Glycoconjugates

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Part I covers modern advances in the determination of
glycoprotein structure and in the biosynthesis of mammalian,
bacterial, yeast, plant and insect glycoproteins. There are also
two chapters on functional aspects (glycoprotein hormones and
collagens).

The content of the volume is very comprehensive in that, most
contributors have focussed on discussing, in depth, the wealth
of most recent advances in their field, and referring to previous
reviews of older work for background information. This method can
effectively produce a very wide subject coverage in a smaller
number of chapters/volumes.
The volume is an important
information source for all glycobiologist researchers (senior
investigators, post-doctoral fellows and graduate students), and
as a good, comprehensive, reference text for scientists working in
the life sciences.

Molecular and Cellular Biology of Multidrug Resistance in Tumor Cells

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Molecular and Cellular Biology of Multidrug Resistance in Tumor Cells

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Alzheimer disease: An entry from Thomson Gale's
<i>Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, 2nd ed.</i>

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Alzheimer disease: An entry from Thomson Gale's Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, 2nd ed.
Laith, MD Gulli , and Nicole, MS Mallory
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Information on many genetic disorders, and the frequent new findings on them, has been extremely difficult to come by—until now. The “Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders” addresses the need for current, hard-to-find facts on emerging discoveries. The two-volume Encyclopedia, presented in a single alphabetical sequence, provides clear, complete information on genetic disorders, including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments and therapies, in articles that are both comprehensive and easy to understand, in language accessible to laypersons. The articles are arranged in a standardized format for quick comparison and ease of use, while non-disorder topics are covered in detail with extended entries. Students will want to consult the “Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders” for useful information on a range of well known disorders, including Down Syndrome, Trisomy, Hemophilia and Tourette Syndrome, and rarely seen diseases such as Meckel Syndrome, Neuraminidase Deficiency and Phenylketonuria.

Climate-dependent genetic variation of alpha-2HS-glycoprotein.: An article from: Human Biology

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Climate-dependent genetic variation of alpha-2HS-glycoprotein.: An article from: Human Biology
V.A. Spitsyn , O.I. Kravchuk , S.D. Nurbaev , D. Krause , and W. Kuchheuser
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This digital document is an article from Human Biology, published by Wayne State University Press on June 1, 1998. The length of the article is 3411 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: We studied the possible effects of climatic factors on the world distribution of alleles determining [[Alpha].sub.2]-HS-glycoprotein (AHSG) phenotypes in human populations. New data on AHSG polymorphism in certain ethnic groups of Russia are presented. All available data on the distribution of AHSG gene frequencies in the world (number of populations n = 51) were used to analyze possible correlations between AHSG*2 allele frequencies and seven climatic-geographic parameters. A strong positive correlation was found between AHSG*2 allele frequency and geographic latitude of territories inhabited by the study populations (r = 0.814). The dependence of the AHSG*2 allele distribution in the world on the intensity of ultraviolet radiation (400-315 nm) was estimated at r = -0.826. Such climatic characteristics as the total amount of insolation and the average annual temperature proved to make equal contributions to variation in AHSG*2 allele frequency (r = -0.683 and -0.658, respectively). A computer cartographic model of the AHSG*2 allele distribution in the Old World populations of the Northern Hemisphere was constructed.

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Title: Climate-dependent genetic variation of alpha-2HS-glycoprotein.
Author: V.A. Spitsyn
Publication: Human Biology (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 1998
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Volume: v70 Issue: n3 Page: p463(13)

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Glycoprotein Structures and Biosynthesis as Related to Human Disease (Medical Intelligence Unit)

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Glycoprotein Structures and Biosynthesis as Related to Human Disease (Medical Intelligence Unit)
I. Brockhausen , and W.J. Kuhns
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Glycoprotein: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's
<i>Chemistry: Foundations and Applications</i>

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Glycoprotein: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's Chemistry: Foundations and Applications
Robert Noiva
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ASIN: B000M4QFTY

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“Chemistry: Foundations and Application” is an accessible four-volume set that covers chemistry’s laws, processes, applications and sub-disciplines, reviews the history of the field, including modern research and practical applications, and includes biographies of scientists past and present. Varied topics that examine and explain chemistry's many branches, including inorganic, industrial, atmospheric and computational chemistry, and biotechnology allow students and general-interest readers alike to explore the myriad ways in which chemistry plays an important role in daily life.

