Physiology

Blood Clotting Enzymology covers the mechanisms of blood clotting and their role in thrombosis, hemostasis, and many associated ramifications.

Imagine being able to taste or hear with your feet, or feel your way through the dark with your nose!

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This book discusses the clinical biochemistry of commonly measured analytes.

Systematic screening for congenital hypothyroidism in the newborn was introduced some 15 years ago.

Exam Board: CCEALevel: A-levelSubject: BiologyFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2018Reinforce students' understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers will improve exam technique to achieve higher grades.

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

When working with sports men and women, the biomechanist is faced with two apparently incompatible goals: reducing injury risk and improving sports performance.

This volume is the most recent installment of the Progress in Motor Control series.

What do you know about the sense of touch?

In this book, the authors present in detail several recent methodologies and algorithms that they developed during the last fifteen years.

Oxygen Transport in Red Blood Cells contains the proceedings of the 12th Aharon Katzir Katchalsky Conference held at Tours, France on April 4-7, 1984.

The field of oxygen study is immense.

Laboratory and Field Exercises in Sport and Exercise Biomechanics is the first book to fully integrate practical work into an introduction to the fundamental principles of sport and exercise biomechanics.

The popularity of distance running as a sport, and a recreational activity, is at an all-time high.

Practical Diabetes Care for Healthcare Professionals, Second Edition, helps healthcare professionals get up-to-speed on type 2 diabetes care.

This book meets the long-awaited need for a comprehensive overview of the biological role of HDLs.

As the current millennium steams towards a close, one cannot help but look with amazement at the incredible amount of progress that has been achieved in medicine in just the last few decades.

Psychophysiology of the Frontal Lobes covers the frontal lobe function.

This book is a colorful journey into the fascinatingly diverse world of interneurons, an important class of highly heterogeneous cells found in all cortical neuronal networks.

Motor skill acquisition and athlete development practices are rapidly evolving.

A comprehensive and authoritative review of the current scientific knowledge of how evolution has shaped the brains of Australian marsupials.

Several compounds are associated with experimentally induced neoplasms in the urinary systems, and especially the kidneys, of laboratory animals.

Recognize market opportunities, master the design process, and develop business acumen with this 'how-to' guide to medical technology innovation.

Low back pain affects most of us at some time, and exercise is key to both its prevention and treatment.

This volume gathers a selection of original articles and reviews on timely topics about the application of Taurine in human health written by members of the International Taurine Society, including COVID-19, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, among others.

With three hearts and blue blood, its gelatinous body unconstrained by jointed limbs or gravity, the octopus seems to be an alien, an inhabitant of another world.

This book covers the principal reports and discussions which have been presented during the "e;Symposium on Anaerobic Metabolism and Lactic Acid"e; which was held in Anzere (Wallis, Switzerland) from 19th till 20th January 1978 under the patronage of the European Society of Cardiology.

Visual Perception explores fundamental topics underlying the field of visual perception, including the perception of brightness and color, the physics of light, and the optics of the eye.

Presenting a comprehensive overview of the multifaceted field of proteases in the extracellular matrix environment, this reference focuses on the recently elucidated functions of complex proteolytic systems in physiological and pathological tissue remodeling.

This book covers the latest information on the anatomic features, underlying physiologic mechanisms, and treatments for diseases of the heart.

Der vierte Band der Reihe bietet eine interdisziplinäre Darstellung des aktuellen Standes der Wissenschaft auf dem Gebiet der Ersatz- und Ergänzungsmethoden zu Tierversuchen.

Human Hair is the subject of a remarkably wide range of scientific investigations.

Applied Neurophysiology is intended to promote understanding of the structure and function of the human nervous system for anesthetists.

This heavily revised second edition of this essential text address the challenges of treating foot complications associated with diabetes, which is presently a major challenge for societies the world over with many patients not receiving adequate care.

In his review of the Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Respiratory Muscles in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, organized in Montescano in 1986, Thomas K.

Brain Mapping: A Comprehensive Reference, Three Volume Set offers foundational information for students and researchers across neuroscience.

Written by the world's two leading researchers in steroid biochemistry this volume describes the ways in which hormonal concentration is regulated during pregnancy.

HE history of high-altitude physiology and medicine is such a rich and T colorful topic that it is perhaps surprising that no one has undertaken a comprehensive account before.

This highly illustrated book effectively simplifies the intricate principles of biomechanics for orthopaedic trainees.

The Gut-Brain Axis: Dietary, Probiotic, and Prebiotic Interventions on the Microbiota examines the potential for microbial manipulation as a therapeutic avenue in central nervous system disorders in which an altered microbiota has been implicated, and explores the mechanisms, sometimes common, by which the microbiota may contribute to such disorders.

Almost fourteen percent of American children over age six and twelve percent of adolescents are obese, more than double the rate of thirty years ago.

This comprehensive, up-to-date reference work compiles the scientific research on the relationship between various forms of cancer and reactive oxygen species (ROS).