Since the first Handbook of Cell-Penetrating Peptides was prepared in 2001, the wealth of new information on the use of these peptides as transport systems has in fact served to confound the field. The constant internal change in the field of cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) is due to recent research uncovering apparent ambiguities in...

The 78 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 128 submissions. The papers present a wealth of...

What is the color of skin? You may think you know, until you enter the world of digital photography and try to reproduce what you see. Differences in software, lighting, computer calibration—everything has an impact on...

This excellent new book summarizes the whole range of systemic cancer therapies, explaining their mode of action and potential side-effects, as well as their clinical applications. It is divided into three sections. The first tackles the theoretical basis of cancer chemotherapy: following an historical introduction, the different treatment...

Every click on a menu item or a dialog box—every interaction with a control—shapes the user’s experience and satisfaction with your software. Learn how to maximize the usability and impact of your Visual Basic .NET-based solutions by using the powerful intrinsic controls in the .NET Framework right out of the box—or by...

Transforms and Data Compression Handbook presents issues that are fundamental to communications, image processing, image and data storage, and the medical field. By illustrating the link between the transformation of data and efficient compression, using the basic theory of transforms and real compression applications, the editors create a...

* Understand basic cryptography and security technologies
* Identify the threats and common attacks to a network infrastructure
* Learn how to create a security policy
* Find out how to recover from a security breach
* Study specific implementation...