Peru: Yavari: Rapid Biological Inventories: 11 (The Field Museum

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Conducted during the spring of 2003 in the Yavarí and Yavarí Mirín river valleys in the Amazonian lowlands of northeastern Peru, this survey provides both biological and social analyses offering a deep and multi-faceted picture of the area.

Participating scientists examined four sites along the Yavarí River. At each site, they surveyed a mix of forest types and microhabitats, both in the hilly uplands and on the Yavarís broad floodplain. Their report covers surveys of vascular plants, fishes, reptiles, and amphibians; birds, large mammals, and bats. The report also discusses the findings of a social assets inventory among nearby communities, in which teams used participant observation and conducted semi-structured interviews to quickly evaluate the assets of local communities, and estimate how the communities could be points of engagement for long-term participation in conservation efforts. The survey also reports on the main threats to the area, and offers recommendations for protection, management, and long-term conservation benefits.

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Biological Applications of Raman Spectroscopy Volume 1: Raman Spectra and the Conformations of Biological Macromolecules Edited by Thomas G. Spiro The first of the landmark volumes focusing on biological Raman applications, Volume 1 provides an incisive look at the current research surrounding the conformations of biological macromolecules. Volume 1 considers the varieties of macromolecules—proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids—in isolation and in the organized biological assemblies of ocular lenses, viruses, and membranes. The collective vibrational modes of macromolecules are considered theoretically, and there is a review of the promising area of vibrational optical activity. 1987 (0 471-81573-X) 352 pp. Volume 2: Resonance Raman Spectra of Polyenes and Aromatics The importance of the resonance Raman effect for biological applications is that it can provide dramatically increased sensitivity and selectivity The theory of the effect is presented in Volume 2, which also explores applications to rhodopsin, to the purine and pyrimidine bases of nucleic acids, to the peptide backbone and chromophoric side chains of proteins, to flavins, and, finally, to the introduction of resonance Raman labels into biological systems. 1987 (0 471-81574-8) 367 pp. Volume 3: Resonance Raman Spectra of Heme and Metalloproteins Heme proteins have provided an especially rich opportunity for Raman studies. Volume 3 describes in detail various aspects of work in this area, including applications to chlorophylls and nonheme metalloproteins. Coverage includes heme protein structure and the iron-histidine stretching mode; Raman scattering by cytochrome oxidase and by heme a model compounds; chlorophylls and the photosynthetic membrane; resonance Raman spectroscopy of blue copper proteins; and nonheme respiratory proteins. 1988 (0 471-81575-6) 565 pp.

Infrared and Raman Spectra of Inorganic and Coordination Compounds : Theory and Applications in Inorganic Chemistry (Volume A)

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Kazuo Nakamoto
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ASIN: 0471163945

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The most comprehensive guide to infrared and Raman spectra of inorganic and coordination compounds--now fully revised and updated

Infrared and Raman Spectra of Inorganic and Coordination Compounds has always provided fundamental theories of vibrational spectroscopy in a condensed form and their applications to inorganic and coordination compounds. The Fifth Edition continues to cover these theories and applications, which have been updated by adding many new topics, figures, tables, and references.

Part A of this two-volume work describes basic theories of normal vibrations including the method of normal coordinate analysis, resonance Raman spectroscopy, and vibrational analysis of crystals in clear and precise terms, and applies them to relatively simple inorganic compounds while leaving the applications to larger and more complex systems to Part B. This new edition
* Incorporates new topics such as the correlation method, lattice vibrations, ceramic superconductors, and carbon clusters such as buckminsterfullerene
* Offers numerous references to the recent research in the field
* Reviews significant new literature on the subject
* Provides many infrared and Raman spectral charts of typical compounds
* Features 116 illustrations
* Contains appendices consisting of tables, charts, and supplementary information

Used independently or in combination with Part B, this is an excellent textbook for graduate-level course work, and the most comprehensive reference book available for researchers in the fields of vibrational spectroscopy, inorganic chemistry, coordination chemistry, organometallic chemistry, and bioinorganic chemistry.

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Analytical Applications of Raman Spectroscopy

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Analytical Applications of Raman Spectroscopy
Michael J. Pelletier
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Applications of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

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Applications of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

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With comprehensive coverage, Applications of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy provides practitioners of SERS with a resource of current applications described by experts in each area to guide their own applications of this technology. This book covers both the traditional applications in chemical and biochemical research as well as commercial applications in the areas of environmental science, forensics, and pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. It emphasizes the hot-topic areas of homeland security and medical applications. Offering groundwork for future application development, this text is essential for analytical chemists involved in trace chemical analysis and those companies selling SERS products.

