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Citrus bergamia: Bergamot and its Derivatives
by Giovanni Dugo Ivana BonaccorsiIn Calabria, Italy, where bergamot has been successfully cultivated since the eighteenth century, it is commonly defined as "the prince of the Citrus genus." Written by an international panel of experts from multiple disciplines, Citrus bergamia: Bergamot and its Derivatives represents the most complete treatise on bergamot and its derivatives curr
Statistical and Computational Methods in Brain Image Analysis (Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematical and Computational Imaging Sciences Series)
by Moo K. ChungThe massive amount of nonstandard high-dimensional brain imaging data being generated is often difficult to analyze using current techniques. This challenge in brain image analysis requires new computational approaches and solutions. But none of the research papers or books in the field describe the quantitative techniques with detailed illustratio
Resources, Environment and Engineering: Proceedings of the 2014 Technical Congress on Resources, Environment and Engineering (CREE 2014), Hong Kong, 6-7 September 2014
by Liquan XieResources, Environment and Engineering contains 66 technical papers from the 2014 Technical Congress on Resources, Environment and Engineering (CREE 2014, Hong Kong, 6-7 September 2014, including the 4th Technical Conference on Chemical Engineering, CCE 2014). The contributions review recent technological advances in the fields of resources and the
Diseases of Small Grain Cereal Crops: A Colour Handbook
by Nigel D. Cattlin T.D. Murray David W. ParryThe small grain cereals wheat, barley, oats and rye are cultivated worldwide. They form the foundation of most agricultural systems and are essential in the manufacture of staple products such as bread, pasta and fermented beverages. Reflecting the global and economic importance of cereal crops, this book aims to make identification of diseases aff
Nutrients and Cell Signaling
by Janos ZempleniCell signaling is at the core of most biological processes from the simplest to the most complex. In addition to unicellular organisms possessing the essential ability to receive inputs with regard to nutrient availability and noxious stimuli, the cells in multicellular organisms require signaling from adjacent, as well as distant cells to maintain
Measurement of Soft Tissue Elasticity in Vivo: Techniques and Applications
by Yan-Ping Huang Yong-Ping ZhengThe product of 20 years of research, this book covers topics in soft tissue elasticity in vivo, from measurement techniques to clinical applications. It provides, for the first time, a single source that systematically introduces the various techniques for in vivo measurement of soft tissue elasticity in an effort to ease the difficulty between lea
Mathematical Objects in C++: Computational Tools in A Unified Object-Oriented Approach (Chapman & Hall/CRC Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing Series)
by Yair ShapiraEmphasizing the connection between mathematical objects and their practical C++ implementation, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to both the theory behind the objects and the C and C++ programming. Object-oriented implementation of three-dimensional meshes facilitates understanding of their mathematical nature. Requiring no prerequis
Polyurethane Shape Memory Polymers
by W.M. Huang Bin Yang Yong Qing FuShape memory polymers (SMPs) are some of the most important and valuable engineering materials developed in the last 25 years. These fascinating materials demonstrate remarkably versatile properties-including capacity for actuation and stimulus responsiveness-that are enabling technologists to develop applications used to explore everything from th
Enhancing Extraction Processes in the Food Industry (Contemporary Food Engineering)
by Eugene Vorobiev Nikolai Lebovka Farid ChematExtraction is an important operation in food engineering, enabling the recovery of valuable soluble components from raw materials. With increasing energy costs and environmental concerns, industry specialists are looking for improved techniques requiring less solvents and energy consumption. Enhancing Extraction Processes in the Food Industry is a
Killer Investigation (Twilight's Children #3)
by Amanda StevensYears after a serial killer took her mother’s life, a young woman returns to face the past—and a deadly new threat—in this romantic suspense series finale.Arden Mayfair has been gone for years, unable to face the home where her mother was murdered by the notorious Twilight Killer. Just minutes after she returns to Charleston, her ex-boyfriend Reid Sutton appears on her doorstep. But he isn’t there to rehash the past. He needs to warn Arden that a young woman has just been killed. And the crime closely resembles her mother’s murder.Reid may be the man Arden left behind, but he’s taking no chances with her safety. She could have seen her mother’s killer. And their heartbreaking history won’t stop Reid from protecting Arden with his own life.
