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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 1 Framing the Problem.- 1 Biodiversity conservation and economic development: the policy problem.- 2 Biodiversity conservation and economic development: local and global dimensions.- 2: Understanding Biodiversity Change.- 3 Population extinction and the biodiversity crisis.- 4 Diversity conservation in relation to fisheries in the Baltic Sea.- 5 Rangeland ecology: managing change in biodiversity.- 6 Biodiversity, natural resource accounting and environmental monitoring.- 3: The Valuation of Biodiversity.- 7 Modeling the value of biodiversity using a production function approach.- 8 Valuation of a marine resource.- 9 Tropical wetland values and environmental functions.- 10 Valuation and the management of biological diversity.- 4: The Impact of Economic Policy.- 11 Environmental impact of governmental policies and external shocks in Botswana: A computable general equilibrium model approach.- 12 A dynamic CGE model of deforestation in Costa Rica.- 13 The timber trade as a cause of tropical deforestation.- 14 Sustainable use of tropical forests in South-East Asia.- 5: Options and Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation.- 15 Traditional ecological knowledge, biodiversity, resilience and sustainability.- 16 Conservation of biodiversity and economic development: the concept of transferable development rights.- 17 Biodiversity conservation and local development aspirations: new priorities for the 1990s.- 18 Unresolved issues.- References.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From Genomic DNA to Transcribed Sequences: Classical Approaches: Use of cDNA Selection and Evolutionarily Conserved Sequences to Isolate Transcribed Sequences from Region Xp11.21; E.N. Burright, et al. Identification of cDNAs by Direct Hybridization Using Cosmid Probes; G.G. Lennon, K. Lieuallen. Hybridization Based Approaches: Hybridization Selection: Towards a Transcriptional Map of Human Chromosome 21; K. Gardiner, et al. Variations on Hybridization Selection. Direct cDNA Screening. Exon Trapping: An Exon Trapping System Providing Size Selection of Spliced Clones and Facilitating Direct Cloning; N.A. Datson, et al. Computer Based Approaches: Shallow Shotgun Sequencing as a Strategy for Finding Coding Exons; J.M. Claverie. From Transcribed Sequences To Genomic Localization: Generating and Sequencing cDNAs: Requirements in Screening cDNA Libraries for New Genes and Solutions Offered by SBH Technology; R. Drmanac, et al. Mapping cDNAs: Mapping cDNAs by Hybridization to Gridded Arrays of DNA from YAC Clones; D.R. Moir, et al. 19 additional articles. Index. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Eric Neil: An Appreciation.- International Meetings on Chemoreceptors: Historical Perspectives.- Oxygen Sensing in the Carotid Body: Ideas and Models.- Ionic Channels in Type I Carotid Body Cells.- Role of Intracellular pH and [Ca2]]iin Acid Chemoreception in Type I Cells of the Carotid Body.- Neurotransmitters in the Carotid Body.- Reflexes Arising from the Arterial Chemoreceptors.- Central Integration of Chemoreceptor Afferent Activity.- Chemoreceptor Function in the Fetus and Neonate.- The Role of Arterial Chemoreceptors in Ventilatory Acclimatization to Hypoxia.- Chemosensitivity from the Lungs of Vertebrates.- Heymans' Visit to Dublin to Review 'Buffer' Nerve Experiments.- A Belated Centennial Tribute to Corneille Heymans.- Glomera that are not Chemosensitive.- Electrotonic Coupling Between Carotid Body Glomus Cells.- CO-binding Chromophores in Oxygen Chemoreception in the Carotid Body.- Actions of Nicotinic Agonists on Isolated Type I Cells of the Neonatal Rat Carotid Body.- Ca2+-Activated K+-Channels from Isolated Type I Carotid Body Cells of the Neonatal Rat.- Culturing Carotid Body Cells of Adult Cats.- Plasticity in Cultured Arterial Chemoreceptors: Effects of Chronic Hypoxia and Cyclic AMP Analogs.- Carotid Body Chemoreception: Role of Extracellular Ca2+.- Cytosolic Calcium in Isolated Type I Cells of The Adult Rabbit Carotid Body: Effects of Hypoxia, Cyanide and Changes in Intracellular pH.- Characterization of Membrane Currents in Pulmonary Neuroepithelial Bodies: Hypoxia-Sensitive Airway Chemoreceptors.- Ionic Currents on Endothelial Cells of Rat Brain Capillaries.- Urokinase and its Receptor: Markers of Malignancy .- Electrochemical Measurement of Rapid Dopamine Release in Perfused Cat Carotid Body during Onset of Hypoxia.