Biology, life sciences

Medical imaging is an important and rapidly expanding area in medical science.

Der routinemäßige Einsatz des EEG zur Überwachung des Intensivpatienten hat sich als entscheidende Hilfe für die aktuelle Beurteilung der zerebralen Situation im Verlauf einer Intensivtherapie erwiesen.

As far as we are aware, this is the first attempt to cover the com- parative physiology of the pancreatic islets in a monograph.

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Interest in comparative acid-base physiology has considerably grown during last decades even in the absence of major technical or conceptual advances.

Als erste Entscheidungssammlung auf dem Gebiet des Arztrechts stellt die ESA für Mediziner und Juristen ein unentbehrliches Nachschlagewerk zum zentralen Bereich der Aufklärung und Einwilligung bei ärztlicher Behandlung dar.

The brain of an echo locating bat is devoted, in large part, to analyzing sound and conducting behavior in a world of sounds and echoes.

Cytomechanics is the application of the classical principles of mechanics in cell biology.

In 1954, when I obtained my B.

Activation by and desensitization to signals originating from the environment is common in all organisms, ranging from prokaryotes to higher eukaryotes.

Reptiles and birds have highly diverse hearing organs.

This book is not a conventional review of diving physiology.

This volume emphasizes the comparative approach to under- standing vertebrate renal function.

Das Buch behandelt die jüngste Entwicklung der Schizophrenieforschung.

This book originates from a symposium held at the London Hospital Medical College under the auspices of Applied Chromatography Systems Ltd.

Nearly 10 years have elapsed since I finished writing the first edition of Intro- duction to Molecular Embryology.

In addition to the more or less static properties of the environ- ment, plants and animals must cope with its temporal variations.

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Modem Methods of Plant Analysis When the handbook Modern Methods of Plant Analysis was fIrst introduced in 1954 the considerations were: 1.

This book is a collection of papers presented at a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "e;Biology and Molecular Biology of Plant-Pathogen Interactions"e; which was held at Dillington College, Ilminster, UK, 1-6 September 1985.

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Modern Methods of Plant Analysis When the handbook Modern Methods of Plant Analysis was first introduced in 1954 the considerations were: 1.

Dieser Band befaßt sich mit dem Einfluß von aminergen Neuronensystemen auf die Hypophysenvorderlappen-Hormonsekretion sowie die Wirkung von Psychopharmaka auf die aminergen Neuronensysteme im Zentralnervensystem.

Here for the first time in one book is a comprehensive and systematic approach to the dynamic modeling and control of biped locomotion robots.

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In 1966, a paper entitled "e;On the formation of a novel adenylylic compound by enzymatic extracts of liver nuclei"e; from Paul Mandel's laboratory in Strasbourg, France, planted the seed for a rapidly growing new field of biological research focusing on ADP-ribosylation reactions.

The outstanding contributions to this volume are designed to shed light on some fields of cell biology and cellular pathology, including newly observed phenomena of cell-cell interactions, which might be applicable in studying the pathological process of atherosclerosis.

The NATO workshop on Disordered Systems and Biological Organization was attended, in march 1985, by 65 scientists representing a large variety of fields: Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics and Biology.

Cybernetics, a science concerned with understanding how systems are regulated, has reflected the preoccupations of the century in which it was born.

Modern Methods of Plant Analysis When the handbook Modern Methods of Plant Analysis was first introduced in 1954 the considerations were: 1.

The possession of plasmids was for a long time recognized only in the bacteria.

The incidence of lung cancer has reached epidemic proportions throughout the civilized world.

This volume contains the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "e;Pictorial Information Systems in Medicine"e; held August 27-September 7, 1984 in Hotel Maritim, Braunlage/Harz, Federal Republic of Germany.

Malignant growth of cells is often characterized by disorganization of tissue structure, abnormal blood vessel development, and insuffi- cient vascular supply.

An invitation from the Editors to contribute to 'Studies of Brain Functions' with a monograph on the parietal lobe of- fers me an opportunity to present in a concentrated form my studies on this part of the brain from a period of some- what over a decade.

Predictive drug testing on human tumor cells in order to define the appropriate chemotherapy will remain imperative as long as the anticancer agents available are few in number and show only limited activity.

For old and new studies in decision making and risk analysis, this book should stand at tlle watershed.

The "e;functional"e; in the title of this book not only reflects my personal bias about neuroanatomy in brain research, it is also the gist of many chapters which describe sophisticated ways to resolve structures and interpret them as dynamic entities.

Chance Favors Only the Prepared Mind How does a scientist go about the task of pushing back the curtains of the unknown?

Substantial relief of discomfort may be anticipated by most patients suffering from pelvic and lower-extremity pain who are treated by arterial infusion of nitrogen mustard.

Mutation breeding has been introduced into modern plant breeding in the early 1940's.

When trying to solicit authors for this book it became apparent that the causal factors for heterosis at the physiological and biochemical level are today almost as obscure as they were 30 years ago.

The intention of this book is to offer a comprehensive description and discussion of autonomic nerve function in the vertebrates from several points of view.

The first summer study at IIASA brought together a cross-section of individ- uals from different disciplines and nationalities.