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    • Balancing a Sauropod

      • 1st Edition
      • October 31, 2024
      • Brant E Isakson
      • English
      • Paperback
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      One completely unexplored area in terms of physiology is the era of dinosaurs—with good reason, they lived over 100 million years ago and we’re left to make inference based on fossilized bones. However, by merging classical, comparative, and extreme physiology and applying it to current paleontological knowledge of dinosaurs, Balancing a Sauropod: The Physiology of a Dinosaur will for the first time begin to provide a sound physiological underpinning for how they may have lived 100 million years ago. Sauropods were the largest land animals to ever walk the earth with an incredible distance from heart to brain, begging the question, how did they maintain blood flow in their brain? Also, the climate sauropods lived in was hypoxic compared to what we live in now, so how did the dinosaurs breathe in the hypoxic Jurassic era? These questions and others expand to multiple fascinating questions the book will dissect in order of organ systems. The topics focus on major organ systems and apply them to potential sauropod physiology. Less emphasis is given to the skeletal system, as that has been discussed extensively in other literature. Each organ system will be discussed in terms of function and current understanding of how they work in a comparative environment. Balancing a Sauropod: The Physiology of a Dinosaur is written at a technical level to both inform the lay reader and provide a sound argument to scientists in the field.

    • Pediatric Neurovascular Disorders, An Issue of Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 34-4
      • October 30, 2024
      • Prakash Muthusami + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      In this issue of Neuroimaging Clinics, guest editors Drs. Prakash Muthusami and Todd Abruzzo bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Pediatric Neurovascular Disorders. Top experts in the field discuss catheter-directed cerebral and spinal angiography in children; fetal neurovascular malformations; intracranial arterial aneurysms in childhood; neurovascular trauma in children; spinal vascular malformations of childhood; and more.

    • Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry: Roadmaps

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 62
      • October 30, 2024
      • English
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      Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry: Roadmaps, Volume 62 highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. This release provides a compendium of information on newly approved drugs and compounds entering late-stage clinical trials, making it a valuable resource for graduate students pursuing research in medicinal chemistry

    • Laccase and Polyphenol Oxidase

      • 1st Edition
      • October 30, 2024
      • Ivanhoe K.H. Leung
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Laccase and Polyphenol Oxidase: Biochemistry and Biotechnological Applications, a new volume in the Foundations and Frontiers in Enzymology series, provides a thorough discussion of the laccase and polyphenol oxidase enzyme families, which play key roles in the oxidation of phenolic substrates and are involved in a range of important biological functions in many organisms. In recent years, significant advances have been made in understanding these enzymes, but few resources exist on their fundamental biology, mechanisms, and applications. In this book, leading world experts discuss the biochemistry of laccase and polyphenol oxidases, research methods, and uses across industries, offering mechanistic and practical overviews of these important enzyme classes and empowering researchers to develop their own studies and hone applications. This book deftly connects topics across these intricate enzyme systems, with early chapters on the physicochemical properties of PPO and laccase, followed by separate sections on these related enzyme classes’ function in biological and industrial systems, production, purification, active assays, and application areas from food and wine to bioremediation to green chemistry.

    • Advances in Sustainable Applications of Microalgae

      • 1st Edition
      • October 29, 2024
      • José Carlos Magalhães Pires + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Advances in Sustainable Applications of Microalgae discusses different mechanisms used by microalgae to treat various gaseous streams, wastewaters, and pollution bioremediation. In addition, the advantages of the application of microalgal biomass in the agricultural and food/feed sectors are presented and bioenergy from microalgae with a view to sustainability is explored. The present covers the use of microalgal cultures in various applications, such as: the treatment of gaseous streams by removing various contaminants, wastewater treatment through the removal of several pollutants, biomass valorization for agriculture purposes, bioenergy from microalgae, and industrial integration of all these processes in a biorefinery concept.Finally, the book emphasizes the importance of gathering scientific knowledge to overcome drawbacks related to microalgal production and develops the concept of biorefinery based on microalgal biomass for a more sustainable future.

