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Author Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II

Title Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VII

Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Apress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Arts/Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Biomedicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Business/Economics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Computer Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Earth Sciences/Geography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Environmental Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

General Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Life Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Management/Business for Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Materials Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Physics/Astronomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Social Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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A

1 Athanasiou (Eds), Key Topics in Surgical

Research and Methodology

44 Abraham (Eds), Computational Social

Network Analysis (Communicat./Networks)

44 Albers (Eds), Efficient Algorithms (LNCS 5760)

51 Albertos/Mareels, Feedback and Control for

Everyone

44 Aldini (Eds), Foundations of Security Analysis

and Design V - FOSAD 2008/2009

(LNCS 5705)

36 Allen et al., Oracle SQL Recipes

51 Alonso et al., Geomechanics of Failures.

Advanced Topics

24 Alonso Rodriguez/Valli, Time-harmonic eddy

current problems (MS&A 4)

85 Ammann, Sorghum Biology

51 Annaratone, Engineering Heat Transfer

52 Ao (Eds), Intelligent Automation and

Computer Engineering (Lecture Notes in

Electrical Engineering 52)

52 Apikyan (Eds), Nuclear Power and Energy

Security (NATO Science B) <hard>

52 Apikyan (Eds), Nuclear Power and Energy

Security (NATO Science B) <soft>

52 Asay (Ed), Non-Shock Initiation of Explosives

53 Azad, Visual Perception for Manipulation and

Imitation in Humanoid Robots (COSMOS 4)

B

53 Bailey/Martin, ESL Models and their

Application (Embedded Systems)

53 Barbakh et al., Non-Standard Parameter

Adaptation for Exploratory Data Analysis

(SCI 249)

54 Barkalov/Titarenko, Logic Synthesis for FSM-

Based Control Units (LNEE 53)

101 Basedow (Eds), The Hamburg Lectures on

Maritime Affairs 2007 & 2008 (Maritime

Affairs 16)

85 Bationo (Eds), Innovations as Key to the

Green Revolution in Africa

16 Baumann (Ed), G-Quadruplex DNA (Methods

in Molecular Biology)

76 Bavykin/Walsh, Titanate and Titania Nano-

tubes (RSC Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology)

85 Becker (et al.), Mosquitoes and Their Control.

2nd ed.

68 Belloni (Ed), The Jet Paradigm

(LN Physics 9022)

107 Belur, Permission to Shoot?

16 Berezin (Ed), Structure and Function of the

Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule NCAM

(Advs. Exp. Med. Bio. 663)

24 Betounes, Differential Equations: Theory and

Applications <with CD-ROM> 2nd ed.

54 Bianchini (Eds), Innovations in Neural Infor-

mation Paradigms and Applications (SCI 247)

Author Index

93 Bischi et al., Nonlinear Oligopolies

1 Blair (Eds), Imaging of Gynecological Disor-

ders in Infants and Children (Med. Radiol.)

54 Bockhorn (Ed), Macro- and Micromixing

(Heat/Mass Transfer)

55 Bohlinger, Planning Traffic Management

86 Boller (Eds), Fodder Crops and Amenity

Grasses (Handbook of Plant Breeding 5)

16 Borea (Ed), A3 Adenosine Receptors from Cell

Biology to Pharmacology and Therapeutics

35 Boreux/Parent, Pratique du calcul bayésien

(Statistique et probabilités)

24 Borovik/Borovik, Mirrors and Reflections

(Universitext)

55 Bosio et al., Advanced Test Methods for

SRAMs

45 Bove (Eds), Language Engineering and

Rigourous Software Development - ALFA

Summer School 2008 (LNCS 5520)

Brian, Comment tremble la main invisible

1 Bronner (Eds), Bone and Development

(Topics in Bone Biology, Vol. 6)

2 Brugada (Ed), Clinical Approach to Sudden

Cardiac Death Syndromes

86 Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz (Ed),

Berichte der Nationalen Referenzlaboratorien

2008 (BVL-Reporte)

107 Butcher (Ed), Mexican Solidarity

C

25 Callegaro, Cohomology of Finite and Affine

Type Artin Groups over Abelian Representa-

tion (TSNS 13)

17 Campbell (Eds), Natural Killer Cell Protocols

(Methods in Molecular Biology) 2nd ed.

109 Canale (Eds), A Treatise of Legal Philosophy

and General Jurisprudence

77 Caneba, Free-Radical Retrograde-Precipita-

tion Polymerization (FRRPP)

93 Caroleo (Eds), The Labour Market Impact of

the EU Enlargement (AIEL Series in Labour

Economics)

86 Carugo (Eds), Data Mining Techniques for the

Life Sciences (Methods in Molecular Biology)

55 Chakraborty (Ed), Microfluidics and

Microfabrication

2 Chen (Ed), Illustrative Handbook of General

Surgery

2 Chen et al., Infectious Disease Informatics

(ISIS 21)

93 Cheng (Eds), Innovative Quick Response

Programs in Logistics and Supply Chain

Management (Information Systems)

56 Chiong (Eds), Natural Intelligence for Sched-

uling, Planning and Packing Problems

(SCI 250)

25 Chlouveraki, Blocks and Families for Cyclo-

tomic Hecke Algebras (LN Math 1981)

17 Cho (Ed), An Omics Perspective of Cancer

25 Chriss/Ginzburg, Representation Theory and

Complex Geometry (Modern Birkhäuser

Classics)

36 Coles/Luetkehoelter, Expert SQL Server 2008

Encryption

36 Collins, Beginning WF

80 Comiso, Polar Oceans from Space (Atmosph.

Oceanogr. Libr. 41)

26 Constanda (Eds), Integral Methods in Science

and Engineering, Volume 1

26 Constanda (Eds), Integral Methods in Science

and Engineering, Volume 2

17 Current Topics in Microbiology and

Immunology 340

37 Czernicki, Next-Generation Business Intel-

ligence Software with Silverlight 3

D

26 Dafermos, Hyberbolic Conservation Laws in

Continuum Physics (Grundl. math. Wiss. 325)

3rd ed.

3 Dancygier, Clinical Hepatology <Set>

37 Dannen, iPhone Design Award Winning

Projects

56 Daradoumis (Eds), Intelligent Collaborative e-

Learning Systems and Applications (SCI 246)

45 De Virgilio (Eds), Semantic Web Information

Management

3 Denaro, Pitfalls in Cervical Spine Surgery

87 Dessaux (Eds), Rhizosphere: Achievements

and Challenges

45 “Devedžic (Eds), Web 2.0 & Semantic

Web (Annals of Information Systems 6) “

27 Deza/Laurent, Geometry of Cuts

(Algorithms/Comb. 15)

48 Dragutan (Eds), Green Metathesis Chemistry

(NATO Science A) <hard>

48 Dragutan (Eds), Green Metathesis Chemistry

(NATO Science A) <soft>

Droz (Eds), Tumeurs malignes rares

18 Duan (Ed), Muscle Gene Therapy

27 Duistermaat/Kolk, Distributions

(Cornerstones)

68 Dvorak (Eds), Dynamics of the Small Bodies

of the Solar System and of the Exoplanets

(LN Physics 790)

E

105 Ehlers (Eds), Changing Cultures in Higher

Education

94 Eilenberger (Eds), Current Challenges for

Corporate Finance

3 Elzouki et al., Textbook of Clinical Pediatrics

<hard> <Set>

3 Elzouki et al., Textbook of Clinical Pediatrics.

2nd ed. <eRef>

3 Elzouki et al., Textbook of Clinical Pediatrics.

2nd ed. <print+eRef> <Set>

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F

94 Falkenreck, Reputation Transfer to Enter New

B-to-B Markets (Management Sc.)

82 Fatta-Kassinos (Eds), Xenobiotics in the

Urban Water Cycle (Envir. Pollution 16)

82 Filar/Haurie, Uncertainty and Environmental

Decision Making (ISORMS 138)

4 Fine (Eds), Minimally Invasive Ophthalmic

Surgery <with DVD>

68 Fitzgibbon (Eds), Applied and Numerical

Partial Differential Equations

(CM Appl. Sc. 15)

87 Fox (Ed), Drug-DNA Interaction Protocols

(Methods in Molecular Biology) 2nd ed.

56 Franco (Eds), Constructive Neural Networks

(SCI 258)

18 Freye, Pharmacology and Abuse of Cocaine,

Amphetamines, Ecstasy and Related

Designer Drugs

57 Fulde, Variation Aware Analog and Mixed-

Signal Circuit Design in Emerging Multi-Gate

CMOS Technologies (Spr. Ser. Adv.

Microelectr. 28)

G

27 Gadea/Munoz Masqué, Analysis and Algebra

on Differentiable Manifolds: A Workbook for

Students and Teachers

57 Gao/Yan, Wavelets

69 Garcia (Eds), Jets from Young Stars IV

(LN Physics 793)

82 George (Ed), The Impact of Climate Change

on European Lakes (Aquatic Ecology Series 4)

87 Gerencser (Ed), Epithelial Transport

Physiology

28 Giga et al., Nonlinear Partial Differential

Equations (PLNDE 79)

76 Gilat (Eds), Advances in Mathematical

Modeling and Experimental Methods for

Materials and Structures (Solid Mechan.

Appl. 1562)

57 Girard (Eds), Power-Aware Testing and Test

Strategies for Low Power Devices

18 Gordon-Salant (Eds), The Aging Auditory

System (Spr. Handb. Auditory Res. 34)

28 Gosson, Bopp Pseudo-Differential Operators

and Deformation Quantization (Pseudo-

Differential Operators 5)

58 Grabinski (Ed), Power HVMOS Devices

Compact Modeling

77 Grasser (Eds), Organic Electronics

(POLYMER 223)

83 Grasso, Justice in Finding Adaptation under

the International Climate Change Regime

109 Gratton, Infinite Regress Arguments

(Argumentation Library 17)

19 Greenwood (Eds), Managing the Prenatal

Environment to Enhance Livestock

Productivity

Author Index

23 Gregerson (Ed), The Cinematic Mirror for

Psychology and Life Coaching

69 Grieder, Extensive Air Showers

77 Groysman, Corrosion for Everybody

4 Gupta (Eds) Pediatric CNS Tumors

(Pediatric Oncology) 2nd ed.

109 Gurwitsch, The Collected Works of Aron

Gurwitsch (1901-1973)

(Phaenomenologica 193)

110 Gurwitsch, The Collected Works of Aron

Gurwitsch (1901-1973)

(Phaenomenologica 194)

28 Gusak et al., Theory of Stochastic Processes

(Problem Books Math.)

4 Guthoff (Eds), Oculoplastics and Orbit

(Essent. Ophthalmology)

19 Guzmán (Eds), Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

(Advs Exp. Medicine. Biology 655)

H

94 Hanna, Enabling Enterprise Transformation

(Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge

Management)

29 Hartshorne, Deformation Theory (GTM 257)

5 Haustein/Groneberg, Tobacco or Health?

2nd ed.

99 Hax, The Delta Model

37 Hayes, Getting StartED with Dojo JavaScript™

Toolkit

101 Herrmann (Eds), European Yearbook of

International Economic Law 2010 (European

Yearbook of International Economic Law 1)

88 Hewitson (Eds), Histology Protocols

(Methods in Molecular Biology)

29 Hinrichsen/Pritchard, Mathematical Systems

Theory I (TAM 48)

78 Hobza/Müller-Dethlefs, Non-Covalent Inter-

actions (RSC Theoretical and Computational

Chemistry Series 2)

110 Höffe, Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason

(Stud. German Idealism 10)

5 Hoffmann (Eds), Inherited Metabolic Diseases

<with CD-ROM>

5 Holz (Eds), Medical Retina (Essent.

Ophthalmology)

107 Homewood (Eds), Staying Maasai? (Studies in

Human Ecology 5)

58 Hong/Cheng, Efficient Test Methodologies

for High-Speed Serial Links (Lecture Notes in

Electrical Engineering 51)

38 Hood-Daniel/Kelly, Build Your Own CNC

Machine

69 Hopersky/Yavna, Scattering of Photons by

Many-Electron Systems (Spr. Ser. Atom.

Phys. 58)

99 Hougaard/Bjerre, The Relationship Marketer.

2nd ed.

105 Huber (Ed), School Leadership - International

Perspectives (Studies in Educational

Leadership 10)

29 Hurlbert, Linear Optimization (UTM)

I

48 Ilich, Selected Problems in Physical

Chemistry

J

6 Jatoi (Eds), Management of Breast Diseases

58 Jespers, The gm/ID Design Methodology for

CMOS Analog Low Power Integrated Circuits

(Analog Circuits and Signal Processing)

<with CD-ROM>

30 Jünger (Eds), 50 Years of Integer Program-

ming 1958-2008 <with DVD-ROM>

K

95 Kaas et al., Modern Actuarial Risk Theory.

2nd ed. Corr. print.

6 Kaga, Central Auditory Pathway Disorders

19 Kalueff (Eds), Transgenic and Mutant Tools to

Model Brain Disorders (Neuromethods 44)

70 Kamal, 1000 Solved Problems in Modern

Physics

20 Kamkin (Eds), Mechanosensitivity of the

Heart (Mechanosensitivity in Cells and

Tissues 3)

88 Kappeler (Eds), Mind the Gap

48 Kay (Ed), Analyses for Hormonal Substances

in Food Producing Animals (RSC Food

Analysis Monographs)

38 Kellenberger, Beginning T-SQL 2008

88 Kempken (Eds), Genetic Modification of

Plants (Biotechn. Agricult. 64)

102 Kiser, Beyond Right and Wrong

59 Klepaczko (Eds), Advances in Constitutive

Relations Applied in Computer Codes

(CISM 515)

59 Klinzing/Rizk, Pneumatic Conveying of Solids

(Particle Technology Series 8) 3rd ed.

105 Knust (Eds), Continuing Higher Education

and Lifelong Learning

99 Kodama, Boundary Management

100 Kotler/Pfoertsch, Ingredient Branding

59 Kotulski/Szczepinski, Error Analysis with

Applications in Engineering

(Solid Mechan. Appl. 169)

104 Koukouliou (Eds), Threats to Food and

Water Chain Infrastructure (NATO Science C)

<hard>

104 Koukouliou (Eds), Threats to Food and Water

Chain Infrastructure (NATO Science C) <soft>

102 Koziol (Eds), European Tort Law 2008

(Tort and Insurance Law 2008)

80 Kraas, Megacities (IYPE)

6 Krämer (Eds), Modern Infectious Disease

Epidemiology (Statistics Biol.)

83 Kulakow (Ed), Application of Phytotechnolo-

gies for Cleanup of Industrial, Agricultural

and Wastewater Contamination

(NATO Science C) <hard>

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83 Kulakow (Ed), Application of Phytotechnolo-

gies for Cleanup of Industrial, Agricultural

and Wastewater Contamination

(NATO Science C) <soft>

89 Kusumi (Eds), The Genetics and Development

of Scoliosis

60 Kyamakya (Eds), Recent Advances in

Nonlinear Dynamics and Synchronization

(SCI 254)

L

7 Laghi (Ed), New Concepts in Diagnosis and

Therapy of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

(Med. Radiol.)

89 Landa (Eds), Soil and Culture

70 Landolt-Börnstein, Gr. 3, Vol. 27, Subvol. I,

Pt. 6a

70 Landolt-Börnstein, Gr. 3, Vol. 40, Subvol. A

71 Landolt-Börnstein, Gr. 3, Vol. 43, Subvol. A9

95 Lang, Production and Inventory Manage-

ment with Substitutions (LNEMS 636)

7 Lanigan/Zaidi, Dermatology in Clinical

Practice

89 Lazakidou (Ed), Web-Based Applications

in Healthcare and Biomedicine (Annals of

Information Systems)

30 Le Maître/Knio, Spectral Methods for Uncer-

tainty Quantification (Scientific Comp. )

71 Lehner (Eds), Einstein and the Changing

Worldviews of Physics (ES 12)

38 Lengstorf, PHP 6 for Absolute Beginners

35 Lenz (Eds), Frontiers in Statistical Quality

Control 9

31 Lerner, Metrics on the Phase Space and

Non-Selfadjoint Pseudodifferential Operators

(Pseudo-differential Operators 4)

102 Letschert (Eds), Assisting Victims of Terrorism

7 Liersch (Eds), Angiogenesis Inhibition

(RRCR 180)

60 Lim (Eds), Innovations in Swarm Intelligence

(SCI 248)

46 Lin (Eds), Biomedical Imaging

60 Lin et al., VLSI Design for Video Coding

106 van der Linden (Eds), Computerized Adaptive

Testing, Theory and Practice (Statistics Social

Sc.) 2nd ed.

8 Lorenz (Eds), Pediatric Ophthalmology,

Neuro-Ophthalmology, Genetics

(Essent. Ophthalmology)

20 Luch (Ed), Molecular, Clinical and Environ-

mental Toxicology (Experientia Suppl. 100)

95 Luderer et al., Mathematical Formulas for

Economists. 4th ed.

M

96 Maaser, Decision-making in Committees

(LNEMS 635)

39 Mackey, Introducing .NET 4.0

46 Madeyski, Test-Driven Development

71 Mahoney (Ed), Gazetteer and Atlas of

Astronomy <hard>


Astronomy <eRef>


Astronomy <print+eRef> <Set>

39 Mak/Long, Spring Enterprise Recipes

39 Mak/Sipe, Spring Recipes. 2nd ed.

96 Maniezzo (Eds), Matheuristics

(Annals of Information Systems 10)

30 Manin/Zilber, A Course in Mathematical Logic

for Mathematicians (GTM 257) 2nd ed.

40 Mark/LaMarche, Beginning iPhone 3

Development

40 Marsh, Beginning GeoDjango

40 Marshall/Frieling, Beginning SimpleDB

8 Martens (Ed), Small Molecules in Oncology

(RRCR 184)

23 Martin et al., Persons: Understanding

Psychological Selfhood and Agency

76 Massobrio (Eds), Advances in the Atomic-

Scale Modeling of Nanosystems and Nano-

structured Materials (LN Physics 795)

31 Matousek, Geometric Discrepancy

(Algorithms/Combinatorics 18)

61 Mauro, Calculation of Roundabouts

49 McCafferty, Introduction to Corrosion Science

41 McGaw, Beginning Django E-Commerce

8 Medina (Eds), Evidence-Based Imaging in

Pediatrics

110 Meheus (Eds), Models of Discovery and

Creativity (Origins: Studies in the Sources of

Scientific Creativity 3)

78 Meier (Eds), Polymer Libraries (Advs Polymer

Science 224)

61 Melin (Eds), Bio-Inspired Hybrid Intelligent

Systems for Image Analysis and Pattern

Recognition (SCI 256)

106 Mills/Gale, Schooling in Disadvantaged

Communities

103 Mindus, A Real Mind. The Life and Work of

Axel Hägerström (Law Philos. Libr. 87)

31 Murota, Matrices and Matroids for Systems

Analysis (AC 20)

96 Murty, Optimization for Decision Making

(ISORMS 137)

N

100 Nambisan (Ed), Information Technology

and New Product Development (Annals of

Information Systems 5)

78 Narayan (Eds), Printed Biomaterials (Biol.

Med. Physics. Biomed. Engineer.)

20 Näthke (Eds), APC Proteins (Advs. Exp. Med. &

Bio. 656)

41 Neuberg, Learn Mac Automation with Ruby

Scripting

32 Neuberger, Sobolev Gradients and Differen-

tial Equations (LN Math. 1670) 2nd ed.

21 Neve (Ed), The Dopamine Receptors

(The Receptors) 2nd ed.

61 Nguyen (Eds), Intelligent Systems for

Knowledge Management (SCI 252)

62 Nguyen (Eds), New Challenges in Computa-

tional Collective Intelligence (SCI 244)

9 Nieschlag (Eds), Andrology. 3rd ed.

9 Noffsinger, Running Group Visits in Your

Practice <with CD-ROM>

72 Nölting, Methods in Modern Biophysics.

3rd ed.

O

9 O’Donnell (Eds), Surgical Intensive Care

Medicine. 2nd ed.

79 Oechsner (Eds), Handbook of Adhesion

Technology <hard> <Set>


Technology <eRef>


Technology <print+eRef> <Set>

42 Offermann/Nicolaisen, Getting StartED with

Netbooks

72 Ohtsu (Ed), Progress in Nano-Electro-Optics

VII (Spr. Ser. Opt. Sc. 155)

62 Okun (Eds), Applicastions of Supervised and

Unsupervised Ensemble Methods (SCI 245)

49 Osaka (Eds), Electrochemical Nanotechnolo-

gies (Nanostructure Science and Technology)

41 Oxer/Blemings, Practical Arduino

P

90 Pareek (Eds), Abiotic Stress Adaptation in

Plants

10 Pawankar (Eds), Allergy Frontiers: Diagnosis

and Health Economics (Allergy Frontiers 4)

10 Pawankar (Eds), Allergy Frontiers: Therapy

and Prevention (Allergy Frontiers 5)

21 Pestana et al., Early, rapid and sensitive

veterinary molecular diagnostics - real time

PCR applications

10 Pfeil (Eds), Minimally Invasive Surgery in Total

Hip Arthroplasty

62 Platzner (Eds), Dynamically Reconfigurable

Systems

21 Pockley (Eds), Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic

Heat Shock Proteins in Infectious Disease

(Heat Shock Proteins 4)

32 Pólya et al., Notes on Introductory Combina-

torics (Modern Birkhäuser Classics)

11 Poretsky (Ed), Principles of Diabetes Mellitus.

2nd ed.

32 Pottmann/Wallner, Computational Line

Geometry (Mathematics/Visualization)

63 Prasad (Ed), My personal Adaptive Global

NET (MAGNET) (Signals Technol.)

33 Prasolov, Polynomials (ACM 11)

46 Priami (Ed), Transactions on Computational

Systems Biology (LNCS 5750)

90 Prusky (Eds), Post-harvest Pathology

(Plant Pathology in the 21st Century 2)

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11 Puntambekar (Eds), Atlas of Minimally Inva-

sive Surgery in Esophageal Carcinoma

<with DVD-ROM>

63 Puzrin et al., Geomechanics of Failures

Q

11 Quaia (Ed), Radiological Imaging of the

Kidney (Med. Radiol.)

R

72 Rabinovich, Evaluating Measurement

Accuracy

111 Ralston (Eds), Philosophical Reflections on

Disability (Philos./Med. 104)

33 Rannacher (Eds), Advances in Mathematical

Fluid Mechanics

97 Raoprasert/Islam, Designing an Efficient

Management System (Management Sc.)

23 Rapoff, Adherence to Pediatric Medical Regi-

mens, 2nd edition (Issues Clin. Child Psych.)

63 Ras (Eds), Advances in Information and

Intelligent Systems (SCI 251)

42 Redkar, Pro Azure Services Platform

12 Reinhard (Eds), Cornea and External Eye

Disease (Essent. Ophthalmology)

12 Ribes et al., Surgical English

90 Ringelberg, Diel Vertical Migration of

Zooplankton in Lakes and Oceans

33 Ritore/Sinestrari, Mean Curvature Flow and

Isoperimetric Inequalities

(Adv. Courses Math.)

12 Ryu (Eds), New Liver Anatomy

S

42 Salomon/Motta, Handbook of Data

Compression. 5th ed.

73 Sarkar (Eds), The Physics of the Quark-Gluon

Plasma (LN Physics 785)

22 Schäfer-Korting (Ed), Drug Delivery (Handb.

Exp. Pharm. 197)

64 Schenk et al., Factory Planning Manual

64 Schmitt et al., Trauma Biomechanics. 3rd ed.

83 Schneier-Madanes (Eds), Water and Sustain-

ability in Arid Regions

108 Schofield, Aftermath

111 Selin (Ed), Childbirth Across Cultures (Science

Across Cultures: the History of Non-Western

Science 5)

108 Shin (Eds), The Quality of Life in Confucian

Asia (SIRS 40)

64 Silberschmidt (Ed), Computational and

Experimental Mechanics of Advanced

Materials (CISM 514)

65 Silva/Ribeiro, Inductive Inference for Large

Scale Text Classification (SCI 255)

91 Sitaramayya (Ed), Signal Transduction:

Pathways, Mechanisms and Diseases

65 Sojoudi et al., Structurally Constrained

Controllers

84 Solmes, Energy Efficiency

49 Song et al., Environment-Friendly Antiviral

Agents for Plants

91 Spathelf (Ed), Sustainable Forest Manage-

ment in a Changing World: a European

Perspective (Man. Forest Ecosyst. 19)

111 Stachel, Going Critical (Boston Stud. Phil.

Science 201)

100 Stahlbock (Eds), Data Mining (Annals of


65 Stavroulakis (Eds), Handbook of Information

and Communication Security

106 Steinbring, The Construction of New Math-

ematical Knowledge in Classroom Interaction

(Math. Educat. Libr. 38)

73 Steinmann (Ed), IUTAM Symposium on Prog-

ress in the Theory and Numerics of Configu-

rational Mechanics (IUTAM Bookseries 17)

13 Stewart (Ed), Lung Cancer

(Current Clinical Oncology)

73 Strzalko et al., Dynamics of Gambling: Origins

of Randomness in Mechanical Systems

(Lecture Notes Physics 792)

97 Sydsæter et al., Economists’ Mathematical

Manual. 4th ed. Corr. print.

T

79 Tagantsev et al., Domains in Ferroic Crystals

and Thin Films

66 Talebi et al., Neural Network-Based State

Estimation of Nonlinear Systems (LNCIS 395)

47 ter Hofstede (Eds), Modern Business Process

Automation

79 Tong/Sumetsky, Subwavelength and Nano-

meter Diameter Optical Fibers (Advanced

Topics in Science and Technology in China)

66 Toulouevski/Zinurov, Innovation in Electrical

Arc Furnaces

35 Toutenburg/Shalabh, Statistical Analysis of

Designed Experiments (Spr. Texts Statistics)

3rd ed.

13 Truong et al., Frozen Section Library: Genito-

urinary Tract (Frozen Section Library 2)

74 Tsamparlis, Special Relativity

112 Tymieniecka (Ed), Phenomenology and

Existentialism in the Twentieth Century

(Analecta Husserliana 103)

112 Tymieniecka (Ed), Phenomenology and Exis-

tentialism in the Twentieth Century (Analecta

Husserliana 104)

66 Tzafestas, Human and Nature Minding Auto-

mation (Microproc. Intelligent Syst. Eng. 41)

U

13 Ulmer (Eds), fMRI

91 Uppu (Eds), Free Radicals and Antioxidant

Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology)

2nd ed.

97 Urban (Ed), Frontiers in Entrepreneurship

V

84 Václavíková (Eds), Water Treatment Technolo-

gies for the Removal of High-Toxity Pollut-

ants (NATO Science C) <hard>

84 Václavíková (Eds), Water Treatment Technolo-

gies for the Removal of High-Toxity Pollut-

ants (NATO Science C) <soft>

112 Van den Braembussche, Thinking Art

14 Van Deven (Eds), The Practice of Radiology

Education: Challenges and Trends

14 Varelas (Ed), Seizures in Critical Care (Current

Clinical Neurology) 2nd ed.

80 Velde (Eds), Soils, Plants and Clay Minerals

81 Veress, Karst Environments

74 Vergara Caffarelli, Galileo and motion

22 Verkhratsky (Eds), Calcium Measurement

Methods (Neuromethods 43)

81 Verruijt, An Introduction to Soil Dynamics

(Transp. Porous Media 24) <with DVD>

47 Vitvar (Eds), Sematic Technologies for E-

Government

74 Volz (Ed), Thermal Nanosystems and Nano-

materials (Microtechn./MEMS)

47 Vu et al., Peer-to-Peer Computing

W

84 Wang (Eds), Environmental Biotechnology

(Handbook of Environmental Engineering 10)

81 Wiggering (Eds), Innovations in European

Rural Landscapes

50 Wilhelm (Eds), Heat Capacities

34 Williams (Ed), Nexus Network Journal 11,3

(Nexus Network Journal 11,3)

14 Wilmink, Lumbar Spinal Imaging in Radicular

Pain and Related Conditions <with DVD>

15 Wilson (Eds), Nutrition Guide for Physicians

(Nutrition and Health)

34 Wilson, The Finite Simple Groups (GTM 251)

92 Witzany, Biocommunication and Natural

Genome Editing

X

43 Xu, Practical WPF Charts and Graphics

Author Index

Author Index springer.com/booksellersVI Springer News 10/2009

Y

75 Yamanouchi (Eds), Progress in Ultrafast

Intense Laser Science (Spr. Ser. Chem.

Phys. 98)

67 Yan/Xu, Chemical Vapour Deposition (EMP)

43 Yang (Eds), Security Informatics (Annals of


34 Yin/Zhu, Hybrid Switching Diffusions

(Stochastic Modelling and Applied

Probability 63)

Z

15 Zamorano (Eds), The ESC Textbook of

Cardiovascular Imaging

15 Zbar (Eds), Coloproctology (Spr. Specialist

Surgery Ser.)

98 Zhu, Applications of Fourier Transform to

Smile Modeling. 2nd ed.

Author Index

Author Indexspringer.com/librarybooks VIISpringer News 10/2009 Title Index

A

16 A3 Adenosine Receptors from Cell Biology to

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

90 Abiotic Stress Adaptation in Plants

23 Adherence to Pediatric Medical Regimens

55 Advanced Test Methods for SRAMs

59 Advances in Constitutive Relations Applied in

Computer Codes

63 Advances in Information and Intelligent

Systems

33 Advances in Mathematical Fluid Mechanics

76 Advances in Mathematical Modeling and

Experimental Methods for Materials and

Structures

76 Advances in the Atomic-Scale Modeling of

Nanosystems and Nanostructured Materials

108 Aftermath

18 The Aging Auditory System

10 Allergy Frontiers:Diagnosis and Health

Economics

10 Allergy Frontiers:Therapy and Prevention

48 Analyses for Hormonal Substances in Food

Producing Animals

27 Analysis and Algebra on Differentiable Mani-

folds: A Workbook for Students and Teachers

9 Andrology

7 Angiogenesis Inhibition

20 APC Proteins

83 Application of Phytotechnologies for

Cleanup of Industrial, Agricultural and Waste-

water Contamination

98 Applications of Fourier Transform to Smile

Modeling

62 Applications of Supervised and Unsupervised

Ensemble Methods

68 Applied and Numerical Partial Differential

Equations

102 Assisting Victims of Terrorism

11 Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgery in

Esophageal Carcinoma

B

41 Beginning Django E-Commerce

40 Beginning GeoDjango

40 Beginning iPhone 3 Development

40 Beginning SimpleDB

38 Beginning T-SQL 2008

36 Beginning WF

86 Berichte der Nationalen Referenzlaboratorien

2008

102 Beyond Right and Wrong

92 Biocommunication and Natural Genome

Editing

61 Bio-Inspired Hybrid Intelligent Systems for

Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition

46 Biomedical Imaging

25 Blocks and Families for Cyclotomic Hecke

Algebras

1 Bone and Development

28 Bopp Pseudo-Differential Operators and

Deformation Quantization

99 Boundary Management

38 Build Your Own CNC Machine

C

22 Calcium Measurement Methods

61 Calculation of Roundabouts

6 Central Auditory Pathway Disorders

105 Changing Cultures in Higher Education

70 Chemical Shifts and Coupling Constants for

Boron-11

67 Chemical Vapour Deposition

111 Childbirth Across Cultures

23 The Cinematic Mirror for Psychology and Life

Coaching

2 Clinical Approach to Sudden Cardiac Death

Syndromes

3 Clinical Hepatology

25 Cohomology of Finite and Affine Type Artin

Groups over Abelian Representation

109 The Collected Works of Aron Gurwitsch

(1901-1973)

110 The Collected Works of Aron Gurwitsch

(1901-1973)

15 Coloproctology

64 Computational and Experimental Mechanics

of Advanced Materials

32 Computational Line Geometry

44 Computational Social Network Analysis

106 Computerized Adaptive Testing, Theory and

Practice, Second Edition

106 The Construction of New Mathematical

Knowledge in Classroom Interaction

56 Constructive Neural Networks

105 Continuing Higher Education and Lifelong

Learning

12 Cornea and External Eye Disease

77 Corrosion for Everybody

30 A Course in Mathematical Logic for Math-

ematicians

94 Current Challenges for Corporate Finance

D

100 Data Mining

86 Data Mining Techniques for the Life Sciences

96 Decision-making in Committees

29 Deformation Theory

99 The Delta Model

7 Dermatology in Clinical Practice

97 Designing an Efficient Management System

90 Diel Vertical Migration of Zooplankton in

Lakes and Oceans

24 Differential Equations: Theory and Applica-

tions

27 Distributions

79 Domains in Ferroic Crystals and Thin Films

21 The Dopamine Receptors

22 Drug Delivery

87 Drug-DNA Interaction Protocols

62 Dynamically Reconfigurable Systems

73 Dynamics of Gambling: Origins of Random-

ness in Mechanical Systems

68 Dynamics of Small Solar System Bodies and

Exoplanets

E

21 Early, rapid and sensitive veterinary molec-

ular diagnostics - real time PCR applications

97 Economists’ Mathematical Manual

44 Efficient Algorithms

58 Efficient Test Methodologies for High-Speed

Serial Links

71 Einstein and the Changing Worldviews of

Physics

49 Electrochemical Nanotechnologies

94 Enabling Enterprise Transformation

84 Energy Efficiency

51 Engineering Heat Transfer

84 Environmental Biotechnology

49 Environment-Friendly Antiviral Agents for

Plants

87 Epithelial Transport Physiology

59 Error Analysis with Applications in Engi-

neering

15 The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Imaging

53 ESL Models and their Application

102 European Tort Law 2008

101 European Yearbook of International

Economic Law 2010

72 Evaluating Measurement Accuracy

8 Evidence-Based Imaging in Pediatrics

36 Expert SQL Server 2008 Encryption

69 Extensive Air Showers

F

64 Factory Planning Manual

51 Feedback and Control for Everyone

30 50 Years of Integer Programming 1958-2008

34 The Finite Simple Groups

13 fMRI

86 Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses

44 Foundations of Security Analysis and Design

V

91 Free Radicals and Antioxidant Protocols

77 Free-Radical Retrograde-Precipitation Polym-

erization (FRRPP)

97 Frontiers in Entrepreneurship

35 Frontiers in Statistical Quality Control 9

13 Frozen Section Library: Genitourinary Tract

G

74 Galileo and motion

71 Gazetteer and Atlas of Astronomy

88 Genetic Modification of Plants

89 The Genetics and Development of Scoliosis

63 Geomechanics of Failures

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51 Geomechanics of Failures. Advanced Topics

31 Geometric Discrepancy

27 Geometry of Cuts and Metrics

37 Getting StartED with Dojo JavaScript™ Toolkit

42 Getting StartED with Netbooks

58 The gm/ID Methodology, a sizing tool for

low-voltage analog CMOS Circuits

111 Going Critical

16 G-Quadruplex DNA

48 Green Metathesis Chemistry

H

101 The Hamburg Lectures on Maritime Affairs

2007 & 2008

79 Handbook of Adhesion Technology

42 Handbook of Data Compression

65 Handbook of Information and Communica-

tion Security

50 Heat Capacities

88 Histology Protocols

66 Human and Nature Minding Automation

34 Hybrid Switching Diffusions

26 Hyperbolic Conservation Laws in Continuum

Physics

I

2 Illustrative Handbook of General Surgery

1 Imaging of Gynecological Disorders in Infants

and Children

17 Immune Synapses

82 The Impact of Climate Change on European

Lakes

65 Inductive Inference for Large Scale Text

Classification

2 Infectious Disease Informatics

109 Infinite Regress Arguments

100 Information Technology and Product Devel-

opment

100 Ingredient Branding

5 Inherited Metabolic Diseases

66 Innovation in Electric Arc Furnaces

85 Innovations as Key to the Green Revolution

in Africa

81 Innovations in European Rural Landscapes

54 Innovations in Neural Information Paradigms

and Applications

60 Innovations in Swarm Intelligence

93 Innovative Quick Response Programs in

Logistics and Supply Chain Management

26 Integral Methods in Science and Engineering,

Volume 1

26 Integral Methods in Science and Engineering,

Volume 2

52 Intelligent Automation and Computer

Engineering

56 Intelligent Collaborative e-Learning Systems

and Applications

61 Intelligent Systems for Knowledge

Management

39 Introducing .NET 4.0

49 Introduction to Corrosion Science

81 An Introduction to Soil Dynamics

37 iPhone Design Award Winning Projects

73 IUTAM Symposium on Progress in the Theory

and Numerics of Configurational Mechanics

J

68 The Jet Paradigm

69 Jets from Young Stars IV

83 Justice in Funding Adaptation under the

International Climate Change Regime

K

110 Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason

81 Karst Environments

1 Key Topics in Surgical Research and Method-

ology

L

93 The Labour Market Impact of the EU Enlarge-

ment

45 Language Engineering and Rigorous Soft-

ware Development

41 Learn Mac Automation with Ruby Scripting

29 Linear Optimization

54 Logic Synthesis for FSM-Based Control Units

14 Lumbar Spinal Imaging in Radicular Pain and

Related Conditions

13 Lung Cancer

M

54 Macro- and Micromixing

70 Magnetic Properties of Tectosilicates

6 Management of Breast Diseases

19 Managing the Prenatal Environment to

Enhance Livestock Productivity

95 Mathematical Formulas for Economists

29 Mathematical Systems Theory I

96 Matheuristics

31 Matrices and Matroids for Systems Analysis

33 Mean Curvature Flow and Isoperimetric

Inequalities

20 Mechanosensitivity of the Heart

5 Medical Retina

80 Megacities

72 Methods in Modern Biophysics

31 Metrics on the Phase Space and Non-Selfad-

joint Pseudo-Differential Operators

107 Mexican Solidarity

55 Microfluidics and Microfabrication

88 Mind the Gap

4 Minimally Invasive Ophthalmic Surgery

10 Minimally Invasive Surgery in Total Hip

Arthroplasty

24 Mirrors and Reflections

110 Models of Discovery and Creativity

95 Modern Actuarial Risk Theory

47 Modern Business Process Automation

6 Modern Infectious Disease Epidemiology

20 Molecular, Clinical and Environmental Toxi-

cology

85 Mosquitoes and Their Control

18 Muscle Gene Therapy

63 My personal Adaptive Global NET (MAGNET)

N

56 Natural Intelligence for Scheduling, Planning

and Packing Problems

17 Natural Killer Cell Protocols

66 Neural Network-Based State Estimation of

Nonlinear Systems

62 New Challenges in Computational Collective

Intelligence

7 New Concepts in Diagnosis and Therapy of

Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

12 New Liver Anatomy

37 Next-Generation Business Intelligence Soft-

ware with Silverlight 3

34 Nexus Network Journal 11,3

78 Non-Covalent Interactions

93 Nonlinear Oligopolies

28 Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

53 Non-Standard Parameter Adaptation for

Exploratory Data Analysis

32 Notes on Introductory Combinatorics

52 Nuclear Power and Energy Security

15 Nutrition Guide for Physicians

O

4 Oculoplastics and Orbit

17 An Omics Perspective on Cancer Research

96 Optimization for Decision Making

36 Oracle SQL Recipes

77 Organic Electronics

P

71 Part A 9

4 Pediatric CNS Tumors

8 Pediatric Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthal-

mology, Genetics

47 Peer-to-Peer Computing

107 Permission to Shoot?

23 Persons: Understanding Psychological Self-

hood and Agency

19 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

18 Pharmacology and Abuse of Cocaine,

Amphetamines, Ecstasy and Related

Designer Drugs

112 Phenomenology and Existentialism in the

Twentieth Century

111 Philosophical Reflections on Disability

38 PHP 6 for Absolute Beginners

73 The Physics of the Quark-Gluon Plasma

3 Pitfalls in Cervical Spine Surgery

55 Planning Traffic Management

59 Pneumatic Conveying of Solids

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80 Polar Oceans from Space

78 Polymer Libraries

33 Polynomials

90 Post-harvest Pathology

58 Power HVMOS Devices Compact Modeling

57 Power-Aware Testing and Test Strategies for

Low Power Devices

41 Practical Arduino

43 Practical WPF Charts and Graphics

14 The Practice of Radiology Education

35 Pratique du calcul bayésien

11 Principles of Diabetes Mellitus

78 Printed Biomaterials

42 Pro Azure Services Platform

95 Production and Inventory Management with

Substitutions

72 Progress in Nano-Electro-Optics VII

75 Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science

21 Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Heat Shock

Proteins in Infectious Disease

Q

108 The Quality of Life in Confucian Asia

R

11 Radiological Imaging of the Kidney

103 A Real Mind. The Life and Work of Axel Häger-

ström

60 Recent Advances in Nonlinear Dynamics and

Synchronization

25 Representation Theory and Complex Geom-

etry

94 Reputation Transfer to Enter New B-to-B

Markets

99 The Relationship Marketer

87 Rhizosphere: Achievements and Challenges

9 Running Group Visits in Your Practice

S

69 Scattering of Photons by Many-Electron

Systems

105 School Leadership - International Perspec-

tives

106 Schooling in Disadvantaged Communities

43 Security Informatics

14 Seizures in Critical Care

48 Selected Problems in Physical Chemistry

45 Semantic Web Information Management

47 Sematic Technologies for E-Government

52 Shock Wave Science and Technology Refer-

ence Library, Vol. 5

91 Signal Transduction: Pathways, Mechanisms

and Diseases

8 Small Molecules in Oncology

32 Sobolev Gradients and Differential Equations

89 Soil and Culture

80 Soils, Plants and Clay Minerals

85 Sorghum Biology

74 Special Relativity

30 Spectral Methods for Uncertainty Quantifica-

tion

39 Spring Enterprise Recipes

39 Spring Recipes

35 Statistical Analysis of Designed Experiments,

Third Edition

107 Staying Maasai?

65 Structurally Constrained Controllers

16 Structure and Function of the Neural Cell

Adhesion Molecule NCAM

79 Subwavelength and Nanometer Diameter

Optical Fibers

12 Surgical English

9 Surgical Intensive Care Medicine

91 Sustainable Forest Management in a

Changing World: a European Perspective

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46 Test-Driven Development

3 Textbook of Clinical Pediatrics

28 Theory of Stochastic Processes

74 Thermal Nanosystems and Nanomaterials

112 Thinking Art

104 Threats to Food and Water Chain Infrastruc-

ture

24 Time-harmonic eddy current problems

76 Titanate and Titania Nanotubes

5 Tobacco or Health?

70 1000 Solved Problems in Modern Physics

46 Transactions on Computational Systems

Biology

19 Transgenic and Mutant Tools to Model Brain

Disorders

64 Trauma Biomechanics

109 A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General

Jurisprudence

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82 Uncertainty and Environmental Decision

Making

V

57 Variation Aware Analog and Mixed-Signal

Circuit Design in Emerging Multi-Gate CMOS

Technologies

53 Visual Perception for Manipulation and Imita-

tion in Humanoid Robots

60 VLSI Design for Video Coding

W

83 Water and Sustainability in Arid Regions

84 Water Treatment Technologies for the

Removal of High-Toxity Pollutants

57 Wavelets

45 Web 2.0 & Semantic Web

89 Web-Based Applications in Healthcare and

Biomedicine

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82 Xenobiotics in the Urban Water Cycle

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MRI of Rectal CancerClinical Atlas

A. Schäfer, M. Langer, University of Freiburg, Germany

Today magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of rectal cancer is one of the most interesting

topics in radiology. Over the last decade technical refi nements have strengthened the role of

MRI as a fi rst-line diagnostic strategy for accurate staging of rectal cancer. MRI is perfectly

suited to predict tumor-free circumferential resection margins. Additionally, high accuracies

have been reported for the T and N stages, which is comparable to transrectal ultrasound

(TRUS). Novel approaches to moving table MRI serve as a platform for thoracic, abdominal

and pelvic staging of rectal cancer patients within one examination.

The broad spectrum of high-quality illustrations and the contribution of clinical experts

provide substantial insight into the sophisticated fi eld of rectal cancer management.

From the contents

7 From a Surgeon`s Point of View 7 Anorectal Anatomy 7 Pathology of Rectal cancer

7 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Rectal Cancer 7 Clinical Atlas.

2009. Approx. 250 p. 500 illus. With CD-ROM. Hardcover

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T. Athanasiou, St. Mary’s Hospital, London, UK;

H. Debas, UCSFGlobal Health Sciences, San Francisco,

CA, USA; A. Darzi, St. Mary’s Hospital, London, UK

(Eds.)

Key Topics in Surgical Research and Methodology

Key Topics in Surgical Research and Methodology

represents a comprehensive reference text acces-

sible to the surgeon embarking on an academic

career. Key themes emphasize and summarize the

text. Four key elements are covered, i.e. Surgical

Research, Research Methodology, Practical Prob-

lems and Solutions on Research as well as Recent

Developments and Future Prospects in Surgical

Research and Practice.

FeaturesComprehensive textbook with CD on key issues

in surgical research and methodology Valuable

resource for surgeons at all levels embarking on an

academic career

From the contentsThe Role of Surgical Research.- Evidence Based

Surgery.- The Role of the Academic Surgeon in

the Evaluation of Healthcare Assessment.- Study

Design, Statistical Inference and Literature Search

in Surgical Research.- Randomised Controlled

Trials: What the Surgeon Needs to Know.- Moni-

toring Trial Effects.- How to Recruit Patients in

Surgical Studies.- Diagnostic Tests and Diag-

nostic Accuracy in Surgery.- Research in Surgical

Education: A Primer.- Measurement of Surgical

Performance for Delivery of a Competency-Based

Training.

Fields of interestSurgery; Gastroenterology; Endocrinology

Target groupsSurgeons at all levels embarking on an academic

career

J. Blair, A. Garden, G. Mann, Royal Liverpool

Children’s NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK (Eds.)

Imaging of Gynecological Disorders in Infants and Children

This textbook provides a comprehensive review

of gynecological imaging in infancy, childhood,

and adolescence. Experts from the disciplines

of pediatric radiology, gynecology, surgery, and

endocrinology have come together to produce a

textbook that, while written primarily from the

perspective of the radiologist, will be of value to all

professionals involved in the management of these

patients. The normal development of the female

reproductive tract is described in detail through

embryological development, normal childhood

appearances, and puberty. Congenital abnormali-

ties are addressed in chapters reviewing struc-

tural abnormalities of the reproductive tract and

disorders of sex development. A symptoms-based

approach is followed in chapters devoted to the

assessment of the patient with gynecological pain

and disorders of menstruation. Disorders of the

breast and the imaging of patients with gynecolog-

ical neoplasia are considered in dedicated chapters.

FeaturesA comprehensive review of gynecological

imaging in infancy, childhood, and adolescence

The authors are acknowledged experts in the

fields of radiology, gynecology, endocrinology, and

surgery While the book is written primarily

from the perspective of the radiologist, it will be

of great value to all professionals involved in the

management of these patients

Fields of interestImaging / Radiology; Diagnostic Radiology;

Pediatrics

Target groupsClinicians/professionals/practitioners in the fields

pediatric radiology, pediatric gynecology, pediatric

surgery, pediatric urology, pediatric endocrinology

F. Bronner, M. C. Farach-Carson, H. Roach (Eds.)

Bone and Development

This is a sixth volume in a series of reviews,

centered on a single major topic within the

field of osteopathy. The book is an appropriate

mechanism for advancing knowledge in the field to

researchers, clinicians and others involved in the

bone field.

This work intends to look at the role bone develop-

ment within the field of pediatrics, covering all

problematic aspects from basic skeletal growth to

tooth mineralization.

To understand tissue development requires

combining embryological and histological knowl-

edge with the increasing information becoming

available from molecular and genetic studies.

Development is characterized by the expres-

sion of genes, their subsequent silencing and the

expression of other genes. Disease, especially

disease progression, is equally characterized by

new gene expression that is then transmitted to

daughter cells, with the silencing of other genes.

In both instances these sequences are the result of

the interaction between the genome and the epig-

enome, i.e. between a very stable set of structures

and rapidly changing environmental factors.

From the contentsGenetic and Epigenetic Aspects of Bone Devel-

opment.- Tissue Interactions in Early Long

Bone Development.- The Epiphyseal Growth

Plate.- Hedgehog Signaling in Growth Plate and

Bone Development.- microRNA Role in Skeletal

Development.- FGF/FGFR Signaling in Skel-

etal Dysplasias.- The Role of Hypoxia-Induced

Factors.- BMP Signaling in Skeletogenesis.- Wnt

Signaling in Bone Development.- Development

of the Cranio-Facial Complex.- Dentin and Bone:

Similar Collagenous Mineralized Tissues.- Evolu-

tion of Bone Proteins.- Osteogenesis Imperfecta.

Fields of interestMedical Biochemistry; Orthopedics; Pediatrics

Target groupsResearch scientists, clinicians, and scientist clini-

cians, medical and dental residents and students,

graduate students

Discount groupMR

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Due January 2010

2010. XX, 1135 p. 150 illus., 130 in color. With CD-ROM.

Hardcover

approx. $199.00

ISBN 978-3-540-71914-4

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Medicine

Due May 2010

2010. X, 300 p. 600 illus. (Medical Radiology / Diagnostic

Imaging) Hardcover

approx. $249.00

ISBN 978-3-540-85601-6

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Medicine

Due February 2010

2010. Approx. 210 p. 66 illus., 44 in color. (Topics in Bone

Biology, Volume 6) Hardcover

approx. $189.00

ISBN 978-1-84882-821-6

springer.com/booksellers2 Springer News 10/2009Medicine

R. Brugada, Masonic Medical Research Laboratory,

NY, USA (Ed.)

Clinical Approach to Sudden Cardiac Death Syndromes

Associate editors: J. Brugada, P. Brugada

Clinical cardiologists are encountering an

important challenge in the caring of families

with inherited cardiac diseases. The majority of

the inherited cardiac diseases causing sudden

death express themselves at variable ages in the

form of altered muscle function (i.e hypertro-

phic or dilated cardiomyopathy) or in the form

of arrhthymias (i.e. Brugada syndrome, long QT

syndrome). However, it is not uncommon that the

first sign of the disease may actually be sudden

cardiac death, even before the identification of

clear clinical abnormalities. In this last decade,

with more than 50 new disease-associated genes

identified, the possibility of genetic testing has

opened a new opportunity to disease diagnosis

and prevention. Clinical and genetic research is

continuously on-going not only to identify those at

risk, but to better define their level or risk still with

limited success.

FeaturesContributions from experts specialized in

inherited diseases Diagnosis and prevention of

the disease aided by colour illustrations

From the contentsPart A: Familial diseases: (The following issues will

be explained in each chapter): Clinical Description

of the Disease.- Risk stratification parameters.-

Therapeutic approach to the disease.- Genetic

basis.- Role of genetics in diagnosis and risk

stratification.

Fields of interestCardiology; Internal Medicine; Emergency

Medicine

Target groupsResidents, fellows and practicing cardiologists and

internal medicine physicians, emergency medicine

and sports medicine physicians

H. Chen, University of Wisconsin Medical School,

Madison, WI, USA (Ed.)

Illustrative Handbook of General Surgery

With the large number of surgical atlases in the

market focusing on a variety of surgical proce-

dures, it is almost impossible to find an area that is

not comprehensively illustrated. However, almost

all of these atlases are very large and serve to be

‘library reference’ books, which are commonly

displayed in the office and utilized in that manner.

There is no atlas which is easily transportable, yet

one would imagine that every medical student and

resident would potentially want a copy of such a

title to carry on them at all times.

The book aims to cover all facets of general surgery

and each chapter would have approximately five to

ten photographs illustrating the basic anatomical

context, as well as the various techniques specific

to the operation. Each chapter author would also

be responsible for providing a brief narrative

describing what is going on during the operation,

and also outlining common pitfalls and personal

suggestions.

ContentsEndocrine.- Breast.- Esophagus/Hiatus.- Stomach.-

Small Bowel/Appendix.- Colon/rectum.-

Anoretal.- Hernia.- Liver/Spleen.- Gallbladder/

Billiary.- Pancreas.

Fields of interestSurgery; General Surgery; Minimally Invasive

Surgery

Target groupsMedical students and residents, private practice

surgeons, hospital faculty in their early career

H. Chen, D. Zeng, P. Yan, University of Arizona, AZ,

USA

Infectious Disease InformaticsSyndromic Surveillance for Public Health and

Bio-Defense

Computer-based infectious disease surveillance

systems are capable of real-time or near real-time

detection of serious illnesses and potential bioter-

rorism agent exposures and represent a major step

forward in disease surveillance. Infectious Disease

Informatics: Syndromic Surveillance for Public

Health and Bio-Defense is an in-depth monograph

that analyzes and evaluates the outbreak modeling

and detection capabilities of existing surveillance

systems under a unified framework, and presents

the first book-length coverage of the subject from

an informatics-driven perspective.

Individual chapters consider the state of the art,

including the facilitation of data collection, sharing

and transmission; a focus on various outbreak

detection methods; data visualization and informa-

tion dissemination issues; and system assessment

and other policy issues.

FeaturesExamines the state of the art in disease

surveillance systems First book to cover the

subject from an informatics-driven perspective

Authors are the most respected researchers in

informatics

From the contentsInfectious Disease Informatics.- Public Health

Syndromic Surveillance Systems.- Syndromic

Surveillance Data Sources and Collection.- Data

Analysis and Outbreak Detection.- Data Visualiza-

tion, Information Dissemination and Alerting.-

System Assessment and Evaluation.- BioSense

System.

Fields of interestHealth Informatics; Public Health; Information

Systems

Target groupsHealth and information systems academic

researchers, and practitioners

Discount groupMR

Medicine

Due October 2009

2010. Approx. 350 p. 106 illus., 45 in color. Hardcover

approx. $149.00

ISBN 978-1-84882-926-8

Discount groupMR

Medicine

Due October 2009

2010. Approx. 305 p. 270 illus., 251 in color. Softcover

approx. $79.99

ISBN 978-1-84882-088-3

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Due November 2009

2010. XVIII, 210 p. 68 illus. (Integrated Series in

Information Systems, Volume 21) Hardcover

approx. $119.00

ISBN 978-1-4419-1277-0


H. Dancygier, University of Frankfurt, Offenbach,

Germany

Clinical HepatologyPrinciples and Practice of

Hepatobiliary Diseases

Clinical Hepatology – Principles and Practice of

Hepatobiliary Diseases provides clear and compre-

hensive coverage of the etiology, mechanisms of

disease, diagnosis, and practical management of

the entire spectrum of liver and biliary disorders.

It also affords an excellent, evidence-based review

of the rapidly expanding field of hepatobiliary

diseases.

FeaturesComprehensive and readable Practical and

up to date Provides a rational basis for the

practice of hepatology Fast and easy access

to common and rare problems encountered in

practice Your one-step resource for clinical

hepatology

Fields of interestHepatology; Gastroenterology; Endocrinology

Target groupsHepatologists, gastroenterologists, internists,

hepatobiliary surgeons, fellows in gastro-

enterology/ hepatology, pathologists

L. Denaro, D. D’Avella, University of Padua, Italy;

V. Denaro, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome,

Italy (Eds.)

Pitfalls in Cervical Spine SurgeryAvoidance and Management of

Complications

Spinal surgery is a unique area in the process of

continuous development. New skills are applied

daily in this delicate field by the spinal surgeon:

this professional can be either an orthopaedic

surgeon or a neurosurgeon dedicated to the

treatment of spinal diseases. This book offers a

comprehensive approach and reviews all of the

possible errors encountered by spinal surgeons in

the clinical practice. It is mainly directed towards

young surgeons approaching spinal surgery and

also to experienced surgeons with regards to

complications related to the latest technologies

in the spinal field. This approach of treating and

understanding problems in cervical spine surgery

is unique and will guide the reader towards an

improved level of attention regarding pitfalls in

cervical spine surgery, therefore fostering the

ability of preventing major complications and

medicolegal consequences.

FeaturesHands-on guidance to the avoidance and

management of complications in cervical spine

surgery Special focus on medicolegal aspects,

informed consent and forensic aspects

From the contentsGeneral Surgical Complications (Symptoms,

Diagnosis, Treatment, Prophylaxis): Complications

Related to Intraoperative Patient Position.- Errors

of Diagnosis, Errors of Indications, Inadequate

or Incomplete Surgical Technique, Errors of

Level.- Postoperative Complications (Inadequate

Immobilization or Rehabilitation). Complications

of Surgical Approaches: Anterior Approaches.

Fields of interestSurgical Orthopedics; Neurosurgery; Forensic

Medicine

Target groupsSpine surgeons at all levels of experience

A. Elzouki, F. Stapleton, R. Whitley, W. OH, H. Harfi,

H. Nazer

Textbook of Clinical Pediatrics

FeaturesThis textbook has a problem based approach to

pediatric diseases with a global appeal

Fields of interestPediatrics; Internal Medicine; Nephrology

Target groupsPhysicians, residents and students from all pedi-

atric subspecialties, health care providers whose

practise includes the care of children

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Due November 2009

Original German edition published in 2002

2010. IV, 1456 p. 461 illus., 398 in color. (2-volume-set,

not available separately)

$249.00

ISBN 978-3-642-04510-3

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Due January 2010


approx. $139.00

ISBN 978-3-540-85018-2

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Due March 2011

Originally published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins in

2001

2nd ed. 2011. Approx. 1800 p. 750 illus. (In 2 volumes,

not available separately) Hardcover

approx. $149.00

ISBN 978-3-642-02201-2


2001

2nd ed. 2011. eReference.

approx. $149.00

ISBN 978-3-642-02202-9


2001

2nd ed. 2011. Approx. 1800 p. 750 illus. Print +

eReference. (In 2 volumes, not available separately)

approx. $186.00

ISBN 978-3-642-02203-6


I. H. Fine, Oregon Health & Science University,

Eugene, Oregon, USA; D. S. Mojon, Kantonsspital,

St. Gallen, Switzerland (Eds.)

Minimally Invasive Ophthalmic Surgery

Many minimally invasive procedures have been

developed over the past decades, leading to a great

improvement in eye surgery. This unique textbook

and reference guide provides a complete up-to-

date overview of minimally invasive surgical tech-

niques in ophthalmology. Lavishly illustrated with

superb illustrations and video clips, it presents the

state of the art of minimally invasive ophthalmic

procedures. It serves as an invaluable resource for

all ophthalmic surgeons with widely varying levels

of experience, from the resident to the experienced

surgeon.

FeaturesIs the first textbook providing a complete

overview of minimally invasive surgical techniques

in ophthalmology Presents state of the art

minimal procedures using many illustrations and

video-clips Serves as textbook and reference

guide to this rapidly growing sector of ophthalmic

surgery Lavishly illustrated with superb colour

illustrations and video-clips Written by inter-

nationally renowned experts of the field

ContentsMinimally Invasive Oculoplastic Surgery.- Mini-

mally Invasive Conjunctival Surgery.- Minimally

Invasive Lacrimal Surgery.- Minimally Invasive

Ophthalmic Surgery.-Minimally Invasive Refrac-

tive Surgery.- Minimally Invasive Strabismus

Surgery.- Minimally Invasive Iris Surgery.- Mini-

mally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery.- Minimally

Invasive Cataract Surgery.- Minimally Invasive

Vitreoretinal Surgery.- Index.

Fields of interestOphthalmology

Target groupsOphthalmic surgeons and all those interested in

ophthalmic minimally invasive surgery

N. Gupta, A. Banerjee, D. Haas-Kogan, University of

California, San Francisco, CA, USA (Eds.)

Pediatric CNS Tumors

Pediatric CNS Tumors is a detailed review of

childhood brain tumors with a particular emphasis

on providing treatment algorithms for each tumor

type. Controversies and current therapeutic agents

under development are also discussed. The second

edition includes expanded chapters on embryonal

tumors, rare tumor types, and supportive care for

patients with brain tumors.

FeaturesAll brain tumors discussed in detail by patho-

logical type Current therapeutic strategies

for pediatric brain tumors Includes surgery,

chemotherapy, and radiation therapy Thor-

oughly revised, updated and extended

Contents1. Low Grade Gliomas.- 2. High Grade Gliomas.-

3. Brainstem Gliomas.- 4. Ependymoma.- 5.

Embryonal Tumors.- 6. Germ Cell and Pineal

Region Tumors.- 7. Craniopharyngioma.- 8.

Neuronal Tumors.- 9. Choroid Plexus Tumors.-

10. Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors.- 11. Rare

Tumors.- 12. Neurocutaneous Syndromes and

Associated CNS Tumors.- 13. Modern Imaging of

CNS Tumors.- 14. Current Surgical Management.-

15. Chemotherapy.- 16. Advances in Radiation

Therapy.- 17. Supportive and Palliative Care.

Fields of interestOncology; Pediatrics; Neurology

Target groupsPediatric oncologists, pediatric neurologists,

pediatric neurosurgeons

R. F. Guthoff, University of Rostock, Germany;

J. A. Katowitz, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,

Philadelphia, PA, USA (Eds.)

