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Water Chemistry Green Science and Technology of Nature's Most Renewable Resource

Water Chemistry Green Science and Technology of Nature's Most Renewable Resource

This important new reference addresses the principles and calculations dealing with the hydraulics of water systems. Hydraulics for Operators includes what is necessary for a basic understanding of water and wastewater utility operations and it emphasizes practical applications of these principles. This practical reference covers a wide variety of important subjects such as mass density and flow pressure open channel flow pumping friction loss and flow measurement. Hydraulics for Operators is loaded with graphics and sample exercises are included to ensure this new book is an easily understood reference. It is a must for your operator library. | Water Chemistry Green Science and Technology of Nature's Most Renewable Resource

GBP 175.00
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The Somatosensory System Deciphering the Brain's Own Body Image

The Somatosensory System Deciphering the Brain's Own Body Image

The somatosensory system is unique in that it conveys information to the central nervous system (CNS) about both external and internal sensory environments. Recent technological and conceptual advances in the field have allowed great strides to be made in the description and understanding of how the CNS manages information about its own image. This knowledge apart from its obvious scientific merit is quickly leading to clinical applications in the realm of neurorehabilitation after the peripheral nerve injury and during recovery from stroke. The Somatosensory System: Deciphering the Brain's Own Body Image presents both new and past research in the understanding of how the brain deals with its own body image. It provides a review of pertinent literature and offers comprehensive descriptions of state-of-the-art technical approaches. The material includes new frameworks for the conceptualization of the system's representations scientific and clinical applications that stem from these approaches based on the new concepts and a discussion of new directions and new tools for the study of the interface of the brain and the body. | The Somatosensory System Deciphering the Brain's Own Body Image

GBP 59.99
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AI for Games

AI for Games

What is artificial intelligence? How is artificial intelligence used in game development? Game development lives in its own technical world. It has its own idioms skills and challenges. That’s one of the reasons games are so much fun to work on. Each game has its own rules its own aesthetic and its own trade-offs and the hardware it will run on keeps changing. AI for Games is designed to help you understand one element of game development: artificial intelligence (AI).

GBP 22.99
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Make Toons That Sell Without Selling Out 10th Anniversary Edition

Make Toons That Sell Without Selling Out 10th Anniversary Edition

The King of Independent Animation has returned with this 10th anniversary edition of Make Toons That Sell Without Selling Out. Delve into the secrets behind creating poignant indie animation without compromising or sacrificing your own ideals and visions. World-renowned animator author and Academy Award-nominated Bill Plympton will help guide you in how to make a career in animation. With time-saving techniques secrets on crafting a good narrative and more Plympton will teach you how to breathe life into your own animated films. By studying and deconstructing his lessons from his own works and styles you too will be able to carve out a career in animation without betraying yourself. | Make Toons That Sell Without Selling Out 10th Anniversary Edition

GBP 34.99
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Cardamom The Genus Elettaria

Cardamom The Genus Elettaria

Cardamom otherwise known as Malabar cardamom true cardamom or small cardamom second only to pepper in its importance during the Renaissance period is often qualified as the Queen of Spices because of its very pleasant aroma and taste. The Western Ghat forest of the Malabar coast India is the center of origin and diversity for cardamom and it might have been nature's design that the King and Queen of spices (black pepper and cardamom) originated in the same forest. This volume contains sixteen chapters fourteen on cardamom and one each on large cardamom and false cardamoms. All aspects of the cardamom crop have been covered in this volume and each chapter is written by experts in their respective fields. This volume is visualized as both a textbook and reference work for scientists and students of horticulture plantation crops botany and related fields and will go on to serve as the main reference volume on cardamom for many years to come. | Cardamom The Genus Elettaria

GBP 59.99
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Artificial Intelligence in Games

Artificial Intelligence in Games

This book covers all the necessary topics that a professional game AI programmer needs to know from math and steering behaviours to terrain analysis pathfinding and decision-making. Written to be easily accessible each topic is accompanied by an example game that allows the reader to add their own code to see the effects their changes have. Each chapter is split into two parts. The first part covers the necessary theory in a friendly conversational manner using visual examples and fictional game scenarios to give additional context. The second part is a coding tutorial in C# for the topic at hand. Each chapter has its own example game available to download written in C# in the Unity Game Engine. This book will be suitable for students and aspiring games programmers looking to gain a grounding in game AI techniques. | Artificial Intelligence in Games

