The electron microscope in biology, (The Institute of Biology's studies in biology, no. 9)

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CD-ROM version of the 1997 text by Sobel. PC: 386 cpu, Windows 3.1 or later, 8MB RAM. MAC: System 7.1 or later, 8MB RAM.

Viral Gastroenteritis, Volume 9 (Perspectives in Medical Virology)

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Viral Gastroenteritis, Volume 9 (Perspectives in Medical Virology)

Manufacturer: Elsevier Science
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ASIN: 0444514449

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Viruses are increasingly recognised as the cause of acute gastroenteritis in man, particularly in children. This book provides overviews and updates on current issues relating to basic research, clinical diagnosis, immunology, epidemiology, treatment and prevention of infections with gastroenteritis viruses.

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Boring and tedious.......2001-03-16

It's almost impossible to imagine that an author of a book about stalking killer viruses would spend more time on how the Center for Disease Control (CDC) numbers its buildings and on a CDC water bill from the Zairian government than on the AIDs epidemic, but that's what Ed Regis does in his boring and tedious book.

Virus Ground Zero is filled with details of the bureaucratic ins and outs of the CDC and spliced like an MTV video--the author can't sustain a story line for more than two pages without jumping 10 or 20 or 30 years back into the past. Because of the structure, there is little character development. A painful read.

Do yourself a favor and try Plagues and Peoples by William McNeill instead.

Riveting.......2001-02-02

This book traces the response of the CDC to an Ebola outbreak in Zaire in 1995. Like its predecessor, The Hot Zone, many stories are interwoven throughout the book to give a complete background into what happened. Despite this stylistic similarity, the message of this book is quite different from that of The Hot Zone, as becomes more and more clear by the end of the book.

One of the main story lines is a description of the development of the CDC, from its start as an anti-malaria organization to the multi-faceted behemoth that it is today. After reading the descriptions of the Level 4 labs in The Hot Zone, I never would have guessed at the primitive lab conditions found at the CDC through the 1960s and later.

Regis' core message is that of victory- -victory over this particular outbreak, victory over small pox, and the tremendous success we have had combating infectious illnesses during the twentieth century. He points out that so many infections can be prevented by simple hygiene, like washing one's hands, or by avoiding direct physical contact with infected people by using rubber gloves. Even the much feared Ebola virus doesn't spread easily when people follow standard hygiene protocols common in the developed world. Regis doesn't dismiss the importance of paying attention to communicable diseases and preventing epidemics, but he argues that there is no need to live in fear about new rain forest microbes out to get us.

Virus Ground Zero scores a big "Zero".......2000-12-18

_Virus Ground Zero: Stalking the Killer Viruses with the Centers for Disease Control_ attempts to use the 1995 Kikwit Ebola epidemic as a case study for an examination of humanity's struggle with deadly viral and bacteriological pathogens. Ultimately, however, _Virus Ground Zero_ turns out to be a lightweight read bogged down by two agendas: act as a cheerleader for the Centres for Disease Control (CDC) specifically and science in general, and serve as a polemic against Laurie Garrett's _The Coming Plague_.

Despite the recent (November 2000) announcement of a possible break through in the development of an Ebola vaccine, Regis' `Rah! Rah!' routine for science and its ability to protect us, specifically against threats like Ebola, does not quite ring true. His attack on the near apocalyptic conclusions suggested by viral doomsayer's like Laurie Garrett, for example, is based more on the deconstruction of their semantics than convincing evidence.

Ed Regis brings impressive credentials to what the _Washington Post Book World_ calls "A readable-even fun-book." A philosophy professor and College Fellow at Western Maryland College, Regis has written and reviewed science books for years. One would think that such a background would have produced a more useful text than _Virus Ground Zero_.

Very Cool.......2000-03-02

Mr. Regis writes a fascinating biography of a chilling topic-incurable, deadly killing hemmorrahgic fevers that strike without warning. This book is a Must-read!

A good read.......2000-02-15

An enjoyable book providing entry level information into the topics of viral outbreaks and the CDC. There is a well developed section on the background of the United States' Centers for Disease Control, and a refreshing perspective on the reality of the battle against the "killer microbes." Not an intense review of virology, but a fun easy to understand overview of the Ebola epidemic and other associated viral outbreaks.

