Anmerkung: Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- The Socioeconomic Impact of Preterm Delivery -- The Comparative Physiology of Parturition in Mammals -- Prostaglandins and Uterine Activity -- Oxytocin and Uterine Activity -- Control of Intracellular Signalling by Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone in Human Myometrium -- Role of the Human Fetal Adrenal Gland in the Initiation of Parturition -- Roles of Estrogen and Progesterone in Human Parturition -- Relaxin and the Cervix -- Cytokines and the Initiation of Parturition -- Prostaglandins, the Fetal Membranes and the Cervix -- Role of Mechanical Signals in the Onset of Term and Preterm Labor -- Excitability in Uterine Smooth Muscle -- Coordination of Myometrial Contractility -- The Placenta as a Neuroendocrine Organ -- Timing the Onset of Parturition -- Regulation of CRH Gene Expression in the Placenta -- Biochemical Predictors of Prematurity -- Metalloproteinases and Cervical Maturation -- Pharmacotherapy for Preterm Labour -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

Anmerkung: Intro -- Prefacio -- 1 Cómo estudiar y razonar los problemas -- 2 Notaciones numéricas, operaciones aritméticas, y calculadoras -- 3 Empleo de dimensiones -- 4 Unidades de las medidas científicas -- 5 Fiabilidad de las medidas -- 6 Representaciones gráficas -- 7 Densidad y fuerza ascensional -- 8 Fórmulas y nomenclatura -- 9 Forma y tamaño de las moléculas -- 10 Estequiometría I: Cálculos basados en las fórmulas químicas -- 11 Gases -- 12 Estequiometría II: Cálculos basados en ecuaciones químicas -- 13 Estequiometría III: Cálculos basados en concentraciones de disoluciones -- 14 Termoquímica -- 15 Cinética química -- 16 Equilibrio químico en los gases -- 17 Electroquímica I: Baterías y energía libre -- 18 Electroquímica II: Ajuste de ecuaciones -- 19 Electroquímica III: Electrólisis -- 20 Estequiometría IV: Peso equivalente y normalidad -- 21 Propiedades coligativas -- 22 Concentración del ion hidrógeno y pH -- 23 Equilibrios ácido-base -- 24 Producto de solubilidad y precipitación -- 25 Iones complejos -- 26 Química nuclear -- 27 Reacciones: Predicción y síntesis -- Respuestas a los problemas de los grupos A -- Índice alfabético.

Anmerkung: CHAOS IN REAL DATA -- Editor's page -- Copyright -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1 DEFINING CHAOS FOR REAL, NOISY DATA: LOCAL LYAPUNOV EXPONENTS AND SENSITIVE RESPONSE TO PERTURBATIONS -- CHAPTER 2 MODELLING TIME-SERIES DATA -- CHAPTER 3 MEASLES AS A TESTBED FOR CHARACTERISING NONLINEAR BEHAVIOUR IN ECOLOGY -- CHAPTER 4 POPULATION DYNAMICS OF SMALL RODENTS IN NORTHERN FENNOSCANDIA -- CHAPTER 5 ANALYSIS OF POPULATION FLUCTUATIONS IN THE APHID HYPEROMYZUS LACTUCAE AND THE MOTH PERIZOMA ALCHEMILLATA -- CHAPTER 6 ONE, TWO AND THREE-SPECIES TIME SERIES FROM A HOST-PATHOGEN-PARASITOID SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 7 BLOWFLIES AS A CASE STUDY IN NON-LINEAR POPULATION DYNAMICS -- CHAPTER 8 OVERVIEW -- CHAPTER 9 A GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN NONLINEAR DYNAMICS -- Index.

