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  • Advanced MR Techniques for Neurodegenerative Diseases

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 14
    • Kannie Wy Chan + 3 more
    • English
    Advanced MR Techniques for Neurodegenerative Diseases covers state of the art developments in physiologic, metabolic, functional, and microstructural MRI of the brain. It provides an overview of these approaches and includes dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) MRI, dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) MRI, arterial spin labeling (ASL), chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI, magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), resting state functional MRI (rsfMRI), microscopic diffusion imaging, and quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM). Chapters then follow that present the application of these methods to Alzheimer’s Disease and vascular dementia, small vessel disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Lewy body dementia, Huntington’s Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, and Multiple Sclerosis.Advanced MR Techniques for Neurodegenerative Diseases is a comprehensive resource on the latest advanced MR techniques and their application to neurodegenerative diseases, suitable for MR engineers and physicists as well as clinicians and neuroscientists who use MR techniques for diagnosis and research.
  • 3D Printing and Bioprinting: From State-of-the-Art to Emerging Innovations Part A

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 67
    • English
    3D Printing and Bioprinting: From State-of-the-Art to Emerging Innovations, Volume 67 in the Advances in Chemical Engineering series, highlights new developments and forward-looking perspectives in the rapidly evolving field of additive manufacturing. The volume provides insights into current progress, emerging methodologies, and future directions in 3D printing and bioprinting, emphasizing their growing impact across scientific and engineering disciplines. Chapters in this release include 3D Printing and Bioprinting Techniques in Engineering, Advanced Printing: Photon-Based Strategies, Functional Materials and Bioinks for Next-Generation Printing, 3D Printing for Prototyping Bioreactors, Applications of Bioprinting in Tissue Engineering, Bioprinting Strategies for Fish Cell Agriculture Applications, and much more.Additional sections cover Synergistic Shores: Harmonizing Microfluidics and 3D Bioprinting to Assemble Functional Tissues and In Situ Monitoring: Challenges and Strategies for High-Quality Control in 3D Printing and Bioprinting. Together, these chapters showcase cutting-edge research and innovation, making this volume an essential reference for researchers, engineers, and professionals working in materials science, chemical engineering, and related fields.
  • Clinical Neurodynamics

    From Theory to Practice
    • 1st Edition
    • Stefano Serrecchia
    • English
    Clinical Neurodynamics: From Theory to Practice provides a comprehensive, clinically focused synthesis of neurodynamics that bridges foundational science with real-world application. Integrating neural tissue biomechanics, mechanotransduction, intra-neuronal physiology, and contemporary pain science, this book equips clinicians with a clear, evidence-based framework for assessing and treating neurodynamic dysfunctions. Designed to address a persistent gap in musculoskeletal and neurological care, the text translates complex neurophysiological mechanisms into practical clinical reasoning. Readers are guided through standardized neurodynamic testing of the upper and lower limbs—including ULNTs, SLR, Slump, and femoral nerve tests—with consistent interpretation strategies and reproducible treatment progressions. Manual therapy techniques are seamlessly integrated with exercise-based rehabilitation and patient self-management approaches. Each chapter emphasizes clinical relevance, combining stepwise assessment-to-interv... pathways, decision algorithms, and concise clinical boxes. High-quality anatomical illustrations and QR-linked videos featuring 55 demonstrations enhance skill acquisition, teaching, and clinical confidence. Advanced chapters explore chronic pain, sensitization, and emerging innovations, positioning neurodynamics within modern, multidisciplinary rehabilitation practice. This book serves as an essential reference for clinicians and educators seeking a unified, research-supported approach to neurodynamic evaluation and treatment grounded in contemporary neuroscience.
  • Analytics and Laboratory Testing Protocols for Halal Food and Non-Food Products

    • 1st Edition
    • Syed Ghulam Musharraf
    • English
    Analytics and Laboratory Testing Protocols for Halal Food and Non-Food Products is a comprehensive exploration of the diverse field of Halal research and laboratory testing that dives into the scientific advancements necessary for ensuring compliance with Halal standards. The book introduces readers to methodologies and technologies used in laboratory testing, equipping them with the knowledge needed to adopt best practices and ensure compliance with Halal standards. It offers guidance on quality assurance measures and testing protocols, enabling readers to uphold the highest standards of Halal authenticity and enhance consumer confidence and brand reputation.This is an essential resource for graduate students and researchers in food sciences, analytical chemistry, and pharmaceutical sciences who want to check non-Halal ingredients and stay up-to-date with the latest developments in Halal assurance and quality control.
  • Antimicrobial Resistance, Sepsis, and the Invisible Threats to Women’s Health

