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Review of Microbiology: A Systems Approach (3rd edition by Marjorie Kelly Cowan, Miami University, ISBN: 007352252x (hardcover), $ 230, Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company)

Microbiology: A Systems approach is a required textbook for my class, Elementary Microbiology (BIOS 2010). I have been teaching this class for the last ten years. This class is offered to nursing students and health science majors at Ohio University Zanesville. The book is very organized and it contains a nice introduction to many areas to be covered in the book. The book is easy to navigate with the table of contents, index and glossary. The text has review questions at end of each chapter for extra practice with answers provided in the appendix. Each chapter is outlined with expected learning outcomes. Chapter’s summaries are nice feature allow quick review for each chapter. Key words and concepts are in bold for easy identification. Personal recounts of diseases and case studies are throughout the text adding a humanizing factor that really brings the content into realistic terms and situations. The language is simple and easy to read. Illustrations and tables are clear, advanced and helpful.This book has twenty-five chapters which cover adequately all the basic concepts which students need to learn. This book is designed for the university-level non-majors microbiology that has quickly become known for its unique organization, appealing writing style, and current medical applications. Here is a summary of the major topics discussed in each chapter. Chapter 1 is about The Main Themes of Microbiology; Chapter 2: The Chemistry of Biology; Chapter 3: Tools of the Laboratory: The Methods for Studying Microorganisms; Chapter 4: Prokaryotic Profiles: The Bacteria and Archaea; Chapter 5: Eukaryotic Cells and Microorganisms; Chapter 6: An Introduction to the Viruses; Chapter 7: Microbial Nutrition, Ecology, and Growth; Chapter 8: Microbial Metabolism: The Chemical Crossroads of Life; Chapter 9: Microbial Genetics; Chapter 10: Genetic Engineering: A Revolution in Molecular Biology; Chapter 11: Physical and Chemical Control of Microbes; Chapter 12: Drugs, Microbes, Host—The Elements of Chemotherapy; Chapter 13: Microbe-Human Interactions: Infection and Disease; Chapter 14: Host Defenses I: Overview and Nonspecific Defenses; Chapter 15: Host Defenses II: Specific Immunity and Immunization; Chapter 16: Disorders in Immunity; Chapter 17: Diagnosing Infections; I like in particular chapter 17 which brings together in one place the current methods used to diagnose infectious diseases. The chapter starts with collecting samples from the patient and details the biochemical, serological, and molecular methods used to identify causative microbes. Chapter18: Infectious Diseases Affecting the Skin and Eyes; Chapter 19: Infectious Diseases Affecting the Nervous System; Chapter 20: Infectious Diseases Affecting the Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems; Chapter 21: Infectious Diseases Affecting the Respiratory System; Chapter 22: Infectious Diseases Affecting the Gastrointestinal Tract; Chapter 23: Infectious Diseases Affecting the Genitourinary System; Chapter 24: Environmental Microbiology and finally Chapter 25: Applied and Industrial Microbiology.We admire the inclusive nature of the textbook and the approach of describing the diseases that is very successful and easy to comprehend. The author of the book is an experienced educator. Marjorie Kelly Cowan successfully covers the microbial diseases by consistently covering multiple causative agents of a particular disease in the same section and summarizing this information in tables. To encourage clinical and critical thinking of the students, the author used a refreshingly logical, systematic, and intuitive approach; in which the diseases are categorizing based on the causative agents and the presenting symptoms in the patient.The current edition is updated with the McGraw-Hill Connect plus Microbiology’s integrated learning platform that provides auto-graded assessments, a customizable, assignable eBook, an adaptive diagnostic tool, and powerful reporting against learning outcomes and level of difficulty—all in an easy-to-use interface with the ability to access all that inside the backboard. The instructor can also use the Instructional art program that helps students visualize complex concepts and the well-established relevant case files that frame each chapter.Reading and learning from the twenty-five detailed chapters of a book of this kind containing so many related topics can easily overwhelm non-expert readers. Credit should be given to the author for simplifying the topics and organizing the discussions neatly and systemically for each chapter. We recommend this textbook to instructors of university-level non-majors microbiology that focus on clinical presentation.

