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Making Your Own Cheese: How to Make All Kinds of Cheeses in Your Own Home

Not everyone can keep a cow, but everyone can make cheese. This book shows you the very basic equipment needed to make your own cheese: the ingredients, including different milks, herbs and flavours; how to make a simple cheese; and how to produce some of the worlds speciality cheeses such as Roquefort, Brie and Edam. You will find recipes for making many cheeses at home. Whether you are making a cheese cake, a ricotta-based pudding or a stonking salty blue, this book is a cheese lover s guide to making their own favourite food and there are some recipes for the biscuits to go with it, too.

Makromolekulare Chemie: Eine Einführung

Für Chemiker, Polymerchemiker und besonders für Chemiestudenten ist die zweite Auflage des Tiekes wieder ein gelungenes und ausgewogenes Lehrbuch über das Basiswissen in der Makromolekularen Chemie. Mit der bereits bewährten Didaktik wird der Stoff der Makromolekularen Chemie in verständlicher Form und klar gegliedert dargestellt. Der Inhalt wurde verbessert, erweitert und aktualisiert. Neu behandelte Themen sind hierbei: lebende kationische und lebende radikalische Polymere, flüssigkristalline Polymere, elektrisch leitende Polymere, Polyelektrolyte, bioabbaubare Polymere und Verarbeitung und Recycling von Polymeren.

Makromolekulare Chemie: Eine Einführung

Seit mehr als 25 Jahren ist dieses Lehrbuch das Standardwerk zum Einstieg in die Makromolekulare Chemie. Kompakt, übersichtlich und verständlich werden die Synthese, Charakterisierung, Eigenschaften und Reaktionen sowie Anwendungen von Polymeren beschrieben. Für die vierte Auflage wurde das Buch komplett überarbeitet, aktualisiert und um wichtige Kapitel erweitert, wie z.B. natürliche Polymere und Biomakromoleküle, Dendrimere, hyperverzweigte Polymere und Sternpolymere, Synthesemöglichkeiten mittels Click-Chemie, Additive für Polymere, selbstheilende Polymere, Elektrospinnen, 3D-Druck von Polymeren und Mikroplastik. Durch die Änderungen sind der Materialaspekt und die technische Seite der Makromolekularen Chemie stärker betont worden. Neben einer Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten Inhalte am Ende jedes Kapitels sind erstmals auch Fragen und Antworten enthalten, die es ermöglichen, das erworbene Wissen selbstständig zu überprüfen und sich erfolgreich auf Prüfungen vorzubereiten. Mit seinem bewährten Konzept ist das Buch der ideale Begleiter für alle Studierenden der Chemie im Haupt- und Nebenfach sowie der Materialwissenschaften. Für Chemiker und Ingenieure, die sich in das Thema schnell einlesen wollen, sei dieses Buch ebenfalls wärmstens empfohlen!

Makromolekulare Chemie

Für Chemiker, Polymerchemiker und besonders für Chemiestudenten ist die zweite Auflage des Tiekes wieder ein gelungenes und ausgewogenes Lehrbuch über das Basiswissen in der Makromolekularen Chemie. Mit der bereits bewährten Didaktik wird der Stoff der Makromolekularen Chemie in verständlicher Form und klar gegliedert dargestellt. Der Inhalt wurde verbessert, erweitert und aktualisiert. Neu behandelte Themen sind hierbei: lebende kationische und lebende radikalische Polymere, flüssigkristalline Polymere, elektrisch leitende Polymere, Polyelektrolyte, bioabbaubare Polymere und Verarbeitung und Recycling von Polymeren.

Makromoleküle I: Von einfachen Chemierohstoffen zu Hochleistungspolymeren

Ein praxisorientiertes Lehrbuch zum nachhaltigen Verständnis über Herstellung und Eigenschaften von Kunststoffen. Auch ökonomische und Umwelt-Aspekte werden umrissen. Das Buch richtet sich an Studierende der Chemie sowie an Forscher in Industrie und Instituten.

