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    • Nutritional Strategies, Predictive Models, and Sustainable Policies

      • 1st Edition
      • 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.

    • Machine Learning and AI Technology for Agricultural Applications

      • 1st Edition
      • Kishore Chandra Swain + 5 more
      • English
      Machine Learning and AI Technology in Agricultural Applications offers a comprehensive overview of how artificial intelligence and machine learning are transforming the agricultural industry. By delving into image processing and advanced data analysis, the book demonstrates how technology addresses modern agricultural challenges, including climate change, urbanization, and increasing global populations. It emphasizes the importance of integrating sensors and data collection methods to generate vast pools of information, which can be efficiently analyzed through AI-driven solutions. The text lays a strong foundation for understanding the role of technological innovation in supporting sustainable and secure food production.Beyond introducing core machine learning models such as random forest, support vector machines, logistic regression, and decision trees, the book highlights the centralization of critical agricultural data in the cloud. This resource benefits both students and seasoned agricultural scientists, providing practical insights for optimizing crop yields, monitoring soil and weather conditions, and managing resources like fertilizers and pesticides. The book also explores the rapid analysis of complex datasets, empowering users to make informed, timely decisions in real-world agricultural scenarios.

    • Food and Consumer Behavior

      A Comprehensive Reference
      • 1st Edition
      • Herbert L. Meiselman
      • English
      What and how we eat has big implications for our health, our society and the environment. Therefore, it is crucial that we understand what people eat, the reasons why people eat the way they do, and how we can best change food consumer practices. Food is the biggest business in the world, but until recently the emphasis has been on food science and technology (the food product) and not on the food consumer. But there has been a lot of progress in the past 10-20 years on consumer research for foods. There is currently no reference that pulls together these developments. Comprehensive Food and Consumer Behavior 1e will emphasize methods for studying consumer responses to foods. The book will also emphasize cross-cultural approaches to studying consumer food behavior, with the goal of extending the field to all parts of the globe, including Asia and Africa.

    • Biological Processes in the Food Industry

      Unit Operations and Processing Equipment in the Food Industry
      • 1st Edition
      • Seid Mahdi Jafari + 1 more
      • English
      Biological Processes in the Food Industry: Unit Operations and Processing Equipment in the Food Industry explains the processing operations and equipment necessary for biological production of different food ingredients and nutraceuticals including upstream and downstream techniques. These processes and unit operations are very important in the manufacture of products such as enzymes, colouring pigments, vitamins, microbial lipids and proteins, and biofuels. Divided in three sections, "Basics of food biological processes", "Biological processing operations", and "Application of biological processes in the food industry", all chapters emphasize basic texts relating to experimental, theoretical, computational, and/or applications of food engineering principles and the relevant processing equipment to biological unit operations. Written by experts in the field of food engineering, in a simple and dynamic way, this book targets industrial Engineers working in the field of food processing and within food factories to make them more familiar with the particular food processing operations and equipment.

    • Phytochemicals and Hallmarks of Cancer

      From Molecules to Medicine
      • 1st Edition
      • Gautam Sethi + 1 more
      • English
      Phytochemicals and Hallmarks of Cancer: From Molecules to Medicine delves into the potential of phytomedicine to effectively address both established and emerging hallmarks of cancer, offering valuable insights into their translational applications from bench to bedside. The book provides comprehensive information about how the plant-derived product tackles cancer by targeting different hall markers that drive cancer progression. In 12 chapters the book not only describes the implications of plant products on cancer immunotherapy, gives insight in the hurdles in clinical translating plant derived products for cancer therapy, but also focuses on the therapeutic aspects of phytochemicals, providing insights into how understanding of mechanism of actions of phytochemicals can aid to develop innovative therapies.By addressing these knowledge and information needs Phytochemicals and Hallmarks of Cancer: From Molecules to Medicine is designed to be accessible to clinicians and researchers alike in the field of phytochemical applications in medicine.

