Architecture

Basics Barrier-free Planning

	AUTHORS:	Isabella Skiba, Dortmund, Germany and Rahel Züger, Dortmund, Germany
	ISBN-13:	978-3-7643-8959-8
	PAGES/ILLUS:	approx. 80 p., 80 illus., Softcover
	PRICE:	approx. $16.50
	AVAILABLE (US):	June 2009

Buildings are not conceived solely with average people in mind; they offer a protective shell for everyone. Basics Barrier-free Planning improves our understanding of the needs of people with disabilities such as limited mobility or impaired vision, children, and the elderly, all of whom have special requirements when using a building. The book presents possibilities for designing buildings and their spaces so they can be used by everyone.

SELLING POINTS:

Explains what "barrier-free" means in practice Perceiving a building and the requirements for its use Integration into the design (spaces to move, orientation, etc.) Designing the details (doors, thresholds, signage, etc.)

MARKET:

Students, lecturers, tutors, professors, young professionals

SUBJECT:

Architectural History and Theory

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE:

Architecture

RELATED TITLES:

Krippner, Basics Facade Apertures (978-3-7643-8466-1, 2007, $16.50) Exner, Basics Spatial Design (978-3-7643-8848-5, 2009, $16.50)

COMPETITION:

Holmes-Seidle, Barrier-Free Design (Architectural Press, 0750616369, 1996, $85.95) Barrier Free Environments Incorporated, The Accessible Housing Design File (Wiley, 047128436X, 1991, $95.00)

Arts




The Programme

Linz 2009 European Capital of Culture

	EDITOR:	Linz 2009 European Capital of Culture
	ISBN-13:	978-3-211-89276-3
	PAGES/ILLUS:	287 p., Hardcover
	PRICE:	approx. $29.95
	AVAILABLE (US):	Available

2009 is an important year for Linz. The capital of the Federal Land of Upper Austria will be the European Capital of Culture along with Vilnius, the capital Lithuania. Many events will showcase Europe’s rich variety, and the spectrum of themes will be as broad as possible. Architecture, the fine arts, education and science, the performing arts, design, Europe, film and the movie industry, gender studies, history, society and politics, industry and infrastructure, youth issues, children, communication, culinary art, literature, media, music, the public space, nature, and ecology, regions, religions, social studies, migration, sports, city areas, tourism, Vilnius, folk culture and economic affairs are the key words. The connection between industry, culture and nature is of particular interest. The book contains the full program and also shows why the capital of culture year is a milestone for the time afterwards as well.

SELLING POINTS:

A must-read book for all those interested in capitals of culture and/or Linz Culture as a motor for urban development and the exemplary implementation of this idea

MARKET:

All interested in culture, art, contemporary art, theater, music, media art, architecture, literature, politics, current events, migration, Europe and urban development

SUBJECT:

Arts

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE:

Arts

RELATED TITLES:

Fitz, Linz Texas (978-3-211-78894-3, 2008, $44.95) Treberspurg, solarCity Linz-Pichling (978-3-211-30562-1, 2008, $69.95)

COMPETITION:

Sandford, Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture (Routledge, 0415263522, 2001, $60) White, Media, Culture and Society in Putin's Russia (Palgrave, 0230524850, 2008, $80)

Biomedicine




Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Medicine

Second Edition

	AUTHORS:	Gerhard Nahler, Clinical Investigation Support Pharmaforschung, Vienna, Austria
	ISBN-13:__978-0-387-92279-9_____PAGES/ILLUS'>ISBN-13:	978-3-211-89835-2 (Replaces ISBN: 978-3-211-82557-0)
	PAGES/ILLUS:	approx. 350 p., Softcover
	PRICE:__$89.95_____AVAILABLE_(US)'>PRICE:	approx. $59.95
	AVAILABLE (US):	April 2009

The dictionary contains various terms typically used in pharmaceutical medicine.The 2nd edition reflects the increasing importance of this science and the changing regulatory environment in particular on research and development of new therapies as well as on the conduct of clinical trials, marketing authorisation of new medicinal products and safety aspects including pharmacovigilance. The number of key words has been considerably enlarged and increased to over 1,600 terms; it includes new scientific areas such as gene therapy and proteomics. Furthermore, given the importance of the internet, the new edition contains a list of most important web sites. Similar to the 1st edition, also the book explains about 1,000 abbreviations most commonly used in pharmaceutical medicine. This book will be a valuable tool for professionals in the area of the pharmaceutical industry, medical and pre-clinical research, regulatory affairs, marketing and marketing authorisation of pharmaceuticals.

