Books published by Elsevier Science & Technology

Presents mathematical models upon which process control is based and the practical applications of this method of control within industry. This work contains case studies that include examples from the paper and pulp industry, materials industry and the chemical industry, among others.

Contains a survey of the measurement systems. This encyclopedia includes descriptions of the biological systems and subsystems. It is suitable for measurement experts moving into the biological and biomedical field and beginners needing to understand methods of measurement and the complexities of the measurand.

Considering subjects as diverse as the diffusion of various technologies and their industrial applications, governmental policies, and manifestations of innovation in our institutions, history, and environment, this title maps milestones in research and speculates about the roads ahead.

Contains what you need to know to understand and successfully use CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) integrated circuits. Written in a 'cookbook' format that requires little math, this book covers the basics for working with digital logic and many of its end applications.

Helps security directors, CEOs, and business managers understand the fundamental role of security in business environment and outlines the steps to protect against corporate loss. This work draws on the insights of such leaders as Jack Welch, Bill Gates, Charles Schwab, and Tom Peters.

Offers a comprehensive overview of the world's aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. This book features full-color figures and tables that support the text and aid in understanding.

A treatment of a variety of public sector applications of Operations Research methods, including those relating to the military, urban services, crime and justice, health and administration, air and water quality, natural resources management, hazardous facility siting and voting theory.

Presents various aspects of the magnetic field of Earth. After an overview, this title covers topics such as: magnetospheric interactions, secular variation, magnetic induction, archeomagnetism, reversals, excursions, oceanic and continental magnetic anomalies, and long-term behaviors of the magnetic field.

Featuring the research on the petrography, facies, paleonvironmental significance and economic aspects of continental carbonates, this book focuses on the descriptive aspects and processes operating on carbonate deposits in greatly varied settings, and then considers applications for basin analysis, as well as economic and historical aspects.

Identifies and discusses the relevant theoretical and empirical literature that describes the fundamental problems that the policies seek to remedy or ameliorate, as well as the literature that evaluates the effects of the policies. This title presents an accurate, self-contained survey of the state of the field.

The brain, and the rest of the nervous system, consists of nerve cells (neurons) and non-neuronal cells (glial cells). These volumes give basic information about cell types and biochemical and physiological interactions between these cells during normal function and in disease states.

Presents students and researchers a comprehensive review of nanoneuroscience and nanoneuropharmacology. This title considers different aspects of nanomaterials induced alteration in brain function. It focuses on possible therapeutic advancement regarding nano-drug formulation and their role in neuroprotection.

Presents empirical advances using neuroscience techniques to investigate how culture influences neural processes underlying a wide range of human abilities, from perception and scene processing to memory and social cognition. This book also highlights the theoretical and methodological issues with conducting cultural neuroscience research.

Examines major areas of basic and clinical research within neuroscience (as well as emerging and promising subfields): neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuroimaging, neurobiology, neuropharmacology, neuroendocrinology, neuropathology, neuropsychiatry, neurobehavior. This title provides a treatment of gene models of schizophrenia.

Features articles that fall into several categories, including - chemistry of sea water, tracers in the sea, natural radioactive species in the ocean, cycles of the nuclides, marine deposits and air sea exchanges. This title references related articles on marine chemistry and geochemistry to facilitate research.

Features articles that fall into several categories, including - marine aquaculture, resource exploitation, pollution, species conservation, natural hazards and wild-harvest fisheries. This title references related articles on marine policy and economics to facilitate research. It offers an introductory overview of marine policy and economics.

Two major U.S. Midwestern railroads, the Rock Island Lines and the Milwauke Road, filed for bankruptcy after 1975 and the Court ordered them dismembered. This study explains the economic factors causing financial failure such as total rail line excess capacity in the region leading to low density of freight traffic.

This is a refereed, academic research annual, devoted to publishing articles about advancements in the development of accounting and its related disciplines from an international perspective.

This collection addresses concerns in organizational theory, ranging from the evolution of organizations and cross-cultural analyses of managerial behavior to the micro-sociology of knowledge brokering within organizations and the etiology of organizational messes.

This is a collection of papers tackling the theoretical and practical issues surrounding the subject of road pricing as a means of dealing with increasing traffic congestion.

The collapse of the state-controlled economies of the former Eastern Bloc will certainly change the way the global economy operates. This volume explores its ongoing transition.

Uses practical examples from criminal justice scenarios to bring complex and involved issues to life. This book provides hypothetical scenarios at the beginning of each chapter and shows the relevance of research methodology to the practical problems of everyday criminal justice operations in a reader-friendly manner.

Part of a series on circuits, this book contains 250-300 practical, ready-to-use circuit designs, with schematics and brief explanations of circuit operation. The original source for each circuit is listed in an appendix.

Features 250-300 ready-to-use circuit designs, with schematics and brief explanations of circuit operation.