Lane Medical Library

Contains a database of approximately 70,000 reactions and 4000 of the most frequently consulted reagents. Fully searchable by structure and sub-structure, reagent, reaction type, experimental conditions, and keyword. Also includes a searchable interface: Acronym finder (an interface for Scientific and technical acronyms, symbols, and abbreviations).

Otosclerosis Surgery Complications, p. 1-12 -- Tympanoplasty/Ossiculoplasty, p. 13-27 -- Surgery for Chronic Otitis Media, p. 29-31 -- Complications of Chronic Otitis Media, p. 33-42 -- Petrous Apex Lesions, p. 43-53 -- Cholesteatoma, p. 55-60 -- External Auditory Canal Lesions, p. 61-65 -- Spontaneous Cerebral Spinal Fluid Otorrhea, p. 67-75 -- Facial Nerve Surgery, p. 77-88 -- Surgery for Vertigo, p. 89-98 -- Tumor Surgery, p. 99-110 -- Cochlear Implant Surgery, p. 111-115 -- Differential Diagnosis of Unilateral Serous Otitis Media, p. 117-120.

A clinical review of cerebral vasospasm and delayed ischaemia following aneurysm rupture -- New regulatory, signaling pathways, and sources of nitric oxide -- Advances in experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Advances in treatment of cerebral vasospasm: an update -- Roles of signal transduction mechanisms in cerebral vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage: overview -- Hypoperfusion in the acute phase of subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Association of APOE polymorphism with the change of brain function in the early stage of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Apoptotic mechanisms for neuronal cells in early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Early micro vascular changes after subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Immunological response in early brain injury after SAH -- Mechanisms of early brain injury after SAH: matrismetalloproteinase 9 -- Tyrosine phosphatase inhibition attenuates early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rats -- Protection of minocycline on early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rats -- Role of osteopontin in early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rats -- Matrix metalloproteinase 9 inhibition reduces early brain injury in cortex after subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors and cerebral vasospasm -- The role of nitric oxide donors in treating cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Nitric oxide in early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Nitric oxide related pathophysiological changes following subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Endothelin-1(1-31) induces spreading depolarization in rats -- The gamut of blood flow responses couples to spreading depolarization in rat and human brain: from hyperemia to prolonged ischemia -- Cerebral microdialysis in acutely brain-injured patients with spreading depolarizations --Mitogen-activated protein kinases in cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage: a review -- Association of apolipoprotein E polymorphisms with cerebral vasospasm after spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Impact of subarachnoid hemorrhage on local and global calcium signaling in cerebral artery myocytes -- Enhanced angiogenesis and astrocyte activation by ecdysterone treatment in a focal cerebral ischemia rat model -- Bilirubin oxidation products seen post subarachnoid hemorrhage have greater effects on aged rat brain compared to young -- Preliminary results of an ICP-controlled subarachnoid hemorrhage rabbit model for the study of delayed cerebral vasospasm -- PKGIx inhibits the proliferation of cerebral arterial smooth muscle cell induced by oxyhemoglobin after subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Characteristics of in vivo animal models of delayed cerebral vasospasm -- Endothelin related pathophysiology in cerebral vasospasm: what happens to the cerebral vessels? -- Expression and role of COMT in a rat subarachnoid hemorrhage model -- Monitoring of the inflammatory response after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in the clinical setting: review of literature and report of preliminary clinical experience -- Perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage: risk factors, clinical presentations, and outcome -- The relationship between IL-6 in CSF and occurrence of vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Non-aneurysm subarachnoid hemorrhage in young adults -- Cardiac damage after subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Analysis on death-associated factors of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage during hospitalization -- Clinical study of changes of cerebral microcirculation in cerebral vasospasm after SAH -- Effect of weekend admission on in-hospital mortality after subarachnoid hemorrhage in Chongquing China -- The correlation between COMT gene polymorphism and early cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Fever increased in-hospital mortality after subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Subarachnoid hemorrhage in old patients in Chongquing China.

1. The Developmental origins of health and disease: the breadth and importance of the concept / Peter D. Gluckman and Mark A. Hanson -- 2. Developmental origins of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity in humans / Caroline H.D. Fall -- 3. Studies of twins: what can they tell us about the developmental origins of adult health and disease? / Ruth Morley, Terence Dwyer, and John B. Carlin -- 4. Prenatal programming of human motor function / Julia B. Pitcher, David J. Henderson-Smart, and Jeffrey S. Robinson -- 5. Adaptive responses of early embryos to their microenvironment and consequences for post-implantation development / Jeremy Thompson, Michelle Lane, and Sarah Robertson -- 6. Modification of epigenetic state through dietary manipulation in the developing mammalian embryo / Nicola Vickaryous and Emma Whitelaw -- 7. Critical experiments to determine if early nutritional influences on epigenetic mechanisms cause metabolic imprinting in humans / Robert A. Waterland -- 8. Manipulation of the maternal diet in rat pregnancy: different approaches to the demonstration of the programming principle / Simon C. Langley-Evans [et al.] -- 9. Programming hypertension-animal models: causes and mechanisms / Kate M. Denton, Michelle M. Kett, and Miodrag Dodic -- 10. Developmental programming of cardiovascular dysfunction / Lucilla Poston, James A. Armitage, and Paul D. Taylor -- 11. Kidney development and fetal programming / Karen M. Moritz and Luise A. Cullen-McEwen -- 12. Programming of obesity-experimental evidence / Bernhard H. Breier, Stefan O. Krechowec, and Mark H. Vickers -- 13. Perinatal programming of adult metabolic homeostasis: lessons from experimental studies / Kathryn l. Gatford ... [et al.] -- 14. Programming effects of excess glucocorticoid exposure in late gestation / Timothy J.M. Moss and Deborah M. Sloboda -- 15. Programming effects of moderate and binge alcohol consumption / Jeff Schwartz and Luke C. Carey -- 16. Vitamin D in pregnancy and offspring health / Marianne Tare, Helena C. Parkington, and Ruth Morley -- 17. The Fetal origins of adult mental illness / Laura Bennet and Alistair J. Gunn -- 18. Hypoxia, fetal growth and developmental origins of health and disease / Dino A. Giussani.

Foreword / J.H. Schwartz, I. Tattersall -- Szombathy's excavations in the Mladeč Cave and the first presentations of the results / W. Antl-Weiser -- In search of prototypes - historical soft-tissue reconstructions of Mladeč 1 / M. Teschler-Nicola -- The structure of the cave, stratigraphy, and depositional context / J.A. Svoboda -- The Upper Paleolithic finds from the Mladeč Cave / M. Oliva -- Taphonomic aspects of the human remains from the Mladeč Caves / M. Teschler-Nicola -- Large mammal remains from the Mladeč Caves and their contribution to site formation processes / M. Pacher -- ¹⁴C dating of early Upper Palaeolithic human and faunal remains from Mladeč / E.M. Wild ... [et al.] -- Inventory and photo-documentation of the Mladeč hominid remains / M.H. Wolpoff ... [et al.] -- Aurignacian male crania, jaws and teeth from the Mladeč Caves, Moravia, Czech Republic / D.W. Frayer ... [et al.] -- Aurignacian female crania and teeth from the Mladeč Caves, Moravia, Czech Republic / M.H. Wolpoff, D.W. Frayer and J. Jelínek -- Electronic segmentation methods reveal the preservation status and otherwise unobservable features of the Mladeč 1 cranium / H. Prossinger and M. Teschler-Nicola -- The Mladeč 3 infant / N. Minugh-Purvis, Th. Bence Viola and M. Teschler-Nicola -- The human postcranial remains from Mladeč / E. Trinkaus ... [et al.] -- Lost, destroyed or misidentified postcranial specimens from Mladeč / M.H. Wolpoff, D.W. Frayer and J. Jelínek -- External geometry of Mladeč neurocrania compared with anatomically modern humans and Neanderthals / G.W. Weber ... [et al.] -- Pathological alterations and traumas in the human skeletal remains from Mladeč / M. Teschler-Nicola ... [et al.] -- No evidence of Neandertal mtDNA contribution to early modern humans / D. Serre ... [et al.] -- Non-destructive determination of ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr isotope ratios in early Upper Paleolithic human teeth from the Mladeč Caves - preliminary results / T. Prohaska ... [et al.].

What is the EU infant nutrition cluster? -- Early nutrition and its later consequences: new opportunities -- The developmental origins of adult health and well-being -- Long term effects of breastfeeding on the infant and mother -- Experimental evidence for long-term programming effects of early diet -- Candidate genes for obesity--how might they interact with environment and diet? -- Rate of growth in early life: a predictor of later health? -- Protective effect of breast-feeding against obesity in childhood-- Discussion forum: from innovation to implementation -- Challenges and opportunities in pan-European collaboration for researchers from Central and Eastern Europe -- Best practice in communicating the results of European research to the public -- Longterm effects of pre- and postnatal exposure to low and high dietary protein levels / Cornelia C. Metges -- Protein intake in the first year of life: a risk factor for later obesity? -- The role of long-chain poly-unsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) in growth and development -- Experimental models for studying perinatal lipid metabolism -- Effect of N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in pregnancy: the Nuheal trial --Young researchers' workshop -- Consumer needs regarding dietetic products for pregnant and lactating women and for baby foods -- Focus group: breakfast meeting: SMES and their co-operation with academia -- Ethical issues in perinatal nutrition research -- Early programming of diabetes risk--an introduction -- Early nutrition and later diabetes risk -- Is type 1 diabetes a disease of the gut immune system triggered by cow's milk insulin? -- Gluten-free diet in subjects at risk for type 1 diabetes: a tool for delaying progression to clinical disease? -- Insulin like growth factor regulation of body mass in breastfed and milk formula fed infants -- Inverse association between trans isomeric and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in erythrocyte membrane lipids in pregnant women -- Comparison of essential fatty acid status among German, Hungarian and Spanish women at mid-gestation -- Trans isomeric fatty acids as confounding variables in studies on perinatal LC-PUFA supply -- An eight years prospective study of iron deficiency anaemia in infancy -- New insights in the potential mechanism of action of nucleotides to modulate immunity -- Thriving of malnourished breastfed infants after additional formula milk feeding -- Role of mammary gland lipoprotein lipase in the availablilty of polyunsaturated fatty acids for milk synthesis -- Is the crying behaviour in infants up to the age of 3 months influenced by the type of early nutrition? -- Dietary gangliosides: beneficial effects for the neonate and potential mechanism of action -- Leptin in breast-fed and formula-fed infants -- Dietary fatty acids during pregnancy determines maternal fatty acid profile during late pregnancy and their availability to the fetus even during fasting condtions --Effects of oil-supplemented diets on liver expression of PPAR alpha-related genes in pregnant rats -- Effect of a new infant formula enriched with prebiotics, probiotics, nucleotides and LC-PuFA on recovery after infection -- Does habitual protein intake in early childhood influence age and body mass index at adiposity rebound? -- Dietary compliance in diabetes prevention project in Finland -- Changes of plasma fatty acid profile and antioxidant vitamins during normal pregnancy -- Optimal design for the recruitment of participants as a factor for the effective implementation of a clinical trial -- The effect of ponderal index on plasma concentration of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in neonatal pigs -- Effects of prenatal exposure to low and high dietary protein levels on maternal and fetal amino acid metabolism in rats -- Cow's milk introduction in Spanish infants -- Longer term effects of early cholesterol intake on cholesterol biosynthesis and plasma lipids: a randomized clinical trial -- Patterns of growth and energy utilization of the diet after a period of dietary restriction during the weaning period -- Infant formula feeding pattern and weaning introduction in Spanish infants -- Visual evoked potentials in infants after dietary supply of docosahexaenoic acid and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate during pregnancy -- Electronic data capture and use of internet technologies in a double-blind randomised intervention trial -- Breastfeeding and baby friendly hospital initiative in Slovenia -- Nutritional status in young adults with screen-detected silent/sub-clinical coeliac disease --Liporotein lipase (LPL) MRNA expression in placentas from normal and IUGR (intrauterine growth restricted) pregnancies by real-time PCR -- Maternal fasting effect on neonatal health -- The quality of schoolchildren's nutrition in Serbia -- Tendency towards obesity in Sydney school children -- Monitoring and supervising a dietary intervention trial using modern data processing system -- Analysis of drop-outs in a longitudinal study -- Recruitment strategies of the Spanish group in the "EU childhood obesity: programming by infant nutrition" -- Diet and nutritional risk factors in schoolchildren -- Influence of two forms of caseinophosphopeptide on iron bio availability -- Model of childhood obesity primary prevention programme -- Problems related to recruitment of participants for the triger project -- Vitamin D status at birth in Brussels--preliminary results -- Obesity among young adolescent Kuwaitis -- Dynamic changes in adiposity from fetal to postnatal life are involved in the adult metabolic syndrome associated with reduced fetal growth -- Excess fetal adiposity is associated with programming of placental lipid genes -- Appetite control in breastfed and formula fed infants -- What are the Danone Institutes.

"Foreword When I was a young woman being treated for an eating disorder, certain assumptions were made: if you had an eating disorder, you would be a white adolescent girl from a family with a controlling mother and an absent father. You would display a passive personality and low self-esteem. You would in all likelihood have signs of depression; whether you did or not, you would probably be treated for it. Your treatment team would see and treat you as childish and immature, and hold a variety of vague and often unfounded opinions about who you were, where you'd been, and what kind of chances of recovery you had. Those chances were considered, almost across the board, very low indeed. I was treated for eating disorders in the 1980s and 1990s. The medical and therapeutic understanding of the etiology, nature, and treatment of disordered eating and body image had not changed markedly since the early days of eating disorder research 20 years before. Likewise, the limited understanding of the demographics of eating disordered populations ensured that thousands would go undiagnosed and untreated. While the eating disordered population exploded, research and treatment providers held fast to their notions of what they were dealing with and how they should proceed. Their abysmal success rates bewildered them; they attributed these low rates of recovery to the intractable, probably incurable nature of the diseases. This second edition of Eating Disorders in Women and Children: Prevention, Stress Management, and Treatment is being released into a therapeutic community that has changed in many critical ways, and I believe the community will see further change as a result of the research done here"--Provided by publisher.

A synthesis of the best available evidence on diagnosis, management and treatment of frequent and high-cost problems occurring in primary care, inpatient and emergency department settings. Includes the top conditions; recommends a course of action for diagnosis, disease management and drug therapy.

The ECG in healthy people -- The ECG in patients with palpitations and syncope -- The ECG in patients with chest pain -- The ECG in patients with breathlessness -- The effect of other conditions on the ECG -- The ECG in pacemakers, defibrillators and electrophysiology/ David Adlam -- Conclusions : four steps to making the most of the ECG

What the ECG is about -- Conduction and its problems -- The rhythm of the heart -- Abnormalities of P waves, QRS complexes and T waves -- How to use the ECG -- Reminders -- Now test yourself.

Anatomy and physiology of the heart -- Electrophysiology -- Waveforms, intervals, segments, and complexes -- Cardiac monitors -- Analyzing a rhythm strip -- Sinus arrhythmias -- Atrial arrhythmias -- AV junctional arrhythmias and AV blocks -- Ventricular arrhythmias and bundle-branch block -- Pacemakers -- Posttest.

Are echinoderms of interest to biotechnology? / C. Petzelt -- Cell adhesion and communication : a lesson from echinoderm embryos for the exploitation of new therapeutic tools / F. Zito ... [et al.] -- Cell signalling during sea urchin development : a model for assessing toxicity of environmnetal contaminants / C. Angelini ... [et al.] -- Echinoderm reactive oxygen species (ROS) production measured by peroxidase, luminol-enhanced chemiluminescence (PLCL) as an immunotoxicological tool / G. Coteur, B. Danis, P. Dubois -- Monitoring chemical and physical stress using sea urchin immune cells / V. Matranga ... [et al.] --DNA damage and developmental defects after exposure to UV and heavy metals in sea urchin cells and embryos compared to other invertebrates / H.C. Schröder ... [et al.] -- Echinoderms : their culture and bioactive compounds / M.S. Kelly -- Regenerative response and endocrine disrupters in crinoid echinoderms : an old experimental model, a new ecotoxicological test / M.D. Candia Carnevali -- Echinoderm adhesive secretions : from experimental characterization to biotechnological applications / P. Flammang, R. Santos, D. Haesaerts -- Mutable collagenous tissue : overview and biotechnological perspective / I.C. Wilkie -- Bioresources from echinoderms / Y. Yokota.

How to obtain a good echocardiography examination: ultrasound physics, technique, and medical knowledge -- Transthoracic echocardiography: M-mode, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional -- Transesophageal and intracardiac echocardiography / Jae K. Oh ... [et al.] -- Doppler echocardiography and color flow imaging: comprehensive noninvasive hemodynamic assessment -- Tissue doppler imaging, strain imaging, and dyssynchrony assessment / Brian D. Powell ... [et al.] -- Contrast echocardiography -- Assessment of systolic function and quantification of cardiac chambers -- Assessment of diastolic function and diastolic heart failure -- Pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary vein stenosis -- Coronary artery disease and acute myocardial infarction -- Stress echocardiography -- Valvular heart disease -- Prosthetic valve evaluation -- Infective endocarditis -- Cardiomyopathies -- Cardiac diseases due to systemic illness, genetics, medication, or infection -- Pericardial diseases -- Tumors and masses -- Diseases of the aorta -- Echocardiography in congenital heart disease: an overview / Frank Cetta, Jr., James B. Seward, Patrick W. O'Leary -- Intraoperative echocardiography / Roger L. Click, Jae K. Oh -- Vascular imaging and tonometry / A. Rauoof Malik, Iftikhar J. Kullo -- Goal-directed and comprehensive examination.

Disturbance, survival, and succession : understanding ecological responses to the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens / Virginia H. Dale, Frederick J. Swanson and Charles M. Crisafulli -- Geological and ecological settings of Mount St. Helens before May 18, 1980 / Frederick J. Swanson, Charles M. Crisafulli and David K. Yamaguchi -- Physical events, environments, and geological-ecological interactions at Mount St. Helens : March 1980-2004 / Frederick J. Swanson and Jon J. Major -- Plant responses in forests of the tephra-fall zone / Joseph A. Antos and Donald B. Zobel -- Plant succession on the Mount St. Helens debris-avalanche deposit / Virginia H. Dale ... [et al.] -- Geomorphic change and vegetation development on the Muddy River mudflow deposit / Peter M. Frenzen ... [et al.] -- Proximity, microsites, and biotic interactions during early succession / Roger del Moral, David M. Wood and Jonathan H. Titus --Remote sensing of vegetation responses during the first 20 years following the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens : a spatially and temporally stratified analysis / Rick Lawrence -- Arthropods as pioneers in the regeneration of life on the pyroclastic-flow deposits of Mount St. Helens / John S. Edwards and Patrick M. Sugg -- Posteruption arthropod succession on the Mount St. Helens volcano : the ground-dwelling beetle fauna (Coleoptera) / Robert R. Parmenter ... [et al.] -- Causes and consequences of herbivory on prairie lupine (Lupinus lepidus) in early primary succession / John G. Bishop ... [et al.] -- Responses of fish to the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens / Peter A. Bisson ... [et al.] -- Amphibian responses to the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens / Charles M. Crisafulli ... [et al.] -- Small-mammal survival and colonization on the Mount St. Helens volcano : 1980-2002 / Charles M. Crisafulli, James A. MacMahon and Robert R. Parmenter --Mycorrhizae and Mount St. Helens : story of a symbiosis / Michael F. Allen ... [et al.] -- Patterns of decomposition and nutrient cycling across a volcanic disturbance gradient : a case study using rodent carcasses / Robert R. Parmenter -- Lupine effects on soil development and function during early primary succession at Mount St. Helens / Jonathan J. Halvorson, Jeffrey L. Smith and Ann C. Kennedy -- Response and recovery of lakes / Clifford N. Dahm ... [et al.] -- Ecological perspectives on management of the Mount St. Helens landscape / Virginia H. Dale, Frederick J. Swanson and Charles M. Crisafulli -- Overview of ecological responses to the eruption of Mount St. Helens : 1980-2005 / Charles M. Crisafulli, Frederick J. Swanson and Virginia H. Dale.

The magnitude of the problem of malnutrition in Europe / Kondrup, J. -- Malnutrition in North America : where have we been? Where are we going? / Jensen, G. -- The economics of malnutrition / Elia, M. -- The need for consistent criteria for identifying malnutrition / Hoffer, J. -- Enteral nutrition reimbursement : the rationale for the policy : the US perspective / Parver, A.K. -- Enteral nutrition reimbursement : the rationale for the policy : the German perspective / Pahne, N. -- Food modification versus oral liquid nutrition supplementation / Silver, H. -- Cost-effectiveness analysis and health policy / Torgerson, D. -- Implementing nutritional standards : the Scottish experience / McKinlay, A. -- Innovative models for clinical nutrition and financing / Van Emelen, J. -- ENHA : what is it and what does it do? Reimbursement is not the solution / De Man, F. -- Brief history of parenteral and enteral nutrition in the hospital in the USA / Bistrian, B. -- What went right? The story of US Medicare medical nutrition therapy / Patrick, S.

An archive of the entire corpus of knowledge on the enteric bacterial cell, comprised of several hundred modules of information and interpretation, including the genome database.

Why do ecosystems matter to human health? -- How have ecosystems changed and what are the health implications? -- What actions are required to address the health consequences of ecosystem change? -- How can priorities be established for actions to address the health consequences of ecosystem change? -- What are the policy implications of the most robust findings and key uncertainties?

I. Hierarchical ecotoxicology. The hierarchical science of ecotoxicology -- II. Organismal ecotoxicology. The organismal ecotoxicology context -- Biochemistry of toxicants -- Cells and tissues -- Organs and organ systems -- Physiology -- Bioaccumulation -- Models of bioaccumulation and bioavailability -- Lethal effects -- Sublethal effects -- Conclusion -- III. Population ecotoxicology. The population ecotoxicology context -- Epidemiology : the study of disease in populations -- Toxicants and simple population models -- Toxicants and population demographics -- Phenogenetics of exposed populations -- Population genetics : damage and stochastic dynamics of the germ line -- Population genetics : natural selection -- Conclusion -- IV. Community ecotoxicology. Introduction to community ecotoxicology -- Biotic and abiotic factors that regulate communities -- Biomonitoring and the responses of communities to contaminants -- Experimental approaches in community ecology and ecotoxicology -- Application of multimetric and multivariate approaches in community ecotoxicology -- Disturbance ecology and the responses of communities to contaminants -- Community responses to global and atmospheric stressors -- Effects of contaminants on trophic structure and food webs -- Conclusions -- V. Ecosystem ecotoxicology. Introduction to ecosystem ecology and ecotoxicology -- Overview of ecosystem processes -- Descriptive approaches for assessing ecosystem responses to contaminants -- The use of microcosms, mMesocosms, and field experiments to assess ecosystem responses to contaminants and other stressors -- Patterns and processes : the relationship between species diversity and ecosystem function -- Fate and transport of contaminants in ecosystems -- Effects of global atmospheric stressors on ecosystem processes -- VI. Ecotoxicology : a comprehensive treatment--conclusion -- Conclusion.

Introduction -- When does a human being become a person? -- All human beings are persons -- How is the dignity of the person as agent recognized? Distinguishing intention from foresight -- An ethical assessment of Bush's guidelines for stem cell research -- Moral absolutism and ectopic pregnancy -- Could artificial wombs end the abortion debate? -- Solomon's dilemma: should conjointed twins Jodie and Mary have been separated? -- Capital punishment and the Catholic tradition: contradiction, circumstantial application, or development of doctrine?

V. 1. Fruits -- v. 2. Fruits -- v. 3. Fruits -- v. 4. Fruits.

Based on a study of physician education by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Calls for a major overhaul of the present approach to preparing doctors for their careers. The text addresses issues for the future of the field and takes a comprehensive look at the most pressing concerns in physician education today.-- excerpted from publisher notes.

Introduction -- Creating and destroying objects -- Methods common to all objects -- Classes and interfaces -- Generics -- Enums and annotations -- Methods -- General programming -- Exceptions -- Concurrency -- Serialization.

Understanding migraine and pregnancy -- Safety rating systems for drugs used in pregnancy and lactation -- Non-pharmacological headache treatments -- Acute treatment options for the pregnant headache patient -- Acute treatment options for the lactating headache patient -- Preventive treatment options for the pregnant headache patient -- Preventive treatment options for the lactating headache patient -- Urgent care/emergency treatment of the acute, severe headache in pregnant and lactating patients -- Work-up for headache during pregnancy and lactation -- Patient headache resources.

Preclinical data relating to estrogen's effects on cognitive performance / Robert B. Gibbs -- The short-lived effects of hormone therapy on cognitive function / Eva Hogervorst -- Clinical data from structural and functional brain imaging on estrogen's effects in the central nervous system / Daniel H.S. Silverman, Cheri L. Geist, and Natalie L. Rasgon -- Clinical data on estrogen's effects on mood / Natalie L. Rasgon, Laurel N. Zappert, and Katherine E. Williams -- Preclinical efforts to develop effective neuroSERMs for the brain / Roberta Diaz Brinton and Liqin Zhao -- Basic and clinical data on the effects of SERMs on cognition / Kristine Yaffe, Pauline M. Maki, and Peter J. Schmidt.

Part I. Introduction -- Part II. Sound Detection by Aquatic Animals -- Part III. Sound Production by Aquatic Animals -- Part IV. Physiological Effects of Sounds -- Part V. Anthropogenic Sounds and Behavior -- Part VI. Population Effects -- Part VII. Anthropogenic Sound Sources and Their Measurement -- Part VIII. Science, Regulation and Sound Exposure Criteria -- Part IX. Monitoring, Management and Mitigation -- Part X. Workshops and Concluding Remarks.

An overview of healthcare disparities -- Provider factors in healthcare disparities -- Patient factors in healthcare disparities -- Healthcare system factors in healthcare disparities -- The social "nonmedical" determinants of health -- The role of the Internet in American life -- The iHealth revolution -- Digital disparities -- The role of eHealth in patient engagement and quality improvement -- Medical informatics -- Public health informatics -- Beyond traditional paradigms in disparities research -- Health information technology policy perspectives and healthcare disparities -- Disparities and eHealth: achieving the promise and the potential.

Electric Cell-Substrate Impedance Sensing Concept to Commercialization /Ivar Giaever and Charles R. Keese --Protein Kinase C Isoforms in the Formation of Focal Adhesion Complexes: Investigated by Cell Impedance /Havovi Chichger, Katie L. Grinnell and Elizabeth O. Harrington --ECIS as a Tool in the Study of Metastasis Suppressor Genes: Epithelial Protein Lost In Neoplasm (EPLIN) /Andrew J. Sanders, Vladimir M. Saravolac, Malcolm D. Mason and Wen G. Jiang --Electrical Cell-Substrate Impedance Sensing for Measuring Cellular Transformation, Migration, Invasion, and Anticancer Compound Screening /Bryan Plunger, Chang Kyoung Choi and Tim E. Sparer --Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and the Use of ECIS /Jane Lane and Wen G. Jiang --Cell Growth and Cell Death Studied by Electric Cell-Substrate Impedance Sensing /Judith Anthea Stolwijk, Stefanie Michaelis and Joachim Wegener --Tight Junctions in Cancer Metastasis and Their Investigation Using ECIS (Electric Cell-Substrate Impedance Sensing) /Tracey A. Martin and Wen G. Jiang --Epithelial Wound Healing and the Effects of Cytokines Investigated by ECIS: Electric Cell-Substrate Impedance Sensing in Epithelial Research /Katalin Szaszi, Matthew Vandermeer and Yasaman Amoozadeh --Tumour-Endothelial and Tumour-Mesothelial Interactions Investigated by Impedance Sensing Based Cell Analyses /Wen G. Jiang, Lin Ye, Haiying Ren, Ann Kift-Morgan and Nicholas Topley, et al. --Application of Electric Cell-Substrate Impedance Sensing in Evaluation of Traditional Medicine on the Cellular Functions of Gastric and Colorectal Cancer Cells /Lin Ye, Ke Ji, Jiafu Ji, Rachel Hargest and Wen G. Jiang --Electric Cell-Substrate Impedance Sensing as a Screening Tool for Wound Healing Agents /Cheuk Lun Liu, Jacqueline Chor Wing Tam, Andrew J. Sanders, David G. Jiang and Chun Hay Ko, et al. --ECIS, Cellular Adhesion and Migration in Keratinocytes /David C. Bosanquet, Keith G. Harding and Wen G. Jiang --Current and Future Applications of ECIS Models to Study Bone Metastasis /Lin Ye, Sivan M. Bokobza, Howard G. Kynaston and Wen G. Jiang.

An introduction to electrochemical methods in neuroscience / Laura M. Borland and Adrian C. Michael -- Rapid dopamine release in freely moving rats / Donita L. Robinson and R. Mark Wightman -- Presynaptic regulation of extracellular dopamine as studied by continuous amperometry in anesthetized animals / Marianne Benoit-Marand, Marie-Francoise Suaud-Chagny, and François Gonon -- Fast scan cyclic voltammetry of dopamine and serotonin in mouse brain slices / Carrie E. John and Sara R. Jones -- High-speed chronoamperometry to study kinetics and mechanisms for serotonin clearance in vivo / Lynette C. Daws and Glenn M. Toney -- Using high-speed chronoamperometry coupled with local dopamine application to assess dopamine transporter function / Joshua M. Gulley, Gaynor A. Larson, and Nancy R. Zahniser --Determining serotonin and dopamine uptake rates in synaptosomes using high-speed chronoamperometry / Xiomara A. Perez, Amanda J. Bressler, and Anne Milasincic Andrews -- Using fast-scan cyclic voltammetry to investigate somatodendritic dopamine release / Sarah Threlfell and Stephanie J. Cragg -- From interferant anion to neuromodulator : ascorbate oxidizes its way to respectability / George V. Rebec -- Biophysical properties of brain extracellular space explored with ion-selective microelectrodes, integrative optical imaging and related techniques / Sabina Hrabetová and Charles Nicholson -- Hydrogen peroxide as a diffusible messenger : evidence from voltammetric studies of dopamine release in brain slices / Margaret E. Rice, Marat V. Avshalumov, and Jyoti C. Patel --In vivo voltammetry with telemetry / Paul A. Garris ... [et al.] -- Oxidative stress at the single cell level / Christian Amatore and Stephane Arbault -- Electrochemistry at the cell membrane/solution interface / Nathan Wittenberg ... [et al.] -- The patch amperometry technique : design of a method to study exocytosis of single vesicles / Gregor Dernick, Guillermo Alvarez de Toledo, and Manfred Lindau -- Amperometric detection of dopamine exocytosis from synaptic terminals / Roland G.W. Staal, Stephen Rayport, and David Sulzer -- Scanning electrochemical microscopy as a tool in neuroscience / Albert Schulte and Wolfgang Schuhmann --Principles, development and applications of self-referencing electrochemical microelectrodes to the determination of fluxes at cell membranes / Peter J.S. Smith, Richard H. Sanger, and Mark A. Messerli -- Second-by-second measures of L-glutamate and other neurotransmitters using enzyme-based microelectrode arrays / Kevin N. Hascup ... [et al.] -- Telemetry for biosensor systems / David A. Johnson and George S. Wilson -- The principles, development and application of microelectrodes for the in vivo determination of nitric oxide / Michael J. Serpe and Xueji Zhang -- In vivo fast-scan cyclic voltammetry of dopamine near microdialysis probes / Hua Yang and Adrian C. Michael.

1. Principles and methods. Full-field electroretinograms -- Focal macular ERGs -- Multifocal ERGs -- Electrooculography -- Optical coherence tomography -- 2. Hereditary retinal and allied diseases. Retinitis pigmentosa -- Crystalline retinopathy (Bietti) -- Batten disease -- Kearns-Sayre syndrome -- Choroideremia -- Gyrate atrophy -- Enhanced s-cone syndrome -- X-linked retinoschisis -- Nettleship-falls x-linked ocular albinism -- Complete and incomplete types of CSNB -- Fundus albipunctatus -- Oguchi's disease -- Cone dystrophy -- Rod monochromacy -- Blue cone monochromacy -- Congenital tritanopia - differential diagnosis of dominantly inherited juvenile optic atrophy -- Rod-cone dysfunction syndrome with an unusual form of ERG -- Association of negative ERG with diseases of unknown etiology -- Occult macular dystrophy --Stargardt's disease (fundus flavimaculatus) -- Best's disease -- 3. Acquired retinal diseases. Diabetic retinopathy -- Retinal circulatory disturbances -- Retinal and choroidal detachment -- Inflammatory diseases of retina and choroid -- 4. Acquired macular diseases. Central serous chorioretinopathy -- Aphakic or pseudophakic cystoid macular edema -- Idiopathic epimacular membranes -- Foveal thickness and focal macular ERG -- Idiopathic macular hole -- Macular pseudohole -- Age-related macular degeneration.

The scope of the EMG examination -- Routine clinical electromyography -- Specialized electrodiagnostic studies -- Electrodiagnostic findings in neuromuscular disorders.

Conventional specimen preparation techniques for transmission electron microscopy of cultured cells / John J. Bozzola -- Processing biological tissues for ultrastructural study / José A. Mascorro and John J. Bozzola -- Processing plant tissues for ultrastructural study / John Kuo and Ivan Kuo -- Microwave-assisted processing and embedding for transmission electron microscopy / Paul Webster -- Ultramicrotomy for biological electron microscopy / Herbert K. Hagler -- Poststaining grids for transmission electron microscopy : conventional and alternative protocols / E. Ann Ellis -- Negative staining of thinly spread biological samples / J. Robin Harris -- Recent advances in high-pressure freezing : equipment- and specimen-loading methods / Kent L. McDonald ... [et al.] --Cryo-ultramicrotomy : cryo-electron microscopy of vitreous sections / Dimitri Vanhecke, Luca Studer, and Daniel Studer -- Cell-free extract systems and the cytoskeleton : preparation of biochemical experiments for transmission electron microscopy / Margaret Coughlin, William M. Brieher, and Ryoma Ohi -- Electron microscopy/in situ hybridization tracking of DNA and RNA sequences at high resolution / Dusan Cmarko and Karel Koberna -- Correlative light and electron microscopy using immunolabeled resin sections / Heinz Schwarz and Bruno M. Humbel -- Cryosectioning fixed and cryoprotected biological material for immunocytochemistry / Paul Webster and Alexandre Webster -- F-TEM images : integrating fluorescence microscopy with transmission electron microscopy / Paul A. Sims and Jeff D. Hardin --Quantitative immunoelectron microscopy : alternative ways of assessing subcellular patterns of gold labelling / Terry M. Mayhew -- Electron crystallography of membrane proteins / Hui-Ting Chou, James Evans, and Henning Stahlberg -- Cryo-electron microscopy of icosahedral virus particle / Wen Jiang and Wah Chiu -- 3D reconstructions of chromosomes with electron tomography / Peter Engelhardt -- Whole-mount immuno-electron tomography of chromosomes and cells / Peter Engelhardt ... [et al.] -- 3D cryo-transmission electron microscopy of cells and organelles / Michael Marko and Chyong-Ere Hsieh -- Electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) as a tool for elemental analysis in biological specimens / Nadine Kapp ... [et al.] -- Conventional specimen preparation techniques for scanning electron microscopy of biological specimens / John J. Bozzola --Variable pressure and environmental scanning electron microscopy : imaging of biological samples / Brendan J. Griffin -- Cryoplaning technique for visualizing the distribution of water in woody tissue by cryo-scanning electron microscopy / Yasuhiro Utsumi and Yuzou Sano -- X-ray microanalysis in the scanning electron microscope / Godfrield M. Roomans and Anca Dragomir -- Botanical SEM X-ray microanalysis in cryo-scanning electron microscopy / Beat Frey -- Static secondary ion mass spectrometry for biological and biomedical research / Nicholas P. Lockyer -- Using secondary ion mass spectrometry and multi-isotope imaging mass spectrometry in biological materials : application to higher plants / Nicole Grignon.

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Introduction to e-Healthcare Information Security / Charles A. Shoniregun, Kudakwashe Dube and Fredrick Mtenzi -- Securing e-Healthcare Information / Charles A. Shoniregun, Kudakwashe Dube and Fredrick Mtenzi -- Laws and Standards for Secure e-Healthcare Information / Charles A. Shoniregun, Kudakwashe Dube and Fredrick Mtenzi -- Secure e-Healthcare Information Systems / Charles A. Shoniregun, Kudakwashe Dube and Fredrick Mtenzi -- Towards a Comprehensive Framework for Secure e-Healthcare Information / Charles A. Shoniregun, Kudakwashe Dube and Fredrick Mtenzi -- Towards a Unified Security Evaluation Framework for e-Healthcare Information Systems / Charles A. Shoniregun, Kudakwashe Dube and Fredrick Mtenzi -- Discussions / Charles A. Shoniregun, Kudakwashe Dube and Fredrick Mtenzi.

Chapter 1. Identifying general requirements -- Chapter 2. Identifying detailed requirements -- Chapter 3. Selecting a solution -- Chapter 4. Implementing an electronic recording and reporting system .

Field Potential Generation and Current Source Density Analysis / L. Stan Leung -- Current Source Density Analysis of Ongoing Neural Activity: Theory and Application / Yonghong Chen, Mukesh Dhamala, Anil Bollimunta, Charles E. Schroeder, Mingzhou Ding -- The Juxtacellular Recording-Labeling Technique / Didier Pinault -- Neural Recording Using Digital Telemetry / André A. Fenton, Kathryn J. Jeffery, James G. Donnett -- Large-Scale Neural Ensembles in Mice: Methods for Recording and Data Analysis / Hui Kuang, Joe Z. Tsien -- Behavioral Correlates of Neuronal Activity Recorded as Single-Units: Promises and Pitfalls as Illustrated by the Rodent Head Direction Cell Signal / Robert W. Stackman -- Event-Related Potentials of the Cerebral Cortex / Steven L. Bressler -- Multisite Spike-Field Coherence, Theta Rhythmicity, and Information Flow Within Papez's Circuit / Zimbul Albo, Gonzalo Viana Prisco, Robert P. Vertes -- Cognitively Relevant Recoding in Hippocampus: Beneficial Feedback of Ensemble Codes in a Closed Loop Paradigm / Robert E. Hampson, John D. Simeral, Theodore W. Berger, Dong Song, Rosa H. Chan, Vasilis Z. Marmarelis, Sam A. Deadwyler -- An Intact Septo-Hippocampal Preparation for Investigating the Mechanisms of Hippocampal Oscillation / Romain Goutagny, Jesse Jackson, Sylvain Williams -- Targeted Modulation of Neural Circuits: A New Treatment Strategy for Neuropsychiatric Disease / Helen S. Mayberg, Paul E. Holtzheimer.

Pt. I. Basic concepts of DNA transfer via electroporation. Application of electroporation gene therapy: past, current, and future / Lluis M. Mir -- Mechanism by which electroporation mediates DNA migration and entry into cells and targeted tissues / Marie-Pierre Rols -- Applicator and electrode design for in vivo DNA delivery by electroporation / Dietmar Rabussay -- Electrode assemblies used for electroporation of cultured cells / Leda Raptis and Kevin L. Firth -- Formulations for DNA delivery via electroporation in vivo / Khursheed Anwer -- Overview of drug delivery and alternative methods to electroporation / Sek-Wen Hui -- Nanoelectroporation: a first look / Raji Sundararajan -- Pt. II. In vitro targeted gene delivery via electroporation. Nucleofection of human embryonic stem cells / Henrike Siemen ... [et al.] -- Delivery of whole tumor lysate into dendritic cells for cancer vaccination / Linda N. Liu ... [et al.] -- Delivery of tumor-antigen-encoding mRNA into dendritic cells for vaccination / Annelies Michiels ... [et al.] --Delivery of DNA into natural killer cells for immunotherapy / Kathrin Schoenberg, Hans-Ingo Trompeter, and Markus Uhrberg -- Electroporation of adherent cells in situ for the study of signal transduction and gap junctional communication / Leda Raptis ... [et al.] -- Delivery of DNA into adipocytes within adipose tissue / James G. Granneman -- Pt. III. In vivo targeted gene delivery via electroporation. Delivery of DNA into muscle for treating systemic diseases: advantages and challenges / Capucine Trollet, Daniel Scherman, and Pascal Bigey -- Delivery of DNA into skeletal muscle in large animals / Patricia A. Brown, Amir S. Khan, and Ruxandra Draghia-Akli -- Delivery of DNA into skin via electroporation / Babu M. Medi and Jagdish Singh -- Electroporation-mediated gene delivery to the lungs / Rui Zhou, James E. Norton, and David A. Dean -- Delivery of DNA into bladder via electroporation / Masaki Yoshida ... [et al.] -- Analysis of gene function in the retina / Takahiko Matsuda and Constance L. Cepko -- Optical in vivo imaging of electrically mediated delivery of siRNA into muscle for gene function analysis / Muriel Golzio and Justin Teissie -- Electroporation of adult zebrafish / N. Madhusudhana Rao, K. Murali Rambabu, and S. Harinarayana Rao --Pt. IV. Treatment of cancer via electroporation gene therapy. Flow electroporation with pulsed electric fields for purging tumor cells / Abie Craiu and David Scadden -- Delivery of DNA into tumors / Shulin Li -- Intraturmoral bieomycin and IL-12 electrochemogenetherapy for treating head and neck tumors in dogs / Jeffry Cutrera ... [et al.] -- Systemic IL-12 gene therapy for treating malignancy via intramuscular electroporation / Shiguo Zhu and Shulin Li -- Treatment of SCCVII tumors with systemic chemotherapy and interleukin-12 gene therapy combination / Marina Torrero and Shulin Li -- Electroporation for drug and gene delivery in the cliic: doctors go electric / Julie Gehl -- IL-2 plasmid electroporation: from preclinical studies in phase I clinical trial / Holly M. Horton, Peggy A. Lalor, and Alain P. Rolland -- Pt. V. Treatment of other diseases via electroporation gene therapy. Factor IX gene therapy for hemophilia / James G. Fewell -- KGF-1 for wound healing in animal models / Guy P. Marti ... [et al.] -- Hapatocyte growth factor gene therapy for hypertension / Kazuo Komamura ... [et al.] -- Electroporation of corrective nucleic acids (CNA) in vivo to promote gene correction in dstrophic muscle / Robert M.I. Kapsa, Sharon H.A. Wong, and Anita F. Quigley --Gene delivery to dystrophic muscle / Kim E. Wells ... [et al.] -- Effect of electroporation on cardiac electrophysiology / Vadim V. Fedorov, Vladimir P. Nikolski, and Igor R. Efimov -- Muscle and fat mass modulation in different clinical models / Ruxandra Draghia-Akli and Amir S. Khan -- Pt. VI. Applications of electroporation for DNA vaccination. DNA vaccination for prostate cancer / Anna-Karin Roos, Alan King, and Pavel Pisa -- HER2/neu DNA vaccination for breast tumors / Arianna Smorlesi ... [et al.] -- Electroporation-mediated HBV DNA vaccination in primate models / Yong-Gang Zhao and Yuhong Xu -- Taking electroporation-based delivery of DNA vaccination into humans: a generic clinical protocol / Torunn Elisabeth Tjelle ... [et al.] -- Production of monoclonal antibody by DNA immunization with electroporation / Kaw Yan Chua, John D.A. Ramos, and Nge Cheong.

ch. 1. Introduction and preview -- ch. 2. Entropy, relative entropy, and mutual information -- ch. 3. Asymptotic equipartition property -- ch. 4. Entropy rates of a stochastic process -- ch. 5. Data compression -- ch. 6. Gambling and data compression -- ch. 7. Channel capacity -- ch. 8. Differential entropy -- ch. 9. Gaussian channel -- ch. 10. Rate distortion theory -- ch. 11. Information theory and statistics -- ch. 12. Maximum entropy -- ch. 13. Universal source coding -- ch. 14. Kolmogorov complexity -- ch. 15. Network information theory -- ch. 16. Information theory and portfolio theory -- ch. 17. Inequalities in information theory.

ch. 1. Introductory orientation -- ch. 2. The Conformation of informational macromolecules -- ch. 3. Information processing in cells -- ch. 4. Molecular evolution -- ch. 5. Manipulating biomolecules -- ch. 6. Genomics -- ch. 7. Biomembranes -- ch. 8. G-protein-coupled receptors -- ch. 9. Pumps -- ch. 10. Ligand-gated ion channels -- ch. 11. Voltage-gated channels -- ch. 12. Resting potentials and cable conduction -- ch. 13. Sensory transduction -- ch. 14. The Action potential -- ch. 15. The Neuron as a secretory cell -- ch. 16. Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators -- ch. 17. The Postsynaptic cell -- ch. 18. Developmental genetics of the brain -- ch. 19. Epigenetics of the brain -- ch. 20. Memory -- ch. 21. Some pathologies.

Rick's Big Adventure -- All My Trials -- Fish Ate My Cancer -- Smoker's Cough -- Conference With Counsel -- Coming Through -- Here's Henry -- Why Me? -- How Do They Know What I've Got? -- Doctors and Cancer: Firewall.

