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    • Fungal Stress Mechanisms and Responses

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 129
      • October 8, 2024
      • English
      • Hardback
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      AAM: Fungal Stress Mechanisms and Responses explores the adaptive strategies and biotechnological applications of fungi under stress conditions. This volume features an array of reviews by experts in the field, reviewing different aspects of fungal stress responses. The initial three chapters focus on stress in fungal insect pathogens, while chapters 4–6 address the impact of stressful environmental conditions on fungi used for bioremediation. The last chapter investigates the molecular aspects of copper homeostasis in human fungal pathogens. This volume offers a comprehensive collection of findings that help our understanding of fungal stress responses and their applications in agriculture, medicine, and the environment.

    • Targeted Therapy for the Central Nervous System

      • 1st Edition
      • October 7, 2024
      • Viral Patel + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Targeted Therapy for the Central Nervous System: Formulation, Clinical Challenges, and Regulatory Strategies presents research on various delivery methods of drugs to the central nervous system and brain. This volume examines targeted therapies for neurodegenerative disorders and succinctly outlines the future of drug delivery systems, highlighting significant advancements specifically relating to central nervous system delivery. This book will be of great interest to researchers working in the field of neuroscience and pharmacology as well as clinicians (pharmacists, radiologists, psychiatrists).

    • Extracellular Vesicles from Basic Research to Clinical Applications

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 94
      • October 5, 2024
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Extracellular Vesicles from Basic Research to Clinical Applications, Volume 94 covers theses lipid bilayer particles containing proteins, glycoproteins, mRNA, other small RNA species, and lipids formed and released by various pathogens. Chapters in this update include Extracellular Vesicles release from protozoa parasite and animal model, EVs from parasite and biomarkers, Translational Medicine – Use of EVs as therapy, EVs and viruses and their interaction with cells, EVs and Toxoplasma gondii, EVs and Fungi, Biogenesis of EVs in parasites, Extracellular vesicles, EVs and Leishmania, EVs in neuropsychiatry, EVs and Bacteria.Other sections cover EVs and sleep deprivation, EVs and cancer, Extracellular vesicles and methods to isolation, purification, and characterization.

    • Progress in Medicinal Chemistry

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 63
      • October 4, 2024
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Progress in Medicinal Chemistry, Volume 63 highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Specific chapters in this release include Harnessing conformational drivers in drug design, Recent Advances in the Medicinal Chemistry of Heterobifunctional Derivatives for Protein Homeostasis, and A Decade of Antimalarial Drug Discovery: New Targets, Tools and Molecules.

    • Fish Protein Hydrolysates

      • 1st Edition
      • October 4, 2024
      • Nilesh Nirmal + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Fish Protein Hydrolysates: From Production to Food and Nutraceutical Industry Applications provides the most updated and comprehensive knowledge on fish protein hydrolysate production using a variety of innovative processing techniques and technologies. This book highlights various biological activities and health benefits of fish protein hydrolysates, their food and nutraceutical industry applications, and associated safety concerns.Written by international experts in the field of fisheries and seafood processing, this book provides its readership with a wealth of recent developments and guidance on each production method, including current and emerging technologies. This book discusses the defatting and debittering aspects of fish protein hydrolysates, purification methods, trends in food product development, food and feed applications, and more. Most importantly, this book provides real-time industrial scale-up process, commercialization, safety, and regulatory issue of fish protein hydrolysate as a food ingredient.Fish Protein Hydrolysates: From Production to Food and Nutraceutical Industry Applications is a valuable resource for fish processing industries, researchers, or scientists to update their knowledge on production techniques, bittering issues of fish protein hydrolysates, and scale-up processes. In addition, this is a valuable source for academic scholars and students to keep up to date with the current changes and improvements in fish protein hydrolysate production and applications in the food industry.

