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Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants: Asia and the Pacific

Humana Press, 2006

In 1860, Oliver Wendell Holmes pointedly expressed himself to the Massachusetts Medical Society: “I firmly believe that if the whole Material Medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, and all the worst for the fishes.” Should one think the same about the current approach...

Neurochemistry of Consciousness: Neurotransmitters in mind (Advances in Consciousness Research)

John Benjamins Publishing, 2002

This pioneering book explores in depth the role of neurotransmitters in conscious awareness. The central aim is to identify common neural denominators of conscious awareness, informed by the neurochemistry of natural, drug induced and pathological states of consciousness. Chemicals such as acetylcholine and dopamine, which bridge the synaptic...

Illustrated Guide to Home Forensic Science Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture (Diy Science)

Maker Media, Inc, 2012

Have you ever wondered whether the forensic science you’ve seen on TV is anything like the real thing? There’s no better way to find out than to roll up your sleeves and do it yourself. This full-color book offers advice for setting up an inexpensive home lab, and includes more than 50 hands-on lab sessions that deal with...

The Unbreakable Child

Kunati Inc., 2009

Grim yet ultimately inspiring, this harrowing biography catalogues years of institutional abuse that took place in the Saint Thomas–Saint Vincent Orphan Asylum, a Catholic orphanage in Anchorage, Kentucky. After many years of neglect by their drug-addicted mother, Kim and her three older sisters were...

Cardiac Repolarization (Contemporary Cardiology)

Humana Press, 2003

There are a number of excellent books on molecular biology, single-channel electrophysiology, animal experimentation, and clinical electrophysiology. However, the past decade has seen an explosion of knowledge and radical changes in our understanding of ventricular repolarization as an integral part of the cardiac electrophysiologic...

The Adrenergic Receptors in the 21st Century (The Receptors)

Humana Press, 2005

Our understanding of adrenergic function has advanced considerably in the 15 years since three adrenergic receptor books were published in The Receptors series. In the late 1980s, many of the adrenergic subtypes had not yet been cloned. Most of the studies during that time focused on traditional pharmacological approaches in...

Artificial Crime Analysis Systems: Using Computer Simulations and Geographic Information Systems

Information Science Publishing, 2008

In the last decade there has been a phenomenal growth in interest in crime pattern analysis. Geographic information systems are now widely used in urban police agencies throughout industrial nations. With this, scholarly interest in understanding crime patterns has grown considerably.

Artificial Crime Analysis Systems: Using Computer...

Brain Imaging in Substance Abuse: Research, Clinical, and Forensic Applications (Forensic Science and Medicine)

Humana Press, 2000

The last two decades have seen prodigious growth in the application of brain imaging methods to questions of substance abuse and addiction. Despite considerable advances in our understanding of the central effects of drugs provided by preclinical data, relatively little direct evidence was known of how substances of abuse affect the brain and...

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Antimicrobial Drug Action

Springer, 2005

The subject is one of major interest in basic microbiology and infectious diseases and the book is a known classic.

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A New Leaf: The End of Cannabis Prohibition

New Press, 2014

In November 2012, voters in Colorado and Washington passed landmark measures to legalize the production and sale of cannabis for social use--a first not only in the United States but also the world. Medical cannabis is now legal in twenty states and Washington, D.C., and more than one million Americans have turned to it in place of...

The Chemistry of Bio-based Polymers

John Wiley & Sons, 2014

An exhaustive and timely overview of renewable polymers from a respected chemist and successful author

The recent explosion of interdisciplinary research has fragmented the knowledge base surrounding renewable polymers. The Chemistry of Bio-based Polymers brings together, in one volume, the research and work of...

The Behavioral Genetics of Psychopathology: A Clinical Guide

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005

New discoveries about the genetic underpinnings of many kinds of human experience are now constantly being made. This book explores the impact of these discoveries on the ways in which the common mental disorders are best conceptualized and treated.

Most people think of research in genetics as the search for genes. This is only one focus of...

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