His Secret Baby Bombshell: The Black Sheep's Secret Child His Secret Baby Bombshell His Illegitimate Heir (Dynasties: The Newports #4)
by Jules BennettAn ambitious woman’s career plans hit a snag when she finds herself expecting her rival’s baby in this emotional romance by a USA Today–bestselling author.Driven businesswoman Eve Winchester has big plans to take her father’s Chicago real estate empire global. But when she ends up pregnant by her family’s personal and professional nemesis, she’s thrown into the shark tank of corporate intrigue. Now she’s doing damage control as she falls even deeper for Graham Newport.Graham has never had such a heated, secret fling. But suddenly Eve is pregnant, and no strings attached turns into the ties that bind. Graham won’t turn his back on what’s his, but will family friction tear apart their fledgling affair?“Jules Bennett writes wonderfully romantic, emotional stories . . . guaranteed to grip your heart.” —New York Times–bestselling author Lori Foster
Bullseye: SEAL (Red, White and Built #3)
by Carol EricsonA Navy SEAL’s mission to protect the vulnerable widow of a cartel member leads him into temptation in this romantic suspense adventure.Saving Gina De Santos from attempted kidnappings is one thing. But Navy SEAL sniper Josh Elliott’s assignment requires getting close to the ravishing widow to ascertain what she knows. And that feels more dangerous than combat. In her presence, Josh has to remind himself she’s not to be trusted.Gina’s drug-kingpin father had been negotiating with terrorists when a CIA raid killed him and Gina’s husband. Now someone is after the vulnerable single mom and her little boy. While traveling to the Caribbean in search of clues, Josh and Gina find their sizzling desire overpowering. But when they’re attacked again, they must overcome their mutual mistrust to survive at the hands of an unknown enemy.
A Snowbound Scandal: A Snowbound Scandal / Wild Wyoming Nights (Dallas Billionaires Club #2)
by Jessica LemmonIn this steamy contemporary romance, when a snowstorm traps a politician and oil tycoon with his ex, they find plenty of ways to keep warm.If Texas politician and oil tycoon Chase Ferguson has one regret, it’s choosing to leave his former lover, Miriam Andrix, to shield her from his public life. But even after ten years of moving on, their old love affair has kicked up the media’s interest, now that he’s running for re-election. He owes her the courtesy of a warning, right? Since he’s on her home turf in Big Fork, Montana. What could possibly go wrong?Miriam arrived at Chase’s vacation mansion to say hello, not to rehash the past or get burned by the heat that still sparks between them. But then a snowstorm strands them together in said mansion, and somehow she’s agreeing to a snowbound fling. But when the media spotlight bursts their blizzard bubble, a replay of their former heartbreak seems inevitable. Will she and Chase fight for what they truly want this time, or will what happened in the storm stay in the storm?
Federal Agent Under Fire: A Thrilling FBI Romance (Protectors of Cade County #1)
by Julie Anne LindseyTo catch a serial killer, an FBI agent gets dangerously close to a fierce and beautiful target in this suspenseful romantic thriller.For the past five years, FBI agent Blake Garrett has fixated on catching a serial-killer. The trail is starting to go cold—until the madman’s latest victim manages to escape with her life. Marissa Lane has the clues Blake needs to finally crack the case. But she is still the object of the killer’s obsession. Now Blake is torn between drawing his elusive prey out into the open—and his deep desire to protect the woman he can’t resist.
Heavy Artillery Husband: Deceptions Heavy Artillery Husband Full Force Fatherhood (Colby Agency: Family Secrets #2)
by Debra Webb Regan BlackA husband thought dead returns to save his wife’s life in this sizzling thriller from the USA Today–bestselling authors of Gunning for the Groom.When someone tries to kill security expert Sophia Leone on a dark road, she’s rescued by her husband—a US army general she thought died a year ago. Suddenly, Frank Leone is back, very much alive, and insisting that someone is trying to kill Sophia. Convicted of treason before his supposed death, Frank claims a shadow group is behind everything. Now Sophia must put her life in the hands of the handsome desperado she married for better or worse thirty years ago . . . the man she never stopped loving.“I highly recommend this book; especially if you love a great romance with a mature (not YA) couple, packed with action and suspense, and a female lead you would be proud to identify with.” —More Than a Review
Point Blank SEAL: Rough Rider Point Blank Seal Mr. Serious (Red, White and Built #4)
by Carol EricsonA Navy SEAL goes rogue to protect his family in this romantic suspense adventure.Tortured in captivity, Navy SEAL Miguel Estrada owes his survival to his fiancée, the memory of her keeping him strong through his darkest moments. But when his escape is compromised by military protocol and he suspects the woman he loves is being targeted, he turns rogue.Jennifer Lynch has spent a year mourning Miguel and raising the baby he never met. But her reality is shaken once she finds him at her door and discovers they’re all at risk.Putting his life on the line for Jennifer and their child, Miguel is forced to face some hard truths—and confront the secrets that might separate them permanently.
