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April 5, 2007

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BOOKS

ARTS and SCIENCES

The Architecture of Aftermath

by Terry Smith, history of art and

architecture.

The University of Chicago Press.

Before Renaissance: Planning in Pittsburgh, 1889-1943

by Edward Muller, history, and John F. Bauman, University of Southern Maine.

University of Pittsburgh Press.

This book examines a half-century during which progressive planners, public officials and civic leaders engaged in a dialogue about the importance of planning for Pittsburgh and the establishment of plans for critical places and infrastructure. By the 1940s, planning had become an essential part of the city’s fabric and the foundations were set for the post-war renaissance. Further, Pittsburgh’s experience was important to, and provides insights into, the emergence of urban planning in the United States.

Crafting Flesh, Crafting the Self: Violence and Identity in Early Nineteenth-Century German Literature

by John Lyon, Germanic languages and literatures.

Bucknell University Press.

This book analyzes wounded human bodies depicted in early 19th-century German literature and traces their connection to changing philosophical models of the self. It argues that literary representations and metaphors of violence against the body not only offer powerful physical referents for individual identity, but that they also define violence as an integral component of identity.

Developments in American Politics 5

edited by B. Guy Peters, political science; Christopher Bailey, University of Keele; Bruce Cain, University of California-Berkeley, and Gillian Peele, Oxford.

Palgrave Macmillan.

The period since 2001 has been one of anxiety and uncertainty as the United States has attempted to come to terms with the implications of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the war in Iraq. This text by a team of leading authorities assesses how well the American system of government has coped. It also considers the deep cultural and ideological divisions that have emerged in recent years within American society and the changing position and perceptions of America in the world outside.

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture

edited by Helena Goscilo, Slavic languages and literatures; Karen Evans-Romaine, and Tatiana Smorodinskaya.

Routledge.

This 700-page encyclopedia of Russian culture since Stalin features almost 1,300 entries by 154 contributors from 11 countries.

Everyday Ideas: Socioliterary Experience Among Antebellum New Englanders

by Ronald J. Zboray, communication, and Mary Saracino Zboray, communication.

University of Tennessee Press.

This book takes a look at the use of literature in everyday life in one of history’s most literate societies — the home ground of the American renaissance. Using information from 4,000 manuscript letters and diaries, the book provides a comprehensive picture of how the social and literary dimensions of human existence inter-related in antebellum New England. Penned by ordinary people, the writings examined brim with references to published texts, lectures and speeches by the period’s canonized authors and lesser lights. These personal accounts also give an insider’s perspective on issues ranging from economic problems to social status conflicts to being separated from loved ones by region, state or nation.

Gender and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Russian Culture

edited by Helena Goscilo, Slavic languages and literatures, and Andrea Lanoux, Connecticut College.

Northern Illinois University Press.

This is a collection of articles analyzing the intersection of gender and national identity in the USSR/Russia from 1917 to the present.

Gilberto Freyre e os estudos latino-americanos

edited by Joshua Lund, Hispanic languages and literatures, and Malcolm McNee, Smith College.

Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana.

This collection of essays explores the legacy of the Brazilian writer, historian and sociologist Gilberto Freyre, especially in terms of his relevance for Latin American studies today.

Globalization and the Politics of Pay

by Susan B. Hansen, political science.

Georgetown University Press.

This analysis of trends in labor costs in the 50 American states since 1970 shows that links to the global economy do not account for declining wages and benefits. Voter turnout and trends in partisan control of state governments are more important determinants than economic factors. The book also considers the economic and social impact of declining labor costs.

Global Social Change: Historical and Comparative Perspectives

edited by Salvatore Babones, sociology, and Christopher Chase-Dunn, University of California-Riverside.

The Johns Hopkins University Press.

These essays explore globalization from a world-systems perspective. This perspective offers insights into globalization’s gradual and uneven growth throughout the course of human social evolution. The book includes scholars with a mix of interests, expertise and methodologies, who offer an introduction to ways of studying and understanding global social change.

The Handbook of Public Policy

edited by B. Guy Peters, political science, and Jon Pierre, University of Gothenburg.

Sage Publications.

This is a comprehensive treatment of policy analysis, substantive public policy issues and disciplinary

treatments of policy.

The Historical Writings of Joseph of Rosheim: Leader of Jewry in Early Modern Germany

edited by Adam Shear, religious studies, and Chava Fraenkel-Goldschmidt.

E.J. Brill.

This annotated translation of the historical writings of Joseph (Josel) of Rosheim (c. 1478-1554), including a chronicle of major episodes in the political and communal life of German Jewry during his lifetime, doubles as a memoir of his involvement as a communal leader. This is considered one of the primary sources for the history of Jews in Reformation Germany.

Hitting First: Preventive Force in U.S. Security Strategy

edited by Gordon R. Mitchell,

communication, and William W. Keller, public and international affairs.

University of Pittsburgh Press.

This is a critical analysis of the political dialogue leading up to the embrace of preventive war as national policy and rationale for the invasion and occupation of Iraq. It offers a framework for avoiding future policy breakdowns through deliberative public and governmental debate.

The Impure Imagination: Toward a Critical Hybridity in Latin American Writing

by Joshua Lund, Hispanic languages and literatures.

