Springer; 1 edition | September 10, 2007 | ISBN-10: 1402063105 | 142 pages | PDF | 2.41 MB In recent years a growing number of proteases have been identified that catalyse peptide bond hydrolysis in the plane of the cellular membrane. These so-called intramembrane-cleaving proteases (I-CLiPs) are involved in a diverse range of cellular processes, including cell regulation, signalling, quorum sensing, protein processing, lipid metabolism and the unfolded protein response. Some I-CLiPs play... 

Springer; 1 edition | February 21, 2007 | ISBN-10: 1402055692 | 425 pages | PDF | 4.02 MB This volume offers a collection of papers on the quantitative assessment of age and growth in Chondrichthyan fishes. It details new hard parts for assessments of age, such as caudal thorns; new techniques like bomb radiocarbon for validation; and reexaminations of previous age and growth models. It also examines the importance of assessing the precision and accuracy of statistical formulas, analyses,... 

Springer; 1 edition | August 15, 2008 | ISBN-10: 354078764X | 244 pages | PDF | 6.86 MB The application to Biology of the methodologies developed in Physics is attracting an increasing interest from the scientific community. It has led to the emergence of a new interdisciplinary field, called Physical Biology, with the aim of reaching a better understanding of the biological mechanisms at molecular and cellular levels. Statistical Mechanics in particular plays an important role in the... 

Publisher: C.S.I.R.O Publishing 2005 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0643069674 | PDF | 39 MB The forests and woodlands of Victoria’s Box-Ironbark region are one of the most important areas of faunal diversity and significance in Southern Australia. Box-Ironbark woodlands provide critical habitat for many threatened species such as the Squirrel Glider, Brush tailed Phascogale, Regent Honeyeater, Swift Parrot, Pink-tailed Worm-lizard and Woodland Blind Snake. Wildlife of the Box-Ironbark... 

Springer; 1 edition | October 30, 2006 | ISBN-10: 3540461663 | 333 pages | PDF | 16.91 MB This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology, CMSB 2006, held in Trento, Italy, in October 2006. The 22 fully revised papers presented together with 2 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 68 submissions. The papers present a variety of techniques from computer sciences, such as language design, concurrency... 

Sp,,ger B.sel | 2011 | ISBN: 3034801157 | 185 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB This textbook presents basic notions and techniques of Fourier analysis in discrete settings. Written in a concise style, it is interlaced with remarks, discussions and motivations from signal analysis. The first part is dedicated to topics related to the Fourier transform, including discrete time-frequency analysis and discrete wavelet analysis. Basic knowledge of linear algebra and calculus is... 

R..dge | 2001 | ISBN: 0203467124 | 288 pages | PDF | 1,9 MB Why and how people should be educated has, throughout history, preoccupied some of civilization’s greatest minds. This unique work summarizes and analyzes the thinking on education of fifty individuals drawn from a time span covering 500 BC to the nineteenth century. Among those included are: * Confucius * Plato * St. Augustine * Eamus John Wesley * Immanuel Kant * Mary Wollstonecaft *... 

Springer; 1st Edition | June 22, 2010 | ISBN-10: 1849961956 | 49 pages | PDF | 8.78 MB This unique volume surveys state-of-the-art research on statistical methods in molecular and systems biology, with contributions from leading experts in the field. Each chapter discusses theoretical aspects, applications to biological problems, and possible future developments. Topics and features: presents the use of thermodynamic models to analyze gene regulatory mechanisms; reviews major algorithms... 

Publisher: CRC Press | ISBN: 0849353408 | edition 2006 | PDF | 270 pages | 14,8 mb There is no easy answer to the question, “What is RCA?” Some will give a general idea of what Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is designed to accomplish, while others will advocate a specific approach. In this third edition of the best-selling Root Cause Analysis: Improving Performance for Bottom-Line Results, acclaimed experts Robert and Kenneth Latino offer a broad look at the various types of approaches... 

Springer; 1 edition | August 5, 2005 | ISBN-10: 3540244743 | 80 pages | PDF | 1.53 MB The connective and supportive tissues constitute a considerable amount of the biomass in human and animal organisms. The aim of this book is to contribute to the understanding of the mutual relationship between the mechanical situation of tendons and ligaments and their inner structure.  Read More →