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Worldwide Variation in Human Growth
ISBN: 9780521350242 / Angielski / Twarda / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The health of a population is most accurately reflected in the rate of growth of its children. This theme, prevalent in this book, underlies the analysis and presentation of what is by far the largest compilation of growth data ever assembled in one source. The first edition, published in 1976, included all known reliable recent results on height, weight, skinfolds, and other body measurements from all parts of the globe. In this edition, numerous subsequent measurements taken between 1976 and 1988 have been included, as well as the results of a large number of new studies made on rate of...
The health of a population is most accurately reflected in the rate of growth of its children. This theme, prevalent in this book, underlies the analy...
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620,55 zł |
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Endocrines and Osmoregulation: A Comparative Account in Vertebrates
ISBN: 9783540426837 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The opportunity to prepare a second edition of a book that was originally written 30 years ago has provided me with both a challenge and a source of pleas- over ure; the former as it needed to be spatially constrained within its original limits. Nevertheless, over 1000 references have been added. I must apologize to the many biologists whose contributions could not be included. I have attempted to keep the original format and historical perspective. The information has been princi- pally described within the context of each phyletic group of the vertebrates and their habitats. Each chapter is...
The opportunity to prepare a second edition of a book that was originally written 30 years ago has provided me with both a challenge and a source of p...
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574,29 zł |
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The Health Consequences of 'Modernisation': Evidence from Circumpolar Peoples
ISBN: 9780521065566 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book, the authors assess the impact of "modernization" on various populations in the circumpolar regions. They examine the adaptations shown culturally, behaviorally, and physically by the indigenous peoples, and discuss the effect of changes in habitual activity, diet, and general life style due to more urban living patterns on body composition, pulmonary function and susceptibility to disease.
In this book, the authors assess the impact of "modernization" on various populations in the circumpolar regions. They examine the adaptations shown c...
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288,93 zł |
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Play, Creativity, and Social Movements: If I Can't Dance, It's Not My Revolution
ISBN: 9780415963244 / Angielski / Twarda / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The streets of cities around the world have been filled with a new theatrical model of protest, with creativity, fun, pleasure, and play as its cornerstones. This book examines the historical use and development of 'play', as well looking at the recent ways in which it has infused protest and community building.
The streets of cities around the world have been filled with a new theatrical model of protest, with creativity, fun, pleasure, and play as its corner...
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752,12 zł |
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The Emergence of Humans: An Exploration of the Evolutionary Timeline
ISBN: 9780470013151 / Angielski / Miękka / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Emergence of Humans is an accessible, informative introduction to the scientific study of human evolution. It takes the reader through time following the emergence of the modern human species Homo sapiens from primate roots. Acknowledging the controversy surrounding the interpretation of the fossil record, the authors present a balanced approach in an effort to do justice to different views.
Each chapter covers a significant time period of evolutionary history and includes relevant techniques from other disciplines that have applications to the field of human evolution.... The Emergence of Humans is an accessible, informative introduction to the scientific study of human evolution. It takes the reader through time...
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294,57 zł |
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Human Adult Odontometrics: The Study of Variation in Adult Tooth Size
ISBN: 9780521064590 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Human tooth size lies central to the fields of dentistry, physical anthropology, human biology, forensic dentistry, and archaeology. An appreciation of the genetic and environmental determinants of tooth size is fundamental to an understanding of the metric variation of teeth in humans. Thus, besides imparting a sound knowledge of the theories of dental inheritance, development and evolution, this book demonstrates the diverse practical applications of odontometrics.
Human tooth size lies central to the fields of dentistry, physical anthropology, human biology, forensic dentistry, and archaeology. An appreciation o...
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294,09 zł |
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Men: Evolutionary and Life History
ISBN: 9780674030343 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Males account for roughly 50 percent of the global population, but in America and other places, they account for over 85 percent of violent crime. A graph of relative risk of death in human males shows that mortality is high immediately following birth, falls during childhood, then exhibits a distinct rise between the ages of 15 and 35--primarily the result of accidents, violence, and risky behaviors. Why? What compels males to drive fast, act violently, and behave stupidly? Why are men's lives so different from those of women? Men presents a new approach to understanding the... Males account for roughly 50 percent of the global population, but in America and other places, they account for over 85 percent of violent crime. ... |
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138,77 zł |
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Sex and Gender in Paleopathological Perspective
ISBN: 9780521620901 / Angielski / Twarda / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A growing body of literature indicates that diseases can affect women and men differently. Because sex differences extend far beyond biology, it is crucial to adopt a biocultural approach toward understanding human disease patterns and processes. This book synthesizes modern medical research with paleopathological investigations. Contributors explore conditions such as osteoporosis and osteopenia, iron deficiency anemia, infection, and immune reactivity and trauma. Recognizing the relationship between these conditions and aspects of sex and gender in past populations assist in the formulation...
