New Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science and Physics eBooks catalogJuly, August, September 2015

Statistics

Statistical Methods for Drug Safety

Robert D. Gibbons, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA and Anup Amatya, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA

EBook ISBN: 9781466561854 PRINT ISBN: 9781466561847 July 2015 | 235 x 156 | 308pp | Hb | $150.00 | illus: 36 b/w, 50 tables NetBASE: STATSnetBASE, PHARMACEUTICALnetBASE, BIOSCIENCEnetBASE, SCI-TECHnetBASE, BiomedicalSCIENCEnetBASE, STMnetBASE Market: Statistics

This book presents a wide variety of statistical approaches for analyzing pharma co-epidemiologic data. It covers both commonly used techniques, such as proportional reporting ratios for the analysis of spontaneous adverse event reports, and newer approaches, such as the use of marginal structural models for controlling dynamic selection bias in the analysis of large-scale longitudinal observational data. Many real examples from both mental and physical health disorders illustrate the use of the methods.

Key Features:

Provides applied statisticians and pharma co-epidemiologic with a detailed statistical overview of the various tools available for the identification and analysis of possible adverse drug reactions

Explains how to overcome biases introduced by traditional statistical methods

Covers advanced statistical concepts that lay the foundation for new discoveries in the field of pharma co-epidemiologic

Presents many real medical examples from both mental and physical health disorders to illustrate the use of the methods

Audience: Researchers and graduate students from biostatistics and pharma co-epidemiologic.

Related titles: Quantitative Evaluation of Safety in Drug Development: Design, Analysis and Reporting -- 978-1-4665-5545-7 Statistical Design and Analysis of Stability Studies -- 978-1-58488-905-2 Data and Safety Monitoring Committees in Clinical Trials -- 978-1-4200-7037-8

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Statistics

Adversarial Risk Analysis

David L. Banks, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA, Jesus M. Rios Aliaga, Business Analytics and Mathematical Sciences, IBM, New York, USA and David Rios Insua, ICMAT-CSIC, Madrid, Spain

EBook ISBN: 9781498712408 ISBN: 9781498712392 July 2015 | 235 x 156 | 224pp | Hb | $135.00 | illus: 42 b/w, 19 tables NetBASES: STATSnetBASE, MATHnetBASE, SCI-TECHnetBASE, STMnetBASE Market: Statistics

This book shows decision makers how to build Bayesian models for the strategic calculation of their opponents, enabling decision makers to maximize their expected utility or minimize their expected loss. Many examples throughout illustrate the application of the ARA approach to a variety of games and strategic situations. A case study based on a real application in railway security provides a blueprint for how to perform ARA in similar security situations. In addition, multi-agent influence diagrams help readers visualize complex information structures.

Key Features:

Focuses on the recent subfield of decision analysis, ARA

Compares ideas from decision theory and game theory

Uses multi-agent influence diagrams (MAIDs) throughout to help readers visualize complex information structures

Applies the ARA approach to simultaneous games, auctions, sequential games, and defend-attack games

Contains an extended case study based on a real application in railway security, which provides a blueprint for how toperform ARA in similar security situations

Includes exercises at the end of most chapters, with selected solutions at the back of the book

International: Third author from Spain.

Audience: Researchers from statistics, mathematics, and risk analysis. Professionals working in counter-terrorism and cyber-security.

Related titles: Adversarial Reasoning -- 978-1-58488-588-7 Risk Assessment and Decision Making in Business and Industry -- 978-1-58488-477-4 Risk Assessment and Decision Analysis with Bayesian Networks -- 978-1-4398-0910-5

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Computer Science

WebGL Insights

Edited by Patrick Cozzi, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

EBook ISBN: 9781498716086 ISBN: 9781498716079 July 2015 | 235 x 191 | 416pp | Pack - Book and Ebook | $105.00 | illus: 230 colours, 8 tables NetBASE: SCI-TECHnetBASE, COMPUTERSCIENCEnetBASE, INFORMATIONSCIENCEnetBASE, STMnetBASE Market: Computer Science & Engineering

WebGL Insights presents real-world techniques for intermediate and advanced WebGL developers by assembling contributions from experienced WebGL engine and application developers, GPU vendors, browser developers, researchers, and educators. By focusing on current and emerging techniques, this book demonstrates the breadth and depth of WebGL. Readers will gain practical skills to solve problems related to performance, engine design, shader pipelines, rendering, mobile devices, testing, and more.

