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1 978-3-211-99736-9PORSCHE MUSEUM

2 978-0-387-69060-5MOLECULARY TARGETED THERAPY FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER

3 978-0-387-35443-9HANDBOOK OF NEUROCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

4 978-0-387-77499-2PANCREATIC CANCER

5 978-3-642-10279-0INTEREST RATES, EXCHANGE RATES AND WORLD MONETARY POLICY

6 978-90-481-3689-6SYMMETRY THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHEMIST

7 978-0-387-79059-6PREBIOTICS AND PROBIOTICS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

8 978-1-4419-5517-3MICROBIOLOGICAL TROUBLESHOOTING IN THE INDUSTRIAL FOOD PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT

9 978-1-4419-1477-4FOOD ANALYSIS

10 978-1-4419-1718-8FUTURE APPLICATION AND MIDDLEWARE TECHNOLOGY ON E-SCIENCE

11 978-0-387-73004-2ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOMETRICS

12 978-0-387-49616-0ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DATABASE SYSTEMS

13 978-3-540-92911-6HANDBOOK OF NATURAL COMPUTING

14 978-0-387-71800-2ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CROSS-CULTURAL SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY

15 978-1-84882-999-2INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING STATISTICS AND LEAN SIGMA

16 978-1-4419-1749-2THEORY OF APPLIED ROBOTICS

17 978-1-4419-1745-4INTRODUCTION TO NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

18 978-3-540-78878-2IDENTIFICATION OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS

19 978-3-642-04871-5ESSENTIALS OF MODERN OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION

20 978-1-4020-8640-3ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE WORLD'S COASTAL LANDFORMS

21 978-3-540-78559-0URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE WORLD

22 978-90-481-3897-5PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE ADVISORS: PERSPECTIVES AND REFLECTIONS ON SCIENCE, POLICY AND POLITICS

23 978-3-642-02623-2BEHAVIOUR: EVOLUTION AND MECHANISMS

25 978-3-540-77588-1HANDBOOK OF HYDROCARBON AND LIPID MICROBIOLOGY

26 978-0-387-46620-0HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

27 978-1-4419-5512-8NETWORKS IN ACTION

28 978-0-387-70913-0FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS, SOBOLEV SPACES AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

29 978-3-0346-0335-5FAMILIES OF AUTOMORPHIC FORMS

30 978-1-4419-5526-5MODELING AND SIMULATION IN SCILAB/SCICOS WITH SCICOSLAB 4.4

31 978-0-387-88629-9COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE

32 978-1-4419-0629-8MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN ROBUST CONTROL OF DISCRETE-TIME LINEAR STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS

33 978-1-4419-1620-4A COURSE IN MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS AND ANALYSIS

34 978-3-642-05163-0SOLVING ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS I

35 978-3-0346-0327-0INTRODUCTION TO CARDINAL ARITHMETIC

36 978-3-7643-8509-5METRICS ON THE PHASE SPACE AND NON-SELFADJOINT PSEUDO-DIFFERENTIAL OPERATORS

37 978-3-0346-0331-7DISCRETE GROUPS, EXPANDING GRAPHS AND INVARIANT MEASURES

38 978-3-0346-0333-1CARDINAL INVARIANTS ON BOOLEAN ALGEBRAS

39 978-0-387-09638-4THE PILLARS OF COMPUTATION THEORY

40 978-1-4419-1604-4THEORY AND APPLICATIONS OF STOCHASTIC PROCESSES

41 978-1-4419-1739-3PRACTICAL BIFURCATION AND STABILITY ANALYSIS

42 978-1-4419-1747-8ALGORITHMS AND PROGRAMMING

43 978-1-4419-1731-7ARITHMETIC OF QUADRATIC FORMS

44 978-0-8176-4955-5SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION WITH QUANTIZED OBSERVATIONS

45 978-0-387-09815-9HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN MEDICAL SETTINGS

46 978-1-60327-959-8ADDICTION RECOVERY MANAGEMENT

47 978-0-387-09813-5HANDBOOK OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DISABILITY

48 978-0-387-09708-4ANESTHESIA STUDENT SURVIVAL GUIDE

49 978-1-84882-047-0COMPREHENSIVE ELECTROCARDIOLOGY

50 978-3-540-87954-1HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING USING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE CRITICALLY ILL

51 978-1-4419-5522-7COMMON MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEMS IN PRIMARY CARE

52 978-1-84800-139-8GENERAL SURGERY

53 978-1-84882-961-9ANESTHESIA INFORMATICS

54 978-1-60761-589-7PALLIATIVE CARE:

55 978-1-60761-643-6MANAGEMENT OF INFECTIONS IN CANCER PATIENTS

56 978-1-84882-127-9ATLAS OF EPILEPSIES

57 978-3-540-78455-5RADIOTHERAPY FOR HODGKIN LYMPHOMA

58 978-0-387-76699-7THE GLAUCOMA BOOK

59 978-3-642-03693-4SPINE TRAUMA

60 978-1-60327-576-7ESSENTIALS OF ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY

61 978-3-642-05069-5COLOR ATLAS OF BURN RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

62 978-0-387-78666-7HANDBOOK OF DISEASE BURDENS AND QUALITY OF LIFE MEASURES

63 978-1-4419-0804-9BASICS OF PET IMAGING

64 978-1-84882-799-8ROBOTIC UROLOGIC SURGERY

65 978-1-60761-641-2KIDNEY AND PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION: A PRACTICAL GUIDE

66 978-3-642-05427-3QUANTUM SIGNATURES OF CHAOS

67 978-3-642-05369-6MECHANICS

68 978-3-642-05359-7HUMANS ON EARTH. PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

69 978-1-4419-1776-81001 CELESTIAL WONDERS TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE

70 978-1-4419-5570-8GALILEO AND 400 YEARS OF TELESCOPIC ASTRONOMY

71 978-0-387-71803-3ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGION

72 978-0-387-09758-9HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY COMPETENCIES

73 978-1-4419-1083-7HISTORICAL ARCHEOLOGY OF TOURISM IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

74 978-1-4419-0660-1SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF LARGE DIMENSIONAL RANDOM MATRICES

75 978-1-4419-1575-7INTRODUCING MONTE CARLO METHODS WITH R

76 978-1-4419-1585-6FUNDAMENTALS OF CLINICAL TRIALS

ARCHITECTURE

Porsche MuseumDelugan Meissl Associated Architects HG Merz

EDITORS: DELUGAN MEISSL ASSOCIATED ARCHITECTSISBN-13: 978-3-211-99736-9PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 385 p., With numerous ills.,

HardcoverPRICE: $79.95AVAILABLE (US): November 2009

The recently opened Porsche-Museum in Zuffenhausen, at the entrance to the city of Stuttgart, is exceptional in three respects: for its architecture, its construction and its urban design. In its form, use of technology and dynamic elegance the design reflects the qualities of the traditional automobile brand. A 160 metre long exhibition element rests on three concrete cores, which enable the smooth structure to float with apparent ease above the level of the ground floor. Upon entering the building the visitor is drawn onto a sunken entrance plateau, effortlessly crossing the threshold between the everyday world and the white Porsche experience. The graphic design concept of Mevis and Van Deursen enables the reader of this book to share with the visitor the sense of moving through the museum. The photography of Ivan Baan guides him visually around and through the building. While the first part of the book relies on pure black and white photography the second part uses texts and plans to illuminate the technical and constructional aspects of the project. This is a book for anyone interested in the architecture of the Porsche-Museum. At the same time it is in itself an object crafted according to the same principles.

SELLING POINTS: One of the world’s most innovative automobile

museums Containing essays by leading experts Designed for the true book lover

MARKET: Architects, engineers, laymen

SUBJECTS: Building Types and Functions; Interior Architecture and Design; Design, general

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Architecture

RELATED TITLES:Marte, Marte.Marte ( 978-3-211-79199-8, 2008,$79.95)Landscape Architecture Europe Foundation, On Site (978-3-7643-8950-5, 2009, $84.95)

COMPETITION:

Corcuera, Contemporary Houses (H.F. Ullmann, 978-0841600638, 2008, $69.95)Mckeith, Archipelago (Rakennustieto Publishing, 978-9516828063, 2008, $63.00)

BIOMEDICINE

Moleculary Targeted Therapy for Childhood CancerEDITORS: PETER J. HOUGHTON, St. Judes Childrens Research

Hospital Memphis, TN, USA and ROBERT ARCECI, John Hopkins Oncology Ctr, Baltimore, MD, USA

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-69060-5PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 350 p., 30 illus., 5 in color, HardcoverPRICE: approx. $149.00AVAILABLE (US): October 2009

Each chapter will focus on the known molecular characteristics of specific childhood cancers, focusing on how the molecular ‘drivers’ can be exploited from a therapeutic standpoint with currently available targeted agents. Where applicable, integration of targeted therapies with conventional cytotoxic agents will be considered.

SELLING POINTS: This volume will provide a comprehensive summary of molecular characteristics of

childhood cancers, and how the changes involved in transformation provide us with opportunities for developing relatively less toxic, but curative, therapies.

This book will be the first to comprehensively explore the molecular aspects of childhood cancers that make them vulnerable to certain potential therapeutic approaches.

MARKET: Basic cancer researchers working on childhood cancers; pediatric oncologists and scientists involved in experimental therapeutics of childhood cancer.

SUBJECTS: Cancer Research; Human Genetics; Molecular Medicine

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Biomedicine

RELATED TITLES:Chan, Pediatric Oncology (978-0-387-24470-9, 2005, $59.95)Houghton, Moleculary Targeted Therapy for Childhood Cancer (978-0-387-69060-5,

2008, $149.00)

COMPETITION:Pecorino, Molecular Biology of Cancer: Mechanisms, Targets, and Therapeutics (Oxford

University Press, 978-0199211487, 2008, $59.95)Cullinane, Molecular Biology and Pathology of Paediatric Cancer (Oxford University

Press, 978-0192630797, 2003, $365.00)

BIOMEDICINE

Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular NeurobiologyThird Edition

EDITOR: ABEL LAJTHAISBN-13: 978-0-387-35443-9PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 6000 p., 17-volume-

set PRICE: $3650.00AVAILABLE (US): October 2009

The Second Edition of the Handbook of Neurochemistry, which was published about 24 years ago, consisted of 10 volumes. The present, Third Edition, The Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Biology, is over twice as large; indicating a great expansion of neuroscience in the past two decades. We now have not only more data on brain mechanisms relating to behavior (mental activity and cognitive processes), but we understand in some detail the mechanisms of these functions. The past editions focused purely on neurochemical aspects – the new edition reflects the need of interdisciplinary approach for understanding neural mechanisms. Several volumes deal with pathological changes and with repair and therapy of both mental and neurological pathologies. The purpose of this edition is to provide an evaluation of the results of investigations; to serve as a guide rather than enumerating all the available findings in detail – it indicates future possibilities and the existing knowledge in neuroscience.

SELLING POINTS: The significance of understanding neural processes needs no emphasis – its potential

is primary in mental and neural pathology, but also in physiological importance The volumes should serve as an aid to researchers expanding our knowledge and to

educators training the next generation of neuroscientists and clinicians

MARKET: Neuroscientists, neurologists, psychiatrists, neurochemistry researchers

SUBJECTS: Neurosciences; Life Sciences, general


RELATED TITLES:Johnson, Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurology (978-0-387-30349-9,

2007, $249.00)Galoyan, Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurology (978-0-387-30358-1,

2008, $249.00)

COMPETITION:Siegel, Basic Neurochemistry (Academic Press, 978-0120883974, 2005, $99.95)Smith, Elements of Molecular Neurobiology (Wiley, 978-0471560388, 2002,

100.00)

BIOMEDICINE

Pancreatic CancerEDITORS: JOHN P. NEOPTOLEMOS, University of Liverpool, UK;

RAUL URRUTIA, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Rochester, MN; JAMES ABBRUZZESE, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX and MARKUS W. BÜCHLER, University of Heidelberg, Germany

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-77499-2PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 1400 p., 208 illus., 60 in color, Print +

eReferencePRICE: $689.00AVAILABLE (US): November 2009

Worldwide, there are an estimated 232,000 new cases of pancreatic cancer annually. In the United States, it is the fourth leading cause of cancer death, and approximately 30,000 people die of pancreatic cancer each year. The disease is difficult to diagnose in its early stages, and most patients have incurable disease by the time they present with symptoms. The overall 5-year survival rate for this disease is less than 5%.Because of the recent and vast growth in both the clinical and scientific research being done in pancreatic cancer, each researcher’s knowledge of other specialty areas outside his or her own is now often quite limited. The aim of this book is to place these the tangible advances—those that are indispensable to all working on pancreatic cancer—readily at hand. The book will focus on advances that will not become dated, and the editors will choose authors who are the very best in each area.

SELLING POINTS: The only Major Reference Work devoted entirely to pancreatic cancer The contributing authors to this book are the very best in their respective fields Will have widespread appeal among clinicians, pathologists, and basic scientists who

are now struggling to understand this complex and rapidly growing field

MARKET: Researchers, scientists, professionals, clinicians, physicians, industry, graduate students in the fields of cancer research and oncology

SUBJECTS: Cancer Research; Oncology


RELATED TITLES:Hayat, Methods of Cancer Diagnosis, Therapy, and Prognosis (978-1-4020-9803-1, 2009,

$279.00)Cohen, Integrative Oncology (978-1-58829-869-0, 2008, $79.95)

COMPETITION:

Atkinson, Principles of Clinical Pharmacology (Academic Press, 978-0123694171, 2006, $115.00)Alberts, Molecular Biology of the Cell (Garland Science, 978-0815341055, 2000, $149.00)

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

Interest Rates, Exchange Rates and World Monetary PolicyAUTHOR: JOHN E. FLOYD, University of Toronto, ON,

CanadaISBN-13: 978-3-642-10279-0PAGES/ILLUS: XII, 404 p., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $179.00AVAILABLE (US): March 2010

A careful basic theoretical and econometric analysis of the factors determining the real exchange rates of Canada, the U.K., Japan, France and Germany with respect to the United States is conducted. The resulting conclusion is that real exchange rates are almost entirely determined by real factors relating to growth and technology such as oil and commodity prices, international allocations of world investment across countries, and underlying terms of trade changes. Unanticipated money supply shocks, calculated in five alternative ways have virtually no effects. A Blanchard-Quah VAR analysis also indicates that the effects of real shocks predominate over monetary shocks by a wide margin. The implications of these facts for the conduct of monetary policy in countries outside the U.S. are then explored leading to the conclusion that all countries, to avoid exchange rate overshooting, have tended to automatically follow the same monetary policy as the United States..

SELLING POINTS: Real exchange rate determination and the workings of monetary policy of individual

countries in a world economy The history of world monetary policy is reviewed along with the determination of real

exchange rates within the Euro Area

MARKET: Libraries, Scientists, Practitioners

SUBJECTS: Macroeconomics; Econometrics; International Economics

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Business / Economics

RELATED TITLES:Langdana, Macroeconomic Policy (978-0-387-77665-1,2009, $69.95)Anari, The Power of Profit (978-1-4419-0648-9, 2010, $119.00)

COMPETITION:Edwards, Capital Controls, Exchange Rates, and Monetary Policy in the World Economy

(CUP, 978-0521597111, 1997, $65.00)Cardoso, Monetary Policy & Exchange Rate Regimes (American University of Cairo Press,

978-9771727590, 2006, $27.50)

CHEMISTRY

Symmetry through the Eyes of a ChemistThird Edition

AUTHORS: ISTVÁN HARGITTAI, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary and MAGDOLNA HARGITTAI, Hungarian Academy of Sciences at Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary

ISBN-13: 978-90-481-3689-6PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 530 p., 370 illus., SoftcoverPRICE: $89.95AVAILABLE (US): March 2010

"Symmetry through the Eyes of a Chemist" surveys chemistry from the point of view of symmetry. The aim has been to provide aesthetic pleasure in addition to learning experience. The structure of the successful earlier editions is retained. "Symmetry through the Eyes of a Chemist" is a valuable textbook for students of chemistry, the mathematical sciences, architecture, the fine arts and all those who have an interest in the study of symmetry.

SELLING POINTS:The only book to comprehensively survey chemistry from the point of view of symmetryContains many examples from chemistry as well as from other fields which emphasize the unifying nature of the symmetry conceptThis new edition has been further revised and contains streamlined text and renewed the illustrative material as well as an epilogueFeatures expanded sections dealing with biopolymers and quasicrystals

MARKET: Chemistry undergraduates and postgraduates; also researchers and professionals working in chemistry, the mathematical sciences, architecture, and the fine arts who have an interest in symmetry

SUBJECTS: Physical Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Chemistry

RELATED TITLES:Rosen, Symmetry Rule (978-3-540-75972-0, 2008, $59.95)Strocchi, Symmetry Breaking (978-3-540-73592-2, 2008, $89.95)

COMPETITION:Ladd, Symmetry & Group Theory in Chemistry (Horwood Publishing Limited, 978-

1898563396, 1998, $43.00) Conway, The Symmetries of Things (A K Peters Ltd., 978-1568812205, 2008, $75.00)

CHEMISTRY, FOOD SCIENCE

Prebiotics and Probiotics Science and TechnologyEDITORS: DIMITRIS CHARALAMPOPOULOS, University of Reading,

UK and ROBERT A. RASTALL, University of Reading, UKISBN-13: 978-0-387-79059-6PAGES/ILLUS: XXIV, 1265 p., Print + eReference PRICE: $689.00AVAILABLE (US): October 2009

Prebiotics are defined as nondigestible food ingredients that may beneficially affect the host by selectively stimulating the growth and/or the activity of a limited number of bacteria in the colon. Thus, to be effective, prebiotics must escape digestion in the upper gastrointestinal tract and be used by a limited number of the microorganisms comprising the colonic microflora. Prebiotics are principally oligosaccharides. They mainly stimulate the growth of bifidobacteria, for which reason they are referred to as bifidogenic factors. Probiotics are defined as live microorganisms, including Lactobacillus species, Bifidobacterium species and yeasts that may beneficially affect the host upon ingestion by improving the balance of the intestinal microflora. The dietary use of live microorganisms has a long history. Mention of cultured dairy products is found in the Bible and the sacred books of Hinduism. Soured milks and cultured dairy products, such as kefir, koumiss, leben and dahi, were often used therapeutically before the existence of microorganisms was recognized. The use of microorganisms in food fermentation is one of the oldest methods for producing and preserving food. Much of the world depends upon various fermented foods that are staples in the diet.

