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This book addresses the developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD), a new medical concept that demonstrates that various adult diseases start in the fetal period. It discusses our current understanding of the molecular mechanisms of DOHaD, including gene body...
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Springer
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2018-06-28
Collection :
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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This book contains a collection of studies that have been conducted among older residents in Singapore. Different methods, from surveys to crowd sourcing, have been used to investigate the older adults’ lived experiences and social participation in the...
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Springer
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2018-06-28
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This book looks at where stem cell technology is presently and how it is instrumental in advancing the field of disease modeling and cell transplantation. By focusing on major human disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, and heart disorders,...
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Springer
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2018-06-27
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Mit dem Anstieg der Lebenserwartung in Europa geht ein Wandel der Erwerbs- und Lebensverläufe einher, die durch Brüche und Wechsel der beruflichen Tätigkeiten geprägt sind. Ein zentrales Anliegen ist daher, jedem die Teilhabe am Erwerbsleben über den gesamten...
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Springer
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2018-06-20
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Our understanding of the genetic and developmental mechanisms underlying scoliosis is rapidly evolving, this timely second edition of The Genetics and Development of Scoliosis is to provide researchers, clinicians, and students with the most current views in this...
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Springer
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2018-06-12
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Sozialraumorientierte Handlungsansätze gewinnen auch in der Altenarbeit zunehmend an Bedeutung. Die vorliegende Studie hat mit qualitativen und quantitativen Forschungszugängen derzeitige Bezüge zwischen stationären Altenpflegeeinrichtungen und dem Sozialraum in der...
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Springer VS
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2018-06-12
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This book provides important insights into the operating principles of plants by highlighting the relationship between structure and function. It describes the quantitative determination of structural and mechanical parameters, such as the material properties of a...
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Springer
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2018-06-09
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Most crop plants grow in environments that are suboptimal, which prevents the plants from attaining their full genetic potential for growth and reproduction. Stress due to abiotic and biotic agents has a significant effect on world food production. Annually, an...
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Springer
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2018-06-07
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This book provides new insights into the universality of biological systems in animal reproduction and development by a comparative study of a variety of mechanisms in animals ranging from basal invertebrates to vertebrates, including mammals.Animals accomplish genetic...
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Springer
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2018-06-01
Collection :
Diversity and Commonality in Animals
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This book provides an expert view into the current technologies that are revolutionizing the field of solid organ transplantation.This unique book provides insight into progress made in areas spanning robotic surgery to tissue engineering and also gives a glimpse into...
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Springer
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2018-05-23
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This open access book provides a comprehensive perspective on the concept of ageism, its origins, the manifestation and consequences of ageism, as well as ways to respond to and research ageism. The book represents a collaborative effort of...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-05-22
Collection :
International Perspectives on Aging
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Crustaceans are increasingly being used as model organisms in all fields of biology, including neurobiology, developmental biology, animal physiology, evolutionary ecology, biogeography, and resource management.Crustaceans have a very wide range of phenotypes and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-05-22
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This volume provides insight into the pivotal roles of stem cells, exosomes and other microvesicles in biofunction and molecular mechanisms and their therapeutic potential in translational nanomedicine. It further highlights evidence from recent studies as to how stem...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-05-12
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In light of demographic change and the growing problems of traditional old-age security systems, this book discusses two essential instruments in connection with privately providing for old-age security: (1) savings in private pension schemes and (2) building up equity...
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Springer
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2018-05-10
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Poisonous mushrooms have fascinated scientists and laypersons alike for thousands of years. Almost all mushroom fatalities are due to the genus Amanita, whose poetic common names (death cap, destroying angel) attest to their lethality. In his classic 1986 book, Theodor...
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Springer
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2018-05-09
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This book presents the "New Vision 2050," which adds the concept of the “platinum society” to the “Vision 2050”.The 20th century was a century in which energy led the development of material civilization, resulting in deletion of resources, global warming and climate...
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Springer
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2018-05-04
Collection :
Science for Sustainable Societies
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We like to think of ourselves as highly evolved. But if we are evolution's greatest creation, why are we so badly designed?We have retinas that face backward, we must find vitamins and nutrients in our diets that other animals simply make for themselves and millions of...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2018-05-03
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This book presents a unique geographical perspective on issues of transport and mobility for ageing populations. Society is ageing across the globe. As well as living longer, older people are fitter, healthier and more active than previous generations were. There is...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-04-30
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This book presents and discusses recent scientific progress on Cell and Stem Cell Engineering. It predominantly focuses on Biological, Physical and Technical Basics, and features new trends of research reaching far into the 21st century.
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Springer
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2018-04-11
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This open access book offers new insights into the ageing-migration nexus and the nature of home. Documenting the hidden world of France’s migrant worker hostels, it explores why older North and West African men continue to live past retirement age in this sub-standard...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-03-29
Collection :
IMISCOE Research Series
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