Key Features:

Details real-world techniques for intermediate and advanced WebGL developers

Shares experience-backed lessons learned from experts in the WebGL community

Provides the understanding required to solve problems related to performance, engine design, shader pipelines,rendering, mobile devices, and testing

Audience: WebGL developers, OpenGL developers, Direct 3D developers, and web developers.

Related titles: Real-Time Volume Graphics -- 978-1-56881-266-3 Fluid Simulation for Computer Graphics -- 978-1-56881-326-4 Fluid Simulation for Computer Graphics, Second Edition -- 978-1-4822-3283-7 OpenGL Insights -- 978-1-4398-9376-0

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Physics

Cardiovascular and Neurovascular Imaging Physics and Technology

Edited by Carlo Cavedon, University Hospital of Verona, Italy and Stephen Rudin, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, USA

EBook ISBN: 9781439890578 ISBN: 9781439890561 August 2015 | 279 x 216 | 504pp | Hb | $270.00 | illus: 300 b/w, 29 colours, 31 tables NetBASE: BIOSCIENCEnetBASE, PHYSICSnetBASE, SCI-TECHnetBASE, BiomedicalSCIENCEnetBASE, STMnetBASE Market: Biomedical Imaging

This book provides students, professionals, and researchers with a single, state-of-the-art reference on the physics and technology of cardiovascular and neurovascular imaging. The text covers each major imaging modality as well as special applications, time-resolved techniques, image-guided therapies, image quality and accuracy, radiation safety and dosimetry, image formation and analysis, and current and future trends in vascular imaging procedures and technologies. Featuring chapters authored by field experts, this book combines the latest information on the physics and technology of cardiovascular and neurovascular imaging under one cover.

Key Features:

Explains the underlying physical and technical principles behind each major cardiovascular and neurovascular imaging modality

Examines this interdisciplinary branch of medical imaging from academic, clinical, and industrial perspectives

Provides students, professionals, and researchers with a single, state-of-the-art reference

Contributors from Italy, Greece, The Netherlands, France, Germany, and Spain

Audience: Professionals and graduate students in biomedical engineering, medical/imaging physics, radiology, cardiology, neurology, neurosurgery, and cardiac surgery.

Related titles: The Physics of Medical Imaging -- 978-0-85274-349-2 Quality and Safety in Radiotherapy -- 978-1-4398-0436-0 Applied Medical Image Processing -- 978-1-4398-2444-3

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Physics

Biomagnetics Principles and Applications of Biomagnetic Stimulation and Imaging

Edited by Shoogo Ueno, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo and Masaki Sekino, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo

EBook ISBN: 9781482239218 PRINT ISBN: 9781482239201 August 2015 | 235 x 156 | 352pp | Hb | $195.00 | illus: 110 b/w, 17 tables, NetBASE: PHYSICSnetBASE, SciTECHnetBASE, BiomedicalSCIENCEnetBASE, MEDICINEnetBASE, STMnetBASE Market: Physics

A concise, step-by-step explanation of the physical principles of biomagnetic stimulation and imaging, this book helps students, research scientists, doctors, and engineers understand how these techniques are used in hospitals and why they are gaining increased attention. It provides balanced coverage of both therapeutic and diagnostic uses and the applications of these techniques in neuroscience, clinical medicine, and healthcare. A brief overview of the recent research trends in biomagnetics covers state of the art equipments and methodologies.

Key Features:

Offers step-by-step explanations of physical principles in biomagnetic stimulation and imaging

Draws on the experience of Professor Ueno, a leader in the field of biomagnetics for 40 years

Provides balanced coverage of both therapeutic and diagnostic uses of biomagnetics

Presents a unique combination and synthesis of magnetic field therapy, magnetic resonance imaging, measurementof endogenous magnetic fields and new concepts in static magnetic field therapy.

