Böcker i Nato ASI Series-serien

1. Chromatographic Processes.- Modelling Equilibrium and Kinetics in Chromatographic Processes.- Theory of Linear and Nonlinear Chromatography.- Hydrodynamics of Chromatographic Columns.- Cyclic Fixed Bed Sorption Processes for Bioseparations - Design Aspects.- Separations by Continuous Annular Chromatography.- Gradient Elution Chromatography.- Rate Processes in Supercritical Fluid Desorption and Extraction.- 2. Membrane Processes.- Fundamentals of Membrane Separation Processes.- Pressure-Driven Membrane Processes.- Ellectrically-Driven Membrane Processes.- Novel Membranes - Formation and Process Applications.- Cell Harvesting Using Cross-Flow Microfiltration.- Recovery of Intracellular Products.- Pervaporation in Biotechnology.- 3. Affinity Processes.- Affinity Chromatography: Principles and Applications.- Theory of Affinity Chromatography.- Affinity Partitioning.- Prediction of Partition Coefficients for Peptides in Aqueous Two-Phase Systems.- Membrane Affinity Filtration.- 4. Design of Separation Media.- Affinity Chromatography: Design of Biospecific Chromatographic Materials.- Membranes for Bioprocessing: Design Considerations.- 5. Scale-Up, Optimization and Process Integration.- Operating Modes, Scale-up and Optimization of Chromatographic Processes.- Scale-up and Optimization of Membrane Processes.- Simultaneous Reaction and Chromatography.- Membrane bioreactors.- Recombinant Human Tissue-Plasminogen Activator: Biochemistry, Pharmacology, and Process Development.- List of Contributors and Participants.

Theoretical Background.- Genetic Approaches to Common Diseases.- A Candidate Gene Approach to the Genetics of Normal Lipid Variation: DNA Association Studies and Genotype by Environment Interaction.- Molecular Genetics Approach to Polygenic Disease - Initial Results from Atherosclerosis Research.- Diabetes.- Facilitative Glucose Transporters: Regulation and Possible Role in NIDDM.- Molecular Genetic Approach to Polygenic Disease: Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM).- Lipids.- HDL and Reverse Transport of Cholesterol: Insights from Mutants.- Apolipoprotein E Polymorphisms and the Genetic Heterogeneity of Familial Dysbetalipoproteinaemia.- Abnormalities of Apolipoprotein B Metabolism in the Lipid Clinic.- Genetic Variation at the ApoA-I, CIII, A-IV Gene Complex: A Critical Review of the Associations between the Pst1 and Sst1 RFLPs at this Locus with Lipid Disorders.- The Molecular Basis of the Chylomicronemia Syndrome.- Lipoprotein Lipase Gene Variants in Subjects with Hypertriglyceridaemia and Coronary Atherosclerosis.- Atherosclerosis.- Atherosclerosis: The Genetic Analysis of a Multi-Factorial Disease.- RFLP Markers of Familial Coronary Heart Disease.- DNA Polymorphisms as Disease Markers.- Participants.

Terminology in Biological Rhythms; M.A. Ali, et al. Introduction to the Analysis of Periodic Phenomena; P. Legendre, P. Dutilleul. Biological Rhythms; M.P. Gerkema. Behavior and Rhythms in Fishes; D.L.G. Noakes. Ultradian Rhythms in Fishes; R.C. Peters, R.J. Veeneklaas. Tidally-Synchronised Behavior in Marine Fishes; R.N. Gibson. Lunar and Semi-Lunar Rhythms in Fishes; J.F. Leatherland, et al. Circadian Basis for Neuroendocrine Regulation; A.H. Meier. Sleep, Inactivity, and Circadian Rhythms in Fish; S. Reebs. Feeding-Entrained Circadian Rhythms in Fishes; R.E. Spieler. Melatonin Rhythms in the Pineal Organ of Fishes and its Effects; A. Zachmann, et al. Regulation of the Rhythmic Melatonin Secretion by Fish Pineal Photoreceptor Cells; J. Falcón, et al. The Rainbow Trout Pineal Organ; W.A. Gern, et al. 6 additional articles. Index.

Introduction. Phase Transitions in the Early Universe and Defect Formation; T.W.B. Kibble. The Topological Classification of Defects; M. Kleman. Introduction to Growth Kinetics Problems; G.F. Mazenko. Dynamics of Cosmological Phase Transitions: What Can We Learn from Condensed Matter Physics? N. Goldenfeld. Topological Defects and Phase Ordering Dynamics; A.J. Bray. The Production of Strings and Monopoles at Phase Transitions; R.J Rivers, T.S. Evans. Geometry of Defect Scattering; N.S. Manton. Theory of Fluctuating Nonholonomic Fields and Applications: Statistical Mechanics of Vortices and Defects and New Physical Laws in Spaces with Curvature and Torsion; H. Kleinert. String Network Evolution; E.P.S. Shellard. Global Field Dynamics and Cosmological Structure Formation; R. Durrer. Electroweak Baryogenesis; N.G. Turok. Dynamics of Cosmic Strings and Other Brane Models; B. Carter. Cosmological Experiments in Superfluids and Superconductors; W. Zurek. Cosmological Experiments in Liquid 4He-Problems and Prospects; P.C. Hendry et al. Index.

