Departmental Acquisitions: 0-1 http://www.yoursite.com/http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490639Description: Looks at the essential conepts in the science of pharmacology and its application to clinical practice.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490639http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492628Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492628http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490638Description: Almost everything we encounter--from soap to soup cans and computers to clothing--contributes to a chemical load unique to each of us. Scientists studying the phenomenon refer to it as "chemical body burden," and in The Body Toxic, the investigative journalist Nena Baker explores the many factors that have given rise to this condition--from manufacturing breakthroughs to policy decisions to political pressure to the demands of popular culture. While chemical advances have helped raise our standard of living, making our lives easier and safer in many ways, there are costs to these conveniences that chemical companies would rather consumers never knew about. Baker draws back the curtain on this untold impact and assesses where we go from here.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490638http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491030Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491030http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490637Description: Annotationhttp://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490637http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492700Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492700http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490368Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490368http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=499580Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=499580http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490635Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490635http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491039Description: "This book is a physical chemistry textbook that presents the essentials of physical chemistry as a logical sequence from its most modest beginning to contemporary research topics. Many books currently on the market focus on the problem sets with a cursory treatment of the conceptual background and theoretical material, whereas this book is concerned only with the conceptual development of the subject. It contains mathematical background , worked examples and problemsets. Comprised of 21 chapters, the book addresses ideal gas laws, real gases, the thermodynamics of simple systems, thermochemistry, entropy and the second law, the Gibbs free energy, equilibrium, statistical approaches to thermodynamics, the phase rule, chemical kinetics, liquids and solids, solution chemistry, conductivity, electrochemical cells, atomic theory, wave mechanics of simple systems, molecular orbital theory, experimental determination of molecular structure, and photochemistry and the theory of chemical kinetics"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491039http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490634Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490634http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504126Description: "A one-stop guide to the major types of drugs in use today. This new reference helps readers to understand the different kinds of drugs, how they work, and how they interact with foods and other durgs. Each article discusses a particular drug's history, its purpose, what it treats, how it is used, off-label uses, differences in its use and effect among varying ethnic and social groups, side effects, and future prospects for improvements or new drugs of the same type. Also discussed are the history of the pharmaceuticals industry in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration approval process for new drugs, and the economic, political, and social issues that affect the development and sale of therapeutic drugs. Appendixes include abbreviations commonly used in prescriptions, common errors with medications, online drug databases, prescription drug assistance programs, state boards of pharmacy, pharmaceutical associations, and bibliographies"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504126http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490367Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490367http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492701Description: "This text provides balanced coverage of how humans are affected by the quality of air, water, and food as well as how humans affect these survival necessities. The evolution and prosperity of the human species has resulted in concerns about pollution, overpopulation, and several other issues that are having a harmful effect on humans and our environment. This knowledge, along with an understanding of the legislation and history of environmental issues, will help students to make positive changes in their behavior and in the world around them."--Publisher's description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492701http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491029Description: "Written following a new paradigm, this textbook takes advantage of the insight of world experts who have contributed chapters and relies upon its editors to seamlessly integrate the information into a unified presentation. It covers experimental and computational techniques and compares different methods. The book goes on to describe their interplay and the advantages of their combined use. It is not merely a review of the modern literature, but a true textbook that can be used by advanced students"--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491029http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504127Description: "Preface Everything that exists is made of atoms, and most of those substances contain groups of two or more of these bonded together to form molecules. Chemistry is the science of molecules. From cooking to medicine, from engineering to art, it is everywhere"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504127http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496430Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496430http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490633Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490633http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490632Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490632http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503126Description: "Newly updated throughout, and now covering 118 elements, this crystal-clear guide to the periodic table illuminates the basic concepts of chemistry as it traces the history and development of our knowledge of the material world. In this fascinating volume, Albert Stwertka makes complex ideas and terms easily understandable, drawing upon engaging historical anecdotes and everyday examples to clarify the text, which is complemented by numerous illustrations, many in full color. Since the second edition, many new elements have been named and discovered, including Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, and Copernicium, and the elements currently called Ununtrium, Ununpentium, Ununhexium, Ununseptium, and Ununoctium. The third edition provides thorough coverage of all these new discoveries. In addition to the new elements, Stwertka has brought the information about the elements in the second edition up-to-date, based on the latest research. He discusses a cylindrical molecule of carbon known as a "nanotube," which has become a do-all wonder substance, touted for use in everything from X-ray machines to paint. A new form of the element boron has been found that is nearly as hard as diamond. Its superior heat resistance could make it attractive for certain industrial uses. And a new particle detector using ultra-pure liquid xenon has been constructed beneath 5,000 feet of rock in Italy to detect dark matter. Stwertka also covers the 2010 Nobel-winning work on graphene, an ultrathin form of carbon that is vital for future generations of computers and touch screens, the discovery of new superconductors, and the development of new uses for the rare earth elements. Bringing the periodic table into the 21st century, this engrossing guide to the elements will fascinate everyone curious about the basic building blocks of the material world"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503126http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496429Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496429http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491038Description: This book explains the roles of chemistry in various areas of life ranging from the entirely personal to the worryingly global. These roles are currently not widely appreciated and certainly not well understood. The book is aimed at educated laypeople who want to know more about the world around them but have little chemical knowledge. The themes relate to the importance of chemistry in everyday life, the benefits they currently bring, and how their use can continue on a sustainable basis. Topics include: Health, conquering the diseases and stresses which still threaten us ; Food, the role of agrochemicals and food chemists ; Water, drinking water, the seas as a resource of raw materials ; Fuels, what are they and from what are they made? ; Plastics, what are they used for and can they be sustainable? ; Cities, what role has chemistry in modern life? ; Sport, chemistry has changed the game. The world stands at a crossroads. What route to the future should we take? The road to a sustainable city beckons, but what effect will this have on chemistry, which appears so dependent on fossil resources? Its products are part of everyday living, and without them we could regress to the world of earlier generations when lives were blighted by disease, famines, dirt, and pain. In fact the industries based on chemistry--the chemical, agrochemical, and pharmaceutical industries--could be sustainable and not only benefit those in the developed world but could be shared by everyone on this planet and for generations to come. It deals with the things we regard as essential to a developed lifestyle and which depend on chemistry, namely food, water, fuel, healing drugs and plastics, as well as other areas where its role is less obvious, such as city living and sport. This book shows how sustainability might be achieved.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491038http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496428Description: "Heterocycles in Life and Society is an introduction to the chemistry of heterocyclic compounds, focusing on their origin and occurrence in nature, biochemical significance and wide range of applications. Written in a readable and accessible style, the book takes a multidisciplinary approach to this extremely important area of organic chemistry. Topics covered include an introduction to the structure and properties of heterocycles; the key role of heterocycles in important life processes such as the transfer of hereditary information, how enzymes function, the storage and transport of bioenergy, and photosynthesis; applications of heterocycles in medicine, agriculture and industry; heterocycles in supramolecular chemistry; the origin of heterocycles on primordial Earth; and how heterocycles can help us solve 21st century challenges. For this second edition, Heterocycles in Life and Society has been completely revised and expanded, drawing on a decade of innovation in heterocyclic chemistry. The new edition includes discussions of the role of heterocycles in nanochemistry, green chemistry, combinatorial chemistry, molecular devices and sensors, and supramolecular chemistry. Impressive achievements include the creation of various molecular devices, the recording and storage of information, the preparation of new organic conductors, and new effective drugs and pesticides with heterocyclic structures. Much new light has been thrown on various life processes, while the chemistry of heterocycles has expanded to include new types of heterocyclic structures and reactions, and the use of heterocyclic molecules as ionic liquids and proton sponges. Heterocycles in Life and Society is an essential guide to this important field for students and researchers in chemistry, biochemistry, and drug discovery, and scientists at all levels wishing to expand their scientific horizon."--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496428http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490631Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490631http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490628Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490628http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498861Description: The cancer survivor explores the correlation between her own family's illnesses and the environmental conditions surrounding their rural Illinois home.