late. For example, a recent
USDA risk assessment has pointed out that issues
occurring at USA retail appear to be critical in
terms of contamination of deli-meat. As well, a
large listeriosis outbreak in Quebec pointed to retail cross-contamination as a key issue. In terms of
sanitation, a number of advances have been made,
but these have not all been synthesized together in
one chapter, with a focus on retail.
Features
7 Discusses the Global Food Safety Initiative
(GFSI) 7 Addresses the safety of important food
commodities, such as seafood, meat, produce and
dairy 7 Discusses the threat and likelihood of
food contamination in retail
Contents
An Introduction to Retail Food Safety.- Control
of pathogens at retail.- Retail Food Safety – Total
Store by Department.- The applications and uses
of GFSI-benchmarked food safety schemes in relation to retail.- Control of Listeria monocytogenes
at retail.- Control of viruses at retail.- An overview of Retail Food Hygiene in Europe.- Retail
HACCP-based systems.- Sanitation and sanitation
issues at retail.- Retail Food Handler Certification
and Food Handler Training.- Retail food safety
risks for populations of different races, ethnicities
and income levels.
V. Goncharov, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, MA,
USA
Non-Linear Optical Response in
Atoms, Molecules and Clusters
An Explicit Time Dependent Density
Functional Approach
The aim of this brief is to present, in sufficient
detail, a non-perturbative technique for calculating optical hyperpolarizabilities. The ability to
efficiently compute hyperpolarizabilities, for a
variety of different molecular systems, makes this
brief invaluable for those engaged in the computational design of new electro-optical materials.
The resulting computation is very predictable and
suitable for automation, in contrast to perturbative
methods that typically rely on iterative methods.
The methodology which is wholly applicable to
atoms, molecules, clusters (and with some modifications) to condensed matter, is described and
illustrated at a level that is accessible to theoreticians and supplemented with details that should
be of interest to practitioners.
Features
7 Presents new and established techniques 7 For practitioners of theoretical
models 7 A good companion to established
texts 7 Suitable for automatic high throughput
calculations
Contents
Introduction.- Response functions.- Density
Functional Perturbation Theory.- Real Time
method.- Response Functions from Real Time
TDDFT.- Nonlinear Response in Atoms, Molecules and Clusters.- Extension to Condensed
Matter and Outlook.
Fields of interest
Food Science; Chemistry/Food Science, general;
Documentation and Information in Chemistry
Fields of interest
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; Optical and Electronic Materials
Target groups
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Brief
L. Gorb, Laboratory of Computational Structural
Biology, Kiev, Ukraine; V. Kuz’min, A.V. Bogatsky
Physical-Chemical Institute, National Academy of
Sciences of Ukraine, Odessa, Ukraine; E. Muratov,
University of North Carolina, Laboratory for
Molecular Modeling, Chapel Hill, NC, USA (Eds)
Application of Computational
Techniques in Pharmacy and
Medicine
Contents
1 Hybrid QM/MM Methods: Treating Electronic
Phenomena in Very Large Molecular Systems.- 2
Structure, Thermodynamics and Energetics of
Drug-DNA Interactions: Computer Modeling and
Experiment.- 3 Formation of DNA Lesions, Its
Prevention and Repair.- 4 DNA dependent DNA
Polymerases as Targets for Low-Weight Molecular
Inhibitors: State of Art and Prospects of Rational
Design.- 5 Molecular structures, relative stability,
and proton affinities of nucleotides: Broad view
and novel findings.- 6 Quantum Chemical Approaches in Modeling the Structure of Quadruplex
DNA and Its Interaction with Metal Ions and
Small Molecules.- 7 Density Functional Theory
Calculations of Enzyme-Inhibitor Interactions in
Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design.- 8 Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Lipid Bilayers with
Incorporated Peptides.- 9 Polyphenol Glycosides
as Potential Remedies in Kidney Stones Therapy.
Experimental Research Supported by Computational Studies.- 10 Quantum-Chemical Investigation of Epoxidic Compounds Transformation.
Application for In Vitro and In Vivo Processes
Modeling.- 11 Computational Toxicology in Drug
Discovery: opportunities and limitations.- 12
Consensus Drug Design Using it Microcosm.- 13
Continuous Molecular Fields Approach Applied to
Structure-Activity Modeling.
Fields of interest
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; Medicinal Chemistry; Pharmacy
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Due August 2014
Due September 2014
2014. VIII, 160 p. 11 illus., 7 in color. (Food
Microbiology and Food Safety / Practical
Approaches) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 48,10 | € (A) 49,45 | sFr 59,50
7 approx.€ 44,95 | £39.99
ISBN 978-1-4939-1549-1
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2014. XI, 70 p. 11 illus., 8 in color. (SpringerBriefs
in Molecular Science / SpringerBriefs in Electrical
and Magnetic Properties of Atoms, Molecules, and
Clusters) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08319-3
9<HTODMJ=aidbjd> Due September 2014
2014. I, 593 p. 150 illus., 80 in color. (Challenges and
Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics,
7 *€ (D) 319,93 | € (A) 328,90 | sFr 398,50
7€ 299,00 | £269.50
ISBN 978-94-017-9256-1
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L. Kovács, D. Csupor, University of Szeged, Szeged,
Hungary; G. Lente, T. Gunda, University of Debrecen,
Debrecen, Hungary
100 Chemical Myths
Misconceptions, Misunderstandings,
Explanations
100 Chemical Myths deals with popular yet largely
untrue misconceptions and misunderstandings
related to chemistry. It contains lucid and concise
explanations cut through fallacies and urban
legends that are universally relevant to a global
audience. A wide range of chemical myths are
explored in these areas; food, medicines, catastrophes, chemicals, and environmental problems.
Connections to popular culture, literature, movies,
and cultural history hold the reader’s interest
whilst key concepts are beautifully annotated with
illustrations to facilitate the understanding of
unfamiliar material.
Features
7 Covers the full gamut of chemical myths
relating to consumer products, food, medicines,
chemicals, and catastrophes 7 Written in
plain English for the laymen and professionals
alike 7 Contains a large number of illustrations
to explain new concepts 7 Includes a comprehensive glossary and bibliography 7 Foreword
by Nobel Laureate George Andrew Olah
Contents
Foreword (Joe Schwarcz).- Acknowledgements.Preface.- Chapter 1. Misconceptions in general .Chapter 2. Food.- Chapter 3. Medicines.- Chapter
4. Catastrophes, Poisons, Chemicals.- Glossary of
terms.- Sources and further reading.- Picture and
figure credits.- Subject index.
Fields of interest
Chemistry/Food Science, general; Popular Science, general
Chemistry
Y. Li, Universite d’Avignon etdesPaysduVaucluse,
INRA, Avignon, France; A.‑S. Fabiano-Tixier,
Universite d’Avignon etdesPaysduVaucluse, Avignon,
France; F. Chemat, Université d’Avignon et des Pays
du Vaucluse, Avignon, France
Essential Oils as Reagents in
Green Chemistry
This brief provides a valuable reference for the
contribution of essential oils in the green chemistry, mainly in terms of their characteristics corresponding to their compositions, the development
of their extraction technologies including both
conventional and green process (e.g. microwave,
ultrasound), and their sustainable applications as
antioxidants, antimicrobials, insecticides, green
solvents and synthons for the green synthesis.
Features
7 Explains current green extraction techniques at
play in industry 7 Includes applications of interest to those working in cosmetics, fine chemicals,
and pharmaceuticals
Contents
History, localization and chemical composition.Essential oils: from conventional to green extraction.- Essential oils as antioxidants.- Essential oils
as antimicrobials.- Essential oils as insecticides.Essential oils as green solvents.- Essential oils as
synthons for green chemistry.
Fields of interest
Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Sustainable Development; Organic Chemistry
Target groups
Product category
Brief
X. J. Loh, Institute of Materials Research and
Engineering, Singapore, Singapore (Ed)
In-Situ Gelling Polymers
For Biomedical Applications
This book presents the research involving in situ
gelling polymers and can be used as a guidebook
for academics, industrialists and postgraduates
interested in this area. This work summaries the
academic contributions from the top authorities
in the field and explore the fundamental principles
of in situ gelling polymeric networks, along with
examples of their major applications. This book
aims to provide an up-to-date resource of in situ
gelling polymer research.
Features
7 First book addressing the fundamental working
principles of in-situ gelling polymers 7 Summarizes the latest trends and potential application of
in-situ gelling polymers in biomedical engineering 7 Written by an expert in the field
Contents
1 Introduction to in-situ forming hydrogels for
biomedical applications.- 2 Biodegradable Thermogelling Poly(organophosphazenes) and Their
Potential.- 3 Designing Hydrogels by ATRP.- 4
Supramolecular Soft Biomaterials for Biomedical
Applications.- 5 Peptidic Hydrogels.- 6 Polymeric
Supramolecular Hydrogels as Materials for Medicine.- 7 Hydrogels for Stem Cell Fate Control and
Delivery in Regenerative Medicine.- 8 From bench
to bedside – An example of an in-situ hydrogel in
vivo applications.
Fields of interest
Polymer Sciences; Biomaterials; Biomedical
Engineering
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Popular/general
Product category
Popular science
Due August 2014
Due September 2014
7 approx. *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7 approx.€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08418-3
9<HTODMJ=aiebid> 2014. X, 71 p. 28 illus., 19 in color. (SpringerBriefs
in Molecular Science / SpringerBriefs in Green
Chemistry for Sustainability) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08448-0
9<HTODMJ=aie ia> Due December 2014
2014. 300 p. 45 illus., 5 in color. (Series in
BioEngineering) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-981-287-151-0
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Chemistry
A. Lund, The Emeritus Academy Linköping
University, Linköping, Sweden; M. Shiotani,
Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan (Eds)
N. O. Lüttschwager, Georg August University,
Göttingen, Germany
Raman Spectroscopy
Applications of EPR in Radiation of Conformational
Research
Rearrangements at Low
Applications of EPR in Radiation Research is a
Temperatures
multi-author contributed volume presented in
eight themes: I.
Features
7 The first modern monograph to feature the
applications of EPR to radiation research 7 Includes a chapter on fundamental radiation processes for those unfamiliar with this field 7 Applications to liquid-, solid-, bio-, polymer-,
and semiconductor materials are presented in
dedicated chapters 7 Recent developments in
radiation metrology and geological dating are
reviewed 7 The use of advanced experimental
and theoretical tools is presented by recognized
leaders in this field
Contents
From the Contents: PART I Elementary radiation
processes.- PART II Solid state radiation chemistry.- PART III Biochemistry, biophysics, and
biology applications.- PART IV Material science.PART V Radiation metrology.- PART VI Geological dating.- EPR dating.- PART VII Advanced EPR
techniques.- PART VIII Theoretical tools.
Fields of interest
Nuclear Chemistry; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Effects of Radiation/Radiation
Protection
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Folding and Stretching of Alkanes in
Supersonic Jets
Food Processing: Strategies for
Quality Assessment
This thesis identifies the turning point in chain
length, after which alkanes self-solvate into a
folded structure instead of an extended stretched
conformation. After this turning point, London
dispersion forces rearrange isolated n-alkanes into
a particular hairpin-structure, while for shorter
chain lengths, a simple stretched conformation is
energetically preferred.
Contents
Food Processing: Strategies for quality assessment, A broad perspective Abdul Malik, Farhana
Masood and Saghir Ahmad.- Fruit Processing
Ömer Utku ÇOPUR and Canan Ece TAMER
.- Citrus Juices Technology Asiye AKYILDIZ and
Erdal AĞÇAM.- Nutritional Quality Assessment
in Dairy Products - A Perspective.- A. Adnan
Hayaloglu and Mehmet Güven.- Meat products
and by-products for value addition.- Saghir
Ahmad and Abdul Ghafour Badpa.- Surface
Decontamination Treatments for improving the
safety of meat and poultry Hakan Benli.- Food
quality and safety Saghir Ahmad.- Foodborne
Microbial Diseases and Control: Foodborne Infections and Intoxications Sait Aykut Aytac and Birce
Mercanoglu Taban.- Microbial Metabolites as
Biological Control Agents in Food Safety.- Zerrin
Erginkaya, Emel Ünal and Selin Kalkan.- Use of
antimicrobial edible films and coatings as packaging materials for food safety.- Zerrin Erginkaya,
Selin Kalkan and Emel Ünal.- Recent Approaches
in Risk Assessment of Foods Farhana Masood,
Samira Umme Aiman, Sana Khan, Showkat
Ahmad Lone and Abdul Malik.- Microbiological
Quality Systems and Microbial Risk Analysis Birce
Mercanoglu Taban and Sait Aykut.- AytacValue
addition and preservation by fermentation technology Saghir Ahmad.
Features
7 Nominated by the Georg-August-University
Göttingen (Germany) as an outstanding PhD thesis 7 Determines the detailed balance between
stiffness, conformational flexibility and inter-chain
attractions for important model compounds on
a molecular level 7 Identifies the turning point
in chain length, where alkanes prefer a folded
hairpin structure instead of an extended stretched
conformation 7 Hence provides an important
reference for experimental and theoretical studies
and models, for the first time on an interactionfree single-molecule basis
Contents
Introduction.- Background.- Experimental.- Unbranched n-alkanes.- Perfluorinated alkanes.Modulus of elasticity.- Summary and outlook.Appendix.
Fields of interest
Physical Chemistry; Atomic/Molecular Structure
and Spectra; Spectroscopy/Spectrometry
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
2014. I, 820 p. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 181,89 | € (A) 186,99 | sFr 226,50
7€ 169,99 | £153.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09215-7
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A. Malik, Department of Agricultural Microbiology
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India;
Z. Erginkaya, Department of Food Engineering
Faculty of Agriculture, Adana, Turkey; S. Ahmad,
Dept. of Post Harvest Eng. and Technol. Aligarh
Muslim University, Aligarh, India; H. Erten,
Department of Food Engineering, Adana, Turkey
(Eds)
Field of interest
Food Science
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Due August 2014
Due September 2014
2014. XII, 183 p. 81 illus., 44 in color. (Springer
Theses) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08565-4
2014. X, 534 p. 31 illus., 14 in color. (Food
Engineering Series) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 181,89 | € (A) 186,99 | sFr 226,50
7€ 169,99 | £153.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1377-0
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Topics in Current Chemistry
M. J. Krische, J.‑M. Lehn, J. Thiem, K. N. Houk,
C. A. Hunter, M. Venturi, M. Olivucci, H. N. Wong,
C.‑H. Wong, Series editor: H. Bayley, R. Luque,
K. Ishihara, J. S. Siegel, G. Hughes
Chemistry
H. Nirschl, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,
Karlsruhe, Germany; K. Keller, Dupont, St. Louis, MO,
USA (Eds)
Upscaling of Bio-NanoProcesses
Volume 353
Selective Bioseparation by Magnetic Particles
K. M. Nicholas, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK,
USA (Ed)
Features
7 Presents solutions for large scale bioprocessing
of nanoparticles 7 Suggests a new application for
magnetic particles for upscaling of protein separation 7 Addresses toxicological aspects related to
food, pharmaceutical and feed industry
Selective Catalysis for
Renewable Feedstocks and
Chemicals
The series Topics in Current Chemistry presents
critical reviews of the present and future trends
in modern chemical research. The scope of coverage is all areas of chemical science including the
interfaces with related disciplines such as biology,
medicine and materials science.
Features
7 This series presents critical reviews of the
present position and future trends in modern
chemical research 7 Short and concise reports
on chemistry, each written by the world renowned
experts 7 Still valid and useful after 5 or 10
years 7 More information as well as the electronic version of the whole content available at:
springerlink.com
Contents
Selective lignin oxidation.- Selective hydrogenolysis of biomass deoxydehydration of polyols.- Carbohydrate conversion to lactic acid and
isosorbide.- Catalytic Approaches to the Production of Levulinates and Substituted Furfurals from
Biomass.- Polymerization of biomass-derived
monomers.
Fields of interest
Catalysis; Organic Chemistry; Polymer Sciences
Target groups
Research
Contents
Introduction.- Part I: Particle Synthesis and Functionalization.- New Advances in the Production
of Iron-Based Nanostructures by Laser Pyrolysis.Chemical Coprecipitation for Hydrophobic and
Hydrophilic Magnetite Nanoparticles.- Magnetic
Microgels: Synthesis and Characterization.- Vesicles and Composite Particles by Rotating Membrane Pore Extrusion.- Synthesis of Functionalized
Magnetic Beads Using Spray Drying.- Industrial
Production, Surface Modification and Application
of Magnetic Particles.- Part II: Magnetic Separation Devices.- Magneticall Enhanced Centrifugation for Industrial Use.- Design and Performance
of a Pilot Scale High-Gradient Magnetic Filter
using a Mandhala Magnet and its Application for
Soy-Whey Protein Purification.- Continuous Magnetic Extraction for Protein Purification.- Part III:
Process examples.- In-situ Magnetic Separation of
Pilot Scale : A Tool for Process Optimization.- An
Industrial Approach to High-Gradient Magnetic
Filtration in the Food Industry.- Conclusion.
Fields of interest
Biotechnology; Biomaterials; Food Science
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Topics in Heterocyclic
Chemistry
A. Padwa, R. Noyori, S. Ley, Editorial board:
D. Enders, L. E. Overman, G. Mehta, B. Maes,
S. Polanc, S. Polanc, Series editor: J. Cossy, J. Cossy
Volume 41
R. Paolesse, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome,
Italy (Ed)
Applications of Porphyrinoids
The series Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry
presents critical reviews on present and future
trends in the research of heterocyclic compounds.
Overall the scope is to cover topics dealing with
all areas within heterocyclic chemistry, both
experimental and theoretical, of interest to the
general heterocyclic chemistry community. The
series consists of topic related volumes edited by
renowned editors with contributions of experts in
the field. All chapters from Topics in Heterocyclic
Chemistry are published Online First with an individual DOI. In references, Topics in Heterocyclic
Chemistry is abbreviated as Top Heterocycl Chem
and cited as a journal.
Features
7 Heterocyclic chemistry is the biggest branch of
chemistry covering two-third of the chemical literature 7 The series covers hot topics of frontier
research summarized by reputed scientists in the
field 7 Our review series is topic related Online
version available on SpringerLink.com
Field of interest
Organic Chemistry
Target groups
Research
Product category
Reviews
Product category
Reviews
Due August 2014
Due July 2014
2014. XXX, 220 p. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 203,29 | € (A) 208,99 | sFr 253,00
7€ 189,99 | £171.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08653-8
9<HTODMJ=aigfdi> 2015. X, 326 p. 141 illus., 29 in color. (Lecture Notes
in Bioengineering) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-662-43898-5
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ISBN 978-3-662-43996-8
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Chemistry
H. Pasch, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland,
South Africa; M. I. Malik, H.E.J. Research Institute of
Chemistry University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
Advanced Separation
Techniques for Polyolefins
This Springer Laboratory volume introduces the
reader to advanced techniques for the separation
and fractionation of polyolefins.
Features
7 First comprehensive textbook on high-temperature fractionation techniques 7 Introduces beginners as well as experienced chromatographers
to advanced techniques for the separation and
fractionation of polyolefins 7 Describes a great
variety in instrumentation, separation procedures
and applications 7 Provides a complete toolbox
to solve both simple and sophisticated separation
tasks for polyolefins - the most widely used class of
synthetic polymers
Contents
Part A Introduction.- Molecular Heterogeneity of Polyolefins.- Analytical Methods for
Polyolefins.- Part B Crystallization-Based
Fractionation Techniques.- Temperature Rising
Elution Fractionation.- Crystallization Analysis
Fractionation.- Crystallization Elution Fractionation.- Part C Column-Based Chromatographic Techniques.- Multidetector Size Exclusion
Chromatography.- Solvent Gradient Interaction
Chromatography.- Temperature Gradient Interaction Chromatography.- Two-Dimensional Liquid
Chromatography.- Part D Field-Flow Fractionation.- Fundamentals.- Application of Field-Flow
Fractionation of Polyolefins.- Analysis of Polyolefins by Asymmetric Flow FFF.- Conclusions and
Future Trends.
Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
J. A. Lowe, Series editor: P. R. Bernstein,
A. Buschauer, G. I. Georg, U. Stilz, C. T. Supuran,
A. K. Saxena, G. LIU
Volume 16
P. H. Seeberger, C. Rademacher, Max-PlanckInstitute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam,
Germany (Eds)
Carbohydrates as Drugs
Medicinal chemistry is both science and art. The
science of medicinal chemistry offers mankind
one of its best hopes for improving the quality of
life. The art of medicinal chemistry continues to
challenge its practitioners with the need for both
intuition and experience to discover new drugs.
Features
7 Overview chapters introduce the newcomer
to the topic covered 7 Series covers hot topics of frontier research summarized by reputed
scientists in the field 7 Volumes are useful and of
relevance for a long period of time
Contents
Development and design of anti-influenza virus
carbohydrate-based drugs and their potential for
future pandemics.- Rational design of carbohydrate-based drugs by means of computational
docking.- Novel carbohydrate-based synthetic
chemistry in the context of drug design.- Structure-based design and applications of glycosyltransferase inhibitors.- Design, synthesis and
applications of galectin modulators in human
health.- Discovery and application of FimH antagonists.- Synthesis of iminosugars and their role
in todays medicine.
Fields of interest
Polymer Sciences; Chromatography; Organic
Chemistry
Fields of interest
Medicinal Chemistry; Carbohydrate Chemistry;
Molecular Medicine
Target groups
Graduate
Target groups
Research
Product category
Product category
Reviews
Due September 2014
2014. X, 178 p. 121 illus., 44 in color. (Springer
Laboratory) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 74,89 | € (A) 76,99 | sFr 93,50
7€ 69,99 | £62.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08631-6
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R. Subramanian, University of Nevada, Reno, NV,
USA; B. Viswanathan, Indian Institute of Technology
Madras, Chennai, India; J. S. Lee, Pohang University
of Science & Tech., Pohang, Korea, Republic of (South
Korea) (Eds)
Materials and Processes for
Solar Fuel Production
This book features different approaches to nonbiochemical pathways for solar fuel production.
Features
7 All options for fuel production using solar
energy, excluding those that are biologically mediated, are discussed in this book 7 Modeling and
its role in driving catalyst design is covered in this
book 7 Photoelectrocatalytic methods are addressed in detail
Contents
Strategic Design of Heterojunction CdS Photocatalysts for Solar Hydrogen.- Encapsulation for
improving the efficiencies of solar cells .- Photocatalytic Solar Hydrogen Production: Current Status and Future Challenges.- Electrochemical and
optical characterization of materials band structure.- New p-type Semiconducting Metal Oxides
for Solar-to-Fuel Conversion: Investigation and
Challenges.- Theoretical modeling of photoelectrochemistry related oxide-photocatalysts.- Photofuel cells. An alternative route for solar energy
conversion.- Simultaneous Photodegradation and
Hydrogen Production With TiO2/Pt/CdS Using
UV-visible Light in the Presence of a Sacrificial
Agent and a Pollutant.- Stability of the β-Bi2O3
Nanoporous Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting.- Passivating the Surface of TiO2 Photoelectrodes with Nb2O5 and Al2O3 for High-efficiency
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.- Reduction of Carbon
dioxide- Photo-catalytic Route to Solar Fuels.
Fields of interest
Mass Spectrometry; Renewable and Green Energy;
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
7 approx. *€ (D) 245,03 | € (A) 251,90 | sFr 305,00
7 approx.€ 229,00 | £206.50
ISBN 978-3-319-08674-3
9<HTODMJ=aighed> 2014. XVI, 242 p. 96 illus., 55 in color. (Nanostructure
Science and Technology, Volume 174) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1627-6
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Chemistry
Topics in Organometallic
Chemistry
A. Fürstner, F. Glorius, P. H. Dixneuf, Series
editor: M. Beller, L. A. Oro, T. Ikariya, Q.‑L. Zhou,
J. M. Brown, L. J. Gooßen, J. Dupont, S. Nolan,
J. Okuda
Volume 47
Z. Xi, Peking University, Beijing, China (Ed)
Organo-di-Metallic Compounds
(or Reagents)
Synergistic Effects and Synthetic Applications
Features
7 Each volume of Topics in Organometallic
Chemistry provides the broad scientific readership
with a comprehensive and critical overview of a
specific topic in organometallic chemistry 7 Research in this rapidly developing transdisciplinary
field is having profound influence on other areas
of scientific investigation, ranging from catalytic
organic synthesis to biology, medicine and materials science 7 With contributions by international
experts
Contents
Organo-di-Lithio Reagents: Cooperative Effect
and Synthetic Applications.- New Formulas for
Zincate Chemistry: Synergistic Effect and Synthetic Applications of Hetero-bimetal Ate Complexes.- FascinATES: Mixed-metal ate compounds
that function synergistically.- Transmetallation of
Zirconacycles to Other Metals for Organic Synthesis.- [Li,Li]-Mixed Aggregates: Synergy Between
Chiral Lithium Amides and Methyllithium or
Butyllithium.- Organometallic Chemistry with
Dianionic Pincer Ligands.- Geminal Dianions as
Precursors of Carbene Complexes.
Fields of interest
Organometallic Chemistry; Catalysis
Target groups
Research
Product category
Reviews
Due August 2014
2014. VII, 205 p. 270 illus., 22 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 203,29 | € (A) 208,99 | sFr 253,00
7€ 189,99 | £171.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08427-5
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Engineering
H. A. Abbass, University of New South Wales
Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
A. Adamatzky, University of the West of England,
Bristol, UK (Ed)
J. Crowder, Raytheon, Denver, CO, USA; S. Friess,
Englewood, CO, USA
Computational Red Teaming
Automata, Universality,
Computation
Agile Project Management:
Managing for Success
Tribute to Maurice Margenstern
Management and enables them to deal with
the demands and complexities of modern, agile
systems/software/hardware development teams.
The book examines the project/program manager
beyond the concepts of leadership and aims to
connect to employees’ sense of identity. The text
examines human psychological concepts such
as “locus of control,” which will help the manager understand their team members’ view and
how best to manage their “world” contributions.
The authors cover new management tools and
philosophies for agile systems/software/hardware
development teams, with a specific focus on how
this relates to engineering and computer science.
This book also includes practical case studies.
Risk Analytics of Big-Data-to-Decisions
Intelligent Systems
This book introduces readers to the concepts
and methods of Computational Red Teaming
(CRT). The author describes the development of
an auxiliary artificial brain in-Silico he refers to
as the Shadow Thinking Machine, which shadows
the operations of an actual system to support
decision makers in complex, “big-data” situations
in real-time. This is the first treatment of the topic
that combines in a unique way how RT can be
adopted to any organization, while also presenting advanced computational intelligence and data
mining algorithms, models and software architectures to support a Computational Red Teaming
environment. The first part of this book introduces
readers to the concept of red teaming, how to form
a red team, and what makes a red teaming exercise
successful.
Features
7 Presents first comprehensive treatment of
Computational Red Teaming 7 Provides balanced coverage of the topic from the perspectives
of risk thinking and computational modeling 7 Includes thorough coverage of the computational approach to the problem 7 Links system
thinking with the right set of computational tools
to assess risk in complex, "big-data" situations
Contents
Introducing Red Teaming.- RT for Messy Spaces.Scenarios.- Computational Red Teaming.- Computational Ingredients of CRT.- The Observe-Project-Counteract Agent Architecture.- Case Studies.
Fields of interest
Computational Intelligence; Communications Engineering, Networks; Data Storage Representation
This book is an intellectually stimulating excursion into mathematical machines and structures
capable for a universal computation.
Features
7 Provides accessible and lively excursions into
mathematical machines geared for universal
computation 7 Advances broadly interesting
topics of universal computation, automata, and
theoretical computer science 7 Comprised of
unique chapters written by world top experts in
theory of mathematical machines and computation 7 Lavishly illustrated with visually attractive
examples of mathematical machines, which will
appeal not only to scientists but also to artists and
general public
Contents
The common structure of the curves having a
same Gauss word.- Logical theory of the additive
monoid of subsets of natural integers.- Some
reflections on mathematics and its relation to
computer Science.- Sampling a Two-way Finite
Automaton.- Constructing reversible Turing machines by reversible logic element with memory.The Grossone methodology perspective on Turing
machines.- On Parallel Array P Systems.- Computational models based on splicing.- Linear Cellular
Automata and Decidability.- Algorithms with
Active Cells Modeled by Cellular Automata with
Write-Access (CA-w).- Broadcasting automata
and patterns on Z2.- Real-Time Prime Generators
Implemented on Small-State Cellular Automata.Phyllosilicate Automata.
Fields of interest
Complexity; Complex Networks;
Target groups
Research
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Monograph
Features
7 Discusses management skills needed as they
relate to the advances in software development
practices 7 Examines how to manage an agile
development team that includes teams across
geographically, ethnically, and culturally diverse
backgrounds 7 Embraces all of the aspects of
modern management and leadership
Contents
Introduction: The Agile Manager.- The Psychology
of Agile Team Leadership.- Understanding The
Agile Team.- Productivity Tools for the Modern
Team.- Measuring Success in an Agile World: Agile EVMS.- Conclusion: Modern Design Methodologies: Information and Knowledge Management
Fields of interest
Job Careers in Science and Engineering; Innovation/Technology Management; Software Engineering
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Due August 2014
Due December 2014
2015. 200 p. 100 illus. Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 127,50
7 approx.€ 99,99 | £86.50
ISBN 978-3-319-08280-6
9<HTODMJ=aiciag> 84
2015. XII, 420 p. (Emergence, Complexity and
Computation, Volume 12) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09038-2
9<HTODMJ=ajadic> Due August 2014
7 *€ (D) 96,29 | € (A) 98,99 | sFr 120,00
7€ 89,99 | £81.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09017-7
9<HTODMJ=ajabh >
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Atomic Energy Society of Japan, Atomic Energy
Society of Japan, Tokyo, Japan (Ed)
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear
Accident
Engineering
A. G. Bagdoev, National Academy of Sciences of
Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia; V. I. Erofeyev, Russian
Academy of Scienses, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia;
A. V. Shekoyan, National Academy of Sciences of
Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Final Report of the AESJ Investigation
Committee
Wave Dynamics of Generalized
Continua
The Magnitude 9 Great East Japan Earthquake on
March 11, 2011, followed by a massive tsunami
struck TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear
Power Station and triggered an unprecedented
core melt/severe accident in Units 1 – 3. The
radioactivity release led to the evacuation of local
residents, many of whom still have not been able
to return to their homes.
This monograph is devoted to problems of propagation and stability of linear and nonlinear waves
in continuous media with complex structure. It
considers the different media, such as solid with
cavities, preliminary deformed disperse medium,
solid with porosity filled by the electrically conductive and non-conductive liquid, magnetoelastic, piezo-semiconductors, crystals with dislocations, composites with inclusions, an electrically
conductive asymmetrical liquid, a mixture of gas
with a drop liquid. The book also considers the
propagation of a laser beam through a two-level
medium.
Features
7 Provides an accurate conditions of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster 7 Discusses the radiation contamination of
the surrounding environment of the reactor units
for the first time 7 Written by leading researchers in the fields of nuclear energy
Contents
INTRODUCTION.- OVERVIEW OF NUCLEAR
POWER STATION.- OVERVIEW OF THE
ACCIDENT AT THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI
NUCLEAR POWER STATION.- Overview of
Events Occurring at Power Stations Other than the
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.- OFFSITE RESPONSE.- ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND
ISSUES.- ANALYSIS and Issues on Nuclear Safety
System.- ROOT CAUSES OF the ACCIDENT
AND ReCOMMENDATIONS.- POST-ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT IN PROGRESS.
Fields of interest
Nuclear Engineering; Waste Water Technology
/ Water Pollution Control / Water Management
/ Aquatic Pollution; Quality Control, Reliability,
Safety and Risk
Features
7 Covers many material classes and media for
wave propagation 7 Discusses the wave propagation and stability in continuous media with
complex structure 7 Presents new methods of
evolution and modulation equations
Contents
From the Contents: Waves in a viscous solid with
cavities.- Waves in viscous, dispersive, nonlinear,
preliminary deformable layer with a free surface.Waves in solids with porosity filled by an electrically non-conducting liquid (Biot medium).Waves in a solid with porosity filled by electrically
conducting liquid located in a constant electric
field.- Piezoelastic waves.
Fields of interest
Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Acoustics; Characterization and Evaluation of
Materials
Target groups
Research
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Monograph
B. Bandyopadhyay, S. Kamal, Indian Institute of
Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
Stabilization and Control of
Fractional Order Systems: A
Sliding Mode Approach
In the last two decades fractional differential equations have been used more frequently in physics,
signal processing, fluid mechanics, viscoelasticity, mathematical biology, electro chemistry and
many others. It opens a new and more realistic
way to capture memory dependent phenomena
and irregularities inside the systems by using more
sophisticated mathematical analysis.
Features
7 Presents original and up-to-date work on
stabilization and control design for continuous
and discrete fractional order systems 7 Includes
a tutorial covering all basic concept of fractional
order system and a brief overview of sliding mode
control of fractional order system 7 Shows how
to solve fractional order differential equations with
discontinuities
Contents
Essence of Fractional Order Calculus, Physical Interpretation and Applications.- Solution,
Stability and Realization of Fractional Order
Differential Equation.- Sliding Mode Control of
Fractional Order Systems.- Finite Time Stabilization of Fractional Order Systems.- A Soft Variable
Structure Control of Fractional Order Systems.Robust Cooperative Control of Fractional-Order
Multiple Agents.- Discrete Sliding Mode Control
of Fractional Order systems.- Disturbance Observer based Robust Control for Fractional Order
Systems.- Contraction Analysis by Integer Order
and Fractional Order Infinitesimal Variations.
Fields of interest
Control; Computational Intelligence;
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due November 2014
Original Japanese edition published by Maruzen,
Tokyo, 2014
7 approx. *€ (D) 181,89 | € (A) 186,99 | sFr 226,50
7 approx.€ 169,99 | £153.00
ISBN 978-4-431-55159-1
9<HTPEOB=f bfjb> Due December 2014
Due August 2014
2014. 400 p. (Advanced Structured Materials, Volume
24) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 139,05 | € (A) 142,94 | sFr 186,50
7 approx.€ 129,95 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-642-37266-7
2015. XXXI, 200 p. 46 illus., 40 in color. (Lecture Notes
in Electrical Engineering, Volume 317) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08620-0
9<HTOGPC=dhcg h> 9<HTODMJ=aigca > 85

Engineering
A. Benedetto, L. Pajewski, University Roma Tre,
Rome, Italy (Eds)
Civil Engineering Applications
of Ground Penetrating Radar
This book, based on Transport and Urban Development COST Action TU1208, presents the
most advanced applications of ground penetrating radar (GPR) in a civil engineering context,
with documentation of instrumentation, methods
and results. It explains clearly how GPR can be
employed for the surveying of critical transport
infrastructure, such as roads, pavements, bridges
and tunnels, and for the sensing and mapping of
underground utilities and voids. Detailed attention
is also devoted to use of GPR in the inspection of
geological structures and of construction materials
and structures, including reinforced concrete,
steel reinforcing bars and pre/post-tensioned
stressing ducts. Advanced methods for solution of
electromagnetic scattering problems and new data
processing techniques are also presented.
Features
7 Describes the most up-to-date applications
of ground penetrating radar in civil engineering 7 Enables the reader to gain knowledge
quickly and to apply it to specific sectors 7 Identifies the limits and points of weakness of the
technology
Contents
From the Contents: An Introduction to Ground
Penetrating Radar.- GPR Equipment for the
Monitoring of Critical Transport Infrastructures
and Buildings.- Testing, Calibration, Stability
Procedures and Protocols for GPR Equipment.Antennas for GPR Systems.
Fields of interest
Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Geotechnical
Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due December 2014
7 approx. *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7 approx.€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-04812-3
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O. Bjontegaard, The Norwegian Public Roads
Administration, Trondheim, Norway; T. A. MartiusHammer, SINTEF Building and Infrastructure,
Trondheim, Norway; M. Krauss, Federal Office
of Radiation Protection, Salzgitter, Germany;
H. Budelmann, IBMB, Braunschweig, Germany
RILEM Technical Committee
195-DTD Recommendation for
Test Methods for AD and TD of
Early Age Concrete
Round Robin Documentation Report:
Program, Test Results and Statistical
Evaluation
Contents
1.Introduction and background.- 2. RR-participants.- 3. Brief description of the Dilation Rigs.- 4,
Round-Robin tests, plan and execution.- 4.1 Materials.- 4.2 Mortar tests.- 4.3 Cement paste tests.- 5
Mortar test results.- 5.1 Fresh properties and
28-days strength.- 5.2 Supporting test results.- 5.3
Dilation Rig results, autogenous deformation.- 6
Statistical evaluation of the Dilation Rig results.6.1 Prerequisites, Objectives and procedure.- 6.2 A
concept for the estimation of candidates of outliers
from unbiased samples.- 6.3 Analysis of the data
- Calculation of outliers.- 6.4 Statistical attributes
of AD and AS.- 6.5 Summary and conclusions.- 7
Cement paste test results.- 7.1 Supporting test
results.- 7.2 Dilation Rig test results.- 8 Summary
and conclusions.- 9 References.- APPENDIX 1 Cement analyses.- APPENDIX 2 Sand grading
curve.- APPENDIX 3 Data sheet, superplasticizer.- APPENDIX 4 Description of equipment,
made by the participants.
Fields of interest
Building Materials; Structural Materials; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
C. Briat, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-Zurich, Basel, Switzerland
Linear Parameter-Varying and
Time-Delay Systems
Analysis, Observation, Filtering & Control
This book provides an introduction to the analysis
and control of Linear Parameter-Varying Systems
and Time-Delay Systems and their interactions.
The purpose is to give the readers some fundamental theoretical background on these topics and
to give more insights on the possible applications
of these theories. This self-contained monograph
is written in an accessible way for readers ranging
from undergraduate/PhD students to engineers
and researchers willing to know more about the
fields of time-delay systems, parameter-varying
systems, robust analysis, robust control, gainscheduling techniques in the LPV fashion and
LMI based approaches. The only prerequisites are
basic knowledge in linear algebra, ordinary differential equations and (linear) dynamical systems.
Most of the results are proved unless the proof is
too complex or not necessary for a good understanding of the results. In the latter cases, suitable
references are systematically provided.
Features
7 Recent research on Control and Observation of Linear Parameter Varying Time-delay
Systems 7 Presents analysis and design methods
accompanied with illustrative examples 7 Self
contained book on Linear Parameter Varying
Time-Delay Systems
Contents
Linear parameter-varying systems.- Time-Delay
Systems.- Linear parameter-varying time-delay
systems.
Fields of interest
Control;
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
2015. VII, 84 p. 88 illus. (RILEM State-of-the-Art
Reports, Volume 16) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9265-3
2015. XXV, 396 p. 72 illus. (Advances in Delays and
Dynamics, Volume 3) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44049-0
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Engineering
E. Bruner, National Research Center on Human
Evolution, Burgos, Spain (Ed)
G. Cancellieri, Polytechnic University of Marche,
Ancona, Italy
Human Paleoneurology
Polynomial Theory of ErrorCorrecting Codes
The book presents an integrative review of paleoneurology, the study of endocranial morphology
in fossil species. The main focus is on showing
how computed methods can be used to support advances in evolutionary neuroanatomy,
paleoanthropology and archaeology and how they
have contributed to creating a completely new
perspective in cognitive neuroscience. Moreover,
thanks to its multidisciplinary approach, the book
addresses students and researchers approaching
human paleoneurology from different angles and
for different purposes, such as biologists, physicians, anthropologists, archaeologists and computer scientists. The individual chapters, written
by international experts, represent authoritative
reviews of the most important topics in the field.
The book offers an original view on channel coding, based on a unitary approach to block and convolutional codes for error correction. It presents
both new concepts and new families of codes.
Features
7 Enables the reader gradually to gain a clear
understanding of the theory with the aid of more
than 100 examples 7 Allows rapid location of
information by means of a list of more than 150
indexed definitions 7 Offers technicians a new
perspective through a unitary approach to block
and convolutional codes
B. Candaele, Thales Communications, Colombes,
France; D. Soudris, I. Anagnostopoulos, National
Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece (Eds)
Trusted Computing for
Embedded Systems
This book describes the state-of-the-art in trusted
computing for embedded systems. It shows
how a variety of security and trusted computing problems are addressed currently and what
solutions are expected to emerge in the coming
years. The discussion focuses on attacks aimed at
hardware and software for embedded systems, and
the authors describe specific solutions to create
security features. Case studies are used to present
new techniques designed as industrial security
solutions. Coverage includes development of
tamper resistant hardware and firmware mechanisms for lightweight embedded devices, as well
as those serving as security anchors for embedded
platforms required by applications such as smart
power grids, smart networked and home appliances, environmental and infrastructure sensor
networks, etc.
Contents
Generator matrix approach to linear block codes.Wide-sense time-invariant block codes in their
generator matrix.- Generator matrix approach to
s.s. time-invariant convolutional codes.- Widesense time-invariant convolutional codes in their
generator matrix.- Parity check matrix approach
to linear block codes.- Wide-sense time-invariant
block codes in their parity check matrix.- Strictsense time-invariant convolutional codes in their
parity check matrix.- Wide-sense time-invariant
convolutional codes in their parity check matrix.Turbo codes.- Low density parity check codes.Binomial product generator LDPC block codes.LDPC convolutional codes.- Appendix A. Matrix
algebra in a binary finite field.- Appendix B.
Polynomial representation of binary sequences.Appendix C. Electronic circuits for multiplication
or division in polynomial representation of binary
sequences.- Appendix D. Survey on the main
performance of error correcting codes.
Features
7 Enables readers to address a variety of
security threats to embedded hardware and
software 7 Describes design of secure wireless
sensor networks, to address secure authentication
of trusted portable devices for embedded systems 7 Presents secure solutions for the design
of smart-grid applications and their deployment in
large-scale networked and systems
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Signal,Image and Speech Processing; Field Theory
and Polynomials; Arithmetic and Logic Structures
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Research
Features
7 A comprehensive book dedicated to Human
Paleoneurology 7 Describes computer-based
methods and concepts recently introduced in the
field 7 Presents a multidisciplinary approach to
paleoneurology 7 Edited and written by international experts in the fields of neuroscience and
anthropology
Contents
Introduction.- Neuroscience and human brain
evolution.- Computed tools for paleoneurology.- Functional craniology and brain evolution.- Human brain evolution: ontogeny and
phylogeny.- Paleoneurology and Behaviour.- Neuroarchaeology.- Cognitive archaeology and the
cognitive sciences.
Fields of interest
Computational Intelligence; Neurosciences;
Anthropology
Fields of interest
Circuits and Systems; Processor Architectures;
Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due August 2014
Due November 2014
2015. IX, 250 p. 79 illus., 50 in color. (Springer Series
in Bio-/Neuroinformatics, Volume 3) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08499-2
2014. Approx. 600 p. 150 illus. (Signals and
Communication Technology) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7 approx.€ 129,99 | £117.00
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ISBN 978-3-319-09419-9
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Engineering
D. Capecchi, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome,
Italy; G. Ruta, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome,
Italy
J. Castillo-León, Sol Voltaics AB, Lund, Sweden;
W. E. Svendsen, Technical University of Denmark,
Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark (Eds)
Strength of Materials and
Theory of Elasticity in 19th
Century Italy
Lab-on-a-Chip Devices and
Micro-Total Analysis Systems
A Brief Account of the History of Mechanics
of Solids and Structures
Features
7 Provides readers with a unique approach and
toolset for lab-on-a-chip development in terms
of materials, fabrication techniques, and components 7 Discusses novel materials and techniques, such as paper-based devices and synthesis
of chemical compounds on-chip 7 Covers the
four key aspects of development: basic theory, design, fabrication, and testing 7 Provides readers
with a comprehensive list of the most important
journals, blogs, forums, and conferences where
microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip news, methods,
techniques and challenges are presented and
discussed, as well as a list of companies providing design and simulation support, components,
and/or developing lab-on-a-chip and microfluidic
devices
A Practical Guide
This book examines the theoretical foundations
underpinning the field of strength of materials/
theory of elasticity, beginning from the origins of
the modern theory of elasticity. While the focus
is on the advances made within Italy during the
nineteenth century, these achievements are framed
within the overall European context. The vital contributions of Italian mathematicians, mathematical
physicists and engineers in respect of the theory
of elasticity, continuum mechanics, structural
mechanics, the principle of least work and graphical methods in engineering are carefully explained
and discussed. The book represents a work of historical research that primarily comprises original
contributions and summaries of work published
in journals. It is directed at those graduates in
engineering, but also in architecture, who wish to
achieve a more global and critical view of the discipline and will also be invaluable for all scholars
of the history of mechanics.
Features
7 Provides the first systematic approach to the
history of strength of materials and theory of elasticity in Italy 7 Includes numerous quotations
in the original language, accompanied by English
translations 7 Offers original and in-depth
reflections on the methodologies of the past
Fields of interest
Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Mechanics; History of Mathematical Sciences
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Contents
Microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip devices: history
and challenges.- Basic microfluidics theory.- Design and simulation of lab-on-a-chip devices.- A
considered approach to Lab-on-a-chip fabrication.- Fluidic platforms and components of
Lab-on-chip devices.- Fluidic platforms and
components of Lab-on-Chip devices.- Microfluidic electrochemical biosensors: fabrication and
applications.- Applications of paper-based diagnostics.- Microfluidics in planar microchannels:
Synthesis of chemical compounds on-chip.
Fields of interest
Nanotechnology and Microengineering; Engineering Design; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
M. E. Celebi, Louisiana State University Shreveport,
Shreveport, LA, USA (Ed)
Partitional Clustering
Algorithms
This book focuses on partitional clustering algorithms, which are commonly used in engineering
and computer scientific applications. The goal of
this volume is to summarize the state-of-the-art in
partitional clustering.
Features
7 Examines clustering as it applies to large and/
or high-dimensional data sets commonly encountered in real-world applications 7 Discusses
algorithms specifically designed for partitional
clustering 7 Covers center-based, competitive learning, density-based, fuzzy, graph-based,
grid-based, metaheuristic, and model-based
approaches
Contents
Recent developments in model-based clustering
with applications.- Accelerating Lloyd’s algorithm
for k-means clustering.- Linear, Deterministic,
and Order-Invariant Initialization Methods for
the K-Means Clustering Algorithm.- Nonsmooth
optimization based algorithms in cluster analysis.Fuzzy Clustering Algorithms and Validity Indices
for Distributed Data.- Density Based Clustering:
Alternatives to DBSCAN.- Nonnegative matrix
factorization for interactive topic modeling and
document clustering.- Overview of overlapping
partitional clustering methods.- On Semi-Supervised Clustering.- Consensus of Clusterings based
on High-order Dissimilarities.- Hubness-Based
Clustering of High-Dimensional Data.- Clustering
for Monitoring Distributed Data Streams.
Fields of interest
Communications Engineering, Networks; Information Systems and Communication Service;
Signal,Image and Speech Processing
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due December 2014
2015. 450 p. 150 illus. (Advanced Structured
Materials, Volume 52) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-05523-7
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Due September 2014
Due August 2014
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08686-6
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09258-4
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M. Celi, Polytechnic University of Milan, Milano, Italy
(Ed)
Advanced Design Cultures
Long-Term Perspective and Continuous
Innovation
This book describes new thinking and practice
in Advanced Design (ADD) – design that is not
merely highly developed but anticipates the future
by envisioning novel products and processes. The
focus is especially on the front end of innovation
and the search for solutions in complex pioneering
processes using design-related tools and practices. The book opens by describing these tools,
the approaches that characterize ADD and its
historical dimension. Specific fields in which ADD
has flourished are then examined, exploring the
dynamics between research and design.
Features
7 First specific publication on Advance Design
practice 7 Discusses both the theoretical
framework (context, history, tools, education) and
applications 7 Describes 12 illuminating case
histories from five different fields
Contents
Advance Design Points of View.- Preliminary
Studies on Advance Design.- Maps and Tools for
Advance Design.- Understanding the Past while
Planning the Future: Times and Ambitions Underlying Advance Design.- The Role of Humanistic
Disciplines in a Pedagogy of Advance Design.Reading Advance Design Practices.- Advanced
Transportation Design.- Advance Design for
Product.- Advance Design in Lighting.- Advanced
Design in the Reconfiguration of Relationships
between Companies.- Advance Design: a Renewed
Relationship between Design and Science for the
Future.
Fields of interest
Engineering Design; Innovation/Technology Management; Industrial Design
Target groups
Research
Engineering
R. Chaki, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India;
K. Saeed, AGH University of Science and Technology,
Cracow, Poland; S. Choudhury, N. Chaki, University
of Calcutta, Kolkata, India (Eds)
R. Chaki, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India;
K. Saeed, AGH University of Science and Technology,
Cracow, Poland; S. Choudhury, N. Chaki, University
of Calcutta, Kolkata, India (Eds)
Applied Computation and
Security Systems
Applied Computation and
Security Systems
Volume One
Volume Two
Contents
Pattern Recognition: An Algorithm for Human
Lip Feature Extraction.- Feature Selection using
Particle Swarm Optimization for Thermal Face
Recognition.- Algorithm for Retina Recognition.- An Algorithm for Human Iris Recognition.- Imaging and Healthcare Applications: An
Automatic Non-invasive System for Diagnosis of
Tuberculosis.- Automated Vertebra Segmentation
from CT Images for Computation of Lumbolumbar Angle.- An Approach for Micro Tomography
Obtained Medical Image Segmentation.- Flexible
Cloud Architecture for Healthcare Applications.Wireless Sensor Networking: An Overlay Cognitive Radio Model Exploiting the Polarization
Diversity and Relay Cooperation.- Effect of Source
Selection, Deployment Pattern and Forwarding
Technique on Lifetime of Data Aggregating MultiSink Wireless Sensor Network.- Power Optimized
Real Time Communication through the Mobile
Sink in WSNs.- Performance of Incremental Redundancy based Data Transmission in Randomly
Deployed Wireless Sensor Network.- Trust based
Routing for Vehicular Ad hoc Network.- Study on
Handover Mechanism in Cellular Network: An
Experimental Approach.
Contents
Software Engineering: Non-functional Property
Aware Brokerage Approach for Cloud Service
Discovery.- A DWT based Digital Watermarking
Scheme for Image Tamper Detection, Localization and Restoration.- Service Insurance: A New
Approach in Cloud Brokerage.- Using Semiformal and Formal Methods in Software Design:
An Integrated Approach for Intelligent Learning
Management System.- A Lightweight Implementation of Obstruction Free Software Transactional
Memory.- Cryptography: Multiplicative Polynomial Inverse over GF(7^3): Crisis of EEA and Its
Solution.- A Novel Biometric Template Encryption Scheme using Sudoku Puzzle.- Computer
Aided Design: An ESOP based Reversible Circuit
Synthesis Flow using Simulated Annealing.- An
Efficient Algorithm for Reducing Wire Length
in Three-Layer Channel Routing.- A New Move
towards Parallel Assay Operations in a Restricted
Sized Chip in Digital Microfluidics.- A 2D Guard
Zone Computation Algorithm for Reassignment
of Subcircuits to Minimize the Overall Chip Area.
Fields of interest
Signal,Image and Speech Processing; Computational Intelligence; Communications Engineering,
Networks
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Signal,Image and Speech Processing; Computational Intelligence; Communications Engineering,
Networks
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Monograph
Due October 2014
2014. X, 140 p. Softcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08601-9
9<HTODMJ=aigabj> Due August 2014
Due August 2014
2015. IX, 198 p. 155 illus. (Advances in Intelligent
Systems and Computing, Volume 304) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-81-322-1984-2
2015. IX, 206 p. 93 illus. (Advances in Intelligent
Systems and Computing, Volume 305) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-81-322-1987-3
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Engineering
C. C. Cheah, X. Li, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore, Singapore
W. Chen, University of California--Irvine, Santa Clara,
CA, USA
Task-Space Sensory Feedback
Control of Robot Manipulator
Out-of-order Parallel Discrete
Event Simulation for Electronic
System-level Design
The aim of this book is to present recent advances
in robot control theory on task space sensory
feedback control of robot manipulator. By using
sensory feedback information, the robot control
systems are robust to various uncertainties in
modelling and calibration errors of the sensors.
Several sensory task space control methods that
do not require exact knowledge of either kinematics or dynamics of robots, are presented. Some
useful methods such as approximate Jacobian
control, adaptive Jacobian control, region control
and multiple task space regional feedback are
presented. These formulations and methods give
robot a high degree of flexibility in dealing with
unforeseen changes and uncertainties in its kinematics and dynamics, which is similar to human
reaching movements and tool manipulation.
Features
7 Summarizes the latest studies in task-space
control of robotic manipulator 7 Introduces
many new concepts for robot task-space control 7 Covers different adaptive robot task-space
controllers with various uncertainties 7 Includes
many examples which make the proposed methods and techniques more understandable and
accessible
Contents
Introduction.- Task-Space Setpoint Control.- Unified Analysis and Duality Property of Task-space
Setpoint Control.- Task-Space Tracking Control.Advanced Motion Control.- Region Control.- Regional Feedback Control of Robot.
Fields of interest
Control; Systems Theory, Control; Vibration,
Dynamical Systems, Control
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
9<HTUIMC=ihagbc> 90
Stabilization and Regulation of
Nonlinear Systems
This book offers readers a set of new approaches
and tools a set of tools and techniques for facing
challenges in parallelization with design of embedded systems. It provides an advanced parallel
simulation infrastructure for efficient and effective
system-level model validation and development so
as to build better products in less time.
Features
7 Provides an introduction to electronic systemlevel (ESL) design, along with background on
simulation execution semantics for ESL models 7 Discusses discrete event simulation, along
with synchronous and out-of-order parallel
discrete simulation approaches, including the underlying data structure, the scheduling algorithm,
and the predictive static code analysis technique 7 Includes guidelines for choosing among
different simulation and diagnosis approaches for
models with different features 7 Presents the
model analysis approaches to increase the observability for parallel ESL model development
Contents
Introduction.- The ConcurrenC Model of Computation.- Synchronous Parallel Discrete Event
Simulation.- Out-of-order Parallel Discrete Event
Simulation.- Optimized Out-of-order Parallel
Discrete Event Simulation.- Comparison and Outlook.- Utilizing the Parallel Simulation Infrastructure.- Conclusions.
Fields of interest
Circuits and Systems; Processor Architectures;
Electronic Circuits and Devices
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
A Robust and Adaptive Approach
The core of this textbook is a systematic and
self-contained treatment of the nonlinear stabilization and output regulation problems. Its coverage embraces both fundamental concepts and
advanced research outcomes and includes many
numerical and practical examples. Several classes
of important uncertain nonlinear systems are
discussed. The state-of-the art solution presented
uses robust and adaptive control design ideas in
an integrated approach which demonstrates connections between global stabilization and global
output regulation allowing both to be treated as
stabilization problems.
Features
7 Integrated approach to teaching state-of-the-art
methods for dealing with central problems of nonlinear control 7 Every design method illustrated
in detail not only by worked examples, but also by
real systems 7 Many exercises are provided to
facilitate study and learning 7 Solutions available
for download save the instructor time
Contents
Introduction.- Fundamentals of Nonlinear
Systems.- Classification of Nonlinear Control
Systems.- Robust Stabilization.- Adaptive Stabilization.- Universal Adaptive Stabilization.- Robust
Output Regulation: A Framework.- Global Robust
Output Regulation.- Output Regulation with Uncertain Exosystems.- Attitude Control of a Rigid
Spacecraft.- Appendix.
Fields of interest
Control; Systems Theory, Control
Target groups
Graduate
Product category
Due August 2014
Due February 2015
2014. 300 p. 100 illus. (Intelligent Systems, Control
and Automation: Science and Engineering, Volume
73) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-981-287-061-2
Z. Chen, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW,
Australia; J. Huang, Department of Mechanical and
Automation Engineering, Shatin, China
Due August 2014
2015. XIX, 145 p. 51 illus., 41 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08752-8
9<HTODMJ=aihfci> 2015. XIX, 356 p. 84 illus., 4 in color. With online files/
update. (Advanced Textbooks in Control and Signal
Processing) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 80,24 | € (A) 82,49 | sFr 100,00
7€ 74,99 | £67.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08833-4
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H. Cheng, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing,
China
Pose-varied Multi-axis Optical
Finishing Systems
Theory and Process Validation
This book focuses on advanced optical finishing techniques and design for high-performance
manufacturing systems. It provides numerous
detailed examples of how advanced automation
techniques have been applied to optical fabrication
processes. The simulations, removal rate and accurate experimental results offer useful resources for
engineering practice. Researchers, engineers and
graduate students working in optical engineering and precision manufacture engineering will
benefit from this book.
