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Interactive Wittgenstein
Essays in Memory of Georg Henrik von Wright
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
The philosophical thought of Ludwig Wittgenstein continues to have a profound influence that transcends barriers between philosophical disciplines and reaches beyond philosophy itself. Less than one hundred years after their publication, his early masterpiece 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus' and the...
by Annette Huber, Benjamin Friedrich, Jonas von Wangenheim
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
This book casts the theory of periods of algebraic varieties in the natural setting of Madhav Nori’s abelian category of mixed motives. It develops Nori’s approach to mixed motives from scratch, thereby filling an important gap in the literature, and then explains the connection of mixed motives...
Commutative Algebra
Recent Advances in Commutative Rings, Integer-Valued Polynomials, and Polynomial Functions
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
This volume presents a multi-dimensional collection of articles highlighting recent developments in commutative algebra. It also includes an extensive bibliography and lists a substantial number of open problems that point to future directions of research in the represented subfields. The contributions...
by Frédéric Paugam
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
This ambitious and original book sets out to introduce to mathematicians (even including graduate students ) the mathematical methods of theoretical and experimental quantum field theory, with an emphasis on coordinate-free presentations of the mathematical objects in use. This in turn promotes the...
by David Escors, Karine Breckpot, Frederick Arce
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Gene therapy was conceived during the early and mid part of the 20th century. At first, it was considered a revolutionary biomedical procedure, which could potentially cure any disease for which the molecular bases were understood. Since then, gene therapy has gone through many stages and has evolved...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Biomedical research will be revolutionised by the current efforts to sequence the human genome and the genomes of model organisms. Of the newly sequenced genes, 50% code for proteins of unknown functions, while as little as 5% of sequences in mammalian genomes code for proteins. New, genome-wide approaches...
Is this Cell a Human Being?
Exploring the Status of Embryos, Stem Cells and Human-Animal Hybrids
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
The central question of this book is whether or not particular cell entities of human origin ought to be considered human beings. The answer is crucial for making moral decisions for or against research and experimentation. Experts in the field discuss the production of embryonic-like pluripotent...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2012
JAK tyrosine kinases and STAT transcription factors constitute a signaling pathway, which is activated by cytokines. By activating gene transcription it regulates essential biological responses to environmental cues. The Jak-Stat pathway is involved in the regulation of cell development, differentiation,...
Decoding the Antibody Repertoire
High Throughput Sequencing of Multiple Transcripts from Single B Cells
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2017
This thesis outlines the development of the very first technology for high-throughput analysis of paired heavy and light-chain antibody sequences, opening an entirely new window for antibody discovery and the investigation of adaptive immune responses to vaccines and diseases.
Previous methods...
Microarray Bioprinting Technology
Fundamentals and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
This book introduces key fundamentals of microarray bioprinting, including the required chip platforms and associated instruments/devices, experimental protocols for cell printing and biochemical- and cell-based assays, and several example applications. Various bioprinting approaches that allow for...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
This book explores the developments in important aspects of fungi related to the environment, industrial mycology, microbiology, biotechnology, and agriculture. It discusses at length both basic and applied aspects of fungi and provides up-to-date laboratory-based data.
Of the estimated three...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
This is the fourth updated and revised edition of a well-received book that emphasises on fungal diversity, plant productivity and sustainability. It contains new chapters written by leading experts in the field.
This book is an up-to-date overview of current progress in mycorrhiza and association...
Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation
Clinical, Pathology, Imaging and Molecular Profiles
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
This book is a comprehensive overview of heart failure and cardiac transplantation and integrates scientific and clinical information about the physiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of this disorder. Organized into five parts, it reviews the history and basic mechanisms of heart failure;...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
The paradigm for atrial fibrillation (AF) management has changed significantly in recent years. A new era has begun for the prevention of one of the most tremendous complication of AF, stroke. Prevention of ischemic stroke in AF patients with oral anticoagulants represents a huge challenge because...