Covers state-of-the-art equipments and methodologies in biomagnetics

[International]: Editors and contributors are based in Japan, so will have a good market there, as well as worldwide.

Audience: Advanced students in medical/nuclear physics, engineering and medicine Researchers in medical/nuclear physics, biomedical engineering and neuroscience Medical doctors.

Related titles: Bioelectromagnetic Medicine -- 978-0-8247-4700-8 Physiology, Biophysics, and Biomedical Engineering -- 978-1-4200-6513-8 The Physiology of Bioelectricity in Development, Tissue Regeneration and Cancer -- 978-1-4398-3723-8

Quotes:: “Professor Shoogo Ueno in his long and successful academic career has contributed so much to the scientific and technological development of the field of biomagnetics. He and his associates have worked on very many topics in the field of the biological effects of magnetism, some of which, such as Moses effect, have been revelatory … this book Biomagnetics: Principles and Applications of Biomagnetic Stimulation and Imaging covers the whole range of the field”. From the foreword by Dr Seiji Ogawa, Distinguished Visiting Professor and Director of fMRI Researcher, Neuroscience Research Institute, Gachon University of Medicine & Science, Korea

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Physics

Unifying Physics of Accelerators, Lasers and Plasma

Andrei Seryi, Director, John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, and Professor, University of Oxford, UK

EBook ISBN: 9781482240597 PRINT ISBN: 978-1-4822-4058-0 August 2015 | 254 x 178 | 279pp | Hb | $135.00 | illus: 267 b/w, 11 tables NetBASE: PHYSICSnetBASE, SCI-TECHnetBASE, STMnetBASE Market: Physics

This book introduces the physics of accelerators, lasers, and plasma in tandem with the industrial methodology of inventiveness, a technique that teaches that similar problems and solutions appear again and again in seemingly dissimilar disciplines. This unique approach builds bridges between the three aforementioned areas of physics that are essential for developing the next generation of accelerators. Avoiding heavy mathematics whenever possible, the text provides more than 275 illustrations and includes numerous end-of-chapter exercises focusing on physics and on applications of the inventiveness method.

Key Features:

Introduces the physics of accelerators, lasers, and plasma in tandem with the industrial methodology ofinventiveness

Outlines a path from idea to practical implementation of scientific and technological innovation

Contains more than 275 illustrations and numerous end-of-chapter exercises

Foreword is written by Ted Wilson, one of the fathers of the field.

Solutions manual available with qualifying course adoption

Audience: Postgraduate students taking unifying courses in accelerators, lasers and plasmas. Postdocs, researchers

Related titles: An Introduction to Particle Physics and the Standard Model -- 978-1-4200-8298-2 Advanced Particle Physics Two-Volume Set -- 978-1-4398-0412-4 LHC Physics -- 978-1-4398-3770-2

Quotes: “A wonderful source of inspiration for experts and novices alike, Andrei Seryi’s book takes the reader on a fascinating journey from the beginning of accelerator science to today’s most active research frontiers. … In this gem, Seryi, for the first time, discusses the three areas of accelerators, lasers, and plasmas from a unified perspective. … The tantalizing reading experience is enhanced by many original and ingenious illustrations. …”—Frank Zimmermann, Senior Scientist, Beams Department, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN),

"This is a fun book to read, as well as educational. It is a textbook for a cross-disciplinary course, but it is also perfectly suitable for self-study… Instead of detailed technical mathematics and derivations, this book emphasizes the underlying physics that advances concepts … This is a very future-oriented book. For readers, be inspired, be challenged, and happy inventing!" —Alex Chao, Professor, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, California, USA

“A must read book for college seniors and graduate students interested in cutting edge topics in accelerator and beam physics. This field has become truly multi-disciplinary where lasers and plasmas are featuring very prominently in new ideas for particle acceleration, focusing, and new light sources. Professor Seryi has covered the essential fundamentals of accelerators, lasers and plasmas to prepare students for their research career in modern science of particle accelerators.” —Professor Chandrashekhar Joshi, University of California Los Angeles

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