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  • Organizing Principles of Neural Development Organizing Principles of Neural Development
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    Organizing Principles of Neural Development

    This volume contains summaries of most of the invited presentations at the NATO Advanced Study Institute "Organizing Principles of Neural Development", held in Povoa de Varzim, Portugal, from June...
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  • Porphyrins in Tumor Phototherapy Porphyrins in Tumor Phototherapy
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    Porphyrins in Tumor Phototherapy

    This book contains the contributions of the participants to the International Symposium on Porphyrins in Tumor Phototherapy held in Bruzzano (Milano), Italy on May 26-28, 1983. The contributions are...
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  • Thermal Conductivity 18 Thermal Conductivity 18
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    Thermal Conductivity 18

    The International Thermal Conductivity Conference was started in 1961 with the initiative of Mr. Charles F. Lucks, who passed away on 8 July 1982 and to the memory of whom this volume is dedicated...
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  • Molecular Aspects of Early Development Molecular Aspects of Early Development
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    Molecular Aspects of Early Development

    The early embryo has emerged as the focal point for analysis of the regulation of gene expression for several reasons. First, the fact that embryogenesis is under genetic control has been appreciated...
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  • Medical and Social Aspects of Alcohol Abuse Medical and Social Aspects of Alcohol Abuse
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    Medical and Social Aspects of Alcohol Abuse

    Alcohol use affects, either directly or indirectly, nearly all facets of Western civi­ lization. Eastern cultures are also not exempt from the influence of alcohol, and the present decade has been a...
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  • Before It S Too Late Before It S Too Late
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    Before It S Too Late

    I was not invited to write a foreword for this book. Dr. Cohen, knowing my busy schedule, would have considered such a request to be an imposition. I volunteered to do so in part to acknowledge my...
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  • Anodic Protection Anodic Protection
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    Anodic Protection

    The objectives of this book are to give technical information about anodic pro­ tection, explain how economic analyses are made to determine whether or not it should be used, and describe some of the...
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  • Mechanics of Nondestructive Testing Mechanics of Nondestructive Testing
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    Mechanics of Nondestructive Testing

    The synergism of the mechanics of nondestructive testing and the mechanics of materials response has great potential value in an era of rapid development of new materials and new applications for...
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  • Filamentary A15 Superconductors Filamentary A15 Superconductors
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    Filamentary A15 Superconductors

    Compound superconductors with the Al5 structure carry the promise of the second generation in practical superconductivity. They will provide higher operating magnetic fields at higher tem­ peratures...
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  • The Uncommon Child The Uncommon Child
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    The Uncommon Child

    How are we to understand the complex forces that shape human behavior? A variety of diverse perspectives, drawing upon studies of human behavioral ontogeny, as well as humanity's evolutionary heri­...
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  • Surface Contamination Surface Contamination
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    Surface Contamination

    The present volume and its companion Volume 1 document the proceedings of the Symposium on Surface Contamination: Its Genesis, Detection and Control held in Washington, D.C., September 10-13, 1978...
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  • Alcohol Intoxication and Withdrawal I Alcohol Intoxication and Withdrawal I
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    Alcohol Intoxication and Withdrawal I

    The contributions to this volume clearly indicate the momentum, quality, liveliness and diversity of the research effort being di­ rected toward deepening our understanding of tqe alcohol withdrawal...
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  • The Septal Nuclei The Septal Nuclei
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    The Septal Nuclei

    The "septum pellucidum" has been described since antiquity. Even though people such as Vicq d' Azyr (12) and Burdach (3) pictured the septal region in their drawings, the nuclei associa­ ted with the...
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  • Photoelectronic Imaging Devices Photoelectronic Imaging Devices
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    Photoelectronic Imaging Devices

    The past decade has seen a major resurgence in optical research and the teaching of optics in the major universities both in this country and abroad. Electrooptical devices have become achallenging...
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  • Transport Phenomena in the Nervous System Transport Phenomena in the Nervous System
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    Transport Phenomena in the Nervous System

    This book presents the papers that were delivered at the Satellite Symposium of the International Society for Neurochemistry in Padua, September, 1975. Having such Satellite Symposia was a new...
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  • Temporal Aspects of Therapeutics Temporal Aspects of Therapeutics
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    Temporal Aspects of Therapeutics

    Drugs are molecular agents of a physician's purpose. Discussions of their mechanisms of action center upon biochemical processes, even though the therapeutic intent may be to create an effect at a...
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  • General Principles and Etiology General Principles and Etiology
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    General Principles and Etiology

    In less than 40 years teratology has grown from a little known discipline concerned with studies on the effects of a few physical and chemical stresses on developing fish, amphibians, and birds, to a...
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  • UV-A UV-A
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    UV-A

