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The aim of Apoptosis and Cancer is to describe the performance of contemporary techniques for studying the biology of apoptosis and its role in cancer. The protocols described will aid both the academic laboratory interested in further characterizing the mechanisms of apoptosis, as well as the industry laboratory, aimed at identifying new target molecules or screening for new compounds with potential clinical use.
In this charming and concise book, Nicholas Brown looks beyond the clichés to illuminate the colourful history of Australia's capital.
Utopian Generations develops a powerful interpretive matrix for understanding world literature--one that renders modernism and postcolonial African literature comprehensible in a single framework, within which neither will ever look the same. African literature has commonly been seen as representationally naïve vis-à-vis modernism, and canonical modernism as reactionary vis-à-vis postcolonial literature. What brings these two bodies of work together, argues Nicholas Brown, is their disposition toward Utopia or "the horizon of a radical reconfiguration of social relations.? Grounded in a profound rethinking of the Hegelian Marxist tradition, this fluently written book takes as its point of...
This dictionary contains 10,000 Russian words in order of importance starting with the most common and finishing with words that occur about 8 times in a million. All the words have English translations, many have examples of usage and the entries include information on stress and grammatical irregularities. There is also a complete alphabetical index to the words in the list. A learner who knows all or most of these 10,000 words can be regarded as competent in Russian for all normal purposes. The list takes you from a beginner's core vocabulary through to postgraduate level.
For the past year, not a day had gone by when Evan hadn't thought about this exact moment, the moment he and Ben would be reunited. It was frozen in his time and memory, much like this cabin by the sea - or so it seemed. There was the possibility that what was about to happen one weekend in Janus was in fact a very bad idea, that the loving reunion he'd so hoped for, would be dashed by their divided realities. Reunited by a love and longing that tethers them to one another, Ben and Evan must struggle with their history, in order to accept the present. Can Evan ask the right questions and get the answers he needs to move forwards? Or, is their history enough to save them both?
A piercing and scientifically grounded look at the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic and how it will change the way we live—"excellent and timely." (The New Yorker) Apollo's Arrow offers a riveting account of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as it swept through American society in 2020, and of how the recovery will unfold in the coming years. Drawing on momentous (yet dimly remembered) historical epidemics, contemporary analyses, and cutting-edge research from a range of scientific disciplines, bestselling author, physician, sociologist, and public health expert Nicholas A. Christakis explores what it means to live in a time of plague—an experience that is paradoxically uncommo...
AN AUTHORITATIVE SURVEY OF CURRENT RESEARCH INTO CLINICALLY USEFUL CONVENTIONAL AND NONCONVENTIONAL ANTIBIOTIC THERAPEUTICS Pharmaceutically-active antibiotics revolutionized the treatment of infectious diseases, leading to decreased mortality and increased life expectancy. However, recent years have seen an alarming rise in the number and frequency of antibiotic-resistant "Superbugs." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that over two million antibiotic-resistant infections occur in the United States annually, resulting in approximately 23,000 deaths. Despite the danger to public health, a minimal number of new antibiotic drugs are currently in development or in cl...
This story is about a single father with two daughters. They move to a small town, looking for a fresh start, when tragedy hits-the youngest girl, Ada, gets kidnapped. In a desperate attempt to find her little sister, Felicity, in her search, uncovers that the town has a dark past. More than twenty-five girls have been abducted, and the last victim lived in their apartment. Digging deeper, she reveals that her body was never found, and the murders were never solved. Just when you think things can't get any worse, Felicity soon finds herself in the middle of a decade's old nightmare. With thrills, suspense, and anticipation on every page-will the girl uncover new evidence, solving an old, forgotten murder investigation? Or will she be the next body in the morgue? Rushing against the clock, she has to be diligent in her search before her time runs out. Read The Legend of Hickory Hollow to find out the rest of the story and see if you can help solve the mystery.