Anmerkung: Intro -- UNDERSTANDING MASS SPECTRA Second Edition -- CONTENTS -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Notations Used in This Book -- 1 Instrumentation -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.1.1. Overview -- 1.1.2. Sample Introduction -- 1.2. Ionization Source -- 1.2.1. Electron Ionization Source -- 1.2.2. Chemical Ionization -- 1.2.3. Other Ionization Methods -- 1.2.3.1. Electrospray Ionization -- 1.2.3.2. Desorption Ionization -- 1.3. m/z Analysis -- 1.3.1. Time-of-Flight (TOF) -- 1.3.2. Magnetic Sector -- 1.3.3. Transmission Quadrupole -- 1.3.3.1. Selected Ion Monitoring (SIM) -- 1.3.4. Quadrupole Ion Trap (QIT) -- 1.3.5. Other Types of Mass Analysis -- 1.3.5.1. Mass Spectrometry/Mass Spectrometry(MS/MS) -- 1.3.5.2. Accurate m/z Analysis -- 1.3.6. Spectral Skewing -- 1.4. Ion Detection -- 1.4.1. Electron Multiplier -- 1.4.2. Photomultiplier Detector -- 1.5. Data System -- 1.5.1. Instrument Tuning and Calibration -- 1.5.2. The Mass Spectrum -- 1.5.2.1. Production of the Mass Spectrum -- 1.5.2.2. Terminology: Ions vs. Peaks -- 1.5.3. Library Searches -- 1.5.4. Using the Data System to Analyze GC/MS Data -- 1.6. Criteria for Good-Quality Spectra -- Additional Problems -- Mass Spectrometric Resources on the Internet -- References and Suggested Reading -- 2 Elemental Composition from Peak Intensities -- 2.1. Natural Isotopic Abundances -- 2.1.1. Atomic and Molecular Mass -- 2.1.2. Calculated Exact Masses and Mass Defects -- 2.2. Determining Elemental Composition from Isotope Peak Intensities -- 2.2.1. One or More Atoms of a Single Element -- 2.2.1.1. Chlorine and Bromine -- 2.2.1.2. Ion Designation and Nomenclature -- 2.2.1.3. Probability Considerations with Multiple Numbers of Atoms -- 2.2.1.4. Isotope Peak Intensity Ratios for Carbon-Containing Ions-The X + 1 Peak -- 2.2.1.5. A, A + 1, and A + 2 Elements. , 2.2.1.6 Isotope Peak Intensity Ratios for Carbon-Containing Ions-The X + 2 Peak -- 2.2.1.7. Overlapping Peak Clusters-Contributions from (13)C Only -- 2.2.1.8. Silicon -- 2.2.2. Complex Isotope Clusters -- 2.2.2.1. Sulfur Dioxide -- 2.2.2.2. Diazepam -- 2.3. Obtaining Elemental Compositions from Isotope Peak Intensities -- Examples -- Additional Problems -- References -- 3 Ionization, Fragmentation, and Electron Accounting -- 3.1. A Brief Review of Orbitals and Bonding -- 3.2. Even- and Odd-Electron Species -- 3.3. Site of Initial Ionization -- 3.4. Types of Fragmentation -- 3.5. The Nitrogen Rule -- 3.6. Energy Considerations in Fragmentation Processes -- 3.6.1. Fragmentation Rates -- 3.6.2. Metastable Ions -- 3.6.3. Energy Diagrams -- 3.6.4. Stevenson's Rule -- Additional Examples -- Problems -- References -- 4 Neutral Losses and Ion Series -- 4.1. Neutral Losses -- 4.1.1. Losses from the Molecular Ion -- 4.1.2. Loss of Small Molecules from Aromatic Ions -- 4.2. Low-Mass Ion Series -- 4.2.1. n-Alkane Spectra -- 4.2.2. Effect of Chain Branching on the Spectra of Aliphatic Hydrocarbons -- 4.2.3. Ion Series for Nonaromatic Compounds -- 4.2.4. Aromatic Ion Series -- 4.2.5. Use of Ion Series: Mass Chromatograms -- Additional Problems -- References -- 5 A Rational Approach to Mass Spectral Problem Solving -- 5.1. Guidelines for Solving Mass Spectral Problems -- Examples -- Problems -- Reference -- 6 a-Cleavage and Related Fragmentations -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Benzylic Cleavage -- 6.3. Cleavage Next to Aliphatic Nitrogen -- 6.3.1. Structural Relationships: a-Cleavage in 1-Phenyl-2-aminopropanes -- 6.3.2. Cleavage Next to Electron-Deficient Nitrogen -- 6.3.3. a-Cleavage in Complex Nitrogenous Ring Systems -- 6.4. Cleavages of Aliphatic Oxygenated Compounds -- 6.4.1. a-Cleavage -- 6.4.2. Bond Cleavage Away from the Ionization Site. , 6.4.3. Cleavage at Carbonyl Groups -- 6.5. Elimination Fragmentations in Oxygen and Nitrogen Compounds -- 6.5.1. Secondary Elimination from Initial a-Cleavage Ions -- 6.5.2. Hydride Shifts -- 6.5.3. Elimination Fragmentations of Some Aromatic Compounds -- 6.5.4. Water Elimination in Aliphatic Alcohols -- Examples -- Additional Problems -- References -- 7 Important Mass Spectral Rearrangements -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. g-Hydrogen Rearrangement -- 7.2.1. McLafferty-Type Rearrangement -- 7.2.2. g-Hydrogen Rearrangement in Alkylbenzenes -- 7.2.3. g-Hydrogen Rearrangement Initiated by a Remote Ionization Site -- 7.3. Cyclohexanone-Type Rearrangement -- 7.4. Retro Diels-Alder Fragmentation -- 7.5. Double-Hydrogen (McLafferty + 1) Rearrangement -- Additional Problems -- References -- 8 Rationalizing Mass Spectral Fragmentations -- 8.1. General Guidelines -- 8.2. Loss of Small Molecules -- 8.2.1. Loss of Small Molecules from Aromatic Ions Revisited -- 8.2.2. g-Butyrolactone -- 8.3. Ephedrine -- 8.4. Ortho Effect: The Hydroxybenzoic Acids -- Additional Problems -- References -- 9 Structure Determination in Complex Molecules Using Mass Spectrometry -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. "Designer Drugs" Related to MDA -- 9.3. Cocaine and Its Metabolites -- 9.3.1. Peak Correlations -- 9.3.2. Proposed Fragmentations -- 9.3.3. Application -- 9.4. Phencyclidine and Its Analogs -- 9.4.1. Fragmentations of Phencyclidine -- 9.4.2. Phencyclidine Analogs -- 9.5. A Practical Problem -- References -- 10 Answers to Problems -- Index.

