Biology Fall 2018 Title Catalog by Cognella, Inc

BIOLOGY TITLE CATALOG

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ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY An Integrated Approach Julian Pittman

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This text combines the study of anatomy and physiology into one well-organized and illustrated text. It teaches students about the purposes of organ systems, as well as their interconnections. It educates readers about interactions between systems and how disruption to a single system can impact overall function. It is suitable for courses on anatomy, physiology, and human biology, particularly those designed for programs in health care professions.

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INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY REVIEW Robert Tyler Morris

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This text provides readers with high-yield information while creating a dynamic working model. The text begins with a discussion of essential concepts followed by select human cadaver views, concept maps, and synthesis exercises. Students work towards integrating even the most challenging information through retrieval-based learning. Six regions of interest are studied in this edition, including the back, lower limbs, upper limbs, neck, head, and thorax.

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THE HUMAN ORGANISM Explorations in Biological Anthropology Elizabeth Weiss

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This text covers essential topics in evolution, including evolutionary theory, basic genetics, primates, paleontology, and human variation. It uses a variety of materials ranging from Darwin’s original works to popular science writing, to make the information interesting, timely, and relevant. Accessible to students with little or no previous exposure to the subject matter, the book is wellsuited to general education biological anthropology courses.

PREHISTORIC LIFE An Examination of the History of Life and Evolution Joseph Petsche

This text is a concise, accessible book focusing on the history of life and evolution within a geological and climatic context. Specific topics include the scientific method, the geologic timescale, abiogenesis, evolution, the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras, and more. The book is ideal for courses in introductory geology, biology, and paleontology.

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INTERPRETING BASIC CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIAS WITHOUT HEARTACHE Cheryl Miller

© 2018 This text is a step-by-step guide on interpreting basic electrocardiogram (EKG) readings in adults. Students benefit from first understanding normal sinus rhythm, as well as basic dysrhythmias, and then applying this understanding to rhythms that are more advanced and difficult. Clear and concise, this text is ideal for nursing students, practicing nurses, and paramedics and emergency medical technicians.

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CLINICAL CORRELATES IN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY Mary Katherine Lockwood

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This text is designed to address one of the challenges for allied health students to correlate the information introduced in basic science classes to the clinical problems they see in the field. Using short vignettes, the book illustrates clinical problems that align with topics covered in a first year anatomy and physiology course.

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ADVANCED NUTRITION AND REGULATION OF METABOLISM Kevin L. Schalinske

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This science-based nutrition text emphasizes regulation of proteins and gene expression. It focuses on the function of nutrients, how function relates to deficiency, how function and deficiency relate to assessment, and how this is achieved during the fed-fasted cycle. The text is ideal for advanced nutritional courses, as well as some animal science, kinesiology, genetics, and biochemistry classes.

UNDERSTANDING BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAYS A Pattern-Recognition Approach Carol A. Wilkins

© 2018 This book is designed to serve as a companion text to standard biochemistry textbooks. The book lays out a clear methodology for mastering biochemical pathways through pattern recognition, as well as how specific enzymes are named. The approach is illustrated through particular examples of pathways in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism.

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PHARMACOLOGY OF RECREATIONAL DRUGS The Neurology of How Drugs Work Donald F. Slish

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This text introduces readers to neurobiology and provides detailed mechanistic explanations of how drugs work. While exploring topics such as addiction, cognition, opioids, alcohol, CNS stimulants, and more, the book explains connections at the minuscule level of a drug binding to a receptor to the holistic effects of the drug on the person.

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HUMAN EVOLUTION Processes and Adaptations Steven J. C. Gaulin

ÂŠ 2017

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This text is designed for introductory courses in biological anthropology. The book develops the theory and methods of the modern evolutionist and, with many clear examples, shows how to apply them to make sense of the biological traits that define our species. Featuring a scientific, issue-oriented perspective on human evolution, this textbook uses engaging analogies to make current research accessible to beginning students.

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FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY A Comparative Examination M. Beth Zimmer

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This text utilizes examples from animal physiology to illustrate key principles and shed light on what is known about physiological mechanisms in humans. Over the course of ten chapters, the book examines and describes cell, sensory, and muscle physiology, the cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, and digestive systems, and endocrinology. This text is well suited to undergraduate courses in human physiology or anatomy.

ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY James Palmer

ÂŠ 2017 This text explains all the major systems of the human body in a concise, accessible way. After introducing necessary terms and concepts, the next six chapters are devoted to histology, and the integument, skeletal, muscle, and nerve systems. The second half of the text addresses the circulatory and respiratory systems, the urinary, digestive, and reproductive systems, and the immune, endocrine, and lymphatic systems.

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BIOTECHNOLOGY IN CLINICAL MEDICINE Beth Zielinski, Ph.D.

This text raises reader awareness of the important role biotechnology plays in quality of life. The book begins with a general explanation of biotechnology and details the history of its use in the medical field. It then focuses on four key areas: pharmaceuticals, organ transplantation, substitutive medicine, and reproductive technologies.

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A SOLUTION TO SOLUTIONS A Practical Guide to Understanding and Preparing Solutions in Biological Chemistry T. Michelle Jones-Wilson

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This text presents the background and theory of laboratory calculations and practices, provides clear instructions and examples to help complete specific calculations, and gives students confidence in their laboratory skills. Students learn terminology, concentration units, and how to convert units. They study basic chemistry, chemical equilibria, multicomponent assays, laboratory measurements, and the dangers of “rough handling” in the lab.

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CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION Mastering the Big Ideas J. Reid Schwebach

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Developed to incorporate the best of both core cell biology content and educational methodology, this text serves as a concise, practical workbook for university and advancedlevel high school biology students. With targeted activities that enhance knowledge and strategies for approaching challenging topics, the workbook increases student achievement and raises classroom performance overall.

BASIC AND PRACTICAL MICROBIOLOGY LAB MANUAL Mette Prætorius Ibba and Katherine Elasky

© 2017 This lab manual uses clear, concise text and outstanding visuals to guide students through exercises that enhance their understanding of microbes. Students learn about the role these diverse, amazing organisms play in our lives and environment, and gain a deeper understanding of the concepts of cultivation, identification, and control of microbial growth.

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DISSECTION SIMPLIFIED A Lab Manual for Independent Work in Human Anatomy Dr. Danielle Dodenhoff

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Using the cat as a model for major human body systems, this lab manual helps students identify anatomy and complete dissections. It features worksheets designed to help students master information quickly. The manual addresses common problems experienced when completing dissections, such as locating specific muscles, knowing when a dissection exercise is truly complete, and successfully preparing for dissection exams.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN BIOLOGY Strategies for Success Letina Banks

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This book helps students to bridge the gap between their past learning experiences and the new expectations they face as college students. The text provides students the tools they need to succeed in college and beyond when preparing for health care industry careers. Topics addressed in the book include accountability, self-knowledge, self-awareness, goal setting, time management, and more.

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This text gives students a solid understanding of how human cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and whole organisms operate. The material covers the main physiological systems in the human body, their interconnections, and what individuals can do to maintain healthy bodies and lifestyles.

This text is designed for undergraduates interested in the functions of the human body as preparation for medical school, or for graduate programs in healthrelated disciplines. Organ systems covered in the text include the physiology of muscles, the endocrine system, the cardiovascular system, the respiratory and renal systems, and the gastrointestinal system.

This text addresses the confusion and myths surrounding flu vaccines and vaccines in general, and it simplifies the science behind both the virus and the vaccine. It confronts misconceptions about vaccinations and helps readers understand why they are actually much safer than is often understood.

Designed for courses that use the “flipped” method, this text prepares students to learn by presenting pre-lecture concepts and information for use in conjunction with clickers. Because students enter class ready to apply and develop what they have learned from the text, concepts can be fully mastered during class sessions.

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BIOLOGY

This text allows you to create a custom non-majors biology text especially tailored for your course. Such specificity enables you and your students to focus on relevant content, applications, and assessments. The authors have developed 35 first-rate chapters that cover the broad landscape of essential biology. You can create your very own custom edition in four easy steps.

UNDERSTANDING LIFE

After a conceptual orientation to the subject, students will learn about the tools and origins of chemistry and the classical chemical paradigms. Other topics include modern bonding models, isomers, structures in organic chemistry and biochemistry, entropy, and metabolism.

