Human Physiology Books
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Biophysical and Physiological Effects of Solar Radiation on Human Skin
In an era of global warming knowledge of the effects of solar radiation on humans is of great importance and the latest discoveries in environmental photobiology are presented in this book.The Editor has brought together a wide range of world class contributors to provide the reader with information on the clinical effects of solar radiation, such as inflammation, pigmentation, ...
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
While an ever-present and familiar toxin, carbon monoxide (CO) remains the number one poison in our environment. This silent killer is responsible for over 2,000 deaths a year in the United States alone. The public and healthcare communities need quality information about the many risks presented by carbon monoxide exposure. Edited by a leading expert in the field, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ...
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Genomic Approaches for Cross-Species Extrapolation in Toxicology
The latest tools for investigating stress in organisms, genomic technologies provide great insight into how different organisms respond to environmental conditions. However, their usefulness needs testing, verification, and codification. Genomic Approaches for Cross-Species Extrapolation in Toxicology provides a balanced discussion drawn from the experience of thirty-five scientists and ...
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Handbook of Environmental Health, Fourth Edition, Volume I: Biological, Chemical, and Physical Agents of Environmentally Related Disease
The two-volume Handbook of Environmental Health has been a standard reference for over 23 years. The fourth edition continues to provide a basis for understanding the interactions between humans and the environment and how such interactions affect the health and welfare of individuals. Focusing on factors generally associated with the internal environment, Volume I provides a significant ...
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Inorganic Lead
Evaluates the risks to human health posed by exposure to lead and inorganic lead compounds. Reflecting the focus of recent research, the report concentrates on mounting evidence that exposure to low levels of lead can have significant effects on health, particularly for infants and young children. Food, beverages, and water constitute the major source of exposure for the adult general population. ...
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Health Effects of Synthetic Silica Particulates
Focused on health problems caused by synthetic silica dust, STP732 brings you up to date on the complete picture of our present understanding of the physiological effects of silica particulates. Topics range from Characterization of Silicon Dioxide Surfaces by Successive Determinations of the Solution Rate to Immunological Aspects of ...
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Ringtailed Lemur Biology
This volume includes up-to-date field research on the longest-studied and best known of lemur species. It contains articles by scientists from America, Europe, Japan and Madagascar, who combine their knowledge to describe an animal which is unique among primates, a lemur whose group structure resembles that of many monkeys, but whose behavior does not. Ringtailed lemurs, Lemur catta, are female ...
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Advances in Tissue Engineering, Volume 1: Angiogenesis
Angiogenic control has proven to be one of the most difficult aspects of tissue engineering to master. This presents broad-based anatomic and physiologic challenges to the tissue engineer. Key controllers of angiogenesis have been formed to be mechanical forces, small molecules (drugs and growth factors), co-culture with non-vascular cells, biomaterials, and stem cells. This volume addresses ...
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Environmental Signal Processing and Adaptation
Animals and plants live in changing environmental conditions which require adaptation in order to cope with this. Some of these environmental changes serve as signals which have to be "sensed" and interpreted correctly by the organisms to initiate the adaptation. This signal processing is based on biochemical, molecular and neuronal processes which are discussed in this book. All examples given ...
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The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys
It has been twelve years since a work relating to the long-tailed African monkeys known as the guenons has been published and fifteen years have passed since the last major scientific symposium was held that was solely dedicated to current research on members of this monkey group living in the wild. Since that time, new guenon species and subspecies have been discovered, previously unstudied ...
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Chemical Signals in Vertebrates
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF CHEMOSENSORY SYSTEMS: Action of Sucrose on the Salty Taste Response (K. Tonosaki). BODY FLUIDS AND SCENT GLAND CHEMISTRY: Chemical Analysis of PreyDerived Vomeronasal Stimulants (D. Wang et al.). DEVELOPMENT OF CHEMOSENSORY SYSTEM STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: Olfactory Receptors in Acipenseridae Fish Larvae (G.A. Pyatkina). SEMIOCHEMICALS AND THE MAJOR ...
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Insect Learning
Insect Learning is a comprehensive review of a new field. Until recently, insects were viewed as rigidly programmed automatons; now, however, it is recognized that they can learn and that their behavior is plastic. This fundamental change in viewpoint is causing a re-examination of all aspects of the relationship between insects and their environment. This change in perspective is occurring ...
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Membrane Transporter Diseases
This text represents the first collection of transport-associated diseases. Each chapter is devoted to a particular disease and describes the role of the transporter under physiologic conditions, including how this translates into the phenotype of the disease when the transporter is also included. This title includes short summaries on the physiological role of the transporters, structure, and ...
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Cold-Adapted Organisms
Major parts of the oceans and lands of our planet are permanently, or temporarily, exposed to temperatures below 10 C. Microorganisms, plants and animals living under these conditions have adapted to their environments in such a way that metabolic processes, reproduction and survival strategies are optimal for their natural biotopes. This book presents the most recent knowledge of the ecology and ...
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Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology
"Water is life!" All active cellular systems require water as the medium and solvent of their metabolic activities. Hydrophobic compounds and structures, which tend to exclude water, though providing inter alia excellent sources of energy and a means of biological compartmentalization, present problems of cellular handling, poor bioavailability and, in some cases, toxicity. Microbes both ...
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Systems Biology
Biological signaling pathways dynamically interact with one another to form complex information networks intracellularly, intercellularly, and eventually at the level of the organism. Biology and medicine have conventionally focused on identification and characterization of functional elements in biological signaling pathways. Recently, research in this field has pursued a new approach, systems ...
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Oxidants and Antioxidant Defense Systems
Oxidative stress is one of the major symptoms accompanying physiological functions and numerous diseases. Oxidants and free radicals are connected with diseases such as cancer, diabetes, infectious, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases and also in the aging process itself. Therefore, comprehensive knowledge of the underlying mechanisms of oxidant and free radical production and the ...
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Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, FIMH 2003, held in Lyon, France, in June 2003. The 29 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected for presentation. The papers are organized in topical sections on anatomy extraction and description, modeling of ...
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Brain, Vision, and Artificial Intelligence
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Symposium on Brain, Vision and Artificial Intelligence, BVAI 2005, held in Naples, Italy in October 2005. The 48 revised papers presented together with 6 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from more than 80 submissions for inclusion in the book. The papers are addressed to the following main topics and ...
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Avian Migration
The reader of this comprehensive presentation benefits from an outstanding overview of all aspects of the fascinating phenomenon of bird migration. The book is written by leading experts from around the world. The text summarizes reviews and discussions of the most recent hypotheses. In doing so, it covers the entire research field from phenomenology through to ecology, physiology, control ...
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