Anmerkung: Front Cover -- Conceptual models in exploration geochemistry, 4 -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- FOREWORD -- Section A: INTRODUCTION -- OBJECTIVES -- SCOPE -- FORMAT -- Section B: REGIONAL FEATURES -- 1. INTRODUCTION: TECTONISM, MORPHOGENIC PROVINCES AND RELIEF -- 2. WEATHERING HISTORY AND LANDFORM DEVELOPMENT -- 3. EROSION AND DRAINAGE DEVELOPMENT -- 4. SOILS -- 5. CLIMATE -- 6. VEGETATION -- Section C: ELEMENTS AND SAMPLE MEDIA USED IN GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION: DEFINITIONS, DESCRIPTIONS AND USE -- ELEMENTS AND ELEMENT MOBILITIES -- GOSSANS -- WEATHERED BEDROCK -- TRANSPORTED OVERBURDEN -- WATERS -- Section D: IDEALIZED MODELS -- MODEL CLASSIFICATION -- COMPLETE WEATHERED BEDROCK PROFILE -- PARTLY STRIPPED WEATHERED BEDROCK PROFILE -- FRESH BEDROCK -- MODEL FOR CALCRETE URANIUM MINERALIZATION -- Section E: CASE HISTORIES -- INTRODUCTION -- ARCHAEAN REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION -- 1. MONS CUPRI Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag DEPOSIT, PILBARA BLOCK, W.A. -- 2. CARNILYA HILL Ni-MINERALIZATION, YILGARN BLOCK, W.A. -- 3. DUKETON MASSIVE Zn (Pb) MINERALIZATION, YILGARN BLOCK, W.A. -- 4. FORRESTANIA NICKEL DEPOSITS, YILGARN BLOCK, W.A. -- 5. JUBILEE Ag-Zn PROSPECT, YILGARN BLOCK, W.A. -- 6. MT. WINDARRA Ni DEPOSIT, YILGARN BLOCK, W.A. -- 7. YILGARN GOLD DEPOSITS, EASTERN GOLDFIELDS PROVINCE, W.A. -- 8. GOLDEN GROVE Cu-Zn DEPOSIT, YILGARN BLOCK, W.A. -- 9. NORTHERN YORKE PENINSULA Cu, GAWLER BLOCK, S.A. -- 10. TRACE METAL CONTENT OF IRONSTONES, TENNANT CREEK Au-Ci MINER-ALFIELD, N.T. -- 11. REGIONAL GEOCHEMICAL STREAM SEDIMENT SURVEY, HALLS CREEK PROVINCE, W.A. -- 12. BOW RIVER Cu-Ni DEPOSIT, HALLS CREEK PROVINCE, W.A. -- 13. ILMARS Cu-Zn-Pb DEPOSIT, HALLS CREEK PROVINCE, W.A. -- 14. CORKWOOD Cu-Ni PROSPECT, HALLS CREEK PROVINCE, W.A. -- 15. PENTECOST SANDSTONE Cu MINERALIZATION, MENUAIRS DOME AREA, HALLS CREEK PROVINCE, W.A. , 16. THE MARY RIVER Zn-Pb GOSSAN, PINE CREEK BLOCK, N.T. -- 17. RANGER ONE U DEPOSITS, PINE CREEK BLOCK, N.T. -- 18. THE WOODCUTTERS L5 Pb-Zn PROSPECT, PINE CREEK BLOCK, N.T. -- 19. WARBURTON RANGE Cu PROSPECTS, MUSGRAVE BLOCK, W.A. -- 20. GALENA HILL Pb-Zn PROSPECT, WILLYAMA BLOCK, N.S.W. -- 21. McARTHUR RIVER Pb-Zn DEPOSIT, McARTHUR BASIN, N.T. -- 22. UNA MAY U PROSPECT, McARTHUR BASIN, N.T. -- 23. THE CLONCURRY 8 Cu ANOMALY, MT. ISA BELT, Qld. -- 24. ESPERANZA Z2 Cu DEPOSIT, MT. ISA BELT, QLD. -- 