Defying the misconception of process chemistry as mere scale-up work, this volume explores the most up-to-date process research and development methods applied to synthesis, clinical trials, and commercial drug candidates. It discusses new approaches to synthetic processes, examines the latest safety methods and design experiments, and suggests realistic solutions to problems encountered in manufacturing and process development. Topics include new synthesis methods, instrumentation, automation, quality control, cost considerations, regulatory issues, outsourcing, green practices, and future trends. Case studies demonstrate strategies for aggressive drug development programs.
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Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Industrial Chemistry
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Professional

Two of the most important goals of ergonomics are the comfort, and the health and safety of the working population. Written by leaders in the field, this second edition of Biomechanics in Ergonomics presents thoroughly updated and new material regarding the biomechanics of tissues and organs in the workplace. This text establishes a foundation for the understanding of gross biomechanical loads on the human system at the tissue level. It describes biomechanical risk factors and supplies exposure assessment tools and techniques. Comprehensive in scope, the book is suitable for use by ergonomic engineers and physical therapists, and as a textbook for ergonomics courses.
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Ergonomics
Biomedical Engineering
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Undergraduate

While the original edition of Coated Textiles brought together much of the interdisciplinary information scattered throughout the literature, recent advances have made a second edition essential to provide needed information for those looking to develop the latest textiles. This revision looks at contributions made by nanotechnology and includes developments in waterproof and breathable fabrics, as well as updated information on airbag fabrics, lamination covering methods, temperature-adaptable clothing, and a host of other topics, including coated fabrics for the military, a multibillion dollar industry.
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Industrial Textiles
Textile Manufacturing
Materials Chemistry
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Professional

Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks: Principles, Protocols, and Applications offers the latest techniques, solutions, and support regarding the design and performance of ad hoc wireless networks. This book presents the fundamentals of wireless networks, covering Bluetooth, IrDA, HomeRF, WiFi, WiMax, wireless Internet, and Mobile IP. Each chapter provides relevant examples and problems to illustrate concepts. It addresses quality of service, energy management, cross layer design issues, and recent developments. The book also provides mobility models for multi-hop ad hoc wireless networks and explores various protocols such as MAC layer, transport layer, routing, and multicast routing.
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Digital & Wireless Communication
Telecommunications
Electrical Engineering Communications
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Los acontecimientos violentos y las atrocidades de los últimos años han introducido un período de terrible confusión y de temibles conflictos. El mundo es percibido, cada vez más, como una federación de religiones, de culturas o de civilizaciones que se enfrentarán inevitablemente o que, de hecho, ya lo están haciendo. Pero una de las razones por las que el mundo se ha vuelto peligrosamente inflamable es, precisamente, la suposición de que las personas pueden ser clasificadas sobre todo según la religión o la cultura. Como argumenta Amartya Sen en este libro, el conflicto y la violencia actuales son sostenidos, igual que en el pasado, por la ilusión de una identidad única, por la creencia en el poder abarcador de una clasificación singular que ignora la relevancia de otras formas "más allá de las culturas y de las religiones" en las que los individuos se perciben a sí mismos: el género, la profesión, la clase, la lengua, la moral o la política, por mencionar sólo algunas. A través del análisis de temas tan diversos como el multiculturalismo, el poscolonialismo, el fundamentalismo, el terrorismo y la globalización, Sen plantea la necesidad de una comprensión sensata de la libertad humana como único modo de combatir el cada vez más extendido "arte de crear odio" que se afirma en el poder mágico de una identidad dominante.
Claro y contundente, lúcido y provocador, de este libro de Amartya Sen ha dicho Mario Vargas Llosa que se trata de "uno de los dos ensayos más importantes recién aparecidos en Occidente sobre la cultura de la libertad".



"Un libro memorable."
Juan Luis Cebrián


"Tener identidad, como bien ha dicho Amartya Sen, es tener la ilusión de un destino."
Fernando Savater


"Un ensayo apasionante, valeroso y polémico [escrito por] uno de los pensadores liberales más lúcidos de nuestro tiempo."
Mario Vargas Llosa

A comprehensive text covering different areas of natural product chemistry, this volume offers detailed, individual chapters on the chemistry of amino acids, peptides, proteins and enzymes. The book covers nomenclature, classification, stereochemistry, physical and chemical properties, synthesis/reaction mechanisms, and industrial applications for each. Topics include: the formation of peptide bonds, peptide synthesis, and the structure and functions of some biologically important peptides; the structural determination of proteins; and the mode of action of enzymes and the structure/function of different coenzymes.
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Natural Products
Organic Chemistry
Biochemistry
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Professional

Connective Technologies in the Supply Chain explores the position of connective technologies across the supply chain, including management of engineering and manufacturing operations. This book addresses such topics as strategic frameworks, analytical models, GPS, inventory management, quality control, mobile technology, security challenges, and a variety of other topics. Offering a design of a connective technology enabled knowledge-based supply chain management system, the text provides an overview of applications and contains case studies that focus on the design, development, and implementation of connective technology systems.
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Supply Chain Management
Lean Manufacturing
Engineering Project Management
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Bringing geometric algebra to the mainstream of physics pedagogy, this book presents geometric algebra as a discipline within mathematical physics and shows how geometric algebra can be applied to numerous fundamental problems in physics, especially in experimental situations. It introduces the essential features of postulates and their underlying framework; bivectors, multivectors, and their operators; spinor and Lorentz rotations; and Clifford algebra, extending some of these topics into three dimensions. Well-known for their research in general relativity, the authors cover Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves' states of polarization, the Dirac equation, wave functions, fiber bundles, and the quantization of gravity.
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Mathematical Physics
Applied Mathematics
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Featuring various hands-on examples to provide understanding of this new approach, Multispectral Image Analysis Using the Object-Oriented Paradigm shows how to extract information from remotely sensed data for applications in agriculture, visual simulation, civil government mapping, forestry, fire risk assessment, and more. This book includes two CD-ROMs presenting sample data that allows readers to try different approaches to problem solving. Suitable for both beginners and advanced users with background in remote sensing and image processing, it also reviews all relevant technologies, demonstrates the advantages of object-based image analysis, and contains 24 pages of high-quality color images.
• Remote Sensing Applications Series
Image Processing
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Professional