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Architecture

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Refurbishment Manual

| |AUTHORS: |Georg Giebeler, University of Wismar, Germany; Harald Krause, FH Rosenheim, Germany; Rainer |

| | |Fisch, Berlin, Germany; Florian Musso, TU Munich, Germany; Bernhard Lenz, TU Darmstadt, |

| | |Germany and Alexander Rudolphi, Berlin, Germany |

| |ISBN-13: |978-3-7643-9946-7 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 270 p., 1500 illus., 400 in color, Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |approx. $154.78 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |July 2009 |

|Planning tasks involving existing structures are currently among the most common types of contract, and almost every structure makes different |

|demands and raises individual problems. Reflecting this state of affairs, there are a dizzying number of publications on the market, most of which|

|are quite specialized. The Refurbishment Manual cuts through this jungle of publications. It defines terms and concepts, combines the narrowly |

|focused perspectives of the specialists, and offers concrete approaches to this wide-ranging topic. |

|The Refurbishment Manual closes the gap between basic constructional literature and one-sided, highly specialized technical literature. It |

|constitutes a practical planning aid on the subject of refurbishment, providing a basic introduction to the relevant aspects of building physics, |

|fire protection, sustainability and energy, hazardous materials, construction materials for interior and façade, historic preservation, and |

|technical building equipment. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|A practical planning aid with constructional solutions for various refurbishment tasks |

|Categorizes typical weak points of buildings |

|With a specially developed timeline for evaluating concrete building tasks |

|MARKET: |Architects, construction engineers, construction physicists, experts, monument conservators, conservators, students of those |

| |fields |

|SUBJECT: | |Basics of Construction |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Architecture |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Mazzolani, Aluminium Structural Design (978-3-211-00456-2, 2003, $129) |

|Mazzolani, Refurbishment of Buildings and Bridges (978-3-211-83690-3, 2002, $109) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Beckmann, Structural Aspects of Building Conservation (Butterworth-Heinemann, 0750657332, 2004, $68.95) |

|Highfield, Refurbishment and Upgrading of Buildings (Spon Press, 0419231609, 2000, $114.95) |

Architecture

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In Detail: Exhibitions and Displays

Museum design concepts, Brand presentation, Trade-fair design

| |AUTHOR: |Christian Schittich, Edition Detail, Munich, Germany |

| |ISBN-13: |978-3-7643-9955-9 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 175 p., 420 illus., 150 in color, Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |approx. $84.95 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |July 2009 |

|From trade fair stands to museum concepts, the successful transfer of information to a wide public audience relies on effective staging and |

|appropriate architectural design. While museum exhibitions focus on the art of communicating content, with commercial aspects tending to play a |

|more subordinate role, the goal of trade fair stands and showrooms is to convey a brand image. And at least since large companies like BMW and |

|Mercedes began introducing commercialized museum concepts designed to stage their brands, the phenomenon has come full circle. |

|Not infrequently, planners today must not only accomplish the demanding task of designing an exhibition; they must also meet full service demands,|

|from briefings and CI design to realization. How to do this successfully is the subject of short articles by authors from the relevant fields. |

|With extensively documented project examples organized by presentation or exhibition type, these valuable technical articles offer a detailed |

|roadmap to practical success. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|Presents extensively documented project examples |

|With production photographs from the construction site |

|Includes the most important planning aspects and production methods |

|MARKET: |Architects, interior designers, designers, booth builders; investors, constructors, people interested in architecture and |

| |design, curators; students of architecture, interior architecture, design |

|SUBJECTS: | |Basics of Construction; Interior Architecture and Design |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Architecture |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Hara, Designing Design (978-3-03778-105-0, 2007, $49.95) |

|Erlhoff, Design Dictionary (978-3-7643-7739-7, 2008, $54.95) |

|Bürdek, Design (978-3-7643-7029-9, 2005, $65) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Staniszewski, The Power of Display (MIT Press, 0262692724, 2001, $94.88) |

|Carter, Exhibition and Display Design (Rotovision, 2880464374, 2001, $34.31) |

Biomedicine

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G Protein-Coupled Receptors in Drug Discovery

| |EDITOR: |Wayne R. Leifert, CSIRO Human Nutrition, Adelaide, SA, Australia |

| |ISBN-13: |978-1-60327-316-9 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 370 p., 88 illus., Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |$110.00 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2009 |

|The G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), known to be one of the largest superfamilies in the human genome, underpin a multitude of physiological |

|processes and represent a significant target for bioactive and drug discovery programs. In G Protein-Coupled Receptors in Drug Discovery: Methods |

|and Protocols, experts in the field provide a range of classic and cutting-edge laboratory protocols developed for GPCR research, as well as |

|several current review articles relevant to the area of high throughput GPCR screening, with discussion on GPCR structure and GPCR signalling. |

|Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of |

|the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible protocols, and notes on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|Contains several comprehensive reviews of GPCR screening technologies by authoritative leaders |

|Provides an easily accessible reference volume for cell-based GPCR screening written by leading researchers in the field |

|Covers a wide range of assay formats and systems |

|Emphasizes technologies applicable to high throuput screening and research-based, high information content assays |

|Presents a diverse approach to experimental design, covering model biological systems, screening modalities, detection technologies, and |

|approaches to data analysis |

|MARKET: |Molecular biologists, pharmacologists, biochemists, and bio-nanotechnologists |

|SUBJECT: | |Pharmacology/Toxicology |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Biomedicine |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Devi, The G Protein-Coupled Receptors Handbook (978-1-58829-365-7, 2005, $145) |

|Civelli, Orphan G Protein-Coupled Receptors (978-3-540-78350-3, 2008, $189) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Lundstrom, G Protein-Coupled Receptors in Drug Discovery (CRC, 0824725735, 2005, $144.95) |

|Vauquelin, G Protein-coupled Receptors (Wiley, 047051647X, 2008, $160) |

Computer Science

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Simulating Social Complexity