Present and Future of Nuclear Physics; Introductory Lecture. Cluster Decay, Fission and Fusion: Cluster Radioactivity; P.B. Price. Recent Advances in Cluster Radioactivities; D.N. Poenaru, W. Greiner. Heavy Elements: Multinucleon Transfer Reactions-An Alternative Path to Heavy Element Synthesis; M.T. Magda. Microscopic and Semi-microscopic Approach to the Properties of Transactinide Nuclei; L. Bitaud, et al. Nuclear Structure: On the Origin of Rotations and Vibrations in Atomic Nuclei; J.P. Draayer, et al. Particle-rotor Model Description of Deformed Nuclei; A. Covello, et al. Weak Interaction and Double Beta Decay: Nuclear Aspects of Double Beta Decay; S. Stoica. A New Look to the Nuclear Structure Calculations of the PNC Cases in A=1821 Nuclei; M. Horoi. Nuclear Astrophysics: Recent Topics from Nuclear Reactions in the Energies Ranging from keV to GeV; K. Kubo. Heavy Ion Collisions: Processes in Peripheral Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ion Collisions; M. Greiner, et al. Miscellaneous Topics: Gamma and Meson Production by Cherenkovlike Effects in Nuclear Media; W. Stocker, D.B. Ion. 58 additional articles. Index.

Progress in Genetic Engineering of the Pyridine and Propane Alkaloid Biosynthetic Pathways of Solanaceous Plants; R.J. Robins, et al. Molecular Genetic Techniques Applied the Analysis of Enzymes of Alkaloid Biosynthesis; T.M. Kutchan. Polyketide Biosynthesis; W.R. Strohl, R. Plater. The Biologists Palatte; N. Courtney-Gutterson. Engineering Altered Glucosinolate Biosynthesis by Two Alternative Strategies; R.K. Ibrahim, et al. Genetic Manipulation of Lignin and Phenylpropanoid Compounds Involved in Interactions with Microorganisms; R.A. Dixon, et al. The Genetic Origins of Biosynthesis and Light-Responsive Control of the Chemical UV Screen of Land Plants; R. Jorgensen. Genetic Control of Monterpene Biosynthesis in Mints; R. Corteau, J. Gershenzon. Genetic Manipulation of Terpenoid Phytoalexins in Gossypium; A.A. Bell. Analysis of Secondary Metabolism in Arabidopsis; C. Chapple. Polyphenol Oxidase; J.C. Steffens, et al. Genetic Regulation of Lignin Biosynthesis and the Potential Modification of Wood by Genetic Engineering in Loblolly Pine; S. Ronald, et al. Index.

Nuclear Collisions and Structure: Descriptions of Heavy Ion Collisions at Intermediate Energies; E. Lehman. Boltzman Master Equation Theory of Nuclear Reactions; M. Cavinato, et al. Formation and Decay of Hot Nuclei; B. Tamain. Statistical and Dynamical Aspects of Hot Nucleus DeExcitation; M. Gui et, al. Atomic Collisions: New Means and Objectives in the X and XUv Spectroscopy and Imagery; Y. Cauchois. Collisions of Molecules with Clusters; J. Jellinek, Z.B. Guvenc. Theory of Slow Atomic Collisions; F. Masnou-Seeuws. RMatrix Calculation of Multichannel Quantum Defect Parameters in Heavy Alkaline Earth Atoms; M. Aymar. New Phenomena at High Energy Collisions: Renaissance of Interest in Cosmic Rays; H. Rebel. The Sharp Lepton Problem and the C(Q0) Scenario; J.J. Griffin. Electromagnetic and Mesonic Cherenkov Effects in Nuclear Media; W. Stocker, D.B. Ion. 16 additional articles. Index.

