I would like to express my sincere appreciation for the many helpful suggestions received from a number of anonymous reviewers and the many resources of Academic Press/Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier. Specifically, I would like to thank Alan Cherry, Ross Bengel, Patricia Douglas, Jeff Gale, Jim Healy, Charles Higgins, Michael Lovelady, John Mellen, Jon Saxon, David Offenberg, Chris Manning, and Maria Quijada for their constructive comments.
I would also like to thank Scott Bentley, Executive Editor at Elsevier/Academic Press/Butterworth-Heinemann, for his ongoing support and guidance, as well as Editorial Project Manager Kathleen Paoni and Production Project Manager Marilyn Rash.