Impact Assessment is becoming part and parcel of an increasing number of development proposals in the UK and Europe. As the practice of Impact Assessment develops it becomes more standardized and good practice starts to be defined. However, the quality of Impact Assessment is still far from satisfactory. "Expert Systems and GIS for Impact ...
The emphasis throughout this treatment of computer-aided design is on fundamental principles. Consequently, the book focuses on the ways in which various tasks and procedures in design can be formalized, on the ways in which geometrical and other properties of designed objects may be represented, and on the significance of computer aids for the ...
This text examines issues surrounding the management and conservation of a particular category of animal, namely the "mediagenic megafauna", or the largest of the land and sea mammals. The value accorded to different biotic resources varies significantly depending upon the interests and goals of the parties undertaking the valuation, and these ...
Men die younger and when sick they seek help later. While it is now accepted that many of the causes of premature death in men are potentially remediable by appropriate education, counseling, diagnosis, and therapy, few, if any, inroads have been made in terms of actually closing the mortality gap between the sexes. Why, given the facts, is men's ...
Managing Infections provides readers with a working knowledge of infections combined with a comprehensive and impartial analysis of the pros and cons of managing common conditions with regard to different investigations, treatments and referrals. The framework and approach of the books aims to help doctors draw their own conclusions as to what is ...
Sitting squarely at the interface between earth and life sciences, palaeobiogeographic information is scattered throughout many publications until now. "Palaeobiogeography of Marine Fossil Invertebrates" covers important theoretical concepts relating to palaeobiogeography together with descriptions of analytical methods. Fabrizio Cecca discusses ...
Offering a look at the constantly changing field of planning, this revised and updated edition presents theories, concepts and issues. Discussion questions and exercises accompany each chapter. Topics include regulatory and allocative planning and planners' roles.
From an historical perspective, this text presents an entirely non- mathematical introduction to astronomy from the first endeavours of the ancients to the current developments in research enabled by cutting edge technological advances. Free of mathematics and complex graphs, the book nevertheless explains deep concepts of space and time, of ...
More than 20,000 spinal operations are carried out in the UK each year, and it is inevitable and unfortunate that mistakes will occasionally be made. Only careful attention to detail in the pre-operative assessment, meticulous surgical care and supervised post-operative management will ensure consistently good results. This book illustrates the ...
Antibodies have always been vital to any major progress within immunology. From diagnostic tools to vehicles for modern therapy against cancer, infections, and autoimmune diseases, antibodies serve many purposes, yet our knowledge of them, their properties, and structural characteristics is still incomplete. A comprehensive review of topics of ...
Key Topics in Neurology addresses many of the major areas of neurology including headache, epilepsy, stroke and multiple sclerosis as well as neurological history-taking and examination. The text provides up-to-date reviews of clinical neurology topics, focusing on areas where new developments, insights or treatments have occurred in recent years.
A monotone iterative technique is used to obtain monotone approximate solutions that converge to the solution of nonlinear problems of partial differential equations of elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic type. This volume describes that technique, which has played a valuable role in unifying a variety of nonlinear problems, particularly when ...
The entire emergency room team-physicians, surgeons, intensivists, anesthetists and nurses-are here brought together to contribute their expertise on trauma resuscitation. The reader will learn not only how each of these specialists focus on trauma, but also how those different skills are capitalized for the good of the patient. This second ...
The editors have brought together an international team of experts to discuss issues particular to women who suffer from mood disorders. This book presents an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the subject, and it profiles women's health issues, such as pregnancy, menopause, breastfeeding and abortion, and their impact on such patients. ...
The fourth and final volume in this comprehensive set presents the maximum principle as a wide ranging solution to nonclassical, variational problems. This one mathematical method can be applied in a variety of situations, including linear equations with variable coefficients, optimal processes with delay, and the jump condition. As with the three ...
This volume presents a systematic and unified treatment of Leray-Schauder continuation theorems in nonlinear analysis. In particular, fixed point theory is established for many classes of maps, such as contractive, non-expansive, accretive, and compact maps, to name but a few. This book also presents coincidence and multiplicity results. Many ...
The title presents an up-to-date account of the research, development, and applications of metallic alloys, recent research into the structure of charge materials, melt treatment, and casting technologies, and their influence on the properties of melts and ingots. This research has confirmed theoretical concepts about the microheterogenous ...
The landscape we see and live in is an important part or our everyday lives, be they urban or rural. Environmental concern has grown in recent years, as a result of public awareness of the detrimental impact industry, transport and tourism can have on the ecosystem. This book examines the role of the new technologies of geographical information ...
This concise text reviews a number of important topics in lymphoid malignancies, presenting for each one a summary of key developments in the field, and a critical review of the literature and data available. It provides a valuable overview for haematologists and oncologists.
This invaluable book demonstrates the relation of medical disorders to oral and maxillofacial diseases and presents many clinical examples. One of the most comprehensive illustrated texts available, Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases is an essential aid to diagnosis for oral and maxillofacial surgeons, dental surgeons, oral physicians and other ...
Radiation and the effects of radioactivity have been known for more than 100 years. International research spanning this period has yielded a great deal of information about radiation and its biological effects and this activity has resulted in the discovery of many applications in medicine and industry including cancer therapy, medical ...
Though still in its infancy, the revascularization of damaged cardiac cells with transplanted cells is currently being transformed from a research concept to a clinical tool. Drawing on information from experimental studies and first clinical trials, Handbook of Cardiovascular Cell Transplantation explores the use of a number of different cell ...
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