Introduction -- The Geological Evolution of the Galapagos Islands -- The Origins and Ecology of the Galapagos Islands -- Geoconservation, Geotourism and Sustainable Development in the Galapagos -- The Geodiversity and Geoheritage of the Galapagos Islands: A Geotouristic Guide.This book provides the first-ever overview of and guide to the geological setting and related features of the famous, vo…
to Stream Data Management -- Query Execution and Optimization -- Filtering, Punctuation, Windows and Synopses -- XML & Data Streams -- CAPE: A Constraint-Aware Adaptive Stream Processing Engine -- Efficient Support for Time Series Queries in Data Stream Management Systems -- Managing Distributed Geographical Data Streams with the GIDB Portal System -- Streaming Data Dissemination Using Peer-Pee…
Paradigm Integration and Challenges -- Information Acquisition Through an Integrated Paradigm: Agent + Peer-to-Peer -- Robustness Challenges in Peer-to-Peer Agent Systems -- Trust -- Bayesian Network Trust Model in Peer-to-Peer Networks -- Agent-Based Social Assessment of Shared Resources -- A Passport-Like Service over an Agent-Based Peer-to-Peer Network -- Self-Organization -- A Robust and Sc…
Fundamental Issues -- Spatial Database Concepts -- The R-Tree and Variations -- Nearest Neighbor Search in Spatial and Spatiotemporal Databases -- Nearest Neighbor Queries -- Analysis of Nearest Neighbor Queries -- Nearest Neighbor Queries in Moving Objects -- Nearest Neighbor Search with Multiple Resources -- Parallel and Distributed Databases -- Multidisk Query Processing -- Multiprocessor Qu…
Telemedical Applications and Grid Technology -- Statistical Modeling and Segmentation in Cardiac MRI Using a Grid Computing Approach -- A Grid Molecular Simulator for E-Science -- Application Driven Grid Developments in the OpenMolGRID Project -- ATLAS Data Challenge 2: A Massive Monte Carlo Production on the Grid -- High Throughput Computing for Spatial Information Processing (HIT-SIP) System …
Smallpox in Human History -- Classification of Poxviruses and Brief Characterization of the Genus Orthopoxvirus -- Vaccinia Virus -- Variola (Smallpox) Virus -- Monkeypox Virus -- Cowpox Virus -- Molecular Evolution of Orthopoxviruses -- Laboratory Diagnostics of Human Orthopoxvirus Infections -- Preparedness and Response to Potential Bioterrorism.Orthopoxviruses Pathogenic for Humans covers th…
Trap Operation Theory -- The Paul Trap -- The Penning Trap -- Other Traps -- Trap Techniques -- Loading of Traps -- Trapped Charged Particle Detection -- Nonclassical States of Trapped Ions -- Quantum States of Motion -- Coherent States for Dynamical Groups -- State Engineering and Reconstruction -- Cooling of Trapped Charged Particles -- Trapped Ion Temperature -- Radiative Cooling -- Buffer G…
Methods and Techniques for Synthesis, Characterization, Processing, and Modification of Polymers -- Synthesis of Macromolecules by Chain Growth Polymerization -- Synthesis of Macromolecules by Step Growth Polymerization -- Modification of Macromolecular Substances.The first English edition of this book was pubUshed in 1971 with the late Prof. Dr. Werner Kern as coauthor. In 1997, for the prepar…
Viral Entry -- The Many Mechanisms of Viral Membrane Fusion Proteins -- The Role of the Cytoskeleton During Viral Infection -- Nuclear Import in Viral Infections -- Viral RNA Replication in Association with Cellular Membranes -- Synthesis and Quality Control of Viral Membrane Proteins -- Receptor Modulation in Viral replication: HIV, HSV, HHV-8 and HPV: Same Goal, Different Techniques to Interf…
The Dissection of CD8 T Cells During Liver-Stage Infection -- Early Interactions Between Blood-Stage Plasmodium Parasites and the Immune System -- Longevity of the Immune Response and Memory to Blood-Stage Malaria Infection -- ExperimentalModels of Cerebral Malaria -- Glycosylphosphatidylinositols in Malaria Pathogenesis and Immunity: Potential for Therapeutic Inhibition and Vaccination -- The …