02280nam 2200565 a 450 991109925360332120251116165702.00-8214-4176-0(CKB)1000000000245462(SSID)ssj0000281903(PQKBManifestationID)11207305(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281903(PQKBWorkID)10326480(PQKB)10187610(MiAaPQ)EBC3026877(Au-PeEL)EBL3026877(CaPaEBR)ebr10124771(OCoLC)191931863(BIP)8646347(EXLCZ)99100000000024546220030806d2004 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMencken's America /edited by S.T. Joshi1st ed.Athens Ohio University Pressc2004xx, 244 pBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8214-1531-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 235) and index.Intro -- Introduction -- A Note on This Edition -- Prologue: On Living in the United States -- 1/The American: A Treatise -- 2/The American Landscape -- 3/American Politics, Morality, and Religion -- 4/American Art, Literature, and Culture -- Epilogue: Testament -- Notes -- Glossary of Names -- Sources -- Index.Famous as a political, social and cultural gadfly, journalist and essayist H.L. Mencken was unafraid to speak his mind on controversial topics and to express his views in a deliberately provocative manner. This is a collection of work previously only published in newspapers and magazines.National characteristics, AmericanUnited StatesCivilization1865-1918United StatesCivilization1918-1945United StatesPolitics and government1901-1953National characteristics, American.973.8Mencken H. L(Henry Louis),1880-1956.187896Joshi S. T.1958-1923840MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911099253603321Mencken's America4670809UNINA03066nam 22006371 450 991110287270332120240401192530.00-19-931642-2(CKB)2550000001119516(EBL)1426641(OCoLC)861538496(SSID)ssj0000999966(PQKBManifestationID)12429501(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000999966(PQKBWorkID)10944561(PQKB)11422596(Au-PeEL)EBL1426641(CaPaEBR)ebr10768372(CaONFJC)MIL522899(MiAaPQ)EBC1426641(EXLCZ)99255000000111951620130530h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe compatibility gene how our bodies fight disease, attract others, and define our selves /Daniel M. Davis1st ed.Oxford :Oxford University Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-931641-4 1-299-91648-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART I: Human Compatibility - A Scientific Revolution -- 1. Frankenstein's holy trinity -- 2. Self and non-self -- 3. Dead but alive in parts -- 4. A crystal clear answer at last -- PART II: The Frontier of Compatibility Research -- 5. Differences between us that matter -- 6. Pathfinders -- 7. Missing self -- PART III: The Overarching System -- 8. Sex and smelly T-shirts -- 9. Secrets of the mind -- 10. The footprints of your existence -- Epilogue: What makes you so special? -- Acknowledgements -- References and Notes -- Index.The Compatibility Gene takes readers on a global journey of discovery spanning 60 years, involving scores of scientists, and encompassing the history of transplants and immunology. That journey has revealed astonishing links between who we are as individuals and our never-ceasing struggle to survive disease. Most of the 25,000 genes we possess are the same for all of us. Compatibility genes are those that vary most from person to person and give each of us a unique molecular signature. These genes determine both the extent to which we are susceptible to a vast range of illnesses and the differHuman molecular geneticsImmunogeneticsInfectionImmunological aspectsMedical geneticsHuman molecular genetics.Immunogenetics.InfectionImmunological aspects.Medical genetics.616/.042MED044000bisacshDavis Daniel M(Daniel Michael),1970-1973975MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911102872703321The compatibility gene4741763UNINA