Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary (With CD-ROM)

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The most widely recognized dictionary of industrial chemicals, terms, processes, reactions and related terminology, Hawley's is an essential reference for staff in industries where chemicals are used—from management to sales to technical and scientific staff. The 13th Edition adds important new products as well as toxicity evaluation and reactivity/flammability data. CAS numbers, chemical synonyms, process and instrumentation information have been thoroughly updated and definitions have been revised to reflect current product formulations, reactions, techniques and materials.

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AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING REFERENCE TOOL.......2002-12-31

Also available in CD-ROM, this all-in-one resource is an authoritative reference which many scientists and learners can count on. Since its first appearance some eighty years ago, this dictionary has established itself as the ultimate tool of choice for researchers.
Its extensive coverage of chemicals and pharmaceuticals is hard to rival. Users of this dictionary appreciate its concise definition of both terms and phenomena. Anybody who seeks a solid all-encompassing chemical lexicon will get the ultimate satisfaction here. Its 1300 pages are filled with the most up-to-date definitions.
The only sour point, though, is that its price is on the high side. Still, it is not a bad investment.

Excellant book for practical chemists, researches, students........1999-08-25

This book provides condensed and prompt information not only on chemistry related subjects, but biology, biochemistry, and many more. It has very good cross referances. I think anybody who decided to buy Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary would not regret it.

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This Combination Package offers two essential reference books together at a discounted price: Hawleys Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 15th Edition is a compilation of technical data and descriptive information covering thousands of chemicals and chemical phenomena, trade name products, processes, reactions, products, and related terminology. It is organized to meet the needs of those who have only minutes to devote to any given substance or topic. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, Eleventh Edition, like its successful previous editions, contains extensive data to fill the information needs of professionals who must work with and evaluate the hazards of chemicals.

Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, 10th Edition, and Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 13th Edition, CD-ROM Network 11+

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Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, 10th Edition, and Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 13th Edition, CD-ROM Network 11+
Richard J., Sr. Lewis
Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial MaterialsTenth Edition and Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary Thirteenth Edition CD-ROM Network 2-5

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Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial MaterialsTenth Edition and Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary Thirteenth Edition CD-ROM Network 2-5
Richard J., Sr. Lewis
Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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This book is a result of recent developments in several fields. Mathematicians, statisticians, finance theorists, and economists found several interconnections in their research. The emphasis was on common methods, although the applications were also interrelated.

The main topic is dynamic stochastic models, in which information arrives and decisions are made sequentially. This gives rise to what finance theorists call option value, what some economists label quasi-option value. Some papers extend the mathematical theory, some deal with new methods of economic analysis, while some present important applications, to natural resources in particular.

Immunological Bioinformatics (Computational Molecular Biology)

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Bioinformatics at work

Immunological Bioinformatics (Computational Molecular Biology)
Ole Lund , Morten Nielsen , Claus Lundegaard , Can Kesmir , and Søren Brunak
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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Biological Sequence Analysis: Probabilistic Models of Proteins and Nucleic Acids

ASIN: 0262122804

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Despite the fact that advanced bioinformatics methodologies have not been used as extensively in immunology as in other subdisciplines within biology, research in immunological bioinformatics has already developed models of components of the immune system that can be combined and that may help develop therapies, vaccines, and diagnostic tools for such diseases as AIDS, malaria, and cancer.

In a broader perspective, specialized bioinformatics methods in immunology make possible for the first time a systems-level understanding of the immune system. The traditional approaches to immunology are reductionist, avoiding complexity but providing detailed knowledge of a single event, cell, or molecular entity. Today, a variety of experimental bioinformatics techniques connected to the sequencing of the human genome provides a sound scientific basis for a comprehensive description of the complex immunological processes.

This book offers a description of bioinformatics techniques as they are applied to immunology, including a succinct account of the main biological concepts for students and researchers with backgrounds in mathematics, statistics, and computer science as well as explanations of the new data-driven algorithms in the context of biological data that will be useful for immunologists, biologists, and biochemists working on vaccine design. In each chapter the authors show interesting biological insights gained from the bioinformatics approach. The book concludes by explaining how all the methods presented in the book can be integrated to identify immunogenic regions in microorganisms and host genomes.

