Nutraceutical Beverages: Chemistry, Nutrition, and Health Effects (Acs Symposium Series)

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Beverages derived from fruits and vegetables are a rich source of vitamin C, carotenoids, phenolics and polyphenolics as well as other bioactives. The bioactives in nutraceutical beverages may act synergistically with one another and their effect may be amplified through fortification, cultivating practices, or biotechnological means. This book discusses factors in the formulation, chemistry, nutrition, and health effects of nutraceutical beverages.

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From the reviews: "Since E. Hille and K. Yoshida established the characterization of generators of C0 semigroups in the 1940s, semigroups of linear operators and its neighboring areas have developed into a beautiful abstract theory. Moreover, the fact that mathematically this abstract theory has many direct and important applications in partial differential equations enhances its importance as a necessary discipline in both functional analysis and differential equations. In my opinion Pazy has done an outstanding job in presenting both the abstract theory and basic applications in a clear and interesting manner. The choice and order of the material, the clarity of the proofs, and the overall presentation make this an excellent place for both researchers and students to learn about C0 semigroups." #Bulletin Applied Mathematical Sciences 4/85#1 "In spite of the other monographs on the subject, the reviewer can recommend that of Pazy as being particularly written, with a bias noticeably different from that of the other volumes. Pazy's decision to give a connected account of the applications to partial differential equations in the last two chapters was a particularly happy one, since it enables one to see what the theory can achieve much better than would the insertion of occasional examples. The chapters achieve a very nice balance between being so easy as to appear disappointing, and so sophisticated that they are incomprehensible except to the expert." #Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society#2

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The content is optimal, the printing is poor.......2007-03-21

Although the book is a compilation of class notes, it is very well written, and suitable for the level of a second or third year graduate student. The only needed background is strong foundation on functional analysis. The author explain very well how semigroups become the state of the art for applied mathematicians.

On the other side, the printing of the book is very poor, the letters actually tend to disapear in several pages and I'm not the only that went thru this.

Analytical Methods for Markov Semigroups (Pure and Applied Mathematics)

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Analytical Methods for Markov Semigroups (Pure and Applied Mathematics)
Luca Lorenzi , and Marcello Bertoldi
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ASIN: 1584886595

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For the first time in book form, Analytical Methods for Markov Semigroups provides a comprehensive analysis on Markov semigroups both in spaces of bounded and continuous functions as well as in Lp spaces relevant to the invariant measure of the semigroup. Exploring specific techniques and results, the book collects and updates the literature associated with Markov semigroups. Divided into four parts, the book begins with the general properties of the semigroup in spaces of continuous functions: the existence of solutions to the elliptic and to the parabolic equation, uniqueness properties and counterexamples to uniqueness, and the definition and properties of the weak generator. It also examines properties of the Markov process and the connection with the uniqueness of the solutions. In the second part, the authors consider the replacement of RN with an open and unbounded domain of RN. They also discuss homogeneous Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions associated with the operator A. The final chapters analyze degenerate elliptic operators A and offer solutions to the problem. Using analytical methods, this book presents past and present results of Markov semigroups, making it suitable for applications in science, engineering, and economics.

Lattices and Ordered Algebraic Structures (Universitext)

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Lattices and Ordered Algebraic Structures (Universitext)
T.S. Blyth
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ASIN: 1852339055

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Lattices and Ordered Algebraic Structures provides a lucid and concise introduction to the basic results concerning the notion of an order. Although as a whole it is mainly intended for beginning postgraduates, the prerequisities are minimal and selected parts can profitably be used to broaden the horizon of the advanced undergraduate.

The treatment is modern, with a slant towards recent developments in the theory of residuated lattices and ordered regular semigroups. Topics covered include: residuated mappings; Galois connections; modular, distributive, and complemented lattices; Boolean algebras; pseudocomplemented lattices; Stone algebras; Heyting algebras; ordered groups; lattice-ordered groups; representable groups; Archimedean ordered structures; ordered semigroups; naturally ordered regular and inverse Dubreil-Jacotin semigroups.

