The most complete, nonpartisan source of information available today on this hot agronomic topic, this book brings together a diverse group of papers and data to resolve the debate between sedimentologists, soil scientists, and agronomists over whether the effects of soil erosion on carbon and atmospheric ... more »

The Handbook of Engineering Electromagnetics demonstrates the application of electromagnetic principles to the formulation and solution of modern engineering problems It builds the solid foundation in electromagnetic theory needed for understanding recent advances in burgeoning fields such as wireless ... more »

Robot Manipulator Control offers a complete survey of control systems for serial-link robot arms and acknowledges how robotic device performance hinges upon a well-developed control system. Containing over 750 essential equations, this thoroughly up-to-date Second Edition, the book explicates theoretical ... more »

Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Numerical Methods in Engineering: Theory and Applications, NUMETA 90, University College of Swansea, Wales, UK, 7-11 January 1990. ... more » more »

Thoroughly reviewing emerging methods for analyzing food safety, this book covers the detection of foreign bodies and other contaminants such as toxins, pesticides, dioxins and veterinary residues, and rapid methods for detecting pathogenic and spoilage bacteria. Topics include the measurement of product ... more »

A summary of the development, methods, and application of the Relative Risk Model (RRM), Regional Scale Ecological Risk Assessment demonstrates the capabilities of RRM using nine case studies in the Pacific Northwest, Pennsylvania, Brazil, and Tasmania. The book provides numerous real world examples ... more »

Written by a leading expert, the Handbook of Yarn Production: Technology, Science and Economics is an authoritative and comprehensive guide to textile yarn manufacturing. The book is designed to allow readers to explore the subject in various levels of detail. The first chapters provide an overview of ... more »

This volume consists of papers presented at a conference on Structural Integrity Assessment, held at Owens Park Conference Centre, University of Manchester, UK, 31 March-2 April 1992. more » more »

Edited by a leading expert in the field, and with a distinguished international team of contributors, Novel Food Packaging Techniques provides an authoritative and comprehensive review of the key trends. The book covers the range of active packaging techniques and the use of intelligent systems such ... more »

Presenting the latest research from a distinguished panel of international contributors, Materials in Sports Equipment on the chemical structure and composition, microstructure and material processing of the various materials used in a wide range of sports equipment. The book provides insight into the ... more »

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Citing recently realized applications for extruders as polymerization, modification, and degradation reactors and presenting a telling array of new research results and illustrative experimental cases, Reactive Extrusion Systems sheds light on the complex set of interactions underlying reactions in extruders ... more »