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Each chapter for this book contains complete theory and a fairly large number of solved examples sufficient problems have also been selected from various university examinations paper. At the end of each chapter an exercise containing objective questions only has been given. The answer to almost all unsolved problems have been checked and every care has been taken to avoid printing and other mistakes.
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I am very thankful to the publisher, for their valuable effort to complete this book. Viral vectors are superior tools for gene therapy and as a genetic vaccine platform because viruses have evolved to efficiently infect and transfer their genomes to cells. However, the mammalian immune system has evolved in parallel to fend off invading pathogens such as viruses.
Innate and antigen-specific adaptive immune responses against viral vectors and therapeutic transgene products pose serious hurdles for successful gene therapy. Pre-existing immunity in humans, resulting from prior exposure to the parent virus that forms the basis for the gene transfer vehicle may be derived from, often prevents efficient gene transfer. This problem also reduces our ability to use certain vectors for genetic vaccination or in anti-cancer therapy.
For these reasons, the gene transfer community has been extensively studying the mechanisms of immune responses against viral vectors and has started to develop strategies and protocols to block or circumvent such responses. Immune suppression and modulation strategies are being developed in order to minimize inflammation, prevent antibody or T cell responses against vectors, and to promote tolerance to therapeutic gene products.
Combinations of these approaches will likely facilitate clinical applications of gene therapy for many target diseases and also aid in vaccine development. Every advanced undergraduate and graduate student of physics must master the concepts of vectors and vector analysis. Yet most books cover this topic by merely repeating the introductory-level treatment based on a limited algebraic or analytic view of the subject.
Geometrical Vectors introduces a more sophisticated approach, which not only brings together many loose ends of the traditional treatment, but also leads directly into the practical use of vectors in general curvilinear coordinates by carefully separating those relationships which are topologically invariant from those which are not.
Based on the essentially geometric nature of the subject, this approach builds consistently on students' prior knowledge and geometrical intuition. Written in an informal and personal style, Geometrical Vectors provides a handy guide for any student of vector analysis.
Clear, carefully constructed line drawings illustrate key points in the text, and problem sets as well as physical examples are provided. Many books in linear algebra focus purely on getting students through exams, but this text explains both the how and the why of linear algebra and enables students to begin thinking like mathematicians.
Vectors and Matrices. Vectors and Matrices provides a progressive approach to vectors and matrices. The first half of this book is devoted to geometry, introducing matrices through its association with geometry mappings, while the rest of the chapters focus on the importance of matrices in non-geometric situations, such as the theory of linear.
A First Course in Linear Algebra. A First Course in Linear Algebra provides an introduction to the algebra and geometry of vectors, matrices, and linear transformations.
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