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Chapter 36, The next steps (What Is Planned and Asked For)
The purpose of this package of book and
software is to establish HSP as a routine tool for use in a wide range of
applications from paints to toxicology, from quantum dots to environmental
plastics.
We’ve done what we can to make the
principles clear and to provide working examples across a whole range of
techniques. We’ve tried to make the software as friendly, powerful and useful
as possible – and used every bit of the functionality for our own purposes
in our own work and in writing the book.
We’ve sometimes had to go outside our own
areas of speciality and had to push HSP to the limits of our understanding.
Our hope is that this will be the beginning
of a process. We want feedback from readers/users. We expect criticism for some
of the ideas, we expect that users will find bugs or
limitations in the software. We expect that some of the data in our databases
will be challenged.
Our commitment (backed up by the Abbott
Guarantee) is to keep upgrading the book, software and data in the light of our
own continuing research and in response to user feedback. The many improvements
in the 3rd Edition have shown how serious is our commitment to this
process. At the time of writing this we only have glimpses of what future
editions might hold.
We are acutely aware that we all need more
robust ways for pinning down HSP for old and new chemicals. We’ve done a lot of
background work to refine the current tables, and (thanks to the generosity of
their originators) implemented the Y-MB and Stefanis-Panayiotou
methods. We also continue to have some active programs behind the scene which we believe will deliver further improvements.
But we hope that readers/users will also help in the process, by pointing out
problems, by bringing their own techniques and ideas to help us all.
So now you know that we are doing our bit
to continue the progress on HSP. Our hope is that you will be happy to
contribute to the journey towards fuller understanding and usefulness.
Please contact us at steve@hansen-solubility.com or charles.hansen@get2net.dk or chemneuro@mac.com
Steven Abbott
Charles Hansen
Hiroshi Yamamoto
Version 3.1 November 2010
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