Note: INTRODUCTION TO RADIOLOGICAL PHYSICS AND RADIATION DOSIMETRY -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1 IONIZING RADIATION -- I. Introduction -- II. Types and Sources of Ionizing Radiations -- Ill. Description of Ionizing Radiation Fields -- A. Consequences of the Random Nature of Radiation -- B. Simple Description of Radiation Fields by Nonstochastic Quantities -- C. Differential Distributions vs. Energy and Angle of Incidence -- D. An Alternative Definition of Fluence -- E. Planar Fluence -- CHAPTER 2 QUANTITIES FOR DESCRIBING THE INTERACTION OF IONIZING RADIATION WITH MATTER -- I. Introduction -- II. Kerma -- A. Definition -- B. Relation of Kerma to Energy Fluence for Photons -- C. Relation of Kerma to Fluence for Neutrons -- D. Components of Kerma -- E. Kerma Rate -- III. Absorbed Dose -- A. Definition -- B. Absorbed Dose Rate -- IV. Comparative Examples of Energy Imparted, Energy Transferred and Net Energy Transferred -- V. Exposure -- A. Definition -- B. Definition of w -- C. Relation of Exposure to Energy Fluence -- D. Exposure Rate -- E. Significance of Exposure -- VI. Quantities and Units for Use in Radiation Protection -- A. Quality Factor, Q -- B. Dose Equivalent, H -- C. Specification of Ambient Radiation Levels -- CHAPTER 3 EXPONENTIAL ATTENUATION -- I. Introduction -- II. Simple Exponential Attenuation -- III. Exponential Attenuation for Plural Modes of Absorption -- IV. "Narrow-Beam" Attenuation of Uncharged Radiation -- V. Broad-Beam Attenuation of Uncharged Radiation -- VI. Some Broad-Beam Geometries -- VII. Spectral Effects -- VIII. The Buildup Factor -- IX. The Reciprocity Theorem -- CHAPTER 4 CHARGED-PARTICLE AND RADIATION EQUILIBRIA -- I. Introduction -- II. Radiation Equilibrium -- III. Charged-Particle Equilibrium -- A. CPE for Distributed Radioactive Sources -- B. CPE for Indirectly Ionizing Radiation from External Sources. , IV. CPE in the Measurement of Exposure -- V. Relating Absorbed Dose to Exposure for X- and y-Rays -- VI. Causes of CPE Failure in a Field of Indirectly Ionizing Radiation -- A. Proximity to a Source -- B. Proximity to a Boundary of lnhomogeneity in the Medium -- C. High-Energy Radiation -- VII. Transient Charged-Particle Equilibrium (TCPE) -- CHAPTER 5 ABSORBED DOSE IN RADIOACTIVE MEDIA -- I. Introduction -- II. Radioactive Disintegration Processes -- A. Alpha Disintegration -- B. Beta Disintegration -- C. Electron-Capture (EC) Transitions -- D. Internal Conversion vs. Y-Ray Emission -- E. Tables for Dose Estimation in Appendix C -- CHAPTER 6 RADIOACTIVE DECAY -- I. Total Decay Constants -- II. Partial Decay Constants -- III. Units of Activity -- IV. Mean Life and Half-Life -- V. Radioactive Parent-Daughter Relationships -- VI. Equilibria in Parent-Daughter Activities -- A. Daughter Longer-Lived than Parent, λ2 < -- λ1 -- B. Daughter Shorter-Lived than Parent, λ2 > -- λ1 -- C. Only Daughter Much Shorter-Lived than Parent, λ2 > -- > -- λ1 -- VII. Removal of Daughter Products -- VIII. Radioactivation by Nuclear Interactions -- IX. Exposure-Rate Constant -- CHAPTER 7 GAMMA- AND X-RAY INTERACTIONS IN MATTER -- I. Introduction -- II. Compton Effect -- A. Kinematics -- B. Interaction Cross Section for the Compton Effect -- C. Energy-Transfer Cross Section for the Compton Effect -- III. Photoelectric Effect -- A. Kinematics -- B. Interaction Cross Section for the Photoelectric Effect -- C. Energy-Transfer Cross Section for the Photoelectric Effect -- IV. Pair Production -- A. Pair Production in the Nuclear Coulomb- Force Field -- B. Pair Production in the Electron Field -- C. Pair Production Energy-Transfer Coefficient -- V. Rayleigh (Coherent) Scattering -- VI. Photonuclear Interactions. , VII. Total Coefficients for Attenuation, Energy Transfer, and Energy Absorption -- A. Mass Attenuation Coefficient -- B. Mass Energy-Transfer Coefficient -- C. Mass Energy-Absorption Coefficient -- D. Coefficients for Compounds and Mixtures -- E. Tables of Photon Interaction Coefficients -- CHAPTER 8 CHARGED-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS IN MATTER -- I. Introduction -- I I. Types of Charged-Particle Coulomb-Force Interactions -- A. "Soft" Collisions (b > -- > -- a) -- B. Hard (or "Knock-On") Collisions (b - a) -- C. Coulomb-Force Interactions with the External Nuclear Field (b « a) -- D. Nuclear Interactions by Heavy Charged Particles -- III. Stopping Power -- A. The Soft-Collision Term -- B. The Hard-Collision Term for Heavy Particles -- C. Shell Correction -- D. Mass Collision Stopping Power for Electrons and Positrons -- E. Polarization or Density-Effect Correction -- F. Mass Radiative Stopping Power -- G. Radiation Yield -- H. Stopping Power in Compounds -- I. Restricted Stopping Power -- IV. Range -- A. CSDARange -- B. Projected Range -- C. Straggling and Multiple Scattering -- D. Electron Range -- E. Photon "Projected Range" -- V. Calculation of Absorbed Dose -- A. Dose in Thin Foils -- B. Mean Dose in Thicker Foils -- C. Mean Dose in Foils Thicker than the Maximum Projected Range of the Particles -- D. Electron Backscattering -- E. Dose vs. Depth for Charged-Particle Beams -- CHAPTER 9 X-RAY PRODUCTION AND QUALITY -- I. Introduction -- II. X-Ray Production and Energy Spectra -- A. Fluorescence X-Rays -- B. Bremsstrahlung X-Rays -- III. X-Ray Filtration and Beam Quality -- A. X-Ray Filtration -- B. X-Ray Beam-Quality Specification -- CHAPTER 10 CAVITY THEORY -- I. Bragg-Gray Theory -- II. Corollaries of the Bragg-Gray Relation -- A. First Bragg-Gray Corollary -- B. Second Bragg-Gray Corollary -- Ill. Spencer's Derivation of the Bragg-Gray Theory. , IV. Averaging of Stopping Powers -- V. Spencer Cavity Theory -- VI. Burlin Cavity Theory -- VII. The Fano Theorem -- VIII. Other Cavity Theories -- IX. Dose Near Interfaces between Dissimilar Media under y-irradiation -- CHAPTER 11 DOSIMETRY FUNDAMENTALS -- I. Introduction -- A. What Is Radiation Dosimetry? -- B. What Is a Dosimeter? -- C. Simple Dosimeter Model in Terms of Cavity Theory -- II. General Guidelines on the Interpretation of Dosimeter Measurements -- A. For Photons and Neutrons -- B. For Charged Particles -- III. General Characteristics of Dosimeters -- A. Absoluteness -- B. Precision and Accuracy -- C. Dose Range -- D. Dose-Rate Range -- E. Stability -- F. Energy Dependence -- G. Miscellany -- CHAPTER 12 IONIZATION CHAMBERS -- I. Introduction -- II. Free-Air Ion Chambers -- A. Conventional Designs -- B. Novel Free-Air-Chamber Designs -- III. Cavity Ionization Chambers -- A. Thimble-Type Chambers -- B. Flat Cavity Chambers -- Extrapolation Chambers -- C. Transmission Monitor Chambers -- IV. Charge and Current Measurements -- A. General Considerations -- B. Charge Measurement -- C. Current Measurement -- D. Atmospheric Corrections -- V. lon-Chamber Saturation and Ionic Recombination -- A. Charge Produced vs. Charge Collected -- B. Types of Recombination -- C. Types of Gases -- D. Electric Field Strength vs. Chamber Geometry -- E. Boag's Treatment of Mie's Theory of General or Volume Recombination for Constant Dose Rate in an Electronegative Gas such as Air -- F. Extrapolation for Initial Recombination -- G. Pulsed Radiation -- VI. Ionization, Excitation and W -- A. Definition of Wand w -- B. Calculation of W -- C. Experimental Measurement of W or W -- D. Energy Dependence of W -- E. Dependence of Won Type of Radiation -- F. W for Gas Mixtures -- G. "W" in Semiconductors. , CHAPTER 13 DOSIMETRY AND CALlBRATION OF PHOTON AND ELECTRON BEAMS WITH CAVITY ION CHAMBERS -- I. Introduction -- II. Absolute Cavity Ion Chambers -- III. Calibration of Ion Chambers Using X-Rays or y-Rays -- A. Exposure Calibration of Ion Chambers -- B. Ngas Calibration of Ion Chambers -- C. Calibration of Ion Chambers in Terms of Absorbed Dose in Water -- IV. Calibration of Photon Beams with an Exposure-Caiibrated ion Chamber -- A. Calibrations in Free Space -- B. Calibration of Photon Beams in Phantoms by Means of an Exposure-Calirated Ion Chamber -- C. Substitution of Plastics for Water in Photon-Beam Phantoms -- V. Calibration of Photon Beams in Phantoms by the Ngas Method -- A. Chamber Wall Material Same as Phantom -- B. Chamber Wall Material Different from Phantom -- VI. Calibration of Electron Beams in Phantoms -- A. Absolute Cavity-Chamber Measurements -- B. Electron-Beam Perturbation Corrections for Cavity Chambers in Phantoms -- C. The CE Method -- D. The Ngas Method -- CHAPTER 14 INTEGRATING DOSIMETERS -- I. Thermoluminescence Dosimetry -- A. The Thermoluminescence Process -- B. TLD Readers -- C. TLD Phosphors -- D. TLD Forms -- E. Calibration of Thermoluminescent Dosimeters -- F. Advantages and Disadvantages -- G. References -- II. Photographic Dosimetry -- A. Photographic Process -- B. Optical Density of Film -- C. Practical Exposure Range for X-Ray Film -- D. X-Ray Energy Dependence -- E. Nuclear Track Emulsions -- F. Advantages and Disadvantages of Photographic Dosimetry -- G. References -- Ill. Chemical Dosimetry -- A. Introduction -- B. Basic Principles -- C. General Procedures -- D. The Fricke Ferrous Sulfate Dosimeter -- E. Other Chemical Dosimeters -- F. General Advantages and Disadvantages of Aqueous Chemical Dosimetry Systems -- G. References -- IV. Calorimetric Dosimetry -- A. Temperature Measurement -- B. Calorimeter Design. , C. Advantages and Disadvantages of Calorimetric Dosimetry.

Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I. Principles of terrain evaluation -- 1 What is terrain evaluation? -- 1.1 Outline and objectives of this book -- 1.2 Definition of terms -- 1.3 The scope of terrain evaluation -- 1.4 Information requirements of a terrain evaluation system -- 2 Principles of physical regionalization -- 2.1 The scale spectrum -- 2.2 Historical development of regional concepts -- 2.3 Boundary delimitation -- 2.4 The reality of regions -- 3 Types of physical regionalization -- 3.1 Worldwide classifications -- 3.2 National and regional classifications: geomorphological -- 3.3 National and regional classifications: ecological -- 3.4 Theoretical landform associations -- 3.5 Geometrical systems for small landforms -- 4 Parametric and physiographic systems of terrain evaluation -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Parametric systems -- 4.2.1 Definition -- 4.2.2 Application to terrain evaluation -- 4.2.3 Choice of attributes and their subdivision -- 4.3 Landscape systems -- 4.3.1 Types of landscape system -- 4.3.2 Selection of criteria in defining land classes -- 4.3.3 Large units: the genetic approach -- 4.3.4 Small units: the landscape or physiographic approach -- 4.3.5 Reproducibility versus recognizability of terrain units -- 4.4 Parametric and physiographic systems compared -- 4.4.1 Advantages of parametric systems -- 4.4.2 Advantages of physiographic systems -- 5 The terrain hierarchy -- 5.1 The units -- 5.2 The land zone -- 5.3 The land division -- 5.4 The land province -- 5.5 The land region -- 5.6 The land system -- 5.7 The land catena -- 5.8 The land facet and land clump -- 5.9 The land subfacet and land element -- 5.10 The testing of the terrain hierarchy -- Part II Terrain data requirements -- 6 The geomorphological framework. , 6.1 Types of variation in the landscape -- 6.1.1 Climatovariance -- 6.1.2 Epeirovariance -- 6.1.3 Petrovariance -- 6.2 Surface geometry -- 7 Terrain processes affecting land uses -- 7.1 Types of process -- 7.2 Fluvial erosion -- 7.3 Coastal erosion -- 7.4 Wind erosion -- 7.5 Physical degradation -- 7.6 Chemical degradation -- 7.7 Salinization and alkalization -- 7.8 Land pollution -- 7.9 Biological degradation -- 7.10 Air pollution -- 8 Vegetation in terrain evaluation -- 8.1 The place of vegetation in terrain evaluation -- 8.2 Landform recognition from vegetation -- 8.3 Vegetation as definitive of land units -- 8.4 Vegetation description and mapping -- 8.4.1 The floristic approach -- 8.4.2 The physiognomic approach -- 8.4.3 The ecological approach -- 8.5 Practical applications -- Part III Collection and analysis of terrain data -- 9 Project planning -- 9.1 The organization of terrain surveys -- 9.2 Detail and scale of survey -- 9.3 Flow diagrams, bar charts, and critical path analysis -- 9.4 Archive work -- 10 Remote sensing: principles -- 10.1 Platforms and sensors -- 10.2 Aircraft imagery -- 10.2.1 Passive direct systems -- 10.2.2 Passive indirect systems -- 10.2.3 Active indirect systems -- 10.3 Satellite imagery -- 10.4 Image processing: general -- 10.5 Continuous image processing -- 10.6 Digital image