I. Underlying causes of healthcare disparities -- 1. Historical perspectives on healthcare disparities : is the past prologue? / Richard Allen Williams -- 2. Epidemiology of racial and ethnic disparities in health and healthcare / George A. Mensah and Maleeka J. Glover -- 3. Cultural diversity in medicine and in healthcare delivery / Richard Allen Williams -- II. Current problems -- 4. Healthcare and the politics of race / M. Gregg Bloche -- 5. Barriers to eliminating disparities in clinical practice: lessons from the IOM report "Unequal Treatment" / Joseph R. Betancourt and Angela Maina -- 6. Second-class medicine: implications of evidence-based medicine for improving minority access to the correct pharmaceutical therapy / Randall W. Maxey and Richard Allen Williams -- 7. The diversity benefit: how does diversity among health professionals address public needs? / Brian D. Smedley -- III. Approaches to correcting the problems -- 8. Eliminating disparities in healthcare through quality improvement / Kevin Fiscella -- 9. Eliminating racial discrimination in healthcare: a call for state healthcare anti-discrimination law / Vernellia R. Randall -- 10. Quality of care and health disparities: the evolving role of government / Garth N. Graham -- 11. The role of communities in eliminating healthcare disparities: getting down to the grass roots / JudyAnn Bigby -- 12. The potential impact of performance incentive programs on racial disparities in healthcare / Alyna T. Chien -- IV. Examples of what works -- 13. Monitoring socioeconomic determinants for healthcare disparities: tools from the Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project / Nancy Krieger ... [et a.] -- 14. The Association of Black Cardiologists: a small-group success story / Richard Allen Williams -- 15. Breathe easy in Seattle: addressing asthma disparities through healthier housing / James W. Krieger ... [et al.] -- 16. Access Health Solutions: a minority physician network model that works / Kathy B. Jackson -- 17. Carolinas Association for Community Health Equity-CACHE: a community coalition to address health disparities in racial and ethnic minorities in Mecklenburg County North Carolina / Yele Aluko -- V. Concluding recommendations -- 18. Principles for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare / John Z. Ayanian and Richard Allen Williams.

A certain sense of self -- Shedding encumbrances -- One of Gall's gals -- Revelations -- Opportunism -- Gold rush -- Entering the fray -- An interlocking system -- Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde? -- Members of a guild -- Citizen scientist -- Political fallout -- "You have to think it's fun" -- Notes -- Bibliography.

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Features of embitterment --Embitterment -- a larger perspective on a forgotten emotion /Hansjö̲rg Znoj --Hope and embitterment /Beate Schrank, Astrid Grant Hay --Embitterment -- from the perspective of justice psychology /Claudia Dalbert --Revenge after trauma; theoretical outline /Ira Gäbler, Andreas Maercker --"She looks back without bitterness": Wisdom as a developmental opposite of embitterment /Judith Glück --Personality as risk and resilience in embitterment reactions /Anja Dodek, Sven Barnow --Neurobiological correlates of social exclusion and social pain /Anna K. Berkefeld, Dieter F. Brauss --Context of embitterment --Relationships and embitterment /Kurt Hahlweg, Donald H. Baucom --Self-regulation of bitterness across the lifespan /Carsten Wrosch, Jesse Renaud --Cancer patients: loss of meaning, demoralization and embitterment /Anja Mehnert, Sigrun Vehling --Embitterment and the workplace /Beate Muschalla, Michael Linden --Embittermenta in Asia: losing face, inequality and alienation under historical and modern perspectives /Changsu Han --Embitterment and personality disorder /Max Rotter --Context of embitterment --Embitterment syndrome: options for psychopharmacological management /Borwin Bandelow --Forgiveness therapy to treat embitterment: a review of relevant research /Nathaniel G. Wade, Brian C. Post, Marilyn A. Cornish --Wisdom psychotherapy /Barbara Lieberei, Michael LInden --Embitterment and forgiveness in the context of the conflict in Northern Ireland /Ed Cairns, Miles Hewstone --Classification of embitterment --PTSD and beyond: embitterment and relevant concepts of nosology /Andreas Maercker --Embitterment in suicide and homicide-sucide /Kenneth R. Conner, Robert L. Weisman --Should embitterment be included among mental disorders? /Norman Sartorius --Posttraumatic embitterment disorder, PTED /Michael Linden --Classification of "reactive" mental disorders in ICD and DSM /Michael B. First --Contextual facators and reacative disorders in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health /Cille Kennedy, T. Bedirhan Üstün --Reactive mental disorders: stressors, personality and symptoms /Patricia Casey.

How does an embryo form? -- How do the placenta and fetal membranes form? -- The body cavities and the diaphragm -- The integumentary, skeletal, and muscular systems -- The respiratory system -- The cardiovascular system -- The digestive system -- The urinary system -- The reproductive system -- The nervous system -- Development of the head and neck, the eye, and the ear.

v. 1. Isolation and characterization -- v. 2. Differentiation models.

Derivation and maintenance of embryonic stem cells -- Differentiation of embryonic stem cells.

Defined culture media for human embryonic stem cells / T. Ludwig and J. Thomson -- Generation of disease-specific human embryonic stem cell lines / S. Minger -- Characterization and differentiation of human embryonic stem cells / A. Laslett ... [et al.] -- Genetic modification of human embryonic stem cells / T. Zwaka -- Hematopoietic differentiation / C. Cerdan ... [et al.] -- Neural differentiation / Z.-J. Zhang ... [et al.] -- Germ cell differentiation / V. Angeles and R. Pera -- Mesodermal differentiation / N. Sharon and N. Benvenisty -- Three-dimensional culture of human embryonic stem cells / S. Gerecht ... [et al.] -- Extraembryonic cell differentiation / L. Armstrong and M. Lako -- Pancreatic cell differentiation / B. Fishman ... [et al.] -- Cardiomyocyte differentiation / D. Singla ... [et al.] -- Human embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells: Complementary tools for embryonic stem cell research / P. Tonge and P. Andrews -- Quality control of human stem cell lines / G. Stacey.

Procedures for deriving ES cell lines from the mouse / Frances A. Brook -- Production of ES cell-derived mice / Yoko Kato and Yukio Tsunoda -- Generating animal models of human mitochondrial genetic disease using mouse ES cells / Grant R. MacGregor ... [et al.] -- Controlling the differentiation of mouse ES cells in vitro / Michael V. Wiles and Gabriele Proetzel -- In vitro differentiation of mouse ES cells into muscle cells / Yelena S. Tarasova [et al.] -- In vitro differentiation of mouse ES cells into haematopoietic cells / Osamu Ohneda and Masayuki Yamamoto -- Lineage selection and transplantation of mouse ES cell-derived neural precursors / Tanja Schmandt, Tamara Glaser and Oliver Brüstle -- In vitro differentiation of mouse ES cells into pancreatic and hepatic cells / Przemyslaw Blyszczuk, Gabriela Kania and Anna M. Wobus -- Isolation and characterization of human ES cells / Martin F. Pera -- Differentiation of human ES cells / Sharon Gerecht-Nir and Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor -- ES cell lines from the cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) / Hirofumi Suemori [et al.].

The relationship between genotype and phenotype : some basic concepts / Philip Stanier and Gudrun Moore -- Uses of databases in dysmorphology / Michael Baraitser -- Human cytogenetics / J.D.A. Delhanty -- Identification and analysis of genes involved in congenital malformation syndromes / Peter J. Scambler -- Transgenic technology and its role in understanding normal and abnormal mammalian development / Valerie Vidal and Andreas Schedl -- Chemical teratogens : hazards, tools, and clues / Nigel A. Brown -- The limbs / Patrizia Ferretti and Cheryll Tickle -- Brain and spinal cord / Andrew J. Copp -- Birth defects affecting the eye / Jane C. Sowden -- The ear / Sarah L. Spiden and Karen P. Steel -- Development of the enteric nervous system in relation to Hirschsprung's Disease / Heather M. Young, Donald F. Newgreen and Alan J. Burns -- The head / Gillian M. Morriss-Kay -- The heart / Deborah Henderson, Mary R. Hutson and Margaret L. Kirby -- The skin / Ahmad Waseem and Irene M. Leigh -- The vertebral column / David Rice and Susanne Dietrich -- The kidney / Paul J.D. Winyard -- The teeth / Irma Thesleff.

Section I. Resuscitation skills and techniques -- Section II. Special considerations in the pediatric patient -- Section III. Head and neck injuries -- Section IV. Gastrointestinal diseases -- Section V. Pulmonary diseases -- Section VI. Cardiac diseases -- Section VII. Vascular diseases -- Section VIII. Injuries to bones and organs -- Section IX. Neurologic diseases -- Section X. Allergic inflammatory, and autoimmune disorders -- Section XI. Genitourinary and renal diseases -- Section XII. Women's health and gynecologic diseases -- Section XIII. Environmental injuries -- Section XIV. Toxicologic emergencies -- Section XV. Bites, stings, and injuries from animals -- Section XVI. Metabolic and endocrine disorders -- Section XVII. Infections -- Section XVIII. Wounds and skin injuries -- Section XIX. Rashes -- Section XX. Emergency psychiatric disorders -- Section XXI. Hematology and oncology management -- Section XXII. Leadership, communication, and administration -- Index.

Resuscitation -- Cardiovascular emergencies -- Pulmonary emergencies -- Gastrointestinal emergencies -- Urogenital emergencies -- Infectious disease emergencies -- Metabolic emergencies -- Endocrine emergencies -- Neurologic emergencies -- Rheumatologic and allergic emergencies -- Dermatologic emergencies -- Eye, ear, nose, throat, and dental emergencies -- Psychiatric emergencies -- Obstetric and gynecologic emergencies -- Pediatric emergencies -- Hematologic and oncologic emergencies -- Trauma emergencies -- Orthopedic emergencies -- Wound emergencies -- Toxicologic emergencies -- Environmental emergencies -- Emergency medical services -- Disaster medicine -- Legal issues.

Headache in the Emergency Department /Carrie E. Robertson, David F. Black and Jerry W. Swanson --/Low Back Pain Emergencies /Luis A. Serrano, Tim Maus and J. D. Bartleson --/Dizziness and Vertigo Presentations in the Emergency Department /Kevin A. Kerber and Robert W. Baloh --/Syncope /Mark D. Carlson --/Acute Visual Loss /Cédric Lamirel, Nancy J. Newman and Valérie Biousse --/Diplopia, Third Nerve Palsies, and Sixth Nerve Palsies /Janet C. Rucker --/Facial Nerve Palsy /James M. Gilchrist --/Acute Stroke Evaluation and Management /Ty Tiesong Shang, Dileep R. Yavagal, Jose G. Romano and Ralph L. Sacco --/Intracerebral Hemorrhage /Pratik Vishnu Patel, Lucas Elijovich and J. Claude Hemphill --/Seizures and Status Epilepticus /Sandipan Pati and Joseph I. Sirven --/Central Nervous System Infections /Karen L. Roos --/Weakness (Guillain-Barré Syndrome) /Mengjing Huan and A. Gordon Smith --/Spinal Cord Compression and Myelopathies /William F. Schmalstieg and Brian G. Weinshenker --/Movement Disorder Emergencies /Robert L. Rodnitzky --/Encephalopathy /Steven L. Lewis --/Acute Respiratory Failure in Neuromuscular Disorders /Cynthia L. Bodkin and Robert M. Pascuzzi --/Coma and Brain Death /Robert E. Hoesch and Romergryko G. Geocadin --/Neurotoxicology Emergencies /Laura M. Tormoehlen --/Substance Abuse, Somatization, and Personality Disorders /

The term "acute abdomen" refers to a serious, often progressive clinical situation that calls for immediate diagnostic and therapeutic action. Today, diagnosis via imaging has basically replaced the physical examination in the emergency room and the Radiologist has become of primary importance in this setting. However, close co-operation among the various specialists involved is essential for successful patient management, and thus the Radiologist needs to have a full understanding of the imaging modalities and technical skills required, as well as appropriate clinical knowledge of t

Global effects and prevention of emerging and epidemic pathogens: cholera and citrus greening as examples -- Surveillance -- Epidemiological surveillance of highly pathogenic diseases in Kazakhstan -- Surveillance on plague in Natural foci in Georgia -- Application of modern techniques for studying bacterial pathogens in Georgia -- Especially dangerous infections in Azerbaijan -- Strengthening the early-warning function of the surveillance system: the Macedonian experience -- Integrating geographic information systems and ecological niche modeling into disease ecology: a case study of Bacillus anthracis in the United States and Mexico -- Molecular analysis and tools -- Applications of paleomicrobiology to the understanding of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases -- Characterization of a putative hemagglutinin gene in the caprine model for brucellosis -- Pathoadaptation of especially dangerous pathogens -- Detection of pathogens via high-throughput sequencing -- Environmental infuences on the relative stability of baculoviruses and Vaccinia virus: a review.

pt. 1. Identifying emerging pathogens -- pt. 2. Individual pathogens.

1. Introduction -- 2. Investigative Toxicology: The State of the Art -- 3. Screening Technologies I: Human Cell-Based Approaches -- 4. Screening Technologies II: Toxicogenomics -- 5. Screening Technologies III: Metabolomics -- 6. Screening Technologies IV: Pharmacogenetics -- 7. Qualifying Biomarkers -- 8. Pharmacovigilance -- 9. Integration -- 10. The Future of Safety Science.

Global changes in diet and activity patterns as drivers of the nutrition transition / Popkin, B.M. -- Regional case studies : India / Reddy, K.S. -- Regional case studies : China / Yin, S. -- Regional case studies : Africa / Prentice, A.M. -- Obesity in emerging nations : evolutionary origins and the impact of a rapid nutrition transition / Prentice, A.M. -- Prenatal origins of undernutrition / Christian, P. -- Postnatal origins of undernutrition / Prost, M.-A. -- Malnutrition, long-term health, and the effect of nutritional recovery / Sawaya, A.L. ... [et al.] -- The role of epigenetics in mediating environmental effects on phenotype / Morgan, D.; Whitelaw, E. -- Metabolism of methionine in vivo : impact of pregnancy, protein restriction, and fatty liver disease / Kalhan, S.C. -- Adiposity and comorbidities : favorable impact of caloric restriction / Ravussin, E.; Redman, L.M. -- Obesity, inflammation, and macrophages / Subramanian, V.; Ferrante, A.W., Jr. -- Obesity, hepatic metabolism and disease / Edmison, J.M.; Kalhan, S.C.; McCullough, A.J. -- Imperative of preventive measures addressing the life-cycle / Yajnik, C.S. -- New approaches to optimizing early diets / Polberger, S. -- Prevention of low birthweight / Alam, D.S. -- Community-based approaches to address childhood undernutrition and obesity in developing countries / Shetty, P.

The Singapore contribution in the battle against the severe acute respiratory syndrome / Fielding, B.C., Tan, Y.-J. -- Avian influenza in Thailand / Puthavathana, P. ... [et al.] -- Emerging viral diseases of fish and shrimp / Wang, M. ... [et al.] -- Avian influenza H5N1 virus: an emerging global pandemic / Lal, S.K., Chow, V.T.K. -- Henipaviruses: new threats for Southeast Asia and Australia / McCormack, J., Smith, G. -- Ross River virus: an arthritogenic alphavirus of significant importance in the Asia Pacific / Tupanceska, D. ... [et al.] -- Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in our global village / Heymann, D.L. -- Role of a pathology laboratory in SARS and other emerging infections / Nicholls, J., Peiris, J.S.M. -- The fight against emerging viral diseases in Asia / Lam, S.K.

The history and impact of genetics in medicine -- The cellular and molecular basis of inheritance -- Chromosomes and cell division -- DNA technology and applications -- Mapping and identifying genes for monogenic disorders -- Developmental genetics -- Patterns of inheritance -- Mathematical and population genetics -- Polygenic and multifactorial inheritance -- Hemoglobin and the hemoglobinopathies -- Biochemical genetics -- Pharmacogenetics -- Immunogentics -- Cancer genetics -- Genetic factors in common diseases -- Congenital abnormalities and dysmorphic syndromes -- Genetic counseling -- Chromosome disorders -- Single-gene disorders -- Screening for genetic disease -- Prenatal testing and reproductive genetics -- Risk calculation -- Treatment of genetic disease -- Ethical and legal issues in medical genetics.

Introduction: Emotions, emotion regulation, and health / Johan Denollet, Ivan Nyklíček, Ad J.J.M. Vingerhoets -- Coping styles and aggression : a biobehavioral approach / Jaap M. Koolhaas, Sietse F. de Boer -- New avenues in alexithymia research : the creation of alexithymia types / Peter Paul Moormann ... [et al.] -- Current issues in repressive coping and health / Lynn B. Myers ... [et al.] -- Why crying improves our well-being : an attachment-theory perspective on the functions of adult crying / Michelle C.P. Hendriks .. [et al.] -- Emotional intelligence : relationships to stress, health, and well-being / Guus L. van Heck, Brenda L. den Oudsten -- Emotion expression in depression : emerging evidence for emotion context-insensitivity / Jonathan Rottenberg, Christine Vaughan -- Emotion regulation and the anxiety disorders : adopting a self-regulation perspective / Thomas L. Rodebaugh, Richard G. Heimberg -- The clinical assessment and treatment of trauma-related self and affect dysregulation / Annemiek van Dijke -- Emotional inhibition, health, gender, and eating disorders : the role of (over) sensitivity to others / Marrie H.J. Bekker, Sonja T.P. Spoor -- Emotional competence and health in children / Carolien Rieffe, Mark Meerum Terwogt, Francine C. Jellesma -- Crying in psychotherapy : its meaning, assessment, and management based on attachment theory / Judith K. Nelson -- Expressive writing in the clinical context / Joshua M. Smyth, Deborah Nazarian, Danielle Arigo -- Writing for all, for some, or for no one? Some thoughts on the applications and evaluations of the writing technique / Luigi Solano, Maria Bonadies, Michela Di Trani.

Prologue -- Concepts and approaches -- Empirical studies: Shame and pride : prototypical emotions between biology and culture.

"Of blacke cholor, without boyling" -- An impatient war -- "Will you turn me out if I can't get better?" -- Prevention is the cure -- "A distorted version of our normal selves" -- The fruits of long endeavors -- Atossa's war.

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v. 1. A-K -- v. 2. L-Z.

Foundation topics. Biology of aging / Teresa Dolinar. The history and demography of aging in the United States / Gail E. Souare, Linda S. Lloyd. Cultural diversity among elders in the US : meeting the challenge of the ethnogeriatric imperative / Gwen Yeo. Legal aspects of aging / Janet L. Lowder ... [et al.] The participation of cognitivelly impaired elderly in research / Sana Loue -- Topics in aging and public health.

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Subject Classification: -- Addiction -- Animal Models of Behavior -- Behavioral Genetics -- Brain Aging -- Brain Structure and Function -- Cognitive Neuroscience -- Disease and Dysfunction -- Developmental Biology -- Emotion and Emotional Behavior -- Ethology and Neuroethology -- Evolution and Comparative Biology -- History -- Language and Communication -- Learning and Memory -- Molecular Neurobiology -- Motivation and Reward -- Motor Systems and Motor Control -- Neuroplasticity -- Psychoneuroendocrinology -- Reproductive , Parental and Sexual behavior -- Sensation and Perception -- Sleeping, Waking and Arousal -- Social Behavior/Cognition -- Stress.

