1. The Circadian Clock

978-1-4419-1261-9

  1. Successful Immunocytochemistry in Biomedical Research

978-1-4419-1303-6

  1. Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

978-1-4419-1131-5

  1. Neurobehavioral Disorders of Childhood

978-1-4419-1232-9

  1. APC Proteins

978-1-4419-1144-5

  1. Principles of Inventory Management

978-0-387-24492-1

  1. Optimization for Decision Making

978-1-4419-1290-9

  1. Open Verification Methodology Cookbook

978-1-4419-0967-1

  1. Probability, Random Processes, and Ergodic Properties

978-1-4419-1089-9

  1. Feedback and Control for Everyone

978-3-642-03445-9

  1. Embedded System Design

978-1-4419-0503-1

  1. ESL Models and their Application

978-1-4419-0964-0

  1. Handbook of Applied Spatial Analysis

978-3-642-03646-0

  1. Geophysical Hazards

978-90-481-3235-5

  1. Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks

978-3-642-03795-5

  1. The Illustrated History of Natural Disasters

978-90-481-3324-6

  1. Vaccines: A Biography

978-1-4419-1107-0

  1. Reviews in Fluorescence 2008

978-1-4419-0828-5

  1. Super-Flexibility for Knowledge Enterprises

978-3-642-02446-7

  1. Enterprise Architecture at Work

978-3-642-01309-6

  1. Basic Semiconductor Physics

978-3-642-03302-5

  1. A Problem Book in Real Analysis

978-1-4419-1295-4

  1. Mathematical Bridges

978-0-8176-4394-2

  1. Quantitative Arithmetic of Projective Varieties

978-3-0346-0128-3

  1. Real Analysis and Applications

978-0-387-98097-3

  1. Simplicial Homotopy Theory

978-3-0346-0188-7

  1. Four Short Courses on Harmonic Analysis

978-0-8176-4890-9

  1. Introduction to Quantum Groups

978-0-8176-4716-2

  1. Handbook of Power Systems

978-3-642-02492-4

  1. Time-harmonic eddy Current Problems

978-88-470-1505-0

  1. Nonlinear Analysis and Variational Problems

978-1-4419-0157-6

  1. A Concise Introduction to Mathematical Logic

978-1-4419-1220-6

  1. Large Time Asymptotics for Solutions of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

978-0-387-87808-9

  1. Colorado Mathematical Olympiad

978-0-387-75471-0

  1. Complex Analysis

978-0-8176-4918-0

  1. Obstetric Anesthesia Handbook

978-0-387-88601-5

  1. Handbook of Critical Care

978-1-84882-723-3

  1. Dermatologic Complications with Body Art

978-3-642-03291-2

  1. Dermatology in Clinical Practice

978-1-84882-861-2

  1. Aging Hair

978-3-642-02635-5

  1. Hormone Therapy in Breast and Prostate Cancer

978-1-60761-471-5

  1. Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology

978-0-387-69066-7

  1. The Growing Spine

978-3-540-85206-3

  1. Flexible Intramedullary Nailing in Children

978-3-642-03030-7

  1. A Practical Guide to Frozen Section Technique

978-1-4419-1233-6

  1. The Practice of Radiology Education: Challenges and Trends

978-3-642-03147-2

  1. Radiation Hormesis and the Linear-No-Threshold Assumption

978-3-642-03719-1

  1. Monte Carlo Simulation in Statistical Physics

978-3-642-03162-5

  1. Optical Metamaterials

978-1-4419-1150-6

  1. Gravitational Lensing in Spacetimes---Matter, Dark Energy, and Black Holes

978-1-4419-0327-3

  1. Principles of Lasers

978-1-4419-1301-2

  1. Between Theory and Observations

978-1-4419-1313-5

  1. Observing the Messier Objects with a Small Telescope

978-0-387-85356-7

  1. At the Edge of the Solar System

978-1-4419-0864-3

  1. Mysteries of Galaxy Formation

978-1-4419-0867-4

  1. The New Space Race: China vs. USA

978-1-4419-0879-7

  1. The Proof is in the Pudding

978-0-387-48908-7

  1. Exploring the Web

978-0-387-21891-5

  1. Handbook of Gender Research in Psychology

978-1-4419-1355-5

  1. Handbook of Individual Differences in Cognition

978-1-4419-1209-1

Biomedicine

The Circadian Clock

EDITOR: / Urs Albrecht, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
ISBN-13: / 978-1-4419-1261-9
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 410 p., 39 illus., 15 in color, Hardcover
PRICE: / approx. $159.00
AVAILABLE (US): / November 2009
