A groundbreaking work, this collection provides contributions from leading researchers who bridge the gap between context-awareness and web services. The chapters are organized into three major sections. Methods focuses on the principle of context awareness in web services and various ways to model those services at the specification level. Architectures details the infrastructures, frameworks, and standards needed to build context-aware services. Technologies presents techniques adapted from once isolated research areas including semantic Web, database, and artificial intelligence development, as well as formal methods being employed to improve development of context-aware web services.
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Human Computer Interaction
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Few scientists have the multidisciplinary experience needed to control all aspects of a high-throughput screening (HTS) drug discovery project. This volume integrates the knowledge of experts in biology, chemistry, informatics, instrumentation, automation, technology development, and project management. Enabling researchers in industrial and academic settings to find the most efficient way to carry a project from start to finish, this volume identifies critical targets that are of relevance to drug discovery, discusses the components of the HTS process, and provides step-by-step instructions for an HTS project, while also examining emerging technologies and systems.
• Critical Reviews in Combinatorial Chemistry
Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Biotechnology
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El maestro Dongshan Liangjie (jap. Tôzan Ryôkai, 807-869) es considerado el fundador de la escuela china chan Caodong (jap. Sôtô), que en el siglo XIII sería introducida en Japón por el maestro zen Eihei Dôgen. Se trata, pues, de una figura clave en la historia de la tradición Zen. El presente volumen incluye la obra “Dichos y Hechos de Dongshan Liangjie”, una crónica de su vida y de sus enseñanzas, así como una colección de diálogos con sus discípulos sobre múltiples aspectos del Dharma.
La edición ofrece también los “Dichos y Hechos de Yunyan Tanshen (jap. Ungan Donjô, 784-841), quien fuera el maestro de Dharma de Dongshan, así como “Los Dichos y Hechos de Yaoshan Weiyan (jap. Yakusan Igen, 751-834), el maestro de
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Tres generaciones de maestros y discípulos que se extendieron a lo largo de los dos siglos que marcaron la edad de oro del Chan en China y el surgimiento de una de las escuelas Chan/Zen cuya vitalidad se ha mantenido hasta el presente.
La introducción y las notas del maestro zen español Dokushô Villalba permiten además comprender las historias y las enseñanzas de estos tres grandes maestros en su contexto histórico y en el marco doctrinal que subyace a su aparente sabiduría loca.

The two volumes making up Unsaturated Soils include papers from the 4 th Asia Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils (Newcastle, NSW, Australia, 23-25 November 2009). Experimental Studies in Unsaturated Soils and Expansive Soils contains contributions which describe field and laboratory studies in unsaturated soils and expansive soils. The keynote and overview lectures, and the contributions on theoretical and numerical advances in the field, are published in the companion volume, Theoretical and Numerical Advances in Unsaturated Soil Mechanics .
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With more than 1500 full-scan mass spectra and quick access data tables, this text provides a valuable reference for labs involved in the analysis of abused and therapeutic drugs. Part One illustrates approaches, mechanisms, and challenges pertaining to the use of isotopic analogs as internal standards for drug quantitation. A second section compiles mass spectra, including drugs and their analogs, as parent compounds and as derivatives resulting from various chemical derivatization approaches commonly encountered in today’s labs. The third part provides corresponding tables of ion-pairs that can potentially be adapted to designate the drugs and their analogs in the analytical processes.
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Over the years, any developments in thermal processes relied largely on empiricism and traditional practice, but advancements in computer technology are beginning to change this. Comprehensive and authoritative, the Handbook of Thermal Process Modeling of Steels provides practicing engineers with the first complete resource that meets the needs of both those new to modeling and those hoping to profit from advances in the field. Written by those with practical experience, it demonstrates what is involved in predicting material response under industrial rather than laboratory conditions, and consequently, gives heightened insight into the physical origins of various aspects of materials behavior.
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Metals & Alloys
Materials Science
Industrial Engineering & Manufacturing
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The realization of the “Internet of Things”—a world in which billions of objects will report their location, identity, and history over wireless connections—will require dramatic changes in systems, architectures, and communications. Although RFID has already laid the foundation for this, further research and development is needed to enable such a pervasive networking world, which should be flexible, adaptive, and secure. Reflecting current trends and future directions in the industry, The Internet of Things provides a comprehensive technical and practical guide to recent advances in pervasive networked systems through detailed discussions, real-world case studies, and experience reports.
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Telecommunications
Digital & Wireless Communication
Networks
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A unique resource, this book describes the ingredients included in an aquaculture diet, species profiles, processing methods, impacts to environment and industry. World-renowned nutritionists and feed technologists explore practical ways for the aquaculture industry to expand and remain competitive, and discuss ways to develop less expensive alternative sources or protein. It provides detailed knowledge on the use of alternative plant and animal protein sources, offering opportunities to either partially or completely replace fish meal. The book discusses the most widely used ingredients and highlights under-used ingredients which could be of significant potential in the future.
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This book explains how the formulas and procedures for sample size calculations can be used in a variety of clinical research and development stages. It presents real-world examples from several therapeutic areas to illustrate clinical and statistical concepts, interpretations, and interactions. The book also explores emerging topics in pharmaceutical research and development, including QT/QTc studies with time-dependent replicates and the use of propensity score analysis in nonrandomized or observational studies. This edition now provides sample size calculations for three major areas of clinical research: dose response studies, microarray studies, and Bayesian approaches.
• Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series
Statistics for the Biological Sciences
Clinical Implementation
Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Chemistry
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