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As Arctic temperatures continue to rise and glaciers grow smaller, most people have become sadly aware of the plight of the polar bear. But what about the rest of the earth's creatures? How are tigers, alligators, wolves, and monkeys affected by climate change? In "100 Heartbeats", conservationist and family television host Jeff Corwin provides an urgent, palpable portrait of the animals that are only a few heartbeats away from extinction. Corwin brings to life the unique struggles of species such as the Asiatic lion, whose dwindling members are fighting for survival; the harsh lessons learned from animals we've lost, like the mouth-breeding frog; and, the inspiring stories of successful conservation that have helped to save the sea otter and other animals. And while Corwin voices a warning about the catastrophic state of our natural world, "100 Heartbeats" ultimately provides a message of hope and possibility. This is Corwin's call to arms, and his ultimate goal is to inform, enlighten, and empower readers.
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• Introduction 6
• 100 Natural History Treasures A-B Objects 001-013 12 C-E Objects 014-026 44 F-G Objects 027-040 74 H-M Objects 041-058 106 N-P Objects 059-073 146 R-S Objects 074-087 180 T-Z Objects 088-100 212 The collectors 242 The collection and the field 248 Authors 262 Index 267.
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Since the Colonial Museum opened in 1865 and the first director, Sir James Hector, began collecting items of geological and natural history significance, the collections of New Zealand's national museum have become enormously significant - not to mention enormous. The objects housed by the Museum range from fossilised bones of the extinct Haast's Eagle and specimens collected by Joseph Banks on Cook's first voyage to deep sea-dwelling fishes and a plethora of insects. In this fascinating book Te Papa's science team of experts showcase 100 collection objects that demonstrate the breadth and depth of the collection and the museum's important ongoing research. Te Papa's expert curators and collections managers tell the fascinating stories of everything from the colossal squid to the flaming flagfins and from sea spiders to beaver fleas.
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In 2000, President Bill Clinton signaled the completion of the Human Genome Project at a cost in excess of $2 billion. A decade later, the price for any of us to order our own personal genome sequence-a comprehensive map of the 3 billion letters in our DNA-is rapidly and inevitably dropping to just $1,000. Dozens of men and women-scientists, entrepreneurs, celebrities, and patients-have already been sequenced, pioneers in a bold new era of personalized genomic medicine. The $1,000 genome has long been considered the tipping point that would open the floodgates to this revolution. Do you have gene variants associated with Alzheimer's or diabetes, heart disease or cancer? Which drugs should you consider taking for various diseases, and at what dosage? In the years to come, doctors will likely be able to tackle all of these questions-and many more-by using a computer in their offices to call up your unique genome sequence, which will become as much a part of your medical record as your blood pressure. Indeed, many experts are advocating that all newborns have a complete genome analysis done so that preventive measures and preemptive medicine can begin early in life. How has this astonishing achievement been accomplished? And what will it mean for our lives? To research the story of this unfolding revolution, critically acclaimed science writer Kevin Davies has spent the past few years traveling to the leading centers and interviewing the entrepreneurs and pioneers in the race to achieve the $1,000 genome. He vividly brings to life the extraordinary drama of this grand scientific achievement, revealing the masterful ingenuity that has transformed the process of decoding DNA and delivering the information it possesses to the public at large. Davies also profiles the future of genomic medicine and thoughtfully explores the many pressing issues raised by the tidal wave of personal genetic information. Will your privacy be protected? Will you be pressured, by insurance companies or by your employer, to get your genome sequenced? What psychological toll might there be to discovering you are at risk for certain diseases like Alzheimer's? And will the government or the medical establishment come between you and your genome?One thing that is not in question is that we are moving swiftly into the personalized medicine era, and The $1,000 Genome is an essential guide to this brave new future.
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• Data And Text Mining
• Gene Expression
• Genomics
• Systems Biology.

