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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book contains papers presented at a conference held in Vimeiro, Por tugal, on March 23 and 24, 1991. The purpose of this conference was to discuss several aspects of the portuguese economy, namely issues and prob lems related with the european integration of 1992. The sponsorship has been provided by the Junta N acional de Investiga~iio Cientifica e Tecno logica, the portuguese science and technology foundation, as well as by the Banco de Portugal, the central bank. The first paper, by Horta Correia, Cesar das Neves and Rebelo repre sents an attempt to characterize and to analyze the main features of the portuguese business cycles. Making use of the real business cycle method ology, the authors contrast the properties of the portuguese empirical regu larities with those of other OEeD countries and conclude that the economic fluctuations in Portugal seem much more severe. On the other hand, the rel ative volatility of the various series analyzed, as well as their co-movement and serial correlation properties, are of the same order of those in other DECD countries. Horta Correia, Cesar das Neves and Rebelo evaluate the properties of the portuguese time series in light of the predictions of two dynamic general equilibrium models: a closed economy model and a model of a small open economy. Surprisingly, their closed economy model provides a good fit for the portuguese fluctuations, while the small open economy model predicts unplausibly low volatilities for both aggregate consumption and the trade balance.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Photophysics: The Nature of the Light Field in Biological Media B.C. Wilson. Photochemistry: Quantum Yield of a Photochemical Reaction; R.H. Potter, et al. Photosensitization: Photosensitization: Reaction Pathways; J.E. van Lier. Photosynthesis: Near Infra-Red Flash Absorption: A Tool for Studying Photosynthesis; P. Mathis, et al. UV Effects: Response to Ultraviolet Radiation in a Simple Eukaryote; (Yeast): Genetic Control and Biological Consequences; D. Averbeck, et al. Environmental Photobiology: Isolation and Biological Consequences of Plant Derived Phototoxins; J.T. Arnason, et al. Vision: Visual Pigments: Absorbance Spectra and Photoproducts; J.K. Bowmaker. Photomorphogenesis: Photomorphogenesis Responses to UV Light: Involvement of Phytochrome and Photoreceptors; B. Lercari. Photomovement: Photomovement; W. Nultsch, et al. Bioluminescence: Bioluminescence: Biochemistry for Fun and Profit; J. Lee. Photomedicine: Photomedicine: Photodermatology B. Johnson. Other Experiments: Experiments Reprinted from The Science of Photobiology, First Edition; K.C. Smith. Appendix: Units of Measure and Conversion Factors. 62 additional articles. Index.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Individual and Society's Institutions (N.M. Szajnberg). Psychoanalysis and the Classroom (B. Cohler, R. GalatzerLevy). A History of Milieu in the Residential Treatment of Children and Youth (J. Noshpitz). Orthodoxy and Heresy in the History of Psychoanalysis (E. Frattaroli). Bettelheim's Contribution to Anthropology (R. Paul). From the Orthogenic School to the Reservation (R. Bergman). Secrecy and Privacy in a Psychodynamic Milieu (N.M. Szajnberg). Index. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Session I: Breastfeeding and Maternal-Neonatal Interactions. Epidemiological Aspects of Breastfeeding.- Characteristics of Human Milk Antibodies and Their Effect in Relation to the Epidemiology of Breastfeeding and Infections in a Developing Country.- T Cell Development in the Fetus and Neonate.- Growth Factors and the Development of Neonatal Host Defense.- Session II: Development of the Neonatal Immune System.- Amniotic Fluid: The First Feeding of Mucosal Immune Factors.- Ontogeny of the Secretory IgA System in Humans.- IgA-Secreting Cells in the Blood of Premature and Term Infants: Normal Development and Effect of Intrauterine Infections.- Development of T Cells with Memory Phenotype in Infancy.- The Effect of Human Milk, Protein-Fortified Human Milk and Formula on Immunologic Factors of Newborn Infants.- Ontogeny of the Mucosal Immune Response in Children.- Session III: Function of Cytokines in the Development of the Immune System.- Are Cytokines in Human Milk .- The Developing Gastrointestinal Tract and Milk-Borne Epidermal Growth Factor.- Growth Factor Signal Transduction in Human Intestinal Cells.- Role of IL-6 in Human Antigen-Specific and Polyclonal IgA Responses.- Immunological Properties and Differentiation Potential of Human Colostral Lymphocytes of B Cell Lineage.- Session IV: Innate Immune Factors.- The Effects of Colostrum on Neutrophil Function: Decreased Deformability with Increased Cytoskeleton-Associated Actin.- Peroxidases in Human Milk.- Lactoferrin Binding to Its Intestinal Receptor.- Free Fatty Acids and Monoglycerides: Anti-Infective Agents Produced During the Digestion of Milk Fat by the Newborn.- The Role of Milk-Derived Antimicrobial Lipids as Antiviral and Antibacterial Agents.- Anti-Adhesive Molecules in Human Milk.- The Effect of Human Milk on the Adherence of Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli to Rabbit Intestinal Cells.- Session V: Specific Immune Factors.