University of Minnesota Press.

This book explores the politics of theories of hybridity, race and culture-mixing in Latin America.

Laboratory Manual for Physical Geology, 5th Edition

by Charles Jones, geology and planetary science, and Norris W. Jones, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

McGraw-Hill.

This is a manual designed for use in introductory geology labs.

The Laborer’s Two Bodies: Labor and the “Work” of the Text in Medieval Britain, 1350-1500

by Kellie Robertson, English.

Palgrave Macmillan.

This book explores the intellectual, cultural and political consequences of one of the most fundamental shifts in late medieval English society: the first national labor regulation in the wake of the 1348 plague. Bridging the medieval and early modern periods, the book analyzes a wide range of texts and images produced in this initial period of labor regulation, including trial records, ecclesiastical bulls, penitential literature and chronicle accounts, considering these documents alongside better known texts by Chaucer, Gower, Langland, the Paston family and More, among others.

Language and Politics in Julia Kristeva: Literature, Art, Therapy

by Carol Mastrangelo Bové, English.

SUNY Press.

The author deals with a topic that is central in a variety of fields: the complex inter-relationship of language, subjectivity and politics. This book will be of interest not only to those in literary and cultural studies, but also to those in women’s studies, psychology, philosophy and anthropology.

Moderating Masculinity in Early Modern Culture

by Todd Reeser, French and Italian

languages and literatures.

University of North Carolina Press.

Taking an approach to gender that examines men as gendered beings, this book proposes a model of masculinity and alterity based on an Aristotelian notion of what is termed “moderate masculinity.” Through readings of various French and Latin early modern texts (including Erasmus, Rabelais, Léry, Artus and Montaigne), the author examines appropriations and subversions of this unstable definition of gender within contexts such as ethics, pedagogy, friendship, kingship, new-world travel, marriage and etymology.

Monty Python’s Flying Circus

by Marcia Landy, English.

Byakuya Shobo Ltd. Press.

This is the Japanese translation of the author’s book examining the history, content and context of the legendary comedy series “Monty Python’s Flying Circus.”

Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions

edited by Clark Chilson, religious studies, and Paul L. Swanson, Nanzan University.

University of Hawaii Press.

This is a Choice Outstanding Academic Title. Of the book, Choice said: “For this anthology of critical essays written by some of the best scholars in the field, the editors have conceived a broad outline of Japanese religious

history combined with detailed analysis of a number of subfields, time periods and methodological suggestions for evaluating data relevant to the field. … For scholars of Japanese religions, this book’s extensive summary of the state of scholarship is the best available in English, both as a reference tool and as a required text in undergraduate and graduate courses.”

Performance and Cognition: Theatre Studies and the Cognitive Turn

edited by Bruce McConachie, theatre arts, and F. Elizabeth Hart, University of Connecticut.

Routledge.

This anthology invites theatre and performance scholars to incorporate the findings of cognitive science into their scholarship in performance analysis, audience response, acting practice, dramatic criticism and theatre history.

Poets, Saints, and Visionaries of the Great Schism, 1378-1417

by Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, French and Italian languages and literatures.

Pennsylvania State University Press.

This book explores responses in literature, visionary texts, prophecy and iconography to the Great Schism, when the Western Church was divided between different papacies.

Political-Administrative Relations

edited by B. Guy Peters, political science; Georg Sootla, and Laszlo Vass.

NISPACee.

This book contains a number of discussions of relationships between political leaders and civil servants in Central and Eastern European countries.

Prehispanic Chiefdoms in the Valle de la Plata, Vol. 5: Regional Settlement Patterns

edited by Robert Drennan, anthropology.

University of Pittsburgh Memoirs in Latin American Archaeology.

This is a comprehensive presentation of the results of regional archeological settlement study in the Valle de la Plata of southwestern Colombia. The emergence of small pre-Hispanic polities is delineated. Each had a few thousand inhabitants spread through some 100 square kilometers and was focused on a complex of burial monuments that served as a ceremonial center. These centralized polities developed in the more productive parts of the Valle de la Plata, but control over agricultural resources does not seem to have been an important part of their developmental dynamic.

Proceedings of the Fifth ACM International Workshop on Data Engineering for Wireless and Mobile Access

edited by Panos K. Chrysanthis, computer science; Alexandros Labrinidis, computer science; Christian S. Jensen, Aalborg University, and Vijay Kumar, University of Missouri-Kansas City.

ACM Press.

MobiDE 2006 was the fifth of a series of workshops that aim to act as a bridge between the data management, wireless networking and mobile computing communities. As such, the workshops serve as a forum where researchers and technologists discuss the state of the art, present their contributions and set future directions in the general area of data management for mobile and wireless access, including sensor networks. The specific focus of MobiDE 2006 was on novel mobile applications and services that incorporate sensors and include games, entertainment and infotainment.

The Quest for Epic: From Ariosto to Tasso

edited and translated by Dennis Looney, French and Italian languages and literatures; co-translated by Sally Hill, Victoria University of Wellington.

University of Toronto Press.