GBP 54.99
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Branching Story Unlocked Dialogue Designing and Writing Visual Novels

Branching Story Unlocked Dialogue Designing and Writing Visual Novels

This book covers the distinguishing characteristics and tropes of visual novels (VNs) as choice-based games and analyzes VNs like 999: Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors; Hatoful Boyfriend; and Monster Prom some of the best examples of the genre as illustrations. The author covers structuring branching narrative and plot designing impactful and compelling choices writing entertaining relationships and character interactions understanding the importance of a VN’s prose and planning a VN’s overall narrative design and story delivery. The book contains exercises at the end of chapters to practice the techniques discussed. By the end of the book if the reader finishes all the exercises they may have several portfolio pieces or a significant portion of their own VN project designed. Features: Discusses different aspects and genres of VNs what makes them enjoyable and successful techniques developers can incorporate into their own games Analyzes various VNs and choice-based games that use these successful techniques Shares tips from developers on portfolio pieces hiring a team to work on VNs and plotting and outlining VNs Branching Story Unlocked Dialogue: Designing and Writing Visual Novels is a valuable resource for developers and narrative designers interested in working on VNs. The book will show them how they can design their own VN projects design branching narratives develop entertaining plots and relationships design impactful and compelling choices and write prose that’s a pleasure to read. | Branching Story Unlocked Dialogue Designing and Writing Visual Novels

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The Potential Effect Of Two New Biotechnologies On The World Dairy Industry

The Potential Effect Of Two New Biotechnologies On The World Dairy Industry

Biotechnology is expected by many observers to have a significant impact on the world dairy industry over the next decade. In this timely volume Lovell Jarvis analyzes the potential effect of two biotechnologies—multiple ovulation and embryo transfers (MOET) and recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST—on the dairy industry around the world. According to Jarvis's research the effects of these two technologies will vary greatly between the developed and developing nations. He predicts that the technologies will be most profitable for the developed nations where their use will increase milk production and strengthen their positions in dairy export markets. Developing country dairy sectors will probably lose from the use of these two biotechnologies as their own international trade position will be weakened though their own consumers should benefit. Jarvis concludes his study with a look at alternative approaches that might improve the competitive position of developing countries in the dairy sector. | The Potential Effect Of Two New Biotechnologies On The World Dairy Industry

GBP 39.99
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Revival: Principles of Seed Pathology (1987) Volume II

Revival: Principles of Seed Pathology (1987) Volume II

This Book was written to serve those interested in seed pathology. It is designed to serve as a textbook as well as a reference book for students teachers and researchers and for seed health testing seed production and plant quarantine personnel. It is to be used as a guide to the literature. Much of the illustrative material has come from the authors' files used for teaching or from their own research. Teachers will want to supplement this book with examples from their own experience and research ot with information and data from other seed pathology programs. The authors hope that this book in addition to being of value to seed and plant pathologists will be useful to agriculturalists interested in crop production. It was written in part to stimulate research in seed pathology and its importance to the role of seedborne inoculum in the epidemiology and control of plant diseases. | Revival: Principles of Seed Pathology (1987) Volume II

GBP 36.99
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A Practical Guide to Instrumental Analysis

A Practical Guide to Instrumental Analysis

A Practical Guide to Instrumental Analysis covers basic methods of instrumental analysis including electroanalytical techniques optical techniques atomic spectroscopy X-ray diffraction thermoanalytical techniques separation techniques and flow analytical techniques. Each chapter provides a brief theoretical introduction followed by basic and special application experiments. This book is ideal for readers who need a knowledge of special techniques in order to use instrumental methods to conduct their own analytical tasks.