Polyatomic Ion Dissociative Recombination; D.R. Bates. Recent Developments and Perspectives in the Treatment of Dissociative Recombination and Related Processes; A. Guisti-Suzor, et al. Electron-Ion Continuum-Continuum Mixing in Dissociative Recombination; S.L. Guberman. Recent Merged Beam Investigations of Hydrogen Molecular Ion Recombination; J.B.A. Mitchell, et al. Recent Flowing Afterglow Measurements; B.R. Rowe. Recombination of Cluster Ions; R. Johnsen. Associative Ionization of Hydrogen; F. Brouillard, X. Urbain. Resonant Theory of Dissociative Attachment; I.I. Fabrikant. Dissociative Recombination in Planetary Ionospheres; J.L. Fox. Chemistry of Supernova 1987a; A. Dalgarno. Factoring Sequences of Dynamic Processes in a Single Collision; F.H. Mies. Dissociative Electron Attachment to TransitionMetal Hydrides; T.M. Miller, et al. Electron Impact Dissociative Excitation of Molecular Ions; A.E. Orel. 17 additional articles. Index.

tRNA and AminoacyltRNA Synthetases: Charging of RNA Microhelices and Decoding Genetic Information; P. Schimmel. rRNA and mRNA: Regulation, Processing, and Assembly: Genetic Approaches to the Study of Eukaryotic Ribosomes; J.R. Warner, et al. Translational Initiation and Termination: Mechanisms of Translational Initiation and Repression in Prokaryotes; D.E. Draper. The Elongation Process: Sites, Factors, Nascent Chain: The Allosteric ThreeSite Model and the Mechanism of Action of Both Elongation Factors EFTu and EFG; K.H. Nierhaus, et al. Accuracy in Translation: Mutants of tRNA, Ribosomes, and mRNA Affecting Frameshifting, Hopping, or Stop Codon Read-Through; J.F. Atkins, et al. Quaternary Structure, Functional Centers, and Domains in the Ribosome. Translation in Cell Organelles. The Translational Apparatus and Evolution. 64 additional articles. Index.

Outstanding Problems in Cancer Risk Assessments: Pharmacodynamic Models for Cancer Risk Assessment; S.H. Moolgavkar. Oncogenes: Review of Current Status and Potential for Contributions to Cancer Risk Assessment Methods: Oncogene Assessment and Human Cancer; D.A. Spandidos, M.L.M. Anderson. Transgenics: Review of Current Status and Potential for Contributions to Cancer Risk Assessment Methods: Oncogenic Transgenic Mice in the Study of Carcinogenesis; C.H. Ahn, W.C. Choi. Case Studies: Review of Methylene Chloride Cancer Risk Assessment: Cancer Dose-Response Modeling and Methylene Chloride; G. Charnley. Case Studies: Review of Benzene Cancer Risk Assessment: Risk Assessments for Benzene-Induced Leukemia; K.S. Crump. Concluding Remarks: Findings and Recommendations; C. Zervos. Index.

Compartmentation in Aromatic Metabolism; F. Hrazdina. Immunolocalization of Flavonoid Conjugates and their Enzymes; R.K. Ibrahim. General Phenylpropanoid Metalbolism; C.J. Douglas, et al. Molecular Biology of Stress-Induced Phenylpropanoid and Isoflavonoid Biosynthesis in Alfalfa; R.A. Dixon, et al. Biosynthesis and Metabolism of Isoflavones and Pterocarpan Phytoalexins in Chickpea, Soybean, and Phytopathogenic Fungi; W. Barz, R. Welle. Flavonoid Synthesis in Petunia Hybrida; A.G.M. Gerats, C. Martin. Flavonoids; D.A. Phillips. Flavonoid Sulfation; L. Varin. Synthesis and Base-Catalyzed Transformations of Proanthocyanidins; D. Ferreira, et al. Enzymatic Synthesis of Gallotanins and Related Compounds G.G. Gross. Enantioselective Separations in Phytochemsitry; L.B. Davin, et al. The Phytochemical Society of North America; S.A. Brown. Index.

Studies of Reovirus Pathogenesis Reveal Potential Sites for Antiviral Intervention.- Drugs as Molecular Tools.- Genetically Engineered Bacteria to Identify and Produce Antiviral Agents.- Antiviral Agents from Novel Marine and Terrestrial Sources.- Virus Receptors: The Achilles' Heel of Human Rhinoviruses.- Therapeutic Strategies Employing CD4, The HIV Receptor.- Molecular Characterization of HIV-2 (ROD) Protease following PCR Cloning from Virus Infected H9 Cells.- A Novel, Non-Nucleoside Inhibitor of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase (Review).- Catalytic Antisense RNA (Ribozymes): Their Potential and Use as Anti-HIV-1 Therapeutic Agents.- Therapies for Hepatitis B Virus: Current Status and Future Possiblities.- A Preliminary Report of a Controlled Study of Thymosin Alpha-1 in the Woodchuck Model of Hepadnavirus Infection.- Delta Virus as a Vector for the Delivery of Biologically Active RNAs: Possibly a Ribozyme Specific for Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection.- Inhibition of Herpes Simplex Virus Ribonucleotide Reductase by Synthetic Nonapeptides: A Potential Antiviral Therapy.- Antiviral Effects of Herpes Simplex Virus Specific Anti-Sense Nucleic Acids.- Heterogeneity of a Herpes Simplex Virus Clinical Isolate Exhibiting Resistance to Acyclovir and Foscarnet.- Cellular Metabolism and Enzymatic Phosphorylation of 9-(2-Phosphonylmethoxyethyl) Guanine (PMEG), a Potential Antiviral Agent.- Effect of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Infection on Cytokine Gene Expression in Activated Murine Peritoneal Macrophages.- Procedure for Evaluation of Neutralizing Antibody to Cytomegalovirus in Commercial Intravenous Gamma Globulin Preparations.- Improved Detection of Antibodies to Hepatitis C Virus Using a Second Generation ELISA.- Emerging Trends in the Rapid Detection of Viruses.- DNA Probes for Viral Diagnosis.- Contributors.

