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Book SynopsisThis volume includes five chapters dealing with some of the latest advances in medicine and biology. Chapter One pontificates on the impact of the sequencing of the human genome on the search for life in the universe. Chapter Two summarizes current understanding of how to assess endothelial dysfunction, main risk factors, mechanisms underlying its development, prognostic implications, and biomarkers. Chapter Three assesses the effects of the hormone irisin on glucose metabolism. Chapter Four highlights the common disorders that need to be considered as a differential diagnosis for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and features that help in their differentiation. Finally, Chapter Five deals with tapered modular femoral components in revision total hip arthroplasty.Table of ContentsPreface; Space Medicine: The Impact of Sequencing Human Genome on the Search for Life in the Universe; Endothelial Dysfunction in Children and Young Adults: Clinical Implications and New Perspectives; Effects of the Hormone Irisin on the Glucose Metabolism; Differential Diagnosis of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder; Tapered Modular Femoral Components in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis volume includes eight chapters which describe recent advances in medicine and biology. Chapter One summarises new therapeutics for the treatment of optic neuritis, a condition involving primary inflammation, demyelination, and axonal injury of the optic nerve. Chapter Two uses animal models of viral myocarditis to study the natural history, genetics, pathogenesis, and clinical manifestation of viral myocarditis in humans. Chapter Three evaluates the functions of fibroblast growth factors in physiological mechanisms, their role in maintaining homeostatic balance, their role in signal transduction regulation, metabolism and interactions between organisms, and their relationship with diseases. Chapter Four investigates the potential of antibiotics to fight against the inherently nonspecific adaptation mechanisms of bacteria. Chapter Five deals with new methodologies for drug development to counter the evolution of mechanisms to resist antibiotics such as efflux pumps in bacteria that cause infectious disease. Chapter Six concerns the development of new therapeutic strategies regarding the involvement of brain neuropeptides in alcohol use disorder. Chapter Seven examines growth promotion and changes in functional constituents through arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi symbiosis in Asian ginseng. Finally, Chapter Eight explicates procedures for postoperative care in thoracic surgery.Table of ContentsPreface; New Perspectives in the Therapeutics of Optic Neuritis; Viral Myocarditis from Animal Models to Human Diseases; Fibroblasts and their Biophysiological Effects; Multidrug Efflux Pump, Adequacy and Multi-Resistance. Is it Possible to Fight against the Inherently Nonspecific Adaptation Mechanism Only with Antibiotics?; Profiles of Genetic Expression Associated with Resistance to Antibiotics; New Methodology for New Drugs Development; Involvement of the Substance P/Neurokinin-1 Receptor System in Alcohol Use Disorders; Growth Promotion and Changes in Functional Constituents through AMF Symbiosis in Asian Ginseng; Postoperative Care in Thoracic Surgery: How to Do It; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis New Edition of our popular Higher Biology Study Guide is entirely up-to-date with the very latest SQA course and exam changes. The CfE Higher Biology Study Guide from Bright Red covers all three units assessed in your SQA exam and also includes a comprehensive Index of key terms. The aim of this revision book from Bright Red is to help you achieve success in your SQA exam by providing you with a concise and engaging coverage of the CfE Higher Biology course material. Each double-page spread within the book provides the key ideas and concepts in a logical and digestible manner. It also contains Internet Links, Don't Forget boxes and Things To Do And Think About features that flag up vital pieces of knowledge and extend your understanding. Extra online tests, links and activities on the free BrightRED Digital Zone offer additional opportunities to boost your learning.Trade ReviewNineteen 5* reviews on Amazon.co.uk: "Very good book"; "Excellent! Clear and concise with no wasted words!"Table of ContentsDNA and the Genome, Metabolism and Survival, Sustainability and Interdependence, Research Skills

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Book SynopsisThis is Volume 9 of the ninth International Symposium on Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine that was held in Lisbon, Portugal in May 2006. It comprises a host of papers from internationally regarded authorities in the field.

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Book SynopsisFinally, Bruce King, acclaimed literary critic, presents his autobiography and offers fascinating insights into his life as bon vivant and literary critic.

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Book SynopsisPhysiology of Pathogen explores how pathogens impact plant functions. Covers fungi toxicity, chemical characteristics, and nematocide effects. Valuable resource for botany and plant pathology students, researchers, and teachers.

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Book SynopsisLectures in Microbiology is a comprehensive guide for undergraduates in CBME curriculum, covering various aspects of microbiology with 10 sections on infections, prevention, and treatment guidelines. Includes illustrations and case studies for effective learning and exam prep.

