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Mathematical Statistics with Applications

Academic Press, 2009

This textbook is of an interdisciplinary nature and is designed for a two- or one-semester course in probability and statistics, with basic calculus as a prerequisite. The book is primarily written to give a sound theoretical introduction to statistics while emphasizing applications. If teaching statistics is the main purpose of a...

Tay-Sachs Disease, Volume 44 (Advances in Genetics)

Academic Press, 2001

Tay-Sachs disease is a rare hereditary disease caused by a genetic mutation that leaves the body unable to produce an enzyme necessary for fat metabolism in nerve cells, producing central nervous system degeneration. In infants, it is characterized by progressive mental deterioration, blindness, paralysis, epileptic seizures, and death by age...

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Parasites

Academic Press, 1995

The study of parasitic organisms at the molecular level has yielded fascinating new insights of great medical, social, and economical importance, and has pointed the way for the treatment and prevention of the diseases they cause. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Parasites presents an up-to-date account of this modern scientific...

Advances in Virus Research, Volume 70 (Vol. 70)

Academic Press, 2007

Published since 1953, Advances in Virus Research covers a diverse range of in-depth reviews providing a valuable overview of the current field of virology.
In 2004, the Institute for Scientific Information released figures showing that the series has an Impact Factor of 2.576, with a half-life of 7.1 years, placing it 11th in...

Immunopharmacology of Platelets (Handbook of Immunopharmacology)

Academic Press, 1995

Although anucleated, blood platelets are extraordinarily efficient cells and still the subject of fruitful investigations in haematology, in vascular physiology, in biochemistry, and more recently in immunology and in physiopathology where their metabolism has been implicated as a source of potential effector compounds. It...

Rabies

Academic Press, 2002

Rabies offers a complete account of one of the oldest known diseases threatening public health today. Unlike most research-oriented descriptions of rabies, this book provides a narrative about the disease and its etiologic agent, encompassing the historical background to recent developments. The emphasis on the basic biology and...

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine

Academic Press, 2004

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine examines how normal human biology differs between men and women and how the diagnosis and treatment of disease differs as a function of gender. This revealing research covers various conditions that predominantly occur in men, and as well conditions that predominantly occur in women. Among the...

Dictionary of Plant Lore

Academic Press, 2007

Sadly, this book is published posthumously. It results from the author’s interest in plant and tree lore and ethnobotanical studies developed over several decades of research and teaching. Although the author was checking the first print at the time of his death, any inaccuracies or omissions would undoubtedly have been rectified...

Creatine and Creatine Phosphate: Scientific and Clinical Perspectives

Academic Press, 1996

Creatine and creatine phosphate (CP, also called phosphocreatine, PCr) are

important metabolites in high-energy phosphorus metabolism. They rank with dietary carbohydrates fats, proteins and other compounds as central components of the metabolic system involved in the provision of energy for work and exercise performance....

Asthma and COPD: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Management

Academic Press, 2002

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are amongst the two commonest chronic conditions in the world today and both are predicted to increase. Because of their high prevalence and chronicity, these diseases impose an enormous and growing economic and social burden. Enormous strides have been made in our...

Brain Mapping: The Methods, Second Edition (Toga, Brain Mapping)

Academic Press, 2002

Investigation of the functional architecture of the human brain using modern noninvasive imaging techniques is a rapidly expanding area of research. A proper knowledge of methodology is needed to appreciate the burgeoning literature in the field. This timely publication provides an excellent catalogue of the main techniques.

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High Throughput Analysis for Early Drug Discovery

Academic Press, 2004

This book offers concise and unbiased presentations by synthetic and analytical chemists who have been involved in creating and moving the field of combinatorial chemistry into the academic and industrial mainstream. Since the synthetic method often dictates the appropriate types of analysis, each chapter or section begins with a description...

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