Histopathology of Bronchial Asthma; P.K. Jeffery. Airway Neuropeptides; P. Barnes. Potential Role of Mast Cell Proteases in Asthma; J. Nadel. Human Mast Cells, Basophils, and their Mediators; V. Casolaro, et al. Platelets and Asthma; J. Morley, et al. Leukotrienes and Asthma; J. Rokach, et al. Plasma Exudation in Asthma and its Pharmacological Control; C. Persson. Synthesis and Regulation of IgE in Asthma; G. Del Prete. Osmotic and Ionic Factors in Bronchial Responsiveness; S. Bianco, et al. Airway Responsiveness, Late-Phase Response, and Inflammation in Allergic Asthma; V. Brusasco, et al. Injury and Repair of the Airway Epithelium in Asthma; S. Rennard, et al. Bronchial Asthma and Pulmonary Gas Exchange; R.R. Rodriguez. Asthma Management; A. Tattersfield. The National Asthma Education Program; S. Hurd. Management of Asthmatic Children; K.F. Kerrebijn. 12 additional articles. Index.

Introduction: Atomic Physics and Nuclear Properties; J. Bauche. Atomic Methods in Nuclear Spectroscopy: Progress in Atomic Physics Experiments on Nuclear Properties; R. Neugart. Single Particle Aspects: Single Particle Response Function; S. Gales. Multiphonon States: Low-Energy Multiphonon States in Deformed Nuclei; R. Piepenbring. Shapes and Coexistence: Algebraic Approaches to Nuclear Structure; R.F. Casten. Octupoles: Reflection-Asymmetric Shapes in Atomic Nuclei; W. Nazarewicz. Superdeformation: Microscopic Description of Superdeformation at Low Spin; R. Bonche, et al. Exotic Nuclei: Search for New Radioactivities at the Proton-Drip Line; F. Pougheon, et al. Chaos: Quantum Chaos and Low-Energy Nuclear Spectroscopy; M.J. Giannoni. Experimental Techniques: Nuclear Moments by Orientation Methods; H. Postma. 35 additional articles. Index.

Photophysics: The Nature of the Light Field in Biological Media B.C. Wilson. Photochemistry: Quantum Yield of a Photochemical Reaction; R.H. Potter, et al. Photosensitization: Photosensitization: Reaction Pathways; J.E. van Lier. Photosynthesis: Near Infra-Red Flash Absorption: A Tool for Studying Photosynthesis; P. Mathis, et al. UV Effects: Response to Ultraviolet Radiation in a Simple Eukaryote; (Yeast): Genetic Control and Biological Consequences; D. Averbeck, et al. Environmental Photobiology: Isolation and Biological Consequences of Plant Derived Phototoxins; J.T. Arnason, et al. Vision: Visual Pigments: Absorbance Spectra and Photoproducts; J.K. Bowmaker. Photomorphogenesis: Photomorphogenesis Responses to UV Light: Involvement of Phytochrome and Photoreceptors; B. Lercari. Photomovement: Photomovement; W. Nultsch, et al. Bioluminescence: Bioluminescence: Biochemistry for Fun and Profit; J. Lee. Photomedicine: Photomedicine: Photodermatology B. Johnson. Other Experiments: Experiments Reprinted from The Science of Photobiology, First Edition; K.C. Smith. Appendix: Units of Measure and Conversion Factors. 62 additional articles. Index.