Fourier Transform Raman Spectroscopy: Instrumentation and Chemical Applications (Ellis Horwood Series in Analytical Chemistry)

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Fourier Transform Raman Spectroscopy: Instrumentation and Chemical Applications (Ellis Horwood Series in Analytical Chemistry)
Patrick Hendra , Catherine Jones , and Gavin Warnes
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Handbook of Infrared and Raman Spectra of Inorganic Compounds and Organic Salts, Volume 1: Text and Explanations (Infrared Raman Spectral Analysis of Inorganic Compunds & Org)

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Handbook of Infrared and Raman Spectra of Inorganic Compounds and Organic Salts, Volume 1: Text and Explanations (Infrared Raman Spectral Analysis of Inorganic Compunds & Org)
Richard A. Nyquist , Curtis L. Putzig , and M. Anne Leugers
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This four-volume handbook presents unique data of infrared and Raman spectra that are extremely useful for the analysis of inorganic compounds and organic salts. The spectra charts as presented in the volumes may be used to facilitate spectra-structure identification of most compounds, while cross-indexing of data allows for easy comparison of infrared and Raman spectra of the same compound. This comprehensive four-volume set, based on the authors' extensive lifetime research, is an essential reference for industrial and academic researchers and their libraries. Analytical chemists, molecular spectroscopists, materials scientists (especially polymer scientists), chemical engineers, environmentalists, geologists, andothers involved in analyzing a wide range of inorganic compounds and organic salts will want to keep the Handbook within easy reach. This set is a"must"for pharmaceutical and chemical companies, as well as for industrial and academic libraries.

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* Includes unique IR and Raman spectral correlation charts
* Contains indices of spectra by alphabetical order, chemical class, and chemical formula to facilitate ease of use
* Cross-referenced to allow comparisons of the IR and Raman spectra of the same compound
* 19 pages of figures; 46 pages of tables
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Infrared and Raman Spectra of Inorganic and Coordination Compounds : Applications in Coordination, Organometallic, and Bioinorganic Chemistry (Volume B)

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Infrared and Raman Spectra of Inorganic and Coordination Compounds : Applications in Coordination, Organometallic, and Bioinorganic Chemistry (Volume B)
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The most comprehensive guide to infrared and Raman spectra of inorganic and coordination compounds-now fully revised and updated

This book has served as the definitive guide to infrared and Raman spectroscopy of inorganic and coordination compounds from the time of its first publication in 1963. The Fifth Edition consists of two self-contained volumes: Part A describes basic theories of normal vibrations and their applications to relatively simple inorganic compounds, while Part B extends them to larger and more complex systems-coordination compounds, organometallic compounds, and bioinorganic compounds.

Part B shows how one can deduce structural and bonding information from vibrational spectra. For this purpose, the compounds have been classified into each structural type, their vibrational frequencies and band assignments listed, and typical infrared/Raman spectra illustrated. Special emphasis has been placed on metal-ligand vibrations that appear in the low-frequency region. This new edition
* Incorporates new topics, including complexes of carbon dioxide and dihydrogen and metal complex-DNA interactions
* Offers many references to the latest research in the field
* Reviews all important new results obtained on the subject
* Provides many infrared and Raman spectral charts of typical compounds
* Features 156 illustrations

This is the best reference book for researchers and graduate students in this field today.

Also Available: Infrared and Raman Spectra of Inorganic and Coordination Compounds, 5th Edition, Part A: Theory and Applications in Inorganic Chemistry, 1997 0-471-16394-5

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spectroscopy infrarred y raman.......1999-10-30

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Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy (Practical Spectroscopy Series)

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E. G. Brame , and Jeanette G. Grasselli
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IR and Raman Spectroscopy
Peter J. Larkin
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An excellent resource for those studying and researching industrial and analytical chemistry and physics, this book provides readers with the complete technical knowledge of all analysis in these areas.

Proceedings of Biomedical Applications of Raman Spectroscopy: 25-26 January 1999 San Jose, California (Spie Series Volume 3608: Progress in Biomedical Optics)

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In the view of many probabilists, author Anatolii Puhalskii's research results stand among the most significant achievements in the modern theory of large deviations. In fact, his work marked a turning point in the depth of our understanding of the connections between the large deviation principle (LDP) and well-known methods for establishing weak convergence results. Large Deviations and Idempotent Probability expounds upon the recent methodology of building large deviation theory along the lines of weak convergence theory. The author develops an idempotent (or maxitive) probability theory, introduces idempotent analogues of martingales (maxingales), Wiener and Poisson processes, and Ito differential equations, and studies their properties. The large deviation principle for stochastic processes is formulated as a certain type of convergence of stochastic processes to idempotent processes. The author calls this large deviation convergence. The approach to establishing large deviation convergence uses novel compactness arguments. Coupled with the power of stochastic calculus, this leads to very general results on large deviation asymptotics of semimartingales. Large and moderate deviation asymptotics are treated in a unified manner. Starting with the foundations of idempotent measure theory and culminating in applications to large deviation asymptotics of queueing systems, Large Deviations and Idempotent Probability offers an outstanding opportunity to examine both the development of a remarkable approach and recently discovered results as presented by one of the foremost leaders in the field.

