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As the research has continued, it has become increasingly clear
that natural killer (NK) cells are critical sentinels of the innate
immune response, playing important roles in protecting the body
from numerous pathogens and cancer in addition to contributing to
normal pregnancy and impacting the outcomes of transplantation.
While the first edition provided a valuable collection of classical
cellular and in vivo techniques to study NK cell functions, the
Second Edition of "Natural Killer Cell Protocols: Cellular and
Molecular Methods" brings together more recently developed methods,
more refined techniques, and detailed protocols designed to study
NK cells within specialized tissue sites in both mice and humans.
In this collection of methods, international leaders in the field
cover topics ranging from the analysis of the various stages of NK
cell development and maturation to specialized techniques for the
identification of ligands for NK cell receptors. This volume also
includes an appendix, providing a rich resource summarizing
available reagents to study NK cells, cross-referencing KIR
nomenclature, and detailing the many HLA ligands for various KIR
family members. As a volume in the highly successful Methods in
Molecular Biology (TM) series format, chapters include
introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary
materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible
laboratory protocols, and thorough notes sections, highlighting
tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Comprehensive
and cutting-edge, "Natural Killer Cell Protocols: Cellular and
Molecular Methods, Second Edition" seeks to aid researchers and
further advance our understanding of the functions, maturation, and
regulation of these fascinating and dynamic cells.
STRUCTURE OF THE VOLUME AND TERMINOLOGY USED This book contains
scientific descriptions of 63 localities (Figure A) of at least
national importance for Quaternary geology, geomorphology and
environmental change in South-West England. These sites were
selected by the Geological Conservation Review and are accordingly
designated 'GCR' sites. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the
Quaternary. Chapter 2 synthesizes the geomorphological development
and Quaternary history of the region, and outlines the principles
involved in site selection. The individual GCR site descriptions
form the core of the book. In the following chapters, sites are
arranged and described in broad geographic areas and by research
topic. This is necessitated by the widely disparate nature of the
field evidence in Soutb West England: sites demonstrating the full
range of Quaternary and geomorphological features are not evenly
and conveniently dispersed throughout the region, and some areas
have significant gaps. Neither do the individual chapters contain
sites that neces sarily equate with particular site selection
networks. Rather, the chosen chapter headings provide the least
repetitive means of describing the sites and background material.
Where possible, a chronological approach, from oldest to youngest,
has been used to describe sites within a given chapter. Again, this
approach is not always possi ble, and a group of sites may show
variations on landform or Stratigraphie evidence broadly within one
major time interval or chronostratigraphic stage; inevitably there
are many overlaps."
As the research has continued, it has become increasingly clear
that natural killer (NK) cells are critical sentinels of the innate
immune response, playing important roles in protecting the body
from numerous pathogens and cancer in addition to contributing to
normal pregnancy and impacting the outcomes of transplantation.
While the first edition provided a valuable collection of classical
cellular and in vivo techniques to study NK cell functions, the
Second Edition of "Natural Killer Cell Protocols: Cellular and
Molecular Methods" brings together more recently developed methods,
more refined techniques, and detailed protocols designed to study
NK cells within specialized tissue sites in both mice and humans.
In this collection of methods, international leaders in the field
cover topics ranging from the analysis of the various stages of NK
cell development and maturation to specialized techniques for the
identification of ligands for NK cell receptors. This volume also
includes an appendix, providing a rich resource summarizing
available reagents to study NK cells, cross-referencing KIR
nomenclature, and detailing the many HLA ligands for various KIR
family members. As a volume in the highly successful Methods in
Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to
their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and
reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols,
and thorough notes sections, highlighting tips on troubleshooting
and avoiding known pitfalls.
Comprehensive and cutting-edge, "Natural Killer Cell Protocols:
Cellular and Molecular Methods, Second Edition" seeks to aid
researchers and further advance our understanding of the functions,
maturation, and regulation of these fascinating and dynamic
cells."
Doppler ultrasound is a hot topic at the present time. This is
because studies of the uteroplacental and fetal circulation give
fundamental information as to the physiology or pathology of
placental function and the response of the fetal circulation to
hypoxaemia. Dr. Arabin's clinical studies which are described in
this book are an important contribution to knowledge in this field
and will be of enormous interest not only to researches but also to
clini cians interested in learning how this latest technology can
be integrated into their clinical practice. London STUART CAMPBELL
Foreword Although only three decades old, the field of perinatal
medicine is marked by continuous new advances. Ultrasound
diagnostic techniques comprise an important element of this new
field. Dr. Arabin has taken the initiative to investigate the
functional-diagnostic aspects of ultrasound. Among other things,
she has further developed and refined the concept of "oxygen-con
serving adaptation of fetal circulation" which originated in the
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Neukolln Hospital
Center in 1966. She thus has been able to show that the most
reliable Doppler blood flow meas urement predictors of a high risk
to the fetus are (1) a decrease in the flow volume of the
descending thoracic aorta and the umbilical artery and (2) an
increase in the flow volume of the common carotid arteries."
Despite the fact that the average woman spends one third of her
life after the menopause, medical research has been devoted almost
entirely to the repro ductive period of her life span. This is
perhaps not surprising in our youth orientated society and yet
there is increasing evidence that properly applied and supervised
hormonal therapy could alleviate many of the severe physical
symptoms which are associated with the ovarian menopause and that
in the long term other aspects of physical deterioration could be
modified. This lack of scientific research has made it difficult to
assess which symptoms are due to the altered hormonal status of the
post-menopausal period and which are due to the normal process of
ageing, or the various psychological pressures which build up
around most women in the fourth and fifth decades of life. In
America doctors have been treating the 'menopausal syndrome' with
estrogens for over 30 years, but in the United Kingdom
gynaecologists and family doctors have been reticent to prescribe
these steroid preparations. As a consequence, they have been
labelled reactionary by the media and while there may be some truth
-in this, it should be remembered that the hazar. ds associated
with synthetic estrogens in the contraceptive pill were first
brought to light by British epidemiological surveys.
This book describes the physical microenvironment of living organisms. It presents a simplified discussion of heat and mass transfer models and applies them to exchange processes between organisms and their surroundings. Emphasis is placed on teaching the student how to calculate actual transfer rates, rather than just studying the principles involved. Numerous examples are provided to illustrate many of the principles, and problems are included at the end of each chapter to help the student develop skills in using the equations and to gain an understanding of modern environmental biophysics. The book is an engineering approach to environmental biology.
In recognition of the fundamental control exerted by weathering on
landscape evolution and topographic development, the 35th
Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium was convened under the theme of
Weathering and Landscape Evolution. The papers and posters
presented at the conference imparted the state-of-the-art in
weathering geomorphology, tackled the issue of scale linkage in
geomorphic studies and offered a vehicle for interdisciplinary
communication on research into weathering and landscape evolution.
The papers included in this book are encapsulated here under the
general themes of weathering mantles, weathering and relative
dating, weathering and denudation, weathering processes and
controls and the 'big picture'.
* Contains 15 papers on the techniques and methodologies of
research
* Provides an up-to-date overview of various aspects of weathering
and landscape evolution complemented by a number of excellent case
studies
* Contains a wealth of basic field data and relevant information
William S. Campbell provides a comprehensive commentary on Paul's
most challenging letter. In conversation with reception history and
previous scholarship, he emphasizes the contextuality of Romans as
a letter to Rome, using social identity theory combined with
historical, literary and theological perspectives to arrive at a
coherent reading of the entire letter. Because Paul has never
visited Rome and is not the founder of the Christ-movement there,
Campbell argues that his guidance and teaching are formulated more
cautiously than in his other letters. Yet the long list of people
who had previous links with him and his mission to the 'gentiles'
demonstrates that Paul is well-informed about the situation in Rome
and addresses issues that have arisen. With Christ the Messianic
Time is beginning, but there was some lack of clarity in Rome about
the implications of this for Jews and gentiles. Rather than ethne
in Christ replacing Israel, as some in Rome possibly concluded,
Campbell stresses that Paul affirms the irrevocable calling of
Israel, and that simultaneously the identity of ethne in Christ is
also called alongside the people Israel; thus, the integrity of the
identity of both is affirmed as indispensable for God's purpose now
revealed in Christ. Campbell fully demonstrates how Paul in Romans
achieves this by the social and theological intertwining of the
message of the gospel.
Mormonism, Medicine, and Bioethics provides the first comprehensive
treatment of principles and positions on questions of bioethics
encountered by members, professionals, and ecclesiastical leaders
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon).
The book addresses three fundamental features of a coherent
religious bioethics: precepts for practical decision-making,
general ethical principles, and core religious convictions that
give a distinctive motivation for personal, communal, and
professional integrity. LDS ethical principles of love, hospitality
to strangers, covenantal solidarity, justice, and moral agency are
integrated with central topics in bioethics including abortion,
genetic testing and enhancements, in vitro fertilization, medical
assisted death, medicinal marijuana, neonatal intensive care, organ
donation, preventive health care, universal access to care, and
vaccinations. This book uses first-person experiences to give voice
to the lived moral realities of Latter-day Saints as they
experience difficult and wrenching ethical questions and choices as
persons, family members, community members, professionals, and as
citizens within the context of their distinctive faith convictions.
It situates these communal conversations within the broader
discourse of bioethics and thereby supports both bioethics and
religious literacy. Mormonism, Medicine, and Bioethics also
examines circumstances in which The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints engages in a moral witness of its values on
matters of public policy, such as legalization of
physician-assisted death, of elective abortion, and of medicinal
marijuana. The book concludes with a distinctive normative argument
on why LDS ethical principles and practices require support of
universal access to an adequate level of health care for all
persons. It provides an appendix of significant LDS ecclesiastical
policies on medical, health, and moral issues, making it a
definitive educational and reference compilation.
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