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Biomechanics Energetics of Natural Assisted Human Comparative Movement Locomotion (Hardcover): Luca Paolo Ardigo Biomechanics Energetics of Natural Assisted Human Comparative Movement Locomotion (Hardcover)
Luca Paolo Ardigo
R957 Discovery Miles 9 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
People and Forest - Policy and Local Reality in Southeast Asia, the Russian Far East, and Japan (Hardcover, 2003 ed.): M.... People and Forest - Policy and Local Reality in Southeast Asia, the Russian Far East, and Japan (Hardcover, 2003 ed.)
M. Inoue, H. Isozaki
R5,927 Discovery Miles 59 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

leading to an overall decrease in the world's forest cover. The forests of Asia, in particular, have been strongly impacted. A number of initiatives have suggested forest policy reforms, and the need for the sustainable management of forests has been widely recognized and encouraged. But because implementation of reforms at the local level has been insufficient, it is imperative that local people begin to effectively participate in forest planning and management as well as in protected-area management. The Forest Conservation Project, launched in April 1998 by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), has carried out research activities on forest strategies, including policy analysis and on-site surveys. This book gives an overview of the project's research activities in its first three-year phase (April1998-March 2001). Since viable forest strategies work best when based on the involvement of local people, this report is addressed to stakeholders in the communities of the relevant countries, including local people and authorities, community-based organizations, experts, national agencies, and international institutions.

Biological Low-Voltage Scanning Electron Microscopy (Hardcover, 2008 ed.): James Pawley, Heide Schatten Biological Low-Voltage Scanning Electron Microscopy (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)
James Pawley, Heide Schatten
R5,687 R4,483 Discovery Miles 44 830 Save R1,204 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Major improvements in instrumentation and specimen preparation have brought SEM to the fore as a biological imaging technique. Although this imaging technique has undergone tremendous developments, it is still poorly represented in the literature, limited to journal articles and chapters in books. This comprehensive volume is dedicated to the theory and practical applications of FESEM in biological samples. It provides a comprehensive explanation of instrumentation, applications, and protocols, and is intended to teach the reader how to operate such microscopes to obtain the best quality images.

Apoptosis and Inflammation (Hardcover, 1999 ed.): James Winkler Apoptosis and Inflammation (Hardcover, 1999 ed.)
James Winkler
R5,733 Discovery Miles 57 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Apoptosis is a form of cell death that occurs in a controlled manner and is generally noninflammatory in nature. Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, implies a cell death that is part of a normal physiological process of pruning of unneeded cells. However, many disease conditions utilize apoptosis for pathological ends, resulting in inappropriate cell death and tissue destruction. This book starts with an introduction that reviews the general characteristics of apoptosis, its regulation and its role in physiology and disease. Next, the book focuses on three areas as they relate to inflammatory cells and diseases. The first area consists of chapters on signals for apoptosis important to inflammatory cells, namely growth factors and arachidonic acid metabolism. The next area that the book focuses on are effects at the cellular level, on cell survival versus cell death and signals critical for cell function in both normal and disease states. These topics are covered in chapters on lymphocytes, granulocytes, chondrocytes and keratinocytes. The last area that the book focuses on are events at the level of tissue and disease, looking at the evidence for altered apoptosis and/or apoptotic processes in immune and inflammatory diseases. These topics are covered in chapters on rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, lupus, psoriasis and renal disease. Together, these chapters will provide the reader with the latest insight in the role of apoptosis in inflammatory cells and diseases. This book starts with an introduction that reviews the general characteristics of apoptosis, its regulation and its role in physiology and disease. Next, the book focuses on three areas as they relate to inflammatory cells and diseases. The first area consists of chapters on signals for apoptosis important to inflammatory cells, namely growth factors and arachidonic acid metabolism. The next area that the book focuses on are effects at the cellular level, on cell survival versus cell death and signals critical for cell function in both normal and disease states. These topics are covered in chapters on lymphocytes, granulocytes, chondrocytes and keratinocytes. The last area that the book focuses on are events at the level of tissue and disease, looking at the evidence for altered apoptosis and/or apoptotic processes in immune and inflammatory diseases. These topics are covered in chapters on rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, lupus, psoriasis and renal disease. Together, these chapters will provide the reader with the latest insight in the role of apoptosis in inflammatory cells and diseases.