25. THE PEGMONT Pb-Zn DEPOSIT, MT. ISA BELT, QLD. -- 26. SQUIRREL HILLS Zn-MINERALIZATION, MT. ISA BELT, QLD. -- 27. TI TREE WELL Pb-Zn PSEUDOGOSSAN, BANGEMALL BASIN, W.A. -- 28. BELTANA AND AROONA Zn DEPOSITS, ADELAIDE GEOSYNCLINE, S.A. -- 29. EDIACARA Pb-(Zn)-(Cu) DEPOSIT, ADELAIDE GEOSYNCLINE, S.A. -- 30. DEWRANG Pb PROSPECT, KANMANTOO GROUP, KANGAROO IS., S.A. -- 31. PINNACLES Cu-Pb-Zn PROSPECT, DUNDAS TROUGH, TAS -- 32. QUE RIVER Zn-Pb DEPOSIT, DUNDAS TROUGH, TAS -- 33. CLEVELAND Sn-Cu DEPOSIT, DUNDAS TROUGH, WESTERN TASMANIA -- 34. MT. LINDSAY Sn PROSPECT, DUNDAS TROUGH, TAS -- 35. BOLD HEAD SCHEELITE DEPOSIT, TASMAN FOLD BELT SYSTEM, KING ISLAND, TAS -- 36. MOUNT MOLIAGUL Mo PROSPECT, WEST VICTORIAN TROUGH, VIC -- 37. COSTERFIELD Au-Sb PROSPECT, MELBOURNE TROUGH, VIC -- 38. THE PIPELINE RIDGE Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag PROSPECT, MINERAL HILL SYNCLINORIAL ZONE, N.S.W. -- 39. SUNDAY CREEK Cu PROSPECT, MOLONG-SOUTH COAST ANTICLINORIAL ZONE, VIC -- 40. BASIN CREEK Cu-Zn PROSPECT, BOGAN GATE SYNCLINORIAL ZONE, N.S.W. -- 41. LIMEKILNS Zn-Pb-Cu DEPOSIT, CAPTAINS FLAT-GOULBURN SYNCLINORIAL ZONE, N.S.W. -- 42. LOWE'S CLAIM (Mo), WOOLOMIN-TEXAS BLOCK, N.S.W. -- 43. KHAN'S CREEK Cu-Pb-Zn PROSPECT, NAMBUCCA BLOCK, N.S.W. -- 44. TARTANA Cu DEPOSIT, HODGKINSON BASIN, QLD. -- 45. JUBILEE PLUNGER Au DEPOSIT, GEORGETOWN INLIER, QLD. , 46. THE AJAX Cu-Zn-Ag PROSPECT, YARROL BASIN, QLD. -- 47. MOUNT CANNINDAH PORPHYRY-Cu DEPOSIT, YARROL BASIN, QLD. -- 48. CHINAMAN CREEK Cu PROSPECT, YARROL BASIN, QLD. -- 49. LANGDON Ag-Pb-Zn PROSPECT, SOUTH COASTAL STRUCTURAL HIGH, QLD. -- 50. CHEDDA CLIFFS Pb-Zn-Cu MINERALIZATION, LENNARD SHELF, W.A. -- 51. LAKE AUSTIN U PROSPECT, MURCHISON REGION, W.A. -- 52. YEELIRRIE CALCRETE URANIUM DEPOSIT, MURCHISON REGION, W.A. -- Section F: REFERENCES.

Anmerkung: Cover -- Half Title Page, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Translator's Preface -- 1. The Adventurous Life of a Remarkable Scientist -- 2. The Mysterious Greek Letter Pi -- 3. Give Me a Lever Long Enough and I Will Move the World -- 4. Eureka! -- 5. Archimedes' Magnum Opus "On the Sphere and the Cylinder -- 6. How Many Grains of Sand Does It Take To Fill the Universe -- 7. Archimedes as Civil and Military Engineer -- 8. An Original and Persuasive Method -- 9. Archimedes and the Poets Catullus, Horace, and Virgil -- 10. The "Myth" of Archimedes, Yesterday and Today -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.