Books published by Elsevier Science & Technology

Provides a useful introduction for scientists and engineers interested in liquid/fluid interfaces and disperse systems to the rapidly developing area of adsorption dynamics. Containing more than 1100 references, this book is intended for industrial scientists and post-graduate students in physical, colloid chemistry, and water purification.

Offers reviews on developments on bioactive natural products. This book covers developments in the field of bioactive marine natural products. It also includes a review of biologically active compounds of semi-metals such as boron, silicon, arsenic, selenium and tellurium.

This internationally authored volume presents major findings, concepts, and methods of behavioral neuroscience co-ordinated with their simulation via neural networks.

Presents mathematics for the description of structure and dynamics in molecular and cellular biology. This mathematics is particularly fruitful to apply at molecular and atomic distances. The structure descriptions can then be related to atomic and molecular forces and provide information on structural mechanisms.

In June of 2000, 40 experimental psychologists converged on Villanova University for a conference and workshop on attentional capture. This book presents a collection of chapters based on those presentations and discussions.

The range of issues dealt with in this volume includes the OECD's convention on combating bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions. The content offers an international perspective on accounting.

Considers major environmental issues using individual case studies from around the world as illustrations. These case studies explore the causes of international environmental issues and investigate the conflicts that hamper these solutions. They also address such problems as intensive farming, overpopulation, deforestation, and waste disposal.

Features articles from each of the fields represented at the conference on Work with Display Units 1992. This volume includes topics such as: the occupational health research results, partially backed by extensive epidemiological studies, concerning radiation, eye fatigue, stressors and diseases of the musculoskeletal apparatus, and others.

Covers modern advances in the determination of glycoprotein structure and in the biosynthesis of mammalian, bacterial, yeast, plant and insect glycoproteins. This book also looks at the functional aspects (glycoprotein hormones and collagens). It is suitable for glycobiologist researchers, senior investigators, post-doctoral fellows, and students.

More has been learned about the primary and secondary consequences of spinal cord injury and more is being understood about recovery mechanisms that are intrinsic to the nervous system and that might be further encouraged. While a cure for spinal cord injury remains elusive, this volume aims to convey a sense of progress towards this goal.

Presents the art of broadband communications and its evolution in both the public and private networks. This book covers topics such as switching, resource management, network control, communication services, testing, quality of service, traffic characteristics, traffic control, protocols, and others.

Treats modal logic as a theory, with several subtheories, such as completeness theory, correspondence theory, duality theory and transfer theory. This book is intended as a course in modal logic for students who have had prior contact with modal logic and who wish to study it more deeply.

Designed to help mechanical engineers entering the industry with little practical experience of pumps and their problems, this guide aims to build up an understanding of the design, operation and appropriate use of pumps, plus how to diagnose faults and put them right.

Highlights aspects and approaches to questions on the development and findings of biotic indicator (systems), considering the complex problems of conversion into practice. This volume discusses biotic indication in relation to sustainable land use and biodiversity.

The Fifth International Symposium on the Characterisation of Porous Solids (COPS-V) was held at Heidelberg, Germany, from May 30 to June 2, 1999. The intensive three-day programme provided a stimulating forum for the exchange of novel research findings, concepts, techniques and materials which are collected in this volume.

Focuses on the economics of environmental externalities and environmental public goods. This volume examines environmental degradation and policy responses from a microeconomic, institutional standpoint. It includes chapters on topics such as the theory and practice of pollution regulation, and on the areas of environmental economics research.

Covering the basic principles of both gas chromatography (GC) and mass spectrometry (MS) to the extent necessary to understand and deal with the data generated in a GC-MS analysis. This book focuses on the particular requirements created by a direct combination of these two techniques into a single instrumentation system.

Suitable for engineers, students and enthusiasts, this dictionary includes a section devoted to acronyms and abbreviations. It contains a glossary for electronics, TV, radio and computing. It also includes a handy appendix of acronyms.

Develops the methods needed for the simulation of real processes found in the process industries. This book looks at the fundamentals used in developing process models. It considers steady state and dynamic systems, for both spatially lumped and spatially distributed problems, and includes examples using software used in academia and industry.

Introduces the subject of rheology and describes the application of rheological principles to many industrial products and processes. This book shows how mathematics, physics and chemistry have contributed to the development of rheology and summarises the generic features such as viscosity and linear viscoelasticity of all liquid-like materials.

Provides a comprehensive introduction to the upstream industry, drawing together the various inter-disciplinary links within the industry. This book presents various major stages in the life of an oil or gas field, from gaining access to opportunity, through exploration, appraisal, development planning, production, and finally to decommissioning.

Whilst research into organolithium compounds has been ongoing, little is known about organolithium products of ortholithiation reactions. This volume contains an up-to-date survey of organolithiums and their use in synthesis.

Divided into 5 sections starting with an historic perspective and fundamental aspects on the synthesis and recognition by imprinted polymers. This work also contains eight overview chapters on approaches to molecular and ion imprinting. It is followed by two chapters on material morphologies.

The 22nd International Free Electron Laser Conference and 7th FEL User Workshop were held August 13-18, 2000 at Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Scientists from 15 countries gave 70 talks, presented 176 posters and submitted 146 papers, which are published in this volume of proceedings.

Medical electronics and the instrumentation used in physiological measurement now provide enhanced capability for applications, especially in the areas of data recording and analysis, and imaging technology. This book provides an introduction to this field for undergraduate and MSc courses.

Collected here are a set of projects from "Electronics", the Maplin magazine, based on music applications. Components are widely available and the circuits form the basis for further experiments. Circuit diagrams are provided, as are photographs of the main circuits. Parts lists are also given.

This book is aimed at engineers who require a better understanding of CD technology, for fault diagnosis, adjustment and repair. It covers the mechanical design and the integrated circuits within a CD player, and is written for immediate application.