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Molecular principles of fungal pathogenesis

Table of Contents: “…Fraser and Joseph Heitman -- Postgenomic strategies for genetic analysis : insight from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans / Clarissa J. …”
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Challenging heterosexism from the other point of view representations of homosexuality in Queer as folk and The L word / by Frei, Dana, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…Queer representation and popular media -- Television series and homosexuality -- Theoretical background -- Queer studies: current state of research -- Developing theses -- Deconstructing heteronormativity -- Challenging institutionalized -- Attitudes and expectations -- Reinforcing stereotypes -- Subjects of investigation -- Queer as folk and The L word -- Queer as folk (QAF-UK) -- Queer as folk (QAF-US) -- The L word (TLW) -- Format conventions and characteristics -- Methodology -- Preparing audiovisual material for analysis -- Cultural negotiations and television serials -- Analysing content in products of popular media -- Qualitative content analysis -- Methodological steps -- Categories and coding -- Results -- Points of focus -- Creating a homonormative world -- Representation of the others -- Social and legal injustice -- Family: questioning genetic bonds -- Bigotry, homophobia and violence -- Hypocrisy & failing morals -- Heterophobia -- New order and value system -- Pride, self-acceptance and linguistic Resignification -- New forms of partnership -- Families of choice: loyalty and friendship -- Assimilation versus diversity -- Questioning gender and sexual dichotomies -- Unmasking the performativity of gender -- Limits of sexual fluidity -- Stereotypes and the mandate of representation -- Hedonism and promiscuity -- Celebrating a lifestyle: party, sex and drugs -- Dangers and the threat of HIV -- The requirement of youth and beauty -- Politics of visibility -- Visibility and the construction of a community -- Representing queer diversity -- Results, conclusion and outlook.…”
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Strawberries : Production, Postharvest Management and Protection /

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Editors; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Composition, Quality and Uses; Chapter 3 Structures and Functions; Chapter 4 Origin, Taxonomy and Distribution; Chapter 5 Breeding and Improvement; Chapter 6 Varieties; Chapter 7 Tissue Culture; Chapter 8 Markers and Genetic Mapping; Chapter 9 Climatic Requirements; Chapter 10 Soil; Chapter 11 Propagation; Chapter 12 Planting; Chapter 13 Nutrition; Chapter 14 Water Management; Chapter 15 Weed Management; Chapter 16 Mulching; Chapter 17 Flowering…”
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Reproduction and adaptation

Table of Contents: “…Reproduction and environment Alan S. McNeilly; 2. Genetic damage and male reproduction Michael Joffe; 3. …”
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Intellectual property rights in agricultural biotechnology

Table of Contents: “…Strachan -- Farmers' rights over plant genetic resources in the South : challenges and opportunities / Kirit Patel -- Economic aspects of intellectual property rights in agricultural biotechnology / Mywish K. …”
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Institutional interaction in global environmental governance synergy and conflict among international and EU policies /

Table of Contents: “…Conceptual foundations of institutional interaction / Sebastian Oberthür and Thomas Gehring -- The climate change regime : interactions with ICAO, IMO, and the EU burden-sharing agreement / Sebastian Oberthür -- The convention on biological diversity : tensions with the WTO TRIPS agreement over access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits / G. …”
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Treating Tourette syndrome and tic disorders a guide for practitioners /

Table of Contents: “…Sukhodolsky, and Robert A. King -- Genetic and neurobiological bases for Tourette syndrome / Jana Leary, Tyler Reimschisel, and Harvey S. …”
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Perinatal programming the state of the art /

Table of Contents: “…The past and future of perinatal medicine -- Experimental models of low birth weight--insight into the developmental programming of metabolic health, aging, and immune function -- Cardiovascular consequences of IUGR : experimental aspects -- Fetal programming of endocrine function in IUGR offspring depends on the cause of low birth weight : evidence from animal models and the human FIPS-study -- Intrauterine corticosteroids for lung maturation : observations of HPA axis function and cardiac autonomic balance in the neonate -- Feast or famine : in the fast lane to puberty -- Early life origins of diabetes and obesity : general aspects and the thin-fat baby paradigm -- The outcome in offspring of obese mothers -- Short and long term effects of gestational obesity : clinical observations -- Emerging role of neuroendocrine programming in obesity -- Genetic influences on the long-term effects of the perinatal environment on energy homeostasis and offspring obesity -- Perinatal programming in offspring of diabetic mothers : clinical data -- Experimental observations on perinatal programming in offspring of diabetic mothers -- Prenatal infections and long-term mental outcome : modeling schizophrenia-related dysfunctions using the prenatal Poly I : C model in mice -- Prenatal programming of cognition and emotion in humans : from birth to age 20 -- Perinatal programming of allergy -- Perinatal origin of testicular germ cell cancer : possible involvement of developmental re-programming -- Epigenetic adaptation during early life -- Toward a unifying concept on perinatal programming.…”
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Intracellular pathogens II Rickettsiales /

