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Beyond sustainable : architecture's evolving environments of habitation / by Ludwig, Ryan

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The Ecology of Malaria Vectors by Charlwood, Jacques Derek

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Advances in invertebrate (neuro)endocrinology : a collection of reviews in the post-genomic era.

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Advances in invertebrate (neuro)endocrinology : a collection of reviews in the post-genomic era.

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Psoriasis

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Psoriasis -- Demographics -- Impact of psoriasis on mental health -- Clinical features of psoriasis -- Morphology -- Immunology -- Genetics -- Comorbidities in psoriasis patients -- Key cells and mechanisms in psoriasis -- Evolving concepts in psoriasis pathophysiology -- Psoriasis phenotypes -- Treatment options for psoriasis -- Current management -- Future management -- Cytokine targets in psoriasis -- Biologic era for psoriasis: infliximab -- Anti-IL-17 approaches for psoriasis -- Stratified medicine.…”
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Marine protected areas a multidisciplinary approach /

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A woman's concise guide to common medical tests by Moore, Michele

Table of Contents: “…-- The annual physical exam -- Pap smears -- Colposcopy -- Screening for breast cancer -- Screening for colon cancer -- Screening for diabetes -- Screening for heart disease -- Screening and testing for communicable disease -- Screening for bone loss -- Vision screening -- Screening in older women -- Screening in pregnancy -- What's left out and why -- Genetic screening -- Laboratory tests -- The positive side of prevention.…”
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Public values and public interest counterbalancing economic individualism / by Bozeman, Barry

Table of Contents: “…The privatization of public value -- Economic individualism and the "publicness" of policies : cases and controversies -- Economic individualism in public policy -- Economic individualism in public management -- Public interest theory and its problems -- Toward a pragmatic public interest theory -- Values, value theory, and collective action -- Public values -- Public value mapping : the case of genetically modified foods and the "terminator gene" -- Managing publicness.…”
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G3P : good privacy protection practice in clinical research : principles of pseudonymization and anonymization / by Schriever, K.-H., 1948-, Schröder, Markus, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Study modes -- Protection masks and procedures -- Coding methods for de-identified samples/data -- Relationships among the protection masks -- Data types -- Anonymization -- Validation : a brief introduction -- Request management -- Legal requirements & regulations -- Informed consent -- Selected data protection & medical sites -- Impact of external services on data protection -- Practical approach to clinical trials with supplementary genetic parts.…”
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Deciphering Shigella invasion of epithelial cells

Table of Contents: “…Contents: A genetic and molecular analysis of the mechanisms used by the bacterial pathogen Shigella to invade epithelial cells -- Identification of bacterial effectors of invasion, mode of delivery, nature of cell targets -- How a bacterial pathogen like Shigella causes the rupture and inflammatory destruction of the intestinal epithelial barrier -- How it also regulates the inflammatory response -- The accent is on identification of the bacterial effectors and their cellular targets.…”
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In vitro studies and short term studies

Table of Contents: “…Contents: In vitro studies -- Short-term studies -- Acute toxicity studies -- Acute ecotoxicological studies -- Genetic toxicity testing -- Standardized general study plan -- Study-specific supplement -- Standardised final report -- Process-based inspections -- Standard operating procedures -- Test item -- Reference item -- Contamination of batches -- Characterisation of culture media -- Predictive capacity of in-vitro studies -- Assessment of health effects.…”
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Insulin resistance and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)/nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) by Yoneda, Masato

Table of Contents: “…NAFLD and insulin resistance (IR) -- Pathophysiology of NASH : insulin resistance, free fatty acids, and cytokines -- Adiponectin and NASH -- TNF-[alpha] and NAFLD/NASH -- Leptin and NAFLD/NASH -- Peroxisome proliferators-activated receptors (PPARs) and NAFLD/NASH -- Iron overload and NAFLD/NASH -- Mitochondrial abnormalities and NAFLD/NASH -- Genetic influences in NAFLD/NASH -- Therapeutic strategy for NASH patients -- Natural history of NAFLD -- Conclusions.…”
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Aging and evolutionary medicine

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Declined mortality in industrialized societies -- Maximum human longevity -- Werner's syndrome -- Common age-related pathologies -- The force of natural selection declines with age -- Mutationaccumulation theory -- The pleiotropy or trade-off theory -- Evolutionary theories of aging -- Aging in different organisms -- Testing the theories -- Interventions that slow aging in diverse organisms -- Insulin/IGF-like signaling -- Genetic effects on lifespan -- Extension of lifespan by dietary restriction.…”
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Environmental policy analysis and practice by Greenberg, Michael R.

Table of Contents: “…The reaction of elected officials and staff criterion : the brownfields redevelopment policy -- The reaction of nongovernment stakeholder groups criterion : environmental cancer and cancer clusters -- Scientist stakeholder criterion : gasoline additives -- Economic criterion : costs of environmental management -- Ethics criterion : international trade in pesticides and genetically modified crops -- Time and flexibility criterion : nuclear power revisited -- Policy measurement and assessment tools -- Decision-making and communication tools.…”
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Medicine, health care, & ethics Catholic voices /

Table of Contents: “…/ Kevin D. O'Rourke -- Genetic enhancement as freedom of choice : the myth / Catherine Green -- Stem cells, cloning, and the human person / John F. …”
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Polycystins, calcium signaling and pathogenesis of polycystic kidney disease

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Clinical and genetic aspects of polycystic kidney disease -- The polycystins (PC1, PC2) -- The PC2 channel -- PC1 and PC2 subcellular location and interaction -- Mechanosensory function of the ciliary PC1/PC2 complex -- PC signaling and calcium homeostasis -- PC1, calcium levels and cell proliferation -- PC1, cAMP signaling and cell proliferation -- PCs and physiopathologic calcium signaling.…”
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Diabetes and its management

Table of Contents: “…Metabolic changes in diabetes: a summary -- 5. Aetiology and genetics -- 6. Clinical features of diabetes -- 7. …”
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Improving the quality of cancer clinical trials workshop summary /

Table of Contents: “…Adaptive trial design -- Phase 0 trials -- Imaging -- Use of proteomics/genomics to assign therapy in lung cancer -- Use of genetics/genomics to assign therapy.…”
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Reproductive biology and phylogeny of birds

Table of Contents: “…Sexual selection, behavior, conservation, embryology, genetics.…”
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Perspectives on cancer care

Table of Contents: “…Fawcett -- Integrating cancer genetics into healthcare / Roseanne Cetnarskyj and Mary Porteous -- "Being with woman" : the care of the childbearing woman with cancer / Rosemary Mander -- Mucositis and the development of a new instrument for the measurement of oral mucositis in children / Deborah Tomlinson and Lillian Sung -- Facing the challenges of primary malignant brain tumours / Shanne McNamara -- Cancer and the surgeon / Ashley Brown -- Cancer pain / Papiya Russell and Anil Tandon -- Cancer-related fatigue / Antonia Dean -- The clinical research nurse in cancer clinical trials / Patricia B Campbell -- Emotional work of caring in cancer nursing / Anne McQueen -- The management of rectal cancer and the consequences of treatment / Gillian Knowles and Rachel Haigh -- Sustaining hope in people with cancer : developments in palliative and end-of-life care / Margaret Colquhoun and Vicky Hill.…”
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