Probabilistic Modeling in Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics (Hardcover, 2005 ed.): Dirk Husmeier, Richard Dybowski,... Probabilistic Modeling in Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
Dirk Husmeier, Richard Dybowski, Stephen Roberts
R4,585 Discovery Miles 45 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Probabilistic Modelling in Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics has been written for researchers and students in statistics, machine learning, and the biological sciences. The first part of this book provides a self-contained introduction to the methodology of Bayesian networks. The following parts demonstrate how these methods are applied in bioinformatics and medical informatics. All three fields - the methodology of probabilistic modeling, bioinformatics, and medical informatics - are evolving very quickly. The text should therefore be seen as an introduction, offering both elementary tutorials as well as more advanced applications and case studies.

Fruit Metabolism and Metabolomics (Hardcover): Annick Moing, Sonia Osorio, Pierre Petriacq Fruit Metabolism and Metabolomics (Hardcover)
Annick Moing, Sonia Osorio, Pierre Petriacq
R1,466 Discovery Miles 14 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Computational Intelligence, Medicine and Biology - Selected Links (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Krzysztof Pancerz, Elena Zaitseva Computational Intelligence, Medicine and Biology - Selected Links (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Krzysztof Pancerz, Elena Zaitseva
R3,683 R3,388 Discovery Miles 33 880 Save R295 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book contains an interesting and state-of the art collection of chapters presenting several examples of attempts to developing modern tools utilizing computational intelligence in different real life problems encountered by humans. Reasoning, prediction, modeling, optimization, decision making, etc. need modern, soft and intelligent algorithms, methods and methodologies to solve, in the efficient ways, problems appearing in human activity. The contents of the book is divided into two parts. Part I, consisting of four chapters, is devoted to selected links of computational intelligence, medicine, health care and biomechanics. Several problems are considered: estimation of healthcare system reliability, classification of ultrasound thyroid images, application of fuzzy logic to measure weight status and central fatness, and deriving kinematics directly from video records. Part II, also consisting of four chapters, is devoted to selected links of computational intelligence and biology. The common denominator of three chapters is Physarum polycephalum, one-cell organisms able to build complex networks for solving different computational tasks. One chapter focuses on a novel device, the memristor, that has possible uses both in the creation of hardware neural nets for artificial intelligence and as the connection between a hardware neural net and a living neuronal cell network in the treatment and monitoring of neurological disease. This book is intended for a wide audience of readers who are interested in various aspects of computational intelligence.

Biocontrol Potential and its Exploitation in Sustainable Agriculture - Volume 2: Insect Pests (Hardcover): Rajeev K. Upadhyay,... Biocontrol Potential and its Exploitation in Sustainable Agriculture - Volume 2: Insect Pests (Hardcover)
Rajeev K. Upadhyay, K.G. Mukerji, B.P. Chamola
R4,819 Discovery Miles 48 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Plant based Biotechnology has come to represent a means of mitigating the problems of global food security in the twenty first century. Products and processes in agriculture are increasingly becoming linked to science and cutting edge technology, to enable the engineering of what are in effect, designer plants. One of the most successful, non chemical approaches to pest management and disease control, which seeks a solution in terms of using living organisms to regulate the incidence of pests and and pathogens, providing a `natural control' while still maintaining the biological balance with the ecosystem. This volume, describes the various biological agents used to control insect pests of a variety of crops. Readers may also be interested in Volume 1: Crop diseases, Weeds and Nematodes, published in December 2000, ISBN 0-306-46460-8.

