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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Seeds of Memory: Botanical Legacies of the African Diaspora.- Did Enslaved Africans Spark South Carolina's 18th-Century Rice Boom?.- African Origins of Sesame Cultivation in the Americas.- By the Rivers of Babylon: The Lowcountry Basket in Slavery and Freedom.- Gathering, Buying, and Growing Sweetgrass (Muhlenbergia sericea): Urbanization and Social Networking in the Sweetgrass Basket-Making Industry of Lowcountry South Carolina.- Marketing, Culture and Conservation Value of NTFPs: A Case Study of Afro-Ecuadorian Use of Piquigua (Heteropsis ecuadorensis, Araceae).- Berimbau de Barriga: Musical Ethnobotany of the Afro-Brazilian Diaspora.- Trans-Atlantic Diaspora Ethnobotany: Legacies of West African and Iberian Mediterranean Migration in Central Cuba.- What Makes a Plant Magical? Symbolism and Sacred Herbs in Afro-Surinamese Winti Rituals.- Medicinal and Cooling Teas of Barbados.- Candomble's Cosmic Tree and Brazil's Ficus Species.- Exploring Biocultural Contexts: ComparaTrade ReviewFrom the reviews:“This fascinating book, written by inquisitive authors, should be required reading for ethnoecological scholars. It documents the essential importance of African peoples and plants in the Americas through fruitful methodological syntheses of ethnobotanical and ethnoecological approaches, both diachronic and synchronic.” (Egleé L. Zent, Ethnobiology Letters, Vol. 4, October, 2013)“A rich and exciting volume that joins a burgeoning effort to widen the ethnobotanical gaze, embracing the dynamisms of diaspora, migration, and disturbance. … volume will find great utility among scholars of ethnobotany, per se, but most any reader interested in the human–environment interface will find value in its clear prose and probing of historical discussions. The volume will make an effective course reader for undergraduates in geography, anthropology, and other disciplines, as it provides a compelling window into contemporary research methodologies and approaches.” (Case Watkins, The AAG Review of Books, Vol. 1 (4), 2013)Table of Contents1. Introduction (Robert Voeks and John Rashford)Crops and Cultivators2. Seeds of Memory: Botanical Legacies of the African Diaspora (Judith Carney)3. Did Enslaved Africans Spark South Carolina’s 18th-Century Rice Boom? (Stanley B. Alpern) 4. African Origins of Sesame Cultivation in the Americas (Dorothea Bedigian)Handicrafts and Crafters5. By the Rivers of Babylon: The Lowcountry Basket in Slavery and Freedom (Dale Rosengarten)6. Gathering, Buying, and Growing Sweetgrass (Muhlenbergia sericea): Urbanization and Social Networking in the Sweetgrass Basket-Making Industry of Lowcountry South Carolina (Patrick T. Hurley, Brian Grabbatin, Cari Goetcheus, and Angela Halfacre)7. Marketing, Culture and Conservation Value of NTFPs: A Case Study of Afro-Ecuadorian Use of Piquigua (Heteropsis ecuadorensis, Araceae) (Maria Fadiman)8. Berimbau de Barriga: Musical Ethnobotany of the Afro-Brazilian Diaspora (James Sera and Robert Voeks)Medicinal and Spiritual Ethnofloras9. Trans-Atlantic Diaspora Ethnobotany: Legacies of West African and Iberian Mediterranean Migration in Central Cuba (Erica Moret) 10. What Makes a Plant Magical? Symbolism and Sacred Herbs in Afro-Surinamese Winti Rituals (Tinde van Andel, Sofie Ruysschaert, Kobeke Van de Putte, and Sara Groenendijk)11. Medicinal and Cooling Teas of Barbados (Sonia Peter)Ethnobotanical Continuity and Change12. Candomble's Cosmic Tree and Brazil's Ficus Species (John Rashford)13. Exploring Biocultural Contexts: Comparative Woody Plant Knowledge of an Indigenous and Afro-American Maroon Community in Suriname, South America (Bruce Hoffman)14. Ethnobotany of Brazil’s African Diaspora: The Role of Floristic Homogenization (Robert Voeks)

