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All papers in this volume were peer reviewed by two reviewers for each paper. This volume describes recent developments in thermometry, process control, and related materials properties. Topics covered include: temperature standards; characterization and development of both common and novel thermometer types; uncertainties and calibration methods; results of recent international comparisons; hardware and methods for temperature control; and applications in the semiconductor and metal processing industries. ... Read more

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Bioluminescence is the natural phenomenon found in light emitting organisms while chemiluminescence is a similar phenomenon in chemical reactions. This book contains the proceedings of one of the world's leading conferences in this field of study. As with previous, well-received publications of this conference, this book showcases the conference's growing importance. ... Read more

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With limited water resources to divert for agriculture, innovations aimed at increasing efficient use of irrigation water must be developed. Among the means to survive the consequences of water scarcity and yet to sustain high crop production under irrigated agriculture with decreasing share of water, deficient irrigation programs are highly valued and their adoption is widely promoted. However, to ensure that the same level of crop yields as in full irrigation can still be achieved with deficient irrigation, experience regarding crop yield response to deficient irrigation programs must be gained. This book discusses general concept and management issues of deficient irrigation practices, covering a wide range of field crops including cotton, maize, soybean, wheat, sugar cane, and the like, based on five years of field research implemented in fourteen different countries, in Latin America, Africa, Europe and Asia. Additionally, guidelines are given for experimental methodology and data analysis for evaluating crop yield response to deficient irrigation. Experimental data, discussions and cited references will be an asset not only to field irrigation engineers but also to research scientists including soil and irrigation scientists and agronomists, for whom the book would be an invaluable reference source. ... Read more

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Recent years have seen a growing interest in and activity at the interface between physics and biology, with the realization that both subjects have a great deal to learn from and to teach to one another. A particularly promising aspect of this interface concerns the area of cooperative phenomena and phase transitions. The present book addresses both the structure and motion of biological materials and the increasingly complex behaviour that arises out of interactions in large systems, giving rise to self organization, adaptation, selection and evolution: concepts of interest not only to biology and living systems but also within condensed matter physics.The approach adopted by Physics of Biomaterials: Fluctuations, Self Assembly and Evolution is tutorial, but the book is fully up to date with the latest research. Written at a level appropriate to graduate researchers, preferably with a background either in condensed matter physics or theoretical or physically-oriented experimental biology. ... Read more

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Light-Harvesting Antennas in Photosynthesis is concernedwith the most important process on earth - the harvesting oflight energy by photosynthetic organisms. This book provides acomprehensive treatment of all aspects of photosyntheticlight-harvesting antennas, from the biophysical mechanisms of lightabsorption and energy transfer to the structure, biosynthesis andregulation of antenna systems in whole organisms. It sets the greatvariety of antenna pigment-protein complexes in their evolutionarycontext and at the same time brings in the latest hi-techdevelopments. The book is unique in the degree to which it emphasizesthe integration of molecular biological, biochemical and biophysicalapproaches. Overall, a well-organized, understandable, andcomprehensive volume. It will be a valuable resource for both graduatestudents and their professors, and a helpful library reference bookfor undergraduates. ... Read more

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A must-have far-reaching text that provides readers with a state-of-the-art molecule update on transmembrane transporters, focusing on the methodological approaches currently employed to better understand how transporters work and how they can be used in cutting edge therapies. Each chapter begins with an overview of the importnat biological questions presently being considered in their field, then presents scientific approaches to address these questions. In explaining approaches, the authors cover bench-top protocols, conceptual frameworks, data obtained, and pitfalls common to the techniques. ... Read more

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The aim of this volume is to brief researchers of the importance of data analysis in enzymology, and of the modern methods that have developed concomitantly with computer hardware.It is also to validate researchers' computer programs with real and synthetic data to ascertain that the results produced are what they expected.

