Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film and Dry Eye Syndromes 3 (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology volume 506 Parts A & B). TWO VOLUMES

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During the past several decades, a significant international research effort has been directed towards understanding the composition and regulation of the preocular tear film. This effort has been motivated by the recognition that the tear film plays a critical role in maintaining corneal and conjunctival integrity, protecting against microbial challenge and preserving visual acuity. In addition, research has been stimulated by the knowledge that alteration or deficiency of the tear film, which occurs in numerous individuals throughout the world, may lead to desiccation of the ocular surface, ulceration and perforation of the cornea, an increased incidence of infectious disease, and potentionally pronounced visual disability and blindness.

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Complex oxide materials, especially the ABO ₃-type perovskite materials, have been attracting growing scientific interest due to their unique electro-optical properties, leading to photorefractive effects that form the basis for such devices as holographic storage, optical data processing and phase conjugation. The optical and mechanical properties of non-metals are strongly affected by the defects and impurities that are unavoidable in any real material. Nanoscopically sized surface effects play an important role, especially in multi-layered ABO ₃ structures, which are good candidates for high capacity memory cells.
The 51 papers presented here report the latest developments and new results and will greatly stimulate progress in high-tech technologies using perovskite materials.

An Elementary Course on the Continuum Theory for Nematic Liquid Crystals (Series on Liquid Crystals , Vol 3)

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An Elementary Course on the Continuum Theory for Nematic Liquid Crystals (Series on Liquid Crystals , Vol 3)
G. Barbero , and Luiz Roberto Evangelista
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Flat Panel Display Materials III: Symposium Held March 31-April 3, 1997, San Francisco, California, U.S.A (Materials Research Society Symposia, V. 471.)

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Flat Panel Display Materials III: Symposium Held March 31-April 3, 1997, San Francisco, California, U.S.A (Materials Research Society Symposia, V. 471.)

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High Molecular Weight Liquide Crystals, Volume 3, Handbook of Liquid Crystals

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High Molecular Weight Liquide Crystals, Volume 3, Handbook of Liquid Crystals
Edited by: Dietrich Demus
Manufacturer: Wiley-VCH
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The Handbook of Liquid Crystals is a unique compendium of knowledge on all aspects of liquid crystals. In over 2000 pages the Handbook provides detailed information on the basic principles of both low- and high-molecular weight materials, as well as the synthesis, characterization, modification, and applications (such as in computer displays or as structural materials) of all types of liquid crystals.

The five editors of the Handbook are internationally renowned experts from both industry and academia and have drawn together over 70 leading figures in the field as authors.

The three volumes of the Handbook are designed both to be used together or as stand-alone reference sources. Some users will require the whole set, others will be best served with one or two of the volumes.

Volume 1 deals with the basic physical and chemical principles of liquid crystals, including structure-property relationships, nomenclature, phase behavior, characterization methods, and general synthesis and application strategies. As such this volume provides an excellent introduction to the field and a powerful learning and teaching tool for graduate students and above.

Volume 2 concentrates on low-molecular weight materials, for example those typically used in display technology. A high quality survey of the literature is provided along with full details of molecular design strategies, phase characterization and control, and applications development. This volume is therefore by far the most detailed reference source on these industrially very important materials, ideally suited for professionals in the field.

Volume 3 concentrates on high-molecular weight, or polymeric, liquid crystals, some of which are found in structural applications and others occur as natural products of living systems. A high-quality literature survey is complemented by full detail of the synthesis, processing, analysis, and applications of all important materials classes. This volume is the most comprehensive reference source on these materials, and is therefore ideally suited for professionals in the field.

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Liquid crystals 3

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Liquid Crystals 3 Part 1
G; Labes, M. M. (Eds) Brown
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Liquid Crystals. Proceedings of the International Conference held at the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, 3-8 December, 1973. Pramana Supplement

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Liquid Crystals. Proceedings of the International Conference held at the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, 3-8 December, 1973. Pramana Supplement
S., ed. Chandrasekhar
Manufacturer: Bangalore
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Low-Dimensional Semiconductors: Materials, Physics, Technology, Devices (Series on Semiconductor Science and Technology ; 3)

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Low-Dimensional Semiconductors: Materials, Physics, Technology, Devices (Series on Semiconductor Science and Technology ; 3)
M. J. Kelly
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This text is a first attempt to pull together the whole of semiconductor science and technology since 1970 in so far as semiconductor multilayers are concerned. Material, technology, physics and device issues are described with approximately equal emphasis, and form a single coherant point of view. The subject matter is the concern of over half of today's active semiconductor scientists and technologists, the remainder working on bulk semiconductors and devices. It is now routine to design and the prepare semiconductor multilayers at a time, with independent control over the dropping and composition in each layer. In turn these multilayers can be patterned with features that as a small as a few atomic layers in lateral extent. The resulting structures open up many new ares of exciting solid state and quantum physics. They have also led to whole new generations of electronic and optoelectronic devices whose superior performance relates back to the multilayer structures. The principles established in the field have several decades to go, advancing towards the ultimate of materials engineering, the design and preparation of solids atom by atom. The book should appeal equally to physicists, electronic engineers and materials scientists.