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2-, 3pk (MAPKAPK-2, -3) --23 kDa Photoreceptor Cell-Specific Protein --5-HT --5-HT(2B) --5-HT 2B Receptor --5-HT-2B --5-HT1C --5-HT2B --5-HT2C --5-Hydroxytryptamine --5-Hydroxytryptamine (Serotonin) Receptor 2B --5-Hydroxytryptamine 2B Receptor --5-Hydroxytryptamine Receptor 2B /Stéphane Doly, Silvina Laura Diaz, Arnauld Belmer, Anne Roumier and Luc Maroteaux --5-Hydroxytryptamine Receptor 2C /Carine Becamel, Philippe Marin and Joël Bockaert --90 kDa Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinase 5 --90 kDa Ribosomal S6 Kinase --94 kDa Glucose-Regulated Protein. --A-Kinase Anchoring Protein (AKAP) /Graeme K. Carnegie and John D. Scott --A-Protein --A-RAF /Jens Rauch and Walter Kolch --A-Type Endothelin Receptor --A1 (BCL2-Related Protein A1), BFL-1, BCL2L5 (BCL-2 like 5) --AbaA (Aspergillus nidulans) --ABC1 (for ABCA1) and ABC2 (for ABCA2) --ABCA --ABCA Transporters /Esther E. Biswas-Fiss, Stephanie Affet and Malissa Ha --ABCR and Rim Protein (for ABCA4) --AC9 --Acidic FGF --ACIX --ACK1 /Takaya Satoh --Activated Cdc42Hs-Associated Kinase 1 --Activators of G-Protein Signaling (AGS) /Joe B. Blumer and Stephen M. Lanier --ACTR --ADAP /Ana Kasirer-Friede --ADAP1 /Benjamin J. Gosney and Venkateswarlu Kanamarlapudi --ADAPT78 --Adaptor Protein Complex 4 --Adaptor-Related Protein Complex 4 --Adcy9 --ADCY9 (Adenylyl Cyclase 9) /Ferenc András Antoni --Adenine Nucleotide Translocase --Adenomatous Polyposis Coli --Adenyl Cyclase --Adenylate Cyclase --Adenylate Cyclase 9 --Adenylyl Cyclase /Carmen W. Dessauer and Rachna Sadana --Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitory Gi Alpha Subunit --Adenylyl Cyclase type 9 --Adhesion GPCRs /Christiane Kirchhoff and Ben Davies --ADP Ribosylation Factor GTPase-Activating Protein 1 --ADP-Ribosyl Cyclase --ADP-Ribosylation Factor --ADP-Ribosylation Factor-Like 10C --ADP-Ribosylation Factor-Like 8B --ADP/ATP carrier --aFGF --AIB1 --AIF /Nazanine Modjtahedi and Guido Kroemer --aIF6 in Archae --AIFM1 (Apoptosis-Inducing Factor, Mitochondrion-Associated, 1) --Alpha E Integrin /Bryan A. Anthony and Gregg A. Hadley --Alpha Polypeptide --Alpha v Integrin --Alpha-2-Macroglobulin Receptor (A2MR) --ALX --ALXR --Androgen Receptor (AR) /Hatice Zeynep Kirli, Martina Tesikova and Fahri Saatcioglu --Angiotensin II Receptor Type 2 --Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor Interacting Protein (ATIP) --Angiotensin Type 2 Receptor /Søren Paludan Sheikh --Ankyrine-Rich TRP Channel, ANKTM1, TRPA1 --ANT /Grégory Tufo, Lorenzo Galluzzi, Guido Kroemer and Catherine Brenner --AP-3 /Andrew A. Peden --AP-4 /Shinji Matsuda and Michisuke Yuzaki --APC --APKD2 --APO2L/TRAIL /Luis Martinez-Lostao, Alberto Anel and Javier Naval --Apolipoprotein Receptor (APR) --Arachidonic Acid --Araf --Araf1 --ARAP3 /Siân-Eleri Owens and Venkateswarlu Kanamarlapudi --ARD1/TRIM23 /Joel Moss and Martha Vaughan --ARF GAP with Dual Pleckstrin Homology (PH) Domains --Arf-Domain Protein --ARF-GAP, RHO-GAP, Ankyrin Repeat, and Plekstrin Homology Domains Containing Protein 3 --Arf-Like Protein 8B --Arf1-GAP --ArfGAP1 /Moran Rawet-Slobodkin --ARFRP1 (ADP-Ribosylation Factor Related Protein 1) /Deike Hesse, Alexander Jaschke and Annette Schürmann --ARH9 --ARHC --ARHGEF25 /Katherine Figella, Brad Allen Bryan and Mingyao Liu --ARHGEF8 --Arl10c --Arl8b /Aiysha Thompson and Venkateswarlu Kanamarlapudi --ARMD10 --ASK (Activator of S Phase Kinase)/huDbf4 (Human) --ASV --ATF3 Activating Transcription Factor 3 /Tsonwin Hai, Johnna Dominick and Kun Huang --ATP Diphosphohydrolase --ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter Subfamily A --ATPDase --AtRabC1-C2b (Arabidopsis thaliana) --AUF1 --Aurora Kinases /David Reboutier and Claude Prigent --B₁R --B₂R --B cell Stimulatory Factor-2 (BSF-2) --B1BKR --B220 --B2BKR --BAD (BCL-2-Associated Agonist of Cell Death), BBC6 (BCL2-Binding Component 6), BCL2L8 (BCL2-Like Protein 8) --BAF --BAK (BCL-2 Antagonist Killer), BCL2L7 (BCL-2 Like 7), CDN1 --basic FGF --BatK --BAX (BCl2-Associated X Protein), BCL2L4 (BCL-2 Like 4) --BC067047 --BCL-2 (B-Cell Lymphoma 2) --BCL-2 Family /Zuzana Saidak, Zakaria Ezzoukhry, Jean-Claude Maziere and Antoine Galmiche --BCL-W, BCL2L2 (BCL-2 Like 2) --BCL-XL, BCL2L, BCL2L1 (BCL-2 Like 1) --Bcl10-Interacting MAGUK Protein 3 --BDKRB1 --BDKRB2 --BDR --Beta-Catenin /Ken-Ichi Takemaru, Xingwang Chen and Feng-Qian Li --bFGF --Bgp --BGT-1 --bHLHb27 --BID (BH3 Interacting Domain Death Agonist) --BIK (BH3 Interacting Killer), NBK --BIM (BCL-2 Interacting Mediator of Cell Death), BCL2L11 (BCL-2-Like Protein 11), BOD --Bimp3 --BKB1R --BKB2R --BKR1 --BKR2 --BM-90 --BMF (BCL-2-Modifying Factor) --BOK (BCL-2 Related Ovarian Killer), BCL2L9 (BCL-2 like 9) --Bp50 --Breast Tumor Kinase (Brk) --Bradykinin Receptors /Vicência Sales and João Bosco Pesquero --Breast Cancer Antiestrogen Resistance Protein 1 (BCAR1) --BRG1 --BRL-Ras --BRM --BRPK --BTG/TOB /G. Sebastiaan Winkler and Rachel Doidge --BTG1 --BTG2 (TIS21, PC3) --BTG3 (ANA, TOB5) --BTG4 (PC3B) --BY55 --C-CAM --c-FGR --c-H-Ras --c-K-Ras --c-Myb /Scott A. Ness --c-MYC --c-N-Ras --c-Raf --c-Raf-1 --c-SRC --c-Src Family of Tyrosine Kinases /Banibrata Sen and Faye M. Johnson --C-Src Kinase --C-Terminal Src Kinase --C-type (Calcium-Dependent, Carbohydrate Recognition Domain) Lectin Superfamily Member 9 --C-type (Calcium-Dependent, Carbohydrate-Recognition Domain) lectin, Superfamily Member 5 --C-type Lectin Domain Family 4 Member E --C-type Lectin-Domain Family 1 Member A --C-type Lectin-Domain Family 1, Member a --C-type Lectin-Domain Family 1, Member b --C-type Lectin-Domain Family 5, Member A --C-type Lectin-Like Receptor 1 --C-type Lectin-Like Receptor 2 --C-Type Mannose Receptor 2 --C7 --CAAX Farnesyltransferase --Cadherins /Frans van Roy --cADPr Hydrolase --Calcipressin1 --Calcitriol Receptor --Calcium and DAG-Regulated Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor II --Calcium Release Channel --Calcium-Activated Neutral Protease --CalDAG-GEFII --Calmodulin-Dependent Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterase --Calpain /Volker Nimmrich, Anton Bespalov and Achim Möller --cAMP Phosphodiesterase-4 --Cancer Osaka Thyroid Oncogene --Cancer-Associated Retinopathy Antigen --CAR-Antigen --CARD-Containing MAGUK Protein 1 --CARD11 --CARMA1 /Hiromitsu Hara --Cas Scaffolding Protein Family Member 1 (CASS1) --Casein Kinase 2 --Casein Kinase II /Jacob P. Turowec, Nicole A. St. Denis and David W. Litchfield --Casein Kinase-I --Caspase Family /Dave Boucher and Jean-Bernard Denault --Caspase Recruitment Domain Family, Member 11 --Catenin (Cadherin-Associated Protein), Beta 1 (88kD) --Catenin Beta --Catnb --Cbln1 /Keiko Matsuda and Michisuke Yuzaki --CBP1 --CC CKR1 --CCK(A) Receptor --CCK-A Receptor --CCK-AR --CCK1 --CCKA --CCKAR --CCL3 /Carlos Eduardo Repeke, Thiago Pompermaier Garlet, Ana Paula Favaro Trombone and Gustavo Pompermaier Garlet --CCL4 /Carlos Eduardo Repeke, Thiago Pompermaier Garlet, Elcia Maria Silveira and Gustavo Pompermaier Garlet --CCL5 /Thiago Pompermaier Garlet, Carlos Eduardo Repeke, Andreia Espíndola Vieira, Fernando Queiroz Cunha and Gustavo Pompermaier Garlet --CCN /Satoshi Kubota and Masaharu Takigawa --CCN1: Cyr61, CEF10, €IG-M1, IGFBP10, IGFBP-rP4 --CCN2: CTGF, FISP12, HCS24, €IG-M2, HBGF-0.8, Ecogenin, IGFBP8, IGFBP-rP2 --CCN3: NOV, IGFBP9, IGFBP-rP3 --CCN4: ELM-1, WISP-1 --CCN5: rCOP1, WISP-2, CTGF-L, HICP --CCN6: WISP-3 --CCNA1 --CCNA2 --CCT[alpha] /Helena Soares, Sofia Nolasco and João Gonçalves --CD103 --CD160 /Armand Bensussan and Anne Marie-Cardine --CD191 --CD230 --CD247 --CD266 --CD280 --CD283 --CD283 Antigen --CD284 --CD3 /Sumit Deswal and Wolfgang W. A. Schamel --CD314 --CD335 --CD38 /Leopoldo Santos-Argumedo --CD38 Negative Kinase 2 --CD39 --CD3[gamma] --CD3[delta] --CD3[epsilon] --CD3[zeta] /Sumit Deswal and Wolfgang W. A. Schamel --CD40 /Gail A. Bishop, Dima A. Decker and Bruce S. Hostager --CD43 /Maria Elena Bravo-Adame, Monserrat Alba Sandoval-Hernandez, Oscar Arturo Migueles-Lozano and Yvonne Rosenstein --CD45 (PTPRC) /Pauline Johnson, Asanga Samarakoon, Amy E. Saunders and Kenneth W. Harder --CD45R --CD47 /David D. Roberts, David R. Soto-Pantoja and Jeff S. Isenberg --CD49a --CD49b --D2 --Dachsous --DANCE --DAP Kinase /Thomas J. Lukas --DAP Kinase-Related Apoptotic Kinase 2 --DAPK --DARPP /Daniela V. Rosa, Luiz Alexandre V. Magno, Bruno R. Souza and Marco A. Romano-Silva --DARPP-32 --Darpp32 --Dbf4 /Hisao Masai --Dbf4 (Dumbbell Former 4)/DNA52 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) --Dbf4l1 --Death-Associated Protein Kinase --Dectin-1 --Delta Glutamate Receptor (GluD1, GluD2) /Kazuhisa Kohda, Wataru Kakegawa and Michisuke Yuzaki --DEP.2 --DEP Domain Containing 2 --Depdc2 --DERK (Drosophila melanogaster) --Destruction-Box, D-Box --Dfp1/Him1/Rad35 (Schizosaccharomyces pombe), Spo6 (a Second Dbf4 Homologue in S. pombe) --Dfz1 --Dfz2 --DHHC Proteins /Shinichiro Oku, Yuko Fukata and Masaki Fukata --Diphtheria Toxin Receptor --DLK --DLK (Dual Leucine Zipper-Bearing Kinase) /Jean-Philippe Couture and Richard Blouin --Dmel --DOCK2; Dedicator of Cytokinesis 2 --Hiroshi Nishihara --Domain Protein --Dopamine and Adenosine 3',5'-Monophosphate-Regulated Phosphoprotein, 32 kDa --Dopamine and cAMP-Regulated Phosphoprotein --Dopamine- and cAMP-Regulated Phosphoprotein, Mr32 kDa --Double-Stranded RNA-Activated Protein Kinase --Down Syndrome Candidate Region 1 (DSCR1) --Down Syndrome Critical Region 1 (DSCR1) --Drag1 --DRAK2 /Jeniffer B. Hernandez, Ryan H. Newton, Brian M. Weist and Craig M. Walsh --Drf1/ASKL1 (a Second Activator of Cdc7 in Human and Xenopus) --DT1P1B11 --DTEF-1 --DTR --DTS --DTSF --Dual Leucine Zipper Bearing Kinase --Dual Leucine Zipper-Bearing Kinase --DUSP24 --DYNLT1/Tctex-1 (AGS2 ) --E-NTPDase --E-NTPDase Family /Jean Sévigny --E3 Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase, Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-Associated Factor 6 (TRAF6) --EBP50 (Ezrin-Radixin-Moesin-Binding Phosphoprotein 50 kDa) --EC 3.4.22.52 --EC 3.4.22.53 --Ect2 (Epithelial Cell Transforming 2 Oncogene) --Toru Miki --Ecto-ADPase --Ecto-apyrase --Ecto-ATPase --EDNRA --EFEMP1 --EFEMP2 --EIF2A Protein Kinase 2 --EMT --Endo180 --Endocytic Receptor 180 --Endoplasmin --Endothelin A Receptor (ETAR) --Randa Hilal-Dandan and Laurence L. Brunton --Endothelin Receptor ETA --Endothelin Receptor Type A --Endothelin Type A Receptor --Endothelin-A Receptor --Eph Receptor /Kwok-On Lai and Nancy Y. Ip --EphA3 --EphA3, Erythropoietin-Producing Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Receptor A3 /Renping Zhou --Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Kinase Substrate 8 --Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Pathway Substrate 8 --Epidermal Surface Antigen (ESA) --Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition --EPM2A --Eps8 (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Pathway Substrate 8) /Francesca Milanesi, Niels Volkmann, Giorgio Scita and Dorit Hanein --ERK1/ERK2 /Jacques Pouysségur and Philippe Lenormand --Erk3 and Erk4 /Sonia Klinger and Sylvain Meloche --Erp99 --ESA1 --Ese --ESR1, Estrogen Receptor Alpha, ERalpha --ESR2, Estrogen Receptor Beta, ERbeta --Estrogen Receptor /Karin Dahlman-Wright and Chunyan Zhao --ETA --ETA Receptor --ETA Type Endothelin Receptor --ETA-R --ETAR --Etdf --ETF --ETFR-1 --ETR --ETR ETA --ETRA --EVEC --Exophilin --Expressed Sequence AI851258 --Extracellular Matrix Receptor II (ECMR II) --Extracellular Regulated Kinase 1 and 2 --Farnesyltransferase --Fat --FGD4 --FGF --FGF (Fibroblast Growth Factor) --Masaru Katoh --FGF-20 --FGF1 --FGF10 --FGF11 --FGF12 --FGF13 --FGF14 --FGF16 --FGF17 --FGF18 --FGF19 --FGF2 --FGF20 --FGF21 --FGF22 --FGF23 --FGF3 --FGF4 --FGF5 --FGF6 --FGF7 --FGF8 --FGF9 --FGR (Gene Name) /Giorgio Berton and Anna Baruzzi --FHIT /Jennifer Boylston and Charles Brenner --Fibulins /Yong-Hun Lee and William Schiemann --FKBP-Rapamycin-Associated Protein (FRAP) --FKHR (Forkhead in Rhabdomyosarcoma) --Flamingo Cadherins --FLJ17670 --FLJ17679 --FLJ20819 --FLJ38026 --FLJ46592 --FLJ59152 --FLJ92943 --Flotillin-1 (flot1) --Rainer Prohaska and Ulrich Salzer --Flotillin-2 (FLOT2) /Rainer Prohaska and Ulrich Salzer --FMLP-Related Receptor II (FMLP-R-II) --FMLPR --FMLPX --Fn14 /Ana B. Sanz, Maria C. Izquierdo, Maria D. Sanchez Niño, Alvaro C. Ucero and Alberto Ortiz --FNDC1/Fibronectin Type III Domain Containing 1 (AGS8) --Follicle Stimulating Hormone Receptor (FSHR) /Masafumi Tetsuka, Motozumi Matsui and Takashi Shimizu --Follitropin Receptor --Formyl Peptide Receptor /Erica L. Southgate and Richard D. Ye --FoxO1 /Dae Hyun Kim, Steven Ringquist and H. Henry Dong --FPR --FPR2 --FPR2/ALX /Karen Nolan and Catherine Godson --FPR2A --FPRH1 --FPRH2 --FPRL1 --Frabin /Hiroyuki Nakanishi and Yoshimi Takai --Fractalkine --Fragile Histidine Triad Gene --Frizzled-1 --Frizzled-10 --Frizzled-2 --Frizzled-3 --Frizzled-4 --Frizzled-5 --Frizzled-6 --Frizzled-7 --Frizzled-8 --Frizzled-9 --FRS2 /Noriko Gotoh --FRS2 Family Members: FRS2[alpha] --FRS2[beta] --FRS3 --Fus3 (Saccaromyces cerevisiae) --Fyn-Binding Protein (FYB) --FZD --FZD (Frizzled) --Masaru Katoh --FZD1 --FZD10 --FZD2 --FZD3 --FZD4 --FZD5 --FZD6 --FZD7 --FZD8 --FZD9 --G Alpha (o) --G Alpha z --G Beta --G Gamma --G Protein Alpha 12 /Thomas E. Meigs and Alex Lyakhovich --G Protein Alpha i --G Protein Alpha o --G Protein Alpha Transducin --Hoon Shim and Ching-Kang Chen --G Protein Alpha z --G Protein Beta --G Protein Beta/Gamma /Denis J. Dupré and Terence E. Hébert --G Protein Gamma --G Protein [alpha] i --G Protein [alpha] i/o/z /Joe B. Blumer and Gregory G. Tall --G Protein [alpha] o --G Protein [alpha] z --G-Protein [alpha]q (Gene Name: GNAQ) /Björn H. Falkenburger --G-Protein-Coupled Receptor 84 --G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 1 --G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 1 (GRK1) --Frank S. Chen and Ching-Kang (Jason) Chen --G12[alpha] --G630042G04 --Gab1 /Richard Vaillancourt, Annina C. Spilker and Morag Park --Gab2 /Yongping Wang and Haihua Gu --GABA_A Receptor /Mikko Uusi-Oukari --Gadd45 /Joshua D. Brown-Clay and Albert J. Fornace Jr. --GAL-R --Galanin Receptor --GALNR --GalR --GALR, Galanin Receptor /Zhenhui Liu, Linfang Li and Min Zhang --Gamma-Pak --Gardner-Rasheed Feline Sarcoma Viral (v-fgr) Oncogene --Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide Receptor --GAT (GABA Transporters) --Sergei Krirschuk and Werner Kilb --GAT-1 --GAT-2 --GAT-3 --GATA-3 (GATA Binding Protein 3) /Anuradha Ray, Anupriya Khare, Nandini Krishnamoorthy and Prabir Ray --GATA-Binding Protein 3 --Gb --GC-A --GC-B --GC-C --GC-D --GC-G --GC1L --GCAP (Guanylate Cyclase-Activating Protein) /Karl-Wilhelm Koch --GCS1L --GDA1 --GEFT, p63RhoGEF --gep --Gi Protein Alpha Subunit --Gie1 --gIP-10 --Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide Receptor (GIPR) /Rakesh Chandarana, Jacinta S. D'Souza and Evans C. Coutinho --GluD1 --GluD2 --GluR[delta]1 --GluR[delta]2 --Glutamate Receptors --Elek Molnár --Glutathione-S-Transferases: As Signaling Molecules /Thyaga Raju Kedam, Pallavi Chittoor and Divya Kurumala --Glycogen Synthase --Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 /James Woodgett --Glycoprotein G --Glycylpeptide N-Tetradecanoyltransferase --Gna12 --GNAI --GNAO --GNAO /G[alpha]o/Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein/Alpha Activating Activity Polypeptide O (AGS10) --GNAO1 --GNAT1 --GNAT2 --GNAZ --Gnb --Gng --GNRP --Go Alpha Subunit --gp96 --gpa-12 (Caenorhabditis elegans Homolog) --GPCR84 --GPR100 --GPR105 --GPR84 /Kimberly J. Perry and Jonathan J. Henry --GPSM1/G-Protein Signaling Modulator 1 (AGS3) --GPSM2/G-Protein Signaling Modulator 2/LGN/mPINS (AGS5) --GPSM3/G-Protein Signaling Modulator 3/G18/NG1 (AGS4) --GREAT --GRF --GRIP1 --GRK1 --Grp94 --Grp94 (HSP90B1) /Luisa Gorza and Maurizio Vitadello --GS --GSK-3 --Gsp1 --GST --Gsto 1 --Gt --Gtrgeo5 --Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein --Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein (G Protein), Gamma --Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein, Alpha Inhibiting --Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein, Alpha o --Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein, Alpha z Subunit --Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein, Beta --Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein, Beta Polypeptide --Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein, Gamma --Guanine Nucleotide Binding Regulatory Protein, Alpha i --Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor --Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor, Calcium- and DAG-Regulated --Guanylate Cyclase /Karl-Wilhelm Koch --Guanylyl Cyclase --Guanylyl Cyclase C /Nirmalya Basu and Sandhya S. Visweswariah --Guanylyl Cyclase Receptors /Sandhya S. Visweswariah and Najla Arshad --Guanylyl Cyclase-Activating Protein --GUC2C --GUCY2C --Gz Alpha Subunit --G[alpha] GAPs --G[alpha]12 --G[alpha]t --H411 --Ha-Ras --HACS1 --HB-EGF (Heparin-Binding EGF-Like Growth Factor) /Ryo Iwamoto and Eisuke Mekada --HBEGF --hBRM --hD52 (Human) --Heat Shock Protein 90 kDa Beta Member 1 --HEGFL --Hek (Human) --Hematopoietic Cells Phosphatase (HCP) --Hematopoietic Progenitor Kinase 1 --Hemicentin --Heparin-Binding Epidermal Growth Factor-Like Growth Factor --Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein D --Hfz5 --Hfz6 --Him4 --HIPK2 /Thomas G. Hofmann and Eva Krieghoff-Henning --Hippocalcin /Masaaki Kobayashi and Ken Takamatsu --HM145 --HM63 --HMAT1 --hnRNP D --hnRNP D (AUF1) /Jennifer Defren and Gary Brewer --Homer /Simon Kaja, Andrew J. Payne, Stephanie L. Burroughs and Peter Koulen --HPK1 /Sebastian Königsberger and Friedemann Kiefer --HRK (Harakiri BCL2 Interacting Protein), DP5 (Neuronal Death Protein-5) --Hsk1 (Homologue of Cdc7 [seven] Kinase, S. pombe) --Hsp 27 (Heat Shock Protein 27) --Hsp25-Kinase --Hsp27-Kinase --Hspb1-Kinase --hSTAR --HSTE14 --hToll --Human Mucosal Lymphocyte Antigen 1 --HUMMAT1H --Hyl --Icmt (Isoprenylcysteine Carboxyl Methyltransferase) /Kathryn M. Appleton, Ian Cushman and Yuri K. Peterson --ID4 --IDB4 --IFI10 --IFN-Gamma --IFN-[beta]2 --IFN-[gamma] --IFNG --IkappaBzeta --IkB-zeta --IkBz /Balachandran Manavalan, Shaherin Basith and Sangdun Choi --IL-1 Inducible Nuclear Ankyrin-Repeat Protein (INAP) --IL6 /Akihiro Kimura, Tetsuji Naka and Tadamitsu Kishimoto --IL7 /Benedict Seddon --Immune IFN --Immunity-Related GTPases (IRG) --Maria Traver and Gregory A. Taylor --Immunoreceptor --Inap --Inhibitor of Apoptosis (IAP) Proteins /Mads Gyrd-Hansen --Inhibitor of DNA Binding 4 (ID4) --Giovanni Blandino and Giulia Fontemaggi --Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-associated cGMP kinase substrate /Michael A. Grillo and Peter Koulen --Inositol 3,4,5,6-Tetrakisphosphate 1-Kinase --Inositol Polyphosphate-5-Phosphatase, 145 kDa --Inositol Trisphosphate 5/6-Kinase --INP10 --Inpp5d --Insulin-Like Growth Factor Receptor Type I (IGF1R) --Insulin-like Growth Factor Receptor Type I (IGF1R) Signaling and Inflammation /Alexander Annenkov --int-2 --Integrin Alpha 11 /Cédric Zeltz and Donald Gullberg --Integrin Alpha 4 --Integrin Alpha 4 (Itga 4) /Maria Mittelbrunn and Francisco Sánchez-Madrid --Integrin Alpha V (ITGAV) /Bethany A. Kerr and Tatiana V. Byzova --Integrin [alpha]1 (ITGA1) /Jyrki Heino --Integrin [alpha]2 (ITGA2) /Jyrki Heino --Integrin-Associated Protein --Integrin-Associated Signal Transducer --Interferon Regulatory Factor 5, IRF5 --Interferon-Gamma /Fan-ching Lin and Howard A. Young --Interferon-Inducible eIF2[alpha] Kinase --Interferon-Inducible RNA-Dependent Protein Kinase --Interleukin-1 Signal Transducer --Interleukin-7 --Intersectin --Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors (AMPA, Kainate and NMDA Receptors) --IP₃ Receptors /Colin W. Taylor --IP-10 --IP3 Receptor-Associated cGMP Kinase Substrate A --iPLA2 --IRAG --Iraga --IRF5 /Betsy J. Barnes --Isl 1 --Itga4 --ITPK1 (Inositol 1,3,4-Triphosphate 5/6 Kinase) /Yixing Zhou, Tobias M. H. Schenk and Stephen B. Shears --ITSN /Ameet S. Sengar, Michael W. Salter and Sean E. Egan --JAB (JANUS Kinase Binding Protein) --JAW1-Related Protein Isoform A --JBP (c-Jun-Binding Protein) --K-Acetyltransferase 2B (KAT2B) --K-FGF --KAT6A --KAT6B --KGF --Ki-Ras --KIAA0001 --KIAA0209 --KIAA1415 --KIAA1795 --Killer Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily K --Killer Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors (KIR) --Killer Lectin-Like Receptors (KLR) --Kinin B₁ --Kinin B₂ --Kiz --Kss1 (Saccaromyces cerevisiae) --L-Type --LAD --LAF-PTPase --Laforin: Function and Action of a Glucan Phosphatase /Amanda R. Sherwood, Vikas V. Dukhande and Matthew S. Gentry --LAMMER Kinases --LAT /Sarah Sullivan and Weiguo Zhang --LCoR /John H. White and Mario R. Calderon --LCP2 --LD78 Receptor --Leukocyte Surface Antigen CD53 --Leukosialin --Leukotriene --LFS1 --Licorne (lic) --Ligand-Dependent Nuclear Receptor Corepressor (LCoR) --LIM Kinase --LIMK /Ora Bernard --Lin 11 --LNB-TM7 Receptors --LOC9372 --Location Chromosome 11p12 --Long-Chain Base Phosphate --Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein 1 (LRP1) --LOX /Rozalia Laczko, Kornelia Molnarne Szauter, Charles D. Boyd and Katalin Csiszar --LpMYO3 --Lps --LRF-1 --LRG-21 --Lsk --LXA4R --Ly 5.2 --Ly-19 --Ly-32 --Ly-m19 --Ly100 --Ly5.1 --Ly87 --Lyb-2 --Lymphocyte Cytosolic Protein 2 --Lysine (K) Acetyltransferase 6A --Lysine (K) Acetyltransferase 6B --Lysine Acetyltransferase 2B --Lysyl Oxidase --M-CAT Binding Factor --Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-1 Alpha --Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-1 Beta --Macrophage Mannose Receptor 2 --Macrophage-Inducible C-Type Lectin --MADHIP, MAD Homolog Interacting Protein --Mail --Mal --MALT1 --MALT1(Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Translocation Gene 1) /Andreas Gewies and Jürgen Ruland --Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) --Mannose Receptor, C-type 2 --MAP Kinase Kinase 3 --MAP Kinase Upstream Kinase --Map Kinase-Activated Protein Kinase 5 (MK5) /Alexey Kotlyarov --MAP Kinases --MAP2K1/2 --Map2k3 --MAP2K6 --MAP3K11 --Map3k12 --Map3k8 --Map4k1 --MAPK (Mitogen Activating Protein Kinase) --MAPK Erk Kinase 3 --MAPK Kinase 1/2 (MAPKK1/2) --Mapk4 (Erk4) --Mapk6 (Erk3) --MAPKAP Kinase 2/3 --Mapkap Kinase 2/3 (MK2/3) /Matthias Gaestel --MAPKAP Kinase 5 --MAPKAPK (MAP Kinase-Activated Kinase) --MAPKAPK 2/3 --MAPKAPK 5 --MAPKK3 --MAPKK6 --Marelle --MARK1: EMK3, hPAR-1c, KIAA1477 --MARK2: EMK1, hPAR-1b --MARK3: EMK3, hPAR-1a, C-TAK1, KP78 --MARK4: MARKL1, hPAR-1d, KIAA1860 --MAT1 --MAT1H --Matk --Mblk1-Related Protein 2 (MLR2) --MBP1 --MCIP1 --MCL-1 (Myeloid Cell Leukemia-1), BCL2L3 (BCL-2 like 3) --mCLEC-2 --mD52 (Mouse) --MDL-1 --MDL1 --Mec 3 (LIM) Kinase --Mek /Shiri Procaccia and Rony Seger --Mek3 /Shin Yasuda, Hiroko Sugiura and Kanato Yamagata --Mek4 (Mouse) --MEK5/ERK5 /Nhat-Tu Le, Jay Yang and Jun-ichi Abe --MEK5/ERK5: Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 5/Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 5 --MEK6 --MEL --Mel Transforming Oncogene (RAB8 Homolog) --Melastatin-Like TRP Channels, TRPM1-8 --MELF --Member 1 (KLRK1) --Membrane Component, Chromosome 17, Surface Marker 1 (M17S1) --Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors --Metal-Dependent Protein Phosphatase --MGC:3310 --MGC124948 --MGC129998 --MGC129999 --MGC131738 --MGC131975 --MGC39955 --MGC9013 --Microtubule Affinity Regulating Kinases (MARK) --Gerard Drewes --Microtubule-Associated Protein Kinases --MINCLE --MIP-1[alpha]/R --MIP-1[alpha]/RANTES --MITF/Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor (AGS13) --Mitogen- and Stress-Activated Protein Kinase 1 --Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK)/Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase (ERK) Kinases 1/2 (MEK1/2) --Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 and 2 --Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase 3 --Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase 6 --Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase 11 --Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase 12 --Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase 8 --Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase Kinase 1 --Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases /Sylvain Meloche --Mixed Lineage Kinase 7 (MLK7) --Mixed-Lineage Kinase 3 --MK-STYX /Natalie M. Niemi and Jeffrey P. MacKeigan --mKIAA1415 --MKK (MAP Kinase Kinase) --MKK1/2 --MKK3 --MKK6 /Sonia-Vanina Forcales --MKKEE (Activated form of MKK6) --MKKK (MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase) --MKP (MAPK Phosphatase) --MLCK --MLCK108 --MLCK210 --MLK-like Mitogen-Activated Protein Triple Kinase (MLTK) --MLK-Related Kinase (MRK) --MLK3 /Jian Chen, Chotirat Rattanasinchai and Kathleen A. Gallo --MLT --MLTK /Rosamaria Ruggieri --MMAC --mMMK3b --Mnk (MAP Kinase-Interacting Kinase) --mob-1 --Molecule Possessing Ankyrin Repeats Induced by Lipopolysaccharide (MAIL) --Molecule Possessing Ankyrin-Repeats Induced by Lipopolysaccharide --Monocytic Leukemia Zinc-Finger Protein --Monopolar Spindle 1 (Mps1) /Matthew L. H. Chu and Patrick A. Eyers --Monopolar Spindle 1, Mps1 --MORF --MORF Lysine Acetyltransferase --MOX44 --MOZ --MOZ and MORF Lysine Acetyltransferases /Jiang-Ping Zhang, Xiaoyu Du and Xiang-Jiao Yang --MOZ Lysine Acetyltransferase --MOZ-Related Factor --MPK-1 (Caenorhabditis elegans) --Mpk3 --MRC2 /Julian Hendrik Gronau, Clare M. Isacke and Justin Sturge --MRV Integration Site 1 --Mrv1 --Mrv1a --Mrvi1 --MSK1 /Antigone Lazou and Thomais Markou --MSPK1 --MST098 --MSTP098 --mtDNA (Mitochondrial DNA) --mTEF-1 --mTOR /Aaron M. Robitaille --MTSG1, GK1, and AT2R Binding Protein of 50 kDa (ATBP50) --MTUS1 Isoform 1 (ATIP3) --MTUS1 Isoform 2 (ATIP3b) --MTUS1 Isoform 3 (ATIP4) --MTUS1 Isoform 4 (ATIP2) --MTUS1 Isoform 5 (ATIP1) --MTUS1/ATIP /Simon N.S. Louis, Naghmeh Varghayee, Laurie T.C. Chow and William J. Louis --Mucolipins, TRPML1-3 --Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Translocation Gene 1 --MUK --Murine Leukemia Viral (v-Raf-1) Oncogene Homolog 1 (3611-MSV) --Murine Retrovirus Integration Site 1 Homolog --Murine Sarcoma 3611 Oncogene 1 --MYB --Myc /Anna Frenzel and Marie Arsenian Henriksson --MyD88 --Myd88: Myeloid Differentiation Primary Response Gene (88) --MyD88, Myeloid Differentiation Primary Response Gene 88 --Shaherin Basith, Balachandran Manavalan and Sangdun Choi --MyD88-5 --Myd88-Adapter-Like --Myeloid DAP-12-Associating Lectin-1 --Myeloid Differentiation Primary Response Gene 88 --MYLK (Myosin Light Chain Kinase) /Thomas J. Lukas and Vladimir P. Shirinsky --MYLK1 --Myo10 --MYO3A --MYO3B --myoIII_Lim --Myosin I (Myo1) /Lynne M. Coluccio --Myosin II, "Conventional" Myosin --Myosin III /Shigeru Komaba --Myosin X /Hiroshi Tokuo --Myosin-10 --Myosins /Lynne M. Coluccio --Myristoyl CoA:Protein N-Myristoyltransferase --MYST3 --MYST4 --N-CAM --N-Myristoyltransferase --N-Type --N-WASP /Haein Park, Athanassios Dovas and Dianne Cox --N8 (Human) --Natural Cytotoxicity Receptors (NCR) --Natural Killer Cell Group (NKG) --NCAM --NCAM1 /Rüdiger Horstkorte, Bettina Büttner and Kaya Bork --NcoA-1 --NCoA-2 --Nebula --Nek1 --Nek10 --Nek11 --Nek2 --Nek3 --Nek4 --Nek5 --Nek6 --Nek7 --Nek8 --Nek9/Nercc1 --NEKs, NIMA-Related Kinases /Navdeep Sahota, Sarah Sabir, Laura O'Regan, Joelle Blot and Detina Zalli, et al. --NES (Nuclear Export Sequence) --Net1 (Neuroepithelial Cell Transforming Gene 1 Protein) /Jeffrey A. Frost --Neural Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein --Neurotactin --Neurotensin Receptor (NTSR) /Tooru Mizuno --NF-E2-Related Factor 2 --NF-Kappa-B Inhibitor Zeta --NF-[kappa]B Family /Maria D. Sanchez-Niño, Ana B. Sanz, Maria C. Izquierdo, Jonay Poveda and Alberto Ortiz --NFAT /Rut Valdor, Brian T. Abe and Fernando Macian --NFAT1 (Nuclear Factor of Activated T-Cells 1, NFATp, NFAT Preexisting, NFATc2, NFAT Cytosolic 2) --NFAT2 (Nuclear Factor of Activated T-Cells 2, NFATc, NFAT Cytosolic, NFATc1, NFAT Cytosolic 1) --NFAT3 (Nuclear Factor of Activated T-Cells 3, NFATc4, NFAT Cytosolic 4) --NFAT4 (Nuclear Factor of Activated T-Cells 4, NFATx, NFATc3, NFAT Cytosolic 3) --NFAT5 (Nuclear Factor of Activated T-Cells 5, TonEBP, Tonicity-Responsive Enhancer Binding Protein, NFATz, OREBP, Osmotic Response Element-Binding Protein, NFATz, NFAT-L1, NFAT-Related Protein 1) --NFE2L2 --NFKBIZ --NFPR --NHERF /Byong Kwon Yoo and C. Chris Yun --NHERF (N⁺/H⁺ Exchange Regulating Factor) --NimO (Aspergillus) --NINAC (p174, p132) --NIPK --NK Receptor /Bin Xu, Mesfin Gewe, Kathryn Finton and Roland K. Strong --NKG2D /Michael T. McCarthy and Christopher A. O'Callaghan --NKp46 /Simona Sivori --NLS (Nuclear Localization Sequence) --NMT --NMT (N-Myristoyltransferase) /Sujeet Kumar, Ponniah Selvakumar, Jonathan R. Dimmock and Rajendra K. Sharma --Nociceptin Opioid Receptor --Non-Lysosomal Cysteine Protease --Nonmuscle Myosin Light Chain Kinase --Notch (Notch1, Notch2, Notch3, Notch4) /Gibeom Park and Woong-Yang Park --NOXA, PMAIP (Phorbol-Myristate-Acetate-Induced Protein), APR (Adult T cell Leukemia-Derived PMA-Responsive) --Npn3 --NR1B1 --NR1B2 --NR1B3 --NR3C4 (Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 3, Group C, Member 4) --Nrf2 --Nrf2 (NF-E2-Related Factor2) /Sang Geon Kim, Woo Hyung Lee and Young Woo Kim --nrip1 (Nuclear Receptor-Interacting Protein 1) /Ping-Chih Ho and Li-Na Wei --NSP, Novel Serine Protease --Ntk --NTPDase --NTR --NTS --Nuclear Factor of Kappa Light Polypeptide Gene Enhancer in B-Cells --Nuclear Factor of Kappa Light Polypeptide Gene Enhancer in B-Cells Inhibitor, Zeta --Nuclear Factor-Kappa-B --Nuclear Mitogen- and Stress-Activated Protein Kinase-1 --Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group I, Member 1 (NR1I1) --Nucleoside Triphosphate Diphosphohydrolase --Nucleotide Receptor P2x /Jian-Bing Shen, Bruce T. Liang and Florentina Soto --Nucleotide Receptor P2Y /Didier Communi, Bernard Robaye and Jean Marie Boeynaems --Nucleotide Receptors --OC120 (Osteoclast Maturation-Associated Gene 120 Protein) --Odorant Receptors --Olfactory Receptors /Lisa Stowers and Sandeepa Dey --Olfrs --Oncogene c-Mel --Opb --Opb2 --Open Brain --Opioid Receptors: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Opioid Receptor Function /Vladana Vukojević, Yu Ming and Lars Terenius --OR51E2 --OR51E3P --OR52A2 --ORs --Other Myosins, "Unconventional" Myosins --Ovarian Cancer Antigen OA3 --Ox-44 --OX44 --p²⁶ --P-38[alpha] (Phospho p38[alpha]) --P-Rex --Daisuke Urano and Hiroshi Itoh --P-Rex1 --P-Rex2 --P/CAF --P/Q-Type --P1/eIF2A Protein Kinase --p120 GAP --p120 RasGAP --p130Cas --Dominique M. Donato and Steven K. Hanks --p160ROCK --p26 --P2Y₁₄ Receptor /Kenneth A. Jacobson, M. P. Suresh Jayasekara, Zhan-Guo Gao and Francesca Deflorian --p38 MAPK Family of Signal Transduction Proteins /John Papaconstantinou, Ching-Chyuan Hsieh and James H. DeFord --p38MAPKK --p42/p44 MAPK --p42IP4 --p45MAPKK --p47 GTPases --p50 --p53 /Krassimira Alexieva-Botcheva and Carl W. Anderson --p58 --p58CDC2L1 --p58CLK-1 --p58GTA --p60-Src --p68 Kinase, dsRNA-Activated Inhibitor (DAI) --p90RSK --P97 --Pak2 /Sheng-Wei Yang and Yuan-Hao Hsu --Pak65 --PAKI --Palmitoyl Acyl Transferase (PAT) --Palmitoylating Enzyme --Paracaspase --PARK6 --PBAF RSC --PC-1 (Human) --PC2 --pCAF --PCAF (p300/CBP-Associated Factor) --PCAF Lysine Acetyltransferase /Linya You and Xiang-Jiao Yang --PCCMT --PCD8 (Programmed Cell Death 8) --pCIP --PCMT --PDE 1 --PDE10 --PDE10A --PDE4 /Miles D. Houslay --PEA-15 --Pea15 /Joanna E. Gawecka and Joe W. Ramos --Pea15a --Pebble (PBL) in Drosophila melanogaster --PED --PED-15 --PED/PEA-15 --Peptide N-Myristoyltransferase --Peptidyl-Prolyl cis-trans Isomerase NIMA-Interacting 1 --Peptidyl-Prolyl cis-trans Isomerase Pin1 --Peripheral Type CCK Receptor --PFT --PHLDA1 (Pleckstrin Homology-like Domain, Family A, Member): Alias: PHRIP; TDAG51; DT1P1B11; MGC131738 --Maria Aparecida Nagai --Phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-Trisphosphate-Dependent Rac Exchanger --Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-Trisphosphate-Dependent RAC Exchanger 2 --Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase --Phosphatidylinositol 3-OH Kinase --Phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate 4-kinase /Jonathan H. Clarke and Robin F. Irvine --Phospho- and Unphospho-STATs in Signal Transduction and Gene Regulation (STAT) /Su Jun Lim and Willis X. Li --Phosphodiesterase 1 /Sujeet Kumar, Ponniah Selvakumar and Rajendra K. Sharma --Phosphodiesterase 10A /Takashi Sasaki, Jun Kotera and Kenji Omori --Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase /Lomon So and David A. Fruman --Phospholipase A₂ /Makoto Murakami --Phospholipase D /Julian Gomez-Cambronero and Karen M. Henkels --Phospholipase D1 --Phospholipase D2 --Phospholipid --Phosphoprotein Enriched in Astrocytes 15kDa --Phosphoprotein Enriched in Diabetes --PHRIP --PI(3)K --PI 3-K --PI 3-Kinase --PI3K --PI5P4K --Pim-1 /Christopher T. Cottage, Balaji Sundararaman, Shabana Din, Nirmala Hariharan and Mark A. Sussman --Pin1 /Dana Onica and David W. Litchfield --PINK1 --PIP Kinase --PIP4K --PIP5K2 --PIPBP --PIPKII --PIPkin --PITSLRE --PK58 --PKB --Pkcs15 --PKD /Peter Storz --PKD (isoforms: PKD1/PKC[mu], PKD2, PKD3/PKC[nu]) --PKD2 --PKD4 --PKM (Hamster) --PKNOX --PKR /Anthony John Sadler --PKS2 (Presumably for Kinase Sequence) --Plasma Membrane Ca²+ ATPase --Plasma Membrane Ca²+ Pump --Plasma Membrane Calcium-Transporting ATPase /Emanuel E. Strehler --Platelet Glycoprotein Ia --PLAUR --PLD1 --PLD2 --Plekhg5 --PLEKHO1 (Pleckstrin-Homology Domain Containing, Family O Member 1) --PMCA --Polycystin-2 /Daryl L. Goad, Michael A. Grillo and Peter Koulen --Polycystines, TRPPs --PP2C /Hisashi Tatebe and Kazuhiro Shiozaki --PPM --PPMT --Ppp1r1b --PRAK --PRAP (Pyk2/RAFTK-Associated Protein) --Precerebellin --Prep /Giorgio Iotti and Francesco Blasi --PREX1 --PREX2 --Prion Protein --Prion Protein (PRNP) /Rafael Linden, Vilma R. Martins and Marco A. M. Prado --PRKMK1/2 --Prkmk3 --PRKMK6 --PrLZ (Human) --Prn-i --Prn-p --Prnp --PRO2706 --Proliferation-Inducing Gene 17 --Proline-Rich Tyrosine Kinase 1 --Prostaglandin --Prostate Specific G-Protein-Coupled Receptor --Protein Farnesyltransferase /Lai N. Chan and Fuyuhiko Tamanoi --Protein Kinase B/Akt --Protein Kinase CK2 --Protein Kinase Interferon-Induced Double-Stranded RNA-Activated (PRKR) --Protein Kinase RNA-Activated (PKR) --Protein Kinase, Mitogen-Activated Kinase 3 --Protein Phosphatase 1 DARPP-32 Inhibitor Protein --Protein Phosphatase 1, Regulatory (Inhibitor) Subunit 1B --Protein Serine/Threonine-Phosphatase 2C --Protein Tyrosine Kinase-6 (PTK6) --Amanda Harvey --Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1 C (PTP1C) --Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Receptor Type C --Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-receptor Type 6 (PTPN6) --Protocadherins --Provirus Insertion Site of Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus 1 Pim-1 --PrP --PrPC --PrPSc --PSGR /Mingyao Liu and Melissa Rodriguez --PSMD4/Rpn10/Proteasome (Prosome, Macropain) 26S Subunit, Non-ATPase, 4 (AGS9) --PSMD7 --PtdIns(3,4,5)-Dependent Rac Exchanger 2 --PtdIns(5)P 4-Kinase --PtdInsP kinase Type II --PTEN /Nicholas R. Leslie, Laura Spinelli, Georgios Zilidis, Nimmi R. Weerasinghe and Priyanka Tibarewal --PTEN-Induced Kinase 1 (PINK1) /Laura M. Westrate and Jeffrey P. MacKeigan --PTP Epsilon --PTPe --PTPe (RPTPe and Cyt-PTPe) --Ari Elson and Liat Rousso-Noori --PTPeC --PTPeM --PTPH1 --PTPMEG/PTPMEG1 --PTPN3/PTPN4 /Timothy J. Bauler and Philip D. King --PTPN5 --PTPN6 /Marina Tiemi Shio and Martin Olivier --PUMA (p53 Upregulated Modulator of Apoptosis), BBC3 (BCL2-Binding Component 3) --Purinergic Receptors --Pyk1 --Querkopf --R-Type --R10 (Quail) --R7 Binding Protein (R7BP) --R7BP/R9AP /Kirill A. Martemyanov and Pooja Parameswaran --RA70 (Retinoic Acid-Induced Protein 70) --Rab-RP4 (Drosophila melanogaster) --RAB18 /Irene Aligianis and Mark Handley --Rab18b (Danio rerio) --Rab23 /Marga Gual-Soler, Tomohiko Taguchi, Jennifer L. Stow and Carol Wicking --RAB23, Member RAS Oncogene Family --RAB7a --Rab7a in Endocytosis and Signaling /Soumik BasuRay, Jacob O. Agola, Patricia A. Jim, Matthew N. Seaman and Angela Wandinger-Ness --Rab8 /Heather H. Ward and Angela Wandinger-Ness --Rab8a --Rac GTPases /Diamantis Konstantinidis and Theodosia A. Kalfa --RAC3 --Rad --Raf-1 --RAF-1 (C-RAF) /Andrea Varga and Manuela Baccarini --Raf1 --RAFA1 --Ramp /Debbie L. Hay, Patrick M. Sexton and David R. Poyner --Ran /Carlo Petosa --Ran/M1 --RANK and RANKL /Tomoki Nakashima and Hiroshi Takayanagi --RANTES --Rap GEF Family /Hoa B. Nguyen and Lawrence A. Quilliam --Rapamycin and FKBP12 Target-1 Protein (RAFT1) --RAR[alpha] --RAR[beta] --RAR[gamma] --RAS (H-, K-, N-RAS) /Michael S. Samuel --Ras Associated with Diabetes --RAS D1/DEXRAS1 (AGS1) --Ras Guanyl Nucleotide-Releasing Protein 1 --Ras Guanyl-Releasing Protein --Ras Guanyl-Releasing Protein 1 --Ras Homolog Gene Family, Member C --Ras Oncogenes --Ras-Associated Protein RAB8 --Ras-Related Associated with Diabetes --Jose-Luis González de Aguilar --Ras-Related Protein Rab-7a --Ras-Related Protein Rab-8A --Ras-Related Rab8 --RASA1 /Philip E. Lapinski and Philip D. King --RasGAP --RasGrf (RAS Protein-Specific Guanine Nucleotide-Releasing Factor) /Eugenio Santos and Alberto Fernández-Medarde --RasGRP --RasGRP1 /John J. Priatel, Kevin Tsai and Kenneth W. Harder --Rasl2-8 --RCN-1 --Receptor Related to FPR (RFP) --Recoverin /Pavel P. Philippov and Evgeni Yu Zernii --Reggie-1 (Reg-1) --Reggie-2 (Reg-2) --Regulator of Calcineurin 1 (RCAN1) /Masakazu Fujiwara and Mohammad Ghazizadeh --Regulator of G-Protein Signaling 13 --Regulators of G-Protein Signaling --Relaxin Family Peptide Receptors (RXFP) 1 and 2 /Roger J. Summers, Michelle L. Halls and Emma T. van der Westhuizen --Relaxin Family Peptide Receptors (RXFP) 3 and 4 /Emma T. van der Westhuizen, Michelle L. Halls and Roger J. Summers --Resistance to Inhibitors of Cholinesterase 8 --ret-GC --Retinoic Acid Receptors (RARA, RARB, and RARC) /Scott A. Busby and Thomas P. Burris --RGS 12/Regulator of G-Protein Signaling 12 (AGS6) --RGS Protein Family /David P. Siderovski and Adam J. Kimple --RGS Proteins --RGS13 /Zhihui Xie and Kirk M. Druey --RGS9 Anchor Protein (R9AP) --Rh-Related Antigen --Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor 25 --Rho Kinase --Rho-Associated Coiled Coil Kinase --Rho-Associated Kinase --Rho-Associated Protein Kinase --RhoC (RHOC) /Nicolas Reymond, Francisco M. Vega and Anne J. Ridley --Rhodopsin Kinase --RhoK --Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinase, 90kD, Polypeptide 5 --Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinase, Polypeptide 5 --RIBP --Ric-8 /Gregory G. Tall --Ric-8A --Ric-8B --RIN = Ras and Rab INteractor --Rin (Ras-Like Protein in Neurons) /Weikang Cai, Jennifer L. Rudolph and Douglas A. Andres --RIN Family Proteins (RIN1, RIN2, and RIN3) /John Colicelli, Pamela Y. Ting and Christine Janson --RING Finger Protein 85 (RNF85) --RIP140 (Receptor-Interacting Protein 140) --RK --RLPK --RLSK --ROCK: ROK kinase --ROCK I --ROCK II --ROCK Kinases /Michael S. Samuel and Michael F. Olson --ROCK1 --ROCK2 --ROK[alpha] --ROK[beta] --ROS (Reactive Oxygen Species) --Rotamase Pin1 --RP11-175O19.1 --RPN8 --James P. Brody --Rps6ka5 --RPT /Julie A. Maupin-Furlow and Hugo V. Miranda --Rpt, Regulatory particle triple-A (Rpt) Subunits of 26S Proteasomes --RPTPe --RRAD --RSK (p90 Ribosomal S6 Kinase) /Philippe P. Roux --Rsk-Like (RSKL) --Rsk-Like Protein Kinase (RLPK) --Rtef-1 --RXFP1: LGR7 --RXFP2: LGR8 --RXFP3: GPCR135, SALPR --RXFP4: GPCR142 --Ryanodine Receptor --Ryanodine Receptor (RyR) /Filip Van Petegem and Kelvin Lau --Ryanodine-Sensitive Ca²+ Release Channels --S-Modulin --S100 Calcium-Binding Protein --S100 Proteins /Brian R. Dempsey, Anne C. Rintala-Dempsey and Gary S. Shaw --S12 --S15 --S1P --SAMSN1 (SAM Domain, SH3 Domain, and Nuclear Localization Signal) /Yuan Xiao Zhu, A. Keith Stewart and Jaime O. Claudio --SAPKK3 --SAPS (Src-Associated Adapter Protein with PH and SH3 Domains) --SARA /Constance E. Runyan and H. William Schnaper --Sarah --Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Release Channels --SARM --Scalloped (Sd) (D. Melanogaster) --SCYB10 --Serotonin --Serotonin Receptor 2B --Sex Determining Region on the Y Chromosome --sGC --SH2 Domain-Containing Inositol Phosphatase --SH2D2A /Philip D. King --SH3 Domain-Containing Proline-Rich Kinase --SHIP /Matthew D. Blunt and Stephen G. Ward --sHsp-Kinase --Sialophorin, Galactoglycoprotein --Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription --Sinc --SKAP-HOM /Annegret Reinhold and Burkhart L. Schraven --SKAP2/SCAP2 (Src Kinase-Associated Phosphoprotein 2) --SKAP55 Homologue (Src Kinase-Associated Phosphoprotein of 55 kDa Homologue) --SKAP55-R (Src Kinase-Associated Phosphoprotein 55-Related Protein) --SKIP --SLC14A1 --SLC14A2 --SLC30A --SLC39A --SLC9A3R1 (Solute Carrier Family 9 Member 3 Regulator 1) --Slp (Synaptotagmin-Like Protein) /Mitsunori Fukuda --SLP-76 /Jong Ran Lee --SLP-76 Adapter-Binding Protein of 130 kDa (SLAP-130) --SMADIP, Smad Interacting Protein --Small G Protein Indispensable for Equal Chromosome Segregation 1 --Small G-Protein --Small GTP-Binding Protein --Small GTPase --SMARCA --smMLCK --Smooth Muscle Myosin Light Chain Kinase --SOCS /Julia Strebovsky and Alexander H. Dalpke --Somatostatin Receptor /Barbara Mariniello --Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) /Kaitlyn Ryan and Chin Chiang --Sphingenine-1-Phosphate --Sphingosine-1-Phosphate /Ashok Kumar and Julie D. Saba --Sphingosine-1-Phosphoric Acid --Spi1 --Spindle Assembly Checkpoint, SAC --Spindle Pole Body, SPB --Spk1 (Yeast Saccaromyces pombe) --sPLA2 --Spo4 (Second Cdc7 Homologue in S. pombe) --SPRK --SRC --Src Homology 2 (SH2) Domain-Containing Leukocyte Protein of 76 kDa --Src Homology Region 2 (SH2)-Domain Phosphatase or Src Homology Region 2 Domain-Containing PTP-1 (SHP-1 or SH-PTP1) --SRC-1 --SRC-2 --SRC-3 --SRC1 --SRK --Srx --Srx1 --Srxn1 --Sry /David A. Jans and Gurpreet Kaur --SSI (STAT-Induced STAT Inhibitor) --SSTR --STANK --STAR --STAT1 --STAT2 --STAT3 --STAT4 --STAT5A --STAT5B --STAT6 --STAT92E --STD --Sterile Alpha and TIR Motif-Containing Protein --Sterile-Alpha Motif and Leucine Zipper-Containing Kinase AZK (ZAK) --Steroid Receptor Coactivator Family /Marc J. Tetel and Pui Man Rosalind Lai --STK17B --Striatal-Enriched Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase (STEP) /Pradeep Kurup, Jian Xu, Susan Goebel-Goody, Surojit Paul and Paul Lombroso --Structure and Functions of the Urokinase Receptor /Pia Ragno --STY (CLK1) --Styxl1 --Suc 1-Associated Neurotrophic Factor Target (SNT-1) --Suc 1-Associated Neurotrophic Factor Target (SNT-2) --Sulfiredoxin /Robert R. Bowers, Danyelle M. Townsend and Kenneth D. Tew --SWI/SNF --SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complex /Payel Sen, Nilanjana Chatterjee and Blaine Bartholomew --Synembryn --Sytl (Syanptotagmin-Like) --Syx --SYX/PLEKHG5, A Rhoa Guanine Exchange Factor Involved in Cell Migration and Angiogenesis /Arie Horowitz --T --T-Type Channels --T10 Antigen --T16 --T200 --T3 --TAN1 --TAPA-1 --TBCCD1 /João Gonçalves and Helena Soares --TC4 --Tcf13 --Tcf13r1 --Tcf13r2 --TCP-1 and Cct1 --TCR[zeta] --TDAG51 --TDF --TEA Domain Family Member 1 --TEA Domain Family Member 2 --TEA Domain Family Member 3 --TEA Domain Family Member 4 --Tead /Norman L. Eberhardt --TEAD-1 --TEAD-2 --TEAD-3 --TEAD-4 --TEAD1 --TEAD2 --TEAD3 --TEAD4 --TEC1 (S. cerevisiae) --Tech --TEF-1 --Tef-3 --TEF-4 --TEF-5 --TEF1 --TEF4 --Tefr1a --Tefr1b --TEP1 --Testis Determining Factor --Testosterone/Dihydrotestosterone Receptor --Tetraspanin-25 --TFE3/Transcription Factor Binding to IGHM Enhancer 3 (AGS11) --TFEB/Transcription Factor EB (AGS12) --THBS1 --The 5-HT₃ Receptor /Sarah C. R. Lummis --The Cholecystokinin-B Receptor --The Leukocyte Common Antigen (LCA) --Thrombospondin --Thrombospondin-1 /David R. Soto-Pantoja and David D. Roberts --TI-241 --TICAM-1 --TICAM-2 --TIF2 --TIF5 (eIF5) /Umadas Maitra and Romit Majumdar --Tif5p --TIF6 (eIF6) /Arunima Biswas, Avik Choudhuri and Umadas Maitra --Tif6p --TIP3 (Tec Interacting Protein-3 = SOCS1) --TIR-Domain-Containing Adapter Molecule 1 --TIR-Domain-Containing Adapter Molecule 2 --TIR-Domain-Containing Adapter Protein Inducing IFN-Beta --TIRAP --TIRP --Tlr4 --TLR4, Toll-Like Receptor 4 /Jayalakshmi Krishnan and Sangdun Choi --TLR4AP --TLR5 /Shaikh M. Atif and Stephen J. McSorley --TLR9 --tm-PTPe --TM14 --TMEM85 (Transmembrane Protein 85) /Michael T. Greenwood --TNFRSF12A --TNFRSF5 --TNF[alpha] (Tumor Necrosis Factor [alpha]) --Tnk2 --TOB1 (TOB, Transducer of ERBB2) --TOB2 (Transducer of ERBB2 2) --Toll --Toll-Interleukin 1 Receptor (TIR) Domain-Containing Adapter Protein --Toll-Interleukin-1 Receptor Domain-Containing Adapter Protein Inducing Interferon Beta --Toll-Like Receptor 3 --Aisha Qasim Butt and Sinéad M. Miggin --Toll-Like Receptor 4 --Toll-Like Receptor 4 Adapter Protein --Toll-like receptor 5 --Toll-Like Receptor 9 /Felipe Francisco Tuon --Toll-Like Receptor Adaptor Protein 3 --Toll-like Receptor Adaptor Protein Family Members /Enda Shevlin and Sinéad M. Miggin --Toll-Like Receptor, type 4 --Toll/Interleukin-1 Receptor Domain-Containing Protein --TP53 --Tpd52 (Mouse) --TPD52 (Tumor Protein D52) /Austin Della-Franca, Yuyan Chen and Jennifer Anne Byrne --TPL2 /Dimitra Virla, Christos Tsatsanis and Aristides G. Eliopoulos --TRA1 --TRAF6 /Maréne Landström and Reshma Sundar --TRAIL Receptor 1/2 (Death Receptor 4/5, DR4/5) --Eun-Sil Sung and Yong-Sung Kim --TRAIL-R1 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-Related Apoptosis-Inducing ligand Receptor 1) --TRAIL-R2 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand Receptor 2) --TRAM --TRAM-1 --Translocation-Associated Notch Homolog --TRB --TRIB --Tribbles /Adrienn Angyal and Endre Kiss-Toth --TRIF --TRIF: TIR Domain-Containing Adaptor-Inducing Interferon [beta] --TRIF-Related Adapter Molecule --TRIP13/16E1BP/Thyroid Hormone Receptor Interactor 13 (AGS7) --Tripartite Motif Protein 23 --Triple-A (or AAA) is a Family of Proteins Within the AAA+ Superfamily of ATPases Associated with Various Cellular Activities --TRP --TRP (Transient Receptor Potential Cation Channel) /Christian Harteneck --TRP53 --TRPL --TRPP1 --TSAd --TSP1 --TSPAN 28 --Tspan-25 --Tspan25l --Tumor Progression Locus 2 --Tumor Rejection Antigen gp96 --TWEAK Receptor --Type A Endothelin Receptor --Type II Interferon --Type II PIP Kinase --Type II PIPK --Type IV cAMP Phosphodiesterase --Type-I Cadherins --Tyro4 (Rat) --TZK --UP50 --uPA Receptor --uPAR --UPH1 --Urea Transporter --Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Receptor --Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Receptor-Associated Protein (uPARAP) --UT (Urea Transporter) /Mitsi A. Blount, Janet D. Klein and Jeff M. Sands --UT-A --UT-B --v-H-Ras --v-K-Ras --V-Myb Myeloblastosis Viral Oncogene Homolog --v-myc Myelocytomatosis Viral Oncogene Homolog --v-N-Ras --v-Raf --v-Raf Murine Sarcoma 3611 Viral Oncogene Homolog --v-Raf-1 Leukemia Viral Oncogene 1 --Vaccinia Virus B1R-Related Kinase 1 --Vaccinia Virus B1R-Related kinase 2 --Vaccinia Virus B1R-Related Kinase 3 --Vaccinia-Related Kinase 1 --Vaccinia-Related Kinase 2 --Vaccinia-Related Kinase 3 --Vaccinia-Related Kinase-3 (VRK3) /Marta Vázquez-Cedeira, Diana M. Monsalve, Marta Sanz-García and Pedro A. Lazo --VAMP1/2/3/7 --Thierry Galli and Véronique Proux-Gillardeaux --Vanilloid-Like TRP Channels, TRPV1-6 --Vav --Vav Family /Xosé R. Bustelo --Vav Oncogene --Vav-1 Oncogene --Vav-2 Oncogene --Vav-3 Oncogene --Vav1 --Vav2 --Vav3 --VDR, The Vitamin D Receptor /Marina Rode von Essen and Carsten Geisler --Very Late Activation Antigen 1 (VLA-1) --Very Late Activation Antigen 2 (VLA-2) --Vesl --Vitamin D receptor (VDR) --Vitronectin Receptor Alpha (VNRA) --Vitronectin Receptor, Alpha Polypeptide --Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels: Structure and Function (CACNA) --Thomas L. Pallone, Sandeep Khurana and Chunhua Cao --VRK-1 --VRK-2 --VRK-3 --VRK1 /Alberto Valbuena, Marta Sanz-García, Inmaculada López-Sánchez, Francisco M. Vega and Ana Sevilla, et al. --VRK2 /Sandra Blanco, Isabel F. Fernández, Marta Vázquez-Cedeira, Diana M. Monsalve and Triana Merced, et al. --WASH --Joshua T. Piotrowski and Daniel D. Billadeau --WASP and SCAR Homolog --Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein and SCAR Homolog --Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome-Like (WASL) --Wyatt --Ypt7p (Yeast Ortholog) --ZAP-70 /M. Ferro, N. Giommoni and C. T. Baldari --ZAP70 --zDHHC Proteins --Zfp202 --ZFYVE9 --Zinc Finger Protein 202 --Zinc Transport in the Pancreatic [beta]-Cell: Roles of ZnT (SLC30A) and ZiP (SLC39A) Family Members /Elisa A. Bellomo and Guy A. Rutter --ZiP --Zipper Protein Kinase --ZNF202 --Gerd Schmitz --ZnT --ZPK.

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Chapter 13. Meeting Gary Glazer.

Introduction -- Chapter 1. Multinational Perspectives on End-of-Life Issues in the Intensive Care Unit -- The United States -- Canada -- New Zealand -- United Kingdom -- Communicating to family: the Israeli perspective -- Maria and the good death: the Latin American view -- The Greek perspective -- The South African perspective -- A perspective from India -- Japan -- Chapter 2. Critical Illness and End-of-Life Issues: A Global View -- An evaluation of international medical ethics at the end of life -- Communication in the Intensive Care Unit -- End-of Life issues in the critically ill: a global perspective -- Chapter 3. Death in a Lonely Place: Pathophysiology of the Dying Patient -- Chapter 4. The History of the Definition(s) of Death: From the 18th Century to the 20th Century -- Chapter 5. What It Feels Like to Live and Die on Prolonged Life Support -- Chapter 6. Who's in Charge in the Intensive Care Unit? -- Chapter 7. Dealing with Difficult Surrogates -- Erring on the side of autonomy -- Erring on the side of reason -- Healthcare providers' contribution to the problem of futility -- Chapter 8. Emotions in the Intensive Care Unit -- Chapter 9. The Role of Ethics Committees in End-of-Life Care -- Chapter 10. Medical Liability Issues in Dealing with Critical Care Patients in the End-of-Life Situation -- Chapter 11. End-of-Life Issues and United States Politics -- Chapter 12. Comments from Ancillary Healthcare Providers -- My experiences with end-of-life as a bedside-nurse -- A Chaplain's perspective -- Pharmacotherapy considerations during end-of-life care of critically ill adults -- Chapter 13. The Intensive Care Unit of the Future -- Afterword.

Introduction : issues at the end of life /Robert H. Blank --Ethical questions related to end-of-life decisions : the Brazilian reality /Leo Pessini --End-of-life care in China : a view from Beijing /Li Yiting, Ole Doring, Liu Fang, Fu Li, and Su Baoqi --End-of-life decision making in Germany /Alfred Simon --End-of-life decision making in India /Sunil K. Pandya --End-of-life decision making in Israel /Tali Amidror and Frank J. Leavitt --End-of-life care in Japan /Darryl Macer --End-of-life decision making in Kenya /Angela Wasunna --End-of-life decision making in the Netherlands /Henk ten Have --End-of-life decision making in Taiwan /Tai-Yuan Chiu --End-of-life decision making in Turkey /Sahin Aksoy --Death policy in the United Kingdom /Richard Ashcroft --Death and dying : the American experience /Janna C. Merrick --Summary : the state of end-of-life policy /Robert H. Blank.

In silico methods for modeling endocrine disruption / James Devillers -- Mechanisms of endocrine disruptions : a tentative overview / Jean-Marc Porcher, James Devillers, and Nathalie Marchand-Geneste -- Population dynamics modeling : a tool for environmental risk assessment of endocrine disrupting chemicals / Andrew R. Brown ... [et al.] -- Application of pharmacokinetic modeling to understand the mechanism of action of endocrine disrupting chemicals / James Devillers -- Comparative modeling review of nuclear hormone receptor superfamily / Nathalie Marchand-Geneste and James Devillers -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Endocrine Disruptor Knowledge Base (EDKB) : lessons learned in QSAR modeling and applications / Hong Fang ... [et al.] -- A structure-activity relationship (SAR) analysis for the identification of environmental estrogens : the categorical-SAR (cat-SAR) approach / Albert R. Cunningham ... [et al.] --Kohonen and counterpropagation neural networks employed for modeling endocrine disruptors / Marjana Novič and Marjan Vračko -- Quantitative spectrometric data-activity relationships (QSDAR) models of endocrine disruptor binding activities / Richard D. Beger, Dan A. Buzatu, and Jon G. Wilkes -- Mechanism-based modeling of estrogen receptor binding affinity : a Common Reactivity Pattern (COREPA) implementation / Ovanes Mekenyan and Rossitsa Serafimova -- Molecular field analysis methods for modeling endocrine disruptors / Jean-Pierre Doucet and Annick Panaye -- Structure-activity modeling of a diverse set of androgen receptor ligands / James Devillers ... [et al.] -- SAR and QSAR analyses of substituted dibenzoylhydrazines for their mode of action as ecdysone agonists / Toshio Fujita and Yoshiaki Nakagawa -- e-Endocrine disrupting chemical databases for deriving SAR and QSAR models / Nathalie Marchand-Geneste ... [et al.].

Inherited and sporadic epimutations at the IGF2-H19 locus in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and Wilms' tumor / Riccio, A. ... [et al.] -- Epigenetic regulation of growth : lessons from Silver-Russell syndrome / Eggermann, T. -- Genetic imprinting : the paradigm of Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes / Gurrieri, F., Accadia, M. -- Muscle involvement and IGF-1 signaling in genetic disorders : new therapeutic approaches / Barberi, L. ... [et al.] -- Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies and related syndromes : brief review / Bertini, E., D'Amico A. -- Overgrowth syndromes : a classification / Neri, G., Moscarda, M. -- C-type natriuretic peptide and overgrowth / Bocciardi, R., Ravazzolo, R. -- Role of transcription factors in midline central nervous system and pituitary defects / Kelberman, D., Dattani, M.T. --Developmental abnormalities of the posterior pituitary gland / Di Iorgi, N. ... [et al.] -- Hyperinsulinism in developmental syndromes / Kapoor, R.R., James, C., Hussain, K. -- Developmental syndromes : growth hormone deficiency and treatment / Mazzanti, L. ... [et al.] -- Growth hormone-resistant syndromes : long-term follow-up / Chernausek, S.D. -- Phenotypic aspects of growth hormone- and IGF-I-resistant syndromes / Savage, M.O. ... [et al.] -- Double diabetes : a mixture of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in youth / Pozzilli, P., Guglielmi, C. -- Cryptorchidism as part of the testicular dysgenesis syndrome : the environmental connection / Main, K.M., Skakkebaek, N.E., Toppari, J. -- Disorders of sex development in developmental syndromes / Hiort, O., Gillessen-Kaesbach, G.

Part. I Thyroid.-- Biology of thyroid oncogenesis / Insoo Suh, Electron Kebebew.-- Evaliation of the thyroid nodule / Dina M. Elaraj.-- Differentiated thyroid cancers of follicular cell origin / Linwah Yip, Sally E. Carty.-- Sporadic medullary thyroid cancer / Adrian Harvey, Janice L. Pasieka.-- Anaplastic thyroid cancer / Alan P.B. Dackiw.-- Part II. Parathyroid.-- Primary hyperparathyroidism / Kaitlyn J. Kelly, Herbert Chen, Rebecca S. Sippel.-- Parathyromatosis and parathyroid cancer / Wen T. Shen.-- Part III. Incidentaloma / Jacob Malem, Insoo Suh, Quan-Yang Duh.-- Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma / Goswin Y. Meyer-Rochow, Stan B. Sidhu.-- Functional cortical neoplasms / Ali Zarrinpar, Michael W. Yeh.-- Adrenocortical carcinoma / Patsy S.H. Soon, Stan B. Sidhu.-- Part IV. Pnacreatic neuroendocrine tumors.-- Gastrinoma / Anthony J. Chambers, Janice L. Pasieka.-- Insulinoma / Kimberly Vanderveen, Clive Grant.-- Rare neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas / Shih-Ping Cheng, Gerard M. Doherty.-- Part V. Multiple endocrine neoplasia.-- Menin gene / Hsin-Chieh Jennifer Shen, Steven K. Libutti.-- Multiple endocrine neoplasia type I: clinical manifestations and management / Anathea C. Powell, Steven K. Libutti.-- RET protooncogene / Amber L. Traugott, Jeffrey F. Moley.-- Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2: clinical manifestations and management / Amber L. Traugott, Jeffrey F. Moely.

