Origins of Algae and their Plastids (Plant Systematics and Evolution

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Algae are of central importance in marine and freshwater ecosystems. Recent molecular sequence analyses show that the algae are of polyphyletic origins and that their evolution is best explained by tracing the endosymbiotic events that have resulted in the origins of their plastids. This volume provides a highly readable, thorough and up-to-date account of the major findings in algal, cyanobacterial and plastid phylogeny. All major algal groups (e.g., green, red, heterokont, dinoflagellate algae) are treated in separate chapters by leading experts on these groups.

Plant Life Histories: Ecology, Phylogeny and Evolution

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Plant Life Histories: Ecology, Phylogeny and Evolution

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Plant-Pollinator Interactions: From Specialization to Generalization

ASIN: 0521574951

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This book reexamines patterns of relationship among plant life history traits in phylogenetic perspective. The reexamination first recognizes that because evolution is a branching process, traits are not randomly distributed across taxa and that therefore analysis of trait correlations cannot treat species as independent data points. It then discusses the use of phylogeny to reconstruct the evolutionary pathways of traits. Part 1 looks at the use of the phylogenetic perspective on trait correlation. Parts 2-4 examine traits from the reproductive phase from seed production and dispersal to recruitment and growth. The final section looks at interactions between plants and competitors, herbivores and microbial symbionts, recognizing that these interactions may have an ancient evolutionary history.

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This text is intended for undergraduate and beginning graduate students in chemistry and biochemistry studying amino acids and peptides. The authors concentrate on amino acids and peptides without detailed discussions of proteins, while giving all the essential background chemistry, including sequence determination, synthesis and spectroscopic methods. The approach is intended to encourage the reader to cross classical boundaries while gaining an understanding of protein behavior on a molecular level. The book includes chapters on the biological roles of amino acids, as well as a section on enzyme-catalyzed synthesis of peptides, with suitable examples, an area often neglected in texts describing peptide synthesis. This modern text will be of value in the amino acid, peptide and protein field, to advanced undergraduates, graduate students and research workers.

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This text is suitable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in chemistry and biochemistry studying amino acids and peptides. The authors concentrate on amino acids and peptides without detailed discussions of proteins, although the book gives all the essential background chemistry, including sequence determination, synthesis and spectroscopic methods, to enable the reader to appreciate protein behaviour at the molecular level. The approach is intended to encourage the reader to cross classical boundaries, as in the later chapters on the biological roles of amino acids and the design of peptide-based drugs. For example, there is a section on the enzyme-catalysed synthesis of peptides, with suitable examples, an area often neglected in texts describing peptide synthesis. This modern text will be of value in the amino acid, peptide and protein field, to advanced undergraduates, graduate students and research workers.

Amino Acid and Peptide Synthesis (Oxford Chemistry Primers, 7)

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A book for student to understand basic idea about peptide synthesis.

Amino Acid and Peptide Synthesis (Oxford Chemistry Primers, 7)
John Jones
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ASIN: 0199257388

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The study of amino acids and peptides is becoming increasingly important to chemists becuase of the growing overlap of mainstream organic chemistry with bioorganic chemistry and biochemistry. This introductory text begins with a brief survey of the role and diversity of amino acids, peptides, and proteins in nature, and goes on to describe and explain the principal methods of chemical synthesis. With its emphasis on chemical principles and strategies rather than detailed technical matters, the book will be essential reading for all students of chemistry and biochemistry with an interest in this important field. This second edition contains extensive additions and adjustments, to present a completely up-to-date account of the chemical essentials of mainstream peptide synthesis.

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A book for student to understand basic idea about peptide synthesis........2007-01-05

This is a good for a text book. It can help you to understand basic chemistry of peptide synthesis. It doesn't tell you the detail procedure about how to synthesis peptide. You have to buy some books such as "Fmoc-peptide synthesis" if you are really working on peptide synthesis and need step-by-step procedures for synthesizing different type of peptides.

Peptidomimetics Protocols (Methods in Molecular Medicine)

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Peptidomimetics Protocols (Methods in Molecular Medicine)

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A state-of-the-art collection of detailed synthetic procedures that lead to a variety of scaffolds, turn mimetics, peptide-bound replacements, and enzyme inhibitors. Topics range from unusual syntheses of amino acids to the use of a variety of linear and heterocyclic scaffolds in place of the peptide backbone. Important chemical procedures and methods include the transient protection of charged peptides as neutral prodrugs for improved blood-brain penetration and the replacement of peptide bonds with heterocyclic rings, olefins and fluoroolefins, and ketomethylenes. Synthetic protocols towards the transition-state mimics and reactive "warheads," applicable in enzyme inhibitors, are also disclosed.