Translated for the first time into English, this book is a selection of studies by Sergio Zatti, University of Pisa, on the two major poets of the Italian Renaissance, Ludovico Ariosto and Torquato Tasso. The book documents the development of Italian narrative from the chivalric romance at the end of the 15th century to the epic literature of the 16th century.

Reading a Japanese Film: Cinema in Context

by Keiko McDonald, East Asian languages and literatures.

University of Hawaii Press.

In recent years, the popularity and availability of Japanese films in the West have resulted in new, more diverse audiences. Written by a pioneer of Japanese film studies in the United States, the book provides these viewers with the necessary tools to construct a deeper understanding of Japanese cinema. The book was selected as a Choice’s 2006 Outstanding Academic Title.

Silicon Carbide and Related Materials 2005, Parts 1 and 2

edited by Robert P. Devaty, physics and astronomy.

Trans Tech Publications.

This two-volume set is a compilation of the papers presented at the International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials 2005, which took place in Pittsburgh. Taken together, the 376 papers provide a snapshot of the understanding and technology of this important large bandgap semiconductor. The eight chapters cover SiC bulk growth, epitaxial growth, physical properties and characterization, porous SiC and nanostructures, SiC processing, devices, III-nitride semiconductors and related materials.

T.S. Eliot

by Colin MacCabe, English.

Northcote House Publishers.

T. S. Eliot’s life took him from the United States to England, from philosophy to poetry and from modern skepticism to traditional Christianity. This book places Eliot’s poetry in the context of these journeys and uses Eliot’s life to illuminate his poetry. In his ironic accounts of adolescent desire in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and “Portrait of a Lady,” he performs masculine self-doubt with a pathos and wit that has yet to be surpassed in poem, book or song. But these early poems can seem like mere exercises beside “Gerontion” and “The Waste Land,” poems that defined a generation and broke the mold of English verse to allow a symphony of despairing voices to bear witness to the destruction of Europe. Finally, in “Four Quartets,” he forged an original form and a compelling tone to write about both religious belief and national destiny as England faced defeat at the hands of Germany.

University Chemistry

by Peter Siska, chemistry.

Pearson Benjamin Cummings.

This is a general chemistry textbook for honors-level students. It is based on the premise that mastery of a few central ideas enables the student to comprehend complex chemical phenomena. It uses a logical atoms-first organization, with modern chemistry topics integrated throughout. Topics are developed from an experimental viewpoint and are placed in historical context. A complete solutions manual and a student study guide are available.

BRADFORD

Anthology of Apologists and Detractors of the Basque Language

translated by Carys Evans-Corrales, communication and the arts/Spanish; Frederick Fornoff, Johnstown campus, and Maria Christina Saavedra, Susquehanna

University.

University of Nevada Press.

Juan Madariaga Orbea’s 700-page anthology of essays was written between 1545 and 1847 in Spanish, French and Basque. The introduction was translated by Saavedra and Evans-Corrales; Fornoff translated the 69 essays into English from Spanish and French.

Shakespeare Handbooks: Henry V

by Kevin Ewert, communication and the arts/theatre.

Palgrave Macmillan.

This book is one in a series of guides to Shakespeare’s plays, with a primary aim to help readers experience the play as a text to be performed, rather than to be read. The heart of each book is a commentary that takes the reader through the play, scene by scene, noting its structure, handling of narrative and changing presentation of characters. It also features chapters on critical assessment and performance history. To encourage an imaginative engagement with the play’s action, the reader is shown how the play can be staged and the opportunities and problems that actors face as they develop their performances.

BUSINESS

Decision Making With the Analytic Network Process

by Luis Vargas and Thomas L. Saaty.

Springer.

This is a companion to “Models, Methods, Concepts and Applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process.” This book is about applying network structures with dependence and feedback in decisions. It is a collection of selected applications of the analytical network process to economic, social, political sciences and technological design.

Managing Global Legal Systems: International Employment Regulation and Competitive Advantage

by Gary Florkowski.

Routledge.

This book develops a framework for understanding the corporate strategy-public policy interface as it relates to human capital management and treats legal systems as factors that must be managed actively in the pursuit of international competitive advantage. Comparative law material is integrated with social science research to explain the structural characteristics of legal systems around the world, to document the variance in labor and employment regulation they have produced, and to assess the opportunities non-governmental actors have to influence the state’s underlying relationship with national IR/HRM systems through political action. The roles that transnational, regional and national institutions play in the evolution of domestic and international labor standards are discussed.

The Second Century: Reconnecting Customer and Value Chain Through Build-to-Order

by Frits Pil, business and LRDC, and Matthias Holweg, University of Cambridge.

China Machine Press; Gasan Books.

As the auto industry moves into its second century, it suffers from low margins and a sclerotic value chain that cannot evolve with customers’ desires. This book takes a look at today’s dysfunctional value-chain strategies. Leveraging data in the global auto industry gathered by the authors, it highlights the changes in products and in processes that are needed to bring about customer responsiveness and a return to profitability.

EDUCATION

The Authority to Imagine: The Struggle Toward Representation in Dissertation Writing

edited by Noreen Garman, administrative and policy studies, and Maria Piantanida, administrative and policy studies.

Peter Lang.

