Published September, 2014
By Denson G. Fujikawa
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This book sets out to explain the clinically relevant basic mechanisms of excitotoxic neuronal death, which in the adult mammalian brain is morphologically necrotic, not apoptotic, and which involve caspase-independent mechanisms of programmed cell death.

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Published September, 2014
By Kevin Gould, Chris Winefield and Kevin M Davies
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Featured areas include their relevance to:* Plant stress * Flower and fruit color * Human health * Wine quality and health attributes * Food colorants and ingredients * Cell culture production systems * The pastoral sector

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Published September, 2014
By Andrew Harver and Harry Kotses
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Asthma is on the rise, especially among poor urban minorities. There's still no cure, but the disease can be controlled, and this book offers the vital information officials need to develop the most effective public health response to this troubling disease.

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Published September, 2014
By David J. Browning
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Contains information from the Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research network not to be found in other published works Evidence-based approach includes material labeled with level of supporting evidence and many clinical examples Includes discussions of area of controversy

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Published September, 2014
By Wagner F. Gattaz and Geraldo Busatto Filho
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Various facets of schizophrenia research from across the globe is presented in this volume as a means to examine the disease and discover new treatment methods. The broad scope dips into topics like prognosis, community care, stigmatization and much more.

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Published September, 2014
By Kirill Martemyanov, Alapakkam P. Sampath and Kirill A. Martemyanov
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Springer Series in Vision Research
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The main purpose of this volume is to provide a focused analysis of the function of the G protein-coupled signaling pathways that operate in the interconnected network of retinal neurons as they detect and encode the information carried by light.

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Published September, 2014
By Sana Loue and Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Ohio Director Center for Minority Public Health of the School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University Clevelan
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The concept for this book came about following the publication of the volume Health Issues Confronting Minority Men Who Have Sex with Men, published by Springer in 2008.

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Published September, 2014
By Shmuel C. Shapira, Jeffrey S. Hammond, Leonard A. Cole, Shmuel Shapira, Jeffrey Hammond and Leonard Cole
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Terror medicine is related to emergency and disaster medicine but focuses on the constellation of medical issues uniquely related to terrorist attacks.

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Published September, 2014
By Dirk Feldmeyer and Joachim Lübke
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A summary of recent findings covering the morphological, physiological, developmental, computational and pathophysiological aspects of axons, this volume covers new findings concerning axonal structure and functions and assesses their implications.

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Published September, 2014
By Roger Narayan
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This comprehensive text on biomaterials research and development highlights topics associated with engineering, medicine, and surgery. It includes in-depth descriptions of the fundamental properties of metals, ceramics, and polymers used in medicine.

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