Oculoplastics and OrbitAesthetic and Functional Oculofacial Plastic

Problem-Solving in the 21st Century

The 8 recurring volumes of the “Essentials in

Ophthalmology” series cover the most recent

developments in one of eight subspecialties in

Ophthalmology. With four volumes published per

year, each subspecialty is newly visited every 24

months, with a distinct focus on recent develop-

ments. By bridging the gap between original

research and medical textbooks, the transfer of this

developing knowledge into daily practice is greatly

enhanced.

FeaturesBridges the gap between primary literature

and textbook knowledge Focus on recent

developments in subspecialty Indispensable for

continuous education and advanced training

From the contentsOcular Adnexal Lymphoproliferative Disor-

ders.- Pearls in Cosmetic Oculofacialplastic

Surgery.-Current Concepts in the Management

of Idiopathic Orbital Inflammation.- Lacrimal

Canalicular Inflammation and Occlusion: Diag-

nosis and Management.- Orbitofacial Neurofi-

bromatosis Type 1: Current Medical and Surgical

Management.- Clinicopathologic Features of

Lesions Affecting the Lacrimal Drainage System

in External Dacryocystohinostomy.- Systemic

and Ophthalmological Anomalies in Congenital

Anophthalmic or Microophthalmic Patients.-

Brow Suspension in Complicated Unilateral Ptosis:

Frontalis Muscle Stimulation via Contralateral

Levator Recession.- Modern Concepts in Orbital

Imaging.

Fields of interestOphthalmology; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Target groupsOphthalmologists as well as maxillary, facial

surgeons and microsurgeons

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Due December 2009

2010. VIII, 234 p. 188 illus., 161 in color. With DVD.

Hardcover

$189.00

ISBN 978-3-642-02601-0

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Due December 2009

2nd ed. 2010. VIII, 390 p. 85 illus., 23 in color.

(Pediatric Oncology) Hardcover

$199.00

ISBN 978-3-540-87976-3

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Medicine

Due December 2009

2010. XII, 216 p. 176 illus., 141 in color. (Essentials in

Ophthalmology) Hardcover

$219.00

ISBN 978-3-540-85541-5


K. Haustein, Institut für Nikotinforschung und

Raucherentwöhnung, Erfurt, Germany;

D. Groneberg, Institut für Arbeitsmedizin, Charité,

Berlin, Germany

Tobacco or Health?Physiological and Social Damages Caused by

Tobacco Smoking

This book presents a summary of the consequences

that tobacco smoking has on health, taking into

account all organ systems affected, such as the

respiratory tract, cardiovascular system, central

nervous system, and urinary tract, including

mineral metabolism, the pregnant woman, etc. It

also describes primary prevention measures as well

as possible intervention modalities, established on

evidence-based medicine, to help individuals stop

smoking. The book is of a high scientific standard

and thus differs from many popular-science

treatises. It helps inform the reader of all smoking-

related problems.

FeaturesComprehensive, systematically and clearly

structured The only scientific-based book on

nicotine drug dependency Up-to-date descrip-

tion of the latest findings and the international

legislation Detailed discussion of all possibili-

ties of treatment

ContentsHistory of tobacco. Epidemiology of tobacco

dependence. Tobacco constituents and additives.

Pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of nicotine.

Smoking and lung disease. Cardiovascular disease,

disturbances of blood coagulation and fibrinolysis.

Other organ systems. Smoking and pregnancy.

Passive smoking. Non-drug treatments to promote

smoking cessation. Pharmacotherapy of nico-

tine dependence. Primary prevention. Tobacco

industry, advertising and advertising bans. Society,

politics and the tobacco industry.

Fields of interestGeneral Practice / Family Medicine; Internal

Medicine; Pneumology/Respiratory System

Target groupsGeneral practitioners, pharmacists, policy makers

G. F. Hoffmann, J. Zschocke, University of Heidel-

berg, Germany; W. L. Nyhan, University of California,

La Jolla, CA, USA (Eds.)

Inherited Metabolic DiseasesA Clinical Approach

The explosion of insights in the field of metabolic

disease has shed new light on diagnostic as well as

treatment options. ‘Inherited Metabolic Disease

– A Clinical Approach’ is written with a reader-

friendly consistent structure. It helps the reader

to find the information in an easily accessible and

rapid way when needed. Starting with an overview

of the major groups of metabolic disorders it

includes algorithms with questions and answers as

well as numerous graphs, metabolic pathways, and

an expanded index. Clinical and diagnostic details

with a system and symptom based are given to

facilitate an efficient and yet complete diagnostic

work-up of individual patients.

FeaturesProvides a concise and user friendly guide to

the diagnosis and initial management of patients

with metabolic diseases Helps physicians to

diagnose patients they may otherwise fail to diag-

nose and to reduce unnecessary referrals

For metabolic and genetic specialists these

indices will be helpful as a quick look when being

called for advice

From the contentsIntroduction to Inborn Errors of Metabolism.-

Disorders of Intermediary Metabolism.- Disorders

of the Biosynthesis and Breakdown of Complex

Molecules.- Neurotransmitter Defects and Related

Disorders.- Other Inborn Errors of Metabo-

lism.- Approach to the Patient with Metabolic

Disease.- Pathological Neonatal Screening

Results.- Metabolic Emergencies.- Cardiovascular

Abnormalities.- Hepatic Abnormalities.

Fields of interestPediatrics; Internal Medicine; General Practice /

Family Medicine

Target groupsPediatricians, internists, neurologists, pathologists,

and clinical genticists as well as general physicians

F. G. Holz, University Clinik, Bonn, Germany;

R. F. Spaide, Vitreous and Macula Consultant,

New York, NY, USA (Eds.)

Medical RetinaFocus on Retinal Imaging










enhanced. This volume focuses on retinal imaging,

a quickly evolving field with numerous advances

like Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT).



developments in subspecialty Two year interval

between complete updates Indispensable for


From the contentsCommon Pitfalls in the Use of Optical Coherence

Tomography for Macular Diseases.- Simultaneous

SD-OCT and Confocal SLO-Imaging.- Fluorescein

Angiography.- Wide-Field Imaging and Angiog-

raphy.- Autofluorescence Imaging.- Imaging the

Macular Pigment.- Near-Infrared Autofluores-

cence Imaging.- Nearinfrared Subretinal Imaging

in Choroidal Neovascularisation.- RetCam TM

Imaging of Pediatric Intraocular Tumours.- Meta-

blic Mapping.- Assessing Diabetic Macular Edema

with Optical Coherence Tomography.

Fields of interestOphthalmology; Imaging / Radiology

Target groupsOphthalmologists in clinical and private practice,

residents, ophthalmologists-in-training, and

optometrics

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Due November 2009

2nd ed. 2010. VIII, 472 p. 100 illus., 32 in color. Hardcover

approx. $139.00

ISBN 978-3-540-87576-5

Discount groupMR

Medicine

Due December 2009

2010. Approx. 450 p. 58 illus., 25 in color. With CD-ROM.

Hardcover

$139.00

ISBN 978-3-540-74722-2

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Medicine

Due January 2010

2010. Approx. 240 p. 155 illus., 107 in color. (Essentials in


approx. $219.00

ISBN 978-3-540-85539-2


I. Jatoi, Breast Care Center, National Naval Medical

Center, Bethesda, MD, USA; M. Kaufmann, Women’s

Hospital Frankfurt, Germany (Eds.)

Management of Breast Diseases

This multi-authored and comprehensive work

provides a reference to the overall management of

diseases of the breast (both benign and malignant).

Pertinent controversies are discussed, and perspec-

tives presented from both sides of the Atlantic.

This highly practical guide serves as a reference

for the wide range of physicians and surgeons who

treat diseases of the breast.

FeaturesMulti-authored highly practical guide on

overall management of benign and malignant

diseases of the breast International discussion

of pertinent controversies and perspectives

A valuabe reference and a must for all prac-

ticing physicians and surgeons who treat benign

and malignant breast diseases

From the contentsAnatomy and Physiology of the Breast.- Congen-

ital and Developmental Abnormalities of the

Breast.- Nipple Discharge.- Mastalgia.- Manage-

ment of Common Lactation and Breast-feading

Problems.- Evaluation of the Breast Mass.- Breast

Cancer Epidemiology.- Breast Cancer Screening.-

Breast Imaging.- Premalignant and Malignant

Breast Pathology.- Lobular Carcinoma in Situ.-

Ductal Carcinoma in Situ.- Surgical Consider-

ations in the Management of Primary Invasive

Breast Cancer.- Management of the Axilla.- Breast

Reconstructive Surgery.- The Role of Radiotherapy

in Breast Cancer Management.- Adjuvant Systemic

Therapy for Breast Cancer: An Overview.- Endo-

crine Therapy.- Chemotherapeutic Agents.- HER-2

Targeted Therapy.- Inflammatory and Locally

Advanced Breast Cancer.

Fields of interestSurgery; Surgical Oncology; Gynecology

Target groupsPracticing physicians and surgeons, surgical oncol-

ogists and gynecologists at all levels of experience

K. Kaga, National Tokyo Medical Center, Japan

Central Auditory Pathway Disorders

Brain imaging and neurophysiological methods

have been rapidly developed. The purpose of

this book is to describe hearing problems which

are caused by various kinds of brain diseases in

central auditory pathway. Each topic is explained

to use a lot of figures such as brain imaging and

neurophysiological data comparing with neuro-

psychological tests. Readers will understand what

happens in patients, when bilateral auditory nerve

and auditory cortex are damaged in patients. Some

patients can hear but cannot discriminate mean-

ings of speech, music and environmental sounds.

The author tries to explain why such a difference

occurs.

FeaturesThe most important feature of this book is that

anatomical data of CT, MRI, and neuropatholog-

ical and neurophysiological data of ABR and MEG

in patients are compared with neuropsychological

data

Fields of interestOtorhinolaryngology; Neurology; Neurosurgery

A. Krämer, University of Bielefeld, Germany;

M. Kretzschmar, University Medical Center, Utrecht,

The Netherlands; K. Krickeberg, Manglieu, France

(Eds.)

Modern Infectious Disease EpidemiologyConcepts, Methods, Mathematical Models,

and Public Health

Hardly a day goes by without news headlines

concerning infectious disease threats. Currently

the spectre of a pandemic of influenza A|H1N1

is raising its head, and heated debates are taking

place about the pro’s and con’s of vaccinating

young girls against human papilloma virus. For an

evidence-based and responsible communication of

infectious disease topics to avoid misunderstand-

ings and overreaction of the public, we need solid

scientific knowledge and an understanding of all

aspects of infectious diseases and their control.

The aim of our book is to present the reader

with the general picture and the main ideas of

the subject. The book introduces the reader to

methodological aspects of epidemiology that are

specific for infectious diseases and provides insight

into the epidemiology of some classes of infectious

diseases characterized by their main modes of

transmission.

FeaturesExpanded version in English of the book in

German on a slightly higher level: A. Krämer, R.

Reintjes (eds.): Infektionsepidemiologie. Springer,

2003 The subject is modern epidemiologic

methods for infectious dieseases, their origins

and motiviations, and their role and aplications in

public health

Fields of interestStatistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health

Sciences

Target groupsResearchers, graduate students, practitioners

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Due January 2010

2010. Approx. 685 p. 48 illus. in color. Hardcover

approx. $349.00

ISBN 978-3-540-69742-8

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Medicine

Due October 2009

2009. Approx. 160 p. Hardcover

$129.00

ISBN 978-4-431-26654-9

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Mathematics

Due December 2009

2010. VIII, 424 p. (Statistics for Biology and Health)

Hardcover

$89.95

ISBN 978-0-387-93834-9


A. Laghi, University of Rome, Latina, Italy (Ed.)

New Concepts in Diagnosis and Therapy of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach

to examine in detail a range of interesting new

concepts in the diagnosis and therapy of pancreatic

adenocarcinoma. It is divided into three parts. The

first part provides an epidemiological and clinical

overview of the disease, followed by an update on

pathological findings, including new discoveries

in the area of molecular biology. The second part,

on diagnosis, offers detailed and comprehensive

information on the advantages and disadvan-

tages of different imaging techniques, including

nuclear medicine and endoscopic ultrasound. The

concluding part gives a panoramic overview of

the various therapeutic options, from surgery to

chemotherapy and palliative approaches based on

interventional endoscopy and radiology. This book

will be a valuable source of information for clini-

cians involved in the management of pancreatic

adenocarcinoma and for all who are interested in

updating their knowledge of the disease, including

fellows and senior residents.

FeaturesAdopts a multidisciplinary approach to

pancreatic adenocarcinoma Covers the entire

spectrum of the disease, from clinical presen-

tation to pathology, diagnosis, and treatment

Includes all the disciplines involved in the

management of pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Explains new discoveries in the area of molec-

ular biology Addresses the cost-effectiveness of

diagnostic strategies


Internal Medicine

Target groupsClinicians/professionals/practitioners, scientists/

researchers, lecturers and students in the fields

radiology, abdominal surgery, oncology

S. W. Lanigan, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK;

Z. Zaidi, Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital,

Karachi, Pakistan

Dermatology in Clinical Practice

This book gives an insight into the common cuta-

neous disorders, discussing the treatment in detail,

and giving a number of treatment options where

required. More unusual diseases and syndromes

are only mentioned where necessary. The first line

physician’s needs are kept in mind while writing

each chapter, e.g. the chapter on cutaneous signs

of systemic disease is described in more detail in

comparison to other short books on dermatology,

because physicians in the front line of patient

management regularly deal with a vast number of

medical problems.

The book is designed to be short, clear and easy to

read, with an emphasis on practical relevant infor-

mation. It has been designed expressly to assist

primary care physicians, residents and fellows in

dermatology, and emergency medicine and other

first line medical personnel.

FeaturesGives an insight into the common cutaneous

disorders Discusses treatment in detail, giving

a number of treatment options where required

The first line physician’s needs are kept in mind

while writing each chapter Helps to demystify

the diagnosis and management of tropical skin

diseases Short, clear and easy to read, with an

emphasis on practical relevant information

Fields of interestDermatology; General Practice / Family Medicine

Target groupsResidents and fellows specializing in dermatology,

primary care and family medicine practitioners

specializing in dermatology

R. Liersch, W. E. Berdel, T. Kessler, University

Hospital Münster, Germany (Eds.)

Angiogenesis Inhibition

Angiogenesis is attracting increased scientific

and clinical interest. The identification of novel

mediators and targeting molecules has led to

significant progress in our understanding of tumor

angiogenesis and tumor vessel targeting. Impor-

tant advances in cancer treatment have already

emerged, and in the future, blood vessel targeting

will play a significant role within individualized

therapeutic strategies. This volume provides a

general overview of the latest developments in

angiogenesis inhibition in cancer. All aspects from

the bench to the bedside are considered, with

detailed attention both to basic research and to its

translation into clinical practice. Individual chap-

ters are devoted to the roles of angiopoietins, HIF-

1a, chemokines, PDGF and VEGF, and vascular

integrins. The latest results of clinical trials are

presented, and various advanced targeting strate-

gies are discussed. This book will be invaluable to

all who wish to learn of the most recent advances

in this exciting field.

FeaturesA general overview of the latest developments

in angiogenesis inhibition in cancer Considers

all aspects from the bench to the bedside, with

detailed attention both to basic research and to its

translation into clinical practice Presents the

latest results of clinical trials Discusses various

advanced targeting strategies

Fields of interestOncology; Hematology; Cancer Research

Target groupsClinicians and practitioners

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Imaging) Hardcover

approx. $329.00

ISBN 978-3-540-85380-0

Discount groupMR

Medicine

Due November 2009

2010. Approx. 240 p. 240 illus. in color. Softcover

approx. $39.00

ISBN 978-1-84882-861-2

Discount groupMR

Medicine

Due November 2009

2010. XII, 200 p. (Recent Results in Cancer Research,

Volume 180) Hardcover

$189.00

ISBN 978-3-540-78280-3


B. Lorenz, Uniklinikum Giessen, Germany;

M. C. Brodsky, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA (Eds.)

Pediatric Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology, GeneticsStrabismus – New Concepts in

Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment










enhanced.



developments in subspecialty Two year interval

between complete updates Indispensable for


From the contentsEpidemiology of Pediatric Strabismus.- Tonus

Mechanisms in Aquired Strabismus.- Dissoci-

ated Esotonus - The Etiological Basis of Infantile

Esotropic?- Monofixation Syndrome: New Consid-

erations on Pathophysiology.- Visual Cortex

Mechanisms of Strabismus: Development and

Maldevelopment.- Neuroanatomical Strabismus.-

Congenital Cranial Dysinnervation Disorders

- Facts and Perspectives to Understand Ocular

Motility Disorders.- The Value of Screening for

Amblyopia Revisited.

Fields of interestOphthalmology; Pediatrics; Neurology


residents, ophthalmologists-in-training, pediatri-

cians, and neurologists

U. M. Martens, SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn, Germany

(Ed.)

Small Molecules in Oncology

Extensive research into the molecular mecha-

nisms of cancer disease has heralded a new age of

targeted therapy. In malignant cells, key proteins

that are crucial to tumor growth and survival

are now being targeted directly with rationally

designed inhibitors. Apart from monoclonal

antibodies, small molecule therapeutics such as

oncogenic protein kinase inhibitors are attracting a

vast amount of investigational attention. This text-

book, written by acknowledged experts, provides

a broad overview of the small molecules currently

used for the treatment of malignant diseases and

discusses interesting novel compounds that are

in the process of clinical development to combat

cancer.

FeaturesProvides a broad overview of the small

molecules currently used for the treatment of

malignant diseases Discusses interesting novel

compounds that are in the process of clinical

development to combat cancer Written by

acknowledged experts

ContentsProtein kinase inhibitors: Imatinib. Erlotinib.

Axitinib. Lapatinib. Sorafenib. Sunitinib. Dasat-

inib. Nilotinib. Bosutinib.- Epigenetic modifiers:

Decitabine. 5-Aza.- Cell cycle inhibitors: Bort-

ezomib. Temsirolimus. PHA-739. Bl2536.- Other

novel agents: Imetelstat. GDC-0449.

Fields of interestOncology; Cancer Research


L. S. Medina, Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL,

USA; K. E. Applegate, Emory University School of

Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; C. C. Blackmore, Univer-

sity of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA (Eds.)

Evidence-Based Imaging in PediatricsOptimizing Imaging in Pediatric Patient Care

This practical book is ideal for readers who want

to rapidly determine the appropriate imaging

for pediatric patients with particular diseases

and clinical symptoms and signs. Edited by Drs.

L. Santiago Medina, C. Craig Blackmore, and

Kimberly Applegate, the text provides a concise

and accessible summary of the literature on

how and when to use imaging studies. Chapters

address the essentials, such as cost-effectiveness,

and are written in collaboration by internationally

renowned specialists in the fields of pediatrics and

pediatric radiology. Topics cover common clinical

scenarios in neuroimaging and musculoskeletal,

chest, and abdominal imaging. Each particular

imaging recommendation is presented along with

an in-depth summary of the supporting data and

the strength of the evidence. Helpful illustrations,

reference tables, and imaging flowcharts highlight

the performance of the various tests and their

optimal use.

FeaturesChapters are co-authored by pediatricians and

pediatric radiologists for comprehensive coverage

Reference tables and imaging flowcharts aid

with clinical decision-making Evidence-based

approach is designed for rapid assessment of the

patient’s needs Accompanying DVD offers

handy access to text

Fields of interestPediatrics; Primary Care Medicine; General

Practice / Family Medicine

Target groupsPediatricians, primary care physicians, family

medicine physicians, pediatric radiologists,

radiologists

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Medicine

Due January 2010

2010. Approx. 230 p. (Essentials in Ophthalmology)

Hardcover

approx. $219.00

ISBN 978-3-540-85850-8

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Medicine

Due December 2009

2010. XII, 238 p. 54 illus., 22 in color. (Recent Results in

Cancer Research, Volume 184) Hardcover

$189.00

ISBN 978-3-642-01221-1

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Medicine

Due November 2009

2010. Approx. 560 p. Softcover

approx. $69.95

ISBN 978-1-4419-0921-3


E. Nieschlag, University of Münster, Germany;

H. M. Behre, University of Halle, Germany;

S. Nieschlag, University of Münster, Germany (Eds.)

AndrologyMale Reproductive Health and Dysfunction

This is the 3rd, totally revised edition of a well-

known textbook that continues to represent

the gold standard in the literature on clinical

andrology. It examines in depth all aspects of

male reproductive health, encompassing the basic

physiology of male reproductive function and

a wide range of disorders. Each of the chapters

is written by outstanding experts in the field.

Among the topics covered are: Testicular function,

sperm maturation and fertilization, diagnostic

procedures, infertility, primary and secondary

hypogonadism, late-onset hypogonadism, erectile

dysfunction, genetic disorders, environmental

influences, psychology and sexual medicine,

testosterone therapy, assisted reproduction: TESE

and ICSI, cryopreservation, male contraception

and ethics in andrology.

This volume will serve as a textbook for the

newcomer to andrology, while providing the expe-

rienced physician with a valuable reference work.

It will appeal to all who are concerned with male

reproductive health.

FeaturesTHE reference book both for beginners and

experts Covers all aspects of the male reproduc-

tive systems, including diseases and effects of aging

Up-to-date coverage of assisted reproduction

and erectile dysfunction

Fields of interestUrology/Andrology; Reproductive Medicine;

Endocrinology


E. B. Noffsinger, Harvard Vanguard Medical

Associates, Newton, MA, USA

Running Group Visits in Your Practice

The comprehensive text is designed to be the

definitive work on group visits. This book and

DVD provides the reader with an authoritative

reference for today’s major group visit models

(SMA’s, DIGMAs, and CHCC): what they are; their

strengths and weaknesses; and how they can best

be used together and in combination with tradi-

tional individual office visits.

FeaturesDr. Noffsinger is the foremost expert on and

inventor of group visit models Only compre-

hensive reference and implementation guide on

the market with regard to group visit models

The group visit model is not only of interest

to physicians: group vists may shape political and

health care policy decisions in the near future

From the contentsPart 1. Group Visits: The Next Step in Medical

Care.- Introduction to group visits.- The Drop-In

Group Medical Appointment model: a revolu-

tionary access solution for follow-up visits.- Drop-

in group medical appointments: strengths, weak-

nesses, and real-life examples.- The Cooperative

Health Care Clinic Model: following the same

group of multi-morbid geriatric patients over

time.- The Physicals Shared Medical Appoint-

ment model: a revolutionary access solution for

private physical examinations.- Physician buy-in:

the key to successful shared medical appointment

programs.

Fields of interestGeneral Practice / Family Medicine

Target groupsFamily medicine physicians, primary care physi-

cians, family medicine residents, internists, general

or specialist physicians with private practices,

health care policy administrators

J. M. O’Donnell, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA, USA;

F. E. Nácul, Clinica Sao Vicente, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

(Eds.)

Surgical Intensive Care Medicine

This second edition of the popular “Surgical Inten-

sive Care Medicine” textbook has been specifically

designed to be a practical reference for medical

students and house officers to help manage the

critically ill surgical patient. The first section is

titled “Resuscitation” and exposes the reader to

a condensed version of generic topics in primary

intensive care medicine. The sections that follow

have been categorized according to medical and

surgical subspecialties and cover the most germane

of problems encountered in a tertiary surgical

intensive care unit. For the second edition, the

editors and authors have thoroughly revised every

chapter, with the same evidence-based orientation

as the first edition. The chapter authors are experts

from around the world, bringing the multi-disci-

plinary nature critical practice and the necessary

diversity of opinion and approach. This edition

is more heavily illustrated to illucidate complex

concepts–operative photos, imagaing, and clinical

illustrations abound.

FeaturesThe simple and logical content provides a

comprehensive yet readable resource for the

surgical intensivist

Fields of interestIntensive / Critical Care Medicine; General

Surgery; Anesthesiology

Target groupsPractitioners in the surgical intensive care units

Discount groupMR

Medicine

Due November 2009

3rd, completely rev. and updated ed. 2010. XVI, 628 p.

204 illus., 157 in color. Hardcover

approx. $189.00

ISBN 978-3-540-78354-1

Discount groupMC

Medicine

Due October 2009

1st ed. 2009. 2nd printing 2009. LXIII, 496 p. 73 illus.

With DVD. Hardcover

approx. $59.95

ISBN 978-1-4419-1413-2

Discount groupMR

Medicine

Due November 2009

2nd ed. 2010. Approx. 920 p. 194 illus., 62 in color.

Hardcover

$199.00

ISBN 978-0-387-77892-1


R. Pawankar, S. T. Holgate, L. J. Rosenwasser (Eds.)

Allergy Frontiers: Diagnosis and Health Economics

The prevalence of asthma and other allergic

diseases is on the rise worldwide, with a marked

impact on quality of life and socioeconomics.

Allergy Frontiers comprises six volumes, each

dedicated to a specific aspect of the disease to

reflect the multidisciplinary character of the field

and its explosive growth. Included are reviews by

world-renowned scientists from Europe, North

and South America, Australia, Japan, other parts of

Asia, and South Africa.

The fourth volume is dedicated to the prac-

tical aspects of diagnosis and to the differential

diagnosis of allergic diseases. It also describes

the educational programs available on asthma,

addressing, among others, health economics. This

book serves as a valuable tool for scientists and as

a practical guide for clinicians working in the fields

of allergy, asthma, and immunology.

Fields of interestAllergology; Immunology; Internal Medicine

Target groupsScientists, clinicians working in the field of allergy,

asthma and immunology

R. Pawankar, S. T. Holgate, L. J. Rosenwasser (Eds.)

Allergy Frontiers: Therapy and Prevention

The prevalence of asthma and other allergic

diseases is on the rise worldwide, with a marked

impact on quality of life and socioeconomics.

Allergy Frontiers comprises six volumes, each

dedicated to a specific aspect of the disease to

reflect the multidisciplinary character of the field

and its explosive growth. Included are reviews by

world-renowned scientists from Europe, North

and South America, Australia, Japan, other parts of

Asia, and South Africa.

The fifth volume is dedicated to therapy and

prevention of allergies, including pharmacotherapy

and allergen-specific immunotherapy, with novel

aspects and special considerations for particular

groups such as children, the elderly, and pregnant

women. This book serves as a valuable tool for

scientists and as a practical guide for clinicians

working in the fields of allergy, asthma, and

immunology.

Fields of interestAllergology; Immunology; Internal Medicine

Target groupsScientists, clinicians working in the field of allergy,

asthma, and immunology

J. Pfeil, Orthopädische Klinik, Wiesbaden, Germany;

W. E. Siebert, Orthopädische Klinik, Kassel, Germany

(Eds.)

Minimally Invasive Surgery in Total Hip Arthroplasty

Recent years have witnessed a trend toward the

use of minimally invasive techniques in all areas

of orthopedic surgery, including hip replacement.

This book aims to provide a comprehensive guide

to the use of minimally invasive surgery in total

hip arthroplasty. The four commonly employed

approaches – anterior, anterolateral OCM, antero-

lateral supine, and posterior – are described in

detail with the aid of high-quality illustrations. For

each approach, clear guidance is offered on patient

selection, patient positioning, surgical procedure,

postsurgical care, and rehabilitation. Potential

complications and the advantages and disadvan-

tages of each option are carefully weighed up, and

experts also present their personal experiences,

outcomes, and success rates with the different

approaches. The book concludes by discussing

future trends in hip arthroplasty.

FeaturesProvides a comprehensive guide to the use of

minimally invasive surgery in total hip arthro-

plasty Describes the commonly employed

approaches in detail with the aid of high-quality

illustrations Offers clear guidance on patient

selection, patient positioning, surgical procedure,

postsurgical care, and rehabilitation Includes

the personal experiences of experts, with docu-

mentation of success rates

ContentsIntroduction.- Anatomy of the Hip Joint.- Compli-

cations.- Patient Selection.- Anterior Approach.-

Antero-lateral Approach.- Antero-lateral Approach

in supine position.- Posterior Approach.- Epilogue.

Fields of interestOrthopedics; Surgical Orthopedics;

Rehabilitation Medicine

Target groupsOrthopedic surgeons

Discount groupMR

Medicine

Due October 2009

2009. XXII, 554 p. 9 illus. (Allergy Frontiers, Volume 4)

Hardcover

$259.00

ISBN 978-4-431-98293-7

Discount groupMR

Medicine

Due October 2009

2009. Approx. 800 p. (Allergy Frontiers, Volume 5)

Hardcover

$269.00

ISBN 978-4-431-99361-2

Discount groupP

Medicine

Due January 2010

2010. XIV, 109 p. 54 illus. in color. Hardcover

approx. $159.00

ISBN 978-3-642-00896-2


L. Poretsky, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY,

USA (Ed.)

Principles of Diabetes Mellitus

“Principles of Diabetes Mellitus, Second Edition”

is an important update to the comprehensive text-

book first published in 2002 and reissued in 2004.

It is written for physicians of all specialties who,

on a daily basis, deal with an illness which has

reached epidemic proportions. The book is also

intended for medical students and investigators of

all aspects of diabetes.

The last five years have witnessed major devel-

opments in our understanding of diabetes and

in therapeutic approaches to this disease. Thus,

in addition to updating all chapters, eight new

chapters have been added to the second edition.

“Principles of Diabetes Mellitus, Second Edition”

covers diabetes in all of its aspects – genetics,

epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifesta-

tions, therapy and prevention.

ContentsList of Contributors.- Preface.- Preface to the

First Edition.- I: The main events in the history

of diabetes mellitus.- II: Physiology of glucose

metabolism.- III: Diagnosis and epidemiology of

diabetes.- IV: Genes and diabetes.- V: Diabetes

Syndromes.- VI: Complications of diabetes.-

VII: Related disorders.- VIII:Therapy of diabetes

mellitus - general principles.- IX: Diabetes Preven-

tion.- X: Resources for patients with diabetes.-

Index.

Fields of interestEndocrinology; Diabetes; Primary Care Medicine

Target groupsEndocrinologists, primary care physicians, cardi-

ologists, medical residents and medical students

S. Puntambekar, Galaxy Laparoscopic Institute,

Pune, India; M. A. Cuesta, Vrije Universiteit Medical

Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Eds.)

Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Esophageal Carcinoma

The main aim of this book is standardization of the

procedure with stress on simplification and ease of

performing the surgery. In oncology, the principles

and steps of an operative procedure should remain

the same; though the modality may change, be it

either open surgery or laparoscopy. Thus, in this

book the patient position and procedural steps are

devised to mimic open surgery as far as possible.

This makes it easier for the oesophageal surgeon

performing surgeries by the open technique to

get converted into a thoracoscopic laparoscopic

surgeon. This atlas will be a step by step guide for

a surgeon who wishes to perform laparoscopy with

more than 500 operative photographs. Additional

value has been two DVD’s of the procedure and

added chapters such as anaesthesia, stapler, world

literature and tricks of laparoscopy, knotting and

suturing.

ContentsSurgery for Cancer of the Esophagus: “The

Continuing Evolution”.- Minimally Invasive

Surgery in Esophageal Cancer: World Literature.-

Staplers in Gasto-esophageal Cancer Surgery.-

Thoracoscopic and Laparoscopic Esophagectomy

with Two-Field Nodal Clearance.- Laparoscopic

Transhiatal Esophagectomy.- Cancer in Prone

Decubitus Position: Operative Technique.- Laparo-

scopic Transhiatal Resection for Distal and Gastro-

Esophageal Junction Cancer: The Operative

Technique.- Robot-Assisted Thoracolaparaoscopic

Esophagectomy.

Fields of interestSurgery; Surgical Oncology; Thoracic Surgery

Target groupsOncosurgeons interested in esophageal surgery,

thoracoscopic and laparoscopic surgeons

performing advanced procedures

E. Quaia, University of Trieste, Italy (Ed.)

Radiological Imaging of the Kidney

This book provides a unique and comprehensive

analysis of the normal anatomy and pathology

of the kidney and upper urinary tract from the

modern diagnostic imaging point of view. The

first part is dedicated to the normal radiological

anatomy of the kidney and normal anatomic

variants. The second part presents in detail all of

the imaging modalities which can be employed to

assess the kidney and the upper urinary tract, with

careful descriptions of patient preparation, investi-

gation protocols, and principal fields of application

of each imaging modality. The entire spectrum of

kidney pathologies is then presented with the aid

of a large set of images, many of which are in color.

The latest innovations in interventional radiology,

biopsy procedures, and parametric and molecular

imaging are also described. This book should be of

great interest to all radiologists, oncologists, and

urologists who are involved in the management of

kidney pathologies in their daily clinical practice.

FeaturesProvides a unique and comprehensive analysis

of the normal anatomy and pathology of the

kidney and upper urinary tract from the modern

diagnostic imaging point of view Fully

describes all imaging modalities which can be

employed, with accurate descriptions of patient

preparation and investigation protocols


Urology/Andrology

Target groupsClinicians, professionals, practitioners, scientists/

researchers, and students in the fields diagnostic

imaging incl. radiological and nuclear medicine

imaging techniques, urology, molecular imaging

Discount groupMR

Medicine

Due November 2009


Hardcover

$239.00

ISBN 978-0-387-09840-1

Discount groupMR

Medicine

Due October 2009

2010. Approx. 495 p. 194 illus., 184 in color. With DVD.

Hardcover

approx. $280.00

ISBN 978-1-84882-767-7

Discount groupMR

Medicine

Due August 2010


Imaging) Hardcover

approx. $329.00

ISBN 978-3-540-87596-3


T. Reinhard, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany;

F. Larkin, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK (Eds.)

Cornea and External Eye DiseaseCorneal Allotransplantation, Allergic Disease

and Trachoma










enhanced.



developments in subspecialty Indispensable for


ContentsImmune Priviledge of Corneal Allografts.- Mecha-

nisms of Corneal Allograft Rejection and the

Development of New Therapies.- New Develop-

ments in Topical Immunomodulation Following

Penetrating Keratoplasty.- Cytokines Analysis of

the Aqueous Humor in the Context Penetrating

Keratoplasty.- Limbal Stell Cell Transplantation:

Surgical Techniques and Results.- Cell Cycle

Control and Replication in Corneal Endothelium.-

Current State-of-the-Art of Fitting Gas-Permeable

Contact Lenses (GP).- Allergic Disease of the

Conjunctiva and Cornea.- Trachoma.- Keratopro-

thesis.- Index.

Fields of interestOphthalmology


residents, ophthalmologists-in-training, and

optometrists

R. Ribes, Hopital Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain;

P. J. Aranda, Hospital Universitario Carlos Haya,

Málaga, Spain; J. Giba, Barcelona, Spain

Surgical English

Surgeons around the world need a basic knowl-

edge of English to keep up to date with advances in

their field. Fluency in surgical English is important

for your professional development enabling you to

attend English-speaking patients with confidence,

to study (or work) in other hospitals, speak

confidently at international meetings, and to write

articles for international journals, among other

advantages. This book will provide you with the

basic tools to handle day-to-day situations without

stress and will help you to improve your English,

no matter what your level. To our knowledge, this

is the first English book written specifically by

surgeons for surgeons. We are sure that surgical

specialists from all over the “non-English-speaking

world” (general surgeons, thoracic surgeons,

vascular surgeons, neurosurgeons, gynecologists,

plastic surgeons) will enjoy reading it.

FeaturesThis book provides with the basic tools to

handle day-to-day situations and is also useful to

those with an excellent command of the English

language. First English book written specially

by surgeons for surgeons. It is invaluable for

those who wish to practice or do a fellowship in

a different country in a hospital with a language

other than your own.

From the contentsMethodological Approach to Surgical English.-

Surgical Grammar. American English vs. British

English.- Surgical Scientific Literature Writing an

Article.- Letters to Editors of Surgical Journals.-

Attending and International Course in Surgery.-

Presenting a unication.- Chairing a Session.-

Typical Mistakes that Surgeons Make when

speaking and Writing English.

Fields of interestMedicine/Public Health, general; Surgery

Target groupsSurgeons, physicians, medical staff

M. Ryu, A. Cho, Chiba Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan

(Eds.)

New Liver AnatomyPortal Segmentation and the Drainage Vein

A new era for liver anatomy has dawned.

With the development of multidetector row

computed tomography (MDCT) in the 1990s,

precise volume-rendered 3-D images could be

constructed, leading to new observations. Liver

anatomy has since been reevaluated from the

standpoint of portal segmentation and drainage

veins and includes a reclassification of the liver.

Better surgical results and fewer complications

have supported the rationale for the new liver

anatomy. Based on the work and spirit of Team

Chiba from Chiba University, this publication is a

testament to the collaboration, perseverance, and

innovation in the field of liver anatomy. With high

regard for the early pioneers in this field, Team

Chiba can be credited with pioneering its own

antiviral treatment, percutaneous ethanol injection

therapy, radiation therapy, and US-guided hepatic

resections. It is the team’s hope that the new liver

anatomy will find acceptance worldwide and will

contribute to the advancement of the health and

welfare of mankind.

FeaturesClarifies the true liver anatomy and the differ-

ence between previous dissecting anatomy and

new anatomy to perform rational liver surgery

without any complications

Fields of interestAnatomy; Hepatology; Surgery

Target groupsLiver surgeons, liver physicians

Discount groupMR

Medicine

Due December 2009

2010. X, 131 p. 32 illus., 27 in color. (Essentials in


$219.00

ISBN 978-3-540-85543-9

Discount groupMR

Medicine

Due December 2009

2010. XII, 260 p. Softcover

approx. $39.95

ISBN 978-3-642-02964-6

Discount groupMR

Medicine

Due October 2009

2009. X, 196 p. 226 illus. in color. Hardcover

$239.00

ISBN 978-4-431-95992-2


D. J. Stewart, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston,

TX, USA (Ed.)

Lung CancerPrevention, Management, and Emerging

Therapies

This comprehensive resource provides authorita-

tive knowledge of the most up-to-date prevention

and treatment strategies for thoracic malignan-

cies. Established and investigational therapies are

placed in the context of tumor biology for a full

understanding of the pharmacogenetics, etiology,

and changing epidemiology of lung cancer. Expert

clinicians detail the function of predictive and

prognostic factors in the utilization of chemo-

radiotherapy, adjuvant and neoadjuvant treatment,

and targeted agents. The promises and potential

pitfalls of investigational strategies are evaluated

with exceptional insight and clarity, with unique

attention paid to the mechanisms of drug resis-

tance and targets for lung cancer treatment and

prevention.

Lung Cancer: Prevention, Management, and

Emerging Therapies engages the entire spectrum

of therapeutic modalities with focus on systemic

approaches.

FeaturesProvides full coverage of established and

emerging therapies, including novel targeted

and antiangiogenic agents Evaluates the

mechanisms of drug resistance and the therapeutic

potential of new targets Integrates molecular

biology into strategies for prevention and treat-

ment of lung cancer Presents the most current

data on pharmacogenetics in prediction of disease

and efficacy and toxicity of chemoradiotherapy

Fields of interestOncology; Pneumology/Respiratory System;

Radiotherapy

Target groupsResearchers and professionals

L. D. Truong, S. S. Shen, J. Y. Ro

Frozen Section Library: Genitourinary Tract

Frozen sections are performed for the purpose

of rapid diagnosis while a patient is undergoing

surgery, usually under general anesthesia, as a

basis for making immediate treatment decisions.

Therefore, frozen section diagnosis is often a

highly demanding situation for the pathologist

who must render a diagnosis quickly and a crucial

determination for the patient and surgeon. In

addition to the need for rapid recall of differential

diagnoses, there are many pitfalls and artifacts

that add to the risk of frozen section diagnosis

that are not present with permanent sections of

fully processed tissues that can be examined in a

more leisurely fashion. Most standard pathology

textbooks, both general and subspecialty, largely

ignore the topic of frozen section. Few textbooks

have ever focused exclusively on frozen section

diagnosis and those textbooks that have done so

are now out-of-date and have limited numbers of

black and white figures. None has emphasized the

education of the surgeon in terms of frozen section

benefits, limitations or proper utilization.

FeaturesWell Illustrated Concise Handbook

Site Specific

ContentsPreface.- Frozen section diagnosis of the kidney.-

Frozen section diagnosis of the Urinary Bladder,

Ureter, and Urethra.- Frozen section diagnosis of

the Penis.- Frozen section diagnosis of Prostate.-

Frozen section diagnosis of the Testis.- Index.

Fields of interestPathology; Urology/Andrology

Target groupsPathologists, pathology residents

S. Ulmer, O. Jansen, University Hospital of

Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany (Eds.)

fMRIBasics and Clinical Applications

Functional MRI (fMRI) and the basic method of

BOLD imaging were introduced in 1993 by Seiji

Ogawa. From very basic experiments, fMRI has

evolved into a clinical application for daily routine

brain imaging. There have been various improve-

ments in both the imaging technique as such as

well as in the statistical analysis. In this volume,

experts in the field share their knowledge and

point out possible technical barriers and problems

explaining how to solve them. Starting from the

very basics on the origin of the BOLD signal, the

book covers technical issues, anatomical land-

marks, presurgical applications, and special issues

in various clinical fields. Other modalities for

brain mapping such as PET, TMS, and MEG are

also compared with fMRI. This book is intended

to give a state-of-the-art overview and to serve as

a reference and guide for clinical applications of

fMRI.

FeaturesOnly book on clinical applications of fMRI on

the market State-of-the-art, comprehensive

overview of fMRI

From the contentsBackground. Neuroanatomy and landmarks of

functional cortical areas. History of fMRI.- Tech-

nical Issues. Physical background. MR sequences

for fMRI . Fluctuations. Spatial resolution. The

BOLD effect - first clinical applications.- Clinical

Applications - Basics. Electrophysiological back-

ground of fMRI. Impact on field strength in fMRI.

Press-button solutions.- Clinical Applications

- Clinical Mapping: The motor hand area in preop-

erative mapping. From auditory cortex to language

perception and speech production.

Fields of interestNeuroradiology; Neurosurgery; Neurology

Target groupsClinicians (neuroscientists, neurosurgeons,

neurologists, neuropediatricians)

Discount groupP

Medicine

Due December 2009

2010. Approx. 640 p. 14 illus. in color. (Current Clinical

Oncology) Hardcover

$239.00

ISBN 978-1-60761-523-1

Discount groupMR

Medicine

Due October 2009

2009. XII, 224 p. 174 illus. in color. (Frozen Section

Library, Volume 2) Softcover

$79.95

ISBN 978-1-4419-0690-8

Discount groupMR

Medicine

Due November 2009

2010. VIII, 240 p. 69 illus., 52 in color. Hardcover

approx. $139.00

ISBN 978-3-540-68131-1


T. Van Deven, K. Hibbert, R. K. Chhem, University of

Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada (Eds.)

The Practice of Radiology EducationChallenges and Trends

The role of medical imaging is increasingly integral

to health care, drug discovery, biology, and other

life sciences. The changes that are occurring call

for innovation in the training of the medical

imaging experts of tomorrow. In their previous

book, Radiology Education: The Scholarship

of Teaching and Learning (2008), the editors

addressed the philosophical and theoretical

underpinnings of scholarship in radiology educa-

tion. Now, in The Practice of Radiology Education:

Challenges and Trends, they focus on the applica-

tion of these concepts within educational programs

for radiology residents and fellows. The contribu-

tors are educators in radiology from around the

world, providing a global perspective on the main

challenges facing medical imaging education and

the potential strategies required to meet these

challenges. It is hoped that the book will assist in

attaining the ultimate goal of radiology education:

to help patients.

FeaturesConsiders the application of theoretical

concepts within educational programs for radi-

ology residents and fellows Provides a global

perspective on the main challenges facing medical

imaging education and the strategies required to

meet these challenges Emphasises the impor-

tance of innovation in the training of medical

imaging experts Contributors are leading

theorists, practitioners, scientists, and educators

Fields of interestImaging / Radiology; Nuclear Medicine; Medical

Education

Target groupsRadiology/nuclear medicine doctors, physicists,

medical schools and teaching hospital, professional

society of radiology, medical imaging specialists,

radiographers

P. Varelas, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA (Ed.)

Seizures in Critical CareA Guide to Diagnosis and Therapeutics

This fully revised second edition of Seizures in

Critical Care: A Guide to Diagnosis and Thera-

peutics is an essential guide for ICU professionals

and neurologists. Incorporating the last five

years of advances in the field, this invaluable title

keeps the same structure as the previous edition,

with sections on epidemiology, pathophysiology,

diagnostic evaluation and treatment options, but

includes an extra chapter on seizure monitoring

in the ICU. This edition also adds a number of

new sections dedicated to new treatments, such as

neurostimulation, hypothermia or resection of the

refractory epileptic focus and antiepileptic drugs.

In addition, readers will find extra flow charts

and treatment algorithms with more specific drug

doses. Further, more EEGs with better explanation

and labeling for the non-expert intensivist have

been added to each section.

FeaturesAuthoritative review of diagnostic and

therapeutic issues of ICU seizures Up-to-date

evidence-based data and recommendations

Numerous tables summarizing drug inter-

actions Expert opinion where evidence is

nonexistent Neuroimages revealing common

ICU seizure etiologies Discussion of the new

anti-epileptics and their interaction with other

ICU medications

Fields of interestNeurology; Neurosurgery; Emergency Medicine

Target groupsIntensivists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, trauma

surgeons, residents, private practice epileptolo-

gists, and researchers

J. Wilmink, University Hospital Maastricht,

The Netherlands

Lumbar Spinal Imaging in Radicular Pain and Related ConditionsUnderstanding Diagnostic Images in a

Clinical Context

A general consensus exists that lumbosacral nerve

root compression is the primary cause of sciatica

and neurogenic claudication. This book focuses

on imaging the various ways in which nerve root

compression can come about, and determining

which anatomic features are reliably associated

with the production of radicular pain. After a

discussion of the nature of radicular pain and

related symptoms, spinal imaging techniques and

options are reviewed, with emphasis on the role of

MR myelography in assessing the intradural nerve

roots. A chapter on normal topographic, sectional,

and functional radiologic anatomy is followed by

presentations on pathologic anatomy, addressing

mechanisms of nerve root compression, and on

pre- and postoperative imaging. Features relevant

to prediction of the natural history are discussed,

and a section is devoted to the performance and

reporting of a spinal imaging study. A CD-ROM is

included, containing case studies from the author’s

teaching file, referenced to the main text.

FeaturesFocuses on specific imaging features in degen-

erative spinal disease as related to the presence

or absence of signs and symptoms of nerve root

involvement Reviews the role of different

spinal imaging techniques, with special emphasis

on MR myelography Examines imaging in rela-

tion to surgical therapy Includes a CD-ROM

containing case studies from the author’s teaching

file, referenced to the main text

Fields of interestImaging / Radiology; Neuroradiology; Neurology

Target groupsRadiologists, neurorradiologists, neurologists,

neurosurgeons, orthopedicians

Discount groupMR

Medicine

Due November 2009

2010. XXVI, 259 p. 17 illus., 6 in color. Hardcover

$129.00

ISBN 978-3-642-03147-2

Discount groupMC

Medicine

Due December 2009


(Current Clinical Neurology) Hardcover

$189.00

ISBN 978-1-60327-531-6

Discount groupMR

Medicine

Due November 2009

2010. VIII, 178 p. 75 illus., 12 in color. With CD-ROM.

Hardcover

$129.00

ISBN 978-3-540-93829-3


T. Wilson, G. A. Bray, N. J. Temple, M. Boyle Struble

(Eds.)

Nutrition Guide for Physicians

Nutrition Guide for Physicians is a desktop refer-

ence guide on nutrition and its clinical implica-

tions for health and disease through the lifecycle.

Presented in a user-friendly style, it serves as a

valuable resource of practical information on

nutrition for physicians in their daily practice.

Nutrition Guide for Physicians is divided into

three parts that cross the spectrum of nutritional

concerns for improving the practice of medicine.

Part One provides basic nutritional principles for

physicians. Part Two covers nutrition through the

lifecycle and optimal nutrition patterns through

all stages of development. Part Three covers diet

and its role in prevention, cause and treatment

of disease. All chapters include figures and tables

that provide useful descriptive and visual reviews.

“Key points” and succinct “conclusions” are also

provided for each topic.

FeaturesWritten in a user-friendly style Includes key

points and conclusions for each topic Figures

and tables providing descriptive and visual reviews

From the contentsFat: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.- Dietary

Fiber: All Fibers are not Alike.- Sugar and

Artificial Sweeteners: Seeking the Sweet Truth.-

Vitamins and Minerals: How much do we Really

Need?- Dietary Reference Intakes: Cutting through

the Confusion.- Food Labels and Sources of

Nutrients: Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff.-

Vegetarian and Vegan Diets: Weighing the Claims.

Fields of interestClinical Nutrition; Primary Care Medicine;

General Practice / Family Medicine

Target groupsPrimary care physicians

J. L. Zamorano, J. J. Bax, F. E. Rademakers,

J. Knuuti (Eds.)

The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Imaging

“The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Imaging”

is a comprehensive guide to all forms of cardio-

vascular imaging. A disease based approach is

followed and the book is comprised of 8 sections.

Section 1 describes the imaging techniques avail-

able and Sections 2-8 describe the imaging modali-

ties used to visualise cardiovascular diseases in

seven main areas. Each section is subdivided into

2-7 chapters. The book is edited by four European

opinion leaders in the fields of echocardiography,

nuclear, CMR and CT imaging and has over 50

contributors, mainly from Europe.

The printed version is complemented by a basic

online version, accessible by means of a password,

distributed with the book. The online version

allows users to: download chapters for ease of use;

provide links from all references to PubMed; allow

searching of the text; and download figures and

images for non-commercial use in PowerPoint

presentations.

FeaturesPractical concise style Fully comprehensive,

disease based clinical reference to cardiovascular

imaging Adjacent online version allowing

quick text searches and figure download

From the contentsEchocardiography - basic principles.- New devel-

opments in Echocardiography.- Nuclear cardiology

(PET and SPECT) - basic principles.- Hybrid

Imaging: PET-CT and SPECT-CT.- Cardiac CT-

basic principles.- CMR - basic principles.- Valvular

Stenosis.- Valvular Regurgitation.- Valvular

Prostheses.- Endocarditis.- Echocardiography and

detection of coronary artery disease.

Fields of interestCardiology; Imaging / Radiology; Diagnostic

Radiology

Target groupsTrainees in all fields of cardiology and internal

medicine

A. P. Zbar, University of New England, Tamworth,

NSW, Australia; S. D. Wexner, Cleveland Clinic Florida,

Weston, FL, USA (Eds.)

Coloproctology

Coloproctology is a surgical specialty which

dynamically changes every few years. There is a

profusion of colorectal textbooks but specialty

series on particularly complex topics as well as

on the specialized management approach for

trainees and training colorectal surgeons are

actually few. The aim of this text is a superior

quality colorectal book written by world experts

targeted at senior surgical and colorectal trainees

and young consultant coloproctologists in current

areas of subspecialty expertise. The structure of the

chapters is current and is based on what does not

appear and is not addressed in current colorectal

textbooks. This series has proven useful in areas

already represented, including Neurosurgery,

Vascular Surgery, Transplantation Surgery, etc.

The text is aimed at being relatively didactic with

an algorithm approach to specialized areas within

coloproctology which could potentially be updated

every 3 years or so with new topics to create a set

for didactic training in colorectal surgery.

FeaturesDidactic text with an algorithm approach

to specialized areas within coloproctology for

training in colorectal surgery

From the contentsGenetic Approaches to Familial Colorectal

Cancer.- Multivisceral Resection in Rectal

Cancer.- Colonic Stenting.- Current Clinical Trials

in Chemotherapy and Radiation in Colorectal

Cancer.- Quality of Life Issues in Rectal Cancer.-

Managing Presacral Tumours.- Pouch Revisional

Surgery.- Modern Management of Faecal Inconti-

nence - Troubleshooting Sacral Neuromodulation.

Fields of interestColorectal Surgery; Proctology; General Surgery

Target groupsColoproctologists; colorectal surgeons; colorectal

trainees; general surgeons; gynaecological trainees

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Due November 2009

2010. Approx. 400 p. 9 illus. (Nutrition and Health)

Hardcover

$89.95

ISBN 978-1-60327-430-2

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Due December 2009


$199.00

ISBN 978-1-84882-420-1

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Medicine

Due December 2009

2010. Approx. 175 p. 56 illus., 24 in color. (Springer

Specialist Surgery Series) Hardcover

approx. $189.00

ISBN 978-1-84882-755-4

springer.com/booksellers16 Springer News 10/2009Biomedicine

P. Baumann, Stowers Institute for Medical Research,

Kansas City, MO, USA (Ed.)

G-Quadruplex DNAMethods and Protocols

Recent work has revealed that stabilizing

G-quadruplexes in telomeric DNA inhibits

telomerase activity, providing impetus for the

development of G-quartet-interacting drugs, while

G-quartet-containing oligonucleotides have been

recognized as a potent class of aptamers effective

against STAT3 and other transcription factors

implicated in oncogenesis, proving these guanine-

quartets to be a vital and rich area for future study.

In “G-Quadruplex DNA: Methods and Protocols”,

experts in the field present a collection of detailed

techniques for studying G-quartet formation,

dynamics, and molecular recognition. Written

in the highly successful Methods in Molecular

Biology™ series format, chapters include brief

introductions to their respective topics, lists of the

necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step,

readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and

notes on troubleshooting and avoiding known

pitfalls.

FeaturesIncludes coverage of a wide range of meth-

odologies to study G-quadruplex structures

Provides detailed protocols which ensure

successful re-recreation of experimental proce-

dures Supplies step-by-step instructions in

order to enable researchers to set up their own

high throughput screens for G-quadruplex ligands

Explores computational approaches for the detec-

tion of G-quadruplex-forming structures

Fields of interestCell Biology; Human Genetics

Target groupsGeneticists, pharmaceutical scientists, molecular

and cellular biologists, biochemists, and nanotech-

nologists

V. Berezin, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Ed.)

Structure and Function of the Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule NCAM

This book contains review articles that produce

a snapshot of recent developments in the field

of the neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM.

The chapters are grouped into sections reflecting

various aspects of NCAM structure and function.

The themes cover the structural basis of cell adhe-

sion mediated by NCAM and NCAM interaction

partners, NCAM-mediated signaling determinants

of NCAM function under physiological conditions

and in disease, and the therapeutic potential of

NCAM mimetics.

FeaturesIntroduction to current knowledge of extracel-

lular and intracellular NCAM ligands and the

structural basis of NCAM interactions with the

fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptor

Chapters are grouped into sections reflecting

various aspects of NCAM structure and function,

making for a straightforward approach to NCAM

Explores new therapeutic potential of NCAM

mimetics

From the contentsStructure and Ligands of NCAM.Structural

Biology of NCAM.Extracellular Protein Interac-

tions Mediated by NCAM: Heterophilic Interac-

tions between NCAM and Cell Adhesion Mole-

cules, Extracellular Matrix Proteins, and Viruses.

Intracellular Ligands of NCAM.NCAM and the

FGF receptor.The Role of ATP in the Regulation

of NCAM Function.- NCAM and Polysialic Acid.

Polysialylation of NCAM.Structural Basis for the

Polysialylation of NCAM.The Role of PSA-NCAM

in Adult Neurogenesis.Use of PSA-NCAM in

Repair of the Central Nervous System.

Fields of interestNeurosciences; Human Physiology; Neurobiology

Target groupsNeuroscientists, neurophysiologists

P. A. Borea, Universita di Ferrara, Sezione di Farmaco-

logia, Italy (Ed.)

A3 Adenosine Receptors from Cell Biology to Pharmacology and Therapeutics

This Book “A3 Adenosine Receptors from Cell

Biology to Pharmacology and Therapeutics”

documents the present state of knowledge of the

adenosine A3 receptor. Adenosine A3 receptors

are G protein-linked receptors that function in

physiology and intracellular signaling and are

involved in inflammatory responses and mediating

cell proliferation and cell death.

The A3 receptor is increasingly being recognized

for its biological roles throughout the body, and

many A3 receptor ligands have proven useful in

elucidating peripheral and central pathologies.

This book covers a wide range of information

including data from studies of theoretical, molec-

ular and cellular pharmacology, signal transduc-

tion, integrative physiology, new drug discoveries

and clinical applications. The book includes

sections on: A3 Adenosine Receptor signal trans-

duction, adenosine Receptor medicinal chemistry,

effects and therapeutic applications of Adenosine

Receptors on tissues and organs, adenosine Recep-

tors and inflammatory and auto-immune diseases,

adenosine Receptors and cancer.

The chapters in this book cover both fundamental

science and relevant applications and provide an

authoritative account of the current status of the

field. “A3 Adenosine Receptors from Cell Biology

to Pharmacology and Therapeutics” is an up to

date and scientifically excellent source of informa-

tion, attractive to basic and clinical scientists alike.

Fields of interestPharmacology/Toxicology; Medicinal Chemistry;

Cardiology

Target groupsScientists (basic and clinical) working in the field

of adenosine and adenine nucleotides, pharma-

ceutical companies which are interested to the

development of new drugs in the field

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2010. Approx. 285 p. 65 illus., 2 in color. (Methods in

Molecular Biology, Volume 608) Hardcover

$99.00

ISBN 978-1-58829-950-5

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Due October 2009

2010. Approx. 500 p. 67 illus., 45 in color. (Advances

in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Volume 663)

Hardcover

$189.00

ISBN 978-1-4419-1169-8

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ISBN 978-90-481-3143-3

springer.com/librarybooks 17Springer News 10/2009 Biomedicine

K. S. Campbell, Fox Chase Cancer Center,

Philadelphia, PA, USA (Ed.)

Natural Killer Cell ProtocolsCellular and Molecular Methods

As the research has continued, it has become

increasingly clear that natural killer (NK) cells are

critical sentinels of the innate immune response,

playing important roles in protecting the body

from numerous pathogens and cancer in addi-

tion to contributing to normal pregnancy and

impacting the outcomes of transplantation. While

the first edition provided a valuable collection of

classical cellular and in vivo techniques to study

NK cell functions, the Second Edition of “Natural

Killer Cell Protocols: Cellular and Molecular

Methods” brings together more recently developed

methods, more refined techniques, and detailed

protocols designed to study NK cells within

specialized tissue sites in both mice and humans.

In this collection of methods, international leaders

in the field cover topics ranging from the analysis

of the various stages of NK cell development and

maturation to specialized techniques for the iden-

tification of ligands for NK cell receptors.

FeaturesRemains the most comprehensive collection of

methods available for studying natural killer cells

in both mice and humans Examines a wide

array of molecular and cellular techniques for

manipulating and assaying NK cell functions both

in vitro and in vivo Includes techniques to

assay NK cell phenotype, development, signaling,

and functional responses to tumor cells, virus

infection, and malaria infection

Fields of interestImmunology; Cell Culture

Target groupsImmunologists, cancer researchers, cellular and

molecular biologists, tumor cell biologists, immu-

nopharmacologists, immunotoxicologists, and

virologists

W. C. Cho (Ed.)

An Omics Perspective of Cancer

Omics is an emerging and exciting area in the field

of science and medicine. Numerous promising

developments have been elucidated using omics

(including genomics, transcriptomics, epig-

enomics, proteomics, metabolomics, interac-

tomics, cytomics and bioinformatics) in cancer

research. The development of high-throughput

technologies that permit the solution of deci-

phering cancer from higher dimensionality will

provide a knowledge base which that changes the

face of cancer understanding and therapeutics.

This is the first book to provide such a comprehen-

sive coverage of a rapidly evolving field written by

leading experts in the field of omics. It complies

and details cutting-edge cancer research that

covers the broad advances in the field and its

application from cancer-associated gene discovery

to drug target validation. It also highlights the

potential of using integration approach for cancer

research.

FeaturesA unique book on ‘Omics’ on cancer which

representing signs of the times Gather unpar-

allel topics of interest in the ‘Omics’ ‘Omics’ is

a cutting-edge topic in the medical and scientific

fields

From the contents1. ‘Omics’ approaches in cancer research,

W. Cho; 2. Cancer genomics, B. Guan, T.-L. Wang,

I.-M. Shih; 3. The epigenomics of cancer,

J.A. Klomp, B.T. Teh, K.A. Furge; 4. Discovery of

microRNAs and mRNA profiling by cancer tran-

scriptomics, I. Hatada; 5. Functional proteomics

in oncology, M. Negrini, G. A. Calin.

Fields of interestBiomedicine general; Cancer Research;

Human Genetics

Target groupsCancer researchers, oncologists, pathologists,

biologists, clinical chemists, pharmacologists,

pharmaceutical specialists, biostatisticians

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Series editors: R. W. Compans, M. D. Cooper,

T. Honjo, H. Koprowski, F. Melchers, M. Oldstone,

S. Olsnes, P. K. Vogt, Y. Y. Gleba, B. Malissen,

H. W. Virgin

Volume 340

T. Saito, RIKEN Research Ctr. for Allergy and Immu-

nology, Yokohama, Japan; F. D. Batista, London

Research Institute, UK (Eds.)