Estimation of entropy generation by heat transfer from a liquid in an enclosure to ambient

This study outlines the estimation of entropy generation of a stored liquid-vapour combination. A salient feature of the present study is the incorporation of a separated flow model for the calculation of entropy generated by a diabatic two phase system. Equations of state corresponding to different thermodynamic equilibria are used for these calculations. Two distinct expressions are proposed for the determination of the total entropy generated by the diabatic saturated two phase system that comprise liquid and ullage regions. The dissipative energy losses in various liquid-ullage systems is quantified through the derived mathematical relations obtained for the overall entropy generated by the system. These developed expressions form the basis of an experimental determination of the entropy generation rate. A parametric study on temperature influencing entropy generation has been performed in the context of different thermal transport mechanisms. The influence of fill levels on entropy generation was also analysed by considering a low and an intermediate filling ratio. The study concluded the influence of central zone of thermodynamic equilibrium with maximum wall convection and minimum concentration gradient on the overall entropy generated by the system. References A. Bejan. A study of entropy generation in fundamental convective heat transfers. ASME J Heat Transfer, 101, 1979, 718--725. doi:10.1115/1.3451063 A. Bejan. Second law analysis in heat transfer. Energy, 5, 1980, 721--732. doi:10.1016/0360-5442(80)90091-2 S. Sarangi. and K. Chowdhury. On the generation of entropy in a counter flow heat exchanger. Cryogenics, 22, 1982, 63--65. doi:10.1016/0011-2275(82)90095-9 P. K. Nag and P. Mukherjee. Thermodynamic optimization of convective heat transfer through a duct with constant wall temperature. Int J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 30, 1987, 401--405. doi:10.1016/0017-9310(87)90128-1 A. Bejan A thermodynamic optimization of geometry in engineering flow systems. Exergy Int. Journal, 4, 2001, 269--277. doi:10.1016/S1164-0235(01)00028-0 V. D. Zimparov Extended performance evaluation criteria for enhanced heat transfer surfaces: heat transfer through ducts with constant heat flux. Int J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 44, 2001, 169--180. doi:10.1016/S0017-9310(00)00074-0 H. Abbassi Entropy generation analysis in a uniformly heated micro channel heat sink. Energy, 32, 2007, 1932--1947. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2007.02.007 F. J. Collado The law of stable equilibrium and the entropy-based boiling curve for flow boiling. Energy, 30, 2005, 807--819. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2004.04.007 J. V. C. Vargas and A. Bejan Thermodynamic optimization of the match between two streams with phase change. Energy, 25, 2000, 15--33. doi:10.1016/S0360-5442(99)00052-3 P. K. Nag Engineering Thermodynamics. Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, 2nd Edition, 1996. W. M. Rohsenow, J. P. Hartnett, Y. I. Cho, Hand book of Heat Transfer. McGraw-Hill New York,3rd Edition, 1988. D. Rakshit, R. Narayanaswamy, T. Truong, K. P. Thiagarajan An experimental study on the interface mass transfer governing thermodynamics of stored liquids. Proceedings of the 20th National and 9th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, January 4--6, 2010, Mumbai India. C. Balaji, M. Hˆlling, H. Herwig Entropy generation minimization in turbulent mixed convection flows. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 34, 2007, 544--552. doi:10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2007.01.015 F. P. Incropera, D. P. Dewitt, T. L. Bergmen, A. S. Lavine Introduction to Heat Transfer. John Willey and Sons, 5th Edition, 2005. P.E. Liley, Steam Tables in SI Units, private communication. School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN., 1984. V. V. Malyshev and E. P. Zlobin Evaporation of liquid hydrocarbons in heated closed containers. Translated from Inzheneruo-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, 23, 4, 1972, 701--708. doi:10.1007/BF00835847

Influence of fasteners disposition on behaviour of timber-framed walls with single fibre–plaster sheathing boards

This paper provides an experimental analysis of timber-framed walls, coated with single fibre–plaster coating boards fastened to a timber frame. As the walls under a horizontal load actually behave like a deep composite beam [Faherty KF, Williamson TG, Wood engineering and construction handbook, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company; 1989; Premrov M, Dobrila P. Modelling of fastener flexibility in CFRP strengthened timber-framed walls using modified γ – method. Eng Struct 2007; 30(2): 368–75; Dobrila P, Premrov M. Reinforcing methods for composite timber frame-fibreboard wall panels. Eng Struct 2003; 25(11): 1369–76], a fasteners’ disposition is very important and directly influences bearing capacity as well as stiffness of a wall. The presentation, based on the measured results, ascertains that fasteners’ spacing has a remarkable influence on behaviour of the treated walls in many aspects. Additionally, for designer purpose, comparison with relative expensive strengthening solution by using CFRP diagonal strips [Premrov M, Dobrila P, Bedenik BS. Analysis of timber-framed walls coated with CFRP strips strengthened fibre-plaster boards. Int J Solids Struct 2004; 41(24): 7035–48] is made and gives some interesting indications for designing practice by multi-storey timber-framed buildings.

