Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.4 Avogadro's Number and the Mole -- Molar Mass -- The Mole and Avogadro's Number -- Molar Mass -- Converting Between Masses, Moles, and Atoms/Molecules/Ions -- 3.5 Formula Weights and Elemental Compositions of Substances -- Molecular Formulas from Empirical Formulas -- Combustion Analysis -- 3.6 Reaction Stoichiometry -- 3.7 Limiting Reactants -- Theoretical and Percent Yields -- Chapter Summary and Key Terms -- Learning Outcomes -- Key Equations -- Exercises -- Additional Exercises -- Integrative Exercises -- Design an Experiment -- Strategies for Success Problem Solving -- Chemistry and Life Glucose Monitoring -- Strategies for Success Design an Experiment -- Chapter 4: Reactions in Aqueous Solution -- 4.1 General Properties of Aqueous Solutions -- Electrolytes and Nonelectrolytes -- How Compounds Dissolve in Water -- Strong and Weak Electrolytes -- 4.2 Precipitation Reactions -- Solubility Guidelines for Ionic Compounds -- Exchange (Metathesis) Reactions -- Ionic Equations and Spectator Ions -- 4.3 Acids, Bases, and Neutralization Reactions -- Acids -- Bases -- Strong and Weak Acids and Bases -- Identifying Strong and Weak Electrolytes -- Neutralization Reactions and Salts -- Neutralization Reactions with Gas Formation -- 4.4 Oxidation-Reduction Reactions -- Oxidation and Reduction -- Oxidation Numbers -- Oxidation of Metals by Acids and Salts -- The Activity Series -- 4.5 Concentrations of Solutions -- Molarity -- Expressing the Concentration of an Electrolyte -- Interconverting Molarity, Moles, and Volume -- Dilution -- 4.6 Solution Stoichiometry and Chemical Analysis -- Titrations -- Chapter Summary and Key Terms -- Learning Outcomes -- Key Equations -- Exercises -- Additional Exercises -- Integrative Exercises -- Design an Experiment -- Chemistry Put to Work Antacids -- Strategies for Success Analyzing Chemical Reactions…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4 Common Causes of Maternal Cardiac Arrest -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Learning Objectives -- 4.3 BAACC TO LIFE: Bleeding -- 4.4 BAACC TO LIFE: Anesthesia -- 4.5 BAACC TO LIFE: Amniotic Fluid Embolism -- 4.6 BAACC TO LIFE: Cardiovascular -- 4.7 BAACC TO LIFE: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy -- 4.8 BAACC to LIFE: Clot/Cerebrovascular Pulmonary Embolism -- 4.9 BAACC TO LIFE: Trauma -- 4.10 BAACC TO LIFE: Overdose -- 4.11 BAACC TO LIFE: Acute Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress -- 4.12 BAACC TO LIFE: Ions (Glucose, K+) -- 4.13 BAACC TO LIFE: Fever -- 4.14 BAACC TO LIFE: Emergency Hypertension/Eclampsia -- Chapter 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 2.4 - Consequences of sleep deprivation -- 2.4.1 - Cognitive performance -- 2.4.1.1 - Sleepiness -- 2.4.1.2 - Cognitive performance -- 2.4.1.3 - Emotion, vigor, quality of life -- 2.4.1.4 - Presenteeism, tardiness, and absenteeism -- 2.4.2 - Health consequences of sleep deprivation -- 2.4.2.1 - Cardiovascular -- 2.4.2.2 - Obesity -- 2.4.2.3 - Endocrine effect -- 2.4.2.4 - Blood glucose levels -- 2.4.2.5 - Immune system -- 2.5 - Benefits of sleep -- References -- Chapter 3 - Circadian rhythms and sleep-circadian interactions -- 3.1 - Circadian rhythms -- 3.1.1 - What are circadian rhythms? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….] -- Identification of models of brain glucose metabolism from 18F : deoxyglucose PET images / P. …”

