Since the first edition of this volume was published in 1983, it has retained its unique status of being the only book in the field of public administration that analyzes how constitutional law regulates and informs the way administrators interact with each other and the public. Examining First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights as they pertain to these encounters, it explains how public administrators must do their jobs and how administrative systems must operate in order to comply with constitutional law. Supplemented with case citations and lists of articles, books and documents, this text is designed to facilitate further study in a constantly evolving area.
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Mirroring the growth and direction of science for a century, the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics , now in its 91 st edition, continues to be the most accessed and respected scientific reference in the world, used by students and Nobel Laureates. Available in its traditional print format, the Handbook is also available as an innovative interactive product on CD and online. This year’s edition adds many new tables and major revisions, including the stopping power of electrons, physical properties of selected polymers, properties of ice and super cooled water, and many more.
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Authored by a panel of experts in cell physiology, phytochemistry, ethnopharmacology, applied botany, ethnobotany, and cosmetic science, this book demonstrates the science behind herbal compounds in skincare. Beginning with background in anatomy and physiology of the skin and the classification, mechanisms, and application of herbal compounds, it provides monographs complete with therapeutic properties, specific action and dermatologic properties, toxicities, pictures, and references. Chosen for their importance in traditional use, potential for innovation, or recent introduction to market, selections include higher plants as well as mushrooms, algae, lichens, and bacteria.
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Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Cosmetic Dermatology
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This book introduces the field of analysis on Riemann manifolds and uses the tools of Sobolev imbedding and heat kernel estimates to study Ricci flows with surgeries. It first discusses Sobolev inequalities in various settings, including the Euclidean case, the Riemannian case, and the Ricci flow case. The text then explores several applications and ramifications, such as heat kernel estimates, Perelman’s W entropies and Sobolev inequality with surgeries, and the proof of Hamilton’s little loop conjecture with surgeries. Using these tools, the author presents a unified approach to the Poincaré conjecture that clarifies and simplifies Perelman’s original proof.
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Starting with familiar concepts and slowly building to deeper results, this text focuses on vector spaces and the maps between them that preserve their structure (linear transformations). It discusses the structure theory of an operator, various topics on inner product spaces, and the trace and determinant functions of a linear operator. The text also covers bilinear forms with a full treatment of symplectic spaces and orthogonal spaces and explains the construction of tensor, symmetric, and exterior algebras. It includes many examples, exercises, and problems, with selected solutions in the appendices. A solutions manual is available for qualifying instructors.
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Algebra
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New and improved desalination technologies have significantly broadened opportunities to access major quantities of safe water in many parts of the world. Created in collaboration with the World Health Organization, this book explains the latest developments in desalination, examining the environmental and public health-related impacts of these technologies. Written by international experts, the text presents specifications for assessing water quality, technical issues associated with desalination technologies, and the chemical aspects of desalinated water and its microbiology.
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Water Management and Sustainability
Drinking Water
Novel Technologies
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By adopting green chemistry principles and methodologies, researchers can devise new processes to help protect the environment from further damage. In this book, eminent international experts in green chemistry, green engineering, and environmental sustainability discuss the fundamentals of green chemistry and address current issues of social concern. The text covers sustainable development through green engineering, sustainable economics, environmentally benign technologies for greener processes, computational methods and modeling, environmental ethics, and green approaches to minimize air, water, soil, marine, noise, thermal and nuclear pollution.
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Environmental Engineering
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Providing comprehensive coverage of the biological activities and industrial applications of Chitin, Chitosan, oligosaccharides, and their derivatives, this book presents a balance of information between the various materials, functionalities, applications, and advantages of these polysaccharides in food, nutrition, and agriculture. Divided into five parts, the first part focuses on source and production. The second, third, and fourth parts cover physical and chemical aspects, structural modifications and functions, and biological activities and mechanisms of action. The final part presents a comprehensive assessment of applications.
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Presenting important insight into the complexities of arid region hydrology, this book provides the key component to formulate and implement integrated management approaches in catchment systems. It covers basic and applied research, sustained water education, and training programs and considers the advantages of new techniques and instrumentations with adequate support of financial and human resources. Topics include catchment characteristics, rainfall runoff and harvesting, stream flow routing, groundwater hydrology, resource management, and the design of hydraulic structures. The book offers illustrative case studies, conversion tables, and modeling software.
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Hydrology
Hydrogeology
Ground Water
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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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