CRC Press

Aircraft propulsion and gas turbine engines.

This book provides a unified and chronological approach to aero engines and gas turbines from the 1940s to the 21st century. Part I discusses the history, classifications, and performance of air- breathing engines, from Leonardo da Vinci to the 20th century, then discusses different engine types including pulsejet, ramjet, single- and multi-spool turbojet, and turbofan in both subsonic and supersonic applications. Different types of industrial gas turbines are also analyzed. Part II investigates the design of rotating compressors and turbines, and non-rotating components, intakes, combustion chambers, and nozzles, for all modern jet propulsion and gas turbine engine systems, along with their performance. Every chapter concludes with solved examples and problem sets. A glossary is included. Appendices provide technical information on several types of aero engines and industrial gas turbines. El-Sayed is affiliated with Zagazig University, Egypt. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Analysis of pesticides in food and environmental samples.

Increasing concerns about the safety of the food supply and calls for reduction of chemical contaminants in the environment have caused researchers to step up advances in information on pesticides, analytical methods, and instrumentation. This collection of nine articles includes reviews of procedures and protocols as well as evaluations of instrumentation, addressing the classification and properties of specific pesticides, handling of pesticides in food and environmental samples, analysis by chromatographic techniques coupled with mass spectrometry, new techniques incorporating immunoassays and biosensors, quality assurance in analyzing pesticides, determination of pesticides in food of vegetable and animal origin, safety aspect of levels of pesticides in food, general monitoring of pesticides in the environment, and determination of pesticides in soil, water or air. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Appetite and food intake; behavioral and physiological considerations.

Thirty-three international academics and researchers contribute 18 chapters focusing on the psychological and biological determinants of feeding, the governing influences when food availability is not limiting. The text highlights the synergies and gaps between approaches using animal models and human trials by presenting pairs of chapters that address the same topic from both perspectives. Coverage includes mechanisms that control food intake; the role played by appetitive cues; preingestive motivational, cognitive, and orosensory processes influencing food acquisition; the processing of ingesta; intestinal and postabsorptive signaling systems and metabolism; and the micro- and macronutrient composition of foods linked to ingestive behavior and the physiologic consequences of consumption. For researchers, academics, graduate students, and related professionals, such as nurses and dietitians. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Applications of environmental aquatic chemistry; a practical guide, 2d ed.

Writing for non-chemists, Weiner (chemistry, emeritus, University of Denver) explains key concepts in environmental chemistry, sets out the necessary calculations for applying them, and shows how to interpret the significance of water quality data. Self-contained chapters offer a framework for finding data tables that are ordinarily scattered throughout the literature. The book also contains EPA water use classifications and describes treatment methods for industrial, municipal, and agricultural waste discharges. Worked examples provide step-by-step instructions for frequently used calculations, drawing on case histories from real-world environmental applications. This second edition includes a new section on environmental forensics, and a new chapter on radionuclides, with reorganized material in separate chapters on metals, light nonaqueous phase liquids, dense nonaqueous phase liquids, and biodegradation. Chapter exercises have also been added. The former appendices on drinking water standards, water quality criteria, and sample collection protocols have been omitted because these data are continually changing and are readily available on the Internet. The book can be used for self-study or for short courses on the movement and fate of contaminants in the environment. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

The Aspergilli; genomics, medical applications, biotechnology, and research methods. (CD-ROM included)

Aspergilli impact mankind in both positive and negative ways, but as a group these organisms have been studied very little and are poorly understood. Editors Goldman (molecular biology, U. of Sao Paulo) and Osmani (molecular genetics, Ohio State U.) have collected and arranged a vast array of data on a genus that has important economic impacts on agriculture, human health, industry, and pharmacology. The approximately 70 contributors are internationally-recognized experts in their fields. Topics range from a discussion of basic biology to genomic structure, pathogenic properties, and metabolic properties of the Aspergilli, among others. In summary, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of the research on the primary biological attributes of the Aspergilli. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Atmospheric acoustic remote sensing.

Used to determine wind speed, wind direction and turbulence in the atmosphere, sonic detection and ranging (SODAR) systems and radio acoustic sounding systems (RASS) apply sound waves as a methods of measurement. Devices with these features are increasingly popular in environmental applications as well to determine such measurements as ground-level pollution. Bradley (physics, U. of Auckland) reviews the basic science behind these systems first, then describes the working environment, which is atmosphere near the ground and sound in the atmosphere, and examines sound transmission and reception, SODAR systems and signal quality, SODA signal analysis, RASS systems, and applications in environmental and boundary layer research and measurements of wind power and loading, complex terrain and sound speed. For students and nonspecialist professions he gives the requisite mathematical background and also gives sample data sets and MatLab codes. Especially handy is an appendix on the installation of SODAR or RASS. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Ballistics; theory and design of guns and ammunition.

