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Verlag Unser Wissen Fortgeschrittene Konzepte zu Lipoproteinen
£45.60
Edições Nosso Conhecimento Catálogo da Superfamília Asiloidea
£30.60
Verlag Unser Wissen Krebsentstehung & -fortschritt: mehr Verständnis
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Verlag Unser Wissen Vitamin E als Antioxidans und Entzündungshemmer
£29.75
Verlag Unser Wissen Das Wesentliche über ätherische Öle
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Verlag Unser Wissen Menopauseassoziierte Störungen Beschreibung und Mechanismen
£38.17
Verlag Unser Wissen Ein RandomForestModell zur Klassifizierung von Brustkrebs
£36.10
Verlag Unser Wissen Teleologische Erklärungen im Evolutionsunterricht
£38.40
Edições Nosso Conhecimento Efeito da radiação gama na deterioração póscolheita da espinafre
£29.75
Editions Notre Savoir PCR pour la détection dE. coli chez les patients souffrant de diarrhée
£29.75
Editions Notre Savoir Manuel de laboratoire de biologie moléculaire
£36.99
Verlag Unser Wissen Optimierung der Gammastrahlendosis für chirurgische Nahtmaterialien
£45.60
Edizioni Sapienza Microdelezioni del cromosoma umano 8p
£22.50
Editions Notre Savoir Analyse transcriptomique des glandes salivaires dAnopheles stephensi
£32.30
Gordon and Breach Calcium Ion Modulators: The New Wave of
Book SynopsisThis title primarily focuses on the functional mechanisms and roles of Ca2+ channels in the central nervous system, and the effects of Ca antagonists on cytosolic CA2+ by blocking voltage sensitive channels. These findings are an important contribution to understanding the mechanisms of brain dysfunctions, including Alzheimer's disease, cerebral ischemia and affective disorders, as well as the effects of cytosolic CA2+ modulators on neuronal cell death. In addition the results of clinical trials are reported using typical and atypical Ca antagonists in the treatment of neuropsychiatric diseases.An essential reference to some of the most current and vital research into Ca antagonists as therapeutic agents, this monograph is invaluable for all clinical and pre-clinical researchers active in the multidisciplinary fields of neuroscience, including: psychopharmacology, molecular biology, behavioral pharmacology, neuropharmacology, and electrophysiology and immunology. Investigators of Ca2+ dynamics and brain dysfunction especially will find this book useful in the development of novel drugs to treat neuropsychiatric diseases.
£150.82
Taylor & Francis Ltd Submicron Emulsions in Drug Targeting and
Book SynopsisIt is anticipated that submicron emulsion and lipid suspension will find numerous and novel medical applications in the near future. The purpose of this multi-authore book is to provide the reader with an up-to-date general overview of submicron emulsions and lipid suspensions (solid lipid nanoparticles) as well as to emphasize the various methods of preparation, characerization, evaluation and potential applications in various therapeutic areas.Leading authors have contributed to this unique book which contains all state of the art and detailed knowledge related to the physico-chemical, pharmaceutical and medical aspects of these most interesting but complex dosage forms, thus making this information easily available to the reader. This book will be of interest to scientists working in the field of drug delivery and targeting in universities as well as in the pharmaceutical, food, cosmetic, veterinary and chemical industries.Table of Contents1. Introduction and Overview Part 1. Intravenous Fat Emulsions 2. Perspectives on the Use of Intravenous Lipid Emulsions in Man 3. Particle-Sizing Technologies for Submicron Emulsions 4. Biofate of Fat Emulsions Part 2. Submicron Emulsions as Therapeutic Delivery Systems 5. Design and Evaluation of Submicron Emulsions as Colloidal Drug Carriers for Intravenous Administration 6. Submicron Emulsions as Drug Carriers for Tropical Administration 7. Emulsions of Supercooled Melts - A Novel Drug Delivery System 8. Submicron Lipid Suspensions (Solid Lipid Nanoparticles) Versus Lipid Nanoemulsions: Similarities and Differences 9. Solid Lipid Nanoparticles (SLN) for Controlled Drug Delivery Part 3. Perfluorochemical Submicron Emulsions 10. The Design and Engineering of Oxygen-Delivering Fluorocarbon Emulsions
£199.50
Taylor & Francis Ltd Biotechnology - The Science and the Business
Book SynopsisBiotechnology has not stood still since 1991 when the first edition of Biotechnology - The Science and the Business was published. It was the first book to treat the science and business of technology as an integrated subject and was well received by both students and business professionals. All chapters in this second edition have been updated and revised and some new chapters have been introduced, including one on the use of molecular genetic techniques in forensic science. Experts in the field discuss a range of biotechnologies, including pesticides, the flavor and fragrance industry, oil production, fermentation and protein engineering. On the business side, subjects include managing, financing, and regulation of biotechnology. Some knowledge of the science behind the technologies is assumed, as well as a layperson's view of buying and selling. As with the first edition, it is expected that this book will be of interest to biotechnology undergraduates, postgraduates and those working in the industry, along with students of business, economics, intellectual property law and communications.Table of ContentsSection I: Matters of Business: Managing a Biotechnology Business. Financing Biotechnology Companies. Biotechnology Startups. Patents: Paradigms in Collision. Intellectual Property and Technical Know-How Public Perceptions of Biotechnology. The Regulation of Biotechnology in the United States. The Regulation of Biotechnology in Europe. Communication. Section II: Underlying Technologies and Economics: Polymerase Chain Reaction Development of a Novel Technology in a Corporate Environment. Protein Engineering. Fermentation Technology, Bioprocessing, Scale-up and Manufacture. Feedstocks. Process Economics. Section III: Biotechnology and Industry: The Established Industries. Industrial Chemicals: Fermentation and Immobilized Cells. Industrial Enzymes. New Materials. Biosensors.
