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Bringing together experts from a variety of specialties to examine the issues and challenges of obesity, this book discusses how obesity affects fertility, reproduction, and pregnancy. It focuses on issues related to obesity and both male and female reproduction, the complications of obesity during pregnancy and the long term effects of obesity.

Covering reviews of methodology and research in various aspects of protein chemistry, this book includes purification or expression, proteomics, modeling and structural determination and design. It offers information about protocols and analysis of proteins while presenting the findings from leading experts in a range of protein-related topics.

Focuses on the success in structural and mechanistic enzymology and has its main emphasis on explaining the enzyme phenomena by using both the experimental and computational approaches. This title demonstrates on how the application of experimental techniques and modeling methods helps further the understanding of enzyme dynamics and mechanism.

A study of animal behavior. It presents theoretical ideas and research to those studying animal behavior and to their colleagues in neighboring fields.

Addresses one of the key problems in signal processing, the problem of identifying statistical properties of excursions in a random process in order to simplify the theoretical analysis and make it suitable for engineering applications. This book supplies a range of applications suitable for all levels from undergraduate to professional.

Covers the basic biology of amphibians and reptiles, with updates in nearly every conceptual area. This book brings the research to the reader, ranging over topics in evolution, reproduction, behavior and more, allowing students and professionals to keep current with a quickly moving field.

A reference that describes the role of various intermolecular and interparticle forces in determining the properties of simple systems such as gases, liquids and solids, with a special focus on more complex colloidal, polymeric and biological systems. It starts from the basics and builds up to more complex systems.

Suitable for developmental or educational psychology researchers, scholars, and students, this title includes chapters that highlight research in the area of positive youth development.

Covering reviews of methodology and research in various aspects of protein chemistry, including purification/expression, proteomics, modeling and structural determination and design, this title brings forth information about protocols and analysis of proteins while presenting the findings from experts in a range of protein-related topics.

Provides reviews on various aspects of Monoamine Oxidase and its Inhibitors. This title is suitable for neuroscientists, clinicians, psychologists, physiologists, and pharmacologists.

Provides insights into the signalling processes involved in morphogenesis and pathogenesis with emphasis on using the elements of the signalling cascades as targets for therapeutic deployment. This book focuses on the interrelationships and convergence of growth factors and their receptors in development and pathogenesis.

Offers information on basic biochemical and cellular processes in brain function and neurological diseases for continuing medical education and qualifying examinations. This text explores the translational nature of neuroscience. It covers a range of cellular, molecular and medical neuroscience.

Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of Quantum Efficiency in Complex Systems, this title is of interest to physicists, chemists, materials scientists, and device engineers in academia, scientific laboratories and modern industry.

Provides the mathematical methods that aspiring scientists and engineers are likely to encounter as students and beginning researchers. This book also provides mathematical relations and their proofs essential to the study of physics and related fields. It focuses on problem-solving skills and active learning, offering numerous chapter problems.

Reviews theories and research surrounding the movement disorder Dyskinesia. This title provides readers with a comprehensive list of resources on the topics covered. It contains chapters that include comprehensive background information.

Provides a cohesive guide to achieving successful small wind installations. This book establishes technical guidelines for the growing number of engineers called upon to plan small wind projects who do not yet have great amounts of real-world experience, giving them an invaluable head start.

Provides a comprehensive review of lifelong learning, information literacy and internships including assessment techniques for lifelong learning, teamwork and information literacy as defined by the ABET criteria. This title discusses critical thinking skills for scientists and engineers and their role in lifelong learning in the information age.

Suitable for those wanting to start a career in television journalism, this title instructs the reader on the best way to use visuals and sound, different reporting techniques, and appropriate behaviour for journalists. It provides technical and practical examples of television journalism.

Magnetochemistry is concerned with the study of magnetic properties in materials. It investigates the relationship between the magnetic properties of chemical compounds and their atomic and molecular structure. This book offers comprehensive coverage of various aspects of magnetochemistry.

Focuses on the history and current production practices unique to the specialty wines, including fortified wines, such as ports, sherries, sparkling wines, and distinctive table wines, such as vin santo, botrytised, and carbonic maceration wines. This title offers important information for food scientists and nutritionists.

Focuses on important aspects of insect molecular biology and biochemistry. This title contains chapters on topics such as insect immunology, insect genomics, RNAi, and molecular biology of circadian rhythms and circadian behavior. It brings together research in the fields of insect molecular biology and insect biochemistry.

Suitable for users with interests ranging from application modeling to numerical analysis and scientific software development, this book treats standard convergence theory as well as other necessary ingredients for successful numerical simulations of physical systems encountered by the various practitioners.

Presents a comprehensive treatment of physical security management in the business context. This book is organized into six component parts around the central theme that physical security is part of sound business management.

Introduces students to the standard concepts and methods of stochastic modeling, to illustrate the diversity of applications of stochastic processes in the applied sciences, and to provide exercises in the application of simple stochastic analysis to realistic problems.

A number of genes have been identified that are associated with an increased Body Mass Index (BMI), the standard measurement of obesity. This title provides a forum for discussion of discoveries, approaches, and ideas. It includes reference guide for researchers involved in molecular biology and related fields.

Gives practical insight into how professionals can translate and extend their practice to the electronic online medium. This volume provides an overview of fresh research on the use and effectiveness of counseling online and data on the idiosyncrasies of online behavior and communication.

Discusses the concepts of category learning, prototypes, prospective memory, event memory, memory models, and musical prosody. This work is intended for researchers and academics in cognitive science.

Examines whether there exists a unified conceptual framework for the field that is firmly based on scientific understanding regarding human development and functioning, that applies across all the clinical populations and practice areas within the field, and that would also help integrate professional psychology more fully into health care.

Covers the practical instruction necessary for successful operation of GC/MS equipment. This title reviews the advances in instrumentation, ionization methods, and quantitation. It includes troubleshooting techniques and a variety of additional information useful for the GC/MS practitioner.