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  • Culinary Nutrition

    The Science and Practice of Healthy Cooking
    • 2nd Edition
    • Jacqueline B. Marcus
    • English
    Culinary Nutrition: The Science and Practice of Healthy Cooking, Second Edition is one of the first textbooks specifically written to bridge the relationship between food science, nutrition, and culinology as well as consumer choices for diet, health, and enjoyment. The book uses a comprehensive format with real-life applications, recipes, and color photographs of finished dishes to emphasize the necessity of sustainably deliverable, health-beneficial, and taste-desirable products.The book includes pedagogical elements to enhance and reinforce learning opportunities; explores which foods and beverages involve the optimum nutritional values for dietary and health needs; includes specific dietary requirements throughout the lifecycle; and examines how foods and beverages are produced. The fully revised second edition includes updated dietary and health guidelines and recommendations; more vegan, vegetarian, and plant-based meals; updated protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamin and mineral recommendations; environmental and sustainability considerations; and much more.

  • Patient Safety and Health Care Quality in Vulnerable Hospitalised Populations

    • 1st Edition
    • Theresa A. Mikhailov
    • English
    Patient Safety and Health Care Quality in Vulnerable Hospitalised Populations consolidates existing knowledge and research on patient safety and healthcare quality within vulnerable populations. It provides a comprehensive reference work, offering invaluable insights into this critical area. While information on related topics is scattered across various medical journals, this book bridges the accessibility gap by bringing this knowledge together in one authoritative volume. With a specific focus on hospitalized children and elderly adults, the book tackles a global issue that is particularly relevant in low-resource settings.In addition, it endeavors to address the unique challenges confronted by these populations, equipping stakeholders with vital information and strategies to better serve them. By exploring patient safety and healthcare quality, users will find this to be an invaluable resource that will shape the future of care provision for vulnerable populations.

  • Biocatalysis

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 714
    • English
    Biocatalysis, Volume 714 provides a wide range of themes dealing with the identification and application of biocatalysts. This includes various formats such as whole-cell or cell-free biocatalysis as well as immobilized variants. Specific chapters in this new release include Biocatalysis: How to select the proper mode of application, Documentation in biocatalysis and data handling, Mining metagenomes from extremophiles as resource for novel glycoside hydrolases for industrial applications, Functional Metaproteomics, Sequence-function relation for the prediction of enzyme properties: A case study on flavin-dependent oxidases, P450 monooxygenase in whole-cell format, and more.Additional sections cover Regio- and Stereospecific oxidation based on di-iron monooxygenases producing whole cells, Recombinant enzyme expression and targeted mutagenesis in Aromatoleum species, C.necator as a model organism for CO2-based biotechnology, Cupriavidus in whole-cell biocatalysis, Whole-cell biocatalysis with Myxobacteria, Streptomyces for natural product formation: Targeted mutagenesis in PKS, Reductive Amination: Methods for cell-free and whole-cell biocatalysis, Challenges and good practices on transaminase-catalys... synthesis of optically pure amines, W-enzymes in biocatalysis: Chances and difficulties for the user, Atroposelective biocatalysis employing ADHs, Applications of alcohol oxidases, and much more.

  • Clinical Pathophysiology of Hypertension, Diabetes, and Other Stress and Lifestyle Associated Diseases

    • 1st Edition
    • Tetsuya Watanabe
    • English
    Clinical Pathophysiology of Hypertension, Diabetes, and Other Stress and Lifestyle Associated Diseases presents mathematical and physical basis to apply in practice for a better understanding of some common and not so common diseases brough on by stress and lifestyle. Chapters cover new findings in hypertension, arrhythmias, diabetes, nephropathy, and periodontal disease. Written by Dr. Tetsuya Watanabe, President of Watanabe Institute of Mathematical Biology and Watanabe Clinic of Oral Surgery in Hamamatsu, Japan, for clinical doctors, medical research doctors, pathophysiological scientists, pharmaceutical scientists, and biologists and physicists in bioengineering.

  • Ultra Widefield Imaging of the Retina

    • 1st Edition
    • Maria Vittoria Cicinelli + 1 more
    • English
    Ultra Widefield Imaging of the Retina covers basic anatomy and physiology of the retina, providing the technical aspects of ultra widefield retinal imaging that give readers a strong grounding in the discipline’s central tenets. The book provides a comprehensive view of the peripheral retina, enabling better detection of pathology and more accurate assessment of disease progression. It fills the knowledge gap among healthcare professionals with regard to principles, procedural aspects, and clinical applications of these innovations. In essence, anyone seeking in-depth information on imaging and the treatment of vascular chorioretinal disorders, inflammatory disorders, and chorioretinal tumors will find it here.New imaging modalities, improved image quality, and enhanced analysis techniques have proven valuable tools in the diagnosis and management of retinal diseases, hence this book will serve as a resource for clinicians and researchers to stay up-to-date in this rapidly evolving field.

