Handbook of Biomaterial Properties, Second Edition

Handbook of Biomaterial Properties, Second Edition
Springer | Biomaterials | July 13, 2016 | ISBN-10: 1493933035 | 686 pages | pdf | 16.24 mb

Editors: Murphy, William, Black, Jonathan, Hastings, Garth (Eds.)

Provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of biomaterial properties
Includes new areas such as diseased tissue properties
Gives updates of existing materials such as alumina, UHMWPE, elastomers, HA, titanium inc microstructure diagrams, degradable biomaterials, composites; scaffold materials for tissue engineering; new surface modification technology; dental implants; sterilization effects on material properties; new metallic alloys and much more

This book provides tabular and text data relating to normal and diseased tissue materials and materials used in medical devices. Comprehensive and practical for students, researchers, engineers, and practicing physicians who use implants, this book considers the materials aspects of both implantable materials and natural tissues and fluids. Examples of materials and topics covered include titanium, elastomers, degradable biomaterials, composites, scaffold materials for tissue engineering, dental implants, sterilization effects on material properties, metallic alloys, and much more. Each chapter author considers the intrinsic and interactive properties of biomaterials, as well as their appropriate applications and historical contexts. Now in an updated second edition, this book also contains two new chapters on the cornea and on vocal folds, as well as updated insights, data, and citations for several chapters.

Number of Illustrations and Tables

43 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

Additional Information

2nd Edition

Topics

Biomaterials

Biomedical Engineering

Biophysics and Biological Physics

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CAD: A Handbook for Heels (Repost)

CAD: A Handbook for Heels By Charles Schneider
1992 | 150 Pages | ISBN: 0922915091 | scanned PDF | 87 MB

With good humor and a stylish look, Cad captures the mood of 1950’s men’s magazines in as’ femmes fatales in maximalist lingerie, and contents include articles and interviews. A compilation of great retro stuff that would be found in all those great men’s magazines from the 50s and 60s, such as a photos of a pre-Gilligan’s Island Tina Louise to a interview with the great breast-obsessive director, Russ Myer. 200 photographs; 120 line drawings.

CAD is humorous, entertaining, and sexy. It is a manual/zine for the swinging bachelor. If you aspire to become a swinging bachelor, this is a good resource by which to model your behavior and style. I personally like the book for its entertainment value, cool pictures, and interesting stories. Very nice coffee table literature!!!
This is hipster fare for the most part, with a few amusing bits. There’s a good Russ Meyer interview and some retro stuff about martinis and such. But the best part for me was the Dan Clowes comic of one of the more bawdy versions of “Frankie and Johnnie”. It’s one of his better “early” pieces. The lyrics are a hoot and you can really see that Clowes had a blast drawing it. What can one say about a book that features not only articles on Kerouac and Chet Baker, but also a glossary of terms on drunkenness and a catalogue of toasts, along with bar-keeping tips and advice on how to manhandle…an emphatic YES!
A funny read all around and worth the price of admission just for the two page spread illustrating different types of hangovers as well as a list of great toasts (“Champagne to your real friends and real pain to your sham friends”)

The Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics, 2 Volume Set

The Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics, 2 Volume Set by Robert S. Fortner and P. Mark Fackler
English | 2011 | ISBN: 140518812X, 1118721373 | 1040 pages | EPUB | 2 MB

This groundbreaking handbook provides a comprehensive picture of the ethical dimensions of communication in a global setting. Both theoretical and practical, this important volume will raise the ethical bar for both scholars and practitioners in the world of global communication and media.

Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011

Brings together leading international scholars to consider ethical issues raised by globalization, the practice of journalism, popular culture, and media activities

Examines important themes in communication ethics, including feminism, ideology, social responsibility, reporting, metanarratives, blasphemy, development, and “glocalism”, among many others

Contains case studies on reporting, censorship, responsibility, terrorism, disenfranchisement, and guilt throughout many countries and regions worldwide

Contributions by Islamic scholars discuss various facets of that religion’s engagement with the public sphere, and others who deal with some of the religious and cultural factors that bedevil efforts to understand our world

Handbook of Spatial Epidemiology

Handbook of Spatial Epidemiology (Chapman & Hall/CRC Handbooks of Modern Statistical Methods) by Andrew B. Lawson, Sudipto Banerjee, Robert P. Haining, Maria Dolores Ugarte
2016 | ISBN: 1482253011 | English | 704 pages | PDF | 35 MB

Handbook of Spatial Epidemiology explains how to model epidemiological problems and improve inference about disease etiology from a geographical perspective. Top epidemiologists, geographers, and statisticians share interdisciplinary viewpoints on analyzing spatial data and space–time variations in disease incidences. These analyses can provide important information that leads to better decision making in public health.

The first part of the book addresses general issues related to epidemiology, GIS, environmental studies, clustering, and ecological analysis. The second part presents basic statistical methods used in spatial epidemiology, including fundamental likelihood principles, Bayesian methods, and testing and nonparametric approaches. With a focus on special methods, the third part describes geostatistical models, splines, quantile regression, focused clustering, mixtures, multivariate methods, and much more. The final part examines special problems and application areas, such as residential history analysis, segregation, health services research, health surveys, infectious disease, veterinary topics, and health surveillance and clustering.

Spatial epidemiology, also known as disease mapping, studies the geographical or spatial distribution of health outcomes. This handbook offers a wide-ranging overview of state-of-the-art approaches to determine the relationships between health and various risk factors, empowering researchers and policy makers to tackle public health problems.

Handbook of Hydraulic Fracturing

James G. Speight, “Handbook of Hydraulic Fracturing”
English | ISBN: 1118672992 | 2016 | 376 pages | PDF | 6 MB

Presents an up-to-date description of current and new hydraulic fracturing processes * Details Emerging Technologies such as Fracture Treatment Design, Open Hole Fracturing, Screenless Completions, Sand Control, Fracturing Completions and Productivity * Covers Environmental Impact issues including Geological Disturbance; Chemicals used in Fracturing; General Chemicals; Toxic Chemicals; and Air, Water, Land, and Health impacts * Provides many process diagrams as well as tables of feedstocks and their respective products

The Handbook of Rural Studies

Jon S. Wilson - Sensor Technology Handbook

Jon S. Wilson – Sensor Technology Handbook
2004 | ISBN: 0750677295 | English | 704 pages | PDF | 10 MB

Without sensors most electronic applications would not exist-they perform a vital function, namely providing an interface to the real world. The importance of sensors, however, contrasts with the limited information available on them. Today’s smart sensors, wireless sensors, and microtechnologies are revolutionizing sensor design and applications. This volume is a comprehensive sensor reference guide to be used by engineers and scientists in industry, research, and academia to help with their sensor selection and system design. It is filled with hard-to-find information, contributed by noted engineers and companies working in the field today. The book offers guidance on selecting, specifying, and using the optimum sensor for any given application. The editor-in-chief, Jon Wilson, has years of experience in the sensor industry and leads workshops and seminars on sensor-related topics. In addition to background information on sensor technology, measurement, and data acquisition, the handbook provides detailed information on each type of sensor technology, covering: technology fundamentals sensor types, w/ advantages/disadvantages manufacturers selecting and specifying sensors applicable standards (w/ urls of related web sites) interfacing information, with hardware and software info design techniques and tips, with design examples latest and future developments The handbook also contains information on the latest MEMS and nanotechnology sensor applications. * Jam-packed with over 800 pages of techniques and tips, detailed design examples, standards, hardware and software interfacing information, and manufacturer pros/cons to help make the best sensor selection for any design* Covers sensors from A to Z- from basic technological fundamentals, to cutting-edge info. on the latest MEMS and the hottest nanotechnology applications

The Professional ScrumMaster"s Handbook (Professional Expertise Distilled) (Repost)

The Professional ScrumMaster’s Handbook (Professional Expertise Distilled) By Stacia Viscardi
2013 | 336 Pages | ISBN: 1849688028 | PDF | 14 MB

