Published December, 2012
By Paul Pechan and Gert E. de Vries
Publisher: Springer (Springer New York)
Rating:
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)

Using specific examples, this book reviews the challenges of providing clean water to a growing world population. Discusses new technologies for treating and reusing waste waters, and innovative monitoring approaches for assessing water quality risks.

---

Published December, 2012
By Valery V. Tuchin
Publisher: Springer (Springer New York)
Rating:
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)

In its expanded 2nd Edition, this book covers laser and coherent-domain methods used in biomedicine, environmental monitoring and materials science. Describes the fundamentals of light interaction with random media and presents an overview of basic research.

---

Published December, 2012
By Chan Kwok-bun
Publisher: Springer (Springer New York)
Rating:
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)

Whether in China or the diaspora, families are the cornerstone of Chinese society. This handbook surveys the economic, political, ethnic and cultural aspects of Chinese families as a social institution, as well as the implications of the one-child policy.

---

Published December, 2012
By Mark D. Weist, Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers and Zewelanji N. Serpell
Publisher: Springer (Springer New York)
Rating:
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)

This resource explores the academic and behavioral challenges of an increasingly diverse school environment, offering cost-effective solutions in an accessible, well-organized format. It describes innovative approaches to counseling and classroom life.

---

Published December, 2012
By Rick Russell
Publisher: Springer (Springer New York)
Series: Biophysics for the Life Sciences
Rating:
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)

This volume, written by experts in the field, discusses the current understanding of the biophysical principles that govern RNA folding, with featured RNAs including the ribosomal RNAs, viral RNAs, and self-splicing introns.

---

Published December, 2012
By Mark C. Williams, L. James Maher, III and James L. Maher
Publisher: Springer (Springer New York)
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
Rating:
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)

Focusing on the biophysics of DNA-protein interactions, this volume presents new methods and results that explore the mechanism behind prtein and DNA interaction. Recent advances in biophysics are discussed, in addition to proteins that alter DNA properties to faciliate interactions for transcription or replication.

---

Published December, 2012
By Hamid R. Arabnia, Hamid Arabnia and Neil Yen
Publisher: Springer (Springer New York)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Rating:
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)

---

Published November, 2012
By Giuliano Mariani, H. William Strauss, Steven M. Larson and Duccio Volterrani
Publisher: Springer (Springer New York)
Rating: 1.00
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)

This book covers the basic principles and the clinical applications of nuclear oncology imaging techniques. It is heavily illustrated to assist the reader in understanding the clinical role of nuclear oncology in cancer disease therapy and management.

---

Published November, 2012
By Mukesh G. Harisinghani
Publisher: Springer (Springer New York)
Rating:
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)

This book combines detailed anatomic drawings and state-of-the-art radiologic images to produce an essential atlas illustrating the nodal drainage stations in the head and neck, chest, and abdomen and pelvis. Includes clinical cases, 2- and 3-D maps and more.

---

Published November, 2012
By Maria Spies
Publisher: Springer (Springer New York)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Rating:
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)

Integrating knowledge obtained through such approaches as single-molecule biophysics and cellular biological studies, this book offers the first systematic overview of structure, function and regulation of DNA helicases and related molecular motors.

---