SELLING POINTS: The science underpinning the probiotic and prebiotic effects, the latest in vivo

studies, the technological issues in the development and manufacture of these types of products, and the regulatory issues involved

Each volume is structured so that it covers all aspects of the topics in a logical manner, avoiding replication

MARKET: Scientists and technologists working in academic and governmental institutes, food scientists and researchers, nutritionists, microbiologists, health professionals

SUBJECTS: Food Science; Chemistry/Food Science, general; Nutrition

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Chemistry, Food Science

RELATED TITLES:Gibson: Colonic Microbiota, Nutrition and Health (978-0-412-79880-1, 1999,$239.00)Querol, Yeasts in Food and Beverages (978-3-540-28388-1, 2006, $369.00)

COMPETITION:Jardine, Prebiotics and Probiotics (Wiley-Blackwell, 978-1905224524, 2009, $169.99)Tannock, Probiotics and Prebiotics (Caister Academic Press, 978-1904455011, 2005 $199.00)


Microbiological Troubleshooting in the Industrial Food Processing Environment

EDITORS: JEFFREY L. KORNACKI, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, USA

ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-5517-3PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 140 p., 48 illus., HardcoverPRICE: $129.00AVAILABLE (US): December 2009

Microbiological Troubleshooting in the Industrial Food Processing Environment provides proven approaches and suggestions for finding sources of microbiological contamination of industrially produced products. Industrial food safety professionals find themselves responsible for locating and eliminating the source(s) of food contamination. These are often complex situations for which they have not been adequately prepared. This book is written with them, the in-plant food safety/quality assurance professional, in mind.

SELLING POINTS: The book provides suggestions for starting up after a processing line (or lines) have

been shut down due to a contamination risk The authors conclude with an overview of molecular subtyping and its value with

regard to in-plant investigations Selected tools for testing the environment and statistical approaches to testing

ingredients and finished product are also described

MARKET: Quality Assurance (Q.A.) Directors, Managers, and Supervisors; Laboratory Technicians (both in-factory, commercial, and governmental); Sanitation Managers and Supervisors; and Governmental technical staff (USDA, FDA inspectors, CDC)

SUBJECTS: Food Science; Chemistry/Food Science, general; Microbiology


RELATED TITLES:Cocolin, Molecular Techniques in the Microbial Ecology of Fermented Foods (978-

0387745190, 2008, $139.00)Toldrá, Safety of Meat and Processing Meat (978-0-387-89025-8, 2009, $149.00)

COMPETITION:Downes, Compendium of Methods for the Microbiological Examination of Foods

(American Public Health Assoc., 978-0875531755, 2001, $125.00)McLandsborough, Food Microbiology Laboratory (CRC, 978-0849312670, 2003, $59.95)


Food AnalysisFourth Edition

EDITOR: S. SUZANNE NIELSEN, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-1477-4PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 550 p., 271 illus., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $79.95AVAILABLE (US): January 2010

This book provides information on the techniques needed to analyze foods in laboratory experiments. All topics covered include information on the basic principles, procedures, advantages, limitations, and applications. This book is ideal for undergraduate courses in food analysis and is also an invaluable reference to professionals in the food industry. General information is provided on regulations, standards, labeling, sampling and data handling as background for chapters on specific methods to determine the chemical composition and characteristics of foods. Large, expanded sections on spectroscopy and chromatography also are included.

SELLING POINTS: Other methods and instrumentation such as thermal analysis, ion-selective

electrodes, enzymes, and immunoassays are covered from the perspective of their use in the analysis of foods

A website with related teaching materials is accessible to instructors who adopt the textbook

MARKET: Students, professionals

SUBJECTS: Food Science; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering


RELATED TITLES:Bhunia, Foodborne Microbial Pathogens (978-0-387-74536-7, 2008, $69.96)Jay, Modern Food Microbiology (978-0-387-23180-8, 2005, $74.95)

COMPETITION:Fellows, Food Processing Technology (CRC, 978-1439808214, 2009, $73.95)Lopez-Gomez, Food Plant Design (CRC, 978-1574446029, 2005, $175.95)

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Future Application and Middleware Technology on e-ScienceEDITORS: OK-HWAN BYEON, Korea Institute of Science &

Technology Information, Daejeon, Republic of Korea; JANG HYUK KWON, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea; THOM DUNNING, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Urbana, IL, USA; KUM WON CHO, Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information, Daejeon, Republic of Korea and AURORE SAVOY-NAVARRO, Université Paris VI, Paris, France

ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-1718-8PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 175 p., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $149.00AVAILABLE (US): November 2009

Future Application and Middleware Technology on e-Science presents selected papers from the 2008 Korea e-Science All-Hands-Meeting (AHM 2008). Hosted by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, this meeting was designed to bring together developers and users of e-Science applications and enabling information technologies from international and interdisciplinary research communities. The AHM 2008 conference served as a forum for engineers and scientists to present state-of-the-art research and product/tool developments, and to highlight related activities in all fields of e-Science.

SELLING POINTS: Brings together cross-disciplinary information in one cohesive source This book is suitable for the professional audience composed of industry researchers

and practitioners of e-Science and suitable for advanced-level students in the field

MARKET: Industry researchers and practitioners of e-Science, advanced-level students

SUBJECTS: Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks; Information Systems and Communication Service; Computer Communication Networks

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Computer Science

RELATED TITLES:Taylor, Workflows for e-Science (978-1-84628-519-8, 2007, $109.00)Allen, Computational Science (978-3-642-01972-2, 2009, $139.00)

COMPETITION:Rivero, Encyclopedia of Database Technologies and Applications (Idea Group Publishing,

978-1591405603, 2005, $275.00)Miles, RFID Technology and Applications (CUP, 978-0521880930, 2008, $108.00)

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Encyclopedia of BiometricsEDITORS: STAN Z. LI, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing,

ChinaISBN-13: 978-0-387-73004-2PAGES/ILLUS: XXXII, 1433 p., 680 illus., Print + eReference PRICE: $559.00AVAILABLE (US): October 2009

Biometrics are automated methods of recognizing a person based on physiological or behavioral characteristics. Among the features measured are face, fingerprints, hand geometry, handwriting, iris, retina, vein, and voice. The Encyclopedia will be composed of about 250 entries, covering biometrics modalities, systems and applications. Each entry will include a definition, key words, list of synonyms, list of related entries, illustration(s), applications, and a bibliography. Most entries will include useful literature references providing the reader with a portal to more detailed information. The style of the entries is expository and tutorial, making the encyclopedia a practical resource for experts in the field as well as professionals in other fields.

SELLING POINTS: A-Z coverage of this complex subject area makes this volume easily accessible to

professionals and researchers in all fields who are interested in a particular aspect of Biometrics

Targeted literature references provide additional value for researchers looking to study a topic in more detail

MARKET: Research scientists and industry practitioners in a wide variety of fields for a broad array of applications; computer scientists and academics in other areas such as engineering, math, statistics, political science, management science, psychology, biomedicine; advanced-level students interested in entering the field of biometrics or working in related areas

SUBJECTS: Pattern Recognition; Data Encryption


RELATED TITLES:Tistarelli, Handbook of Remote Biometrics (978-1-84882-384-6, 2009, $129.00)Ratha, Advances in Biometrics (978-1-84628-920-0, 2008, $79.95)

COMPETITION:Theodoridis, Pattern Recognition (Academic Press, 978-1597492720, 2008, $99.95)Zhang, Advanced Pattern Recognition Technologies with Applications to Biometrics

(Medical Information Science Reference, 978-1605662008, 2008, $225.00)

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Encyclopedia of Database SystemsEDITORS: M. TAMER ÖZSU, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada

and LING LIU, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-1477-4PAGES/ILLUS: 4100 p., 60 illus., Print + eReference., PRICE: $1899.00AVAILABLE (US): October 2009

This multi-volume encyclopedia provides easy access to relevant information on all aspects of very large databases (VLDB). It features alphabetical organization of concepts covering main areas of very large databases. The first reference work on VLDB with a searchable XML e-reference featuring four color art.

SELLING POINTS: Co-editor Tamer Özsu is a world renowned leader in the field Includes targeted literature references Each peer-reviewed entry includes definition, key words, illustrations, applications

and a bibliography

MARKET: Researcher scientists and graduate-level students in computer science and geography

SUBJECTS: Database Management; Information Storage and Retrieval; Multimedia Information Systems


RELATED TITLES:Hvasshovd, Recovery in Parallel Database Systems (978-3-528-15411-0, 1999, $69.95)Yeung, Spatial Database Systems (978-1-4020-5391-7, 2007, $279.00)

COMPETITION:Date, Introduction to Database Systems (Addison Wesley, 978-0321197849, 2003,

$139.60)Connolly, DataBase Systems (Addison Wesley, 978-0321294012, 2004, $131.20)

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Handbook of Natural ComputingEDITORS: GRZEGORZ ROZENBERG, Leiden University, The

Netherlands; THOMAS H.W. BÄCK, Leiden University, The Netherlands and JOOST N. KOK, Leiden University, The Netherlands

ISBN-13: 978-3-540-92911-6PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 1600 p., Print + eReference PRICE: $939.00AVAILABLE (US): March 2010

Natural Computing is the field of research that investigates both human-designed computing inspired by nature and computing taking place in nature, i.e., it investigates models and computational techniques inspired by nature and also it investigates phenomena taking place in nature in terms of information processing.Examples of the first strand of research covered by the handbook include neural computation inspired by the functioning of the brain; evolutionary computation inspired by Darwinian evolution of species; cellular automata inspired by intercellular communication; swarm intelligence inspired by the behavior of groups of organisms; artificial immune systems inspired by the natural immune system; artificial life systems inspired by the properties of natural life in general; membrane computing inspired by the compartmentalized ways in which cells process information; and amorphous computing inspired by morphogenesis. Other examples of natural-computing paradigms are molecular computing and quantum computing, where the goal is to replace traditional electronic hardware, e.g., by bioware in molecular computing.

SELLING POINTS: We are now witnessing an exciting interaction between computer science and the

natural sciences. Natural Computing is an important catalyst for this interaction, and this handbook is a major record of this important development

Natural Computing is an important catalyst for this two-way interaction, and this handbook is a major record of this important development

MARKET: Researchers in academia and industry, graduate students in computer science and biology

SUBJECTS: Theory of Computation; Quantum Physics; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics


RELATED TITLES:Grant, Relativistic Quantum Theory of Atoms and Molecules (978-0-387-34671-7, 2007,

$215.00)Kozen, Theory of Computation (978-1-84628-297-3, 2006, $95.00)

COMPETITION:

Sipser, Introduction to the Theory of Computation (Course Technology, 978-0534950972, 2005, $153.95)

Goddard, Introducing the Theory of Computation (Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 978-0763741259, 2008, $120.95)

EDUCATION

Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School PsychologyEDITOR: CAROLINE CLAUSS-EHLERS, Rutgers University, New

Brunswick, NJ, USAISBN-13: 978-0-387-71800-2PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 1400 p., Print + eReference PRICE: $749.00AVAILABLE (US): November 2009

The Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology (ECCSP) is comprehensive and reader friendly, with approximately 400 entries written by leading researchers, educators, and practitioners in the fields of school psychology and education. ECCSP provides an easily accessible A-to-Z reference in one concise volume across these six key cross-cultural competency areas. Each entry offers a definition and description of the term, a bibliography, and additional references for professionals and all readers interested in seeking more in-depth information on any topic.

SELLING POINTS: Organization and clarity allows users to access terms easily Presents issues in cross-cultural school psychology and education from pre-K through

12th grade, offering a lifespan approach

MARKET: Education professionals, school psychologists, clinical child psychologists, developmental psychologists

SUBJECTS: Education (general); Child and School Psychology; Cross Cultural Psychology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Education

RELATED TITLES:Hutchison, Teaching in America (978-1-4020-3771-9, 2005, $139.00)Quicks, Inclusion and Psychological Intervention in Schools (978-1-4020-6367-1, 2008, $129.00)

COMPETITION:Shiraev, Cross-Cultural Psychology (Allyn & Bacon, 978-0205665693, 2009, $77.80)Berry, Handbook of Cross-Cultural Psychology (Allyn & Bacon, 978-0205160747, 1996,$76.00)

ENGINEERING

Introduction to Engineering Statistics and Lean SigmaStatistical Quality Control and Design of Experiments and Systems

Second Edition

AUTHOR: THEODORE T. ALLEN, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

ISBN-13: 978-1-84882-999-2PAGES/ILLUS: XXIV, 576 p., 121 illus., HardcoverPRICE: $99.00AVAILABLE (US): January 2010

Introduction to Engineering Statistics and Lean Sigma builds on the success of its first edition to reflect the growing importance of the "lean sigma" hybrid. As well as providing detailed definitions and case studies of all six sigma methods, Introduction to Engineering Statistics and Lean Sigma forms one of few sources on the relationship between operations research techniques and lean sigma. The second edition also greatly expands the discussion of Design For Six Sigma (DFSS), which is critical for many organizations that seek to deliver desirable products which work first time. The emphasis on lean production, combined with recent methods relating to Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), makes Introduction to Engineering Statistics and Lean Sigma a practical, up-to-date resource for advanced students, educators, and practitioners.

SELLING POINTS: Second edition of a successful book expands on two major topics of increasing

relevance to organizations: lean production and design for six sigma Enables readers to identify which six sigma methods are most suitable for particular

scenarios

MARKET: Advanced students in engineering, professors at universities, practicing engineers

SUBJECTS: Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Engineering

RELATED TITLES:Denker, Introductory Statistics and Random Phenomena (978-0-8176-4031-6, 1997, $89.95) Singpurwalla, Statistical Methods in Software Engineering (978-0-387-98823-8, 1999, $115.00)

COMPETITION:Besterfield, Quality Control (Prentice Hall, 978-0135000953, 2008,$137.40) Breyfogle, Implementing Six Sigma (John Wiley & Sons, 978-0471265726, 2003, $115.00)

ENGINEERING

Theory of Applied RoboticsKinematics, Dynamics, and Control (2nd Edition)

Second Edition

AUTHOR: REZA N. JAZAR, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY, USA

ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-1749-2 (Replaces ISBN: 978-0-387-32475-3)

PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 750 p., HardcoverPRICE: $99.00AVAILABLE (US): March 2010

The contents of this book are presented at a theoretical-practical level. It explains robotics concepts in detail, concentrating on their practical use. Related theorems and formal proofs are provided, as are real-life applications. Students, researchers, and practicing engineers alike will appreciate this user-friendly presentation of a wealth of robotics topics, most notably orientation, velocity, and forward kinematics.The second edition includes updated and expanded exercise sets and problems, new coverage includes, Components and Mechanisms of a Robotic Systems with actuators, sensors and controllers and updated and expanded material on Kinematics including geometric kinematics, Derivative Kinematics, velocity kinematics, and new coverage on sensing and control including position sensors, speed sensors and acceleration sensors.

SELLING POINTS: New coverage includes components and mechanisms of a robotic Systems with

actuators, sensors and controllers and updated and expanded material on kinematics, and new coverage on sensing and control including position sensors, speed sensors and acceleration sensors

Provides numerical algorithms that can be converted and used with computational software such as Matlab, Mathematica and Maple

MARKET: Seniors and first year graduate students in mechanical, electrical, and aerospace engineering

SUBJECTS: Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics; Systems Theory, Control


RELATED TITLES:Angeles, Fundamentals of Robotic Mechanical Systems (978-0-387-29412-4, 2007,

$109.00)Khatlib, Experimental Robotics (978-3-540-77456-3, 2008, $169.00)

COMPETITION:

Spong, Robot Modeling and Control (Wiley, 978-0-4716-4990-8, 2005, $97.50) Craig, Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control (Prentice Hall, 978-0-2015-4361-

2, 2004, $104.00)

ENGINEERING

Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element AnalysisAUTHOR: NAM-HO KIM, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL,

USAISBN-13: 978-1-4419-1745-4PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 400 p., HardcoverPRICE: $99.00AVAILABLE (US): January 2010

Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis will introduce the key concepts of nonlinear finite element analysis procedures. The book will explain the fundamental theories of the field, and provide instructions on how to apply the concepts to solving practical engineering problems. Instead of covering many nonlinear problems, only four representative problems are addressed: nonlinear elasticity, elastoplasticity, contact problem, and dynamic problem. The book is written independent of any particular software, but tutorials and examples using four commercial programs are included as appendices: ANSYS, NASTRAN, ABAQUS, and MATLAB. In particular, the MATLAB program will include all source codes so that students can develop their own material models, or different algorithms.

