Pharmaceutical Perspectives of Cancer Therapeutics

Biomedicine

Pharmaceutical Perspectives of Cancer Therapeutics

EDITORS: / Ram I. Mahato, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN and Yi Lu, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
ISBN-13: / 978-1-4419-0130-9
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 600 p., 31 illus., 19 in color, Hardcover
PRICE: / approx. $169.00
AVAILABLE (US): / July 2009
Pharmaceutical Perspectives of Cancer Therapeutics covers a wide variety of therapeutic approaches including gene therapy, immunological therapy; cancer vaccines; strategy for solid tumors as well as for hematological cancers; methods to suppress tumor angiogenesis and metastasis; and development and utilization of relevant animal models. In addition, clinical application, the development of DNA diagnosis biomarkers and cancer prevention, as well as the utilization of imaging in cancer therapy are also discussed. The use of synthetic carriers, such as lipids, polymers, and peptides for delivery and targeting of small molecules, proteins, and nucleic acids to cancer cells in vivo are also discussed.
SELLING POINTS:

• Includes cancer therapy modality in surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, as well as in combination or multi-modality, providing a more focused view of cancer therapy
• Introduces new concepts such as cancer stem cells and new technologies, such as DNA and tissue microarrays and RNA interference

MARKET: / Academic and industrial scientists in cancer research,Industrial R&D directors and managers, Academic research fellows (postdoctoral) in cancer research projects, Graduate students with cancer research related theses, Medical students and residents in cancer related clinical disciplines, Pharmaceutics and drug delivery scientists
SUBJECT: / Cancer Research
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Biomedicine
RELATED TITLES:
Ettinger, Current Cancer Therapeutics (978-1-57340-285-9, 2009, $149.00)
Teicher, Cancer Therapeutics (978-0-89603-460-0, 1997, $185.00)
COMPETITION:
Lyman, Cancer Supportive Care: Advances in Therapeutic Strategies (Informa, 978-1420052893, 2008, $269.95)
Prendergast, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics (Wiley-Liss, 978-0471432029,2004, $111.50)

Biomedicine

The Handbook of Neuropsychiatric Biomarkers, Endophenotypes and Genes

Volume IV: Molecular Genetic and Genomic Markers

EDITOR: / Micahel S. Ritsner, Sha'ar Menashe Mental HealthCenter, Hadera, Israel
ISBN-13: / 978-90-481-2297-4
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 225 p., Hardcover
PRICE: / approx. $189.00
AVAILABLE (US): / April 2009
Neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, mood disorders, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, alcoholism, substance abuse and others are one of the most debilitating illnesses worldwide characterizing by the complexity of the causes, and lacking the laboratory tests that may promote diagnostic and prognostic procedures. Recent advances in neuroscience, genomic, genetic, proteomic and metabolomic knowledge and technologies have opened the way to searching biomarkers and endophenotypes, which may offer powerful and exciting opportunity to understand the etiology and the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disorders. The challenge now is to translate these advances into meaningful diagnostic and therapeutic advances. This book offers a broad synthesis of the current knowledge about diverse topics of the biomarker and endophenotype strategies in neuropsychiatry. The book is organized intofour interconnected volumes: "Neuropsychological Endophenotypes and Biomarkers" (with overview of methodological issues of the biomarker and endophenotype approaches in neuropsychiatry and some technological advances), "Neuroanatomical and Neuroimaging Endophenotypes and Biomarkers", "Metabolic and Peripheral Biomarkers" and "Molecular Genetic and Genomic Markers". This four-volume handbook is intended for a broad spectrum of readers including neuroscientists, psychiatrists, neurologists, endocrinologists, pharmacologists, clinical psychologists, general practitioners, geriatricians, health care providers in the field of neurology and mental health interested in trends that have crystallized in the last decade, and trends that can be expected to further evolve in the coming years. It is hoped that this book will also be a useful resource for the teaching of psychiatry, neurology, psychology and mental health.
SELLING POINTS:

• Contains new tools for biomarker-discovery

• Translates new techniques and Endophenotype strategy
• The contributors are internationally and nationally recognized researchers and experts in the field from 16 countries

MARKET: / Readers of this book will include neuroscientists, psychiatrists, neurologists, endocrinologists, pharmacologists, clinical psychologists, general practitioners, geriatricians, graduate students in neuroscience, and health care providers in the field of mental health.
SUBJECTS: / Neurosciences; Biomedicine general; Psychiatry
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Biomedicine
RELATED TITLES:
Gerlach, Neuropsychiatric Disorders: An Integrative Approach (978-3-211-73573-2, 2007, $229.00)
Fisch, Transgenic and Knockout Models of Neuropsychiatric Disorders (978-1-58829-507-1, 2006, $149.00)
COMPETITION:
Mendelsohn, Biomarkers: Medical and Workplace Applications (Joseph Henry Press, 978-0309064224, 1998, $69.95)
Trull, Biomarkers of Disease: An Evidence-Based Approach (CambridgeUniversity Press, 978-0521088602, 2002, $58.00)
Bloom, Biomarkers in Clinical Drug Development (Informa Health Care,978-0824740269, 2003, $249.95)

