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  • Fragile States

    by Lothar Brock, Hans-Henrik Holm, Georg Sorenson, Michael Stohl ...
    Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
    Today a billion people, including about 340 million of the world's extreme poor, are estimated to live in 'fragile states'. This group of low-income countries are often trapped in cycles of conflict and poverty, which make them acutely vulnerable to a range of shocks and crises.This engaging book defines and clarifies what we mean by fragile states, examining their characteristics in relation to ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Peptide Hormones in Lung Cancer

    Edited by Klaus Havemann, George D. Sorenson, Clauss Gropp ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    The incidence of lung cancer has reached epidemic proportions throughout the civilized world. One indication of the dimensions of this problem is that in the United States lung cancer has become the leading cause of cancer death in women as well as men. In 1912 there was a "nearly complete consensus of opinion that primary malignant neoplasms of the lung (were one) of the rarest forms of disease," ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

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    Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

    by Angela Y. Davis ...
    In this collection of essays, interviews, and speeches, the renowned activist examines today's issues—from Black Lives Matter to prison abolition and more.Activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis has been a tireless fighter against oppression for decades. Now, the iconic author of Women, Race, and Class offers her latest insights into the struggles against state violence and oppression throughout ... Read more

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  • The Return of History and the End of Dreams

    by Robert Kagan ...
    Hopes for a new peaceful international order after the end of the Cold War have been dashed by sobering realities: Great powers are once again competing for honor and influence. The world remains “unipolar,” but international competition among the United States, Russia, China, Europe, Japan, India, and Iran raise new threats of regional conflict, and a new contest between western liberalism and ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • Cystogenesis

    Edited by Jong Hoon Park, Curie Ahn ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) is a highly prevalent hereditary renal disorder in which fluid-filled cysts are appeared in both kidneys. Main causative genes of ADPKD are PKD1 and PKD2, encoding for polycystin-1 (PC1) and polycystin-2 (PC2) respectively. Those proteins are localized on primary cilia and function as mechanosensor in response to the fluid flow, translating ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Microbial Biochemistry

    by G.N. Cohen ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Microbial physiology, biochemistry, and genetics allowed the formulation of concepts that turned out to be important in the study of higher organisms. In the first section, the principles of bacterial growth are given, as well as the description of the different layers that enclose the bacterial cytoplasm, and their role in obtaining nutrients from the outside media through different permeability ... Read more

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  • Spheroids in Cancer Research

    Methods and Perspectives

    Edited by H. Acker, J. Carlsson, R. Durand, R.M. Sutherland ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Malignant growth of cells is often characterized by disorganization of tissue structure, abnormal blood vessel development, and insuffi cient vascular supply. As a consequence, the cancer cells grow in a three-dimensional pattern in atypical microenvironments which include physical, chemical, and nutritional stresses. Necrosis often develops some distance away from the blood vessels. In ... Read more

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  • Defense of Mucosal Surfaces: Pathogenesis, Immunity and Vaccines

    Edited by Jean-Pierre Kraehenbuhl, Marian R. Neutra ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Mucosal immunity encompasses a broad field of research that includes areas of epithelial cell and molecular biology, molecular and cellular immunology, microbiology, virology, and vaccinology. This volume presents up to date and concise discussions of concepts as well as recent advances. It provides an overview of the components of the mucosal immune system, and the basic science relevant to ... Read more

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  • Mass Starvation

    The History and Future of Famine

    by Alex de Waal ...
    The world almost conquered famine. Until the 1980s, this scourge killed ten million people every decade, but by early 2000s mass starvation had all but disappeared. Today, famines are resurgent, driven by war, blockade, hostility to humanitarian principles and a volatile global economy.In Mass Starvation, world-renowned expert on humanitarian crisis and response Alex de Waal provides an ... Read more

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  • Human Fungal Pathogens

    Edited by Oliver Kurzai ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Whereas plant and insect infections are commonly caused by fungi, only a small minority of the vast diversity of fungal species is pathogenic to humans. Despite this, fungal infections cause considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. This volume is dedicated to the biology, clinical presentation and management of invasive fungal infections. Major pathogenic fungi are introduced by world ... Read more

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  • The Race To The Bottom

    Why A Worldwide Worker Surplus And Uncontrolled Free Trade Are Sinking American Living Standards

    by Alan Tonelson ...
    With the end of the 1990s economic boom, The Race to the Bottom deftly explores how the United States has entered a no-win global competition in which the countries with the lowest wages, weakest workplace safety laws, and toughest repression of unions win investment from the U.S. and Europe. Tonelson analyzes how the entry of such population giants as China, India, and Mexico into the global ... Read more

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  • Morphogenesis and Pathogenicity in Fungi

    Edited by José Pérez Martín, Antonio Di Pietro ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Infectious fungal diseases continue to take their toll in terms of human suffering and enormous economic losses. Invasive infections by opportunistic fungal pathogens are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immuno-compromised individuals. At the same time, plant pathogenic fungi have devastating effects on crop production and human health. New strategies for antifungal control are required ... Read more

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