- Identification and Use of Protective Monoclonal IgA Antibodies Against Viral and Bacterial Pathogens.- Production and Use of Monoclonal IgA Antibodies Complexed with Recombinant Secretory Component for Passive Mucosal Protection.- Epithelial Transport of IgA Immune Complexes.- Association of Human Milk SIgA Antibodies with Maternal Intestinal Exposure to Microbial Antigens.- Serum and Breast Milk Antibodies to Food Antigens In African Mothers And Relation To Their Diet.- Modulation of the Immune Response by Maternal Antibody.- Maternal Determinants of Neonatal Immune Response: Effect of Anti-Idiotype in the Neonate.- Immunoglobulin G Subclasses in Human Colostrum and Milk.- Secretory Defenses Against Giardia Lamblia.- Session VI: Antiviral Immunity.- Epidemiological Perspective of Breastfeeding and Acute Respiratory Illnesses in Infants.- Serotypes of Rotavirus That Infect Infants Symptomatically and Asymptomatically.- Immune Response to Rotavirus Vaccines Among Breast-FED and Nonbreast-FED Children.- Recent Advances in Development of a Rotavirus Vaccine for Prevention of Severe Diarrheal Illness of Infants and Young Chiuldren.- Rotavirus Specific Breast Milk Antibody in Two Populations and Possible Correlates of Protection.- Human Milk and HIV Infection: Epidermiologic and Laboratory Data.- Characterization of a Human Milk Factor That Inhibits Binding of HIV GP120 to Its CD4 Receptor.- Breast Milk Transmission of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection.- Antibody Responses to Cytomegalovirus in Serum and Milk of Newly Delivered Mothers.- Protection of Neonatal Mice from Fatal Reovirus Infection by Immune Serum and Gut Derived Lymphocytes.- Passive Immune Protection from Diarrhea Caused by Rotavirus or E. Coli: an Animal Model to Demonstrate and Quantitate Efficacy.- Session VII: Antibacterial Immunity.- The Antibody Response in Infants after Colonization of the Intestine with E. Coli O83. Artificial Colonization Used as a Prevention Against Nosocomial Infections.- Antibodies to Streptococci Pneumoniae in Sera and Secretions of Mothers and Their Infants.- T.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The dramatic decrease in the incidence of stomach cancer in industrialized countries during the past 50 years, which is yet to be fully explained, and the observation that carcinogenesis in laboratory animals can be inhibited by antioxidants, retinoids, and caloric restriction, among other influences, challenge us to press on in the search for practical means to prevent cancer. It is in relation to this goal that the studies summarized in this book have special significance. This book is based on the invited and contributed papers presented at the Third Internationai Conference on Anticarcinogenesis and Radiation Protection, held on October 15-21, 1989, in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. They cover a broad range of investigations into the mechanisms and inhibition of carcinogenesis. In keeping with recent advances in our understanding of the importance of oncogenes and tumor-suppressor genes in carcinogenesis, many of the reports focus on mutations and related changes at the level of DNA. At the same time, however, other reports deal with nutritional, immunological, endocrinological, and epidemiological aspects. In all, the various reports address carcinogenesis and its inhibition at virtually every level of biological organization. Included in this compendium are timely reviews of diverse and promising research strategies for cancer prevention, as pursued by investigators in different parts of the world. The Organizers of the Conference are grateful to the many scientists who have contributed to the volume, as well as to the sponsors of the Conference, without whose generous support this book would not have been possible.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In the eight years since the first edition of this book several marvelous technical advances have become available clinically for the care of patients with 'failed back syndromes. ' High resolution MRI scans, three dimension al CT scans, and percutaneous discectomy are notable technological ad vances. Overall, however, the problem of 'the failed back' remains as complex and poorly understood as ever. A discouraging amount of what we claim to be our knowledge of the pathophysiology and appropriate therapy for the complex of disorders that constitute the failed back syndrome re mains unvalidated by careful scientific study. 1 The discussions of patho physiology, diagnosis, and therapy put forth in the first edition for the most part remain equally as valid or as controversial as they were eight years ago. The first edition was well received by numerous physicians and other health care givers from a variety of disciplines and through them the book seems to have contributed usefully to many of those who suffer the unpleasant mal adies of 'the failed back. ' I hope this second edition will likewise prove to be a positive contribution. The timing of the publication of this second edition is significant in several ways in the context of the current medicolegal climate in the United States.