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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Most of the texts available on lasers deal with laser engineering and laser applications, only a few of them treating theoretical aspects of the laser at an advanced level. Introduction to Laser Physics provides an introduction to the essential physics of quantum electronics and lasers. Fundamental topics in modern optics, the applicability of various theoretical approaches, and the physical meaning of laser-related phenomena are carefully described. Experimental results and properties of practical lasers are interwoven, thereby allowing an explicit demonstration of the rate equation approach and the semiclassical treatment. The basic concepts of nonlinear optical devices and laser spectroscopy are intro- duced. The second edition includes additional information on optical resonators, minor improvements of the text and several new problems, completed with solutions.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 248 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 596 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Vom 11.-14.9. 1985 fand in Graz der ZAK 85, die 19. gemein same Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Anasthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft fUr Anas thesiologie und Reanimation (Societe Suisse d' AnestMsiologie et de Reanimation) und der Osterreichischen Gesellschaft fUr Anas thesiologie, Reanimation und Intensivtherapie statt. Die nunmehr vorliegenden KongreBbande geben die ungekurzten wissenschaft lichen Vortrage wieder, die zu den Hauptthemen und Workshops von den zur Teilnahme eingeladenen namhaften deutschsprachi gen und auslandischen Kollegen gehalten wurden. 1m vorliegenden Band wird der aktuelle Stand der klinischen Anasthesie mit den neuesten Forschungsergebnissen aus der In halationsanasthesie, dem Pro und Kontra neuer i. v. Anasthetika, Muskelrelaxanzien und Antagonisten sowie der Pharmakodyna mik und Pharmakokinetik der Inhalations-und i. v. Anasthetika behandelt. Gerade auf dem Gebiet der i. v. Anasthetika sind neue Forschungsergebnisse und Erfahrungen aus der klinischen For schung mit den neuesten Mitteln niedergelegt. Die optimale Mitarbeit der Autoren hat es ermoglicht, daB die KongreBbande nur wenige Monate nach Ende des Kongresses in gedruckter Form vorliegen konnen. Oem Springer-Verlag sei fUr die ausgezeichnete Zusammenarbeit und den schnellen Druck ge dankt, der die volle Aktualitat durch eine so friihzeitige Heraus gabe der beim ZAK 85 in Graz gebrachten wissenschaftlichen Ar beiten ermoglicht hat.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 304 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Das Buch enthält neuere Erkenntnisse zum Thema 'Wirkungssteigerung der Strahlentherapie maligner Tumoren', die anläßlich der 600-Jahrfeier der Universität Heidelberg im Rahmen eines von der Universitäts-Strahlenklinik veranstalteten Symposiums vorgestellt wurden. Internationale Experten behandeln in ihren Vorträgen biologische und klinische Aspekte der Strahlentherapie und stellen neue Verfahren, wie die stereotaktische Einzeittherapie und die Therapie mit Protonen und Neutronen vor. Die Bedeutung eingeführter Verfahren, wie Hyperthermie und Afterloading-Therapie wird ebenfalls dargelegt. Das Buch bietet eine Zusammenfassung der derzeit neuen strahlentherapeutischen Behandlungsmöglichkeiten maligner Tumoren. 436 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Most of the texts available on lasers deal with laser engineering and laser applications, only a few of them treating theoretical aspects of the laser at an advanced level. Introduction to Laser Physics provides an introduction to the essential physics of quantum electronics and lasers. Fundamental topics in modern optics, the applicability of various theoretical approaches, and the physical meaning of laser-related phenomena are carefully described. Experimental results and properties of practical lasers are interwoven, thereby allowing an explicit demonstration of the rate equation approach and the semiclassical treatment. The basic concepts of nonlinear optical devices and laser spectroscopy are intro- duced. The second edition includes additional information on optical resonators, minor improvements of the text and several new problems, completed with solutions. 248 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Supported by CNRS (Centre national de la Recherche scientifique), SMF (Societe mathematique de France), Universite Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg 216 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Time series and stochastic models.- Linear errors-in-variables models.- A new class of dynamic models for stationary time series.- Predictive and nonpredictive minimum description length principles.- Deterministic and stochastic linear periodic systems.- Numerical problems in linear system theory.- Some recent developments in econometrics. 