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Nonhuman primates have played critical roles in biomedical research, and they are among the few animals whose use in research continues to increase.

This book provides an overview of chemical ecology related to different ecosystems. The book addresses aboveground and belowground terrestrial systems as well as aquatic systems, and the organisms involved are micro- and macro-organisms, such as plants, arthropods and mammals.

Amateur astronomers of all expertise from beginner to experienced will find this a thorough star cluster atlas perfect for easy use at the telescope or through binoculars.

The implications for criminology of territorial borders are relatively unexplored.

This is the first comprehensive book on Smad signal transduction. Forward looking reviews of Smads are provided in a series of 22 cutting-edge chapters. The book is written for an audience with basic understanding of molecular and cell biology.

The main focus of the book is to highlight the role of the immune system in gut and liver diseases and potential interactions of the gut and the liver respectively.

Based on the expertise of thirty leading experts on confiscation in the EU, this is the first book to analyse the practice of proceeds from crime confiscation in the original fifteen EU Member States.

Interculturality has been one of key concepts in phenomenological literature. Though the discussions begin with classical phenomenological texts in Husserl, Heidegger or Merleau-Ponty, they extend to the problems of Daoism and Buddhism, as well as to sociology and analytic philosophy.

There would be no reason to resurrect this question of modernity from its historical oblivion were it not for the fact that recent evolution in science and technology, impregnating culture, makes us wonder about the nature of reality, of the world we are living in, and of our status as living beings within it.

Biotechnology for the Environment: Wastewater Treatment and Modeling, Waste Gas Handling illustrates the current technological applications of microorganisms in wastewater treatment and in the control of waste gas emissions.

The ADAM Family of Proteases provides the first comprehensive review of the roles of ADAMs and the related ADAMTS proteases in biology and disease.

In this highly entertaining book, mycologist David Moore presents a fascinating and lively guide to the fungal kingdom. He explores their role in food and agriculture and their dual role as infectious agents and providers of the most potent antibiotics.

This is at once a review and a summary of the tremendous advances that have been made in recent years on the effect of attention on visual perception. This broad-ranging volume will appeal to vision scientists as well as to those involved in using visual processes in computer animations, display design or the sensory systems of machines.

Dynamic Modeling of Musculoskeletal Motion introduces biomechanists to modern methods of modeling and analyzing dynamic biomechanical systems in three dimensions. Using vector kinematics, the reader is taught a systematic method which significantly reduces the complexity of working with multiple, moving limb segments in three dimensions.

Eastern thinking, especially the Buddhist practice of mindfulness, has inspired effective new interventions in psychotherapy. This book, both a review and practical guide, explores the use of mindfulness in treating psychological problems.

Here is a comprehensive overview of the mathematical life of the legendary Paul Erdos (1913-1996), one of the most versatile and prolific mathematicians of our time. This first volume features personal memories of Paul Erdos by a number of his colleagues.

This book is an introduction to manifolds at the beginning graduate level, and accessible to any student who has completed a solid undergraduate degree in mathematics.

Soviet Robots in the Solar System provides a history of the Soviet robotic lunar and planetary exploration program from its inception, with the attempted launch of a lunar impactor on September 23, 1958, to the last launch in the Russian national scientific space program in the 20th Century, Mars 96, on November 16, 1996.

During the conference 300 papers about actual issues in the field, such as the learning of scientific concepts and skills, scientific literacy, informal science learning, science teacher education, modeling in science education were presented.The book contains 40 of the most outstanding papers presented during the conference.

This handbook brings together in a single volume the groundbreaking work of scholars who have conducted studies of student experiences of school in Afghanistan, Australia, Canada, England, Ghana, Ireland, Pakistan, and the United States.

This book surveys the advanced simulation methods needed for proper modeling of state-of-the-art nanoscale devices. It systematically describes theoretical approaches and the numerical solutions that are used in explaining the operation of both power devices as well as nano-scale devices.

Argumentation has become increasingly important in education. This book considers theoretical and methodological issues of argumentation in education and offers concrete examples of experiments and results of argumentation in a vast range of school contexts.

This collection covers a wide range of topics of infinitedimensional dynamical systems generated by parabolic partial differentialequations, hyperbolic partial differential equations, solitary equations,lattice differential equations, delay differential equations, and stochasticdifferential equations.

This book analyzes the immediate and prolonged effects of major storms and catastrophic events on humans. Topics include how families make meaning out of disaster, disaster recovery in the workplace, and recovery services for the frail and elderly.

Exploring the complex interactions between people and objects in the past, this book offers a fresh approach to the relationships between material culture and individual lives. It gathers together the most recent thinking of established and emerging scholars.

Epistemology or theory of knowledge has always been one of the most important -if not the most important -field of philosophy. It aims at giving both beginners and more advanced students as well as professionals in epistemology and other areas of philosophy an overview of the central problems and solutions of epistemology.

Developments in the practice of mathematics have led to new types of proof and argumentation, challenging the established norms in this area. This book directs the attention of educational researchers to the newest developments in the philosophy and practice of mathematics.

The newest installment in this superb series presents descriptions of the latest DNA recombinants molecule technology. The text combines reports on basic research in genetics with discussions of specific new industrial applications (as well as refinements of older ones) that are likely to prove highly profitable in the years to come.