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Acknowledgments
I am indebted to our local library, Dr. Lieselotte Jontes, Dr.
Christian Hasenhüttl, Dr. Johann Delanoy, Franz Jurek, Friedrich
Scheer, and Christian Slamenik for support in literature acquisi-
tion. I express my gratitude to all the scientists who have care-
fully published their results concerning the topics dealt with
here. The book could not have been compiled otherwise.
“For the preparation of the first edition, I would like to
thank Dr. Sina Ebnesajjad for his review and comments on the
manuscript. The previous publisher, Martin Scrivener and the
editorial staff of William Andrew, Inc. were most supportive of
this project, ...