£228.00
A A Balkema Publishers Air Pollution and Cultural Heritage
Book SynopsisThis collection includes thirty-six important recent works on the effects of pollutants on heritage sites, including thirty papers delivered to the Seville International Workshop on Air Pollution and Cultural Heritage in 2003, and six invited new additions. All papers have been written by a team of leading international contributors and are divided into five subject areas to cover the main topics of interest today. This volume is aimed at archaeologists and molecular biologists as well as advanced students and researchers in the fields of biodeterioration, building materials, micro-organisms and cultural heritage.Table of ContentsForewordOrganizationPart 1. Aerosols, particulate matter and black crust characterizationPart 2. Effects of air pollution on materials and monumentsPart 3. Techniques for the study of air pollution and monument weatheringPart 4. Soiling and cleaningPart 5. Cultural Heritage policiesAuthor Index
£199.50
CRC Press Advances in Neuroregulation and Neuroprotection
Book SynopsisNeuroregulation is a challenging and rapidly developing field that holds the key to many currently intractable medical conditions from nervous and mental diseases to stress-related disorders. Advances in Neuroregulation mirrors the broad scope of research in this area with topics ranging from new concepts on the immune system and on the action of antidepressants to the evolution and development of the autonomic nervous system. In addition, the latest research findings are presented for behavioural disorders and medical conditions such as ParkinsonÃââs disease, AlzheimerÃââs disease, epilepsy and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Another area of emphasis is the body's responses to stress and the effect of neuroactive agents in the treatment of stress-related conditions. Many chapters are devoted to the progress being made at the cellular and molecular level, including areas such as: - the conditions for culture of different types of neural cells - confo
£65.54
Pan Stanford Publishing Pte Ltd Tuning Innovation with Biotechnology
Book SynopsisThis book deals with evolving intelligence systems and their use in immune algorithm (IM), particle swarm optimization (PSO), bacterial foraging (BF), and hybrid intelligent system to improve plants, robots, etc. It discusses the motivation behind research on and background of evolving intelligence systems and illustrates IM-based approach for parameter estimation required for designing an intelligent system. It approaches optimal intelligent tuning using a hybrid genetic algorithm–particle swarm optimization (GA-PSO) and illustrates hybrid GA-PSO for intelligent tuning of vector system. Table of ContentsBackground. Immune Network–Based Parameter Estimation. Intelligent PID Controller Tuning Using a Hybrid GA-PSO Approach. GA-PSO-Based PI Controller Tuning for Indirect Vector Control of Three-Phase Induction Motor. Novel Hybrid System Based on GA and Bacteria Foraging. Conclusion.