The purpose of this volume is to provide historical and current information about the circadian clock, molecular properties of clock components and their roles in health and disease. The Circadian Clock aims to give an integrated view how the biochemistry and physiology of an organism is organized over the 24 hours of a day and how disturbance of clock function can lead to disease.
SELLING POINTS:
  • Provides historical and current information about the circadian clock, molecular properties of clock components, and their roles in health and disease
  • Offers an integrated view regarding how the biochemistry and physiology of an organism is organized over the 24 hours of a day and how disturbance of clock function can lead to disease

MARKET: / Researchers, clinicians, physicians, and graduate students (biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, genetics, neurobiology, systems biology, and cancer research); courses with the topic circadian clocks, level advanced students (Master students), supplemental reading to course.
SUBJECTS: / Biochemistry, general; Animal Biochemistry; Medical Biochemistry
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Biomedicine
RELATED TITLES:
Takahashi, Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology Circadian Clocks Series: Handbooks of Behavioral Neurobiology (978-0-306-46504-8,2001, $255.00)
Kumar, Biological Rhythms (978-3540428534, 2002, $179.00)
COMPETITION:
Turek, Regulation of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms Series: Lung Biology in Health and Disease (Informa Healthcare, 978-0824702311, 1999, $249.95)
Young, USD Methods in Enzymology Series: Circadian Rhythms (Academic Press, 978-0121827984, 2005, $149.95)

Biomedicine

Successful Immunocytochemistry in Biomedical Research

AUTHOR: / Richard W. Burry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
ISBN-13: / 978-1-4419-1303-6
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 270 p., 82 illus., 8 in color, Hardcover
PRICE: / approx. $129.00
AVAILABLE (US): / November 2009
In biomedical research, because of a dramatic increase in productivity, immunocytochemistry has emerged as a major technique. The proposed book will provide the first practical guide to planning, performing, and evaluating immunocytochemical experiments.
The philosophy which separates this book from other books in this field is that it is practical, rather than academic. In looking at other important immunocytochemistry titles, the predominant orientation is academic, with the author attempting to comprehensively discuss the topic. The approach for Burry’s book is to discuss methods based on what works in animal research laboratories today, and focus only on the most productive methods.
An additional distinction with this proposed book is the focus on animal research and not human pathology. Processing for animal-based tissues takes about a third of the time and results in higher quality images. The focus of this book is on processing these animal research tissues for immunocytochemistry. Today, there are no technique books which are aimed at this user base. The purpose of this book is to show a novice how to do immunocytochemistry without engaging in a discussion of possible advanced methods.
SELLING POINTS:
  • The first practical guide to planning, performing, and evaluating immunocytochemical experiments.
  • Emphasis on practical, rather than academic, focusing only on the most productive methods
  • Strong focus on animal research over human pathology, as processing for animal-based tissues takes about a third of the time and results in higher quality images

MARKET: / Biomedical graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, biomedical research laboratory scientists at universities, at research institutes, in industry, and in government
SUBJECTS: / Biochemistry, general; Life Sciences, general; Animal Biochemistry
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Biomedicine
RELATED TITLES:
Hibbs, Confocal Microscopy for Biologists (978-0-306-48468-1, 2004, $125.00)
Ganjei-Azar, Color Atlas of Immunocytochemistry in Diagnostic Cytology (978-0-387-32121-9, 2007, $89.95)
COMPETITION:
Polak, Introduction to Immunocytochemistry (Garland Science, 978-1859962084, 2003, $75.00)
Renshaw, Immunohistochemistry (Scion Publishing Ltd., 978-1904842033, 2007, $75.00)