In this book, scholar-practitioners offer alternatives to the traditional five-chapter thesis format. As authors of award-winning dissertations, they provide insights into the challenging process of crafting interpretive methods of dissertation inquiry. In addition, they relate their struggles to claim for themselves the authority to imagine creative representations of their research.

GREENSBURG

The Price of Assimilation: Felix Mendelssohn and the Nineteenth-Century Anti-Semitic Tradition

by Jeffrey Sposato, music.

Oxford University Press.

Most scholars since World War II have assumed that composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) maintained a strong attachment to Judaism throughout his life. Mendelssohn was born Jewish and did not convert to Protestantism until age 7, his grandfather was the famous Jewish reformer/philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and his music was banned by the Nazis. This book provides new answers to the so-called “Mendelssohn Jewish question.” The author demonstrates how Mendelssohn’s father, Abraham, worked to distance the family from its Jewish past, and how Mendelssohn’s reputation as a composer of Christian sacred music was threatened by the reverence with which German Jews viewed his family name. In order to prove the sincerity of his Christian faith, Mendelssohn aligned his early sacred works with a 19th-century anti-Semitic musical tradition. With the death of Mendelssohn’s father and the near simultaneous establishment of the composer’s career in Leipzig in 1835, however, Mendelssohn began to explore ways in which he could prove the sincerity of his faith without having to publicly disparage his Jewish heritage. The book was a Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award finalist and was named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2006 by Choice.

HEALTH and REHABILITATION SCIENCES

The Company of Truth

by George Shames.

Towers Maguire Publishing.

This novel combines the author’s years of professional experience in the world of speech disorders with a love of suspense.

INFORMATION SCIENCES

Ethics, Accountability, and Recordkeeping in a Dangerous World

by Richard J. Cox, library and information science program.

Facet.

A wide range of recent issues and controversies related to the mission and work of archivists and records managers are covered in this book. The essays consider both the practical issues of administering records and the much more contentious issues related to public policy and recordkeeping. The book is intended to push both archivists and records managers to reconsider their notions of the ethical dimension of their work and how they define their societal and organizational priorities.

Introduction to Cataloging and Classification, 10th Edition

by Arlene Taylor.

Libraries Unlimited.

This edition incorporates the 2002 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd edition, MARC 21, the 22nd edition of Dewey Decimal Classification, current schedules of the LC Classifications, the latest Library of Congress Subject Headings and the 18th edition of the Sears List of Subject Headings. In addition, it addresses such vital issues as FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records), FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), and the semantic web. The bibliography and glossary also have been substantially reworked.

Shaping American Telecommunications: A History of Technology, Policy and Economics

by Martin B. H. Weiss, telecommunications program; Phyllis W. Bernt, Ohio University, and Christopher H. Sterling.

Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.

This book examines the industry from the invention of the telegraph and telephone through the introduction of cable and the Internet to the meltdown of the industry in the last few years.

Understanding Archives & Manuscripts, 2nd Edition

by Richard J. Cox, library and information science program, and James M. O’Toole.

Society of American Archivists.

This is an introduction to the nature of archives and manuscripts and all facets of their administration.

JOHNSTOWN

Anthology of Apologists and Detractors of the Basque Language

translated by Frederick Fornoff, humanities/Spanish; Carys Evans-Corrales, Bradford campus, and Maria Christina Saavedra, Susquehanna University.

University of Nevada-Reno.

College Study Skills: Becoming a Strategic Learner, 5th Edition

by Dianna L. VanBlerkom, academic support center.

Thomson Wadsworth.

Students are introduced to a wide variety of strategies, have opportunities to practice those strategies, and then can evaluate their effectiveness using real college material.

Prichal Vechnosti (Pier of Eternity)

by Boris Kushner, natural sciences/mathematics; illustrated by Yulia Kushner, public health.

VIA-Press.

This is a book of poetry and essays in Russian.

The Saint of Withdrawal

by Eric Schwerer, humanities/creative and professional writing.

CustomWords.

In the fragmentary narratives of this book, the author presents the world as we must inevitably perceive it: fractured and partial, existing beyond humans’ fumbling attempts to describe it in language.

LAW

Discrimination by Default: How Racism Becomes Routine

by Lu-in Wang.

New York University Press.

This book contends that most discrimination today occurs by “default” and not by design. It draws on social psychology to detail three ways in which unconscious assumptions can lead to discrimination, shows how they play out in everyday settings and suggests ways in which institutions and individuals might recognize, interrupt and override the discriminatory default.

Elder Law in a Nutshell, 4th Edition

by Lawrence A. Frolik, and Richard L. Kaplan, University of Illinois.

Thomson/West.

This book provides a succinct description of the law that impacts the elderly, with particular emphasis on government aid programs.

An Introduction to Patent Law, 2nd Edition

by Janice M. Mueller.

Aspen Publishers.

The book is targeted at law students, engineers and scientists seeking an accessible but thorough introduction to the field of patent law.

The Law of Later-Life Health Care and Decision Making

by Lawrence A. Frolik.

American Bar Association.

This is a comprehensive description and analysis of the manner in which the law regulates and reacts to health care and personal decision-making for the elderly.

LEARNING RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Improving Comprehension With Questioning the Author: A Fresh and Expanded View of a Powerful Approach

by Isabel L. Beck and Margaret G. McKeown.