SELLING POINTS: Clear explanations of nonlinear finite element analysis for elasticity, elastoplasticity,

contact and dynamic problems Many informative examples of nonlinear analyses are included so that students can

understand the nonlinear theory clearly Offers practical applications of FEM to engineering analysis, providing a balance

between theory and practice

MARKET: Graduate students in mechanical, civil, aerospace, biomedical, and industrial engineering, as well as researchers and engineers in the same fields

SUBJECTS: Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis


RELATED TITLES:Wriggers, Nonlinear Finite Element Methods (978-3-540-71000-4, 2008, $139.00)Ibrahimbegovic, Nonlinear Solid Mechanics (978-90-481-2330-8, 2009, $109.00)

COMPETITION:Belytschko, Nonlinear Finite Elements for Continua and Structures (9780471987741,

Wiley, 2000, $99.00)Zienkiewicz, Finite Element Method for Solid and Structural Mechanics (Taylor and

Francis, 978-0750663212, 2005, $114.00)

ENGINEERING, ELECTRIC ENGINEERING

Identification of Dynamical SystemsAn Introduction with Applications

AUTHORS: ROLF ISERMANN, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany and MARCO MÜNCHHOF, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

ISBN-13: 978-3-540-78878-2PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 550 p., with CD-ROM, HardcoverPRICE: $79.95AVAILABLE (US): April 2010

For many applications, ranging from controls engineering to natural sciences and economics, precise dynamic models must be derived. In the vast majority of applications, such precise models cannot be derived by theoretical considerations only. The book discusses methods, which allow the determination of dynamic models based on measurements taken at the process, which is known as system identification or process identification respectively.After a short introduction into the required methodology of continuous-time and discrete-time linear systems, the focus is first on the identification of non-parametric models with continuous-time signals employing methods such as Fourier transform, measurement of the frequency response and correlation analysis. Then, the parameter estimation for parametric models is presented with a focus on the method of Least Squares, followed by some of its most prominent modifications. Issues such as parameter estimation for time-variant processes, parameter estimation in closed-loop, parameter estimation for differential equations, continuous time processes and efficient implementations of the algorithms are discussed.

SELLING POINTS: The book presents different system identification methods, compares the different

methods and discusses their application issues Real experimental data are given on CD-ROM, allowing to test many of the methods

presented in the book with real measurements Powerpoint slides for a 12-14 week graduate level course can be made available to

teachers

MARKET: Graduate students, researchers and professionals in Controls engineering, all disciplines of electrical and mechanical engineering which are concerned with modelling, control, fault detection and diagnosis, optimization of processes

SUBJECTS: Control, Robotics, Mechatronics; Complexity; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Engineering, Electric Engineering

RELATED TITLES:Nelles, Nonlinear System Identification (978-3-540-67369-9, 2001, $159.00)Bohlin, Practical Grey-box Process Identification (978-1-84628-402-1, 2006,

$159.00)

COMPETITION:Ljung, System Identification (Prentice Hall PTR, 978-0136566953, 1999, $142.00)Juang, Identification and Control of Mechanical Systems (Cambridge University Press,

978-0521031905, 2006, $68.00)

ENGINEERING, ELECTRIC ENGINEERING

Essentials of Modern Optical Fiber CommunicationAUTHOR: REINHOLD NOÉ, University of Paderborn,

GermanyISBN-13: 978-3-642-04871-5PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 300 p., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $89.95AVAILABLE (US): April 2010

This concise introduction into optical fiber communication. It covers the important aspects from the physics of optical wave propagations to the essentials of Receivers and Amplifiers. This combination of a solid coverage of the necessary fundamentals with an in-depth discussion of recent relevant research results provides the reader with the necessary theory of optical fiber systems.

SELLING POINTS: Very concisely written Focusses on the Physical essentials of Fiber Communication systems Includes many worked examples, problems and provides a solutions manual for

Lecturers

MARKET: Graduate students, practitioners and researchers in optical engineering, optics, and optical devices

SUBJECTS: Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Engineering, Electric Engineering

RELATED TITLES:Mukherjee, Optical WDM Networks (978-0-387-29055-3, 2006, $99.00)Lu Ruan, Optical Networks (978-0-7923-7166-3, 2001, $187.00)

COMPETITION:Argrawal, Fiber-Optic Communication Systems (Wiley-Interscience, 978-0471215714,

2002, $140.95)Palais, Fiber Optic Communications (Prentice Hall, 978-0130085108, 2004, $111.00)

GEOGRAPHY

Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal LandformsEDITOR: ERIC BIRD, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia and

Geostudies, AustraliaISBN-13: 978-1-4020-8640-3PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 1600 p., 1440 illus. in color., Print +

eReference PRICE: $1200.00AVAILABLE (US): February 2010

This unique richly-illustrated account of the landforms and geology of the world’s coasts, presented in a country-by-country (state-by-state) sequence, assembles a vast amount of data and images of an endangered and increasingly populated and developed landform. An international panel of 138 coastal experts provides information on “what is where” on each sector of coast, together with explanations of the landforms, their evolution and the changes taking place on them. As well as providing details on the coastal features of each country (state or county) the compendium can be used to determine the extent of particular features along the world’s coasts and to investigate comparisons and contrasts between various world regions. With more than 1440 color illustrations and photos, it is particularly useful as a source of information prior to researching or just visiting a sector of coast. References are provided to the current literature on coastal evolution and coastline changes.

SELLING POINTS: Offers an along-the-coast treatment The only available encyclopedia on this subject Designed for the rapid location of particular coast

sectors

MARKET: Academic libraries, researchers, scientists, professionals and students in oceanography, geomorphology, coastal engineering, marine biology, geology, ecology, geography, civil engineering.

SUBJECTS: Physical Geography; Oceanography; Environment, general

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Geography

RELATED TITLES:Mimura, Asia-Pacific Coasts and Their Management (978-1-4020-3626-2, 2008,$179.00)Harvey, Global Change and Integrated Coastal Management (978-1-4020-3627-9, 2006,

$229.00)

COMPETITION:Healy, Muddy Coasts of the World (Elsevier Science, 978-0444510198, 2002, $356.99)Clark, Coastal Zone Management Handbook (CRC-Press,978-1566700924, 1996,

$127.00)

GEOSCIENCES/GEOGRAPHY

Uranium Deposits of the WorldAUTHOR: FRANZ J. DAHLKAMPISBN-13: 978-3-540-78559-0PAGES/ILLUS: 2400 p., 4-volume-

set PRICE: $1350.00AVAILABLE (US): October 2009

Uranium Deposits of the World, in four volumes, comprises an unprecedented compilation of data and overviews of the key uranium regions throughout the globe. It offers not only a complete uranium-resource reference based on the latest research but also access to previously unavailable data. Each country and region receives an analytical overview followed by the detailed geologically- and economically-relevant synopsis of the individual regions and fields, including: location and magnitude of uranium districts and deposits; principal features of uranium districts; and characteristics of selected deposits. The description of districts and deposits includes sections on geology, alteration, mineralogy, shape and dimensions, ore controls or recognition criteria, and metallogenetic aspects. A typological classification of uranium deposits is added to give an overview of principal criteria of deposit types and related nomenclature.

SELLING POINTS: Offers timely availability of key information on global availability of a carbon-neutral

energy resource The huge amount of text data, figures, and maps makes this four-volume set an

indispensable source on uranium research and exploration for all scientists and professionals in this field

Contains the most comprehensive bibliography related to uranium research and uranium mining

MARKET: Libraries; geologists, mining engineers, resource managers

SUBJECTS: Mineral Resources; Nuclear Engineering; Metallic Materials

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Geosciences/Geography

RELATED TITLES:Gupta, Uranium Resource Processing (978-3-540-67966-0, 2003, $319.00)Pirajno, Hydrothermal Processes and Mineral Systems (978-1-4020-8612-0, 2008, $239.00)

COMPETITION:IAEA, Formation of Uranium Ore Deposits (IAEA, 978-92000402746, 1975, $206.02)

Bunker, Geology of the oxidized uranium ore deposits of the Tordilla Hill-Deweesville area( U.S. Govt. Print. Off, B0006C7T8I, 1973, $109.12)

HUMANITIES / HISTORY

Presidential Science Advisors: Perspectives and Reflections on Science, Policy and Politics

EDITORS: ROGER PIELKE, University of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A. and ROBERTA A. KLEIN, University of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A.

ISBN-13: 978-90-481-3897-5PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 280 p., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $159.00AVAILABLE (US): February 2010

For the past 50 years a select group of scientists has provided advice to the US President, mostly out of the public eye, on issues ranging from the deployment of weapons to the launching of rockets to the moon to the use of stem cells to cure disease. The role of the presidential science adviser came under increasing scrutiny during the administration of George W. Bush, which was highly criticized by many for its use (and some say, misuse) of science. This edited volume includes, for the first time, the reflections of the presidential science advisers from Donald Hornig who served under Lyndon B. Johnson, to John Marburger, the current science adviser, on their roles within both government and the scientific community. It provides an intimate glimpse into the inner workings of the White House, as well as the political realities of providing advice on scientific matters to the presidential of the United States. The reflections of the advisers are supplemented with critical analysis of the role of the science adviser by several well-recognized science policy practitioners and experts.

SELLING POINTS: This book will offer unique first-hand perspectives of the science advisors to the

president, from Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush Inclusion of the transcripts of the interviews of the science advisors as an appendix

provides a historical resource that is unlikely to ever appear elsewhere

MARKET: Science policy scholars and practitioners, members of the general public who are interested in learning more about the role of science advice in the White House and the day-to-day realities of providing that advice.

SUBJECTS: History of Science; Political Philosophy; History

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Humanities / History

RELATED TITLES:Young, The History, Use, Disposition and Environmental Fate of Agent Orange (978-0-

387-87485-2, 2009, $99.00)Bes, Quantum Mechanics (978-3-540-46215-6, 2007, $69.95)

COMPETITION:Codevilla, Advice to War Presidents: A Remedial Course in Statecraft (Basic Books, 978-

0465004836, 2009, $27.50)Bijker, The Paradox of Scientific Authority: The Role of Scientific Advice in Democracies

(MIT Press, 978-0262026581, 2009, $32.00)

LIFE SCIENCES

Behaviour: Evolution and MechanismsAUTHORS: NILS ANTHES, Universität Tübingen; KATHARINA

HIRSCHENHAUSER, Konrard Lorenz Forschungsstelle Grünau; ET. AL

ISBN-13: 978-3-642-02623-2PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 520 p., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $59.95AVAILABLE (US): April 2010

The study of animal behaviour is one of the fastest growing sub-disciplines in biology. The resulting diversity of conceptual approaches and methodological innovations makes it increasingly difficult for professionals and students to keep abreast of important new developments. This edited volume provides up-to-date reviews that facilitate orientation in key areas of animal behaviour, including communication, cognition, conflict, cooperation, sexual selection and behavioural variation. The contributions address evolutionary and proximate aspects of behaviour and also cover both invertebrates and vertebrates. Richly illustrated with colour figures, this volume offers a well structured overview of all the main developments in current animal behaviour research..

SELLING POINTS: All important new developments in animal behaviour It is ideal for teaching upper-level courses, where it will be essential reading for

advanced students familiar with basic concepts and ideas Important concepts are dealt with in separate glossaries and key examples

highlighted in separate text boxes

MARKET: Advanced students of biology

SUBJECTS: Behavioural Sciences; Evolutionary Biology; Animal Ecology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Life Sciences

RELATED TITLES:Hall, Behaviour and Evolution, (978-3-540-64752-2, 1998, $89.95)Voland, The Biological Evolution of Religious Mind and Behavior (978-3-642-00127-7,

2009, $99.00)

COMPETITION:Drickamer, Animal Behavior (McGraw-hill Publishing Co., 978-0071130202, 2008, $131.98) Bolhuis, The Behavior of Animals (Wiley-Blackwell, 978-0-631-23125-7, 2004, $89.95)

LIFE SCIENCES

Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid MicrobiologyEDITORS: KENNETH N. TIMMIS, Environmental Microbiology

Laboratory, Braunschweig, GermanyISBN-13: 978-3-540-77588-1PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 4500 p., 400 illus., Print + eReference PRICE: $2500.00AVAILABLE (US): October 2009

"Water is life!" All active cellular systems require water as the medium and solvent of their metabolic activities. Hydrophobic compounds and structures, which tend to exclude water, though providing inter alia excellent sources of energy and a means of biological compartmentalization, present problems of cellular handling, poor bioavailability and, in some cases, toxicity. Microbes both synthesize and exploit a vast range of hydrophobic organics, especially petroleum oil hydrocarbons and industrial pollutants, and the underlying interactions not only have major consequences for the lifestyles of the microbes involved, but also for biogeochemistry, climate change, environmental pollution, human health and a range of biotechnological applications.

SELLING POINTS: First comprehensive overview of microbial interactions with the major forms of

hydrocarbons, oils, and lipids in or entering the biosphere A definitive resource of current knowledge on the diverse and multifaceted aspects

of these interactions, the microbial players, and the physiological mechanisms and adaptive strategies characteristic of the microbial lifestyle that plays out at hydrophobic material: aqueous liquid interfaces

MARKET: Scientists in academia and industry working in the areas of environmental and applied microbiology

SUBJECTS: Microbiology; Applied Microbiology; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Life Sciences

RELATED TITLES:Durieux, Applied Microbiology (978-0-7923-6858-8, 2001, $155.00)Insam, Microbiology of Composting (978-3-540-67568-6, 2002, $269.00)

COMPETITION:Glazer, Microbial Biotechnology (Cambridge University Press, 978-0521842105, 2007, $79.00)Bitton, Wastewater Microbiology (Wiley, 978-0471650713, 2005, $119.50)

MANAGEMENT / BUSINESS FOR PROFESSIONALS

History and Development of Operations Research and Management Science

Vol. 1 - Operations Research and Management Science: A history of the new approach to problems; Vol. 2 - Qualitative Development of OR/MS: Classic examples and

commentary; Vol. 3 - Quantitative Development of OR/MS: Classic examples and commentary

AUTHOR: HEINER MÜLLER-MERBACH, TU Kaiserslautern, GermanyISBN-13: 978-0-387-46620-0PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 900 p., 3-volume-set. PRICE: approx. $290.00AVAILABLE (US): October 2009

The History and Development of Operations Research and Management Science will provide—for the first time—a historical context for the entire field of Operations Research/Management Science. This enables each researcher, student, and practitioner to put their own work (which is only part of the broader OR/MS domain in the Applied Sciences) into a historical perspective.Volume 1 provides a broad understanding including the OR/MS approach to problems, the scope of problem-solving methodologies across the specific methodologies in the field and the modeling advances with the appropriate mathematical tools illustrated. Volume 2 outlines the development of the qualitative (non-mathematical) approach to OR/MS in the historical context of the field. Volume 3 charts the development of the quantitative advances (progress) in OR/MS. The volume uses the classical work of the pioneers to better understand the current state-of-the-art in the quantitative school.

SELLING POINTS: OR/MS is a field with compartmental specializations and these volumes will be one of

the very few resources that will provide those who work with OR/MS tools and those who are in interested in exploring the area, with the historical development of the entire field in context of the problems it addresses and the tools it uses

The field brings a "special synergy" to problem-solving methodologies that expands the capabilities of the methods while developing solutions to even larger and more complex problems

MARKET: Academics, students

SUBJECTS: Operations Research/Decision Theory; Operations Research, Mathematical Programming; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Management / Business for Professionals

RELATED TITLES:Wittman, Agent-Based Models of Energy Investment Decisions (978-3-7908-2003-4,

2008, $99.00)Ehrentreich, Agent-Based Modeling (978-3-540-73878-7, 2008, $89.95)

COMPETITION:Neogy, Mathematical Programming And Game Theory For Decision Making (World

Scientific Publishing Company, 978-9812813213, 2008, $151.00)Ross, Introduction to Probability Models (Academic Press, 978-0125980623, 2006,

$99.95)

MANAGEMENT / BUSINESS FOR PROFESSIONALS

Networks in ActionText and Computer Exercises in Network Optimization

EDITORS: GERARD SIERKSMA, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and DIPTESH GHOSH, Indian Institute of Management, Vastrapura, India

ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-5512-8PAGES/ILLUS: XI, 187 p., 96 illus., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $69.95AVAILABLE (US): December 2009

The authors’ original motivation for the book was a one-semester course on network optimization for senior masters’ level classes of econometrics and operations research. The textbook is suitable for a ‘middle level’ course for a student of econometrics or operations research interested not only in reading about network optimization theory, but also providing first-hand experience in solving and analyzing reasonably sized programs with computer software. Networks in Action: Text and Computer Exercises in Network Optimization should spark students’ interest in modeling problems as networks, to sensitize them to the fact that elegant and effective solution methods are available once a problem gets modeled as a network, and to guide them to use computer based software tools to solve these problems. Every chapter ends with a brief description of additional exercises that are left unsolved in order to show students that the problems covered in each of the chapters are not the only problems with which network optimization deals.