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Neural Network Parallel Computing is the first book available to the professional market on neural network computing for optimization problems. This introductory book is not only for the novice reader, but for experts in a variety of areas including parallel computing, neural network computing, computer science, communications, graph theory, computer aided design for VLSI circuits, molecular biology, management science, and operations research. The goal of the book is to facilitate an understanding as to the uses of neural network models in real-world applications. Neural Network Parallel Computing presents a major breakthrough in science and a variety of engineering fields. The computational power of neural network computing is demonstrated by solving numerous problems such as N-queen, crossbar switch scheduling, four-coloring and k-colorability, graph planarization and channel routing, RNA secondary structure prediction, knight's tour, spare allocation, sorting and searching, and tiling. Neural Network Parallel Computing is an excellent reference for researchers in all areas covered by the book. Furthermore, the text may be used in a senior or graduate level course on the topic.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In an attempt to clarify the situation regarding the diagnosis, pathogenesis and therapeutics of cardiovascular dysfunction in diabetes, an International Symposium on Diabetic Heart was held in Tokyo, Japan during October, 1989. Thirty-two selected articles from the poster presentations, compiled in this book, have been grouped in four sections, namely (a) Evaluation of Cardiovascular Problems, (b) Interactions of Diabetes and Hypertension, (c) Pathophysiological Aspects of Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Diabetes, and (d) Pharmacological and Therapeutic Aspects of Diabetic Heart. It is hoped that the contents of these chapters will provide adequate information regarding the current status of cardiovascular abnormalities in diabetes and this book will be of great interest to both clinical and experimental cardiologists as well as endocrinologists interested in diabetes.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Emerging Targets in Antibacterial and Antifungal Chemotherapy offers constructive ideas to researchers that could lead to the discovery of entirely new classes of drugs. The authors emphasize new topics rather than review work on known antibacterials and antifungals, and identify new targets--either the rate-limiting component of a biochemical pathway or a component of the pathway that is susceptible to a ``screening'' or ``rational drug design'' approach. Each chapter reviews the biochemical pathway and its place in the cellular scheme in order to place the target in perspective. The authors, a mixture of academic researchers and drug-discovery investigators in pharmaceutical companies, also extend these theoretical concerns into practical applications and suggest useful screening methodologies. The importance of this subject area is demonstrated by the increasing number of papers in the literature that point to potential targets and screening methodologies for new antibacterials. This book also deals with antifungals, investigating the inherent limitations in existing antifungals (many of which are extremely toxic or have only limited efficacy), and pointing to major developments in the discovery of novel antifungals. Emerging Targets in Antibacterial and Antifungal Chemotherapy will be of interest to professional microbiologists, biochemists, and cell biologists in both academic and industrial laboratories. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Advances in natural product chemistry have led to a large number of drugs, both derived from medicinal plants, marine plants, and animals, and created as synthetic analogues of these sources. This ground-breaking, comprehensive volume presents the latest data on the 13C-NMR of monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The main aim of this paper is to present some new and general results, ap plicable to the the equations of two phase flow, as formulated in geothermal reservoir engineering. Two phase regions are important in many geothermal reservoirs, especially at depths of order several hundred metres, where ris ing, essentially isothermal single phase liquid first begins to boil. The fluid then continues to rise, with its temperature and pressure closely following the saturation (boiling) curve appropriate to the fluid composition. Perhaps the two most interesting theoretical aspects of the (idealised) two phase flow equations in geothermal reservoir engineering are that firstly, only one component (water) is involved; and secondly, that the densities of the two phases are so different. This has led to the approximation of ignoring capillary pressure. The main aim of this paper is to analyse some of the consequences of this assumption, especially in relation to saturation changes within a uniform porous medium. A general analytic treatment of three dimensional flow is considered. Pre viously, three dimensional modelling in geothermal reservoirs have relied on numerical simulators. In contrast, most of the past analytic work has been restricted to one dimensional examples.