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The highly anticipated second volume of Freshwater Fishes of North America a monumental fully illustrated reference that provides comprehensive details on the freshwater fishes of the United States Canada and Mexico When the first volume of Freshwater Fishes of North America was published it was immediately hailed as the definitive reference in the field Readers have been fervently awaiting the next volume in this encompassing three book set ever since Now complete volume 2 covering families Characidae to Poeciliidae is the result of decades of analysis by leading fish experts from universities and research laboratories across North America Each volume in this authoritative synthesis covers the ecology morphology reproduction distribution behavior taxonomy conservation and the fossil record of the included North American fish families The encyclopedic reviews of each family are accompanied by color photographs nearly 250 in this volume alone range maps and artwork created by noted fish illustrator Joseph R Tomelleri The result is a rich textual and visual experience that covers everything known about the diversity natural history ecology and biology of North American freshwater fishes Volume 2 covers the following North American families o

This is the premier, single-source reference on redox biochemistry, a rapidly emerging field. This reference presents the basic principles and includes detailed chapters focusing on various aspects of five primary areas of redox biochemistry: antioxidant molecules and redox cofactors; antioxidant enzymes; redox regulation of physiological processes; pathological processes related to redox; and specialized methods. This is a go-to resource for professionals in pharmaceuticals, medicine, immunology, nutrition, and environmental fields and an excellent text for upper-level students.

Mark Tewdwr-Jones, Elisabeth Stahl-Biskup, Stahl-Biskup and SaezEleven chapters written by a group of international researchers provide an overview of the currently available information on the species-rich, diverse genus Thymus, including botany, taxonomy, chemistry, and pharmacology, taking into account such applied topics as field culture, in vitro culture, and selection; harvesting and processing; commercial products made from thyme; medicinal and non- medicinal uses; flavonoids and further polyphenols in the genus; and thyme as an herbal drug. Annotation 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

D. M. Van Gelderen, J. R. Hoey Smith, Royal Boskoop Horticultural Society, Smith J. R. P. Van HoeyFrom redwoods to dwarf varieties, conifers are presented in all their astonishing diversity in this comprehensive photographic survey, which includes over 1180 color photos of most of the conifers in cultivation, both in garden and wild settings.

Un clásico que revalida su prestigio científico en los 21 capítulos que lo conforman y continúa siendo el texto de referencia indiscutido en su especialidad. La microbiología no es ya una simple disciplina: la emergencia del SIDA, los programas de trasplante de órganos y la longevidad de pacientes con enfermedades debilitantes hacen de cada especie bacteriana un patógeno potencial. Esto refleja una selección de nuevas informaciones que continuaron expandiéndose de modo exponencial desde la última edición. También aumentaron las ilustraciones en color, dispersas en cada capítulo para una mayor comprensión del texto

While replacing and reducing the use of laboratory animals are integral parts of the 3Rsreplace, reduce, refinewhich form the cornerstones of laboratory animal science, biomedical research involving animals remains absolutely essential for the advancement of the medical, veterinary, agricultural, and biological sciences. Building upon the bestselling previous edition, the Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, Volume III, Third Edition: Animal Models complements volumes I and II of the third edition by completing the task of providing a comprehensive overview of animal models in all biomedical disciplines.The three Rs have been integrated throughout this handbook to promote efficient and humane experimental work with animals. Written by international experts, each chapter focuses on an important subdiscipline of laboratory animal science and can be used as a stand-alone text. This volume contains new chapters for six additional disease animal models: spinal cord injury, cardiovascular diseases, sudden infant death syndrome, developmental disorders, eye diseases, and human cancer. It also presents a new chapter on applying reduction and refinement to animal models.This handbook can be used for undergraduate and postgraduate laboratory animal science courses, and as a handbook for scientists who work with animals in their research, for university veterinarians, for regulators, and for other specialists in laboratory animal science.

