Proceedings and Books

The pig is widely used in research and testing since it shares many anatomical and physiological characteristics with humans. This makes it a unique and viable model for biomedical research. In fact, most relevant models have been reviewed in a series of technical proceedings and books in the last two decades (Swindle, 1998). 

Interest in chemical speciation procedures is predicted to expand rapidly as a wider spectrum of the scientific community recognises that assessments of health hazards, toxicity and bioavailability must be based on levels of specific chemical forms, rather than on total element levels. Literature listings on this topic, however, are not extensive and most reviews, conference proceedings and books have appeared from the 1980s onwards (a typical few are listed in Further reading1 at the end of the chapter). 

FIGURE 39.1 The number of archaeological pubhcations during the last years of the current decade. The bars represent the number of journal publications that have reported the use of LA-ICPMS for archaeological research during the last 18 years. The dots indicate the number of those papers that focus on isotopic analysis. Source ISI Web of Science. Papers that appeared in proceedings and book chapters have not been included. 

MathSciNet http //www.ams.org/mathscinet/ (accessed August 2, 2010). MathSciNet is the most comprehensive database for mathematics, produced by the American Mathematical Society (AMS), and covering the world s mathematical literature since 1940. It is analogous to the print publication Mathematical Reviews and also includes recent issues of Current Mathematical Publications. The database indexes journal articles, conference proceedings, and books. The database is organized by the Mathematics Subject Classification (MSC). This database is important to computer engineers who want to research fundamental theories in mathematics related to their discipline. 

The phenomenon of passivation was already known in the 19 century. Since that time, the various aspects of the passivation of metals and alloys have been extensively investigated, using the new methods that gradually became available. The literature on passivation, including papers in scientific journals, conferences proceedings, and books, is extremely abundant. 

Klaus Wandelt is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of Bonn, Germany, where he was also Director of the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry until 2010. He is a Guest Professor at the Universities of Wroclaw, Poland, and Rome, Tor Vergata, Italy. He received his Ph.D. on electron spectroscopy of alloy surfaces in 1975, spent a postdoctoral period at the IBM Research Laboratory in San Jose, Cahfornia, from 1976 to 1977, and qualified as a professor in 1981. Since then his research focuses on fundamental aspects of the physics and chemistry of metal surfaces under ultrahigh vacuum conditions and in electrolytes, on the atomic structure of amorphous materials, and, more recently, on processes at surfaces of plants. Professor Wandelt has chaired the Surface Physics divisions of the German and the European Physical Societies as well as of the International Union ofVacuum Science, Techniques, and Applications, has organized numerous national and international conferences and workshops, was editor of journals, conference proceedings and books. 

This article is not intended to give a comprehensive overview over the entire field, but will concentrate on some recent developments and highlights as perceived by the author. Only most recent references will be given where most of the previous work will be found. There are several books, proceedings and review articles available on earlier work and on specific aspects of polymers at interfaces [1-13]. In particular the area of tethered chains in solution or melt is covered by another article in this book [14]. 

Chemical Abstracts. Chemical Abstracts (CA) [23] is a collection of chemical information, with nearly 16 million abstracts of journal articles, patents, and other documents. In addition, the CAOLD database contains over 3 million abstracts from 1907-1966. Sources for CA include more than 8000 journals, patents, technical reports, books, conference proceedings, and dissertations from around the world. CA patent database covers 29 national patent offices and two international bodies. About 16% of the CA database, approximately 2.5 million records, are from the patent literature. Chemical Abstracts is commercially available from the American Chemical Society in several formats. 

Rapra also publishes books, technical journals, reports, technological and business surveys, conference proceedings and trade directories. These publishing activities are supported by an Information Centre which maintains and develops the world s most comprehensive database of commercial and technical information on rubbers and plastics. 

Although there has not been a review attempting to cover the whole field of conducting metal complexes, a number of books, conference proceedings and articles have appeared which contain discussions of the conduction properties associated with individual classes of compound.11-24... 

CAPlus is the most current and most comprehensive chemistry bibliographic database available from the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) and covers from 1967 to date. CAplus coverage includes international journals, patents, patent families, technical reports, books, conference proceedings, and dissertations from all areas of chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, and related sciences. 

The objective of the book series Developments in Environmental Science is to facilitate the publication of scholarly works that address any of the described topics, as well as those that are related. In addition to edited or single and multi-authored books, the series also considers conference proceedings and paperback computer-software packages for publication. The emphasis of the series is on the importance of the subject topic, the scientific and technical quality of the content and timeliness of the work. 

There are many technical terms, qualifications, and fine points which could not be gone into here. The reader will gather that the correct use of the AIM method can be tricky, and one is urged to consult review papers and books for more details, and to proceed with caution, especially if one is sensitive to criticism. 

Aside from online periodicals and books, general Web sites containing a wide variety of information might need to be cited. Some sites are accessible by anyone, but many are accessible only by subscription. Reference styles for FTP and Telnet sites are similar to those for Web sites. Specific examples are given here for general Web sites and databases, stand-alone documents, unpublished conference proceedings, and electronic theses. 

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