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ABCD springer.com Just Released New Books February 2012 English Titles Sorted by author and title within the main subject springer.com Architecture & Design 2 Architecture & Design Arts Biomedicine J. Portugali, Tel Aviv University,Israel; H. Meyer, TU Delft, H. Selin, Hampshire College, 893 West St, Amherts, MA 01002, R. Scatena, Catholic University, Rome, Italy; P. Bottoni, Catholic Netherlands; E. Stolk, TU Delft, Netherlands; E. Tan, TU Delft, USA; G. Davey, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, China (Eds.) University, Rome, Italy; B. Giardina, Catholic University, Rome, Netherlands (Eds.) Italy (Eds.) Happiness Across Cultures Complexity Theories of Cities Have Advances in Mitochondrial Views of Happiness and Quality of Life in Non-Western Come of Age Cultures Medicine An Overview with Implications to Urban Planning and Design Different cultures experience happiness differently. Mitochondria are far more than the “powerhouse” Traditionally, the West is considered materialistic, Today, our cities are an embodiment of the complex, of the cell as they have classically been described. and happiness is said to come from achievement historical evolution of knowledge, desires and In fact, mitochondria biological activities have and acquisition. The East is said to be more people- technology. Our planned and designed activities progressively expanded to include not only oriented, where happiness is a result of deep personal co-evolve with our aspirations, mediated by the various bioenergetic processes but also important interactions. Thus, poor people can be happier in existing technologies and social structures. The biosynthetic pathways, calcium homeostasis and the East than the West, because they are not so city represents the accretion and accumulation of thermogenesis, cell death by apoptosis, several concerned with possession and more with society. successive layers of collective activity, structuring different signal transduction pathways mainly This book considers happiness and quality of life in and being structured by other, increasingly distant related to redox control of gene expression and so non-Western countries and cultures. Its coverage is cities, reaching now right around the globe.This on. This functional and structural complexity may diverse and spans the breadth of the non-Western historical and structural development cannot undergo important derangements so to justify the world, revealing unique perspectives of happiness therefore be understood or captured by any set of definition of ‘mitochondrial medicine’, which should and life quality embedded in rich cultural traditions fixed quantitative relations. Structural changes imply include all the clinical consequences of congenital and histories. that the patterns of growth, and their underlying or acquired mitochondrial dysfunctions. There are reasons change over time, and therefore that any Features actually a growing number of studies which assign a attempt to control the morphology of cities and their Different cultures experience happiness differently. significant pathogenic role to damaged mitochondria patterns of flow by means of planning and design, Traditionally, the West is considered materialistic, in different diseases: ischemia/reperfusion injury, must be dynamical, based on the mechanisms that and happiness is said to come from achievement neurodegenerative diseases, cancer with its dramatic drive the changes occurring at a given moment.This and acquisition. The East is said to be more people- sequelae (i.e, metastasis), metabolic syndrome, carefully edited post-proceedings volume gathers oriented, where happiness is a result of deep personal hyperlipidemias, just to mention a few of the most a snapshot view by leading researchers in field, of interactions. Thus, poor people can be happier in important[..] current[..] the East than the West, because they are not so Features concerned with possession and more with society. Features Mitochondria are far more than the “powerhouse” [..] Today, our cities are an embodiment of the complex, of the cell as they have classically been described. historical evolution of knowledge, desires and Contents In fact, mitochondria biological activities have technology. Our planned and designed activities INTRODUCTION.- 1: HAPPINESS IN INDIA: Ed progressively expanded to include not only co-evolve with our aspirations, mediated by the Diener, Robert Biswas-Diener and Louis Tay.- 2: various bioenergetic processes but also important existing technologies and social structures. The HAPPINESS ON THE TIBETAN PLATEAU: Dave biosynthetic pathways, calcium homeostasis and city represents the accretion and accumulation of Webb.