Methods in cellular and molecular pathology / Paul Komminoth ... [et al.] -- Hypothalamus and neurohypophysis / Kazuhiro Takahashi, Osamu Murakami, and Toraichi Mouri -- Tumors in the adenohypophysis / Fateme Salehi ... [et al.] -- Recent developments in molecular embryogenesis and molecular biology of the pituitary / Robert Y. Osamura and Noboru Egashira -- Recent developments in the molecular biology of pituitary tumors / Ricardo V. Lloyd -- The pineal gland / Katherine M. Lindstrom and M. Beatriz S. Lopes -- The parathyroid / H. Rubén Harach -- Recent developments in the molecular biology of the parathyroid / Vânia Nosé and Ashraf Khan -- Pathology of thyroid gland / Ashraf Khan and Vânia Nosé -- Recent developments in the molecular biology of the thyroid / Yuri E. Nikiforov -- Adrenal cortex / Hironobu Sasano ... [et al.] -- Adrenal medulla and paraganglia / Anne Marie McNicol -- Molecular biology of pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas / Elizabeth E. King and Patricia L.M. Dahia -- Endocrine ovaries / Xavier Matias Guiu -- Endocrine testis / Robert E. Emerson, Liang Cheng, and Thomas M. Ulbright -- Endocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal system / Guido Rindi ... [et al.] -- The endocrine pancreas / Stefano La Rosa ... [et al.] -- Neuroendocrine differentiation patterns in various organs (including lung, breast, skin, and urogenital tract) / Marco Volante ... [et al.] -- Endocrine lung / William D. Travis -- Cutaneous neuroendocrine tumors / Lori A. Erickson -- Neuroendocrine carcinomas of the thymus / Cesar A. Moran and Saul Suster -- Endocrine placenta / Raymond W. Redline -- Fine needle aspiration cytology of endocrine glands / Ema A. Dragoescu and Celeste N. Powers -- Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome / Kennichi Kakudo, Yasuhiro Ito, and Masahide Takahashi -- Polyglandular autoimmune diseases / Ricardo V. Lloyd -- Biochemical testing for neuroendocrine tumors / Aaron I. Vinik and Maria P. Silva -- Surgical management of endocrine disorders / Joseph B. Lillegard, Travis J. McKenzie, and Geoffrey B. Thompson -- Medical treatment of neuroendocrine tumors / Timothy J. Hobday -- Radiation treatment of endocrine tumors / Sunil Krishnan, Deepa Suresh, and Robert L. Foote -- Future directions in endocrine pathology / Ricardo V. Lloyd.

General principles of endocrine physiology -- The Hypothalamus & posterior pituitary gland -- Anterior pituitary gland -- Thyroid gland -- Parathyroid gland & Ca²⁺ & Po₄⁻ regulation -- Adrenal gland -- Endocrine pancreas -- Male reproductive system -- Female reproductive system -- Endocrine integration of energy & electrolyte balance.

Chemical transmission -- Mechanisms of hormone action 1. Membrane receptors -- Mechanisms of hormone action 2. Intracellular receptors -- Hypothalamus and pituitary gland -- Gonadotrophin releasing hormone : a peptide hormone -- Principles of feedback control -- Growth 1. Cellular growth factors -- Growth 2. Normal growth -- Growth 3. Growth hormone -- Growth 4. Pathophysiology -- Thyroid 1. Thyroid gland and thyroid hormones -- Thyroid 2. Thyroid hormone secretion and action -- Thyroid 3. Thyroid pathophysiology -- Adrenal gland 1. Adrenal medulla -- Adrenal gland 2. Adrenocortical hormones -- Adrenal gland 3. Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) -- Adrenal gland 4. Cortisol and androgens -- Adrenal gland 5. Aldosterone -- Adrenal gland 6. Adrenocortical pathophysiology -- Endocrine autoimmunity -- Sexual differentiation and development 1 -- Sexual differentiation and development 2. Puberty -- Female reproduction 1. Menstrual cycle -- Female reproduction 2. Ovarian steroids -- Female reproduction 3. Pregnancy -- Female reproduction 4. Parturition and lactation -- Female reproduction 5. Pathophysiology -- Female reproduction 6. Contraception -- Male reproduction 1. The testis -- Male reproduction 2. Actions of androgens -- Male reproduction 3. Pathophysiology -- Oxytocin -- Vasopressin -- Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system -- Endocrine hypertension -- Insulin 1. The pancreas and insulin secretion -- Insulin 2. Insulin action -- Insulin 3. Type I Diabetes mellitus -- Insulin 4. Type 2 Diabetes mellitus -- Glucagon -- Gastrointestinal hormones -- Energy homoeostasis 1. Summary -- Energy homoeostasis 2. Central control -- Obesity 1. Causes of obesity -- Obesity 2. Cardiovascular and respiratory complications -- Obesity 3. Insulin resistance and endocrine complications -- Calcium 1. Parathyroid hormone (PTH) -- Calcium 2. Calcitonin -- Calcium 3. Vitamin D -- Bone remodelling -- Metabolic bone disease 1. Paget's disease -- Metabolic bone disease 2. Primary osteoporosis -- Metabolic bone disease 3. Secondary osteoporosis -- Index.

Receptors and hormone action -- The hypothalamus and pituitary part I : the hypothalamus and posterior pituitary -- The hypothalamus and pituitary part II : the anterior pituitary -- The adrenal glands part I : the adrenal medulla -- The adrenal glands part II : the adrenal cortex -- The thyroid gland -- Hormonal control of reproduction part I : male reproductive system -- Hormonal control of reproduction part II : female reproductive system -- Hormonal control of reproduction part III : development and fertility -- Insulin and the regulation of plasma glucose -- Hormonal regulation of plasma calcium and calcium metabolism -- Miscellaneous hormones.

V. 1 -- Endocrinology: impact on science and medicine -- Control of hormone gene expression -- Control of hormone secretion -- Insulin and growth factor signaling pathways -- Hormone signaling via G protein-coupled receptors -- Nuclear receptors: structure, function, and coregulators -- Applications of genetics in endocrinology -- Development of the pituitary -- Prolactin -- Adrenocorticotropic hormone -- Endocrine rhythms, the sleep-wake cycle, and biological clocks -- Hypothalamic syndromes -- Hypopituitarism and growth hormone deficiency -- Acromegaly -- Cushing's syndrome -- Clinically nonfunctioning sellar masses -- TSH-producing adenomas -- Disorders of prolactin secretion and prolactinomas -- Pituitary surgery -- Evaluation and management of childhood hypothalamic and pituitary tumors -- Vasopressin, diabetes insipidus, and the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion -- The pineal gland and melatonin -- Regulation of growth hormone and action (secretagogues) -- Insulin-like growth factor-1 and its binding proteins -- Somatic growth and maturation -- Growth hormone deficiency in children -- Appetite regulation and thermogenesis -- Obesity: the problem and its management -- Genetic syndromes associated with obesity -- Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and other eating disorders -- Development of the endocrine pancreas -- Biosynthesis, processing, and secretion of the islet hormones: insulin, islet amyloid polypeptide (amylin), glucagon, somatostatin, and pancreatic polypeptide -- Insulin secretion -- The mechanisms of insulin action -- Glucagon and the glucagon-like peptides -- Regulation of intermediatory metabolism during fasting and feeding --Role of the adipocyte in metabolism and endocrine function -- Lipodystrophy syndromes -- Classification and diagnosis of diabetes mellitus -- Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus: etiology, pathogenesis, prediction, and prevention -- Type 2 diabetes mellitus: etiology, pathogenesis, and natural history -- Lipoprotein metabolism and the treatment of lipid disorders -- Hyperglycemia secondary to nondiabetic conditions and therapies -- The metabolic syndrome -- Treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus in adults -- Ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar coma -- Hypoglycemia and hypoglycemic syndromes -- Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus -- Management of diabetes mellitus in children -- Pancreatic and islet transplantation -- Diabetes control, long-term complications, and large vessel disease -- Diabetic eye disease -- Diabetes mellitus: neuropathy -- Diabetic nephropathy -- Diabetic foot and vascular complications -- Parathyroid hormone and parathyroid hormone-related peptide in the regulation of calcium homeostasis and bone development -- Calcitonin -- Vitamin D: from photosynthesis, metabolism, and action to clinical applications -- Bone development and remodeling -- Calcium regulation, calcium homeostasis, and genetic disorders of calcium metabolism -- Genetic disorders of phosphate homeostasis -- Primary hyperparathyroidism -- Malignancy-associated hypercalcemia and medical management -- Surgical management of hyperparathyroidism -- Pseudohypoparpathyroidism, Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy, and progressive osseous heteroplasia: disorders caused by inactivating GNAS mutations -- Genetic defects in vitamin D metabolism and action -- Hereditary disorders of the skeleton -- Bone density and imaging of osteoporosis -- Chronic kidney disease mineral and bone disorder -- Disorders of calcification: osteomalacia and rickets -- Paget's disease of bone --V. 2 -- Anatomy and development of the thyroid -- Thyroid-stimulating hormone: physiology and secretion -- Thyroid regulatory factors -- Thyroid hormone metabolism -- Mechanisms of thyroid hormone action -- Thyroid function testing -- Thyroid imaging -- Autoimmune thyroid disease -- Graves' disease -- Graves' ophthalmopathy -- Autonomously functioning thyroid nodules and other causes of thyrotoxicosis -- Chronic (Hashimoto's) thyroiditis -- Subacute and Riedel's thyroiditis -- Hypothyroidism and myxedema coma -- Nonthyroidal illness syndrome: a form of hypothyroidism -- Multinodular goiter -- Iodine deficiency disorders -- Thyroid neoplasia -- Medullary thyroid carcinoma and multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 -- Thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor mutations -- Genetic defects in thyroid hormone synthesis and action -- Thyroid hormone binding and variants of transport proteins -- Resistance to thyroid hormone -- Surgery of the thyroid -- The principles, enzymes, and pathways of human steroidogenesis -- Glucocorticoid action: physiology -- Glucocorticoid receptors: their mechanisms of action and glucocorticoid resistance -- Aldosterone: secretion and action -- Glucocorticoid therapy -- Adrenal insufficiency -- Adrenal causes of hypercortisolism -- Defects of adrenal steroidogenesis -- Adrenarche and adrenopause -- Adrenal gland imaging -- Adrenocortical carcinoma -- Primary mineralocorticoid excess syndromes and hypertension -- Mineralocorticoid deficiency -- Pheochromocytoma -- Adrenal surgery --Hormones of the cardiovascular system -- Hyponatremia and hypernatremia -- Orthostatic hypotension and orthostatic intolerance -- Endocrine aspects of critical care medicine -- Gonadotropin-releasing hormones -- Gonadal peptides: inhibins, activins, follistatin, Müllerian-inhibiting substance (antimüllerian hormone) -- Gonadotropins-regulation of synthesis and secretion -- Genetic basis of gonadal and genital development -- Diagnosis and treatment of disorders of sexual development -- Endocrinology of sexual maturation and puberty -- Precocious puberty -- Delayed puberty -- Hormonal control of breast development -- The endocrinology of sexual behavior and gender identity -- Folliculogenesis, ovulation, and luteogenesis -- Ovarian hormone synthesis -- Estrogen and progesterone action -- Hormonal regulation of the menstrual cycle, mechanisms of ovulation, premenstrual syndromes -- Amenorrhea, anovulation, and dysfunctional uterine bleeding -- Endometriosis -- Female subfertility: evaluation and management -- Hyperandrogenism, hirsutism, and the polycystic ovary syndrome -- Ovulation induction and assisted reproduction -- Contraception -- Menopause -- Functional morphology of the testis -- Androgen physiology, pharmacology, and abuse -- Testicular dysgenesis syndrome, cryptorchidism, hypospadias, and testicular tumors -- Androgen deficiency disorders -- Gynecomastia -- Clinical management of male infertility -- Male contraception -- Endocrinology of the prostate -- The endocrinology of human pregnancy and parturition -- Fetal and neonatal endocrinology -- Diabetes mellitus and pregnancy -- Diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disease during pregnancy -- Hormonal changes and endocrine testing in pregnancy -- Autoimmune polyglandular syndromes -- Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 -- Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 -- Gastrointestinal hormones and tumor syndromes -- Carcinoid syndrome -- Ectopic hormone syndromes -- Endocrine testing.

Hypopituitarism following radiotherapy revisited / Darzy, K.H., Shalet, S.M. -- Alterations in pubertal timing following therapy for childhood malignancies / Armstrong, G.T., Chow, E.J., Sklar, C.A. -- Obesity during and after treatment for childhood cancer / Reilly, J.J. -- Metabolic disorders / Gregory, J.W. -- Bone and bone turnover / Crofton, P.M. -- Male fertility and strategies for fertility preservation following childhood cancer treatment / Mitchell, R.T. ... [et al.] -- Fertility in female childhood cancer survivors / De Bruin, M.L. ... [et al.] -- Long-term follow-up of survivors of childhood cancer / Edgar, A.B. ... [et al.].

Current status of the prevention and early diagnosis of endometrial adenocarcinoma -- The value of endometrial cytology -- Techniques of endometrial cytology -- Techniques of endometrial histopathology -- New techniques for the diagnosis of endometrial pathology -- Cytology of the normal endometrium - cycling and postmenopausal -- Benign endometrial lesions -- Cytopathology of endometrial hyperplasias -- Cytopathology of endometrial adenocarcinoma -- Cytopathology of the non-epithelial malignant tumors of the uterine corpus.

The Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) is an organelle with extraordinary signaling and homeostatic functions. It is the organelle responsible for protein folding, maturation, quality control and trafficking of proteins destined for the plasma membrane or for secretion into the extracellular environment. Failure, overloading or malfunctioning of any of the signaling or quality control mechanisms occurring in the ER may provoke a stress condition known as âER stressâ. Accumulating evidence indicates that ER stress may dramatically perturb interactions between the cell and its environment, and contribute to the development of human diseases, ranging from metabolic diseases and cancer to neurodegenerative diseases, or impact therapeutic outcome. This book primarily focuses on the pathophysiology of ER stress. It introduces the molecular bases of ER stress, the emerging relevance of the ER-mitochondria cross-talk, the signaling pathways engaged and cellular responses to ER stress, including the adaptive Unfolded Protein Response (UPR), autophagy as well as cell death. Next the book addresses the role of ER stress in physiology and in the etiology of relevant pathological conditions, like carcinogenesis and inflammation, neurodegeneration and metabolic disease. The last chapter describes how ER stress pathways can be targeted for therapeutic benefit. Altogether, this book will provide the reader with an exhaustive view of ER stress biology and the latest insights in the role of ER stress in relevant human diseases.

Survey -- Cavum nasi and fossa pterygopalatina -- Sinus sphenoidalis and fossa pterygopalatina -- Tuba auditiva (eustachii) -- Pyramis (petrous bone, pars petrosa plus pars tympanica) -- Clivus area and pars condylaris -- Special surgical aspects examples.

Barrett's esophagus : screening, diagnosis, and management / Glenn M. Eisen -- Endoscopic screening for squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus / Brian C. Jacobson -- Image enhancement endoscopy / Stephan M. Wildi and Michael B. Wallace -- Staging of esophageal cancer / Jason Vollweiler and Gregory Zuccaro, Jr. -- Endoscopic therapy for early esophageal cancer and premalignant lesions in Barrett's esophagus / Granapathy A. Prasad and Kenneth K. Wang -- Endoscopic therapy for advanced esophageal cancer / Sanjay Jagannath and Marcia I. Canto -- Radiological imaging of the upper gastrointestinal tract / Marc S. Levine -- Esophageal cancer therapy : surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy / John M. Holland and Christopher A. Canning -- Premalignant lesions of the stomach / Omid A. Shaye and Andrew Ippoliti -- Gastric polyps / George A. Makar and Gregory G. Ginsberg -- Endoscopic ultrasound for staging gastric cancer / Gregory Olds and Amitabh Chak -- Endoscopic treatment for gastric cancer / Takuji Gotoda and Roy M. Soetikno -- Diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal lymphoma / John G. Kuldau, Peter R. Holman, and Thomas J. Savides -- Gastrointestinal stromal tumors / Raquel E. Davila -- Carcinoid tumors / Wilscott E. Naugler and Gordon C. Hunt -- Medical and surgical therapy for gastric cancer / Diane Hershock -- Colorectal cancer screening / Jason A. Dominitz and William M. Grady --Polyposis and familial cancer syndromes / Fernando S. Velayos, Madhulika G. Varma, and Jonathan P. Terdiman -- Endoscopic colon surveillance : post-polypectomy, post-colorectal cancer resection, and inflammatory bowel disease / Douglas B. Nelson and Mandeep S. Sawhney -- Endoscopic ultrasound for staging rectal and anal cancer / Deepak V. Gopal -- Endoscopic therapy of colorectal carcinoma / Vaman Jakribettuu and Yang K. Chen -- Radiological imaging of the lower gastrointestinal tract / Steven E. Rubesin -- Current status of colorectal cancer therapy / John Strother ... [et al.] -- Cystic neoplasms of the pancreas / William R. Brugge -- Diagnosis and evaluation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma / Kenneth H. Yu and Nuzhat A. Ahmad -- Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas : endoscopic palliation / Georgios I. Papachristou, Kevin McGrath, and Adam Slivka -- Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors / Erik-Jan Wamsteker and James M. Scheiman -- Endoscopic diagnosis and management of cholangiocarcinoma / Vanessa M. Shami and Irving Waxman -- Ampullary neoplasia / Ian D. Norton -- Magnetic resonance imaging of neoplasms of the pancreatobiliary system / Evan S. Siegelman and Wendy C. Hsu -- Medical and surgical therapy of pancreatic cancer / Weijing Sun, Jon Morris, and Jeffrey Drebin -- Endoscopic ultrasound for thoracic disease / Timothy Woodward, Massimo Raimondo, and Michael B. Wallace.

New technologies for imaging of Barrett's esophagus -- Argon plasma coagulation in Barrett's esophagus: the most widely available technique -- Radiofrequency ablation for eradication of Barrett's esophagus: a description of the endoscopic technique, its clinical results, and future prospects -- Decision making in ablation: disease, patients, and institutional factors -- Multipolar electrocoagulation (MPEC): an early, widely available technique -- Endoscopic mucosal resection in Barrett's esophagus: endoscopic surgery -- Combination: multimodal therapy -- Photodynamic therapy (PDT): the best-validated technique -- Cyroablation of Barrett's esophagus -- Cost-effectiveness of endoscopic therapy for Barrett's esophagus.

Basics of radial endoscopic ultrasound -- Longitudinal EUS anatomy -- EUS meets VOXEL-MAN: a computer-based training system for longitudinal EUS -- Miniprobes -- Intraductal ultrasound -- Radial EUS, linear EUS, or ultrasound miniprobe: which if the most suitable device? -- Ultrasound contrast agents and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography.

Endotoxins: Lipopolysaccharides of Gram-negative bacteria / X. Wang and P.J. Quinn -- Purification and characterization of lipopolysaccharides / X. Wang ... [et al.] -- Endotoxins: Relationship between structure, function, and activity / K. Brandenburg, A.B. Schromm and T. Gutsmann -- The diversity of the core oligosaccharide in lipopolysaccharides / A. Silipo and A. Molinaro -- Salmonella-regulated lipopolysaccharide modifications / S.M. Richards, K.L. Strandberg and J.S. Gunn -- The variation of O antigens in Gram-negative bacteria / L. Wang, Q. Wang and P.R. Reeves -- Regulators of TLR4 signaling by endotoxins / A.F. McGettrick and L.A.J. O'Neill -- Membrane partitioning: Is location everything when it comes to endotoxin recognition? / M. Triantafilou and K. Triantafilou -- Endotoxin detection - from limulus amebocyte lysate to recombinant Factor C / J.L. Ding and B. Ho -- The role of endotoxin in infection: Helicobacter pylori and Campylobacter jejuni / A.P. Moran -- The role of pseudomonas lipopolysaccharide in cystic fibrosis airway infection / S.M. Moskowitz and R.K. Ernst -- Development of small-molecule endotoxin sequestering agents / S.A. David and D. Sil -- Development of an anti-endotoxin vaccine for sepsis / A.S. Cross -- Synthetic and natural TLR4 agonists as safe and effective vaccine adjuvants / C.B. Fox ... [et al.] -- Targeting endotoxin in the treatment of sepsis / J.-S. Rachoin, C.A. Schorr and R.P. Dellinger -- Lipopolysaccharides in rhizobium-legume symbioses / R.W. Carlson, L.S. Forsberg and E.L. Kannenberg -- Lipopolysaccharides and plant innate immunity / G. Erbs ... [et al.].

Merging of endourology and oncology: endourooncology / A. El-Hakim, B.R. Lee, and A.D. Smith -- Surgical robots and three-dimensional displays for computer-aided surgery / T. Dohi -- Robot-assisted (Da Vinci) urologic surgery: an emerging frontier / A.K. Hemal and M. Menon -- Robotic surgery assisted by the ZEUS system / M. Eto and S. Naito -- Telesurgery: remote monitoring and assistance laparoscopy / T. Inagaki, S.B. Bhayani, and L.R. Kavoussi -- Remote percutaneous renal access using a telesurgical robotic system / B. Challacombe, L. Kavoussi, and D. Stoianovici -- Radiofrequency ablation for percutaneous treatment of malignant renal tumors / S. Kanazawa, T. Iguchi, K. Yasui, H. Mimura, T. Tsushima, and H. Kumon -- High-intensity focused ultrasound for noninvasive renal tumor thermoablation / A. Häckr, M.S. Michel, and K.U. Köhrmann -- High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for the treatment of localized prostate cancer / T. Uchida, H. Ohkusa, H. Yamashita, and Y. Nagata -- Renal cryoablation / K. Nakagawa and M. Murai -- Prostate cryoablation / B.J. Donnelly and J.C. Rewcastle -- Tumor control outcome and tolerance of permanent interstitial implanation for patients with clinically localized prostate cancer / Y. Nasu, F. Abarzua, and H. Kumon.

Parts [A]-E.

Qi in Asian medicine / Nancy N. Chen -- Flows and blockages in Rwandan ritual and notions of the body / Christopher C. Taylor -- Elemental souls and vernacular qi : some attributes of what moves us / David Mayor -- The anatomical foundations of qi / John L. Stump -- Qi in China's traditional medicine : the example of tuina / Kevin V. Ergil and Marc S. Micozzi -- Qi cultivation in qigong and taiji quan / Gideon Enz -- Qigong theory and research / Amy L. Ai -- The language of qi, quantum physics, and the superimplicate body / F. David Peat -- Qi and the frequencies of bioelectricity / Cyril W. Smith -- Systems theory : trapping and mapping healing with qi / Christopher Low --The physiology of qi / Hakima Amri and Mones S. Abu-Asab -- Energy and medicine / John A. Ives and Wayne B. Jonas -- What does it mean to practice an energy medicine? / Claire M. Cassidy -- Evidencing energy : experiences in acupuncture and therapeutic bodywork (zero balancing) / Tim Newman -- Eight modalities for working with qi : chakra acupuncture, with qigong, meditation, and the five sources of energy / Gabriel Stux -- Ki in shiatsu / Patrizia Stefanini -- Bioelectricity and qi : a microcurrent approach / Darren Starwynn -- Energy psychology : working with mind-body synergy / Phil Mollon -- Craniosacral biodynamics / Franklyn Sills -- Qi in children / May Loo --Qigong, taiji quan (tai chi) and HIV : the psychoneuroimmunology connection / Mary Lou Galantino and Laura Muscatello -- Energy-based therapies in neurology : the example of therapeutic touch / Eric Leskowitz -- Qi in chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia / Carolyn McMakin and Peter H. Fraser -- The electrical heart : energy in cardiac health and disease / Alan Watkins -- Themes of qi and a dozen definitions : content analysis and discussion / David Mayor and Marc S. Micozzi.

Molecular Physiology of Monogenic and Syndromic Obesities in Humans / Wendy K. Chung and Rudolph L. Leibel -- Leptin Signaling In the Brain / Ofer Reizes, Stephen C. Benoit, and Deborah J. Clegg -- Inactivating Melanocortin-4 Receptor Mutations and Human Obesity / Ya-Xiong Tao -- The Role of Central Melanocortins in Cachexia / Daniel L. Marks -- The Efferent Arm of the Energy Balance Regulatory Pathway: Neuroendocrinology and Pathology / Robert H. Lustig -- Adiponectin: A Multifunctional Adipokine / Kristen Clarke and Robert L. Judd -- The Role of the Gastrointestinal Hormones Ghrelin, Peptide YY and Glucagon-like Peptide-1 in the Regulation of Energy Balance / Ruben Nogueiras, Hilary Wilson, Diego Perez-Tilve and Matthias H. Tschöp -- The Role of Growth Hormone Secretagogues and Ghrelin in Feeding and Body Composition / Cyril Y. Bowers, Blandine Laferrère, David Hurley, and Johannes D. Veldhuis -- Interaction Between Physical Activity and Genetic Factors in Complex Metabolic Disease / Paul W. Franks and Stephen M. Roth -- 11ss-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 and Obesity / Roland H. Stimson and Brian R. Walker -- Prader-Willi Syndrome : A Model of Disordered Energy Homeostasis / Andrea Haqq -- Antipsychotic Medication-Induced Weight Gain and Risk for Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease / John W. Newcomer -- Treatment of Insulin Resistance in Youth: The Role of Metformin / Molly Emott and Michael Freemark -- The Surgical Approach to Morbid Obesity / Edward E. Mason, Mohammad K. Jamal and Thomas O'Dorisio.

The generation of zinc finger proteins by modular assembly / Mital S. Bhakta and David J. Segal -- Engineering single Cys2His2 zinc finger domains using a bacterial cell-based two-hybrid selection system / Stacey Thibodeau-Beganny, Morgan L. Maeder, and J. Keith Joung -- Bipartite selection of zinc fingers by phage display for any 9-bp DNA target site / Jia-Ching Shieh -- Structure-based DNA-binding prediction and design / Andreu Alibés, Luis Serrano, and Alejandro D. Nadra -- Generation of cell-permeable artificial zinc finger protein variants / Takashi Sera -- Inhibition of viral transcription using designed zinc finger proteins / Kimberley A. Hoeksema and D. Lorne J. Tyrrell -- Modulation of gene expression using zinc finger-based artificial transcription factors / Sabine Stolzenburg ... [et al.] -- Construction of combinatorial libraries that encode zinc finger-based transcription factors / Seokjoong Kim, Eun Ji Kim, and Jin-Soo Kim -- Silencing of gene expression by targeted DNA methylation : concepts and approaches / Renata Z. Jurkowska and Albert Jeltsch -- Remodeling genomes with artificial transcription factors (ATFs) / Adriana S. Beltran and Pilar Blancafort -- Transgenic mice expressing an artificial zinc finger regulator targeting an endogenous gene / Claudio Passananti ... [et al.] -- Artificial zinc finger nucleases for DNA cloning / Vardit Zeevi, Andriy Tovkach, and Tzvi Tzfira -- In vitro assessment of zinc finger nuclease activity / Toni Cathomen and Cem Șöllü -- Quantification of zinc finger nuclease-associated toxicity / Tatjana I. Cornu and Toni Cathomen -- A rapid and general assay for monitoring endogenous gene modification / Dmitry Y. Guschin ... [et al.] -- Engineered zinc finger proteins for manipulation of the human mitochondrial genome / Michal Minczuk -- High-efficiency gene targeting in Drosophila with zinc finger nucleases / Dana Carroll, Kelly J. Beumer, and Jonathan K. Trautman -- Using zinc finger nucleases for efficient and heritable gene disruption in zebrafish / Jasmine M. McCammon and Sharon L. Amacher -- A transient assay for monitoring zinc finger nuclease activity at endogenous plant gene targets / Justin P. Hoshaw ... [et al.] -- Validation and expression of zinc finger nucleases in plant cells / Andriy Tovkach, Vardit Zeevi, and Tzvi Tzfira -- Non-FokI-based zinc finger nucleases / Miki Imanishi, Shigeru Negi, and Yukio Sugiura -- Designing and testing chimeric zinc finger transposases / Matthew H. Wilson and Alfred L. George -- Seeing genetic and epigenetic information without DNA denaturation using sequence-enabled reassembly (SEER) / Jason R. Porter ... [et al.] -- Zinc finger-mediated live cell imaging in Arabidopsis roots / Beatrice I. Lindhout, Tobias Meckel, and Bert J. van der Zaal -- Biophysical analysis of the interaction of toxic metal ions and oxidants with the zinc finger domain of XPA / Andrea Hartwig, Tanja Schwerdtle, and Wojciech Bal -- Preparation and zinc-binding properties of multi-fingered zinc-sensing domains / John H. Laity and Linda S. Feng -- Using ChIP-seq technology to identify targets of zinc finger transcription factors / Henriette O'Geen, Seth Frietze, and Peggy J. Farnham -- Crystallization of zinc finger proteins bound to DNA / Nancy C. Horton and Chad K. Park -- Beyond DNA : zinc finger domains as RNA-binding modules / Josep Font and Joel P. Mackay.

MATLAB basics -- MATLAB functions, operators, and commands -- MATLAB and problem solving -- MATLAB graphics -- MATLAB applications : numerical simulations of differential equations and introduction to dynamic systems -- SIMULINK.

Memory Enhancement Strategies: What Works Best for Obtaining Memory Goals? -- Mental and Physical Exercise as a Means to Reverse Cognitive Aging and Enhance Well-Being -- Consumer-Based Brain Fitness Programs -- Synapse: A Clinical Trial Examining the Impact of Actively Engaging the Aging Mind -- Meditation, Mindfulness, Cognition, and Emotion: Implications for Community-Based Older Adult Programs -- Keys to a Sharp Mind: Providing Choice and Quality Programming in a Retirement Community -- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Montana: A Model of Successful University and Community Partnerships -- Closing the Generation Gap: Using Discussion Groups to Benefit Older Adults and College Students -- A Practical Guide to Senior Odyssey -- Spelling Clubs and Competitions for Older Adults: Language Boosting Within a Social Context -- Oral Life Review in Older Adults: Principles for the Social Service Professional -- Creative Writing Groups: A Promising Avenue for Enhancing Working Memory and Emotional Well-Being -- Peer-Led Memory Training Programs to Support Brain Fitness -- Cognitive Wellness for Diverse Populations -- The Role of Physical Activity in Cognitive Fitness: A General Guide for Community Programs -- Nutrition and Nutritional Supplements to Promote Brain Health -- Enhancing Healthy Cognitive Aging Through Theater Arts -- Coming Alive: Kairos Dance Theatre's Dancing Heart[TM] - Vital Elders Moving in Community -- Art, Museums, and Culture -- The Songwriting Works[TM] Model: Enhancing Brain Health and Fitness Through Collaborative Musical Composition and Performance -- Supporting Cognition and Well-Being in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Intervention -- Early Memory Loss Clubs: A Novel Approach for Stimulating and Sustaining Cognitive Function -- Implementing the "I'm Still Here"[TM] Approach: Montessori-Based Methods for Engaging Persons with Dementia -- Kirtan Kriya Meditation: A Promising Technique for Enhancing Cognition in Memory-Impaired Older Adults -- Brain Brightening: Neurotherapy for Enhancing Cognition in the Elderly -- Neurons in Neighborhoods: How Purposeful Participation in a Community-based Intergenerational Program Enhanced Quality of Life for Persons Living with Dementia -- Experience Corps®: A Civic Engagement-Based Public Health Intervention in the Public Schools.

Pt. I / (xii, 312 p.) -- Pt. II / (x, 278 p.).

Introduction to the guidelines. Purpose, target and scope -- Background -- A dual obligation, a quadruple imperative -- Indispensability of controlled medicines in contemporary medical practices -- Safety of controlled medicines -- Current availability -- Impediments to availability, accessibility and affordability -- Why and how to work with this document? -- Guidelines for ensuring balance in national policies on controlled substances. Content of drug control legislation and policy -- Authorities and their role in the system -- Policy planning for availability and accessibility -- Healthcare professionals -- Estimates and statistics -- Procurement -- Other -- Country assessment checklist.

The enteric plexuses -- Interconnections between the plexuses -- Extent of the ganglionated plexuses -- Intramural extensions of extrinsic nerves -- Electron microscope studies -- Enteric glia -- The structural similarities and functional differences between regions may have an evolutionary basis -- Development of the enteric nervous system -- Maturation of enteric neurons and development of function -- Changes in enteric neurons with aging -- Summary and conclusions -- Shapes of enteric neurons -- Cell physiological classifications of enteric neurons -- Functionally defined enteric neurons -- Neurons in human intestine with equivalence to those investigated in laboratory animals -- Summary and conclusions -- Evolution of ideas about enteric circuitry -- Motility controlling circuits of the small and large intestine -- Intrinsic secretomotor and vasomotor circuits -- Assemblies of neurons -- Circuits in the esophagus and stomach -- Co-ordination of motility, secretomotor and vasomotor reflexes -- Circuits connecting the intestine, biliary system and pancreas -- Sympathetic innervation of the gastrointestinal tract -- Summary and conclusions -- Chemical coding and multiple transmitters -- Transmitters of motor neurons that innervate the smooth muscle of the gut -- Transmitters at neuro-neuronal synapses -- Sites within the reflex circuitry where specific pharmacologies of transmission can be deduced to occur -- Transmission from entero-endocrine cells to IPANs -- Roles of interstitial cells of Cajal in neuromuscular transmission -- Transmitters of secretomotor and vasodilator neurons -- Synapses in secretomotor and vasodilator pathways -- Transmitters of motor neurons innervating gastrin cells -- Summary and conclusions -- Rhythmic activity of gastrointestinal muscle -- Structure and properties of interstitial cells of cajal -- Relationship between slow wave activity and neural control -- Gastric motility -- Patterns of small intestine motility and their intrinsic neural control -- Motility of the colon -- Neural control of the esophagus -- Gall-bladder motility -- Sphincters -- Muscle of the mucosa -- Mechanism of sympathetic inhibition of motility in non-sphincter regions -- Sympathetic innervation of the sphincters -- Physiological effects of noradrenergic neurons on motility in undisturbed animals -- Reflex activities of sympathetic neurons that affect motility -- Summary and conclusions -- Water and electrolyte secretion in the small and large intestines -- Reflex control of water and electrolyte secretion -- Secretion of gastric acid -- Pepsinogen secretion -- Gastric secretion of bicarbonate -- Secretion into the gall bladder -- Pancreatic exocrine secretion -- Summary and conclusions -- Therapeutic endpoints for motility disorders -- Therapies for secretory diarrheas -- Enteric neuropathies involving neuronal loss or phenotypic changes -- Mitochondriopathies with intestinal manifestations -- Irritable bowel syndrome and plasticity of enteric neurons -- Summary and conclusions.

This report provides a review of commented Entrobacter sakazakii (Cronobacter spp.) infections worldwide in infants and young children as well as the existing surveillance systems and their capacity to capture cases of E. sakazakii (Cronobacter spp.) infection.--Publisher's description.

Enterobacter sakazakii and Salmonella are the primary pathogens of concern with regard to powdered infant formula. Guidance for the control of these hazards is currently being developed by Codex Alimentarius through the revision of the Recommended International Code of Hygienic Practices for Foods for Infants and Children. FAO and WHO are providing the scientific advice to facilitate this work. FAO and WHO implemented the first meeting on this issue in 2004, the outcome of which is reported in number six of this series. This report builds on the information and advice provided in 2004.

Epidemiologic basis of the role of environmental endocrine disruptors in breast cancer /Robert A. Hiatt --Puberty as a window of susceptibility /Frank M. Biro and Mary S. Wolff --In search of the optimal experimental model /Irma H. Russo and Jose Russo --Early life exposure to bisphenol A and breast neoplasia /Maricel V. Maffini, Carlos Sonnenschein, and Ana M. Soto --Endocrine disruptors affect the genomic profile of the rat mammary gland at different developmental stages /Ricardo Lopez de Cicco ... [et al.] --Proteomic basis for the increased susceptibility of the mammary gland to carcinogenesis after perinatal exposure to bisphenol A /Sarah Jenkins ... [et al.] --Dioxin as an environmental pollutant and its role in breast cancer /Stephen Safe, Kelcey Walker, and Shu Zhang --Mammary gland as a sensitive tissue to developmental exposures of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in the mouse /Sally S. White ... [et al.] --Atropine : an environmental endocrine disruptor that alters mammary gland development and tumor susceptibility /Jennifer L. Rayner and Suzanne E. Fenton --Biological impact of radiation exposure on breast cancer development /David H. Nguyen, Irineu Illa Bochaca, and Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff --Brain estrogens and metabolism /Yong Xu and Deborah J. Clegg.

Discipline of environmental and occupational medicine /William N. Rom --The Role of surveillance in occupational health /Steven B. Markowitz --The Occupational and environmental history and examination /John E. Parker --Epidemiology of occupational diseases /Gary M. Marsh --Occupational biostatistics /Howard E. Rockette --Impairment, disability, and functional capacity /Alan L. Engelberg and William Greaves --Molecular biology /John G. Hay --TP53 tumor suppressor gene /S. Perwez Hussain and Curtis C. Harris --Biomarkers /Sudhir Srivastava and Karl E. Krueger --Genetic susceptibility /Chu-Ling Yu and David C. Christiani --Environmental mutagenesis /C. Stuart Baxter --Evaluation of occupational exposures and effects on male and female reproduction /Susan Rae Reutman and Grace K. LeMasters --Particle deposition and pulmonary defense mechanisms /Morton Lippmann and Lung-chi Chen --Lung immune defenses against environmental agents /Lester Kobzik --Pulmonary function testing /Stuart M. Garay --Imaging of pneumoconioses /David A. Lynch --Molecular mechanisms of particle-induced lung disease /Arnold R. Brody and Gilbert F. Morris --Analysis of fibrous and nonfibrous particles /Jerrold L. Abraham and Bryan R. Burnett --Asbestosis, pleural fibrosis, and lung cancer /William N. Rom --Malignant mesothelioma /Delia Nelson ... [et al.] --Man-made vitreous fibers, vermiculite, and zeolite /James E. Lockey, Vikas Kapil, and Nancy K. Wiese --Respiratory disease in coal miners /Michael D. Attfield, Vincent Castranova, and Gregory R. Wagner --The Health effects of silica exposure /Ahmad S. Jalloul and Daniel E. Banks --Hypersensitivity pneumonitis /Yvon Cormier and Yves Lacasse --Inhalation fever /Paul David Blanc --Occupational and environmental asthma /Stuart M. Brooks, Thomas Truncale, and James McCluskey --Environment, genes, and immune mechanisms in asthma /Joan Reibman, Linda Rogers, and Maria Elena Fernandez-Beros --Firefighter's health and health effects of the world trade center collapse /Michael Weiden ... [et al.] --International byssinosis /Denise Harrison --Isocyanates exposures and health effects /Carrie Redlich and Dhimiter Bello --Occupational exposures as a cause of chronic airways disease /John R. Balmes --Lung Diseases associated with silicates and other dust /Vinicius Antao, Germania Pinheiro, and John E. Parker --Respiratory tract irritants /Tee Guidotti --Simple asphyxiants /Marc Wilkenfeld --Chemical asphyxiants /William S. Beckett --Agricultural dust-induced lung disease /M. Brian Hartz, Nancy Sprince, and Joel Kline --Upper airway disorders /Rebecca Bascom and Marina Y. Dolina --Occupational skin disease /David Cohen and Megan M. Moore --Toxic peripheral neuropathy /Margit L. Bleecker --Human behavioral neurotoxicology /W. Kent Anger, Diane S. Rohlman, and Daniel Storzbach --Occupational heart disease /Kenneth D. Rosenman --Occupational eye disorders /Jason A. Goldsmith, Norman A. Zabriskie and Randall J. Olson --Occupational infections /Kevin Dieckhaus --Terrorism preparedness /Lewis Goldfrank and Howard Greller --HIV in the workplace /Marty Markowitz ... [et al.] --The Occupational risk of tuberculosis care /Kent A. Sepkowitz and Tara Palmore --Hematologic effects of occupational hazards /John H. Ward --Toxic liver disorders /John D. Groopman and Denise Johnson --Environmental and occupational causes of toxic injury to the kidneys and urinary tract /Edward T. Zawada, Jr. --Occupational bladder cancer /Steven B. Markowitz --Psychiatric syndromes common to the workplace /Robert C. Larsen --Alcohol and drug abuse in industry /Kent W. Peterson and Donna R. Smith --Psychological job stress /Joseph J. Hurrell, Jr. --Multiple chemical sensitivity /Alan M. Ducatman --Gulf war illness /Howard Kipen and Melissa McDiarmid --Occupational safety and human factors /Howard Sandler --Ergonomics and occupational biomechanics /Manny Halpern --Nonspecific low back pain /Margareta Nordin --Carpal tunnel syndrome /Owen Kieran --Toxicogenomics and exposure assessment /Samuel Wilson ... [et al.] --Occupational and environmental exposure to lead /Alf Fischbein and Howard Hu --Mercury /Lynn Goldman --Cadmium /Dominique F. Lison and Violaine Verougstraete --Arsenic /Toby G. Rossman --Beryllium disease /Lisa A. Maier, Carol Gunn and Lee S. Newman --Hard metal disease /Dominique F. Lison --Chromium compounds /Mitchell D. Cohen and Max Costa --Nickel compounds /Mitchell D. Cohen, Catherine Klein and Max Costa --Metal compounds and rare earths /Bruce Fowler --Organic solvents and fuels /Nancy L. Fiedler and Steven Lerman --Benzene /Philip J. Landrigan --Formaldehyde /Dean B. Baker --Ethylene oxide /Anthony D. LaMontagne, N. Kyle Steenland and Karl T. Kelsey --Pesticides /Marc B. Schenker, Steven R. Offerman, and Timothy E. Albertson --Health effects of agent orange, other military herbicides, and dioxins /Jeanne M. Stellman and Steven D. Stellman --Pentachlorophenol and tetrachlorophenol /Glenys M. Webster, Shona J. Kelly and Kay Teschke --Polychlorinated biphenyls /Stephen H. Safe --Trimellitic anhydride and other acid anhydrides /Leslie C. Grammer and Kathleen E. Harris --Carbon disulfide /Stephen M. Levin and Ruth Lilis --N Nitrosamines /Stephen S. Hecht --Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and petroleum industry /Steven D. Stellman and Tee L. Guidotti --Occupational hazards in the microelectronics industry /Joseph LaDou --Radiation carcinogenesis /Fred Burns ... [et al.] --Nonionizing radiation /W. Gregory Lotz --Occupational exposure to noise /Robert J. McCunney and John Meyer --Dysbarism /Rafael E. de la Hoz --High-altitude illnesses /William N. Rom --Thermal extremes in the work environment /Kathleen A. Delaney and Lewis R. Goldfrank --Occupational exposure to vibration /Donald E. Wasserman and Jack Wasserman --Shift work and long work hours /Claire Caruso and Roger R. Rosa --Sleep disorders and work /Joyce A. Walsleben, Edward B. O'Malley, and David M. Rapoport --Sick building syndrome and building-related illness /Kathleen Kreiss --Air pollution : outdoor and indoor sources /George D. Thurston --Air pollution : epidemiology /Johnathan Samet --Air pollution : human health studies /Robert B. Devlin and Donald Graff --Air pollution : toxicological studies /Terry Gordon --Ozone /Morton Lippmann --Nitrogen oxides /Richard Schlesinger --Sulfur dioxide /Mark Frampton and Mark J. Utell --Particulate matter /Sverre Vedal and Jeffrey H. Sullivan --Acid rain /Kathleen C. Weathers, Gene E. Likens, and Thomas J. Butler --Cigarette smoking /Jonathan Samet and Stephen S. Hecht --Bioaccumulation and toxicities of aromatic hydrocarbon contaminants at different trophic levels of the Hudson River ecosystem /Isaac I. Wirgin --The Built environment /Howard Frumkin --Biological and medical implications of global warming /Paul R. Epstein --Chlorofluorocarbons and destruction of the ozone layer /Mario J. Molina and Luisa T. Molina --Environmental law and policy /Jeffrey G. Miller --Clean Air Act /Daniel Greenbaum --Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health /John Howard --United States Environmental Protection Agency /Kathleen Callahan ... [et al.] --Environmental health practice and research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry /Thomas H. Sinks and Henry Falk --Risk assessment and economic evaluation /James Hammitt --Workers' compensation /Nicholas A. Ashford --International occupational and environmental health /Joseph LaDou --Children's environmental health research /Frederica Perera and Sheila Viswanathan --Disparities in environmental and occupational health /George Friedman-Jiménez and Luz Claudio --Industrial hygiene measurement and control /Beverly S. Cohen --Respirators /Philip Harber --The Occupational health service /Peter Rabinowitz and Oyebode Taiwo --Moral questions of occupational and environmental medicine /Sheldon Samuels --New frontiers in environmental health research /David A. Schwartz, Brenda K. Weis, and Samuel H. Wilson.

Part 1. General Principles -- Introduction / Deodutta Roy and M. Tevfik Dorak -- Gene-Environment Interactions, Phenotypic Changes, and Human Health / Rosemarie G. Ramos and Kenneth Olden -- Statistics for Testing Gene-Environment Interaction / Momiao Xiong and Xuesen Wu -- Clustering Studies for Identifying the Role of Environmental Factors in Aetiology of Human Cancers / Richard J.Q. McNally -- Discovering Gene-Gene and Gene-Environment Causal Interactions Using Bioinformatics Approaches / Changwon Yoo -- Gene Environment Interactions and Vascular Lesions / Quentin Felty -- Epigenetic Changes in Cancer: Role of Environment / Zdenko Herceg and Paolo Boffetta -- Approaches to Identify Environmental and Epigenomic Components or Covariates of Cancer and Disease Susceptibility / Alok Deoraj and Deodutta Roy -- Part 2. Environment and Specific Types of Cancer -- Gene-Environment Interaction and Susceptibility to Pediatric Brain Tumors / Brian Kunkle, David Sandberg, Prasanna Jayakar, Quentin Felty and Deodutta Roy -- Genetic Polymorphisms Predisposing Individuals to Breast Cancer Via Gene-Environment Interaction / Keun-Young Yoo, Sue K. Park and Aesun Shin -- Environment, Genetic Immunology and Childhood Cancer / Esma Ucisik-Akkaya and M. Tevfik Dorak -- Exposure to Environmental Mutagens: APC and Colorectal Carcinogenesis / Aruna S. Jaiswal, Melissa L. Armas, Shahnjayla K. Connors, Harekrushna Panda and Satya Narayan -- Gene-Environmental Interactions and Susceptibility to Liver Cancer / John B. Colerangle -- Genetic Epidemiology of Mismatch Repair Deficiency in Ovarian Cancer / Tuya Pal, Jenny Permuth Wey and Thomas A. Sellers -- Part 3. Case Studies -- Betel Nut and Susceptibility to Cancer / Rajesh N. Sharan and Yashmin Choudhury -- Birth Weight and Cancer Associations / Nadia Barahmani and M. Fatih Okcu -- Iron Excess and Cancer / Charronne F. Davis and M. Tevfik Dorak.