Sheth, Jagdish N., Chindia Rising: How China and India will Benefit your Business, Foreword By: Jairam Ramesh (Minister of State of Commerce, Government of India), New Delhi: Tata Mcgraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, 2008, 978-0-07-065708-3, 205P., Price: INR 495.

Sheth, Jagdish N., Chindia Rising: How China and India will Benefit your Business, Foreword By: Jairam Ramesh (Minister of State of Commerce, Government of India), New Delhi: Tata Mcgraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, 2008, 978-0-07-065708-3, 205P., Price: INR 495.

Development and structure of the cardiovascular system. Edited by Aldo A. Luisada, M.D. 10 × 7 in. Pp. 148, with 100 illustrations. 1961. London: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd. 77s

Development and structure of the cardiovascular system. Edited by Aldo A. Luisada, M.D. 10 × 7 in. Pp. 148, with 100 illustrations. 1961. London: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd. 77s

Computer-aided design in urban development and management—A software for integrated planning and design by optimization

Planning and Design in Urban Development, consuming large Resources entailing many variables giving numerous solutions with large variations in resource-efficiency indicators, is a problem-solving process (Mitchell WJ. Computer-aided architectural design. New York: Petrocelli/Charter; 1977) involving search through numerous potential solutions to select a particular solution that meets a specified criteria, making computer-use indispensable. Planners/Designers (e.g. engineers/architects/planners) Commit huge Resources (e.g. money, land, materials), in their planning-design-decisions (i.e. planning function, 1 of 5 urban managerial functions) forming part of Integrated Urban Management (Chakrabarty BK. Urban management: concepts, principles, techniques and education. Cities, vol. 18/5. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science; 2001), enjoining on them an Ethical Responsibility/Accountability to the Society to achieve Productivity and Equity in Resources-Use so committed for a resource-efficient housing/urban problem solution. Operations Research ( Optimization) and computer-aided design (CAD), are essential Techniques to improve Productivity (Koontz H, Weihrich H. Essentials of management. New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company;1990; Koontz H, O’Donnel C. Management—a system and contingency analysis of managerial functions, New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company; 1976). Hence, it is vital that planners/designers apply (facilitated by modern computers) CAD/ Optimization (even ancients applied Optimization) to discharge their above Accountability to the Society, for a Resource-Efficient and Equitable solution of housing/urban problems, in the context of rising population and dwindling Resources, particularly because we live in a Finite Earth with Finite Resources and no rational decision is really complete without Optimization. CAD primarily depends on: (i) system software—supplied with the hardware, and (ii) application software—available commercially or to be developed in-house. A number of descriptive/ optimizing urban development models are developed and published earlier (Chakrabarty BK. Models for the optimal design of housing development systems. Environment and Planning B 17(33); 1990; Chakrabarty BK. Optimization in residential land subdivisions. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, American Society of Civil Engineers 117(1); 1991; Chakrabarty BK. Optimal design of multifamily dwelling development systems. Building and Environment 31(1); 1996; Chakrabarty BK. Urban management and optimizing urban development models. Habitat International 22(4); 1998). These are being converted into an Application Software to help apply Integrated CAD by Optimization to improve productivity and equity in housing and urban operations. The paper outlines the Application Software: HudCAD, which covers all four components of Integrated CAD (Hsu T, Sinha DK. Computer-aided design: an integrated approach. St.Paul: West Publishing Company; 1992) i.e. (i) geometric modeling (ii) design analysis/ Design Optimization (iii) drafting/drawing, and (iv) data management, storage and transfer; rarely available in commercial CAD systems built primarily to perform geometric modeling/drafting. Application of HudCAD is illustrated with example problems. Addition of “Computer-Aided Planning and Design by Optimization” as a subject of study in the courses of existing disciplines of engineering/architecture/planning, rather than developing optimization specialists unable to comprehend the systems to be optimized, is suggested. This would equip such urban professionals to apply CAD by Optimization in housing/urban operations to achieve a Resource-Efficient and Equitable solution to our mounting housing and urban problems.

