Books published by Elsevier Science & Technology

As conventional-oil resources are depleted worldwide, vast heavy oil reserves available in various parts of the world become increasingly important as a secure future energy source. This title discusses the improvements in production processes including; thermal methods as well as non-thermal methods.

Offers practical advice on breaking down the implementation and deployment of voice mobility networks within the office, across the campus, and on the road. This title includes methods of integrating VoIP networks with 3G+, CDMA 2000, WCDMA, HSPA, and WiMAX cellular networks using fixed/mobile convergence (FMC).

Provides tutelage for data modelers, business analysts and systems designers at various levels. Beginning with the basics, this book provides a grounding in theory before guiding the reader through the various stages of applied data modeling and database design. It addresses advanced subjects such as business rules, data warehousing, and others.

Reviews flow techniques for automating chemical analysis with the goal of increasing efficiency and producing better analytical results. This book focuses on fresh trends in the field such as using flow techniques for radioactivity and environmental applications.

Describes the principles, equipment, and applications involved in sample preparation with microwaves for trace element analysis. This book covers applications as well as fresh trends in this field. It discusses topics such as: sample preparation for speciation, metabolomics, and halogen determination.

Corrosion in nuclear power plants cause reductions in efficiency and increases in deposit build-up on plant surfaces, making for expensive maintenance and potential radiological health hazards. This book guides studies to predict and minimize corrosion, thus making nuclear power safer and cost effective.

Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) is a technology aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels during industrial and energy-related processes. This book provides an overview of the range of technologies involved in carbon dioxide capture and sequestration. It provides insight into CSS technical processes.

Develops highly data-parallel image registration algorithms suitable for use on modern multi-core architectures, including graphics processing units (GPUs). Focusing on deformable registration, this title helps you show how to develop data-parallel versions of the registration algorithm suitable for execution on the GPU.

Covers the IPv6 application programming interfaces (API) extensions and enhancements that have been made to the socket APIs. This book includes various examples which illustrate how to write portable applications that can run on either IPv4 or IPv6 networks. It provides an introduction to the IETF standards for IPv6 APIs.

Aims to provide researchers and clinicians with state-of-the art research findings on the role of the family in the development and maintenance of psychopathology. Addressing the issues of theory and methodology, this book provides information relating to the role of the family in the development and maintenance of specific psychopathologies.

Besides their intrinsic mathematical interest, geometric partial differential equations (PDEs) are ubiquitous in many scientific, engineering and industrial applications. They represent an intellectual challenge and have received a great deal of attention recently. The purpose of this volume is to provide a missing reference consisting of self-contained and comprehensive presentations. It includes basic ideas, analysis and applications of state-of-the-art fundamental algorithms for the approximation of geometric PDEs together with their impacts in a variety of fields within mathematics, science, and engineering.About every aspect of computational geometric PDEs is discussed in this and a companion volume. Topics in this volume include stationary and time-dependent surface PDEs for geometric flows, large deformations of nonlinearly geometric plates and rods, level set and phase field methods and applications, free boundary problems, discrete Riemannian calculus and morphing, fully nonlinear PDEs including Monge-Ampere equations, and PDE constrained optimizationEach chapter is a complete essay at the research level but accessible to junior researchers and students. The intent is to provide a comprehensive description of algorithms and their analysis for a specific geometric PDE class, starting from basic concepts and concluding with interesting applications. Each chapter is thus useful as an introduction to a research area as well as a teaching resource, and provides numerous pointers to the literature for further readingThe authors of each chapter are world leaders in their field of expertise and skillful writers. This book is thus meant to provide an invaluable, readable and enjoyable account of computational geometric PDEs