- Hypoxia-Induced Catecholamine Release from Rat Carotid Body, In Vitro, during Maturation and following Chronic Hypoxia.- Assessment of Na+ Channel Involvement in the Release of Catecholamines from Chemoreceptor Cells of the Carotid Body.- Activation of GTP-binding Proteins by Aluminum Fluoride Modulates Catecholamine Release in the Rabbit Carotid Body.- Catecholamines in the Rabbit Carotid Body: Content And Secretion.- Cholinergic Aspects of Carotid Body Chemotransduction.- Low PO2 Dependency of Neutral Endopeptidase and Acetylcholinesterase Activities of the Rat Carotid Body.- Nitric Oxide Synthase Occurs in Neurons and Nerve Fibers of the Carotid Body.- NO Mimics O2 in the Carotid Body Chemoreception.- Mechanisms of Carotid Body Inhibition.- Proportional Sensitivity of Arterial Chemoreceptors to CO2.- Effects of Expiratory Duration on Chemoreceptor Oscillations.- Effects of Intravenous Infusions of KCl and Lactic Acid On Chemoreceptor Discharge In Anaesthetized Cats.- The Effect of Intravenous Infusion of Lactic Acid on Carotid Chemoreceptor Discharge in Anaesthetized Cats Ventilated with Room Air or 100% O2.- The Carotid Bodies as Thermosensors: Experiments in vitro and in situ, and Importance for Ventilatory Regulation.- Inhibition of Ventilation by Carotid Body Hypocapnia during Sleep.- Metabolic Acid-Base Status and the Role of Carotid Chemoreceptors in Hyperoxic Breathing.- Ventilatory Responses to Histotoxic Chemostimulation in Hypoxia Adapted Rats.- Chemoreflex Sensitization Augments Sympathetic Vasomotor Outflow in Awake Humans.- Carotid Chemoreceptor Control of Vascular Resistance in Resting and Contracting Skeletal Muscle.- Substance P Inhibits Ventilation in the Goat.- Central Glutamate and Substance-P in the Hypoxic Ventilatory Response.- Carotid Chemoreceptor Activity and Heart Rate Responsiveness to Hypoxia after Inhibition of Nitric Oxide Synthase.- Effects of Endothelins on Respiration and Arterial Chemoreceptor Activity in Anaesthetised Rats.- Changes in Blood Glucose Concentration in the Carotid Body Modify Brain Glucose Retention.- Is the Second Carotid Body Redundant .- Activity of Cardiac Vagal Preganglionic Neurones during the Pulmonary Chemoreflex in the Anaestheti.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Orthopedic Examination. Evaluation of the Child with Extremity Pain. Musculoskeletal Manifestations of Child Abuse. Developmental Orthopedics. Caring for the Child with Motor Delay. Congenital and Related Defects of the Skeleton. Abnormalities of Skeletal Growth. Sports Injuries in Children. Spinal Disease in Childhood Musculoskeletal Trauma. Evaluating the Child with Arthritis. Index. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Analog Signal Processing brings together in one place important contributions and state-of-the-art research results in this rapidly advancing area. Analog Signal Processing serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most important issues in the field.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - During the two years since the publication of the first edition of this book, the global spread of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) has continued. HIV was estimated by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1993 to have at least 13 million individuals worldwide, with 1 million infected infected in the United States. HIV/AIDS in the United States has become the leading cause of death among men 25 to 44 years of age and the fifth leading cause of death among women of the same age group. Prevention of HIV infection remains a global challenge. Testing for HIV is the cornerstone for surveillance and prevention programs and for the provision of appropriate medical care for those who are infected. Such testing is equally essential to the search for effective antivirus drugs and vaccines. This second edition of AIDS Testing incorporates the most current thinking on test methodology and interpretation, some of which has changed considerably over the past two years. This edition also has been expanded to include a section consisting of six chapters on test applica tions and a section consisting of four chapters on management issues. This edition, like the first, describes in clear terms all the complex ele ments of testing, including applications, scientific principles, quality assurance, safety, and medical, ethical, and legal considerations.