Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.16 Evolution Connection Lactose tolerance is a recent event in human evolution -- Chapter Review -- 4 A Tour of the cell -- Introduction to the Cell -- 4.1 Microscopes reveal the world of the cell -- 4.2 The small size of cells relates to the need to exchange materials across the plasma membrane -- 4.3 Prokaryotic cells are structurally simpler than eukaryotic cells -- 4.4 Eukaryotic cells are partitioned into functional compartments -- The Nucleus and Ribosomes -- 4.5 The nucleus contains the cell's genetic instructions -- 4.6 Ribosomes make proteins for use in the cell and for export -- The Endomembrane System -- 4.7 Many organelles are connected in the endomembrane system -- 4.8 The endoplasmic reticulum is a biosynthetic workshop -- 4.9 The Golgi apparatus modifies, sorts, and ships cell products -- 4.10 Lysosomes are digestive compartments within a cell -- 4.11 Vacuoles function in the general maintenance of the cell -- Energy-Converting Organelles -- 4.13 Mitochondria harvest chemical energy from food -- 4.14 A review of the structures involved in manufacturing and breakdown -- 4.15 Evolution Connection Chloroplasts convert solar energy to chemical energy -- 4.16 Mitochondria and chloroplasts evolved by endosymbiosis -- The Cytoskeleton and Cell Surfaces -- 4.16 The cell's internal skeleton helps organize its structure and activities -- 4.17 Scientific Thinking Scientists discovered the cytoskeleton using the tools of biochemistry and microscopy -- 4.18 Cilia and flagella move when microtubules bend -- 4.19 The extracellular matrix of animal cells functions in support and regulation -- 4.20 Three types of cell junctions are found in animal tissues -- 4.21 Cell walls enclose and support plant cells -- 4.22 Review: Eukaryotic cell structures can be grouped on the basis of four main functions -- Chapter Review -- 5 The Working Cell…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Biodiversity conservation and sustainable use -- Costa Rica has reversed deforestation, but pressures on its rich biodiversity remain strong -- The revision of the National Biodiversity Strategy is an opportunity to enhance policy coherence -- Protected areas have helped reduce biodiversity loss, but their ecological representativeness and management could be improved -- Costa Rica expanded its network of protected area and biological corridors -- There is scope to improve the management of protected areas and biological corridors -- Tourism generates revenue for protected areas and employment for local communities but also puts pressure on fragile natural areas -- There is an urgent need to complete spatial planning and mainstream biodiversity in it -- Costa Rica pioneering programme of payment for ecosystem services should be extended and reinforced -- There is a need for scaling up finance for biodiversity and better spending it -- The equitable use of genetic and biochemical resources can be a driver of innovation and business opportunities…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Geschichten zum ›Begriff‹ Genese der Nachdenklichkeit aus dem Zögern…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3 Analysis of Shear Strength Index of Red Soil Sample Under Dry and Wet Cycle -- 4 Influence of Wet and Dry Cycles on the Stability of Laterite Roadbed Slope -- 4.1 Numerical Analysis Model -- 4.2 Calculation Parameters -- 4.3 Analysis of Calculation Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Formation and Evolution Mechanism of the ZhengGang Giant Ancient Landslide -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Regional Geological Background -- 3 Zhenggang Landslide -- 3.1 Basic Characteristics and Zone -- 3.2 Material Composition -- 3.3 The Landslide Structural Characteristics -- 3.4 Characteristics of the Slip Zone -- 3.5 Zoning Deformation Characteristics -- 4 Numerical Analysis of Zhenggang Landslide Formation and Evolution Process -- 4.1 Model and Parameters -- 4.2 Numerical Calculation Results -- 5 Discussion -- 5.1 The Steeply Dipping Layered Rock Mass Toppling Formation Process -- 5.2 The Giant Ancient Landslide Formation and Evolution Process -- 5.3 The Genetic Mechanism of the Toppling Deformation Body Evolving into a Giant Ancient Landslide -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Potential Instability Modes and Support Stability Analysis of Soil Accumulation Slopes Along the Lexi Expressway -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Lexi Expressway ZK125 + 654-ZK125 + 775 Section Slope Introduction -- 2.1 Slope Engineering Geological Conditions -- 2.2 Slope Disposal Measures -- 3 Model Establishment and Parameter Selection -- 3.1 Establishment of Calculation Model -- 3.2 Calculation Parameter Selection -- 4 Analysis of Deformation and Failure Process of Unsupported Excavation State of Slope -- 4.1 Natural Slope Characterization -- 4.2 Characteristics of Deformation and Failure of Unsupported Excavation State of Slope -- 4.3 Analysis of Slope Deformation and Failure Mechanism -- 5 Analysis of Deformation and Failure Process of Slope Support Excavation State…”

“…Because organisms use information--including DNA codes, gene expression, and chemical signaling--to construct, maintain, repair, and replicate themselves, it would seem only natural to use information-related ideas in our attempts to understand the general nature of living systems, the causality by which they operate, the difference between living and inanimate matter, and the emergence, in some biological species, of cognition, emotion, and language. …”

“…It discusses the physiological functions, genetics, and genomics of legume crops. Chapters address such topics as genetics and biological insights of seed traits in the context of climate change, improving quality and yields of legume seeds, new genetic resources from diverse germplasms, and agricultural benefits of legumes in agroecosystems…”

“…Human genetics is the medical field with the most rapid progress. …”

“…Cutting Edge - highlights advances in pharmacogenomics and explores how an individual's genetic makeup influences their response to therapeutic drugs and the potential for harmful side effects. …”