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Book SynopsisThrough text and illustrations, the book portrays the celebrated Romance philologist Kristian Sandfeld (1873-1942), one of the most influential Danish scholars in the field of Romance languages (Romanistics). Even now, fifty years after his death, Sandfeld's name can still be found in international biographies. Doctor of Philosophy Gunver Skytte does not only address the narrow circle of experts. With her scholarly biography she provides an insight into a chapter of the Danish history of science, elucidated by a great personality and his work. Text in French.

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Book SynopsisHow does one lay the foundations of a science? In 322 BC, Theophrastus (372-286 BC) took over the school of his teacher Aristotle and thus also the first European institution of research, the Lyceum, which he managed for 35 years. One of the objectives of the Lyceum research team was that everything in nature was to be examined, and it was. In posterity, the botanical works of Theophrastus will still be examples of ground-breaking empirical research with long-lasting results. But from where did the project workers get the amount of botanical data, and according to which scientific principles did they process their results? This is the first Danish introduction to the botanical writings of Theophrastus -- one of the real classics of the history of science.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a comprehensive guide for NEET Objective Biology exam, covering Class 11 topics like living world, cell biology, plant and animal kingdoms, and more. It includes previous years' questions, various exercises, and aims to enhance students' time management and strategic approach for the exam.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a comprehensive guide for NEET Objective Biology exam, focusing on Class 12 topics. It includes practice questions from previous years, various question types, and helps students improve time management and strategic approach for the exam.

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Book SynopsisWilson, author of Anthill and The Future of LifeBiologist Rob Dunn reveals the crucial influence that other species have upon our health, our well being, and our world in The Wild Life of Our Bodies—a fascinating tour through the hidden truths of nature and codependence.Trade Review"A pleasure to read. He is not a biologist moonlighting as a writer; he is both. Dunn also does a wonderful job interspersing history, research, and speculation with real-life human beings. He has a natural flair for drama and tension ... a highly readable, informative mashing of ideas and disciplines." -- Boston Globe "Grabbing the reader from the start ... Dunn moves through the answer to these and other questions with a sure use of language, scientific research, and humor-all of which combined keep the reader highly engaged... Mr. Dunn is a thorough and talented writer." -- New York Journal of Books "An extraordinary book about a previously little explored subject. With clarity and charm the author takes the reader into the overlap of medicine, ecology, and evolutionary biology to reveal an important domain of the human condition." -- Edward O. Wilson, University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard University "[Dunn is] a master at applying the principle of administering a spoonful of sugar (i.e., humor) to make the "medicine" of complicated scientific information not merely interesting but gripping. Nothing less than an every-person's handbook for understanding life, great and small, on planet Earth." -- Booklist (starred review) "Adding touches of humor along the way, Dunn deftly explains complex biological systems for the general reader. [...] Highly recommended for nature aficionados, this book should inspire many lively discussions." -- Library Journal

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This Will Change Everything offers seemingly radical but actually feasible ideas with the potential to change the world. " -- Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel

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Book SynopsisExplores the historical and scientific issues that made comparative anatomy central to 19th-century biology and fostered the development of Darwin's theory of evolution.Trade Review'Appel has illuminated brilliantly the French intellectual scene in the 19th century...Under consideration are not only biological aspects of the debate, but also its religious, social and polical backgrounds, and its later influence on evolutionary theory and other modalities of culture and intellect....This beautifully organized, elegantly written book, based on sound research, is recommended strongly to readers interested in the forms and functions of the organism that is science.' The Scientist'Long-awaited and exhilarating study... the definitive modern account... Historians are only now coming to realize how prevalent and important morphological theories were in the pre-Darwinian period. The Cuvier-Geoffroy Debate contributes substantially to this changing historical perspective. Toby Appel's masterly study is destined to become a landmark.' Nature'this is a fascinating, clearly told and meticulously documented ... This is a fine work of scholarship, deserving to be read by all who are interested in the history of biology and palaeontology. Ignore the drab dust jacket and do not be deterred by the lack of enlivening illustration; buy it, read it, and learn much!' William A.S. Sarjeant, University of Saskatchewan, Modern Geology, 1992, Vol. 16Table of ContentsA classic confrontation and its interpretations; Cuvier and Geoffroy: Collaborators on a new science; "Le legislateur de la science" Cuvier and functionalist anatomy; Geoffroy and the emergence of philosophical anatomy; The battle lines are drawn: 1820-1829; The debate before the academie; Beyond the academie: The many uses of the debate; Teleology, morphology, and evolution: The debate and the future of zoology.

