1. Standard Model of Primordial Nucleosynthesis and Observations of Light Elements.- Standard Model of Primordial Nucleosynthesis: A Few General Remarks.- The Abundances of D, He and Li Test and Constrain the Standard Model of Cosmology.- Lithium, Beryllium and Boron: Observational Constraints on Primordial Nucleosynthesis.- The Evolution of the Galactic Lithium Abundance.- Chemical Evolution of Galaxies.- The Effect of Some Nonequilibrium Processes on the Primordial Nucleosynthesis.- Analysis of the Reaction 7Li(d, n)8Be at Subcoulomb Energies.- Experimental Study of the Key Reaction to the Nucleosynthesis in the Inhomogeneous Big Bang Models.- Primordial Black Holes and Big Bang Nucleosynthesis.- Constraints from Primordial Nucleosynthesis on Neutrino Degeneracy.- 2. QCD Phase Transition and Nucleosynthesis in Inhomogeneous Universes.- Strange Quark Matter in Physics and Astrophysics.- Primordial Nucleosynthesis in Inhomogeneous Universe.- Sterile Neutrinos in the Early Universe.- Could Cosmic QCD Phase Transition Produce Strange Quark Matter Which Survives until the Present Time?.- Multi-Zone Calculation of Nucleosynthesis in Inhomogeneous Universe and Be-9 Abundance.- Signatures of Inhomogeneity in the Early Universe.- Diffusion Coefficients of Nucleons in the Inhomogeneous Big Bang Model.- Reactions on Carbon-14.- Survival of Strange Matter Lumps Formed in the Early Universe.- Measurement of the Cross Section of the 12C(n, g)13C Reaction at Stellar Energy.- Inhomogeneous Universes in the Framework of Lattice QCD.- 3. Inflation and very Early Universe.- The Beginning of the Universe.- Extended Inflationary Cosmology: A Primer.- The Inflation Sector of Extended Inflation.- Inflation in Generalized Einstein Theories.- Baryogenesis in the Universe.- Formation of Topological Defects in the Inflationary Universe.- Non-Zel'dovich Fluctuations from Inflation.- Magnetic Theory of Gravitation.- Chaotic Inflation and the Omega Problem.- Late-Time Cosmological Phase Transitions.- False-Vacuum Decay in Generalized Extended Inflation.- Reconciling a Small Density Parameter to Inflation.- Soft Inflation: A Model for Easing Constraints.- Stochastic Inflation Lattice Simulations: Ultra-Large Scale Structure of the Universe.- Purely Quantum Derivation of Density Fluctuations in the Inflationary Universe.- Constraints on the Coupling of Weakly-Interacting Particles to Matter from Stellar Evolution.- Formation and Evolution of Domain-Wall-Networks.- Catastrophe of Spacetime in the Early Universe.- (2+1)-Dimensional Quantum Gravity.- A Stringy Universe Scenario.- The Constant-Mean-Curvature Slicing of the Schwarzschild-de Sitter Space-Time.- Schwarzschild-de Sitter Type Wormhole and Cosmological Constant.- 4. Background Radiation.- COBE: New Sky Maps of the Early Universe.- Large Scale Cosmic Instability.- Gas-Induced Primary and Secondary CMB Anisotropies.- Cosmic X-Ray Background.- Large Scale Anisotropy of the CMB in an Open Universe and Constraints on the Models of Galaxy Formation.- 5. Dark Matter.- The Best-Fit Universe.- LEP Physics and the Early Universe.- A Search for Dark Matters in the Kamiokande II.- Baryonic Dark Matter.- Phenomenological Dark Matter Detection Rate-form WIMP to SIMP-.- 6. Galaxies and AGN.- X-Ray Iron Line of Cluster of Galaxies.- Dynamical Evolution of Compact Groups of Galaxies.- Correlations of Spin Angular Momenta of Galaxies.- Formation of Bipolar Radio Jets and Lobes from Accreton Disk around Forming Blackhole at the Center of Protogalaxies.- An Evolutionary Unified Scheme for Radio-Loud Quasars and Blazars.- Magnetohydrodynamical Energy Extraction from a Kerr Black Hole.- Spherical Symmetric Model for Calculating Large Peculiar Velocities of Galaxies.- On the Origin of Cosmological Magnetic Fields.- 7. Large Scale Structure.- The Hawaii Deep Survey-Implications for Cosmology and Galaxy Formation.- Analysis of the Large Scale Structure with Deep Pencil Beam Surveys.- Distance to the Coma Cluster and the Va.

