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| Title | : | Fitzpatrick's Dermatology In General Medicine, (Two Volume Set) 6th edition |
| Authors | : | Arthur Z. Eisen, Klauss Wolff, K. Frank Irwin M. Freedberg |
| | | McGraw-Hill Professional; 6 edition (1707) |
Widely acclaimed dermatologic treatise is completely revised and updated with over forty new chapters and an entirely new section on dermatologic surgery. Features definitive coverage of biology, pathophysiology, etiology, clincial presentation, diagnosis and treatment of all dermatologic conditions as well as systemic disease with skin manifestations. Important new chapters include growth factors, thermoregulation, cell biology, vitiligo, albinism and more. Firmly places dermatology within the continuum of internal medicine and deploys over 1600 exquisite color photos to depict clinical states. New section summarizes dermatologic surgery for the practitioner with clear instruction on technique and indications.
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| Title | : | Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces: A Concise Guide |
| Authors | : | Victor Andreevich Toponogov |
| | : | 2006 Birkhauser Boston |
The study of curves and surfaces forms an important part of classical differential geometry. Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces: A Concise Guide presents traditional material in this field along with important ideas of Riemannian geometry. The reader is introduced to curves, then to surfaces, and finally to more complex topics. Standard theoretical material is combined with more difficult theorems and complex problems, while maintaining a clear distinction between the two levels.
Key topics and features:
- Covers central concepts including curves, surfaces, geodesics, and intrinsic geometry
- Substantive material on the Aleksandrov global angle comparison theorem, which the author generalized for Riemannian manifolds (a result now known as the celebrated Toponogov Comparison Theorem, one of the cornerstones of modern Riemannian geometry)
- Contains many nontrivial and original problems, some with hints and solutions
Standard theoretical material is combined with more difficult theorems and complex problems, while maintaining a clear distinction between the two levels
This rigorous exposition, with well-motivated topics, is ideal for advanced undergraduate, first-year graduate students seeking to enter the fascinating world of geometry, and students specializing in geometry. The material is given in two parallel streams.
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| Title | : | Chiral Catalyst Immobilization and Recycling |
| Editors | : | Dirk De Vos, Ivo F. J. Vankelecom, Pierre A. Jacobs |
| Publisher | : | Wiley-VCH; 1 edition (October 15, 2000) |
Homogeneous asymmetric catalysis offers reliable results and the possibility to 'tune' the catalysis on a rational basis. A pitfall, however, is that the separation of the catalyst from the starting material and products is difficult and often results in the loss of the catalytic material.
Immobilization offers a potential solution for the user of enantioselective catalysts in industrial processes and laboratories. Heterogeneous catalysis allows continuous operations, recycling of the catalyst, and an easy separation of the reaction products, reducing both waste and costs.
Chemists in academia and industry will welcome this careful selection of topics in this handbook that provides readers with practical and detailed information about the technical requirements for the immobilization of chiral catalysts, their application in synthesis, and methods for recycling.
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This book is characterized by its problem-solving approach with extensive reference charts and tables. First published in 1962, this was the first book on the identification of organic compounds using spectroscopy. Now considered a classic, it can be found on the shelf of every Organic Chemist. The key strength of this text is the extensive set of real-data problems in Chapters 8 and 9. Even professional chemists use these spectra as reference data. Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds is written by and for organic chemists, and emphasizes the synergistic effect resulting from the interplay of the spectra.
About the Author
Robert M. Silverstein & Francis X. Webster (Both of State Univ. of New York, College of Environmental Science & Forestry)
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D on Monday, November 25, 2013
This book provides practical information on the use of infrared spectroscopy for the analysis of materials found in cultural objects. Designed for scientists and students in the fields of archaeology, art conservation, microscopy, forensics, chemistry, and optics, the book discusses techniques for examining the microscopic amounts of complex, aged components in objects such as paintings, sculptures, and archaeological fragments.