Featuring material that has been hitherto available only in research articles, and an account of the range of applications of the theory, there are also many illustrative examples and numerous exercises throughout, making it ideal for use as a course text, or as a basic introduction to the field for researchers in mathematics, logic and computer science.

Algebra in the Stone-Cech Compactification: Theory and Applications (De Gruyter Expositions in Mathematics, 27) (De Gruyter Expositions in Mathematics)

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Algebra in the Stone-Cech Compactification: Theory and Applications (De Gruyter Expositions in Mathematics, 27) (De Gruyter Expositions in Mathematics)
Neil Hindman , and Dona Strauss
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ASIN: 311015420X

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A study of the algebraic properties of compact right topological semigroups in general and the Stone-Cech compactification of a discrete semigroup in particular. Several powerful applications to combinatorics, primarily to the branch of combinatorics known as Ramsey Theory, are given. Connections with topological dynamics and ergodic theory are also presented.

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Algebraic Theory of Automata Networks investigates automata networks as algebraic structures and develops their theory in line with other algebraic theories. Automata networks are investigated as products of automata, and the fundamental results in regard to automata networks are surveyed and extended, including the main decomposition theorems of Letichevsky, and of Krohn and Rhodes. The text summarizes the most important results of the past four decades regarding automata networks and presents many new results discovered since the last book on this subject was published. Several new methods and special techniques are discussed, including characterization of homomorphically complete classes of automata under the cascade product; products of automata with semi-Letichevsky criterion and without any Letichevsky criteria; automata with control words; primitive products and temporal products; network completeness for digraphs having all loop edges; complete finite automata network graphs with minimal number of edges; and emulation of automata networks by corresponding asynchronous ones.

A Short Course on Operator Semigroups (Universitext)

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A Short Course on Operator Semigroups (Universitext)
Klaus-Jochen Engel , and Rainer Nagel
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ASIN: 0387313419

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The book offers a direct and up-to-date introduction to the theory of one-parameter semigroups of linear operators on Banach spaces. It contains the fundamental results of the theory such as the Hille-Yoshida generation theorem, the bounded perturbation theorem, and the Trotter-Kato approximation theorem, but also treats the spectral theory of semigroups and its consequences for the qualitative behavior.

The book is intended for students and researchers who want to become acquainted with the concept of semigroups in order to work with it in fields like partial and functional differential equations, stochastic processes, infinite dimensional control theory, or dynamical systems coming from physics or biology.

Semigroups, Boundary Value Problems and Markov Processes (Springer Monographs in Mathematics)

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Semigroups, Boundary Value Problems and Markov Processes (Springer Monographs in Mathematics)
Kazuaki Taira
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ASIN: 3540406514

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The purpose of this book is to provide a careful and accessible account along modern lines of the subject which the title deals, as well as to discuss problems of current interest in the field. More precisely this book is devoted to the functional-analytic approach to a class of degenerate boundary value problems for second-order elliptic integro-differential operators which includes as particular cases the Dirichlet and Robin problems. This class of boundary value problems provides a new example of analytic semigroups. As an application, we construct a strong Markov process corresponding to such a diffusion phenomenon that a Markovian particle moves both by jumps and continuously in the state space until it dies at the time when it reaches the set where the particle is definitely absorbed.

Fundamentals of Semigroup Theory (London Mathematical Society Monographs New Series)

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Fundamentals of Semigroup Theory (London Mathematical Society Monographs New Series)
John M. Howie
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ASIN: 0198511949

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This book is an indispensable source for anyone with an interest in semigroup theory or whose research overlaps with this increasingly important area of mathematics. It is a clear and readable introduction to the subject, with emphasis on various classes of regular and semigroups. More than 150 exercises, accompanied by relevant references to the literature,give pointerse to areas of the subject not explicitly covered in the text.

Completely Regular Semigroups (Wiley-Interscience and Canadian Mathematics Series of Monographs and Texts)

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Completely Regular Semigroups (Wiley-Interscience and Canadian Mathematics Series of Monographs and Texts)
Mario Petrich , and Norman R. Reilly
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Present a systematic treatment of completely regular semigroups, from introductory to research level, comprised of preliminaries on lattices, semigroups, varieties, and complete regularity; congruences and relations on the congruence lattice; and varieties of completely regular semigroups through kernals, and traces of congruences and Malcev products.

