Category: Textbooks

By Gordon L. Amidon

ISBN-10: 0585245177

ISBN-13: 9780585245171

ISBN-10: 0824766105

ISBN-13: 9780824766108

This state of the art reference truly explains pharmaceutical shipping phenomena, demonstrating purposes starting from drug or nutrient uptake into vesicle or mobilephone suspensions, drug dissolution and absorption throughout organic membranes, entire physique kinetics, and drug liberate from polymer reservoirs and matrices to warmth and mass shipping in freeze-drying and hygroscopicity. specializes in useful purposes of drug supply from a actual and mechanistic standpoint, highlighting organic platforms. Written by way of greater than 30 overseas experts within the box, shipping tactics in Pharmaceutical structures ·discusses the the most important dating among the shipping method and thermodynamic components ·analyzes the dynamics of diffusion at liquid-liquid, liquid-solid, and liquid-cultured phone interfaces ·covers prodrug layout for bettering membrane delivery ·addresses the results of exterior stimuli in changing a few common and artificial polymer matrices ·examines homes of hydrogels, together with synthesis, swelling measure, swelling kinetics, permeability, biocompatibility, and biodegradability ·presents mass move of substances and pharmacokinetics in response to mass stability descriptions ·and extra! Containing over one thousand references and greater than 1100 equations, drawings, pictures, micrographs, and tables, shipping tactics in Pharmaceutical structures is a must-read source for examine pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists and chemists, chemical engineers, actual chemists, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate scholars in those disciplines.

By Roy Garn

ISBN-10: 0135452449

ISBN-13: 9780135452448

A push button reference advisor with sound suggestion

By Steve, C. Cripps, Steve C. Cripps, Steve C. Cripps

ISBN-10: 1580532829

ISBN-13: 9781580532822

The writer is a professional in RF amplifiers. during this publication he expands upon the tips awarded in his earlier booklet which was once a most sensible vendor.

By Daniel J. Driscoll

ISBN-10: 0935214003

ISBN-13: 9780935214000

Excellent instead of like new since it has been learn once.Hard hide with airborne dirt and dust jacket, 111 pages; Heptangle Books 1977; Reprint; textual content is fresh, unmarked; binding is tight. first-class replica of this scarce name.

By Richard Witts

ISBN-10: 190476827X

ISBN-13: 9781904768272

Even though The Velvet Underground existed for not more than 3 years with its unique contributors, it's thought of to be not only the 'ultimate ny band' but additionally the main influential crew ever. Artists who've said such impression contain David Bowie, The intercourse Pistols, Patti Smith, pleasure department, and Nirvana. Witts areas the band and its genesis within the cultural context of Manhattan's beatnik bohemianism, its radical inventive atmosphere, and the city's adverse response to California's 'Hippie' counterculture. Lou Reed's Brill development historical past can also be thought of, whereas his "Primitives" (1964-5) and "Velvet Underground Songs" (1965-70) are tested in the stylistic context of rock track. The band's sound global is also thought of during this gentle. John Cale's experimental contribution is classed, specifically his paintings for LaMonte younger (The Theatre of everlasting tune) and what he carried from that have into the Velvet's sound. The visible artist Amdy Warhol, recognized to the Velvets as Drella, turned the band's supervisor and convey in 1965. He positioned his 'superstar' Nico within the line-up (which already incorporated a feminine drummer). the novel nature of the group's Warhol interval performances are tested, including these facets regarding problems with gender, sexuality and medication tradition wherein the Warhol manufacturing facility scene used to be pointed out, and meditated in Reed's songs. Witts examines the musical affects of the Velvets on punk, post-punk and next rock routine, culminating within the group's reunion of 1993. He additionally indexes the range of media structures that the crowd persisted over the years and the way those affected Cale, Nico and Reed and their makes an attempt to set up solo careers.

By Julian Sefton-Green

ISBN-10: 041573777X

ISBN-13: 9780415737777

Learning and Literacy over Time addresses gaps in literacy research—studies delivering longitudinal views on newbies and the trajectory in their studying lives in and out of faculty, and reports revealing how earlier reports with literacy and studying tell destiny studies and practices. It does so through bringing jointly researchers who revisited topics in their preliminary learn carried out during the last 10-20 years with humans whom they encountered via ethnographic or classroom-based investigations and are the topics of prior released bills.