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498861http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491028Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491028http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490630Description: "Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and is estimated to be responsible for approximately one-fifth of man-made global warming. Per kilogram, it is 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 100-year time horizon -- and global warming is likely to enhance methane release from a number of sources. Current natural and man-made sources include many where methane-producing micro-organisms can thrive in anaerobic conditions, particularly ruminant livestock, rice cultivation, landfill, wastewater, wetlands and marine sediments. This timely and authoritative book provides the only comprehensive and balanced overview of our current knowledge of sources of methane and how these might be controlled to limit future climate change. It describes how methane is derived from the anaerobic metabolism of micro-organisms, whether in wetlands or rice fields, manure, landfill or wastewater, or the digestive systems of cattle and other ruminant animals. It highlights how sources of methane might themselves be affected by climate change. It is shown how numerous point sources of methane have the potential to be more easily addressed than sources of carbon dioxide and therefore contribute significantly to climate change mitigation in the 21st century."--Publisher's description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490630http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490928Description: "In the spirit of A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING, an energetic and wide-ranging book of discovery and discoverers, of exploitation and celebration, and of superstition and science, all in search of the ways the chemical elements are woven into our culture, history, and language"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490928http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490629Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490629http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491027Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491027http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504132Description: Like many people, Beth Terry didn't think an individual could have much impact on the environment. But while laid up after surgery, she read an article about the staggering amount of plastic polluting the oceans and decided then and there to kick her plastic habit. Now she wants to teach you how you can too.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504132http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504901Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504901http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490627Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490627http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490626Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490626http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490625Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490625http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490624Description: Prudent Practices in the Laboratory--the book that has served for decades as the standard for chemical laboratory safety practice--now features updates and new topics. This revised edition has an expanded chapter on chemical management and delves into new areas, such as nanotechnology, laboratory security, and emergency planning. Developed by experts from academia and industry, with specialties in such areas as chemical sciences, pollution prevention, and laboratory safety, Prudent Practices in the Laboratory provides guidance on planning procedures for the handling, storage, and disposal of chemicals. The book offers prudent practices designed to promote safety and includes practical information on assessing hazards, managing chemicals, disposing of wastes, and more. Prudent Practices in the Laboratory will continue to serve as the leading source of chemical safety guidelines for people working with laboratory chemicals: research chemists, technicians, safety officers, educators, and students."--Publisher's description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490624http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492702Description: An engaging exploration of the cutting-edge science of olfaction by a celebrated biophysicist who has attempted to solve one of the greatest mysteries of the body: how smell works.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492702http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492703Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492703http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492704Description: "From the The New York Times'"Queen of Green" comes the ultimate guide for finding and eliminating the toxic chemicals in your home today. There is no longer any question that consumer products contain toxic chemicals harmful to our families. But how do we protect ourselves, and where do we start? In Toxic Free, Debra Lynn Dadd, hailed by The New York Times as the "Queen of Green," discusses the hidden toxic chemicals already present in our homes, their varying degrees of danger, and precise, proven methods for eliminating them from our lives in a cost- effective, environmentally friendly way. Are you suffering from unexplained headaches, fatigue, or depression? Are you worried about the link between chemicals in the home and the rising rate of cancer? Or are you just looking to save money (and the planet in the process)? From tips and do-it-yourself formulas to world-class research and in-depth exploration and explanation, this book provides: -a basic understanding of how toxic chemicals in consumer products affect your health; -all the tools you need to remove these toxins from your home and body- starting today; -and helpful guides on how to immediately save money on home-care products, as well as on the rapidly rising cost of your health care. "--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=492704http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490622Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490622http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490621Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490621