GBP 56.99
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Diseases of Small Grain Cereal Crops A Colour Handbook

Diseases of Small Grain Cereal Crops A Colour Handbook

The 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 afflicting them easier. Covering 40-50 of the most important pathogens in Europe North America Japan and Australia the handbook contains superb color photographs accompanied by clear concise descriptions of diseases with advice on their control and is of use to plant health professionals growers farmers and students of agriculture. Diseases are illustrated at varying stages of development and entries follow an easy-to-use format. First the pathogens involved and their symptoms are described; next information on the disease cycle is given covering epidemiological features and the form taken by the pathogen in different climates. The section on economic significance deals with effects on yield and the ecosystem while that on control advises growers on measures and techniques to combat the outbreak of disease including the latest chemical treatments. For each disease detailed references provide a key to further reading. | Diseases of Small Grain Cereal Crops A Colour Handbook

GBP 175.00
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Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

This book provides a thorough understanding of fluid dynamics and heat and mass transfer. The Second Edition contains new chapters on mesh generation and computational modeling of turbulent flow. Combining theory and practice in classic problems and computer code the text includes numerous worked-out examples. Students will be able to develop computational analysis models for complex problems more efficiently using commercial codes such as ANSYS STAR CCM+ and COMSOL. With detailed explanations on how to implement computational methodology into computer code students will be able to solve complex problems on their own and develop their own customized simulation models including problems in heat transfer mass transfer and fluid flows. These problems are solved and illustrated in step-by-step derivations and figures. FEATURES Provides unified coverage of computational heat transfer and fluid dynamics Covers basic concepts and then applies computational methods for problem analysis and solution Covers most common higher-order time-approximation schemes Covers most common and advanced linear solvers Contains new chapters on mesh generation and computer modeling of turbulent flow Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer Second Edition is valuable to engineering instructors and students taking courses in computational heat transfer and computational fluid dynamics.

GBP 145.00
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Fermented Foods Part I Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Fermented Foods Part I Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Traditional fermented foods are not only the staple food for most of developing countries but also the key healthy food for developed countries. As the healthy functions of these foods are gradually discovered more high throughput biotechnologies are being used to promote the fermented food industries. As a result the microorganisms process biochemistry manufacturing and down-streaming processing as well as the bioactive metabolites released by the fermenting organisms and above all the healthy functions of these foods were extensively researched. The application and progress of biotechnology and biochemistry of traditional fermented food systems are different from each other as the microorganisms and the food matrices vary widely. Part I (Biochemistry and Biotechnology) of this book (Fermented Foods) discusses the general aspects of biochemistry and biotechnological application of fermented foods involving acetic acid bacteria lactic acid bacteria ethanolic yeasts and fungi in accelerating the many and variable functional factors in the fermented foods as well as metagenomics of fermented foods. The detailed technological interventions involved in different categories of fermented foods such as fermented cereals (bread and sourdough) fermented milk products (yogurt cheese) fermented sausages fermented vegetables (kimchi sauerkraut) fermented legumes (tempeh natto) and coffee and cocoa fermentations and fermented beverages (animal- and plant-based) with their potential and actual health benefits are discussed in Part II (Fermented Foods: Technological Interventions). | Fermented Foods Part I Biochemistry and Biotechnology

GBP 44.99
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Technical Proceedings of the 2007 Cleantech Conference and Trade Show

Technical Proceedings of the 2007 Cleantech Conference and Trade Show

The Cleantech conference which runs parallel with NSTI's Nanotech is designed to promote advancements in traditional technologies emerging technologies and clean business practices covering important developments in renewable energy clean technologies business and policy bio-energy and novel technologies as well as environmental and clean and green advancements. Collected into its own volume for the first time the papers from Cleantech 2007 cut across every scientific and engineering discipline to address those issues relevant to maintaining and improving the sustainability of our planet. | Technical Proceedings of the 2007 Cleantech Conference and Trade Show

GBP 29.99
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A Field Guide to Ghost Guns For Police and Forensic Investigations

