Vol. 1 : Lower Metazoans and Lesser Deuterostomes. - 507 p.

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This unique book, drawing on the author’s lifetime experience, critically evaluates the extensive literature on the field of Metal-Catalysed Reactions of Hydrocarbons. Emphasis is placed on reaction mechanisms involving hydrogenation, hydrogenolysis, skeletal and positional isomerisation, and exchange reactions. The motivation for fundamental research in heterogeneous catalysis is to identify the physicochemical characteristics of active centres for the reaction being studied, to learn how these may be modified or manipulated to improve the desired behavior of the catalyst, and to recognize and control those aspects of the catalyst's structure that limit its overall performance. By restricting the subject of the book to hydrocarbons, Bond has progressively developed the subject matter to include areas of importance both to researchers and to those working in the industry.

В предлагаемой монографии освещены современные методы фармакотерапии острой боли в клинике и в условиях оказания скорой и неотложной медицинской помощи. Рассмотрены клинические аспекты дифференцированного применения опиоидных и неопиоидных аналгетиков в лечении острой боли. Приведен собственный опыт применения нового эффективного метода обезболивания — контролируемой пациентом аналгезии (Patient-Controlled Analgesia). Предназначена для врачей терапевтов, хирургов, анестизиологов и реаниматологов, врачей скорой и неотложной медицинской помощи, может служить пособием для клинических ординаторов, аспирантов, интернов, обучающихся по этим специальностям.

Emphasizing the potential and impact of the burgeoning nanotechnology field, this six-volume encyclopedia set discusses the fundamental principles, theories, and methodologies that impact nanosystem design innovations in nanostructured materials, nanodevices, and system architectures. Unparalleled in scope and depth, it examines the properties, performance, and engineering of materials that have controllable features on the nanometer scale; new simulation tools and computational methods; and the construction, integration, and application of tools for the measurement and imaging of biological materials.

Application architecture is an essential skill for ASP.NET developers. It is always tempting to jump in and start coding, but planning your architecture early in the project will leave you with a solid application that scales well, is easy to modify and extend, and saves you time and effort later on. As businesses struggle to control their costs, writing solid code that can be extended easily is becoming even more important.

One of Popular Mechanics' most successful books gets a complete tune-up, with 64 extra pages and more than 90 projects, all clearly marked by level. So now owners will be able to hush those squeaks, replace the U-joints, and change their own oil and filter. For more than 100 years, the editors of Popular Mechanics have been providing car enthusiasts with the skills and confidence they need to keep their vehicles running right and looking great. And this update to the magazine's popular car care manual gives owners more essential information than ever. It's absolutely crucial for anyone who wants to know the automobile's basic components, from the engine to the electronic systems, and to understand how they work, what can go wrong, and how to make repairs. Find out how to maintain and replace windshield washers, fix steering wander and faulty cruise control, and purge bad smells from the interior. Get smart advice on how to pass emission inspection and find service data online. And because car owners want their ride to look as good as it works, there are even instructions for removing bumper stickers, tinting windows, and adding pinstripes.

This thesis describes the hardware design of a hybrid system for the composition and performance of electronic music in real-time. While analog circuitry is primarily employed in the generation and processing of sounds, digital circuitrsy is devoted to the exercise of control, under the immediate supervision of the composer/performer. Such a digital vs. analog partition, together with a proper choice of the man vs. machine interface, is intended to satisfy the niuch emphasized musical need for the immediate, real-time interaction between the composer/performer and his instrument.

This book contains information which will enable the reader to design and evaluate electronic music systems. It is the first authoritative presentation of the basic theories of sound generation and control. The few books and manuals that do exist deal either with various advanced technical problems or are instruction manuals for specific electronic music instruments.

An introduction to automatic control systems and components that is both comprehensive and up-to-date. Logically organized, this book takes the reader on a journey through a control system. Each chapter examines a different functional part, followed by discussion of control units and control strategies that serves to put these parts together in a full-function control system.