    • Resistance in Hematologic Malignancies and Cancer

      • 1st Edition
      • October 29, 2024
      • Lucia Messingerova + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Resistance in Hematologic Malignancies and Cancer brings together the molecular, cellular, and biochemical basis/principles of various mechanisms of resistance to treatment in hematologic malignancies.Even though main mechanisms of resistance are the same in different types of tumours there are specific signalling pathways involved in resistance in hematological malignancies and of course specific treatmentsIn 11 chapters, Resistance in Hematologic Malignancies and Cancer describes the development of treatment resistance in hematological malignancies, the role of MiRNA in resistance, the role of the immune system in resistance prediction, as well as the latest knowledge from clinical research.It gives insight in the complex information about different mechanisms linkage in final loss of cell sensitivity to drug treatment, the orientation in metabolic pathways that could be involved in depressed leukemia cell resistance to drugs and gives information about causes of drug resistance in leukemia cells.By the multidisciplinary approach of the processing this book is a valuable resource for both health professionals, scientists and researchers, health practitioners, students, but will also enable members of the general professional public to orientate themselves in issues that are not directly in their area of expertise

    • Microbial Applications of Nitrifiers and Denitrifiers in Industrial Wastewater Treatment

      • 1st Edition
      • October 29, 2024
      • Maulin P. Shah + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Microbial Applications of Nitrifiers and Denitrifiers in Industrial Wastewater Treatment describes the biotechnological processes (nitrification, oxidation and denitrification) to remove ammonia from wastewater, protecting the environment and human health. The book describes the microbiology and biotechnological applications of the nitrification and denitrification process and gives further insight into those processes while also outlining recent advances, mainstream and unconventional applications, strategy, and future prospects. In addition, it systematically summarizes up-to-date studies on the effect of various operational factors on the nitrogen removal performance along with reactor types, mode of operation (batch or continuous), and cultured anammox bacterial species.This book is a valuable resource for researchers in applied microbiology, biotechnology, biochemistry, environmental science, and all those who wish to broaden their knowledge in the field.

    • Melissopalynology

      • 1st Edition
      • October 29, 2024
      • Mushtaq Ahmad + 6 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Melissopalynology: Bee Flora, Pollen and Honey presents a comprehensive guide to the floral biology of honeybee plants. Critical for developing optimal management techniques for honey bee habitats, as well as for the growth and sustainability of the honey economy, this information is key to addressing the problem of predicting resource availability. In addition, it enables successful apiarist planning for effective hive placements and capacity, and provides crucial baseline data to direct habitat and biodiversity management. The book is globally relevant, presenting updates on the characteristics, composition, health properties, contamination, authenticity, and adulteration of honey at the worldwide level, regardless of region.The 100+ bee flora and pollen field notes and photographic atlas sections examine species found in multiple regions throughout the world. Honey has become a highly demanded product for consumers worldwide due to its taste and rich nutritional and medicinal value. However, it remains challenging to identify honey’s origin as well as determine its authenticity. This book summarizes the research and practices carried out in the last decade toward discriminating honey by using characteristic markers.

    • Updates on Osteoporosis Diagnosis and Therapy, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 53-4
      • October 26, 2024
      • Pauline M. Camacho
      • English
      • Hardback
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      In this issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Pauline Camacho brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Updates on Osteoporosis. Top experts in the field cover the latest updates in therapies, management, and guidelines for osteoporosis, in addition to updates on FRAX tools, promising agents, and anabolic agents.

    • Molecular Pathway Analysis Using High-Throughput OMICS Molecular Data

      • 1st Edition
      • October 26, 2024
      • Anton Buzdin
      • English
      • Paperback
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      The field molecular pathway analysis evolves rapidly, and many progressive methods have recently been discovered. Molecular Pathway Analysis Using High-Throughput OMICS Data contains the largest collections of molecular pathways. For the first time, guidelines on how to do genomic, epigenetic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic data analysis in real-world research practice are given. Molecular Pathway Analysis Using High-Throughput OMICS Molecular Data also focuses on the pathway analysis applications for solving tasks in biotechnology, pharmaceutics, and molecular diagnostics ​​It demonstrates how pathway analysis can be applied for the research and treatment of chronic and acute diseases, for next-generation molecular diagnostics, for drug design and preclinical testing; relevant real-world examples, molecular tests, and web resources will be reviewed in-depth.​ ​​The book shows a tendency of erasing the borders between chemistry, physics, informatics, mathematics, biology, and medicine by means of novel research approaches and instruments, providing a truly multidisciplinary approach.

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