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Bioinformatics at work.......2005-11-03

The huge majority of bioinformatics (BI) books seem to treat the topic as an end in itself. I have to admit, there is a lot to enjoy in the algorithms people have developed and in clever implementations. Often, though, the calculations appear to be fine art, to enjoy in abstract, or for creating point solutions to isolated problems.

This book breaks the mold. It addresses every aspect of immunology, using BI as the tool and as the unifying language for discussing immunology's many aspects. The content gets off to a slow start, starting with two chapters describing the topic and its importance. The next three chapters summarize a few of the basic algorithms: alignment and multiple alignment, motif-finding, Gibbs sampling, clustering, and neural networks. The discussion is competent, and the authors' handling of neural nets stands out from the crowd of BI books. Still, the pace is too brisk and the range of topics is too narrow to recommend this book as a general BI text.

It's not one, and never meant to be. That section just reminds the knowledgable reader of the mathematical tools and BI terms to be used in the remaining nine chapters. Here's where an immunology background will help a lot. I know, because I lack one. Still, the discussion holds to a level that a determined reader with a general bio and BI background can follow. Even at my barely-following level, it's exciting stuff.

At this writing, the 2005 H5N1 bird flu is all over the front pages, so medical response to emerging viruses is on people's minds. This book explores the whole range of issues in immunological response to the threat: identifying specific viral features that stand out as vaccine targets, understanding the immunological mechanisms that need to be engaged, evolution of the pathogens to emerging human resistance, and the ways that human variation affects the decisions in medicine and public policy.

That last surprised me, but makes perfect sense. Different human populations have slightly different sets of alleles for immunological response. It's one of the reasons that humanity does so well in a world of ever-changing antigenic threats. As a species, we have so many possible responses to any challenge that someone somewhere is bound to be able to survive almost any pathogen around. The range of immune-response alleles, their different sensitivities and combinations, and their distributions in different gene pools helps decide how a vaccine must be crafted. If the vaccine antigen generally triggers a good response in African Americans but not East Asians, it answers only part of the question.

This is the first text I know that really shows BI at work in clinically important ways. It's a guided tour of the world of immunological attacks and responses, measured using BI tools - not just pathogens, but allergens, autoimmune triggers, and even possible cancer treatment. Beginners will have a rough time following the discussion, but this is a book for people deep in their specialty. It gave me a good idea of what questions are asked, and why, and how BI answers them. I look forward to seeing an immunological researcher's review of this text - from the pure BI stand point, it's narrow, but shows the versatility of the tools it chooses.

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Calculation methods in earthquake engineering (Tekniska hoÌÂˆgskolan i Lund. Avdelningen foÌÂˆr Byggnadsmekanik. Report)

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Calculation methods in earthquake engineering (Tekniska hoÌÂˆgskolan i Lund. Avdelningen foÌÂˆr Byggnadsmekanik. Report)
Mats Olsson
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The Lund Model (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology)

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The Lund Model (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology)
Bo Andersson
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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ASIN: 0521420946

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The Lund model, inspired by quantum chromodynamics, has provided a very promising approach to the dynamics of quark and gluon interactions. Starting with a brief reprise of basic concepts in relativity, quantum mechanics of fields and particle physics, Dr. Andersson discusses the dynamics of the massless relativistic string, confinement, causality and relativistic covariance, Lund fragmentation processes, QED and QCD Bremsstrahlung, multiplicities, and particle-parton distributions. Throughout the book, theory confronts current experimental data, and considers implications for future experiments. The book also explores the relationships between the Lund model and other models based on field theory (the Schwinger model, S-matrix models, light-cone algebra physics, and variations of the parton model) and models based on statistical mechanics (the Feynman-Wilson gas, scaling, iterative cascade models). This is a unique monograph for those working in theoretical and particle physics.

