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  • Aging

    From Fundamental Biology to Societal Impact
    • 1st Edition
    • Paulo J. Oliveira + 1 more
    • English
    Aging: From Fundamental Biology to Societal Impact examines the interconnection of the cellular and molecular basis of aging and societal-based challenges and innovative interventions. Sections take a societal-based angle on aging, describing several flagship initiatives for healthy living and active aging in different regions, cover the biology of aging which includes the hallmarks of aging, explain the pathophysiology of aging, describing different comorbidities associated with aging and possible interventions to decrease the impact of aging, and envision future and innovative measures to tackle aging-related morbidities.Contribu... from an interdisciplinary panel of experts cover such topics as the biology of aging to physical activity, nutrition, psychology, pharmacology, health care, social care and urban planning.
  • The COVID-19 Response

    The Vital Role of the Public Health Professional
    • 1st Edition
    • Jennifer Horney
    • English
    The COVID-19 Response: The Vital Role of the Public Health Professional explores population health during a pandemic and how is it different than clinical medicine. Other sections cover federal, state and local responses to COVID-19, testing for COVID-19, the implementation of public health control measures, the use of public health emergency powers, health equity, the resignation and firing of public health leaders, vaccination planning, and the future of public health post COVID-19. Leaders and practitioners working in public health practice and academia, as well as students in public health undergraduate and graduate level programs will find this book extremely useful.
  • The Link Between Obesity and Cancer

    • 1st Edition
    • Raman Mehrzad
    • English
    The Link between Obesity and Cancer provides a comprehensive review on the relationship between obesity and cancer, presenting global perspectives on obesity and cancer incidence that are followed by in-depth discussions on cancers for which we have new evidence of a causal relationship with obesity. Readers will gain fundamental knowledge on which cancer types are related to obesity. In addition, this updated resource provides significant knowledge for clinicians on when to act, along with specific management guidelines for patients, as well as how to understand potential risk factors and how to directly or indirectly minimize these risks. The book also provides never-before-publish... scientific data for any researcher in the field, identifying molecular mechanisms and links behind the development of malignancy and promoting research in new and effective target pathways in developing therapeutic strategies.
  • Artificial Intelligence for Neurological Disorders

    • 1st Edition
    • Ajith Abraham + 3 more
    • English
    Artificial Intelligence for Neurological Disorders provides a comprehensive resource of state-of-the-art approaches for AI, big data analytics and machine learning-based neurological research. The book discusses many machine learning techniques to detect neurological diseases at the cellular level, as well as other applications such as image segmentation, classification and image indexing, neural networks and image processing methods. Chapters include AI techniques for the early detection of neurological disease and deep learning applications using brain imaging methods like EEG, MEG, fMRI, fNIRS and PET for seizure prediction or neuromuscular rehabilitation. The goal of this book is to provide readers with broad coverage of these methods to encourage an even wider adoption of AI, Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics for problem-solving and stimulating neurological research and therapy advances.
  • Covid-19 and Parkinsonism

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 165
    • English
    Covid-19 and Parkinsonism, Volume 165 in the International Review in Neurobiology series, highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters that cover a variety of topics, including Parkinsonism associated with viral infections, Covid-19 and nervous system pathology: bench to bedside, Prevalence of Covid-19 in Parkinson’s Disease: acute settings and hospital, Covid-19 and Parkinson’s Disease: clinical features, long COVID, Smell deficits in Covid-19 and possible links with Parkinson’s Disease, Spotlight on non-motor symptoms and Covid-19, and a Summary of treatment paradigms in Parkinson’s Disease patients and Covid-19. Additional sections cover Covid-19 and Parkinson’s Disease: nursing care, vaccination, telemedicine services, impact on advanced therapies, Covid-19-induced parkinsonism: Real life phenoconversion cases, Loneliness and impact of lockdown on Parkinson’s Disease patients during the Covid-19 pandemic, Parkinson’s Disease and Covid-19: Impact of ethnicity and palliative care, and more.
  • Contemporary Issues in Evaluating Treatment in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 62
    • English
    Contemporary Issues in Evaluating Treatment in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Volume 62 in the International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Considerations for measuring individual outcomes across contexts in Down syndrome: Implications for research and clinical trials, Remotely Monitoring Development and Treatment Outcomes in Families affected by IDD, Psychometric perspectives on developmental outcome and endpoint selection in treatment trials for genetic conditions associated with neurodevelopmental disorder, Evaluating Outcomes within Culturally Diverse Contexts for Children and Youth with Developmental Disabilities, and much more. Other chapters in this release cover Measurement of Social Skills Treatment Outcome in Autism: Moving Beyond Informant Report and Considering Diversity, Cognitive Outcome Measures for tracking Alzheimer's Disease in Down syndrome, A Scoping Review of Psychosocial Interventions for Neurogenetic Conditions across the Lifespan, Clinical Trials and Outcome Measures: Lessons Learned from Chromosome 15 disorders, and more.
  • Image Atlas of COVID-19

    • 1st Edition
    • Meiyun Wang + 1 more
    • English
    Image Atlas of COVID-19 covers this novel and emerging respiratory infectious disease. Although the gold standard for clinical diagnosis of COVID-19 remains the nucleic acid test for SARS-CoV-2, chest CT scans have been widely used in the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 as simple and fast diagnostic methods. The latter has proven crucial when faced with a large volume of symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. The imaging manifestations of COVID-19 have some specific characteristics, hence a better understanding of imaging findings is of great value for detecting lesions, evaluating lesion severity, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, and assessment of therapeutic options and prognosis.
  • Fast Reactors

    A Solution to Fight Against Global Warming
    • 1st Edition
    • Joel Guidez
    • English
    Fast Reactors: A Solution to Fight Against Global Warming presents the current status of fast-reactor nuclear generation technology, with a focus on ecology and sustainability benefits for the future. Author Joel Guidez analyzes past failures and limited deployment reasons to help drive this power generation method forward to a cleaner and more sustainable energy environment. The book covers safety aspects, short-life waste management, multirecycling, and biodiversity preservation to provide a well-rounded reference on the topic.
  • Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Health Security

    COVID-19 and Ensuring Future Pandemic Preparedness in Ireland and the World
    • 1st Edition
    • Sebastian Kevany + 1 more
    • English
    Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Health Security: Ensuring Future Preparedness for Small Island Nations and the World reviews the many lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include epidemic preparedness, the politics of epidemics, health security, anti-vaccine campaigns, vaccine preparedness, the need for detailed information sharing and infection tracking versus protected health information, the effects on international relations, the need for intelligence assets to contribute to global health, and the development of biodefense shields.
  • Febrile Seizures

    New Concepts and Consequences
    • 2nd Edition
    • Tallie Z. Baram + 2 more
    • English
    Febrile seizures are the most common seizures in infants and children worldwide, This fact provides strong impetus to study and understand them and their consequences, and consider their treatment. These topics were the focus of the first edition of this book. The 20 years since the publication of this first edition have witnessed an explosion of new information about febrile seizures, meriting this new edition. Key advances have been made in the genetics and neurobiological underpinnings of febrile seizures and especially the very long fever-related seizures called febrile status epilepticus. The role of neuroinflammatory factors in the emergence of these seizures and their consequences, the demonstration of unique clinical and neuroradiological aspects of febrile status epilepticus, and the prospect of predictive (bio)markers to identify and characterize cognitive and epilepsy outcomes are exciting and important. In this edition, the authors and editors tackle these developments in chapters addressing the questions of parents, physicians, allied health care professionals and basic and translational scientists.