“…Gluconeogenesis, the metabolic process through which glucose or glycogen is synthesized from noncarbohydrate substrates, is critical for maintaining the plasma glucose level within a narrow range either in the fed or fasting (nutritional deprivation) state. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Important things to know about the "news" media -- Getting media attention is a competitive business -- Controversial points of view often attract -- Political partisans can be hazardous to your wealth -- Uncovering Gurus' Agendas -- Figuring out what they're really selling -- Checking out their qualifications and track records -- Deciding Whether Hiring an Advisor Is the Right Choice -- Chapter 8 Following Financial Markets -- Understanding Stocks and Bonds -- Making Informed Investing Decisions -- Connecting corporate profits to stock prices -- Looking at financial market efficiency -- Focusing on interest rates, inflation, and the Federal Reserve -- Challenging Financial Markets During Changing Times -- What really moves financial markets (in the short term) -- Why market timing is so hard to do -- Part 4 Keeping Your Personal Finance House in Order -- Chapter 9 Getting on the Right Road with Spending and Saving -- Getting a Handle on Your Spending -- Differentiating necessities from luxuries -- Reducing your expenditures -- Setting and following a budget -- Some final spending reminders . . . -- Saving: Necessary Rocket Fuel -- Understanding compounded returns -- Considering your short- and long-term personal and financial goals -- Noting the power of tax-deferred retirement accounts -- Upping Your Income -- Lowering Your Tax Bill -- Knowing your income tax rate -- Using your income tax rate -- Taxing issues regarding children -- Making quarterly tax filing requirements -- Ouch! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Quality of Performance -- Three Levels of Quality3 -- The Five Paradigms of Quality -- The Customer-Craft Paradigm -- The Mass-Production Paradigm -- The Statistical Quality Control Paradigm -- The Total Quality Management Paradigm -- The Techno-Craft Paradigm -- Dimensions of Product Quality -- Dimensions of Service Quality4 -- Old Quality Versus New Quality -- Cost of Quality (COQ)5 -- Size of Four Categories of Quality Costs6 -- Hidden Quality Costs -- Total Quality Costs -- Quality Costs in Service Organizations -- Identifying and Using Quality Cost Information -- Cost of Quality Assessment -- Quality Cost Indices -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Case Study -- Quality is King -- Company -- Business Segments -- The Cost of Success -- Quality Management -- For Discussion -- Exercises -- Short-answer Questions -- Match the Following -- Discussion Questions -- Projects -- End Notes -- Chapter 2: Quality Gurus -- Introduction -- Walter Shewart -- W. Edwards Deming -- The Deming Cycle: PDCA Cycle4 -- PDCA Cycle-Description -- Applications of the PDCA Cycle -- The Ramp of Improvement -- The Deming Chain Reaction -- Deming's 14-Point Methodology -- Joseph Juran -- Juran's Quality Trilogy6 -- Juran's Formula -- Armand Feigenbaum -- Key Elements of Feigenbaum's Philosophy of Quality Control9…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Transposon-Based Technologies for Insects -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Transposons Used in Insects -- 1.2.1 P elements -- 1.2.2 piggyBac -- 1.2.3 Mos1 -- 1.2.4 Minos -- 1.2.5 Hermes, Herves, hopper and hobo -- 1.2.6 Tn5 -- 1.3 Mutagenesis -- 1.4 Germline Transformation -- 1.5 Transposons as Technology Platforms -- 1.5.1 Gene expression -- 1.5.2 Cell ablation -- 1.5.3 Gene silencing -- 1.5.4 Genetic sensors -- 1.6 Hybrid Transposase Systems for Precision Integration -- 1.7 CRISPR-associated Transposases -- 1.8 Conclusion -- 2 Inducible and Repressible Systems for Transgene Expression -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Naturally Occurring Systems of Conditional Expression -- 2.2.1 Heat shock - hsp70 -- 2.2.2 Natural temperature-sensitive lethal elements and mutations -- 2.2.3 Glucose repression -- 2.2.4 Metallothionein -- 2.2.5 lac inducible systems -- 2.3 Synthetic Systems -- 2.3.1 Tetracycline-mediated expression -- 2.3.2 Dimerization -- 2.3.3 GeneSwitch -- 2.3.4 Q system -- 2.3.5 Use of Cre/loxP recombination -- 2.4 Conclusions -- 3 Sex-, Tissue- and Stage-Specific Transgene Expression -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Gene Regulation in Insects -- 3.2.1 Transcriptional control -- 3.2.2 The promoter -- 3.2.3 Enhancers