Biophysics

In the mid-1980s the European Journal of Biochemistry set out to publish review articles.

Constructional morphology explains features of organisms from a constructional and functional point of view.

0 e From the reviews of the German edition: "e;NMR: readable yet professional.

This volume contains extended abstracts of the 10 plenary lectures, 27 invited symposium lectures and ap- proximately 300 contributed papers that were presented at the 25th Congress Ampere.

This book deals with the mechanism of signal transduction in vertebrate and invertebrate photoreceptors.

The contents of this volume derive loosely from an EMBO worksh9P held at EMBL (Heidelberg) towards the end of 1989.

The structural and chemical limitations to respiratory gas exchange existing between the ambient medium and the cell are comprehensively treated.

Lasers in Dermatology presents an excellent and complete survey of the numerous applications of lasers in dermatological therapy and research, the fundamentals of laser-skin interaction, and the various laser sources and tools in use.

EJB Reviews 1989 offer the collection of all reviews published in the European Journal of Biochemistry in one handy volume.

This book presents contributions from the MICCAI 2024 Computational Biomechanics for Medicine Workshop CBM XIX.

Interest in the biological effects of ionising radiation closely followed the identification of such radiation.

In July 1989 a symposium was held at the Physiology Department of the Georg August University, G6ttingen, on the physiological, biophysical, biochemical, and technical principles of the coding of chemical substances both in nervous systems and artificial devices.

Photon-Vegetation Interactions deals with the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with vegetation canopies.

The development of equipment capable of producing and monitoring safe, effective and predictable hyperthermia treatments represents a major challenge.

This workshop was the second of this series held on the island of santorini in the Cycladic Sea.

The relatively simple, stratified nature of the retina and its spe- fied use in the visual process has long made it an inviting tissue to study both for its own sake and as a model for the more complex processes of the brain.

Neural and Synergetic Computers deals with basic aspect ofthis rapidly developing field.

Ausgehend von den Grundlagen der Laserphysik und der biologischen Wirkung von Laserstrahlung beantwortet dieses Buch umfassend alle Fragen des Laser-Strahlenschutzes: Die Meßmethoden für Laserstrahlung, die zulässigen Strahlungswerte, die relevanten technischen Regeln, das System der Laserklassen und die organisatorischen und apparativen Schutzmaßnahmen sind ausführlich dargestellt.

The papers published in this Volume are the fruits of a symposium held in Regensburg in April 1987.

Disintegration of kidney and gall stones by intense laser radiation is becoming increasingly important as a complementary technique to extracorporeal shockwave treatment.

Many novel cooperative phenomena found in a variety of systems studied by scientists can be treated using the uniting principles of synergetics.

Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology helps biologists, physiologists, and biochemists keep track of the extensive literature in the field.

The aim of electron probe microanalysis of biological systems is to identify, localize, and quantify elements, mass, and water in cells and tissues.

It is common practice to publish conference papers in books or monograph series.

In this volume the contributions of the 2nd International EBSA (European Biophysical Societies Association) Symposium devoted to the biophysical and biochemical aspects of the structure and interaction of cytoskeletal and extracellular proteins are presented.

This manual on "e;Dynamics of Membrane Proteins and Cellular Energetics"e; is the result of a FEBS-CNRS Course held in Grenoble and Besanc;{on in September 1987.

Neural networks are not rigidly wired but rather highly plastic structures, the functional architecture of which can be actively reorganized in response to external or internal events.

"e;Methods in Protein Sequence Analysis - 1988"e; - contains selected contributions on modern protein- analytical techniques as presented by speakers at the Seventh International Conference on "e;Methods in Protein Sequence Analysis"e;, held from July 3rd to July 8th, 1988 in Berlin.

Open nonlinear systems are capable of self-organization in space and time.

Wood is the usual end product of a forestry operation.

Radiation induces a variety of chemical processes in biological tissues.

In 1979, a conference on x-ray microscopy was organized by the New York Academy of Sciences, and in 1983, the Second Interna- tional Symposium on X-ray Imaging was organized by the Akademie der Wissenschaften in Gottingen, Federal Republic of Germany.

Genetic information determines the composition of molecules comprising cytoskeletal elements, membranes and receptors.

Living things use solar energy in two ways: in the transmission of information and in the conversion of light energy to chemical energy.

To preserve tissue by freezing is an ancient concept going back pre- sumably to the practice of ice-age hunters.

There is no doubt about the importance of hydration in many areas of every day life, technology, biology, medicine, science etc.

Rhythms of the heart and of the nervous and endocrine system, breathing, locomotory movements, sleep, circadian rhythms and tissue cell cycles are major elements of the temporal order of man.

Membrane bioenergetics is one of the most rapidly growing areas within physico-chemical biology.

This volume is the third of a series on Membrane Proteins and, like the pre- ceding manuals, is the result of an International Advanced Course entitled Isolation and Characterization of Membrane Proteins: Biochemical and Bio- physical Aspects sponsored by the Federation of European Biochemical So- cieties (FEBS) and the Italian Research Council (CNR).

This book the second volume in the "e;Springer Series in Biophysics"e; col- lects together contributions to the conference on "e;Biophysics and Syn- chrotron Radiation"e; held in July 86 at Frascati.

On three occasions and at different locations, conferences were held to honor the eightieth birthday of Professor Herbert Frohlich: on the 18th December, 1985, in Liverpool, England; on the 14th February, 1986, in Stuttgart, Germany; and on the 8th March, 1986, on the Palm Coast, Florida.

The Editorial Board and the Publishers of the Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology wish to express their profound grief at the untimely death of Professor Peter Baker.

During the past decade we have witnessed not only an increase in knowledge of the "e;traditional"e; biophysical problems, but also an understanding of the molecular basis of various biological phenomena.

The Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology series has turned several times to the topic of photosynthesis.