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Free Download Signaling and Communication in Plant Symbiosis By J. Benjamin Miller, Giles E. D. Oldroyd (auth.), Silvia Perotto, František Baluška (eds.)
2012 | 262 Pages | ISBN: 3642209653 | PDF | 4 MB
A multiplicity of biotrophic micro-organisms interact with plants in nature, forming symbiotic relationships that range from mutualism to antagonism. Microorganisms that have adopted biotrophy as a lifestyle are able to colonize the plant and often to cross the plant cell boundaries by forming intracellular structures that are the site of nutrient uptake/exchange. To establish themselves within plant tissues, both mutualistic and pathogenic biotrophs need to overcome the plant defense response through an exchange of molecular signals. Our knowledge of the nature of these signals and their function in the interaction has rapidly increased over the last few years. This volume focuses on the genetic, molecular and cellular components involved in the communication between partners of well-known symbioses, but also reports on the advances for less studied systems.

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Free Download Sicherheit von Leichtwasserreaktoren: Risiken der Nukleartechnologie By Günter Kessler, Anke Veser, Franz-Hermann Schlüter, Wolfgang Raskob, Claudia Landman, Jürgen Päsler-Sauer (auth.)
2012 | 273 Pages | ISBN: 3642283802 | PDF | 27 MB
In diesem Buch werden die Risiken von Kernkraftwerken und der verantwortungsbewusste Umgang damit zur Vermeidung von Störfällen mit Außenwirkung in einer für den Laien verständlichen Form erklärt. Dazu werden die Grundlagen der Kernkraftwerkstechnologie und die Sicherheitsmaßnahmen erläutert, auch mit Blick auf in der Vergangenheit eingetretene Störfälle. Nach kurzer Darstellung der in der Welt betriebenen Kernkraftwerke und der zugehörigen Brennstoff-Kreislauf-Anlagen werden die in den nächsten Jahren in Deutschland verbleibenden Druck- und Siedewasser-Reaktoren sowie die neu entwickelten Reaktoren - der Europäische Druckwasser-Reaktor (EPR) und der neu entwickelte Siedewasserreaktor SWR-1000 (KERENA) - beschrieben. Danach werden das reaktorphysikalische und das sicherheitstechnische Gesamtkonzept dieser Reaktoren und die in einem Genehmigungsverfahren zu erstellenden Analysen für die Auslegungsstörfälle dargestellt. Nach kurzer Diskussion der Ergebnisse von probabilistischen Analysen und der Ergebnisse von früheren Risikostudien werden neuere sicherheitstechnische Forschungsergebnisse vorgestellt, die in den letzten 20 Jahren zum Thema Kernschmelz-Unfälle und deren sicherheitstechnischer Beherrschung in Europa und vor allem im früheren Kernforschungszentrum und der Universität Karlsruhe erzielt wurden. Diese Forschungsergebnisse haben Auswirkungen auf die Sicherheit bestehender Druck- und Siedewasserreaktoren in Deutschland. Sie sind aber vor allem in das Sicherheitskonzept der neuen europäischen Druck- und Siedewasserreaktoren (EPR und KERENA) eingeflossen. Das Buch wendet sich an Ingenieure im Bereich Kerntechnik, aber auch an interessierte Laien.

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Free Download Sialo-Xenoantigenic Glycobiology: Molecular Glycobiology of Sialylglycan-Xenoantigenic Determinants in Pig to Human Xenotransplantation By Kwon-Ho Song, Cheorl-Ho Kim (auth.)
2013 | 64 Pages | ISBN: 3642340938 | PDF | 4 MB
Carbohydrate antigens on glycoconjugates of mammalian cells play crucial roles in various biological processes and are epitopes recognized by the immune system, as glycobiology has hugely been progressed during the past two decades. The book focuses on sialic acid-based xenoantigenes. In pig to human xenotransplantation, exposure of pig organs to human blood results in hyper acute rejection (HAR), caused by differences in carbohydrate epitopes between human and pig vascular endothelia. Although Gal-antigen as major antigen was eliminated, the remaining non-Gal antigens are considered to be xenoantigens. Sialosyl-Tn or Hanganutziu-Deicher (HD), are non-Gal antigens specific to natural antibodies in human. To overcome rejection responses such as HAR, studies of genes involved in carbohydrate antigens, causing xenoantigenicity, are necessary. Knowledge of pig glycosyltransferases are also useful to apply to xenoantigen masking or identification of the xenoantigenic sialylglycan(s). In the first chapter the screening for pig glycosyltransferase genes for xenoantigens is presented. In the chapter II to IV the cloning, characterization, and investigation of the regulatory mechanism of the pig CMAH gene in NeuGc biosynthesis is shown. Lastly, the effects of an alteration of pig glycosylation patterns on human serum-mediated cytotoxicity, caused by human sialyltransferases including hST6GalNAc IV is presented.