Makroplastik in der Umwelt: Betrachtung terrestrischer und aquatischer Bereiche (essentials)

Simone Lechthaler zeigt, dass der Eintrag von Makroplastik in die Umwelt, der bereits in zahlreichen aquatischen und terrestrischen Bereichen nachgewiesen wurde, vollständig durch anthropogenes Handeln bedingt ist und daher ganzheitlich vermieden werden kann. Durch die Persistenz des Werkstoffes kommt es zu einer kontinuierlichen Akkumulation von Makroplastik in der Umwelt. Präventive Maßnahmen müssen daher weitreichend und intensiver thematisiert werden und auch Einfluss auf die (Umwelt-)Bildung nehmen, um den weiteren Eintrag einzugrenzen und möglichst zu verhindern. Die Autorin erläutert, dass die Interaktionen zwischen Makroplastik und der Umwelt noch nicht ausreichend untersucht und gesundheitliche Folgen für den Menschen noch unklar sind, für Tiere jedoch bereits ein Gesundheitsrisiko besteht.

Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine

A sweeping global history that looks beyond European urban centers to show how slavery, colonialism, and war propelled the development of modern medicine. Most stories of medical progress come with ready-made heroes. John Snow traced the origins of London’s 1854 cholera outbreak to a water pump, leading to the birth of epidemiology. Florence Nightingale’s contributions to the care of soldiers in the Crimean War revolutionized medical hygiene, transforming hospitals from crucibles of infection to sanctuaries of recuperation. Yet histories of individual innovators ignore many key sources of medical knowledge, especially when it comes to the science of infectious disease. Reexamining the foundations of modern medicine, Jim Downs shows that the study of infectious disease depended crucially on the unrecognized contributions of nonconsenting subjects—conscripted soldiers, enslaved people, and subjects of empire. Plantations, slave ships, and battlefields were the laboratories in which physicians came to understand the spread of disease. Military doctors learned about the importance of air quality by monitoring Africans confined to the bottom of slave ships. Statisticians charted cholera outbreaks by surveilling Muslims in British-dominated territories returning from their annual pilgrimage. The field hospitals of the Crimean War and the US Civil War were carefully observed experiments in disease transmission. The scientific knowledge derived from discarding and exploiting human life is now the basis of our ability to protect humanity from epidemics. Boldly argued and eye-opening, Maladies of Empire gives a full account of the true price of medical progress.

Malaria: Tödliche Parasiten, spannende Forschung und keine Impfung (essentials)

Friedrich Frischknecht gibt einen Einblick in die Malaria und die biologische Komplexität der sie auslösenden Parasiten. Der Autor nimmt den Leser mit auf eine Reise von der historischen Entdeckung der Erreger zu den modernen Methoden der Impfstoffentwicklung. Dabei erläutert er, wie genetische Manipulationen helfen, den Parasiten zu verstehen und neuartige Impfansätze zu entwickeln. Er erläutert die Schwierigkeiten, die zur Ausrottung von Malaria zu überwinden sind.Der Autor: Prof. Dr. Friedrich Frischknecht hat nach dem Studium der Biochemie an der Freien Universität Berlin am Europäischen Molekularbiologischen Laboratorium (EMBL) in Heidelberg über Pockenviren promoviert. Nach einem Forschungsaufenthalt am Institut Pasteur in Paris leitet er seit 2005 eine Forschungsgruppe am Universitätsklinikum in Heidelberg und beschäftigt sich mit den molekularen Grundlagen der Bewegung von Malariaparasiten.

Malaria: Deadly parasites, exciting research and no vaccination (essentials)

Friedrich Frischknecht gives an insight into malaria and the biological complexity of the parasites that trigger it. The author takes the reader on a journey from the historical discovery of the pathogen to the modern methods of vaccine development. He explains how genetic manipulations help to understand the parasite and to develop novel vaccination approaches. He explains the difficulties that need to be overcome to eradicate malaria.The author: Prof. Dr. Friedrich Frischknecht studied biochemistry at the Freie Universität Berlin and did his PhD on smallpox viruses at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg. After a research stay at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, he has been head of a research group at the University Hospital in Heidelberg since 2005 and is interested in the molecular basis of the movement of malaria parasites.

Malaria: Host Responses to Infection (CRC Press Revivals)

The purpose of this book is to analyze and determine how a host responds to a blood stage malaria infection. It focuses on strategies for anti-malarial vaccination, genetic control of host resistance to malaria, and the contribution of the host genetic background to resistance or susceptibility to malaria. This book is an important reference work for anyone who studies the field of microbiology, immunology, or parasitology.

