Note: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Forevvord -- Organising and Programme Committee Members -- Opening Session Papers -- Opening Address by Dr. K. Thambimuthu, Chairman, lEA Greenhouse Gas R& -- D Programme -- Opening Speech by the Hon. W. Entsch, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Science & -- Resources -- Plenary Sessions Papers -- The Science of Climate Change: An Update -- Sustaining Sustainability: Technology -- Energy in the 21 st Century: The Role of GHG Control Technologies -- Climate Policy, CO[sub(2)] Storage and Public Perception -- Harnessing Technology to Achieve Sustainability -- The Role of Carbon Management Technologies in Addressing Atmospheric Stabilization of Greenhouse Gases -- The Role of Carbon Sequestration in the Longer Term Energy Future -- A Policy Framework for Sustainable Energy -- Technology for Sustainable Energy - A CSIRO Perspective -- Capture of CO[sub(2)] -- International Test Centre for Carbon Dioxide (C0[sub(2)]) Capture -- Leading Options for the Capture of CO[sub(2)] at Power Stations -- Natural Gas Fired Power Cycles with Integrated CO[sub(2)] Capture -- Existing Coal Power Plant Retrofit CO[sub(2)] Control Options Analysis -- Simulation of CO[sub(2)] Capture for an Existing Pulverized Coal Power Plant -- Gas Treating Using Membrane Gas/Liquid Contactors -- The Kvaerner Membrane Contactor: Lessons from a Case Study in How to Reduce Capture Costs -- Study on Hybrid Process Combining Gas Membrane and PSA for Carbon Dioxide Purification -- Economical Carbon Dioxide Recovery for Sequestration from a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Power Plant -- Development and Application of Flue Gas Carbon Dioxide Recovery Technology -- Economics and Cost Studies of Energy Efficient Solvents and Cogeneration Process for CO2Separation From Flue Gas Streams. , High Temperature CO[sub(2)] Removal Technique Using Novel Solid Chemical Absorbent -- Capture of CO[sub(2)] Using Water Scrubbing -- Study on CO[sub(2)] Removal Technology from Flue Gas of Thermal Power Plant by Combined System With Pressure Swing Adsorption and Super Cold Separator -- Economical Assessment of Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Power Plant With CO[sub(2)] Capture and Sequestration -- Economic Evaluation of Capture and Sequestration of CO[sub(2)] from Australian Black Coal-Fired Power Stations -- A Study on the Capture of Carbon Dioxide from a Large Refinery Power Station Boiler by Conversion to Oxyfuel Operation -- Simulation of Coal Combustion in a High CO[sub(2)] and O[sub(2)] Environment -- Update of New Power Plant CO[sub(2)] Control Options Analysis -- Carbon Dioxide Reduced Processes -- Possibility of Using Iron Oxide as an Oxygen Carrier for Combustion of Methane with Removal of CO[sub(2)]-Application of Chemical-Looping Combustion -- An Investigation of Solvent Stability in Amine Based Systems Used to Capture CO[sub(2)] -- CO[sub(2)]-MEA Absorption in Packed Columns: Comprehensive Experimental Data and Modelling Results -- Oxygen Enhanced Combustion Strategies for CO[sub(2)] Capture Using Natural Gas as a Fuel -- Comparisons of CO[sub(2)]-Reducing Alternatives for Heat and Power Generation: CO[sub(2)]-Capture and Fuel Shift to Biomass -- Effect of Super Absorbent Polymer (SAP) on the Water Characteristic Curves of a Sandy Layer for Arid Land Forestation -- Geological Storage of CO[sub(2)] -- CO[sub(2)] Sequestration in Oil Reservoirs - A Monitoring and Research Opportunity -- The CO[sub(2)] Capture Joint Industry Project -- The GEODISC Program: Research into Geological Sequestration of CO[sub(2)] in Australia -- The GESTCO Project: Assessing European Potential for Geological Storage of CO[sub(2)] from Fossil Fuel Combustion. , Options for Establishing a North Sea Geological Storage Hub -- Progress in Understanding the Potential Role of CO[sub(2)] Storage -- Sequestration of CO[sub(2)] in Depleted Oil & -- Gas Fields: Global Capacity, Costs and Barriers -- The Transform of the Geological Space into the CO[sub(2)]-Phase Space: A Step Toward the Identification of CO[sub(2)] Storage Capacity of Sedimentary Basins -- Reservoir Engineering Issues in the Geological Disposal of Carbon Dioxide -- Underground Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide in Tectonically Active Area -- Comparison of Three Options for Geologic Sequestration of CO[sub(2)] - A Case Study for California -- Monitoring of CO[sub(2)] Sequestration Using Integrated Geophysical and Reservoir Data -- Geological CO[sub(2)] Disposal: Understanding the Long Term Fate of CO[sub(2)] in Natural Occuring Accumulations -- Elmo Dome and St.Johns Natural CO[sub(2)] Deposits: Analogs for Geologic Sequestration -- CO[sub(2)] Storage in Solid Form: A Study of Direct Mineral Carbonation -- From Suitability to Ultimate Capacity: A Roadmap for Assessing Sedimentary Basinsand Selecting Sites for CO[sub(2)] Storage in Geological Media -- Applications of Neutral Barrier Technology for Greenhouse Gas Containment -- The GEO-SEQ Project -- A New CO[sub(2)] Disposal Process Using Artificial Rock Weathering -- The Utsira Sand, Central North Sea - An Assessment of its Potential for Regional CO[sub(2)] Storage -- How Will Reservoir and Caprock React with Injected CO[sub(2)] at Sieipner? Preliminary Evidencefrom Experimental Investigations -- Prediction of Migration of CO[sub(2)] Injected into an Underground Depository: Reservoir Geology and Migration Modelling in the Sieipner Case (North Sea) -- Geophysical Methods for Monitoring Marine Aquifer CO[sub(2)] Storage - Sieipner Experiences. , Prediction of CO[sub(2)] Distribution Pattern Improved by Geology and Reservoir Simulation and Verified by Time Lapse Seismic -- Prediction of Migration of CO[sub(2)] After Injected in a Saline Aquifer: Reservoir History Matching of a 40 Seismic Image with a Compositional Gas/Water Model -- Regional and Site-Specific Hydrogeologic Constraints on CO2 Sequestration in the Midwestern United States Saline Formations -- Experimental Evaluation of Chemical Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide in Deep Saline Formations -- Ocean Storage of CO[sub(2)] -- Update on the International Experiment on CO[sub(2)] Ocean Sequestration -- Public Outreach Effort for CO[sub(2)] Ocean Sequestration Experiment -- Application of a Double Plume Model to Compute Near Field Mixing for the International Field Experiment on CO[sub(2)] Ocean Sequestration -- A Numerical Prediction on Plume Structure of Liquid CO[sub(2)] in the Ocean - A Near Field Model -- Simulation Experiment of CO[sub(2)] Storage at 3600m Deep Ocean Floor -- A Generic Modelling System for Ocean Storage of CO[sub(2)] -- Stability of CO[sub(2)] in Different Phases Related to Ocean Storage -- Assessing Change in CO[sub(2)] Chemistry in Seawater in a Proposed International CO[sub(2)] Ocean Sequestration Experiment -- Ocean Nourishment in the Humbolt Current -- Enhancement of Oceanic Uptake of Anthropogenic CO[sub(2)] by Macro-nutrient Fertilisation -- Ocean Dispersion of CO[sub(2)] from a Moving Ship Source -- A Benign Form of CO[sub(2)] Sequestering in the Ocean -- Ocean CO[sub(2)] Sequestration Efficiency from 3-D Ocean Model Comparison -- Numerical Simulation of Dilution Process in CO[sub(2)] Ocean Sequestration -- Formation of Liquid CO[sub(2)] Droplets and Jets with Deformation and Growth of Hydrate Film -- CO[sub(2)] Ocean Sequestration Project in RITE. , Two Types of Strength Abnormality of CO[sub(2)] Hydrate Membrane -- Combining Ocean Sequestration of CO[sub(2)] and OTEC -- A Win-Win Solution? -- Oceanographic Criteria for Selecting Future Sites for CO[sub(2)] Sequestration -- Responses of Marine Biological Communities to Different Concentration of CO[sub(2)] in a Mesocosm Experiment -- Previews of CO[sub(2)] Injection System for CO[sub(2)] Ocean Sequestration -- Replacing Methane with CO[sub(2)] in Clathrate Hydrate: Observations Using Raman Spectroscopy -- Storage of CO[sub(2)] with Enhanced Hydrocarbon Recovery -- Site Ranking for CO[sub(2)]-Enhanced Coalbed Methane Demonstration Pilots -- Modelling of Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Coal beds: A Numerical Challenge -- Economics of Flue Gas Injection and CO[sub(2)] Sequestration in Coalbed Methane Reservoirs -- CO[sub(2)]-Storage / ECBM Production Scenarios for the Campine Basin (Belgium) -- CO[sub(2)]-Sequestration in The Netherlands: Inventory of the Potential for the Combination of Subsurface Carbon Dioxide Disposal with Enhanced Coalbed Methane Production -- CO[sub(2)]-Sequestration in The Netherlands. CO[sub(2)] Injection and CH[sub(4)] Production as Relatedto the Dutch Situation: Laboratory Experiments and Field Simulations -- Transporting Carbon Dioxide Recovered from Fossil-Energy Cycles -- Unminable Coals in Eastern U.S. Basins: Potential Reservoirs for Sequestering Carbon Dioxide -- Subsurface Biogeochemical Carbon Recycling: CO[sub(2)]-EGR with Microbial Methanogenesis in Geochemically Sealed Aquifers -- CO[sub(2)]-Sequestration in the Netherlands: Feasibility and Techno-Economic Evaluation of Coalbed Methane Production Combined with CO[sub(2)]-Storage - Preliminary Results -- CO[sub(2)] Sequestration. in an Unminable Coalbed - San Juan Basin, Colorado, USA. , Geological Sequestration of CO[sub(2)] in Coal Seams: Reservoir Mechanisms Field Performance and Economics.

