"This energetic and informative book tackles head-on the knotty issue of what ADHD in adults really means. It includes helpful answers to such vital problems as what modifications to diagnostic criteria are appropriate, and what are the inferential biases to which clinicians are prone when seeing self-referred cases in their offices. This is the most definitive work to date on the difficult task of generalizing from children with ADHD to adults with ADHD. The authors break new ground in addressing these issues with comprehensive data from their own well-regarded samples. This timely book thus provides a fresh and needed perspective to help resolve longstanding difficulties in understanding ADHD in adults. It will be helpful to DSM-V committee deliberations and to those planning future scientific studies, as well as to clinicians needing a clearer picture of what to expect in adults with ADHD."--Joel T. Nigg, PhD, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University

"A veritable tour de force. This work will be equally useful to researchers seeking innovative hypotheses about ADHD, to clinicians seeking to understand the course of ADHD into adulthood, and to students at all levels of training. Readers have access to a unified and systematic view of the results from two notable, methodologically rigorous research studies. The book addresses a wide range of clinically urgent issues, such as psychiatric comorbidity, drug use, life impairments, educational attainment, and neuropsychological impairment. The discussions of diagnostic criteria not only provide clinically useful information for adult assessment, but also should strongly influence the evolution of the DSM-V."--Stephen V. Faraone, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Medical Genetics Research; and Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Research, SUNY Upstate Medical University

"The single best source of scientific information on adult ADHD available to date. The results of two major research investigations are thoroughly reviewed to explicate important similarities and differences between children with ADHD followed into adulthood and individuals first referred for ADHD symptoms as adults. This is the first text to make this important and clinically relevant distinction. It is sure to be an indispensable resource for both clinicians and researchers. In addition, graduate students in clinical psychology, counseling, social work, and school psychology will find this text helpful both for the data it provides about adult ADHD and for its insights into how to establish a coherent research agenda."--George J. DuPaul, PhD, Department of Education and Human Services, Lehigh University

It was to be a structure like no other - the largest and tallest skyscraper in the world. Initial plans for the Empire State Building called for an Art Deco masterwork to rise 1,000 feet, with 80 stories of rental space. The high-rise was to completely fill the 84,000-square-foot site of the former Waldorf-Astoria, then New York's most opulent hotel. The Empire State Building would, hopefully, accelerate Midtown's stride toward commercial prominence, pulling more business uptown. Built in the early years of the Great Depression, during which one out of four New Yorkers was out of work, the Empire State Building's construction was thought by many to be a foolish undertaking. Yet, it was completed under budget and ahead of schedule, and the new commercial colossus would stand to see a new day dawning - for New York, for America, and for the world.

About the Author

Ronald A. Reis has written young adult biographies of Eugenie Clark, Jonas Salk, Mickey Mantle, and Ted Williams, as well as books on the Dust Bowl, the New York Subway System, African Americans and the Civil War, and the World Trade Organization, all for Chelsea House. He is the technology department chair at Los Angeles Valley College.

Ranging from mechanistic studies to industrial applications, this handbook is the first to comprehensively explores the topic of iridium in organic synthesis. The important advances in iridium mediated reactions namely hydrogenation, hydroamination, hydroboration, C-C bond formation, carbonylation and cycloaddition are discussed. The book presents the most widely exploited iridium catalysed reactions, such as asymmetric reductions, together with the recent advances including the use of soluble metal nanoparticles as catalysts. In general terms, this book covers the application of iridium catalysts in organic synthesis from the more basic reactions to highlighted topics, including the use of specific ligands in the most important of transition metal catalysed reactions. The extensive treatment of relevant and current topics together with the high quality of the contributions make this book a must for organic and inorganic, academic and industrial chemists providing the reader with strategies and solutions for synthetic problems.

A must have for scientists working in organic chemistry, coordination chemistry and catalysis, as well as those working with organometallics.

About the Author

Luis A. Oro is the head of the Homogeneous Catalysis Institute and professor of Inorganic Chemistry in the University of Zaragoza. His main research interests are in organometallic chemistry of platinum group metals where he has coauthored about 500 scientific contributions, and edited several books. He is member of the Interantional Advisory Board of Angewandte Chemie, and other international journals. He has received several scientific awards, including the Humboldt award, King Jaime prize, Solvay prize and Sacconi Medal. He is Doctor Honoris Causae by Rennes University. He is also member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, the Academia Europaea, and foreign member of the Académie des Sciences.

Carmen Claver is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University Rovira I Virgili in Tarragona (Spain). She has co-authored about 200 scientific contributions in the field of enantioselective synthesis. She has also participated in the edition and publication of several books. She has received several scientific awards, being recognised in 2003 as distinguished research for the Catalan Government.

