Science and Technics

Benchmarking for Best Practice

by Mohamed Zairi

Benchmarking for Best Practice uses up-to-the-minute case-studies of individual companies and industry-wide quality schemes to show how and why implementation has succeeded. For any practitioner wanting to establish...

Mechanical Engineering

by Alan Darbyshire

This book has been designed as a full programme of study for the most popular mechanical engineering option units followed by students on Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering and Operations & Maintenance...

Mechanical Engineering: Level 2 NVQ

by David Salmon & Penny Powdrill

A thoroughly accessible and engaging workbook-style text, ideal for all NVQ students, including Foundation Modern Apprentices. Mechanical Engineering: Level 2 NVQ is a practical and interactive engineering book,...

Newnes Electrical Pocket Book

by E A Reeves & Martin Heathcote

Newnes Electrical Pocket Book is the ideal daily reference source for electrical engineers, electricians and students. First published in 1932 this classic has been fully updated in line with the latest technical...

Newnes Engineering Science Pocket Book

by John Bird

Newnes Engineering Science Pocket Book is a uniquely versatile and practical tool for a wide range of engineers and students. All the fundamentals of electrical and mechanical engineering science and physics...

Oakland on Quality Management

by John S Oakland

'Oakland on the New Quality Management' shows managers how to implement a Total Quality Management strategy throughout all activities and thereby achieve top quality performance overall, not just focusing on...

Survival Of The Fittest: The Anatomy of Peak Physical Performance

by Mike Stroud

In this fascinating book based soundly in medical science, Mike Stroud - of BBC Television's The Challenge and SAS: Are You Tough Enough? - sets out the genetics, diet and exercise that enable humans to perform...

Developing Ecological Consciousness: The End of Separation

by Christopher Uhl

Developing Ecological Consciousness is a unique introduction to environmental studies. In Chistopher Uhl’s view it is time to acknowledge the ways that our cultural conditioning leads to separation from self,...

Victorian Houses and their Details

by Helen Long

'Victorian Houses' presents the architectural detailing of the time in the context of the era - providing a comprehensive understanding of its architecture and design.

Pattern books played a vital role in the...

Progress in Medicinal Chemistry

by G. Lawton & D.R. Witty

Annual Review of Eclectic Developments in Medicinal Chemistry

Progress in Medicinal Chemistry provides a review of eclectic developments in medicinal chemistry. This volume continues in the serial's tradition...

Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective: Volume 2: Photographs and Multimedia Tours

by Glenn B. Stracher, Anupma Prakash & Ellina V. Sokol

Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective is a compelling collection of research conducted by scientists and engineers around the world. It presents the scientific and industrial communities as well as the interested...

Nanochemistry

by G. B. Sergeev

The second edition of Nanochemistry covers the main studies of nanoparticle production, reactions, and compounds, and reviews the work of leading scientists from around the world. This book is the first monograph...

In Situ Molecular Pathology and Co-Expression Analyses

by Gerard J. Nuovo

In Situ Molecular Pathology and Co-Expression Analyses explains, in easy-to-understand language, simplified ways of understanding and performing in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry tests. The book...

Digital Signal Processing: Fundamentals and Applications

by Li Tan & Jean Jiang

Digital Signal Processing, Second Edition enables electrical engineers and technicians in the fields of biomedical, computer, and electronics engineering to master the essential fundamentals of DSP principles...

When Culture Impacts Health: Global Lessons for Effective Health Research

by Cathy Banwell, Stanley Ulijaszek & Jane Dixon

Bringing the hard-to-quantify aspects of lived experience to analysis, and emphasizing what might be lost in interventions if cultural insights are absent, this book includes case studies from across the Asia...

Obesity

by Gerald Litwack

First published in 1943, Vitamins and Hormones is the longest-running serial published by Academic Press. The Editorial Board now reflects expertise in the field of hormone action, vitamin action, X-ray crystal...

G Protein Coupled Receptors: Modeling, Activation, Interactions and Virtual Screening

by P. Michael Conn

This new volume of Methods in Enzymology continues the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field. This volume covers G protein coupled receptors, and includes chapters...

The Epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax: History, Hiatus and Hubris, Part B

by D. Rollinson, S.I. Hay & Ric Price

First published in 1963, Advances in Parasitology contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews in all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology. Advances in Parasitology includes medical studies on parasites...

Fun in Fusion Research

by John Sheffield

This book discusses the fun side of the quest to develop fusion energy-a modern equivalent of the hunt for the Holy Grail. After more than 70 years of research, despite great progress, the goal has not been...

Intelligent Systems for Security Informatics

by Christopher C Yang, Wenji Mao & Xiaolong Zheng

The Intelligent Systems Series comprises titles that present state-of-the-art knowledge and the latest advances in intelligent systems. Its scope includes theoretical studies, design methods, and real-world...