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    • Advances in Lipid Research

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 7
      • June 28, 2014
      • Rodolfo Paoletti + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 0 1 8 6 3
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 1 5 2 9 7
      Advances in Lipid Research reviews advances in lipid research and covers topics ranging from lipid histochemistry and control of plasma and liver triglyceride kinetics by carbohydrate metabolism and insulin. Lipid metabolism in tissue culture cells is also discussed, along with the carcinogenicity of steroids and the chemical and biological properties of heated and oxidized fats. Comprised of five chapters, this volume begins with an introduction to the histochemistry of lipids in both its qualitative and quantitative aspects, followed by an analysis of the roles of carbohydrate metabolism and insulin in relation to their control of the metabolism of plasma and liver triglycerides. Lipid metabolism in many tissue culture systems is the subject of the next chapter. The experimental and theoretical aspects of the connection between cancer and steroids are also examined. The last chapter deals with the possible harmful effects of heating dietary fats and how heating may alter the chemical and biological properties of fats. Attention is paid to auto-oxidation, carcinogenicity, and the interaction of heated fats with other dietary components. This monograph will be useful to students, practicing professionals, and research workers in biology and biochemistry.

    • Visual Information Processing

      • 1st Edition
      • June 28, 2014
      • William G. Chase
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 6 0 8 7 7
      Visual Information Processing documents the Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Carnegie Symposium on Cognition, held at the Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 19, 1972. This book compiles papers on the results from ongoing, programmatic research projects that aim to develop information processing models of cognition. The role of visual processes in cognition and language comprehension and explicit computer simulation of the memory-scanning task are discussed in detail. Other topics include the chronometrie studies of the rotation of mental images; function of visual imagery in elementary mathematics; and semantic prerequisites for comprehension. The production system for counting, subitizing, and adding; visual processes in linguistic comprehension; and models of control structures are also deliberated. This publication is a good source for students and researchers interested in images.

    • Advances in Steroid Biochemistry and Pharmacology

      • 1st Edition
      • June 28, 2014
      • M. H. Briggs + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 1 5 7 5 4
      Advances in Steroid Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Volume 4 provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of steroid biochemistry and pharmacology. This book covers a variety of topics, including cellular biochemistry, pituitary hormones, corticosteroids, and steroid hormones. Organized into seven chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the potential effects of steroids on cellular biochemistry. This text then examines the development of sleep-monitoring methods, together with methods of plasma sampling that enable very frequent specimen to be taken without disturbing the subject. Other chapters consider the usefulness of sleep-related growth hormone release in diagnosis in both children and adult. This book discusses as well the versatile effect of corticosteroids on the cellular components of the connective tissue. The final chapter deals with the functioning of the adrenal cortex and its control by adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). This book is a valuable resource for biochemists, histochemists, biologists, pharmacologists, clinicians, and experimental endocrinologists.

    • Mathematical Problem Solving

      • 1st Edition
      • June 28, 2014
      • ALAN H. SCHOENFELD
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Mathematical Problem Solving provides information pertinent to the nature of mathematical thinking at any level. This book provides a framework for the analysis of complex problem-solving behavior. Organized into two parts encompassing 10 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the four qualitatively different aspects of complex intellectual activity, namely, cognitive resources, heuristics, control, and belief systems. This text then presents a series of empirical investigations that flesh out the analytical framework. Other chapters consider the ways that competent problem solvers make the most of the knowledge at their disposal. This book discusses as well the kind s of learning that can result from carefully designed instruction. The final chapter deals with observations made in typical high school classrooms, which serve to indicate some of the sources of students' mathematical behavior. This book is a valuable resource for mathematicians and mathematics teachers. Readers who are interested in higher-order thinking skills in any domain will also find this book useful.

    • Financial Decision Making Under Uncertainty

      • 1st Edition
      • June 28, 2014
      • ANDERSON ANDERSON WEBSTER
      • English
      • Paperback
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        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 9 4 9 9 5
      Financial Decision Making under Uncertainty presents the increasing application of the approach to financial decision making under uncertain to a myriad of practical problems. This book provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of financial theory. Organized into five parts encompassing 13 chapters, this book begins with an overview of formulating a problem as a linear program. This text then discusses the highlights of the theoretical and empirical analysis and then uses the same analytical framework to obtain results on the effect of inflation on the market price of risk. Other chapters consider meaningful utility functions for individual households that can be combined to construct an aggregate demand function for risky assets. This book discusses as well the formulation of the capital expenditure problems. The final chapter examines the case where the regulatory constraint is continuously enforced. This book is a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in financial theory.

