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General Biology by Doerder, Paul, Gibson, Ralph

Table of Contents: “…1 Getting Started -- 2 Biology - The Life Science -- 3 The Nature of Molecules -- 4 Chemical Building Blocks of Life -- 5 Life: History and Origin -- 6 Cells -- 7 Cell structure -- 8 Structure of Eukaryotic cells -- 9 Membranes -- 10 Cell-cell interactions -- 11 Energy and Metabolism -- 12 Respiration: harvesting of energy -- 13 Photosynthesis -- 14 Sexual reproduction -- 15 Genetics -- 16 Gregor Mendel and biological inheritance -- 17 DNA: The Genetic Material -- 18 Gene expression -- 19 Gene regulation -- 20 Mutation -- 21 Recombinant DNA technology -- 22 Classification of Living Things -- 23 Multicellular Photosynthetic Autotrophs -- 24 Chordates -- 25 Tissues and Systems -- 26 Epithelial tissue -- 27 Connective tissue -- 28 Muscle tissue -- 29 Vertebrate digestive system -- 30 Circulatory system -- 31 Respiratory system -- 32 Sensory systems -- 33 Additional material -- 34 Glossary -- 35 Contributors -- 36 Licenses…”
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Biomineralization From Molecular and Nano-structural Analyses to Environmental Science /

Table of Contents: “…Structure and analysis of biominerals -- 1 On the transition temperature to calcite and cell lengths for various biogenic aragonite -- 2 TEM study of the radular teeth of the chiton Acanthopleura japonica -- 3 Experimental cremation of bone - crystallite size and lattice parameter evolution -- 4 Effect of carbonic anhydrase immobilized on eggshell membranes on calcium carbonate crystallization in vitro -- 5 Proteomic Analysis of Venomous Fang Matrix Proteins of Protobothrops flavoviridis (Habu) Snake -- 6 Characterization of goldfish scales by vibrational spectroscopic analyses -- 7 Relationship between Bone Morphology and Bone Quality in Female Femurs: Implication for Additive Risk of Alternative Forced Molting -- 8 Spectroscopic investigation of shell pigments from the family Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) -- 9 3D visualization of calcified and non-calcified molluscan tissues using computed tomography -- Part II Molecular and cellular regulation of biomineralization -- 10 Calcium Ion and Mineral Pathways in Biomineralization: a Perspective -- 11 Identification of barnacle shell proteins by transcriptome and proteomic approaches -- 12 The optical characteristics of cultured Akoya pearl are influenced by both donor and recipient oysters -- 13 Influence of B vitamins on proliferation and differentiation of osteoblastic bovine cell cultures; an in vitro study -- 14 Rice plant biomineralization: Electron microscopic study on plant opals and exploration of organic matrices involved in biosilica formation -- 15 DMP1 binds specifically to type I collagen and regulates mineral nucleation and growth -- 16 Exploration of genes associated with sponge silicon biomineralization in the whole genome sequence of the hexactinellid Euplectella curvistellata -- Part III Genome-based analysis of biomineralization -- 17 The origin and early evolution of SCPP genes and tissue mineralization in vertebrates -- Part IV Evolution in biomineralization -- 18 Immunolocalization of enamel matrix protein-like proteins in the tooth enameloid of actinopterygian bony fish -- 19 Geographical and seasonal variations of the shell microstructures in the bivalve Scapharca broughtonii -- Part V Biomineralization in medical and dental sciences -- 20 Enhancement of bone tissue repair by octacalcium phosphate crystallizing into hydroxyapatite in situ -- 21 The relationship between the structure and calcification of dentin and the role of melatonin -- 22 Fabrication of hydroxyapatite nanofibers with high aspect ratio vialow-temperature wet precipitation methods under acidic conditions -- 23 Physico-chemical characterisation of the processes involved in enamel remineralisation by CPP-ACP -- 24 Molecular Interactions of Peptide Encapsulated Calcium Phosphate Delivery Vehicle at Enamel Surfaces -- 25 Preparation of random and aligned polycaprolactone fiber as template for classical calcium oxalate through electrocrystallization -- Part VI Bio-inspired materials science and engineering -- 26 Dysprosium biomineralization by acidophilic fungus Penidiella sp. strain T9 and its application for metal recovery -- 27 Various shapes of gold nanoparticles synthesized by glycolipids extracted from Lactobacillus casei -- 28 Octacalcium phosphate overgrowth on b-tricalcium phosphate substrate in metastable calcium phosphate solution -- Part VII Biominerals for environmental and paleoenvironmental sciences -- 29 Coral-based approaches to paleoclimate studies, future ocean environment assessment, and disaster research -- 30 An elemental fractionation mechanism common to biogenic calcium carbonate -- 31 Biomineralization of metallic tellurium by bacteria isolated from deep marine sediment in Niigata Bay Japan -- 32 Calcium oxalate crystals in plant communities of the southeast of the Pampean Plain, Argentina -- 33 Iron and calcium biomineralizations in the Pampean coastal plains, Argentina: their role in the environmental reconstruction of the Holocene -- Part VIII Mollusk shell formation -- 34 Skeletal organic matrices in molluscs: origin, evolution, diagenesis -- 35 Functional Analysis on Shelk2 of Pacific Oyster -- 36 Mollusk shells: Does the nacro-prismatic "model" exist? …”
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Aspectos ecológicos da tripanossomíase americana: XIX - desenvolvimento da domiciliação triatomínea regional, em centro de endemismo de Panstrongylus megistus Ecological aspec... by Oswaldo Paulo Forattini, Octavio Alves Ferreira, Ernesto Xavier Rabello, José Maria Soares Barata, Jair Lício Ferreira Santos

