The Wadden Sea Ecosystem: Stability Properties and Mechanisms

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The authors present results of an interdisciplinary research project on stability properties and mechanisms in the Wadden Sea ecosystem. The book describes distribution patterns of abiotic and biotic components over space and time and their regeneration following experimentally induced and natural disturbances. Changes in patterns over time were analysed with multivariate statistics and ecological models. Stability properties varied with the respective variable and scale. Stability mechanisms of the organisms include a high functional diversity, high reproductive output and high mobility. Recommendations for future research and consideration of stability mechanisms for the management of a dynamic system are also given.

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The second edition of this reference provides comprehensive examinations of developments in the processing and applications of carbon black, including the use of new analytical tools such as scanning tunnelling microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and inverse gas chromatography.;Completely rewritten and updated by numerous experts in the field to reflect the enormous growth of the field since the publication of the previous edition, Carbon Black: discusses the mechanism of carbon black formation based on recent advances such as the discovery of fullerenes; elucidates micro- and macrostructure morphology and other physical characteristics; outlines the fractal geometry of carbon black as a new approach to characterization; reviews the effect of carbon black on the electrical and thermal conductivity of filled polymers; delineates the applications of carbon black in elastomers, plastics, and zerographic toners; and surveys possible health consequences of exposure to carbon black.;With over 1200 literature citations, tables, and figures, this resource is intended for physical, polymer, surface and colloid chemists; chemical and plastics engineers; spectroscopists; materials scientists; occupational safety and health physicians; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

Frontiers in Modern Carbohydrate Chemistry (Acs Symposium Series)

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Frontiers in Modern Carbohydrate Chemistry (Acs Symposium Series)

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ASIN: 0841239703

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Recent understanding of the involvement of carbohydrate molecules and conjugates in many vital biological processes and, consequently, the appreciation of their tremendous therapeutic potential has stimulated the development of new methods for the synthesis of this class of compounds. The main efforts in the field of synthetic carbohydrate chemistry have been focused on the development of new glycosylation methodologies and convergent strategies for oligosaccharide synthesis, in which the number of synthetic and purification steps is reduced. As a result, many efficient approaches have been developed both on the solid phase and in solution. This book brings together leading specialists working in the emerging areas of chemistry and biology on specific topics in the area of carbohydrates. As a result, the book will be of great interest to scientists solving carbohydrate puzzles in many diverse areas of research.

Design and Applications of Hydrophilic Polyurethanes

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Design and Applications of Hydrophilic Polyurethanes
Timothy Thomson
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ASIN: 1566768950

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Hydrophilic polyurethanes have the unique property of being able to absorb or otherwise manage moisture-and this makes them valuable in medical and a number of other important commercial applications. This new book provides a concise, unified presentation of hydrophilic polyurethanes technology and applications. All important topics from chemistry, analysis, processing and quality systems to product development and applications are covered clearly and systematically. The text is well illustrated by more than 45 flowcharts and diagrams and supplemented by more than 20 data tables. A special feature of this new book is its inclusion of case studies of recent development of commercially valuable products using hydrophilic polyurethanes. These case studies illustrate how these unique materials can be tailored to specific application needs. The information in this new book will be useful to all those involved in the research, development and applications of polymers, biomaterials, and other materials whose utility requires the special properties of hydrophilic polyurethanes. To receive your copy promptly, please order now. Information on ordering - by mail, fax, telephone or the publisher's secure website - follows the complete table of contents on the reverse. The Author Tim Thomson is the director of Main Street Technologies, an independent research organization specializing in the development of advanced medical materials and devices. Previously he was technical manager of the Hypol Group, W. R. Grace & Co. He is recognized as an authority on hydrophilic polyurethanes and their use in medical device and other applications. He has an M.S. in Physical Chemistry from Michigan Technological University and has been awarded six patents in synthetic chemistry and process control.

Fluorine-carbon and Fluoride-carbon Materials

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Fluorine-carbon and Fluoride-carbon Materials

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"This outstanding reference presents the latest scientific findings concerning the synthesis, structure, thermodynamics, and physical and chemical properties of fluorine- and fluoride-carbon compounds elucidating their practical applications in lithium batteries, superhydrophobic composites, and the electrolytic production of elemental fluorine."