Plant Viruses, Subviral RNAs and Viroids.- Contribution of Plant and Virus Genes to Cauliflower Mosaic Virus Pathogenicity.- Bromovirus RNA Replication and Host Specificity.- Analysis of Tobacco Mosaic Virus-Host Interactions by Directed Genome Modification.- Cell-to-Cell Movement of Plant Viruses.- Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus: A Bunyavirus Invading the Plant Kingdom.- Origin and Evolution of Defective Interfering RNAs of Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus.- Self-Cleavage Activities from Viral Satellite RNAs.- Viroid Structures Involved in Protein Binding and Replication.- Analysis of Viroid Pathogenicity by Genome Modification.- Nitrogen Fixation, Nitrogen Metabolism.- An Extracellular Oligosaccharide Symbiotic Signal Produced by Rhizobium meliloti.- Tissue-Specific Expression of Eariy Nodulin Genes.- Internalization of Rhizobium by Piant Cells: Targeting and Role of Peribacteroid Membrane Nodulins.- Regulation of Nodule Specific Genes.- Regulation of Genes for Enzymes along a Common Nitrogen Metabolic Pathway.- Phytopathology.- Molecular Basis of Plant Defense Responses to Fungal Infections.- Plant Genes Involved in Resistance to Viruses.- Repeated DNA Sequences and the Analysis of Host Specifity in the Rice Blast Fungus.- Molecular Genetics of the Tomato Pathogen Cladosporium fulvum.- Transgenic Potato Cultivars Resistant to Potato Virus X.- Agrobacterium, Transformation.- The Agrobacterium Virulence System.- T-DNA Gene-Functions.- Morphogenetic Genes in the T-DNA of Ri Plasmids.- Transient Expression and Stable Transformation of Maize Using Microprojectiles.- Agroinfection as a Tool for the Investigation of Plant-Pathogen Interactions.- Physical Mapping of the Arabidopsis Genome and its Applications.- Application of Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism to Maize Breeding.- Soybean Genome Analysis: DNA Polymorphisms are Identified by Oligonucleotide Primers of Arbitrary Sequence.- Genome Analysis in Brassica Using RFLPs.- Physical Mapping of DNA Sequences on Plant Chromosomes by Light Microscopy and High Resolution Scanning Electron Microscopy.- Transposons.- Structure and Function of the Maize Transposable Element Activator (AC).- Expression and Regulation of the Maize Spm Transposable Element.- The En/Spm Transposable Element of Zea mays.- The Mechanism and Control of Tam3 Transposition.- Characterization of Mobile Endogenous Copia-Like Transposable Elements in the Genome of Solanaceae.- Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, Photosynthesis.- Organization and Evolution of the Maize Mitochondrial Genome.- RNA Editing in Wheat Mitochondria: A New Mechanism for the Modulation of Gene Expression.- Topological Orientation of the Membrane Protein URF13.- Cytoplasmic Male Sterility in Petunia.- Nuclear and Chloroplast Genes Involved in the Expression of Specific Chloroplast Genes of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.- The Thylakoid Membrane of Higher Plants: Genes, their Expression and Interaction.- Greening of Etiolated Monocots - The Impact of Leaf Development on Plastid Gene Expression.- Regulation of Chloroplast Biogenesis in Barley.- Chlorophyll Biosynthesis.- Molecular Approaches to Understand Sink-Source Relations in Higher Plants.- Gene Expression, Photoreceptors.- The Expression of an Ovalbumin and a Seed Protein Gene in the Leaves of Transgenic Plants.- Regulation of Plant Gene Expression by Antisense RNA.- Photocontrol of Gene Expression.- phyA Gene Promoter Analysis.- Approaches to Understanding Phytochrome Regulation of Transcription in Lemna gibba and Arabidopsis thaliana.- Cis-Regulatory Elements for the Circadian Clock Regulated Transcription of the Wheat cab-1 Gene.- Plant Development.- Self-Incompatibility as a Model for Cell-Cell Recognition in Flowering Plants.- Floral Homoeotic and Pigment Mutations Produced by Transposon-Mutagenesis in Antirrhinum majus.- Molecular Analysis of the Homeotic Flower Gene deficiens of Antirrhinum majus.- Mutations of Knotted Alter Cell Interactions in the Developing Maize Leaf.- T-DNA Insertion Mutagen...

Oviductal Recognition of Embryonic Signals; H.B. Croxatto, et al. Effect of Progesterone Antagonists on Ovo-Endometrial Interactions; A. Psychoyos. On the Requirement for Estrogen for Establishing Pregnancy in the Non-Human Primate; N.R. Moudgal. Embryonic Loss and Conceptus Interferon Production; R.M. Roberts. In Vitro Models of Implantation; S.R. Glasser, et al. Uterine EGF Ligand-Receptor Circuitry and Its Role in EmbryoUterine Interactions during Implantation in the Mouse; S.K. Dey, et al. Human Uterine Angiogenic Factor (HUAF). The Role of Lymphohematopoietic Cytokines in Signalling between the Immune and Reproductive Systems; T.G. Wegmann. Human Decidual Function in Trophoblast and Uterine interaction; T. Mori, et al. Cytokines at the Maternal Fetal Interface: Colony Stimulating Factor1 as a Paradigm for the Maternal Regulation of Muridae Rodents; C. Tachi. Hormonal Regulation of Uterine Complement; K.B. Isaacson, et al. Insulinlike Growth Factor Binding Proteins: A Paradigm for Conceptus-Maternal Interactions in the Primate; A.T. Fazleabas, et al. The Roles of Growth Factors and Their Receptors in Peri-Implantation Mouse Embryos and at the Embryomaternal Interface; Z. Werb, et al. Ligands and Receptors of the Insulin Family: Role in Early Mammalian Development; S. Heyner, et al. 6 additional articles. Index.