processing -- 10.6.1 Stages and equipment -- 10.6.2 Procedures -- 11 Remote sensing: applications -- 11.1 Landform interpretation using remotely sensed imagery -- 11.2 Indications on airborne imagery -- 11.2.1 Distance and altitude interpretations -- 11.2.2 Lithological interpretations -- 11.3 Interpretation of satellite imagery -- 11.4 Interpretation of soils -- 12 Landscape sampling and statistical analysis -- 12.1 Need for sampling -- 12.2 Size and shape of sampling units -- 12.3 Density and depth of observation sites. , 12.4 Design of sampling schemes -- 12.5 Statistical methods -- 12.6 Statistical references -- 13 Field techniques -- 13.1 The programme of field observations -- 13.2 Landscape and mesorelief observations -- 13.3 Ground surface and microrelief observations -- 13.4 Vegetation observations -- 13.5 Land use observations -- 13.6 Soil profile observations and sampling -- 13.7 Field tests -- 13.8 A note on laboratory analyses -- 14 Data processing and geographical information systems: principles -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Geographical information systems -- 14.2.1 Scope and definitions -- 14.2.2 Development of GIS -- 14.3 Criteria for assessing GIS -- 14.4 Elements of a GIS for terrain -- 14.4.1 Data acquisition -- 14.4.2 Data input -- 14.4.3 Data storage -- 14.4.4 Data processing -- 14.4.5 Data output -- 14.4.6 Data use -- 14.4.7 Management -- 15 Data processing and geographical information systems: methods -- 15.1 Manual methods -- 15.1.1 Grid squares -- 15.1.2 Landscape units -- 15.2 Computerized methods -- 15.2.1 Single-purpose systems -- 15.2.2 Multi-purpose systems -- 15.3 Geographic information centres -- Part IV Display, reporting, and mapping of terrain data -- 16 Geomorphological and terrain mapping -- 16.1 Geomorphological and soil mapping -- 16.2 Terrain mapping -- 16.2.1 Scale -- 16.2.2 Legend -- 16.2.3 Boundaries -- 16.3 Map preparation -- 16.4 Map presentation -- 16.5 Aids to artistic presentation -- 17 Computer cartography -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Principles of computer cartography -- 17.2.1 Vector and raster graphics -- 17.2.2 Resolution -- 17.3 Computer cartography hardware -- 17.3.1 Digitizers -- 17.3.2 Joystick -- 17.3.3 Light pen -- 17.3.4 Plotters -- 17.3.5 Cameras -- 17.4 Computer cartography software -- 17.5 The advantages and disadvantages of computer cartography -- 17.6 Applications of computer cartography. , 17.6.1 Topographic and thematic mapping -- 17.6.2 Mapping areally distributed statistical data -- 17.6.3 Statistical graphics -- Part V Applications of terrain evaluation -- 18 Terrain analysis in meteorology and climatology -- 18.1 Terrain evaluation and climate -- 18.2 Micro-scale terrain-climate interactions -- 18.2.1 Solar radiation and the absorption and storage of heat -- 18.2.2 Surface materials and evaporation -- 18.2.3 The effects of vegetation -- 18.2.4 Energy balance and terrain modifications -- 18.3 Meso-scale terrain-climate interactions -- 18.3.1 Aspect -- 18.3.2 Air movements in valleys and depressions -- 18.3.3 Altitude -- 18.3.4 Exposure and shelter -- 18.3.5 The effect of relief on wind action -- 18.3.6 The coastal effect -- 18.4 Terrain and the atmosphere: large scale -- 18.5 Terrain classification for climate -- 19 Terrain factors in hydrology -- 19.1 The control of terrain over hydrology -- 19.2 The relationship of terrain to the distribution of water within a catchment -- 19.2.1 Components of flow -- 19.2.2 Runoff -- 19.2.3 Infiltration -- 19.2.4 Throughflow -- 19.2.5 Saturated overland flow -- 19.2.6 Percolation and storage -- 19.2.7 Shallow aquifers and springs -- 19.2.8 Streams -- 19.3 Feedback in terms of drainage density and erosion -- 19.4 Catchment classification -- 19.4.1 Types of classification -- 19.4.2 The subdivision of order 1 catchments -- 20 Terrain evaluation in geological and mineral survey -- 20.1 Terrain and geology -- 20.2 General relations of landform to geology: linear and circular features -- 20.3 Terrain, rock types, and economic materials -- 20.3.1 Volcanic rocks -- 20.3.2 Plutonic rocks -- 20.3.3 Metamorphic rocks -- 20.3.4 Sedimentary rocks -- 20.3.5 Unconsolidated and secondary deposits -- 21 Terrain evaluation in soil survey -- 21.1 Soil and terrain -- 21.2 The role of terrain in soil formation. , 21.2.1 relief -- 21.2.2 Lithology -- 21.3 Rates of soil formation -- 21.4 The relation of soil to terrain classification and mapping -- 22 Terrain evaluation in archaeology -- 22.1 The role of terrain in archaeological investigation -- 22.2 Terrain types associated with ancient land uses and their recognition -- 23 Agriculture, range and forestry: land suitability and land use evaluation -- 23.1 Terrain requirements for plant production -- 23.2 Approaches to agricultural land evaluation -- 23.3 Agro-ecological zones and their population-supporting capacity -- 23.4 Terrain evaluation systems -- 23.4.1 Australian CSIRO (WR) -- 23.4.2 United Kingdom Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute (ODNRI) and other systems -- 23.5 Terrain in land use survey -- 24 Terrain evaluation in civil engineering -- 24.1 Engineering and terrain -- 24.2 Terrain characteristics of engineering importance: the case of highways -- 24.3 Site surveys -- 24.4 Systems of engineering terrain evaluation -- 24.4.1 Transport and Road Research Laboratory, UK (TRRL) -- 24.4.2 National Institute of Road Research, South Africa (NIRR) -- 24.4.3 Division < -- if applied Geomechanics, CSIRO, Australia (AG) -- 24.4.4 Comparison of systems -- 24.5 Synthesis -- 25 Systems for military purposes -- 25.1 Terrain in military activity -- 25.2 Case studies -- 25.2.1 The Somm£'-Flanders battlefield -- 25.2.2 The Sinai and Falklands battltifields -- 25.2.3 Summary of case studies -- 25.3 Physiographic systems of military terrain evaluation -- 25.3.1 The MEXE system -- 25.3.2 Other physiographic systems -- 25.4 Parametric systems -- 25.4.1 The 'Natick' approach (QREC) -- 25.4.2 The 'Vicksburg' approach (USAEWES) -- 25.4.3 The Canadian army system -- 25.4.4 Mathematical developments to parametric classijications -- 25.5 Future developments -- 26 Terrain in landscape resource evaluation. , 26.1 Principles and status of landscape resource evaluation.

