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ABCD springer.com Just Released New Books September 2010 All Titles, All Languages sorted by author and title within the main discipline springer.com Arts 2 G. Marranci, National University of Singapore, Dept of Sociology, Arts Singapore (Ed.) Biomedicine Muslim Societies and the É. Brian, EHESS, Paris, France (Ed.) Challenge of Secularization: An J. Barciszewski, PAN Poznan, Poznan, Poland (Ed.) Travail et savoirs techniques dans la Interdisciplinary Approach RNA Technologies and Their Chine prémoderne Applications 2. Trajectoire d’experts Scholars from various disciplines worked together to present the first interdisciplinary book to address the issue of Islam, secularism and globalization. The Innovation in biotechnology that combine molecu- book has a clear structure which represents its inter- lar biology, cell biology, microfabrication and bioin- Dans un pays, la Chine, où l’action collective est disciplinary approach: the first section addresses formatics are moving nucleic acid technologies from soumise de très longue date à un État bureaucra- the philosophical and historical discussion about futuristic possibilities into common laboratory and tique, étudier la formation des activités et des savoirs Islam and secularism; the second section discusses clinical procedures. They have potential to revolu- techniques, c’est se donner un angle pertinent pour the topic from an ethnographical and social anthro- tionize biomedical research and medicine. Three saisir les liens que cet État et la société créent et pological viewpoint; and the final section addresses variants of RNA technologies are known, namely reconfigurent continûment. Ce numéro traite des Islam, secularism and globalization from a politi- antisense oligonucleotides, RNA interference, and trajectoires individuelles des experts. Il prolonge le cal viewpoint. This unique collection not only offers ribozymes. In spite of different mechanisms of précédent qui portait sur la transmission des savoirs innovative research and new material, it also pro- action, all of them are united by the common prin- et de l’expertise lettrée. vides empirical examples and theoretical debates, ciple: an antisense preparation works after bind- Features and could therefore also be used as a textbook for ing with RNA-target by forming a duplex. Today all Dans un pays, la Chine, où l’action collective est courses on Islam, globalization, anthropology, poli- three approaches are intensively used in vivo. RNA soumise de très longue date à un État bureaucra- tics, sociology and law. mediated gene silencing is a powerful technology to tique, étudier la formation des activités et des savoirs downregulate the expression of targeted genes within Features techniques, c’est se donner un angle pertinent pour the cell. Now RNA interference based therapeutics is Is Islam compatible with democracy and the West? saisir les liens que cet État et la société créent et to be released. This book provides a state-of-the-art How do Muslim communities understand the con- reconfigurent continûment. Ce numéro traite des review of the molecular basis as well as applications cept of the secular? How have contemporary Islamic trajectoires individuelles des experts. Il prolonge le of RNA based technologies in molecular biology and scholars addressed the topic and why? How does liv- précédent qui portait sur la transmission des [..] medicine. ing in a secularized context affect the everyday lives Contents of Muslim women living in the west? What about the Features Frédéric Obringer , Wu Youxing ### et les épidémies so-called 'secular' Muslims? These and other ques- RNA technologies are the driving forces of mod- pestilentielles, Une figure d’expert médical à la fin tions are discussed in Muslim Societies and the Chal- ern medicine and biotechnology. They combine the des Ming.- Bing Zhao, Administration, savoir tech- lenge [..] fields of biochemistry, chemistry, molecular biology, nique et reconnaissance impériale, Tang Ying ## cell biology, physics, nanotechnology and bioinfor- Contents (1682-1756).- Lucia Candelise, George Soulié de matics. The combination of these topics is set to rev- 1. Introduction, G. Marranci. Part I -Debating Islam, Morant, le premier expert français en acupuncture.- olutionize the medicine of tomorrow. After more Secularism, Democracy and Muslim Polity. 2. Islam, Éric Brian, Cent dix ans de renouvellements inces- than 15 years of extensive research in the field of Public Religions and the Secularization Debate, B.S. sants, Note sur l’itinéraire de la Revue de synthèse de RNA technologies, the first therapeutics are ready to Turner. 3. Muslim Thinkers and the Debate on Sec- 1900 à 2010.