I. Clinical Topics.- The Clinical Profile of Sepsis and the Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome.- The Participation of the Complement System in Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease.- The Spectrum of Atherosclerosis in the Human.- Cerebral Endothelial Injury in Stroke, Brain Trauma and Hypertension.- II. General Concepts in Endothelial Cell Pathophysiology.- Free-Radical Mediated Actions on Endothelial Cells of the Intact Lung.- Regulation of Vascular Function by Vascular Permeability Factor.- III. Chemical Mediators of Endothelial Cell Injury.- Endothelial Cells as Targets for and Producers of Cytokines.- Roles of Vascular Cells in Inflammation and Immunopathology.- The Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Type 1 Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor.- IV. Endothelial Cell Interaction with Blood Components.- Purine Regulation of Endothelial Cells: Relevance to Pathophysiology.- Autoantibodies to Endothelial Cells.- Leukocyte-Endothelial Cell Interactions.- V. Vascular Responses to Endothelial Cell Injury.- Endothelial Function in Human Coronary Bypass Grafts.- Altered Renovascular Endothelial Functions During Nephrotoxicity.- Cerebral Endothelial Function: Physiology and Pathophysiology.- Mechanisms of Altered Reactivity in the Cerebral Microcirculation.- VI. Mechanisms of Endothelial Cell Dysfunction.- The Role of Apolipoprotein E and Apolipoprotein B in Atherosclerosis.- Endothelial Cell-Matrix Interactions in Health and Disease.- Biosynthesis and Assembly of von Willebrand Factor by Vascular Endothelial Cells: Relevance to Pathophysiology.- VII. Markers of Endothelial Cell Injury and Repair.- Monitoring of Endothelial Plasmalemmal Ectoenzyme Function as an Index of Endothelial Injury and Repair.- Pathophysiological Significance of Endothelial Cell Integrins.- VIII. Epilogue.- Vascular Endothelium: Physiological Basis of Clinical Problems.- IX. Abstracts of Oral and Poster Presentations.- X. List of Participants.- XI. Index.

Shear Flows: Experimental Observations: The Mixing Transition in Free Shear Flows; A. Roshko. Vortex Shedding from Spheres at Subcritical Reynolds Number in Homogeneous and Stratified Fluid; P. Bonneton, et al. Nature of the Görtler Instability: A Forced Experiment; J.M. Chomaz, et al. Control Experiments: Control of Turbulent Shear Flows via Stationary Boundary Conditions; H.E. Fielder, et al. The Effects of External Excitation on the Reynolds-Averaged Quantities in a Turbulent Wall Jet; E. Horev, et al. Control of Organized Structures in Round Jets at High Reynolds Numbers; P.J.D. Juvet, et al. Numerical Experiments: Advances and Some Novel Experiments using Direct Numerical Simulations of Turbulence; P. Moin. Bubble Formation in Dense Fluidized Beds; J.A. Hernández, et al. Three Dimensional Numerical Simulations of Coherent Structures in Free Shear Flows; M. Lesieur, et al. Closed Flows: Experiments: Effect of Noise on Bifurcations and Patterns in Dissipative Systems; G. Ahlers. Hexagonal Convective Cells; C. Pérez-García, et al. Theoretical Models: The NS and Related Equations: Vortex Dynamics and Turbulence; P.G. Saffman. Control of Boundary Layer and Dynamical Systems Theory: An Update; G. Berkooz, et al. 19 additional articles. Appendices. Index.

Rudolph Altschul: Man and Scientist.- 1 The Dynamic Vessel Wall.- Natural History of Atherosclerosis.- Adaptations of Mature and Developing Arteries to Local Hemodynamics.- The Cytoskeleton of Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells during Development, Atheromatosis and Tissue Culture.- 2 Vascular Wall Injury and Repair.- Repair of Arterial Endothelium.- The Role of the Cytoskeleton in Endothelial Repair.- Thrombin-Stimulated Endothelial Cell Functions: Monocyte Adhesion and PDGF Production.- 3 Extracellular Matrix Interactions in Atherogenesis.- Dynamic Responses of Collagen and Elastin to Vessel Wall Perturbation.- Dynamic Interaction of Proteoglycans.- Endothelial Cell - Extracellular Matrix Interactions: Modulation of Vascular Cell Phenotype by Matrix Components and Soluble Factors.- 4 Autocrine and Paracrine Control of Vascular Tissue.- Regulation of PDGF Expression in Vascular Cells.- Endothelial Regulation of Vasomotor Tone in Atherosclerosis.- Production of Cytokines by Vascular Wall Cells: An Update and Implications for Atherogenesis.- 5 Thrombosis and Fibrinolysis.- Hypoxia and Endothelial Cell Function: Alterations in Barrier and Coagulant Properties.- Regulation of Type One Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor Gene Expression in Cultured Endothelial Cells and the Vessel Wall.- Platelet Reactions in Thrombosis.- Eicosanoid Metabolism and Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule Expression: Effects on Platelet/Vessel Wall Interactions.- 6 Lipids in Atherogenesis.- Receptor-Mediated Low Density Lipoprotein Metabolism.- The Molecular Basis for Lipoprotein Interaction with Vascular Tissue.- Cholesterol: Is there a Consensus?.- Contributors.