Note: THE ELEPHANT'S FOOT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Part I The Context of Elephant Foot Care -- 1 AN OVERVIEW OF FOOT CONDITIONS IN ASIAN AND AFRICAN ELEPHANTS -- 2 ANATOMY OF THE ELEPHANT FOOT -- 3 THE ROLE OF NUTRITION AND ITS POSSIBLE IMPACT ON ELEPHANT FOOT CARE -- 4 RECORD KEEPING AS AN AID TO FOOT CARE IN THE ASIAN ELEPHANT -- Part II Approaches to Routine Foot Care -- 5 FOOT CARE FOR CAPTIVE ELEPHANTS -- 6 CAPTIVE ELEPHANT FOOT CARE: NATURAL- HABITAT HUSBANDRY TECHNIQUES -- 7 FOOT CARE AT THE INDIANAPOLIS ZOO: A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH -- 8 ELEPHANT FOOT CARE UNDER PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS THE VOLUNTARY-CONTACT SYSTEM: -- 9 A HISTORY OF ELEPHANT FOOT CARE AT THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY ZOO -- 10 ELEPHANT HUSBANDRY AND FOOT CARE AT THE SCHONBRUNNER TIERGARTEN, VIENNA -- 11 PREVENTIVE FOOT CARE FOR AN ASIAN ELEPHANT AT MESKER PARK ZOO AND BOTANIC GARDEN -- PART III Common Elephant Foot Conditions and Their Treatment -- 12 HISTORICAL LESSONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF FOOT DISEASES IN CAPTIVE ASIAN ELEPHANTS -- 13 SPLIT NAILS, ABSCESSES, AND CUTICULAR FLUID POCKETS -- 14 OUCH, DO THAT AGAIN! TREATMENT OF CHRONIC NAIL INFECTIONS IN AN ASIAN BULL ELEPHANT USING PROTECTED CONTACT -- 15 PROCEDURE FOR NAIL RECONSTRUCTION AND TREATMENT FOR AN ASIAN ELEPHANT (ELEPHAS MAXIMUS) -- 16 OCCURRENCE AND TREATMENT OF NAILFOOT ABSCESSES, NAIL CRACKS, AND SOLE ABSCESSES IN CAPTIVE ELEPHANTS -- 17 SIRI'S DILEMMA: MANAGEMENT OF A CHRONIC FOOT PROBLEM -- 18 MAKING A PROTECTIVE BOOT FOR AN ASIAN ELEPHANT -- 19 TREATMENT OF AN ABSCESSED FOOT PAD OF AN AFRICAN ELEPHANT (LOXODONTA AF'RICANA) USING A SANDAL AND TOPICALLY APPLIED CHITOSAN -- 20 THE USE OF SONOGRAPHY IN THE FOLLOW-UP CARE OF A FOOT ABSCESS IN A FEMALE ASIAN ELEPHANT (ELEPHAS MAXIMUS) -- 21 TREATMENT OF OSTEOMYELITIS IN ELEPHANT FEET -- PART IV Surgical Intervention for Elephant Foot Disease. , 22 THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF FOOT ABSCESSES IN CAPTIVE ASIATIC ELEPHANTS: CASE STUDIES -- 23 PREOPERATIVE CONDITIONING AND POSTOPERATIVE TREATMENTS OF A PROTECTED-CONTACT BULL ELEPHANT -- 24 SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF A CHRONIC INFECTION INVOLVING THE PHALANGE OF AN ASIAN ELEPHANT (ELEPHAS MAXIMUS) -- 25 SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PHALANGEAL OSTEOMYELITIS IN A FEMALE ASIAN ELEPHANT (ELEPHAS MAXIMUS) -- PART V Antibiotic and Anti-inflammatory Dosages for Elephants -- 26 DETERMINING DOSAGES FOR ANTIBIOTIC AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS -- PART VI Conclusions and Recommendations -- 27 ELEPHANT FOOT CARE: CONCLUDING REMARKS -- APPENDIX I ELEPHANT MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES (MARCH 1997) -- APPENDIX II RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF ELEPHANT FOOT CONDITION AND CARE IN NORTH AMERICA -- GLOSSARY -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.

Note: Front Cover -- Plastics Additives: an Industrial Guide, Volume II -- Copyright Page -- Contents and Subject Index -- SECTION X: IMPACT MODIFIERS -- Atofina Chemicals Inc. -- Mitsubishi Rayon America Inc. -- Roh mand Haas Co. -- SECTION XI: INITIATORS -- Aztec Peroxides, Inc: Laporte, Pic: -- Sartomer Co. -- Witco Corp. -- SECTION XII: LUBRICANTS -- Acme-Hardesty Co. -- Axel Plastics Research Laboratories, Inc. -- Chemax, Inc. -- Lonza Inc. -- Morton Plastics Additives -- Penreco -- Witco Corp. -- SECTION XIII: MICAS -- Franklin Industrial Minerals -- Harwick Standard Distribution Corp. -- Intercorp Inc. -- Pacer Technology, Inc. -- SECTION XIV: PIGMENTS, COLORANTS, AND DYES -- Akzo Nobel -- BASF Corp. -- Cabot Corp. -- Clariant Corp. -- Day-Glo Color Corp. -- Degussa Corp. -- D. J. Enterprises, Inc. -- Eckart America -- EM Industries, Inc. -- Engelhard Corp. -- Heucoteeh Ltd. -- Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd -- Kemira Pigments, Inc. -- Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. -- Kronos Inc. -- Millenium Inorganic Chemicals -- Sun Chemical Corp. -- SECTION XV: PLASTICIZERS AND ESTERS -- Akcros Chemicals -- BP Amoco Chemicals -- Aristech Chemical Corp. -- Arizona Chemical Co. -- BASF Corp. -- ExxonMobil Chemical Co. -- Harwick Standard Distribution Corp. -- Inspec UK Ltd. -- CK Witco Corp. -- Morflex,Inc -- BFGoodrich Kalama, Inc. -- Hatco -- Inolex Chemical Co. -- Rit-Chem Co., Inc. -- Solutia, Inc -- Harwick Standard Distribution Corp.: Dover Chemical Corp -- Unitex Chemical Corp. -- Witco Gorp. -- SECTION XVI: PROCESSING AIDS -- BYK-Chemie, USA -- Croda Oleochemicals -- Dow Chemical Co. -- Dow Corning -- Dyneon LLC -- Eeonyx Corp -- Elm GroveIndustries, Inc. -- Lonza Group -- Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd -- Tego Chemie Service GmbH -- Witco Corp. -- SECTION XVII: RELEASE AGENTS -- Axel Plastics Research Laboratories Inc. -- Slide Products, Inc. -- Stoner Inc. , Witco Corp. -- SECTION XVIII: SILANES, TITANATES AND ZIRCONATES -- Genessee Polymers Corp. -- Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc. -- SECTION XIX: SLIP AND ANTI-BLOCKING AGENTS -- Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc. -- Chemax, Inc. -- Degussa AG -- Luzenac America, Inc. -- Witco Corp. -- TRADE NAME INDEX -- SUPPLIERS' ADDRESSES.

