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Polyploid and Hybrid Genomics
Chen Z. Jeffrey
Polyploidy plays an important role in biological diversity, trait improvement, and plant species survival. Understanding the evolutionary phenomenon of polyploidy is a key challenge for plant and crop scientists. This book is made up of...
Handbook of Therapeutic Antibodies
Reichert Janice M.
Still the most comprehensive reference source on the development, production and therapeutic application of antibodies, this second edition is thoroughly updated and now has 30% more content. Volume 1 covers selection and engineering strategies...
Biocatalysis and Biomolecular Engineering
Shaw Jei-Fu
An expert overview of new technologies guiding the construction of a sustainable society This compendium of important insights from sixty distinguished international scholars looks at the significant advances in progressive environmental...
Historicising Gender and Sexuality
Spear Jennifer M.
Historicising Gender and Sexuality features a diverse collection of essays that shed new light on the historical intersections between gender and sexuality across time and space. Demonstrates both the particularities of specific formulations of...
Elements of Environmental Chemistry
Hites Ronald A.
From Reviews of the First Edition: «This splendid, at times humorous, and reasonably priced little book has much to commend it to undergraduate chemists and to other science students.» —J. G. Farmer, University of Edinburgh «Complex...
In Vivo Glucose Sensing
Cunningham David D.
In Vivo Glucose Sensing is a key reference for scientists and engineers working on the development of glucose sensing technologies for the management of diabetes and other medical conditions. It discusses the analytical chemistry behind the...
Crystallography and Crystal Defects
Kelly Anthony
Extensively revised and updated, this new edition of a classic text presents a unified approach to crystallography and to the defects found within crystals. The book combines the classical and exact description of symmetry of a perfect crystal...
Global Issues. An Introduction
Seitz John L.
Extensively revised and updated, the new Fourth Edition of Global Issues: An Introduction offers a unique approach to the most important environmental, economic, social, and political concerns of modern life. Revised and updated to reflect the...
Quantitative Modeling in Toxicology
Krishnan Kannan
Governments around the world are passing laws requiring industry to assess the toxicity of the chemicals and products they produce, but to do so while reducing, refining, or even replacing testing on animals. To meet these requirements,...
Heidegger and the Media
Gunkel David
The most significant philosopher of Being, Martin Heidegger has nevertheless largely been ignored within communications studies. This book sets the record straight by demonstrating the profound implications of his unique philosophical project...
Silver in Organic Chemistry
Harmata Michael
The first authoritative book on using silver cations in organic chemistry—for catalysis and more! With more sophisticated catalytic methodologies fueling a resurgence in the study of cation-based chemistry, gold and platinum have stepped to the...
Methods in Physical Chemistry
Schmidt Peter C.
Thanks to the progress made in instruments and techniques, the methods in physical chemistry have developed rapidly over the past few decades, making them increasingly valuable for scientists of many disciplines. These two must-have volumes meet...
Interpretation of Organic Spectra
Ernst Richard R.
Although there are a number of books in this field, most of them lack an introduction of comprehensive analysis of MS and IR spectra, and others do not provide up-to-date information like tandem MS. This book fills the gap. The merit of this...
Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution
Higgs Paul G.
In the current era of complete genome sequencing, Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution provides an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to bioinformatics in the context of evolutionary biology. This accessible text: provides a thorough...
Plant Centromere Biology
Jiang Jiming
Plant Centromere Biology is dedicated to plant centromere research. Chapters cover the structure of centromeres from several plant species including Arabidopsis thaliana, rice, maize, wheat and beet, while other sections cover several unique...
Basic Gas Chromatography
Miller James M.
The New Edition of the Well-Regarded Handbook on Gas Chromatography Since the publication of the highly successful first edition of Basic Gas Chromatography, the practice of chromatography has undergone several notable developments. Basic Gas...
Reframing Academic Leadership
Bolman Lee G.
Colleges and universities constitute a special type of organization; and their complex mission, dynamics, personnel structures, and values require a distinct set of understandings and skills to lead and manage them well. —From the Preface In...
Theorizing Crisis Communication
Seeger Matthew W.
Theorizing Crisis Communication presents a comprehensive review and critique of the broad range of theoretical frameworks designed to explain the role of communication in the development, management, and consequences of natural and man-made...