Immune Synapses

While the importance of the immune synapse as

a dynamic cell junction that regulates intercel-

lular communication and viral transmission is

universally recognized, many of quantitative and

qualitative details remain unsettled. The plasticity

of this cell junction has to accommodate many

very different binding partners and control the fate

of interacting cells. It is likely that developmental

changes in the state of the T cells or the APCs can

impact the structure of the synapse. It is hoped

that uncovering the ordered molecular rearrange-

ment at the membrane will provide the long sought

after clues for the remarkable functional sensitivity

of T lymphocytes. These dynamic molecular inter-

actions may eventually explain how engagement

of the same TCR can generate different outcomes

that resolve the immune challenges. The reviews in

this issue present a broad slice of the many diverse

topics that are currently intensely debated.

Fields of interestImmunology

Target groupsResearchers and scientists in the fields of

immunology and virology

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ISBN 978-90-481-2674-3

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ISBN 978-3-642-03857-0


D. Duan, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

(Ed.)

Muscle Gene Therapy

Muscle disease represents an important health

threat to the general population. There is essen-

tially no cure. Gene therapy holds great promise

to correct the genetic defects and eventually

achieve full recovery in these diseases. Signifi-

cant progresses have been made in the field of

muscle gene therapy over the last few years. The

development of novel gene delivery vectors has

substantially enhanced specificity and efficiency of

muscle gene delivery. The new knowledge on the

immune response to viral vectors has added new

insight in overcoming the immune obstacles. Most

importantly, the field has finally moved from small

experimental animal models to human patients.

This book will bring together the leaders in the

field of muscle gene transfer to provide an updated

overview on the progress of muscle gene therapy. It

will also highlight important clinical applications

of muscle gene therapy.

FeaturesFirst comprehensive volume on gene therapy

in muscles, and most of the existing titles that

touch on this or related subjects are published by

Springer and listed above

Fields of interestHuman Genetics; Developmental Biology;

Immunology

Target groupsGeneticists, developmental biologists, virology,

immunologists, myologists, cardiologists, clini-

cians, libraries, public and private funding agen-

cies (muscular dystrophy association, national

institutes of health in particular NIAMS, NINDS,

NHLBI, NICHD, parent project, fight SMA, jain

foundation, etc.), industries (pharmaceutical and

biotech companies interested in gene therapy),

patients and families

E. Freye, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf,

Germany

Pharmacology and Abuse of Cocaine, Amphetamines, Ecstasy and Related Designer DrugsA comprehensive review on their mode of

action, treatment of abuse and intoxication

In collaboration with: J. Levy

Finally – a book that covers all aspects of the

illicit use of cocaine, amphetamines, ecstasy

and/or designer drugs such as GHB, written by

two experts in their field. The use of these drugs

remains a continuous threat in health and medical

care delivery, and this book will be an essential

asset to the physician who may have to face the

evaluation of patients whose use of these drugs

compromises an effective treatment plan for other

health issues.

The book has been conceived to fill the void

in existing physician reference materials, and

provides a comprehensive review of the theo-

retical knowledge and scope of pharmacotherapy

in individuals who are hooked on a psychoactive

substance.

While detailed scientific information is obtainable

in other major articles, the book’s straighforward

format and style, along with its illustrations,

will make for easy reading as emphasis is put on

information specifically related to drugs that occur

most abused in today’s society.

FeaturesComprehensive layout Use as a text book

Quick reference guide in emergency From

symptom to diagnostic Identify the drug

diverter History of drug abuse

Fields of interestPharmacology/Toxicology; Pharmaceutical

Sciences/Technology; Pharmacy

Target groupsGeneral physicians, clinicians working in the

ER, anesthesiologists, intensive care therapists,

researchers in pharmacology, industry engaged in

urine drug analysis, pharmacists, paramedics

S. Gordon-Salant, R. D. Frisina, A. N. Popper,

R. R. Fay (Eds.)

The Aging Auditory System

This volume brings together noted scientists

who study presbycusis from the perspective of

complementary disciplines, for a review of the

current state of knowledge on the aging auditory

system. Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) is one of

the top three most common chronic health condi-

tions affecting individuals aged 65 years and older.

The high prevalence of age-related hearing loss

compels audiologists, otolaryngologists, and audi-

tory neuroscientists alike to understand the neural,

genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying

this disorder. A comprehensive understanding of

these factors is needed so that effective prevention,

intervention, and rehabilitative strategies can be

developed to ameliorate the myriad of behavioral

manifestations.

FeaturesThe goal of The Aging Auditory System is to

provide a basic reference for graduate students,

clinicians, and researchers on fundamental princi-

ples of presbycusis, with a focus on recent discov-

eries that have implications for altering prevention,

diagnosis and treatment of this disorder

ContentsIntroduction and overview.- Auditory Periphery.-

Central Auditory System.- Links Between Animal

Models of Age-related Hearing Loss and Human

Presbycusis.- Behavioral studies with aging

humans (psychoacoustics).- Binaural Processing

and Auditory Asymmetrie.

Fields of interestOtorhinolaryngology; Neurosciences; Human

Physiology

Target groupsGraduate students, researchers in audition, sensory

neuroscientists, researchers interested in the

neurobiology of aging, clinicians (audiologists,

medical doctors), and any professional who works

with the geriatric population

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$189.00

ISBN 978-90-481-2447-3

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Due October 2009

2010. Approx. 250 p. (Springer Handbook of Auditory

Research, Volume 34) Hardcover

approx. $139.00

ISBN 978-1-4419-0992-3


P. L. Greenwood, A. W. Bell, P. E. Vercoe, G. J. Viljoen

(Eds.)

Managing the Prenatal Environment to Enhance Livestock Productivity

Prenatal life is the period of maximal develop-

ment in animals, and it is well recognised that

factors that alter development can have profound

effects on the embryonic, fetal and postnatal

animal. Scientists involved in research on livestock

productivity have for decades studied postnatal

consequences of fetal development on produc-

tivity. Recently, however, there has been a surge in

interest in how to manage prenatal development

to enhance livestock health and productivity.

This has occurred largely due to the studies that

show human health in later life can be influenced

by events during prenatal life, and establishment

of the Fetal Origins and the Thrifty Phenotype

Hypotheses. This book, Managing the Prenatal

Environment to Enhance Livestock Productivity

reviews phenotypic consequences of prenatal

development, and provides details of mechanisms

that underpin these effects in ruminants, pigs and

poultry.

FeaturesFirst livestock-specific book quantifying

consequences of fetal programming First

livestock-specific book reviewing mechanisms of

fetal programming Internationally-recognised

authors with direct research experience of fetal

programming in major livestock species

Fields of interestBiomedicine general; Life Sciences, general

Target groupsThe recipients will include current, past and future

TCP and CRP counterparts, laboratory managers

and staff, fellows and training course participants

at regional, inter-regional courses, and tertiary

training institutions in livestock production

C. A. Guzmán, GBF -German Research Centre for

Biotechnology, Braunschweig, Germany;

G. Z. Feuerstein, Wyeth Research, Collegeville, PA,

USA (Eds.)

Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Pharmaceutical Biotechnology is a unique compi-

lation of reviews addressing frontiers in biologicals

as a rich source for innovative medicines. This

book fulfills the needs of a broad community of

scientists interested in biologicals from diverse

perspectives – basic research, biotechnology,

protein engineering, protein delivery, medicines,

pharmaceuticals and vaccinology. The diverse

topics range from advanced biotechnologies aimed

to introduce novel, potent engineered vaccines

of unprecedented efficacy and safety for a wide

scope of human diseases to natural products, small

peptides and polypeptides engineered for discrete

prophylaxis and therapeutic purposes.

From the contentsTranslational Medicine – a Paradigm Shift in

Modern Drug Discoveryand Development: The

Role of Biomarkers.- Natural Products in Drug

Discovery: Present Status and Perspectives.-

Protein Pharmaceuticals: Discovery and Preclinical

Development.- The Role of Nanobiotechnology

in drug discovery.- Conotoxin Venom Peptide

Therapeutics.- Shark novel antigen receptors – the

next generation of biologic therapeutics?- Immune

Interventions of Human Diseases through Toll-

Like Receptors.- Genome-Based Vaccine Develop-

ment: A Short Cut for the Future.

Fields of interestPharmaceutical Sciences/Technology;

Biomedicine general

Target groupsResearchers and scientists

A. V. Kalueff, Tulane University Medical School, New

Orleans, LA, USA; C. L. Bergner, Georgetown Univer-

sity Medical School, Washington, DC, USA (Eds.)

Transgenic and Mutant Tools to Model Brain Disorders

As the presence of genetically modified animal

models in research laboratories has multiplied,

the role of genetic factors in the pathogenesis of

brain disorders has become particularly important.

The refinement of molecular genetic methods has

continued to broaden our understanding of the

genetic factors associated with a variety of disor-

ders. In “Transgenic and Mutant Tools to Model

Brain Disorders”, leading scientists specializing in

this field contribute a timely collection of recent

advances featuring a vast array of topics in order to

contribute to the diverse approaches taken toward

the evaluation of genetically modified models in

biomedical research. Opening with several chap-

ters covering general aspects of genetically modi-

fied animal models, the book then continues with

detailed chapters on models of specific human

brain disorders, including OCD, Rett Syndrome,

anxiety disorders, depression, and schizophrenia.

As a volume in the successful Neuromethods™

series, the chapters provide authoritative reviews

covering the most commonly used approaches in

the field.

FeaturesProvides an easily accessible reference volume

for animal models in behavioral neuroscience

research Details the process of turning a

biological observation into a high-throughput

screen Covers a wide range of species from

zebrafish to rats Addresses a wide spectrum

of brain disorders, from anxiety to schizophrenia

Fields of interestNeurosciences; Neurology; Animal Models

Target groupsBasic and clinical neuroscientists, neurobiologists,

molecular geneticists, biochemists, physiologists,

clinical psychologists

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ISBN 978-90-481-3134-1

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ISBN 978-1-4419-1131-5

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A. Kamkin, I. Kiseleva (Eds.)

Mechanosensitivity of the Heart

This book presents the latest findings in field of

research of mechanosensitivity of the heart. The

Volume focuses on molecular mechanisms of

mechanotransduction in cardiac cells. It contains

a detailed description of several stretch-induced

signaling cascades with multiple levels of crosstalk

between different pathways. It highlights the role

of cardiac stretch-activated channels and their

contribution to cardiac performance. This book

provides justification of scientific significance and

potential for clinical applications of findings of

fundamental investigations in the field of mecha-

nosensitivity, which is stressed by description

of reported increased sensitivity of cardiac cells

to mechanical stress under various pathological

conditions. It contains new insights into mecha-

noelectrical feedback on the level of the whole

heart and results of experimental investigations of

electromechanical properties of cardiac tissue.

FeaturesFirst series of books that considers the problem

of cell mechanosensitivity of organs and tissues at

the molecular, biological, bio-physical, physi-

ological and pharmocological levels and draws the

attention to the global problem of the mechano-

sensitivity and its mechanisms In addition, the

problem of intracellular crosstalk (i.e. a network

of mechanically induced intracellular signaling

cascades) is discussed for the first time

Fields of interestBiomedicine general; Cell Biology; Medical

Biochemistry

Target groupsMolecular biologists, bio-physics, physiologists,

pharmacologists and doctors

A. Luch (Ed.)

Molecular, Clinical and Environmental ToxicologyVolume 2: Clinical Toxicology

Clinical Toxicology is the second volume of a

three-volume set on Molecular, Clinical and

Environmental Toxicology that offers a compre-

hensive and in-depth response to the increasing

importance and abundance of chemicals in daily

life. By providing intriguing insights far down to

the molecular level, this 3-volume work covers the

entire range of modern toxicology with special

emphasis on recent developments and achieve-

ments. It is written for students and professionals

in medicine, science, public health or engineering

who are demanding reliable information on toxic

or potentially harmful agents and their effects in

the human body.

FeaturesExplains mechanisms of toxicity at the

molecular level Presents milestones and recent

achievements of toxicology

Field of interestPharmacology/Toxicology

Target groupsLibraries, toxicologists, pharmacologists,

medical students

I. S. Näthke, University of Dundee, UK;

B. M. McCarthney, Carnegie Mellon University,

Pittsburgh, PA, USA (Eds.)

APC Proteins

The initial identification of the Adenomatous

polyposis coli (Apc) gene as the site of mutations

in familial adenomatous polyposis (FA P) was

described in 1992. A causal relationship between

Apc mutations and intestinal tract tumours was

confirmed three years later with the establishment

of the Min mouse model. These mice are hetero-

zygous for Apc and develop numerous intestinal

tumours that mimic FA P. Subsequently, Apc has

emerged as the most commonly mutated gene in

colorectal cancer with reports varying between

50-80% of sporadic tumours carrying such muta-

tions. The search for how mutations in Apc initiate

and/or support progression of tumours in the

intestinal tract has revealed that the Apc protein

is a multifunctional participant in a diverse array

of cellular functions. By collecting and assembling

the chapters in this book, we aimed to provide an

overview of the diverse functions performed by

the Apc protein. As summarised in a short final

chapter by Trainer, heterozygosity of Apc leads to a

number of extracolonic manifestations that further

support this emerging picture of the Apc protein

as an active contributor to many different cellular

functions.

ContentsAPC and ß-Catenin Degradation.- Nuclear

APC.- APC in Cell Migration.- The APC-EB1

Interaction.- The Role of APC in Mitosis and in

Chromosome Instability.- Role of APC and its

Binding Partners in Regulating Microtubules in

Mitosis.- The Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Tumor

Suppressor and Wnt Signaling in the Regulation

of Apoptosis.- APC and Its Modifiers in Colon

Cancer.- Tissue-Specific Tumour Suppression by

APC.- Extra-Colonic Manifestations of Familial

Adenomatous Polyposis Coli.

Fields of interestBiomedicine general

Target groupsResearchers and scientists

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2009. Approx. 350 p. (Mechanosensitivity in Cells and

Tissues, Volume 3) Hardcover

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ISBN 978-90-481-2849-5

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2010. Approx. 600 p. 106 illus. (Experientia

Supplementum, Volume 100) Hardcover

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ISBN 978-3-7643-8337-4

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K. A. Neve, Oregon Health & Science University,

Portland, OR, USA (Ed.)

The Dopamine Receptors

As sites of action for drugs used to treat schizo-

phrenia and Parkinson’s disease, dopamine recep-

tors are among the most validated drug targets for

neuropsychiatric disorders. Dopamine receptors

are also drug targets or potential targets for other

disorders such as substance abuse, depression,

Tourette’s syndrome, and attention deficit hyper-

activity disorder. Updated from the successful first

edition, “The Dopamine Receptors” serves as a

reference work on dopamine receptors while also

highlighting the areas of research that are most

active today. To achieve this goal, authors have

written chapters that set a broad area of research in

its historical context, rather than focusing on the

research output of their own laboratories.

FeaturesRelies heavily on new knowledge The use of

knock-out mice and subtype-selective drugs merit

discussion in stand-alone chapters

From the contentsHistorical Overview/Introduction to the Dopa-

mine Receptors.- Gene and Promoter Structures

of the Dopamine Receptors.- Structural Basis of

Dopamine Receptor Activation and Function.-

Dopamine Receptor Subtype-Selective Drugs:

D2-like Receptors.- Dopamine Receptor Subtype-

Selective Drugs: D1-like Receptors.- Dopamine

Receptor Signaling: Intracellular Pathways to

Behavior.

Fields of interestNeurosciences; Pharmacology/Toxicology;

Neurobiology

Target groupsNeuroscientists, behavioural neuroscientists,

neurobiologists, physiologists, neuropsychiatrists,

pharmacologists

E. A. Pestana, S. Belak, A. Diallo, J. R. Crowther,

G. J. Viljoen

Early, rapid and sensitive veterinary molecular diagnostics – real time PCR applications

This book gives a comprehensive account of

the practical aspects of Real time PCR and its

application to veterinary diagnostic laborato-

ries. The optimisation of assays to help diagnose

livestock diseases is stressed and exemplified

through assembling standard operating proce-

dures from many laboratory sources. Theoretical

aspects of PCR are dealt with as well as quality

control features necessary to maintain an assured

testing system. The book will be helpful to all

scientists involved in diagnostic applications of

molecular techniques, but is designed primarily

to offer developing country scientists a collection

of working methods in a single source. The book

is an adjunct to the Molecular Diagnostic PCR

Handbook published in 2005.

FeaturesUnique for real time PCR application Basic

principles explained Operating procedures

highlighted Clear educational role

Fields of interestBiological Techniques; Infectious Diseases;

Virology

Target groupsLaboratory diagnosticians, research workers,

teachers, students

A. G. Pockley, S. K. Calderwood, M. G. Santoro (Eds.)

Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Heat Shock Proteins in Infectious Disease

The book aims to explore the role of heat shock

proteins in infectious disease. In bacterial infec-

tion, the host is encountered by the prokaryotic

heat shock proteins expressed by microorganisms.

These proteins tend to be made in large amounts

as, pathogenic organisms suffer stresses such as

heat shock and oxidative stress on entering the

organs of their mammalian hosts. Although these

proteins permit survival of the pathogen, they

also are recognized as dominant antigens by the

host which mounts an immune response largely

targeted to the pathogens Hsp60 and Hsp70. This

entails a certain amount of risk as the hsp are

highly conserved- for instance human hsp70 is

50% identical with the E. coli hsp70 called DNAK

- autoimmunity is thus a ris. One of the themes

of the book will be the contrasting effects of the

mammalian and non-mammalian hsp on the

immune response. These conserved molecules

have both shared and differing effects on dendritic

cells, B cells and T lymphocytes. We will examine

in detail receptors for pro- and eukaryotic hsp and

their immune and auto-immune response. These

contrasting effects of pro- and eukaryotic hsp

on immunity play a major role in auto-immune

diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. Recent date

suggests that sequences in prokaryotic hsp60 are

the important antigens in the development of RA.

By contrast this can be modulated by immuno-

regulatory effects of mammalian hsp60 and 70. The

hsp are also important in viral infections in which

they require chaperone the large bursts of protein

synthesis involved in viral replication and play ar

ole in the effects on the viral promotors. Finally,

hsp and heat shock factors play a key role in the

resolution of the inflammation and fever and

accompany infection.

Field of interestBiomedicine general

Target groupsResearchers

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M. Schäfer-Korting, Institut der Pharmazie der

Freien Universität Berlin, Germany (Ed.)

Drug Delivery

In the view of most experts pharmacology is on

drugs, targets, and actions. In the context the

drug as a rule is seen as an active pharmaceu-

tical ingredient and not as a complex mixture of

chemical entities of a well defined structure. Today,

we are becoming more and more aware of the fact

that delivery of the active compound to the target

site is a key. The present volume gives a topical

overview on various modern approaches to drug

targeting covering today’s options for specific

carrier systems allowing successful drug treatment

at various sites of the body difficult to address and

allowing to increase the benefit-risk-ratio to the

optimum possible.

ContentsPreface.- Part I: Fundamentals. Part II: Devices.

Part III: Clinical and Preclinical Application of

Therapeutics for Systemic Use. Part IV: Clinical

and Preclinical Application of Therapeutics for

Topical Use.

Fields of interestPharmacology/Toxicology; Pharmaceutical

Sciences/Technology; Oncology

Target groupsLibraries, scientists and researchers in the fields

of pharmacology, oncology, dermatology and

neurology

A. Verkhratsky, The University of Manchester, UK;

O. H. Petersen, University of Liverpool, UK (Eds.)

Calcium Measurement Methods

Since the introduction of fluorescent calcium

indicators and the subsequent development of

capacities for real-time monitoring and imaging of

calcium movements in the intact cells studied in

isolation, in situ and in vivo, the complex and vital

calcium signaling system has been illuminated,

proving calcium signals to be excellent universal

reporters of cellular activity. In “Calcium Measure-

ment Methods”, a team of renowned experts in

the field contribute methods dedicated to calcium

imaging in neural cells with a balance between the

main principles of calcium imaging and specific

applications of the technique to neural tissues.

The book’s contents show how the combination of

different indicators and recently developed micro-

scopic techniques lead to spectacular successes in

the imaging of neural cells in the living brain in

both physiological and pathophysiological models.

As a volume in the successful Neuromethods™

series, the chapters provide authoritative reviews

including up-to-date detailed protocols of the most

commonly used approaches in the field.

FeaturesProvides a comprehensive overview of calcium

imaging of the neural cells Presents a detailed

account of state-of the art calcium indicators

including fluorescent, luminescent, and genetically

modified calcium probes Outlines wide array

of techniques aimed at real-time calcium imaging

of cellular organelles, subcellular compartments,

individual cells, and neural networks

Fields of interestNeurosciences; Neurochemistry

Target groupsBasic and clinical neuroscientists, neurobiologists,

molecular geneticists, biochemists, physiologists

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Pharmacology, Volume 197) Hardcover

$419.00

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(Neuromethods, Volume 43) Hardcover

$159.00

ISBN 978-1-60761-475-3

springer.com/librarybooks 23Springer News 10/2009 Psychology

M. B. Gregerson, The Family Therapy Institute of

Alexandria, Alexandria, VA, USA (Ed.)

The Cinematic Mirror for Psychology and Life Coaching

Cinema both reflects life and contours life – that

is its psychological power. And for decades, clini-

cians and educators have recognized the value of

this power, using it to respectively heal in therapy

and educate in the classroom. The Cinematic

Mirror for Psychology and Life Coaching mines

the illustrative value of cinema, offering therapists

and life coaches access to ideas that can motivate

and enlighten clients.

Although many movie guides exist, this volume

complements the available literature by adding

positive psychology, mental health, and wellness

perspectives to the clinical/educational/coaching

mix. The serious intent to cull from cinema its

underlying psychological value has motivated

noted clinicians, life coaches, and cultural critics to

offer science-based analysis and intervention strat-

egies. Readers may add their own movie insights

and professional expertise to this rich foundation.

Field of interestClinical Psychology

Target groupsClinical psychologists and counselors

J. Martin, J. H. Sugarman, Simon Fraser University,

Burnaby, BC, Canada; S. Hickinbottom, Kwantlen

Polytechnic University, Surrey, BC, Canada

Persons: Understanding Psychological Selfhood and Agency

At its core, psychology is about persons: their

thinking, their problems, the improvement of their

lives. The understanding of persons is crucial to

the discipline. But according to this provocative

new book, between current essentialist theories

that rely on biological models, and constructionist

approaches based on sociocultural experience, the

concept of the person has all but vanished from

psychology.

Persons: Understanding Psychological Selfhood

and Agency recasts theories of mind, behavior,

and self, synthesizing a range of psychologists and

philosophers to restore the centrality of person-

hood – especially the ability to make choices and

decisions – to the discipline. The authors’ unique

perspective de-emphasizes method and formula in

favor of moral agency and life experience, reveals

frequently overlooked contributions of psychology

to the study of individuals and groups, and traces

traditions of selfhood and personhood theory.

FeaturesExamines underlying philosophical questions

about human behavior Places psychology

more firmly in a globalized world Synthesis

of various philosophical viewpoints Presents

a theory of human behavior as both experimental

and conceptual

Fields of interestClinical Psychology; Developmental Psychology ;

Personality and Social Psychology; Philosophy of

the Social Sciences

Target groupsResearchers, social science philosophers, develop-

mental psychologists

M. A. Rapoff, University of Kansas Medical Center,

Kansas City, KS, USA

Adherence to Pediatric Medical Regimens2nd Edition

It used to be called noncompliance, and the

patients themselves referred to as difficult. But

regardless of the terminology, children’s reluc-

tance or failure to commit to prescribed regimens

reduces the effectiveness of treatment, often

leading to additional care, higher costs, and

serious, even deadly, complications.

Reflecting a single, authoritative voice, the Second

Edition of Adherence to Pediatric Medical Regi-

mens analyzes in comprehensive clinical detail the

factors that affect children’s and teens’ commit-

ment to treatment – from developmental issues to

the influence of parents, peers, and others in their

orbit – and offers empirically sound guidelines for

encouraging adherence. It cautions against viewing

young clients as miniature grownups or scaling

down adult data, advocating instead for a more

nuanced understanding of the population and a

collaborative relationship between practitioner and

client.

FeaturesOnly single authored, comprehensive treatment

of the topic of adhering to pediatric medical regi-

mens Focuses on the current issues relevant to

researchers and clinicians Provides up-to-date

information on pediatric regimens written in

comprehensive format with the voice of a single

author, unlike other edited books that usually

focus on specific diseases or on adults only

Fields of interestChild and School Psychology; Pediatrics; Clinical

Psychology; Health Psychology; Psychiatry

Target groupsResearchers, clinicians, faculty, and graduate

students in the fields of psychiatry, pediatric

psychology and health psychology

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2010. XII, 250 p. Hardcover

$129.00

ISBN 978-1-4419-1113-1

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2nd ed. 2010. Approx. 250 p. (Issues in Clinical Child

Psychology) Hardcover

$129.00

ISBN 978-1-4419-0569-7

springer.com/booksellers24 Springer News 10/2009Mathematics

A. Alonso Rodriguez, A. Valli, University of Trento,

Povo, Italy

Time-harmonic eddy current problemsTheory and numerical approximation

This book deals with the mathematical analysis

and the numerical approximation of eddy current

problems in the time-harmonic case. All the most

used formulations are taken into account, placing

the problem in a rigorous functional framework.

Nodal or edge finite elements are used for approxi-

mation. A detailed analysis of each formulation is

presented, focusing on the well-posedness and on

the efficiency of numerical schemes. A particular

attention is devoted to the topology of the physical

domain. Some specific applications to real-life

problems are described. The reader will also find

a complete presentation of some recent and new

results on the subject.

Fields of interestComputational Mathematics and Numerical

Analysis; Partial Differential Equations; Math-

ematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics;

Mathematics, general


D. Betounes

Differential Equations: Theory and Applications

From the reviewsThis book is intended to serve as a comprehensive

introduction to the theory of differential equations

... . The material is organized so that is can be

also used in a wider setting within today’s modern

university and society. ... The book makes every

attempt to blend together the traditional theoretical

material on differential equations and the new

techniques afforded by computer algebra systems ... .

The CD-ROM contains all the electronic material for

mastering and enjoying the computer component of

the book International Aerospace Abstracts,

Vol. 42 (5), 2002)

FeaturesLarge number of examples and figures

Large number of applications from physics and

engineering One of the few graduate level DE

books that has a computer component

ContentsIntroduction.- Techniques, Concepts and

Examples.- Existence and Uniqueness: The Flow

Map.- Linear Systems.- Linearization and Trans-

formation.- Stability Theory.- Integrable Systems.-

Newtonian Mechanics.- Hamiltonian Systems.-

Appendix A: Elementary Analysis.- Appendix B:

Lipschitz Maps and Linearization.- Appendix C:

Linear Algebra.- Appendix D: Electronic Contents.

Fields of interestOrdinary Differential Equations; Numerical

Analysis; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory;

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Target groupsGraduate students, advanced undergraduate

students

A. V. Borovik, University of Manchester, UK;

A. Borovik

Mirrors and ReflectionsThe Geometry of Finite Reflection Groups

“Mirrors and Reflections” presents a systematic

and elementary introduction to the properties

of finite groups generated by reflections. The

approach is based on fundamental geometric

considerations in Coxeter complexes, and empha-

sizes the intuitive geometric aspects of the theory

of reflection groups. The exposition is directed at

advanced undergraduates and first-year graduate

students, and features a large number of exercises

at various levels of difficulty.

FeaturesMany important concepts in the proofs are

illustrated through simple drawings, which give

easy access to the theory Includes numerous

exercises at various levels of difficulty as well as an

appendix with hints for solving many of the more

difficult problems Provides an introduction to

the necessary elements of Euclidean geometry and

the theory of convex polyhedra

From the contentsPart I Geometric Background.- 1. Affine Euclidean

Space ARn.- 2 Isometries of ARn .- 3 Hyperplane

Arrangements.- 4 Polyhedral Cones.- 5 Mirrors

and Reflections.- 6 Systems of Mirrors.-

7 Dihedral Groups.- 8 Root Systems.- 9 Root

Systems An¡1, BCn, Dn.- 10 Chambers.-

11 Generation.- 12 Coxeter Complex.- 13 Resi-

dues.- 14 Generalized Permutahedra.- Part IV

Classification.- 15 Generators and Relations.-

16 Classification of Finite Reflection Groups.-

17 Construction of Root Systems.- 18 Orders of

Reflection Groups.

Fields of interestGroup Theory and Generalizations; Geometry;

Topological Groups, Lie Groups; Linear and Multi-

linear Algebras, Matrix Theory; Mathematical

Methods in Physics

Target groupsAdvanced undergraduate and graduate students

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2010. XX, 310 p. (MS&A, Volume 4) Hardcover

$119.00

ISBN 978-88-470-1505-0

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approx. $79.95

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2010. Approx. 185 p. 74 illus. (Universitext) Softcover

$49.95

ISBN 978-0-387-79065-7

springer.com/librarybooks 25Springer News 10/2009 Mathematics

F. Callegaro, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy

Cohomology of Finite and Affine Type Artin Groups over Abelian Representation

The classical theory of braids is deeply connected

with the theory of reflection groups and there are

many relations between Artin groups and Coxeter

groups. It turns out that the classifying spaces

of Artin groups of finite type are affine varieties,

the complement of the singularities associated to

Coxeter groups.

In order to study the topology of the Milnor fiber

of these non-isolated singularities together with

the monodromy action it is useful to compute the

cohomology of the Artin groups with coefficients

in an abelian representation.

In this book a description of this cohomology for

Artin groups of type A and B and for affine Artin

groups of the same type is given.

FeaturesA resume of several results and costructions on

braid cohomology is provided Original results

with explicit cohomology descriptions are given

A useful bibliography on braid cohomology

Contents1. Coxeter groups and arrangement.- 2. Group

cohomology and local systems.- 3. Topology of

arrangements.- 4. The integral homology of the

Milnor fiber for Artin groups of type A.- 5. The

integral homology of the Milnor fiber for Artin

groups of type B.- 6. Affine arrangements of type

A.- 7. Affine arrangements of type B.

Field of interestTopological Groups, Lie Groups

Target groupsPhD students, researchers and experts in group

cohomology or braid groups

M. Chlouveraki, École Polytechnique Fédérale de

Lausanne, Switzerland

Blocks and Families for Cyclotomic Hecke Algebras

The definition of Rouquier for the families of

characters introduced by Lusztig for Weyl groups

in terms of blocks of the Hecke algebras has made

possible the generalization of this notion to the

case of complex reflection groups. The aim of this

book is to study the blocks and to determine the

families of characters for all cyclotomic Hecke

algebras associated to complex reflection groups.

This volume offers a thorough study of symmetric

algebras, covering topics such as block theory,

representation theory and Clifford theory, and can

also serve as an introduction to the Hecke algebras

of complex reflection groups.

Contents1 On Commutative Algebra.- 2 On Blocks.- 3 On

Essential Algebras.- 4 On Hecke Algebras.- 5 On

the Determination of the Rouquier Blocks.- A

Clifford Theory and Schur Elements for Generic

Hecke Algebras.

Field of interestGroup Theory and Generalizations

Target groupsResearchers and graduate students

N. Chriss, University of Chicago, IL, USA; V. Ginzburg,

University of Chicago, IL, USA

Representation Theory and Complex Geometry

FeaturesAn affordable softcover editoin of a classic book

Introduces recent advancements in representa-

tion theory from a geometric standpoint Key

ideas accessible to nonspecialists

ContentsPreface.- Chapter 0. Introduction.- Chapter

1. Symplectic Geometry.- Chapter 2. Mosaic.-

Chapter 3. Complex Semisimple Groups.- Chapter

4. Springer Theory.- Chapter 5. Equivariant K-

Theory.- Chapter 6. Flag Varieties, K-Theory, and

Harmonic Polynomials.- Chapter 7. Hecke Alge-

bras and K-Theory.- Chapter 8. Representations of

Convolution Algebras.- Bibliography.

Fields of interestTopological Groups, Lie Groups; Algebraic

Geometry; Manifolds and Cell Complexes (incl.

Diff.Topology); Mathematical and Computational

Physics

Target groupsGraduate students, mathematicians and

researchers

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Volume 13) Softcover

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1st ed. 1997. 2nd printing 2009. Approx. 510 p. 5 illus.

(Modern Birkhäuser Classics) Softcover

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ISBN 978-0-8176-4937-1


C. Constanda, University of Tulsa, OK, USA;

M. E. Pérez, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander,

España (Eds.)

Integral Methods in Science and Engineering, Volume 1Analytic Methods

Mathematical models, based on ordinary, partial

differential, integral, and integro-differential

equations, are the only viable tool for studying our

physical surroundings and their natural manifesta-

tions. Therefore, it is important for practitioners

to strive to find solutions to these models, either

analytic or numerical. This two-volume set gathers

up-to-date research results that show how to set

up a very important class of such tools, and how

to use them in specific problems of science and

engineering.

The two volumes contain 65 chapters, which are

an outgrowth of talks presented by experienced

researchers from 24 countries on 5 continents at

the Tenth International Conference on Integral

Methods in Science and Engineering held in

Santander, Spain, July 7–10, 2008.

FeaturesIllustrates the application of integral methods

to diverse problems in mathematics, physics,

biology, and engineering Chapters written by

scientists with established credentials in their fields

Applications to a wide spectrum of subjects,

ranging from deformable structures, to traffic flow,

acoustic wave propagation, spectral computation,

among others

Fields of interestIntegral Equations; Appl.Mathematics/Computa-

tional Methods of Engineering; Ordinary Differ-

ential Equations; Partial Differential Equations;

Mechanical Engineering; Mathematical Methods

in Physics

Target groupsResearchers, practitioners and graduate students

in pure and applied mathematics, physics, biology

and engineering

C. Constanda, University of Tulsa, OK, USA;

M. E. Pérez, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander,

España (Eds.)

Integral Methods in Science and Engineering, Volume 2Computational Methods

Mathematical models, based on ordinary, partial

differential, integral, and integro-differential

equations, are the only viable tool for studying our

physical surroundings and their natural manifesta-

tions. Therefore, it is important for practitioners

to strive to find solutions to these models, either

analytic or numerical. This two-volume set gathers

up-to-date research results that show how to set

up a very important class of such tools, and how

to use them in specific problems of science and

engineering.

The two volumes contain 65 chapters, which are

an outgrowth of talks presented by experienced

researchers from 24 countries on 5 continents at

the Tenth International Conference on Integral

Methods in Science and Engineering held in

Santander, Spain, July 7–10, 2008.

FeaturesIllustrates the application of integral methods

to diverse problems in mathematics, physics,

biology, and engineering Chapters written by

scientists with established credentials in their fields

Applications to a wide spectrum of subjects,

ranging from eutrophication of bodies of water,

to pollutant dispersion, spinal cord movement,

submarine avalanches, among others

Fields of interestIntegral Equations; Appl. Mathematics/Computa-

tional Methods of Engineering; Ordinary Differen-

tial Equations


in pure and applied mathematics, physics, biology

and engineering

C. M. Dafermos, Brown University, Providence, RI,

USA

Hyperbolic Conservation Laws in Continuum Physics

This is a masterly exposition and an encyclo-

pedic presentation of the theory of hyperbolic

conservation laws. It illustrates the essential role

of continuum thermodynamics in providing

motivation and direction for the development

of the mathematical theory while also serving as

the principal source of applications. The reader is

expected to have a certain mathematical sophis-

tication and to be familiar with (at least) the

rudiments of analysis and the qualitative theory of

partial differential equations, whereas prior expo-

sure to continuum physics is not required.

New to the 3rd edition is an account of the

early history of the subject, spanning the period

between 1800 to 1957. Also new is a chapter

recounting the recent solution of open problems of

long standing in classical aerodynamics.

FeaturesThe author is unquestionably the greatest

authority on the subject as well as a masterly writer

The 3rd edition is thouroughly revised, up-to-

date and includes new material on the early history

of the subject, and a new chapter recounting recent

solution of open problems of long standing in clas-

sical aerodynamics The expanded bibliography

comprises now over fifteen hundred titles

Fields of interestPartial Differential Equations; Thermodynamics;

Mechanics; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics

of Materials; Structural Mechanics

Target groupsExperts in the mathematical theory of hyper-

bolic systems of conservation laws who wish to

learn about the connection with classical physics,

specialists in continuum mechanics; experts

in numerical analysis who wish to learn the

underlying mathematical theory and analysts and

graduate students who seek introduction to the

theory of hyperbolic systems of conservation laws

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2010. XX, 372 p. 95 illus. Hardcover

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3rd ed. 2010. Approx. 755 p. (Grundlehren der mathema-

tischen Wissenschaften, Volume 325) Hardcover

$169.95

ISBN 978-3-642-04047-4


M. M. Deza, M. Laurent, Laboratoire d’Informatique

de l’Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France

Geometry of Cuts and Metrics

Cuts and metrics are well-known objects that arise

– independently, but with many deep and fasci-

nating connections – in diverse fields: in graph

theory, combinatorial optimization, geometry of

numbers, combinatorial matrix theory, statistical

physics, VLSI design etc.

This book presents a wealth of results, from

different mathematical disciplines, in a unified

comprehensive manner, and establishes new

and old links, which cannot be found elsewhere.

It provides a unique and invaluable source for

researchers and graduate students.

From the reviewsThis book is definitely a milestone in the litera-

ture of integer programming and combinatorial

optimization. It draws from the Interdisciplinarity of

these fields […]. With knowledge about the relevant

terms, one can enjoy special subsections without

being entirely familiar with the rest of the chapter.

This makes it not only an interesting research book

but even a dictionary. […] The longer one works

with it, the more beautiful it becomes Optima 56,

1997.

ContentsI. Outline of the Book.- 2. Basic Definitions.-

Part I Measure Aspects: l1-Embeddability and

Probability.- Part II Hypermetric Spaces: an

Approach via Geometry of Numbers.- Part III

Isometric Embeddings of Graphs.- Part IV Hyper-

cube Embeddings and Designs.- Part V Facets of

the Cut Cone and Polytope.- Bibliography.- Nota-

tion Index.- Subject Index.

Fields of interestCombinatorics; Convex and Discrete Geometry;

Number Theory; Math Applications in Computer

Science

Target groupsResearchers and graduate students working in the

field of discrete mathematics

J. J. Duistermaat, J. A. Kolk, Universiteit Utrecht,

The Netherlands

DistributionsTheory and Applications

This text is a concise, application-oriented intro-

duction to the theory of distributions. It presents

distributions as a natural method of analysis

from both a mathematical and physical point

of view. Methods are developed to justify many

formal calculations that do not make sense in the

classical framework. The discussion emphasizes

applications to the general study of linear partial

differential equations.

The topics include an introduction to distributions,

differentiation, convergence, and convolution

of distributions, as well as Fourier transforma-

tions and spaces of distributions having special

properties. The applications relate the theory to

solutions of partial differential equations occur-

ring in physics, for instance, in mechanics, optics,

quantum mechanics, quantum field theory and

signal analysis, which students may encounter

throughout their studies.

FeaturesEmphasizes applications to physical

phenomena such as optics, quantum mechanics,

quantum field theory and partial differential equa-

tions Includes many exercises with detailed

hints and solutions Approaches the subject

from a unique, application-oriented point of view

Fields of interestApproximations and Expansions; Applications

of Mathematics; Partial Differential Equations;

Fourier Analysis; Ordinary Differential Equations

Target groupsAdvanced undergraduate students in mathematics,

engineering, physics and other related disciplines

P. Gadea, J. Munoz Masqué

Analysis and Algebra on Differentiable Manifolds: A Workbook for Students and Teachers

This book is a collection of 375 completely solved

exercises on differentiable manifolds, Lie groups,

fibre bundles, and Riemannian manifolds. The

exercises go from elementary computations to

rather sophisticated tools. It is the first book

consisting of completely solved problems on

differentiable manifolds, and therefore will be a

complement to the books on theory. A 42-page

formulary is included which will be useful as

an aide-mémoire, especially for teachers and

researchers on these topics.

The book includes 50 figures. A CD-ROM with

Professor Angel Montesinos’s application, “Superfi-

cies”, is also included.

Audience: The book will be useful to advanced

undergraduate and graduate students of math-

ematics, theoretical physics, and some branches of

engineering.

ContentsDifferentiable manifolds.- Tensor Fields and

Differential Forms.- Integration on Manifolds.- Lie

Groups.- Fibre Bundles.- Riemannian Geometry.-

Some Definitions and Theorems.- Some Formulas

and Tables.

Fields of interestDifferential Geometry; Global Analysis and

Analysis on Manifolds; Topological Groups, Lie

Groups; Applications of Mathematics

Target groupsTeachers and researchers

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Softcover

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ISBN 978-3-642-04294-2

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Originally published as volume 23 in the series: Texts in

the Mathematical Sciences

1st ed. 2001. 2nd printing 2010. XIV, 438 p. 49 illus.

Softcover

approx. $69.95

ISBN 978-90-481-3563-9


M. Giga, Y. Giga, University of Tokyo, Japan;

J. Saal, University of Konstanz, Germany

Nonlinear Partial Differential EquationsAsymptotic Behavior of Solutions and

Self-Similar Solutions

This work will serve as an excellent first course in

modern analysis. Key topics in nonlinear PDEs

as well as several fundamental tools and methods

are presented; few prerequisites are required of the

reader. Challenging exercises, examples, and illus-

trations help explain the rigorous analytic basis

for the Navier–Stokes equations, mean curvature

flow equations, and other important equations

describing real phenomena. The main focus of

the text is on showing how self-similar solutions

are useful in studying the behavior of solutions

of nonlinear PDEs, especially those of parabolic

type. The exposition moves systematically from

the basic to more sophisticated concepts, and in

the final chapters recent developments and several

open problems are presented. An extensive index

is provided. Written for graduate students and

researchers by one of Japan’s leading analysts,

this will be an excellent resource for self-study or

classroom use.

FeaturesChallenges the reader with many exercises,

examples and illustrations Includes recent

developments and several open problems

Fields of interestPartial Differential Equations; Functional Analysis;

Analysis; Approximations and Expansions

Target groupsGraduate students interested in partial differential

equations

M. A. Gosson, Universität Wien, Austria

Bopp Pseudo-Differential Operators and Deformation Quantization

“Deformation quantization” is a mathematical

theory which provides an alternative approach to

quantum mechanics. It has ramifications in both

pure mathematics and physics. This book gives a

novel approach to the subject by using pseudo-

differential methods (“Bopp quantization”) where

the theory of modulation spaces plays a central

role.

FeaturesDeformation quantization is a “hot” topic in

pure mathematics Absolutely new approach

making use of well-established tools of time-

frequency analysis Probably the first text in

mathematical physics using Feichtinger’s modula-

tion spaces

Fields of interestOperator Theory; Analysis; Mathematical Methods

in Physics

Target groupsMathematicians working in partial differential

equations, symplectic geometry, operator theory,

mathematical physicists working in quantum

mechanics

D. Gusak, A. Kukush, A. Kulik, Y. Mishura,

A. Pilipenko

Theory of Stochastic ProcessesWith Applications to Financial Mathematics

and Risk Theory

This book is a collection of exercises covering all

the main topics in the modern theory of stochastic

processes and its applications, including finance,

actuarial mathematics, queuing theory, and risk

theory.

The aim of this book is to provide the reader with

the theoretical and practical material necessary

for deeper understanding of the main topics in the

theory of stochastic processes and its related fields.

The book is divided into chapters according to the

various topics. Each chapter contains problems,

hints, solutions, as well as a self-contained theoret-

ical part which gives all the necessary material for

solving the problems. References to the literature

are also given.

FeaturesContains over 1000 high quality exercises

on stochastic processes Presents a modern

approach to topics such as sample paths and

optimal stopping Ideal for professors who need

exercises for exams, and graduate students wishing

to learn about stochastic processes

From the contentsDefinition of stochastic process. Cylinder s

-algebra, finitedimensional distributions, the

Kolmogorov theorem.- Characteristics of a

stochastic process. Mean and covariance functions.

Characteristic functions.- Trajectories. Modifica-

tions. Filtrations.- Continuity. Differentiability.

Integrability.- Stochastic processes with indepen-

dent increments. Wiener and Poisson processes.

Fields of interestProbability Theory and Stochastic Processes;

Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical

Finance/Insurance

Target groupsGraduate students, professors

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2010. Approx. 400 p. (Pseudo-Differential Operators,

Volume 5) Softcover

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ISBN 978-3-7643-9991-7

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ISBN 978-0-387-87861-4


R. Hartshorne, University of California, Berkeley, CA,

USA

Deformation Theory

The basic problem of deformation theory in alge-

braic geometry involves watching a small deforma-

tion of one member of a family of objects, such as

varieties, or subschemes in a fixed space, or vector

bundles on a fixed scheme. In this new book,

Robin Hartshorne studies first what happens over

small infinitesimal deformations, and then gradu-

ally builds up to more global situations, using

methods pioneered by Kodaira and Spencer in the

complex analytic case, and adapted and expanded

in algebraic geometry by Grothendieck.

Topics include: deformations over the dual

numbers, smoothness and the infinitesimal lifting

property, Zariski tangent space and obstructions

to deformation problems, pro-representable func-

tors of Schlessinger, infinitesimal study of moduli

spaces such as the Hilbert scheme, Picard scheme,

moduli of curves, and moduli of stable vector

bundles.

FeaturesFirst ever textbook on deformation theory

Bestselling Springer author, Robin Hartshorne

Text contains plenty of motivation, enhanced

with numerous exercises and examples

ContentsPreface.- Getting Started.- Higher Order Deforma-

tions.- Formal Moduli.- Global Questions.- Refer-

ences.

Fields of interestAlgebraic Geometry

Target groupsGraduate students, mathematicians

D. Hinrichsen, University of Bremen, Germany;

A. J. Pritchard, University of Warwick, UK

Mathematical Systems Theory IModelling, State Space Analysis, Stability and

Robustness

This is the first volume of a book which presents

the mathematical foundations of systems and

control theory in a self-contained, comprehen-

sive, detailed and mathematically rigorous way.

This volume is devoted to the state space analysis

of dynamical systems, whereas the 2nd volume

will be devoted to control. It combines features

of a detailed introductory textbook with that of a

reference source. Throughout the book there are

many examples and figures illustrating the text

which help to bring out the intuitive ideas behind

the mathematical constructions. It is accessible to

mathematics students after two years of math-

ematics and graduate engineering students special-

izing in systems theory. The reader is gradually

brought to the frontiers of research and on the way

the required mathematical background material is

developed with detailed proofs.

FeaturesComprehensive coverage of an important field

in applied mathematics

ContentsMathematical Models.- Introduction to State

Space Theory.- Stability Theory.- Perturbation

Theory.- Uncertain Spaces.- Appendix: Linear

Algebra.- Complex Analysis.- Convolutions and

Transforms.- Linear Operators.

Fields of interestDynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory; Calculus

of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization;

Systems Theory, Control

Target groupsResearchers and graduate students in systems

theory

G. H. Hurlbert, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ,

USA

Linear OptimizationThe Simplex Workbook

This undergraduate textbook is written for a

junior/senior level course on linear optimiza-

tion. Unlike other texts, the treatment follows the

“modified Moore method” approach in which

examples and proof opportunities are worked into

the text in order to encourage students to develop

some of the content through their own experi-

ments and arguments while they are reading the

text. Additionally, the focus is on the mathematics

underlying the ideas of optimizing linear functions

under linear constraints and the algorithms used

to solve them. In particular, the author uses the

Simplex Algorithm to motivate these concepts. The

text progresses at a gentle and inviting pace. The

presentation is driven by examples and illustra-

tions. Ample exercises are provided at the end of

each chapter for mastering the material.

The instructor’s version of the text contains solu-

tions embedded within the text, rather than in an

appendix. It also has extra material and sugges-

tions for the teacher’s benefit.

FeaturesUses the “modified Moore method” approach

in which examples and proof opportunities

are worked into the text in order to encourage

students to develop some of the content through

their own examples and arguments while they

are reading the text Concentrates on the

mathematics underlying the ideas of optimizing

linear functions under linear constraints and the

algorithms used to solve them

Fields of interestOperations Research, Mathematical Programming;

Optimization; Combinatorics

Target groupsJunior/senior undergraduate students, future

secondary school teachers, graduate students

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ISBN 978-1-4419-1595-5

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1st ed. 2004, 2nd printing 2010. Approx. 800 p. (Texts in

Applied Mathematics, Volume 48) Softcover

approx. $99.00

ISBN 978-3-642-03940-9

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Due October 2009

2010. Approx. 290 p. 40 illus. (Undergraduate Texts in

Mathematics) Hardcover

approx. $59.95

ISBN 978-0-387-79147-0


M. Jünger, T. M. Liebling, D. Naddef,

G. L. Nemhauser, W. Pulleyblank; G. Reinelt,

G. Rinaldi, L. A. Wolsey, (Eds)

50 Years of Integer Programming 1958-2008The Early Years and State-of-the-Art Surveys

In 1958, Ralph E. Gomory transformed the field

of integer programming when he published a

paper that described a cutting-plane algorithm

for pure integer programs and announced that

the method could be refined to give a finite

algorithm for integer programming. In 2008, to

commemorate the anniversary of this seminal

paper, a special workshop celebrating fifty years of

integer programming was held in Aussois, France,

as part of the 12th Combinatorial Optimization

Workshop.

50 Years of Integer Programming offers an account

of featured talks and a panel discussion at the

Aussois workshop with six pioneers on a DVD

Video. It also contains reprints of key historical

articles and written versions of survey lectures on

six of the hottest topics in the field by distin-

guished members of the integer programming

community.

FeaturesLectures of the pioneers of integer

programming

Fields of interestCombinatorics; Optimization; Discrete Mathe-

matics in Computer Science; Operation Research/

Decision Theory

Target groupsUseful for anyone in mathematics, computer

science and operations research

O. P. Le Maître, LIMSI-CNRS, Orsay, France;

O. M. Knio, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,

MD, USA

Spectral Methods for Uncertainty QuantificationWith Applications to Computational Fluid

Dynamics

This book presents applications of spectral

methods to problems of uncertainty propagation

and quantification in model-based computations,

focusing on the computational and algorithmic

features of these methods most useful in dealing

with models based on partial differential equa-

tions, in particular models arising in simulations

of fluid flows. The practical implementation of

these methods is demonstrated in applications to

elementary problems, as well as in more elabo-

rate examples selected from the authors’ interests

in incompressible vortex-dominated flows and

compressible flows at low Mach numbers.Spectral

stochastic methods are probabilistic in nature, and

are consequently rooted in the rich mathematical

foundations associated with probability and

measure spaces. Despite the authors’ fascination

with these foundations, only those theoretical

aspects needed to set the stage for subsequent

applications are discussed.

FeaturesApplication-oriented introduction into spectral

methods for uncertainty propagation and quan-

tification in model-based computations With

carefully selected examples on incompressible

vortex-dominated flows and compressible flows

at low Mach numbers Only alludes to those

theoretical aspects needed to set the stage for

subsequent applications

Fields of interestScientific Computing; Fluids; Numerical and

Computational Methods; Partial Differential Equa-

tions; Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science

Target groupsResearchers or graduate students in computational

mathematics, physics, or fluid dynamics with basic

knowledge in spectral methods

Y. I. Manin, Max-Planck-Institut fur Mathematik,

Bonn, Germany; B. Zilber, Mathematical Institute,

University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

A Course in Mathematical Logic for Mathematicians

Translated by: N. Koblitz

The book starts with an elementary introduction

to formal languages appealing to the intuition

of working mathematicians and unencumbered

by philosophical or normative prejudices such

as those of constructivism or intuitionism. It

proceeds to the Proof Theory and presents several

highlights of Mathematical Logic of 20th century:

Gödel’s and Tarski’s Theorems, Cohen’s Theorem

on the independence of Continuum Hypothesis.

Unusual for books on logic is a section dedicated

to quantum logic.

Then the exposition moves to the Computability

Theory, based on the notion of recursive functions

and stressing number{theoretic connections.

FeaturesContains a new chapter on categorical approach

to theory of computations, quantum computations,

and P/NP problem New chapter containing

basic results of model theory and its applications

to mainstream mathematics Presents several

highlights of mathematical logic of the 20th

century including Gödel’s and Tarski’s Theo-

rems, Cohen’s theorem on the independence of

continuum hypothesis

Fields of interestMathematical Logic and Foundations; Logic

Target groupsGraduate students and students (mathematics

majors), mathematicians interested in mathemat-

ical logic, philosophy of mathematics, computer

science

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approx. $109.00

ISBN 978-3-540-68274-5

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2010. Approx. 300 p. (Scientific Computation) Hardcover

approx. $99.00

ISBN 978-90-481-3519-6

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2nd ed. 2009. XII, 384 p. 12 illus. (Graduate Texts in

Mathematics, Volume 257) Hardcover

approx. $69.95

ISBN 978-1-4419-0614-4


N. Lerner, Université de Rennes, France

Metrics on the Phase Space and Non-Selfadjoint Pseudo-Differential Operators

This book contains three chapters. The first one,

Basic Notions of Phase Space Analysis is only

introductory. The second chapter, Metrics on the

Phase Space, contains a thorough exposition of the

Weyl calculus via a microlocalization procedure

described by a metric on the phase space. The third

chapter, Estimates for non-selfadjoint operators, is

more involved and is devoted to a rather complete

discussion of operators of principal type with

complex-valued symbols.

FeaturesA thorough exposition of pseudodifferential

calculus defined by metrics on the phase space

Contains a proof of the Nirenberg-Treves

conjecture Construction of counterexamples to

“optimal” solvability under condition (psi)

Field of interestAnalysis

Target groupsGraduates, postgraduates and researchers in anal-

ysis and pde, graduate students willing to get infor-

mation on the Weyl calculus of pseudodifferential

operators and on the attached Sobolev spaces,

researchers and graduate students interested in a

priori estimates for nonselfadjoint operators and

its links with the study of pseudospectrum

J. Matousek, Charles University, Praha, Czech

Republic

Geometric DiscrepancyAn Illustrated Guide

What is the “most uniform” way of distributing n

points in the unit square? How big is the “irregu-

larity” necessarily present in any such distribution?

Such questions are treated in geometric discrep-

ancy theory. The book is an accessible and lively

introduction to this area, with numerous exercises

and illustrations. In separate, more specialized

parts, it also provides a comprehensive guide

to recent research. Including a wide variety of

mathematical techniques (from harmonic analysis,

combinatorics, algebra etc.) in action on non-

trivial examples, the book is suitable for a “special

topic” course for early graduates in mathematics

and computer science. Besides professional

mathematicians, it will be of interest to specialists

in fields where a large collection of objects should

be “uniformly” represented by a smaller sample

(such as high-dimensional numerical integration

in computational physics or financial mathematics,

efficient divide-and-conquer algorithms in

computer science, etc.).

FeaturesOnly up-to-date comprehensive guide to the

subject

ContentsIntroduction.- Low-Discrepancy Sets for Axis-

Parallel Boxes.- Upper Bounds in the Lebesgue-

Measure Setting.- Combinatorial Discrep-

ancy.- VC-Dimension and Discrepancy.- Lower

Bounds.- More Lower Bounds and the Fourier

Transform.- Tables of Selected Discrepancy

Bounds.- Bibliography.- Index.- Hints.

Fields of interestGeometry; Combinatorics

Target groupsGraduate students and researchers in mathematics

and computer science

K. Murota, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Matrices and Matroids for Systems Analysis

A matroid is an abstract mathematical structure

that captures combinatorial properties of matrices.

This book offers a unique introduction to matroid

theory, emphasizing motivations from matrix

theory and applications to systems analysis.

This book serves also as a comprehensive

presentation of the theory and application of

mixed matrices, developed primarily by the

present author in the 1990’s. A mixed matrix is a

convenient mathematical tool for systems analysis,

compatible with the physical observation that

“fixed constants” and “system parameters” are to

be distinguished in the description of engineering

systems.

From the reviews…The book has been prepared very carefully,

contains a lot of interesting results and is highly

recommended for graduate and postgraduate

students András Recski, Mathematical Reviews

Clippings 2000m:93006

FeaturesFirst comprehensive presentation of the theory

and application of mixed matrices and a unique

introduction to matroid theory Self-contained

presentation of the theory and applications of

matroids, written in such a way that the reader can

acquire familiarity with matroids through matrices

and reach the stage of understanding the most

recent results in matroid theory

Fields of interestCombinatorics; Linear and Multilinear Algebras,

Matrix Theory; Appl.Mathematics/Computational

Methods of Engineering; Industrial Chemistry/

Chemical Engineering; Algorithm Analysis and

Problem Complexity

Target groupsGraduate students and researchers in mathematics

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Volume 4) Softcover

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ISBN 978-3-7643-8509-5

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Softcover

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ISBN 978-3-642-03993-5


J. Neuberger, University of North Texas, Denton, TX,

USA

Sobolev Gradients and Differential Equations

A Sobolev gradient of a real-valued functional on a

Hilbert space is a gradient of that functional taken

relative to an underlying Sobolev norm. This book

shows how descent methods using such gradients

allow a unified treatment of a wide variety of prob-

lems in differential equations. For discrete versions

of partial differential equations, corresponding

Sobolev gradients are seen to be vastly more

efficient than ordinary gradients. In fact, descent

methods with these gradients generally scale

linearly with the number of grid points, in sharp

contrast with the use of ordinary gradients. Aside

from the first edition of this work, this is the only

known account of Sobolev gradients in book form.

Most of the applications in this book have emerged

since the first edition was published some twelve

years ago. What remains of the first edition has

been extensively revised. There are a number of

plots of results from calculations and a sample

MatLab code is included for a simple problem.

From the contentsSeveral Gradients.- Comparison of Two Gradi-

ents.- Continuous Steepest Descent in Hilbert

Space: Linear Case.- Continuous Steepest Descent

in Hilbert Space: Nonlinear Case.- Orthogonal

Projections, Adjoints and Laplacians.- Introducing

Boundary Conditions.- Newton’s Method in the

Context of Sobolev Gradients.- Finite Differ-

ence Setting: the Inner Product Case.- Sobolev

Gradients for Weak Solutions: Function Space

Case.- Sobolev Gradient in Non-inner Product

Spaces: Introduction.

Fields of interestPartial Differential Equations; Numerical Analysis

Target groupsResearchers and graduate students in mathematics,

physics, chemistry, engineering and computer

science

G. Pólya, Stanford University, CA, USA; R. E. Tarjan,

Princeton University, NJ, USA; D. R. Woods, Google

Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA

Notes on Introductory Combinatorics

From the reviews This is a delightful little paperback which presents

a day-by-day transcription of a course taught jointly

by Polya and Tarjan at Stanford University. Woods,

the teaching assistant for the class, did a very good

job of merging class notes into an interesting mini-

textbook; he also included the exercises, homework,

and tests assigned in the class (a very helpful addi-

tion for other instructors in the field). The notes are

very well illustrated throughout and Woods and the

Birkhäuser publishers produced a very pleasant text

Mathematical Reviews (Review of the original

hardcover edition).

FeaturesAn affordable new softcover edition of a classic

text Comprehensive introductory overview

of combinatorics Homework excerices and

examinations included, making the book useful in

courses Results serve as a basis for applications

in computer science

From the contentsCombinations and Permutations.- Generating

Functions.- Principle of Inclusion and Exclusion.-

Stirling Numbers.- Pólya’s Theory of Count-

ing.- Outlook.- Midterm Examination.- Ramsey

Theory.- Matchings (Stable Marriages).- Matchings

(Maximum Matchings).- Network Flow.- Hamilto-

nian and Eulerian Paths.

Fields of interestCombinatorics; Algorithms; Algorithm Analysis

and Problem Complexity; Computational

Mathematics and Numerical Analysis; Numeric

Computing

Target groupsUndergraduate students, researchers, and practi-

tioners in mathematics and computer science

H. Pottmann, J. Wallner, Technische Universität

Wien, Austria

Computational Line Geometry

The geometry of lines occurs naturally in such

different areas as sculptured surface machining,

computation of offsets and medial axes, surface

reconstruction for reverse engineering, geomet-

rical optics, kinematics and motion design, and

modeling of developable surfaces. This book covers

line geometry from various viewpoints and aims

towards computation and visualization. Besides

applications, it contains a tutorial on projective

geometry and an introduction into the theory

of smooth and algebraic manifolds of lines. It

will be useful to researchers, graduate students,

and anyone interested either in the theory or in

computational aspects in general, or in applica-

tions in particular.

From the reviewsThe authors have combined results from the

classical parts of geometry with computational

methods. This results in a unique and fascinating

blend... The contents of the book are visualized by a

wealth of carefully chosen illustrations, making the

book a sheer pleasure to read B.Jüttler, MATH.

