Books published by Elsevier Science & Technology

Contains reviews of topics in computational chemistry as applied to chemical disciplines. This book covers topics including quantum chemistry, molecular mechanics, force fields, chemical education, and applications in academic and industrial settings.

Discusses technologies such as high-pressure, common-rail, gasoline injection systems and swirl-atomizing gasoline fuel injections. This book reviews the critical area of GDI fuel injector deposits and the associated effect on spray geometry and engine performance degradation.

Focuses on the equity risk premium puzzle, a term coined by Mehra and Prescott in 1985 which encompasses a number of empirical regularities in the prices of capital assets that are at odds with the predictions of standard economic theory.

Microdialysis is one of the most important in vivo sampling methods in physiology and pharmacology. It is used to determine the chemical components of the fluid in the extracellular space of tissues. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the technology and its applications, including application in pathology and drug development.

Reviews the characterization of air quality as it pertains to emission sources and their environmental effect. This book offers the needed concepts and methods in conducting the studies to establish cause and effect relationships under ambient conditions, which is valuable to industrialized nations, and to the policy makers in developing nations.

This is the third volume in a series on membrane protein transfer. Membrane protein transport underlies the topological disposition of many proteins within cells and it is this disposition that allows for the co-ordination of the central cellular processes, such as metabolism.

This is the second volume in a series on membrane protein transfer. Membrane protein transport underlies the topological disposition of many proteins within cells and it is this disposition that allows for the co-ordination of the central cellular processes, such as metabolism.

Part of the "Advances in Structural Biology" series, this fourth volume includes diverse topics of importance relevant to the theme of the series.

The second volume in a series which aims to focus on advances in computational biology. This volume discusses such topics as: statistical analysis of protein sequences; progress in large-scale sequence analysis; and the architecture of loops in proteins.

This is the first volume in a series on membrane protein transfer. Membrane protein transport underlies the topological disposition of many proteins within cells and it is this disposition that allows for the co-ordination of the central cellular processes, such as metabolism.

Presents a synopsis of the knowledge on the structure, organisation, and function of cellular organelles with an emphasis on the examination of important but unsolved problems, and the directions in which molecular and cell biology are moving. This volume includes chapters on the subject of organelles, and organelle disorders.

It should not come as too much of a surprise that biological membranes are considerably more complex than lipid bilayers. This has been made clear by the fluid-mosaic model which considers the cell membrane as a two-dimensional solution of a mosaic of integral membrane proteins and glycoproteins firmly embedded in a fluid lipid bilayer matrix.

Deals with aspects of the cytoskeleton in different cell types and also describes examples of changes in the cytoskeleton which occur during various pathological states. This work looks at studies that bring the area of cytoskeleton research into the domain of medical science.

This is the fourth volume in the series, aimed at those wishing to stay abreast of developments in the mechanisms and synthetic applications of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions.

Covers the group of membrane proteins - the ATPases. This title includes the plasma membrane and muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ -ATPases, the (Na+ -K+) -ATPase, the gastric (H+ -K+) -ATPase, the plasma membrane H+ -ATPase of fungi and plants, the Mg2+ - transport ATPase, the Salmonella typhimurium, and the K+ -ATPase of Escherichia coli, KdpB.

Application of the techniques of molecular biology has provided the sequences of a number of membrane proteins, and has led to the discovery of superfamilies of membrane proteins of related structure. The classic example of the superfamily is the seven helix receptor superfamily. This work explores the structures and functions of this family.

The super family of immunoglobulin related proteins include the T cell receptors and the histocompatibility complex, which, together with the receptors for immunoglobulins, are of fundamental importance in the processes of immunity. This title explores the structures and functions of the molecules involved in these important functions of the cell.

Presents information on pneumatic and compressed air engineering. This book is useful for engineers, designers, consultants and users of fluid systems.

Network processor design is a field with issues and opportunities both numerous and formidable. This book presents the discussions on the research in the architecture, design, programming, and use of these devices. It examines the network processors from Agere Systems, Cisco, IBM, Intel, Motorola, Sierra Inc, TranSwitch, and others.

Explores the technological innovations through which traditional data warehousing is brought to bear on this and other less modest e-commerce applications, such as those at work in B2B, G2C, B2G, and B2E models. This book examines the core technologies and commercial products in use.

Providing the details comprising ODMG 3.0, this work documents the changes found in version 3.0, including enhancements to the Java language. It pays attention to the broadening of the standard to support developments in object-to-database mappings (ODMs) that allow objects to be stored in relational databases.

Presents a synthesis and catalogue of the information published on eight families of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) worldwide from 1758. This work provides data on their correct scientific names, common names, synonyms, taxonomy, host plants, distribution, natural enemies, biology, and economic importance.

Covers major aspects related to the synthesis, characterization and properties of macromolecular materials prepared using renewable resources as such, or after appropriate modifications. This book discusses bio-refining with explicit application to materials. It includes examples of applications of the concept of sustainable development.

The idea of a conference devoted to Space Robotics matured when two IFAC Technical Committees, Aerospace Control and Robotics decided to co-sponsor such an event. The final decision converged with technological maturity of Space Robotics itself.

Contains a selection of papers presented at the 6th International Conference on Mechanical Design and Production. The main areas of the papers include: materials processing and characterization constitutive modeling; simulation and analysis of manufacturing processes; numerical analysis of structures; fracture analysis; and, design and tribology.