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Book SynopsisThis Brief defines competitive intelligence (CI) as a tool for making investment decisions within the pharmaceutical industry. It provides an overview of processes that the regulatory affairs professional must take into account when evaluating data impacting product-based risk evaluations. These apply particularly to evaluations that focus on outputs such as regulatory approval, or the commercial impact of product labeling on the sales forecast over a limited timeframe. The Brief also provides an overview of intellectual property assessment that can impact a product''s lifespan on the market due to patent protection itself (or loss of patent protection) or via regulatory exclusivity. Case examples are discussed to illustrate the importance of keeping up with the ever-changing regulations, and how to interpret them in the context of CI. In addition, there is a section on virtual data rooms (VDRs) which currently function as the cornerstone of due diligence investigations. While aimed pTable of ContentsThis Brief defines competitive intelligence (CI) as a tool for making investment decisions within the pharmaceutical industry. It provides an overview of processes that the regulatory affairs professional must take into account when evaluating data impacting product-based risk evaluations. These apply particularly to evaluations that focus on outputs such as regulatory approval, or the commercial impact of product labeling on the sales forecast over a limited timeframe. The Brief also provides an overview of intellectual property assessment that can impact a product’s lifespan on the market due to patent protection itself (or loss of patent protection) or via regulatory exclusivity. Case examples are discussed to illustrate the importance of keeping up with the ever-changing regulations, and how to interpret them in the context of CI. In addition, there is a section on virtual data rooms (VDRs) which currently function as the cornerstone of due diligence investigations. While aimed primarily at regulatory affairs professionals in the United States, this publication provides a useful adjunct for other pharmaceutical executives, especially those new to product-based investments, and regulatory affairs professionals in other regions. ​Table of contents: Introduction to Competitive Intelligence.- Overall Perspective of Due Diligence Investigations and Processes.- The Regulatory Functional Review – Primary Roles.- The On-Site Due Diligence/Data Room Meeting and Interactions with other Functional Area Experts.- Intellectual Property.- The Final Report.- Competitive Intelligence Summary.

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Book SynopsisApproximately twenty years ago the Sensory Evaluation Division of the Institute of Food Technologists sponsored the preparation of a set of exercises titled “Guidelines for Laboratory Exercises for a Course in Sensory Evaluation of Foods,” edited by one of the co-authors (Heymann).Table of ContentsSection A. Introductory Material and General Instructions.- 1. Introduction for Students.- 2. Introduction for Instructors and Teaching Assistants.- Section B. Eleven Laboratory Exercises in Sensory Evaluation.- 3. Screening panelists using simple sensory tests.- 4. Comparison of discrimination test methods.- 5. Forced choice thresholds using an ascending method of limits.- 6. Signal Detection Theory and the Effect of Criterion on Response.- 7. Sweetness of fructose and sucrose determined by different scaling methods.- 8. Time-intensity scaling.- 9. Flavor Profile Method.- 10. Introduction to Descriptive Analysis.- 11. Use of Reference Standard in Panel Training.- 12. Acceptance and Preference Testing.- 13. Optimization by ad libitum Mixing and the Just-About-Right Scale.- Section C: Brief Exercises and Group Projects.- 14. Group Exercise in Descriptive Analysis.- 15. Brief exercises.- Section D. Statistical Problem Sets for Sensory Evaluation.- Chapter 16: Sample Problem Sets for Statistics.- Exercise 1. Means, standard deviations, standard errors.- Exercise 2. Binomial-based statistics for discrimination tests.- Exercise 3: The t-tests.- Exercise 4. Simple Correlation.- Exercise 5. One and two-way ANOVA.- Exercise 6. Planned comparisons of means following ANOVA.- Exercise 7. Rank order tests.- Appendix. Sample data sets and open tables for calculations.

