Oxford University Press

Wavelets are spatially localized functions whose amplitude drops off exponentially outside a small `window'. They are used to magnify experimental or numerical data and have become powerful tools in signal processing, image processing, and other fields of computational sciences. This book is a collection of chapters written by the five lecturers of...

The investigation of change has fascinated empirical researchers for generations, and to do it well, they must have longitudinal data. This much-needed professional book will instruct readers in the many new methodologies now at their disposal to make the best use of longitudinal data, including both individual growth modeling and survival...

A broad view of the workings and science of the circulatory system written in conversational style for the nonscientist and student of science. Uses everyday mechanisms and other animals as analogies to explore these workings in a clear and informative manner....

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Through close analysis of Francis's writings, particularly the Canticle of the Sun , Sorrell shows that many of Francis's beliefs concerning the proper relation of humanity to the natural world have their antecedents in scripture and the medieval monastic orders, while other ideas and practices-his nature mysticism, his concept of familial...

The age of the euro has cast central banks in a newly prominent role in European integration and in macro-economic policy making in Europe. This book examines the effects of the euro as the new European single currency on the central banks of the member states of the European Union....