A Field Guide to Ghost Guns For Police and Forensic Investigations

While it has always been legal for a citizen in the United States to manufacture their own firearm the sale and distribution of such items is illegal under current U. S. law. The primary impediment to individuals making their own weapons has been access to the tooling and machinery required to convert raw materials into finished parts for assembly. However in the last fifteen years this paradigm has changed drastically. Home builders and companies have emerged to support individuals who choose to produce their own firearm. Kits with receivers and gun components are available for hobbyists as are 3-D printable gun designs downloadable from the Internet in some cases. This phenomenon has led to the term ghost guns: firearms whose existence is not reported to any third party and therefore whose existence is unknown and largely untraceable. A Field Guide to Ghost Guns: For Police and Forensic Investigators provides a useful brief for field investigators on the technical aspects of the self-made firearm so-called ghost guns. The first book to focus on the emergent issue of ghost guns coverage addresses the history of firearms making and manufacture in the U. S. —including regulated and nonregulated manufacturing details firearm components and accessories how to assemble a Firearm an overview of common Types of ghost guns and investigative considerations. Though there have been increased calls to regulate guns in the wake of numerous mass shootings the proliferation of ghost guns—and their increasing use in crimes—would likely require additional laws and regulatory measures. Since there are few knowledgeable firearm practitioners in the field who can render qualified opinions on the subject author Robb Walker has taken a practical pragmatic approach to the topic. The book defines terminology provides photographs and explains the concepts surrounding homemade firearm in clear easy to understand terms. Key Features: Addresses the technology and technical aspects in creating assembling and/or modifying homemade firearms—both printable and assembled from pre-fabricated components Discusses the rationale and motivations behind making one’s own firearm Outlines what is currently legal and illegal under U. S. law providing indicators for investigators for illegally configured firearms A Field Guide to Ghost Guns addresses the pressing need for a practical reference on the topic. The book provides police investigators and forensic ballistics experts a useful aid to understand legal aspects and to identify ghost guns and the paraphernalia—tooling and machinery and otherwise—indicative of gun making in a non-formal factory setting. | A Field Guide to Ghost Guns For Police and Forensic Investigations

GBP 51.99
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Beyond Menopause New Pathways to Holistic Health

Beyond Menopause New Pathways to Holistic Health

Beyond Menopause uncovers the unique healthcare needs of postmenopausal women. It offers women integrative holistic approaches that bridge the gap between conventional medicine and systems of holistic healing. The book highlights integrative strategies in the context of common health conditions including anxiety fatigue sleep disturbance sexual health weight concerns bone health and brain health. It provides information on the use of hormone therapy during the menopause transition. The book features clinical vignettes illustrating how individual women explore pathways to better health through shared decision-making with their health practitioners. Women of postmenopausal age want to remain healthy vital and engaged yet they are often overlooked in the healthcare system. In this phase of life women need to create their own integrative path to wellness. Beyond Menopause shows women how to prime their voice for self-advocacy and establish collaborative relationships with their health practitioners. Women are advised to create an adaptable network of practitioners to accommodate changing needs—their own “web of wellness. ” Beyond Menopause brings a fresh perspective to the mental physical and spiritual elements of holistic living. From the distinct vantage points of medicine and neuroscience the authors guide women toward new pathways to optimal health and well-being. | Beyond Menopause New Pathways to Holistic Health

GBP 19.99
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Molecular Spectroscopy

Molecular Spectroscopy

This textbook offers an introduction to the foundations of spectroscopic methods and provides a bridge between basic concepts and experimental applications in fields as diverse as materials science biology solar energy conversion and environmental science. The author emphasizes the use of time-dependent theory to link the spectral response in the frequency domain to the behavior of molecules in the time domain strengthened by two brand new chapters on nonlinear optical spectroscopy and time-resolved spectroscopy. Theoretical underpinnings are presented to the extent necessary for readers to understand how to apply spectroscopic tools to their own interests. | Molecular Spectroscopy

GBP 89.99
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Practical Holography

Practical Holography

Revised to reflect technological advances and new applications Practical Holography Third Edition is a classic comprehensive text suitable for anyone involved in holography from the interested amateur to the practicing research scientist. At its most basic level the book introduces the principles behind holography and takes the reader on a step-by-step course through the materials equipment and techniques required to produce their own holograms. The author takes a purely practical viewpoint keeping the mathematical content to a minimum. Later chapters of the book form a valuable reference for research scientists working with holographic techniques in all applications.

