Skip to main content
Elsevier
View Cart

Books in Life sciences

BooksJournals

    • Mosby's Pharmacy Technician

      • 7th Edition
      • October 24, 2024
      • Karen Davis + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 2 4 8 8 4
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 2 4 8 9 1
      Get everything you need to prepare for a successful career as a pharmacy technician in one easy-to-read textbook! Useful from day one through graduation, Mosby's Pharmacy Technician: Principles and Practice, 7th Edition, includes comprehensive information on pharmacy practice, anatomy and physiology, math calculation, and pharmacology. Built from the ground up to map directly to American Society for Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) accreditation competencies and to the accepted certification exams, this approachable text covers everything from processing and handling of medications and medication orders to patient safety, quality assurance, and regulation and compliance. It also features a rich art program with equipment close-ups, clinical procedures and processes, and body system illustrations that bring the content to life and visually reinforce your understanding of key concepts. With its clear writing, expert insight, and engaging study tools, this text will help you develop a solid foundation in the pharmacy content you need to pass the board examination and launch a successful and rewarding career.

    • Handbook of Sourdough Microbiota and Fermentation

      • 1st Edition
      • October 23, 2024
      • Fatih Ozogul + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 8 6 2 2 6
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 8 6 2 3 3
      Handbook of Sourdough Microbiota and Fermentation: Food Safety, Health Benefits, and Product Development links the cereal and sourdough-based microorganisms, fermentations and microbial metabolites with food hygiene and safety, functional and health promoting properties, and their potential interest to be employed in the agro-food sector and beyond. Structured in a way that provides the latest findings and most recent approaches and trends on sourdough this book also emphasizes the biotechnological aspects, such as fermentation, food processing and the use of beneficial microorganisms and their metabolites in different ways and in different industries. Written by experts from a multidisciplinary perspective, this book is a remarkable reference to a wide range of audiences with different backgrounds, from academics and researchers in food science to industrial food engineers and technicians, food plant managers, and new product and processing developers/managers in food packaging and preservation.

    • Human Microbiome Drug Targets

      • 1st Edition
      • October 23, 2024
      • Genevieve Dable-Tupas + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 5 5
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 5 4 3 6 2
      Human Microbiome Drug Targets: Modern Approaches in Disease Management presents fundamental information on the human microbiome, looking into the relationship between the microbiome and how it changes with specific diseases. Delving into the multifaceted roles of the microbiome in health and disease, the book's chapters discuss the role of the human microbiome in the pathophysiologic understanding of relevant diseases or disorders and their management. As changes in the human microbiome can provide clues to the probable cause and effect of diseases or disorders, as well as the impacts of therapy or intervention, this book is a welcomed addition to the existing research.Explaining how a better understanding of the microbiome and its impact on health and disease can pave the way for future discoveries leading to better health outcomes, this book will be of interest to drug developers, medicinal chemists, microbiologists, infectious disease specialists, biochemists, and students.

    • Unveiling the Proteolytic Networks of Parasites

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 126
      • October 23, 2024
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 0 3
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 1 0
      Unveiling the Proteolytic Networks of Parasites, Volume 125 presents a cutting-edge exploration of specific proteases across a spectrum of parasitic organisms. Top researchers in the field conduct multifaceted examinations, shedding light on the distinct roles of these proteases within significant parasite groups, including malaria, trematodes, nematodes, and blood-feeding arthropods. Chapters in this new release include Bioinformatic analysis of proteases across multiple helminth species: a case study using Wormbase, UniProt and Merops databases, Proteasomes of parasites, Proteases of Trematodes as a promising drug targets-tentative title, Astacins, and metalloproteases in nematodes, and Proteases of bloodfeeding arthropods.

    • Mechanical Circulatory and Respiratory Support

      • 2nd Edition
      • October 23, 2024
      • Shaun D. Gregory + 4 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 2 1 4 8 4
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 2 1 4 7 7
      Mechanical Circulatory and Respiratory Support, Second Edition, continues to provide a comprehensive overview of the past, present and future development of mechanical circulatory and respiratory support devices. This new edition provides an update on the field while also introducing new elements within the field such as ex-vivo perfusion, devices for HFpEF, design for manufacture, oxygenator design, and more content on route to market.Chapters from over 60 internationally-reno... experts focuses on the entire life-cycle of mechanical circulatory and respiratory support – from the descent into heart and lung failure, alternative medical management, device options, device design, implantation techniques, complications and medical management of the supported patient, patient-device interactions, cost effectiveness, route to market and a view to the future.This second edition is a useful resource for biomedical engineers and clinicians who are designing new mechanical circulatory or respiratory support devices, while also providing a comprehensive guide of the entire field for those who are already familiar with some areas and want to learn more. Reviews of the most cutting-edge research are provided throughout each chapter, along with guides on how to design new devices and which areas require specific focus for future research and development.

    • Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Healthcare

      • 1st Edition
      • October 23, 2024
      • Faisal Khosa + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 2 5 1 3
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 2 5 2 0
      Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Healthcare: From Knowledge to Practice offers a comprehensive text on the landscape of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in the health professions. Each chapter is dedicated to a health profession and is authored by an expert in EDI and workforce diversity in their respective discipline (such as medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, physiotherapy, and so on). Chapters characterize the present state of workforce diversity in the discipline, chronicle historical developments, provide rationale for systemic action, and include possible solutions and interventions in an evidence-based manner.By serving as an all-in-one reference text, this resource is meant for students, healthcare professionals, and organizational leadership who wish to understand and implement EDI in the health professions.

    • Intelligent Medicine on Prediction of Pelvic Lymph Node Metastasis

      • 1st Edition
      • October 23, 2024
      • Haixian Zhang + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 3 3 8 7 5 5
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 3 3 8 7 6 2
      Intelligent Medicine on Prediction of Pelvic Lymph Node Metastasis focuses on leveraging intelligent medical techniques to predict lymph node metastasis, using pelvic cancer as a primary case study. Combined with the actual clinical application scenarios, this book introduces deep neural network models, application systems, and carries out method concentrated on the four major links of lymph node location, partition, segmentation and metastasis prediction, aiming to provide theoretical and experimental reference for researchers in this field. In 8 chapters this title introduces the reader to intelligent medicine and deep neural networks, summarises the intelligent biological neural network and the classical artificial neural network, introduces several commonly used network architectures and a new neural network model, and introduces the deep learning based algorithms on lymph nodes metastasis prediction, summarising the method and experimental results. This book is a friendly learning tool, providing beginners and researchers with an in-depth knowledge of deep learning and how to develop intelligent medicine methods in lymph node metastasis prediction.

    • Unconventional Functional Fermented Beverages

      • 1st Edition
      • October 23, 2024
      • Carlos Ricardo Soccol + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 9 6 6 6
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 9 6 5 9
      Unconventional Functional Fermented Beverages: Practices and Technologies addresses the technological and functional aspects of fermented beverages that are being produced and consumed around the world. A wide array of unconventional, unique beverages are covered, from new, non-dairy kefir products, to coffee, honey, and coconut-based beverages, exploring a huge variety of non-alcoholic fermented drinks. The book investigates the scientific principles behind each of these beverages and covers manufacturing methods and new technologies, as well as health and safety in the manufacture of fermented beverages.Readers will find practical guidance for beverage producers as well as novel, academic material for functional food scientists and technologists.

    • Nature-Inspired Sensors

      • 1st Edition
      • October 23, 2024
      • Hossam Haick
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 5 6 8 4 7
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 5 6 8 5 4
      Nature-Inspired Sensors presents and discusses the basic principles and latest developments in nature-inspired sensing and biosensing materials as well as the design and mechanisms for analyzing their potential in multifunctional sensing applications.The book starts with a comprehensive review of certain fundamental mechanisms in different living creatures, including humans, animals, and plants. It presents and discusses ways for imitating various nature-inspired structural features and their functional properties, such as hierarchical, interlocked, porous, and bristle-like structures and hetero-layered brick-and-mortar structures.It also highlights the utility of these structures and their properties for sensing functions, which include static coloration, self-cleaning, adhesive, underwater navigation and object detection, electric charge generation, and sensitive olfactory functions for detecting various substances. This is followed by an appraisal of accumulating knowledge and its translation from the laboratory to the point-of-care phase, using selective sensors as well as desktop and wearable artificial sensing devices, for example, electronic noses and electronic skins, in conjunction with AI-assisted data processing and decision-making in the targeted field of application.In addition, the book offers an insight into the challenges of continuing the development of nature-inspired smart sensing and biosensing technology and their wider availability, which can be substantially improved. It is a valuable reference for graduates, undergraduates, researchers, and working professionals in the fields of chemistry, materials science, and biomedical and environmental science.

    • Human and Animal Microbiome Engineering

      • 1st Edition
      • October 23, 2024
      • Dharumadurai Dhanasekaran + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 2 3 4 8 8
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 2 3 4 9 5
      Human and Animal Microbiome Engineering provides both basic and detailed information about microbiome engineering for the health enhancement of humans and animal populations. The book provides updated information about current research topics in this emerging field, including microbiome gene therapy, engineered probiotics, and smart living biotic machines for the release of therapeutics. The book is divided into 4 sections covering microbiome engineering application with a focus on future perspectives in human health and enhancement; microbiome engineering in human health and disease including real-world case studies; animal microbiome engineering essentials; and microbiome engineering for livestock improvement.This is the perfect reference for researchers and scientists to further explore the relationship between host and microbiome and discover novel ideas about the concepts of microbiome engineering in the health enhancement of humans and animal populations.

Related subjects

Agricultural and biological sciences

Drug discovery

Immunology

Microbiology and virology

Neuroscience

Pharmaceutical sciences

Pharmacology

Toxicology