- 3: HAPPINESS AND LIFE SATISFACTION thermogenesis, cell death by apoptosis, several successive layers of collective activity, structuring IN MALAYSIA: Ryan T. Howell, Wan Tien different signal transduction pathways mainly related and being structured by other, increasingly distant Chong, Colleen J. Howell, & Kurt Schwabe.- to redox control of [..] cities, [..] 4: HAPPINESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN Contents THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Gareth Contents Section I – Physiology and structure of Davey.- 5: QUALITY OF LIFE OF AN ASIAN Introduction.- Part I: Complexity theories and Mitochondria.- 1. The oxidative METROPOLIS IN A GOVERNANCE CRISIS: Complexity Theories of Cities: An Overview.- Part phosphorylation system in mammalian THE CASE OF HONG KONG: Ming Sing.- 6: II: Aspects of Cities as Complex Systems.- Part III: mitochondria.- 2. Physiology and pathophysiology QUALITY OF WORK LIFE IN MACAU: Ricardo Implications to Urban Planning and Design. of mitochondrial DNA.- 3. Mitochondrial calcium Rato and Gareth Davey.- 7: SATISFACTION AND as a key regulator of mitochondrial activities.- SOCIETAL QUALITY IN KAZAKHSTAN: Pamela Fields of interest 4. Mitochondria and Nitric Oxide: Chemistry Abbott and Claire Wallace.- 8:[..] Urbanism; Human Geography; Complexity; Socio- and Pathophysiology.- 5. Mitochondria and and Econophysics, Population and Evolutionary Fields of interest reactive oxygen species - which role in physiology Models Regional and Cultural Studies; Cross Cultural and pathophysiology?.- 6. Uncoupling proteins: molecular, functional, regulatory, physiological and Target groups Psychology; Non-Western Philosophy; Quality of pathological aspects.- 7. The mitochondrial pathways Research Life Research of apoptosis.- Section II –[..] Type of publication Target groups Fields of interest Monograph Research Biomedicine (general); Cancer Research; Molecular Type of publication Medicine; Pharmacology / Toxicology; Medical Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days Contributed volume Biochemistry Target groups Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days 2012. XIV, 433 p. 197 illus., 1 in color. Hardcover Research 119,95 € Type of publication ISBN 978-3-642-24543-5 2012. XXIII, 504 p. 71 illus. (Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science, Vol. 6) Hardcover Contributed volume 169,95 € ISBN 978-94-007-2699-4 springer.com Biomedicine 3 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days R.G. Dumitrescu, Saba University Medical School, Netherland J.-F. Jasmin, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Antilles; M. Verma, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA P.G. Frank, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA; (Eds.) M.P. Lisanti, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2012. XII, 461 p. 62 illus., 28 in color. (Advances (Eds.) in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Vol. 942) Cancer Epigenetics Hardcover Caveolins and Caveolae Methods and Protocols 149,95 € Roles in Signaling and Disease Mechanisms ISBN 978-94-007-2868-4 The epigenetic regulation plays an important role in normal development and maintenance of Caveolae are 50-100 nm flask-shaped invaginations tissue specific genes expression in humans and of the plasma membrane that are primarily the disturbance of these patterns lead to changes composed of cholesterol and sphingolipids. Using involved in tumor formation. More recently, modern electron microscopy techniques, caveolae epigenetic changes have been observed in early can be observed as omega-shaped invaginations of stages of tumor development and together with the plasma membrane, fully-invaginated caveolae, the genetic alterations have been defined as grape-like clusters of interconnected caveolae abnormalities, necessary for cancer initiation and (caveosome), or as transcellular channels as a progression. In, Cancer Epigenetics: Methods consequence of the fusion of individual caveolae. and Protocols, expert researchers reviewed these The caveolin gene family consists of three distinct epigenetics changes in different tumor types and members, namely Cav-1, Cav-2 and Cav-3. Cav-1 described several technologies that are currently and Cav-2 proteins are usually co-expressed and available to detect epigenetic changes. These particularly abundant in epithelial, endothelial, technologies have lead to a better understanding of and smooth muscle cells as well as adipocytes and the processes in normal and cancerous cells. Written fibroblasts. On the other hand, the Cav-3 protein in the highly successful Methods in Molecular appears to be muscle-specific and is therefore only Biology™ series format, the chapters include the expressed in smooth, skeletal and cardiac muscles. kind of detailed description and implementation Caveolin proteins form high molecular weight advice that is crucial for getting optimal results in the homo- and/or hetero-oligomers and