Reviews the composition of the egg and its microflora and the factors involved in determining which organisms survive in and on the egg. Chapters cover subjects including the structure of the egg, transshell transmission and contamination of the egg with potential human pathogens.

Addresses formal description techniques applicable to distributed systems and communication protocols. This title presents the state of the art in theory, application, tools and industrialization of FDTs. It features FDT-based system and protocol engineering, FDT-application to distributed systems, and protocol engineering.

Suitable for scientists and engineers involved in the development of photopolymers for electronics and imaging, this title presents information on polymer applications.

Covers various major electronic devices for microwave applications. This book gives coverage of major circuit and sub-system types commonly used in the whole range of microwave systems in communications, broadcasting, radar and remote sensing. It also gives both students and junior engineers in industry a base in microwave electronics.

Offers a process for planning, designing, implementing, and testing knowledge-based systems for natural resource management. This title presents material on these major aspects of building a deliverable system.

These papers from the 1995 International Workshop on Protocol Test Systems present research in the area of architecture and protocols for computer networks. Themes covered include testing methods, test environments, test generation, and algorithms and languages.

The database engineers are committed to the reuse of data, for performance and economic reasons. This book focuses on the issues in the discovery and understanding of the semantics hidden in various forms of external sources: data sets, data stores formats, database schemes, application programs, documentation, and more.

Provides a comprehensive and detailed coverage of food oils and fats in a practical, how-to format. This book integrates various aspects of food oils and fats from chemistry to food processing to nutrition. It features information on flavor measurement and alteration, product development and cost-effective use of oils and fats in production.

Highlights the synthesis of manufacturing knowledge and information technology in providing an overall solution to the area of shop floor control.

Presents a fresh decision making tool which enables manufacturers and scientists to undertake life-cycle assessment (LCA) of different products from the design and development stages.

Offers an integrated treatment of those parts of the subject that use the polarizing microscope as the central analytical tool. This book is divided into three parts and a comprehensive glossary/index provides access to the contents of the book.

Covers various aspects of warehousing practice. This book enables private and third-party warehouse operators to optimize warehouse efficiency and cut costs. It includes chapters that cover procedures and technologies including: contract warehousing; warehousing and corporate strategy; the 21st century warehouse; and improving people performance.

Covers all of the important topics in modern vacuum physics and enables the reader to understand the problems associated with vacuum system design, pressure measurement, and more. Students, engineers and researchers entering the area finds this book a useful introduction to modern vacuum physics and practice.

Presents a decision making tool, which enables manufacturers and scientists to undertake life cycle assessment (LCA) of various products from the design and development stages.

Offers an overview of the important aspects of the mechanical properties of polymers. This title provides coverage that includes both background theory and test methods as well as summaries of the areas of adiabatic shear, high rate behavior, anelastic deformation, friction and wear, computer modeling, and structure-property relationships.