Features
7 The first book available on different posevaried multi-axis advanced optical finishing
systems 7 Illustrates the modeling together
with process validations 7 Includes detailed
calculation and experiments for different kinds of
processing parameters
Contents
Modeling on the coverage of free-form surfaces.Definition and synthesis on orbit diversity.- Conquering the dynamic limitation of velocity.- Prediction on dwell effects and non-linear pressure
distribution.- Correction on data matching and
remounting errors.
Fields of interest
Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering;
Manufacturing, Machines, Tools; Robotics and
Automation
Target groups
Research
Product category
Professional book
Engineering
I. Couso, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain;
D. Dubois, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse Cedex
09, France; L. Sánchez, Universidad de Oviedo,
Oviedo, Spain
Random Sets and Random
Fuzzy Sets as Ill-Perceived
Random Variables
An Introduction for Ph.D. Students and
Practitioners
This short book provides a unified view of the history and theory of random sets and fuzzy random
variables, with special emphasis on its use for
representing higher-order non-statistical uncertainty about statistical experiments. The authors
lay bare the existence of two streams of works
using the same mathematical ground, but differing
form their use of sets, according to whether they
represent objects of interest naturally taking the
form of sets, or imprecise knowledge about such
objects. Random (fuzzy) sets can be used in many
fields ranging from mathematical morphology,
economics, artificial intelligence, information
processing and statistics per se, especially in areas
where the outcomes of random experiments cannot be observed with full precision.
Features
7 Provides a concise introduction to Random Sets
and Random Fuzzy Sets as Ill-Perceived Random
Variables 7 Aiming at Ph.D. Students and
Practitioners 7 State-of-Art book
Contents
Introduction.- Random sets as ill-perceived random variables.- Random fuzzy sets as ill-perceived
random variables.
Fields of interest
Computational Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence
(incl. Robotics); Statistics for Engineering, Physics,
Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
J. P. Davim, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Ed)
Machining of Titanium Alloys
This book presents a collection of examples
illustrating the resent research advances in the
machining of titanium alloys. These materials
have excellent strength and fracture toughness as
well as low density and good corrosion resistance;
however, machinability is still poor due to their
low thermal conductivity and high chemical
reactivity with cutting tool materials. This book
presents solutions to enhance machinability in
titanium-based alloys and serves as a useful reference to professionals and researchers in aerospace,
automotive and biomedical fields.
Features
7 Presents advances on machinability of titanium
alloys 7 Highlights solutions for enhancing the
machinability of titanium alloys 7 Written by a
team of international experts in the field
Contents
Machinability and Machining of Titanium Alloys:
A Review.- Cutting Tool Materials and Tool Wear.Mechanics of Titanium Machining.- Analysis of
Physical Cutting Mechanisms and Their Effects on
the Tool Wear and Chip Formation Process when
Machining Aeroneutical Titanium Alloys.- Green
Machining of Ti-6Al-4V under Minimum Quality
Lubrication (MQL) Condition.- Ultrasonic Assisted Machining of Titanium.
Fields of interest
Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment; Metallic Materials; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Due July 2014
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44181-7
2014. VIII, 97 p. 8 illus. (SpringerBriefs in Applied
Sciences and Technology / SpringerBriefs in
Computational Intelligence) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08610-1
9<HTOGRC=e bibh> 9<HTODMJ=aigbab> Due October 2014
Due July 2014
2014. VII, 150 p. 102 illus., 21 in color. (Materials
Forming, Machining and Tribology) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-662-43901-2
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Engineering
V. De Smedt, ESAT-MICAS, K.U. Leuven, Heverlee,
Belgium; G. Gielen, W. Dehaene, University of
Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
D. Demarchi, A. Tagliaferro, Politecnico di Torino,
Torino, Italy (Eds)
Carbon for Sensing Devices
Temperature- and Supply
Voltage-Independent Time
References for Wireless Sensor
Networks
Features
7 To provide a comprehensive overview of
timing issues and solutions in wireless sensor networks 7 To gain understanding of all
underlying mechanisms by starting from the
oscillator basics 7 To provide and demonstrate
a design strategy by describing the development
of 6 state of the art process-, temperature- and
supply voltage- independent building blocks and
discussing the design trade-offs 7 To demonstrate the reliability and functionality of the
developed building blocks by integrating them in a
complete, autonomous, flexible wireless tag 7 To
be a reference work for beginners as well as more
experienced oscillator and ultra-low-power circuit
design engineers
Contents
Introduction.- Part I Theoretical background on
Oscillators and Time References.- Oscillators
and Time References.- Jitter and Phase Noise in
Oscillators.- Long-term Oscillator Stability.- Part
II Oscillator Designs for Temperature and Voltage
Independence.- Design of two Wien Bridge Oscillators.- The Pulsed Oscillator Topology.- InjectionLocked Oscillators.- Oscillator-Based Sensor Interfaces.- Part III Wireless Sensor Nodes.- Design
of a Low-power Wireless RFID tag.- Conclusion.
Fields of interest
Circuits and Systems; Communications Engineering, Networks; Electronic Circuits and Devices
This book reveals why carbon is playing such an
increasingly prominent role as a sensing material.
The various steps that transform a raw material
in a sensing device are thoroughly presented and
critically discussed. The authors deal with all
aspects of carbon-based sensors, starting from the
various hybridization and allotropes of carbon,
with specific focus on micro and nano sized
carbons (e.g., carbon nanotubes, graphene) and
their growth processes. The discussion then moves
to the role of functionalization and the different
routes to achieve it.
Features
7 Provides comprehensive coverage of carbon
for sensing devices, from molecular bonding and
its modification by functionalization to device
application 7 Discusses all forms of carbon for
sensing devices, including carbon nanotubes and
graphene and explains applications to numerous
fields 7 Includes coverage of the most sophisticated and up to date fabrication methodologies
Contents
Section 1 Carbon Materials and their preparation.Introduction to Carbon materials.- Technologies
of Carbon Materials. Syntheses and preparations.Section 2 Functionalization of carbon materials
and surfaces.- Enhancing the surface sensitivity
and selectivity: functionalization of carbon nanomaterials.- Section 3 Applications and devices.Hybrid and nano-composite carbon sensing
platforms.- Carbon nanomaterials for electrochemical and electrochemiluminescent medical
sensors.- Silicon Carbide Materials for Biomedical
Applications.- PiezoResistance Strain and Pressure
sensing using CNT+Polymers.- Diamond sensors.
E. H. Dowell, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
A Modern Course in
Aeroelasticity
Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition
This book cover the basics of aeroelasticity or the
dynamics of fluid-structure interaction. While
the field began in response to the rapid development of aviation, it has now expanded into many
branches of engineering and scientific disciplines
and treat physical phenomena from aerospace engineering, bioengineering, civil engineering, and
mechanical engineering in addition to drawing the
attention of mathematicians and physicists.
Features
7 Covers the Basics of Aeroelasticity or the
Dynamics of Fluid-Structure Interaction 7 Written by experts in the field 7 This is the most
comprehensive text available
Contents
Preface to the First Edition.- Preface to the Second
Edition.- Preface to the Third Edition.- Preface to
the Fourth Edition.- Preface to the Fifth Edition.Short Bibliography.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Static
Aeroelasticity.- 3. Dynamic Aeroelasticity.- 4.
Nonsteady Aerodynamics.- 5. Stall Flutter.- 6.
Aeroelasticity in Civil Engineering.- 7. Aeroelastic Response of Rotorcraft.- 8. Aeroelasticity in
Turbomachines.- 9. Modeling of Fluid-Structure
Interaction.- 10. Experimental Aeroelasticity.11. Nonlinear Aeroelasticity.- 12. Aeroelastic
Control.- 13. Modern Analysis for Complex and
Nonlinear Unsteady Flows in Turbomachinery.14. Some Recent Advances in Nonlinear Aeroelasticity.- Appendix A: A Primer For Structural
Response To Random Pressure Fluctuations.- Appendix B: Some Example Problems.
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Circuits and Systems; Electronic Circuits and Devices; Nanotechnology and Microengineering
Fields of interest
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics;
Engineering Fluid Dynamics
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Research
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
2015. XXXV, 391 p. 195 illus., 68 in color. (Analog
Circuits and Signal Processing, Volume 128)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09002-3
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Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08647-7
9<HTODMJ=aigeh > 5th ed. 2015. XXVII, 806 p. 331 illus., 30 in color.
(Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, Volume 217)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 213,99 | € (A) 219,99 | sFr 266,50
7€ 199,99 | £180.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09452-6
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Engineering
R. F. Gans, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY,
USA
T. Grasser, Vienna University of Technology, Wien,
Austria (Ed)
V. Harik, Nanodesigns Consulting, Wilmington, DE,
USA (Ed)
Mechanical Systems
Hot Carrier Degradation in
Semiconductor Devices
Trends in Nanoscale Mechanics
A Unified Approach to Vibrations and
Controls
This essential textbook concerns analysis and control of engineering mechanisms, which includes
almost any apparatus with moving parts used in
daily life, from musical instruments to robots.
Features
7 Presents a unified approach to vibrations and
controls, including an excellent diagram that
simultaneously discusses embedding classical
vibrations (mechanical systems) in a discussion of models, inverse models and open and
closed loop control 7 Makes a careful connection of the Lagrangian approach and state
space 7 Introduces the reader to a formal
approach to linearization, something that every
engineering student should know, but which is
not included in many programs or undergraduate
textbooks 7 Emphasizes Includes simulations of
nonlinear systems compared with the usual linear
approximations 7 Features a concise discussion
of DC motors, affording a more realistic approach
to controls 7 Includes a final chapter address
feedback linearization generally, and in the context
of robots with purely revolute joints
Contents
Overview with Some Definitions and Mathematics.- One Degree of Freedom Systems.- More
Than One Degree of Freedom Systems and the
Euler-Lagrange Process.- Modal Analysis.- Vibration Measurement.- State Space, Equilibrium, Linearization, and Stability.- Classical Control.- The
Basics of State Space Control.- Observers.- Tracking Control.- Introduction to Nonlinear Control.
Contents
Part I: Beyond Lucky Electrons.- From Atoms to
Circuits: Theoretical and Empirical Modeling of
Hot Carrier Degradation.- The Energy Driven
Hot Carrier Model.- Hot-Carrier Degradation
in Decananometer.- Physics-based Modeling of
Hot-carrier Degradation.- The Spherical Harmonics Expansion Method for Assessing Hot Carrier
Degradation.- Recovery from Hot Carrier Induced
Degradation Through Temperature Treatment.Characterization of MOSFET Interface States
Using the Charge Pumping Technique.- Part II:
CMOS and Beyond.- Channel Hot Carriers in
SiGe and Ge pMOSFETs.- Channel Hot Carrier
Degradation and Self-Heating Effects in FinFETs.Characterization and Modeling of High-Voltage
LDMOS Transistors.- Compact modelling of
the Hot-carrier Degradation of Integrated HV
MOSFETs.- Hot-Carrier Degradation in SiliconGermanium Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors.
Fields of interest
Circuits and Systems; Electronic Circuits and
Devices; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Mechanics of Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene,
Nanocomposites and Molecular Dynamics
Features
7 Includes a broad coverage of different areas of
nanoscale mechanics in one volume 7 Reviews
the cutting edge research in nanoscale mechanics
and modeling methods 7 Has special editor's
notes to help readers to use the material
Contents
Preface.- Foreword.- I Nanoscale Mechanics and
Molecular Dynamics.- Editor’s Notes: New Trends
in Nanoscale Mechanics of Carbon Nanotubes;
V. M. Harik.- 1 Mechanics of Carbon Nanotubes:
A review of basic models and new nanoscale
effects; V. M. Harik.- 2 Molecular Modeling and
Simulation of Physical Properties and Behavior
of Low-dimensional Carbon Allotropes; W.-H.
Chen and H.C. Cheng.- 3 Nanomechanics: Physics
Between Engineering and Chemistry; B. Yakobson
and T. Dumitrica.- II Modeling and Analysis of
Graphene, Nanocomposites and Biomedical Problems.- Editor’s Notes: New Trends in Nanoscale
Mechanics of Nanostructures, Graphene Sheets
and Nanocomposites; V.M. Harik.- 4 Nanomechanics of Graphene Sheets: Registry Matrix
Analysis and Interfacial Sliding; V.M. Harik.- 5
Molecular Mechanics of Polymer Nanocomposites: Enhancement of Macroscopic Properties;
R.C. Picu.- 6 Carbon Nanotubes and Safety:
Classification of Carbon Nanotubes, Size Effects
and Potential Toxicity of the High-Aspect Ratio
Nanotubes; V.M. Harik.- Editor’s Notes: Trends
in Recent Publications on Nanoscale Mechanics;
V.M. Harik.- Index.
Fields of interest
Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control; Structural
Mechanics; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics
Fields of interest
Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Mechanics; Characterization and Evaluation
of Materials
Target groups
Upper undergraduate
Target groups
Research
Product category
Product category
Monograph
Due August 2014
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 74,89 | € (A) 76,99 | sFr 93,50
7€ 69,99 | £62.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08370-4
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08993-5
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9262-2
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K. Helwani, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin,
Germany
G. R. Hintz, University of Southern California,
Altadena, CA, USA
Adaptive Identification of
Acoustic Multichannel Systems
Using Sparse Representations
Orbital Mechanics and
Astrodynamics
This book treats the topic of extending the adaptive filtering theory in the context of massive
multichannel systems by taking into account a
priori knowledge of the underlying system or
signal. The starting point is exploiting the sparseness in acoustic multichannel system in order
to solve the non-uniqueness problem with an
efficient algorithm for adaptive filtering that does
not require any modification of the loudspeaker
signals. The book discusses in detail the derivation of general sparse representations of acoustic
MIMO systems in signal or system dependent
transform domains.
This textbook covers fundamental and advanced
topics in orbital mechanics and astrodynamics to
expose the student to the basic dynamics of space
flight. The engineers and graduate students who
read this class-tested text will be able to apply
their knowledge to mission design and navigation of space missions. Through highlighting
basic, analytic and computer-based methods for
designing interplanetary and orbital trajectories,
this text provides excellent insight into astronautical techniques and tools. This book is ideal for
graduate students in Astronautical or Aerospace
Engineering and related fields of study, researchers in space industrial and governmental research
and development facilities, as well as researchers
in astronautics.
Human-Computer Systems
Interaction: Backgrounds and
Applications 3
Features
7 Illustrates all key concepts with examples 7 Includes exercises for each chapter 7 Explains concepts and engineering tools
a student or experienced engineer can apply to
mission design and navigation of space missions 7 Covers fundamental principles to expose
the student to the basic dynamics of space flight
Features
7 Latest research on Human – Computer Systems
Interaction 7 Presents various examples of the
Human- System Interaction problems and solution methods 7 Focuses on general human-system interaction problems; health monitoring and
disabled people helping systems and various other
information processing systems
Contents
Fundamentals of Astrodynamics.- Keplerian
Motion.- Orbital Maneuvers.- Techniques of
Astrodynamics.- Non-Keplerian Motion.- Spacecraft Rendezvous.- Navigation and Mission Design
Techniques and Tools.- Further Study.
Contents
General Human-System Interaction Problems.Health Monitoring and Disabled People Helping Systems.- Various Information Processing
Systems.
Features
7 Offers adaptive filtering theory in the context
of massive multichannel systems 7 Shows that
sparse representations can be derived based on
prior knowledge about the system or the signal 7 Includes an approach for highly correlated
loudspeaker signals of multichannel reproduction
systems
Contents
Introduction.- Fundamentals of Adaptive Filter
Theory.- Spatio-Temporal Regularized Recursive
Least Squares Algorithm.- Sparse Representation
of Multichannel Acoustic Systems.- Unique System Identification from Projections.- Geometrical
Constraints.- Acoustic Echo Suppression.- Conclusion.
Fields of interest
Signal,Image and Speech Processing; Input/Output and Data Communications; Communications
Engineering, Networks
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Techniques and Tools for Space Missions
Fields of interest
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences; Mechanical
Engineering
Target groups
Graduate
Product category
Z. S. Hippe, University of Information Technology
and Management, Rzeszów, Poland; J. L. Kulikowski,
M. Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical
Engineering, Warsaw, Poland; T. Mroczek, University
of Information Technology and Management,
Rzeszów, Poland; J. Wtorek, Gdańsk University of
Technology, Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz, Poland (Eds)
This book contains an interesting and state-of the
art collection of papers on the recent progress in
Human-Computer System Interaction (H-CSI).
It contributes the profound description of the
actual status of the H-CSI field and also provides
a solid base for further development and research
in the discussed area. The contents of the book
are divided into the following parts: I. General
human-system interaction problems; II. Health
monitoring and disabled people helping systems
and III. Various information processing systems.
Fields of interest
(incl. Robotics); User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due July 2014
Due August 2014
2015. XIV, 113 p. 39 illus., 10 in color. (T-Labs Series in
Telecommunication Services) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08953-9
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Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 80,24 | € (A) 82,49 | sFr 100,00
7€ 74,99 | £67.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09443-4
9<HTODMJ=aje de> 2014. X, 373 p. 178 illus., 93 in color. (Advances in
Intelligent Systems and Computing, Volume 300)
Softcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08490-9
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Engineering
J. Hu, Harbin University of Science and Technology,
Harbin, China; Z. Wang, Brunel University, Uxbridge,
UK; H. Gao, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin,
China
E. Ippoliti, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
(Ed)
Nonlinear Stochastic Systems
with Network-Induced
Phenomena
How can we advance knowledge? Which methods
do we need in order to make new discoveries?
How can we rationally evaluate, reconstruct and
offer discoveries as a means of improving the
‘method’ of discovery itself? And how can we
use findings about scientific discovery to boost
funding policies, thus fostering a deeper impact of
scientific discovery itself? The respective chapters
in this book provide readers with answers to these
questions. They focus on a set of issues that are
essential to the development of types of reasoning
for advancing knowledge, such as models for both
revolutionary findings and paradigm shifts; ways
of rationally addressing scientific disagreement, e.
Recursive Filtering and Sliding-Mode Design
This monograph introduces methods for handling
filtering and control problems in nonlinear
stochastic systems arising from network-induced
phenomena consequent on limited communication capacity.
Features
7 Synthesizes existing with emerging concepts of
sliding modes and recursive filtering to maximize
the reader’s ability to deal with network-induce
phenomena 7 Research problems in each chapter well motivated by simulation examples reflecting engineering practice 7 Captures the essence
of Lyapunov-theory-based nonlinear stochastic
control of discrete-time systems
Contents
Recursive Filtering with Missing Measurements
and Quantized Effects.- Recursive Filtering with
Fading Measurements, Sensor Delays, and Correlated.- Noises.- Probability-Guaranteed H∞
Finite Horizon Filtering with Sensor Saturations.H∞ Sliding Mode Observer Design for Nonlinear
Time-Delay Systems.- Sliding Mode Control with
Time-Varying Delays and Randomly Occurring Nonlinearities.- Sliding Mode Control with
Randomly Occurring Uncertainties and Mixed
Time-Delays.
Fields of interest
Control; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Communications Engineering, Networks
Heuristic Reasoning
Features
7 Suggests new frameworks for scientific discovery 7 Presents both methods of discovery as well
as procedures for obtaining and evaluating new
knowledge 7 Offers a new perspective on logic
and methodologies of discovery, and discusses
how these can support advancement of knowledge 7 Edited and written by leading experts in
the field
Contents
Reasoning at the frontier of knowledge: Introductory essay.- Why should the logic of discovery be
revived? A reappraisal.- Are Heuristics Knowledge-Enhancing?Abduction, Models, and Fictions
in Science.- Heuristic Appraisal at the Frontier of
Research.- Why do Scientific Revolutions begin?.Withstanding Tensions: Scientific Disagreement
and Epistemic Tolerance.- Heuristics as Methods: Validity, Reliability and Velocity.- Dynamic
generation of hypotheses: Mandelbrot, Soros and
Far-From-Equilibrium.
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Computational Intelligence; Philosophy of Science; Operation Research/Decision Theory
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
T. Ivancevic, Tesla Science Evolution Institute,
Adelaide, Australia; H. Greenberg, R. Greenberg,
Diamond International Corporation, Adelaide,
Australia
Enhancing Performance and
Reducing Stress in Sports:
Technological Advances
This book is designed to help athletes and individuals interested in high sports performance in
their journey towards the perfection of human
sports abilities and achievements. It has two main
goals: accelerating the acquisition of motor skills
and preparing and vigilantly reducing the recovery
time after training and competition. The Diamond
Sports Protocol (DSP) presents state-of-the-art
techniques for current sport and health technologies, particularly neuromuscular electrical
stimulation (Sports Wave), oxygen infusion (Oxy
Sports), infrared (Sports Infrared Dome) and lactic acid cleaning (Turbo Sports). The book suggest
DSP as an essential part of every future athlete’s
training, competition and health maintenance.
Features
7 Modern introduction to health and beauty
of the future by utilizing nature, science and
technology 7 Well-arranged basic knowledge
on health and beauty and the mathematical
and physiological foundations, as well as recent
research 7 Presents the general dynamics of
neural systems, the main feedback controllers and
coordinators of human body
Contents
Introduction.- Neuro-Biomechanics of Human
Movement.- Modern Technologies for Increasing
Performance and Reducing Stress.
Fields of interest
Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control; Mechatronics; Machinery and Machine Elements
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due August 2014
Due August 2014
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08710-8
9<HTODMJ=aihbai> 2015. V, 196 p. 11 illus., 1 in color. (Studies in Applied
Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics,
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09158-7
9<HTODMJ=ajbfih> Due August 2014
2015. XV, 213 p. 180 illus., 20 in color. (Cognitive
Systems Monographs, Volume 24) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7€ 84,99 | £76.50
ISBN 978-3-662-44095-7
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J. Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences Systems
Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland; W. Pedrycz,
University of Alberta Dept. Electrical & Computer
Engineering, Edmonton, AB, Canada (Eds)
Springer Handbook of
Computational Intelligence
The Springer Handbook for Computational
Intelligence is the first book covering the basics,
the state-of-the-art and important applications of
the dynamic and rapidly expanding discipline of
computational intelligence. This comprehensive
handbook makes readers familiar with a broad
spectrum of approaches to solve various problems
in science and technology. Possible approaches
include, for example, those being inspired by biology, living organisms, and animate systems.
Features
7 Comprehensive, up to date handbook,
covering one of the hottest topics in research
and application-oriented science and engineering 7 Includes a synergy of various approaches
and new qualities to be gained by using hybrid
approaches 7 A timely and up-to-date reference,
edited by internationally renowned experts
Contents
Part A: Foundations ed. by Bernard De Baets,
Radko Mesiar Part B: Fuzzy Logic ed. by Luis
Magdalena, Enrique Herrera-Viedma, Shyi-M.
Chen Part C: Rough Sets ed. by Roman Słowinski,
Yiyu Yao Part D: Neural Networks ed. by Cesare
Alippi, Marios Polycarpou Part E: Evolutionary
Computation ed. by Frank Neumann, Carsten
Witt, Peter Merz Part F: Swarm Intelligence ed. by
Christian Blum, Roderich Gross Part G: Hybrid
Systems ed. by Oscar Castillo, Patricia Melin
Fields of interest
(incl. Robotics)
Target groups
Research
A. Kashyap, BioAxis DNA Research Centre Pvt. Ltd.,
Hyderabad, India; D. Bujamma, Biotech Consortium
India Limited, New Delhi, India
J. Klingelnberg, Zurich, Switzerland (Ed)
Bioinformatics of Non Small
Cell Lung Cancer and the Ras
Proto-Oncogene
Fundamentals and Applications
Cancer is initiated by activation of oncogenes or
inactivation of tumor suppressor genes. Mutations
in the K-ras proto-oncogene are responsible for
10–30% of adenocarcinomas. Clinical Findings
point to a wide variety of other cancers contributing to lung cancer incidence. Such a scenario
makes identification of lung cancer difficult and
thus identifying its mechanisms can contribute
to the society. Identifying unique conserved patterns common to contributing proto-oncogenes
may further be a boon to Pharmacogenomics
and pharmacoinformatics. This calls for ab initio/
de novo drug discovery that in turn will require
a comprehensive in silico approach of Sequence,
Domain, Phylogenetic and Structural analysis
of the receptors, ligand screening and optimization and detailed Docking studies. This brief
involves extensive role of the RAS subfamily that
includes a set of proteins, which cause an over
expression of cancer-causing genes like M-ras and
initiate tumour formation in lungs. SNP Studies
and Structure based drug discovery will also be
undertaken.
Contents
Introduction.- Review of Literature.- Materials
and Methods (Tools and Databases).- Flowchart.Conclusion.-References.
Fields of interest
Computational Intelligence; Computational Biology/Bioinformatics; Cancer Research
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Product category
Handbook
Bevel Gear
This is the first book to offer a complete presentation of bevel gears. An expert team of authors
highlights the areas of application for these machine elements and presents the geometrical features of bevel gears as well as the various gear cutting processes based on gear cutting theory. The
aspect of three-dimensional gearing is assessed in
detail in terms of flank design, load capacity and
noise behavior. A representation of production
processes with the required technologies provides
a knowledge base on which sound decisions can
be based. The authors offer a thorough introduction to the complex world of bevel gears and
present the rapid advances of these machine elements in a detailed, comprehensible manner. This
book addresses design engineers in mechanical
engineering and vehicle manufacturing, as well as
producers of bevel gears and students in mechanical engineering.
Features
7 The first book with a complete presentation of
bevel gears 7 Design, production process and
technologies are discussed 7 Latest advances are
included
Contents
Fields of application for bevel gears.- Fundamentals of bevel gears.- Design of bevel gears.- Load
capacity and efficiency.- Noise behavior.- Manufacturing process.- Quality assurance.- Dynamics
of machine tools.
Fields of interest
Machinery and Machine Elements; Engineering
Design; Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Due August 2014
Due November 2014
2015. XL, 1500 p. 550 illus. in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 373,43 | € (A) 383,90 | sFr 465,00
7€ 349,00 | £314.50
ISBN 978-3-662-43504-5
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2015. V, 76 p. 40 illus., 39 in color. (SpringerBriefs
in Applied Sciences and Technology / Forensic and
Medical Bioinformatics) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-981-4585-07-1
9<HTUIME=fifahb> Due January 2015
7 approx. *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7 approx.€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-662-43892-3
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Engineering
K. Z. Ku Shaari, M. Awang, PETRONAS University of
Technology, Seri Iskandar, Malaysia (Eds)
F. Levinzon, Meggitt Sensing Systems, Irvine, CA,
USA
Engineering Applications of
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Piezoelectric Accelerometers
with Integral Electronics
This volume presents the results of Computational
Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis that can be used
for conceptual studies of product design, detail
product development, process troubleshooting.
It demonstrates the benefit of CFD modeling as
a cost saving, timely, safe and easy to scale-up
methodology
This book provides an invaluable reference to
Piezoelectric Accelerometers with Integral Electronics (IEPE).
Features
7 Presents the results of CFD analysis that can
be used for conceptual studies of product design,
detail product development, process troubleshooting 7 Demonstrates the benefit of CFD
modeling as a cost saving, timely, safe and easy to
scale-up methodology 7 Provides insight and
foresight into the understanding of the complex
flow pattern
Contents
From the Contents: Large Eddy Simulation for
Steady-state Turbulent Flow Prediction.- Numerical Studies of Fluid Flow Across Multiple Cosmo
Ball using Computational Fluid Dynamics.- Determination of Sound Fields within a 3D FLUENT
Flow Simulation using LES and Beamforming
Code.- CFD Simulation and Best Practice Analysis
of a cavitating Orifice Flow.
Fields of interest
Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Fluid- and Aerodynamics; Numerical and Computational Physics
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Contents
Introduction to Piezoelectric Accelerometers with
Integral Electronics.- Piezoelectric Transducers
Used for Piezoelectric Accelerometers with Integral Electronics.- Integral FET Amplifiers Used for
IEPE Accelerometers.- Noise of a FET Amplifier.Comparison of 1/f Noise and Thermal Noise in
JFETs and MOSFETs.- Fundamental Noise Limit
of an IEPE Accelerometer.- Noise of and IEPE
Accelerometer.- Ultra-low-noise IEPE Seismic
Accelerometers.- High-temperature, up to 175 ºC,
Miniature IEPE Accelerometers.
Fields of interest
Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation; Circuits and Systems; Mechanical Engineering
Product category
Professional book
The integrated and advanced science research
topic man-machine-environment system engineering (MMESE) was first established in China
by Professor Shengzhao Long in 1981, with direct
support from one of the greatest modern Chinese
scientists, Xuesen Qian. In a letter to Shengzhao
Long from October 22nd, 1993, Xuesen Qian
wrote: “You have created a very important modern
science and technology in China!
Features
7 Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering (MMESE) is an excellent human centered
system design principle study 7 These proceedings are interdisciplinary studies on the concepts
and methods of physiology, psychology, system
engineering, computer science, environment science, management, education and other related
disciplines
Contents
Research on the Man Character.- Research on the
Machine Character.- Research on the Environment Character.- Research on the Man-Machine
Relationship.- Research on the Man-Environment
Relationship.- Research on the Machine-Environment Relationship.- Research on the Overall
Performance of Man-Machine-Environment
System.- Theory and Application Research
Fields of interest
Robotics and Automation; Artificial Intelligence
(incl. Robotics); Human Physiology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due August 2014
Due December 2014
9<HTODMJ=acidfe> Proceedings of the 14th
International Conference on
Man-Machine-Environment
System Engineering
Features
7 Provides a comprehensive reference to the
design and performance of IEPE accelerometers,
including low-noise and high temperature IEPE
sensors 7 Includes noise analysis of the IEPE
accelerometer, which enables estimation of the its
noise floor and noise limits 7 Describes recently
design of ultra-low-noise (at level of 3 ng/√Hz)
IEPE seismic accelerometers and high temperature
(up to 175 oC) triaxial and single axis miniature
IEPE accelerometers 7 Compares low-frequency
noise in different JFETs and MOSFETs including
measurement results of ultra-low-noise (at level
of 0.6 nV/√Hz) JFET 7 Presents key factors for
design of low-noise and high temperature IEPE
accelerometer and their electronics
Target groups
2014. 200 p. (Advanced Structured Materials, Volume
44) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-02835-4
S. Long, Astronaut Research and Training Center
of China, Beijing, China; B. S. Dhillon, University of
Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada (Eds)
Due August 2014
7 *€ (D) 96,29 | € (A) 98,99 | sFr 120,00
7€ 89,99 | £81.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08077-2
9<HTODMJ=aiah c> 2015. XXII, 445 p. 124 illus. (Lecture Notes in
Electrical Engineering, Volume 318) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 181,89 | € (A) 186,99 | sFr 226,50
7€ 169,99 | £153.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44066-7
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Engineering
Y. Luo, K. Chakrabarty, Duke University, Durham,
NC, USA; T.‑Y. Ho, National Cheng Kung University,
Tainan City, Taiwan
Hardware/Software CoDesign and Optimization for
Cyberphysical Integration in
This book describes a comprehensive framework
for hardware/software co-design, optimization,
and use of robust, low-cost, and cyberphysical
digital microfluidic systems. Readers with a background in electronic design automation will find
this book to be a valuable reference for leveraging
conventional VLSI CAD techniques for emerging
technologies, e.g., biochips or bioMEMS.
Features
7 Takes a transformative, "cyber physical" approach towards achieving closed-loop and sensor
feedback-driven biochip operation under program
control 7 Presents a "physically-aware" system
reconfiguration technique that uses sensor data at
intermediate checkpoints to dynamically reconfigure biochips 7 Enables readers to simplify
the structure of biochips, while facilitating the
"general-purpose" use of digital microfluidic biochips for a wider range of applications
Contents
Introduction.- Error-Recovery in Cyberphysical Biochips.- Real-Time Error Recovery Using
a Compact Dictionary.- Biochemistry Synthesis
under Completion-Time Uncertainties in Fluidic
Operations.- Optimization of On-Chip Polymerase Chain Reaction.- Pin-Count Minimization
for Application-Independent Chips.- Pro-Limited
Cyberphysical Microfluidic Biochip.- Conclusions.
Fields of interest
Devices; Biomedical Engineering
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
S. Madry, International Space University, Chapel Hill,
NC, USA
Space Systems for Disaster
Warning, Response, and
Recovery
This SpringerBrief provides a general overview of
the role of satellite applications for disaster mitigation, warning, planning, recovery and response. It
covers both the overall role and perspective of the
emergency management community as well as the
various space applications that support their work.
Feature
7 Presents a complete overview of the role
of space technologies in disaster planning and
response, and is applicable to emergency matters
as well as courses in satellite applications, remote
sensing applications and more
Contents
Introduction.- Disaster Management and the
Emergency Management Culture.- Organizing for
Disasters.- Space Systems for Disaster Management.- Space Remote Sensing Fundamentals and
Disaster Applications.- Precision Navigation and
Timing Systems .- Geographic Information Systems.- Major International and Regional Players.The Emerging World of Crowd Sourcing, Social
Media, Citizen Science, and Remote Support
Operations in Disasters.- International Treaties,
Non-Binding Agreements, and Policy and Legal
Issues.- Future Directions and the Top Ten Things
to Know About Space Systems and Disasters.- Appendix A: Key Terms and Acronyms.- Appendix
B: Selected Bibliography.- Appendix C: Selected
Websites.
Fields of interest
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences; Remote Sensing/
Photogrammetry
Target groups
Product category
Brief
M. Mahmoud, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
Developing Security Tools of
WSN and WBAN Networks
Applications
Contents
Introduction.- Wireless Network Overview.Sensing Networks.- WSN Overview.- WBAN
Overview.- WSN and Embedding System
Relation.- Wireless Sensing Networks Contents..Wireless, Mobile, and Ad-hoc Networks.- .Book
Organizing.- . SENSING AND ENVIRONMENT
CONCEPTS.- Introduction.- Sensing Definition.Environment Concepts.- WSN and Environment.Environment and Medical Care Concerns.- WSNs
and Sensors.- Sensing Examples.- WIRELESS
NETWORKS.- Introduction.- Low-Rate Wireless Networks.- Bluetooth Networks Architecture.- Adaptive packets of WPAN technology.- THROUGHPUT STUDY OF LOW-RATE
COMMUNICATIONS.- Introduction.- Related Work.- Throughput Definition of WSN
and WBAN.- Analysis of PEP.- The Proposed
Scenarios.- Simulation Assumptions.- Simulation Results.- Chapter Recommendation.- WSN
SECURITY NEEDS.- Introduction.- Security
goals.- Fundamentals of Network Security.- Challenges of WSN Security.- WSN Implementation
Technologies.- Summary.- LOWER COMPLEXITY OF SECURED WSN NETWORKS.- Power
with FEC.- Complexity FEC dependant.- Interleaving Techniques.- Interleavers Investigation.Chaotic Interleaver Structure.- Cryptography
using Chaos.- Objective quality Metrics.- Jakes
Method.- Mobility Effects.- Cooperative Algorithm of WSN.- Appendixes.
Fields of interest
Communications Engineering, Networks; Circuits
and Systems; Computer Communication Networks
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
7 *€ (D) 96,29 | € (A) 98,99 | sFr 120,00
7€ 89,99 | £81.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09005-4
9<HTODMJ=aja fe> 98
Space Development) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-1-4939-1512-5
9<HTMEUD=jbfbcf> 2015. XII, 228 p. 145 illus., 101 in color. (Lecture
Notes in Electrical Engineering, Volume 316)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-4-431-55068-6
9<HTPEOB=f agig>
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F. Matía, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
ETSI Industriales, Madrid, Spain; G. N. Marichal,
Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain;
E. Jiménez, Universidad de La Rioja, La Rioja, Spain
(Eds)
Fuzzy Modeling and Control:
Theory and Applications
Contents
New Concepts for the Estimation of TakagiSugeno Model Based on Extended Kalman Filter.Suboptimal Recursive Methodology for TakagiSugeno Fuzzy Models Identification.- Complexity
Reduction in Fuzzy Systems using Functional
Principal Component Analysis.- Stable Fuzzy
Control System by Design.- Polynomial Fuzzy Systems: Stability and Control.- Robust Fault Tolerant
Control Framework using Uncertain TakagiSugeno Fuzzy Models.- Intelligent Tuning of Fuzzy
Controllers by Learning and Optimization.- Adaptive Evolutionary Optimization Algorithms for
Simple Fuzzy Controller Tuning.- Neuro-Fuzzy
Control for Semi-Active Dampers.- Neuro-Fuzzy
Modeling and Fuzzy Control of a Fast Ferry.AUTOPÍA Program for Intelligent Control of
Vehicles.- Management of a PEM Electrolyzer in
Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems.- Hardware
Implementation of Embedded Fuzzy Controllers
on FPGAs and ASICs.- Genetic Optimization of
Fuzzy Adaptive Cruise Control for Urban Traffic.
Fields of interest
Computational Intelligence; Control; Engineering,
general
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Engineering
R. Mauro, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
Traffic and Random Processes
An Introduction
This book deals in a basic and systematic manner with the fundamentals of random function
theory and looks at some aspects related to arrival,
vehicle headway and operational speed processes
at the same time. The work serves as a useful
practical and educational tool and aims at providing stimulus and motivation to investigate issues
of such a strong applicative interest. It has a clearly
discursive and concise structure, in which numerical examples are given to clarify the applications of
the suggested theoretical model. Some statistical
characterizations are fully developed in order to
illustrate the peculiarities of specific modeling approaches; finally, there is a useful bibliography for
in-depth thematic analysis.
Features
7 Offers the fundamentals of random function theory in a basic and systematic manner 7 Serves as useful practical and educational
tool 7 Includes numerical examples to clarify the
applications of the theoretical model
Contents
Introduction to Random and Traffic Processes.Statistical Characterization of Random Function.Some Major Random Processes.- Traffic Flow
Stationarity.- The Traffic Counting Process.- The
Process of Vehicle Headways.- Speed Processes.
Fields of interest
Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics; Transportation; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems
and Complexity
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
A. K. Mishra, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch,
South Africa; D. L. Johnson, Principle Researcher
Networks and Media, Rosebank ,Cape Town, South
Africa (Eds)
White Space Communication
Advances, Developments and Engineering
Challenges
This monograph presents the major developments
towards the implementation of whitespace radio.
Whitespace communication is a new standard for
digital communication technology which based on
the existing analog TV bands. The standards have
been released introducing cognitive communication. Since the introduction of the standards, this
has gathered a lot of research and development
efforts. The main reason for the popularity of
Whitespace technologies are two fold. First of all
it can support much wider cells and hence can be
used in sparsely populated areas.
Features
7 Includes both theoretical as well as implementation paradigms of the technology 7 Explains
the communication technology of choice for
sparsely populated countries 7 Presents the major development for implementing of whitespace
radio
Contents
Engineering review of the whitespace radio standards.- Whitespace radio: Lifting the digital divide
from Africa.- Measurements of TV bands in
Southern Africa.- Channel sounding in TV bands:
methodologies and results.- White RHINO: A
software defined radio hardware development
board to support whitespace communication.Whitespace measurements round the world by
Google.
Fields of interest
Communications Engineering, Networks; Information Storage and Retrieval; R & D/Technology
Policy
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due August 2014
Due August 2014
2014. XIX, 306 p. 121 illus., 68 in color. (Atlantis
Computational Intelligence Systems, Volume 9)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-94-6239-081-2
9<HTUERC=djaibc> Original Italian edition published as “Funzioni
aleatorie e processi di traffico”, by Hevelius Edizioni,
2013
2015. IX, 119 p. 51 illus. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09323-9
9<HTODMJ=ajdcdj> Due August 2014
2015. VIII, 263 p. 149 illus., 117 in color. (Signals and
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08746-7
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Engineering
N. Natarajan, Principal Suguna College of
Engineering, Coimbatore, India; V. Krishnaraj, PSG
College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India; J. P. Davim,
University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
D. NATARAJAN, Bangalore, India
Reliable Design of Electronic
Equipment
T. Nishida, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan;
A. Nakazawa, Y. Ohmoto, Y. Mohammad, Kyoto
University Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto,
Japan
Metal Matrix Composites
An Engineering Guide
Conversational Informatics
Synthesis, Wear Characteristics,
Machinability Study of MMC Brake Drum
A Data-Intensive Approach with Emphasis on
Nonverbal Communication
Features
7 Concise summary on machinability aspects of
metal matrix composites 7 Presents case studies
to facilitate the understanding
This book explains reliability techniques with
examples from electronics design for the benefit
of engineers. It presents the application of derating, FMEA, overstress analyses and reliability
improvement tests for designing reliable electronic
equipment. Adequate information is provided for
designing computerized reliability database system
to support the application of the techniques by designers. Pedantic terms and the associated mathematics of reliability engineering discipline are
excluded for the benefit of comprehensiveness and
practical applications. This book offers excellent
support for electrical and electronics engineering
students and professionals, bridging academic
curriculum with industrial expectations.
Contents
Introduction.- Literature Review.- Synthesis
of Metal Matrix Composites.- Fabrication of
Experimental Set-up and Testing.- Wear Analysis.Machinability of Metal Matrix Composites.- References.
Features
7 Explains how to design reliable electronic
equipment 7 A guide for students and professionals in electronic engineering and reliability
testing 7 Provides comprehensive presentation
with applications and examples
Fields of interest
Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment;
Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials;
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Contents
Overview on Reliability Design.- Generic Stress
Factors and De-rating.- Selection and Application of Components.- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.- Overstress Analysis.- Reliability
Evaluation of Electronic Equipment.- Failure Data
Management.- Reliability Database System for
Design.- Reliability Mathematics for Analyzing
Failure Data.
This book is dedicated to composite materials,
presenting different synthesis processes, composite
properties and their machining behaviour. The
book describes also the problems on manufacturing of metal matrix composite components.
Among others, it provides procedures for manufacturing of metal matrix composites and case
studies.
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Fields of interest
Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation;
Optical and Electronic Materials
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
This book covers an approach to conversational
informatics which encompasses science and
technology for understanding and augmenting
conversation in the network age. A major challenge in engineering is to develop a technology for
conveying not just messages but also underlying
wisdom.
Features
7 Presents an integrated and interdisciplinary
approach to conversational systems together with
materials from a broad background 7 Gives
detailed explanations of original techniques such
as 3D conversation capture or an immersive
conversation environment, with many intriguing
illustrations 7 Presents a clear roadmap of future
research and underlying philosophical aspects
Contents
Artificial Intelligence and Conversational Intelligence.- Conversation: Above and Beneath the
Surface.- History of Conversational System
Development.- Methodologies for Conversational
System Development.- Conversation Quantization.- Smart Conversation Space.- Computer
Vision Techniques for Conversational Interaction.- Measurement, Analysis and Modeling.From Observation to Interaction.- Applications of
Simulation and Imitation for Interaction Learning.- Cognitive Design for Discussion Support.Discussions.- Conclusion.
Fields of interest
Signal,Image and Speech Processing; Computer
Communication Networks; Computational Intelligence
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due August 2014
2015. XI, 85 p. 65 illus. (SpringerBriefs in Applied
Sciences and Technology / SpringerBriefs in
Manufacturing and Surface Engineering) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-02984-9
Due August 2014
Due July 2014
2015. XVII, 148 p. 48 illus. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09110-5
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-4-431-55039-6
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Engineering
J. Nurmi, E. S. Lohan, Tampere University of
Technology, Tampere, Finland; S. Sand, German
Aerospace Center DLR, Koeln, Germany;
H. Hurskainen, Tampere University of technology
Department of Computer Systems, Tampere, Finland
(Eds)
A. Öchsner, Griffith University, Southport, Australia
GALILEO Positioning
Technology
The finite element method is a powerful tool even
for non-linear materials’ modeling. But commercial solutions are limited and many novel materials
do not follow standard constitutive equations on
a macroscopic scale. Thus, is it required that new
constitutive equations are implemented into the
finite element code. However, it is not sufficient
to simply implement only the equations but also
an appropriate integration algorithm for the constitutive equation must be provided. This book is
restricted to one-dimensional plasticity in order to
reduce and facilitate the mathematical formalism
and theory and to concentrate on the basic ideas
of elasto-plastic finite element procedures.
Features
7 Takes a holistic approach to GALILEO and
related systems, such as EGNOS and hybrid solutions on mobile phones 7 Provides an invaluable reference to Binary Offset Carrier modulations and related families, which are some of the
trademarks of GALILEO; 7 Includes a detailed
survey of GALILEO receiver research in Europe
and existing software-defined radio (SDR) GALILEO receiver implementations 7 Addresses the
multiple challenges in acquisition and tracking of
GALILEO signals, including multipaths, ambiguities, and low carrier-to-noise ratios 7 Offers
insight into the design of a Software Defined
GALILEO receiver 7 Enables readers to have
a full image of the processing steps involved in a
GALILEO receiver
Contents
Part 1: Introductory Notions.- Introduction.Overview of Galileo Systems.- Galileo Signals.Part 2: Receiver, the core Galileo Positioning
Technology.- Advanced RF Front-End Design
Issues.- Advanced acquisition and tracking
alogrithsms.- Baseband hardware implementations for Galileo receiver.- PVT Computation
Issues in Mixed Galileo/GPS Reception.- Hybridization with Localization Information from
Wireless Communications Systems.- Putting It All
Together: TUTGNSS Receiver Platform.- Fully
software Implementations for GALILEO Receiver.
Fields of interest
Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Electronic Circuits and Devices; Energy, general
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Elasto-Plasticity of Frame
Structure Elements
Modeling and Simulation of Rods and Beams
Features
7 Concentrates on the basic ideas of elasto-plastic finite element procedures 7 Restricts the content to one-dimensional plasticity facilitating the
mathematical formalism 7 Makes it much easier
to study and understand the advanced theory and
the respective text books Provides many solved
and supplementary problems
Contents
Introduction.- Continuum Mechanics of
Plasticity.- Axial Loading of Rods.- Bending of
Beams.- Review of Linear-Elastic Finite Element Simulations.- Elasto-Plastic Finite Element
Simulations.- Alternative Approach: The Finite
Difference Method.- Prelude to the General ThreeDimensional Case.
T. Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara,
CA, USA; R. Togneri, The University of Western
Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia; M. (. Narasimha,
Qualcomm Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA (Eds)
Speech and Audio Processing
for Coding, Enhancement and
Recognition
Features
7 Offers readers a single-source reference on
the significant applications of speech and audio
processing to speech coding, speech enhancement
and speech/speaker recognition.
Contents
From ‘Harmonic Telegraph’ to Cellular Phones.Challenges in Speech Coding Research.- Recent
Speech Coding Technologies and Standards.- Ensemble Learning Approaches in Speech Recognition.- Dynamic and Deep Networks For Speech
Modeling and Recognition.- Speech Based
Emotion Recognition.- Speaker Diarization: Challenges and Emerging Research.- Maximum a posteriori spectral estimation with source log-spectral
priors for multichannel speech enhancement.Modulation Processing for Speech Enhancement.
Fields of interest
Signal,Image and Speech Processing; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Multimedia Information Systems
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Fields of interest
Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials;
Computational Science and Engineering
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
2015. XX, 394 p. 180 illus., 107 in color. (Signals and
Communication Technology, Volume 182) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-94-007-1829-6
9<HTUELA=hbicjg> Due September 2014
Due September 2014
2015. XXI, 655 p. 328 illus. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 181,89 | € (A) 186,99 | sFr 226,50
7€ 169,99 | £153.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44224-1
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1455-5
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Engineering
A. P. Wierzbicki, National Institute of
Telecommunications, Warsaw, Poland
Technen: Elements of Recent
History of Information
Technologies with
Epistemological Conclusions
The book expresses the conviction that the art
of creating tools – Greek techne – changes its
character together with the change of civilization
epochs and co-determines such changes. This does
not mean that tools typical for a civilization epoch
determine it completely, but they change our way
of perceiving and interpreting the world. There
might have been many such epochs in the history
of human civilization (much more than the three
waves of agricultural, industrial and information
civilization). This is expressed by the title Technen
of the book, where n denotes a subsequent civilization epoch. During last fifty years we observed
a decomposition of the old episteme (understood
as a way of creating and interpreting knowledge
characteristic for a given civilization epoch) of
modernism, which was an episteme typical for
industrial civilization.
Features
7 Devoted to the art of constructing tools, Greek
techne 7 Demonstrates that the art of creating tools changes its character together with the
change of civilization epochs and co-determines
such changes 7 The main thesis of the book is
that information revolution will probably lead to a
formation of a new episteme
Contents
Epistemological Comments.- Elements of Recent
History of Information Technologies. Epistemological Conclusions.
Fields of interest
(incl. Robotics); History
F. Pacheco Torgal, University of Minho, Guimarães,
Portugal; J. A. Labrincha, CICECO University of
Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal; M. V. Diamanti, Politecnico
di Milano, Milan, Italy; C.‑P. Yu, Institute of Urban
Environment, Xiamen, China; H. K. Lee, Korea
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,
Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South Korea) (Eds)
E. Petzek, R. Bancila, Timişoara, Romania (Eds)
Biotechnologies and
Biomimetics for Civil
Engineering
Ecobridge
Contents
1.- Introduction to biotechnologies and biomimetics for civil engineering 2.- Basics of construction
microbial biotechnology 3.- General aspects of
biomimetic materials 4.- Bioinspired design for
climate change 5.- Bioinspired building facades
6.- A green building envelope: a crucial contribution to biophilic cities 7.- Architectural bio-photo
reactors: harvesting micro-algae on the surface
of architecture 8.- Reducing indoor air pollutants
through biotechnology 9.- Bio-inspired self-cleaning materials 10.- Bio-Inspired strategy for developing innovative bridges 11.- Bioinspired sensors
for structural health monitoring 12.- Bioinspired
flexible construction materials 13.- Bioinspired
concrete 14.- Production of bacteria for structural concrete 15.- Bacteria for concrete surface
treatment 16.- Bacteria for surface treatment of
normal and lightweight concrete: A case study 17.Biotechnological aspects of soil decontamination
18.- Microbial fuel cells for water treatment
Fields of interest
Building Materials; Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings); Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Economical Bridge Solutions
based on innovative composite
dowels and integrated
abutments
The bridges are vital structures for the transport
infrastructure. It is a fact that, in the last decades,
composite bridges became a well-liked solution in
many European countries as a cost-effective and
aesthetic alternative to concrete bridges. Their
competitiveness depends on several circumstances
such as site conditions, local costs of material and
staff and the contractor’s experience.
Features
7 Integral composite bridge structures 7 New
efficient composite dowels 7 Practical examples
for innovative bridges
Contents
Demonstration of ECOnomical BRIDGE Solutions Based on Innovative Composite Dowels and
Integrated Abutments.- The Right Choice of Steel.Sustainable Bridges / LCA for a Composite and a
Concrete Bridge.- Design of Composite Dowels as
Shear Connectors According to the German Technical Approval.- Field Measurements at a Composite Bridge with Composite Dowels as Shear
Connectors.- Modern Composite Bridges by VFTWIB Method in Poland Realized at New Express
Road S7 at Olsztynek-Nidzica Sector.- Bridges by
VFT Method in Poland: State-of-the-art.- Renewal
of Old Existing Small Road Bridges with Modular
System / Case Study Mânărău Bridge.- Integral
Bridge Using the VFT-WIB Technology for a
Three-spanned Structure.- Innovative Composite
Overpasses on the Romanian A1 Motorway.
Field of interest
Engineering, general
Target groups
Target groups
Research
Product category
Professional book
Product category
Monograph
Due August 2014
2015. X, 320 p. 30 illus. (Intelligent Systems
Reference Library, Volume 71) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09032-0
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Due August 2014
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09286-7
7 approx.€ (D) 96,29 | € (A) 98,99 | * sFr 120,00
7 approx.€ 89,99 | £81.00
ISBN 978-3-658-06416-7
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S. Qu, Fairchild Semiconductor, San Jose, CA, USA;
Y. Liu, Fairchild Semiconductor, South Portland, ME,
USA
Wafer-Level Chip-Scale
Packaging
Analog and Power Semiconductor
Applications
Analog and Power Wafer Level Chip Scale Packaging presents a state-of-art and in-depth overview
in analog and power WLCSP design, material
characterization, reliability and modeling.
Features
7 Covers the development of wafer level power
discrete packaging with regular wafer level design
concept and directly bumping technology 7 Introduces the development of the analog and
power SIP/3D/TSV/stack die packaging technology 7 Presents the wafer level analog IC packaging design through fan-in and fan-out with RDLs
Contents
Chapter 1. Demand and Challenges for Wafer
Level Analog and Power Packaging.- Chapter 2.
Fan-In Analog Wafer Level Chip Scale Package.Chapter 3. Fan-Out Analog Wafer Level Chip
Scale Package.- Chapter 4. Wafer Level Analog
Chip Scale Package Stackable Design.- Chapter
5. Wafer Level Discrete Power MOSFET Package
Design.- Chapter 6. Wafer Level Packaging TSV/
Stack die for Integration of Analog and Power Solution.- Chapter 7. Thermal Management, Design,
Analysis for WLCSP.- Chapter 8. Electrical and
Multi-Physics Simulations for Analog and Power
WLCSP.- Chapter 9. WLCSP Typical Assembly
Process.- Chapter 10. WLCSP Typical Reliability
and Test.
Fields of interest
Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation; Circuits and Systems; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer
Target groups
Engineering
G. Rigatos, Industrial Systems Institute, Rion Patras,
Greece
S. D. Roy, Betaworks, New York, NY, USA; W. Zeng,
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
Advanced Models of Neural
Networks
Social Multimedia Signals
Nonlinear Dynamics and Stochasticity in
Biological Neurons
Features
7 Suitable for researchers engaged with neural
networks and dynamical systems theory 7 Introduces advanced models of neural networks 7 Includes introductory chapters for related postgraduate courses in engineering, computer science,
mathematics, physics and biology
Contents
Modelling Biological Neurons in Terms of
Electrical Circuits.- Systems Theory for the
Analysis of Biological Neuron Dynamics.- Bifurcations and Limit Cycles in Models of Biological
Systems.- Oscillatory Dynamics in Biological
Neurons.- Synchronization of Circadian Neurons
and Protein Synthesis Control.- Wave Dynamics
in the Transmission of Neural Signals.- Stochastic
Models of Biological Neuron Dynamics.- Synchronization of Stochastic Neural Oscillators Using
Lyapunov Methods.- Synchronization of Chaotic
and Stochastic Neurons Using Differential Flatness
Theory.- Attractors in Associative Memories with
Stochastic Weights.- Spectral Analysis of Neural
Models with Stochastic Weights.- Neural Networks Based on the Eigenstates of the Quantum
Harmonic Oscillator.- Quantum Control and Manipulation of Systems and Processes at Molecular
Scale.- References.- Index.
Fields of interest
(incl. Robotics)
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
A Signal Processing Approach to Social
Network Phenomena
This book provides a comprehensive coverage
of the state-of-the-art in understanding media
popularity and trends in online social networks
through social multimedia signals. With insights
from the study of popularity and sharing patterns
of online media, trend spread in social media,
social network analysis for multimedia and visualizing diffusion of media in online social networks.
In particular, the book will address the following
important issues: Understanding social network
phenomena from a signal processing point of
view; The existence and popularity of multimedia
as shared and social media, how content or origin
of sharing activity can affect its spread and popularity; The network-signal duality principle, i.e.
Features
7 Explores how media popularity in one domain
is determined by another domain 7 Presents a
granular look at social networks: micro, meso and
macro 7 Examines finding hidden communities
in social networks based on shared multimedia
Contents
Web 2.x.- Media on the Web.- The World of
Signals.- The Network and the Signal.- Detection Needle in a Haystack.- Estimation – The Empirical
Judgment.- Following Signal Trajectories.- Capturing Cross-Domain Ripples.- Socially-aware Media
Applications.- Revelations from Social Multimedia
Data.- Socio-Semantic Analysis.- Data Visualization: Gazing at Ripples.
