Everyone knows that the universe is extremely old and extremely large. But how did scientists determine just how old and how large? How do astronomers know that there are upwards of 100 billion galaxies in the universe if the nearest one is over 40,000 light-years away? How do we know what the stars are made of? The answer is that our current knowledge of the universe has arisen from the work and ideas of scientists and philosophers over hundreds of years. While it's only been during the last several decades that scientists have had the technology and theories to really understand how the universe works, humans have thought about such issues for millennia. And the scientists who today are attempting to understand the most complex issues of the universe build upon the work and thought of the thinkers of the last hundreds of years.
Hepatitis C Virus Disease: Immunobiology and Clinical Applications
Added by: dovesnake | Karma: 1384.51 | ESP, Medicine | 31 May 2008
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Product Description
The
Hepatitis C Virus is a major global health problem affecting more than
170 million people. HCV can eventually lead to cirrhosis, liver
failure, and cancer in many instances. This volume will include
comprehensive original papers that cover much of the past, current, and
future literature that has appeared since the identification of the
hepatitis C virus RNA genome. It will specifically deal with the
effects of various types of interferons in basic research and clinical
outcomes of HCV disease and its progression. The novelty of this
publication will be that the immunobiology of HCV and the IFN-induced
modification of the immune response will be emphasized more clearly
then it has ever been in any other publication. It will be the
immunobiology section that will help readers better understand the
clinical efficacy of Interferon treatment. It will be a valuable volume
for the student, researcher, or clinician interested in HCV
transmission, molecular virology, immune response, cellular/molecular
pathogenesis, and possibilities for developing effective new
therapeutics and vaccines.
Tone of Voice and Mind is a synthesis of findings from neurophysiology
(how neurons produce subjective feeling), neuropsychology (how the
human cerebral hemispheres undertake complementary
information-processing), intonation studies (how the emotions are
encoded in the tone of voice), and music perception (how human beings
hear and feel harmony). The focus is on the psychological
characteristics that distinguish us from other primate species. At a
neuronal level, we are just another mammalian species, but the
functional specialization of the human cerebral hemispheres has
resulted in three outstanding, uniquely-human talents: language,
tool-usage and music. To understand how the human brain coordinates
those behaviors is to understand who we are.
I am Responsible
THE BEST ME I CAN series
This book is about being responsible. As adults, we are accountable for certain tasks. This concept does not
come easily to young children. The aim of this book is to help children
understand that when they have a job to do, it is their
responsibility-not anyone else’s to get it done.
