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In vitro toxicology

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- General principles for In vitro -- Ocular toxicity assessment In vitro toxicology -- In vitro methods to predict skin irritation -- Lethality testing -- In vitro genetic toxicity testing -- Pyrogenicity and muscle irritation -- In vitro models for evaluating developmental toxicity -- Neurotoxicology In vitro -- In vitro assessment of nephrotoxicity -- Primary hepatocyte culture as an In vitro toxicologic system for the liver -- Application of In vitro model systems to study cardiovascular toxicity -- Gastrointestinal toxicology: In vitro test systems -- In vitro immonotoxicology -- Strategy and tactics for employment -- Scientific and regulatory considerations in the development of In vitro techniques in toxicology -- Safety issues in the use of human tissue by In vitro metabolism and toxicology laboratories.…”
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The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks

Table of Contents: “…Monitoring Changes in Genetic Diversity -- 7. Marine and Coastal Systems -- 8. …”
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Stroke in the young adult

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Strokes in young adults: 3% of all adult strokes -- Stroke subtypes across the lifespan -- Risk factor prevalence -- Genetic causes of stroke -- Ischemic stroke mechanism subtypes in young adults -- Selected inflammatory arteriopathies -- Arteriopathies due to vasospasm and abnormal vasoregulation -- Cardiac embolism -- Transcardiac embolism -- Hypercoagulable states and hematologic disease -- Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, stroke-like episodes (MELAS) -- Intracerebral hemorrhage in young adults -- Clinical features -- Differential diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage in the young adult -- Work-up of the young stroke patient -- Laboratory tests -- Cardiac evaluation -- Imaging -- Additional tests -- Prognosis -- Treatment: diverse.…”
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The spectrum of GERD implications for assessment and management /

Table of Contents: “…ERD -- Mechanisms of symptom production in NERD -- Functional heartburn -- Predictors of functional heartburn vs. pH + NERD -- Factors leading to the development of symptoms in GERD patients -- Role of DGER in "resistant" GERD -- NERD: management issues -- The limits of GERD -- Progression in ProGERD -- Extra-esophageal, supra-esophageal GERD -- Laryngitis -- Cough and GERD -- Asthma and GERD -- Scleroderma and GERD -- The Barrett's dilemma -- Risk factors for Barrett's and adenocarcinoma -- Genetic markers that can predict progression -- Barrett's management issues -- GERD management issues.…”
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The origins of schizophrenia

Table of Contents: “…Murray -- Schizophrenia genetics : what have we learned from genome-wide association studies? …”
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A primer on cell and molecular biology / by Running, Mark P.

Table of Contents: “…Transcription and translation -- Introduction -- An overview of transcription -- Synthesis and processing of rRNA -- Synthesis and processing of tRNA -- Synthesis and processing of mRNA -- Small regulatory RNAs -- Encoding genetic information -- Translating genetic information --…”
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Laboratory manual; Chemistry in context : applying chemistry to society /

Table of Contents: “…-- The world of polymers and plastics -- Manipulating molecules and designing drugs -- Nutrition : food for thought -- Genetic engineering and the molecules of life -- Appendix 1: Measure for measure : conversion factors and constants -- Appendix 2: The power of exponents -- Appendix 3: Clearing the logjam -- Appendix 4: Answers to your turn questions not answered in text -- Appendix 5: Answers to selected end-of-chapter questions indicated in color in the text -- Glossary.…”

Climate change and mycotoxins /

Table of Contents: “…Climate change and plant diseases caused by mycotoxigenic fungi : implications for food security -- Impact of climate change on genetically engineered plants and mycotoxigenic fungi in the north central region of the US -- Interactions among plants, arbuscular mycorrhizal, and mycotoxigenic fungi related to food crop health in a scenario of climate change -- Changes in environmental factors driven by climate change : effects on the ecophysiology of mycotoxigenic fungi -- Climate change effects on the biodiversity of mycotoxigenic fungi and their mycotoxins in preharvest conditions in Europe -- Fumonisin in maize in relation to climate change -- Climate change impacts on mycotoxin production -- Considerations about international mycotoxin legislation, food security, and climate change.…”
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Autophagy as a barrier to infection

