Editing problem solving

The text features many levels of in-chapter problem-solving support, which build students confidence in their mastery of the concepts. Problem-solving support has been greatly enhanced in this edition. 

This volume on "Molecular Characterization and Analysis of Polymers" has been edited by John M. Chalmers and Robert J. Meier, both of whom have considerable experience in the industrial sector. They have compiled a broad compilation of chapters on the various aspects of polymer analysis and placed a clear and useful emphasis on problem solving, rather than on the techniques used. 

Read the following questions, noting that each numbered question correlates to a part of the sample before essay that depicts each particular issue. Then, read the edited after essay to understand how the writer fixed the problems. The two versions of the sample essay show the transformation writing undergoes during the editing process. You can refer to this exercise as a model for your own essay problem solving. 

Michael B. Cutlip, Mordechai Shacham. Problem Solving in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering with POLYMATH, Excel, and MATLAB (2nd Edition). Prentice Hall 1998... 

I feel that problem-solving—the process of applying concepts to new situations—is essential to learning. Consequently this edition includes over 80 illustrative examples and over 400 problems (75% new) to help the student learn and understand the concepts being taught. 

S. Wilson, 1997, in Problem Solving in Computational Molecular Science. Molecules in Different Environments, Proceedings of NATO ASI held at Bad Windsheim, German, August 1996, edited by S. Wilson and G.H.F. Diercksen, Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht. 

For those clinicians who have in their possession early editions of this book, I invite you to compare your copy to the 4th edition as validation for the assertions made in this Foreword. We have not compromised the comprehensive nature of this volume in favor of a simpler approach to understanding pharmacology. We believe that the topic, by its very nature and from the implications inherent in its knowledge base, requires a comprehensive, yet user-friendly, delivery. This belief system remains unhindered in this latest edition yet the problem-solving and evidence-based nature of the content is preserved and enhanced. 

The first edition of this problem-solving textbook was published in 1963 to teach organic chemists how to identify organic compounds from the synergistic information afforded by the combination of mass (MS), infrared (IR), nuclear magnetic resonance (MNR), and ultraviolet (UV) spectra. Essentially, the molecule is perturbed by these energy probes, and the responses are recorded as spectra. UV has other uses, but is now rarely used for the identification of organic compounds. Because of its limitations, we discarded UV in the sixth edition with our explanation. 

D.M. Kammen and D.M. Hassenzahl, Should We Risk It Exploring Environmental, Health and Technological Problem Solving, 2nd Edition, Princeton University Press, Oxford, NJ, USA, 1999, p.131. 

Background. As an analytical technique, tandem mass spectrometry is just entering its second decade of development. The variety of reported applications belies its relative youth. Tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) grew out of early work which used metastable ion transitions in order to establish ion structures and interrelationships. After extensive applications to ion structural studies, its usefulness in direct catplex mixture analysis became apparent with the early work of Cooks (1-3). Its successes in problem solving are summarized in a recent book edited by McLafferty (4). New, with several ccnmercial instruments available, MS/MS is being evaluated for application in several new areas, including biochemical analysis, forensic chemistry, and food and flavor analyses. The principles of MS/MS will be surmarized in the first part of this chapter. The second part of the chapter will deal with the reported applications of MS/MS to flavor analysis. 

For more specific examples of the 40 inventive principles, see Simplified TRIZ New Problem-Solving Applications for Engineers and Manufacturing Professionals, second edition, by K. Rantanen and E. Domb, Boca Raton, FL Auerbach, 2007, or go to www.triz-journal.com/archives/contradiction matrix. 

Luger GF. Artificial intelligence Structures and strategies for complex problem solving, 5th Edition. Boston Addison-Wesley, 2005. 

Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Perhaps the best preparation for a successful and productive career is the development of problem-solving and critical thinking skills. To this end, we created a variety of problems that require recall, fundamental calculations, and complex reasoning. In this edition, we have used suggestions from our reviewers, as well as from our own experience, to enhance the problem sets to include more practice problems for difficult concepts and further integration of the subject areas. 

Updated computational tools. As in previous editions, I provide many opportunities for the use of personal computers in problem solving. The third edition of this book included MATHCAD worksheets and DOS-based Basic language (and compiled) programs. To these programs I have added Windows-friendly Visual Basic versions of those earlier programs that are easier to use and have greater capabilities. There is also a new Visual Basic pure-component database that can be used as a stand-alone program or accessed by the... 

Carraher, Charles E., Jr. (2003). Giant Molecules Essential Materials for Everyday Living and Problem Solving, 2nd edition. Hoboken, NJ Wiley. 

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