ELECTRONICS MANUFACTUIRNG WITH LEAD-FREE, HALOGEN-FREE, AND CONDUCTIVE-ADHESTIVE MATERIALS

This comprehensive guide provides cutting edge information on lead-free, halogen-free, and conductive-adhesive technologies and their application to low-cost, high-density, reliable, and green products. Essential for electronics manufacturing and packaging professionals who wish to master lead-free, halogen-free, and conductive-adhesive problem solving methods, and those demanding cost-effective designs and high-yield environmental benign manufacturing processes, this valuable reference covers all aspects of this fast-growing field.

Written for design, materials, process, equipment, manufacturing, reliability, component, packaging, and system engineers, and technical and marketing managers in electronics and photonics packaging and interconnection, this book teaches a practical understanding of the cost, design, materials, process, equipment, manufacturing, and reliability issues of lead-free, halogen-free, and conductive-adhesive technologies. Among the topics explored:

* Chip (wafer) level interconnects with lead-free solder bumps
* Lead-free solder wafer bumping with micro-ball mounting and paste printing methods
* Lead-free solder joint reliability of WLCSPs on organic and ceramic substrates
* Chip (wafer) level interconnects with solderless bumps such as Ni-Au, Au, and Cu, Cu wires, Au wires, Au studs, and Cu studs
* Design, materials, process, and reliability of WLCSPs with solderless interconnects on PCB/substrate
* Halogen-free molding compounds for PQFP, PBGA, and MAP-PBGA packages
* Environmentally benign die-attach films for PQFP and PBGA packages and lead-free die-attach bonding techniques for IC packaging
* Environmental issues for conventional PCBs and substrates
* Some environmentally conscious flame-retardants for PCBs and organic substrates
* Emerging technologies for fabricating environmental friendly PCBs such as design for environment, green PCB manufacturing, and environmental safety
* Lead-free soldering activities such as legislation, consortia programs, and regional preferences on lead-free solder alternatives
* Criteria, development approaches, and varieties of alloys and properties of lead-free solders
* Physical, mechanical, chemical, electrical, and soldering properties of lead-free solders
* Manufacturing process and performance of lead-free surface finishes for both PCB and component applications
* Implementation and execution challenges of lead-free soldering, especially for the reflow and wave soldering process
* Fundamental understanding of electrically conductive adhesive (ECA) technology
* Effects of lubricant removal and cure shrinkage on ECAs
* Mechanisms underlying the contact resistance shifts of ECAs
* Effects of electrolytes and moisture absorption on contact resistance shifts of ECAs
* Stabilization of contact resistance of ECAs using various additives

About the Author

John H. Lau received his PhD in theoretical and applied mechanics from the University of Illinois, an MASc in structural engineering from the University of British Columbia, a second MS in engineering physics from the University of Wisconsin, and a third MS in management science from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He also has a BE in civil engineering from National Taiwan University. John is an interconnection technology scientist at Agilent Technologies, Inc. His current interests cover a broad range of optoelectronic packaging and manufacturing technology.

C.P. Wong is a Regent's Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering and a Research Director at the NSF Packaging Research Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his BS in chemistry from Purdue University, and his PhD in chemistry from Pennsylvania State University with Nobel Laureate Professor Henry Taube.

Ning-Cheng Lee is the vice president of technology of Indium Corporation of America. He has been with Indium since 1986. Prior to joining Indium, he was with Wright Patterson Air Force Base Materials Laboratory (1981 to 1982), Morton Chemical (1982 to 1984), and SCM (1984 to 1986). He has more than 18 years of experience in the development of fluxes and solder pastes for SMT industries. In addition, he also has very extensive experience in the development of high-temperature polymers, encapsulants for microelectronics, underfills, and adhesives. His current research interests cover advanced materials for interconnects and packaging for electronics and optoelectronics applications, with emphasis on both high performance and low cost of ownership.

The fascinating story of the most powerful source of energy the earth can yield

Uranium is a common element in the earth’s crust and the only naturally occurring mineral with the power to end all life on the planet. After World War II, it reshaped the global order—whoever could master uranium could master the world.

Marie Curie gave us hope that uranium would be a miracle panacea, but the Manhattan Project gave us reason to believe that civilization would end with apocalypse. Slave labor camps in Africa and Eastern Europe were built around mine shafts and America would knowingly send more than six hundred uranium miners to their graves in the name of national security.

Fortunes have been made from this yellow dirt; massive energy grids have been run from it. Fear of it panicked the American people into supporting a questionable war with Iraq and its specter threatens to create another conflict in Iran. Now, some are hoping it can help avoid a global warming catastrophe.

