Biology, life sciences

Die Frage nach den Folgen möglicher Klimaänderungen im deutschen Küstenraum ist einer der Schwerpunkte der Klimafolgenforschung.

In this new volume in the series Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences the authors have presented and discussed their findings in the fields of speech and language disorders, X-linked mental retardation, gene therapy in the CNS, memory and learning disorders and other fields.

The aberrant replication pathway of foamy viruses distinguishes them from all other retroviruses.

Die Beiträge dieser Sonderausgabe decken den gesamten Bereich der wieder sehr aktuellen IR-spektroskopischen Analytik ab; sie sind bekanntermaßen praxisbezogen abgefaßt und vermitteln dem Neuling einen schnellen Einstieg, dem Erfahrenen erleichtern sie den Überblick über die aktuellen Entwicklungen.

Die Beiträge dieser Sonderausgabe behandeln die wichtigsten Aspekte dieses intensiv bearbeiteten Teilgebietes der instrumentellen Analytik; sie sind bekanntermaßen praxisbezogen abgefaßt und vermitteln dem Neuling einen schnellen Einstieg, dem Erfahrenen erleichtern sie den Überblick über die aktuellen Entwicklungen.

Quality assurance and accreditation in analytical chemistry laboratories is an important issue on the national and international scale.

This book is concerned with recent advances in fitness landscapes.

"Dorthin zu gehen, wo noch kein Mensch gewesen ist“ – das ist nicht nur das Motto der Science-Fiction-Serie Star Trek, sondern auch das der meisten Meereswissenschaftler.

Roads and transportation infrastructures are among the most extensive human-made transformations on Earth—shaping landscapes, enabling connectivity, and driving economic growth.

Lord Please Make Him Stop Drinking provides clear biblical examples of how wives can experience peace in their home from the up and down roller coaster of an alcoholic husband.

70% of the American workforce is disengaged.

The scientific study of human mating has mushroomed over the past three decades, and this growth in turn has generated a proliferation of evolving literature revealing fresh discoveries about mate attraction, mate choice, mate retention, marital satisfaction, jealousy, infidelity, intimate partner violence, breakups, internet dating, cyberstalking, and sexual coercion.

The scientific study of human mating has mushroomed over the past three decades, and this growth in turn has generated a proliferation of evolving literature revealing fresh discoveries about mate attraction, mate choice, mate retention, marital satisfaction, jealousy, infidelity, intimate partner violence, breakups, internet dating, cyberstalking, and sexual coercion.

Dangerous Animals & Outdoor Hazards in Africa is a comprehensive guide to managing human-wildlife conflict and avoiding dangerous situations in remote areas.

In Blue-Footed Boobies, Hugh Drummond presents a lifetime field study of one of the planet's most charismatic and observable birds, focused on two themes of human relevance: aggressive competition between siblings and monogamous pair-bonding combined with frequent infidelity.

Hypoxia, defined as reduced oxygen tension, is a common physiological phenomenon in both normal embryonic development and malignancy progression.

Forensic Recovery of Human Remains: Archaeological Approaches provides a comprehensive and updated guide to the search, recovery, documentation, and excavation of human remains in forensic contexts.

Trypanosomes are unicellular protozoa of ancient evolutionary origin that are responsible for several tropical diseases, such as African sleeping sickness.

Exotische Lebensmittel stoßen bei Gourmets, Hobbyköchen und Ferntouristen auf immer größeres Interesse.

Since the second half of the 20th century machine computations have played a critical role in science and engineering.

Die Zusammenstellung dieser grundlegenden Beiträge und echten "highlights" aus früheren Bänden des Analytiker-Taschenbuchs befaßt sich mit den Themen "Chemometrie, Statistik, Nachweisgrenzen und GLP".

The work introduces the fundamentals concerning the measure of discrete information, the modeling of discrete sources without and with a memory, as well as of channels and coding.

Over the last years, numerous studies have provided new insights into the structural and functional organization of the human cortical motor system.

Altlasten und rezente Kontaminationen durch Unfälle und menschliches Fehlverhalten stellen eine Gefährdung der Biosphäre dar.

It has been over 30 years since the first clinically important member of the quinolone class, nalidixic acid, was introduced into medical practice.

During 1978-1982 the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) was responsible for a research project on Environmental Quality Control and Management.

Nonconventional yeasts - all yeasts other than S.

This volume is based on plenary presentations from Challenges of a Changing Earth, a Global Change Open Science Conference held in Amsterdam, The Neth- lands, in July 2001.

Comparative endocrinology helps to find the roots of homeostatic regulation in organisms.

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Mathematiker haben in den letzten Jahren grundlegende Beiträge zu Fragestellungen in der Industrie, in Transport und Kommunikation, Versicherungen und Banken, in Medizin und Biologie geleistet.

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) AIDS Program is the fourth largest acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) program within the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

This volume presents the contributions to the third symposium on the "e;Search for the Causes of Schizophrenia"e;.

Comparisons are made of the adaptations of invertebrates from polar deserts with those of temperate and subtropical deserts.

In zunehmendem Maße wird deutlich, daß Veränderungen in der Umwelt über komplexe Rückkoppelungen in alle Bereiche der menschlichen Existenz einwirken.

This comprehensive reference is clearly destined to become the definitive anatomical basis for all neuroscience research.

Gene Delivery into Mammalian Cells: An Overview on Existing Approaches Employed In Vitro and In Vivo, by Peter Hahn and Elizabeth Scanlan*Strategies for the Preparation of Synthetic Transfection Vectors, by Asier Unciti-Broceta, Matthew N.

The means by which non-enveloped viruses penetrate cellular membranes during cell entry remain poorly defined.

Many organisms have evolved the ability to enter into and revive from a dormant state.

This volume features a collection of essays by primatologists, anthropologists, biologists, and psychologists who offer some answers to the question of what makes us human, i.