Living with Fear I. M. Marks. New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1978. pp. 302. £14.99 (softback).

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Fundamentals of Aircraft Structural Analysis, H.D. Curtis, Irwin, Chicago. 1997Distributed by The McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, McGraw-Hill House, Shoppenhangers Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 2QL. 800pp. Illustrated. £22.99.

Fundamentals of Aircraft Structural Analysis, H.D. Curtis, Irwin, Chicago. 1997Distributed by The McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, McGraw-Hill House, Shoppenhangers Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 2QL. 800pp. Illustrated. £22.99.

Recent Advances In Cybernetics And Systems: Proceedings Of The Ninth International Congress On Cybernetics And Systems, January 18–23, 1993, New Delhi, Edited by A. Ghosal and P.N. Murthy. Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1993, xvi + 612pp. (No price given).

Recent Advances In Cybernetics And Systems: Proceedings Of The Ninth International Congress On Cybernetics And Systems, January 18–23, 1993, New Delhi, Edited by A. Ghosal and P.N. Murthy. Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1993, xvi + 612pp. (No price given).

A review of: “HANDBOOK OF TRIBOLOGY Materials, Coatings, and Surface Treatments” by B. Bhushan and B.K. Gupta McGraw-Hill Publishing Company 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020, USA 1168 pages, Hardbound, 1991

A review of: “<i>HANDBOOK OF TRIBOLOGY Materials, Coatings, and Surface Treatments</i>” by B. Bhushan and B.K. Gupta McGraw-Hill Publishing Company 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020, USA 1168 pages, Hardbound, 1991

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Review of F.S. Hillier and G.J. Lieberman (1990) Introduction to Mathematical Programming, 5th Edition, and Introduction to Stochastic Models in Operations Research, 5th Edition, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Hightstown, NJ. Reviewed by Rakesh V. Vohra, Faculty of Management Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA. INFORMS Journal on Computing, ISSN 1091-9856, was published as ORSA Journal on Computing from 1989 to 1995 under ISSN 0899-1499.

Jeffrey P. Kimball, To Reason Why: The Debate About the Causes of U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War. (New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1990), 355 pp. n.p

Jeffrey P. Kimball, To Reason Why: The Debate About the Causes of U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War. (New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1990), 355 pp. n.p

Book Reviews : Jeffrey P. Kimball, To Reason Why: The Debate About the Causes of U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War. (New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1990), 355 pp. n.p

Book Reviews : Jeffrey P. Kimball, To Reason Why: The Debate About the Causes of U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War. (New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1990), 355 pp. n.p

Cytoplasmic Action in DevelopmentCytoplasmic Organization Systems.George M. Malacinski

A commentary on CYTOPLASMIC ORGANIZATION SYSTEMS. Edited by George M. Malacinski. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New York. $59.95. xxiv + 482 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 0-07-039749-X. 1990. T HE ONLY way to get from genotype to phenotype is via development. This is an enormous span, covering such diverse events as the activation of gene transcription in the early embryo, the formation of tooth enamel, and the maturation of the B lymphocytes. Not surprisingly, then, there are some areas of developmental biology whose problems are predominantly genotypic (e.g., How might transcription factors interact with chromatin to activate specific genes in certain cells?), and other areas whose problems are predominantly phenotypic (e. g., How might cell surfaces interact to form tissues and organs?). Genotypic questions have provided most of the subject matter for developmental genetics, while phenotypic questions have provided the subjects for embryology, both descriptive and experimental. In recent years, the advances made by the genotypic side of developmental biology have been so spectacular that it sometimes is feared that the phenotypic perspectives might become lost. Although the distinction between phenotypic and genotypic developmental biology is relatively new, the fear that developmental biology might be taken by genetics is nearly as old as the separation of genetics from embryology in the 1920s. When experimental embryology separated itself from evolutionary problems at the turn of the century, its domain included the studies of inheritance, development, regeneration, and senescence. One of the largest questions for this newly organized field was: Which compartment of the zygote-the nucleus or the cytoplasmdirected heredity and development? In a series of interactions that lasted over two decades, E. B. Wilson and T. H. Morgan chased the evidence into the nucleus, although Morgan had thought at first that cytoplasmic factors determined all phenotypes. The path that led from experimental embryology into genetics was the X chromosome. Morgan and Wilson disagreed as to whether this nuclear entity actually controlled sex determination or whether it was a consequence of earlier, cytoplasmic, sex determining mechanisms. Eventually, Morgan and his coworkers correlated several inherited factors, as well as sex determination, to the X chromosome. In this way, the embryologist Morgan inadvertently created a new genetic science (Gilbert, 1978, 1987). Soon after 1911, genetics arose as a separate discipline, complete with its own techniques, favored organisms, rules of evidence, journals, and vocabulary. The remarkable success of genetics in the 1920s and 1 930s caused it to become the preeminent way to study inheritance, and it redefined the other disciplines in genetic terms. The study of inheritance became genetics, which Morgan defined as the discipline concerned with the transmission of nuclear genes (Morgan, 1926). Morgan's exclusion of cytoplasm and development from the realm of inheritance was soon viewed as dogma (Sapp, 1987). Embryology was redefined as the study of changes in gene expression over time (Morgan, 1934),

