The new edition of this outstanding documents collection displays a stronger blend of social history--pieces reflecting everyday life, family, social networks, and culture--and political history--critical proclamations, treaties, laws, and other public acts. Many of the documents are translated into[...]

"Lee Kuan Yew, as the founding father of independent Singapore, has had an enormous impact on the development of Singapore and of Southeast Asia more generally. Even in his 80s he is a key figure who continues to exert considerable influence from behind the scenes. This book presents a comprehensive[...]

This book describes how systems biology, pharmacogenomic and behavioral approaches, as applied to neurodevelopmental toxicology, provide a structure to arrange information in a biological model. Authors review and discuss approaches that can be used as effective tools to dissect mechanisms underlyin[...]

"This book overviews chiral drugs and their impact in the pharmaceutical industry. The chapters detail basics and trends in chiral drug discovery and development, as well as techniques / skills and trends of asymmetric synthesis. The first section introduces the general concept of chirality and its [...]

Addressing basic theory, design, and analysis of micro-toolings and machines, modelling methods and techniques, and integrated approaches for micro-cutting, this book provides practicing engineers with examples of how to implement and apply micro-cutting in precision and micro-manufacturing practice[...]