REVIEWS 2002

FeaturesFor the first time studies line geometry from

the viewpoint of scientific computation Shows

the interplay between theory and numerous

applications

Fields of interestGeometry; Computational Mathematics and

Numerical Analysis; Visualization; Computer

Graphics; Industrial and Production Engineering

Target groupsMathematicians, computer scientists and

engineers working in geometrical modelling and

visualization

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$59.95

ISBN 978-3-642-04040-5

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125 illus. (Modern Birkhäuser Classics) Softcover

approx. $49.95

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approx. $69.95

ISBN 978-3-642-04017-7


V. V. Prasolov, Independent University of Moscow,

Russia

Polynomials

Translated by: D. Leites

From the reviews... Despite the appearance [..] in a series titled

Algorithms and Computation of Mathematics,

computation occupies only a small part of the

monograph. It is best described as a useful refer-

ence for one’s personal collection and a text for a

full-year course given to graduate or even senior

undergraduate students. [..] the book under review

is worth purchasing for the library and possibly even

for one’s own collection. The author’s interest in the

history and development of this area is evident, and

we have pleasant glimpses of progress over the last

three centuries [...] the reader gains a synopsis of

and guide to the literature ...

E.Barbeau, SIAM Review 47:3, 2005

This is an exposition of polynomial theory and

results, both classical and modern. [...] the volume

is packed with results and proofs that are well organ-

ised thematically [...] What is unusual is to have a

text that embraces and intermingles both analytic

and algebraic aspects of the theory… S.D.Cohen,

Math.Reviews 2005f

FeaturesCovers its topic in greater depth than the

typical standard books on polynomial algebra

From the contentsRoots of Polynomials.- Irreducible Polynomials.-

Polynomials of a Particular Form.- Certain

Properties of Polynomials.- Galois Theory.- Ideals

in Polynomial Rings.

Fields of interestAlgebra

Target groupsGraduate students, lecturers and researchers in

mathematics

R. Rannacher, University of Heidelberg, Germany;

A. Sequeira, Instituto Superior Técnico/UTL, Lisboa,

Portugal (Eds)

Advances in Mathematical Fluid MechanicsDedicated to Giovanni Paolo Galdi on the

Occasion of his 60th Birthday

This book is a unique collection of high-level

papers devoted to fundamental topics in math-

ematical fluid mechanics and their applications,

mostly in connection with the scientific work

of Giovanni Paolo Galdi. The contributions are

mainly centered on the study of the basic proper-

ties of the Navier-Stokes equations, including

existence, uniqueness, regularity, and stability of

solutions. Related models describing non-Newto-

nian flows, turbulence, and fluid-structure interac-

tions are also addressed. The results are analytical,

numerical and experimental in nature, making the

book particularly appealing to a vast readership

encompassing mathematicians, engineers and

physicists. The diversity of the topics, in addition

to the different approaches, will provide readers a

global and up-to-date overview of both the latest

findings on the subject and of the salient open

questions.

Fields of interestApplications of Mathematics; Mechanics, Fluids,

Thermodynamics; Computational Mathematics

and Numerical Analysis; Numerical Analysis;

Biomedical Engineering

Target groupsComputational scienctists, physicists, numerical

analysts

M. Ritore, C. Sinestrari, V. Miquel, J. Porti (Eds)

Mean Curvature Flow and Isoperimetric Inequalities

Geometric flows have many applications in physics

and geometry. The mean curvature flow occurs in

the description of the interface evolution in certain

physical models. This is related to the property that

such a flow is the gradient flow of the area func-

tional and therefore appears naturally in problems

where a surface energy is minimized. The mean

curvature flow also has many geometric applica-

tions, in analogy with the Ricci flow of metrics on

abstract riemannian manifolds. One can use this

flow as a tool to obtain classification results for

surfaces satisfying certain curvature conditions, as

well as to construct minimal surfaces. Geometric

flows, obtained from solutions of geometric para-

bolic equations, can be considered as an alternative

tool to prove isoperimetric inequalities. On the

other hand, isoperimetric inequalities can help in

treating several aspects of convergence of these

flows.

FeaturesContains an expanded version of the lectures

delivered by the authors at the CRM Barcelona

in March 2008 The first text serves as an

introduction to the work of Huisken--Sinestrari

about the formation of singularities and surgery of

the mean curvature The second text presents

recent developments on the field of isoperimetric

inequalities, mostly based on the use of geometric

flows, as well as applications of isoperimetric

inequalities to hyperbolic geometry

Fields of interestDifferential Geometry; Global Analysis and

Analysis on Manifolds

Target groupsGraduate students and lecturers in differential

geometry and analysis on manifolds

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Continuous Math. Education, 2001

1st ed. 2004, 2nd printing 2010. XIV, 302 p. 8 illus. (Algo-

rithms and Computation in Mathematics,


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2010. XII, 570 p. Hardcover

$169.00

ISBN 978-3-642-04067-2

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Due January 2010

2010. Approx. 140 p. (Advanced Courses in Mathematics

- CRM Barcelona) Softcover

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ISBN 978-3-0346-0212-9


K. Williams, Torino, Italy (Ed)

Nexus Network Journal 11,3Architecture and Mathematics

Baroque architect and mathematician Guarino

Guarini is the subject of this issue of the Nexus

Network Journal. A group of international scholars

were invited to contribute papers that shed light

on the unanswered questions in several areas:

Baroque architecture in general and Guarini’s

architecture in particular; philosophy; history of

structural mechanics; mathematics and history of

mathematics, cosmology. As always, the NNJ takes

an interdisciplinary approach to the broad range of

subjects that Guarini concerned himself with, thus

the final results will add significantly to our under-

standing of how Guarini’s actual practical and

technical processes were informed by knowledge

of his multifaceted scientific and philosophical

interests.

FeaturesThis issue features a group of focussed research

papers regarding architect and mathematician

Guarino Guarini Each research paper includes

a bibliography for further reading Contribu-

tors are from Italy, Belgium, United States, United

Kingdom, Greece

From the contentsA Structural Description of the Chapel of the

Holy Shroud in Torino.- Guarini et la structure de

l’Univers.- Unfolding San Lorenzo.- An Analysis of

Selected Sections of Guarini’s Euclides adauctus.-

Guarini and Universal Mathematics: The Sources

and Role of his Euclides adauctus.

Fields of interestMathematics, general; Architectural History and

Theory

Target groupsTeachers and students of architecture and math-

ematics, researchers in history of architecture and

history of mathematics

R. Wilson, Queen Mary University of London, UK

The Finite Simple GroupsAn Introduction

The finite simple groups are the building blocks

from which all the finite groups are made and

as such are objects of fundamental importance

throughout mathematics. They can be divided

into the alternating, sporadic and Lie type groups,

the latter further subdivided into classical and

exceptional, or into untwisted and twisted types.

This book is the first accessible introduction to all

these families of finite simple groups at a level suit-

able for final year undergraduate and beginning

graduate students.

The first five chapters provide a thorough

grounding in the theory of the alternating and

classical groups, followed by an overview of the

exceptional groups (treated as automorphism

groups of multilinear forms) and the sporadic

groups. These chapters form the basis of a final

year undergraduate course bringing their under-

graduate studies to a fitting climax with seminal

results from the late 20th century.

FeaturesOnly book aiming to provide an introduction

to all the finite simple groups Treatment of

exceptional groups via octonions rather than lie

algebras makes the groups more accessible

ContentsIntroduction.- The alternating groups.- The

classical groups.- The exceptional groups.- The

sporadic groups.

Fields of interestGroup Theory and Generalizations; Topological

Groups, Lie Groups

Target groupsBeginning postgraduates in group theory,

researchers, 4th year undergraduates

G. G. Yin, C. Zhu

Hybrid Switching DiffusionsProperties and Applications

This book focuses on switching diffusion processes

involving both continuous dynamics and discrete

events.

The first part, including three chapters, presents

basic properties such as Feller and strong Feller,

recurrence, and ergodicity. With a brief review of

existence and uniqueness of solutions of switching

diffusions, basic properties such as recurrence,

Feller properties etc. are dealt with.

The second part of the book is devoted to numer-

ical solutions of switching diffusions.

Containing three chapters, the third part focuses

on stability. Chapter seven and chapter eight

proceed with the stability analysis. The approach is

based on Liapunov function methods.

FeaturesChapter summaries Detailed Illustrations

Many worked out examples Numerical

Solutions Applications to Finance

ContentsPreface.- Introduction and Motivation.- Switching

Diffusion.- Recurrence.-Ergodicity.- Numerical

Approximation.-Numerical Approximation

to Invariant Measures.- Stability.- Stability of

Switching ODE.- Invariance Principles.- Posi-

tive Recurrence: Multi-ergodic-class of Switching

Processes.- Stochastic Volatility Using Regime-

switching Diffusions.- Two-time-scale Switching

Jump-diffusions.- Appendix.-References.

Fields of interestProbability Theory and Stochastic Processes;

Control, Robotics, Mechatronics; Operations

Research/Decision Theory

Target groupsResearchers in mathematics, operations research,

control theory and control engineering, opti-

mization, financial mathematics and financial

engineering

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2010. Approx. 200 p. (Nexus Network Journal,

Volume 11,3) Softcover

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2010. Approx. 235 p. (Graduate Texts in Mathematics,


approx. $59.95

ISBN 978-1-84800-987-5

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2010. X, 390 p. (Stochastic Modelling and Applied

Probability, Volume 63) Hardcover

$119.00

ISBN 978-1-4419-1104-9

springer.com/librarybooks 35Springer News 10/2009 Statistics

C. Gaetan, Universitá Ca’ Foscari di Venezia Dipto.,

Venezia, Italy; X. Guyon, Université Paris I Samos,

Paris, France

Spatial Statistics and Modeling

Spatial statistics are useful in subjects as diverse as

climatology, ecology, economics, environmental

and earth sciences, epidemiology, image analysis

and more. This book covers the best-known spatial

models for three types of spatial data: geostatistical

data (stationarity, intrinsic models, variograms,

spatial regression and space-time models), areal

data (Gibbs-Markov fields and spatial auto-

regression) and point pattern data (Poisson, Cox,

Gibbs and Markov point processes). The level is

relatively advanced, and the presentation concise

but complete.

The most important statistical methods and their

asymptotic properties are described, including

estimation in geostatistics, autocorrelation and

second-order statistics, maximum likelihood

methods, approximate inference using the pseudo-

likelihood or Monte-Carlo, statistics for point

processes and Bayesian hierarchical models. A

chapter is devoted to MCMC simulation (Gibbs

sampler, Metropolis-Hastings algorithms and exact

simulation).

FeaturesClear and precise presentation of the most

important spatial models, including their probabi-

listic properties and related statistical methods

Implements these models and studies their

statistics on a wide variety of real spatial data

coming from real-world applications

ContentsSecond order spatial models and geostatistics.-

Gibbs-Markov random fields on networks.- Spatial

point processes.- Simulation of spatial models.-

Statistics for spatial models.

Fields of interestStatistical Theory and Methods; Probability Theory

and Stochastic Processes; Math. Applications in

Geosciences

Target groupsSenior undergraduate students with a solid math

background and Ph.D. students in statistics

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2010. XIV, 302 p. (Springer Series in Statistics) Hardcover

$89.95

ISBN 978-0-387-92256-0

H. Lenz, P. Wilrich, FU Berlin, Inst. für Statistik und

Ökonometrie, Berlin, Germany; W. Schmid, Europa-

Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany (Eds)

Frontiers in Statistical Quality Control 9

The twenty-three papers in this volume are

carefully selected, reviewed and revised for this

volume, and are divided into two parts: Part 1:

“On-line Control” with subchapters 1.1 “Control

Charts” and 1.2 “Surveillance Sampling and

Sampling Plans” and Part 2:”Off-line Control”.

ContentsPart I - On-line Control: Control Charts.- Surveil-

lance Sampling and Sampling Plans.- Part II - Off-

line Control: 10 contribtuion chapters.

Fields of interestStatistical Theory and Methods; Statistics for Busi-

ness/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance;

Industrial and Production Engineering

Target groupsScientists

H. Toutenburg, University of Munich, Germany;

Shalabh, Indian Institute of Tech., Kanpur, India

Statistical Analysis of Designed Experiments, Third Edition

This textbook presents the design and analysis

of experiments that comprise the aspects of clas-

sical theory for continuous response, modern

procedures for categorical response, and especially

for correlated categorical response. For any design

(independent and matched-pair response) the

parametric and nonparametric tests depending on

the data level are given. Complex designs, such as,

for example, cross-over and repeated measures, are

included at an introductory and advanced manner.

The problem of missing data is also handled with

care and procedures in approaching this problem

are proposed. Thus, this is an important resource/

reference book for undergraduates and university

teachers, for statistical researchers in the pharma-

ceutical industry, or other industries, as well as for

clinical research in medicine and dentistry.

FeaturesThe application of models are demonstrated

by figures and data analysis Well readable by

leaving out proofs within the text Advanced

modelling of repeated measures and cross-over

design

ContentsIntroduction.- Comparison of two samples.- The

linear regression model.- Single-factor experi-

ments with fixed and random effects.- More

restrictive designs.- Incomplete block designs.-

Multifactor experiments.- Models for categorical

response variables.- Repeated measures model.-

Cross-over design. - Statistical analysis of incom-

plete data.

Fields of interestStatistical Theory and Methods; Bioinformatics;

Biostatistics; Probability Theory and Stochastic

Processes; Econometrics; Psychometrics

Target groupsResearchers, graduate students, practitioners

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Hardcover

$99.95

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G. Allen, B. Bryla, D. Kuhn

Oracle SQL RecipesA Problem-Solution Approach

Oracle SQL Recipes is a strong play into the

market for SQL books, and in particular for Oracle

SQL books. Edited by the same person as the SQL

Cookbook (14,992 units lifetime) and Mastering

Oracle SQL (12,186 units across both editions),

Oracle SQL Recipes combines the problem/solu-

tion approach of the Cookbook with the Oracle

focus of the Mastering book. The result is a solid,

solution-oriented book with no direct competition

that is sure to get noticed by a large audience of

Oracle developers and database administrators.

FeaturesMerges the approach of two, proven successful

books on SQL (the SQL Cookbook and Mastering

Oracle SQL) Cowritten by one of Apress’s

strongest, recipe-book authors Takes a solu-

tion-oriented approach that is sure to appeal to

readers with problems to solve and little time to sit

back and read

From the contentsPart I: Foundations of Data Manipulation.-

Chapter 1: The Basics.- Chapter 2: Summarizing

and Aggregating.- Chapter 3: Querying from

Multiple Tables.- Chapter 4: Creating and Deriving

Data.- Chapter 5: Common Query Patterns.-

Part II: Data Types and their Problems.- Chapter 6:

Datetime Values.- Chapter 7: Strings.- Chapter 8:

Numbers.- Part III: Your Development Envi-

ronment.- Chapter 9: Managing Transactions.-

Chapter 10: Data Dictionary for Developers.-

Part IV: Special Topics.

Field of interestData Structures, Cryptology and Information

Theory

Target groupsIntermediate to advanced developers and database

administrators

M. Collins

Beginning WFWindows Workflow in .NET 4.0

Beginning WF demonstrates, in an eminently

readable and accessible style, how Microsoft’s

Workflow Foundation (WF) technology can be

used in a wide variety of applications. This book

has lots of sample projects that demonstrate the

most useful design patterns, and is organized

intuitively by feature so specific questions are

easily answered.

Rather than simply describing the technology,

this book is project focused. Each chapter shows

the reader how to build an application and then

explains each of the new concepts that were intro-

duced. So with each successive chapter, the reader

is creating themselves and experiencing the tech-

nology. Each concept or feature is also indexed so

the reader can also use this as a hand-on reference.

Either way, the reader will easily learn to become

proficient in Workflow Foundation.

FeaturesWorkflow is an area, with SharePoint and

.NET, that has proven history of success in the

market Our book is loaded with lots of simple

yet demonstrative sample projects The most

hands-on book on WF at this level with practical

and readable style

Field of interestProgramming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters

Target groupsBeginner to intermediate .NET developers or

anyone using or considering Microsoft’s Workflow

Foundation (WF) and developers interested in

seeing WF scenarios and solutions in action

M. Coles, J. Luetkehoelter

Expert SQL Server 2008 Encryption

Expert SQL Server 2008 Encryption is a deep

book on a single feature in SQL Server 2008 that

addresses two of today’s most prominent business

problems: of keeping data secure and of preventing

its theft. SQL Server users in many industries are

floundering after finding themselves suddenly

confronted with the need to encrypt their data

in response to government regulation, theft-

prevention demands from credit-card issuers, and

privacy-related demands from the health care

industry. Those floundering users need a resource.

They will buy Expert SQL Server 2008 Encryption,

because it is a high-quality book, and because it is

the only book to cover the entire gamut of imple-

menting encryption in SQL Server.

FeaturesMarket for the book driven by government

and industry regulation, by fear of data-theft and

privacy regulations Stands alone as the only

book to give useful coverage of encryption for SQL

Server administrators and developers Written

by well-known author Michael Coles

From the contentsChapter 1: Introduction to Encryption.- Chapter

2: Encryption Basics.- Chapter 3: Asymmetric

Encryption.- Chapter 4: Symmetric Encryption.-

Chapter 5: Rotating Keys.- Chapter 6: One-Way

Hashing.- Chapter 7: SQLCLR Integration.-

Chapter 8: Indexing Encrypted Content.


Theory

Target groupsIntermediate to advanced SQL Server DBAs,

T-SQL developers,.NET Developers, developers

moving to SQL Server

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B. Czernicki

Next-Generation Business Intelligence Software with Silverlight 3

Business Intelligence (BI) software aims to bring

together different pieces of a business into views

that can make comprehending mountains of data

easier. Business intelligence is everywhere. Appli-

cations that include reports, analytics, statistics,

historical and predictive modeling are all examples

of business intelligence applications. Currently, we

are in the second generation of BI software called

BI 2.0. This generation is focused on writing BI

software that is predictive, adaptive, simple and

interactive.

As computers and software have evolved, more

data can be presented to an end-user with increas-

ingly visually rich techniques. Rich Internet

Applications (RIA) technologies such as Microsoft

Silverlight can be used to transform traditional

UIs filled with boring data to fully interactive

analytical applications to deliver insight from large

data sets quickly.

FeaturesGartner has concluded that BI will continue to

grow and doesn’t see it affected by the economic

downturn as much as other technology areas

This book is the only book on the market

looking at new ways of delivering BI in the areas in

which BI itself will be growing


Target groupsIntermediate to Advanced BI specialists and Silver-

light or rich-Internet application developers

C. Dannen

iPhone Design Award Winning Projects

iPhone Design Award Winning Projects is the

book all iPhone and iPod touch developers will

want to own, digest fully, and savor. The keys to

application design success are revealed through

interviews with the winners of this year’s Apple

Design Awards, including design secrets, coding

tips, and implementation tricks.

FeaturesGreat apps, great examples, and great coding

tips from the most successful iPod and iPhone

touch app developers Apple’s implicit stamp of

approval on every design award winner Unique

insights not collected anywhere else

Field of interestProgramming Techniques

Target groupsBeginning to advanced developer/programmer

K. D. Hayes

Getting StartED with Dojo JavaScript™ Toolkit

Dojo is one of the top, leading JavaScript Toolkits

and frameworks out there alongside jQuery. At

over 80,000 downloads a month and with corpo-

rate support and backing from IBM, Zend, Oracle/

BEA, Sun, Google and more, Dojo is becoming the

industry standard pragmatic JavaScript solution.

Getting StartED with Dojo can turn a Web

designer into a Web developer by getting them

started with JavaScript and right into Dojo and

its toolset for building Web interfaces, effects,

Widgets and more.

FeaturesFirst or one of the first tutorial books on Dojo

JavaScript Toolkit/framework Dojo is still one

of today’s hottest growing technologies and frame-

works, with over 80,000 to 120,000+ downloads

per month Officially endorsed by Dojo

ContentsJavaScript Fundamentals.- How does JavaScript

fit in with HTML?- How do you write variables

and strings?- How do you perform arithmetic?-

How do you write a function and pass variables?-

What’s an array and why is it so important?- What

methods can you use to create arrays?- How do

you loop through an arrays elements?- Digging a

little deeper.- Manipulating the DOM.- How do

you get a reference to a node(s) on the DOM?-

How do you change the style of a DOM element?-

How do you change the HTML content of an

element?- Events.- What is a JavaScript event?-

How do you attach an event listener?


Target groupsBeginner Web developers/JavaScript-Ajax

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P. Hood-Daniel, J. F. Kelly

Build Your Own CNC Machine

Build Your Own CNC Machine is a ground-

breaking book targeted at the growing number

of hobbyists wanting to fabricate wood and

metal parts of their own design in their home

workshops. Lead author Patrick Hood-Daniel is

creator of buildyourcnc.com and is well-known

for his affordable, easy-to-build designs for home

CNC machines. His videos on CNC machines are

watched by tens of thousands of hobbyists. Each

one of those viewers, and each of his website visi-

tors represents a potential sale of this book.

The interest in hobbyist-level CNC machines

is real and growing. In addition to the author’s

own site, a Google search on “cnc for the home”

will turn up many other sites dedicated to this

new market, including solsylva.com, homecnc.

info, cnczone.com, hobbycnc.com, ktmarketing.

com/CNC.html, and more. Articles about CNC

for them home can be found on Make Magazine’s

website (makezine.com), and at Engadget.com.

FeaturesA strong play into the fast-growing market

of creative hobbyists who want to fabricate parts

of their own design using modern, computer

numerical controlled machining technology

Co-authored by a prominent leader in the

home-CNC movement who knows how to cater to

the average person with minimal skill and tools


Target groupsBeginner to intermediate hobbyists with a creative

bent who want the ability to fabricate metal and

wood parts on demand, school shop classes, scout

packs, and other groups with a desire to work

together on an exciting project as a way to foster

skills-development and teamwork

K. Kellenberger

Beginning T-SQL 2008

Beginning T-SQL 2008 by Kathi Kellenberger

introduces readers to the single, most fundamental

tool that they’ll need in working with SQL Server

2008: T-SQL. Also known as Transact-SQL, T-SQL

is the language through which one creates and

manages a database. It is the language for getting

data into and out of the database. Proficiency in

T-SQL is especially essential for reporting, such as

in conjunction with Reporting Services. Begin-

ning T-SQL 2008 will have broad appeal across

the entire population of SQL Server users, and the

book stands at the beginning of Apress’s mainline

roadmap for SQL Server.

FeaturesWritten by high-profile, national user group

member and winner of the professional associa-

tion for SQL Server’s 2008 PASSion award for her

efforts towards peer-based learning and sharing

knowledge in the community Blissfully short

and to the point – unintimidating to beginners,

and only half the pages of the competing book

Opens the door to Apress’s roadmap to

mastering in SQL Server 2008

From the contentsChapter 1: Getting Started (30 pages).- Chapter 2:

Writing Simple Queries (25 pages).- Sorting Data.-

Chapter 3: Using Expressions (30 pages).- Chapter

4: Joining Tables (25 pages).- Chapter 5: Grouping

and Summarizing Data (25 pages).- Chapter 6:

Updating Data (25 pages).- Chapter 7 Working

with Transactions (10 pages).- Chapter 8 CLR Data

Types (15 pages).- Chapter 9: T-SQL Programming

Logic (20 pages).- Chapter 10: Moving Logic to the

Database (35 pages).


Theory

Target groupsBeginner developers and database administrators

J. Lengstorf

PHP 6 for Absolute Beginners

PHP 6 for Absolute Beginners starts at the very

beginning stages of web programming, showing

even the most inexperienced web developer,

through examples, how to build a basic content

management system. The book dives directly

into writing web applications with accompanying

explanation rather than explaining elements of the

language and then showing examples. While PHP

6 does not have a release date set yet, a develop-

ment version is already available, and several other

books are already addressing PHP 6.

FeaturesTeaches PHP from scratch, assuming no

previous programming experience Teaches

via a practical blogging site example, something

that even beginning programmers will be familiar

with, explaining terminology and concepts along

the way Many PHP 6 books jumped the gun on

the release of PHP 6. This book will publish much

closer to the actual release date, catching the PHP

6 wave

ContentsGetting Started.- PHP Basics.- Passing information

around.- Working with the database.- Creating

an entry manager.- Supporting multiple pages.-

Updating entries.- Working with images.- Syndi-

cating the blog.- Creating a comment system.-

Creating a login system.- Keeping things secure.


Target groupsBeginning PHP programmers with little or no

experience and Intermediate PHP coders looking

to polish and extend their skill set

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A. Mackey

Introducing .NET 4.0With Visual Studio 2010

The release of .NET 4.0 this year brings in a wide

range of changes to the .NET Framework across

a broad front ranging from C# to Silverlight,

from WPF to ‘Oslo’. Many familiar technologies

are being over-hauled, best practices are being

changed and developer methodologies altered.

With so many new ideas appearing developers are

finding it hard to keep track of the opportunities

that are opening up.

Introducing .NET 4.0 crystallizes their options

and provides them with a roadmap to the new

releases. It clearly maps the whole range of

changes, showing what’s new, what’s changed and

what has stayed the same. Crucially, it provides

clear-cut examples of best practice and shows how

the technology can be put to work. This massively

reduces the amount of time readers need to spend

in understanding how the new releases are going

to affect them and gives them a head-start towards

seizing the opportunities that are opening up.

FeaturesWill be one of the first .NET 4.0 books to

be published and fulfils an audience desire for

concise information that is already becoming well

developed Provides a clear-cut roadmap to

the new technologies, their implications, and the

opportunities they offer Gives highly accessible

tutorials to the key innovations so readers can

assimilate the new ideas quickly and begin putting

them to work immediately


Target groupsIntermediate to advanced .NET 3.5 developers

upgrading to .NET 4.0 and non-.NET developers

moving to the area

G. Mak, J. Long

Spring Enterprise RecipesA Problem-Solution Approach

The Spring Framework is the de-facto leading

open source agile enterprise Java meta-framework

and serves as an alternative to using J2EE/Java EE.

With the release of Spring Framework 3.x, Spring

continues its phenomenal growth in adoption

according to Evans Data below. For organizations

of all sizes, 47% responded that they use Spring

today. 73% of all organizations responded that they

use Spring or plan to use Spring within two years.

83% of organizations with 500 or more developers

are using Spring today. This is further confirmed

by preliminary results from a 2008 Java Trends

Survey compiled by The ServerSide, which shows a

78% adoption of Spring.

Spring Enterprise Recipes lets readers get down

and dirty with the suite of tools, extensions, plug-

ins, modules and more that they will need for

server-side, enterprise and even mission critical

Java-based transaction-based systems that can be

highly scalable and complex.

FeaturesOne of the first (if not the first) books on the

latest Spring 3.x, and the first Spring code Recipes

book focused on Spring Enterprise development

Continues on the success of Spring Recipes by

Gary Mak Spring from the Source as it is tech

reviewed by SpringSource


Target groupsIntermediate to advanced Java developers

G. Mak, K. Sipe

Spring RecipesA Problem-Solution Approach

The Spring Framework is the de-facto leading open

source agile enterprise Java meta-framework and

serves as an alternative to using Java EE. With the

release of Spring Framework 3, Spring continues

its phenomenal growth in adoption according to

Evans Data below. For organizations of all sizes,

47% responded that they use Spring today. 73% of

all organizations responded that they use Spring

or plan to use Spring within two years. 83% of

organizations with 500 or more developers are

using Spring today. This is further confirmed by

preliminary results from a 2008 Java Trends Survey

compiled by The ServerSide, which shows a 78%

adoption of Spring.

Spring Web Recipes focuses on basic to even

complex Web-tier and services application devel-

opment. This book offers practical code recipes

from the latest available Web application and Web

services tools and techniques that Spring has to

offer, including Spring MVC, Web Flow, Groovy/

Grails, REST, Web Services, Cloud computing,

dynamic Web scripting, and more.

FeaturesOne of the first (if not the first) books on the

latest Spring 3.x, and the first Spring code Recipes

book focused on Spring Web-tier development

Continues on the success of Spring Recipes by

Gary Mak SpringSource endorsed as book will

be tech reviewed by SpringSource engineers/devel-

opers


Target groupsIntermediate to advanced Java developers

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D. Mark, J. LaMarche

Beginning iPhone 3 DevelopmentExploring the iPhone SDK

The best-selling, most highly recommended, and

most complete guide to Apple’s iPhone SDK just

got even better. It’s now updated with new code,

screenshots, and guidance to and for the new

features in iPhone OS 3.0. This continues to be the

one book every iPhone developer needs and wants.

FeaturesCovers all aspects of iPhone development

Most complete and up-to-date coverage of

iPhone SDK 3.0 The first edition is already

considered a classic programming guide and refer-

ence with rave reviews in nearly every developer

venue and on leading iPhone blogs

Contents1. Welcome to the Jungle.- 2. Appeasing the Tiki

Gods.- 3. Handling Basic Interaction.- 4. More

User Interface Fun.- 5. Autorotation and Auto-

sizing.- 6. Multiview Applications.- 7. Tab Bars and

Pickers.- 8. Introduction to Table Views.- 9. Navi-

gation Controllers and Table Views.- 10. Applica-

tion Settings and User Defaults.- 11. Introduction

to Core Data.- 12. Basic Data Persistence—Beyond

SQLite.- 13. Drawing with Quartz and OpenGL.-

14. Taps, Touches, and Gestures.- 15. Where Am

I? Finding Your Way with Core Location.- 16.

Whee!.- 17. iPhone Camera and Photo Library.-

18. Application Localization.- 19. Where to Next?


Theory

Target groupsBeginner to intermediate iPhone developers

coming from all levels of experience with a need

to start from scratch and learn it all, mobile game

developers, iPod Touch developers

S. Marsh

Beginning GeoDjangoRich GIS Web Applications with Python

This is the first book on GeoDjango, the extension

to the Django web framework for making sites

with geographical content. With the explosion of

use of the web on phones, sites with localized and

geographical content have become hugely impor-

tant. This book shows developers how to make

such sites using the only geographically aware

modern web development framework.

FeaturesThe only book on GeoDjango, the exten-

sion to the Django web framework for sites with

geographical data Internet on mobile phones

has made geographically aware sites a huge growth

area Django is the only modern web frame-

work with significant support for GIS, and this is

the only book which deals with it

ContentsIntroduction.- A GIS Primer.- GeoDjango – an

overview.- Creating your first project - “Contacts

Application”.- GeoDjango and Google Map API.-

GeoDjango models and the database API.- IP

based GeoLocation - GeoIP.- Using Polygonal

Geometries.- Creating GeoRSS feeds.- Appendix

– GeoDjango installation.


Target groupsIntermediate web developers

K. Marshall, T. Frieling

Beginning SimpleDB

This is the first book about SimpleDB, the centre

piece of Amazon Web Services and Amazon

Elastic Cloud services. With MySQL under threat

due to Sun’s sellout to Oracle, Cloud storage

is becoming more important than ever. With

returning Apress author Kevin Marshall and

consultant Tyler Frieling writing this first book on

SimpleDB, this first-to-market introduction will

tell us much about the cloud datastore competing

with Google’s BigData.

FeaturesFirst book about SimpleDB Short, sharp

and to the point intro to SimpleDB for program-

mers in all major programming languages

Comparisons to all new data storage services:

CouchDB, Google’s BigData and Amazon’s S3

Contents1. Introduction. What is SimpleDB?.- 2. SimpleDB

concepts and Design Decisions.- 3. Getting started

with SimpleDB.- 4. Your First Domain (basics

of using SimpleDB via REST and SOAP).- 5.

Currently available SimpleDB libraries.- 6.

Working with Domains.- 7. Working with Items.-

Working with Attributes.- Working with Values10.

Integrating your Amazon SimpleDB power with

Amazon S3 data objects11. Porting a simple

relational database to SimpleDB12. Questions and

Answers13. Where to go for more information.

Field of interestSoftware Engineering/Programming and Oper-

ating Systems

Target groupsBeginning to intermediate programmers, cloud

application architects and DBAs

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J. McGaw

Beginning Django E-Commerce

Beginning Django E-Commerce is the first book

to guide web developers through producing an

e-commerce site using Django, the most popular

Python web development framework. It covers

everything you need to know to make your own e-

commerce site, including how to make a shopping

cart, a checkout, and a payment processor, how

to make the most of Ajax, as well as search engine

optimization best practices.

FeaturesThe only book describing everything you

need to build an e-Commerce site using Django

Django is the most popular python web

development framework, and has been endorsed

by Python creator Guido van Rossum Includes

topics such as how to make a shopping cart, a

checkout, and a payment processor

ContentsIntroduction.- Chapter 1 Best Laid Plans.- Chapter

2 Creating a Django Site.- Chapter 3 Models For

Sale.- Chapter 4 The Shopping Cart.- Chapter

5 Site Checkout & Order Creation.- Chapter 6

Creating User Accounts.- Chapter 7 Product

Images.- Chapter 8 Implementing Product Search.-

Chapter 9 Intelligent Cross-Selling.- Chapter

10 AJAX.- Chapter 11 Getting In with Google.-

Chapter 12 Web Security Overview.- Chapter 13

Scaling the Site.- Chapter 14 Testing Our Code.-

Chapter 15 Deployment.- Chapter 16 Hello Google

App Engine.


Target groupsBeginner to intermediate web developers and

python programmers

M. Neuberg

Learn Mac Automation with Ruby Scripting

Learn Mac Automation with Ruby Scripting repre-

sents the cutting edge of Mac OS X automation

and scripting and what is soon likely to become a

standard. Ruby continues to gain popularity, espe-

cially among the most innovative Mac developers

and scripters. Apple supports Ruby directly and

there’s an active and rapidly growing community

behind the Apple Event extension library for Ruby.

It’s a market ready to explode with the next release

of Mac OS X, Snow Leopard.

FeaturesThe only book on the quickly emerging Ruby/

Mac OS X automation market Equally suited

for AppleScript users, Ruby users, and beginners

Clear, rigorous, and concise; “just enough

Ruby” to become productive

Contents1. Getting Started.- 2. Just Enough Ruby.-

3. Apple Events.- 4. The Application Object.-

5. Properties and Elements.- 6. Commands.-

7. Datatypes.- 8. Dictionaries.- 9. Scripting

Additions.- 10. Examples.

Fields of interestData Structures, Cryptology and Information

Theory

Target groupsBeginner to Intermediate Mac automation market,

including existing Ruby and AppleScript users

J. Oxer, H. Blemings

Practical ArduinoCool Projects for Open Source Hardware

The Arduino is growing in popularity. As a fast,

low-cost, open source platform with an active

development community, it is quickly surpassing

the Basic Stamp as the platform of choice for

physical computing enthusiasts. This book includes

a broad range of intermediate to advanced projects

specifically for the Arduino using the easy-to-

learn Arduino language (based on the Processing

programming language). Other works currently

on the market target the beginner to intermediate

levels, and may cover other boards rather than the

Arduino.

FeaturesThe Arduino is outselling other microcon-

trollers, including the basic stamp. electronics

vendors are frequently sold out due to demand

The Arduino programming language and

development environment are open source and

easy to learn The book provides tested recipes

for both new and experienced Arduino and gadget

enthusiasts

ContentsPractical Arduino.- Skills and Tools.- Simple

Projects.- Intermediate Projects.- Challenging

Projects.- Resources.- Language Reference (H).

Field of interestComputer Hardware

Target groupsIntermediate to advanced Arduino users who wish

to go beyond the simple “flashing LED” examples

and learn more about how Arduino works and

how it can be applied to more complex proj-

ects, robotics enthusiasts and embedded device

programmers who are interested in a new platform

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K. Offermann, N. Nicolaisen

Getting StartED with Netbooks

Getting StartED with Netbooks broadly targets

consumers at a pivotal moment in the explosive

growth of the MID/Netbook/UMPC market. We

intend to create value for this group by providing

an indispensable, “Consumer Reports Meets

Whole Earth Catalog” sort of information aggrega-

tion.

For this project, timing and tone matters. Here’s

why: Even given a weak global economy and a

lengthening economic recession, analyst forecasts

call for the MID/Netbook/SCC device market

reach $29 billion and 200 million shipped units

by 2010.

FeaturesOne of the first books on Netbooks, if not the

first The authors are known from their days

with Ziff Davis and their various PC and Mac

computing contacts among vendors Netbooks

and low cost computing market is getting very very

hot, with potential for continued growth in the

next few years at least

From the contentsPart 1: Getting Started With the Right Netbook.-

Intro: Meet the Fastest Growing Technology Niche

In the Global Market.- Chapter 1: Getting Best

Fit and Best Value.- Chapter 2: Hands-On Power

Shopping: Look, Feel, Performance and Price for

Today’s Best of Breed Netbooks.- Chapter 3: Quick

Start: Pictorial Guide to Basics of Netbook Produc-

tivity Apps.- Part 2: Netbook Communities: Saving

Money, Having Fun, Joining the Mobile/Global

Culture.


Target groupsBeginner consumer users and consumer shoppers

T. Redkar

Pro Azure Services Platform

The Azure Services Platform, widely known simply

as ‘Azure’, is Microsoft’s eagerly anticipated cloud

operating system. It has been in development for

the last two years and its release date has now

been confirmed for November 2009. Usage data

for other cloud operating systems, produced by

Google and Amazon, shows that demand for this

type of service can be very high.

Pro Azure provides a complete A-Z guide for

transferring developer’s existing .NET program-

ming skills across to the Azure cloud environment.

It combines architectural overviews of the plat-

form’s key components with nuts-and-bolts code

examples and fully worked application templates

that guide developers through the design, develop-

ment and deployment sequence to create fully

working Azure services.

After reading this book developers will have all the

information they need to build high quality Azure

services of their own.

FeaturesCovers all the architectural, code and

templating ideas that developers need to know to

create high-quality Azure services Presents a

fully working Azure service and walks through its

design, development and deployment to provide a

best-practice roadmap for service construction

From the contentsIntroducing Azure.- Understanding the Cloud

Platform.- Enterprise Architecture and Cloud

Services.- Azure Services.- The Windows Azure

OS.- .NET Services.- SQL Server Services.


Target groupsIntermediate to Advanced .NET developers and

Non .NET developers investigating the Microsoft

services platform

D. Salomon, California State University, Northridge,

CA, USA; G. Motta, Qualcomm, San Diego, CA, USA

Handbook of Data Compression

With contributions by: D. Bryant

Data compression is one of the most important

fields and tools in modern computing. From

archiving data, to CD-ROMs, and from coding

theory to image analysis, many facets of modern

computing rely upon data compression. This book

provides a comprehensive reference for the many

different types and methods of compression.

Included are a detailed and helpful taxonomy,

analysis of most common methods, and discus-

sions on the use and comparative benefits of

methods and description of “how to” use them.

Detailed descriptions and explanations of the most

well-known and frequently used compression

methods are covered in a self-contained fashion,

with an accessible style and technical level for

specialists and non-specialists.

FeaturesFully comprehensive, this book can serve as an

encyclopedia of the topic Website maintained

and updated by author, providing errata and

auxiliary material

ContentsBasic Techniques.- Basic VL Codes.- Advanced VL

Codes.- Robust VL Codes.- Statistical Methods.-

Dictionary Methods.- Image Compression.-

Wavelet Methods.- Video Compression.- Audio

Compression.- Other Methods.

Fields of interestData Storage Representation; Signal Processing;

Coding and Information Theory; Data Encryption;

Image Processing and Computer Vision

Target groupsComputing professionals, students in computer

science and electrical engineering

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J. Xu

Practical WPF Charts and Graphics

A graph aids in the understanding of almost any

data set. Whether it depicts mathematical, physical

or economic conditions it provides an excellent aid

to clarity of understanding. Unsurprisingly, this

makes it one of the most common pieces of func-

tionality that a developer is tasked with producing.

Practical WPF Charts and Graphics provides the

ultimate reference for developing charting func-

tionality on the .NET Framework. By harnessing

the power of the Windows Presentation Founda-

tion (WPF) it demonstrates how to build sophis-

ticated charting interfaces incorporating both 2D

and 3D graphics together with documents, media

and animations within a single clean interface. It

is a reference worthy of a place on any developer’s

bookshelf.

FeaturesIn depth coverage of the types of charts that can

be developed in WPF and how the Foundation can

be used to maximum effect in their development

Coverage goes beyond simple 2D and 3D charts

to cover the multi-media applications, embedded

documents and animations now commonly found

in many cutting-edge applications

From the contentsIntroduction.- Chapter 1 Overview of WPF.-

Chapter 2 WPF Graphics in 2D.- Chapter 3 2D

transformations.- Chapter 4 Colors and Brushes.-

Chapter 5 2D Line Charts.- Chapter 6 Specialized

2D Charts.- Chapter 7 Stock Charts.- Chapter

8 Interactive 2D Charts.- Chapter 9 2D Chart

User Controls.- Chapter 10 Data Interpolations.-

Chapter 11 Curve Fitting.


Target groupsIntermediate to advanced .NET developers

C. C. Yang, M. C. Chau, J. Wang, H. Chen (Eds)

Security Informatics

Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI) is

defined as the study of the development and use of

advanced information systems and technologies

for national, international, and societal secu-

rity-related applications. With the rise of global

terrorism, the field has been given an increasing

amount of attention from academic researchers,

law enforcement, intelligent experts, information

technology consultants and practitioners.

SECURITY INFORMATICS is global in scope

and perspective. Leading experts will be invited as

contributing authors from the US, UK, Denmark,

Israel, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Europe, etc.

It is the first systematic, archival volume treatment

of the field and will cover the very latest advances

in ISI research and practice. It is organized in four

major subject areas: (1) Information and Systems

Security, (2) Information Sharing and Analysis in

Security Informatics, (3) Infrastructure Protec-

tion and Emergency Responses, and (4) National

Security and Terrorism Informatics.

FeaturesSECURITY INFORMATICS outlines the foun-

dations and parameters of the field of Intelligence

and Security Informatics (ISIS) While ISI is a

relatively new field, it is expanding in a variety of

directions with, at this point, very few authorita-

tive, archival resources, editing volumes, or books

to assist its development; this is an authoritative

volume by leading experts in ISI

Fields of interestSystems and Data Security; Information Systems;

e-Commerce/e-business; Operation Research/

Decision Theory

Target groupsPractitioners, academic researchers from a number

of disciplines and students

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Volume 9) Softcover

approx. $119.00

ISBN 978-1-4419-1324-1

springer.com/booksellers44 Springer News 10/2009Computer Science

A. Abraham, MIR Labs, Auburn, WA, USA;

A. Hassanien, Cairo University, Egypt; V. Snášel,

Technical University Ostrava, Czech Republic (Eds)

Computational Social Network AnalysisTrends, Tools and Research Advances

Social networks provide a powerful abstraction

of the structure and dynamics of diverse kinds of

people or people-to-technology interaction. Web

2.0 has enabled a new generation of web-based

communities, social networks, and folksonomies

to facilitate collaboration among different commu-

nities.

This unique text/reference compares and contrasts

the ethological approach to social behavior in

animals with web-based evidence of social interac-

tion, perceptual learning, information granulation,

the behavior of humans and affinities between

web-based social networks. An international team

of leading experts present the latest advances of

various topics in intelligent-social-networks and

illustrates how organizations can gain competi-

tive advantages by applying the different emergent

techniques in real-world scenarios. The work

incorporates experience reports, survey articles,

and intelligence techniques and theories with

specific network technology problems.

FeaturesThis essential reference features the latest

advances of research in intelligent social networks

and includes applications of different techniques in

real-world scenarios, providing the reader with a

deeper understanding of the topic

Fields of interestComputer Communication Networks; Data-

base Management; User Interfaces and Human

Computer Interaction; Computers and Society

Target groupsResearchers, practitioners, advanced students in

social network mining, social networks and social

intelligence, web site clustering, link topology and

site hierarchy

S. Albers, Universität Freiburg, Germany; H. Alt, Freie

Universität Berlin, Germany; S. Näher, Universität

Trier, Germany (Eds)

Efficient AlgorithmsEssays Dedicated to Kurt Mehlhorn on the

Occasion of His 60th Birthday

This Festschrift volume, published in honor

of Kurt Mehlhorn on the occasion of his 60th

birthday, contains 28 papers written by his former

Ph.D. students and colleagues as well as by his

former Ph.D. advisor, Bob Constable.

The volume’s title is a translation of the title of Kurt

Mehlhorn’s first book, “Effiziente Algorithmen”,

published by Teubner-Verlag in 1977. This Fest-

schrift demonstrates how the field of algorithmics

has developed and matured in the decades since

then.

The papers included in this volume are organized

in topical sections on models of computation and

complexity, sorting and searching, combinatorial

optimization with applications, computational

geometry and geometric graphs; and algorithm

engineering, exactness and robustness.

Fields of interestAlgorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity;

Math Applications in Computer Science; Numeric

Computing; Discrete Mathematics in Computer

Science; Software Engineering


A. Aldini, G. Barthe, R. Gorrieri (Eds)

Foundations of Security Analysis and Design VFOSAD 2008/2009 Tutorial Lectures

FOSAD has been one of the foremost educational

events established with the goal of disseminating

knowledge in the critical area of security in

computer systems and networks. Offering a good

spectrum of current research in foundations of

security, FOSAD also proposes panels dedicated

to topical open problems, and giving presentations

about ongoing work in the field, in order to favour

discussions and novel scientific collaborations.

This book presents thoroughly revised versions of

ten tutorial lectures given by leading researchers

during three International Schools on Founda-

tions of Security Analysis and Design, FOSAD

2007/2008/2009, held in Bertinoro, Italy, in

September 2007, August 2008, and August/

September 2009. The topics covered in this book

include cryptographic protocol analysis, program

and resource certification, identity management

and electronic voting, access and authoriza-

tion control, wireless security, mobile code and

communications security.

Fields of interestSystems and Data Security; Data Encryption;

Computer Communication Networks; Manage-

ment of Computing and Information Systems;

Logics and Meanings of Programs; Programming

Languages, Compilers, Interpreters


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Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues,


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Security and Cryptology, Volume 5705) Softcover

$69.95

ISBN 978-3-642-03828-0

springer.com/librarybooks 45Springer News 10/2009 Computer Science

A. Bove, L. S. Barbosa, A. Pardo, J. S. Pinto (Eds)

Language Engineering and Rigorous Software DevelopmentInternational LerNet ALFA Summer School

2008, Piriapolis, Uruguay,

February 24 - March 1, 2008,

Revised, Selected Papers

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed

revised tutorial lectures of the International LerNet

ALFA Summer School on Language Engineering

and Rigorous Software Development, held in

Piriapolis, Uruguay, in February/March 2008.

The volume presents three courses on type theory:

an introductory tutorial, a course on type-based

termination, and a practical introduction to

dependent types. A case study of a static analyzer

based on abstract interpretation, a tutorial on

combinator parsing, and a study of extended static

checking using a point-free transform completes

the volume.

Together these contributions will be an invaluable

tool for graduate students and researchers looking

forward to keeping up to date with the latest

developments in rigorous approaches to software

development.

Fields of interestSoftware Engineering; Programming Languages,

Compilers, Interpreters; Simulation and Modeling


V. Devedžic, University of Belgrade, Serbia;

D. Gaševic, Athabasca University, Canada (Eds)

Web 2.0 & Semantic Web

Web 2.0 describes the trend in Web technology

and design that aims to enhance creativity,

information sharing, and, especially, collaboration

among users. Semantic Web refers to the intel-

ligent interaction among systems and applications

on the Web by deploying ontologies, semantic

annotation of Web content, and reasoning. Its

ultimate goal is to make data understandable to

computers, and thus open to far greater utility and

manipulation.

This special issue of AoIS presents cutting-edge

research on both of these often opposed trends in

computing and will support discussion on both

the synergies and controversies inherent in the two

technologies, while also considering what other

technologies can contribute to both. Dramatic

advances in service-oriented architectures, model-

driven engineering, and Web mining technolo-

gies are but a few of the developments that might

have a considerable impact on both Web 2.0 and

Semantic Web, and they will all be covered in this

volume.

FeaturesPresents the latest research on both Semantic

Web and Web 2.0 The first consideration of

using other technologies to further Web 2.0 and

Semantic Web growth The first volume to look

at matching Semantic Web technology to existing

Web 2.0 applications

Fields of interestComputer Systems Organization and Commu-

nication Networks; Information Systems and

Communication Service; Information Systems

Applications (incl.Internet)

Target groupsResearchers in semantic web and Web 2.0

development; researchers in model-driven and

ontology-driven architectures, computer scientists

in network development, graduate-level students

in these areas

R. De Virgilio, Università di Roma Tre, Italy;

F. Giunchiglia, Università di Trento, Italy;

L. Tanca, Politecnico di Milano, Italy (Eds)

Semantic Web Information ManagementA Model-Based Perspective

Databases have been designed to store large

volumes of data and to provide efficient query

interfaces. Semantic Web formats are geared

towards capturing domain knowledge, interlinking

annotations, and offering a high-level, machine-

processable view of information. However, the

gigantic amount of such useful information makes

efficient management of it increasingly difficult,

undermining the possibility of transforming it into

useful knowledge.

The research presented by De Virgilio, Giunchi-

glia and Tanca tries to bridge the two worlds in

order to leverage the efficiency and scalability

of database-oriented technologies to support an

ontological high-level view of data and metadata.

The contributions present and analyze techniques

for semantic information management, by taking

advantage of the synergies between the logical

basis of the Semantic Web and the logical founda-

tions of data management.

ContentsData and Metadata Management - Semantic

Web Languages.- Part I: Semantic Web Data

Storage.- Relational Technologies, Metadata

and RDF - A Metamodel Approach to Semantic

Web Data Management - Managing Terabytes of

Web Semantics Data.- Part II: Reasoning in the

Semantic Web.- Reasoning in Semantic Web-Based

Systems - Modular Knowledge Representation

and Reasoning in the Semantic Web - Semantic

Matching with S-Match - Preserving Semantics

in Automatically Created Ontology Alignments

- tOWL: Integrating Time in OWL.

Fields of interestDatabase Management; Artificial Intelligence (incl.

Robotics); Information Storage and Retrieval

Target groupsResearchers and libraries

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ISBN 978-3-642-04328-4

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F. Lin, Nanyang Technological University, Singa-

pore; M. Olivo, National University of Singapore,

Singapore; S. Kung, Princeton University, Princeton,

NJ, USA (Eds)

Biomedical Imaging

Edited by some of the most experienced authors in

the field, Biomedical Imaging provides compre-

hensive coverage on medical and biological

imaging. Original research and critical reviews on

software and hardware technologies for medical

and biological imaging tasks are presented in the

book, along with data processing in all imaging

modalities for molecular, cellular, anatomical and

functional imaging.

Research topics include image acquisition, regis-

tration, reconstruction, multimodality methods,

noise filtering and image enhancement, segmenta-

tion, classification and feature detection, model

and atlas based imaging, as well as system develop-

ment and acceleration technologies.

Biomedical Imaging is comprised of 40 contrib-

uted chapters, which are organized in such a way

that researchers, engineers, clinical practitioners

and graduate students can easily follow up with

relevant topics, and will benefit from reading the

views of the domain experts in their fields.

From the contentsGuest Editors’ Comments.- Miniaturized CMOS

Imaging Module with Real-time DSP Technology

for Endoscope and Laryngoscope Applications.-

Resolution Improvement of Scanning Acoustic

Microscopy Using Sparse Signal Representation.-

Time Efficient DT-MRI Acquisition Parameters

for Robust Estimation of Fiber Tracts.- Non-rigid

Ultrasound Image Registration Based on Intensity

and Local Phase Information.

Fields of interestBiomedical Engineering; Signal Processing; Image

Processing

Target groupsResearchers, engineers, clinical practitioners and

graduate students

L. Madeyski, Wroclaw University of Technology,

Poland

Test-Driven DevelopmentAn Empirical Evaluation of Agile Practice

Agile methods are gaining more and more interest

both in industry and in research. Many indus-

tries are transforming their way of working from

traditional waterfall projects with long duration to

more incremental, iterative and agile practices. At

the same time, the need to evaluate and to obtain

evidence for different processes, methods and tools

has been emphasized.

Lech Madeyski offers the first in-depth evaluation

of agile methods. He presents in detail the results

of three different experiments, including concrete

examples of how to conduct statistical analysis

with meta analysis or the SPSS package, using as

evaluation indicators the number of acceptance

tests passed (overall and per hour) and design

complexity metrics.

Contents1) Introduction - 2) Related Work - 3) Research

Goals, Conceptual Model and Variable Selection -

4) Experiments Planning, Execution, and Analy-

sis Procedure - 5) Effect on the Percentage

of Acceptance Tests Passed - 6) Effect on the

Number of Acceptance Tests Passed per Hour -

7) Effect on Internal Quality Indicators - 8) Effects

on Unit Tests - 9) Meta-Analysis - 10) Discussions,

Conclusions, and Future Work.

Fields of interestSoftware Engineering; Management of Computing

and Information Systems

Target groupsResearchers and professionals in agile software

development and/or empirical software engi-

neering

C. Priami, Microsoft Research, University of Trento,

Italy (Ed. in chief ); R. Back, I. Petre, Abo Akademi

University, Turku, Finland (Guest ed.)

Transactions on Computational Systems BiologyComputational Models for Cell Processes

The LNCS journal Transactions on Computational

Systems Biology is devoted to inter- and multidis-

ciplinary research in the fields of computer science

and life sciences and supports a paradigmatic shift

in the techniques from computer and informa-

tion science to cope with the new challenges

arising from the systems oriented point of view of

biological phenomena.

This special issue on Computational Models for

Cell Processes is based on a workshop with the

same name that took place in Turku, Finland, on

May 27, 2008. The accepted papers, which have

passed through a separate peer-review process,

span an interesting mix of approaches to systems

biology, ranging from quantitative to qualitative

techniques, from continuous to discrete math-

ematics, from deterministic to stochastic methods,

and from computational models for biology to

computing paradigms inspired by biology.

Fields of interestComputational Biology/Bioinformatics; Simulation

and Modeling; Computation by Abstract Devices


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Transactions on Computational Systems Biology, 5750)

Softcover

$113.00

ISBN 978-3-642-04185-3

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A. H. ter Hofstede, W. M. van der Aalst, M. Adams,

N. Russell (Eds)

Modern Business Process AutomationYAWL and its Support Environment

Topics covered include: The fundamentals of

business process modeling, including work-

flow patterns, an in-depth treatment of process

flexibility, including approaches to dealing with

on-the-fly changes, unexpected exceptions, and

constraint-based processes, Technological aspects

of a modern BPM environment, including its

architecture, process design environment, process

engine, resource handler and other support

services, a comparative insight into current

approaches to business process modeling and

execution such as BPMN, EPCs, BPEL, jBPM,

OpenWFE, and Enhydra Shark, process mining,

verification, integration and configuration; and

case studies in health care and screen business.

FeaturesThe book is the first book to provide a compre-

hensive overview of YAWL and its support envi-

ronment Emerging areas such as declarative

workflow specification and process configuration

are exposed to a wider audience for the first time

in textbook form The book provides a sound

basis for workflow concepts on the one hand and a

detailed discussion of their technical realisation on

the other hand

Fields of interestInformation Systems Applications (incl.Internet);

Information Systems; Computer Appl. in Adminis-

trative Data Processing

Target groupsStudents and professionals

T. Vitvar, University of Innsbruck, Austria;

V. Peristeras, National University of Ireland,

Galway, Ireland; K. Tarabanis, University of

Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece (Eds)

Sematic Technologies for E-Government

E-government faces huge challenges in achieving

interoperability and integration, taking into

account differences in laws, regulations, services,

administrative processes and languages across

regions and countries. On the other hand, issues

like service, data and process´integration have

been researched by the Semantic Web commu-

nity for several years now, and in the last two to

three years we have witnessed the first applica-

tions of semantic technologies in real, operational

e-government systems in both Europe and the US

which address exactly these challenges.

With this book, the editors present the latest

research results on how to use semantic technolo-

gies in order to improve or even revolutionize the

use of ICT in public administration systems. The

contributions are organized into three parts: archi-

tectures and process integration, ontologies and

interoperability, and portals and user interactions.

From the contentsSemantic Technologies for eGovernment - An

Overview.- Part I: Architectures and Process

Integration.- Pan-European eGovernment Service

Architecture; Employing Semantic Technolo-

gies for Orchestration of Government Services;

Modeling Knowledge-Intensive Processes using

Semantics; eGovernment goes Semantic Web.- Part

II: Ontologies and Interoperability.

Fields of interestInformation Systems Applications (incl.Internet);

Information Systems; Artificial Intelligence

(incl. Robotics)

Target groupsResearchers in academia and industry

Q. H. Vu, Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R),

Singapore; M. Lupu, Information Retrieval Facility,

Vienna, Austria; B. C. Ooi, National University of

Singapore

Peer-to-Peer ComputingPrinciples and Applications

Peer-to-peer (P2P) technology, or peer computing,

is a paradigm that is viewed as a potential tech-

nology for redesigning distributed architectures

and, consequently, distributed processing. Yet the

scale and dynamism that characterize P2P systems

demand that we reexamine traditional distrib-

uted technologies. A paradigm shift that includes

self-reorganization, adaptation and resilience

is called for. On the other hand, the increased

computational power of such networks opens up

completely new applications, such as in digital

content sharing, scientific computation, gaming, or

collaborative work environments.

In this book, Vu, Lupu and Ooi present the tech-

nical challenges offered by P2P systems, and the

means that have been proposed to address them.

Contents1) Introduction - 2) Architecture of P2P Systems -

3) Routing in P2P Systems - 4) Data-Centric

Applications - 5) Load Balancing and Replica-

tion - 6) Security in P2P Networks - 7) Trust and

Reputation - 8) P2P Programing Tools - 9) Systems

and Applications - 10) Conclusions.

Fields of interestComputer Communication Networks; Information

Storage and Retrieval; Operating Systems

Target groupsResearchers and graduate students

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springer.com/booksellers48 Springer News 10/2009Chemistry

V. Dragutan, A. Demonceau, I. Dragutan,

E. S. Finkelshtein (Eds.)

Green Metathesis ChemistryGreat Challenges in Synthesis, Catalysis and

Nanotechnology

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study

Institute on Green Metathesis Chemistry:

Great Challenges in Synthesis, Catalysis

and Nanotechnology

Bucharest, Rumania

21 July - 2 August 2008.

An outstanding international scientific event in

the field of metathesis chemistry, the NATO ASI

“Green Metathesis Chemistry: Great Challenges

in Synthesis, Catalysis and Nanotechnology” has

been recently organized in Bucharest, Romania

(July 21- August 2, 2008).

FeaturesThis is the first book to be published in the field

of green metathesis chemistry with highlights on

highly efficient organic and polymer syntheses,

organometallic catalysis and nanotechnology

Fields of interestOrganic Chemistry; Organometallic Chemistry ;

Polymer Sciences

Target groupsGraduate and undergraduate students, teaching

staff interested in current developments in catalysis

mediated by transition metals, nanotechnology

and materials science, chemical engineers and

practitioners in the fields of petrochemistry, phar-

maceuticals, biology and medicine and specialists

appplying advanced materials inoptics, microelec-

tronics, computer science, telecommunications,

mechanics, constructions, sports and agriculture

P. Ilich, College of Saint Mary, Omaha, NE, USA

Selected Problems in Physical Chemistry

This book is a collection of 50 original prob-

lems in physical chemistry including several

living systems. Each problem is accompanied

by a detailed step-by-step solution, organized as

strategy, assumptions, approximations, numerical

calculation and interpretation. Solutions to

the key problems (e.g. thermal equilibration,

ligand-receptor interaction, aminoacid zwitter-

ions, HOMO-LUMO gap) are accompanied by

simple introductory explanations. In addition,

informal notes are provided on difficult concepts,

for example: entropy, reaction activation barrier,

wave mechanics. Schemes, diagrams and structural

formulas accompany most solutions and explana-

tions.

Thus, this textbook may serve as a self-tutorial

for undergraduate students in physical chemistry,

biophysics, biochemistry, and medicinal chemistry.

FeaturesUser-friendly, easy to read and understand

The emphasis of the book is on Method and

Procedure rather than on Subject and Formalism

in solving a physical chemistry problem For a

non-physical, non-mathematical student There

is no comparable - and competing - book of this

type on the Western markets

ContentsIntroduction.- Dedication.- Mechanical work.-

Thermodynamic functions and laws.- Kinetics.-

Atomic properties of matter - principles of

quantum mechanics.

Fields of interestPhysical Chemistry; Biophysics/Biomedical

Physics; Biochemistry, general

Target groupsStudents in chemistry, biochemistry, biophysics

and physics at 4-year colleges and other 4-year

undergraduate academic institutions

J. F. Kay, Veterinary Medicines Directorate,

Addlestone, UK (Ed.)

