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The synthesis of proteins from 20 or so constituent amino acids
according to a strictly defined code with an accuracy of better
than 1 in 10,000 at most loca tions is arguably the most complex
task performed by cells. Protein Synthesis collects together
methods and protocols covering a range of different approaches
towards understanding how the cellular machinery accomplishes this
task and how these ftinctions might be harnessed by the
biotechnology industry to generate novel and useful proteins. The
era in which the components of the translational machinery were
being catalogued is over. This volume gathers together protocols
that focus on preserving and describing the dynamic function as
closely as possible. The need to understand exactly how ribosomes
are positioned on messages or where tRNA molecules, translation
factors, or control proteins are bound, has been appreciated by
many of the authors. Several chapters that explore the fidelity and
processivity of translation reflect this belief. Moreover, the
fundamental importance of rRNA at the heart of the ribosome is a
strong theme in a number of the protocols. These articles include
in vitro and in vivo systems from bacterial, fungal, plant, and
animal systems. Overall, Protein Synthesis might be characterized
by the novelty of the approaches employed to illuminate the inner
workings of the protein synthetic machinery as well as by the
inventiveness of the attempts to harness these reactions for
biotechnological applications."
Social groups form an important part of our daily lives. Within
these groups pressures exist which encourage the individual to
comply with the group's viewpoint. This influence, which creates
social conformity, is known as 'majority influence' and is the
dominant process of social control. However, there also exists a
'minority influence', which emerges from a small subsection of the
group and is a dynamic force for social change. Minority Influence
and Innovation seeks to identify the conditions under which
minority influence can prevail, to change established norms,
stimulate original thinking and help us to see the world in new
ways. With chapters written by a range of expert contributors,
areas of discussion include: processes and theoretical issues the
factors which affect majority and minority influence interactions
between majority and minority group members This book offers a
thorough evaluation of the most important current developments
within this field and presents consideration of the issues that
will be at the forefront of future research. As such it will be of
interest to theorists and practitioners working in social
psychology.
Through its clear presentation of the basic concepts, this book
quickly enables the reader to understand front-line research
papers. It describes the principles of the electrophoresis of
nucleic acids through agarose and polyacrylamide gels without
resort to complicated protocols and recipes.
The synthesis of proteins from 20 or so constituent amino acids
according to a strictly defined code with an accuracy of better
than 1 in 10,000 at most loca tions is arguably the most complex
task performed by cells. Protein Synthesis collects together
methods and protocols covering a range of different approaches
towards understanding how the cellular machinery accomplishes this
task and how these ftinctions might be harnessed by the
biotechnology industry to generate novel and useful proteins. The
era in which the components of the translational machinery were
being catalogued is over. This volume gathers together protocols
that focus on preserving and describing the dynamic function as
closely as possible. The need to understand exactly how ribosomes
are positioned on messages or where tRNA molecules, translation
factors, or control proteins are bound, has been appreciated by
many of the authors. Several chapters that explore the fidelity and
processivity of translation reflect this belief. Moreover, the
fundamental importance of rRNA at the heart of the ribosome is a
strong theme in a number of the protocols. These articles include
in vitro and in vivo systems from bacterial, fungal, plant, and
animal systems. Overall, Protein Synthesis might be characterized
by the novelty of the approaches employed to illuminate the inner
workings of the protein synthetic machinery as well as by the
inventiveness of the attempts to harness these reactions for
biotechnological applications."
In 1923 fourteen-year-old Perfecta makes the decision she won't be
perfect any more. A face-off with her father, Primitivo, the
sheriff of the small Northern New Mexico town, seems to do the
trick. But what now, with her mother never leaving the rocking
chair at the front window and her father ignoring her? Surely even
their harsh Catholic God doesn't think that dancing, smiling and
laughing are sins? But Perfecta knows that falling in love with the
twenty-two-year-old blue-eyed Presbyterian Isaac Martinez is a sin.
When Isaac leaves for California, she promises to wait for him. But
has she escaped one prison only to be trapped by another?
Rosarita is tired of all these religious wars and the politics and
the manipulative newscasts. She creates her own faith-one in which
ALL religions work together to save the earth. But things don't
always go as planned, and The Great Creator calls a meeting of all
the deities - STATUS CRITICAL. Will they be able to save the earth
from the mishaps of four temperamental goddesses? Or will the
residents of Earth cause the whole plan to crumble? Robin Martinez
Rice, author of Imperfect and Sisters in Pieces has created a funny
little tale of doom and gloom. No matter what you believe in, you
will find something in this story to make you spit, laugh, or
groan. www.robinmartinezrice.com
A father turned prescription-drug-abuse activist, Bradley V.
DeHaven, has interviewed over 400 people whose lives have been
turned upside down by drug addiction, distilled the most common,
potent, and poignant lessons and passes them on to his reader in
the hopes it will help them prevent, detect, treat, and live with
prescription drug addiction. He brings first hand experience and
anecdotal evidence to provide insight into what is Americas most
serious medical epidemic. This is his second book on the subject.
His first, Defining Moments: A Suburban Father's Journey into His
Son's Oxy Addiction, about what led him to go undercover to bust
his son's drug dealer, was released on Amazon in 2011.
The book is a true story about a father's blind devotion to his Oxy
addicted son, chronicling the author's venture into the dangerous
world of prescription drug dealers. "I make many mistakes as a
father, but I have always tried the best I know how. Sometimes no
matter what a person does as a parent, children may travel to
dangerous places. Some will return from those places unharmed and
some may never return. A family can look perfect from the outside
but be quite the opposite on the inside. I have lived such a life.
I do not know what made me do what I did for my son but I can only
surmise that it was a combination of all of the defining moments in
my life that lead me to where I am today."
Meet Miriam, Callie and Phoebe Foster. Three sisters who haven't
spoken in years. When Miriam accuses her younger sister, Phoebe, of
killing their mother, the battle is on. Miriam knows that Phoebe
got away with murder, literally, and she refuses to accept her
sister's behavior as normal. Ever-pleasing Callie, mother-to-all,
tries to keep peace between her two sisters. She's used to being in
the middle of the constant battles, and now, with a husband and
four children, she is better than ever at problem solving. But even
Callie can't ignore it when Phoebe makes a play for her husband.
Doesn't her sister have plenty of husbands, make that ex-husbands,
of her own? Sisters in Pieces, twenty tales of life, love, murder
and intestinal distress, will bring the Foster sisters together
once again. Robin Martinez Rice, author of Imperfecta, returns to
enchant her readers with these stories of family interaction and
angst. As a retired therapist, her years of looking into the psyche
of her clients has contributed to the mystery and reality of
Sisters In Pieces.
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