Preface --Contributors --Pt. 1.Gene expression profiling --1.High-throughput whole mount in situ hybridization of zebrafish embryos for analysis of tissue-specific gene expression changes after environmental perturbation /Louise E. Coverdale, Lindsay E. Burton, and C. Cristofre Martin --2.Fluorescent RNA arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction /Doug Crump ... [et al.] --3.Isolation of O₃-response genes from Arabidopsis thaliana using cDNA macroarray /Masanori Tamaoki --4.Use of cDNA macroarrays and gene profiling for detection of effects of environmental toxicants /Jason L. Blum ... [et al.] --5.Constructing and screening a cDNA library /Kevin Larade and Kenneth B. Storey --6.Comparative molecular physiological genomics /Sean F. Eddy and Kenneth B. Storey --7.Proteomic analysis of neuroendocrine peptidergic system disruption using the AtT20 pituitary cell line as a model /Fumin Dong ... [et al.] --8.Proteomics-based method for risk assessment of peroxisome proliferating pollutants in the marine environment /Susana Cristobal --9.Environmental metabolomics using ¹H-NMR spectroscopy /Mark R. Viant --Pt. 2.Detection of whole genome mutation --10.Restriction landmark genome scanning for the detection of mutations /Jun-ichi Asakawa --11.Use of the comet assay in environmental toxicology /Loren D. Knopper and James P. McNamee --12.The micronucleus assay determination of chromosomal level DNA damage /Michael Fenech --13.Fluorescence in situ hybridization for the detection of chromosome aberrations and aneuploidy induced by environmental toxicants /Francesca Pacchierotti and Antonella Sgura --14.Laboratory methods for the detection of chromosomal structural aberrations in human and mouse sperm by fluorescence in situ hybridization /Francesco Marchetti, Debby Cabreros, and Andrew J. Wyrobek --Pt. 3.Determination of species diversity --15.Assembling DNA barcodes /Jeremy R. deWaard ... [et al.] --16.Application of suppressive subtractive hybridization to uncover the metagenomic diversity of environmental samples /Elizabeth A. Galbraith, Dionysios A. Antonopoulos, and Bryan A. White --17.16S rRNA targeted DGGE fingerprinting of microbial communities /Vesela A. Tzeneva ... [et al.] --18.An emulsion polymerase chain reaction-based method for molecular haplotyping /James G. Wetmur and Jia Chen --Index.

Cultivation -- Physiological ecology -- Nucleic acid techniques.

Communities and biofilms -- Fermented milks -- Nucleic acids, recovery, and determination -- Reviews.

1. Free Radical Reactions in Human Disease / Barry Halliwell -- 2. Radicals and Inflammation: Mediators and Modulators / Claire A. Davies, David R. Blake, and Paul G. Winyard -- 3. Autoimmunity Caused by Oxidizing Foreign Compounds / Kaye H. Kilbur -- 4. Role of Oxidative Stress in Chemical Carcinogenesis / James E. Klaunig and Lisa M. Kamendulis -- 5. Proposed Mechanisms of Arsenic Toxicity Carcinogenesis / Michael I. Luster and Petia P. Simeonova -- 6. Redox Regulation of Gene Expression and Transcription Factors in Response to Environmental Oxidants / Hiroshi Masutani, Akira Nishiyama, Yong-Won Kwon, Yong-Chul Kim, Hajime Nakamura, and Junji Yodoi -- II. Target Organs of Environmental Oxidants: Lung -- 7. Cigarette Smoking and Pulmonary Oxidative Damage / Ching K. Chow -- 8. Health Effects of Diesel Exhaust and Diesel Exhaust Particles / Masaru Sagai and Takamichi Ichinose -- 9. The Role of Free Radicals in Asbestos- and Silica-Induced Fibrotic Lung Diseases / Arti Shukla, Cynthia R. Timblin, Brooke T. Mossman, and Andrea Hubbard -- 10. Reactive Oxygen Species and Silica-Induced Carcinogenesis / Xianglin Shi, Min Ding, Fei Chen, Val Vallyathan, and Vince Castranova -- 11. Atmospheric Oxidants and Respiratory Tract Surfaces / Carroll E. Cross, Samuel Louie, Sunye Kwack, Pat Wong, Sharanya Reddy, and Albert van der Vliet -- III. Target Organs of Environmental Oxidants: Skin -- 12. Redox Modulation and Oxidative Stress in Dermatotoxicology / Jiirgen Fuchs, Maurizio Podda, and Thomas Zollner -- 13. Dermatotoxicology of Environmental and Occupational Chemical Hazards: Agents and Action / Jiirgen Fuchs -- 14. Photooxidative Stress in Skin and Regulation of Gene Expression / Lee Ann Laurent-Applegate and Stefan Schwarzkopf -- 15. Ozone Stress in the Skin Barrier / Stefan U. Weber and Lester Packer -- 16. Immunotoxicity of Environmental Agents in the Skin / Santosh K. Katiyar and Hasan Mukhtar -- IV. Target Organs of Environmental Oxidants: Eye -- 17. Environmental Stressors and the Eye / John R Trevithick and Kenneth P. Mitton -- 18. Free Radicals and Aging of Anterior Segment Tissues of the Eye / Keith Green -- 19. The Role of Ocular Free Radicals in Age-Related Macular Degeneration / Paul S. Bernstein and Nikita B. Katz -- 20. Nutritional Influences on Risk for Cataract / Allen Taylor.

The utility of zebrafish as a model for toxicological research / Michael J. Carvan III, Tisha King Heiden and Henry Tomasiewicz -- Use of fish cell lines in the toxicology and ecotoxicology of fish : piscine cell lines in environmental toxicology / N.C. Bols, V.R. Dayeh, L.E.J. Lee and K. Schirmer -- Approaches in proteomics and genomics for eco-toxicology -- Nancy D. Denslow, Iris Knoebl and Patrick Larkin -- Interactions between lipids and persistent organic pollutants in fish / Adria A. Elskus, Tracy K. Collier and Emily Monosson -- Metabolic fate of nonylphenols and related phenolic compounds in fish / Jean-Pierre Cravedi and Daniel Zalko -- Pesticide biotransformation in fish / Daniel Schlenk -- Xenobiotic receptors in fish : Structural and functional diversity and evolutionary insights / Mark E. Hahn, Rebeka R. Merson and Sibel I. Karchner -- Impacts of environmental toxicants and natural variables on the immune system of fishes / Karen G. Burnett -- Fish models of carcinogenesis / Gary K. Ostrander and Jeanette M. Rotchell -- Metallothionein : structure and regulation / Peter Kling and Per-Erik Olsson -- Cell death : investigation and application in fish toxicology / Antony W. Wood, David M. Janz and Glen J. Van Der Kraak -- Adrenal toxicology : environmental pollutants and the HPI axis / Alice Hontela -- Xenobiotic impact on corticosteroid signaling / Mathilakath M. Vijayan, Patrick Prunet and Adrienne N. Boone -- Thyroid hormones / J.G. Eales and S.B. Brown -- The biology and toxicology of retinoids in fish / D. Alsop, Glen J. Van Der Kraak, S.B. Brown and J.G. Eales -- Vitellogenesis and endocrine disruption / Naoshi Hiramatsu, Ann O. Cheek, Craig V. Sullivan, Takahiro Matsubara and Akihiko Hara -- Pharmaceuticals in the environment : drugged fish? / Vance L. Trudeau, Chris D. Metcalfe, Caroline Mimeault and Thomas W. Moon -- P-glycoproteins and xenobiotic efflux transport in fish / Armin Sturm and Helmut Segner.

Introduction, p. 1-3 -- ch. 1. Multiple Equilibria, p. 5-50 -- ch. 2. Enzyme Kinetics, p. 51-160 -- ch. 3. Methods, p. 161-246.

Tools and techniques of kinetic analysis -- How do enzymes work? -- Characterization of enzyme activity -- Reversible enzyme inhibition -- Irreversible enzyme inhibition -- pH dependence of enzyme-catalyzed reactions -- Two-substrate reactions -- Multisite and cooperative enzymes -- Immobilized enzymes -- Interfacial enzymes -- Transient phases of enzymatic reactions -- Characterization of enzyme stability -- Mechanism-based inhibition / Leslie J. Copp -- Putting kinetic principles into practice / Kirk L. Parkin -- Use of enzyme kinetic data in the study of structure-function relationships of proteins / Takuji Tanaka and Ricky Y. Yada.

Chapter 1. An Introduction to Enzyme Science -- Chapter 2. Active Sites and their Chemical Properties -- Chapter 3. Fundamentals of Chemical Kinetics -- Chapter 4. Practical Aspects of Measuring Initial Rates and Reaction Parameters -- Chapter 5. Initial-Rate Kinetics of One-Substrate Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions -- Chapter 6. Initial-Rate Kinetics of Multi-Substrate Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions -- Chapter 7. Factors Influencing Enzyme Activity -- Chapter 8. Kinetic Behavior of Enzyme Inhibitors -- Chapter 9. Isotopic Probes of Biological Catalysis -- Chapter 10. Probing Fast Enzyme Processes -- Chapter 11. Regulatory Behavior of Enzymes -- Chapter 12. Single-Molecule Enzyme Kinetics -- Chapter 13. Mechanoenzymes: Catalysis, Force Generation and Kinetics.

Introduction to the field of enzyme immobilization and stabilization -- Stabilization of enzymes through encapsulation in liposomes -- Micellar enzymology for thermal, pH, and solvent stability -- Lipase activation and stabilization in room-temperature ionic liquids -- Nanoporous silica glass for the immobilization of interactive enzyme systems -- Enzyme stabilization and immobilization by sol-gel entrapment -- Nanoporous gold for enzyme immobilization -- Enzyme stabilization via bio-templated silicification reactions -- The immobilization of enzyme on Eupergit) supports by covalent attachment -- Micellar polymer encapsulation of enzymes -- Enzyme stabilization via cross-linked enzyme aggregates -- Enzyme immobilization in polyelectrolyte microcapsules -- Macroporous poly(GMA-co-EGDMA) for enzyme stabilization -- Enzyme-nanoparticle conjugates for biomedical applications -- Enzyme nanoparticle fabrication: Magnetic nanoparticle synthesis and enzyme immobilization -- Cytochrome C stabilization and immobilization in aerogels -- Kinetic measurements for enzyme immobilization.

1. Enzyme Activities and Microbiological and Biochemical Processes in Soil / Paolo Nannipieri, Ellen Kandeler, and Pacifico Ruggiero -- 2. Ecology of Microbial Enzymes in Lake Ecosystems / Ryszard Jan Chróst and Waldemar Siuda -- 3. Ecological Significance of Bacterial Enzymes in the Marine Environment / Hans-Georg Hoppe, Carol Arosti, and Gerhard F. Herndl -- 4. Enzymes and Microorganisms in the Rhizosphere / David C. Naseby and James M. Lynch -- 5. Enzymes in the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis / José Manuel García-Garrido, Juan Antonio Ocampo, and Inmaculada García-Romera -- 6. Microbes and Enzymes Associated with Plant Surfaces / Alan P. Thompson and Mark J. Bailey -- 7. Microbial Enzymes in the Biocontrol of Plant Pathogens and Pests / Leonid Cherin and Ilan Chet -- 8. Microbiology and Enzymology of Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling / Robert L. Tate III -- 9. Enzyme and Microbial Dynamics of Litter Decomposition / Robert L. Sinsabaugh, Margaret M. Carreiro, and Sergio Alvarez -- 10. Fungal Communities, Succession, Enzymes, and Decomposition / Annelise H. Kjøller and Sten Struwe -- 11. Enzyme Adsorption on Soil Mineral Surfaces and Consequences for the Catalytic Activity / Hervé Quiquampoix, Sylvie Servagent-Noinville, and Marie-Hélène Baron -- 12. Microbes and Enzymes in Biofilms / Jana Jass, Sara K. Roberts, and Hilary M. Lappin-Scott -- 13. Search for and Discovery of Microbial Enzymes from Thermally Extreme Environments in the Ocean / Jody W. Deming and John A. Baross -- 14. Molecular Methods for Assessing and Manipulating the Diversity of Microbial Populations and Processes / Søren J. Sørensen, Julia R. de Lipthay, Anne Kirstine Müller, Tamar Barkay, Lars H. Hansen, and Lasse Dam Rasmussen -- 15. Bioindicators and Sensors of Soil Health and the Application of Geostatistics / Ken Killham and William J. Staddon -- 16. Hydrolytic Enzyme Activities to Assess Soil Degradation and Recovery / Tom W. Speir and Des J. Ross -- 17. Enzymatic Responses to Pollution in Sediments and Aquatic Systems / Sabine Kuhbier, Hans-Joachim Lorch, and Johannes C.G. Ottow -- 18. Microbial Dehalogenation Reactions in Microorganisms / Lee A. Beaudette, William J. Staddon, Michael B. Cassidy, Marc Habash, Hung Lee, and Jack T. Trevors -- 19. Isolated Enzymes for the Transformation and Det6xification of Organic Pollutants / Liliana Gianfreda and Jean-Marc Bollag -- 20. Enzyme-Mediated Transformations of Heavy Metals/Metalloids: Applications in Bioremediation / Robert S. Dungan and William T. Frankenberger, Jr. -- 21. Enzymes in Soil: Research and Developments in Measuring Activities / M. Ali Tabatabai and Warren A. Dick.

"'Do no harm' a particularly leading and important phrase in the delivery of healthcare is not working. In fact depending on the epidemiological approach and which data sets one applies, medical errors, hospital acquired infections (HAIs) and pharmaceutical errors combined are the second or third leading killer of Americans annually: approximately 300,000 die from a combination of medical errors, hospital acquired infections (HAIs), and pharmaceutical errors...100,000 per category. Add to these numbers the hundreds of thousands who are harmed (morbidity) but not killed (mortality) changing quality of life and a substantial problem is defined"--Provided by publisher.

Preface -- Epidemic in Athens, 430-427 B.C.E. -- Malaria in ancient Rome -- Plague of the Antonines -- First plague pandemic, 541-747 -- Smallpox epidemic in Japan, 735-737 -- Leprosy in medieval Europe -- Second plague pandemic, 1346-1844 -- "French disease" in sixteenth-century Europe -- Epidemics in sixteenth-century America -- Epidemics and the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 -- Plague in Italian cities, 1630s -- Epidemics in China, 1640-1644 -- Plague in London, 1665 -- Smallpox in Iceland, 1707-1709 -- Plague in Marseilles, 1720-1722 -- Smallpox in Boston, 1721 -- Smallpox in eighteenth-century Europe -- Plague in Moscow, 1771 -- Influenza pandemic, 1781-1782 -- Yellow fever in Hispaniola, 1793-1804 -- Yellow fever in Philadelphia, 1793 -- First cholera pandemic, 1817-1824 -- Consumption in the nineteenth century -- Second cholera pandemic, 1827-1835 -- Third cholera pandemic, 1839-1856 -- "Fevers" and the great famine in Ireland, 1846-1850 -- Typhoid fever in cities, 1850-1920 -- Yellow fever in New Orleans, 1853 -- Fourth cholera pandemic, 1863-1875 -- Carrion's disease in Peru, 1870-1871 -- Smallpox in Europe, 1870-1875 -- Measles in Fiji, 1875 -- Fifth cholera pandemic, 1881-1896 -- Influenza pandemic, 1889-1890 -- Cholera epidemic in Hamburg, 1892 -- Third plague pandemic, 1894-? -- Sixth cholera pandemic, 1899-1923 -- Sleeping sickness in east central Africa, 1900-1905 -- Typhoid Mary's "epidemics" -- Cholera epidemic in Naples, 1910-1911 -- Poliomyelitis in the United States, 1916 -- Influenza pandemic, 1918-1919 -- Lung cancer in the United States, mid-twentieth century -- Poliomyelitis in the United States, 1945-1955 -- Seventh cholera pandemic, 1961-present -- Aids in the United States, 1980s -- Contemporary aids pandemic -- The mad cow crisis and transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, 1985-present -- Contemporary malaria -- Contemporary tuberculosis -- Epilogue -- Glossary.

The plague era - Modernity: new concepts of the state and the body -- Cholera: the return of epidemic disease and the abandonment of traditional protective measures -- The "English System:" new methods gain acceptance -- The sanitary reform movement: from miasma theory to departments of health -- Vaccination: a powerful paradigm -- The era of spectacular victories -- The end of a dream?

Early Concepts of Communicability --Infection on the Move --The Impact of Cholera --Stiffening the Sinews --Dawn and Sunset --A Need for Damage Limitation --No Lasting Stability --Tailpiece.

Medicine, science, and statistics -- Terms and concepts in medicine -- Epidemiological research proper -- Introductory terms and concepts -- Terms and concepts of objects of study -- Terms and concepts of methods of study -- Meta-epidemiological clinical research -- Introductory terms and concepts -- Terms and concepts of objects of study -- Terms and concepts of methods of study.

Defining and measuring drug abusing behaviors / Zili Sloboda -- Drug abuse heterogeneity and the search for subtypes / Meyer D. Glantz, Devin P. Conway and James D. Colliver -- Studying the natural history of drug use / Yih-Ing Hser ... [et al.] -- Health, social and psychological consequences of drug use and abuse / Michael D. Newcomb and Thomas Locke -- Use of archival data / Zili Sloboda, Rebecca McKetin and Nicholas J. Kozel -- Sampling issues in drug epidemiology / Colin Taylor and Paul Griffiths -- Collecting drug use data from different populations / Edward M. Adlaf -- Indirect methods to estimate prevalence / Matthew Hickman and Colin Taylor -- Qualitative methods in the drug abuse field / Claire E. Sterk and Kirk W. Elifson -- Ethical considerations for drug abuse epidemiologic research / Craig L. Fry and Wayne Hall --A common language for a common problems: the developing role of drug epidemiology in a global context / Paul Griffiths and Rebecca McKetin -- Longitudinal studies of drug use and abuse / Thomas A. Wills, Carmella Walker and Jody A. Resko -- Drug abuse and the spread of infection: HIV and AIDS as an example / Don C. Des Jarlais, Holly Hagan and Samuel R. Friedman -- Implications of epidemiologic information for effective drug abuse prevention strategies / Zili Sloboda -- The role of treatment data in studying the epidemiology of substance use and abuse / Robert L. Hubbard.

pt. 1. Individual sports -- pt. 2. Team sports.

Basic study designs in analytical epidemiology -- Measuring disease occurence -- Measuring associations between exposures and outcomes -- Understanding lack of validity: bias -- Identifying noncausal associations: confounding -- Defining and assessing heterogeneity of effects: interaction -- Stratification and adjustment: multivariate analysis in epidemiology -- Quality assurance and control -- Communicating results of epidemiologic studies -- Epidemiologic issues in the interface with public health policy.

Benign melanocytic proliferations -- Essential criteria for diagnosing melanoma -- Histologic mimics of malignant melanoma -- Epidermal neoplasms -- Pilosebaceous neoplasms -- Tumors with eccrine differentiation -- Merkel cell carcinoma.

Analysis of connexin 43 expression on keratinocytes using flow cytometry / Maja Matic ... [et al.] -- MMP-9 and TIMP-1 assays in keratinocyte cultures / Takashi Kobayashi -- Characterization of epithelial cells in the hair follicle with S100 proteins / Kenji Kizawa and Mayumi Ito -- Immunoelectron microscopic analysis of cornified cell envelopes and antigen retrieval / Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto -- Cell kinetic analysis in artificial skin using immunochemical methods / Andrea Casasco ... [et al.] -- Proliferation, differentiation, and inflammation in normal and hyperproliferative skin using multiparameter flow cytometry / Piet E.J. van Erp -- Fluorimetric DNA assay of cell number / William R. Otto -- Keratinocyte transient transfections / Anthony M. Flores and Brian J. Aneskievich -- Tetracycline-regulated gene expression in epidermal keratinocytes / Richard B. Presland and Philip Fleckman -- Gene targeting by oligonucleotides in keratinocytes / Olga Igoucheva and Kyonggeun Yoon --Epidermis-targeted gene transfer using in vivo electroporation / Hiroki Maruyama, Jun-Ichi Miyazaki and Fumitake Gejyo -- Gene and stem cell therapy of the hair follicle / Robert M. Hoffman.Isolation, characterization, and culture of epithelial stem cells / Jackie R. Bickenbach -- Keratin 19 as a stem cell marker in vivo and in vitro / Danielle Larouche ... [et al.] -- Immunolocalization in the epidermis / Tammy-Claire Troy ... [et al.] -- Epidermal cell analysis by RT-PCR / Tammy-Claire Troy ... [et al.] -- Whole-mount assays for gene induction and barrier formation in the developing epidermis / Carolyn Byrne and Matthew J. Hardman -- Analysis of early epidermal development in zebrafish / Ashley E. Webb and David Kimelman -- Analysis of E2F factors during epidermal differentiation / Wing Y. Chang and Lina Dagnino -- Analysis of HOX homeodomain proteins and gene transcripts in the epidermis / László G. Kömüves and Corey Largman -- Apoptosis in the epidermis / Kiyofumi Yamanishi, Chun-Shen Shen and Hitoshi Mizutani -- Fate of desmosomal proteins in apoptotic epidermal cells / Jörg Weiske and Otmar Huber --Primary mouse keratinocyte culture / Annalisa Pirrone, Barbara Hager, and Philip Fleckman -- Serial cultivation of primary adult murine keratinocytes / Richard P. Redvers and Pritinder Kaur -- Keratinocyte culture in the absence of substrate attachment / Monika Jost and Ulrich Rodeck -- Application of genetically modified feeder cells for culture of keratinocytes / Takashi Kameda and Toshihiro Sugiyama -- Organ culture of developing mouse skin and its application for molecular mechanistic studies of morphogenesis / Mariko Kashiwaga and Nam-ho Huh -- Experimental models to analyze differentiation functions of cultured keratinocytes in vitro and in vivo / Nicole Maas-Szabowski, Norbert E. Fusenig, and Hans-Jürgen Stark -- In vitro fabrication of engineered human skin / Alexander Margulis, Weitian Zhang and Jonathan A. Garlick -- In vivo labeling and analysis of epidermal stem cells / Wei-Yang Wu and Rebecca J. Morris -- Method for the harvest and assay of in vitro clonogenic keratinocytes stem cells from mice / Wei-Yang Wu and Rebecca J. Morris -- FACS enrichment of human keratinocyte stem cells / Amy Li and Pritinder Kaur --Promoter analysis in the human SPRR gene family / David F. Fischer and Claude Backendorf -- Stable integration of large PAC contructs in keratinocytes / Sarah H. Williams and Alain Hovnanian -- Targeted somatic mutagenesis in the mouse epidermis / Daniel Metzger, Mei Li, and Pierre Chambon -- Methods to study protein-protein interactions / Jin-Jun Meng ... [et al.] -- Isolation of recombinant phage-displayed antibodies recognizing skin keratinocytes / Kim Bak Jensen and Peter Kristensen -- Analysis of tissue-specific DNA methylation during development / Jun Ohgane, Naka Hattori and Kunio Shiota -- Serial analysis of gene expression in human keratinocytes and the epidermis / Bastiaan J.H. Jansen ... [et al.] -- Methods for gene expression profiling in dermatology research using DermArray® nylon filter DNA microarrays / Richard L. Davis Jr. ... [et al.] -- Two-photon fluorescence imaging and reactive oxygen species detection within the epidermis / Kerry M. Hanson and Robert M. Clegg -- In vivo transplantation of engineered human skin / Shari Greenberg, Alexander Margulis and Jonathan A. Garlick --

A historical perspective of EGF receptor and related systems / Francis Edwin ... [et al.] -- Purification and assay of kinase-active EGF receptor from mammalian cells by immunoaffinity chromatography / Gregory J. Wiepz ... [et al.] -- Soluble epidermal growth factor receptor acrydinium-linked immunosorbent assay / Jacqueline M. Lafky, Andre T. Baron, and Nita J. Maihle -- Analysis of epidermal growth factor receptor and interactions with the [alpha] subunit of the stimulatory GTP binding protein of adenylyl cyclase, Gs / Deepti Chaturvedi ... [et al.] -- Regulator of epidermal growth factor signaling : sprouty / Esther Sook Miin Wong and Graeme R. Guy -- Dissecting the epidermal growth factor signal transactivation pathway / Oliver M. Fischer, Stefan Hart, and Axel Ullrich -- A sensitive method to monitor ectodomain shedding of ligands of the epidermal growth factor receptor / Umut Sahin ... [et al.] -- In vitro and in vivo assays of monoubiquitnation of receptor tyrosine kinases / Manachem Katz, Yaron Mosesson, and Yosef Yarden -- Assays to monitor degradation of the EGF receptor / Mirko H.H. Schmidt and Ivan Dikic -- Assessment of degradation and ubiquitination of CXCR4, a GPCR regulated by EGFR family members / Adriano Marchese -- Epithelial cell migration in response to epidermal growth factor / Reema Zeineldin and Laurie G. Hudson -- Motility signaled from EGF receptors and related systems / Alan Wells ... [et al.] -- Methods for determining the proliferation of cells in response to EGFR ligands / Gregory J. Wiepz ... [et al.] -- Clinical advancement of EGFR inhibitors in cancer therapy / Prakash Chinnaiyan and Paul M. Harari.

Epigenetics and chronic diseases : an overview /Rebecca Smith, Jonathan Mill --Techniques to study DNA methylation and histone modification /Ester Lara ... [et al.] --Mechanisms of epigenetic gene silencing /Marie-Pierre Lambert, Zdenko Herceg --Mechanisms of epigenetic gene activation in disease : dynamics of DNA methylation and demethylation /Thierry Granbe, Edio Eligio Lourenco --The role of histone demethylases in disease /Paul Cloos --Autoimmune diseases /Travis Hughes, Amr H. Sawalha --Epigenetics of rheumatoid arthritis /Aleksander M. Grabiec, Paul P. Tak, Kris A. Reedquist --DNA methylation changes in osteoarthritis /Helmtrud I. Roach --Epigenetics and Type 2 diabetes /Charlotte Ling, Tina Ronn, Marloes Dekker Nitert --Epigenetic regulation of asthma and allergic diseases /Andrew L. Durham, Ivan M. Adcock --Epigenetics in psychiatry /Hamid Mostafavi-Abdolmaleky, Stephen J. Glatt, Ming T. Tsuang --Epigenetics and late-onset Alzheimer's disease /Axel Schumacher, Syed Bihaqi, Nasser H. Zawia --Epigenetic mechanisms in the developmental origins of adult disease /Keith M. Godfrey ... [et al.] --Targeting histone deacetylases in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease /Peter J. Barnes --Clinical trials of epigenetic modifiers in the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome /Lauren C. Suarez, Steven D. Gore.

An introduction to epigenetics / Esteban Ballestar -- Chromatin mechanisms regulating gene expression in health and disease / Constanze Bonifer and Peter N. Cockerill -- Epigenetic control of lymphocyte differentiation / Eduardo Lopez-Granados -- Epigenetic control in immune function / Peter J. van den Elsen, Marja C.J.A. van Eggermond, and Rutger J. Wierda -- DNA methylation and B-cell autoreactivity / Soizic Garaud, Pierre Youinou, and Yves Renaudineau -- Environmental agents and autoimmune diseases / Frederick W. Miller -- Epigenetic dysregulation of Epstein-Barr virus latency and development of autoimmune disease / Hans Helmut Niller ... [et al.] -- Does genomic imprinting play a role in autoimmunity? / Cristina Camprubø and David Monk -- A new epigenetic challenge : systemic lupus erythematosus / Biola M. Javierre and Bruce C. Richardson -- Epigenetic deregulation in rheumatoid arthritis / Emmanuel Karouzakis ... [et al.] -- Prospects for epigenetic compounds in the treatment of autoimmune disease / Nadine Chapman-Rothe and Robert Brown -- Profiling epigenetic alterations in disease / Josø Ignacio Martøn-Subero and Manel Esteller.

Human epigenome -- Considerations in the design, conduct, and interpretation of studies in epigenetic epidemiology -- Laboratory methods in epigenetic epidemiology -- Biostatistical methods in epigenetic epidemiology -- Epigenome changes during development -- Role of epigenetics in the development origins of health and disease -- Epigenetics and assisted reproductive technology -- Imprinting disorders of early childhood -- Utility of twins for epigenetic analysis -- Age-related variation in DNA methylation -- Influence of environmental factors on the epigenome -- Epigenetic epidemiology of cancer -- Epigenetic epidemiology of infectious diseases -- Epigenetic epidemiology of inflammation and rhematoid arthritis -- Asthma epigenetics : emergnece of a new paradigm? -- Epigenetic epidemiology of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders -- Epigenetic epidemiology psychiatric disorders -- Epigenetic epidemiology of type 1 diabetes -- Epigenetic epidemiology of obesity, type 2 diabetes -- Epigenetic epidemiology of atherosclerosis.

Epigenetic reprogramming and genomic imprinting -- Chromosome inactivation -- DNA methylation -- Histone modification and nucleosome structure -- Chromatin structure and dynamics -- Polycomb and related silencing mechanisms -- Nuclear organization and dynamics -- Heterochromatin and transposon silencing -- RNA interference and related mechanisms -- Epigenetic regulation of phenotypes.

Chromatin remodeling factors and DNA replication -- Epigenetic inheritance of chromatin states mediated by polycomb and trithorax group proteins in drosophila -- How to pack the genome for a safe trip -- Chromatin modifications on the inactive x chromosome -- Chromatin mechanisms in drosophila dosage compensation -- DNA methylation in epigenetic control of gene expression -- The epigenetic breakdown of cancer cells: from DNA methylation to histone modifications -- Developmental regulation of the beta-globin gene locus -- Epigenetic regulation of mammalian imprinted genes: from primary to functional imprints -- Seed development and genomic imprinting in plants.

Epigenetics and cancer: DNA methylation / Santiago Ropero and Manel Esteller -- Epigenetics and cancer: histone modifications / Mario F. Fraga and Manel Esteller -- Epigenetic drugs: DNA demethylating agents / Ehab Atallah, Guillermo Garcia-Manero -- Epigenetic drugs: histone deacetylase inhibitors / Melissa Peart, Ricky W. Johnstone -- Sirtuins in biology and disease / Alejandro Vaquero, Danny Reinberg -- MicroRNAs in cell biology and disease / Muller Fabbri, Carlo M. Croce, George A. Calin -- Chromatin modifications by polycomb complexes / Miguel Vidal -- Epigenetics and its genetic syndromes / Richard J. Gibbons -- Epigenetics and immunity / Esteban Ballestar and Bruce C. Richardson -- Aetiology of major psychosis: why do we need epigenetics? / Gabriel Oh and Arturas Petronis -- Epigenetics and cardiovascular disease / Gertrund Lund and Silvio Zaina -- Epigenetics and plant biology / Luis Valledor ... [et al.] -- Epigenetics, environment, and evolution / Douglas M. Ruden, Parsa Rasouli, Xiangyi Lu -- Epigenetics and epigenomics / Jose Ignacio Martin-Subero, Reiner Siebert.

Epigenetics of human disease / Trygve O. Tollefsbol -- Methods and strategies to determine epigenetic variation in human disease / Yoshihisa Watanabe and Masato Maekawa -- DNA methylation alterations in human cancers / Yae Kanai and Eri Arai -- Alterations of histone modifications in cancer / Ciro Mercurio, Simon Plyte and Saverio Minucci -- MicroRNA in oncogenesis / Niamh Lynam-Lennon, Steven G. Gray and Stephen G. Maher -- Epigenetic approaches to cancer therapy / Sabita N. Saldanha and Trygve O. Tollefsbol -- Epigenomics in neurobehavioral diseases / Cassandra L. Smith and Kai Huang -- Emerging role of epigenetics in human neurodevelopmental disorders / K. Naga Mohan and J. Richard Chaillet -- The epigenetics of Alzheimer's disease / Fabio Coppedè -- Epigenetic modulation of human neurobiological disorders / Takeo Kubota ... [et al.] --Epigenetic basis of autoimmune disorders in humans / Biola M. Javierre, Lorenza de la Rica and Esteban Ballestar -- Approaches to autoimmune disease using epigenetic therapy / Christopher Chang -- Epigenetic mechanisms of human imprinting disorders / Richard H. Scott and Gudrun E. Moore -- Epigenetic factors in human obesity / Christopher G. Bell -- Epigenetic approaches to control obesity / Abigail S. Lapham ... [et al.] -- Epigenetics of diabetes in humans / Charlotte Ling and Tina Rönn -- The potential of epigenetic compounds in treating diabetes / Steven G. Gray -- Epigenetic aberrations in human allergic diseases / Manori Amaraseka ... [et al.] -- Therapy of airway disease: epigenetic potential / Peter J. Barnes -- The role of epigenetics in cardiovascular disease / Boda Zhou, Andriana Margariti and Qingbo Xu -- Epigenetics and human infectious diseases / Hans Helmut Niller and Janos Minarovits -- The epigenetics of endometriosis / Sun-Wei Guo -- Aberrant DNA methlylation in endometrial cancer / Kenta Masuda ... [et al.] -- Stem cell epigenetics and human disease / Mehdi Shafa and Derrick E. Rancourt -- Non-coding RNA regulatory networks, epigenetics, and programming stem cell renewal and differentiation: implications for stem cell therapy / Rajesh C. Miranda -- Aging and disease: the epigenetic bridge / Andrea Fuso -- Early-life epigenetic programming of human disease and aging / Alexander M. Vaiserman.

Methods of epigenetic analysis / Trygve O. Tollefsbol -- Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays / Yan Yan, Haobin Chen, and Max Costa -- Native chromatin immunoprecipitation / Alan W. Thorne, Fiona A. Myers, and Tim R. Hebbes -- Q-PCR in combination with ChIP assays to detect changes in chromatin acetylation / Ryan A. Irvine and Chin-Lin Hsieh -- Restriction endonuclease accessibility as a determinant of altered chromatin structure / William M. Hempel and Pierre Ferrier -- Measuring changes in chromatin using micrococcal nuclease / Nicolas Steward and Hiroshi Sano -- DNasel hypersensitivity analysis of chromatin structure / Qianjin Lu and Bruce Richardson -- Inhibition of histone deacetylases / Cheng Liu and Dawei Xu -- Site-specific analysis of histone methylation and acetylation / David Umlauf, Yuji Goto, and Robert Feil -- Analysis of mammalian telomere position effect / Joseph A. Baur, Woodring E. Wright, and Jerry W. Shay -- Activity assays for poly-ADP ribose polymerase 1 / Eva Kirsten ... [et al.] -- Multigenerational selection and detection of altered histone acetylation and methylation patterns: toward a quantitative epigenetics in Drosophila / Mark D. Garfinkel ... [et al.] --Profiling DNA methylation by bisulfite genomic sequencing: problems and solutions / Liang Liu ... [et al.] -- Methylation-sensitive single-strand conformation analysis: a rapid method to screen for and analyze DNA methylation / Jean Benhattar and Geneviève Clément -- SIRPH analysis, SNuPE with IP-RP-HPLC for quantitative measurements of DNA methylation at specific CpG sites / Osman El-Maarri -- Real-time PCR-based assay for quantitative determination of methylation status / Ulrich Lehmann and Hans Kreipe -- Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis to detect methylation changes in DNA / Masahiko Shiraishi -- Photocrosslinking oligonucleotide hybridization assay for concurrent gene dosage and CpG methylation analysis / Risa Peoples, Michael Wood, and Reuel Van Atta -- Methylation-specific oligonucleotide microarray / Pearlly S. Yan, Susan H. Wei, and Tim Hui-Ming Huang -- Methylation-specific PCR in situ hybridization / Gerard J. Nuovo -- Relative quantitation of DNA methyltransferase mRNA by real-time RT-PCR assay / John Attwood and Bruce Richardson -- DMB (DNMT-magnetic beads) assay: measuring DNA methyltransferase activity in vitro / Tomoki Yokochi and Keith D. Robertson.

Section I. Scientific Foundations -- Chapter 1. Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Seizures and Epilepsy / Carl E. Stafstrom -- Chapter 2. Blood-Brain Barrier, Blood Flow, Neoplasms and Epilepsy / Luca Cucullo, Nicola Marchi, Vincent Fazio, Minh-Tri Nguyen, Damir Janigro -- Chapter 3. Metabolic Regulation of Seizures and Epileptogenesis / Manisha Patel -- Chapter 4. Brain Inflammation and Epilepsy / Teresa Ravizza, Silvia Balosso, Eleonora Aronica, Annamaria Vezzani -- Chapter 5. Drug Resistance in Epilepsy and Status Epilepticus / Jaideep Kapur, Edward H. Bertram -- Chapter 6. Epilepsy with Complex Genetics / Asuri N. Prasad, Chitra Prasad -- Chapter 7. Pathophysiology of Developmental Epilepsies / Judith L. Z. Weisenberg, Michael Wong -- Section II. Antiepileptic Drugs -- Chapter 8. Mechanisms of Antiepileptic Drug Action / Timothy A. Simeone -- Chapter 9. Epilepsy and Disease Modification: Animal Models for Novel Drug Discovery / H. Steve White -- Chapter 10. Pharmacogenetics of AED Development / Russell J. Buono, Thomas N. Ferraro, Dennis J. Dlugos, Karen S. Wilcox -- Chapter 11. Neuroprotective Strategies Using Antiepileptic Drugs / Patrick G. Sullivan, Ryan D. Readnower -- Chapter 12. Posttraumatic Seizures and Epileptogenesis / Christopher C. Giza -- Chapter 13. Possible Roles of Nonsynaptic Mechanisms in Synchronization of Epileptic Seizures / F. Edward Dudek, Li-Rong Shao, John E. Rash -- Chapter 14. A Mechanistic Approach to Antiepileptic Drug Interactions / Gail D. Anderson -- Section III. Epilepsy Surgery -- Chapter 15. Advances in Structural and Functional Neuroimaging / Hyunmi Kim, A. LeBron Paige, Robert C. Knowlton -- Chapter 16. Magnetoencephalography in Clinical Epilepsy / Jerry J. Shih, Michael P. Weisend -- Chapter 17. What Have We Learned from Resective Surgery in Pediatric Patients with Cortical Dysplasia? / Carlos Cepeda, Gary W. Mathern -- Chapter 18. Nonsurgical Ablation for Epilepsy / Erich O. Richter, Marina V. Abramova, William A. Friedman, Steven N. Roper -- Chapter 19. Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy / Francisco Velasco, Ana Luisa Velasco, Luisa Rocha, Marcos Velasco, Jose D. Carrillo-Ruiz, Manoela Cuellar, Guillermo Castro, Fiacro Jimenez, David Trejo -- Chapter 20. Optical Imaging Techniques in Pediatric Neocortical Epilepsy / Daryl W. Hochman, Michael M. Haglund -- Chapter 21. High-Frequency Oscillations in Epileptic Brain / S. Matt Stead, Mark Bower, Greg Worrell -- Section IV. Alternative Therapies -- Chapter 22. Special Treatments in Epilepsy / Kevin Chapman, James W. Wheless -- Chapter 23. Herbs and Botanicals Steven C. Schachter -- Chapter 24. The Ketogenic Diet / Kristopher J. Bough, Carl E. Stafstrom -- Chapter 25. Vagus Nerve Stimulation / Matthew M. Troester, Dean K. Naritoku -- Chapter 26. Antiinflammatory Treatments for Seizure Syndromes and Epilepsy / Stéphane Auvin, Raman Sankar -- Section V. Other Modulators of the Epileptic State -- Chapter 27. Impact of Neuroendocrine Factors on Seizure Genesis and Treatment / Pavel Klein, Jaromir Janousek -- Chapter 28. Neurosteroid Replacement Therapy for Catamenial Epilepsy / Doodipala S. Reddy, Michael A. Rogawski -- Chapter 29. Chronobiology and Sleep / Mark Quigg -- Chapter 30. Pediatric Epilepsy / Rochelle Caplan -- Section VI. The Future of Epilepsy Therapy -- Chapter 31. Novel Mechanisms of Drug Delivery / Vijay Ivaturi, James Cloyd -- Chapter 32. Early Seizure Detection / Christophe C. Jouny, Piotr J. Franaszczuk, Gregory K. Bergey -- Chapter 33. Gene and Stem Cell Therapies for Treating Epilepsy / Janice R. Naegele, Xu Maisano -- Chapter 34. Arresting Epileptogenesis / Philip A. Schwartzkroin.

"Integrating the studies of epilepsy, neurosciences, computational neurosciences, mathematics, physics, engineering, and medicine, this volume provides the first means to a clear, structured, and enriching multidisciplinary perspective for developing students, researchers, and clinicians in the field of epilepsy. The text gives up to date information on the state of current research, possible future research, and clinical directions in the fields of epilepsy and seizure dynamics. Clear illustrations that illustrate the patterns of brain electrophysiology and behavioral manifestations are provided to aid comprehension. The authors include extensive references in each chapter to enhance further study"--Provided by publisher.

pt. 1. Basic principles and diagnosis -- pt. 2. Treatment.

EEG generation and measurement -- Signal processing in EEG analysis -- Classifying the EEG -- Seizure detection -- Modeling for epilepsy -- On the predictability of seizures.

What is a B-cell epitope? / Marc H.V. Van Regenmortel -- Structural basis of antibody-antigen interactions / Eric J. Sundberg -- Epitope mapping of antibody-antigen complexes by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy / Osnat Rosen and Jacob Anglister -- A solid-phase mutual inhibition assay with labeled antigen / Masahide Kuroki -- Epitope mapping by surface plasmon resonance / Pär Säfsten -- Proteolytic fragmentation for epitope mapping / Maria R. Mazzoni, Francesca Porchia, and Heidi E. Hamm -- Epitope mapping by proteolysis of antigen-antibody complexes / Suraj Dhungana ... [et al.] -- Identifying residues in antigenic determinants by chemical modification / Howard M. Reisner and Roger L. Lundblad -- Epitope mapping by differential chemical modification of antigens / Suraj Dhungana, Michael B. Fessler, and Kenneth B. Tomer -- Linear B-cell epitope mapping using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for libraries of overlapping synthetic peptides / Michael W. Heuzenroeder ... [et al.] -- Antibody epitope mapping using SPOT peptide arrays / Ulrich Reineke and Robert Sabat -- Peptide microarrays for profiling of modification state-specific antibodies / Johannes Zerweck, Antonia Masch, and Mike Schutkowski -- Epitope mapping using phage display peptide libraries / Volker Böttger and Angelika Böttger -- Antibody epitope mapping using de novo generated synthetic peptide libraries / Ulrich Reineke -- Antibody specificity profiling on functional protein microarrays / Dawn R. Mattoon and Barry Schweitzer -- Peptide microarrays for determination of cross-reactivity / Alexandra Thiele -- Epitope mapping using randomly generated peptide libraries / Juliane Bongartz, Nicole Bruni, and Michal Or-Guil -- Probing the epitope signatures of IgG antibodies in human serum from patients with autoimmune disease / Peter Lorenz ... [et al.] -- Microarrayed allergen molecules for diagnostics of allergy / Jing Lin, Ludmilla Bardina, and Wayne G. Shreffler -- Monitoring B cell response to immunoselected phage-displayed peptides by microarrays / Lina Cekaite, Eiving Hovig, and Mouldy Sioud -- Epitope mapping using homolog-scanning mutagenesis / Lin-Fa Wang -- Epitope mapping by region-specified PCR-mutagenesis / Tsutomu Mikawa, Masayuki Ikeda, and Takehiko Shibata -- Epitope mapping using phage-display random fragment libraries / Lin-Fa Wang and Meng Yu -- Prediction of linear B-cell epitopes / Ulf Reimer -- Molecular recognition of diverse ligands by T-cell receptors / Eric J. Sundberg -- Identification of human MHC class I binding peptides using the iTOPIA epitope discovery system / Markus Wulf, Petra Hoehn, and Peter Trinder -- T-cell epitope mapping in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using PepMixes created by micro-scale SPOT synthesis / Marisa Frieder and David M. Lewinsohn -- High-throughput T-cell epitope discovery through MHC peptide exchange / Sine Reker Hadrup ... [et al.] -- T-cell epitope processing (the epitope flanking regions matter) / Alejandra Nacarino Martinez, Stefan Tenzer, and Hansjörg Schild -- Identification of MHC class II binding peptides : microarray and soluble MHC class II molecules / Simani Gaseitsiwe and Markus J. Maeurer -- T-cell epitope mapping / Raija K.S. Ahmed and Markus J. Maeurer -- Identification and validation of T-cell epitopes using the IFN-[gamma] EliSpot assay / Markus Wulf, Petra Hoehn, and Peter Trinder.

