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Methods in Psychological Physiology, Volume 3: Electrical Stimulation Research Techniques is a compilation of papers that focus on the different theories and techniques of electrical stimulation and its applications to psychology. The first five chapters cover...
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Academic Press
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2013-07-10
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Hibernation and Torpor in Mammals and Birds explores the physiological factors that control hibernation and torpor in birds and mammals. This text covers topics ranging from metabolism in hibernation to the role of endocrines, respiration and acid-base state in...
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Academic Press
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2013-07-10
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Gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidases (?-GTs) are members of the N-terminal nucleophile hydrolase superfamily, enzymes that cleave the ?-glutamyl amide bond of glutathione to liberate cysteinylglycine. The released ?-glutamyl group can be transferred to water (hydrolysis) or...
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Springer
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2013-07-09
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SpringerBriefs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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The rapid progress of neuroscience in the last decade can be largely attributed to significant advances in neuroethology, a branch of science that seeks to understand the neural basis of natural animal behavior. Novel approaches including molecular biological...
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Springer
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2013-07-09
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Microbial infection is increasingly seen as a problem as we begin to run out of antibiotics. Understanding how microbes cause disease is essential. In recent years it has begun to emerge that bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses can use their cell stress proteins to...
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Springer
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2013-07-08
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Plant-driven volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions play a major role in atmospheric chemistry, including ozone and photochemical smog formation in the troposphere, and they extend the atmospheric lifetime of the key greenhouse gas, methane. Furthermore,...
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Springer
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2013-07-08
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Chloroplast development is a key feature of leaf developmental program. Recent advances in plant biology reveal that chloroplasts also determine the development, the structure and the physiology of the entire plant. The books, published thus far, have emphasized the...
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Springer
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2013-07-08
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Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration
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Unraveling the functional properties of structural elements in the brain is one of the fundamental goals of neuroscientific research. In the cerebral cortex this is no mean feat, since cortical areas are defined microstructurally in post-mortem brains but functionally...
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Springer
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2013-07-04
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The late Navjot Sodhi conceived this book as a way of bringing to the forefront of our conservation planning for the tropics the views of people who were actually working and living there. In its 31 chapters, 55 authors present their views on the conservation problems...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2013-07-03
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High yields and environmental control in crop farming call for precise adaptations to local growing conditions. Treating large fields in a uniform way by high capacity machinery cannot be regarded as a sustainable method for many situations. Because differences existing...
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Springer
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2013-07-03
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Peroxisomes are a class of ubiquitous and dynamic single membrane-bounded cell organelles, devoid of DNA, with an essentially oxidative type of metabolism. In recent years it has become increasingly clear that peroxisomes are involved in a range of important cellular...
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Springer
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2013-07-03
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This book presents 19 selected contributions to the 16th Evolutionary Biology Meeting, which took place in September 2012 in Marseilles. The aims of these annual meetings, which gather together leading evolutionary biologists and other scientists, are to promote the...
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Springer
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2013-07-03
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This dictionary is intended as a guide to the terminology used in a wide range of animal-related programmes of study including agriculture, animal care, animal management, animal production, animal welfare, veterinary nursing, wildlife conservation and zoo biology. In...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2013-07-03
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This new volume of Methods in Enzymology continues the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field.This volume covers protein kinase inhibitors in research and medicine, and includes chapters on such topics as fragment-based...
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Academic Press
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2013-07-01
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This book is about the ‘how’ of desertification control as opposed to an analysis of the ‘why’ and fills a gap in the desertification-related literature in that it shows what to do in situations ranging from fixing mobile sands to arresting accelerated soil erosion in...
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Springer
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2013-07-01
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This book was written in response to significant recent advances in understanding the mechanisms of parasitism in the Orobanchaceae, and breakthroughs in the control of the parasitic weeds Striga and Orobanche. It consists of 26 contributions by internationally...
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Springer
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2013-07-01
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Of the 7,000 estimated non-native species present in North America, approximately 1,000 are invasive. Clearly, invasive species are in the minority, but their small numbers don't keep them from causing billions of dollars in economic and ecological harm each year....
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Oxford University Press
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2013-07-01
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This new volume of Methods in Enzymology continues the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field.This is the second of three volumes on hydrogen peroxide and cell signaling, and includes chapters on such topics as the cellular...
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Academic Press
Parution :
2013-06-29
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Biological disease management tactics have emerged as potential alternative to chemical application for containing crop diseases. Biotic and abiotic biological control agents (BCAs) have been demonstrated to be effective against diseases caused by microbial plant...
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Springer
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2013-06-28
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Progress in Biological Control
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This book describes the mountain forests of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan), the tree layers of which contain different species of the genus Fagus. The vegetation is primarily deciduous in the northern regions, whereas in South China evergreen trees can also...
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Springer
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2013-06-28
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Geobotany Studies
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