Nanotechnology: Research and Perspectives
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    Nanotechnology: Research and Perspectives

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    Advances in physics, molecular biology, and computer science are converging on the capacity to control, with molecular precision, the structure and function of matter. These twenty original contributions provide the first broad-based multidisciplinary definition and examination of the revolutionary new discipline of molecular engineering, or nanotechnology. They address both the promise as well as the economic, environmental, and cultural challenges of this emerging atomic-scale technology.

    Leaders in their field describe current technologies that feed into nanotechnology - atomic imaging and positioning, protein engineering, and the de novo, design and synthesis of self-assembling molecular structures. They present development strategies for coordinating recent work in chemistry, biotechnology, and scanning-probe microscopy in order to successfully design and engineer molecular systems. They also explore advances in molecular and quantum electronics as well as reversible computational systems and the fundamental physical constraints on computation. Additional chapters discuss research efforts in Japan and present the prospects of nanotechnology as seen from the perspective of a microtechnologist.

    The final section looks at the implications of success, including the prospects of enormous computational power and the radical consequences of molecular mechanical systems in the fields of medicine and life extension.

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    Contributors: Robert Birge. Federico Capasso. BC Crandall. K. Eric Drexler. Gregory Fahy. Richard Feynman. John Foster. Tracy Handel. Bill Joy. Arthur Kantrowitz. Joseph Mallon. Norman Margolus. Ralph Merkle. Lester Milbrath. Gordon Tullock. Hiroyuki Sasabe. Michael Ward.
    Fluid Sciences and Materials Science in Space: A European Perspective
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      This volume gives a complete review of the present status of microgravity research. It includes the results of the D-1 Spacelab mission, the last microgravity-dedicated mission before the Challenger disaster. Close to 50 European scientists have cooperated in the book's preparation, and this synergetic approach has greatly enhanced the depth and the scope of the contributions. Each individual chapter first presents the theoretical background to justify microgravity experiments, then follows a review of the experiments performed and a critical discussion of the results obtained. Finally, recommendations for future activities are put forward.
      Realigning Research and Practice in Information Systems Development - The Social and Organizational Perspective (International Federation for Information ... Federation for Information Processing)
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        Realigning Research and Practice in Information Systems Development - The Social and Organizational Perspective (International Federation for Information ... Federation for Information Processing)

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        Given the pervasive nature of information technology and information systems in the modern world, the design and development of IS and IT are critical issues of concern. New research topics continuously emerge in tandem with the latest developments in technology-E-Business, Knowledge Management, Business Process Reengineering, for example. However, when the initial flurry of research abates and the "gloss" of these areas has diminished somewhat, as it inevitably does, the enduring core issue remains as to how to develop systems to fully exploit these new areas. Both information systems and information technology are interpreted fairly broadly in this book. Of particular interest to the editors were research studies that facilitate an understanding of the role and impact of information technology on society, organizations, and individuals, and which strive to improve the design and use of information systems in that context.
        The contributions to the book are categorized into four broad themes. First is the core issue of developing information systems in the current environment. In this section several fundamental challenges to current assumptions and conventional wisdom in information systems development are posed. The second section considers the management of information systems. Again, the conventional wisdom is challenged. The penultimate section focuses on researching information systems. Here, various issues to do with research methods are surfaced, and the use of leading-edge research methods in information systems development is pioneered and discussed. Finally, a section is devoted to understanding information systems. This section addresses the perennial challenge in the IS field in relation to the conceptual foundations of the field.
        This volume comprises the proceedings of the Working Conference on Realigning Research and Practice in Information Systems Development: The Social and Organizational Perspective, which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held in Boise, Idaho, USA in July 2001.
        Given the central importance of information systems development in the current age, this eclectic book, which considers the topic from a rich and varied set of perspectives, will be essential reading for researchers and practitioners working in all areas of IS and IT.
        Carbon concerns: nanotubes cause cardiovascular damage.(Science Selections): An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives
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          Carbon concerns: nanotubes cause cardiovascular damage.(Science Selections): An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives
          Ernie Hood
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          Distribution of nanoparticles in the see-through medaka (Oryzias latipes).(Research): An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives
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            Distribution of nanoparticles in the see-through medaka (Oryzias latipes).(Research): An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives
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            Effects of airway exposure to nanoparticles on lung inflammation induced by bacterial endotoxin in mice.(Research): An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives
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              Effects of airway exposure to nanoparticles on lung inflammation induced by bacterial endotoxin in mice.(Research): An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives
              Ken-ichiro Inoue , Hirohisa Takano , Rie Yanagisawa , Seishiro Hirano , Miho Sakurai , Akinori Shimada , and Toshikazu Yoshikawa
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              Title: Effects of airway exposure to nanoparticles on lung inflammation induced by bacterial endotoxin in mice.(Research)
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              Environmental and human health effects of manufactured nanomaterials.(Announcements / Fellowships, Grants, & Awards) : An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives
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                Environmental and human health effects of manufactured nanomaterials.(Announcements / Fellowships, Grants, & Awards) : An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives

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                In search of the most relevant parameter for quantifying lung inflammatory response to nanoparticle exposure: particle number, surface area, or what?(Research): ... from: Environmental Health Perspectives
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                  In search of the most relevant parameter for quantifying lung inflammatory response to nanoparticle exposure: particle number, surface area, or what?(Research): ... from: Environmental Health Perspectives
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                  Metal particles and extrapulmonary transport: Oberdorster and elder respond.(Correspondence): An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives
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                    Metal particles and extrapulmonary transport: Oberdorster and elder respond.(Correspondence): An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives
                    Gunter Oberdorster , and Alison Elder
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                    Last Days of Summer
                    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                    • Move over, Field of Dreams
                    • Five Stars? Are you freakin' kidding me? Excessively maudlin, offensive to history...
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                    Last Days of Summer
                    Steve Kluger
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                    In and of itself, the epistolary novel is nothing new; indeed, Ring Lardner wrote You Know Me Al, his classic diamond saga, as a series of letters home from fictional White Sox hurler Jack Keefe more than 80 years ago. With Last Days of Summer, Kluger has virtually reinvented the genre in his picaresque coming-of-age fable of future sportswriter Joey Margolis and his improbable relationship with Giants rookie sensation, Charlie Banks.

                    The place is Brooklyn, the time is the early '40s, and young baseball fanatic Joey needs a hero badly in his life. How that hero becomes Charlie--and ultimately Joey himself--forms the dimensions of the novel's field, but it's the way the game is played that's so remarkable. The story's told not through conventional narrative but by way of Joey's abstract scrapbook: letters, postcards, news clippings, box scores, report cards, matchbook covers, dispatches from FDR, telegrams, even an invitation to Joey's own Bar Mitzvah and the gift list from the affair.

                    Delightful throughout, Summer develops a deeper traction when Charlie goes off to war, then turns poignant in its seemingly preordained aftermath. It is a triumph of style, to be sure, but a triumph of style without loss of substance. --Jeff Silverman

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                    The hilarious and heart–warming story about a down–and–out kid who finds inspiration in his favourite baseball hero.

                    In Brooklyn, 1940, a wisecracking, baseball loving twelve–year–old boy, Joey Margolis, is in desperate need of a hero. His rich father has recently divorced his mother, leaving her all but penniless, and she is forced to move herself and her son to an Italian dominated part of Brooklyn, where he's the only Jew in the area. Constant abuse from other boys in the neighbourhood prompts Joey to send letters to Charlie Banks, an up–and–coming star with the New York Giants, asking for a home run so he can tell everyone that it was for him. Joey uses every trick in the book to get what he wants and the friendship that comes out of their simple correspondence will change them both forever.

                    This improbable friendship is woven together through letters, postcards, notes, telegrams, newspaper clippings, report cards and ticket stubs, and includes a colourful cast of supporting characters.

                    o The joys and sorrows growing up will always have an audience and this novel sheds light on all the complexity of those difficult times, with humour and joy.

                    Customer Reviews:

                    5 out of 5 stars Move over, Field of Dreams.......2007-10-08

                    I picked this one up after reading another title by the same author. I don't have anything to add to what's already been said about this amazing novel--except that when I was about 20 pages into it, I went out and bought a second copy for my 15-year-old so that we could read it together. It's just that kind of book.

                    1 out of 5 stars Five Stars? Are you freakin' kidding me? Excessively maudlin, offensive to history..........2007-10-05

                    Someone has to give a review of this book a reality check. So I will.

                    I just finished this last night, after about, oh, 150 eye rolls. Even if a book is maudlin crap, like this one, I'll finish it anyways, just so I can accurately detail why it's so bad. Kluger's pseudo-epistolary novel is a beach read for guys who need something to flip through while their kids are running around the park or playing little league. And the structure of the book, sort of a scrapbook, offers a lot of graphical variation with big fat type and occasional fun flourishes (e.g., incorporating signed matchbooks by famous people, kind of a vogue thing for celebs to do in the 1940s), so if you're looking for a book that makes you feel like you're flipping through a lot of pages in a short timespan, while not thinking too hard, this is a good candidate. And the subject matter - finding surrogate father figures in the unlikeliest of places - is comfortable ground for guys, I could see dads and sons reading this book together (an impression no doubt influenced by the cuddly photo on the paperback's back panel).