GBP 180.00
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Tea as a Food Ingredient Properties Processing and Health Aspects

Tea as a Food Ingredient Properties Processing and Health Aspects

Tea is one of the most widely consumed beverages worldwide and tea extract has been used in a variety of food products including beverages bread cakes ice-cream wine biscuits dehydrated fruits and various meat and dairy products. In recent years there is growing consumer interest in the tea extract supplemented products. Tea as a Food Ingredient: Properties Processing and Health Aspects provides extensive scientific information on the properties of tea foods chemical properties formulations and tea as ingredient to develop new health foods. It describes tea food production chemical and physical properties sensory quality processing technology and health benefits. Early chapters present information relating to scientific studies on the health benefits of tea and the latter chapters focus on introducing tea products into foods which is the major focus of the entire book. Key Features: Covers broad areas such as chemical properties bioactive components and health benefits of tea-based foods Focuses on chemical properties of tea foods processing technologies functional food products and health benefits Explains how the addition of tea extract changes the properties of food and consumer sensory perception This book presents current and sound scientific knowledge on the nutritional value and health benefit of the different tea-based food products and will be beneficial for food science professionals as well as anyone with an interest in tea as a food ingredient and the benefits it can provide. | Tea as a Food Ingredient Properties Processing and Health Aspects

GBP 170.00
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The Practice of Corporate Governance

The Practice of Corporate Governance

All corporate entities from the largest multinational conglomerate to the smallest tennis club need effective governance. Some features of corporate governance are basic common to all corporate entities: every governing body needs to think strategically and set policies to supervise ongoing management activities to ensure the entity is financially viable and is achieving its objectives. Every corporate entity has a governing body whether it is called a board of directors a committee a council or anything else. Many people when appointed to the governing body of an organisation have little idea of what to expect and what is expected of them. Even those with board-level experience find that the culture and leadership style of other governing bodies differ. The aim of this book is to help them understand and improve their contribution to the organisation and governing body they serve. The book is a simple guide to the work of every board member. Each chapter concludes with a worksheet which enables readers to apply the ideas in that chapter to their own organisation. On completing the book readers will have a detailed analysis of the governance of their own organisation. Effective governance improves performance and ensures long-term success. This book offers a straightforward guide to the fundamental work of governing bodies and the people who serve on them. | The Practice of Corporate Governance

GBP 29.99
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Clay Swelling and Colloid Stability

Clay Swelling and Colloid Stability

In a rare over-the-shoulder perspective of a leading scientist’s own breakthroughs Clay Swelling and Colloid Stability puts emphasis on two significant paradigm shifts in colloid science that explain particle interactions for charged plates stacks suspensions and pastes as well as spherical colloids. Martin Smalley first discusses the replacement of the DLVO theory with the Coulombic Attraction Theory to explain the existence extent and properties of the two-phase region of colloid stability. Using the n-butylammonium vermiculite system as his model clay system the author clarifies the flaws of conventional theories and presents the experimental details that form the basis of his new theories. He provides rigorous derivations that place the new electrical theory for charged colloids on a firm foundation in statistical mechanics. The author illustrates why a new quantitative bridging flocculation model for polymer-stabilized colloids must replace the depletion flocculation model. Smalley also examines the discovery of the "dressed macroion" structure of clay plates in solution the structure of a bridging polymer and the distribution of polymer segments counterions and water molecules in the interlayer region. Based on the author’s own research and 36 publications in the field Clay Swelling and Colloid Stability isa self-contained and intellectually satisfying account of the revolutionary process leading to a universally sound and increasingly applicable theory of colloid stability.

GBP 56.99
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Morphodynamics

Morphodynamics

Morphodynamics is defined as the unique interaction among environment functional morphology developmental constraints phylogeny and time—all of which shape the evolution of life. These fabricational patterns and similarities owe their regularity not to a detailed genetic program but to extrinsic factors which may be mechanical chemical or biological in nature. These self-organizing mechanisms are the focus of Morphodynamics. Illustrated by numerous examples from across the biological spectrum this book embodies the foundation of noted paleontologist Adolf Seilacher’s thinking on the study of morphodynamics. It represents his unique approach of presenting paleontology from an ecological and constructional perspective rather than a purely taxonomic one. The hallmark of Seilacher’s storied career has been a constructional and functional focus. He begins by discussing the basic principles—form pattern formation ecology and evolution as well as the factors that override those processes. Next he examines how morphodynamic principles are implemented in various invertebrates including single-celled protists Ediacarans sponges coelenterates shelled organisms worms arthropods and echinoderms. The final chapter explores how morphogenetic principles may apply to clonal colonial organisms. Summarizing seventy years of research into the interactions of form function and evolution the book is copiously illustrated with the author’s own distinctive drawings and an abundance of photos. It provides a framework for readers to pose their own questions and sharpen their interpretive skills on this fascinating topic.

GBP 44.99
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