Books published by Elsevier Science & Technology

Part of the "Physical Techniques in the Study of Art, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage" series, this book aims to disseminate technical information on scientific conservation. It provides an introduction to the advanced fields of synchrotron radiation science, neutron science, and computed tomography.

Documents developments and research findings in relation to sex and how the brain's function and behavior differs from men to women.

How does education affect economic and social outcomes, and how can it inform public policy? This book uses available data from around the world to address these and other core questions. It examines the determinants of educational outcomes and issues surrounding teacher salaries and licensure.

What are the goals of monetary policy and how are they transmitted? This title summarizes evidence on the roles of money in the economy, the effects of information, and the growing importance of nonbank financial institutions.

What tools are available for setting and analyzing monetary policy? This title examines evidence on subjects as varied as price-setting, inflation persistence, the private sector's formation of inflation expectations, and the monetary policy transmission mechanism.

A hospital can continue to function during a disaster or terrorist attack if a Hospital Emergency Response Team (HERT) protects the facility by the establishing and staffing of an Emergency Treatment Area. This title helps to develop a free-standing operational team capable of protecting the healthcare center and its employees.

How do economists understand and measure normal social phenomena? This book provides a summary of social choice economics, from norms and conventions to the exchange of discrete resources.

How can economists define social preferences and interactions? Culture, familial beliefs, religion, and other sources contain the origins of social preferences. This book describes scholarship on social choice and includes evidence about social preferences. It summarizes research on theoretical and applied economic analyses of social preferences.

Optics has become one of the most dynamic fields of science. This title covers such topics as: 3D optical microscopy; transformation optics and geometry of light; photorefractive solitons; stimulated scattering effects; optical vortices and polarization singularities; and, quantum feedforward control of light.

Presents the synthesis, description, nomenclature and analysis of "3D-nets" or "3D-networks" and the relation of the nets to the physical properties of the materials. This work introduces the mathematics, and includes a short guide to programs useful for retrieving, analysing and naming nets. It also provides 3D illustrations.

Contains the proceedings of the 20th International Cryogenic Engineering Conference.

Traditional dental materials such as metals and ceramics have a number of disadvantages such as cost and the significant damage caused in grinding to make space for such reconstructions. Fiber-reinforced composites (FRCs) are a novel group of dental materials characterized by fibrous fillers that are being increasingly used in place of traditional prosthodontic materials. They allow fabrication of minimally invasive, lightweight, durable and biocompatible restorations. This book will provide clinicians and students with theoretical and clinical guidelines to use the FRCs for dental applications. The book begins with an introduction to the fundamentals of FRCs in dentistry. Further chapters cover the treatment possibilities, fabrication and application procedures of FRCs, followed by information on care and maintenance.