1: Fundamentals.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Data Aquisition.- Map Construction.- Interpolation.- 1.3 Spatial Sampling.- 1.4 Reference and Reference-Dependence.- 1.5 Map Display Methods.- Scaling and Floating Voltage Scales.- Summary Maps.- 1.6 Identification of Topographic Features.- 1.7 Spike Mapping.- 1.8 Post-Processing.- Analog Front-end.- Digital Filtering.- Reference Manipulation.- Statistical Mapping.- Global Field Power.- Correlation Analysis.- Source Localization.- 1.9 Frequency Analysis.- 2: Source Modelling and Analysis.- 2.1 Concepts of a Source.- 2.2 Physical Model.- 2.3 Inverse Solution.- 2.4 Stability of Dipole Solutions.- 2.5 Data Characterization.- 3: Magnetoencephalography.- 3.1 Instrumentation.- 3.2 Meg Measurements and Generators.- Meg Generators.- Regional Generators.- The Inverse Problem for MEG.- 3.3 Spontaneous MEG Rhythms.- 3.4 Review of MEG Studies.- 3.5 Concerns and Outlook.- 4: Statistical Approaches.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Assumptions and Difficulties.- 4.3 Normative Data.- 4.4 Statistical Comparisons.- 4.5 Classification.- 4.6 Exploratory vs. Confirmatory Analysis.- 5: Selected Normative Data.- Flash VEP.- Pattern Reversal VEP.- P300 AEP.- Resting EEG.- References.

I LECTURES - Banff NATO ASI Physics, Geometry & Topology.- Field Theory Methods and Strongly Correlated Electrons.- Braid Statistics in Three-Dimensional Local Quantum Theory.- On the Algebraic Structure of the BRST Symmetry.- Black Hole Quantization and a Connection to String Theory.- An Introduction to General Topology and Quantum Topology.- Topics in Planar Physics.- to Conformal Field Theory and Infinite Dimensional Algebras.- Lectures on RCFT.- Chern-Simons Gauge Theory and the Spin-Statistics Connection in Two Dimensional Quantum Mechanics.- Yang-Baxter Algebras, Integrable Theories and Quantum Groups.- Symmetry and Functional Integration.- Topological Aspects of the Quantum Hall Effect.- II SEMINARS - Workshop on Physics, Braids & Links.- The Nonabelian Chern-Simons Term with Sources and Braid Source Statistics.- The Quantum Group Method of Quantising the Special Linear Group SL(2, C).- 2+1 Dimensional Quantum Gravity and the Braid Group.- Finite Renormalization of Chern-Simons Gauge Theory.- A New Family of N-State Representations of the Braid Group.- Link Polynomials and Solvable Models.- Integrable Restrictions of Quantum Soliton Theory and Minimal Conformal Series.- Tangles, Links and Twisted Quantum Groups.- Participants (Group photo, pg 656)

Lectures.- Some Stochastic Techniques in Quantization, New Developments in Markov Fields and Quantum Fields.- Random Surfaces: A Non-perturbative Regularization of Strings?.- From Lattice Gauge Theory Towards Gravity.- Geometric Continuum Regularization of Quantum Field Theory.- Quantization = Geometry + Probability.- Simulation of Staggered Fermions by Polymer Algorithms.- All Gauge Orbits and Some Gribov Copies Encompassed by the Gribov Horizon.- Lattice Gauge Theories.- Beyond the Gribov Horizon in the Femto Universe.- The O (N)-symmetric Non-linear ?-model to Three Leading Orders in 1/N.- Simulations of Lattice QCD with Dynamical Fermions.- Stochastic Overrelaxation Algorithms and Critical Slowing down.- Slave Equations for Connected Correlation Functions.- The Monomer-Dimer Algorithm and QCD at Finite Density.- The Theory of Hybrid Stochastic Algorithms.- Numerical Investigation of Four-Dimensional Field Theories.- Quantum Gravity.- Probabilit?, Time and Gravity.- Simplicial Quantum Gravity from Two to Four Dimensions.- BRS Symmetry in Stochastic Quantization of the Gravitational Field.- Solved and Unsolved Problems in the Stochastic Quantization of Gravity.- Brs Symmetry and Supersymmetry in Stochastic Quantization.- Hidden BRST Symmetry and Large N.- On Gauge Invariances in Stochastic Quantization.- Critical Dynamics, Stochastic Quantization and Supersymmetry.- Renormalization in Stochastic Quantization and Supersymmetry.- Random Walks and Random Surfaces.- Random Walk Representation of Propagators for Particles with Spin.- The Critical Behavior of a Nontrivial Random Surface Model.- Random Surfaces with Ising Spins.- The Use of Fourier Acceleration in the Langevin Simulation of Random Surfaces.- Miscellany.- Path Integral Approach to Classical Mechanics.- An Approach to Quantum Field Theory Through Stochastic Equations.- Remarks on the Renormalisation of Fermions Coupled to Gauge Fields in the Zwanziger Gauge.- The Parisi-Wu Method and Quantum Chaos.- Participants.