Theory and Practice.

The Second Century: Reconnecting Customer and Value Chain Through Build-to-Order

by Frits Pil, LRDC and business, and Matthias Holweg, University of Cambridge.

China Machine Press; Gasan Books.

MEDICINE

Applied Physiology in Intensive Care Medicine

edited by Michael R. Pinsky, critical care medicine; Laurent Brochard, Hopital Henri Mondor, Reanimation Medicale, and Jordi Mancebo, Hospital de Sant Pau, Servi Medicina Intensiva.

Springer-Verlag.

This volume is a compendium of previously published invited physiological reviews and short focused physiological notes from Intensive Care Medicine. These papers collectively form the physiological basis for the care of the critically ill.

Atlas of Allergies and Clinical

Immunology, 3rd Edition

edited by Philip Fireman, pediatrics.

Mosby Elsevier.

This edition was published in English and Spanish. Pictorial and graphic materials provide a concise description of allergic and immunologic diseases.

Cell Motility in Cancer Invasion and Metastasis

edited by Alan Wells, pathology.

Springer.

This is a comprehensive review of the role that cell migration plays in the dissemination of cancers beyond their original site.

Goodman & Gilman’s: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 11th Edition

edited by John S. Lazo, Drug Discovery Institute; Laurence L. Brunton, University of California-San Diego, and Keith L. Parker, University of Texas.

McGraw-Hill.

This textbook in medical pharmacology, often called “the bible” by clinicians and scientists, reviews the mechanism of action and use of drugs from all major therapeutic classes with extensive references to the primary peer-reviewed literature. In addition, the fundamental principles of therapeutics and the basic biology of drug receptors are presented.

A Guide to Irish Fiction, 1650-1900

by Rolf Loeber, psychiatry, and Magda Loeber.

Four Courts Press.

This book provides details of the publication of Irish fiction in Ireland, England and North America, as well as several other European countries. It was written for literary scholars and students and also is relevant for historians, librarians and booksellers.

Head and Neck Surgery-Otolaryngology, 4th Edition

edited by Jonas Johnson, otolaryngology; Bryon J. Bailey, University of Texas-Galveston, and Shawn D. Newlands, University of Texas-Galveston.

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

This is a comprehensive textbook of head and neck surgery-otolaryngology created to help both residents and practicing otolaryngologists achieve cognitive mastery of the specialty in a constantly evolving world.

Intensive Care Medicine in 10 Years

edited by Mitchell P. Fink, critical care medicine; Peter M. Suter, Geneva University Hospital, and William J. Sibbald, University of Toronto.

Springer-Verlag.

This book is volume 43 in the series “Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine.” Although its roots date back to the early decades of the 20th century, critical care medicine did not emerge as a specialty until the 1970s. Over the last 30 years, the field of critical care medicine has grown tremendously and there is now a solid body of scientific information that forms the foundation for its practice. This book seeks to identify the trends in the field that will form the basis for practice over the next decade.

An Island Love Affair

by Meyer Sonis, psychiatry.

Book Surge.

This is the nonfiction story of one family and their 50-year love affair with an island.

Perioperative Blood Management: A Physician’s Handbook

edited by Jonathan Waters, anesthesiology.

American Association of Blood Banks Press.

This book educates physicians on methods available to reduce reliance on blood from the blood bank.

Practical Procedures in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery

edited by Hans-Christoph Pape, orthopaedic surgery, and Peter V. Giannoudis, St James’ University Hospital.

Cambridge University Press.

This illustrated guide written by experts in orthopaedics and trauma provides step-by-step approaches to surgical procedures. Guidance is given on patient positioning, approach and reduction techniques, implants, protocols for postoperative mobilization, possible complications, when patients should follow up postoperatively and when implants may be removed. All common trauma procedures performed by physicians in training are covered, each illustrated with numerous intraoperative photographs.

Review for United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1, 7th Edition

by Joseph C. Glorioso III, Molecular Medicine Institute; John Lazo, Drug Discovery Institute, and Bruce R. Pitt, pharmacology and public health.

Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

This workbook offers medical students a “power review” of 850 USMLE-style questions complete with full explanations and color images. This edition includes fully updated USMLE question formats, using clinical vignette questions. Each test includes full explanations of each answer choice. This revised edition also includes more clinically oriented illustrations and color plates in multiple signatures, as seen on the exam.

Schizophrenia: A Practical Primer

by Ravinder Reddy, psychiatry, and Matcheri Keshavan, Wayne State University.

Informa Healthcare.

This book provides state-of-the-art information in easily digestible segments for clinicians and students. Included are case vignettes adapted from real clinical experience, which increase understanding of the clinical or theoretical point being made. Questions are interspersed throughout the book to promote information retention. The book uses a phase-of-illness approach to schizophrenia and its management. It integrates various technical and theoretical aspects, and also describes treatment customized to the phase in which the patient is presented.

Smith’s Anesthesia for Infants and Children, 7th Edition

edited by Peter Davis, anesthesiology, and Etsuro K. Motoyama, anesthesiology.

Mosby Elsevier.

This comprehensive volume provides a scope of pharmacology and physiology. In addition, a wealth of new chapters, new content and a new DVD-ROM featuring video and color slide presentations provide new information to help avoid complications specific to anesthesia for infants and children.