Carlucci, a research engineer at the U.S. Army Picatinny Arsenal, and Jacobson, a retired designer and developer of munitions at the same facility, have created a well-ordered, scientifically current yet historically rich guide for those who research and develop weapons or munitions. The text is divided into three parts on interior ballistics, exterior ballistics, and terminal ballistics (the phase that begins when a projectile reaches a target). The authors' step-by-step approach to introducing theory, exploring the range of variables and applications, and interpreting data for purposes of design and development, moves at a fluid pace thanks to a balanced blend of formulas and raw data with concise instructional text. Other chapters examine analytical and computational ballistics, design practices of weapons and ammunition, shock physics, and wound ballistics. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Bioactive natural products; detection, isolation, and structural determination, 2d ed.

In this extension of the 1993 edition, organic chemists Colegate (Plant Toxin Research Group, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Victoria) and Molyneux (Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California) introduce 21 chapters in which multi- disciplinary international scientists (mostly new contributors) review applications of recent techniques for the detection, isolation, and structural determination of biologically-active natural products which potentially offer new medicines for treating disease. With new case studies and illustrations, updated/new material on aspects of bioactive natural product research treat topics including chemical extraction, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based structure determination, liquid chromatography linked with mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy, dereplication approaches, and novel bioassay development. This work of course is contingent upon preservation of these resources. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Biology of turtles.

"If it weren't for the 250 species of turtles living today ... these animals encased in mobile homes could easily be viewed as bizarre evolutionary experiments that were ordained to fail." Wyneken (Florida Atlantic U., Boca Raton) and US and French colleagues introduce a well-illustrated volume developed from the Sixth International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology held in 2001. International contributors to 13 chapters present new understanding of turtle evolution, locomotion, anatomy, reproduction, feeding behavior of herbivorous vs. carnivorous types, and aquatic turtles' adaptations for tolerating low oxygen levels. Situating the phylogenetic origins of Testudines remains a continuing challenge. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Building and maintaining a data warehouse.

Silvers, an information technology consultant, has written this volume on building a data warehouse that not only complies to current standards of data storage, but serves the user by being logical and useful. By aiming this book specifically at IT personnel who are in the planning stages of a data warehouse or are currently struggling to manage a large information base, the author is able to provide a step-by-step schematic that stresses organization and simplicity. By using this architectural model for building a database, Silvers has written a guide that is both straightforward and logical for advanced IT professionals and novices alike. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Building trustworthy semantic webs.

Thuraisingham's (computer science and cyber security, U. of Texas, Dallas) text offers Web development students a review of semantic Web technologies and descriptions of ways of securing those technologies. Focusing on confidentiality, privacy, trust, and integrity management for the semantic Web, the text covers concepts in trustworthy- information systems, secure semantic Webs, dependability of the semantic Web, applications that utilize trustworthy semantic Webs, and specialized and domain-specific semantic Webs. Three appendices contain an overview of data management system developments and trends; data and applications security; and the various standards, products, and tools that are emerging for the semantic Web. Distributed in the U.S. by Taylor & Francis. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Chemistry and physics of carbon; v.30.

This anniversary volume contains four chapters on a wide range of chemical and physical aspects of carbon science and technology. Chapter One covers the preparation, reactions, porosity, and performance of carbon activation by alkaline hydroxides. Chapter Two discusses molecular-level design of the porosity and pore size distribution of carbons using template-based synthesis. It describes opportunities for development of tailor-made carbon materials for applications in adsorption, catalysis, electricity storage, and medicine. Chapter Three examines the methodology of characterizing carbon surfaces, emphasizing the use of complementary techniques. Chapter Four focuses on sorption of heavy oils into carbon materials in the clean-up of oil spills. Contributors are academics and researchers in inorganic chemistry, chemical and bimolecular engineering, and industrial science. Radovic is affiliated with the Department of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Circuits and applications using silicon heterostructure devices.

Cressler (electrical and computer engineering, Georgia Tech) examines SiGe circuit applications in emerging communications systems. A novel aspect of the book is that it also contains snap-shot views of the industrial state of the art, both for devices and circuits, designed to provide the reader with a useful basis of comparison for the current status and future course of the global Si heterostructure industry. The book is intended as a reference for practicing engineers and scientists working on various aspects of Si heterostructure integrated circuit technology, and as a research resource for graduate students in electrical and computer engineering, physics, or materials science who require information on integrated circuit technologies. It can also be used as a graduate- level text, and as a reference for technical managers and even technical support and technical sales personnel in the semiconductor industry. It is assumed that the reader has some background in semiconductor physics and semiconductor devices at the advanced undergraduate level. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

CISO leadership; effective principles for success.

From the first day on the job, many chief information security officers (CISOs) may be secure in their technical skills but know deep inside they have little or no training in leadership, team building, communication, risk assessment, and corporate business strategy. In other words, the business skills do not come with the suit. This collection of articles drawn from both research and experience gives new CISOs a quick reference guide, including summaries, recaps and references, for such topics as career advancement, the evolving information security landscape, business drivers, security as a business function, security leadership, the public sector CISO, street smarts, organizational culture, the art of selling security, security strategy, risk, managing commitment, measuring security, privacy and ethics, leading in a crisis, avoiding pitfalls, and scanning the horizon for future issues. This works as an in-service guide as well as for self-study. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

The compiler design handbook; optimizations and machine code generation, 2d ed.

