The need for long-term energy sources, in particular for our highly technological society, has become increasingly apparent during the last decade. One of these sources, of tremendous poten tial impo
Some of the earliest civilizations regarded the universe as organized around four principles, the four "elements" earth. water, air, and fire. Fire, which was the source of light and
This book highlights the responsibility of medical device designers and engineers to eliminate sites of failure and to test devices to demonstrate their ultimate safety and efficacy. It also evaluate
Today, more than ever before, we have available to us a large body of knowledge about how to reach and influence youth, even high-risk youth and families, that help them build resiliency. Building Hea
This handbook was developed to answer two basic questions: What does one need to know about beginning a career as a researcher? What skills are especially critical for researchers to develop the k
This unique sociohistorical account of family studies traces the development of various theories or methods within the context of the social values, technological changes, and political events of
This book evolved from our interest in rape as feminists and as sodal sdentists. As feminists, we were concemed about the treatment of rape victims and the attrition in rape cases under traditional ra
With the recent increase in the scope of drug and alcohol problems has come an awareness of the need for solutions. In this context, federal support for research on drug problems increased tremendousl
The· simplest picture of an atom, a molecule or a solid is the picture of its distribution of charge. It is obtained by specifying the positions of the atomic nuclei and by showing how the density, p(
The archaeological focus on a single geographical area offers an opportunity to present projectile point typology as a microtechnology even though some of the types have widespread distributions. The
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Patras, Greece, September 1993. A wide spectrum of elementary reactions directly or indirectly involving the generation, depletion, scattering,
The study of human bipedalism has been overshadowed by many polarized debates. One dispute concerns whether or not australopithecines were wholly terrestrial or retained a degree of arboreality. Anoth
This book is the outcome of the First International Congress on Drugs and Alcohol to be held in Israel. Both the conference and this volume grew out of the need to overcome the specious man-made barri
Diabetes and cardiovascular disease together account for the largest portion of health care spending compared to all other diseases in Western society. This work seeks to provide an understanding of
This volume was designed as a text for medical students, house officers, and even clinicians. It deals with the most common problems in nephrology, providing new insight into how to improve clinical s
The book addresses the most recent developments in structural and functional proteomics underlying the recent contributions given in these areas by our laboratory to the instrumentations, the methods
of those problems in law which we inherit and/or retrieve in order to reconstruct and interpret in the light of legal semiotics, however defined. In addition to three main areas of underlying metaphys
This original work focuses on how stress evolves and is resolved in the interplay between persons and their social connectedness within family, tribe, and culture. Stress, Culture, and Community maint
These books, with of a total of 40 chapters, are a comprehensive and complete introductory text on the synthesis, characterization, and applications of nanomaterials. They are aimed at graduate studen
Papers presented at a symposium at the annual meeting of the South-eastern Archaeological Conference, held in Nashville, Tenn., November 1986, explore the wide range of societal organization during th
Substance misuse and abuse exist in almost every human society. In our western civilization, the bulk of attention has focused on those indi viduals who specifically seek treatment or those who have
Experts in the field offer the first comprehensive review of the tectonics and magmatism of backarc basins, covering their initial rift stage to mature spreading. Complete with numerous illustrati
In this groundbreaking work, distinguished contributors explore the myriad relationships between networks of social support and the development, treatment, and rehabilitation of individuals with cardi
In this nation, in this decade, there is only one way to deal with an individual who is sick-with dignity, with compassion, care and confidentiality, and without discrimi nation. Statement made by Pr
A textbook for graduate and undergraduate courses in psychology and education, especially those concerned with stress and adaptation; personality theory and research; and clinical, counseling, consult
A hundred papers cover acoustic microscopy, biomedicine, bone and cartilage, cardiology, components and systems, Doppler, mathematics and physics, non-destructive evaluation, oceanography, and tomogra
The 58 papers update topics presented in previous conferences. They cover pulse generation and detection, antennas, pulse propagation and guidance, scattering theory, computation and measurements, si
This book presents recent medical information on nicotine and tobacco's neurobiological, physiological, and psychological effects, reviews the history of tobacco use, and describes the latest diagnost
This revised edition includes new chapters on the development of aggression, biological bases of aggressive behavior, and aggression in natural settings; and extensive updates of the theory and resea
Contains physics problems (and worked solutions!) from written graduate qualifying exams at many universities in the US and, for comparison, problems from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technolog
Thirty-five international academics and practitioners contribute 15 chapters on postmodern thinking and ways of being with clients, in particular the use of conversation as a central resource and medi
Archaeologists and social scientists, all but one from the US, apply approaches and techniques developed to study the European influence and settlement in North America to the Ottoman Empire, which la
This long-awaited and thoroughly updated version of the classic text (Plenum Press, 1970) explains the subject of electrochemistry in clear, straightforward language for undergraduates and mature
This long awaited and thoroughly updated version of the classic text (Plenum Press, 1970) explains the subject of electrochemistry in clear, straightforward language for undergraduates and mature
This primer on materials chemistry captures the synthetic chemistry of both functional and structural materials, with an emphasis on the increasingly popular nonmetallic inorganic materials and hybrid
This original, profusely illustrated, and fully documented work addresses issues important to all neuroscientists: Concepts of the nature of progress and how they affect the construction of neuroscien
TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication-handicapped Children) has grown over the past three decades from a small clinic for children to an internationally recognized tre
This book highlights the challenges facing quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) in today's biopharmaceutical environment and presents the strategic importance and value generated by QA/QC for th
Aimed at graduate psychology students and early career psychologists, this text compiled by Prinstein (Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Psychology, Yale U.) and Patterson (a doctoral
Papers from a December 1996 symposium present the latest research on fundamental aspects of sperm production and maturation and the destiny of spermatozoa within the female reproductive tract. Contain