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Book SynopsisAfter the introduction of the optical microscope, a second breakthrough in morphostructural surface analysis occurred in the 1940s with the development of the scanning electron microscope (SEM), which, instead of light (i.Table of ContentsPart I. The Basics of Atomic Force Microscopy How the Atomic Force Microscope Works Davide Ricci and Pier Carlo Braga Imaging Methods in Atomic Force Microscopy Davide Ricci and Pier Carlo Braga Recognizing and Avoiding Artifacts in AFM Imaging Davide Ricci and Pier Carlo Braga Advanced Biosensing Using Micromechanical Cantilever Arrays Martin Hegner and Youri Arntz Part II. Morphostructural Analysis of Cellular Structures Analysis of Human Fibroblasts by Atomic Force Microscopy Gillian R. Bushell, Colm Cahill, Sverre Myhra, and Gregory S. Watson Corneal Tissue Observed by Atomic Force Microscopy Stylliani Lydataki, Miltiadis K. Tsilimbaris, Eric S. Lesniewska, Alain Bron, and Iannis G. Pallikaris AFM Study of Surface Structure Changes in Mouse Spermatozoa Associated With Maturation Hiroko Takano and Kazuhiro Abe Calculation of Cuticle Step Heights from AFM Images of Outer Surfaces of Human Hair James R. Smith Imaging Living Chondrocyte Surface Structures With AFM Contact Mode Gerlinde Bischoff, Anke Bernstein, David Wohlrab, and Hans-Joachim Hein Growth Cones of Living Neurons Probed by Atomic Force Microscopy Davide Ricci, Massimo Grattarola, and Mariateresa Tedesco Evaluating Demineralization and Mechanical Properties of Human Dentin With AFM Grayson W. Marshall, Jr., Sally J. Marshall, Mehdi Balooch, and John H. Kinney Applying Atomic Force Microscopy to Studies in Cardiac Physiology Jason J. Davis, Trevor Powell, and H. Allen O. Hill Imaging Bacterial Shape, Surface, and Appendages Before and After Treatments With Antibiotics Pier Carlo Braga and Davide Ricci Part III. Subcellular Structures Investigation Visualizing Nuclear Structure In Situ by Atomic Force Microscopy Luis Felipe Jiménez-García and María de Lourdes Segura-Valdez Imaging Surface andSubmembranous Structures in Living Cells With the Atomic Force Microscope: Notes and Tricks Filip Braet and Eddie Wisse Atomic Force Microscopy of Protein Complexes Olga I. Kiselyova and Igor V. Yaminsky Atomic Force Microscopy of Interfacial Monomolecular Films of Pulmonary Surfactant Kaushik Nag, Robert R. Harbottle, Amiyo K. Panda, and Nils O. Petersen High-Resolution Analysis of the 3D Organization of Human Metaphase Chromosomes Stefan Thalhammer, Pietro Gobbi, Mirella Falconi, Giovanni Mazzotti, and Wolfgang M. Heckl Shape and Volume of Living Aldosterone-Sensitive Cells Imaged With the Atomic Force Microscope Stefan W. Schneider, Rainer Matzke, Manfred Radmacher, and Hans Oberleithner Localization of Epithelial Sodium Channels by Atomic Force Microscopy Peter R. Smith and Dale J. Benos High-Resolution Imaging of Bacteriorhodopsin by Atomic Force Microscopy Dimitrios Fotiadis and Andreas Engel Part IV. Functional Investigations With AFM Measurement of Mechanical Properties of Intact Endothelial Cells in Fresh Arteries Hiroshi Miyazaki and Kozaburo Hayashi Observation of Oxidative Stress on Yeast Cells Ricardo de Souza Pereira Lymphoblastoid Cells Exposed to Low-Frequency Magnetic Fields: Study by Atomic Force Microscopy Settimio Grimaldi, Marco Girasole, and Antonio Cricenti Sample Preparation Method for Observing RNA Polymerase Activity by Atomic Force Microscopy Sandor Kasas Atomic Force Microscopy of b-Amyloid: Static and Dynamic Studies of Nanostructure and Its Formation Justin Legleiter and Tomasz Kowalewski How to Build Up Biosensors With the Cantilever of the Atomic Force Microscope Ricardo de Souza Pereira Measurement of Single Molecular Interactions by Dynamic Force Microscopy Martin Hegner, Wilfried Grange, and Patricia Bertoncini Index

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Book SynopsisStarting from a comprehensive quantum mechanical description, this book introduces the optical (IR, Raman, UV/Vis, CD, fluorescence and laser spectroscopy) and magnetic resonance (1D and 2D-NMR, ESR) techniques.Table of Contentsand Future of Site-Directed Spin Labeling of Membrane Proteins.- Instrumentation and Experimental Setup.- Advanced ESR Spectroscopy in Membrane Biophysics.- Practical Pulsed Dipolar ESR (DEER).- Membrane Protein Structure and Dynamics Studied by Site-Directed Spin-Labeling ESR.- High-Field ESR Spectroscopy in Membrane and Protein Biophysics.