£90.25
Pan Stanford Publishing Pte Ltd Embedding New Technologies into Society: A
Book SynopsisThe embedding of any new technologies in society is challenging. The evolving state of the scientific art, often-unquantifiable risks and ill-defined developmental trajectories have the potential to hinder innovation and/or the commercial success of a technology. The are, however, a number of tools that can now be utilized by stakeholders to bridge the chasm that exists between the science and innovation dimensions on the one hand, and the societal dimensions on the other. This edited volume will draw together leading researchers from the domains of law, philosophy, political science, public administration and the natural sciences in order to demonstrate how tools such as, for example, constructive technology assessment, regulatory governance and societal scenarios, may be employed by stakeholders to assist in successfully embedding new technologies into society. This volume will focus primarily on the embedding of two emergent and emerging technologies: nanotechnologies and synthetic biology. Government, industry and the epistemic community continue to struggle with how best to balance the promised benefits of an emerging technology with concerns about its potential impacts. There is a growing body of literature that has examined these challenges from various cultural, scientific and jurisdictional dimensions. There is, however, much work that still needs to be done; this includes articulating the successes and failures of attempts to the societal embedding of technologies and their associated products. This edited volume is significant and timely, as unlike other books currently on the market, it shall draw from real work experiences and experiments designed anticipate the societal embedding of emerging technologies. This empirical work shall be supported by robust theoretical underpinnings.Table of ContentsIntroduction - Foxes become hedgehogs. Reflexive co-evolution and governance patterns. Governance approaches for emerging technologies. Society as a laboratory to experiment with new technologies. Care and technoscience: re-embedding the future of innovation. Division of moral labour as an element in the governance of emerging technologies. Ethical reflexivity as capacity building: supportive tools and approaches. The demand side of innovation governance: Demand articulation processes in the case of nano-based sensor technologies. Evolving Patterns of Governance of and by Expectations. The Graphene Hype Wave. Transnational challenges of governing new technologies: The case of nanotechnology. Co-Regulation of Nanomaterials: On Collaborative Business Association Activities directed at Contributing to Occupational Health and Safety. The ‘Metamorphosis’ of the drone: the governance challenges of drone technology in border surveillance. On the disruptive potential of 3D printing. Modifying Materials, Mosquitoes and Measures: The Regulation of Nanotechnologies and Synthetic Biology. Conclusions.
£60.79
The University of Chicago Press The Global Pigeon Fieldwork Encounters and
Book SynopsisDrawing on more than three years of fieldwork across three continents, the author traces our complex and often contradictory relationship with these versatile animals in public spaces such as Venice's Piazza San Marco and London's Trafalgar Square and in working-class and immigrant communities of pigeon breeders in New York and Berlin.Trade Review"This is the most important book yet written about human and animal interaction. It is full of surprising discoveries. Colin Jerolmack shows why the topic is important: it reveals what it is like to be human." (Randall Collins, University of Pennsylvania)"
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press The Naturalist in Nicaragua
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The University of Chicago Press A General History of Quadrupeds
Book SynopsisShowcases the author's engraving techniques that allowed text and images to be published on the same page. This book features engravings of over four hundred animals alongside descriptions of their characteristics as scientifically understood at the time.
£19.00
The University of Chicago Press Sharks and People
Book SynopsisAt once feared and revered, sharks have captivated people since our earliest human encounters. Along with photographs, this book tells the compelling story of the natural history of sharks. It also presents photographs that capture the relationship between people and sharks around the globe.
£999.99
University of Chicago Press Philosophy of Pseudoscience
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£94.05
The University of Chicago Press Animals Without Backbones An Introduction to the
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£42.00
The University of Chicago Press Cheetahs of the Serengeti Plains Group Living in
Book SynopsisThis text provides a comprehensive account of carnivore social behaviour. Synthesizing more than a decade of research in the wild, it offers a detailed account of the behaviour and ecology of cheetahs.