A Handbook

| |EDITORS: |Bruce Edmonds, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK and Scott Moss, Manchester|

| | |Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK |

| |ISBN-13: |978-3-540-93812-5 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 1000 p., Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |$259.00 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |July 2009 |

|Social Simulation is the study of natural and artificial society-like structures through the use of computational tools (along with analytic |

|techniques). The behaviour of individual agents and interactions among the agents defined on the basis of experiment, observation and, |

|increasingly, engagement with decision-makers and domain experts. |

|Simulations explore emergent outcomes that result from the interactions among the individuals. Examples include: the formation of opinions in |

|human societies, feeding patterns in ant colonies, the change in land-use, the evolution of animal ecologies, the emergence of ethical behaviour, |

|the emergence and adaptation of social institutions. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|Comprehensively covers methodology, mechanisms and simulation tools |

|Provides a broad, yet concise, survey of those fields where this approach has been applied with success and documented |

|Includes an introduction and extensive glossary |

|MARKET: |Researchers, graduate students, decision-makers from all backgrounds (computer sciences, social sciences, applied mathemathics, |

| |physics, economy, life sciences, etc.) working in the field |

|SUBJECTS: | |Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences; Social Sciences, general; Complexity |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Computer Science |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Symeonidis, Agent Intelligence Through Data Mining (978-0-387-24352-8, 2005, $104) |

|Conte, Reputation in Artificial Societies (978-1-4020-7186-7, 2002, $199) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Miller, Complex Adaptive Systems (Princeton University Press, 0691127026, 2007, $25.95) |

|Epstein, Generative Social Science (Princeton University Press, 0691125473, 2007, $52.50) |

Computer Science

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Model Driven Engineering and Ontology Development

Second Edition

| |AUTHORS: |Dragan Gaševic, Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC, Canada; Dragan Djuric, University of |

| | |Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro and Vladan Devedžic, University of Belgrade, Serbia and |

| | |Montenegro |

| |ISBN-13: |978-3-642-00281-6 |

| | |(Replaces ISBN: 978-3-540-32180-4) |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 350 p., 153 illus., Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |approx. $79.95 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |May 2009 |

|Defining formal domain ontology is generally considered a useful step in almost every software project. However, this development step is seldom |

|performed, as software engineers are largely unfamiliar with semantically powerful AI concepts such as description logics or rule-based systems. |

|This book fills the gap by thoroughly exploring Model Driven Architecture (MDA) application for ontology development on the Semantic Web. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|Explains in detail how to use standards like MDA and UML for ontology development |

|First detailed description of OMG’s upcoming ODM (Ontology Definition Metamodel) standard |

|Illustrated throughout with useful and easily digestible examples |

|Completed by an additional website with further examples and teaching material |

|MARKET: |Graduate students, researchers, advanced professionals |

|SUBJECTS: | |Software Engineering; Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Computer Science |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Fensel, Ontologies (978-3-540-00302-1, 2003, $34.95) |

|Stuckenschmidt, Information Sharing on the Semantic Web (978-3-540-20594-4, 2004, $99) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Lacy, Owl: Representing Information Using the Web Ontology Language (Trafford Publishing, 1412034485, 2005, $39.95) |

|Davies, Semantic Web Technologies: Trends and Research in Ontology-based Systems (Wiley, 0470025964, 2006, $130) |

Computer Science

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Secure Data Mining

| |AUTHORS: |Justin Zhan, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA and Stan Matwin, University |

| | |of Ottawa, ON, Canada |

| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-87965-9 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 300 p., 20 illus., Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |approx. $99.99 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |May 2009 |

|Data mining is a process to extract useful knowledge from large amounts of data. To conduct data mining, we often need to collect data. However, |

|privacy concerns may prevent people from sharing the data and some types of information about the data. How we conduct data mining without |

|breaching data privacy presents a challenge. |

|Secure Data Mining provides solutions to the problem of data mining without compromising data privacy. This professional book is designed for |

|practitioners and researchers in industry, as well as a secondary textbook for advanced-level students in computer science. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|Illustrates crypto based privacy and security aspects of data mining |

|Includes information on semantic security, for which the market has very little available research |

|MARKET: |Professional audience |

|SUBJECTS: | |Database Management; ; Data Encryption |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Computer Science |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Salomon, Data Privacy and Security (978-0-387-00311-5, 2003, $99) |

|Vaidya, Privacy Preserving Data Mining (978-0-387-25886-7, 2005, $109) |

|Cios, Data Mining Methods for Knowledge Discovery (978-0-7923-8252-2, 1998, $159) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Kantarcioglu, Privacy-Preserving Data Mining and Processing on Hor. Part. Data (ProQuest Information and Learning, 0-542-34936-1, 2006, $55.00) |

|Castano, Database Security (Addison Wesley, 0-201-59375-0, 1995, $80.28) |

Education

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International Handbook of Education for Spirituality, Care and Wellbeing

| |EDITORS: |Marian de Souza, Australian Catholic University, Ballarat, Australia; Leslie J. Francis, |

| | |University of Warwick, UK; James O'Higgins-Norman, Dublin City University, Ireland and |

| | |Daniel G. Scott, University of Victoria, Canada |

| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4020-9017-2 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 1200 p., Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |approx. $679.00 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |July 2009 |

|This book recognizes the dynamic relationship between education and wellbeing. It examines the theory underpinning the practice of education in |

|different societies where spirituality and care are believed to be at the heart of all educational experiences. The book recognizes that |

|regardless of the context or type of educational experience education is a caring activity in which the development of the whole person body, mind|

|and spirit is a central aim for teachers and educators in both formal and informal learning. The concept of spirituality that inspires the |

|writings contained in this handbook, assumes that the spiritual is an innate element of the human person and an integral aspect of human |

|development. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|Synthesis of theory and practice in relation to wellbeing and education |

|Identifies psychology of religion and spirituality in relation to education, care and wellbeing |

|Discusses pedagogy that addresses the spiritual dimension in learning |

|Explores lifelong learning as a core human activity |

|MARKET: |Academics, researchers and post-graduate students of spirituality and education, (inter) religious education, educational |

| |philosophy, religion, curriculum advisors |

|SUBJECTS: | |Sociology of Education; Religious Studies; Childhood Education |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Education |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Souza, International Handbook of the Religious, Moral and Spiritual Dimensions in Education (978-1-4020-4803-6, 2007, $499) |

|Katz, Education, Democracy and the Moral Life (978-1-4020-8625-0, 2009, $129) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Carr, Spirituality, Philosophy and Education (RoutledgeFalmer, 0415296692, 2003, $190.00) |

|Wright, Spirituality and Education (RoutledgeFalmer, 075070909X, 2001, $210.00) |

