Publications
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Global Challenges in Radiation Oncology
(2015)
In the United States, much of the research is focused on developing new and very expensive technologies and drugs - often without a major therapeutic benefit. In resource limited countries, basic oncology care is frequently ...
Glial Plasticity in Depression
(2016)
Major depression is a highly prevalent disorder that poses a significant social burden in society nowadays. The pathophysiology of this disease is still poorly understood but growing evidence suggests that impaired neuron ...
The Global Challenge Posed by the Multiresistant International Clones of Bacterial Pathogens
(2017)
Multiresistant bacterial pathogens pose a serious problem worldwide making the appropriate treatment of patients with healthcare-associated infections a challenge. The spread of antibiotic resistance is either mediated by ...
Global Change, Clonal Growth, and Biological Invasions by Plants
(2016)
There are few more active frontiers in plant science than helping understand and predict the ecological consequences of on-going, global changes in climate, land use and cover, nutrient cycling, and acidity. This collection ...
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Multiple Roles of Bacteria in Human Life
(2018)
Bacteria are among the earliest forms of life on Earth. Notwithstanding their small size and primitive origin, bacteria still have a tremendous impact on everyday human life. Over the centuries, research into bacteria have ...
Good News - Bad News: The Two Faces of Immune Privilege
(2014)
Immune privilege was once thought to be the property of a few select sites that include the eye, brain, testis, pregnant uterus and (of all things) the hamster cheek pouch, and was believed to be mainly based on sequestration ...
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor Signaling and Functions
(2018)
This eBook provides a comprehensive overview of our current knowledge on Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor evolution, structure, signaling and functions. Apart from review articles, it comprises exciting new research, ...
Gram-positive phages: From isolation to application
(2015)
Phage biology is one of the most significant and fundamental aspects of biological research and is often used as a platform for model studies relating to more complex biological entities. For this reason, phage biology has ...
The Grammar of Multilingualism
(2016)
This volume investigates the nature of grammatical representations in speakers who master multiple languages. Since the early days of modern formal approaches to grammar, most work has been based on the language of monolingual ...
Habits: Plasticity, learning and freedom
(2015)
In present times, certain fields of science are becoming aware of the necessity to go beyond a restrictive specialization, and establish an open dialogue with other disciplines. Such is the case of the approach that ...