    • 1st Edition
    • Uzma Syed + 1 more
    • English
    Antimicrobial Resistance, Sepsis, and the Invisible Threats to Women’s Health focuses on the burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and sepsis on women's health, providing the latest information to educate both global researchers and healthcare professionals. The book begins by introducing the fundamental concepts of antimicrobial resistance and sepsis, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of their impact on women's health. It examines the epidemiology of sepsis and antimicrobial resistance in women, highlighting key risk factors, research gaps, reproductive health, antimicrobial resistance, and sepsis in detail, and further emphasizing their disproportionate impact on women's health.Additional coverage includes strategies for recruiting women in clinical trials and research studies, exploring the One Health approach integrating women's health into the broader context of AMR and sepsis and the role of artificial intelligence and technology in combating AMR and sepsis. The book concludes with case studies of female patients and their families affected by AMR and sepsis.
  • Applied Charged Particle Optics: Part III

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 240
    • English
    Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, Volume 240 merges two long-running serials, Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy.
  • Stratigraphy & Timescales

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 11
    • English
    Stratigraphy & Timescales series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.
  • Laser Polarization and Autofluorescence Imaging for Biomedical and Clinical Applications

    • 1st Edition
    • Alexander Ushenko
    • English
    Laser Polarization and Autofluorescence Imaging for Biomedical and Clinical Applications addresses the cutting-edge research area of laser and autofluorescence polarimetric visualization combined with sophisticated multi-algorithm digital analysis. The book’s content spans ten detailed sections, covering fundamental theories of Mueller-matrix polarimetry, azimuth-invariant mapping methods, advanced Fourier and wavelet transformations, singular analysis, laser-induced autofluorescence polarimetry, and biomedical system architectures. It culminates with clinical application examples demonstrating early diagnostics of malignancies, type 2 diabetes, albuminuria, cholelithiasis, septic conditions, and forensic determinations such as cause and time of death.This reference offers significant benefits to researchers, biomedical engineers, and medical data analysts by delivering a pioneering synthesis of the latest theoretical concepts and multifunctional digital imaging methods. It equips the audience with objective, highly sensitive digital markers essential for accurate, rapid preclinical diagnostics, thereby advancing precision medicine and evidence-based clinical practice in biomedical optics.
  • Resource Evaluation and Deep Processing of Edible Insects

    • 1st Edition
    • Jun Wang + 1 more
    • English
    Resource Evaluation and Deep Processing of Edible Insects: Silk peptide and protein for advanced applications presents the latest progress in the processing, analysis, and application of edible insect resources, mainly focusing on the resource evaluation and deep processing methods to retrieve valuable products from the constituents of the by-products of edible insects. The book combines discursive chapters that bring the latest in resource evaluation, with discussions on novel extraction techniques, biological approaches, microbial transformations, green chemistry and microfluidic technologies. It also covers analytical and biological systems, step-by-step and readily reproducible biological and chemical protocols for analyzing edible insect resources.Edible insect resources as raw materials for the food industry for sustainability are also outlined in this book. These techniques support the latest progress in cross-disciplinary research that integrates the different scales of biotechnological and biological complexity. Edited by a team of experts in the field, this book is an excellent resource for researchers with a background in biotechnology, biological and chemical engineering, agriculture, and food chemistry, and covers a broad range of topics in agriculture sustainability and food production.
  • Phoretic Motions of Liquid Droplets

    A Theoretical Analysis
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 40
    • Eric Lee
    • English
    Phoretic Motions of Liquid Droplets: A Theoretical Analysis provides a detailed description of the fundamentals of the electrostatics and electrokinetics of various kinds of droplets: dielectric droplets, conducting droplets such as liquid metal droplets, polymeric liquid droplets and the implications they have for their broad practical applications. It is crucial to fully understand the underlying electrokinetic mechanisms before any meaningful practical applications of liquid droplets can be launched successfully.This is the first book to directly address phoretic motion of droplets; previously there has only been brief mention in texts mostly about solid particles, on which there is much more literature. Droplets of different kinds have different applications in practice. For instance, conducting droplets like liquid metal droplets have an inherent advantage in drug delivery over liposomes of dielectric droplets in terms of chemiphoresis, although both are widely used in drug delivery and micro/nanofluidic operations, among other practical applications. The book provides insights and guidelines for design engineers in drug delivery even in the fabrication stage of the droplets carrying therapeutic chemicals. Moreover, it is helpful in analyzing data for experimental researchers as well. For instance, a droplet filled with dielectric materials may not behave electrokinetically like a dielectric droplet under certain circumstances in practice, as might be expected by experimentalists.Pho... Motions of Liquid Droplets is written for researchers, industry engineers, and graduate and postdoc students in the field of colloidal and interface science and technology who are working on colloidal physics aspects and focused on electrokinetics, primarily from a chemical engineering, biomedical and biochemical engineering background.