Dark Transitions
Author : Thirteen O'Clock Press
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 16,21 MB
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ISBN : 0244535809
Author : Thirteen O'Clock Press
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 16,21 MB
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ISBN : 0244535809
Author : Gerald H. Pollack
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 43,5 MB
Release : 2008-08-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1402086512
Phase transitions occur throughout nature. The most familiar example is the one that occurs in water – the abrupt, discontinuous transition from a liquid to a gas or a solid, induced by a subtle environmental change. Practically magical, the ever-so-slight shift of temperature or pressure can induce an astonishing transition from one entity to another entity that bears little resemblance to the first. So "convenient" a feature is seen throughout the domains of physics and chemistry, and one is therefore led to wonder whether it might also be common to biology. Indeed, many of the most fundamental cellular processes are arguably attributable to radical structural shifts triggered by subtle changes that cross a critical threshold. These processes include transport, motion, signaling, division, and other fundamental aspects of cellular function. Largely on the basis of this radical concept, a symposium was organized in Poitiers, France, to bring together people who have additional evidence for the role of phase transitions in biology, and this book is a compendium of some of the more far-reaching of those presentations, as well as several others that seemed to the editors to be compelling. The book should be suitable for anyone interested in the nature of biological function, particularly those who tire of lumbering along well trodden pathways of pursuit, and are eager to hear something fresh. The book is replete with fresh interpretations of familiar phenomena, and should serve as an excellent gateway to deeper understanding.
Author : Steve Ahnael Nobel
Publisher : Findhorn Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 27,90 MB
Release : 2014-11-17
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1844098346
Personal Transitions is a practical and engaging book based on a fusion of spirituality, myth, story, case studies, practical exercises, visualization and meditation. Includes various transition stories including: near death experiences, accidents, prison, war, psychological breakdown, and various awakening experiences.
Author : Lincoln Carr
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 17,92 MB
Release : 2010-11-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 1439802610
Quantum phase transitions (QPTs) offer wonderful examples of the radical macroscopic effects inherent in quantum physics: phase changes between different forms of matter driven by quantum rather than thermal fluctuations, typically at very low temperatures. QPTs provide new insight into outstanding problems such as high-temperature superconductivit
Author : H. Smith
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 11,84 MB
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 1483192539
Light and Plant Development presents the Proceedings of the 22nd University of Nottingham Easter School in Agricultural Science. It discusses the spectral sensitivity of inhibition of flowering by light. It addresses the action spectrum for leaf enlargement and stem growth inhibition. Some of the topics covered in the book are the nature of the blue light photoreceptor in higher plants and fungi; re-examination of photochemical properties and absorption characteristics of phytochrome using high-molecular-weight preparations; and intermediates in the photoconversion of phytochrome. The high irradiance reaction is fully covered. The physiological evidence and localised responses, intracellular localisation and action of phytochrome are discussed in detail. The text describes in depth the immunological visualisation of phytochrome. The fractionation procedures and terminology are presented completely. A chapter is devoted to the photocontrol of enzyme levels. Another section focuses on the ribosomal RNA synthesis in developing leaves. The book can provide useful information to botanists, chemists, students, and researchers.
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Page : 1300 pages
File Size : 27,41 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Patents
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Author : Kestutis Kveraga
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 44,3 MB
Release : 2014-10-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 0262027852
Cutting-edge research on the visual cognition of scenes, covering issues that include spatial vision, context, emotion, attention, memory, and neural mechanisms underlying scene representation. For many years, researchers have studied visual recognition with objects—single, clean, clear, and isolated objects, presented to subjects at the center of the screen. In our real environment, however, objects do not appear so neatly. Our visual world is a stimulating scenery mess; fragments, colors, occlusions, motions, eye movements, context, and distraction all affect perception. In this volume, pioneering researchers address the visual cognition of scenes from neuroimaging, psychology, modeling, electrophysiology, and computer vision perspectives. Building on past research—and accepting the challenge of applying what we have learned from the study of object recognition to the visual cognition of scenes—these leading scholars consider issues of spatial vision, context, rapid perception, emotion, attention, memory, and the neural mechanisms underlying scene representation. Taken together, their contributions offer a snapshot of our current knowledge of how we understand scenes and the visual world around us. Contributors Elissa M. Aminoff, Moshe Bar, Margaret Bradley, Daniel I. Brooks, Marvin M. Chun, Ritendra Datta, Russell A. Epstein, Michèle Fabre-Thorpe, Elena Fedorovskaya, Jack L. Gallant, Helene Intraub, Dhiraj Joshi, Kestutis Kveraga, Peter J. Lang, Jia Li Xin Lu, Jiebo Luo, Quang-Tuan Luong, George L. Malcolm, Shahin Nasr, Soojin Park, Mary C. Potter, Reza Rajimehr, Dean Sabatinelli, Philippe G. Schyns, David L. Sheinberg, Heida Maria Sigurdardottir, Dustin Stansbury, Simon Thorpe, Roger Tootell, James Z. Wang
Author : Farshad Darvishi Harzevili
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 21,63 MB
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1498763804
The book will highlight major trends and developments in the field of microbial fuels, with contributions from a number of highly experienced researchers. It will serve as a comprehensive reference for industrial stakeholders, scientists, researchers and graduate students interested in microbial fuels. The aims of this work are to present the technologies and perspectives taking into account different socio-economical contexts. A specific chapter will focus on the general perspectives of microbial fuels for low-income and emerging countries.
Author : Richard M. Beloin MD
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 35,48 MB
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1524537543
This publication is a nonfiction guidebook that covers the introductory caliber into the big bore world.44 magnum. It also highlights a great single action revolverthe Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley Hunter. The book covers years of accumulating shooting issues from magazines, shooting forums, and shooting articles and texts. The fifteen chapters are organized into five groups. Group one presents the features of the SBH-BH and details the check points to cover before finalizing the purchase of a used or new gun. Group two reviews a hands-on approach to an action job and an accurizing method for home gunsmiths. Section three involves the new, modern hard cast bulletsKeith-type SWC, LBT design, and the new wide meplat approach to modern designs. Group four presents multiple stand-alone topics that have been forgotten over time. Group five presents my shooting experience with the .44 magnum SBH-BH. This book is written for all shooting enthusiastswhether beginner, novice, or experienced shooter. Foremost, it is a blueprint for the retiree looking for a hobby.
Author : Anilkumar G. Gaonkar
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 16,88 MB
Release : 1995-09-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080528945
Rapid and continued developments in electronics, optics, computing, instrumentation, spectroscopy, and other branches of science and technology resulted in considerable improvements in various methodologies. Due to this revolution in methodology, it is now possible to solve problems which were previously considered difficult to solve. These new methods have led to a better characterization and understanding of foods.The aim of this book is to assemble, for handy reference, various emerging, state-of-the-art methodologies used for characterizing foods. Although the emphasis is on real foods, model food systems are also considered. Methods pertaining to interfaces (food emulsions, foams, and dispersions), fluorescence, ultrasonics, nuclear magnetic resonance, electron spin resonance, Fourier-transform infrared and near infrared spectroscopy, small-angle neutron scattering, dielectrics, microscopy, rheology, sensors, antibodies, flavor and aroma analysis are included.This book is an indispensable reference source for scientists, engineers, and technologists in industries, universities, and government laboratories who are involved in food research and/or development, and also for faculty, advanced undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students from Food Science, Food Engineering, and Biochemistry departments. In addition, it will serve as a valuable reference for analytical chemists and surface and colloid scientists.