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Sexual Reproduction in Animals and Plants

Table of Contents: “…Chandler) -- 5 Structure, Function and Phylogenetic Consideration of Calaxin (Kazuo Inaba) -- 6 Cl- Channels and Transporters in Sperm Physiology (Alberto Darszon) -- 7 Equatorin-related Subcellular and Molecular Events During Sperm Priming for Fertilization in Mice (Kiyotaka Toshimori) -- 8 Acrosome Reaction-mediated Motility Initiation that is Critical for the Internal Fertilization of Urodele Amphibians (Akihiko Watanabe) -- 9 Analysis of the Mechanism that Brings Protein Disulfide Isomerase-P5 to Inhibit Oxidative Refolding of Lysozyme (Miho Miyakawa) -- Part 2 Gametogenesis, Gamete Recognition, Activation, and Evolution -- 10 Effect of Relaxin-like Gonad-Stimulating Substance (GSS) on Gamete Shedding and 1-Methyladenine Production in Starfish Ovaries (Masatoshi Mita) -- 11 Incapacity of 1-Methyladenine Production to Relaxin-like Gonad-Stimulating Substance (GSS) in Ca2+-free Seawater-treated Starfish Ovarian Follicle Cells (Masatoshi Mita) -- 12 Novel Isoform of Vitellogenin Expressed in Eggs is a Binding Partner of the Sperm Proteases, HrProacrosin and HrSermosin, in the Ascidian Halocynthia roretzi (Hitoshi Sawada) -- 13 Actin Cytoskeleton and Fertilization in Starfish Eggs (Luigia Santella) -- 14 Focused Proteomics on Egg Membrane Microdomains to Elucidate the Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Fertilization in the African Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis (Ken-ichi Sato) -- 15 Egg Activation in Polyspermy: Its Molecular Mechanisms and Evolution in Vertebrates (Yasuhiro Iwao ) -- 16 ATP Imaging in Xenopus laevis Oocyte (Takashi Ijiri) -- 17 Mitochondrial Activation and Nitric Oxide (NO) Release at Fertilization in Echinoderm Eggs (Tatsuma Mohri) -- 18 Functional Roles of Spe Genes in the Male Germline During Reproduction of Caenorhabditis elegans (Hitoshi Nishimura) -- 19 Origin of Female/Male Gender as Deduced by the Mating Type Loci of the Colonial Volvocalean Greens (Hisayoshi Nozaki) -- Part 3 Allorecognition in Male-Female Interaction -- 20 Allorecognition and Lysin Systems During Ascidian Fertilization (Hitoshi Sawada) -- 21 Self-incompatibility in the Brassicaceae (Megumi Iwano) -- 22 Signalling Events in Pollen Acceptance or Rejection in the Arabidopsis Species (Daphne R. …”
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Invasive Species in Forests and Rangelands of the United States A Comprehensive Science Synthesis for the United States Forest Sector /

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Aspectos ecológicos da tripanossomíase americana: XVII - Desenvolvimento da domiciliação triatomínea regional, em centro de endemismo de Triatoma sordida Ecological aspects of... by Oswaldo Paulo Forattini, Octávio Alves Ferreira, Ernesto Xavier Rabello, José Maria Soares Barata, Jair Licio Ferreira Santos

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Biological Invasions in South Africa