Malaria: Molecular and Clinical Aspects

Malaria causes more death and disease than any other parasitic pathogen known today. This multiauthored text covers the important areas of malaria research, particularly focusing on those sectors which are of clinical importance for the understanding of the disease, the parasite, and its vector. The chapter authors are all leading experts withi

The Malaria Capers: Tales Of Parasites And People

"Reads like a murder mystery…[Desowitz] writes with uncommon lucidity and verse, leaving the reader with a vivid understanding of malaria and other tropical diseases, and the ways in which culture, climate and politics have affected their spread and containment." —New York Times Why, Robert S. Desowitz asks, has biotechnical research on malaria produced so little when it had promised so much? An expert in tropical diseases, Desowtiz searches for answers in this provocative book.

Malaria Control and Elimination (Methods in Molecular Biology #2013)

This detailed book serves to provide a global overview of the goals, rationale, and scientific basis for malaria control and elimination, as well as tools, methods, and strategies to that end. Opening with a section on malaria epidemiology, the volume continues by covering tools that are critical to malaria management, anti-malarial drugs and resistance to these drugs, vaccination approaches against malaria, vector control, as well as some perspective on the future of the fight against this devastating disease. Written for the highly successful Method in Molecular Biology series, chapters in this collection feature the kind of practical, hands-on advice that leads to better results in the field. Authoritative and important, Malaria Control and Elimination is a valuable reference for all those involved in malaria control and elimination worldwide, from students to health practitioners and field researchers seeking to make eradication a reality wherever possible.

The Malaria Project

A fascinating and shocking historical exposé, The Malaria Project is the story of America's secret mission to combat malaria during World War II--a campaign modeled after a German project which tested experimental drugs on men gone mad from syphilis. American war planners, foreseeing the tactical need for a malaria drug, recreated the German model, then grew it tenfold. Quickly becoming the biggest and most important medical initiative of the war, the project tasked dozens of the country's top research scientists and university labs to find a treatment to remedy half a million U.S. troops incapacitated by malaria. Spearheading the new U.S. effort was Dr. Lowell T. Coggeshall, the son of a poor Indiana farmer whose persistent drive and curiosity led him to become one of the most innovative thinkers in solving the malaria problem. He recruited private corporations, such as today's Squibb and Eli Lilly, and the nation's best chemists out of Harvard and Johns Hopkins to make novel compounds that skilled technicians tested on birds. Giants in the field of clinical research, including the future NIH director James Shannon, then tested the drugs on mental health patients and convicted criminals--including infamous murderer Nathan Leopold. By 1943, a dozen strains of malaria brought home in the veins of sick soldiers were injected into these human guinea pigs for drug studies. After hundreds of trials and many deaths, they found their "magic bullet," but not in a U.S. laboratory. America 's best weapon against malaria, still used today, was captured in battle from the Nazis. Called chloroquine, it went on to save more lives than any other drug in history. Karen M. Masterson, a journalist turned malaria researcher, uncovers the complete story behind this dark tale of science, medicine and war. Illuminating, riveting and surprising, The Malaria Project captures the ethical perils of seeking treatments for disease while ignoring the human condition.

Malarial Drug Delivery Systems: Advances in Treatment of Infectious Diseases

This book targets new advances in areas of treatment and drug delivery sciences for Malaria. This is the only published book which compiles the complete road map of malarial drug delivery systems along with an overview on the pathology, current state of malaria across the globe, new clinical trials, emerging drugs and evolving novel drug delivery platforms. A wide variety of novel micro-and nano-formulations using promising technologies are being explored to deliver the malarial drug via different administration routes. This book addresses the gap between new approaches and old treatment modalities and how the former is superior in pharmacological performance when tested in in-vitro and in-vivo. Audience from wide range group like from researchers to regulatory bodies can benefit from the compiled information to find out patient needs and addresses a much-needed update to the existing malaria drug delivery research.

The Malay Archipelago: A Travel Narrative

Written by a famed 19th-century scientist who laid the groundwork for much of modern biology, this influential work remains one of the great classics of natural history and travel. Detailing his eight-year exploration of the Malay Archipelago, Wallace offers observations of the native people of the island groupings, the abundant and strange animals and insects, and more.

