Life sciences: general issues

Dieses Zeichen- und Malbuch bietet eine schnelle Abhilfe für alldiejenigen, die Schwierigkeiten haben sich chemische Strukturen zu merken oder ihr Wissen über biologische Moleküle und Strukturen vertiefen möchten.

River Basin Ecohydrology in the Indian Sub-Continent: Sustainable Strategies and Sustenance provides a multidisciplinary approach that focuses on conservation strategies, water quality management in the eco-regions, catchment management practices, estuaries, preservation of in-stream habitat populations, and natural /bioengineering techniques for the sustainable management of ecological resources in the Indian sub-continent.

Ein Käfer erzeugt das weißeste Weiß, Materialwissenschaftler erschufen das schwärzeste Schwarz – doch im Großen und Ganzen ist unsere Welt vor allem eines: bunt.

Less than 450 years ago, all European scholars believed that the Earth was at the centre of a Universe that was at most a few million miles in extent, and that the planets, sun, and stars all rotated around this centre.

This thoroughly updated edition reports on the current state of human computer interaction (HCI) in biomedicine and healthcare, focusing on the cognitive underpinnings of human interactions with people and technology.

La presencia cotidiana del agua en la vida diaria nos impide reflexionar sobre su naturaleza e importancia para la vida en el planeta.

Evaluar a niños y niñas de 0 a 6 años, mediante la observación, el análisis y la interpretación de su comportamiento supone un reto para los encargados de hacerlo.

This volume provides a comprehensive understanding of HIV/AIDS and neuro-AIDS, including a history of the disease, and an explanation of many of the conditions that can arise in afflicted patients, including opportunistic infections, central nervous system tumors, spinal cord disorders, myopathies and progressive encephalopathy, amongst others.

Gene expression in cells follows a prescribed pathway that conforms to the Central Dogma; where the genetic information stored in DNA is transcribed into RNA and then expressed into proteins, which influences most plant traits.

This book discusses the latest findings on the physiological and pathological functions of transient receptor potential canonical/classical (TRPC) proteins in the brain.

The Extremophiles Handbook brings together the rapidly growing and often scattered information on microbial life in the whole range of extreme environments.

En su "Introducción a la biopolítica", Thomas Lemke, además de un agudo análisis y lectura crítica de las principales tesis enfocadas a la definición de geopolítica y al establecimiento de una metodología de estudio en el área, presenta una reflexión sumamente propositiva, en la que defiende la necesidad de un enfoque interdisciplinario en el estudio de la materia.

Focusing on the period between the 1970s and the present, Life as Surplus is a pointed and important study of the relationship between politics, economics, science, and cultural values in the United States today.

The Encyclopedia of Plant Viruses and Viroids provides an up-to-date information on the viruses and viroids infecting all types of cultivated and weed plants at global level; and is unique among plant virology texts as it is organized alphabetically by the genus name of the host plant infected.

A comprehensive account of joint species distribution modelling, covering statistical analyses in light of modern community ecology theory.

Para el Departamento de Bioética de la Universidad El Bosque es un placer presentar la segunda edición parcial en español del libro ¿Qué es la bioética?

This book, in two volumes, focuses on contemporary issues and dilemmas in relation to depression.

Wussten Sie, dass wir Menschen 99 Prozent unserer DNA mit Schimpansen und Bonobos gemeinsam haben?

Eine Reise durch mehr als 14 Milliarden Jahre der Evolution: zu fernsten Planeten, die noch unerreichbar sind, und kaum bekannten Welten auf der Erde wie die Tiefsee, aber auch unser Hirn.

Es vergeht kaum ein Tag ohne irgendeine Diskussion, ob Computer ein Bewusstsein haben können, ob unser Universum eine Art Simulation, ob der Geist ein einzigartiges Charakteristikum des Menschen ist.