Engineering

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Sustainable Energy Systems and Applications

| |AUTHORS: |Ibrahim Dincer, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON and Calin |

| | |Zamfirescu, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON |

| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-95860-6 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 400 p., Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |approx. $79.00 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2009 |

|The concept of sustainable development was first introduced by the Brundtland Commission almost 20 years ago and has received increased attention |

|during the past decade. It is now an essential part of any energy activities. Sustainable Energy Systems and Applications includes some |

|cutting-edge topics, such hydrogen and fuel cells, renewable, clean combustion technologies, CO2 abatement technologies, and some potential tools |

|(exergy, constructal theory, etc.) for design, analysis and performance improvement. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|First comprehensive textbook on sustainable energy, includes study problems, illustrative examples, case studies, practical applications, and a |

|solutions manual for faculty |

|Addresses current energetic, environmental and sustainability issues and brings potential solutions |

|Provides a precise/concise and right to the point approach |

|Provides some key models, methods, techniques, correlations, graphs, etc for design, analysis and performance improvement |

|MARKET: |Senior undergraduate students, graduate students, academic researchers, practicing engineers and scientists in the fields of |

| |mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, environmental engineering and other disciplines where there is a high degree of |

| |interest in sustainable energy systems and applications |

|SUBJECTS: | |Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer; Renewable and Green Energy; Sustainable Development |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Engineering |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Hafemeister, Physics of Sustainable Energy (978-0-7354-0572-1, 2009, $239) |

|Hanjalic, Sustainable Energy Technologies (978-1-4020-6723-5, 2008, $139) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Sorenson, Renewable Energy, Third Edition (Academic Press, 0126561532, 2004, $96.95) |

|Tester, Sustainable Energy: Choosing Among Options (MIT Press, 0262201534, 2005, $80.00) |

Life Sciences

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Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology

Volume 3: The Firmicutes

Second Edition

| |EDITORS: |Paul de Vos, University of Gent, Gent, Belgium; George Garrity, Michigan State University, |

| | |MI, USA; Dorothy Jones, University of Leicester, UK; Noel R. Krieg, Blacksburg, VA, USA; |

| | |Wolfgang Ludwig, Technische Universität München, Germany; Fred A. Rainey, Louisiana State |

| | |University, LA, USA; Karl-Heinz Schleifer, Technische Universität München, Germany and |

| | |William B. Whitman, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA |

| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-95041-9 |

| | |(Previous Edition by LWW) |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 1330 p., 393 illus., Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |$199.00 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |June 2009 |

|Includes a revised taxonomic outline for the Firmicutes based upon the SILVA project as well as a description of more than 1346 species and 235 |

|genera belonging to the phylum Firmicutes, which are also called the low mol% G+C Gram positive prokaryotes. Major taxa to be included are |

|Alicyclobacillus, Bacillus, Clostridium, Enterococcus, Erysipelothrix, Eubacterium, Haloanaerobium, Heliobacterium, Lachnospira, Lactobacillus, |

|Leuconostoc, Listeria, Paenibacillus, Peptococcus, Ruminococcus, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Syntrophomonas, Thermoactinomyces, |

|Thermoanaerobacter, Veillonella and 229 additional genera. Includes many medically and industrially important taxa. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|New edition has been completely reorganized along phylogenetic lines to reflect the current state of prokaryotic taxonomy but still maintains the |

|familiar layout of the First Edition |

|Provides detailed treatments for all of the validly named and well-known species of prokaryotes |

|Contains new ecological information and more extensive introductory chapters |

|Use of the manual is aided by a system of cross referencing between the phylogenetic groups and the phenotypic groups used in the First Edition |

|MARKET: |Bacteriologists and medical, veterinary, industrial, and environmental microbiologists |

|SUBJECTS: | |Life Sciences, general; Biomedicine general; Medical Microbiology |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Life Sciences |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Barton, Structural and Functional Relationships in Prokaryotes (978-0-387-20708-7, 2004, $79.95) |

|Falkow, The Prokaryotes (978-0-387-25476-0, 2006, $700) |

|Stackebrandt, Molecular Identification, Systematics, and Population Structure of Prokaryotes (978-3-540-23155-4, 2005, $229) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Holt, Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Vol. 3 (LWW, 0683079085, 1989, Price N/K) |

|Holt, Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (LWW, 0683006037, 1994, $110.00) |

|Murray, Manual of Clinical Microbiology (ASM Press, 1555813712, 2007, $209.95) |

Life Sciences

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Apoptosis

Methods and Protocol

Second Edition

| |EDITORS: |Peter Erhardt, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Watertown, MA, USA and Ambrus Toth, |

| | |Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Watertown, MA, USA |

| |ISBN-13: |978-1-60327-016-8 |

| | |(Replaces ISBN: 978-0-89603-873-8) |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 360 p., 55 illus., 8 in color, Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |$110.00 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2009 |

|The ability to detect and quantify apoptosis, to understand its biochemistry, and to identify its regulatory genes and proteins is crucial to |

|biomedical research. In Apoptosis: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers describe the techniques to best investigate the critical steps |

|involved in the apoptotic process. Presented from several different research perspectives, the volume contains sections covering detection of |

|apoptosis, detection of non-apoptotic cell death, modifications of apoptotic proteins during apoptosis, the analysis of its major regulators, as |

|well as analysis of apoptosis in different organs and in model organisms. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series |

|format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily |

|reproducible protocols, and notes on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|Provides an easily accessible reference volume for methods to investigate the critical steps in apoptotic cell death written by leading |

|researchers in the field |

|Details the process of how to induce, measure and differentiate apoptosis in various models |

|Comprehensive guide to methodologies applied to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of apoptosis |

|MARKET: |Molecular and cellular biologists, developmental biologists, protein scientists |

|SUBJECTS: | |Cell Biology; Cell Cycle Analysis; Apoptosis |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Life Sciences |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Yin, Essentials of Apoptosis (978-1-58829-146-2, 2003, $104) |

