Meet Malcom Connings, mild-mannered Archeologist. Meet Zaliesty, rich corporate Tycoon interested in cloning. Meet Xenth and Skie, Vengeance Zombies. Meet Ninghizzarhad, an Awakened Ancient. We now return you to your regularly scheduled End-of-the-World, already in progress... Originally published in limited runs in Louisiana in 2001, now the tale returns (in true Phillip K Dick fashion) in a Two-Part Special Edition with Player Sketches, released during the year the story was to take place.

Some of us visit science fiction. Zak Standridge kinda lives there! From the obscure (1968's The Prisoner) to the mainstream (1966's Star Trek) to the in-between (1970's Doctor Who) to the over-looked (1990's Quantum Leap & 2000's Firefly/Serenity) to the modern (American Gods in 2020), Mr. Standridge has spent decades distilling here for you his cherry-picked FAVS of SCI-FI!

An ancient demon awakened. A madman obsessed with the Necronomicon. A world standing on the brink. What else can go wrong this Millennium?

The field of genetics is rapidly evolving and new medical breakthroughs are occuring as a result of advances in knowledge of genetics. This series continually publishes imporatnt reviews of the broadest interest to geneticists and their colleagues in affiliated disciplines. * Provides contrasting roles of VEGF, giving researchers a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms of VEGF *Includes chapters that review research employing a variety of organisms, allowing researchers to compare and contrast *Focuses on material that translates basic research to real-life treatment applications, showing primary researchers how the basic science is being used in the clinical setting.

The field of genetics is rapidly evolving and new medical breakthroughs are occurring as a result of advances in knowledge gained from genetics research. This series continually publishes important reviews of the broadest interest to geneticists and their colleagues in affiliated disciplines.

Sleep Disorders Part 1 offers a glimpse of developments that focus on diagnostic techniques in the field of neurobiology of sleep. This part discusses the models of the rapid eye movement (REM) sleep mechanism; issues regarding sleep states, stages, and memory consolidation; and advances in the understanding of the sleep-wake genes, gene products, the circadian clock, and the role of sleep duration. This book explains noninvasive neuroimaging studies, particularly positron emission tomographic and single photon emission computed tomographic scans. It further discusses advances in clinical science, including concepts about neurobiology of sleep, narcolepsy-cataplexy, therapy, and laboratory techniques. The significant advances in therapy have led to the addition of new drugs for the treatment of different sleeping disorders, as described in this book. Sleep is essential to humans. Awareness of its true importance leads to the development and acceptance of sleep medicines in the market. - Clinical data on groundbreaking advancements in the understanding of basic sleep science - Invaluable information on new therapies and drug protocols for sleep disorders - A state-of-the-art reference that includes the role of genetics in sleep medicine

This book presents the state of the art of type 2 diabetes genetics, from the process of genetic discovery to its interpretation and clinical application, and illustrates a model for other complex human phenotypes.The first section explores genome-wide association studies, the extension of this method to less accessible phenotypes and the arrival of next-generation sequencing. A further section goes beyond genetics to illustrate how other data sources can help interpret genetic data, such as leveraging population diversity, the correlation of genetic associations with physiological measurements, gene expression modulation, environmental factors and our microbial commensals. The third section describes advances in elucidating the complex path from association to function using in-depth sequencing and functional studies of the cellular and molecular effects of genes in the loci identified by genetics. The final section links our current understanding with clinically relevant questions, such as prediction, interactions with drugs or nutrients, and disease prevention, and paints a realistic but hopeful vision of the future. ​