Self-diffusion and Impurity Diffusion in Pure Metals, Volume 14: Handbook of Experimental Data (Pergamon Materials Series)

Self-diffusion and Impurity Diffusion in Pure Metals, Volume 14: Handbook of Experimental Data (Pergamon Materials Series)
Gerhard Neumann,Cornelis Tuijn | 2008-10-24 00:00:00 | Pergamon | 360 | Engineering
Diffusion in metals is an important phenomenon, which has many applications, for example in all kinds of steel and aluminum production, in alloy formation (technical applications e.g. in superconductivity and semiconductor science). In this book the data on diffusion in metals are shown, both in graphs and in equations.

Reliable data on diffusion in metals are required by researchers who try to make sense of results from all kinds of metallurgical experiments, and they are equally needed by theorists and computer modellers. The previous compilation dates from 1990, and measurements relying on the electron microprobe and the recent Rutherford backscattering technique were hardly taken into account there.

This reference book, containing all results on self-diffusion and impurity diffusion in pure metals with an indication of their reliability, will be useful to everyone in this field for the theory, fundamental research and industrial applications covered.

. Up-to-date and complete (including EPMA and RBS investigations)
. Indication of reliability of the measurements
. Reassessment of many early results
. Data can easily be extracted from Tables and Graphs

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Stock Valuation: An Essential Guide to Wall Street's Most Popular Valuation Models (McGraw-Hill Library of Investment and Finance)

Stock Valuation: An Essential Guide to Wall Street's Most Popular Valuation Models (McGraw-Hill Library of Investment and Finance)
Scott Hoover | 2005-12-15 00:00:00 | McGraw-Hill | 400 | Investing

A practical look at the valuation models used by Wall Street

Veteran consultant and educator Scott Hoover analyzes the limitations and idiosyncrasies of major valuation models. He examines the time value of money, cash flow analysis, discount rates, and other tools, and describes how money managers and bankers apply them to valuation.

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This book does a very good job in covering the main concepts and procedures in stock valuation. It is very readable and very informative. The background required from the reader is quite basic. The reader needs only basic knowledge of finance and accounting and basic math.



The book presents a good introduction to financial statement analysis, discounted cash flow, relative valuation, and accounting for stock options in the valuation process.



I believe investors will find this book very useful, very informative, and very practical.




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Hoover writes for a reader interesting in deciphering financial statements, and who is willing to indulge in some simple analysis. This is really an introductory book to its field. But quite adequate for a layperson. The maths requirement is rudimentary. Summation of a finite series for estimating the time value of cash flow is a typical formule in the book. The maths is not emphasised. Instead, there is more of a general education in qualitative or semi-quantitative forecasting of a firm's future earnings. This is often quite adequate, without the need for more sophisticated modelling. Mostly because earnings can be so volatile.



One topical issue is how to value employee stock options. This has been a point of contention since at least the early 90s. When a bunch of Silicon Valley companies successfully nixed an attempt by the SEC to force companies to write a cost of issued options. Now, after the dot com and telecom implosions, it is mandatory. And the book shows easy ways to get reasonable estimates.

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On Jean-Luc Nancy: The Sense of Philosophy (Warwick Studies in European Philosophy)

On Jean-Luc Nancy: The Sense of Philosophy (Warwick Studies in European Philosophy)
Darren Sheppard,Simon Sparks,Colin Thomas | 1997-07-22 00:00:00 | Routledge | 232 | Philosophy
On Jean-Luc Nancy presents, for the first time in English, some of the key issues at the heart of Philippe Lacoue-Labar the and Jean-Luc Nancy's work. We see some of the key motifs that have characterized their work: their debt to a Heideggerian pre-understanding of philosophy, the centrality of the "figure" in western philosophy and the totalitarianism of both politics and the political. Through contemporary readings of the political in Freud, Heidegger and Marx they reveal how philosophy relies on the political for its reinvention and representation and how it has done so since Socrates' meditation on the polis.

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Molecular Biology: A Project Approach

Molecular Biology: A Project Approach
Susan J. Karcher | 1995-11-29 00:00:00 | Academic Press | 280 | Medical Technology
This course manual instructs students in recombinant DNA techniques and other essential molecular biology techniques in the context of projects. The project approach inspires and captivates students; it involves them in the scientific experience, providing continuity to laboratory bench time and an understanding of the principles underlying the techniques presented.
Molecular Biology is a must for any department, operating under budgetary constraints that offers or plans to offer a course in molecular cloning.

Key Features
* Includes a glossary of over 200 terms important for understanding molecular biology
* Uses an inexpensive source of eukaryotic cells - great for schools on a budget
* Includes Methods Locator that provides instant access to the latest methods
* Contain clearly written, easy-to-follow, student-tested instructions:
* Sterile techniques
* Phage titration
* Gel electrophoresis of DNA
* Restriction enzyme digestion
* Plasmid isolation
* Transformation of E. Coli
* Recombinant DNA cloning
* Nick translation labeling
* Nonradioactive primer labelling
* Nonradioactive DNA detection
* Southern blotting
* Colony hybridization
* Purification of plant DNA
* RNA purification
* Northern blotting
* Purification of poly A+ RNA
* Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
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This text was used in an undergraduate molecular biology lab course which i took, and it contained detailed information and suggestions which were extremely useful for beginning students. This text has continued to be useful, however, as a reference for commonly used protocols and for troubleshooting experiments.

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Fundamentals of Semiconductor Physics and Devices

Fundamentals of Semiconductor Physics and Devices
Rolf Enderlein,Norman J. M. Horing | 1900-01-01 00:00:00 | World Scientific Publishing Company | 771 | Engineering
Exposes readers to device principles and recent developments and offers a thorough grounding in the physical principles of semiconductors. Covers electronic structure of ideal crystals, and electronic system in thermodynamic equilibrium.

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Dictionary of Nursing: Over 11,000 Terms Clearly Defined

Dictionary of Nursing: Over 11,000 Terms Clearly Defined
A&C Black | 2008-04-01 00:00:00 | A&C Black; 2nd edition | 352 | Medicine
This fully updated edition offers over 11,000 entries, each providing clear, up-to-date coverage of specialist nursing terms, including diseases, symptoms, anatomy, instruments, common drugs, and biological terms. It covers both everyday vocabulary relating to patient care, and terms from medical specializations such as psychiatry.
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A Concise Introduction to Logic - Patrick J. Hurley

A Concise Introduction to Logic - Patrick J. Hurley
Patrick J. Hurley | 2003-01-01 00:00:00 | Wadsworth | 681 | Mathematics
This work covers all the standard topics for any introductory logic course in neatly-packaged learning units. Known for its concise, direct style that emphasizes clarity, this text aims to avoid the peculiar quirks, technicalities and wordiness of others.
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