Calcium Binding Proteins
Kretsinger Robert H.
Calcium Binding Proteins explains the unique and highly diverse functions of calcium in biology, which are realized by calcium binding proteins. The structures and physical characteristics of these calcium binding proteins are described, as well...
Adhesion in Microelectronics
Mittal K. L.
This comprehensive book will provide both fundamental and applied aspects of adhesion pertaining to microelectronics in a single and easily accessible source. Among the topics to be covered include; Various theories or mechanisms of adhesion...
Xenopus Development
Kubiak Jacek Z.
Frogs from the genus Xenopus have long been used as model organisms in basic and biomedical research. These frogs have helped unlock key fundamental developmental and cellular processes that have led to important scientific breakthroughs and...
Heat Conduction
M. ?zisik
The long-awaited revision of the bestseller on heat conduction Heat Conduction, Third Edition is an update of the classic text on heat conduction, replacing some of the coverage of numerical methods with content on micro- and nanoscale heat...
European Media
Negrine Ralph M.
European Media provides a clear, concise account of the structures, dynamics and realities of the changing face of media in Europe. It offers a timely and illuminating appraisal of the issues surrounding the development of new media in Europe...
Conservation Biogeography
Ladle Richard
The Earth’s ecosystems are in the midst of an unprecedented period of change as a result of human action. Many habitats have been completely destroyed or divided into tiny fragments, others have been transformed through the introduction of new...
Tectonic Geomorphology
Burbank Douglas W.
Tectonic geomorphology is the study of the interplay between tectonic and surface processes that shape the landscape in regions of active deformation and at time scales ranging from days to millions of years. Over the past decade, recent...
Marine Geochemistry
Jickells Tim D.
Marine Geochemistry offers a fully comprehensive and integrated treatment of the chemistry of the oceans, their sediments and biota. The first edition of the book received strong critical acclaim and was described as ‘a standard text for years...
Stepping Up to Stepping Out: Helping Students Prepare for Life After College. New Directions for Student Services, Number 138
McClellan George S.
Undergraduate students come to college from a myriad of pathways for a variety of purposes, and the same can be said of them as they leave to head off into their next endeavors. Arguably, the most important goal of higher education is to prepare...
Linguistics
Hengeveld Kees
Linguistics is a comprehensive crosslinguistic introduction to the study of language, and is ideal for students with no background in linguistics. A comprehensive introduction to the study of language, set apart by its inclusion of...
Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Core Principles for Practice
Fisher Jane E.
Learn and apply the 14 core principles of cognitive behavior therapy In this invaluable guide, clinicians will find—identified and summarized by leading researchers and clinicians—fourteen core principles that subsume the more than 400 cognitive...
Forensic Botany. A Practical Guide
Byrd Jason
Forensic Botany: A Practical Guide is an accessible introduction to the way in which botanical evidence is identified, collected and analysed in criminal cases. Increasingly this form of evidence is becoming more important in forensic...
Coastal-Marine Conservation. Science and Policy
Ray G. Carleton
Coastal-Marine Conservation: Science and Policy introduces students and managers to complex conservation and management issues facing coastal nations of the world, their citizens, and international and non-governmental organizations. It aims to...
Multilayer Thin Films. Sequential Assembly of Nanocomposite Materials
Decher Gero
This second, comprehensive edition of the pioneering book in this fi eld has been completely revised and extended, now stretching to two volumes. The result is a comprehensive summary of layer-by-layer assembled, truly hybrid nanomaterials and...
Basin Analysis. Principles and Applications
Allen John R.
Basin Analysis is an up-to-date overview of the essential processes of the formation and evolution of sedimentary basins, and their implications for the development of hydrocarbon resources. The new edition features: A consideration of the...
Biomarkers. In Medicine, Drug Discovery, and Environmental Health
Vaidya Vishal S.
This book provides an introduction to the field of biomarkers, how they have been and can be used, and how different approaches can be used to identify, characterize, and monitor biomarkers. The book has chapters on topics including HIV, Cancer,...
The Excellent Online Instructor. Strategies for Professional Development
Palloff Rena M.
The Excellent Online Instructor is a guide for new and seasoned faculty who teach online, those responsible for training and developing online instructors, and administrators who must evaluate online faculty performance. This comprehensive...