In Uranium, Tom Zoellner takes readers around the globe in this intriguing look at the mineral that can sustain life or destroy it.

About the Author

Tom Zoellner is a contributing editor at Men’s Health magazine and has worked as a reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle, The Salt Lake Tribune, and The Arizona Republic. He is the 2002 recipient of the Knight Fellowship in specialized reporting.

In "Unsolved Crimes", famous, unresolved cases from the past 120 years are examined to review what police and experts in forensic science did (or failed to do) while trying to resolve each crime. For each case covered, the key theories and suspects are described. Though technology is much improved since the time of Jack the Ripper in 1888, some recent crimes defy the best equipment and best scientists, leaving open-ended mysteries to occupy the minds of amateur sleuths everywhere. Still, it may not be too late to solve these riddles. By reexamining old evidence with modern techniques, police can often breathe new life into a cold case. This book includes such chapters as: Red Jack; The Black Dahlia; The Boy in the Box; JFK: Case Closed?; and, Deadly Medicine. Cases covered include: Jack the Ripper, unidentified serial killer; the murder of Elizabeth Short, aka 'The Black Dahlia'; the assassination of John F. Kennedy, officially solved but often disputed; the disappearance of Teamsters' leader Jimmy Hoffa; the Tylenol poisoning murders and related cases; Lizzie Borden, accused then acquitted of murdering her parents with an axe; Harry and Harriette Moore, murdered during the early days of the Civil Rights movement; and, the murder of JonBenet Ramsey.

This book tells you the shocking truth about what is in our drinking water.

Your existence on earth depends on WATER! Please do not take it for granted! This book gives you an education on the type, amount and value of the perfect water to drink that will work to keep you in good health.

This Book Was Written to Alert the World to the Importance of Pure Water to Health

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A hands-on guide to making valuable decisions from data using advanced data mining methods and techniques

This second installment in the Making Sense of Data series continues to explore a diverse range of commonly used approaches to making and communicating decisions from data. Delving into more technical topics, this book equips readers with advanced data mining methods that are needed to successfully translate raw data into smart decisions across various fields of research including business, engineering, finance, and the social sciences.

Following a comprehensive introduction that details how to define a problem, perform an analysis, and deploy the results, Making Sense of Data II addresses the following key techniques for advanced data analysis:

• Data Visualization reviews principles and methods for understanding and communicating data through the use of visualization including single variables, the relationship between two or more variables, groupings in data, and dynamic approaches to interacting with data through graphical user interfaces.

• Clustering outlines common approaches to clustering data sets and provides detailed explanations of methods for determining the distance between observations and procedures for clustering observations. Agglomerative hierarchical clustering, partitioned-based clustering, and fuzzy clustering are also discussed.

• Predictive Analytics presents a discussion on how to build and assess models, along with a series of predictive analytics that can be used in a variety of situations including principal component analysis, multiple linear regression, discriminate analysis, logistic regression, and Naïve Bayes.

• Applications demonstrates the current uses of data mining across a wide range of industries and features case studies that illustrate the related applications in real-world scenarios.

Each method is discussed within the context of a data mining process including defining the problem and deploying the results, and readers are provided with guidance on when and how each method should be used. The related Web site for the series (www.makingsenseofdata.com) provides a hands-on data analysis and data mining experience. Readers wishing to gain more practical experience will benefit from the tutorial section of the book in conjunction with the Traceis^TM software, which is freely available online.

With its comprehensive collection of advanced data mining methods coupled with tutorials for applications in a range of fields, Making Sense of Data II is an indispensable book for courses on data analysis and data mining at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels. It also serves as a valuable reference for researchers and professionals who are interested in learning how to accomplish effective decision making from data and understanding if data analysis and data mining methods could help their organization.

About the Author

Glenn J. Myatt, PhD, is cofounder of Leadscope, Inc. and a Partner of Myatt & Johnson, Inc., a consulting company that focuses on business intelligence application development delivered through the Internet. Dr. Myatt is the author of Making Sense of Data: A Practical Guide to Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Mining, also published by Wiley. WAYNE P. JOHNSON, MSc., is cofounder of Leadscope, Inc. and a Partner of Myatt & Johnson, Inc. Mr. Johnson has over two decades of experience in the design and development of large software systems, and his current professional interests include human–computer interaction, information visualization, and methodologies for contextual inquiry.

