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  • Exploring Microorganisms
    Antonio Mendez-Vilas
    Exploring Microorganisms: Recent Advances in Applied Microbiology, contains a selection of papers presented at the VII International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology - BioMicroWorld2017 (Madrid, Spain). This book offers the outcomes of completed and outgoing research works and experiences of several microbiology research groups across the world. ...
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    45,55 €

  • Monoclonal Antibodies
    Christian Klein
    Monoclonal antibodies are established in clinical practice for the treatment of cancer, and autoimmune and infectious diseases. The first generation of antibodies has been dominated by classical IgG antibodies, however, in the last decade, the field has advanced, and, nowadays, a large proportion of antibodies in development have been engineered.  This Special Issue on "Monoclo...
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    59,85 €

  • The Biology and Treatment of Myeloid Leukaemias
    There has been an observed decrease in the global mortality from cancer, mostly atributable to improved, particularly early, detection and prevention. For many carcinomas and leukaemias in adults, once the disease has reached a certain stage there are no therapies that are able to erradicate the cancer cells and cure patients. There has been progress in the treatment of acute m...
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    51,85 €

  • Metal Metabolism in Animals
    Reinhard Dallinger
    Through evolution of life, animals have adapted to the ubiquitous presence of metals in the biosphere. They utilize the more frequent ones as essential constituents of their biochemical machinery. In fact, about 40% of all proteins present in animal cells are so-called metalloproteins. On the other hand, animals have invented regulatory and detoxifying mechanisms to protect the...
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    83,91 €

  • Marine Polysaccharides Volume 1
    Paola Laurienzo
    The field of marine polysaccharides is constantly evolving, due to progress in the discovery and production of new marine polysaccharides. Seaweed remains the most abundant source of polysaccharides, but recent advances in biotechnology have allowed the production of large quantities of polysaccharides from a variety of micro-algae, by controlling growth conditions and tailorin...
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    75,60 €

  • The Epithelialto- Mesenchymal Transition ( EMT ) in Cancer
    Joëlle Roche
    The epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a highly dynamic process with multiple transitional states, by which epithelial cells can convert into a mesenchymal phenotype. This process involves loss of cellular adhesion and cellular polarity, and an improvement in migratory and invasive properties. It occurs during normal embryonic development, tissue regeneration, organ ...
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    67,86 €

  • Fungal Pigments
    With the impact of globalization in research trends, the search for healthier life styles, the increasing public demand for natural, organic, and ‘clean labelled’ products, as well as the growing global market for natural colorants in economically fast-growing countries all over the world, filamentous fungi started to be investigated as readily available sources of chemically d...
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    43,80 €

  • Brain Asymmetry of Structure and/or Function
    Lesley J. Rogers / Lesley JRogers
    This edited book brings together research reports on the asymmetry of brain function in various species, including humans, dogs, birds, lizards and bees. As shown in a wide range of species, and, as we now know, not solely in humans, the left and right sides of the brain process information in different ways and control different responses or patterns of behaviour. Since this d...
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    51,71 €

  • Advances in Flavivirus Research
    The flaviviruses are composed almost entirely of arthropod-borne viruses, a subset of which are responsible for millions of cases of human disease each year. Among these viruses are dengue virus—a scourge throughout the tropical regions of Asia and the Americas; yellow fever virus—the “original” hemorrhagic fever virus; and the recently emerged Zika virus. While the flaviviruse...
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    51,85 €

  • Beekeeping At The End Of The Earth
    Mark David Leech
    Beekeeping at the End of the Earth, an essential read for learning about beekeeping in a cool temperate climate with a focus on Tasmania our island home.  One hundred beekeepers one hundred different ways to keep bees.Beekeeping At The End Of The Earth is a practical insight into cool climate beekeeping with a focus on Tasmania, our island home.Richly illustrated with unique di...
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    45,16 €

  • Wearable Electronics and Embedded Computing Systems for Biomedical Applications
    Wearable electronics and embedded computing systems have been receiving a great deal of interest over the last two decades in research and commercial fields, with a special focus on biomedical applications. The key benefits introduced by these systems include their small size, lightweight, low-power consumption, and, of course, wearability. Major human-centered applications are...
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    67,84 €

