Published October, 2012
By Martin A. Giese
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science
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Dynamic Neural Field Theory for Motion Perception provides a new theoretical framework that permits a systematic analysis of the dynamic properties of motion perception. The author demonstrates how neural fields can be applied for the analysis of perceptual phenomena and its underlying neural processes.

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Published October, 2012
By Maria Marinaro, Virginio Cantoni and Alfredo Petrosino
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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The main theme of the book is the attention processes of vision systems and it aims to point out the analogies and the divergences of biological vision with the frameworks introduced by computer scientists in artificial vision.

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Published October, 2012
By K.K. Ang, James A. Purdy and Bharat B. Mittal
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Cancer Treatment and Research
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Recent advances in radiation oncology have depended upon and are intertwined with subsequent scientific discoveries and the development of new techniques in the fields of radiation and molecular biology, physics, electrical engineering, surgery, and medical oncology.

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Published October, 2012
By Hyman B. Muss and Kenneth A. Foon
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Cancer Treatment and Research
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This volume, Biological and Hormonal Therapies of Cancer, which is part of the series Cancer Treatment and Research, presents selected new information concerning biologic and hormonal therapy of cancer. Vaccine therapies have come to the forefront of cancer therapy re cently, and two chapters approach different strategies of vaccine therapies;

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Published October, 2012
By Marc Galanter
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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From the President of the Research Society on Alcoholism Alcohol research has entered an era of growth which brings enhanced opti mism regarding the elucidation of the biochemical and psychosocial factors which combine to produce the phenomena of alcohol abuse and alcoholism.

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Published October, 2012
By Bohuslav Ostadal and Naranjan S. Dhalla
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Biochemistry in Health and Disease
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This book summarizes present knowledge of different mechanisms involved in the development of positive and negative consequences of cardiac adaptation.

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Published October, 2012
By John F. Keaney Jr.
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine
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Treatment to lower plasma levels of cholesterol - primarily low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol - is now accepted as best medical practice and both physicians and patients are being educated to take aggressive measures to lower LDL.

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Published October, 2012
By Walmor C. de Mello, M.J. Janse and Walmor C. Mello
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Basic Science for the Cardiologist
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Heart Cell Coupling and Impulse Propagation in Health and Disease includes an up-to-date review on how heart cells communicate and impulse propagation under normal as well as under pathological conditions.

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Published October, 2012
By Michel Hersen and William I. Dorfman
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Perspectives on Individual Differences
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Introductory texts on psychological testing and evaluation historically are not in short supply. Understanding Psychological Assessment includes cognitive and personality tests for adults, children, and adolescents, as well as chapters on the theory of psychological measurement and integrated report writing.

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Published October, 2012
By V. Raghavan
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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The study of plant development using molecular and genetic techniques is rapidly becoming one of the most active areas of research on flowering plants. Developmental Biology of Flowering Plants relates classical developmental work with the outstanding problems of the future in the study of plant development.

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