The primary objective of this book is to disseminate information on the latest concepts, techniques, and design data to structural engineers engaged in the design of wind- and seismic-resistant buildings. Integral to the book are recent advances in seismic design, particularly those related to buildings in zones of low and moderate seismicity. These stipulations, reflected in the latest provisions of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 7-02, International Building Code (IBC)-03, and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 5000, are likely to be adopted as a design standard by local code agencies. There now exists the unprecedented possibility of a single standard becoming a basis for earthquake-resistant design virtually in the entire United States, as well as in other nations that base their codes on U.S. practices. By incorporating these and the latest provisions of American Concrete Institute (ACI) 318-02, American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) 341-02, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 356 and 350 series, this book equips designers with up-to-date information to execute safe designs, in accordance with the latest regulations.

The non-electrician's guide to wiring systems - an essential reference for plumbers, heating engineers, television and intruder alarm installers

This book deals with an area of practice which many students and non-electricians find particularly challenging. It explains how to interpret circuit diagrams, wiring systems and the principles and practice of testing and fault diagnosis. It will give the reader confidence to understand the principles of testing and to apply this knowledge to fault finding in electrical circuits.

It is a handy reference for anybody who needs to be able to trace faults in circuits, whether in domestic, commercial or industrial settings. It will be a time-saver for all electricians, plumbers, heating engineers, television and intruder alarm installers and others.

Brian Scaddan, I Eng, MIET, is a consultant for and an Honorary Member of City & Guilds. He has over 35 years experience in Further Education and training. He is Director of Brian Scaddan Associates Ltd, an approved City & Guilds and NICEIC training centre offering courses on all aspects of Electrical Installation Contracting including the C&G 2382, 2391, 2392, 2377 series and NICEIC DISQ curses. He is also a leading author on books on electrical installation.

* Fully up-to-date with the 17th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations
* Covers all the principles and practice of testing and fault diagnosis in a way that is clear for students and non-electricians
* Expert advice from an engineering training consultant, supported with colour diagrams, examples and key data

About the Author

Brian Scaddan is a consultant and an Honorary Member of City and Guilds. He has over 35 years' experience in Further Education, and is now Director of Brian Scaddan Associates, Engineering Training Consultants. He is a leading author of books on electrical installation, inspection and testing, including IEE Wiring Regulations: Explained and Illustrated and Electrical Installation Work. Brian also runs PAT training courses for the City & Guilds 2377 exam.

Aimed at enterprise developers who use Visual Studio 2008, ASP.NET, C#, and SQL Server to deliver business applications, this book focuses on implementing patterns that can be used for real-world solutions. Each chapter establishes a problem, examines which solution will provide the best results, and then demonstrates how to go about executing that solution. The experienced author addresses building a framework for corporate intranet apps, designing the data access layer, implementing the Microsoft exception handling app block, customizing view and reports with Query Builder Control, installing the application, and much more.

ASP.NET 3.5 Enterprise Application Development with Visual Studio® 2008

If you are faced with the many challenges that come with delivering business applications, experienced author and ASP.NET expert Vince Varallo is here to help. He arms you with the necessary tools for developing ASP.NET applications with Visual Studio 2008 that are elegant, easy to maintain, and can be extended to create solutions for particular problems.

Putting Wrox's popular Problem – Design – Solution format into practice, each chapter features an individual scenario and provides a description of the problem to be addressed, the design considerations for choosing a solution, and the solution that ultimately gets to the bottom of the problem. As Varallo walks you through the solutions, each of the business requirements are examined, while the latest enhancements in ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 are used so that you can implement them in a reusable framework. Packed with code samples, this hands-on guide will provide you with a foundation that you can extend to meet the specific business needs of your organization.

What you will learn from this book

• New features in the .NET Framework 3.5 such as lambda expressions, extension methods, partial methods, LINQ, and ASP.NET Ajax controls

• Design patterns for using LINQ to SQL in the data access layer

• Best practices for using patterns for data entry, auditing, workflow, and event notification

• How to develop and customize server side controls

• How to create a dashboard using the ASP.NET web part controls

• Implement the Microsoft Exception Handling App Block

Who this book is for

This book is for developers and system architects who are responsible for designing or developing enterprise-wide applications, departmental applications, portals, or any form of business application. Experience with Visual Studio, the .NET Framework, ASP.NET, and C# is helpful but not required.

About the Author

Vince Varallo has been developing applications for over twelve years using Microsoft technologies and is currently the Director of Application Development for MTI Information Technologies. He develops marketing applications for the pharmaceutical industry using ASP.NET and SQL Server. Prior to working at MTI, he worked in the clinical and the financial industries on a wide array of projects such as clinical data management systems, internal portals, and treasury workstation software. Vince enjoys exploring new technologies but always finds time for golf, biking, and watching the Phillies. He previously co-authored Professional Visual Basic 6: The 2003 Programmer’s Resource.