SELLING POINTS: Presents optimization problems small enough to be solved in class yet too large to be

solved by eye Uses fictitious case study format for all exercises All exercises rigorously classroom-tested

MARKET: Advanced undergraduate students for courses on network optimization, masters students for a first course on network optimization, focusing on practical problem solving, MBA students as a basis for an elective course on network optimization. Networks are used in many management disciplines such as: logistics, operations management, finance, and marketing

SUBJECTS: Operations Research/Decision Theory; Operations Research, Mathematical Programming; Math Applications in Computer Science

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Management / Business for Professionals

RELATED TITLES:Pardolos, Network Optimization (978-3-540-62541-4, 1997, $115.00) Gen, Network Models and Optimization: Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm Approach (978-1-84800-180-0, 2008, $119.00)

COMPETITION:Bazaraa, Linear Programming and Network Flows (Wiley-Interscience, 978-0471485995,

2004, $92.40) Ahuja, Magnanti, Orlin: Network Flows: Theory, Algorithms and Applications (Prentice

Hall, 978-0136175490, 2003, $151.00)

MATHEMATICS

Functional Analysis, Sobolev Spaces and Partial Differential Equations

AUTHOR: HAÏM BRÉZIS, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USAISBN-13: 978-0-387-70913-0PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 455 p., SoftcoverPRICE: approx. $59.95AVAILABLE (US): January 2010

This textbook is a completely revised, updated, and expanded English edition of the important Analyse fonctionnelle (1983). In addition, it contains a wealth of problems and exercises (with solutions) to guide the reader. Uniquely, this book presents in a coherent, concise and unified way the main results from functional analysis together with the main results from the theory of partial differential equations (PDEs). Although there are many books on functional analysis and many on PDEs, this is the first to cover both of these closely connected topics. Since the French book was first published, it has been translated into Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Romanian, Greek and Chinese. The English edition makes a welcome addition to this list.

SELLING POINTS: Major textbook by a well-known and highly regarded author Only single-volume textbook to cover related fields of functional analysis and

PDEs

MARKET: Undergraduate and graduate students in mathematics and related fields including physics, engineering and finance

SUBJECTS: Functional Analysis; Partial Differential Equations

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Mathematics

RELATED TITLES:Demidenko, Selected Works of S.L. Sobolev (978-0-387-34148-4, 2006, $149.00)Sauvigny, Partial Differential Equations (978-3-540-34457-5, 2006, $59.95)

COMPETITION:Miklavcic, Applied Functional Analysis and Partial Differential Equations (World Scientific

Publishing Company, 978-9810235352, 1998, $47.00)Runst, Sobolev Spaces of Fractional Order, Nemytskij Operators, and Nonlinear Partial

Differential Equations (Walter de Gruyter, 978-3110151138, 1996, $203.00)

MATHEMATICS

Families of Automorphic FormsAUTHOR: ROELOF W. BRUGGEMAN, University of Utrecht, The

NetherlandsISBN-13: 978-3-0346-0335-5PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 330 p., SoftcoverPRICE: $39.95AVAILABLE (US): December 2009

This book gives a systematic treatment of real analytic automorphic forms on the upper half plane for general confinite discrete subgroups. These automorphic forms are allowed to have exponential growth at the cusps and singularities at other points as well. It is shown that the Poincaré series and Eisenstein series occur in families of automorphic forms of this general type. These families are meromorphic in the spectral parameter and the multiplier system jointly. The general part of the book closes with a study of the singularities of these families.The work is aimed primarily at mathematicians working on real analytic automorphic forms. However, the book will also encourage readers at the graduate level (already versed in the subject and in spectral theory of automorphic forms) to delve into the field more deeply.

SELLING POINTS: New material so far mostly available in articles only An introductory chapter explicates main ideas, and three concluding chapters are

replete with examples that clarify the general theory and results developed therefrom

SUBJECT: Real Functions


RELATED TITLES:Bardi, Optimal Control and Viscosity Solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equations

(978-0-8176-4754-4, 2008, $39.95)Borel, Intersection Cohomology (978-0-8176-4764-3, 2008, $39.95)

COMPETITION:Bump, Automorphic Forms and Representations (CUP, 978-0521658188, 1969, $70.00)Iwaniec, Topics in Classical Automorphic Forms (American Mathematical Society, 978-

0821807774, 1997, $45.00)

MATHEMATICS

Modeling and Simulation in Scilab/Scicos with ScicosLab 4.4Second Edition

AUTHORS: STEPHEN L. CAMPBELL, North Carolina State University, NC, USA; JEAN-PHILIPPE CHANCELIER, CERMICS ENPC, France and RAMINE NIKOUKHAH, INRIA, France

ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-5526-5 (Previous 978-0-387-27802-5) PAGES/ILLUS: X, 330 p., HardcoverPRICE: $69.95AVAILABLE (US): December 2009

It includes hundreds of general purpose and specialized functions for numerical computation, organized in libraries called toolboxes, which cover such areas as simulation, optimization, systems and control, and signal processing. The first part concerns Scilab and includes a tutorial covering the language features, the data structures and specialized functions for doing graphics, importing, exporting data and interfacing external routines. It also covers in detail Scilab numerical solvers for ordinary differential equations and differential-algebraic equations. Even though the emphasis is placed on modeling and simulation applications, this part provides a global view of Scilab. The second part is dedicated to modeling and simulation of dynamical systems in Scicos.

SELLING POINTS: Scilab is a free open-source software package for scientific computation The objective of this book is to provide a tutorial for the use of Scilab/Scicos with a

special emphasis on modeling and simulation tools

MARKET: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers from all fields who want to do simulations, engineers in R and D departments

SUBJECTS: Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory


RELATED TITLES:Gomez, Engineering and Scientific Computing with Scilab (978-0-8176-4009-5, 1999, $89.95) Allaire, Numerical Linear Algebra (978-0-387-34159-0, 2008, $59.95)

COMPETITION:Urroz, Numerical and Statistical Methods with SCILAB (BookSurge Publishing, 978-

1588983046, 2001, $24.99)Urroz, Numerical and Statistical Methods with SCILAB (BookSurge Publishing, 978-

1588983053, 2001, $24.00)

MATHEMATICS

Computational NeuroscienceEDITORS: WANPRACHA ART CHAOVALITWONGSE, Rutgers

University, Piscataway, NJ, USA; PANOS M. PARDALOS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA and PETROS XANTHOPOULOS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-88629-9PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 415 p., 78 illus., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $139.00AVAILABLE (US): February 2010

The human brain is among the most complex systems known to mankind. Neuroscientists seek to understand brain function through detailed analysis of neuronal excitability and synaptic transmission. Only in the last few years has it become feasible to capture simultaneous responses from large enough numbers of neurons to empirically test the theories of human brain function. This volume bridges a vital gap between the mathematical sciences and neuroscience research by bringing research areas from scientific and medical fields together. This book is expository in nature and it will translate the technical languages into industries’ commonly-used terminology, which will make this volume even more beneficial to both scientists and physicians.

SELLING POINTS: Presents major results and latest trends in the field of computational neuroscience Provides a collection of selected contributions giving a state-of-the-art account of

recent developments in the field

MARKET: Scientists, doctors, graduate students, and practitioners in engineering (electrical, industrial, biomedical), applied mathematics, and medical science

SUBJECTS: Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis; Neurosciences; Biomedical Engineering


RELATED TITLES:Pardalos, Data Mining in Biomedicine (978-0-387-69318-7, 2007, $129.00)Pardalos, Biocomputing (978-1-4020-0641-8, 2002, $199.00)

COMPETITION:Dayan: Theorectical Neuroscience (The MIT Press, 978-0262541855, 2005, $43.00)Izhikevich: Dynamical Systems in Neuroscience (The MIT Press, 978-0262090438 , 2006,

$62.00)

MATHEMATICS

Mathematical Methods in Robust Control of Discrete-Time Linear Stochastic Systems

AUTHORS: VASILE DRAGAN, Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania; TOADER MOROZAN, Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania and ADRIAN-MIHAIL STOICA, University "Politechnica" of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-0629-8PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 355 p., 3 illus., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $119.00AVAILABLE (US): December 2009

In this monograph the authors develop a theory for the robust control of discrete-time stochastic systems, subjected to both independent random perturbations and to Markov chains. Such systems are widely used to provide mathematical models for real processes in fields such as aerospace engineering, communications, manufacturing, finance and economy. The theory is a continuation of the authors’ work presented in their previous book entitled Mathematical Methods in Robust Control of Linear Stochastic Systems published by Springer in 2006. The monograph is geared to researchers and graduate students in advanced control engineering, applied mathematics, mathematical systems theory and finance.

SELLING POINTS: Proposes new numerical algorithms to solve coupled matrix algebraic Riccati

equations. Leads the reader in a natural way to the original results through a systematic

presentation Presents new theoretical results with detailed numerical examples

MARKET: Graduate students, researchers in advanced control engineering, mathematical systems theory and finance, numerical analysis

SUBJECTS: Systems Theory, Control; Optimization; Numerical Analysis


RELATED TITLES:Dragan, Mathematical Methods in Robust Control of Linear Stochastic Systems (978-

0387305233, 2006, $84.95) Oksendal, Stochastic Differential Equations (978-3540047582, 2003, $49.95)

COMPETITION:Chen, Linear Stochastic Control Systems (CRC, 978-0849380754, 1995, $154.64)Aoki, Optimization of Stochastic Systems (Academic Press, 978-0120588510, 1989,

$230.00)

MATHEMATICS

A Course in Multivariable Calculus and AnalysisAUTHORS: SUDHIR R. GHORPADE, Indian Institute of Technology,

Mumbai, India and BALMOHAN V. LIMAYE, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India

ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-1620-4PAGES/ILLUS: XII, 476 p., 79 illus., 76 in color., HardcoverPRICE: $69.95AVAILABLE (US): November 2009

This self-contained textbook gives a thorough exposition of multivariable calculus. It can be viewed as a sequel to the one-variable calculus text, A Course in Calculus and Real Analysis, published in the same series. The emphasis is on correlating general concepts and results of multivariable calculus with their counterparts in one-variable calculus. For example, when the general definition of the volume of a solid is given using triple integrals, the authors explain why the shell and washer methods of one-variable calculus for computing the volume of a solid of revolution must give the same answer. This book is distinguished from others on the subject: it examines topics not typically covered, such as monotonicity, bimonotonicity, and convexity, together with their relation to partial differentiation, cubature rules for approximate evaluation of double integrals, and conditional as well as unconditional convergence of double series and improper double integrals.

SELLING POINTS: Follows a highly organized structure, where each chapter includes sections,

subsections, notes and comments, and exercises Includes high quality exercises split into two parts: Part A consists of relatively

routine problems and Part B contains those that are either more theoretical or challenging

MARKET: Advanced undergraduate students taking a course in multivariate calculus; also useful to advanced undergraduate and graduate students taking a course in real analysis

SUBJECT: Analysis


RELATED TITLES:Marsden, Calculus III (978-0387909851, 1985, $54.95)Ghorpade, A Course in Classical Calculus and Real Analysis (978-0387305301, 2006, $64.95)

COMPETITION:Larson, Calculus Multivariable (Brooks Cole, 978-0547209975, 2009, $163.95) Stewart, Multivariable Calculus (Brooks Cole, 978-0495560548, 2009,

$159.95)

MATHEMATICS

Solving Ordinary Differential Equations INonstiff Problems

Second Edition

AUTHORS: ERNST HAIRER, University of Geneva, Switzerland; SYVERT P. NØRSETT, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway and GERHARD WANNER, University of Geneva, Switzerland

ISBN-13: 978-3-642-05163-0PAGES/ILLUS: XVI, 528 p., SoftcoverPRICE: $79.95AVAILABLE (US): January 2010

"This is the revised version of the first edition of Vol. I published in 1987. ….Vols. I and II (SSCM 14) of Solving Ordinary Differential Equations together are the standard text on numerical methods for ODEs. ...This book is well written and is together with Vol. II, the most comprehensive modern text on numerical integration methods for ODEs. "…This book is a valuable tool for students of mathematics and specialists concerned with numerical analysis, mathematical physics, mechanics, system engineering, and the application of computers for design and planning…" Optimization"… This book is highly recommended as a text for courses in numerical methods for ordinary differential equations and as a reference for the worker. It should be in every library, both academic and industrial." Mathematics and Computers

SELLING POINTS: New edition has been rewritten, errors have been eliminated and new material has

been included The reader will benefit from many illustrations, a historical and didactic approach,

and computer programs

MARKET: Researchers and graduate students of mathematics

SUBJECTS: Analysis; Numerical Analysis


RELATED TITLES:Gustafsson, High Order Difference Methods for Time Dependent PDE (9780-3-540-

74992-9, 2008, $109.00)Hundsdorfer, Numerical Solution of Time-Dependent Advenction-Diffusion-Reaction

Equations (978-3-540-03440-7, 2003, $139.00)

COMPETITION:

Schwarz, Algorithmic Lie Theory for Solving Ordinary Differential Equations (Champan & Hall/CRC, 978-1584888895, 2007, $93.95)

Boyce, Elementary Differential Equations (Wiley, 978-0470039403, 2008, $128.40)

MATHEMATICS

Introduction to Cardinal ArithmeticAUTHORS: MICHAEL HOLZ, Universität Hannover, Germany;

KARSTEN STEFFENS, Universität Hannover, Germany and E. WEITZ, Hamburg

ISBN-13: 978-3-0346-0327-0PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 310 pages PRICE: $39.95AVAILABLE (US): January 2010

This book is an introduction into modern cardinal arithmetic in the frame of the axioms of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory together with the axiom of choice. A first part describes the classical theory developed by Bernstein, Cantor, Hausdorff, König and Tarski between 1870 and 1930. Next, the development in the 1970s led by Galvin, Hajnal and Silver is characterized. The third part presents the fundamental investigations in pcf theory which have been worked out by Shelah to answer the questions left open in the 1970s. "The book should be required reading for every advanced graduate student of set theory. Several courses at various levels could be based on the earlier chapters. There is a useful set of exercises at the end of most sections in the first four chapters." (Mathematical Reviews).

SELLING POINTS: Self-contained introduction to cardinal arithmetic which also includes pcf

theory Gives a relatively complete survey of results provable in ZFC

MARKET: Undergraduates, and also postgraduate students and researchers who want to broaden their knowledge of cardinal arithmetic

SUBJECT: Mathematics, general


RELATED TITLES:Bardi, Optimal Control and Viscosity Solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi Bellman Equations

(978-0-8176-4754-4, 2008, $39.95)Brylinski, Loop Spaces, Characteristic Classes and Geometric Quantization (978-0-8176-

4730-8, 2008, $39.95)

COMPETITION:Zeman, Inner Models and Large Cardinals (Walter de Gruyter, 978-3110163681, 2002,$178.00)Dehaene, The Number Sense (Oxford University Press, 978-0195132403, 1999, $25.50)

MATHEMATICS

Metrics on the Phase Space and Non-Selfadjoint Pseudo-Differential Operators

AUTHOR: NICOLAS LERNER, Université de Rennes, France

ISBN-13: 978-3-7643-8509-5PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 350 p., SoftcoverPRICE: $89.95AVAILABLE (US): April 2010

This book contains three chapters. The first one, Basic Notions of Phase Space Analysis is only introductory. The second chapter, Metrics on the Phase Space, contains a thorough exposition of the Weyl calculus via a microlocalization procedure described by a metric on the phase space. The third chapter, Estimates for non-selfadjoint operators, is more involved and is devoted to a rather complete discussion of operators of principal type with complex-valued symbols.