Computer Science

Cyber Situational Awareness

Issues and Research

EDITORS: / Sushil Jajodia, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; Peng Liu, Penn State University, University Park, PA; Vipin Swarup, MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA and Cliff Wang, US Army Research Office, Research Triangle Park, NC
ISBN-13: / 978-1-4419-0139-2
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 260 p., 20 illus., Hardcover
PRICE: / approx. $99.00
AVAILABLE (US): / August 2009
Today, when a security accident occurs, the top three questions security administrators would ask are in essence: What has happened? Why did it happen? What should I do? Answers to the first two questions form the "core" of Cyber Situational Awareness. In addition, whether the last question can be well answered, is greatly dependent upon the cyber situational awareness capability of enterprises.Cyber Situational Awareness: Issues and Research is an edited volume contributed by worldwide cyber security experts. This book seeks to establish state of the art in cyber situational awareness area to set course for future research. Case studies based on real world examples will be provided throughout this book.Cyber Situational Awareness: Issues and Research is designed for a professional audience composed of government workers and practitioners working in the field of cyber security. Advanced-level students and researchers studying computer science will also find this book useful, as secondary text or a reference book.
SELLING POINTS:

• Will cover fundamental challenges facing this research community and identify promising solutions paths, by a multidisciplinary group of leading researchers from cyber security, cognitive system, and decision science areas.
• Includes case studies based on real world examples.

SUBJECTS: / Computer Communication Networks; Data Encryption
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Computer Science
RELATED TITLES:
Stolfo, Insider Attack and Cyber Security(978-0-387-77321-6, 2008, $99.00)
Marchette, Computer Intrusion Detection and Network Monitoring, (978-0-387-95281-9, 2001,$94.00)
Ashley, Practical Intranet Security(978-0-7923-8354-3,1999, $279.00)
COMPETITION:
Gallaher, Cyber Security (Edward Elgar Publishing, 978-1847203557, 2008, $120.00)
Oppliger, Internet & Intranet Security (Artech, 978-1580531665, 2002, $105.00)

Computer Science

Encryption Mechanisms for Digital Content Distribution

AUTHORS: / Aggelos Kiayias, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA and Serdar Pehlivanglu, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
ISBN-13: / 978-1-4419-0043-2
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 200 p., 20 illus., Hardcover
PRICE: / approx. $125.00
AVAILABLE (US): / August 2009
Encryption Mechanisms for Digital Content Distribution is an area in cryptography that is widely used in commercial productions (e.g., Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs). This book provides a comprehensive mathematical treatment of combinatorial encryption techniques used in digital content distribution systems and related attack models. Encryption Mechanisms for Digital Content Distribution introduces the subset cover framework (currently used in AACS, Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs,) and tracking/revocation mechanisms in various attack models. Pirate evolution attacks are covered in depth, providing an extensive treatment of the complexity of the revocation problem for multi-receiver (subscriber) encryption mechanisms, as well as the complexity of the traceability problem. This volume also illustrates the manner that attacks affect parameter selection, and how this impacts implementations.
SELLING POINTS:

• First book to combine exposition of underlying mathematics, attack models and parameter analysis
• Includes a complete description of broadcast encryption with various revocation and tracing functionalities

MARKET: / Professionals, practitioners and researchers in industry; secondary textbook for advanced-level students in computer science, mathematics and engineering
SUBJECTS: / Data Encryption; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory;
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Computer Science
RELATED TITLES:
Daemen, The Design of Rijndael-Advanced Encryption Standard (978-3-540-42580-9, 2002, $49.95)
Salomon, Data Privacy and Security (978-0-387-00311-8, 2003, $69.95)
Tilborg, Fundamentals of Cryptography (978-0-7923-8675-9, 1999, $176.00)
COMPETITION:
Katz, Introduction to Modern Cryptography (CRC PRESS, 978-1584885511, 2007, $79.95)
Schneier, Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Encryption, Algorithms, and Source Code in C (Wiley, 978-0471117094, 1996, $60.00)

