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Endorsements:"The Second Edition of Psychodynamic Perspectives on Aging and Illness is a timely and superb revision which offers health-care professionals working at the mind/body interface a paradigm shift. For far too long, the wisdom of psychoanalysis...
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Springer
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2015-12-07
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The supportive
role of urban spaces in active aging is explored on a world scale in this
unique resource, using the WHO’s Age-Friendly Cities and Community model. Case
studies from the U.S., Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, and elsewhere demonstrate
how the model...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-12-01
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This book focuses on innovative experimental and computational approaches for charting interaction networks in bacterial species. The first part of the volume consists of nine chapters, focusing on biochemical and genetics and genomics approaches including yeast two...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-11-30
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This book places grapes in the context of their family, the Vitaceae. It begins by focusing on the relationship of the family to other angiosperms and the interrelationships and characteristics of its genera. Two chapters emphasize the structure and development of its...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-11-27
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This volume thoroughly examines breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs), from basic definitions to techniques for identifying, isolating, culturing, and targeting BCSCs for therapy; there is additional focus on pre-clinical and clinical results. The text begins with a...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-11-26
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This book focuses on early germination, one of maize germplasm most important strategies for adapting to drought-induced stress. Some genotypes have the ability to adapt by either reducing water losses or by increasing water uptake. Drought tolerance is also an adaptive...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-11-20
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This book is a compilation of the most challenging and significant chapters on the diagnosis and management of important bacterial, fungal, viral, viroid, phytoplasma, non parasitic diseases and various physiological disorders, in various crops. The chapters have been...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-11-19
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This book provides the first comprehensive overview of a new scientific discipline termed Geroscience. Geroscience examines the molecular and cellular mechanisms that might explain why aging is the main risk factor for most chronic diseases affecting the elderly...
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Springer
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2015-11-10
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Mit diesem Jahrbuch informiert die gemeinnützige Gesellschaft über ihre Aufgaben und Ziele. Sie pflegt und fördert mit ihren 310 Mitgliedern die Zusammenarbeit unter den im Großraum Berlin tätigen Wissenschaftlern aller Disziplinen und Institutionen, bietet besonders...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-11-03
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This book looks at the relationships between the physical-social environment and the elderly in Europe and Latin America, from the Environmental Gerontology perspective and through geographical and psychosocial approaches. It addresses the main environmental issues of...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-11-03
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Photosynthesis is one of the most important processes that affects all life on Earth, and, even now in the twenty-first century, it is still being studied and tested by scientists, chemists, and botanists. Regardless of politics or opinion, climate change is one of the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Scrivener
Parution :
2015-11-02
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This book presents a comprehensive overview of the current understanding of the organization of endogenous lung stem and progenitor cell compartments during fetal lung development, postnatal lung growth and in adulthood. Progressing stage by stage, the chapters on fetal...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-10-31
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The aim of this volume is to describe the latest advances in microscopic methods, including integrated techniques, as applied to mycology. Each chapter will provide a brief overview of a particular microscopic method with associated advantages and limitations, the...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-10-30
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Emerging and re-emerging pathogens pose several challenges to diagnosis, treatment, and public health surveillance, primarily because pathogen identification is a difficult and time-consuming process due to the “novel” nature of the agent. Proper identification requires...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2015-10-29
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?This book provides an overview of circadian rhythms and cellular networks in their relation to biological systems and dynamical medicine. Six concise chapters explore circadian cell rhythms and biomarkers in inflammation, cardiovascular disease, cancer, depression, and...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-10-27
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This is the thirteenth volume in a series which presents current understanding of stem cells and cancer stem cells.This book presents many relevant topics including the different sources of cancer stem cells: the features, roles and clinical potential of stem cells...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-10-26
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This book covers the latest developments in the physical biology of proteins and peptides. Key insights into microscopic and macroscopic approaches to describe biologically relevant macromolecules and their interactions are provided.This book also covers a wide range of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-22
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This book introduces readers to classical population genetics and the ways in which it can be applied to practical problems, including testing for natural selection, genetic drift, genetic differentiation, population structuring, gene flow and linkage disequilibrium. It...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-10-16
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This comprehensive volume explores functions, pathologies, and applications of stem cells in relation to the niches in which they develop. Ten chapters cover the subject in depth, from a historical perspective through signaling, hormonal control, quiescence,...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-10-15
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Programmed cell death (PCD) is a genetically encoded, active process which results in the death of individual cells, tissues, or whole organs. PCD plays an essential role in plant development and defense, and occurs throughout a plant’s lifecycle from the death of the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-08
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