The series, Hematology reviews, focuses on key developments in Soviet fundamental and applied research, making recent medical advances in the USSR available to the researcher who does not read Russian. Topics reviewed in this volume include the biochemical and physiological mechanisms of blood clotting, the molecular and biological bases of hemostasis and the role played by prostaglandins in the regulation of blood clotting and fibrinolysis. Book club price, $31. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

New updated edition first published with Cambridge University Press. This new edition includes 29 chapters on topics as diverse as pathophysiology of atherosclerosis, vascular haemodynamics, haemostasis, thrombophilia and post-amputation pain syndromes.

Hemopoiesis Regulation Mechanisms under Stress by Goldberg and Dygai describes recent results concerning the role of the neuroendocrine system and inter-cellular interactions in the regulation of hemopoiesis under stress. The authors also detail the role of the nervous and opioid systems, glucocorticoids, T-lymphocytes, phagocytic mononuclear cells and stromal mechanocytes in the regulation of the proliferation and differentiation of the various types of hemopoietic cells while the organism is under stress. Other articles discuss the hemostatic potential in various blood circulation departments, thrombohemorrhagic syndrome as a fundamental basis of general pathology, and effects of the gravisurgical correction of the aggregate state of blood on the functions of some organs and systems in case of ischemic heart disease. Among the five papers in this volume, RASB System and Hemopoiesis by O.K. Gavrilov characterizes the main types of RASB (Regulation of the Aggregate State of Blood

The essential introduction to the principles and applications of feedback systems—now fully revised and expanded This textbook covers the mathematics needed to model, analyze, and design feedback systems. Now more user-friendly than ever, this revised and expanded edition of Feedback Systems is a one-volume resource for students and researchers in mathematics and engineering. It has applications across a range of disciplines that utilize feedback in physical, biological, information, and economic systems. Karl Åström and Richard Murray use techniques from physics, computer science, and operations research to introduce control-oriented modeling. They begin with state space tools for analysis and design, including stability of solutions, Lyapunov functions, reachability, state feedback observability, and estimators. The matrix exponential plays a central role in the analysis of linear control systems, allowing a concise development of many of the key concepts for this class of models. Åström and Murray then develop and explain tools in the frequency domain, including transfer functions, Nyquist analysis, PID control, frequency domain design, and robustness. Features a new chapter on design principles and tools, illustrating the types of problems that can be solved using feedback Includes a new chapter on fundamental limits and new material on the Routh-Hurwitz criterion and root locus plots Provides exercises at the end of every chapter Comes with an electronic solutions manual An ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate students Indispensable for researchers seeking a self-contained resource on control theory