The purpose of the book is to organize the solution of heat conduction and diffusion problems and to make them more accessible. This is accomplished using the method of Green’s functions, together with extensive tables of Green’s functions and related integrals. The tables of Green’s function were first compiled as a supplement to a first-year graduate course in heat conduction. The book was originally envisioned as a reference volume, but it has since grown into a heat conduction treatise from a Green’s-functions perspective.
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Thermodynamics
Materials Science
Automotive Technology & Engineering
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Drawing from the authors’ courses on the subject as well as the first author’s more than 30 years working in the pharmaceutical industry, Clinical Trial Methodology emphasizes the importance of statistical thinking in clinical research and presents the methodology as a key component of clinical research. From ethical issues and sample size considerations to adaptive design procedures and statistical analysis, the book first covers the methodology that spans every clinical trial regardless of the area of application. Bioequivalence clinical trials are then discussed. The final chapters incorporate real-world case studies of clinical trials from the authors’ own experiences.
• Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series
Statistics for the Biological Sciences
Clinical Implementation
Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Chemistry
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Focusing on the science and applications of molecular biology to agriculture and foods, this encyclopedia describes the new tools for use in the production of raw agricultural materials and the manufacturing of food products. Two hundred entries cover areas such as cloned animals, genetically modified and drought-resistant plants, biodiversity, and nutritionally enhanced foods. The encyclopedia explores media coverage of biotechnology, governmental regulations associated with it, consumer acceptance, and environmental issues. Illustrations and comprehensive references complement the text. This reference is also available in an online format.
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Biotechnology
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A collection of articles from international experts, this volume examines modern methods used for studying the properties and structures of inorganic compounds. The book begins by examining developments in small-molecule x-ray crystallography. This is followed by a description of single crystal neutron diffraction, a chapter on quantum chemistry, and an exploration of two important spectroscopic techniques. It describes intermolecular nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) NMR experiments and diffusion experiments for elucidating supramolecular structure, offering examples that demonstrate theoretical aspects of the methodology. The final chapter summarizes recent experimental and theoretical work on pressure effects on the d-d and luminescence spectra of transition metal complexes.
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Inorganic Chemistry
Chemical Physics
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Written by leading experts from Australia and North America, this book covers the impact of new mining technology on human work performance and safety. Ergonomics experts Tim John Horberry, Robin Burgess-Limerick, and Lisa J. Steiner draw on their personal experience to provide up-to-date research, case studies, and examples, making the book useful, accurate, informative, and easy to read. The authors combine their in-the-trenches experience and academic expertise to present a treatment that balances breadth with depth. The book supplies a much-needed overview of the human element in the journey to optimal equipment design of mining equipment.
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Written by leading pioneers of Bayesian clinical trial designs, this book explores the growing role of Bayesian thinking in clinical trial analysis. Covering Phase I, II, and III clinical trials, it establishes the basic principles before extending them to specific phases and endpoints. The authors also discuss special topics that span different phases of the process, including the use of historical data, equivalence studies, multiplicity and multiple comparisons, and subgroup analysis. They provide many detailed examples drawing on real data sets. Along with other materials, the R and WinBUGS codes used throughout are available on supporting websites.
• Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series
Statistics for the Biological Sciences
Clinical Implementation
Statistical Theory & Methods
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Explaining how the engineering of mega-systems is inherently different from that of large-scale monolithic systems, this book supplies the vocabulary and framework needed to explore the issues relevant to mega-systems. This framework then evolves into a diagnostic tool that helps readers to understand the nature and context of the system at hand and, on that basis, select the most appropriate processes, tools, and techniques. The text examines commercial and government applications of mega-systems and includes two case studies in engineering mega-systems that illustrate valuable lessons learned and highlight emerging practices.
• CRC Complex and Enterprise Systems Engineering
Systems & Control Engineering
Industrial Engineering & Manufacturing
Manufacturing Engineering
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Several studies have demonstrated that mycorrhizal associations play vital role in plant nutrition. They greatly increase the efficiency of nutrient and water uptake, enhance resistance to pathogens, and buffer plant species against several environmental stresses and drought resistance. Mycorrhizae also improve plant growth and survival in soils contaminated by heavy metals. This book emphasizes the biotechnological application of mycorrhizae to promote the production of food while maintaining ecologically and economically sustainable production systems.
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Botany
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This book reports on a new method of fault tolerant control based on the authors’ research findings. The authors develop a theoretical framework for reliable control in linear systems with adaptive mechanisms. They also present guidelines for designing control systems with guaranteed stability and desired performance in the presence of actuator/sensor failures. The book contains valuable reference materials for researchers in reliable control as well as practicing engineers. It provides industrial case studies, including flight tracking control systems design for F-16 fighter jets and also redundant sensors for motors.
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Digital Signal Processing
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Written by internationally renowned experts, this book introduces emerging parallel architectures, their corresponding programming paradigms, and their bioinformatics applications. Providing two introductory chapters to supply necessary background on sequential bioinformatics algorithms and parallel architectures—such as multi-cores, Cell B.E., GPUs, FPGAs—it then presents parallelization strategies and performance evaluations for numerous state-of-the-art bioinformatics algorithms and tools. Topics include pairwise sequence alignment, multiple sequence alignment, BLAST, motif finding, and pattern matching. The book also covers sequence assembly, hidden Markov models, molecular dynamics, and evolutionary tree reconstruction.
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Bioinformatics
Systems & Computer Architecture
Digital Signal Processing
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