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This volume includes contributions by the leading experts in the field of yeast aging. Budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and other fungal organisms provide models for aging research that are relevant to organismic aging and to the aging processes occurring in the...
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Springer
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2011-11-19
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Human pluripotent stem cells, including human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells, are a key focus of current biomedical research. The emergence of state of the art culturing techniques is promoting the realization of the full potential of...
Editeur :
Humana
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2011-11-19
Collection :
Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
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Translational medicine underpins vascular medicine. It is fundamental to understanding how we treat patients with vascular disease and more importantly, how to prevent it. It is the rationale for drug design and production. Vascular medicine and translational medicine...
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Springer
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2011-11-19
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Plant anatomy and physiology and a broad understanding of basic plant processes are of primary importance to a basic understanding of plant science. These areas serve as the first important building blocks in a variety of fields of study, including botany, plant...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-11-18
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Livestock Epigenetics reviews advances in the understanding of the molecular basis of epigenetic mechanisms in gene expression in livestock species. Epigenetics impact many economically important traits from growth and development to more efficient reproduction and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
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2011-11-18
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Urbanization is a global phenomenon that is increasingly challenging human society. It is therefore crucially important to ensure that the relentless expansion of cities and towns proceeds sustainably. Urban ecology, the interdisciplinary study of ecological patterns...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-11-17
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Urbanization is a global phenomenon that is increasingly challenging human society. It is therefore crucially important to ensure that the relentless expansion of cities and towns proceeds sustainably. Urban ecology, the interdisciplinary study of ecological patterns...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-11-17
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Medical mycology deals with those infections in humans, and animals resulting from pathogenic fungi. As a separate discipline, the concepts, methods, diagnosis, and treatment of fungal diseases of humans are specific. Incorporating the very latest information concerning...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2011-11-16
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Humans are exposed to foreign compounds such as drugs, household products and environmental chemicals by swallowing or breathing. Also, food is considered a foreign compound. Such foreign compounds can be non-essential and non-functional to life, and commonly are...
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Springer
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2011-11-16
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Environmental stress is one of the most significant factors affecting livestock performance and health, and it is only expected to increase with effects of global warming.Environmental Physiology of Livestock brings together the latest research on environmental...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-11-16
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Abiotic stress cause changes in soil-plant-atmosphere continuum and is responsible for reduced yield in several major crops. Therefore, the subject of abiotic stress response in plants - metabolism, productivity and sustainability - is gaining considerable significance...
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Springer
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2011-11-16
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Blood has long been viewed as a conduit for therapy, stemming from the ancient days of phlebotomy to remove evil humors to the development of successful blood transfusions to replace missing blood components. The identification and characterization of hematopoietic stem...
Editeur :
Humana
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2011-11-16
Collection :
Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
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This book, 'Fibre production in South American camelids and other fibre animals', covers the latest advances in the main fields of animals producing fibre. It deals with a wide scope of fibre animals and a great variety of subjects and is supported by the Animal Fibre...
Editeur :
Wageningen Academic Publishers
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2011-11-10
ePub
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The practical need to partition the world of viruses into distinguishable, universally agreed upon entities is the ultimate justification for developing a virus classification system. Since 1971, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) operating on...
Editeur :
Elsevier Science
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2011-11-10
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This book addresses the theme of what «nature» is and humans’ obligations toward the natural world. It demonstrates that an approach based in metaphysics can help us to understand better what nature is and our obligations to the natural world. Beginning with ideas...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-11-10
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The present volume presents essential information on advancements in oilseed production, processing and utilization. Advances in the technology of seed processing to produce oil and oil quality for edible and industrial applications are well presented, followed by...
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Springer
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2011-11-09
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Foreword by Phillip V. TobiasThe introduction of rhesus macaques to Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico in 1938, and the subsequent development of the CPRC for biomedical research, continues its long history of stimulating studies in physical anthropology. The CPRC monkey...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2011-11-09
Collection :
Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
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This book contains specialised information on the nutrition and training of the horse. Practical hints can be drawn from studies showing how apes indicate to us plants which have medicinal properties that can then be applied to equine treatment and also have an effect...
Editeur :
Wageningen Academic Publishers
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2011-11-08
ePub
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Published since 1953, Advances in Virus Research covers a diverse range of in-depth reviews providing a valuable overview of the current field of virology. The impact factor for 2009 is 5.522, placing it 2nd in the highly competitive category of virology.
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Editeur :
Academic Press
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2011-11-08
epub sans DRM
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This volume of The Enzymes features high-caliber thematic articles on the topic of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchoring of proteins.
- Contributions from leading authorities
- Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field
Editeur :
Academic Press
Parution :
2011-11-08
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