"This book focuses on the problems of malnutrition in the ill elderly. It does not represent a comprehensive textbook on medical nutrition. The authors present precise strategies for detecting, preventing, and treating malnutrition. This book should be especially appealing for n…
The very first clinical lung transplantation in 1963 was not too promising a start. In the years that followed, immense obstacles had to be surmounted and for a while nobody believed in the success of such an operation. Fortunately pioneers as Reitz and Cooper did not abandon th…
Magnetic resonance imaging of the heart allows a quick and exact evaluation of global and regional pump function, regional myocardial wall motion, myocardial perfusion and coronary blood flow. Some of these parameters must also be analyzed under stress conditions to identify myo…
In 1959, about 1400 compounds forming liquid crystalline phases were known; by 1992, this number had increased to about 50 000. In portable devices like wristwatches, pocket caculators, measuring instruments, and laptop computers the liquid crystal display technology has gained …
by Texter, John, Chemistry at Interfaces Gordon Research Conference, Meriden, N.H.), International Symposium on Interfacial Structure, Chicago, Ill, International Symposium on Interfacial Structure, Chicago), National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago), Surfactants in Solution Conference, Jerusalem)
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The subject of this volume is limited in that it addresses amphiphiles at liquid/air, liquid/liquid, and liquid/solid interfaces, with litte attention paid to vapor/solid interfaces. This volume will serve to summarize our current understanding of interfacial structure at the mo…
