Molecular Modeling in Heavy Hydrocarbon Conversions introduces and develops a systematic molecule-based modeling approach with a system of chemical engineering software tools. This book shows how chemical engineering principles provide a rigorous framework for the building, solution, and optimization of detailed kinetic models for delivery to process chemists and engineers. It discusses the Kinetic Modeler's Toolbox, a user-friendly software package that integrates molecule-based kinetic modeling. This text includes examples that apply this approach to the development of kinetic models for complex process chemistries, such as heavy naphtha reforming and gas oil hydroprocessing.
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Fuels
Industrial Chemistry
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Implement the design principles and configurations behind MPLS-based VPNs for broadband access networks

The book discusses how MPLS and its VPN service are best used in a broadband environment, concentrating on key design issues and solutions, including

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• When a Virtual Home Gateway is necessary
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• How routes should be summarized into the core

Deploy MPLS VPNs successfully in broadband networks with Building MPLS-Based Broadband Access VPNs. This book helps you understand why and how today's broadband networks function, covering the principal access technologies: DSL, Ethernet, and cable. The book also examines the different tunneling protocols used for VPN solutions today, namely GRE, IPSec, and L2TP, with examples of how these solutions are deployed and a discussion of their strengths and weaknesses.

Building MPLS-Based Broadband Access VPNs also includes an in-depth description of the IOS VRF Lite, which helps you use VRF-aware features with an IP core.

Detailed descriptions of the technologies, design principles, network configurations, and case studies are provided throughout the book, helping you develop a pragmatic understanding of MPLS-based broadband access VPNs.

• Obtain a realistic understanding of large-scale broadband access network design requirements
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• Use MPLS in access VPN and transport networks and deal with the unique scalability problems that such networks pose
• Leverage VRF-aware features to deploy IP-based VPNs
• Includes detailed Cisco IOS configuration examples based on real-world scenarios

This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press? which offers networking professionals valuable information for constructing efficient networks, understanding new technologies, and building successful careers.

Meeting the need for a comprehensive source addressing every aspect of cresol production, analysis, and impact, this detailed reference offers the most up-to-date account of cresols and their downstream derivatives. Industrial Chemical Cresols and Downstream Derivatives is written by an internationally reknowned consultant in the fine chemicals industry and provides an in-depth discussion of every aspect of alkyl phenyls and their downstream derivatives. It contains the latest research and emerging technologies for innovative products in the cresol industry, and emphasizes the importance of cresol isomers and their downstream derivatives for organic chemical synthesis. Topics include: cresol derivatives used as building blocks for agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals; flavors, fragrances, and food additives from cresol derivatives; and waste-minimization.
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Industrial Chemistry
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Reviews all Boundary Element eigenvalue methods proposed to date, from the basics of the BEM, through an outline of the non-algebraic BE eigenvalue analysis technique, to in-depth consideration of the more elegant algebraic eigenvalue formulations.
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Mathematics & Statistics for Engineers
Vibration
Applied Mathematics
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Providing coverage of all aspects of physical muscle strength, this book explains the general determinants of muscle strength, such as gender, age, and muscle type. It illustrates the physical manifestation in the context of the theoretical background, delineates the protocols, techniques, and devices used for recording muscle strength in various parts of the body, and discusses the data obtained. The editorial panel explores overexertion, strength prediction, strength and endurance, torque and EMG relationship, and muscle fatigue. They apply the information to the use of muscle in jobs, to product design, and to studies of job accommodation and the effect of disability on strength.
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This reference provides an in-depth analysis of bioreactor design and operation, encompassing critical aspects of the biocatalytic manufacturing process. Biotransformation and Bioprocesses clarifies principles in reaction and biochemical engineering, synthetic and biotransformation chemistry, and biocell and enzyme kinetics. It examines cross-linked and designer enzymes, abzymes, and site-selective modification of enzymes for improved stability, specificity, and performance; explores biochemical separations and downstream processing and purification approaches; and illustrates the advantages of chemical waste treatment methods for solids, liquids, and gas.
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Biotechnology
Industrial Chemistry
Biopharmaceutics
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This unique single source integrates tree transgenesis, functional genomics, and structural genomics to present, for the first time, a unified approach to research on the molecular biology of forest trees. A distinguished panel of scientists, researchers, and educators from around the world have combined their efforts to present the most up-to-date information on genome mapping, the molecular biology of wood formation and more, with chapters exploring every aspect of this quickly evolving field. Examining EST databases, proteomics, modification of flowering, microsatellite DNA markers, ectomycorrhizal symbiosis, and much more, Molecular Genetics and Breeding of Forest Trees is an important addition to your professional or teaching collection. Helpful tables and figures make important points easy to access and understand. To view an excerpt online, find the book in our QuickSearch catalog at www.HaworthPress.com.
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Forestry
Genetics
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Exploring the characterization, thermodynamics and structural, mechanical, thermal and transport behavior of polymers as melts, solutions and solids, this text covers essential concepts and breakthroughs in reactor design and polymer production and processing. It contains modern theories, end-of-chapter problems and real-world examples for a clear understanding of polymer function and development. Fundamentals of Polymer Engineering, Second Edition provides a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of polymer science for more advanced study in the field of polymers. Topics include reaction engineering of step-growth polymerization, emulsion polymerization, and polymer diffusion.
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Polymers & Plastics
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Undergraduate

Covering the subject at both the fundamental and applied levels, Follicular Growth, Ovulation and Fertilization highlights contraception, infertility management, environment, aging, and reproductive processes. Written by experts in their respective fields, the scientific contributions cover the basic aspects of reproductive biology with a special focus on fertility control and treatment of infertility. The book highlights the latest developments in reproductive biology and their connection to the emerging techniques in reproductive medicine including andrology, reproductive biology, and ovarian function.
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Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women's Health
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Designed to ensure undergraduate chemistry students have basic computer proficiency, this book introduces the fundamentals of computers, then builds a solid foundation in programming using the BASIC programming language and simple examples from chemistry. The author's straightforward approach moves smoothly from simple to complex ideas, from elementary input/output statements through data string manipulation and searching methods to graphics and numerical methods. The last two chapters discuss a variety of available software packages particularly useful in chemistry. Each chapter includes solved examples and review questions that reinforce and stimulate interest in the ideas presented.
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Chemistry
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