Research at the nanoscale and the new technologies being developed are evolving much too rapidly to provide a complete picture of the field. Instead, the second edition of this enormously popular and bestselling handbook presents a wide snapshot of the current state of the art, including basic concepts, current challenges, and advanced research results. Along with 18 revised chapters, this second edition also features 24 brand new chapters that cover such topics as applications of spintronic devices, optoelectronics, DNA-based computing, ordered carbon nanotube architectures, nanocomposities, and bio-molecular motors.
This easy-to-use text provides a systematic approach to learning medical terms and understanding the basics of veterinary medicine. Organized by terms used in each of the body systems, additional chapters also cover lab tests, procedures, and treatments. Several species-specific chapters are also included. This new edition offers greatly expanded art work. The additional images offer greater clarity for students and serve as review illustrations for other courses and in professional practice.... The audio portion of the CD-ROM offers students the opportunity to both hear and see the term when learning basic terms used in the field of veterinary medicine. This is a must-have resource for anyone searching for a systematic approach to learning veterinary medical terminology.
This volume of new work explores the forms and functions of serial verbs. The introduction sets out the cross-linguistic parameters of variation, and the final chapter draws out a set of conclusions. These frame fourteen explorations of serial verb constructions and similar structures in languages from Asia, Africa, North, Central and South America, and the Pacific. Chapters on well-known languages such as Cantonese and Thai are set alongside the languages of small hunter-gatherer and slash-and-burn agriculturalist groups.
Learning to speak a foreign language fluently and without an accent isn’t easy. In most educational systems, students spend many years studying grammatical rules, but they don’t get much of the chance to speak. Arriving in a new county can be a frustrating experience. Although, they may be able to read and write very well, they often that they can’t understand what the people say to them. English is especially difficult. Because pronunciation of words is not clearly shown by how they are written. But the major problem is being able to listen, think and respond in another language at a natural speed. This takes time and practice. AMERICAN ENGLISH
This is a treasury of authoritative yet concise information about major languages and language families. The emphasis is on Indo-European, over half the book being devoted to that family. Each of the 50 chapters is written by an expert in that field.
