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Handbook of the Biology of Aging

3rd Edition
October 22, 2013
Edward L. Schneider + 1 more
English
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Handbook of The Biology of Aging, Third Edition provides a general overview to a wide scientific audience of some of the most important topics in biomedical gerontology. The book discusses methodologies for biological aging studies and on animal models. Protein modifications with aging, special senses, circadian rhythms, and the adrenocortical axis are tacked in the book as well. Gerontologists, psychologists, health care professionals, and graduate students will find the book useful.

Audubon Wildlife Report 1987

1st Edition
October 2, 2013
Roger L. Di Silvestro
English
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Audubon Wildlife Report 1987 covers important events that highlighted wildlife conservation in 1986. This book is an attempt by the National Audubon Society to gather together much of the diverse data about federal wildlife-policy administration, providing a vast array of data on federal wildlife management and comparative tables on the budgeting process. This text also examines many federal wildlife programs, from the migratory bird protection program, which in a sense gave birth to the federal role in wildlife conservation, to the endangered species program, called as the most important wildlife conservation effort in the world. This publication is valuable to conservationists and individuals interested in federal and state wildlife management.

Advances in Genetics

1st Edition
Volume 83
July 24, 2013
English
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The field of genetics is rapidly evolving, and new medical breakthroughs are occurring as a result of advances in our knowledge of genetics. This series continually publishes important reviews of the broadest interest to geneticists and their colleagues in affiliated disciplines.

The Biology of Animal Viruses

2nd Edition
September 17, 2013
Frank J. Fenner + 2 more
English
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The Biology of Animal Viruses, Second Edition deals with animal viruses focusing on molecular biology and tumor virology. The book reviews the nature, chemical composition, structure, and classification of animal viruses. The text also describes the methods of isolating animal viruses, how these are grown in the laboratory, assayed, purified, and used in biochemical experiments. The book also describes the structure and chemistry of many known viruses such as the papovaviridae, herpes virus, poxvirus, coronavirus, or the Bunyamwera supergroup. The book then explains the structure and function of the animal cell including the cytoplasmic organelles, the nucleus, inhibitors of cell function, and viral multiplication. Other papers discuss in detail the multiplication of the DNA and RNA viruses, whose mechanisms of multiplication differ from those of other viruses. Other papers discuss the known prevention and treatment methods of viral diseases, as well as the epidemiology and evolution of viral diseases resulting from human's disturbance of the biosphere and from medical and experimental innovations. The text can prove useful for immunologists, veterinarians, virologists, molecular researchers, students, and academicians in the field of cellular microbiology and virology.

Desert Biology

1st Edition
September 17, 2013
G. W. Brown
English
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Desert Biology: Special Topics on the Physical and Biological Aspects of Arid Regions, Volume II records the conditions and life in the arid regions of the world. This book discusses the hydrogeology of arid regions, desert soil surfaces and classes, and physical and vegetational aspects of the Sahara Desert. The Piman Indians of the Sonoran Desert, approach to the water relations of desert plants, desert arthropods, and aquatic environments of deserts are also considered. Other topics include the artificial changes in the hydrogeology of deserts, soils of individual world deserts, rainfall and water supply of desert plants, and ecological plant types in arid regions. The hydrature in true xerophytes, chloride accumulation in halophytes, and biological response to desert water conditions are likewise covered in this publication. This volume is recommended for researchers and specialists interested in the hot, dry regions of the planet.

Calcium and Cell Function

1st Edition
September 17, 2013
Wai Yiu Cheung
English
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Molecular Biology: Calcium and Cell Function, Volume VI deals with several topics relating to calcium and cell function. This book consists of nine chapters. Chapter 1 describes the various peptides that recognize calmodulin in a calcium-dependent fashion. Chapter 2 updates the molecular and regulatory properties of calmodulin-dependent phosphodiesterase, while Chapter 3 reviews a calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase. The studies on the biophysical characterization of calmodulin are summarized in Chapter 4. In Chapter 5, the studies on a calcium-dependent protease from human erythrocytes are presented. The problem of an uncontrolled level of calcium that often precipitates toxic consequences is considered in Chapter 6. The role of calcium in meiosis is elaborated in Chapter 7, followed by a discussion on calcium ion involved with the secretory process, emphasizing the secretion of insulin in Chapter 8. The last chapter deliberates the role of photosynthesis, a process that captures the solar energy and sustains all living systems. This publication is a good reference for biologists, medical practitioners, and students researching on the relation of calcium to the physiology and biochemistry of organisms and cells.

Groundwater in the West

1st Edition
September 24, 2013
Zachary A. Smith
English
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Groundwater in the West covers the use, management, laws, and politics of groundwater in the West. The first chapter provides an overview of important groundwater management and policy issues. Each of the subsequent chapters presents a brief description of the water environment in each of the 19 states and the major groundwater regions in the state. These chapters provide a summary of ground water use and consumption by type of consumption, an examination of groundwater problems in the state, and a summary of groundwater law, administration, and regulations. The chapters conclude with a section summarizing groundwater politics (where appropriate) and an evaluation of future potential groundwater management problems. Hydrologists and people involved in groundwater use, control, and management will find the book invaluable.

Aminergic and Peptidergic Receptors

1st Edition
October 22, 2013
E. S. Vizi + 1 more
English
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Advances in Pharmacological Research and Practice, Volume VII: Aminergic and Peptidergic Receptors focuses on how neurotransmitters, drugs, and hormones affect the plasma membrane. Composed of 14 chapters, the book outlines the manner by which presynaptic receptors involved in chemical neurotransmission function. The text then presents various laboratory experiments done to animals to determine how these receptors affect the plasma membrane of these subjects. One of the internal body parts examined is the heart. The variation in sensitivity of opiate receptors is also discussed, focusing on the effect of opioid peptides and morphine on the nigrostriatal axon terminals. The book also discusses the biochemical and pharmacological assets of opiate receptors among mollusks; the upshot of peptides upon biogenic amines of the central nervous system; and how gastrin analogues affect the gastrin receptor of the stomach. This book is a great find for highly trained scholars in the field of receptor research, including biochemists, chemists, pathologists, morphologists, physiologists, and pharmacologists.

Vapour–Liquid Equilibrium Data at Normal Pressures

1st Edition
October 22, 2013
Eduard Hála + 2 more
English
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Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium Data at Normal Pressures presents the direct experimental data of a set of selected systems and correlates the data with the aid of equations expressing the dependence of the activity coefficients or separation functions on the composition of the liquid phase. In the last columns of the tables, the deviations of the calculated from the direct experimental data are presented which give information on the quality of the data and on the flexibility of the correlation relations used. The text also describes the correlation of data in two-, three-, four-, and more than four-component systems.

Spectroscopic Methods of Analysis

1st Edition
October 22, 2013
Gunter Zweig + 1 more
English
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Analytical Methods for Pesticides and Plant Growth Regulators, Volume IX: Spectroscopic Methods of Analysis covers the progress in spectroscopic methods for pesticide analysis. The book discusses the use of high-pressure liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry for the analysis of heat-labile compounds; and the applications of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and related techniques, and visible and ultraviolet spectrophotometry. The text also describes the applications of spectrophotofluorome... infrared spectrometry, and a collection of infrared spectra of important pesticides. Toxicologists, chemists, and people working in pesticide laboratories will find the book invaluable.

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