In nature, biological organisms produce mineralized tissues such as bone, teeth, diatoms, and shells. Biomineralization is the sophisticated process of production of these inorganic minerals by living organisms. Construction of organic-inorganic hybrid materials with controlled mineralization analogous to those produced by nature has recently received much attention because it can aid in understanding the mechanisms of the biomineralization process and development of biomimetic materials processing. The biomineralization ? processes use aqueous solutions at temperatures below 100 C and no toxic intermediates are produced in these systems. From a serious global en- ronmental problem point of view, the development of processes inspired by biomineralization would offer valuable insights into material science and en- neering to reduce energy consumption and environmental impact. One of the most challenging scienti?c problems is to gain greater insight into the mol- ular interactions occurring at the interface between the inorganic mineral and the macromolecular organic matrix. Model systems are often regarded as a straight-forward experimental approach toward biomimetic crystallization. Hierarchical architectures consisting of small building blocks of inorganic cr- tals are often found in biominerals. Studies of nanocrystal self-organization in solution systems would also be helpful for understanding biomineralization. In these volumes, we focus on construction of organic-inorganic hybrid - terials with controlled mineralization inspired by natural biomineralization. In the?rst volume, thereader will ?nd contributionsproviding abasic scopeof the mineralization process in aqueous solution.

Lattice defects of organic molecular crystals affect their optical or electrical properties by changing the local energy structure. Lattice defects also playa very important role in the chemical and physical properties, for example, as an active site of a catalyst or an initiating point of a solid state reaction. However, very little has been reported on the defect structure of real organic crystals. In the past ten years it became clear that the origin and the structure of the defects depend on the geometrical and chemical nature of the building units of the crystal, the molecules. Molecular size, form and anisotropy, charge distribution, etc. cause the characteristic structure of the defect. Accordingly, a defect structure found in one compound may not be found in others. The defect structure of an organic crystal cannot be defined solely by the displacement of the molecular center from the normal lattice site. A rotational displacement of a molecule is frequently accompanied by a parallel shift of the molecular center. In addition to the usual geometrical crystallographic defects, chemical defects are important too which originate, for example, from differences in the substitution sites of molecules carrying side groups. In order to reveal such defect structures, direct imaging of molecules by high resolution electron microscopy is the only direct method.

Genetic diversity is one of the main resources sustaining human life. Food security largely depends on the availability and utilization of this diversity, which is of strategic importance for countries and companies. Conservation and utilization of biodiversity is thus currently an urgent area of global debate and concern.

Barley is a major crop in the world used for food, feed and malt, and with a wide religious and ethnic importance. The crop was domesticated in Neolithic time in SW Asia and spread rapidly under cultivation to new areas. Nowadays it is one of the most widespread and widely adapted crops grown under contrasting edaphic conditions. Adaptations to new environments, different agricultural practices and selection for different uses have further added to the complex diversity pattern.

Is it at all possible to give a complete picture of the diversity in a crop or wild species? Are we, by adding new technologies, only revealing parts of the diversity? Do different sets of data show similar or conflicting pictures of genetic diversity? Will the large genome size reduce the role of barley as a model organism in these current sequencing days? Or, are there still major reasons to continue to work with this beautiful crop?

The aim of this book is to cover the complex issue of diversification in time and space in a single crop: barley. Leading scientists from various fields describe the entire variation pattern in different sets of characters and an attempt is made for a synthesis to a holistic picture. The book proposes ways to use the achievements of diversity studies in future research and breeding programmes.