Biological Sciences category: 21088 books
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Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
This book provides both the conceptual basis and technological tools that are necessary to identify and solve problems related to biodiversity governance. The authors discuss intriguing evolutionary questions, which involve the sometimes surprising adaptive capacity of certain organisms to dwell in...
Essential Environmental Science
Methods and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Essential Environmental Science brings together within a single volume the vast range of techniques, methods and basic tools necessary for the study of the environment.
Environmental science has a massive area of operation, utilising the tools from a plethora of traditional sciences and social sciences....
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Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
This volume brings together extended reviews and papers of new scientific research on atmospheric nitrogen deposition impacts globally. While there is a wealth of evidence on the magnitude, components and effects of nitrogen disposition on floral biodiversity in Europe and North America, there is...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
The past 30 years have seen the emergence of a growing desire worldwide that positive actions be taken to restore and protect the environment from the degrading effects of all forms of pollution—air, water, soil, and noise. Because pollution is a direct or indirect consequence of waste, the seemingly...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2019
To assess the social processes of globalization that are changing the way in which we co-inhabit the world today, this book invites the reader to essay the diversity of worldviews, with the diversity of ways to sustainably co-inhabit the planet. With a biocultural perspective that highlights planetary...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Prominin-1 or otherwise known as CD133 is a glycoprotein that is present in humans and mice. Since the first description of prominin in 1997, in mouse neuroepithelial cells and in human hematopoietic stem cells as AC133 antigen, this molecule has aroused a large interest especially,...
Advances in Metabolic Disorders
Somatomedins and Some Other Growth Factors Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Nobel Symposium Held at Hässelby, Sweden, September 4–7, 1974
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Advances in Metabolic Disorders, Volume 8: Somatomedins and Some Other Growth Factors covers the proceedings of the 28th Nobel Symposium held at Hasselby, Sweden on September 4-7, 1974. The book discusses the mechanisms regulating cellular growth; the purification procedures and biological properties...
Brain and Behaviour
Proceedings of the 28th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, Budapest, 1980
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Advances in Physiological Sciences, Volume 17: Brain and Behaviour documents the proceedings of the 28th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, held in Budapest 1980.
This volume begins by discussing learning in isolated neuronal structures, and then explains the developmental plasticity...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
The series Topics in Current Chemistry presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in modern chemical research. The scope of coverage is all areas of chemical science including the interfaces with related disciplines such as biology, medicine and materials science. The goal of each...
by Razie Mah
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Why is the current story of human evolution so dissatisfying?
The answer is simple. It is not adequate.
To date, modern biological theories are built on the idea that adaptation responds to material advantage or causation, rather than the potential of an actuality independent of the species. Consequently,...
Welcome to Subirdia
Sharing Our Neighborhoods with Wrens, Robins, Woodpeckers, and Other Wildlife
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Welcome to Subirdia presents a surprising discovery: the suburbs of many large cities support incredible biological diversity. Populations and communities of a great variety of birds, as well as other creatures, are adapting to the conditions of our increasingly developed world. In this fascinating and...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2009
A remarkable paradigm shift has occurred in recent years regarding the biological origins of cancer. The cancer stem cell hypothesis challenged the foundational notions of cancer, and the therapeutic implications have been profound. Compelling evidence indicates that errors in the development of a...
Protein Reviews
Volume 17
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
The aim of the Protein Reviews is to serve as a publication vehicle for review articles that focus on crucial current vigorous aspects of protein structure, function, evolution and genetics. Volume 17 of Protein Reviews is the beginning of a new publication format. The volumes will appear online before...
Molecular Recognition of DNA Double Helix
Gene Regulation and Photochemistry of BrU Substituted DNA
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
In this book, the molecular recognition of DNA using small molecules is discussed, with a study of the photochemistry of BrU-labeled DNA. The purposes of the study were to develop small molecules for regenerative medicine, to develop a method to detect the recognition site of small molecules, and...