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Scholars of different schools have extensively analyzed world systems as networks of communication under the fashionable heading 'globalization.' Our collected new research pushes the argument one step further. Globalization is not a homogenization of all social life on earth. It is a heterogeneous process that connects the global and the local on different levels. To understand these contemporary developments this book employs innovative concepts, strategies of research, and explanations. Globalization is a metaphor for different borderstructures, new borderlines, and conditions of membership, which emerge in a global world-system. As a world-system expands it incorporates new territories and new peoples. The process of incorporation creates frontiers or boundaries of the world-system. These frontiers or boundary zones are the locus of resistance to incorporation, ethnogenesis, ethnic transformation, and ethnocide.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 316 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Economic theory and empirical models suggest that economic instruments should help us to meet environmental goals at lower cost. Practical experience, however, shows that the cost savings of emission trading are smaller than expected and charges usually have had small incentive impacts. This book gives the first comprehensive review of economic theory, simulation models, and practical experience with the use of economic instruments. The book focuses on air pollution control. Part I examines theoretical aspects and simulation modeling in a national context. Part II surveys the practical experience in a variety of countries. Part III explores international issues, such as joint implementation. Because of its unique blend of theoretical and empirical research, the book will prove interesting for both economists and those interested in environmental policy.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 89 articles organized under the following section heads: Impact of Computers on Xray Analysis. Applications of Whole Pattern Fitting: Structure Determination, Phase Identification, Lattice Parameters. Search/Match Methods, Phase Identification. Diffraction from Single Crystals and Epitaxial Films. Xray Characterization of Films and Surface Layers. Strain and Stress Determination, Xray Fractography, Diffraction Peak Broadening Analysis. Advances in Detectors and Counting Electronics. XRD Techniques and Instrumentation, Nonambient Applications, Texture, other Applications. Xray Optics, Monochromators and Synthetic Multilayers. Total Reflection XRF Applications and Instrumentation, other XRF Techniques and Instrumentation. Mathematical Techniques in Xray Spectrometry. Geological and other Applications of XRS. Index.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The role of orthography in reading and writing is not a new topic of inquiry. For example, in 1970 Venezky made a seminal contribution with The Structure of English Orthography in which he showed how both sequential redundancy (probable and permissible letter sequences) and rules of letter-sound correspondence contribute to orthographic structure. In 1980 Ehri introduced the concept of orthographic images, that is, the representation of written words in memory, and proposed that the image is created by an amalgamation of the word's orthographic and phonological properties. In 1981 Taylor described the evolution of orthographies in writing systems-from the earliest logographies for pictorial representation of ideas to syllabaries for phonetic representation of sounds to alphabets for phonemic representation of sounds. In 1985 Frith proposed a stage model for the role of orthographic knowledge in development of word recognition: Initially in the logographic stage a few words can be recognized on the basis of partial spelling information; in the alphabetic stage words are. recognized on the basis of grapheme-phoneme correspondence; in the orthographic stage spelling units are recognized automatically without phonological mediation. For an historical overview of research on visual processing of written language spanning the earliest records of writing to the early work in experimental psychology, see Venezky (1993). …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is a collection of essays in honor of Paul Ziff written by his col leagues, students, and friends. Many