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• Amino Acids and the Role of PH
• Protein Structure
• Globular Proteins
• Fibrous Proteins
• Enzymes
• Bioenergetics and Oxidative Phosphorylation
• Introduction to Carbohydrates
• Introduction to Metabolism and Glycolysis
• Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle and Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex
• Gluconeogenesis
• Glycogen Metabolism
• Monosaccharide and Disaccharide Metabolism
• Pentose Phosphate Pathway and Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate
• Glycosaminoglycans, Proteoglycans, and Glycoproteins
• Dietary Lipid Metabolism
• Fatty Acid, Triacylglycerol, and Ketone Body Metabolism
• Phospholipid, Glycosphingolipid, and Eicosanoid Metabolism
• Cholesterol, Lipoprotein, and Steroid Metabolism
• Amino Acids : Nitrogen Disposal
• Amino Acids : Degradation and Synthesis
• Amino Acids : Conversion to Specialized Products
• Nucleotide Metabolism
• Metabolic Effects of Insulin and Glucagon
• The Feed-Fast Cycle
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Obesity
• Nutrition : Overview and Macronutrients
• Micronutrients : Vitamins
• Micronutrients : Minerals
• DNA Structure, Replication, and Repair
• RNA Structure, Synthesis, and Processing
• Protein Synthesis
• Regulation of Gene Expression
• Biotechnology and Human Disease
• Blood Clotting.

"Biochemistry is the study of how our bodies utilize the nutritional substances in our diet to make building blocks, fuels, and communication molecules for our cells. It also includes the processes by which we convert chemicals within our bodies and eliminate chemicals from our bodies"-- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction
• Beginnings and Basics
• Developing Visual Perception
• The Development of Thinking
• Emotional Development
• Language Development
• The Learning Brain
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders
• The Future.
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This book explores how our increasing knowledge of neuroscience and advances in methods of investigation is changing our understanding of child development. It looks at key aspects of development such as emotion, memory, learning, perception and language, as well as neurodevelopmental disorders. This text is written in clear and simple language with a full glossary of technical terms, learning checklists and reflection points. It will appeal to students on a range of courses including childhood studies, early years, psychology, counselling, teaching, nursing and social work.
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Simulate realistic human motion in a virtual world with an optimization-based approach to motion prediction. With this approach, motion is governed by human performance measures, such as speed and energy, which act as objective functions to be optimized. Constraints on joint torques and angles are imposed quite easily. Predicting motion in this way allows one to use avatars to study how and why humans move the way they do, given specific scenarios. It also enables avatars to react to infinitely many scenarios with substantial autonomy. With this approach it is possible to predict dynamic motion without having to integrate equations of motion - rather than solving equations of motion, this approach solves for a continuous time-dependent curve characterizing joint variables (also called joint profiles) for every degree of freedom. It introduces rigorous mathematical methods for digital human modelling and simulation. It focuses on understanding and representing spatial relationships (3D) of biomechanics. It develops an innovative optimization-based approach to predicting human movement. It is extensively illustrated with 3D images of simulated human motion (full color in the ebook version).
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• Intro
• Cover
• ONLINE ACCESS
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Acknowledgments/Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Chapter 1 Ions, Channels, and Currents
• Self-Assessment Questions
• 1.1 POTASSIUM CHANNELS AND CURRENTS
• 1.2 SODIUM CHANNELS AND CURRENTS
• 1.3 CALCIUM CHANNELS AND CURRENTS
• 1.4 HYPERPOLARIZATION-ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED(HCN) IF CHANNELS
• Self-Assessment Answer Key
• References
• Chapter 2 Electrophysiologic Effects of Cardiac Autonomic Activity
• Self-Assessment Questions
• 2.1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS
• 2.2 CHOLINERGIC RECEPTORS