Stability and Stabilization of Infinite Dimensional Systems with Applications (Communications and Control Engineering)

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Stability and Stabilization of Infinite Dimensional Systems with Applications (Communications and Control Engineering)
Zheng-Hua Luo , Bao-Zhu Guo , and Ömer Morgül
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ASIN: 1852331240

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This book reports on recent achievements in stability and feedback stabilization of infinite systems. In particular emphasis is placed on second order partial differential equations, such as Euler-Bernoulli beam equations, which arise from vibration control of flexible robot arms and large space structures. Various control methods such as sensor feedback control and dynamic boundary control are applied to stabilize the equations. Many new theorems and methods are included in the book. Proof procedures of existing theorems are simplified, and detailed proofs have been given to most theorems. In addition to benefiting from the presentation of new results on semigroups and their stability, readers can also learn several useful techniques for solving practical engineering problems. Until now, the recently obtained research results included in this book were unavailable in one volume. This self-contained book is an invaluable source of information for all those who are familiar with some basic theorems of functional analysis.

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In early summer of 1990, Joel Turnipseed was homeless—kicked out of his college's philosophy program, dumped by his girlfriend. He had been AWOL from his Marine Corps Reserve unit for more than three months, spending his days hanging out in coffee shops reading Plato and Thoreau.

Then Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait.

Turnipseed's unit was activated for service in Operation Desert Shield. By January of '91, he was in Saudi Arabia driving tractor-trailers for the Sixth Motor Transport Battalion--the legendary "Baghdad Express." The greatest logistical operation in Marine Corps history, the Baghdad Express hauled truckloads of explosives and ammunition across hundreds of miles of desert. But on the brink of war, Turnipseed's greatest struggles are still within. Armed with an M-16 and a seabag full of philosophy books, he is a wise-ass misfit, an ironic observer with a keen eye for vivid detail, a rebellious Marine alive to the moral ambiguity of his life and his situation.

Developed from Turnipseed's 1997 article for "GQ Magazine," this innovative memoir--simultaneously terrifying and hilarious, equal parts "Catch-22" and "Catcher in the Rye"--explores both the absurdities of war and the necessity of accepting our flawed world of shadows. With expansive humanity and profane grace, Turnipseed finds the real-world answers to his philosophical questions and reaches the hardest peace for any young man to achieve--with himself.

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A Gulf War I Memoir.......2006-06-28

I have read plenty of books over here, there are times when there is little else to do. It is too hot to be outside, you have nowhere to go anyway on a FOB in the middle of a desert, you have no work assigned, and time is slow. The boredom is mind-numbing. There are also times, like the author describes, when you go for weeks and months on end sleeping maybe four hours a day. The sun just keeps spinning around the sky and the relentless days just keep coming at you. You get no break, there is no mercy.

Turnipseed captures very accurately what it is like to be deployed to this region. Some things have changed, of course. If the author were here now, he might find things a little more exciting for a truck driver. But some things never change, the tent cities, the boredom, the exhaustion and stress. Even those of us who never leave the wire deal with the constant possibilities of incoming rounds, rockets, and mortars. There is a fear that haunts your sleep at the beginning and an unending tension which must eventually replace it.

As for Turnipseed's philosophic and individualist bent, that is not at all as uncommon as some reviewers think in military members. We are not mindless faceless followers of orders. The military, ironically, attracts people with issues with authority. The results are often humorous, unless of course you are the one dealing with the consequences of your smart attitude. The military is far more educated than in past generations. Sure, plenty of kids still join straight out of high school. But plenty more start or even finish college, and have no way to realistically pay for it and so end up in the service, often in the support branches like Turnipseed. (Others join for patriotism, or bravado, or just plain curiosity.)

Most of us are younger than thirty: young people throughout history have displayed an individualistic streak, and a belief that they are the first ones to think and feel what they are going through. Being young is a crime of which we are all guilty at one time or another, I forget where I first heard that quote. Turnipseed at least was a young man who did not shirk his duty, as so many in the last generation did.

