Published July, 2010
By Weilang Xu and John E. Bronlund
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence
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Mastication Robotics: Biological Inspiration to Implementation is the first book in the special field of masticatory robots for applications including foods texture analysis, dental training and speech therapy.

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Published July, 2010
By Claudio Hetz
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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In this book, scientists pioneering the field have compiled a series of focused chapters to highlight the relevance of the BCL-2 family of proteins in apoptosis, physiology and disease.

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Published July, 2010
By Harold J. Bruyere
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Helps you develop both your clinical problem-solving and critical thinking skills. This title presents a fresh approach to integrating basic pathophysiology, risk factors, physical examination findings, and clinical laboratory data for 100 major health problems. It provides support for medical, pharmacy, nursing, and allied health studies.

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Published July, 2010
By Enrique Cadenas and Lester Packer
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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Presents methods and protocols dealing with thiol oxidation-reduction reactions and their implications as they relate to cell signaling. This book deals with glutathionylation and dethiolation,and peroxide removal by peroxiredoxins/thioredoxins and glutathione peroxidases.

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Published July, 2010
By Annette Gilchrist and A Gilchrist
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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* G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), are a large protein family of transmembrane receptors that sense molecules outside the cell and activate inside signal transduction pathways and, ultimately, cellular responses. GPCRs are involved in many diseases, but are also the target of around half of all modern medicinal drugs.

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Published July, 2010
By Gerald Litwack
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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Intends to reflects expertise in the field of hormone action, vitamin action, X-ray crystal structure, physiology, and enzyme mechanisms. This title is of interest to endocrinologists, biochemists, nutritionists, pharmacologists, cell biologists, and molecular biologists.

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Published June, 2010
By Laurence R. Tancredi and Laurence Tancredi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book explores the impact of neuroscience research over the past 20 or more years on brain function as it affects moral decisions.

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Published June, 2010
By Siegfried Mense and Robert D. Gerwin
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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This edition of the companion volumes Muscle Pain: Understanding the Mech- isms and Muscle Pain: Diagnosis and Treatment is essential reading for those interested in clinical approaches to acute and chronic pain conditions involving muscle tissues and in the mechanisms underlying these conditions.

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Published June, 2010
By Siegfried Mense and Robert D. Gerwin
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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This edition of the companion volumes Muscle Pain: Understanding the Mech- isms and Muscle Pain: Diagnosis and Treatment is essential reading for those interested in clinical approaches to acute and chronic pain conditions involving muscle tissues and in the mechanisms underlying these conditions.

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Published June, 2010
By Richard Owusu-Apenten
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
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Summarizes the applications, and benefits of bioactive peptides used to mitigate major metabolic derangements that arise from chronic illnesses and result in unwanted weight loss. This title reviews the theories explaining Muscle Loss and Accretion During Illness & Infection.

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