Published April, 2013
By Bruce Hannon, S.A. Levin and Matthias Ruth
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Modeling Dynamic Systems
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Models help us understand the dynamics of real-world processes by using the computer to mimic the actual forces that are known or assumed to result in a system's behavior. This book does not require a substantial background in mathematics or computer science.

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Published April, 2013
By Callum F. Ross and Richard F. Kay
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
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Published April, 2013
By Linda M. Burton, Stephen A. Matthews, ManChui Leung, Susan P. Kemp and David T. Takeuchi
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Social Disparities in Health and Health Care
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Urban Places, Racialization of a Place, Migration, Sacred Places, Technological Innovations An understanding of place is essential for health care professionals, as interventions often do not have the same effects in the clinic as they do in varied, naturalistic social settings.

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Published April, 2013
By Bruce Hannon, Matthias Ruth and D.H. Meadows
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Modeling Dynamic Systems
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The book uses STELLA software to develop simulation models, thus allowing readers to convert their understanding of a phenomenon to a computer model, and then run it to yield the inevitable dynamic consequences built into the structure. Part I provides an introduction to modeling dynamic systems, while Part II offers general modeling methods.

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Published April, 2013
By I.W. Fong
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century
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Medico-Legal Issues in Infectious Diseases helps physicians avoid diagnosis issues that often lead to litigation. The text provides problem-solving challenges that physicians often face in various practices and subspecialties.

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Published April, 2013
By Bernhelm Booss-Bavnbek, Beate Klosgen, Flemming Pociot, Erik Renstrom, Jesper Larsen, Bernhelm Booß-Bavnbek, Beate Kloesgen and Erik Renstroem
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Systems Biology
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BetaSys uses the example of regulated exocytosis in pancreatic -cells, and its relevance to diabetes, to illustrate the major concepts of systems biology, its methods and applications.

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Published April, 2013
By I. George Fantus
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Energy Balance and Cancer
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This book reviews the epidemiological associations between insulin resistance and cancer. For example some tumors present increased quantities of the fetal form of the insulin receptor, unique regulation of oxidative (Krebs' cycle) metabolism (Warburg effect), as well as mutations in various relevant signaling pathways.

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Published April, 2013
By Karol Miller
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
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Biomechanics of the Brain will present an introduction to brain anatomy for engineers and scientists.

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Published April, 2013
By Theodore L. DeWeese and Marikki Laiho
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Current Cancer Research
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Molecular Determinants of Radiation Response includes chapters by expert authors who detail the present understanding of key DNA damage response pathways and proteins.

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Published April, 2013
By Marc Galanter
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Recent Developments in Alcoholism
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From the President of the Research Society on Alcoholism The sixteenth volume of Recent Developments in Alcoholism contains the latest information on the field of alcoholism treatment research.

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