SELLING POINTS: A thorough exposition of pseudodifferential calculus defined by metrics on the phase

space Contains a proof of the Nirenberg-Treves conjecture Construction of counterexamples to "optimal" solvability under condition (psi)

MARKET: Graduates, postgraduates and researchers in analysis and pde, graduate students willing to get information on the Weyl calculus of pseudodifferential operators and on the attached Sobolev spaces, researchers and graduate students interested in a priori estimates for nonselfadjoint operators and its links with the study of pseudospectrum

SUBJECT: Analysis


RELATED TITLES:Albevario, Parabolicity, Volterra Calculus, and Conical Singularities (978-3-7643-6906-4,

2002, $151.00)Unterberger, Automorphic Pseudodifferential Analysis and Higher Level Weyl Calculi

(978-3-7643-6909-5, 2003, $114.00)

COMPETITION:Martinez, Twisted Pseudodifferential Calculus and Application to the Quantum Evolution

of Molecules (American Mathematical Society, 978-0821842966,2009, $60.00)Rodino, Pseudo-Differential Operators: Partial Differential Equations and Time-Frequency

Analysis (American Mathematical Society, 978-0821842768, 2007, $119.00)

MATHEMATICS

Discrete Groups, Expanding Graphs and Invariant MeasuresAUTHORS: ALEXANDER LUBOTZKY, Hebrew University, Jerusalem,

IsraelISBN-13: 978-3-0346-0331-7PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 210 pages PRICE: $39.95AVAILABLE (US): January 2010

The book presents the solutions to two problems: the first is the construction of expanding graphs – graphs which are of fundamental importance for communication networks and computer science; the second is the Ruziewicz problem concerning the finitely additive invariant measures on spheres. The author, who played an important role in these developments, explains the two problems and their solutions from a perspective which reveals why all these seemingly unrelated topics are so interconnected. The unified approach shows interrelations between different branches of mathematics such as graph theory, measure theory, Riemannian geometry, discrete subgroups of Lie groups, representation theory and analytic number theory.Special efforts were made to make the book accessible to graduate students in mathematics and computer science. A number of problems and suggestions for further research are presented."This exciting book marks the genesis of a new field. It is a field in which one passes back and forth at will through the looking glass dividing the discrete from the continuous. (...) The book is a charming combination of topics from group theory (finite and infinite), combinatorics, number theory, harmonic analysis." Zentralblatt MATH

SELLING POINTS: Award-winning monograph of the Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Prize

1993 Exciting tour through several areas of mathematics Recent mathematical research

MARKET: Researchers, graduate students in mathematics and computer science

SUBJECTS: Group Theory and Generalizations; Real Functions; Number Theory


RELATED TITLES:Bardo, Optimal Control and Viscosity Solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equations

(978-0-8176-4754-4, 2008, $39.95)Chriss, Repression Theory and Complex Geometry (978-0-8176-4937-1, 2009, $69.95)

COMPETITION:Davidoff, Elementary Number Theory, Group Theory and Ramanujan Graphs (CUP, 978-

0521824262, $95.00)Kowalski, The Large Sieve and its Applications (CUP, 978-0521888516, 2008, $90.00)

MATHEMATICS

Cardinal Invariants on Boolean AlgebrasAUTHOR: J. DONALD MONK, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO,

USAISBN-13: 978-3-0346-0333-1PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 310 p., SoftcoverPRICE: $39.95AVAILABLE (US): December 2009

This book is concerned with cardinal number valued functions defined for any Boolean algebra. Examples of such functions are independence, which assigns to each Boolean algebra the supremum of the cardinalities of its free subalgebras, and cellularity, which gives the supremum of cardinalities of sets of pairwise disjoint elements. The questions considered are the behaviour of these functions under algebraic operations such as products, free products, ultraproducts, and their relationships to one another. Based on Cardinal Functions on Boolean Algebras (1990) by the same author, the present work is nearly twice the size of the original work. It contains solutions to many of the open problems which are discussed in greater detail than before. Among the new topics considered are ultraproducts and Fedorchukís theorem, and there is a more complete treatment of the cellularity of free products. Diagrams at the end of the book summarize the relationships between the functions for many important classes of Boolean algebras, including tree algebras and superatomic algebras.

SELLING POINTS: Covers most of what was known on cardinal invariants in Boolean

algebras List of 97 interesting open problems

MARKET: Research scientists and industry practitioners in a wide variety of fields for a broad array of applications, specifically those dealing with Boolean algebra

SUBJECTS: Mathematical Logic and Foundations; Order, Lattices, Ordered Algebraic Structures


RELATED TITLES:Vladimirov, Boolean Algebras in Analysis (978-1-4020-0480-3, 2002, $273.00)Givant, Introduction to Boolean Algebras (978-0-387-40293-2, 2009, $59.95)

COMPETITION:Padmanabhan, Axioms For Lattices And Boolean Algebras (World Scientific Publishing

Company, 978-9812834546, 2008, $64.00)Brown, Boolean Reasoning: The Logic of Boolean Equations (Dover Publications, 978-

0486427850, 2003, $16.95)

MATHEMATICS

The Pillars of Computation TheoryState, Encoding, Nondeterminism

AUTHOR: ARNOLD L. ROSENBERG, Colorado State University and Distinguished University Professor Emeritus University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-09638-4PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 340 p., 49 illus., SoftcoverPRICE: approx. $59.95AVAILABLE (US): November 2009

The abstract branch of theoretical computer science known as Computation Theory typically appears in undergraduate academic curricula in a form that obscures both the mathematical concepts that are central to the various components of the theory and the relevance of the theory to the typical student. This regrettable situation is due largely to the thematic tension among three main competing principles for organizing the material in the course.This book is motivated by the belief that a deep understanding of, and operational control over, the few "big" mathematical ideas that underlie Computation Theory is the best way to enable the typical student to assimilate the "big" ideas of Computation Theory into her daily computational life.

SELLING POINTS: Large selection of exercises Presents a unique approach to computation

theory

MARKET: Advanced undergrads in math and computer science

SUBJECT: Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis


RELATED TITLES:Rosenberg, Graph Separators, with Applications (978-0306464645, 2001, $128.00) Quateroni, Numerical Mathematics (978-3-540-34658-6, 2007, $89.95)

COMPETITION:Cormen, Introduction to Algorithms (MIT Press, 978-0-262-03293-3, 2001, $82.00) Hopcroft, Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation (Addison-

Wesley, 978-0321462251, 2006, $118.20) Harel, Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing (Addison-Wesley, 978-0321117847, 2004,

$88.00)

MATHEMATICS

Theory and Applications of Stochastic ProcessesAn Analytical Approach

AUTHOR: ZEEV SCHUSSISBN-13: 978-1-4419-1604-4PAGES/ILLUS: X, 356 p., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $69.95AVAILABLE (US): January 2010

Stochastic processes and diffusion theory are the mathematical underpinnings of many scientific disciplines, including statistical physics, physical chemistry, molecular biophysics, communications theory and many more. Many books, reviews and research articles have been published on this topic, from the purely mathematical to the most practical.This book offers an analytical approach to stochastic processes that are most common in the physical and life sciences, as well as in optimal control and in the theory of filltering of signals from noisy measurements. Its aim is to make probability theory in function space readily accessible to scientists trained in the traditional methods of applied mathematics, such as integral, ordinary, and partial differential equations and asymptotic methods, rather than in probability and measure theory.

SELLING POINTS: A wealth of examples from physics, chemistry, biology and

engineering Treads a route between probabilists and physical scientists Includes many physically relevant results and discussions

MARKET: Beginning graduates in mathematics, physics, biologists, engineering, mechanical

SUBJECTS: Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering


RELATED TITLES:Eppstein, Media Theory (978-3-540-71696-9, 2008, $109.00)Mahan, Applied Mathematics (978-0-306-46683-0, 2001, $119.00)

COMPETITION:Kampen, Stochastic Processes in Physics and Chemistry (North Holland, 978-

0444529657, 2007, $105.00)Hanson, Applied Stochastic Processes and Control for Jump-Diffusions (Society for

Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 978-0898716337, 2007, $104.00)

MATHEMATICS

Practical Bifurcation and Stability AnalysisThird Edition

AUTHOR: RÜDIGER U. SEYDELISBN-13: 978-1-4419-1739-3

(Replaces ISBN: 978-0-387-94316-9) PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 485 p., 184 illus., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $69.95AVAILABLE (US): February 2010

This book contains computational methods for numerically computing steady state and Hopf bifurcations. It is probably the first textbook to describe these types of numerical bifurcation techniques. The book requires only a basic knowledge of calculus, and uses detailed examples, problems, and figures. This will be appropriate as a textbook for graduate students.

SELLING POINTS: Practical, hands-on approach Many examples and applications from science and

engineering Numerical Approach Non-technical approach, only calculus required as

background.

MARKET: Graduate Students, Researchers

SUBJECTS: Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering; Mathematical Methods in Physics


RELATED TITLES:Kuznetsov, Elements of Applied Bifurcation Theory (978-0-387-21906-6, 2004, $99.00)Chicone, Ordinary Differential Equations with Applications (978-0-387-30769-5, 2006, $74.95)

COMPETITION:Miller, Dynamical System (Alphascript Publishing, 978-6130081171, 2009, $43.00)Hasselblatt, Dynamics, Ergodic Theory and Geometry (Cambridge University Press, 978-

0521875417, 2007, $94.99)

MATHEMATICS

Algorithms and ProgrammingProblems and Solutions

Second Edition

AUTHOR: ALEXANDER SHEN, University of Marseille, LIF - Center of Mathematics and Informatics, Marseille, France


PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 285 p. 68 illus., HardcoverPRICE: $59.95AVAILABLE (US): January 2010

Algorithms and Programming is primarily intended for use in a first-year undergraduate course in programming. It is structured in a problem-solution format that requires the student to think through the programming process, thus developing an understanding of the underlying theory. The book is easily readable by a student taking a basic introductory course in computer science as well as useful for a graduate-level course in the analysis of algorithms and/or compiler construction. Each self-contained chapter presents classical and well-known problems supplemented by clear and in-depth explanations. The material covered includes such topics as combinatorics, sorting, searching, queues, grammar and parsing, selected well-known algorithms and much more.

SELLING POINTS: This second edition contains problems from new topics including suffix trees, games

and strategies, and Huffman coding The "problem and solution" style makes the reader think through the programming

process, making the book ideal for students in the classroom setting or for self study

SUBJECTS: Algorithms; Programming Techniques; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis


RELATED TITLES:Skiena, Programming Challenges (978-0-387-00163-0, 2003, $59.95)Spector, Automatic Quantum Computer Programming (978-0-387-36496-4, 2007, $54.95)

COMPETITION:Cormen, Introduction to Algorithms (MIT Press, 978-0-262032933, 2001, $82.00)Dasgupta, Algorithms (McGraw Hill, 978-0-07352340-8, 2006, $33.75)Moon, Mathematical Methods and Algorithms for Signal Processing (Prentice Hall, 978-

0201361865, 1999, $108.00)

MATHEMATICS

Arithmetic of Quadratic FormsAUTHOR: GORO SHIMURA, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USAISBN-13: 978-1-4419-1731-7PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 260 p., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $99.00AVAILABLE (US): November 2009

This book is divided into two parts. The first part is preliminary and consists of algebraic number theory and the theory of semisimple algebras. There are two principal topics: classification of quadratic forms and quadratic diophantine equations. The first topic is further divided into two types of theories: classification over an algebraic number field and classification over the ring of algebraic integers.To ensure the book would be concise, the author proved basic theorems in local class field theory only in some special cases, and the Hilbert reciprocity law only over the rational number field. However, the author stated the main theorems with an arbitrary number field as the base field, so the reader familiar with class field theory will be able to learn the arithmetic theory of quadratic forms with no further references.

SELLING POINTS: Discusses algebraic number theory and the theory of semisimple algebras Discusses classification over an algebraic number field and classification over the

ring of algebraic integers Discusses local class field theory

MARKET: Graduate students; professionals

SUBJECTS: Algebra; Number Theory; General Algebraic Systems


RELATED TITLES:O'Meara, Introduction to Quadratic Forms (978-3540665649, 2000, $59.95) Shimura, Elementary Dirichlet Series and Modular Forms (978-0387724737, 2007, $59.95)

COMPETITION:Kitaoka, Arithmetic of Quadratic Forms (CUP, 978-0521649964, 2008, $55.00) Shimura, Arithmetic and Analytic Theories of Quadratic Forms and Clifford Groups (AMA,

978-0821835739, 2004, $72.00) Gerstein, Basic Quadratic Forms (AMA, 978-0821844656, 2008, $55.00)

MATHEMATICS

System Identification with Quantized ObservationsAUTHORS: LE YI WANG, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA;

G. GEORGE YIN, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA; JIFENG ZHANG, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and YANLONG ZHAO, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

ISBN-13: 978-0-8176-4955-5PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 295 p., 40 illus., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $99.00AVAILABLE (US): February 2010

The ability to identify systems in which only quantized output observations are available is often extremely important in real-world situations. Due to sensor limitations, signal quantization, or coding for communications, many older methodologies fall short in building dynamic models from these observations. This work presents new methodologies that utilize quantized information in system identification and explores their potential in extending control capabilities for systems with limited sensor information or networked systems. The results of these methodologies can be applied to systems and control design, communication and computer networks, signal processing, sensor networks, mobile agents, data fusion, remote sensing, telemedicine, and any field in which noise-corrupted quantized data need to be processed.System Identification with Quantized Observations is an excellent resource for graduate students, systems theorists, control engineers, applied mathematicians, as well as practitioners who use identification algorithms in their work. Selected material from the book may be used in graduate-level courses on system identification.

SELLING POINTS: Applications to communication and computer networks, signal processing, sensor

networks, mobile agents, data fusion, remote sensing, telemedicine For a broad audience of graduate students, systems theorists, control engineers,

applied mathematicians, as well as practitioners who use identification algorithms in their work

Material comes out of authors' state-of-the-art research on the subject

MARKET: Graduate students, practitioners and researchers in systems theory, control engineering, applied mathematics

SUBJECTS: Systems Theory, Control; Control; Algorithms


RELATED TITLES:H.-F. Chen and L. Guo, "Identification and Stochastic Adaptive Control" (Systems and Control series), (978-0-8176-3597-8, 1991, $189.00). H.J. Kushner and G. Yin, "Stochastic Approximation and Recursive Algorithms and Applications" (Stochastic Modelling and Applied Probability series), (978-0-387-00894-3, 2nd Ed., 2003, $104.00).

COMPETITION:Ljung, System Identification: Theory for the User (Prentice-Hall, 978-0136566953, 1999,

$142.00) Greblicki, Nonparametric System Identification (Cambridge University Press, 978-

0521868044, 2008, $117.00)

MEDICINE

Handbook of Clinical Psychology in Medical SettingsEvidence-Based Assessment and Intervention

EDITORS: CHRISTINE M. HUNTER, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD, USA; CHRISTOPHER L. HUNTER, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA and RODGER KESSLER, Berlin Family Health, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Montpelier, VT, USA


Translates research into evidence-based practice recommendations that are geared to real-world patient assessment and treatment and creates practical, hands-on tools that clinicians can directly apply to patient care. This book builds on the excellent foundation provided in the earlier book by addressing areas of overlap and divergence in assessment and intervention skills used across medical settings. The book addresses areas of practice that are unique to various settings, such as understanding the medical culture and reimbursement issues that drive modern practice. In addition to providing a solid update of the evidence, the current book includes practical clinical advice for operationalizing and adapting the existing data to practical applications. In short, this book aims to maintain the strengths of the earlier volume and address the weaknesses of current handbooks.

SELLING POINTS: Utilizes a novel collaboration approach by combining the analytical talents of

researchers with top practitioners in each area Provides summaries of important assessment tools and intervention strategies that

are considered the state of the art in evidence-based behavioral care Provides tips and techniques for practicing in a real-world, integrative clinics

MARKET: Health Psychologists, clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, primary care physicians, primary care nurses and rehabilitation professionals.

SUBJECTS: Primary Care Medicine; Health Psychology; Clinical Psychology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine

RELATED TITLES:Leigh, Handbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (978-0-387-69253-1, 2007, $139.00) Freeman, Clinical Applications of Cognitive Therapy (978-0-306-48462-9, 2004, $79.95)

COMPETITION:

Thomas, Clinical Counselling in Medical Settings: Clinical Counselling in Context (Routledge, 978-0-415-21718-7, 2003, $40.50)

Morgan, Understanding and Evaluating Research in Applied Clinical Settings (Erlbaum, 978-0-805-85332-2, 2005, $45.00)

MEDICINE

Addiction Recovery ManagementTheory, Research and Practice

EDITORS: JOHN F. KELLY, Harvard Medical School, MGH-Harvard Center for Addiction Medicine, MA and WILLIAM WHITE, Chestnut Health Systems, Bloomington, IL

ISBN-13: 978-1-60327-959-8PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 250 p., 30 illus., SoftcoverPRICE: approx. $49.95AVAILABLE (US): April 2010

Addiction Recovery Management: Theory, Research, and Practice includes authors who are the major theoreticians, researchers, systems administrators, clinicians and recovery advocates who have developed the model. State-of-the art and the definitive text on the topic, the book is mandatory reading for clinicians and all professionals who work with patients in recovery or who are interested in the field.

SELLING POINTS: This is the first book on the recovery management approach to addiction treatment

and post-treatment support services The definitive book on the topic, it combines theory, research, and practice

MARKET: Physicians, health and human service administrators, managers, and policy maker professionals, psychologists, social workers, addiction counselors, school counselors, child welfare workers, judges, probation officers, youth workers, student assistance counselors, employee assistance counselors, correctional staff, and clergy

SUBJECTS: Psychiatry; Neurology; Internal Medicine


RELATED TITLES:Pomm, Management of the Addicted Patient in Primary Care (978-0-387-35961-8, 2007, $69.95)Leukefeld, Adolescent Substance Abuse (978-0-387-09730-5, 2009, $99.00)

COMPETITION:Donovan, Substance Abuse Treatment and the Stages of Change: Selecting and Planning

Interventions (Guilford Publications, 978-1593850975, 2004, $28.00) Shaw, Addiction and Recovery for Dummies (Wiley, John & Sons, 978-0764576256,

2004, $17.00)

MEDICINE

Handbook of Behavioral Health DisabilityInnovations in Prevention and Management

AUTHORS: PAMELA A. WARREN and J. DAVID HUBBARD


The purpose of this book is to demystify the evaluation and management of common psychological disorders and psychosocial issues which impact all realms of medical and mental health practice. These types of issues are often seen as "medical quicksand" by treating professionals, employers, and insurers alike. Consequently, there is a system-wide avoidance of these disorders that significantly increase medical and disability costs. However, there is a considerable cost to individual and society as well in terms of the reduction in the quality of life of the individual and the high costs associated with chronic use of medical resources. It is essential to note the complexity of the psychiatric and psychosocial disability conundrum. This dilemma is not limited solely to short-term, minor problems but leach into the full spectrum of disability systems: private insurance, disability insurance, and federal programs for disabled persons. This book will provide innovative tools to confidently navigate the disability process by implementing, for the first time, true objective information coupled with the state-of-the-art evidence-based research. Thus, all individuals involved in the psychiatric disability process will be able to properly manage the process, optimize the treatment for an optimal outcome and avoid iatrogenic disability. In particular, the book will provide a clear evidence-based guidance for the evaluation and treatment process not only for individuals with obvious psychological problems, but for symptomatic individual with no discernable etiology or who simply never seem to get well.

