Biological category: 21163 books
by Pratima Bajpai
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Showcasing the very latest technologies for neutralising the unpleasant—and sometimes dangerous—odours from industrial and waste management processes, this Springer Brief in Environmental Sciences covers physical, chemical and biological methods. The volume includes modern biotechnological approaches...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2011
This book presents a comprehensive compilation of registration requirements necessary for authorisation of biological control agents (viruses, bacteria, fungi, active substances of natural origin and semiochemicals) in OECD countries. It also reviews data requirements for invertebrate agents (insect,...
Nutrient Indicator Models for Determining Biologically Relevant Levels
A case study based on the Corn Belt and Northern Great Plain Nutrient Ecoregion
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
Nutrient Indicator Models for Determining Biologically Relevant Levels: A case study based on the Corn Belt and Northern Great Plain Nutrient Ecoregion is the first book to provide answers to the management of nutrients based on changes in biological communities. The text describes a case study that...
Computational Electrostatics for Biological Applications
Geometric and Numerical Approaches to the Description of Electrostatic Interaction Between Macromolecules
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2014
This book presents established and new approaches to perform calculations of electrostatic interactions at the nanoscale, with particular focus on molecular biology applications. It is based on the proceedings of the Computational Electrostatics for Biological Applications international meeting, which...
Advances in Electromagnetic Fields in Living Systems
Volume 5, Health Effects of Cell Phone Radiation
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
Health Effects of Cell Phone Radiation will offer a concentrated and up-to-date overview on the effects of radio frequencies on human tissue. While significant advances are being made on many fronts, ranging in frequency from quasi-static to the optical regime, a special emphasis of this volume is...
Genetically Modified Food Sources
Safety Assessment and Control
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
Genetically Modified Food Sources reports detailed results of studies on the medical and biological safety of 14 species of genetically modified plant-derived organisms (GMOs). The authors focus on issues in GMO production and world output, specifically the basic legislative regulations of modern...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
This book summarizes the main surface analysis techniques that are being used to study biological specimens/systems. The compilation of chapters in this book highlight the benefits that surface analysis provides.
The outer layer of bulk solid or liquid samples is referred to as the surface...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
Molecular networks provide descriptions of the organization of various biological processes, including cellular signaling, metabolism, and genetic regulation. Knowledge on molecular networks is commonly used for systems level analysis of biological function; research and method development in this...
A Cybernetic View of Biological Growth
The Maia Hypothesis
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
Maia is the story of an idea, and its development into a working hypothesis, that provides a cybernetic interpretation of how growth is controlled. Growth at the lowest level is controlled by regulating the rate of growth. Access to the output of control mechanisms is provided by perturbing the growing...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2010
The advancement of high-throughput technologies that generate large scale biological data, as well as the development of related computational tools, has united global efforts and brought revolutionary changes to the research of biology during the last decade. Nowadays, biologists work with scientists...
Vanadium
Biochemical and Molecular Biological Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
The publication of Vanadium: Biochemical and Molecular Biological Approaches is particularly timely as it exactly coincides with the centennial anniversary of the discovery of vanadium by Professor Henze, in the blood cells of an ascidian (tunicate) collected in Gulf of Naples in 1911. Vanadium, atomic...
by Pete E Lestrel
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
The proceedings were designed to bring together researchers who share a common interest in the quantitative description of the biological form. Participants came from very diverse disciplines such as agricultural genetics, botany, entomology, forensics, human anatomy, paleontology, human evolution,...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
This is the first comprehensive science-based textbook on the biology and ecology of the Baltic Sea, one of the world’s largest brackish water bodies. The aim of this book is to provide students and other readers with knowledge about the conditions for life in brackish water, the functioning of...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Numerical Methods and Advanced Simulation in Biomechanics and Biological Processes covers new and exciting modeling methods to help bioengineers tackle problems for which the Finite Element Method is not appropriate. The book covers a wide range of important subjects in the field of numerical methods...