This book is based on the work of a number of experienced experts working in foundation engineering in tropical residual soils. It covers geology and formation of residual soils, site investigations, characterization and selection of parameters for foundation design, design of shallow and deep foundations which include driven piles, drilled shafts and caissons, and special topics which include design of piles in marginally-stable river banks, micro piles, Augeo pile, pile load and NDT, foundation failures and remedial works, and pile supported embankment. The book also includes a country case study on engineering geology in relation to foundation engineering in Malaysia.
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Soil Sciences
Foundations & Piling
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Postgraduate

This is the second book in a new series that explores chromosome engineering for crop improvement. Focusing on cereal crops, the book covers economic importance, world wide production and distribution, utilization, and the origin of the crop and its progenitor. With chapters written by internationally renowned scientists, the book discusses germplasm collection, maintenance, evaluation, dissemination; taxonomy; cytogenetics, gene pools, germplasm enhancement; and biotechnological methods. Filling a gap in the literature, Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Cereals serves as the standard reference for laying out the best paths for improving cereal crop yield.
• Genetic Resources Chromosome Engineering & Crop Improvement
Crop Science
Botany
Molecular Biology
Reference
Professional

Alternative systems of medicine (Ayurveda, Siddha, Homoepathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medcila Herbalism) utilizes medicinal plants for formulations. The present work is aimed at documentation of chemical composition, medicinal use and modern investigative work on medicinal plants. As the name of the title suggests, the work includes rare medicinal plants used globally in medicine. As research is being done on medicinal plants, more and more phytochemicals are being discovered. On basis of this, traditional uses of medicinal plants are being confirmed. The work will be a valuable guide for practitioners of alternative systems of medicine. It will be useful for phytochemists, ethnobotanists and herbal pharmacists who will find unique data about less documented medicinal plants.
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Botany
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Spanning a variety of modeling areas, this book outlines 24 models that represent a variety of characteristics, such as physical bases, comprehensiveness, broad-based applicability, and use of modern tools. After an introduction to watershed modeling, the book examines the history and evolution of watershed modeling derived from the Stanford Watershed Model along with regional calibration of models. The following six sections explore large watershed, streamflow, water quality, urban watershed, agricultural watershed, and planning and management models. Each chapter contains a wealth of information on model parameters, the strengths of each model for particular uses, and examples of applications.
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Surface Water
Hydrology
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Professional

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The first to provide an in-depth coverage of the issues surrounding secure databases and applications, this book is methodically divided into eight sections, each of which focuses on specific key concepts of this increasingly important field.
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Databases
IT Security
Software Engineering & Systems Development
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Professional

The second book in this new series discusses grain legumes, which rank second only to cereals in supplying calories and protein to the world's population.
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Crop Science
Botany
Molecular Biology
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Professional

Written by Sun Microsystems' Java™ BluePrints team, Designing Web Services with the J2EE™ 1.4 Platform is the authoritative guide to the best practices for designing and integrating enterprise-level Web services using the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.4. This book provides the guidelines, patterns, and real-world examples architects and developers need in order to shorten the learning curve and start building robust, scalable, and portable solutions.

The authors use the Java Adventure Builder application to bring the design process to life and help illustrate the use of Java APIs for XML Processing (JAXP), Java APIs for XML-Based RPC (JAX-RPC), and other Web service and Java-XML technologies.

Key topic coverage includes:

Designing Web Services with the J2EE™ 1.4 Platform provides the insight, advice, and detail that make it easier to create effective Web service applications using the J2EE 1.4 platform.

A valuable addition to the reliability literature, this book presents the perspectives of experts from the industry, national labs, and academia on non-deterministic approaches including probabilistic, interval and fuzzy sets-based methods, generalized information theory, Dempster-Shaffer evidence theory, and robust reliability. It includes coverage of advances in all important fields of reliability design including modeling of uncertainty, reliability assessment of both static and dynamic components and systems, design decision making in the face of uncertainty, and reliability validation. The book also discusses documented success stories and quantifies the benefits of these approaches.
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Quality Control & Reliability
Mathematics & Statistics for Engineers
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Professional

The Practical Handbook of Internet Computing analyzes an array of technologies and concerns related to the Internet. Insightful articles by recognized experts address the challenges facing Internet users, designers, integrators, and policymakers. In addition to discussing major applications, it also covers the architectures, enabling technologies, software utilities, and engineering techniques that are necessary to conduct distributed computing and take advantage of Web-based services. The volume also discusses the multidimensional aspects of Internet applications, including mobility, collaboration, and pervasive computing. It concludes with an examination of the Internet as a holistic entity, with considerations of privacy and law combined with technical content.
• Chapman & Hall/CRC Computer & Information Science Series
Internet & Multimedia
Networks
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Professional