This monograph has been written in the hope that it will prove of value to medical students and clinicians, to Honours undergradu- ates in appropriate branches of the natural sciences, and to repro- ductive biologists in general.
th th On June 17 and 18 1987 the fourth workshop on "e;Azospi- rillum: Genetics, Physiology, Ecology"e; took place at the Uni ver- sity of Bayreuth, West Germany, organized by the Genetics depart- ment.
At last geochemists are offered one comprehensive reference book which gives the Eh-pH diagrams for 75 elements found in the earth's surface environment, including transuranic and other radioactive species.
Low temperature represents, together with drought and salt stress, one of the most important environmental constraints limiting the pro- ductivity and the distribution of plants on the Earth.
This volume comprises the lectures of the speakers at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop held at the Congress Centre The Flevohof at Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands, May 11-16, 1986.
The impacts of specifically experienced external and internal environments upon phylogenetically established pathways of ontogenetic development seem to be responsible for the intra-species variation of organisms.
The ability to use tools skillfully is generally regarded as one of the major achievements in the evolutionary development of the human nervous system.
In neurophysiology, the emphasis has been on single-unit studies for a quarter century, since the sensory work by Lettwin and coworkers and by Hubel and Wiesel, the cen- tral work by Mountcastle, the motor work by the late Evarts, and so on.
"e;Instead of dirt and poison we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnisning mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light"e;.
Readers of my books, students and scientists, often ask for spe- cial references not commonly found in introductory or interme- diate books on statistics.
As a result of the green revolution, the use of yield-increasing inputs such as fer- tilizer and pesticides became a matter of course in irrigated rice farming in Southeast Asia.
The history of medicine is dotted with the episodic appearance of new discoveries, scientific breakthroughs, and the development of new schools of medicine, and each has contributed to the evolution of the art and science of the practice of medicine.
This book is based on the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "e;Mesenchymal-Epithelial Interactions in Neural Development"e; which was held in Berlin during March 1986.
The NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "e;Gangliosides and Modu- lation of Neuronal Functions"e; was held at the University of Stutt- gart-Hohenheim, Federal Republic of Germany, on October 20 - 24, 1986.
There have been many significant microbiological, biochemical and technological advances made in the understanding and implementation of anaerobic digestion processes with respect to industrial and domestic wastewater treatment.
Oral birth in the Australian gastric brooding frog Rheobatrachus sUus 2 Preface I have deliberately chosen the title picture to the preface, which shows the oral birth of a young gastric brooding frog (Rheobatrachus situs), to draw the reader's attention to the preface since I wish to explain why the book was written and illustrated in the way it now appears.
The close association between blood glucose control and the well-being of the patient, as well as the risk for the development of the "e;late"e; complications of 3 diabetes, make it necessary to attain near normalisation of blood glucosel- ).
In May 1984 the Swedish Council for Scientific Research convened a small group of investigators at the scientific research station at Abisko, Sweden, for the purpose of examining various conceptual and mathematical views of the evolution of complex systems.
By the end of the last century, the only region in all of Europe where the natural vegetation remained untouched over large expanses was Eastern Europe.
The Plant Root and the Rhizosphere was a major topical feature of the first International Symposium on Factors Determining the Behavior of Plant Pathogens in Soil held at the University of California, Berkeley in 1963.