A growing body of literature indicates that diseases can affect women and men differently. Because sex differences extend far beyond biology, it is cr...
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546,84 zł |
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Becoming Human : Evolution and Human Uniqueness
ISBN: 9780192862143 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the traits that distinguishes us from our nearest relatives is our curiosity about the origins of our species. Here, Ian Tattersall discusses human uniqueness, investigating the origins of the characteristics and processes that so clearly distinguish human beings, such as creativity, language, and consciousness. Taking the reader around the world, stopping in France to examine 30,000-year-old cave paintings, in Africa to see where our earliest ancestors left their bones, and in remote forests to spy on our closest living relatives, the great apes, Tattersall uncovers what it is that...
One of the traits that distinguishes us from our nearest relatives is our curiosity about the origins of our species. Here, Ian Tattersall discusses h...
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134,01 zł |
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Methodology and Economics: A Critical Introduction
ISBN: 9780333385104 / Angielski / Twarda / 145 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Pheby's volume is especially to be welcomed as a clear and critical introduction to a large, complex and confusing methodological literature...It is recommended for all students of economics however experienced .' A.W.Coats, Kyklos 'Professor Pheby in this much needed book gives a brilliant conducted tour ofour subject.' G.L.S.Shackle, foreword to the Japanese edition. Pheby has provided an antidote to the dangers of adopting, an excessively paradigmatic attitude, by supplying a well written, comprehensible guide to this esoteric field. More advanced scholars will appreciate his 168-entry...
'Pheby's volume is especially to be welcomed as a clear and critical introduction to a large, complex and confusing methodological literature...It is ...
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382,84 zł |
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Principles of Brain Evolution
ISBN: 9780878938209 / Angielski / Twarda / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Brain evolution is a complex weave of species similarities and differences, bound by diverse rules or principles. This book is a detailed examination of these principles, using data from a wide array of vertebrates but minimizing technical details and terminology. It is written for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and more senior scientists who already know something about "the brain," but want a deeper understanding of how diverse brains evolved. The book opens with a brief history of evolutionary neuroscience, then introduces the various groups of vertebrates and their major...
Brain evolution is a complex weave of species similarities and differences, bound by diverse rules or principles. This book is a detailed examination ...
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821,97 zł |
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Recent Advances in Arthropod Endocrinology
ISBN: 9780521591133 / Angielski / Twarda / 426 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Arthropods form the largest and most varied assemblage of organisms on earth. They are notable as agricultural pests, as vectors of disease and as a source of food. Knowledge in the area of arthropod endocrinology has increased greatly in the past decade with the advent of improved techniques for the isolation and study of the hormones themselves, revealing fascinating relationships among the endocrine systems of the various arthropod groups. This collection brings together in a single volume contributions from many of the leading workers in the field, providing in-depth accounts of the...
Arthropods form the largest and most varied assemblage of organisms on earth. They are notable as agricultural pests, as vectors of disease and as a s...
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748,26 zł |
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Human Biology of Pastoral Populations
ISBN: 9780521780162 / Angielski / Twarda / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Human Biology of Pastoral Populations draws together the current knowledge of the biology, population structure, and ecology of herding populations. It investigates how pastoral populations adapt to limited and variable food availability, the implications of the herding way of life for reproductive patterns, population structure and genetic diversity, and the impacts of ongoing social and ecological changes on the health and well-being of these populations. This volume will be of broad interest to scholars in anthropology, human biology, genetics, and demography.
The Human Biology of Pastoral Populations draws together the current knowledge of the biology, population structure, and ecology of herding population...
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659,86 zł |
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Explaining Human Origins: Myth, Imagination and Conjecture
ISBN: 9780521651349 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author argues that theories of human origins developed by archaeologists and physical anthropologists from the early nineteenth century to the present day are structurally similar to Western folk theories, and to the speculations of earlier philosophers. Reviewing a remarkable range of thinkers writing in a variety of European languages, he criticizes the lack of development in theories of human origins, but concludes optimistically that the power of the scientific approach will deliver more reliable theories--only if it is conscious of the baggage it carries over from popular discourse.