Remote Sensing of Impervious Surfaces (Remote Sensing Applications Series)
by Qihao WengRemote sensing of impervious surfaces has matured using advances in geospatial technology so recent that its applications have received only sporadic coverage in remote sensing literature. Remote Sensing of Impervious Surfaces is the first to focus entirely on this developing field. It provides detailed coverage of mapping, data extraction,
Laser Materials Processing (Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Processing)
by Leonamrdig LioreThis volume discusses the basic principles necessary to understand lasers, explains laser interactions with materials, and surveys the wide variety of industrial applications of the major laser types, covering in detail the operating mechanisms of carbon dioxide, Nd:YAG, and excimer lasers. It presents lasers as manufacturing tools rather than laboratory devices.
Starch-Based Polymeric Materials and Nanocomposites: Chemistry, Processing, and Applications
by Jasim Ahmed Brijesh K. Tiwari M. A. Rao Syed H. ImamIn recent years, much attention has been focused on biodegradable polymers from renewable resources. Due to its availability and low cost, starch is a promising candidate among biopolymers for use in biodegradable packaging materials and for other purposes. Starch-Based Polymeric Materials and Nanocomposites: Chemistry, Processing, and Applications
Electron and Photon Impact Ionisation and Related Topics 2002: Proceedings of the International Conference on Electron and Photon Impact Ionisation and Related Topics, Metz, France, 18 to 20 July 2002 (Institute of Physics Conference Series)
by L U AncaraniElectron and Photon Impact Ionisation and Related Topics 2002 provides an overview of recent international research in the field of ionization by electron and photon impact. Emphasizing multi-particle coincidence studies, such as (e,2e), (e,3e), ionization-excitation, and double photo-ionization, the book contains 18 contributions of recent experim
Processing Foods: Quality Optimization and Process Assessment
by Fernanda A.R. Oliveira Jorge C. OliveiraProcessing Foods: Quality Optimization and Process Assessment provides a large body of updated information - helping researchers and industrialists make use of new concepts, technologies and approaches that are at the heart of modern food research. It will be a useful tool in the interweaving of scientific and technological information that the mul
Multiagent Robotic Systems (International Series on Computational Intelligence)
by Jiming Liu Jianbing WuProviding a guided tour of the pioneering work and major technical issues, Multiagent Robotic Systems addresses learning and adaptation in decentralized autonomous robots. Its systematic examination demonstrates the interrelationships between the autonomy of individual robots and the emerged global behavior properties of a group performing a cooperative task. The author also includes descriptions of the essential building blocks of the architecture of autonomous mobile robots with respect to their requirement on local behavioral conditioning and group behavioral evolution.After reading this book you will be able to fully appreciate the strengths and usefulness of various approaches in the development and application of multiagent robotic systems. It covers:Why and how to develop and experimentally test the computational mechanisms for learning and evolving sensory-motor control behaviors in autonomous robots How to design and develop evolutionary algorithm-based group behavioral learning mechanisms for the optimal emergence of group behaviors How to enable group robots to converge to a finite number of desirable task states through group learning What are the effects of the local learning mechanisms on the emergent global behaviors How to use decentralized, self-organizing autonomous robots to perform cooperative tasks in an unknown environmentEarlier works have focused primarily on how to navigate in a spatially unknown environment, given certain predefined motion behaviors. What is missing, however, is an in-depth look at the important issues on how to effectively obtain such behaviors in group robots and how to enable behavioral learning and adaptation at the group level. Multiagent Robotic Systems examines the key methodological issues and gives you an understanding of the underlying computational models and techniques for multiagent systems.
Statistical Methods for Immunogenicity Assessment (Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series)
by Harry Yang Jianchun Zhang Binbing Yu Wei ZhaoDevelop Effective Immunogenicity Risk Mitigation StrategiesImmunogenicity assessment is a prerequisite for the successful development of biopharmaceuticals, including safety and efficacy evaluation. Using advanced statistical methods in the study design and analysis stages is therefore essential to immunogenicity risk assessment and mitigation stra
Quantities For Generalized Dosimetry Of Ionizing Radiations in Liquid Water
by D E WattIntended as a reference handbook of quantities used in dosimetry of ionizing radiations. Fields of application are radiological protection, environmental radiation, health physics, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy, radiobiology, radiopharmacy and radiation chemistry. The book is in three parts. The first part deals with electrons, X-rays and gamma
Pharmaceutical Dissolution Testing
by Johannes Krämer Jennifer DressmanAn expertly written source on the devices, systems, and technologies used in the dissolution testing of oral pharmaceutical dosage forms, this reference provides reader-friendly chapters on currently utilized equipment, equipment qualification, consideration of the gastrointestinal physiology in test design, the analysis and interpretation of data