268 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This new series on the treatment of cancer is sponsored by the VICe. The editors and authors feel strongly that more standardiza tion is needed on a worldwide basis in cancer therapy. This, of course, is only possible if experts from all countries subscribe to a joint policy of making their treatment designs available to practising oncologists all over the world. Current Treatment of Cancer will discuss all the equipment and methods now in use in cancer therapy. It will cover all types of cancer, thus providing the reader with comprehensive information on cancer management. In recent decades there has been a tremendous improvement in the treatment of cancer, and there is hope for even further success in this fight. We are convinced that this series will help us to make a concerted response to the challenge of cancer. VICC Treatment and Rehabilitation Programme Ismail Elsebai Chairman VII Preface During the past two decades we have witnessed an exciting evolution in the un derstanding and management of hematologic malignancies. The number of drugs available 20 years ago for the treatment of acute leukemia was so small that the disease in children and in adults could be discussed within one chapter. Since then, rapid progress has been made in the management of childhood leukemia, making for a much better prognosis. Over the past 10 years we have seen the same developments in respect of leukemia in adults. 128 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Computing elementary functions: A new approach for achieving high accuracy and good performance.- Fast elementary function algorithms for 370 machines.- A new arithmetic for scientific computation.- New results on verified inclusions.- Accurate elliptic differential equation solver.- Case studies for augmented floating-point arithmetic.- Strict optimal error and residual estimates for the solution of linear algebraic systems by elimination methods in high-accuracy arithmetic.- Solving large sparse linear systems with guaranteed accuracy.- Symbolic and numeric manipulation of integrals.- Computer algebra and exact solutions to systems of polynomial equations.- The euclidean algorithm for gaussian integers.- An efficient stochastic method for round-off error analysis. 224 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant #SES-8410190. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessari~y reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. This support was crucial to the completion of this project, and we are grateful for it. As is usually the case when doing academic research, we are also indebted to a number of individuals. Robert Gillingham, John Greenlees, Jack Triplett, and Paul Harte-Chen freely gave of their time to share their ideas concerning income-based cost of living indices. Seminar participants at the BLS, the University of Karlsruhe, and Tilburg University provided insightful comments on preliminary portions of the manuscript. Bill Stober provided encouragement, and Desmond Lo and Albert Tsui read parts of the manuscript. We owe a special thanks to Bert Balk for providing detailed handwritten comments on a preliminary draft. Evelyn Buchanan and Audrey Abel did an excellent job of typing and retyping numerous drafts of the manuscript. Finally, a very warm thanks to our wives, for enduring. CONTENTS Page PREFACE PART I.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 132 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -I. The Topic and the structure of the Proceedings The papers in this book are the proceedings of a conference held at the Economics Department of the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research in March 1985 in New York for which financial support was provided by .the West German Consulate. The topic of the conference was 'Competition, Instability, and Nonlinear Cycles.' A number of mathematical economists from Italy, West Germany, France, Japan, and the u.s. were invited as participants in this meeting. The conference was preceded by two other conferences in which several of the invited scholars had taken part. One, on 'la gravitation des prix,' took place in Nanterre, France,in March 1984. The other was held at the New School for Social Research in April 1984 on 'Price of Production in Joint Production systems.' Both conference were concerned with classical prices of production systems and their revival in the form developed by Sraffa and Pasinetti (1977). In these conferences, considerable interest arose in more properly modeling the dynamics of prices of production systems in a multi sectoral framework by utilizing modern mathematical tools of dynamical systems. Such a discussion on the dynamics of the classical process of competition and the stability of classical production prices was originally initiated by several papers by Nikaido (1977, 1983, 1984) and further pursued by several scholars (see Steedman, 1983; Boggio, 1980; Kuroki, 1983; Dumenil/Levy, 1983; Krause, 1983, 1984; Hosoda, 1985; Filippini, 1985).Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 360 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The present lecture notes cover a first course in th~ most common types of stratified flows encountered in Environ mental Hydraulics. Most of the flows are buoyancy flows, i.e. currents in which gravity acts on small density differences. Part I presents the basic concepts of stagnant, densit- stratified water, and of flowing non-miscible stratified fluids. The similarity to the (presumed) well-known open channel flow, subject to a reduced gravity, is illustrated. Part II treats the miscible density stratified flows. In outlining the governing equations, the strong coupling between the turbulence (the mixing) and the mean flow is emphasized. The presentation and discussions of the basic governing equa tions are followed by illustrative examples. Separate chapters are devoted to Dense Bottom Currents, Free Penetrative Convec tion, Wind-driven Stratified Flow, Horizontal Buoyancy Flow and Vertical jet/plumes. Part III presents some examples of practical problems solved on the basis of knowledge given in the present lecture notes. It is the author's experience that the topics treated in chapter 8 and in the subsequent chapters are especially well suited for self-tuition, followed by a study-circle. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The author has benefited by the valuable help of his col legues at the Institute of Hydrodynamics and Hydraulic Engin eering, the Technical University of Denmark, especially our librarian Mrs. Kirsten Dj¢rup, our secretary Mrs. Marianne Lewis and our technical draftsman Mrs. Liselotte Norup.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 292 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Computing elementary functions: A new approach for achieving high accuracy and good performance.- Fast elementary function algorithms for 370 machines.- A new arithmetic for scientific computation.- New results on verified inclusions.- Accurate elliptic differential equation solver.- Case studies for augmented floating-point arithmetic.- Strict optimal error and residual estimates for the solution of linear algebraic systems by elimination methods in high-accuracy arithmetic.- Solving large sparse linear systems with guaranteed accuracy.- Symbolic and numeric manipulation of integrals.- Computer algebra and exact solutions to systems of polynomial equations.- The euclidean algorithm for gaussian integers.- An efficient stochastic method for round-off error analysis.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 224 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Supported by CNRS (Centre national de la Recherche scientifique), SMF (Societe mathematique de France), Universite Louis Pasteur de StrasbourgSpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 216 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Readers of my books, students and scientists, often ask for spe cial references not commonly found in introductory or interme diate books on statistics. From the titles and contents of 1449 key papers and books which are listed and numbered in Sec tion 5, I have selected keywords and subject headings and ar ranged them alphabetically together with the numbers of perti nent references in Section 3. Number 1153, for instance, denotes my book' Applied Statis tics'. It contains a bibliographical section on pages 568 to 641. Supplementary material is displayed in this small bibliographi cal guide. It also complements well-known textbooks of Box, Hunter and Hunter (No.121), Dixon and Massey (No.286), Snedecor and Cochran (No. 1238), and many recent competitors. Since the methodology of statistics is expanding rapidly, many methods are not considered at all or only introduced in the basic textbooks of statistics. There is a need for intermediate statistical methods concerned with increasingly complicated ap plications of statistics to actual research situations. Here the specification of terms helps to find some sources. Since the ref erences vary considerably in length and content, the number of culled or extracted terms per referenced page varies even more, as does also their degree of specialization; however in most cases an intermediate statistical level is maintained.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 228 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Time series and stochastic models.- Linear errors-in-variables models.- A new class of dynamic models for stationary time series.- Predictive and nonpredictive minimum description length principles.- Deterministic and stochastic linear periodic systems.- Numerical problems in linear system theory.- Some recent developments in econometrics.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 268 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Das Buch enthält neuere Erkenntnisse zum Thema 'Wirkungssteigerung der Strahlentherapie maligner Tumoren', die anläßlich der 600-Jahrfeier der Universität Heidelberg im Rahmen eines von der Universitäts-Strahlenklinik veranstalteten Symposiums vorgestellt wurden. Internationale Experten behandeln in ihren Vorträgen biologische und klinische Aspekte der Strahlentherapie und stellen neue Verfahren, wie die stereotaktische Einzeittherapie und die Therapie mit Protonen und Neutronen vor. Die Bedeutung eingeführter Verfahren, wie Hyperthermie und Afterloading-Therapie wird ebenfalls dargelegt. Das Buch bietet eine Zusammenfassung der derzeit neuen strahlentherapeutischen Behandlungsmöglichkeiten maligner Tumoren.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 436 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant . Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessary reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. This support was crucial to the completion of this project, and we are grateful for it. As is usually the case when doing academic research, we are also indebted to a number of individuals. Robert Gillingham, John Greenlees, Jack Triplett, and Paul Harte-Chen freely gave of their time to share their ideas concerning income-based cost of living indices. Seminar participants at the BLS, the University of Karlsruhe, and Tilburg University provided insightful comments on preliminary portions of the manuscript. Bill Stober provided encouragement, and Desmond Lo and Albert Tsui read parts of the manuscript. We owe a special thanks to Bert Balk for providing detailed handwritten comments on a preliminary draft. Evelyn Buchanan and Audrey Abel did an excellent job of typing and retyping numerous drafts of the manuscript. Finally, a very warm thanks to our wives, for enduring. 132 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -'The chemical laboratory is actually not a dangerous place to work in, but it demands a reasonable prudence on the part of the experimenters and instructers, to keep it a safe place. Emphasis must be positive, indicating the proper, correct and safe procedure to be followed in all laboratory operations or when confron ted with an emergency situation. Too heavy stress upon the horrors associated with laboratory accidents or graphic descriptions of gory injuries or nasty fires should be avoided. Frightened, timid students are more likely to have accidents than the confident laboratory man who works with due regard to safety. ' This statement, written by 1. R. Young (1) in 1971, in The Journal of Chemical Education, applies not only to students working in the chemical laboratory but can be extended to all scientists and technicians working with hazardous products, and in particular with chemical carcinogens. The hazards of handling toxic or dangerous chem icals have been well documented. Besides safety notices and articles in the scientific literature, a large number of books have been dedicated to this subject, among which can be cited Safety and Accident Prevention in Chemical Operations (2), Handbook of Laboratory Safety (3), Hazards in the Chemical Laboratory (4), 1 Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards (5), Safety in Working with Chemicals (6) and Prudent Practices for Handling Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories (7). 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A. GENERAL REMARKS During the last century, probabilistic methods for design and analysis of engineering systems have assumed a prominent place as an engineering tool. No longer do engineers naively believe that all problems can be analyzed with deterministic methods; but rather, it has been recognized that, due to unc- tainties in the model and the excitation, it may only be possible to describe the state of a system in terms of some random measure. Thus, with the need to address safety and design issues adequately and simultaneously to minimize the cost of a system, much attention has been given to the development of probabilistic criteria which can be applied in a systematic manner [l]t. These techniques allow for uncertainties in the parameters of the model as well as for uncertainties in both the static and dynamic loadings to be considered and therefore give a better measure of the reliability of a system. Widespread application of probabilistic methods can be found in disciplines ranging from civil, mechanical and electrical engineering to biology, economics and political science. 160 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -InhaltsangabeNewer Anaesthesiological Techniques and Drugs: Progress or Fallacy .- How Do Volatile Agents Produce Anesthesia .- Pharmacokinetics of Volatile Agents - Isoflurane.- Pharmacokinetic Profile of Isoflurane in Children.- Metabolism of Isoflurane.- Toxicity of Repeat Isoflurane A Preliminary Report.- Isoflurane and Renal Function.- Isoflurane During Prolonged Anaesthesia with Special Reference to Liver Function.- Effects of Isoflurane on Liver Function.- Isoflurane in Prolonged and Repeated Anaesthesia.- Interactions of Volatile Anesthetics and Other Drugs Used in Clinical Practice.- Isoflurane and Calcium Channel Blockers.- Isoflurane and Beta-Adrenergic Antagonists.- Isoflurane and Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs.- Influence of Isoflurane on Muscle Relaxation with Vecuronium in Clinical Anesthesia.- Isoflurane in Neurosurgical Patients: Are There Advantages .- Changes in Regional (Local) Cerebral Blood Flow During Isoflurane-induced Hypotension.- Cerebrovascular and Metabolic Effects of Isoflurane and Halothane: A Preliminary Report.- Isoflurane for Carotid Endarterectomy.- Cerebral Blood Flow with 1% Isoflurane.- Experience with Isoflurane Anesthesia in Neurosurgery.- Influences of Isoflurane on the Electroencephalogram.- The Use of Isoflurane to Induce Deliberate Hypotension.- Effect of Volatile Agents on Myocardial Function and Coronary Blood Flow: Normal and Compromised Myocardium.- Influence of Isoflurane on Coronary Blood Flow in the Ischemic Myocardium.