GENERAL CHEMISTRY NATURE’S MYSTERY

This text raises readers’ awareness of how chemistry permeates every aspect of daily life. The book moves the study of chemistry past the purely scientific and abstract, making it fresh, relevant, and relatable. The text motivates students to embrace chemistry by teaching them the many chemical reactions carried out in their own bodies. I

CONVERSATIONS AT THE INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE AND SOCIETY Michael Stout and Jim Ottea

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This text introduces students to important concepts in the biological sciences and explores the intersection of these concepts with philosophy, ethics, religion, politics, and public policy. Readings are organized by topic and include selections from a variety of sources and perspectives. With brief introductions to each topic, the book delivers a thought-provoking and engaging reading experience.

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WRITE, PRESENT, CREATE

This guide will help students create original work that is scientifically robust in content and structure, and encourage them to support their ideas with the best available scientific evidence. Short and focused, the guide addresses multiple aspects of communicating in the sciences with an emphasis on biology and environmental science.

INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN EVOLUTION A BIO-CULTURAL APPROACH

Concise and filled with engaging images, this book makes evolution, primatology, and human variation appealing to today’s learners. The book introduces readers to issues surrounding the theory of evolution, sheds light on questions about what evolution is or isn’t, and discusses how we know what we think we do about it.

UNDERSTANDING EPIDEMIOLOGY CONCEPTS, SKILLS, AND APPLICATIONS

This text takes an interdisciplinary approach to solving epidemiological problems that prepares students for real-world applications of the material. Students will learn to read, understand, and apply public health literature, develop research hypotheses and design appropriate epidemiological studies, and make distinctions and connections between public health practice and clinical medicine.

GREAT IDEAS OF SCIENCE

This book recognizes that science forms a seamless web of knowledge about the universe, and a few overarching concepts unify astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, and physics. The goal is to serve the educational needs of people who will not be scientists but who need some knowledge of science to function as citizens.

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This text takes students from the basic beginnings to a more thorough understanding of the fundamental concepts in organic and biochemistry. The topics covered range from the basics of naming the simplest organic compounds to the applications of the principles of organic chemistry to biochemical molecules and processes.

BIOETHICS

This text introduces students to the most relevant historical, epistemological, methodological, and practical aspects of bioethics. The book encourages students to think objectively and impartially in order to resolve the ethical dilemmas that stem from biotechnological empowerment and biomedical techniques.

This user-friendly manual encourages students to think of lecture and lab as a cohesive unit. This is accomplished by requiring them to use the information they are learning in lecture and the material presented in the manual, including standard experiments, to complete assignments.

BEYOND RACE

This text provides the most recent scientific studies on human genetic groups and on the origins of the human family tree. The text allows students to view humanity through the lens of modern biology and re-evaluate society’s traditional ideas about human races. Exciting new findings about human evolution are presented along with DNA analyses that have revised our understanding of human history.

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HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC

This anthology provides a comprehensive introduction to the AIDS epidemic through readings from diverse, interdisciplinary sources. The relevant biology is clearly explained, from the immune system to virology, as well as HIV testing, disease progression, vaccines, therapies, and recent developments in the field. The scientific topics expand further into public health with articles on epidemiology, transmission and prevention.

This text explores biology from the perspective of health-related issues and experiences that are relevant to all. Building on a nature versus nurture approach, the book presents an integrated view of all major organ systems and explains human biology using real and relevant topics, such as reproduction, stress, nutrition, aging, disease, and drugs.

This text teaches students to question, think critically, and debate who we are, how we got that way, and how we will survive into the future. It includes worksheets for studying genetic traits, discussion questions, and dermatoglyphics (fingerprinting) and PTC-tasting laboratories. Chapters also include links to related websites, allowing for further study.

Clear, concise, and well-organized, the Cell and Molecular Biology Study Guide is an excellent learning tool for students of cellular and molecular biology. Each brief chapter effectively separates core concepts, clarifying each individually and creating a set of building blocks that allow students to fully comprehend one aspect of the subject matter before moving on to the next.

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