Published March, 2013
By Morley D. Glicken and Ben Robinson
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In the current economy, companies are expected to turn on a dime in response to changing market needs to stay vibrant. What that means is that companies are constantly reorganizing. Employees are living in a constant state of change. This manual focuses on treating job-related issues, whether it's conflict in the workplace, stress, or burnout.

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Published March, 2013
By Ya-Xiong Tao
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Obesity is an epidemic with enormous health, economic and social burdens. Current drugs for obesity treatment are far from ideal in terms of efficacy and side effects. This book summarizes the status in studies of a number of G protein-coupled receptors that were shown to be promising targets for obesity treatments.

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Published March, 2013
By Peter Giannoudis, Elena Jones, Xuebin Yang and Dennis McGonagle
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Covers our understanding of the role of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and other mesenchymal progenitors in skeletal regeneration, encompassing bone, cartilage and whole joint regeneration. This book provides a short historical 'detour' and foundational information on founding concepts, discoveries and personalities in MSC research.

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Published February, 2013
By Eric J. Nestler, Dr. J. David Sweatt, Michael J. Meaney, Schahram Akbarian and J. David Sweatt
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Addresses understanding of the roles of epigenetic processes at the molecular/cellular level, their impact on neural development and behavior, and the potential roles of these mechanisms in neurological and psychiatric disorders. This book presents a unified view of epigenetic mechanisms from behavior to genes and everything in between.

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Published February, 2013
By William F. Salminen, Joe M. Fowler and James Greenhaw
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A handbook for obtaining high quality preclinical Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) studies. It provides readers with a better understanding of exactly what happens during all stages of a GLP study and the critical aspects of GLP study design and conduct.

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Published February, 2013
By Paul M. Wassarman and Paul Wassarman
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Covers the area of gametogenesis, with contributions from an international board of authors. In this book, the chapters provide a comprehensive set of reviews covering such topics as germline stem cells, signaling modalities during oogenesis in mammals, and genomic imprinting as a parental effect established in mammalian germ cells.

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Published February, 2013
By May C. Morris
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One of the major challenges of modern biology and medicine consists in finding means to visualize biomolecules in their natural environment with the greatest level of accuracy. This has been achieved thanks to the design of novel imaging agents, in particular to fluorescent biosensors. This book presents the developments in fluorescent biosensors.

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Published February, 2013
By David L. Stocum
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Illustrates how the competition among the public flagship universities for more money, research prestige, and power, and the imposition of mission differentiation on public universities, is detrimental to the educational needs of 21st century. This title offers insightful reflection based on first-hand experience.

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Published January, 2013
By Sharon L. Johnson
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A guide to diagnosing and treating disorders in children that includes definitions of the disorder, diagnostic criteria, the neurobiology of the disorder, information on functional impairment, treatment planning, and evidence-based interventions. It offers skill building resources to supplement treatment.

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Published January, 2013
By Thorsteinn Loftsson
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Focuses on drug degradation in pharmaceutical formulation. This book features content on both aqueous and solid drug solutions, the stability of proteins and peptides, acid-base catalyzed and solvent catalyzed reactions, how drug formulation can influence drug stability, the influence of external factors on reaction rates and more.

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