Selected Contents: Prediction of protein structure; modeling and studying proteins with molecular dynamics; statistical error in isothermal titration calorimetry; analysis of circular dichroism data; model comparison methods ... Read more

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This festschrift collects contributions from renowned experts in atomic and molecular physics, chemistry, and related fields dedicated to Professor Dr Naseem K Rahman on the occasion of his 60th birthday. The book includes topics at the forefront of research in these fields and captures insights of experts rarely found in other publications. Most of all, it reflects Rahman's wide interests in physics, chemistry and the life sciences. ... Read more

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Interacting chaotic oscillators are of interest in many areas of physics, biology, and engineering. In the biological sciences, for instance, one of the challenging problems is to understand how a group of cells or functional units, each displaying complicated nonlinear dynamic phenomena, can interact with one another to produce a coherent response on a higher organizational level.

This book is a guide to the fascinating new concept of chaotic synchronization. The topics covered range from transverse stability and riddled basins of attraction in a system of two coupled logistic maps over partial synchronization and clustering in systems of many chaotic oscillators, to noise-induced synchronization of coherence resonance oscillators. Other topics treated in the book are on-off intermittency and the role of the absorbing and mixed absorbing areas, periodic orbit threshold theory, the influence of a small parameter mismatch, and different mechanisms for chaotic phase synchronization.

The biological examples include synchronization of the bursting behavior of coupled insulin-producing beta cells, chaotic phase synchronization in the pressure and flow regulation of neighboring functional units of the kidney, and homoclinic transitions to phase synchronization in microbiological reactors.

Contents: Coupled Nonlinear Oscillators; Transverse Stability of Coupled Maps; Unfolding the Riddling Bifurcation; Time-Continuous Systems; Coupled Pancreatic Cells; Chaotic Phase Synchronization; Population Dynamic Systems; Clustering of Globally Maps; Interacting Nephrons; Coherence Resonance Oscillators. ... Read more

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Sodium reabsorbing epithelia play a major role in whole-body sodium homeostasis. Some examples of sodium regulating tissues include kidney, colon, lung, and sweat ducts. Sodium transport across these membranes is a two-step process: entry through an amiloride-sensitive sodium channel and exit via the ouabain-sensitive sodium/potassium ATPase. The sodium entry channels are the rate-limiting determinant for transport and are regulated by several different hormones. The sodium channels also play a significant role in a number of disease states, like hypertension, edema, drug-induced hyperkalemia, and cystic fibrosis. Amiloride-Sensitive Sodium Channels: Physiology and Functional Diversity provides the first in-depth exchange of ideas concerning these sodium channels, their regulation and involvement in normal and pathophysiological situations.

Key Features
* Summarizes current state of amiloride-sensitive sodium channel field
* Analyzes structure-function of epithelial sodium channels
* Discusses immunolocalization of epithelial sodium channels
* Examines hormonal regulation of sodium channels
* Discusses sodium channels in lymphocytes, kidney, and lung
* Considers mechanosensitivity of sodium channels
* Provides ideas on sodium channels and disease ... Read more

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Disorganized trash, really confusing......
Although non-adiabatic transition is one of the very first phenomena discovered in the early days of Quantum Mechanics (1932),typically by Landau,Zener and Stueckelberg,I think this book is one of the first to ever been published on this very important and multidisciplinary topic.

So I was pretty excited about purchasing this book since I am a Graduate student in the field of Quantum Molecular Dynamics where Nonadiabatic Transitions are very important to consider.

Unfortunately, the author (Nakamura) fails to bring any kind of interest to the subject from the very first chapter.I think the main problem is the major lacking regarding the definition of variables in formulas (that seems to appear from nowhere).It makes it very frustating to even follow the author on some simple topics such as the Landau-Zener formula for a scattering two channel system or on semi-classical analysis and WKB method.

Most of the work in this book is consisting of Nakamura's previous publication in Journals such as JCP and Journal of Mathematical Physics.So if you are an expert in the field,I suggested to read the papers instead of purchasing this over-expensive book.For those who doesn't understand the papers,do not purchase this book either since the explanations are quasi-inexistant.