Note: Front Cover -- Catalysis and Adsorption by Zeolites -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- International Scientific Committee, National Organizing Committee, Sponsors -- Part I: INVITED LECTURES -- Chapter 1. Catalysis on ZSM-5 zeolites modified by phosphorus -- Chapter 2. New directions in zeolite catalysis -- Chapter 3. Zeolites as catalysts for alkane oxidations -- Chapter 4. Sorption and separation of binary mixtures of CH4, N, and CO2 in zeolites -- Chapter 5. Use of ZSM zeolites in the liquid phase separation of alcohols -- Chapter 6. Basic principles and recent results of 1H magic-angle-spinning and pulsed field gradient nuclear magnetic resonance studies on zeolites -- Chapter 7. Spectral study of lewis acidity of zeolites and of its role in catalysis -- Chapter 8. Comparative measurements on acidity of zeolites -- Chapter 9. Acidity and basicity in zeolites -- Chapter 10. Matrix vs zeolite contributions to the acidity of fluid cracking catalysts -- Chapter 11. ZEOSORB HS-30 - a template-free synthesized pentasil-type zeolite -- Chapter 12. Selective conversion of syngas to hydrocarbons by zeolites -- Chapter 13. 129Xe NMR of adsorbed xenon for the determination of void spaces -- Chapter 14. Diffusion of hydrocarbons in A and X zeolites and silicalite -- Chapter 15. Atlas of zeolite structure types: Past - Present - Future -- Chapter 16. Zeolites as membranes: The role of the gas-crystal interface -- Chapter 17. The roles of metal and organic cations in zeolite synthesis -- Chapter 18. Temperature dependence of nucleation of zeolites in alkaline aluminosilicate gels in hydrothermal crystallization conditions -- Part II: SUBMITTED PAPERS -- Section I: Catalysis -- Chapter 19. Synthesis of piperazine and triethylenediamine using ZSM-5-type zeolite catalysts. , Chapter 20. Diffusion effects on the kinetics of toluene methylation and xylene isomerization on HZSM-5 zeolites -- Chapter 21. Iron-containing ZSM-5 type zeolites used in the coupled methanol-hydrocarbon cracking (CMHC) -- Chapter 22. Dispersion dependent selectivities of syngas conversion on faujasite encapsulated Pt, Pd or Ir -- Chapter 23. Contribution of 13C NMR spectroscopy to the analysis of surface compounds formed in the transformation of acetone on zeolites -- Chapter 24. Isopropylation of benzene over large pore zeolites -- Chapter 25. EXAFS study of local structure of Pt-Cr clusters in pentasils in relation with their reactivity in lower alkanes aromatization -- Chapter 26. Splitting of methane into the elements over nickel containing ZSM-5 catalysts -- Chapter 27. Sulfur tolerant Ni-Mo-Y-zeolite catalysts for water-gas shift reaction -- Chapter 28. The influence of cations on the alkylation of toluene with ethylene over modified ZSM-5 zeolites -- Chapter 29. Multinuclear MAS NMR studies on coked zeolites H-ZSM-5 -- Chapter 30. Coke oxidation in HZSM-5 zeolites. Intermediates, final products and reformation of OH groups and void volumes -- Chapter 31. Influence of the conditions of dealumination and the effect of partial extraction of non-framework aluminium on the catalytic properties of ZSM-5 catalysts -- Chapter 32. Spectroscopic and catalytic investigations of hydrothermally dealuminated ZSM-5 -- Section II: Sorption and diffusion -- Chapter 33. Computer modelling of p-xylene sorption in ZSM-5/silicalite-1 -- Chapter 34. Microdynamics of guest molecules in zeolites studied by quasi-elastic neutron scattering and NMR pulsed field gradient technique -- Chapter 35. Permeability studies on a silicalite single crystal membrane model. , Chapter 36. The adsorptive and the catalytic diffusion of 2,3-dimethyl- butane in large crystals of (aluminated) silicalite -- Chapter 37. Transport phenomena and reactions in 13X type zeolites -- Section III: Synthesis and structure -- Chapter 38. The effect of various physical and chemical parameters on the synthesis of ZSM-5 for propene oligomerization -- Chapter 39. On controlled growth of SAPO-5 molecular sieve crystals of different sizes and shapes -- Chapter 40. Approximate assignment of vibrational frequencies of the NaX framework -- Chapter 41. The topological structure representation of zeolites -- Chapter 42. Studies of secondary synthesis on modified pentasil zeolites -- Chapter 43. Incorporation of silicon into the framework of SAPO-5 studied by NMR and IR spectroscopy -- Chapter 44. On the synthesis and structure of A1P04-14 -- Chapter 45. Y-zeolite treated with Sicl, vapour. Structure and properties -- Chapter 46. Characterization and nucleation of Na,TPA-ZSM-5 zeolite with different aluminium content -- Chapter 47. New molecular sieve - vanadium silicalite KVS - 5 -- Chapter 48. Multinuclear NMR study of the crystallization of SAPO-37 -- Chapter 49. Metastability of zeolites in tetraethylammonium media -- Chapter 50. Synthesis of ferrierites with high gallium content -- Chapter 51. Synthesis of artificial zeolite-like mountainite -- Chapter 52. The distribution of iron in ZSM-5 type iron containing zeolites and ferrisilicates: acidic and catalytic properties -- Chapter 53. Zeolite ZSM-57: Synthesis, characterization and shape selective properties -- Section IV: Acidity -- Chapter 54. New data on the structure and properties of acidic sites in HZSM-5 zeolites: IR-spectroscopic studies and non-empirical quantum chemical calculations -- Chapter 55. FTIR in-situ investigation of zeolite activation. , Chapter 56. IR spectra of CO adsorbed at low temperature (77 K) on titanium- silicalite, H.-ZSM5 and silicalite -- Chapter 57. The properties of boralites of various boron contents -- Chapter 58. An electrostatic model to predict the infra red characteristics of zeolite hydroxyl groups after adsorption of aromatics -- Chapter 59. The influence of the acidity of zeolites on the formation of unsaturated carbenium ions -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis (Other volumes in the series).

