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Biological Sciences A Comprehensive Book on Environmentalism Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Introduction to Environmentalism Chapter 2 - Environmental Movement Chapter 3 - Conservation Movement Chapter 4 - Green Politics Chapter 5 - Environmental Movement in the United States Chapter 6 - Environmental Movement in New Zealand & Australia Chapter 7 - Free-Market Environmentalism Chapter 8 - Evangelical Environmentalism Chapter 9 -WT Timeline of History of Environmentalism _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ A Comprehensive Book on Enzymes Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Introduction to Enzyme Chapter 2 - Cofactors Chapter 3 - Enzyme Kinetics Chapter 4 - Enzyme Inhibitor Chapter 5 - Enzymes Assay and Substrate WT _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ A Comprehensive Introduction to Bioenergy Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Bioenergy Chapter 2 - Biomass Chapter 3 - Bioconversion of Biomass to Mixed Alcohol Fuels Chapter 4 - Thermal Depolymerization Chapter 5 - Wood Fuel Chapter 6 - Biomass Heating System Chapter 7 - Vegetable Oil Fuel Chapter 8 - Methanol Fuel Chapter 9 - Cellulosic Ethanol Chapter 10 - Butanol Fuel Chapter 11 - Algae Fuel Chapter 12 - Waste-to-energy and Renewable Fuels Chapter 13 WT- Food vs. Fuel _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ A Comprehensive Introduction to Botany Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Botany Chapter 2 - History of Botany Chapter 3 - Paleobotany Chapter 4 - Flora Chapter 5 - Adventitiousness and Ampelography Chapter 6 - Chimera (Plant) and Evergreen Chapter 7 - Plant Intelligence Chapter 8 - Myco-heterotrophy and Nutation in Plants Chapter 9 - Myrmecophyte Chapter 10 - Photosynthesis Chapter 11 - Plant Nutrition Chapter 12 WT- Vegetation _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ A Comprehensive Introduction to Selection (Important process in evolution) Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1 - Balancing Selection Chapter 2 - Group Selection Chapter 3 - Kin Selection Chapter 4 - Natural Selection Chapter 5 - Peppered Moth Evolution Chapter 6 - Sexual Selection Chapter 7 - Sexual Selection in Human Evolution Chapter 8 - Theories and Concepts of Selection Chapter 9 -WT Unit of selection _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ A Comprehensive Study on Problems arising from Exploitation of Natural Resources Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1 - Deforestation Chapter 2 - Overexploitation Chapter 3 - Desertification Chapter 4 - Holocene Extinction Chapter 5 - Erosion Chapter 6 - Oil Depletion Chapter 7 - Greenhouse Gas Chapter 8 -WT Ozone Depletion _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ Adolescent Health, Psychology & Development Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Youth Health and Adolescent Psychology Chapter 2 - Child Protection Chapter 3 - Youth Work & Development Chapter 4 - Adolescent Medicine Chapter 5 - Youth Participation Chapter 6 - Harm Reduction Chapter 7 - Youth Rights and Youth Voice Chapter 8 -WT Teenage Pregnancy _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ Advanced Biotechnology and its Products Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Biotechnology Chapter 2 - History of Biotechnology Chapter 3 - Biopharmaceutical and Industrial Biotechnology Chapter 4 - Gene Therapy Chapter 5 - Genetic Testing Chapter 6 - Human Genome Project Chapter 7 - Cloning Chapter 8 - Acetone Chapter 9 - Biogas Chapter 10 - Biohydrogen Chapter 11 - Biologic Chapter 12 - Bovine Somatotropin Chapter 13 WT- Ethanol Fuel _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ Advanced Biotechnology Products Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Acetone Chapter 2 - Biogas Chapter 3 - Biohydrogen Chapter 4 - Biologic Chapter 5 - Bovine Somatotropin Chapter 6 - Ethanol Fuel Chapter 7 - Antibacterial Chapter 8 -WT Green Fluorescent Protein _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ Advanced Biotechnology Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Biotechnology Chapter 2 - History of Biotechnology Chapter 3 - Biopharmaceutical and Industrial Biotechnology Chapter 4 - Gene Therapy Chapter 5 - Genetic Testing Chapter 6 - Human Genome Project Chapter 7 - Cloning Chapter 8 - Genetically Modified Food Chapter 9 - Biological Engineering Chapter 10 - Microbial Biodegradation Chapter 11 WT- Genetic Engineering _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ Advanced Cell Biology Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Cell (Biology) Chapter 2 - Cell Membrane Chapter 3 - Eukaryote Chapter 4 - Cytoskeleton Chapter 5 - Organelle Chapter 6 - Cell Nucleus Chapter 7 - Mitochondrion Chapter 8 - Chloroplast Chapter 9 - Endoplasmic Reticulum Chapter 10 - Cell Growth and Cell Division Chapter 11 - Protein Biosynthesis Chapter 12 - Ribosome Chapter 13 