Biological and biomedical research are increasingly driven by experimental techniques that challenge our ability to analyse, process and extract meaningful knowledge from the underlying data. The impressive capabilities of next generation sequencing technologies, together with novel and ever evolving distinct types of omics data technologies, have put an increasingly complex set of challenges for the growing fields of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. The analysis of the datasets produced and their integration call for new algorithms and approaches from fields such as Databases, Statistics, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Optimization, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. Clearly, Biology is more and more a science of information requiring tools from the computational sciences. In the last few years, we have seen the surge of a new generation of interdisciplinary scientists that have a strong background in the biological and computational sciences. In this context, the interaction of researchers from different scientific fields is, more than ever, of foremost importance boosting the research efforts in the field and contributing to the education of a new generation of Bioinformatics scientists. PACBB'16 hopes to contribute to this effort promoting this fruitful interaction. PACBB'16 technical program included 21 papers spanning many different sub-fields in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. Therefore, the conference will certainly promote the interaction of scientists from diverse research groups and with a distinct background (computer scientists, mathematicians, biologists). The scientific content will certainly be challenging and will promote the improvement of the work being developed by each of the participants.

• The childhood of animals / Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, 1911
• The haunts of life / Sir John Arthur Thomson, 1920
• Concerning the habits of insects / Francis Balfour-Browne, 1924
• Rare animals and the disappearance of wild life / Sir Julian Huxley, 1937
• How animals move / Sir James Grey, 1951
• Animal behaviour / Desmond Morris, 1964
• The languages of animals / Sir David Attenborough, 1973
• Growing up in the universe / Richard Dawkins, 1991
• The history in our bones / Simon Conway Morris, 1996
• To the end of the Earth : surviving Antarctic extremes / Lloyd Peck, 2004
• The 300-million-year war / Sue Hartley, 2009.

The second in a series of books in association with the Royal Institution on their world-renowned Christmas Lectures, this time exploring the secrets of the natural world - with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough. Following on from the success of 13 Journeys Through Space and Time, which took us on a voyage of astronomical discovery through past Christmas Lectures given at the Royal Institution on space and space exploration, this book turns our attention to our own planet and the animals, plants, fish, insects and all the other living things that inhabit it - how they've evolved and the vital roles they play in the intricate webs of life on earth. Taking eleven of the most exciting and revealing Christmas Lectures on the natural world given at the Royal Institution, including Sir David Attenborough's animal-packed Lectures from 1977 and Richard Dawkins's explosive series on the evolution of life, we take an illuminating look at more than a hundred years of scientific exploration to discover the origins of life on our planet and the mysteries so far uncovered.
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An inspiring guide to the best nature getaways in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. 110 Nature Hot Spots in Manitoba and Saskatchewan is a beautifully illustrated guidebook that explores the natural splendor and remarkable recreation of these diverse provinces. Each entry includes a descriptive destination profile, beautiful photographs and at-a-glance information about special features, locations and available activities and amenities. Both provinces are divided into three chapters - south, central and north - and feature Special Interest sections to help readers craft their adventures based on their interests and discover even more hot spots. Manitoba is home to some of the best wildlife-watching opportunities in Canada and unparalleled wild spaces and recreation. This section of the book covers the best nature hot spots in Manitoba, as well as a handful in Northwestern Ontario (also known as Manitoba's playground), including: Churchill; Little Limestone Lake; Pimachiowin Aki UNESCO World Heritage Site; Riding Mountain National Park. Saskatchewan, or the "Land of the Living Skies, " constantly surprises visitors with the diversity of its landscapes and the scope of its recreational opportunities. This section of the book showcases the many gems Saskatchewan has waiting, such as: Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park; Big Muddy Badlands; Grasslands National Park; Wanuskewin Heritage Park. This is an essential selection for all travel bookshops, libraries and especially travel outlets and tour organizers.
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• Processing 2D gel electrophoresis images for efficient Gaussian mixture modeling.- Development of text mining tools for information retrieval from patents.- Multidimensional Feature Selection and Interaction Mining with Decision Tree based ensemble methods.- Study of the Epigenetic Signals in the Human Genome.- An Ensemble Approach for Gene Selection in Gene Expression Data.- Dissimilar Symmetric Word Pairs in the Human Genome.
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Biological and biomedical research are increasingly driven by experimental techniques that challenge our ability to analyse, process and extract meaningful knowledge from the underlying data. The impressive capabilities of next-generation sequencing technologies, together with novel and constantly evolving, distinct types of omics data technologies, have created an increasingly complex set of challenges for the growing fields of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. The analysis of the datasets produced and their integration call for new algorithms and approaches from fields such as Databases, Statistics, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Optimization, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. Clearly, Biology is more and more a science of information and requires tools from the computational sciences. In the last few years, we have seen the rise of a new generation of interdisciplinary scientists with a strong background in the biological and computational sciences. In this context, the interaction of researchers from different scientific fields is, more than ever, of foremost importance in boosting the research efforts in the field and contributing to the education of a new generation of Bioinformatics scientists. The PACBB'17 conference was intended to contribute to this effort and promote this fruitful interaction, with a technical program that included 39 papers spanning many different sub-fields in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. Further, the conference promoted the interaction of scientists from diverse research groups and with a distinct background (computer scientists, mathematicians, biologists).