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Book SynopsisThis work addresses the question of why minerals form in a large variety of organisms, from bacteria to man. The authors discuss the basic principles of mineral formation by organisms, and compare the various mineralization processes.Trade Review`The authors are to be congratulated on the hard work which has gone into a text which is highly informative, and does not get bogged down in details or dead-ends.' Mineralogical Society'... excellent book ... There is a wealth of new and newly synthesized information, including dozens of previously unpublished scanning electron micrographs ... This lucid and remarkably wide-ranging volume will provide a fine basis for the work to come.' Journal of Geology'The book provides an excellent introduction to the many aspects of the field, with extensive references to the literature. The text is generally very readable, with a smooth flow of words, and not excessively formal. Throughout the work the enthusiasm of the authors and their fascination with the topic shine through. Line drawings and photographs are well reproduced. The book is well bound and should survive frequent use.' C. Sancetta, Marine Geology, 110 (1993)Table of ContentsMinerals and macromolecules; Biomineralization processes; Protoctista; Cnidaria; Mollusca; Arthropoda; Echinodermata; Chordata; Some non-skeletal functions in biomineralization; Environmental influences on biomineralization; Evolution of biomineralization.

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Book SynopsisPracticing scientists know that the quality of their livelihood is strongly connected to the quality of their writing, and critical thinking is the most necessary and valuable tool for effectively generating and communicating scientific information. Writing in the Life Sciences is an innovative, process-based text that gives beginning writers the tools to write about science skillfully by taking a critical thinking approach. Laurence Greene emphasizes writing as thinking as he takes beginning writers through the important stages of planning, drafting, and revising their work. Throughout, he uses focused and systematic critical reading and thinking activities to help scientific writers develop the skills to effectively communicate. Each chapter addresses a particular writing task rather than a specific type of document. The book makes clear which tasks are important for all writing projects (i.e., audience analysis, attending to instructions) and which are unique to a specific writing project (rhetorical goals for each type of document). Ideal for Scientific Writing courses and writing-intensive courses in various science departments (e.g., Biology, Environmental Studies, etc.), this innovative, process-based text goes beyond explaining what scientific writing is and gives students the tools to do it skillfully.Table of ContentsPreface An Introduction to Writing in the Life Sciences Intended Audiences The Culture of Science and Scientific Communication Our Approaches to Successful Scientific Writing A Critical Thinking Approach A Process-based Approach A Problem Solving Approach A Goal-directed Approach An Audience-centered Approach A Discipline-specific and Content-rich Approach Chapter 1: Defining Your Writing Project Chapter Introduction About the Process Analyzing Your Writing Task Attending to Instructions, Guidelines, and Evaluation Criteria Seeking Clarification of Problematic Assignments and Directions Selecting a Topic and Refining a Research Issue Brainstorm topics that inspire your interest and enthusiasm Ask knowledgeable experts for advice on hot research issues Learn about hot research issues from the scientific literature Learn about hot research issues on the Internet Use your task analysis to refine your research issue Add a novel twist to your selected research issue Check ahead for the availability of scientific literature on selected research issues Make sure that you have sufficient time and resources to learn the science on your research issue Learning about Scientific Discourse Conventions Research Papers Review Papers Research Proposals Analyzing Your Audiences Key Questions for Audience Analysis Taking Notes on Your Audience Analysis Searching for Scientific Literature Evaluating the Credibility of Published Scientific Literature Searching for Peer-reviewed Journal Articles: Research Papers and Review Papers Searching for Scientific Books Searching for Scientific Literature on Web Sites Reading to Learn Science Solving Comprehension Problems Reading and Taking Notes on Published Research Papers Summing Up and Stepping Ahead Chapter 2: Developing a Goal-based Plan Chapter Introduction About the Process Setting the Framework for Your Goal-based Plan Distinguishing between Just-Okay Goals and Powerful Rhetorical Goals Devising Strategies for Accomplishing Rhetorical Goals The Structure of a Goal-based Plan Taking Goal-based Planning to Heart Relying Your Experience in Scientific Writing Adopting and Adapting Conventional Guidelines Using Model Papers Applying Your Task and Audience Analyses Using the Helicopter Thinking Method Starting to Draft Revising Your Goal-based Plan Check for whether your rhetorical goals are appropriate for the major sections in which you have placed them Check your rhetorical goals for their content-generating potential Check your rhetorical goals for their audience-affecting potential Check your strategies for their detail and depth Check your strategies for whether they are logically related to their rhetorical goals Summing Up and Stepping Ahead Chapter 3: Generating Content Chapter Introduction About the Process Solo and Collaborative Brainstorming Solo Brainstorming Collaborative Brainstorming Reading for Relevance Interpreting Study Data Interpreting the Statistical Significance of Study Data Interpreting the Practical Significance of Study Data Synthesizing Study Outcomes Focusing on Rhetorical Goals that Require Synthesis Creating a Summary Chart to Guide Synthesis Synthesizing Studies with Similar Conclusions Synthesizing Studies with Contrasting Conclusions Constructing Convincing Scientific Arguments Setting up the Structure of a Scientific Argument Evaluating Published Scientific Arguments