Taylor Francis

Environmental devastation, a significant consequence of industrial activity in Soviet times, continues to be a major problem in Russia. Specific problems include radioactive pollutants from inadequately monitored nuclear plants, illegal logging and wildlife poaching which have grown into hugely profitable businesses for criminal gangs, and toxic...

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor Francis, an informa company....

In many cases, shelf life assessment implies a number of different choices, all of which may have a dramatic effect on shelf life dating. This book presents criteria and methodologies that allow accurate and reliable shelf life dating. The text explains the shelf life assessment process through sequential steps, each requiring the selection of...

Second-harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy has shown great promise for imaging live cells and tissues, with applications in basic science, medical research, and tissue engineering. Second Harmonic Generation Imaging offers a complete guide to this optical modality, from basic principles, instrumentation, methods, and image analysis to biomedical...

In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and/practical contributions - so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. Michael A. Peters has...

Stressing the key role vectors play in the spread of viral diseases, this volume explores a number of areas involved in plant virus research. It examines ways to control or manage viruses through an understanding of the practical and environmental aspects of the interactions of viruses with their vectors and their environment. Emphasizing the...