Analyses for Hormonal Substances in Food Producing Animals

This unique and definitive reference on hormone

abuse in food producing animals is for scientists,

regulators and consumers. It contains the results

of a meeting held in November 2006 to discuss the

progress made by the Veterinary Medicines Direc-

torate (VMD) supported programme on steroid

abuse detection.

When the “hormone ban” first arose in the EU,

there were only 15 Member States. There are now

27 and some newer members lack the background

knowledge of this issue. This book sets out to

summarize the history and show the significant

progress that has been, and continues to be, made

in this area. It is the only comprehensive review

of this subject available and contains input from

leading researchers from around the world.

FeaturesOffers an insight into the risk management of

an important food related issue and how current

analytical analyses can assist evidence-based risk

assessments Provides comprehensive coverage

of all past and current issues relating to growth

promoting hormone abuse in animals

From the contentsHistorical overview of the use of hormonal

substances in food production and their toxi-

cology.- National and international programmes

for the detection of hormone residues.- Current

analytical methods used for the detection of

hormone residues.

Fields of interestFood Science; Analytical Chemistry; Agriculture

Target groupsScientists working in this area, regulators and

consumers

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2010. Approx. 230 p. (RSC Food Analysis Monographs)

Hardcover

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ISBN 978-0-85404-198-5

springer.com/librarybooks 49Springer News 10/2009 Chemistry

E. McCafferty, George Washington University,

Washington, D.C., VA, USA

Introduction to Corrosion Science

The text emphasizes basic principles of corrosion

science which underpin extensions to practice. The

emphasis here is on corrosion in aqueous environ-

ments, although a chapter on high temperature

oxidation has been included. The overall effort

has been to provide a brief but rigorous introduc-

tion to corrosion science without getting mired in

extensive individual case histories, specific engi-

neering applications, or complications of practical

corrosion data.

FeaturesText emphasizes basic principles of corrosion

science which underpin extensions to practice

Provides a brief but rigorous introduction

to corrosion science Most chapters contain

a problem set, which corresponds and comple-

ments lessons in the text The textbook will

arouse interest of a wide audience of students and

engineers interested in chemistry, chemical engi-

neering and materials science

From the contentsSocietal Aspects of Corrosion.- Getting Started on

the Basics.- Charged Interfaces.- A Brief Review of

Thermodynamics.- Thermodynamics of Corro-

sion: Electrochemical Cells and Galvanic Corro-

sion.- Thermodynamics of Corrosion: Pourbaix

Diagrams.- Kinetics of Corrosion.- Concentration

Polarization and Diffusion.

Fields of interestElectrochemistry; Materials Science, general;

Structural Materials

Target groupsCorrosion science students at the graduate or

advanced undergraduate level, graduate students

in chemistry, materials science, and engineering,

practicing corrosion engineers or materials engi-

neers who wish to enhance their understanding of

the fundamental principles of corrosion science

T. Osaka, Waseda University, Japan; M. Datta, Cooligy

Inc., Emerson Network Power, Mountain View, CA,

USA; Y. Shacham-Diamand, Tel Aviv University, Israel

(Eds.)

Electrochemical Nanotechnologies

In this book, the term “electrochemical nanotech-

nology” is defined as nanoprocessing by means

of electrochemical techniques. This introductory

book reviews the application of electrochemical

nanotechnologies with the aim of understanding

their wider applicability in evolving nanoindus-

tries. These advances have impacted microelec-

tronics, sensors, materials science, and corrosion

science, generting new fields of research that

promote interaction between biology, medicine,

and microelectronics.

This volume reviews nanotechnology applications

in selected high technology areas with particular

emphasis on advances in such areas. Chapters are

classified under four different headings: Nano-

technology for energy devices - Nanotechnology

for magnetic storage devices - Nanotechnology

for bio-chip applications - Nanotechnology for

MEMS/Packaging.

FeaturesFirst on electrochemical nanotechnogy to

center on industrial applications No other

book has treated energy storage, magnetic storage,

bio-chips, and electronic packaging at the micro-

and nano-scale

Fields of interestNanotechnology; Electrochemistry; Power Engi-

neering

Target groupsScientists, engineers, and graduate students in

electrochemistry, nanotechnology, microelec-

tronics, sensors, materials science, and corrosion

science

B. Song, S. Yang, L. Jin, P. S. Bhadury, Guizhou

University, Guiyang, China

Environment-Friendly Antiviral Agents for Plants

Plant virus disease is a worldwide threat to agri-

culture. Environment-Friendly Antiviral Agents

for Plants systematically describes the basic theory,

new ideas, and new methods to discover novel

antiviral agents through research on plant immune

activation. The cutting-edge research method-

ology, technology and progress on novel antiviral

agent innovation are systematically described.

With abundant illustrations and figures, the book

is intended for researchers and practitioners in the

fields of pesticide science, plant protection, organic

chemistry, fine chemicals, applied chemistry, envi-

ronment chemistry and agriculture science.

Dr. Baoan Song and Dr. Song Yang are professors

at the Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou

University, China; Mr. Linhong Jin and Dr. Pinaki

S. Bhadury are associate professors there.

FeaturesDescribes innovative methods for activating

antiviral mechanism for plant immunity

Details research into novel environment-

friendly chemicals blocking plant virus

Explains the application of proteomics in

antiviral agent research

Fields of interestOrganic Chemistry; Plant Pathology; Environ-

mental Chemistry

Target groupsResearchers and practitioners in the field of pesti-

cide science, plant protection, organic chemistry,

fine chemicals, applied chemistry, environment

chemistry and agriculture science

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Jointly published with Chemical Industry Press.

2010. Approx. 305 p. 110 illus. Hardcover

$179.00

ISBN 978-3-642-03691-0

springer.com/booksellers50 Springer News 10/2009Chemistry

E. Wilhelm, University of Wien, Austria; T. Letcher,

KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa (Eds.)

Heat CapacitiesLiquids, Solutions and Vapours

The book contains the very latest information on

all aspects of heat capacities related to liquids and

vapours. The chapters, all written by knowledge-

able experts in their respective fields, cover theory,

experimental methods, and techniques (including

speed of sound, photothermal techniques, bril-

louin scattering, scanning transitiometry, high

resolution adiabatic scanning calorimetry), results

on solutions, liquids, vapours, mixtures, electro-

lytes, critical regions, proteins, liquid crystals,

polymers, reactions, effects of high pressure and

phase changes.

FeaturesCovers a wide range of topics Key point of

reference for anyone working in the field or related

areas

From the contentsHeat Capacities: Introduction, Concepts and

Selected Applications.- Calorimetric Methods for

Measuring Heat Capacities of Liquids and Liquid

Solutions.- An Exact Analysis of Conductive Heat

Losses in a Flow Calorimeter for Heat capacity

Measurement.- Excess Heat Capacities and Related

Properties of Liquid mixtures.- Heat Capacity

of Non-Electrolyte Solutions.- Heat Capacities

and Related Properties of Vapours and Vapour

Mixtures.- Heat Capacity of Electrolyte Solutions.-

Scanning Transitiometry and its Use to Determine

Heat Capacities of Liquids at High Pressures.-

Speed of Sound Measurements and Heat Capaci-

ties of Liquid Systems at High Pressure.- Heat

Capacities and Brillouin Scattering in Liquids.

Fields of interestPhysical Chemistry; Thermodynamics; Engi-

neering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer

Target groupsUndergraduates and graduates alike as well as

researchers, academics and anyone working in the

field or related areas

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$249.00

ISBN 978-0-85404-176-3

springer.com/librarybooks 51Springer News 10/2009 Engineering

P. Albertos, Technical University of Valencia, Spain;

I. Mareels, The University of Melbourne, Victoria,

Australia

Feedback and Control for Everyone

This well structured, intriguing and motivating

book presents the basic ideas and understanding of

control, signals and systems for readers interested

in engineering and science. Through a series of

examples that are regularly revisited from different

perspectives, the book explores both the theory

and the practice of control.”Feedback and Control

for Everyone” is indeed intended for everyone, but

more specifically everyone interested in getting a

feel for the role control and feedback play in our

environment. Control and feedback are pervasive

and are literally found everywhere in our engi-

neered or biological environment.

The book focuses on the main ideas and opens the

scientific mind to feedback, control and systems

dynamics. The exposition of ideas does not assume

any mathematical knowledge beyond what typi-

cally is taught at an intermediate mathematics level

at high school.

FeaturesWell structured, intriguing and motivating

book for everybody interested in engineering and

science Presents the basic ideas and under-

standing of control, signals and systems

Opens the scientific mind to control and

systems dynamics

Fields of interestControl; Popular Science in Mathematics/Natural

Science/Technology; Systems Theory, Control

Target groupsReaders in a broader range of fields in science

and engineering, willing to get basic ideas and

understanding of control, signals and systems,

high school students, teachers and undergraduate

students with a background/interest in maths and

engineering connected with science

E. Alonso, N. Pinyol, UPC, Barcelona, Spain;

A. M. Puzrin, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Geomechanics of Failures Advanced Topics

Geotechnical failures, specially the catastrophic

ones, are a stimulus to improve current under-

standing of phenomena and procedures and tools

for analysis and prediction.

This unconventional approach to geomechanics is

the essence of this book. In general, soil mechanics

and geotechnical textbooks describe first the

concepts and theoretical developments and then

apply them to interpret or solve a particular appli-

cations. This book follows a different course. The

case (a failure) is first described and then an expla-

nation is sought. This requires a set of steps which

can be summarized as follows: Identify the nature

of the problem, develop a dedicated and specific

formulation of the case, based on established basic

concepts. In general, no single existing theory or

procedure is available to solve the case at hand,

provide a solution within an acceptable degree of

complexity, extract the fundamental aspects of the

problem and highlight its relevance.

FeaturesIdeal textbook combining well-known

appealing cases with problems and solutions in a

structural approach

From the contentsPart I . Landslides.- Chapter 1 A Constrained

Creeping Landslide: Brattas, St. Moritz.- Landslide.

Switzerland.- Chapter 2 Catastrophic Slide: Vaiont

Landslide, Italy.- I1 . Embankments and Dams.-

Chapter 3 Collapse of Compacted Soil: Girona

Road Embankments, Spain.- Chapter 4 Earth Dam

Sliding Failure: Aznalc61lar Dam. Spain.

Fields of interestStructural Foundations, Hydraulic Engineering;

Geotechnical Engineering; Structural Mechanics

Target groupsGraduate and postgraduate students as well as

lectureres in geotechnical and civil engineering,

professional engineers and consultants in the field

of geotechnical engineering

D. Annaratone

Engineering Heat Transfer

This book is a generalist textbook; it is designed for

anybody interested in heat transmission, including

scholars, designers and students.

Two criteria constitute the foundation of Annara-

tone’s books, including the present one.

The first one consists of indispensable scientific

rigour without theoretical exasperation. The

inclusion in the book of some theoretical studies,

even if admirable for their scientific rigor, would

have strengthened the scientific foundation of this

publication, yet without providing the reader with

further applicable know-how. The second criterion

is to deliver practical solution to operational

problems. This criterion is fulfilled through equa-

tions based on scientific rigor, as well as a series

of approximated equations, leading to convenient

and practically acceptable solutions, and through

diagrams and tables. When a practical case is close

to a well defined theoretical solution, corrective

factors are shown to offer simple and correct solu-

tions to the problem.

FeaturesConcise reference for the fast solution of

practical problems Well structured and easy

to understand Limited to the equations and

aspects important for Engineering solutions so key

matreial very quick and easy to find

ContentsIntroduction To Heat Transfer.- Steady Conduc-

tion.- Transient Conduction.- Dimensional Anal-

ysis.- Convection.- Radiation.- Heat Exchangers

And Tube Banks.- Pressure Drops.

Fields of interestEngineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass

Transfer; Engineering Design; Engineering Fluid

Dynamics

Target groupsPracticing mechanical engineers and advanced

students

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S. Ao, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA;

O. Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Tijuana,

Mexico; X. Huang, University of Canberra, Australia

(Eds)

Intelligent Automation and Computer Engineering

A large international conference in Intelligent

Automation and Computer Engineering was held

in Hong Kong, March 18-20, 2009, under the

auspices of the International MultiConference of

Engineers and Computer Scientists (IMECS 2009).

The IMECS is organized by the International Asso-

ciation of Engineers (IAENG). Intelligent Auto-

mation and Computer Engineering contains 37

revised and extended research articles written by

prominent researchers participating in the confer-

ence. Topics covered include artificial intelligence,

decision supporting systems, automated planning,

automation systems, control engineering, systems

identification, modelling and simulation, commu-

nication systems, signal processing, and industrial

applications.

FeaturesOffers the state of the art of tremendous

advances in intelligent automation and computer

engineering Serves as an excellent reference

text for researchers and graduate students, working

on intelligent automation and computer engi-

neering Contains sixteen revised and extended

research articles written by prominent researchers

Fields of interestNumerical and Computational Methods in Engi-

neering; Software Engineering/Programming and

Operating Systems; Electronics and Microelec-

tronics, Instrumentation

Target groupsOffers the state of the art of tremendous advances

in intelligent automation and computer engi-

neering and also serves as an excellent reference

text for researchers and graduate students, working

on intelligent automation and computer engi-

neering

S. Apikyan, D. J. Diamond, Brookhaven National

Laboratory, Upton, NY, U.S.A. (Eds.)

Nuclear Power and Energy SecurityProceedings of the NATO Advanced Research

Workshop on Nuclear Power and Energy

Security

Yerevan, Armenia

8-12 December 2008

World energy consumption has grown dramati-

cally over the past few decades. This growth in

energy demand will be driven by large increases

in both economic growth and world population

coupled with rising living standards in rapidly

growing countries. The last years, we routinely

hear about a “renaissance” of nuclear energy. The

recognition that nuclear power is vital to global

energy security in the 21st century has been

growing for some time.

FeaturesYou will find discussions of issues related to the

building of nuclear power plants in countries with

few or no existing plants You will find motiva-

tions for using nuclear power in those countries

and to explore the advantages and disadvantages of

such action

Fields of interestNuclear Engineering; Effects of Radiation/Radia-

tion Protection; Particle Acceleration and Detec-

tion, Beam Physics

Target groupsNational Laboratories, universities, nuclear power

plants, national and international nuclear regula-

tory organizations, national and international

security organizations

B. Asay, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA

(Ed)

Shock Wave Science and Technology Reference Library, Vol. 5Non-Shock Initiation of Explosives

The sensitivity of an explosive is not a well defined

property of the material but rather a complex

pattern of behavior. Unlike the response to strong,

planar shocks which is for the most part predict-

able and reproducible, explosives’ response to

multidimensional and weaker stimuli is much

more complicated.

The present volume is the first compendium

to assemble in a single text our present knowl-

edge about the vast range of non-shock ignition

mechanisms and responses, where initiation is not

prompt, and involves a series of steps that may or

may not lead to a steady detonation.

FeaturesEdited and authored by a group of leading

international experts, this volume is the first

compendium to assemble in a single text our

present knowledge about the vast range of non-

shock ignition mechanisms of gas, liquid and solid

explosives, where initiation is not prompt, and

involves a series of steps that may or may not lead

to a steady detonation

Fields of interestMechanical Engineering; Industrial Chemistry/

Chemical Engineering; Safety in Chemistry,

Dangerous Goods

Target groupsResearchers and scientists in academic and indus-

trial R & D

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P. Azad, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Visual Perception for Manipulation and Imitation in Humanoid Robots

The development of humanoid robots is one of the

most challenging research fields within robotics.

One of the crucial capabilities of such a humanoid

is the ability to visually perceive its environment.

The present monograph deals with visual percep-

tion for the intended applications manipulation

and imitation, supporting higher-level cognition.

In particular, stereo-based methods and systems

for object recognition and 6 DoF pose estimation

as well as for markerless human motion capture

are presented. After an extensive presentation of

the state of the art in these areas, three real-time

systems that have been developed by the author are

presented in great detail: object recognition and

pose estimation for textured and for single-colored

objects, and a markerless human motion capture

system.

FeaturesRecent research in Visual Perception for

Manipulation and Imitation in Humanoid Robots

ContentsIntroduction.- State of the Art in Object Recog-

nition and Pose Estimation.- State of the Art in

Human Motion Capture.- Fundamentals of Image

Processing.- Guiding Principles.- Stereo-based

Object Recognition and Pose Estimation System.-

Stereo-based Markerless Human Motion Capture

System.- Software and Interfaces.- Evaluation.-

Conclusion.

Fields of interestControl, Robotics, Mechatronics; Numerical

and Computational Methods in Engineering;

Computer Imaging, Graphics and Computer

Vision

Target groupsResearchers, engineers, graduate students in

cognitive systems , robotics, visual perception

B. Bailey, Brian Bailey Consulting; G. Martin, Tensilica

Inc.

ESL Models and their ApplicationElectronic System Level Design and

Verification in Practice

This book arises from experience the authors have

gained from years of work as industry practitio-

ners in the field of Electronic System Level design

(ESL). At the heart of all things related to Elec-

tronic Design Automation (EDA), the core issue is

one of models: what are the models used for, what

should the models contain, and how should they

be written and distributed. Issues such as interop-

erability and tool transportability become central

factors that may decide which ones are successful

and those that cannot get sufficient traction in the

industry to survive.

Through a set of real examples taken from recent

industry experience, this book will distill the state

of the art in terms of System-Level Design models

and provide practical guidance to readers that can

be put into use. This book is an invaluable tool that

will aid readers in their own designs, reduce risk in

development projects, expand the scope of design

projects, and improve developmental processes

and project planning.

FeaturesProvides insight to all phases of ESL model

design and flow for novices, students, researchers,

managers, and experienced hardware and software

designers Includes extensive, realistic examples

from industrial ESL design flows A must-have

for anyone needing to understand the essentials of

system-level design models: their purpose, their

contents, and how they should be created and

distributed

Fields of interestCircuits and Systems; Computer-Aided Engi-

neering (CAD, CAE) and Design

Target groupsPracticing design engineers and researchers in

embedded systems, electronic design automa-

tion concerned with system level design and high

performance SoC design

W. A. Barbakh, Islamic University of Gaza, Palastina;

Y. Wu, Beijing, China; C. Fyfe, University of the West

of Scotland, Paisley, UK

Non-Standard Parameter Adaptation for Exploratory Data Analysis

Exploratory data analysis, also known as data

mining or knowledge discovery from databases,

is typically based on the optimisation of a specific

function of a dataset. Such optimisation is often

performed with gradient descent or variations

thereof. In this book, we first lay the groundwork

by reviewing some standard clustering algorithms

and projection algorithms before presenting

various non-standard criteria for clustering. The

family of algorithms developed are shown to

perform better than the standard clustering algo-

rithms on a variety of datasets.

We then consider extensions of the basic mappings

which maintain some topology of the original data

space. Finally we show how reinforcement learning

can be used as a clustering mechanism before

turning to projection methods.

FeaturesPresents novel methods of parameter adapta-

tion in machine learning Valuable contribution

to create a true artificial intelligence Recent

research in Reinforcement learning, cross entropy

and artificial immune systems for exploratory data

analysis

From the contentsReview of Clustering Algorithms.- Review of

Linear Projection Methods.- Non-standard Clus-

tering Criteria.- Topographic Mappings and Kernel

Clustering.- Online Clustering Algorithms and

Reinforcement learning.- Connectivity Graphs and

Clustering with Similarity Functions.

Fields of interestAppl. Mathematics/Computational Methods of

Engineering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

Target groupsEngineers, researchers, and graduate students in

computational intelligence and computer science

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Intelligence, Volume 249) Hardcover

$129.00

ISBN 978-3-642-04004-7


A. Barkalov, L. Titarenko, University of Zielona Gora,

Poland

Logic Synthesis for FSM-Based Control Units

The control unit is one of the most important parts

of any digital system responsible for interplay of

other system blocks. Very often, the model of a

finite state machine (FSM) is used to represent the

behaviour of a control unit. Modern computer-

aided design tools include a lot of optimal solu-

tions (library cells) for implementation of such

regular blocks of digital systems as decoders,

multiplexers, parallel multibit adders and so on.

But as a rule, control units have an irregular struc-

ture which makes impossible to design their logic

circuits using the standard library cells. To use

these cells, an FSM can be represented by a multi-

level model based on the principle of structural

decomposition. In multilevel models, for example,

multiplexers are used to replace logical conditions,

decoders are used to implement microoperations,

and different memory blocks are used to transform

object codes.

FeaturesPresent the hardware implementation of

control algorithms represented by graph-schemes

of algorithm

Fields of interestElectronics and Microelectronics, Instrumenta-

tion; Control Structures and Microprogramming;

Circuits and Systems

Target groupsEngineers, researchers and students in electrical

engineering and informatics working with digital

automata, embedded systems, or field program-

mable logic devices

M. Bianchini, M. Maggini, F. Scarselli, University of

Siena, Italy; L. C. Jain, University of South Australia,

Adelaide, Australia (Eds)

Innovations in Neural Information Paradigms and Applications

This research book presents some of the most

recent advances in neural information processing

models including both theoretical concepts and

practical applications. The contributions include:

Advances in neural information processing para-

digms - Self organizing structures - Unsupervised

and supervised learning of graph domains - Neural

grammar networks - Model complexity in neural

network learning - Regularization and suboptimal

solutions in neural learning - Neural networks for

the classification of vectors, sequences and graphs

- Metric learning for prototype-based classification

- Ensembles of neural networks - Fraud detection

using machine learning - Computational modeling

of neural multimodal integration.

This book is directed to the researchers, graduate

students, professors and practitioner interested in

recent advances in neural information processing

paradigms and applications.

FeaturesContains the latest research in the area of

neural information systems and their applications





H. Bockhorn, TH Karlsruhe, Germany (Ed.)

Macro- and Micromixing

Coeditors: D. Mewes, W. Peukert, H. Warnecke

The homogenization of single phase gases or

liquids with chemical reactive components by

mixing belongs to one of the oldest basic opera-

tions applied in chemical engineering. The design

of equipment for mixing processes is still derived

from measurements of the mixing time which is

related to the applied methods of measurement

and the special design of the test equipment itself.

This book was stimulated by improved modern

methods for experimental research and visualiza-

tion, for simulations and numerical calculations of

mixing and chemical reactions in micro and macro

scale of time and local coordinates. It is aimed to

improve the prediction of efficiencies and selectivi-

ties of chemical reactions in macroscopic scale.

The results should give an understanding of the

influence of the construction of different mixing

equipment on to the momentum, heat and mass

transfer as well as reaction processes running on

microscopic scales of time and local coordinates.

FeaturesContains new modelling approaches for mixing

Import field for many industrial and design

applications Presents Result of an excellent

research program

ContentsQuality of mixing.- Experimental methods for

visualization and measurements in macro- and

microscale dimensions of mixing.- Theoretical

methods for modelling and numerical calculations

of mixing processes.- Macro- and micro-mixing in

micro channel flow.

Fields of interestEngineering Fluid Dynamics; Industrial Chem-

istry/Chemical Engineering; Mechanics, Fluids,

Thermodynamics

Target groupsReasearchers and scientists

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M. Bohlinger, Gelnhausen, Germany

Planning Traffic ManagementBasics, Methods and Applications

A systematic approach to traffic management

requires structured planning. The author describes

methods for traffic modeling and their application

in practice, based on his own practical and scien-

tific background in road traffic planning. The work

describes in depth methods for evaluation of real

life situations and related traffic models.

FeaturesComprehensive discussion of basic methods

used for traffic modeling and planning Evalua-

tion of models applicable for traffic modeling

ContentsIntroduction.- Bases.- Conception of traffic

management planning.- Traffic management plan-

ning: Methodology.- Result and view.- Annex.-

Sources.- Subject index.

Fields of interestCivil Engineering; Automotive and Aerospace

Engineering; Urbanism

Target groupsScientists and engineers in research and engi-

neering, in traffic sciences and civil engineering

A. Bosio, L. Dilillo, P. Girard, S. Pravossoudovitch,

A. Virazel, LIRMM - Laboratoire d’Informatique de

Robotique de Microélectronique de Montpellier,

France

Advanced Test Methods for SRAMsEffective Solutions for Dynamic Fault

Detection in Nanoscaled Technologies

Modern electronics depend on nanoscaled tech-

nologies that present new challenges in terms of

testing and diagnostics. Memories are particularly

prone to defects since they exploit the technology

limits to get the highest density. This book is an

invaluable guide to the testing and diagnostics of

the latest generation of SRAM, one of the most

widely applied types of memory. Classical methods

for testing memory are designed to handle the so-

called “static faults,” but these test solutions are not

sufficient for faults that are emerging in the latest

Very Deep Sub-Micron (VDSM) technologies.

These new fault models, referred to as “dynamic

faults”, are not covered by classical test solutions

and require the dedicated test sequences presented

in this book.

FeaturesFirst book to present complete, state-of-the-art

coverage of dynamic fault memory testing

Presents content using a “bottom-up” approach,

from the electrical causes of malfunction up to

the generation of smart test strategies Includes

case studies covering all memory components

(core-cells, address decoders, write drivers, sense

amplifiers, etc.) Includes Spice simulation files

and an SRAM logic fault simulator



Target groupsResearchers and practitioners in embedded

systems, electronic design automation concerned

with memory testing

S. Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Technology,

Kharagpur, India (Ed.)

Microfluidics and Microfabrication

Microfluidics and Microfabrication discusses the

interconnectioin between microfluidics, micro-

fabrication, and the life sciences. Specifically, this

includes fundamental aspects of fluid mechanics

in micro-scale and nano-scale confinements and

microfabrication. Material is also presented that

discusses micro-textured engineered surfaces,

high-performance AFM probe-based, micro-

grooving processes, fabrication with metals and

polymers in bio-micromanipulation and microflu-

idic applications.

FeaturesCoverage of fundamentals of microfluidics in a

level accessible to multi-disciplinary researchers;

with a balance of mathematical details and

physical principles Coverage of life sciences

and chemistry for use in emerging applications

related to microfluidics of soft matters Covers

the explicit interconnection between microflu-

iodics and microfabrication, from an application

viewpoint

From the contentsMicrofluidics: overview and outlook.- Physics and

mathematics of micro and nano fluidics.- Funda-

mentals of microfabrication.- Mechanical micro-

manufacturing: an overview.- Micro-textured

engineered surfaces.- High-performance AFM

probe-based micro-grooving processes.- Fabrica-

tion with metals and polymers in bio-microma-

nipulation.- Bio-inspired structural adhesion and

adhesives.- Bio-microfluidics: overview.- Localized

molecular delivery and genetic analysis within a

single living cell.

Fields of interestNanotechnology and Microengineering; Elec-

tronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation;

Fluids

Target groupsResearch scientists and second/third graduate

students

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R. Chiong, S. Dhakal, Swinburne University of

Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia (Eds)

Natural Intelligence for Scheduling, Planning and Packing Problems

Scheduling, planning and packing are ubiquitous

problems that can be found in a wide range of

real-world settings. These problems transpire in a

large variety of forms, and have enormous socio-

economic impact. For many years, significant work

has been devoted to automating the processes of

scheduling, planning and packing using different

kinds of methods. However, poor scaling and

the lack of flexibility of many of the conventional

methods coupled with the fact that most of the

real-world problems across the application areas of

scheduling, planning and packing nowadays tend

to be of large scale, dynamic and full of complex

dependencies have made it necessary to tackle

them in unconventional ways.

FeaturesRecent research in Natural Intelligence for

Scheduling, Planning and Packing Problems

From the contentsGlobal Optimization in Supply Chain Operations.-

Solving Real-World Vehicle Routing Problems

with Evolutionary Algorithms.- A Genetic Algo-

rithm with Priority Rules for Solving Job-Shop

Scheduling Problems.- An Estimation of Distribu-

tion Algorithm for Flowshop Scheduling with

Limited Buffers.- Solving Hierarchically Decom-

posable Problems with the Evolutionary Transition

Algorithm.- Electrical Load Forecasting using

a Neural-Fuzzy Approach.- Quantised Problem

Spaces and the Particle Swarm Algorithm.


Engineering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics);

Production/Logistics


working in computational intelligence, optimisa-

tion, operations research

T. Daradoumis, S. Caballé, J. M. Marquès, Open

University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain; F. Xhafa,

Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

(Eds)

Intelligent Collaborative e-Learning Systems and Applications

Intelligent Collaborative e-Learning Systems and

Applications is a major research theme in CSCL

and CSCW research community. It comprises a

variety of research topics that focus on developing

systems that are more powerful and flexible and

also more adaptable to the learning process and

thus provide better answers to the paradigmatic

principles of on-line collaborative learning and

work. The chapters collected in this book provide

new insights, findings and approaches both on the

analysis and the development of more powerful

e-collaboration settings. Researchers will find in

this book the latest trends in these research topics.

On the other hand, academics will find practical

insights on how to use conceptual and experi-

mental approaches in their daily tasks. Finally,

developers from CSCL community can be inspired

and put in practice the proposed models and

evaluate them for the specific purposes of their

own work and context.

FeaturesLatest research on Intelligent Collaborative

e-Learning Systems and Applications



Computers and Education


computational intelligence, e-learning

L. Franco, University of Malaga, Spain;

D. A. Elizondo, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK;

J. M. Jerez, University of Malaga, Spain (Eds)

Constructive Neural Networks

The book is a collection of invited papers on

Constructive methods for Neural networks. Most

of the chapters are extended versions of works

presented on the special session on constructive

neural network algorithms of the 18th Interna-

tional Conference on Artificial Neural Networks

(ICANN 2008) held September 3-6, 2008 in

Prague, Czech Republic.

The book is devoted to constructive neural

networks and other incremental learning algo-

rithms that constitute an alternative to standard

trial and error methods for searching adequate

architectures. It is made of 15 articles which

provide an overview of the most recent advances

on the techniques being developed for constructive

neural networks and their applications. It will be of

interest to researchers in industry and academics

and to post-graduate students interested in the

latest advances and developments in the field of

artificial neural networks.

FeaturesPresents the state of the art of Constructive

Algorithms for Neural Networks

From the contentsConstructive Neural Network Algorithms for

Feedforward Architectures Suitable for Classifica-

tion Tasks.- Efficient Constructive Techniques for

Training Switching Neural Networks.- Construc-

tive Neural Networks Algorithms that Solve Highly

Non-Separable Problems.- On Constructing

threshold Networks for Pattern Classification.-

Self-Optimizing neural Networks.





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M. Fulde, Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach,

Austria

Variation Aware Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design in Emerging Multi-Gate CMOS Technologies

Since scaling of CMOS is reaching the nanometer

area serious limitations enforce the introduc-

tion of novel materials, device architectures and

device concepts. Multi-gate devices employing

high-k gate dielectrics are considered as promising

solution overcoming these scaling limitations

of conventional planar bulk CMOS. Variation

Aware Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design

in Emerging Multi-Gate CMOS Technologies

provides a technology oriented assessment of

analog and mixed-signal circuits in emerging

high-k and multi-gate CMOS technologies.

FeaturesFirst book that covers high-k related design

aspects regarding analog/mixed-signal circuits

First hardware based analog/mixed-signal

circuit assessment in multi-gate CMOS Close

link to device and technology Covers tunnel

devices as outlook beyond CMOS

ContentsSummary. 1 Introduction. 2 Analog Properties of

Multi-Gate MOSFETs. 3 High-k Related Design

Issues. 4 Multi-Gate Related Design Aspects. 5

Multi-Gate Tunneling FETs. 6 Conclusions and

Outlook. Bibliography. List of Symbols. aknowl-

edgement.

Fields of interestCircuits and Systems; Optical and Electronic

Materials

Target groupsElectrical engineers working in semiconductor

industry, circuit designers focused on analog,

rf and mixed-signal circuits, people working on

semiconductor device and/or cmos technology/

process development

R. X. Gao, R. Yan, University of Massachusetts-

Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA

WaveletsTheory and Applications for Manufacturing

This book presents a systematic description of

the fundamentals on wavelet transform and its

applications to the condition monitoring and

health diagnosis of rotating machine compo-

nents and systems, such as bearings, spindles,

and gearboxes. Given the widespread utilization

of rotating machines in modern manufacturing

and the increasing need for condition-based

(instead of fix-interval), intelligent maintenance to

minimize machine down time and ensure reliable

production, it is of critical importance to advance

the science base of signal processing in manufac-

turing. Focusing on wavelet transform as a tool

specifically applied and designed for applications

in manufacturing the material presented will be

appropriate for both academic researchers and

practicing engineers working in the field of manu-

facturing.

FeaturesProvides a comprehensive literature survey

on wavelets specifically related to problems

encountered in manufacturing Discusses the

similarity and differences between wavelet trans-

form and other analytical techniques (e.g. Fourier

transform) commonly used on the factory floor for

signal processing

ContentsWhy wavelets.- From fourier transform to wavelet

transform.- Wavelet integrated with fourier

transform: a spectral post-processing technique.-

Wavelet-based multi-sensor data fusion.- Integra-

tion of wavelet with fuzzy logic for machine defect

severity classification.

Fields of interestSignal Processing; Control, Robotics, Mecha-

tronics; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools

Target groupsResearchers and practicing engineers in the field

of manufacturing, who are interested in applying

wavelet filtering

P. Girard, LIRMM, Montpellier, France; N. Nicolici,

McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;

X. Wen, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka,

Fukuoka, Japan (Eds)

Power-Aware Testing and Test Strategies for Low Power Devices

Managing the power consumption of circuits and

systems is now considered one of the most impor-

tant challenges for the semiconductor industry.

Elaborate power management strategies, such as

dynamic voltage scaling, clock gating or power

gating techniques, are used today to control the

power dissipation during functional operation. The

usage of these strategies has various implications

on manufacturing test, and power-aware test is

therefore increasingly becoming a major consid-

eration during design-for-test and test preparation

for low power devices. This book explores existing

solutions for power-aware test and design-for-test

of conventional circuits and systems, and surveys

test strategies and EDA solutions for testing low

power devices.

FeaturesIs the only comprehensive book on power-

aware test for (low power) circuits and systems

Instructs readers how low-power devices can be

tested safely without affecting yield and reliability

Includes necessary background information on

design for test and low-power design Incorpo-

rates detailed coverage of all levels of abstraction

for power-aware testing of (low-power) circuits

and systems



Target groupsResearchers and practitioners in embedded

systems, and electronic design automation who

are concerned with power-aware testing/testing of

low-power devices

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W. Grabinski, GMC Suisse, Switzerland;

T. Gneiting, AdMOS, Germany (Eds)

Power HVMOS Devices Compact Modeling

Semiconductor power electronics plays a dominant

role due its increased efficiency and high reliability

in various domains including the medium and

high electrical drives, automotive and aircraft

applications, electrical power conversion, etc.

Power HV MOS Devices Compact Modeling will

cover very extensive range of topics related to the

development and characterization power/high

voltage (HV) semiconductor technologies as well

as modeling and simulations of the power/HV

devices and smart power integrated circuits (ICs).

Emphasis is placed on the practical applications of

the advanced semiconductor technologies and the

device level compact/spice modeling. This book

is intended to provide reference information by

selected, leading authorities in their domain of

expertise. They are representing both academia

and industry. All of them have been chosen

because of their intimate knowledge of their

subjects as well as their ability to present them in

an easily understandable manner.

FeaturesHighlights of practical details of the HVMOS

transistors and power devices physics Review

of leading compact HVMOS models Details of

extensive numerical and spice level simulations

Well balanced topics related to the HVMOS

technology, modelling and designs Contribu-

tions of the world-class academic and industrial

experts

Fields of interestCircuits and Systems; Simulation and Modeling;

Optical and Electronic Materials

Target groupsGraduate level students, researchers and profes-

sionals active in semiconductor devices and

modeling areas as well as circuit design

D. Hong, Broadcom, Irvine, CA, USA; K. Cheng,

University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Efficient Test Methodologies for High-Speed Serial Links

Efficient Test Methodologies for High-Speed

Serial Links describes in detail several new and

promising techniques for cost-effectively testing

high-speed interfaces with a high test coverage.

One primary focus of Efficient Test Methodologies

for High-Speed Serial Links is on efficient testing

methods for jitter and bit-error-rate (BER), which

are widely used for quantifying the quality of a

communication system. Various analysis as well as

experimental results are presented to demonstrate

the validity of the presented techniques.

FeaturesOverview of the state-of-the-art testing tech-

niques for high-speed serial links Analysis

of clock and data recovery circuits’ characteristics

and their effects on system performance

Analysis of jitter characteristics and its

measurement techniques

ContentsChapter 1 Intorduction.- Chapter 2 An Efficient

Jitter Measurement Technique.- Chapter 3 BER

Estimation for Linear Clock and Data Recovery

Circuit.- Chapter 4 BER Estimation for Non-

Linear Clock and Data Recovery Circuit.- Chapter

5 Gaps in Timing Margining Test.- Chapter 6 An

Accurate Jitter Estimation Technique.- Chapter 7

A Two-Tone Test Method for Continuous-Time

Adaptive Equalizers.- Chapter 8 Conclusions.-

Appendix A. References.

Fields of interestCircuits and Systems; Register-Transfer-Level

Implementation

Target groupsHigh-speed IO test engineer/researcher, analog

mixed signal test engineer/researcher, high-speed

IO design engineer/researcher, analog mixed signal

design engineer/researcher, graduate students and

faculty in analog/mixed-signal design and test

P. G. Jespers, Université Catholique Louvain-la-Neuf,

Belgium

The gm/ID Methodology, a sizing tool for low-voltage analog CMOS CircuitsThe semi-empirical and compact model

approaches

In “The gm/ID Methodology, a Sizing Tool

for Low-Voltage Analog CMOS Circuits”, we

compare the semi-empirical to the compact

model approach. Small numbers of parameters

make the compact model attractive for the model

paves the way towards analytic expressions unaf-

fordable otherwise. The E.K.V model is a good

candidate, but when it comes to short channel

devices, compact models are either inaccurate or

loose straightforwardness. Because sizing requires

basically a reliable large signal representation of

MOS transistors, we investigate the potential of the

E.K.V model when its parameters are supposed

to be bias dependent. The model-driven and

semi-empirical methods are compared considering

the Intrinsic Gain Stage and a few more complex

circuits. A series of MATLAB files contained in the

CD-ROM allow redoing the tests.

FeaturesSizing methodology for analog CMOS circuits

Low-voltage low-power circuits Large

signal compact modelling of submicron transistors

Parameter acquisition Optimization

Fields of interestCircuits and Systems; Processor Architectures;

Solid State Physics and Spectroscopy

Target groupsScientists, professionals, professors, design houses,

academia (lecturers in microelectronics, design,

circuits, modelling), PhD (same areas), graduates

(same areas), industry (design houses, IC firms)

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J. R. Klepaczko, Universite de Metz, France;

T. Lodygowski, Poznan University of Technology,

Poznan, Poland (Eds)

Advances in Constitutive Relations Applied in Computer Codes

The book summaries the well established as well as

the newest constitutive formulations that describe

the variety of possible loadings beginning with

quasi-static to impact. The rate dependence is

crucial in the description. The implementation of

discussed phenomenological physical laws into

the environment of numerical codes is in focus

of presentation. Numerical examples proof the

importance of using the new constitutive proper-

ties in design.

ContentsPrefaces.- Janusz R. Klepaczko: Constitutive

Relations in Dynamic Plasticity, Pure Metals and

Alloys.- A. Luis Dorfmann: Modeling of Rubber-

like Materials.- George Mejak: Imperfect Bonding

with Nonpenetration Condition.- Tomasz Lody-

gowski: Selected Constitutive Relations in Practical

Computations.

Fields of interestTheoretical and Applied Mechanics; Engineering

Design; Automotive and Aerospace Engineering


G. Klinzing, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA;

F. Rizk, BASF-AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Pneumatic Conveying of SolidsA theoretical and practical approach

Pneumatic conveying is one of the most popular

methods of handling bulk powdered and granular

materials in mining, chemical and agricultural

industries. This 3rd edition of this successful book

covers both theoretical and practical aspects of the

subject. It is unique in its blending of academic

materials and good industrial design techniques.

Each topic is covered in depth, with emphasis

placed on the latest techniques, hardware systems

and design and research methodology. Its compre-

hensive worked examples and tables ensure that

the reader need not consult any other reference

material. In this 3rd edition new chapters on simu-

lation and modelling will be added, while the use

of tomography as a tool for monitoring pneumatic

conveying is also covered.

FeaturesThe book is unique in its blending of

academic and good industrial design techniques

Comprehensive worked examples Tables

ensure that the reader need not consult any other

reference material In the third edition of this

successful title additional chapters on simulation

and modelling and tomography are added

Fields of interestEngineering Fluid Dynamics; Mechanical Engi-

neering; Engineering Design

Target groupsUndergraduates/graduates chemical/mechanical

engineering, mechnical and chemical engineers,

process, production maintenance engineers in the

(petrol) chemical industry

Z. Kotulski, W. Szczepinski, Polish Academy of

Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Error Analysis with Applications in Engineering

This book aims to present in the simplest possible

manner those branches of error analysis which

find direct applications in solving various prob-

lems in engineering. The main reason for writing

this text was the lack of such an approach in

existing books dealing with error calculus.

FeaturesError analysis for two and three dimensional

vector functions of random variables, application

to robot manipulator positioning

Fields of interestStructural Mechanics; Machinery and Machine

Elements; Probability Theory and Stochastic

Processes

Target groupsGraduate and post-graduate students, researchers

working in mechanical engineering, mechatronics

and geophysics

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K. Kyamakya, W. A. Halang, H. Unger, J. C. Chedjou,

N. F. Rulkov, Z. Li (Eds)

Recent Advances in Nonlinear Dynamics and SynchronizationTheory and Applications

The selected contributions of this book shed

light on a series of interesting aspects related to

nonlinear dynamics and synchronization with the

aim of demonstrating some of their interesting

applications in a series of selected disciplines.

This book contains thirteenth chapters which are

organized around five main parts. The first part

(containing five chapters) does focus on theoretical

aspects and recent trends of nonlinear dynamics

and synchronization. The second part (two

chapters) presents some modeling and simulation

issues through concrete application examples. The

third part (two chapters) is focused on the applica-

tion of nonlinear dynamics and synchronization

in transportation. The fourth part (two chapters)

presents some applications of synchronization in

security-related system concepts. The fifth part

(two chapters) considers further applications

areas, i.e. pattern recognition and communication

engineering.

FeaturesRecent research on nonlinear Dynamics and

Synchronization

From the contentsPart 1: Theoretical aspects and recent trends.-

Part 2: Some modeling and simulation examples.-

Part 3: Applications in transportation.- Part 4:

Applications in security related system concepts.


neering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)


computational intelligence, complexity, computer

science

C. P. Lim, L. C. Jain, University of South Australia,

Adelaide, Australia; S. Dehuri, Yonsei University,

Seoul, Korea (Eds)

Innovations in Swarm Intelligence

Over the past two decades, swarm intelligence

has emerged as a powerful approach to solving

optimization as well as other complex problems.

Swarm intelligence models are inspired by social

behaviours of simple agents interacting among

themselves as well as with the environment, e.g.,

flocking of birds, schooling of fish, foraging of bees

and ants. The collective behaviours that emerge out

of the interactions at the colony level are useful in

achieving complex goals.

The main aim of this research book is to present a

sample of recent innovations and advances in tech-

niques and applications of swarm intelligence.

FeaturesLatest research on the theory and applications

of swarm intelligence for the design of knowledge-

based systems

From the contentsAdvances in Swarm Intelligence.- A Review of

Particle Swarm Optimization Methods used for

Multimodal Optimization.- Bee Colony Optimiza-

tion (BCO).- Glowworm Swarm Optimization

for Searching Higher Dimensional Spaces.- Agent

Specialization in Complex Social Swarms.-

Computational Complexity of Ant Colony Optimi-

zation and its Hybridization with Local Search.- A

Multi-Resolution GA-PSO Layered Encoding

Cascade Optimization Model.- Integrating Swarm

Intelligent Algorithms for Translation Initiation

Sites Prediction.- Particle Swarm Optimization for

Optimal Operational Planning of Energy Plants.

Fields of interestAppl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of




Y. S. Lin, C. Kao, H. Kuo, J. Chen, National Tsing Hua

University, HsinChu, Taiwan

VLSI Design for Video CodingH.264/AVC Encoding from Standard

Specification to Chip

High definition video requires substantial

compression in order to be transmitted or stored

economically. Advances in video coding standards

from MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 to H.264/AVC

have provided ever increasing coding efficiency,

at the expense of great computational complexity

which can only be delivered through massively

parallel processing.

This book will present VLSI architectural design

and chip implementation for high definition

H.264/AVC video encoding, using a state-of-the-

art video application, with complete VLSI proto-

type, via FPGA/ASIC. It will serve as an invaluable

reference for anyone interested in VLSI design and

high-level (EDA) synthesis for video.

FeaturesPresents state-of-the-art VLSI architectural

design and chip implementation for high defini-

tion H.264/AVC video encoding Employs

massively parallel processing to deliver up to 33

million pixels, with efficient design that can be

prototyped via FPGA Every subsystem is

presented from standard specification, algorithmic

description, design considerations, timing plan-

ning, block diagram to test-bench verification

ContentsIntroduction to Video Coding with Emphasis on

H.264/AVC.-Intra Prediction.-Integer Motion

Estimation.-Fractional Motion Estimation.-Motion

Compensation.-Transform Coding.-Deblocking

Filter.-CABAC Encoder.-System Integration.




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R. Mauro

Calculation of RoundaboutsCapacity, Waiting Phenomena and Reliability

Roundabouts have become one of the most

significant traffic control measures because they

are generally statistically safer and more efficient

than traditional at grade intersections. This book is

dedicated to the evaluation of the operating condi-

tions of roundabouts. In five parts, it thoroughly

illustrates the calculation of the capacity,including

reliability, and waiting phenomena parameters,

such as the times spent in the system and queue

lengths. Fully worked examples are included

throughout the chapters, with detailed explana-

tions.

FeaturesDetailed manual how to calculate the traffic on

roundabouts Demonstrates the calculation of

the capacity, waiting phenomena, the waiting times

and queue lengths Helps to design the correct

roundabout for a specific Traffic Problem

ContentsCalculation of Roundabouts: Setting the Problem.-

Capacity Evaluation.- Waiting Phenomena under

Stationary and Non-stationary Conditions.- Calcu-

lation of Waiting Times, Queue Lengths and Levels

of Service.

Fields of interestCivil Engineering; Landscape/Regional and Urban

Planning; Urbanism

Target groupsRoad and traffic designers, urban planners

P. Melin, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Chula

Vista, CA, USA; J. Kacprzyk, PAN Warszawa, Warsaw,

Poland; W. Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Edmonton,

Canada (Eds)

Bio-Inspired Hybrid Intelligent Systems for Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition

Bio-Inspired Hybrid Intelligent Systems for Image

Analysis and Pattern Recognition” comprises

papers on diverse aspects of bio-inspired models,

soft computing and hybrid intelligent systems. The

articles are divided in four main parts. The first

one consists of papers that propose new fuzzy and

bio-inspired models to solve general problems. The

second part deals with the main theme of modular

neural networks in pattern recognition, which are

basically papers using bio-inspired techniques. The

third part contains papers that apply hybrid intelli-

gent systems to the problem of time series analysis

and prediction, while the fourth one shows papers

dealing with bio-inspired models in optimiza-

tion and robotics applications. An edited book

where both theoretical and application aspects are

covered.

FeaturesRecent results in Bio-inspired hybrid intelligent

systems for Image Analysis and Pattern Recogni-

tion

Fields of interestAppl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of


Signal Processing


computational intelligence, ímage analyis, pattern

recognition

N. T. Nguyen, Wroclaw University of Technology,

Wroclaw, Poland; E. Szczerbicki, The University of

Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia (Eds)

Intelligent Systems for Knowledge Management

New approaches are needed that could move us

towards developing effective systems for problem

solving and decision making, systems that can deal

with complex and ill-structured situations, systems

that can function in information rich environ-

ments, systems that can cope with imprecise

information, systems that can rely on their knowl-

edge and learn from experience - i.e. intelligent

systems. One of the main efforts in intelligent

systems development is focused on knowledge

and information management which is regarded

as the crucial issue in smart decision making

support. The 13 Chapters of this book represent a

sample of such effort. The overall aim of this book

is to provide guidelines to develop tools for smart

processing of knowledge and information. Still, the

guide does not presume to give ultimate answers.

Rather, it poses ideas and case studies to explore

and the complexities and challenges of modern

knowledge management issues.

FeaturesPresents latest results on intelligent systems for

knowledge management

From the contentsLearning Automata-based Solutions to Stochastic

Nonlinear Resource Allocation Problems.- Neural

Networks in Model Predictive Control.- Applica-

tion of a Multi-domain Knowledge Structure:

The Decisional DNA.- Intelligent-based Mobility

Models for Data Management in Wireless Sensor

Networks.


Engineering; Database Management; Artificial

Intelligence (incl. Robotics)



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N. T. Nguyen, R. Katarzyniak, A. Janiak, Wroclaw

University Technology, Wroclaw, Poland (Eds)

New Challenges in Computational Collective Intelligence

The book consists of 29 chapters which have

been selected and invited from the submissions

to the 1st International Conference on Collec-

tive Intelligence - Semantic Web, Social Networks

Multiagent Systems (ICCCI 2009). All chapters in

the book discuss various examples of applications

of computational collective intelligence and related

technologies to such fields as semantic web, infor-

mation systems ontologies, social networks, agent

and muliagent systems.

The editors hope that the book can be useful for

graduate and Ph.D. students in Computer Science,

in particular participants to courses on Soft

Computing, Multi-Agent Systems and Robotics.

This book can also be useful for researchers

working on the concept of computational collec-

tive intelligence in artificial populations. It is the

hope of the editors that readers of this volume can

find many inspiring ideas and use them to create

new cases intelligent collectives.

FeaturesLatest research and new Challenges in Compu-

tational Collective Intelligence

From the contentsPart 1: Semantic web.- Part 2: Ontology manage-

ment and applications.- Part 3: Social networks.-

Part 4: Agent and multiagent systems.- Part 5:

Other applications.


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O. Okun, University of Oulu, Finland; G. Valentini,

Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy (Eds)

Applications of Supervised and Unsupervised Ensemble Methods

This book contains the extended papers presented

at the 2nd Workshop on Supervised and Unsuper-

vised Ensemble Methods and their Applications

(SUEMA) held on 21-22 July, 2008 in Patras,

Greece, in conjunction with the 18th European

Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI’2008).

This workshop was a successor of the smaller

event held in 2007 in conjunctionwith 3rd Iberian

Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image

Analysis, Girona, Spain. The success of that event

as well as the publication of workshop papers in

the edited book “Supervised and Unsupervised

Ensemble Methods and their Applications”,

published by Springer-Verlag in Studies in Compu-

tational Intelligence Series in volume 126, encour-

aged us to continue a good tradition.

The purpose of this book is to support practitio-

ners in various branches of science and techology

to adopt the ensemble approach for their daily

research work.

FeaturesPresents recent developments of Supervised

and Unsupervised Ensemble Methods and Their

Applications Extended contributions from

SUEMA 2008 workshop and more

From the contentsAn Ensemble Pruning Primer.- Evade Hard

Multiple Classifier Systems.- A Personal Antispam

System Based on a Behaviour-Knowledge Space

Approach.- Weighted Decoding ECOC for Facial

Action Unit Classification.- Prediction of Gene

Function Using Ensembles of SVMs and Heteroge-

neous Data Sources.





M. Platzner, University of Paderborn, Germany;

J. Teich, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg,

Germany; N. Wehn, Kaiserslautern University,

Germany (Eds)

Dynamically Reconfigurable SystemsArchitectures, Design Methods and

Applications

Dynamically Reconfigurable Systems is the first

ever to focus on the emerging field of Dynami-

cally Reconfigurable Computing Systems. While

programmable logic and design-time configu-

rability are well elaborated and covered by various

texts, this book presents a unique overview over

the state of the art and recent results for dynamic

and run-time reconfigurable computing systems.

Reconfigurable hardware is not only of utmost

importance for large manufacturers and vendors

of microelectronic devices and systems, but

also a very attractive technology for smaller and

medium-sized companies. Hence, Dynamically

Reconfigurable Systems also addresses researchers

and engineers actively working in the field and

provides them with information on the newest

developments and trends in dynamic and run-time

reconfigurable systems.

FeaturesThe first ever to focus on the emerging field of

dynamically reconfigurable computing Unique

overview on state-of-the-art and recent research

results Covers all aspects: architectures, design

methods and applications

Fields of interestCircuits and Systems; Programming Languages,

Compilers, Interpreters; Processor Architectures

Target groupsGraduate students in computer engineering,

computer science and electrical engineering,

researchers, engineers

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R. Prasad, CTIF, Aalborg University, Denmark (Ed)

My personal Adaptive Global NET (MAGNET)

The innovative concept of Personal Network (PN),

which was introduced and developed in MAGNET,

finds in this book the first confirmation of the

success that the future of wireless communica-

tions is bound to achieve. The importance of this

book is not only related to being the first work on

PNs, it also gives an overview of operation of a big

project, like MAGNET, and in fact the organisa-

tion of the book reflects how the project itself has

been structured. My personal Adaptive Global

NET (MAGNET) summarize all the steps taken

from the introduction of a user-centric perspective

until the implementation of PN-Fs (Federation of

Personal Networks), outlining the applications and

commercialisations of the new concepts carried

out of the project.

FeaturesFirst book on personal networks Overview

on existing and new communication standards

Describe the structure of an EU project

From the contentsList of Figures. List of Tables. Preface. List of

Partners in MAGNET and MAGNET Beyond.

About the Editor. Acknowledgements. Abbrevia-

tions. Chapter 1. 1.1 The Concept of Personal

Networks. 1.2 The Concept of the PN-Federation.

1.3 Optimised Air Interfaces for PAN, PN and

PN-F Communications. 1.4 Security, Privacy and

Trust. 1.5 PN Platforms 1.6 Preview of This Book.

References. Chapter 2. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 User

Requirements. 2.3 User Profiles Profile Manage-

ment. 2.4 Implementation of GUIs, General

Services and Pilot services. 2.5 Evaluation.

Fields of interestCommunications Engineering, Networks;

Computer Systems Organization and Communica-

tion Networks

Target groupsResearchers and professionals in the area of wire-

less networks and wireless communications

A. M. Puzrin, ETH Zürich, Switzerland; E. Alonso,

N. Pinyol, UPC, Barcelona, Spain

Geomechanics of Failures

The main goal of this introductory course is to

demonstrate how basic concepts in soil mechanics

can be used as a “forensic” tool in the investigation

of geotechnical failures. This, in turn, provides a

good opportunity to show how to use available

procedures in the formulation of useful simple

geotechnical models. Geotechnical failure is

understood here in a broad sense as the failure of a

structure to function properly due to a geotech-

nical reason.

Some of the geotechnical failures selected are

well known for their impact on the geotechnical

community. Others are closer to the authors’

experience. They have been organized into three

main topics: Settlement, Bearing Capacity and

Excavations. They cover a significant proportion

of every day activities of professional geotechnical

engineers. No attempt has been made to create a

comprehensive handbook of failures.

FeaturesIdeal textbook combining well-known

appealing cases with problems and solutions in a

structural approach

From the contentsPart I . Settlements.- Chapter 1 Interaction

between neighboring structures: Mexico City.-

Chapter 2 Unexpected Excessive Settlements:

Kansai International Airport. Japan.- Chapter

3 Leaning Instability: The Leaning Tower of

Pisa, Italy.- Part 11 . Bearing capacity.- Chapter4

Bearing Capacity Failure: Transcona Grain

Elevator, Canada.

Fields of interestGeotechnical Engineering; Applied Geosciences;

Math. Applications in Geosciences

Target groupsUniversity students at graduate and postgraduate

level as well as lecturers in civil engineering (ce)/

geotechnical engineering/geological engineering

(ge), professional engineers in the field of geotech-

nical, civil and geological engineering

Z. W. Ras, W. Ribarsky, University of North Carolina,

Charlotte, NC, USA (Eds)

Advances in Information and Intelligent Systems

This volume gives an overview of research done

by CCI faculty in the area of Information and

Intelligent Systems. Presented papers focus on

recent advances in four major directions: Complex

Systems, Knowledge Management, Knowledge

Discovery, and Visualization. A major reason for

producing this book was to demonstrate a new,

important thrust in academic research where

college-wide interdisciplinary efforts are brought

to bear on large, general, and important problems.

As shown in the research described here, these

efforts need not be formally organized joint under-

takings (through parts could be) but are rather

a convergence of interests around grand themes.

Taken together, the sections and chapters in this

book reveal a variety of methods and tools that

can be applied to quite diverse types of data and

analysis problems but where each produces knowl-

edge and features that can be combined, organized,

explored, understood, and used in common ways

(for example, through interactive visualization

interfaces).

FeaturesOverview over the latest research in Informa-

tion and Intelligent Systems by leading experts

ContentsPart I: Complex Systems.- Part II: Knowledge

Discovery.- Part III: Knowledge Management.-

Part IV: Visualization.





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M. Schenk, Otto-von-Guericke-University of

Magdeburg; S. Wirth, E. Müller, Chemnitz

University of Technology

Factory Planning ManualSituation-Driven Production Facility Planning

This book describes the factory planning process

with its manifold practical characteristics. Previous

planning approaches only emanate from the

product model. Future plannings need to allow

for dissimilarity of an individual factory more

strongly, i.e. the factory will feature even more

individual characteristics according to its position

in the value-added chain. With the methodology

presented in the book new factory types can be

realized according to the respective requirements.

The described methodology has been developed

by the authors. Being an extendible concept, it is

very useful for the permanent excess planning,

rescheduling and replanning of factories.

FeaturesA practical guide with case studies and check

lists

ContentsIntroduction.- Systematic and Situation-Driven

Planning Methods.- The 0+5+X Planning Model.-

Material Flow and Logistics.- Situation-Driven

Solutions Case Studies.- Appendices.- Index.

Fields of interestManufacturing, Machines, Tools; Engineering

Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing

Target groupsEngineers in industry and planning, rationaliza-

tion, technical management in production and

logistics, and in construction, civil engineers

in planning facilities, students of (technical)

universities and colleges and universities of applied

sciences

K. Schmitt, P. F. Niederer, M. H. Muser, F. Walz,

ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Trauma BiomechanicsAccidental injury in traffic and sports

Trauma biomechanics uses the principles of

mechanics to study the response and toler-

ance level of biological tissues under extreme

loading conditions. Through an understanding of

mechanical factors that influence the function and

structure of human tissues, countermeasures can

be developed to alleviate or even eliminate such

injuries. Trauma Biomechanics surveys a wide

variety of topics in injury biomechanics including

injury classification, injury mechanisms and

injury criteria. Both injuries sustained in automo-

tive accidents and in sports are addressed. The

interdisciplinary approach necessary in trauma

biomechanics is stressed by showing the span from

anatomy for each body region to engineering solu-

tions for protection against injury. Injury toler-

ance values are listed, either currently in use or

proposed by both the U.S. and European countries.

Although the book is meant as a first introduction

for engineers and medical doctors, sufficient refer-

ences for scientific research are provided also.

FeaturesEssential text, providing both an introduction

and overview of injury biomechanics including

sport injuries Tried and tested material arises

from a course that is held similarly at several Euro-

pean and American Universities No previous

knowledge in biomechanics required Third

revised edition gives many worked examples and

problems for home work exercises

Fields of interestBiomedical Engineering; Structural Mechanics;

Forensic Medicine

Target groupsStudents and beginners in biomedical and automo-

tive engineering, doctors and lawyers

V. V. Silberschmidt, Loughborough University, UK

(Ed)

Computational and Experimental Mechanics of Advanced Materials

Advanced materials play a crucial role in modern

engineering applications where they are often

exposed to complex loading and environmental

conditions. In many cases, new approaches are

needed to characterise these materials and to

model their behaviour. Such approaches should be

calibrated and validated by specific experimental

techniques, quantifying both microstructural

features and respective mechanisms at various

length scales. The book provides an overview

of modern modelling tools and experimental

methods that can be employed to analyse and

estimate properties and performance of advanced

materials. A special feature of the book is the

analysis of case studies used to demonstrate the

strategies of solving the real-life problems, in

which the microstructure of materials directly

affects their response to loading and/or environ-

mental conditions. The reader will benefit from

a detailed analysis of various methods as well as

their implementation for dealing with various

advanced materials.

From the contentsP. D. Ruiz, V. V. Silberschmidt: Experimental Anal-

ysis of Mechanical Behaviour of Advanced Mate-

rials.- G. S. Mishuris, A. B. Movchan, L. I. Slepyan:

Localization and Dynamic Defects in Lattice

Structures.- M. Jabareen, M. B. Rubin: A 3-D Brick

Cosserat Point Element (CPE) for Nonlinear Elas-

ticity.- E. Busso: Multiscale Approaches: From the

Nanomechanics to the Micromechanics.

