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  • Multidisciplinary Interventional Oncology

    • 1st Edition
    • July 1, 2027
    • Gao-Jun Teng + 1 more
    • English
    Multidisciplinary Interventional Oncology explores interventional oncology (IO) as the fourth pillar of cancer care alongside surgery, radiation, and medical oncology. The book highlights IO's minimally invasive, image-guided techniques, offering reduced morbidity and toxicity. It aims to establish IO as a key modality in managing malignancies like liver cancer, integrating emerging technologies and enhancing multidisciplinary collaboration. Authored by leading interventional radiologists, the book covers a wide range of IO therapies, emphasizing multidisciplinary cancer care that combines IO with systemic treatments. Each chapter presents current evidence, referencing clinical guidelines and trials while also showcasing advancements and novel devices to address knowledge gaps and procedural uncertainties.For academics, the book provides access to the latest innovations and fosters precision-driven oncologic care. It promotes interdisciplinary collaboration, equipping readers with the knowledge and tools necessary to advance cancer care and meeting the growing demands for integration and educational resources in interventional oncology.

  • Aging and Troponin

    Clinical Implications and Uses Beyond Diagnosis
    • 1st Edition
    • November 1, 2026
    • Gary Tse + 3 more
    • English
    Aging and Troponin: Clinical Implications and Uses Beyond Diagnosis examines the multifaceted role of troponin in clinical medicine, with a special focus on aging. This comprehensive reference provides essential technical knowledge, diagnostic and prognostic applications, and model development insights from leading experts in clinical biochemistry, pathology, and epidemiology. The book emphasizes the impact of aging on troponin test results and their interpretation, addressing age-related disorders such as renal failure. Sections cover the technical aspects of troponin assays, comparing traditional and high-sensitivity assays and exploring point-of-care testing advancements.The book also examine age-related changes and intra- and inter-individual variability in troponin levels, focuses on diagnostic applications, including troponin as a biomarker for cardiac injury and dysfunction, and the effects of age, sex, and renal impairment on diagnostic sensitivity and specificity, and discusses troponin's prognostic value for mortality in various conditions, including heart disease, sepsis, and COVID-19, and its role as a marker of organ biological age. The final section offers cutting-edge insights into the clinical applicability of troponin testing, highlighting the benefits of incorporating high-sensitivity assays into clinical workflows and providing perspectives and age-related considerations from practicing physicians on implementation and evidence-based practice.

  • Artificial Intelligence and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus

    Innovations for Sustainable Resource Management
    • 1st Edition
    • October 1, 2026
    • Ali Fares
    • English
    AI and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Innovations for Sustainable Resource Management is a groundbreaking exploration of how AI transforms the management of our planet's most vital resources. The book's chapters provide an in-depth analysis of the intersections of AI and the FEW Nexus, including the critical need for sustainable farming practices, water conservation, and energy efficiency. Contributing authors are experts from around the globe who offer practical solutions, case studies, and cutting-edge technologies like digital twins, machine learning, and hyperspectral imaging to optimize resource management.Specific topics include enhancing poultry production and the predictions of crop yields and post-harvest processing, while also dealing with FEW security in sub-Saharan Africa. Additionally, the book covers various topics that showcase AI's potential to boost agricultural productivity, mitigate climate change, and promote food security. This book's content covers ethical considerations, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the integration of AI into real-world practices. This book is a reference for researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders interested in sustainable development and resource management.

  • Oilseeds and Fats

    Trait Improvement, Processing, Properties and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • October 1, 2026
    • Sanju Bala Dhull + 2 more
    • English
    Oilseeds and Fats: Trait Improvement, Processing, Properties and Applications covers recent developments in the areas of oilseeds production practices, breeding, and genetic improvement for sustainable production, with an emphasis on processing technologies and nutrition. The book explores eco-friendly extraction methods, waste reduction techniques, and the potential of using waste by-products for energy production or other applications. Specific sections deal with production, breeding, processing methods, composition, and consumption trends, and then delve into oilseeds and fats origin, composition, and characteristics, as well as the principles and methods involved in processing and refining these resources.Additional sections cover oilseed crops processing, properties, and application, offering insights into the utilization of oilseeds and fats to develop new products that meet consumers' evolving preferences, thus addressing environmental concerns. With increasing awareness of environmental issues and climate change, the book underscores the significance of sustainable practices in the oilseed and fats industry.