of the authors address topics that Ziff has discussed in his writings: understanding, rules and regularities, proper names, the feelings of machines, expression, and aesthetic experience. Paul Ziff began his professional career as an artist, went on to study painting with J. M. Hanson at Cornell, and then studied for the Ph. D. in philosophy, also at Cornell, with Max Black. Over the next three decades he produced a series of remarkable papers in philosophy of art, culminating in 1984 with the publica tion of Antiaesthetics: An Appreciation of the Cow with the Subtile Nose. In 1960 he published Semantic Analysis, his masterwork in philosophy of lan guage. Throughout his career he made important contributions to philosophy of mind in such papers as 'The Simplicity of Other Minds' (1965) and 'About Behaviourism' (1958). In addition to his work in these areas, his lec tures at Harvard on philosophy of religion are an underground classic; and throughout his career he has continued to make art and to search for the meaning of life in the properties of prime numbers. Although his interests are wide and deep, questions about language, art, and mind have dominated his philosophical work, and it is problems in these areas that provide the topics of most of the essays in this volume. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Multiprocessor Execution of Logic Programs addresses the problem of efficient implementation of logic programming languages, specifically Prolog, on multiprocessor architectures. The approaches and implementations developed attempt to take full advantage of sequential implementation technology developed for Prolog (such as the WAM) while exploiting all forms of control parallelism present in logic programs, namely, or-parallelism, independent and-parallelism and dependent and-parallelism. Coverage includes a thorough survey of parallel implementation techniques and parallel systems developed for Prolog. Multiprocessor Execution of Logic Programs is recommended for people implementing parallel logic programming systems, parallel symbolic systems, parallel AI systems, and parallel theorem proving systems. It will also be useful to people who wish to learn about the implementation of parallel logic programming systems.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Foreword; B.H. Scribner. Preface; R. Gokal, K.D. Nolph. 1. Historical Development and Overview of Peritoneal Dialysis; R. Gokal, K.D. Nolph. 2. Peritoneal Ultrastructure; J. Dobbie. 3. Peritoneal Circulation; R. White, D.N. Granger, R. Korthius. 4. Peritoneal Physiology -- Transport of Solutes; R.T. Krediet, B. Rippe. 5. Peritoneal Lymphatics; R. Khanna, R.A. Mactier. 6. Ultrafiltration with Colloid Osmosis; J.K. Leypoldt, C. Mistry. 7. Peritoneal Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacological Alterations of Peritoneal Transport; P. Hirszel, N. Lameire, M. Bogaert. 8. Solutions and Systems; J. Winchester, G. LaGreca, M. Ferriani. 9. Peritoneal Dialysis Access and Exit Site Care; Z.J. Twardowski. 10. Placement Procedures for Peritoneal Access; S. Ash, W.K. Nichols. 11. Organization of a Peritoneal Dialysis Program -- Nurses' Role; B. Prowant, L. Uttley. 12. Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis; G.E. Digenis, N.V. Dombros, J.W. Moncrief, D.G. Oreopoulos, R.P. Popovich. 13. Automated Peritoneal Dialysis; J.A. Diaz-Buxo, W. Suki. 14. Adequacy of Peritoneal Dialysis; P. Keshaviah, K. D. Nolph. 15. Nutritional Management of Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis; J. Bergstrom, J. Kopple, B. Lindholm. 16. Peritonitis; W. Keane, S.I. Vas. 17. Host Defence and Effects of Solutions on Peritoneal Cells; G. Coles, S. Lewis, J.D. Williams. 18. Calcium Phosphate and Renal Osteodystrophy; R. Gokal, A. Hutchison. 19. Other Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis; J.M. Bargman. 20. Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis; S.R. Alexander, J.W. Balfe, E. Harvey. 21. Peritoneal Dialysis in Diabetics; R. Khanna. 22. Peritoneal Dialysis in the Elderly; A. Nissenson. 23. Quality of Life and Cost Effectiveness; R. Gokal. 24. Outcome of Peritoneal Dialysis -- Comparative Studies; R. Maiorca, G. Cancarini. 25. Registry Results; K.D. Nolph. 26. Use of Peritoneal Dialysis in Special Situations; S. Prichard, J.M. Bargurar. 27. Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy; R. Dedrick, M.F. Flessner. Index of Subjects.