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  • Biodegradable and Edible Food Packaging

    Trends and Technologies
    • 1st Edition
    • Khalid Bashir + 4 more
    • English
    Biodegradable and Edible Food Packaging: Trends and Technologies presents the concept, status and recent advancements of Biodegradable and Edible packaging materials. The book offers broad and available information regarding principles of food packaging and its applications in different area of food and non-food. Chapters bring a detailed overview of the interaction of constituents and properties like physiochemical, mechanical, microbiological and engineering. The book also serves latest information regarding the packaging requirements of almost all food groups, including knowledge regarding biodegradable and edible food packaging materials that reduce environmental pollution. This is a solid reference book that helps readers understand different benefits of using biodegradable and edible films and their development and suitability with various foods.

  • Progress in Optics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 69
    • English
    Progress in Optics, Volume 69 is the latest release in a yearly publication that provides in-depth reviews on topics in experimental theoretical optics, as well as on optical engineering. The book's intended audience are researchers and graduate students. Chapters in this new release include Radiative Transport in Rotated Reference Frames, Consistent scalar imaging theory, Single photon detection with superconducting detectors and their applications, Phased-array lidar, Pearcey beams and autofocusing waves, Meta-surfaces, and Holographic metasurfaces.

  • Primate Anatomy

    Introduction to Extant Primates
    • 4th Edition
    • Friderun Ankel-Simons
    • English
    Primate Anatomy: Introduction to Extant Primates synthesizes the taxonomy, anatomy, physiology, and genomics of extant primates, including humans. It takes a holistic approach to describing primate skeletal, muscular, and organ structure and function, providing the tools to understanding the fundamentals and state of the science of primatology. Now in its fourth edition, this work introduces its audience to the history and objectives of the field of primatology. It enumerates and profiles extant primates before delving into detailed descriptions of primate skulls, brains, teeth, skeletons, musculature, organs, blood groups, reproduction, and development.In addition, the book highlights recent advances in primate genomics, including new genera and species assignments, and concludes with a glance at the future of the field. Written by longtime expert Friderun Ankel-Simons, this new edition effectively introduces complex biological concepts in a manner accessible to all readers. It will serve as an excellent reference for technical and non-technical audiences, including primatologists, anatomists, paleontologists, anthropologists, conservationists, and naturalists.

  • Advances in Cytometry: Applications

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 186
    • English
    Advances in Cytometry: Applications, Volume 176 in the Methods in Cell Biology series, highlights advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on timely topics, including Orthotopic brain tumor models derived from glioblastoma stem-like cells, RNA sequencing in hematopoietic stem cells, Generation of inducible pluripotent stem cells from human dermal fibroblasts, In vitro preparation of dental pulp stem cell grafts combined with biocompatible scaffolds for tissue engineering, Gene expression knockdown in chronic myeloid leukemia stem cells, Identification and isolation of slow-cycling GSCs, Assessment of CD133, EpCAM, and much more.

  • Targeting Signaling Pathways in Solid Tumors Part A

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 385
    • English
    Targeting Signaling Pathways in Solid Tumors, Part A, Volume 385 in the International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Drugging the Undruggable: Advances in Targeting KRAS Signaling in Solid Tumors, Emerging Trends in Gastrointestinal Cancers: Targeting Developmental Pathways in their Carcinogenesis and Tumor Progression, Importance of targeting various cell signaling pathways in solid cancers, Targeting signaling pathways in cancer stem cells: a potential approach for developing novel anticancer therapeutics, Factors affecting heterogeneity in breast cancer microenvironment: A narrative review, and much more.Additional sections cover Exploring TLR Signaling Pathways as Promising Targets in Cervical Cancer: The Road Less Travelled

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 186
    • English
    Advances in Agronomy, Volume 186, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, each written by an international board of authors.

  • Applications of Metagenomics

    Agriculture, Environment, and Health
    • 1st Edition
    • Hrudayanath Thatoi + 2 more
    • English
    Applications of Metagenomics: Agriculture, Environment, and Health examines current metagenomics methods and their applications in soil, polluted environment sites, agriculture production, and health care, with separate sections dedicated to each application area. Special attention is paid to the biotechnological study of novel microbial resources for social welfare. Beyond applications, the book discusses evolving next generation technology and techniques used for carrying out metagenomics studies, and in doing so highlights the latest research and advances in the field, along with ways to adapt these approaches for different study types across the biological sciences.Chapter topics range from metagenomics for studying root microbial communities to microbial diversity of the rhizosphere, fungal diversity, microbial biodiversity in forest environments, the human microbiome, and disease epidemiology, with one chapter dedicated to Covid-19 metagenomics.

  • Introduction to Protein Mass Spectrometry

    • 2nd Edition
    • Pradip K. Ghosh
    • English
    Introduction to Protein Mass Spectrometry, Second Edition provides a comprehensive overview of this increasingly important, yet complex, analytical technique. This book enables readers to understand how determinations about protein identity from mass spectrometric data are made. Coverage begins with the technical basics, including preparations, instruments, and spectrometric analysis of peptides and proteins, before exploring applied use in biological applications, bioinformatics, database, and software resources. This new edition is fully updated to include the latest developments in the field and will feature new content covering recent progress in the areas where there have been the most exciting advances. These include PNNL’s multilevel-PCB-based SLIM realization, SLIM-Agilent QQQ field trials; employment of SLIM-IMS-cryo-IR combination in molecular structure determination; proximity-labelling mass spectrometry, and applications in neuroscience.

  • An Introduction to the Microbiome in Health and Diseases

    • 1st Edition
    • Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji + 3 more
    • English
    The gut microbiome plays a very important role in your health. It controls digestion and has a beneficial impact on your immune system and other aspects of health. An Introduction to the Microbiome in Health and Diseases is a prelude to subsequent books on this topic which provides in-depth coverage on the microbiome from basic to clinical microbiology. This introductory volume offers an overview on the microbiome and explores the role of the human microbiome in health and disease outcomes. It examines the compositional structure and molecular approaches to microbiome characterization and identification. Additional coverage also includes an introduction to animal microbiomes, plant microbiomes, epigenetic programming, gut microbiota and the impact of diet and exercise, as well as the relationship between the microbiome and COVID-19.

  • The Covid-19 Response in New York City

    Crisis Management in the Epicenter of the Epicenter
    • 1st Edition
    • Syra S. Madad + 2 more
    • English
    The COVID-19 Response in New York City: Crisis Management in the Largest Public Health System provides an historical accounting of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic through the eyes of the largest public health system in the United States. The book offers a roadmap to guide healthcare systems and their providers in the event of future pandemics. Readers will learn about surge staffing and level loading, as well as tips from the ED and ICUs on how to respond to an unprecedented influx of inpatients. Written by healthcare providers who were at the epicenter of the pandemic in New York City, this book provides a sound accounting of the response to the pandemic in one of the world's largest cities.

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