|LeBlanc, Apoptosis Techniques and Protocols (978-1-58829-012-0, 2002, $115) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Potten, Apoptosis: The Life and Death of Cells (Cambridge, 052162679X, 2004, $53) |

|Balzan, Cell Apoptosis Research Progress (Nova, 1604560665, 2008, $129) |

Life Sciences

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Tree and Forest Measurement

Second Edition

| |AUTHOR: |P.W. West, Goonellabah, NSW, Australia |

| |ISBN-13: |978-3-540-95965-6 |

| | |(Replaces ISBN: 978-3-540-40390-6) |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 205 p., 27 illus., Softcover |

| |PRICE: |$59.95 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |May 2009 |

|Forests must be measured, if they are to be managed and conserved properly. This book describes the principles of modern forest measurement, |

|whether using simple, hand-held equipment or sophisticated satellite imagery. Written in a straightforward style, it will be understood by |

|everyone who works with forests, from the professional forester to the layperson. It describes how and why forests are measured and the basis of |

|the science behind the measurements taken. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|Presents an affordable introduction to the practice and technique of forest measurement |

|Ideal for everyone who works with trees |

|MARKET: |Undergraduates, professionals, researchers, private forest owners |

|SUBJECTS: | |Forestry Management; Landscape Ecology; Forestry |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Life Sciences |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Laar, Forest Mensuration (978-1-4020-5990-2, 2007, $119) |

|Pretzsch, Forest Dynamics, Growth and Yield (978-3-540-88306-7, 2009, $309) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Avery, Forest Measurements (McGraw-Hill Science, 0073661767, 2001, $121.50) |

|Husch, Forest Mensuration (Wiley, 0471018503, 2002, $127.50) |

Management / Business for Professionals

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Consumer-Driven Demand and Operations Management Models

A Systematic Study of Information-Technology-Enabled Sales Mechanisms

| |EDITORS: |Serguei Netessine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA and Christopher S. |

| | |Tang, University of California at Los Angeles, CA, USA |

| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-98018-8 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 510 p., 63 illus., Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |approx. $149.95 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |May 2009 |

|Consumer-Driven Demand and Operations Management Models has been developed by two of the leading researchers in the POM/Marketing interface. It is|

|comprised of commissioned chapters by top research scholars in supply chain management, revenue management, and e-commerce among others, all of |

|which are grounded in information technologies and consumer demand research. These demand functions that drive traditional retail sales are the |

|well-defined functions of price and product attributes.  However, the new sophisticated selling techniques—such as mixed sales channels, portals, |

|group buying, and auctions, each of which is enabled by information technologies, the Internet, or both—are changing and expanding consumer-driven|

|demand in many ways. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|The handbook will be of considerable interest to marketing practitioners and consultants in business and industry |

|This handbook focuses on the cutting-edge research on the recent developments in sophisticated mechanisms for selling products online. |

|Netessine and Tang are among the leaders in this new area. Serguei Netessine is a rising young star at the Wharton School. Chris Tang is a senior |

|researcher with an international reputation |

|MARKET: |Practitioners, researchers and students |

|SUBJECTS: | |Marketing; Information Systems; Electronic Commerce/e-business |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Management / Business for Professionals |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Schuster, Global RFID (978-3-540-35654-7, 2007, $69.95) |

|Chhajed, Building Intuition (978-0-387-73698-3, 2008, $79.95) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Lowson, Quick Response: Managing the Supply Chain to Meet Consumer Demand (Wiley, 1999, 0471988332, $100.00) |

|O'Connor, Electronic Marketing (Financial Times Mgmt., 0273684760, $99.50) |

Mathematics

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Tropical Algebraic Geometry

Second Edition

| |AUTHORS: |Ilia Itenberg, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France; Grigory Mikhalkin, University |

| | |of Toronto, ON, Canada and Eugenii Shustin, Tel Aviv University, Israel |

| |ISBN-13: |978-3-0346-0047-7 |

| | |(Replaces ISBN: 978-3-7643-8309-1) |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 110 p., 30 illus., Softcover |

| |PRICE: |approx. $29.95 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |May 2009 |

|Tropical geometry is algebraic geometry over the semifield of tropical numbers, i.e., the real numbers and negative infinity enhanced with the |

|(max,+)-arithmetics. Geometrically, tropical varieties are much simpler than their classical counterparts. Yet they carry information about |

|complex and real varieties. |

|These notes present an introduction to tropical geometry and contain some applications of this rapidly developing and attractive subject. It |

|consists of three chapters which complete each other and give a possibility for non-specialists to make the first steps in the subject which is |

|not yet well represented in the literature. The intended audience is graduate, post-graduate, and Ph.D. students as well as established |

|researchers in mathematics. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|Contains polished notes of three introductory courses to tropical geometry |

|Based on a seminar at the Mathematical Research Center in Oberwolfach in October 2004 |

|MARKET: |Graduate and postgraduate students, researchers |

|SUBJECT: | |Algebraic Geometry |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Mathematics |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Perrin, Algebraic Geometry: An Introduction (978-1-84800-055-1, 2008, $59.95) |

|Harris, Algebraic Geometry: A First Course (978-0-387-97716-4, 1995, $69.95) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Griffiths, Principles of Algebraic Geometry (Wiley-Interscience, 0471050598, 1994, $122.95) |

|Hassett, Introduction to Algebraic Geometry (Cambridge University Press, 0521691419, 2007, $37.99) |

|Lefschetz, Algebraic Geometry (Dover Publications, 0486446115, 2005, $14.95) |

Medicine, Cardiology

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Echocardiography

| |EDITORS: |Petros Nihoyannopoulos, University of London, UK and Joseph A. Kisslo, Duke University, |

| | |Durham, NC, USA. |

| |ISBN-13: |978-1-84882-292-4 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 490 p., 700 illus., 508 in color, Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |$189.00 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |May 2009 |

|Echocardiography has expanded greatly to become a sub-specialty in cardiology in its own right. From the original M-mode modality of 50 years ago,|

|it has evolved into a complex multimodality method for evaluating and quantifying cardiovascular lesions. In addition, the entire spectrum of |