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Practical Polymer Analysis
T.R. Crompton
Manufacturer: Springer
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This unique, practical text details analytical methods for all the main types of polymers and copolymers in commercial use, taking into account their microstructure, nonpolymeric components such as additives and residues, and other physical properties. Industrial and academic analysts working in plastics technology, engineering chemistry, and materials science will find it to be an indispensable resource.

Synthesis and Properties of Silicones and Silicone-Modified Materials (Acs Symposium Series)

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Synthesis and Properties of Silicones and Silicone-Modified Materials (Acs Symposium Series)

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ASIN: 0841238049

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Synthesis and Properties of Silicones and Silicone-Modified Materials includes sections on synthesis, characterization, elastomers and reinforcement, surfaces and interfaces, copolymers, and reinforcing fillers. Synthesis and Properties of Silicones and Silicone-Modified Materials reviews recent academic and technological developments behind silicones and silicone-modified materials. Synthesis and Properties of Silicones and Silicone-Modified Materials includes sections on synthesis, characterization, elastomers and reinforcement, surfaces and interfaces, copolymers, and reinforcing fillers. Synthesis and Properties of Silicones and Silicone-Modified Materials reviews recent academic and technological developments behind silicones and silicone-modified materials.

Molecular and Ionic Recognition with Imprinted Polymers (Acs Symposium Series)

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Detailed view on imprinted polymer research

Molecular and Ionic Recognition with Imprinted Polymers (Acs Symposium Series)

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ASIN: 0841235740

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This volume reviews the theory, preparation, and applications of imprinted polymers in the detection, determination, and separation of important molecular and ionic species.

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Detailed view on imprinted polymer research.......2000-04-11

This book presents an excellent overview on the advances in molecularly imprinted polymers. It focuses on the research of some of the most influencial groups in the field today. This is an excellent reference book for anyone in polymer chemistry of interested in imprinting.

Frontiers in Transition Metal-Containing Polymers

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Frontiers in Transition Metal-Containing Polymers
Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz , and Ian Manners
Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience
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ASIN: 0471730157

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A detailed, up-to-date review of transition metal-containing polymers

Promising advances in the electrical, optical, magnetic, biological, and catalytic properties that metal-containing polymers possess have led to notable expansion in the field of transition metal-containing polymers. Frontiers in Transition Metal-Containing Polymers provides a comprehensive, up-to-date review of the synthesis, properties, and applications of transition metal-containing polymers, including an overview of the historical development of these types of polymers.

Written by the leading researchers in the field, this thorough volume covers the routes to organometallic and coordination polymers, as well as characterization and applications of transition metal-containing monomers and polymers. Other topics discussed include:

Metallo-supramolecular coordination polymers based on nitrogen ligands
Coordination polymers based on phosphorus ligands
Polypeptide-based metallobiopolymers and DNA-based metallopolymers
Metallodendrimers
Self-assembly of metal-containing block copolymers
Applications including drug delivery, optics, molecular devices, sensors, conductive materials, and more

Polyimides: Thermally Stable Polymers (Macromolecular Compounds)

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Polyimides: Thermally Stable Polymers (Macromolecular Compounds)
M.I. Bessonov , M.M. Koton , V.V. Kudryavtsev , and L.A. Laius
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Methods of X-ray and Neutron Scattering in Polymer Science (Topics in Polymer Science)

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Useful guide on scattering for Polymer Scientists

Methods of X-ray and Neutron Scattering in Polymer Science (Topics in Polymer Science)
Ryong-Joon Roe
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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ASIN: 0195113217