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• Brem, Gottfried : Einleitung, 150 Jahre Mendelsche Regeln : vom Erbsenzählen zum Gen-Editieren
• Mendel im akademischen Wien
• Klemun, Marianne : Im Aufbruch : Verwissenschaftlichung von Forschung und Lehre und Gregor Mendels Studium an der Universität Wien
• Dröscher, Ariane : Zellen, Evolution, Mathematik : Franz Ungers Einfluss auf Gregor Mendel
• Vollmann, Johann, und Grausgruber, Heinrich : Gregor Mendel und sein wissenschaftliches Umfeld : von der Pflanzenzüchtung zur Genetik
• Szabó T., Attila : Ursprung des Begriffs Genetik und seine Verwendung vor und nach Mendel
• Mendelismus und Genetik im 20. Jahrhundert
• Mielewczik, Michael, Francis, Darrel P., Studer, Bruno, Simunek, Michal V., und Hossfeld, Uwe : die Rezeption von Gregor Mendels Hybridisierungsversuchen im 19. Jahrhundert : eine bio-bibliographische Studie
• Hossfeld, Uwe, Simunek, Michal V., und Mielewczik, Michael : die "Wiederentdeckung" der Mendelschen Gesetze im Kontext neuer Forschungen
• Simunek, Michal V., Hossfeld, Uwe, und Mielewczik, Michael : "Parallel" und "unabhängig" : Erich von Tschermak-Seyseneggs Darstellung der "Wiederentdeckung" der Mendelschen Gesetze
• Schweizer, Dieter : Über Mendel und Chromosomen
• Mendelgenetik in Agrar- und Forstwirtschaft
• Friedt, Wolfgang : Die Rolle der Mendel-Genetik in der Pflanzenzüchtung der letzten 100 Jahre
• Sölkner, Johann, da Silva, Marcos V. B., Seltenhammer, Monika, und Curik, Ino : Entschlüsselung der Funktion Mendelscher Merkmale bei Haus- und Nutztieren
• Franz, Chlodwig, und Novak, Johannes : Genetische Regulierung der Biosynthese als Grundlage für die Nutzung sekundärer Pflanzenstoffe
• Mendelsche Genetik von Mikroorganismen bis zum Menschen
• Dohm, Juliane C., und Himmelbauer, Heinz : Pflanzenforschung und Pflanzenzüchtung im Zeitalter der Genomsequenzierung
• Mittelsten Scheid, Ortrun : Nicht-Mendelsche Genetik
• Wolf, Eckhard, Wünsch, Annegret, und Klymiuk, Nikolai : Gene Editing bei Nutztieren : kombinatorische Mendelgenetik
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An illustrated guide to California's most popular and iconic nature getaways. 150 Nature Hot Spots in California showcases the legendary diversity and beauty of California's landscape and wildlife - famous deserts, iconic badlands, lush forests and beautiful beaches. The book is organized by region. Each entry includes at-a-glance information on activities, addresses and contact information; a feature on the location's characteristics, history and best hiking paths; and photography illustrating the geography and prominent wildlife and flora of the region. The destinations and sites include: Waterfalls and giant sequoias of Yosemite National Park; The cinder cone of Amboy Crater; Below-sea-level salt flats of Death Valley National Park; Elephant seals at Ano Nuevo State Park; The palm oasis at Coachella Valley Preserve; Tide pools at Cabrillo National Monument; The wind-sculpted badlands of Alabama Hills; Hydrothermal features of Lassen Volcanic National Park; Tule elk and whales at Point Reyes National Seashore. California is one of America's most popular travel destinations. According to Visit California, the state is the No. 1 tourism destination in the U.S. Of the 268 million tourists that visited in 2016, roughly 75% were Californians, 18% were from other states and 7% were from outside the country. This guidebook will appeal to all travellers: families, hikers, campers, photographers and other nature enthusiasts; those who'd want to spend a week in the wilderness; and those who simply want take a day trip. The book is a must-have for libraries, tourism offices, travel agents and bookshops.
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