The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine; 30 (1898-1899) (Hardcover): Edward Hungerford 1854 Goddard The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine; 30 (1898-1899) (Hardcover)
Edward Hungerford 1854 Goddard; Created by Wiltshire Archaeological And Natural
R1,033 Discovery Miles 10 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Wonders of the Universe - a Record of Things Wonderful and Marvelous in Nature, Science, and Art (Hardcover): O M Dunham The Wonders of the Universe - a Record of Things Wonderful and Marvelous in Nature, Science, and Art (Hardcover)
O M Dunham; Charles Barnard
R1,003 Discovery Miles 10 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Macrolide Antibiotics (Hardcover, 2002 ed.): W. Schoenfeld, H.A. Kirst Macrolide Antibiotics (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)
W. Schoenfeld, H.A. Kirst
R4,541 Discovery Miles 45 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There are only very few chemical classes of antibiotics in medical use, and these have originated over a span of more than 60 years of research. Almost half a century ago, the first member of the macrolides, erythromycin, was introduced as a treatment option for bacterial infections. Erythromycin is a very complex fermentation product obtained from the soil bacterium Saccharopolyspora ery thraea (originally named Streptomyces erythreus). The success of erythromycin, based on its efficacy and tolerability, stimulated researchers throughout the world to undertake intense efforts to understand the biology and chemistry of macrolides and to use this experience to improve the properties of this compound class. The second generation of macrolides, based on chemical modifications of erythromy cin, is currently being in broad use, especially for treatment of respiratory tract infections. We presently foresee the introduction of a new generation of macro lides, i. e. the ketolides, which have the potential to overcome rising resistance problems. This monograph is intended to give the interested reader an overview on "macrolide experience," covering important areas from basic research to clinical use. Starting from a historic overview, the essential basic parameters - efficacy, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacology - are highlighted in order to introduce the reader to the rationale for clinical use of macrolides. The following group of chapters cover the complex chemistry of the macro lactone structures, giving historic background, basic structure-activity relation ships of various derivatization strategies, and perspectives for future discovery of new semisynthetic macrolide antibiotics."

Neuroprotective Natural Products Clinical Aspects and Mode of Action (Hardcover): G Brahmachari Neuroprotective Natural Products Clinical Aspects and Mode of Action (Hardcover)
G Brahmachari
R3,983 R3,179 Discovery Miles 31 790 Save R804 (20%) Out of stock

Focusing on the molecular mechanisms of powerful naturally occurring agents and their implication for drug discovery, this timely book presents an overview of the most recent research advances in the field of bioactive natural products and natural drug formulations to combat today's destructive diseases. To this extent, the authors discuss the most severe neurological disorders in our modern civilization, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease, as well as ischemic brain stroke and depression. The emerging diversity of active compounds is covered in detail, including flavonoids, cannabinoids and oleanolic acid, while experts in the field explain the chemistry, mode of action and clinical aspects of novel neuroprotective natural products. In each case, the benefits of treatments using natural products are addressed from the perspective of modern as well as traditional medicine. With its multidisciplinary viewpoint, this is the ideal companion for medicinal and natural products chemists as well as neuroscientists, biochemists, pharmacologists, neurobiologists, and phytotherapists.

Travels in the Two Sicilies - and Some Parts of the Apennines; v.1 (Hardcover): Lazzaro 1729-1799 Spallanzani Travels in the Two Sicilies - and Some Parts of the Apennines; v.1 (Hardcover)
Lazzaro 1729-1799 Spallanzani
R938 Discovery Miles 9 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Information and Its Role in Nature (Hardcover, 2005 ed.): Juan G. Roederer Information and Its Role in Nature (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
Juan G. Roederer
R1,557 Discovery Miles 15 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Information and Its Role in Nature presents an in-depth interdisciplinary discussion of the concept of information and its role in the control of natural processes. After a brief review of classical and quantum information theory, the author addresses numerous central questions, including: Is information reducible to the laws of physics and chemistry? Does the Universe, in its evolution, constantly generate new information? Or are information and information-processing exclusive attributes of living systems, related to the very definition of life? If so, what is the role of information in classical and quantum physics? In what ways does information-processing in the human brain bring about self-consciousness? Accessible to graduate students and professionals from all scientific disciplines, this stimulating book will help to shed light on many controversial issues at the heart of modern science.