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Free Download Short and Long Distance Signaling By Eduardo Peña, Annette Niehl, Manfred Heinlein (auth.), Friedrich Kragler, Martin Hülskamp (eds.)
2012 | 188 Pages | ISBN: 1441915311 | PDF | 3 MB
The ability of plants to exchange RNA molecules and transcription factors between cells and tissues is a relatively recent discovery. However, all areas of research such as plant development, metabolism, and plant pathogen interactions now realize the importance of this phenomenon. In this book, experts from the field of intercellular transport deal with various aspects on intercellular transport of viruses and plant endogenous macromolecules such as transcription factors, small silencing-induced and micro RNAs, and other RNAs and their function as signals. The aim of the book is to provide the basic information on the cell-to-cell transport mechanism and to give an overview of the current knowledge of this relatively new field of research. To quote the words of W.J. Lucas "...pioneering discoveries in this field of cell-to-cell and long-distance signaling should certainly entice talented young scholars to join this frontier area of plant biology" . He is certainly right as we got only a first glimpse on the cellular factors regulating intercellular transport and the functional diversity of the ever-increasing number of proteins and RNA molecules found to move between cells.

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Free Download Shock Induction by Chuck Palahniuk
English | October 8, 2024 | ISBN: 1668021447 | True EPUB | 240 pages | 5.7 MB
From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a dark, satirical parable about a string of mysterious high school disappearances, the seedy underbellies of billionaires, and the tough choices we make in the face of an uncertain future.

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Free Download Mehnaz M. Afridi, "Shoah through Muslim Eyes "
English | ISBN: 1618113542 | 2017 | 240 pages | PDF | 775 KB
In Shoah through Muslim Eyes, the author discusses her journey with Judaism as a Muslim.

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Free Download Dionisius A. Agius, "Ships, Saints and Sealore: Cultural Heritage and Ethnography of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea"
English | ISBN: 1905739958 | 2014 | 180 pages | PDF | 11 MB
Just as the sea has played a pivotal role in the connectivity of people, economies and cultures, it has also provided a common platform for inter-disciplinary cooperation amongst academics. This book is a selection of conference papers and other contributions that has seen the coming-together of scholars and researchers from backgrounds as diverse as archaeology, history, ethnography, maritime and heritage studies of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. Its strength lies in the way such diversity has been harnessed to provide an engaging and insightful study of the sea and its influences on various factors of life - both past and present.

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Free Download Shields' Textbook of Glaucoma, 7th Edition by R. Rand Allingham, edited by Sayoko E. Moroi, Sharon F. Freedman, Karim E. Damji, Douglas J. Rhee, Sanjay G. Asrani, Christopher C. Teng
English | September 4, 2020 | ISBN: 1496351452 | True EPUB | 661 pages | 213 MB
Known for its consistent, authoritative content and presentation, Shields Textbook of Glaucoma is the premier succinct and clinically focused text on the medical and surgical management of glaucoma. This full-color, easy-to-use reference offers a rational approach to every aspect of the field, including rare glaucomas, and presents a total care plan for the patient. The seventh edition brings you fully up to date with all that's new in this rapidly changing field with new chapters, newly colorized line drawings, and an updated design for faster reference.

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Free Download Shakespeare, Education and Pedagogy: Representations, Interactions and Adaptations
by Pamela Bickley, Jenny Stevens
English | 2023 | ISBN: 103203727X | 223 Pages | True PDF | 4.66 MB

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Free Download Pamela Bickley, "Shakespeare, Education and Pedagogy "
English | ISBN: 103203727X | 2023 | 222 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
This volume captures the diverse ways in which Shakespeare interacts with educational theory and practice. It explores the depiction of learning and education in the plays, the role of Shakespeare as pedagogue, and ways in which the teaching of Shakespeare can facilitate discussion of some of the urgent questions of modern times.

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