The Malay Archipelago (Periplus Classics Series)

This is one the first and most important books about 18th century Malaysia and covers a wide array of topics from Malaysian culture and history to nature and wildlife. It is essential reading for anyone interested in Malaysia.<P><P>A century and a half after it was first published, this book remains one of the great classics of natural history and travel--perhaps the greatest. Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) deserves equal billing with Charles Darwin for his independently drawn but parallel conclusions on the theory of evolution. Darwin himself called Wallace "generous and noble" and referred favorably to his work in later editions of The Origin of Species.The Malay Archipelago is an extraordinarily accessible book. There is a wealth of detail about pre-modern life in the Indonesian archipelago which Wallace accumulated on over 60 separate journeys spanning 14,000 miles. He was equally fascinated by the exotic peoples, flora and fauna he encountered in his epic travels. A mark of his achievement lies in the size of the collections he bequeathed to British museums--some 125,000 specimens ranging from large mammals to tiny insects, exotic butterflies and splendid birds of paradise.

The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1

The Malay Archipelago, Volume 2

The Malaysia-Japan Model on Technology Partnership

The selected papers included in this proceedings on Malaysia-Japan Academic Scholar Conference (MJASC) 2013, are related to nano-science engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, computer science, information technology etc. This proceedings will be a source of research findings for Malaysia and Japan specifically, and other countries in general, especially among researchers, industry sectors and government policy makers. It will be served as a resourceful reference and platform to reflect the significant of the Look East Policy outcomes and products.

MALDI MS

This authoritative book on MALDI MS, now finally available in its second edition and edited by one of its inventors, gives an in-depth description of the many different applications, along with a detailed discussion of the technology itself.Thoroughly updated and expanded, with contributions from key players in the field, this unique book provides a comprehensive overview of MALDI MS along with itspossibilities and limitations.The initial chapters deal with the technology and the instrumental setup, followed by chapters on the use of MALDI MS in protein research (including proteomics), genomics, glycomics and lipidomics. The option of MALDI-MS for the analysis of polymers and small molecules are also covered in separate chapters, while new to this edition is a section devoted to the interplay of MALDI MS and bioinformatics.A much-needed practical and educational asset for individuals, academic institutions and companies in the field of bioanalytics.

MALDI-TOF and Tandem MS for Clinical Microbiology

This book highlights the triumph of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry over the past decade and provides insight into new and expanding technologies through a comprehensive range of short chapters that enable the reader to gauge their current status and how they may progress over the next decade. This book serves as a platform to consolidate current strengths of the technology and highlight new frontiers in tandem MS/MS that are likely to eventually supersede MALDI-TOF MS. Chapters discuss:Challenges of Identifying Mycobacterium to the Species level Identification of Bacteroides and Other Clinically Relevant AnaerobesIdentification of Species in Mixed Microbial PopulationsDetection of Resistance MechanismsProteomics as a biomarker discovery and validation platformDetermination of Antimicrobial Resistance using Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Maldynia: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Illness of Chronic Pain

Whether initiated by injury or disease, induced and sustained by changes in the nervous system, or manifested by society and culture, chronic pain can change one's first-person experience of the body and the world, and ultimately impacts cognitions, emotions, and behavior. Many fine medical books address the causes and management of chronic intract

The Male Brain: A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think

A breezy and enlightening guide to women and a must-read for men, this book is the eagerly awaited follow-up book that demystifies the puzzling male brain.

The Male Brain: A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think

From the author of the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller The Female Brain, here is the eagerly awaited follow-up book that demystifies the puzzling male brain. Dr. Louann Brizendine, the founder of the first clinic in the country to study gender differences in brain, behavior, and hormones, turns her attention to the male brain, showing how, through every phase of life, the "male reality" is fundamentally different from the female one. Exploring the latest breakthroughs in male psychology and neurology with her trademark accessibility and candor, she reveals that the male brain: *is a lean, mean, problem-solving machine. Faced with a personal problem, a man will use his analytical brain structures, not his emotional ones, to find a solution. *thrives under competition, instinctively plays rough and is obsessed with rank and hierarchy. *has an area for sexual pursuit that is 2.5 times larger than the female brain, consuming him with sexual fantasies about female body parts. *experiences such a massive increase in testosterone at puberty that he perceive others' faces to be more aggressive.The Male Brain finally overturns the stereotypes. Impeccably researched and at the cutting edge of scientific knowledge, this is a book that every man, and especially every woman bedeviled by a man, will need to own.Praise for The Female Brain:"Louann Brizendine has done a great favor for every man who wants to understand the puzzling women in his life. A breezy and enlightening guide to women and a must-read for men."--Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence From the Hardcover edition.