The Rainbow and the Worm - The Physics of Organisms (Hardcover, 2nd edition): PhD Mae-Wan Ho The Rainbow and the Worm - The Physics of Organisms (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
PhD Mae-Wan Ho
R1,400 Discovery Miles 14 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This highly unusual book is a serious inquiry into Schrodinger's question, "What is life?", and at the same time a celebration of life itself. It takes the reader on a voyage of discovery through many areas of contemporary physics, from non-equilibrium thermodynamics and quantum optics to liquid crystals and fractals, all necessary for illuminating the problem of life. In the process, the reader is treated to a rare and exquisite view of the organism, gaining novel insights, not only into the physics but also into "the poetry and meaning of being alive". This book is intended for all who love the subject.

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society; v.105 - no.3 (2008: Dec.) (Hardcover): Bombay Natural History Society Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society; v.105 - no.3 (2008: Dec.) (Hardcover)
Bombay Natural History Society
R793 Discovery Miles 7 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Nano-Biotechnology for Biomedical and Diagnostic Research (Hardcover, 2012): Eran Zahavy, Arie Ordentlich, Shmuel Yitzhaki,... Nano-Biotechnology for Biomedical and Diagnostic Research (Hardcover, 2012)
Eran Zahavy, Arie Ordentlich, Shmuel Yitzhaki, Avigdor Shafferman
R5,147 Discovery Miles 51 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The title "Nano Biotechnology for Biomedical and Diagnostics Research" will address research aspects related to nanomaterial in imaging and biological research, nanomaterials as a biosensing tool, DNA nanotechnology, nanomaterials for drug delivery, medicinal and therapeutic application and cytotoxicity of nanomaterials. These topics will be covered by 16 different manuscripts. Amongst the authors that will contribute to the book are major scientific leaders such as S. Weiss - UCLA, I. Willner, and G. Golomb -- HUJI, S. Esener - UCSD, E.C. Simmel - Tech. Univ. Munchen, I. Medintz -- NRL, N. Hildebrandt - Universit Paris and more. The manuscripts in the book intend to present specifically biological, diagnostics and medical problems with their potential solution by nano technology or materials. In this respect this book is unique, since it would arise from the biological problems to the nano technology possible solution and not vice versa.

Brain Asymmetry in Evolution (Hardcover): Kazuhiko Sawada Brain Asymmetry in Evolution (Hardcover)
Kazuhiko Sawada
R957 Discovery Miles 9 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Water Quality of Freshwater Ecosystems in a Temperate Climate (Hardcover): Ryszard Goldyn, Piotr Klimaszyk Water Quality of Freshwater Ecosystems in a Temperate Climate (Hardcover)
Ryszard Goldyn, Piotr Klimaszyk
R1,469 Discovery Miles 14 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Net Zero, Food and Farming - Climate Change and the UK Agri-Food System (Paperback): Neil Ward Net Zero, Food and Farming - Climate Change and the UK Agri-Food System (Paperback)
Neil Ward
R1,165 Discovery Miles 11 650 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book examines the implications of the net zero transition for food and farming in the UK and how these can be managed to avoid catastrophic climate change in the crucial decades ahead. For the UK to meet its international obligations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, nothing short of a revolution is required in our use of land, our farming practices and our diet. Taking a historical approach, the book examines the evolution of agriculture and the food system in the UK over the last century and discusses the implications of tackling climate change for food, farming and land use, setting the UK situation in an international context. The chapters analyse the key challenges for this transition, including dietary change and food waste, afforestation and energy crops, and low-emission farming practices. This historical perspective helps develop an understanding of how our food, farming and land use system has evolved to be the way that it is, and draws lessons for how the agri-food system could evolve further to support the transition to net zero and avoid catastrophic climate change. Written in a clear and accessible style, this book will be essential reading to students and scholars of food, agriculture and the environment, as well as policymakers and professionals involved climate change policy and the agriculture and food industry.