    • The Antibody Molecule

      • 1st Edition
      • June 28, 2014
      • Alfred Nisonoff + 2 more
      • F. J. Dixon + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 7 3 8 5 3
      The Antibody Molecule reviews the literature leading to current knowledge of the structure of immunoglobulins. The book begins by outlining some of the basic structural characteristics of immunoglobulins without citing the references on which the information is based. Separate chapters follow covering the chemical nature of the active site of an antibody molecule and mechanisms of interaction with hapten; the general structural features and properties of the various classes of human immunoglobulin; and amino acid sequences of human and mouse L chains and of human and rabbit H chains. Subsequent chapters deal with the evolution of the immunoglobulin classes; special properties of mouse, guinea pig, rabbit, and horse immunoglobulins; idiotypic specificities of immunglobulins; and the genetic control of antibodies. This book is meant for immunologists who have not personally observed the development of this exciting period in the history of immunology. It will also provide useful supplemental reading for the serious student or investigator who wishes to become familiar with the nature of the antibody molecule, its genetic control, and mode of action.

    • Total Pressure Measurements in Vacuum Technology

      • 1st Edition
      • June 28, 2014
      • A. Berman
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 3 6 1 0 0
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 7 3 7 9 2
      Total Pressure Measurements in Vacuum Technology focuses on the measurement of low total pressure in hostile environments or in the presence of magnetic fields. This book emphasizes the general processes and problems involved in measurement techniques and physical principles on which vacuum gauges operate, rather than on the detailed description of the gauges. The design and techniques involved in the use of special instruments that determine “pressure” or gas density, such as pressure converters or radioactive gauges, are also described. This publication is mainly intended for graduate students and research scientists who have a good general background in physics and engineering.

    • Developments in Statistics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 3
      • June 28, 2014
      • Paruchuri R. Krishnaiah
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 6 4 2 0 2
      Development in Statistics, Volume 3 is a collection of papers that deals with asymptotic expansions in parametric statistical theory, orthogonal models for contingency tables, statistical concepts in economic analysis, and an exposition of path analysis. One paper presents an inference model based on a sample of independent identically distributed observations to arrive at a general statistical theory founded on asymptotic methods. Another paper discusses the applicability of statistical concepts to economics and related areas, with emphasis on not-so-obvious applications (known as utility and expected loss). The paper explains information theory concepts for the measurement of income inequality, intergenerational occupational mobility, as well as to first- and second-order moments of univariate and bivariate distributions (such as measurements applied to the cost of living and of real income). One paper notes that the starting point in path analysis is a linear predictor (in the least-squares sense) for one random variable in terms of a number of others. The paper adds that the work of Koopmans and Hood (1953) on econometrics is part of the starting point. Statisticians, economists, mathematicians, students, and professors of calculus or advanced mathematics will surely appreciate the collection.

    • Blood and Tissue Antigens

      • 1st Edition
      • June 28, 2014
      • David Aminoff
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Blood and Tissue Antigens documents the proceedings of the International Symposium on Blood and Tissue Antigens held in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 17-19, 1969. This book focuses on the immunogenetic and biochemical aspects of the blood and tissue antigens. The topics discussed include the genetics of blood groups; blood groups and serum phosphatase; immunogenetics of the mouse H-2 system; and glycolipids as membrane antigens. The carbohydrate composition of epithelial mucins; glycolipids in SV40 and polyoma virus transformed mouse cell lines; and metabolic variations of serum proteins and enzymes are also elaborated. This text likewise covers the action of glycosidases on erythrocytes; blood group specific oligosaccharides in urine; biosynthesis of submaxillary mucins; and genes, glycosyltransferases... and blood types. This publication is a good source for students and individuals researching on blood and tissue antigens.

    • Prehistoric Subsistence on the Southern New England Coast

      • 1st Edition
      • June 28, 2014
      • David J. Bernstein
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 9 9 3 0 3
      Prehistoric Subsistence on the Southern New England Coast examines long-term trends in prehistoric subsistence in the Narragensett Bay region of Southern New England. The results suggest that, unlike other areas of Eastern north America, specialized agriculutral economies did not develop in this region prior to European contact. The book is accessible to both the general reader as well as scholars and students interested in consulting the original data for their own research and analysis.

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