Books published by Elsevier Science & Technology

Covering the major areas in the fields of lipid, lipoprotein, and membrane biochemistry, and molecular biology, this work provides summary of these research areas for scientists presently working in these fields. It also provides the basis for an advanced course for students in the biochemistry of lipids, lipoproteins and membranes.

A big effort has been made to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of cancer metastatis. This book contains a description of the methods and their rationale, that are used in metastatic research, both to analyse metastasis in its entirety (in vivo models), or to dissect the single steps of the metastatic process (in vitro assays).

This volume aims to cover all the major aspects of numerical analysis, serving as a reference work on the subject reflecting the current trends in the field.

Covers the various developments in biotechnology. This title reviews topics that include biotechnology applications in medicine, agriculture, marine biology, industry, and the environment. It emphasizes fundamental problems dealing with enhancing the technical knowledge encountering biotechnology utilization regardless of the field of application.

Presents major research areas in international trade and international finance. This book surveys theoretical work on trade based on scale economics and imperfect competition, and the relationship between trade and technological progress. It is suitable for those interested in understanding developments in modern international economics.

Provides an overview on perspectives in genetic research and on the molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration. This title presents a selection of hot topics in pathophysiological research, from molecular studies to system-level investigations based on in vivo electrophysiological recordings and neurocomputational methods.

Neuroendocrinology is a discipline which originated about 50 years ago as a branch of Endocrinology and that is now strictly linked to neuroscience. These volumes cover the role of genetics in many endocrine-related events, like neuroendocrinological diseases and endocrine depenedent cancers.

Presents a picture of memory research. This book addresses the major mechanisms by which changes in synaptic strength can persist. It also includes research at the systems level including the importance of changes in inhibitory interneurons and how they play a role in memory formation.

Introduces a topic of computation by travelling waves in reaction-diffusion media. This book gives a comprehensive presentation of the theoretical and experimental foundations, and computation techniques, chemical laboratory experimental set-ups and hardware implementation technology employed in the development of computing devices.

Alterations in sleep are manifestations of aging that leads to health problems. This book covers the fields of sleep in aging and age-related disease from neurochemistry to the clinic. It includes diagrams that depict key concepts. It provides views of research on sleep and aging, and the potential for prevention and treatment of sleep disorders.

Describes the role that energy has played in the evolution of nature and culture, the impact it has had on the world over time and the implications that we are faced with concerning the role of energy in the future. This book describes the relationship between life and energy through time.

The brain is plastic and it can change its function to adapt to changing demands of various kinds. The brain can also re-organize and change its function to better utilize its resources when parts of the brain have been damaged through injuries and diseases. This means that the brain is not hard wired but can be reprogrammed when needed. This book describes different aspects of how the plasticity can become activated and how it can benefit the individual person. This book provides in-depth coverage of many important aspects of neural plasticity and how it applies to trauma, including strokes and disorders of the central nervous system that affect memory and cognition. The book also discusses how neural plasticity is involved in aphasia, pain and tinnitus. The roles of neural plasticity in motor rehabilitation and in adaptation to prostheses such as cochlear and cochlear nucleus implants are also topics of the book.

This book is the latest volume in a highly successful series within Comprehensive Biochemistry and provides a historical and autobiographical perspective of the development of the field through the contributions of leading individuals who reflect on their careers and their impact on biochemistry. The book is essential reading for everybody, from graduate student to professor, placing in context major advances not only in biochemical terms but in relation to historical and social developments. Readers will be delighted by the lively style and the insight into the lives and careers of leading scientists of their time.

Contains papers that form the proceedings of the Symposium held at the University of Szeged (27-29 June 2003). This volume also includes the contents of the booklet published in 1960 by Albert Szent-Gyorgyi under the title "Introduction to submolecular biology". It includes topics such as: advanced computations; molecular computations; and others.

Summarizes the highlights of the 53rd Annual meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry and Annual meeting of the GDCh-Fachgruppe Angewandte Elektrochemie. This work includes research papers on the electrochemical processes in micro- and nanotechnology. It highlights developments and advances in electrochemistry.

Presents reviews on 'master' regulatory ability of homeoproteins functions that is limited primarily to what has been learned in vertebrate systems, principally focusing on the mouse, owing to the strengths of the technical approaches in murine developmental genetics.

Presents topics on fluvial processes of overland and channelized flow in arid, humid, and periglacial areas of high and low relief. This book addresses issues of long-term evolution of drainage networks in natural systems. It assesses botanical and biogeomorphologic controls of landforms, along with issues of scientific visualization.

A volume in the "Progress in Optics" series, the papers in this book cover a range of topics, including: anamorphic beam shaping for laser and diffuse light; ultra-fast all-optical switching in optical networks; generation of dark hollow beams and their application; and two-photon lasers.

What happens when an object falls into a black hole, or what happened eons ago in the early universe? This volume traces the development of the theoretical understanding of quark-gluon plasma, both in terms of the equation of state and thermal correlation functions and in terms of its manifestation in high energy nuclear collisions.

Clinical neuropsychology has evolved by integrating neuroanatomical, electrophysiological and psychophysical data, and has led to the development of rehabilitation tools. This volume tries to link the new concepts and discoveries in the field of sensorimotor coordination.

The objective of the 28th Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology was to define understanding of the science relating to boundary and mixed lubrication and to compare this with the needs of industry in terms of applications. This title provides peer-reviewed papers presented at the symposium.

Examines the possible role of brain lipids in the development of conditions such as schizophrenia, depression, Alzheimer's disease and personality disorders and violence.

Brings together leading in the most important sub-fields of stochastic programming to present a rigourous overview of basic models, methods and applications of stochastic programming. The text is intended for researchers, students, engineers and economists, who encounter in their work optimization problems involving uncertainty.

Emphasizes the involvement of various facets of biology in the analysis of environmentally controlled movement responses. This work attempts to answer the question posed more than hundred years ago: "How can plants see?".

Describes information on the pathogenesis and molecular biology of human papillomaviruses and the mechanistic role of the viruses in epithelial cancers. This book includes chapters on the epidemiology of human papillomaviruses, the factors that control replication and transcription and the viral proteins.

Provides an introduction to the analysis of chaos and chaos theory as it relates to agricultural science. This work explains chaos theory and principles. It offers the fundamental terminology and concepts of deterministic chaos. It includes useful tools for calculating the order, rules and theory behind complex phenomena observed in arable land.

Aging occurs at the level of individual cells with genetically-determined cellular capacity to repair environmentally-induced DNA damage playing a central role in the rate of aging and its specific manifestations. This book provides a framework for aging of mitotic and post-mitotic cells.

Discusses how the various parts of the brain process and integrate visual signals, providing original findings, reviews, and theoretical proposals on visual processing. This book addresses the basic mechanisms of visual perception as well as issues such as neuronal plasticity, functional reorganization and recovery, and sensory substitution.

Presents 26,000 definitions that are drawn from some 16,000 individual cybernyms. This book covers computing, electronics, telecommunications (including intelligent networks and mobile telephony), together with satellite technology and Internet/Web terminology.