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AMPL, developed at AT&T's Bell Laboratories, is a powerful, yet easy-to-use modeling environment for problems in linear, nonlinear, network, and integer programming. Users can formulate optimization models and analyze solutions using common algebraic notation; the computer manages the interface to advanced optmizers (CPLEX 3.0, MINOS 5.5, and solvers by Frontline Systems).

Product Description: Collagen and gelatine are a fibrous protein with a broad range of industrial applications employed world-wide. This book presents research in the study of the utilisation of collagen and gelatine extracted from skate skin.

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Product Description: Not only does this book provide a comprehensive review of current research advances in collagen structure and mechanics, it also explores this biological macromolecule’s many applications in biomaterials and tissue engineering. Readers gain an understanding of the structure and mechanical behavior of type I collagen and collagen-based tissues in vertebrates across all length scales, from the molecular (nano) to the organ (macro) level...read more

Product Description: What are bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and how can they be used in orthopaedic practice? Ever since Urist proposed in 1976 that protein factors from cortical bone appeared to modulate bone healing in animals, there has been a search for these mysterious osteoinductive components...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This Protein Profile issue covers collagens VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV, XVI, and XIX. It contains information about constituent chains, biosynthesis and post-translational modifications, genes, molecular and supramolecular assemblies, interactions, tissue distribution, and degradation, genetic and acquired diseases...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

At a recent meeting to discuss the domains of cell biology, I put forth a case for the extracellular matrix, even though my argument ran the risk of falling on deaf ears. After all, the matrix is EXTRAcellular, outside the cells. In this book, however, the authors make a compelling case for the relevance of the matrix to cellular concerns. Not only are numerous cell types, including many epithelia, quite caught up in the business of manufacturing matrix components, but also most of them contain matrix molecules in exoskeletons that are attached to the plasmalemma and that organize or otherwise influence the affairs of the cyto­ plasm. The idea of this book is to present the extracellular matrix to cell biolo­ gists of all levels. The authors are active and busy investigators, recognized experts in their fields, but all were enthusiastic about the prospect of writing for this audience. The chapters are not "review" articles in the usual sense, nor are they rehashes of symposium talks; they were written specifically for this book and they present the "state of the art" in engaging style, with ample references to more technical or historical reviews. The book is rich in electron micro­ graphs and diagrams and for many of the latter, as well as for the design of the cover, we are indebted to Sylvia J. Keene, medical illustrator for the Department of Anatomy at Harvard Medical Scrool. We also owe special thanks to Susan G.

Product Description: 1982, hardcover, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, VOLUME II-APPLICATIONS ONLY, 197 pages. Figures, tables, charts, b&w photos throughout, references following each section.