£40.85
The University of Chicago Press The Chicago Guide to Landing a Job in Academic
Book SynopsisLeads graduate students and postdoctoral fellows through the perils and rewards of their first job search. This volume covers topics ranging from how to pack an overnight bag without wrinkling a suit to the decision-making processes of hiring committees to selecting the right job to apply for in the first place.Trade Review"I think this book will help a lot of people. It is amazingly comprehensive. The authors don't assume a one-size-fits-all approach, but instead make the reader think hard about what will be the best fit for each situation, by raising the issues they raise and by discussing real-life concerns." - Lynda Delph, associate chair, Department of Biology, Indiana University"
£16.72
The University of Chicago Press Infinite Nature
Book SynopsisExplores some of the myriad perspectives, from the scientific understandings proffered by anthropology, evolution, and ecology, to the promise of environmental responsibility offered by technology and economics, to the designs of nature envisioned in philosophy, law, and religion.Trade Review"A welcome addition to the literature on environmental discourse." (Quarterly Review of Biology) "Infinite Nature takes the reader on a kaleidoscopic journey that provides a comprehensive and evocative description of the multiple perspectives from which we observe, understand, and value nature.... What prevail... are critical, balanced, and well-informed positions." (BioScience) "R. Bruce Hull serves as a highly competent guide, taking readers on richly challenging journeys through twelve dimensions of humanity's relations with nature.... This work is a tour de force: a meticulously fair presentation of issues that engage people's deepest passions.... Highly recommended." (Choice)"
£17.00
The University of Chicago Press The Life of a Leaf
Book SynopsisWhether plant or person, every organism must contend with its immediate physical environment, a world that both limits what organisms can do and offers innumerable opportunities for evolving ways of challenging those limits. This title explains these interactions, examining through the example of the leaf the extraordinary designs.Trade Review"This book is a happy reminder that science can become much less daunting in the hands of an enthusiastic teacher." (London Review of Books) "Steven Vogel capably demonstrates how a scientist can unite micro and macro perspectives in looking at the natural world.... His firsthand account of many of his own experiments, and the joy with which he recounts them, brings the scientific process to life." (Publishers Weekly) "Steven Vogel's obvious enthusiasm for the subject and his skill at writing shine through with clarity and joy." (Library Journal) "This is one of those books that powerfully, and often entertainingly, demystifies science." (Nature)"
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Red Deer Paper Only
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£38.00
The University of Chicago Press The Life of Plants
Book SynopsisThis work is copiously stocked with classic botanical illustrations and contains a comprehensive overview of the world of plants. Of interest to both botanist and amateur, "The Life of Plants" offers a wide-ranging study of the world of plants, and their surrounding environments.
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press Sexy Orchids Make Lousy Lovers and Other Unusual
Book SynopsisThe natural world is full of unusual relationships, and negotiation between life-forms striving to survive is evolution at its most diverse and awe-inspiring. This title takes us on a voyage of discovery into the world of unusual natural histories, focusing on extraordinary interactions involving animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria.Trade Review"Marty Crump's book is a trawl through the whole gamut of weird animal behaviours. Watch out for spine-anointing, toad-chewing hedgehogs; tortoises that stomp the ground to draw up worms; and the mantids of the title that mate more effectively once the female has bitten off their heads. With Crump's thirty-plus years of experience in the field, this beautifully written and charmingly illustrated book combines acute observation with helpful explanation. Nature has never seemed so bizarre and splendid." - Adrian Barnett, New Scientist"
£22.00
The University of Chicago Press Subjects of the World
Book SynopsisBeing human while trying to scientifically study human nature confronts us with our most vexing problem. What we need to move forward in our understanding of human agency, this book argues, is a reform in the way we study ourselves and a long overdue break with traditional humanist thinking.Trade Review"In Davies's bracing book, we get a resounding manifesto for naturalism, in particular as it pertains to our perceived free will (Davies argues that this concept is otiose). His is not the first naturalistic manifesto, but it is arguably one of the most trenchant.... The gauntlet has been cast and it deserves being picked up. The author reminds us that being a coherent naturalist is a serious and difficult philosophical project; as such, this stimulating book should be read by all philosophers interested in the implications of naturalism." (Quarterly Review of Biology)"
£33.25
The University of Chicago Press Animal Ecology
Book SynopsisIn this text, Charles S. Elton introduced and drew together many principles still central to ecology, including succession, niche, food webs, and the links between communities and ecosystems, each of which he illustrated with examples.
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press Running Science Optimizing Training and Performance
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The University of Chicago Press Primate Paradigms Sex Roles and Social Bonds
Book SynopsisThis critical review of behavior patterns in nonhuman primates is a study of the importance of female roles in different social groups and their significance in the evolution of human social life.