Haemolymph as compartment for efficient and non-destructive determination of P-glycoprotein (Pgp) mediated MXR activity in bivalves [An article from: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C]

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Haemolymph as compartment for efficient and non-destructive determination of P-glycoprotein (Pgp) mediated MXR activity in bivalves [An article from: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C]
R. Zaja , G.I.V. Klobucar , R. Sauerborn Klobucar , and H
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This digital document is a journal article from Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Measurement of the modulation of accumulation rate of model P-glycoprotein (Pgp) substrates has been a well established methodology for determination of the presence and activity of the multixenobiotic resistance (MXR) defence mechanism in aquatic invertebrates. Most studies have been focused on the gill tissue of various bivalves as a primary compartment for this type of measurements. In this study, we evaluated the potential of measuring the accumulation rate of a fluorescent model Pgp substrate rhodamine B (RB) in haemolymph, plasma and haemocytes of the freshwater painter's mussel (Unio pictorum) as additional potentially useful compartments. The obtained results demonstrated several important advantages of the determination of Pgp mediated MXR transport activity in haemolymph over determinations in gill tissue. The overall MXR response correlated well with the level of Pgp activity simultaneously determined in gills. The method is more sensitive, the procedure is easier and less laborious, and repeated use of same individuals is possible. Finally - the approach is non-destructive, offering a potentially powerful biomarker and research tool for studies directed to the evaluation of ecotoxicological importance of MXR defence and the presence of MXR inhibitors in the environment.

Biosynthetic capactities [i.e., capacities] of platelets: Protein and glycoprotein synthesis

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Biosynthetic capactities [i.e., capacities] of platelets: Protein and glycoprotein synthesis
Anne C Rybicki
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THE GLYCOCONJUGATES, VOLUME II,Mammalian Glycoproteins, Glycolipids, and Proteoglycans

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THE GLYCOCONJUGATES, VOLUME II,Mammalian Glycoproteins, Glycolipids, and Proteoglycans
Martin I. & Pigman, Ward (Editors) Horowitz
Manufacturer: Academic Press
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Investigation and Application of Recent Web-Based Technologies to the Teaching of Electrical Engineering Courses

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ASIN: 1423552059

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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A345873. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: This thesis is part of an effort by the Department of Electrical and Computer (ECE) Engineering to implement distributed learning to better serve its students. Distributed learning is especially useful for a modem technologically- oriented military, which is geographically distributed. The goal of this thesis is to develop a prototype web-based course, specifically, EC2820 - Digital Logic Design. A primary sub-goal is to quantify time required and to understand the tradeoffs involved. A secondary sub-goal is to evaluate web page tools.

Non-equilibrium Processing of Materials (Pergamon Materials Series)

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Non-equilibrium Processing of Materials (Pergamon Materials Series)
C. Suryanarayana
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The rapid technological developments during the later half of the 20th century have demanded materials that are stronger, capable of use at much higher temperatures, more corrosion-resistant, and much less expensive than those currently used. These demands become even more significant on the threshold of the new century and the millennium. Significant improvements in properties can only be achieved by processing the materials under far-from-equilibrium (or non-equilibrium) conditions. Several new processing technologies have been developed during the past few decades including, rapid solidification, spray forming, mechanical alloying, ion mixing, vapor deposition, laser processing and plasma processing.

Remarkable advances have been made in recent years in the science and technology of these processes used to synthesize, characterize, and apply these materials processed under non-equilibrium conditions. Some of these techniques have evolved from laboratory curiosity to commercial-scale manufacturing in just a few years. In other cases, industrial necessity prompted development of the technology, and the science followed later.

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The processes of freezing and melting were present at the beginnings of the Earth and continue to dominate the natural and industrial worlds. The solidification of a liquid or the melting of a solid involves a complex interplay of many physical effects. This book systematically presents the field of continuum solidification theory based on instability phenomena. An understanding of the physics is developed by using examples of increasing complexity with the object of creating a deep physical insight applicable to more complex problems. Applied mathematicians, engineers, physicists, and materials scientists will all find this volume of interest.

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The processes of freezing and melting were present at the beginnings of the Earth and continue to dominate the natural and industrial worlds. The solidification of a liquid or the melting of a solid involves a complex interplay of many physical effects. This book presents in a systematic way the field of continuum solidification theory based on instability phenomena. An understanding of the physics is developed by using examples of increasing complexity with the object of creating a deep physical insight applicable to more complex problems. Applied mathematicians, engineers, physicists, and materials scientists will all find this volume of interest.