Fields of interest
Signal,Image and Speech Processing; Input/Output and Data Communications; Computational
Intelligence
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Professional book
Due August 2014
Due August 2014
Due August 2014
2015. III, 190 p. 308 illus., 250 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 96,29 | € (A) 98,99 | sFr 120,00
7€ 89,99 | £81.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1555-2
2015. XXIII, 273 p. 135 illus., 91 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-662-43763-6
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09116-7
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Engineering
I. Sadegh Amiri, S. E. Alavi, S. Mahdaliza Idrus,
Lightwave Communication Research Group, Faculty
of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia, 81310 UTM Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
Soliton Coding for Secured
Optical Communication Link
Nonlinear behavior of light such as chaos can be
observed during propagation of a laser beam inside the microring resonator (MRR) systems. This
Brief highlights the design of a system of MRRs
to generate a series of logic codes. An optical
soliton is used to generate an entangled photon.
The ultra-short soliton pulses provide the required
communication signals to generate a pair of polarization entangled photons required for quantum
keys. In the frequency domain, MRRs can be used
to generate optical millimetre-wave solitons with
a broadband frequency of 0–100 GHz. The soliton
signals are multiplexed and modulated with the
logic codes to transmit the data via a network
system. The soliton carriers play critical roles to
transmit the data via an optical communication
link and provide many applications in secured
optical communications. Therefore, transmission
of data information can be performed via a communication network using soliton pulse carriers. A
system known as optical multiplexer can be used
to increase the channel capacity and security of
the signals.
Contents
Introduction of Fiber Waveguide and Soliton
Signals Used to Enhance the Communication
Security.- Theoretical Background of Microring
Resonator (MRR) Systems and Soliton Communication.- Results of Digital Soliton Pulse Generation and Transmission Using Microring Resonators (MRR).- Conclusions.
Fields of interest
Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering;
Communications Engineering, Networks; Data
Encryption
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
T. Sadowski, University of Technology, Lublin,
Poland; P. Trovalusci, Sapienza University of Rome,
Rome, Italy (Eds)
W. A. Salandro, Greenville, SC, USA; J. J. Jones,
C. Bunget, L. Mears, Clemson University, Greenville,
SC, USA; J. T. Roth, Penn State Behrend, Erie, PA, USA
Multiscale Modeling of
Complex Materials
Electrically-Assisted Forming
Phenomenological, Theoretical and
Computational Aspects
Features
7 Maximizing reader insights into the latest
research findings and applications of ElectricallyAssisted Forming (EAF) – whereby metals are
formed under an electric current field – this book
explains how such a process produces immediate
improved formability of metals beyond the extent
of thermal softening, and allows metals to be
formed to greater elongation with lower mechanical energy 7 Includes case studies that illustrate and support the theoretical content and to
explain real-world applications of the techniques
discussed 7 Contains supplementary material on
the underlying theories describing electroplastic
behaviour
The papers in this volume deal with materials
science, theoretical mechanics and experimental
and computational techniques at multiple scales,
providing a sound base and a framework for
many applications which are hitherto treated in
a phenomenological sense. The basic principles
are formulated of multiscale modeling strategies
towards modern complex multiphase materials
subjected to various types of mechanical, thermal
loadings and environmental effects. The focus is
on problems where mechanics is highly coupled
with other concurrent physical phenomena.
Features
7 Compendium of advanced research on basic
principles of multiscale modeling strategies
for complex multiphase under mechanical and
thermal loadings 7 Complex material behavior and microstructure are shown from several
points of view: phenomenological, theoretical and
computational 7 Multidisciplinary investigation
(engineering, continuum mechanics, material
science)
Contents
From the Contents: On the method of virtual
power in continuum mechanics.- Higher gradient
and micro-polar continua as specific cases.- Integrated multi-scale characterization and modeling
of ductile failure in heterogeneous materials.Fractals in mechanics of materials.
Fields of interest
Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Structural Materials; Mechanical Engineering
Target groups
Research
Modeling and Control
Contents
Introduction to Electrically-Assisted Forming.Bulk Modeling Methodology for ElectricallyAssisted Manufacturing.- The Electroplastic
Effect.- Comprehensive EAF Modeling.- Experimental Findings for EAF.- Contact Effects of EAF.Microstructural Effects on EAF.- Phase distribution Effects on EAF.- Analysis of EAF Modeling
Sensitivity and Robustness.- Broader Impacts of
EAF.- Tooling design considerations.- Additional
Applications of Electrically-Assisted Manufacturing (EAM).- Control design for Electrically-Assisted Forming.- Cost and Energy Analysis.
Fields of interest
Manufacturing, Machines, Tools; Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Monograph

Due August 2014
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
2015. IX, 58 p. 33 illus., 29 in color. (SpringerBriefs in
Applied Sciences and Technology) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-981-287-160-2
2014. 250 p. 77 illus. (CISM International Centre for
Mechanical Sciences, Volume 556) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 127,33 | € (A) 130,90 | sFr 158,50
7€ 119,00 | £107.50
ISBN 978-3-7091-1811-5
2015. XXV, 355 p. 337 illus. (Springer Series in
Advanced Manufacturing) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 181,89 | € (A) 186,99 | sFr 226,50
7€ 169,99 | £153.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08878-5
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Engineering
E. Seedhouse, Manned Spaceflight Consultant,
Mississauga, ON, Canada
R. Senani, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology,
New Delhi, India; D. R. Bhaskar, Jamia Millia Islamia,
New Delhi, India; A. K. Singh, ITS Engineering
College, Greater Noida, India
Virgin Galactic
The First Ten Years
Current Conveyors
This book examines the role of Virgin Galactic as
a pioneer accessing the suborbital frontier. The
trail being blazed is establishing a partnership
with governments and the private sector that will
eventually permanently integrate the free market’s
innovation of commercial suborbital space activities. Until recently, spaceflight had been the providence of a select corps of professional astronauts
whose missions were experienced vicariously by
the rest of the world via television reports and
Internet feeds.
Variants, Applications and Hardware
Implementations
Features
7 Serves as a go-to book and reference guide for
suborbital space tourists, space scientists and those
who want to know how one maverick company
pulled off one of the most remarkable achievements in manned spaceflight 7 Describes the
medical and training requirements for those flying
on board, the critical roles of the astronaut trainers
(of whom the author is one), and the new breed
of commercial space pilots 7 Provides an insight
into the companies supporting Virgin Galactic,
including space training agencies such as NASTAR
and rocket companies such as Sierra Nevada
Contents
Suborbital Flight/: A Primer.- X-Prize.- SpaceShipOne.- Scaled Composites.- Spaceport in
New Mexico.- Medical and Training Requirements.- Meet the Passengers.- Missions.- Beyond
Suborbital Space.
Contents
Part I Evolution and hardware implementation of
Current Conveyors.- The evolution and the history
of Current Conveyors.- Hardware implementations of CCs using off-the-shelf ICs.- Integratable
Bipolar CC architectures and commercially available IC CCs.- CMOS implementations of Current
Conveyors.- Part II The early (First generation)
applications of basic CCI and CCII.- Basic analog
circuit building blocks using CCs and application
of CCs in impedance synthesis.- First, Second and
Higher order filter design using Current Conveyors.- Realization of Sinusoidal Oscillators Using
CCs.- Nonlinear Applications of CCs.Fields of interest
Devices; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Fields of interest
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences; Popular Science in
Astronomy
Y. Suzuki, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan;
M. Hagiya, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
(Eds)
Recent Advances in Natural
Computing
Selected Results from the IWNC 7
Symposium
Features
7 Introduces recent research activities in 'Natural
Computing' and shows the future direction of this
discipline 7 Presents a novel approach to understanding nature as computing 7 Not limited to
natural computing / computer science, it illustrates
the emergence and scope of this novel field
Contents
Recent Developments on Reaction Automata
Theory; A Survey.- Comparison of Two Interval
Models for Fuzzy-valued Genetic Algorithm.Convergence of asynchronous cellular automata
(under null boundary condition) and their application in pattern classification.- Science, So Close
and Yet So Far Away; How People View Science,
Science Subjects and Scientists.- Towards CyberPhenomenology: Aesthetics and Natural Computing in Multi-Level Information Systems.- Toward
Another Possible Visualization of Massaging; The
First Short Step from Klee to Scientific Visualization.- The Generation of Emotional Transmission
via Medium-Perceiving Drawing System and The
Plasticity of Subjects.- Fat as Soft Architecture;
The Spontaneous Transformation of Lipids into
Organic Geometries with Predefined Biophysical
Properties.- Breeding-Back of Goldfish as a Practice that Mediates Between Experimental Biology
and Aesthetics.
Fields of interest
Computational Intelligence; Simulation and Modeling; Computational Science and Engineering
Target groups
Popular/general
Target groups
Research
Product category
Popular science
Product category
Monograph
Due July 2014
Due December 2014
2014. 250 p. 93 illus., 85 in color. (Springer Praxis
Books / Space Exploration) Softcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 28,88 | € (A) 29,69 | sFr 34,50
7 approx.€ 26,99 | £23.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09261-4
9<HTODMJ=ajcgbe> Due November 2014
7 *€ (D) 181,89 | € (A) 186,99 | sFr 226,50
7€ 169,99 | £153.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08683-5
9<HTODMJ=aigidf> 2014. VIII, 132 p. 39 illus., 18 in color. (Mathematics
for Industry, Volume 9) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-4-431-55104-1
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T. Tollazzi, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
L. Toniolo, POLITECNICO DI MILANO, Milano, Italy;
M. Boriani, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy;
G. Guidi, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Japan (Eds)
Alternative Types of
Roundabouts
Built Heritage: Monitoring
Conservation Management
An Informational Guide
This book presents an introduction to the design
of roundabouts, calculations of their capacity and
traffic-safety features. It explains the standard
roundabouts and their limitations. Alternative
types of roundabouts are usually more recent
and so far implemented only in certain countries.
This book illustrates a large variety of alternative roundabouts and explains the specific needs
for them, their advantages and their limitations.
Last but not least, the book offers an outlook into
roundabouts as a feature in future street traffic.
Features
7 Presents an introduction to the design of
roundabouts, calculations of their capacity and
traffic-safety considerations 7 Put the focus
on the design of alternative roundabouts with
improved performance 7 Offers an outlook on
the future of roundabouts
Contents
Origins Of Roundabouts.- Development Of
Different Roundabout Types.- Modern Layout Design.- Todays Alternative Types Of Roundabouts.Some Directions Of Future Research.- Conclusion.
Fields of interest
Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics; Urbanism; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
This book provides a comprehensive, up-todate overview on the most pressing issues in the
conservation and management of archaeological,
architectural, and urban landscapes. Multidisciplinary research is presented on a wide range of
built heritage sites, from archaeological ruins and
historic centers through to twentieth century and
industrial architectural heritage. The role of ICT
and new technologies, including those used for
digital archiving, surveying, modeling, and monitoring, is extensively discussed, in recognition of
their importance for professionals working in the
field. Detailed attention is also paid to materials
and treatments employed in preventive conservation and management. With contributions from
leading experts, including university researchers,
professionals, and policy makers, the book will
be invaluable for all who seek to understand, and
solve, the challenges face d in the protection and
enhancement of the built heritage.
Features
7 Provides a comprehensive overview on
conservation and management of archaeological,
architectural, and urban landscapes 7 Explains
how to overcome the main problems faced in the
conservation of built heritage 7 Describes the
role of ICT and new technologies in surveying,
modeling, and monitoring
Fields of interest
Building Repair and Maintenance; Cultural Heritage; Archaeology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
X. Wang, X.‑Z. Gao, K. Zenger, Aalto University,
Espoo, Finland
An Introduction to Harmony
Search Optimization Method
This brief provides a detailed introduction, discussion and bibliographic review of the nature1inspired optimization algorithm called Harmony
Search. It uses a large number of simulation results
to demonstrate the advantages of Harmony Search
and its variants and also their drawbacks. The
authors show how weaknesses can be amended by
hybridization with other optimization methods.
The Harmony Search Method with Applications
will be of value to researchers in computational
intelligence in demonstrating the state of the art
of research on an algorithm of current interest. It
also helps researchers and practitioners of electrical and computer engineering more generally
in acquainting themselves with this method of
vector-based optimization.
Features
7 The latest research on emerging optimization
method "Harmony Search" 7 Reinforces the
power of Harmony Search with hybridization with
various other optimization methods 7 Supported by reliable results from numerical simulation
Contents
Introduction.- The Overview of Harmony Search.Harmony Search in Context with Other Natureinspired Computational Algorithms.- The Variations of Harmony Search and Its Current Research
Trends.- The Hybrid Strategies of Harmony Search
in Optimization Problem Solving.- Conclusions.
Fields of interest
(incl. Robotics); Optimization
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Due August 2014
Due November 2014
Due November 2014
2014. 250 p. (Springer Tracts on Transportation and
Traffic, Volume 6) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09083-2
2014. 450 p. 400 illus., 200 in color. (Research for
Development) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7 approx.€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08532-6
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Applied Sciences and Technology / SpringerBriefs in
Computational Intelligence) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08355-1
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Engineering
G. Wang, Liaoning Shihua University, Fushun, China;
Q. Zhang, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China;
X. Yan, The University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
M. Wien, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Analysis and Design of Singular
Markovian Jump Systems
Coding Tools and Specification
This monograph is an up-to-date presentation
of the analysis and design of singular Markovian
jump systems (SMJSs) in which the transition
rate matrix of the underlying systems is generally
uncertain, partially unknown and designed. The
problems addressed include stability, stabilization,
H∞ control and filtering, observer design, and
adaptive control. applications of Markov process
are investigated by using Lyapunov theory, linear
matrix inequalities (LMIs), S-procedure and
the stochastic Barbalat’s Lemma, among other
techniques.
Features
7 Expands reader understanding of a class
of systems important in control of electrical,
economic, chemical-process and mechanical
systems 7 Gives examples of application in two
classes of singular system 7 Suitable for use as
instructional material in a one-semester graduate
course
Contents
Introduction.- Stability.- Stabilization.- H-infinity
Control.- Observer-based Feedback Stabilization.- Filtering.- Adaptive Control.- Applications
of a Markov Process.
Fields of interest
Control; Systems Theory, Control; Probability
Theory and Stochastic Processes
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
High Efficiency Video Coding
The video coding standard High Efficiency Video
Coding (HEVC) targets at improved compression performance for video resolutions of HD and
beyond, providing Ultra HD video at similar compressed bit rates as for HD video encoded with
the well-established video coding standard H.264/
AVC. Based on known concepts, new coding
structures and improved coding tools have been
developed and specified in HEVC. The standard
is expected to be taken up easily by established
industry as well as new endeavors, answering the
needs of todays connected and ever-evolving online world. This book presents the High Efficiency
Video Coding standard and explains it in a clear
and coherent language. It provides a comprehensive and consistently written description, all of a
piece. The book targets at both, newbies to video
coding as well as experts in the field.
Features
7 Provides a self-contained comprehensive
description of HEVC 7 Offers a fast access reference for experts as well as introductory information for beginners 7 Presents a comprehensive
glossary, decrypting acronyms for easy access to
‘video coding language’
Contents
Introduction.- Basics.- Coding Structures and
High-Level Syntax.- Inter Prediction.- Intra
Prediction.- Transforms and Quantization.- Loop
Filtering.- Entropy Coding.- Encoding Tools.Profiles and Levels.- Extensions to HEVC.
Fields of interest
Signal,Image and Speech Processing; Communications Engineering, Networks; Coding and
Information Theory
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
J. C. Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai,
China
Elements of Vorticity
Aerodynamics
The book opens with a discussion of the vorticitydynamic formulation of the low Mach number
viscous flow problem. Physical aspects of the velocity and the vorticity fields, their instantaneous
relationship, and the transport of vorticity in viscous fluids are examined for steady and unsteady
flows. Subsequently, the mathematical aspects of
vorticity dynamics and issues of initial and boundary conditions for the viscous flow problem are
treated rigorously using classical analyses. Coverage includes evolution of the vorticity field which
surrounds and trails behind airfoils and wings,
generalizations of Helmholtz’ vortex theorems
and the Biot-Savart Law. A theorem is introduced
that relates the aerodynamic force to the vorticity
moment and the applications of the theorem are
reviewed.
Features
7 Presents a modern viewpoint of vorticity
dynamics as the framework for understanding and
establishing the fundamental principles of viscous
and unsteady aerodynamics 7 Summarizes the
theorem that relates the aerodynamic force to the
vorticity moment and sets forth applications of
this theorem 7 Reviews a zonal method for computing unsteady, two-dimensional, incompressible
viscous flows
Contents
Introduction.- Theorems of Helmholtz and
Kelvin.- Vorticity Kinematics.- Vorticity Kinetics.Vorticity-Moment Theorem.- Classical Aerodynamics.- Unsteady Aerodynamics.
Fields of interest
Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control; Fluidand Aerodynamics; Engineering Fluid Dynamics
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Jointly published with Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Press, Shanghai, China
Due August 2014
2015. IX, 283 p. 76 illus., 74 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08722-1
9<HTODMJ=aihc b> Due August 2014
Distribution rights for print copies in China
mainland: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press,
Shanghai
2015. XXIV, 316 p. 127 illus., 22 in color. (Signals and
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44275-3
2015. X, 154 p. 29 illus., 12 in color. (Springer Tracts in
Mechanical Engineering) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44039-1
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Y. Wu, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
S. F. Wu, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
Knee Joint Vibroarthrographic
Signal Processing and Analysis
The Helmholtz Equation
Least Squares Theory for
Reconstructing and Predicting
Acoustic Radiation
This book presents the cutting-edge technologies
of knee joint vibroarthrographic signal analysis
for the screening and diagnosis of osteoarthritis
and meniscus injuries. It describes a number of
effective computer-aided methods for the analysis
of nonlinear and nonstationary biomedical
signals generated by the complex physiological
mechanics. The book also introduces a number
of the latest advances in machine learning and
pattern recognition techniques for biomedical
signal classification. This book is well-suited for
all researchers looking to better understand knee
joint biomechanics and advanced technology for
knee joint vibroarthrography. Dr. Yunfeng Wu is
an Associate Professor at the School of Information Science and Technology, Xiamen University,
Xiamen, Fujian, China.
Contents
Introduction.- Knee Joint Vibroarthrograpic
Signal Processing.- Knee Joint Vibroarthrograpic
Signal Analysis.- Pattern Classification.- Conclusion and Research Perspective.
Fields of interest
Biomedical Engineering; Rehabilitation Medicine;
Signal,Image and Speech Processing
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
This book represents the HELS (Helmholtz equation least squares) theory and its applications for
visualizing acoustic radiation from an arbitrarily
shaped vibrating structure in free or confined
space. It culminates the most updated research
work of the author and his graduate students since
1997. The book contains six chapters. The first
serves as a review of the fundamentals in acoustics
and the rest cover five specific topics on the HELS
theory.
Features
7 Covers practical aspects of noise and vibration analysis and control 7 HELS method
simplifies the process of reconstructing acoustic
fields 7 Explains the differences and interrelationships between the Rayleigh series and the
HELS method
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Spherical Wave Functions.- Chapter 3. The Helmholtz
Equation Least Squares (HELS) Method.- Chapter 4. Validity of the HELS Method.- Chapter 5.
Implementation of the HELS Method.- Chapter
6. Combined Helmholtz Equation Least Squares
(CHELS) Method.- Chapter 7. Hybrid HELS.Chapter 8. Equivalent Sources Using HELS.Chapter 9. Transient HELS.- Chapter 10. Panel
Acoustic Contribution Analysis Using HELS.- References.- Index.
Fields of interest
Engineering Acoustics; Acoustics; Vibration,
Dynamical Systems, Control
F. Xhafa, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,
Barcelona, Spain; L. Barolli, Fukuoka Institute
of Technology (FIT), Fukuoka, Japan; A. Barolli,
P. Papajorgji, Canadian Institute of Technology,
Tirana, Albania (Eds)
Modeling and Processing for
Next-Generation Big-Data
Technologies
With Applications and Case Studies
Contents
Exploring the Hamming distance in distributed
infrastructures for similarity search.- Data Modeling for Socially-Based Routing in Opportunistic
Networks.- Decision Tree Induction Methods
and Their Application to Big Data.- Sensory Data
Gathering for Road-Traffic Monitoring: Energy
Efficiency, Reliability and Fault-tolerance.- Data
aggregation and forwarding route control for
efficient data gathering in dense mobile wireless
sensor networks.- A socialized system for enabling
the extraction of potential values from natural
and social sensing.- Leveraging High Performance
Computing Infrastructures to Web Data Analytic Applications by means of Message-Passing
Interface.- ReHRS: A Hybrid Redundant System
for Improving MapReduce Reliability and Availability.- Analysis and Visualization of Large Scale
Time Series Network Data.- Parallel Coordinates
Version of Time-tunnel (PCTT) and Its Combinatorial Use for Macro to Micro Level Visual
Analytics of Multidimensional Data.- Towards a
Big Data Analytics Framework for IoT and Smart
City Applications.- How the big data is leading the
evolution of ICT technologies and processes.- Big
Data, Unstructured Data and the Cloud: Perspectives on Internal.- Future Human-Centric Smart
Environments.
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Computational Intelligence; Data Mining and
Knowledge Discovery; Communications Engineering, Networks
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due December 2014
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
2014. 100 p. (SpringerBriefs in Bioengineering)
Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-662-44283-8
2015. XX, 290 p. 81 illus., 60 in color. (Modern
Acoustics and Signal Processing) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1639-9
2014. 560 p. (Modeling and Optimization in Science
and Technologies, Volume 4) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 181,89 | € (A) 186,99 | sFr 226,50
7 approx.€ 169,99 | £153.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09176-1
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R. R. Yager, Machine Intelligence Institute, New
Rochelle, NY, USA; M. Z. Reformat, University of
Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; N. Alajlan, King
Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Eds)
Intelligent Methods for Cyber
Warfare
Cyberwarfare has become an important concern
for governmental agencies as well businesses of
various types. This timely volume, with contributions from some of the internationally recognized,
leaders in the field, gives readers a glimpse of the
new and emerging ways that Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning methods can be applied to address problems related to cyberwarfare.
Features
7 Recent research on Soft Computing in Cyber
warfare 7 Presents Soft and Intelligent Computing Technologies for Cyber warfare 7 Written by
experts in the field
Contents
Malware and Machine Learning.- Soft Computing Based Epidemical Crisis Prediction.- An
ACP-Based Approach to Intelligence and Security
Informatics.- Microfiles as a Potential Source of
Confidential Information Leakage.- Decision
Support in Open Source Intelligence.- Information
Fusion Process Design Issues for Hard and Soft
Information: Developing an Initial Prototype.Intrusion Detection with Type-2 Fuzzy Ontologies and Similarity Measures.- A multi-objective
genetic algorithm based approach for effective
intrusion detection using neural networks.Cyber Insider Mission Detection for Situation
Awareness.- A Game Theoretic Engine for Cyber
Warfare.- Mission Impact Assessment for Cyber
Warfare.- Uncertainty modeling: the Computational Economists’ View on Cyberwarfare.
Engineering
J. Zhang, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan;
M. Ohsaki, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima,
Japan
Tensegrity Structures
Form, Stability, and Symmetry
To help deeper understanding of tensegrity structures, this book focuses on the two key problems
in designing a tensegrity structure: self-equilibrium form and stability. In particular, the structures’
symmetry properties are extensively utilized.
Features
7 The first book to analytically study self-equilibrium and super-stability of symmetric tensegrity
structures, making use of this powerful tool for
dealing with symmetry group representation
theory 7 Presents the fundamental properties of
tensegrity structures , since these basic properties
are inevitably involved in the design of any tensegrity structures 7 Comprehensive and detailed
with plenty of examples, intended to help readers
follow the theories and algorithms more easily
Contents
Basic Formulations for Equilibrium and Stiffness.Stability Conditions.- Adaptive Force Density
Method.- Symmetry-adapted Formulations.Structures with Dihedral Symmetry.- Structures
with Polyhedral Symmetries.
Fields of interest
Structural Mechanics; Manifolds and Cell Complexes (incl. Diff.Topology); Engineering Design
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
T. I. Zohdi, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
A Finite Element Primer for
Beginners
The Basics
The purpose of this primer is to provide the basics
of the Finite Element Method, primarily illustrated
through a classical model problem, linearized
elasticity.
Features
7 Presents absolute essentials of the Finite Element Method 7 Basic introduction to some
essential mathematical concepts and to the
mechanics of a continuum 7 The author has
long years of experience teaching finite element
classes 7 Illustrated through the classical model
problem of linearized elasticity
Contents
Weighted residuals and Galerkin’s method for a
generic 1-D problem.- A model problem: 1-D
elastostatics.- A finite element implementation in
one dimension.- Accuracy of the finite element
method.- Element by element iterative solutions
schemes.- Weak formulations in three dimensions.- A finite element implementation in three
dimensions.- Accuracy of the finite element
method.- Time-dependent problems.- Summary
and advanced topics.
Fields of interest
Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Complexity
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Fields of interest
(incl. Robotics)
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due August 2014
Due February 2015
Available
2015. IX, 269 p. 58 illus. (Studies in Computational
Intelligence, Volume 563) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08623-1
2015. 300 p. 60 illus. (Mathematics for Industry,
Volume 6) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-4-431-54812-6
2014. 120 p. (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and
Technology) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09035-1
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A. Freni, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto
di Tecnologie Avanzate per l’En, Messina, Italy;
B. Dawoud, East Bavarian Technical University (OTHRegensburg), Regensburg, Germany; L. Bonaccorsi,
Department of Electronic Engineering, Chemistry,
University of Messina, Contrada di Dio, Messina,
Italy; S. Chmielewski, Viessmann Werke Allendorf
GmbH, Viessmannstraße 1, Allendorf (Eder),
Germany; A. Frazzica, Consiglio Nazionale delle
Ricerche, Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per
l’Energia, Messina, Italy; L. Calabrese, Department
of Electronic Engineering, Chemistry, University
of Messina, Contrada di Dio, Messina, Italy;
G. Restuccia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche,
Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l’Energia,
Messina, Italy
Characterization of Zeolitebased Coatings for Adsorption
Heat Pumps
This book proposes a radically new approach for
characterizing thermophysical and mechanical
properties of zeolite-based adsorbent coatings for
Adsorptive Heat Transformers (AHT). It presents
a developed standard protocol for the complete
characterization of advanced coated adsorbers.
Features
7 Illustrates a developed standard protocol for
the complete characterization of advanced coated
adsorbers 7 Provides a deep analysis of the
different procedures necessary for the evaluation
of the achievable performance of the adsorber 7 Offers a comprehensive examination of the
stability of the adsober against the hydrothermal
and mechanical stresses undergone during its
entire life cycle
Fields of interest
Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings); Engineering
Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films
Target groups
Product category
Brief
S. Girard, Institute of Radiological Protection and
Nuclear Safety (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
Physical and Statistical Models
for Steam Generator Clogging
Diagnosis
Clogging of steam generators in nuclear power
plants is a highly sensitive issue in terms of
performance and safety and this book proposes a
completely novel methodology for diagnosing this
phenomenon. It demonstrates real-life industrial
applications of this approach to French steam
generators and applies the approach to operational
data gathered from French nuclear power plants.
The book presents a detailed review of in situ diagnosis techniques and assesses existing methodologies for clogging diagnosis, whilst examining their
limitations.
Features
7 Proposes a novel methodology for diagnosing
clogging of steam generators in nuclear power
plants 7 Demonstrates real-life industrial applications of this methodology to French steam
generators 7 Presents a detailed review of
existing methodologies for clogging diagnosis and
examines their limitations
Contents
1 Introduction.- 2 Clogging of recirculating nuclear steam generators.- 3 State of the art of clogging
diagnosis.- 4 Steam generator physical model.- 5
Sensitivity analysis.- 6 Sliced inverse regression.- 7
Statistical analysis of the physical model.- 8 New
diagnosis method.- 9 Synthesis and usage recommendation.- Appendix A Characteristics of the
type 51B steam generator.
Fields of interest
Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Engineering; Numeric
Computing
Target groups
Product category
Brief
G. J. Kearly, Australian Nuclear Science and
Technology Organisation, Lucas heights, NSW,
Australia; V. K. Peterson, Australian Nuclear Science
and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW,
Australia (Eds)
Neutron Applications in
Materials for Energy
Neutron Applications in Materials for Energy collects results and conclusions of recent
neutron-based investigations of materials that
are important in the development of sustainable
energy. Chapters are authored by leading scientists
with hands-on experience in the field, providing
overviews, recent highlights, and case-studies to
illustrate the applicability of one or more neutronbased techniques of analysis.
Features
7 First book focused on neutron scattering for
sustainable energy materials 7 Offers contributions by top specialists in the field 7 Discusses
the future prospects of neutron scattering techniques for sustainable energy materials
Contents
Preface.- Glossary.- 1 Neutron Applications in
Energy Materials Research.- Part I Energy Generation.- 2 Catalysis.- 3 CO2 Separation, Capture, and
Storage in Porous Materials.- 4 Materials for the
Nuclear Energy Sector.- 5 Solar Cells: Chalcopyrite Thin Film Devices.- 6 Solar Cells: Organic Devices.- Part II Energy Storage.- 7 Li-ion Batteries.8 Hydrogen Storage Materials.- Part III Energy
Use.- 9 Fuel Cells: Neutron Scattering of ProtonConducting Ceramics.- 10 Fuel Cells: Neutron
Techniques as a Probe of Structure, Dynamics and
Transport in Polyelectrolyte Membranes.
Fields of interest
Renewable and Green Energy; Nanotechnology;
Measurement Science and Instrumentation
Target groups
Graduate
Product category
Monograph
Due December 2014
Due August 2014
Due October 2014
7 approx. *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7 approx.€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09326-0
2014. IX, 97 p. 76 illus., 42 in color. (SpringerBriefs in
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09320-8
2014. XXII, 310 p. 101 illus., 81 in color. (Neutron
Scattering Applications and Techniques) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-06655-4
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Z. Kovacs, Bratislava, Slovakia
Energy
M. K. Kuzman, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana,
Slovenia; A. Kutnar, University of Primorska, Koper,
Slovenia
M. Lehner, University of Leoben, Leoben, Austria;
R. Tichler, H. Steinmüller, M. Koppe, Johannes
Kepler University, Linz, Austria
Probabilistic Safety Assessment
of WWER440 Reactors
Contemporary Slovenian
Prediction, Quantification and Management
Timber Architecture for
of the Risk
Sustainability
The aim of this book is to summarize probabilistic
safety assessment (PSA) of nuclear power plants
with WWER440 reactors and demonstrate that
the plants are safe enough for producing energy
even in light of the Fukushima accident. The book
examines level 1 and 2 full power, low power
and shutdown PSA, and summarizes the author’s
experience gained during the last 35 years in this
area. It provides useful examples taken from PSA
training courses the author has lectured and organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Such training courses were organised in Argonne
National Laboratory (Chicago, IL, USA), Abdus
Salaam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, Italy), Malaysia, Vietnam and Jordan
to support experts from developing countries.
Features
7 Examines level 1 and 2 full power, low power
and shutdown probabilistic safety assessment of
WWER440 reactors 7 Summarizes the author’s
experience gained during the last 35 years 7 Provides useful examples taken from PSA training
courses delivered by the author and organized by
the International Atomic Energy Agency
Contents
Introduction.- The nuclear power plant with
WWER440 reactors.- Level 1 full power PSA.Level 1 low power and shutdown PSA.- Level 2
PSA.- PSA applications.- Conclusions.
Fields of interest
Nuclear Energy; Quality Control, Reliability,
Safety and Risk; Probability Theory and Stochastic
Processes
The book presents Slovenia’s contemporary timber
architecture. Thanks to its abundant forests, Slovenia has preserved the tradition of wood construction. As much as 60% of its surface is covered by
forests. Slovenia is also the third most forested
country in Europe. The high share of forest-covered surface allows for a sustainable production
of high-quality wood. In the past, wood was used
primarily in the construction of farm buildings,
but now timber architecture is used for everything
from residences and office buildings to public
buildings such as community centres and schools.
Timber construction is becoming increasingly
popular. Apart from larger companies taking
this approach, a great number of wooden houses
have sprung up, built either on personal initiative
or with the support of carpenter workshops. Slovenian timber architecture has taken a new approach
to environmental and energy-efficiency problems
and received great international recognition.
Features
7 Covers a new approach to environmental and
energy-efficiency problems 7 Discusses over fifty
projects built over a ten-year period 7 Includes
descriptions, photographs and plans
Contents
Preface.- Introduction.- Projects Contemporary
Slovenian Timber Architecture 2003-2013.- Public
objects.- Conclusions.
Fields of interest
Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings); Building Materials; Building Types and Functions
Target groups
Target groups
Research
Product category
Professional book
Product category
Monograph
Due August 2014
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08547-0
9<HTODMJ=aifeha> Power-to-Gas: Technology and
Business Models
Increased production of energy from renewable
sources leads to a need for both new and enhanced
capacities for energy transmission and intermediate storage. The book first compares different
available storage options and then introduces
the power-to-gas concept in a comprehensive
overview of the technology. The state of the art,
advancements, and future requirements for both
water electrolysis and methanation are described.
The integration of renewable hydrogen and
methane into the gas grid is discussed in terms of
the necessary technological measures to be taken.
Because the power-to-gas system is very flexible,
providing numerous specific applications for
different targets within the energy sector, possible
business models are presented on the basis of various process chains taking into account different
plant scales and operating scenarios. The influence
of the scale and the type of the integration of the
technology into the existing energy network is
highlighted with an emphasis on economic consequences. Finally, legal aspects of the operation
and integration of the power-to-gas system are
discussed.
Contents
Storage options for renewable energy.- The Powerto-gas concept.- Electrolysis.- Methanation.- Integration in the gas grid.- Business models.- Business models.
Fields of interest
Energy Storage; Energy Technology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
2014. XVII, 160 p. 218 illus. (Green Energy and
7 *€ (D) 85,59 | € (A) 87,99 | sFr 106,50
7€ 79,99 | £72.00
ISBN 978-3-319-03634-2
2014. VIII, 93 p. 20 illus., 12 in color. (SpringerBriefs in
Energy) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-03994-7
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Energy
N. Luo, University of Girona, Girona, Spain; Y. Vidal,
L. Acho, Polytechnic University of Catalonia,
Barcelona, Spain (Eds)
Wind Turbine Control and
Monitoring
Maximizing reader insights into the latest technical developments and trends involving wind
turbine control and monitoring, fault diagnosis,
and wind power systems, ‘Wind Turbine Control
and Monitoring’ presents an accessible and
straightforward introduction to wind turbines,
but also includes an in-depth analysis incorporating illustrations, tables and examples on how
to use wind turbine modeling and simulation
software. Featuring analysis from leading experts
and researchers in the field, the book provides
new understanding, methodologies and algorithms of control and monitoring, computer tools
for modeling and simulation, and advances the
current state-of-the-art on wind turbine monitoring and fault diagnosis; power converter systems;
and cooperative & fault-tolerant control systems
for maximizing the wind power generation and
reducing the maintenance cost.
Features
7 Provides an accessible and straightforward introduction to wind turbines, but also an in-depth
analysis through clarity of exposition, illustrations,
and tables 7 Presents the most up to date knowledge and latest trends concerning wind turbine
control and monitoring, fault diagnosis, and wind
power systems 7 Includes intuitive examples on
how to use wind turbine modeling and simulation
software
Fields of interest
Renewable and Green Energy; Control; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Target groups
Research
J. Morales Pedraza, Vienna, Austria
Electrical Energy Generation in
Europe
The Current and Future Role of Conventional
Energy Sources in the Regional Generation of
Electricity
Maximizing reader insights into the current use of
conventional energy sources (such as fossil fuels)
in the generation of electricity in the European
region, this book addresses several key issues including: potential ways European countries could
expand their energy sector in the coming years;
the impact on the climate, the level of energy
reserves, different efficiency measures that could
be adopted to reduce the consumption of fossil
fuels in the generation of electricity, and current
and future energy production and consumption
trends, amongst other topics.
Features
7 Describes current and future energy generation
programs of selected European countries with an
emphasis on the use of fossil fuels for the generation of electricity 7 Includes updated information on the level of conventional energy reserves
in the region and discussions on the environmental considerations associated with the use of oil
and coal in electricity generation 7 Analyzes
how the use of fossil fuels in the generation of
electricity can be reduced and the economic issues
related to utilizing different types of conventional
energy sources for electricity generation
Fields of interest
Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture); Energy Economics; Energy Technology
G. Nasr, University of Salford, Salford, UK; N. Connor,
Colwyn Bay, UK
Natural Gas Engineering and
Safety Challenges
Downstream Process, Analysis, Utilization &
Safety
Features
7 Provides a critical and extensive compilation
of the downstream processes of natural gas that involve the principle of gas processing , transmission
and distribution, gas flow and network analysis,
instrumentation and measurement systems and
its utilisation 7 Enriches understanding of the
business and management aspects of natural gas
as well as highlighting some of the recent research
and innovations in the field 7 Covers the needs
of practising engineers from different disciplines,
who may include project managers, planning and
design engineers – the book is also suitable for
the demands of undergraduate and postgraduate
students in the field of gas, petroleum and chemical engineering
Contents
Fundamental and Natural Gas Principles.- Transmission and Distribution Systems and Design.Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).- Gas Flow and
Network Analysis.- Natural Gas Measurement
Systems.- Pipeline Failure Modes and Facture
Propagation.- Asset and Risk Management.- Fire
and Explosion.- Industrial Utilization of Natural
Gas.- Project and Business Management of Natural Gas.- Research and Innovation In Natural Gas
Engineering.
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture); Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer;
Geophysics and Environmental Physics
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Professional book
Due August 2014
2014. IX, 438 p. 310 illus., 198 in color. (Advances in
Industrial Control) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08412-1
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Due October 2014
Due September 2014
7 approx. *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7 approx.€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08400-8
7 approx. *€ (D) 181,89 | € (A) 186,99 | sFr 226,50
7 approx.€ 169,99 | £153.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08947-8
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Physics
T. B. Ake, Space Telescope Science Institute,
Baltimore, MA, USA; R. E. Griffin, NRC Dominion
Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, BC, Canada (Eds)
I. Antoniadis, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland;
D. Ghilencea, National Institute of Physics NIPNE,
Bucharest-Magurele, Romania (Eds)
Giants of Eclipse: The zeta
Aurigae Stars and Other Binary
Systems
Supersymmetry after the Higgs Strongly Correlated Systems
Experimental Techniques
Discovery
The zeta Aurigae stars are the rare but illustrious sub-group of binary stars that undergo the
dramatic phenomenon of “chromospheric eclipse”.
This book provides detailed descriptions of the
ten known systems, illustrates them richly with
examples of new spectra, and places them in the
context of stellar structure and evolution. Comprised of a large cool giant plus a small hot dwarf,
these key eclipsing binaries reveal fascinating
changes in their spectra very close to total eclipse,
when the hot star shines through differing heights
of the “chromosphere”, or outer atmosphere, of the
giant.
Features
7 Carefully edited volume reviewing a rare class
of eclipsing binary stars 7 Describes historical development of the field as well as modern
observational and theoretical results 7 Provides
detailed information on the giant binary star
epsilon Aurigae
Contents
The zeta Aurigae Binaries.- Observing and Analyzing the zeta Aurigae Systems.- The Special Case
of VV Cephei.- zeta Aurigae – a Two Century
Long Dilemma Persists.- Atmospheric Heating
and Wind Acceleration in Cool Evolved Stars.Optical Interferometry of Giants and Supergiants.Asteroseismology of Eclipsing Binary Stars.- Index
of Keywords.
Fields of interest
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; Astrophysics and Astroparticles
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Supersymmetry (SUSY) is a new symmetry that
relates bosons and fermions, which has strong
support at both the mathematical and the physical
level. This book offers a comprehensive review,
following the development of SUSY from its very
early days up to present. The order of the contributions should provide the reader with the historical
development as well as the latest theoretical updates and interpretations, and experimental constraints from particle accelerators and dark matter
searches. It is a great pleasure to bring together
here contributions from authors who initiated or
have contributed significantly to the development
of this theory over so many years. To present a
balanced point of view, the book also includes a
closing contribution that attempts to describe the
physics beyond the Standard Model in the absence
of SUSY. The contributions to this book have been
previously published in The European Physical
Journal C - Particles and Fields.
Contents
P. Ramond, SUSY: “the early years (1966–1976)”.- P. Fayet, “The Supersymmetric Standard Model”.- I. Melzer-Pellmann (CMS), P. Pralavorio (ATLAS),
“Lessons for SUSY from the LHC after the first
run”.- J. Ellis, “Supersymmetric fits after the Higgs
discovery and implications for model building”.- A. Djouadi, “Implications of the Higgs discovery
for the MSSM”.- G. G. Ross, “SUSY: Quo Vadis?”.R. Catena, L. Covi, “SUSY dark matter(s)”.- H.
P. Nilles, “The strings connection: MSSM-like
models from strings”.- B. Bellazzini, C. Csáki, J.
Serra, “Composite Higgses”.
Fields of interest
Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory;
Quantum Field Theories, String Theory
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
A. Avella, F. Mancini, Università degli Studi di
Salerno Dipartimento di Fisica “E.R. Caianiello”,
Fisciano (SA), Italy (Eds)
The continuous evolution and development of
experimental techniques is at the basis of any
fundamental achievement in modern physics.
Strongly correlated systems (SCS), more than any
other, need to be investigated through the greatest
variety of experimental techniques in order to
unveil and crosscheck the numerous and puzzling
anomalous behaviors characterizing them. The
study of SCS fostered the improvement of many
old experimental techniques, but also the advent
of many new ones just invented in order to analyze
the complex behaviors of these systems. Many
novel materials, with functional properties emerging from macroscopic quantum behaviors at the
frontier of modern research in physics, chemistry and materials science, belong to this class of
systems.
Features
7 Collection of modern experimental methods
for strongly correlated systems 7 Didactical presentation of the essential experimental methods in
condensed matter physics 7 Gives the experimental basis for the study and characterization of
novel materials with functional properties emerging from macroscopic quantum behaviour at the
frontier of modern research in physics, chemistry
and materials science
Contents
ARPES.- NMR.- Neutrons.- Muons.- XANES.STM.- EXAFS.- Optical Probes.- STS.- Van
Alphen.- Thermal Probes.
Fields of interest
Solid State Physics; Spectroscopy and Microscopy;
Mathematical Methods in Physics
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due October 2014
2015. 210 p. 100 illus., 50 in color. (Astrophysics and
Space Science Library, Volume 408) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09197-6
9<HTODMJ=ajbjhg> Due August 2014
2014. 170 p. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7€ 84,99 | £76.50
ISBN 978-3-662-44171-8
9<HTOGRC=e bhbi> 2015. XXXII, 313 p. 117 illus., 74 in color. (Springer
Series in Solid-State Sciences, Volume 180)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44132-9
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Physics
M. Beech, Campion Collee The University of Regina,
Regina, SK, Canada
A. Chapman, Wadham College and Faculty of
History, Oxford, UK
G. Cicogna, Università Pisa Dipto. Fisica, Enrico
Fermi, Pisa, Italy
Alpha Centauri
Mary Somerville and the World
of Science
Metodi matematici della Fisica
Unveiling the Secrets of Our Nearest Stellar
Neighbor
In spite of the yawning abyss that is interstellar
space, humanity has long dreamed of traveling to
the stars – but where to first? Surely, our first steps
towards these distant horizons will be via Alpha
Centauri, our nearest stellar neighbor. An intriguing system of three stars, Alpha Centauri offers a
glimpse of alternative suns and new exoplanet
worlds. As a close match to Earth’s Sun and Solar
System, study of this region, both the science of
it and the math underlying it, can inform our
understanding of how planets form. For all of its
adjacency, however, Alpha Centauri continues to
tantalize astronomers with numerous unresolved
questions: how did it emerge, where are and how
many planets does it contain, and how might we
go there to view its extensive panorama directly?
This text addresses these questions and looks to
a future where they can be resolved up close and
personal by an ambitious space mission to explore
all this and more.
Features
7 Examines the latest research on the entire
Alpha Centauri system, from its three stars to possible exoplanets 7 Sheds light on development
of the Sun and Earth's solar system 7 Explains
stellar evolution by looking at the Solar System's
neighborhood 7 Uses some basic math to give a
good grounding in the science of stellar evolution
Fields of interest
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Popular
Science in Astronomy; Extraterrestrial Physics,
Space Sciences
Mary Somerville (1780-1872), after whom Somerville College Oxford was named, was the first
woman scientist to win an international reputation entirely in her own right, rather than through
association with a scientific brother or father. She
was active in astronomy, one of the most demanding areas of science of the day, and flourished in
the unique British tradition of Grand Amateurs,
who paid their own way and were not affiliated
with any academic institution. Mary Somerville
was to science what Jane Austen was to literature
and Frances Trollope to travel writing. Allan
Chapman’s vivid account brings to light the story
of an exceptional woman, whose achievements
in a field dominated by men deserve to be very
widely known.
Features
7 Details the achievements of Mary Somerville and her impact in physics and astronomy 7 Documents Somerville's position as the
first woman scientist to win an international
reputation in her own right 7 Written by leading
and internationally-respected historian of science
and astronomy
Contents
Mary Somerville and Her Influence.- Early Life,
Career and Friends: The Social World of Georgian
Science.- The Domain of Nature: Astronomy,
Optics and Geology.- Mary Somerville the
Writer.- A Full, Rich Life.- Conclusion: A Career
in Retrospect.
Target groups
Popular/general
Fields of interest
History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics;
History of Science; Astronomy, Astrophysics and
Cosmology
Product category
Popular science
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Questo libro trae la sua origine dagli appunti
preparati per le lezioni di Metodi Matematici
della Fisica tenute al Dipartimento di Fisica
dell’Università di Pisa, e via via sistemati, raffinati
e aggiornati nel corso di molti anni di insegnamento. L’intento generale è di fornire una presentazione per quanto possibile semplice e diretta dei
metodi matematici basilari e rilevanti per la Fisica.
Anche allo scopo di mantenere questo testo entro i
limiti di un manuale di dimensioni contenute e di
agevole consultazione, sono stati spesso sacrificati
i dettagli tecnici delle dimostrazioni matematiche
(o anzi le dimostrazioni per intero) e anche i
formalismi eccessivi, che tendono a nascondere la
vera natura dei problemi. Al contrario, si è cercato
di evidenziare – per quanto possibile – le idee sottostanti e le motivazioni che conducono ai diversi
procedimenti.
Features
7 Nuova edizione arricchita dall'inserimento di
numerosi esempi (e controesempi) 7 Le prime
nozioni della Teoria dei Gruppi, delle Algebre di
Lie e delle Simmetrie in Fisica vengono ora proposte in una forma sensibilmente ampliata 7 Due
nuovi Capitoli dedicati allo studio delle proprietà
di simmetria dell'atomo di idrogeno e dell'oscillatore armonico in Meccanica Quantistica
Contents
1 Spazi a dimensione fiita.- 2 Spazi di Hilbert.- 3
Funzioni di una variabile complessa.- 4 Trasformate di Fourier e Laplace.- 5 Elementi di teoria
delle distribuzioni.- 6 Introduzione alla teoria dei
gruppi e alle proprietà di simmetria.- Riferimenti
bibliografici.- Indice Analitico.
Fields of interest
Mathematical Methods in Physics; Functional
Analysis; Functions of a Complex Variable
Target groups
Lower undergraduate
Product category
Libro di testo introduttivo
Due December 2014
Due September 2014
Pubblicazione prevista per il mese di August 2014
(Astronomers’ Universe) Softcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 28,88 | € (A) 29,69 | sFr 34,50
7 approx.€ 26,99 | £23.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09371-0
2014. X, 70 p. 17 illus. (SpringerBriefs in History of
Science and Technology) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09398-7
2a ed. 2015. X, 258 pagg. 22 figg. (UNITEXT for
Physics) Cartonato
7 approx. *€ (D) 32,91 | € (A) 33,84 | sFr 41,00
7 approx.€ 30,76 | £27.99
ISBN 978-88-470-5683-1
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S. Cottam, National Astronomical Research Institute
of Thailand, , Thailand; W. Orchiston, National
Astronomical Research Institute, , Thailand
Eclipses, Transits, and Comets
of the Nineteenth Century
How America’s Perception of the Skies
Changed
Grabbing the attention of poets, politicians and
the general public alike, a series of spectacular
astronomical events in the late 1800s galvanized
Americans to take a greater interest in astronomy
than ever before.
Features
7 Explains how astronomical events, such as
comets, eclipses and planetary discoveries, in the
late nineteenth century made astronomy much
more popular with the general public and advancements in the science helped the United States
emerge as a scientific power 7 Demonstrates the
variety of means by which the non-professional
was educated in scientific topics in the pre-technological age 7 Documents the long history of
amateur astronomy in the US
Contents
Introduction.- Historical Overview- The United
States and Astronomy Until the 1860S.- Scientific Overview.- Popular Astronomy and the
Solar Eclipses of 1868, 1869 and 1878.- Popular
Astronomy and the Transits of Venus of 1874 and
1882.- Discussion.- Concluding Remarks.- References.
Physics
C. Esposito, University of Würzburg, Würzburg,
Germany
M. Esseling, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität,
Münster, Germany
Formality Theory
Photorefractive Optoelectronic
Tweezers and Their
Applications
From Poisson Structures to Deformation
Quantization
This book is a survey of the theory of formal
deformation quantization of Poisson manifolds,
in the formalism developed by Kontsevich. It
is intended as an educational introduction for
mathematical physicists who are dealing with the
subject for the first time. The main topics covered
are the theory of Poisson manifolds, star products
and their classification, deformations of associative algebras and the formality theorem. Readers
will also be familiarized with the relevant physical
motivations underlying the purely mathematical
construction.
Contents
Introduction.- Classical mechanics and Poisson
structures.- Deformation quantization and formality theory.- Kontsevich’s Formula and Globalization.- Appendix.- Vector bundles.- Cohomology.Index.
Fields of interest
Quantum Field Theories, String Theory; String
Theory Mathematical Physics; Functional Analysis
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
In the never-ending quest for miniaturization, optically controlled particle trapping has opened up
new possibilities for handling microscopic matter
non-invasively. This thesis presents the application
of photorefractive crystals as active substrate materials for optoelectronic tweezers. In these tweezers, flexible optical patterns are transformed into
electrical forces by a photoconductive material,
making it possible to handle matter with very high
forces and high throughput. Potential substrate
materials’ properties are investigated and ways to
tune their figures-of-merit are demonstrated.
Features
7 Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by
Westfälische Wilhelms University of Münster,
Germany 7 Details optofluidic applications of
lithium niobate 7 Presents coloured 2D electric
field and phase data maps
Contents
Introduction.- Electrokinetic Forces in Inhomogeneous Fields.- Electric Fields and Their Detection
in Photorefractive Crystals.- Investigation of
Photorefractive Substrate Materials.- OpticallyInduced Dielectrophoretic Particle Trapping.- Optofluidic Applications for POT.- Summary.- Appendices.
Fields of interest
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; History
of Science; History and Philosophical Foundations
of Physics
Fields of interest
Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and
Microfluidics; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices; Nanotechnology
Target groups
Research
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
2015. XX, 380 p. 238 illus., 83 in color. (Astrophysics
and Space Science Library, Volume 406) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08340-7
2015. X, 91 p. 4 illus. (SpringerBriefs in Mathematical
Physics, Volume 2) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09289-8
2015. XI, 125 p. 55 illus., 24 in color. (Springer Theses)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09317-8
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Physics
B. Falkenburg, TU Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany;
M. Morrison, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON,
Canada (Eds)
M. Fischetti, University of Texas at Dallas, Richadson,
TX, USA; S. Aboud, Stanford University, Stanford,
CA, USA
Why More Is Different
Advanced Physics of
Semiconductors
Philosophical Issues in Condensed Matter
Physics and Complex Systems
Features
7 A unique look at the surprisingly many philosophical questions pertinent to condensed matter
physics 7 Tackles the key issues of reduction,
emergence and reversibility as they relate to various condensed matter phenomena 7 Written by
experts from both physics and philosophy
Contents
Introduction (B. Falkenburg, M. Morrison).Reduction: On the Success and Limitations of
Reductionism in Physics (H. Meyer-Ortmanns).On the Relation between the Second Law of
Thermodynamics and Classical and Quantum
Mechanics (B. Drossel).- Dissipation in Quantum
Mechanical Systems - Where is the System and
Where is the Reservoir? (J. Ankerhold).- Explanation via Microreduction - One the Role of
Scale Separation for Quantitative Modelling (R.
Hillerbrand).- Emergence: Why is More Different?
(M. Morrison).- Autonomy and Scales (R. Battermann).- More is Different...Sometimes: Ising
Models, Emergence, and Undecidability (P. Humphreys).- Functional Reduction and Emergence (S.
Bangu).- Parts and Wholes:.- Stability, Energence
and Part-Whole Reduction (A. Hüttemann, R.
Kühm, O. Terzidis).- Between Rigor and Reality:
Many-Body Models in Condensed Matter Physics
(A. Gelfert).- How Do Quasi-Particles Exist? (B.
Falkenburg).- A Mechanistic Reading of Quantum
Laser Theory (M. Kuhlmann).
Fields of interest
Condensed Matter Physics; Philosophy of Science;
History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Electronic Properties and Transport
This textbook is aimed at second-year graduate
students in Physics, Electrical Engineering or
Materials Science. It presents a rigorous introduction to electronic transport in solids, especially
at the nanometer scale. Understanding electronic
transport in solids requires some basic knowledge
of Hamiltonian Classical Mechanics, Quantum
Mechanics, Condensed Matter Theory, and Statistical Mechanics.
Features
7 Comprehensive treatment of electronic
structure of and transport in solids including
nanostructures 7 Includes a historical perspective on the evolution of quantum theory and
how it has shaped our knowledge of electrons in
crystals 7 Rigorous mathematical development
is supplemented by numerical and computational methodologies which convey a practical
understanding of the challenges and successes
of using quantum mechanics for real world applications 7 Exercises for students, based on
homework problems assigned by the authors, and
suggested reading will be included
Contents
Part I A Brief Review of Classical and Quantum Mechanics.- Part II Crystals and Electronic
Properties of Solids.- Part III Second Quantization
and Elementary Excitations in Solids.- Part IV
Electron Scattering in Solids.- Part V Electronic
Transport.
Fields of interest
Semiconductors; Optical and Electronic Materials;
Electrical Engineering
M. Gasperini, Bari, Italy
Relatività Generale e Teoria
della Gravitazione
Features
7 Presenta e discute aspetti dell'interazione gravitazionale portati alla ribalta dai recenti risultati
teorici (modelli di gravita' in spazi multidimensionali) e dalle recentissime osservazioni sperimentali (misure di velocita' dei neutrini e misure della
polarizzazione della radiazione cosmica) 7 Contiene argomenti non inclusi nella maggioranza dei
testi dedicati alla relativita' generale 7 Contiene
anche nuovi, ulteriori esercizi rispetto all'edizione
precedente
Contents
Prefazione alla II edizione.- Prefazione.- Notazioni e convenzioni.- 1 Complementi di relatività
ristretta.- 2 Verso una teoria relativistica della
gravitazione.- 3 Calcolo tensoriale in una varietà
di Riemann.- 4 Equazioni di Maxwell e geometria
di Riemann.- 5 Corpi di prova e segnali nello
spazio-tempo di Riemann.- 6 Deviazione geodetica e tensore di curvatura.- 7 Equazioni di Einstein
per il campo gravitazionale.- 8 Approssimazione
di campo debole.- 9 Le onde gravitazionali.- 10 La
soluzione di Schwarzschild.- 11 La soluzione di
Kasner.- 12 Tetradi e connessione di Lorentz.- 13
Equazione di Dirac in un campo gravitazionale.14 Supersimmetria e supergravità.- Appendice A
Il linguaggio delle forme differenziali.- Appendice
B Gravità.- Bibliografia.- Indice analitico.
