Building upon the strengths of the best-selling first edition, Histamine and H1-Antihistamines in Allergic Disease, Second Edition presents the latest advances and current research in histamine, histamine receptors, and H1-antihistamines for practical application in allergy, immunology, dermatology, ... more »

This text displays strategies in system implementation, policy formulation, government accounting, and financial reporting. It clarifies procedures to solve cutback and downsizing dilemmas using theoretical models and manage financial activities under budgetary strain. In order to serve as an effective ... more »

An introduction to pragmatic methods for solving complex problems in facilities location: choosing from among known feasible sites or a broad range described as an area, placing facilities, and assigning customers. It emphasizes careful location and customer allocation to determine optimum use of time ... more »

This title evaluates the performance, safety, efficiency, reliability and economics of a power delivery system. It emphasizes the use and interpretation of computational data to assess system operating limits, load level increases, equipment failure and mitigating procedures through computer-aided analysis ... more »

Long established as the gold standard in the field, Casarett & Doull's Toxicology equips you with an unsurpassed understanding of modern toxicology, including the principles, concepts, mechanisms, and modes of thought that are the foundation of the discipline. The new edition features many new contributors ... more »

Based on a course run by the European Academy of Gynecological Cancer (EAGC), EAGC Course Book on Colposcopy is part training manual, part atlas. Edited by Peter Bosze and David Lucsley, it is a valuable resource and training tool. The chapter authors have been carefully chosen for their special skills ... more »

A compilation of authoritative research, this book outlines developments in the fields of eye surgery, vision screening, ophthalmology, and related disciplines. It covers a number of important problems associated with strabismology, including ambyopia, botulinum toxin, Brown's syndrome, and congenital ... more »

Fully updated and revised to include the latest information since publication of the first edition in 1989, the Second Edition of this highly praised reference covers all aspects of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) regulations and techniques for implementation. ... more »

This text is based on lectures presented at the International Conference on Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) on Multistructures, held in Luminy, France. It contains advances in the field, compiling research on the analyses and applications of multistructures - including treatments of classical theories ... more »

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the mechanisms and biological consequences of genome rearrangements in bacteria. Genome rearrangements are a result of the actions of discrete genetic elements such as conjugative transposons, plasmids, phage, and non conjugative transposons. Bacteria also contain ... more »

Written by leading workers in the field this book addresses the implementation of evidence-based medicine in the major cardiological subspecialties.  Publication of the first edition in 1998 represented a major new departure in cardiovascular publishing and the book was enthusiastically received ... more »

Edited by Hywel Williams, Michael Bigby, Thomas Diepgen, Andrew Herxheimer, Luigi Naldi and Berthold Rzany This major new publication in dermatology addresses the application of evidence-based medicine in the specialty and reviews the evidence in the main clinical subspecialties.  The clinical chapters ... more »