    The origin of this text was a request by industry and government to summarize the biological effects and to estimate the limits of safe exposure to longwave ul­ traviolet radiation. The specific...
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  • Progress in Sexology Progress in Sexology
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    Progress in Sexology

    As editor of the series "Perspectives in Sexuality: Behavior, Research, and Therapy," I consider it a major scholarly achievement to publish selected proceedings of the Second International Congress...
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  • Perceiving Environmental Quality Perceiving Environmental Quality
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    Perceiving Environmental Quality

    The purpose of this publication is to report on a series of research workshops which examined the place of environmental perception in a comprehensive system of indices for assessing and monitoring...
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  • Photochemical and Photobiological Reviews Photochemical and Photobiological Reviews
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    Photochemical and Photobiological Reviews

    The science of photobiology is a dynamic multidisciplinary field whose relevance to the needs of man is growing more apparent each day. Publicity about supersonic transports (the SSTs) and spray...
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  • Optimal Estimation in Approximation Theory Optimal Estimation in Approximation Theory
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    Optimal Estimation in Approximation Theory

    The papers in this volume were presented at an International Symposium on Optimal Estimation in Approximation Theory which was held in Freudenstadt, Federal Republic of Germany, September 27-29, 1976...
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  • Frontiers of Medicine Frontiers of Medicine
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    Frontiers of Medicine

    In September 1925 the first class of medical students was admitted to the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. On January 4, 1926 the Strong Memorial Hospital was officially...
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  • Minorities in Science Minorities in Science
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    Minorities in Science

    Change is the essence of progress. We now stand at the crossroads of our civilization where change is essential in the conduct of our institu­ tions, in the plans and models we project for the...
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  • Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
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    Alcoholism and Drug Dependence

    It is for me, as President of the Merseyside Lancashire & Cheshire Council on Alcoholism, a signal privilege to write a brief foreword to these Proceedings of the Third International Conference on...
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  • Biological Abstracts / Biosis Biological Abstracts / Biosis
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    Biological Abstracts / Biosis

    A fiftieth birthday is a good one to celebrate-old enough to be ex­ perienced and mature, but not so old as to be an antique. And if the fifty years have spanned as much change in scientific affairs...
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  • Chemical Equilibrium Chemical Equilibrium
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    Chemical Equilibrium

    * The present work is designed to provide a practical introduction to aqueous equilibrium phenomena for both students and research workers in chemistry, biochemistry, geochemistry, and...
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  • Learning Systems and Intelligent Robots Learning Systems and Intelligent Robots
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    Learning Systems and Intelligent Robots

    This book contains the Proceedings of the S~cond U. S. -Japan Seminar on Learning Control and Intelligent Control. The seminar, held at Gainesville, Florida, from October 22 to 26, 1973, was...
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  • Stiff Differential Systems Stiff Differential Systems
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    Stiff Differential Systems

    The papers in these proceedings were presented at an Inter­ national Symposium on Stiff Differential Systems, which was held at the Hotel Quellenhof, Wildbad, Federal Republic of Germany, October...
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  • Symmetry in Science and Art Symmetry in Science and Art
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    Symmetry in Science and Art

    The perception of symmetry in art and in nature has been appreciated since antiquity, with development of the underlying laws tracing back at least to Pythagorean times. By the end of the eighteenth...
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  • Perception of Displayed Information Perception of Displayed Information
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    Perception of Displayed Information

    As this book took form, its contents furnished the material for a graduate course at the University of Rhode Island. Toward the end of that course, the class reviewed the literature on display...
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  • Complexity of Computer Computations Complexity of Computer Computations
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    Complexity of Computer Computations

    The Symposium on the Complexity of Computer Compu­ tations was held at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, March 20-22, 1972. These Proceedings contain all papers...
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  • Perception, Consciousness, Memory Perception, Consciousness, Memory
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    Perception, Consciousness, Memory

    The interdisciplinary approach so popular today is more than a matter of fashion. It is, in fact, a reflection of the recognition that a good many areas once considered ade­ quately treated by one or...
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  • Biology, History, and Natural Philosophy Biology, History, and Natural Philosophy
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    Biology, History, and Natural Philosophy

    In a world that peers over the brink of disaster more often than not it is difficul t to find specific assignments for the scholarly community. One speaks of peace and brotherhood only to realize...
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  • Instrumentation in Applied Nuclear Chemistry Instrumentation in Applied Nuclear Chemistry
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    Instrumentation in Applied Nuclear Chemistry

    This book attempts to build a bridge between two sciences: chemistry and electronics. The inside of the black boxes the nuclear chemist uses daily is explained in simple electronic terms. Knowledge...
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