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Written by faculty members at Moscow State University, this updated second edition has succinct and authoritative coverage of an array of biophysical topics and models. It deploys mathematical approaches relevant to a wide range of simulated systems.

The intracarotid amobarbital (or Amytal) procedure is commonly referred to as the Wada test in tribute to Juhn Wada, the physician who devised the technique and performed the fIrst basic animal research and clinical studies with this method.

Hence, a series of scholarly books devoted to work in cognitive development is espe cially appropriate at this time The Springer Series in Cognitive Development contains two basic types of books, namely, edited collections of original chapters by several authors, and original volumes written by one author or a small group of authors.

This book offers an introduction to epidemiology suitable for Medical and Public Health Schools in developing and transition countries and in workshops in these countries, based on examples and practical work drawn from the present state of health in Vietnam.

This book offers a wealth of psychotherapeutic considerations and techniques for families coping with the effects of brain injury in a loved one, describing conceptual approaches to psychotherapeutic interventions, as well as useful "hands-on" approaches.

This updated new edition includes a wealth of additional material. As well as its integration of mathematical theory and numerical algorithm development, it features new chapters on topics such as the calculus of variations, integration, and block relaxation.

Based on the author's extensive experience in both statistics and education, this book imparts the basics of designing and carrying out Bayesian analyses, and interpreting and communicating the results. Demonstrates applications to real-world data.

Offering a breakthrough resource, this book places children with special needs in the contexts of indigenous communities and education services. Emphasizes collaboration between indigenous parents of children with disabilities and school professionals.

I am honored and delighted to write the foreword to this very first book about SystemC. " As the new system-level specification and design language, SystemC - rectly contributes to these two solutions.

This book presents various results and techniques from the theory of stochastic processes that are useful in the study of stochastic problems in the natural sciences.

This book presents a unified theory on nonlinear electro-magnetomechanical interactions of soft materials capable of large elastic deformations. It features equations that solve boundary-value problems for nonlinear magnetoelasticity and electroelasticity.

This book offers senior-level managers methods for decoding complex organizational systems and behavior. Each chapter takes a high-level view of an aspect of organizational psychology, focusing on elements that shape companies and drive operational efficiency.

This Atlas pairs photos with microscopic images and diagnostic studies for abnormalities and diseases of the esophagus and stomach. Covers developmental abnormalities, toxic insults, infectious diseases, inflammatory and autoimmune conditions and neoplasia.

This book describes the integration of several different approaches to examine questions regarding the function of interesting plant metabolites. This new edition generates new syntheses and conclusions about the biogeochemistry of the Hubbard Brook Valley.

This engaging contribution to popular science explores hot-button topics in mathematics that up to now have been largely absent from the genre. Real-world examples and visual aids help unlock the numerical principles of topics such as wavelets and encryption.

Cultural forces govern a synergistic relationship among information institutions that shapes their roles collectively and individually. The book addresses the origins of cultural information institutions, the history of the professions that run them, and the social imperative of information organization as a catalyst for semantic synergy.

Close analysis of the experiences of Germany, the US, and Japan allows this study to assess the relative successes and failures in reparations policy, using it as a vector to analyze the role of reparations and apologias in obtaining transnational justice.

This book gives a short introduction to parts of modern discrete geometry in addition to leading the reader to the frontiers of geometric research on sphere arrangements. It contains 30 open research problems ideal for graduate students and researchers.

This book offers the first comprehensive molecular theory of the living cell since the cell doctrine was formulated in 1839. The author formulates physically, chemically and enzymologically realistic molecular mechanisms to describe basic living processes.

Lavishly illustrated with both detailed line drawings and clinical photos, this book offers comprehensive coverage of every aspect of the management of intestinal stomas.

This book reviews current statistical methods for inferring residual life distribution, including inference methods for mean and median, or quantile, residual life analysis through medical data examples. The concept is extended to competing risks analysis.

Accessible to researchers in a wide range of disciplines, this book examines the energy applications of using nanotechnology in electrocatalysis. It covers their use in numerous contexts including low-temperature fuel cells and electrochemical valorization.

This book shows why community programs often founder and proposes a framework for success. Demonstrates the power of community interventions in offering services, reducing inequity and giving individuals more control over their health, environment and lives.

This volume covers current genetic techniques in maize, one of the most successful examples of breeder-directed evolution. Contents include principles and data that can be applied to maximize genetic improvement of germplasm and develop superior genotypes.

Computational Ocean Acoustics presents state-of-the-art numerical techniques to solve the wave equation in heterogeneous fluid-solid media. Thoroughly revised, this volume completely updates the material in the first edition and includes new models based on current research.

This book provides a unified review of analytical methods for neural data that have become essential for contemporary researchers. Illustrated with more than 100 examples drawn from the literature, ranging from electrophysiology to neuroimaging to behavior.

This book, now in its third edition, is an excellent introductory text for students, scientists and engineers who want to learn the basic theory of linear integral equations and their numerical solution. Features problems at the end of each chapter.

This book explores the history, influence on culture and clinical details of the condition popularly known as 'sleeping sickness,' which swept the world in the decade following the First World War, before disappearing without its cause being discovered.

Fully revised for a third edition, this highly regarded guide to the methodology of data collection and synthesis of exam scores explains the process of equalizing, scaling, and moderating results, and how best to design, administer, and mark standard tests.

Based on a survey of health-related behaviors conducted for the Department of Defense by RTI International since 1980, this book examines trends in substance abuse, health behavior, and mental health among active duty military personnel over the past 20 years