Bøker utgitt av Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc

For invertebrate physiologists and neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists, and insect biochemists, this work contains comprehensive reviews on various aspects of insect physiology.

Neither arguing for or against boxing, this book looks at the literature and the body of scientific knowledge necessary to provide a meaningful background for the boxing debate. It provides a comprehensive resource for those who are involved in regulating boxing or participate directly, as well as for the medical and scientific communities.

Optical instruments are routinely employed to obtain a wealth of information about the atmosphere, including its composition, temperature, and winds. A bewildering variety of optical instruments have been proposed over the years, making it difficult to decide which instrument should be chosen to ma

Applies concepts and scientific advances from both molecular biology and biochemistry to the study of parasitic organisms. This book places parasites in their biological contexts and emphasizes the specifics that differentiate these organisms. It is intended for researchers and faculty in parasitology.

Most of the diseases of modern mankind involve either acute or chronic inflammation. This book highlights the principles behind various applications, gives a brief summary on how they are conducted and provides critical analyses of murine models of immunity, clinical trials, and tests to predict utility and benefit.

Devoted to nuclear receptors, this work presents an introduction and describes the mode of action of the receptors in general. It also contains detailed entries covering each type of receptor. Entries provide information on: Nomenclature and structure; Isolation; DNA binding properties; Ligands; Expression; Target genes; Knockouts; and more.

Published in 1998, this work provides the synthesis of the literature. It is useful for scientists working in immunology, cell biology, infectious diseases, cancer, transplantation, genetic engineering, or the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry. It also includes a section on DC biology.

Coupled with biomechanical data, organic geochemistry and cladistic analyses utilizing abundant genetic data, scientific studies are revealing new facets of how plants have evolved over time. This collection of papers examines these stages of plant physiology evolution by describing the initial physiological adaptations necessary for survival.

Introduces the basic principles and practice of recording physiological signals using the computer. This book describes the basic operation of the computer, the types of transducers used to measure physical quantities such as temperature and pressure, and how these signals are amplified and converted into digital form.

The functional properties of any molecule are directly related to, and affected by, its structure. This is especially true for DNA. This edition explains, step by step, how DNA forms specific structures, the nature of these structures and how they fundamentally affect the biological processes of transcription and replication.

Considering the effects of electromagnetic fields on living organisms, this book provides a comprehensive review of experimental data and theoretical concepts, and discusses the major modern hypotheses on the physical nature of magnetobiological effects. It also explains the various effects of magnetic fields on the human body.

Marek's disease is a form of cancer of poultry caused by an important herpesvirus (MDV). This book provides a review of the problems of Marek's disease with descriptions of the complex viral life cycle, how MDV targets different types of white blood cells, and details of the virus structure, its genes and proteins.

Covers literature relating to degradation and metabolic profiles of molecules. This work shows 3D chemical structures, predicted physico-chemical parameters, logP and the SMILES chemical notations of the parent compounds to assist in design of lead compounds for fresh discovery using computer-aided technology.

Kingslake (lens design E. Kodak, retired, and optics, U. of Rochester emeritus) is a rarity-an expert among experts in lens history, theory and application. He briefly treats design, general history, recent refinements, before settling into a detailed description of the development of various lens

Represents the analysis of the evolutionary significance of sperm phenotypes and derived sperm traits and the possible selection pressures responsible for sperm-egg coevolution. This book focuses on the intricacies of reproduction and the coevolution of sperm, egg and reproductive behaviour.

Covering various recognized coding algorithms, this book explains their basic theory. It contains details on coding standards. It is suitable for graduates and researchers working on image coding and transmission, and for those in the related areas of computer vision and multimedia developments.

Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering

Provides a description of the physics and chemistry of radiation and its effects on biological systems. This book offers coverage of the fundamental concepts of the physics of radiation and radioactivity, as well as the chemistry and biology of the interaction of radiation with living systems. It is intended for students and professionals.

Shows researchers puzzled by the maze of URLs, sites, and searches how to use Internet technology to find and analyze genetic data. This book describes the different types of databases, how to use a specific database to find a sequence that you need, and how to analyze the data to compare it with your own work.

A comprehensive introduction to understanding the processes of population limitation, this book is a detailed treatise on local scale population limiting factors in birds.

Offers workplace-tested strategies for meeting the health and safety needs of a corporation. This work provides an assessment of the factors that influence the management of workplace health and safety. It offers guidelines for industrial compliance with major OSHA regulations. It also explains practical alternative compliance strategies.

Covers many aspects of infrared and Raman spectroscopy that are critical to the chemist doing structural or compositional analysis. This work includes practical and theoretical approaches to spectral interpretation as well as a discussion of experimental techniques. It also gives emphasis to group frequencies.

Covers furunculosis, a fish disease, by presenting not just the reviews, but also critical examination of the progress made by various disciplines. This volume explores the research strategies and projects what developments can be expected in each field. It considers the whole disease and not just the pathogen, Aeromonas salmonicida.

Provides an introductory account of the main topics in numerical analysis. This book talks about both the theorems which show the underlying rigorous mathematics and the algorithms which define precisely how to program the numerical methods. It includes theoretical and practical examples, chapters on eigen values and splines and formal algorithms.

Suitable for DNA researchers, this book reviews and assesses the state of automated DNA sequence analysis - from the construction of clone libraries to the development of laboratory and community databases. It presents the methodologies and strategies of automated DNA sequence analysis in a way that allows them to be compared and contrasted.

Intended for graduate and undergraduate students, this book concentrates on essential material for a general ring theory course while omitting much of the material intended for ring theory specialists.

Covers spectral analysis that is closely intertwined with the 'time domain' approach, elementary notions of Hilbert Space Theory, basic probability theory, and practical analysis of time series data.