Fields of interestAppl. Mathematics/Computational Methods

of Engineering; Continuum Mechanics and

Mechanics of Materials; Mechanics

Target groupsResearchers, practicing R & D engineers

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C. Silva, B. Ribeiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Inductive Inference for Large Scale Text ClassificationKernel Approaches and Techniques

Text classification is becoming a crucial task to

analysts in different areas. In the last few decades,

the production of textual documents in digital

form has increased exponentially. Their applica-

tions range from web pages to scientific docu-

ments, including emails, news and books. Despite

the widespread use of digital texts, handling them

is inherently difficult - the large amount of data

necessary to represent them and the subjectivity of

classification complicate matters.

This book gives a concise view on how to use

kernel approaches for inductive inference in large

scale text classification; it presents a series of

new techniques to enhance, scale and distribute

text classification tasks. It is not intended to be a

comprehensive survey of the state-of-the-art of

the whole field of text classification. Its purpose is

less ambitious and more practical: to explain and

illustrate some of the important methods used

in this field, in particular kernel approaches and

techniques.

FeaturesPresents recent research in inductive inference

for Large Scale Text Classification


Engineering; Document Preparation and Text

Processing; Computational Linguistics



S. Sojoudi, J. Lavaei, A. G. Aghdam, California

Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

Structurally Constrained ControllersAnalysis and Synthesis

Structurally Constrained Controllers: Analysis and

Synthesis studies the control of interconnected

systems with a particular application in network,

power systems, flight formations, etc. It introduces

four important problems regarding the control of

such systems and then proposes proper techniques

for solving them.

FeaturesExplains and investigates recent cutting edge

applications including such topics as formation

flying Complete coverage of robust control in

structurally constrained controllers Discusses

the performance evaluation of decentralized

controllers Explains how to use new LMI

method to solve traditional constrained control

problems

ContentsIntroduction.- Optimal information exchange

in overlapping control systems.- Characterizing

all classes of LTI stabilizing overlapping control-

lers.- Robust control of LTI systems by means of

structurally constrained controllers.- Performance

evaluation of decentralized controllers.

Fields of interestVibration, Dynamical Systems, Control; Systems

Theory, Control; Calculus of Variations and

Optimal Control

Target groupsGraduate students and researchers interested in

the area of control systems

P. Stavroulakis, Technical University of Crete, Chania,

Greece; M. Stamp, San Jose State University, San

Jose, CA, USA (Eds)

Handbook of Information and Communication Security

The Handbook of Information and Commu-

nication Security provides I C professionals,

researchers as well as students with quickly

retrievable information on relevant security

topics. Its main parts are written from a general

technological perspective and are applicable to

most computer network and telecommunication

systems. This presentation is complemented by an

extensive description of applications in real imple-

mentations as well as legal and political aspects.

The combination of the two editors ensures a

well-balanced mix of American and European,

electrical engineering and computer science views.

FeaturesComprehensive handbook on all practically

relevant I C security topics Covers computers,

computer networks, and telecommunications

Contains an extensive applications part

Mostly technical, but deals also with legal and

political aspects

ContentsPart A Fundamentals and Cryptography.-

Part B Intrusion Detection and Access Control.-

Part C Networking.- Part D Optical Networking.-

Part E Wireless Networking.- Part F Software.-

Part G Forensics and Legal Issues.- Subject Index.

Fields of interestCommunications Engineering, Networks; Data

Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory;

Systems and Data Security

Target groupsElectrical Engineers and computer experts in

information communications, researchers and

students in EE and computer science

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H. A. Talebi, F. Abdollahi, R. V. Patel, K. Khorasani

Neural Network-Based State Estimation of Nonlinear SystemsApplication to Fault Detection and Isolation

“Neural Network-Based State Estimation of

Nonlinear Systems” presents efficient, easy to

implement neural network schemes for state esti-

mation, system identification, and fault detection

and Isolation with mathematical proof of stability,

experimental evaluation, and Robustness against

unmolded dynamics, external disturbances, and

measurement noises.

FeaturesPresents both the Linear-in-Parameter

Neural Network based observer and the

Nonlinear-in-Parameter Neural Network based

observer approaches to nonlinear systems

Discusses the neural network structure for

fault detection actuators using an application

to satellite attitude control systems and robotic

manipulators Discusses robust sensor and

actuator fault detection and estimation

ContentsIntroduction.- Observation (LPNN and NPNN).-

Identification (LPNN and NPNN).- Actuator

Fault Detection and Isolation: Experiments in

Robotic Manipulators.- A Robust Actuator Gain

Fault Detection and Isolation Scheme.- A Robust

Sensor and Actuator Fault Detection and Estima-

tion: Application to a Satellite’s Attitude Control

Subsystem.- Preliminary Definitions.- Neural

Network Learning Rules for Theorem 6.1.- Stability

Conditions of Theorem 6.1-Part 2.

Fields of interestVibration, Dynamical Systems, Control; Systems

Theory, Control; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics

Target groupsResearchers and practioners in the area of control

systems and neural networks

Y. N. Toulouevski, Holland Landing, Canada;

I. Y. Zinurov, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Innovation in Electric Arc FurnacesScientific Basis for Selection

Electric Arc Furnaces are being greatly improved

at a fast pace. This book equips a reader with

knowledge necessary for critical analysis of these

innovations and helps to select the most effective

ones and for their successful implementation.

The book also covers general issues related to

history of development, current state and pros-

pects of steelmaking in Electric Arc Furnaces.

Therefore, it can be useful for everybody who

studies metallurgy, including students of colleges

and universities.

The modern concepts of mechanisms of Arc

Furnace processes are presented by numerous

journal articles and conference proceedings. These

materials are difficult of access for a practicing

engineer or metallurgist.

FeaturesProvides the knowledge to critically assess the

furnace innovations Discusses concepts at

the level sufficient to solve practical problems

Allows the reader to perform required calcula-

tions without any difficulties

From the contentsHistory of Development and Prospects of Steel-

making in Electric Arc Furnaces.- Technology

and Power Engineering of Modern Furnaces.- Arc

Furnace as Thermal Unit.- Fundamental Laws and

Calculation Formulae of Heat Transfer Processes.-

Energy (Heat) Balances of Furnaces.- Criteria

of Energy Effectiveness.- Preheating of Scrap by

Burners and Off Gases.- Replacement of Electric

Arcs with Burners.- Basic Physical Chemistry

Processes in the Liquid Bath: Process Mechanisms.

Fields of interestEngineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass

Transfer; Metallic Materials; Manufacturing,

Machines, Tools

Target groupsSteelmaking engineers and furnace designers

S. Tzafestas, School of Electrical & Computer

Engineering (SECE)/Institute of Communication &

Computer Systems (ICCS), Athens, Greece

Human and Nature Minding AutomationAn Overview of Concepts, Methods, Tools

and Applications

This book examines the “symbiosis” of automa-

tion and technology with the human and the

nature towards the ultimate goal of assuring global

sustainability. Throughout the years a variety of

approaches, technologies and practices have been

produced in the direction of achieving human-and

nature-minding automation and industrial activity.

In this book an attempt is made, for the first time,

to present in a cohesive and consolidated way an

overview of all these issues together, and show

how they combine to provide human-and nature-

minding (green) systems.

Human-minding automation is possible by

employing concepts and techniques from the

human factors and ergonomics fields, including

job satisfaction, human-friendly interfaces, and

human values, whereas nature-minding industrial

activity and human development can be achieved

by considering as a whole the human, economic,

natural and cultural resources in the short and

long term.

FeaturesThis book presents a compehensive survey of

the fundamental humanistic and environmental

concepts in a consolidated way, and shows how

they combine to provide human and nature

minding automation systems The depth of

presentation is suitable for human automation and

environmentally conscious courses as an introduc-

tory text, and also for independent study

Fields of interestRobotics and Automation; User Interfaces and

Human Computer Interaction; Popular Science in

Nature and Environment

Target groupsStudents, scientists, academic teachers,

researchers, professionals and general readers in

the fields of automation and its applications

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X. Yan, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK;

Y. Xu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an,

Shaanxi, China

Chemical Vapour DepositionAn Integrated Engineering Design for

Advanced Materials

“Chemical Vapour Deposition: An Integrated

Engineering Design for Advanced Materials”

focuses on the application of this technology to

engineering coatings and, in particular, to the

manufacture of high performance materials, such

as fibre reinforced ceramic composite materials,

for structural applications at high temperatures.

This book aims to provide a thorough explora-

tion of the design and applications of advanced

materials, and their manufacture in engineering.

From physical fundamentals and principles, to

optimization of processing parameters and other

current practices, this book is designed to guide

readers through the development of both high

performance materials and the design of CVD

systems to manufacture such materials.

“Chemical Vapour Deposition: An Integrated

Engineering Design for Advanced Materials”

introduces integrated design and manufacture of

advanced materials to researchers, industrial prac-

titioners, postgraduates and senior undergraduate

students.

FeaturesIntroduces the latest research and technological

developments, techniques, and driving factors

behind chemical vapor deposition (CVD)

Fields of interestOperating Procedures, Materials Treatment; Mate-

rials Science, general

Target groupsProfessionals, researchers, postgraduates and

senior undergraduates in materials science and

engineering, advanced design and manufacture,

and applied physics and chemistry

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springer.com/booksellers68 Springer News 10/2009Physics/Astronomy

T. Belloni, INAF, Merate, Italy (Ed)

The Jet ParadigmFrom Microquasars to Quasars

These Lecture Notes focus on the physics of rela-

tivistic jet sources in the universe, from galactic

microquasars to active galactic nuclei (AGN). The

early 21st century is an epoch in which a large

number of high-energy astronomical missions are

underway (RossiXTE, Chandra, XMM-Newton,

INTEGRAL, Swift, Suzaku). The wealth of X-ray

and gamma-ray data, coupled with ground-based

observations in the optical/IR/radio bands,

provides an increasing amount of information

on microquasars, allowing the investigation of

the physical processes for the formation and the

evolution of relativistic jets, as well as their relation

to the accretion process. The information obtained

from galactic relativistic jet systems is particu-

larly important in that it can be compared with

that from active galactic nuclei. The comparative

study of these two classes of objects allows us to

overcome their separate intrinsic limitations and is

the only way to arrive at a comprehensive under-

standing of the accretion/ejection phenomenon.

ContentsMicroquasars: Summary and Outlook.- X-ray

Emission From Black-Hole Binaries.- States and

Transitions in Black-Hole Binaries.- Radio Emis-

sion and Jets From Microquasars.- “Disc-jet”

Coupling in Black Hole X-ray Binaries and Active

Galactic Nuclei.- From Multiwavelength to Mass

Scaling: Accretion and Ejection in Microquasars

and AGN.- Jets in Active Galactiv Nuclei.- X-ray

Variability of AGN and Relationship to Galactic

Black Hole Binary Systems.- Theory of Magneti-

cally Powered Jets.- General Relativistic MHD

Jets.- Index.

Fields of interestAstrophysics; Relativity and Cosmology

Target groupsGraduate students, researchers, lecturers

R. Dvorak, University of Vienna, Austria;

J. J. Souchay, Observatoire de Paris, France (Eds)

Dynamics of Small Solar System Bodies and Exoplanets

This book offers an up-to-date overview of current

research on Dynamics of Small Solar System

Bodies and Exoplanets. In course-tested extensive

chapters the authors cover topics of theoretical

celestial mechanics, physics and dynamics of aster-

oids, comets, stability of exoplanets and numerical

integration codes applied in dynamical astronomy.

ContentsResonances: Models and Captures.- The

Lyapounov Characteristic Exponents and Their

computation.- Asteroid Families.- The Dynamics

of the Troyan Asteroids.- The GAIA Mission:

Expected Results for Asteroid Studies.- The Physics

of Asteroids and Their Junction With Dynamics.-

Comet Dynamics.- Dyanmical Features of

the Oort Cloud Comets.- An Introduction to

Common Numerical Integration Codes Used in

Dynamical Astronomy.- Dynamic Stability of

Extra-Solar Planets.

Fields of interestAstrophysics; Mathematical Methods in Physics;

Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences

Target groupsGraduate students, lecturers, researchers

W. Fitzgibbon, Y. Kuznetsov, University of Houston,

TX, USA; P. Neittaanmäki, J. Périaux, University of

Jyvaskyla, Finland; O. Pironneau, UPMC, Paris, France

(Eds)

Applied and Numerical Partial Differential EquationsScientific Computing in Simulation,

Optimization and Control in a

Multidisciplinary Context

The book brings together state of the art papers in

nonlinear PDEs with applications to: dynamical

systems, CFD, computational mechanics, bio

engineering, bio mathematics, medical applica-

tions, reduction models, optimal control, and

mathematical finances.

FeaturesState of the art in advanced mathematical

modelling and simulation methods Domain

specific innovations in acoustics, computational

mechanics, electromagnetics, mathematical

finance, biomedical engineering, and population

biology A multidisciplinary approach

Fields of interestMathematical and Computational Physics;

Numerical and Computational Methods; Partial

Differential Equations

Target groupsApplied mathematicians, computer scientists,

computational engineers, graduate students

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ISBN 978-3-642-04457-1

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Sciences, Volume 15) Hardcover

$129.00

ISBN 978-90-481-3238-6

springer.com/librarybooks 69Springer News 10/2009 Physics/Astronomy

P. Garcia, Centro de Astrofisica da Universidada do

Porto Rua das estrelas, Porto, Portugal; J. Ferreira,

Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto Rua

das estrelas, Porto, Portugal (Eds)

Jets from Young Stars IVFrom Models to Observations and

Experiments

Research on astronomical jets has largely been

conducted within the domain of astronomical

observations and astrophysical modeling and

numerical simulations. However, the recent advent

of high-energy density facilities has added experi-

mental control to jet studies.

Testing models for jet launching and collimation

requires a highly interdisciplinary approach and

sophistication. Indeed, closing the circle between

pure magnetohydrodynamics, thermo-chemical

evolution, high angular resolution spectro-imaging

and laboratory experiments is not trivial. This

volume seeks to bridge these gaps by providing

a series of lectures linking the foundations of the

discipline.

ContentsLaboratory Astrophysics and Scaling.- Laboratory

Studies of Astrophysical Jets.- Output From MHD

models.- Coronal Heating.- Flows in Molecular

Media.- The Ionisation and Excitation State of

Stellar Outflows.- Deriving Physical Dyagnostics

From Observations.

Fields of interestAstronomy; Astrophysics; Extraterrestrial Physics,

Space Sciences


P. K. Grieder, University of Bern, Switzerland

Extensive Air ShowersHigh Energy Phenomena and Astrophysical

Aspects - A Tutorial, Reference Manual and

Data Book

Extensive air showers are a very unique phenom-

enon. In the more than six decades since their

discovery by Auger and collaborators we have

learned a lot about these extremely energetic

events and gained deep insight into high-energy

phenomena, particle physics and astrophysics.

In this Tutorial, Reference Manual and Data

Book Peter K. F. Grieder provides the reader with

a comprehensive view of the phenomenology

and facts of the various types of interactions and

cascades, theoretical background, experimental

methods, data evaluation and interpretation and

air shower simulation. He discusses astrophysical

aspects of the primary radiation and addresses

remaining puzzling questions that cannot yet be

answered. They remain as a challenge for present

and future research in the field.

FeaturesComprehensive Tutorial, Reference Manual

and Data Book giving a thorough overview of

phenomonolgy, facts, experiments of cosmic ray

triggered extensive air showers and shows the

history of the field Extensive up-to-date refer-

ence lists at the end of each chapter The book

reflects the author’s breadth of comprehension

and his high engagement as active researcher in

the field

Fields of interestElementary Particles and Nuclei; Extraterrestrial

Physics, Space Sciences; Astrophysics

Target groupsPhysicists, astrophysicists, PhD students

A. N. Hopersky, V. A. Yavna, Rostov State University

of Transport Communication, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Scattering of Photons by Many-Electron Systems

This book deals with quantum physical calcula-

tions of anomalous scattering of photons by bound

electrons. The main attention is paid to studies

of the process of photon scattering in the energy

range of deep levels of such many-electron systems

as atoms, atomic ions and simple molecules.

The book is written for scientists and graduate

students, working in the field of atomic and

molecular spectroscopy, physics of plasmas, lasers,

solid state, ionizing radiation and astrophysics.

It can also be used as additional textbook for a

special topic of quantum mechanics.

FeaturesOnly book on theoretical studies of the role of

many-particle effects in the process of anomalous

elastic scattering of x-ray photons by deep electron

shells of atoms, atomic ions and molecules

ContentsResults of the studies of the anomalous elastic

scattering of an X-ray photon by a many-electron

system.- Many-particle processes in anomalous

elastic scattering of an.- The effect of the Auger

decay of a deep vacancy in anomalous elastic

scattering ofan X-ray photon by an atom.- Many-

particle and orientation effects in anomalous

elastic scattering of an X-ray photon by a linear

molecule.- Conclusion.

Fields of interestApplied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices;

Quantum Physics

Target groupsPractitioners and scientists

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(In 2 volumes, not available seperately) Hardcover

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ISBN 978-3-540-76940-8

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2010. Approx. 200 p. 30 illus. (Springer Series on Atomic,

Optical, and Plasma Physics, Volume 58) Hardcover

$129.00

ISBN 978-3-642-04255-3


A. A. Kamal, Murphy, TX, USA

1000 Solved Problems in Modern Physics

This book basically caters to the needs of under-

graduates and graduates physics students in the

area of modern physics, specially particle and

nuclear physics. Lecturers/tutors may use it as a

resource book. The contents of the book are based

on the syllabi currently used in the undergraduate

courses in USA, U.K., and other countries. The

book is divided into 10 chapters, each chapter

beginning with a brief but adequate summary

and necessary formulas, tables and line diagrams

followed by a variety of typical problems useful

for assignments and exams. Detailed solutions are

provided at the end of each chapter.

FeaturesExcercise book for physics students Covers

a large part of physics lectures except optics

Well chosen and didactically solved prob-

lems to physics courses in the US, GB and other

countries Useful to students to deepen their

knowledge

ContentsPreface.- Mathematical Physics.- Quantum

Mechanics I.- Quantum Mechanics II.- Ther-

modynamics and Statistical Physics.- Solid State

Physics.- Special Theory of Relativity.- Nuclear

Physics I.- Nuclear PhysicsII.- Particle Physics I.-

Particle Physics II.

Fields of interestPhysics, general; Elementary Particles and Nuclei;

Atoms, Molecules, Clusters and Plasmas

Target groupsAdvanced students, academic libraries

Landolt-BörnsteinNumerical Data and Functional Relationships

in Science and Technology – New Series

Editor-in-chief: W. Martienssen

Group 3

Condensed Matter

Volume 27

Magnetic Properties of Non-Metallic Inorganic Compounds Based on Transition Elements

H. Wijn (Ed.)

Subvolume I

H. Wijn (Ed.)

Part 6

E. Burzo, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; H. P. Wijn,

Waalre, The Netherlands (Eds)

Magnetic Properties of Tectosilicates

FeaturesStandard reference book with selected and

easily retrievable data from the fields of physics

and chemistry C

ContentsMagnetic and related properties of silicates and

phosphates.- Six chapters for different types of

Tectosilicates.- Figures, tables and references for

each chapter.

Fields of interestElectromagnetism, Optics and Lasers





Group 3

Condensed Matter

Volume 40

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Data(Supplement to III/35)

R. R. Gupta, V. Gupta, M. D. Lechner (Ed.)

Subvolume A

R. Pardasani, P. Pardasani, Jaipur, M. D. Lechner,

Osnabrück; V. Gupta, Jaipur (Eds)

Chemical Shifts and Coupling Constants for Boron-11

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) is based

on the fact that certain nuclei exhibit a magnetic

moment, oriented by a magnetic field, and absorb

characteristic frequencies in the radiofrequency

part of the spectrum. The spectral lines of the

nuclei are highly influenced by the chemical

environment, i.e. the structure and interaction of

the molecules. NMR is now the leading technique

and a powerful tool for the investigation of the

structure and interaction of molecules.

Fields of interestSolid State Physics and Spectroscopy

Target groupsScientists and engineers in the fields of physics,

chemistry, and physical chemistry who intend to

use NMR to study the structure and the binding of

molecules

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Group 3

Condensed MatterVolume 43

Crystal Structures of Inorganic Compounds

P. Villars, K. Cenzual (Ed.)

Subvolume A

Structure Types

P. Villars, K. Cenzual (Ed.)

Part 9

P. Villars (Ed)

Part A 9

FeaturesStandard reference book with selected and

easily retrievable data from the fields of physics

and chemistry collected by acknowledged interna-

tional scientists Also available online in www.

springerLink.com http://www.landolt-boern-

stein.com

Fields of interestCondensed Matter and Material Sciences; Crystal-

lography


C. Lehner, J. Renn, M. Schemmel, Max Planck

Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Germany

(Eds)

Einstein and the Changing Worldviews of Physics

FeaturesContributions form notable experts offer both

new and historical insights on relativity, gravity,

quantum theoryfield theory and the history of

physics Topics give detailed mathematical

discussions of relativity Explores recent devel-

opments and applications in the general theory of

relativity

From the contentsEditor’s Introduction.- At the Limits of the Clas-

sical Worldview.- Theories of Gravitation in the

Twilight of Classical Physics.- The Newtonian

Theory of Light Propagation.- Mach and Einstein,

or, Clearing Troubled Waters in the History of

Science.- Contexts of the Relativity Revolution.-

Tilling the Seedbed of Einstein’s Politics: A pre-

1905 Harbinger?- The Early Reception of Einstein’s

Relativity Among British Philosophers.- Repercus-

sions of Einstein’s Visit in the South American

Countries.- The Reception of Einstein’s Relativity

Theories in Literature and the arts (1920–1950).-

The Emergence of the Relativistic Worldview.-

Hilbert’s Axiomatic Method and his “Foundations

of Physics”: Reconciling Causality with the Axiom

of General Invariance.

Fields of interestHistory of Physics; Relativity and Cosmology;

Philosophy of Science

Target groupsScience historians, math physicists, grad students,

cosmologists

T. Mahoney, IAC, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (Ed)

Gazetteer and Atlas of AstronomyA Compendium of Astronomical

Nomenclature

This combined gazetteer and atlas lists, defines and

illustrates, for the first time, every named object

in the sky within a single reference work for use

by the general reader, writers and editors dealing

with astronomical themes, and those astrono-

mers concerned with any aspect of astronomical

nomenclature.

Fields of interestAstronomy; Planetology; Astrophysics

Target groupsResearchers in astronomy and planetology, cartog-

raphers, linguists; all those who write professional

astronomical literature in english and want to

know how a name of any object in the sky is used,

pronounced in english, and where it stems from

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(Einstein Studies, Volume 12) Hardcover

approx. $79.95

ISBN 978-0-8176-4939-5

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Due June 2010

2010. Approx. 3500 p. 50 illus. (In 5 volumes,

not available separately) Hardcover

$949.00ISBN 978-0-387-92667-4

2010. eReference.

$949.00ISBN 978-0-387-92668-1

2010. Approx. 3500 p. 50 illus. print+eReference.

(In 5 volumes, not available separately)

$1200.00

ISBN 978-0-387-92669-8


M. Ohtsu, The University of Tokyo, Japan (Ed)

Progress in Nano-Electro-Optics VIIChemical, Biological, and Nanophotonic

Technologies for Nano-Optical Devices and

Systems

This book focuses on chemical and nanopho-

tonic technology to be used to develop novel

nano-optical devices and systems. It begins with

temperature- and photo-induced phase transition

of ferromagnetic materials. Further topics include:

energy transfer in artificial photosynthesis,

homoepitaxial multiple quantum wells in ZnO,

near-field photochemical etching and nanopho-

tonic devices based on a nonadiabatic process and

optical near-field energy transfer, respectively and

polarization control in the optical near-field for

optical information security. Taken as a whole, this

overview will be a valuable resource for engineers

and scientists working in the field of nano-electro-

optics.

FeaturesPresents the current state of the art in nano-

optics and near field techniques Displays the

applications of nanooptics in chemical, biological,

and nanosciences useful reference to researchers

and graduate students

ContentsPhoto-induced phase transition in RbMnFe

Prussion blue analog-based magnet.- Photo-

induced energy transfer in artificial photosynthetic

systems.- Electro-magneto-optics in polarity-

controlled quantum structures on ZnO.- Nonadia-

batic near-field optical polishing and energy

transfers in spherical quantum dots.- Shaped-engi-

neered nanostructures for polarization control in

optical near- and far-fields.

Fields of interestNanotechnology; Optical Spectroscopy, Ultrafast

Optics; Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical

Devices

Target groupsScientists, optical engineers and graduate students

B. Nölting, Prussian Private Institute of Technology at

Berlin, Germany

Methods in Modern Biophysics

Incorporating recent dramatic advances, this

textbook presents a fresh and timely introduction

to modern biophysical methods. An array of new,

faster and higher-power biophysical methods now

enables scientists to examine the mysteries of life

at a molecular level. This innovative text surveys

and explains the ten key biophysical methods,

including those related to biophysical nano-

technology, scanning probe microscopy, X-ray

crystallography, ion mobility spectrometry, mass

spectrometry, proteomics, and protein folding and

structure. Incorporating much information previ-

ously unavailable in tutorial form, Nölting employs

worked examples and about 270 illustrations to

fully detail the techniques and their underlying

mechanisms.

FeaturesPresents novel information which cannot be

found in other textbooks and monographs

Provides one of the most up to date presenta-

tions of current biophysics Only book which

covers all of the 10 currently most important

biophysical methods Details exciting recent

discoveries and developments in the fields of

biophysical nanotechnology, scanning probe

microscopy ion mobility spectrometry, mass spec-

trometry and proteomics

Fields of interestBiophysics/Biomedical Physics; Biotechnology;

Biochemistry, general

Target groups4th year undergraduate students, graduate

students, postdocs, lecturers, and researchers in

biophysics, biochemistry, general biology and

structural biology, molecular biology, physics,

medical physics, medicine, biotechnology, physical

chemistry, bioinformatics, environmental tech-

nology and pharmacy; researchers and librarians

in pharmaceutical companies and environmental

technology companies

S. G. Rabinovich, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, NJ, USA

Evaluating Measurement AccuracyA Practical Approach

“Evaluating Measurement Accuracy” is intended

for anyone who is concerned with measurements

in any field of science or technology. It reflects the

latest developments in metrology and offers new

results, but is designed to be accessible to readers

at different levels: meteorologists, engineers and

experimental scientists who use measurements as

tools in their professions, graduate and under-

graduate students in the natural sciences and

engineering, and technicians performing complex

measurements in industry, quality control, and

trade.

The material of the book is presented from the

practical perspective and offers solutions and

recommendations for problems that arise in

conducting real-life measurements. This inclu-

sion is a notable and unique aspect of this title

as complex measurements done in industry and

trade are often neglected in metrological literature,

leaving the practitioners of these measurements to

devise their own ad-hoc techniques.

FeaturesThe only comprehensive reference for measure-

ment data processing Proposes methods for

including the effects of the instruments metro-

logical characteristics in the evaluation of the

accuracy of measurements Brings the analysis

of the problems of measurement data processing

to the level of practical recommendations easily

applied by practitioners

Fields of interestMeasurement Science, Instrumentation; Char-

acterization and Evaluation of Materials; Quality

Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk

Target groupsExperimental research scientists in the natural

sciences as well as in engineering fields where

measurements are used as a tool

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$69.95

ISBN 978-3-642-03021-5

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$129.00

ISBN 978-1-4419-1455-2


S. Sarkar, Variable Energy Cyclotron Center, Kolkata,

India; H. Satz, Universität Bielefeld, Germany;

B. Sinha, Variable Energy Cyclotron Center, Kolkata,

India (Eds)

The Physics of the Quark-Gluon PlasmaIntroductory Lectures

The aim of this book is to offer to the next genera-

tion of young researchers a broad and largely self-

contained introduction to the physics of heavy ion

collisions and the quark-gluon plasma, providing

material beyond that normally found in the avail-

able textbooks.

For each of the main aspects - QCD thermody-

namics and global features of the QGP, collision

hydrodynamics, electromagnetic probes, jet and

quarkonium production, color glass condensate,

and the gravity connection - the present volume

provides extensive and pedagogical lectures,

surveying the present status of both theory and

experiment.

A particular feature of this volume is that all

lectures have been written with the active assis-

tance of selected students present at the course in

order to ensure the adequate level and coverage for

the intended readership.

ContentsThe Thermodynamics of Quarks and Gluons.-

Global Properties of Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions.-

Two Introductory Lectures on High Energy QCD

and Heavy Ion Collisions.- Hydrodynamics and

Flow.- An Introduction to the Spectral Analysis of

the QGP.- Quarkonium Production and Absorp-

tion in Proton-Nucleus Collisions.- Electromag-

netic Probes.- Measuring Dimuons Produced in

Proton-Nucleus Collisions With the NA 60 Experi-

ment at the SPS.- High-pt Hadron Suppression

and Jet Quenching.- In Search of the QCD-Gravity

Correspondence.

Fields of interestNuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons; Elementary

Particles, Quantum Field Theory; Physics beyond

the Standard Model


P. Steinmann, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg,

Erlangen, Germany (Ed)

IUTAM Symposium on Progress in the Theory and Numerics of Configurational MechanicsProceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in

Erlangen, Germany, October 20-24, 2008

Proceedings of IUTAM Symposium on Progress

in the Theory and Numerics of Configurational

Forces.

FeaturesIUTAM symposia collect the state of the art in

the topic by the leading experts in the field

Fields of interestNumerical and Computational Methods;

Mechanics; Thermodynamics

Target groupsScientists in the area of continuum mechanics and

computational mechanics

J. Strzalko, J. Grabski, P. Perlikowski, A. Stefanski,

T. Kapitaniak, Technical University of Lódz, Poland

Dynamics of Gambling: Origins of Randomness in Mechanical Systems

This monograph presents a concise discussion of

the dynamics of mechanical randomizers (coin

tossing, die throwing and roulette). The authors

derive the equations of motion, also describing

collisions and body contacts. It is shown and

emphasized that, from the dynamical point of

view, outcomes are predictable, i.e. if an expe-

rienced player can reproduce initial conditions

with a small finite uncertainty, there is a good

chance that the desired final state will be obtained.

Finally, readers learn why mechanical randomizers

can approximate random processes and benefit

from a discussion of the nature of randomness in

mechanical systems. In summary, the book not

only provides a general analysis of random effects

in mechanical (engineering) systems, but addresses

deep questions concerning the nature of random-

ness, and gives potentially useful tips for gamblers

and the gaming industry.

FeaturesDetailed and revealing information for

gamblers and the gaming industry Addresses

deep questions concerning the nature of random-

ness Useful for the general analysis of random

effects in mechanical (engineering) systems

From the contentsIntroduction.- Predictability in deterministic

and random dynamical systems.- Mechanical

randomizers - history, type of games, how fair they

are.- Dynamical models.- Simulation results.- Why

are mechanical randomizers predictable?

Fields of interestVibration, Dynamical Systems, Control;

Mechanics; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic

Theory

Target groupsEngineers in academia and industry, scientists,

advanced students, libraries

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ISBN 978-3-642-03959-1


M. Tsamparlis, University of Athens, Zografos, Greece

Special RelativityAn Introduction with 500 Problems and

Solutions

The theory of Special Relativity, although a century

old, it is still a theory which has yet a long way

to go. Special Relativity is the ground on which

Particle Physics and General Relativity are based

and constitutes an everyday laboratory practice.

It is therefore important that the new physicist

will understand it properly and deeply, while at

the same time will be able to use it effectively as a

working tool.

The first part of this book develops the necessary

mathematics with emphasis on tensor analysis and

differential geometry on the flat Minkowski space,

and contains useful material that can serve as a

quick reference tool as well.

FeaturesPresents the relativistic collisions in a new

geometric way and prepares the student for the

next steps into Quantum Mechanics and General

Relativity Provides a full overview of the math-

ematics needed to understand special relativity

Consolidated unit of math, physics and

application examples 500 carefully selected

and worked out problems with solutions available

online

From the contentsMathematical Part.- The Structure of the Theories

of Physics.- Newtonian Physics.- The Foundation

of Special Relativity.- The Physics of the Position

Four-Vector.- Relativistic Kinematics.- Four-Accel-

eration.- Paradoxes.- Mass-Four-Momentum.-

Relativistic Reactions.- Four-Force.- Irreducible

Decompositions.- The Electromagnetic Field.-

Relativistic Angular Momentum.

System requirementsFor PC. For the complete system requirements see:

springer.com

Fields of interestRelativity and Cosmology; Differential Geometry

Target groupsAdvanced undergraduate students

R. Vergara Caffarelli, University of Pisa, Italy

Galileo and motionA history of Galileo’s ideas and discoveries

Among the many books on Galileo Galilei only

very few deal directly and in depth with his scien-

tific accomplishments proper. This is one of them

and among the correspondingly sparse literature

the author of this work distinguishes himself

by focusing on mechanics, in particular on the

fundamental concept of motion and percussion

- having performed crucial original experiments

and in Galileo´s spirit. Indeed, while the author

lets Galilei speak for himself when he explains his

experiments and findings, he also makes full use of

our present day knowledge of physics to make the

reader better understand the perspective.

The result of this very fine understanding is an

unsurpassingly authoritative account on some of

the foundations of preclassical mechanics as laid

down by the great Pisan scientist, widely regarded

as the first experimental physicist in the modern

sense.

FeaturesThis is one of the very few books on Galilei

which deal in detail with his scientific accomplish-

ments in the field of preclassical mechanics The

author has performed many of the crucial, original

experiments by himself and this work provides

the reader with an unsurpassingly authoritative

account on his findings about the foundations of

experimental physics as laid down by Galilei

Fields of interestHistory of Physics; History of Science; Mechanics

Target groupsScientists interested in the history and foundation

of physics

S. Volz, Ecole Centrale Paris, Châtenay Malabry,

France (Ed)

Thermal Nanosystems and Nanomaterials

Heat transfer laws for conduction, radiation and

convection change when the dimensions of the

systems in question shrink. The altered behav-

iours can be used efficiently in energy conver-

sion, respectively bio- and high-performance

materials to control microelectronic devices. To

understand and model those thermal mechanisms,

specific metrologies have to be established. This

book provides an overview of actual devices and

materials involving micro-nanoscale heat transfer

mechanisms. These are clearly explained and

exemplified by a large spectrum of relevant phys-

ical models, while the most advanced nanoscale

thermal metrologies are presented.

FeaturesDeals with the problem of temperature increase

in nano- and microelectronic devices Provides

a careful description of the specifics of tempera-

ture-related effects in nano- and microelectronic

devices Detailed explanation of the measuring

and controlling temperature in such devices A

valuable reference to researchers but also useful to

graduate students

ContentsNanomaterials: Nanostrucutres.- Introduc-

tion.- Nanostructures.- Nanocontacts and

junctions.- Nanocomposites.- Introduction.-

Conduction.- Radiation.- Colloïds.- Nanosystems:

Energy conversion.- Biosystems.- MicroSondes.-

Microelectronics.- Advanced Metrology: Optical

Methods.-Photothermal Methods.- Pump-probe

techniques.- Microscopy by UV and Near IR

camera.- Local probes.- IR SNOM.- Fluorescent

Nanocristals.- Low temperature devices.

Fields of interestPhysics, general

Target groupsScientists, academic libraries, graduate students

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(Microtechnology and MEMS) Hardcover

$179.00

ISBN 978-3-642-04257-7


K. Yamanouchi, University of Tokyo, Japan;

A. Giulietti, Intense Laser Irradation Laboratory, IPCF,

Pisa, Italy; K. Ledingham, University of Strathclyde,

Glasgow, Scotland, UK (Eds)

Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser ScienceVolume V

The PUILS series delivers up-to-date reviews of

progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science, a newly

emerging interdisciplinary research field spanning

atomic and molecular physics, molecular science,

and optical science, which has been stimulated

by the recent developments in ultrafast laser

technologies. Each volume compiles peer-reviewed

articles authored by researchers at the fore-

front of each their own subfields of UILS. Every

chapter opens with an overview of the topics to

be discussed, so that researchers unfamiliar to the

subfield, as well as graduate students, can grasp the

importance and attractions of the research topic

at hand; these are followed by reports of cutting-

edge discoveries. This fifth volume covers a broad

range of topics from this interdisciplinary research

field, focusing on coherent responses of gaseous

and condensed matter to ultrashort intense laser

pulses, propagation of intense laser pulses, and

laser-plasma interaction and its applications.

FeaturesState of the art report of short time Laser

physics Covers current application fields of

intense Lasers in the attosecond technique

Summarizes the coherent responses of gaseous

and condensed matter to ultrashort intense laser

pulses and the propagation of intense laser pulses

Useful reference to researchers and graduate

students alike

Target groupsScientists, graduate students

Fields of interestOptics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical

Devices

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Chemical Physics, Volume 98) Hardcover

$129.00

ISBN 978-3-642-03824-2

springer.com/booksellers76 Springer News 10/2009Materials Science

D. V. Bavykin, F. C. Walsh, University of

Southampton, UK

Titanate and Titania NanotubesSynthesis, Properties and Applications

This exciting new book is a unique compila-

tion of data from a wide range of chemical and

spectroscopic instrumentation and the integration

of nanostructure characterisation drawn from

physical, chemical, electrochemical, spectroscopic

and electron microscopic measurements. It docu-

ments the latest research from scientific journals

and patent literature to provide a concise yet

balanced and integrated treatment of an interesting

topic: titanium oxide nanostructures within the

emerging area of nanomaterials.

ContentsIntroduction and Scope; Chapter 2: Synthesis

Techniques and Mechanism of Growth.- Structural

and Physical Properties of Elongated TiO2 and

Titanate Nanostructures.- Chemical Properties,

Transformation and Functionalization of Elon-

gated Titanium Oxide Nanostructures.- Potential

Applications.- Summary.

Fields of interestNanotechnology; Nanochemistry

Target groupsProfessionals, postgraduates and industrial

research workers in nanomaterials

R. Gilat, Ariel University Centre of Samaria, Ariel,

Israel; L. Banks-Sills, Tel Aviv University, Ramat

Aviv,Israel (Eds.)

Advances in Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Methods for Materials and StructuresThe Jacob Aboudi Volume

This work presents a collection of papers, written

by leading authors in honor of Professor Jacob

Aboudi.

Jacob Aboudi served as Head of the Department of

Solid Mechanics, Materials and Structures, as Dean

of the Faculty of Engineering and as Incumbent of

the Diane and Arthur Belfer Chair of Mechanics

and Biomechanics. Aboudi has published more

than 200 papers, 2 books and is a leading authority

in the field of composite materials.

The papers in this volume cover a wide spectrum

of topics in the forefront of research in experi-

mental methods and mathematical modeling of

materials and structures. Subjects treated include

developments in materials science, theoretical and

applied mechanics, applied mathematics, applied

physics, computational methods in engineering,

mechanical and civil engineering. Both theoretical

and experimental approaches are presented. As

this book reflects the state of the art, possible engi-

neering applications and future research directions

are suggested.

FeaturesBrings together a unique collection of papers

reflecting the importance and influence of Jacob

Aboudi’s work in current engineering.

Fields of interestMaterials Science, general; Mechanics; Appl.Math-

ematics/Computational Methods of Engineering

Target groupsScholars, engineers and graduate students of

civil, mechanical, aerospace and aeronautical

engineering, applied mathematics, and applied

mechanics

C. Massobrio, H. Bulou, C. Goyhenex, Université

Strasbourg, France (Eds.)

Advances in the Atomic-Scale Modeling of Nanosystems and Nanostructured Materials

The book covers a variety of applications of

modern atomic-scale modelling of materials in the

area of nanoscience and nanostructured systems.

By highlighting the most recent achievements

obtained within a single institute, at the forefront

of material science studies, the authors are able

to provide a thorough description of nanoscale

materials properties. The areas covered are

structural determination, excitation properties,

cluster on surface morphology, spintronics and

disordered materials based on constitutive units.

For each application, the basics of methodology

are provided, allowing for a sound presentation of

approaches as density functional theory of funda-

mental and excited states, electronic transport

theory and molecular dynamics in its classical and

first-principles forms. The book is a timely collec-

tion of theoretical nanoscience contributions fully

in line with current experimental advances.

FeaturesCovers computational physics applications to

nanophysics and nanomaterials Integrates

physical basics, computational methods and nano-

sciences Both a reference work for researchers

and a study text for graduate students

ContentsIntroduction.- Cluster and Molecules: Dynamics

and Excitations.- Supported Nanostructures:

Structural and Electronic Properties.- Spintronic

Materials: Electronic and Magnetic Properties.-

Liquid Crystals and Disordered Systems.

Fields of interestNanotechnology; Condensed Matter and Mate-

rial Sciences; Appl.Mathematics/Computational

Methods of Engineering

Target groupsScientists and graduate students

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$129.00

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2010. Approx. 400 p. 100 illus. (Lecture Notes in Physics,


approx. $109.00

ISBN 978-3-642-04649-0

springer.com/librarybooks 77Springer News 10/2009 Materials Science

G. Caneba, Michigan Technological University,

Houghton, MI, USA

Free-Radical Retrograde-Precipitation Polymerization (FRRPP)Novel Concept, Processes, Materials, and

Energy Aspects

The book pertains to unique phenomenological

features of a potentially runaway polymerization

reaction process that is apparently brought under

control through a mass and energy confining

mechanism. It integrates the combination of

various concepts in order to explain a collection

of experimental observations, which includes

entrapment of reactive intermediates as well as

their energy contents, nucleated thermal hot spots

beyond adiabatic rise temperatures, and nanoscale

confinement behavior that has been used for fine

patterning of polymers. Toward the end, the author

of the book will try to use whatever understanding

that has been formulated about the Free-Radical

Retrograde-Precipitation Polymerization (FRRPP)

process to relate it to other types of materials and

energetic systems.

FeaturesSummarizes for the first time the topic in one

book

Fields of interestPolymer Sciences; Renewable Energy Sources;

Physical Chemistry

Target groupsGraduate and post-graduate students, indus-

trial, governmental and academic researchers

in polymers, chemical engineering, mechanical

engineering, materials engineering, bioengi-

neering, energy engineering, chemistry, physics,

astrophysics, mathematics

T. Grasser, G. Meller, L. Li (Eds.)

Organic Electronics

FeaturesHighest Impact Factor of all publications

ranked by ISI within Polymer Science Short

and concise reports on physics and chemistry of

polymers, each written by the world renowned

experts Still valid and useful after 5 or 10

years The electronic version is available free of

charge for standing order customers at: springer.

com/series/12/

From the contentsH. Bässler and E.V. Emelianova: Steady-State

Photoconduction in Amorphous Organic Solids.-

P.J. Jadhav, B.N. Limketkai, and M.A. Baldo:

Effective Temperature Models for the Electric Field

Dependence of Charge Carrier Mobility in Tris(8-

hydroxyquinoline) Aluminum.- S.D. Baranovskii,

O. Rubel, F. Jansson, and R. Österbacka: Descrip-

tion of Charge Transport in Disordered Organic

Materials.- D. Basu and A. Dodabalapur: Drift

Velocity and Drift Mobility Measurement in

Organic Semiconductors Using Pulse Voltage.- G.

Horowitz: Interfaces in Organic Field-Effect Tran-

sistors.- S. Scheinert, G. Paasch, I. Hörselmann,and

A. Herasimovich: Low-Cost Submicrometer

Organic Field-Effect Transistors.- T. Birendra

Singh, N. Serdar Sariciftci, and J. G. Grote: Bio-

Organic Optoelectronic Devices Using DNA.- C.

Melzer and H. von Seggern: Organic Field-Effect

Transistors for CMOS Devices.- A. Troisi: Theories

of the Charge Transport Mechanism in Ordered

Organic Semiconductors.

Fields of interestPolymer Sciences; Optical and Electronic Mate-

rials; Solid State Physics and Spectroscopy

Target groupsAcademic and industrial researchers, libraries in

polymer science, material science and solid state

physics

A. Groysman, ORT Braude College of Engineering,

Karmiel, Israel

Corrosion for Everybody

People seldom enjoy corrosion. They usually

perceive it as a nasty phenomenon with which

they must cope. Yet many people, far from the

corrosion field, come across it because of their

professional duty. Lawyers, historians, doctors,

architects, philosophers, artists, and archeologists,

to name a few, may want or need to understand the

principles of corrosion.

This volume explains this important topic in a

lucid, interesting, and popular form to everybody:

to students and young engineers who are only

beginning their studies, to scientists and engineers

who have dealt with corrosion for many years, and

to non-specialists involved in corrosion problems.

The book uses a fresh writing style, with some new

explanations relating to thermodynamics of oxida-

tion of iron and mild steels in water, reversible and

irreversible potential, solubility of oxygen in water

and aqueous solutions of electrolytes, corrosion of

metals in fuels, corrosion of storage tanks for fuels

and their corrosion control.

FeaturesCorrosion principles are shown by simple

and interesting manner Many corrosion

phenomena examples occurring in industry are

given Some topics are given the first time, or

non-traditional way

Fields of interestTribology, Corrosion and Coatings; Materials

Science, general; Metallic Materials

Target groupsEngineers and students whose interests involve

mechanical engineering, corrosion, materials

science, chemical engineering; chemists, histo-

rians, philosophers, and artists

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$169.00

ISBN 978-90-481-3476-2

springer.com/booksellers78 Springer News 10/2009Materials Science

P. Hobza, Institute of Organic Chemistry

and Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic;

K. Müller-Dethlefs, The Photon Science Institute,

Manchester, UK

Non-Covalent InteractionsTheory and Experiment

This book aims to understand the main aspects

of non-covalent chemistry (mainly in the gas

phase) and specifically compares the experimental

and theoretical data available for non-covalent

complexes and subsequent problems associated

with this comparison.

The book is authored by an experimentalist (KMD)

and theorist (PH), and their main philosophy in

writing together is that any book on non-covalent

interactions cannot be limited either to theory

or experiment. Both approaches are nowadays so

closely connected that one cannot exist without the

other and vice versa and their mutual connection

provides the consistent description of non-cova-

lent processes in our world.

ContentsIntroduction.- Characteristics of Non-covalent

Complexes and Their Determination by Experi-

mental and Theoretical Techniques.- Potential

Energy and Free Energy Surfaces.- Classification

of Non-covalent Complexes.- Interpretation of

Experimental Results and Types of Molecular

Clusters.- Extended Molecular Clusters in Chem-

istry, the Atmosphere and Stereospecific Molecular

Recognition.- Subject Index.

Fields of interestTheoretical and Computational Chemistry;

Physical Chemistry


M. A. Meier, D. C. Webster (Eds.)

Polymer Libraries

FeaturesHighest Impact Factor of all publications

ranked by ISI within Polymer Science Short

and concise reports on physics and chemistry of

polymers, each written by the world renowned

experts Still valid and useful after 5 or 10

years The electronic version is available free of

charge for standing order customers at: springer.

com/series/12/

ContentsMeier/Webster: General Aspects of Polymer

Libraries.- Schubert: Polyoxazoline Libraries

and/or the General.- Fasolka: Gradient Methods

for Polymer Libraries, Including their Microflu-

idic Polymerization Methods.- Becker: Bioactive

Libraries.- Adams: The Computer-Aided Design

of Polymers.

Fields of interestPolymer Sciences; Medicinal Chemistry; Pharmacy

Target groupsAcademic and industrial researchers, libraries in

polymer science, material science and solid state

physics

R. Narayan, University of North Carolina at Chapel

Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; T. Boland, Clemson Univer-

sity, Clemson, SC, USA; Y. Lee, North Carolina State

University, Raleigh, NC, USA (Eds.)

Printed BiomaterialsNovel Processing and Modeling Techniques

for Medicine and Surgery

Recent studies have shown that novel processing

and modeling techniques may be used to create

patient-specific prostheses, artificial tissues, and

other implants using data obtained from magnetic

resonance imaging, computed tomography, or

other imaging techniques. For example, custom-

ized prostheses may be fabricated that possess suit-

able features, including geometry, size, and weight,

for a given medical condition. Many advances have

been made in the development of patient-specific

implants in the past decade, yet this information

is not readily available to scientists and students.

Printed Biomaterials: Novel Processing and

Modeling Techniques for Medicine and Surgery

provides the biomaterials scientist and engineer,

as well as advanced undergraduate or graduate

students, with a comprehensive discussion of

contemporary medical implant research and

development.

FeaturesProvides students and researchers with a

concise description of the materials and technolo-

gies used in rapid prototyping Provides engi-

neers and physicians with an update and handy

reference on current topics in the field of rapid

prototyping Several case studies will be used to

demonstrate the medical device fabrication process

Fields of interestBiomaterials; Biomedical Engineering; Surfaces

and Interfaces, Thin Films

Target groupsBiomaterials scientists and engineers in academia

and industry, physicians and surgeons, and

advanced undergraduate and graduate students in

biomaterials and biomedical engineering

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2010. Approx. 300 p. (RSC Theoretical and Computa-

tional Chemistry Series, Volume 2) Hardcover

$159.00

ISBN 978-1-84755-853-4

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ISBN 978-3-642-00169-7

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2010. XII, 150 p. 76 illus., 63 in color. (Biological and

Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering) Hardcover

approx. $129.00

ISBN 978-1-4419-1394-4

springer.com/librarybooks 79Springer News 10/2009 Materials Science

A. Oechsner, Technical Universtity of Malaysia,

Skudai, Johor, Malaysia; L. F. Silva, University of

Porto, Portugal; R. Adams, University Walk, Clifton,

Bristol, UK (Eds.)

Handbook of Adhesion Technology

Adhesives have been used for thousands of years,

but until 100 years ago, the vast majority was from

natural products such as bones, skins, fish, milk,

and plants. Since about 1900, adhesives based on

synthetic polymers have been introduced, and

today, there are many industrial uses of adhesives

and sealants. It is difficult to imagine a product

– in the home, in industry, in transportation, or

anywhere else for that matter – that does not use

adhesives or sealants in some manner.

Fields of interestOperating Procedures, Materials Treatment; Mate-

rials Science, general; Polymer Sciences

Target groupsProfessional process developers, researchers and

engineers

A. K. Tagantsev, L. E. Cross, J. Fousek

Domains in Ferroic Crystals and Thin Films

At present, the marketplace for professionals,

researchers, and graduate students in solid-state

physics and materials science lacks a book that

presents a comprehensive discussion of ferro-

electrics and related materials in a form that is

suitable for experimentalists and engineers. This

book proposes to present a wide coverage of

domain-related issues concerning these materials.

This coverage includes selected theoretical topics

(which are covered in the existing literature) in

addition to a plethora of experimental data which

occupies over half of the book.

The book presents experimental findings and theo-

retical understanding of ferroic (non-magnetic)

domains developed during the past 60 years. It

addresses the situation by looking specifically at

bulk crystals and thin films, with a particular focus

on recently-developed microelectronic applica-

tions and methods for observations of domains

with techniques such as scanning force micros-

copy, polarized light microscopy, scanning optical

and microscopy.

FeaturesOffers readers a plethora of visual examples of

the material, including hundreds of pages of tables,

illustrations and graphs Focuses on domain-

related phenomena in non-magnetic ferroics,

which are not the focus of existing texts in solid-

state physics Presents extensive research in

thin films through the specific focus of microelec-

tronic applications

Fields of interestMagnetism, Magnetic Materials; Surfaces and

Interfaces, Thin Films; Characterization and Evalu-

ation of Materials

Target groupsProfessionals, researchers, and graduate students

in solid-state physics, materials science, and

engineering, especially those with a focus on

magnetism, ferroelectrics and ferroelectricity

L. Tong, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China;

M. Sumetsky, OFS Laboratories, Somerset, NJ, USA

Subwavelength and Nanometer Diameter Optical Fibers

Subwavelength and Nanometer Diameter Optical

Fibers provides a comprehensive and up-to-date

coverage of research on nanoscale optical fibers

including the basic physics and engineering

aspects of the fabrication, properties and applica-

tions. The book discusses optical micro/nanofibers

that represent a perfect fusion of optical fibers

and nanotechnology on subwavelength scale and

covers a broad range of topics in modern optical

engineering, photonics and nanotechnology span-

ning from fiber optics, near-field optics, nonlinear

optics, atom optics to nanofabrication and micro-

photonic components/devices. It is intended for

researchers and graduate students in the fields of

photonics, nanotechnology, optical engineering

and materials science.

Dr. Limin Tong is a professor at Department of

Optical Engineering and State Key Laboratory

of Modern Optical Instrumentation of Zhejiang

University, China; Dr. Michael Sumetsky is a

researcher at OFS Laboratories, USA.

FeaturesOne of the first books dedicated to optical

nanofibers A perfect fusion of optical fibers

and nanotechnology on a subwavelength scale

Covers a broad range of topics in modern

optical engineering and nanotechnology

Fields of interestMicrowaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Nano-

technology; Applied Optics, Optoelectronics,

Optical Devices

Target groupsStudents and researchers in optical engineering,

nanotechnology, photonics and materials

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Due February 2011

2011. Approx. 1300 p. (In 2 volumes, not available

seperately) Hardcover

approx. $679.00

ISBN 978-3-642-01168-9

2011. eReference

approx. $679.00

ISBN 978-3-642-01169-6

2011. Approx 1300 p. (In 2 volumes, not available

separately) Print + eReference

approx. $849.00

ISBN 978-3-642-01170-2

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Due October 2009

Distribution rights in China: Zhejiang University Press

Jointly published with Zhejiang University Press

2010. Approx. 240 p. 180 illus. (Advanced Topics in

Science and Technology in China) Hardcover

approx. $239.00

ISBN 978-3-642-03361-2

springer.com/booksellers80 Springer News 10/2009Earth Sciences/Geography

J. Comiso, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,

Greenbelt, MD, USA

Polar Oceans from Space

The book presents a wealth of material about the

polar oceans, more specifically the ice-covered

areas and peripheral seas. It provides a detailed

history of the changing climate of the polar oceans

as observed by satellite sensors in the last three

decades. The satellite research data show spatial

distributions of surface temperature, sea ice,

albedo, chlorophyll concentration, clouds, ocean

color and sea level pressure.

The book discusses remote sensing techniques

and algorithms used to transform digital data to

geophysical parameters, to process and analyze

the data, the limitations of these data and the

enormous potential in the use of this data. The

main goal of the book is the presentation of results

from studies of the time evolution of polar surfaces

as observed by satellite sensors and their relevance

to the study of cryospheric and ocean processes

and climate change. The book contains about 150

satellite images of surface parameters.

FeaturesPresents unique information on polar oceans

derived from satellite data for predictive purposes

Discusses the changes of ice-covered oceans

over the last 25 years and how these changes may

be related to observed environmental changes

From the contents1. Background.- 2. Fundamental Characteristics of

the Polar Oceans and their Sea Ice Cover.- 3. Satel-

lite Remote Sensing Techniques.- 4. Geophysical

Parameters and Algorithms for High Latitude

Applications.- 5. Variability of Surface Pressure,

Winds and Clouds.

Fields of interestOceanography; Meteorology/Climatology;

Climate Change

Target groupsUndergraduate students as well as graduates and

researchers in the field

F. Kraas, Universität Köln, Germany (Ed.)

MegacitiesOur Global Urban Future

As urbanization continues, and even accelerates,

scientists estimate that by 2015 the world will

have up to 60 ‘megacities’ – urban areas with more

than five million inhabitants. With the irresistible

economic attractions of urban centers, particu-

larly in developing countries, making the influx

of citizens unstoppable, many of humankind’s

coming social, economic and political dramas will

be played out in megacities. This book shows how

geographers and Earth scientists are contributing

to a better understanding of megacities.

The contributors analyze the impact of socio-

economic and political activities on environmental

change and vice versa, and identify solutions to the

worst problems. They propose ways of improving

the management of megacities and achieving a

greater degree of sustainability in their devel-

opment. The goals, of wise use of human and

natural resources, risk reduction (both social and

environmental) and quality of life enhancement,

are agreed upon.

FeaturesThe book identifies and promotes examples of

balanced and safe urban management, through

contrasting megacities worldwide Reviews

planning and management systems to assess their

ability to support sustainable megacities and to

make more balanced use of resources Research

on how megacities can become more competitive,

creative and attractive human environments, as

well as safer places for people to live

Fields of interestLandscape/Regional and Urban Planning;

Geophysics/Geodesy; Sustainable Development

Target groupsGeographers, earth, environmental and social

scientists, decision-makers and all professionals

involved in the process of city planning and devel-

opment, including national or local administrators,

investors, non-governmental institutions

P. Velde, CNRS, Laboratoire de Géologie, Paris,

France; P. Barré, Laboratoire d’Ecologie, Ecole

Normale Supérieure, Paris, France (Eds.)

Soils, Plants and Clay MineralsMineral and Biologic Interactions

This book considers the inter-relations between

plants and minerals in an entirely new way, in

that it introduces the notion of eco-engineering:

i.e. the manipulation of the mineral world by the

living world to the ends of the living world. These

inter-relations are the basis for traditional agricul-

ture and should be the basis for new, ecologically

oriented land management disciplines, including

agriculture itself. These relations also have an

impact on surface geochemistry and determine

pollution problems. A better understanding of this

concept will lead to a renewed consideration of

surface environmental problems.

ContentsThe Soil Profile and its Mineralogy.- Structure of

Soil Profile.- Origins of Soil Profile Formation.-

Soil Classification as a function of Age, Climate,

Rock type.- Identification of Clay Minerals.-

Clay Mineral Properties.- Organic Matter, Clay

Minerals and Soil Aggregation.- Physical Factors

Affecting Soil Profiles.- Movement of Clay Mate-

rial.- Stability of Clay Minerals in the Profiles.-

Plants and Soils.- Chemical Action of Plants on

Soil Fertility.- Manipulation of Soil Chemistry by

Plants to ensure Group Supremacy.- Predicting

Soil Plant Interaction.- Role of Human Activity.-

History of Agriculture in Northern Europe.-

Kinetics of Clay Mineral Transitions.- Ecosystem

Approach to Soils.

Fields of interestBiogeosciences; Soil Science & Conservation;

Ecology

Target groupsLibraries, institutes, scientists, researchers,

graduate students

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Hardcover

approx. $139.00

ISBN 978-90-481-3416-8

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ISBN 978-3-642-03498-5

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M. Veress, University of West Hungary, Szombathely,

Hungary

Karst EnvironmentsKarren Formation in High Mountains

With a focus on karren formation in high moun-

tains, and specifically in the European Alps, this

text summarizes the scientific results of systematic

observations made during field trips, as well as the

interpretation, using modern analytical methods,

of the data collected. Márton Veress, who has been

working in different types of karren landscapes for

more than fifteen years, presents the conditions

and processes of high mountain karren formation

as well as the properties of karren features. The

book analyzes karren phenomena, their develop-

ment, and their formation under different environ-

mental conditions.

Introductory chapters provide an overview of

karren formations, in addition to charting the

history of research into karst environments at high

altitude. The author then provides details of the

sampling sites and the localities he has studied,

and experimental procedures undertaken.

FeaturesDescribes the processes of high mountain

karstification Investigates changes in vegeta-

tion and soil erosion Discusses the impacts of

global change, such as the shift in karst formation

and the transformation of karst features

Contents1. Introduction.- 2.Major Characteristics of High

Mountain Karstification.- 3. Karren Features.-

4. Karren Assemblages.- 5.Local Karren Belts.-

6. Coalescing of Karren Forms.- 7. Karren Cells.

Fields of interestGeology; Geoecology/Natural Processes;

Physical Geography

Target groupsGeologists, geomorphologists, pedologists, forestry

engineers, environmentalists and landscape ecolo-

gists, students of karst geomorphology

A. Verruijt, Delft University of Technology,

The Netherlands

An Introduction to Soil Dynamics

This book presents the basic principles of soil

dynamics, and a variety of solutions of practical

interest for geotechnical engineering, geophysics

and earthquake engineering. Emphasis is on

analytical solutions, often including the full deriva-

tion of the solution, and giving the main parts of

computer programs that can be used to calculate

numerical data. Reference is also made to a website

from which complete computer programs can be

downloaded. Soil behaviour is usually assumed

to be linear elastic, but in many cases the effect

of viscous damping or hysteretic damping, due to

plastic deformations, is also considered. Special

features are: the analysis of wave propagation in

saturated compressible porous media, approximate

analysis of the generation of Rayleigh waves, the

analysis of the response of soil layers to earth-

quakes in the deep rock.

FeaturesDetailed derivations of solutions Listings of

main parts of computer programs Computer

programs available on website Includes

dynamics of porous media

From the contents1. Vibrating systems.- 2. Waves in piles.- 3. Earth-

quakes in soft layers.- 4. Theory of consolidation.-

5. Plane waves in porous media.- 6. Cylindrical

waves.- 7. Spherical waves.- 8. Elastostatics of a

half space.- 9. Elastodynamics of a half space.- 10.