The case reports, drawn from nations in 3 continents and overlaying quite a number social worlds, supply an unique and every now and then fairly an emotive interpretation of the consequences of long term social switch within the united kingdom, the USA, Australia and Canada; the claims and aspirations made by means of and for yes forms of academic interventions; how study matters contemplate and research from the tactics of being co-opted into lecture room study in addition to how they make feel of college reports; many of the common adjustments in literacy practices due to our movement into the electronic period; and especially, how educational learn can examine from those existence tales elevating a few demanding situations approximately method and our claims to 'know’ the folks we study. in lots of circumstances the method of revisiting resulted in vital reconceptualizations of the sooner paintings and a feeling of 'seeing with new eyes’ what was once overlooked long ago. The reflections on method and learn techniques will curiosity postgraduate and educational researchers. The experiences of swap and of long term results are extensively correct to instructor educators and students in language and literacy schooling, academic anthropology, existence historical past examine, media and cultural stories, and sociology.

By Hans-Georg Joost, Hadi Al-Hasani, Annette Schürmann

ISBN-10: 1627030670

ISBN-13: 9781627030670

ISBN-10: 1627030689

ISBN-13: 9781627030687

Detailing the most recent protocols for gaining knowledge of animal versions of diabetes, specially resistant teams of rodents reminiscent of the NOD mouse, and together with specialist recommendation on implementation, this can be a worthy new quantity within the tools in Molecular Biology sequence.

By Lorrie Klosterman

ISBN-10: 0761444858

ISBN-13: 9780761444855

By Haestad Methods Water Solutions, David Klotx, Adam Strafaci, Annaleis Hogan, Kristen Dietrich

ISBN-10: 1628709480

ISBN-13: 9781628709483

ISBN-10: 1934493023

ISBN-13: 9781934493021

Review in the event that your paintings or educational reviews contain floodplain administration, then a replica of Floodplain Modeling utilizing HEC-RAS has to be in your table. This entire textbook bargains professional guide and functional suggestion for floodplain modelers and executives. It then is going a step extra through reinforcing the options offered utilizing the global common simulation software HEC-RAS, constructed by means of the U.S. military Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering middle. In Floodplain Modeling utilizing HEC-RAS, U.S. military Corps of Engineers veteran Gary Dyhouse walks you thru a whole floodplain learn, from the drawing board to deciding upon the floodway. not more pondering which of the massive variety of variables to regulate on your version. Get the interior information you want to effectively follow HEC-RAS in your initiatives. subject matters lined during this textual content contain: An easy-to-understand advent to open channel hydraulics making plans floodplain modeling reviews with defensible time and price estimates Modeling bridges, culverts, and different exact beneficial properties Calibrating and working types for height functionality Modeling floodways, together with assurance of FEMA flood coverage instructions constructing routing details to be used in hydrology courses Designing and comparing channel differences reading bridge scour in regards to the software program incorporated each one booklet in the Water Modeling assortment from the Bentley Institute Press contains academic-licensed models of the pro software program coated. HEC-Pack for floodplain administration contains 4 industry-standard items constructed by way of the U.S. military Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering heart. Graphical HEC-1 and HEC-HMS are for hydrograph research, HEC-RAS is for water floor profile research, and HEC-GIS is for integrating floodplain modeling with GIS

By Daniel Thalmann

ISBN-10: 144714449X

ISBN-13: 9781447144496

ISBN-10: 1447144503

ISBN-13: 9781447144502

Research into the equipment and methods utilized in simulating crowds has constructed broadly in the previous couple of years, quite within the parts of games and picture. regardless of fresh extraordinary effects whilst simulating and rendering hundreds of thousands of people, many demanding situations nonetheless exist during this area.

The comparability of simulation with fact, the real looking visual appeal of digital people and their habit, staff constitution and their movement, and collision avoidance are only a few examples of those demanding situations. for many of the functions of crowds, it's now a demand to have real-time simulations – that is an extra problem, rather while crowds are very large.

Crowd Simulation analyses those demanding situations extensive and indicates many attainable ideas. Daniel Thalmann and Soraia Musse proportion their studies and services within the program of:

· inhabitants modeling

· digital human animation

· Behavioral versions for crowds

· the relationship among digital and genuine crowds

· direction making plans and navigation

· visible awareness models

· Geometric and populated semantic environments

· Crowd rendering

The moment version offers concepts and techniques built because the authors first coated the simulation of crowds in 2007. Crowd Simulation comprises in-depth discussions at the strategies of course making plans, together with a brand new hybrid method among navigation graphs and potential-based equipment. the significance of gaze recognition – participants showing aware of their surroundings and of others – is brought, and a free-of-collision approach for crowds can be discussed.