SELLING POINTS: Provides a link between treating professionals which incorporates this information

into the disability treatment and management process furnishing clinicians with the comprehensive professional perspective that is lacking in the field.

Includes description of authors’ pioneering study which utilized disability claims data to identify concerns demonstrating the adverse effect of inaccurate diagnosis, inappropriate treatment, and objectively unsupported disability leave.

SUBJECTS: Primary Care Medicine; Rehabilitation; Behavioral Therapy


RELATED TITLES:James, The Primary Care Toolkit (978-0-387-78970-5, 2009, $79.95)

Pagel, Primary Care Sleep Medicine (978-1-58829-992-5, 2007, $99.50)

COMPETITION:Goroll, Primary Care Medicine: Office Evaluation and Management of the Adult Patient

(Primary Care Medicine (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 978-0781775137, 2009, $99.95)

Buttaro, Primary Care: A Collaborative Practice (Mosby, 978-0323047425, 2007, $115.00)

MEDICINE, ANAESTHESIOLOGY

Anesthesia Student Survival GuideA Case-Based Approach

AUTHORS: JESSE M. EHRENFELD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; RICHARD D. URMAN, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA and SCOTT SEGAL, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-09708-4PAGES/ILLUS: X, 300 p., 90 illus., 20 in color., SoftcoverPRICE: approx. $29.95AVAILABLE (US): March 2010

Anesthesia Student Survival Guide: A Case-Based Approach is an indispensable introduction to the specialty. This concise, easy-to-read, affordable handbook is ideal for medical students, nursing students, and others during the anesthesia rotation. Written in a structured prose format and supplemented with many diagrams, tables, and algorithms, this pocket-sized guide contains essential material covered on the USMLE II-III and other licensing exams. The editors, who are academic faculty at Harvard Medical School, summarize the essential content with 32 informative and compelling case studies designed to help students apply new concepts to real situations. With its combination of astute clinical instruction, basic science explanation, and practical tips from physicians that have been there before, this handbook is your one-stop guide to a successful anesthesia rotation.

SELLING POINTS: Concise, affordable pocket reference Complete resource for students of anesthesiology Sample cases and review questions after each major

chapter

MARKET: Medical students, junior residents in anesthesia, nurse anesthetists, non-anesthesia residents, nursing students, RNs, EMTs

SUBJECT: Anesthesiology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Anaesthesiology

RELATED TITLES:Abdel-Halim, Passing the USMLE (978-0-387-68983, 2009, $34.95)Silverstein, Geriatric Anesthesiology (978-0-387-72526-0, 2008, $119.00)

COMPETITION:Glidden, NMS Clinical Manual Anesthesia (LWW, 978-0-781-73738-8, 2003,

$24.95)

Gaiser, Blueprints Pocket Anesthesiology (LWW, 978-1-405-10452-4, 2006, $32.95)

MEDICINE, CARDIOLOGY

Comprehensive ElectrocardiologySecond Edition

EDITORS: PETER W. MACFARLANE, University of Glasgow, UK; ADRIAAN VAN OOSTEROM, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland; OLLE PAHLM, University of Lund, Sweden; PAUL KLIGFIELD, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA; MICHIEL JANSE, Academisch Medisch Centrum, Nijmegen, The Netherlands and JOHN CAMM, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK

ISBN-13: 978-1-84882-047-0PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 1790 p., 1100 illus., Print + eReference, PRICE: $1124.00AVAILABLE (US): March 2010

New edition of the classic complete reference book for cardiologists and trainee cardiologists on the theory and practice of electrocardiography, one of the key modalities used for evaluating cardiology patients and deciding on appropriate management strategies.

SELLING POINTS: The only complete electrocardiography reference work Takes the reader from research and the laboratory bench through to the

management of patients at the bedside. All current available knowledge on the application, uses and value of ECG

MARKET: Residents and fellow cardiologists, medical students on cardio rotations.

SUBJECTS: Cardiology; Human Physiology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Cardiology

RELATED TITLES:Xie, Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Heart (978-3-540-88149-0, 2009, $169.00)Foody, Preventive Cardiology (978-1-58829-521-7, 2006, $115.00)

COMPETITION:Zareba, Noninvasive Electrocardiology in Clinical Practice(Wiley, 978-0879934675, 2001,

$149.95)Chugh, Textbook of Clinical Electrocardiography (Anshan, 978-1904798668, 2006,

$65.00)

MEDICINE, CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Hemodynamic Monitoring Using Echocardiography in the Critically Ill

EDITORS: DANIEL DE BACKER, Erasme University Hospital, Bruxelles, Belgium; BERNARD P. CHOLLEY, Hopital Lariboisière, Paris, France; MICHEL SLAMA, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens, France; ANTOINE VIEILLARD-BARON, Hopital Ambroise Parè, Boulogne, France and PHILLIPE VIGNON, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges, France


The hemodynamic evaluation of patients with acute circulatory failure and respiratory failure was usually performed using invasive procedures but recent years have witnessed the onset of less invasive monitoring devices. Echocardiography can be used both for diagnosis and management of circulatory failure and respiratory failure. The hemodynamic evaluation by echocardiography is based on the integration of simple indices that can be easily acquired within a few minutes at bedside.

SELLING POINTS: First book covering non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring of critical care patients

using echocardiography Providing essential informations to allow optimal hemodynamic management guided

by echocardiography

MARKET: Intensive Care Physicians, Intensivists, Anesthesiologists

SUBJECTS: Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Anesthesiology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Critical Care Medicine

RELATED TITLES:Cold, Monitoring of Cerebral and Spinal Hemodynamic during Neurosurgery (978-

3540778721, 2008, $149.00)Pinsky, Functional Hemodynamic Monitoring Series (978-3-540-22986-5, 2005, $89.95)

COMPETITION:Leeper, Monitoring and Hemodynamics (Saunders, 978-1416035039, 2006, $54.00)Neskovic, Emergency Echocardiography (Informa Healthcare, 978-1841843926, 2005, $209.95):

MEDICINE, FAMILY MEDICINE & GERIATRICS

Common Musculoskeletal Problems in Primary CareA Handbook

EDITORS: M. REBECCA HOFFMAN, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA and JAMES DANIELS, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA

ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-5522-7PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 400 p., 50 illus., With CD-ROM., SoftcoverPRICE: approx. $49.95AVAILABLE (US): March 2010

This book is designed to act as an off-the-shelf guide to assist health care providers evaluating patients presenting with common musculoskeletal complaints in the primary care setting. The result of a $750,000 research grant that studied how comfortable primary care providers felt when treating musculoskeletal conditions, this book addresses the common finding that family physicians felt unprepared despite frequently seeing these types of complaints. This book has been divided into chapters covering major body regions and injuries, and each chapter includes: Red flags, which are conditions requiring immediate treatment and referral; basic anatomy of the body region; Clinical evaluation techniques and tear sheets for use during examination; Common clinical diagnoses; and disposition of the patient illustrated with helpful flow charts.

SELLING POINTS: Extremely accessible writing useful for busy professionals or

students Illustrated with photographs and easy-to-understand flow charts Tear sheets for clinical examination included on CD-ROM

MARKET: Primary care residents and physicians, medical students, athletic trainers and students, physician assistants and physician assistant students, nurses, and attending physicians with interest in the subject matter.

SUBJECTS: Primary Care Medicine; Orthopedics

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Family Medicine & Geriatrics

RELATED TITLES:Cooper, Pocket Guide to Musculoskeletal Diagnosis (978-1588296740, 2006, $54.95)Ip, Orthopedic Rehabilitation, Assessment, and Enablement (978-3-540-37693-4, 2007, $59.95)

COMPETITION:Anderson, Office Orthopedics for Primary Care (Saunders, 978-1416022077, 2006,

$70.95)

Griffin, Essentials of Musculoskeletal Care (American Academy of Orthopaedic, 978-0892033522, 2005, $140.00

MEDICINE, GENERAL SURGERY

General SurgeryPrinciples and International Practice

Second Edition

EDITORS: KIRBY I. BLAND, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA; MICHAEL G. SARR, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA; MARKUS W. BÜCHLER, University of Heidelberg, Germany; ATTILA CSENDES, University Hospital, Santiago, Chile; O. JAMES GARDEN, The University of Edinburgh, UK and JOHN WONG, The University of Hong Kong, China

ISBN-13: 978-1-84800-139-8PAGES/ILLUS: LVIII, 2011 p., 190 illus. in color., Print + eReference. PRICE: $349.00AVAILABLE (US): October 2009

This book provides the student of diseases, as well as those studying for Board examinations, a text that has rapidly assimilated data into the most contemporary applications of surgical therapy. Originally published by WB Saunders, 2002

SELLING POINTS: Offers an ideal source to rapidly evaluate organ site-disease Presents both pearls and pitfalls to differentiate poignant specified applications for

treatment of surgical disease (Pearls) and emphasize failures (Pitfalls) when such diagnostic approaches, technique and therapy are not utilized

Provides comprehensive insight into selective management of high-risk and rare diseases

MARKET: General surgery residents, general surgery practitioners, medical students

SUBJECT: Surgery

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, General Surgery

RELATED TITLES:Norton, Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence (978-0-387-30800-5, 2008,

$199.00) Scott-Conner, Chassin's Operative Strategy in General Surgery (978-0-387-95204-8,

2001, $229.00)

COMPETITION:Cuschieri, Higher Surgical Training in General Surgery (A Hodder Arnold Publication, 978-

0340806388, 2002, $175.00) Cameron, Current Surgical Therapy (C.V. Mosby, 978-0323014281, 2001, $159.00)

MEDICINE, HEALTH INFORMATICS

Anesthesia InformaticsEDITORS: JERRY STONEMETZ, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,

MD, USA and KEITH RUSKIN, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

ISBN-13: 978-1-84882-961-9PAGES/ILLUS: XXVIII, 504 p. 69 illus., 24 in color., SoftcoverPRICE: $69.95AVAILABLE (US): October 2009

The ability to interface patient monitors directly to a computer, and generate a clinical record has existed for over 20 years. However, the acceptance of comprehensive electronic medical records in anesthesia has been slow to develop. Experts anticipate this reluctance is changing because of enhanced patient care through the use of detailed health information record systems. Anesthesia Informatics provides the health informatician and administrator with a comprehensive overview of this blossoming technology. With contributions from leaders in the field, this user-friendly guide addresses how this technology has enhanced both the need for and the ability to collect and apply data in an acute care setting. It also offers invaluable insight on the business implications and the rationales required to make a purchase decision. Each section outlines need to know information to help the reader with the implementation and utilization of an Anesthesia Information Management System. Useful case scenarios focus on the ideal components (anesthesia record, business rationale, communication, collaboration, and training) of a fully automated record-keeping system.

SELLING POINTS: First book dedicated to the topic Written by leading authorities in AIMS Sections contain case scenarios

MARKET: Health informaticians and administrators

SUBJECTS: Health Informatics; Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Health Informatics

RELATED TITLES:Demetriades, Person-Centered Health Records (978-0-387-23282-9, 2005, $89.95)Lorenzi, Managing Technological Change (978-0-387-98548-0, 2004, $99.00)

COMPETITION:Miller, Miller's Anesthesia (Elsevier, 978-0443066184, 2004, $299.00)Morgan, Clinical Anesthesiology (McGraw-Hill, 978-0071423588, 2005,

$79.95)

MEDICINE, INTERNAL MEDICINE

Palliative Care:A Case-based Guide

EDITORS: JANE E. LOITMAN, Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; CHRISTIAN T. SINCLAIR, Kansas City Hospice, Kansas City, KS, USA and MICHAEL J. FISCH, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

ISBN-13: 978-1-60761-589-7PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 60 p., 2 illus., SoftcoverPRICE: approx. $49.00AVAILABLE (US): April 2010

This concise book offers an engaging case-based approach to palliative care. Experts in the field provide the essential aspects of daily practice with real cases presented as forums for the discussion of the complexities and practicalities of palliative treatment. Clearly structured, each chapter opens with bullet points highlighting the most relevant aspects of the case and points for discussion. Covering the full range of symptoms from cardiac care to pain management to wound healing, the vital elements of management are put into context through insightful dissections of history, examination, and goals of care. Each chapter concludes with a section on further reading. The book provides the clinician with a crucial set of skills to address the challenging issues related to communication and symptom management. Care-oriented and practical, this book is ideal for all health care professionals committed to providing quality, compassionate care to end-of-life patients.

SELLING POINTS: Unique case-based approach covers a multitude of perspectives and

environments Helpful bullet points synthesize key aspects of management Incisive evaluation of complex clinical scenarios

MARKET: Internal Medicine, Palliative Care Trainees, Hospice Care Trainees, Family Medicine, Pain Management, Oncologists, Physicians Assistants, Nurses

SUBJECTS: Internal Medicine; Pain Medicine; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Internal Medicine

RELATED TITLES:Blank, Choices in Palliative Care (978-0-387-70874-4, 2007, $69.95) Kranzle, Palliative Care (978-3-540-72324- 0, 2007, $39.95)

COMPETITION:Abrahm, A Physician’s Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients (Johns Hopkins University Press, 978-0801881015, 2005, $24.95) Brennan, Cancer in Context (Oxford, 978-0198515258, 2004, $55.00) Doyle, Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine (Oxford, 978-0198566984, 2005, $199.00)

MEDICINE, INTERNAL MEDICINE

Management of Infections in Cancer PatientsEDITOR: AMAR SAFDAR, University of Texas MD Anderson

Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USAISBN-13: 978-1-60761-643-6PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 350 p., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $99.00AVAILABLE (US): April 2010

This book is intended to provide a comprehensive update on recent Infectious Diseases-related issues and emerging concerns with relevant (but succinct) background information. The emphasis will remain on real (Infectious Disease) clinical problems faced in this particular patient population. The last Section will represent strategies used to prevent infections, for patients in whom response to conventional preventive measures may not be as effective as in a non-cancer and non-Stem Cell Transplant population.

SELLING POINTS: Provides a comprehensive update on recent Infectious Diseases-related issues and

emerging concerns Emphasis will remain on real infectious disease

MARKET: Healthcare providers caring for cancer patients and hematopoietic transplant recipients, infectious diseases consultants, oncologist/hematologist and stem cell transplant physicians. It may also serve as a quick reference for physicians in training and Infectious diseases fellows.

SUBJECTS: Infectious Diseases; Oncology; Hematology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Internal Medicine

RELATED TITLES:Raza, Myeodysplastic Syndromes and Secondary Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (978-

0792373964, 2001, $228.00)Yoshikawa, Infectious Disease in the Aging (978-1603275330, 2009, $189.00)

COMPETITION:Johnson, Infection in the Cancer Patient: A Practical Guide (Oxford University Press, 978-

0198566328, 2006, $69.50) Greene, Infections in Cancer Patients (Informa, 978-0824754372, 2004, $229.95)

MEDICINE, NEUROLOGY

Atlas of EpilepsiesEDITORS: C. P. PANAYIOTOPOULOS, St Thomas' Hospital, London,

UKISBN-13: 978-1-84882-127-9PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 1500 p., 1000 illus., 750 in color, In 2 volumes,

not available separately, HardcoverPRICE: $339.00AVAILABLE (US): April 2010

Currently on the market there is no publication available that tackles the difficult subject of epilepsy with such an illustrative approach as is intended in this title. The title will be the premiere text in the field, and a landmark all-encompassing reference book. With the comprehensive feel of an expert clinician at work, The Atlas of Epilepsies will present a hands-on guide to diagnosis, management and treatment of epilepsy in all its forms, and in its entire age-range of affected patients.

SELLING POINTS: Offers a highly illustrative approach that tackles the difficult subject of epileptic

seizures and epileptic syndromes, giving sequential photographs of each management step

Explanatory schematic line diagrams will be appropriately juxtaposed amongst the intraoperative photographs

The premiere text in the field, and a landmark all-encompassing reference book, it present a hands-on guide to diagnosis, management and treatment of epilepsy in all its forms, and in its entire age-range of affected patients

MARKET: Established clinical neurologists, and those in training and health care professionals who see patients with epilepsies

SUBJECTS: Neurology; Diagnostic Radiology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Neurology

RELATED TITLES:Binder, Recent Advances in Epilepsy Research (978-0-306-47860-4, 2004, $189.00)Panayiotopoulos, A Clinical Guide to Epileptic Syndromes and their Treatment (978-1-

84628-643-8, 2007, $109.00)

COMPETITION:Villagran, Neuropathology of Focal Epilepsies (John Libbey Eurotext Ltd, 978-

0861966332, 2005, $198.00)Roger, Epileptic Syndromes in Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence (Butterworth-

Heinemann, 978-0861963201, 2005, $148.00)

MEDICINE, ONCOLOGY

Radiotherapy for Hodgkin LymphomaEDITORS: LENA SPECHT, University Hospital, Copenhagen,

Denmark and JOACHIM YAHALOM, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

ISBN-13: 978-3-540-78455-5PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 200 p., 100 illus., 80 in color, HardcoverPRICE: approx. $159.00AVAILABLE (US): April 2010

This book deals in detail with all aspects of the best practice in modern radiotherapy for Hodgkin’s lymphomas. It provides the background and rationale for the inclusion of radiotherapy in today’s combined-modality approach, including special clinical situations such as Hodgkin’s lymphomas in children, in the pregnant patient, and in the elderly. Radiotherapy planning using state-of-the-art imaging, target definition, planning software, and treatment equipment is expounded in detail. Acute and long-term side effects of radiotherapy are analyzed, and the implications for modern radiotherapy approaches in Hodgkin’s lymphomas are explained.