Ecological ergonomics / Marvin J. Dainoff -- Integrating cognitive and digital human models for virtual product design / Daniel W. Carruth and Vincent G. Duffy -- Time study during vocational training / Gregory Z. Bedny and Waldemar Karwowski -- The laws of ergonomics applied to design and testing of workstations / V.F. Venda, V.K. Kalin, and A.Y. Trofimov -- Day-to-day monitoring of an operator's functional state and fitness-for-work : a psychophysiological and engineering approach / Oleksandr Burov -- Identification of mental modules ; Identification of neural modules / Saul Sternberg -- The new interface of brain, mind, and machine : will the emergent whole be greater than the sum of the parts? / Chris Berka ... [et al.] -- The interaction of sleep and memory / Jeffrey M. Ellenbogen -- Attention, selection for action, error processing, and safety / Magdalena Fafrowicz and Tadeusz Marek -- Activity theory : comparative analysis of Eastern and Western approaches / Waldemar Karwowski, Gregory Z. Bedney, and Olexiy Y. Chebykin -- Discourse in activity / Harry Daniels -- Movements of the cane prior to locomotion judgments : the informer fallacy and the training fallacy versus the role of exploration / Gregory Burton and Jennifer Cyr -- Emotional intelligence : a novel approach to operationalizing the construct / E.L. Nosenko -- Emotional regulation of the learning process / Olexiy Y. Chebykin and S.D. Maksymenko -- Emotional resources of the professional trainer / G.V. Lozhkin -- Good judgment : the intersection of intelligence and personality / Robert Hogan, Joyce Hogan and Paul Barrett -- Relational self in action : relationships and behavior / Susan E. Cross and Kari A. Terzino.

Posture and movement -- Information and operation -- Environmental factors -- Work organization jobs and tasks -- The ergonomic approach -- Sources of additional information.

1. History and Biology of Erythropoietin in Hematopoietic and Non-Neural Tissues / Giorgia Melli, Sanjay Keswani and Ahmet Höke, p. 1-13 -- 2. Expression of Erythropoietin and Its Receptor in the Central Nervous System / Hugo Marti and Christian Bauer, p. 15-31 -- 3. Erythropoietin and Neuroprotection in the Central Nervous System: Intracellular Signaling Pathways / Murat Digicaylioglu, p. 33-48 -- 4. Regulation of Erythropoietin Expression in the Nervous System: The Hypoxia Inducible Factor / Juan Chavez and JoAnn Gensert, p. 49-67 -- 5. Erythropoietin Neuroprotection in the Term and Preterm Infant: Safety and Efficacy / Eric Demers and Sandra Juul, p. 69-98 -- 6. Erythropoietin for the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke: Preclinical Rationale / Michael Renzi, Linda Jolliffe, Francis Farrell and Kenneth Rhodes, p. 99-112 -- 7. Erythropoietin Neuroprotection in the Retina / Gundula Rohde, Mathias Bähr and Jochen Weishaupt, p. 113-126 -- 8. Erythropoietin for Treatment of Human Brain Disease: Experience from Proof-of-Concept Trials / Hannelore Ehrenreich and Anna-Leena Sirén, p. 127-145 -- 9. Erythropoietin in Spinal Cord Injury Challenges for a Novel Neuroprotective Strategy / Michael Brines and Anthony Cerami, p. 147-164 -- 10. Erythropoietin and Neuroprotection in the Peripheral Nervous System: In Vivo Studies / W. Campana, p. 165-177 -- 11. An Endogenous Pathway Preventing Axonal Degeneration Mediated by Schwann Cell-Derived Erythropoietin / Sanjay Keswani and Ahmet Höke, p. 179-190 -- 12. Role of Erythropoietin in Inflammatory Pathologies of the CNS/ Pietro Ghezzi, Paolo Bigini and Manuela Mengozzi, p. 191-209 -- 13. Development of Non-Erythropoietic Erythropoietin Variants for Neuroprotection / Lars Torup and Marcel Leist, p. 211-219.

Erythropoiesis: an overview / B.E. Torbett and J.S. Friedman -- Regulation of endogenous erythropoietin production / D.R. Mole and P.J. Ratcliffe -- Biology of erythropoietin / G. Molineux and A.M. Sinclair -- Erythropoiesis - genetic abnormalities / J.T. Prchal and X.T. Gregg -- Studies of erythropoiesis and the discovery and cloning of recombinant human erythropoietin / M.A. Foote -- Commercial production of recombinant erythropoietins / A.S. Chuck ... [et al.] -- Biosimilar epoetins / H. Schellekens -- New molecules and formulations / S.G. Elliott -- Structural basis for the signal transduction of erythropoietin / T.D. Osslund -- Intracellular signaling by the erythropoietin receptor / H.F. Lodish ... [et al.] -- Mechanism of erythropoietin receptor activation / S.N. Constantinescu -- Pharmacokinetics of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents / S. Doshi ... [et al.] -- Use of erythropoietic stimulating agents in the setting of renal disease / D.A. Goodkin -- Abuse of recombinant erythropoietins and blood products by athletes / D.H. Catlin and C.K. Hatton -- Role and regulation of iron metabolism in erythropoiesis and disease / T.L. Arvedson and B.J. Sasu -- Nonhematopoietic effects of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents / W. Jelkmann, R. Depping and E. Metzen.

Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice 2007 Fourth Joint European Societies' Task Force on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice -- -- Arterial Hypertension 2007 ESH-ESC Task Force on the Management of Arterial Hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) -- Diabetes, Pre-diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases 2007 The Task Force on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) -- Non-ST-segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes 2007 The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes of the European Society of Cardiology -- AMI in Patients Presenting with Persistent ST-Segment Elevation 2008 The Task Force on the Management of ST-Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction of the European Society of Cardiology -- Stable Angina Pectoris 2006 The Task Force on the Management of Stable Angina Pectoris of the European Society of Cardiology -- Myocardial Revascularisation 2011 Joint Task Force on Myocardial Revascularisation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS). Developed with the special contribution of the European Association for Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) -- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 2003 The Task Force on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy of the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines -- Pericardial Diseases 2004 The Task Force on the Diagnosis and Management of Pericardial Disease of the European Society of Cardiology -- Grown-up congenital heart disease 2011 The Task Force on the Management of Grown-up Congenital Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Endorsed by Association for European Paediatric Cardiology (AEPC) -- Neonatal Electrocardiogram 2002 The Task Force for the interpretation of the Neonatal Electrocardiogram of the European Society of Cardiology -- Cardiovascular Disease during Pregnancy 2003 The Task Force on the Management of Cardiovascular Diseases during Pregnancy of the European Society of Cardiology --Valvular Heart Disease 2007 The Task Force on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology -- Infective Endocarditis 2009 The Task Force on the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Infective Endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), endorsed by the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and by the International Society of Chemotherapy (ISC) for Infection and Cancer -- Pulmonary Hypertension 2009 The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS), endorsed by the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) and by the Association for European Paediatric Cardiology (AEPC) -- Supraventricular Arrhythmias (SVA) 2003 A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Supraventricular Arrhythmias) -- Atrial Fibrillation 2010 The Task Force for the Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation (2010 Version) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Developed with the special contribution of the European Heart Rhythm Association Endorsed by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) -- Syncope 2009 The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Syncope of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)¹, the Heart Failure Association (HFA)² and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)³ Endorsed by the following societies: European Society of Emergency Medicine (EuSEM)⁴, European Federation of Internal Medicine (EFIM)⁵, European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS)⁶, American Geriatrics Society (AGS), European Neurological Society (ENS)⁷, American Autonomic Society (AAS)⁸, European Federation of Autonomic Societies (EFAS)⁹ -- Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death 2006 A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death) Developed in Collaboration With the European Heart Rhythm Association and the Heart Rhythm Society -- Cardiac Pacing and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy 2007 ESC Task Force on Cardiac Pacing and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association -- Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction 2007 The joint ESC-ACCF-AHA-WHF Task Force for the Redefinition of Myocardial Infarction -- Acute and Chronic Heart Failure 2008 The Task Force on Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Developed in collaboration with the Heart Failure Association of the ESC (HFA) -- Device Therapy in Heart Failure 2011 The Task Force for an update of the 2008 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure and the 2007 ESC Guidelines for cardiac resynchronization therapy. Developed with the special contribution of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) and the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the ESC -- Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Perioperative Cardiac Management in Non-Cardiac Surgery 2009 The Task Force for Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Perioperative Cardiac Management in Non-Cardiac Surgery of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), endorsed by the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA).

The genomes of Escherichia coli K-12 and pathogenic E. coli / Nicole T. Perna, Jeremy D. Glasner, Valerie Burland and Guy Plunkett III -- Evolution of pathogenic Escherichia coli / James R. Johnson -- Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli / T. Eric Blank, Jean-Philippe Nougayrède and Michael S. Donnenberg -- Enterohemorrhagic and other shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli / Cheleste M. Thorpe, Jennifer M. Ritchie and David W.K. Acheson -- Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli / Eric A. Elsinghorst -- Enteroaggregative and diffusely adherent Escherichia coli / James P. Nataro and Theodore Steiner -- Shigella and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli : paradigms for pathogen evolution and host-parasite interactions / William A. Day and Anthony T. Maurelli -- Uropathogenic Escherichia coli / Farah Bahrani-Mougeot, Nereus W. Gunther IV, Michael S. Donnenberg and Harry L.T. Mobley -- Meningitis-associated Escherichia coli / Kwang Sik Kim -- Adhesive pili of the Chaperone-Usher family / James G. Bann, Karen W. Dodson, Carl Frieden and Scott J. Hultgren -- Type IV pili / W. Schreiber and Michael S. Donnenberg -- The LEE-encoded Type III secretion system in EPEC and EHEC : assembly, function, and regulation / J. Adam Crawford, T. Eric Blank and James B. Kaper -- Hemolysin / Vassilis Koronakis and Colin Hughes -- Capsule and lipopolysaccharide / Thomas A. Russo.

General concepts in column chromatography -- The column in gas chromatography -- Instrumental aspects of gas chromatography -- The column in liquid chromatography -- Instrumental aspects of liquid chromatography -- Thin-layer chromatography -- Supercritical fluid chromatography -- Capillary-electromigration separation techniques -- Spectroscopic detectors for identification and quantification -- Separation of stereoisomers -- Laboratory-scale preparative chromatography.

Introduction to the Art of Communication, p. 1-8 -- Part I. The Written Document: Prose and Panic -- ch. 1. Planning the Document, p. 11-24 -- ch. 2. Acquiring a Healthy Writing Attitude, p. 25-33 -- ch. 3. Producing the Document, p. 35-46 -- Part II. The Formal Presentation: Dissertation or Disaster -- ch. 4. Planning the Presentation, p. 51-69 -- ch. 5. Acquiring the Successful Presentation Attitude, p. 71-79 -- ch. 6. Conducting the Presentation, p. 81-89 -- Part III. The Informal Discussion: Meetings and Mishaps -- ch. 7. Planning for the Meeting, p. 93-103 -- ch. 8. Acquiring a Meeting Attitude, p. 105-110 -- ch. 9. Participating in the Meeting, p. 111-119 -- Part IV. Cross-Culture Communication: Bridging the Gap -- ch. 10. Understanding a Communication Culture Gap, p. 125-136 -- ch. 11. Writing for any Group of Readers, p. 137-149 -- ch. 12. Presenting to Any Audience, p. 151-162 -- ch. 13. Meeting with Anyone or Any Group, p. 163-173 -- ch. 14. Conclusion, p. 17.

Introduction to biological databases -- Pairwise sequence alignment -- Database similarity searching -- Multiple sequence alignment -- Profiles and hidden Markov models -- Protein motifs and domain prediction -- Gene prediction -- Promoter and regulatory element prediction -- Phylogenetics basics -- Phylogenetic tree construction methods and programs -- Protein structure basics -- Protein structure visualization, comparision, and classification -- Protein secondary structure prediction -- Protein tertiary structure prediction -- RNA structure prediction -- Genome mapping, assembly, and comparison -- Functional genomics -- Proteomics.

Multivariable evaluation of candidates for cardiovascular disease / William B. Kannel -- Molecular and cellular basis of myocardial contractility / Arnold M. Katz -- Ventricular function / Lionel H. Opie -- Vascular function / Clive Rosendorff -- Thrombosis / Yale Nemerson and Mark B. Taubman -- The medical history and symptoms of heart disease / H.J.C. Swan -- Physical examination of the heart and circulation / Jonathan Abrams -- Electrocardiography / Tara L. DiMino ... [et al.] -- Echocardiography / Daniel G. Blanchard and Anthony N. DeMaria -- Exercise testing / Gregory Engel and Victor Froelicher -- Radiology of the heart / Gautham P. Reddy and Robert M. Steiner -- Cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography / Mark J. Ricciardi, Nirat Beohar, and Charles J. Davidson --Nuclear imaging in cardiovascular medicine / Diwakar Jain and Barry L. Zaret -- Cardiovascular magnetic resonance and x-ray computed tomography / Gerald M. Pohost ... [et al.] -- Choosing appropriate imaging techniques / Jonathan E. E. Fisher and Martin E. Goldman -- Electrophysiology of cardiac arrhythmias / Sei Iwai ... [et al.] -- Treatment of cardiac arrhythmias / Davendra Mehta -- Syncope / Fei Lü, Scott Sakaguchi, and David G. Benditt -- Pathophysiology of heart failure / Mark Scoote, Ian F. Purcell, and Philip A. Poole-Wilson -- Treatment of congestive heart failure / Stephen S. Gottlieb -- Congenital heart disease / Julien I.E. Hoffman --Pathogenesis of atherosclerosis / Prediman K. Shah -- Risk factors and prevention, including hyperlipidemias / Antonio M. Gotto, Jr. and John Farmer -- Coronary blood flow and myocardial ischemia / Robert J. Henning and Ray A. Olsson -- Stable angina / Satya Reddy Atmakuri, Michael H. Gollob, and Neal S. Kleiman -- Unstable angina and non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (acute coronary syndromes) / Satya Reddy Atmakuri and Neal S. Kleiman -- ST segment elevation myocardial infarction / Rajat Deo, Christopher P. Cannon, and James A. de Lemos -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation / Joseph P. Ornato -- Rehabilitation after acute MI / Fredric J. Pashkow -- Rheumatic fever and valvular heart disease / Edmund A.W. Brice and Patrick J. Commerford -- Infective endocarditis / Adolf W. Karchmer -- Hypertension: mechanisms and diagnosis / Clive Rosendorff -- Hypertension therapy / Norman M. Kaplan -- Cardiomyopathies and myocarditis / Edward K. Kasper -- Pericardial disease / David H. Spodick --Pulmonary vascular disease / Dermot O'Callaghan and Sean P. Gaine -- Diseases of the aorta / Eric M. Isselbacher -- Pregnancy and cardiovascular disease / Samuel C.B. Siu and Jack M. Colman -- Heart disease in the elderly / Michael W. Rich -- Cardiovascular complications in patients with renal disease / Richard A. Preston, Simon Chakko, and Murray Epstein -- Assessment of patients with heart disease for fitness for noncardiac surgery / Joseph Savino and Lee A. Fleisher -- Cardiovascular gene and cell therapy / Eddy Kizana ... [et al.] -- Preventive cardiology / Michael Miller -- Peripheral arterial disease / James J. Jang and Jonathan L. Halperin.

v. 1. Cell structure -- v. 2. Cell function.

Toxicogenomics and classical toxicology, how to improve prediction and mechanistic understanding of human toxicity / Donna L. Mendrick -- Use of traditional endpoints and gene dysregulation to understand mechanisms of toxicity / Wayne R. Buck, Jeffrey F. Waring, Eric A. Blomme -- Quality control of microarray assays for toxicogenomic and in vitro diagnostic applications / Karol L. Thompson and Joseph Hackett -- Role of statistics in toxicogenomics / Michael Elashoff -- Predictive toxicogenomics in preclinical discovery / Scott A. Barros and Rory B. Martin -- In vivo predictive toxicogenomics / Mark W. Porter -- Bioinformatics, databasing and gene annotation / Lyle D. Burgoon and Timothy R. Zacharewski -- Microarray probe mapping and annotation in cross - species comparative toxicogenomics / John N Calley, William B Mattes, Timothy P. Ryan -- Toxicogenomics in biomarker discovery -- Marc F. DeCristofaro, Kellye K. Daniels -- From pharmacogenomics to translational biomarkers / Donna L. Mendrick -- Public consortium efforts in toxicogenomics / William B. Mattes -- Applications of toxicogenomics to nonclinical drug development / Frank D. Sistare, Joseph J. DeGeorge.

Echocardiographic instumentation and principles of doppler echocardiography / Scott D. Solomon -- Introduction to imaging: the normal examination / Dara Lee and Scott D. Solomon -- Protocol and nomenclature in transthoracic echocardiography / Bernard E. Bulwer and Jose Rivero -- Clinical utility of echocardiography / Bernard E. Bulwer, Faisal Shamshad, and Scott D. Solomon -- Echocardiographic assessment of ventricular systolic function / Bernard E. Bulwer, Scott D. Solomon, and Rajesh Janardhanan -- Echocardiographic assessment of diastolic function / Carolyn Y. Ho -- Echocardiography in myocardial infarction / Justina C. Wu -- Stress echocardiography : indications, protocols, and interpretation / Edmund A. Bermudez and Ming Hui Chen -- Cardiomyopathies / Bernard E. Bulwer and Scott D. Solomon -- Pericardial disease / Ashvin N. Pande and Leonard S. Lilly -- Echocardiographic assessment of aortic stenosis / Edmund A. Bermudez -- Echocardiographic evaluation of aortic regurgitation / Susan M. Sallach and Sharon C. Reimold -- Mitral stenosis / Robert J. Ostfeld -- Mitral regurgitation / Jacqueline Suk Danik and Bernard E. Bulwer -- Infective endocarditis / Nagesh S. Anavekar, Marcus Averbach, and Bernard E. Bulwer -- Role of echocardiography in the management of atrial fibrillation / Warren J. Manning -- Cardiac source of embolus / Justina C. Wu -- Echocardiography in pulmonary embolism and secondary pulmonary hypertension / David Aguilar and Bernard E. Bulwer -- Cardiac masses and tumors / Justina C. Wu -- Aortic dissection and other diseases of the aorta / Laura Benzaquen -- Echocardiography in the assessment of artrial septal defects / Edmund A. Bermudez -- Adult congenital heart disease in general echocardiography practice : an introduction / Bernard E. Bulwer and Michael J. Landzberg -- Transesophageal echocardiography multiplane examination primer / Bernard E. Bulwer and Stanton K. Shernan.

The endocrine system -- The biological principles of endocrinology -- The molecular basis of endocrinology -- Investigations in endocrinology -- The hypothalamus and pituitary gland -- The adrenal gland -- Reproductive endocrinology -- The thyroid gland -- Calcium and metabolic bone disease -- Endocrine neoplasia -- Overview of diabetes -- Type 1 diabetes -- Type 2 diabetes -- Complications of diabetes -- Obesity.

The genetic code of genes and genomes -- Transmission genetics: heritage from Mendel -- The chromosomal basis of heredity -- Gene linkage and genetic mapping -- Human chromosomes and chromosome behavior -- DNA structure, replication, and manipulation -- The genetics of bacteria and their viruses -- The molecular genetics of gene expression -- Molecular mechanisms of gene regulation -- Genomics, proteomics, and genetic engineering -- The genetic control of development -- Molecular mechanisms of mutation and DNA repair -- Molecular genetics of the cell cycle and cancer -- Molecular evolution and population genetics -- The genetic basis of complex inheritance.

Part I. Upper Respiratory Tract Infections -- 1. Clinical guidelines: community acquired pneumonia / John Russell -- 2. Pharyngitis / Adrian Wilson -- 3. Treatment and management of acute otitis media / Ross H. Albert and Neil S. Skolnik -- 4. Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations and acute bronchitis / Michael Gagnon -- 5. Latent tuberculosis infection: testing and treatment / Pamela Ann Fenstemacher -- 6. Sinusitis / Megan Werner and Mathew Clark -- Part II. Gastrointestinal Infections -- 7. Gastroenteritis / Andrew Deroo and Matthew Mintz -- 8. Hepatitis / Michele Lamoreux -- III. Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- 9. Sexually transmitted diseases / Neil Skolnik -- 10. Human immunodeficiency virus / Rosemary Harris -- IV. Skin, Bone, and Joint Infection -- 11. Cellulitis and skin infections associated with bites / Steven Zinn and Judith O'Donnell -- 12. Diabetic foot infections / Thomas C. McGinley Jr. -- 13, Osteomyelitis / Kelly Gannon and Todd Braun -- 14. Septic arthritis and infectious bursitis / Gene Hong and Nirandra Mahamitra -- 15. Lyme disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment / Ross Albert and Neil Skolnik -- V. Other Infectious Disease Topics -- 16. Infective endocarditis / Tina Degnan and Neil Skolnik -- 17. Meningitis / Anne T. Wiedemann -- 18. Urinary tract infections / Jennifer Neria and Matthew Mintz -- 19. Adult immunizations / John Russell and Ross Albert -- 20. Clinical ethics and infectious disease in family medicine / Janet Fleetwood.

Using this book -- Defining the data -- Displaying the data -- Means, standard deviations and standard errors -- The normal distribution -- Confidence interval for a mean -- Comparison of two means: confidence intervals, hypothesis tests and P-values -- Using P-values and confidence intervals to interpret the results of statistical analyses -- Comparison of means from several groups: analysis of variance -- Linear regression and correlation -- Multiple regression -- Goodness of fit and regression diagnostics -- Transformations -- Probability, risks and odds (of disease) -- Proportions and the binomial distribution -- Comparing two proportions -- Chi-squared tests for 2 x 2 and larger contingency tables -- Controlling for confounding: stratification -- Logistic regression: comparing two or more exposure groups -- Logistic regression: controlling for confounding and other extensions -- Matched studies -- Longitudinal studies, rates and the Poisson distribution -- Comparing rates -- Poisson regression -- Standardization -- Survival analysis: displaying and comparing survival patterns -- Regression analysis of survival data -- Likelihood -- Regression modelling -- Relaxing model assumptions -- Analysis of clustered data -- Systematic reviews and meta-analysis -- Bayesian statistics -- Linking analysis to study design: summary of methods -- Calculation of required sample size -- Measurement error: assessment and implications -- Measures of association and impact -- Strategies for analysis.

Neuromodulation is an emerging field that explores the use of electrical, chemical, and mechanical interventions to heal neurological deficits. Such neurostimulation has already shown great promise with disorders and diseases such as chronic pain, epilepsy, and Parkinson's disease. This is the first concise reference covering all of the basic principles of neuromodulation in a single affordable volume for neuro-residents, fellows, and basic clinical practitioners, edited by two prominent clinical experts in the field. This volume emphasizes essential observations from all of the important clinical phases involved in any neuromodulation: targeting, intraoperative assessment, programming, complications, and complication avoidance. There are commonalities to all neuromodulation procedures that must be brought to the forefront to form a cohesive presentation of neuromodulation, and such emphasis will give readers a more solid grounding in the fundamentals needed to embrace this field as a cohesive clinical entity.

Neurological assessment and examination -- Neurosurgical investigations -- Raised intracranial pressure and hydrocephalus -- Head injuries -- Traumatic intracranial haematomas -- Brain tumours -- Benign brain tumours -- Pituitary tumours -- Subarachnoid haemorrhage -- Stroke / Stephen M. Davis -- Developmental abnormalities -- Infections of the central nervous system -- Low back pain and leg pain -- Cervical disc disease and cervical spondylosis -- Spinal cord compression -- Spinal injuries -- Peripheral nerve entrapments, injuries and tumours -- Facial pain and hemifacial spasm -- Pain: neurosurgical management -- Movement disorders: neurosurgical aspects -- Epilepsy and its neurosurgical aspects / Christine Kilpatrick.

Basic nuclear medicine physics -- Interaction of radiation with matter -- Formation of radionuclides -- Nonscintillation detectors -- Nonimaging scintillation detectors -- Imaging instrumentation -- Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) -- Positron emission tomography (PET) -- Combined PET/CT imaging -- Quality control -- Radiation biology -- Radiation dosimetry -- Radiation safety -- Management of nuclear event casualties.

Introduction -- History and clinical examination -- Orthopaedic anatomy -- Basic science in orthopaedics -- Investigations -- Methods of treatment -- The principles of managing trauma -- Immediate care and major incidents -- Methods of managing trauma -- Injuries to the face, head and spine -- Injuries to the trunk -- Injuries to the upper limb -- Hand injuries -- Injuries to the lower limb -- Sports injuries -- Osteoarthritis -- Rheumatoid arthritis and other arthropathies -- Bone and joint infections -- Metabolic disease, dysplasias, osteochondritis, and neurological disorders -- Granulomatous disorders and tumours -- Deformities in children -- Disorders of the shoulder and elbow -- Disorders of the wrist and hand -- Disorders of the hip and knee -- Disorders of the ankle and foot -- Disorders of the spine.

Anatomy of the ear / K. J. Lee -- Audiology / Kathleen C. M. Campbell, James E. Peck, and K. J. Lee -- Electrical response audiometry / Derald E. Brackmann, Manuel Don, and Weldon Selters -- The vestibular system / Charles C. Della Santina, Lloyd B. Minor, and John P. Carey -- Congenital hearing loss / K. J. Lee and Seilesh C. Babu -- Cochlear implants / Richard T. Miyamoto -- Skull base surgery / Paul J. Donald and Hilary A. Brodie -- Facial nerve paralysis / Elizabeth H. Toh and K. J. Lee -- Syndromes and eponyms / K. J. Lee and Mark Lee -- Embryology of clefts and pouches / K. J. Lee and Jay Farrior -- Cleft lip and palate / Eric J. Moore and Craig W. Senders -- Infections of the ear / Sarah S. Connell and Thomas J. Balkany -- Noninfectious disorders of the ear / Jay Farrior and K. J. Lee -- The nose and paranasal sinuses / Martin J. Citardi and Pete S. Batra -- The paranasal sinuses: embryology, anatomy, endoscopic diagnosis, and treatment / David W. Kennedy and Bradford A. Woodworth -- Obstructive sleep apnea / Jean M. Bruch and Nicolas Y. Busaba -- Immunology and allergy / John Houck -- Salivary gland diseases / Robert L. Witt -- The oral cavity, pharynx, and esophagus / David E. Eibling -- The larynx / Gayle E. Woodson and Ninef E. Zaya -- Neck spaces and fascial planes / Nilesh R. Vasan -- Thyroid and parathyroid glands / Ralph P. Tufano, Chad A Glazer, and Gregory W. Randolph -- Cysts and tumors of the jaws / John P. Kelly -- Carotid body tumors and vascular anomalies / Nilesh R. Vasan and Greg A. Krempl -- TNM classification in otolaryngology----head and neck surgery / Thomas G. Takoudes -- Malignant melanoma / Greg Krempl -- Cancer of the larynx, paranasal sinuses, and temporal bone / Nilesh R. Vasan -- Carcinoma of the oral cavity, pharynx, and esophagus / James P. Malone and K. Thomas Robbins -- Reconstructive head and neck surgery / Mark Delacure -- Facial plastic surgery / Tessa Hadlock and Mack L. Cheney -- Pediatric otolaryngology / Kathleen Sie -- Anesthesia for head and neck surgery / K. J. Lee -- Surgical hemostasis and clotting mechanisms / John E. Godwin and Raghu Kolluri -- Chemotherapy of head and neck cancer / Harold Tara and Bruce Lundberg -- Related neurology and neurosurgery / Isaac Goodrich, James C. McVeety, and K. J. Lee -- Related ophthalmology / K. J. Lee -- The chest / K. J. Lee -- Fluid, electrolytes, and nutrition / K. Chris McMains and Frank R. Miller -- Antimicrobial therapy in otolaryngology----head and neck surgery / David N. F. Fairbanks -- Pharmacology and therapeutics / Mark D'Agostino, K. J. Lee -- Highlights and pearls / Ryan B. Scannell and K. J. Lee.

Traumatic brain injury / Ramnik Singh and Michael W. O'Dell -- Stroke / Brenda S. Mallory -- Spinal cord injury / Monifa Brooks and Steven Kirshblum -- Prosthetics and orthotics / Heikki Uustal -- Cardiac rehabilitation / Mathew N. Bartels -- Pulmonary rehabilitation / Mathew N. Bartels -- Pediatric rehabilitation / Jilda N. Vargus-Adams -- Neuromuscular rehabilitation / Nancy E. Strauss, Shikha Sethi, and Stanley J. Myers -- Cancer rehabilitation / Michael D. Stubblefield and Christian M. Custodio -- Orthopedic rehabilitation / C. David Lin -- Spine and musculoskeletal medicine / Grant Cooper, Yusuf Tatli, and Gregory E. Lutz -- Electrodiagnostic medicine / Joseph Feinberg ... [et al.].

Seventh report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment Of High Blood Pressure / Benjamin J. Epstein -- Hyperlipidemia / Andrew Cohen and Neil S. Skolnik -- Management of newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation: a clinical practice guideline from the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians / Jaya Udayasankar and Doron Schneider -- Antithrombotic therapy for venous thromboembolic disease / George P.N. Samraj -- Antithrombotic therapy for atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, management of elevated INRs and perioperative management / Ann Peff and Doron Schneider -- Prevention of bacterial endocarditis / Margot Boigon and Doron Schneider -- Clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of asthma / Michael Gagnon and Neil S. Skolnik -- Community acquired pneumonia and health-care associated pneumonia clinical guidelines / John Russell -- Diagnosis and management of otitis media: joint guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Academy of Family Physicians / Richard Neill --Appropriate antibiotic use for treatment of nonspecific upper respiratory infections, rhinosinusitis, and acute bronchitis in adults / Tina H. Degnan and Neil S. Skolnik -- Group A streptococcal pharyngitis: the Infectious Disease Society of America / Mario Napoletano -- Prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal disease / Ross Albert, Neil S. Skolnik, and Richard Neill -- Adult immunizations / Brett Fissell and Neil S. Skolnik -- Rabies prevention / Doron Schneider -- Practice guidelines for the management of infectious diarrhea / Pam Fenstemacher -- Tuberculosis testing and treatment of latent infection / Pam Fenstemacher -- Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2006 / Neil S. Skolnik -- Updated US public health service guidelines for the management of occupational exposure to HBV, HCV, and HIV and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis / David Gary Smith -- Screening for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women / Richard Neill --Managing abnormal cervical cytology and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: 2001 consensus guidelines / Amy Clouse -- Dementia / William McCarberg -- Diagnosis and treatment of migraine headaches / Richard Neill -- Concussion guidelines in athletes / David Webner -- Restless legs syndrome / Matthew Clark -- Depression: pharmacological treatment / John E. Sutherland -- Diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of the school-aged child with attention deficit hyperactive disorder / Richard Neill -- Practice guidelines for the treatment of patients with delirium / Mary Hofmann and Doron Schneider -- Panic disorder / Diane Dietzen and Doron Schneider.

Knee injuries / Melanie A. Hopper and Andrew J. Grainger -- Hip, pelvis, and groin injuries / Philip Robinson -- Ankle and foot injuries / Ne Siang Chew ... [et al.] -- Osseous stress injury in athletes / Melanie A. Hopper and Philip Robinson -- Shoulder injuries / Andrew J. Grainger and Philip F.J. Tirman -- Elbow injuries / Kenneth S. Lee, Michael J. Tuite, and Humberto G. Rosas -- Hand and wrist injuries / Philip J. O'Connor -- Postoperative imaging in sports medicine / Ali Naraghi and Lawrence M. White -- Muscle injury and complications / Abhijit Datir and David A. Connell -- Sports-related disorders of the spine and sacrum / Rob Campbell and Andrew Dunn -- Ultrasound-guided sports intervention / Philip J. O'Connor.

This text presents a detailed introduction to SQLAlchemy, the code library for Python users that makes it easier to access popular databases such as Oracle and MySQL. It demonstrates how to use the library to create simple database applications, and walks readers through simple queries.

Getting started in laparascopy -- Laparoscopic instrumentation -- Laparoscopic access -- Laparoscopic and robotic pelvic lymphadenectomy -- Laparoscopic renal cyst decorticadtion -- Laparoscopic simple nephrectomy -- Laparoscopic readical nephrectomy: transperitoneal approach -- Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy -- Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy -- Laparoscopic nephroureterectomy -- Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy -- Laparoscopic and robotic pyeloplasty -- Laparoscopic adrenalectomy -- Laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for nonseminomatous germ cell tumors -- Laparoscopic cystectomy and urinary diversion -- Laparoscopic radical cystectomy and urinary diversion with handport assistance -- Laparoscopic and robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy -- Complications of laparoscopic urologic surgery -- Laparoscopic renal ablation.

Part 1. General Pathology -- Cytopathology / Fadi W. Abdul-Karim, Jennifer Brainard and Claire W. Michael -- Immunohistochemical Diagnosis in Surgical Pathology / Nancy Klipfel, Raul Simental-Pizarro and Clive R. Taylor -- Tumors of Unknown Primary / Nancy Klipfel, Raul Simental-Pizarro and Clive R. Taylor -- Diagnostic Electron Microscopy / Jean L. Olson -- Transplantation Pathology / Oscar W. Cummings -- Microbiology for the Surgical Pathologist / Deborah E. Blue and Stephen D. Allen -- Forensic Pathology / Frank P. Miller and Jeffrey J. Barnard -- Autopsy / Dean Hawley -- Biomedical Informatics for Anatomic Pathology / Waqas Amin, Uma Chandran, Anil V. Parwani and Michael J. Becich -- Quality Assurance and Regulations for Anatomic Pathology / Maxwell L. Smith and Stephen S. Raab -- Molecular Diagnostic Pathology / James Huang and Richard D. Press -- Molecular Pathology of Solid Tumors / Franklin R. Moore and Richard D. Press -- Human Genetic Disorders / Teresa M. Kruisselbrink, Noralane M. Lindor, Elyse B. Mitchell, Brittany C. Thomas and Cassandra K. Runke, et al. -- Part 2. Organ Systems -- Neuropathology / Eyas M. Hattab, Matthew C. Hagen, Bernd W. Scheithauer and Arie Perry -- Lymph Node / Ellen D. McPhail and Paul J. Kurtin -- Spleen / Dennis P. O'Malley and Attilio Orazi -- Bone Marrow / Dennis P. O'Malley -- Neoplasms of the Skin and Immunodermatology / Daniel P. Vandersteen, Melanie Triffet-Treviño and Chris H. Jokinen -- Nonneoplastic Skin Diseases / Steven D. Billings and Antoinette F. Hood -- Endocrine Pathology / Lori A. Erickson -- Bone and Joints / Jasvir S. Khurana and Guldeep Uppal -- Soft Tissue Tumors / Leona A. Doyle and Alessandra F. Nascimento -- Tumor of the Salivary Glands / Diana M. Bell and Adel K. El-Naggar -- Head and Neck / John D. Henley and Don-John Summerlin -- Eye and Ocular Adnexae / Jose M. Bonnin -- Mediastinum and Thymus / Chung-Che (Jeff) Chang, Munir Shahjahan and Joseph F. Tomashefski -- Cardiovascular Pathology / Eric A. Pfeifer -- Lung and Pleura / Carol F. Farver and Andrea V. Arrossi -- Breast / Mohiedean Ghofrani and Fattaneh A. Tavassoli -- Vulva and Vagina / Sharon X. Liang and Wenxin Zheng -- Uterus and Fallopian Tube / Maritza Martel and Fattaneh A. Tavassoli -- Ovary and Peritoneum / Robert E. Emerson -- Placenta and Gestational Trophoblastic Disease / Raymond W. Redline -- Nonneoplastic Renal Diseases / Geoffrey A. Talmon and Donna J. Lager -- Tumors of the Kidney / Gregory T. MacLennan and Liang Cheng -- Urinary Bladder / Liang Cheng, Antonio Lopez-Beltran and David G. Bostwick -- Renal Pelvis, Ureter, and Urethra / Antonio Lopez-Beltran, Sean R. Williamson and Liang Cheng -- Prostate / David G. Bostwick and Liang Cheng -- Testis and Testicular Adnexa / Kenneth A. Iczkowski and Thomas M. Ulbright -- The Penis / Alcides Chaux, Gustavo Ayala and Antonio L. Cubilla -- Esophagus and Stomach / Thomas P. Plesec and John R. Goldblum -- Small Intestine, Appendix, Colorectum, and Anus / Stephen C. Lawhorn and Shuan C. Li -- Pancreas / Olca Basturk and N. Volkan Adsay -- Nonneoplastic Hepatobiliary Disease / Romil Saxena -- Neoplasms of the Liver and Biliary System / Romil Saxena.

Postmorten toxicological redistribution -- Examination of fractures at autopsy -- The relationship of body weight and sudden death -- Fatal sexual abuse in childhood -- Elder abuse and gerontocide -- Air crash investigation for histopathologists -- Bioterrorism -- The chronological dating of injury.

Volume 1. Foundations of Chinese Medicine -- Volume 2. Clinical Fundamentals in Chinese Medicine -- Volume 3. Essentials of the Clinical Specialties in Chinese Medicine.

Basic components: structure and function -- Infection -- Immunodeficiency -- Anaphylaxis and allergy -- Autoimmunity -- Lymphoproliferative disorders -- Immune manipulation -- Transplantation -- Kidney diseases -- Joints and muscles -- Skin diseases -- Eye diseases -- Chest diseases -- Gastrointestinal and liver diseases -- Endocrinology and diabetes -- Haematological diseases -- Neuroimmunology -- Pregnancy -- Techniques in clinical immunology.

"Clinical Mycology" offers a comprehensive review of this discipline. Organized by types of fungi, this volume covers microbiologic, epidemiologic and demographic aspects of fungal infections as well as diagnostic, clinical, therapeutic, and preventive approaches. Special patient populations are also detailed.

I. pt. I. Clinical Research: Definitions, "Anatomy and Physiology," and the Quest for "Universal Truth" / Stephen P. Glasser, p. 3-11 -- Introduction to Clinical Research and Study Designs / Stephen P. Glasser, p. 13-27 -- Clinical Trials / Stephen P. Glasser, p. 29-62 -- Alternative Interventional Study Designs / Stephen P. Glasser, p. 63-71 -- Postmarketing Research / Stephen P. Glasser, Elizabeth Delzell and Maribel Salas, p. 73-91 -- The United States Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and Clinical Research / Stephen P. Glasser, Carol M. Ashton and Nelda P. Wray, p. 73-110 -- The Placebo and Nocebo Effect / Stephen P. Glasser and William Frishman, p. 111-140 -- Recruitment and Retention / Stephen P. Glasser, p. 141-149 -- Data Safety and Monitoring Boards (DSMBs) / Stephen P. Glasser and O. Dale Williams, p. 151-158 -- Meta-Analysis / Stephen P. Glasser and Sue Duval, p. 159-177 -- II. pt. II. -- Research Methods for Genetic Studies / Sadeep Shrestha and Donna K. Arnett, p. 181-199 -- Research Methods for Pharmacoepidemiology Studies / Maribel Salas and Bruno Stricker, p. 201-216 -- Implementation Research: Beyond the Traditional Randomized Controlled Trial / Amanda H. Salanitro, Carlos A. Estrada and Jeroan J. Allison, p. 217-244 -- Research Methodology for Studies of Diagnostic Tests / Stephen P. Glasser, p. 245-257 -- III. pt. III. Statistical Power and Sample Size: Some Fundamentals for Clinician Researchers / J. Michael Oakes, p. 261-278 -- Association, Cause, and Correlation / Stephen P. Glasser and Gary Cutter, p. 279-294 -- Bias, Confounding, and Effect Modification / Stephen P. Glasser , p. 295-302 -- It's All About Uncertainty / Stephen P. Glasser and George Howard, p. 303-316 -- Grant Writing / Donna K. Arnett and Stephen P. Glasser, p. 317-325 -- IV. pt. IV. The Media and Clinical Research / Stephen P. Glasser, p. 329-333 -- Mentoring and Advising / Stephen P. Glasser and Edward W. Hook, p. 335-340 -- Presentation Skills: How to Present Research Results / Stephen P. Glasser, p. 341-349.

An overview of creatine metabolism / Jeff S. Volek, Kevin D. Ballard, and Cassandra E. Forsythe -- Creatine supplementation in strength-power sports / Darryn S. Willoughby -- Creatine supplementation in endurance sports / Joel P. Cramer -- Creatine supplementation and woman athletes / Joan Eckerson -- Creatine consumption and health / Jacques R. Poortmans and Marc Francaux -- Clinical application / Joseph Weir -- Creatine overview : facts, fallacies, and future / Mike Greenwood.

The Normal Breast -- Specimen Processing -- Fibrocystic Change and Duct Ectasia -- Adenosis -- Intraductal Proliferative Lesions -- Intraductal Papillary Neoplasms -- Lobular Intraepithelial Neoplasia (LIN) -- Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma (NOS Type) -- Invasive Lobular Carcinoma (ILC) -- Special Types of Breast Carcinomas -- Biphasic Tumors -- Disease of the Nipple -- Male Breast Lesions -- Mesenchymal Lesions/Tumors -- Myoepithelial Lesions/Neoplasms -- Miscellaneous Lesions -- Cytopathology of Benign and Malignant Lesions (Selected Topics) -- Immunohistochemistry (Selected Topics).

"During the last two decades, new developments in functional MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) have made it possible to detect changes in the brain over time, as opposed to the "snapshot" produced by conventional MRI. Essentials of Functional MRI breaks down the technical challenges for physicians, researchers, and technologists who use functional MRI but may not be experts in the necessary math and physics. The author describes the theory and practical details of functional MRI (fMRI) methodology, including how to acquire and analyze images, and a wide range of examples demonstrate how fMRI has been used thus far. The author provides the essential information to study, understand, use, and teach the practical aspects of fMRI for those people who are most likely to extend its use into clinical practice"--Provided by publisher.

The foundations of genomic and personalized medicine -- Section 1. Basics -- Organization, variation and expression of the human genome -- DNA sequencing for the detection of human genome variation -- Genome-wide association studies and genotyping technologies -- Copy number variation and human health -- DNA methylation analysis: providing new insight into human disease -- DNA microarrays in biological discovery and patient care -- Proteomics: the deciphering of the functional genome -- Comprehensive metabolic analysis for understanding of disease -- Section 2. Informatics -- Bioinformatic and computational analysis for genomic medicine -- Systems biology and systems medicine -- Electronic medical records in genomic medicine practice and research -- Online health information retrieval by consumers -- Section 3. Translational -- Translational genomics: from discovery to clinical practice -- Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics -- Clinical implementation of translational genomics -- The role of genomics in enabling prospective health care -- Genome policy considerations for genomic medicine -- Federal regulation of genomic medicine -- Economic issues and genomic medicine -- Public health genomics.Section 4. Clinical (cardiology) -- The genomics of hypertension -- Lipoprotein disorders -- Genomics of myocardial infarction -- Acute coronary syndromes -- Heart failure in the era of genomic medicine -- Genomic assessment of cardiac transplant rejection -- Genetics and genomics of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy -- Genetics and genomics of arrhythmias -- Genetics and genomics in the management of hemostasis and thrombosis -- Genomics of congenital heart disease -- Section 5. Clinical (oncology) -- Genomics in the management of lymphomas -- Genomics in leukemias -- Genomics in the diagnosis and management of lung cancer -- Genomics in the diagnosis and management of breast cancer -- Colorectal cancer -- Genomic evaluation and management of prostate cancer -- Genomic assessment of ovarian cancer -- Genomic evaluation of pancreatic neoplasms -- Genomic evaluation of head and neck cancer -- Genomic evaluation of brain tumors and gliomas -- Targeted therapies for cancer.Section 6. Clinical (inflammatory disease) -- Genomics in the evaluation and management of rheumatoid arthritis -- Genomic evaluation of multiple sclerosis -- Genomic assessment of inflammatory bowel disease -- Asthma genomics -- Genomics in the evaluation and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Genetics and genomics of interstitial lung disease -- Peptic ulcer disease -- Section 7. Clinical (metabolic disease) -- Genomics in pathogenesis of cirrhosis -- Genomic medicine and obesity -- Diabetes -- Section 8. Clinical (neurological disease) -- Genetics and genomics of dementia -- Genetics and genomics of Parkinson's disease -- Genomic considerations in ophthalmology -- Genomics in the diagnosis and management of depression -- Section 9. Clinical (infectious disease) -- Genomic approaches to the host response to pathogens -- Host genomics and bacterial infections -- Genomics in the evaluation and management of sepsis -- Genomics and the management of hepatitis.

Why learn methods in infectious disease epidemiology? -- Why study methods? -- Descriptive infectious disease epidemiology -- Outbreak investigations -- Rates and measures -- Laying the foundation: how to conduct a study -- Experimental designs as a foundation for observational studies -- Cohort studies -- Case-control and cross-sectional studies -- Interpretation of epidemiologic data -- Threats to internal and external validity of concern in the study of infectious disease epidemiology -- Surveillance of infectious diseases -- Program evaluation in the infectious disease setting.

Radioactivity, radionuclides, and radiopharmaceuticals -- Instrumentation and quality control -- Central nervous system -- Thyroid, parathyroid, and salivary glands -- Cardiovascular system -- Respiratory system -- Gastrointestinal tract -- Skeletal system -- Genitourinary system and adrenal glands -- Non-PET neoplasm imaging and radioimmunotherapy -- ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT neoplasm imaging -- Inflammation and infection imaging -- Authorized user and radioisotope safety issues -- Self-evaluation. Unknown case sets -- Answers to unknown case sets -- Appendix A: Characteristics of radionuclides for imaging and therapy -- Appendix B-1: Radioactivity conversion table for International System (SI) Units (Becquerels to Curies) -- Appendix B-2: Radioactivity conversion table for International System (SI) Units (Curies to Becquerels) -- Appendix C-1: Technetium-99m decay and generation tables -- Appendix C-2: Other radionuclide decay tables -- Appendix D: Injection techniques and pediatric dosages -- Appendix E-1: Sample techniques for nuclear imaging -- Appendix E-2: Abnormal radio pharmaceutical distribution as a result of medications and other extrinsic factors -- Appendix F: Nonradioactive pharmaceuticals in nuclear medicine -- Appendix G: Pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Appendix H-1: General considerations for hospitalized patients receiving radionuclide therapy -- Appendix H-2: Special considerations and requirements for iodine-131 therapy -- Appendix I: Emergency procedures for spills of radioactive materials.