The Year Book of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 2006

edited by Anil Parwani, pathology, and Stephen S. Raab, pathology.

Elsevier Mosby.

This book includes state-of-the-art and abstracted articles, as well as those dealing with the more current practice data highlighting the significant advances in pathology and laboratory medicine in the last year. Included are articles on advances in molecular technologies and anatomical pathology, as well as laboratory medicine.

PROVOST AREA

Epistemetrics

by Nicholas Rescher.

Cambridge University Press.

This is an examination of basic issues in the measurement of knowledge.

Philosophical Dialectics: An Essay on Metaphilosophy

by Nicholas Rescher.

SUNY Press.

This is an overview of modes of reasoning and argumentation in philosophy.

Presumption and the Practices of Tentative Cognition

by Nicholas Rescher.

Cambridge University Press.

This book is a study of the concept of presumption and its diverse application.

Process Philosophical Deliberations

by Nicholas Rescher.

Ontos Verlag.

This is a series of studies of key aspects of process philosophy.

PUBLIC and INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Hitting First: Preventive Force in U.S. Security Strategy

edited by William Keller, Matthew B. Ridgeway Center for International Security Studies, and Gordon R. Mitchell, arts and sciences.

University of Pittsburgh Press.

Innocent Women and Children: Gender, Norms and the Protection of Civilians

by R. Charli Carpenter.

Ashgate Press.

This study examines the influence of gender constructs on the international regime protecting war-affected civilians. Although international law nominally protects all civilians, this book demonstrates that some human rights advocates and humanitarian players interpret civilian immunity so as to leave adult civilian men and older boys at grave risk in conflict zones. This study demonstrates how gender assumptions shape international politics, and develops a framework for incorporating gender into the often gender-blind scholarship on international norms.

PUBLIC HEALTH

The Handbook of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Public Health: A Practitioner’s Guide to Service

edited by Michael D. Shankle, infectious diseases and microbiology.

Harrington Park Press.

This book provides a unique focus on LGBT public health, offering positive direction for practitioners looking for guidance in methods to ensure a healthy community for all while taking into consideration the special needs of sexual minorities. Each chapter is referenced exhaustively, includes lists of selected resources, is illustrated with tables and diagrams and asks questions to spark thought on the issues as they pertain to the reader’s circumstances.

Health Policymaking in the United States, 4th Edition

by Beaufort B. Longest Jr., health policy and management.

Health Administration Press, AUPHA Press.

This book will demystify the complicated process of health policy-making. It provides a framework for putting the various aspects of policy-making into perspective and provides the background knowledge needed to understand the political environment. Key aspects of the policy-making process are brought to life through many real-world excerpts from congressional testimony, news stories and executive orders. New to this edition is an overview of Medicare and Medicaid.

Review for United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1, 7th Edition

by Bruce R. Pitt, public health and medicine; Joseph C. Glorioso III, medicine, and John Lazo, medicine.

Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

UNIVERSITY CENTER for SOCIAL and URBAN RESEARCH

Encyclopedia of Aging, 4th Edition

edited by Richard Schulz.

Springer Publishing.

Paradise, or the Part That Dies

by Dana Killmeyer.

Six Gallery Press.

This is the author’s first novel.

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SYSTEM

An Annotated Bibliography of Bibliographies on Studies of China’s Ethnic Minorities in the 20th Century

edited by Haihui Zhang and Ju Wang.

The Commercial Press.

As a bibliography this book aims to organize all relevant documents from the 20th century in China’s ethnic group studies field, and provide researchers and librarians worldwide a way to retrieve information and documents in this field.

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JOURNALS

ARTS and SCIENCES

boundary 2

edited by Paul A. Bové, English.

Duke University Press.

This journal encourages new thinking in all areas of humanistic study in an era of emerging globality.

Chemical Reviews

guest editors: Hrvoje Petek, physics and astronomy, and John T. Yates Jr., chemistry.

American Chemical Society.

This volume is an overview of the recent progress in surface photophysics and photochemistry.

Child Development

special editor: Sharon Nelson-Le Gall, psychology.

Blackwell Publishing.

This special issue presents current research on normal development in context for ethnic and racial minority children, on racial and ethnic identity development and on intergroup processes that advance the knowledge in the field of child development by disentangling race and ethnicity from culture.

Creative Nonfiction

edited by Lee Gutkind, English, and Joanna Clapps Herman.

Other Press.

This special issue No. 30, “Our Roots Are Deep With Passion,” showcases 21 authors of Italian heritage writing on subjects ranging from food and wine to religion, immigration and language.

Ethnology: An International Journal of Cultural and Social Anthropology

editor-in-chief: Leonard Plotnicov, anthropology; co-edited by Richard Scaglion, anthropology; Joseph S. Alter, anthropology, and Marie Norman, Carnegie Mellon University; managing editor: Katherine Lancaster, anthropology.

University of Pittsburgh.

This international journal focuses on cultural anthropology and theoretical and methodological discussions.

Indiana Slavic Studies

edited by Helena Goscilo, Slavic languages and literatures, and Beth Holmgren.

Slavica Publishers.

