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Biology, life sciences
Hardcover. The book examines clinical aspects of cytochrome P450 2E1(CYP2E1), covering clinical disorders associated with changes in the regulation of CYP2E1 and consequent abnormalities including alcoholic liver disease, hepatitis C, inhibition of bone repair and more. Editor(s): Dey, Aparajita. Series: Subcellular Biochemistry. Num Pages: 272 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MMG; PSA; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400758803
- ISBN
- 9789400758803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.73
€ 195.73
Hardcover. This book covers the latest research on thermophilic microbes, which are useful in plant biomass bioconversion, as sources of industrial enzymes, as gene donors for the heterologous expression of thermostable enzymes and in development of advanced biofuels. Editor(s): Satyanarayana, Tulasi; Littlechild, Jenny A.; Kawarabayasi, Yutaka. Num Pages: 974 pages, 60 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSG; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400758988
- ISBN
- 9789400758988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 259.71
€ 259.71
Hardcover. This volume details the exploration, collection, characterization, evaluation and conservation of microbes for sustainable utilization in the development of the global as well as national economies. It also covers the ecology of microorganisms. Editor(s): Malik, Abdul; Grohmann, Elisabeth; Alves, Madalena. Num Pages: 530 pages, 34 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSG; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 169 x 34. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400759305
- ISBN
- 9789400759305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.54
€ 252.54
Hardcover. With a particular emphasis on tumor dormancy in breast, lung, prostate, and liver cancers, as well as in melanoma, this volume focuses on the interrelationship between biological processes of aging and tumors-both dormant and quiescent. Editor(s): Hayat, M. A. Series: Tumor Dormancy and Cellular Quiescence and Senescence. Num Pages: 324 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; MJCL; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 184 x 20. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 700
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400759572
- ISBN
- 9789400759572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.39
€ 252.39
Hardcover. This expansive book uses neuroscience to examine consciousness from the inside, as we experience it, and from the outside as we encounter it in science. Covers pain, visual, auditory and olfactory experience, higher-order theories of consciousness and more. Editor(s): Brown, Richard. Series: Studies in Brain and Mind. Num Pages: 464 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMT; MJN; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 244 x 23. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400760004
- ISBN
- 9789400760004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.63
€ 131.63
Hardcover. Focuses on the theme of "Drug delivery systems: advanced technologies potentially applicable in personalised treatments". In this title, the critical topics involving the development and preparation of effective drug delivery systems, such as: polymers available, three dimensional structures, and technological tendencies, are carefully discussed. Editor(s): Coelho, Jorge. Series: Advances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine. Num Pages: 438 pages, 14 black & white tables, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBGR; MJGD; PNNP; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400760097
- ISBN
- 9789400760097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.63
€ 197.63
Hardcover. This book summarizes current knowledge of tight junctions and their role in cancer and cancer metastasis. Coverage includes fundamental changes in tight junctions in the process of cancer development and the importance of cellular structure in drug therapy. Editor(s): Martin, Tracey A.; Jiang, Wen G. Series: Cancer Metastasis - Biology and Treatment. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBGR; MJCL; PSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400760271
- ISBN
- 9789400760271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.33
€ 196.33
Hardcover. This book surveys advances in biology in which the role of tetraspanins has been established, and also covers the molecular evolution of the tetraspanin superfamily and structural aspects of the organisation of tetraspanin microdomains. Editor(s): Berditchevski, Fedor; Rubinstein, Eric. Series: Proteins and Cell Regulation. Num Pages: 428 pages, 11 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400760691
- ISBN
- 9789400760691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.39
€ 197.39
Hardcover. This book examines national and collaborative programmes for genetic improvement of the ten most important forest tree species across Europe. It illustrates the diversity of breeding strategies and proposes perspectives for future collaborative breeding. Editor(s): Paques, Luc E. Series: Managing Forest Ecosystems. Num Pages: 533 pages, 102 black & white tables, 2 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; PSTL; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400761452
- ISBN
- 9789400761452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 254.43
€ 254.43
Hardcover. This book explores different uses of medicinal compounds in human therapeutics. It offers detailed, step-by-step descriptions on how to purify medicinal proteins with different characteristics. Editor(s): Fang, Evandro Fei; Ng, Tzi Bun. Num Pages: 423 pages, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBGR; MJCL; MMG; PSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400762138
- ISBN
- 9789400762138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.68
€ 197.68