  • Animaltown
    Urban space constitutes a place where people and animals live together in close proximity with each other, creating changing landscapes of co-existence, conflict, mutual dependencies and exploitation. The medieval animals found in the articles of Animaltown: Beasts in Medieval Urban Space, appear in text and image, as well as archaeological find materials in the form of butcher...
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    109,24 €

  • Beyond Boundaries
    Miguel Nicolelis
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    19,76 €

  • SECOND NATURE
    Jonathan Balcombe
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    16,52 €

  • Bio-Invaders
    Sarah Johnson
    We are pleased to announce a new series ofenvironmental history readers, suitable for students.Comprising essays selected from our journals,Environment and History and Environmental Values,each inexpensive paperback volume will address animportant theme in environmental history, combiningunderlying theory and specific case-studies. The firstvolume, Bio-invaders, investigates th...
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    39,21 €

  • Pleasurable Kingdom
    Jonathan Balcombe
    Pleasurable Kingdom presents new evidence that animals--like humans--enjoy themselves. From birds to baboons, insects to iguanas, animals feel good thanks to play, sex, touch, food, anticipation, comfort, aesthetics, and more. Combining rigorous evidence, elegant argument and amusing anecdotes, leading animal behavior researcher Jonathan Balcombe shows that the possibility of p...
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    18,96 €

  • L’età dell’oro dei cacciatori
    Alberto Peruffo
    L'universo, il pianeta Terra, l'uomo. L'avventura della specie umana si dipana lentamente dall'essere unicellulare fino all'uomo dei giorni nostri che, tra mille travagli, ha raggiunto la condizione di assoluta supremazia.La presenza nell'uomo moderno dei geni del DNA dell'uomo di Neanderthal ha chiarito che, questi antichi uomini, facevano parte, a ...
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    40,53 €

  • Nutrient Cycling and Plant Nutrition in Forest Ecosystems
    Nutrient cycling is essential for maintaining nutrient supply to forest plants and for enhancing forest productivity. Nutrient cycling is also strongly linked to greenhouse gas emissions and thus to global climate change. Nutrient cycling and plant nutrition can be severely affected by anthropogenic and natural disturbance regimes. This Special Issue will provide an avenue to p...
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    67,87 €

  • Hood
    Luke Timmerman
    NAMED A TOP INDIE BOOK IN 2017 BY KIRKUS REVIEWSLee Hood did that rarest of things. He enabled scientists to see things they couldn’t see before and do things they hadn’t dreamed of doing. Scientists can now sequence complete human genomes in a day, setting in motion a revolution that is personalizing medicine.Hood, a son of the American West, was an unlikely candidate to trans...
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    29,03 €

  • Berry Antioxidants in Health and Disease
    Dorothy Klimis-Zacas
    During the last decade, a high volume of work has been published on the health-promoting effects of berries (e.g., blueberries, cranberries, blackberries, etc.) that are rich in antioxidant phytochemicals, polyphenols. Consuming a diet rich in polyphenols has been documented to attenuate the risk of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, diabetes mel...
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    51,74 €

  • Bog-Trotting for Orchids
    Grace Greylock Niles
    Grace Greylock Niles’ classic Bog-Trotting for Orchids opens a view into the world of a female student of nature, and her love for the flora and fauna of the Northeast. Focusing on her search for orchids in the bogs of Vermont, it offers a look back (over a century) at the history and natural history of this well-known region, and the earlier poetry and prose that influenced he...
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    33,65 €

  • La tierra sonríe
    Patricia Illoldi-Rangel
    Este libro es una guía perfecta para las nuevas generaciones que quieren construir un futuro más sostenible. A lo largo de sus páginas, nos recuerda lo importante que es proteger la biodiversidad y los recursos naturales de nuestro planeta. Además, nos explica de forma sencilla qué es la sustentabilidad: básicamente, el compromiso de cuidar la Tierra para que tanto las personas...
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    14,56 €

  • Evolution Reconsidered
    Hatem Elrefaey
    How did life begin? And does the evidence we observe in the natural world fully support the evolutionary history commonly presented to explain life’s diversity and complexity?Evolution Reconsidered takes a critical look at the explanations offered for the origin of life and the development of biological diversity. Through a structured dialogue among four interlocutors with diff...
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    11,87 €