Ch. 1Ocular anatomy, physiology, and embryology --Ch. 2Basic optics --Ch. 3Ocular pharmacology --Ch. 4The eye exam --Ch. 5Neuro-ophthalmology --Ch. 6Pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus --Ch. 7Orbit --Ch. 8Lids and adnexa --Ch. 9Conjunctiva --Ch. 10Sclera --Ch. 11Cornea --Ch. 12Anterior chamber --Ch. 13Glaucoma --Ch. 14Iris --Ch. 15Lens --Ch. 16Vitreous --Ch. 17Retina --App.Differential diagnosis of common ocular symptoms.

Section I. Basic Considerations -- Section II. Clinical Evaluation and Diagnostic Examinations -- Section III. Pharmacology and Pharmacologic Modalities -- Section IV. Therapeutic Interventions -- Section V. Perioperative Pain Management -- Section VI. Chronic Pain Syndromes -- Section VII. Interventional Techniques for Pain Management -- Section VIII. Cancer Pain -- Section IX. Nerve Blockade.

Introduction -- Fistula First, K/DOQI and Documentation -- The Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Pattern Study (DOPPS): Lessons for Interventionalists -- Controversies in Vascular Access Monitoring and Surveillance -- Clinical Relevance of Vascular Access Monitoring and Surveillance -- Molecular Mechanisms of Hemodialysis Graft Failure -- The Vascular Access Coordinator -- The Procedure Room, Equipment and Radiation Safety -- Patient Considerations and Preparation -- Patient Monitoring, Sedation and Post-Procedure Care -- Sterile Technique -- Contrast Agents -- Dialysis Catheters -- Dialysis Grafts Versus Fistulas -- Commonality of Interventions in AV Accesses -- Interventions in Dialysis Grafts -- Interventions in Dialysis Fistulas -- The Immature or Failure to Mature Fistula -- Cephalic Arch Stenosis -- Central Venous Interventions -- Hemodialysis Access Interventions: An Asian Perspective -- Pediatric Hemodialysis Interventions -- Puncture Site Management -- No Remaining Venous Access -- Radiologic Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Insertion and Troubleshooting -- Complications and Possible Solutions -- On-Label, Off-Label, Misconceptions and Devices that Do not Work -- Publications of Hemodialysis Interventions: What Is Relevant? -- Interesting Cases.

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy -- Cervical facet arthropathy -- Cervical degenerative disease -- Cervical radiculopathy -- Cervical sprain or strain -- Cervical stenosis -- Cervicogenic vertigo -- Trapezius strain -- Acromioclavicular injuries -- Adhesive capsulitis -- Biceps tendinitis -- Biceps tendon rupture -- Glenohumeral instability -- Rotator cuff tendinitis -- Rotator cuff tear -- Scapular winging -- Shoulder arthritis -- Elbow arthritis -- Epicondylitis -- Median neuropathy -- Olecranon bursitis -- Radial neuropathy --Ulnar neuropathy (elbow) -- de quervain tenosynovits -- Dupuytren contracture -- Extensor tendon injuries -- Flexor tendon injuries -- Hand and wrist ganglia -- Hand osteoarthritis -- Kienböck disease -- Median neuropathy (carpal tunnel syndrome) -- Trigger finger -- Ulnar collateral ligament sprain -- Ulnar neuropathy (wrist) -- Wrist osteoarthritis -- Wrist rheumatoid arthritis -- Thoracic compression fracture -- Thoracic radiculopathy -- Thoracic sprain or strain -- Lumbar degenerative disease -- Lumbar facet arthropathy -- Lumbar radiculopathy -- Low back strain or sprain -- Lumbar spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis -- Lumbar spinal stenosis -- Sacroiliac joint dysfunction -- Hip osteoarthritis -- Femoral neuropathy -- Lateral femoral cutaneous neuropathy -- Piriformis syndrome -- Quadriceps contusion -- Total hip replacement -- Trochanteric bursitis -- Anterior cruciate ligament tear -- Baker's cyst -- Collateral ligament sprain -- Compartment syndrome -- Hamstring strain -- Iliotibial band syndrome -- Knee osteoarthritis -- Knee bursitis -- Meniscal injuries -- Jumper's knee -- Patellofemoral syndrome -- Peroneal neuropathy -- Posterior cruciate ligament sprain -- Quadriceps tendinitis -- Shin splints -- Stress fractures -- Total knee replacement -- Achilles tendinitis -- Ankle arthritis -- Foot and ankle bursitis -- Ankle sprain -- Bunion and bunionette --Chronic ankle instability -- Claw toe -- Corns -- Foot and ankle ganglia -- Hallux rigidus -- Hammer toe -- Mallet toe -- Metatarsalgia -- Morton neuroma -- Plantar fasciitis -- Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction -- Tibial neuropathy (tarsal tunnel syndrome) -- Occipital neuralgia -- Trigeminal neuralgia -- Thoracic outlet syndrome -- Chronic pain syndrome -- Complex regional pain syndrome -- Headaches -- Fibromyalgia -- Myofascial pain syndrome -- Repetitive strain injuries -- Costosternal syndromes -- Intercostal neuralgia -- Tietze syndrome -- Postherpetic neuralgia -- Arachnoiditis -- Coccydynia -- Phantom limb pain -- Cervical dystonia -- Post-thoracotomy pain syndrome -- Post-mastectomy pain syndrome -- Upper limb amputations -- Lower limb amputations -- Ankylosing spondylitis -- Burns -- Cardiac rehabilitation -- Cancer -- Cerebral palsy -- Chronic fatigue syndrome -- Chronic kidney disease -- Joint contractures -- Deep venous thrombosis -- Dementia -- Management of the patient with a foot at risk: peripheral arterial disease and diabetes -- Dysphagia -- Enteropathic arthritides -- Heterotopic ossification -- Lymphedema -- Motor neuron disease -- Movement disorders -- Multiple sclerosis -- Myopathies -- Neurogenic bladder -- Osteoarthritis -- Osteoporosis -- Parkinson disease -- Peripheral neuropathies -- Plexopathy-brachial -- Plexopathy-lumbosaral -- Polytrauma rehabilitation -- Post-poliomyelitis syndrome -- Post-concussion disorders -- Psoriatic arthritis -- Pressure ulcers -- Pulmonary rehabilitation -- Rheumatoid arthritis -- Scoliosis and kyphosis -- Spasticity -- Speech and language disorders -- Spinal cord injury (cervical) -- Spinal cord injury (thoracic) -- Spinal cord injury (lumbosacral) -- Stroke -- Stroke in young adults -- Systemic lupus erythematosus -- Transverse myelitis -- Traumatic brain injury.

Basic chemistry -- General prinicples of gas physics -- Microbiology, sterilization, and infection control -- Anatomy of the respiratory system -- Mechanics of ventilation -- Neurologic control of ventilation -- Oxygen and carbon dioxide transport -- Intrapulmonary shunting and deadspace -- Antomy of the cardiovascular system -- Physiology of the cardiovascular system -- Cardiac electrophysiology and ECG interpretation -- Hemodynamic monitoring -- Renal anatomy and physiology -- Fluid and electrolyte balance -- Acid-base balance and blood gas interpretation -- Anatomy and physiology of the nervous system -- Pharmacology -- Clinical assessment of the cardiopulmonary system -- Pulmonary function testing -- Obstructive pulmonary disease and general management principles -- Obstructive pulmonary disease and ventilatory management -- Restrictive lung diseases: general and ventilatory management -- ARDS, SARS, and sepsis -- Nutrition -- Intrauterine development and comparative respiratory anatomy -- Assessment and management of the newborn -- Respiratory disorders of the newborn -- Mechanical ventilation of the newborn -- Respiratory disorders of the pediatric patient -- Assisted ventilation for pediatric patients -- Pulmonary rehabilitation -- Home respiratory care and mechanical ventilation -- Gas therapy -- Oxygen, helium, and nitric oxide therapy -- Aerosol and humidity therapy -- Airway clearence techniques -- Analyzers -- Airway care -- Modes of mechanical ventilation -- Positive end-expiratory pressure -- Initiation, maintenance, and weaning from mechanical ventilation -- High frequency ventilation -- Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation -- Tracheal gas insufflation -- Prone positioning -- Liquid ventilation.

Introduction to stem cells -- Basic biology/mechanisms -- Tissue and organ development -- Methods -- Applications -- Regulation and ethics.

Anesthesiology / Susan L. Polk ... [et al.] -- Pediatric surgery: surgical diseases of children / Philip J. Wolfson ... [et al.] -- Plastic surgery: diseases of the skin and soft tissue, face, and hand / Garrett A. Wirth and Gregory R.D. Evans -- Cardiothoracic surgery: diseases of the heart, great vessels, and thoracic cavity / Alan Spotnitz, Marshall L. Jacobs, and Manisha R. Shende -- Otolaryngology: diseases of the head and neck / Gerald Berke ... [et al.] -- Orthopedic surgery: diseases of the musculoskeletal system / John J. Murnaghan -- Urology: diseases of the genitourinary system / Joel Gelman, Barry P. Duel, and Isaac Yi Kim -- Neurosurgery: diseases of the nervous system / Mark E. Linskey -- Ophthalmology: diseases of the eye / Alan S. Crandall Jr. ... [et al.].

Normality, disease and enhancement / Theodore M. Benditt -- Holistic theories of health as applicable to non-human living beings / Lennart Nordenfelt -- Disease and the concept of supervenience / Robert D'Amico -- Decision and discovery in defining disease / Peter H. Schwartz -- Race and scientific reduction / Mark Risjord -- Towards an adequate account of genetic disease / Kelly C. Smith -- Why disease persists / Robert L. Perlman -- Creating mental illness in non-disordered community populations / Allan V. Horwitz -- Gender identity disorder / Jennifer McKitrick -- Clinical trials as nomological machines / Robyn Bluhm -- The social epistemology of NIH consensus conferences / Miriam Solomon -- Maternal agency and the immunological paradox of pregnancy / Moira Howes -- Violence and public health / Jonathan Kaplan -- Taking equipoise seriously / Fred Gifford.

The necessity and challenges of clinical research involving children -- Regulatory framework for protecting child participants in research -- Defining, interpreting, and applying concepts of risk and benefit in clinical research involving children -- Understanding and agreeing to children's participation in clinical research -- Payments related to children's participation in clinical research -- Regulatory compliance, accreditation, and quality improvement -- Responsible research involving children.

Historical foundations / Steven S. Coughlin -- Moral foundations / Tom L. Beauchamp -- Toward a philosophy of epidemiology / Douglas L. Weed -- Epidemiology and informed consent / Jeffrey P. Kahn and Anna C. Mastroianni -- Privacy and confidentiality in epidemiology : special challenges of using information obtained without informed consent / Ellen Wright Clayton -- Ethical issues in the design and conduct of community-based intervention studies / Karen Glanz, Michelle C. Kegler, and Barbara K. Rimer -- Ethical issues in the interaction with research subjects and the disclosure of results / Andrea Smith and Paul A. Schulte --Ethical issues in public health practice / Robert E. McKeown and R. Max Learner -- Ethical issues in genetic epidemiology / Laura M. Beskow and Wylie Burke -- Ethics and epidemiology in the age of AIDS / Carol Levine -- Ethical issues in international health research and epidemiology / John D.H. Porter, Carolyn Stephens, and Anthony Kessel -- The institutional review board / Robert J. Levine -- Good conduct in integrity in epidemiologic research / Colin L. Soskolne ... [et al.] -- Ethics curricula in epidemiology / Kenneth W. Goodman and Ronald J. Prineas.

Introduction: in search of ethics expertise -- Socrates and moral expertise -- Aristotle's moral expert: the phronimos -- Hume on true and false philosophy -- Moral expertise: a millian perspective -- The ineffable and the incalculable: G. E. Moore on ethical expertise -- Expert moral choice in medicine: a study of uncertainty and locality -- Societal consensus and the problem of consent: refocusing the problem of ethics expertise in liberal democracies -- Ethical expertise, maternal thinking, and the work of clinical ethicists -- The roles of scientific and normative expertise in public policy formation: the anthrax vaccine case -- Philosophers return to the agora -- Ethical expertise in the clinical setting -- Bioethical expertise in health care organizations -- The expert ethics witness as teacher.

Considering moral philosophies and principles -- Resolving ethical issues -- Developing organizational values, vision, and mission -- Codes of ethics in health services -- Organizational responses to ethical problems -- Conflicts of interest and fiduciary duty -- Ethical issues regarding organization and staff --Ethical issues regarding patients and community -- Consent -- Dying and death -- Patient autonomy: the paradigm of physician-assisited suicide -- Ethics in marketing and managed care -- Ethics in resource allocation -- Social responsibility.

Foreword:Shopping at the genetic supermarket /Peter Singer --Is inheritable genetic modification the new dividing line? /John E.J. Rasko ... [et al.] --The science of inheritable genetic modification /John E.J. Rasko, Douglas J. Jolly --Nuclear cloning, embryonic stem cells, and gene transfer /Rudolf Jaenisch --Controlling bodies and creating monsters: popular perceptions of genetic modifications /Christoph Rehmann-Sutter --Inheritable genetic modification as moral responsibility in a creative universe /Denis Kenny --Ethics and welfare issues in animal genetic modification /Gabrielle M. O'Sullivan --Radical rupture: exploring biologic sequelae of volitional inheritable genetic modification /Francoise Baylis, Jason Scott Robert --"Alter-ing" the human species? Misplaced essentialism in science policy /Eric T. Juengst --Traditional and feminist bioethical perspectives on gene transfer: is inheritable genetic modification really the problem? /Rosemarie Tong --Inheritable genetic modification and disability: normality and identity /Jackie Leach Scully --Regulating genetic modification: clinical applications and genetic counseling considerations /Joan A. Scott --Can bioethics speak to politics about the prospect of inheritable genetic modification? If so, what might it say? /Roberta M. Berry --Glossary of scientific terms /John E.J. Rasko ... [et al.].

Human value development -- Decision making in value issues -- Basic principles of health care ethics -- The nature of rights in ethical discourse -- Confidentiality and the management of health care information -- Professional gatekeeping as a function of role fidelity -- Autonomy vs. paternalism: a contest between values -- Justice and the allocation of scarce resources -- Withholding and withdrawing life support -- Euthanasia: practice and principles -- Reproductive issues -- AIDS and health care practice -- Ethical issues and genetic manipulation -- Culturally appropriate health care -- Appendix: codes of professional ethics, selected health professions.

Pt. 1. Research biobanking : the traditional approach -- Consent to biobank research : one size fits all? / Bjørn Hofmann, Jan Helge Solbakk, Søren Holm -- What no one knows cannot hurt you : the limits of informed consent in the emerging world of biobanking / Arthur L. Caplan -- Users and uses of the biopolitics of consent : a study of DNA banks / Pascal Ducournau and Anne Cambon-Thomsen -- Information rights on the edge of ignorance / Anne Maria Skrikerud -- The dubious uniqueness of genetic information / Anne Maria Skrikerud -- Duties and rights of biobank participants : principled autonomy, consent, voluntariness and privacy / Lars Øystein Ursin -- Biobanking and disclosure of research results : addressing the tension between professional boundaries and moral intuition / Lynn G. Dressler -- Biobanks and our common good / Erik Christensen -- Trust, distrust and co-production : the relationship between research biobanks and donors / Pascal Ducournau and Roger Strand -- Scientific citizenship, benefit, and protection in population-based research / Vilhj́almur Árnason -- Pt. 2. Research Biobanking : towards a new conceptual approach -- Mapping the language of research biobanking : an analogical approach / Bjørn Hofmann, Jan Helge Solbakk, Søren Holm -- The use of analogical reasoning in umbilical cord blood biobanking / Bjørn Hofmann, Jan Helge Solbakk, Søren Holm -- The Alexandria plan : creating libraries for human tissue research and therapeutic use / Laurie Zoloth -- The art of biocollections / Anne Hambro Alnæs -- The health dugnard : biobank participation as the solidary pursuit of the common good / Lars Øystein Ursin and Berge Solberg -- Embodied gifting : reflections on the role of information in biobank recruitment / Klaus Hoeyer -- Conscription to biobank research? / Bjørn Hofmann, Jan Helge Solbakk, Søren Holm -- Ownership rights in research biobanks : do we need a new king of 'biological property'? / Paula Lobato de Faria -- Legal challenges and strategies in the regulation of research biobanking / Elisabeth Rynning -- Annexation of life : the biopolitics of industrial biology / Jan Reinert Karlsen and Roger Strand -- In the ruins of Babel : should biobank regulations be harmonized / Jan Reinert Karlsen, Jan Helge Solbak, and Roger Strand.

Growing pains -- Ethics is the key -- Problems of practice -- The search for morality -- Persons and potentials -- Theories of ethics -- Obstacles to clear moral reasoning -- The rings of uncertainty -- The background to the ethical grid -- The use of the ethical grid -- The values exchange.

Essential concepts and foundations / Anthony J. Marsella ... [et al.] -- Promoting disaster recovery in ethnic-minority individuals and communities / Fran H. Norris and Margarita Alegría -- Meeting the physical, psychological, and social needs of African Americans following a disaster / Steven B. Carswell and Melisssa A. Carswell -- Essential information for disaster management and trauma specialists working with American Indians / Jeannette L. Johnson ... [et al.] -- Arab Americans : understanding their challenges, needs, and struggles / Naji Abi-Hashem -- Asian Indians : cultural considerations for disaster workers / B.J. Prashantham -- Caribbean blacks : (Haitians, Jamaicans, Virgin Islanders, Eastern Caribbean) responses to disasters in cultural context / G. Rita Dudley-Grant and Wayne Etheridge -- Chinese Americans : guidelines for disaster mental health workers / Frederick T.L. Leong and Szu-Hui Lee -- The Kanaka Maoli : native Hawaiians and their testimony of trauma and resilience / Laurie D. McCubbin, Michele E. Ishikawa, and Hamilton I. McCubbin -- Mexicans, Mexican Americans, Caribbean, and other Latin Americans / Patricia Arredondo, Veronica Bordes, and Freddy A. Paniagua -- Working with Vietnamese Americans in disasters / Aaron S. Kaplan and Uyen Kim Huynh -- Culture, trauma, and the treatment of post-traumatic syndromes : a global perspective / John P. Wilson -- A brief list of disaster-related vocabulary terms -- Summary and overview of disasters in developing countries / Fran H. Norris -- Disaster rescure and response workers / Bruce H. Young, Julian D. Ford, and Patricia Watson.

Therapeutic agents from ethnomedicine / Maurice M Iwu -- Drugs from nature : past achievements, future prospects / Gordon M Cragg and David J Newman -- Natural products for high-throughput screening / Alan L Harvey -- Medical ethnobotanical research as a method to identify bioactive plants to treat infectious diseases / Thomas JS Carlson -- Development of HerbMed : an interactive, evidence-based herbal database / Jacqueline C Wootton -- Natural products : a continuing source of inspiration for the medicinal chemist / S Mbua Ngale Efange -- Integrating African ethnomedicine into primary healthcare : a framework for south-eastern Nigeria / Chioma Obijiofor -- Current initiatives in the protection of indigenous and local community knowledge : problems, concepts and lessons for the future / Robert Lettington -- Bioprospecting : using Africa's genetic resources as a new basis for economic development and regional cooperation / Anthony Onugu -- Balancing conservation with utilization : restoring populations of commercially valuable medicinal herbs in forests and agroforests / Richard A Cech -- Ethnomedicine of the Cherokee : historical and current applications / Jody E Noé --Traditional medicines and the new paradigm of psychotropic drug action / Elaine Elisabetsky -- Drug discovery through ethnobotany in Nigeria : some results / Joseph I Okogun --Plants, products and people : southern African perspectives / Nigel Gericke -- Development of antimalarial agents and drugs for parasitic infections based on leads from traditional medicine : the Walter Reed experience / Brian G Schuster -- Health foods in anti-aging therapy : reducers of physiological decline and degenerative diseases / Lisa Meserole -- Indigenous peoples and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles : definitions under Article 8 (j) of the Convention on Biological Diversity / Katy Moran -- Garcinia kola : a new look at an old adaptogenic agent / Maurice M Iwu, Angela Duncan Diop, Lisa Meserole and Chris O Okunji -- Linking intellectual property rights with traditional medicine / Michael A Gollin -- The use of conservation trust funds for sharing financial benefits in bioprospecting projects / Marianne Guerin-McManus, Kent C Nnadozie and Sarah A Laird -- The regulation of botanicals as drugs and dietary supplements in Europe / Joerg Gruenwald -- Regulation of herbal medicines in Nigeria : the role of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) / Gabriel E Osuide -- Considerations in the development of public standards for botanicals and their dosage forms / V Srini Srinivasan -- The Belize Ethnobotany Project : safeguarding medicinal plants and traditional knowledge in Belize / Michael J Balick, Rosita Arvigo, Gregory Shropshire, Jay Walker, David Campbell and Leopoldo Romero -- Ethnobotanical research into the 21st century / Susan Tarka Nelson-Harrison, Steven R King, Charles Limbach, Carey Jackson, Andrew Galiwango, Sirimani Kisingi Kato and BR Kanyerezi -- Ethnobotanical approach to pharmaceutical drug discovery : strengths and limitations / Maurice M Iwu.

Anti-Inflammatory Plants -- Plants Affecting the Central Nervous System -- Plants for Chemotherapy of Neoplastic Diseases.

Etiology of periodontal disease: dental plaque and calculus -- Periodontal microbiology -- Particular aspects of periodontal disease pathogenesis -- Interrelationships between periodontal disease and mortality, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus -- Interrelationships between periodontal disease and adverse pregnancy outcomes, respiratory disease, rheumatoid arthritis, renal disease, cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, Alzheimer disease; Assessing confounding and effect modification -- Genetic variability and periodontal disease -- Implication of systemic osteoporosis on oral health -- Psychological pathways in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease -- Periodontal-restorative interactions -- Endodontic and periodontal interrelationship -- Occlusal considerations in pathogenesis of periodontal disease -- Orthodontics and periodontics.

pt. 1. Food safety -- pt. 2. Informing the consumer -- pt. 3. Case studies.

Introduction -- 1. Race betterment and tropical medicine in imperial San Francisco -- 2. Quarantine and eugenic gatekeeping on the U.S-Mexico border -- 3. Instituting eugenics in California -- 4. California's eugenic landscapes -- 5. Centering eugenics on the family -- 6. Contesting hereditarianism: reassessing the 1960s -- Epilogue.

The early eukaryotic fossil record / Emmanuelle J. Javaux -- The diversity of eukaryotes and the root of the eukaryotic tree / Henner Brinkmann and Hervé Philippe -- Origin of eukaryotic endomembranes: a critical evaluation of different model scenarios / Gáspár Jékely -- Origins and evolution of cotranslational transport to the ER / Thomas U. Schwartz -- Evolution of the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi complex / Alexander A. Mironov ... [et al.] -- An evolutionary perspective on eukaryotic membrane trafficking / Cemal Gurkan, Atanas V. Koulov, and William E. Balch -- Reconstructing the evolution of the endocytic system: insights from genomics and molecular cell biology / Mark C. Field, Carme Gabernet-Castello, and Joel B. Dacks -- Origins and evolution of the actin cytoskeleton / Francisco Rivero and Fatima Cvrčková -- Origin and evolution of self-consumption: autophagy / Timothy Hughes and Tor Erik Rusten -- Origin and evolution of the centrosome / Michel Bornens and Juliette Azimzadeh -- The evolution of eukaryotic cilia and flagella as motile and sensory organelles / David R. Mitchell.

Composition and Dynamics of the Eukaryotic Replisome: A Brief Overview /Stuart MacNeill --Evolutionary Diversification of Eukaryotic DNA Replication Machinery /Stephen J. Aves, Yuan Liu and Thomas A. Richards --The Origin Recognition Complex: A Biochemical and Structural View /Huilin Li and Bruce Stillman --Archaeal Orc1/Cdc6 Proteins /Stephen D. Bell --Cdt1 and Geminin in DNA Replication Initiation /Christophe Caillat and Anastassis Perrakis --MCM Structure and Mechanics: What We Have Learned from Archaeal MCM /Ian M. Slaymaker and Xiaojiang S. Chen --The Eukaryotic Mcm2-7 Replicative Helicase /Sriram Vijayraghavan and Anthony Schwacha --The GINS Complex: Structure and Function /Katsuhiko Kamada --The Pol [alpha]-Primase Complex /Luca Pellegrini --The Structure and Function of Replication Protein A in DNA Replication /Aishwarya Prakash and Gloria E. O. Borgstahl --Structural Biology of Replication Initiation Factor Mcm10 /Wenyue Du, Melissa E. Stauffer and Brandt F. Eichman --Structure and Function of Eukaryotic DNA Polymerase [delta] /Tahir H. Tahirov --DNA Polymerase [epsilon] /Matthew Hogg and Erik Johansson --The RFC Clamp Loader: Structure and Function /Nina Y. Yao and Mike O'Donnell --PCNA Structure and Function: Insights from Structures of PCNA Complexes and Post-translationally Modified PCNA /Lynne M. Dieckman, Bret D. Freudenthal and M. Todd Washington --The Wonders of Flap Endonucleases: Structure, Function, Mechanism and Regulation /L. David Finger, John M. Atack, Susan Tsutakawa, Scott Classen and John Tainer, et al. --DNA Ligase I, the Replicative DNA Ligase /Timothy R. L. Howes and Alan E. Tomkinson.

Mayerne and his world -- Early years 1573-1598 -- Paris 1598-1601 -- The grand tour 1599-1601 -- The chemical challenge 1601-1605 -- The German dimension 1605-1606 -- Interlude in England 1606 -- Protestants and Catholics 1600-1610 -- The move to England 1610-1611 -- First years in England 1611-1613 -- Sir Thomas Overbury 1612-1615 -- Secret agent to King James 1614-1615 -- Medical reformer 1615-1616 -- The Protestant revolution 1616-1622 -- Baron d'Aubonne 1620-1621 -- Protector of Switzerland 1622 -- The last years of King James 1623-1625 -- Charles I and the Protestant débâcle 1625-1630 -- A new regime 1630-1631 -- Planting a dynasty 1630-1639 -- Enterpreneur and virtuouso -- The physician and his late years 1640-1655.

Part 1.Musculo-skeletal Trauma --The Spectrum of Polytrauma. A Pragmatic Approach for the Musculo-Skeletal Surgeon /Pierre Hoffmeyer and Robin Peter --Proximal Femoral Fractures /Christopher G. Moran and M. Gaden --Acute Infections After Osteosynthesis /Volkmar Heppert --Part 2.Musculo-skeletal Tumours --The Multi-modal Approach to Metastatic Disease /Minna Laitinen, Maire Ratasvuori and Toni-Karri Pakarinen --How to Manage Osteolytic Lesions /Jendrik Hardes --Part 3.Paediatrics --Developmental Hip Dysplasia - A Problem Solved? /Michael K. D. Benson --Part 4.Spine --Infections of the Spine /José Guimarães Consciência, Rui Pinto and T. Saldanha --Multimodal Treatment of Back Pain /Hans Raimund Casser --Part 5.Upper Limb --Proximal Humeral Fractures /Martin Jaeger and N. P. Südkamp.Part 6.Pelvis and Hip --Navigation and Hip Surgery /Philippe Merloz --Re-cementing in Revision Total Hip Replacement /Sarah L. Whitehouse, Matt Wilson, Jonathan R. Howell, Matthew J. W. Hubble and A. John Timperley --Instability Following Total Hip Arthroplasty /Klaus-Peter Günther, Stephan Kirschner, Maik Stiehler and Albrecht Hartmann --New Trends in Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head /Konstantinos N. Malizos and Loukia K. Papatheodorou --Part 7.Knee --Patellar Fractures /Jean-Christophe Bel --Arthroscopic Treatment of Intra-Articular Fractures of the Knee /Reha N. Tandogan --Treatment of Osteonecrosis of the Knee /Tahsin Beyzadeoglu and Ayberk Onal --Part 8.Trauma Lower Limb --Ankle Fractures /Stefan Rammelt and Hans Zwipp --Part 9.Foot and Ankle --Treatment of Metatarsalgia /Jean-Luc Besse --Management of Ankle Osteoarthritis /Matthias G. Walcher, Monika Horisberger, Antony Liddell and Victor Valderrabano.

Executive summary -- Outlook -- Trends of average food supply in the European Union -- Food availability at the household level in the European Union -- Energy and nutrient intake in the European Union -- Health indicators and status in the European Union -- General discussion.

Overview: Emotional public responses to widely publicized right-to-die and euthanasia cases, such as those revolving around Dr. Jack Kevorkian and Terri Schiavo, highlight their volatile mix of medical, ethical, religious, legal, and public policy issues. The Euthanasia/Assisted-Suicide Debate explores how this debate has evolved over the past 100 years as judicial approaches, legislative responses, and prosecutorial practices have shifted as a result of changes in medical technology and consumer sophistication. Emphasizing the period from the 1950s forward, the book offers an unbiased examination of the origins of the modern medical euthanasia and assisted-suicide debates, the involvement of physicians, the history and significance of medical technology and practice, and the role of patients and their families in the ongoing controversy. This illuminating exploration of concepts, issues, and players will help readers understand both sides of the debate as viewed by participants.

"This book provides an examination of the regulations that have been successively put into place since the Second World War to standardize the quality and criteria of pharmaceutical products, vaccines and medicines"--Provided by publisher.

This step-by-step guidebook is designed to help readers understand the importance of evaluation of leadership development initiatives.

Overview: theoretical perspectives and methodologies for the evaluation of healthcare information systems -- Qualitative research methods for evaluating computer information systems -- Multiple perspectives: evaluating healthcare information systems in collaborative environments -- Survey methods for assessing social impacts of computers in healthcare organizations -- Using the Internet for surveys and research -- Cognitive approaches to the evaluation of healthcare information systems -- Work-sampling: a statistical approach to evaluation of the effect of computers on work patterns in health care -- Evaluation of health informatics: social network analysis -- Evaluation in health informatics: computer simulation -- Computers in the consulting room: a case study of clinician and patient perspectives -- Introducing physician order entry at a major academic medical center, A: Impact on organizational culture and behavior, B: Impact on medical education -- Evaluating the capability of information technology to prevent adverse drug events: a computer simulation approach -- Implementing computers in ambulatory care: implications of physician practice patterns for system design -- Nursing documentation time during implementation of an electronic medical record -- Computer charting: an evaluation of a respiratory care computer system -- Research and evaluation: future directions.

Challenges of Evaluation in Biomedical Informatics, p. 1-20 -- Evaluation as a Field, p. 21-47 -- Determining What to Study, p. 48-84 -- The Structure of Objectivist Studies, p. 85-112 -- Measurement Fundamentals, p. 113-144 -- Developing and Improving Measurement Methods, p. 145-187 -- The Design of Demonstration Studies, p. 188-223 -- Analyzing the Results of Demonstration Studies, p. 224-247 -- Subjectivist Approaches to Evaluation, p. 248-266 -- Performing Subjectivist Studies in the Qualitative Traditions Responsive to Users / Joan Ash, Allen Smith and P. Starvi, p. 267-300 -- Economic Aspects of Evaluation / Mark Roberts, p. 301-337 -- Proposing and Communicating the Results of Evaluation Studies: Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues, p. 338-361.

Introduction to Evidence-Based Pathology and Laboratory Medicine -- Evidence-Based Pathology: A Stable Set of Principles for a Rapidly Evolving Specialty -- What Is Best Evidence in Pathology? -- Biostatistics 101 -- Prognostication and Prediction in Anatomic Pathology: Carcinoma of the Breast as an Illustrative Model -- Principles of Classification and Diagnosis in Anatomic Pathology and the Inevitability of Problem Cases -- Evaluating Oncopathological Studies: The Need to Evaluate the Internal and External Validity of Study Results -- Power Analysis and Sample Sizes in Pathology Research -- Meta-Analysis: A Statistical Method to Integrate Information Provided by Different Studies -- Decision Analysis and Decision Support Systems in Anatomic Pathology -- Evidence-Based Approach to Evaluate Information Published in the Pathology Literature and Integrate It with Personal Experience -- Evidence-Based Cell Pathology Revisited: A Personal View -- Development of Evidence-Based Diagnostic Criteria and Prognostic/Predictive Models: Experience at Cedars Sinai Medical Cen -- Evaluation and Reduction of Diagnostic Errors in Pathology Using an Evidence-Based Approach -- Meta-Analysis 101 for Pathologists -- Evidence-Based Practices in Applied Immunohistochemistry: Dilemmas Caused by Cross-Purposes -- Evidence-Based Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the Molecular Pathology Era: Transition of Tests from the Research Bench into Practice -- The Use of Decision Analysis Tools for the Selection of Clinical Laboratory Tests: Developing Diagnostic and Forecasting Models Using Laboratory Evidence -- Implementation and Benefits of Computerized Physician Order Entry and Evidence-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems -- Evidence-Based Pathology and Tort Law: How Do They Compare?

1. Introduction to evidence-based educational methods. The need for evidence-based educational methods / Daniel J. Moran ; Reviewing the outcomes and principles of effective instruction / Laura D. Fredrick and John H. Hummel ; A real science and technology of education / R. Douglas Greer and Dolleen-Day Keohane -- 2. Precision teaching. Precision teaching : foundations and classroom applications / Charles Merbitz ... [et al.] ; Precision teaching : applications in education and beyond / Charles Merbitz ... [et al.] -- 3. Direct instruction. Direct instruction : the big ideas / Timothy A. Slocum ; Teacher-made scripted lessons / John H. Hummel, Martha L. Venn, and Philip L. Gunter ; The competent learner model : a merging of applied behavior analysis, direct instruction, and precision teaching / Vicci Tucci, Daniel E. Hursh, and Richard E. Laitinen -- 4. Computers and teaching machines. Effective use of computers in instruction / Marcie N. Desrochers and G. David Gentry ; Adaptive computerized educational systems : a case study / Roger D. Ray ; Selected for success : how Headsprout Reading Basics teaches beginning reading / T.V. Joe Layng, Janet S. Twyman, and Greg Stikeleather -- 5. Personalized System of Instruction. The Personalized System of Instruction : a flexible and effective approach to mastery learning / Eric J. Fox ; Making the most of PSI with computer technology / Joseph J. Pear, Toby L. Martin -- 6. Significant developments in evidence-based education. The Morningside Model of Generative Instruction : an integration of research-based practices / Kent Johnson and Elizabeth M. Street ; Learning efficiency goes to college / Guy S. Bruce ; Teaching the generic skills of language and cognition : contributions from Relational Frame Theory / Yvonne Barnes-Holmes, Dermot Barnes-Holmes, and Carol Murphy ; Key instructional components of effective peer tutoring for tutors, tutees, and peer observers / R. Douglas Greer ... [et al.] ; Training professionals using sequential behavior analysis / Tom Sharpe, Daniel Balderson, and Hosung So ; Grammar and writing skills : applying behavioral analysis / Marilyn B. Gilbert.

The new endocrinologist: evidence-based medicine meets endocrine practice / Victor M. Montori -- A short history of evidence-based medicine / Jeanne Daly -- The philosophy of evidence-based medicine, 15 years later / Gordon H. Guyatt and Jason W. Busse -- Preparing future generations of evidence-based endocrinologists / Michael L. Green -- Finding current best evidence in clinical endocrinology / R. Brian Haynes and Cynthia J. Walker-Dilks -- Integrating evidence into clinical diagnosis / W. Scott Richardson -- Supporting evidence-based endocrine practice / Steven A. Smith and Geoffrey Gates -- Helping patients make decisions at the point of care / Annette M. O'Connor, Dawn Stacey, and France Légaré -- Incorporating evidence into health policy decisions / Eduardo Ortiz and Janelle Guirguis-Blake -- The value of observational studies in endocrinology / L. Joseph Melton III -- The value of clinical investigations in endocrinology / William L. Isley -- Systematic reviews and the Cochrane collaboration in endocrinology / Bernd Richter --Health-related quality of life of in endocrinology / Holger J. Schnemann and Elie A. Akl -- Using decision analyses in endocrinology / David Aron and Evelyn Mentari -- Clouded thinking: the misguided use of cost-effectiveness analysis and the implications for endocrine interventions / Amiram Gafni -- The value of translational research in diabetes: asking broader questions / Russell E. Glasgow, Elizabeth Bayliss, and Paul A. Estabrooks -- The patient with type 1 diabetes and hypoglycemia / Yogish C. Kudva, Teck-Kim Khoo and Peter J. Tebben -- The patient with medically complicated obesity / Kurt A. Kennel -- The patient at risk of type 2 diabetes: considering prevention / Sarah E. Capes -- The patient with type 2 diabetes and incomplete metabolic control / Sean F. Dinneen and Robert K. Semple -- The patient with diabetes using alternative medicine / Edward J. Mills and Dugald Seely -- The patient with osteoporosis / Clifford J. Rosen and Sue A. Brown -- The neuroendocrinology of medically unexplained syndromes: the example of chronic fatigue syndrome / Jason W. Busse.

Hypothalamic-pituitary disorders -- Thyroid disorders -- Adrenal disorders -- Metabolic bone disorders -- Reproductive disorders -- Diabetes mellitus -- Lipid disorders -- Obesity and nutrition -- Multiple endocrine neoplasia -- Carcinoid tumors -- Paraneoplastic endocrine syndromes -- Genetics.

Clinical epidemiology / Hussein Hollands and Sanjay Sharma -- Health economics / Hussein Hollands and Sanjay Sharma -- Anterior segment / Ayad A. Farjo and Qais A. Farjo -- Refractive surgery / Louis E. Probst -- Clinical trials in glaucoma / Paul E. Rafuse -- Diabetic retinopathy / Dean Eliott -- Diabetic macular edema / Dean Eliott -- Proliferative diabetic retinopathy / Dean Eliott -- Clinical trials in age-related macular degeneration / Sophie J. Bakri and Peter K. Kaiser -- Treatment of central retinal vein occlusion: lessons from clinical trials / Henry Tseng and Sharon Fekrat -- Treatment of branch retinal vein occlusion: lessons from clinical trials / Henry Tseng and Sharon Fekrat -- Retinal detachment and proliferative vitreoretinopathy / Amani A. Fawzi, Jay M. Stewart, and Michael A. Samuel -- Evidence-based medicine and the treatment of endophthalmitis / Seenu M. Hariprasad and William F. Mieler -- Retinopathy of prematurity / Anna Ells -- Amblyopia / Jonathan M. Holmes, Michael X. Repka, and Raymond T. Kraker -- Uveal melanoma: approaches to management / Ernest Rand Simpson -- Optic neuritis / Jonathan D. Trobe -- Thyroid eye disease / Louise A. Mawn -- Traumatic optic neuropathy / Louise A. Mawn.

An introduction to monitoring therapeutic interventions in clinical practice / Paul P. Glasziou, Jeffrey K. Aronson -- A framework for developing and evaluating a monitoring strategy / David Mant -- Developing monitoring tools: integrating the pathophysiology of disease and the mechanisms of action of therapeutic interventions / Jeffrey K. Aronson, Susan Michie -- Biomarkers and surrogate endpoints in monitoring therapeutic interventions / Jeffrey K. Aronson -- Choosing the best monitoring tests / Les Irwig, Paul P. Glasziou -- Monitoring the initial response to treatment / Katy Bell, Jonathan Craig, Les Irwig -- Control charts and control limits in long-term monitoring / Petra Macaskill -- Developing a monitoring schedule: frequency of measurement / Andrew J. Farmer -- How should we adjust treatment? / Paul P. Glasziou -- Monitoring as a learning and motivational tool / Susan Michie, Kirsten McCaffery, Carl Heneghan -- Monitoring from the patient's perspective: the social and psychological implications / Kirsten McCaffery, Susan Michie -- Evaluating the effectiveness and costs of monitoring / Patrick M.M. Bossuyt -- Good practice in delivering laboratory monitoring / W. Stuart A. Smellie -- Point-of-care testing in monitoring / Christopher P. Price --Monitoring for the adverse effects of drugs / Jamie J. Coleman, Robin E. Ferner, Jeffrey K. Aronson -- Monitoring diabetes mellitus across the lifetime of illness / Andrew J. Farmer -- Oral anticoagulation therapy (OAT) / Carl Heneghan, Rafael Perera -- Monitoring cholesterol-modifying interventions / Paul P. Glasziou, Les Irwig, Stephane Heritier -- Monitoring levothyroxine replacement in primary hypothyroidism / Andrea Rita Horvath -- Monitoring in renal transplantation / Nicholas B. Cross, Jonathan Craig -- Monitoring in pre-eclampsia / Pisake Lumbiganon, Malinee Laopaiboon -- Monitoring in intensive care / Jan M. Binnekade, Patrick M.M. Bossuyt -- Monitoring intraocular pressure in glaucoma / Les Irwig ... [et al.] -- Monitoring in osteoarthritis / George Peat ... [et al.].

Asking answerable clinical questions -- Acquiring the evidence: how to find current best evidence and have current best evidence find us -- Appraising the evidence -- Therapy -- Diagnosis and screening -- Prognosis -- Harm -- Evaluation -- Teaching EBM.

The ethical debate on evidence-based medicine - introduction to the volume -- Regulating health care. The development of guidelines in medical practice and health policy -- Evidence-based medicine and power shifts in health care systems -- Beyond legitimate science: the case for policy-related science -- Teaching evidence-based medicine -- Evidence-based medicine and clinical guidelines in cardiology. Promoting science, practice, or bureaucracy? -- Are particular patients disadvantaged by EBM? Focus on frail elderly patients -- Evidence-based medicine in mental health: towards better and fairer treatment? -- Current epistemological problems in evidence-based medicine -- Coordinating the norms and values of medical research, medical practice and patient worlds. The ethics of evidence-based medicine in 'boundary fields of medicine' -- Research ethics and evidence-based medicine -- Clinical evaluative research: which patients benefit, how and when? A contribution to a European discussion -- Defining a proper background for discussing evidence-based medicine -- Evidence-based medicine and equity: the exclusion of disadvantaged groups -- The role of formal outcome evaluations in health policy making: a normative perspective -- The usefulness of formal outcome evaluations in health policy making: looking for the baby in the bathwater -- Evidence-based medicine and managed care -- Recommendations from the evibased project.

Evidence-based practices in autism: Where we started / Brian Reichow and Fred R. Volkmar -- Development, procedures, and application of the evaluative method for determining evidence-based practices in autism / Brian Reichow -- On the reliability and accuracy of the evaluative method for identifying evidence-based practices in autism / Domenic V. Cicchetti -- evidence-based treatment of behavioral excesses and deficits for individuals with autism spectrum disorders / Michael D. Powers, Mark J. Palmieri, Kristen S. D'Eramo, and Kristen M. Powers -- Evidence-based treatments in communication for children with autism spectrum disorders / Patricia A. Prelock, Rhea Paul, and Elizabeth M. Allen -- Treatments to increase social awareness and social skills / Suzannah J. Ferraioli and Sandra L. Harris -- Cognitive behavioral therapy in high-functioning autism: Review and recommendations for treatment development / Jeffrey J. Wood, Cori Fujii, and Patricia Renno -- Psychopharmacology in children with PDD: Review of current evidence / Lawrence Scahill and Susan Griebell Boorin -- Interventions that address sensory dysfunction for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Preliminary evidence for the superiority of sensory integration compared to other sensory approaches / Roseann C. Schaaf -- Dietary, complementary, and alternative therapies / Susan L. Hyman and Susan E. Levy -- The role of adaptive behavior in evidence-based practices for ASD: Translating intervention into functional success / Katherine D. Tsatsanis, Celine Saulnier, Sara S. Sparrow, and Domenic V. Cicchetti -- Practicing evidence-based practices / Ruth Blennerhassett Eren and Pamela Owen Brucker -- The implementation of evidence-based practices in public schools / Peter Doehring and Vincent Winterling -- Evidence-based practices in autism: Where we are now and where we need to go / Fred R. Volkmar, Brian Reichow, and Peter Doehring.

The challenge of providing mental health services in schools -- Evidence-based tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3 mental health interventions in schools -- Strengthening school-counseling interventions -- Affect education at tiers 1, 2, and 3 -- Importance of emotion regulation training for children and adolescents -- Emotion regulation training at tiers 1, 2, and 3 -- Support for the use of CBT in schools -- Preparing young and/or disabled children to benefit from CBT in school-based settings -- CBT in schools -- Sustainability, current programs, and a look to the future.

The evolution of single cells into multicellular organisms was mediated, in large part, by the extracellular matrix. The proteins and glycoconjugates that make up the extracellular matrix provide structural support to cellular complexes, facilitate cell adhesion and migration, and impart mechanical properties that are important for tissue function. Each class of ECM macromolecule has evolved to incorporate distinctive properties that are defined by conserved modules that are mixed together to achieve appropriate function. This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of how the major ECM components evolved over time in order to fill their specific roles found in modern organisms. The major focus is on the structural matrix proteins, matricellular proteins, and more complex ECM structures such as basement membranes. Adhesive proteins and their receptors are also discussed.The series Biology of Extracellular Matrix is published in collaboration with the American Society for Matrix Biology.