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This handbook was designed as a reference tool for forest geneticists, tree breeders and other tree improvement personnel, as well as a textbook for university courses and short-courses at the graduate level in quantitative genetics. The chapters focus on the decision points faced by quantitative geneticists and breeders in designing programs and analyzing data. Beginning with a justification for the use of quantitative genetics in decision making in tree improvement programs, the book continues with a brief presentation of fundamental principles, followed by discussions and evaluations of mating designs and field test designs, the use of best linear predictors to estimate breeding values, the use of computer programs in the analysis of variance for genetic information, the deployment of genetically improved stock for capturing gains, the use of economic models for program justification, and the development of seed transfer guidelines.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Entropy inequalities, correlation functions, couplingsbetween stochastic processes are powerful techniques whichhave been extensively used to give arigorous foundation tothe theory of complex, many component systems and to itsmany applications in a variety of fields as physics,biology, population dynamics, economics, .The purpose of the book is to make theseand othermathematical methods accessible to readers with a limitedbackground in probability and physics by examining in detaila few models where the techniques emerge clearly, whileextra difficulties arekept to a minimum.Lanford's method and its extension to the hierarchy ofequations for the truncated correlation functions, thev-functions, are presented and applied to prove the validityof macroscopic equations forstochastic particle systemswhich are perturbations of the independent and of thesymmetric simple exclusion processes. Entropy inequalitiesare discussed in the frame of the Guo-Papanicolaou-Varadhantechnique and of theKipnis-Olla-Varadhan super exponentialestimates, with reference to zero-range models. Discretevelocity Boltzmann equations, reaction diffusionequations and non linear parabolic equations are considered,as limits of particles models. Phase separation phenomenaare discussed in the context of Glauber+Kawasaki evolutionsand reaction diffusion equations. Although the emphasis isonthe mathematical aspects, the physical motivations areexplained through theanalysis of the single models, withoutattempting, however to survey the entire subject ofhydrodynamical limits. 208 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Part of a series of literature guides designed for GCSE coursework requirements, this book contains - author details, background to the work, summaries of the text, critical commentaries, analysis of characterization, and sample questions with guideline answers. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Part of a series of literature guides designed for GCSE coursework requirements, this book contains author details, background to the work, summaries of the text, critical commentaries, analysis of characterization, and sample questions with guideline answers. 62 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A study of how industrial policy and targeting accelerated Japanese economic development and affected the rest of the world. This book considers who targeted industries, how they were chosen and what techniques were used to support them. It examines both theory and practice of targeting. 286 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In this accessible yet authoritative book, the author explains the argument and strategy of Kant's analysis of beauty. He clarifies the nature of aesthetic claims, examines the scope of Kant's justification of their validity, and shows how these lead Kant to investigate the relationship between beautiful objects, morality, and subjects. In the course of his discussion, the author links Kant's theory to contemporary commentaries, including those by Donald Crawford, Jacques Derrida, Paul Guyer, Rudolph Makkreel, Mary McCloskey, and Kenneth Rogerson. 197 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The de-escalation of a nuclear crisis is one of the major issues facing humankind. This book examines how nations in crises might successfully move back from the brink of nuclear war and how confidence-building measures might help and hinder the de-escalatory process. 249 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The ultimate goal of all 3D graphics systems is to render 3Dobjects on a two-dimensional surface such as plotter outputor a workstation screen. The approach adopted by mostgraphics systems is to perform a central or parallelprojection of the objects onto the view surface. Thesesystems have to make use of the mathematical results ofprojective geometry.This monograph has as its aim the derivation of a frameworkfor analyzing the behavior of projective transformations ingraphics systems. It is shown that a mathematically precisedescription of the projective geometrical nature of agraphics system leads not only to a deeper understanding ofthe system but also to new approaches which result in fasteror more precise algorithms.A further aim of the book is to show the importance ofadvanced mathematics for computer science. Many problemsbecome easier to describe or to solve when the appropriatemathematical tools are used. The author demonstrates thatprojective geometry has a major role to play in computergraphics. 