Books published by Elsevier Science & Technology

Covers endocytosis, exocytosis and related processes. A major role of the plasma membrane is as a permeability barrier, keeping the inside of the cell inside and the outside, outside. This book explores the structures and mechanisms involved in these biologically and medically important processes.

The role for the membrane is that of passing messages between a cell and its environment. This volume covers receptors for hormones and growth factors.

The first volume in a series which aims to focus on advances in computational biology. This volume discusses such topics as: fluctuations in the shape of flexible macromolecules; the hydration of carbohydrates as seen by computer simulation; and studies of salt-peptide solutions.

Membranes are highly dynamic and operate not only as inert boundaries, but the packages they carry around in a cell are well addressed for appropriate delivery. This book addresses colleagues working with protozoa and many of fellow cell biologists working with metazoan cells.

This series presents a compendium of research papers in which specialists in the field of biosensors provide an overview of their laboratory's contribution, summarizing the primary research as it has appeared in the journal and conference literature, and reflecting on their findings.

Contains series of essays which define our understanding of the endosome and lysosome and their interrelationship. This book presents molecular knowledge concerning the function and relationship of endosomes and lysosomes.

Dedicated to the results of the first European study of the effects of long-term confinement and isolation. This work brings the findings and accomplishments in the field of space biology and medicine. It also describes NASA's High Resolution Microwave Survey the project to search for the existence of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.

This series presents a compendium of research papers in which specialists in the field of biosensors provide an overview of their laboratory's contribution, summarizing the primary research as it has appeared in the journal and conference literature, and reflecting on their findings.

Intended for scientists who have an interest in deciphering the molecular mechanisms for sequence recognition of DNA. This title covers the methods that have general applicability to small molecules as well as oligomers and proteins. It includes examples that provide general principles involved in sequence recognition.

Describes selected advances in the area of atomic spectroscopy. Suitable for the reader who has a background in atomic spectroscopy, this book covers a wide range of materials.

Covers basic book-keeping, showing how accounts are reconciled and controlled covering topics such as the working capital cycle and negotiating techniques. This work deals with basic business planning and how to use ratio analysis to assess company performance. It also covers risk assessment and valuing companies.

This text covers the fundamentals of reciprocating compressors and the techniques for maintaining them. It discusses the theory of operation, and describes methods of proper installation, troubleshooting, overhauling and repairing of all types of compressors.

The scope of service provided by professional accountants is influenced by legislation and case law as well as the dictates of a variety of government and private sector agencies. This annual serial addresses regulatory issues and policy affecting the practice of accountancy, broadly defined.

A comprehensive reference for security professionals. It covers the psychological, the physical, and the practical aspects involved in training defensive tactics. It stresses the types of situations a security professional could encounter and recommends how to handle them. It draws on the author's almost 40 years of experience.

Cell separation is at the core of methods in experimental biology and medicine. This book provides examples of how to calculate the volume magnetic susceptibility, a fundamental quantity for calculating the magnetic force acting on a cell, from various types of magnetic susceptibilities available in literature.

Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is an emission spectroscopy technique where atoms and ions are primarily formed in their excited states as a result of interaction between a tightly focused laser beam and the material sample. This book includes the basic principles and developments in instrumentation and the applications of LIBS.

Knowledge Representation, which lies at the core of Artificial Intelligence, is concerned with encoding knowledge on computers to enable systems to reason automatically. This book reviews twenty-five key topics in knowledge representation. It is useful for students, researchers and practitioners in various areas of Artificial Intelligence.

Describes methods for evaluation of long-term performance of Permeable Reactive Barrier (PRB) systems, especially of those targeting heavy metals, specifically uranium, and organic contaminants by sorption and/or precipitation mechanisms. This book presents an approach to investigating long-term performance of permeable reactive barriers.

Suitable for researchers in business, accounting and finance, this book features articles, which address a range of issues and obstacles that researchers have confronted at various stages in their respective research careers.

Germanium is a semiconductor material that formed the basis for the development of transistor technology. This book aims to provide an in-depth coverage of the field, including various advances in Ge-technology and the fundamentals in material science, device physics and semiconductor processing.

This is the first volume in a series dealing with advances in haemodynamics and haemorheology. Topics covered in this book include viscoelastic properties of blood and blood analogues; blood flow through narrow tubes; and numerical modelling of blood flow.

A practical guide for industry or academics to the measurement of surface area and pore size using the tool of physical adsorption. It describes the instrumentation for measuring the isotherm, and presents recommendations as to what instrumentation would be most appropriate for a particular application.

Introducing zeolites, and related materials such as crystalline aluminium phosphates and clays, this volume provides treatments of zeolite theory (including a review of major developments), zeolite laboratory and research practice, and zeolite industry applications. It serves students and individuals as a guidebook.

Presents work that has been conducted as part of the research project 'Discourse on ethical questions of biomedicine' of the interdisciplinary Working Group Bioethics and Science Communication at the Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC)in Berlin-Buch, Germany.

Addresses emerging statistical challenges in epidemiological, biomedical, and pharmaceutical research. This volume features: methods for assessing Biomarkers, analysis of competing risks; clinical trials including sequential and group sequential, crossover designs, cluster randomized, and adaptive designs; and, structural equations modelling.

Analyses three important heterogeneous processes, namely, adsorption, ion exchange and catalysis, from fundamental kinetics to reactor design with emphasis on their environmental applications. This title provides basic knowledge of major environmental problems and connects them to chemical engineering.

A continuation of the multi-volume "A Practical Logic of Cognitive Systems", this book focuses on abduction. Here, abduction is construed as ignorance-preserving inference, in which conjecture plays a pivotal role. Abduction is a response to a cognitive target that cannot be hit on the basis of what the agent currently knows.

Information Security is achieved through a mix of technical, organizational and legal measures. This book includes: the emergence of cryptology as a discipline during the Renaissance, the Black Chambers in 18th century Europe, the breaking of German military codes during World War II, and the histories of the NSA and its Soviet counterparts.

A simple prototype hydrodynamic instability demonstrates many features of other flow instabilities. In this text, the authors discuss the special case of interfacial wave dynamics on a thin film that flows down an inclined plane.