Biomedicine

Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

EDITORS: / Carlos A. Guzmán, GBF -German Research Centre for Biotechnology, Braunschweig, Germany and Giora Z. Feuerstein, Wyeth Research, Collegeville, PA, USA
ISBN-13: / 978-1-4419-1131-5
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 276 p., 31 illus., 9 in color, Hardcover
PRICE: / $159.00
AVAILABLE (US): / July 2009
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology is a unique compilation of reviews addressing frontiers in biologicals as a rich source for innovative medicines. The diverse topics range from advanced biotechnologies aimed to introduce novel, potent engineered vaccines of unprecedented efficacy and safety for a wide scope of human diseases to natural products, small peptides and polypeptides engineered for discrete prophylaxis and therapeutic purposes. This book caters to individuals not directly engaged in the pharmaceutical drug discovery process via a chapter outlining discovery, preclinical development, clinical development and translational medicine issues that are critical the drug development process.
SELLING POINTS:
  • Compilation of reviews will help readers rapidly and completely update knowledge and understanding of the frontiers in pharmaceutical biotechnologies
  • Fulfills the needs of a broad community of scientists interested in biologicals from diverse perspectives—basic research, biotechnology, protein engineering, protein delivery, medicines, pharmaceuticals and vaccinology

MARKET: / Researchers and Scientists
SUBJECTS: / Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology; Biomedicine general
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Biomedicine
RELATED TITLES:
Borchardt, Pharmaceutical Profiling in Drug Discovery for Lead Selection (978-0-9711767-9-9, 2004, $209.00)
Jungmittag, Changing Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry (978-3-540-67357-6, 200, $159.00)
COMPETITION:
Crommelin, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (Informa, 978-1420044379, 2007, $99.95)
Walsh, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (Wiley, 978-0470012451, 2007, $70.00)

Biomedicine

Neurobehavioral Disorders of Childhood

An Evolutionary Perspective

AUTHORS: / Robert Melillo, Carrick Institute for Graduate Sciences, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA and Gerry Leisman, The College of Staten Island of the City University of New York, Staten Island, New York, USA
ISBN-13: / 978-1-4419-1232-9
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 460 p., Softcover
PRICE: / approx. $59.95
AVAILABLE (US): / September 2009
Attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, asperger's syndrome, and autism, to name but a few, may be viewed as points on a spectrum of developmental disabilities in which those points share features in common and possibly etiology as well, varying only in severity and in the primary anatomical region of dysfunctional activity. This text focuses on alterations of the normal development of the child. A working theory is presented based on what we know of the neurological and cognitive development in the context of evolution of the human species and its brain. In outlining our theory of developmental disabilities in evolutionary terms, the authors offer evidence to support the following notions: Bipedalism was the major reason for human neocortical evolution; Cognition evolved secondary and parallel to evolution of motricity; There exists an overlap of cognitive and motor symptoms; Lack of thalamo-cortical stimulation, not overstimulation, is a fundamental problem of developmental disabilities; A primary problem is dysfunctions of hemisphericity; Most conditions in this spectrum of disorders are the result of a right hemisphericity; Environment is a fundamental problem; All of these conditions are variations of the same problem; These problems are correctable; Hemisphere specific treatment is the key to success.
MARKET: / Researchers, scientists
SUBJECTS: / Neurosciences; Neurology; Evolutionary Biology
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Biomedicine
RELATED TITLES:
Fisch, Genetics and Genomics of Neurobehavioral Disorders (978-1-58829-045-8, 2003, $135.00)
Kashima, Comprehensive Treatment of Schizophrenia (978-4-431-70298-6, 2002, $99.00)
COMPETITION:
Salloway, The Neuropsychiatry of Limbic and Subcortical Disorders (American Psychiatric Publishing, 978-0880489423, 1997, $89.00)
Miller, The Human Frontal Lobes (The Guilford Press, 978-1593853297, 2006, $95.00)

Biomedicine

APC Proteins

EDITORS: / Inke S. Näthke, University of Dundee, UK and Brooke M. McCarthney, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
ISBN-13: / 978-1-4419-1144-5
PAGES/ILLUS: / 25 illus., 3 in color., Hardcover
PRICE: / $129.00
AVAILABLE (US): / July 2009
The initial identification of the Adenomatous polyposis coli (Apc) gene as the site of mutations in familial adenomatous polyposis (FA P) was described in 1992. A causal relationship between Apc mutations and intestinal tract tumours was confirmed three years later with the establishment of the Min mouse model. These mice are heterozygous for Apc and develop numerous intestinal tumours that mimic FA P. Subsequently, Apc has emerged as the most commonly mutated gene in colorectal cancer with reports varying between 50-80% of sporadic tumours carrying such mutations. The search for how mutations in Apc initiate and/or support progression of tumours in the intestinal tract has revealed that the Apc protein is a multifunctional participant in a diverse array of cellular functions.
SELLING POINTS:
  • Provides an overview of the diverse functions performed by the Apc protein
  • Almost every chapter includes a schematic of the Apc protein

