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This handbook explains the theory of local nonequilibrium thermodynamics that is constructed from microscopic particle statistical mechanics. Each thermodynamic quantity is based on a particle analog.

Tipler and Llewellyn's acclaimed text for the intermediate-level course (not the third semester of the introductory course) guides students through the foundations and wide-ranging applications of modern physics with the utmost clarity--without sacrificing scientific integrity.

Expanded to include new cases and emerging trends in the field, Copyright, Patent, Trademark and Related State Doctrines provides detailed information on American copyright, patent, and trademark law, as well as on international intellectual law. Highlights of the fifth edition include the following: new and topical state and federal cases in areas of intellectual property law such as idea protection, trade secrets, and right of publicity; cases and notes on emerging First Amendment limitations on federal and state intellectual property rights; developments with Lanham Act section 43(a) and judicial application of federal anti-dilution provisions; treaties designed to stimulate worldwide protection for works originating in the United States; Internet topics, including domain names, secondary liability, safe harbors, and anti-circumvention provisions; expanded coverage of software protection, including business method patents; and new comparisons of U.S. intellectual property doctrines and rules in other countries.

In the first two volumes of Structured Development for Real Time Systems, authors Paul Ward and Stephen Mellor described a comprehensive modeling notation and a set of guidelines for using the notation to build an essential model. In this final volume, the guidelines are extended to encompass the building of an implementation model, and the notation is extended to include a hierarchical description of code organization.

A complex description and analytical perspective of the growth of jurisprudence from tribal to modern law, beginning with the concept of marital union among tribes and clans and continuing to the "Jurisprudence of the Greek City" in the fourth and fifth centuries.

Quantitative risk analysis (QRA) is a systematic approach for evaluating likelihood, consequences, and risk of adverse events. QRA based on event (ETA) and fault tree analyses (FTA) employs two basic assumptions. The first assumption is related to likelihood values of input events, and the second assumption is regarding interdependence among the events (for ETA) or basic events (for FTA).

Health Care Fraud: Enforcement and Compliance focuses on fraud and abuse issues involving health care providers as well as application of the laws governing fraud and abuse to manufacturers of drugs and medical devices and other non-providers such as medical researchers.

A Brief History of the Netherlands, Second Edition provides a clear, lively, and comprehensive account of the history of the Netherlands from ancient times to the present day. It relates the central events that have shaped the country and details their significance in historical context, touching on all aspects of the history of the country, from political, international, and economic affairs to cultural and social developments. Illustrated with full-color maps and photographs, and accompanied by a chronology, bibliography, and suggested reading, this accessible overview is ideal for the general reader. Coverage includes: From Early Settlements to Frankish Rule Political Strife and the Rise of Urban Life Wars of Religion and Emancipation Resplendent Republic Dynamo in Decline From Republic to Empire to Kingdom Building the Modern Nation-State Neutrality, Depression, and World War Reconstruction and Rebirth after World War II The Netherlands in the Twenty-first Century: the Triumphs and Trials of a Tolerant Society