Viruses and Virus-Like Agents in Disease: 2nd Karger Symposium Basel, March 7-9, 1993 (Intervirology)

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Viruses and Virus-Like Agents in Disease: 2nd Karger Symposium Basel, March 7-9, 1993 (Intervirology)
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Manufacturer: S Karger Pub
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Medical Virology 9 (Medical Virology) (International Symposium of Medical Virology//Medical Virology)

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Medical Virology 9 (Medical Virology) (International Symposium of Medical Virology//Medical Virology)
Luis M. De La Maza; Ellena M. Petersen
Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: B000OSVDPE

Summary, third NIH Rotavirus Vaccine Workshop : September 8-9, 1988, Building 1, Wilson Hall, Bethesda, Maryland (SuDoc HE 20.3002:R 74)

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Summary, third NIH Rotavirus Vaccine Workshop : September 8-9, 1988, Building 1, Wilson Hall, Bethesda, Maryland (SuDoc HE 20.3002:R 74)
U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services
Manufacturer: [U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00010IZ74

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Plasticity and Geotechnics is the first attempt to summarize and present, in one volume, the major developments achieved to date in the field of plasticity theory for geotechnical materials and its applications to geotechnical analysis and design. The author believes that there is an urgent need for the geotechnical and solid mechanics community to have a unified presentation of plasticity theory and its application to geotechnical engineering.

In its thorough, comprehensive treatment of the subject, the book covers classical, recent, and modern developments of appropriate constitutive theories of stress-strain relations for geomaterials and a wide range of analytical and computational techniques that are available for solving geotechnical design problems. The emphasis is on key concepts behind the most useful theoretical developments, the inter-relation of these concepts, and their implementation in numerical procedures for solving practical problems in geotechnical engineering.

Advances in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings)

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Advances in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings)

Manufacturer: The American Ceramic Society
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ASIN: 1574982346

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Due to its many potential benefits, including high electrical efficiency and low environmental emissions, solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology is the subject of extensive research and development efforts by national laboratories, universities, and private industries. This collection of papers provides valuable insights on materials-related aspects of fuel cells such as SOFC component materials, materials processing, and cell/stack design, performance, and stability. Emerging trends in electrochemical materials, electrodics, interface engineering, long-term chemical interactions are also covered.

Advances in Fission-Track Geochronology (Solid Earth Sciences Library)

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Advances in Fission-Track Geochronology (Solid Earth Sciences Library)

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Since 1980, progress in research on the fission-track dating method and its applications to earth and related sciences has been evaluated during an International Workshop that takes place every four years. This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the International Workshop held in Gent (Belgium) from 26 to 30 August, 1996. Primarily the articles will be of interest to the active fission-track scientists but the combination of research papers and critical reviews that is presented may also provide the interested non-specialist reader with a valuable insight into the fission-track dating method and its role in the earth sciences.
This reader will undoubtedly note the evolution that the method has undergone during the last fifteen years, from a technique that was debated in most of its facets to an established chronometric tool with unique qualities in geothermochronology.

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Advances in Geosciences: Solid Earth

Manufacturer: World Scientific Publishing Company
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Advances in Geosciences: Solid Earth, Ocean Science

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Advances in Geosciences: Solid Earth, Ocean Science

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Advances in Rockfill Structures (NATO Science Series E:)

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Advances in Rockfill Structures (NATO Science Series E:)

Manufacturer: Springer
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Advances in Solid Earth Sciences

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ASIN: 9067642193

Continuum Description of Granular Materials (Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics)

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Continuum Description of Granular Materials (Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics)
Sergio H. Faria , Kolumban Hutter , Nina Kirchner , and Yongqi Wang
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A thematic introduction to the modern theory of continuum mechanics and thermodynamics is presented from the viewpoint of granular and porous materials. In the approach taken here, granular and porous media are treated as continuous macroscopic systems of which the overall response is significantly influenced and determined by microstructural effects. In the continuum mechanical modeling, those microscale effects are captured by the introduction of so-called internal variables which account for geometric and material inhomogeneities or the multiphase nature of granular mixtures. Describing the evolution of such internal variables by additional balance laws, the resulting continuum-thermodynamical system requires careful analysis, including, e.g. the application of the entropy principle of Müller with the corresponding approach of exploitation as suggested by Liu. The book is self-contained and addresses an interdisciplinary audience including civil and geotechnical engineers, physicists, applied mathematicians, soil mechanicians and continuum mechanicians.

Advances in Micromechanics of Granular Materials (Studies in Applied Mechanics)

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Advances in Micromechanics of Granular Materials (Studies in Applied Mechanics)
Hayley H. Shen , and Masao Satake
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