|hemodynamic assessment of the heart can now be performed noninvasively using echocardiography alone. Transesophageal echocardiography has added to|

|the clarity of imaging and proved to be extremely helpful In valve surgery. Lately, three-dimensional echocardiography has added a new dimension |

|and helped the understanding of cardiac anatomy and pathology in real time. Finally, deformation imaging and assessment of myocardial perfusion |

|completes the global assessment of the heart by echocardiography by looking at the various contraction and perfusion patterns in patients with |

|coronary artery disease at rest and during stress. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|Represents the current knowledge in the technique of cardiology and is while touching on some of the less often seen echocardiographic diagnoses |

|Extensive authoritative practical clinical primer in echocardiography |

|Designed to guide the resident and fellow through the most common applications of echocardiography |

|MARKET: |Residents, fellows and trainees in internal medicine and cardiology; secondary market in cardiac surgery and anesthesiology |

|SUBJECTS: | |Cardiology; Imaging / Radiology; Diagnostic Radiology |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Cardiology |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Henein, Clinical Echocardiography (978-1-85233-773-5, 2004, $140) |

|Picano, Stress Echocardiography (978-3-540-00162-1, 2003, $209) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Otto, Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography (Saunders, 0721607896, 2004, $139.00) |

|Feigenbaum, Echocardiography (LWW, 0781731984, 2004, $154) |

|Kaddoura, Echo Made Easy (Churchill Livingstone, 0443061882, $22.95) |

Medicine, Dermatology

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The Male Patient in Aesthetic Medicine

| |AUTHORS: |Mauricio De Maio, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil and Berthold Rzany, Charité Berlin, |

| | |Germany |

| |ISBN-13: |978-3-540-79045-7 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |100 p. 150 illus. in color, Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |approx. $129.00 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |July 2009 |

|The demand for cosmetic procedures by male patients has increased in recent years. With this trend has come the realization that male aesthetic |

|needs are different from female aesthetic needs. This book is the first hands-on guide dedicated exclusively to the aesthetic treatment of the |

|male patient, and provides cosmetic surgeons with important information on how to obtain a natural male look for such patients. It explains facial|

|aesthetics and the aging process in men, as well as the current aesthetic medicine techniques available. It also offers valuable strategies for |

|avoiding and treating undesired results. |

|Written by internationally known experts in the field, this unique guide enables cosmetic surgeons to achieve the best possible treatment |

|outcomes, as well as increased satisfaction in male patients. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|Written by internationally well-known experts with reader-friendly structure |

|Analyzes and shows facial aesthetics with anatomic balance in men |

|Reveals the secrets to obtain natural male look in aesthetic medicine |

|Shows how to avoid and treat undesired results |

|First hands-on guide that enables cosmetic physicians to reach best possible aesthetic outcomes and increased satisfaction for male patients |

|MARKET: |All physicians treating male patients for aesthetic indications, such as dermatologist, plastic surgeons, aesthetic physicians, |

| |aesthetic surgeons and ENT specialists in clinic and private practice |

|SUBJECTS: | |Dermatology; Plastic Surgery; Otorhinolaryngology |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Dermatology |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Maio, Botulinum Toxin in Aesthetic Medicine (978-3-540-34094-2, 2007, $109) |

|De Maio, Injectable Fillers in Aesthetic Medicine (978-3-540-23941-3, 2006, $139) |

|Burgess, Cosmetic Dermatology (978-3-540-23064-9, 2005, $129) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Granick, Male Aesthetic Surgery (Butterworth-Heinemann, 0750692774, 1996, $ $99.95) |

|Downs, Male Facial Rejuvenation (Saunders, 1416062939, 2008, $99.00) |

Medicine, Plastic Surgery

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Mastopexy and Breast Reduction

Principles and Practice

| |EDITOR: |Melvin A. Shiffman, Tustin, CA, USA |

| |ISBN-13: |978-3-540-89872-6 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 775 p., 680 illus., 575 in color, Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |$379.00 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |July 2009 |

|This comprehensive guide covers all aspects of mastopexy and breast reduction, ranging from anatomy to the variety of procedures in mastopexy, |

|mastopexy/breast reduction, and breast reduction, preoperative care, complications, breast tumors (benign and malignant), and medicolegal aspects.|

|The vast array of information that is presented herein is without equal and makes this book a precious companion for students, residents and |

|fellows, practicing cosmetic surgeons, and highly experienced plastic surgeons, cosmetic surgeons, general surgeons, and other subspecialists. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|Covers all aspects of mastopexy and breast reduction from anatomy to the variety of procedures, preoperative care, complications, breast tumors, |

|and medical legal aspects |

|How-to-do manual |

|Abundantly illustrated |

|Written by noted authorities in plastic surgery |

|MARKET: |Plastic surgeons, general surgeons, dermatologists, and cosmetic surgeons (students, beginners, and experienced surgeons) |

|SUBJECTS: | |Plastic Surgery; General Surgery; Dermatology |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Plastic Surgery |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Shiffman, Aesthetic Surgery of the Abdominal Wall (978-3-540-21157-0, 2005, $189) |

|Shiffman, Liposuction (978-3-540-28042-2, 2006, $389) |

|Shiffman, Breast Augmentation (978-3-540-78947-5, 2009, $419) |

|Hamdi, Vertical Scar Mammaplasty (978-3-540-22101-2, 2005, $199) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Klein, Tissue Augmentation in Clinical Practice (Informa HealthCare, 0824754565, 2005, $199.95) |

|Tebbetts, The Best Breast 2: The Ultimate Discriminating Woman's Resource for Breast Augmentation (Brown Books Publishing, 193328577X, 2008, |

|$29.99) |

Medicine, Surgery

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Craniofacial Neurotraumatology

| |AUTHORS: |Nicolas Hardt, Kantonsspital Luzern, Switzerland and Joachim Kuttenberger, |

| | |Kantonsspital Luzern, Switzerland |

| |ISBN-13: |978-3-540-33040-0 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 225 p., 150 illus., 70 in color, Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |approx. $159.00 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |July 2009 |

|The book covers the entire scope of traumatology in the important border area between the neuro- and viscerocranium. It focuses on diagnostic |

|operation planning and the interdisciplinary management of craniofacial injuries. |

