Presents papers and abstracts from a poster session from the September 1993 conference, on the role of dietary fat in breast cancer incidence and prognosis in human and animals. Topics include mechanisms potentially mediating dietary fat effects on breast cancer, hormone studies and the diet/breast

The 18 papers discuss interactions of neurotransmitters and endothelial cells in determining vascular tone, the influences of the upper airway on breathing, central nervous mechanisms responsible for cardio-respiratory homeostasis, the microphysiology of lung liquid clearance, atrial receptors and h

Sixty-eight proceedings papers from the Second International Conference on the Molecular Biology of Allergins and the Atopic Immune Response, held in Quebec City, Canada, February, 1995. The contributors present new strides in diagnosis, experimental studies, and therapy, addressing topics related t

The 19 papers explore a variety of systems in terms of their ability to transport nucleic acids to target areas in vitro and in vivo in ways that effectively modify, supplement, correct, or curtail the function of genes in therapy. Among the topics are cystic fibrosis, immune responses with direct g

Contains papers from an August 1996 meeting of the Phytochemical Society of North America, held in New Orleans, Louisiana. Highlights new research in food phytochemicals as health promoters and chemopreventive agents, nutrient and toxicological aspects of food plants, indigenous root and tuber crops

Researchers investigating the function of the mature retina and those concerned with its development, or with using it as a research tool to illuminate matters of developmental neurobiology in general, combine to offer 19 papers for colleagues and advanced students. They tackle such issues as the em

A comparative perspective on the problems and issues of the transfer of knowledge and technology in and between western and former socialist countries, focusing on three key technologies: laser technology, biotechnology, and information technology. The book highlights the specific challenges facing economies in transition in technology policy and commercialisation. Furthermore, it gives an excellent insight into current technology forecasting practice and methodology, and the use of forecasting results in framing science and technology policy.
Audience: Those involved in...

Environmental pollution is one of the main problems to confront humanity, with the heavy metals occupying a leading role among the most pernicious pollutants. The metals cause cancer and other sicknesses. Their cytotoxic, mutagenic and carcinogenic potentials are not fully understood, and any thorough investigation demands the combined efforts of scientists drawn from many different disciplines. But the effects of heavy metals are not all negative: some, like cis-DDP, and some ruthenium and tin complexes, have antitumour activity.
The idea underlying the present work is...

After a year's successful operation, the European DENIS project is now a scientific reality and its close cousin 2MASS (USA) is about to come into operation. The observational and data reduction processes of both DENIS and 2MASS are fully described in this volume.
Already the impact of DENIS is making itself felt in the astronomical community in areas of research as diverse as cosmology, the evolution of galaxies, the interstellar medium, the search for brown dwarfs, and stellar structure and evolution. The first routine results from DENIS and the preliminary results from the 2MASS...

This is a survey of current developments in the field of plutonium disposal by the application of advanced nuclear systems, both critical and subcritical. National research and development plans are also summarized. The actinide-fuelled critical reactors are associated with control problems, since they tend to have a small delayed neutron fraction coupled with a small Doppler effect and a positive void coefficient. Current thinking is turning to accelerator-driven subcritical systems for the transmutation of actinides.