Antitumoral Properties of Natural Products - Volume 2 (Hardcover): Roberto Fabiani Antitumoral Properties of Natural Products - Volume 2 (Hardcover)
Roberto Fabiani
R1,629 Discovery Miles 16 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Sample Preparation in Metabolomics (Hardcover): Julia Kuligowski, Guillermo Quintas Sample Preparation in Metabolomics (Hardcover)
Julia Kuligowski, Guillermo Quintas
R1,298 Discovery Miles 12 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Animal Genetics - The Science of Animal Breeding (Hardcover): F A Crew Animal Genetics - The Science of Animal Breeding (Hardcover)
F A Crew
R1,085 Discovery Miles 10 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in London 1925. A comprehensive study of the biology and genetics involved in all aspects of stock breeding whether it be fowl, sheep, pig, dog, horses, and cattle. The contents are well illustrated. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Biological Reactive Intermediates V - Basic Mechanistic Research in Toxicology and Human Risk Assessment (Hardcover, 1996 ed.):... Biological Reactive Intermediates V - Basic Mechanistic Research in Toxicology and Human Risk Assessment (Hardcover, 1996 ed.)
Robert R. Snyder, James J. Kocsis, I.Glenn Sipes, George F. Kalf, David J. Jollow, …
R5,990 Discovery Miles 59 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Much of organic chemistry is based on the ability of suitably structured chemicals to bind together through the formation of covalent bonds. Biochemistry is replete with exam ples of enzymatically catalyzed reactions in which normal body constituents can be linked through covalent bonds during the process of intermediary metabolism. The finding that xenobiotic chemicals that enter the body from the environment, are metabolized to highly reactive species, and then covalently react with cellular macromolecules to induce toxic and carcinogenic effects was an observation that spawned the research featured in the Fifth International Symposium on Biological Reactive Intermediates (BRI V). The group of investigators that became fascinated with this process and its signifi cance in terms of human health began their discussions in Turku, Finland (J 975), and continued them at Guildford, England (1980), College Park, Maryland (1985), Tucson, Arizona (1990), and Munich, Germany (1995). Among the results were a series of reports listed below, as well as the book for which this serves as the Preface. * Jollow, DJ., Kocsis, J.J., Snyder, R. and Vainio, H. (eds), Biological Reactive Intermediates: Formation, Toxicity and Inactivation, Plenum Press, NY, 1975. * Snyder, R., Park, D.V., Kocsis, J.J., Jollow, D.V., Gibson, G.G. and Witmer, C.M. (eds), Biological Reactive Intermediates II: Chemical Mechanisms and Biological Effects, Plenum Press, N.Y., 1982.

More Than Life Itself - A Synthetic Continuation in Relational Biology (Hardcover): A.H. Louie More Than Life Itself - A Synthetic Continuation in Relational Biology (Hardcover)
A.H. Louie
R6,128 Discovery Miles 61 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A. H. Louie's More Than Life Itself is an exploratory journey in relational biology, a study of life in terms of the organization of entailment relations in living systems. This book represents a synergy of the mathematical theories of categories, lattices, and modelling, and the result is a synthetic biology that provides a characterization of life. Biology extends physics. Life is not a specialization of mechanism, but an expansive generalization of it. Organisms and machines share some common features, but organisms are not machines. Life is defined by a relational closure that places it beyond the reach of physicochemical and mechanistic dogma, outside the reductionistic universe, and into the realm of impredicativity. Function dictates structure. Complexity brings forth living beings.

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