This book reviews the interrelation between the structure and adsorption properties of water and nitrogen vapours and Ni, Cu and Ag cations of the ...

The marine red macroalga Porphyra yezoensis is an important marine crop, particularly in Asian countries for the production of "Nori". This book pr...

The main goal of this volume is to analyse human adaptation to life situations using examples of work and sport contexts, topics related to stress,...

Foraminifera is a big group of unicellular eukaryotic and mostly sea animals, having a hard shell of complexity striking for unicellular organisms....

Potassium channels are the most widely distributed type of ion channel and are found in virtually all living organisms. They form potassium-selecti...

Poultry farming as a means of profit can be made successful only by maintaining the most vigorous and sustained campaign against disease. The aim o...

Falcon medicine exists for centuries, but in the past 10-15 years tremendous progress and new development of diseases and treatment methods have be...

The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain, lying in front of the motor and premotor areas and has been imp...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the classification, evolution and behaviour of primates. Topics discussed in thi...

Primates use four major modes of communication (i.e., visual, olfactory, tactile and vocal), and the ways they communicate depend on restrictions i...

Recent years have witnessed an avalanche of new knowledge implicating free radicals in virtually every aspect of biology and medicine. It is now ax...

Recent years have witnessed an avalanche of new knowledge implicating free radicals in virtually every aspect of biology and medicine. It is now ax...

Recent years have witnessed an avalanche of new knowledge implicating free radicals in virtually every aspect of biology and medicine. It is now ax...

Prions, probably the most fascinating proteins ever studied, have been in the spotlight for the last 30 years. However, their history is much older...

Pro-inflammatory cytokines co-ordinate immune, physiological, metabolic and behavioural responses that are collectively termed the acute phase reac...

Procyanidins are phenolic compounds from plants and they are abundant in our diet. Research studies on procyanidins have shown that they have many ...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the biology, characterisation and potential clinical application of progenitor c...

Both autophagy and programmed cell death (PCD) are fundamental processes of cellular maintenance that are closely interrelated in plant and animal ...

Ecology is the study of the interrelationships between organisms and their environment, including the biotic and abiotic components. There are at l...

Like coal and petroleum, biomass is a form of stored solar energy. The energy of the sun is "captured" through the process of photosynthesis in gro...

A cell cycle is an ordered and highly controlled set of events that leads to cell growth and proliferation. Cell cycle progression is driven by cha...

When used in the context of reproduction of living cells the phrase "cell growth" is shorthand for the idea of "growth in cell populations by means...

The given compilation is devoted to such anniversary of Professor Gennady E Zaikov. His scientific biography (with social impregnations) you can re...

This book presents the latest research on DNA damage, which due to environmental factors and normal metabolic processes inside the cell, occurs at ...