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This book includes a series of reviews on general aspects of biomarker use in the study of psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases and the development of medications involved in their treatment. It describes the pros and cons of the various approaches and covers the...
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Springer
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2019-02-12
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Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Plant endophytes are a potential source for the production of bioactive compounds that can fight against devastating diseases in both plants and humans. Among these endophytic microorganisms, endophytic fungi are one of the dominant group of microorganisms with a...
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Springer
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2019-02-12
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Fungal Biology
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This book introduces readers to intestinal and epidermal barriers, and to toxicity induction of environmental toxicants or stresses in the intestine, epidermis, neurons, muscle, and reproductive organs in Caenorhabditis elegans. In addition, it discusses the protective...
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Springer
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2019-02-12
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One of the world's most respected psychiatrists provides a much-needed new evolutionary framework for making sense of mental illnessWith his classic book Why We Get Sick, Randolph Nesse established the field of evolutionary medicine. Now he returns with a book that...
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Penguin
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2019-02-12
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This book focuses on modules and emergence with self-organization in the life sciences. As Aristotle observed so long ago, the whole is more than the sum of its parts. However, contemporary science is dominated by reductionist concepts and tends to neglect the...
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Springer
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2019-02-12
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Petra Schling gibt in diesem essential einen Überblick über den aktuellen Stand der Forschung zum Thema Geschmack. Dabei betrachtet sie Geschmack als Sinneswahrnehmung, die uns erlaubt, essenzielle Nahrungsbestandteile von Giften zu unterscheiden. Was wir essen hängt...
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Springer Spektrum
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2019-02-11
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Early anthropological evidence for plant use as medicine is 60,000 years old as reported from the Neanderthal grave in Iraq. The importance of plants as medicine is further supported by archeological evidence from Asia and the Middle East. Today, around 1.4 billion...
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Springer
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2019-02-11
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This open access book is an original contribution to the knowledge on fishing and research associated with one of the most enigmatic fish of our seas: bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (L.). Based on available evidence, it reconstructs the possible methods used to catch...
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Springer
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2019-02-07
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Understanding the molecular mechanism of muscle contraction started with the discovery that striated muscle is composed of interdigitating filaments which slide against each other. Sliding filaments and the working-stroke mechanism provide the framework for individual...
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Springer
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2019-02-05
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Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Business Management First Teaching: August 2018 First Exam: May 2019Get your best grade with comprehensive course notes and advice from Scotland's top experts, fully updated for the latest changes to SQA Higher assessment. How to...
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Hodder Gibson
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2019-02-04
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How To Pass - Higher Level
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Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: HistoryGet your best grade with comprehensive course notes and advice from Scotland's top experts.This revision guide contains all the advice and support that you need to revise successfully for your Higher History exam. It...
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Hodder Gibson
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2019-02-04
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How To Pass - Higher Level
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This book is a concerted effort to put together the rapidly growing facets of biological data. It provides a platform for the readers to think about integrative approaches to solve complex biological problems.This fundamental book deals with the simplest concepts of...
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Springer
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2019-02-04
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This book documents the state of the art in the field of ambient assisted living (AAL), highlighting the impressive potential of novel methodologies and technologies to enhance well-being and promote active ageing. The coverage is wide ranging, with sections on care...
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Springer
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2019-02-02
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Chaperokine, is a term that describes the unique function of extracellular heat shock protein (eHsp) as both chaperone and cytokine. The cellular consequence of binding and signaling of eHsp is the stimulation of a potent and long lasting immune response. eHsp induces a...
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Springer
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2019-02-01
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'A gripping new drama in science ... if you want to understand how the concept of life is changing, read this' Professor Andrew Briggs, University of OxfordWhen Darwin set out to explain the origin of species, he made no attempt to answer the deeper question: what is...
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Penguin
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2019-01-31
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Over 7 billion people depend on plants for healthy, productive, secure lives, but few of us stop to consider the origin of the plant kingdom that turned the world green and made our lives possible. And as the human population continues to escalate, our survival depends...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-01-31
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Friedrich Frischknecht gibt einen Einblick in die Malaria und die biologische Komplexität der sie auslösenden Parasiten. Der Autor nimmt den Leser mit auf eine Reise von der historischen Entdeckung der Erreger zu den modernen Methoden der Impfstoffentwicklung. Dabei...
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Springer Spektrum
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2019-01-31
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This book aims to identify, present and discuss key driving forces and pressures on ecosystem services. Ecosystem services are the contributions that ecosystems provide to human well-being. The scope of this atlas is on identifying solutions and lessons to be applied...
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Springer
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2019-01-31
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Avoiding Attack discusses the diversity of mechanisms by which prey avoid predator attacks and explores how such defensive mechanisms have evolved through natural selection. It considers how potential prey avoid detection, how they make themselves unprofitable to...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-01-31
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This book documents the state of the art in the field of ambient assisted living (AAL), highlighting the impressive potential of novel methodologies and technologies to enhance well-being and promote active ageing. It covers a broad range of topics, with sections on...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-01-30
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