The author argues that theories of human origins developed by archaeologists and physical anthropologists from the early nineteenth century to the pre...
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473,13 zł |
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The Development of Brain and Behaviour in the Chicken
ISBN: 9780851989242 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a model organism, the chick has provided valuable insights into broad issues of development in higher animals. The complex interactions between genetic, hormonal and environmental factors which occur in the developing chick provide a potent argument against unitary causal explanations for differences in behavior. Study of the behavior of the chick is also relevant to poultry science and the welfare of domesticated birds. This book reviews research on the development of brain and behavior in the chick and juxtaposes this with similar work on other avian and, to a lesser extent, mammalian...
As a model organism, the chick has provided valuable insights into broad issues of development in higher animals. The complex interactions between gen...
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743,93 zł |
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Molecular Mechanisms in Visual Transduction: Volume 3
ISBN: 9780444501028 / Angielski / Twarda / 596 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Molecular mechanisms in visual transduction is presently one of the most intensely studied areas in the field of signal transduction research in biological cells. Because the sense of vision plays a primary role in animal biology, and thus has been subject to long evolutionary development, the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying vision have a high degree of sensitivity and versatility. The aims of visual transduction research are first
to determine which molecules participate, and then to understand how they act in concert to produce the exquisite electrical responses of the... Molecular mechanisms in visual transduction is presently one of the most intensely studied areas in the field of signal transduction research in biolo...
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778,05 zł |
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Computational Neuroscience: Trends in Research 2000
ISBN: 9780444505491 / Angielski / Twarda / 1164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume includes papers originally presented at the 8th annual Computational Neuroscience meeting (CNS'99) held in July of 1999 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The CNS meetings bring together computational neuroscientists representing many different fields and backgrounds as well as experimental preparations and theoretical approaches. The papers published here range across vast levels of scale from cellular mechanisms to cognitive brain studies. The subjects of the research include many different preparations from invertebrates to humans.
In all cases the work described in this volume... This volume includes papers originally presented at the 8th annual Computational Neuroscience meeting (CNS'99) held in July of 1999 in Pittsburgh, Pen...
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1504,23 zł |
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Peptide Receptors, Part I: Volume 16
ISBN: 9780444829726 / Angielski / Twarda / 517 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the last few years, the pace of research in the field of neuropeptide receptors has increased steadily: new neuropeptides were discovered, and the classification of receptor subtypes has been refined. It thus appeared essential to update the information. Peptide Receptors Part I summarizes current knowledge on ten distinct peptide families.
This volume integrates photomontages and maps of quantitative receptor autoradiography, in situ hybridization histochemistry, and immunocytochemistry images. Application of these classical techniques and of new approaches such as... During the last few years, the pace of research in the field of neuropeptide receptors has increased steadily: new neuropeptides were discovered, and ...
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855,86 zł |
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Volume Transmission Revisited: Volume 125
ISBN: 9780444503145 / Angielski / Twarda / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Volume Transmission Revisited describes the mounting evidence that cells of the central nervous system are able to communicate via a host of chemical signals that flow through the extracellular space. Volume transmission (VT) constitutes a novel and complementary communication system to classical synaptic transmission. The new modality, which does not require specific connections between cells, leads to a reconsideration of the spatial relationships of neurons and glia, brings a new dimension to network modelling and is relevant to both short term interactions and long term tonic states of...
Volume Transmission Revisited describes the mounting evidence that cells of the central nervous system are able to communicate via a host of chemical ...
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1037,40 zł |
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The Primate Nervous System, Part III: Volume 15
ISBN: 9780444500434 / Angielski / Twarda / 434 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is the third and final part of the planned coverage of the neurochemical circuitry of the primate central nervous system. The five chapters included in this volume complement and integrate magnificently with the two prior volumes. Included in the volume are the following: a two-fold exposition on the human forebrain, comprised of a comprehensive overview of the entire human forebrain, and a specific focus on the basal forebrain (a region critical for a wide range of human problems ranging from substance abuse to Alzheimer's disease), a critical synthesis of the primate... This volume is the third and final part of the planned coverage of the neurochemical circuitry of the primate central nervous system. The five chap... |
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855,86 zł |
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