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New Books at the Science Library, December 2007

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* Reference Books - non-circulating
* Mathematics - Astronomy - Physics
* Chemistry
* Geology - Geography
* Natural history - Biology
* Zoology
* Human anatomy - Physiology
* Microbiology
* Other

 
Reference Books
 
* Flowering plants : flowering rush to rushes / Robert H. Mohlenbrock. The illustrated flora of Illinois. 2nd ed. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2006. xv, 336 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-329) and index. QK157 .M6145 2006
* Organic syntheses. New York [etc.] J. Wiley & Sons, inc. [etc.]. v. ill., diagrs. 24 cm. v. 1- 1921-. Annual. QD262 .O7 v.84 NON-CIRC
 

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Mathematics - Astronomy - Physics
 
* Springer tracts in modern physics. v. ill. 24 cm. v. 1- 1922-. QC1 .S797 V.225
* Frontiers of Time : Retrocausation - Experiment and Theory, San Diego, California, 20-22 June 2006 / editor, Daniel P. Sheehan ; sponsoring organizations: University of San Diego, Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AIP conference proceedings ; 863. AIP conference proceedings ; no. 863. Melville, N.Y. : American Institute of Physics, 2006. ix, 361 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QC6.4.C3 F76 2006
* Prospects in mathematical physics : Young Researchers Symposium of the 14th International Congress on Mathematical Physics, July 25-26, 2003, Lisbon, Portugal / JoseŽ C. Moura~o ... [et al.], editors. Contemporary mathematics, 437. Contemporary mathematics (American Mathematical Society) ; v. 437. Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, c2007. vii, 246 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references. QC19.2 .I584 2003
* Kinetic theory of granular gases / Nikolai V. Brilliantov and Thorsten Pošschel. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. xi, 329 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-324) and index. QC168 .B66 2004
* Advances in atomic, molecular, and optical physics. Boston : Academic Press, c1990-. v. : ill. ; 24 cm. Vol. 26 (1989)-. Annual. QC173 .A25432 v.55 2008
* The static and dynamic continuum theory of liquid crystals : a mathematical introduction / Iain W. Stewart. Liquid crystals book series. London ; New York, N.Y. : Taylor & Francis, 2004. xi, 360 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-349) and index. QC173.4.L55 S74 2004
* Introduction to quantum mechanics : in chemistry, materials science, and biology / S.M. Blinder. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, c2004. xv, 319 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-289) and index. QC174.12 .B56 2004
* Geometric and topological methods for quantum field theory : Summer School on Geometric and Topological Methods for Quantum Field Theory, July 11-29, 2005, Villa de Leyva, Colombia / S. Paycha, B. Uribe, editors. Contemporary mathematics, 434. Contemporary mathematics (American Mathematical Society) ; v. 434. Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, c2007. xi, 255 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references. QC174.45.A1 S86 2005
* Solid state physics of finite systems : metal clusters, fullerenes, atomic wires / R.A. Broglia ... [et al.]. Advanced texts in physics, Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2004. xi, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-229) and index. QC176 .S618 2004
* Advances in heat transfer. New York, Academic Press, 1964-. v. ill. 23 cm. v. 1-. QC320.A1 A3 v.37, v.40
* Point-contact spectroscopy / Yu. G. Naidyuk, I.K. Yanson. Springer series in solid-state sciences, 145. New York : Springer Science+Business Media, c2005. xi, 297 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QC462.M49 N35 2005
* Modern NMR spectroscopy in education / David Rovnyak, Robert Stockland, Jr., editors ; sponsored by the Division of Chemical Education, Inc. ACS symposium series ; 969. Washington, DC : American Chemical Society ; [New York] : Distributed by Oxford University Press, c2007. xvi, 390 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. QC762 .M63 2007
* Cosmology in gauge field theory and string theory / David Bailin, Alexander Love. Graduate student series in physics. Bristol ; Philadelphia : Institute of Physics Pub., c2004. xii, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QC793.3.G38 B35 2004
* Computing radiation dosimetry : CRD 2002 : workshop proceedings, SacaveŽm, Portugal, 22-23 June 2002 ; hosted by Instituto TecnoŽlogico Nuclear. Nuclear science. Paris, France : Nuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, c2004. 255 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. Includes bibliographical references. QC795.32.R3 C73 2002
 

