"Animals from around the world explain how their unique traits help them thrive and survive in their environments, including how they eat, hide, find mates, and other necessities of life"--
An all-in-one visual guide to human anatomy with encyclopedic coverage from bones and muscles to systems and processes. This in-depth manual to the human body's physical structure, chemical workings, and potential problems is a must-have reference to help further your studies or knowledge of how our bodies work. Each page of The Human Body Book, updated to reflect the latest medical information, is illustrated with colorful and comprehensive diagrams,...
Living Cells features greatly expanded coverage of subject matter and extensive additional footage when compared to the original video tape of 1992. The vivid, high-magnification images introduce students to a variety of cells, cellular activities, and subcellular organelles. The video is organized into 24 chapters on specific topics such as actin, microtubules, and flagella.. The Living Cells video offers a most convenient way of accessing beautiful...
This lecture takes a thorough look at mindfulness and brain function. Review studies that show how mindfulness practice activates areas of the brain that regulate emotions, integrate thoughts and feelings, increase empathy, and facilitate learning and memory, while also retaining more brain matter and staving off aspects of cognitive decline typically associated with aging.
Anatomy is the study of the physical structure and physiology the study of the normal functions of the human body. Chemical Constitution of the Body. In the body only twenty elements have been found. These include carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, manganese, chlorin, potassium, and fluorin. For the most part, they appear in very complex and highly unstable combinations, though oxygen and nitrogen may be said...
Governance is a complex process, often divided among various structures and institutions. Local, regional, national, and even supranational entities each have their own formal and informal institutions that comprise a political system. Readers will use this comprehensive volume to examine the various types, structures, and functions of government around the world, as well as the evolution of political systems and the factors contributing to their...
In this book, Yohannes Sahile tackles the problem of Judges' prologue, proposing that it is a single introduction with a narrative trajectory that begins with the death of Joshua. The prologue captures how, during the period of testing, the generation after Joshua's death failed in their commission to take possession of the land allocated to them. Instead they lived with and made a covenant with the pre-existing inhabitants of the land promised to...
It is explained why OCD is a neurosis, not a psychosis, despite the fact that the obsessive-compulsive's conception of reality may sometimes be quite as skewed as the psychotic's.
The field of cell biology is built on a foundation of discoveries stretching back to the earliest descriptions of cell theory in the 1800s. Today, our growing insight into cells and their control of life functions continues to generate advances in areas such as medicine, agriculture, genetics, and reproduction. This book traces the rise of cell biology and explains biological concepts through easy-to-follow text. Sidebars provide biographies of key...
Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from lungs to tissues and then takes away carbon dioxide for exhalation. Learn how structure is the key to this complicated and vital function. Also see how variant forms of hemoglobin, such as fetal hemoglobin and the mutation behind sickle cell anemia, can have life-saving or fatal consequences - all depending on structure.
Money is the root of all evil, the manifestation of greed, for others, a symbol of social status and an icon of power which turns living man into Gods, and Gods into profits, as revenues become reasons to kill and die for. This book explores the origins of money, the evolution of its concept and functionalities since early civilizations, its role within society, and lastly, how it is created and controlled and the consequences of the current monetary...
Elemental boron has a fascinating chemical versatility that is unique among the elements of the periodic table. The study of the evolution of boron atomic clusters and their chemical and physical properties is of fundamental interest to researchers interested in nanotechnology. One of the most difficult problems in the study of boron clusters is finding their ground state cluster structures. The atomic arrangements in clusters are generally very different...
How was the US government created? This book on social studies discusses the structure and function of government. Give your child the knowledge that will allow him/her to internalize how governments use their powers to unify a nation. Also written in this book are the many terms of office - what they are, who they are, how do they do what they do.
Reveals every aspect of the human brain's anatomy and how it functions with extraordinary clarity. Fully updated to include the latest cutting-edge technology and research, such as brain implants and stimulation, how memory works, and the far-reaching changes that take place in the brain during early life.
The renowned work by the English political philosopher examines the structure of society and legitimate government, arguing for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign.