Imaging the Brain in Autism

Imaging the Brain in Autism-1

Manuel F. Casanova • Ayman S. El-Baz Jasjit S. Suri Editors 2013 Data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates an alarming and continuing increase in the prevalence of autism. According to the latest survey, among 14 different sites on the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network, the estimated prevalence for autism spectrum disorders (DSM […]

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Good Cascade Impactor Practices, AIM and EDA for Orally Inhaled Products

Good Cascade Impactor Practices, AIM and EDA for Orally Inhaled Products-1

Terrence P. Tougas • Jolyon P. Mitchell Svetlana A. Lyapustina Editors 2013 The measurement of the aerodynamic size properties of aerosols from orally inhaled products has been a long-standing topic of interest to stakeholders because of the need to provide measurements that can ultimately be related to the likely deposition in the human respiratory tract and therefore to […]

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Global Approach in Safety Testing

Global Approach in Safety Testing-1

Jan Willem van der Laan • Joseph J. DeGeorge Editors 2013 ICH Guidelines Explained As an initiator and cofounder of the International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human use, I am pleased to see that this famous “ICH” initiative is still alive and well. I had the privilege of participating directly in […]

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Glioma Signaling

Glioma Signaling-1

Jolanta Barańska Editor 2013 The book Glioma Signaling reflects the need to bring together data covering the wide spectrum of molecular mechanisms responsible for glioma physiology and pathobiology. It concentrates on regulation of glioma growth, progression and invasion, areas where studies have reached the stage of critical evaluation.

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Epigenetics and Cancer

Epigenetics and Cancer-1

Fazlul H. Sarkar Editor 2013 I would like to thank the Springer publishing group for their faith and trust in me to organize the special topic on the emerging role of epigenetics in cancer development and progression in the book entitled Epigenetics and Cancer. This book illustrates the complexities of the regulation and deregulation of genes in the development […]

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Energy Balance in Motion

Energy Balance in Motion-1

Klaas R. Westerterp 2013 Man survives in an environment with a variable food supply. Energy balance is maintained by adapting energy intake to changes in energy expenditure and vice versa. Human energetics is introduced using an animal energetics model including growth efficiency, endurance capacity and adaptation to starvation.

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E-Cell System: Basic Concepts and Applications

E-Cell System-1

Satya Nanda Vel Arjunan Pawan K. Dhar Masaru Tomita 2013 The interdisciplinary field of molecular systems biology aims to understand the behavior and mechanisms of biological processes composed of individual molecular components. As we gain more qualitative and quantitative information of complex intracellular processes, biochemical modeling and simulation become indispensable not only to uncover the molecular mechanisms of the processes, […]

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