Kategoria BISAC: Science >> Life Sciences - General

To live is to communicate, and to communicate with confidence is a craft that one will do well to master early rather than later in life. If only the gift of the gab were enough to sail smoothly through the rough waters that the tough world is teeming with, every glib conversationalist would have a successful vocation, but that s not the case. The means of communication come naturally to human beings, but the skills that make communicating worthwhile and meaningful do not. Thankfully, anyone who wishes to can learn and even perfect these skills.

This concise handbook focuses on the ways...

The first part of this title contained all statistical tests that are relevant for starters on SPSS, and included standard parametric and non-parametric tests for continuous and binary variables, regression methods, trend tests, and reliability and validity assessments of diagnostic tests. The current part 2 of this title reviews multistep methods, multivariate models, assessments of missing data, performance of diagnostic tests, meta-regression, Poisson regression, confounding and interaction, and survival analyses using log tests and segmented time-dependent Cox regression. Methods for...

Many debates about the moral status of things-for example, debates about the natural rights of human fetuses or nonhuman animals-eventually migrate towards a discussion of the capacities of the things in question-for example, their capacities to feel pain, think, or love. Yet the move towards capacities is often controversial: if a human's capacities are the basis of its moral status, how could a human having lesser capacities than you and I have the same "serious" moral status as you and I? This book answers this question by arguing that if something is human, it has a set of typical...

Die Auswertung experimenteller Ergebnisse ist fur Biologen und Agrarwissenschaftler ein wichtiges Handwerkszeug. Mit dieser gut verstandlichen Einfuhrung in Grundlagen und Anwendungen der Biometrie ist ein schneller Einstieg in die Statistik moglich. Soweit wie moglich wird ohne Formeln und mathematische Symbolik die hinter den Verfahren stehende Grundidee komplexer statistischer Verfahren erlautert. Die 5. Auflage enthalt zusatzlich Schemata zur Versuchsplanung und Auswertung sowie ein erweitertes Glossar englischer Fachausdrucke.

This unique synthesis of chapters from top experts in their fields targets the essential area of cancer biomarkers and the need for better and more rigorous design and clinical trials. The contributors cover several aspects of cancer molecular markers from innovation and screening to their controversies and future directions. The book is an ideal reference for PhD and MD students, researchers, biologists, medical doctors, and professionals who are interested in mechanistic studies on cancer diagnosis and translational benefits from personalized cancer treatment using the new era of...

Follow the very personal and intimate journey of Dr. Urmas Kaldveer as he is drawn by forces outside himself to engage with the great whales. From straight research scientist, Dr. Kaldveer begins to relate to, and with, the whales, to find that a change has taken place in himself. What started as analytical science became a healing journey. Enjoy his stories of "close encounters" and the revelations they engendered.