Note: COMPANION GUIDE TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF MICE AND RATS -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- PART I Principles of Rodent Disease Prevention -- SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES -- INFECTION VERSUS DISEASE -- TERMINOLOGY OF MICROBIAL AND PATHOGEN STATUS -- COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING PATHOGEN-FREE STATUS OF RODENTS -- HEALTH SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS -- Scientific Objectives -- Test Procedures -- Sampling Strategies -- Test Frequency -- Sentinel Animals -- RODENT DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORIES -- REFERENCES -- PART II Disease Agents -- BACTERIA, FUNGI, AND VIRUSES -- Adenoviruses -- Suggested Reading -- Bacillus piliformis -- Suggested Reading -- Cilia-Associated Respiratory Bacillus -- Suggested Reading -- Citrobacterfreundii Biotype 4280 -- Suggested Reading -- Corynebacterium kutscheri -- Suggested Reading -- Cytomegalovirus, Mouse -- Suggested Reading -- Ectromelia Virus -- Suggested Reading -- Encephalitozoon cuniculi -- Suggested Reading -- Hantaviruses -- Suggested Reading -- Hepatitis Virus, Mouse -- Suggested Reading -- H-1 Virus -- Suggested Reading -- Kilham Rat Virus -- Suggested Reading -- Lactic Dehydrogenase-Elevating Virus -- Suggested Reading -- Leukemia Viruses, Murine -- Suggested Reading -- Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus -- Suggested Reading -- Mammary Tumor Virus, Mouse -- Suggested Reading -- Minute Virus of Mice -- Suggested Reading -- Mycoplasma arthritidis -- Suggested Reading -- Mycoplasma pulmonis -- Suggested Reading -- Pasteurella pneumotropica -- Suggested Reading -- Pneumocystis carinii -- Suggested Reading -- Pneumonia Virus of Mice -- Suggested Reading -- Polyomavirus -- Suggested Reading -- Pseudomonas aeruginosa -- Suggested Reading -- Reovirus-3 -- Suggested Reading -- Rotavirus, Mouse -- Suggested Reading -- Salmonella enteritidis -- Suggested Reading -- Sendai Virus -- Suggested Reading -- Sialodacryoadenitis Virus. , Suggested Reading -- Staphylococcus aureus -- Suggested Reading -- Streptobacillus moniliformis -- Suggested Reading -- Streptococcus pneumoniae -- Suggested Reading -- Theiler's Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus -- Suggested Reading -- Thymic Virus, Mouse -- Suggested Reading -- DERMATOPHYTES -- Trichophyton spp. and Microsporum spp. -- Suggested Reading -- COMMON ECTOPARASITES -- Myobia musculi -- Suggested Reading -- Myocoptes musculinus and Radfordia affinis -- Suggested Reading -- Other Ectoparasites -- Suggested Reading -- ENDOPARASITES -- Aspicularis tetraptera (Mouse Pinworm) -- Suggested Reading -- Entamoeba muris -- Suggested Reading -- Giardia muris -- Suggested Reading -- Hymenolepis nana -- Suggested Reading -- Spironucleus muris -- Suggested Reading -- Syphacia obvelata (Mouse Pinworm) and Syphacia muris (Rat Pinworm) -- Suggested Reading -- Trichomonas muris -- Suggested Reading -- Other Endoparasites -- Suggested Reading -- PART III Diagnosis and Research Complications of Infectious Agents -- INTRODUCTION -- CLINICAL SIGNS -- PATHOLOGY -- RESEARCH COMPLICATIONS -- Index.

Note: Planetary Sciences -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- The Properties and Environment of Primitive Solar Nebulae as Deduced from Observations of Solar-Type Pre-Main Sequence... -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RECENT OBSERVATIONAL RESULTS -- Current Observational Evidence for Disks Associated with Pre-Main Sequence Stars -- Frequency of Disk Occurrence -- The Effect of Stellar Companions on Disk Survival -- Disk Evolutionary Time Scales -- Disk Sizes and Morphologies -- The Disk Environment -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Numerical Two-Dimensional Calculations of the Formation of the Solar Nebula -- ABSTRACT -- OBSERVATIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE INITIAL SOLAR NEBULA -- THE PHYSICAL PROBLEM -- REVIEW OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS OF THE FORMATION PHASE -- RECENT MODELS WITH HYDRODYNAMICS AND RADIATIVE TRANSPORT -- FURTHER EVOLUTION OF THE SYSTEM -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Three-Dimensional Evolution of Early Solar Nebula -- INITIAL CONDITIONS FOR PROTOSTELLAR COLLAPSE -- SINGLE VERSUS BINARY STAR FORMATION -- ANGULAR MOMENTUM TRANSPORT MECHANISMS -- THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOLAR NEBULA MODELS -- IMPLICATIONS FOR PLANETARY FORMATION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Formation and Evolution of the Protoplanetary Disk -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CIRCUMSTELLAR DISKS -- CONDITIONS FOR THE FORMATION OF STARS WITH DISKS -- EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE PROTOPLANETARY DISK -- TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS AND CONVECTION IN THE PROTOPLANETARY DISK -- REFERENCES -- Physical-Chemical Processes in a Protoplanetary Cloud -- ABSTRACT -- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF MOLECULAR INTERSTELLAR CLOUDS -- PROPERTIES AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROCESS IN THE GENESIS OF INTERSTELLAR DUST GRAINS -- THE ISOTOPE COMPOSITION OF VOLATILES IN BODIES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM -- REFERENCES. , Magnetohydrodynamic Puzzles in the Protoplanetary Nebula -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MAGNETIZATION OF METEORITES -- THE POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF A NEBULAR MAGNETIC FIELD -- THE POSSIBILITY OF MAGNETIC FLARES -- EXTERNAL MANIFESTATIONS -- DYNAMICAL EFFECTS OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD -- THE PROBLEM OF IONIZATION -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Formation of Planetesimals -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- NEBULAR STRUCTURE -- AERODYNAMICS OF THE SOLID BODIES IN THE NEBULA -- PROBLEMS WITH GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY -- PARTICLE GROWTH BY COAGULATION -- PROPERTIES OF FRACTAL AGGREGATES -- COAGULATION AND SETTLING OF FRACTAL AGGREGATES -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Formation of the Terrestrial Planets from Planetesimals -- ABSTRACT -- INRODUCTION -- FORMATION OF THE ORIGINAL PLANETESIMALS -- GROWTH OF PLANETESIMALS INTO PLANETARY EMBRYOS -- GROWTH OF RUNAWAY PLANETARY EMBRYOS INTO TERRESTRIAL PLANETS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- The Rate of Planet Formation and the Solar System's Small Bodies -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CONDITIONS OF ASTEROID FORMATION -- THE REMOVAL OF BODIES FROM THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND THE FORMATION OF THE COMETARY CLOUD -- REFERENCES -- Astrophysical Dust Grains in Stars, the Interstellar Medium, and the Solar System -- ABSTRACT -- THE CYCLING OF DUST IN STELLAR EVOLUTION