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In The Asian City the Asian urbanisation processes, nature and characteristics of the 1990s have been analyzed by countries, by comparing different countries and in an international context. The authors are urban specialists from four continents. This volume has been divided into six parts: Part I Urbanisation in an international context; Part II Comparative urban setting; Part III Urbanisation characteristics by country; Part IV Urban planning; Part V The urban poor, and Part VI Perspectives on urbanization. This work allows the reader to understand Asian urban forms, their evolution, the nature of urbanisation, its impact on economic growth in cities, the living and working conditions of the poor, and urban planning and problems.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Significant progress has been made in recent years in developing silicon nitride ceramics. The advances that have been achieved are mainly based on an increasing understanding of processing and microstructure-properties relationships. New analytical methods and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) coupled with extensive phase equilibria studies have provided new insights into the grain boundary region and offer the possibility to tailor the microstructure for specific applications. Because of the anticipated break-through in industrial applications there are still considerablt; research activities at industrial laboratories as well as other research centres. This volume presents the contributions to the international workshop 'Tailoring ofHigh Temperature Properties of Si3N4-Ceramics' with 60 participants from 12 countries held on 6th - 9th October 1993 at SchloB Ringberg in Germany, the conference site of the Max Planck-Society. Additionally, it contains all invited papers of the International Conference 'Silicon Nitride 93' held before the workshop on 4th - 6th October 1993 in Stuttgart/Germany. The book covers all recent research activities on silicon nitride ceramics and gives an overview with respect to recent developments.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Animal cell technology is a growing discipline of cell biology which aims to understand the structure, function and behaviour of differentiated animal cells, and especially the development of such abilities as are useful for industrial purposes. These developments range from clonal expansion of differentiated cells with useful abilities, to optimization of cell culture on industrial scale and modulation of the cells' abilities to produce drugs and monoclonal antibodies. The sixth volume in this series gives a complete review of today's state of the art in Japan, a country where this field is especially well advanced. It will be of interest to cell biologists, biochemists, molecular biologists, immunologists and other disciplines related to animal cell culture, working in the academic environment as well as in (biotechnology or pharmaceutical) industry.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Some years ago in Paisley (Scotland) the International Conference on Composite Materials, headed by Professor I. Marshall, took place. During the conference, I presented a paper on the manufacturing and properties of the Soviet Union's composite materials. Soviet industry had made great achievements in the manufacturing of composite materials for aerospace and rocket applications. For example, the fraction of composites (predominantly carbon fibre reinforced plastics) in the large passenger aircrafts Tu-204 and 11-86 is 12-15% of the structure weight. The percentage by weight share of composites in military aircraft is greater and the fraction of composites (organic fibre reinforced plastics) used in military helicopters exceeds a half of the total structure weight. The nose parts of most rockets are produced in carbon-carbon materials. In the Soviet spacecraft 'Buran' many fuselage tubes are made of boron-aluminium composites. Carbon-aluminium is used for space mirrors and gas turbine blades. These are just a few examples of applications. Many participants at the Paisley conference suggested that the substantial Soviet experience in the field of composite materials should be distilled and presented in the form of a comprehensive reference publication. So the idea of the preparation and publication of a six volume work Soviet Advanced Composites Technology, edited by Professor I. Marshall and me, was born.…