English in biological science

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Tom McArthur

"Hundreds of millions of people use English every day everywhere in the world, but may or may not succeed in understanding one other. Despite the success of its standard form (or forms) in many countries, the complex called 'English' is immensely diverse - probably more diverse than any language has ever been - and is likely to become more so in the next century. This book is a compelling and wide-ranging invitation to consider the nature, the varieties, the descriptions, the options, and the implications of this vast system. The English Languages looks at the 'pluralism' of English - the many 'Englishes' identified by scholars in the last twenty years - and addresses the question of whether English can be considered a family of languages in its own right, like the Romance languages."--Jacket.

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Jim Cummins, Margaret Early

This new professional book by Jim Cummins and Margaret Early outlines the knowledge base that exists regarding topics such as the nature of academic language, how it is acquired by ELLs, the reasons that some (but by no means all) groups of ELLs tend to experience academic difficulties, and the instructional responses that research suggests are required to address these difficulties Provides concrete strategies for putting this knowledge base into practice and discusses the language demands of Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and suggest instructional strategies for teaching and assessing content and language as well as reading and writing Provides concrete strategies for putting this knowledge base into practice and discusses the language demands of Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and suggest instructional strategies for teaching and assessing content and language as well as reading and writing Includes a number of teaching vignettes, which provide concrete, practical examples of teachers' classroom work with ELLs Highlights how students' academic progress can be enhanced if all teachers in the school are "on the same page" with respect to their understanding of academic-language teaching and ways of promoting overall academic progress among ELLs -- amazon.ca.

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Robert-A. Ollar, Nancy D. Connell

Molecular Mycobacteriology thoroughly examines techniques such as RNA isolation from mycobacteria ... in situ hybridization with nocardial cells ... paraffin slide culture technology for isolating and identifying Mycobacterium avium complex organisms ... safe handling of organisms in genetic analysis ... DNA fingerprinting, or restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis ... element-polymerase chain reaction methods for subtyping strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... pulsed field gel electrophoresis ... mycobacterial shuttle vectors ... and gene expression and recombination of mycobacterium ... and more. Written by over 20 world-renowned contributors, Molecular Mycobacteriology is sure to be a standard reference work for years to come for mycobacteriologists, general and clinical microbiologists, molecular biologists, infectious disease specialists, biochemists, pathologists, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

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Colin Patterson

"Introducing the latest ideas on how life originated and diversified on earth, this new edition of a classic work provides a concise and engaging summary of modern evolutionary theory. The heavily illustrated book is intended for readers with little or no formal training in science and is an ideal introduction for students. Teachers of biology will also find the book a valuable reference text."--BOOK JACKET.