|In the first part, the classification and epidemiology of craniofacial fractures are outlined and specific problems are discussed. The second part|

|deals with radiologic diagnostics and basic neurosurgical measures. The main part of the book covers operative principles and a step-by-step |

|description of hard and soft tissue reconstruction after craniofacial trauma. Complications of craniofacial injuries and late reconstruction of |

|craniofacial defects, including computer-assisted planning, are covered in the final part. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|Practical Guide on the diagnosis and treatment of craniofacial neurotrauma |

|Step-by-step instructions |

|Includes computer-assisted operation planning |

|MARKET: |Oral and maxillofacial surgeons, neurosurgeons, head and neck surgeons, as well as general surgeons |

|SUBJECTS: | |Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Neurosurgery; Head and Neck Surgery |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Surgery |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Greenberg, Craniomaxillofacial Reconstructive and Corrective Bone Surgery (978-0-387-94686-3, 2002, $295) |

|Assael, Manual of Internal Fixation in the Cranio-Facial Skeleton (978-3-540-61810-2, 1997, $309) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Thaller, Craniofacial Surgery (Informa Health, 0849382106, 2007, $249.95) |

|Hughes, Neurological Emergencies (BMJ Books, 0727917749, 2003, $105.95) |

Medicine, Urology & Proctology

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Human Papillomavirus

A Practical Guide for Urologists

| |AUTHORS: |Alberto Rosenblatt, Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brasil and Homero Gustavo de|

| | |Campos Guidi, University of Sao Paulo, Brasil |

| |ISBN-13: |978-3-540-70973-2 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 310 p., 200 illus., in color, Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |approx. $199.00 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |June 2009 |

|This book is a practical and comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and treatment of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related diseases from a urological |

|perspective. |

|With a strong emphasis on the clinical aspects of genital HPV infection, it reviews new diagnostic methods for virus detection and typing, |

|management of penile and urethral lesions, new treatment modalities including an overview of the use of lasers, the link between HPV and cancer, |

|and new prevention methods with an update on HPV vaccines. |

|This illustrated guide is recommended for urologists and medical practitioners wishing to acquire or expand their knowledge of urologic diseases |

|caused by HPV. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|Practical and comprehensive guide to HPV-related diseases |

|One of the very few books addressing the urologist's needs and questions |

|Emphasis on the clinical aspects |

|Up-to-date reference book on new treatment modalities and new forms of disease prevention |

|MARKET: |Clinicians and practitioners |

|SUBJECTS: | |Urology/Andrology; Gynecology; Infectious Diseases |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Urology & Proctology |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Garcea, The Papillomaviruses (978-0-387-36522-0, 2007, $139) |

|Davy, Human Papillomaviruses (978-1-58829-373-2, 2005, $149) |

|Dallenbach-Hellweg, Color Atlas of Histopathology of the Cervix Uteri (978-3-540-25188-0, 2005, $159) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Monsonego, Emerging Issues on HPV Infections (Karger, 3805581203, 2006, $186) |

|Prendiville, The Health Professional's HPV Handbook (Informa HealthCare, 1842143360, 2006, $99.95) |

Physics/Astronomy

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Fluid Dynamics

Theory, Computation, and Numerical Simulation

Second Edition

| |AUTHOR: |Constantine Pozrikidis, University of California San Diego, CA, USA |

| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-95869-9 |

| | |(Replaces ISBN: 978-0-7923-7351-3) |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 690 p., 3 illus., Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |approx. $129.00 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |June 2009 |

|This is the only available book that extends the classical field of fluid dynamics into the realm of scientific computing in a way that is both |

|comprehensive and accessible to the beginner. |

|There are several additions and subject expansions in the Second Edition of Fluid Dynamics, including new Matlab and FORTRAN codes. Solution |

|procedures and algorithms are developed immediately after problem formulations are presented, and numerical methods are introduced on a |

|need-to-know basis and in increasing order of difficulty. Matlab codes are presented and discussed for a broad range of topics; from interfacial |

|shapes in hydrostatics, to vortex dynamics, to Stokes flow, to turbulent flow. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|An accessible introduction to theoretical and computational fluid dynamics (CFD), written from a modern perspective that unifies theory and |

|numerical practice |

|Few prerequisites needed for comprehension |

|Supplemented by free web-based software library, FDLIB, and now by MatLab |

|MARKET: |Practitioners and students in all fields of engineering, computational physics, scientific computing, and applied mathematics; |

| |advanced undergraduate and entry-level graduate students; scientists and engineers with a general interest in scientific |

| |computing |

|SUBJECTS: | |Mechanics, Fluids, Thermodynamics; Mechanics; Mathematical and Computational Physics |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Physics/Astronomy |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Gallavotti, Foundations of Fluid Dynamics (978-3-540-41415-5, 2001, $115) |

|Wendt, Computational Fluid Dynamics (978-3-540-85055-7, 2009, $109) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Batchelor, An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics (CUP, 0521663962, 2000, $49.00) |

|Tritton, Physical Fluid Dynamics (Oxford University Press, 0198544936, 1988, $64.95) |

Physics/Astronomy

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Spacetime, Geometry and Gravitation

| |AUTHOR: |Pankaj Sharan |

| |ISBN-13: |978-3-7643-9970-2 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 350 p., Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |$99.95 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |September 2009 |

|This introductory textbook on the general theory of relativity presents a solid foundation for those who want to learn about relativity. The |

|subject is presented in a physically intuitive, but mathematically rigorous style. The topic of relativity is covered in a broad and deep manner. |

|Besides, the aim is that after reading the book a student should not feel discouraged when she opens advanced texts on general relativity for |

|further reading. |

|The book consists of three parts: (1) An introduction to the general theory of relativity, (2) geometrical mathematical background material, and |

|(3) topics that include the action principle, weak gravitational fields and gravitational waves, Schwarzschild and Kerr solution, and the Friedman|

|equation in cosmology. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|Physically intuitive, but mathematically rigorous writing style |

|Early introduction to geometric quantities to allows students to learn simpler topics in general relativity (Newtonian limit, Schwarzschild |

|solution, bending of light in a gravitational field, etc.) |

|Approved in lectures given by the author for several years |

|MARKET: |Advanced graduates, graduates, and established researchers in physics and mathematical physics interested in general theory of |

| |relativity |

|SUBJECTS: | |Relativity and Cosmology; Geometry; Physics, general |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Physics/Astronomy |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Straumann, General Relativity (978-3-540-21924-8, 2004, $115) |

|Hajicek, An Introduction to the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation (978-3-540-78658-0, 2008, $99) |

|Chow, Gravity, Black Holes, and the Very Early Universe (978-0-387-73629-7, 2007, $89.95) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Schutz, A First Course in General Relativity (CUP, 978-0521277037, 1985, $62.00) |

|Hartle, Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity (Benjamin Cummings, 978-0805386622, 2003, $76.67) |

|Weinberg, Gravitation and Cosmology: Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity (Wiley, 978-0471925675, 1972, $113.64) |

|Carroll, Spacetime and Geometry (Benjamin Cummings, 978-0805387322, 2003, $112.67) |