1. Objectives -- 2. Surgical and technological background -- 3. Historical sources -- 4. Origins of the armamentarium -- 5. Materials of instrument composition -- 6. Organic materials -- 7. Nonferrous metals -- 8. Ferrous metals -- 9. Gum, rubber, and plastics -- 10. Overview of materials -- 11. A Structural classification of instruments related to basic manufacture with an analysis of handles and handling -- 12. Probes and their allies -- 13. Needles and their penetrating derivatives -- 14. The Surgical blade from fingernail to ultrasound -- 15. Spring forceps (tweezers), hooks, and simple retractors --16. Catheters, hollow needles, and other tubular instruments -- 17. Scissors and related pivot-controlled cutting instruments -- 18. Clamps, hemostats, and related pivot-controlled forceps -- 19. Retractors, dilators, and related inset-pivoting instruments -- 20. Mixed and miscellaneous instruments -- 21. The Mechanical arrest of hemorrhage -- 22. Wound closure -- 23. Extraction of thorns, arrows, bullets, and other embedded foreign materials -- 24. Limb amputation -- 25. Counterirritation, scarification, and venesection -- 26. Variolation and vaccination -- Appendix 1. Sources of "collections" computed in chapter 5 -- Appendix 2. Copper alloys of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- Appendix 3. Museums and collections exhibiting surgical instruments -- Bibliography.

Genome size evolution in animals /T. Ryan Gregory --Genome size evolution in plants /Michael D. Bennett and Ilia J. Leitch --Transposable elements /Margaret G. Kidwell --B chromosomes /Juan Pedro M. Camacho --Small-scale gene duplications /John S. Taylor and Jeroen Raes --Large-scale gene and ancient genome duplications /Yves Van de Peer and Axel Meyer --Polyploidy in plants /Jennifer A. Tate, Douglas E. Soltis, and Pamela S. Soltis --Polyploidy in animals /T. Ryan Gregory and Barbara K. Mable --Comparative genomics in eukaryotes /Alan Filipski and Sudhir Kumar --Comparative genomics in prokaryotes /T. Ryan Gregory and Rob DeSalle --Macroevolution and the genome /T. Ryan Gregory.

From tetrapods to primates : conserved developmental mechanisms in diverging ecological adaptations / F. Aboitiz and J.F. Montiel -- Genetic correlates of the evolving primate brain / E.J. Vallender -- Cerebral cortical development in rodents and primates / Z. Molnár and G. Clowry -- Embracing covariation in brain evolution : large brains, extended development, and flexible primate social systems / C.J. Charvet and B.L. Finlay -- The evolution of neocortex in primates / J.H. Kaas -- Lateralization of the human brain / M.C. Corballis -- The insular cortex : a review / R. Nieuwenhuys -- The missing link : evolution of the primate cerebellum / C. MacLeod -- Human prefrontal cortex : evolution, development, and pathology / K. Teffer and K. Semendeferi -- Minicolumn size and human cortex / D.P. Buxhoeveden -- Human brain evolution writ large and small / C.C. Sherwood ... [et al.] -- Hominin paleoneurology : where are we now? / D. Falk -- Evolution of hominin cranial ontogeny / C.P.E. Zollikofer -- Hominins and the emergence of the modem human brain / A. de Sousa and E. Cunha -- Neuronal scaling rules for primate brains : the primate advantage / S. Herculano-Houzel -- Self-organization and interareal networks in the primate cortex / H. Kennedy and C. Dehay -- Neural wiring optimization / C. Cherniak -- Design principles of the human brain : an evolutionary perspective / M.A. Hofman -- Primate encephalization / L. Lefebvre -- Evolution of the brain and intelligence in primates / G. Roth and U. Dicke -- Evolution of human emotion : a view through fear / J.E. LeDoux -- Evolution of brain and language / P.T. Shoenemann.

Historical Introduction --Descriptive Biostatistics --Inferential Biostatistics (I): Estimating Values of Biomedical Magnitudes --Inferential Biostatistics (II): Estimating Biomedical Behaviors --Equations: Formulating Biomedical Laws and Biomedical Magnitudes --Systems of Equations: The Explanation of Biomedical Phenomena (I). Basic Questions --Systems of Equations: The Explanation of Biomedical Phenomena (II). Dynamic Interdependencies --Optimal Control Theory: From Knowledge to Control (I). Basic Concepts --Optimal Control Theory: From Knowledge to Control (II). Biomedical Applications --Game Theory.

History of investigations -- The role of species concepts -- Testing the hypothesis -- Barriers to gene flow -- Hybrid fitness -- Gene duplication -- Origin of new evolutionary lineages -- Implications for endangered taxa -- Humans and associated lineages -- Emergent properties.

I. Modelization of Evolution -- Rate of Adaptation of Large Populations / Feng Yu and Alison Etheridge, p. 3-27 -- A Phylogenetic Mixture Model for Heterotachy / Andrew Meade and Mark Pagel, p. 29-41 -- II. Concepts in Evolutionary Biology -- Accelerated Evolution of Genes of Recent Origin / Macarena Toll-Riera, Jose Castresana and M. Mar Albà, p. 45-59 -- Life-Cycle Features of Tumour Cells / Jekaterina Erenpreisa and Mark S. Cragg, 61-71 -- General Evolutionary Regularities of Organic and Social Life / Valeria I. Mikhalevich, p. 73-94 -- Old and New Concepts in EvoDevo / Margherita Raineri, p. 95-114 -- III. Knowledge -- Overturning the Prejudices about Hydra and Metazoan Evolution / Hiroshi Shimizu, p. 117-134 -- The Search for the Origin of Cnidarian Nematocysts in Dinoflagellates / Jung Shan Hwang, Satoshi Nagai, Shiho Hayakawa, Yasuharu Takaku and Takashi Gojobori, p. 135-152 -- IV. Applied Evolutionary Biology -- A Possible Relationship Between the Phylogenetic Branch Lengths and the Chaetognath rRNA Paralog Gene Functionalities: Ubiquitous, Tissue-Specific or Pseudogenes / Roxane-Marie Barthélémy, Michel Grino, Pierre Pontarotti, Jean-Paul Casanova and Eric Faure, p. 155-164 -- Mode and Tempo of matK : Gene Evolution and Phylogenetic Implications / Khidir W. Hilu and Michelle M. Barthet, p. 165-179 -- Phylogeography and Conservation of the Rare South African Fruit Chafer Ichnestoma stobbiai (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) / Ute Kryger and Clarke H. Scholtz, p. 181-196 -- Nothing in Medicine Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution: A Review / Bernard Swynghedauw, p. 197-207 -- An Overview of Evolutionary Biology Concepts for Functional Annotation: Advances and Challenges / Anthony Levasseur and Pierre Pontarotti, p. 209-215.

An introduction to bioinformatics for computer scientists / David W. Corne and Gary B. Fogel -- An introduction to evolutionary computation for biologists / Gary B. Fogel and David W. Corne -- Determining genome sequences from experimental data using evolutionary computation / Jacek Blazewicz and Marta Kasprzak -- Protein structure alignment using evolutionary computation / Joseph D. Szustakowski and Zhiping Weng -- Using genetic algorithms for pairwise and multiple sequence alignments / Cédric Notredame -- On the evolutionary search for solutions to the protein folding problem / Garrison W. Greenwood and Jae-Min Shin -- Toward effective polypeptide structure prediction with parallel fast messy genetic algorithms / Gary B. Lamont and Laurence D. Merkle -- Application of evolutionary computation to protein folding with specialized operators / Steffen Schulze-Kremer -- Identification of coding regions in DNA sequences using evolved neural networks / Gary B. Fogel, Kumar Chellapilla and David B. Fogel -- Clustering microarray data with evolutionary algorithms / Emanuel Falkenauer and Arnaud Marchand -- Evolutionary computation and fractal visualization of sequence data / Dan Ashlock and Jim Golden -- Identifying metabolic pathways and gene regulation networks with evolutionary algorithms / Junji Kitagawa and Hitoshi Iba --Evolutionary computational support for the characterization of biological systems / Bogdan Filipič and Janez Štrancar -- Discovery of genetic and environmental interactions in disease data using evolutionary computation / Laetitia Jourdan, Clarisse Dhaenens-Flipo and El-Ghazali Talbi -- Feature selection methods based on genetic algorithms for in silico drug design / Mark J. Embrechts, Muhsin Ozdemir, Larry Lockwood, Curt Breneman, Kristin Bennett, Dirk Devogelaere and Marcel Rijckaert --Interpreting analytical spectra with evolutionary computation / Jem J. Rowland.

Chapter 1. The evolving threat of antimicrobial resistance: Introduction -- Chapter 2. Surveillance to track antimicrobial use and resistance in bacteria -- Chapter 3. Measures to ensure better use of antibiotics -- Chapter 4. Reducing antimicrobial use in animal husbandry -- Chapter 5. Infection prevention and control in health-care facilities -- Chapter 6. Fostering innovation to combat antimicrobial resistance -- Chapter 7. The way forward: political commitment to enable options for action -- Appendix 1. List of 2001 WHO Global Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance recommendations -- Appendix 2. List of 2011 WHO World Health Day six-point policy briefs.

Examination preparation and subject review for USMLE Step 1 (9000+ questions), USMLE Step 2 (5000+ questions), and USMLE Step 3 (3000+ questions), among others. Certification Review aids cover Family Practice, General Pediatrics, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and SPEX. Students can create self-study exams in a variety of subjects.

Taking a first look at Excel's reporting tools -- Getting started with PivotTable reports -- PivotTable essentials and components -- Working with external data sources -- Looking at the Get External Data tab -- Retrieving external data using Microsoft Query -- Using the Query Wizard -- Getting started with Microsoft Query -- Working with SQL in Microsoft Query -- Designing PivotTable reports -- PivotTable report formatting -- Managing PivotTable data -- Analyzing data in a PivotChart -- Creating and using spreadsheet reports -- Building report solutions -- Spreadsheet report formatting.

Getting Started with Excel -- Introducing Excel -- What's New in Excel 2007? -- Entering and Editing Worksheet Data -- Essential Worksheet Operations -- Working with Cells and Ranges -- Introducing tables -- Worksheet Formatting -- Understanding Excel's Files -- Using and Creating Templates -- Printing Your Work -- Working with Formulas and Functions -- Introducing Formulas and Functions -- Creating Formulas and Functions -- Creating Formulas That Manipulate Text -- Working with Dates and Times -- Creating Formulas That Count and Sum -- Creating Formulas That Look Up Values -- Creating Formulas for Financial Applications -- Introducing Array Formulas -- Performing Magic with Array Formulas -- Creating Charts and Graphics -- Getting Started Making Charts -- Learning Advanced Charting -- Visualizing Data Using Conditional Formatting -- Enhancing Your Work with Pictures and Drawings -- Using Advanced Excel Features -- Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar -- Using Custom Number Formats -- Using Data Validation -- Creating and Using Worksheet Outlines -- Linking and Consolidating Worksheets -- Excel and the Internet -- Sharing Data with Other Applications -- Using Excel in a Workgroup -- Protecting Your Work -- Making Your Worksheets Error-Free -- Analyzing Data with Excel -- Using Microsoft Query with External Database Files -- Introducing Pivot Tables -- Analyzing Data with Pivot Tables -- Performing Spreadsheet What-If Analysis -- Analyzing Data Using Goal Seek and Solver -- Analyzing Data with the Analysis Tookpak -- Programming Excel with VBA -- Introducing Visual Basic for Applications -- Creating Custom Worksheet Functions -- Creating UserForms -- Using UserForm Controls in a Worksheet -- Working with Excel Events -- VGA Examples -- Creating Custom Excel Add-Ins -- Worksheet Function Reference -- What's on the CD-ROM -- Additional Excel Resources -- Excel Shortcut Keys.

Taking a first look at Excel's reporting tools -- Getting started with PivotTables -- Understanding and accessing source data -- Using the query wizard -- Getting started with Microsoft query -- Working with SQL in Microsoft query -- Designing PivotTable reports -- Managing PivotTable data -- Exploring PivotChart functionality -- Working with OLAP cubes -- Creating and using spreadsheet reports -- Using Excel reports on the web.

Part I.The Basics --Working with Excel --Creating charts: an introduction --Part II.Advanced spreadsheet topics --Creating advanced worksheet formulas --Creating array formulas --Advanced charting techniques --Using Excel's database features --Importing data into Excel --Adding controls to a spreadsheet --Part III.Spreadsheet mathematics --Some mathematical tools for spreadsheet calculations --Graphical and numerical methods of analysis --Linear regression --Non-linear regression using te solver --Part IV.Excel visual basic macros --Visual basic for applications: an introduction --Programming with VBA --Creating command macros --Creating custom functions --Creating custom menus and menu bars --Creating custom toolbuttons and toolbars --Part V.Some applications --Analysis of solution equilibria --Analysis of spectrophotometric data --Calculation of binding constants --Analysis of kinetics data --Part VI.Appendices ...

Reducing workbook and worksheet frustration -- Hacking Excel's built-in features -- Naming hacks -- Hacking PivotTables -- Hacking formulas and functions -- Macro hacks -- Cross-application hacks.

Using Excel -- Getting acquainted with Visual Basic for Applications -- Collecting and cleaning up data -- Charting -- Statistical analysis -- Time series analysis -- Mathematical functions -- Curve fitting and regression -- Solving equations -- Numerical integration and differentiation -- Solving ordinary differential equations -- Solving partial differential equations -- Performing optimization analyses in Excel -- Introduction to financial calculations.

Most students in training to become teachers, psychologists, physicians, and social workers as well as many practicing professionals in these disciplines do not get the opportunity to fully understand and appreciate the circumstances of children ,parents, and teachers who have had to cope and adapt to childhood disorder. Most professionals in the field of childhood disorders are well trained in assessment and treatment methods and are aware of the clinical, theoretical, and empirical foundations of the work they do. In their training, they get some experience in diagnosing the educational, psychological, social, and medical problems of children through their supervised clinical internships. In their training and in their professional practice they get to interview, discuss, consult and collaborate with children and their families regarding developmental issues and treatment plans, however, they rarely get an opportunity to fully realize and understand what it is like to have a disorder and what it is like to be a mother, or father, or teacher of children with disorders. This book provides an opportunity for students in training and professionals in the field to gain some awareness of the life journeys of some exceptional children, their families and their teachers. Focuses on those childhood disorders that are most common or what are sometimes referred to as high incidence disorders such as learning disabilities, autism, behavior disorder, depression, and anxiety Beyond, a clinical, empirical, and theoretical description of childhood disorders or a personal account relative to one particular disorder, this book provides rich narratives of experience from multiple perspectives with respect to numerous childhood disorders Provides readers with insight by sharing examples of personal contexts and situations, significant life issues, challenges and barriers, successes, and recommendations relative to particular circumstances.

A suspect, prisoner, or psychiatric patient becomes violent. The officer or hospital staff struggle to control the person, sometimes with a choke hold or hog tying. Shortly afterward, the patient dies. This illustrates excited delirium syndrome, a condition in which normal physiological changes produced by violent activity culminate in sudden cardiac death. This book discusses the effects of both legal medication and drugs of abuse on the cardiovascular system. The authors also discuss the effects of underlying disease and prevention of the syndrome, the role of the mental health professional, and the "high-risk" individual.

Chapter 1. Overview of the stress response / Marius Locke -- Chapter 2. Transcriptional regulation of the mammalian heat shock genes / Jenny S.L. Ho and J. Timothy Westwood -- Chapter 3. Heat shock proteins and their induction with exercise / Earl G. Noble -- Chapter 4. HSPs and protein synthesis in striated muscle / Donald B. Thomason and Vandana Menon -- Chapter 5. Stress proteins and myocardial protection / Joseph W. Starnes -- Chapter 6. Heat shock proteins and reactive oxygen species -- Karyn L. Hamilton and Scott K. Powers -- Chapter 7. Stress proteins and exercise-induced muscle damage / Anne McArdle and Malcolm J. Jackson -- Chapter 8. Stress proteins and the mitochondrion / David A. Hood, Arne A. Rungi, Marco Colavecchia, Joseph W. Gordon, and Jeremy J. Schneider -- Chapter 9. Gender-specific regulation of HSP70: mechanisms and consequences / Zain Paroo and Earl G. Noble -- Chapter 10. The role of heat shock proteins in modulating the immune response / Pope L. Moseley -- Chapter 11. Stress proteins and applied exercise physiology / Jürgen M. Steinacker and Yuefei Liu.

Exercise Physiology --Pulmonary Function --Cardiac Output --Cardiac Output Redistribution --Left Ventricular Function --Blood Pressure and Hypertension --Metabolic Cardiovascular Risk Factors --Cardiopulmonary Function in Elderly --Exercise and Sudden Death --Cardiac Rehabilitation.

Ancient and early influences / Jack W. Berryman -- The neuromuscular system / Alan J. McComas -- The cardiovascular system / Loring B. Rowell -- The respiratory system / Jerome A. Dempsey and Brian J. Whipp -- The autonomic nervous system / Charles M. Tipton -- The oxygen transport system and maximal oxygen uptake / Jere H. Mitchell and Bengt Saltin -- The metabolic systems: aerobic metabolism and substrate utilization in exercising skeletal muscle / R. James Barnard and John O. Holloszy -- The metabolic systems: anaerobic metabolism (glycolytic and phosphagen) / George A. Brooks and L. Bruce Gladden -- The endocrine system: metabolic effects of the pancreatic, adrenal, thyroidal, and growth hormones / Michael C. Riddell ... [et al.] -- The temperature regulatory system / Elsworth R. Buskirk -- The renal system / Jacques R. Poortmans and Edward J. Zambraski -- The gastrointestinal system / Carl V. Gisolfi

General principles of exercise testing / Victor F. Froelicher and Stephen G. Stahr -- General principles of exercise prescription / James S. Skinner -- General principles of exercise testing and exercise prescription for muscle strength and endurance / William J. Kraemer, Steven J. Fleck, and Nicholas A. Ratamess, Jr. -- Differences between men and women for exercise testing and exercise prescription / Jack H. Wilmore -- Differences between children and adults for exercise testing and exercise prescription / Helge Hebestreit and Oded Bar-Or -- Aging for exercise testing and exercise prescription / James S. Skinner -- Environmental factors for exercise testing and exercise prescription / Samuel N. Cheuvront, Michael N. Sawka, and Kent B. Pandolf -- Exercise adherence and prescription for special populations / John S. Raglin and Gregory S. Wilson -- Economic evaluation, comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation as an example / Neil B. Oldridge -- -- Arthritis / Ilkka Vuori -- Osteoporosis / Kerri M. Winters-Stone and Christine M. Snow -- Chronic pain states / Angela K. Lyden, Kirsten Ambrose, and Daniel J. Clauw -- Spinal cord injury / Thomas W. J. Janssen and Maria T. E. Hopman -- -- Diabetes mellitus / Arthur S. Leon and Otto A. Sánchez -- Obesity / Scott G. Owens -- -- Asthma / Alan R. Morton and Kenneth D. Fitch -- Cystic fibrosis / Frank J. Cerny and David M. Orenstein -- -- Coronary heart disease / William L. Haskell and J. Larry Durstine -- Hypertension / James S. Skinner -- Peripheral arterial occlusive disease / Andrew W. Gardner and James S. Skinner -- Heart failure / Robert S. McKelvie -- Heart disease in children / Reginald L. Washington -- -- End-stage renal disease / Patricia L. Painter -- Cancer / Kirsten Lane and Donald C. McKenzie -- Pregnancy / Larry A. Wolfe -- Mental retardation / Kenneth H. Pitetti and Bo Fernhall.

Vesicular trafficking : molecular tools and targets / Elena V. Vassilieva and Asma Nusrat -- Pharmacological inhibition of endocytic pathways : is it specific enough to be useful? / Andrei I. Ivanov -- In vitro assays to measure SNARE-mediated vesicle fusion / Susanne Kreye, Jörg Malsam, and Thomas H. Söllner -- Imaging Ca²⁺-triggered exocytosis of single secretory granules on plasma membrane lawns from neuroendocrine cells / Thorsten Lang -- FRAP analysis of secretory granule lipids and proteins in the sea urchin egg / Julian L. Wong and Gary M. Wessel -- A cell-free assay for endocytosis of E-cadherin / Toshiaki Sakisaka and Yoshimi Takai -- Cell-surface biotinylation to study endocytosis and recycling of occludin / Noriyuki Nishimura and Takuya Sasaki -- Fractionation of subcellular membrane vesicles of epithelial and nonepithelial cells by OptiPrep density gradient / Xuhang Li and Mark Donowitz -- Identification and characterization of interacting partners of Rab GTPases by yeast two-hybrid analyses / Mark Kail and Angelika Barnekow -- High-throughput analysis of the dynamics of recycling cell surface proteins / Roland Glovers, David E. James, and Adelle C.F. Coster -- Studying phagocytosis by live-cell scintillation proximity assay / Walter Stockinger and Axel Nohturfft -- Transcytosis of polymeric immunoglobin A in polarized Madin-Darby canine kidney cells / Asli Oztan, Christine Rondanino, and Gerard Apodaca -- The use of syntaxin chimeras to study polarized protein trafficking in epithelial cells / Martin B.A. ter Beest -- Targeting the epithelial SNARE machinery by bacterial neurotoxins / Véronique Proux-Gillardeaux and Thierry Galli -- Endocytosis of endothelial cells is regulated by N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor / Munekazu Yamakuchi ... [et al.] -- Molecular dissection of HCL secretion in gastric parietal cells using streptolysin O permeabilization / Xia Ding .. [et al.] -- Addressing membrane protein topology using the fluorescence protease protection (FPP) assay / Holger Lorenz, Dale W. Hailey, and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz -- Visualizing clathrin-mediated IgE receptor internalization by electron and atomic force microscopy / Alan R. Burns ... [et al.] -- Analyzing endosomes in nonsectioned cells by transmission electron microscopy / Willem Stoorvogel -- Imaging exocytosis of single insulin secretory granules with TIRF microscopy / Shinya Nagamatsu and Mica Ohara-Imaizumi -- Reconstitution of depolarization and Ca²⁺-evoked secretion in Xenopus oocytes monitored by membrane capacitance / Roy Cohen, Bernhard M. Schmitt, and Daphne Atlas -- Low-noise recording of single-vesicle capacitance steps in cell-attached patches / Vitaly Klyachko, Zhenjie Zhang, and Meyer Jackson -- Good practices in single-cell amperometry / David J. Machado, Mónica S. Montesinos, and Ricardo Borges -- Analysis of single-vesicle exocytotic events recorded by amperometry / Eugene V. Mosharov -- Application of RNAi technology and fluorescent protein markers to study membrane traffic in Caenorhabditis elegans / Dmitry Poteryaev and Anne Spang -- FM 1-43 labeling of synaptic vesicle pools at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction / Patrik Verstreken, Tomoko Ohyama, and Hugo J. Bellen -- Probing E-cadherin endocytosis by morpholino-mediated Rab5 knockdown in zebrafish / Florian Ulrich and Carl-Philipp Heisenberg -- Quantifying endocytosis in vivo using intravital two-photon microscopy / Ruben M. Sandoval and Bruce A. Molitoris.

The past, present and future of human nature / Samuel Gorovitz -- Unethical contexts for ethical questions / David Ehrenfeld -- Human subject protections: some thoughts on costs and benefits in the humanistic disciplines / C. Kristina Gunsalus -- Secret state experiments and medical ethics / Jonathan Moreno -- Cross-cultural considerations in medical ethics: the case of human subjects research / Marcia Angell -- Reproductive rights and health in the developing world / Ruth Macklin -- Genetic testing of human embryos: ethical challenges and policy choices / Kathy Hudson, Susannah Baruch & Gail Javitt -- Choosing our children: the uneasy alliance of law and ethics in John Robertson's thought / Karen Lebacqz -- The heart disease epidemic that wasn't: lessons learned from death certificate statistics / Harry M. Rosenberg -- Recent history of end-of-life care and implications for the future / James Flory & Ezekiel Emanuel -- The pragmatic power and promise of theoretical environmental ethics: forging a new discourse / J. Baird Callicott -- The expanding circle and moral community - naturally speaking / Chalmers Clark -- Science, conservation and global security / George M. Woodwell -- Energy, technology and climate: running out of gas / David Goodstein.

T cell therapy: state-of-the-art -- Extending the use of adoptive T cell immunotherapy for infections and cancer -- Non-T cell therapeutic approaches -- B lymphocytes in cancer immunology -- Monoclonal antibody therapy for cancer -- Natural killer cells for cancer immunotherapy -- Dendritic cell-based cancer vaccines: practical considerations -- Mesenchymal stromal cells: an emerging cell-based pharmaceutical -- T cell therapeutic approaches -- Tumor-specific mutations as targets for cancer immunotherapy -- Counteracting subversion of MHC class II antigen presentation by tumors -- Mechanisms and implications of immunodominance in CD8⁺ T-cell responses -- T regulatory cells and cancer immunotherapy -- Negative regulators in cancer immunology and immunotherapy -- Genetically engineered antigen specificity in T cells for adoptive immunotherapy -- Non-cellular aspects of cancer immunotherapy -- Cytokine immunotherapy -- Transcriptional modulation using histone deacetylase inhibitors for cancer immunotherapy -- Combining cancer vaccines with conventional therapies -- Combining oncolytic viruses with cancer immunotherapy -- Radiation therapy and cancer treatment: from the basics to combination therapies that ignite immunity -- Assessing immunotherapy through cellular and molecular imaging -- Transplantation -- Allogeneic and autologous transplantation therapy of cancer: converging themes.

Section D2. The pathogenesis of canine distemper virus induced demyelination: a biphasic process.

Bioethics and animal care -- Control of stress and distress -- Management of pain in laboratory animals -- Anesthesia and analgesia -- Euthanasia -- Antibiotics -- Operating theatre -- Rat identification -- Antisepsis, sterilization, and asepsis -- Suture -- Substances administration -- Samples -- Catheterization of the femoral artery and vein -- Cardiac catheterization -- Cannulation of the thoracic duct -- Tracheostomy -- In situ isolation of the stomach -- In situ isolation of the intestinal loop -- Intestinal everted sacs -- In situ perfusion of the small intestine -- Experimental models for the study of diabetes -- Islets of langerhans isolation -- Incubation of pancreatic tissue slices -- In situ perfusion of the pancreas -- Experimental pancreatitis -- Hepatic circulation impairment -- Extrahepatic cholestasis model -- Adrenalectomy -- Ovariectomy -- Thyroparathyroidectomy -- Parathyroid glands -- Measurement techniques of renal parameters -- Kidney isolation and perfusion -- Acute renal failure models -- Renal blood flow measurement -- Transport studies in plasma membrane vesicles isolated from renal cortex -- Remnant kidney model -- Experimental myocardial infarction -- Experimental arteriosclerosis -- Isolated heart: langendorff technique -- Polyclonal antibodies preparation -- Histological procedures -- Bones and bone tissue -- Equipment -- Solution preparation -- Normal values in IIm/Fm rat subline "M".

Introduction to expert systems -- The representation of knowledge -- Methods of inference -- Reasoning under uncertainty -- Inexact reasoning -- Design of expert systems -- Introduction to CLIPS -- Advanced pattern matching -- Modular design, execution control, and rule efficiency -- Procedural programming -- Classes, instances, and message-handlers -- Expert system design examples.

Involvement in a legal action -- Negligence -- Rules of evidence and codes of civil procedure -- The body of scientific literature -- Foundation equals persuasion -- The expert witness -- Speaking the language of lawyers -- To do the courtroom dance, first learn the steps -- Skeletons in your closet -- Impeachment is not just for presidents! -- Criminal, civil, and workers' compensation cases -- Toxic torts in retrospect -- One case is tragic; two or more cases are an epidemic -- Professional liability -- Out of the ordinary : investigations, cases, and trials -- Do you charge for your testimony? No, I charge for my time! -- Expert witnesses : the good, the bad, and the ugly -- Closing arguments.

"An introduction to exploratory techniques for multivariate data analysis, this book covers the key methodology, including principal components analysis, correspondence analysis, mixed models and multiple factor analysis. The authors take a practical approach, with examples leading the discussion of the methods and lots of graphics to emphasize visualization. They present the concepts in the most intuitive way possible, keeping mathematical content to a minimum or relegating it to the appendices. The book includes examples that use real data from a range of scientific disciplines and implemented using an R package developed by the authors"--Provided by publisher.

Introduction --The nerve cells of the thalamus --The afferent axons to the thalamus --Intrinsic cell properties --Synaptic properties --Function of burst and tonic response modes in the thalamocortical relay --Maps in the brain --Two types in thalamic relay --Drivers and modulators --Overview.

Expressed sequence tags : an overview / John Parkinson and Mark Blaxter --Strategies for undertaking expressed sequence tag (EST) projects / Sandra W. Clifton and Makedonka Mitreva -- Construction of cDNA libraries : focus on protists and fungi / Naiara Rodríguez-Ezpeleta ... [et al.] -- Generation of full-length cDNA libraries : focus on plants / Motoaki Seki ... [et al.] -- Preparation of full-length cDNA libraries : focus on metazoans / Masako Harada and Yoshihide Hayashizaki -- Expressed sequence tags : normalization and subtraction of cDNA libraries / Marcelo Bento Soares ... [et al.] -- Generating EST libraries : trans-spliced cDNAs / Cecilia Fernández and Rick M. Maizels -- Large-scale sequencing and analytical processing of ESTs / Makedonka Mitreva and Elaine R. Mardis -- EST processing : from trace to sequence / Ralf Schmid and Mark Blaxter -- Obtaining accurate translations from expressed sequence tags / James Wasmuth and Mark Blaxter -- EST databases and web tools for EST projects /Yao-Qing Shen ... [et al.] -- Phylogenomic analysis of EST datasets / José M. Peregrín-Alvarez and John Parkinson -- Statistical analysis of expressed sequence tags / Edward Susko and Andrew J. Roger -- Application of ESTs in microarray analysis / Weizhong Li ... [et al.] -- Exploiting ESTs in human health / Sandro José de Souza.

Basic physical principles of body diffusion-weighted imaging / Eric E. Sigmund and Jens Jensen -- Diffusion-weighted MRI of the liver / Bachir Taouli and Dow-Mu Koh -- Diffusion-weighted MRI of diffuse renal disease and kidney transplant / Frederik De Keyzer and Harriet C. Thoeny -- Diffusion-weighted MRI of focal renal masses / Sooah Kim and Bachir Taouli -- Diffusion-weighted MRI of the pancreas / Tomoaki Ichikawa ... [et al.] -- Diffusion-weighted MRI of the prostate / Sophie F. Riches and Nandita DeSouza -- Breast applications of diffusion-weighted MRI / Yong Guo -- Diffusion-weighted MRI of lymph nodes / Thomas C. Kwee and Taro Takahara -- Diffusion-weighted MRI of female pelvic tumors / Hela Sbano and Anwar R. Padhani -- Diffusion-weighted MRI of the bone marrow and the spine / Olaf Dietrich and Andrea Baur-Melnyk -- Diffusion-weighted MRI of soft tissue tumors / Masayuki Maeda -- Evaluation of tumor treatment response with diffusion-weighted MRI / Andriy M. Babsky, Shenghong Ju and Navin Bansal -- Diffusion-weighted MRI: future directions / Dow-Mu Koh and David J. Collins.

An overview of extracellular matrix structure and function /Jürgen EngelandMatthias Chiquet --Fibronectin and other adhesive glycoproteins /Jielin XuandDeane Mosher --Collagens, suprastructures, and collagen fibril assembly /David E. BirkandPeter Brückner --Basement membranes /Jeffrey H. Miner --Hyaluronan and the aggregating proteoglycans /Thomas N. Wight,Bryan P. Toole,andVincent C. Hascall --Small leucine-rich proteoglycans /Renato V. Iozzo... [et al.] --Microfibrils and fibrillin /Dirk HubmacherandDieter P. Reinhardt --Elastin /Beth A. Kozel,Robert P. Mecham,andJoel Rosenbloom --Lysyl oxidase and lysyl oxidase-like enzymes /Herbert M. KaganandFaina Ryvkin --The fibulins /Marion A. CooleyandW. Scott Argraves --Matricellular proteins /David D. RobertsandLester F. Lau.

Matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in turnover and degradation of extracellular matrix / Sean E. Gill and William C. Parks -- Role of cysteine cathepsins in extracellular proteolysis / Dieter Brömme and Susan Wilson -- Cooperation between proteolysis and endocytosis in collagen turnover / Thomas H. Bugge and Niels Behrendt -- Pericellular proteolysis / Judith S. Bond, Timothy R. Keiffer, and Qi Sun -- Triple helicase activity and the structural basis of collagenolysis / Hideaki Nagase and Robert Visse -- Structural basis of extracellular matrix interactions with matrix metalloproteinases / Steven R. Van Doren -- The role of matrix metalloproteinases in cellular invasion and metastasis / Elena I. Deryugina and James P. Quigley -- Degradation of bone and the role of osteoclasts, bone lining cells and osteocytes / Vincent Everts and Paul Saftig -- Consequences of elastolysis / A. McGarry Houghton, Majd Mouded, and Steven D. Shapiro.

Cells in the developing embryo depend on signals from the extracellular environment to help guide their differentiation. An important mediator in this process is the extracellular matrix - secreted macromolecules that interact to form large protein networks outside the cell. During development, the extracellular matrix serves to separate adjacent cell groups, participates in establishing morphogenic gradients, and, through its ability to interact directly will cell-surface receptors, provides developmental clocks and positional information. This volume discusses how the extracellular matrix influences fundamental developmental processes and how model systems can be used to elucidate ECM function. The topics addressed range from how ECM influences early development as well as repair processes in the adult that recapitulate developmental pathways.The series Biology of Extracellular Matrix is published in collaboration with the American Society for Matrix Biology.

Retroviral delivery of ECM genes / Vitali alexeev and Olga Igoucheva -- Tissue-specific KO of ECM proteins / Mara Brancaccio, Emila Turco, and Emilio Hirsch -- Recombinant collagen trimers from insect cells and yeast / Johanna Myllyharju -- Eukaryotic expression and purification of recombinant extracellular matrix proteins carrying the Strep II tag / Neil Smyth ... [et al.] -- Preparation of recombinant fibronectin fragments for functional and structural studies / David Staunton ... [et al.] -- Quantitative determination of collagen cross-links / Nicholas C. Avery, Trevor J. Sims, and Allen J. Bailey -- ECM macromolecules : height-mapping and nano-mechanics using atomic force microscopy / Nigel W. Hodson, Cay M. Kielty, and Michael J. Sherratt -- Atomic force microscopy measurements of intermolecular binding forces / Gradimir N. Misevic, Yannis Karamanos, and Nikola J. Misevic -- Mass-mapping of ECM macromolecules by scanning transmission electron microscopy / Michael J. Sherratt ... [et al.] -- Chemical microscopy of biological samples by dynamic mode secondary ion mass spectrometry / Gradimir N. Misevic ... [et al.] -- ECM macromolecules : rotary shadowing and transmission electron microscopy / Michael J. Sherratt ... [et al.] -- Using self-assembled monolayers to pattern ECM proteins and cells on substrates / Emanuele Ostuni ... [et al.] -- Solid phase assays for studying ECM protein-protein interactions / A. Paul Mould -- Cell adhesion assays / Martin J. Humphries -- ECM degradation assays for analyzing local cell invasion / Vira V. Artym, Kenneth M. Yamada, and Susette C. Mueller -- Fluorescence-based assays for in vitro analysis of cell adhesion and migration / Paola Spessotto ... [et al.] -- Fibrin gel model for assessment of cellular contractility / Sharona Even-Ram -- Fluorescent labeling techniques for investigation of fibronectin fibrillogenesis (labeling fibronectin fibrillogenesis) / Roumen Pankov and Albena Momchilova -- Stromagenesis during tumorigenesis : characterization of tumor-associated fibroblasts and stroma-derived 3D matrices / Remedios Castelló-Cros and Edna Cukierman -- Tissue recombinants to study extracellular matrix targeting to basement membranes / Patricia Simon-Assmann ... [et al.] -- ECM and FGF-dependent assay of embryonic SMG epithelial morphogenesis : investigating growth factor/matrix regulation of gene expression during submandibular gland development / Ivan T. Rebustini and Matthew P. Hoffman -- Analyzing how cell adhesion controls mammary gland function by transplantation of embryonic mammary tissue from knockout mice / Teresa C.M. Klinowska and Charles H. Streuli -- Characterizing ECM production by cells encapsulated in hydrogels / Iossif A. Strehin and Jennifer H. Elisseeff -- Tissue engineering and cell-populated collagen matrices / Paul D. Kemp.

Extracellular DNA as Matrix Component in Microbial Biofilms / Wen-Chi Chiang and Tim Tolker-Nielsen -- Gene Transfer Agents and Defective Bacteriophages as Sources of Extracellular Prokaryotic DNA / Andrew S. Lang and J. Thomas Beatty -- Roles of Extracellular DNA in Bacterial Ecosystem / Katsuji Tani and Masao Nasu -- Stable Extracellular DNA: A Novel Substrate for Genetic Engineering that Mimics Horizontal Gene Transfer in Nature / Shinya Kaneko and Mitsuhiro Itaya -- Extracellular Nucleic Acids of the Marine Phototrophic Bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum and Related Bacteria: Physiology and Biotechnology / Yo Kikuchi -- Systemic RNAi in C. elegans from the Viewpoint of RNA as Extracellular Signals / Lisa Timmons -- Circulating Nucleic Acids in Health and Disease / E. Y. Rykova, P. P. Laktionov and V. V. Vlassov -- Circulating MicroRNAs in Cancer / Patrick S. Mitchell and Muneesh Tewari -- Biology and Diagnostic Applications of Cell-Free Fetal Nucleic Acids in Maternal Plasma / Jason C. H. Tsang and Y. M. Dennis Lo -- The Biology of Circulating Nucleic Acids in Plasma and Serum (CNAPS) / P. B. Gahan and M. Stroun -- Modulation and Regulation of Gene Expression by CpG Oligonucleotides / Dennis Klinman and Sven Klaschik -- Immune Recognition of Nucleic Acids and Their Metabolites / Shohei Koyama, Shizuo Akira and Ken J. Ishii.

Introduction to extranodal lymphomas / Judith A. Ferry -- Lymphomas of the nervous system and the meninges / Judith A. Ferry -- Lymphomas of the head and neck / Judith A. Ferry -- Lymphomas of the thorax / Judith A. Ferry -- Lymphomas of the esophagus, gastrointestinal tract, hepatobiliary tract, and pancreas / Judith A. Ferry -- Lymphomas of the spleen / Aliyah R. Sohani and Lawrence R. Zukerberg -- Adrenal lymphomas / Judith A. Ferry -- Lymphomas of the urinary tract / Judith A. Ferry -- Lymphomas of the male genital tract / Judith A. Ferry -- Lymphomas of the female genital tract / Judith A. Ferry -- Cutaneous lymphomas / Lyn M. Duncan, Johanna l. Baran, and Judith A. Ferry -- Lymphomas of bone / Judith A. Ferry -- Lymphomas of the bone marrow / Robert P. Hasserjian -- Intravascular lymphomas / Judith A. Ferry.

Corneal grafting and banking / Ehlers, N., Hjortdal, J., Nielsen, K. -- European Eye Bank Association / Jones, G.L.A. ... [et al.] -- Donor selection, retrieval and preparation of donor tissue donor selection / Borderie, V.M. -- Organ culture preservation for corneal tissue technical and quality aspects / Pels, E., Rijneveld, W.J. -- Endothelial evaluation in the cornea bank / Schroeter, J., Rieck, P. -- Cryopreservation for corneal storage / Armitage, W.J. -- Quality management in European eye banks / Toniolo, M. ... [et al.] -- Allocation of corneas in Europe / Bokhorst, A.G., Dorrepaal, C.A. -- Preparation and preservation of amniotic membrane / Dekaris, I., Gabrić, N. -- Preparation and use of human sclera grafts in ophthalmic surgery / Töteberg-Harms, M., Bredehorn-Mayr, T. -- Culturing of retinal pigment epithelium cells / Valtink, M., Engelmann, K. -- Costs and financing : a cost calculation of an up-to-date eye bank in Germany / Böhringer, D. ... [et al.] -- Practical implications of the law on tissues for cornea banks in Germany / Hauswald, C., Bredehorn-Mayr, T. -- European Association of Tissue Banks / Cahane, M., Van Baare, J.

Evolutionary history of the genus Mus / Priscilla K. Tucker -- Visual and other sensory abilities of mice and their influence on behavioral measures of cognitive function / Aimée A. Wong and Richard E. Brown -- Comparative survey of the mammalian visual system with reference to the mouse / Catherine A. Leamey, Dario A. Protti and Bogdan Dreher -- Survey of the research opportunities afforded by genetic variation in the mouse visual system / Lawrence H. Pinto and John B. Troy -- The mouse as a model for myopia, and optics of its eye / Frank Schaeffel -- Characteristics and applications of mouse eye movements / John S. Stahl -- Measuring vision in the awake behaving mouse / Glen T. Prusky and Robert M. Douglas -- Electroretinographic correlates of normal and abnormal retinal ganglion cell activity / Vittorio Porciatti -- Aqueous humor dynamics and trabecular meshwork / Ernst R. Tamm and Antonia Kellenberger -- Recent advances in the investigation of mouse cone photoreceptors / Arkady Lyubarsky ... [et al.] -- Mosaic architecture of the mouse retina / Benjamin E. Reese -- Synaptic organization of the mouse retina / Enrica Strettoi -- Distribution and functional roles of neuronal gap junctions in the mouse retina / Stewart A. Bloomfield and Béla Völgyi -- Neurotransmission in the mouse retina / Maureen A. McCall, Neal S. Peachey and Ronald G. Gregg -- Morphological, functional, and developmental properties of mouse retinal ganglion cells / Julie L. Coombs and Leo M. Chalupa -- The lamina cribrosa region and optic nerve of the mouse / Christian-Albrecht May -- Photoentrainment of the circadian oscillator / Satchidananda Panda -- Physiology of the mouse dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus / Matthew S. Grubb -- Superior colliculus and saccade generation in mice / Tomoya Sakatani and Tadashi Isa -- Interconnections of visual cortical areas in the mouse / Andreas Burkhalter and Quanxin Wang -- Chronology of development of the mouse visual system : comparisons with human development / Barbara L. Finlay and Barbara Clancy -- Developmental studies of the mouse lens : past, present, and future / Michael L. Robinson -- Development of the retinal vasculature and the effects of high oxygen (retinopathy of prematurity) / Michael R. Powers -- Specification, histogenesis, and photoreceptor development in the mouse retina / Deepak Lamba ... [et al.] -- Rb and the control of retinal development / Michael A. Dyer -- Gene regulatory networks and retinal ganglion cell development / Xiuqian Mu and William H. Klein -- Cell death in the mouse retina / Lucia Galli-Resta and Maria Cristina Cenni -- The function of the retina prior to vision : the phenomenon of retinal waves and retinotopic refinement / Marla B. Feller and Aaron G. Blankenship -- On and Off pathways in the mouse retina and the role of stimulation / Ning Tian -- Retinoic acid function in central visual pathways / Ursula C. Drager, Tuanlian Luo and Elisabeth Wagner -- Intraretinal axon guidance / Lynda Erskine and Hannah Thompson -- Early development of the optic stalk, chiasm, and astrocytes / Timothy J. Petros and Carol A. Mason -- Axon growth and regeneration of retinal ganglion cells / Jeffrey L. Goldberg -- Development of the retinogeniculate pathway / William Guido -- Developmental synaptic remodeling : insights from the mouse retinogeniculate synapse / Chinfei Chen -- Ocular dominance plasticity / Mark Hübener, Sonja B. Hofer and Thomas D. Mrsic-Flogel -- Environmental enrichment and visual system plasticity / Alessandro Sale, Nicoletta Berardi and Lamberto Maffei -- Bidirectional experience-dependent plasticity in primary visual cortex / Mikhail Y. Frenkel and Mark F. Bear -- Mouse models : a key system in revolutionizing the understanding of glaucoma / Gareth R. Howell, Jeffrey K. Marchant and Simon W.M. John -- Cataract genetics / Jochen Graw -- Mouse models of infectious eye diseases / Linda D. Hazlett -- Mouse models of autoimmune and immune-mediated uveitis / Rachel R. Caspi -- Mouse models of Norrie disease / Wolfgang Berger -- The lipofuscin of retinal pigment epithelial cells : learning from mouse models of retinal disease / Janet R. Sparrow ... [et al.] -- Studies of diabetic retinopathy using mice / Rose A. Gubitosi-Klug and Timothy S. Kern -- Roles of oxygen in the stability of photoreceptors : evidence from mouse and other models of human disease / Jonathan Stone and Krisztina Valter -- Complex genetics of photoreceptor light damage / Michael Danciger -- Age-related eye diseases / Bo Chang -- New genetic technologies for studying the morphology, physiology, and development of mouse retinal neurons / Tudor C. Badea and Jeremy Nathans -- Adenoassociated virus gene therapy in mouse models of retinal degeneration / Shannon E. Boye, Sanford L. Boye and William W. Hauswirth -- Delivery of plasmids into the visual system using electroporation / Takahiko Matsuda and Constance L. Cepko -- Genetic knockouts in ophthalmic research and drug discovery / Dennis S. Rice -- Beyond positional cloning of single gene mutations : use of mouse models to examine allelic variance and to identify genetic modifiers / Patsy M. Nishina and Juergen K. Naggert -- The mouse eye transcriptome : cellular signatures, molecular networks, and candidate genes for human disease / Eldon E. Geisert and Robert W. Williams -- Mouse models, microarrays, and genetic networks in retinal development and degenerative disease / Sunil K. Parapuram and Anand Swaroop -- Retinal vascular and retinal pigment epithelium gene expression / Michael I. Dorrell and Martin Friedlander -- Gene expression in cornea and lens / Shivalingappa K. Swamynathan and Joram Piatigorsky -- Proteomics of the mouse lens / Wolfgang Hoehenwarter and Peter R. Jungblut -- Genetic and proteomic analyses of the mouse visual cycle / John C. Saari and John W. Crabb.

Anatomy of the eye and orbit -- Embryology and early development of the eye and adnexa -- Genetics -- Biochemistry and cell biology -- Physiology of vision and the visual system -- General and ocular pharmacology -- Immunology -- Microbiology and infection -- Pathology.