- Yves Gingras, Naming without neces- reach [..] ularism and laïcité, B. De Poli. 4. Yusuf al-Qaradawi sity. On the genealogy and uses of the label “histor- and Tariq Ramadan on secularisation, G. Larsson. 5. Contents ical epistemology”.- Philippe Minard, Révolution Islam and Democracy in the 21st Century, H. Jawad. Preface.- The key features of RNA silencing. Selected industrielle et divergence[..] 6. Moving out of Kazanistan: Liberal Theory and strategies for the delivery of siRNA in vitro and Fields of interest Muslim contexts, A.A. Jamal. 7. Muslim Modernity: in vivo. RNAi suppression and its application. History; Social Sciences (general); Epistemology Poetics, Politics, and Metaphysics, M. Ashraf Raja. Strategies to prevent siRNA-triggered cellular tox- 8. Turkish Secular Muslim Identity on Display in icity. RNAi in malignant brain tumors: relevance Target groups Europe, H. Gurkas. 9. Hidden[..] to molecular and translational research. Silencing Research Huntington's disease (HD) gene with RNAi. Appli- Fields of interest cation of Dicer-substrate siRNA in pain research. Type of publication Religious Studies; Anthropology; Political Science; RNAi treatment of HIV-1 infection. Application of Contributed volume Sociology; Law (general) RNA Interference to Treat Conditions Associated with Dysregulation of TRPV1. Harnessing RNAi- Target groups Available based Functional Genomics to Unravel the Molecu- Research lar[..] 2010. 136 p. (Revue de Synthèse, Vol. 1) Softcover Type of publication Fields of interest Contributed volume Molecular Medicine; Nucleic Acid Chemistry; 22,75 € Human Genetics; Cell Biology ISBN 978-2-8178-0165-0 Available Target groups Research 2010. XII, 300 p. (Muslims in Global Societies Series, Vol. 1) Hard- cover Type of publication 99,95 € Contributed volume ISBN 978-90-481-3361-1 Available 2010. XVI, 451 p. 20 illus. in color. (RNA Technologies) Hardcover 149,95 € ISBN 978-3-642-12167-8 springer.com Biomedicine 3 M.R. Barnes, GlaxoSmithKline Research & Development Limited, J. Bayuk, Stevens Institute of Technology (Ed.) M.-F. Carlier, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France (Ed.) Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK; G. Breen, Division of Psychological Medicine and Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Cen- tre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK CyberForensics Actin-based Motility (Eds.) Understanding Information Security Investigations Cellular, Molecular and Physical Aspects Genetic Variation Methods and Protocols This fascinating and highly topical subject has a his- This book presents the cellular, molecular and phys- tory dating back to the secret world of 1970s Cold ical aspects of production of force and movement War espionage, when the US military and Central by self-assembly of actin, one of the most abundant intelligence agencies, aided by the latest mainframe protein in cells, into cytoskeletal filaments. « Actin- With the continuing advances in sequencing tech- systems, were the first to use computer forensics based motile processes » are responsible for a very nologies and the availability of thousands of distinct techniques in counterintelligence. In the decades large variety of motile activities of cells in their phys- human genomes, we are fast approaching the day since, cybercrime has emerged from the obscurity of iological and pathological states, covering chemo- when "personal genomes" become a standard study low-level prosecution evidence to become a serious tactic locomotion, embryonic and metastatic cell measure and a routine component of personal health cross-border crime issue, while cyberforensic investi- migration, wound healing, eukaryotic cytokinesis records. In Genetic Variation: Methods and Proto- gators have moved on from drug, murder, and child and bacterial plasmid segregation, endocytic and cols, expert researchers address the rising impor- pornography crimes that were facilitated by comput- phagocytic activities, as well as morphogenetic pro- tance of genome variation, both at the level of the ers, and are now tackling headline-grabbing cyber cesses like axis patterning in early embryo, axonal individual and in population-based studies of dis- bank robbery, identity theft, and corporate spying. growth in brain development, immune response ease, with a collection of detailed protocols reflecting With little consensus as yet on the qualifications and synaptic plasticity processes at the origin of the nature and impact of genetic variation on human required to become a cyberforensic investigator, learning and memory. The different chapters of the phenotypes. The contributions cover a majority Cyberforensics: Understanding Information Security book describe how the multidisciplinary multiscale of the most important forms of genetic variation Investigations assembles the varying perspectives of approaches taken in the recent years have explored