Fields of interest
Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity
Theory; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field
Theory; Astrophysics and Astroparticles
Target groups
Lower undergraduate
Product category
Libro di testo introduttivo
Target groups
Graduate
Product category
Due September 2014
Due November 2014
Pubblicazione prevista per il mese di October 2014
2015. 300 p. 40 illus. (The Frontiers Collection)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 74,89 | € (A) 76,99 | sFr 93,50
7€ 69,99 | £62.99
ISBN 978-3-662-43910-4
2015. 600 p. 165 illus., 15 in color. (Graduate Texts in
Physics) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 85,59 | € (A) 87,99 | sFr 107,50
7 approx.€ 79,99 | £73.00
ISBN 978-3-319-01100-4
2a ed. 2014. Approx. 380 pagg. (UNITEXT for Physics)
Cartonato
7 approx. *€ (D) 36,01 | € (A) 37,02 | sFr 45,00
7 approx.€ 33,65 | £30.99
ISBN 978-88-470-5689-3
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S. J. Hagen, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL,
USA (Ed)
The Physical Basis of Bacterial
Quorum Communication
Features
7 Analyzes bacterial quorum sensing from a
physical and mathematical perspective 7 Explores the role of spatiotemporal diffusion, regulatory dynamics, stochasticity and information in
quorum communication 7 Includes contributions from leading experimentalists, theoreticians,
engineers and modelers 7 Takes a physical
science and engineering approach to the subject,
but will appeal to anyone with a background in
physical biology
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Modeling
of Signal Transduction by The Quorum-Sensing
Pathway in the Vibrios.- Chapter 3. Stochastic
Effects in Quorum Sensing.- Chapter 4. Spatial
Structure of Microbes in Nature and the Biophysics of Cell-Cell Communication.- Chapter 5.
Functionality of Autoinducer Systems in Complex
Environments.- Chapter 6. Localization of Quorum Sensing by Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS): Considerations of in Situ Signaling.Chapter 7. Swimming in Information? Physics
Limits to Learning by Quorum Sensing.- Chapter
8. Interplay Between Sibling Bacterial Colonies.Chapter 9. Mathematical Insights Into the Role
of Feedback in Quorum-Sensing Architectures.Chapter 10. The Role of Biosurfactants in Bacterial Systems.- Chapter 11. Ecology of a Simple
Synthetic Biofilm.- Chapter 12. Engineering Cellto-Cell Communication To Explore Fundamental
Questions in Ecology and Evolution.
Fields of interest
Biophysics and Biological Physics; Mathematical
and Computational Biology; Bacteriology: Biological Networks, Systems Biology; Gene Expression
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Physics
T. Hehn, Institut für Mikro- und Informationstech
(HSG-IMIT), Freiburg, Germany; Y. Manoli, University
of Freiburg IMTEK, Freiburg, Germany
J.‑P. Huang, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
CMOS Circuits for Piezoelectric
Energy Harvesters
Properties and Mechanisms of Laboratory
Markets
Efficient Power Extraction, Interface
Modeling and Loss Analysis
This book deals with the challenge of exploiting
ambient vibrational energy which can be used to
power small and low-power electronic devices, e.g.
wireless sensor nodes. Generally, particularly for
low voltage amplitudes, low-loss rectification is
required to achieve high conversion efficiency.
Features
7 Includes a guide of how to extract model
parameters for given piezoelectric harvester 7 Helps integrated circuit designers to
develop their own chips for energy harvesters 7 Presented circuit concepts can be re-used
since dimensions of all devices are given 7 Detailed theoretical and analytical analysis of chip
losses helps achieving high efficiency 7 Gives
hints of how to characterize the fabricated chip in
combination with the real harvester
Contents
1 Introduction.- 2 Piezoelectricity and Energy
Harvester Modelling.- 3 Analysis of Different Interface Circuits.- 4 Theory of the Proposed PSCE
Circuit.- 5 Implementation of the PSCE Circuit on
Transistor Level.- 6 Performance Analysis of the
PSCE Chip.- 7 Conclusions and Outlook. References.- Appendix A Mathematical Calculations.A.1 Solution of the Linear Differential Equation
Systems.- A.2 Flux Property.- A.3 Trigonometric
Relations.- A.4 Numerical Calculation.
Fields of interest
Electronic Circuits and Devices; Energy Harvesting; Circuits and Systems
Experimental Econophysics
Features
7 Covers the basic concepts, experimental
methods, and modelling approaches of econophysics 7 Presents the latest progress in the
field of econophysics 7 Introduces experimental
econophysics with a focus on controlled human
experiments 7 Serves as both a reference work
for senior researchers and a study text for graduate
students
Contents
Introduction.- Fundamentals.- Stylized facts:
Scaling Law and Clustering Behavior.- Fluctuation Phenomena: Leverage Could be Positive and
Negative.- Herd Behavior: Beyond the Known
Ruinous Role.- Contrarian Behavior: Beyond the
Known Helpful Role.- Hedge Behavior: Statistical
Equivalence of Different Systems.- Cooperation:
Spontaneous Emergence of the Invisible Hand.Business Cycles: Competition between Suppliers
and Consumers.- Partial Information: Equivalent
to Complete Information.- Risk Management: Unusual Risk-Return Relationship.- Prediction: Pure
Technical Analysis Might not Work Satisfactorily.Summary and outlook.- Appendix.
Fields of interest
Socio- and Econophysics, Population and Evolutionary Models; Game Theory/Mathematical
Methods; Game Theory, Economics, Social and
Behav. Sciences
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
Due August 2014
2015. VI, 296 p. 75 illus., 47 in color. (Biological and
Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1401-2
2015. XVII, 204 p. 137 illus. (Springer Series in
Advanced Microelectronics, Volume 38) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9287-5
2015. XV, 192 p. 75 illus., 35 in color. (New Economic
Windows) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 90,94 | € (A) 93,49 | sFr 113,50
7€ 84,99 | £76.50
ISBN 978-3-662-44233-3
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Physics
V. Igochine, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik,
Garching, Germany (Ed)
J. Karschau, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of
Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany
Active Control of Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities in
Hot Plasmas
Mathematical Modelling of
Chromosome Replication and
Replicative Stress
During the past century, world-wide energy consumption has risen dramatically, which leads to a
quest for new energy sources. Fusion of hydrogen
atoms in hot plasmas is an attractive approach
to solve the energy problem, with abundant fuel,
inherent safety and no long-lived radioactivity.
However, one of the limits on plasma performance
is due to the various classes of magneto-hydrodynamic instabilities that may occur. The physics
and control of these instabilities in modern
magnetic confinement fusion devices is the subject
of this book. Written by foremost experts, the
contributions will provide valuable reference and
up-to-date research reviews for “old hands” and
newcomers alike.
DNA replication is arguably the most crucial
process at work in living cells. It is the mechanism
by which organisms pass their genetic information from one generation to the next and life on
Earth would be unthinkable without it. Despite
the discovery of DNA structure in the 1950s,
the mechanism of its replication remains rather
elusive. This work makes important contributions
to this line of research. In particular, it addresses
two key questions in the area of DNA replication:
which evolutionary forces drive the positioning of
replication origins in the chromosome and how
is the spatial organization of replication factories
achieved inside the nucleus of a cell?. A cross-disciplinary approach uniting physics and biology is
at the heart of this research. Along with experimental support, statistical physics theory produces
optimal origin positions and provides a model for
replication fork assembly in yeast.
Features
7 Written and edited by leading plasma physics
researchers 7 Provides a toolkit for scientists and
engineers aiming to optimize plasma performance 7 Comprehensive treatment of different
instability modes
Contents
Operation Space of Tokamaks and Stellarators.Sawtooth Instability.- Edge Localized Modes
(ELMs).- Resistive Wall Modes (RWMs).- Neoclassical Tearing Modes (NTM).- Disruptions.- Fast Particle Driven Instabilities.- Integrated Control of the Instabilities in Future Devices.
Fields of interest
Plasma Physics; Energy Technology; Magnetism,
Magnetic Materials
Features
the University of Aberdeen, UK 7 May contribute to resolving the random completion problem
in biology 7 Comprehensive introduction on
DNA replication as well as DNA replication modelling suitable also for non-biologists
Contents
Introduction.- Optimal Origin Placement for
Minimal Replication Time.- Actively Replicating
Domains Randomly Associate into Replication
Factories.- Summary and Conclusions.
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Physics of the Cell; Statistical Physics, Dynamical
Systems and Complexity; Nucleic Acid Chemistry
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due August 2014
Available
2015. XI, 454 p. 153 illus. (Springer Series on Atomic,
Optical, and Plasma Physics, Volume 83) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44221-0
2015. XIII, 76 p. 57 illus., 9 in color. (Springer Theses)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08860-0
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9<HTODMJ=ai ga > K. Kido, Yokohama-shi, Japan
Digital Fourier Analysis
This set collects the fundamental and advanced
techniques outlined in both volumes. Beginning
with the principles of sine/cosine decomposition,
the reader walks through the principles of discrete
Fourier analysis before reaching the cornerstone of
signal processing: the Fast Fourier Transform. The
second volume covers advanced topics including
the Hilbert transform, cepstrum analysis, and the
two-dimensional Fourier transform. Saturated
with clear, coherent illustrations, Digital Fourier
Analysis includes practice problems and thorough
Appendices for the advanced reader. As a special
feature, interactive applets (available online) that
mirror the illustrations are included.
Features
7 Covers the basic theory of the discrete and
Fast Fourier transform and shows how they are
implemented, using clear explanations and a large
number of step-by-step illustrations 7 Interactive animated applets, freely available online,
richly illustrate the book and allow the reader
to explore the subject dynamically 7 Practice
problems are included at the end of each chapter 7 A large number of Appendices provide
more detailed derivations and explanations for the
interested reader
Contents
Book 1.- Preface.- Sine and Cosine Waves.- Fourier Series Expansion.- Numerical (sampled)
Waveforms.- Discrete Fourier transform
(DFT).- Fast Fourier transform (FFT).- DFT and
spectrum.- Time window.- Appendices.- Book
2.- Convolution.- Correlation function.- Crossspectrum method.- Cepstrum analysis.- Hilbert
transform.- 2-D transform.- Appendices.
Fields of interest
Mathematical Methods in Physics; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering;
Numeric Computing
Target groups
Upper undergraduate
Product category
Due October 2014
2014. XXVI, 381 p. (2-volume-set)
7 *€ (D) 80,24 | € (A) 82,49 | sFr 100,00
7€ 74,99 | £67.99
ISBN 978-1-4939-1521-7
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U. Klein, Argelander-Institut für Astronomie,
Bonn, Germany; A. Fletcher, Newcastle University,
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Galactic and Intergalactic
Magnetic Fields
This course-tested textbook conveys the fundamentals of magnetic fields and relativistic plasma
in diffuse cosmic media, with a primary focus on
phenomena that have been observed at different
wavelengths. Theoretical concepts are addressed
wherever necessary, with derivations presented in
sufficient detail to be generally accessible. In the
first few chapters the authors present an introduction to various astrophysical phenomena related
to cosmic magnetism, with scales ranging from
molecular clouds in star-forming regions and
supernova remnants in the Milky Way, to clusters
of galaxies. Later chapters address the role of
magnetic fields in the evolution of the interstellar
medium, galaxies and galaxy clusters. The book is
intended for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in astronomy and physics and
will serve as an entry point for those starting their
first research projects in the field.
Features
7 Conveys the fundamentals of magnetic fields
and relativistic plasma in diffuse cosmic media 7 Addresses theoretical concepts wherever
necessary 7 Discusses the role of magnetic fields
in the evolution of the interstellar medium, galaxies and galaxy clusters
Contents
Introduction.- Continuum radiation processes.Observational diagnostics.- Magnetic Fields in the
Milky Way.- Magnetic fields in external galaxies.The galactic dynamo.- Magnetic fields in AGN.Intergalactic magnetic fields.
Fields of interest
Astrophysics and Astroparticles; Plasma Physics;
Cosmology
Target groups
Upper undergraduate
Product category
Monograph
Physics
D. Maurath, Y. Manoli, University of Freiburg IMTEK,
Freiburg, Germany
CMOS Circuits for
Electromagnetic Vibration
Transducers
Interfaces for Ultra-Low Voltage Energy
Harvesting
Chip-integrated power management solutions are
a must for ultra-low power systems. This enables
not only the optimization of innovative sensor
applications. It is also essential for integration
and miniaturization of energy harvesting supply
strategies of portable and autonomous monitoring
systems.
Features
7 Three comprehensive parts - the book addresses interfaces for energy harvesting, which are
the key element to connect the micro transducers
with energy storage 7 The book addresses all
aspects from transducer mechanics, fundamental circuit and control design, prototyping and
testing, up to sensor system supply and applications. 7 Two special chapters on analog circuit
design - it discusses widely analog circuit design
with bulk-driven transistors – it studies benefits
and obstacles, and examples
Contents
Foreword.- Part I Introduction.- Self-sustainable
sensor supply: Motive / Application Fields /
Vision.- Basic Transducer Interfacing Concepts.Part II CMOS Analog Circuit Fundamentals and
Functional Blocks.- Low-Voltage CMOS Design
Fundamentals.- Part III CMOS Chips and Experiments.- Low-Voltage Rectification of High-resistive Sources.
Fields of interest
Electronic Circuits and Devices; Energy Harvesting; Circuits and Systems
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
L. Miroshnichenko, IZMIRAN, Moscow, Russia
Solar Cosmic Rays
Fundamentals and Applications
Presents a comprehensive approach to the open
questions in solar cosmic ray research and includes consistent and detailed considerations of
conceptual, observational, theoretical, experimental and applied aspects of the field. The results of
solar cosmic ray (SCR) investigations from 1942 to
the present are summarized in this book.
Features
7 Presents a comprehensive approach to the open
questions in solar cosmic ray research 7 Includes
consistent and detailed considerations of conceptual, observational, theoretical, experimental and
applied aspects of the field 7 Second edition provides a large amount of updates with new figures
and references, as well as several new sections on
GLEs and radiation hazards
Contents
Solar Cosmic Rays - Object and Tool for Space
Research.- Observational Features and Databases
of Solar Cosmic Rays.- Energetic Particles and
High-Energy Solar Phenomena.- Solar Cosmic
Rays at High Energies.- Particle Acceleration at
the Sun.- Nuclear Interactions of Accelerated
Particles at the Sun.- Acceleration and Release
of Energetic Particles from the Corona.- Solar
Cosmic Rays in the Interplanetary Space.- Spectrum of Solar Cosmic Rays near the Earth.- Solar
Cosmic Rays in the Geosphere.- Energetic Solar
Particles and Radiation Hazard in Space.- Summary and Conclusions: Problems and Prospects.References.- Acronyms.
Fields of interest
Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences; Particle
and Nuclear Physics; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
Due October 2014
2015. 209 p. 60 illus. (Springer Praxis Books)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08941-6
2014. 250 p. 155 illus., 61 in color. (Springer Series in
Advanced Microelectronics, Volume 49) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9271-4
9<HTODMJ=aijebg> 9<HTUELB=hjchbe> 2nd ed. 2015. LXXVIII, 500 p. 162 illus., 16 in color.
(Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Volume
405) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 181,89 | € (A) 186,99 | sFr 226,50
7€ 169,99 | £153.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09428-1
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Physics
S. J. Murphy, University of Sydney, Redfern, NSW,
Australia
T. Numai, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shigaken, Japan
Investigating the A-Type Stars
Using Kepler Data
Fundamentals of
Semiconductor Lasers
Simon Murphy’s thesis has significant impact on
the wide use of the revolutionary Kepler Mission
data, leading to a new understanding in stellar astrophysics. It first provides a deep characterisation
and comparison of the Kepler long cadence and
short cadence data, with particular insight into the
Kepler reduction pipeline. It then brings together
modern reviews of rotation and peculiarities in Atype stars, and their relationship with the pulsating
delta Scuti stars. This is the first combined review
of these subjects since the classic monograph by
Sydney Wolff, “The A stars,” was published three
decades ago. The thesis presents a novel technique,
Super-Nyquist Asteroseismology, that has opened
up the asteroseismic study of thousands of Kepler
stars. It shows case studies of delta Scuti stars
examining amplitude growth, super-Nyquist pulsation, and pulsation in a high-amplitude, population II SX Phoenicis star in a 343-d binary. This
work informs our understanding of the relation
of rotation to peculiarity, hence has applications
to atomic diffusion theory. This is a brilliant thesis
written in an elegant and engaging style.
This book explains physics under the operating
principles of semiconductor lasers in detail based
on the experience of the author, dealing with the
first manufacturing of phase-shifted DFB-LDs and
recent research on transverse modes. The book
also bridges a wide gap between journal papers
and textbooks, requiring only an undergraduatelevel knowledge of electromagnetism and quantum mechanics, and helps readers to understand
journal papers where definitions of some technical
terms vary, depending on the paper. Two definitions of the photon density in the rate equations
and two definitions of the phase-shift in the phaseshifted DFB-LD are explained, and differences in
the calculated results are indicated, depending on
the definitions.
Features
the University of Central Lancashire, UK 7 Presents the first comprehensive review of A stars in
three decades 7 Demonstrates novel techniques
for asteroseismology as applied to the revolutionary Kepler data 7 Guides the reader through
various classes of peculiar stars with insightful
reviews of the literature 7 Includes the most
detailed investigations ever, of a pulsating Am star
and of an SX Phe star
Features
7 Explains the physics and fundamental characteristics of semiconductor lasers with regard
to systems applications 7 Requires only an
undergraduate knowledge of electromagnetism
and quantum mechanics 7 Explains control of
the longitudinal and transverse (lateral) modes
of semiconductor lasers 7 Bridges the large
gap between journal papers and undergraduate
textbooks
Contents
Band Structures.- Optical Transitions.- Optical
Waveguides.- Optical Resonators.- Fundamentals
of Semiconductor Lasers.- Dynamic Single-Mode
LDs.- Quantum Well LDs.- Control of Spontaneous Emission.
K. P. Ghatak, National Institute of Technology,
Agartala, India; S. Bhattacharya, Shiv Nagar
University, Noida, India
Heavily-Doped 2D-Quantized
Structures and the Einstein
Relation
This book presents the Einstein Relation(ER)
in two-dimensional (2-D) Heavily Doped (HD)
Quantized Structures. The materials considered
are quantized structures of HD non-linear optical, III-V, II-VI, Ge, Te, Platinum Antimonide,
stressed materials, GaP, Gallium Antimonide, II-V,
Bismuth Telluride together with various types of
HD superlattices and their Quantized counterparts respectively. The ER in HD opto-electronic
materials and their nanostructures is studied in
the presence of strong light waves and intense
electric fields on the basis of newly formulated
electron dispersion laws that control the studies of
such quantum effect devices.
Features
7 Describes measurements of band gap in optoelectronic nanodevices under intense electric field
and strong external photo excitation 7 Presents
100 open research problems 7 Covers a wide
range of different technologically important electronic compounds in detail
Contents
From the Contents: The ER in Quantum Wells
(QWs) of Heavily Doped(HD) Non-Parabolic
Semiconductors.- The ER in NIPI Structures of
HD Non-Parabolic Semiconductors.- The ER in
Accumulation Layers of HD Non-Parabolic Semiconductors.- Suggestion for Experimental Determinations of 2D and 3D ERs and few Related
Applications.- Conclusion and Scope for Future.
Fields of interest
Astrophysics and Astroparticles; Astronomy,
Observations and Techniques
Fields of interest
Laser Technology, Photonics; Optical and Electronic Materials; Microwaves, RF and Optical
Engineering
Target groups
Research
Target groups
Graduate
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Monograph
Due October 2014
Due August 2014
Due August 2014
2014. 301 p. 121 illus., 73 in color. (Springer Theses)
Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09416-8
2nd ed. 2015. XIV, 289 p. 193 illus. (Springer Series in
Optical Sciences, Volume 93) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-4-431-55147-8
2015. XL, 347 p. 58 illus. (Springer Tracts in Modern
Physics, Volume 260) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 160,49 | € (A) 164,99 | sFr 200,00
7€ 149,99 | £135.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08379-7
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Solid State Physics; Nanotechnology and Microengineering; Optical and Electronic Materials
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
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Physics
M. Rieutord, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse,
France
A. Romano, A. Marasco, University of Naples
Federico II, Naples, Italy
Fluid Dynamics
Continuum Mechanics using
Mathematica®
An Introduction
This book is dedicated to readers who want to
learn fluid dynamics from the beginning. It assumes a basic level of mathematics knowledge that
would correspond to that of most second-year
undergraduate physics students and examines
fluid dynamics from a physicist’s perspective. As
such, the examples used primarily come from our
environment on Earth and, where possible, from
astrophysics. The text is arranged in a progressive
and educational format, aimed at leading readers
from the simplest basics to more complex matters
like turbulence and magnetohydrodynamics.
Exercises at the end of each chapter help readers to
test their understanding of the subject (solutions
are provided at the end of the book), and a special
chapter is devoted to introducing selected aspects
of mathematics that beginners may not be familiar
with, so as to make the book self-contained.
Features
7 Does not assume any previous knowledge
in fluid mechanics 7 Provides a step-by-step
progression into the subject 7 Offers basic
mathematics which is often required for beginners 7 Numerous step-by-step tutorials help
the reader to learn quickly 7 Offers problems
and solutions 7 Illustrates the text with many
examples from astrophysics 7 With an introduction to magnetohydrodynamics and to kinetic gas
theory
Fields of interest
Fluid- and Aerodynamics; Astrophysics and Astroparticles; Engineering Fluid Dynamics
I. V. Shadrivov, The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT, Australia; M. Lapine, University
of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Y. S. Kivshar,
The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT,
Australia (Eds)
Fundamentals, Methods, and Applications
This textbook’s methodological approach familiarizes readers with the mathematical tools required
to correctly define and solve problems in continuum mechanics.
Features
7 Strikes a balance between fundamentals and
applications 7 Requisite mathematical background carefully collected in two introductory
chapters and two appendices 7 Readers gain the
mathematical tools to effectively solve problems
in continuum mechanics 7 Interdisciplinary applications will appeal to a broad range of students
and professionals 7 Includes significant applications to areas such as porous media, electromagnetic fields and phase transitions
Contents
1. Elements of Linear Algebra.- 2. Vector Analysis.- 3. Finite and Infinitesimal Deformations.- 4.
Kinematics.- 5. Balance Equations.- 6. Constitutive Equations.- 7. Symmetry Groups: Solids and
Fluids.- Wave Propagation.- 8. Fluid Mechanics.- 9. Linear Elasticity.- 10. Other Approaches
to Thermodynamics.- 11. Fluid Dynamics and
Meteorology.- 12. Fluid Dynamics and Ship Motion.- Appendix. A Brief Introduction to Weak
Solutions.- Index.
Fields of interest
Mechanics; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics
of Materials; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Target groups
Graduate
Target groups
Graduate
Product category
Product category
Nonlinear, Tunable and Active
Metamaterials
Metamaterials, artificial electromagnetic media
achieved by structuring on the subwave-lengthscale were initially suggested for the negative
index and superlensing. They became a paradigm
for engineering electromagnetic space and controlling propagation of waves.
Features
7 Offers a first review of the progress in the
emerging field of tunable and nonlinear metamaterials 7 Covers electromagnetic metamaterials, ranging from microwaves and THz, to
optics 7 Presents both conceptual advances and
experimental demonstrations, making the first
step towards metadevices 7 Includes contributions by all major players and groups in the field
Contents
Nonlinear Metamaterials.- Quantum Metamaterials.- Nonlinear and Tunable Left‐Handed
Transmission Line Metamaterials.- Nonlinear Optics with Backward Waves.- Tailoring Nonlinear
Interactions in Metamaterials.- Intrinsic Localization, Nonlinear Transmission and Multistability in
SQUID‐based Metamaterials- Nonlinear Forward‐
Backward Waves in Artificial Materials.- Optimization Strategies for Secondorder Nonlinear
Metamaterials.- Parametric Amplification of
Magneto-inductive Waves.- Electro‐optical Tuning of the Electromagnetic Response of Metamaterials.- Micromachined Tunable Metamaterials.
Fields of interest
Semiconductors; Optical and Electronic Materials;
Structural Materials
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due October 2014
2014. 395 p. 117 illus., 7 in color. (Graduate Texts in
Physics) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 80,24 | € (A) 82,49 | sFr 100,00
7 approx.€ 74,99 | £67.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09350-5
9<HTODMJ=ajdfaf> 2nd ed. 2014. XII, 495 p. 88 illus., 1 in color.
(Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering
and Technology) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 74,89 | € (A) 76,99 | sFr 93,50
7€ 69,99 | £62.99
ISBN 978-1-4939-1603-0
9<HTMEUD=jbgada> Due August 2014
Series in Materials Science, Volume 200) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08385-8
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Physics
S. Shiraishi, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
W. Simpson, The Weizmann Institute of Science,
Rehovot, Israel
Investigation of Staged LaserPlasma Acceleration
Surprises in Theoretical Casimir
Physics
This thesis establishes an exciting new beginning
for Laser Plasma Accelerators (LPAs) to further
develop toward the next generation of compact
high energy accelerators. Design, installation and
commissioning of a new experimental setup at
LBNL played an important role and are detailed
through three critical components: e-beam production, reflection of laser pulses with a plasma
mirror and large wake excitation below electron
injection threshold. Pulses from a 40 TW peak
power laser system were split into a 25 TW pulse
and a 15 TW pulse. The first pulse was used for
e-beam production in the first module and the
second pulse was used for wake excitation in the
second module to post-accelerate the e-beam. As
a result, reliable e-beam production and efficient
wake excitation necessary for the staged acceleration were independently demonstrated. These
experiments have laid the foundation for future
staging experiments at the 40 TW peak power
level.
Quantum Forces in Inhomogeneous Media
Despite more than half a century of theoretical
work, the Casimir effect is still not as fully understood as some suppose. In this treatise, the author
uncovers new puzzles and paradoxes concerning
this mysterious phenomenon. In particular, he
clearly demonstrates that the most sophisticated
theories fail when confronted with dielectrics
in which the refractive index is not uniform but
gradually changes.
Features
the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel 7 Presents compelling evidence of unresolved
problems in the theory of Casimir forces 7 An
interdisciplinary treatise applying techniques from
Transformation Optics 7 Opens up new vistas
for research in Casimir Physics
Features
7 Nominated by the University of Chicago, USA,
as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis 7 Establishes the
groundwork for the next generation of compact
high energy accelerators 7 Presents new research
to support future development of Laser Plasma
Accelerators
Contents
General Introduction.- Laser-Plasma Accelerators.- Staged Laser-Plasma Accelerator: Introduction.- Injection Module.- Plasma Mirror.- Acceleration Module.- Summary and Conclusions.
Fields of interest
Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics; Quantum Gases and Condensates; Laser
Technology, Photonics
Target groups
Research
Contents
Part I Foundations of Casimir Theory.- Casimir’s
Calculation.- Macroscopic Quantum Electrodynamics.- The Quantum Nature of the Casimir
Force.- Part II Surprises in Casimir Theory.- The
Cut-off-dependence of the Casimir Force.- The
Divergence of the Casimir Stress.- Part III Conundrums in Casimir Theory.- The Casimir Force in
a `Compressive’ Medium.- The Casimir Force in
Maxwell’s Fish-Eye.- Outlook.- Appendices.
Fields of interest
Quantum Field Theories, String Theory; Optics
and Electrodynamics; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
Y. Tachikawa, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
N=2 Supersymmetric Dynamics
for Pedestrians
Understanding the dynamics of gauge theories is
crucial, given the fact that all known interactions
are based on the principle of local gauge symmetry. Beyond the perturbative regime, however,
this is a notoriously difficult problem. Requiring
invariance under supersymmetry turns out to be a
suitable tool for analyzing supersymmetric gauge
theories over a larger region of the space of parameters. Supersymmetric quantum field theories
in four dimensions with extended N=2 supersymmetry are further constrained and have therefore
been a fertile field of research in theoretical physics for quite some time.
Features
7 Authored by a leading researcher in the
field 7 Modern primer on the subject at the
graduate level 7 Course-based, concise and selfcontained
Contents
Introduction.- Electromagnetic Duality and
monopoles.- N=2 Multiplets and Lagrangians.Renormalization and Anomaly.- Seiberg-Witten
Solution to Pure SU(2) Theory.- SU(2) Theory
With one Flavor.- Curves and 6d N=2;0) theory.Higgs Brances and Hyperkähler Manifolds.- SU
(2) Theory With 2 and 3 Flavors.- SU (2) Theory
With 4 Flavors and Gaiotto`s Duality.- ArgyresDouglas CFTs.- Theories With Other Simple
Gauge Groups.- Argyres-Seiberg-Gaiotto Duality
for SU (N) Theory.- Conclusions and Further
Directions.- Prepotential and the Instanton Computation.- The Zoo of N=2 Theories.
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Quantum Field Theories, String Theory; Mathematical Physics; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Graduate
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Jointly published with Hindustan Book Agency, New
Delhi, India
Due July 2014
Due September 2014
No distribution rights for India
2015. XVII, 121 p. 71 illus., 66 in color. (Springer
Theses) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08568-5
Theses) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09314-7
2015. X, 256 p. 122 illus. (Lecture Notes in Physics,
Volume 890) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 48,14 | € (A) 49,49 | sFr 60,00
7€ 44,99 | £40.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08821-1
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Physics
S. R. Waitukaitis, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL,
USA
J. Westfall, Antioch, CA, USA; W. Sheehan, Willmar,
MN, USA
Impact-Activated Solidification
of Cornstarch and Water
Suspensions
Celestial Shadows
This thesis approaches impact resistance in dense
suspensions from a new perspective. The most
well-known example of dense suspensions, a
mixture of cornstarch and water, provides enough
impact resistance to allow a person to run across
its surface. In the past, this phenomenon had been
linked to “shear thickening” under a steady shear
state attributed to hydrodynamic interactions
or granular dilation. However, neither explanation accounted for the stress scales required for a
person to run on the surface.
Features
7 Nominated by the University of Chicago,
USA, as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis 7 Provides
evidence that the impact response of dense
suspensions is caused by dynamic jamming
fronts 7 Presents a new perspective on impactdriven solidification in dense suspensions through
a mixture of cornstarch and water
Contents
Introduction.- Freely Accelerating Impact into
Cornstarch and Water Suspensions.- Dynamic
Jamming Fronts in a Model 2D System.- SpeedControlled Impact into Cornstarch and Water
Suspensions.- Results and Conclusions.- A: Penetration Regime in Freely Accelerating Impact.- B:
Details of X-Ray Experiments.- C: Detailed Discussion of Added Mass.- D: “Viscous” Model for
Impact.- E: Cornstarch Particle Modulus.- F: 1D
Model of Particles Immersed in a Viscous Liquid.
Fields of interest
Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and
Microfluidics; Fluid- and Aerodynamics; Spectroscopy and Microscopy
Target groups
Research
Eclipses, Transits, and Occultations
Much of what we know about the universe comes
from the study of celestial shadows.
Features
7 Describes how eclipses, transits and occultations are all interrelated and what we can learn
from them 7 Relates the important discoveries
made by observers of these events, ranging from
evidence of satellites and asteroids, the dimensions
of asteroids, unsuspected rings of planets, the
structure of planetary atmospheres and the discovery and makeup of extra solar planets 7 Provides
vital information about when and where in the sky
to observe eclipse events with either the naked eye,
telescopes or binoculars. Also gives guidance on
how to observe these phenomena
Contents
Preface.- Part I. The Diversity of Eclipse Events.Eclipse Phenomena.- The Waltz of the Planets.The Performers.- Part II. A Transit Chronicle.- The
Beginnings.- Scaling the Heavens.- A Century
of Progress and Disappointment - and Completion.- Our Own Venus Transit - The June Flowers
of 2004.- Part III. 2012 - Our Last Chance for
a Venus Transit.- The 2012 Event.- Observing
the 2012 Transit.- Mercury also Transits the
Sun.- Transits Galore.- The Splendor of a Solar
Eclipse.- The Beauty of a Lunar Eclipse.- Planetary
Satellites.- Occultations - When Blocking the View
is Helpful.- Appendices.- References.- Index.
Fields of interest
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Popular
Science in Astronomy;
Target groups
Popular/general
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Monograph
Due December 2014
Due August 2014
Theses) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09182-2
9<HTODMJ=ajbic > 2014. Approx. 500 p. 238 illus., 11 in color.
(Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Volume
410) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 181,89 | € (A) 186,99 | sFr 226,00
7 approx.€ 169,99 | £153.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1534-7
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Materials Science
P. Baglioni, D. Chelazzi, R. Giorgi, University of
Florence, Florence, Italy
Compendium of
Nanoapplications for
Conservators
This compendium deals with applications of novel
nanotechnology for the preservation of several
artistic substrates. Both the principles and practical usage of different innovative nanomaterials
are presented and applications are discussed for
different classes of common movable and immovable artistic substrates. The compendium contents
are structured as follows: first, an overview is provided about the main “nanotools” that have been
developed in the last three decades (dispersions
of nanoparticles, micellar solutions, microemulsions and gels), explaining their main features and
feasibility.
Features
7 First book on the applications of nano technologies to conservation of cultural heritage materials 7 Offers conservators a practical guide to
get updated with the latest techniques 7 Benefits
from a close cooperation between scientists and
conservators
Contents
Innovative nanomaterials: principles, availability
and scopes.- Wall paintings and stones: degradation, cleaning and consolidation.- Easel paintings:
degradation and cleaning.- Paper and wood:
degradation, cleaning and deacidification.- Canvas
and textiles: degradation, cleaning and deacidification.
Fields of interest
Nanotechnology; Archaeology; Measurement Science and Instrumentation
Target groups
Research
M. Borzenkov, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan,
Italy; O. Hevus, Lviv Polytechnic National University,
Lviv, Ukraine
J.‑Y. Fan, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189,
China; P. K.‑H. Chu, City University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong, China
Surface Active Monomers
Silicon Carbide Nanostructures
Synthesis, Properties, and Application
Fabrication, Structure, and Properties
This brief includes information on the background of and development of synthesis of various
types of surface active monomers. The authors
explain the importance of utilization of surface
active monomers for creation of surface active
polymers and the various biomedical applications of such compounds . This brief introduces
techniques for the synthesis of novel types of
surface active monomers, their colloidal and polymerizable properties and application for needs
of medicine and biology.
This book brings together the most up-to-date
information on the fabrication techniques, properties, and potential applications of low dimensional
silicon carbide (SiC) nanostructures such as
nanocrystallites, nanowires, nanotubes, and nanostructured films. It also summarizes the tremendous achievements acquired during the past three
decades involving structural, electronic, and optical properties of bulk silicon carbide crystals. SiC
nanostructures exhibit a range of fascinating and
industrially important properties, such as diverse
polytypes, stability of interband and defect-related
green to blue luminescence, inertness to chemical
surroundings, and good biocompatibility.
Features
7 Presents novel approaches and techniques for
synthesis of surface active monomers 7 Includes
up to date information on the chemistry of various
types of surface active monomers 7 Explains
the importance of utilization of surface active
monomer compounds for synthesis of polymers
for biomedical application
Contents
Introduction.- Synthesis of surface active monomers.- Colloidal properties of surface active
monomers.- Polymerization behavior of surface
active monomers.- Application of surface active
monomers and polymers containing links of
surface active monomers.- Conclusions.
Fields of interest
Biomaterials; Polymer Sciences; Molecular Medicine
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Product category
Monograph
Due November 2014
7 approx. *€ (D) 74,85 | € (A) 76,95 | sFr 93,50
7 approx.€ 69,95 | £62.99
ISBN 978-94-017-9302-5
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Features
7 Summarizes recent achievements involving structural, electronic, and optical properties of bulk silicon carbide crystals 7 Brings
together the most up-to-date information in the
field 7 Provides a unique reference book for
researchers and graduate students in this emerging
field
Contents
Introduction.- General Properties of Bulk SiC.Porous SiC.- Separate SiC Nanoparticles.- SiC
Nanowires.- SiC Nanotubes.- SiC Nanostructured
Films.- Biological Applications
Fields of interest
Nanotechnology; Continuum Mechanics and
Mechanics of Materials; Optical and Electronic
Materials
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due July 2014
Due August 2014
2014. XV, 67 p. 39 illus., 1 in color. (SpringerBriefs in
Materials) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08445-9
2014. IX, 328 p. 355 illus. (Engineering Materials and
Processes) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08725-2
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Materials Science
S. K. Kulkarni, Indian Institute of Science Education
and Research, Pune, India
Nanotechnology: Principles and
Practices
Given the rapid advances in the field, this book
offers an up-to-date introduction to nanomaterials and nanotechnology. Though condensed into
a relatively small volume, it spans the whole range
of multidisciplinary topics related to nanotechnology.
Features
7 A comprehensive and up-to-date textbook on
nanomaterials and nanotechnologies 7 Strikes
the right balance in presenting syntheses,
materials, analytical techniques and applications 7 Covers the physical, chemical and biological properties of nanomaterials 7 Introduces
novel materials, including graphene and metamaterials 7 Enriched with many useful illustrations 7 Includes six useful appendices
Contents
Dedication.- Preface to the Third Edition.- Preface to the Second Edition.- Preface to the First
Edition.- 1 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics.- 2 Structure and Bonding.- 3 Synthesis of
Nanomaterials I (Physical Methods).- 4 Synthesis
of Nanomaterials II (Chemical Methods).- 5
Synthesis of Nanomaterials III (Biological Methods).- 6 Self Assembly.- 7 Analysis Techniques.- 8
Types of Nanomaterials and Their Properties.- 9
Nanolithography.- 10 Nano electronics.- 11 Some
Special Nanomaterials.- 12 Applications.- 13
Nanotechnology and Environment.- 14 Practicals.- Appendix I.- Appendix II.- Appendix III.Appendix IV.- Appendix V.- Appendix VI.- Index.
A. Nazarov, Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor
Physics, Kyiv, Ukraine; B. Francis, IMEP-LAHC,
Grenoble, France; K. Valeriya, D. Flandre, Université
catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
(Eds)
Functional Nanomaterials and
Devices for Electronics, Sensors
and Energy Harvesting
This book contains reviews of recent experimental
and theoretical results related to nanomaterials. It focuses on novel functional materials and
nanostructures in combination with silicon on
insulator (SOI) devices, as well as on the physics of
new devices and sensors, nanostructured materials
and nano scaled device characterization. Special
attention is paid to fabrication and properties of
modern low-power, high-performance, miniaturized, portable sensors in a wide range of applications such as telecommunications, radiation
control, biomedical instrumentation and chemical
analysis.
Features
7 Contains review articles written by experts
from leading European universities, institutions
and industrial companies 7 Presents a complete
overview of fabrication of sensors 7 Explores
new approaches to fabricate modern microelectronic products
M. S. Salit, Department of Mechanical and
Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Putra
Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Tropical Natural Fibre
Composites
Properties, Manufacture and Applications
This book covers the different aspects of tropical
natural fibre composites in areas such as properties, design and analysis, manufacturing techniques, material selection of kenaf, oil palm, sugar
palm, pineapple leaf, coconut, sugarcane and banana based fibre composites. Important properties
such as mechanical and thermal of natural fibres
as well their composites are presented. A study on
the composite fibre-matrix interface is highlighted
together with the design process and analysis of
products from natural fibre composites.
Features
7 Features tropical natural fibres in composites
using kenaf, pineapple leaf, oil palm and sugar
palm 7 Contains manufacturing processes for
natural fibre composites using pultrusion and
filament winding methods 7 Demonstrates computer aided selection for materials in natural fibre
composites 7 Focuses on design for sustainability of natural fibre composites
Contents
Nanoscale CMOS Materials and Devices.- Beyond
CMOS Materials, Devices and Their Diagnostic.New Functional Nanomaterials and Nanoscaled
Devices for Energy Harvesting, Light Emission,
Optoelectronics and THz Range.- NanoSensors
and MEMS/NEMS.
Contents
1 Introduction.- 2 Tropical Natural Fibres and
Their Properties.- 3 Biopolymer.- 4 Mechanical
and Other Related Properties of Tropical Natural
Fibre Composites.- 5 Design and Materials Selection of Tropical Natural Fibre composites.- 6
Manufacturing Techniques of Tropical Natural
Fibre Composites.- 7 Applications of Tropical
Natural Fibre Composites.
Fields of interest
Optical and Electronic Materials; Nanotechnology
and Microengineering; Semiconductors
Fields of interest
Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials;
Wood Science & Technology; Engineering Design
Target groups
Research
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Professional book
No distribution rights for Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Due August 2014
Due July 2014
3rd ed. 2014. XX, 370 p. 310 illus., 13 in color.
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 80,24 | € (A) 82,49 | sFr 100,00
7€ 74,99 | £67.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09170-9
2014. VIII, 462 p. 319 illus., 66 in color. (Engineering
Materials) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08803-7
2014. IX, 124 p. 109 illus., 42 in color. (Engineering
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-981-287-154-1
Fields of interest
Nanotechnology; Nanoscale Science and Technology; Nanochemistry
Target groups
Upper undergraduate
Product category
Due September 2014
Jointly published with Capital Publishing Company,
New Delhi, India.
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Materials Science
S. K. Singh, S. Sundaram, University of Allahabad,
Allahabad, India
K. Kishor, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Tech,
Allahabad, India (Ed)
CO2 Sequestration Using
Photosynthetic Microorganisms
This book provides a cohesive overview of
photosynthetic microorganism based carbon
sequestration and long-term storage. The authors
review current carbon sequestration options and
measures for stabilize atmospheric CO2 levels by
using microorganisms based carbon sequestration
technology. They explain not only the engineering
of the metabolic pathways of photosynthetic microorganisms for enhanced CO2 mitigation, but
also modeling aspects of mass cultivation systems
for CO2 fixation, scale-up, and commercialization.
Features
7 Details the basic and applied aspects of CO2
mitigation from photosynthetic microorganisms 7 Explains the different factors affecting the
carbon sequestration process 7 Includes a consolidated compilation of current protocols such as
estimation of photosynthetically active particles,
phycobilisomes, carotenoids, lipids, DNA, RNA,
proteins and peptides photochemical activity and
CO2 fixation
Contents
Introduction.- Carbon concentrating mechanism.- Carbon concentrating mechanism of
cyanobacteria.- Carbon concentrating mechanism
of microalgae.- Photosynthetic microorganisms
based mitigation system: Integrated approaches
for global sustainability.
Fields of interest
Biomaterials; Renewable and Green Energy; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Due November 2014
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09122-8
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Earth Sciences
M. R. Bennett, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK;
S. A. Morse, University of Liverpool Institute of Aging
and Chronic Disease, Liverpool, UK
C. Brassard, National University of Singapore,
Singapore, Singapore; A. Howitt M., D. Giles W.,
Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA, USA (Eds)
Human Footprints: Fossilised
Locomotion?
Natural Disaster Management
in the Asia Pacific
Human footprints provide some of the most emotive and tangible evidence of our ancestors. They
provide evidence of stature, presence, behaviour
and in the case of early hominin footprints,
evidence with respect to the evolution of human
gait and foot anatomy. While human footprint
sites are rare in the geological record the number
of sites around the World has increased in recent
years, along with the analytical tools available for
their study.
Policy and Governance
Features
7 The only current book on the academic study
of human footprints (tracks) 7 A unique fusion of geology, archaeology, anthropology and
forensic sciences of interest to a wide audience
of researchers and students 7 Provides the first
review of methods for the study of human footprints 7 Contains a rich resource of unpublished
data, examples and illustrations 7 Human footprints provide a unique connection with the past
and provide some of the most emotive evidence of
our ancestors
Contents
Fossilisted Locomotion.- Modern Methods of
Data Capture.- World Review of Human Track
Sites.- Geoconservation of Human Tracks.- The
role of substrate in track formation and topology.Inferences from Human Tracks.- Forensic Applications.- Conclusions.- Glossary.- Appendix.Geographical Index.
Fields of interest
Sedimentology; Archaeology; Physical Geography
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
The Asia-Pacific region is one of the most vulnerable to a variety of natural and manmade hazards.
This edited book productively brings together
scholars and senior public officials having direct
experience in dealing with or researching on
recent major natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific.
The chapters focus on disaster preparedness
and management, including pre-event planning
and mitigation, crisis leadership and emergency
response and, and disaster recovery. Specific
events discussed in this book include a broad
spectrum of disasters such as floods in the Philippines and Bangladesh, earthquakes in China, and
landscape-scale disasters in Australia. The book
aims to generate discussions about improved risk
reduction strategies throughout the region. It
seeks to provide a comparative perspective across
countries to draw lessons from three perspectives:
public policy, humanitarian systems, and community engagement.
Features
7 Includes a unique combination of leading
practitioners and academics 7 Contains chapters
addressing a variety of high profile events, taking
place in a diverse mix of countries across the AsiaPacific region 7 Represents a unique collaboration between two of the world’s premier schools
of public policy: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public
Policy, National University of Singapore and Harvard Kennedy School
Fields of interest
Natural Hazards; Landscape/Regional and Urban
Planning; Environmental Management
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
D. Chen, A. Walther, University of Gothenburg,
Gothenburg, Sweden; A. Moberg, Stockholm
University, Stockholm, Sweden; P. Jones, University
of East Anglia, Norwich, UK; J. Jacobeit, University of
Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany; D. Lister, University
of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
European Atlas of Extreme
Temperatures and Precipitation
Records
This Atlas presents records of climatic variation in
Europe starting before 1901 and focuses especially
on extreme temperatures and precipitations.
The authors have used extremes indices software
developed within EMULATE (European and
North Atlantic daily to MULtidecadal climeATE
variability). The trend atlas provides an easy way
to show spatial patterns for a given time period,
region, season, and index.
Features
7 Compiles a rich collection of climatic trends
and variations of extreme climate change revealed by unique long term instrumental data in
Europe 7 Presents climatic records going back
more than 100 years 7 The trend atlas provides
an easy way to show spatial patterns for a given
time period, region, season and extreme climate
index 7 Provide a comprehensive picture of observed extreme climate change over Europe which
are relevant to many sectors in the society
Contents
Introduction.- Data and methods.- Atlas of the
trend analysis.- Summary of the estimated trends.Summary and conclusions.- Figures.- Tables.- References.- Appendix.
Fields of interest
Atmospheric Sciences; Climatology; Natural
Hazards
Target groups
Research
Product category
Atlas
Due October 2014
Due August 2014
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08571-5
9<HTODMJ=aifhbf> 2014. 250 p. 21 illus., 16 in color. (Disaster Risk
Reduction) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-4-431-55156-0
9<HTPEOB=f bfga> Due December 2014
2014. 450 p. 2258 illus. in color. Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7 approx.€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9311-7
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Earth Sciences
D. Chinarro, San Jorge University, Zaragoza, Spain
System Engineering Applied to
Fuenmayor Karst Aquifer (San
Julián de Banzo, Huesca) and
Collins Glacier (King George
Island, Antarctica)
This thesis tackles fundamental questions concerning the discharge of a pre-Pyrenean karst
aquifer system and an Antarctic glacier system,
utilizing a system engineering methodology and
data-driven approach. It presents for the first time
a simplified and effective linear transfer function
for karst aquifers. The author provides detailed
wavelet spectrum results, which reveal certain
non-linearities in drought periods. In addition,
structures based on Hammerstein-Wiener blocks
have yielded a nonlinear model that is substantially more efficient than its linear counterparts.
Features
7 Nominated as an Outstanding Ph.D. thesis
by the University of Zaragoza, Spain 7 For
researchers looking for innovative methods of
systems identification for data-driven analysis of a
karst aquifer and a polar glacier 7 How to build
models for nonlinear natural systems to improve
the management, simulate the behavior, predict
future states and offer useful help to generate
knowledge in subsequent research 7 It shows a
progressive identification from linear to nonlinear
identification, to get the best of both into a block
model, which emulates the dynamics of the natural system with high efficiency
Contents
Techniques.- Karst and Glacial Hydrology.- Fuenmayor Aquifer.- Collins Glacier.- Conclusions.
Fields of interest
Hydrogeology; Mathematical Applications in the
Physical Sciences; Nonlinear Dynamics
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
U. Cordani, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo,
Brazil; M. Heilbron, Universidade do Estado do Rio
de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Maracana, Brazil;
F. Flecha de Alkmim, Universidade Federal de Ouro
Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil (Eds)
São Francisco Craton, Eastern
Brazil
Tectonic genealogy of a miniature continent
The region of the São Francisco river valley in
eastern Brazil encompasses two main components
of the geologic framework of the South American continent: the São Francisco craton and its
marginal orogenic belts. Cratons, as the oldest,
differentiated and relatively stable pieces of the
continental lithosphere, preserve a substantial
part of the Earth’s memory. Orogenic belts, on
the other hand, record collisional processes that
occurred during a limited time span. Because of
their topographic relief, mountain belts developed
along craton margins provide however access to
rock successions not exposed in the low lands of
the adjacent cratons.
Features
7 Examines the tectonic genealogy and development history of the Sao Francisco Craton, a 'miniature continent' located in Eastern Brazil 7 Provides a panorama of the evolutionary history of
a piece of continental lithosphere between the
Paleoarchean and the Cenozoic eras 7 Contains
wide range of information from all fields of geology
Contents
From the Contents: PART I Overview.- PART II
The craton basement.- PART III The intracratonic
and marginal basins.- PART IV The intraplate
Magmatic Episodes.- PART V The marginal belts.PART VI Tectonic Synthesis.- Tectonic evolution
of the São Francisco craton and its margin.
Fields of interest
Geology; Structural Geology; Historical Geology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Y. Harada, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Interactions of Earth’s
Magnetotail Plasma with the
Surface, Plasma, and Magnetic
Anomalies of the Moon
This thesis describes the essential features of
Moon-plasma interactions with a particular
emphasis on the Earth’s magnetotail plasma
regime from both observational and theoretical
standpoints. The Moon lacks a dense atmosphere
as well as a strong intrinsic magnetic field. As a
result, its interactions with the ambient plasma are
drastically different from solar-wind interactions
with magnetized planets such as Earth. The Moon
encounters a wide range of plasma regime from
the relatively dense, cold, supersonic solar-wind
plasma to the low-density, hot, subsonic plasma in
the geomagnetic tail.
Features
7 This is a prize winning thesis, nominated for
Springer Theses by Kyoto University 7 Presents
new observations from three recent lunar missions
that exhibit the essential features of Moon-plasma
interactions in the geomagnetic tail 7 Compares
physical processes that operate around the Moon
in different plasma regimes of the geomagnetic tail
and solar wind plasmas 7 The content applicable
to plasma interactions with airless bodies throughout the solar system and beyond
Contents
Introduction.- Electron Gyro-scale Dynamics near
the Lunar Surface.- Lunar Dayside Plasma in the
Earth’s Magnetotail Lobes.- Hot-Proton Interactions with the Surface and Magnetic Anomalies of
the Moon.-Conclusions.
Fields of interest
Geophysics/Geodesy; Extraterrestrial Physics,
Space Sciences;
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due August 2014
Due June 2015
Due March 2015
2014. XX, 161 p. 54 illus., 33 in color. (Springer
Theses) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08857-0
2015. 350 p. 100 illus. (Regional Geology Reviews)
Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7 approx.€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-01714-3
2014. 120 p. 54 illus., 24 in color. (Springer Theses)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
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Y. Huang, Z. Dai, Tongji University, Shanghai, China;
W. Zhang, Nagoya Insititute of Technology, Nagoya,
Japan
Geo-disaster Modeling and
Analysis: An SPH-based
Approach
Through application of the Smoothed Particle
Hydrodynamics (SPH) method, this monograph
mainly focuses on large deformations and flow
failure simulations of geomaterials and movement
behavior, which are always involved in geo-disasters. The work covers the theoretical background,
numerical techniques, code implementation issues, and many novel and interesting applications.
Two-dimensional and three-dimensional SPH
models in the framework of both hydrodynamics
and solid mechanics are established, with detailed
descriptions.
Features
7 Detail introduction helps the reader to get a
deep understanding of SPH method 7 Step-bystep tutorials help the reader to write code for the
SPH method 7 Includes cases demonstrating
on how to apply the SPH method to geotechnical
engineering and geological disasters
Contents
Intrduction.- SPH models for geo-disasters.- Computer procedure and visualization software.- Validation of the SPH modules.- SPH modeling for
flow slides in landfills.- SPH modeling for flow
behavior of liquefied soils.- SPH modeling for
propagation of flow-like landslides.
Fields of interest
Natural Hazards; Geotechnical Engineering &
Applied Earth Sciences; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics
Earth Sciences
K. Hutter, ETH Zürich Versuchsanstalt Wasserbau,
Zürich, Switzerland; Y. Wang, Darmstadt
University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany;
I. P. Chubarenko, Kaliningrad, Russia
Physics of Lakes
Contents
Mathematical Prerequisites.- A Brief Review of
the Basic Thermomechanical Laws of Classical
Physics.- Fundamental Equations of Lake Hydrodynamics.- Conservation of Angular Momentum.Vorticity.- Turbulence Modelling.- Introduction
to Linear Waves.- The Role of the Distribution
of Mass Within Water Bodies on Earth.- Vertical
Structure of Wind-induced Currents in Homogenous and Stratified Waters.- Phenomenological
Coefficients of Water.- The Role of the Earth’s
Rotation.- Oscillations in Semi-bounded and
Bounded Basins of Constant Depth.- Basin-scale
Gravity Waves in Circular and Elliptical Containers on the Rotating Earth.- Barotropic and
Baroclinic Basin-scale Wave Dynamics.- HigherOrder Baroclinicity.- Barotropic Oscillations in
Lake Onega - A Lake of Complex Geometry.- Observation and Analysis of Internal Seiches in the
Southern Basin of Lake of Lugano.- Topographic
Waves in Enclosed Basins - Fundamentals and
Observations.- Topographic Rossby Waves in
Basins of Simple Geometry.- Topographic Waves
in Basins with Complex Shapes and Complex Bathymetries.- A Class of Chrystal-Type Equations.Barotropic Wind-induced Motions in a Shallow
Lake.- Response of a Stratified Alpine Lake to
External Wind Fields.– Numerical Prediction and
Comparison with Field Observations.- Comparing
Numerical Methods for Convectively-Dominated
Problems.- Comparing Different Numerical
Treatments of Advection Terms for Wind-Induced
Circulations in Lakes.
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Geophysics/Geodesy; Oceanography; Geoecology/
Natural Processes
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
H. Kate, Department of Earth Sciences, University
of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom, and
Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University,
Science Labs, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK; S. Crowhurst,
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; P. Stone,
British Geological Survey Murchison House,
Edinburgh, UK
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
in the Permo-Carboniferous
From Icehouse to Greenhouse
The proposed book would focus on the sedimentology of the Hells Kitchen Member of the Port
Sussex Formation in East Falkland (Las Malvinas).
This member comprises deposits documenting the
switch from Icehouse to Greenhouse conditions
in a fragment of the Gondwana supercontinent
during the Permian. Sedimentary logging, X-Ray
Fluorescence data and reflectance data measured
over this interval will be presented in detail in the
book and used both to support a facies evaluation
and an investigation into the orbital control of
climate at this time.
Features
7 Presents the reader an overview of studies in
glaciology and the changes in sedimentation that
took place in the Falkland Islands (Las Malvinas)
during the Permo-Carboniferous period 7 This
book characterises and interprets changes in depositional processes and environments documented,
revealing the evolution of the palæoenvironment
in the region 7 The volume of new information
researched and original data collected makes this
an interesting read for geologists and paleontologists
Fields of interest
Sedimentology; Geology; Climate Change/Climate
Change Impacts
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Available
Due September 2014
Natural Hazards) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44210-4
9<HTOGRC=e cbae> 2014. XL, 1685 p. (Advances in Geophysical and
Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics)
(3-volume-set)
7 *€ (D) 459,03 | € (A) 471,90 | sFr 571,50
7€ 429,00 | £386.50
ISBN 978-3-319-08626-2
9<HTODMJ=aigcgc> Available
Earth System Sciences) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08707-8
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Earth Sciences
U. Kueppers, University of Munich (LMU), Munich,
Germany; C. Beier, University Nürnberg-Erlangen,
Erlangen, Germany (Eds)
Volcanoes of the Azores
The Azores archipelago consists of nine islands
that emerge from the Azores Plateau in the Central Northern Atlantic, situated within the triple
junction of the American, Eurasian and African
lithosphere plates.
