Note: Cover -- Titelseite -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Vorwort -- Einführung -- Situationsanalyse - Erkennen der Marketingsituation -- Grundfragen der Marktprognose -- Marketingkonzeption -- Marketingmix zur Umsetzung der Marketingkonzeption -- Service -- Glossar -- Literaturverzeichnis -- Register -- Impressum -- Leere Seite.

Note: Intro -- Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Crossing Boundaries: Of Lurking Gators, Leaping Sunfish, Turkey Egg Omelets and Georgia Cops -- Chapter 1: Swarm Tree: The Day the Bees Fell on My Head -- Chapter 2: My Brief Career as a Migratory Beekeeper: On the Road with Half a Million Nectar-Sucking Virgins -- Chapter 3: Soul Food in a Southern Swamp: Of Bumming Fish and Crossing Boundaries -- Chapter 4: Honeybees in a Corporate World: Of Honeybees, Yippee Protesters and the Miliary Industrial Complex -- Chapter 5: Footprints in the Snow: On the Trail of the Creator -- Chapter 6: Tickled by Trout: Of Good Ol' Boys, Fish Grabbing and the Handwriting of God -- Chapter 7: Republicans in the Ramp Patch: Of Possums, Politics and Smelly Wild Onions -- Chapter 8: The Hunt: Bambi Is Alive and Well -- Chapter 9: Another Roadside Attraction: The Passionate Quest of the Butterfly Hitchhikers -- Chapter 10: Keep On the Grass: Of Lawns, Weeds and Wheat Fields -- Chapter 11: Way Down Yonder: Epiphany in the Pawpaw Patch -- Chapter 12: The Scarab and the Sacred Sphere: Of Dung Beetles and the Source of Life -- Chapter 13: Of Ginseng, Golden Apples and the Rainbow Fish: Ancient Tales and Mountain Treasures -- Notes -- Bibliography.

Note: Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Natural History of New York City -- 2 The Parks -- The Bronx -- Brooklyn -- Manhattan -- Queens -- Staten Island -- 3 Forever Wild -- 4 Animals -- Invertebrates -- Annelid -- Earthworm -- Arachnids -- Horseshoe Crab -- Daddy Longlegs -- Goldenrod Spider -- Rabid Wolf Spider -- Myriopods -- Hoffman's Dwarf Centipede -- Garden Centipede -- Garden Millipede -- Insects -- Pyralis Firefly -- Two-Spotted Ladybug Beetle -- Honeybee -- Eastern Carpenter Bee -- Yellow Jacket -- Common Green Darner Dragonfly -- Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly -- Eastern Forktail Damselfly -- Polyphemus Moth -- Eastern Tent Moth -- Cabbage White Butterfly -- Mourning Cloak Butterfly -- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly -- Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly -- Monarch Butterfly -- Crustaceans -- Pillbug -- Sowbug -- Blue Crab -- Northern Rock Barnacle -- Spiny Cheek Crayfish -- Vertebrates -- Fish -- American Eel -- Striped Bass -- Pumpkinseed Sunfish -- Bluegill -- Largemouth Bass -- Amphibians -- American Bullfrog -- Fowler's Toad -- Red-Backed Salamander -- Eastern Spotted Newt -- Reptiles -- Common Snapping Turtle -- Diamondback Terrapin -- Eastern Painted Turtle -- Eastern Garter Snake -- Birds -- Double-Crested Cormorant -- Mute Swan -- Canada Goose -- Brant Goose -- American Black Duck -- Mallard Duck -- Wood Duck -- Canvasback Duck -- Bufflehead Duck -- Red-Breasted Merganser -- Hooded Merganser -- Great Blue Heron -- Black-Crowned Night Heron -- Red-Tailed Hawk -- Osprey -- Peregrine Falcon -- Barn Owl -- Monk Parakeet -- Ruby-Throated Hummingbird -- Red-Bellied Woodpecker -- Blue Jay -- Black-Capped Chickadee -- Tufted Titmouse -- White-Breasted Nuthatch -- Gray Catbird -- Northern Mockingbird -- American Robin -- Black-and-White Warbler -- Common Yellowthroat. , Yellow Warbler -- Red-Winged Blackbird -- European Starling -- Baltimore Oriole -- Scarlet Tanager -- House Sparrow -- Dark-Eyed Junco -- Northern