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Kimball R. Nill

"In the Glossary of Biotechnology and Nanobiotechnology Terms, Fourth Edition, Kimball Nill continues to improve upon the reference that for over a decade has helped thousands of professionals, including scientists in other fields, attorneys, government workers, lobbyists, venture capitalists, and university tech transfer staff to communicate successfully with those working on the cutting edge of modern science. Recognizing nanoscience's expanding contribution to biotech, Nill has taken the much appreciated step of adding relevant nano terminology to his glossary." "The Glossary of Biotechnology and Nanobiotechnology Terms, Fourth Edition is packed with over 400 pages of exceptionally well-organized and cross-referenced terminology, making it an essential reference for anyone working directly or indirectly with those pioneering the frontiers of modern biology."--Jacket.

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Hugh Clapin, Phillip Staines, Peter Slezak

"The papers in this volume, are characterised by new ideas, fresh approaches and new criticisms of old ideas. A common theme which is explicit in most papers is a rejection of the adequacy of what might be called classical cognitive science involving 'language of thought' approaches to mental representation. Within AI, this kind of critique has taken the form of a rejection of 'GOFAI', that is the symbolic approach of 'Good Old Fashioned AI.'". "The volume starts with papers which treat the more general issues and those which survey the field of both current and older theories when offering new approaches to mental representation. The volume finishes with papers that focus on more specific topics like the role of representation in memory and the nature of causal representations or something quite different?"--BOOK JACKET.

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Robert Z. Bachrach

This first of two volumes assesses the impact of advances in synchrotron radiation techniques on the study of surface physics. The researcher will find it to be an invaluable reference.

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Xavier P. V. Maldague

This publication presents an up to date coverage of infrared thermography applied in the context of improved industrial activity and quality through automated inspection and control. It puts together concise and complete information on thermal non-destructive evaluation (NDE), a method for testing without damage, not yet available in an integrated, stand-alone format. All concepts discussed are explained in full and many industrial applications of the covered subjects are presented. Although the book is complete by itself extensive references to relevant research papers are given for further reading. Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials by Infrared Thermography is intended for a wide audience. It will help industrial engineers to implement nondestructive evaluation methods on the production line and enlarge their knowledge of industrial inspection techniques. It can also be used as a teaching aid at universities and colleges, especially in materials engineering curricula. Finally research centres will find it valuable as a reference book about thermal NDE.