In this volume, “Poles Apart: Women in Modern Polish Culture,” articles on Polish women’s cultural production over the last 100 years are included, with topics ranging from actress Krystyna Janda and singer Ewa Podles to.postmodernist writer/artist Ewa Kuryluk.

International Journal of Computer Processing of Oriental Languages

editor-in-chief: Shi-Kuo Chang, computer science.

World Scientific Publishing.

This is an international journal that publishes original research contributions on computer processing of Oriental languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Arabic and others four times a year.

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies

edited by Shi-Kuo Chang, computer science, and Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University.

Idea Group Publishing.

This journal publishes research papers and survey articles on distance education technologies four times a year.

International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

editor-in-chief: Shi-Kuo Chang, computer science.

World Scientific Publishing.

This international journal publishes original research on software engineering and knowledge engineering.

Journal of Visual Languages and Computing

edited by Shi-Kuo Chang, computer science, and Stefano Levialdi.

Elsevier.

This journal publishes original research on visual languages, visual computing, visualization and related topics.

Nature et Naturalisations

edited by Edouard Machery, history and philosophy of science; Francois Athane, and Marc Silberstein.

Syllepse.

This French publication includes articles about materialism and naturalization. It is the first issue of a new annual review, Matiere Premiere.

Newsletter of the Alliance for the Study of Adoption, Identity, and Kinship

edited by Marianne Novy, English.

Alliance for the Study of Adoption, Identity, and Kinship.

This organization promotes the study of adoption in literature and culture.

Organic Syntheses, Vol. 83

edited by Dennis P. Curran, chemistry.

John Wiley & Sons.

Social Networks

edited by Patrick Doreian, sociology, and T. Snijders.

Elsevier.

DENTAL MEDICINE

Dental Clinics of North America: Adolescent Oral Health

guest editors: Dennis N. Ranalli, senior associate dean, and Deborah Studen-Pavlovich, pediatric dentistry.

W.B. Saunders/ Elsevier.

The intent of this issue is to provide practicing dental professionals with evidence-based, clinically relevant information that will enhance awareness of adolescent oral health issues and improve the delivery of care to adolescent patients.

EDUCATION

The Negro Educational Review

editor-in-chief: Alice M. Scales, instruction and learning; co-interim managing editor: Shirley Biggs.

University of Pittsburgh.

Established in 1950, this refereed international journal publishes scholarly articles and research reports, competent analyses and descriptions of current problems and significant compilations and creative works related to black people. Papers are considered and accepted without regard to race, ethnicity, gender, nationality or institutional affiliation of authors.

ENGINEERING

ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering

edited by Kent Harries, civil and environmental engineering.

American Society of Civil Engineers.

This is a special issue on fiber reinforced bridge structures and components.

INFORMATION SCIENCES

Records and Information Management Report

edited by Richard J. Cox, library and information science program.

M.E. Sharpe.

This publication provides in-depth discussions of topics vital to professional information managers. Each issue focuses on a particular subject, and includes an overview of the topic, a summary of the latest research, suggestions for practical applications and a list of resources.

Spatial Cognition and Computation

edited by Stephen Hirtle, information science and telecommunications program, and Anthony G. Cohn.

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

This is a quarterly, multi-disciplinary journal covering cognitive and computational models of spatial reasoning, navigation and environmental learning.

Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning

edited by Peter Brusilovsky, information science and telecommunications program; Norbert Seel, University of Freiburg, and Valerie Shute, Educational and Testing Service.

OCP Science.

This journal has been published by OCP since 2003. It can be viewed online at http://www.oldcitypublishing.com/TICL/TICL.html.

JOHNSTOWN

Pennsylvania Geographer

edited by William B. Kory, social sciences/geography; Greg Faiers, social sciences/geography, and Ola Johansson, social sciences/geography.

University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. This is a semi-annual, topical journal.

South Asian Review

edited by Kamal D. Verma, humanities/English.

South Asian Literary Association.

This refereed journal is a representative international scholarly forum for the examination of South Asian languages and literatures in a broad cultural context. The journal is published three times a year.

LAW

Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Law

edited by Kevin Ashley, law and LRDC.

Springer.

This is an international forum for the dissemination of original interdisciplinary research in computational models of legal reasoning, artificial intelligence applications in the legal field, and the legal, social and ethical implications of artificial intelligence and law.

Search and Seizure Law Report

edited by John Burkoff.

Thomson/West Publishing.

This is a monthly newsletter about issues in American search and seizure law.

LEARNING RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Law

edited by Kevin Ashley, LRDC and law.

Springer.

MEDICINE

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology

editors-in-chief: Merrill J. Egorin, medicine and pharmacology, and D. Newell.

Springer.

This is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to pre-clinical and clinical studies of anti-cancer drugs.

Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics

edited by James H-C Wang, orthopaedic surgery.

Tech Science Press.

This journal’s special issue contains the abstracts presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for Physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine. The abstracts cover functional tissue engineering and regeneration; stem cell/cell biology; biomaterials; cell-matrix interaction; cell/tissue mechanics; cell mechanobiology, and tissue wound healing.

Pediatric Diabetes

edited by Mark Sperling, endocrinology.

Blackwell Munksgaard.