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Methods of X-ray and Neutron Scattering in Polymer Science presents the basic theories underlying x-ray and neutron scattering--two of the most powerful tools for characterizing materials--and also covers the various techniques that have been developed for their application to the study of polymers. While there is a great deal of similarity between the x-ray and neutron scattering methods, the two were developed in different time periods by different groups of scientists, and as a result very distinct terminologies evolved to explain the same phenomena. In this unique text the two are presented together from the very beginning, with a consistent set of symbols and terminologies, so that students can become equally familiar with both from the outset. Also, to help students gain a unified view of diffraction, the distinction between wide-angle diffraction and small-angle scattering is postponed until late in the text. Methods of X-ray and Neutron Scattering in Polymer Science emphasizes basic concepts rather than details of specific techniques and derives relationships from first premises wherever possible. Beginning with coverage of the basic properties of x-rays and neutrons and their scattering from matter, it goes on to discuss methods of studying specific types of samples or properties. Topics covered include single-component crystalline and amorphous polymers; the small-angle scattering technique; binary, single-phase systems such as polymer blend and polymer solution; the technique of reflectivity measurement; and polymer dynamics by means of inelastic neutron scattering. A perfect introductory textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in polymer science,Methods of X-ray and Neutron Scattering in Polymer Science also serves as a helpful self-study tool for polymer scientists seeking an introduction to scattering techniques. Further reading lists at the end of each chapter encourage readers to explore more advanced topics on their own.

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Useful guide on scattering for Polymer Scientists .......2006-06-07

Ryoung-Joon Roe presents a handy reference and introduction to x-ray and neutron scattering, where emphasis is placed on using a terminology that helps the reader learn about both the techniques simultaenously. Scattering has served as one of the most important characterization tools for polymer community. This book outlines the basic mathematics and experimental details required to understand the structure and properties as revealed by these scattering methods in: crystalline and amorphous polymers, polymer solutions and blends, polymer dynamics and block copolymers. While emphasis is placed on demonstrating how all scattering shares similar theories and philosophy, the choice of several examples and applications of either techniques is used to remark on aspects peculiar to either X-ray studies or Neutron Scattering.

Since most serious students of polymer science are familiar with light scattering, the book would appeal them as perfect guide to familiarize themselves with limits and use of neutron and X-ray scattering. A more detailed discussion on Polymers and Neutron Scattering is found in the classic text by Julia S. Higgins and Henry C. Beno^it, while for Light Scatttering texts by Pecora & Berne and by Wyn Brown are essential references. Compared to those classic references, Roe's text will appear as more accessible to people seeking introduction to scattering methods. By the same token, it contains only the essence, the flavor of aspects of polymer behavior, say crystallization, surface studies or dynamics, and one will need to delve into the other texts if he seeks exhaustive discussion.

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"Contains papers presented at the 35th Taniguchi International Symposium held recently in Sanda and Kyoto, Japan. Details the latest developments concerning moduli spaces of vector bundles or instantons and their application. Covers a broad array of topics in both differential and algebraic geometry."

Local moduli for rank-2 bundles on P2: Second order deformations (no. 27-10-1-83)

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Local moduli for rank-2 bundles on P2: Second order deformations (no. 27-10-1-83)
Stein Arild Strømme
Manufacturer: University of Bergen
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MODULI OF VECTOR BUNDLES
Masaki Maruyama
Manufacturer: NY
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Vive la Fifi!

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Mademoiselle Fifi and Other Stories
Guy de Maupassant
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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ASIN: 141790772X

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1922. French author of the naturalistic school who is generally considered the greatest French short story writer. Contents: Mademoiselle Fifi; My Wife; A Grandmother's Advice; In the Spring; Graveyard Sirens; Madame Baptiste; Rust; Marroca; The Log; The Relic; The Bed; Mad?; The Awakening; An Artifice; On Horseback; The Burglar; A Christmas Eve Festival; Words of Love; An Adventure in Paris; Two Friends; Christmas Eve; The Substitute; Monsieur Jocaste; Pierrot; Minuet; Fear; A Normandy Joke; The Wooden Shoes; The Chair Mender; The Child; and The Funeral Pile. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

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Vive la Fifi!.......2002-02-11

I loved this book so, it was one of those times it was heartbreaking to come to the end. Each story was a nice short gem, perfect to enjoy in a sitting.