Application of Solidification Theory to Rapid Solidification Processing

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Application of Solidification Theory to Rapid Solidification Processing
W. J., Et al Boettinger
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A self-consistent theory of steady-state lamellar solidification in binary eutectic systems (NRL report)

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A self-consistent theory of steady-state lamellar solidification in binary eutectic systems (NRL report)
G. E Nash
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Solidification of pure liquids and liquid mixtures inside ducts and over external bodies

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Solidification of pure liquids and liquid mixtures inside ducts and over external bodies
Shoichiro Fukusako
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Solidification: The Separation Theory and Its Practical Applications

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Solidification: The Separation Theory and Its Practical Applications
Atsumi Ohno
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Field Marshal Albert Kesselring was one of Germany’s most capable military strategists. Originally a Bavarian Army officer, he transferred to the Luftwaffe in 1935 and became Goering’s deputy, commanding air fleets during the invasion of France and the Battle of Britain. In 1941 he was appointed C-in-C South, sharing the direction of the North African campaign with Rommel. As C-in-C in Italy in 1943-1944 his brilliant defense of the peninsula became legendary. In 1945, after the Ardennes offensive failed, Kesselring replaced von Rundstedt as C-in-C West. In his memoirs Kesselring describes his military training, his service in World War I, his work in the Reichswehr, his role in the founding of the Luftwaffe, and all aspects of his command in World War II. Concluding with Kesselring’s account of his trial and imprisonment for war crimes, these memoirs give a full picture of the whole military experience of one of Germany’s great commanders.

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Any collection seeking source material and definitive first-person exposes will want this........2007-08-06

Field-Marshal Albert Kesselring was one of Germany's top military strategists who commanded air fleets during the invasion of France and Battle of Britain. This edition of his memoirs blends in introductions from James Holland and Kenneth Macksey which surveys Kesselring's background and effects, providing a fine survey to the focus of Kesselring, who details both military background and his involvement in World War II - including the war's end and his subsequent trial. Any collection seeking source material and definitive first-person exposes will want this.

More than he could chew?.......2007-06-18

His troops called him "Smiling Albert", but his enemies considered him something between a strategic mastermind and a bloodthirsty war criminal. Hitler considered him too honest for his own good, and everybody knew he was tough. In 1944, when his staff car collided with the business end of a howitzer, a joke circulated among his armies during his convalescence: "The Field Marshal was only slightly injured, but the gun had to be retired." Such was Albert Kesselring, General Field Marshal of the Luftwaffe and one of the few of that rank to leave his memiors behind.

Kesselring had one of those military careers that is actually several careers in one -- army officer, air force general, theater commander. Considering his many achievements, he should probably be more famous, but it was his fate to be the "other field marshal" in the Southern Theater - the principle one being, of course, Rommel, with whom Kesselring often bitterly quarreled. Indeed, it was Kesselring's relations with men like Hitler, Goering, and Rommel that I was arguably looking most forward to reading about - among other things. And therin lies the problem. It turned out there were too many "other things" in MEMIORS. Kesselring was attempting too much. His life story is simply too damned big to cram into a single volume. Considering the vital importance he played in the development of the Luftwaffe, the French campaign, the Battle of Britain, the invasion of Russia, the war in North Africa and the defense of Sicily and Italy, it would have been better to split this into a two or even a three-volume series.

The problem of biting off more of his life than he could chew was exacerbated by the fact that he wrote these pages wholly or partially while imprisoned for war crimes, and thus had very limited access to research materials - he seems to be operating from memory, and from postwar literature produced by his ex-enemies. Finally, Kesselring's writing style, while not precisely bad and showing flashes of talent here and there, isn't what you would call aesthetically pleasing. Having read a lot of German military literature to use as comparison, I would rate him in the bottom half of the ex-generals: he often generalizes when he should speak specifically, and sometimes bogs down in details when he should have spoken broadly.

I also have some issues with the book itself. The pictures are low quality -, grainy, dot-matrix style, and the translation from German to British English leaves something to be desired. Ranks are incorrectly translated on many occasions and some of the sentences have that unweildy, unnatural quality that an overly literal translation tends to create. There are also some misspellings, and a comment or two in the forward which is/are downright nonsensical.

