Science and Technology

Health Beliefs and Coping with Chronic Diseases argues that a patient’s faith, cultural beliefs and attitude play a critical role in his/her recov...

Aimed at small companies and individuals within larger organizations, this guide provides many of the health and safety answers regarding the major...

About the Book Today, we are far less likely to die from infection than at any other time in history, but still we worry about epidemics, the menac...

About the Book Harmonising Rock Mechanics and the Environment comprises the proceedings (invited and contributed papers) of the 12th ISRM Internati...

About the Book Documents research addressing ontological issues that are relevant to the modeling of enterprises and information systems particular...

About the Book Virtual Humans are becoming more and more popular and used in many applications such as the entertainment industry (in both film and...

Many books on sustainability have been written in the last decade, most of them dealing with agricultural systems, communities, and general busines...

About the Book This handbook addresses the development of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly solid-state light sources, in particular semic...

About the Book Examines how the use of open source software (OSS) affects practices in society, business, government, education, and law. This work...

About the Book Provides information on the different styles of instructional design methodologies, tips and strategies on how to use technology to ...

About the Book The Handbook of renal transplantation in developing countries, part of the Oxford clinical practice Series, is a comprehensive handb...

About the Book This new Handbook provides a series of reference guides to cleaner production methods, technologies, and practices for key industry ...

About the Book Continuous discoveries in plant and crop physiology have resulted in an abundance of new information since the publication of the th...

About the Book Provides the latest information on nearly all of the phytoalexins of crop plants studied worldwide over the past 50 years-describing...

About the Book The petrochemical industry is a scientific and engineering field that encompasses the production of a wide range of chemicals and po...

About the Book A quick, easy-to-consult source of practical overviews on wide-ranging issues of concern for those responsible for the health and sa...

About the Book The field of nanoscience was pioneered in the 1980s with the groundbreaking research on clusters, which later led to the discovery o...

About the Book Reporting on the latest advances made in treating multiple sclerosis (MS) and continuing the high standards set by earlier editions,...

Mineral elements are found in foods and drink of all different types, from drinking water through to mothers’ milk. The search for mineral elements...

About the Book Handbook of Mammalian Vocalization is designed as a broad and comprehensive, but well-balanced book, written from the neuroscience p...

About the Book As nanotechnology has developed over the last two decades, some nanostructures, such as nanotubes, nanowires, and nanoparticles, hav...

About the Book Methods and types of devices used for measuring humidity use different measurement principles, materials and varying configurations,...

About the Book Human oocyte cryopreservation has undergone rapid growth, with technical improvement and increasing clinical application over the la...

About the Book This handy reference demonstrates how to use blood, plasma, serum, instrumentation, bone marrow, lymph nodes, and splenic tissue to ...

About the Book In a world where the emphasis has shifted to being as Green and environmentally friendly as possible, leads to the requirement of th...

About the Book The Handbook of Glycomics provides the first comprehensive overview of the emerging field of glycomics, defined as the study of all ...

About the Book An eight-volume set of handbooks on graphene research and applications This set features Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the H...

About the Book Different genetic diagnostic and treatment options are used worldwide to improve routine IVF procedures for the benefit of patients....

About the Book This handbook includes over 100 chapters, written by experts from around the world. It examines drought and all of the issues relati...

About the Book This volume includes over 30 chapters, written by experts from around the world. It examines numerous management strategies for deal...

About the Book This four-volume text features contributions from over 300 researchers and clinicians. Volumes 1, 2 and 3 explore the developmental ...

About the Book In the last 10 years there have been major advances in fundamental understanding and applications and a vast portfolio of new polyme...

About the Book Cereals, pulses, roots, and tubers are major food sources worldwide and make a substantial contribution to the intake of carbohydrat...

About the Book This new handbook covers the world of biophotonics not only geographically -- with the editors coming from different continents -- b...

About the Book This volume provides in-depth coverage of environmental pollution sources, waste characteristics, control technologies, management s...

About the Book This classic reference examines the mechanisms driving adhesion, categories of adhesives, techniques for bond formation and evaluati...

About the Book Delineates the unique ability of halophytes to revegetate salt-affected land. Provides easy access to current information concerning...

About the Book A useful information source for researchers and other professionals in industry and academia, particularly those involved directly w...

About the Book The rapidly expanding world of nutrition, functional foods and nutraceuticals, is increasingly complex. This Guide to Nutritional Su...

Research over the last two decades has considerably expanded knowledge of Internet cryptography, revealing the important interplay between standard...

About the Book Firewalls are among the best-known security tools in use today, and their critical role in information security continues to grow. H...

About the Book This stimulating textbook/reference presents a broad and accessible guide to the fundamentals of discrete mathematics, highlighting ...

Outstanding single–source coverage of chemical health and safety for the electronic and computer industry The chemicals used in the electronic and...

About the Book The first comprehensive career guide for one of today's fastest-growing and most rewarding areas Each year more and more couples se...

About the Book Although the need for assembly language programmers has decreased, the need to understand assembly language has not, and it is impor...

The GRUR–CD–ROM contains three highly–respected journals in the fields of industrial property and copyright law: – IIC: IIC presents articles, deci...

About the Book This new volume of the renowned serial Current Topics in Developmental Biology covers the important features of growth factors in de...