This bi-monthly journal is devoted to disseminating new knowledge relating to the epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, management, complications and prevention of diabetes in childhood and adolescence. The journal reviews full-length papers, preliminary communications with important new information, clinical reports and reviews of major topics. Invited editorials and perspectives are a regular feature.

Seminars in Ophthalmology

editor-in-chief: Thomas R. Friberg,

ophthalmology.

Taylor & Francis Group.

This peer-reviewed journal presents new and innovative strategies for the diagnosis and treatment of eye disease. Individual articles are authored by international experts.

PUBLIC HEALTH

Health Education & Behavior

edited by Sandra Quinn, behavioral and community health sciences.

Sage Publications.

This issue of the journal offers an agenda for health education research in racial and ethnic health disparities.

UNIVERSITY CENTER for SOCIAL and URBAN RESEARCH

Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

edited by Sally Newman, and Mariano Sanchez, University of Granada.

The Haworth Press.

This international journal focuses on intergenerational program, practice, research and policy issues. It is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed, quarterly journal that includes papers representing fields such as gerontology, developmental psychology, sociology, social work, communications and anthropology.

Generations: Technology Innovations and Aging

guest editors: Richard Schulz, UCSUR, and Sara J. Czaja.

Generations, XXX(2).

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SYSTEM

Notes

edited by James P. Cassaro, music library.

Music Library Association/A-R Editions.

This quarterly journal of the Music Library Association began in 1934. It offers its readers articles on music librarianship, music bibliography and discography, the music trade and certain aspects of music history.

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ARTS and SCIENCES

The Exonerated

actor: Doug Mertz, theatre arts.

Point Park University Rep at the Pittsburgh Playhouse.

Mertz played Kerry in this play based on the true stories of exonerated people who had been on death row for crimes they didn’t commit. It was performed in January 2006.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

costume designer: Don Mangone, theatre arts.

Summer Repertory Theatre, Santa Rosa, Calif.

This 1962 musical comedy by Stephen Sondheim, Burt Sherelove and Larry Gelbart is based on the plays of the third-century Roman playwright, Plautus. It was staged last summer.

Oedipus the King

actor: W. Stephen Coleman, theatre arts.

Pittsburgh Public Theater.

Coleman played the first messenger in this Sept. 28-Oct. 29, 2006, production of the Sophocles masterpiece.

Othello: Noir

actor: Doug Mertz, theatre arts.

Unseam’d Shakespeare Company.

This adaptation of Shakespeare’s play was set in post-WWII Cyprus. By using mood lighting and video clips, the play was stylized as a film noir, hence the title. Mertz played the role of Iago in this production, which ran June 15-July 1, 2006.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

costume designer: Don Mangone, theatre arts.

Summer Repertory Theatre, Santa Rosa, Calif.

This play by Jay Presson Allen, based on Muriel Spark’s novel, is a period piece that takes place between 1931 and 1938 in Edinburgh, Scotland. This production was staged last summer.

Rachel Carson Saves the Day!

author: Attilio Favorini, theatre arts.

Pittsburgh producer: Shakespeare-in-the-Schools; West Coast producer: Lauren McConnell.

This is a play for middle-schoolers about Carson’s crusade to protect against environmental hazards. It began touring in 2006 to schools both locally and in the San Francisco area.

“SUPERHERO”

“I Have Only One Itching Desire”

“All Sensation Is Already Memory”

“Flex Time”

composer: Eric Moe, music.

Dead Elf Music (Subito Music).

“SUPERHERO” is a 12-minute composition for six instrumentalists. “I Have Only One Itching Desire” is a 10-minute composition for six percussionists. “All Sensation Is Already Memory” is a 10-minute work for flute and piano. “Flex Time” is a 4-minute violin solo.

GREENSBURG

New Work

artist: Barry Albert Shields, humanities/general administration.

Gallery in the Square, Shadyside.

This exhibit ran Nov. 10-Dec. 31, 2006.

MEDICINE

Ad It Up

producer: Brian A. Primack, medicine.

WQED-TV.

This video is about ninth graders who watch tobacco advertising, analyze the content and develop responses. It won the 2006 Bronze Telly Award for local and regional videos.

Shots 2006

co-authors: Donald B. Middleton, family medicine; Sam Stebbins, public health practice; Richard Zimmerman, family medicine, and Sanford Kimmel.

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.

This free, updated electronic immunization software for PDAs is available at www.immunizationed.org.

PUBLIC and INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Discourse, Dissent, and Strategic Surprise: Formulating U.S. Security Policy in an Age of Uncertainty

authors: Janne Nolan, and Douglas MacEachin.

Institute for the Study of Diplomacy.

Casting blame solely on U.S. intelligence agencies for strategic security mishaps may be misguided, according to a new report released by Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD). The report is the culmination of a two-year study. Nolan and MacEachin co-chaired a working group comprised of senior experts and practitioners drawn from the executive branch, Congress, think tanks, scholarly institutions and the media. The group held five meetings sponsored by ISD from November 2004 through spring 2006 to study the role of intelligence and policy failures in undermining the pursuit of U.S. strategic interests. The report is available at www12.georgetown.edu/sfs/isd/Discourse_Dissent.pdf.


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