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D on Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Concentration on renewable resources, sustainability and replacement of oil based products are driving forces to reassess the potential of natural resources including natural colorants. The growing consumer interest in purchasing “green” products, which exhibit an improved environmental profile, can be seen as the break-through force needed to reintroduce natural colorants into the modern markets.
Written by scientists with specialised knowledge in the field, Handbook of Natural Colorants provides a unique source of information, summarising the present knowledge of natural colorants in depth. Supporting researchers in this emerging field of sustainable chemistry, it provides easy access to the theory and practice of natural colorants from different viewpoints, including agricultural, economic and legislative aspects.
Topics covered include:
- History of coloration technology
- Present position of natural colorants
- Regional plant source availability
- Specific application techniques
- Chemical properties that professional dyers and chemists have to consider
- Agricultural sourcing of dyes with an emphasis on renewable resources
- Discussions on energy and material balance issues arising from the sourcing of materials
- Production aspects of colorants, leading on to the key applications
- Environmental and economic aspects
Also included are the pros and cons of natural dyestuffs, presenting some promising results and evaluating the potential use of vegetable dyes as alternatives to chemical-based ones with a focus on green chemistry.
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Posted by
D on Sunday, September 8, 2013
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- Addresses critical issues for beginning investors to understand, from setting expectations to determining how much to invest, assessing your comfort level for risk, and finding a broker you trust
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Much of the innovative programming that powers the Internet, creates operating systems, and produces software is the result of "open source" code, that is, code that is freely distributed--as opposed to being kept secret--by those who write it. Leaving source code open has generated some of the most sophisticated developments in computer technology, including, most notably, Linux and Apache, which pose a significant challenge to Microsoft in the marketplace. As Steven Weber discusses, open source's success in a highly competitive industry has subverted many assumptions about how businesses are run, and how intellectual products are created and protected.
Traditionally, intellectual property law has allowed companies to control knowledge and has guarded the rights of the innovator, at the expense of industry-wide cooperation. In turn, engineers of new software code are richly rewarded; but, as Weber shows, in spite of the conventional wisdom that innovation is driven by the promise of individual and corporate wealth, ensuring the free distribution of code among computer programmers can empower a more effective process for building intellectual products. In the case of Open Source, independent programmers--sometimes hundreds or thousands of them--make unpaid contributions to software that develops organically, through trial and error.
Weber argues that the success of open source is not a freakish exception to economic principles. The open source community is guided by standards, rules, decisionmaking procedures, and sanctioning mechanisms. Weber explains the political and economic dynamics of this mysterious but important market development.
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Posted by
D on Thursday, August 22, 2013
If necessity is indeed the mother of all invention, then the individuals profiled in this volume should be considered the most laudable of all midwives. They each saw a need and met it. Readers will learn more about the lives and methodologies of well-known inventors such as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison, and become familiar with innovators who have touched our lives though they have remained nameless or long forgotten.
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Posted by
D on Friday, August 16, 2013
With its modern emphasis on the molecular view of physical chemistry, its wealth of contemporary applications, vivid full-color presentation, and dynamic new media tools, the thoroughly revised new edition is again the most modern, most effective full-length textbook available for the physical chemistry classroom.
In summary this is another very impressive book. The Atkins' Physical chemistry book continues to improve with each successive thanks to the commitment of the authors to make t he book more accessible to its readers and more relevant to modern physical chemistry. The Higher Education Academy UK Physical Sciences Centre.
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Posted by
D on Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Covering theoretical mechanics, this text contains 720 solved problems and covers topics such as vectors, velocity and acceleration, Newton's laws of motion, motion in a unified field, moving co-ordinate systems, rockets and collisions, space motion of rigid bodies and Hamiltonian theory.
About the Author
Murray Speigel, Ph.D., was Former Professor and Chairman of the Mathematics Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Hartford Graduate Center.