Computer Science

Geospatial Technology for Earth Observation Data

EDITORS: / Deren Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Jie Shan, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA and Jianya Gong, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
ISBN-13: / 978-1-4419-0049-4
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 450 p., 20 illus., Hardcover
PRICE: / approx. $125.00
AVAILABLE (US): / May 2009
Earth observation technology for GIS interacts with space, computer, communication, remote sensing, and information technologies, and plays an increasingly significant role in earth science studies for GIS, resource inventory and management, and the development of a sustainable environment and community.Geospatial Technology for Earth Observation Data provides a broad and in-depth collection of recent progress in earth observation technology. Contributed by leading experts in the field, this is one of the few books that covers geospatial image processing and information extraction exclusively, and is devoted to the theoretical and technical details of this process.Geospatial Technology for Earth ObservationDataserves as a valuable training source for researchers, developers and practitioners within the geospatial science and engineering industry. This book is also suitable as a reference textbook for advanced-level students and professors in computer science, engineering, and geosciences.
SELLING POINTS:

• Provides in-depth discussion on the fundamental issues in earth observation for GIS
• Covers a broad spectrum of earth observation related topics
• One of the few books to cover geospatial image processing and information extraction exclusively, and the theoretical and technical details of this process

MARKET: / Practitioners and researchers; advanced-level students
SUBJECTS: / Computer Applications in Earth Sciences; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry; Database Management
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Computer Science
RELATED TITLES:
Scharl, The Geospatial Web(978-1846288265, 2007,$99.00)
Sample, Geospatial Services and Applications for the Internet (978-0387746739, 2009, $99.00)
COMPETITION:
Peng, Internet GIS(Wiley, 978-0471359234, 2003, $120.00)
Bossler, Geospatial Science and Technology Manual(CRC Press, 978-0748409242, 2001, $195.95)

Computer Science

Production Grids in Asia

Applications, Developments and Global Ties

EDITORS: / Simon C. Lin, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, China and Eric Yen, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, China
ISBN-13: / 978-1-4419-0045-6
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 320 p., 20 illus., Hardcover
PRICE: / approx. $135.00
AVAILABLE (US): / April 2009
Production Grids in Asia: Applications, Developments and Global Ties, an edited volume, is based on ISGC (International Symposium on Grid Computing), one of the most prestigious annual events in Asia. It brings together scientists and engineers worldwide to exchange ideas, present challenges/solutions, and introduce future development in the field of Grid Computing.ISGC 2008 was held at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan in April 2008. The edited proceedings present international projects in Grid operation, Grid Middleware and e-Science applications. Leading Grid projects from Asia-Pacific are also covered.Production Grids in Asia: Applications, Developments and Global Ties is designed for a professional audience composed of industry researchers and practitioners within the Grid community. This volume is also suitable for advanced-level students in computer science.
SELLING POINTS:

• Includes awareness of the global Grid Operation and collaboration between Asia-Pacific and the world from leading international projects in Grid Operation
• Provides Grid developers and users with invaluable insights for developing Grid Technology and applications

MARKET: / Researchers and practitioners in the field of grid computing
SUBJECTS: / Computer Communication Networks; Database Management; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Computer Science
RELATED TITLES:
Priol, Towards Next Generation Grids (978-0-387-72497-3, 2007,$135.00)
Getov, Future Generation Grids(978-0-387-27935-0,2006, $125.00) .
COMPETITION:
Berman, Grid Computing: Making The Global Infrastructure a Reality (Wiley,978-0470853191, 2003,$145.00)
Minoli, Network Approach to Grid Computing(Wiley,978-0471687566, 2004, $104.50)

Computer Science

Dynamic Learning Networks

Models and Cases in Action

EDITORS: / Aldo Romano, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy and Giustina Secundo, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
ISBN-13: / 978-1-4419-0250-4
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 210 p., 20 illus., Hardcover
PRICE: / approx. $125.00
AVAILABLE (US): / June 2009
Dynamic Learning Networks: Models and Cases In Action represents an attempt to provide a network perspective of organizational learning to drive dynamic competition through extended firm learning processes. This edited volume contributed by worldwide experts in this field, provide academics and company managers with an extended view of organizational learning networks from real cases and different perspectives. Dynamic Learning Networks: Models and Cases In Action is based on the workshop, Managing Uncertainty and Competition through Dynamic Learning Networks. It was organized by the E-Business Management Section of Scuola Superiore ISUFI – University of Salento (Italy) and held in Ostuni (Italy) 3rd - 5th July 2008.
SELLING POINTS:

• Brings together a critical mass of well-established researchers from E-Business Management worldwide
• Covers vital Information for the society that is not yet available in journals

MARKET: / A professional audience composed of researchers and practitioners working in corporate learning. This volume is also suitable for advanced-level students in computer science.
SUBJECTS: / Computer Communication Networks; Management of Computing and Information Systems; Information Systems
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Computer Science
RELATED TITLES:
Zheng, Strategic Production Networks(978-3-540-43162-6,2002, $119.00)
Jurgens, New Product Development and Production Networks (978-3-540-64172-8, 2000, $193.00)
COMPETITION:
Gibbert: Strategic Networks: Learning to Compete (Blackwell Publishing, 978-1405135856, 2007, $84.95)
Helfet, Dynamic Capabilities (Wiley-Blackwell, 978-1405135757, 2007, $42.50)