Very recomended.......2001-10-22

Once the reader browses through the descriptions of Mapassaunt's life and philosophies in the roman numbered pages begining this title, he or she knows that the following stories are going to be quite dark. They are and they are also, for the most part, vividly descriptive, intriguing, full of symbolism and extremely memorable. From the incendiary betrayals of "Monseiur Parent" and "the Dowry" to gruesome consequences of moral lapses seen in "At Sea" and "the Model" to outride incredible savagery of "A Vendetta" and the title story, this book proves that Maupassant is a master of all things dark, pessimistic and brutal.

Good, exciting, quite alright actually, please inform..........1999-10-04

This story is about two companions Maupassant's "A Corsican Bandit" who wander through nature. Forests, fields, valleys and landscapes. Pine trees, untangled Yet one another short story by this great trunks, umbrella pines, misshapen author. And the way he describes this one is trees, granite. even more gruesome than the last. They walk past a little wooden "A Corsican Bandit" is nearly a horror story cross and one of the men asks the describing very dramtic events... other to tell him about its The story takes place in a petrified valley origin. with beautiful surroundings. So the other man starts telling a story about a bandit named Sainte "Up on the two narrow peaks which dominate Lucie. this pass, a few old misshapen trees seemed Sainte Lucie was apparently a weak to have made their way with difficulty, like and spineless boy, with very little scouts sent on ahead of the huge dense mass strength of character. of trees behind them. We turned round and One day his father had been killed Saw the whole forest stretched out beneath by a young man in the vecinity. us, like an enormous green bowl with edges Sainte Lucie knew he was supposed made of sheer rock that seemed to touch the sky." to avenge his father, but couldn't find the courage to do so, until one day, the When it comes to Sainte Lucie, we same man provocatively, newly married, have a bit more information. drove past his house. Because of the fact that one of the Overwhelmed by a unfamiliar feeling, companions told a story about him. Sainte Lucie set out to kill him.... and did. From then on he continued his avenge, and killed and terrorised a large number of people who had been connected to his fathers murder.

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It's a straight narrative story. Starts off harmless, descriptive, nature-scene, Ends

I think the message is that the most innocent people can turn out to be what you least expect. That shows in the book when Sainte Lucie threatens one of the wedding guests that he'll shoot his leg, if he takes another step. Knowing Sainte Lucie to be weak and cowardly he says "You woudn't dare!" and sets off, and gets shot. Basically, theres more to people than you think.

The main characters in this "so-called" horror short story are the two companions and of course, Sainte Lucie. This is very interesting, because we hardly know anything about the two friends. We don't know their backround, don't know their hobbies, don't know their selection of clothes, we don't even know their sex! All we know is that they are two companions walking through valleys and mountains, and one of them, according from the information that we have received, seems to be some sort of guide, or atleast a person knowing the forests very well and every story behind them. The other interested.

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Mademoiselle Fifi and Others
Guy de Maupassant
Manufacturer: Borgo Press
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ASIN: 1592248578

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Guy de Maupassant was a literary acolyte of Gustave Flaubert. Through Flaubert, de Maupassant befriended the Russian novelist Tourgueneff and Emilie Zola, as well as many of the protagonists of the realistic school. In 1880 he published his first masterpiece, "Boule de Suif," which met with an instant and tremendous success. Flaubert characterized it as "a masterpiece that will remain." With good cause -- de Maupassant's tales, whether they're tales of war and brutality like "Mademoiselle Fifi" and "Boule de Suif" or tales of the human heart like "Yvette," speak to a window in the human soul that few can see, and fewer still can speak to.

Mademoiselle Fifi And Twelve Other Stories

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Mademoiselle Fifi And Twelve Other Stories
Guy De Maupassant
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

Short Stories of the Tragedy and Comedy of Life (Volume 1, Mademoiselle Fifi and Others)

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Short Stories of the Tragedy and Comedy of Life (Volume 1, Mademoiselle Fifi and Others)
Guy De Maupassant
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Short Stories of the Tragedy and Comedy of Life (1, Mademoiselle Fifi and Others)

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Short Stories of the Tragedy and Comedy of Life (1, Mademoiselle Fifi and Others)
Guy De Maupassant
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