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The field of Molecular Oncology has emerged in the last decade as an amalgamation of four of the foremost disciplines in cancer research: retrovirology, chemical carcinogenesis, cytogenetics, and cell growth regulation. The subject matter for this book forms the unifying factor for these four areas. Although the field of Molecular Oncology is still comparatively young, the technical vocabulary can be bewildering to the uninitiated. This book is clear in its divisions, grouping oncogenes by biochemical activity or cellular localization; the large group of tyrosine kinases are compared by relevant features. The Oncogene Handbook allows ready access and supplies excellent cross-referencing. An outstanding reference work, giving basic information on each oncogene in a concise and uniform format. The fundamental importance of the subject area and its medical implications, both reflected in The Oncogene Handbook, provide students, scientists in other fields, and clinicians with a very useful manual.
Rural issues are currently attracting unprecedented levels of interest, with the debates surrounding the future of 'traditional' rural customs and practice becoming a significant political concern. However, the problem of racism in rural areas has been largely overlooked by academics, practitioners and researchers who have sought almost exclusively to develop an understanding of racism in urban contexts. This book aims to address this oversight by examining notions of ethnic identity, 'otherness' and racist victimisation that have tended to be marginalised from traditional rural discourse.
This fundamental work explains in detail systems for active safety and driver assistance, considering both their structure and their function. These include the well-known standard systems such as Anti-lock braking system (ABS), Electronic Stability Control (ESC) or Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC). But it includes also new systems for protecting collisions protection, for changing the lane, or for convenient parking. The book aims at giving a complete picture focusing on the entire system. First, it describes the components which are necessary for assistance systems, such as sensors, actuators, mechatronic subsystems, and control elements. Then, it explains key features for the user-friendly design of human-machine interfaces between driver and assistance system. Finally, important characteristic features of driver assistance systems for particular vehicles are presented: Systems for commercial vehicles and motorcycles.
Clothing, jewelry, animal remains, ceramics, coins, and weaponry are among the artifacts that have been discovered in graves in Gaul dating from the fifth to eighth century. Those who have unearthed them, from the middle ages to the present, have speculated widely on their meaning. This authoritative book makes a major contribution to the study of death and burial in late antique and early medieval society with its long overdue systematic discussion of this mortuary evidence. Tracing the history of Merovingian archaeology within its cultural and intellectual context for the first time, Effros exposes biases and prejudices that have colored previous interpretations of these burial sites and a...
Focusing on knowledge, science and literature in early modern Germany, this collection presents 12 essays on emerging epistemologies regarding: the transcendent nature of the Divine; the natural world; the body; sexuality; intellectual property; aesthetics; demons; and witches.
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