164 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The concept of process is often used but seldom discussed. In this book the author looks at how a process differs from a series of events, facts or even just things changing. She claims causation is best seen in terms of processes and subsequently examines various aspects of this subject. 137 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A collection of interviews that reflects the changing face of the Ukraine, the second largest Soviet republic. The interviews demonstrate the transformation the Ukraine has gone through since the early stages of perestroika. 174 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The conference was devoted to the discussion of present andfuture techniques in medical imaging, including 3D x-ray CT,ultrasound and diffraction tomography, and biomagnetic ima-ging. The mathematical models, their theoretical aspects andthe development of algorithms were treated. The proceedingscontains surveys on reconstruction in inverse obstacle scat-tering, inversion in 3D, and constrained least squares pro-blems.Research papers include besides the mentioned imagingtechniques presentations on image reconstruction in Hilbertspaces, singular value decompositions, 3D cone beam recon-struction, diffuse tomography, regularization of ill-posedproblems, evaluation reconstruction algorithms and applica-tions in non-medical fields.Contents: Theoretical Aspects:J.Boman: Helgason' s support theorem for Radon transforms-anewproof and a generalization -P.Maass: Singular value de-compositions for Radon transforms- W.R.Madych: Image recon-struction in Hilbert space -R.G.Mukhometov: A problem of in-tegral geometry for a family of rays with multiple reflec-tions -V.P.Palamodov: Inversion formulas for the three-di-mensional ray transform - Medical Imaging Techniques:V.Friedrich: Backscattered Photons - are they useful for asurface - near tomography - P.Grangeat: Mathematical frame-work of cone beam 3D reconstruction via the first derivativeof the Radon transform -P.Grassin,B.Duchene,W.Tabbara: Dif-fraction tomography: some applications and extension to 3Dultrasound imaging -F.A.Gr}nbaum: Diffuse tomography: a re-fined model -R.Kress,A.Zinn: Three dimensional reconstruc-tions in inverse obstacle scattering -A.K.Louis: Mathemati-cal questions of a biomagnetic imaging problem - InverseProblems and Optimization: Y.Censor: On variable blockalgebraic reconstruction techniques -P.P.Eggermont: OnVolterra-Lotka differential equations and multiplicativealgorithms for monotone complementary problems 284 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This stimulating and original study is written for nurses, midwives, health visitors and others, such as teachers, social workers and managers engaged in 'caring'. It will interest a variety of students, not only of nursing, but also of women's studies and sociology.The research on which this book is based shows the importance of the charge nurse or ward sister in making emotional style in which it was given, and that nurses felt better able to care for patients and colleagues when their learning environment was emotionally supportive. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Analyzes the nature of power in the USSR and its evolution since the Bolshevik Revolution. The main thrust of this work, however, is in tracing the fragmentation of power since Gorbachev introduced his reforms and examining the changes in the power structure as a result of perestroika. 160 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware 269 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book explores the rich and complex relationship between Eastern Europe and the West in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Hans Henning Hahn, Robert Berry and Frank Thackeray elucidate Polish emigre diplomacy in the Partition years. Thomas Sakmyster reveals the British contribution to the establishment of the Horthy regime in Hungary. Peter Pastor chronicles the fate of the Hungarian community in wartime Britain, and Gyula Juhasz and Peter Hidas investigate the activities of Hungarian diplomats in the Second World War. Bernd Fischer looks at the role of British intelligence in Albania in the Second World War, while Osvaldo Croci investigates the diplomatic return of Trieste to Italy in 1953. Lech Trzeciakowski, John Kulczycki and Adam Walaszek discuss the experiences of Polish miners in Germany, German settlers in Poland and Polish returnees from the USA. Robert Blobaum reinterprets the Polish Marxists' policy towards the Polish question, and Richard Lewis reviews the fate of Polish historians under Marxism. Alan Foster analyzes the sympathy of The Times and the Beaverbrook Press for the Soviet Union in the interwar period, and Paul Latawski scrutinises the idiosyncratic views of Sir Lewis Namier on Poland and Czechoslovakia. 271 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware 251 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This charts the emergence of British writers who assimilated the experimentation of the modernists in a realist tradition, also crafting their own distinctive literary voice. The essays in this volume cover a broad range of authors including George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh. 209 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware 196 pp. Englisch.