    • The Fundamentals of Stereoelectroencephalography

      • 1st Edition
      • October 3, 2024
      • Patrick Chauvel + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Gain confidence and expertise with stereoelectroencepha... (SEEG) as a presurgical method for epilepsy with this helpful resource. Edited and written by leading experts in the field, Stereoelectroencepha... teaches the scientific and medical bases of SEEG through its essential disciplines (anatomy, biophysics, electrophysiology, and cognitive and behavioral neuroscience) and their interrelations. It fully covers the basic and clinical aspects of the pharmaco-resistant epilepsies investigated with SEEG and their surgical indications.

    • Cell and Gene Therapies for Neurologic Diseases

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 205
      • October 2, 2024
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Cell and Gene Therapies for Neurologic Diseases, Volume 205 comprehensively covers the scientific background, translational efforts, clinical developments and registered biologics that have entered into clinical practice. Coverage includes types of therapies available and in development, and best practice uses for a variety of neurological disorders including Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, ALS, stroke, spinal cord RP, demyelination, and epilepsy. As the emergence of gene and cellular therapeutics has changed the clinical landscape for a variety of disorders, and is now ready to do so for neurological diseases, these therapeutic modalities currently complement, and may in time, supplant small molecule drugs.

    • Neuropsychology for Neurologists, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 42-4
      • October 1, 2024
      • Jane Paulsen + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      In this issue of Neurologic Clinics, guest editors Drs. Jane S. Paulsen and Carissa Gehl bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Neuropsychology for Neurologists. Top experts provide an overview of neuropsychological assessment that extends beyond mental status examination to facilitate diagnostic considerations, clinical decision making with regarding to critical life skills, and suggestions for rehabilitation. This issue also includes characterization of typical neuropsychological features associated with specific illnesses/injuries and consideration of behavioral signs and symptoms, functional capacity, and quality of life for individuals with these diagnoses.

    • Next Generation eHealth

      • 1st Edition
      • September 30, 2024
      • Miltiadis Lytras + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Next Generation eHealth: Applied Data Science, Machine Learning and Extreme Computational Intelligence discusses the emergence, the impact, and the potential of sophisticated computational capabilities in healthcare. This book provides useful therapeutic targets to improve diagnosis, therapies, and prognosis of diseases, as well as helping with the establishment of better and more efficient next-generation medicine and medical systems. Machine learning as a field greatly contributes to next-generation medical research with the goal of improving medicine practices and medical Systems. As a contributing factor to better health outcomes, this book highlights the need for advanced training of professionals from various health areas, clinicians, educators, and social professionals who deal with patients. Content illustrates current issues and future promises as they pertain to all stakeholders, including informaticians, professionals in diagnostics, key industry experts in biotech, pharma, administrators, clinicians, patients, educators, students, health professionals, social scientists and legislators, health providers, advocacy groups, and more. With a focus on machine learning, deep learning, and neural networks, this volume communicates in an integrated, fresh, and novel way the impact of data science and computational intelligence to diverse audiences.

    • Application of Emerging Technologies and Strategies to Extract Bioactive Compounds

      • 1st Edition
      • September 30, 2024
      • Paulo Eduardo Sichetti Munekata
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Application of Emerging Technologies and Strategies to Extract Bioactive Compounds, Volume Three in the Developments in Food Quality and Safety series, is the most up-to-date resource covering trend topics such as advances in the analysis of toxic compounds and control of food poisoning, food fraud, traceability and authenticity, revalorization of agrifood industry, natural antimicrobial compounds and application to improve the preservation of food, non-thermal processing technologies in the food industry, nanotechnology in food production, and Intelligent packaging and sensors for food applications.Chapter... in this release explore the latest developments in the application of each technology, such as ultrasound, microwave, high-pressure, pulsed electric fields, ohmic, uv and ir heating, extrusion, and solar energy assisted extractions, along with membrane technologies and alternative solvents for green extraction. The series is edited by Dr. José Manuel Lorenzo and authored by a team of global experts in the field.

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