Evaluating Research Methods Summing up and Stepping Ahead Chapter 4: Organizing Content and Writing a Draft Chapter Introduction About the Process: Organizing Content Choosing a Design for Your Organizing Plan Taking a Principled Approach to Organizing Content Organizing Your Paper's Major Sections Organizing Your Paper's Subsections Deciding Which Parts of Your Plan to Emphasize About the Process: Writing a Draft: Drafting Titles Drafting Abstracts Drafting Section Headings Drafting Paragraphs Drafting Sentences Drafting Graphics Citing References Avoiding Plagiarism Summing up and Stepping Ahead Chapter 5: Revising Document Design, Global Structure, and Content Chapter Introduction About the Process: Revising for Matters of Document Design About the Process: Revising for Matters of Global Structure Disordered Sections Weak Global Unity Mismatched Organizing Themes Redundancy of Content across Sections About the Process: Revising for Matters of Content Missing Content Ambiguous Content Inaccurate Content Content that Misses the Target on Key Rhetorical Goals Content that Fails to Adequately Address Concerns of Audience Saying Too Little or Too Much Logical Fallacies in Scientific Arguments Revising Graphics Excelling at Collegial Peer Review Apply key methods of independent revision to guide your peer review Take a goal-directed approach to generating feedback Make it constructive criticism Take on the role of writing teacher Encourage dialogue Avoid giving feedback based on personal preferences and pet peeves Summing Up and Stepping Ahead Chapter 6: Revising Paragraphs Chapter Introduction About the Process Revising for Unity Fractured Unity Faded Unity Frazzled Unity Revising Topic Sentences Missing Topic Sentences (when they're needed) Misplaced Topic Sentences Topic Sentences as Broken Promises Vague Topic Sentences Topic Sentences that are Too Specific Revising for Coherence Disordered Ideas Missing Knowledge Links (when they're needed) Oversights of Readers' Expectations Lack of Parallel Structure (when it's needed) Revising for Cohesion Missing Cohesion Cues Misplaced Cohesion Cues Unnecessary Cohesion Cues Revising for Sentence Variety Lack of Variety in Sentence Length Lack of Variety in Sentence Beginnings Lack of Variety in Grammatical Structure Lack of Variety in Tone Revising for Paragraph Design Summing Up and Stepping Ahead Chapter 7: Revising Sentences Chapter Introduction About the Process Revising for Logic and Clarity Illogical Expressions and Comparisons Anthropomorphism Dangling Modifiers Vagueness Unclear Pronoun Reference Illogical Tense Shifts Problematic Shifts in Point of View Misplaced and Awkward Phrasing Inappropriate Emphasis Revising for Style and Structure Weak Subjects and Verbs Misuses of Active Voice and Passive Voice Wordiness Unnecessary Jargon Excessive Separation of Subjects and Verbs Long Noun Trains Lack of Parallel Structure Revising Basic Grammar Errors Sentence Fragments Subject-Verb Disagreement Noun-Pronoun Disagreement Revising for Word Choice Affect, Effect As, Because, Since Amount, Number Compose, Comprise Gender, Sex Less, Few, Fewer, Study, Experiment That, Which Than, Then Who, Whom Revising Punctuation and Mechanics Problems Involving Commas Problems Involving Semicolons Problems Involving Apostrophes Problems Involving Colons Problems Involving Hyphens Problems Involving Quotation Marks Problems Involving Capitalization Revising for Biased and Inadvertently Offensive Language Sexist Language Age-Biased Language Biased Language Involving Ethnic and Racial Groups Summing Up and Stepping Ahead Chapter 8: Rhetorical Goals for Scientific Papers Chapter Introduction Rhetorical Goals for Introduction Sections Rhetorical Goal 1: Present your research issue and explain its unresolved status. Rhetorical Goal 2: Convince readers that your research issue is truly important and therefore worth resolving. Rhetorical Goal 3: State your hypotheses and explain their rationale. Rhetorical Goal 4: Introduce the novel and unique features of your research and writing project. Rhetorical Goal 5: Present the specific purposes of your research and writing project. Rhetorical Goal 6: Present your claims. Rhetorical Goal 7: Describe the methods that you used, or plan to use, in carrying out your study. Rhetorical Goal 8: Justify your use of selected methods. Rhetorical Goals for Results Sections Rhetorical Goal 9: Present the results that are essential for reaching and supporting your conclusions. Rhetorical Goals for Discussion Sections Rhetorical Goal 10: Briefly reintroduce the defining features of your study. Rhetorical Goal 11: State your conclusions and support them with your study's results. Rhetorical Goal 12: Relate your study's outcomes to those from previous studies on your research issue. Rhetorical Goal 13: Discuss the mechanisms that underlie your study's main results, and argue for the most plausible underlying mechanisms (when such an argument is warranted). Rhetorical Goal 14: Acknowledge significant methodological shortcomings to your study, and explain how they may have influenced its outcomes. Rhetorical Goal 15: Discuss the practical implications and applications of your study's results. Rhetorical Goal 16: Propose future studies on your research issue. Rhetorical Goals for the Body of Review Papers Rhetorical Goal 17: Provide essential background knowledge about the studies, critical evaluations, and arguments that are central to your review paper. Rhetorical Goal 18: Summarize the published studies on your topic or research issue. Rhetorical Goal 19: Synthesize the published studies on your topic or research issue. Rhetorical Goal 20: Explain and argue for the mechanisms underlying the results of the published studies you are reviewing. Rhetorical Goal 21: Convince readers to accept your original arguments. Rhetorical Goals for the Conclusion Section of Review Papers Rhetorical Goal 22: Briefly reiterate the key information, ideas, and arguments that were central to the body of your review paper. Rhetorical Goal 23: Suggest future directions and new studies on your paper's topic or research issue. Appendix A. Guidelines for Preparing and Delivering Oral Presentations and Poster Presentations Appendix B: Glossary of Sentence Grammar Terms References Index

