Category: Medical & Health Sciences
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The Reproductive Neuroendocrinology of Aging and Drug Abuse
Original price was: $149.95.$119.96Current price is: $119.96.Add to cartThe communication between the hypothalamus, pituitary, and gonad is bi-directional, and alterations of the communication in the circuitry, as often occurs during aging and drug abuse, results in acyclicity, hypogonadism, and impotence. This important reference covers topics on the neuroendocrine control mechanisms governing the reproductive process in both males and females. It discusses the importance …
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The Science of Disasters: Climate Disruptions, Heart Attacks, and Market Crashes
Original price was: $159.00.$127.20Current price is: $127.20.Add to cartAre there universal laws governing the persistence of weather, and is it possible to predict climate transitions as generated by natural or man-made perturbations? How can one quantify the roller-coaster dynamics of stock markets and anticipate mega-crashes? Can we diagnose the health condition of patients from heartbeat time-series analysis, which may even form the basis for infarct prevention? This book tackles these questions by applying advanced methods from statistical physics and related fields to all types of non-linear dynamics prone to disaster. The transdisciplinary analysis is organized in some dozen review articles written by world-class scientists.
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Trace Elements in Laboratory Rodents
Original price was: $180.00.$144.00Current price is: $144.00.Add to cartWritten by the international community’s leading experts, Trace Elements in Laboratory Rodents describes the best and most current methods to provide deficient or supplemental trace elements to laboratory animals, as well as how to assay them. The experts warn of the common pitfalls and hidden problems in nutritional testing and how to avoid them. This …
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Tsetse Biology and Ecology
Original price was: $271.45.$217.16Current price is: $217.16.Add to cartDomestic livestock in Africa are of importance not only as a source of milk and meat but also as a source of animal traction enabling farmers to cultivate larger areas, with crops providing the staple foods. Trypanosomosis, a parasitic disease transmitted cyclically by the tsetse fly (Glossina spp.), is arguably still the main constraint to …
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Understanding Environmental Health: How We Live in the World
Original price was: $142.95.$114.36Current price is: $114.36.Add to cartThis text takes a unique approach to presenting environmental health to students. Rather than being organized around the traditional regulatory fields (air pollution, hazardous wastes, etc.), this book is structured around the things we do as individuals and societies that result in environmental health hazards. The author details the hazards of energy production, industry, food …
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Unwanted Effects of Cosmetics and Drugs Used in Dermatology
Original price was: $490.00.$392.00Current price is: $392.00.Add to cartThis 3rd edition provides updated information on side effects of cosmetic products, topical and systemic drugs used in dermatology, and other therapeutic modalities used by dermatologists including PUVA therapy and (new in this edition) dermal implants, laser therapy, chemical face peels and cryotherapy.Because of the explosion of new knowledge since the last edition (the 2nd …
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Veterinary Anaesthesia
Original price was: $94.00.$75.20Current price is: $75.20.Add to cartThe 9th edition of this textbook on veterinary anaesthesia, this work now features material on exotic and zoo animals as well as the basic information on farm, companion and laboratory animals. It is intended for the use of students and practitioners.
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Viral Vectors for Gene Therapy: Methods and Protocols: 76 (Methods in Molecular Medicine)
Original price was: $229.00.$183.20Current price is: $183.20.Add to cartComprehensive and highly practical, Viral Vectors for Gene Therapy: Methods and Protocols provides not only researchers with the basic tools needed to design targeted gene delivery vectors, but also clinicians with an understanding of how to apply viral vectors to the treatment of genetic disorders.
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Virulence Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogens
Original price was: $119.95.$95.96Current price is: $95.96.Add to cartA ground-breaking overview of how bacterial pathogens cause disease. Explains the wide variety of mechanisms used by bacterial pathogens and summarizes proven strategies for overcoming them. Reviews the pathogenesis of bacterial diseases and mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions for non-specialists and advanced students in the fields of bacteriology and immunology. Provides an essential source of the …
