Life sciences: general issues

Explores the Newly Discovered Link Between Nutrition and EpigeneticsCurrent research suggests that nutrients are more than just food components and that certain nutrients can impact the expression of genes that lead to the development of chronic diseases.

The story of our evolutionary past is told in our genome sequence.

Melatonin is a powerful hormone and antioxidant with numerous effects on the metabolism and the health of humans.

With stunning regularity, the search for our cosmic roots has been yielding remarkable new discoveries about the universe and our place in it.

Given the explosive development of new molecular marker techniques over the last decade, newcomers and experts alike in the field of DNA fingerprinting will find an easy-to-follow guide to the multitude of techniques available in DNA Fingerprinting in Plants: Principles, Methods, and Applications, Second Edition.

Excitable media comprise a class of models for a wide range of physical, chemical, and biological systems that exhibit spontaneous formation of spatial patterns.

This is an up-to-date and comprehensive handbook that presents a wealth of information on the different aspects of one of the largest dipterous family, Culicidae (Mosquitoes).

Examine the most recent developments in molecular plant pathology!

Molluscan Communities of the Florida Keys and Adjacent Areas: Their Ecology and Biodiversity is the first comprehensive overview of the ecology and biodiversity of the phylum Mollusca in the area extending from the Dry Tortugas and Ten Thousand Islands in the west to Palm Beach in the east.

The Southern Forest: Geography, Ecology, and Silviculture examines the forests of the South, providing a comprehensive description of the region from which most of the nation's wood for housing and paper will be grown and harvested in the future.

This book provides a systematic presentation of some of the most relevant contemporary major theories of human cognition.

Nutrition and Epigenetics presents new information on the action of diet and nutritional determinants in regulating the epigenetic control of gene expression in health and disease.

This dictionary includes every area of agriculture, from traditional farming to the latest techniques in biotechnology and genetics.

This handbook introduces some of the most relevant techniques used to develop intelligent robotic systems and provides several examples of applications where robots equipped with AI are deployed to solve a task.

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In recent decades, livestock producers have moved away from open grazing for a number of reasons, none having to do with the health of consumers.

Understanding phytochemical-gene interactions provides the basis for individualized therapies to promote health as well as prevent and treat disease.

Examine the most recent developments in molecular plant pathology!

Epigenetics, the study of heritable changes in gene expression, has been heralded as one of the most promising new fields of scientific inquiry.

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The Essence of Gastronomy: Understanding the Flavor of Foods and Beverages presents a new comprehensive and unifying theory on flavor, which answers ancient questions and offers new opportunities for solving food-related issues.

Presenting a social science perspective on the contemporary gaze on the body of the suspect, this book considers how definitions of criminality, offenses, individual rights, and the concepts of identity and difference have been altered by changes in the biological status of the human.

This book explores the questions of What, Why, When, How and Where we might find Extra-Terrestrials (a.

While functional foods have become a reasonably well-established concept, personalized nutrition is still treated with skepticism by many.

Presenting a social science perspective on the contemporary gaze on the body of the suspect, this book considers how definitions of criminality, offenses, individual rights, and the concepts of identity and difference have been altered by changes in the biological status of the human.

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A radically new cosmological view from a groundbreaking neuroscientist who places the human brain at the center of humanity’s universe Renowned neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis introduces a revolutionary new theory of how the human brain evolved to become an organic computer without rival in the known universe.

A philosopher subjects the claims of evolutionary psychology to the evidential and methodological requirements of evolutionary biology, concluding that evolutionary psychology''s explanations amount to speculation disguised as results.

Epigenetics, the study of heritable changes in gene expression, has been heralded as one of the most promising new fields of scientific inquiry.

This volume brings together an international roster of scientists, many of which have spent their careers researching the fossil evidence for, and the context of, the taxa that are conventionally subsumed within the genus Paranthropus, to present and synthesize the latest research about the paleobiology of Paranthropus.

Plants in tropical regions are coping with enormous challenges of physiological stresses owing to changing environmental and climatic conditions.

Taking us back roughly 45 million years into the Eocene, "e;the dawn of recent life,"e; Chris Beard, a world-renowned expert on the primate fossil record, offers a tantalizing new perspective on our deepest evolutionary roots.

The sequencing of the human genome involved thousands of scientists but used relatively few tools.

Experimental Methods in Embodied Cognition presents a timely introduction to methodologies of cognitive science from a theoretical perspective.

CRISPR-Cas systems have redefined the landscape of genetic engineering, offering an unprecedented level of precision, efficiency, and versatility in genome editing.

A radically new cosmological view from a groundbreaking neuroscientist who places the human brain at the center of humanity’s universe Renowned neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis introduces a revolutionary new theory of how the human brain evolved to become an organic computer without rival in the known universe.

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A philosopher subjects the claims of evolutionary psychology to the evidential and methodological requirements of evolutionary biology, concluding that evolutionary psychology''s explanations amount to speculation disguised as results.

This comprehensive reference book on an essential mitochondrial enzyme, cytochrome c oxidase (COX), is the culmination of four decades of work.

From the brilliant psychoanalyst behind Strictly Bipolar and What is Madness, a short and fascinating guide to the history of human sleep - and why we can't seem to sleep any moreOne in four adults sleeps badly.

'A funny and beautifully written welcome to the enigmatic, weird and wonderful world of wasps' DAVE GOULSON, author of SILENT EARTHThere may be no insect with a worse reputation than the wasp, and none guarding so many undiscovered wonders.

This handbook introduces some of the most relevant techniques used to develop intelligent robotic systems and provides several examples of applications where robots equipped with AI are deployed to solve a task.

Public awareness of the role diet plays in brain function has been steadily increasing.

This book highlights the hidden world of microbiomes, viromes, and biofilms on and inside humans.

Chemical Warfare in NaturePesticides and other industrial chemicals are at the root of many pollution problems.

This book explores the questions of What, Why, When, How and Where we might find Extra-Terrestrials (a.

Das vorliegende Buch widmet sich der „Kind als Schaden“-Rechtsprechung und beleuchtet das Zusammenwirken der strafrechtlichen Vorschriften über den Schwangerschaftsabbruch mit dem zivilen Arzthaftungsrecht unter dem Einfluss des Verfassungsrechts.