The Technology Toolbelt for Teaching
Manning Susan
Instructors are under pressure to integrate technology into their traditional or online instruction, but often they aren't sure what to do or why they should do it. The Technology Toolbelt for Teaching offers instructors a down-to-earth guide to...
Trellis and Turbo Coding. Iterative and Graph-Based Error Control Coding
Perez Lance C.
This new edition has been extensively revised to reflect the progress in error control coding over the past few years. Over 60% of the material has been completely reworked, and 30% of the material is original. Convolutional, turbo, and low...
High-Density Lipoproteins. Structure, Metabolism, Function and Therapeutics
Kontush Anatol
A complete guide to the role of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) in new and emerging therapies With high-density lipoproteins (HDL) playing an increasing role in cardiovascular disease prevention, there is a growing need for an in-depth look at...
Optical CDMA Networks. Principles, Analysis and Applications
Ghafouri-Shiraz Hooshang
This book focuses heavily on the principles, analysis and applications of code-division multiple-access (CDMA) techniques in optical communication systems and networks. In this book, the authors intimately discuss modern optical networks and...
Bipolar Disorder. Clinical and Neurobiological Foundations
Yatham Lakshmi N.
Bipolar disorder is the most complex psychiatric disorder with different types of mood episodes, subtypes, varied course, and significant co-morbidity. Not surprisingly, this complexity poses unique challenges to clinicians for optimal...
Rainfall. State of the Science
Gebremichael Mekonnen
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 191. Rainfall: State of the Science offers the most up-to-date knowledge on the fundamental and practical aspects of rainfall. Each chapter,...
The Duffing Equation. Nonlinear Oscillators and their Behaviour
Kovacic Ivana
The Duffing Equation: Nonlinear Oscillators and their Behaviour brings together the results of a wealth of disseminated research literature on the Duffing equation, a key engineering model with a vast number of applications in science and...
Hydromechanics. Theory and Fundamentals
Sinaiski Emmanuil G.
Written by an experienced author with a strong background in applications of this field, this monograph provides a comprehensive and detailed account of the theory behind hydromechanics. He includes numerous appendices with mathematical tools,...
Biological Diversity. Exploiters and Exploited
Hatcher Paul E.
Biological Diversity takes a fresh, innovative approach to the teaching of biodiversity. Rather than detailing and cataloguing the major taxa and their evolutionary relationships, the authors have selected 18 groups of organisms and used these...
Changing Cold Environments. A Canadian Perspective
French Hugh M.
Changing Cold Environments; Implications for Global Climate Change is a comprehensive overview of the changing nature of the physical attributes of Canada's cold environments and the implications of these changes to cold environments on a global...
Feuersucher. Die Jagd nach dem Geheimnis der Lebensenergie
Schatz Gottfried
Packend und dennoch wissenschaftlich prazise schildert Gottfried Schatz die leidenschaftlichen Kampfe jener Forscher, die das letzte gro?e Ratsel der Zellatmung losten und die Idee des britischen Biologen Peter Mitchell schlie?lich bestatigten....
Enzybiotics. Antibiotic Enzymes as Drugs and Therapeutics
Villa Tomas G.
Presents the latest research and applications for a new, promising approach to fighting infectious diseases Enzybiotics is a promising way of fighting bacterial or fungal infectious diseases by using viruses or viral-derived lysins. Drawing from...
Melanins and Melanosomes. Biosynthesis, Structure, Physiological and Pathological Functions
Borovansky Jan
The surface pigmentation of vertebrates is controlled by specialized cells able to synthesize a variety of pigments collectively known as melanins. Recent research has shown that melanins are produced not only in the skin but also in many other...
Applied Digital Optics. From Micro-optics to Nanophotonics
Kress Bernard C.
Miniaturization and mass replications have begun to lead the optical industry in the transition from traditional analog to novel digital optics. As digital optics enter the realm of mainstream technology through the worldwide sale of consumer...
Plant Cell Culture. Essential Methods
Anthony Paul
The ability to culture cells is fundamental for mass propagation and as a baseline for the genetic manipulation of plant nuclei and organelles. The introduction to Plant Cell Culture: Essential Methods provides a general background to plant cell...
