Editor: Catia Bastioli

C. Vasile

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First Published in 2005 by

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ISBN: 978-1-84735-044-2

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank all of the contributors to this volume for their time and their efforts that went into producing this book, and also for their patience.

I would like to express my sincere appreciation to my Editor, Frances Powers of Rapra Technology Ltd and to her assistant Claire Griffiths for the high quality support during all stages of production of this book. Thanks are also extended to the Graphic Designer, Sandra Hall for typesetting the book and the design of the cover and to John Holmes for producing the Index. I would also like to thank Annalisa Righetti for the handling of the considerable correspondence associated with the book and the organisation of the reviewing...