Table of Contents: “…Ceraul -- The way forward : improving genetic systems / Ulrike G. Munderloh ... [et al.].…”
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Hybrid computational intelligence : research and applications / by Bhattacharyya, Siddhartha, 1975-, Snášel, Václav, 1957-, Pan, Indrajit, 1983-, De, Debashis

Table of Contents: “…Houssein, Mina Younan, and Aboul Ella Hassanien 2 Hybrid Cartesian Genetic Programming Algorithms: A Review 27 Johnathan Melo Neto, Heder S. …”
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The advanced materials and techniques for biosensors and bioanalytical applications /

Table of Contents: “…Sarma and Pranab Goswami -- Biofuel cells as emerging biosensing device / Sharbani Kaushik, Caraline Ann Jacob, Pranab Goswami -- Bioelectrochemiluminescence as analytical signal of extreme sensitivity / Vinay B and Pranab Goswami -- Paper electronics and paper-based biosensors / Federico Figueredo, María Jesús González-Pabón, Albert Saavedra, Eduardo Cortón -- Strategies to improve the performance of microbial biosensors : artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, nanotechnology and synthetic biology / Natalia Sacco, Juan Carlos Suárez-Barón, Susan R. …”
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Re-imagining development communication in Africa

Table of Contents: “…Another view : theorizing development media / Chuka Onwumechili and Ritchard M'Bayo -- The theory of communicative action for population-communication management in sub-Saharan Africa : argumentative speech in Nigeria / Cornelius Pratt and Thomas Jacobson -- Development media : challenges and attempts / Genet Lakew -- Issues and perspectives on community engagement for behavior and social change / Ikechukwu Ndolo and Hilary Ozoh. …”
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Teaching Health Care in Virtual Space : Best Practices for Educators in Multi-User Virtual Environments / by Codier, Estelle

Table of Contents: “…-- The virtual world is your classroom : teaching in Second Life® -- An introduction to general types of MUVE learning activities -- Solo learning activities in content- or context-rich MUVEs : the MUVE as a learning crucible -- Sample learning activities 1-3 : solo learning in content- or context-rich MUVEs -- Pedagogical benefits of one-on-one MUVE learning activities -- Sample learning activities 4-5: one-on-one MUVE learning activities -- Pedagogical benefits of MUVE small group learning activities -- Sample learning activities 6-8 : ethics, genetics, and disability small group activities -- Sample learning activity 9 (complex small group MUVE learning activity) : clinical rounds -- Sample learning activity 10 (complex small group MUVE learning activity) : building small group consensus skills -- Instructor readiness for MUVE instruction -- Assessment of students and other factors related to MUVE teaching success -- Orientation to Second Life® -- Designing a MUVE learning activity, part I : readiness for MUVE learning -- Designing a MUVE learning activity, part II : implementing MUVE learning -- Special topics -- Problems and pitfalls of MUVE learning -- Design and implementation of a MUVE emotional intelligence course.…”
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The new political sociology of science institutions, networks, and power /

Table of Contents: “…Woodhouse -- When convention becomes contentious: organizing science activism in genetic toxicology / Scott Frickel -- Changing ecologies: science and environmental politics in agriculture / Christopher R. …”
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Applied ethics in nursing

Table of Contents: “…Mueller, Cindy Stern -- Genetic technology: the frontiers of nursing ethics / Ellen Giarelli ... …”
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Intimate labors cultures, technologies, and the politics of care /