Note: Front Cover -- Bio-Assays for Oxidative Stress Status (BOSS) -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION TO OXIDATIVE STRESS STATUS (OSS) -- CHAPTER 1. OXIDATIVE STRESS STATUS: OSS, BOSS, AND "WILD BILL" DONOVAN -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2. NOVEL HPLC ANALYSIS OF TOCOPHEROLS, TOCOTRIENOLS, AND CHOLESTEROL IN TISSUE -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 3. BASELINE DIENE CONJUGATION IN LDL LIPIDS: AN INDICATOR OF CIRCULATING OXIDIZED LDL -- INTRODUCTION -- ESTIMATION OF IN VIVO LDL OXIDATION -- LDL OXIDATION MARKERS, ATHEROSCLEROSIS, AND RISK FACTORS -- LDL-BDC AS AN INDICATOR OF MILDLY OXIDIZED LDL -- PERSPECTIVE: LDL-BDC AS A CLINICAL CHEMICAL ASSAY, AND AS AN INDICATOR OF LDL OXIDATION AND THE RISK OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 4. STABLE MARKERS OF OXIDANT DAMAGE TO PROTEINS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN THE STUDY OF HUMAN DISEASE -- INTRODUCTION -- FORMATION OF SPECIFIC PROTEIN OXIDATION PRODUCTS -- METHODOLOGY FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF SIDE CHAIN OXIDATION PRODUCTS -- COMPARISON BETWEEN METHODOLOGIES -- CONFOUNDING FACTORS IN THE MEASUREMENT OF PROTEIN SIDE-CHAIN OXIDATION PRODUCTS -- DETECTION OF PROTEIN SIDE-CHAIN OXIDATION PRODUCTS IN HUMANS -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 5. MEASUREMENT OF OXIDANT-INDUCED SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PROTEINS USING CELL IMAGING -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 6. IN VIVO TOTAL ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY: COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT ANALYTICAL METHODS -- INTRODUCTION -- ANTIOXIDANT AND REDUCTANT: SEVERAL CONCEPTS RELATED TO ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY ASSAYS -- ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY ASSAYS INVOLVING OXIDANTS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY PRO-OXIDANTS -- ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY ASSAYS INVOLVING OXIDANTS THAT ARE PRO-OXIDANTS. , THE COMPARISON OF ORAC ASSAY WITH OTHER ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY ASSAYS, PARTICULARLY THE FRAP AND TEAC ASSAYS -- PLASMA OR SERUM ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY AND IN VIVO ANTIOXIDANT STATUS: INTERPRETATION OF DATA -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7. CLINICAL APPLICATION OF BREATH BIOMARKERS OF OXIDATIVE STRESS STATUS -- INTRODUCTION -- BREATH COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS -- CLINICAL APPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8. ANALYSIS OF OXIDIZED HEME PROTEINS AND ITS APPLICATION TO MULTIPLE ANTIOXIDANT PROTECTION -- ANALYSIS OF OXIDIZED HEME PROTEINS -- APPLICATION ON HSAP TO LITERATURE SPECTRA OF HEME PROTEINS -- HSAP IN MULTIPLE ANTIOXIDANT STUDIES -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 9. OXIDATIVE STRESS STATUS-THE SECOND SET -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10. MEASUREMENT OF F2-ISOPROSTANES AS AN INDEX OF OXIDATIVE STRESS IN VIVO -- BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE FORMATION OF ISOPROSTANES -- METHODOLOGY FOR MEASUREMENT OF F2-ISOPROSTANES -- FAVORABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF F2-ISOPROSTANES AS A MEASURE OF OXIDATIVE STRESS IN VIVO -- DIRECT COMPARISON OF MEASURING F2-ISOPS WITH OTHER MEASURES OF LIPID PEROXIDATION TO ASSESS OXIDANT INJURY IN VITRO AND IN VIVO -- VARIOUS APPROACHES TO ASSESS ENDOGENOUS PRODUCTION OF F2-ISOPS -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 11. METHODS FOR MEASURING ETHANE AND PENTANE IN EXPIRED AIR FROM RATS AND HUMANS -- INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 12. MEASUREMENT OF 3-NITROTYROSINE AND 5-NITRO-γ-TOCOPHEROL BY HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION -- INTRODUCTION -- TWO FACES OF NO: INFLUENCE OF THE REDOX MILIEU -- 3-NITROTYROSINE AS AN INDICATOR OF NO-DEPENDENT PROTEIN OXIDATION -- PRINCIPLES OF HPLC-ECD -- DETERMINATION OF 3-NO2-TYR BY HPLC-ECD -- NO REACTIONS IN THE LIPID PHASE: 5-NITRO-Г- TOCOPHEROL AS A BIOMARKER OF OXIDATIVE DAMAGE. , CHROMATOGRAPHIC STRATEGY FOR 5-NITRO-Г- TOCOPHEROL -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 13. DETECTION OF OXIDATIVE DNA DAMAGE IN HUMAN SPERM AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH SPERM FUNCTION AND MALE INFERTILITY -- INTRODUCTION -- MEASUREMENT OF 8-HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE IN HUMAN SPERM -- DETECTION OF DNA STRAND BREAKS IN HUMAN SPERMATOZOA -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 14. OXIDATIVE STRESS STATUS-THE THIRD SET -- REFERENCE -- CHAPTER 15. BIOMARKERS OF OXIDATIVE STRESS STUDY: ARE PLASMA ANTIOXIDANTS MARKERS OF CC14 POISONING? -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 16. ANALYSIS OF HEPATIC OXIDATIVE STRESS STATUS BY ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY AND IMAGING -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 17. NONINVASIVE STUDY OF RADIATION-INDUCED OXIDATIVE DAMAGE USING IN VIVO ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE -- INTRODUCTION -- PHARMACOKINETICS OF NITROXYL RADICALS INJECTED TO WHOLE BODY -- EFFECTS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF OXIDATIVE STRESS ON SIGNAL DECAY RATES OF NITROXYL RADICALS -- EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON SIGNAL DECAY RATES OF CARBAMOYL-PROXYL IN THE ABDOMENS OF MICE -- BIOLOGICAL MECHANISM OF THE ENHANCEMENT OF NITROXYL DECAY IN THE WHOLE BODY -- EFFECT OF RADIATION ON SIGNAL DECAY RATES OF MCPROXYL IN THE HEADS OF MICE -- TOPICS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 18. THE USE OF CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY FOR THE EVALUATION OF ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY -- INTRODUCTION -- CV METHODOLOGY -- STUDIES OF HUMAN PLASMA IN HEALTH AND DISEASE STATES -- STUDIES OF EDIBLE PLANTS BY CV -- STUDIES OF ANIMAL TISSUES BY CV -- FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS FOR CV OF ANTIOXIDANT STATUS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 19. QUANTIFICATION OF THE OVERALL REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES SCAVENGING CAPACITY OF BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS AND TISSUES -- BACKGROUND. , CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY MEASUREMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 20. BREATH ALKANES AS A MARKER OF OXIDATIVE STRESS IN DIFFERENT CLINICAL CONDITIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- OUR PREVIOUS WORK -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 21. FORUM ON OXIDATIVE STRESS STATUS (OSS) AND ITS MEASUREMENT -- CHAPTER 22. DETECTION OF SUPEROXIDE ANION RELEASED EXTRACELLULARLY BY ENDOTHELIAL CELLS USING CYTOCHROME C REDUCTION, ESR, FLUORESCENCE AND LUCIGENIN-ENHANCED CHEMILUMINESCENCE TECHNIQUES -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 23. KINETIC ANALYSIS OF LIPID-HYDROPEROXIDES IN PLASMA -- LIPID HYDROPEROXIDES -- REACTIONS OF LIPID HYDROPEROXIDES -- ANALYSIS OF LIPID HYDROPEROXIDES -- DETECTION OF LIPID HYDROPEROXIDES BY CHEMILUMINESCENCE -- MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF PHOTON EMISSION RATE AND FITTING -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 24. BIOMARKERS OF MYELOPEROXIDASE-DERIVED HYPOCHLOROUS ACID -- INTRODUCTION -- CHLORINATED TYROSINES -- LIPID CHLOROHYDRINS -- 5-CHLOROCYTOSINE -- PROTEIN CARBONYLS -- ANTI-HOP REACTIVITY -- GLUTATHIONE SULFONAMIDE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 25. SENSITIVE AND NONENZYMATIC MEASUREMENT OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS -- INTRODUCTION -- PRINCIPLE -- DETERMINATION OF FAST H2O2 KINETICS IN ENZYMATIC REACTIONS USING A FLOW SYSTEM -- SINGLE TIME DETERMINATION OF H2O2 USING AN INJECTION SYSTEM -- GENERAL COMMENTS -- CALIBRATION -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 26. OXIDATIVE STRESS STATUS-THE FIFTH SET -- CHAPTER 27. DETERMINATION OF SALICYLATE HYDROXYLATION PRODUCTS AS AN IN VIVO OXIDATIVE STRESS MARKER -- INTRODUCTION -- MEASUREMENT OF DIHYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS -- DISCUSSION -- SOME PRECAUTIONS -- FURTHER RESEARCH -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES. , ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 28. URINARY ALDEHYDES AS INDICATORS OF LIPID PEROXIDATION IN VIVO -- INTRODUCTION -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 29. ACCURATE AND SENSITIVE MEASUREMENTS OF pO2 IN VIVO USING LOW FREQUENCY EPR SPECTROSCOPY: HOW TO CONFER BIOCOMPATIBILITY TO THE OXYGEN SENSORS -- INTRODUCTION -- IN VIVO EPR OXIMETRY AND OXYGEN SENSORS -- SPECIFIC PROBLEMS OF THE METHODOLOGY -- CONCEPT OF BIOCOMPATIBILITY -- APPLICATIONS: HOW TO CONFER THE BICOMPATIBILITY TO EPR OXYGEN SENSORS? -- CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 30. LC-MS/MS DETECTION OF PEROXYNITRITE-DERIVED 3-NITROTYROSINE IN RAT MICROVESSELS -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 31. HISTOCHEMICAL VISUALIZATION OF OXIDANT STRESS -- INTRODUCTION -- OXIDATIVE CHANGES IN CELLULAR PROTEIN (PROTEIN OXIDATION) -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 32. TOTAL ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY AS A TOOL TO ASSESS REDOX STATUS: CRITICAL VIEW AND EXPERIMENTAL DATA -- INTRODUCTION -- THE EVOLUTION OF THE METHOD: THE TRAP HISTORY -- APPLICATIONS: WHEN AND WHERE TO UTILIZE AC -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 33. FORUM ON OXIDATIVE STRESS STATUS (OSS)-THE SIXTH SET -- CHAPTER 34. PROFILES OF ANTIOXIDANTS IN HUMAN PLASMA -- INTRODUCTION -- PROFILES OF PLASMA ANTIOXIDANTS -- PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- REFERENCES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 35. UNRAVELING PEROXYNITRITE FORMATION IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS -- INTRODUCTION -- PEROXYNITRITE BIOCHEMISTRY -- AFFIRMING THE BIOLOGICAL FORMATION OF PEROXYNITRITE -- METHODOLOGIES FOR PEROXYNITRITE DETECTION -- PHARMACOLOGY TO UNRAVEL PEROXYNITRITE -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 36. UNIQUE IN VIVO APPLICATIONS OF SPIN TRAPS -- INTRODUCTION -- EVALUATION OF IN VIVO ESR DETECTION USING SPIN PROBES. , NEW APPROACHES WITH IN VIVO SPIN TRAPPING.