WT- Lysosome Chapter 14 - Centrosome Chapter 15 - Vacuole _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ Advanced Concepts of Energy Transformation in Metabolism Biochemistry Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Oxidative Phosphorylation Chapter 2 - Chemiosmosis Chapter 3 - Mitochondrion Chapter 4 - Microbial Metabolism Chapter 5 - Nitrogen Cycle Chapter 6 - Phototroph and Photophosphorylation Chapter 7 - Chloroplast WT _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ Advanced DNA Nanotechnology Table of Contents Chapter 1- Introduction to DNA Nanotechnology Chapter 2 - Nucleic Acid Design Chapter 3 - Nucleic Acid Sequence Chapter 4 - Nucleic Acid Secondary Structure Chapter 5 - Nucleic Acid Tertiary Structure Chapter 6 - DNA Computing Chapter 7 - Important Concepts in DNA Nanotechnology Chapter 8 -WT DNA Sequencing _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ Advanced Elements and Processes of Cell Biology Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Cell (Biology) Chapter 2 - Cell Membrane Chapter 3 - Eukaryote Chapter 4 - Cytoskeleton Chapter 5 - Organelle Chapter 6 - Cell Nucleus Chapter 7 - Mitochondrion Chapter 8 - Chloroplast Chapter 9 - Endoplasmic Reticulum Chapter 10 - Cell Growth and Cell Division Chapter 11 - Osmosis Chapter 12 - Passive Transport and Active Transport Chapter 13 WT- Phagocytosis Chapter 14 - Programmed Cell Death Chapter 15 - Apoptosis Chapter 16 - Autophagy Chapter 17 - Cell Signaling Chapter 18 - Cell Migration _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ Advanced Genetic Engineering Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Genetic Engineering Chapter 2 - Gene Targeting Chapter 3 - Transformation Chapter 4 - Isogenic Human Disease Models Chapter 5 - Recombinant DNA Chapter 6 - Genetically Modified Organism Chapter 7 - Pharming Chapter 8 - Genetically Modified Food Chapter 9 - Gene Therapy Chapter 10 - Genetically Modified Plant Chapter 11 - Genetic Enhancement Chapter 12 WT- Molecular Farming and Somatic Fusion _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ Advanced Nutrition: Macronutrients Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Amino Acid Chapter 2 - Alanine Chapter 3 - Arginine Chapter 4 - Glycine Chapter 5 - Lysine Chapter 6 - Methionine Chapter 7 - Butyric Acid and Caprylic Acid Chapter 8 - Oleic, Nervonic and Pentadecanoic Acid Chapter 9 - Docosahexaenoic and Eicosapentaenoic Acid Chapter 10 - Omega-3 Fatty Acid Chapter 11 - Fructose Chapter 12 - Glucose Chapter 13 WT- Sucrose _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ Advanced Nutrition: Micronutrients and Macronutrients Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Dietary Mineral Chapter 2 - Calcium Chapter 3 - Iron Chapter 4 - Iodine Chapter 5 - Vitamin A Chapter 6 - Thiamine Chapter 7 - Choline Chapter 8 - Taurine Chapter 9 - Amino Acid Chapter 10 - Alanine Chapter 11 - Arginine Chapter 12 WT- Glycine Chapter 13 - Lysine Chapter 14 - Methionine Chapter 15 - Butyric Acid and Caprylic Acid Chapter 16 - Oleic, Nervonic and Pentadecanoic Acid Chapter 17 - Docosahexaenoic and Eicosapentaenoic Acid Chapter 18 - Omega–3 Fatty Acid _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ Advanced Nutrition: Micronutrients Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Dietary Mineral Chapter 2 - Calcium Chapter 3 - Iron Chapter 4 - Iodine Chapter 5 - Vitamin A Chapter 6 - Thiamine Chapter 7 - Choline Chapter 8 - Taurine Chapter 9 - Citric Acid Chapter 10 - Folic Acid Chapter 11 WT- Carotenoid _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ Advanced Protein Methods & Techniques in Biochemistry Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1 - Immunostaining Chapter 2 - Immunoprecipitation Chapter 3 - Immunoelectrophoresis and Western Blot Chapter 4 - Enzyme Assay Chapter 5 - Protein Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Chapter 6 - Protein Structure Prediction and Protein Sequencing Chapter 7 - Proteomics Chapter 8 - Structural Alignment Chapter 9 -WT Protein Biosynthesis and Peptide Mass Fingerprinting _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ Advances in Solar Power Table of Contents Chapter 1- Introduction Chapter 2 - Photovoltaics Chapter 3 - Solar Panel Chapter 4 - Solar Water Heating Chapter 5 - Solar Combisystem Chapter 6 - Solar Thermal Collector Chapter 7 - Active Solar Chapter 8 - Solar Thermal Energy Chapter 9 -WT Space-Based Solar Power _____________________ WORLD TECHNOLOGIES _____________________ Air Pollution: Causes, Impacts and Control Table of Contents Preface VII Chapter 1 Introduction to Air Pollution 1 Chapter 2 Causes of Air Pollution 23 • Controlled Burn 23 • Volatile Organic Compound 27 • Smoke 34 • Dust 42 Chapter 3 Air Pollutant: A Quantitative Study 50 • Pollutant 50 • Air Pollutant Concentrations 53 • Tropospheric Ozone 57 Chapter 4 Effects of Air Pollution on Ecology and Human
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