AND THE FORMATION OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS -- ASTROPHYSICAL DUST GRAINS IN CIRCUMSTELLAR ENVIRONMENTS -- CIRCUMSTELLAR GRAIN FORMATION AND MASS LOSS -- INTERSTELLAR DUST GRAINS -- COMET DUST AND THE ZODIACAL CLOUD -- THE SURVIVAL OF DUST GRAINS DURING STELLAR EVOLUTION -- ESTABLISHING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN STARDUST AND DUST IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Late Stages of Accumulation and Early Evolution of the Planets -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FORMATION OF THE PLANETARY SYSTEM. , STANDARD AND MK-DISK MODELS -- PLANETESIMAL MASS SPECTRUM N(M,T) AND MATTER REDISTRIBUTION -- RELATIVE VELOCITY SPECTRUM -- MASSES OF THE LARGEST BODIES IN A PLANETS FEEDING ZONE -- MASSES, RELATIVE DISTANCES, AND THE NUMBER OF PLANETS -- DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF FORMING PLANETS -- COSMOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF EVOLUTION -- TIME SCALE FOR THE REMOVAL OF GAS FROM THE TERRESTRIAL PLANET ZONE -- ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS -- EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE PLANETS -- INITIAL EARTH TEMPERATURE AND ENERGY SOURCES -- HEAT MASS TRANSFER PROCESSES -- INITIAL COMPOSITION INHOMOGENEITIES -- THERMAL EXPLOSIONS" IN PRIMORDIAL EARTH -- CHARACTERISTIC TIME SCALES FOR THE EARLY DIFFERENTIATION OF INTERIORS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Giant Planets and Their Satellites: What Are the Relationships Between Their Properties and How They Formed? -- ABSTRACT -- THE MASS DISTRIBUTION -- INTERIOR MODELS -- ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS -- HEAT FLOWS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS -- SATELLITE SYSTEMS -- TEMPERATURES IN THE SOLAR NEBULA -- GIANT PLANET FORMATION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- The Thermal Conditions of Venus -- ABSTRACT -- MODIFIED APPROXIMATION OF PARAMETRIZED CONVECTION -- DESCRIPTION OF THE MODEL -- NUMERICAL RESULTS AND ASYMPOTOTIC SOLUTION OF THE MAPC EQUATIONS -- MAGNETISM AND THE THERMAL REGIME OF THE CORES OF EARTH AND VENUS -- THE THERMAL REGIME OF THE VENUSIAN CRUST -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Degassing -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RESERVOIRS -- FLUXES -- CARBON DIOXIDE -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- The Role of Impacting Processes in the Chemical Evolution of the Atmosphere of Primordial Earth -- ABSTRACT -- EARTH'S INITIAL ATMOSPHERE -- CONTINUOUS DEGASSING -- IMPACT PROCESSES AND THE EARTH'S PROTOATMOSPHERE -- THE EVOLUTION OF AN IMPACT-GENERATED ATMOSPHERE -- REFERENCES. , Lithospheric and Atmospheric Interaction on the Planet Venus -- ABSTRACT -- MANIFESTATION OF EXOGENIC PROCESSES USING PHOTOGEOLOGICAL DATA -- THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND A CHEMICAL MODEL OF THE TROPOSPHERE OF VENUS -- THE MINERAL COMPOSITION OF SURFACE ROCK ON VENUS -- THE CYCLES OF VOLATILE COMPONENTS -- GENERAL CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Runaway Greenhouse Atmospheres: Applications to Earth and Venus -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RUNAWAY GREENHOUSE ATMOSPHERES -- MOIST GREENHOUSE ATMOSPHERES -- LOSS OF WATER FROM VENUS -- STEAM ATMOSPHERES DURING ACCRETION -- THE CONTINUOUSLY HABITABLE ZONE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- The Oort Cloud -- ABSTRACT -- THE OORT CLOUD'S MASS -- HILL'S CLOUD MASS -- ANGULAR MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTION IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM -- THE COMETARY CLOUD AROUND OTHER STARS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- The Chaotic Dynamics of Comets and the Problems of the Oort Cloud -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE DYNAMIC CHAOS OF COMETS -- GENERAL COMETARY DYNAMICS AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE GALACTIC TIDE -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Progress in Extra-Solar Planet Detection -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT IS A PLANET? -- PLANET SIGNALS ARE WEAK -- DIRECT TECHNIQUES: IMAGING AND SPECTRAL DETECTION -- INDIRECT TECHNIQUES: REFLEX MOTION AND OCCULTATIONS -- SUMMARY -- PROSPECTIVE CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Appendix I- List of Participants -- Appendix II- List of Presentations -- AMERICAN PRESENTATIONS -- SOVIET PRESENTATIONS.

Note: Front Cover -- International Review of Cytology: A Survey of Cell Biology -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1. The Pre- and Postnatal Influence of Hormones and Neurotransmitters on Sexual Differentiation of the Mammalian Hypothalamus -- I. Introduction -- II. Historical Retrospectives -- III. Sexually Dimorphic Brain Structures and Functions -- IV. Sexual Differentiation of Brain Functions -- V. Sexual Differentiation of Brain Structures -- VI. A Closer Look at Female Differentiation of the Brain -- VII. A Closer Look at Male Differentiation of the Brain -- VIII. Neurotransmitters and Sexual Differentiation of the Brain -- IX. Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2. Cellular and Molecular Biology of Pneumocystis carinii -- I. Introduction -- II. Cell Biology -- III. Molecular Genetics -- IV. Interaction with the Host -- V. Implications and Applications -- VI. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3. Cellular and Molecular Biology of Neuronal Intermediate Filaments -- I. Introduction -- II. The Structure of Neuronal Intermediate Filaments and Their Genes -- III. Phosphorylation Regulates the Structure and Function of Neuronal Intermediate Filaments -- IV. Axonal Transport and Cytoskeletal Dynamics of Neuronal Intermediate Filaments -- V. Developmental Expression of Neuronal Intermediate Filaments -- VI. Regulation of Neuronal Intermediate Filament Gene Expression -- VII. What Are All These Neuronal Intermediate Filaments Doing? -- VIII. Conclusion: The Mystery Persists -- References -- Chapter 4. Calcium Transport across Epithelia -- I. Introduction -- II. Methods of Study -- III. Paracellular Calcium Transport -- IV. Transcellular Calcium Transport -- V. Regulation of Transepithelial Calcium Transport -- VI. Developmental Aspects -- VII. Studies in Vivo -- VIII. Concluding Remarks -- References. , Chapter 5. The Golgi Apparatus and Membrane Trafficking in Green Algae -- I. Introduction -- II. Structure and Compartmentalization of the Golgi Apparatus and Other Endomembrane Components -- III. Experimental Manipulation of the Golgi Apparatus and Exocytic Mechanism -- IV. Developmental Aspects of the Golgi Apparatus and Endomembrane System -- V. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6. Mechanochemical Coupling in Cilia -- I. Introduction -- II. Mechanochemical Coupling -- III. Chemomechanical Coupling -- IV. Summary and Prospects -- References -- Index.