Methods for estimating the probability of clear lines-of-sight, or sunshine, through the atmosphere (AFCRL)

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Methods for estimating the probability of clear lines-of-sight, or sunshine, through the atmosphere (AFCRL)
Iver A Lund
Manufacturer: United States Air Force, Office of Aerospace Research, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Aerospace Instrumentation Laboratory
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007I8944

Paths in space-time environments: A timegeographic study of movement possibilities of individuals (Lund studies in geography : Ser. B., Human geography)

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Paths in space-time environments: A timegeographic study of movement possibilities of individuals (Lund studies in geography : Ser. B., Human geography)
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Studies in multiobjective decision models (Economic Research Center in Lund. Monograph no. 1)

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Studies in multiobjective decision models (Economic Research Center in Lund. Monograph no. 1)
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Travel demand, transport systems and regional development;: Models in co-ordinated planning, (Lund studies in geography. Ser. B: Human geography)

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Travel demand, transport systems and regional development;: Models in co-ordinated planning, (Lund studies in geography. Ser. B: Human geography)
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Accident prevention. Presentation of a model placing emphasis on human, structural and cultural factors [An article from: Safety Science]

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Accident prevention. Presentation of a model placing emphasis on human, structural and cultural factors [An article from: Safety Science]
J. Lund , and L. Aaro
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is a journal article from Safety Science, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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This paper presents a model of how three groups of accident prevention measures: modification of attitudes, behaviour, and structural conditions, are influencing two broad categories of risk factors: (a) behaviour, and (b) physical and organisational environment; and two process factors: (c) attitudes and beliefs, and (d) social norms and culture. Some of the hypothesised paths in the model seem to be weak: Attitude modification->Attitude->Behaviour->Accidents and injuries (the KAP-model), while others seem strong: Structural modification->Physical and organisational environment->Behaviour->Accidents and injuries. When various preventive measures are used in combination, and to the extent that they influence social norms and cultural factors, they are probably more effective than interventions affecting individuals (modifying factors such as attitudes and beliefs) only. Although attitude change measures seem to have little direct impact on behaviour, they may still have an important role in accident prevention. Important challenges remain to develop interventions that influence social norms and safety-related aspects of culture and to identify optimal combinations of preventive measures.

How to analyze the investment-uncertainty relationship in real option models? [An article from: Review of Financial Economics]

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How to analyze the investment-uncertainty relationship in real option models? [An article from: Review of Financial Economics]
D. Lund
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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This digital document is a journal article from Review of Financial Economics, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The real options tradition originally predicted a decreasing relationship between uncertainty and investment, through the positive effect of higher uncertainty on the trigger level for revenue relative to costs. An opposing effect on the probability of reaching the level has been identified, yielding a total effect with ambiguous sign. This paper makes three points. The ''opposing'' effect is not always opposing. Systematic risk cannot generally be assumed to increase with volatility. A probability is not the best measure of investment. The sign of the total effect is again ambiguous. This ambiguity is illustrated, depending on specification of model and parameters.

Dew Line;: Distant Early Warning, the miracle of America's first line of defense
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Dew Line;: Distant Early Warning, the miracle of America's first line of defense
Richard Morenus
Manufacturer: Rand McNally
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Mine warfare in Australia's first line of defence (Canberra papers on strategy and defence)
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Mine warfare in Australia's first line of defence (Canberra papers on strategy and defence)
Alan Hinge
Manufacturer: Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University
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First Line of Defense : Ambassadors, Embassies and American Interests Abroad
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First Line of Defense : Ambassadors, Embassies and American Interests Abroad
The American Academy of Diplomacy
Manufacturer: American Academy of Diplomacy
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ASIN: 0967910803

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A collection of personal accounts by senior American ambassadors about the role of diplomacy in U.S. international relations. An introduction highlights the changes in international relations brought by dramatic changes in information technology and transportation. A conclusion discusses the infrastructure of American diplomacy needed to cope with an increasingly complex, disorderly and dangerous post-Cold War world.

Among the Ambassadors who relate their experiences in this volume are: Robert Strauss in the Soviet Union; Walter Mondale in Japan; Raymond Seitz in the United Kingdom; Frank Carlucci in Portugal; Elinor Constable in Kenya; Richard Gardner in Spain; James Jones in Mexico; James Blanchard in Canada; Frank Wisner in India; Michael Armacost in the Philippines; Harry Shlaudeman in Venezuela; Robert Oakley in Pakistan, and Thomas Pickering at the United Nations.

