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Elsevier's Life Sciences collection helps researchers get comprehensive coverage and up-to-date information on the study of living organisms, their processes, and interrelationships, spanning disciplines like biology, genetics, and biochemistry, and addressing emerging trends such as genomics, biotechnology, and sustainability, essential for advancing knowledge and driving innovation in the field.

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    • Molecular, Cellular, and Metabolic Fundamentals of Human Aging

      • 1st Edition
      • October 23, 2022
      • Evandro Fei Fang + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Molecular, Cellular, and Metabolic Fundamentals of Human Aging provides researchers with an overview of the main aging mechanisms and physiology and how they can lead to age-related diseases and conditions. Topics covered include DNA damage and how ineffective repair can lead to cell and tissue aging and decreased functionality, loss of proteostasis, changes to feeding and fasting pathways, mitochondrial dysfunction, the impact of decreased ability of autophagosomes and autophagosomes, cellular senescence, changes to communication molecules, and the impact of stem cell exhaustion. The book also considers the impact of aging within the immune system, the relationship between aging and diseases such as cancers and neurodegenerative conditions, and provides an overview on the dialogue surrounding the topic of aging beyond basic biology.

    • Encyclopedia of Cell Biology-

      • 2nd Edition
      • October 22, 2022
      • Ralph A. Bradshaw + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Encyclopedia of Cell Biology, Second Edition, a Six Volume Set, has established itself as a fundamental reference work, providing broad coverage of the field in four main sections (Molecular, Organizational, Functional, Translational and Pathological Aspects of Cell Biology). This second edition revisits and expands each section, with entries on topics not covered in the first edition, including Crispr. The whole work is updated, providing greater coverage of specialized cell function and translational applications, and putting greater emphasis on these topics in graduate/medical teaching. New overview chapters and subsections provide a simplified cell biology text that can be used by instructors. The new version includes a standard template for each chapter, making the content easier to navigate, as well as inserts and graphics which provide summaries of key points in each chapter.

    • Mind Mapping and Artificial Intelligence

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2022
      • Jose Maria Guerrero
      • English
      • Paperback
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      In the near future, we will see an increase in the development and use of all sorts of AI applications. Some of the more promising areas will be Finance, Healthcare, IoT, Manufacturing, Journalism, and Cybersecurity. Many of these applications generate a great amount of complex information. Natural Language Understanding is one of the most clear examples. Traditional ways of visualizing complex information, namely linear text, web pages and hyperlink-based applications, have serious productivity problems. Users need a lot of time to visualize the information and have problems seeing the whole picture of the results. Mind mapping is probably the only way of reducing the problems inherent in these traditional ways of visualizing complex information. Most people have no clear idea about the advantages of mind mapping or the problems created by the traditional ways of visualizing complex information. The goal of Mind Mapping and Artificial Intelligence is to provide readers with an introduction to mind mapping and artificial intelligence, to the problems of using traditional ways of visualizing complex information and as an introduction to mind mapping automation and its integration into Artificial Intelligence applications such as NLU and others. As more applications of Artificial Intelligence are developed in the near future, the need for the improvement of the visualization of the information generated will increase exponentially. Information overload will soon also happen in AI applications. This will diminish the advantages of using AI. Author José Maria Guerrero is a long-time expert in mind mapping and visualization techniques. In this book he also introduces readers to MindManager mind mapping software, which can considerably reduce the problems associated with the interpretation of complex information generated by Artificial Intelligence software.

    • Human Microbiome in Health and Disease - Part B

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 192
      • October 22, 2022
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Human Microbiome in Health and Disease, Volume 192, Part B includes chapters surrounding the role of human microbiome in different diseases. Chapters in this comprehensive new volume include The microbiome and communicable diseases, Gut Microbiome and Antimicrobial Resistance in bacterial pathogens, Dysbiosis of human microbiome and infectious disease, Gastrointestinal microbiome in the context of infection in stomach and gastroduodenal diseases, Respiratory tract microbiome and pneumonia, Gut microbiome and neonatal sepsis, Diarrheal disease and gut microbiome, The microbiome and non-communicable diseases, Gut microbiome and inflammatory bowel disease, Gut microbiome and undernutrition, Human microbiome and cardiovascular disease, and much more.

