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A History of Great Ideas in Abnormal Psychology
1st Edition
Volume 66
T.E. Weckowicz + 1 more
English
As indicated by its title A History of Great Ideas in Abnormal Psychology, this book is not just concerned with the chronology of events or with biographical details of great psychiatrists and psychopathologists. It has as its main interest, a study of the ideas underlying theories about mental illness and mental health in the Western world. These are studied according to their historical development from ancient times to the twentieth century. The book discusses the history of ideas about the nature of mental illness, its causation, its treatment and also social attitudes towards mental illness. The conceptions of mental illness are discussed in the context of philosophical ideas about the human mind and the medical theories prevailing in different periods of history. Certain perennial controversies are presented such as those between the psychological and organic approaches to the treatment of mental illness, and those between the focus on disease entities (nosology) versus the focus on individual personalities. The beliefs of primitive societies are discussed, and the development of early scientific ideas about mental illness in Greek and Roman times. The study continues through the medieval age to the Renaissance. More emphasis is then placed on the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century, the enlightenment of the eighteenth, and the emergence of modern psychological and psychiatric ideas concerning psychopathology in the twentieth century.
Uniform Fréchet Algebras
1st Edition
Volume 162
H. Goldmann
English
The first part of this monograph is an elementary introduction to the theory of Fréchet algebras. Important examples of Fréchet algebras, which are among those considered, are the algebra of all holomorphic functions on a (hemicompact) reduced complex space, and the algebra of all continuous functions on a suitable topological space.The problem of finding analytic structure in the spectrum of a Fréchet algebra is the subject of the second part of the book. In particular, the author pays attention to function algebraic characterizations of certain Stein algebras (= algebras of holomorphic functions on Stein spaces) within the class of Fréchet algebras.
Unitary Representations and Harmonic Analysis
An Introduction
2nd Edition
Volume 44
M. Sugiura
English
The principal aim of this book is to give an introduction to harmonic analysis and the theory of unitary representations of Lie groups. The second edition has been brought up to date with a number of textual changes in each of the five chapters, a new appendix on Fatou's theorem has been added in connection with the limits of discrete series, and the bibliography has been tripled in length.
Induced Modules over Group Algebras
1st Edition
Volume 161
G. Karpilovsky
English
In 1898 Frobenius discovered a construction which, in present terminology, associates with every module of a subgroup the induced module of a group. This construction proved to be of fundamental importance and is one of the basic tools in the entire theory of group representations.This monograph is designed for research mathematicians and advanced graduate students and gives a picture of the general theory of induced modules as it exists at present. Much of the material has until now been available only in research articles. The approach is not intended to be encyclopedic, rather each topic is considered in sufficient depth that the reader may obtain a clear idea of the major results in the area.After establishing algebraic preliminaries, the general facts about induced modules are provided, as well as some of their formal properties, annihilators and applications. The remaining chapters include detailed information on the process of induction from normal subgroups, projective summands of induced modules, some basic results of the Green theory with refinements and extensions, simple induction and restriction pairs and permutation modules. The final chapter is based exclusively on the work of Weiss, presenting a number of applications to the isomorphism problem for group rings.
Beam Processing and Laser Chemistry
1st Edition
Volume 12
I.W. Boyd + 1 more
English
This volume discusses both the practical and theoretical aspects of energy beam materials processing. It highlights the recent advances in the use of beams and incoherent light sources to enhance or modify chemical processes at solid surfaces. Special attention is given to the latest developments in the use of ion, electron and photon beams, and on laser-assisted process chemistry. Thin film and surface and interface reactions as well as bulk phase transformations are discussed. Practical technological details and the criteria for present and future applications are also reviewed. The papers collected in this volume reflect the continuing strong interest and variety of development in this field. A selection of contents: Deposition. Photo-assisted MOVPE growth of calcium fluoride (K.J. Mackey et al.). XPS characterization of chromium films deposited from Cr(CO)6 at 248 nm (R. Nowak et al.). The chemistry of alkyl - aluminum compounds during laser-assisted chemical vapor deposition (G.S. Higashi). Influence of dilution in nitrogen on the photodissociation processes of silane and disilane at 193 nm. (E. Boch et al.). Growth processes of epitaxial metal films on semiconductor and insulator substrates by ionized cluster beam (I. Yamada). Kinetics and mechanisms of CW laser induced deposition of metals for microelectronics (G. Auvert). Damage Mechanisms. Modelling of lattice damage accumulation during high energy ion implantation (N. Hecking, E.H. te Kaat). Defects created by 3.5 GeV xenon ions in silicon (P. Mary et al.). Mixing, Crystallisation and Synthesis. Material transformations in semiconductor and magnetic thin films (E.E. Marinero). Explosive crystallization of amorphous silicon: triggering and propagation (W.C. Sinke et al.). Structural changes in AuxSi1-x alloy films under laser irradiation (J. Marfaing et al.). Ion-assisted recrystallization of amorphous silicon (F. Priola et