                    While I understand that this is a child's perspective of baseball and the events leading up to WWII, Kluger wants it both ways, retaining the wide-eyed innocence of witnessing history one doesn't quite understand, yet somehow having the sense/maturity to navigate through such a cultural period despite such innocence (several of Joey Margolis' complicated pranks strain credibility, to say the least). And even if this is largely a child's-eye perspective of WWII, Kluger's glossing over of the Japanese internment camps in the second half of the book is frankly offensive to that unfortunate period of American history (the protagonists visit there with an apparent carta blanca security clearance...gosh, Manzanar's remarkably like summer camp!!!).

                    Kluger's biggest mistake however, are his occasional references to Dickens, particularly David Copperfield, which this book tries very hard to emulate. All those references did was make me want to re-read David Copperfield or Oliver Twist, or even Great Expectations (all have orphans or quasi-orphans as their protagonist) again. These allusions do not disguise the fact that at least Joey has a strong Jewish mother in his corner, so it's not as if he's completely tetherless, although the text wants you to believe he is. Any kid who can fool the Army while hitching a ride across a pre-Interstate America (!)...you know, that kid's going to be all right.

                    By the predictably sappy, they-all-went-on-to-productive-lives coda, I'd compiled in my head a pretty decent catalogue of alternatives that this bus read tries to one-up. Guys looking other more fun reads about the myths of baseball might want to consider W.P. Kinsella (Shoeless Joe, or the lesser-known Iowa Baseball Confederacy), which has the common sense to embrace the possibility of baseball's fallable mythic status from the get-go. If you have a yen for the downbeat you might want to consider Malamud's the Natural (that is, unless you don't want your impression of the upbeat film adaptation tarnished). Also, a quick reading of James Jones' The Thin Red Line will get readers to quickly establish Kluger's innaccuracies with describing Guadalcanal (also offensive - there were no firefights on the beach!). And one can never go wrong with Dickens - Charile Banks was right, David Copperfield is still a good solid read.

                    Cut the syrup in half for your next book, and take off your damn Cosby sweater while writing it, okay, Mr. Kluger?

                    5 out of 5 stars beautifully written.......2007-10-01

                    read this book on a bicycle trip this summer, and it was one of the great highlights!ecommended in a bookstore in montana,it was totally engrossing,couldn't wait to read it everyday.when it rained for 6 days straight, iwas more bummed about not having a chance to read than the pounding i took from the weather...hopefully you'll check out more books by this author, i know i will.ver easy to read,funny,smart,moving and for people who really don't care about baseball. a great highlight of an incredible summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                    5 out of 5 stars Heartwarming and touching.......2007-08-28

                    This is a great story about coming of age in difficult times. The story will make you laugh out loud in part, and break your heart in others.

                    The main characters are a kid named Joey Margolis and a baseball player named Charlie Banks. The story of their relationship is told in the epistolary style, through correspondence and newspaper clippings. The style is jarring at first, but once the reader gets used to it, Kluger really makes it work. By using this style, Kluger is able to flesh out Joey and Charlie without having to get into a lot of backstory. I thought that I knew both characters as well as I know some of my friends by the end.

                    This book is one of the truest as far as describing the relationship between a boy and his idol. Their relationship starts out on a contentious note, with Joey and Charlie sending profane and very rude notes to each other. Slowly, each realizes the pressures the other faces and sees the good. They become friends, hanging out, going to places together, playing juvenile pranks on "grownups", etc. By the end of the book, Charlie and Joey are the best of friends.

                    This is one of my all time favorite books, and after reading it, most people will feel the same.

                    5 out of 5 stars Last Days of Summer.......2007-08-08

                    Last Days Of Summer is a hilarious, heartwarming and touching story about a smartass kid named Joey Margolis and a blue-collar Rookie baseball player named Charlie Banks. The entire story is told through letters, newspaper articles, and telegrams as well as other means of written communication. The relationship between the two starts out as something more along the lines of hate but quickly buds into something more, Charlie becomes the father that is missing from Joey's life in an extremely unconventional way, and Joey allows Charlie to show a more gentler, loving side of himself that his long-time on and off again girlfriend Hazel McKay has never seen before. It takes place during WWII and follows the times accurately. It's a quick witty read that had me laughing and crying. I breezed through it in two days and periodically open it up just to laugh some more.
                    The Last Day of Summer: Photographs by Jock Sturges
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                    The Last Day of Summer: Photographs by Jock Sturges

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                    Release Date: 2005-06-15

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                    The photographs of Jock Sturges are the record of people he cherishes: mothers and daughters, friends, children. Before his 8 x 10 camera, they show their relationship not only to one another, but also of the inner self to the world. Magical in their detail, these images are a collaboration of trust and admiration between artist and subject. Jayne Anne Phillips's compelling prose both illuminates the photographs and explores the unending sensuality and complexity of the bond between mother and child.