Confined elastodynamics.- 11. Line load on elastic

half space.- 12. Strip load on elastic half space.

Fields of interestGeotechnical Engineering; Math. Applications in

Geosciences; Computer Applications in Geosci-

ences

Target groupsStudents and staff in soil dynamics at civil engi-

neering, geophysics and earthquake engineering

departments

H. Wiggering, A. Knierim, M. Pintar, H. Ende (Eds.)

Innovations in European Rural Landscapes

Rural regions in Europe are evolving under

powerful boundary conditions such as globalisa-

tion, socio-cultural transformations and climate

change, which in turn increases natural hazards.

The regional land use and the evolvement of land-

scapes is increasingly shaped trends and drivers

like infrastructural, energy or housing needs,

globalised agricultural markets, and consumption

habits. To face these challenges and to balance

competitiveness with social cohesion, the “Inno-

Land research and development network” induces

and accompanies promising land use innova-

tions at the landscape scale in 10 European rural

regions. Based on a common conceptual approach

among the InnoLand partners, the development

and implementation of new competitive strategies

is conducted as a science-practice dialogue with

strong commitment to the regional policy design

for rural development.

FeaturesCase studies from 10 European rural region

Science-practice dialogue

Fields of interestLandscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Regional

Science; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis

Target groupsLibraries, institutes, researchers, scientists

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2010. X, 356 p. 195 illus. With DVD. (Theory and

Applications of Transport in Porous Media, Volume 24)

Hardcover

approx. $99.00

ISBN 978-90-481-3440-3

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springer.com/booksellers82 Springer News 10/2009Environmental Sciences

D. Fatta-Kassinos, K. Bester; K. Kümmerer (Eds.)

Xenobiotics in the Urban Water CycleMass Flows, Environmental Processes,

Mitigation and Treatment Strategies

The presence of xenobiotics in the aquatic environ-

ment is seen as one of the biggest challenges for a

sustainable water future. Thus, there is a need to

understand, in an integrated manner, the sources,

flow paths, fate and effects of xenobiotics in the

urban water cycle.

This book is an authoritative and comprehensive

reference source covering: occurrence, sources and

fluxes of xenobiotics in urban waters, processes

concerning the fate and transport of xenobiotics,

mass flows and transformation products, mitiga-

tion, treatment methods and systems for the

removal of xenobiotics, risk assessment methodol-

ogies and risk management, information on source

control and mitigation measures.

The book contains a wealth of information on

some of the compounds most frequently found

in urban water systems, and of special interest

will be the chapters dealing with compounds that

have only recently been investigated, such as illicit

drugs, scents, and toxins.

FeaturesIncludes discussion on compounds that have

only recently been investigated, such as illicit

drugs Stimulates the discussion on the causes

and solutions to the problem Includes 25 chap-

ters by international experts

Fields of interestEnvironment, general; Waste Water Technology /

Water Pollution Control / Water Management /

Aquatic Pollution; Ecotoxicology

Target groupsResearchers, practitioners, municipal authorities,

and international policy-makers

J. A. Filar, University of South Australia, Mawson

Lakes, SA, Australia; A. Haurie, ORDECSYS / C-ORDEE,

Chene-Bougeries, Switzerland (Eds.)

Uncertainty and Environmental Decision MakingA Handbook of Research and Best Practice

Uncertainty and Environmental Decision Making:

A Handbook of Research and Best Practice

presents the state of the art in applying opera-

tions research and management science (OR/MS)

techniques to a broad range of environmental

decision making (EDM) challenges. Drawing

on leading researchers in the field, it provides

a guided tour of selected methods and tools to

help deal with issues as climate change, depleting

biodiversity and biocapacity, and more general

atmospheric, water and soil pollution problems.

Individual peer-reviewed chapters look at applying

stochastic reasoning on difficult issues arising in

EDM under uncertainty; applying stochastic or

robust programming methods to techno-economic

modeling of energy/environment interactions;

important consequences of uncertainty inherent

in weather patterns, the El Nino phenomenon

and anticipated climate change; exploiting tools of

decision analysis.

FeaturesPresents the state of the art in a critically

important area – Environmental Decision Making

Gathers the work of leading researchers in

applying OR/MS techniques to EDM Filar and

Haurie are leaders in the field; Filar is Editor-in-

Chief of Springer journal Environmental Modeling

and Assessment

Fields of interestEnvironmental Monitoring/Analysis; Operations

Research/Decision Theory; Math. Appl. in Envi-

ronmental Science

Target groupsAcademic researchers, students and practitioners

G. George, University of Aberystwyth, UK (Ed.)

The Impact of Climate Change on European Lakes

In this book, scientists from eleven countries

summarize the results of an EU project (CLIME)

that explored; the effects of observed and projected

changes in the climate on the dynamics of lakes in

Northern, Western and Central Europe. Historical

measurements from eighteen sites; were used to

compare the seasonal dynamics of the lakes and to

assess their sensitivity to local, regional and global-

scale changes in the weather. Simulations using a

common set of water quality models, perturbed

by six climate-change scenarios, were then

used to assess the uncertainties associated with

the projected changes in the climate. The book

includes chapters on the phenology and modelling

of lake ice, the supply and recycling of nitrogen

and phosphorus, the flux of dissolved organic

carbon and the growth and the seasonal succes-

sion of phytoplankton. There are also chapters on

the coherent responses of lakes to changes in the

circulation of the atmosphere, the development of

a web-based Decision Support System.

FeaturesThe first book to compare the climatic

responses of lakes located in Northern, Western

and Central Europe The first book to use the

outputs from Regional Climate Models to drive a

common set of lake and catchment models

Fields of interestMarine & Freshwater Sciences; Freshwater &

Marine Ecology; Climate Change

Target groupsAll those with an interest in the impacts of climate

change on the ecology of lakes, their seasonal

dynimics and the management of the surrounding

cathcments, these include postgraduate students

and staff in earth science and biology departments,

water supply managers and regulators responsible

for the implementation and development of the

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2010. X, 480 p. (Environmental Pollution, Volume 16)

Hardcover

$199.00

ISBN 978-90-481-3508-0

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Due October 2009

2009. XIX, 338 p. 82 illus. (International Series in Opera-

tions Research & Management Science, Volume 138)

Hardcover

approx. $139.00

ISBN 978-1-4419-1128-5

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2009. Approx. 450 p. (Aquatic Ecology Series, Volume 4)

Hardcover

approx. $179.00

ISBN 978-90-481-2944-7

springer.com/librarybooks 83Springer News 10/2009 Environmental Sciences

M. Grasso, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca,

Italy

Justice in Funding Adaptation under the International Climate Change Regime

Covering the ethical dimensions of international-

level adaptation funding, a subject of growing

interest in the climate change debate, this book

provides a theoretical analysis of the ethical

foundations of the UNFCCC regime on adapta-

tion funding, one that culminates in the definition

of a framework of justice. The text features an

interpretative analysis of the ethical contents of

the UNFCCC funding architecture by applying the

framework of justice proposed to different areas of

empirical investigation.

The book offers scholars working on climate

change, international relations, and environ-

mental politics an analysis characterized by both

theoretical soundness and empirical richness. The

comprehensiveness of the book’s approach should

make it possible to plan and implement interna-

tional adaptation funding more effectively, and

eventually to define more just funding policies and

practices.

FeaturesAdvancing negotiations on adaptation funding

Fair negotiations processes Responsibility

for climate impacts as the basis for raising adapta-

tion funds Social vulnerability to climate

impacts as the benchmark for allocating adapta-

tion funds Ethical evaluation of the current

and prospective adaptation funding regime

Fields of interestClimate Change; Political Philosophy; Political

Science

Target groupsAcademic libraries, the academic world, practitio-

ners in the field of climate and development policy,

decision-makers such as negotiators

P. A. Kulakow, Kansas State University, Manhattan,

KS, USA; V. V. Pidlisnyuk, Kremenchug Technical

University, Kremenchug, Ukraine (Eds.)

Application of Phytotechnologies for Cleanup of Industrial, Agricultural and Wastewater ContaminationProceedings of the NATO Advanced

Research Workshop on Application of

Phytotechnologies for Cleanup of Industrial,

Agricultural and Wastewater Contamination

to Enhance Environmental and Food Security

Kamenetz-Podilsky, Ukraine, 4–7 June 2007

As government and community leaders, private

companies, citizens, and applied scientists search

for low-cost methods to cleanup environmental

pollution, phytotechnologies can contribute to the

solution by utilizing natural processes to reduce

environmental risk.

FeaturesPresents current state of the science and appli-

cation of phytotechnologies Reviews progress

to use vegetation for management of persistent

organic pollutants (POPs)

Fields of interestEnvironmental Management; Environmental

Engineering/Biotechnology; Ecotoxicology

Target groupsResearchers in environmental science and

hazardous waste remediation, applied environ-

mental scientists and engineers, governmental

officials and environmental policy analysts

G. Schneier-Madanes, CNRS, Paris, France;

M. Courel, EPHE, Paris, France (Eds.)

Water and Sustainability in Arid RegionsBridging the Gap Between Physical and

Social Sciences

International voices fill the pages of Water and

Sustainability in Arid Regions, forming an original

scientific exploration of current water research and

management issues.

In arid regions, agriculture that is ill-adapted

to the environment, accelerated urbanization,

poverty, and increasing pollution challenge access

to and uses of water. Understanding these issues

requires incorporating findings from both the

physical and social sciences at different temporal

and spatial scales.

FeaturesUnlike many other works that analyze human

and social dimensions only after physical and

natural research has been conducted and from

an “impact” or “implications” standpoint, this

book compiles international research – which

seldom is presented together – that seamlessly

illuminates different aspects of water scarcity and

sustainability through physical, natural, and social

analyses

ContentsPreface.- acknowledgements.- list of contribu-

tors.- section I. contemporary issues.- section II.

learning from history.- section III. management

for sustainability.- glossary of units of measure-

ment and chemical formulas.- subject index.

Fields of interestGeosciences, general; Sustainable Development;

Environment, general

Target groupsNatural, physical, and social scientists, professors,

students, environmental specialists, water policy

managers, water and environment managers and

urban planners

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ISBN 978-90-481-3438-0

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Due January 2010

2010. VII, 202 p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security

Series C: Environmental Security) Hardcover

$189.00

ISBN 978-90-481-3590-5

Also available as Softcover

$89.95

ISBN 978-90-481-3591-2

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ISBN 978-90-481-2775-7

springer.com/booksellers84 Springer News 10/2009Environmental Sciences

L. Solmes, LAS & Associates Inc, Mill Valley, CA, USA

Energy Efficiency:Real Time Energy Infrastructure Investment

and Risk Management

“Energy Efficiency” uses an applied scientific

methodology and case studies to demonstrate

and support: The need for the U.S. and the world

to commit to energy and resource efficiency as

the central goal in investing in electric, heat,

and cooling infrastructure, the huge economic

opportunity for using the inefficiency built into

20th century energy supply systems, especially,

electric, to pay for the upgrades, replacements,

and new production and distribution systems of

the 21st century, the importance of adopting a

standard, web-based energy infrastructure invest-

ment decision-making and risk management tool

that will serve as a communication medium for

all stakeholders to evaluate and compare energy

infrastructure investment options and manage

investment risks, expansions of the U.S. ‘smart’

grid investment to include evaluation and risk

management of energy systems infrastructure

investments not just electricity operations, the

need to adopt a ‘framework’ for utilities, energy

service companies.

Fields of interestEconomics/Management Science, general; Engi-

neering, general; Environment, general

Target groupsUniversities, professional and industry orga-

nizations focusing on energy and cost control,

especially, ACORE, AEE, ACEEE, CHPA, and

other associations listed in the book abbreviations.

Also, electric utilities and their regulatory bodies,

investment houses, engineers, DOE, EPA, State,

federal, and local government policy-makers and

their energy agencies all information technology

companies involved in development, manufacture,

services, and other functions related to energy,

environment, investment, operation, maintenance,

finance, engineering analysis and design, construc-

tion and utilities management, and other commu-

nication, operation, and management functions

M. Václavíková, K. Vitale, G. P. Gallios, L. Ivanicová

(Eds.)

Water Treatment Technologies for the Removal of High-Toxity PollutantsProceedings of the NATO Advanced Research

Workshop on Water Treatment Technologies

for the Removal of High-Toxity Pollutants

Kosice, Slovak Republic

13–17 September 2008

This book is the outcome of the NATO Advanced

Research Workshop on “Water Treatment Tech-

nologies for the Removal of High-Toxicity Pollut-

ants” which was held on 13-16th September 2008

in Kosice, Slovakia. It contains a variety of invited

contributions by highly experienced educators and

scientists, and is structured to cover important

aspects of the field of water treatment from funda-

mental principles to modelling and policy making.

FeaturesConsiderable value as a secondary text for

universities currently offering courses in water

treatment and environmental technologies

Constitutes a valuable source of information on

high-toxicity pollutants in the environment, their

health effect to human beings, speciation of toxic

species in aqueous systems, removal techniques,

legislation and maximum contaminant limits

Fields of interestIndustrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering;

Materials Science, general

Target groupsUniversity libraries, researchers in chemical and

environmental technologies, water treatment insti-

tutions, researcher in materials sciences, industries

involved in water treatment technologies

L. K. Wang, Lenox Institute of Water Technology,

Lenox, MA, USA; V. Ivanov, J. Tay, Nanyang

Technological University, Singapore; Y. Hung,

Cleveland State University, OH, USA (Eds.)

Environmental Biotechnology

Volume 10: Environmental Biotechnology in the

Handbook of Environmental Engineering series

presents the theories and principles of various

environmental biotechnologies. This outstanding

collection of science information is designed as a

basic Environmental Biotechnology textbook as

well as a reference book for scientists, researchers,

educators, and engineers. The book’s expert panel

of authors provides an introduction at a wide

range of topics, including sanitary microbiology,

microbial systematics, ecology, microbial metabo-

lism, life support systems, solid-state processes

and reactors, value-added biotechnology products,

anaerobic processes, membrane bioreactors, space

life support systems, biospherics, natural environ-

mental systems, aerobic and anoxic biotechnolo-

gies, sequencing batch reactors, and flotation

biological systems. Volume 10: Environmental

Biotechnology and its sister book – Volume 11:

Environmental Bioengineering.

FeaturesWritten by a distinguished panel of experts in

the field of biotechnology Offers theories and

principles that are crucial for solving pollution

problems in the modern era Emphasizes theo-

ries and principles of environmental microbiology

and biotechnology

Fields of interestBiotechnology; Environment, general; Environ-

mental Engineering/Biotechnology

Target groupsEnvironmental engineers, biospheric researchers,

designers of water and wastewater treatment

systems, advanced undergraduate and graduate

students, scientists, and researchers

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Due October 2009


approx. $139.00

ISBN 978-90-481-3320-8

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2010. Approx. 325 p. (NATO Science for Peace and

Security Series C: Environmental Security) Hardcover

$229.00

ISBN 978-90-481-3495-3

Also available as Softcover

$119.00

ISBN 978-90-481-3496-0

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2010. Approx. 805 p. 318 illus. (Handbook of

Environmental Engineering, Volume 10) Hardcover

approx. $165.00

ISBN 978-1-58829-166-0

springer.com/librarybooks 85Springer News 10/2009 Life Sciences

K. Ammann, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Sorghum Biology

Sorghum is Africa‘s contribution to the world‘s

top crops and belongs to the elite handful of plants

that collectively provide more than 85 percent of

all human energy. Today, it is the dietary staple

of more than 500 million people in more than 30

countries. Only rice, wheat, maize, and potatoes

surpass it in feeding the human race. Nevertheless

Sorghum receives merely a fraction of the atten-

tion it warrants and produces merely a fraction of

what it could.

A growing number of researchers already see that

a new and enlightened Sorghum era is just around

the corner. Accorded research support at a level

comparable to that devoted worldwide to wheat or

rice or maize, Sorghum could contribute a great

deal more to food supplies than it does at present.

And it would contribute most to those regions and

peoples in greatest need.

The book presented should help to synthesize the

literature and achievements in the research on

the biology of Sorghum in the wake of the 21st

century.

ContentsTaxonomy and Genomics of Sorghum.- Biogeog-

raphy of Sorghum.- Reproduction of Sorghum.-

Sorghum breeding in relation to its biology.-

Evolution and gene flow of Sorghum.

Fields of interestPlant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Plant

Breeding/Biotechnology; Plant Ecology

Target groupsResearchers in botany, plant ecology and agricul-

ture; agricultural, governmental and regulatory

institutions involved with crop improvement;

scientific libraries

A. Bationo, B. S. Waswa, J. M. Okeyo, F. Maina (Eds.)

Innovations as Key to the Green Revolution in AfricaExploring the Scientific Facts

The African Network for Soil Biology and Fertility

(AfNet) organized an International Symposium

on ‘Innovations as Key to the Green Revolution in

Africa: Exploring the Scientific Facts’ in Arusha,

Tanzania, 17-21 September 2007. The overall goal

of this symposium was to bring together scientists,

agricultural extension staff, NGOs and policy

makers from all over Africa to explore the scien-

tific facts and share knowledge and experiences

on the role of innovation in soil fertility replenish-

ment as a key to the Green Revolution in Africa.

This book presents the outcome of the symposium

and outlines the challenges and opportunities for

improving agricultural growth in Africa.

FeaturesRelevant to African context Presents

practical research results from Africa Aims to

identify opportunities and challenges for achieving

the African Green Revolution Represents case

studies from different agro-ecological zones

ContentsTHEME 1 – Constraints and Opportunities for the

African Green Revolution.- THEME 2 – Poten-

tial and Feasibility of use of external input and

improved soil and crop management to achieve the

African Green Revolution.- THEME 3 - Factors

that limit access to and adoption of innovations by

poor farmers.- THEME 4 - Innovation approaches

and their scaling up/out in Africa.

Fields of interestAgriculture; Life Sciences, general

Target groupsAgricultural researchers, development practitio-

ners and students

N. Becker, D. Petric, M. Zgomba, C. Boase,

M. Madon, C. Dahl

Mosquitoes and Their Control

Mosquitoes and Their Control presents a wealth

of information on the bionomics, systematics,

ecology, research techniques and control of both

nuisance and disease vector mosquitoes in an

easily readable style, providing practical guidelines

and important information for professionals and

laymen alike.

Ninety-two European species and more than 100

globally important vector and nuisance species are

included in the book. Most of them, including all

European species, are described in the fully illus-

trated identification keys, followed by a detailed

description of the morphology, biology, distribu-

tion and medical importance of each species,

including over 700 detailed drawings.

Mosquitoes and Their Control includes: system-

atics and biology, medical significance, research

techniques, illustrated identification keys for larval

and adult mosquito general, morphology, ecology,

and distribution of the species identified in the

keys, biological, chemical, physical and genetic

control of mosquitoes.

Fields of interestAnimal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography;

Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Public Health

Target groupsVector ecologists, entomologists, all those involved

with mosquito control, biology, ecology and

systematics worldwide, students, scientists, profes-

sionals

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ISBN 978-3-0346-0191-7

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2009. Approx. 1850 p. (In 2 volumes, not available

separately) Hardcover

approx. $599.00

ISBN 978-90-481-2541-8

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2nd ed. 2010. XX, 655 p. 554 illus., 2 in color. Hardcover

$229.00

ISBN 978-3-540-92873-7

springer.com/booksellers86 Springer News 10/2009Life Sciences

B. Boller, Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon;

U. K. Posselt, Universität Hohenheim Inst.;

F. Veronesi, Univ. Perugia Dpto. di Biologia (Eds.)

Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses

The main role of grasses, clovers and alfalfa in

temperate agriculture is still to provide forage

for ruminant animals but, in the last decades, the

importance of amenity grasses increased markedly

and, in the near future, new developments in the

areas of energy and biomass use can be envisaged.

Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses, fifth volume

in the series, Handbook of Plant Breeding, covers

all these aspects.

Most fodder crops and amenity grasses are peren-

nials and many of them are natural or induced

polyploids. Thus, breeding procedures and strate-

gies differ greatly from breeding annual field crops.

Breeding objectives are more difficult to define in

forage crops because direct measurement of the

efficiency of animal production during breeding

and variety assessment is impractical. As a result,

a large number of selection criteria have been

developed for the particular crops.

From the contentsPreface.- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Role of

forage crops in multi-functional agriculture.-

Chapter 2: Genetic resources.- Chapter 3: Breeding

methods in cross-pollinating species.-

Chapter 4: Molecular tools and biotechnology.-

Chapter 5: Breeding objectives in forages.-

Chapter 6: Breeding objectives in amenity grasses.-

Chapter 7: Breeding for seed yield.-

Chapter 8: Release and distribution of cultivars.-

Chapter 9: Future developments and uses.- Crop

Specific Chapters.- Chapter 10: Ryegrasses.-

Chapter 11: Fescues.- Chapter 12: Festulolium.-

Chapter 13: Cocksfoot.

Fields of interestPlant Sciences; Plant Genetics & Genomics; Plant

Breeding/Biotechnology


Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz, BVL, Berlin (Ed.)

Berichte der Nationalen Referenzlaboratorien 2008

Editorial coordination: P. Brandt

The European Community Reference Labora-

tory for residues of beta-agonists, anticoccidials

including nitroimidazoles, anthelmintics and

non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)

at the BVL (Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz

und Lebensmittelsicherheit) is part of Group 5

“Analyses”. The CRL is represented by unit 502

which is also the NRL for the substance groups the

CRL is responsible for. The analytical activities of

the CRL Berlin are pursued by two specialised sub-

units, one being responsible for GC and GC-MS,

one for HPLC and LC-MS. They are supplemented

by a third sub-unit in charge of the preparation

of incurred test materials to be used as in-house

reference samples and for proficiency testing.

The activities listed in this report correspond to

the duties and operating conditions of CRLs as laid

down in Annex V, Chapter 2 of Council Directive

96/23/EC of 29 April 1996.

Contents1. General Tasks.- 2. Development and Valida-

tion of Analytical Methods.- 3.Quality Assurance

and Quality Control including the Development

of Incurred Test Material and the Organisation

of a Proficiency Test.- 4. Technical and Scientific

Support to Member States and the Commission

including Arbitration and Training Activities.- 5.

Breakdown of Personel and Financial Capacities.

Fields of interestLaboratory Medicine; Food Science; Public Health

Target groupsFood and feed industry; biotechnological and agri-

cultural institutions; federal offices; journalists

O. Carugo, Vienna University, Austria; F. Eisenhaber,

Agency for Science, Technology, Singapore (Eds.)

Data Mining Techniques for the Life Sciences

Whereas getting exact data about living systems

and sophisticated experimental procedures have

primarily absorbed the minds of researchers

previously, the development of high-throughput

technologies has caused the weight to increasingly

shift to the problem of interpreting accumulated

data in terms of biological function and biomolec-

ular mechanisms. In “Data Mining Techniques for

the Life Sciences”, experts in the field contribute

valuable information about the sources of informa-

tion and the techniques used for “mining” new

insights out of databases. Beginning with a section

covering the concepts and structures of important

groups of databases for biomolecular mechanism

research, the book then continues with sections on

formal methods for analyzing biomolecular data

and reviews of concepts for analyzing biomolecular

sequence data in context with other experimental

results that can be mapped onto genomes.

FeaturesAn easily accessible reference book for compu-

tational data mining, ranging from databases, to

computational details, and to modern applica-

tions Covers a wide range of biological systems

and in silico approaches Presents the exciting

interface between computational and experimental

approaches of molecular biology

Target groupsMolecular and cellular biologists, biochemists,

geneticists, protein scientists, and all others in the

life sciences

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Volume 5) Hardcover

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ISBN 978-1-4419-0759-2

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ISBN 978-3-0346-0234-1

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Springer Protocols

Due November 2009

2010. Approx. 395 p. 89 illus. (Methods in Molecular


$110.00

ISBN 978-1-60327-240-7


Y. Dessaux, CNRS, Gif/Yvette, France; P. Hinsinger,

INRA, Montpellier, France; P. Lemanceau, INRA,

Dijon, France (Eds.)

Rhizosphere: Achievements and Challenges

Described by Hiltner over a century ago (1904),

the rhizosphere is defined as the fraction of soil

influenced by plant root activities. This dynamic,

complex interface where soil, plant roots and

microbes interact is a major hotspot of micro-

bial activity, where numerous subtle molecular

processes, as well as multiple feedback events take

place, Rhizosphere investigations at the micro-

scopic scale have driven spectacular academic

advances in the fields of soil sciences or plant-

microbe interactions. They bear promises in terms

of environmentally-friendly procedures such as

bioremediation or ecological engineering. The long

recognized role of rhizosphere processes in plant

nutrition and health, and more generally in plant

adaptation to stress conditions, is now becoming

central for designing sustainable management

practices of agricultural and forest ecosystems.

FeaturesProvides a holistic view of the rhizosphere,

keeping in mind its unique functioning that

implies numerous, strong and complex interac-

tions between plant roots, soil constituents and

microorganisms

Fields of interestSoil Science & Conservation; Plant Sciences;

Agriculture

Target groupsScientists, professors, students and professionals in

Academic and Research Institutions especially in

the academic fields of ecology (microbial ecology,

plant ecology, forest ecology), biogeochemistry,

soil sciences, plant biology and ecophysiology and

in the applied domains of agricultural sciences,

bioremediation, ecological engineering, plant

nutrition and plant health

K. R. Fox, University of Southampton, UK (Ed.)

Drug-DNA Interaction Protocols

The last few years have witnessed the creation of

new generations of sequence reading compounds,

which have incredible potential for targeting

specific DNA sequences. In “Drug-DNA Interac-

tion Protocols, Second Edition”, expert researchers

explore these compounds, revealing how a deeper

understanding of the structure of DNA, along with

an improved ability to manipulate it, has led to

much progress in recent years. Chapters describe

a new arsenal of techniques for probing the

interactions between drugs and DNA, including

various biophysical techniques for quantifying

these interactions and for describing them in

molecular and atomic detail, and they compre-

hensively consider both molecular and cellular

approaches. Composed in the highly successful

Methods in Molecular Biology™ series format, each

chapter contains a brief introduction, step-by-step

methods, a list of necessary materials, and a Notes

section which shares tips on troubleshooting and

avoiding known pitfalls.

FeaturesFully updated from the first edition to include

up-to-date methods for studying drug-DNA

interactions Written by experts with hands-

on experience of the techniques Combines a

wide range of approaches for analyzing drug-DNA

interactions, from the cellular to the structural

Includes a collection of useful molecular

techniques for exploring the interaction between

ligands and DNA

Fields of interestPharmacology/Toxicology; Human Genetics

Target groupsMolecular biologists, cellular biologists, biochem-

ists, and post-graduates, post-doctoral workers

and established scientists, working in drug-DNA

interactions

G. A. Gerencser, University of Florida Medical School,

Gainesville, FL, USA (Ed.)

Epithelial Transport Physiology

The scope of this book was preempted and

precipitated by the pioneering studies of Ussing

and co-workers. The first phase of the phenom-

enological description of the cell as a black box has

been followed by studies of cellular mechanisms,

the interplay of the different transport compo-

nents, and the mechanisms of regulation which

will be covered in the individual chapters. For the

individual epithelia transport schemes that have

been proposed, I think it is appropriate to take

pause and search for elements common to several

epithelia. This aspect triggered the common

theme idea for this book, and in fact the various

chapters emphasize that the functional transporter

components, expressed in the various epithelia, are

not infinite in number, but they occur in epithelia

which are separated in evolution by several

hundred million years.

FeaturesThe diversity of organisms from invertebrate to

vertebrate telescopes possible evolutionary trends

in a given transport process The diversity of

transporters in various animal epithelia inductively

traces the adaptive response of the specific animal

in regards to its environmental pressures

Speculation as to how epithelial transporters

came to exist after the “Big Bang” created our

universe

Fields of interestAnimal Physiology; Biochemistry, general; Cell

Biology

Target groupsPhysiologists, pharmacologists, cell biologists,

biochemists

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ISBN 978-90-481-2855-6

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Due December 2009


(Methods in Molecular Biology, Volume 613) Hardcover

$139.00

ISBN 978-1-60327-417-3

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$269.00

ISBN 978-1-60327-228-5


T. D. Hewitson, University of Melbourne, Australia;

I. A. Darby, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia

(Eds.)

Histology Protocols

With much of what we know about the pathogen-

esis of disease coming from the systematic and

careful study of histological material, histology has

proven to be an incredibly valuable area of study.

In “Histology Protocols”, expert researchers in the

field contribute detailed methods involving the

preparation of tissue, providing an overview of

fixation, embedding, and processing, along with

the required techniques for the retrieval of RNA

from histological sections, followed by sections on

routine and specialist histological staining tech-

niques, including immuno-, lectin, and hybridiza-

tion histochemistry, histological staining, as well

as specific methods for the in situ identification of

hypoxia and apoptosis, and details on the advances

in imaging and image analysis.

FeaturesProvides an easily accessible reference volume

for histological techniques written by leading

researchers in the field Details the techniques

for investigating the expression of many different

types of targets in a variety of tissue and samples

from sections and cells to electron microscopy

Covers a wide range of techniques from

classical histochemistry to detection of mRNA,

apoptosis, and hypoxia

Fields of interestCell Biology; Laboratory Medicine

Target groupsCellular and molecular biologists, histologists,

pathologists

P. M. Kappeler, German Primate Center, Göttingen,

Germany; J. B. Silk, University of California,

Los Angeles, CA, USA (Eds.)

Mind the GapTracing the Origins of Human Universals

What makes us human? What made us become the

way we are? One way to answer these questions is

to identify the traits that all humans share, traits

that are universal features of all human societies.

Another way to do so is to ask how humans differ

from other species, particularly from our closest

relatives, the nonhuman primates. The contribu-

tors to this book pursue both approaches, in an

effort to understand how evolution has shaped

modern human behavior and societies.

FeaturesExplicit attempt to examine the evolutionary

origins of traits that are found in all human soci-

eties (human universals) Helps to identify the

traits that we share with other primates as well as

the traits that distinguish us from other primates

so that we gain a deeper insight into what it means

to be human

Fields of interestBehavioural Sciences; Evolutionary Biology

Target groupsLibraries, institutes, scientists

F. Kempken, C. Jung, University of Kiel, Germany

(Eds.)

Genetic Modification of PlantsAgriculture, Horticulture and Forestry

Today’s agriculture faces new challenges. With

annual yield increases on the decline, genetic

improvement of crops will have to make up

the shortfall. Getting straight to the facts over

genetically modified (GM) crops, this volume

features the thoughts of 30 specialists in the field

of transgenic plants. It covers their generation and

detection as well as their genetic traits. The book

looks at a range of crops, ornamental plants and

tree species subject to genetic modifications, and

assesses the risks involved in genetic modifica-

tion as well as the benefits of potential applica-

tions. The book’s cross-referenced structure gives

readers quick access to whatever they are looking

for, whether that is data on particular species of

ornamentals, or coverage of the socioeconomic

implications of GM technology. With an increasing

demand for bioenergy, and required higher yields

relying on wider genetic variation, this volume

supplies all the technical details required to move

forward to a new era in agriculture.

FeaturesCovers all aspects of transgenic plants including

possible applications and risk assessment

Fields of interestPlant Breeding/Biotechnology; Plant Genetics &

Genomics; Genetic Engineering


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$99.00

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Agriculture and Forestry, Volume 64) Hardcover

$339.00

ISBN 978-3-642-02390-3


K. Kusumi, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA;

S. L. Dunwoodie, St. Vincent’s Hospital, New South

Wales, Austrailia (Eds.)

The Genetics and Development of Scoliosis

Developmental genetic studies of the spine and

linkage and family-based association studies

have led to recent advances in understanding the

genetic etiology of idiopathic, neuromuscular, and

congenital forms of scoliosis. The book is written

by leaders in genetic and developmental research

on scoliosis and developmental studies of the

spine.

FeaturesWritten by leaders in genetic and develop-

mental research on scoliosis and developmental

studies of the spine Recent developments in

clinical and molecular genetic studies of these

disorders are also discussed

Fields of interestHuman Genetics; Developmental Biology; Human

Physiology

Target groupsGenetics: medical geneticist, genetic counselors,

human geneticists, human genome and mouse

genetics researchers, developmental biology:

developmental biologists, researchers focusing

on the development of muscle, bone, and the

spine, medicine: Orthopaedic surgeons, nurses,

physical therapists, pediatricians, family physi-

cians, primary care physicians, osteopathic

physicians, chiropractic practitioners, libraries:

medical schools, nursing schools, PhD programs

in genetics or developmental biology, orthopaedic

device companies, health insurance companies,

patients & families of children with idio-

pathic, neuromuscular and congenital scoliosis

E. R. Landa, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA;

C. Feller, Institut de Recherche pour le

Développement (IRD), Montpellier, France (Eds.)

Soil and Culture

Soil and Culture explores the perception of soil in

ancient, traditional, and modern societies. It looks

at the visual arts (painting, textiles, sculpture,

architecture, film, comics and stamps), prose &

poetry, religion, philosophy, anthropology, archae-

ology, wine production, health & diet, and disease

& warfare.

Soil and Culture explores high culture and popular

culture – from the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch

to the films of Steve McQueen. It looks at ancient

societies and contemporary artists. Contributors

from a variety of disciplines delve into the mind of

Carl Jung and the bellies of soil eaters, and explore

Chinese paintings, African mud cloths, Mayan

rituals, Japanese films, French comic strips, and

Russian poetry.

FeaturesExplores the link between science and art on an

earth and environmental science level

Soil science is expanding its reach to a broader

audience and using the non-traditional mate-

rial contained in this book to serve as a bridge to

potential new audiences

From the contentsPreface: Philippe Descola.- roduction:

Edward R. Landa, Christian Feller Part 1. Soil and

the Visual Arts.- 1 The representation of soil in the

Western Art: from Genesis to Pedogenesis: Chris-

tian Feller, Lydie Chapuis-Lardy, Fiorenzo Ugolini;

1.2 Deforestation and erosion captured in histor-

ical art of the Pearl River Delta region, China:

Walter E. Parham.

Fields of interestAgriculture; Soil Science & Conservation; Geosci-

ences, general

Target groupsThis is a non traditional volume which will

serve the soil science community well while also

reaching a broader earth science community such

as geologists and geographers, as well as in the arts

and social science communitites

A. Lazakidou, University of Peloponnese, Sparta,

Greece (Ed.)

Web-Based Applications in Healthcare and Biomedicine

This proposed Special Issue in AoIS will present

studies from leading researchers and practitioners

focusing on current challenges, directions, trends,

and opportunities associated with healthcare orga-

nizations and their strategic use of Web-enabled

technologies. Healthcare and biomedical organiza-

tions are undergoing major transformations to

meet the demand for improved access and quality

of service, and modern information technologies

are helping to process and manage the growing

wealth of data involved. Web-based applications

offer a sharp increase in data access and manage-

ment, and they are at the forefront of the broad

field of medical informatics.

Topics to be covered will include semantic web

applications; workflow and process management;

content management and portal technology; data

and web mining, warehousing, and information

collection, curation, and analysis; web-based

learning environments; access control and

security; transaction management; and tools for

implementation.

FeaturesPresents the cutting-edge technologies and

examines their utility in healthcare Explores

the latest breakthroughs in web-based informa-

tion systems, including semantic web applications,

data and web mining, and workflow and process

management Editor has become one of the

most respected names in the field

Fields of interestBioinformatics; Health Informatics

Target groupsResearchers and practitioners in medical- and

bioinformatics, computer scientists/software engi-

neers designing web-based applications, graduate

students in these fields

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Systems, Volume 7) Softcover

approx. $179.00

ISBN 978-1-4419-1273-2


A. Pareek, S. K. Sopory, H. J. Bohnert, Govindjee

(Eds.)

Abiotic Stress Adaptation in PlantsPhysiological, Molecular and Genomic

Foundation

Environmental insults such as extremes of

temperature, extremes of water status as well as

deteriorating soil conditions pose major threats to

agriculture and food security. Employing contem-

porary tools and techniques from all branches of

science, attempts are being made worldwide to

understand how plants respond to abiotic stresses

with the aim to help manipulate plant perfor-

mance that will be better suited to withstand these

stresses. The present book on abiotic stress is an

attempt to search for possible answers to several

basic questions related to plant responses towards

abiotic stresses. This book presents a holistic view

of the general principles of stress perception,

signal transduction and regulation of gene expres-

sion. Further, chapters in this book analyze not

only model systems but extrapolate interpretations

obtained from models to crops. Lastly, discusses

how stress-tolerant crop or model plants have been

or are being raised through plant breeding and

genetic engineering approaches.

FeaturesPresents a holistic view of the general principles

of stress perception, signal transduction and regu-

lation of gene expression Provides a current

view of the problems related to the degeneration

of agro-ecological environments and an appar-

ently changing climate Emphasizes how plant

species cope with environmental insults

Discusses mechanisms and strategies for

adapting crop species to environmental stresses.

Fields of interestPlant Sciences; Plant Biochemistry; Plant Physi-

ology

Target groupsAdvanced undergraduate students, graduate

students and beginning researchers in the area

of stress biology, plant molecular biology, plant

physiology, agriculture, biochemistry and environ-

mental biology

D. Prusky, Agricultural Research Organization,

Bet-Dagan, Israel; M. L. Gullino (Eds.)

Post-harvest Pathology

As a collection of papers that includes material

presented at the 2008 International Congress for

Plant Pathology, this text features research right at

the leading edge of the field. The latest findings are

particularly crucial in their implications for fruit

production; an important market sector where in

some areas up to 50 per cent of the crop can be lost

after harvest. While post-harvest fruit treatments

with fungicides are the most effective means to

reduce decay, rising concerns about toxicity have

led to the development of alternative approaches to

disease control, including biological methods, the

subject of three chapters of this book. With several

new techniques requiring modification of current

post-harvest practices, it is more important than

ever to stay abreast of the latest information.

FeaturesPresents the best and latests reports on post-

harvest science Contains a combination of

basic and applied data for post-harvest handling

Contains reports of the best post-harvest

science researchers Contains up-to-date

approaches for disease control of post-harvest

diseases

Fields of interestPlant Pathology; Plant Sciences; Agriculture

Target groupsStudents, scientists and post-harvest related

growers

J. Ringelberg

Diel Vertical Migration of Zooplankton in Lakes and Oceanscausal explanations and adaptive

significances

The book deals with Diel Vertical Migration

(DVM) of zooplankton in oceans and lakes and is

the first critical discussion of the literature in 100

years of research. The accent is on photo-response

experiments that revealed the physiological

fundament unifying migration behaviour in both

biotopes. Accelerations in relative changes in light

intensity of dawn and dusk are the stimuli that

trigger a PhotoBehaviour Mechanisms (PBM)

evolved to realise predator evasion and starvation

prevention. Physiology and behaviour are tuned to

these adaptive goals. A “set of ecological factors” is

necessary and an algorithm shows the operation of

the “set”. However, not only the kinetic component

of behaviour is based on light, also orientation

but now the angular light distribution is respon-

sible. Contrast orientation as in Daphnia may also

hold for other animals, for example, Euphausia.

The application of the PBM in lakes and oceans is

demonstrated amongst other for the vertical move-

ments of Sound Scattering Layers.

FeaturesThe first book on Diel Vertical Migration after

100 years of research A critical discussion of an

important aspect of zooplankton life in the marine

and freshwater environment Discusses the

cause of a unified migration behaviour

Discusses of the effect of migration on popula-

tion dynamics

Fields of interestFreshwater & Marine Ecology; Animal Ecology;

Invertebrates

Target groupsLimnologists, aquatic ecologists, marine biologists,

ecologists, graduate students in biology

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Century, Volume 2) Hardcover

approx. $159.00

ISBN 978-1-4020-8929-9

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ISBN 978-90-481-3092-4


A. Sitaramayya, Oakland University, Rochester, MI,

USA (Ed.)

Signal Transduction: Pathways, Mechanisms and Diseases

The book was adapted from graduate courses on

signal transduction taught by the editor, where the

need for a good overview of recent developments

became apparent. Given the wide range of research

topics in signaling, a selection was made that not

only reflects the current research interest, but also

anticipates those areas that will continue to be of

interest over the next several years.

The health-relatedness of research was a major

criterion for selection, as can be seen in the list of

topics covered, such as G protein coupled recep-

tors, growth factors, nuclear receptors, reactive

oxygen and nitrogen species, the cell cycle and

cancer. The emphasis is on areas of signaling

research with direct clinical significance. Another

field covered, one rarely highlighted in signal

transduction books, is that of signaling platforms,

which has been emerging as a significant research

area relevant to cellular metabolism, cell prolifera-

tion, differentiation, apoptosis, neurodegenerative

diseases, and cancer.

FeaturesAdapted from graduate courses on signal

transduction taught by the editor Offers an

overview of recent research developments with

emphasis ;on areas with direct clinical significance

The authors are experts and active contributors

to research in their specific areas of signaling

Fields of interestCell Biology; Molecular Medicine

Target groupsResearchers, undergraduate and graduate students

in cell biology, biochemistry and biomedicine

P. Spathelf (Ed.)

Sustainable Forest Manage-ment in a Changing World: a European Perspective

With its 250-year history, Sustainable Forest

Management (SFM) is now viewed as a model

for managing forests worldwide. Yet despite the

frequent use of the term there remain many ques-

tions concerning its meanings, criteria as well as its

practical application.

This book explores the current potential of SFM

within the context of the rapid changes occur-

ring in our natural and social environment, and

examines the broad range issues – climate change,

finance, governance, policy, certification, reduced-

impact logging, non-timber products and services

and stakeholder participation in land-use decisions

– within the context of forest use, functions and

conservation.

FeaturesIntroduces new approaches to some of the key

issues in SFM, including technical developments

and participatory processes Timely

Draws together a range of issues facing SFM

from biological, social and economic perspectives

Fields of interestForestry Management; Climate Change; Renew-

able Energy Sources

Target groupsResearchers and advanced students working in

a number of fields, including forestry, forest and

natural resource management, forest and environ-

mental policy, international relations, and partici-

patory and extension research in rural landuse and

development

R. M. Uppu, S. N. Murthy, W. A. Pryor,

N. L. Parinandi (Eds.)

Free Radicals and Antioxidant Protocols

FeaturesComprised of twenty-seven chapters contrib-

uted by world-renowned experts in the field

Fully updated from the first edition to offer

cutting-edge methods for the rapid detection of

RONs and redox stress Includes in-depth

analysis of natural and synthetic antioxidants, and

also of DNA oxidation, oxidative lipidomics, and

biomarkers

ContentsIn Vivo Imaging of Free Radicals and Oxygen.-

In Vivo Measurement of Tissue Oxygen using

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

with Oxygen-sensitive Paramagnetic Particle,

Lithium Phthalocyanine.- Measurement of Plasma

Nitrite by Chemiluminescence.- Determination

of Glutathione, Mitochondrial Transmembrane

Potential, and Cytotoxicity in H9c2 Cardiomyo-

blasts Exposed to Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen

Species.- Phenolic Acids and Flavonoids: Ocur-

rence and Analytical Methods.- Design, Synthesis,

and Action of Antiatherogenic Antioxidants.-

Preparation of Drug-Loaded Polymeric Nanopar-

ticles and Evaluation of the Antioxidant Activity

against Lipid Peroxidation.- Nanoparticle and Iron

Chelators as a Potential Novel Alzheimer Therapy.-

Synthesis and Characterization of Polymer Nano-

carriers for the Targeted Delivery of Therapeutic

Enzymes.- Assessment of Antioxidant Activity of

Eugenol In Vitro and In Vivo.

Fields of interestBiochemistry, general; Analytical Chemistry

Target groupsBiochemists, molecular biologists, pathologists,

pharmacologists, toxicologists, and researchers in

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$139.00

ISBN 978-1-58829-710-5


G. Witzany

Biocommunication and Natural Genome Editing

This is the first uniform description of all key levels

of communication in the organismic kingdoms

of plants, fungi, animals and bacteria based on

the most recent empirical data. Biocommunica-

tion occurs on three levels (A) intraorganismic,

i.e. intra- and intercellular, (B) interorganismic,

between the same or related species and (C)

transorganismic, between organisms which are not

related. The biocommunicative approach demon-

strates both that cells, tissues, organs and organ-

isms coordinate and organize by communication

processes and genetic nucleotide sequence order

in cellular and non-cellular genomes is structured

language-like, i.e. follow combinatorial (syntactic),

context-sensitive (pragmatic) and content-specific

(semantic) rules. Without sign-mediated interac-

tions no vital functions within and between

organisms can be coordinated. Exactly this feature

is absent in non-living matter.

FeaturesFirst uniform description of all key levels of

communication in the organismic kingdoms of

plants, fungi, animals (bees and corals), bacteria

and additionally the natural genome editing

competences of viruses based on the most

recent empirical data The biocommunica-

tive approach presented is based on the results of

the philosophy of science discourse concerning

coherent definitions of ‘language’ and ‘communica-

tion’

Fields of interestPlant Sciences; Zoology

Target groupsReaders interested in botany, zoology, mycology,

bacteriology, virology, genetics, epigenetics, cell

biology, molecular biology, evolutionary theory,

biolinguistics, biosemiotics, bioinformatics, philos-

ophy of science, history of science and philosophy

of nature

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springer.com/librarybooks 93Springer News 10/2009 Business/Economics

G. Bischi, University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Italy;

C. Chiarella, University of Techonology, Sidney,

Australia; M. Kopel, University of Graz, Austria;

F. Szidarovszky, University of Arizona, Tucson,

A.Z, USA

Nonlinear OligopoliesStability and Bifurcations

The book focuses on the dynamics of nonlinear

oligopoly models. It discusses the classical Cournot

model with a large variety of demand and cost

functions that illustrate the many different types

of possible best response functions and shows

the existence of unique and multiple equilibria.

Particular emphasis is placed on the influence of

nonnegativity and capacity constraints. Dynamics

are introduced under various assumptions for

the adjustment process and the analysis of global

dynamics is given through some specific examples.

The book considers a range of oligopolies and

gives conditions for the local asymptotic stability

of their equilibria; the impact of constraints is

also discussed. The book contains a number of

technical appendices that summarize techniques of

global dynamics not easily accessible elsewhere.

FeaturesPresents latest trends, methods and results

in nonlinear dynamics with a special focus on

oligopolies

ContentsThe Classical Cournot Model.- Concave Oligopo-

lies.- General Oligopolies.- Modified and Extended

Oligopolies.- Misspecified and Uncertain Price

Functions.- Overview and Directions for Future

Research.- Elements of Lyapunov Theory.- Local

Linearization.- Noninvertible Maps and Critical

Sets.- Continuously Distributed Time Lags.-

A Determinantal Identity.- Stable Quadratic

Polynomials.

Fields of interestEconomic Theory/Mathematical Methods; Game

Theory/Mathematical Methods; Game Theory,

Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences

Target groupsResearchers in economic theory, game theory and

nonlinear dynamics

F. E. Caroleo, University of Naples “Parthenope”, Italy;

F. Pastore, Seconda Università di Napoli, Italy (Eds.)

The Labour Market Impact of the EU EnlargementA New Regional Geography of Europe?

Until recently, regional labour market imbalances

were considered transitory phenomena caused

by state failure in yielding distorted investment

incentives and by labour market rigidities. Labour

mobility and wage flexibility were at the core of the

debate over the causes of and cures for regional

imbalances. This book bears witness to the

changed perspective of research. For instance, in

the recent literature, internal migration is depicted

as a cause of further geographical divergence.

The book contributes to the debate by presenting

important new findings on: a) the reasons why

structural change in some sectors causes a slump

in some regions; b) the extent to which poverty

traps explain spatial imbalances; c) the degree of

convergence across EU countries and regions; d)

the role of labour mobility in Central and Eastern

Europe; e) and the role of pro-active employment

schemes and child care facilities in alleviating the

hardship of the weakest segments of the popula-

tion.

ContentsPart I: An Overview of the Main Issues and the

Role of Structural Change.- Part II: New Evidence

on Spatial Convergence.- Part III: Is Migration

Reinforcing Regional Unemployment Differences?-

Part IV: Some Policy Tools.

Fields of interestLabor Economics; Regional Science; Economic

Systems

Target groupsScientists, policy makers at regional level

T. C. Cheng, T. Choi, The Hong Kong Polytechnic

University, Hong Kong SAR (Eds.)

Innovative Quick Response Programs in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Quick Response (QR) policy is a market-driven

business strategy in which supply chain members

work together to react quickly to volatile market

demand. Nowadays, with advances in information

technologies (such as RFID and ERP systems), new

challenges and opportunities arise for the applica-

tion of QR. This handbook explores QR extensively

with a view to discovering innovative QR measures

that can help tackle the observed and emerging

challenges. The book is organized into four parts,

which include chapters on analytical modeling

and analyses, information technologies, cases,

reviews, and applications. This handbook provides

new analytical and empirical results with valuable

insights, which will not only help supply chain

agents to better understand the latest applications

of QR in business, but also help practitioners and

researchers to know how to improve the effective-

ness of QR using innovative methods.

FeaturesGives a state-of-the-art knowledge on quick

response related topics, with a focus on innovative

methods and solutions with real-world applica-

tions Provides new analytical and empirical

results with valuable insights which helps supply

chain agents to better understand the latest appli-

cations of QR in business as well as practitioners

and researchers to know how to improve effective-

ness of QR using innovative methods

Fields of interestProduction/Logistics; Management of Computing

and Information Systems; Information Systems

Target groupsResearchers, practitioners

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mation Systems) Hardcover

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ISBN 978-3-642-04312-3

springer.com/booksellers94 Springer News 10/2009Business/Economics

G. Eilenberger, S. Haghani, A. Kötzle, K. Reding,

K. Spremann (Eds.)

Current Challenges for Corporate FinanceA Strategic Perspective

Strategic corporate finance? This sounds like a

paradox at first. After all, corporate finance means

responding to the financial markets. Strategy,

on the other hand, aims to change and shape the

environment in the long term. Lately, though,

more and more managers and investors appear

to be breaking the laws of the capital market. At

the same time, corporations are discovering new

ways to not just react to the capital markets, but

to actively shape them. The authors show that

these violations are not isolated occurrences, but

part of a paradigm shift. If companies want to

stay successful in changing markets, they have to

take a strategic approach to corporate finance. The

authors use practical examples to demonstrate

how this can be achieved. This book is intended

not only for corporate finance experts, but also for

students interested in the latest developments on

the financial markets.

FeaturesFor the first time, it presents an exhaustive

analysis of how mergers and acquisitions, strategic

corporate communication, entrepreneurial finance,

corporate social responsibility and the emergence

of new investors interrelate and affect develop-

ments on the financial market The authors

submit that these different phenomena all have a

common root: the far-reaching changes that are

rewriting the rules which govern the financial

markets.

From the contentsIntroduction.- Old and New Financial Paradigms.-

Mergers and Acquisitions.- Corporate Commu-

nication.- New Forms of Funding in Strategic

Corporate Finance: Entrepreneurial Finance,

Venture Capital, Private Equity and Hedge Funds.

Fields of interestFinance /Banking; Management

Target groupsPractitioners, esp. in finance and consulting

C. Falkenreck, SMA Solar Technology AG, Niestetal,

Germany

Reputation Transfer to Enter New B-to-B MarketsMeasuring and Modelling Approaches

This book focuses on the development and

cross-cultural testing of a construct of reputation

rooted in resource-based theories. No study has

ever asked organizational customers to rate the

importance of a supplier’s positive reputation on

their buying decision. The results of the survey

contribute substantially to our understanding of

reputation measuring and managing. This book

is the first to highlight the cross-link between

reputation, reputation transfer and culture, and

argues that to develop one cross-culturally valid

construct of reputation, which can be used in both

B-to-B and B-to-C contexts is neither useful nor

appropriate.

From the contentsDefinition of Research Problem.

Inroduction;Structure of Work; Objective Targets

of Thesis.- Theoretical Framework.- Commitment-

Trust Theory and the Nature of Commitment;

Resource-Based and Knowledge-Based View;

Reputation as a Resource, an Intangible Asset and

a Barrier.- Perspectives on Corporate Reputation

and Reputation Transfer.- Perspectives of Relation-

ship Marketing; Defining Corporate Reputation

in B-to-B Relationships; A Standard Construct of

Reputation–Useful and Appropriate? The Concept

of Reputation Transfer; The Relevance of Direct

Marketing Media to Build CR; Defining and Quan-

tifying Culture.- Development of Constructs and

Related Hypotheses.- The C-OAR-SE Procedure

for Scale Development; Formative versus Reflective

Measurement Models; Moderating and Mediating

Effects in Causal Models; Applying the Bonferroni-

Holm’s Procedure.

Fields of interestMarketing; e-Commerce/e-business

Target groupsScientists, researchers

N. K. Hanna, University of Maryland, Bethesda,

MD, USA

Enabling Enterprise TransformationBusiness and Grassroots Innovation for the

Knowledge Economy

Private enterprises in advanced economies have

been learning to use information and communica-

tion technology (ICT) to innovate and transform

their processes, products, services and business

models, significantly improving productivity and

competitiveness. Moreover, the ICT industry

itself has become a major source of job creation

and a contributor to economic growth and busi-

ness transformation. A key question today is

whether and how developing countries can learn

to benefit from the ICT revolution, and what

roles the government and private sector can play.

Already, a number of developing countries have

been inspired by the example of India and China,

and are now seeking to jump on the outsourcing

bandwagon.

FeaturesIntegrates analytical insights, practical applica-

tion, and policymaking across the fields of devel-

opment economics, management, and information

and communication technology; demonstrates

how ICT can be implemented to support organiza-

tional innovation and economic development.

Fields of interestEconomic Growth; Entrepreneurship; Organiza-

tion/Planning

Target groupsResearchers, educators, and their students, in

management, economics, and technology manage-

ment, Public decision makers in government

agencies and ministries, NGOs, and aid organiza-

tions, Senior IT leaders and program managers

contributing to governance reforms, national

stimulus and long term growth programs, Business

decision makers in the ICT industry, consulting

firms, and investors who are interested in the

emerging markets for ICT businesses, products

and services, General readers interested in role

of ICT, knowledge and innovation in advancing

global development

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and Knowledge Management) Hardcover

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R. Kaas, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; M. Goovaerts,

J. Dhaene, University of Amsterdam, Leuven,

Belgium; M. Denuit, Université Catholique de

Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Modern Actuarial Risk TheoryUsing R

Modern Actuarial Risk Theory contains what every

actuary needs to know about non-life insurance

mathematics. It starts with the standard mate-

rial like utility theory, individual and collective

model and basic ruin theory. Other topics are risk

measures and premium principles, bonus-malus

systems, ordering of risks and credibility theory.

It also contains some chapters about Generalized

Linear Models, applied to rating and IBNR prob-

lems. As to the level of the mathematics, the book

would fit in a bachelors or masters program in

quantitative economics or mathematical statistics.

This second and much expanded edition empha-

sizes the implementation of these techniques

through the use of R. This free but incredibly

powerful software is rapidly developing into the de

facto standard for statistical computation, not just

in academic circles but also in practice. With R,

one can do simulations, find maximum likelihood

estimators, compute distributions by inverting

transforms, and much more.

FeaturesReflects the state of the art in actuarial risk

theory Uses R, the de facto standard for

statistical computation, for the illustration of the

techniques applied Presents practical para-

digms in insurance as well as numerous exercises

with solutions

Fields of interestFinance /Banking; Quantitative Finance; Statistics

for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/

Insurance

Target groupsResearchers in actuarial science, risk managers in

insurance companies

J. C. Lang, Darmstadt University of Technology,

Germany

Production and Inventory Management with Substitutions

This book addresses production and inventory

management problems where products can be

replaced by specified substitutes. Depending on

the considered application, substitutions can

potentially improve the service level, reduce

required safety stocks and total setup costs and

times, utilize cost variations of input products, and

reduce the amount of wastage. The main focus is

the development of graphical modeling approaches

for substitution options and of production plan-

ning models based on these approaches using

mathematical programming. In addition to single-

level dynamic lot-sizing models with substitutions,

models for multi-level production systems with

flexible bills-of-materials and recipes are devised.

Also, a simulation-based optimization approach

for a multi-location inventory system with substi-

tutions is developed.

ContentsIntroduction.- Production and Operations

Management: Models and Algorithms.- Graphical

Modeling of Substitutions and Flexible Bills-

of-Materials.- Literature Review.- Efficient

Reformulations for Uncapacitated and Capaci-

tated Lot-Sizing with Substitutions and Initital

Inventories.- MIP-Based Heuristics for Capaci-

tated Lot-Sizing with Sequence-Dependent Setups

and Substitutions.- Multi-Level Lot-Sizing with

Flexible Bills-of-Materials.- Blood Bank Inventory

Control with Transshipments and Substitutions.-

Conclusions and Future Reseach.

Fields of interestProduction/Logistics; Operations Research/Deci-

sion Theory; Operations Research, Mathematical

Programming


B. Luderer, Technische Universität Chemnitz,

Germany; V. Nollau, K. Vetters, Technische Univer-

sität Dresden, Germany

Mathematical Formulas for Economists

The present collection of formulas has been

composed for students of economics or manage-

ment science at universities, colleges and trade

schools. It contains basic knowledge in math-

ematics, financial mathematics and statistics in a

compact and clearly arranged form. This volume

is meant to be a reference work to be used by

students of undergraduate courses together with a

textbook, and by researchers in need of exact state-

ments of mathematical results. People dealing with

practical or applied problems will also find this

collection to be an efficient and easy-to-use work

of reference.This carefully revised and enlarged

edition also presents methods of rank statistics and

the analysis of variance (ANOVA) and covariance.

FeaturesMost important formulas, statements and

algorithms in mathematics and statistics for

economists Easy-to-use reference, compact

and clearly arranged, enables quick finding

ContentsMathematical Symbols and Constants.- Sets and

Propositions.- Number Systems and Their Arith-

metic.- Combinatorial Analysis.- Sequences and

Series.- Mathematics of Finance.- Functions of one

Independent Variable.- Functions of one Variable:

Differential Calculus.- Functions of one Variable:

Integral Calculus.- Differential Equations.- Differ-

ence Equations.- Differential Calculus for Func-

tions of Several Variables.- Linear Algebra.- Linear

Programming. Transportation Problem.- Descrip-

tive Statistics.- Calculus of Probability.- Inductive

Statistics.- Tables.

Fields of interestGame Theory/Mathematical Methods; Opera-

tions Research/Decision Theory; Game Theory,

Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences

Target groupsStudents, teachers and researchers in the fields of

economics, sociology and management science

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N. F. Maaser, University of Bayreuth, Germany

Decision-making in CommitteesGame-theoretic Analysis

Political and economic institutions are typically

governed by committees that face the challenge to

reconcile the preferences of their members. How

should decision rules be designed to generate

fair and sustainable agreements, for example if

committee members represent groups of different

sizes? This book uses game-theoretic concepts

and models to address the issue of political deci-

sion-making processes. In addition to providing

a survey on basic game-theoretic tools in the

analysis of political decisions, the author looks at

specific issues such as two-tiered voting systems or

the influence of lobbyists on legislative commit-

tees, and shows how the models can be applied

to real-world contexts such as the EU decision-

making institutions.

ContentsIntroduction - Games and Political Decisions

- Committees as Representative Institutions

- Robust Equal Representation - Committees and

Lobby Coalition Formation.

Fields of interestGame Theory/Mathematical Methods; Political

Science; European Integration


V. Maniezzo, University of Bologna, Italy; T. Stützle,

IRIDIA, Bruxelles, Belgium; S. Voß, Universität

Hamburg, Germany (Eds.)

MatheuristicsHybridizing Metaheuristics and

Mathematical Programming

Metaheuristics support managers in decision-

making with robust tools that provide high-quality

solutions to important applications in business,

engineering, economics, and science in reasonable

time frames, but finding exact solutions in these

applications still poses a real challenge. However,

because of advances in the fields of mathematical

optimization and metaheuristics, major efforts

have been made on their interface regarding effi-

cient hybridization.

This edited book will provide a survey of the

state of the art in this field by providing some

invited reviews by well-known specialists as well

as refereed papers from the second Matheuristics

workshop to be held in Bertinoro, Italy, June 2008.

Papers will explore mathematical programming

techniques in metaheuristics frameworks, and

especially focus on the latest developments in

Mixed Integer Programming in solving real-world

problems.

FeaturesPresents the latest research on using mathe-

matical programming in metaheuristics frame-

works Represents a major advance in complex

problem-solving methodologies Presents

breakthroughs in using Mixed Integer Program-

ming to solve real-world problems

Fields of interestOperations Research/Decision Theory; Infor-

mation Systems; Game Theory/Mathematical

Methods

Target groupsPractitioners and researchers in operations, math-

ematical models, decision theory and game theory;

graduate-level students in these areas

K. G. Murty, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,

MI, USA

Optimization for Decision MakingLinear and Quadratic Models

Linear programming (LP), modeling, and optimi-

zation are very much the fundamentals of OR, and

no academic program is complete without them.