al.). Ion beam synthesis of buried compound layers: accomplishments and perspectives (A. Golanski). Epitaxial lateral overgrowth of amorphous CVD silicon films induced by ion irradiation (M. Voelskow et al.). Wear resistant coatings produced by C+ implantation (C. Neelmeijer et al.). Laser surface alloying of Ni film on A1-based alloy (E. Gaffet et al.). Dielectrics. Photoenhanced CVD of hydrogenated amorphous silicon using an internal hydrogen discharge lamp (W.I. Milne et al.). Laser assisted synthesis of ultrafine silicon powder (R. Fantoni et al.). Doping. Excimer laser induced melting of heavily doped silicon: a contribution to the optimization of the laser doping process (E. Fogarassy et al.). In-situ doping of silicon using the gas immersion laser doping (GILD) process (P.G. Carey et al.). Laser solid-phase doping of semiconductors (A.M. Prokhorov et al.). Ablation. Photoablation of polyimide with IR and UV laser radiation (R. Braun et al.). Resputtering of low-energy implanted inert gases: an angle-resolved time-of-flight study (J. van Zwol et al.). Deposition of Y-Ba-Cu oxide superconducting thin films by Nd:YAG laser evaporation (W. Marine et al.). Cluster ion formation by laser evaporation of solid complex oxides (A. Mele et al.). Geometric optimisation for the deposition of high temperature superconductors (M. Brown et al.). Nucleation and growth of laser-plasma deposited thin films (S. Metev, K. Meteva). Etching. Time of flight study of low pressure laser etching of silicon by chlorine (J. Boulmer et al.). Nanosecond excimer laser-enhanced chemical etching (T.S. Baller, J. Dieleman). Laser patterned desorption within an upflow metalorganic chemical vapor deposition reactor (J.E. Epler et al.). Ion beam assisted etching of silicon with bromine. The role of the adsorbed state (G.C. Tyrrell et al.). Surface modification of low density polyethylene by N+, Ar+ ion implantation for space charge devices (S. Kuniyoshi et al.). Author index. Subject index.
Developmental Psychology
Cognitive, Perceptuo-motor and Neuropsychological Perspectives
1st Edition
Volume 64
C.-A. Hauert
English
Since the end of the sixties, Piagetian general theory with its inherent power of unification has gradually given way to a multitude of more specific models which is in evidence today. In this volume the authors concentrate on three perspectives namely cognitive, perceptuo-motor and neuropsychological development and attempt to coordinate these traditionally separated views. Good illustrations of these theoretical connections can be found in different chapters although the persistent isolation of these three domains still remains. However the authors believe efforts in developmental psychology must continue in the direction of domain interaction, for theoretical concepts as well as methodological tools.
An Introduction to Complex Analysis in Several Variables
3rd Edition
Volume 7
L. Hormander
English
A number of monographs of various aspects of complex analysis in several variables have appeared since the first version of this book was published, but none of them uses the analytic techniques based on the solution of the Neumann Problem as the main tool. The additions made in this third, revised edition place additional stress on results where these methods are particularly important. Thus, a section has been added presenting Ehrenpreis' ``fundamental principle'' in full. The local arguments in this section are closely related to the proof of the coherence of the sheaf of germs of functions vanishing on an analytic set. Also added is a discussion of the theorem of Siu on the Lelong numbers of plurisubharmonic functions. Since the L2 techniques are essential in the proof and plurisubharmonic functions play such an important role in this book, it seems natural to discuss their main singularities.
Stimulus-Response Compatibility
An Integrated Perspective
1st Edition
Volume 65
R.W. Proctor + 1 more
English
Stimulus-response compatibility refers to the finding that certain mappings of stimuli to responses produce faster and more accurate responding than do others. The present volume surveys compatibility research which falls into four broad categories: (a) mental representation and coding (b) neurophysiological mechanisms (c) motor performance (d) human factors applications. The major findings and models within each of the categories are summarized, and an integrated perspective is provided. The research indicates that compatibility effects reflect basic cognitive processes that bear on a range of issues in cognitive science and that have applied implications for human factors specialists.
Life, Brain and Consciousness
New Perceptions through Targeted Systems Analysis
1st Edition
Volume 63
G. Sommerhoff
English
The relation between mind and brain can never be understood by science until the nature of consciousness and self-consciousness is clearly perceived as specific system-properties. In this volume the author tackles this problem in a rigorous analysis which begins with the general dynamics of living systems and leads the reader step-by-step towards firm conclusions about the physical processes of consciousness and the main categories of mental events. Finally the author moves from the cognitive to the affective, and proceeds to interpret a number of uniquely human sensibilities in the light of the general biological perspective he has established.
Boundary Value Problems in Mechanics of Nonhomogeneous Fluids
1st Edition
Volume 22
S.N. Antontsev + 2 more
English
The objective of this book is to report the results of investigations made by the authors into certain hydrodynamical models with nonlinear systems of partial differential equations.The investigations involve the results concerning Navier-Stokes equations of viscous heat-conductive gas, incompressible nonhomogeneous fluid and filtration of multi-phase mixture in a porous medium. The correctness of the initial boundary-value problems and the qualitative properties of solutions are also considered. The book is written for those who are interested in the theory of nonlinear partial differential equations and their applications in mechanics.

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