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Manual of Aesthetic Surgery (Mixed media product - 11 Jun 2010)

Manual of Aesthetic Surgery
This second edition of the Manual of Aesthetic Surgery, in a single-volume format, has been extensively revised to include a variety of new and interesting techniques. The result is a comprehensive book that clearly describes and depicts procedures currently used in aesthetic plastic surgery, with the aid of unsurpassed instructive drawings and high-quality pre- and postoperative photographs. Adjuvant treatments...

By (author) Werner Mang

ISBN-13: 9783540787945 ; ISBN-10: 3540787941

Price: £269.00 £210.75 Not Available

Architecture-Based Design of Multi-Agent Systems (Hardback - 1 Feb 2010)

Architecture-Based Design of Multi-Agent Systems
Multi-agent systems are claimed to be especially suited to the development of software systems that are decentralized, can deal flexibly with dynamic conditions, and are open to system components that come and go. This is why they are used in domains such as manufacturing control, automated vehicles, and e-commerce markets. Danny Weyns' book is organized according to the postulate that "developing multi-agent...

By (author) Danny Weyns

ISBN-13: 9783642010637 ; ISBN-10: 3642010636

Price: £62.99 £52.74 Not Available

Complex Time-Delay Systems (Hardback - 1 Feb 2010)

Complex Time-Delay Systems
Time delays in dynamical systems arise as an inevitable consequence of finite speeds of information transmission. Realistic models increasingly demand the inclusion of delays in order to properly understand, analyze, design, and control real-life systems. The goal of this book is to present the state-of-the-art in research on time-delay dynamics in the framework of complex systems and networks. While the...

Edited by Fatihcan M. Atay

ISBN-13: 9783642023286 ; ISBN-10: 3642023282

Price: £81.00 £67.25 Not Available

The Essence of Research Methodology (Hardback - 1 Feb 2010)

The Essence of Research Methodology
This book offers a concise introduction to different research approaches in management science. It provides readers with the knowledge to make well-reasoned methodological choices and helps them understand what structuring and designing a research implies. The book contains more then fifty practical examples, exercises, discussions and short case studies, which are aimed at showing how to apply a particular...

By (author) Jan Jonker; Bartjan Pennink

ISBN-13: 9783540716587 ; ISBN-10: 3540716580

Price: £96.60 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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Optical Guided-wave Chemical and Biosensors I (Hardback - 19 Mar 2010)

Optical Guided-wave Chemical and Biosensors I
For the first time, distinguished scientists from key institutions worldwide provide a comprehensive approach to optical sensing techniques employing the phenomenon of guided wave propagation for chemical and biosensors. This includes both state-of the-art fundamentals and innovative applications of these techniques. The authors present a deep analysis of their particular subjects in a way to address the needs of...

Edited by Mohammed Zourob; Akhlesh Lakhtakia

ISBN-13: 9783540882411 ; ISBN-10: 3540882413

Price: £171.00 £134.75 Not Available

The Aral Sea Environment (Hardback - 26 Feb 2010)

The Aral Sea Environment
The environmental problems in the Aral Sea region continue to worsen. This volume presents the information gathered to date on various aspects of the Aral Sea environment. Specialists from institutions in Russia, Uzbekistan, France, Germany and the USA cover different topics – from the paleohistory and archaeology of the region, to the present physical, chemical and biological state of the sea, and the analysis...

Edited by Andrey G. Kostianoy; Aleksey N. Kosarev

ISBN-13: 9783540882763 ; ISBN-10: 3540882766

Price: £235.42 £224.88 Not Available

Forensic Aspects of Pediatric Fractures (Hardback - 15 Feb 2010)

Forensic Aspects of Pediatric Fractures
Fractures are a common finding in children and it is estimated that 2.1% of all children will suffer at least one fracture before the age of 16. With young children in particular, the question may arise if this is related to child abuse. The aim of this book is to help physicians involved in child abuse cases to interpret radiological findings in light of the forensic circumstances under which they occurred. The...

