In this volume of Reviews of Physiology there are three outstanding contributions, the first on Selenium-containing proteins in mammals and other forms of life, and the second on constitutively active and G-protein coupled inward rectifier K+ channels: Kir2.0 and Kir3.0 and the third on Chloroplast quest: a journey from the cytosol into the chloroplast and beyond.

Introducing neuroinflammation and its involvement in human neurodegenerative disease, this text discusses the microglia and their response to brain injury, the importance of the chemokine family, experimental models of BSE, scrapie and vCJD as well as Alzheimer's disease, stroke and MS.

Tumors cells no longer confined to an affected organ can be released through lymph and the blood stream, disseminate and form metastases. Metastases to the spine are frequent, may be painful and may occur in an isolated or multiple level manner, they may lead to structural failure of the spinal column and cause com pression of nerve structures resulting in progressive paralysis or in painful radi culopathies. The dinical evaluation as weIl as to tumor pathophysiology are weIl explai ned in two general chapters and then each specific primary tumor is analyzed in a specific chapter. The choice...

During the last 10-12 years, the research on homocysteine has become very active. About 1500 of articles are now published each year on homocysteine and the vitamins involved in its metabolism. A disturbed homocysteine metabolism can be an underlying factor for pregnancy complications and fetal malformations, cardiovascular disease, dementia, psychiatric and neurologic disorders and possibly carcinogenesis. A disturbed homocysteine metabolism can in most cases be normalised by treatment with folate and/or vitamines B12 and B6. Many of these findings therefore directly concern most...

POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJUIRES: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO MANAGEMENT, presents the orthopaedic surgeon an unprecedented review of the most recent and advanced knowledge needed to diagnosis and treat PCL injuries successfully. This comprehensive and practical volume covers everything from biomechanics and anatomy, evaluation, non-operative treatment and rehabilitation to the latest surgical treatments of PCL injuries using arthroscopy, grafts and synthetic ligament substitutes. Each of these clearly written chapters is accompanied by a wealth of line drawings and photographs demonstrating...

Die Spezialgebiete Anasthesiologie, Intensivtherapie, Schmerztherapie und Notfallmedizin haben in den letzten Jahren eine rasante Entwicklung und eine dementsprechend rasche Zunahme an neuen Erkenntnissen erfahren. Es ist daher besonders wichtig, dieses Wissen so schnell und so weit wie moglich zu optimieren. Der vorliegende 24. Refresher Course der Deutschen Akademie fur Anasthesiologische Fortbildung mit 24 verschiedenen Themen aus dem komplexen Gebiet der Akutmedizin vermittelt Facharzten und Arzten in der Weiterbildung mit seinen didaktisch gut aufbereiteten Texten den aktuellen...

Von den Grundlagen und Algorithmen ber Klassifikation und Neuronale Netze bis zu 3D-Geometrien sowie Sprach- und Bildverstehen gibt dieses Werk einen aktuellen berblick ber den Stand der Forschung in Theorie und Anwendungen.

Reihung des HJB 1998: Siebke, Globalisierung.- Wolfrum, Der Internationale Seegerichtshof (Vortrag vor der UG).- Maul, Im Fadenkreuz von Raum und Zeit.- Wahl, Vom Sinn der Strafe.- Hoefele, B hne und Schafott.- Resch, Selbstentfremdung bei Kindern und Jugendlichen.- Meusburger, Ubiquit t des Wissens.- Schnepf, Zellevolution.- Schroeder-Kurth, Keimbahntherapie.- Bopp/Zenner, Speisen und Gew rze in Heidelbergs K chen.- Debon, Goethe in Heidelberg.- Walther, Spinoza in Heidelberg.- Borchmeyer, Annette von Droste-H lshoff.- Schwiedrzik, Ricarda Huch und der R tegedanke.- Spiess, Zwischen...

Contents: H. de Nivelle: Resolution Games and Non-Liftable Resolution Orderings. - M. Kerber, M. Kohlhase: A Tableau Calculus for Partial Functions. - G. Salzer: MUltlog: an Expert System for Multiple-valued Logics. - J. Krajic ek: A Fundamental Problem of Mathematical Logic. - P. Pudlak: On the Lengths of Proofs of Consistency. - A. Carbone: The Craig Interpolation Theorem for Schematic Systems. - I.A. Stewart: The Role of Monotonicity in Descriptive Complexity Theory. - R. Freund, L. Staiger: Numbers Defined by Turing Machines.

This work covers nitrogen containing organic chemicals, presenting easily retrievable data from the fields of physics and chemistry. The thermodynamic properties of fluids are vital information for design, operation (including safety considerations) and maintenance in the fluid processing or continuous manufacturing industries. Among the thermodynamic properties, some are more important and pervasive with vapor pressure being possibly the most important of all. Practical handling of any fluid requires knowledge of its vapor pressure, and vapor pressure (or boiling point) is invariably among...