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By J. Aitchison This book was originally published in 1986. It is reprinted here with a new foreword, extensive postscript detailing developments in the field since publication and a selection of more recent literature references. A recent excursion on the web in search of “compositional data” produced over 3000 entries within a great variety of disciplines. In agriculture, land use compositions; in archaeology, chemical compositions of ceramics; in developmental biology, shape analysis relating (head, trunk, leg) compositions to height; in economics, household budget patterns; in environometrics, pollutant compositions; in geology, major oxide compositions of rocks and sediment (sand, silt, clay) compositions; in literary studies, sentence compositions; in manufacturing, global car production compositions; in medicine, blood, urine and renal calculi compositions; in ornithology, plumage and artefact colour compositions of the greater bower bird and sea bird time budgets; in palaeontology, zonal pollen compositions; in psephology, US Presidential election voting proportions; in psychology and sociology, time budgets of various groups; in waste disposal studies, waste composition. There can be little doubt that appropriate statistical analysis of such compositions is a requirement of many problems in many disciplines. This book provides a clear and systematic account of statistical methods designed to meet the special needs of the compositional data analyst. From the motivation of a number of practical examples from different disciplines and from a re-examination of the difficulties inherent in the inappropriate standard methods, the author argues that any successful statistical methodology must be based on the simple perception that only the relative magnitudes of the components of a composition matter, not their absolute values. “All along Aitchison motivates his mathematics by showing how it can answer the real questions of scientists . . . An enthralling
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November 13 2008 | Developmental Biology | No Comments »
Pediatric Research is essential reading for research-oriented pediatricians, scientists, faculty, and trainees whose interest is the investigation of developmental phenomena and the etiology of diseases in children. The journal presents the work of leading authorities whose translational research in pediatric investigation covers disciplines extending from molecular biology to epidemiology.p pEach monthly issue contains approximately 20 original, peer-reviewed articles on late-breaking investigations of the most challenging problems of childhood diseases. Selected by a panel of internationally distinguished physicians and scientists, these studies provide the reader with timely, accurate views of the latest advances in the broad spectrum of translational research.p pWebsite: a href=http://www.pedresearch.orgwww.pedresearch.orga.p
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November 13 2008 | Developmental Biology | No Comments »
The study of animal development has deep historical roots in codifying the field of evolutionary biology. In the 1940s, evolutionary theory became engulfed by microevolutionary genetic analysis and development became focused on mechanisms, forsaking the evolutionary implications of ontogeny. Recently, ontogeny has resurfaced as a significant component of evolutionary change, population, and community dynamics. Ontogeny, Functional Ecology and Evolution of Bats is a unique reference work by bat biologists who emphasize the importance of understanding ontogeny in the analysis of evolution and ecology. In addition, the developmental underpinnings of specialized morphology, physiology, and behavior are elucidated, and the strong influence of ecology on the ontological niche of juvenile bats is illustrated. This book is an essential reference for bat biologists, and all those working in the fields of ecology, developmental biology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.
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November 13 2008 | Developmental Biology | No Comments »
As every subject in biology, and in science generally,developmentel biology also bear in it the excitement of discovery and of the birth and growth of ideas. This book provides a comprehensive survey of major issues at the forefront of modern developmental biology. These information should be
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November 13 2008 | Developmental Biology | No Comments »
The Biology of Prenatal Development describes human prenatal development through all 38 weeks of pregnancy, emphasizing the first trimester developmental period when all body systems and more than 90 percent of body parts emerge and begin to function. This documentary features rare imagery of the living human embryo and fetus. It combines facts gleaned from the medical literature with images produced from 6 different medical-imaging technologies. Fascination and visually compelling, this video provides an overview of key features of human embryonic development with video sequences of human embryos, animations, and narration. , Approximately 42 minute , Additional content: French and Spanish subtitles, PDF of the script (printable from a PC) , 2006 , Not available for shipment outside of the U.S. and Canada
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November 07 2008 | Developmental Biology | No Comments »
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