£35.15
The University of Chicago Press Dinner with Darwin Food Drink and Evolution
Book SynopsisWhat do eggs, flour, and milk have in common? They form the basis of waffles, of course, but these staples of breakfast bounty also share an evolutionary function: eggs, seeds (from which we derive flour by grinding), and milk have each evolved to nourish offspring. Indeed, ponder the genesis of your breakfast, lunch, or dinner, and you'll soon realize that everything we eat and drink has an evolutionary history. In Dinner with Darwin, join Jonathan Silvertown for a multicourse meal of evolutionary gastronomy, a tantalizing tour of human taste that helps us to understand the origins of our diets and the foods that have been central to them for millennia from spices to spirits. A delectable concoction of coevolution and cookery, gut microbiomes and microherbs, and both the chicken and its egg, Dinner with Darwin reveals that our shopping lists, recipe cards, and restaurant menus don't just contain the ingredients for culinary delight. They also tell a fascinating story about natural sel
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Walden Warming
Book SynopsisTrack the effects of a warming climate on Concord, Massachusetts' plants and animals. This book describes how warming temperatures have altered other aspects, from the dates when ice departs from Walden Pond in late winter, to the arrival of birds in the spring, to the populations of fish, salamanders, and butterflies that live in the woodlands.Trade Review"Walden Warming shows compellingly how a place and its ecosystems can alter dramatically in the face of climate change." (Times Higher Education) "A constant presence throughout this book, Thoreau would be pleased to read this volume, which weaves together science, nature, ethics, and human action as part of a single whole." (Science)
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The University of Chicago Press Sensorimotor Integration
Book SynopsisThe third of a planned group of volumes dealing with reptilian nervous systems. Sensorimotor Integration focuses chiefly on visual and sensorimotor aspects of reptilian neurobiology.Table of ContentsPreface 1 Retinal Structure Ellengene H. Peterson 2 Retinal Function in Turtles Alan M. Granda and David F. Sisson 3 Comparative Analysis of the Primary Visual System of Reptiles Jacques Reperant, Jean-Paul Rio, Roger Ward, Stephane Hergueta, Dom Miceli, and Michel Lemire 4 Optic Tectum Philip S. Ulinski, Dennis M. Dacey, and Martin I. Sereno 5 Anatomy and Physiology of Infrared Sensitivity of Snakes Gerard J. Molenaar 6 Muscle Spindles, Tendon Organs, and Joint Receptors Alan Crowe 7 The Cerebellum Hans J. ten Donkelaar and Gesineke C. Bangma 8 Neuropeptides in the Nervous System Anton J. Reiner
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press In Natures Name An Anthology of Womens Writing
Book SynopsisFrom the late 18th to the early 20th century, hundreds of British women wrote about, and drew from, nature. This anthology includes, essays, travel writing, poetry and fiction, along with a detailed chronology and biography of each author.Trade Review"The hibernating trance is intirely [sic] under the animal's own control, and only in a secondary degree dependant [sic] on the weather.... [The hedgehog] closes its eyes & holds its breath, occasionally it catches a breath in spite of itself with a sobbing gasp. The process looks difficult and highly uncomfortable; and the animal is very cross if interrupted...." - Beatrix Potter, from "Hedgehogs" "In Nature's Name, Barbara Gates's splendid new anthology, is packed with treasures and discoveries. Learned, lavishly illustrated and meticulously annotated, the book is bound to appeal to a range of readers, from feminist scholars to historians of science, from students of Romanticism, Victorianism and modernism to lovers of what one of the nineteenth-century authors represented here described as that 'charming beautifier Dame Nature.' " - Sandra M. Gilbert, coeditor of The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women
£36.00
The University of Chicago Press The Essential Naturalist
Book SynopsisLike nearly various areas of scholarly inquiry, the biological sciences are broken into increasingly narrow fields and subfields, their practitioners divided into ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and more. This title offers a ranging, eclectic collection of writings from more than eight centuries of observations of the natural world.
£127.30
The University of Chicago Press The Skull
Book SynopsisIn this authoritative three-volume reference work, leading researchers bring together current work to provide a comprehensive analysis of the comparative morphology, development, evolution, and functional biology of the skull.
£52.25
The University of Chicago Press The Skull
Book SynopsisIn this authoritative three-volume reference work, leading researchers bring together current work to provide a comprehensive analysis of the comparative morphology, development, evolution, and functional biology of the skull.
£47.50
The University of Chicago Press The Fragmented Forest Island Biogeography Theory
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University of Chicago Press Living New World Monkeys Platyrrhini Volume 1
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The University of Chicago Press Environmental Law for Biologists
Book SynopsisEnvironmental law has an unquestionable effect on the species, ecosystems, and landscapes that biologists studyand vice-versa, as the research of these biologists frequently informs policy. But because many scientists receive little or no legal training, we know relatively little about the precise ways that laws affect biological systemsand, consequently, about how best to improve these laws and better protect our natural resources. With Environmental Law for Biologists, ecologist and lawyer Tristan Kimbrell bridges this gap in legal knowledge. Complete with a concise introduction to environmental law and an appendix describing the most important federal and international statutes and treaties discussed, the book is divided into four broad parts: laws that focus on individual species, like invasive species policies, the Endangered Species Act, and international treaties such as CITES; laws that focus on land, from federal public lands to agricultural regulations and urban planning; laws that focus on water, such as the Clean Water Act; and laws that focus on air, such as the Clean Air Act and international measures meant to mitigate global climate change. Written for working biologists and students alike, this book will be a catalyst for both more effective policy and enhanced research, offering hope for the manifold frictions between science and the law.
£31.00