MARKET: / Researchers and Scientists
SUBJECT: / Biomedicine general
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Biomedicine
RELATED TITLES:
Muller, Protein Engineering Protocols (978-1588290724, 2006, $149.00)
Chinnaduraj, CtBP Family Proteins (978-0387399713, 2006, $139.00)
COMPETITION:
Lundstrom, G Protein-Coupled Receptors in Drug Discovery (CRC, 978-0824725730, 2005, $144.95)
Grewal, Emerging Protein Biotherapeutics (CRC, 978-1420063202, 2009, $159.95)

Business / Economics

Principles of Inventory Management

When you are down to four, order more

AUTHORS: / John A. Muckstadt, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA and Amar Sapra, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
ISBN-13: / 978-0-387-24492-1
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 305 p., 40 illus., Hardcover
PRICE: / approx. $59.95
AVAILABLE (US): / January 2010
Ensuring the availability of materials and goods is one of the major responsibilities and goals of inventory management, requiring various techniques such as mathematical modeling and computational methods. This unique textbook is devoted to models and solutions in inventory management.
It beginswith an introductory chapter in which the basics of inventory systems and mathematical assumptions for all models are grouped together, thereafter mathematical principles and applications are treated as they relate to one another. In this clearly organized systematic exposition, a unique balance is maintained between simplicity and rigor. Topics related to multiechelon systems are discussed in the latter chapters. An important feature of this work can be found in the beautiful examples in the final chapter in which a relationship between different kinds of real situations in industry and theoretical models are discussed in detail.
SELLING POINTS:
  • More mathematical than some other texts in this field, less than others, striking a unique balance between simplicity and rigour
  • Last chapter seeks to establish a relationship between different industrial situations and theortical models, with some examples discussed in detail
  • User-friendly and well organized

MARKET: / Senior and first year graduate students in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, and quantitative MBA programs; reference for those in industry; inventory management courses in many universities throughout the country
SUBJECTS: / Operations Research/Decision Theory; Operations Research, Mathematical Programming; Applications of Mathematics
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Business / Economics
RELATED TITLES:
Muckstadt, Analysis and Algorithms for Service Parts Supply Chains(0-387-22715-6, 2005, $59.95)
Soeren, Applied Probability and Queues (0-387-00211-1, 2003, $69.95)
Toomey, Inventory Management (0-7923-8324-9, 2000, $140.00)
COMPETITION:
Zipkin, Foundations of Inventory Management (McGraw-Hill, 0256113793, 2000, $126.25)
Porteus Foundations of Stochastic Inventory Theory (Stanford University Press, 0804743991, 2002, $45.00)

Business / Economics

Optimization for Decision Making

Linear and Quadratic Models

AUTHOR: / Katta G. Murty, University of Michigan, MI, USA
ISBN-13: / 978-1-4419-1290-9
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 695 p., 47 illus., Hardcover
PRICE: / approx. $119.00
AVAILABLE (US): / November 2009
Linear programming (LP), modeling, and optimization are very much the fundamentals of OR, and no academic program is complete without them. No matter how highly developed one’s LP skills are, however, if a fine appreciation for modeling isn’t developed to make the best use of those skills, then the truly ‘best solutions’ are often not realized, and efforts go wasted.
Katta Murty studied LP with George Dantzig, the father of linear programming,and has written the graduate-level solution to that problem. While maintaining the rigorous LP instruction required, Murty's new book is unique in his focus on developing modeling skills to support valid decision making for complex real world problems. He describes the approach as 'intelligent modeling and decision making' to emphasize the importance of employing thebest expression of actual problems and then applying the most computationally effective and efficient solution technique for that model.
SELLING POINTS:
  • Presents advanced linear programming with a unique focus on modeling techniques
  • Two chapters on entirely new algorithms and their results
  • Author website with additional exercises and mathematical results of new algorithms

