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Pathways, Second Edition, is a global, five-level academic English program. Carefully-guided lessons develop the language skills, critical thinking, and learning strategies required for academic success. Using authentic and relevant content from National Geographic, including video, charts, and other infographics, Pathways prepares students to work effectively and confidently in an academic environment. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

This book focuses on the functional significance of targeting apoptosis for the treatment of prostate cancer. New concepts on the challenges relating to the development of resistance by androgen-independent tumors are introduced, in terms of the contribution of anoikis and cross-talk of androgens with key growth factor signaling pathways. This volume also provides insightful discussion on the exploitation of the apoptotic and angiogenic synergism towards complete eradication of prostate tumors. Last but not least, it includes reflections on the drug development challenge based on the analysis of data from existing clinical trials.

This internationally appealing book is based on a two-year case study of a group of young people as they move through their final year of mandatory schooling and into their first year of post-16 experience. It looks at their choices, the market behaviour of local education and training providers and those who help and advise these choices. The authors show that recent and current political policies for post-16 education disadvantage, marginalise and exclude young people rather than improve their life chances. The book draws together the major issues and attempts to suggest alternative ways forward for a more inclusive post-16 education and training system.

The auditory system is a complex neural system composed of many types of neurons connected into networks. One feature that sets the auditory system apart from other sensory systems, such as somatosensory or visual systems, is the many stages of neural processing that occur between the ear in the periphery and the cerebral cortex. Each stage is composed of specialized types of neurons connected in specific microcircuits that perform computations on the information about sound. To understand this processing, all the tools of neuroscience must be employed. The proposed text integrates cell biology, synaptic physiology, and electrophysiology to fully develop the topic, presenting an overview of the functional anatomy of the central auditory system. It is organized based on the neuronal connectivity of the central auditory system, which emphasizes the neurons, their synaptic organization, and their formation of functional pathways and microcircuits. The goal of the book is to stimulate research into the cell biology of the central auditory system and the characteristics of the specific neurons and connections that are necessary for normal hearing. Future research on the development of the central auditory including that employing stem cells will require such information in order to engineer appropriate therapeutic approaches. ​

This key work exposes international studies from leading social sciences researchers who use various theoretical perspectives and methodological orientations to depict deviant drug and crime-related pathways. The chapters have been grouped into four sections. The first section, Deviance, Set and Setting, discusses a new basis for the understanding of deviant pathways. The second section, Youth, Drug and Delinquency Pathways, presents empirical studies which help to understand the drug-crime relationship. The third section discusses Adult, Drug and Crime Pathways adopted by drug users, flexers , traders or dealers, and traffickers. Finally, the fourth section, Ways Out of deviant pathways, explores approaches for controlling drug use and criminality socially or individually, with or without legal intervention or formal help. In short, this book presents an invaluable overview of the most advanced research in the field of deviant drug-and crime-related pathways.

Topic Editors Terry Hinds and David Stec have submitted patents related to bilirubin and obesity related disorders. The other Topic Editor declare no potential conflicts of interest with regards to the Research Topic subject.

A consequence of rapid progress in the science of nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics is the substantial accumulation of data covering nutrienal modulation of gene expression at the cellular and subcellular levels. Current research is increasingly focused on the role of nutrition and diet in modifying oxidative damage in the progression of disease. Dietary Modulation of Cell Signaling Pathways reviews some of these findings, focusing on nutrient-gene interactions with particular emphasis on the intracellular signaling network. Explore a Pivotal Function for Maintaining Homeostasis The book addresses the dietary modulation of particular gene expression systems and highlights the underlying molecular and cellular mechanisms that involve upstream signaling molecules, such as kinases and transcription factors in the context of their therapeutic potential. It describes nutrients’ actions on the activation of an antioxidant and inflammatory transcription factor and the induction of their target gene expression. Provides a Mechanistic Understanding of the Action of Dietary Components Comprehensively covering dietary modulation of cell signaling, leading experts provide information on state-of-the-art research in their own specialty. For those working in the fields of dietary components, molecular mechanisms, and health benefits, this book presents a useful tool for mechanistic understanding of the action of dietary components.

Plants offer exciting opportunities to understand major biological questions, i.e. the regulation of development and morphogenesis. How are changes of the environment, developmental cues, and other signals perceived and transduced in physiological responses? What are the elements of plant signalling pathways and what is their organization? The panoply of molecular tools and techniques as well as the blossoming field of plant genetics are providing an exciting ground for major breakthroughs in unravelling the fundamental mechanisms of plant signalling. The present book establishes a state-of-the-art framework spanning the wide spectrum of perception, signal transduction events and transport processes, including cell proliferation and cell cycle regulation, embryogenesis, and flowering. Moreover, the volume emphasizes the role of the major plant signalling substances known to date (the phytohormones and more recently studied substances) and summarizes what we know on their molecular mechanisms of action. The book emphasizes how the use of molecular technology has made plant signalling processes accessible to experimental test.

