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ABCD springer.com Just Released New Books November 2010 All Titles, All Languages Sorted by author and title within the main subject springer.com Arts 2 M. Canepari, Basel University, Switzerland; D. Zecevic, Yale Uni- Arts Biomedicine versity School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA (Eds.) Membrane Potential Imaging in the M. Woodward, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA P. Balogh, University of Pecs, Hungary (Ed.) Nervous System Java, Indonesia and Islam Developmental Biology of Methods and Applications Peripheral Lymphoid Organs Mark R. Woodward’s Islam in Java: Normative Piety The book is structured in five sections, each contain- and Mysticism in the Sultanate of Yogyakarta (1989) ing several chapters written by experts and major The human immune system is a complex network was one of the most important work on Indonesian contributors to particular topics. The volume starts of tissues and organs dispersed throughout the Islam of the era. This new volume, Java, Indonesia, with a historical perspective and fundamental princi- body. Immunology, as one of the most rapidly and Islam, builds on the earlier study, but also goes ples of membrane potential imaging and continues evolving fields in bio¬medical research, has to beyond it in important ways. Written on the basis to cover the measurement of membrane potential date covered the essential cellular and molecular of Woodward’s thirty years of research on Javanese signals from dendrites and axons of individual neu- events neces¬sary for immune responses to occur. Islam in a Yogyakarta (south-central Java) setting, rons, measurements of the activity of many neurons However, it has paid relatively little attention to the book presents a much-needed collection of essays with single cell resolution, monitoring of population important developmental processes underlying concerning Javanese Islamic texts, ritual, sacred signals from the nervous system, and concludes with the formation of the tissues themselves that carry space, situated in Javanese and Indonesian politi- the overview of new approaches to voltage-imag- out immune responses in humans and other mam- cal contexts. With a number of entirely new essays ing. The book is targeted at all scientists interested malians. In contrast to the thymus and bone mar- as well as significantly revised versions of essays in this mature but also rapidly expanding imaging row that are the sole tissues for generating mature this book is a valuable contribution to the academic approach. leukocytes for antigen recognition and han¬dling in community by an eminent anthropologist and key humans and most mammalian species, the periph- Features authority on Islamic religion and culture in Java. eral lymphoid tissues where adaptive immune Membrane Potential Imaging in the Nervous Sys- Features responses are focused display broad tissue distribu- tem: Methods and Applications describes optical Mark R. Woodward's Islam in Java: Normative Piety tion and possess diverse archi¬tectural characteris- techniques to monitor neuronal membrane potential and Mysticism in the Sultanate of Yogyakarta (1989) tics. These organs develop prior to the individual’s signals. The knowledge upon which voltage-imag- was one of the most important works on Indonesian exposure to external antigens, and despite their sim- ing technique is based was generated over several Islam of the era. This new volume builds on the ear- ilar functions, their varied appearances indicate a decades and the aim of this book is to provide a sin- lier study, but also goes beyond it in important ways. substantial complexity of tissue[..] gle comprehensive source of information on differ- Written on the basis of Woodward’s thirty years of ent types of voltage-imaging techniques, including Features research on Javanese Islam in a Yogyakarta (south- overviews, [..] The human immune system is a complex network of central Java) setting, the book presents [..] tissues and organs dispersed throughout the body. Contents Contents Immunology, as one of the most rapidly evolving Historical overview and general methods of mem- Religion, Culture and Nationality.- The Javanese fields in biomedical research, has to date covered the brane potential imaging.- Design and use of organic Dukun: Healing and Moral Authority.- The essential cellular and molecular events necessary for voltage sensitive dyes.- Imaging submillisecond Slametan: Textual Knowledge and Ritual Perfor- immune responses to occur, but has paid relatively membrane potential changes from individual regions mance in Yogyakarta.- Order and Meaning in the little attention to important developmental processes of single axons, dendrites and spines.- Combined Yogyakarta Kraton.- The Garebeg Malud: Venera- underlying the formation of the tissues themselves voltage and calcium imaging and signal calibra- tion of the Prophet as Imperial Ritual.- The Fast of [..] tion.- Use of fast-responding voltage-sensitive dyes Ramadan in Yogyakarta.- The Kraton Revolution: for large-scale recording of neuronal spiking activ- Contents Religion, Culture, Regime Change and Democracy in ity with single-cell resolution.- Monitoring inte- Introduction: Evolution of peripheral lymphoid Yogyakarta. grated activity of individual neurons using FRET- organs.- Common themes in lymphoid organ devel- based voltage-sensitive dyes.- Monitoring population Fields of interest opment.- Development of lymph nodes in humans membrane potential signals from neocortex.-[..] Religious Studies; Anthropology and rodents.- Programmed and nascent gut-associ- ated organized lymphoid tissues.- Single complex- Fields of interest Target groups ity: the spleen.- Age-associated decline in peripheral Neurosciences; Human Physiology; Neurobiology; Research lymphoid organ functions. Biological Techniques; Biological Microscopy Type of publication Fields of interest Target groups Monograph Immunology; Developmental Biology; Human Phys- Research iology Type of publication Available Target groups Handbook Research 2011. X, 230 p. 30 illus. (Muslims in Global Societies Series, Vol. 3) Available Hardcover Type of publication Contributed volume 99,95 € 2011. X, 170 p. 95 illus., 71 in color. With online files/update. Hardcover ISBN 978-94-007-0055-0 Available 109,95 € 2011. X, 177 p. Hardcover ISBN 978-1-4419-6557-8 139,95 € ISBN 978-3-642-14428-8 springer.com Biomedicine 3 P.P. De Deyn, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium; D. Van V.V. Didenko, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA (Ed.) P.R. Dormitzer, Novartis Vaccines, Cambridge, MA, USA; C.W. Dam, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium (Eds.) Mandl, Novartis Vaccines, Cambridge, MA, USA; R. Rappuoli, Novartis Vaccines, Siena, Italy (Eds.) 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