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"Synapse" is a part of the college-level Principles of Biology course series and the Neuropsychopharmacology course series textbooks. It is a tutorial written in questions and answers format to describe the anatomy and physiology of the synapses and synaptic connections between neurons.
It is a study guide with in-depth explanations. Each section is a modular unit that is self-contained for easy reading. The principles and concepts are introduced...
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El niño adolescente y adulto que era James, siempre había observado el cielo nocturno buscando el brillo de las estrellas en el firmamento, e intuía que existía algo más de lo que percibían sus cinco sentidos. Al mismo tiempo que un narrador describe andaduras y pasajes de su vida en el extrarradio de Barcelona centradas a finales de los años 70 y principios de los 80, algunas de sus amistades hablan en primera persona y, su yo más elevado,...
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"Neurotransmitter Pathways" is a part of the college-level Neuropsychopharmacology course series textbooks. It is a tutorial written in questions and answers format to describe the anatomy and physiology of the neurotransmitter circuitry, including the cell origins and the targets of the neurotransmitter pathways.
It is a study guide with in-depth explanations. Each section is a modular unit that is self-contained for easy reading. The principles...
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Fear, rage and pain, and the pangs of hunger are all primitive experiences which human beings share with the lower animals. These experiences are properly classed as among the most powerful that determine the action of men and beasts. A knowledge of the conditions which attend these experiences, therefore, is of general and fundamental importance in the interpretation of behaviour.
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Practical Manual of Plant Ecology and Plant Physiology is a textbook meant for B.Sc., B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc., students taking botany as a subject. It is also useful for students of Agriculture and Microbiology. The manual is easy to use and guides the students step by step in conducting experiments in the laboratory. The text material is illustrated with a number of neatly drawn diagrams. The experiments chosen are such that they can be used by students...
66) Survivors
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An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe, in search of visible traces of evolution in the living creatures which have survived from earlier times and whose stories speak to us of seminal events in the history of life. The history of life on Earth is far older - and far odder - than many of us realise. In 'Survivors', acclaimed author Richard Fortey traces this history not through fossil records, but in the living stories of organisms...
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INTRODUCTION TO BIOENERGETICS deals with energy transformation reactions in living systems. The first chapter deals with a general survey of energy, its types, laws of thermodynamics, free energy etc. The remaining 5 chapters analyse the metabolic processes jn living organisms which are the outward manifestations of energy transformations. The book is meant to be a textbook for students of life science, pharmacy, agriculture etc. at the graduate and...
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L'industrie du cidre a connu au cours des dix dernières années, en Europe, aux États-Unis, en Australie et au Canada, une forte croissance. Avec les développements récents, mais surtout sans précédent, du portefeuille de produits, des marchés de consommation et des reconnaissances marchandes, institutionnelles et internationales pour ses cidres, la filière cidricole québécoise n'est pas en reste.
Explorant une quinzaine de champs disciplinaires,...
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Get the Summary of James DiNicolantonio's The Obesity Fix in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Obesity Fix" by James DiNicolantonio explores the multifaceted causes of the obesity epidemic, challenging the simplistic calorie in vs. calorie out model. The book traces the historical context of obesity, noting that it was once rare and considered a sign of wealth. The Industrial Revolution led to improved nutrition...
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This book describes the incredible recovery stories of 5 musicians who all suffered different traumatic brain injuries; a car accident, two bicycle accidents, a ruptured brain aneurysm and a terrible fall from the fourth story of a building's fire escape. Their riveting journeys from horrific injuries, nearing death, through intensive care treatment and rehabilitation accounts for what many trauma patients and their families endure. However, these...
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This provocative account of our obsession with neuroscience brilliantly illuminates what contemporary neuroscience and brain imaging can and cannot tell us about ourselves, providing a much-needed reminder about the many factors that make us who we are.
What can't neuroscience tell us about ourselves? Since fMRI -- functional magnetic resonance imaging -- was introduced in the early 1990s, brain scans have been used to help politicians understand...
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Organisms pertain to all living things. This science book for fifth graders discusses how the cell can be the smallest unit of life that can reproduce itself. Included in the discussion are the characteristics of a cell and the functions of cell parts. The information included in this book are age-appropriate and taken from standard school curriculum.
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Eric Post is professor of climate change ecology and fellow of the John Muir Institute at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of Ecology of Climate Change: The Importance of Biotic Interactions (Princeton) and the coeditor of Wildlife Conservation in a Changing Climate.
Ecologists traditionally regard time as part of the background against which ecological interactions play out. In this book, Eric Post argues that time should be...
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Dr. Sharad P. Paul bietet eine ebenso spannende wie verständliche Einführung in die Zusammenhänge zwischen Evolution, Gesundheit und der Wunderwelt der Gene. Er zeigt auf, wie wir diese durch Lebensstil, Ernährung, Bewegung, Stressmanagement und Lebenseinstellung beeinflussen können. Denn unsere Gene sind eine Art Blaupause, aber nicht unser Schicksal. Mit zahlreichen Fallbeispielen und Studien.
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A look at the evolutionary causes of violent conflicts that's "worth reading, and arguing about" (Toronto Star). Why does war seem to be so fundamental to our species? And is there anything we can do about it? Sex and War explores these questions from the frontlines of war-torn countries around the world. As a scientist and obstetrician, Malcolm Potts has worked with governments and aid organizations globally, and in the trenches with women who have...
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Fine and Bulk Cocoas
This book is very much about the recognized differences and unrecognized similarities between fine and bulk cocoas.
Bulk cocoas generally produce strong chocolate flavor while fine cocoas produce less strong chocolate flavor but produce axillary flavors and aromas, such as caramel, almond, fresh and mature fruit, spicy, herbal and floral.
This book demonstrates how phenomenally diverse cocoa is in its fine fresh fruit flavors...
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Que un organismo externo (un virus alienígena, un hongo mutado o un ser extraño) controle el cuerpo y la voluntad de los seres humanos, vivos o muertos, es uno de los temas más recurrentes en la ciencia ficción. Nos aterra que pueda existir un parásito con capacidad de aniquilar nuestro control corporal o modificar nuestras acciones. Por suerte, esto solo pasa en la ficción: 'Alien', 'The Last of Us' o 'The Strain' simplemente son productos...
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En los últimos años los robots han experimentado los avances más espectaculares de su historia, en especial en el campo de la comunicación. Gracias, entre otras, a las aportaciones del lingüista y experto en robótica belga Luc Steeis, los robots han adquirido la capacidad para comunicarse eficazmente con los humanos, así como para crear un lenguaje propio que les sirve para dialogar con sus semejantes robóticos. Estos avances en el campo de...
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La historia nos muestra que el problema del origen de la vida ha atraído la atención de la humanidad ya desde los tiempos más remotos. No existe un solo sistema filosófico o religioso, ni un solo pensador de talla, que no haya dedicado la máxima atención a este problema, lo que ha ha constituido el centro de una lucha acerba entre dos filosofías irreconciliables: el idealismo y el materialismo. Hasta los inicios del siglo xx, las ciencias naturales...
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Niles Eldredge is the Curator of the Department of Invertebrates at the American Museum of Natural History.
Like the bird whose death signaled dangerous conditions in a mine, the demise of animals that once flourished should give humans pause. How is our fate linked to the earth's creatures, and the cycle of flourishing and extinction? Which are the simple workings of nature's order, and which are omens of ecological disaster? Does human activity...
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