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The Postgenomic Condition
Ethics, Justice, and Knowledge after the Genome
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
Now that we have sequenced the human genome, what does it mean? In The Postgenomic Condition, Jenny Reardon critically examines the decade after the Human Genome Project, and the fundamental questions about meaning, value and justice this landmark achievement left in its wake.
Drawing on more...
Issues in the Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Agriculture
Applications to the southeastern United States
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
This book presents a collection of articles concerning key topics which examine the impacts of climate change and variability on agriculture. The application region is the southeastern United States. The main topics include an investigation of the effect of variations in the spatial scale of climate...
The Profit of the Earth
The Global Seeds of American Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
While there is enormous public interest in biodiversity, food sourcing, and sustainable agriculture, romantic attachments to heirloom seeds and family farms have provoked misleading fantasies of an unrecoverable agrarian past. The reality, as Courtney Fullilove shows, is that seeds are inherently...
by Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, Shahriar S. Yaghoubi
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2010
Reporter genes have been used for several decades to study regulation of gene expression in vivo. However, it was little more than a decade ago that a new class of reporter genes was developed for imaging molecular events within living subjects. By following the interactions of protein molecules,...
The Pursuit of Perfection
The Promise and Perils of Medical Enchancement
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2011
What does it mean to live in a time when medical science can not only cure the human body but also reshape it? How should we as individuals and as a society respond to new drugs and genetic technologies? Sheila and David Rothman address these questions with a singular blend of history and analysis,...
Neural Data Science
A Primer with MATLAB® and Python™
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
A Primer with MATLAB® and Python™ present important information on the emergence of the use of Python, a more general purpose option to MATLAB, the preferred computation language for scientific computing and analysis in neuroscience.
This book addresses the snake in the room by providing...
by George William Albert Constable
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2015
In this thesis two variants of the fast variable elimination method are developed. They are intuitive, simple to implement and give results which are in very good agreement with those found from numerical simulations. The relative simplicity of the techniques makes them ideal for applying to problems...
Introduction to Nano
Basics to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
This book covers the basics of nanotechnology and provides a solid understanding of the subject. Starting from a brush-up of the basic quantum mechanics and materials science, the book helps to gradually build up understanding of the various effects of quantum confinement, optical-electronic properties...
by Irina Entin
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2012
The reader is introduced to the basic principles of mushroom hunting. Different mushroom characteristics are explained to facilitate a thorough identification process. Only the 18 most identifiable and delicious edible mushrooms are included here with a focus on Northeast North America. The 5 deadliest...
The Ore Minerals Under the Microscope
An Optical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2015
The Ore Minerals Under the Microscope: An Optical Guide, Second Edition, is a very detailed color atlas for ore/opaque minerals (ore microscopy), with a main emphasis on name and synonyms, short descriptions, mineral groups, chemical compositions, information on major formation environments, optical...
by Rossen Donev
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
Published continuously since 1944, the Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology series has been the essential resource for protein chemists. Each volume brings forth new information about protocols and analysis of proteins. Each thematically organized volume is guest edited by leading...
All the Fish in the Sea
Maximum Sustainable Yield and the Failure of Fisheries Management
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2011
Between 1949 and 1955, the State Department pushed for an international fisheries policy grounded in maximum sustainable yield (MSY). The concept is based on a confidence that scientists can predict, theoretically, the largest catch that can be taken from a species’ stock over an indefinite period....
Climate Savvy
Adapting Conservation and Resource Managemto a Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2010
Climate change demands a change in how we envision, prioritize, and implemconservation and managemof natural resources. Addressing threats posed by climate change cannot be simply an afterthought or an addendum, but must be integrated into the very framework of how we conceive of and conduct conservation...
Imaging Mass Spectrometry
Protocols for Mass Microscopy
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2010
Addressing the widespread need for a practical guide to imaging mass spectrometry (IMS), this book presents the protocols of IMS technology. As that technology expands, research groups around the world continue its development. Pharmaceutical companies are using IMS for drug analyses to study pharmacokinetics...