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  • Primate Social Systems Primate Social Systems
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    Primate Social Systems

    This book grew from small beginnings as I began to find unexpected patterns emerging from the data in the literature. The more I thought about the way in which primate social systems worked, the more...
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  • Tissue Culture of Trees Tissue Culture of Trees
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    Tissue Culture of Trees

    1 John H. Dodds The culture offragmen ts of plant tissue is not a particularly new science, in fact as long ago as 1893 Rechinger (1893) described the formation of callus on isolated fragments of...
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  • The Mathematical Gardner The Mathematical Gardner
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    The Mathematical Gardner

    -~- T he articles in this book are dedicated to Martin Gardner, the world's greatest expositor and popularizer of mathematics. While our papers are confined to this single subject, Gardner's...
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  • Public Program Analysis Public Program Analysis
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    Public Program Analysis

    The past two decades have witnessed a dramatic increase in the demand for analyses of health and public affairs program data. Governments at the federal and state levels have stimulated, if not...
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  • A Primer of Molecular Biology A Primer of Molecular Biology
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    A Primer of Molecular Biology

    In arecent plenary address to the American College of Cardiology, Dr. Leroy Hood stated that he expected the application of the techniques of recombinant DNA and molecular biology to medicine would...
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  • Illustrated Guide to Jewelry Appraising Illustrated Guide to Jewelry Appraising
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    Illustrated Guide to Jewelry Appraising

    There is more to appraising jewelry than just being parable sales and a value determination. Then, all this information, with clear jewelry descriptions, must be able to put a dollar value on an item...
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  • Conran Design Guides Tableware Conran Design Guides Tableware
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    Conran Design Guides Tableware

    taken specially for Conran Octopus by S, mon Lee: 5 top. 22-23. 29 below. 30-31. 43 I:CHINA 23 above. 53 left. 58. 71 We would like to thank the following for their cooperation: The Conran Shop...
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  • The Art and Science of Inventing The Art and Science of Inventing
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    The Art and Science of Inventing

    The Independent Inventor Most persons have at some time in their lives invented somethin- perhaps a gadget for making some task easier or a method for increas­ ing the economy of an everyday...
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  • The Foreman/Supervisor S Handbook The Foreman/Supervisor S Handbook
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    The Foreman/Supervisor S Handbook

    The Foreman/Supervisor's Handbook is offered as a com­ prehensive and authoritative text which presents the kind of prac­ tical information the foreman or supervisor needs in order to be effective on...
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  • Greenhouse Effect and Sea Level Rise Greenhouse Effect and Sea Level Rise
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    Greenhouse Effect and Sea Level Rise

    Winston Churchill, whose output as a writer was so prodigious that one might reasonably wonder whether he was paid by the page, was him­ self put off by long works. As prime minister of Great...
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  • I386/I486 Advanced Programming I386/I486 Advanced Programming
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    I386/I486 Advanced Programming

    This book gives x86 assembly language programmers a view about how to use the resources and features provided by the i386/i486 processor, the newest and most advanced microprocessor from the Intel...
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  • Chemical Reactions in Complex Mixtures Chemical Reactions in Complex Mixtures
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    Chemical Reactions in Complex Mixtures

    In recent years there has been a convergence of trends in chemical reaction engineering and chemistry which have set the stage for significant advances in kinetic and thermodynamic modeling of...
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  • Palaeozoic Fishes Palaeozoic Fishes
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    Palaeozoic Fishes

    I have revised Moy-Thomas's widely used book on Palaeozoic fishes in an attempt to incorporate some of the considerable advances that have been made in this field over the last 30 years, which have...
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  • Handbook of High-Speed Machining Technology Handbook of High-Speed Machining Technology
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    Handbook of High-Speed Machining Technology

    The United States now spends approximately $115 billion annually to perform its metal removal tasks using conventional machining technology. Of this total amount, about $14 billion is invested in the...
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  • Peatlands Peatlands
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    Peatlands

    For many centuries peatlands have been a source of fascination to naturalists and scientists. When the itinerant John Leland passed through the peatlands of Central Wales in 1538 his comment was 'The...
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  • Intelligent robotics Intelligent robotics
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    Intelligent robotics

    An industrial robot routinely carrying out an assembly or welding task is an impressive sight. More important, when operated within its design conditions it is a reliable production machine which -...
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  • Printed Circuit Board Assembly Printed Circuit Board Assembly
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    Printed Circuit Board Assembly

    Assembly of 'difficult' components onto printed circuit boards is emerging as an important application area for small, fast industrial robots. For other robot tasks - for example paint spraying or...
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  • Cytotoxic Cells Cytotoxic Cells
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    Cytotoxic Cells

    Our motivation for putting together this book was the need for a single source reference that could be used as an introduction to cell-mediated cytotoxicity for newcomers to this field, such as...
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  • Neurodevelopment, Aging and Cognition Neurodevelopment, Aging and Cognition
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    Neurodevelopment, Aging and Cognition

    It was Oscar Wilde who defined the tragedy of old age by saying that " . . . as soon as you are old enough to know better, you don't know anything at all. " As improvements in the quality of health...
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  • Behavioral Development of Nonhuman Primates Behavioral Development of Nonhuman Primates
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    Behavioral Development of Nonhuman Primates

    The present volume represents the result of two years of work originally begun as a fifteen-member student project under my supervision at NASA - Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif­ ornia. As...
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  • Computer Technology Computer Technology
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    Computer Technology

    During the past decade, dramatic advances have been made in computer technology. These advances are primarily as a result of the tremendous progress in semiconductor technology, paced by planar...
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  • Macromolecules and Behavior Macromolecules and Behavior
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    Macromolecules and Behavior

    In the five years since the publication of the First Edition, a tremendous amount of research has been conducted attempting to relate macromolecules and behavior. New approaches to the overall...
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  • Mechanisms of Cerebral Hypoxia and Stroke Mechanisms of Cerebral Hypoxia and Stroke
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    Mechanisms of Cerebral Hypoxia and Stroke

    The articles and short communications in this volume are based on papers pre­ sented to the Symposium on Cerebral Hypoxia and Stroke held in Budapest in August of 1987. Besides participants at the...
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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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