Basic Sciences

The eleventh edition of Principles of Anatomy and Physiology marks a new milestone in the publication of the phenomenally successful Principles of Anatomy and Physiology. Bryan Derrickson of Valencia Community College in Orlando, Florida joins Jerry Tortora as a co-author, bringing his background an... More

Comprehensive, up-to-date and authoritative, this volume covers all the recent advances in understanding the early events of neural development at the molecular and cellular levels. The authors detail the applications of molecular genetic methods to the study of neural induction, neuronal phenotypes... More

This volume is a state-of-the-art revision of the previously published "Methods for General and Molecular Bacteriology." The new, expanded edition offers comprehensive coverage of methods and information on archaea, filamentous fungi, and bacteria.... More

Outbreak: Cases in Real-World Microbiology is a fascinating new textbook targeting introductory microbiology instructors and students. Generously illustrated with color photographs, the book integrates headline-making disease outbreaks into the microbiology coursework and is the first work of its ki... More

The book focuses on main aspects of chemical reaction, i.e. principle, mechanism and applications of synthetic utility. The content is explained in an easy and simple language. It will be a good source of information for fundamental knowledge of organic synthesis to students at undergraduate level a... More

Comprehensive, major reference on the pathobiology and clinical aspects of asthma. For clinicians and investigators.... More

Provides a detailed survey of therapies for autoimmune diseases, exploring the rationale for their use and clinical data regarding their potential benefit.... More

In the US alone some 90,000 people die from superbugs--bacteria that have grown immune to antibiotics. Officials agree that this problem will only get worse with time and new alternatives must be found. One alternative that is being considered by scientists is a kind of virus called a bacteriophage.... More

This book covers the basics of human biology from three integrated perspectives: health, homeostasis, and the environment.... More

SPORTS AND FITNESS NUTRITION is a unique offering to the sports and nutrition milieu. The book differs from its competitors with its extensive, up-to-date coverage of nutrition supplements and unique chapter devoted to specific training and nutrition applications for more than a dozen sports. It pro... More

Biotechnology is one of the major technologies of the twenty-first century. Its wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary activities include recombinant DNA techniques, cloning and the application of microbiology to the production of goods from bread to antibiotics. In this new edition of the textbook Basic ... More

Biotechnology impinges on everyone's lives. It is one of the major technologies of the twenty-first century. Its huge, wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary activities include recombinant DNA techniques, cloning and genetics, and the application of microbiology to the production of goods as prosaic as br... More

Probabilistic models are becoming increasingly important in analysing the huge amount of data being produced by large-scale DNA-sequencing efforts such as the Human Genome Project. For example, hidden Markov models are used for analysing biological sequences, linguistic-grammar-based probabilistic m... More

Wound Closure Biomaterials and Devices discusses the increasingly sophisticated and effective materials being developed for the crucial surgical treatment of wound closure. This state-of-the-art book provides detailed information and critical discussions on: sutures and other wound closure devices, ... More

Our working conditions have undergone rapid and fundamental changes during the last few years. One example is the widespread use of the individual computer in the shop, office and home. Another major development is that women now hold many jobs that used to be in the male domain, and that many more ... More

Presenting the basic concepts and major issues associated with medical device design, this text describes current development processes as well as standards and regulatory information, providing a basis for assessing new technologies. It aims to help manufacturers establish and operate a viable reli... More

This book is a comprehensive guide to all of the mathematics, statistics and computing you will need to successfully operate DNA microarray experiments. It is written for researchers, clinicians, laboratory heads and managers, from both biology and bioinformatics backgrounds, who work with, or who i... More

This book is about importance of animal size. We tend to think of animal function in chemical terms and talk of water, salts, proteins, enzymes, oxygen, energy, and so on. We should not forget, however, that physical laws are equally important, for they determine rates of diffusion and heat transfer... More