Hardcover. This book examines the nature of planets and their potential to harbor life as well as the role of life itself as an engine to increase the habitability of planets and satellites. It details new mission concepts for the remote study of habitability. Editor(s): Vera, Jean-Pierre de; Seckbach, Joseph. Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology. Num Pages: 448 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PSAF; RBG; TTDS; VXQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400765450
- ISBN
- 9789400765450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 230.19
€ 230.19
Hardcover. The ubiquitous maximization principle opens up a systematic gateway to the pleasures and pains of contemporary life. Using happiness as a reference point, this book explores the philosophical and empirical limits of the maximization rule. Editor(s): Delhey, Jan; Brockmann, Hilke. Series: Happiness Studies Book Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JMAN; KCBM; PSVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400766082
- ISBN
- 9789400766082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401062718
- ISBN
- 9789401062718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.25
€ 193.25
Hardcover. Scholarpedia of Touch Editor(s): Prescott, Tony J.; Izhikevich, Eugene M.; Ahissar, Ehud. Series: Scholarpedia. Num Pages: 849 pages, 78 black & white illustrations, 188 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN; PSD; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 252 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Atlantis Press (Zeger Karssen) Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 861
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789462391321
- ISBN
- 9789462391321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 221.34
€ 221.34
Guide to the Plants in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica
Iremonger, Susan (Senior Research Officer, Fo...
Paperback. A nature guide for both botanists and the more casual observer, identifying over 400 species of plant found in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. More than 50 percent of the plants described occur only in these mountains and nowhere else in the world. There are colour photographs and line drawings. Num Pages: 220 pages, 160 colour photographs, 250 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; PST; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789766400316
- ISBN
- 9789766400316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.50
€ 73.50
Paperback. Draws together important selections from classical and contemporary theories and debates about emotion from a variety of subject areas. Editor(s): Calhoun, Cheshire; Solomon, Professor Robert C. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMA; PSX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 479.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195159646
- ISBN
- 9780195159646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.98
€ 130.98
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- W. H. Freeman
- Edition
- Sixth Edition
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716769590
- ISBN
- 9780716769590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.34€ 79.86
€ 84.34
€ 79.86
paperback. Sabloff argues that the everyday practices of contemporary capitalist society reinforce our alienation from the rest of nature and reflects on how anthropology has contributed to the prevailing Western perception of a divide between nature and culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; JHMP; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802083616
- ISBN
- 9780802083616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.41
€ 42.99
€ 38.41
Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: PST; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118867761
- ISBN
- 9781118867761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 224.80
€ 224.80
hardcover. This volume affords an intimate understanding of the biologists vocation. As he astonishes the reader with the range and variety of knowledge to be acquired through the determined investigation of little-known habitats, Michael Mares opens a window on his uncommon life. Num Pages: 320 pages, 63 halftones, 4 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: PSVS; RGBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 171 x 31. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674007475
- ISBN
- 9780674007475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
paperback. Presenting historical and current terminology, the authors provide definitions of terms central to ethological writing. Additionally, special attention is given to terms from related disciplines, particularly evolutionary biology, physiology, and ecology. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 line illustrations. BIC Classification: CBD; PSVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674205079
- ISBN
- 9780674205079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 39.34
€ 45.99
€ 39.34
hardcover. Series: Poyser Monographs. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PSVW6; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- T & AD Poyser United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408136690
- ISBN
- 9781408136690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.93
€ 88.93
Paperback. Comprised of essays by top scholars in the field, this volume offers detailed overviews of philosophical issues raised by biology. Editor(s): Sarkar, Sahotra; Plutynski, Anya. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 616 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: PDA; PS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444337853
- ISBN
- 9781444337853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.51
€ 51.51
Hardcover. 336 pages, 500 colour photographs, distribution maps. A photographic guide to the most commonly used and best known South African plant medicines, including their botany, main traditional uses and active ingredients. This edition has been fully updated to incorporate the latest research findings. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PST; WNP. Dimension: 247 x 177 x 26. Weight: 978.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Briza Publications
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875093373
- ISBN
- 9781875093373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.22
€ 42.99
€ 36.22