  • Gut Health in Diabetes and Gastrointestinal Wellness

    Mechanisms and Clinical Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • October 1, 2026
    • Sushil Kumar Dubey + 2 more
    • English
    Gut Health in Diabetes and Gastrointestinal Wellness delves into the intricate relationship between gut microbiota and diabetes, emphasizing their significant impact on gastrointestinal health. This book bridges the gap between cutting-edge research and practical applications, offering a comprehensive exploration on how the gut microbiome affects both metabolic and gastrointestinal health. By examining current scientific findings, the book elucidates the mechanisms through which gut bacteria impact insulin sensitivity, glucose metabolism, and inflammatory responses. Additionally, practical strategies for optimizing gut health are provided, encompassing dietary recommendations, lifestyle modifications, and targeted interventions.The gut microbiome plays a crucial role in metabolic and gastrointestinal functions, and recent research has illuminated the mechanisms by which gut bacteria influence conditions such as diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Dysbiosis, or the imbalance of gut microorganisms, can disrupt glucose metabolism, lead to insulin insensitivity, and promote chronic inflammation, all of which contribute to the progression and development of metabolic diseases like diabetes. Furthermore, gut dysbiosis is linked to various gastrointestinal disorders, often worsening symptoms and complicating treatment efforts.

  • Glycobiology of the Immune System and Disease

    • 1st Edition
    • October 1, 2026
    • Shyamasree Ghosh
    • English
    Glycobiology of the Immune System and Disease explores the integration of state-of-the-art glycobiology and immunology to raise awareness of the multifaceted roles of glycans and lectins in the immune system. Glycobiology is a rapidly growing field in biology, with relevance to biomedicine, biotechnology and basic research. Considering the central role that glycans play in immune interactions, glycoproteins and carbohydrates are becoming the targets of next-generation therapeutics, vaccines and diagnostics. Programmed remodeling of host glycans can modulate infection, autoimmunity, and cancer, while microbial glycoconjugates can serve as canonical innate receptor agonists that induce B cell and T cell activation. This important reference investigates microbial and mammalian glycans and their protein-binding partners (lectins) and shows the role they play in all innate and adaptive immune responses. With its comprehensive overview of the field, it is an important resource for academicians, graduate and post graduate students as well as professors and faculty in the field of research in glycobiology and immunology.

  • Nutritional Strategies, Predictive Models, and Sustainable Policies

    • 1st Edition
    • October 1, 2026
    • Sandeep K. Panda + 2 more
    • English
    Nutritional Strategies, Predictive Models, and Sustainable Policies brings together scientists, professors, and policymakers from over 10 countries to cover strategies and approaches to improve human health by focusing on the nutritional needs of children, pregnant women, and patients from around the world. Sections cover existing policies in specific geographical areas, critical reviews on the scientific updates of maternal, pediatric, and geriatric nutrition and how the Pandemic disrupted nutritional strategies, review predictive models on different nutrition categories for certain diseases and cancers, and highlight international and regional policies related to nutrition in war affected countries.

  • The Vaccine Book

    New Insights, Approaches, and Technologies
    • 3rd Edition
    • October 1, 2026
    • Fabio Bagnoli + 2 more
    • English
    The Vaccine Book: New Insights, Approaches and Technologies, Third Edition provides comprehensive information on the current and future world of vaccines. It reveals the scientific opportunities and potential impact of vaccines, including economic and ethical challenges, problems encountered when producing vaccines, how clinical vaccine trials are designed, and how to introduce vaccines into widespread use. Although vaccines are now available for many diseases, there are still challenges ahead for major diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. Edited by a new, highly experienced team of editors, the 3rd edition provides new approaches, design, and vaccine platform tools to develop vaccines quicker.This new edition is fully updated and designed for students, researchers, public health offcials, and all others interested in increasing their understanding of vaccines.

  • Sustainable Process Intensification for Biocatalysis

    Applications in Enzymology and Biotechnology
    • 1st Edition
    • October 1, 2026
    • Ganapati D. Yadav
    • English
    Sustainable Process Intensification for Biocatalysis: Applications in Enzymology and Biotechnology, a new volume in the Foundations and Frontiers of Enzymology series, offers applied instruction in process intensification principles for applications in enzymology and biotechnology, helping researchers and practitioners implement these techniques across various uses and industries, from healthcare to food and biofuel. Leaders in the field discuss a full range of approaches and enabling technologies, from microwave to ultrasound, hydrodynamic cavitation, and combination chemical and biological catalysis techniques, such as multiphase reactors, microreactors, scale-bioprocesses, and enzyme cascades.Later chapters examine ongoing advances and their implementation across different industries, including pharmaceuticals, perfumes, polymers, and agrochemicals, with a final chapter discussing next steps in research and future directions. Throughout the book, and across applied examples, emphasis is placed on driving sustainable research approaches and manufacturing.

  • The World's Health Care Crisis

    Geopolitical and Climate Change Challenges
    • 1st Edition
    • October 1, 2026
    • Ibis Sanchez Serrano
    • English
    The World’s Health Care Crisis: Geopolitical and Climate Change Challenges focuses on the global health care crisis, providing information on new challenges the world is experiencing, such as COVID-19, massive world migration, overpopulation, threats of global famine, nuclear war, the emergence of new infectious diseases around the planet, climate change, and their effects on health care. The book's target audience includes professionals of health systems, biomedical innovation, and global health supply chains investors and Directors in Chief, decision-makers in public health, multilateral institutions in regulatory, legislative, and executive areas, researchers, health sciences students, health economists, economist associations, pharmaco-economists, historians, and more.

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