- Blood Flow in Organs During Isoflurane Anesthesia.- Evaluation of the Potential of Isoflurane vs Dipyridamole to Aggravate Myocardial Ischemia by Causing Coronary Vasodilatation.- Isoflurane: Effects on Ejection Fraction and on Coronary Bypass Flow.- Circulatory Effects of Enflurane and Isoflurane During Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass.- Hemodynamic Effects and Role of Isoflurane in Open Heart Surgery.- Cardiodynamic Changes Under Isoflurane with or Without Nifedipine Pretreatment.- Hemodynamic Monitoring in Patients Undergoing Abdominal Aortic Aneurismectomy During Anesthesia with Isoflurane, Halothane, or Enflurane.- Isoflurane vs Enflurane - Effects on Cardiac Performance and Oxygen Transport During Aortic Reconstructive Surgery.- Isoflurane in Patients with Ischaemic Heart Disease.- Isoflurane and Myocardial Ischemia.- Use of Isoflurane in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: Are There Benefits .- Panel Discussion: Isoflurane in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.- Isoflurane in Patients with Pheochromocytoma - A Multicenter Study.- Plasma Levels of Stress Hormones Under Isoflurane Anaesthesia in Comparison to Other Anaesthetic Techniques.- Isoflurane in Obstetric Anesthesia.- Clinical Investigation into the Use of Isoflurane in Caesarean Section.- Isoflurane in Paediatric Anaesthesia.- Isoflurane in Paediatric Anesthesia.- Induction and Recovery of Isoflurane and Halothane Anaesthesia in Infants.- Clinical Experience with Isoflurane Anaesthesia in 1200 Patients Undergoing Paediatric Surgery.- Influence of Isoflurane, Enflurane and Halothane on Serum Myoglobin Concentration After Succinylcholine Administration - A Comparison in Children.- Isoflurane and Malignant Hyperthermia.- Isoflurane for Patients with Respiratory Diseases.- Effect of Isoflurane and Halothane on the Endocrine System.- Value of Low-Flow Systems for Isoflurane Anaesthesia.- Minimal Flow Anaesthesia with Isoflurane.- Inhalation Anesthesia: Today and Tomorrow. 356 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Presented at the Workshop on the Origin and Furure of Social Security Schemes, Berlin, December 13 - 14, 1984Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 240 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -These notes arose from a series of lectures first presented at the Scuola Interna zionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste in July 1980 and then, in an extended form, at the Universities of Sofia (1980-81) and Bielefeld (1981). Their objective has been two-fold. First, to introduce theorists with some background in group representations to the notion of twistors with an emphasis on their conformal properties; a short guide to the literature on the subject is designed to compensate in part for the imcompleteness and the one-sidedness of our review. Secondly, we present a systematic study of po sitive energy conformal orbits in terms of twistor flag manifolds. They are interpre ted as cl assi ca 1 phase spaces of 'conformal parti cl es'; a characteri sti c property of such particles is the dilation invariance of their mass spectrum which, there~ fore, consists either of the point zero or of the infinite interval 222 oSpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -'The chemical laboratory is actually not a dangerous place to work in, but it demands a reasonable prudence on the part of the experimenters and instructers, to keep it a safe place. Emphasis must be positive, indicating the proper, correct and safe procedure to be followed in all laboratory operations or when confron ted with an emergency situation. Too heavy stress upon the horrors associated with laboratory accidents or graphic descriptions of gory injuries or nasty fires should be avoided. Frightened, timid students are more likely to have accidents than the confident laboratory man who works with due regard to safety. ' This statement, written by 1. R. Young (1) in 1971, in The Journal of Chemical Education, applies not only to students working in the chemical laboratory but can be extended to all scientists and technicians working with hazardous products, and in particular with chemical carcinogens. The hazards of handling toxic or dangerous chem icals have been well documented. Besides safety notices and articles in the scientific literature, a large number of books have been dedicated to this subject, among which can be cited Safety and Accident Prevention in Chemical Operations (2), Handbook of Laboratory Safety (3), Hazards in the Chemical Laboratory (4), 1 Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards (5), Safety in Working with Chemicals (6) and Prudent Practices for Handling Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories (7).Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -InhaltsangabeNewer Anaesthesiological Techniques and Drugs: Progress or Fallacy .- How Do Volatile Agents Produce Anesthesia .- Pharmacokinetics of Volatile Agents - Isoflurane.- Pharmacokinetic Profile of Isoflurane in Children.- Metabolism of Isoflurane.- Toxicity of Repeat Isoflurane A Preliminary Report.- Isoflurane and Renal Function.- Isoflurane During Prolonged Anaesthesia with Special Reference to Liver Function.