Checklists, questions, and exercises to get you thinking (and acting) like a professional ScrumMaster
Presented in a relaxed, jargon-free, personable style
Full of ideas, tips, and anecdotes based on real-world experiences
Book Description
A natural and difficult tension exists between a project team (supply) and its customer (demand); a professional ScrumMaster relaxes this tension using the Scrum framework so that the team arrives at the best possible outcome. The Professional ScrumMaster’s Handbook is a practical, no-nonsense guide to helping you become an inspiring and effective ScrumMaster known for getting results.
This book goes into great detail about why it seems like you’re fighting traditional management culture every step of the way. You will explore the three roles of Scrum and how, working in harmony, they can deliver a product in the leanest way possible. You’ll understand that even though there is no room for a project manager in Scrum, there are certain “management” aspects you should be familiar with to help you along the way. Getting a team to manage itself and take responsibility is no easy feat; this book will show you how to earn trust by displaying it and inspiring courage in a team every day.
The Professional ScrumMaster’s Handbook will challenge you to dig deep within yourself to improve your mindset, practices, and values in order to build and support the very best agile teams.
What you will learn
Create and maintain an impediment backlog to support continuous improvement for you, your team, and your organization
How to tell the difference between an obstacle and a true constraint
Create a culture transition map to help your team and organization deliver quickly and flexibly
Work through exercises to help co-workers and management discover for themselves a new way of approaching tasks
Align your actions to the Scrum values every day
Facilitate “lean” meetings – light and quick, yet effective

Routledge Handbook on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Routledge Handbook on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Joel Peters and David Newman
English | 2012 | ISBN: 041577862X, 1138925373 | 496 pages | PDF | 5,3 MB

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most prominent issues in world politics today. Few other issues have dominated the world’s headlines and have attracted such attention from policy makers, the academic community, political analysts, and the world’s media.

The Routledge Handbook on the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of the most contentious and protracted political issue in the Middle East. Bringing together a range of top experts from Israel, Palestine, Europe and North America the Handbook tackles a range of topics including:

The historical background to the conflict

peace efforts

domestic politics

critical issues such as displacement, Jerusalem and settler movements

the role of outside players such as the Arab states, the US and the EU

This Handbook provides the reader with an understanding of the complexity of the issues that need to be addressed in order to resolve the conflict, and a detailed examination of the varied interests of the actors involved. In-depth analysis of the conflict is supplemented by a chronology of the conflict, key documents and a range of maps.

The contributors are all leading authorities in their field and have published extensively on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict/peace process. Many have played a leading role in various Track II initiatives accompanying the peace process.

Handbook of Greek Pottery

Handbook of Greek Pottery

New York Graphic Society | 1967 | ISBN: N/A | English | 240 pages | PDF | 40 MB

There are many books on Greek pottery for the specialist, and there are also books on certain aspects of Greek pottery that are designed for a wider public. But so far a comprehensive guide for the layman has been lacking, in spite of the increasing interest that is being shown in ancient Greece today. Mr. Folsom’s Handbook of Greek Pottery will therefore meet a growing need.

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Surgery, 4th Edition (repost)

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Surgery, 4th Edition by Greg McLatchie, Neil Borley, Joanna Chikwe
English | 2013 | ISBN: 019969947X | 800 pages | PDF | 3,7 MB

This bestselling Oxford Handbook has been thoroughly revised for the new edition to include brand new chapters on Paediatric Orthopaedics and Common Surgical Procedures, as well as new presentations, illustrations, and new anatomy and emergency indexes to aid quick reference. It is an invaluable tool for junior surgical trainees, medical students, nursing, paramedical, and rehabilitation staff.

The handbook covers the assessment and preparation of the patient, anaesthesia and critical care, inflammation, wound healing and infection, and the key components of general surgical practice, as well as chapters on other surgical specialties, including plastic, paediatric, and orthopaedic surgery. There are step-by-step descriptions of common operative surgical techniques, practical hints and procedures, and information on signs, symptoms and rarities. Emergency presentations are clearly identified for rapid reference and investigations and management plans are set out in a clear and easy-to-follow way. Surgically relevant anatomy and physiology has been expanded for each area, quick reference symbols ensure the reader is guided to key facts, and there is an increased focus on evidence-based practice with key references throughout.