  • Novos métodos para a recuperação genética molecular de seres humanos e do ambiente
    Anatoly Potopalsky / Leonid Zaika / Ol’ha Bolsunova
    Este texto aborda novas e singulares biotecnologias destinadas à promoção da saúde humana e ao bem-estar das pessoas na Terra. As alterações climáticas constituem a ameaça mais perigosa do nosso tempo, devido à utilização descuidada dos recursos da Terra, que destrói o ecossistema e conduz à perda de biodiversidade no mundo. A tarefa de exercer um impacto regulador cuidadoso e ...
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    99,79 €

  • Nowe metody odtwarzania informacji genetycznej dotyczącej ludzi i środowiska
    Anatoly Potopalsky / Leonid Zaika / Ol’ha Bolsunova
    Ten fragment dotyczy nowych, unikalnych biotechnologii mających na celu promowanie zdrowia ludzkiego i dobrobytu mieszkańców Ziemi. Zmiany klimatyczne stanowią najpoważniejsze zagrożenie naszych czasów, wynikające z nieostrożnego wykorzystania zasobów Ziemi, niszczącego ekosystem i prowadzącego do utraty różnorodności biologicznej na świecie. Zadanie polegające na ostrożnym i j...
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    99,79 €

  • Vogelschutzgebiet Vedanthangal
    Jayakumar Samidurai / Krishnappa Kaliyamoorthi / Paramanandham Jothi
    „Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary: Wings of Biodiversity in Tamil Nadu' bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über eines der ältesten und bekanntesten Vogelschutzgebiete Indiens und beleuchtet dessen ökologische, historische und naturschutzfachliche Bedeutung. Das Buch befasst sich mit den Feuchtgebieten, der Hydrologie, der Vegetation und der reichen Vielfalt an Wirbeltieren des Schut...
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    99,76 €

  • Stres cieplny u owiec i bydła mlecznego
    Jalil Ghassemi Nejad
    Niniejsze opracowanie (książka) skupia się na wpływie stresu cieplnego i ograniczenia dostępu do wody na poziom kortyzolu w wełnie i sierści, wydajność, zachowanie oraz układ odpornościowy owiec i krów mlecznych. W ramach swojej pracy doktorskiej autor po raz pierwszy na świecie dokonał pomiaru poziomu kortyzolu w wełnie owiec. Wyniki tych badań zostały opublikowane w czasopiśm...
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    88,35 €

  • Réserve ornithologique de Vedanthangal
    Jayakumar Samidurai / Krishnappa Kaliyamoorthi / Paramanandham Jothi
    Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary : Wings of Biodiversity in Tamil Nadu (La réserve ornithologique de Vedanthangal : les ailes de la biodiversité au Tamil Nadu) dresse un portrait complet de l’une des réserves ornithologiques les plus anciennes et les plus célèbres d’Inde, en soulignant son importance sur les plans écologique, historique et de la conservation. L’ouvrage explore les ...
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    99,76 €

  • Estresse térmico em ovinos e gado leiteiro
    Jalil Ghassemi Nejad
    Este estudo (livro) centra-se nos efeitos do stress térmico e da restrição hídrica nos níveis de cortisol na lã e no pêlo, no desempenho, no comportamento e no sistema imunitário de ovinos e vacas leiteiras. O autor mediu, pela primeira vez a nível mundial, os níveis de cortisol na lã de ovinos no âmbito da sua tese de doutoramento. O resultado deste trabalho foi publicado no *...
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    88,38 €

  • Santuário de Aves de Vedanthangal
    Jayakumar Samidurai / Krishnappa Kaliyamoorthi / Paramanandham Jothi
    O livro Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary: Wings of Biodiversity in Tamil Nadu apresenta uma descrição abrangente de um dos mais antigos e famosos santuários de aves da Índia, destacando a sua importância ecológica, histórica e em termos de conservação. O livro explora as zonas húmidas, a hidrologia, a vegetação e a rica diversidade de vertebrados do santuário, com especial ênfase na...
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    99,80 €


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