Authors:J.f.a. Sawyer, J.m.y. Simpson,
Publisher: Pergamon
Keywords: religion, language, encyclopedia, concise
Number of Pages: 612
Published: 2001-05-01
List price: $285.00
ISBN-10: 0080431674
ISBN-13: 9780080431673

The Concise Encyclopedia of Language and Religion provides the specialist and the general reader with accurate, up-to-date information on every aspect of the crucial interface between language and religion. Easy access to material in over 320 articles by scholars in many fields is provided both in a clear thematic arrangement, and by means of a comprehensive and detailed general index. Discussion of many topics including the creation of special sacred scripts, religious calligraphy, and the use of religious symbols in meditation, magic and elsewhere, is enriched and elucidated by illustrations

Author: J.H. Horlock
Publisher: Pergamon
Keywords: power, generation, thermodynamics, review, brief, gas, turbine, cycles, advanced
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2003-08-01
List price: $135.00
ISBN-10: 0080442730
ISBN-13: 9780080442730

Primarily this book describes the thermodynamics of gas turbine cycles. The search for high gas turbine efficiency has produced many variations on the simple "open circuit" plant, involving the use of heat exchangers, reheating and intercooling, water and steam injection, cogeneration and combined cycle plants. These are described fully in the text.A review of recent proposals for a number of novel gas turbine cycles is also included. In the past few years work has been directed towards developing gas turbines which produce less carbon dioxide, or plants from which the CO2 can be disposed of;

Author: Jiatao Li
Publisher: Pergamon
Keywords: international, business, management, china, ventures, managing
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2001-11-01
List price: $122.95
ISBN-10: 0080439330
ISBN-13: 9780080439334

Hardbound. This book encompasses the latest thinking on managing international business ventures in China’s emerging economy. It examines key topics in areas, including management of joint ventures, human resource management, and strategic management. With contributions from world-renowned scholars on China, this volume provides a forum for discussing some of the most important and current research on managing international business ventures in China.

Authors:R.O. Frost, G. Steketee,
Publisher: Pergamon
Keywords: assessment, treatment, theory, compulsions, approaches, obsessions, cognitive
Number of Pages: 526
Published: 2002-06-15
List price: $141.00
ISBN-10: 008043410X
ISBN-13: 9780080434100

Hardbound. Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) has perplexed clinicians and researchers for many years. Despite recent advances in our understanding of and ability to treat this debilitating problem, many people with OCD do not benefit or benefit only marginally from existing treatments. Newer approaches and a better understanding of the pathogenesis of OCD are needed. One such approach that has shown considerable promise in recent years is cognitive therapy. Recent studies have found cognitive therapy to be an effective treatment for OCD, and research on cognitive theory for OCD is rapidly ex

Author: M. Elices
Publisher: Pergamon
Keywords: materials, relationships, pergamon, property, series, design, biological, volume, structural, structure
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2000-05-22
List price: $159.00
ISBN-10: 0080434169
ISBN-13: 9780080434162

Hardbound. The ongoing process of bio-evolution has produced materials which are perfectly adapted to fulfil a specific functional role. The natural world provides us with a multitude of examples of materials with durability, strength, mechanisms of programmed self-assembly and biodegradability. The materials industry has sought to observe and appreciate the relationship between structure, properties and function of these biological materials. A multidisciplinary approach, building on recent advances at the forefront of physics, chemistry and molecular biology, has been successful in prod

Author: Germany) International Fatigue Congress 1996 (Berl
Publisher: Pergamon
Keywords: fatigue
Number of Pages: 2116
Published: 1996-05-01
List price: $440.95
ISBN-10: 0080422683
ISBN-13: 9780080422688

Paperback. The aim of the 6th International Fatigue Congress, besides covering the entire field of fatigue, was to promote the intimate connection between basic science and engineering application by the selection of appropriate session topics.Fatigue is the main cause of failure of engineering structures and components. Making reliable fatigue predictions is highly difficult because knowledge about fatigue mechanisms in all stages of the fatigue process must be developed much further. In addition, the decreasing availability of raw materials and energy resources forces engineers to continuall

Authors:F J Humphreys, M. Hatherly,
Publisher: Pergamon
Keywords: pergamon, materials, series, second, phenomena, related, annealing, recrystallization
Number of Pages: 658
Published: 2004-02-16
List price: $210.00
ISBN-10: 0080441645
ISBN-13: 9780080441641

Related Annealing Phenomena fulfils the information needs of materials scientists in both industry and academia. The subjects treated in the book are all active research areas, forming a major part of at least four regular international conference series. This new 2nd edition ensures the reader has access to the latest findings, essential to those working at the forefront of research in universities and laboratories. For those in industry, the book highlights applications of the research and technologically important examples. In particular, the 2nd edition builds on the significant progress m