A cut above the rest, this is the essential guide to clinical surgery and the surgical specialities.

The Oxford Handbook of the Macroeconomics of Global Warming (Oxford Handbooks) (Repost)

The Oxford Handbook of the Macroeconomics of Global Warming (Oxford Handbooks) By Willi Semmler, Lucas Bernard
2015 | 720 Pages | ISBN: 0199856974 | PDF | 7 MB

The first World Climate Conference, which was sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization in Genève in 1979, triggered an international dialogue on global warming. From the 1997 United Nations-sponsored conference-during which the Kyoto Protocol was signed-through meetings in Copenhagen, Cancún, Durban, and most recently Doha (2012) and Warsaw (2013), worldwide attention to the issue of global warming and its impact on the world’s economy has rapidly increased in intensity.
The consensus of these debates and discussions, however, is less than clear. Optimistically, many geoscience researchers and members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have supported CO2 emission reduction pledges while maintaining that a 2°C limit in increased temperature by the year 2100 is achievable through international coordination. Other observers postulate that established CO2 reduction commitments such as those agreed to at the Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change Conference (2009) are insufficient and cannot hold the global warming increase below 2°C. As experts theorize on precisely what impact global warming will have, developing nations have become particularly alarmed. The developed world will use energy to mitigate global warming effects, but developing countries are more exposed by geography and poverty to the most dangerous consequences of a global temperature rise and lack the economic means to adapt. The complex dynamics that result from this confluence of science and geopolitics gives rise to even more complicated issues for economists, financial planners, business leaders, and policy-makers.
The Oxford Handbook of the Macroeconomics of Global Warming analyzes the economic impact of issues related to and resulting from global warming, specifically the implications of possible preventative measures, various policy changes, and adaptation efforts as well as the different consequences climate change will have on both developing and developed nations. This multi-disciplinary approach, which touches on issues of growth, employment, and development, elucidates for readers state-of-the-art research on the complex and far-reaching problem of global warming.

Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures, 3rd Edition

Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures, 3rd Edition by Terri D. Fisher, Clive M. Davis, William L. Yarber, Sandra L. Davis
2010 | ISBN: 0415801753, 0415801745 | English | 680 pages | PDF/EPUB | 5 MB/8 MB

This classic and invaluable reference Handbook, written for sex researchers and their students, has now been completely revised in a new edition complete with its own companion website. It remains the only easy and efficient way for researchers to learn about, evaluate, and compare instruments that have previously been used in sex research.

In this third edition of the Handbook, 218 scales, complete with full descriptions and psychometric data, are made available, with additional information provided at the companion website for this volume.

Design World - Internet of Things Handbook 2016

Design World – Trends Handbook 2016
English | 126 Pages | True PDF | 47.14 Mb

The SAGE Handbook of Visual Research Methods (Repost)

Eric Margolis, Luc Pauwels, “The SAGE Handbook of Visual Research Methods”
English | 2011 | ISBN: 1847875564 | PDF | pages: 777 | 117 mb

This 42 chapter volume represents the state of the art in visual research. It provides an introduction to the field for a variety of visual researchers: scholars and graduate students in art, sociology, anthropology, communication, education, cultural studies, women’s studies, ethnic studies, global studies and related social science and humanities disciplines.

The SAGE Handbook of Visual Research Methods encompasses the breadth and depth of the field, and points the way to future research possibilities. It illustrates “cutting edge” as well as long-standing and recognized practices. This text is not only “about” research, it is also an example of the way that the visual can be incorporated in data collection and the presentation of research findings. Contributors to the book are from diverse backgrounds and include both established names in the field and rising stars. Chapters describe a methodology or analytical framework, its strengths and limitations, possible fields of application and practical guidelines on how to apply the method or technique.

The Sage Handbook of Visual Research Methods is organized into seven main sections:

I) Framing the Field of Visual Research

II) Producing Visual Data and Insight

III) Participatory and Subject-Centered Approaches

IV) Analytical Frameworks and Approaches

V) Vizualization Technologies and Practices

VI) Moving Beyond the Visual

VII) Options and Issues for Using and Presenting Visual Research

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