Universal Serial Bus System Architecture provides an in-depth discussion of USB and is based on the 1.0 version of the Universal Serial Bus specification. It focuses on the USB protocol, signaling environment, and electrical specifications, along with the hardware/software interaction required to configure and access USB devices. Although this book does not focus on writing USB device drivers, it does contain useful background information that aids in understanding the USB software environment. Key topics include: differential signaling environment, device configuration, suspend/resume operations device descriptors, device requests (commands), transfer mechanisms USB transaction protocols, bus-powered devices, self-powered devices host controller designs (UHC and OHC), error detection and handling device class definitions.

The Cisco ASA product replaces Cisco PIX Firewalls, and Cisco expert Richard Deal updates his bestselling book, Cisco PIX Firewalls, to cover ASA. This book shows you how to configure and maintain a Cisco ASA appliance to control traffic in the corporate network and protect the network from internal and external threats and attacks. Cisco ASA Configuration covers the latest features available in versions 8.0 and 8.1, and includes detailed examples of complex configurations and troubleshooting. Implement and manage this powerful multifunction network adaptive security appliance with help from this expert guide.

Welcome to Java—the world’s most widely used computer programming language. You’re already familiar with the powerful tasks computers perform. Using this textbook, you’ll write instructions commanding computers to perform those kinds of tasks. Software (i.e., the instructions you write) controls hardware (i.e., computers). You’ll learn object-oriented programming—today’s key programming methodology. You’ll create and work with many software objects in this text. Java is the preferred language for meeting many organizations’ enterprise programming needs. Java has also become the language of choice for implementing Internet-based applications and software for devices that communicate over a network.

This book is a succinct, practical, clinically-based guide to nerve blocking techniques that are available in current practice. A nerve block is the injection of either a local anesthetic or a drug that inactivates nerves to control otherwise uncontrollable pain. Nerve blocks can be used to determine the source of pain, to treat painful conditions that respond to nerve blocks, to predict how the pain will respond to long-term treatments, and to prevent pain following procedures.

The Bulletin on Narcotics is a United Nations journal that has been in continuous publication since 1949. It is printed in all six official languages of the United Nations—Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. The Bulletin provides information on developments in drug control at the local, national, regional and international levels that can be of benefit to the international community. The present issue of the Bulletin, whose guest editor is Martin Bouchard of Simon Fraser University in Canada, is focused on measurement issues in drug policy analysis. It consists of a selection of papers presented at the Third Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy, held in Vienna on 2 and 3 March 2009. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime wishes to thank Melissa Tullis of the Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs and Raggie Johansen of the Studies and Threat Analysis Section for editorial assistance in preparing this issue.

A survey of Ukrainian population by Kiev International Institute of Sociology commissioned by the International Centre for Policy Studies kyiv. This publication was prepared as part of the “Policy Campaign for Tobacco Control” Project, implemented by the ICPS with funding from the International Renaissance Foundation and the Open Society Institute. This report on the results of sociological survey was written by Tatiana Andreeva. The report was prepared with the support from the following experts: Andriy Bega, Judith Watt, Konstantin Krasovsky, Maksym Mashlyakivsky, Victor Stepanenko, Ihor Shevliakov. Design and layout: Ostap Stasiuk

Problems involving recognition patterns in image, speech, or data arise in many different fields, including engineering, computer science, biology, medicine, operations research, management science, and the analysis and control of large systems.

The second edition of ASP.NET Unleashed further strengthens a book that is already one of the most highly regarded ASP.NET books available. Stephen covers virtually all relevant features of ASP.NET. In addition, all samples will now be presented in VB .NET and C#. Throughout the more than 1,400 pages readers are shown how to develop state-of-the-art Web applications using Microsoft's powerful ASP.NET. It progresses through Web Forms basics, advanced page development, ADO.NET and XML, securing Web applications, XML Web Services, leveraging the .NET Framework, building custom controls and powerful sample applications. This is a resource that will be referenced over and over.