    • Biochemical Pathways and Environmental Responses in Plants: Part A

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 676
      • October 21, 2022
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Biochemical Pathways and Environmental Responses in Plants, Part A, Volume 676 in the Methods in Enzymology series highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Structure, function, and engineering of plant polyketide synthases, A sensitive LC-MS/MS assay for enzymatic characterization of methylthioalkylmalat... synthase involved in glucosinolate side-chain elongation, Assaying formate-tetrahydrofo... ligase with monoglutamylated and polyglutamylated substrates using a fluorescence-HPLC based assay, An Approach to Nearest Neighbor Analysis of Pigmented Protein Complexes by Using Chemical Crosslinking in Combination with Mass Spectrometry, and much more. Other chapters cover Biochemical characterization of plant aromatic aminotransferases, Functional Analysis of Phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PMT) in Plants and Parasites, A structure-guided computational screening approach for predicting plant enzyme-metabolite interactions, Plant metacaspase: an example of microcrystal structure determination and analysis, Biocatalytic system for comparative assessment of functional association of cytochrome P450 monooxygenases with their redox partners, Dirigent Protein Family Function and Structure, and more.

    • Obesity Epidemic and the Environment

      • 1st Edition
      • October 20, 2022
      • Matheus Koengkan + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Obesity Epidemic and the Environment: Latin America and the Caribbean Region provides a broad analysis of the macroeconomic impact of the obesity epidemic on environmental degradation in the LAC region. Case studies combine theory and practice to achieve critical conclusions (and subsequent policy implications), providing useful tools for those working on actual health, energy and environmental challenges. Written for researchers, policymakers, international organizations and practitioners in various fields, especially those in public health, health economics, energy and environmental economics and social sciences, this book thoroughly highlights the obesity epidemic in this region. In the LAC region, obesity has become a public health issue. The increase of this problem is related to the economic gains obtained from the process of liberalization and privatization, the increase of foreign investment, and infrastructure investments.

    • Sustainable Plant Nutrition

      • 1st Edition
      • October 20, 2022
      • Tariq Aftab + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Sustainable Plant Nutrition: Molecular Interventions and Advancements for Crop Improvement explores the significant opportunities for sustainable, eco-friendly approaches in plant nutrition and agricultural crop production. The book highlights the various prospects involved in optimizing plant nutrient uptake agriculture and includes chapters representing diverse areas dealing with biotechnology, nanotechnology, molecular biology, proteomics, genomics and metabolomics. This book is an ideal resource for those seeking to ensure a sustainable plant production future. While plants have evolved a set of elaborate mechanisms to cope with nutrient limitations, the traditional supplementation by the application of fertilizers to plant productivity may then lead to overfertilization which can actually reduce plant growth and have adverse effects on the environment. To tackle these issues, a detailed understanding of the responses of plants to nutrients and nutrient deficiency at the physiological, metabolic, transcriptome and epigenetic level is essential.

    • Molecular Nutrition and Mitochondria

      • 1st Edition
      • October 20, 2022
      • Sergej M. Ostojic
      • English
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      Molecular Nutrition and Mitochondria: Metabolic Deficits, Whole-Diet Interventions, and Targeted Nutraceuticals provides a comprehensive examination of molecular aspects of mitochondrial nutrition and how dietary compounds might impact the treatment of mitochondrial dysfunction. Beginning with an overview of the fundamentals of mitochondria physiology and the methods used to evaluate mitochondrial imbalance in clinical practice, the book goes on to outline nutritional shortfalls in mitochondrial dysfunction and highlights the complex intra-organelle milieu affecting interactions between food compounds and mitochondrial co-factors, metabolites, and signaling molecules. Further sections explore the impact of essential nutrients, such as vitamin E, fatty acids, and complex lipids, on mitochondrial biogenesis, as well as non-essential bioactive compounds originating from food that can be evaluated for their mitochondria-modulat... potential, such as mitochondria-targete... small molecule antioxidants, plant-based pigments and organic compounds, nucleotides, non-proteogenic amino acids and derivatives, and mitochondria-specifi... enzyme mimetics from food. Molecular Nutrition and Mitochondria covers the key impacts of nutrition on mitochondria, and is the ideal reference for researchers, students and clinicians looking to develop an in-depth understanding of how dietary compounds can prevent and treat disorders associated with mitochondrial dysfunction.

    • DNA Damage and Double Strand Breaks

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 51
      • October 19, 2022
      • English
      • Hardback
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      DNA Damage and Double Strand Breaks, Volume 51 in The Enzymes series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters that provide an update on female and male genital schistosomiasis and a call to integrate efforts to escalate diagnosis, treatment and awareness in endemic and non-endemic settings, vertebrates as uninfected disseminators of helminth eggs and larvae, and combatting anthelmintic resistance in ruminants.

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