- Effects of Isoflurane on Liver Function.- Isoflurane in Prolonged and Repeated Anaesthesia.- Interactions of Volatile Anesthetics and Other Drugs Used in Clinical Practice.- Isoflurane and Calcium Channel Blockers.- Isoflurane and Beta-Adrenergic Antagonists.- Isoflurane and Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs.- Influence of Isoflurane on Muscle Relaxation with Vecuronium in Clinical Anesthesia.- Isoflurane in Neurosurgical Patients: Are There Advantages .- Changes in Regional (Local) Cerebral Blood Flow During Isoflurane-induced Hypotension.- Cerebrovascular and Metabolic Effects of Isoflurane and Halothane: A Preliminary Report.- Isoflurane for Carotid Endarterectomy.- Cerebral Blood Flow with 1% Isoflurane.- Experience with Isoflurane Anesthesia in Neurosurgery.- Influences of Isoflurane on the Electroencephalogram.- The Use of Isoflurane to Induce Deliberate Hypotension.- Effect of Volatile Agents on Myocardial Function and Coronary Blood Flow: Normal and Compromised Myocardium.- Influence of Isoflurane on Coronary Blood Flow in the Ischemic Myocardium.- Blood Flow in Organs During Isoflurane Anesthesia.- Evaluation of the Potential of Isoflurane vs Dipyridamole to Aggravate Myocardial Ischemia by Causing Coronary Vasodilatation.- Isoflurane: Effects on Ejection Fraction and on Coronary Bypass Flow.- Circulatory Effects of Enflurane and Isoflurane During Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass.- Hemodynamic Effects and Role of Isoflurane in Open Heart Surgery.- Cardiodynamic Changes Under Isoflurane with or Without Nifedipine Pretreatment.- Hemodynamic Monitoring in Patients Undergoing Abdominal Aortic Aneurismectomy During Anesthesia with Isoflurane, Halothane, or Enflurane.- Isoflurane vs Enflurane - Effects on Cardiac Performance and Oxygen Transport During Aortic Reconstructive Surgery.- Isoflurane in Patients with Ischaemic Heart Disease.- Isoflurane and Myocardial Ischemia.- Use of Isoflurane in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: Are There Benefits .- Panel Discussion: Isoflurane in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.- Isoflurane in Patients with Pheochromocytoma - A Multicenter Study.- Plasma Levels of Stress Hormones Under Isoflurane Anaesthesia in Comparison to Other Anaesthetic Techniques.- Isoflurane in Obstetric Anesthesia.- Clinical Investigation into the Use of Isoflurane in Caesarean Section.- Isoflurane in Paediatric Anaesthesia.- Isoflurane in Paediatric Anesthesia.- Induction and Recovery of Isoflurane and Halothane Anaesthesia in Infants.- Clinical Experience with Isoflurane Anaesthesia in 1200 Patients Undergoing Paediatric Surgery.- Influence of Isoflurane, Enflurane and Halothane on Serum Myoglobin Concentration After Succinylcholine Administration - A Comparison in Children.- Isoflurane and Malignant Hyperthermia.- Isoflurane for Patients with Respiratory Diseases.- Effect of Isoflurane and Halothane on the Endocrine System.- Value of Low-Flow Systems for Isoflurane Anaesthesia.- Minimal Flow Anaesthesia with Isoflurane.- Inhalation Anesthesia: Today and Tomorrow.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 356 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -A. GENERAL REMARKS During the last century, probabilistic methods for design and analysis of engineering systems have assumed a prominent place as an engineering tool. No longer do engineers naively believe that all problems can be analyzed with deterministic methods; but rather, it has been recognized that, due to unc- tainties in the model and the excitation, it may only be possible to describe the state of a system in terms of some random measure. Thus, with the need to address safety and design issues adequately and simultaneously to minimize the cost of a system, much attention has been given to the development of probabilistic criteria which can be applied in a systematic manner [l]t. These techniques allow for uncertainties in the parameters of the model as well as for uncertainties in both the static and dynamic loadings to be considered and therefore give a better measure of the reliability of a system. Widespread application of probabilistic methods can be found in disciplines ranging from civil, mechanical and electrical engineering to biology, economics and political science.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 160 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -These notes on the use of one particular form of the time-dependent rate constant to describe the reaction patterns in condensed media have been put together primarily to encourage chemists to try and accept this new way of experimental data treatment. A number of applications is shown and interpretative aspects are discussed. Emphasized are the problems that need to be currently solved. Some of them are also of current interest in condensed phase physics from which the chemical kinetics benefits a great deal. It was inevitable that the choice of subject matter from both rapidly expanding fields and its form of pre sentation reflect to some extent the author's own interests and some important topics are treated briefly or even omitted. Fully recognizing this, I would like to acknowledge with gratitude the contributions to the subject of all my coworkers in the Laboratories of Lodz, Detroit Mi, MUlheim/Ruhr, and Houston Tx, and of those who helped me in preparing this text. Dr. Wlodzi~ierz Lefik and my son WojciecQ recalculated most of the experimental results, Mrs. Aleksandra Karczewska redrew all the figures. Special thanks go to my wife Ewa for her invaluable assistance in all works and for the final form of the text. AP Lodz, February 1986 CONTENTS 1. Introduction 1 2. Reaction kinetics of species trapped in glassy matrices 6 Excess electrons (6): Post-irradiated decay (6). Spectral relaxation (11). Photostimulated decay (15). Photostimu lated conversion into trapped hydrogen atoms (17). Radio luminescence kinetics (21).Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 164 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The classical theory of partial differential equations is rooted in physics, where equations (are assumed to) describe the laws of nature. Law abiding functions, which satisfy such an equation, are very rare in the space of all admissible functions (regardless of a particular topology in a function space). Moreover, some additional (like initial or boundary) conditions often insure the uniqueness of solutions. The existence of these is usually established with some apriori estimates which locate a possible solution in a given function space. We deal in this book with a completely different class of partial differential equations (and more general relations) which arise in differential geometry rather than in physics. Our equations are, for the most part, undetermined (or, at least, behave like those) and their solutions are rather dense in spaces of functions. We solve and classify solutions of these equations by means of direct (and not so direct) geometric constructions. Our exposition is elementary and the proofs of the basic results are selfcontained. However, there is a number of examples and exercises (of variable difficulty), where the treatment of a particular equation requires a certain knowledge of pertinent facts in the surrounding field. The techniques we employ, though quite general, do not cover all geometrically interesting equations. The border of the unexplored territory is marked by a number of open questions throughout the book. 382 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The classical theory of partial differential equations is rooted in physics, where equations (are assumed to) describe the laws of nature. Law abiding functions, which satisfy such an equation, are very rare in the space of all admissible functions (regardless of a particular topology in a function space). Moreover, some additional (like initial or boundary) conditions often insure the uniqueness of solutions. The existence of these is usually established with some apriori estimates which locate a possible solution in a given function space. We deal in this book with a completely different class of partial differential equations (and more general relations) which arise in differential geometry rather than in physics. Our equations are, for the most part, undetermined (or, at least, behave like those) and their solutions are rather dense in spaces of functions. We solve and classify solutions of these equations by means of direct (and not so direct) geometric constructions. Our exposition is elementary and the proofs of the basic results are selfcontained. However, there is a number of examples and exercises (of variable difficulty), where the treatment of a particular equation requires a certain knowledge of pertinent facts in the surrounding field. The techniques we employ, though quite general, do not cover all geometrically interesting equations. The border of the unexplored territory is marked by a number of open questions throughout the book.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 382 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Das Wirtschaftsrecht kann sich zu einer selbständigen Disziplin der Rechtswis senschaften entwickeln, wenn es seine eigene Methode festigt und anwendet, eine Methode, die angesichts der großen Normenmassen des die Wirtschaft betreffenden Rechts lehrt, nicht nur zu sehen, sondern zu erkennen, nicht nur zu hören, sondern zu verstehen. Es gelangt dann zu Aussagen, die über die Einzeldisziplinen des Unternehmens- und Konzernrechts, des Geld- und Kre ditrechts, des Marktrechts sowie des Wirtschaftsrechts des Staats und der Gemeinschaft hinausführen, wenn es das wirtschaftsbezogene Recht in seinem Zusammenwirken mit den Medien des Wirtschaftens beobachtet und erklärt. Der Leser muß sich daher in die wirtschaftsrechtliche Sicht einüben (3) und sie in den Einzelbereichen des besonderen Wirtschaftsrechts erproben. Das vorliegende Buch geht auf meine erste wirtschaftsrechtliche Vorlesung (1975) zurück. Die damals skizzierten Gedanken haben sich in der anschließen den Lehrtätigkeit an der Universität Heidelberg weiter entwickelt. Mein Dank gilt daher neben den zahlreichen Wissenschaftlern, auf deren Arbeit ich auf bauen konnte, den Studenten für ihre Aufnahmebereitschaft und ihr Verste hen. Für sie ist dieses Buch in erster Linie bestimmt. Die Studienausgabe soll ihnen Erwerb und Aneignung erleichtern. 344 pp. Deutsch.