Computer Science

Building Effective Recommender Systems

AUTHORS: / Bracha Shapira, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel and Lior Rokach, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
ISBN-13: / 978-1-4419-0047-0
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 350 p., 20 illus., Hardcover
PRICE: / approx. $115.00
AVAILABLE (US): / May 2009
Supporting the user with the decision-making and buying process, recommender systems have proven to be a valuable means for online users to cope with the virtual information overload. It is one of the most powerful and popular tools in electronic commerce available today.Development of recommender systems is a multi-disciplinary effort, involving experts from various fields such as data mining, artificial intelligence, statistics, human computer interaction, information retrieval/technology, and adaptive user interfaces. This book covers all aspects and important techniques for recommender systems, such as collaborative filtering, content based techniques, popular hybrid approaches and a detailed tutorial of recommender systems software.Designed for industry researchers in the fields of information technology, e-commerce, information retrieval, data mining, databases and statistics, and practitioners, this book is also suitable for advanced-level students in computer science as a secondary textbook.
SELLING POINTS:

• The first comprehensive book dedicated entirely to the field of recommender systems
• IT professionals who provide services and products to end-customers via the Internet or other communication means will find this book very valuable for its detailed algorithms and Java source for all algorithms
• Provides readers with extensive artificial applications, a variety of real-world applications, and detailed case studies

MARKET: / Industry researchers and practitioners; students
SUBJECTS: / Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Information Storage and Retrieval;
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Computer Science
RELATED TITLES:
Maimon, The Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Handbook (978-0-387-24435-8, 2005, $249.00)
Qin, Introduction to E-Commerce (978-3-540-49644-1, 2008, $169.00)
Abramowicz, Knowledge-Based Information Retrieval and Filtering from the Web (978-1-4020-7523-0, 2003, $139.00)
Cios, Data Mining Methods for Knowledge Discovery (978-0-7923-8252-2, 1998, $180.50)
COMPETITION:
Zhu, Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining: Challenges and Reality (IGI Global, 978-1599042527, 2007, $165.00)
Turban, E-Commerce: A Managerial Perspective (Prentice Hall, 978-0139752858, 2006, $159.00)
Gullì, Clustering and Ranking for Information Retrieval Web (VDM Verlag, 978-3836456579, 2008, $76.00)

Computer Science

Pervasive Healthcare Computing

EMR/EHR, Wireless and Health Monitoring

AUTHOR: / Upkar Varshney, GeorgiaStateUniversity, Atlanta, GA, USA
ISBN-13: / 978-1-4419-0214-6
PAGES/ILLUS: / approx. 295 p., 9 illus., Hardcover
PRICE: / approx. $119.00
AVAILABLE (US): / April 2009
Pervasive healthcare is the conceptual system of providing healthcare to anyone, at anytime, and anywhere by removing restraints of time and location while increasing both the coverage and the quality of healthcare. Pervasive Healthcare Computingis at the forefront of this research, and presents the ways in which mobile and wireless technologies can be used to implement the vision of pervasive healthcare.
This vision includes prevention, healthcare maintenance and checkups; short-term monitoring (home healthcare), long-term monitoring (nursing home), and personalized healthcare monitoring; and incidence detection and management, emergency intervention, transportation and treatment. The pervasive healthcare applications include intelligent emergency management system, pervasive healthcare data access, and ubiquitous mobile telemedicine.
Pervasive Healthcare Computing includes the treatment of several new wireless technologies and the ways in which they will implement the vision of pervasive healthcare.
SELLING POINTS:

• Introduces healthcare IT challenges and requirements (patient-oriented, system-oriented, and healthcare professionals-oriented)
• Presents a state-of-the-art overview of all available and emerging wireless and mobile technologies
• Covers emerging challenges of IT in healthcare such as context-awareness, reliability, adaptiveness, scalability of wireless health monitoring systems, suitability, and personalization

MARKET: / University faculty and graduate students in areas of healthcare technologies; Industry professionals involved in healthcare IT research, design, and development.
SUBJECTS: / Computer Hardware; Input/Output and Data Communications; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems
LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: / Computer Science
RELATED TITLES:
Hansmann, Pervasive Computing: The Mobile World (978-3540002185, 2003, $74.95)
Upadhyaya, Mobile Computing: Implementing Pervasive Information and Communications Technologies (978-1402071379, 2002, $119.00)
COMPETITION:
Bardram, Pervasive Computing in Healthcare (CRC, 978-0849336218, 2006, $144.95)
Xiao, Security in Distributed, Grid, Mobile, and Pervasive Computing (Auerbach Publications, 978-0849379215, 2007, $93.95)

Computer Science