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PURCHASING AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; Text and Cases, 5th edition, by Donald W. Dobler, David N. Burt, and Lamar Lee, Jr., McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New York, 1990. 843 pages.

Up Another Notch: Institution Building at Mead. ByWilliam H. A. Carr · New York: McGraw Hill Publishing Company, 1989. ix + 228 pp. Illustrations, tables, appendixes, and index. $24.95.

Up Another Notch: Institution Building at Mead. ByWilliam H. A. Carr · New York: McGraw Hill Publishing Company, 1989. ix + 228 pp. Illustrations, tables, appendixes, and index. $24.95. - Volume 64 Issue 4

Indian Urbanization and Planning: Vehicles of Modernization. Edited by Allen G. Noble and Ashok K. Dutt. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd., 1977. xxiv, 366 pp. Tables, Figures, Bibliography, Index. N.p.l. (Distributed in the United States by the Department of Geography, University of Akron.)

Indian Urbanization and Planning: Vehicles of Modernization. Edited by Allen G. Noble and Ashok K. Dutt. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd., 1977. xxiv, 366 pp. Tables, Figures, Bibliography, Index. N.p.l. (Distributed in the United States by the Department of Geography, University of Akron.) - Volume 38 Issue 4

Indian Urbanization and Planning: Vehicles of Modernization. Edited by Allen G. Noble and Ashok K. Dutt. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd., 1977. xxiv, 366 pp. Tables, Figures, Bibliography, Index. N.p.l. (Distributed in the United States by the Department of Geography, University of Akron.)

Indian Urbanization and Planning: Vehicles of Modernization. Edited by Allen G. Noble and Ashok K. Dutt. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd., 1977. xxiv, 366 pp. Tables, Figures, Bibliography, Index. N.p.l. (Distributed in the United States by the Department of Geography, University of Akron.)