• 2.3 PURINERGIC RECEPTORS
• Self-Assessment Answer Key
• References
• Chapter 3 Mechanisms of Arrhythmias
• Self-Assessment Questions
• Electrophysiology of Action Potential
• Depolarizing and Repolarizing Currents
• Action Potential Duration and Refractoriness
• Supernormal Conduction
• Concealed Conduction
• Differential Diagnosis of Varying PR Interval
• Exit Block
• Gap Junction
• Continuous and Discontinuous Conduction
• Gap Phenomenon
• Electrical Heterogeneity
• Ito and J Wave
• Automaticity
• Pacemaker Channels
• Autonomic Regulation of Pacemaker Currents

• Triggered Activity
• His-Purkinje Electrical Activity
• Torsades de Pointes
• Excitability and Conduction
• Summary
• Reentry
• Phase 2 Reentries (P2R)
• Pharmacologic Differences in Epicardium and Endocardium
• Post-Myocardial Infarction (Post-MI) Arrhythmias
• Ionic Basis for Prolongation of AP in LVH
• Self-Assessment Answer Key
• References
• Chapter 4 Sinus Node Dysfunction
• Self-Assessment Questions
• Sinoatrial Node
• PR Interval
• Sinus Bradycardia
• Sinus Tachycardia and Sinoatrial Reentry Tachycardia
• Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome

• Persistent Sinus Tachycardia
• Sinus Tachycardia and Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmia
• Sinus Node Dysfunction (SND)
• Self-Assessment Answer Key
• References
• Chaper 5 Atrioventricular (AV) Nodal Blocks
• Self-Assessment Questions
• AV Node Anatomy and Electrophysiology
• Aberrancy
• Left Bundle Branch Block (LBBB)
• AV Block AV Dissociation
• Complete AV Block
• Congenital AV Blocks
• Kearns-Sayre Syndrome (KSS)
• Diagnostic Studies
• Natural History of Patients with Congenital AV Block
• Prenatal Management
• Paroxysmal AV Block
• AV Block in Patients with Acute MI

• AV Dissociation
• Self-Assessment Answer Key
• References
• Chapter 6 Supraventricular Tachycardia
• Self-Assessment Questions
• 6.1 ATRIAL FLUTTER (AFL)
• 6.2 ATRIAL TACHYCARDIAS
• 6.3 ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
• 6.4 AUTOMATIC JUNCTIONAL TACHYCARDIA (AJT)
• 6.5 AV NODE REENTRANT TACHYCARDIAS (AVNRT)
• 6.6 AV REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA
• Self-Assessment Answer Key
• References
• Chapter 7 Differential Diagnosis of Wide Complex Tachycardia
• Self-Assessment Questions
• Differential Diagnosis (Table 7.1)
• Exceptions to VT Criteria
• Self-Assessment Answer Key
• References

• Preface
• 1. Anatomy of the cerebral cortex
• 2. The probability for synaptic contact between neurons in the cortex
• 3. Processing of spikes by neural networks
• 4. Relations between membrane potential and the synaptic response curve
• 5. Models of neural networks
• 6. Transmission through chains of neurons
• 7. Synchronous transmission
• Appendix
• Index.
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Understanding how the brain works is probably the greatest scientific and intellectual challenge of our generation. The cerebral cortex is the instrument by which we carry the most complex mental functions. Fortunately, there exists an immense body of knowledge concerning both cortical structure and the properties of single neurons in the cortex. With the advent of the supercomputer, there has been increased interest in neural network modeling. What is needed is a new approach to an understanding of the mammalian cerebral cortex that will provide a link between the physiological description and the computer model. This book meets that need by combining anatomy, physiology, and modeling to achieve a quantitative description of cortical function. The material is presented didactically, starting with descriptive anatomy and comprehensively examining all aspects of modeling. The book gradually leads the reader from the macroscopic cortical anatomy and standard electrophysiological properties of single neurons to neural network models and synfire chains. The most modern trends in neural network modeling are explored.
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