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  • Catalysis, Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy

    New Technologies for Novel Business Opportunities
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 179
    • Angelo Basile + 3 more
    • English
    Catalysis, Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy: New Technologies for Novel Business Opportunities offers new possibilities for businesses who want to address the current global transition period to adopt low carbon and sustainable energy production. This comprehensive source provides an integrated view of new possibilities within catalysis and green chemistry in an economic context, showing how these potential new technologies may become useful to business. Fundamentals and specific examples are included to guide the transformation of idea to innovation and business. Offering an overview of the new possibilities for creating business in catalysis, energy and green chemistry, this book is a beneficial tool for students, researchers and academics in chemical and biochemical engineering.

  • Tuberculosis, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 40-4
    • Charles Daley + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, edited by Dr. Charles L. Daley and Dr. David Lewinsohn, focuses on Tuberculosis. Topics include: Epidemiology of Tuberculosis (TB) in the United States; Immunology of Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis and Biologics; Laboratory Diagnosis of Tuberculosis; Supranational Tuberculosis Reference Laboratories (a global approach); Treatment of Drug Susceptible Tuberculosis; Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis; New Drugs for the Treatment of Tuberculosis; Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis: the Role of Interferon Gamma Release; Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis; Management of Children with Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis and HIV; The Future of Vaccines for Tuberculosis; and Preventing Transmission of M. Tuberculosis.

  • Stochastic Global Optimization Methods and Applications to Chemical, Biochemical, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Processes

    • 1st Edition
    • Ch. Venkateswarlu + 1 more
    • English
    Stochastic global optimization methods and applications to chemical, biochemical, pharmaceutical and environmental processes presents various algorithms that include the genetic algorithm, simulated annealing, differential evolution, ant colony optimization, tabu search, particle swarm optimization, artificial bee colony optimization, and cuckoo search algorithm. The design and analysis of these algorithms is studied by applying them to solve various base case and complex optimization problems concerning chemical, biochemical, pharmaceutical, and environmental engineering processes. Design and implementation of various classical and advanced optimization strategies to solve a wide variety of optimization problems makes this book beneficial to graduate students, researchers, and practicing engineers working in multiple domains. This book mainly focuses on stochastic, evolutionary, and artificial intelligence optimization algorithms with a special emphasis on their design, analysis, and implementation to solve complex optimization problems and includes a number of real applications concerning chemical, biochemical, pharmaceutical, and environmental engineering processes.

  • Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

    Fundamental Concepts, Biological Interactions and Clinical Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Eun Ji Chung + 2 more
    • English
    Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications: Fundamental Concepts, Biological Interactions and Clinical Applications brings into one place information on the design and biomedical applications of different classes of nanoparticles. While aspects are dealt with in individual journal articles, there is not one source that covers this area comprehensively. This book fills this gap in the literature.

  • Office-Based Endovascular Centers

    • 1st Edition
    • Krishna M. Jain
    • English
    Recent years have seen a rapidly increasing movement of endovascular treatment and procedures away from hospital settings to outpatient venues (office-based labs). New technologies offer enhanced capabilities that make it easier and more cost-effective to treat even complex cases on an outpatient basis. Office-Based Endovascular Centers synthesizes the entire process of operating an office-based practice – from regulation and legal issues through to business models and optimal endovascular procedures – helping you ensure the best the possible outcomes for your patients.

  • Otorrinolaringología pediátrica

    • 1st Edition
    • Ray W Clark
    • Spanish
    Obra de referencia en Otorrinolaringología pediátrica que describe de manera completa y exhaustiva, y en un único volumen, los aspectos esenciales de esta subespecialidad. Además de la presentación de las patologías otorrinolaringológic... más habituales en la población pediátrica, los autores se hacen eco de aquellas patologías que cursan con pérdida auditiva en niños y que normalmente no están cubiertas en los textos estándares. A lo largo del libro pueden encontrarse numerosos cuadros de alerta que orientan al lector sobre los signos de peligro, ofrecen consejos y trucos en cirugía, advierten sobre las posibles complicaciones y situaciones que requieren derivación urgente, y detallan los riesgos medicolegales más relevantes. El enfoque transversal del contenido hace que sea un manual de gran utilidad para la preparación de exámenes de la especialidad, que sirva de fuente accesible de información para los otorrinolaringólogos generales, así como de referencia rápida para los especialistas en otorrinolaringología pediátrica.

  • The Opioid Epidemic and Infectious Diseases

    • 1st Edition
    • Brianna L. Norton
    • English
    Offering timely guidance on the junction of the opioid crisis and infectious diseases, this practical handbook by Dr. Brianna L. Norton provides concise yet comprehensive coverage of a growing patient population. Infectious disease specialists are increasingly seeing patients who previously used opiods and now use intravenous drugs. Many challenges are unique to this patient population, including new and growing infections such as hepatitis C, endocarditis, HIV, and hepatitis B. The Opioid Epidemic and Infectious Diseases is an up-to-date, real-world guide that covers the scope of the problem, management guidelines, and much more.

  • Minimally Invasive (Endoscopic & Robotic) Breast Surgery

    • 1st Edition
    • Chi Wei Mok + 1 more
    • English

  • Pharmaceutical Applications of Dendrimers

    • 1st Edition
    • Abhay Singh Chauhan + 1 more
    • English
    Pharmaceutical Applications of Dendrimers explores the applications of dendrimers in the solubilization of hydrophobic active ingredients, drug delivery, gene delivery, imaging, diagnosis and photodynamic therapy. The book discusses the diagnostic applications of dendrimers, including their use as MRI contrast agents and in the imaging of diseased areas. In addition, the anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antiviral properties of PPI and PAMAM are also covered, along with a discussion on photosensitizers, such as rose Bengal and protoporphyrin IX that have been delivered using PAMAM and PPI dendrimers for the treatment of cancer. This book is an important research reference for those who want to learn more about the development of dendrimer-based solutions for drug delivery.

  • Advanced Ceramics for Energy Conversion and Storage

    • 1st Edition
    • Olivier Guillon
    • English
    In order to enable an affordable, sustainable, fossil-free future energy supply, research activities on relevant materials and related technologies have been intensified in recent years, Advanced Ceramics for Energy Conversion and Storage describes the current state-of-the-art concerning materials, properties, processes, and specific applications. Academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists, and engineers will be able to get a broad overview of the use of ceramics in energy applications, while at the same time become acquainted with the most recent developments in the field. With chapters written by recognized experts working in their respective fields the book is a valuable reference source covering the following application areas: ceramic materials and coatings for gas turbines; heat storage and exchange materials for solar thermal energy; ceramics for nuclear energy; ceramics for energy harvesting (thermoelectrics, piezoelectrics, and sunlight conversion); ceramic gas separation membranes; solid oxide fuel cells and electrolysers; and electrochemical storage in battery cells. Advanced Ceramics for Energy Conversion and Storage offers a sound base for understanding the complex requirements related to the technological fields and the ceramic materials that make them possible. The book is also suitable for people with a solid base in materials science and engineering that want to specialize in ceramics.

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