As our understanding of apoptotic pathway expands, we are coming to realize the great potential of utilizing this pathway to treat diseases such as cancer. The book attempts to review, summarize, and speculate on the apoptotic pathways, how are they regulated and how targeted therapies are being used to treat a wide variety of diseases. Special emphasis is placed on cancer since new treatments either being developed or currently in the clinical setting are showing great promise to increase survival rates for cancer patients. Chapters will address the biology behind regulating the apoptotic pathways and what goes wrong in disease states whereas other chapters will concentrate on new therapies targeting apoptotic pathways. The reader by the end of the book should have greater insight into the understanding and utilization of apoptotic pathways to fight diseases such as cancer.

This book harnesses research to illustrate dynamic processes of recovery from alcohol use disorder. Abstinence is not the only way.

The AACR Annual Meeting highlights the best cancer science and medicine from institutions all over the world. Attendees are invited to stretch their boundaries, form collaborations, attend sessions outside their own areas of expertise, and learn how to apply exciting new concepts, tools, and techniques to their own research. Part A contains abstracts 1-3062 accepted for the 2017 meeting.

Section 1. Setting the scene. How the rice crop works and why it needs a new engine / J. E. Sheehy ... [et al.]. The case for C[symbol] rice / P. L. Mitchell and J. E. Sheehy. Agricultural research, poverty alleviation, and key trends in Asia's rice economy / D. Dawe. Catching up with the literature for C[symbol] rice: what we know now and didn't then / P. L. Mitchell -- section 2. C[symbol] rice from theory to practice. C[symbol] photosynthesis: minor or major adjustments to a C[symbol] theme? / R. C. Leegood. C[symbol] photosynthesis and CO[symbol] diffusion / S. von Caemmerer ... [et al.]. Nuclear regulation of chloroplast development in C[symbol] and C[symbol] plants / J. A. Langdale ... [et al.]. Balancing light capture with distributed metabolic demand during C4 photosynthesis / J. R. Evans, T. C. Vogelmann, and S. von Caemmerer. Redesigning C[symbol] rice from limited C[symbol] photosynthesis / D. M. Jiao. Overexpression of C[symbol] pathway genes in the C[symbol] dicots potato, tobacco, and arabidopsis: experiences and future challenges / C. Peterhänsel, H.-J. Hirsch, and F. Kreuzaler. Molecular evolution of C[symbol] photosynthesis in the dicot genus flaveria: implications for the design of a C[symbol] plant / U. Gowik and P. Westhoff. Learning from nature to develop strategies for the directed evolution of C[symbol] rice / R. Sage and T. L. Sage. The regulation of genes in C[symbol] plants that have been co-opted into C[symbol] photosynthesis, and implications for making a C[symbol] rice / J. M. Hibberd -- section 3. Single-cell C[symbol] systems. C[symbol] rice: early endeavors and models tested / J. Burnell. Breaking the Kranz paradigm in terrestrial C[symbol] plants: does it hold promise for C[symbol] rice? / G. E. Edwards ... [et al.]. Hydrilla: retrofitting a C[symbol] leaf with a single-cell C[symbol] NADP-ME system / G. Bowes ...[et al.]. The ecology and evolution of single-cell C[symbol]-like photosynthesis in diatoms: relevance to C[symbol] rice / J. A. Raven ... [et al.] -- section 4. The background and how C[symbol] rice can be delivered. The promise of systems biology for deciphering the control of C[symbol] leaf development: transcriptome profiling of leaf cell types / T. Nelson ... [et al.]. Toward C[symbol] rice: learning from the acclimation of photosynthesis in the C[symbol] leaf / E. H. Murchie and P. Horton. Wild species of Oryza: a rich reservoir of genetic variability for rice improvement / D. S. Brar and J. M. Ramos. C[symbol] rice: a plant breeder's perspective / P. S. Virk and S. Peng. From allele engineering to phenotype / P. Hervé -- section 5. Setting up the consortium. C[symbol] rice: brainstorming from bioinformaticians / R. Bruskiewich and S. Wanchana. Surveying the possible pathways to C[symbol] rice / P. L. Mitchell and J. E. Sheehy

Pathways, Second Edition, is a global, five-level academic English program. Carefully-guided lessons develop the language skills, critical thinking, and learning strategies required for academic success. Using authentic and relevant content from National Geographic, including video, charts, and other infographics, Pathways prepares students to work effectively and confidently in an academic environment.

This volume covers topics such as the structure and identification of functional domains of G proteins, and activation of G proteins by receptors or other regulators. The text takes an integrated approach to studying common experimental questions at many different levels related to G proteins. Methods related to G proteins using molecular modeling, systems biology, protein engineering, protein biochemistry, cell biology, and physiology are all accessible in the same volume. The critically acclaimed laboratory standard for more than forty years, Methods in Enzymology is one of the most highly respected publications in the field of biochemistry. Since 1955, each volume has been eagerly awaited, frequently consulted, and praised by researchers and reviewers alike. Now with more than 300 volumes (all of them still in print), the series contains much material still relevant today truly an essential publication for researchers in all fields of life sciences.