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Chemistry
 
* Topics in current chemistry. Berlin, New York, Springer-Verlag. illus. 24 cm. 40- 1973-. QD1 .F58 V.279
* Reactions and processes / with contributions by H. Parlar ... [et al.]. The Handbook of environmental chemistry, v. 2. Berlin ; New York : Springer, c1991- v. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. QD31 .H335 v.2 pt.N
* Mathematical techniques in chemistry / Joseph B. Dence. New York : Wiley, c1975. xv, 442 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography: p. 421-426. QD39.3.M3 D46
* Active learning : models from the analytical sciences / Patricia Ann Mabrouk, editor ; sponsored by the ACS Divisions of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Education. ACS symposium series ; 970. Washington, DC : American Chemical Society ; [New York] : Distributed by Oxford University Press, c2007. xii, 291 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. QD40 .A28 2007
* Science and technology of silicones and silicone-modified materials / Stephen J. Clarson ... [et al.], editors ; sponsored by the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc. ACS symposium series ; 964 Washington, DC : American Chemical Society ; Distributed by Oxford University Press, c2007. xiv, 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. QD383.S54 S35 2007
* Advances in organometallic chemistry. New York, Academic Press. v. diagrs., tables. 24 cm. annual. v. 1- 1964-. QD411 .A35 v.55
* Free energy relationships in organic and bio-organic chemistry / Andrew Williams. Cambridge : RSC, c2003. xi, 297 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QD501 .W6929 2003
* 10.) Membrane targeting of phosphoinositide binding domains : studies using FYVE and PX domains / by Nichole Renee Blatner. Thesis (Ph.D. in Chemistry)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xii, 129 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-128). Vita. QD99999 B5688
* The syntheses of heterocycles via alkylidenecarbene insertion / by Joseph Fritz. Thesis (Ph.D. in Chemistry)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xv, 167 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-141). Vita. QD99999 F75
* Capillary electrophoretic assays for nitric oxide metabolites from low volume biological samples / by Leyi Gao. Thesis (Ph.D. in Chemistry)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xv, 146 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 120-138). Vita. QD99999 G3654
* Radical synthesis of phenathridines and dechalcogenative allylic rearrangements for thiol modification / by Venkataramanan Krishnamurthy. Thesis (Ph.D. in Chemistry)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xviii, 179 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 161-172). Vita. QD99999 K75
* Radical synthesis of biaryls and dihydrobiaryls : controlling stereoselectivity in rhamnopyranosylation / by Miteshkumar Patel. Thesis (Ph.D. in Chemistry)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xvii, 237 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 153-161). Vita. QD99999 P2976
* Development of recyclable fluorous oxidation catalysts : sigmatropic rearrangement for peptide chemistry / by Yekui Zou. Thesis (Ph.D. in Chemistry)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xvi, 125 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-123). Vita. QD99999 Z69
 

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Geology - Geography
 
* Convergent margin terranes and associated regions : a tribute to W.G. Ernst / edited by M. Cloos ... [et al.]. Special paper ; 419. Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 419. Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2007. vi, 273 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references. QE511.46 .C66 2007
* Devonian events and correlations / edited by R.T. Becker and W.T. Kirchgasser. Geological Society special publication ; no. 278. London : The Geological Society, 2007. 280 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QE665 .D444 2007
* Permo-carboniferous magmatism and rifting in Europe / edited by M. Wilson ... [et al.]. Geological Society special publication ; no. 223. London : Geological Society, 2004. viii, 498 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. QE673.5 .P47 2004
* Large ecosystem perturbations : causes and consequences / edited by Simonetta Monechi, Rodolfo Coccioni, Michael R. Rampino. Special paper ; 424. Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 424. Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2007. vi, 125 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references. QE720 .L37 2007
 