Popular Science in Astronomy

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Martian Outpost

The Challenges of Establishing a Human Settlement on Mars

| |AUTHOR: |Erik Seedhouse, Sooke, BC, Canada |

| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-98190-1 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 300 p., 84 illus., 30 in color, Softcover |

| |PRICE: |approx. $34.95 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |May 2009 |

|Mars Outpost provides a detailed insight into the various technologies, mission architectures, medical requirements, and training needed to send |

|humans to Mars. It focuses on mission objectives and benefits, and the risks and complexities that are compounded when linked to an overall planet|

|exploration program involving several expeditions and setting up a permanent presence on the surface. The interplanetary options for reaching |

|Mars, as well as the major propulsive maneuvers required and the trajectories and energy requirements for manned and unmanned payloads are |

|reviewed. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|Focuses on the human performance factors in manned Mars missions, such as radiation hazards, bone deconditioning, and the behavioral challenges of|

|prolonged isolation |

|Describes various tools and approaches used in selecting and training future Mars crew members |

|Provides unique insight into revolutionary mission architectures that will enable long-term exploration of the Martian surface |

|MARKET: |Aerospace engineers, popular science and spaceflight enthusiasts, journalists, professional reference |

|SUBJECTS: | |Aerospace Technology and Astronautics; Popular Science in Astronomy; Planetology |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Popular Science in Astronomy |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Seedhouse, Tourists in Space (978-0-387-74643-2, 2008, $34.95) |

|Seedhouse, Lunar Outpost (978-0-387-09746-6, 2009, $34.95) |

|Rapp, Human Missions to Mars (978-3-540-72938-9, 2007, $139) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Zubrin, The Case for Mars (978-0684835501, Free Press, 1997, 368 pp., softcover, $16.00) |

|Fox, Driving to Mars (978-1593761110, Shoemaker & Hoard, 2006, Price N/K) |

|Crossman, On to Mars 2 (978-1894959308, Collector's Guide Publishing Inc, 2005, $22.95) |

Psychology

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The Mystery of Personality

A History of Psychodynamic Theories

| |AUTHOR: |Eugene Taylor, Saybrook Graduate School, San Francisco, CA, USA |

| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-98103-1 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 470 p., Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |approx. $119.95 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |July 2009 |

|In The Mystery of Personality: A History of Psychodynamic Theories, acclaimed professor and historian Eugene Taylor synthesizes the field’s first |

|century and a half into a rich, highly readable account. Taylor situates the dynamic school in its catalytic place in history, re-evaluating |

|misunderstood figures and events, re-creating the heady milieu of discovery as the concept of "mental science" dawns across Europe, revisiting the|

|widening rift between clinical and experimental study (or the couch and the lab) as early psychology matured into legitimate science. Gradual but |

|vital evolutions form the heart of this chronicle: the ebb and flow of analytic theory and practice, the shift from doctor-centered to |

|client-centered therapy, the movement from exclusionary to multidisciplinary, and the evolving role of the therapist. And as can be expected from |

|the author, there is special emphasis on the sublime in psychology: the philosophy/psychology fusion of the New England transcendentalists, the |

|battle between spiritualism and science in 1880s America, and early versions of today’s spiritually-attuned therapies. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|Students of psychology and its history will find in this inspiring narrative both possibilities for further study and a new appreciation of their |

|own work |

|Covers a large number of pivotal concepts and key individuals |

|MARKET: |Clinical psychologists, psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, social workers, and graduate students and professors working in the areas|

| |of psychology, clinical psychology, school psychology, and counseling |

|SUBJECTS: | |History of Psychology; Clinical Psychology |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Psychology |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Colarusso, Adult Development (978-0-306-40619-5, 1981, $90) |

|Kohlenberg, Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (978-0-387-70854-6, 2007, $39.95) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Bienenfeld, Psychodynamic Theory for Clinicians (LWW, 078179949X, 2005, $42.95) |

|Borden, Contemporary Psychodynamic Theory & Practice (Lyceum, 092506551X, 2008, $29.95) |

Statistics

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Introductory Time Series with R

| |AUTHORS: |Paul S.P. Cowpertwait, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand and Andrew Metcalfe, |

| | |University of Adelaide, SA, Australia |

| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-88697-8 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 280 p., Softcover |

| |PRICE: |approx. $59.95 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |March 2009 |

|Yearly global mean temperature and ocean levels, daily share prices, and the signals transmitted back to earth by the Voyager space craft are all |

|example of sequential observations over time known as time series. This book gives you a step-by-step introduction to analysing time series using |

|the open source software R. Each time series model is motivated with practical applications, and is defined in mathematical notation. Once the |

|model has been introduced it is used to generate synthetic data, using R code, and these generated data are then used to estimate its parameters. |

|This sequence confirms understanding of both the model and the R routine for fitting it to the data. Finally, the model is applied to an analysis |

|of a historical data set. By using R, the whole procedure can be reproduced by the reader. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|Motivated with real cases addressing contemporary issues |

|Detailed explanations of the use of R for time series analysis |

|All the data sets used in the book are available on the author’s website |

|MARKET: |Undergraduate students of mathematics, economics, business and finance, geography, engineering and related disciplines, and |