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Autophagosome biogenesis -- Autophagy a regulated intersection of the secretory and endosomal pathways -- Genetic analysis in yeast has accelerated autophagy research -- Autophagy is inhibited by mTOR -- Autophagosome biogenesis is coordinated by a cascade of Atg proteins -- Autophagosomes mature rapidly in C57Bl/6 macrophages -- A wide variety of pathogens encounter the autophagy pathway -- Autophagy in infection and immunity -- Illustrations: Legionella pneumophila -- Shigella flexnerii -- Crohns' disease -- Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- Naip5 NOD-like receptor cytosolic surveillance protein -- Inflammasome components coordinate autophagy and pyroptosis as barriers to infection -- Autophagy enhances MHCI and MHCII antigen presentation.…”
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Stephen Jay Gould reflections on his view of life /

Table of Contents: “…Thomas -- The tree of life : Stephen Jay Gould's contributions to systematics / Margaret M. Yacobucci -- Genetics and development : good as Gould / Robert L. …”
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Comprehensive review of headache medicine

Table of Contents: “…Head pain anatomy and physiology / Morris Levin -- Pathophysiology and genetics of migraine and cluster headaches / Robert E. …”
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Binomium chitin-chitinase recent issues /

Table of Contents: “…New aspects of chitin chemistry and enzymology / Riccardo Muzzarelli -- Role of chitinase in nature / Neetu Dahiya -- Chitin and chitinase in the human evolution / Andrea Giansanti, Fabio Mecozzi, and Salvatore Musumeci -- Chitinase in fungal and bacterial sepsis / Helen Michelakakis and Ioannis Labadaridis -- The origin and genetics of human chitinases / Rolf Boot ... [et al.] -- Polymorphism of chitinases in human populations / Andrea Angius -- The gaucher cell and chitotriosidase, the phagocyte chitinase / J.M. …”
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Impulsivity causes, control and disorders

Table of Contents: “…Cyders ... [et al.] -- Genetics basis of impulsivity : the role of serotoninergic and dopaminergic genes / Laura Mandelli -- The biological and sociocognitive basis of trait impulsivity / Peter O' Connor -- Mood disorders of female delinquents in a juvenile detention center : its' relationship with impulsivity and depression assessments / Michio Ariga ... …”
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Shields textbook of glaucoma.

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A history of the Chinese language / by Dong, Hongyuan, 1976-

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Sensational deviance : disability in nineteenth-century sensation fiction / by Logan, Heidi

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An introduction to pain and its relations to nervous system disorders /

Table of Contents: “…Nicol and Marzia Malcangio 5 Genetics and epigenetics of pain 149 Franziska Denk and Stephen B. …”
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Data mining techniques for marketing, sales, and customer relationship management / by Berry, Michael J. A.

Table of Contents: “…-- The virtuous cycle of data mining -- Data mining methodology and best practices -- Data mining applications in marketing and customer relationship management -- The lure of statistics: data mining using familiar tools -- Decision trees -- Artificial neural networks -- Nearest neighbor approaches : memory-based reasoning and collaborative filtering -- Market basket analysis and association rules -- Link analysis -- Automatic Cluster detection -- Knowing when to worry: hazard functions and survival analysis in marketing -- Genetic algorithms -- Data mining throughout the customer life cycle -- Data warehousing, OLAP, and data mining -- Building the data mining environment -- Preparing data for mining -- Putting data mining to work.…”
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Stem Cells in Neuroendocrinology

Table of Contents: “…A brief overview of techniques for modulating neuroendocrine and other neural systems -- Basics of stem cell biology as applied to the brain -- Human pluripotent-derived lineages for repairing hypopituitarism -- Recapitulating hypothalamus and pituitary development using ES/iPS cells -- Regulation of body weight and metabolism by tanycyte-derived neurogenesis in young adult mice -- Genetic dissection of the neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to stressful challenges -- Pituitary stem cells: quest for hidden functions -- Pituitary stem cells during normal physiology and disease -- Epigenetic mechanisms of pituitary cell fate specification -- Advances in stem cells biology: new approaches to understand depression -- Perspective on stem cells in developmental biology, with special reference to neuroendocrine systems. .…”
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Oxidative stress in ALS

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Key facts -- The normal human motor system -- Motor neurone disease: clinical consequences -- Spared motor neurone groups -- Prognosis -- Features of motor neurones which may underlie selective vulnerability -- Complex and multifactorial disease -- Genetic factors -- SOD1 mutations -- Potential mechanisms of neuronal oxidative stress -- Sources of intracellular oxidative stress -- Mitochondrial free radical production -- ROS -- Evidence for the role of oxidative stress in ALS -- NSC34 cell model -- G93A mutant SOD1 -- Oxidative stress in human ALS -- Major pathogenetic factors -- Glutamate -- Excitotoxicity -- Mitochondrial dysfunction -- Potential mechanisms of action of antioxidant drugs -- Clinical trials.…”
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