By (author) Rob A. C. Bilo; Simon G. F. Robben; Rick R. Rijn

ISBN-13: 9783540787150 ; ISBN-10: 3540787151

Price: £90.00 £74.00 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Schein's Common Sense Emergency Abdominal Surgery (Paperback / softback - 10 Feb 2010)

Schein's Common Sense Emergency Abdominal Surgery
Emergency Abdominal Surgery is a battleground for the surgeon - providing character-building experiences, and opportunities for triumph and disaster. In the third  edition of this 'simple' book, emergency abdominal surgery is discussed in an informal and no nonsense fashion - as practiced in the 'trenches' of the ER and the OR. The preferred approach for a given situation is discussed in context; it has...

Other adaptation by Robert Lane; Edited by Moshe Schein; Paul Rogers; Ahmad Assalia

ISBN-13: 9783540748205 ; ISBN-10: 3540748202

Price: £64.99 £54.24 Not Available

Tropical Rainforests and Agroforests under Global Change (Hardback - 26 Feb 2010)

Tropical Rainforests and Agroforests under Global Change
Tropical rainforests are disappearing due to agricultural intensification and climate change, causing irreversible losses in biodiversity and associated ecosystem functioning. Ecosystem properties and human well-being are profoundly influenced by environmental change, which is often not considered during land use intensification. Understanding these processes needs an integrated scientific approach linking...

Edited by Teja Tscharntke; Christoph Leuschner; Edzo Veldkamp; Heiko Faust; Edi Guhardja; Arifuddin Bidin

ISBN-13: 9783642004926 ; ISBN-10: 364200492X

Price: £144.00 £114.50 Not Available

Power Generation from Solid Fuels (Hardback - 8 Mar 2010)

Power Generation from Solid Fuels
Power Generation from Solid Fuels introduces the different technologies to produce heat and power from solid fossil (hard coal, brown coal) and renewable (biomass, waste) fuels, such as combustion and gasification, steam power plants and combined cycles etc. The book discusses technologies with regard to their efficiency, emissions, operational behavior, residues and costs. Besides proven state of the art...

By (author) Hartmut Spliethoff

ISBN-13: 9783642028557 ; ISBN-10: 3642028551

Price: £117.00 £94.25 Not Available

Cinderella.2 (CD-ROM - 1 Oct 2010)

Cinderella.2
Cinderella.2, the new version of the well-known interactive geometry software Cinderella, has become an even more versatile tool than its predecessor. The geometry part extends the functionality to such spectacular objects as dynamic fractals, and the software includes two major new components: physical simulation such as of mechanical objects, virtual electronic devices, and electromagnetic properties. The other...

By (author) Ulrich H. Kortenkamp; Jürgen Richter-Gebert

ISBN-13: 9783540334224 ; ISBN-10: 354033422X

Price: £55.50 Not Available

The Cinderella.2 Manual (Paperback / softback - 1 Oct 2010)

The Cinderella.2 Manual
Cinderella.2, the new version of the well-known interactive geometry software, has become an even more versatile tool than its predecessor. The geometry component extends the functionality to such spectacular objects as dynamic fractals, and the software includes two major new components: physical simulation such as of mechanical objects, virtual electronic devices, and electromagnetic properties. Cinderella.2...

By (author) Ulrich H. Kortenkamp; Jürgen Richter-Gebert

ISBN-13: 9783540349242 ; ISBN-10: 3540349243

Price: £24.50 Not Available

The Doctrine of Chances (Hardback - 27 May 2010)

The Doctrine of Chances
Three centuries ago Montmort and De Moivre published two of the first books on probability theory, then called the doctrine of chances, emphasizing its most important application at that time, games of chance. This volume, on the probabilistic aspects of gambling, is a modern version of those classics. While covering the classical material such as house advantage and gambler's ruin, it also takes up such...