| |postgraduate students |

|SUBJECTS: | |Statistical Theory and Methods; Probability and Statistics in Computer Science; Marketing |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Statistics |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Cryer, Time Series Analysis (978-0-387-75958-6, 2008, $84.95) |

|Shumway, Time Series Analysis and Its Applications (978-0-387-29317-2, 2006, $99) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Chatfield, The Analysis of Time Series--An Introduction (CRC, 1584883170, 2003, $54.95) |

|Hamilton, Time Series Analysis (Princeton University, 0691042896, 1994, $105) |

Statistics

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Applying Quantitatvie Bias Analysis to Epidemiologic Data

| |AUTHORS: |Timothy L. Lash, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Matthew P. Fox,|

| | |Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA and Aliza K. Fink, Boston |

| | |University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA |

| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-87960-4 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 345 p., Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |approx. $79.95 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2009 |

|This text provides the first-ever compilation of bias analysis methods for use with epidemiologic data. It guides the reader through the planning |

|stages of bias analysis, including the design of validation studies and the collection of validity data from other sources. Three chapters present|

|methods for corrections to address selection bias, uncontrolled confounding, and classification errors. Subsequent chapters extend these methods |

|to multidimensional bias analysis, probabilistic bias analysis, and multiple bias analysis. The text concludes with a chapter on presentation and |

|interpretation of bias analysis results. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|This book collects and synthesizes methods for quantifiying systematic errors that affect observational epidemiologic research |

|Gathers the multiple techniques for bias analysis into one cohesive and organized presentation |

|Explains the methods in a consistent fashion and provides customizable spreadsheets to implement the solutions |

|MARKET: |Researchers |

|SUBJECTS: | |Public Health; Epidemiology; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Statistics, Statistics / Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Ewens, Statistical Methods in Bioinformatics (978-0-387-40082-2, 2004, $94.95) |

|Cook, The Statistical Analysis of Recurrent Events (978-0-387-69809-0, 2007, $84.95) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Rothman, Modern Epidemiology, (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 0781755646, 2008, $99) |

|Selvin, Statistical Analysis of Epidemiologic Data (Oxford, 0195172809, 2004, $65) |

Statistics

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Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Sampling

| |AUTHOR: |Christiane Lemieux, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada |

| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-78164-8 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |XIV, 376 p., Hardcover |

| |PRICE: |$84.95 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |February 2009 |

|Quasi–Monte Carlo methods have become an increasingly popular alternative to Monte Carlo methods over the last two decades. Their successful |

|implementation on practical problems, especially in finance, has motivated the development of several new research areas within this field to |

|which practitioners and researchers from various disciplines currently contribute. This book presents essential tools for using quasi–Monte Carlo |

|sampling in practice. The first part of the book focuses on issues related to Monte Carlo methods—uniform and non-uniform random number |

|generation, variance reduction techniques—but the material is presented to prepare the readers for the next step, which is to replace the random |

|sampling inherent to Monte Carlo by quasi–random sampling. The second part of the book deals with this next step. Several aspects of quasi-Monte |

|Carlo methods are covered, including constructions, randomizations, the use of ANOVA decompositions, and the concept of effective dimension. The |

|third part of the book is devoted to applications in finance and more advanced statistical tools like Markov chain Monte Carlo and sequential |

|Monte Carlo, with a discussion of their quasi–Monte Carlo counterpart |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|A number of books have been written on the Monte Carlo method and its applications, especially in finance, stochastic simulation, and quasi-Monte |

|Carlo methods |

|The purpose of this book is to present all these topics together in one place in a unified way, by continuously using the interplay between |

|integration and simulation |

|After reading the book, the reader should be able to apply random sampling to a wide range of problems and understand how to replace it by |

|highly-uniform sampling |

|MARKET: |Grad students, practitioners |

|SUBJECT: | |Statistical Theory and Methods |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Statistics |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Glasserman, Monte Carlo Methods in Financial Engineering (978-0-387-00451-8, 2003, $69.95) |

|Gentle, Random Number Generation and Monte Carlo Methods (978-0-387-00178-4, 2003, $94) |

|COMPETITION: |

|Niederreiter, Random Number Generation (SFIM, 0898712955, 1987, $68.50) |

|Kalos, Monte Carlo Methods (Wiley-VCH, 352740760X, 2008, $145) |

Statistics

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Dynamic Linear Models with R

| |AUTHORS: |Giovanni Petris, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA; Sonia Petrone, Universitá |

| | |Bocconi, Milan, Italy and Patrizia Campagnoli, Università de Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy |

| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-77237-0 |

| |PAGES/ILLUS: |XII, 252 p., Softcover |

| |PRICE: |approx. $59.95 |

| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2009 |

|State space models have gained tremendous popularity in recent years in as disparate fields as engineering, economics, genetics and ecology. After|

|a detailed introduction to general state space models, this book focuses on dynamic linear models, emphasizing their Bayesian analysis. Whenever |

|possible it is shown how to compute estimates and forecasts in closed form; for more complex models, simulation techniques are used. A final |

|chapter covers modern sequential Monte Carlo algorithms. |

|The book illustrates all the fundamental steps needed to use dynamic linear models in practice, using R. Many detailed examples based on real data|

|sets are provided to show how to set up a specific model, estimate its parameters, and use it for forecasting. All the code used in the book is |

|available online. |

|SELLING POINTS: |

|Fully worked-out examples in the freely available statistical software R |

|Guides the reader in a friendly way from the basics of the Bayesian approach to its practical application to time series analysis |

|Coverage includes advanced Bayesian computations, Markov chain Monte Carlo methods, and particle filters |

|MARKET: |Researchers, grad students |

|SUBJECT: | |Statistical Theory and Methods |

|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Statistics |

|RELATED TITLES: |

|Kleiber, Applied Econometrics with R (978-0-387-77316-2, 2008, $54.95) |

|Dalgaard, Introductory Statistics with R (978-0-387-79053-4, 2008, $59.95) |

|Kaas, Modern Actuarial Risk Theory (978-3-540-70992-3, 2008, $229) |

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|Faraway, Linear Models with R (Chapman & Hall/CRC, 1584884258, 2004, $79.95) |

|Faraway, Extending the Linear Model with R (Chapman & Hall/CRC, 158488424X, 2005, $89.95) |

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