Note: Front Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1: The water-wave problem -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The linearized equations -- 1.3 Interaction of a wave with a structure -- 1.3.1 The radiation condition -- 1.3.2 The scattering problem -- 1.3.3 The radiation problem -- 1.3.4 Hydrodynamic forces and moments -- 1.3.5 Limitations of the inviscid, linear theory -- 1.4 Reciprocity relations -- 1.5 Energy of the fluid motion -- 1.5.1 Energy radiated to the far field -- 1.5.2 Potential and kinetic energy -- 2: Eigenfunction expansions -- 2.1 Construction of vertical eigenfunctions -- 2.2 Two-dimensional problems -- 2.2.1 The wave-maker problem -- 2.2.2 Forced oscillations of a rectangular tank -- 2.3 Three-dimensional problems -- 2.3.1 Sloshing in a rectangular tank -- 2.3.2 Oblique waves -- 2.3.3 Scattering by a symmetric obstacle -- 2.3.4 Cylindrical polar coordinates -- 2.3.5 Sloshing in a cylindrical tank -- 2.4 The Helmholtz equation -- 2.4.1 Scattering by a vertical circular cylinder -- 2.5 Matched eigenfunction expansions -- 2.5.1 Scattering by a vertical barrier -- 2.5.2 A heaving truncated circular cylinder -- 2.5.3 The finite dock problem -- 2.6 Infinite depth -- 3: Multipole expansions -- 3.1 Isolated obstacles -- 3.1.1 A submerged circular cylinder -- 3.1.2 A heaving hemisphere -- 3.1.3 Sloshing in a hemisphere -- 3.2 Multiple bodies -- 3.2.1 Two submerged circular cylinders -- 3.2.2 A row of vertical circular cylinders -- 4: Integral equations -- 4.1 Source distributions -- 4.1.1 Numerical solution -- 4.1.2 Irregular values -- 4.2 Green's theorem -- 4.2.1 Scattering by a vertical cylinder -- 4.3 Thin obstacles -- 4.3.1 Numerical solution -- 4.4 Interior problems -- 4.5 Free-surface problems -- 4.6 Numerical evaluation of Green's functions -- 4.6.1 Green's functions for three-dimensional water-wave problems -- 4.6.2 Channel Green's functions. , 4.7 Diffraction by a breakwater -- 4.7.1 Diffraction by a gap in a breakwater -- 4.7.2 Diffraction by an insular breakwater -- 4.7.3 Embedding formulas -- 4.7.4 Numerical solutions -- 4.8 Babinet's principle -- 5: The Wiener-Hopf and related techniques -- 5.1 The Wiener-Hopf technique -- 5.1.1 The Sommerfeld problem -- 5.1.2 High-frequency approximations -- 5.1.3 A submerged horizontal plate -- 5.2 Residue calculus theory -- 5.2.1 Asymptotics of infinite products -- 5.2.2 The finite dock problem -- 5.2.3 Periodic coastlines -- 6: Arrays -- 6.1 An array of vertical circular cylinders -- 6.2 A general interaction theory -- 6.3 The wide-spacing approximation -- 6.3.1 Scattering by equally-spaced identical structures -- 6.3.2 Wave propagation through a periodic array -- 6.4 Diffraction by multiple gratings -- 6.4.1 A single grating -- 6.4.2 Reciprocity relations -- 6.4.3 Multiple gratings -- 7: Wave interaction with small objects -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Diffraction by a breakwater -- 7.2.1 Informal solution to the breakwater-gap problem -- 7.2.2 A formal matching principle -- 7.2.3 Formal solution to the breakwater-gap problem -- 7.2.4 The insular breakwater -- 7.3 Scattering by a vertical cylinder -- 7.4 Radiation by a heaving cylinder -- 7.5 A technique for eigenvalue problems -- 8: Variational methods -- 8.1 Scattering and radiation problems -- 8.1.1 The variational principle -- 8.1.2 Numerical implementation -- 8.1.3 The Galerkin method -- 8.1.4 Complementary approximations -- 8.2 Eigenvalue problems -- 8.2.1 Eigenvalues of the negative Laplacian -- 8.2.2 The sloshing problem -- 8.2.3 The maximum-minimum principle -- 8.2.4 The Rayleigh-Ritz method -- Appendices -- A: Bessel functions -- B: Multipoles -- B.1 Two dimensions, infinite depth -- B.2 Two dimensions, finite depth -- B.3 Three dimensions, infinite depth. , B.4 Three dimensions, finite depth -- B.5 Oblique waves in infinite depth -- B.6 Oblique waves in finite depth -- C: Principal-value and finite-part integrals -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Contents, Volume 1: Principles -- Preface to Volume 2 -- 14: Surface Interactions in Plasma Processing -- 14.1 Industrial Plasma Processing -- 14.2 Plasma Active Species -- 14.3 Heterogeneous Interactions with Surfaces -- 14.4 Secondary Electron Emission -- 14.5 Sputtering -- 14.6 Ion Implantation in Solids -- References -- 15: Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Sources -- 15.1 Characteristics of Industrial Plasma Sources -- 15.2 Atmospheric Pressure Corona Sources -- 15.3 Atmospheric Dielectric Barrier Discharges (DBDs) -- 15.4 The One Atmosphere Uniform Glow Discharge Plasma (OAUGDP) -- 15.5 Arcjet Plasma Sources -- 15.6 Inductively Coupled Plasma Torches -- References -- 16: Vacuum Plasma Sources -- 16.1 Intermediate-Pressure Plasma Sources -- 16.2 Low-Pressure Plasma Sources -- 16.3 High-vacuum Plasma Sources -- 16.4 Summary of Plasma Source Parameters -- References -- 17: Plasma Reactors for Plasma Processing -- 17.1 Plasma Reactors for Surface Treatment -- 17.2 Plasma Reactors for Ion Implantation -- 17.3 Reactors for Ion-Beam-Induced Sputter Deposition -- 17.4 Plasma/Cathode Sputter Deposition Reactors -- 17.5 Reactors for Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition -- 17.6 Plasma Etching Reactors -- References -- 18: Specialized Techniques and Devices for Plasma Processing -- 18.1 Vacuum System Operation -- 18.2 Workpiece Current Collection -- 18.3 Remote Exposure Configurations -- 18.4 Motional Averaging to Achieve Uniformity of Effect -- 18.5 Gas Flow Distribution -- 18.6 Electrohydrodynamic (ehd) Flow Control -- References -- 19: Parametric Plasma Effects On Plasma Processing -- 19.1 the Role of the Plasma -- 19.2 Kinetic Parameters of Plasma Processing -- 19.3 RF Power Coupling -- 19.4 Sheath Thickness Above Workpiece -- 19.5 RF Sheath Phenomenology. , 19.6 Formation of Active Species -- 19.7 The Effect of Electron Magnetization on Active-Species Concentration -- References -- 20: Diagnostics for Plasma Processing -- 20.1 Experimental Parameters -- 20.2 Gas-phase Process Monitoring -- 20.3 Plasma Diagnostics -- 20.4 Measurement of Surface Topography -- 20.5 Measurement of Surface Composition -- 20.6 Surface Energy Related Diagnostics -- 20.7 Measurement of Electrical Properties -- 20.8 In Situ Process Monitoring -- 20.9 Endpoint Detection -- References -- 21: Plasma Treatment of Surfaces -- 21.1 Objectives of Plasma Surface Treatment -- 21.2 Passive Plasma Cleaning -- 21.3 Active Plasma Cleaning -- 21.4 Plasma Sterilization -- 21.5 Treatment of Thin Films -- 21.6 Treatment of Polymeric or Organic Solids -- References -- 22: Surface Modification by Implantation and Diffusion -- 22.1 Ion Implantation Technology -- 22.2 Ion Implantation Dose and Depth Profiles -- 22.3 Ion-Beam Implantation -- 22.4 Plasma Ion Implantation -- 22.5 Low-Energy Plasma Thermal Diffusion Treatment -- References -- 23: Thin-Film Deposition by Evaporative Condensation and Sputtering -- 23.1 Applications of Thin Films -- 23.2 Thin-Film Characteristics -- 23.3 Deposition by Evaporative Condensation -- 23.4 Ion-Beam Sputter Deposition -- 23.5 Plasma-assisted Ion-beam Sputter Deposition -- 23.6 Plasma/cathode Sputter Deposition -- 23.7 Quality Issues in Sputter Deposition -- References -- 24: Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition (PCVD) -- 24.1 Thin-Film Deposition by PCVD -- 24.2 Physical and Chemical Processes in PCVD Glow Discharges -- 24.3 Characteristics of Polymeric Thin Films Formed by PCVD -- 24.4 Glow Discharge Polymerization -- 24.5 Glow Discharge Reactors for PCVD -- 24.6 Summary of Deposition Reactor Plasma Parameters -- References -- 25: Plasma Etching -- 25.1 Survey of Plasma Etching. , 25.2 Pattern Transfer by Plasma-Related Etching -- 25.3 Control Variables for Plasma Etching -- 25.4 The Chemistry of Plasma Etching -- 25.5 Plasma Etching of Microelectronic Materials -- 25.6 Technical Issues in Plasma Etching -- References -- Appendices -- A Nomenclature -- B Physical Constants -- C Units and Conversion Factors -- D Useful Formulae -- Index.

Note: Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Trademarks -- Prologue CORBA and Distributed Computing Grow Up Together -- The Power of CORBA 3 -- The CORBA 2.0/2.1 Client -- The CORBA 3 Client -- The CORBA 2.0/2.1 Server -- The CORBA 3 Server -- The Many Parts of CORBA 3 -- Improved Integration with Java and the Internet -- Quality of Service Control -- The CORBA Component Model -- OMG's Modeling Specifications -- OMG's Adoption Process and Timing -- PART I INTEGRATION WITH JAVA AND THE INTERNET -- Dissecting the Internet -- Client and Server Execution Environments -- Where Is CORBA? -- CORBA and Java -- Java and CORBA -- Coming Up in This Part -- Chapter 1 The valuetype, and the Java-to-IDL Mapping -- The valuetype -- valuetype Basics -- valuetype Example -- valuetype Details -- The valuebox -- Mappings to Java and C++ -- valuetype Mapping to Java -- valuetype Mapping to C++ -- Using a Valuebox in C++ -- The Reverse Mapping: Java-to-IDL -- Mapping Details -- Writing and Calling an RMI/IDL Java Object -- Summary -- Chapter 2 Mapping XML to CORBA -- World's Shortest Introduction to XML -- Dynamically Structured XML Documents -- Statically Structured XML Documents -- A Word on Data Modeling in the Enterprise -- XML Over the Wire -- W3C's Document Object Model (DOM) -- Using the DOM Interfaces -- OMG's XML/Value Mapping -- Working with a Dynamic XML Document -- Initializing and Reading the Document -- Editing the XML Document -- Passing the Document in a CORBA Invocation -- Passing Part of a Document -- Writing Out the New or Revised XML Document -- IDL for the Dynamic Mapping -- The DOMString -- The Node -- The DOMImplementation -- The Document Node -- The Attribute Node -- The Element Node -- The CharacterData Node -- The Text Node -- IDL Summary -- The DTD-Based Static Mapping. , Static Mapping for the Purchase Order DTD -- Additional Static Mapping Features -- Working with the Static Mapping -- Flyweight Design Pattern -- DOM Level 2 Features -- Summary -- Chapter 3 Interoperable Naming Service -- Universal Resource Locators (URLs) -- URLs for Services Delivered Using CORBA -- URLs for Objects by Name -- Client Initialization -- Finding Initial Services and References -- Configuring Initial Services and References -- String Form of CORBA Names -- Converting among Object Name Formats -- Summary -- PART II QUALITY-OF-SERVICE CONTROL -- CORBA 3 Application Areas -- B2B and Loosely Coupled Interoperating Systems -- Coping with Limited Resources -- Time-Critical Applications -- Fault-Tolerant Systems -- Small-Footprint Systems -- Here We Go -- Chapter 1 Additions to CORBA Interoperability -- CORBA 3 Interoperability Modes -- Asynchronous Programming Model -- Asynchronous Communications Model -- What about the Four Invocation Modes? -- TII and Transactions -- oneway Invocations -- Programming Asynchronous Invocations -- Interfaces for Asynchronous Invocations -- Summary -- Chapter 2 Quality-of-Service Policies -- QoS Framework -- QoS Policy Types -- QoS for Routing of Non-Synchronous Invocations -- oneway Invocations -- Summary -- Chapter 3 Real-Time CORBA -- Real-Time CORBA Architecture -- Activities and the Scheduling Service -- Basic Real-Time Architecture -- Real-Time Priorities and Threading -- Real-Time Communications -- Summary -- Chapter 4 Fault Tolerant CORBA -- FT Basics -- Replication and Object Groups -- The Replication Manager -- ORB Invocation Failover Semantics -- The Fault Detector and Fault Notifier -- Logging and Recovery -- The Fault Analyzer -- Limitations -- Conformance -- Summary -- Chapter 5 minimumCORBA -- What's Left Out of minimumCORBA -- minimumCORBA Overview -- Removal of Dynamic CORBA Features. , The minimumCORBA Specification -- Interface Repository -- Portable Object Adapter -- Interceptors -- Interoperability Protocols -- Language Mappings -- The Smart Transducer RFP -- Summary -- PART III CCM AND SUPPORTING SPECIFICATIONS -- Chapter 1 The Portable Object Adapter (POA) -- Introduction -- The CORBA Server-Side Computing Model -- Santa Claus Is a CORBA Object -- What Is a POA and How Is It Used? -- Three-Part POA Definition -- POA Usage Patterns -- Code Wrappers and the POA -- Summary -- Chapter 2 The Persistent State Service (PSS) -- Introduction -- The Persistent State Service -- PSS Basics -- Persistent CORBA Objects -- Transactional PSS -- Summary -- Chapter 3 CORBA Component Model -- What the CORBA Component Does for You -- CCM Shopping Cart Example -- Making Our Components' State Persist -- Implementing the Customer Component -- Implementing the Shopping Cart Component -- Implementing the Checkout Interface -- Component Assembly -- Coding the Client -- Running Our Component Example -- Description of the CCM -- Stages in a CCM Development Project -- The CORBA Component Model and CCM Extensions to OMG IDL -- Multiple Facets (interfaces) and Navigation -- Component Homes: CORBA Finally Gets Some Class -- Receptacles -- Events -- Component Usage Patterns -- Component Attributes and Configuration -- Component Implementation -- Composition -- Container Programming Model -- The Container-Provided Services -- Component Levels and Integration with Enterprise JavaBeans -- Component Assembly and Packaging -- Component Deployment -- Client Programming Model -- Other IDL Extensions -- Summary -- PART IV SPECIFICATIONS SUPPORTING MODELING AND DESIGN -- Impact of OMG's A& -- D Standards -- Chapter 1 Modeling Distributed Applications with UML -- UML and IDL -- What Is the UML? -- The UML Modeling Advantage -- OMG UML Specification. , The Modeling Language: Syntax and Semantics -- Structural Modeling Example: The POS System -- Relationship of UML to other Modeling Standards -- UML Model Interchange -- UML Futures -- Chapter 2 Implementing Metamodels and Repositories Using the Meta Object Facility -- The OMG Metadata Architecture -- What Is the MOF? -- The MOF Model -- The MOF and CORBA: MOF-to-IDL Mapping -- The MOF CORBA Interfaces -- XMI Overview -- Using MOF and XMI to Implement Metamodels -- The EDI Model -- The OMG IDL for Portions of the EDI Model -- The XML DTD for Portions of the EDI Model -- The XML Document for Portions of the EDI Model -- Futures -- The MOF -- XMI -- Summary -- Chapter 3 Expanding OMG's Reach: The Model-Driven Architecture -- The Role of Modeling at OMG -- Mapping Models to Platforms -- Addressing the Problem: The Model Driven Architecture -- Platform-Independent Application Model -- Platform-Specific Application Model -- The Application Itself -- Multiple Middleware Technologies -- Interoperability in the MDA -- Integrating Legacy Applications -- Integrating the Next-Generation Internet -- Standardizing Domain Models -- Pervasive Services -- Expanding the Role of the OMG -- OMG Specifications in UML and on Non-CORBA Platforms -- CORBA's Role in the MDA -- Prologue -- Appendix A Sources and References -- This Book's Companion Web Site -- OMG's Web Site and Contact Information -- CORBA and UML Sources -- Sources and References, by Chapter -- Prologue -- The valuetype, and Java-to-IDL Mapping -- Mapping XML to CORBA -- Interoperable Naming Service -- Messaging and Quality of Service -- Real-Time CORBA -- Fault Tolerant CORBA -- minimum CORBA -- CCM Section Introduction -- The POA -- The PSS -- The CCM -- The UML -- The MOF and XMI -- The MDA -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual Foundations for Water Quality Management -- 3 Waterbody Assessment: Listing and Delisting -- 4 Modeling to Support the TMDL Process -- 5 Adaptive Implementation for Impaired Waters -- Appendix A Guest Presentations at the First Meeting of the NRC Committee15 January 24-26, 2001 -- Appendix B Biographies of the Committee Members and NRC Staff.

Note: Intro -- Contenu -- Avant-propos -- Remerciements -- Introduction -- Clés d'Introduction -- Caractères Particuliers Exhibés par Certains Genres -- Descriptions Taxinomiques -- Lexiques de Termes Botaniques -- Index des Noms Scientifiques -- Index des Noms Vernaculaires -- Index des Références pour les Illustrations.