Covers recent advances in the scientific understanding of acute inflammatory respiratory failure, with an emphasis on clinical relevance. Discusses the definition, incidence, and prediction of ARDS an
Summarizes some of the important aspects of sunscreen evaluation and usage to assist practicing physicians in providing advice for their patients on sun protection. Following a brief introduction on t
"Introduction to Object-Oriented Databases" provides the first unified and coherent presentation of the essential concepts and techniques of object-oriented databases. It consolidates the results of r
The most comprehensive compilation of seismic safety concerns currently available. Implications of historic earthquakes on the built environment and new lessons learned from recent earthquakes are dis
An update to the continuing series containing 31 edited and checked preparations that represent the most active and advanced areas in organic synthesis. These procedures are presented in six categorie
The stereotype of the Victorian man as a flinty, sexually repressed patriarch belies the remarkably wide variety of male behaviors and conceptions of manhood during the mid- to late- nineteenth centur
This is a collection in translation of recent essays by Tzvetan Todorov, one of the most eminent of today's literary critics. The essays concentrate on the idea of genre, literary or otherwise, and as
More an adventure story than a catalogue. Spongberg (horticultural taxonomy, Arnold Arboretum) recounts the introduction of exotic ornamental trees into Europe during the 17th century, and the later s
Power in Wales in the early middle ages was inextricably tied to political authority. This book analyzes the nature of that power and its relationships, both in theory and in practice. Confronting c
Sham and the stable boy Agba travel from Morocco to France to England, where Sham's majesty is at last recognized and he becomes the "Godolphin Arabian," ancestor of the most superior thoroughbred hor
Reviews the properties, synthesis, and formulations of a number of well studied polymers increasingly being used in site-specific or systematic administration of pharmaceutical agents. For each of the
Tausk was a major figure among pre-World War I psychoanalysts and a prominent pupil of Freud. Twelve of his papers are collected here and introduced by Paul Roazen (social and political science, York
An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Creatures once extinct now roam Jurassic Park, soon-to-be opened as a theme park. Until something goes wrong...and
The author has organized basic, core information on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of chemical dependence into a readily understandable format. His approach teaches the physician what steps t
Rumors may be the oldest medium of mass communication of information or ideas. Even before there were newspapers, radio, or television, rumors communicated by word-of-mouth made and shattered reputati
Dynamics of Entangled Polymer Liquids: Do Linear Chains Reptate? (T. Lodge, et al.). Ultrafast Processes and Transition-State Spectroscopy (S. Lin, et al.). Feedback Analysis of Mechanisms for Chemica
When a storm is raging, David and George are glad to be inside the house, snug and safe. In this spectacular picture book by Caldecott Honor recipient David Wisener, a fallen tree becomes the threshol
This study of a very important part of the Law of the Sea addresses the problem of lack of access to the sea's resources and to the seabed. The author critically examines the rights and protections af
In print since 1948, "Dwelling House Construction is a homebuilding classic. This new edition has been substantially revised to take into account the many changes in materials and building technologie
The aesthetic appreciation of twentieth-century photography has grown rapidly over the last 20 years. In particular, photography at the Bauhaus - the most influential experimental school of art and de
"Investigations in Algebra" departs from a preoccupation with calculus as the ultimate goal of and the universal introduction to advanced mathematics by using Logo to explore combinatorics, number the
That Africa—one of the superpowers' crucial diplomatic and economic battlegrounds—now verges on political developments as dramatic as those of eastern Europe compels us to consider the tremendous infl
Winner of the 1991 Chicago Women in Publishing AwardIn a restaurant in Estelí, Nicaragua, Dianne Walta Hart, a visiting American scholar, and Marta Lopez, member of a Nicaraguan women's organization
From its beginnings, American Cotton Growers strove toward ever more effective processing and marketing of the cotton grown on the High Plains. The men who were the driving force behind ACG realized w
Over the past fifteen years, the geometrical and topological methods of the theory of manifolds have as- sumed a central role in the most advanced areas of pure and applied mathematics as well as theo
When The Holocaust first appeared in Israel in 1987, it was hailed as the finest, most authoritative history of Hitler's war on the Jews ever published. Representing twenty years of research and refle
This book examines the highly politicized religious groups and movements that have surfaced since the late 1970s in the United States, Central America, South Africa, the Philippines, India, and the Mi
A resource on venous thromboembolism and its manifestations in various organs of the body. Part I contains such basic principles as mechanisms of blood coagulation, role of the coagulation laboratory,
A general account of how science is organized, planned, and conducted in the USSR. Neither a comprehensive guide to institutions nor a comparison with the management of science in the west. Based on r
Charles Williams has achieved considerable reputation for his novels. He has been recognized as a brilliant theologian and a sensitive literary critic. But Williams himself wished most to be remembere
A world market in labour has been in the making since Christopher Columbus first landed on the shores of Central America in 1492. This unique book recounts the history of the extraordinary scale and c
Focuses on techniques to diagnose precise defects in genetically unstable, evolving leukemic populations of neoplastic hematopoietic cells, highlighting findings on the molecular biology and clinical
The author (particularly since French elegance is instinctive to him) is to be commended for the realism with which he has undertaken to introduce graduate and advanced undergraduate students of physi
In this major theoretical and methodological statement on the history of religions, Jonathan Z. Smith shows how convert apologetic agendas can dictate the course of comparative religious studies. As h
The figure of an old man poling a skiff toward shore against the evening light engaged Susan Brait to learn about Chesapeake Bay, and it is that image which opens this her book on the oystermen of the
In the sixth century B.C., Pherekydes of Syros, the reputed teacher of Pythagoras and a contemporary of Thales and Anaximander, wrote a book about the birth of the gods and the origin of the cosmos. C
Offers authoritative overviews of topics related to the definition, computation and application of molecular similarity and emphasizes current research trends with molecular similarity as the unifying
For centuries architects have carried out shape computations by hand, using informal procedures and the simplest of tools. Over the last two decades, however, they have made increasing use of more for
In this bestselling collection of classic nursery rhymes, Faith Jaques captures the humour, magic and distinctive character of our great heritage of nursery rhymes. Includes popular nursery rhymes, lu
Germans to America provides both genealogists and researchers of family history with the first extensive, indexed source of German-surname immigrants who came to all ports in the United States between