MEMIORS are by no means all bad. Kesselring's career is breath-taking in its sheer scope, and his criticisms of Allied battle strategies, the cumbersome and inefficient leadership structure of Hitler's armed forces, and the Axis failure to seize Malta (which cost them the North African war) are all fascinating. His diplomatic criticisms of Rommel shed interesting light on the less pleasing aspects of that legendary soldier. Furthermore, in defending himself against charges of war crimes in Italy, he makes a number of valid points about the hypocrisy of the Allies, who encouraged and facilitated the brutal partisan movement knowing full well how the Germans would respond to it, and then used ex post facto laws to prosecute German leaders after the war.

MEMIORS are most definitely not a smooth and easy read. In some ways they is not even as well-written as Field Marshal Keitel's death row memiors, which were cut short by his execution at Nuremberg. But they are an important contribution to war literature.

The safeguarding of historic art treasures........1998-06-29

Albert Kesselring was the commander of German forces in Italy during World War 2, but his memoires cover his entire military service, from pre-WW1 through WW2. He waxes nostalgic on the friendly pre-WW1 relations between the German troops stationed near France, and the ladies across the boarder. (What would the Boarder Patrol think of it!) His discussion of the post-WW1 period focusses largely on the circumstances of his transfer from the army to the air force. An intermediate amount of coverage is given to the early WW2 period, with the latter part of the war in Italy dominating the memoires, much as it dominated his career. Hauptsturmfuhrer Otto Skorzeny (the commando leader who freed Mussolini) commented in his own memoires about his differences in methodology from those of Kesselring, and Kesselring takes this opportunity to provide his side of the matter. In addition, Kesselring discusses why he was chosen as the commander most uniquely qualified to serve as a liason with the Italians. Several sections cover the important steps he took to preserve historic art treasures in the midst of the destruction of war, and his views on the criminal nature of guerillas who disguise themselves as civilians in violation of the Geneva Convention.

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THE MEMOIRS OF FIELD-MARSHAL KESSELRING
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THE MEMOIRS OF FIELD-MARSHAL KESSELRING.

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The Memoirs of Field Marshal Kesselring
Kenneth Macksey
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ASIN: 8170620384

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THE MEMOIRS OF FIELD-MARSHAL KESSELRING.
Albert. Kesselring
Manufacturer: Lon., Kimber, 1954 (2nd ed.). 319 pp., illus. A fine copy, in dust jacket.
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Learn how faith and psychological insight can combine to help Christians overcome physical disabilities!

After being diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, Dr. Elaine Leong Eng, author of "Martha, Martha": How Christians Worry, knew she had to make important life changes. This genetic disease would soon cause her eyesight to fail. Her impending blindness meant that she would no longer be able to practice as an obstetrician/gynecologist. Her family life would never be the same, nor would her self-image. A Christian Approach to Overcoming Disability: A Doctor's Story is the poignant and inspiring story of Dr. Eng's ultimately triumphant struggle with an untreatable illness and a life-changing disability.

Once I heard the diagnosis, I knew it was God's way of granting my prayer to be a full-time mom to my babies. God had prepared my heart to accept this news. This so-called "tragedy" in my life was very much for the good. I had the chance to "see" and care for my children during those precious young years. To play with them, sing songs, teach them, feed them, and do all those wonderful mothering things that many take for granted. And now that they are grown, I can see in my mind's eye all those great images and memories. I enjoyed motherhood so much that I would not have changed my life in any way if given the chance.

This autobiographical book articulates the challenges faced by the blind and offers faith-based and psychological techniques for coping with disability. It highlights dozens of Scriptural passages that can provide an important foundation for coping, and draws upon Dr. Eng's experience as a psychiatrist to identify important issues and feelings about blindness and its psychological and emotional impact on every aspect of life.

In this insightful book, you'll find:

firsthand information about the experience of becoming disabled, and about living with, even celebrating, that disability and the new opportunities it presents

insight about what family, friends, students, and colleagues go through when someone close to them becomes disabled biblical references that demonstrate the importance of God in meeting physical challenges important scriptural foundations for coping practical techniques for coping with disability—from both religious and psychological perspectives advice on overcoming the feeling of being "damaged goods" and other problems of self-esteem common to the disabled

A Christian Approach to Overcoming Disability will inspire you with its message of hope. It offers insights about finding inner peace no matter what hand life has dealt you and making the most of whatever God has planned for your life. Anyone who knows a Christian who has any type of physical disability will benefit from reading this book.

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