Published November, 2010
By Isaac Ishaaya and A. Rami Horowitz
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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This book explores ecologically sound and innovative techniques in insect pest management in field and protected crops. From a general overview of pest management to new biorational insecticides such as insect growth regulators, and new strategies to reduce resistance, the coverage is entirely up-to-date.

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Published November, 2010
By Walter Richtering and W. Richtering
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science
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This volume contains selected papers presented at the 42nd Biennial Meeting of the Kolloid-Gesellschaft held at the RWTH Aachen University September 26-28, 2005.

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Published November, 2010
By Joachim Koetz and Sabine Kosmella
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Springer Laboratory
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This lab manual guides chemists through demonstrations of synergistic effects between polyelectrolytes and nanoparticles. After a short introduction into the field of polyelectrolytes and polyelectrolyte characterization, the book discusses the role of polyelectrolytes in the process of nanoparticle formation.

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Published November, 2010
By Hans-Joachim Böckenhauer, Dirk Bongartz and Hans-Joachim Boeckenhauer
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Natural Computing Series
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This book introduces some key problems in bioinformatics, discusses the models used to formally describe these problems, and analyzes the algorithmic approaches used to solve them. After introducing the basics of molecular biology and algorithmics, Part I explains string algorithms and alignments;

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Published November, 2010
By Marcello Barbieri
Publisher: Springer
Series: Biosemiotics
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Building on a range of disciplines - from biology and anthropology to philosophy and linguistics - this book draws on the expertise of leading names in the study of organic, mental and cultural codes brought together by the emerging discipline of biosemiotics.

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Published November, 2010
By Simo S. Oja and Pirjo Saransaari
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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The 15th International Taurine Meeting offered a multidisciplinary symposium, with participants representing a range of fields of biological science. Based on the proceedings of this meeting, Taurine 6: Taurine Today presents current research on Taurine by top scientists in the field.

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Published November, 2010
By Dihua Yu, Mien-Chie Hung and Yu Dihua
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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In Breast Cancer Chemosensitivity, a group of world leading experts review critical aspects of resistance to systemic therapy in breast cancer patients. Coverage provides an example of using novel approaches for chemosensitization of breast cancer cells that gives readers an idea about the future direction in breast cancer treatment.

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Published November, 2010
By Oliver Botta, Jeffrey Bada, Javier Gómez Elvira, Emmanuelle Javaux, Franck Selsis and Robert Summons
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI
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This book collects papers presented at a workshop taking an interdisciplinary look at methods designed to detect life on other planets. It serves as a reference to scientists and instrument developers working in the field of in-situ and remote life detection.

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Published November, 2010
By Regina Murphy and Amos Tsai
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This text provides an up-to-date collection of theoretical and experimental studies into protein folding, misfolding, aggregation, and stability. The book provides a thorough and clear discussion of computational approaches to understanding and modeling protein aggregation.

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Published November, 2010
By Warren J. Ewens
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics
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This is the first of a planned two-volume work discussing the mathematical aspects of population genetics with an emphasis on evolutionary theory.

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