Srikant and Shankar (both: computer science, Indian Institute of Science) present a handbook for readers with a sound background in traditional compiler design. Some topics covered include static program analysis for security, optimizations for memory hierarchies, program slicing, and instruction selection using tree parsing. This second edition features 14 new chapters addressing topics such as worst case execution time estimation, garbage collection, and energy aware compilation. The editors take special care to consider the growing proliferation of embedded devices, as well as the need for efficient techniques to debug faulty code. New contributors provide additional insight to chapters on register allocation, software pipelining, instruction scheduling, and type systems. Readers are assumed to be familiar with traditional front- end techniques, elements of data flow analysis, code improvement techniques, and principles of machine code generation. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Computer engineering handbook, 2d ed. 2v.

Six years ago, in 2002, the first edition was published in one volume; this second edition is in two volumes devoted, respectively, to digital design and fabrication, and digital systems and applications. Editor Oklobzija has a long history of teaching (U. of California, Berkeley) and consulting (Sun Microsystems, AT&T, Fujitsu), and numerous patents and publications to his name. Here he brings together approximately 50 contributed chapters addressing various aspects of fabrication, memory and storage, design for low power, testing (and design for testability, systems and architecture, embedded applications, signal processing, communications and networks, input/output, operating systems, and new directions. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Computational intelligence in biomedical engineering.

In this field-specific reference, the authors focus on the use of computational intelligence (CI) techniques in biomedical applications. The volume illustrates how CI techniques can offer solutions in modeling, relationship pattern recognition, clustering, and other problems specific to biomedical engineering. Begg (biomechanics, Victoria U.), Lai (research, U. of Melbourne), Palaniswami (research, U. of Melbourne) present a case for CI as a solution to the rapidly increasing need for automated diagnostic systems capable of processing large amounts of data. This volume offers detailed examinations and explanations of biomedical signal processing, CI techniques and techniques specific to cardiology and heart disease diagnosis, electromyography and electroencephalogram analysis, future trends, and other related topics. This volume would be of value to researchers, professionals, academics, and graduate students from a wide variety of disciplines looking for applications in health care. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Computational methods in biomedical research.

Written by active researchers in the field, this work explores current and emerging computational statistical methods used in biomedical research. It introduces each topic at a basic level, before moving on to more advanced discussion of applications. The book begins with microarray data analysis, machine learning techniques, and mass-spectrometry-based protein profiling. It then uses state space models to predict US cancer mortality rates and provides an overview of the application of multistate models in analyzing multiple failure times. Also described are various Bayesian techniques, the sequential monitoring of randomization tests, mixed- effects models, and the classification rules for repeated measures data. The book concludes with estimation methods for analyzing longitudinal data. A few color figures are included. The book will be useful for those involved in advanced biomedical and pharmaceutical research, including biostatisticians, medical researchers, pharmaceutical scientists, and reviewers in regulatory agencies. Khattree is affiliated with Oakland University. Naik is affiliated with Old Dominion University. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Continuous signals and systems with MATLAB, 2d ed.

ElAli (electrical engineering, Benedict College) and Karim (Old Dominion University) present broad yet detailed coverage of continuous linear systems, based on basic mathematical principles, in this text for a one-semester course for undergraduate junior and senior electrical, mechanical, aeronautical, and aerospace engineering students. The book concentrates on explaining the subject matter with easy-to-follow mathematical development and numerous solved examples from various engineering disciplines, with most of the worked examples first solved analytically and then solved using three different forms of numerical solutions with MATLAB. It covers traditional topics and includes chapters on analog filter design, state-space representation, block diagrams, and linearization of nonlinear systems. While no previous experience with MATLAB is assumed, familiarity with calculus, differential equations, and basic dynamics is desirable. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Core level spectroscopy of solids.

As this field developed over the past two decades, researchers have made significant advances in synchrotron radiation sources and their corresponding x-ray beamlines along with electron energy loss spectrometry. Thanks to de Groot (chemistry, Utrecht U.) and Kotani physics emeritus, U. of Tokyo), readers get a solid background in more fundamental aspects of the spectrometry of solids along with clear explanations of recent developments. They provide full coverage of x-ray photoemission spectroscopy and x-ray absorption spectrometry (along with their many-body change transfer effects), theoretical approaches (including change transfer multiplet theory) that can be used to interpret core spectroscopies of systems, x-ray magnetic circular dichroism, and resonant x-ray emission spectroscopy. They also include appendices with derivations, theoretical tests and calculations and developments of new experimental tools and data analysis. The illustrations are well-chosen and helpful without being obtrusive. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Corrosion-under-insulation (CUI) guidelines.

A specialist in materials and corrosion with the giant British-based oil and chemical company Exxon addresses the problem of external corrosion of piping and vessels fabricated from carbon-manganese, low-alloy, and austenitic stainless steels that occurs underneath externally clad or jacketed insulation owing to the penetration of water. The problem by its nature is often not detected until it has caused destruction and death. He provides technical background information by which to implement adequate inspection and maintenance strategies. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)