Published October, 2009
By David Dagan Feng, Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann and Jian J. Zhang
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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The book contains contributions from leading researchers from a variety of disciplines (including computer graphics, biomechanics, knowledge representation, human-machine interfaces etc) associated with medical imaging, simulation, computer-assisted surgery and 3D semantics.

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Published October, 2009
By Anton A. Komar
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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Chapters address the impact of SNPs on phenotype, examine SNP databases, look at methods that have been applied for SNP bioinformatics discovery and analysis, and discuss advanced experimental approaches used for SNP detection.

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Published October, 2009
By Abel Lajtha, Guido Tettamanti, Gianfresco Goracci, Gianfrancesco Goracci and N.S. Abel Lajtha
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Published October, 2009
By Yoichi Ando and Peter Cariani
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Ando establishes a theory of subjective preference of the sound field in a concert hall, based on preference theory with a model of human auditory- brain system. The theory may also be applied to visual sensations as well as subjective preference of visual environments.

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Published October, 2009
By Ulrich Martin
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology
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In almost all cases, stem cells have to be engineered, sometimes for functional improvement, in many cases to produce large numbers of cells, and frequently to achieve efficient and specific differentiation in the cell type(s) of interest.

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Published October, 2009
By Carmen Espinos, Vicente Felipo and Francesc Palau
Publisher: Springer
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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This reference on the state-of-the-art of neuromuscular diseases as a whole offers a current review of inherited neuromuscular diseases under different approaches: genetics, pathomechanisms, therapies and treatments.

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Published October, 2009
By Amit Gefen
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials
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Pressure-related chronic wounds are an important health concern that affects millions of patients and accumulates billions in annual costs. The results allow a complete picture of the tolerance of human tissues to sustained loads, and an understanding of the risk for onset of chronic wounds.

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Published October, 2009
By Holger Kalthoff
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation
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Death receptors play a central role in directing apoptosis in mammalian cells. This book explores the molecular basis of death receptor signaling and their role in cancer development.

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Published October, 2009
By Ray H. Gavin
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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In the ten years since the publication of the first edition, great advances in fluorescent labeling, optics, and sample preparation have significantly improved the imaging capability of microscopy, allowing for a continual refinement of our understanding of the cytoskeleton as a dynamic synergy of components.

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Published September, 2009
By V. Craig Jordan, B.J.A. Furr and JORDAN V. CRAIG
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
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This book describes the principles underlying targeted hormonal treatments, assesses the actions of new and established agents, and illustrates the new applications of hormonal chemoprevention for breast cancer.

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