This is a new and completely rewritten edition of the well-known text "Microfossils" (first published in 1980) covering all the major microfossil groups, with information on taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology and palaeoecology. particular attention is given to the uses of microfossils in environmental reconstruction and biostratigraphy numerous line and half-tone illustrations emphasis on practical applications of micropalaeontology only student-friendly micropaleontology text available

Identifying Marine Phytoplankton is an accurate and authoritative guide to the identification of marine diatoms and dinoflagellates, meant to be used with tools as simple as a light microscope. The book compiles the latest taxonomic names, an extensive bibliography (referencing historical as well as up-to-date literature), synthesis and criteria in one indispensable source. Techniques for preparing samples and containing are included as well as hundreds of detailed, helpful information. Identifying Marine Phytoplankton is a combined paperback edition made available by popular demand of two influential books published earlier--Marine Phytoplankton and Identifying Marine Diatoms and Dinoflagellates.

Is a computer simulation of a brain sufficient to make it intelligent Do you need consciousness to have intelligence Do you need to be alive to have consciousness This book has a dual purpose First it provides a multi disciplinary research survey across all branches of neuroscience and AI research that relate to this book s mission of bringing AI research closer to building a human level AI HLAI system It provides an encapsulation of key ideas and concepts and provides all the references for the reader to delve deeper much of the survey coverage is of recent pioneering research Second the final part of this book brings together key concepts from the survey and makes suggestions for building HLAI This book provides accessible explanations of numerous key concepts from neuroscience and artificial intelligence research including The focus on visual processing and thinking and the possible role of brain lateralization toward visual thinking and intelligence Diffuse decision making by ensembles of neurons The inside out model to give HLAI an inner life and the possible role for cognitive architecture implementing the scientific method through the plan do check act cycle within that model learning to learn A neuromodulation feature such as a machine equ

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La sexta edición de este texto representa una evolución continua en el intento por comunicar a la audiencia el campo cada vez más complejo y desafiante del diagnóstico microbiológico. La organización general del texto, similar a la de las ediciones anteriores, contiene cambios importantes para reflejar la naturaleza dinamica de la especialidad.La explicacion ampliada del manejo y las cuestiones reguladoras en el laboratorio de diagnostico microbiologico refleja la realidad del ejercicio medico moderno.En esta edicion se presta una atencion apropiada a las tecnicas tradicionales que siguen teniendo importancia en los laboratorios clinicos, pero la importancia creciente de los metodos inmunologicos y sobre todo de las tecnicas moleculares justifica una discusion explicita de sus principios asi como una amplia cobertura en capitulos individuales cuando es apropiado.La filosofia subyacente sigue siendo la misma: el objetivo es proporcionar una explicacion extensa pero practica de la ciencia y el arte del diagnostico microbiologico. El libro proporciona una revision para estudiantes graduados, residentes de Anatomia Patologica y becarios de enfermedades infecciosas.

Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae, Second Edition covers the origins and history of marine larval science, contemporary state-of-the-art approaches to larval development and biology, and the highest-quality images and schematics showing the broadest diversity of marine larvae in the animal tree of life. This book illustrates larval body plans, the anatomy of their organ systems (muscular, sensory, digestive), including distinct ciliation patterns that facilitate swimming, and the complex metamorphic changes they undergo between different larval and growth stages. Each chapter contains in-text references that direct readers to both historical and contemporary research on the forms, functions, behaviors and biogeographical distributions of marine larvae.This book is a valuable and foundational resource for biologists across various disciplines, including biodiversity, biogeography, and developmental biology. Ecologists, taxonomists, oceanographers, and environmental scientists also benefit from the complete coverage of marine larval forms offered by this book. Additionally, the broad scope and phyletic coverage of marine biodiversity presented in this atlas is ideal for students in oceanography and marine biology, animal development, biological oceanography and invertebrate zoology.

"Vertebrate Palaeontology "is a complete, up-to-date history of the evolution of vertebrates. The third edition of this popular text has been extensively revised to incorporate the latest research, including new material from North and South America, Australia, Europe, China, Africa and Russia.

Esta es una de las obras magnas de la Botánica española, donde a lo largo de sus seis volúmenes se contienen las plantas de la Península de España que el autor pudo ver y recoger, desde el Ferrol hasta Orán, desde el Rosellón hasta Tuy y de los Pirineos a Extremadura. La obra se compuso bajo el sistema de Tournefourt y posee una gran cantidad de ilustraciones de las plantas y flores a las que se hace referencia.