I will give it a star since it is the first (or one of the first) book to ever been published on the topic. ... Read more

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Laser micromanipulation--implying perforation, cutting and welding of biological objects using. optical tweezers, as well as moving them just by using, forces generated by a laser microbeam--is becoming an increasingly popular technique for studying biological objects, especially automatedDNA sequencing. This book is an excellent introduction to the basics and primarily biological applications of optical trapping and laser microbeam techniques. The author, one of the pioneers of the microbeam technique, examines the field in depth, covering basic physical principles to applications in cell and molecular biology, and biomedicine. This book bridges the gap between physicists who understand the underlying principles of the method but are not aware of its numerous biological applications, and biologists who seek background information on the underlying principles. ... Read more

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Excellent overview, gives the basics & interesting uses.
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This volume is dedicated to Doctor Shuji Saito to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his first paper on polymer-surfactant interaction published in the former Kolloid Zeitschrift, now called Colloid and Polymer Science. It is a collection of papers written by experts who contributed to the progress in this field. The papers introduce typical problems associated with systems of nonionic polymers and ionic surfactants, polymers and surfactants of opposite charge, charged polymers and nonionic surfactants, and of surfactant-responsive polymer gels. Papers on mixtures of natural polymers and surfactants, drugs, dyes and other cosolutes are also included. The book is an indispensable tool for physical, surface, polymer and colloid chemists; material scientists; chemical physicists; biochemists and biophysicists; and advanced undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines. ... Read more

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The critically acclaimed laboratory standard for more than forty years, Methods in Enzymologyis one of the most highly respected publications in the field of biochemistry. Since 1955, each volume has been eagerly awaited, frequently consulted, and praised by researchers and reviewers alike. Now with more than 300 volumes (all of them still in print), the series contains much material still relevant today--truly an essential publication for researchers in all fields of life sciences.
This volume and its companions (Volumes 330 and 334) cover all current knowledge concerning hyperthermophilic enzymes. Major topics in this volume include the enzymes of central metabolism and respiratory enzymes. ... Read more

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Since the first gap junction protein (connexin) was cloned over a decade ago, more than a dozen connexin genes have been cloned. Consequently, a wealth of information on the molecular basis of gap junctional communication has been accumulated. This book pays tribute to this exciting era in the history of cell communication research by documenting the great strides made in this field as a result of the merging of biophysics and molecular biology, two of the most powerful approaches to studying the molecular basis of membrane channel behavior. Twenty-eight comprehensive chapters, authored by internationally recognized leaders in the field, discuss the biophysical, physiological, and molecular characteristics of cell-to-cell communication via gap junctions. Key aspects of molecular structure, formation, gating, conductance, and permeability of vertebrate and invertebrate gap junction channels are highlighted. In addition, a number of chapters focus on recent discoveries that implicate connexin mutations and alterations of gap junctional communication in the pathogenesis of several diseases, including the X-linked Charcot Marie Tooth demyelinating disease, some forms of inherited sensorineural deafness, malignant transformation, cardiac malformations and arrhythmia, eye lens cataract, and Chagas' disease. ... Read more

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This informative publication brings together knowledge of various aspects of cellular regulation. Current Topics in Cellular Regulation reviews the progress being made in those specialized areas of study that have undergone substantial development. It also publishes provocative new theories and concepts and serves as a forum for the discussion of general principles.
Researchers in cellular regulation as well as biochemists, molecular and cell biologists, microbiologists, and biophysicists will find Current Topics in Cellular Regulation a useful source of up-to-date information. This volume covers topics including cellular thiols and redox regulated signal transduction; integration of antagonistic signals in the regulation of nitrogen assimilation in E. coli; regulation of nuclear import and export and of glutathione synthesis, superoxide dismutase, oxidative stress, and cell metabolism; and thiol-based antioxidants. ... Read more