By (author) Stewart N. Ethier

ISBN-13: 9783540787822 ; ISBN-10: 3540787828

Price: £63.99 £53.49 Not Available

Geographic Information and Cartography for Risk and Crisis Management (Hardback - 31 Jan 2010)

Geographic Information and Cartography for Risk and Crisis Management
Cartography and geographic information (GI) are remarkably appropriate for the requirements of early warning (EW) and crisis management (CM). The use of geospatial technology has  increased tremendously in the last years. ICT has changed from just using maps created in advance, to new approaches, allowing individuals (decision-makers) to use cartography interactively, on the basis of individual...

Edited by Milan Konecny; Sisi Zlatanova; Temenoujka L. Bandrova

ISBN-13: 9783642034411 ; ISBN-10: 3642034411

Price: £117.00 £94.25 Not Available

Surgery of Larynx and Trachea (Mixed media product - 2 Feb 2010)

Surgery of Larynx and Trachea
This comprehensive volume covers all the subspecialities of laryngology, from phonosurgery to cancer. Each surgical procedure is explained and well illustrated in a step-by-step manner. In addition, coverage evaluates different surgical methods such as endoscopic versus open surgery and the use of cold instrument versus laser so that the reader receives guidance for the use of these complimentary methods. Written by...

Edited by Marc Remacle; Hans Edmund Eckel

ISBN-13: 9783540791355 ; ISBN-10: 3540791353

Price: £118.50 £95.37 Not Available

Geometry Revealed (Hardback - 1 Jan 2010)

Geometry Revealed
Both classical geometry and modern differential geometry have been active subjects of research throughout the 20th century and lie at the heart of many recent advances in mathematics and physics. The underlying motivating concept for the present book is that it offers readers the elements of a modern geometric culture by means of a whole series of visually appealing unsolved (or recently solved) problems that...

By (author) Marcel Berger; Translated by Lester J. Senechal

ISBN-13: 9783540709961 ; ISBN-10: 3540709967

Price: £53.99 £45.99 Not Available

Experimental Techniques in Nuclear and Particle Physics (Hardback - 26 Feb 2010)

Experimental Techniques in Nuclear and Particle Physics
The book is based on a course in nuclear and particle physics that the author has taught over many years to physics students, students in nuclear engineering and students in biomedical engineering. It provides the basic understanding that any student or researcher using such instruments and techniques should have about the subject. After an introduction to the structure of matter at the subatomic scale, it covers...

By (author) Stefaan Tavernier

ISBN-13: 9783642008283 ; ISBN-10: 3642008283

Price: £53.99 £45.99 Not Available

Chromatography of Aroma Compounds and Fragrances (Hardback - 4 Mar 2010)

Chromatography of Aroma Compounds and Fragrances
This is the only comprehensive survey of chromatographic methods for the analysis of aroma compounds and fragrances. A unique feature of the book are the extensive tables with relevant data. This will help significantly to choose an appropriate method, and to compare its characteristics with that of other methods. Coverage of applications includes food products, essential oils, as well as environmental samples....

By (author) Tibor Cserháti

ISBN-13: 9783642016554 ; ISBN-10: 3642016553

Price: £142.78 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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Investment Banking (Hardback - 4 Feb 2010)

Investment Banking
The recent financial turmoil has raised suspects on investment banks and will certainly reshape the industry. However, the transactions traditionally managed by investment banks will still require the intervention of financial institutions, as always in the past. This book aims at providing an overview of these traditional investment banking activities. It covers the main areas of investment banking: security...

By (author) Giuliano Iannotta

ISBN-13: 9783540937647 ; ISBN-10: 3540937641

Price: £72.87 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (Paperback / softback - 27 Jan 2010)

Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
The aim of this book is to harmonize the field of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and its interdisciplinary subjects within the European Community; to present the state of the art in the field and to give standards for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The book includes sections titled Head and Neck, Larynx and Trachea, Nose and Paranasal Sinuses, Oral Cavity and Oropharynx, and Otology and...

Volume editor Matti Anniko; Manuel Bernal-Sprekelsen; Victor Bonkowsky; Patrick Bradley; Salvatore Iurato

ISBN-13: 9783540429401 ; ISBN-10: 3540429409

Price: £71.00 £59.25 Not Available