Features
7 First comprehensive overview of geological
features in the Azores from volcanological, geochemical, petrological, paleontological, structural
and hydrological perspectives 7 Description of
the top three outcrops on each of the nine Azores
islands 7 Includes a chapter on "Volcanoes
and Society", which is of great use for everyone
working in hazard management in a comparable
geological setting
Contents
Geology.- Ages of the Azores volcanoes.- Tectonic
Evolution.- Formation of rift zones and calderas
of the Azorean islands.- Stratigraphy of the Azores
volcanoes.- Azores Eruption styles.- The top three
outcrops per island.- Pyroclastic density currents.Paleontology.- “Santa Maria”.- Geochemistry and
Petrology.- Petrology of Azorean lavas.- Mantle
sources radiogenic isotopes and trace elements.Stable non-traditional isotopes.- Distribution of
volatiles.- Peridotites in the Azores.- Geophyics.- Constraining the plate boundaries in the
Azores.- Historic earthquakes and present-day
activity.- Shallow geophysics.- Deep geophysics.Tomographie.- Biogeochemistry, Fluids, Seeps.Freshwater in the Azores.- Degassing in the
Azores (subaerial and submarine).- Biodiversity
around active submarine volcanoes.- Volcanoes
and Society.- Hazard assessment.- Monitoring
techniques.
Fields of interest
Geology; Geophysics/Geodesy; Geochemistry
M. Maanan, M. Robin, Géolittomer, LETG UMR 6554CNRS, Nantes Cedex 3, France (Eds)
Sediment Fluxes on Coastal
Areas
Contents
Preface.- Part I: Sediment Fluxes Changes Link to
Climatic Change during Holocene.- The “Turritella Layer”: a Potentiel Proxy of a Drastic Holocene
Environmental Change on the North–east Atlantic
Coast.- The Influence of Recent Deglaciation and
Associated Sediment Flux on the Functioning
of Polar Coastal Zone – Northern Petuniabukta,
Svalbard.- Geomorphic Changes in the Rhône
Delta during the LIA: Input from the Analysis of
Ancient Maps.- Part II: Studies CAS about Sediment Fluxes in Three Different Climatic Zones
(Wet tropical, Semi-arid, Temperate) during Anthropocene.- Mud and Sand Flux in a Context of
Sediment Heterogeneity on the Mud-dominated
Coast of French Guiana.- The Coastal Sediment
Provenance and their Distribution in the Mediterranean Beaches of NW Morocco.- The Hydrosedimentary System of the Haute-Normandy
Coast: Synthesis.- Part III: The Use of Modelling
Approaches of Sediment Fluxes at a Higher Spatial
and Temporal Scale.- Sediment Exchange Through
the Inlets of the Venice Lagoon.- Tidal Inlet
Dynamics and Relocation in Response to Artificial
Breaching.- Sediment Transport Formulae for
Coastal Morphodynamic Simulation: Calculated
Sediment Flux against in situ Data.- Part IV:
Extremes Events and Sediment Fluxes: The Case of
Tsunamis.- Tsunamis: Impacts on Sediment Flux
and Sediment Cells.
Fields of interest
Coastal Sciences; Physical Geography; Climate
Change
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
S. Mandal, Department of Geography, Raja N.
L. Khan Women’s College, Paschim Medinipur
721102, West Bengal, India; R. Maiti, Ramkrishna
Maiti, Department of Geography and Environment
Management, Vidyasagar University, Paschim
Medinipur 721102, West Bengal, India
Semi-quantitative Approaches
for Landslide Assessment and
Prediction
This book includes the parameters responsible for
landslide events in mountainous areas. It provides
knowledge and understanding to the local people,
planners and policy makers about the causes and
consequences of landslides as well as provides
a suitable method to mitigate the landslips. The
book deals with the role of land, water and soil in
landslide phenomena. These three attributes have
been described in terms of critical rainfall, critical
slope, critical height and changes and development of drainage network in landslides.
Features
7 Discusses case studies to elaborate on the introduced model 7 Elaborates on the role of land,
water and soil in landslide phenomena 7 Provides knowledge and understanding about the
causes and consequences of landslides, as well as
suitable methods to mitigate landslips
Contents
From the Contents: Introduction.- Geomorphic
Attributes and slope Instability.- Hydrologic Attributes and Slope Instability.- Land use and land
cover Study.- Estimation of Runoff using SCS
Curve NumberTechnique.- Population pressure:
An indicator of slope instability.
Fields of interest
Natural Hazards; Geoengineering, Foundations,
Hydraulics; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due January 2015
Due September 2014
Due December 2014
2015. 400 p. 330 illus., 300 in color. (Active Volcanoes
of the World) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 139,05 | € (A) 142,94 | sFr 173,00
7 approx.€ 129,95 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-642-32225-9
2014. 220 p. 107 illus., 63 in color. (Coastal Research
Library, Volume 10) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9259-2
2015. 300 p. 100 illus., 20 in color. (Springer Natural
Hazards) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-981-287-145-9
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Earth Sciences
V. November, CNRS, Paris, France; Y. Leanza,
Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
D. Ren, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA,
Australia
Risk, Disaster and Crisis
Reduction
Storm-triggered Landslides in
Warmer Climates
Mobilizing, Collecting and Sharing
Information
Contents
Introduction.- Ecosystem of sloping terrain, soil
and vegetation.- Landslides are a double-edged
sword.- Strain and Stress.- Landslide dynamics.SEGMENT-Landslide and applications on various
climatic zones.- Changes in extreme precipitation
in a future warming climate.- Landslides impact
on sea level rise.- Modeling the debris flows in the
aftermath of the 2007 Southern California Wildfires.- Opportunity and challenges in a remote
sensing era.- The path forward: Landslides in a
future climate.- Mathematical skills required to
fully understand SEGMENT-Landslide.- Appendix 1: Pressure fields within a simplest granular
media - A comment on a recent Science article
on locomotors running over sands.- Appendix 2:
Cluster analysis.- Appendix 3: Scarp size distribution, who are the players?.- Appendix 4: Basic
tensor (and vector) operations.- Appendix 5: GPD
analysis of extreme precipitation.- Appendix C1:
Lax-Windoff scheme of various order of accuracy
(1D followed by a higher order scheme implemented in SEGMENT-Landslide.- Appendix C2:
1D thermal equation solver (semi-implicit C-N
scheme).
In the field of risks and crises, both the access to
relevant information and its circulation are seen as
crucial factors. Based on a new integrated theoretical model focusing on the stakeholder, the book
proposes analysis of information reformulation
and circulation in risk environments and crisis
situations. Simply circulating the information does
not mean that it will be picked up by those who
could benefit from it. This has been amply demonstrated by the various crises and catastrophes that
have shaken the planet in recent years.
Features
7 This book provides valuable guidance to health
and environmental experts on how to deal with
and respond to situations of risk and crises, taking
into account how information can be transmitted and gathered in a way that can be understood
by the actors involved 7 It analyses the way in
which information circulates in situations of risk
and crisis 7 The authors take on a new theoretical model based on a wider understanding of risks
and their territorial social consequences, instead
of focusing mainly on technical aspects and probability 7 Examination of different case studies
Contents
From the Contents: Risk and Information: for a
new Conceptual Framework.- A Contemporary
Look at Risks: Risks are Plural and Transcalar.Information as a Process.- Definitions, Classifications and Models.- Reviewing Risk Categories.
Fields of interest
Natural Hazards; Climate Change/Climate Change
Impacts; Structural Geology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Fields of interest
Natural Hazards; Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention; Methodology of the Social Sciences
A. Schettino, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
Quantitative Plate Tectonics
Physics of the Earth - Plate Kinematics –
Geodynamics
This textbook on plate tectonics is designed for
students in geology and geophysics to acquire indepth knowledge of quantitative methods in plate
kinematics and dynamics. Quantitative Plate
Tectonics can also be used as a reference book by
geoscientists who desire to expand their knowledge beyond their own specialization, or by oiland-gas professionals and ore deposit specialists
that need to investigate the geodynamic context of
formation of geologic resources.
Features
7 A unified quantitative description of plate
tectonics, combining geological and geophysical
perspectives 7 Professional software, manual
verification examples and applications are available as additional material 7 Includes detailed
calculations, examples and problem sets per
chapter 7 Well illustrated
Contents
Preface.- Part I: Plate Kinematics.- 1 Composition
of the Crust and the Mantle.- 2 Plate Motions.- 3
Magnetization and Magnetic Minerals.- 4 The
Geomagnetic Field.- 5 Marine Magnetic Anomalies.- 6 Paleomagnetism and Earth History.- Part
II: Dynamics of the Lithosphere and the Mantle.- 7
Stress and Strain.- 8 Elasticity of the Earth.- 9
Seismic Rays.- 10 Earthquakes.- 11 Seismic Deformation of the Lithosphere.- 12 Heat Flow and
Termodynamics of the Lithosphere.- 13 Flow and
Fluid Behaviour of the Mantle.- 14 Gravity Field of
the Earth.- Index.
Fields of interest
Geophysics/Geodesy; Quantitative Geology;
Structural Geology
Target groups
Graduate
Target groups
Research
Product category
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08541-8
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08517-3
9<HTODMJ=aifebi> 9<HTODMJ=aifbhd> 2015. XIV, 382 p. 284 illus., 119 in color. With online
files/update. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 80,24 | € (A) 82,49 | sFr 100,00
7€ 74,99 | £67.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09134-1
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Earth Sciences
S. Shanov, K. Kostov, Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Dynamic Tectonics and Karst
The karstic caves are favorable sites for tectonic
events detecting, representing a conservative
medium of three-dimensional framework where
the tectonic deformations are well preserved. They
also provide an environment conducive to dating
and determining the geometrical parameters of
past seismotectonic events. During the last three
decades the study of dynamic tectonics and recent
geodynamics in karst terrains has been subject
of numerous publications, but it has not been
systematically approached in a comprehensive
monograph. This book collects the current state of
knowledge on the relationship between karst and
dynamic tectonics and presents a new methodology to its study.
Features
7 Points out the significant role of tectonic
stress fields as an influencing factor on karst
processes 7 Exposes a complex methodological
approach for paleoseismological studies in karstic
caves 7 Demonstrates the importance of the
movement of the tectonic block itself during the
process of rupturing and displacement along active or capable faults
Contents
Tectonic control on karst evolution.- Tectonic
stress fields and karst.- Recent geodynamics and
karst.
Fields of interest
Structural Geology; Geophysics/Geodesy; Natural
Hazards
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
R. Shaw, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (Ed)
R. Shaw, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (Ed)
Recovery from the Indian Ocean Tohoku Recovery
Challenges, Potentials and Future
Tsunami
A Ten-Year Journey
During the past 10 years following the 2004 Indian
Ocean Tsunami, invaluable lessons have been
learned and great changes have been observed.
Immediately after the disaster, the second World
Conference on Disaster Reduction was held in
Kobe, Japan, and formulated the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA: 2005–2015). HFA provided
a platform and framework for changes and innovations, many of which were part of the recovery
programs in the different countries affected by the
2004 disaster.
Features
7 On the 10th anniversary for the Indian Ocean
tsunami, this book is the first compilation of postdisaster learning 7 Contains a unique combination of generic cases, which spread over the
affected countries and detailed country-specific
case studies 7 Collects diverse perspectives from
authors including academicians, practitioners and
professionals in the respective field
Contents
From the contents: Overview of ten years of
recovery lessons from Indian Ocean Tsunami.- Institutional and legal arrangements and its impacts
on urban issues.- Environmental Recovery and
Mangrove Conservation: Post Indian Ocean
Tsunami Policy responses in South and Southeast
Asia.- Lessons from the Recovery of the Education
Sector after the Indian Ocean Tsunami.- Indian
Ocean Tsunami Warning System (IOTWS).- Posttsunami Urban Recovery Process and Afterwards
in Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Indonesia.
Fields of interest
Natural Hazards; Environmental Management;
Regional and Cultural Studies
Contents
Tohoku Recovery: Reflections on Some Key
Lessons.- Role of International NGO in an
unprecedented disaster in Japan.- The Situation
and Challenges of Recovery of Fishing Industries in Tohoku region.- Regional Comparison
of Temporary Housing Construction Processes
after the 20111 Great East Japan Earthquake and
Tsunami.- Lessons of Health Sector Recovery on
Tohoku disaster.- Temples and Shrines as Contemporary Shelters that Support Evacuees: The Great
East Japan Earthquake and Regional Heritage
Grounded in the Local Environment.- Sharing
lessons from the Great East Japan and Tsunami
with the World.- Recovery after Sanriku Tsunamis in 1896 and 1933, and Transition of Housing
Location before 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
and Tsunami.- Identifying elements for School
Based Recovery and Disaster Resilient Community Building in Japan.- Community Recovery in
Tsunami-Affected Area: Lessons from MinamiKesennuma.- Establishment and sustainability of
emergency radio in Tohoku: Implications and Key
lessons.- Recovery in Fukushima from integrated
disasters.- Impacts of East-Japan’s disaster on production of a small-medium cardboard manufacturer in Fukushima
Fields of interest
Natural Hazards; Landscape/Regional and Urban
Planning; Environmental Management
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
Due September 2014
2014. XII, 138 p. 119 illus., 25 in color. (Cave and Karst
Systems of the World) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-662-43991-3
2014. XI, 475 p. 140 illus., 121 in color. (Disaster Risk
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-4-431-55116-4
2015. VI, 198 p. 52 illus., 36 in color. (Disaster Risk
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-4-431-55135-5
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A. Tiwari, State University at New York, Albany, NY,
USA
The Capacity Crisis in Disaster
Risk Management
Why disaster management capacity remains
low in developing countries and what can be
done
How can a place be built and managed so that it is
safe for people to live? Ironically, many governments and citizens keep on asking the same question after every new disaster. Why, even with high
levels of investment in increasing government’s
capacity to manage disasters, do the impacts of
disasters continue to increase? What can the governments do differently? What is the role of local
communities? Where should aid agencies invest?
This book looks into these critical questions and
highlights how current capacity development
efforts might be resulting in the opposite—capacity crisis or capability trap. The book provides a
new approach for understanding and developing
effective local capacity for reducing and managing
future disaster impacts.
Features
7 Brings capacity development and disaster
management fields together—which has not
been done before 7 Presents a framework to
understand capacity development for disaster
management 7 Summarizes the current theories
and practices as well as presents the results from
practical field research, making it appealing to
both academicians and practitioners
Contents
Part I: Capacity Crisis.- Part II: Effective Capacity
for Managing Disasters.
Fields of interest
Natural Hazards; Public Administration; Organization/Planning
Target groups
Research
Earth Sciences
C. Zhao, Central South University, Changsha, China
Physical and Chemical
Dissolution Front Instability in
Porous Media
Theoretical Analyses and Computational
Simulations
This monograph provides state-of-the-art theoretical and computational findings from investigations on physical and chemical dissolution front
instability problems in porous media, based on the
author’s own work.
Features
7 Highlights advanced theoretical analyses and
computational methods regarding physical and
chemical dissolution 7 Relevant for a wide range
of earth science issues such as ore body formation, gas and oil extraction 7 Special attention
on geothermal energy extraction, remediation of
contaminated soils, CO2 storage in underground
aquifers and nuclear waste storage
Contents
Introduction.- Fundamental theory for chemical
dissolution front instability problems in fluid-saturated porous media.- Effects of particle reactive
surface areas on chemical dissolution front instability in fluid-saturated porous media.- Effects of
mineral dissolution ratios on chemical-dissolution
front instability in fluid-saturated porous media.Effects of medium permeability anisotropy on
chemical dissolution front instability in fluidsaturated porous media.
Fields of interest
Quantitative Geology; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Geoengineering,
Foundations, Hydraulics
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Monograph
Due July 2014
Due November 2014
2014. X, 190 p. (Environmental Hazards) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,95 | € (A) 109,95 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,95 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09404-5
9<HTODMJ=ajeaef> 2014. XVIII, 354 p. 93 illus., 68 in color. (Lecture Notes
in Earth System Sciences) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08460-2
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Geography
P. Billi, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy (Ed)
A. Goudie, H. Viles, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
B. S. Hakim, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Landscapes and Landforms of
Ethiopia
Namibia
Mediterranean Urbanism
Features
7 The geomorphological information on Ethiopia
is very sparse there are only sporadic studies 7 This book will be the only comprehensive
source of scientific information on Ethiopia's
geomorphological landscapes for quite some
time 7 Of interest to anyone interested in the
geology, geomorphology as well as environmental
issues of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa
The volume will provide an overview of the landforms of Namibia, and will consist of a general
introduction to the geology, climate and climate
history of the country and then a series of c 20
case studies of particularly intriguing landform
sites, followed by a discussion of issues relating to
geoheritage and conservation.
This book brings together historic urban / building
rules and codes for the geographic areas including Greece, Italy and Spain. The author achieved
his ambitious goal of finding pertinent rules and
codes that were followed in previous societies for
the processes that formed the built environment
of their towns and cities, including building activities at the neighborhood level and the decisionmaking process that took place between proximate
neighbors. The original languages of the texts that
were translated into English are Greek, Latin, Italian, Arabic and Spanish. The sources for the chapter on Greece date from the 2nd century B.C.E.
to the 19th century C.E. Those for the chapter
on Italy date from the 10th to the 14th centuries
C.E. and for the chapter on Spain from the 5th to
the 18th centuries C.E. Numerous appendices are
included to enhance and elaborate on the material
that make up the chapters.
Contents
Geomorphological regions of the Horn of Africa.- General geology.- Long term evolution of
the Ethiopian landscape.- Climate.- Quaternary
climate changes.- Hydrography.- Geomorphology
and Quaternary geology of the Main Ethiopian
Rift.- Geomorphology of the Lakes Region in the
main Ethiopian Rift.- The Ethiopian Rift Valley
Lakes hydrology.- Recent river evolution in the
Ethiopian Lakes Region.- Geomorfology of the
Gamo Gofa district.- Landslides and geomorphological evolution in the Desse graben.- Geomorphology of ephemeral streams in the Kobo basin.Gully evolution in Tigray.- Geomorphology of the
archaeological area of Axum.- Geomorphology
of Adwa district.- Volcanic geomorphology.Travertine dams in Mekele outlier.- Caves and
karst processes in Southeastern Ethiopia.- Glaciated geomorphology.- Geomorphology of Amba
landscape.- Land degradation in the Ethiopian
highlands.- Sediment yield in Northern Ethiopia.Rock-hewn churches in Tigray.- Danakil and Afar.
Fields of interest
Geomorphology; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Soil Science & Conservation
Target groups
Research
Features
7 Namibia has some of the most outstanding
landforms in the world 7 The book will be illustrated with the authors' own colour photos and
also with stunning satellite images 7 No comparable volume exists in the English language
Contents
From the Contents: Geological and tectonic background.- Climate past and present.- Long-term
geomorphological history.- Geomorphological
regions.- Brandberg.- Brukkaros Volcano.- Cunene River, the oshanas, bedrock channel and
major falls.- Erongo Mountains: Ameib, Bulls
Parties, Phillips Cave.- Etendeka Plateau and the
Messum Crater.- Etosha Pan.- Gamsberg Plateau.Giant’s Playground dolerite complex.- Gobabeb
and the Central Namib inselbergs and weathering phenomena.- Kolmanskop barchans.- Kuiseb
Canyon, Gravel Plains, Calcretes and Gramadullas.- Naukluft Tufsa.
Fields of interest
Geomorphology; Physical Geography; Geoecology/Natural Processes
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Contents
Introduction.- Greece: Sources from 2nd Century
B.C.E. to 19th Century C.E..- Italy: Sources from
10th to 14th Centuries C.E..- Spain: Sources from
5th to 18th Centuries C.E..- Conclusions.
Fields of interest
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Urbanism; Cities, Countries, Regions
Product category
Monograph
Due December 2014
Due September 2014
2014. Approx. 290 p. 250 illus., 150 in color. (World
Geomorphological Landscapes) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,95 | € (A) 109,95 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,95 | £90.00
ISBN 978-94-017-8025-4
2014. XI, 221 p. 138 illus., 108 in color. (World
Geomorphological Landscapes, Volume 5) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-94-017-8019-3
134
Features
7 Provides information for understanding and
learning from the history and theory of traditional
urbanism of major cultures around the Mediterranean basin 7 Covers 14 centuries, since antiquity
to the early decades of the 20th century 7 Aims
to adapt the traditional experience to be compatible with contemporary developements
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
9<HTUELB=hiacfe> Historic Urban / Building Rules and Processes
9<HTUELB=hiabjd> Due August 2014
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9139-7
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D. Loczy, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary (Ed)
Hungary
The volume could be the first comprehensive
description of the most spectacular landforms in
Hungary, with aspects of the conservation of geomorphological heritage. It can be used for undergraduate and graduate courses in Geomorphology,
Physical Geography, Hydrogeography - particularly for Erasmus students studying in Hungary.
Features
7 Well-illustrated short descriptions of geomorphological sites 7 Useful for field trips for geographers and interested non-professionals 7 Reference book for nature conservation planning
Contents
From the contents: Introduction.- Part I Geological and tectonic background.- Climate
and drainage.- Long-term geomorphological
evolution.- Geomorphological regions.- Part II
The Hat Rock: solution features in metamorphic
mountains.- The basalt-capped Kab Hill, Bakony
Mountains.- Features of granite weathering in the
Velence Hills.- Caves in the Buda Hills.- Karren on
sandstone in the Kál Basin.- Buttes of the Tapolca
Basin.- Geyserite cones of the Tihany Peninsula.The Dunaszekcső Castle Hill: landslides along the
Danubian loess bluff.
Fields of interest
Geomorphology; Physical Geography; Geology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Geography
E. Marmaras, Technical University of Crete, Athens,
Greece
Planning London for the PostWar Era 1945 - 1960
This book deals with the formation of the postSecond World War reconstruction and planning
machinery in Great Britain, the re-planning efforts
undertaken in post-war London, and in particular
the redevelopment programme regarding its central area in the form of the comprehensive development projects. Originating from a PhD Thesis,
the book recreates the atmosphere following step
by step arguments and events at various political,
socio-economic and technical levels.
Features
7 Presents step by step British post-war urban reconstruction machinery to provide an intelligible
source for future students, researchers and policy
makers 7 Recounts an example of harmonious collaboration between the private and public
sector in the planning of post-war London 7 Extracts research material from original sources,
not published before, to make that available to
scholars and the general interested public
Contents
From the Contents: Part I The Reconstruction
Question.- The British Town Planning on the eve
of the Second World War.- Part II The Preparation of Planning Machinery.- Part III Replanning
London.- The Central Government policy for
re-planning London.- The Independent Plans
for London - The Modern Architects’ Research Society (MARS) plan - Part IV Redeveloping Central
London.Fields of interest
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Urban
Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities,
towns); History
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
R. Singh, University of Delhi, Delhi, India (Ed)
Urban Development
Challenges, Risks and
Resilience in Asian Mega Cities
Contents
Introducing Asian Mega City Environment.- Analysing Asia’s mega-cities and mega-urban-region
dynamics using Geopolis database.- Future of
Asian Mega Cities.- Urban Water Risk in Asian
Mega Cities.- Urban Planning, Governance and
Management Dealing with Climate Change in Indian Mega Cities.- Japanese Experiences.- Spatial
changes in the socioeconomic aspects of the Tokyo
metropolitan area after the 1980s.- Urban heat islands in Tokyo.- Osaka as the nation’s second-largest mega city.- distinctive trajectories of industrial,
commercial and consumer city.- Indian Experiences.- Chennai: Questioning the sustainability of
an emerging mega-city - economy, environment
and governance.- Local Action Planning for ProPoor Urban governance in the Southern Mega
City of Chennai, India.- Population Dynamics in
Calcutta Metropolitan Region: Implications for
Planning and Governance.- Changing Environment, Physical Landscape and Emerging Heat
Islands in Kolkata Metropolitan Region.- Role of
local level relative humidity on the development
of urban heat island across the Delhi Metropolitan
Region.- Urban Political Ecology in megacities:
The case of Delhi’s waste water.- Spatial Correlation of Changing Land Use, Surface Temperature
(UHI) and NDVI in Delhi Using Landsat Satellite
Images.- Housing in Hyderabad.- Nutritional Status of Men and Women in Mumbai: Is There Any
Imbalance across Slums and Non-Slums.- Chinese
Experiences.- Spatio-temporal evolution of urban
structure in Shanghai”.
Fields of interest
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Sustainable Development; Climate Change Management
and Policy
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due August 2014
Due December 2014
Due September 2014
2014. 350 p. 120 illus., 90 in color. (World
7 approx. *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7 approx.€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08996-6
2015. XVI, 288 p. 26 illus., 5 in color. (Springer
Geography) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 85,59 | € (A) 87,99 | sFr 106,50
7€ 79,99 | £72.00
ISBN 978-3-319-07646-1
9<HTODMJ=aij g > 9<HTODMJ=ahgegb> 2014. XVI, 536 p. 152 illus., 85 in color. (Advances
in Geographical and Environmental Sciences)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-4-431-55042-6
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Geography
B. C. Vieira, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil;
A. A. Salgado, Minas Gerais Federal University,
Belo Horizonte, Brazil; L. J. Santos, Paraná Federal
University, Curitiba, Brazil (Eds)
Brazil
Brazil is a country of continental dimensions. Its
territory has a large variety of rock types, geological structures and climates. The country has a
large variety of landscapes, such as the humid
plains of the Amazon River, the dry plateaus of the
semi-arid region or the subtropical mountains of
the southern region.
Features
7 Constitutes the first book describing the greater
part of geomorphological sites in Brazil (in either
English or Portuguese) 7 Provide details not
only Brazilian geomorphological landscapes but
also parallel geological processes, climate variations and landscape changes 7 Covers a large
proportion of Brazilian landscapes and explains
how these have influenced human settlements
Contents
Salvador e Baía de Todos os santos.- Serra da
Capivara “CAPIVARA mountain range”.- Ocean
islands: Fernando De Noronha, Penedo De São
Pedro, Penedo De São Paulo e Trinidade.- Serra
dos Carajás.- Milagres.- Litoral do Descobrimento.- Guanaraba Bay.- Pancas.- Quadrilátero
Ferrífero.- Serra do Mar “Serra do Mar Mountain
Range”.- Serra do Espinhaço Meridional.- Iguaçu
Falls.- Vila Velha - Paraná.- Prudentópolis
Canyon.- Santa Catarina Island.- Chapada dos
Veadeiros.- Brazilian Pantanal Wetlands.- Chapada dos Guimarães.- Jalapão.- Superagui e Baía
de Antonina.- Parque Nacional do Catimbu
Fields of interest
Geomorphology; Physical Geography; Soil Science
& Conservation
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
K. Yamamoto, Kokugakuin University, Tokyo, Japan
The Agglomeration of the
Animation Industry in East Asia
This book will be of interest to scholars and
students of Asian studies, cultural industries,
economic geography, and related areas of study.
It discusses the results of a microscopic survey
focusing on topics such as how animation studios
form business relationships and how workers gain
skills in the industry. The methodology was based
on traditional Japanese economic geographical
methods. The study also examines macroscopic
issues such as why industrial agglomerations are
formed in metropolises, why metropolises develop
mutual networks, and how a type of cultural product is created in the metropolises.
Features
7 Is an empirical study based on traditional Japanese economic geographical methods 7 Focuses
on work styles of creative workers in three East
Asian metropolises 7 Reveals the cross-border
transaction structure among creative agents in
these cities
Contents
Academic Context of the Animation Industry.Agglomeration of the Animation Industry in
Tokyo, Japan.- Agglomeration of the Animation
Industry in Seoul, South Korea.- Agglomeration
of the Animation Industry in the Shanghai-Wuxi
Region, China.- Animation Workers and the
Studio as a Creative Nexus in Tokyo: Studio M
Workers’ Daily Activities.- Promoting the Animation Industry in Local Regions: A Case Study of
Working Conditions at an Animation Studio in
Okinawa.- Generalities and Regionality Observed
in the Agglomeration Structure of the Animation
Industry in East Asia.
Fields of interest
Economic Geography; International Economics;
Regional and Cultural Studies
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due December 2014
Due August 2014
2014. Approx. 290 p. 250 illus. in color. (World
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,95 | € (A) 109,95 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,95 | £90.00
ISBN 978-94-017-8022-3
2014. XII, 150 p. 38 illus., 16 in color. (International
Perspectives in Geography, Volume 4) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-4-431-55092-1
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G. T. Farmer, Farmer Enterprises, Las Cruces, NM, USA
Modern Climate Change
Science
An Overview of Today’s Climate Change
Science
Composed of two extensive sections, this book
surveys important work in climate change science,
mainly in the United States, and introduces contributions to the body of science that have arrived
on the scene between January 2013 and February
2014. The opening section offers a broad examination of contemporary climate change science, with
subsections on the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC); Earth’s energy imbalance and energy flow; carbon dioxide’s role in the
greenhouse effect; climate forcing, and climate
feedbacks; Charles David Keeling and the Keeling
Curve; the interfaces of atmosphere with oceans
and land; paleoclimates and paleoclimatology;
rising sea level; melting glaciers; deforestation;
desertification; more violent storms, animal and
human migration, extinction of species and more.
The second section reviews and assesses the newest contributions to the body of research.
Features
7 Offers a concise overview of Climate Change
science 7 Includes a detailed discussion of
current research 7 Provides sources of current
climate data
Contents
Chapter 1: Overview of Climate Change Science.Chapter 2: Status of Climate Change Research.Appendix A: Geologic Time.- Appendix B: The
Metric System.
Fields of interest
Climate Change; Climate, general; Earth Sciences,
general
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Environmental Sciences
W. Leal Filho, HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
(Ed)
Transformative Approaches to
Sustainable Development at
Universities
Working Across Disciplines
Features
7 A highly interesting theme: sustainability in
higher education 7 A wide range of authors
from 21 countries 7 A strong interdisciplinary
focus, raising interest in the social sciences, life
sciences and education sectors 7 A balanced
combination of research, projects and teaching experiences, of interest to a wide academic audience
Contents
Part 1 - Integrative Processes and Concepts.- Education for Sustainable Development in Higher
Education: Reviewing Needs.- The Matter of
Geography in Education for Sustainable Development: The Case of Danish University Geography.James Cook University’s holistic response to the
sustainable development challenge.- Triple bottom
line: An academic perspective on sustainability
practices and accountability.- Part 2 - Integrative
Approaches in Teaching and Learning.- eLearning
and the Sustainable Campus.- “Every end is a new
beginning – a realignment and re-launch of an
Environmental Management System at a German
university following a 15 years maintaining period”.- Toward temporal conceptions of education
assustainability:contributions from complexity
and process thinking.- Multicultural Constructive Community learning course for Education in
Sustainable Development applying Backcastin.
Fields of interest
Sustainable Development; Environmental
Management; International and Comparative
Education
Target groups
Research
H. M. Greschke, Justus Liebig University, Giessen,
Germany; J. Tischler, Humboldt-University, Berlin,
Germany (Eds)
Grounding Global Climate
Change
Contributions From the Social and Cultural
Sciences
Contents
Introduction: grounding global climate change.Part I: Interdisciplinarity, climate research and
the role of the social sciences.- Ecological novelty:
towards an interdisciplinary understanding of ecological change in the Anthropocene.- Predicting
the past? Integrating climate and culture during
historical famines.- Anthropology in the Anthropocene: sustainable development, climate change
and interdisciplinary research.- Part II: Searching for the social facts of global climate change:
ethnographic perspectives.- Climate and mobility
in the West African Sahel: conceptualising the local dimensions of the environment and migration
nexus.- Animal belongings: human-non human
interactions and climate change in the Canadian
Subarctic.- Part III: Spinning global webs of local knowledges: collaborative and comparative
ethnographies.- The social facts of climate change:
an ethnographic approach.- Comparing climate
worlds: theorising across ethnographic fields.Towards imagining the big picture and the finer
details: exploring global applications of a local and
scientific knowledge exchange methodology.- Part
IV: Concluding statement.- You ain’t seen nothing yet: a death-defying look at the future of the
climate debate.
Fields of interest
Environment, general; Social Sciences, general;
Humanities, general
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
2015. XVII, 141 p. 38 illus., 37 in color. (SpringerBriefs
in Environmental Science) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09221-8
2014. X, 555 p. 93 illus., 76 in color. (World
Sustainability Series) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 213,99 | € (A) 219,99 | sFr 266,50
7€ 199,99 | £180.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08836-5
9<HTODMJ=ajc bi> 9<HTODMJ=ai dgf> Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9321-6
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K. Grunewald, O. Bastian, Leibniz Inst. of Ecological
Urban and Regional Development, Dresden,
Germany (Eds)
Ecosystem Services – Concept,
Methods and Case Studies
Nature provides us with many services seemingly for free: recharged groundwater, fertile soil
and plant biomass created by photosynthesis. We
human beings draw extensive benefits from these
“ecosystem services,” or ES – food, water supply,
recreation and protection from natural hazards.
Major international studies, such as the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, have addressed the
enormous role of biodiversity and ecosystems
to human well-being, and they draw particular
attention to the consequences resulting from the
reduction or loss of these services. These very
topical issues are being addressed by authors/scientists in a wide variety of disciplines – and their
approaches, terminologies and methodological
specifics are just as diverse. What, for example,
does the efficacy of nature or natural capital mean?
Which values of nature are particularly important, how are they distributed in space and time
and how can they be assessed and the relevant
knowledge promoted? Can all ecosystem services
be quantified and even monetarized?
Features
7 Easily readable, understandable for a wide
readership, but scientifically sophisticated representation of a future-oriented and highly relevant
topic 7 Explanation of terms, categories and assessment systems for ecosystem services 7 Conceptual framework and methodological guidelines
for the analysis and evaluation of ecosystem services 7 Demonstration of extensive application
possibilities of the ecosystem services approach in
German cultural landscapes
Fields of interest
Environment, general; Environmental Management; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
F.‑K. Holtmeier, Havixbeck, Germany
R. Lal, Ohio State University OARDC, Columbus,
OH, USA; B. R. Singh, Norwegian University of Life
Sciences, As, Norway; D. L. Mwaseba, Sokoine
University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania;
D. Kraybill, D. O. Hansen, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, USA; L. O. Eik, Norwegian University of
Life Sciences, Aas, Norway (Eds)
Animals’ Influence on the
Landscape and Ecological
Importance
Natives, Newcomers, Homecomers
In its first English-language edition, this book
introduces the many-faceted interactions of
animal populations with their habitats. From
soil fauna, ants and termites to small and large
herbivores, burrowing mammals and birds, the author presents a comprehensive analysis of animals
and ecosystems that is as broad and varied as all
nature. Chapter 2 addresses the functional role
of animals in landscape ecosystems, emphasizing
fluxes of energy and matter within and between
ecosystems, and the effects of animals on qualitative and structural habitat change.
Features
7 Addresses the functional role of animals in
landscape ecosystems and the practical implications for landscape management and nature
conservation 7 Assesses the role of animals with
special regard to the specific local socio-cultural
and economic conditions 7 Includes a section on climate change effects on animal-habitat
interactions
Contents
1 Introduction.- 2 Animals’ Functional Role in
the Landscape.- 3. Selected Landscapes under
the Influence of Wild Herbivorous Mammals.- 4
Keystone Species.- 5 Introductions and Re-Introductions of Animals.- 6 Animals in Landscape
Management and Nature Conservation.- 7 Potential Effects of Climate Change on Animal-Habitat
Interactions.- 8 Epilogue.- 9 References.- 10 Index.
Fields of interest
Environment, general; Physical Geography; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Sustainable Intensification to
Advance Food Security and
Enhance Climate Resilience in
Africa
Contents
Introduction.- 1 Sustainable Intensification for
Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change and
Advancement of Food Security in Africa.- Land
Use and Farming System.- 2 Geopedological and
Landscape Dynamic Controls on Productivity
Potentials and Constraints in Selected Spatial Entities in Sub Saharan Africa.- 3 Land Degradation
and Soil Carbon Pool in Different Land Uses and
their Implication for Food Security in Southern
Ethiopia.- 4 Land use Impact on Soil Organic
Carbon and Total Nitrogen Storage in a typical
Dry Land District in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia.- 5
Climate Risk Management through Sustainable
Land Management in Sub-Saharan Africa.- 6
Effects of Land Cover Changes on Soil Organic
Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks in Eastern Mau
Forest Reserve, Kenya.- Effects of Climate Change
and Crop Yield.- 7 Soil Erosion Hazard under the
Current and Potential Climate Change Induced
Loss of Soil Organic Matter in the Upper Blue Nile
(Abay) River Basin, Ethiopia.- 8 Climate Change
and Crop Yield in Sub-Saharan Africa.- 9 Factors
in Smallholder Farmers’ Vulnerability to Climate
Change Impacts in the Uluguru Mountains, Morogoro, Tanzania.
Fields of interest
Soil Science & Conservation; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Sustainable Development
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
Original German Edition published by Eugen Ulmer
KG, Stuttgart, 2002
Due September 2014
2015. I, 287 p. 14 illus. in color. Hardcover
7€ (D) 99,99 | € (A) 102,79 | * sFr 124,50
7€ 93,45 | £84.50
ISBN 978-3-662-44142-8
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9293-6
7 *€ (D) 181,89 | € (A) 186,99 | sFr 226,50
7€ 169,99 | £153.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09359-8
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A. J. Masys, Centre for Security Science, Ottawa, ON,
Canada (Ed)
R. Milačič, J. Ščančar, Jožef Stefan Institute,
Ljubljana, Slovenia; M. Paunović, University of
Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (Eds)
Disaster Management: Enabling
The Sava River
Resilience
Contents
Part 1.- 1. Resilience Undefined. A Framework for
Interdisciplinary Communication and Application
for real; World Problems.- 2. Disaster Management, control and resilience.- Part 2. Urban
Domain.- 3. Futuristic smart architecture for a
rapid disaster response.- 4. Building in resilience.
Long-term considerations in the design and production of residential buildings in Israel.- 5. Urban
Resilience & Sustainability. The role of a local
resilience forum in England.- 6. Wicked Problems
Framework. Architectural Lessons from recent
urban disasters.- Part 3. Cyber Domain.- 7. Architectures for Cyber-Security Incident Reporting in
Safety-Critical Systems.- 8. The Cyber-ecosystem.
Enabling resilience through the Comprehensive Approach.- Part 4. Organizational/ Social
Domain.- 9. Enabling Resilience. An examination of high reliability organizations and safety
culture through the lens of Appreciative Inquiry.10. Unintended consequences. What lessons
can risk-managers learn from the use of armed
Remotely piloted vehicles for counter-insurgency
in Pakistan?.- 11. Extra-fragile in disaster. People
with disabilities in a bombarded zone.- 12. The
application of quality of life metrics.- 13. Defining
and negotiating a shared responsibility for disaster
resilience.- Part 5. Socio-ecological Domain.- 14.
Wildland Fire Management. Movement towards
enabling resiliency?.- 15. Case-Study. Vulnerabilities co-evolutionary dynamics in Morelia
Michoacan, Mexico.
Fields of interest
Environmental Management; Climate Change/
Climate Change Impacts; Natural Hazards
This volume provides a comprehensive overview
of environmental aspects of the Sava River, which
is the greatest tributary to the Danube River and
the major drainage river system of South Eastern
Europe.
Features
7 A comprehensive review 7 Written by experts 7 Richly illustrated
Contents
Transboundary water cooperation for sustainable
development of the Sava River Basin.- Climate
change impact on flood hazard in the Sava River
Basin.- Climate projections for the Sava River
Basin.- Integrated approach to the evaluation of
chemical dynamics and anthropogenic pollution
sources in the Sava River Basin.- Elements and
persistent organic pollutants in the sediments of
the Sava River.- Metal bioavailability in the Sava
River water.- Potentiometric determination of
anionic and nonionic surfactants in surface waters
and wastewaters.- Ecotoxicological characterization of the Sava River – biomarker responses and
biological assays.-Microbial characterization of
the Sava River.- Algal communities along the
Sava River.- Aquatic and wetland vegetation along
the Sava River.- Zooplankton community along
the Sava River.- Aquatic macroinvertebrates of
the Sava River.- Ichthyofauna of the River Sava
System.- Fauna of the Riparian Ecosystems – Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals.- Genotoxicological studies of lower stretch of the Sava
River.- Indicative status assessment, biodiversity
conservation and protected areas within the Sava
River Basin.
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Environmental Chemistry; Water Quality/Water
Pollution; Geochemistry
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Research
G. Schmidt, Universität Vechta, Vechta, Germany;
S. Schönrock, W. Schroeder, University of Vechta,
Vechta, Germany
Plant Phenology as a
Biomonitor for Climate Change
in Germany
A Modelling and Mapping Approach
The investigations refer to the development of
plant phenology since the 1960s in Germany.
Spatiotemporal trends were assessed by means of
regression kriging. It could be shown that there
already is a distinct shift of phenological onset
towards the beginning of the year of up to two
weeks. In future, a shift of up to one month was
calculated till 2080. Moreover, a prolongation of
the vegetation period of up to three weeks was
found. The findings are relevant for the development of mitigation measures to prevent from
environmental, agricultural and economic issues
due to climate change.
Features
7 Offers a sophisticated risk assessment approach
which links phenological and climatological
measures 7 Instructs how to apply geostatistical
methods for mapping phenological data 7 Explains how to use climate projections to map historical and future plant phenological development
Fields of interest
Climate Change; Climate Change/Climate Change
Impacts; Biogeosciences
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Product category
Reviews
Due October 2014
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
2014. 360 p. 36 illus. in color. (Lecture Notes in Social
Networks) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08818-1
2014. X, 490 p. 127 illus., 107 in color. (The Handbook
of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 31) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 245,03 | € (A) 251,90 | sFr 305,00
7€ 229,00 | £206.50
ISBN 978-3-662-44033-9
2015. XI, 64 p. 30 illus. in color. (SpringerBriefs in
Environmental Science) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09089-4
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Life Sciences
M. Agnoletti, DEISTAF, University of Florence,
Firenze, Italy; S. Neri Serneri, University of Siena,
Siena, Italy (Eds)
The Basic World of
Environmental History
This book is an introductory instrument to the
main themes of environmental history, illustrating its development over time, methodological
implications, results achieved and those still
under discussion. But the overriding aspiration
is to show that the doubts, methods and knowledge elaborated by environmental history have a
heuristic value that is far from negligible precisely
in its attitude to the most consolidated major
historiography.
Features
7 From energy to waste: the main themes of
environmental history at a glance 7 Leading
specialists summarizes information and knowledge 7 Not just an introduction: critical approach and updated bibliography introduce to the
core of historical debate
Contents
Foreword; Mauro Agnoletti, Simone Neri
Serneri.- Contributors.- 1. Energy in history;
Paolo Malanima.- 2. Economic history and the
environment: new questions, approaches and
methodologies; Enric Tello Aragay, Gabriel Jover
Avellà.- 3. Environmental history of soils; Verena
Winiwarter.- 4. Environmental history of water
resources; Stephane Frioux.- 5. Environmental
history of air pollution and protection; Stephen
Mosley.- 6. Urban development and environment;
Dieter Schott.- 7. History of Waste Management
and the Social and Cultural Representations of
Waste; Sabine Barles.- 8. History of technological
hazards, disasters and accidents; Gianni Silei.
Fields of interest
Landscape Ecology; History; Environment,
general
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
D. Armstrong, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL,
USA (Ed)
Advanced Protocols in
Oxidative Stress III
Contents
Derivatization and Detection of Small Aliphatic
and Lipid-Bound Carbonylated Lipid Peroxidation Products by ESI-MS.- Specific Imaging and
Tracking of Mitochondria in Live Cells by a Photostable AIE Luminogen.- Analysis of Relationship
Between Oxidized Phospholipid Structure and
Interaction with the Class B Scavenger Receptors.- A Novel Gas Chromatographic Method for
Determination of Malondialdehyde from Oxidized
DNA.- Nitric Oxide Availability as a Marker of
Oxidative Stress.- Quantification of DNA Repair
Capacity Towards Oxidatively Damaged DNA
in Subcellular and Cellular Systems by a NonRadioactive Cleavage Assay.- Chiral Phase-HPLC
Separation of Hydroperoxyoctadecenoic Acids
and Their Biosynthesis by Fatty Acid Dioxygenases.- Selenium as a Versatile Center in Fluorescence
Probe for the Redox Cycle Between HClO Oxidative Stress and H2S Repair.- Evaluation of Physical
Integrity of Lipid Bilayer Under Oxidative Stress:
Application of Fluorescence Microscopy and
Digital Image Processing.- Electrochemical Detection of Glutathione S-Transferase: An Important
Enzyme in the Cell Protective Mechanism Against
Oxidative Stress.- Using Nanosensors for In Situ
Monitoring and Measurement of Nitric Oxide and
Peroxynitrite in a Single Cell.- Curcuma longa Attenuates Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Oxidative
Stress in T Lymphocyte Subpopulations.- Prolongation of the Lag Time Preceding Peroxidation of
Serum Lipids: A Measure of Antioxidant Capacity.- Identification of (Anti-Oxidative) Plants in
Herbal Pharmaceutical Preparations and Dietary
Supplements.
Fields of interest
Biochemistry, general; Oxidative Stress
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Due December 2014
Due September 2014
(Environmental History, Volume 4) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09179-2
2014. XIV, 502 p. 136 illus., 62 in color. (Methods in
7 *€ (D) 117,69 | € (A) 120,99 | sFr 146,50
7€ 109,99 | £99.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1440-1
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9<HTMEUD=jbe ab> L. Barton, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,
NM, USA; D. Bazylinski, University of Nevada at
Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA; H. Xu, University of
Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA (Eds)
Nanomicrobiology
Physiological and Environmental
Characteristics
This book is devoted to nanomicrobiology and
the nanosystems of bacteria. The initial chapter discusses some of the controversies in the
geochemical and biomedical fields associated with
the reports of nanobacteria in the environment.
Current knowledge of several internal and surface
structures of bacteria is addressed in this book.
Included are chapters discussing carboxysomes, Slayers, gliding motility of bacteria, and aggregation
of iron to produce nano-magnetite.
Features
7 The first book to review nano-motor systems in
bacteria 7 Details the structural features of bacteria with respect to metabolic activity 7 Reveals
how nano-structures interact with the physical
environment
Contents

Preface.Nanostructures and nanobacteria.- S-layer structure in bacteria and archaea.- Magnetotactic Bacteria, Magnetosomes and Nanotechnology.Carboxysomes and their structural organization
in prokaryotes.- Bacterial organization at the
smallest level: Molecular motors, nanowires, and
outer membrane vesicles.- The mechanism of
bacterial gliding motility: Insights from molecular and cellular studies in the Myxobacteria and
Bacteroidetes.- Nanoparticles formed by microbial
metabolism of metals and minerals.
Fields of interest
Bacteriology; Nanotechnology; Applied Microbiology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Due October 2014
7 approx. *€ (D) 149,75 | € (A) 153,94 | sFr 186,50
7 approx.€ 139,95 | £126.50
ISBN 978-1-4939-1666-5
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N. Beaujean, H. Jammes, A. Jouneau, INRA, Jouyen-Josas, France (Eds)
Nuclear Reprogramming
Contents
Nuclear Transfer in the Mouse.- Nuclear Transfer
in the Rabbit.- Nuclear Transfer in Ruminants.Nuclear Transfer and Transgenesis in the Pig.Embryonic Stem Cell-Somatic Cell Fusion and
Post-Fusion Enucleation.- Analysis of Nuclear
Reprogramming Following Nuclear Transfer
to Xenopus Oocyte.- Assessing the Quality of
Donor Cells: Karyotyping Methods.- Treatment
of Donor Cell/Embryo with Different Approaches
to Improve Development After Nuclear Transfer.- Fluorescent Immunodetection of Epigenetic Modifications on Pre-Implantation Mouse
Embryos.- Visualization of Epigenetic Modifications in Preimplantation Embryos.- Live Embryo
Imaging to Follow Cell Cycle and Chromosomes
Stability After Nuclear Transfer.- Analysis of
Nucleolar Morphology and Protein Localization
as an Indicator of Nuclear Reprogramming.- Assessment of Cell Lineages and Cell Death in
Blastocysts by Immunostaining.- Gene Expression
Analysis in Early Embryos through Reverse Transcription Quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR).- Studying
Bovine Early Embryo Transcriptome by Microarray.- Methylation of Specific Regions: BisulfiteSequencing at the Single Oocyte or 2-Cell Embryo
Level.- Micro Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
(ChIP) from Early Mammalian Embryos.- Assessing Reprogramming by Chimera Formation
and Tetraploid Complementation.- Whole-Mount
In Situ Hybridization to Assess Advancement
of Development and Embryo Morphology.Genome-Wide Analysis of Methylation in Bovine
Clones by Methylated DNA Immunoprecipitation
(MeDIP).
Fields of interest
Cell Biology; Genetic Engineering
Target groups
Life Sciences
L. O. Björn, Lund University, Lund, Sweden (Ed)
Photobiology
The Science of Light and Life
Features
7 Compact and well-integrated as compared
to competition 7 Written by experts, many of
whom are well-known 7 Significantly revised
and expanded 7 New color photographs
Contents
The Nature of Light and Its Interaction with Matter.- Principles and Nomenclature for the Quantification of Light.- Generation and Control of
Light.- The Measurement of Light.- Light as a Tool
for Biologists: Recent Developments.- Terrestrial
Daylight.- Underwater Light.- Action Spectroscopy in Biology.- Spectral Tuning in Biology I: Pigments.- Spectral Tuning in Biology II: Structural
Color.- Photoactive Proteins.- Molecules and Photochemical Reactions in Biological Light Perception and Regulation.- Photoreceptive Proteins and
Their Evolution.- Signaling Crosstalk under the
Control of Plant Photoreceptors.- The Diversity
of Eye Optics.- The Evolution of Photosynthesis
and Its Environmental Impact.- Photosynthetic
Light Harvesting.- How Light Resets Circadian
Clocks.- Photomorphogenesis and Photoperiodism in Plants.- The Light-Dependent Magnetic
Compass.- Phototoxicity.- Ozone Depletion and
the Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation.- Vitamin D:
Photobiological and Ecological Aspects.- The
Photobiology of Human Skin.- Light-Promoted
Infection.- Bioluminescence.- Role of Ultraviolet Radiation in the Origin of Life.- Hints for
Teaching Experiments and Demonstrations.- The
Amateur Scientist’s Spectrophotometer.
Fields of interest
Plant Sciences; Plant Anatomy/Development;
Evolutionary Biology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Contributed volume
9<HTMEUD=jbfjde> Animal Models for Stem Cell
Therapy
Contents
Stem Cells--Are We Ready for Therapy?.- Aurigon’s Point of View on the Safety Assessment of
Cell Based Therapies – An Experience Based on
the Participation in 15 ATMPs Projects.- Pre-Conditioning of the Liver for Efficient Repopulation by
Primary Hepatocyte Transplants.- Age-Dependent
Hepatocyte Transplantation for Functional Liver
Tissue Reconstitution.- Treatment of NASH with
Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Immunodeficient Mouse.- The in vivo Evaluation of the
Therapeutic Potential of Human Adipose TissueDerived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Acute Liver
Disease.- A Mouse Model of Liver Injury to Evaluate Paracrine and Endocrine Effects of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells.- Animal Models
to Test hiPS-Derived Hepatocytes in the Context
of Inherited Metabolic Liver Diseases.- Support of Hepatic Regeneration by Trophic Factors
from Liver-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem
Cells.- Assessment of Functional Competence of
Endothelial Cells from Human Pluripotent Stem
Cells in Zebrafish Embryos.- Stem Cell Therapy
for Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Innovative Techniques and Procedures for Pediatric Translational
Research.- Exploring Mesenchymal Stem CellDerived Extracellular Vesicles in Acute Kidney
Injury.- Angiogenesic Properties of Mesenchymal
Stem Cells in a Mouse Model of Limb Ischemia.Methods to Assess Intestinal Stem Cell Activity in
Response to Microbes in Drosophila melanogaster.- Muscle Pouch Implantation: An Ectopic Bone
Formation Model .- Bone Defect Repair in Mice
by Mesenchymal Stem Cells.
Fields of interest
Cell Biology; Stem Cells
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
2nd ed. 2014. X, 310 p. 69 illus., 43 in color. (Methods
in Molecular Biology, Volume 1222) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 101,64 | € (A) 104,49 | sFr 126,50
7€ 94,99 | £85.50
ISBN 978-1-4939-1593-4
B. Christ, Unviersity of Leipzig, , Germany;
J. Oerlecke, P. Stock, University of Leipzig, , Germany
(Eds)
Due September 2014
3rd ed. 2014. 477 p. 284 illus., 56 in color. Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 165,80 | € (A) 170,44 | sFr 206,50
7 approx.€ 154,95 | £139.50
ISBN 978-1-4939-1467-8
9<HTMEUD=jbeghi> 2014. XII, 420 p. 84 illus., 69 in color. (Methods in
7 *€ (D) 117,69 | € (A) 120,99 | sFr 146,50
7€ 109,99 | £99.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1452-4
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Life Sciences
V. M. Cruz, D. A. Dierig, USDA-ARS, Fort Collins, CO,
USA (Eds)
Industrial Crops
Breeding for BioEnergy and Bioproducts
The volume on Industrial Crop Breeding will
be part of the series, Handbook of Plant Breeding. This volume will focus on the emerging area
of plant breeding for sustainable production of
transportation fuels and bio based products using
the current advances in the field.
Features
7 Up-to-date chapters contributed by academic and industry leaders 7 Key technical
information and breeding data on industrial
crops 7 Comprehensive overviews on bio products as alternative energy sources
Contents
Sweet Sorghum: Breeding and Bio products.Breeding of Sugarcane.- Miscanthus.- Breeding
Willow for Short Rotation Coppice Energy Cropping.- Sugar Beet, Energy Beet, and Industrial
Beet.- Native Grasses for Biomass Production at
High Elevations.- Canola, Rapeseed and Mustard – For Biofuels and Bio products.- Camelina
sativa- for Biofuels and Bio products.- Maize
Starch for Industrial Applications.- Cotton Breeding for Fiber Quality Improvement.- Flax and
Linseed.- ABACA (Musa textilis Nee) Breeding in
the Philippines.- Cuphea Production and Management.- Germplasm Improvement to Develop
Commercially Viable Lines of the New Oilseed
Crop Lesquerella.- Sisal/Agave.- 100 Years of
Breeding Guayule.- Algae Crops: Co-production
of Algae Biofuels.- International Policies on
Bioenergy and Biofuels.- Partnerships, Future and
Emerging Technologies.
Fields of interest
Plant Breeding/Biotechnology; Plant Sciences;
Plant Genetics & Genomics
Target groups
Research
R. Dean, North Carolina State University, Center for
Integrated Fungal Res, Raleigh, NC, USA; A. LichensPark, United States Department of Agriculture,
Nat Inst Food and Agriculture, Washington, WA,
USA; C. Kole, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalay,
Mohanpur, India (Eds)
R. Dean, North Carolina State University Center for
Integrated Fungal Res, Raleigh, NC, USA; A. LichensPark, United States Department of Agriculture Nat
Inst Food and Agriculture, Washington, WA, USA;
C. Kole, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BC,
Mohanpur, India (Eds)
Genomics of Plant-Associated
Fungi and Oomycetes: Dicot
Pathogens
Genomics of Plant-Associated
Fungi: Monocot Pathogens
This book describes how genomics has revolutionized our understanding of agriculturally important
plant-associated fungi and oomycetes.
Features
7 Offers an up-to-date insight into the latest
results of the genomics of agriculturally significant
fungi and oomycetes, with the tremendous progress made over the last decade 7 Describes both
theoretical and practical aspects of fighting against
crop loss 7 Of particular interest for scientists in
industry, academia and government
Contents
Genomics of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.- The
Genome of Botrytis cinerea, a ubiquitous broad
host range necrotroph.- Alternaria Comparative
Genomics: The Secret Life of Rots.- Verticillium
alfalfae and V. dahliae, agents of Verticillium wilt
diseases.- Fusarium oxysporum.- Illuminating the
Phytophthora capsici genome.- The Phytophthora
sojae genome sequence: foundation for a revolution.- Phytophthora ramorum.- Phytophthora
infestans.- Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis: a
model pathogen of Arabidopsis.
Fields of interest
Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Fungus Genetics; Agriculture
This book describes how genomics has revolutionized our understanding of agriculturally important plant-associated fungi. It illustrates some
fundamental discoveries about these eukaryotic
microbes with regard to the overall structure of
their genomes, their lifestyles and the molecular
mechanisms that form the basis of their interactions with plants.
