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Cultural DNA : the psychology of globalization / by Bains, Gurnek

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Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology: Fundamentals, Advances, and Practices for a Greener Future / by Priyadarshini, Anjali, Pandey, Prerna

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Different kinds of minds contribute to society

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Different minds may process information differently -- When does normal variation become an abnormality? -- Genetics of personality traits are like a music mixing board -- Brain scans -- Auditory -- Axon projection field much less organized -- Abnormalities in left hemisphere -- Develop talents in the individual's specialist brain -- Evidence for two types of visualizers -- Two categories of mathematicians -- Pattern thinking -- spatial visualizer -- The most obvious is the least obvious -- the value of humanities in university curriculum -- Animals see details -- Animals also "watch" with their ears for potential danger -- In humans, language covers up sensory based thinking -- bottom up thinking -- Teach concepts with multiple examples -- associative thinking -- How to categorize problems when troubleshooting in both industry and schools -- Dogfooding stops too much top down thinking -- Tips for helping kids who are different to succeed -- Kids doing projects and playing games where the rules and duties are negotiated teaches valuable social skills -- Taking hands-on classes out of the schools is really bad -- Emphasize developing the area of strength -- On-line resources -- Show kids interesting things -- Learning reading in children -- People need to touch in order to perceive -- Mentors are essential -- We need to get back to doing real stuff -- Employer priorities for college graduates -- Keys to successful employment on the autism spectrum -- Sensory processing disorder occurs with many other disorders (co-morbid) -- Auditory processing problems -- Attention shifting slowness -- Structural MRI connections -- Accommodations in the work place -- It takes a village to raise a child.…”
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History According to Cattle /

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Epidemiology / by Gordis, Leon, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…-- More on risk : estimating the potential for prevention -- A pause for review : comparing cohort and case-control studies -- From association to causation : deriving inferences from epidemiologic studies -- More on causal inferences : bias, confounding, and interaction -- Identifying the roles of genetic and environmental factors in disease causation -- Using epidemiology to evaluate health services -- The epidemiologic approach to evaluating screening programs -- Epidemiology and public policy -- Ethical and professional issues in epidemiology.…”

Should I be tested for cancer? maybe not and here's why / by Welch, H. Gilbert

Table of Contents: “…Becoming a better-educated consumer -- Understand the culture of medicine (and why we are pushed to test) -- Understand the statistics of cancer (and why five-year survival is the world's most misleading number -- Understand the limits to research; even genetic research (and why it is hard to be sure there really are benefits to screening -- Develop a strategy that works for you.…”
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Property rights, indigenous people and the developing world issues from aboriginal entitlement to intellectual ownership rights / by Lea, David, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Aboriginal entitlement and conservative theory -- Individual autonomy, group self-determination and the assimilation of indigenous cultures -- Shareholder wealth maximization, multinational corporations and the developing world -- Tully and de Soto on uniformity and diversity -- Customary land tenure and communal holdings -- Custom as law -- Papua New Guinea and the legal methods for maintaining customary land tenure -- Customary land tenure in Fiji : a questionable colonial legacy -- The expansion and restructuring of intellectual property and its implications for the developing world -- The myth of free markets : intellectual property the IT industry, and market freedom in the global arena -- From the Wright Brothers to Microsoft : issues in the moral grounding of intellectual property rights -- A delicate balance : the right to health care, IP rights in pharmaceuticals and TRIPS compliance -- Rights and genetic material in agriculture and human research : two forms of biopiracy?…”
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Democratic transgressions of law governing technology through public participation /

Table of Contents: “…: referrals and the principle of transparency in Sweden / Henrik Rahm -- Participation in Italy : the public and genetically modified crops / Elena Collavin -- Communicating quasi-citizenship? …”
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Oxidative stress a focus on cardiovascular disease pathogensis /

Table of Contents: “…Oxidative stress and early origins of cardiovascular disease (CVD) -- Diabetes, its vascular complications, and oxidative stress -- Role of oxidative stress in diabetic kidney disease -- Oxidative stress and family history of cardiovascular disease -- Genetic remodeling and cardiovascular disease -- Oxidative stress and the mechanisms of atherosclerosis -- Nutrigenomics, oxidative stress, and mechanisms of cardiovascular disease -- Alcohol, oxidative stress, and mechanisms of cardiovascular disease -- Vitamins and cardiovascular disease -- Diabetes mellitus and oxidative stress -- Oxidized LDL and cardiovascular disease -- Effect of cigarette smoke on oxidative stress and vascular endothelial function -- Mechanisms of endothelial progenitor cells senescence in cardiovascular disease -- Stem cells, oxidative stress, and new treatment strategies for cardiovascular diseases -- Na+/H+ exchanger 1 (NHE-1) redox-regulated gene and intracellular target for the redox control of cell death sensitivity.…”
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Newborn screening systems : the complete perspective /

Table of Contents: “…Gabbett -- The role of genetic counseling / Madelyn M. Peterson -- Communicating with parents / David Luterman -- Information management systems for newborn screening / Karl R. …”
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Crop ecology productivity and management in agricultural systems / by Connor, D. J.