Amino Acid Derivatives: A Practical Approach (Practical Approach Series)

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Amino Acid Derivatives: A Practical Approach (Practical Approach Series)

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Many successful syntheses of homochiral organic compounds use an amino acid derivative as a starting point. Such syntheses are not confined to peptides as targets; peptide synthesis strategies have been narrowed down to a few well-defined protocols (and these are not covered in this book). Outside the peptide field, many non-routine syntheses have been established that give the intended products in which the structural features of the starting amino acid are barely recognisable. This book is a laboratory guide that covers the early stages of syntheses under these headings, which invariably call for modifications to the functional groups of readily-available L-amino acids. It will therefore give invaluable guidance to the preparation of amino acid derivatives to be used not only in these broad area of synthesis but also in amino acid analysis. Synthetic work with amino acids carried out by new users and by experienced chemists and other scientists, will be supported by the detailed practical protocols and background information provided in this book.

D-Amino Acids: A New Frontier in Amino Acid And Protein Research-Practical Methods and Protocols

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D-Amino Acids: A New Frontier in Amino Acid And Protein Research-Practical Methods and Protocols

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Proteins, amino acids and peptides as ions and dipolar ions (American Chemical Society. Monograph series)

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Proteins, amino acids and peptides as ions and dipolar ions (American Chemical Society. Monograph series)
Edwin Joseph Cohn
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Addendum to The Chemistry of the Amino Acids and Proteins

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Addendum to The Chemistry of the Amino Acids and Proteins
Carl L. A., ed. Schmidt
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Advanced Methods in Protein Microsequence Analysis

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Advanced Methods in Protein Microsequence Analysis
B. Wittmann-Liebold , and J. Salnikow
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Advances in Amino Acid Mimetics and Peptidomimetics, Volume 1 (Advances in Amino Acid Mimetics and Peptidomimetics)

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A very interesting new molecular approach

Advances in Amino Acid Mimetics and Peptidomimetics, Volume 1 (Advances in Amino Acid Mimetics and Peptidomimetics)
A. Abell
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ASIN: 0762302003

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Peptidomimetics are compounds which mimic the biological activity of peptides while offering the advantages of increased bioavailability, biostability, bioefficiency, and bioselectivity against the natural biological target of the parent peptide. Examples of peptidomimetics have been isolated as natural products, synthesized as libraries from novel subunits, and designed on the basis of X-ray crystallographic studies and through an intricate knowledge of the biological mode of action of natural peptides. They offer challenging synthetic targets and are increasingly important medicinal agents and biological probes. As a consequence, peptidomimetics embrace much of what is modern medicinal and organic chemistry. This volume highlights some recent and exciting developments in the area.

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A very interesting new molecular approach.......2000-04-25

This book presents a new domain, whose applications might be greatly increased in the coming years. Construction of peptidomimetic molecules it a useful tool for the development of new drugs. The major drawback of peptides as possible drugs is their poor bioavailability and their degradation in the body. Therefore, molecules resembling the tertiary structures of interesting peptides, but having more suitable bioavailability properties might proove very useful as candidate drugs. That is why this discipline is very promising. To date, i haven't found any text books addressing this issue, this book might be the first one. I liked the fact that its contents cover many medical domains. However, I would have liked that the authors have addressed the problem of increasing bacterial resistance, the need to develop new antibacterials, and eventually the possible role of peptidomimetics in that field. Another thing that i would have liked to find in the contents, is a brief review on the phage display technique, its potential of finding useful peptides that might serve for the construction of peptidomimetics.

Amino Acid Analysis by Gas Chromospectography

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Amino Acid Analysis by Gas Chromospectography
R. W. Zumwalt
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"If you were part of a study team trying to figure out what to do in a complicated (i.e., multi-party, multi-issue, technically complex) situation, you would want to rush out and get a copy of Embedded Case Study Methods by Roland Scholz and Olaf Tietje. Using their own Zurich North case study to explain the proper use of case study methods, they demonstrate how eleven different techniques -- including integrated risk assessment, multi-attribute utility theory, scenario analysis, future workshops, and a kind of mediation called Area Development Negotiation -- ought to be used to develop collaborative solutions. Along the way, they destroy conventional distinctions between quantitative and qualitative methods and offer (finally!) an integrated approach that applies equally well to problem framing, option generation, and the management of stakeholder encounters. Most of the relevant literature (from more than a dozen disciplines) is reviewed in detail. What more could a study team member want?"

