Medicine: general issues

Zunehmende Luftverschmutzung infolge fortschreitender Industrialisierung, ansteigen­ der Tabakkonsum und Erhöhung des durchschnittlichen Lebensalters haben die Erkrankungen der Atmungsorgane erheblich vermehrt.

Most drugs, toxins, hormones, and the like bring about their biologic actions by reacting with specific receptors somewhere in the body.

Expression of an immune response is the net result of complex synergis- tic and antagonistic activities performed by a variety of cell types.

As editor of the two-part Volume V on photosynthesis in RUHLAND'S Encyclopedia, the forerunner of this series published in 1960, I have been approached by the editors of the present volume to provide a short preface.

In the preface to Part I of this volume, which appeared in 1966, we stated: "e; .

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

A considerable amount of information on the retinal morphology in fishes has been accumulating during the past century.

Scientific investigation of the retina began with extensive studies of its anatomical structure.

This book contains the contributions and discussions of the second symposium on vascular smooth muscles held in Ttibingen in February, 1976.

The problems associated with the movement of water and solutes throughout the plant body have intrigued students of plants since Malpighi's conclusions in 1675 and 1679 that nutrient sap flows upward and downward in stems through vessels in both wood and bark.

Leider war es nicht möglich, den zweiten Band unmittelbar im Anschluß an den ersten herauszubringen.

One of the points clearly stressed in the beginning of this book is that the essential feature of any dynamic system is change and that, where there is change, there may also be growth and evolution.

This volume was planned to provide a comprehensive survey of the role of the anabolic-androgenic steroids in the vital economy exclusive of the androgenic (sexual) functions.

The thyroid gland first appears in the phylogenic scale in the Lamprey larva, Ammocoetes, at the time of metamorphosis (see review by Constantinescu, 1972).

Plant pathology embraces all aspects of biological and scientific activity which are concerned with understanding the complex phenomena of diseases in plants.

Animals are important components of any ecosystem and it is impossible to describe structure and funCtioning of the Fennoscandian tundra ecosystems without including this part of the system.

The public's serious concern about the uncertainties and dangers of the conse- quences of human activities on environmental quality demands policies to control the situation and to prevent its deterioration.