Quantum Communication and Information Theory: Information Theoretic Interpretations of von Neumann Entropy; R. Jozsa. Quantum Information Theory, the Entropy Bound, and Mathematical Rigor in Physics; H.P. Yuen. Classical and Quantum Information Transmission and Interactions; C.H. Bennett. Bounds of the Accessible Information under the Influence of Thermal Noise; M. Ban, et al. Quantum Computing: Quantum Computing and Decoherence in Quantum Optical Systems; J.I. Cirac, et al. Unitary Dynamics for Quantum Codewords; A. Peres. Quantum Error Correction with Imperfect Gates; A.Y. Kitaev. Eliminating the Effects of Spontaneous Emission in Quantum Computations with Cold Trapped Ions; C. D'Helon, G.J. Milburn. Quantum Measurement Theory and Statistical Physics: On Covariant Instruments in Quantum Measurement Theory; A.S. Holevo. Quantum State Reduction and the Quantum Bayes Principle; M. Ozawa. On the Quantum Theory of Direct Detection; A. Barchielli. Homodyning as Universal Detection; G.M. D'Ariano. Quantum Optics: Atom Lasers; C.M. Savage, et al. Measurement of Quantum Phase Distribution by Projection Synthesis; D.t. Pegg, S.M. Barnett. Quantum Optical Phase; S.M. Barnett, D.T. Pegg. 42 Additional Articles. Index.

Global Atmospheric-Biospheric Chemistry; R.G. Prinn. Atmospheric Chemistry and Composition of Air over the North Atlantic Ocean; S.A. Penkett, et al. Marine Aerosol and Gas Exchange and Global Atmospheric Effects; B.J. Huebert, et al. Multiphase Atmospheric Chemistry: Implications for Climate; R.J Charlson, J. Lelieveld. Atmospheric Chemistry of the East-Asian Northwest Pacific Region; H. Akimoto, et al. Biomass Burning in the Global Environment: First Results from the IGAC/BIBEX Field Campaign STARE/TRACEA/SAFARI92; M.O. Andreae, et al. Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange of Trace Gases in the Tropics: Evaluating the Effects of Land Use Changes; M. Keller, P.A. Matson. Trace Gas Emissions from Rice Fields; H.U. Neue, R.L. Sass. Polar Atmosphere and Snow Chemistry; L.A. Barrie, R.J. Delmas. Terrestrial Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange in High Latitudes; W.S. Reeburgh, et al. Exchange of Trace Gases between the Terrestrial Biosphere and the Atmosphere in the Mid-latitudes; K.A. Smith, et al. 4 additional articles. Index.

Fractal Structure in 4d Gravity.- A One Dimensional Ideal Gas of Spinons, or Some Exact Results on the XXX Spin Chain with Long Range Interaction.- Kodaira-Spencer Theory of Gravity.- 3d Gravity and Gauge Theories.- On the W-Gravity Spectrum and its G-Structure.- Light-Cone Quantization of Matrix Models at c>1.- Multicritical Points of 2-Matrix Models.- The Super Self-Dual Matreoshka.- The Phenomenology of Strings and Clusters in the 3-d Ising Model.- Conformai Field Theory Techniques in Large N Yang-Mills Theory.- to Differential W-Geometry.- Topological Strings and QCD in Two Dimensions.- Continuum QCD2 in Terms of Discrete Random Surfaces with Local Weights.- Strings and Causality.- Loop Equation and Area Law in Turbulence.- The Two-Dimensional String as a Topological Field Theory.- Linear Systems for 2d Poincaré Supergravities.- Quantization of Mirror Symmetry.- Integrable Qft2 Encoded on Products of Dynkin Diagrams.- Remarks on Topological String Theories.- Hamiltonian Reduction of the BRST Complex and N=2 SUSY.- Lattice Models and N=2 Supersymmetry.- Canonical Construction of Liouville Field Operators with Arbitrary Spin.- Bethe Ansatz for the Bloch Particle in Magnetic Field.