Books published by Elsevier Science & Technology

Summarizes the scientific knowledge in plant physiology and presents the individual fields of plant physiology with regard to the demands of agricultural practice. This book discusses metabolism, physiology of plant growth, development and movements, and resistance of plants against unfavourable abiotic and biotic effects.

Focuses on the chemical and biochemical consequences of damaging free radical reactions, the implications for the pathogenesis of disease and how this might be controlled endogenously and by radical scavenging drugs.

Describes in practical detail the range of staining techniques for electron microscopy, including contrast staining for ultrastructural studies, specific cytological staining methods, and enzyme cytochemical techniques. This series has an international reputation as a source of practical information for all electron microscopists.

Presents an account of the chemotherapy of parasitic diseases, human and veterinary. This book provides an overview of parasitic diseases. It is divided into two parts: antihelminthic drugs, and antiprotozoal drugs. It deals with one chemical class of compounds and describe their origin, structure-activity relationship, mode of action, and more.

Summarizes the accumulated knowledge about the physical structure of solid surfaces and places an emphasis on well-defined surfaces at the gas-solid and vacuum-solid interfaces. This volume, divided into four parts, describes the equilibrium properties of surfaces and provides an introduction to some of the primary experimental methods.

Contains reviews on the relationship between mould growth in grain and its effects as well as the accumulation of mycotoxins. This book discusses properties of 'storage fungi' such as the water and temperature relationship, taxonomy and nomenclature aspects. It covers scientific and practical aspects of grain storage on farms and in industries.

Discusses various aspects of the well-known inconsistency that arises when explanatory variables in a linear regression model are measured with error. This book shows that the inconsistency is not accidental but fundamental. It also talks about an embedding of the regression equation with measurement error in a multiple equations setting.

Aims to use ordinary mathematics to describe the simplicity in the structure of mathematics and to develop branches of mathematics to describe natural sciences. This book describes mathematically giant molecules such as cubosomes, the DNA double helix, and certain building blocks in protein.

During the 4th ESA-Congress, held in the Netherlands, 7-11 July 1996, a fresh perspective for agronomy emerged. This proceedings book presents a set of case studies illustrating the various agronomic tools that can be used for specific agronomic questions.

Aims to introduce the reader to the opportunities and challenges of the field of controlled release veterinary drug delivery systems and to explain and discuss the basic controlled release principles underlying the development of CRVDDS. This work provides information on the design, development and assessment of a variety of CRVDDS.

Presenting information on adverse drug effects, this work evaluates previously reported adverse effects in the light of available information. It also includes two separate indexes, allowing the reader to access information by drug name or by, adverse effects.

Covers all atomic detectors and techniques where Flow Analysis has been or can be advantageously employed. This book has been conceived in three separate parts. It gives the fundamental, instrumentation and potential of FIA as a most versatile sample presentation/introduction system for atomic spectrometry.

Markov chains make it possible to predict the future state of a system from its present state ignoring its past history. This work demonstrates a process by the probability of a system to occupy or not occupy a state. It also presents the fundamentals of Markov chains with examples from the bible, art and real life problems.

Immunoassay procedures (isotopic and non-isotopic) have become one of the single most important techniques in diagnostic medicine. This book is designed as an introductory test for the staff of clinical research laboratories who conduct or intend to conduct such techniques. It is suitable for clinicians who make use of such services.

Covers such topics as endogenous fuels, electric organs, histidine-related dipeptides, and origins of luciferins. This book is useful to fisheries scientists, aquaculturists, and animal biochemists, physiologists and endocrinologists; it provides researchers and students with a pertinent information source from theoretical and experimental angles.

Soil is a complex body that exists as many types, each with diverse properties that may vary across time and space as a function of various factors. Evaluation of soil quality considers both environmental implications and economic productivity. This book presents a perspective of soil quality and a theoretical basis for assessment of soil quality.

Gives readers an understanding of rubber tribology and the key developments in this field. This book presents important achievements such as theories of rubber abrasion and surfacial mechanochemical effects of rubber wear. It is suitable for researchers, engineers, technicians, and graduates.

The subject matter of agricultural economics has both broadened and deepened and the chapters of this handbook present innovative work in the field. This volume contains sections on "agriculture, natural resources and the environment" and "agriculture in the macroeconomy".

Analyzes the dynamics and interactive processes among the players (individuals, institutions, and organizations/firms) that have constituted and legitimized the development of the biotechnology industries. This book focuses on the development of the concept of networks. It is suitable for those studying the formation of networks.

Reviews topics that are related to regulatory affairs, social impact, biodiversity and patent issues, as well as production and technology.

In the filling of the 4f electronic orbitals, the lanthanides defy the elementary aufbau principle that underlies the periodic sequence of the elements. This volume includes chapters that help to unravel some of these, and introduces the basic physics of the orbital collapse leading to the failure.

Gives types of problems in biochemistry that theoretical calculations can solve at present, and illustrates the tremendous predictive power these approaches possess. This volume covers a range of computational approaches, from classical MD and Monte Carlo methods, to Car-Parinello QM-MD and novel hybrid QM/MM studies.

Considers the different concepts of hydrophile-lipophile balance (HLB) of surfactants and solid particles and the main physicochemical properties of surfactant and solid interfaces which are used to definite the hydrophile-lipophile balance. This book analyses all interfacial and bulk properties of surfactants used for the determination of HLB.

Contains 32 articles on various areas of functional analysis and its applications: Banach spaces and their geometry, operator ideals, Banach and operator algebras, operator and spectral theory, Frechet spaces and algebras, function and sequence spaces.

Written by a scientist for scientists and technical people, this book includes information for physicists, chemists and engineers who need to know more about thin films for research purposes, or who want to use this special form of solid material to achieve a variety of application-oriented goals.

Features contents that are selected from the Nagoya Colloquium proceedings, which form part of the world literature on structural stability and ductility. They aim to serve as a driving force in the development of stability and ductility related research and design.

Contains a papers presented at the EUROMAT 2000 Conference, held in Tours, France on 7-9 November 2000. The aim of this Conference was to concentrate mainly on the advances made in the investigation of the relationship between microstructures of materials and their mechanical behaviour; including, fundamentals, modelling and applications.