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Agro-Technologyby R. Paul Thompson
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 23.00A thorough analysis of agro-biotechnology for students including objections, purported benefits and harms, legal/ethical concerns and organic agriculture. more...
Basic Neurochemistryby Scott Brady; George Siegel; R. Wayne Albers; Donald Price
Elsevier Science 2011; US$ 125.00Basic Neurochemistry: Principles of Molecular, Cellular, and Medical Neurobiology, the outstanding and comprehensive classic text on neurochemistry, is now newly updated and revised in its Eighth Edition. For more than forty years, this text has been the worldwide standard for information on the biochemistry of the nervous system, serving as a resource for postgraduate trainees and teachers in neurology, psychiatry, and basic neuroscience, as well as for medical, graduate, and postgraduate students and instructors in the neurosciences. The text has evolved, as intended, with the science. It is also an excellent source of current information on basic biochemical and cellular processes in brain function and neurological diseases for continuing... more...
Commercializing Successful Biomedical Technologiesby Shreefal S. Mehta
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 36.00An indispensable guide to the commercialization process of drug, diagnostic and device biomedical technology. more...
Diffusionby E. L. Cussler
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 75.00The clearest coverage available of diffusion and mass transfer, which is a key part of the chemical engineering curriculum. more...
Handbook of Cosmetic Science and Technologyby Marc Paye
Informa Healthcare 2009; US$ 349.95Edited by a team of experienced and internationally renowned contributors, the updated Third Edition is the standard reference for cosmetic chemists and dermatologists seeking the latest innovations and technology for the formulation, design, testing, use, and production of cosmetic products for skin, hair, and nails. more...
Gene Cartelsby L. Palombi
Edward Elgar Publishing 2009; US$ 40.00Explores how patents have been used as an economic protectionist tool, developing and evolving to the point where thousands of patents have been ultimately granted, not over inventions, but over isolated or purified biological materials. This book questions whether the continuing grant of patents can be justified when they are used to suppress. more...
Explosives Detection Using Magnetic and Nuclear Resonance Techniquesby Jacques P. Fraissard; Olga Lapina
Springer 2009; US$ 89.95Molecular Biotechnologyby Bernard R. Glick; Jack J. Pasternak; Cheryl L. Patten
ASM Press 2010; US$ 119.95Acclaimed by students and instructors, Molecular Biotechnology is now in its fourth edition, bringing it thoroughly up to date with the latest findings and the latest industrial, agricultural, pharmaceutical, and biomedical applications. At the same time, the text maintains all the hallmarks that have made it a bestseller. These include its straightforward, jargon-free writing style and its extensive use of figures that help students make sense of complex biological systems and processes. more...
The Pellet Handbookby Ingwald Obernberger; Gerold Thek
Earthscan 2010; US$ 150.00Biomass pellets are a suitable fuel type for a wide range of applications, from stoves and central heating systems up to large-scale plants, and with practically complete automation in all these capacities. This handbook, written and edited by experienced professionals from IEA Bioenergy Task 32 in cooperation with BIOS BIOENERGIESYSTEME GmbH, Graz, Austria, other IEA Tasks and external experts, is the first comprehensive guide in English language covering all pellet related issues, as illustrated by the following list of topics covered by the book:. - International overview of standards for pellets. - Evaluation of raw materials and raw material potentials. - Quality and properties of pellets. - Technical evaluation of the pellet production... more...
Safety Critical Systems Handbookby David J. Smith; Kenneth G. L. Simpson
Elsevier Science 2010; US$ 116.00Electrical, electronic and programmable electronic systems increasingly carry out safety functions to guard workers and the public against injury or death and the environment against pollution. The international functional safety standard IEC 61508 was revised in 2010 and this is the first comprehensive guide available to the revised standard. As Functional Safety is applicable to many industries, this book will have a wide readership beyond the chemical and process sector, including oil and gas, power generation, nuclear, aircraft, and automotive industries, plus project, instrumentation, design, and control engineers ? The only comprehensive guide to IEC 61508, updated to cover the 2010 amendments, that will ensure engineers... more...