Books published by Elsevier Science & Technology

Western Medicine advocates control of disease by eradication of pathogens and surgical removal of diseased organs, whereas Traditional Chinese Medicine seeks to improve resistance against disease. This book is an attempt to bridge the medical world of two great and ancient civilizations in their approach to the treatment of disease.

For Rom Harre, a figure in philosophy, linguistics, and social psychology, the discoveries of research demand a kind of thinking that is found in the construction and control of models. Part of the "Studies in Multidisciplinarity" series, this book presents a collection of Harre's work on modeling in science (particularly physics and psychology).

Highlights wide-ranging applications of genomics in the area of applied mycology and biotechnology. This title covers: a brief overview on fungal genomics; meiotic recombination in fungi; molecular genetics of circadian rhythms; genome sequencing; transposable elements; mitochondrial genomes; ribosome biogenesis; and, pathogenicity genes.

Aimed at those with little background knowledge of the subject, but who wish to learn more, this book comprehensively covers the segments of solid state theory and technology.

Presents a review on the chemistry and biology of nucleosides. This book summarizes the advances in nucleosides chemistry and chemotherapy. It covers nucleoside antiviral agents, their therapeutic aspects and biochemistry, and also reviews on their chiral synthesis.

Clathrochelates are compounds which contain a metal ion encapsulated within a three dimensional cage of macrobicyclic ligand atoms, and is to a great extent isolated from environmental factors. This book generalizes and analyzes experimental and theoretical data on clathrochelates in order to promote research in this field of chemistry.

For many years, it has been known that when rats and mice are given a reduced amount of food, their life span is increased and they remain healthy and vigorous at advanced ages. What is the reason for this change? It is the decrease in caloric intake. This book provides information on caloric restriction within the frame of gerontology.

Designed to reduce business and manufacturing costs, Six Sigma was initially used to generate high-end savings but has been appropriated by service industries to improve customer service. This volume is a guide to its use in a wide range of business and manufacturing situations.

Discusses how the study of the viral agents is directly applicable to other diseases, particularly in relation to how containing these outbreaks requires a high degree of collaboration between different specialists. This title is intended for healthcare workers, clinicians and microbiologists.

JavaServer Pages (JSP) is a technology for building dynamic web applications that can access databases and provide an interactive experience for users. This book is designed to cover the essentials of JSP including the basic JSP constructs and the relevant implicit objects as well as more advanced concepts such as incorporating JavaBeans.

Shows what IT in organizations need to accomplish to implement The National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets and The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace which were developed by the Department of Homeland Security after the terrorist attacks of September 2001.

Provides a summary and a review of the developments in the field of biochirality. This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to this field, covering a range of topics, such as, theory, palaeontology and food technology, to name but a few. It also presents findings via a spectrum of scientific approaches.

Shows how to design and experiment with V/F converters, both voltage-to-frequency and frequency-to-voltage. This book describes converter-circuit designs, and also covers the most popular forms of VFC ICs available. It provides information on VFC ICs and related components, including how to test and troubleshoot completed circuits.

Describes how the Internet and associated technologies have revolutionized the collection and analysis of competitive information. This book outlines protective measures that reduce the potential and consequences of netspionage.

Multifunction devices combine the essentials of a fax machine, printer, scanner, and copier into one peripheral for small and home offices. This book teaches you how multifunction peripherals work in theory and in practice, with examples and important troubleshooting and repair tips. It is suitable for anyone who works with computer peripherals.

Completions are the conduit between hydrocarbon reservoirs and surface facilities. They are a fundamental part of any hydrocarbon field development project. This book covers offshore, subsea, and landbased completions in various major hydrocarbon basins of the world.

Suitable for the senior managers of SMEs who are looking to sell all or part of the business, this book shows how to implement Corporate Governance procedures to add both perceived and real value to a business. It also shows how to maximise the sale value of Small and Medium Enterprise. It illustrates which actions to prioritise.

Features applied financial econometrics subjects with papers that survey important research. This title presents a broad survey of the research.

The reasons for the rapid growth of applied research are not difficult to identify; improved theoretical frameworks within which to do applied research; improved econometric techniques and software; more and better data; and, ever cheaper computing power. This title focuses on applied urban research.

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.

Incorporates the developments in the field of polymers, correlating their properties with chemical structure. This book describes methods that permit the estimation and prediction of numerical properties from chemical structure, that is nearly all properties of the solid, liquid, and dissolved states of polymers.

A collection of papers drawn from the program of IPMU'04, which was held in Perugia, Italy. It is composed by such sections as: Uncertainty Preferences; Classification and Data Mining; Aggregation and Multi-criteria; Decision Making; Knowledge Representation; and, Applied Domains.

Presents proceedings of 3rd EuroGOOS Conference on Building the European Capacity in Operational Oceanography. This title covers topics such as: Regional Systems I, Remote Sensing Systems, Numerical Modelling and Data Assimilation, Next Generation Systems, In-Situ Monitoring, Waves Monitoring and ForecastingUser Perspectives, and Coastal Systems.

Covers how to connect Microsoft Exchange server into mixed messaging environments. This book explores how connections can be made, offers tricks and tips, and warns of potential pitfalls. It also covers direct connections to other third party products such as MS Mail, cc:Mail, Linkage and PROFS.