The Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society (ISA), Research Triangle Park, N.C., released the third edition of Measurement and Control Basics. New features include coverage of advanced control-loop tuning methods; magnetostrictive displacement pressure transducers; infrared, microwave, nuclear, radar and thermal level instruments; radiation, optical and infrared pyrometers; oxidation-reduction potential measurement; and an updated chapter on programmable logic controllers, PC-based control and human-machine interfaces.