Tittle: Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Theoretical Mechanics
Author: Murray Speigel, Ph.D.
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Posted by
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The Authoritarians summarizes the research of Dr. Robert Altemeyer, whose professional career has focused on the study of the Authoritarian Personality, and development of the Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) personality and ideological variable widely studied in political, social, and personality psychology. The foreword is provided by John W. Dean, former Nixon White House Counsel and New York Times bestselling author.
About the Author
Bob Altemeyer studied the authoritarian personality for over 40 years while a professor of psychology. His experiments drew high praise from other scientists, and won the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Prize for Behavioral Science Research. This book summarizes his many findings, and has been widely acclaimed for the relaxed, conversational way the author presents far-reaching and penetrating insights into American life today.
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Posted by
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The Yankee Years
By Joe Torre, Tom Verducci
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Twelve straight playoff appearances. Six American League pennants. Four World Series titles. This is the definitive story of a dynasty: the Yankee years
When Joe Torre took over as manager of the New York Yankees in 1996, the most storied franchise in sports had not won a World Series title in eighteen years. The famously tough and mercurial owner, George Steinbrenner, had fired seventeen managers during that span. Torre’s appointment was greeted with Bronx cheers from the notoriously brutal New York media, who cited his record as the player and manager who had been in the most Major League games without appearing in a World Series
Twelve tumultuous and triumphant years later, Torre left the team as the most beloved and successful manager in the game. In an era of multimillionaire free agents, fractured clubhouses, revenue-sharing, and off-the-field scandals, Torre forged a team ethos that united his players and made the Yankees, once again, the greatest team in sports. He won over the media with his honesty and class, and was beloved by the fans.
But it wasn’t easy.
Here, for the first time, Joe Torre and Tom Verducci take us inside the dugout, the
clubhouse, and the front office in a revelatory narrative that shows what it really took to keep the Yankees on top of the baseball world. The high-priced ace who broke down in tears and refused to go back to the mound in the middle of a game. Constant meddling from Yankee executives, many of whom were jealous of Torre’s popularity. The tension that developed between the old guard and the free agents brought in by management. The impact of revenue-sharing and new scouting techniques, which allowed other teams to challenge the Yankees’ dominance. The players who couldn’t resist the after-hours temptations of the Big Apple. The joys of managing Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, and the challenges of managing Alex Rodriguez and Jason Giambi. Torre’s last year, when constant ultimatums from the front office, devastating injuries, and a freak cloud of bugs on a warm September night in Cleveland forced him from a job he loved.
Through it all, Torre kept his calm, kept his players’ respect, and kept winning.
And, of course, The Yankee Years chronicles the amazing stories on the diamond. The stirring comeback in the 1996 World Series against the heavily favored Braves. The wonder of 1998, when Torre led the Yanks to the most wins in Major League history. The draining and emotional drama of the 2001 World Series. The incredible twists and turns of the epic Game 7 of the 2003 American League Championship Series against the Red Sox, in which two teams who truly despised each other battled pitch by pitch until the stunning extra-inning home run.
Here is a sweeping narrative of Major League Baseball in the Yankee era, a book both grand in its scope and fascinating in its details.
Posted by
D on Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Author: Prophet Technologies Pty Ltd
Keywords: Microsoft Excel; Microsoft Excel 2003; Tips'N Tricks; spreadsheet
Publisher: Prophet Technologies Pty Ltd
Year: 2008
Language: English
Book contributor: Prophet Technologies Pty Ltd
Collection: opensource
Description
This work is a collection of tips and tricks that may make using Microsoft Excel 2003 a little easier and interesting to use. This work describes how to easily create a series of numbers, view all the formulas on a worksheet, highlight a cell based on special conditions, use conditional (IF) formulas, count cells that meet your criteria, sum cells that meet only your criteria, hide worksheets, lookup answer in another table, freeze headings, and colour code worksheet tabs.
Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia
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