                    Whether photographing on naturist beaches in the south of France, in the communes of northern California, or in the affluent, East Coast summer resort of Block Island, Jock Sturges is at home with his subjects. Many of them are families with whom he has deep ties and whom he photographs as they are, clothed or nude, revealing the iconography of family affection. Each summer Sturges returns to visit the friends whose uninhibited grace, warmth, and beauty he so lyrically captures. He is now making pictures of girls and boys whose parents he first photographed as children.

                    In 1990 the Federal Bureau of Investigation entered Jock Sturges's San Francisco studio and seized his work, implying violation of child pornography laws. Citizens, artists, and the media responded with outrage. With The Last Day of Summer, Aperture accords to Jock Sturges's humane and lovely vision the dignity and respect it so richly deserves.

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                    5 out of 5 stars The Real Deal.......2007-09-01

                    Jock Sturges will probably stand as one of the great photographers of the 20th and 21st centuries....someday. His work with the friends and strangers who populate summer beaches and cottages where clothing is optional, year after year, testifies to his respect for his subjects and his affirming humanity. In current American culture, where hypersexuality is the marketing tool of choice, and merchants exploit every normal insecurity about appearance to sell endless crap to yearning multitudes, Sturges's pictures show us how beautiful we are, in all our shapes, sizes and ages, in nothing but the skin we are born with.

                    As a photographer, I am amazed at Sturges's ability to convince people to simply offer themselves up to his visual instincts. He returns to the same venues again and again, and becomes part of the places himself, rather than an intruder, and the people in his photographs see the work that results. Seeing themselves as he sees them, they appear to trust him completely. He steals no souls, but rather, affirms the conviction that we have souls in the first place. When asked to suggest a present for my own 16 year old daughter, a young woman with endless interests and curiosity, including photography, I could think of no better work to show her at this point in her life.

                    5 out of 5 stars Not All Nude, But All Wonderful.......2006-07-24

                    This is what children, young people growing up, and parents with children look like: people in bathing suits, jeans, everyday attire, as well as nude. There are photographs on the beach, in a tree, on a tricycle (one of the best as a photographic design, in my opinion), in hammocks, standing...a whole range of locales and postures.

                    While it astounds me that anyone could think this wonderful collection is child pornography, I *can* see the concern. There's no doubt in my mind that a genuine pedophile would be attracted to this, and for all the most unfortunate reasons. Still, this is an accurate and sensitive representation of something that seems almost vanished from the world--the innocence of people comfortable with themselves, their bodies, and with each other. Alas, this is our loss.

                    This collection of touching, humorous, and occasionally beautiful photographs is our gain.

                    5 out of 5 stars You'll be moved.......2006-02-22

                    If you are after pictures for the sexual excitement, look somewhere else. Yes there are naked women and men, young women and men, and even boys and girls of adolescent age, but you'd have to have a pretty sick mind to find them sexually exciting.

                    Rather on the contrary this are works of art with some of the best printing you'll see in your life (I'd love to see the originals, as I suspect as good as the book edition is, it still doesn't make it justice), with that simple beauty and simple "laiser faire" that is simply breathtaking.

                    3 out of 5 stars Jock Sturges first, not best book, does have some nice work in it.......2005-10-07

                    Mr. Sturges first photography book, it shows the style his fans all know and love but as a first effort has a less polished feel to it. I was surprised to see some pictures taken in Rhode Island, the later books seem to consist of France, California and Oregon with no East Coast U.S.
                    As always with Mr. Sturges books the subject matter is mostly nude but there are several clothed photos here as well, more than will be found in later books. The style is all well done,(many very nice images), the book is certainly worth owning but doesn't seem quite the quality of the books from "Radiant Identities" onward.

                    5 out of 5 stars Sturges' Continuing Family Relationship - As we grow up.......2005-08-09

                    A superb example of natural people doing what comes naturally captured in a wholesome way. Through Jock Sturges' images, we see what we see around us every day - families growing older. His nudes are prime examples of beauty - of which Jock captures with a particular reverence. The subjects represent whole body acceptance - something our society lacks today. The book is well done, and the images crisp and of excellent tone.
                    Last Day of Summer
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                      Jock Sturges
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                      Last Day of Summer
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                        Jock Sturges
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                        The Last Day of Summer (Ulverscroft Large Print)
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                          The Last Day of Summer: Photographs
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                            Photography Jock Sturges; Essay Jayne An
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