Note: Front Cover -- Developmental Biology of Membrane Transport Systems -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Previous Volumes in Series -- Part I: Molecular Biology of Transport Proteins and Membrane Protein Sorting -- Chapter 1. Molecular Biology of Membrane Transport Proteins -- I. Introduction -- II. The Coding of Membrane Protein Structure -- III. Model Structures -- IV. Conclusions and Perspectives -- References -- Chapter 2. Biogenesis and Sorting of Plasma Membrane Proteins -- I. Introduction -- II. Biogenesis of Membrane Proteins -- III. Sorting and Epithelial Polarity -- IV. Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Fertilization and Early Embryonic Development -- Chapter 3. Electrical Characteristics of Oocytes and Eggs -- I. Introduction -- II. Ion Channels in Oocytes and Mature Eggs -- III. Electrical Characteristics of Oocytes -- IV. Fertilization -- V. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4. Ion and Solute Transport in Preimplantation Mammalian Embryos -- I. Introduction -- II. Ion Transport -- III. Fluid Transport -- IV. Sugar Transport -- V. Protein Transport -- VI. Amino Acid Transport -- VII. Summary and Prospects -- References -- Part III: Developmental Biology of Ion and Solute Co- and Counter-Transport -- Chapter 5. Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics of Enterocyte Differentiation -- I. Introduction -- II. Markers of Enterocyte Differentiation -- III. Fetal Development -- IV. Enterocyte Differentiation in Adult Intestine -- V. Enterocyte Differentiation in Vitro -- VI. Disease Effects on Enterocyte Differentiation -- VII. Barrier Function and Enterocyte Development -- VIII. Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 6. Ion Transport and Adenylyl Cyclase System in Red Blood Cells -- I. Introduction -- II. Hormone-Sensitive Adenylyl Cyclase System -- III. Effects of cAMP on Ion Channels and Transport. , IV. Adenosine Influence on Ion Movements -- V. Conclusions -- References -- Part IV: Ion Channel Development -- Chapter 7. Development, Maintenance, and Modulation of Voltage-Dependent Sodium Channel Topography in Nerve Cells -- I. Introduction -- II. Molecular Properties of Voltage-Dependent Sodium Channels -- III. Localization and Maintenance of Voltage-Dependent Sodium Channels -- IV. Differentiation of the Axon Membrane: Localization of Sodium Channels in Developing Nerve -- V. Conclusions and Perspectives -- References -- Chapter 8. Biogenesis of the Mouse Muscle Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor -- I. Introduction -- II. Subunit Structure and Processing -- III. Assembly -- IV. Conclusions -- References -- Note Added in Proof -- Chapter 9. Functional Properties of Voltage-Dependent Calcium Channels -- I. Introduction -- II. Ca2+ Selectivity -- III. Voltage-Dependent Activation -- IV. Inactivation -- V. Facilitation and Gating Modes -- VI. Different Types of Ca2+ Channels -- VII. Summary -- References -- Chapter 10. Potassium Channels in Developing Excitable Cells -- I. Introduction -- II. K+ Channels in Developing Neurons -- III. Smooth Muscle Cells and K(Ca) Channels -- IV. K+ Channels in Developing Drosophila -- V. Cell Interaction and Ion Channel Development -- VI. Recapitulation and Coda -- References -- Chapter 11. Potassium Channels in Development, Activation, and Disease in T Lymphocytes -- I. Introduction -- II. Properties of K+ Channels in Lymphocytes -- III. Molecular Basis of K+ Channel Diversity -- IV. Voltage-Gated K+ Channels in Development -- V. K+ Channels and T Cell Function -- VI. Voltage-Gated K+ Channels in Autoimmune Diseases -- VII. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12. Development of Epithelial Na+ Channels and Regulation by Guanine Nucleotide Regulatory (G) Proteins and Phospholipids -- I. Introduction. , II. Developmental Expression of Epithelial Na+ Channels -- III. Regulation of Na+ Channel Activity -- IV. Conclusions and Perspective -- References -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Author -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Our Radiation Environment -- I. Introduction -- A. Characteristics and Units of Ionizing Radiation -- B. Biology of Ionizing Radiation -- C. DNA Disruption and Free Radicals from Water -- D. Societal Concerns -- II. Cosmic Radiation -- III. Earth Radiation -- A. Radiation from Air -- B. Terrestrial Radiation -- 1. Radionuclide Families -- 2. Independent Radionuclides -- 3. Measured Background Radiation -- C. Radiation from Buildings -- D. Radionuclides in Food and Drink -- E. Endogenous Radiation -- IV. Medical Radiation -- A. Radionuclides -- B. Diagnostic X-Rays -- V. Industrial Radiation -- A. Mining -- B. Power Plants -- 1. Safety -- 2. Emissions -- 3. Explosions -- C. Products -- VI. Fallout -- VII. Summation -- VIII. Summary -- Chapter 2: Hormesis -- I. Introduction -- II. Hormesis -- A. Hormology -- B. Hormetic Doses -- C. Hormetic or Essential Agent -- D. Mechanisms -- III. Criteria and Limitations -- A. Experimental Design -- 1. Hormetic Exposures -- 2. Whole-Body Exposure -- 3. Bone-Seeking Radionuclides -- 4. Age of Subjects -- 5. Controls -- 6. Challenge in Protected Colonies -- B. Data Presentation -- 1. Statistics -- 2. Median vs. Mean -- 3. Data Omission -- C. Interpolation -- D. Extrapolation -- E. Cells in Culture -- IV. Summary -- Chapter 3: Radiation Hormesis in Growth and Development -- I. Introduction -- II. Growth -- A. Chronic Exposure -- B. Acute Exposure -- III. Development -- IV. Summary -- Chapter 4: Radiation Hormesis in Reproduction -- I. Introduction -- II. Sterility -- III. Fertility -- A. Humans -- B. Animals -- IV. Embryo and Neonatal Viability -- A. Humans -- B. Animals -- V. Mutation -- A. Humans -- B. Chromosomal Aberrations -- C. Animals -- VI. Summary -- Chapter 5: Radiation Hormesis in Immunity. , I. Introduction -- II. Radiation Resistance -- III. Wound Healing -- IV. DNA and Cell Repair -- V. Immune Reactions -- A. Cellular Reactions -- B. Humoral Reactions -- VI. Morbidity and Mortality -- A. Humans -- B. Animals -- VII. Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter 6: Radiation Hormesis in Cancer -- I. Introduction -- II. Dose-Response Curves -- A. Three Models -- B. Six Dose-Response Curves -- C. Composite Dose-Response Curve -- III. Human Experiences -- A. Epidemiology -- 1. United States -- 2. India -- 3. China -- 4. Radiologists -- B. Radionuclide Exposure -- 1. Uranium -- 2. Plutonium -- 3. Thorium -- 4. Radium -- 5. Radon -- 6. Lead -- 7. Polonium -- 8. Cerium -- 9. Cesium -- 10. Iodine -- 11. Strontium -- 12. Krypton -- 13. Rubidium -- 14. Cobalt -- 15. Potassium -- 16. Carbon -- 17. Tritium -- C. Emissions and Fallout -- D. Atomic Bomb Survivors -- 1. Total Cancer -- 2. Leukemia -- 3. Solid Tissue Cancer -- IV. Animal Experiments -- A. Challenge Experiments -- B. Observation Experiments -- 1. Low LET Radiation -- 2. High LET Radiation -- V. Che rnobyl Projections -- VI. Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter 7: Radiation Hormesis in Lifespan -- I. Introduction -- II. Human Lifespan -- A. General Epidemiology -- B. Radiologists -- C. Acute Exposures -- III. Animal Lifespan -- A. Orientation -- B. Chronic Exposure -- 1. Mice -- 2. Rats -- 3. Dogs -- 4. Other Mammals -- 5. Fish -- C. Radionuclide Exposure -- 1. Uranium -- 2. Plutonium -- 3. Radium -- 4. Other Radionuclides -- D. Acute Exposure -- E. Neutron Exposure -- IV. Summary -- Chapter 8: Ionizing Radiation as an Essential Agent -- I. Introduction -- II. Models -- III. Non vertebrate Reactions to Subambient Radiation Environments -- A. Literature Review -- B. Microbe Experiments -- C. Conclusions -- D. Speculation -- E. The Unity of Life -- IV. Vertebrate Research. , V. Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter 9: Summary, Conclusions, and Implications -- I. Introduction -- II. Criteria and Limitations -- III. Summary -- IV. The Complete Dose-Response Curve -- V. Conclusions -- VI. Implications -- A. Demise of Linear Models -- B. Radiation Deprivation -- C. Chernobyl Predictions -- D. Education -- E. Research -- F. Supplementation -- G. Optimum Health -- VII. Perspective -- VIII. Guidelines -- Appendix I -- Glossary -- References -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Genre and Discipline -- 1. J. C. Reil and the "Journalization" of Physiology -- 2. Writing Zoologically: The Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie and the Zoological Community in Late Nineteenth-Century Germany -- 3. Rigorous Discipline: Oliver Heaviside Versus the Mathematicians -- Part II: Discipline and Epistemology -- 4. Setting the Table: The Disciplinary Development of Eighteenth-Century Chemistry as Read Through the Changing Structure of Its Tables -- Part III: Textual Generation of Knowledge -- 5. Narratives, Anecdotes, and Experiments: Turning Experience into Science in the Seventeenth Century -- 6. Argument and Narrative in Scientific Writing -- 7. Eighteenth-Century Medical Education and the Didactic Model of Experiment -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Note: Intro -- Molecular Beam Epitaxy -- Table of Contents -- Preparation and Characterizations of High Quality InGaAs/GaAs Strained Multi-Quantum Wells Grown by MBE -- Influence of Growth Parameters on the Surface Morphology of MBE Grown GaAs and AlxGa1-xAs Layers -- Optical Switching of Double-Barrier Resonant Tunneling AlGaAs/GaAs Diode -- Sb Delta-Type Doping in Si-MBE Superlattices -- Molecular Beam Heteroepitaxy on Silicon Substrates -- MBE Growth, Properties and Applications of Epitaxial Dielectric Fluoride Films on Semiconductors -- Evaporation and Incorporation of Gallium Atoms and Ions during Si MBE with a Sublimating Source -- Comparison of Growth Kinetics and Source Material Utilization Efficiency in MBE under Conventional and Ale Conditions -- PED Mechanism Studied by Moleculardynamic Computer Simulation -- Growth of Aluminum and Copper on Silicon by Molecular Beam Epitaxy -- MBE System for Research -- Optical Simulation of the Effusion Molecular Beams in Epitaxy Technology -- The Liquid Metal Ion Source for Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Silicon -- Prior to Growth Examinations of the Quality of GaAs Substrates -- The Advantages of Selectively Delta-Doped III-V Heterostructures for HEMT Applications -- III-V Heterostructure Lasers with Short Period Superlattice Recombination Region -- AlGaAs/GaAs Heterojunction Photodiodes Grown by MBE -- An Extension of the Interfacial Layer Theory for Mixed Phase Metal-Semiconductor Contact -- Electrophysical Parameters of the Metal-Semiconductor Interface in MBE and VPE Grown GaAs Schottky Contacts -- The Dependence of Schottky Barrier Height of Metal-Semiconductor Contacts on the Ratio of Interfacial Area Occupied by Different Metal Components -- MBE Grown Planar Doped Barrier Diodes for Microwave Purposes -- Interface Symmetry and Heteroepitaxy. , MBE Growth and Investigation of Heteroepitaxial CdTe, ZnTe Layers and CdTe-ZnTe Superlattices -- Raman Scattering by Phonons in Short-Period GaAs/AlAs Superlattices -- Temperature Dependence of Raman Scattering in Monocrystals and Epitaxial Thin Films of ZnSe -- Low Temperature Photoluminescence of ZnSe Strained Thin Layers Grown on GaAs by MBE -- Computer Simulation of Interdiffusion Processes on II-VI Superlattices -- MBE Growth and Properties of Si/GeSi Superlattices on Si (111) -- The Pair-Doped Delta-Superlattice: An Inner Probe to Measure Monolayer Doping Fluctuations in Semiconductors -- Eu2+ and Sm2+ Ions as a Photoluminescent Probe in Epitaxial CaF2 Films on Semiconductors -- Low-Temperature Anomalies of 2D Electrons n-AlxGa1-xAs/GaAs Transfer Phenomena -- In Situ REM Study of Silicon Surface during MBE Processes -- Investigation of Sublimation Process of (111) and (100)CdTe Films by Rheed Intensity Oscillation -- Composition of Oxides on (100) GaAs Produced by Oxygen Ion Bombardment -- Characteristics and Application of Thin Epitaxial Dielectrics Formed by MBE -- SEM Investigation of Defects on InP -- Characterization of MBE Grown Si Doped GaAs Layers on (100) GaAs and Si Substrates by Photoluminescence -- Ultrahigh Vacuum System -- GaAs and GaSb Treatment for MBE -- Author Index.