Biological Sciences category: 21088 books
Water in Biological and Chemical Processes
From Structure and Dynamics to Function
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
Building up from microscopic basics to observed complex functions, this insightful monograph explains and describes how the unique molecular properties of water give rise to its structural and dynamical behaviour which in turn translates into its role in biological and chemical processes. The discussion...
The Biophysics of Cell Membranes
Biological Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
This volume focuses on the modulation of biological membranes by specific biophysical properties. The readers are introduced to emerging biophysical approaches that mimick specific states (like membrane lipid asymmetry, membrane curvature, lipid flip-flop, lipid phase separation) that are relevant...
by Amita Sehgal
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Two new volumes of Methods in Enzymology continue the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field. Circadian Rhythms and Biological Clocks Part A and Part B is an exceptional resource for anybody interested in the general area of circadian rhythms. As key elements...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2011
This book presents a comprehensive compilation of registration requirements necessary for authorisation of biological control agents (viruses, bacteria, fungi, active substances of natural origin and semiochemicals) in OECD countries. It also reviews data requirements for invertebrate agents (insect,...
Nutrient Indicator Models for Determining Biologically Relevant Levels
A case study based on the Corn Belt and Northern Great Plain Nutrient Ecoregion
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
Nutrient Indicator Models for Determining Biologically Relevant Levels: A case study based on the Corn Belt and Northern Great Plain Nutrient Ecoregion is the first book to provide answers to the management of nutrients based on changes in biological communities. The text describes a case study that...
Computational Electrostatics for Biological Applications
Geometric and Numerical Approaches to the Description of Electrostatic Interaction Between Macromolecules
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2014
This book presents established and new approaches to perform calculations of electrostatic interactions at the nanoscale, with particular focus on molecular biology applications. It is based on the proceedings of the Computational Electrostatics for Biological Applications international meeting, which...
Advances in Electromagnetic Fields in Living Systems
Volume 5, Health Effects of Cell Phone Radiation
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
Health Effects of Cell Phone Radiation will offer a concentrated and up-to-date overview on the effects of radio frequencies on human tissue. While significant advances are being made on many fronts, ranging in frequency from quasi-static to the optical regime, a special emphasis of this volume is...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
Molecular networks provide descriptions of the organization of various biological processes, including cellular signaling, metabolism, and genetic regulation. Knowledge on molecular networks is commonly used for systems level analysis of biological function; research and method development in this...
A Cybernetic View of Biological Growth
The Maia Hypothesis
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
Maia is the story of an idea, and its development into a working hypothesis, that provides a cybernetic interpretation of how growth is controlled. Growth at the lowest level is controlled by regulating the rate of growth. Access to the output of control mechanisms is provided by perturbing the growing...
Agriculture to Zoology
Information Literacy in the Life Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Agriculture to Zoology: Information Literacy in the Life Sciences sets the stage for purposefully integrating information literacy activities within the subject-specific content of the life sciences. The book is written for librarians and other professionals who teach information literacy skills,...
Vanadium
Biochemical and Molecular Biological Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
The publication of Vanadium: Biochemical and Molecular Biological Approaches is particularly timely as it exactly coincides with the centennial anniversary of the discovery of vanadium by Professor Henze, in the blood cells of an ascidian (tunicate) collected in Gulf of Naples in 1911. Vanadium, atomic...
by Pete E Lestrel
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
The proceedings were designed to bring together researchers who share a common interest in the quantitative description of the biological form. Participants came from very diverse disciplines such as agricultural genetics, botany, entomology, forensics, human anatomy, paleontology, human evolution,...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
This is the first comprehensive science-based textbook on the biology and ecology of the Baltic Sea, one of the world’s largest brackish water bodies. The aim of this book is to provide students and other readers with knowledge about the conditions for life in brackish water, the functioning of...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Numerical Methods and Advanced Simulation in Biomechanics and Biological Processes covers new and exciting modeling methods to help bioengineers tackle problems for which the Finite Element Method is not appropriate. The book covers a wide range of important subjects in the field of numerical methods...