No matter how highly developed one’s LP skills

are, however, if a fine appreciation for modeling

isn’t developed to make the best use of those skills,

then the truly ‘best solutions’ are often not real-

ized, and efforts go wasted.

Katta Murty studied LP with George Dantzig, the

father of linear programming, and has written

the graduate-level solution to that problem.

While maintaining the rigorous LP instruction

required, Murty’s new book is unique in his focus

on developing modeling skills to support valid

decision making for complex real world problems.

He describes the approach as ‘intelligent modeling

and decision making’ to emphasize the importance

of employing the best expression of actual prob-

lems and then applying the most computationally

effective and efficient solution technique for that

model.

FeaturesPresents advanced linear programming with

a unique focus on modeling techniques Two

chapters on entirely new algorithms and their

results Author website with additional exer-

cises and mathematical results of new algorithms

covered in book

Fields of interestOperations Research/Decision Theory; Operations

Research, Mathematical Programming; Optimiza-

tion

Target groupsGraduate-level OR or industrial engineering

students in advanced linear programming, opti-

mization, or modeling classes; researchers and

practitioners exploring new algorithms and their

practical applications

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Hardcover

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T. Raoprasert, Mahasarakham, Thailand;

S. M. Islam, Melbourne, Australia

Designing an Efficient Management SystemModelling of Convergence Factors

Exemplified by the Case of Japanese

Businesses in Thailand

This book makes a significant and valuable contri-

bution to the literature in the fields of organisa-

tional behaviour and design, performance analysis

and structural equation modelling. The subject of

this book is the development of an efficient and

effective management system in the globalised

world in order to improve overall organizational

performance to achieve good corporate gover-

nance by reducing agency costs in a cross-cultural

environment. Based on an empirical case study

of Japanese management practices in Thailand,

it examines factors that help to adapt manage-

ment practices to the work culture of the host

country and motivate local employees to adapt and

implement unfamiliar management practices. The

book provides a new methodological approach

by applying structural equation modeling to

psychosocial and motivational constructs of

organizational performance, and thus presents an

innovative behavioral framework of organizations

in a contemporary cross-cultural setting.

ContentsIntroduction.- Literature review.-Theoretical

framework.- Methodology, research process, and

computer programs.- Preliminary data analysis

and results: Descriptive statistics and reliability

tests.- Structural equation modelling: Results and

analysis.- Discussion and implications.- Summary,

findings, and conclusion.

Fields of interestOrganization/Planning; Personnel Management


K. Sydsæter, A. Strøm, University of Oslo, Norway;

P. Berck, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

Economists’ Mathematical Manual

This volume presents mathematical formulas

and theorems commonly used in economics. It

includes both formulas like Roy`s identity that are

peculiar to economics and formulas like Leibniz’s

rule that are common to many areas of applied

mathematics. The volume is meant to be a refer-

ence work, to be used by students in conjunction

with a textbook and by researchers in need of exact

statements of mathematical results. The volume is

the first grouping of this material for a specifically

economist audience.

FeaturesMost successful mathematical manual for

economists

From the ontentsSet Theory. Relations. Functions.- Equations.

Functions of one variable. Complex numbers.-

Limits. Continuity. Differentiation (one variable).-

Partial derivatives.- Elasticities. Elasticities of

substitution.- Systems of equations.- Inequalities.-

Series. Taylor`s formula.- Integration.- Difference

equations.- Differential equations.- Topology

in Euclidean space.- Convexity.- Classical

optimization.- Linear and nonlinear program-

ming.- Calculus of variations and optimal control

theory.- Discrete dynamic optimization.- Vectors

in Rn. Abstract spaces.- Matrices.- Determinants.-

Eigenvalues. Quadratic forms.- Special matrices.

Leontief systems.- Kronecker products and the vec

operator. Differentiation of vectors and matrices.-

Comparative statics.- Properties of cost and profit

functions.- Consumer theory.- Topics from trade

theory.- Topics from finance and growth theory.-

Risk and risk aversion theory.- Finance and

stochastic calculus.- Non-cooperative game.

Fields of interestEconomics general; Game Theory, Economics,

Social and Behav. Sciences

Target groupsStudents, researchers

B. Urban, University of Witwatersrand, Johannes-

burg, South Africa (Ed.)

Frontiers in Entrepreneurship

This book aims to provide an insight into how

entrepreneurship has evolved and emerged as an

independent field of research. The authors base

their discussion on articles which are considered to

be seminal works in the field, and present a blend

of theoretical and empirical evidence. Conse-

quently, each chapter provides a solid knowledge-

based and structured overview of the selected

theme and demonstrates the scope of conflicting

and complementary theories. The topics have been

selected to create a systematic approach to the

various aspects of entrepreneurship and include

historical thinking on entrepreneurship, entrepre-

neurship as an academic discipline, the importance

of the environmental and institutional framework,

corporate intrapreneurship and value creation, and

innovation through social entrepreneurship.

FeaturesTraces the evolution of entrepreneurship as an

independent field of research Coherent over-

view of key areas in entrepreneurship Presents

a blend of theoretical and empirical evidence

ContentsEarly Thinking and the Emergence of Entre-

preneurship - Entrepreneurship as a Discipline

and Field of Study - Economic Perspectives of

Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurship in the Field

of Development Economics - Creating Value and

Innovation Through Social Entrepreneurship -

The Entrepreneurship Organisation - Theoretical

Perspectives on Culture and Entrepreneurship.

Field of interestEntrepreneurship

Target groupsScientists, students

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J. Zhu, Lucht Probst Associates GmbH, Frankfurt am

Main, Germany

Applications of Fourier Transform to Smile ModelingTheory and Implementation

The sound modeling of the smile effect is an

important issue in quantitative finance as, for more

than a decade, the Fourier transform has estab-

lished itself as the most efficient tool for deriving

closed-form option pricing formulas in various

model classes. This book describes the applications

of the Fourier transform to the modeling of vola-

tility smile, followed by a comprehensive treat-

ment of option valuation in a unified framework,

covering stochastic volatilities and interest rates,

Poisson and Levy jumps, including various asset

classes such as equity, FX and interest rates, as well

as various numberical examples and prototype

programming codes. Readers will benefit from

this book not only by gaining an overview of the

advanced theory and the vast range of literature on

these topics, but also by receiving first-hand feed-

back on the practical applications and implementa-

tions of the theory. The book is aimed at financial

engineers, risk managers, graduate students and

researchers.

FeaturesOffers a comprehensive treatment of applica-

tions of Fourier transform in different areas

Contains numerical examples and prototype

programming codes

From the contentsOption Valuation and the Volatility Smile.- Char-

acteristic Functions in Option Pricing.- Stochastic

Volatility Models.- Numerical Issues of Stochastic

Volatility Models.- Simulating Stochastic Volatility

Models.- Stochastic Interest Models.- Poisson

Jumps.- Lévy Jumps.- Integrating Various

Stochastic Factors.

Fields of interestFinance /Banking; Quantitative Finance

Target groupsResearchers, graduate students

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2nd ed. 2009. XVI, 330 p. (Springer Finance) Hardcover

$139.00

ISBN 978-3-642-01807-7

springer.com/librarybooks 99Springer News 10/2009 Management

A. C. Hax, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

Cambridge, MA, USA

The Delta ModelReinventing Your Business Strategy

Strategy is the most central issue in manage-

ment. It has to do with defining the purpose of

an organization, understanding the market in

which it operates and the capabilities the firm

possesses, and putting together a winning plan.

There are many influential frameworks to help

managers undertake a systematic reflection on

this issue. The most dominant approaches are

Michael Porter’s “Competitive Strategy” and the

“Resource-Based View of the Firm,” popularized

by Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad. Arnoldo Hax

argues there are fundamental drawbacks in the

underlying hypotheses of these approaches in that

they define strategy as a way to achieve sustain-

able competitive advantage. This line of thinking

could be extremely dangerous because it puts the

competitor at the center and therefore anchors you

in the past, establishes success as a way of beating

your competitors, and this obsession often leads

toward imitation and congruency.

FeaturesPresents a fundamentally new approach to

corporate strategy, focused on the customer, not

competitors Combines a conceptual frame-

work with practical tools Illustrated through

dozens of international examples across a wide

spectrum of industries Applies to small and

medium-sized businesses and non-profits, as well

as traditional large businesses

Fields of interestManagement; Organization/Planning

Target groupsBusiness leaders, owners, entrepreneurs, and

senior managers responsible for corporate strategy

and performance, corporate controllers and

management consultants, professors, researchers

and students of strategic management, competi-

tion, performance measurement and management,

organizational behavior

S. Hougaard, M. Bjerre, Copenhagen Business

School, Denmark

The Relationship MarketerRethinking Strategic Relationship Marketing

In “The Relationship Marketer”, Søren Hougaard

and Mogens Bjerre explain how the concept of the

dyad (i.e., mutuality, or “you and me”) is quickly

becoming a fundamental principle in marketing.

The authors suggest that understanding customer

relationships, value co-creation, and customised

business models in which effectiveness is evaluated

on an individualised basis leads to outstanding

business performance. Based on these principles

the authors present a concrete and practically

manageable framework for implementation.

Readers will find surprising, useful, and applicable

marketing models, typologies and tools, as well

as guides to the systematic generation of strategic

opportunities.

“The Relationship Marketer” will be valuable

reading for students and professionals in sales and

marketing, as well as anyone seeking insights into

dyadic market forces, which are moving industry

beyond the outdated perspective of treating all

customers equally.

FeaturesFocuses on the concept of dyadic, i.e. mutual,

thinking as a fundamental principal in marketing

Presents a complete framework for analysis and

strategy development in customer relationships

Innovative, useful and hands-on models,

typologies and tools

Fields of interestManagement; Marketing

Target groupsStudents, practitioners

M. Kodama, Nihon University, Tokyo

Boundary ManagementDeveloping Business Architectures for

Innovation

“Business architecture” is a concept for optimizing

corporate boundaries aimed at realizing targeted

business models and corporate system design

involving stakeholders. To optimize the corporate

boundaries, companies must partially and wholly

optimize the individual management elements

(strategy, organization, strategy, operation, and

leadership) comprising the corporate system that

has achieved congruence with the environment.

The management to optimize these corporate

boundaries and the corporate systems comprising

individual management elements is referred to in

this book as “boundary management.” The concept

of “boundaries congruence” inside and outside

the corporate system, and the building of optimal

architecture concerned with environmental change

and with management elements such as strategy,

organization, strategy, operation, and leadership

are key to realizing dynamic strategic manage-

ment.

FeaturesThe key to new knowledge creation and

innovation is an exceptional leader as a boundary

architect with the company with the heart of an in-

house enterprise intrapreneuring promoter, who

uses his/or her “boundary leadership” to create

boundary networks, both within and outside

the company, and to promote strategic business

communities

Fields of interestOrganization/Planning; Economics/Management

Science, general; Management

Target groupsSenior executives, strategist, MBA/TOT students,

executive course students, and practitioners in the

IT, telecommunications, electronics, automobile,

health care and medical industries

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springer.com/booksellers100 Springer News 10/2009Management

P. Kotler, Northwestern University Evanston, IL, USA;

W. Pfoertsch, China Europe International Business

School, Shanghai, China

Ingredient BrandingMaking the Invisible Visible

An Ingredient Brand is exactly what the name

implies: an ingredient or component of a product

that has its own brand identity. This is the first

comprehensive book that explains how Ingredient

Branding works and how brand managers can

successfully improve the performance of compo-

nent marketing.

The authors have examined more than one

hundred examples, analyzed four industries and

developed nine detailed case studies to demon-

strate the viability of this marketing innova-

tion. The new concepts and principles can easily

be applied by professionals. In the light of the

success stories of Intel, GoreTex, Dolby, TetraPak,

Shimano, and Teflon it can be expected that

component suppliers will increasingly use Ingre-

dient Branding strategies in the future.

FeaturesFirst English-language book on Ingredient

Branding, a major instrument of component

marketing Explains the principles, concepts,

and success factors of existing Ingredient Brands

such as Intel, GoreTex, Dolby, TetraPak, Shimano,

and Teflon Offers a detailed industry analysis

with case studies, best practices, and strategic

directions for implementation

From the contentsBranding Ingredients.- Basics of Ingredient

Branding.- Intel Inside - the Ingredient Branding

Success Story.- Implementation of InBranding

Within a Company.- Success Stories of Ingredient

Branding.- Detailed Examples of Successful Ingre-

dient Brands.

Fields of interestMarketing; Management

Target groupsExecutives, marketing managers, management

consultants interested in brand management

R. Stahlbock, S. F. Crone, S. Lessmann (Eds)

Data MiningSpecial Issue in Annals of Information

Systems

Over the course of the last twenty years, there has

been an increased interest in data mining. Specifi-

cally, this area is of used in relation to computer

science, statistics, operations research, and

information systems/management science. Data

mining has applications in corporate planning,

medical decision making, bioinformatics, web-

usage mining, text and image recognition, direct

marketing, and credit scoring.

This special issue of AoIS contains selected, rigor-

ously peer-reviewed papers from the 2007 Inter-

national Conference on Data Mining (DMIN’07),

which occurred June 25-28 in Las Vegas, NV. The

issue brings together topics on both information

systems and data mining, and gives the reader a

current snapshot of the research and practice in

data mining.

FeaturesProvides a state-of-art, up-to-the moment, view

of the evolving field of datamining Special

publication of the 2007 International Conference

on Data Mining (DMIN 07) Features a combi-

nation of rigorously peer-reviewed theoretical

research papers, as well as industrial reports, and

case studies on applications

Fields of interestOperations Research/Decision Theory; Busi-

ness/Management Science, general; Information

Systems Applications (incl. Internet)

Target groupsData mining researchers, practitioners in

consulting organizations, and graduate students in

information systems

S. Nambisan, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy,

NY, USA (Ed)

Information Technology and Product Development

Information Technology and Product Develop-

ment: A Research Agenda presents important new

research from varied disciplines aimed at devel-

oping new theoretical concepts and insights on the

application of IT in product and service innova-

tion. Drawing on the work of researchers in such

varied management areas as information services,

technology management, marketing, operations,

business strategy and organizational behavior,

the book redefines the role of IT in product and

service development and the organizational and

management issues underlying the successful

deployment of IT in innovation contexts, and

provides a foundation for future research on

the diverse types of IT applications in product

development and their potential impact on both

product and service innovation.

FeaturesOffers an in-depth theoretical analysis of the

wide range of organizational and management

issues associated with the application of IT in

product development and innovation Serves

as a reference source for researchers from different

fields (including information systems, marketing,

operations, and organizational behavior) who are

currently pursuing (or plan to pursue) research in

this area

From the contentsThe Role of Information Technology in Product

Development.- Deriving Business Value from IT

Applications in Product Development.- Informa-

tion Technology based Knowledge Management

Systems to Support the Design of Product Devel-

opment Processes.- Information Technology based

Tools to Support New Product Design.

Fields of interestInformation Systems; Marketing; Operations

Research/Decision Theory

Target groupsGraduate students, researchers

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ISBN 978-1-4419-1080-6

springer.com/librarybooks 101Springer News 10/2009 Law

J. Basedow, U. Magnus, R. Wolfrum (Eds)

The Hamburg Lectures on Maritime Affairs 2007 & 2008

In 2007, the International Max Planck Research

School for Maritime Affairs and the Interna-

tional Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS),

both based in Hamburg, decided to establish an

annual lecture series, the “Hamburg Lectures on

Maritime Affairs” – giving distinguished scholars

and practitioners the opportunity to present and

discuss recent developments in the field of mari-

time affairs. The present volume collects seven of

the lectures held in 2007 and 2008 by Thomas A.

Mensah, Krijn Haak, Sergio M. Carbone, Lorenzo

Schiano di Pepe, Erik Røsæg, Frank Smeele, Carlos

Esplugues Mota and Lucius Caflisch.

ContentsThe Hamburg Lectures 2007: T.A. Mensah: The

Civil Liability and Compensation for Environ-

mental Damage in the 1982 Convention on the

Law of the Sea.- K. Haak: New Developments

in the Field of Transport of Dangerous Goods:

Presence and Prospects of the CRTD Convention.-

S.M. Carbone, L. Schiano di Pepe: Uniform Law

and Conflicts in Private Enforcement of Environ-

mental Law: the Maritime Sector and Beyond.-

The Hamburg Lectures 2008: E. Rosag: The Athens

Convention on Passenger Liability and the EU.- F.

Smeele: International Civil Litigation and the

Pollution of the Marine Environment.- C.E. Mota:

Some Current Developments in International

Maritime Arbitration.- L. Caflisch: The Peaceful

Settlement of Disputes on Maritime Deliminations.

Fields of interestEuropean Law/Public International Law; Interna-

tional & Foreign Law/Comparative Law; Environ-

mental Law/Policy/Ecojustice

Target groupsLibraries, institutes for maritime law, international

organizations

European Yearbook of International Economic Law

Series editors: C. Herrmann, J. P. Terhechte

The European Yearbook of International Economic

(EYIEL) Law is a new Springer-publication in

the field of International Economic Law (IEL), a

field increasingly emancipating itself from Public

International Law scholarship and evolving into a

fully-fledged academic discipline in its own right.

With the new yearbook, editors and publisher

want to make a significant contribution to the

development of this “new” discipline and provide

an international source of reference of the highest

possible quality.

The EYIEL covers all areas of IEL, in particular

WTO Law, External Trade Law of major trading

countries, important Regional Economic Integra-

tion agreements, International Competition Law,

International Investment Regulation, International

Monetary Law, International Intellectual Property

Protection and International Tax Law. The year-

book will consist of four major parts: (1) Part one

will bring together topical articles dealing with

current legal problems in the different areas of IEL

as described above, part two will provide analytical

reports on the development of regional economic

integration around the globe, part three will cover

the developments inside the major international

institutions engaged with IEL (WTO, IMF, World-

bank, G8 etc.), and part four will contain book

reviews and documentation. The first volume will

be published in early 2009.

The editors are both Assistant Professors for

European and International Economic Law at two

leading German Universities and have published

extensively in the field of IEL and European Law

alike. The Editors will be supported by an inter-

national Advisory Board consisting of established

scholars of the highest reputation. Springer is one

of the leading German publishing houses and

has long-lasting experience in the publication

of English works. The EYIEL will be published

annually as a hardbound-hardcopy and as part

of the Springer eBook-package to which many

leading university libraries around the globe have

subscribed.

C. Herrmann, University of Passau, Germany;

J. P. Terhechte, University of Hamburg, Germany

(Eds)

European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2010

The first volume of the new Yearbook tries to catch

the broadness of comtemporary International

Economic Law. In part I, it brings together articles

on a variety of subjects, reaching from exchange

rate manipulation and financial market supervi-

sion over international investment law including

the growing investment protectionism to recent

developments of the external economic constitu-

tion of the European Union and the relation-

ship between climate change and International

Economic Law. Part II tries to cover the major

regional economic integration developments

around the globe, analysed in different articles

covering the different regions. Part III informs

about recent activities in some of the major global

economic institutions.

FeaturesInternational source of reference

ContentsFrom the contents: Topics.- Regional Integra-

tion.- International Economic Institutions.- Book

Reviews.

Fields of interestEuropean Law/Public International Law

Target groupsLaw libraries (universities and large law firms),

international organizations, NGO’s

New Series

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Due October 2009

2009. XI, 196 p. (Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs,


$119.00

ISBN 978-3-642-04063-4

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2010. Approx. 450 p. (European Yearbook of Interna-

tional Economic Law, Volume 1) Hardcover

approx. $229.00

ISBN 978-3-540-78882-9

springer.com/booksellers102 Springer News 10/2009Law

R. Kiser, DecisionSet®, Palo Alto, CA, USA

Beyond Right and WrongThe Power of Effective Decision Making for

Attorneys and Clients

This book guides attorneys and clients through

legal decision making. It analyzes 11,306 attorney-

client decisions in actual cases and summarizes

decades of research regarding judge, jury, litigant

and attorney decision making. To explain why

many litigation outcomes are suboptimal, the

book describes the psychological and institutional

factors that impede sound decision making. The

roles of attorneys and clients in legal decision

making and the legal malpractice and disciplinary

consequences of ineffective legal representation

also are discussed. To rapidly promote better

financial outcomes in civil litigation and to assist

attorneys and clients in becoming expert decision

makers, the book presents more than 65 ideas,

methods and systems for improving personal and

group decision making.

Fields of interestLaw Theory/Law Philosophy; Civil Procedure Law;

Operations Research/Decision Theory

Target groupsAttorneys, clients, mediators, in-house counsel,

law students, insurers

H. Koziol, B. C. Steininger, Institut für Europäisches

Schadenersatzrecht, Wien, Austria (Eds)

European Tort Law 2008

The European Tort Law Yearbook provides a

comprehensive overview of the latest develop-

ments in tort law in Europe. It contains reports

on most EU Member States, including the new

Member States. Furthermore, the Yearbook

provides contributions from Norway and Switzer-

land as well as an overview of the developments

in the field of EU law. In conclusion, a compara-

tive summary reviews the essential aspects of all

reports, which are written by scholars from the

respective jurisdictions. Focusing on the year 2008,

the authors critically report on important court

decisions, present new legislation and provide a

literature overview. In addition to the national

reports, the European Tort Law 2008 Yearbook

contains the opening lecture of the 8th Annual

Conference on European Tort Law as well as three

essays on questions of burden of proof.

Fields of interestCivil Law; International & Foreign Law/Compara-

tive Law

Target groupsLawyers, judges, insurance companies, researchers

R. Letschert, Tilburg University, The Netherlands;

A. Pemberton, I. Staiger, Tilburg University,

The Netherlands (Eds)

Assisting Victims of TerrorismTowards a European Standard of Justice

The large-scale terrorist attacks on 9/11 resulted

in more attention being devoted to victims of

terrorist acts. Discussions took place on how their

needs could be best accommodated. The Madrid

bombings in March 2004 gave further impetus

to this process. This development is also part of

a recent trend towards general victim of crime

policies that branch out into specialized policies

devised to meet the needs of particular groups of

victims such as victims of trafficking, victims of

sexual violence and abuse or victims of traffic acci-

dents. However, although a movement of national

and international solidarity relating to addressing

the needs of victims of terrorism has developed,

political consensus is still fragile.

This book provides a thorough analysis of the

specific needs of victims of terrorism (using both

legal and psycho-social studies), compared to

victims of other forms of crime.

FeaturesThis is the first book dealing with specific

assistance to victims of terrorism An interdis-

ciplinary title where legal science and psychology

Uniquely applies restorative justice theory to

terrorism victims

From the contentsI. Introduction and Definitions.- 1. The Aim of

the Study. 2. Methodology. 3. Contemporary

Terrorism. 4. Defining Terrorism. 5. Defining

Victims of Terrorism. 6. Defining Restorative

Justice. 7. Concluding Observations. Bibliography.

Fields of interestInternational & Foreign Law/Comparative Law;

Psychology and Law; European Law/Public Inter-

national Law

Target groupsAcademics and policy makers of legal, crimi-

nology, victimology and psycho-social studies

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and Insurance Law - Yearbooks, Annual volumes 2008)

Hardcover

approx. $289.00

ISBN 978-3-211-92797-7

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ISBN 978-90-481-3024-5

springer.com/librarybooks 103Springer News 10/2009 Law

P. Mindus, University of Turin, Italy

A Real Mind. The Life and Work of Axel Hägerström

This comprehensive presentation of Axel Häger-

ström (1868-1939) fills a void in nearly a century

of literature, providing both the legal and political

scholar and the non-expert reader with a proper

introduction to the father of Scandinavian realism.

Based on his complete work, including unpub-

lished material and personal correspondence

selected exclusively from the Uppsala archives, A

Real Mind follows the chronological evolution of

Hägerström’s intellectual enterprise and offers a

full account of his thought. The book summarizes

Hägerström’s main arguments while enabling

further critical assessment, and tries to answer

such questions as: If norms are neither true nor

false, how can they be adequately understood on

the basis of Hägerström’s theory of knowledge?

Did the founder of the Uppsala school uphold

emotivism in moral philosophy? What conse-

quences does such a standpoint have in practical

philosophy? Is he really the inspiration behind

Scandinavian state absolutism?

FeaturesOffers the first comprehensive account on the

founder of the Uppsala school, including the only

chronology and full-length bibliography in english

Depicts and discusses the putative father of

the swedish legal and welfare model Offers

a panoramic history of a thinker who played a

leading role in this age, including detailed infor-

mation on the Uppsala School

Fields of interestPhilosophy of Law; Law Theory/Law Philosophy;

Political Philosophy

Target groupsThis work will appeal to legal and political scholars

and reserachers interested in legal realism,

scandinavian realism, philosophy of law and its

history as well as those interested in 20th century

scandinavia

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2009. XX, 220 p. 1 illus. (Law and Philosophy Library,


approx. $139.00

ISBN 978-90-481-2894-5

springer.com/booksellers104 Springer News 10/2009General Science

V. Koukouliou, M. Ujevic, O. Premstaller (Eds)

Threats to Food and Water Chain InfrastructureProceedings of the NATO Advanced Research

Workshop on Threats to Food and Water

Chain Infrastrusture, Vienna, Austria,

3–5 December 2008

The malicious contamination of food and water

supplies for terrorist purposes is a real and

current threat: deliberate contamination at one

location could have severe global public health,

trade and consumer confidence implications. The

NATO Advanced Research Workshop responded

to increasing concern in many countries that

chemical, biological or radionuclear agents might

be used intentionally to harm civilian populations

and that food and water might be used a vehicle

for disseminating such agents.

Throughout human history drinking water and

food supplies of civilians have been the target of

attacks and sabotage. Initially these targets were

attacked as a part of military campaign but more

recently, drinking water and food have been

attacked by terrorists in order to generate fear

and panic in the civilian population, to create

economic disruption or to undermine the people’s

confidence in their government and political

systems.

Fields of interestQuality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk;

Chemistry/Food Science, general; Public Health

Target groupsFood safety specialists, food security advisers,

radiation safety specialists, health and food

inspectors, safety and security specialists and crisis

management planners, governmental agencies

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Engineering

Due January 2010

2010. XI, 150 p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security

Series C: Environmental Security) Hardcover

$189.00

ISBN 978-90-481-3544-8


$89.95

ISBN 978-90-481-3545-5

springer.com/librarybooks 105Springer News 10/2009 Education

U. Ehlers, U Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA;

D. Schneckenberg, ESC Rennes, France (Eds)

Changing Cultures in Higher EducationMoving Ahead to Future Learning

More and more educational scenarios and learning

landscapes are developed using blogs, wikis,

podcasts and e-portfolios. Web 2.0 tools give

learners more control, by allowing them to easily

create, share or reuse their own learning mate-

rials, and these tools also enable social learning

networks that bridge the border between formal

and informal learning. However, practices of stra-

tegic innovation of universities, faculty develop-

ment, assessment, evaluation and quality assurance

have not fully accommodated these changes in

technology and teaching.

Ehlers and Schneckenberg present strategic

approaches for innovation in universities. The

contributions explore new models for developing

and engaging faculty in technology-enhanced

education, and they detail underlying reasons for

why quality assessment and evaluation in new

– and often informal – learning scenarios have to

change.

FeaturesDetails strategic approaches for innovation

in higher education Presents numerous case

studies showing how web 2.0 technologies affect

and change e-learning Shows many examples

of successful education innovation in universi-

ties Delivers step-by-step guidance for quality

assurance in E-learning 2.0

Fields of interestComputers and Education; Testing and Evaluation;

Educational Technology

Target groupsResearchers and professionals in the areas of

distance learning, eLearning, distributed learning

environments, and pedagogy, lecturers in higher

education and university leaders, government

officials and policy makers in higher education

S. G. Huber, Institute for the Management and

Economics of Education, University of Teacher

Education Central Switzerland, Zug, Switzerland (Ed)

School Leadership – International Perspectives

Recent research into school effectiveness has

corroborated the theory that the school leader

plays a pivotal role making their school a

successful institution, and is most often cited as

the key factor in a school’s development.

Reflecting the importance it is given in the today’s

education landscape, this book explores the latest

trends in school leadership from both theoretical

and practical perspectives. Each chapter provides

insight into an aspect of current research, with

detailed case studies coming from as far afield as

Hong Kong and Canada.

In the context of the ever-increasing burden of

responsibility placed on education management

to safeguard and enhance the quality of educa-

tion they provide, school leadership is now a

core concern of policy makers. In addition, most

countries are undertaking fundamental education

reforms that will have a major influence on the

nature of school leadership.

FeaturesVividly reflects the ideas and experiences

regarding current issues and trends in school

leadership and leadership development from

both research and practice perspectives Gives

valuable new insights from recent research find-

ings and their consequences for the leadership of

schools Draws special attention to the growing

importance of activities to “professionalize” school

leaders Indispensable work for those who wish

to be up-to-date on school leadership development

Fields of interestEducational Administration; Educational Policy;

Comparative Education

Target groupsResearchers working in the fields of school effec-

tiveness, school improvement, school manage-

ment, educational administration, management

and leadership, school leaders and principals,

educational policymakers

M. Knust, A. Hanft, University of Oldenburg,

Germany (Eds)

Continuing Higher Education and Lifelong LearningAn international comparative study on

structures, organisation and provisions

This comparative survey was conducted in 2006

and shows the structure, organisation and types of

provisions of continuing higher education in six

countries (in alphabetical order): Austria, Finland,

France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the

United States of America. In addition to that, other

“important players” in the field of lifelong learning

are included, such as corporate universities and

research associations. All country studies analyse

the functions and restraints of continuing higher

education. This is done by analysing a) the relevant

framework conditions in each country, b) the

management (organisational structures, finan-

cial management, marketing, quality assurance,

programme portfolios, learn settings etc.) and c)

the types of provisions (face-to-face lessons, online

learning, blended-learning; admission to courses;

accreditation of prior learning; credit points etc.).

FeaturesUnique survey of lifelong learning in six

different countries Shows best practices in

different fields of higher education management,

e.g. in quality assurance, recognition of prior

learning, marketing, management of finan-

cial resources, learn settings etc. Helps to

understand why there are so many differences in

the management of lifelong learning Brings

together the European discussion on lifelong

learning from the points of view of each country

study

Fields of interestHigher Education; Educational Policy; Educational

Administration

Target groupsResearchers in continuing higher education, adult

education and/or lifelong learning

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ISBN 978-3-642-03581-4

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2010. X, 310 p. (Studies in Educational Leadership,


$189.00

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2009. XX, 367 p. 44 illus. Hardcover

$189.00

ISBN 978-1-4020-9675-4

springer.com/booksellers106 Springer News 10/2009Education

C. Mills, The University of Southern Queensland,

Springfield, Australia; T. Gale, University of South

Australia, Adelaide, Australia

Schooling in Disadvantaged CommunitiesPlaying the Game from the Back of the Field

Based on a study of one secondary school located

in a disadvantaged community in Australia, this

book provides a different perspective on what it

means to ‘play the game’ of schooling. Drawing on

the perspectives of teachers, parents and students,

this book is a window through which to explore

the possibilities of schooling in disadvantaged

communities. The authors contend that teachers,

parents and students themselves are all involved

in the game of reproducing disadvantage in

schooling, but similarly, they can play a part in

opening up opportunities for change to enhance

learning for marginalised students. Rather than

only attempting to transform students, teachers

should be also be concerned to transform

schooling; to provide educational opportunities

that transform the life experiences of and open

up opportunities for all young people, especially

those disadvantaged by poverty and marginalised

by difference.

FeaturesProvides a different perspective on what it

means to ‘play the game’ of schooling in disadvan-

taged communities Based on a study of one

secondary school located in a highly disadvan-

taged community within australia The school

provides a window through which the possibilities

of schooling in disadvantaged communities are

explored Designed to stimulate understanding

of the work of bourdieu and a bourdieuian

approach to research Includes the voices of

three significant groups in education: teachers,

parents and students

Fields of interestSociology of Education; Educational Policy;

Teacher Education

Target groupsAcademics and researchers in sociology of educa-

tion and social justice

H. Steinbring, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen,

Germany

The Construction of New Mathematical Knowledge in Classroom InteractionAn Epistemological Perspective

The Construction of New Mathematical Knowl-

edge in Classroom Interaction deals with the very

specific characteristics of mathematical commu-

nication in the classroom. The general research

question of this book is: How can everyday

mathematics teaching be described, understood

and developed as a teaching and learning environ-

ment in which the students gain mathematical

insights and increasing mathematical competence

by means of the teacher’s initiatives, offers and

challenges? How can the ‘quality’ of mathematics

teaching be realized and appropriately described?

And the following more specific research question

is investigated: How is new mathematical knowl-

edge interactively constructed in a typical instruc-

tional communication among students together

with the teacher? In order to answer this question,

an attempt is made to enter as in-depth as possible

under the surface of the visible phenomena of the

observable everyday teaching events.

FeaturesThe careful analysis of several episodes of math-

ematics teaching in primary school is based on an

epistemologically oriented analysis Steinbring has

developed and applied to mathematics teaching of

different grades

Fields of interestEpistemology; Mathematics Education

Target groupsResearchers and students in mathematics educa-

tion, educators, psychologists, and students in

classroom interaction, mathematics teachers,

mathematics teacher students

W. J. van der Linden, CTB/McGraw-Hill, Montery, CA,

USA; C. A. Glas, University of Twente, Enschede,

The Netherlands (Eds)

Computerized Adaptive Testing, Theory and Practice, Second Edition

This book is a completely revised and expanded

edition of Computerized Adaptive Testing: Theory

and Practice. It contains updates of a selection

of the previous chapters in the first edition and

several new chapters dealing with developments in

adaptive testing.

FeaturesCompletely revised and expanded edition of

Computerized Adaptive Testing: Theory and Prac-

tice (published by Kluwer Academic Publishers)

From the contentsItem selection and ability estimation in adap-

tive testing (Wim J. van der Linden and Peter

J. PashIey).- Constrained adaptive testing with

shadow tests (Wim J. van der Linden).- Principles

of multidimensional adaptive testing (Daniel O.

Segall).- Multidimensional adaptive testing with

Kullback-Liebler information item selection (Wim

J. van der Linden and Joris Mulder).- Sequencing

an adaptive test battery (Wim J. van der Linden).-

Item parameter estimation and item fit analysis

(Cees A.W. GIas).- Adaptive tests for measuring

anxiety and depression (Otto B. Walter).-

MATHCAT: A flexible testing system in math-

ematics education for adults (Alfred J. Verschoor

and Gerard J. J. M. Straetmans).- Implementing

the Graduate Management admission test comput-

erized adaptive test (Lawrence M. Rudner).-

Designing and implementing a multistage adaptive

test: The uniform CPA exam (Gerald J. Melican,

Krista Breithaupt, and Yanwei Zhang).

Fields of interestStatistics for Social Science, Education, Public

Policy, and Law

Target groupsResearchers, graduate students

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1st ed. 2005. 2nd printing 2009. XIV, 231 p. 100 illus.

(Mathematics Education Library, Volume 38) Softcover

$49.95

ISBN 978-90-481-3203-4

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Due November 2009

Originally published as a monograph

2nd ed. 2010. VIII, 464 p.

(Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences) Hardcover

approx. $89.95

ISBN 978-0-387-85459-5

springer.com/librarybooks 107Springer News 10/2009 Social Sciences

J. Belur, Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science,

University College London, London, UK

Permission to Shoot?Police Use of Deadly Force in Democracies

Extrajudicial executions have blighted parts of the

world for generations, but criminological coverage

has been superficial and selective, in that it has

concentrated on South America giving the impres-

sion that this is a problem specific to that part of

the world and associated with military rule, dicta-

torial regimes and colonial heritage. Permission to

Shoot?: Police Use of Deadly Force in Democracies

brings a new dimension to the problem of police

abuse of deadly force by concentrating on India

and the United States, both large democracies and

vibrant superpowers.

FeaturesOne of the few books on the topic of police use

of force based on primary ethnographic research

(interviews with police officers) First book to

focus on the problem of police violence in India as

well as other major countries

ContentsIntroduction.- Chapter 1: Theoretical Framework.-

Chapter 2: Case Studies: The City of Mumbai and

its Police and the Sean Bell Case.- Chapter 3: Offi-

cers’ Perceptions of Encounters Involving the Use

of Force.- Chapter 4: Public Opinion and the Role

of the Police in Society.- Chapter 5: Justifications

for Deadly Encounters: Denial Theory.- Chapter

6: A Permissive Culture: ‘Claimsmakers’ and the

Passive Acceptance of Encounters.- Chapter 7:

Implications for Policing in Democratic Societies.-

Appendix: Methods and Methodological Issues.-

Bibliography.

Fields of interestCriminology & Criminal Justice; Political Science

Target groupsResearchers in criminology and criminal justice,

policing practitioners and policy-makers

J. Butcher, Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía

(CEMEFI), Mexico D.F., Mexico (Ed)

Mexican SolidarityCitizen Participation and Volunteering

This book offers a new look at Mexican civil

society, through a rigorous quantitative and

qualitative analysis of volunteering in Mexico.

The findings of this study, with new methodolo-

gies specifically tailored to the unique nature of

Mexican volunteerism contradict previous studies

that considered Mexico’s Third Sector one of the

smallest and least developed worldwide.

American or European models of studying the

Third Sector do not accurately translate to the

study of Mexico, and the author of this key

volume has developed a new and import model

of study. The results of this study will provide

key insight about the growing Third Sector in

Mexico, including: the concept of volunteering in

Mexico, case studies of Non-Profit Organizations

in Mexico, findings, Challenges, and Implications

of this Study, detailed outline of the Methodology,

technological Support for Information Gathering.

FeaturesCase studies from Mexico with important

implications world-wide English-language

translation provides first hand research on Mexico

from the original Spanish-language version

Methodology has applications for nonprofit

studies in other countries and other sectors of

society

ContentsConceptual Framework for Volunteer Action

and Acts of Solidarity.-Analysis of the National

Survey on Solidarity and Volunteer Action.- How

to Become a Volunteer.- The Concept of Giving

in Mexico.- Non-Profit Organizations in Mexico:

Case studies.- Findings, Challenges, and Implica-

tions. - Appendices.- Index.

Fields of interestSociology; Social Policy; Regional and Cultural

Studies

Target groupsResearchers studying the third sector or volun-

teerism, specifically in latin america

K. Homewood, P. Kristjanson, P. Chenevix Trench

(Eds)

Staying Maasai?Livelihoods, Conservation and Development

in East African Rangelands

The area of eastern Africa, which includes

Tanzania and Kenya, is known for its savannas,

wildlife and tribal peoples. Alongside these iconic

images lie concerns about environmental degrada-

tion, declining wildlife populations, and about

worsening poverty of pastoral peoples. East Africa

presents in microcosm the paradox so widely

seen across sub Saharan Africa, where the world’s

poorest and most vulnerable populations live

alongside some of the world’s most outstanding

biodiversity resources.

Over the last decade or so, community conserva-

tion has emerged as a way out of poverty and

environmental problems for these rural popula-

tions, focusing on the sustainable use of wildlife

to generate income that could underpin equally

sustainable development. Given the enduring

interest in East African wildlife, and the very large

tourist income it generates, these communities and

ecosystems seem a natural case for green develop-

ment based on community conservation.

FeaturesFirst to look at community-based conservation

efforts in eastern Africa Cross-border compar-

ison aids in determining proven methods that

work and don’t work Based on three decades of

the community conservation effort and reported

by an international group of contributors

Fields of interestAnthropology; Nature Conservation; Landscape

Ecology

Target groupsResearchers and professionals in the fields of

conservation and development as it relates

to anthropology, researchers in geography,

economics, environmental studies, development

studies, and a African studies

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ISBN 978-1-4419-1077-6

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Due October 2009

2009. XVI, 418 p. 103 illus. (Studies in Human Ecology

and Adaptation, Volume 5) Hardcover

$119.00

ISBN 978-0-387-87491-3

springer.com/booksellers108 Springer News 10/2009Social Sciences

J. Schofield, English Heritage, Swindon, UK

AftermathReadings in the Archaeology of Recent

Conflict

Conflict and Battlefield Archaeology is a growing

and important field in archaeology, with impli-

cations on the state of the world today: how

humanity has prepared for, reacted to, and dealt

with the consequences of conflict at a national and

international level. As the field grows, there is an

increasing need for research and development in

this area.Written by one of the most prominent

scholars in this field of growing interest, “After-

math”, offers a clear and important overview to

research in the field. It will become an essential

source of information for scholars already involved

in conflict archaeology as well as those just starting

to explore the field. It offers access to previously

hard-to-find but important research.

FeaturesConflict and battlefield archaeology is a new

and growing area of archaeological research

Establishes the full scope of conflict and battle-

field archaeology by bringing together a spectrum

of approaches to the subject Offers an explora-

tion of potential future developments for the field

ContentsIntroduction: considering Virilio’s (1994) Bunker

Archeology.- Conserving recent military remains.-

Jessie’s Cats and other stories.- Monuments and the

memories of war.- Views of the Berlin Wall: Allied

perspectives.- Peace Camp, Nevada.- Twyford

Down.- Greenham Common Airbase.- Strait

Street.- The Home Front, 1914-2001.- The Battle of

Britain.- D-Day preparatory sites in England.- Le

Carré landscapes.- New urban frontiers and the

will to belong.- Constructing place.- Afterword.

- References.- Index.

Fields of interestArchaeology; History; Cultural Heritage

Target groupsConflict and battlefield archaeologists, general

archaeologists, as well as other groups: heritage

studies, history, cultural geography, and anthro-

pology

D. C. Shin, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO,

USA; T. Inoguchi, University of Niigata Prefecture,

Japan (Eds)

The Quality of Life in Confucian AsiaFrom Physical Welfare to Subjective Well-

Being

For the past three decades, Confucian Asia has

been known as a region of wonders. More success-

fully than any other region in the world, it has

expanded its national economies, and integrated

those into the global economy. To the rest of

the world, this region offers the lesson that poor

countries, even with limited natural resources,

can achieve rapid economic development and

social modernization. To this day, policymakers

and scholars have focused on the question of why

Confucian Asia has prospered, while other regions

have not. Consequently, little is known about how

such economic expansion and globalization have

affected the quality of citizens’ lives in the region.

This volume, with quality of life in Confucian Asia

as its main theme, is the first of its kind seeking to

unravel the dynamics and sources of citizen well-

being, and to analyze the problems of building

nations of well-being in this region.

FeaturesThe first book appraising subjective well-being

and ill-being in the entire region of confucian asia

The book is offering a comprehensive account

of lifestyles and value priorities among east asians

Fields of interestQuality of Life Research; Social Policy

Target groupsScholars conducting research on the quality of life

and policy analysts

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2009. XVIII, 219 p. Hardcover

$109.00

ISBN 978-0-387-09464-9

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PTO, not to be publlished as an e-book.

2009. Approx. 245 p. (Social Indicators Research Series,


approx. $139.00

ISBN 978-90-481-3482-3

springer.com/librarybooks 109Springer News 10/2009 Philosophy

D. Canale, P. Grossi, H. Hofmann, P. Riley (Eds)

A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General JurisprudenceVol. 9: A History of the Philosophy of Law in

the Civil Law World, 1600–1900

Vol. 10: The Philosophers’ Philosophy of Law

from the Seventeenth Century to our Days

Editor-in-chief: E. Pattaro

A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Juris-

prudence is the first ever multivolume treatment

of the issues in legal philosophy and general juris-

prudence, from both a theoretical and a historical

perspective. The work is aimed at jurists as well

as legal and practical philosophers. Edited by the

renowned theorist Enrico Pattaro and his team this

book is a classical reference work that would be of

great interest to legal and practical philosophers,

as well as jurists and Philosophy of Law-scholar at

all levels.

FeaturesFirst ever multi-volume treatment of all impor-

tant issues in the legal philosophy-field A clas-

sical reference work Edited by the renowned

theorist Enrico Pattaro and his team

Fields of interestPhilosophy of Law; Philosophy; Roman Law/Law

History/Canon Law

Target groupsPhilosophy of law-scholars at all levels, general

philosophers

C. Gratton, University of Toronto, CA, USA

Infinite Regress Arguments

Infinite regress arguments are part of a philoso-

pher’s tool kit of argumentation. But how sharp or

strong is this tool? How effectively is it used? The

typical presentation of infinite regress arguments

throughout history is so succinct and has so many

gaps that it is often unclear how an infinite regress

is derived, and why an infinite regress is logically

problematic, and as a result, it is often difficult

to evaluate infinite regress arguments. These

consequences of our customary way of using this

tool indicate that there is a need for a theory to

re-orient our practice.

FeaturesThe first book publication to contribute to a

theory of infinite regress arguments Uncovers

different kinds of infinite regresses used as

premises Identifies different kinds of infinite

regress arguments Suggests ways of improving

our construction or evaluation of infinite regress

arguments

ContentsIntroduction. Chapter 1 What is an infinite regress

argument?- Chapter 2 Formal and nonformal logic

of infinite concatenating regresses.- Chapter 3

Viciousness.- Chapter 4.- Circular definitions and

circular explanations.- Chapter 5 Infinite regresses

of recurring questions.- Chapter 6 Infinite

regresses of recurring problems and responses.-

Summary.- Endnotes.- Appendix.- Glossary.-

References.

Fields of interestPhilosophy; Logic; Metaphysics

Target groupsA scholarly book intended for philosophers, argu-

mentation theorists and logicians

A. Gurwitsch, F. Kersten (Ed)

The Collected Works of Aron Gurwitsch (1901–1973)Volume II: Studies in Phenomenology and

Psychology

The second of a planned six volume of Gurwitsch’s

writings, this volume is a corrected version of a

collection he published in 1966. It was intended

to complement the English edition of The Field

of Consciousness (1964), which is the third

volume of these Works in English. It contains his

own introduction addressing his motivation as a

phenomenologist and the situation at the time of

publication. Included are English translations of

his doctoral thesis, Phenomenology of Thematics

and the Pure Ego (1929) and the substantial study

based on his first Sorbonne lecture course, “Some

Aspects and Developments of Gestalt Psychology”

(1936), which made his name in Paris when he

fled there from Germany after the rise of National

Socialism.

FeaturesThis is work documents Gurwitsch’s thought

at the height of his development in the USA

Crucial for a full understanding Gurwisch’s

thought Shows especially Gurwitsch’s use

of psychology for phenomenological purposes,

including the theory of science

Fields of interestPhenomenology; Epistemology; History of

Philosophy

Target groupsHusserlian scholars, philosophers in continental

tradition

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Hardcover

$469.00

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2010. X, 230 p. (Argumentation Library, Volume 17)

Hardcover

$139.00

ISBN 978-90-481-3340-6

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2009. Approx. 635 p. (Phaenomenologica, Volume 193)

Hardcover

$229.00

ISBN 978-90-481-2941-6

springer.com/booksellers110 Springer News 10/2009Philosophy

A. Gurwitsch, R. M. Zaner (Ed)

The Collected Works of Aron Gurwitsch (1901–1973)Volume III: The Field of Consciousness:

Theme, Thematic Field, and Margin

This volume of the Collected Works edition

contains Gurwitsch’s magnum opus, which empha-

sizes how items in the thematic field are relevant to

the theme. It is introduced by his student Richard

Zaner. This volume also includes the posthumous

text, “Marginal Consciousness,” the contents of

which were merely summarized in The Field of

Consciousness. It presents his positions on the

body and on ego-less consciousness in detail.

Gurwitsch’s student, Lester Embree, introduces it.

For the full appreciation of their significance, all

earlier and later writings by Gurwitsch must be

related to the contents of this volume.

FeaturesThe Field of Consciousnesss contains

Gurwitsch’s magnum opus, discussing problems

of organization in consciousness, principles of

Gestalt Theory, fundamental concepts of constitu-

tive phenomenology and phenomenological theory

of perception This volume also includes the

posthumous text Marginal Consciousness

With Introductions by Gurwitsch’s students

Lester Embree and Richard Zaner

From the contentsThe Field of Consciousness.- Editorial Introduc-

tion; Richard M. Zaner.- Author’s Preface.-

Part I. General Problems of Organization in

Consciousness.- 1. The Problem of Dimensional

Differences Between Conjunctions of Phases of

Experience.- 2. Origin of Organization.-

3. Grouping and Organization of Sense-Data.-

Part II. Some Principles of Gestalt Theory.

Fields of interestPhenomenology; Modern Philosophy; Philosophy

of Mind

Target groupsHusserlian scholars, philosophers in continental

tradition

O. Höffe, University of Tübingen, Germany

Kant’s Critique of Pure ReasonThe Foundation of Modern Philosophy

Kant’s “Critique of Pure Reason” is so outstanding

among modern philosophical works, that it can be

termed “the” foundation of modern philosophy.

Schopenhauer termed it “the most important book

ever to have been written in Europe.” Otfried Höffe

guides the reader through the “Critique” one step

at a time, expounding Kant’s thoughts, submitting

them to an interpretation and drawing a summary

conclusion, placing the work and its topics within

the context of its modern successors. A “critical”

interpretation of Kant’s text reveals that he had

something to say on many discussions that are said

to have originated after his death. Reducing his

argumentation to its central tenets, it can be made

stronger and applicable to current problems. Kant’s

eventual concern, however, even when writing

theoretical philosophy, lay with the practical.

Elaborating this concern and its connection to

Kant’s theoretical philosophy is a prime tenet of

this book.

FeaturesComprehensive treatment of the complete first

critique of Kant Concentration on the moral

primacy in Kant’s philosophy Brings Kant’s

treatment of current philosophical problems into

perspective Strong emphasis on readability

while retaining professional level

Fields of interestPhilosophy; History of Philosophy; Epistemology

Target groupsPhilosophy students, graduates, teachers,

“Layman” readers of philosophy, people interested

in philosophy

J. Meheus, Wijsbegeerte Universiteit, Gent, Belgium;

T. Nickles, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA (Eds)

Models of Discovery and Creativity

Since the origin of the modern sciences, our

views on discovery and creativity had a remark-

able history. Originally, discovery was seen as

an integral part of methodology and the logic of

discovery as algorithmic or nearly algorithmic.

During the nineteenth century, conceptions in line

with romanticism led to the famous opposition

between the context of discovery and the context

of justification, culminating in a view that banned

discovery from methodology. The revival of the

methodological investigation of discovery, which

started some thirty years ago, derived its major

impetus from historical and sociological studies

of the sciences and from developments within

cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence.

Today, a large majority of philosophers of science

agrees that the classical conception as well as the

romantic conception are mistaken. Against the

classical conception, it is generally accepted that

truly novel discoveries are not the result of simply

applying some standardized procedure.

FeaturesThe book contains contributions from both

historians and philosophers of science All of

them, however, are methodological in the contem-

porary sense of the term The central values

of this methodology are empirical accurateness,

clarity and precision, and rationality

From the contentsPreface .- Unexpected discoveries, Graded Struc-

tures, and the Difference between Acceptance

and Neglect.- Hanne Andersen.- Conceptual

Comparison and Conceptual Innovation.- Harold

I. Brown.- Discovering Mechanisms in Molecular

Biology.- Finding and Fixing Incompleteness and

Incorrectness.- Lindley Darden.

Fields of interestPhilosophy of Science; History of Science

Target groupsPhilosophers and historians of science

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München, 2003

2009. Approx. 340 p. (Studies in German Idealism,


approx. $189.00

ISBN 978-90-481-2721-4

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2009. Approx. 250 p. (Origins: Studies in the Sources of

Scientific Creativity, Volume 3) Hardcover

approx. $139.00

ISBN 978-90-481-3420-5

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D. C. Ralston, J. Ho, Rice University, Houston, TX,

USA (Eds)

Philosophical Reflections on Disability

This project draws together the diverse strands

of the debate regarding disability in a way never

before combined in a single volume. After

providing a representative sampling of competing

philosophical approaches to the conceptualization

of disability as such, the volume goes on to address

such themes as the complex interplay between

disability and quality of life, questions of social

justice as it relates to disability, and the personal

dimensions of the disability experience.

By explicitly locating the discussion of various

applied ethical questions within the broader theo-

retical context of how disability is best conceptual-

ized, the volume seeks to bridge the gap between

abstract philosophical musings about the nature

of disease, illness and disability found in much

of the philosophy of medicine literature, on the

one hand, and the comparatively concrete but less

philosophical discourse frequently encountered in

much of the disability studies literature.

FeaturesCompletely new material, written by prominent

scholars in philosophy of medicine, disability

studies, moral theory, and bioethics

ContentsAcknowledgements.- List of contributors.-

Introduction.- Part I Concepts and Theories of

Disability.- Part II Disability, Quality of Life, and

Bioethics.- Part III Disability, Social Justice, and

Public Policy.- Part IV Personal Voices.- Index.

Fields of interestPhilosophy of Medicine; Theory of Medicine/

Bioethics; Political Philosophy

Target groupsScholars, teachers, and students in the fields of

moral theory, biomedical ethics, and disability

studies, as well as policy makers interested in the

philosophical and ethical foundations of laws and

policies impacting various disabled populations

H. Selin, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA (Ed)

Childbirth Across CulturesIdeas and Practices of Pregnancy, Childbirth

and the Postpartum

Advisory editor: P. K. Stone

This book will explore the childbirth process

through globally diverse perspectives in order

to offer a broader context with which to think

about birth. We will address multiple rituals and

management models surrounding the labor and

birth process from communities across the globe.

Labor and birth are biocultural events that are

managed in countless ways. We are particularly

interested in the notion of power. Who controls

the pregnancy and the birth? Is it the hospital,

the doctor, or the in-laws, and in which cultures

does the mother have the control? These decisions,

regarding place of birth, position, who receives the

baby and even how the mother may or may not

behave during the actual delivery, are all part of

the different ways that birth is conducted.

FeaturesUnique in bringing together experiences of

birth and pregnancy from more than 20 cultures

around the world Brings a unifying theme:

Power – who makes the decisions about birth

and the conduct of the mother during labour?

Shows how birth process is connected to the

culture and illustrates why birth is a biocultural

event

Fields of interestAnthropology; Regional and Cultural Studies;

Gynecology

Target groupsAcademics in anthropology and medicine,

educated laypeople

J. Stachel, Boston University, MA, USA

Going CriticalVolume One: The Challenge of Practice

Rather than defining himself by an occupation,

John Stachel follows the Emersonsonian tradi-

tion and defines himself as “a man doing political

organizing, union organizing, theoretical physics,

history of science, philosophy of science, and

Einstein editing”, to name some of the things he

has done in the course of his life. Academically, his

goal has been to take a problem that puzzles him

and follow this problem wherever it leads him,

regardless of disciplinary boundaries.

This two-volume collection of published and

unpublished papers span an academic career of

over forty years. An introductory essay explains

his credo and in particular the unity behind the

apparent diversity of his interests.

ContentsPreface: My Berlin talk. Introductory Survey.

Papers: Methodology: A Note on Scientific

Practice; R.S. Cohen, et al., eds. The Manifold

of Possibilities: Comments on Norton; J. Leplin,

ed. Scientific Discoveries as Historical Artifacts;

K. Gavroglu, et al, eds. Quantum Mechanics:

Bohr and the Photon; Unpublished. The Logic of

Quantum Logic; R.S. Cohen, et al. eds. Do Quanta

Need a New Logic? R. Colodny, ed. Feynman Paths

and Quantum Entanglement: Is there any More

to the Mystery? R.S. Cohen, et al. eds. Marxism:

Marx’s Critical Concept of Science. Marx on

Science and Capitalism; K. Gavroglu, et al. eds.

Contradiction, Contrariety and Colletti; Unpub-

lished. History of Science, factual and Counterfac-

tual: The Optics and Electrodynamics of Moving

Bodies;M. Janssen. If Maxwell had Worked

between Ampère and Faraday; M. Jammer.

Reviews: Marxist Critique?

Fields of interestPhilosophy of Science; Quantum Physics; History


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2009. Approx. 330 p. 33 illus. in color. (Science Across

Cultures: the History of Non-Western Science, Volume 5)

Hardcover

$189.00

ISBN 978-90-481-2598-2

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2009. Approx. 405 p. (Boston Studies in the Philosophy

of Science, Volume 201) Dustjacket

approx. $189.00

ISBN 978-1-4020-1308-9

springer.com/booksellers112 Springer News 10/2009Arts/Design

A. Tymieniecka, The World Phenomenology Institute,

Hanover, NH, USA (Ed)

Phenomenology and Existentialism in the Twentieth CenturyBook I. New Waves of Philosophical

Inspirations

Phenomenology and existentialism transformed

understanding and experience of the Twentieth

Century to their core. They had strikingly different

inspirations and yet the two waves of thought

became merged as both movements flourished.

The present collection of research devoted to these

movements and their unfolding interaction is now

especially revealing. The studies in this first volume

to be followed by two succeeding ones, range from

the predecessors of existentialism – Kierkegaard/

Jean Wahl, Nietzsche, to the work of its adherents

– Shestov, Berdyaev, Unamuno, Blondel, Blumen-

berg, Heidegger and Mamardashvili, Dufrenne and

Merleau-Ponty to existentialism’s congruence with

Christianity or with atheism.

Among the leading Husserlian insights are treated

essence and experience, the place of questioning,

ethics and intentionality, temporality and passivity

and the life world.

FeaturesDevoted to phenomenology and existen-

tialism and to their interaction Illustrates how

phenomenology and existentialism transformed

human understanding and experience of the

twentieth century Gives insight in the relation

between existentialism and Christian faith and

atheism

Fields of interestHistory of Philosophy; Phenomenology; Modern

Philosophy

Target groupsPhilosophers, phenomenologists, history of

philosophy scholars, anthropologists, philosophers

of mind, spiritual and religious scholars

A. Tymieniecka, The World Phenomenology Institute,

Hanover, NH, USA (Ed)

Phenomenology and Existentialism in the Twentieth CenturyBook II. Fruition – Cross-Pollination –

Dissemination

Our world’s cultural circles are permeated by

the philosophical influences of existentialism

and phenomenology. Two contemporary quests

to elucidate rationality – took their inspirations

from Kierkegaard’s existentialism plumbing the

subterranean source of subjective experience

and Husserl’s phenomenology focusing on the

constitutive aspect of rationality. Yet, both contrary

directions mingled readily in common vindication

of full reality.

In the inquisitive minds (Scheler, Heidegger,

Sartre, Stein, Merleau-Ponty, et al.), a fruitful

cross-pollination of insights, ideas, approaches,

fused in one powerful wave disseminating

throughout all domains of thought.

Existentialist rejection of ratiocination and

speculation together with Husserl’s shift to the

genesis of rapproches philosophy and literature

(Wahl, Marcel, Berdyaev, Wojtyla, Tischner, etc.),

while the foundational underpinnings of language

(Wittengenstein, Derrida, etc.) opened the

“hidden” behind the “veils” (Sezgin and Domin-

guez-Rey).

FeaturesShows a fresh view upon the origins and

development of phenomenology and existentialism

as the main intellectual force of the Twentieth

Century Through an insight into their cross-

pollination, phenomenology and existentialism

open a full panorama of human reality

Fields of interestHistory of Philosophy; Phenomenology; Modern

Philosophy

Target groupsPhilosophers, historians, scholars in general,

graduate and undergraduate students

A. Van den Braembussche, Free University of

Brussels, Belgium

Thinking Art

In the twentieth century, avant-garde movements

have pushed the concept of art far beyond its

traditional boundaries. In this dynamical process

of constant renewal the prestige of thinking about

art as a legitimizing practice has come to the fore.

So it is hardly surprising that the past decades

have been characterized by a revival or even

breakthrough of philosophy of art as a discipline.

However, the majority of books on aesthetics fail

to combine a systematical philosophical discourse

with a real exploration of art practice.

Thinking Art attempts to deal with this tradi-

tional shortcoming. It is indeed not only an easily

accessible and systematic account of the classical,

modern and postmodern theories of art, but also

concludes each chapter with an artist’s studio in

which the practical relevance of the discussed

theory is amply demonstrated by concrete exam-

ples. Moreover, each chapter ends with a section

on further reading, in which all relevant literature

is discussed in detail.

FeaturesOne of the most systematic and comprehensive

introductions to philosophy of art existing to-day

(classical, modern and post-modern theories of art

are discussed at length) One of the most read-

able introductions to philosophy of art: an ideal

book to teach philosophy of art and to be read by

the general public

Fields of interestArts; Fine Arts; Aesthetics

Target groupsGraduate (and postgraduate students) in philos-

ophy, history of art, cultural studies, sociology of

art, art studies, media studies, cultural economics

and so on, students at art academies, art critics,

artists, museum directors, cultural managers and

so on

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Hardcover

$189.00

ISBN 978-90-481-2978-2

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2009. X, 400 p. 38 illus. in color. Hardcover

$109.00

ISBN 978-1-4020-5637-6

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Alippi (Eds), Artificial Neural Networks –

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Altinsoy (Eds), Haptic and Audio Interaction

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