Introduction to Microbiology

Introduction to Clinical Microbiology

Kador's paper would have been much more complete had it mentioned some current inhibitors of sorbitol formation. In addition to the article on sugar-induced opacities, Human Cataract Formation contains thirteen other research papers. The subjects range from calcium and the physiology of cataracts to cytoskeletal proteins of the aging human lens. Most of the work in the symposium is concise, luc...

Practical Introduction to Microbiology

opinion as in the procedure of root filling, the author is not dogmatic, but gives a fair appraisal of the systems as taught in different schools. The arrangements of the sections is excellent, and the description of the various conditions clear. This, together with the plates, greatly assists the general practitioner in the differential diagnosis of the condition with which he is confronted. T...

Introduction to Cave Microbiology : a Review for the Non - Specialist

The study of cave microbiology deals with the microscopic life that resides in caves. Microscopic life has historically been grouped into the Monera, one of the five kingdoms of life, and a pretty broad group that includes any microscopic organism that lacks a nucleus; also historically known as the prokaryotes (Whittaker, 1969). The protozoa, which are also microscopic and include such organis...

An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

Introduction to circular data

In many diverse scientific fields, the measurements are directions. For instance, a biologist may be measuring the direction of flight of a bird or the orientation of an animal. A series of such observations is called ”directional data”. Since a direction has no magnitude, these can be conveniently represented as points on the circumference of a unit circle centered at the origin or as unit ...