As for Turnipseed's isolation, it is largely self-imposed, and he doesn't deny that. Some of it, too, is a reflection of hard times from his youth. But he does outgrow it. He comes to realize that not all is black and white, that philosophy can inform life, but in the end it just has to be lived, in all its ups and downs. You will never fit in, being human entails some level of isolation. You can't attach more meaning to ideas than to people who would and sometimes do risk their lives for you.

But all of this is just an aside. The author captures the military experience perfectly, that strange mix of cameraderie and pride at the ideals which inspire the great institution, with the apathy and disillusionment and sheer exhaustion which ensue when we go to carry out our orders. There are mix-ups and mess-ups (to put it in polite civilian), rumors and constant changes of plans. You question sometimes what order your leaderships' priorities are in - the mission, your safety, their careers and politics? But you will always feel a certain pride at having served, despite it all. The cause is worth it.

The military, above all, teaches you the limits of what you can endure and how insignificant your feelings and self-esteem are to those limits, contrary to what everyone has told you to that point in your life. This is a difficult but necessary lesson to my generation. It's hard to explain the military or war to anyone who has not been there, but Turnipseed does so deftly with a concise and often hilarious style I have not encountered in other memoirs of modern war. For a view of the other side, non-veterans should read this book. For those who have served or are serving, you will smile and nod knowingly throughout, and may even find some of the quotes appropriate.

An interesting read.......2006-04-19

The first few chapters I had a hard time reading through as there was an excessive amount of profanity. By the middle of the book I was able to comprehend what he was saying. The last half of the book was interesting and showed his development from an outcast, to finally being accepted by people in the Dog Pound. I liked that there was an underlying message of his change/maturity, but that he also gave a nice portrayal of the war. With a friend that's currently a Marine in Iraq it was good to be able to have a taste of what he is going through.

The philosopher goes to war........2006-04-10

This is actually a good read, and I could have gone either way 3 to 4 stars. Turnipseed makes this interesting reading, despite throwing in various quotes from philosophers. I am not sure his fellow grunts understood him, and maybe I don't either. His job as a reserve Marine was to drive trucks from the rear to near the front. Most of his time was not spent in hazardous duty, despite the SCUDS and NBC threats. What he had to do was routine duty, that most frontline soldiers would grab for. Despite his duties, he makes this interesting reading by relating his experiences during the first Gulf War.

This is a fairly short read about the experiences of one soldier in war, and war for him was mostly in the rear. His philosohical notions sometimes gets in the way of the read. I especially enjoyed his chapter on the black planet.

The Real Gulf War .......2006-02-06

This was one of the best military books I've read so far, and I've read a lot of them. While this book was profane it was an accurate description of the War in Iraq in the early 90's. Joel Turnipseed goes into pre-war happenings, going to war, life in the desert, and coming home in his memoir. He does't try to glorify the war, he just tells it how it was in a very descriptive way. I'd reccomend this book but not to people who aren't prepared for plenty of swears.

Quite Pleasing.......2005-12-19

After I read Jarhead, I wanted to see what other books of the "reluctant Gulf War Marine" genre existed, and am glad, in retrospect, that I came upon Baghdad Express.

Unlike Jarhead, Baghdad Express moves faster, and most of the illustrations are a hoot. The writing itself is great; Turnipseed manages to combine depth with Generation ADD prose, although the philosophical citations become tiresome. Also, there's a tad of adolescent petulance about his status as an outcast because he'd rather read his philosophy books than be together with the other Marines. This is all fine and dandy - that he's the camp pariah for reading - but it's not approached with the same realization and self-deprecation as Swofford's Jarhead, which leads one to believe that Turnipseed is more arrogant than is called for. At times, he comes off as purposely trying to be regarded as the Big Intellectual on Campus, as if to prove that he's, in fact, smarter than his fellow Marines.

Otherwise, this is a funny, worthy, and often heart-breaking memoir.