  • Roles of Osmolytes in Changing Environment

    • 1st Edition
    • Azamal Husen
    • English
    Roles of Osmolytes in Changing Environment is the only available comprehensive coverage of the recent advances in our understanding on how plants coordinate with different osmolytes, and their role in improving the tolerance of plants under stress conditions. Including insights of their effect against cold, heat, UV, submergence, wounding, extremes of temperature, drought, salinity, high metal concentrations, water logging, pollution, and nutrient deficiency stress, the book also explains the role of various osmolytes against phytopathogenic viruses, bacteria, fungi, algae, nematodes, and insects. Understanding the significance of different osmolytes for sustainable plant growth and production under diverse stress situations is increasingly important for both crop and non-crop plants. This volume presents the latest research and inspires further research toward osmolyte use in developing stress tolerance in plants. Roles of Osmolytes in Changing Environment is a valuable resource for scientists, researchers and advanced level students working in plant biology, plant physiology, plant stress physiology, plant biochemistry, botanical or crop sciences, environmental sciences, and ecological sciences.

  • Handbook of Milk Production, Quality and Nutrition

    • 1st Edition
    • Tanmoy Rana
    • English
    Handbook of Milk Production, Quality and Nutrition emphasizes new applications to promote healthy milk production, processing, and product development in the milk industry, highlighting the role clean milk has in the prevention of health and disease. Sections cover the general aspects of milk production and its environmental impact on animal health, explain milk’s global nutritional appeal and its role as a source of both macro and micronutrients for human health, address issues of lactose intolerance and how this ailment is perceived globally, and discuss milk’s relevance on bone, ocular, and gut health.Finally, the book brings awareness to milk’s microbial pathogens, toxins, and heavy metals, and health concerns, while also updating on regulatory health and nutrition claims and recent legislative developments.

  • Molecular Medicine and Biomedical Research in the Era of Precision Medicine

    New Technologies and Personalized Drug Therapies for Patient Care
    • 1st Edition
    • Ranbir Chander Sobti + 4 more
    • English
    Molecular Medicine and Biomedical Research in the Era of Precision Medicine: New Technologies and Personalized Drug Therapies for Patient Care provides researchers with an extensive overview of recent advances in molecular biology impacting the development of targeted therapies. The book delivers insights into the pathobiological and pathogenetic mechanisms of various diseases, providing a detailed study of the latest personalized interventions to be implemented across such conditions. It covers a range of technologies, including RNA-sequencing, AI, Machine Learning, gene therapy, omics and nanotechnology, delving into their clinical applications across various diseases.The book also tackles targeted treatments of different disease types, including acute, chronic, infectious and noncommunicable diseases. Future perspectives are also covered, providing an in-depth study across molecular medicine, drug discovery and delivery, disease diagnosis and prevention, and therapeutic interventions, and acting as an invaluable interdisciplinary reference for researchers across the biomedical sciences.

  • Nutrición y dietética clínica

    • 5th Edition
    • Jordi Salas-Salvadó + 1 more
    • Spanish
    Nutrición y dietética clínica se consolida en esta quinta edición como una obra esencial para los profesionales de la salud por su enfoque riguroso y multidisciplinar sobre el tratamiento dietético de las enfermedades relacionadas con la alimentación. Destaca el carácter colaborativo de la obra y su alcance global, ya que cuenta con la experiencia de más de 100 autores españoles e hispanoamericanos, todos ellos médicos, dietistas-nutricioni... o profesionales de otras especialidades relacionadas con la alimentación y la nutrición. Una importante novedad en esta edición es la introducción de un capítulo sobre trastornos de la conducta alimentaria, así como un anexo titulado «Nombres de alimentos en países de habla hispana» que, sin duda, apoya la consolidación de la proyección internacional de este texto, especialmente en países de América Latina, respetando la diversidad cultural y lingüística utilizando los términos propios de cada región para facilitar la compren­sión global. Los directores de la obra, el Prof. Jordi Salas-Salvadó y la Dra. Nancy Babio, junto con las Dras. Anna Bonada, M. Engràcia Saló y Rosa Burgos, y el Dr. Guillermo Cárdenas, han liderado este proyecto con dedicación y compromiso, asegurando la calidad y el rigor científico que han caracterizado Nutrición y dietética clínica desde la primera edición. La nueva edición ofrece acceso al e-book en el que se incluyen preguntas de autoevaluación con respuestas razonadas para fomentar la reflexión y evaluar la comprensión de los contenidos.

  • Veterinary Toxicology

    Basic and Clinical Principles
    • 4th Edition
    • Ramesh C. Gupta
    • English
    Veterinary Toxicology: Basic and Clinical Principles, Fourth Edition is a unique single reference that provides a comprehensive overview on the basic principles of veterinary toxicology to any student at the DVM, MS, or PhD level while also continuing to serve as a clinical reference for practitioners. The book thoroughly updates toxicologists and advanced students on the newest approaches for diagnosing poisoning cases in all animals from chemicals, plants, and accidental or malicious intents. Many chapters are provided on topics not covered in any previous books, such as target organ toxicity, radiation and radioactive materials, FDA regulatory issues, and ethics in veterinary toxicology.Completel... revised and updated to include the most recent developments in the field animal toxins, toxicokinetics mechanism of action, toxicity, and treatment, this book is an essential resource for researchers, practicing veterinary toxicologists, advanced students in toxicology, poison control centers, as well as environmentalists, marine biologists, and animal scientists.

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