—LAWRENCE SUSSKIND, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-author of the award-winning Consensus Building Handbook (Sage, 1999)."Scholz and Olaf have developed an important methodology to integrate complex cases. Their approach combines the best of quantitative and qualitative methodologies to create new insights that would not be available to researchers using more conventional approaches."

—MAX H. BAZERMAN, Jesse Isador Straus Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Bridging the gap between quantitative and qualitative approaches, this book presents methods for interrelating and integrating the variables, findings, and evaluations from the facets of the case (i.e., different perspectives of inquiry such as participant observation, open-ended interviews, etc.) or subunits of case inquiry. Using case examples from five different disciplines (neuropsychology, education, law, business, and environmental sciences), the authors show the reader how to use the embedded case design to enhance synthesis and knowledge integration. The authors share their broad knowledge of the philosophy of science to explain the rationale behind each step of embedded case designs, and recap each explanation with concept recaps called "lessons to be learned." In addition, they include a variety of boxes that offer statistical models for doing the analysis. This book offers readers a sophisticated approach to integrating mixed methods in case studies.

Quantitative Approaches in Business Studies

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Quantitative Approaches in Business Studies
Clare Morris
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Making History Count: A Primer in Quantitative Methods for Historians

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A lantern in quantitative methods

Making History Count: A Primer in Quantitative Methods for Historians
Charles H. Feinstein , and Mark Thomas
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ASIN: 0521001374

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This authoritative guide to the use of quantitative methods is designed to be used as the basic text for graduate courses, and is also suitable for upper-level students. Making History Count is written by two senior economic historians with considerable international teaching experience. The text is clearly illustrated with numerous tables, graphs and diagrams, leading the student through the various key topics. It is supported by five specific historical data-sets, available electronically in downloadable and manipulable form.

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Making History Count introduces the main quantitative methods used in historical research. The emphasis is on intuitive understanding and application of the concepts, rather than formal statistics; no knowledge of mathematics beyond simple arithmetic is required. The techniques are illustrated by applications in social, political, demographic and economic history. Students will learn to read and evaluate the application of the quantitative methods used in many books and articles, and to assess the historical conclusions drawn from them. They will also see how quantitative techniques can open up new aspects of an enquiry, and supplement and strengthen other methods of research. This textbook will encourage students to recognize the benefits of using quantitative methods in their own research projects. The text is clearly illustrated with tables, graphs and diagrams, leading the student through key topics. Additional support includes five specific historical data-sets, available from the Cambridge website.

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A lantern in quantitative methods.......2005-08-28

Irving Fisher(1892)said that "mathematics is the lantern by what was before dimly visable now looms up in firm, bold outlines". Unfortunatley, most texts on any area of mathematics fail to enlighten students but rather tend to confuse. Not this one however! Feinstein & Thomas present the subject of quantitative methods in a most readable and enjoyable way. I couldn't put the book down. As an introduction to concepts and techniques it works extremely well with clear and unencumbered presentation, plenty of exlplanation and straightforward diagrams.
F & S manage to make their subject interesting. That is the mark of a true teacher.

Advances In Self-Organizing Systems (Quantitative Methods in Communication)

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Advances In Self-Organizing Systems (Quantitative Methods in Communication)

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Quantitative Methods for Business (Cram101 Textbook Outlines - Textbook NOT Included)

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This textbook is TERRIBLE!
Quantitative MAnagement
Quant Methods Book
ABSOLUTELY THE WORST TEXTBOOK FROM A STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE
Quantitative Methods 8th Edition

Quantitative Methods for Business (Cram101 Textbook Outlines - Textbook NOT Included)
Anderson , Sweeney , and Williams
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ASIN: 1428813691

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Never HIGHLIGHT a Book Again! Virtually all testable terms, concepts, persons, places, and events are included.look no further for study resources or reference material. Cram101 Textbook Outlines gives all of the outlines, highlights, notes, and practice-tests for your textbook. Only Cram101 is Textbook Specific. Cram101 is NOT the Textbook.

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This textbook is TERRIBLE!.......2005-10-01

This book is written in unnecessarily complicated language and does not present information in a way that is easily understood. I teach graduate courses in quantitative methods and I made the mistake of ordering this book for one of my courses without reading it first. It was a disaster!

Unless you are getting a doctorate and need to know lots of complicated formulas without adequate explanations, DO NOT buy this book.

