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From the Reviews of the First Edition:"This is a good reference manual for multi-user facility faced with a wide variety of biological applications."- CYTOMETRY"Flow Cytometry includes an impressive array of methods applicable to chromosome analysis, plant biology, marine biology, fluorescence, insitu hybridization, and others. It succeeds in providing the reader with good insight into the power of the technology throughout biology."- KENNETH A. AULT, MAINE CYTOMETRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, MAINE MEDICAL CENTER, IN CANCER CELLSFlow Cytometry, Second Edition provides a complete and comprehensive two-volume laboratory guide and reference for the use of the most current methods in flow cytometry sample preparation and analysis. These essential techniques are described in a step-by-step format, supplemented by explanatory sections and trouble-shooting tips. The methods are accessible to all researchers and students in biomedical science and biology who use flow Cytometry to separate and analyze cells. * * Comprehensive methodological coverage in unique style* In depth treatment of procedures * Description of each procedure's:* Theoretical foundations* Critical aspects* Possible pitfalls* Written by authors with extensive experience who:* Developed or modified the technique * Describe their experience with different instruments and applications to different cell systems* Are the Who's Who in Flow Cytometry* 10 methods cover assessment of apoptosis and other modes of cell death * Practical, handbook-style presentation works in lab or classroom* Printed on acid-free paper* Color plates

Product Description: Illegal Guns in the Wrong Hands uses data from a sample of approximately 800 incarcerated juveniles from Indiana to examine how juvenile offenders obtain firearms, the causes of their firearm acquisition and use, their preferences when it comes to choosing a firearm and the reasons for that choice, and the role that guns play in their offending behaviors...read more

Product Description: This volume sets out to understand the causes of adolescent fear and its subsequent association with defensive and aggressive behaviours. Responses from a sample of 318 incarcerated male adolescents in a Midwestern state are used to test the "fear of criminal victimization" hypothesis in an attempt to explain subsequent gang membership, weapons possession and juvenile violent activity...read more