SELLING POINTS: First and only book that covers ALL aspects of radiotherapy in Hodgkin's lymphomas Presents the state-of-the-art methods and techniques in radiotherapy Includes a chapter on treatment planning using the latest high-precision equipment

and planning software

MARKET: Radiation oncologists, radiation therapists and medical physicists

SUBJECTS: Radiotherapy; Oncology; Hematology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Oncology

RELATED TITLES:Leonard, Hodgkin's and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (978-0-387-29345-5, 2006, $169.00)Feller, Histopathology of Nodal and Extranodal Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (978-3-540-

63801-8, 2004, $249.00)

COMPETITION:Hoppe, Hodgkin Lymphoma (LWW, 978-0781764223, 2007, $219.00)Mauch, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas: A Self-Study Program (LWW, 978-0781735261,

2003, $210.00)

MEDICINE, OPTHALMOLOGY

The Glaucoma BookA Practical, Evidence-Based Approach to Patient Care

EDITORS: PAUL N. SCHACKNOW, Visual Health & Surgical Center, Lake Worth and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA and JOHN R. SAMPLES, OHSU Casey Eye Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-76699-7PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 1015 p., 667 illus., 551 in color, HardcoverPRICE: approx. $225.00AVAILABLE (US): March 2010

The Glaucoma Book is both a comprehensive academic work with evidence-based science and exhaustive bibliographies, and an everyday, pragmatic guide for general ophthalmologists, optometrists, and resident physicians who need immediate answers while examining patients. Its 92 chapters and 38 sidebar essays range from conventional topics to those that have not previously appeared in a glaucoma text. Diagnostic tests and instrumentation, current and possible future medical therapies, and traditional and cutting-edge surgical interventions are thoroughly explored. The contributors come from well-known academic institutions and high-volume community based glaucoma practices. Photos, illustrations, and tables are sprinkled liberally throughout the book.

SELLING POINTS: Complete evidence-based medical and surgical management of glaucoma for the

general ophthalmologist in practice

MARKET: General ophthalmologists, optometrists

SUBJECT: Ophthalmology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Opthalmology

RELATED TITLES:Johnson, Cataract Surgery in the Glaucoma Patient (978-0-387-09407-6, 2009, $159.00)Tombran-Tink, Mechanisms of the Glaucomas (978-1-58829-956-7, 2008, $189.00)

COMPETITION:Edgar, Glaucoma: Identification and Co-Management (Butterworth-Heinemann, 978-

0750637824, 2002, $104.00)Gupta, Glaucoma Diagnosis and Management (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 978-

0781754033, 2004, $79.95)

MEDICINE, ORTHOPEDICS, SURGICAL ORTHOPEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE

Spine TraumaSurgical Techniques

EDITORS: VIKAS V. PATEL, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA; EVALINA BURGER, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA and COURTNEY BROWN, Golden, CO, USA

ISBN-13: 978-3-642-03693-4PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 250 p., 250 illus., 150 in color, With DVD,

HardcoverPRICE: approx. $199.00AVAILABLE (US): April 2010

Spinal surgeons treat spinal trauma patients on a regular basis in their hospital emergency rooms. This well-illustrated, hands-on guide to the many surgical techniques required in these situations provides a solid basis for the management of spinal trauma.

SELLING POINTS: Hands-on guide for the management of spinal

trauma Clearly focussed on surgical techniques A must-have for all spinal surgeons

MARKET: Spine surgeons at all levels of experience, but especially fellows and new practitioners

SUBJECTS: Surgical Orthopedics; Neurosurgery; Traumatic Surgery

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE:

Medicine, Orthopedics, Surgical Orthopedics & Sports Medicine

RELATED TITLES:Mayer, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (978-3-540-21347-5, 2006, $369.00) Gunzburg, Arthroplasty of the Spine (978-3-540-20295-0, 2002, $75.00)

COMPETITION:Vaccaro, Fractures of the Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine (Informa Healthcare,

978-0824707132, 2002, $229.95) Capen, Comprehensive Management of Spine Trauma (Mosby, 978-0815114635, 1998,

$125.00)

MEDICINE, PATHOLOGY

Essentials of Anatomic PathologyThird Edition

EDITORS: LIANG CHENG, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Indianapolis, IN and DAVID G. BOSTWICK, Bostwick Laboratories, Chief Executive Officer/Medical Director, Richmond, VA

ISBN-13: 978-1-60327-576-7PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 1450 p., 2000 illus., 1600 in color., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $245.00AVAILABLE (US): April 2010

The first edition of Essentials of Anatomic Pathology, great strides have been made in our understanding of diseases and neoplastic processes. Many clinically important new histopathologic entities have been described or more fully defined in virtually every organ. Genetic testing for the early detection of cancers and the molecular classification of diseases has become increasingly important. This is an age of enlightenment in surgical pathology, and the authors of this new volume have captured this sense of excitement herein. This much praised and widely used reference manual on has been extensively revised and expanded to cover the entire field of anatomic pathology. Useful immunostaining biomarkers and emerging molecular targets and relevant molecular findings that have emerged from recent genomic studies are incorporated in each chapter.

SELLING POINTS: Full-color images with updates of new diagnostic and prognostic

information Stand-alone resource for pathology residents and practicing

pathologists Comprehensive practice information in an outline format

MARKET: Practicing surgical pathologists, pathology residents in training, histotechnologists, experimental pathology researchers

SUBJECTS: Pathology; Anatomy; Laboratory Medicine

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Pathology

RELATED TITLES:Cheng, Essentials of Anatomic Pathology (978-1-58829-460-9, 2005, $259,00)Leonard, Molecular Pathology in Clinical Practice (978-0387332260, 2006, $205.00)

COMPETITION:Lefkowitch, Anatomic Pathology Board Review (Saunders, 978-1416025887, 2006,

$140.00) Mail, Quick Compendium of Clinical Pathology (American Society for Clinical Pathology,

978-0891895671, 2007, $145.00)

MEDICINE, PLASTIC SURGERY

Color Atlas of Burn Reconstructive SurgeryEDITORS: HIKO HYAKUSOKU, Nippon Medical School Hospital,

Tokyo, Japan; DENNIS P. ORGILL, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. USA; LUC TEOT, Montpellier University, France; JULIAN J. PRIBAZ, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA and REI OGAWA, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

ISBN-13: 978-3-642-05069-5PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 500 p., 1000 illus., in color, HardcoverPRICE: approx. $249.00AVAILABLE (US): April 2010

Post-burn scar contractures are a commonly encountered problem in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Nevertheless, many physicians still lack adequate knowledge on beneficial treatments. In this up-to-date atlas, leading specialists in post-burn treatment and the reconstruction of post-burn scar contractures depict in detail not only surgical techniques but also a variety of advantageous wound treatments. Many new methods invented by the authors are presented. Operative techniques are depicted in detail, and clear guidance is provided on selection of the most appropriate flap surgery. Advice is also given on how to prevent permanently disabling restriction of joint movement as a result of contractures and how to achieve good aesthetic reconstruction.

SELLING POINTS: Provides comprehensive and up-to-date information on the incidence, management

and prevention of post-burn scar contractures Depicts operative techniques in detail Helps in selection of the appropriate flap surgery

MARKET: For surgeons, clinicians, researchers/paramedics dealing with wound management

SUBJECTS: Plastic Surgery; Dermatology; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Plastic Surgery

RELATED TITLES:Siemionow, Tissue Surgery (978-1-85233-970-8, 2006, $129.00) Shai, Wound Healing and Ulcers of the Skin (978-3-540-21275-1, 2005, $179.00)

COMPETITION:Sood, Achauer and Sood’s Burn Surgery (Elsevier, 978-1416037774, 2006, $155.00) Burret, Principles and Practice of Burn Surgery (Marcel Dekker, 978-0824754532, 2005,

$189.95)

MEDICINE, PUBLIC HEALTH

Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life MeasuresEDITORS: VICTOR R. PREEDY, King's College, London, UK and

RONALD R. WATSON, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-78666-7PAGES/ILLUS: 4500 p., Print + eReference PRICE: $3750.00AVAILABLE (US): October 2009

The impact of illness on individual lives and society at large was once considered too vast to gauge. More recently, quantitative measures of quality of life, life expectancy, and the financial costs of illness and treatment are showing not only how this impact can be calculated but also how the results can be used to further research and improve public health. The Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures is the first comprehensive reference to these instruments and their findings on an international scale.The Handbook features in-depth reviews of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), quality of life and financial measures for over 120 diseases and conditions. Its editors have organized this critical information for maximum access and ease of use, with abstracts, definitions of key terms, summary points, and dozens of figures and tables that can enhance the text or stand alone. Readers may access data by country, region, or population, or by disease entity.

SELLING POINTS: An important resource for interpreting the many instruments used in quality of life

research Includes an extensive glossary of key terms Six volumes, over 250 chapters

MARKET: Public health practitioners, epidemiologists, sociologists, health economists; researchers in quality of life

SUBJECTS: Medicine/Public Health, general; Quality of Life Research; Social Policy

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Public Health

RELATED TITLES:Kirch, Encyclopedia of Public Health (978-1-4020-5613-0, 2008, $1079.00)Gullotta, The Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion (978-0-306-

47296-1, 2003, $399.00)

COMPETITION:Caselli, Demography: Analysis and Synthesis, Four Volume Set, Volume 1-4: A Treatise

in Population (Academic Press, 978-0127656601, 2005, $1185.00)Windsor, Evaluation of Health Promotion, Health Education, and Disease Prevention

Programs with PowerWeb Bind-in Passcard (McGraw-Hill Humanities, 978-0072552546, 2003, $400.00)

MEDICINE, RADIOLOGY

Basics of PET ImagingPhysics, Chemistry, and Regulations

Second Edition

AUTHOR: GOPAL B. SAHA, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA


PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 330 p., 72 illus., 9 in color, HardcoverPRICE: approx. $59.95AVAILABLE (US): December 2009

This is an ideal text on PET and PET/CT imaging technology that focuses on the basics, such as physics, instrumentation, production of PET radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals, and regulations affecting PET. The chapters are concise but comprehensive, making the topic easily understandable, and they are complete with reviews of pertinent basic science, sample questions, and lists of suggested reading. Practical tables and appendixes contain a wealth of valuable data, reflecting the books usefulness as a reference for nuclear medicine professionals, including physicians, residents and technologists. The book also benefits technologists and residents preparing for board examinations because of its brevity and clarity of content.

SELLING POINTS: Many books on clinical PET have appeared in the market, but there is no book

available at the present time that focuses on the basics of PET imaging. This book fills that void

In addition to serving as a reference for practicing nuclear medicine physicians, it also helps clinicians and technicians meet the requirements for the increasingly popular PET technology courses and certifications

MARKET: Nuclear medicine technologists, nuclear medicine physicians, residents, and fellows

SUBJECTS: Nuclear Medicine; Imaging / Radiology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Radiology

RELATED TITLES:Saha, Basics of PET Imaging (978-0-387-21307-1, 2005, $69.95) Saha, Physics and Radiobiology of Nuclear Medicine (978-0-387-30754-1, 2006, $74.95)

COMPETITION:Wahl, Principles and Practice of PET & PET/CT (Lippincott, 978-0-781-77999-9, 2008,

$229.00)

Powsner, Essential Nuclear Medicine Physics (Wiley-Blackwell, 978-1-405-10484-5, 2006, $59.95)

Cherry, Sorenson, and Phelps, Physics in Nuclear Medicine (Saunders, 978-0-721-68341-6, 2003, $100.00)

MEDICINE, UROLOGY & PROCTOLOGY

Robotic Urologic SurgerySecond Edition

EDITOR: VIPUL R. PATEL, Global Robotics Institute, Celebration Hospital, Celebration, FL, USA


PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 640 p., 300 illus., 150 in color, with online files/update, Hardcover

PRICE: approx. $99.00AVAILABLE (US): April 2010

This book currently serves as the worldwide gold standard textbook for robotic surgery. The new edition will provide a technical manual for the various robotic approaches to surgical procedures with helpful hints to avoid pitfalls. There will be instruction on how to develop a successful robotics program and learn the various techniques. The primary readership group is urologists who would use this text as a reference to establish a robotics program, refine their surgical technique and provide information to patients. The content of the book will be informative and illustrative.

SELLING POINTS: The body of data available will be reviewed using comparisons in table format,

supported by schematic diagrams and anatomic photographs to illustrate the concept being discussed

A video library of the various techniques will accompany the book

MARKET: Urologists and surgeons

SUBJECTS: Urology/Andrology; Surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgery

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Urology & Proctology

RELATED TITLES:Patel, Robotic Urologic Surgery (978-1-84628-545-5, 2007, $99.00)John, Robotic Urology (978-3-540-74139-8, 2008, $139.00)

COMPETITION:Smith, Robotics in Urologic Surgery (Saunders, 978-1416024651, 2002, $207.00)Patel, Minimally Invasive Surgery: Looking through the Keyhole (Quay Books, 978-

1856422963, 2006, $60.00)

MEDICINE, UROLOGY & PROCTOLOGY

Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation: A Practical GuideEDITORS: DANIEL A. SHOSKES, Glickman Urological and Kidney

Institute, Cleveland, OH and T R SRINIVAS, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland, OH

ISBN-13: 978-1-60761-641-2PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 400 p., 6 illus., in color, HardcoverPRICE: approx. $199.00AVAILABLE (US): April 2010

Kidney Transplants are the most frequently performed solid organ transplants. Pancreas transplantation offers unique survival and quality of life benefits to selected diabetics with or without concomitant renal failure. Usually, kidney and pancreas transplant recipients are managed by the same team of physicians and surgeons. Current textbooks dealing with kidney and pancreas transplantation are unfortunately usually in the form of introductory manuals or primers and lack crucial practical detail and scientific depth relevant to the practicing physician.

SELLING POINTS: Transplant physicians and surgeons at Cleveland Clinic have collaborated to produce

a textbook devoted to kidney and pancreas transplantation that addresses the need for a work that is well grounded in scientific principles, quantitative clinical reasoning, clinical pharmacology, tested clinical practices and overall clinical applicability

Addressed are key aspects in the initiation, maintenance and sustained growth of viable clinical programs in kidney and pancreas transplantation

SUBJECTS: Transplant Surgery; Urology/Andrology; Abdominal Surgery

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Medicine, Urology & Proctology

RELATED TITLES:Manzarbeitia, Practical Manual of Abdominal Organ Transplantation (9780306466397,

2002, $109.00) Gruessner, Transplantation of the Pancreas (978-0-387-00589-8, 2004, $439.00)

COMPETITION:Weir, Medical Management of Kidney Transplantation (LWW, 978-0781744911, 2004,

$155.00)Morris, Kidney Transplantation: Principles and Practice (Saunders, 978-1416033431,

2008, $260.00)

PHYSICS/ASTRONOMY

MechanicsFrom Newton's Laws to Deterministic Chaos

Fifth Edition

AUTHOR: FLORIAN SCHECK, University of Mainz, Germany


PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 545 p., 174 illus., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $99.00AVAILABLE (US): March 2010

This book covers all topics in mechanics from elementary Newtonian mechanics, the principles of canonical mechanics and rigid body mechanics to relativistic mechanics and nonlinear dynamics. It was among the first textbooks to include dynamical systems and deterministic chaos in due detail. As compared to the two previous editions the present fifth edition is updated and revised with more explanations and additional examples. Symmetries and invariance principles, the basic geometric aspects of mechanics as well as elements of continuum mechanics also play an important role. The book will enable the reader to develop general principles from which equations of motion follow, to understand the importance of canonical mechanics and of symmetries as a basis for quantum mechanics, and to get practice in using general theoretical concepts and tools that are essential for all branches of physics.

SELLING POINTS: Contains more than one hundred problems with complete solutions, as well as some

practical examples which make moderate use of personal computers Ends with some historical notes on scientists who made important contributions to

the development of mechanics

MARKET: Students in physics and with minor field of study physics

SUBJECTS: Mechanics; Quantum Physics; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Physics/Astronomy

RELATED TITLES:Korkin, Nanoelectronics and Photonics (978-0-387-76498-6, 2008, $129.00)Awschalom, Semiconductor Spintronics and Quantum Computation (978-3-540-42176-4,

2002, $179.00)

COMPETITION:Takayanagi, Realizing Controllable Quantum States (World Scientific Publishing

Company, 978-9812564689, 2005, $125.00)Bruss, Lectures on Quantum Information (Wiley, 978-3527405275, 2007, $100.00)

PHYSICS/ASTRONOMY

Quantum Signatures of ChaosThird Edition

AUTHOR: FRITZ HAAKE, University of Duisburg-Essen, GermanyISBN-13: 978-3-642-05427-3 (Replaces ISBN: 978-3-540-67723-

9) PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 530 p., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $139.00AVAILABLE (US): May 2010

This by now classic text provides an excellent introduction and survey to the continuously expanding field of quantum chaos . The topics treated include a detailed exploration of the quantum aspects of nonlinear dynamics, quantum criteria to distinguish regular and irregular motion, antiunitary symmetries (generalized time reversal), random matrix theory and a thorough account of the quantum mechanics of dissipative systems. In addition to a significant number of smaller revisions and chapter updates, the third edition thoroughly expands on the understanding of universal spectral fluctuations, and – to subsequently make the presentation of all semi-classical developments self-contained - a new chapter on classical Hamiltonian chaos has been inserted.

