Books published by Elsevier Science & Technology

Features 130 articles that show the development of materials science and engineering. This encyclopedia provides articles in the areas of composite materials, advanced and traditional ceramics, electronic and superconducting materials, elastomers and polymer applications, wood and paper, industrial minerals, and materials characterization.

An encyclopedia of medical and dental materials. It contains 60 articles that cover the basic materials used including prostheses, implants, sutures and wound dressings; the biocompatibility, wear, corrosion and surface properties of the materials; and, the mechanics of their implantation, adhesion and repair.

Contains information on various aspects of pumps including classifications, materials, seals, installation, commissioning and maintenance. This work helps you to understand seals, couplings and ancillary equipment, ensuring systems are set up properly to save time and money. It also provides useful contacts for manufacturers and suppliers.

Talks about Gap junction research.

Research on the cytochrome P450 family of genes has traditionally been dominated by forms participating in drug metabolism. This book focuses on the physiological processes that are controlled by the products of reactions at usually very selective cytochrome P450 forms.

The history of science discipline is contributing valuable knowledge of the culture of soil understanding, of the conditions in society that fostered the ideas, and of why they developed in certain ways. This book deals with the progressive 'footprints' made by scientists in the soil.

Provides information to diagnosing, managing and treating the lung complications of connective tissue diseases. This work includes overviews of lung histological and CT appearances in these disorders, and a chapter on drug-induced lung disease in connective tissue disease. It emphasizes on accuracy of the construction of a logical management plan.

Biotechnology, in many aspects, shapes our life and affects our means of production, and job creation. Progress in the applications of biotechnology depends on a base of basic as well as applied sciences. This book provides readers with the needed knowledge, in the form of chapters, by reviewing specific topics in biotechnology.

This two-part volume with contributions from more than 50 international specialists, provides an up-to-date text and brings together facts and views of acarologists specialized in various aspects of the biology of spider mites. The need for such a treatment of scientific progress and recommended topics for future research exists among students, commencing in the study of acarology and plant protection, as well as among those engaged in acarological research and teaching. Both books will serve to provide a synthesis of much of the knowledge on basic and applied aspects of the biology of spider mites and their natural enemies; stimulate students to analyse critically the views propounded by the authors of the book, and instigate research into environmentally safe and cost effective means of pest control.

Covers the Symposium D, entitled Computational Modeling of Issues in Materials Science which was presented at the combined 1997 International Conference on Applied Materials/European Materials Research Society Spring meeting (ICAM'97/E-MRS'97) held in Strasbourg (France) from 16-20 June 1997.

Personal multimedia communication is a major growth area in engineering. This book aims to present an integrated view of advanced radio systems, network architectures and source coding that demonstrates the state-of-the-art this field. It also contains ideas, design examples, and advanced techniques for research staff, engineers, and others.

Informs readers of conceivable environmental changes in the next hundred years. This book uses integrated scenarios to communicate information about different aspects of the global environmental system, together with society's role within this system. It describes the model used to generate these scenarios, explaining its features.

Plasticity is concerned with the mechanics of materials deformed beyond their elastic limit. A strong knowledge of plasticity is essential for engineers. This title presents material on the use of computational methods, including coverage of developments in cyclic plasticity and soil plasticity. It is intended for academics and professionals.

Describes modern component families and how to design circuit blocks using them. This book features a discussion which covers the components necessary in an embedded design or a DSP-based real time system design. It contains a chapter on modern semi-conductor sensors which allows system designers to use sensor ICs for physical parameter sensing.

Struts is an open-source framework that integrates with standard Java technologies and lets developers build web applications quickly and effectively. This work provides an exploration required by newcomers as well as the instruction for more experienced readers eager to exploit Struts to the fullest.

IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is the future of Internet telephony. This title explains IPv6 and how telephone networks can be built on its foundations. It describes how Internet telephony systems using IPv6 are different from, and better than, Internet telephony systems based on the older IPv4 standard.

Growth hormone secretagogues (GHS) administered alone or in combination with growth hormone releasing hexapeptides, are effective probes for the diagnosis of GH deficiency in both children and adults. This volume deals with various aspects of GHS that are relevant to the field.

Covers the area of Nanoplasmonics, a topic in the field of nanophotonics, impacting a diverse range of research disciplines from information technology and nanotechnology to the bio- and medical sciences. This text focuses on the application of nanoplasmonics research and effects in devices for applications.

Dams profoundly impact the geomorphology of rivers by altering the natural patterns of water, sediment and energy flow in rivers. These changes have a largely negative impact on aquatic and riparian ecosystems upstream and downstream of the dam. This book provides information on topics of natural dams, artificial dams, dam removal, and more.

Aims to improve the reliability of cost-benefit analyses, particularly of hazardous substances present in air, water, soil and food. This book also suggests that the human health risk assessment of chemicals is performed in a bottom-up analysis, following a spatially resolved multimedia modelling approach.

Useful to researchers and professionals in chemometrics, this book provides 106 exercises with answers to accompany the study of theoretical principles. It presents 42 cases studies with real data showing designs and the complete statistical analyses for problems in the areas chromatography, electroanalytical and electrochemistry, and calibration.

The electrorheological (ER) fluid can be used as an electric and mechanical interface in various industrial areas, for example, in the automotive industrial for clutch, brake and damping systems and in robotic arm joints and hands. This book presents a comprehensive survey on the ER suspensions in term of screening high performance ER materials.

Provides the reader with an overview of discoveries and trends in Natural Products research. This book consists of 22 chapters from well known scientists all over the world, with topics ranging from Natural Product Chemistry and Phytochemistry in their most basic form, to Molecular Biology and in silico drug design.

Providing a background on optics while focusing on spectroscopic methodologies, tools and instrumentations, this book introduces the steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopic techniques, makes comparisons between them, and provides the methodology for estimating the most important characteristics of the techniques.

Serves as a reference manual for researchers and students of cosmic ray physics and associated fields and phenomena. This book covers the cosmic radiation in the vicinity of the Earth, in the Earth's atmosphere, at sea level and underground. It also contains related data, definitions and important relations.