Quantitative MAnagement.......2005-07-10

IT's really oky book. But it took a little more time to get it ghrough me. There are few scratches on the book when i recd. it. The parcel is oky.
Thanks anyway,

Quant Methods Book.......2005-03-06

I have used this textbook for an upper level math class and although the book was hard to follow, I really feel that it did present the information in a well laid out format. Some of the words were hard to grasp, but as for the problems in the back, I found them very useful. I hope anyone out there will in fact give this book a chance.

ABSOLUTELY THE WORST TEXTBOOK FROM A STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE.......2003-03-12

I am currently taking a Quant Meth class which is using this as the textbook. By far, this is the worst textbook I have ever encountered as a student. It is hard to understand and the answers that are given in the back do not explain how to get to the final solution. Because the problems are not paired (that is 1 is not like 2, 3 is not like 4, etc.) and the only answers are to the EVEN problems, you are basically lost. There is a website for the 9th edition that is "under construction" currently, so there is no help there. This is not a book conducive to learning. Teachers and colleges - PLEASE think twice before you choose this for your curriculum. Both you and your students will be miserable!

Quantitative Methods 8th Edition.......2002-02-01

I am a professor using this book to teach a graduate level Quantitative Methods math class. This book is hard to understand for the students. Exercises included at the end of the chapters are hard to figure for the student based on what is presented in the text alone.
For the instructor, no teacher support is available except a solutions manual. All other texts I have used provides sample lecture material, additional cases, etc. This text provides no such support with a useless web site.

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Quantitative Approaches in Business Studies
Clare Morris
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Cases and Readings in Management Science (Quantitative Methods and Applied Statistics Series)

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Cases and Readings in Management Science (Quantitative Methods and Applied Statistics Series)
Barry Render , Ralph M. Stair , and Irwin Greenberg
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Cases and Readings in Production and Operations Management (Quantitative Methods and Applied Statistics)

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Cases and Readings in Production and Operations Management (Quantitative Methods and Applied Statistics)
Joseph C. Latona , and Jay Nathan
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Elements of Mathematics for Economics and Finance

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Elements of Mathematics for Economics and Finance
Vassilis C. Mavron , and Timothy N. Phillips
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ASIN: 1846285607

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Based on over 15 years’ experience in the design and delivery of successful first-year courses, this book equips undergraduates with the mathematical skills required for degree courses in economics, finance, management and business studies. The book starts with a summary of basic skills and takes its readers as far as constrained optimisation helping them to become confident and competent in the use of mathematical tools and techniques that can be applied to a range of problems in economics and finance.

Designed as both a course text and a handbook, the book assumes little prior mathematical knowledge beyond elementary algebra and is therefore suitable for students returning to mathematics after a long break. The fundamental ideas are described in the simplest mathematical terms, highlighting threads of common mathematical theory in the various topics.

Features include:

a systematic approach: ideas are touched upon, introduced gradually and then consolidated through the use of illustrative examples;

several entry points to accommodate differing mathematical backgrounds;

numerous worked examples and exercises to illustrate the theory and applications;

full solutions to exercises, available to lecturers via the web.

Vass Mavron is Professor of Mathematics in the Institute of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Wales Aberystwyth. Tim Phillips is Professor of Mathematics and Professorial Fellow in the School of Mathematics at Cardiff University.

The Essence of Research Methodology: A Concise Guide for Master and PhD Students in Management Science

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The Essence of Research Methodology: A Concise Guide for Master and PhD Students in Management Science
Jan Jonker , and Bartjan Pennink
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ASIN: 3540716580

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This publication is designed to provide Master and PhD students with a concise introduction to doing research in organisations. The aim is to offer them the knowledge to make well-reasoned methodological choices. The text is intended as a concise yet hand-on introduction to help students to understand what structuring and designing a research implies. The book contains more then fifty practical examples, exercises, discussions and short case studies. These are aimed at showing how to apply a particular methodology in a specific context. Short footnotes draw attention to more fundamental theoretical, ontological or epistemological issues. Criteria are listed making it possible to judge the quality of the results. At the end of the book various checklists are provided to help students structure their research activities and reflect on key issues and choices to be made. A special feature of this book is an extensive comparative glossary of the methodological terms and notions.

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Legendary Japanese novelist Soseki Natsume dissects the human personality in all its complexity in this unforgettable narrative. Keitaro, a recent college graduate, lives a life intertwined with several other characters, each carrying their own emotional baggage. Romantic, practical, and philosophical themes enable Soseki to explore the very meaning of life.

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