Cardinal -- House Finch -- American Goldfinch -- White-Throated Sparrow -- Mammals -- Eastern Red Bat -- Little Brown Bat -- Big Brown Bat -- Common Raccoon -- Eastern Chipmunk -- Eastern Gray Squirrel -- Opossum -- Red Fox -- 5 Plants -- Aquatic Plants -- Common Cattail -- Common Reed -- Wildflowers -- Red and White Clover -- Common Milkweed -- Common Mullein -- Dandelion -- Black-Eyed Susan -- Trees -- Eastern White Pine -- Austrian Pine -- Bald Cypress -- Ailanthus -- American Elm -- American Hornbeam -- Ginkgo -- Horsechestnut Tree -- Lindens -- Honey Locust -- Black Locust -- Sugar Maple -- Red Maple -- Norway Maple -- White Mulberry Tree -- Red Mulberry Tree -- Eastern White Oak -- Northern Red Oak -- Pin Oak -- Osage Orange -- Eastern Redbud -- Sweetgum -- London Plane -- American Sycamore -- Tulip Tree -- Weeping Willow -- Wild Cherry -- Native Shrubs -- Spicebush -- Common Elderberry -- Arrowwood Viburnum -- Nonnative Shrubs -- Fragrant Honeysuckle -- Butterfly Bush -- Rugosa Rose -- 6 Mushrooms -- Artist's Conk -- Chicken Mushroom, or Chicken-of-the-Woods -- Turkey Tail -- 7 Geology -- Fordham Gneiss -- Inwood Marble -- Manhattan Schist -- Serpentenite -- Hartland Formation -- Organizations -- Bibliography -- Index -- Credits.

Note: Cover -- Dedication -- Title -- The Rock Factory -- More Great Stuff To Know -- Try it and see -- Rocky Facts -- Index -- Copyright.

Note: Intro -- Paraoxonases in Inflammation, Infection,and Toxicology -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- ApoE Mimetic Peptide Reduces Plasma Lipid Hydroperoxide Content with a Concomitant Increase in HDL Paraoxonase Activity -- References -- Interrelationships Between Paraoxonase-1 and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 in the Regulation of HepaticInflammation -- 1 Oxidative Stress in Chronic Liver Impairment and Its Relationship to Inflammation and Fibrosis -- 2 Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 (MCP-1) and the Regulation of Hepatic Inflammation -- 3 The Antioxidant and Hepatoprotective Function of Paraoxonase-1 (PON1) in Chronic Liver Impairment -- 4 Hepatic PON1 Synthesis and Its Relationships with MCP-1 and Inflammation in Chronic Liver Disease -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Biomarkers of Sensitivity and Exposure in Washington State Pesticide Handlers -- 1 Introduction -- 2 ChE Monitoring in Washington State -- 3 Health Effects of OP/CB Exposure -- 4 Sensitivity to OP/CB Toxicity -- 5 Characterizing PON1 Status -- 6 Previous Epidemiologic Studies -- 7 PON1 Status and BuChE Inhibition Among Pesticide Handlers -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- Paraoxonase 1 Status as a Risk Factor for Diseaseor Exposure -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Two-Substrate Analyses of PON1 Status -- 3 Development of a PON1 Status Protocol with Non-OP Substrates -- References -- Engineering Human PON1 in an E. coli Expression System -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Expression and Purification of rHuPON1 from E. coli -- 3 Kinetic Properties of rHuPON1 192 Variants -- 4 Testing rHuPON1K192 as a Therapeutic -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- The Toxicity of Mixtures of Specific Organophosphate Compounds is Modulated by Paraoxonase 1 Status -- 1 PON1 and Detoxication of OP Compounds -- 2 PON1 Status -- 3 Toxicity of OP Mixtures. , 4 Effect of PON1 on the Interactive Toxicity of OP Mixtures -- 5 Inhibition of CaE by OP Compounds In Vitro -- 6 Inhibition of CaE by OP Compounds In Vivo -- 7 Effect of PON1 Status on the Toxicity of OP Compound Mixtures -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- Identification and Characterization of Biomarkersof Organophosphorus Exposures in Humans -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Modification of Blood and Plasma Biomarkers -- 3 Identification and Characterization of Biomarkers of OP Exposure from Human Blood -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Temporal and Tissue-Specific Patterns of Pon3 Expressionin Mouse: In situ Hybridization Analysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 2.1 Tissue Fixation, Embedding, and Pretreatment -- 2.2 cRNA Probe Preparation -- 2.3 Hybridization and Washing Procedures -- 2.4 Imaging -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Pon3 mRNA Expression in Newborn Mice -- 3.2 Pon3 mRNA Expression in Adult Mice -- 3.3 Pon3 mRNA Expression in Wild-Type and apoE --/-- Adult Mouse Hearts -- 4 Discussion -- References -- PON1 and Oxidative Stress in Human Sepsis and an Animal Model of Sepsis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 PON1 and Lipid Peroxidation in Sepsis Patients and Healthy Controls -- 3 PON1 and LPO in ICU Patients with and Without Sepsis -- 4 PON1 and LPO in Murine Cecal Ligation and Puncture Model of Sepsis -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Paraoxonase 1 Attenuates Human Plaque Atherogenicity: Relevance to the Enzyme Lactonase Activity -- 1 Atherosclerotic Plaque and Oxidative Stress -- 1.1 Atherosclerotic Plaque Composition -- 1.2 Human Carotid Plaque Atherogenicity -- 2 Paraoxonase 1 Protection Against Atherosclerosis -- 2.1 Paraoxonase 1 in Human Atherosclerotic Plaque -- 3 Paraoxonase 1 Lactonase Anti-Atherogenic Activity -- 3.1 Characterization of Paraoxonase 1 Active Site, in Relation to Its Lactonase Activity -- 4 Perspectives and Future Directions. , References -- The Role of Paraoxonase 1 in the Detoxification of Homocysteine Thiolactone -- 1 Homocysteine Metabolism -- 2 Pathophysiology of Hyperhomocysteinemia -- 3 The Hcy-Thiolactone Hypothesis -- 4 Toxicity of Hcy-Thiolactone -- 5 Consequences of Protein N-Homocysteinylation by Hcy-Thiolactone -- 6 Prothrombotic Properties of N-Hcy-Fibrinogen -- 7 Autoimmunogenicity of N-Hcy-Protein -- 8 The Role of PON1 in Elimination of Hcy-Thiolactone -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- Alteration of PON1 Activity in Adult and Childhood Obesity and Its Relation to Adipokine Levels -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Obesity and Atherosclerosis: The Role of Adipokines in Atherogenesis and Lipid Peroxidation -- 1.2 Relationship of Leptin to PON1 -- 1.2.1 Animal Studies -- 1.2.2 Human Studies -- 2 Relationship of Adipokines to PON1 in Adult Obesity -- 2.1 Relationship of Adiponectin to PON1 -- 2.2 Relationship of Resistin to PON1 -- 3 Relationship of Adipokines to PON1 in Childhood Obesity -- 3.1 Association of Adipokines and PON1 Activity in Childhood Obesity -- 3.2 Correlations Between Adipokine Levels and PON1 Phenotypes -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Paraoxonase-1 in Atherosclerosis -- 1 Inflammation and Atherosclerosis -- 2 High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL) and Inflammation -- 2.1 Proinflammatory HDL -- 2.2 Anti-Inflammatory HDL -- 3 PON1 and Inflammation -- 3.1 PON1 and Cell Membrane Oxidation -- 4 Is PON1 Cytotoxic? -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Paraoxonase 1 Interactions with HDL, Antioxidantsand Macrophages Regulate Atherogenesis -- A Protective Role for HDL Phospholipids -- 1 Atherosclerosis -- 1.1 Atherosclerosis Development -- 1.2 Atherosclerosis and Macrophages -- 1.3 PON1 and Its Protective Role Against Atherosclerosis -- 2 HDL -- 2.1 HDL Structure and Its Anti-atherogenic Properties. , 2.2 HDL Components Regulate PON1 Activity and Stability -- 3 PON1, HDL, Dietary Antioxidants, and Their Interactions with Macrophages -- 3.1 Effects of HDL Phospholipids Composition on HDL and PON1 Interactions with Macrophages -- 3.2 Binding and Internalization of HDL and PON1 into Macrophages -- 3.3 A Possible Role for Phospholipids in HDL PON1--Macrophage Interactions -- 4 Future Perspectives -- References -- The Effect of HDL Mimetic Peptide 4F on PON1 -- 1 Can Apolipoprotein A-I Serve as a Therapeutic Agent? -- 2 ApoA-I Mimetic Peptide, the Search for an Ideal Agent -- 3 The Effects of Apolipoprotein Mimetic Peptides in Animal Models of Atherosclerosis -- 4 What is the Mechanism of Action of Apolipoprotein Mimetic Peptides? -- 5 Paraoxonase, Oxidized Lipids and Apolipoprotein Mimetic Peptides -- 6 Summary -- References -- The Contribution of High Density Lipoprotein Apolipoproteins and Derivatives to Serum Paraoxonase-1 Activity and Function -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Apolipoprotein AI -- 3 Apolipoprotein AII -- 4 Apolipoprotein J -- 5 Mimetic Peptides -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Paraoxonase 1, Quorum Sensing, and P. aeruginosa Infection:A Novel Model -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Paraoxonases are Widely Conserved, but Have Not Been Found in Arthropods -- 3 Generating a PON1 Transgenic Drosophila melanogaster Infection Model -- 4 PON1 Transgenic Flies are Protected from Organophosphate Poisoning -- 5 PON1 Expression Protects Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lethality -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Index.

Note: Cover -- International Cultural Tourism: Management, Implications and Cases -- Copyright -- Contents -- Biographies of Contributors -- Introduction: The rationale and need for this book -- Part One Heritage and Cultural Tourism and Products -- CHAPTER 1 Heritage and cultural tourism: a marketing-focused approach -- CHAPTER 2 The marketing of Australian cultural tourist attractions: a case study from Sydney -- CHAPTER 3 Culture as a component of the hospitality product -- CHAPTER 4 Cultural tourism packages: the role of smart cards in the Alps -- Part Two Operations and Facilities Management -- CHAPTER 5 Operational management of cultural and heritage sites -- CHAPTER 6 Cultural tourism attractions and environmental performance -- CHAPTER 7 Cultural tourists in a cultural capital: Helsinki -- CHAPTER 8 Cultural tourism in South Africa: a case study of cultural villages from a developing country perspective -- Part Three Environmental Management and Sustainability -- CHAPTER 9 Sustainability and environmental management -- CHAPTER 10 Effective community involvement in the development and sustainability of cultural tourism: an exploration in the case of New Lanark -- CHAPTER 11 Managing Stonehenge: the tourism impact and the impact on tourism -- CHAPTER 12 Templo Mayor: evolution and rediscovery. Sustaining Mexico's ancient cultural heritage -- Part Four New Media and Technologies -- CHAPTER 13 New media and technologies: trends and management issues for cultural tourism -- CHAPTER 14 In search of post-modern online authenticity: assessing the quality of learning experiences at eternalegypt.org -- CHAPTER 15 Intelligent information interactions for cultural tourism destinations -- CHAPTER 16 Destination information, marketing and management systems and sustainable heritage tourism development. , Conclusion The future of the past: visions and trends for cultural tourism sector -- Index.