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Abstract Statistics and Public Policy. William B. Fairley and Frederick Mosteller (eds.). Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1977. xiv + 397 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by Lee R. Abramson Analyzing the Criminal Justice System. J.W. LaPatra. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath and Company, 1978. xv + 173 pp. $16.00. Reviewed by Jan M. Chaiken New Developments in the Applications of Bayesian Methods. Ahmet Aykac and Carlo Brumat (eds.). Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company; New York: Elsevier/North Holland Publishing Company, 1977. xxiv + 385 pp. $40.95. Reviewed by Christopher B. Barry Mathematical Tools for Applied Multivariate Analysis. Paul E. Green and J. Douglas Carroll. New York: Academic Press, 1976. xiii + 376 pp. $24.50. Statistical Inference in Continuous Time Economic Models. A.R. Bergstrom (ed.). Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company; New York: Elsevier/North Holland, Inc., 1976. x + 333 pp. $42.50. Reviewed by Jan Kmenta Stochastic Processes: A Survey of the Mathematical Theory. John Lamperti. New York: Springer-Verlag, Inc., 1977. xvi + 266 pp. $9.80. Reviewed by Peter F. Thall Interactive Forecasting: Univariate and Multivariate Methods, 2nd Edition. Spyros Makridakis and Steven C. Wheelwright. San Francisco: Holden-Day, 1977. xxiii + 650 pp. $25.00. Reviewed by Dean W. Wichern The Theory of Gambling and Statistical Logic, Revised Edition. Richard A. Epstein. New York: Academic Press, 1977. xv + 450 pp. $19.50. Reviewed by David Heath Descriptive and Inferential Statistics. N.M. Downie and A.R. Starry. New York: Harper and Row Publishers, 1977. ix + 362 pp. $11.50. Reviewed by Cathy Campbell Applied Operations Research: A Survey. Gary E. Whitehouse and Ben L. Wechsler. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1976. xi + 434 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by D.R. Atkins Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics, 3rd Edition. Leonard J. Kazmier. New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1978. xv + 646 pp. $13.95 ($10.95 paperback). Reviewed by Kenneth J. White Statistics for Business and Economics, 3rd Edition. Stephen P. Shao. Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, 1976. v + 815 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by Jan Kmenta Statistics for Management. Richard I. Levin. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1977. vi + 568 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Jerry Lacava Basic Econometrics: An Introductory Text for Economists. Michael S. Common. New York: Longman Publishing Company, 1976. x + 517 pp. $23.50 ($14.95 paperback). Reviewed by Charles Wolf, Jr. Economic Aspects of Regional Welfare, Income Distribution and Unemployment. Cornells P.A. Bartels. Leiden, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff, 1977. x + 261 pp. $16.00 (paperback). Reviewed by James P. Smith Electric Energy Availability and Regional Growth. G.S. Tolley, C.W. Upton, and V.S. Hastings. Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1977. xxi + 238 pp. $17.50. Reviewed by V. Kerry Smith Stochastic Approaches to Water Resources, Volumes I and II. Hsieh Wen Shen (ed.). Fort Collins, Colo.: H.W. Shen, 1976. Volume I: xiii + 506 pp; Volume II: v + 510 pp. $25.00 (set). Reviewed by V. Kerry Smith The Price Index. S.N. Afriat. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1977. xv + 187 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Angus Deaton A Half Century of Returns on Stocks and Bonds. Lawrence Fisher and James H. Lorie. Chicago: The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, 1977. xiv + 174 pp. $32.50. Reviewed by Michael A. Simkowitz Statistical Reasoning in Sociology, 3rd Edition. J.H. Mueller, K.F. Schuessler, and H.L. Costner. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Company, 1977. xvi + 544 pp. $13.95. Reviewed by Otis Dudley Duncan Applied Statistics in Atmospheric Science. Part A: Frequencies and Curve Fitting. O. Essenwanger. Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, 1976. xi + 412 pp. $53.95. Reviewed by Patrick L. Odell Migraciones Internas: Teoria, Metodo y Factores Sociologicos. Juan C. Elizaga and John J. Macisco, Jr. Santiago, Chile: Centro Latino-Americano de Demografia, 1975. 615 pp. $10.00. Reviewed by George Povey Techniques de la Description Statistique. L. Lebart, A. Morineau, and N. Tabard. Paris: Bordas, Dunod, Gauthier-Villars, 1977. viii + 351 pp. $25.20. Reviewed by Stanley W. Nash Einführung in die Mathematische Statistik: Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung und Grundlagen der Mathematischen Statistik. D. Rasch. Berlin: VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, 1976. 371 pp. $18.90. Reviewed by Siegfried Schach Einführung in die Statistik. Fritz Pokropp. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1977. 315 pp. $13.00. Reviewed by Robert J. Buehler

The Lumbosacral Spine. Emphasizing Conservative Management. By Paul C. Williams, M.D., Attending Orthopedic Surgeon at the Gaston Episcopal Hospital, Dallas; Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas. 9½ x 6¼ in. Pp. xi + 202, with 87 figures. Index. 1965. New York, Toronto, Sydney,London: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. Price 88s

The Lumbosacral Spine. Emphasizing Conservative Management. By Paul C. Williams, M.D., Attending Orthopedic Surgeon at the Gaston Episcopal Hospital, Dallas; Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas. 9½ x 6¼ in. Pp. xi + 202, with 87 figures. Index. 1965. New York, Toronto, Sydney,London: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. Price 88s