SELLING POINTS:

Enlarged edition with more than 1,600 keywords Short and basic explanantion on terms on pharmaceutical medicine New scientific areas added, e.g. gene therapy and proteomics Comprehensive appendix with addresses, homepages

MARKET:

Medical doctors, clinical investigators; professionals in the area of the pharmaceutical industry

SUBJECTS:

Medicine/Public Health, general; Pharmacy

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE:

Biomedicine

RELATED TITLES:

Gassmann, Leading Pharmaceutical Innovation (978-3-540-77635-2, 2008, $74.95) Anderson, Managing Pharmaceuticals in International Health (978-3-7643-6601-8, 2004, $59.95)

COMPETITION:

Alghabban, Pharmaceutical Medicine Dictionary (Churchill, 044306475X, $52.95, 2001) Griffin, The Textbook of Pharmaceutical Medicine (BMJ Books, 0727918400, 2006, $221.95)

Business / Economics




Logic and Integer Programming

	AUTHOR:	H. Paul Williams, The London School of Economics, UK
	ISBN-13:	978-0-387-92279-9
	PAGES/ILLUS:	approx. 215 p., 41 illus., Hardcover
	PRICE:	$89.95
	AVAILABLE (US):	April 2009

Paul Williams, a leading authority on modeling in integer programming, has written a concise, readable introduction to the science and art of using modeling in logic for integer programming. Written for graduate and postgraduate students, as well as academics and practitioners, the book is divided into four chapters that all avoid the typical format of definitions, theorems and proofs and instead introduce concepts and results within the text through examples. References are given at the end of each chapter to the more mathematical papers and texts on the subject, and exercises are included to reinforce and expand on the material in the chapter. Methods of solving with both logic and IP are given and their connections are described. Applications in diverse fields are discussed, and Williams shows how IP models can be expressed as satisfiability problems and solved as such.

SELLING POINTS:

Author is a leading authority on modeling in integer programming Presents a breakthrough in using logic for more precise modeling in integer programming A concise, clear introduction to the concepts, with exercises to reinforce and references for more detailed reading

MARKET:

Graduate-level OR, Math, IE, or Computer Science students in optimization, integer programming, or modeling classes; researchers and practitioners interested in novel approaches to solving satisfiability problems

SUBJECTS:

Operations Research/Decision Theory; Operations Research, Mathematical Programming; Optimization

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE:

Business / Economics

RELATED TITLES:

Hooker, Integrated Methods for Optimization (978-0-387-38272-2, 2006, $99) Appa, Handbook on Modelling for Discrete Optimization (978-0-387-32941-3, 2006, $149) Milano, Constraint and Integer Programming (978-1-4020-7583-4, 2004, $135) Eiselt, Integer Programming and Network Models (978-3-540-67191-6, 2000, $139)

COMPETITION:

Wolsey, Integer Programming (Wiley-Interscience, 978-0471283669, 1998, $122.95) Hooker: Logic-Based Methods for Optimization (Wiley, 978-0471385219, 2000, $150.00) Chvatal, Linear Programming (WH Freeman, 978-0716715870, 1983, $80.50)

Chemistry




Environmentally Benign Catalysts

	EDITORS:	Masakazu Anpo, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan and Prashant Kamat, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA
	ISBN-13:	978-0-387-48441-9
	PAGES/ILLUS:	approx. 330 p., Hardcover
	PRICE:	approx. $119.00
	AVAILABLE (US):	June 2009

Titanium oxide-based catalysts are especially promising as one of the most stable, non toxic, easily available photofunctional materials known today. Previously, the successful development of second-generation titanium oxide photocatalysts using an advanced metal ion-implantation technique led to reactions that could be induced not only with UV but also visible light. Since then, not only has efficiency been improved but new materials and synthesis methods have also been developed. This book will cover the various approaches in the design of efficient titanium oxide-based photocatalysts by such methods as sol-gel, precipitation, dip-coating, metal implantation and sputtering deposition. It will cover the most recent advances in TiO2 research and their potential applications as well as detailed and fundamental characterization studies on the active sites and mechanisms behind the reactions at the molecular level. The book should serve not only as a text for research into photochemistry and photocatalysis but also to inspire more applications into environmentally-harmonious technologies.

SELLING POINTS:

Work should be of interest and significance not only in the academic community but also for the commercial and industrial sector Very few competitors, and those already existing include old editions Work will include innovative techniques and will also discuss future prospects Anpo is one of the world's leading photochemists

MARKET:

Grad and Undergraduate students as well as technical experts in industry;  People in the catalysis and photocatalysis industries, building materials industry, glass companies, air and water treatment industries; Medical and food industry workers

SUBJECTS:

Catalysis; Environmental Physics; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection

LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE:

Chemistry

RELATED TITLES:

Fessner, Biocatalysis (978-3-540-66970-8, 2000, $69.95) Schmidtchen, Bioorganic Chemistry (978-3-540-66978-4, 2000, $59.95)

COMPETITION:

Kozhevnikov, Catalysts for Fine Chemical Synthesis (Wiley, 0471623814, 2002, $270.00) Regalbuto, Catalyst Preparation (CRC, 0849370884, 2006, $179.95)