Features
7 First summary describing the genomes of
several distinct groups of agriculturally significant fungi, with the tremendous progress made
over the last decade 7 Describes both theoretical and practical aspects of fighting against crop
loss 7 Of particular interest for scientists in
industry, academia and government
Contents
Pyrenophora tritici-repentis: a Plant Pathogenic Fungus with Global Impact.- Comparative
genomics of cochliobolus phytopathogens.- The
genomics of colletotrichum.- Fusarium graminearum Genomics and Beyond.- The genomes
of Mycosphaerella graminicola and M. fijiensis.Facilitating the fungus: insights from the genome
of the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae.- The
genomes of the cereal powdery mildew fungi,
Blumeria graminis.- Puccinia graminis.
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Fungus Genetics; Agriculture
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
2014. XIV, 418 p. 50 illus., 38 in color. (Handbook of
Plant Breeding, Volume 9) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 181,89 | € (A) 186,99 | sFr 226,50
7€ 169,99 | £153.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1446-3
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Due August 2014
Due August 2014
2014. VIII, 359 p. 34 illus., 15 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44055-1
2014. VIII, 351 p. 34 illus., 18 in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44052-0
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Life Sciences
P. A. Dennery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Neonatology, Philadelphia, PA,
USA; G. Buonocore, University of Siena Dept
of Peds, Obstetrics & Reprod Med, Siena, Italy;
O. D. Saugstad, University of Oslo Faculty of
Medicine Rikshospitalit Medical Center, Oslo, Norway
(Eds)
M. F. Docker, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB,
Canada (Ed)
Perinatal and Prenatal
Disorders
The book provides the most comprehensive review
of lamprey biology since Hardisty and Potter’s
five-volume “The Biology of Lampreys” published
more than 30 years ago. Published in two volumes,
it includes contributions from international
lamprey experts, reviewing and providing new
insights into the evolution, general biology, and
management of lampreys worldwide. This first
volume offers up-to-date chapters on the systematics, general biology, conservation status, and
conservation needs of lampreys.
Contents
1. Impact of oxidative stress on development.- 2.
Chorioamnionitis and oxidative stress: New ideas
from experimental models.- 3. Oxidative stress
in the pathophysiology of gestational diabetes
mellitus.- 4. Tobacco smoking and oxidative stress
in pregnancy.- 5. Preterm labor and oxidative
stress.- 6. Developmental origins of disease: The
role of oxidative stress.- 7. Down Syndrome as a
special case of oxidatively induced developmental
dysregulation.- 8. Retinopathy of prematurity and
oxidative signaling.- 9. Necrotizing enterocolitis
and oxidative stress.- 10. Oxidative stress and the
perinatal circulation.- 11. Use of oxygen in the
resuscitation of neonates.- 12. Antioxidant properties of commercial surfactants.- 13. Oxidative
stress and Glutathione synthesis rates in postnatal
life.- 14. Oxygen vulnerability of the immature
brain.- 15. Hyperbilirubinemia and antioxidant
defenses in the neonate.- 16. Neonatal pain and
oxidative stress.- 17. Ontogeny of antioxidant
systems.- 18. Antioxidant therapies in the neonates.- 19. Postnatal stress including nutrition.- 20.
Oxidative stress in epilepsy.- 21. The oxidative
stress in the fetus and newborn.- 22. New promising antioxidant drugs.
Fields of interest
Oxidative Stress; Obstetrics/Perinatology; Cell
Biology
Lampreys: Biology,
Conservation and Control
Volume 1
Features
7 Offers up-to-date insights on the systematics,
general biology, conservation status and –needs
of lampreys 7 Among other topics includes
chapters on lamprey taxonomy, phylogeny ,
distribution, metamorphosis, spawning migration
and conservation of native lampreys 7 Important reference for researchers working on any
aspect of lamprey biology and fishery managers
whose mandate is to control or conserve lamprey
populations
Contents
1. Introduction: A Surfeit of Lampreys.- 2. The
Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Distribution of Lampreys.- 3. The Ecology of Larval and Metamorphosing Lampreys.- 4. Lamprey Metamorphosis.5. Lamprey Spawning Migration.- 6. Reproductive
Ecology of Lamprey.- 7. The Reproductive
Hypothalamic-Pituitary Axis in Lampreys.- 8.
Conservation of Native Lampreys.
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management; Vertebrates; Conservation Biology/Ecology
Product category
Contributed volume
Target groups
Research
T. Fukada, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical
Sciences, Yokohama, Japan; T. Kambe, Kyoto
University, Kyoto, Japan (Eds)
Zinc Signals in Cellular
Functions and Disorders
Contents
Foreword.- Preface.- 1 Introduction - “Zinc
Signaling”: The Blossoming Field of Zinc Biology
(Taiho Kambe).- 2 Molecular Aspects of Zinc Signals (Wolfgang Maret).- 3 Zinc Transport Proteins
and Zinc Signaling (Taiho Kambe, Tokuji Tsuji,
and Kazuhisa Fukue).- 4 Oxidative Stress and
Neuronal Zinc Signaling (Hirokazu Hara and Elias
Aizenman).- 5 Zinc Signaling by “Zinc Wave”
(Keigo Nishida and Satoru Yamasaki).- 6 The Zinc
Sensing Receptor, ZnR/GPR39: Signaling and
Significance (Michal Hershfinkel).- 7 GeneticallyEncoded Fluorescent Probes for Intracellular
Zn2+ Imaging (Anne M. Hessels and Maarten
Merkx).- 8 Zinc Signal in Brain Functions
(Atsushi Takeda).- 9 The Clinical Implications of
Impaired Zinc Signalling in the Brain (Sara M.
Hancock, Ashley I. Bush, and Paul A. Adlard).- 10
Zinc Signals in Immunology (Lothar Rink and
Martina Maywald).- 11 Zinc Signal in Inflammation (Ming-Jie Liu and Daren L. Knoell).- 12
Zinc Signal in Growth Control and Bone Diseases
(Toshiyuki Fukada, Shintaro Hojyo, and Bum-Ho
Bin).- 13 Zinc and its Role in the Pathogenesis
of Type 2 Diabetes (Yoshio Fujitani, Motoyuki
Tamaki, Ayako Fukunaka, and Hirotaka Watada).14 Zinc Signalling and Cancer (Thirayost Nimmanon and Kathryn M. Taylor).- 15 Zinc as a Key
Meiotic Cell Cycle Regulator in the Mammalian
Oocyte (Ru Ya, Emily Que, Thomas V. O’Halloran,
and Teresa K. Woodruff).- BM Future Perspectives
(Toshiyuki Fukada).- Index.
Fields of interest
Cell Physiology; Cell Biology; Human Physiology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
2014. VI, 696 p. 68 illus., 28 in color. (Oxidative Stress
in Applied Basic Research and Clinical Practice)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 160,49 | € (A) 164,99 | sFr 200,00
7€ 149,99 | £135.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1404-3
9<HTMEUD=jbeaed> Due October 2014
2014. X, 240 p. 51 illus., 15 in color. (Fish & Fisheries
Series, Volume 37) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9305-6
9<HTUELB=hjdafg> Due October 2014
7 *€ (D) 160,49 | € (A) 164,99 | sFr 200,00
7€ 149,99 | £135.00
ISBN 978-4-431-55113-3
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I. Gerald, I. Gerald, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur,
Chetumal, Mexico (Eds)
Biodiversity and Conservation
of the Yucatan Peninsula
This book provides information relevant for the
conservation of biodiversity and the sound management of the coastal and forest ecosystems of
the Yucatan Peninsula in the face of global change.
Various aspects of the biodiversity of the Yucatan
Peninsula are analysed in an integrative manner,
including phenological, ecophysiological, ecological and conservation aspects of plants and animals
and their relationships with humans in coastal and
forest ecosystems.
Contents
1.Introduction.- 2.Physical Setting and History.3.Distribution of vegetation types.- 4.Ecology
(Plant).- 4.1.Phenology.-4.2.Ecophysiology.4.3.Disturbance, Conservation and use.- 5.Ecology
(Animal).- 5.1.Plant-insect interaction.- 5.2.Large
fauna.- 5.3.Reptiles and amphibians.- 5.4.Birds.5.5.Subsistence hunting & conservation.- 6.Coastal
ecosystems and conservation.- 7.Forest ecosystems
and conservation.- 8.Integration of conservation
measures and policies.
Target groups
Research
M. Hayat, Kean University, Union, NJ, USA (Ed)
Genetics of the Mouse
Aging, Cancer, and Noncancer Pathologies
This book presents the different aspects of the
genetics of the laboratory mouse, along with notes
on the laboratory rat. It is not just a collection of
methods or experimental protocols, but a book
outlining the basic body of knowledge on the genetics of these rodent species. Several entirely new
aspects in the field (e.g., Quantitative Genetics,
Genomics, Epigenetics) are included.
Features
7 Discusses the effects of senescence and
dormancy in breast cancer, ovarian cancer and
leukemia, as well as in cardiovascular diseases 7 Advances the body of knowledge of cancer
cell regression, including possible use of pro
senescence therapy as an alternative to surgery,
chemotherapy or radiation therapy 7 Includes
the contributions of some 26 experts representing
seven different countries
Features
7 First comprehensive and up-to-date overview on mouse genetics since the mid-nineties 7 Complements, for the first time, information on mouse and rat genetics 7 Written by
experts in the field
Features
7 No book available on this matter for this
biologically important area 7 Will provide upto-date information on the state of biodiversity
and conservation in the Yucatan Peninsula based
on state-of-the-art research, for both coastal
and forest ecosystems 7 Will provide a deep
understanding of the multi-faceted aspects of the
challenges awaiting biodiversity in face of global
change in the Yucatan Peninsula
Fields of interest
Ecology; Biodiversity; Conservation Biology/
Ecology
J. L. Guénet, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France;
F. Benavides, The University of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer Center, Smithville, TX, USA; J.‑J. Panthier,
X. Montagutelli, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Contents
1. Origins of the laboratory mouse and rat 2. Basic
of reproduction biology in laboratory rodents
3. Genetics techniques and tools: an overview 4.
Mendelian genetics of the mouse 5. The mouse
and rat genetic maps 6. Mouse genomics 7.
Mutagenesis in the rat and mouse 8. Genomic
alterations by transgenesis 9. Breeding strategies
and their influence 10. Quantitative genetics 11.
Mouse cytogenetics 12. The mouse as an animal
model for human pathologies 13. The genetics of
transplantations 14. Tables and Addenda
Fields of interest
Animal Genetics and Genomics; Animal Models;
Transgenics
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Tumor Dormancy, Quiescence,
and Senescence, Vol. 3
Contents
Preface. I General Applications.- Active, dormant, or on the path to elimination: what does a
senescent cell do?- Hypoxia and tumor dormancy:
can the two tango?- Progeriod syndromes: role of
accelerated fibroblast senescence and p38 activation.- Induction of cancer cells senescence: role of
caffeic acid 3,4-dihydroxy-phenethyl ester.- II Role
in breast cancer.- Various factors contributing
to tumor dormancy: therapeutic implications in
breast cancer.- Progression of hormone-dependent
mammary tumors after dormancy: role of wnt
pathway.- III Role in ovarian cancer.- Chemoresistance, dormancy and recurrence in platinum
drug therapy of ovarian cancers.- The role of
angiogenesis, growth arrest and autophagy in
human ovarian cancer xenograft models for tumor
dormancy.- Role in leukemia.- Regulation of the
promyelocytic leukemia protein and its role in
premature senescence.- V Role in cardiovascular
disease.- Cardiac senescence and autophagy.- Index.
Fields of interest
Life Sciences, general; Biomedicine general; Medicine/Public Health, general
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due April 2015
Due September 2014
7 approx. *€ (D) 213,99 | € (A) 219,99 | sFr 266,50
7 approx.€ 199,99 | £180.00
ISBN 978-3-319-06528-1
7 *€ (D) 160,49 | € (A) 164,99 | sFr 200,00
7€ 149,99 | £135.00
ISBN 978-3-662-44286-9
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9<HTOGRC=e cigj> 2014. X, 170 p. 19 illus. in color. (Tumor Dormancy
and Cellular Quiescence and Senescence, Volume 3)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 160,49 | € (A) 164,99 | sFr 200,00
7€ 149,99 | £135.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9324-7
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Life Sciences
M. Heinlein, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des
Plantes, Strasbourg, France (Ed)
M. R. Hughes, K. M. McNagny, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (Eds)
E. Jendek, Ottawa Plant Laboratory, Ottawa, ON,
Canada; J. Polakova, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Plasmodesmata
Mast Cells
Host plants of world Agrilus
(Coleoptera, Buprestidae)
Contents
Plasmodesmata: Channels for Intercellular
Signaling During Plant Growth and Development.- Plasmodesmata: Channels for Viruses on
the Move.- Imaging Plasmodesmata with High
Resolution Scanning Electron Microscopy.- Preparative Methods for Imaging Plasmodesmata at
Super-Resolution.- Isolation of Plasmodesmata
from Arabidopsis Suspension Culture Cells.- Immunofluorescence Detection of Callose Deposition around Plasmodesmata Sites.- Imaging
Callose at Plasmodesmata Using Aniline Blue:
Quantitative Confocal Microscopy.- Localization
of Fluorescently-Tagged Protein to Plasmodesmata by Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy.- Quantification of Plant Cell Coupling with
Live-Cell Microscopy.- Drop-ANd-See: A Simple,
Real-Time, and Non-Invasive Technique for
Assaying Plasmodesmal Permeability.- Mapping
Symplasmic Fields at the Shoot Apical Meristem
Using Iontophoresis and Membrane Potential
Measurements.- Analysis of the Conductivity of
Plasmodesmata by Microinjection.- Investigating Plasmodesmata Genetics with Virus-Induced
Gene Silencing and an Agrobacterium-Mediated
GFP Movement Assay.- Probing Plasmodesmata
Function with Biochemical Inhibitors.- GAL4
Transactivation-Based Assay for the Detection of
Selective Intercellular Protein Movement.- Techniques for Assessing the Effects of Pharmacological Inhibitors on Intercellular Protein Movement.Probing Protein Targeting to Plasmodesmata
Using Fluorescence Recovery after Photo-Bleaching.- The Tracking of Intercellular Small RNA
Movement.- Analysis of the Role of Myosins in
Targeting Proteins to Plasmodesmata.
Contents
Paul Ehrich’s Mastzellen: A Historical Perspective
of Relevant Developments in Mast Cell Biology.The Phylogenetic Profile of Mast Cells.- Mast
Cell Development and Function in the Zebrafish.- Human Mast Cell and Basophil/Eosinophil
Progenitors.- Methods for the Study of Mast
Cell Recruitment and Accumulation in Different
Tissues.- Notch2 Signaling in Mast-cell Development & Distribution in the Intestine.- Mast Cells
in Human Health and Disease.- The Emerging
Prominence of the Cardiac Mast Cell as a Potent
Mediator of Adverse Myocardial Remodeling.The Parasympathetic Nervous System as a Regulator of Mast Cell Function.- Growth of Human
Mast Cells from Bone Marrow and Peripheral
Blood-Derived CD34+ Pluripotent Hematopoietic
Cells.- Isolation and Characterization of Human
Intestinal Mast Cells.- Human Mast Cell Activation with Viruses and Pathogen Products.- Basic
Techniques to Study FceRI Signaling in Mast
Cells.- Membrane-cytoskeleton Dynamics in the
Course of Mast Cell Activation.- FcεRI Expression
and Dynamics on Mast Cells.- Regulation of Mast
Cell Survival and Apoptosis.- Protein Tyrosine
Phosphatases in Mast Cell Signaling.- MicroRNA
Function in Mast Cell Biology:Protocols to
Characterize and Modulate microRNA Expression.- Assay of Mast Cell Mediators.- Induction
Of Mast Cell Apoptosis By A Novel Secretory
Granule-Mediated Pathway.- Measurement of
Nitric Oxide in Mast Cells with the Fluorescent
Indicator DAF-FM Diacetate.- Real-time Imaging
of Ca2+ Mobilization and Degranulation in Mast
Cells.- Flow Cytometry-based Monitoring of Mast
Cell Activation.
Field of interest
Plant Sciences
Field of interest
Cell Biology
Fields of interest
Entomology; Plant Pathology; Tree Biology
Target groups
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Target groups
Research
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Contributed volume
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Monograph
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
2014. XIV, 254 p. 53 illus., 39 in color. With online
files/update. (Methods in Molecular Biology, Volume
1217) Hardcover
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2nd ed. 2014. XIV, 566 p. 64 illus., 46 in color.
Hardcover
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ISBN 978-1-4939-1567-5
9<HTMEUD=jbfc e> 9<HTMEUD=jbfghf> A Critical Review
The beetle genus Agrilus has over 3000 species
which makes it the most numerous in the Animal
Kingdom. Many species are serious pests of plants
with high invasive potential. Among them, the
notoriously known Agrilus planipennis invaded
from Asia to North America where it killed tens
of millions of ash trees, caused regulatory agencies
to enforce quarantines and cost municipalities,
property owners, nursery operators and forest
products industries tens of millions of dollars. The
monograph provides coherent, comprehensive and
critical review on all known host plants for more
than 680 Agrilus species. All host plants have
assigned the confidence index from 0-3 based on
the evaluated reliability which eliminates false
records. All original and subsequent references for
particular plants are cited at each Agrilus species.
Data are organized from both, insect and plant
viewpoints. Results are analyzed and illustrated by
graphs and diagrams.
Features
7 The first book providing a critical analysis of
trophic associations of worldwide Agrilus 7 All
host plant associations are summarized by Agrilus
and by host plant 7 All host plant associations
credibility is declared by the numeric confidence
index
Contents
Introduction.- Host plants of Agrilus.- Methods.- Catalog Agrilus - host plants.- Catalog host
plant - Agrilus.- Analysis.- References.- Index of
Agrilus species-group names.- Index of host plant
names.- Tables.
Due August 2014
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Life Sciences
V. C. Kalia, Microbial Biotechnology and Genomics,
New Delhi, India (Ed)
R. E. Keane, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain
Research Station, Missoula, MT, USA
C. Kioussi, Oregon State University College of
Pharmacy, Corvallis, OR, USA (Ed)
Quorum Sensing vs Quorum
Quenching: A Battle with No
End in Sight
Wildland Fuel Fundamentals
and Application
Stem Cells and Tissue Repair
A new era in wildland fuel sciences is now evolving in such a way that fire scientists and managers
need a comprehensive understanding of fuels
ecology and science to fully understand fire effects
and behavior on diverse ecosystem and landscape characteristics. This is a reference book on
wildland fuel science; a book that describes fuels
and their application in land management. There
has never been a comprehensive book on wildland
fuels; most wildland fuel information was put into
wildland fire science and management books as
separate chapters and sections. This book is the
first to highlight wildland fuels and treat them as a
natural resource rather than a fire behavior input.
Fields of interest
Landscape Ecology; Forestry; Environmental
Management
Contents
Culturing and Differentiating Mouse Embryonic
Stem Cells.- Neural Stem Cells Transplantation
in an Animal Model of Traumatic Brain Injury.Experimental Cell Transplantation for Traumatic
Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration: Intramedullar or Intrathecal Administration.- Generation
of Murine Xenograft Models of Brain Tumors
from Primary Human Tissue for in vivo Analysis
of the Brain Tumor Initiating Cell.- Growth of
Bone Marrow and Skeletal Muscle Side Population Stem Cells in Suspension Culture.- Isolation,
Culture and Immunostaining of Skeletal Muscle
Fibers to Study Myogenic Progression in Satellite
Cells.- Human Neural Crest Stem Cells Derived
from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells.- Dental
Pulp Stem Cells (DPSC) Isolation, Characterization and Differentiation.- Dental Pulp Stem Cells
Isolation and Osteogenic Differentiation: A Good
Promise for Tissue Engineering.- Efficient Hepatic
Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent
Stem Cells in A Three-Dimensional Microscale
Culture.- The Generation and Maintenance of
Rat Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.- Protocol
for Cutaneous Wound Healing Assay in a Murine
Model.- Adipose Derived Stem Cells: Methods for
Isolation and Applications for Clinical Use.- In
vitro Detection of Residual Undifferentiated Cells
in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells Derived from
Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.- Whole
Mount Immunohistochemistry to Study Spermatological Stem Cells and Spermatogenic Lineage in
Mice, Monkeys and Humans.- Differentiating the
Stem Cell Pool of Human Hair Follicle Outer Root
Sheath into Functional Melanocytes.
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Cell Biology; Stem Cells
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Contents
1. Microbes: The Most Friendly beings?.- 2. Evolution of MDRs.- Quorum sensing mediated processes.- 3. Biofilms: Maintenance, Development
and Disassembly of Bacterial Communities are
determined by QS cascades.- 4. Quorum sensing
in pathogenesis and virulence.- 5. Quorum sensing in Nitrogen fixation.- 6. Quorum sensing in
competence and sporulation.- 7. How important
is the absolute configuration to bacteria quorum
sensing and quorum quenching.- Quorum sensing
systems in microbes.- 8. Quorum sensing systems
in Pseudomonas.- 9. Quorum sensing systems in
Escherichia coli: Interkingdom, inter and intra
species dialogues, and a suicide inducing peptide.10. Quorum sensing systems in Acinetobacter
baumannii.- 11. Quorum sensing systems in
Aeromonas spp.- 12. Rhizobial extracellular signaling molecules and their functions in symbiotic
interactions with legumes.- 13. Quorum sensing
systems in Clostridia.- 14. Quorum sensing
systems in Enterococcus.- 15. Quorum sensing
systems in Bacillus.- Detectors for Quorum sensing signals.- 16. Quorum sensing biosensors.- 17.
Caenorhabditis elegans as an in vivo non-mammalian model system to study quorum sensing in
pathogens.- 18. Strategies for silencing bacterial communication.- Natural quorum sensing
inhibitors.- 19. Silencing bacterial communication
through enzymatic quorum sensing inhibitors.20. Fungal quorum sensing inhibitors.- 21. Marine
organisms as source of quorum sensing inhibitors.
Fields of interest
Life Sciences, general; Bacteriology; Gene Expression
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Features
7 The first comprehensive volume on wildland
fuels in the context of ecology and land management 7 Provides the critical information on the
characteristics of wildland fuels that fire management professionals need to design, evaluate, and
implement fuel treatments 7 This book has
many secondary applications, including for carbon
accounting, wildlife habitat assessment, erosion
control, and smoke calculation
Contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Fuel Fundamentals.- 3. Surface
and Ground Fuels.- 4. Canopy fuels.- 5. Fuel
Moisture.- 6. Fuel Ecology.- 7. Fuel Classifications.- 8. Fuel Sampling.- 9. Fuel Mapping.- 10.
Fuel Concepts.-
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Contributed volume
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9<HTODMJ=ajabeg> 2014. XII, 272 p. 50 illus., 42 in color. (Methods in
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V. Köhler, University of Basel, , Switzerland (Ed)
Life Sciences
A. Kukol, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
(Ed)
Methods and Applications
P. M. Kroneck, Univ. Konstanz Fachbereich
Biologie, Konstanz, Germany; M. E. Sosa Torres,
Departamento de Química Inorganica y Nuclear,
México, Mexico (Eds)
Protein Design: Method and Applications, Second
Edition expands upon the previous editions with
current, detailed ideas on how to approach a
potential protein design project.
The Metal-Driven
Biogeochemistry of Gaseous
Compounds in the Environment
Features
7 Includes cutting-edge methods and protocols
involving the molecular modeling of proteins 7 Provides step-by-step detail essential for
Protein Design
Features
7 Includes ideas on how to approach a potential
protein design project 7 Provides step-by-step
detail essential for reproducible results 7 Contains key notes and implementation advice from
the experts
Contents
De novo Design of Stable α-helices.- Design of
Monomeric Water-soluble b-hairpin and β-sheet
Peptides.- Combination of Theoretical and
Experimental Approaches for the Design and
Study of Fibril-forming Peptides.- Posttranslational Incorporation of Non-canonical Amino
Acids in the RNase S System by Semisynthetic
Protein Assembly.- Design, Synthesis, and Study of
Fluorinated Proteins.- High-Quality Combinatorial Protein Libraries Using the Binary Patterning
Approach.- Methods for Library-Scale Computational Protein Design.- Symmetric Protein
Architecture in Protein Design: Top-Down Symmetric Deconstruction.- Identification of Protein
Scaffolds for Enzyme Design using Scaffold Selection.- Computational Design of Novel Enzymes
without Cofactors.- De novo Design of Peptide
Scaffolds as Novel Pre-organised Ligands for
Metal-ion Coordination.- Computational Design
of Metalloproteins.- Incorporation of Modified
and Artificial Cofactors into Naturally Occurring
Protein Scaffolds.- Computational Redesign of
Metalloenzymes for Catalyzing New Reactions.
Fields of interest
Protein Science; Computer Appl. in Life Sciences;
Protein Structure
Contents
Preface.- The Early Earth Atmosphere and Early
Life Catalysts.- Living on Acetylene. A Primordial
Energy Source.- Carbon Monoxide. Toxic Gas
and Fuel for Anaerobes and Aerobes: Carbon
Monoxide Dehydrogenases.- Investigations of
the Efficient Electrocatalytic Interconversions of
Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide by NickelContaining Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenases.Understanding and Harnessing Hydrogenases.
Biological Dihydrogen Catalysts.- Biochemistry of
Methyl-Coenzyme M Reductase: The Nickel Metalloenzyme that Catalyzes the Final Step in Synthesis and the First Step in Anaerobic Oxidation of
the Greenhouse Gas Methane.- Cleaving the N,N
Triple Bond: The Transformation of Dinitrogen to
Ammonia by Nitrogenases.- No Laughing Matter:
The Unmaking of the Greenhouse Gas Dinitrogen
Monoxide by Nitrous Oxide Reductase.- The Production of Ammonia by Multiheme Cytochromes
c.- Hydrogen Sulfide: A Toxic Gas Produced by
Dissimilatory Sulfate Reduction and Consumed
by Microbial Oxidation.- Transformations of
Dimethylsulfide.- Index.
Fields of interest
Life Sciences, general; Biomedicine general;
Chemistry/Food Science, general
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Molecular Modeling of Proteins
Contents
Molecular Dynamics Simulations.- Transition
Path Sampling with Quantum/Classical Mechanics for Reaction Rates.- Current Status of Protein
Force Fields for Molecular Dynamics Simulations.- Lipid Membranes for Membrane Proteins.Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Membrane
Proteins.- Membrane-Associated Proteins and
Peptides.- Coarse-Grained Force Fields for
Molecular Simulations.- Tackling Sampling Challenges in Biomolecular Simulations.- Calculation
of Binding Free Energies.- The Use of Experimental Structures to Model Protein Dynamics.- Computing Ensembles of Transitions with Molecular
Dynamics Simulations.- Accelerated Molecular
Dynamics and Protein Conformational Change: A
Theoretical and Practical Guide Using a Membrane Embedded Model Neurotransmitter Transporter.- Simulations and Experiments in Protein
Folding.- Comparative Modeling of Proteins.- De
Novo Membrane Protein Structure Prediction.NMR-Based Modeling and Refinement of Protein
3D Structures.- Methods for Predicting Protein
Ligand Binding Sites.- Information-Driven
Structural Modelling of Protein-Protein Interactions.- Identifying Putative Drug Targets and
Potential Drug Leads: Starting Points for Virtual
Screening and Docking.- Molecular Docking to
Flexible Targets.
Fields of interest
Protein Science; Computer Appl. in Life Sciences;
Protein Structure
Target groups
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Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
2nd ed. 2014. X, 260 p. 75 illus., 55 in color. (Methods
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ISBN 978-1-4939-1485-2
2014. XXXIV, 302 p. 92 illus., 63 in color. (Metal Ions in
Life Sciences, Volume 14) Hardcover
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7€ 149,99 | £135.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9268-4
9<HTMEUD=jbeifc> 9<HTUELB=hjcgie> 2nd ed. 2014. XIV, 430 p. 99 illus., 53 in color. With
online files/update. (Methods in Molecular Biology,
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Life Sciences
E. Lichtfouse, INRA-CMSE-PME, Dijon cedex, France
(Ed)
Progress in Botany
R. Mahalingam, Oklahoma State University
Department of Biochemistry, Stillwater, OK, USA (Ed)
Sustainable Agriculture
Reviews
U. Lüttge, Series editor: W. Beyschlag, J. Cushman,
M. Weigend
Combined Stresses in Plants
Volume 15
Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing
field aiming at producing food and energy in a
sustainable way for humans and their children.
It is a discipline that addresses current issues:
climate change, increasing food and fuel prices,
poor-nation starvation, rich-nation obesity, water
pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control
and biodiversity depletion.
Features
7 The book (and series) is a state of the art on the
latest research in sustainable agriculture 7 This
book series gathers review articles that analyze
current agricultural issues and knowledge, then
propose alternative solutions 7 It covers multidisciplinary topics and therefore help all scientists,
decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians who wish to build a safe agriculture, energy
and food system for future generations
Contents
01 Seed legislation in Europe and crop genetic
diversity- 02 Postharvest management of fruits
and vegetables storage.- 03 Herbicides: history,
classification and genetic manipulation of plants
for herbicide resistance.- 04 Nitrogen-fixing plantmicrobe symbioses.- 05 Factors influencing farm
profitability.- 06 Soil fertility and crop productivity
in African sustainable agriculture.- 07 Drought
stress tolerant Horse Gram for sustainable agriculture.- 08.- Essential oils for pest control in Agroecology.- 09 Organic potato farming adoption in
Iran.- 10 Crop plant hormones and environmental
stress.
Fields of interest
Agriculture; Sustainable Development; Soil Science & Conservation
Target groups
Research
Product category
Reviews
Volume 76
U. Lüttge, TH Darmstadt Botanisches Institut,
Darmstadt, Germany; W. Beyschlag, Universität
Bielefeld W4-105 Lehrstuhl Experimentelle Ökologie,
Bielefeld, Germany (Eds)
Progress in Botany
Vol. 76
Features
7 Up-to-date reviews Written by leading experts 7 All contributions are peer-reviewed
Contents
Fifty-five years of research on photosynthesis,
chloroplasts and stress physiology of plants: 1958
– 2013.- Alfred Russel Wallace: Self-Educated
Genius and Polymath.- The role of plasma membrane H+-ATPase in salinity stress of plants.- Selenium in Plants.- Interplay of water and nutrient
transport: A whole-plant perspective.- Electrical
signaling in plants.- Adaptations of chloroplastic
metabolism in halophytic plants.- CAM-like traits
in C3 plants: biochemistry and stomatal behavior.- Stability as a Phenomenon Emergent from
Plasticity – Complexity – Diversity in Eco-Physiology.- The proposed anti-herbivory roles of white
leaf variegation.- Solar UV radiation and plant
litter decomposition.- Interspecific competition
in Arabidopsis thaliana - a short review on how a
knowledge gap is starting to close.- Growth limitation and C-relations in trees under environmental
stress.- Consequences of changing precipitation
patterns for productivity and diversity in grassland
ecosystems.- Do plant responses to tropospheric
ozone translate into ecosystem effects?.
Field of interest
Plant Sciences
Target groups
Research
Physiological, Molecular and Biochemical
Aspects
Contents
O3 + Drought + Heat in Soybeans.- Physiological
Aspects of Drought + Heat Bioenergy Crops.Oxidative Stress + Temperature in Rice.- CO2,
Cu and Cd, in Rice and Wheat.- Ozone + CO2
in Soybeans.- High Light and High Temperature
in Sunflower.- CO2 and Heavy Metal.- O3 and
Soybean Mosaic Virus Interactions.- CO2 and
Salinity.- Nematode + Drought Interactions.Drought + Heat + Virus in Arabidopsis.- Drought
+ Heat in Lotus.- Next Generation Sequencing +
Comparative Genomics + Combined Stresses. List
of Contributors (most confirmed) Lisa Ainsworth,
USDA and University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois,
USA O. Borsani, Universidad de la Republica,
Montevideo, Uruguay Evan DeLucia, University
of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA Hans Gentzbittel, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA Anil
Grover, University of Delhi, India Hongbin Guo,
Nanjing University, China Gopal Kakani, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Maria Klapa, Institute of Chemical Eng. Sci., Patras, Greece John Mundy, Kobenhavns Universitet,
Denmark Mani Rajkumar, National Environmental Engineering Research Inst., Chennai, India
U. Sonnenwald, Friedrich-Alexander-University
Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Ann E. Stapleton,
University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC,
USA P.E. Urwin, University of Leeds, England
Fields of interest
Systems Biology; Plant Genetics & Genomics;
Plant Biochemistry
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
2014. XIV, 396 p. 53 illus., 45 in color. (Sustainable
Agriculture Reviews, Volume 15) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
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7€ 149,99 | £135.00
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ISBN 978-3-319-07898-4
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Life Sciences
R. A. McCleery, University of Florida Department
of Wildlife Ecology & Conserv, Gainesville, FL, USA;
C. Moorman, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, NC, USA; M. N. Peterson, North Carolina
State University, Raleigh, USA (Eds)
Urban Wildlife
Theory and Practice
Contents
1. Introduction.- 2. History of Urban Wildlife
Science.- 3. Urban Wildlife Science in Coupled
Human-Natural Systems.- 4. Abiotic Drivers of
Ecological Structure and Function in Urban Systems.- 5. Drivers of Vegetation Species Diversity
and Composition in Urban Ecosystems.- 6. The
Urban Ecosystem: Social Drivers.- 7. Wildlife
Responses to Urbanization: Patterns of Diversity
and Community Structure in Built Environments.- 8. Wildlife Population Dynamics in Urban
Landscapes.- 9. Urban Wildlife Behavior.- 10.
Infectious Disease and Contaminants in Urban
Wildlife: Unseen and Often Overlooked Threats.11. Urban Wildlife Communication and Negotiation.- 12. Integrating Wildlife Conservation into
Urban Planning.- 13. Conservation Development:
Designing and Managing Residential Landscapes
for Wildlife.- 14. Managing Urban Wildlife Habitat at the Local Scale.- 15. Wildlife Friendly Roads:
The Impacts of Roads on Wildlife in Urban Areas
and Potential Remedies.- 16. Managing Aquatic
Environments for Wildlife in Urban Areas.- 17.
Wildlife Damage Management in the Urban
Landscape.
Fields of interest
Urban Ecology; Ecology; Fish & Wildlife Biology
& Management
Target groups
Graduate
Product category
K. Narayanan, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar
Sunway, Malaysia (Ed)
M. S. Otegui, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Madison, WI, USA (Ed)
Bacterial Artificial
Chromosomes
Plant Endosomes
Contents
From Selective Full-Length Genes Isolation By
TAR Cloning In Yeast To Their Expression From
HAC Vectors In Human Cells.- Recombineering
Linear BACs.- BAC Sequencing Using Pooled
Methods.- Making BAC Transgene Constructs
With Lambda-Red Recombineering System For
Transgenic Animals Or Cell Lines.- Directing Enhancer-Traps And Itol2 End Sequences To Deleted
BAC Ends With Loxp- and Lox511-Tn10 Transposons.- Recombining Overlapping Bacs Into Single
Large Bacs.- Generation Of Knockout Alleles
By RFLP Based BAC Targeting Of Polymorphic
Embryonic Stem Cells.- Herpesvirus Mutagenesis
Facilitated By Infectious Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes (Ibacs).- Conversion Of BAC Clones
Into Binary BAC (BIBAC) Vectors and Their
Delivery Into Basidiomycete Fungal Cells Using
Agrobacterium tumefaciens.- Infectious Delivery
of Alphaherpesvirus Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes.- A Recombineering-Based Gene Tagging
System For Arabidopsis.- BAC Transgenic Zebrafish for Transcriptional Promoter and Enhancer
Studies.- Bacs-On-BeadsTM (BobsTM) Assay
for the Genetic Evaluation of Prenatal Samples
And Products of Conception.- New BAC Probe
Set To Narrow Down Chromosomal Breakpoints
In Small and Large Derivative Chromosomes,
Especially Suited for Mosaic Conditions.- BACProbes Applied For Characterization Of Fragile
Sites (FS).- Application Of BAC-Probes To Visualize Copy Number Variants (CNVs).- Site-Specific
Integration Of Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes
Into Human Cells.- Generation Of BAC Reporter
Cell Lines For Drug Discovery.
Contents
The Use of FM Dyes to Analyze Plant Endocytosis.- Sterol Dynamics During Endocytic Trafficking in Arabidopsis.- Live Microscopy Analysis of
Endosomes and Vesicles in Tip-Growing Root
Hairs.- Analysis of Fluid Phase Endocytosis in
(Intact) Plant Cells.- Immunogold Labeling and
Electron Tomography of Plant Endosomes.- Investigating Protein-Protein Interactions in the
Plant Endomembrane System Using MultiphotonInduced FRET-FLIM.- Analysis of Rab GTPaseEffector Interactions by Bimolecular Fluorescence
Complementation.- In Vivo Imaging of Brassinosteroid Endocytosis in Arabidopsis.- Analysis
of Prevacuolar Compartment-Mediated Vacuolar
Proteins Transport.- Evaluation of Defective Endosomal Trafficking to the Vacuole by Monitoring
Seed Storage Proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana.Trans-Species Complementation Analysis to
Study Function Conservation of Plant Endosomal
Sorting Complex Required for Transport (ESCRT)
Proteins.- A Re-Elicitation Assay to Correlate
flg22-Signaling Competency with Ligand-Induced
Endocytic Degradation of the FLS2 Receptor.Preparation of Enriched Plant Clathrin-Coated
Vesicles by Differential and Density Gradient
Centrifugation.- Proteomics of Endosomal Compartments from Plants Case Study: Isolation of
trans-Golgi Network Vesicles.- Analysis of Global
Ubiquitylation and Ubiquitin-Binding Domains
Involved in Endosomal Trafficking.- Analysis
of Endocytosis and Ubiquitination of the BOR1
Transporter.- Ubiquitination of Plant Immune
Receptors.- Ubiquitylation-Mediated Control of
Polar Auxin Transport: Analysis of Arabidopsis
PIN2 Auxin Transport Protein.
Fields of interest
Cell Biology; Gene Function
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Fields of interest
Plant Sciences; Plant Physiology
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 80,24 | € (A) 82,49 | sFr 100,00
7€ 74,99 | £67.99
ISBN 978-1-4899-7499-0
9<HTMETJ=jhej a> 2nd ed. 2014. XII, 360 p. 46 illus., 34 in color.
Hardcover
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ISBN 978-1-4939-1651-1
9<HTMEUD=jbgfb > Due September 2014
2014. XII, 304 p. 51 illus., 30 in color. (Methods in
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Life Sciences
G. K. Pandey, P. Kanwar, A. Pandey, Delhi University
South Campus, New Delhi, India
A. A. Panyutina, L. P. Korzun, A. N. Kuznetsov,
Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
C. Peacock, University of Western Australia,
Nedlands, WA, Australia (Ed)
Global Comparative Analysis
of CBL-CIPK Gene Families in
Plants
Flight of Mammals: From
Terrestrial Limbs to Wings
Parasite Genomics Protocols
Calcium plays pivotal role in regulating the
physiological as well as developmental processes
in plants. Till now, several calcium sensors have
been discovered, which regulate the diverse
signaling pathways involved in plant growth and
development. One of the major calcium sensors
CBL (calcineurin B-like) is decoding the calcium
signal during various environmental stresses in
plants. Calcium mediated signal is transduced
downstream by CBL-interacting protein kinases
(CIPKs), which generally phosphorylate the target
proteins such as transcription factors or transporters/channel leading to a response.
Features
7 Clearly describes signal transduction and crop
improvement against multiple stresses 7 Latest
research 7 Written by a leading scholar
Contents
Basic terms and overview of contents.- Genomic
Organization.- Distribution and Expression in
Plants.- Protein Structure and Localization.- Biochemical Properties of CBLs and CIPKs.- Protein
Interations.- Funtional Role of CBL-CIPK in Nutrient Deficiency.- Functional Role of CBL-CIPK
in Abiotic Stresses.- Functional Role of CBL-CIPK
in Biotic Stress and ROS Signaling.- Fuctional
Role of CBL-CIPK in Plant Development.- Application and Future Perspectives of CBL-CIPK
Signaling.
Fields of interest
Plant Genetics & Genomics; Plant Physiology;
Plant Anatomy/Development
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
This book offers a new explanation for the development of flight in mammals and offers detailed
morphological descriptions of mammals with
flapping flight. The skeletomuscular apparatus of
the shoulder girdle and forelimbs of tree shrews,
flying lemurs and bats is described in detail. Special attention is paid to the recognition of peculiar
features of the skeleton and joints. For the basic
locomotor patterns of flying lemurs and bats, the
kinematic models of the shoulder girdle elements
are developed. The most important locomotor
postures of these animals are analyzed by means
of statics.
Features
7 Offers an explanation of the acquisition of flapping flight in mammals 7 Establishes a model
of shoulder girdle mobility in flight that differs
significantly from previous models 7 Suggests
that flight in mammals resulted from a sequence
of successive morphofunctional transformations
rather than phylogenetic apomorphies
Contents
Chapter 1: Forelimb Morphology of Tree Shrews.Chapter 2: Forelimb Morphology of Colugos.Chapter 3: Forelimb Morphology of Bats.- Chapter
4: Functional Analysis of the Locomotor Apparatus of Colugos.- Chapter 5: Functional Analysis
of the Locomotor Apparatus of Bats.- Chapter 6:
Comparative Morphofunctional Analysis.- Chapter 7: Evolutionary Scenario for the Establishment
of Flapping Flight.
Fields of interest
Evolutionary Biology; Animal Physiology; Animal
Anatomy / Morphology / Histology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Contents
The Eukaryotic Pathogen Databases: A Functional
Genomic Resource Integrating Data from of Human and Veterinary Parasites.- From Sequence
Mapping to Genome Assemblies.- Sequencing
and Annotation of Mitochondrial Genomes
from Individual Parasitic Helminths.- A Beginners Guide to Estimating the Non-synonymous
to Synonymous Rate Ratio of all Protein-coding
Genes in a Genome.- Exploiting Genetic Variation
to Discover Genes Involved in Important Disease
Phenotypes.- Identification and Analysis of
Ingi-Related Retroposons in the Trypanosomatid
Genomes.- Approaches for Studying mRNA Decay
Mediated by SIDER2 Retroposons in Leishmania.Gene Suppression in Schistosomes using RNAi.Construction of Trypanosoma brucei Illumina
RNA-Seq Libraries Enriched for Transcript Ends.Techniques to Study Epigenetic Control and
the Epigenome in Parasites.- The Genome-wide
Identification of Promoter Regions in Toxoplasma
gondii.- RNA-seq Approaches for Determining mRNA Abundance in Leishmania.- Protein
Microarrays for Parasite Antigen Discovery.- A
Transposon-based Tool for Transformation and
Mutagenesis in Trypanosomatid Protozoa.- Separation of Basic Proteins from Leishmania using a
combination of Free Flow Electrophoresis (FFE)
and 2D Electrophoresis (2-DE) under Basic Conditions.- Proteomic Analysis of Post Translational
Modifications using iTRAQ in Leishmania.- Large
Scale Differential Proteome Analysis in Plasmodium falciparum under Drug Treatment.- Use
of 13C Stable Isotope Labelling for Pathway and
Metabolic Flux Analysis in Leishmania Parasites.Molecular Genotyping of Trypanosoma cruzi for
Lineage Assignment and Population Genetics.
Fields of interest
Microbiology; Parasitology
Target groups
Product category
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2014. IX, 91 p. 19 illus. in color. (SpringerBriefs in
Plant Science) Softcover
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A. Pieroni, University of Gastronomic Sciences,
Pollenzo, Italy; C. L. Quave, Emory University,
Atlanta, GA, USA (Eds)
Ethnobotany and Biocultural
Diversities in the Balkans
Perspectives on Sustainable Rural
Development and Reconciliation
Features
7 First ethnobotany book on one of the most
biologically and culturally diverse regions of the
world 7 First ethnobotany linked to concrete
perspectives in terms of sustainable development 7 First ethnobotany book based upon
a broad spectrum of approaches: historical,
ethnographic, linguistic, biological, medical, and
nutritional
Contents
Ethnobotany in the Balkans: Quo Vadis?.- Ways
the Lukomir Highlanders of Bosnia and Herzegovina Treat Diabetes.- Hungarian Ethnobotanical Studies in Romania.- Bulgarian Medical
Ethnobotany: The Power of Plants in Pragmatic
and Poetic Frames.- Cross-Cultural Ethnobotany
of the Sharr Mountains (North-Western Macedonia).- An Ethnobotanical and Ethnomedicinal
Study on the Use of Wild Medicinal Plants in
Rural Areas of Serbia.- Medical Ethnobotanical
Studies in Kosovo.- Wild Food Plants of Dalmatia
(Croatia).- The Use of Wild Plants for Human
Nutrition During a War: Eastern Bosnia (Western
Balkans).- Wild Food and Medicinal Plants Used
in the Mountainous Albanian North, North-East,
and East: A Comparison.- Medicinal Plants in
Northern Montenegro: Traditional Knowledge,
Quality, and Resources.- Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Traditional Use of Plants in Serbia in
Relation to Sustainable Rural Development.
Life Sciences
F. Reboredo, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade
de Ciências e Tecnologia, Caparica, Portugal (Ed)
P. P. Reddy, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research,
Bangalore, India
Forest Context and Policies in
Portugal
Plant Growth Promoting
Rhizobacteria for Horticultural
Crop Protection
Present and Future Challenges
Features
7 Offers a full integration of the issues related
to forest and landscape dynamics with economic
analyses 7 Also the relationships between forest, society and environment are enhanced and
discussed 7 Emphasis on the current multifunctional role of Portuguese forest and its intrinsic value, foreseeing the future in a context of a
sustainable forest management 7 A comprehensive state of the art, raising important questions
about future forest policies in the European Union
context and the ongoing climate changes
Contents
Preface. Foreword. 1. Evolution of Forest Cover
in Portugal – from the Miocene to the Present;
Fernando Reboredo, João Pais.- 2. The Portuguese
Forest Based Chains: Sector Analysis; Graça Louro
et al.- 3. Drought Effects on Portuguese Forest
Cover; Fernanda Pessoa et al.- 4. Forest Fires in
Portugal: Dynamics, Causes and Policies; Paulo
Mateus, Paulo M. Fernandes.- 5. Pests and Diseases in Portuguese Forestry – Current and New
Threats; Manuela Branco et al.- 6. Forest Planning
in Portugal; João Pinho.- 7. Spatial Characterization of Maritime Pine Productivity in Portugal;
Cristina Santos, José A. Almeida.- 8. Forest Policies in a Changing International Context; Franciso
Rego et al.- Index.
Fields of interest
Forestry Management; Environmental Management; Plant Ecology
Fields of interest
Plant Sciences; Biodiversity; Systems Biology
Target groups
Research
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Features
7 Specifically deals with bio management of
horticultural crop pests using plant antagonistic
rhizobacteria 7 Focuses on the paradigmatic and
policy dimensions and call for an innovative approach by analyzing the key themes in a complex
and interrelated manner 7 Serves as a useful
reference to policy makers, researchers, extension
workers and students
Contents
Section I: Importance of Plant Growth Promoting
Rhizobacteria.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Potential Role
of PGPR in Agriculture.- 3. Pest Management.- 4.
Mechanism of Biocontrol.- 5. Mass Production,
Formulation, Delivery and Commercialization.Section II: Pest Management in Fruit Crops.- 6.
Tropical Fruit Crops.- 7. Sub-Tropical and Temperate Fruit Crops.- Section III: Pest Management
in Vegetable Crops.- 8. Solanaceous Vegetable
Crops.- 9. Bulbous, Crucuferous and Malvaceous
Vegetable Crops.- 10. Leguminous Vegetable
Crops.- 11. Cucurbitaceous Vegetable Crops.- 12.
Leafy and Root and Tuber Vegetable Crops.- Section IV: Pest Management in Plantation and Spice
Crops.- 13. Plantation Crops.- 14. Spice Crops.Section V: Pest Management in Ornamental, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops.- 15. Ornamental and
Aromatic Crops.- 16. Medicinal Crops.- Section
VI: A Road Map Ahead.- 17. Challenges, Future
Prospects and Conclusions.- Subject Index.
Fields of interest
Agriculture; Plant Sciences; Plant Pathology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Contributed volume
Due August 2014
Due September 2014
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Life Sciences
D. Ribatti, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
(Ed)
G. Rodgers, University of Utah School of Medicine,
Salt Lake City, UT, USA (Ed)
K. Shivanna, Bengaluru, India; R. Tandon, University
of Delhi, New Delhi, India
Vascular Morphogenesis
ADAMTS-13
Biology and Disease
Reproductive Ecology of
Flowering Plants: A Manual
Features
7 Includes cutting-edge methods and protocols
in vascular morphogenesis research 7 Provides
step-by-step detail essential for reproducible results 7 Contains key notes and implementation
advice from the experts
This comprehensive volume discusses the protease
A13, summarizing the current status of basic and
clinical research. Comprised of eight chapters,
ADAMTS-13: Biology and Disease begins with
an exploration of the biochemistry and structurefunction relationships of A13 as well as its normal
function in hemostasis (cleavage of von Willebrand factor). Emerging research themes for A13
are covered, including its potential role in angiogenesis and other aspects of cell biology. Clinical
topics include laboratory assays for A13, inherited
A13 deficiency, and acquired A13 deficiency. A
chapter on related thrombotic microangiopathic
(TMA) disorders examines the differences between TMAs associated with A13 deficiency and
those not associated with A13 deficiency.
Contents
The Development of the Vascular System: An
Historical Overview.- The Corneal Pocket Assay.- The Mouse Hindbrain: An In Vivo Model
to Analyze Developmental Angiogenesis.- Three
Dimensional In Vitro Assay of Endothelial Cell
Invasion and Capillary Tube Morphogenesis.- Vascular Casting for the Study of Vascular Morphogenesis.- Cell-Based Computational Modeling of
Vascular Morphogenesis Using Tissue Simulation
Toolkit.- miRNAs Expression Profile in Zebrafish
Developing Vessels.- Imaging of Cardiovascular
Development in Mammalian Embryos Using
Optical Coherence Tomography.- Live Confocal
Microscopy of the Developing Mouse Embryonic
Yolk Sac Vasculature.- Zebrafish Embryo Intersegmental Vessels: A Tool for Investigating Sprouting Angiogenesis.- Avian Area Vasculosa and
CAM as Rapid In Vivo Pro- and Anti-Angiogenic
Models.- Investigating In Vitro Angiogenesis by
Computer-Assisted Image Analysis and Computational Simulation.- A Chimeric Embryoid Body
Model to Study Vascular Morphogenesis.- Avians
as a Model System of Vascular Development.- Microfluidic Model of Angiogenic Sprouting.- The
Rat Aortic Ring Model of Angiogenesis.- The CoCulture Organotypic Assay of Angiogenesis.
Fields of interest
Cell Biology; Angiology
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Successful reproduction is the basis not only for
the stability of the species in their natural habitat
but also for productivity of our crop plants. Therefore, knowledge on reproductive ecology of wild
and cultivated plants is important for effective
management of our dwindling biodiversity and for
the sustainability and improvement of the yield in
crop species. Conservation and management of
our plant diversity is going to be a major challenge
in the coming decades, particularly in the tropical
countries which are rich in biodiversity. Reproductive failure is the main driver for pushing a
large number of tropical species to vulnerable
category.
Features
7 Covers the whole spectrum of reproductive
ecology in 13 chapters from study sites and plants
until seedling survival 7 Explicitly gives enough
conceptual background on the topic before
describing the protocols 7 Includes over 60 protocols and each gives a brief introduction followed
by special requirements needed and step-by-step
description of procedures so that the researchers
do not find any difficulty in planning and executing the work
Features
7 An up-to-date comprehensive overview of ADAMTS-13 basic science, including less-recognized
aspects of the protein 7 Covers ADAMTS-13's
role in disease, including its potential as a therapeutic agent 7 One of the only books to focus on
this specific protein, it fills a gap in the literature
and its coverage of both scientific and clinical
aspects make it relevant both to researchers and
clinicians
Contents
1. A13: Structure and function.- 2. A13: The von
Willebrand factor cleaving protease.- 3. A13:
Angiogenesis and other biologic activities.- 4. A13: Assays.- 5. Inherited A13 deficiency (UpshawSchulman Syndrome).- 6. Acquired A13 deficiency
(TTP).- 7. Related thrombotic microangiopathies.8. Future directions.
Contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Study Plants and Sites.- 3.
Phenology.- 4. Floral Morphology and Sexuality.5. Pollen Biology.- 6. Pistil Biology.- 7. Pollination
Ecology.- 8. Pollen-Pistil Interaction.- 9. Breeding
Systems.- 10. Fruit and Seed Biology.- 11. Seed
Dispersal.- 12. Seedling Recruitment.- 13. Appendices.
Fields of interest
Proteomics; Hematology; Cell Biology
Fields of interest
Plant Sciences; Plant Ecology; Plant Breeding/
Biotechnology
Target groups
Research
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Monograph
Due December 2014
Due September 2014
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Due September 2014
2014. X, 290 p. 61 illus., 40 in color. (Methods in
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D. Singh, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic
Plants, Lucknow, India (Ed)
Life Sciences
M. Singh, I. S. Bisht, M. Dutta, National Bureau of
Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India (Eds)
Advances in Plant Biopesticides Broadening the Genetic Base of
Grain Legumes
Contents
1. Different Plant Families as Bioresource for
Pesticides.- 2. Natural Insecticides from the Annonaceae – A Unique Example for Developing
Biopesticides.- 3. Exploiting Phytochemicals for
Developing Sustainable Crop Protection Strategies
to Withstand Climate Change: Example from
Africa.- 4. Development of Insect Resistance to
Plant Biopesticides: An Overview.- 5. Efficacy of
Major Plant Extracts/ Molecules on Field Insect
Pests.- 6. Botanical Pesticides for the Management
of Plant Nematode and Mite Pests.- 7. Plant Disease Management: Prospects of Pesticides of Plant
Origin.-8. The Use of Plant Extracts for Stored
Product Protection.- 9. Pesticidal Plants for Stored
Product Pests on Small Holder farms in Africa.10. Non-Target Effects of Botanicals on Beneficial
Arthropods with Special Reference to Azadirachta
Indica.- 11. Progress in the Development of Plant
Biopesticides for the Control of Arthropods of
Veterinary Importance.- 12. Role of Plant Biopesticides in Managing Vectors of Communicable
Diseases.- 13. Management of Mite Pests in Honeybee Colonies through Botanicals.- 14. Nanotechnology and Plant Biopesticides: An Overview.- 15. Phytochemical Pesticides.- 16. Mode of
Action of Plant-Derived Natural Insecticides.- 17.
Limitation of Plant Biopesticides.-18. Production
and Consumption of Biopesticides.- 19. Formulation, Registration and Quality Regulation of Plant
Biopesticides.
Fields of interest
Plant Sciences; Environmental Health; Agriculture
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
S. R. Stowell, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA (Ed)
Galectins
Fields of interest
Plant Sciences; Plant Genetics & Genomics;
Agriculture
Contents
Evolving Mechanistic Insights into Galectin
Functions.- Cloning, Expression and Purification
of Galectins for In Vitro Studies.- Alkylation of
Galectin-1 with Iodoacetamide and Mass Spectrometric Mapping of the Sites of Incorporation.Evaluation of Galectin Binding by Frontal Affinity
Chromatography (FAC).- Probing Lectin-Mucin
Interactions by Isothermal Titration Microcalorimetry.- Examination of Whole Cell Galectin
Binding by Solid Phase and Flow Cytometric
Analysis.- Evaluation of Galectin Binding by
Surface Plasmon Resonance.- Examining Galectin
Binding Specificity Using Glycan Microarrays.Methods for Assessing the Effects of Galectins on
Leukocyte Trafficking.- Examination of the Role
of Galectins in Plasma Cell Differentiation.- Examination of Galectin-Induced Lattice Formation on Early B-Cell Development.- Detection
of Phosophatidylserine Exposure on Leukocytes
Following Treatment with Human Galectins.- Examination of Galectins in Phagocytosis.- Assessing
the Roles of Galectins in Regulating Dendritic
Cell Migration Through Extracellular Matrix and
Across Lymphatic Endothelial Cells.- Examination
of the Role of Galectins in Intestinal Inflammation.- Study of Galectins in Tumor Immunity:
Strategies and Methods.- Galectins in the Regulation of Platelet Biology.- Examination of the Role
of Galectins and Galectin Inhibitors in Endothelial
Cell Biology.- Regulation of Galectins by Hypoxia
and Their Relevance in Angiogenesis: Strategies
and Methods.- Examination of the Role of Galectins During In vivo Angiogenesis Using the Chick
Chorioallantoic Membrane Assay.- Examination
of the Role of Galectins in Cell Migration and ReEpithelialization of Wounds.