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Book SynopsisAs a scientist with an interest in proteins you will, at some time in your career, isolate an enzyme that turns out to be yellow—or perhaps you already have. Alternatively, you may identify a polypeptide sequence that is related to known flavin-containing proteins. This may, or may not, be your first encounter with flavoproteins. However, even if you are an old hand in the field, you may not have exploited the full range of experimental approaches applicable to the study of flavoproteins. We hope that Flavoprotein Protocols will encourage you to do so. In this volume we have sought to bring together a range of experimental methods of value to researchers with an interest in flavoproteins, whether or not these researchers have experience in this area. A broad range of techniques, from the everyday to the more specialized, is described by scientists who are experts in their fields and who have ext- sive practical experience with flavoproteins. The wide range of approaches, from wet chemistry to dry computation, has, as a consequence, demanded a range of formats. Where appropriate (particularly for analytical methods) the protocol described is laid out in easy-to-follow steps. In other cases (e. g. , the more advanced spectroscopies and computational methods) it is far more apt to describe the general approach and relevance of the methods. We hope this wide-ranging approach will sow the seeds of many future collaborations - tween laboratories and further our knowledge and understanding of how f- voproteins work.Trade Review"A detailed analysis of flavoproteins will be of value for investigators working with flavin enzymes whether studying mechanisms or searching for inhibitors. Chapters on chemical syntheses and the use of analogs provide useful information on approaches to both of these areas.."-Doodys Health Sciences Book Review JournalTable of ContentsUV-Visible Spectroscopy as a Tool to Study Flavoproteins, Peter Macheroux. Identifying and Quantitating FAD and FMN in Simple and in Iron-Sulfur-Containing Flavoproteins, Alessandro Aliverti, Bruno Curti, and Maria Antonietta Vanoni. Fluorescence Analysis of Flavoproteins, Andrew W. Munro and Michael A. Noble. Potentiometric Measurement of Oxidation-Reduction Potential, Stephen G. Mayhew. Flavoprotein Kinetics, Willem J. H. van Berkel, Jacques A. E. Benen, Michel H. M. Eppink, and Marco W. Fraaije. Application of Freeze Quenching to the Study of Rapid Reactions in Flavoproteins, W. John Ingledew. Application of Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) for Detection and Characterization of Flavoprotein Semiquinones, Marat B. Murataliev. Circular Dichroism Studies of Flavoproteins, Andrew W. Munro, Sharon M. Kelly, and Nicholas C. Price. Vibrational Spectroscopy of Flavoproteins, Iain D. G. Macdonald. NMR of Flavoproteins, Jacques Vervoort and Marco Hefti. Flavoprotein Resolution and Reconstitution, Florence Lederer, Heinz Rüterjans, and Garrit Fleischmann. Flavoenzyme Structure and Function: Approaches Using Flavin Analogues, Dale Edmondson and Sandro Ghisla. Identification of Covalent Flavoproteins and Analysis of the Covalent Link, Nigel S. Scrutton. Flavin Synthesis and Incorporation into Synthetic Peptides, R. Eryl Sharp and P. Leslie Dutton. Computational Methods in Flavin Research, Lars Ridder, Hans Zuilhof, Jacques Vervoort, and Ivonne M. C. M. Rietjens. Flavins and Flavoenzymes in Diagnosis and Therapy, Katja Becker, Markus Schirmer, Stefan Kanzok, and R. Heiner Schirmer.

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