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... 

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... 

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 →

Publisher: Wiley-VCH | ISBN: 3527303049 | edition 2001 | PDF | 522 pages | 11,2 mb Transport of molecules across the cell membrane is a fundamental process of all living organisms. It is essential for understanding growth, development, nutrition as well as uptake and excretion of exogenous or synthesized molecules. Microbes respresent general and basic functional systems where many transport processes have been studied on a molecular basis. Knowledge of the microbial transport processes... 

Sp n er | ISBN: 3540482997 | 2007 | PDF | 279 pages | 35,6 MB Dendrochronology and wood anatomy developed for decades as two independent scientific fields. It was only in the last decade that it was made clear that the dimension of time is the fourth dimension for both sciences and that it was demonstrated that wood anatomy and dendrochronology are perfect partners. The main aim of this book is to show the hidden ecological richness in stems and roots from... 

Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 9048188253 | edition 2010 | PDF | 301 pages | 3 mb Beyond the Biophysical provides a broad overview of agriculture and natural resource management (NRM) scholarship and practice that lies beyond the biophysical, emphasizing instead epistemological, cultural, and political foundations of NRM. The volume is oriented toward professionals with expertise in agriculture and natural resource management scholarship and practice, but who lack exposure to the... 

D..tscher T.schenbuch Verlag | 2009 | ISBN: 342324707X | 340 pages | PDF | 10,6 MB »Zu Zeiten Darwins war die Evolution eine Hypothese. Heute kann sie als erwiesen betrachtet werden.« Theodosius Dobzhansky »Noch nie hat sich eine von einem einzigen Mann aufgestellte Lehre als so wahr erwiesen wie die Abstammungslehre von Charles Darwin.« Konrad Lorenz »Kein seriöser Biologe bezweifelt die Evolution.« Richard Dawkins Götter, Geister und Designer sind nicht Gegenstand der... 

Wiley | ISBN: 0471497827 | 2002 | PDF | 372 Pages | 6.2 MB Rapid advances in our understanding of genetics have required that new books contain topics such as the concept and theory of gene cloning, transgenics, genomics, and various other coverage of traditional and contemporary subjects. Although there is an abundance of textbooks that cover introductory genetics and advanced courses in genetics, there is a noticeable gap at the intermediate (second year)...