Table of Contents: “…Community concepts; 4. Genetic resources; 5. Development; Part II. Physical and Chemical Environments: 6. …”
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The biology of language

Table of Contents: “…Bichakjian -- The invention of the syllable : reflections of a humanist on the biology of language / Robert Payson Creed -- Genetic classification and the historical method / Angela Della Volpe -- Animal communication and human language : searching for their evolutionary relationship / Gábor Györi -- From proto-language to grammar / Martin Hildebrand-Nilshon -- The biological imperatives in communicative interaction / Mary Ritchie Key -- Ritual/representation as the semiogenetic precursor of hominid symbol use / Jo Liska -- Language acquisition and the essentialist-evolutionist debate / David J. …”
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Bridge health monitoring, maintenance and safety special topic volume with invited peer reviewed papers only /

Table of Contents: “…Modal test and analysis of a bridge under the varying temperature condition -- Bridge significant failure mode identification strategy under traffic-load -- Fatigue reliability analysis of the stay cables of cable-stayed bridge under combined loads of stochastic traffic and wind -- Updating the finite element model of a bridge model using a hybrid optimization method -- An improved Taguchi method and its application in finite element model updating of bridges -- Nonlinear seismic response analysis of half through CFST arch bridge under 3-D earthquake waves -- Simplified seismic response assessment method and parametric study of multi-girder skew bridges -- Seismic testing of a long-span concrete filled steel tubular arch bridge -- Study on finite element model of bridge multi-pile foundation -- Sensor optimal placement for bridge structure based on single parents genetic algorithm with different fitness functions.…”
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Macular degeneration causes, diagnosis and treatment /

Table of Contents: “…Prasad, Jean-Pierre Hubschman -- Emerging new rationale for the treatment of pathogenic retina based on molecular genetic and biochemical studies / Barkur S. Shastry -- Ocular blood flow in degenerative myopia / Galina Dimitrova, Satoshi Kato -- Hereditary and age-related macular degeneration / Nancy Skoura, Josephine Hoh, Ju Liu -- Cigarette smoke and hypertension : two risk factors for age-related macular degeneration / Maria Marin-Castano -- Nanotechnology-based drug delivery system in treating age-related macular degeneration / Yasuhiro Tamaki -- Macular degeneration / Peter Francis.…”
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Contemporary debates in bioethics

Table of Contents: “…-- Is there a legitimate place for human genetic enhancement? -- Can there be agreement as to what constitutes human death? …”
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Microbes in agriculture and environmental development /

Table of Contents: “…Plant Microbe Association Leading to Sustainable Agro-Ecosystem -- Soil Quality Monitoring in Selected Regions of Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh and Rela Tionship of Microbes in Soil Fertility Management -- Biofertilizers in Boosting Agricultural Production -- Bio-fertilizers for Management of Soil, Crop and Human Health -- Crop Residue Burning and its Effects on Environments and Microbial Communities -- Bioconversion of Solid Organic Wastes and Molecular Characterization of Bacterial Population during the Decomposition Process -- Beneficial Soil Microflora for Enhancement in Crop Production and Nutritive Values in Oil Containing Nuts -- Fungal Amylases for Detergent Industry -- Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) Activity in Soil -- Nisin in Food Packaging -- Application of Genetically Engineered Microbes for Sustainable Development of Agro-Ecosystem -- Interaction Scenario of Insect -- Plant and Mycorrhizal Fungi -- Tannery Wastewater: a major source of residual organic pollutants and pathogenic microbes and their treatment strategies -- Role of Microbes in Bioremediation of Pollutants (Hydrocarbon) in Contaminated Soil.…”
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Assessing dyslexia / by Kennedy, Becky, Ryan, Kathleen (Professor)

Table of Contents: “…Dyslexia ; Insights from natural language ; Phonemic awareness and dyslexia ; Dyslexia subtype analyses ; Dyslexia, phonological processing, and language diversity ; Neural sources in reading and dyslexia ; Genetic sources of dyslexia ; The study of dyslexia -- The written-language evaluation. …”
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Epigenetics and Assisted Reproduction An Introductory Guide. by Camprubí, Cristina

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 8: Epigenetics and Assisted Reproduction Experimental Studies: Sperm EpigenomeChapter 9: Epigenetic and Assisted Reproduction Experimental Studies: Sperm ncRNAs; Chapter 10: Epigenetic and Assisted Reproduction Experimental Studies: Ovarian Stimulation; Chapter 11: Epigenetic and Assisted Reproduction Experimental Studies: In Vitro Culture; Chapter 12: Epigenetics: Hope against Genetic Determinism; Chapter 13: Future Perspectives; Index…”
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Novel proteins from designed combinatorial libraries

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Novel proteins can be devised using either rational/computational approaches or random/combinatorial methods -- Description of a hybrid approach that combines rational and combinatorial methods: libraries of novel proteins -- Combinatorial diversity -- Random vs. focused libraries -- Amphiphilic alpha-helices and beta-strands -- Binary patterning of polar and non-polar amino acids -- Genetic encoding of combinatorial mixtures of polar and non-polar amino acids -- Design of libraries of novel 4-helix bundles -- Library construction and expression in vivo -- Dynamic vs. wellordered protein structures -- Second generation libraries -- Biophysical characterization -- Solution structure of native-like 4-helix bundle proteins from designed libraries -- Functionally active proteins including cofactor binding proteins, peroxidases and esterases -- Designed libraries of beta sheet proteins: amyloid-like fibrils, monomeric beta-sheet proteins and novel biomaterials.…”
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START control in yeast

Table of Contents: “…-- The budding yeast life cycle -- Placement of START in the cell cycle -- Observing START -- The G1 Checkpoint -- Genetic characterization of START -- Interdependency of Cdk1 with other regulators of START -- Cyclin-Dependent Protein Kinase (CDK) -- The cyclin/CDK cycle -- G1 cyclin/CDK is essential for START -- The role of CDK in START -- Cell cycle dependent expression of Far1 and cyclins -- Periodic accumulation of yeast cell cycle regulators -- The molecular correlate of START -- G1-specific transcription -- G1-specific gene expression and human cancer -- The molecular determinant of START -- Physiological regulators of START -- Mating generates diploid cells from two haploid cells -- Cells of opposite mating types can conjugate -- Stimulation of the mating pheromone cascade elicits three primary responses -- Mating pheromone signaling pathway.…”
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