Mechanical and Thermophysical Properties of Polymer Liquid Crystals (Polymer Liquid Crystals Series, Number 3)

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Mechanical and Thermophysical Properties of Polymer Liquid Crystals (Polymer Liquid Crystals Series, Number 3)

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As compared to engineering polymers (EPs) and polymer composites, polymer liquid crystals (PLCs) have many attractive properties. Moreover, ordinary equipment for thermoplastic processing can be used for PLCs; often PLCs have lower viscosities than EPs, or addition of a PLC to an EP lowers the viscosity of the latter by two orders of magnitude. This book covers inorganic, organic as well as non-covalently bonded PLCs. It describes their mechanical properties and performance, thermophysical characteristics, which is the basis for intelligent processing, and also relations between properties of blends and of individual components. A chapter on computer simulations, explaining how computer modeling is being used to develop stronger polymer-based composites, is included.
This book will prove an invaluable reference to all those working with polymer liquid crystals and advanced materials.

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This extensive undertaking, Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, conducts an elaborate and comprehensive summary of one of the foremost catalysts of progress in scientific research. Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), an innovative analytical technique, measures rare atoms at unprecedented levels of sensitivity, revolutionizing the science of radiocarbon dating and accessing new natural radioisotopes as environmental tracers and chronometers. This book demonstrates how AMS is applied in the studies of extraterrestrial materials, the earth sciences, the future of the global environment, and the history of mankind. This compendium also highlights the significant impact of AMS on several fields of scientific investigation, spurring remarkable studies in global climate change, ancient artifacts, pollution, nuclear safeguards, geochronology, and materials characterization. The myriad of sample types and variety of applications in this examination include: o Meteorites from Mars o Ancient air trapped in Antarctic ice o The Shroud of Turin o The dating of human bones o The colonization of the Americas and Australia o Ancient rock art o The crown of Charlemagne o Cancerogenic effects of cooked meat o The consequences of the Chernobyl accident o The role of aluminum in Alzheimer's Disease This unique edition has compiled the diverse set of scientific literature into a single volume, suitable as a text or resource on the major AMS-related outcomes, issues, and methods.

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The first printed text of Shakespeare's Hamlet is about half the length of the more familiar second quarto and Folio versions. It reorders and combines key plot elements to present its own workable alternatives. This is the only modernized critical edition of the 1603 quarto in print. Kathleen Irace explains its possible origins, special features and surprisingly rich performance history, and while describing textual differences between it and other versions, offers alternatives that actors or directors might choose for specific productions.

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His father murdered, and a Crown bereft him..........2002-10-07

This is - without question - the essential edit of Q1 Hamlet. Ms. Irace presents in the clearest way to date the several arguments for origin, being careful not to tip her hand in any one particular direction. The introduction is a revelation, the annotations are superb and unmatched, and the modernisation of the language is most unobtrusive. This is the kind of work that will inspire and invigorate the artistic and academic masses to accept Q1 not as "the bad quarto," but as an elemental part of the Hamlet legacy...

"To Be Or Not To Be, Ay, There's the Point...".......2000-06-17

...Yep, that's how the line goes in this early, pirated, "bad quarto" edition of the greatest masterwork in the history of English drama, assembled and published on the sly in 1603, probably from the memories of actors who had appeared in the original production of the show. This edition is a cause for non-academic Shakespeare geeks everywhere to rejoice--it's a general-reader's version, highly affordable, copiously annotated, with an intelligent introduction. While no one will ever suggest that this text is on a level with the magnificent First Folio "Hamlet," it still has theatrical merits all its own--a quicker pace, a simpler, less dilatory structure, and, at times, a fiercer, more pungent sense of language: "Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I" here becomes "Why, what a dunghill idiot slave am I." Reading it gives a fascinating new perspective on the most towering achievement of English-language tragedy.

The first quarto of Hamlet in the light of the stage,

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The first quarto of Hamlet in the light of the stage,
Gertrude Southwick Kingsland
Manufacturer: Castle-Pierce Press
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Hamlet (The text of the First Folio, with Quarto insertions, Edited and amended where obscure by Herbert Farjeon)

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Hamlet (The text of the First Folio, with Quarto insertions, Edited and amended where obscure by Herbert Farjeon)

Manufacturer: Heritage Press
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Hardcover in slipcase.

Hamlet, the First Quarto, 1603. Edited and With an Introd. By Albert B. Weiner. With a Foreword By Hardin Craig

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Hamlet, the First Quarto, 1603. Edited and With an Introd. By Albert B. Weiner. With a Foreword By Hardin Craig
William Shakespeare
Manufacturer: Barron's Educational Series
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Hamlet: First Quarto
William Shakespeare
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Hamlet: First quarto, 1603
William Shakespeare
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Hamlet; its textual history,: An inquiry into the relations between the first and second quartos and the first folio of Hamlet,

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Hamlet; its textual history,: An inquiry into the relations between the first and second quartos and the first folio of Hamlet,
Hendrik de Groot
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Making sense of the first quartos of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, the Merry wives of Windsor, and Hamlet

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Making sense of the first quartos of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, the Merry wives of Windsor, and Hamlet
Y. S Bains
Manufacturer: Indian Institute of Advanced Study
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Shakespeare's Hamlet, The First Quarto, 1603 (Reproduced in facsimile from the copy in the Henry E. Huntington Library)

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Shakespeare's Hamlet, The First Quarto, 1603 (Reproduced in facsimile from the copy in the Henry E. Huntington Library)
William Shakespeare
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
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