Table of Contents: “…Technologies of caring labor : from objects to affect / Ariel Ducey -- The transmission of care : affective economies and Indian call centers / Kalindi Vora -- Foreign and domestic : adoption, immigration, and privatization / Laura Briggs -- Selling genes, selling gender : egg agencies, sperm banks, and the medical market in genetic material / Rene Almeling -- Gender labor : transmen, femmes, and collective work of transgression / Jane Ward -- Traveling cultures of servitude : loyalty and betrayal in New York and Kolkata / Seemin Qayum and Raka Ray -- My reward is not money : deep alliances and the end of life care among Mexicana workers and their wards / Maria de la Luz Ibarra -- Cultures of flirtation : sex and the moral boundaries of Filipina migrant hostesses in Tokyo / Rhacel Parreñas -- Bounded authenticity and the commerce of sex / Elizabeth Bernstein -- Economies of emotion, familiarity, fantasy, and desire : emotional labor in Ho Chi Minh City's sex industry / Kimberly Kay Hoang -- Making home care : law and social policy in the U.S. welfare state / Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein -- Power, intimacy, and contestation : Dorothy Bolden and domestic worker organizing in Atlanta in the 1960s / Premilla Nadasen -- Manicuring intimacies : inequality and resistance in nail salon work / Millian Kang -- But who will care for the children? …”
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Beans nutrition, consumption and health /

Table of Contents: “….] -- Preparation techniques for maintenance of nutritional quality of beans / Ana Carolina Fernandes, Rossana Pacheco da Costa Proença -- Genetic diversity of grains, storage pests and their effects on the worldwide bean supply / Isabel Ribeiro do Valle Teixeira, Cristiane Fortes Gris -- Food-grade soybean: consumption, nutrition, and health / Bo Zhang ... …”
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Interrogating human origins : decolonisation and the deep human past /

Table of Contents: “…Wells / John McNabb -- The temporality of humanity and the colonial landscape of the deep human past / Martin Porr -- The Far West from the Far East : decolonisation and human origins in East Asia : the legacy of 1937 and 1948 / Robin Dennell -- Interpretative shifts in understanding the prehistoric settlement of the Indian subcontinent : comparing Western and Indian historical perspectives / Parth R Chauhan -- Our earliest ancestors : human and non-human primates of North America / Paulette F Steeves -- "If we are all African, then I am nothing" : hominin evolution and the politics of identity in South Africa / Amanda Esterhuysen -- Naming the sacred ancestors : taxonomic reification and Pleistocene genomic narratives / Jonathan Marks -- Traditional owner participation in genetic research : a researcher perspective / Craig Muller and Joe Dortch.…”
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Crop production technologies for sustainable use and conservation : physiological and molecular advances /

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; ABOUT THE EDITORS; Table of Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Preface; 1: Plant Genetic Resources of Major and Minor Crops: Origin, Sustainable Use, and Conservation; 2: Wheat Production Technology: A Preamble to Food Security in Pakistan; 3: Capsaicin Production in Cell Suspension Cultures of Capsicum annuum L.; 4: Drought-Induced Changes in Growth, Photosynthesis, and Yield Traits in Mungbean: Role of Potassium and Sulfur Nutrition; 5: Cotton, White Gold of Pakistan: An Efficient Technique for Bumper Crop Production…”
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Brain, mind, and developmental psychopathology in childhood

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: IACAPAP Book Series -- Acknowledgments -- About the Contributors -- Preface, by Olayinka Omigbodun -- Editorial Introduction, by M Elena Garralda & Jean-Philippe Raynaud -- Part I: Biological and Psychological Influences on Developmental Psychopathology -- The Developmental Being: Modeling a Probabilistic Approach to Child Development and Psychopathology, by David Cohen -- Antecedents in Infancy of Personality Disorders: The Interplay Between Biological and Psychological Processes, by Miri Keren and Sam Tyano -- Insights into Childhood Psychiatric Disorders from Developmental Neuro-imaging, by Philip Shaw -- Common and Rare Genetic Variants as Risk Factors for Autism Spectrum Disorders, by Marie Christine Mouren, Thomas Bourgeron, Richard Delorme -- Part II: Individual Disorders/Problems: Updates -- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, by Luisa Lazaro and Josep Toro -- The Relationship Between Autism and Schizophrenia: A Reappraisal, by Saskia Palmen and Herman van Engeland -- Early-onset Schizophrenia, by Helmut Remschmidt and Frank Theisen -- Developmental Dyslexia, by Andreas Warnke, Gerd Schulte-Korne & Elena Ise -- Chapter 9: Effects of Child Maltreatment on the Developing Brain, by Dayna Glaser -- Self-Harm in Adolescents, by Dennis Ougrin, Troy Tranah, Eleanor Leigh, Lucy Taylor and Joan R. …”
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