    • Advances in Hepatorenal Syndrome Research

      Untangling Pathophysiology, Improving Diagnostic Strategies, and Leveraging Therapeutic Innovations
      • 1st Edition
      • Justin Belcher
      • English
      Advances in Hepatorenal Syndrome Research: Untangling Pathophysiology, Improving Diagnostic Strategies, and Therapeutic Innovations is a comprehensive review of the historical perspectives, prevalence, and prognosis of HRS, offering insights into its evolving clinical recognition and shifting paradigms of pathophysiology. Explore the multifaceted pathophysiology of HRS as experts navigate the complexities of cardiac dysfunction, inflammatory cytokines, and other modern understandings shaping the field. Explore differential diagnosis, uncovering alternative etiologies and current diagnostic criteria, while shedding light on biomarkers and novel diagnostic tests revolutionizing patient assessment. Contents will also guide readers through the utility of point-of-care ultrasound in intravascular volume assessment sets the stage for exploring medical therapy options, including vasoconstrictors and albumin usage. Written by a team of experts, this comprehensive reference highlights the intricate pathophysiology of hepatorenal syndrome while delivering the most up-to-date insights into diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. Historically overshadowed by grim prognoses, hepatorenal syndrome has undergone a renaissance of interest due to recent breakthroughs, revolutionizing treatment paradigms. Whether you're a seasoned practitioner or a burgeoning researcher immersing yourself in this dynamic field, this resource offers a thorough examination, encompassing novel diagnostic criteria, innovative biomarkers, and state-of-the-art treatments.

    • Computational Approaches to Natural Products Discovery

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 730
      • English
      Computational Approaches to Natural Products Discovery, Volume 720 provides descriptions of the latest techniques in computational methods for the study of natural products. Techniques covered are related to genome mining, natural product biosynthesis, natural product evolution, and natural product structure. Chapters in this new release cover Prediction of natural product bioactivity from BGC sequence to guide genome mining efforts, Genome mining for resistance genes to identify bioactive natural products with ARTS, Predicting lasso peptide structure with LassoPred, Predicting lanthipeptide structure with Rosetta, Using lsaBGC to investigate BGC Evolution, and an Analysis of BGC evolution with CORASON.

    • Biosimilars and Biologics in Cancer Treatment

      An Era in Therapeutic Strategies
      • 1st Edition
      • Kuttiappan Anitha + 2 more
      • English
      Biosimilars and Biologics in Cancer Therapy: An Era in Therapeutic Strategies offers an in-depth exploration of the evolving role of biosimilars and biologics in cancer treatment. The book presents a clear overview of the challenges and opportunities these therapies bring, backed by current evidence and a thorough discussion of regulatory and economic factors. It serves as a comprehensive educational resource designed to bridge the gap between cutting-edge research and everyday clinical practice, providing readers with a solid foundation in the fundamental principles, historical context, and mechanisms of action behind biologics and biosimilars.Readers will also discover emerging strategies such as combination therapies and personalized medicine, ensuring the content is relevant for researchers, clinicians, and other healthcare professionals. International expert contributors share the latest advancements, offering practical guidance for integrating biosimilars and biologics into cancer care and inspiring future oncology research.

    • Advanced MR Techniques for Neurodegenerative Diseases

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 13
      • 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.

    • Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior

      • 3rd Edition
      • Benjamin Oldroyd
      • English
      Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, Third Edition, Four Volume Set is a unique curated collection of punchy essays on all aspects of animal behavior, written by experts and carefully edited for readability and accessibility. Animal behavior is usually defined as what animals do, i.e. their movements. We can ask how they move, (i.e. the physiological and neurological causes of movement) and why they move. To answer this latter question, behavioralists generally turn to evolutionary explanations. The Encyclopedia gives equal weight to these ‘how’ (proximate) and `why` (ultimate) explanations of animal behavior. The third edition updates and expands the previous version to cover all substantive topics in the field. Animal behavior is one of the largest subdisciplines in biology. Therefore, chapters focus on broad concepts and avoid becoming entrapped in taxon-specific detail. To illustrate this, one could consider the topic ‘cooperative hunting’. One way to cover this topic would be to have individual chapters on hunting in lions, mongoose, African wild dogs, army ants, dolphins etc. But it would serve the reader much better if a comparative approach was taken to see if there are commonalities across taxa. For example, is communication necessary for cooperative hunting? Is there any evidence of planning or is every hunt opportunistic? This comparative approach requires authors to provide a synthesis, pushing beyond specific taxa of expertise, but helps readers making useful connections. This is a fundamental feature of this work. This edition retains chapters on the historical development of the field, which is important to our understanding of where the discipline sits today, but similarly the work is forward leaning, including the authors` perspective of where their discipline is headed. Structured chapters and cross-references help readers following their interests with ease. Like a bird field guide, this encyclopedia is an entrée to deeper knowledge. Readers of the encyclopedia are encouraged to explore beyond individual chapters via links to related ones, key reviews and relevant online material.

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