and silencers -- 3.2.4 Chromatin structure and genomic position effects -- 3.3 Post-transcriptional and Translational Control -- 3.3.1 Untranslated regions and introns -- 3.3.2 Regulatory RNAs -- 3.3.3 Splicing -- 3.3.4 Translational control -- 3.4 The Basic Genetic Construct -- 3.5 Sex-Specific Gene Expression -- 3.5.1 Targeting chromosomes -- 3.5.2 Sex-specific splicing -- 3.5.3 Sex-specific promoters -- 3.6 Tissue-Specific Gene Expression -- 3.6.1 Targeting tissues relevant for parasite transmission…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Contemplating Collectibles -- Understanding the allure of collectibles -- Seeing the realities of collectibles and their returns -- Considering advice on buying collectibles -- Understanding Annuities and Cash-Value Life Insurance -- Availing yourself of annuities -- Considering cash-value life insurance -- Part 5 The Part of Tens -- Chapter 16 Ten Things to Know about Investing Resources -- Get Educated to Discern the Best from the Rest -- Beware "Free" -- Understand the Influence of Advertising -- Value Quality over Quantity -- Know How to Check Out a Resource -- Beware Hype and Exaggeration -- Don't Assume Quoted Experts Know Their Stuff -- Investigate Gurus' Claims -- Don't Believe Investment-Newsletter Claims -- Check Out and Keep Up with My Favorite Resources -- Chapter 17 Ten Essential Tips for Investing Success -- Regularly Save and Invest 5 Percent to 10 Percent of Your Income -- Understand and Use Your Employee Benefits -- Thoroughly Research Before You Invest -- Shun Investments with High Commissions and Expenses…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Thou Shalt Not Abuse Thine Audience with an Endless Array of Cute Animations or Funny Sounds -- VII. Keep Thy Computer Gurus Happy -- VIII. Thou Shalt Backeth Up Thy Files Day by Day -- IX. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Thou Shalt Not Abuse Thine Audience with an Endless Array of Cute Animations or Funny Sounds -- VII. Keep Thy Computer Gurus Happy -- VIII. Thou Shalt Backeth Up Thy Files Day by Day -- IX. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…/ T-jump investigation of intramolecular electron exchanges in Hansenula anomala yeast flavocytochrome b2, L-lactate-cytochrome c oxidoreductase / A pulse radiolysis study of flavocytochrome b2: differences in reactivity with carboxylate radicals between flavin and haem b2 / The distribution of reducing equivalents among some species in succinate dehydrogenase upon reduction by succinate / Ionic species of the flavin and the catalytic cycle of succinate dehydrogenase / ESR spectroscopic studies of succinate dehydrogenase and fumarate reductase from Escherichia coli / Fumarate reductase from Escherichia coli requires the frdC and frdD gene products for quinone reductase activity / Glutamate synthase from Azospirillum brasilense / Oxidation-reduction properties of glycolate oxidase / Studies with the flavin-dependent alcohol oxidase from yeast: properties and catalytic mechanism / Pulse radiolysis studies on the formation and decay of the flavin 4a-hydroperoxide species of glucose oxidase / E.coli pyruvate oxidase: a hysteretic enzyme / Mechanism and functionality of FMN in liver pyridoxine (pyridoxamine) 5'-phosphate oxidase / Enzymatic properties of yeast pyridoxamine-P oxidase / A photo-labelling reagent of brain pyridoxine-5-P oxidase / Non-stereospecific reduction of monoamine oxidase from bovine liver by analogs of amphetamine / The kinetics of NADPH-dependent reduction of FAD and cytochrome b in a solubilised preparation of the superoxide generating oxidase of neutrophils / Flavoprotein monooxygenases / The nature of the 4a-hydroperoxyflavin in the mammalian flavin-containing monooxygenase / The effect of pH and ionic strength on the binding of NADPH and NADPH analogues to p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase from Pseudomonas fluorescens: the importance of monopole-monopole and monopole-dipole interactions…”