Table of Contents: “…PART 1: BACKGROUND -- Chapter 1: Biological invasions in South Africa: An overview -- Chapter 2: A brief, selective history of researchers and research initiatives related to biological invasions in South Africa -- PART 2: BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA -- Chapter 3: The biogeography of South African terrestrial plant invasions -- Chapter 4:Invasive alien aquatic plants in freshwater ecosystems -- Chapter 5: Terrestrial Vertebrate Invasions in South Africa -- Chapter 6: Alien freshwater fauna in South Africa -- Chapter 7: Alien terrestrial invertebrates in South Africa -- Chapter 8: Biological invasions in South Africa's offshore sub-Antarctic territories -- Chapter 9: Coastal invasions: The South African context -- Chapter 10: Pathogens of vertebrate animals as invasive species: Insights from South Africa -- Chapter 11: Biological invasions in South Africa's urban ecosystems: Patterns, processes, impacts and management -- PART 3: DRIVERS OF INVASION -- Chapter 12: South Africa's pathways of introduction and dispersal and how they have changed over time -- Chapter 13: The role of environmental factors in promoting and limiting biological invasions in South Africa -- Chapter 14: Biotic interactions as mediators of biological invasions: Insights from South Africa -- PART 4: IMPACTS OF INVASION -- Chapter 15:Impacts of invasions on terrestrial water resources in South Africa -- Chapter 16:The impact of invasive alien plants on rangelands in South Africa -- Chapter 17: An evaluation of the impacts of alien species on biodiversity in South Africa using different methods -- PART 5: MANAGEMENT OF INVASIONS -- Chapter 18: Biological invasion policy and legislation development and implementation in South Africa -- Chapter 19: More than a century of biological control against invasive alien plants in South Africa: a synoptic view of what has been accomplished -- Chapter 20:Analysing the risks posed by biological invasions to South Africa -- Chapter 21:The extent and effectiveness of alien plantcontrol projects in South Africa -- Chapter 22: Experience and lessons from alien and invasive animal control projects carried out in South Africa -- Chapter 23: Biological invasions and ecological restoration in South Africa -- Chapter 24: The social dimensions of biological invasions in South Africa -- Chapter 25: Education, training and capacity building in the field of biological invasions in South Africa -- PART 6: NEW INSIGHTS -- Chapter 26: South Africa as a donor of naturalized and invasive alien plants to other parts of the world -- Chapter 27: South Africa as a donor of alien animals -- Chapter 28: Knowing-doing continuum or knowing-doing gap? …”
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A Visual Atlas for Soil Micromorphologists by Verrecchia, Eric P., Trombino, Luca

Table of Contents: “…Faecal pellets -- Chapter 65. Dung and vertebrate excrements -- Chapter 66. Composite pedogenic features -- Chapter 67. …”
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Etiology and Morphogenesis of Congenital Heart Disease From Gene Function and Cellular Interaction to Morphology /

Table of Contents: “…Conduction System and Arrhythmia -- Regulation of vertebrate conduction system development -- Cardiac Pacemaker Development from a Tertiary Heart Field -- Endothelin receptor type A expressing cell population in the inflow tract contributes to chamber formation -- Specific isolation of HCN4 positive cardiac pace-making cells derived from embryonic stem cell -- Part IX. …”
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A retrospective study of SPECT/CT scans using SUV measurement of the normal lumbar vertebrae with Tc-99m methylene diphosphonate by Ruifeng Wang, Cong Shen, Dong Han, Zhaoguo Zhang, Yuhong Zeng, Hulin Wu, Xiaotong Xu, Tao Qin, Nan Yu, Yongjun Jia, Pengtian Zhang, Taiping He, Guo youmin, Yan Feng

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Anatomy and Physiology 2e by Betts, J. Gordon, Young, Kelly A., Wise, James A

Table of Contents: “…Axial Skeleton -- 7.1 Divisions of the Skeletal System -- 7.2 The Skull -- 7.3 The Vertebral Column -- 7.4 The Thoracic Cage -- 7.5 Embryonic Development of the Axial Skeleton -- Chapter 8. …”
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INCIDENCE OF ATLAS BRIDGES AND TUNNELS - THEIR PHYLOGENY, ONTOGENY AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS. 26 Incidencia de los puentes y túneles del atlas - Su filogenia, ontogenia e implica... by Monika Lalit, Sanjay Piplani, Anterpreet K Arora, Jagdey S Kullar, Tripta Sharma

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A case series of synostosis/blocks observed in Indian human vertebra: Clinical and developmental perspective by Mouna Subbaramaiah, R Archana, S R Jagannatha

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From Backpain to Paraplegia: A Rare Primary Presentation of Metastatic Ovarian Cancer in Pregnancy by Filiz Çayan, Arzu Doruk, Aslı Köseoğlu, Mutlu Alımlı, Leyla Cinel, Saffet Dilek

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Association of cervical vertrebra anomalies with cleft lip and palate by Mudita Srivastava, Anshul Aggarwal, Puneet Batra, Sangeev Datana, Prasanna Kumar, Klara Agneta Macrcusson

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Better vertebrae remodeling in pediatric spinal eosinophilic granuloma patients treated with kyphoplasty and short-term posterior instrumentation: A minimal two-year follow-up with... by Yiming Zheng, Zhiqiang Zhang, Dahui Wang

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TLR9 activation is triggered by the excess of stimulatory versus inhibitory motifs present in Trypanosomatidae DNA. by Mélissa Erin Khan, Chloé Borde, Eduardo P C Rocha, Véronique Mériaux, Vincent Maréchal, Pedro Escoll, Sophie Goyard, Jean-Marc Cavaillon, Bénédicte Manoury, Noëlle Doyen

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Ergonomia e as atividades ocupacionais da equipe de enfermagem Ergonomics and the occupacional activities of the nursing staff by Neusa Maria Costa Alexandre

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BILATERAL FORAMINA ON THE POSTERIOR ARCH OF THE ATLAS. Foramina bilateral en el arco posterior del atlas by Abduelmenem Alashkham, Roger Soames

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ASPECTS REGARDING THE RECOVERY THROUGH KINETIC MEANS OF PERSONS WITH CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS by Benedek Florian

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