MARKET: / Graduate-level OR or Industrial Engineering students in advanced linear programming, optimization, or modeling classes; Researchers and practitioners exploring new algorithms and their practical applications
SUBJECTS: / Operations Research/Decision Theory; Operations Research, Mathematical Programming; Optimization
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Business / Economics
RELATED TITLES:
Vanderbei, Linear Programming (978-0-387-74387-5, 2008, $99.00)
Luenberger, Linear and Nonlinear Programming (978-0-387-74502-2, 2008, $99.00)
COMPETITION:
Bazaraa, Jarvis & Sherali (Wiley, 978-0471485995, 2004, $127.50)
Bertsimas, Introduction to Linear Optimization (Athena Scientific, 978-1886529199, 1997, $84.00)

Engineering

Open Verification Methodology Cookbook

AUTHOR: / Mark Glasser, Mentor Graphics Corporation, OR, USA
ISBN-13: / 978-1-4419-0967-1
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 300 p., 97 illus., Hardcover
PRICE: / approx. $129.00
AVAILABLE (US): / July 2009
Functional verification is an art as much as a science. It requires not only creativity and cunning, but also a clear methodology to approach the problem. The Open Verification Methodology (OVM) is a leading-edge methodology for verifying designs at multiple levels of abstraction. It brings together ideas from electrical, systems, and software engineering to provide a complete methodology for verifying large scale System-on-Chip (SoC) designs. OVM defines an approach for developing testbench architectures so they are modular, configurable, and reusable.This book is designed to help both novice and experienced verification engineers master the OVM through extensive examples. It describes basic verification principles and explains the essentials of transaction-level modeling (TLM). It leads readers from a simple connection of a producer and a consumer through complete self-checking testbenches. It explains construction techniques for building configurable, reusable testbench components and how to use TLM to communicate between them.
SELLING POINTS:
  • Offers a must-have reference to the Open Verification Methodology (OVM)
  • Provides numerous, complete, working examples that illustrate the key points in the text and readers can use as templates in their own work

MARKET: / Researchers and practitioners in embedded systems, electronic design automation concerned with functional verification
SUBJECTS: / Circuits and Systems; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Engineering
RELATED TITLES:
Bergeron, Verification Methodology Manual for System Verilog (978-0-387-25538-5, 2005, $149.00)
Muller, Computer Aided Software Engineering (978-0-7923-9773-1, 1996, $252.00)
COMPETITION:
Raphael, Fundamentals of Computer-Aided Engineering (Wiley, 978-0471487159, 2003, $100.00)
Adeli, Distributed Computer-Aided Engineering (CRC, 978-0849320934, 1998, $134.95)

Engineering

Probability, Random Processes, and Ergodic Properties

Second Edition

AUTHOR: / Robert M. Gray, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
ISBN-13: / 978-1-4419-1089-9 (Replaces ISBN: 978-0-387-96655-7)
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 355 p., Hardcover
PRICE: / $79.95
AVAILABLE (US): / August 2009
Probability, Random Processes, and Ergodic Properties is for mathematically inclined information/communication theorists and people working in signal processing. It will also interest those working with random or stochastic processes, including mathematicians, statisticians, and economists.Much of the material has been rearranged and revised for pedagogical reasons.The original first chapter has been split in order to allow a more thorough treatment of basic probability before tackling random processes and dynamical systems.
The final chapter has been broken into two pieces to provide separate emphasis on process metrics and the ergodic decomposition of affine functionals.Many classic inequalities are now incorporated into the text, along with proofs; and many citations have been added.
SELLING POINTS:
  • Complete tour of book and guidelines for use given in Introduction, so readers can see at a glance the topics of interest
  • Structures the mathematics for an engineering audience with proofs and interpretations from the point of view of signal modeling, processing, and coding

MARKET: / Mathematically inclined information/communication theorists and people working in signal processing; of interest to those working with random or stochastic processes, including mathematicians, statisticians, and economists
SUBJECTS: / Communications Engineering, Networks; Signal Processing; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Engineering
RELATED TITLES:
Walters, An Introduction to Ergodic Theory (978-0-387-95152-2, 2007, $59.95)
Kutoyants, Statistical Inference for Ergodic Diffusion Processes (978-1-852-33759-9, 2003, $94.00)
COMPETITION:
Silva, Invitation to Ergodic Theory (AMS, 978-0821844205, 2007, $45.00)
Pollicott,Dynamical Systems and Ergodice Theory (Cambridge University Press, 978-0521575997, 1998, $43.00)

Engineering, Electric Engineering