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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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    • Applied Biomechatronics Using Mathematical Models

      • 1st Edition
      • June 9, 2018
      • Jorge Garza Ulloa
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 1 2 5 9 5 3
      Applied Biomechatronics Using Mathematical Models provides an appropriate methodology to detect and measure diseases and injuries relating to human kinematics and kinetics. It features mathematical models that, when applied to engineering principles and techniques in the medical field, can be used in assistive devices that work with bodily signals. The use of data in the kinematics and kinetics analysis of the human body, including musculoskeletal kinetics and joints and their relationship to the central nervous system (CNS) is covered, helping users understand how the complex network of symbiotic systems in the skeletal and muscular system work together to allow movement controlled by the CNS. With the use of appropriate electronic sensors at specific areas connected to bio-instruments, we can obtain enough information to create a mathematical model for assistive devices by analyzing the kinematics and kinetics of the human body. The mathematical models developed in this book can provide more effective devices for use in aiding and improving the function of the body in relation to a variety of injuries and diseases.

    • Soft Computing Based Medical Image Analysis

      • 1st Edition
      • January 16, 2018
      • Nilanjan Dey + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 1 3 0 8 7 2
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 1 3 1 7 4 9
      Soft Computing Based Medical Image Analysis presents the foremost techniques of soft computing in medical image analysis and processing. It includes image enhancement, segmentation, classification-based soft computing, and their application in diagnostic imaging, as well as an extensive background for the development of intelligent systems based on soft computing used in medical image analysis and processing. The book introduces the theory and concepts of digital image analysis and processing based on soft computing with real-world medical imaging applications. Comparative studies for soft computing based medical imaging techniques and traditional approaches in medicine are addressed, providing flexible and sophisticated application-oriented solutions.

    • Albinism in Africa

      • 1st Edition
      • January 2, 2018
      • Jennifer Kromberg + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 1 3 3 1 6 3
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 1 3 3 1 7 0
      Albinism in Africa: Historical, Geographic, Medical, Genetic, and Psychosocial Aspects provides the first in-depth reference for understanding and treating patients of human albinism in Africa. Leading international contributors examine the historical, geographic, psychosocial, genetic and molecular considerations of importance in effectively and sensitively managing this genetic disorder. Foundational chapters covering the historical and psychosocial aspects of albinism are supplemented by discussions of the pathobiology of the disease, as well as a thorough analysis of the genetics of skin pigmentation, eye pigmentation, hair pigmentation, and incidents of skin cancer involved in the manifestations of this disorder. New prenatal diagnostics and genetic testing methods, genetic risk assessment for individuals, families, and communities, and novel genetic markers that may be used for developing new therapeutics for treating albinism are also discussed in detail. The book provides care management approaches that may be applied to instances of albinism in other regions, along with guiding principles for treating rare genetic disorders and stigmatized patient populations across the globe.

    • Non-Exhaust Emissions

      • 1st Edition
      • January 2, 2018
      • Fulvio Amato
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 1 1 7 7 0 5
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 1 1 7 5 1 4
      Approx.330 pages

    • Connected Healthcare for the Citizen

      • 1st Edition
      • November 23, 2018
      • Robert Picard
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Value of Connected Things for Healthcare is based on feedback from members of the LLSA Forum, patients, healthcare professionals, Living Labs, industrialists, researchers and institutional actors confronted with the design, development, implementation and use of these types of tools that penetrate health and communicate data. The term connected object refers to devices that continuously collect data through these objects, providing the state of health of people wherever they are and whatever they do. These objects allow clinical researchers to study new phenomena that have hitherto escaped observations in institutions. However, the mobilization of these technologies in this context poses technical questions because the requirements of a remote, continuous operation are high. What is termed connected health emphasizes the human dimension of the subject, i.e., citizens, patients, health professionals, territorial communities, professional networks, institutions and associations. The questions of who benefits and ethical considerations are paramount to this discussion.

    • Principles of Regenerative Medicine

      • 3rd Edition
      • August 9, 2018
      • Anthony Atala + 3 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 0 9 8 8 0 6
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 0 9 8 9 3 6
      Principles of Regenerative Medicine, Third Edition, details the technologies and advances applied in recent years to strategies for healing and generating tissue. Contributions from a stellar cast of researchers cover the biological and molecular basis of regenerative medicine, highlighting stem cells, wound healing and cell and tissue development. Advances in cell and tissue therapy, including replacement of tissues and organs damaged by disease and previously untreatable conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, liver disease and renal failure are also incorporated to provide a view to the future and framework for additional studies.

    • The Ovary

      • 3rd Edition
      • September 10, 2018
      • Peter C.K. Leung + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 1 3 2 1 0 4
      The Ovary, Third Edition, includes more than 60% new material that highlights the clinical aspects of human ovarian functions. It covers advances in the areas of genomics, assisted reproductive technology, and cancer diagnosis and treatment. This updated edition synthesizes new information at the molecular, cellular and organismal levels, while also presenting modern ovarian physiology in a more understandable and comparative context. The book looks at ovarian function from a detailed molecular and cellular level that examines all phases of the ovarian lifecycle that places special emphasis on the pathophysiology of the human ovary, including ovarian carcinogenesis.

    • Cushing’s Syndrome, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 47-2
      • May 16, 2018
      • Adriana G. Ioachimescu
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 6 1 2 9 3 7
      This issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics, edited by Adriana G. Ioachimescu, will focus on Cushing’s Syndrome. Topics include--but are not limited to--1. Diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome in the modern era, Gene mutations in patients with Cushing’s syndrome, Morbidity in Cushing’s syndrome and impact of treatment, Localization of ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome, Prognostic factors of long-term remission after surgical treatment of Cushing’s disease, Outcomes of pituitary radiation for Cushing’s disease, New molecular targets in Cushing’s disease, Recent advances in subclinical Cushing’s syndrome, Adrenal surgery for Cushing’s syndrome, Adrenocortical carcinoma with hypercortisolism, Ectopic Cushing’s syndrome, Medical therapy for Cushing’s syndrome in the 21st century, Pregnancy in patients with Cushing’s syndrome, Mortality in patients with Cushing’s syndrome, and Cushing’s syndrome in children and adolescents.

    • Precision Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • February 15, 2018
      • Hans-Peter Deigner + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Precision Medicine: Tools and Quantitative Approaches discusses precision and personalized medicine, two relevant topics that are revolutionizing diagnostics and treatment, while also providing a shift toward prevention. The book covers the most relevant features and explanations underlying developments in the field. A timely review on prerequisites, causes and consequences is given. Unique to this book is a combined view on technical and data analysis aspects that is mandatory for obtaining and interpreting results. This book is a valuable source for researchers in medical and life sciences, physicians and students with an interest in this emerging field of precision medicine.

    • Engineering in Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • November 7, 2018
      • Paul A. Iaizzo
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Engineering in Medicine: Advances and Challenges documents the historical development, cutting-edge research and future perspectives on applying engineering technology to medical and healthcare challenges. The book has 22 chapters under 5 sections: cardiovascular engineering, neuroengineering, cellular and molecular bioengineering, medical and biological imaging, and medical devices.The challenges and future perspectives of engineering in medicine are discussed, with novel methodologies that have been implemented in innovative medical device development being described.This is an ideal general resource for biomedical engineering researchers at both universities and in industry as well as for undergraduate and graduate students.

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