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Where will humanity stand at the dawn of the 22nd century? The answer depends on our determination to control the powerful transformations that accompany the beginning of the 21st: unprecedented demographic growth, ageing of populations, irrepressible migratory flows,...
Editeur :
EDP Sciences
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2009-03-01
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Essais
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Cyclin Dependent Kinase 5 provides a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of reviews on the discovery, signaling mechanisms and functions of Cdk5, as well as the potential implication of Cdk5 in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Since the identification of...
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Springer
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2009-02-28
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Environmental epidemiology is the study of the environmental causes of disease in populations and how these risks vary in relation to intensity and duration of exposure and other factors like genetic susceptibility. As such, it is the basic science upon which...
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OUP Oxford
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2009-02-26
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Voor veel mensen, vooral ouderen, is dement worden een schrikbeeld. Je geheugen verliezen, op den duur je partner en kinderen niet meer herkennen, opgenomen worden in een verpleeghuis; je moet er niet aan denken. Leven met dementie is geschreven voor iedereen die zich...
Editeur :
Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
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2009-02-12
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This guidebook is one of the first to give a comprehensive treatment of the basics, aims and methods of biological soil decontamination. It first presents the characteristics of contaminated soils and then moves on to the basics of the microbial degradation of toxic...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-11
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Rapid Infectious Diseases is the fourth book to appear in theRapid series. Each book is designed for short revision covering key facts in a simple and memorable fashion, using well-thought out mnemonics to aid recall This new text provides students in the run-up to...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2009-02-05
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Rapid
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1st Prize, 'New Authored Books' category, Royal Society of Medicine and Society of Authors Medical Book Awards 2008 “Overall, I am impressed by the up-to date information content and structure provided in Bacteriology of Humans. It is truly an ecological perspective...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-01-26
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Marine sediments provide the largest habitat on planet earth, yet knowledge of the structure and function of their flora and fauna continues to be poorly described in current textbooks. This concise, readable introduction to benthic ecology builds upon the strengths of...
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OUP Oxford
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2009-01-22
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Discover Charles Darwin's most important ideas... When the eminent naturalist Charles Darwin returned from South America on board the H.M.S Beagle in 1836, he brought notes and evidence that would form the basis of his landmark theory: that species evolve by a process...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2009-01-01
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Scientific facts can be so complicated that only specialists in a field fully appreciate the details, but the nature of everyday practice that gives rise to these facts should be understandable by everyone interested in science. This book describes how scientists bring...
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Oxford University Press
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2008-12-31
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A presentation of all aspects of neural crest cell origins (embryological and evolutionary) development and evolution; neural crest cell behavior (migration) and anomalies (neurocristopathies and birth defects) that arise from defective neural crest development. The...
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Springer
Parution :
2008-12-28
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Water is fundamental to life and all metabolic reactions are influenced by the aqueous environment in which they occur. Osmoregulation and water balance are therefore absolutely essential topics in animal physiology.
Animal Osmoregulation collates a widely dispersed...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-12-25
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Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 - 1913) was one of the late nineteenth century's most potent intellectual forces. His link to Darwin as co-discoverer of the principle of natural selection alone would have secured him a place in history, but he went on to complete work...
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OUP Oxford
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2008-11-27
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Combating bacterial infections calls for a multidisciplinary approach and this is what is on offer here. Written by an experienced international team of researchers from various fields ranging from biotechnology to traditional medicine, the book provides complete and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-11-21
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Opinion leaders in science and politics examine findings and legislation in alternatives to animal testing! Refine, reduce, replace - These are the three demands that scientists have placed upon themselves in their search for alternatives to animal testing. Indeed much...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-11-20
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This book helps evaluate the state of the art of rhizosphere microbial ecology and biotechnology. Experts in the field review methods and strategies applied to the detection, identification and monitoring of microorganisms in the rhizosphere. Major topics treated...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-09-26
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James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA and author of the international bestseller The Double Helix, tells the story of the amazing molecule since its discovery fifty years ago, following modern genetics from his own Nobel prize-winning work in the...
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Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2008-09-04
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The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and became -- to America's continuing chagrin -- the father of the Chinese missile program.
Editeur :
Basic Books
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2008-08-06
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Candid, provocative, and disarming, this is the widely-praised memoir of the co-discoverer of the double helix of DNA.
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2008-08-06
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This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date account of where we stand in immunological strategies for preventing or treating type 1 diabetes (T1D). Brings together contributions from the leaders in the arena of clinical immunotherapy, not limited to the diabetes field...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2008-07-31
Collection :
Novartis Foundation Symposia
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