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Natural history - Biology
 
* Data Integration in the life sciences : 4th international workshop, DILS 2007, Philadelphia, PA, USA, June 27-29, 2007 : proceedings / Sarah Cohen-Boulakia, Val Tannen (eds.). Lecture notes in computer science, 4544. Lecture notes in bioinformatics. Lecture notes in computer science ; 4544. Lecture notes in computer science. Lecture notes in bioinformatics. Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2007. xi, 282 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and author index. QH324.2 .D54 2007
* Bacillus subtilis PhoP~P direct roles in Pho and Res regulation in response to Pi-stress / by Wael R. Abdel-Fattah. Thesis (Ph.D. in Biological Sciences)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xxi, 252 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 230-248). Vita. QH99999 A23
* Domains of the NR2A and NR2B subunits involved in NMDA receptor current modulation by PKC / by Michael H. Hsu. Thesis (Ph.D. in Biological Sciences)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xvi, 185 leaves : ill. (col.) ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 176-182). Vita. QH99999 H8
* Scatter-hoarding behavior of two Amazonian rodents : theory and application in forest fragments / by Maria Luisa S. P. Jorge. Thesis (Ph.D. in Biological Sciences)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xviii, 122 leaves : ill., maps ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-109). Vita. QH99999 J67
* Genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying spatial patterning of drosophila proneural gene expression / by Meghana S. Joshi. Thesis (Ph.D. in Biological Sciences)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xiv, 167 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 153-164). Vita. QH99999 J68
* Regulation of phoPR and cydABCD promoters of bacillus subtilis by catabolite control protein A (CcpA) / by Ankita Puri. Thesis (Ph.D. in Biological Sciences)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xx, 200 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 142-155). Vita. QH99999 P8
* The role of NMDA receptors in the dorsomedial and dorsolateral striatrum on egocentric response learning / by Carlos A. Palencia. Thesis (Ph.D. in Biological Sciences)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xi, 131 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 117-128). Vita. QH99999 P344
* The NK-2 family homeobox gene CEH-28 controls M4 neuronal function in C.elegans / by Paramita Ray. Thesis (Ph.D. in Biological Sciences)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xv, 203 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 186-201). Vita. QH99999 R38
* Hox genes modulate the proneural prepattern to generate morphological diversity in drosophila adult legs / by Stuti Shroff. Thesis (Ph.D. in Biological Sciences)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xvi, 145 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 133-143). Vita. QH99999 S4564
* Mutational and biochemical studies of the yeast prion proteins RNG1 and SUP35 / by Yakov Vitrenko. Thesis (Ph.D. in Biological Sciences)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xii, 110 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 94-108). Vita. QH99999 V58
 

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Zoology
 
* California cuckoo wasps in the family Chrysididae (Hymenoptera) / Lynn S. Kimsey. University of California publications in entomology ; v. 125. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2006. 311 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-303) and index. QL461 .C17 v.125
* Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) / Alexander L. Wild. University of California publications in entomology ; v. 126. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007. vii, 151 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-119). QL461 .C17 v.126
* Measuring behaviour : an introductory guide / Paul Martin, Patrick Bateson. 3rd ed. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. xi, 176 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-169) and index. QL751 .M255 2007
 

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Human anatomy - Physiology
 
* Second International Work-Conference on the Interplay between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2007, La Manga del Mar Menor, Spain, June 18-21, 2007 : proceedings / JoseŽ Mira, JoseŽ R. AŽlvarez (eds.). Lecture notes in computer science, 4527-4528. Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2007. 2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and author index. QP376 .I595 2007a v.2
* New approaches in biomedical spectroscopy / Katrin Kneipp, editor ... [et al.] ; sponsored by the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry. ACS symposium series ; 963. Washington, DC : American Chemical Society : Distributed by Oxford University Press, c2007. xvi, 453 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. QP519.9.S6 N49 2007
* The Enzymes. Edited by Paul D. Boyer. 3d ed. New York, Academic Press, 1970-<2001 >. v. illus. 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references. QP601 .E523 v.25
 

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Microbiology
 
* Annual review of microbiology. Stanford, Calif., Annual Reviews. v. illus. 23 cm. v. 1- 1947-. QR1 .A5 v.61 2007
 

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Other
 
* Modeling, analysis and control of effects of the electrical feedbacks on PSOFC power conditioning system / by Sanjaya Kumar Pradhan. Thesis (Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007. 2007. xiv, 136 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 120-124). Vita. TK99999 P7
 

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