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Book SynopsisAimed at the biochemistry undergraduates, this physical chemistry textbook covers a range of matters in a student-friendly manner, with a mix of information followed by worked examples that facilitate the absorption of the topics. It contains problems along with answers at the back of the book.Trade Review"Remarkably efficient [at] putting across conceptually difficult material ... Principles and Problems will continue to be essential reading for biochemistry undergraduates." The Biochemist, June 2002Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ; THE ENERGETICS OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS ; THE RATES OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS ; ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE ; APPENDICES

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Book SynopsisThis textbook teaches statistics in a different way. It is aimed at undergraduate students in the life sciences, and it will also be invaluable for many graduate students. It makes the powerful methods of model formulae and the General Linear Model accessible to undergraduates for the first time. The computer revolution has finally made it possible to teach life sciences undergraduates how to use the statistics they really need to know - this book provides the course materials needed to fulfil that possibility. This text presents the fundamental statistical concepts without being tied to any one statistical package.Trade Review'The book is well laid out and concepts are very well explained by making effective use of diagrams and geometric representations. There are many analyses of example data sets to ilustrate the application the methods and the interpretation of the output'. Biometrics 59, 200-209, March 2003."it is a stepping-stone between one's first statistics course and what one really needs as a professional biologist. That said, it is the best stepping-stone on the market". Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2003."Grafen and Hails have written a very nice book...many examples also serve to highlight design or analysis errors that are commonly made and encourage constructive critism: learning from mistakes is, I think, a very powerful approach." Animal Behaviour 2003Table of ContentsWhy use this book ; 1. An introduction to the analysis of variance ; 2. Regression ; 3. Models, parameters and GLMs ; 4. Using more than one explanatory variable ; 5. Designing experiments - keeping it simple ; 6. Combining continuous and categorical variables ; 7. Interactions - getting more complex ; 8. Checking the models A: Independence ; 9. Checking the models B: The other three assumptions ; 10. Model selection I: Principles of model choice and designed experiments ; 11. Model selection II: Data sets with several explanatory variables ; 12. Random effects ; 13. Categorical data ; 14. What lies beyond? ; Answers to exercises ; Revision section: The basics ; Appendix I: The meaning of p-values and confidence intervals ; Appendix II: Analytical results about variances of sample means ; Appendix III: Probability distributions ; Bibliography

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