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London life just after World War I, devoid of values and moving headlong into chaos at breakneck speed Aldous Huxley's Antic Hay, like Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, portrays a world of lost souls madly pursuing both pleasure and meaning. Fake artists, third-rate poets, pompous critics, pseudo-scientists, con-men, bewildered romantics, cock-eyed futurists all inhabit this world spinning out of control, as wildly comic as it is disturbingly accurate. In a style that ranges from the lyrical to the absurd, and with characters whose identities shift and change as often as their names and appearances, Huxley has here invented a novel that bristles with life and energy, what the New York Times called "a delirium of sense enjoyment!"

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Satirical Wit might be too much for some.......2007-09-08

I have to say I enjoyed this novel, as I have almost all of Huxley's other writings, for the light it shines on a particular segment of society in an interesting if confused time. Huxley employ's his characteristic wit and satirical prose in telling the tale of a mixed group of Londoners in the 1920's, all seeking to make sense of a life, and perhaps more importantly to derive pleasure from it, that has lost it's focus somewhere along the way. The protagonists range from pedants, academics, failed artists, journalists, scientists, and the idle rich and the just plain idle. Their interactions with one another form the loose framework of the story, although it seems really to be about each person's individual pursuit of their own particular pleasure. I say it seems to be about this because it is hard to put your finger on a single theme.

Some will have trouble with this novel as it lacks a serious plot device or any culmination of the story in a climax. It certainly does not fall into the same category as some of Huxley's more famous fictional works such as Brave New World or Island. Those who care to give it a chance though may be delighted by what they do find, namely a snapshot into the life and society of the pseudo-aristocratic circle in the inter war period in Britain. The time was one of change in society; a break from the past was clearly in the midst of happening, but no one was sure where is was leading, if anywhere. In this sense the novel and the characters really capture the essence of the time with their apparent frivolity and absence of direction. It is still a very readable novel, although at some points it is clear that the amount time that has passed since its publication in the 1920's has left become too large a gap to overcome. Although Huxley is a greater writer and many of his works have stood the test of time, Antic Hay is not one of them.

Still the novel is packed full of humorous moments, for example Theodore's giddy glee at the prospect of joining the ranks of the capitalist with his bound-to-be-fantastic new invention: pneumatic trousers, and does good job capturing the spirit of the age, however confused that spirit may be. Huxley's command of the English language, as well as French and Latin, and his overall intelligence offer rewards to the reader outside the story itself. For those who appreciate a master performing his craft, Antic Hay will be a delight.

I had to put it down........2007-08-06

I usually get drawn into Huxley's books, but this one is his first--and thankfully only--attempt at comedy. It is dreadfully unfunny and unstimulating, a contrast most of the rest of his body of work. One thing I noticed was that half of the dialogue ended with exclamation points, and that is way too much! Thus, I don't recommend that you read this book!

Antic Hay.......2007-05-04

This novel is quintessential Huxley. Virtually plotless, written in a lively, engaging style, sardonic and hilarious. There is no one and nothing that escapes his razor-sharp pen, and he mocks with sarcastic understanding. Antic Hay is full of the smirk of the iconoclast in a church, and is an intelligent as it is brutal.

Huxley's Early Novel Antic Hay.......2006-03-24

Antic Hay is Huxley writing in a heavy, self conscious style, where characters are like Greek characters on stage. Pared down, it would be a great play, but Huxley's need to press upon the reader his social/political ideas isn't the easiest to wade through. What is it about? In early works, Huxley struggles with dead Victorian values in the face of a new young 20th century leisure class, and the new modernism of the political and social change of the post WWI era. There is a class of educated idle rich, but they do not affect meaningful, permanent change in the world like the idealized Socialist upstart. Huxley over analyzes the world of the character in this novel. Antic Hay observes from a distance the new world order. It is a tornado of a novel.

Not your typical novel.......2006-02-11

_Antic Hay_ does not have much of a plot and the book just reaches a stopping point and ends. There is no climax. There are no heart-stopping highs or depressing lows, although there is an artist who is so devastated by a snooty critic's scathing review of the former's art show that he seriously contemplates suicide.

That, is perhaps, one of the interesting things I found about the novel: its male characters appear to be loners who stand apart from society. Whether the male is a poet, an artist, a Bolshevic leaning philosopher, a failed but highly creative architect who dreams of redesigning what he feels is an unsightly and sooty 1920s London into a city of beauty and elegance, each man is an individualist who chooses to go his own way. The central character, Gumbril, tires of teaching and invents what he hopes will be highly marketable inflatable trousers for men. One remarkable part of the book even presents a play, as attended by two of the novel's characters, whose lead male player is a misunderstood "monster" whom everyone, including his own father, shuns.

_Antic Hay_ somewhat makes up for its lack of action and plot by substituting lots of conversation, much of it witty. The female characters are quite alluring and rather knowledgeable about men, whom they blithely cuckold and lead astray. One male character, who sports a beard and is aptly named "the Cossack" by an amoral female character, makes a comedy of nearly bleeding to death.

If I had to sum up _Antic Hay_ I would say that it contains a good deal of interesting and intelligent dialogue, but fails to provide the reader with any kind of payoff at the end.

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Aldous Huxley
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Aldous Huxley
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