Target groups
Research
Field of interest
Protein Science
Product category
Contributed volume
Target groups
Grain legumes play significant and diverse role in
the farming systems and provide nutrition security
to the largely vegetarian and relatively poorer
people around the world. These are ideal crops for
achieving three simultaneous developmental goals
viz. reducing poverty, improving human health
and nutrition and enhancing ecosystem resilience.
Globally, grain legumes are the second most
important crop group next only to cereals but a
large proportion of area of it is under rainfed-low
input systems as compared to cereals contributing to lower yields. The other important factor
responsible for reduced yield in grain legumes is
the narrow genetic base of the present day pulse
varieties. In order to break the yield barriers of
these cultivars, new sources of genes/ alleles need
to be identified and suitably incorporated into the
adapted background.
Features
7 An updated and informative contribution to
the field of cereal breeding 7 Includes information on all the major cereal crops, from maize to
sorghum to rice 7 Comprehensively describes
genetic diversity, breeding methods and techniques and integration of new biotechnology
applications
Contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Common bean.- 3. Chickpea.- 4. Faba bean.- 5. Cowpea.- 6. Lentil.- 7.
Pigeonpea.- 8. Groundnut.- 9. Vigna species 10.
Horsegram
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S. Tabata, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu,
Japan; J. Stougaard, University of Aarhus, Aarhus,
Denmark (Eds)
The Lotus japonicus Genome
Research focusing on model plants has underpinned the recent growth in plant genomics and
genetics and provided a basis for investigations of
major crop species. In the legume family Fabaceae,
groundbreaking genetic and genomic research
has established a significant body of knowledge
on Lotus japonicus (birdsfoot trefoil), which was
adopted as a model species more than 20 years
ago. The diverse nature of legumes means that
such research has a wide potential and agricultural impact, for example, on the world’s protein
production. This work provides insights into
some of the key achievements made in the study
of Lotus japonicus, as well as a timely overview of
topics that are pertinent for future developments
in legume genomics. Key topics covered include
endosymbiosis, development, hormone regulation,
carbon/nitrogen and secondary metabolism, as
well as advances made in high-throughput genomic and genetic approaches.
Features
7 First volume of a new series 7 Treats both
theoretical and practical aspects of plant breeding 7 Covers the latest results in genome
sequencing and genomics research
Contents
The importance of Lotus as model and crop.- Genomics and functional genomics of Lotus and the
microsymbionts.- Metabolic pathways, secondary
metabolites and defense responses.- Resources.
Fields of interest
Plant Genetics & Genomics; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology; Agriculture
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
V. N. Uversky, University of South Florida, Tampa,
FL, USA
P. Vidhyasekaran, Tamil Nadu Agricultural university,
Coimbatore, India
Intrinsically Disordered
Proteins
Plant Hormone Signaling
Systems in Plant Innate
Immunity
In this brief, Vladimir Uversky discusses the
paradigm-shifting phenomenon of intrinsically
disordered proteins (IDPs) and hybrid proteins
containing ordered domains and functional IDP
regions (IDPRs). Beginning with an introduction to the concept of protein intrinsic disorder,
Uversky then goes on to describe the peculiar
amino acid sequences of IDPs, their structural heterogeneity, typical functions and disorder-based
binding modes. In the final sections, Uversky
discusses IDPs in human diseases and as potential
drug targets.
Features
7 Discusses applications of IDPs and IDPRs as
potential drug targets 7 Includes an introduction to the concept of protein intrinsic disorder 7 Provides an overview of current literature
in the field
Contents
Introducing the phenomenon of protein intrinsic
disorder.- Peculiar amino acid sequences of
soluble IDPs.- Natural abundance of IDPs/IDPRs.Wavy evolution of intrinsic disorder: Reinventing the wheel.- Structural heterogeneity of IDPs:
When almost everything is possible.- Typical
functions of IDPs and IDPRs.- Binding promiscuity and multitude of the disorder-based binding
modes.- IDPs/IDPRs in human diseases.- IDPs
as potential drug targets.- Concluding remarks:
Intrinsic disorder as a universal tool for solving
protein mysteries and riddles.
Fields of interest
Protein Structure; Medicinal Chemistry; Biochemistry, general
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Plants are endowed with innate immune system,
which acts as a surveillance system against possible attack by pathogens. Plant innate immune
systems have high potential to fight against viral,
bacterial, oomycete and fungal pathogens and protect the crop plants against wide range of diseases.
However, the innate immune system is a sleeping
system in unstressed healthy plants.
Features
7 The book explains the complex plant hormone signalling network with more than 100
flow charts and drawings elucidating the role of
various hormone signals in plant innate immune
signal transduction 7 The book highlights the
different plant hormone biosynthesis pathways
and their signal transduction pathways with many
drawings 7 The book is unique in deciphering
the molecular basis of histone memory, chromatin remodelling, DNA methylation and histone
modifications-modulated gene priming in trans
generational systemic acquired resistance
Contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Salicylic acid Signaling in
Plant Innate Immunity.- 3. Jasmonate Signaling
System in Plant Innate Immunity.- 4. Ethylene
Signaling System in Plant Innate Immunity.- 5.
Absicisic Acid Signaling System in Plant Innate
Immunity.- 6. Auxin Signaling System in Plant Innate Immunity.- 7. Cytokinin Signaling System in
Plant Immunity.- 8. Gibberellin Signaling in Plant
Innate Immunity.- 9. Brassinosteroid Signaling in
Plant Immune System.
Fields of interest
Plant Pathology; Plant Physiology; Microbiology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due August 2014
Due September 2014
2014. X, 402 p. 40 illus., 30 in color. (Compendium of
Plant Genomes) Hardcover
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ISBN 978-3-662-44269-2
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2014. XI, 57 p. 13 illus., 10 in color. (SpringerBriefs in
Molecular Science / Protein Folding and Structure)
Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08920-1
9<HTODMJ=aijcab> Due September 2014
2014. XIV, 423 p. 102 illus. (Signaling and
Communication in Plants, Volume 2) Hardcover
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Life Sciences
H. Wallander, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
K. Wang, Iowa State University Center for Plant
Transformation, Ames, IA, USA (Ed)
Soil
Agrobacterium Protocols
Reflections on the Basis of our Existence
Håkan Wallander is a professor in Soil Biology and
the reader is guided through the fascinating world
below ground. The book has a free form and the
author mixes scientific facts with personal stories
from active research experiences and everyday
life. The main focus is to make the reader aware
of the vast biodiversity that exists in the soil, and
to describe the important processes provided by
the soil organisms. Reflections are made on how
dependent we are on living soils, and how vulnerable the soil is if managed in a wrong way. The
importance of soils as carbon sinks and reflections
about the possible influence of soils for taste and
quality of food and wine is also covered. The book
is illustrated with photographs and every picture
has a legend that stands on its own.
Features
7 A much more easy way into the world of soil
science than other books because of numerous
colour photos with independent legends 7 A
perfect blend of scientific facts and entertaining
stories to keep the reader interested and curious 7 It fills a hole in the garden literature and
was elected as the garden book of the year in
Sweden, although it is not at all a garden book
Contents
Foreword.- Our indispensable soil.- How soil is
formed.- Floral splendour and shortage of nutrients.- Life in the soil.- The circulation of nutrients.- Biological warfare.- A matter of taste.- Soil
and climate.- Epilogue.
Fields of interest
Life Sciences, general; Popular Science in Nature
and Environment; Soil Science & Conservation
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Volume 2
Rapid changes and significant progress have been
made in the Agrobacterium field, such as genetically transforming plants for both basic research
purposes and agricultural development.
Features
D. Wei, T. Zhao, Shanghai JiaoTong University,
Shanghai, China; H. Dai, Shanghai Jiaotng University,
Shanghai, China; Q. Xu, Shanghai Jiaotong
University, Shanghai, China (Eds)
Advance in Structural
Bioinformatics
This text examines in detail mathematical and
physical modeling, computational methods and
systems for obtaining and analyzing biological
structures, using pioneering research cases as
examples. As such, it emphasizes programming
and problem-solving skills. It provides information on structure bioinformatics at various levels,
with individual chapters covering introductory to
advanced aspects, from fundamental methods and
guidelines on acquiring and analyzing genomics and proteomics sequences, the structures of
protein, DNA and RNA, to the basics of physical simulations and methods for conformation
searches. This book will be of immense value to
researchers and students in the fields of bioinformatics, computational biology and chemistry. Dr.
Contents
Brassica Rapa.- Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum
L.).- Jatropha (Jatropha Curcas L.).- Sesame
(Sesamum Indicum L.).- Sunflower (Helianthus
Annuus L.).- Carrot (Daucus Carota L.).- Cassava
(Manihot Esculenta Cranz).- Potato (Solanum
Tuberosum L.).- Taro (Colocasia Esculenta (L.)
Schott).- Apricot (Prunus Armeniaca L.).- Blueberry (Vaccinium Corymbosum L.).- Cherry.Chestnut, American (Castanea Dentata (Marsh.)
Borkh.).- Chestnut, European (Castanea Sativa).Grapevine (Vitis Vinifera L.).- Melon (Cucumis
Melo).- Peach (Prunus Persica L.).- Strawberry
(Fragaria X Ananassa).- Walnut (Juglans).- Citrus
Transformation Using Juvenile Tissue Explants.Citrus Transformation Using Mature Tissue
Explants.- Coffee (Coffea Arabica L.).- Pineapple
[Ananas Comosus (L.) Merr.].- Sugarcane (Saccharum Spp. Hybrids).- Hemp (Cannabis Sativa
L.).- Orchids (Cymbidium Spp., Oncidium And
Phalaenopsis).- Poinsettia (Euphorbia Pulcherrima Willd. Ex Klotzsch).- Populus Trichocarpa.Tall Fescue (Festuca Arundinacea Schreb.).
Features
7 Presents the core algorithms and mathematical models for sequence analysis 7 Provides
systematic and detailed methodologies and application 7 Includes the most recent progress in
the field
Fields of interest
Plant Sciences; Plant Genetics & Genomics; Genetic Engineering
Fields of interest
Bioinformatics; Computational Biology/Bioinformatics; Molecular Medicine
Target groups
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Contributed volume
Contents
Introduction to Structural Bioinformatics.- Modeling and Structure Determination.- The Structure
Prediction of Biological Macromolecules.- The
Biological Macromolecules in Computational
Biology.- The Functional Analysis of Biological
Macromolecules.- The Structure-Based Drug
Design.
Due September 2014
Jointly published with Shanghai Jiaotong University
Press, Shanghai, China
Distribution right for China: Shanghai Jiaotong
University Press
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 149,79 | € (A) 153,99 | sFr 186,50
7€ 139,99 | £126.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08457-2
9<HTODMJ=aiefhc> 3rd ed. 2014. X, 550 p. 47 illus., 41 in color. (Methods
7 *€ (D) 117,69 | € (A) 120,99 | sFr 146,50
7€ 109,99 | £99.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1657-3
9<HTMEUD=jbgfhd> 2014. IX, 470 p. 102 illus., 88 in color. (Advances in
Experimental Medicine and Biology, Volume 827)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 160,49 | € (A) 164,99 | sFr 200,00
7€ 149,99 | £135.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9244-8
9<HTUELB=hjce i> 155

Life Sciences
A. Wittinghofer, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular
Physiology, Dortmund, Germany (Ed)
Ras Superfamily Small
G Proteins: Biology and
Mechanisms 1+2
Contents
Vol. 1 Evolution of the Ras Superfamily of GTPases.- The structure of the G domain of the Ras
superfamily.- GEFs and GAPs: Mechanisms and
Structures.- Bacterial protein toxins acting on
small GTPases.- Posttranslational modifications
of small G proteins.- Targeting the Raf-MEK-ERK
Mitogen-Activates Protein Kinase Cascade for the
Treatment of RAS Mutant Cancers.- RAS Genes
and Cancer.- The Spatial Organization of Ras
Signaling.- Ras Nanoclusters.- Mouse Models of
Ras induced Tumors and Developmental Disorders.- Rap signaling.- The coordinated biology and
signaling partners of Ral G-proteins.- Structure
and Function of the mTOR Activator Rheb.- Classical Rho proteins: Biochemistry of molecular
switch function and regulation.- Atypical Rho
family members.- Molecular Structures, Cellular
Functions and Physiological Roles of Rho Effectors.- Principles driving the spatial organization of
Rho GTPase signaling at synapses.- Rho GTPases
in Cancer. Vol. 2 Prenylation of RabGTPases, their
delivery to membranes and Rab recycling.- Rab
proteins and the organization of organelle membrane domains.- Effectors of Rab GTPases: Rab
binding specificity and their role in coordination
of Rab function and localization.- A Rab effector called the exocyst and related vesicle tether
complexes.- RabGEFs and GAPs – the enigma
variations.- Ran in Nucleocytoplasmic Transport.Ran in Mitosis.- Arf proteins and their regulators:
at the interface between membrane lipids and the
protein trafficking machinery.- Small G Proteins:
Arf family GTPases in vesicular transport.
Q. Xiaoquan, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Beijing, China, Beijing, China; X. Chen,
Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China, Shanghai,
China; Y. Wang, Wuhan Institute of Physics and
Mathemati Chinese academy of science, Wuhan,
China (Eds)
Plant Metabolomics
Methods and Applications
Metabolomics is an important part of systems
biology, and it can be argued that metabolite data
is most closely linked to phenotypes. Therefore
changes in metabolite content or metabolic networks can indicate the gene function more directly
than transcript or protein based-approaches.
Features
7 Gives a comprehensive account of recent
advances in plant metabolomics 7 Includes
cutting-edge methods and protocols 7 With
many illustrations followed by easy-to-understand
explanations
Contents
Overview.- Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Coupling Techniques.- LC-MS in Plant
Metabolomics.- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Techniques.- Multivariate Analysis of Metabolomics Data.- Metabolomic data processing based
on mass spectrometry platforms.- Metabolite
Qualitative Methods and the Introduction
of Metabolomics Database.- Plant Metabolic
Network.- Applications of LC-MS in plant metabolomics.- Application of Metabolomics in the
Identification of Chinese Herbal Medicine.- Metabolomics based Studies on Artemisinin Biosynthesis.- NMR-Based Metabolomic Methods and
Applications.- Metabolomics research of quantitative disease resistance against barley leaf rust.
Fields of interest
Cell Biology; Protein Science; Protein Structure
Fields of interest
Plant Sciences; Plant Genetics & Genomics;
Metabolomics
Target groups
Research
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Contributed volume
Z. Yaniv, Agricultural Research Organisation, Tel Aviv,
Israel; N. Dudai, The Unit of Medicinal & Aromatic
Plants, Ramat Yishay, Israel (Eds)
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
of the Middle-East
Contents
Forward.- Chapter 1: Medicinal Plants in ancient
traditions.- Chapter 2: Wild Edible Plants in Israel
Tradition versus Cultivation.- Chapter 3: Ethnobotany among Bedouin tribes in the MiddleEast.- Chapter 4: Selected Aromatic-Medicinal
Plants, Endemic to the Middle-East.- Chapter 5:
Capparis spinosa, The Plant on the Wall.- Chapter
6: Apharsemon, Myrrh and Olibanum: Ancient
Medical Plants.- Chapter 7: Sarcopoterium
spinosum.- Chapter 8: Traditional uses of Pistacia
lentiscus in Veterinary and Human Medicine.Chapter 9: Farming Amphetamines: Khat (Catha
edulis Forsk) a Traditional Plant with Psychoactive
and Medicinal Properties.- Chapter 10: Citron
Cultivation, Production and Uses in the Mediterranean Region.- Chapter 11: Therapeutic Use of
Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.).- Chapter 12:
Pomegranate: Aspects Concerning Dynamics of
Health Beneficial Phytochemicals and Therapeutic
Properties.- Chapter 13: Juniperus phoenicea from
Jordan.- Chapter 14: Myrtle (Myrtus communis
L.) A Native Mediterranean and Cultured Crop
Species.- Chapter 15: Eruca sativa: A Tasty Herb
Salad with Health Promoting Properties.- Chapter 16: Rose Oil (Rosa damascena).- Chapter 17:
Opium Poppy (papaver somniferum).
Fields of interest
Plant Sciences; Agriculture; Life Sciences, general
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Due October 2014
Jointly published with Chemical Industry Press (CIP),
Xiaoquan Qi, China
Due August 2014
Distribution rights for China: Chemical Industry
Press, Xiaoquan Qi, China
2014. 900 p. (2-volume-set)
7 *€ (D) 266,43 | € (A) 273,90 | sFr 331,50
7€ 249,00 | £224.50
ISBN 978-3-319-09282-9
7 approx. *€ (D) 160,45 | € (A) 164,94 | sFr 200,00
7 approx.€ 149,95 | £135.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9290-5
9<HTODMJ=ajcicj> 156
9<HTUELB=hjcjaf> Due September 2014
2014. XV, 418 p. 77 illus., 42 in color. (Medicinal and
Aromatic Plants of the World, Volume 2) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 160,49 | € (A) 164,99 | sFr 200,00
7€ 149,99 | £135.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9275-2
9<HTUELB=hjchfc>
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Z. Antonijevic, Cytel Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA (Ed)
Economics/Management Science
K. Das, Gujarat Institute of Development Research
(GIDR), Ahmedabad, India (Ed)
A. R. Dawoody, Marywood University, Scranton, PA,
USA (Ed)
Issues and Challenges in Indian Business
Public Administration and
Policy in the Middle East
Optimization of Pharmaceutical
Globalization and Standards
R&D Programs and Portfolios
Design and Investment Strategy
Very little has been published on optimization of
pharmaceutical portfolios.
Features
7 Addresses the impact of study design on
maximizing the output at the portfolio level in the
pharmaceutical industry 7 Examines portfolio
optimization comprehensively by integrating
input from multiple stakeholders 7 Provides an
integrated approach that considers value proposition earlier in the clinical development process by
incorporating marketing, commercial and medical
affairs perspectives
Contents
Need for Optimal Design of Pharmaceutical Programs and Portfolios in Modern Medical Product
Development.- Clinical Aspects of Pharmaceutical
Portfolio Management.- Drug Development and
the Cost of Capital.- Investment Considerations
for Pharmaceutical Product Portfolios.- Challenges of Portfolio Management in Pharmaceutical
Development.- Impact of Phase 2b Strategies on
Optimization of Drug Development Programs.Using Decision Analysis to Support the Design
of Clinical Trials at a Program Level.- Indication
Sequencing for a New Molecular Entity with Multiple Potential Oncology Indications.- Maximizing
Return on Investment in Phase II Proof-of-Concept Trials.- Portfolio Optimization of Therapies
and Their Predictive Biomarkers.- Dynamically
Optimizing Budget Allocation for Phase 3 Drug
Development Portfolios Incorporating Uncertainty in the Pipeline.
Fields of interest
Operation Research/Decision Theory; Optimization; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health
Sciences
Contents
Globalization and Standards: Concerns in a Large
Transforming Economy, India.- Standards and
Consumer Behaviour of the Rising Middle Class
in India.- Impact of the Retail FDI Policy on
Indian Consumers and the Way Forward.- Environmentally Sensitive Goods in India’s Trade:
Emerging Challenges and Prospects.- Indian
Microfinance and Codes of Conduct Regulation:
A Critical Examination.- Automotive Industry
Response to Its Global QMS Standard ISO/TS16949.- Regulatory Standards in Pharmaceuticals and Consumers: Missing Links.- Medical
Consumption and Clinical Practice: India at
the Crossroads.- From Reverse Engineering to
Reverse Innovation: GPNs and the Emerging
Powers.- Institutions and Innovation: A Study
of ICT-MSMEs in India.- Promoting Cluster
Development Through Decent Work: Case of the
Surat Diamond Processing Cluster.- Regulating
Industrialization through Public Action and Legal
Intervention: Interpreting an On-going Experiment in Tamil Nadu.- Small Industry in India:
Are CETPs an Appropriate Response towards
Pollution Control?.- Has the Indian Tea Plantation
Industry Weathered the Crisis during Reforms?.India’s Organic Guarantee System: Novelty or
Facsimile?.
Fields of interest
Development Economics; Regional/Spatial Science; International Economics
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Contents
Introduction.- II. Part One: Public Policy and Administration in Iran, Turkey and Egypt.- Chapter
1. Public Administration and Policy in Contemporary Iran.- Chapter 2. State and administrative
reforms in Turkey and its implications.- Chapter
3. Challenges to governance reform and accountability in Egypt.- Chapter 4. Egypt.- III. Part Two.
Public Policy and Administration in Iraq, Sudan,
and Saudi Arabia.- Chapter 5. Iraq: Revolutionary cul-de-sacs.- Chapter 6. Federalism and Iraq’s
Statehood.- Chapter 7. Iraq’s Pressing Need to
Obligatory Unified Conceptual and Procedural
Models for Public Policy Making, Implementation,
and Evaluation Processes.- Chapter 8. Distributive,
Redistributive, Regulatory and Constituent Policies in Sudan.- Chapter 9. Local Governance in
Saudi Arabia: The Mirage of Decentralization.- IV.
Part Three. Public Policy and Administration in
Bangladesh, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine.- Chapter 10. Governance Challenges in Bangladesh.Chapter 11. Dynamic Consistency: The Public
Policy Process in the Republic of Lebanon.- Chapter 12. Decentralization in Lebanon.- Chapter
13. Lebanese NGOs: Governance and Management.- Chapter 14. Culture matter: The Influence
of Israeli Political Culture on The Public Policy
Process.- Chapter 15. Volunteerism in nonprofit
sector in Palestine.-V. Conclusion.- VI. Index
Fields of interest
Public Administration; Comparative Politics;
Political Science, general
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09074-0
9<HTODMJ=ajahea> 2014. I, 349 p. 14 illus., 9 in color. (India Studies in
Business and Economics) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-81-322-1993-4
9<HT BOC=cbj de> 2014. X, 376 p. 26 illus., 18 in color. (Public
Administration, Governance and Globalization,
Volume 9) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1552-1
9<HTMEUD=jbf cb>
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D. De Tombe, Internation Research Society on
Methodologicy of Societal Complexity, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
Handling Societal Complexity
A Study of the Theory and the Methodology
of Social Complexity and the COMPRAM
Methodology
This handbook for the Methodology of Societal
Complexity describes the theoretical development
of the field and lays the foundation for the application of the Compram Methodology in the context
of addressing complex societal problems.
Features
7 Written by the founding father of the COMPRAM methodology 7 Methodology is advised
as standard by the OECD to handle global safety 7 Presents applications in real life problems of
global safety
Contents
Introduction.- Design of the Study.- Complex
Societal Problems.- Human Problem Handling.Group Decision Support Systems.- Methodological Demands for Handling Complex Societal
Problems.- The Compram Methodology: A
Methodology for Policy Making on Complex Societal Problems.- Global Safety and Healthcare: The
HIV/Aids Problem.- Global Safety and Sustainable Development.- Global Safety and Economy:
The Credit Crisis.- Global Safety and Climate
Change.- Global Safety, Terrorism and Large City
Problems.- Implementation, Ethical Aspects, Validation and Testing of Complex Societal Methodologies.- Policymaking and Summary.
Fields of interest
Operation Research/Decision Theory; Population
Economics; Methodology of the Social Sciences
G. Einav, TMT Strategic Advisors, New York, NY, USA
(Ed)
M. C. Fu, Potomac, MD, USA (Ed)
Handbook of Simulation
Optimization
The New World of Transitioned
Media
The Handbook of Simulation Optimization
presents an overview of the state of the art of
simulation optimization, providing a survey of the
most well-established approaches for optimizing
stochastic simulation models and a sampling of
recent research advances in theory and methodology.
Digital Realignment and Industry
Transformation
The media industry is undergoing an accelerated
pace of change, driven in large part by the proliferation of digital platforms.
Features
7 Provides a “behind-the-scenes” look at the media industry’s transition into the digital era and its
impact on marketing, advertising, innovation and
other economic and social activities 7 Explores
current trends and themes such as transformation of space, artificial intelligence in journalism,
social media in corporate communications, social
cinema, gaming and the future of media industry
research 7 Includes contributions from media
industry executives, researchers, and academics
to provide a blended industry and academic pointof-view
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Digital Media
and The Transformation of Space.- Chapter 3 The
Companies We Keep.- Chapter 4 Health as a Social Media.- Chapter 5 The New Rules of Engagement.- Chapter 6 The Robot Journalist in The Age
of Social Physics.- Chapter 7 The Times They are
A’ Changin: From Newspaper to TV, Traditional
Go Digital.- Chapter 8 Embracing the Era of Open
Source Marketing.- Chapter 9 The Role of Mobile
in the Media Environment.- Chapter 10 Next Gen
Video Game Consumers.- Chapter 11 Measuring
Media Usage Behavior.
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Media Management; Economic Policy; Innovation/Technology Management
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Research
Features
7 The first handbook on simulation optimization 7 One of the hottest research topics and
professionally-applied areas in OR 7 Editor is
one of the most prominent names in the field
Contents
Overview of the Handbook.- Discrete Optimization via Simulation.- Ranking and Selection:
Efficient Simulation Budget Allocation.- Response
Surface Methodology.- Stochastic Gradient
Estimation.- An Overview of Stochastic Approximation.- Stochastic Approximation Methods and
Their Finite-time Convergence Properties.- A
Guide to Sample Average Approximation.- Stochastic Constraints and Variance Reduction Techniques.- A Review of Random Search Methods.Stochastic Adaptive Search Methods: Theory and
Implementation.- Model-Based Stochastic Search
Methods.- Solving Markov Decision Processes via
Simulation.
Fields of interest
Operation Research/Decision Theory; Simulation
and Modeling; Operations Research, Management
Science
Target groups
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-662-43916-6
9<HTOGRC=edjbg > 158
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
2015. XX, 190 p. 8 illus., 4 in color. (The Economics of
Information, Communication, and Entertainment)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09008-5
2015. XIV, 370 p. 18 illus., 9 in color. (International
Series in Operations Research & Management
Science, Volume 216) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-1-4939-1383-1
9<HTODMJ=aja if> 9<HTMEUD=jbdidb>
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N. Gaillard, Corbeil-Essonnes, France
When Sovereigns Go Bankrupt
A Study on Sovereign Risk
The public debt crisis that Eurozone countries
have experienced since 2010 has been accompanied by a resurgence of sovereign risk. Greece was
obliged to restructure its debt in 2012. The credit
position of even the wealthy countries is shakier
than at any time since the Great Depression. Now
more than ever it is essential to understand sovereign risk because the default of a country, or even
its lack of credibility, is bound to jeopardize political stability and weaken the credit standing of all
other economic actors. This book reviews and
analyzes the different means used to forestall and
protect against sovereign defaults. In light of the
Eurozone’s 2010-2012 sovereign debt crisis, this
book also emphasizes the roots of sovereign creditworthiness. Chapter 1 establishes a typology of
sovereign defaults. A sovereign “bankruptcy” may
take many forms (debt repudiation, moratorium,
restructuring, etc.). Chapter 2 presents the different contractual and legal tools used to protect
against sovereign defaults. Chapter 3 investigates
how some investors have been able to interfere
with the debtor’s economic policy by insisting that
measures be taken to reduce the risk of default in
the short and medium term. Such interference can
be direct or may be more subtle. There is a specific
focus on the conditionality imposed by the International Monetary Fund.
Contents
Introduction.- Identifying Sovereign Defaults.Protecting against Sovereign Defaults.- Preventing
Sovereign Defaults.- Anticipating Sovereign Debt
Crises.- Conclusion.
Fields of interest
Public Finance & Economics; Economic Policy;
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
M. Gavalec, University of Hradec Kralove, Hradec
Kralove, Czech Republic; J. Ramík, Silesian University
in Opava, Karvina, Czech Republic; K. Zimmermann,
Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
M. Ghosh, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan (Distt
Birbhum), India; D. Sarkar, B. C. Roy, Institute of
Agriculture, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan (Distt Birbhum),
India (Eds)
Decision Making and
Optimization
Diversification of Agriculture in
Eastern India
Special Matrices and Their Applications in
Economics and Management
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I: Rationale and
Extent of Agricultural Diversification.- Chapter
2. Green Revolution in Eastern India.- Chapter
3. Diversified Sustainable Agriculture in Eastern India.- Chapter 4. Crop Diversification: An
Exploratory Analysis.- Chapter 5. Trend and
Pattern of Crop Diversification in Odisha.- Chapter 6. Pattern of Agricultural Diversification in
Odisha.- Chapter 7. A Study on the Extent of
Crop Diversification in West Bengal.- Chapter
8. A Study of Diversification of Katarni to HYV
paddy in Bihar.- Part II: Nature and Problems of
Agricultural Diversification.- Chapter 9. Role of
Dairying in Diversification of Indian Agriculture.Chapter 10. Crop Diversification through Oilseeds
in Eastern India.- Chapter 11. Crop Diversification
in North Eastern Plain Zone of India.- Chapter
12. Crop diversification in West Bengal: Nature
and Constraints.- Chapter 13. Problems of Crop
Diversification in West Bengal.- Chapter 14.
Factors Influencing Extent of Diversification in
West Bengal.- Chapter 15. Causes of Agricultural
Diversification in Bihar and Jharkhand.- Chapter
16. Policy Intervention in West Bengal Agriculture: Role of Diversification.- Part III: Food and
Livelihood Security through Agricultural Diversification.- Chapter 17. Diversification and Food
Security in the North Eastern States of India.Chapter 18. Impact of Improved Agro-techniques
towards Food and Livelihood Security.- Chapter
19. Floriculture in West Bengal in Augmenting
Income and Export.
The book is a benefit for graduate and postgraduate students in the areas of operations research,
decision theory, optimization theory, linear algebra, interval analysis and fuzzy sets. The book will
also be useful for the researchers in the respective
areas. The first part of the book deals with decision
making problems and procedures that have been
established to combine opinions about alternatives related to different points of view. Procedures
based on pairwise comparisons are thoroughly
investigated.
Features
7 First book combining decision analysis with
max-min algebra in inexact and fuzzy environment 7 Investigates the well-known method
of pairwise comparison and reveals surprising
properties and interconnections 7 Uses special
matrices in max-min algebra in nonstandard applications
Contents
Special Matrices in Decision Making: Preliminaries.- Pairwise Comparison Matrices in Decision
Making.- Preference Matrices with Fuzzy Elements in Decision Making.- Special Matrices in
Max-Min Algebra: Optimization Problems under
Max-Min Separable Constraints.
Fields of interest
Operation Research/Decision Theory; Game
Theory/Mathematical Methods; Optimization
Target groups
Graduate
Fields of interest
Agricultural Economics; Agriculture; Production/
Logistics/Supply Chain Management
Product category
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Due August 2014
Due August 2014
2014. XII, 70 p. (SpringerBriefs in Economics)
Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08987-4
2015. X, 211 p. 13 illus., 5 in color. (Lecture Notes in
Economics and Mathematical Systems, Volume 677)
Softcover
7 *€ (D) 74,89 | € (A) 76,99 | sFr 93,50
7€ 69,99 | £62.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08322-3
9<HTODMJ=aijihe> 9<HTODMJ=aidc d> Due September 2014
2015. I, 224 p. 4 illus. (India Studies in Business and
Economics) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-81-322-1996-5
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G. M. Golinelli, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome,
Italy (Ed)
Cultural Heritage and Value
Creation
Towards New Pathways
Informed by systems thinking, this book explores
new perspectives in which culture and management are harmoniously integrated and cultural
heritage is interpreted both as an essential part of
the social and economic context and as an expression of community identity. The combination of a
multidisciplinary approach, methodological rigor
and reference to robust empirical findings in the
fertile field of analysis of UNESCO’s contribution
mean that the book can be considered a reference
for the management of cultural heritage.
Features
7 Employs a systems approach to provide a new
perspective on the study and management of
cultural heritage 7 Offers the first comparative
analysis of the UNESCO rural cultural landscape 7 Helps in understanding international
changes in the concept of cultural landscape and
biocultural diversity
Contents
Cultural value.- Towards a new conception of
bene culturale.- From the management of cultural
heritage to the governance of the cultural heritage
system.- Intangible cultural heritage as defined in
the 2003 UNESCO Convention.- The UNESCO
World Heritage Convention and the enhancement
of rural vine-growing landscapes.- The cultural
dimension of the Mediterranean diet as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
Fields of interest
Business/Management Science, general; Cultural
Management; Cultural Heritage
A. Gosavi, Missouri S & T, Rolla, MO, USA
S.‑M. Grad, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
Simulation-Based Optimization Vector Optimization and
Parametric Optimization Techniques and
Monotone Operators via
Reinforcement Learning
Convex Duality
Simulation-Based Optimization: Parametric Optimization Techniques and Reinforcement Learning
introduce the evolving area of static and dynamic
simulation-based optimization. Covered in detail
are model-free optimization techniques – especially designed for those discrete-event, stochastic systems which can be simulated but whose
analytical models are difficult to find in closed
mathematical forms.
Features
7 Brings the field completely up to date 7 All
computer code brought up to date and now on
Springer Extras 7 New material not covered in
first edition includes nested partitions, simultaneous perturbation, constrained nonlinear optimization and the stochastic ruler method
Contents
Background.- Simulation basics.- Simulation
optimization: an overview.- Response surfaces and
neural nets.- Parametric optimization.- Dynamic
programming.- Reinforcement learning.- Stochastic search for controls.- Convergence: background
material.- Convergence: parametric optimization.Convergence: control optimization.- Case studies.
Fields of interest
Operation Research/Decision Theory; Operations
Research, Management Science; Simulation and
Modeling
Target groups
Research
Product category
Recent Advances
This book investigates several duality approaches
for vector optimization problems, while also comparing them. Special attention is paid to duality
for linear vector optimization problems, for which
a vector dual that avoids the shortcomings of the
classical ones is proposed. Moreover, the book
addresses different efficiency concepts for vector
optimization problems. Among the problems that
appear when the framework is generalized by
considering set-valued functions, an increasing
interest is generated by those involving monotone
operators, especially now that new methods for
approaching them by means of convex analysis
have been developed.
Features
7 Presents the first approach to the maximal
monotonicity of the diagonal operators by
means of representative functions 7 Introduces a framework for vector duality via general
scalarizations 7 Investigates the structure of the
closedness-type regularity conditions in scalar
optimization, showing how one can derive them
Contents
Introduction and preliminaries.- Duality for scalar
optimization problems.- Minimality concepts for
sets.- Vector duality via scalarization for vector optimization problems.- General Wolfe and
Mond-Weir duality.- Vector duality for linear
and semidefinite vector optimization problems.Monotone operators approached via convex
Analysis.
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
Operation Research/Decision Theory; Optimization;
Product category
Contributed volume
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08526-5
9<HTODMJ=aifcgf> 160
2nd ed. 2015. XXIV, 418 p. 42 illus. (Operations
Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series,
7 *€ (D) 80,24 | € (A) 82,49 | sFr 100,00
7€ 74,99 | £67.99
ISBN 978-1-4899-7490-7
9<HTMETJ=jhejah> Due September 2014
2015. X, 259 p. (Vector Optimization) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08899-0
9<HTODMJ=ai j a>
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A. Greiner, B. Fincke, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld,
Germany
Public Debt, Sustainability and
Economic Growth
Theory and Empirics
Public debt has become a severe problem for a
great many economies. While the effects of tax
policies on the allocation of resources are readily
derived, the mechanisms that make public deficits
and debt influence the economy are not so easily
understood. This book elaborates on the effects of
public debt starting from the intertemporal budget
constraint of the government. It is shown under
which conditions a government can stick to the
intertemporal budget constraint and then, demonstrated how public debt affects the growth process
and welfare in market economies. The effects are
derived for models with complete labor markets as
well as taking into account labor market imperfections.
Features
7 Studies the effects of public debt on the
economy 7 Highlights the role played by the
intertemporal budget constraint of the government 7 Presents basic endogenous growth
models allowing for public debt 7 Provides the
R-codes and the data to replicate some estimation
results
Contents
Introduction.- Sustainable Public Debt: Theory
and Empirical Evidence.- Debt and Growth: A
Basic Endogenous Growth Model.- Productive
Government Spending, Public Debt and Growth.Government Debt and Human Capital Formation.- Debt and Growth: Empirical Evidence.Conclusion.
Fields of interest
Economic Growth; Macroeconomics/Monetary
Economics; Development Economics
Target groups
Research
R. Guo, Peking University Regional Science
Association of China, Beijing, China; U. E. Bulag,
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK;
M. A. Crang, Durham University, Durham, UK;
T. Heberer, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg,
Germany; E.‑G. Hwang, Korea University, Seoul,
Korea, Republic of (South Korea); J. A. Millward,
Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA;
M. Rossabi, Columbia University, New York, USA;
G. A. Postiglione, The University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR; C.‑y. Shih, National
Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; N. Tapp, Australian
National University, Canberra, Australia (Eds)
Multicultural China
A Statistical Yearbook (2014)
Editorial coordination: L. C. Guo, Peking University,
Beijing, China
Contents
Preface.- Notes on the text.- Maps.- A list of
China’s ethnic groups (with English and Chinese
names).- Multicultural China: A Brief View.- Macroeconomic Conditions.- Population and Labor
Force.- Employment and Wages.- People’s Livelihood.- Social Production and Rural Economy.Education and Science and Technology.- Public
Health and Social Security.- Culture and Sports.Appendix A. China’s ethnic populations reported
in the 2000 and 2010 national censuses.- Appendix B. Administrative and demographic statistics
of ethnic minority autonomous areas.- Appendix
C. Principal indicators on economic and social
development in ethnic minority autonomous
areas.- Notes.- Glossary.
Fields of interest
Regional/Spatial Science; Economic Growth;
Population Economics
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
H. Ha, UON Singapore (University of Newcastle,
Singapore campus), Singapore, Singapore (Ed)
Land and Disaster Management
Strategies in Asia
Contents
Chapter 1. Land Use and Disaster Governance in
Asia: An Introduction.- Chapter 2. NAPSIPAG Is
Ten Years Old: An Agenda for the Next Decade.Part I: Land Management and Food Security.Chapter 3. Land Reforms in Kerala - An Aid to
Ensure Sustainable Development.- Chapter 4. The
Indian State and the Unfinished Task of Land Reforms: A Critical Analysis.- Chapter 5. Cacophony
to Euphony: Land Tenure System and Food Security in Pakistan.- Chapter 6. Industrialisation and
Sustainable Food Security: New Challenges for
Malaysia.- Part II: Disaster Management.- Chapter
7. Bangladesh: Natural Disaster Risk Management.- Chapter 8. Administrative Planning and
Political Response to Hazard: Issues and Concerns.- Chapter 9. Deficiency of Disability Issue in
Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy: Implications on
Human Security and Social Cohesion.- Chapter
10. Geo-Politics and Community Vulnerability: A
case of Diu Island.- Chapter 11. Lack of Integrity
moving the Goals Away.- Chapter 12. Anticipating and Managing an Unwelcome Guest: Climate
Smart Approach in Disaster Management.- Part
III: Public Education and Other Issues Related to
Disaster Management.- Chapter 13. Disaster Risk
Management and Public Education in Singapore.Chapter 14. Participatory Environmental Governance and Climate Change Adaptation: Mainstreaming of Tidal River Management (TRM) in
South-West Bangladesh.- Chapter 15. Ecology and
Culture: Innovative Approaches to the Educational
System of Indigenous People of Altai.- Chapter
16. Peacebuilding Model in Diverse Conflict Lines
Southern Philippines.
Fields of interest
Public Administration; Climate Change Management and Policy; Natural Hazards
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Product category
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Economic Report Series) Hardcover
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S. Hallegatte, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
Natural Disasters and Climate
Change
An Economic Perspective
This book explores economic concepts related to
disaster losses, describes mechanisms that determine the economic consequences of a disaster,
and reviews methodologies for making decisions
regarding risk management and adaptation. The
author addresses the need for better understanding of the consequences of disasters and reviews
and analyzes three scientific debates on linkage
between disaster risk management and adaptation
to climate change. The first involves the existence
and magnitude of long-term economic impact of
natural disasters on development. The second is
the disagreement over whether any development
is the proper solution to high vulnerability to
disaster risk.
Features
7 Explores economic analysis of disaster consequences with decision-making and policy design
for risk management 7 Discusses the management of natural risks, taking into account climate
change, and the deep uncertainty in climate projections 7 Presents methodologies for assessing
disaster costs, including indirect and intangible
impacts, and interprets trends in losses
Contents
1 Introduction and summary.- 2 What is a disaster? An economic point of view.- 3 Disaster risks:
evidence and theory.- 4 Trends in Hazards and
the Role of Climate Change.- 5 Climate change
impact on natural disaster losses.- 6 Methodologies for disaster risk management in a changing
environment.- 7 Decision making for disaster risk
management in a changing climate.- 8 References.
Fields of interest
Environmental Economics; Natural Hazards;
Earth Sciences, general
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
G. Heinemann, Niederrhein University,
Mönchengladbach, Germany; C. Gaiser, Bonial
International GmbH, Bonn, Germany
T. Ihori, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan;
K. Terai, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan (Eds)
The Political Economy of Fiscal
Consolidation in Japan
Social, Local, Mobile
The Future of Location-based Services
n the future, shopping will be greatly influenced by
a combination of localization issues, mobile internet at the point of sale, and use of social networks.
This book focuses on the ‘SoLoMo synergies’ that
arise from this paradigm shift in future shopping,
which also promises new and effective marketing
options for traditional retailers. It also reflects the
current status of research and business practice,
analyzing the basic factors of SoLoMo in detail.
The importance of Location-based Services (LBS)
is elaborated and analyzed in an empirical study
using a market based case of kaufDA – a leading
German online shopping network. The evidence
shows that customers see LBS as an attractive tool
and are prepared to change their buying behavior.
Features
7 First book on SoLoMo that includes explanation on a sound theoretical basis 7 Presents current best practices with focus on retailing 7 Special insights on next generation retailing prepares
readers for the future 7 Includes an empirical
study using a market-based case of kaufDA – a
leading German online shopping network
Contents
“Always-on and Always-in-touch” - the New Buying Behavior.- Social Commerce as Base Factor
No. 1 for SoLoMo.- Location-based Services as
Base Factor No. 2 for SoLoMo.- Mobile Commerce as Base Factor No. 3 for SoLoMo.- Study Status and Potential of Location-based Service.
Fields of interest
Sales/Distribution/Call Center/Customer Service;
e-Commerce/e-business; Business Strategy/Leadership
Target groups
Product category
Professional book
Features
7 Examines reasons for persistent public deficits
and delayed fiscal reform in Japan, with a special
emphasis on political economy aspects 7 Investigates political and institutional elements inducing
expansion of public expenditure in the fields of
social security public works, and intergovernmental transfer schemes 7 Provides points of view
for public policy and public debate with academic
research based on theoretical and numerical approaches
Contents
Part I. Comprehensive Views of the Political
Economy of Japan.- 1 Fiscal Consolidation in the
Political Economy of Japan (Toshihiro Ihori; Comment, Keigo Kameda).- 2 The Political Economy of
Social Security Funding: Why Social VAT Reform?
(Hideki Konishi; Comment, Naomi Miyazato).Part II. Fiscal Problems in Japan.- 3. Female Labor
Supply, Social Security, and Fiscal Consolidation
(Ryuta Ray Kato and Masumi Kawade; Comment,
Masatoshi Jinno).- 4 Fiscal Consolidation and Local Public Finances in Japan: Incentive Problems
Associated with Intergovernmental Transfers and
Their Political Roles (Nobuo Akai; Comment,
Takeshi Miyazaki).- 5 Public Policy and Economic
Growth in the Integrating Japanese Economy
(Hiroki Kondo; Comment,Takashi Fukushima).Part III. Institutional Reforms Necessary for Fiscal
Consolidation.- 6 Tax Policy under the “Generational Election System”(Takero Doi, Comment,
Haruo Kondoh).- 7 Budgets under Delegation
(Kimiko Terai and Amihai Glazer; Comment,
Keisuke Hattori).
Fields of interest
Public Finance & Economics; Public Administration; Asset Growth/Pension Planning
Target groups
Research
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2015. X, 352 p. 98 illus., 67 in color. (Management for
Professionals) Hardcover
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9<HTOGRC=edjgda> 2015. VI, 180 p. 35 illus., 8 in color. (Advances in
Japanese Business and Economics, Volume 8)
Hardcover
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ISBN 978-4-431-55126-3
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S. K. Jain, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi,
India
Economic Analysis of Liability
Rules
This book focuses on the analysis of liability rules
of tort law from an efficiency perspective, presenting a comprehensive analysis of these rules in a
self-contained and rigorous yet accessible manner.
It establishes general results on the efficiency of liability rules, including complete characterizations
of efficient liability rules and efficient incremental
liability rules. The book also establishes that the
untaken precaution approach and decoupled
liability are incompatible with efficiency. The
economic analysis of tort law has established that
for efficiency it is necessary that each party to the
interaction must be made to internalize the harm
resulting from the interaction.
Features
7 Presents a comprehensive analysis of liability
rules 7 Contains complete characterizations of
efficient liability rules and efficient incremental
liability rules 7 Establishes that the untaken
precaution approach as well as decoupled liability
are incompatible with efficiency
Contents
Introduction.- Efficiency Criteria.- The Structure
of Efficient Liability Rules.- Decoupled Liability
and Efficiency.- Negligence as Failure to Take
Some Cost-Justified Precaution.- The Structure
of Incremental Liability Rules.- The Negligence
Rule.- Decomposition of Loss and a Class of
Negligence Rules.- Multiple Injurers and Victims.Epilogue.
Fields of interest
Law and Economics; Civil Procedure Law; Criminal Law
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
S. Kar, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta,
Kolkata, India; D. Datta, Institute of Management
Technology, Ghaziabad, India
Industrial and Labor Economics
Issues in Developing and Transition Countries
This book is an attempt to capture and analyze
several idiosyncratic features of industry and labor
in the developing world. Available books and
graduate-level texts in labor economics largely
discuss industrial and labor market situations
prevalent in developed countries, where welldefined institutional arrangements and regulations create a very different scope of analysis.
The patterns of choice in training and contracts
in the labor market more apparent in developing
and transition countries are discussed, as are the
information-theoretic results.
Features
7 Bridges the gap between advanced topics in
labor economics and human resource management 7 Discusses those labor and industrial
issues that are most pertinent to developing and
emerging market economies 7 Gives new directions for further analytical and empirical research,
including new perspectives on risk-sharing arrangements between workers and employers
Contents
Chapter 1. The Dimensions of Labor Market in
Developing and Transition Countries.- Chapter
2. Labor Markets in Developing and Transition
Countries.- Chapter 3. Asymmetric Information
in the Labor Market.- Chapter 4. Risk Sharing
and Rent Sharing in the Labor Market.- Chapter
5. Industrial Organization and the Labor Market.Chapter 6. Labor Unions: Concepts, Models and
Public Policies.
W. W. Lasko, Winners Edge GmbH, Leichlingen,
Germany; L. M. Lasko, Bäch, Switzerland
International Sales Steering by
Result Framing
How to ensure your sales results on a global
level
This book provides sales management with a new
steering tool that is oriented toward future revenue
and profits while setting new, concise, and directly
applicable work frames. These work frames are
necessary because many companies feel that their
spending on training their sales force is a waste of
time and money; they complain about the lack of
improvement and continued low performance.
Features
7 Offers a unique management tool for international sales teams 7 Shows how to balance
weaknesses, ensure standards and increase success
rate 7 With examples and typical pitfalls
Contents
The exigency of a new sales steering by result
framing.- The benefits of result frames: orientation, project steering, global usage, no unproductive data flood, action impulses instead of ex-post
intelligence.- How result frames replace motivation and why they take hold faster than change
processes.- The innovative force of the eight sales
steering Instruments: points of difference, potential lines, winning customers, potential matrix,
political poster, success platform, negotiation, charisma.- Practical use of sales steering instruments:
variable utilization of instruments, implementation in pragmatic action programs, helpful drivers,
obstructive snares.
Fields of interest
Labor Economics; Industrial Organization; Human Resource Management
Fields of interest
Sales/Distribution/Call Center/Customer Service;
Marketing; Management/Business for Professionals
Target groups
Graduate
Target groups
Product category
Product category
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9<HT BOC=c acic> 2015. Approx. 250 p. 30 illus., 16 in color. (India
Studies in Business and Economics, Volume 25)
Hardcover
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ISBN 978-81-322-2016-9
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ISBN 978-3-658-06351-1
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P. Lienhard, Bern, Switzerland; H. Preuss, Johannes
Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Legacy, Sustainability and CSR
at Mega Sport Events
An Analysis of the UEFA EURO 2008 in
Switzerland
The UEFA European Football Championship
2008TM (EURO 2008) was the largest sports
event ever organized in Switzerland. The host
nations Austria and Switzerland emphasized the
sustainability of the event. Through their analysis
the authors argue that well-known principles
of sustainability and policy were not uniformly
implemented for the EURO 2008. Nonetheless,
this book shows how, in Switzerland, a legacy was
created through the implementation of corporate
governance and social responsibility policies
by UEFA, the Swiss Government and the Swiss
Football Association. This book offers an unprecedented resource for sports practitioners and researchers. It provides a wealth of data based on the
study of existing scholarly literature, key strategic
and conceptual documents as well as exclusive
interviews with high-level executives involved in
the organization of EURO 2008.
Feature
7 Publication in the field of economic sciences
Contents
Corporate Governance & Corporate Social Responsibility.- Cultural and Societal Sustainability
of Mega Events.- The Policy Makers for Mega
Sporting Events.
Fields of interest
Economic Policy; Economics/Management Science, general
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
G. F. Lowe, University of Tampere (UTA) School of
Communication,, Tampere, Finland; C. Brown, The
University of Westminster Faculty of Media, Arts and
Design, London, UK (Eds)
Managing Media Firms and
Industries
What’s So Special About Media
Management?
This volume provides rich insight into the nature
and practice of media management. Contributions
assess the degree to which management of media
firms requires a unique set of skills, highlighting
similarities and differences of media firms compared with other industries in terms of management practices, HR development and operational
aspects. Success and limitations of research on
media management theory is evaluated, both
drawing on management theory and examining
insights from other disciplines. Dimensions for
future research are considered along with practical
implications for media managers and corporate
structures.
Features
7 Provides a survey of this comparatively new
field of research specialization, from diverse perspectives and across key dimensions of management practice 7 Offers an accessible digest of
the core literature important for understanding
theoretical foundations 7 Highlights practical
implications relevant for managers and students
Contents
Forward.- Introduction.- Part I: Scholarship and
Distinction.- Part II: Governance and Accountability.- Part III: Business and Economics.- Part
IV: Products and Markets.- Part V: Leadership and
Labour.
Fields of interest
Media Management; Organization/Planning;
Industrial Organization
Target groups
Research
D. Maritan, Soave (VR), Italy
Practical Manual of Quality
Function Deployment
Contents
1 History, definition and models of Quality Function Deployment (QFD).- 1.1 The New Product
Development (NPD) process.- 1.2 Quality Function Deployment definitions.- 1.3 QFD history.1.4 Four phases and comprehensive models.- 1.5
Strengths and weaknesses of QFD.- 1.6 Creativity and QFD.- 1.7 The proposed framework.- 2
Strategic matrices and customer analysis.- 2.1
The Royal classic bicycle case study.- 2.2 Strategy deployment.- 2.3 Customer analysis. From
“gemba” to the Demanded Qualities (DQ).- 2.4
Customer analysis. The questionnaire design and
the Preplan matrix.- 3. Technical deployment.- 3.1
Product characteristics, DQ-characteristics matrix
(House of Quality), bottlenecks.- 3.2 Functions
and mechanism deployment.- 3.3 Innovation and
cost analysis.- 3.4 Parts deployment, parts cost,
parts bottlenecks, process deployment.- 3.5 Reliability and FMEA.- 4 Fuzzy QFD.- 4.1 Fuzzy sets
and fuzzy numbers.- 4.2 Fuzzy QFD questionnaire.- 4.3 Fuzzy QFD matrices.- 4.4 Final rating
and crisp ranking order.- 5 Case history.- 5.1 Case
study 1) Geotherm: strategy in niche markets
a “longitudinal” QFD.- 5.2 Case study 2) We
partner: territorial marketing with fuzzy QFD.- 5.3
Case study 3) City move: service design for a public transport.- 5.4 Case study 4) Paint: QFD in a
process industry.- 5.5 QFD projects review. Some
lessons we could learn?.
Fields of interest
Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management;
Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk; Organization/Planning
Target groups
Product category
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Contributed volume
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2014. XX, 255 p. 21 illus. (Event- und
Impaktforschung) Softcover
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ISBN 978-3-658-06469-3
2014. Approx. 450 p. (Media Business and
Innovation) Hardcover
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ISBN 978-3-319-08514-2
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V. Martinho, Viseu, Portugal (Ed)
The Agricultural Economics of
the 21st Century
is publication provides insight into the agriculTh
tural sector.
Features
7 Offers an insightful analysis of the current
tendencies in agricultural economics from various
perspectives 7 Helps to support the strategic
decisions of the diverse actors that are involved in
agricultural economic development, such as farmers, policy makers and researchers 7 Describes
and emphasizes the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in shaping the international trade
of agricultural products
Contents
Introduction.- An Approach to the Determinants
of the Agricultural Output Dynamics in the USA.Cross-Section and Spatial Approaches for the
Agricultural Contexts in the Twenty Seven Countries of the European Union.- The Performance of
Manufacturing in the European Union in the Context of Agricultural Economics.- The Economic,
Social and Environmental Determinants for the
Agricultural Output in Some European Union
Countries.- The Performance of the Agricultural
Economics in BRICS Countries.- Evaluation of
Sustainable Economic Growth in Portuguese
Agriculture and Other Sectors.- Analysis of the
Relationship Between Agriculture, Economic
Growth and the Environment Through Keynesian
Models.- Agricultural Economics in the Context
of Portuguese Rural Development.- The Objectives and Priorities for the Azorean Dairy Farmers’
decisions.- Final Conclusions.
Fields of interest
Agricultural Economics; Environmental Economics; European Integration
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Due October 2014
2015. 215 p. 8 illus. in color. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
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ISBN 978-3-319-09470-0
9<HTODMJ=ajeha > A. Mochón, UNED University, Madrid, Spain; Y. Sáez,
University Carlos III of Madrid, Leganés - Madrid,
Spain
S. Mohapatra, Xavier Institute of Management,
Bhubaneswar, India; L. Lokhande, ICRA Limited,
Pune, India
Understanding Auctions
Cloud Computing and ROI
In recent years, auctions have become an important field and many markets have designed
new and sophisticated auction models to assign
different types of items. The prime goal of this
book is to set an organized classification of the
main auction mechanisms in a way that readers
can understand the importance of auction design
and the advantages and drawbacks of each model.
Given the relevance of the subject, there is a great
volume of research about this topic. Nevertheless, most of these contributions use complex
mathematical language difficult to understand for
the average reader.
A New Framework for IT Strategy
Features
7 Sets an organized classification of the main
auction mechanisms 7 Numerous step-by-step
examples help the reader to understand each auction model in detail 7 Large number of examples
of real-world auction design that engage the
reader in the topic 7 A classification of the main
auction mechanisms allows readers to identify the
pros and cons of each model 7 A glossary helps
the reader to find quickly the definition of the
concepts exposed along the book
This book develops an IT strategy for cloud computing that helps businesses evaluate their readiness for cloud services and calculate the ROI. The
framework provided helps reduce risks involved in
transitioning from traditional “on site” IT strategy
to virtual “cloud computing.” Since the advent of
cloud computing, many organizations have made
substantial gains implementing this innovation.
Cloud computing allows companies to focus more
on their core competencies, as IT enablement is
taken care of through cloud services. Cloud Computing and ROI includes case studies covering
retail, automobile and food processing industries.
