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As genetics becomes increasingly important in our everyday environment, misinterpretation of its scientific foundation leads to mixed feelings of hope and fear about the potential of its applications. Trajectories of Genetics uncovers the many facets of genetics - from...
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Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2020-04-09
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Friedrich Frischknecht gibt einen interessanten Einblick in die Lebensweisen von Parasiten. Vom kleinen Erreger der Malaria zum Bandwurm, vom Durchfall zur Verhaltensänderung des Wirts stellt er die faszinierende Welt der Parasiten vor. Dabei verdeutlicht er, warum...
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Springer Spektrum
Parution :
2020-04-09
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This book highlights the latest findings on fundamental aspects of composting, the interaction of various microorganisms, and the underlying mechanisms. In addition to addressing modern tools and techniques used for composting research, it provides an overview of...
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Springer
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2020-04-09
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The book compiles the latest studies on microorganisms thriving in extreme conditions. Microbes have been found in extremely high and low temperatures, highly acidic to saline conditions, from deserts to the Dead sea, from hot-springs to underwater hydrothermal vents-...
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Springer
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2020-04-09
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Saliva as a unique sample for health assessment is gaining attention among researchers of different fields in the last 20 years; being reflected in an impressive increase in the number of papers published studying saliva from different biological aspects in human and...
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Springer
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2020-04-09
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Genome Plasticity in Health and Disease provides a fully up-to-date overview on genome plasticity and its role in human physiology and disease. Following an introduction to the field, a diverse range of chapters cover genomic and epigenomic analysis and the use of model...
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Academic Press
Parution :
2020-04-08
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Until recently, the prevailing view of marine life at high latitudes has been that organisms enter a general resting state during the dark Polar Night and that the system only awakens with the return of the sun. Recent research, however, with coordinated,...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-04-08
Collection :
Advances in Polar Ecology
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This book provides up-to-date information on biochar use in management of soil health, agriculture productivity, green-house gases, restoration ecology and environment. Biochar application to nutrient deficient and disturbed soils is a viable option which may promotes...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-04-08
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This volume summarizes and updates information about antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance (AMR)/antibiotic resistant genes (ARG) production, including their entry routes in soil, air, water and sediment, their use in hospital and associated waste, global and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-07
Collection :
Emerging Contaminants and Associated Treatment Technologies
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About 15 years ago, we asked ourselves why the methods developed by the research institutions for the management of pests were almost not used by small landholder farmers. It seemed obvious to us that conventional pest control –called “Integrated Pest Management”– was...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-04-07
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Soil analysis is critically important in the management of soil-based production systems. In the absence of efficient methods of soil analysis our understanding of soil is pure guesswork. Ideally the pro-active use of laboratory analysis leads to more sustainable soil...
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Springer
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2020-04-07
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Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-assembly, Volume 31, formerly titledAdvances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, provides a global platform for the study of cell membranes, lipid model membranes and lipid self-assemblies, from the micro- to the nanoscale. As...
Editeur :
Academic Press
Parution :
2020-04-07
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Revealing essential roles of the tumor microenvironment in cancer progression, this volume focuses on the extracellular matrix components of the tumor during cancer development. Further, it teaches readers about the roles of distinct constituents of the tumor...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-04-07
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The first edition of this book, Genetic Mapping and Marker Assisted Selection: Basics, Practice and Benefits, was widely appreciated as the first of its kind on this topic and has been listed as a reference work in several agricultural universities’ curricula. A great...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-04-07
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This book explores how individuals and communities perceive and understand climate change using their observations of change in the world around them. Because processes of climatic change operate at spatial and temporal scales that differ from those of everyday...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-07
Collection :
Ethnobiology
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Nanotechnology is the application of science to control matter at the molecular level. It has become one of the most promising applied technologies in all areas of science. Nanoparticles have multi-functional properties and have created very interesting applications in...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-04-06
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This book provides a comprehensive, organized, and concise overview of xenobiotic metabolic enzymes and their health implications. The subjects addressed are broad in scope with an emphasis on recent advances in research on biochemical and biomedical aspects of these...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-03
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Dieser Sammelband analysiert die klinische Anwendung von humanen induzierten pluripotenten Stammzellen (hiPS-Zellen) aus naturwissenschaftlicher, unternehmerischer, patientenorientierter, ethischer und rechtsvergleichender Perspektive. Die Beiträge des vorliegenden...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-04-03
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Plants have been a source of medicines and have played crucial role for human health. Despite tremendous advances in the field of synthetic drugs and antibiotics, plants continue to play a vital role in modern as well as traditional medicine across the globe. In even...
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Springer
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2020-04-03
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Cell Death Regulation in Health and Disease - Part A, Volume 351, the latest release in the International Review ofCell and Molecular Biology reviews current advances in cell and molecular biology. The series publishes timely topics authored by prominent cell and...
Editeur :
Academic Press
Parution :
2020-04-02
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