“…Annotation In recent years, studies in the field of thyroid cancer have been performed in order to identify and verify thyroid specific biomarkers, as well as cancer-specific changes in gene expression patterns and alterations of the protein content. …”

“…Research on targetable mutations, determination of genetic "signatures" that can use multiple individual genes/pathways, development of targeted therapy, and insight into the value of new technology remains at the cutting edge of research in this field. …”

“…In each contribution, several thematic areas and various cytogenetic techniques are proposed to better demonstrate the potentiality of this biological technology in the genetic improvement of livestock. Special attention was paid to the presence of chromosomal abnormalities in domestic animals and their effects on reproduction, suggesting the routine use of karyotype analyses on reproducers to drastically reduce the effects on reproduction and the economic losses encountered by breeders. …”

“…Pharmacogenetics is the study of the effects of individual genetics on drug responses. This book provides an overview of the current state of the pharmacological genetic aspects of these treatments. …”

“…Several researchers have proposed various genetic markers for specific detection of pandemic clone of V. parahaemolyticus. …”

“…Who will be the winner in the genetic war between the sexes? Welcome to Monkeyluv, a curious and entertaining collection of essays about the human animal in all its fascinating variety, from Robert M. …”

“…These molecules add a new layer of complexity to biological processes and pathways by revealing a sophisticated and dynamic interconnected system whose structure is just beginning to be uncovered. Genetic and epigenetic aberrations affecting ncRNA gene sequences and their expression have been linked to a variety of pathological conditions, including cancer, cardiovascular and neurological diseases. …”

“…And, because retrotransposition can confer genetic diversity that is beneficial to the host, the vertebrate intrinsic immunity has evolved to support a balance between retroelement insertions that confer beneficial and those that cause deleterious gene disruptions. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Dedication -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part 1 - Understanding the Basics of Who, What, and Why -- Chapter 1: SRE Job Role - Activities and Responsibilities -- Making this journey personal -- SRE driving forces -- SRE skills -- SRE traits -- Understanding the mindset and hobbies of an SRE -- SRE affinity game -- SRE guiding principles -- SRE hobbies -- DevOps engineers versus SRE versus others -- DevOps and site reliability engineers -- Software and site reliability engineers -- Describing an SRE's main responsibilities -- An overview of the daily activities of an SRE -- People that inspire -- Jeremy's recognition - Paul Tyma, former CTO, LendingTree -- Rod's recognition - Ingo Averdunk, Distinguished Engineer, IBM, and Gene Brown, Distinguished Engineer, Kyndryl -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 2: Fundamental Numbers - Reliability Statistics -- SLA commitment - a conversation, not a number -- Internal partner SLAs -- External partner SLAs -- The cost of more 9s in an SLA -- A final word on SLAs -- Defining and leveraging SLOs and SLIs -- SLOs -- SLOs and time -- Tracking outage frequency with the MTBF -- Measuring the downtime with the MTTR -- Understanding the customer and revenue impact -- Transparency in outages -- The rockstar SRE's SLA -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Imperfect Habits - Duct Tape Architecture and Spaghetti Code -- The business of software development - let's start with the dollars -- Defining the "value" of software to a business -- The value of protecting business -- The value of growing a business -- The value of saving labor costs -- The A/B testing mindset - the art of change in customer interaction -- A/B testing in customer flows -- Analyzing the results of A/B testing -- Leveraging A/B testing to satisfy quarterly numbers…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Concept of Nature in Whitehead and Merleau‐Ponty -- Rosi Braidotti's Celebratory Posthuman Philosophy -- A Fully Posthuman Situation -- Wendy Chun on Software Code -- Software Code as Expanded Narration -- The Software of the Future -- Star Trek: Technologies of Disappearance -- Technoscience and Storytelling -- From Liberal Humanism to Posthumanism -- Cyborg Spock and NASA's Cyborg -- First Order Cybernetics -- How Information Lost Its Body -- Claus Pias on First‐Order Cybernetics -- Gene Roddenberry Designs His First Alien -- "The Devil in the Dark": Empathy for Radical Otherness -- Second Order Cybernetics -- Bernhard Dotzler on Second‐Order Cybernetics -- The Android Data of Star Trek: The Next Generation -- "The Offspring": Data's Daughter Lal -- Third Order Cybernetics -- "Becoming‐Borg" Seven of Nine -- Star Trek: Picard, "Remembrance" -- "Embodied Informatics" is a Science Fiction Idea -- Hayles on Writing and Software Code -- Hyper‐Modernist Science -- I, Robot and the Moral Dilemmas of the Three Laws of Robotics -- The Zeroth Law of Robotics and the Robot Unconscious -- Hayles on the Cognitive Nonconscious -- Marie‐Luise Angerer Critiques Hayles -- Judith Butler and Gender Theory -- Ex Machina and the Turing Test -- Ex Machina: The Performance of Female and Human -- Monique Wittig, The Straight Mind -- Software Code as Expanded Narration -- Software Code as Expressive Media -- Friedrich Kittler: The Numeric Kernel is Decisive -- Kittler's Media Archaeology -- Wolfgang Hagen on Programming Languages -- Ten Paradigms of Informatics and Programming -- The First Hyper‐Modern Computers -- Enter Software Studies -- Enter Creative Coding -- Alan Turing: The Imitation Game and Befriending the Evil Demon…”

“…Exogenous toxic factors can in fact interact in complex ways with the genetic constitution of the infant leading to polymorphisms and/or mutations of specific genes (as polymorphisms of the serotonin transporter gene 5-HTT, the regulator of the synaptic serotonin concentration, and of the PHOX2B, the key gene in the Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome). …”