Each of these case studies have successfully implemented the cloud computing framework and their
strategies are explained.
Features
7 Offers a framework for cloud computing that
helps companies decide readiness for cloud computing 7 Creates a new approach to calculate
ROI using the provided IT strategy 7 Includes
case studies covering retail, automotive and food
process industries
Contents
Auction Basics.- Standard Single-Unit Auctions.Other Single-Unit Auctions.- Assigning Multiple
Homogeneous Items in a Single Auction.- Sequential and Simultaneous Auctions.- Double
Auctions.- Introduction to Combinatorial Auctions.- Combinatorial Auction Models.- Online
Auctions.- References.- Glossary.- Index.
Contents
Introduction.- Understanding IT Strategy.- Cloud
Computing and Social-Commerce.- Cloud
Computing Strategy.- Cloud Computing Strategy
Design for Myntra.com.- Case Study: Developing Cloud Computing Strategy for Dabur.- Cloud
Computing Strategy for Mahindra Automobiles.
Fields of interest
Game Theory/Mathematical Methods; Industrial
Organization; Business Strategy/Leadership
Fields of interest
Business Information Systems; Information
Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Innovation/
Technology Management
Target groups
Graduate
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
2015. X, 169 p. 18 illus. (Springer Texts in Business
and Economics) Hardcover
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ISBN 978-3-319-08812-9
2015. X, 216 p. 42 illus., 30 in color. (Management for
Professionals) Hardcover
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ISBN 978-3-319-08662-0
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S. S. Muresan, Bonn, Germany
Social Market Economy
The Case of Germany
The book presents the economic policy model
known as “Social Market Economy” in Germany,
the country where it originated. Although the
model has since been adopted as core objective
in the EU Treaty of Lisbon, experts still disagree
on its exact nature. The author contributes to
this debate by presenting the German economic
system from an external perspective and looking
at the extent to which it enabled the country
increase its weight in international relations.The
system´s history, identity, political and economic
concepts, including ordoliberalism, are analyzed.
Its potential and shortcomings are assessed by
comparing it to other forms of capitalism. A brief
enquiry is made into whether the “Social Market
Economy”, or aspects of it, are applicable to other
countries, including in Eastern Europe. Providing
both theoretical and practical aspects, the book
offers a valuable resource for researchers, public
administration professionals, and policymakers.
Features
7 Analyzes comprehensively the German
model of economic and social policy 7 Takes an
outside, objective and interdisciplinary perspective 7 Discusses the applicability to other countries, in particular in Eastern Europe
Fields of interest
Public Finance & Economics; Political Economy;
Methodology and the History of Economic
Thought
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
P. M. Pardalos, University of Florida, Gainesville,
FL, USA; V. Zamaraev, Higher School of Economics,
N.Novgorod, Russia (Eds)
Social Networks and the
Economics of Sports
This book presents recent research developments
in social networks, economics, management,
marketing and optimization applied to sports. The
volume will be of interest to students, researchers,
managers from sports, policy makers and as well
athletes.
Features
7 Presents latest research on applications of
optimization and scheduling in sports management 7 Provides an overview of the state of the
art in scientific models for addressing complex challenges in sports management and sports
administration 7 Presents recent results from
studies into the arising field of social networks and
their impact on sports
Contents
The Impact of Social Networks on Sports.- Application of Income Approach for Valuation of
Football Club.- The Interesting Case of Portugal
in the Economy of Sport.- Senior Sport Tourism
in Russia.- Evaluation in Sports Performance.- Pythagoras at the Bat.- Adaptive Systems in Sports.By Sport Predictions Through Socio Economic
Factors and Traditions in Summer Olympic
Games: the Case of London 2012.- Soccer Analytics Using Touch-by-touch Match Data.- The Golf
Director Problem: Forming Teams for Club Golf
Competitions.
Fields of interest
Operation Research/Decision Theory; Optimization; Marketing
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
W. Pearson, Jr., Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, GA, USA; L. M. Frehill, Energetics Technology
Center (ETC), Waldorf, MD, USA; C. L. McNeely,
George Mason University, Arlington, VA, USA (Eds)
Advancing Women in Science
An International Perspective
Many countries have implemented policies to
increase the number and quality of scientific researchers as a means to foster innovation and spur
economic development and progress.
Features
7 Examines the position of women in science
within national and international labor markets 7 Surveys female participation in the fields
of chemical sciences, computer science, mathematics and statistics 7 Features contributions
and case vignettes from a diverse spectrum of
scholars, analysts and practitioners from around
the world
Contents
Foreword.- Ch 1 Introduction.- Part I Cross
Cultural Foundational Issues.- Ch 2 Women’s
Enrollments in STEM in Higher Education.- Ch 3
Gender, Science and Occupational Sex Segregation.- Ch 4 Building Knowledge to Narrow the
Gender Divide.- Part II Exemplar Disciplines.- Ch
5 Data on Women in the Scientific Workforce.- Ch
6 Women in Mathematics.- Ch 7 Women in Statistics.- Ch 8 Computer Science.- Part III Policies
and Programs.- Ch 9 Promising Programs—A
Cross-National Exploration of Women in Science,
Education and Workforce.- Ch 10 Advancing
Women in Science: Policies for Progress.- Postscript.
Fields of interest
Innovation/Technology Management; Social
Policy; Emerging Markets/Globalization
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
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M. Peris-Ortiz, Universitat Politècnica de València,
Valencia, Spain; J.‑M. Sahut, Ipag Paris, Paris, France
(Eds)
New Challenges in
Entrepreneurship and Finance
Examining the Prospects for Sustainable
Business Development, Performance,
Innovation, and Economic Growth
Contents
Export Entrepreneurship and Export Performance. A Resource and Competitive Perspective.- Return Expectations from Venture Capital
Deals in Europe: A Comparative Study.- Inter-firm
Cross Border Co-opetition: Evidence from a
Two-Country Comparison.- Entrepreneurship,
Global Competitiveness and Legitimacy.- Providing Empirical Evidence from Forex Autotrading
to Contradict the Efficient Market Hypothesis.What Happed to Companies Backed by Venture
Capital Following IPO?.- Why do Some Boards
of Directors in Family Firms Outperform Others
When Strategizing? Analysing the Importance
of Entrepreneurial Orientation.- The Effect of
Entrepreneurial Orientation on Results: An Application to the Hotel Sector.- The Stock Market
as an Alternative to Banks for the Financing of
New Business Projects: Business Angels.- Serial
Entrepreneurship, Organisational Capital and Access to Venture Capital.- Nations of entrepreneurs:
a legitimacy perspective.- Entrepreneurship and
Family Business: Does the Organization Culture
Affect to Firm Performance?.- The Role of the
Galician Institute for Economic Promotion and
Financing Facilities for the Galician Entrepreneur
(Spain).- The Effect of Systemic Banking Crises on
Entrepreneurship.- Bank Financing Constraints:
The Effects of Start-Up Characteristics.
G. C. Pflug, University of Vienna Department of
Statistics and, Vienna, Austria; A. Pichler, Norwegian
University of Science and Technology, Department of
Industrial, Trondheim, Norway
Multistage Stochastic
Optimization
Multistage stochastic optimization problems appear in many ways in finance, insurance, energy
production and trading, logistics and transportation, among other areas. They describe decision
situations under uncertainty and with a longer
planning horizon. This book contains a comprehensive treatment of today’s state of the art
in multistage stochastic optimization. It covers
the mathematical backgrounds of approximation
theory as well as numerous practical algorithms
and examples for the generation and handling
of scenario trees. A special emphasis is put on
estimation and bounding of the modeling error
using novel distance concepts, on time consistency and the role of model ambiguity in the
decision process.
Features
7 Provides the first comprehensive treatment of
multistage stochastic decision problems 7 Presents a rigorous treatment of scenario generation
methods using distance concepts 7 Contains
new concepts of time-consistent decision making 7 Showcases the influence of model ambiguity to the decision process
Contents
Introduction.- The Nested Distance.- Risk and
Utility Functionals.- From Data to Models.- Time
Consistency.- Approximations and Bounds.- The
Problem of Ambiguity in Stochastic Optimization.- Examples.
Fields of interest
Entrepreneurship; Financial Economics; Finance/
Investment/Banking
Fields of interest
Operation Research/Decision Theory; Operations
Research, Management Science; Optimization
Target groups
Research
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Product category
Monograph
T. Puu, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Arts, Sciences, and Economics
A Historical Safari
This book deals with the economic aspects of
changing attitudes in arts and sciences. The effects
of the public good character of culture, along with
the very long production period and lifetime for
its products, are emphasized, since both contribute to the failure of normal market solutions.
Embodiment of ideas and the consequences of
modern reproduction technology for protection of property rights are closely examined. The
evolution within arts and sciences, which often
seems to return to previously scrapped ideals, is
illustrated by detailed case studies, in which the
importance of changing tastes, rather than progress proper, is emphasized. The author attempts an
understanding for this using Darwinian evolution in combination with modern mathematical
complexity theory, expressed in terms accessible to
the general reader. The second edition is extended
and updated especially as regards the illustration
material.
Features
7 Gives a broad panorama of evolution in the
arts and sciences 7 Analyses the economic driving forces behind development in science and art
using modern dynamics 7 Detailed case studies
and many colour illustrations
Contents
Culture and Civilization.- Public Goods.- Patronage.- Changing Attitudes.- Evolution in Science.Perfection in Art.- Modelling Evolution Through
Structural Change.
Fields of interest
Economics general; Cultural Heritage; Arts
Target groups
Popular/general
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
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9<HTODMJ=ai ih > 2014. X, 270 p. 81 illus., 32 in color. (Springer Series
in Operations Research and Financial Engineering)
Hardcover
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S. Ramos, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTEIUL), Lisboa, Portugal; H. Veiga, University Carlos III/
Madrid, Getafe, Spain (Eds)
The Interrelationship Between
Financial and Energy Markets
In the last decade, energy markets have developed
substantially due to the growing activity of financial investors. One consequence of this massive
presence of investors is a stronger link between
the hitherto segmented energy and financial
markets. This book addresses some of the recent
developments in the interrelationship between
financial and energy markets. It aims to further
the understanding of the rich interplay between
financial and energy markets by presenting several
empirical studies that illustrate and discuss some
of the main issues on this agenda.
Features
7 Links energy markets with financial markets 7 Examines energy finance and energy
policy issues 7 Presents relevant methodologies
in energy finance 7 Discusses the effect of oil
price risk 7 Presents contributions from scholar
worldwide
Contents
Introduction.- Part I: Oil Industry.- Part II: The
Impact of Oil Shocks.- Part III: Electricity Markets.
Fields of interest
Financial Economics; Energy Policy, Economics
and Management; Finance/Investment/Banking
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
K. Hüschelrath, Centre for European Economic
Research (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany, and WHU
Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar,
Germany; H. Schweitzer, University of Mannheim,
Mannheim, Germany (Eds)
Public and Private Enforcement
of Competition Law in Europe
Legal and Economic Perspectives
Contents
Public and Private Enforcement of Competition
Law in Europe - Introduction and Overview.Public Enforcement of Anti-Cartel Laws - Theory
and Empirical Evidence.- Leniency Programmes
and the Structure of Cartels - Remarks from
an Economic Perspective.- The Role of Fines in
the Public Enforcement of Competition Law.The Interaction of Public and Private Antitrust
Enforcement - The Calculation of Fines and
Damages.- The Interaction of Public and Private
Enforcement - The Calculation and Reconciliation
of Fines and Damages in Europe and Germany.Disgorgement and Private Enforcement as
Mitigating Circumstances for the Determination
of Fines in Antitrust Law.- Quantifying Antitrust
Damages - Economics and the Law.- Best Practices
for Expert Economic Opinions - Key Element of
Forensic Economics in Competition Law.- Access
to Evidence and Presumptions - Communicating
Vessels in Procedural Law.- Economic Evidence
in Competition Litigation in Germany.- Private
Damage Claims - Recent Developments in the
Passing-on Defence.- Competition Law Enforcement in England and Wales.
Fields of interest
Law and Economics; International Economic
Law, Trade Law; Industrial Organization; Private
International Law, International & Foreign Law,
Comparative Law; European Integration
Target groups
Research
P. Vrat, ITM University, Gurgaon, India
Materials Management
An Integrated Systems Approach
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction to Integrated Systems
Approach to Materials Management.- Chapter 2.
Basic Concepts in Inventory Management.- Chapter 3. Selective Inventory Management.- Chapter
4. Static Inventory Models – Single Purchase Decisions.- Chapter 5. Dynamic Inventory Models:
Aggregate Analysis.- Chapter 6. Deterministic
Inventory Models.- Chapter 7. Dynamic Inventory Models with Quantity Discounts.- Chapter
8. Probabilistic Inventory Models.- Chapter 9.
Just-In-Time, MRP and Lean Supply Chains.Chapter 10. Inventory Management of Slow
Moving Materials.- Chapter 11. Multi-Echelon
Inventory Models.- Chapter 12. Material Specification, Codification and Standardization.- Chapter
13. Management of Material Waste.- Chapter 14.
Storage & Warehousing.- Chapter 15. Purchasing:
Policies and Processes.- Chapter 16. Incoming
Material’s Quality Assurance.- Chapter 17. Make
or Buy Decisions: Outsourcing Strategy.- Chapter
18. Source Selection, Performance Rating and
Development.- Chapter 19. Value Analysis for
Material Cost Reduction.- Chapter 20. Systems
Approach and Supply Chain Management.Chapter 21. Evaluation of Materials Management
Effectiveness.
Fields of interest
Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management; Procurement; Industrial and Production
Engineering
Target groups
Graduate
Product category
Product category
Contributed volume
Due August 2014
Due August 2014
Due August 2014
2014. XIX, 323 p. 41 illus., 2 in color. (Lecture Notes in
Energy, Volume 54) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-642-55381-3
2014. X, 278 p. 19 illus., 1 in color. (ZEW Economic
Studies, Volume 48) Hardcover
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ISBN 978-3-662-43974-6
2015. X, 381 p. 93 illus., 4 in color. (Springer Texts in
Business and Economics) Hardcover
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M. Wastian, Institut für Organisationspsychologie,
München, Germany; L. v. Rosenstiel (+), München,
Germany; M. A. West, Lancaster University,
Lancaster, UK; I. Braumandl, CoBeCe, Regensburg,
Germany (Eds)
Applied Psychology for Project
Managers
This book offers an essential manual for project
managers, project management offices (PMO’s),
trainers and consultants, addressing the psychological side of project management. Written by
leading scholars in organizational psychology and
by top experts in project management, it covers all
major psychological topics that are key to project
success. The book features dedicated chapters on
leadership and teamwork, including virtual and
intercultural cooperation, commitment and motivation of project teams. It adds a psychological
perspective to personnel management, decisionmaking, information and knowledge management
and communication in project work.
Features
7 Provides psychological know-how and scientifically based best practice to solve challenges in
project management 7 Serves as an every-day
companion for practitioners in project management 7 Includes checklists and highlights key
issues in each chapter for quick reference
Contents
Part A: Managing Processes.- Part B: Managing
the Project Environment.- Part C: Managing People.- Part D: Managing Innovation and Creativity.Part E: Managing Special Challenges - Risks and
Crises, Diversity and Distance.
Fields of interest
Project Management; Industrial, Organisational
and Economic Psychology; Organization/Planning
Target groups
H. Zhou, Zhejiang University of Finance and
Economics, Hangzhou, China
China’s Monetary Policy
Regulation and Financial Risk
Prevention
The Study of Effectiveness and
Appropriateness
Features
7 Makes an empirical study on monetary
policy effectiveness, provides theoretical basis
and empirical demonstration implementation in
China 7 Uses GARCH mean value model and
MGARCH-BEKK model to build pressure index
and gives a three-level pre-warning on currency
crisis, bank crisis and asset bubble crisis 7 Systemically introduces the idea of macro-prudential
regulation into China financial system
Contents
Abstract.- Introduction.- Literature Review and
Research Framework.- Effectiveness Study of
Chinese Monetary Policy Regulation on Economic
Growth and Inflation.- Appropriateness Study
of Monetary Policy Regulation on Real Estate
Price.- Appropriateness Study of Monetary Policy
Regulation on Stock Price.- Appropriateness
Study of Monetary Policy Regulation on Bond
Price.- Appropriateness Study of Monetary Policy
Regulation on Futures Market.- Study on Chinese
Systemic Risk Prevention.- Study on Building
China’s Financial Supervision System.- Reference.Acknowledgement.
Fields of interest
Financial Economics; Macroeconomics/Monetary
Economics; Economic Policy
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
H. Zhou, Beijing, China
Foreign Aid in China
Foreign aid has connected China and the international community through many channels, and
created new types of strong partnerships throughout the world. As a recipient country, China and
donors have engaged in an unprecedentedly deep
level of cooperation on development-related issues. China’s development experience has resulted
in key changes to the relationships and partnerships between China and donors, from receiving
foreign aid to entering into development cooperation. China has provided valuable experiences for
other developing countries, experiences that are all
the more relevant because they have revealed key
factors at work in developing recipient countries.
This has also led China to form closer cooperative
relationships with other developing countries with
regard to development issues. In short, foreign aid
has changed China.
Features
7 Explores that foreign aid has changed in China,
and it has changed the world 7 Analyzes the
channels through which foreign aid has connected
China to the international community 7 Presents China’s experience with foreign aid
Contents
Introduction.- Foreign Assistance: Substance
and Practice.- Soviet Aid to China.- Multilateral
Foreign Aid to China After 1979.- Bilateral Aid to
China Since 1979.- Aid in China and NGOs.
Fields of interest
Economic Policy; International Economics
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Professional book
Due November 2014
2015. Approx. 210 p. (Management for Professionals)
Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 64,19 | € (A) 65,99 | sFr 80,00
7€ 59,99 | £53.99
ISBN 978-3-662-44213-5
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G. Chakrabarti, Presidency University, Kolkata, India;
C. Sen, BML Munjal University, Gurgaon, India
Green Investing
The Case of India
This book seeks to answer the essential question of
the investment-worthiness of green instruments.
It is evident that investing in green and energyefficient firms will be the most profitable choice
for wise investors in the years to come.
Features
7 Elucidates the likelihood of getting a higherthan-expected return based on the percentage
of “green” or eco-friendly stocks in the portfolio 7 Presents an in-depth analysis of the
intrinsic dynamics and investment-worthiness of
the green stocks 7 Provides valuable support for
investors and analysts who need to make decisions
regarding investments or the makeup of their
portfolios
Contents
Chapter 1. Prologue.- Chapter 2. Greens – the obvious choice over the grays?.- The Green indexes.Greens and Grays in the Indian market.- Green
and the gray: a comparative approach in terms of
risk and return.- Are the green portfolios inherently unstable? A look into possible non-linearity
of portfolio returns.- How shock-proof the green
portfolios are: a survival analysis.- Factors affecting Financial stress: Greens versus Grays.- Are
the greens obvious choice over the greys? –Some
remarks.- Chapter 3. Profits are Forever: A Green
Momentum Strategy Perspective.- Beating the
market – end of an myth?.- Technical Trading
Rules: A Review of the Alternative Methodologies.- Optimal Trading Rules.- Does green really
rule the others? A bird’s eye perspective.- Chapter
4. Epilogue.
Fields of interest
Finance/Investment/Banking; Financial Economics; Sustainable Development
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Due October 2014
2014. Approx. 125 p. 26 illus. (SpringerBriefs in
Finance) Softcover
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7 approx.€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-81-322-2025-1
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R. Abeyratne, Global Aviation Consultancies Inc.,
Cote Saint Luc, QC, Canada
Aviation and Climate Change
In Search of a Global Market Based Measure
The book addresses the most critical issue faced by
aviation and climate change: namely the development of a market based measure to control aircraft
engine emissions. It discusses the current market
economic trends as they impact to aviation and
suggests steps and measures to be taken in the
development of a workable MBM. ICAO has three
years to come up with such an MBM on a global
scale and this book will spur discussions on how
to achieve this objective.
Features
7 Provides guidance and direction to global
regulators involved in developing a global
MBM 7 Gives a succinct and clear analysis of
the issue 7 Only work which provides guidance
for ICAO's work (and the work of environmentalists and regulators involved in the substantial task
ahead)
Contents
Introduction.- General principles of environmental law and regulation.- Market based measures.The challenge faced by ICAO.- Required initial
strategy.- Follow up strategy.- ICAO’s work in
developing a global MBM.- Mitigating the environmental impact - The ICAO role.- Conclusion.
Fields of interest
Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space; International
Environmental Law; Climate Change/Climate
Change Impacts; Environmental Law/Policy/
Ecojustice
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Law
M. Araszkiewicz, P. Banas, T. Gizbert-Studnicki,
K. Płeszka, Jagiellonian University Faculty of Law,
Kraków, Poland (Eds)
Problems of Normativity, Rules
and Rule Following
Contents
Part I: Philosophical Problems of Normativity and
Rule Following.- 1. Rules, Norms and Principles:
A Conceptual Framework; Paul Boghossian.- 2.
Separating Rules from Normativity; Jaap Hage.- 3.
Communalism, Correction and Nihilist Solitary
Rule-Following Arguments; William Knorpp.- 4.
Knowing Way Too Much: a Case against Semantic
Phenomenology; Krzysztof Posłajko.- 5. The
Meaning of Normativity of Meaning; Leopold
Hess.- 6. On the Kantian Background of “Kripkenstein” Rule-following Paradox; Przemysław
Tacik.- 7. Rules as Patterns Between Normativism
and Naturalism; Piotr Kozak.- 8. Normativity and
Rationality: Framing the Problem; Joanna Klimczyk.- 9. Rules and Rights; Tomasz Pietrzykowski.Part II: Normativity of Law and Legal Norms.- 10.
Rules and Normativity in Law; Brian Bix.- 11. Obligation: A Legal-Theoretical Perspective; Stefano
Bertea.- 12. On Obligations, Norms and Rules;
Dietmar von der Pfordten.- 13. Philosophy, Neuroscience and Law: The Conceptual and Empirical, Rule-following, Interpretation and Knowledge;
Dennis Patterson, Michael S. Pardo.- 14. Gunman
Situation, Vicious Circle and Pure Theory of Law;
Monika Zalewska.- 15. Rules as Reason-Giving
Facts: A Difference-Making-Based Account of
the Normativity of Rules; Peng-Hsiang Wang and
Linton Wang.- 16. Rules, Conventionalism and
Normativity: Some Remarks Starting from Hart;
Aldo Schiavello.- 17. Are Fundamental Legal
Reasons Internal? A Few Remarks on the Internal
Point of View; Adam Dyrda.- Part III: Rules in
Legal Interpretation and Argumentation.
Fields of interest
Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History;
Philosophy of Law; Fundamentals of Law
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
U. Barten, University of Southern Denmark, Odense
M, Denmark
Minorities, Minority Rights and
Internal Self-Determination
The right to self-determination is a right of
peoples– not of minorities. This classic idea of
self-determination is questioned by examining
the content of the right to self-determination and
the content of minority rights. Self-determination
has four dimensions: the political, the economic,
the social and the cultural dimensions. Minorities
have minority rights that touch on most aspects
of life as a member of a minority. If there is an
overlap between minority rights and the different
dimensions of self-determination, the concept that
the right to self-determination is only applicable to
peoples loses credibility.
Features
7 Applies the theory of fairness and justice to
concrete legal provisions 7 Goes beyond the
usual accounts of minority rights and self-determination and their lack of connection; the book
offers a way out of the deadlock minorities and
states find themselves in regarding self-determination 7 Setting the legal analysis in a politicalscience context makes the book valuable reading
for both lawyers and political scientists
Contents
Part I: Introduction.- The international relations framework.- Classic sources on minority
rights and self-determination.- Non-state actors
and non-binding instruments.- Legitimacy and
justice.- Legitimacy and justice of non-binding
instruments.- Part II: Minority rights.- Minority,
people, nation.- Understanding self-determination.- Part III: Minority rights and internal selfdetermination.- Putting together the pieces.- Part
IV: Conclusion.- Summary.
Fields of interest
Human Rights; International Relations
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Due October 2014
Due July 2014
2014. X, 159 p. (SpringerBriefs in Law) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08442-8
2015. Approx. 460 p. 8 illus., 2 in color. (Law and
Philosophy Library, Volume 111) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09374-1
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M. Del Mar, Queen Mary University of London,
London, UK; W. Twining, University College London,
London, UK (Eds)
Legal Fictions in Theory and
Practice
Contents
Preface; William Twining.- Introducing Fictions: Examples, Functions, Definitions and
Evaluations; Maksymilian Del Mar.- I. Theories
of Fiction, Fictions of Theory.- 1. On the Theory
of Juridic Fictions. With special consideration of
Vaihinger’s Philosophy of the As-If; Hans Kelsen,
translated by Christoph Kletzer.- 2. Kelsen on
Vaihinger; Christoph Kletzer.- 3. Is Law a Fiction?;
Geoffrey Samuel.- 4. Fuller on Legal Fictions: A
Benthamic Perspective; Michael Quinn.- 5. The
Pragmatic Value of Legal Fictions; Douglas Lind.II. Community, Language and Literature.- 6. Legal
Fictions Revisited; Frederick Schauer.- 7. Legal
Fictions and the Limits of Legal Language; Karen
Petroski.- 8. Legal Fictions and Exclusionary
Rules; Simon Stern.- 9. Law’s Fiction, Legal Fiction
and Copyright Law; Burkhard Schafer and Jane
Cornwell.- III. Change and the Common Law.- 10.
Legal Fictions before the Age of Reform; Michael
Lobban.- 11. Legal Fictions and Legal Change in
the Common Law Tradition; Maksymilian Del
Mar.- 12. Fictions in Tort; James Lee.- 13. Ejectment: Three Births and a Funeral; Peter Sparkes.IV. Fictions in Practice: Past, Present and Future.14. Fact, Fiction, and Social Reality in Roman
Law; Clifford Ando.- 15. Rabbinic Legal Fictions;
Leib Moscovitz.- 16. Presumptions and Fictions:
A Collingwoodian Approach; Raymundo Gama.17. Some Uses of Fictions in Criminal Law; Peter
Alldridge.- 18. Fictitious Fraud: Economics and
the Presumption of Reliance; Randy D. Gordon.Index.
Fields of interest
Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History;
Epistemology
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
F. Ferretti, Brunel Unversity London, Uxbridge, UK
EU Competition Law, the
Consumer Interest and Data
Protection
The Exchange of Consumer Information in
the Retail Financial Sector
The legitimacy or illegitimacy of information
exchanges between competitors remains a topical
debate with regard to EU competition law and
policy. This book reexamines the issue in the retail
financial services sector, focusing on the peculiar
problems that it poses for EU market integration,
consumer policy and protection and the intersection with fundamental rights. It analyzes and
reflects on the relevant case law and guidelines
offered by the corresponding European authorities, providing a critique of the current approach
and advancing the proposition that information
markets themselves need attention, in addition to
the markets that they serve.
Features
7 Original research bridging a number of
areas of law and policy which makes its content
unique 7 New holistic perspective on looking
at commercial law (in particular competition
and consumer law) in unison with social policy
environment 7 Perspective of users of financial
services
Contents
Information exchanges among competitors in EU
retail financial markets.- Information exchanges
under EU competition law.- The integration of EU
retail financial markets and competition law in
information markets.- Competition, the consumer
interest, and data protection.
Fields of interest
European Law; Finance/Investment/Banking;
International IT and Media Law, Intellectual
Property Law
M. Joao Guia, Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras,
Coimbra, Portugal (Ed)
The Illegal Business of Human
Trafficking
Features
7 Combines the perspectives of academic researchers with those of highly skilled professionals
involved in policymaking in the area of human
trafficking 7 Offers a brand-new perspective on
human trafficking as an illegal business 7 First
step toward a networking paradigm that promotes
collaboration in preventing and combating, and in
raising awareness of human trafficking crime
Contents
Trafficking in Human Beings in Time and Space.
A Socio-ecological Perspective by Joana DanielWrabetz and Rita Penedo.- The Fragilities of Human Trafficking Victims by Joana Ruivo.- Trafficking in Human Beings for Sexual Exploitation in
the Brazilian Criminal Law and the Consent of the
Victim by João Paulo Orsini Martinelli.- Women
Trafficking for Sexual Purposes – The Brazilian
Experience after Law N. 11.106, of March 28th,
2005 by Danilo Fontenele Sampaio Cunha.- An
Overview of International Human Trafficking
in Brazil by Márcio Anselmo and Guilherme
Fernandes.- The Spanish Action Plan against
Trafficking in Women: Policies and Outcomes
(2008-2011) by Luz María Puente Aba and Agustina Iglesias Skulj.- Victims, Villains, and Valiant
Rescuers: Unpacking Socio-Legal Construction of
Human Trafficking and Crimmigration in Popular
Culture by Edith Kinney.- Victims or Criminals:
The Example of Human Trafficking in the United
Kingdom by Jessica Elliot.- Forced Sex, Chosen
Sex: Risk, Trafficking and Prostitution in Portugal
by Jorge Malheiros and Maria João Guia.- Portuguese Good Practices in THB.
Fields of interest
Human Rights; International Criminal Law;
Criminology & Criminal Justice
Target groups
Research
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Product category
Contributed volume
Due August 2014
Due October 2014
2014. XIII, 127 p. (SpringerBriefs in Law) Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
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ISBN 978-3-319-09440-3
Due September 2014
2014. I, 704 p. (Law and Philosophy Library, Volume
110) Hardcover
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7€ 129,99 | £117.00
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L. R. Kiestra, District Court Limburg Location
Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
E. Ludewig, Institute of Oceanography, Hamburg,
Germany
M. Megliani, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore,
Milan, Italy
The Impact of the European
Convention on Human Rights
on Private International Law
On the Effect of Offshore Wind
Farms on the Atmosphere and
Ocean Dynamics
Sovereign Debt
In this book the interaction between the rights
guaranteed in the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) and private international law
has been analysed by examining the case law of
the European Court of Human Rights (the Court)
and selected national courts. In doing so the book
focuses on the impact of the ECHR on the three
main issues of private international law: jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and
enforcement of foreign judgments.
Renewable energy resources now play an essential
role in the energy supply debate, and especially
a new interest in wind energy has resulted in the
intensified construction of wind farms. Thanks
to the growing demand for renewable energy,
offshore wind farms (OWFs) are increasingly
gaining in popularity, since yields over sea are
greater and more reliable than over land. Against
this background it is becoming particularly urgent
to determine whether and if so to what extent
such OWF expansion affects our oceans and local
climates. OWFs produce a downstream wind
speed reduction, the so-called wind-wake effect,
which impacts atmospheric boundary layers, alters
local wind characteristics and in turn affects ocean
dynamics.
Features
7 A unique collection and description of relevant
case-law of the ECtHR in the area of Private International law (PIL) 7 A thorough examination of
the role of Art 1 ECHR in issues of PIL 7 Basic
information about both the ECHR and the relevant three topics in PIL
Contents
Introduction.- Introduction to Private International Law.- Introduction to the European Convention on Human Rights.- Article 1 ECHR and
Private International Law.- Jurisdiction in Private
International Law.- Applicable Law.- The Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments: The
Obligation to Recognize and Enforce Foreign
Judgments.- The Recognition and Enforcement of
Foreign Judgments: The Invocation of the ECHR
against Recognition and Enforcement.- Conclusions.
Fields of interest
Private International Law, International & Foreign
Law, Comparative Law; Human Rights
Features
7 Determines whether and if so to what extent
the OWF expansion due to the energy supply debate affects our oceans and local climates 7 Includes three in-depth analyses: 1. OWF effect on
atmosphere, 2. OWF effect on the ocean and 3. a
future scenario with two case studies 7 Analyzes
model simulations and measurements
Contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Renewable Energy Wind.- 3.
Models, Data and Methodology.- 4. Analysis 01:
OWF Effect on the Atmosphere.- 5. Analysis 02:
OWF Effect on the Ocean.- 6. Analysis 03: Future
Scenario – OWF development within German
EEZ.- 7. Summary, Conclusion and Outlook.- 8.
Appendix I.- 9. Appendix II.
Target groups
Research
Fields of interest
International Environmental Law; Oceanography;
Renewable and Green Energy
Product category
Monograph
Target groups
Research
Genesis - Restructuring - Litigation
This book provides a thorough legal analysis of
sovereign indebtedness, examining four typologies of sovereign debt – bilateral debt, multilateral
debt, syndicated debt and bonded debt – in relation to three crucial contexts: genesis, restructuring and litigation. Its treatise-style approach makes
it possible to capture in a systematic manner a
phenomenon characterized by high complexity
and unclear boundaries.
Features
7 Presents a rigorous and systematic approach
to sovereign debt 7 Offers a comprehensive indepth analysis of the phenomenon 7 Combines
many sources in a consistent manner
Contents
SOVEREIGN INDEBTEDNESS: 1. Introduction.2. A historical outline of sovereign indebtedness.GENESIS: 3. General characters.- 4. Bilateral
debt.- 5. Multilateral debt.- 6. Syndicated debt.- 7.
Bonded debt.- RESTRUCTURING: 8. General
characters.- 9. Bilateral debt.- 10. Multilateral
debt.- 11. Syndicated debt.- 12. Bonded debt.LITIGATION: 13. General characters.- 14. Bilateral debt.- 15. Multilateral debt.- 16. Syndicated
debt.- 17. Bonded debt.- THE WAY FORWARD:
18. Evolving scenarios.- 19. Conclusions.
Fields of interest
Public International Law; Private International
Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative
Law; Public Finance & Economics
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
Product category
Monograph
Due November 2014
Due September 2014
2014. VI, 378 p. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 139,09 | € (A) 142,99 | sFr 173,50
7€ 129,99 | £117.00
ISBN 978-94-6265-031-2
9<HTUERC=gfadbc> 2014. 200 p. 94 illus. in color. (Hamburg Studies on
Maritime Affairs, Volume 31) Softcover
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ISBN 978-3-319-08640-8
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2015. X, 610 p. Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 181,89 | € (A) 186,99 | sFr 226,50
7€ 169,99 | £153.00
ISBN 978-3-319-08463-3
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Law
B. A. Reardon, International Institute on Peace
Education, New York, NY, USA; D. T. Snauwaert, The
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
Betty A. Reardon: A Pioneer in
Education for Peace and Human
Rights
Betty A.
Features
7 Biography of a pioneer in peace education and
human rights 7 Provides access to key works
of one of the founders of peace education 7 Includes a bibliography of Betty A. Reardon's
publications
Contents
Part I About the Author and the Framework of
the Book.- Professional Biography of the Author:
A Life in Peace learning.- Reardon’s publications archived in the Canaday Center for Special
Collections, The University of Toledo.- Part II
Generations of Reardon’s Professional Formation
and Practice as Reflected in Selected Essays: First
Generation – The Foundations 1963 – 1985.- The
World Law Fund: World Approach to International Education.- Transformations into Peace and
Survival: Programs for the 1970s.- Part III Generations of Reardon’s Professional Formation and
Practice as Reflected in Selected Essays: Second
Generation – The Formation 1985 - 2000.- The
Fundamental Purposes of a Pedagogy of Peace.Toward a Paradigm of Peace.- Part IV Generations
of Reardon’s Professional Formation and Practice
as Reflected in Selected Essays: Third Generation –
Framing for Futures 2001 – 2014.- Human Rights
Learning: Pedagogies and Politics of Peace.- Human Rights and the Renewal of the University.
Fields of interest
Human Rights; International Relations; Education
(general)
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Due August 2014
2014. XXIII, 221 p. 27 illus., 17 in color. (SpringerBriefs
on Pioneers in Science and Practice, Volume 26)
Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08966-9
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Popular Science
U. Amaldi, Europ. Organization for Nuclear Research,
Genève 23, Switzerland
Particle Accelerators: From
Big Bang Physics to Hadron
Therapy
The discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN’s
Large Hadron Collider in 2012 and the Physics
Nobel Prize 2013 awarded “for the theoretical
discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our
understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic
particles …” has made the LHC, the most massive
machine ever built by mankind, known by everybody. But why do physicists build more and more
powerful particle accelerators and what do they
want to find out? And are those only accelerators
to produce knowledge, or do they also have some
application in everyday life?
Features
7 Presents the history of particle accelerators and
of their inventors and promoters 7 Contains
personal recollections of fifty years spent in a
growing international laboratory, CERN 7 Illustrates the paths leading from X ray discovery
to the Higgs boson 7 Presents self-explaining
images of the life of the Universe from one millionth of a millionth of a second to 400 000 years
after the Big Bang 7 Description by a protagonist
of the accelerators application to diagnostics and
therapy of cancer
Contents
Introduction.- The First Fifty Years.- Small
Accelerators Get Bigger.- Matter-Particles And
Force-Particles.- Searching For The Higgs Field.An Expected Discovery, Susy And Beyond.- Accelerators Which Heal.- Epilogue: CERN Reverts
The March Of Time.
Fields of interest
Popular Science in Physics; Particle and Nuclear
Physics; Popular Science in Medicine and Health
Target groups
Popular/general
Product category
Popular science
Due September 2014
2015. 235 p. 84 illus., 5 in color. Softcover
7 *€ (D) 37,44 | € (A) 38,49 | sFr 47,00
7€ 34,99 | £19.99
ISBN 978-3-319-08869-3
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Education
A. Arimoto, Kurashiki Sakuyo University, Kurashiki,
Okayama, Japan; W. K. Cummings, George
Washington University, Washington, DC, USA;
F. Huang, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima,
Japan; J. C. Shin, Seoul National University, Seoul,
Korea, Republic of (South Korea) (Eds)
The Changing Academic
Profession in Japan
Contents
Preface.- Prologue: The Changing Academic
Profession in Japan: its past and present. Akira
Arimoto.- 1. Higher Education Policy and Academic Profession. Yoshimasa Kano.- 2. Mobility.
Atsunori Yamanoi.- 3. Academic Funding and Allocation of Research Money. Akihiro Asonuma.- 4.
Changes in University Teachers’ View towards
Students: Impact of Universalization. Naoyuki
Ogata.- 5. Gender Bias: what has changed for Female Academics? Naomi Kimoto.- 6. Governance,
Administration and Management. Masashi Fujimura.- 7. Labor Conditions. Hirotaka Nanbu and
Tomomi Amano. 8. Working Time and Personal
Strain. Yusuke Hasegawa.- 9. Research Productivity: Tsukasa Daizen.- 10. Teaching and Research
in the Academic Profession: Nexus and Conflict.
Hideto Fukudome.- 11. Academic Profession and
Evaluation. Masataka Murasawa.- 12. Internationalization. Futao Huang.- 13. Higher Education
and Society. Hirotoshi Yamasaki. 14. The Academic Profession: A Comparison between Japan
and Germany. Ulrich Teichler.- 15. The Invisible
Academy: A U.S. Perspective on The Japanese
Academic Profession. William K. Cummings.- 16.
Similar but Different Worlds: A Korean Perspective on The Japanese Academic Profession. Jung
C. Shin.- Epilogue Perspective of the Academic
Profession. Akira Arimoto.
Fields of interest
International and Comparative Education; Educational Policy and Politics; Higher Education
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
S. Billett, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt, QLD,
Australia
A. Dailey-Hebert, K. S. Dennis, Park University,
Parkville, MO, USA (Eds)
Mimetic Learning at Work
Transformative Perspectives
and Processes in Higher
Education
Learning in the Circumstances of Practice
e concept of mimetic learning at work is outTh
lined and elaborated in this text. That elaboration
consists of an account of how securing occupational capacities has been primary associated with
learning processes and an explanation of those
processes. Much, and probably most, of the learning and development across individuals working
lives occurs outside of circumstances of direct
guidance or instruction. Yet, recent considerations
of individuals’ epistemologies and developments
form anthropology and cognitive science suggest that current explanations about individuals’
contributions to learning at and through work are
incomplete. So, there is need for an emphasis on
individuals’ processes of learning, both within and
outside of situations of guidance by more experienced workers, needs to be more fully understood,
and accepted as being person dependent.
Features
7 Addresses a topic that is of interest to workplaces, governments, and professional bodies 7 Presents a fresh conception of learning
through practice 7 Draws upon extensive empirical work and diverse theoretical contributions
Contents
Preface.- Chapter 1 – Mimetic learning in and
for work.- Chapter 2– Learning through practice
across human history.- Chapter 3– Work-life
learning as mimetic.- Chapter 4 – Supporting
mimetic learning: Curriculum, pedagogic and personal epistemologies.- Chapter 5 – Implications
for practice.- References.- Indexes.
Fields of interest
Professional and Vocational Education; Lifelong
Learning/Adult Education; Learning and Instruction
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Due October 2014
2015. 200 p. 20 illus. (The Changing Academy – The
Changing Academic Profession in International
Comparative Perspective, Volume 11) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-09467-0
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Contents
1. Introduction: New Opportunities for Development?; Amber Dailey-Hebert and Kay S.
Dennis.- Part I: Higher Education Redefined and
Broadened.- 2. The Impetus for Change: Why
Entrepreneurial Universities will Transform
the Future (While Others Will Cease to Exist);
Richard Milter.- 3. Challenging the Status Quo:
The Influence of Proprietary Learning Institutions
on the Shifting Landscape of Higher Education; B.
Jean Mandernach, Hank Radda, Scott Greenberger
and Krista Forrest.- 4. Heutagogy, Technology, and
Lifelong Learning for Professional and Part-Time
Learners; Lisa Marie Blaschke and Stewart Hase.5. What Can Higher Education Learn from the
Workplace?; David Boud and Donna Rooney.- 6.
From Envisioning to Managing Educational
Development and Organizational Innovation;
Katerina Bohle-Carbonell and Amber DaileyHebert.- Part II: Curricular Transformations.- 7.
Making Students Responsible for Their Learning:
Empowering Learners to Build Shared Mental
Models; Herco Fonteijn.- 8. Bringing Learning to
the Workplace: A Smartphone App for Reflection
and Increased Authenticity of Learning; Karen
Könings and Wim Gijselaers.- 9. From Challenge
to Advantage: Innovating the Curriculum Across
Geographic Boundaries; Natalia Timus.- 10. The
Potential of Communities of Learning for Dual
Career PhD Programs – A Case Study; Martin
Rehm and Mindel van de Laar.
Fields of interest
Higher Education; Educational Technology;
Learning and Instruction
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Due September 2014
Due September 2014
2014. XII, 84 p. (SpringerBriefs in Education)
Softcover
7 *€ (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00
7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-09276-8
9<HTODMJ=ajchgi> 2015. XII, 261 p. 12 illus. in color. (Advances in
Business Education and Training, Volume 6)
Hardcover
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ISBN 978-3-319-09246-1
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Education
M. Filipenko, The University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, BC, Canada; J.‑A. Naslund, The University
of British columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Eds)
B. Green, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW,
Australia; N. Hopwood, University of Technology,
Sydney, Broadway, NSW, Australia (Eds)
T. Hall, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Problem Based Learning in
Teacher Education
The Body in Professional
Practice, Learning and
Education
Viktor Frankl on Education
This book brings together a collection of writings
on problem-based learning (PBL) in elementary teacher education. It enriches our understandings of the why’s and how’ s of PBL in teacher
education and demonstrates that PBL is not only
dynamic, flexible and intellectually rigorous but
fosters critical dispositions essential for the complex realities of teaching in the 21st century. The
goals of PBL include the ability to identify critical
issues, be self-directed, integrate knowledge from
different disciplines, evaluate ideas and research,
develop content knowledge and exercise professional judgment. Achievement of these goals
is best accomplished in small group tutorials
where teacher candidates have opportunities to
work together to analyse problem(s) routinely
faced in professional, educational practice. Part 1
describes the history, philosophy and underlying
assumptions of PBL and outline both rewards and
challenges.
Features
7 Describes a powerful pedagogical approach for
fulfilling the goals of teacher education 7 Provides practical examples that clarify the theoretical and design features that underlie the use of
PBL 7 Outlines the roles of all stakeholders including education librarians and subject area
resource instructors in PBL teacher education
Fields of interest
Teaching and Teacher Education; Learning and
Instruction
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Body/Practice
The primary focus of this book is on extending
existing work on understanding and researching
professional practice, within the broader area of
research and scholarly concern in professional
practice, learning and education. That is, and more
specifically: How and in what ways does attending
to the body contribute to what is called practice
theory and philosophy? The intellectual foundations of such a project are diverse: philosophical
works including Aristotle, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty and Schatzki; feminist
literature, particularly Butler, Grosz; sociology of
the body as per Shilling and Turner, etc. Familiar
poststructuralist theorisations from Foucault,
Derrida and others are also pertinent, with a
distinctive focus here on how bodies and practice
are to be thought together. The book is organised
in two main sections, framed by an Introduction
and a Conclusion. Following an Introduction, the
first section ‘Conceptualising the Body/Practice
Nexus’ comprises three framing chapters. These
pose broader conceptual questions and lay out
relevant theoretical terrain with which subsequent
chapters will relate. The next section ‘Studying the
Body/Practice Nexus’ comprises seven chapters,
each specifically focused on a particular kind of
professional practice, with particular emphasis
effectively on the professional practice fields of
Health and Education.
Fields of interest
Professional and Vocational Education; Learning
and Instruction
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Due December 2014
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ISBN 978-3-319-02002-0
9<HTODMJ=aca ca> Meaning-Oriented Pedagogy
This is the first text to discuss systematically the
application of Viktor Frankl’s psychological ideas
and theories to education. Born in Vienna in 1905,
Viktor Frankl was one of the most eminent and
famous psychologists of the 20th Century. During
the Second World War, Frankl was imprisoned in
several Nazi concentration camps, but he survived
and developed a therapy approach based on his
experiences before and during the war. As well as
the hope and inspiration that his books, ideas and
lectures provided in the aftermath of the Second
World War, Frankl’s life, his triumph over tragedy,
and his profound works continue to move and
inspire us. By telling the story of Frankl’s exceptional life and works, this book aims to provide
the reader with both a compelling narrative and
a useful resource - personal and intellectual – on
Frankl’s ideas and how they can be applied to
education and pedagogy.
Features
7 Provides a concise and comprehensive account
of the life and ideas of one of the 20th century's
greatest psychologists 7 Applies Viktor Frankl's
psychological ideas and theories to provide meaning in education Focuses on Logotherapy, Frankl's
approach to finding the meaning in life 7 Explores how Viktor Frankl's ideas can be applied to
education in contemporary times
Contents
Formative Years in Vienna.- Doctor in the Death
Camp.- Logotherapy and the ‘Meaning of Life’.Logotherapy and Education.- Frankl’s Educational
Legacy: a Pedagogy of Hope.
Fields of interest
Educational Psychology; Educational Philosophy;
Sociology of Education
Target groups
Research
Product category
Brief
Due December 2014
Due November 2014
2015. Approx. 250 p. 15 illus. (Professional and
Practice-based Learning, Volume 14) Hardcover
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7 approx.€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-3-319-00139-5
2015. Approx. 85 p. 2 illus. in color. (SpringerBriefs in
Education) Softcover
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7€ 49,99 | £44.99
ISBN 978-3-319-02528-5
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Education
M. G. Hewson, Madison, WI, USA
Embracing Indigenous
Knowledge in Science and
Medical Teaching
The focus of the book is on different ways of
knowing: the western scientific way (reductionist,
dualistic and materialist) versus the indigenous
approach (holistic, non-dualistic, and spiritual). It
discusses both science and medicine in the context
of the challenges experienced in introducing science and medicine into Africa through imperialism, colonization, and globalization.
Features
7 Takes readers along on an amazing journey in
exploring and understanding 7 Offers practical
suggestions for trans-cultural teaching of science
and medicine 7 Presents original viewpoints on
western and African knowledge systems
Contents
Prologue.- Chapter 1: Different Ways of Knowing.SECTION B: SCIENCE EDUCATION.- Chapter 2: History of Science Teaching in Southern
Africa.- Chapter 3: Teaching Science in Southern
Africa.- SECTION C: MEDICAL EDUCATION
AND PRACTICE.- Chapter 4: Challenges of Medicine Across the Cultural Divide.- Chapter 5: African Healing and Traditional Healers.- Chapter 6:
Educating Traditional Healers.- SECTION D: IMPLICATIONS FOR SCIENCE AND CLINICAL
TEACHING.- Chapter 7: Research on Indigenous
Knowledge in South Africa and Lesotho.- Chapter
8: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge with Science
Teaching.- Chapter 9: Incorporating Indigenous
Knowledge into Clinical Teaching.- SECTION E:
FINALE.- Chapter 10: Epilogue.- VIDEO: We Can
Teach the Children.- Index.
Fields of interest
Science Education; Medical Education
Target groups
Research
R. Huang, Beijing Normal University, Beijing,
China; Kinshuk, Athabasca University, Edmonton,
AB, Canada; J. K. Price, Intel Corporation Corporate
Affairs Grou, Albuquerque, NM, USA (Eds)
ICT in Education in Global
Context
Emerging Trends Report 2013-2014
Contents
ICT as a catalyst of innovation: opportunities and
critical issues in Italy’s strategy for digital school.Inclusive Education in rural Alberta, Canada:
Utilizing ICT to support 21st century learning.- Classroom assessment: a key component to
support education transformation.- Case Studies
of Russian Educators Transforming Classroom
Practices through ICT-rich School Environments.- An Introduction to ICT in Education in
China.- Sustaining and scaling research-based
ICT in education innovations in Singapore.- ICTs
as Transformative Enabling Tools in Education
for Sustainable Development.- Pattern-Based
Approaches To Introducing new Technologies
in Vocational Training.- Imperatives of Access,
Equity and Quality in Indian Technical Education
System －Role of ICT.- Towards Modeling Teachers’ ICT Competence Profile in Europe.- Changing
the business model of a distance teaching university.- Capacity Building Models through Distance
Education.- Innovation of higher education in the
globalized era.- The Framework for e-Learning2.5
and Its Primary Functions.- ICT in Indian Higher
Education Administration and Management.
Fields of interest
Educational Technology; Education (general);
Computers and Education
Target groups
Research
Product category
Contributed volume
Contents
I - Information Systems Development Lifecycle
Models.- The Waterfall Lifecycle Model.- The
Spiral Lifecycle Model.- Rapid Application Development (RAD).- Systems Development Life Cycle
(SDLC).- The Star Lifecycle Model.- The Usability
Engineering Lifecycle.- II - Information Systems
Development Methodologies.- Structured Systems
Analysis and Design Methodology (SSADM).Soft Systems Methodology (SSM).- User-Centered
Development Methodology.- ETHICS Methodology.- Gane and Sarson (STRADIS).- Information
Engineering (IE).- Jackson Systems Development (JSD).- Information Systems Work and
Analysis of Changes (ISAC).- Multiview.- Agile
Methodology.- III - Web Site Development
Methodologies.- Participative Methodology for
Developing Websites.- Human Factors Methodology for Designing Websites.- Relationship
Management Methodology (RMM).- The W3DT
Design Methodology.- Information Development
Methodology for the Web.-The Web Site Design
Method (WSDM).- Object-Oriented Hypermedia
Design Methodology (OOHDM).- IV - Usability
Evaluation Models.- Cognitive Walkthrough.Heuristic Evaluation.- Goals, Operators, Methods
and Selection Rules (GOMS) Models.- Executive
Process-Interactive Control (EPIC) Model.- Adaptive Control of Thought - Rational Model (ACTR).-Adaptive Control of Thought in Information
Foraging Modeling (ACT-IF).- V - Quality Evaluation Models.
Fields of interest
Educational Technology; Information Systems
Applications (incl.Internet)
Product category
Monograph
Due September 2014
Due August 2014
2014. 225 p. 6 illus. (Cultural Studies of Science
Education, Volume 10) Hardcover
7 *€ (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50
7€ 99,99 | £90.00
ISBN 978-94-017-9299-8
2014. XII, 285 p. 59 illus. (Lecture Notes in
Educational Technology) Hardcover
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ISBN 978-3-662-43926-5
178
High Level Models and
Methodologies for Information
Systems
Target groups
Research
Product category
Monograph
9<HTUELB=hjcj i> P. Isaias, Universidade Aberta, Lisbon, Portugal;
T. Issa, Curtin University School of Information
Systems, Perth, WA, Australia
9<HTOGRC=edjcgf> Due December 2014
7 approx. *€ (D) 106,95 | € (A) 109,95 | sFr 127,50
7 approx.€ 99,95 | £86.50
ISBN 978-1-4614-9253-5
9<HTMERB=ejcfdf>
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Education
S. Ledger, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia;
L. Vidovich, The University of Western Australia
Graduate School of Education, Crawley, Australia;
T. O’Donoghue, University of Western Australia,
Nedlands, Australia
K. Maguire, Middlesex University, London, UK
Margaret Mead
Contributions to Contemporary Education
This book makes a case for Margaret Mead’s
contributions to education discourses, which in
retrospect appear visionary and profoundly democratic, non judgemental and transdisciplinary, and
for their relevance for education today at primary,
secondary and tertiary levels.
Global to Local Curriculum
Policy Processes
The Enactment of the International
Baccalaureate in Remote International
Schools
Features
7 Explains and contextualises Margaret Mead's
contribution to educational discourses 7 Demonstrates how knowledge of human kind garnered
from social anthropology illuminates contemporary problems in the education of young
adults 7 Discusses the controversy around
Mead's work on young people and her transdisciplinary approach to research
This book explores the dynamics of curriculum policy processes involved in the adoption,
production and enactment of the International
Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IBPYP),
accredited by the International Baccalaureate
Organization (IBO).
Features
7 Provides in-depth insights into the dynamics of
international education based on extensive review
of contemporary literature and first hand experiences 7 Draws together comparative and international education, policy analysis and curriculum
theory in an under-researched field 7 Has an
excellent balance between the macro-dynamics of
globalisation and the micro-level analyses of the
IBO in the context of more remote international
schools
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The
Context.- Chapter 3: Literature.- Chapter 4: The
Research Approach.- Chapter 5: Case Study One:
Satu International School (SIS).- Chapter 6: Dua
International School (DIS).- Chapter 7: Case Study
Three: Tiga International School (TIS).- Chapter 8:
Discussion.- Chapter 9: Conclusion.- Index.
Fields of interest
Educational Policy and Politics; International and
Comparative Education; Curriculum Studies
J. Mongkhonvanit, Siam University, Bangkok,
Thailand
Coopetition for Regional
Competitiveness
The Role of Academe in Knowledge-Based
Industrial Clustering
Features
7 Equips readers with understanding of regional
development system along with cooperation
among key players 7 Connect education to the
private and public sector to enhance economic
and social development in the region which cases
are discussed 7 Propose applicable models and
ways to improve the dynamics of government,
tertiary education, national research institutes and
firms
Contents
Part I: Knowledge Economy and Regional Competitiveness.- Chapter 1. Knowledge Economy.Contents
Chapter 2. Regional Competitiveness: Key Players
Introduction: An Anthropologist on Earth.in Knowledge-Based Industrial Cluster.- Part II:
Preparing Children for the Future: Modernity.Academe in Regional Competitiveness.- ChapReconfiguring Relationships with the Young:
Supermodernity.- The Epistemology of Ignorance: ter 3. Academe in Improving Knowledge-Based
Regional Competitiveness.- Chapter 4. Academes’
Embodied Emancipation.- Education is DemocFunctions Within Innovation System.- Chapter
racy: Margaret Mead the American.- Research,
5. Academe to Enhance Industrial Clusters in
Transdisciplinarity, Translation: A way to the
Different Regions.- Part III: ‘Coopetition’ Towards
Future in the Present.- Ethnography as a Research
Regional Competitiveness.- Chapter 6. AcademeApproach: ‘Understanding’ and Inclusion.- AnIndustry-Government (A-I-G) Towards Regional
thropology Educates.- Educators as Ethnographers.- Purpose and Relevance.-Conclusion: Using Competitiveness.- Chapter 7. Development of
Industrial Cluster in Emerging Economies: Case
Margaret Mead.
Study of Academe-Industry-Government DynamFields of interest
ics in Thailand’s Automotive Cluster.- Chapter 8.
Sociology of Education; Anthropology
U-TECH Framework.- Chapter 9. ‘Coopetition’ of
Academe-Industry-Government: A Framework
Target groups
for Regional Competitiveness.- Chapter 10. AcaResearch
deme in Coopetitive System of Value Creation for
Regional Competitiveness: Succes