First Line of Defense 2nd Edition
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First Line of Defense 2nd Edition
David Dicks
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The Captive Nations Our First Line of Defense
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The Captive Nations Our First Line of Defense
Baily Bernadine
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The captive nations, our first line of defense,
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The captive nations, our first line of defense,
Bernadine Bailey
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Collisional Broadening of Spectral Lines in the X --> b System of O2 and the First Vibrational Band of NO by the Noble Gases
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Collisional Broadening of Spectral Lines in the X --> b System of O2 and the First Vibrational Band of NO by the Noble Gases

Manufacturer: Storming Media
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Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: 1423567730

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This is a AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSONAFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A991533. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: Collisional broadening of the rotational spectral lines of the X to b system of O2 and the first vibrational band of NO by the noble gases is examined by Fourier transform spectroscopy. Peaks of the individual rotational lines are modeled with a Voigt function, from which Lorentzian half widths are extracted. Lorentzian widths are plotted vs. pressure of foreign gas, from which the pressure broadening coefficients and pressure broadening cross sections are calculated. The pressure broadening coefficients are compared to theoretical values determined by past research for O2. NO coefficients are compared to similar research using N2 as collision partner. O2 broadening coefficients/cross sections were found to increase with decreasing rotational quantum number. Also, a linear dependence is found between cross section and both polarizability of the collision partner and reduced mass of the collision pair.

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First Line Defense
Thomas E. Krupowicz
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The trials and tribulations of four men who befriend each other as they toil through their studies in the police academy and are later joined together on assignments at various police districts.

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First Line of Defense
David Dicks
Manufacturer: David Dicks
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The First Line of Defense "Citizen's Guide to Police and the Law" is an educational book that informs the public in utter simplicity of their righs and responsibilties when confronted by police. It emphasizes what to do, what to say, how to act under a variety of topics. Topics include search and seizure, entrapment, driving violations, OWI's etc. Other topics as well.

The First Line of Defense: A Guide to Preventing Sexual Harassment

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Informative and Provocative!
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The First Line of Defense: A Guide to Preventing Sexual Harassment
Wanda Dobrich , and Steven Dranoff
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By the time an employee lodges a sexual harassment complaint, it's already too late-too late to prevent the abuse, too late to do anything but try to punish the offender and compensate the victim, and maybe too late to avoid a costly litigation and an even more costly judgment. In The First Line of Defense, two leading organizational psychologists help companies give their employees the tools, skills, and training they need to recognize the early warning signs of potential sexual harassment relationships and defuse these situations before any actual harassment occurs.

In storytelling form, the human side of sexual harassment is presented in a way that everyone can understand. This enlightening guide breaks the harassment experience down into its component parts and:

analyzes the "rules" that underlie sexual harassment relationships
identifies the early warning signs of sexual harassment
arms potential victims with skills and techniques to deter sexual harassment
helps potential harassers change their behavior in ways that will alter the course of the relationship

Based on the authors' innovative training program, recommended to clients by Chubb and Kemper, major national sellers of sexual harassment insurance, and supported by many insurance brokerage firms, including Willis, The Risk Practice, The First Line of Defense is an unparalleled resource for employers in industry and government who must find ways to protect employees at all levels from the pain, humiliation, and trauma of sexual harassment.

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Informative and Provocative!.......2000-06-05

A book that not only explains exactly what this controversial subject is, but does it in, dare it be said, a very entertaining way. A book that gives you all the tools and information you need in an interactive, down-to-earth way. An important book!

Great Book!.......2000-06-01

This book is a good guide to what you can and cannot do in the workplace or even in general. It is very informative and shows many different situations. He is a man with a mission and he has done it in this great book which talks about the topic like no one else has ever done before. Steven Dranoff with his partner Wanda Dobrich is also a very brilliant person who contributed a whole lot to this book to achieve its greatness. I think that if your in work and you want to keep your money if you work with any kind of people then you should pick this book up and learn about it so that you can make sure you don't ever have to deal with this problem. Better to be safe then sorry. I hope that you all enjoy this book.

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