SELLING POINTS: This textbook provides an excellent introduction to a new and rapidly developing

field of research Each chapter is accompanied by a selection of problems which will help the student

to test and deepen his/her understanding and to acquire an active command of the methods

MARKET: Researchers, students

SUBJECTS: Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity; Quantum Physics; Mathematical Methods in Physics

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Physics/Astronomy

RELATED TITLES:Reichl, The Transition to Chaos (978-0-387-98788-0, 2004, $119.00)Larson, Digital Communications Using Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics (978-0387297873,

2006, $159.00)

COMPETITION:Stöckmann, Quantum Chaos: An Introduction (CUP, 978-0521027151, 2007, $70.00)Casati, Quantum Chaos (CUP, 978-0521432917, 1995, $240.00)

POPULAR SCIENCE

Humans on Earth. Past, Present and FutureScience, Technology, Development and Environment

AUTHOR: FILIPE DUARTE SANTOS, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

ISBN-13: 978-3-642-05359-7PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 400 p., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $69.95AVAILABLE (US): February 2010

This is a wide-ranging and persuasive book written by an undisputed expert. Beginning with a broad history of the Universe, Earth, Life and Man, it considers the origins and rise of science and technology, before moving on to discuss the present state of the world and its/our possible futures. Humans on Earth: Past, Present and Future then addresses the main challenges for social and economic development in the 21st century in the context of global change. It presents a detailed but non-technical analysis of questions relating to climate change, our dependence on fossil fuels, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, desertification, air, water, soil, and ocean pollution as well as problems related to overpopulation, poverty, social and economic inequities and conflict potential. The main emphasis is on the risks and uncertainties of the short-term future – the next 50 to 100 years – with regard to environmental degradation and the sustainability of our growth paradigm.

SELLING POINTS: An impressive study of how we got here and what options the future

holds Comprehensive survey of the factors affecting earth's future Solid information from a leading scientist

MARKET: General public, decision-makers in physics and industry, students, teachers, libraries

SUBJECTS: Ecology; Popular Science in Nature and Environment; Development Economics

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Popular Science

RELATED TITLES:Poston, Handbook of Population (978-0-306-47768-3, 2005, $265.00)Strom, Hot House (978-0-387-34179-8, 2007, $27.50)

COMPETITION:Lynas, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (National Geographic, 978-

1426202131, 2008, $26.00) Brown, Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (W. W. Norton, 978-0393330878, 2008,

$15.95)

POPULAR SCIENCE, ASTRONOMY

1001 Celestial Wonders to See Before You DieThe Best Sky Objects for Star Gazers

AUTHOR: MICHAEL E. BAKICH, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USAISBN-13: 978-1-4419-1776-8PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 230 p., 262 illus., 12 in color., SoftcoverPRICE: approx. $34.95AVAILABLE (US): April 2010

1,001 Celestial Wonders is a guide to the night sky's brightest and most fascinating objects. Each target is accessible to amateur astronomers using medium-sized telescopes from a dark site. In fact, many are so bright they remain visible under moderate light pollution, as from the outskirts of a city or the suburbs of a town. The book provides a chronological target list, making it easy to use. No matter what night you choose, this book will show you many of the most memorable objects to observe, whether you are using a small telescope or even binoculars, or an instrument of larger aperture. This is far more than just a list of interesting objects. It is structured so that objects of various observing difficulty are included, which will help readers become better observers, both encouraging beginners and challenging long-time amateur astronomers. This book is designed to be easy-to-use at the telescope, and observers will appreciate each object's standardized layout and the book's chronological organization.

SELLING POINTS: Detailed finder charts make objects simple to find Objects range from "easy" to "challenging" for all levels of observers Hundreds of images that readers can compare with their own telescope

views Will never go out of date

MARKET: Amateur and practical astronomers

SUBJECTS: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; Popular Science in Astronomy

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Popular Science, Popular Science / Astronomy

RELATED TITLES:Mobberley, Supernovae and How to Observe Them (978-0-387-35257-2, 2007, $29.95) Plotner, The Night Sky Companion (978-0-387-71608-4, 2007, $29.95)

COMPETITION:O'Meara, Deep-Sky Companions: Hidden Treasures (CUP, 978-0521837040, 2007,

$45.00)

Luginbuhl, Observing Handbook and Catalogue of Deep-Sky Objects (CUP, 978-0521625562, 1998, $65.00)

POPULAR SCIENCE, ASTRONOMY

Galileo and 400 Years of Telescopic AstronomyAUTHORS: PETER GREGO, St Austell, Cornwall, UK and DAVID

MANNION, Turnbridge Wells, Kent, UKISBN-13: 978-1-4419-5570-8PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 230 p., 95 illus., 15 in color., SoftcoverPRICE: approx. $34.95AVAILABLE (US): March 2010

In 1609 Galileo first used his telescope to kickstart the science of observational astronomy - an event that proved to be of enormous historic, scientific, and cultural importance. Galileo and 400 Years of Telescopic Astronomy will feature the life and achievements of Galileo, around which has pivoted the story of four centuries of telescopic astronomy. The book will detail how astronomy has progressed through four centuries and contain glimpses of future space research and astronomy goals. Uniquely, interwoven with the text will be a range of practical projects for backyard astronomers in which to participate, projects that serve to illustrate many of Galileo's scientific discoveries. The year 2009 not only marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo's initial telescopic discoveries, but it has also been chosen as the International Year of Astronomy, perfect timing for the reader to see for him or herself the way Galileo worked and thought.

SELLING POINTS: Describes Galileo's life and achievements in an exciting narrative way Provides a clear, engaging, and comprehensive outline of the evolution of telescopic

astronomy since Galileo four hundred years ago Is a unique mix of history, science, and practical astronomy projects

MARKET: Amateur and 'armchair' astronomers

SUBJECTS: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; Popular Science in Astronomy

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Popular Science, Astronomy

RELATED TITLES:Grego, Venus and Mercury and How to Observe Them (978-0-387-74285-4, 2008, $34.95) Grego, The Moon and How to Observe It (978-1-85233-748-3, 2008, $39.95)

COMPETITION:Reston, Galileo: A Life (978-1893122628, Beard Books, 2000, $19.95) Doak, Astronomer and Physicist (Signature Lives, 978-0756508135, 2005, $30.60)

PSYCHOLOGY

Encyclopedia of Psychology and ReligionEDITORS: DAVID A. LEEMING, Blanton-Peale Institute, New York,

NY, USA; KATHRYN MADDEN, Private Practice, New York, NY, USA and STANTON MARLAN, Pittsburgh Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

ISBN-13: 978-0-387-71803-3PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 1000 p., Print + eReference PRICE: $689.00AVAILABLE (US): December 2009

The Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion offers a definitive and intellectually rigorous collection of psychological interpretations of the stories, rituals, motifs, symbols, doctrines, dogmas, and experiences of the world’s religious and mythological traditions. The Encyclopedia applies a wide range of psychological approaches to understanding the form and content of religious and spiritual experience, at the same time offering insight into the meanings of various symbols and themes of numerous religions. While there are reference works on religion and those on psychology, until now there has been no comprehensive encyclopedia that integrates psychology and religion in the context of current intellectual developments in the social/behavioral sciences. This Encyclopedia, interdisciplinary in approach, represents a rich new contribution to the development of human self-understanding.

SELLING POINTS: A crucial new resource for the collaboration and mutual illumination of the fields of

psychology and religion and their intersection Provides the technical and phenomenological vocabulary that will enable researchers

in the fields of psychology and religion to pursue collaboration and dialogue

MARKET: Researchers and students in psychology and religion; clinicians; therapists; university and public libraries; clergy, pastoral agents and spiritual directors interested in the psychological aspects of faith and religious practice

SUBJECTS: Clinical Psychology; Psychoanalysis; Religious Studies

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Psychology

RELATED TITLES:Belzen, Changing the Scientific Study of Religion (978-90-481-2539-5, 2009, $189.00)Belzen, Towards Cultural Psychology of Religion (978-90-481-3490-8, 2010, approx. $139.00)

COMPETITION:Spilka, The Psychology of Religion (The Guilford Press, 978-1572309012, 2003,

$79.00) Argyle, Psychology and Religion (Routledge, 978-0415189064, 2000, $120.00)

PSYCHOLOGY

Handbook of Clinical Psychology CompetenciesEDITORS: JAY C. THOMAS and MICHEL HERSENISBN-13: 978-0-387-09758-9PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 1760 p., Print + eReference PRICE: $1200.00AVAILABLE (US): November 2009

In recent years there has been a tremendous growth in psychology as a field of study and in the number of students of clinical psychology in particular. The latter is partly due to the proliferation of professional schools of psychology that are devoted to practitioner-oriented degrees, rather than the traditional research-oriented course of study. Whatever school students emerge from, however, they are obliged to demonstrate proficiency in providing clinical services. This multi-volume handbook, is devoted to describing the core competency areas in providing psychological services which is relevant to practitioners as well as clinical researchers. As such, it covers assessment and conceptualization of cases, the application of evidence-based methods, supervision, consultation, cross-cultural factors, and ethics.The Handbook comprises three volumes with contributions by experts in each area. The goal is to provide detailed descriptions of competence levels and describe the developmental trajectory required to reach the highest of these levels.

SELLING POINTS: Outlines basic competencies for evidence-based practice Provides guidelines for competency modeling Comprehensive coverage of diagnosis assessment and treatment Contributors are recognized experts in their fields Systematic presentation of material allows for easy comparison across

chapters

MARKET: Students and professionals in the field of psychology

SUBJECT: Clinical Psychology

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Psychology

RELATED TITLES:Molinari, Clinical Psychology and Heart Disease (978-88-470-0377-4, 2006, $269.00)Walker, Introduction to Forensic Psychology (978-0-306-47908-3, 2003, $79.95)

COMPETITION:Pomerantz, Clinical Psychology: Science, Practice, and Culture (Sage, 978-1412937528,

2008, $103.00)

Trull, Clinical Psychology (Wadsworth Publishing, 978-0534633875, 2004, $174.95)

SOCIAL SCIENCES, ARCHAEOLOGY

Historical Archeology of Tourism in Yellowstone National Park

EDITORS: ANNALIES CORBIN, PAST Foundation, Columbus, OH, USA and MATTHEW A. RUSSELL, National Parks Service Submerged Resource Center, Sante Fe, NM, USA


This volume contains three studies that trace the history of tourism in Yellowstone National Park through material remains discovered in both terrestrial and underwater archeological sites. A research approach with an archeological foundation opens new avenues of inquiry not available by using historical documents alone. Archeology gives voice to people otherwise missing from written history, and therefore give us the broadest view of the past.These chapters draw together the fascinating historical archeology of Yellowstone National Park into a single volume linked by a common research framework, the archeology of tourism. While oftentimes treated as separate and unrelated resources, historical archeological sites on land, underwater, and in the liminal zone in between, connect in Yellowstone through a shared history and a universal purpose. Situating these sites within the context of a larger tourist infrastructure allows us to broaden our interpretation and enriches the stories the sites have to tell.

SELLING POINTS: Provides new model for the study of National Parks Gives unique insight into the archaeological record of Yellowstone National

Park Archaeology of Tourism techniques will be valuable in other contexts

MARKET: Research and professional archaeologists working with cultural heritage and resource management. This will also be of interest to those researching public archaeology and how tourism impacts archaeological work.

SUBJECTS: Archaeology; Cultural Heritage

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Social Sciences, Archaeology

RELATED TITLES:Russell, Images Representations and Heritage (978-0-387-32215-5, 2006, $89.95)Jameson, Past Meets Present (978-0-387-47666-7, 2007, $149.00)

COMPETITION:Stone, Constructed Past (Routledge, 978-0-415-11768-5, 1999, $210.00)Haines, The Yellowstone Story (University Press of Colorado, 978-0870813900, 1996, $22.95)

STATISTICS

Spectral Analysis of Large Dimensional Random MatricesSecond Edition

AUTHORS: ZHIDONG BAI, National University of Singapore, Singapore and JACK W. SILVERSTEIN, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-0660-1PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 550 p., HardcoverPRICE: approx. $99.95AVAILABLE (US): January 2010

The aim of the book is to introduce basic concepts, main results, and widely applied mathematical tools in the spectral analysis of large dimensional random matrices. The material selection of the book focuses on results established under moment conditions on random variables using probabilistic methods, and is thus easily applicable to statistics and other areas of science. The book introduces fundamental results, most of them investigated by the authors, such as the semicircular law of Wigner matrices, the Marcenko-Pastur law, the limiting spectral distribution of the multivariate F matrix, limits of extreme eigenvalues, spectrum separation theorems, convergence rates of empirical distributions, central limit theorems of linear spectral statistics, and the partial solution of the famous circular law.

SELLING POINTS: The book simultaneously emphasizes the ideas and methodologies of the

fundamental mathematical tools, among them being: truncation techniques, matrix identities, moment convergence theorems, and the Stieltjes transform

Basic knowledge of matrix theory and an understanding of probability theory at the graduate level

MARKET: Researchers; graduate students, practitioners

SUBJECT: Statistical Theory and Methods

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Statistics

RELATED TITLES:Alho, Statistical Demography and Forecasting (978-0-387-22538-8, 2005, $69.95)Berk, Statistical Learning from a Regression Perspective (978-0-387-77500-5, 2008, $84.95)

COMPETITION:Blower, Random Matrices (Cambridge University Press, 978-0521133128, 2009, $60.00)Bleher, Random Matrix Models and Their Applications (Cambridge University Press, 978-

052182093, 2001, $94.00)

STATISTICS

Introducing Monte Carlo Methods with RAUTHORS: CHRISTIAN ROBERT, Université Paris Dauphine and

CREST-INSEE, France and GEORGE CASELLA, University of Florida, Florida, USA

ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-1575-7PAGES/ILLUS: XVIII, 286 p., SoftcoverPRICE: approx. $64.95AVAILABLE (US): March 2010

Computational techniques based on simulation have now become an essential part of the statistician's toolbox. It is thus crucial to provide statisticians with a practical understanding of those methods, and there is no better way to develop intuition and skills for simulation than to use simulation to solve statistical problems. Introducing Monte Carlo Methods with R covers the main tools used in statistical simulation from a programmer's point of view, explaining the R implementation of each simulation technique and providing the output for better understanding and comparison. While this book constitutes a comprehensive treatment of simulation methods, the theoretical justification of those methods has been considerably reduced, compared with Robert and Casella (2004). Similarly, the more exploratory and less stable solutions are not covered here.

SELLING POINTS: This book does not require a preliminary exposure to the R programming language or

to Monte Carlo methods All chapters include exercises and all R programs are available as an R package

called mcsm The programming parts are introduced progressively to be accessible to any reader

SUBJECT: Statistical Theory and Methods

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Statistics

RELATED TITLES:Robert, Monte Carlo Statistical Methods (978-0-387-21239-5, 2005, $109.00)Honerkamp, Statistical Physics (978-3-540-43020-9, 2002, $119.00)

COMPETITION:Munro, Statistical Methods for Health Care Research (LWW, 978-0781748407, 2004,

$65.95)Howell, Statistical Methods for Psychology (Wadsworth Publishing, 978-0495597841,

2009, $174.95)

STATISTICS, LIFE SCIENCES, MEDICINE, HEALTH SCIENCES

Fundamentals of Clinical TrialsFourth Edition

AUTHORS: LAWRENCE FRIEDMAN, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA; CURT D. FURBERG, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA and DAVID L. DEMETS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-1585-6 (Previous 978-0-387-98586-2) PAGES/ILLUS: approx. 400 p., SoftcoverPRICE: approx. $64.95AVAILABLE (US): April 2010

The randomized control clinical trial has become the gold standard scientific method for the evaluation of pharmaceuticals, biologics, devices, procedures and diagnostic tests. This trial design has been successfully used in both therapeutic and disease prevention trials. It is superior to alternative designs by eliminating several sources of bias which exist in those designs. This role has evolved over the past three decades in a number of disease areas including cardiology, opthalmology, cancer and AIDS. While the specifics of using the randomized control design for a specific intervention and disease may differ, the basic fundamentals still apply in developing the study protocol and operational procedures. These fundamentals include identifying the specific questions to be tested and appropriate outcome measures, determining an adequate sample size, specifying the randomization procedure, detailing the intervention with visit schedules for subject evaluation, establishing an interim data and safety monitoring plan, detailing the final analysis plan and determining the organizational structure.

SELLING POINTS: An essential, up-to-date reference for researchers and students involved with clinical

trials Includes numerous examples of published clinical trials from a variety of medical

disciplines Technical details are kept to a minimum through the use of graphs and tables

MARKET: Graduate students, practitioners

SUBJECT: Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: Statistics, Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences

RELATED TITLES:Pearson, Clinical Trials in Osteoporosis (978-1-84628-389-5, 2007,$107.00)Reid, Clinical Trials in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis (978-1-85233-874-9,

2008, $99.00)

COMPETITION:Piantadosi, Clinical Trials (Wiley, 978-0471727811, 2005, $150.00)Chow, Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials (Wiley-Interscience, 978-0471249856, 2003,

$185.95)

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