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Through the past decade, America's most popular TV sitcoms-among them Friends, Seinfeld, and Will Grace-have cast a spotlight on roommates and neighbors in Manhattan. Now Wesley Gibson tells the true, stranger-than-fiction tale of what really happens when you move to the city that never sleeps. Paired through a roommate service with a stranger named John, Gibson sets out to make his way in the daunting and glorious city of his dreams. Whether he is applying for a series of extremely odd jobs, using his wiles to play the Manhattan real estate game, or recalling the winding path that has made New York his 'end of the road,' Gibson's keen wit and hilarious insights bring a smile (and perhaps a wince) of recognition to anyone who has ever had to make it on his own in a strange city. What Gibson eventually discovers-in this place where friends are family and family are strangers-is that the invisible bonds that develop between virtual strangers in the city can determine who you are and who you will become.

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"I'll Have A Gibson".......2005-06-07

I didn't really think I'd enjoy this book because it was advertised in the New Yorker. Shallow reasoning eh? But anyhow a very good friend gave me a copy of Gibson's book for my birthday and so I felt I had to read it. Well let that be a lesson to me, from now on I will scour the New Yorker looking at all its ads, for this particular book, a cross between a memoir and a novel, turned out to be very good. I could not put it down, even though I had a zillion other things to do. I just kept reading as the day wore on and the sun went down and I had to fumble with the lamp to switch it on without diverting my attention from the page.

I felt I had to know what was happening with John, and what was up with Alan, and what was going to happen to Wesley once the full dimensions of John's illness became obvious. It isn't that the plot is so strong, indeed, hardly anything happens, so don't come to this book looking for Clive Cussler style action. No, it is Gibson's wonderful insight into all the little crazy things we humans do, that make the book so compelling. I feel not so much as that after reading his book I know Wesley Gibson, but rather that through some magical gift of X-ray vision into the heart, he knows me.

I used to live in New York so I'm familiar with the rat race of trying to find somewhere decent to rent. And who hasn't lived through the misery of having someone die on you; even if you aren't in love with them, it still knocks you on your ass. With his love of language and his discernment and humility, Wesley Gibson brings all these things right to the surface, the place where the reader and writer extend hands and touch fingertips.

Don't waste your time.......2004-07-27

Maybe a requirement of reviewing a book is actually finishing it - but I just couldn't get through this one. The book basically details a gay man moving to New York and attempting to make it..... I thought it would be a great book, but I was mistaken. The author's language was obtuse... the phrase: TRYING TOO HARD comes to mind.... I'm sorry Mr. Gibson if I am being unfair - I'll try to finish your next one.

Very touching story of a gay man in New York City.......2004-07-21

This book is generally good. I liked it and am glad I purchased it new. The problem is that it's almost like Gibson wrote this novel like a session on a psychologist's couch, with every little detail of every person he ever met and everything he ever experienced - without full regard for what the reader would like to hear. There are some details in here I find too graphic and disgusting, such as when he helped a morbidly obese neighbor off a toilet.

The book gets a lot better halfway through, and continues to become more moving through the end. The story of Wesley's roommate John and his eventual death from lung cancer paints a beautiful picture of human frailty and the bonds that exist between us.

I am enraptured of New York City and like to read people's accounts of it. I am also a writer like him. Gibson did not disappoint.

Get over yourself........2004-06-28

I read "You Are Here" as a recent vacation read... the cover design alone was inticing. I'm not sure I had an expectation of the book, but I found it to be dull and uninspired. Like the author, I moved to New York right out of college, but a lot of his experiences seemed more whiney and priviledged than pithy or universal. Can't live well in New York at a young age? Join the human race! Most people don't live well at that age. At times he seems grandiose, such as in passages where he talks about being depressed that he isn't a published author yet. Considering that his writing isn't much better than a lot of aspiring writers, his egotism (which may just be poorly expressed irony) detracts from his storytelling.

All in all, "You Are Here" reads like the memoirs of some guy who lucked into a publishing contract. David Sedaris, breathe easy.

Disappointed.......2004-06-27

I did not find this book as good as other reveiwers made it sound. Most problematic for me was the too frequent use of tortured and cute metaphors and similes. More editing should have been done. Unless you can read "my heart hummingbirded in my chest". . ."I rolled my dewy Coke against my cheek". . ."platters of tuna melt the size of satellite dishes" and many, many more of such passages without a wince, you are better off with David Sedaris or Augusten Burroughs.

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