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Applied Science and Engineering of Wound Dressings and their Clinical Effectiveness

1st Edition
January 1, 2026
Amit Gefen
English
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Applied Science and Engineering of Wound Dressings and their Clinical Effectiveness: From Design Principles to Physiological Performance addresses the measurable physical, chemical, biomaterial, fluid structure, mechanical and thermal characteristics that are imperative for a dressing to effectively treat acute and chronic wounds. Divided into two parts, the book discusses the properties of wound dressings, their structure, and how they interact with skin surfaces based on scientific investigation and testing. It also discusses potential tradeoffs, including associated costs of manufacturing, clinical performance characteristics of a dressing, e.g., ease of application and removal, the ability of the dressing to stay in place, and more.This book will be valuable for all professionals involved in the treatment of all types of wounds, including biomedical engineers, material scientists, clinicians across all the relevant medical disciplines, industrialists and regulatory professionals in the field of wound care, academics, scientists and entrepreneurs in the field of medical devices, and undergraduate and graduate bioengineering and medical engineering students who are interested in the structure and function of wound dressings.

Medicinal Plants in Parkinson's Therapy

1st Edition
January 1, 2026
Sachchida Nand Rai + 2 more
English
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Medicinal Plants in Parkinson's Therapy offers a comprehensive approach to managing Parkinson's disease, blending insights from traditional herbal medicine with contemporary research findings. By examining various herbs, plants, and natural compounds, the book explores their potential in alleviating symptoms such as tremors, stiffness, and bradykinesia. Through practical and scientific research, readers learn how to integrate herbal preparations into their daily routines, including sourcing high-quality herbs, appropriate preparation methods, and dosage instructions. Emphasizing collaboration with healthcare professionals, the book underscores the need to complement herbal treatments with conventional therapies for Parkinson's disease. In addition to herbal remedies,Medicinal Plants in Parkinson's Therapy delves into complementary approaches like dietary adjustments, lifestyle modifications, and mind-body practices such as meditation and acupuncture. Highlighting medicinal plants like Mucuna pruriens, Withania somnifera, Tinospora cordifolia, Centella asiatica, and Bacopa monnieri, the book reveals their neuroprotective and antioxidant properties. These plants, rich in bioactive compounds such as Ursolic acid, Chlorogenic acid, and Berberine, have shown promising therapeutic activity in treating Parkinson's disease.

The Fundamentals of Digital Oncology

1st Edition
April 1, 2026
Luca Maria Gambardella + 1 more
English
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Digital Oncology: Foundations and Innovations serves as a comprehensive introduction to the evolving field of Digital Oncology. This first volume of the book series offers an extensive overview of essential technologies, applications, and considerations, making it an invaluable resource for newcomers. With an interdisciplinary approach, it emphasizes collaboration in advancing cancer care. The content explores critical topics such as big data in cancer research, the role of artificial intelligence in diagnosis, and virtual tumor boards for interdisciplinary treatment. It addresses foundational concepts from bench to bedside, reflecting the latest research findings and challenges in implementing digital approaches in oncology. For researchers, clinicians, and graduate students, this book provides essential insights into integrating AI and digital technologies in cancer care pathways. It fills key information gaps by offering practical strategies for applying AI in clinical decision-making while addressing ethical considerations. This title enhances understanding and motivates the next generation of innovators in oncology.

Aflatoxin Management in Crops

1st Edition
January 1, 2026
Sajad Majeed Zargar + 3 more
English
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Aflatoxin Management in Crops: Challenges and Opportunities provides a comprehensive look at current insights into aflatoxin contamination in agricultural crops and its effect on human health on global level. With insights from around the globe, it presents the latest advances in the understanding of the contamination and management strategies for aflatoxins in cereals, millets, oilseed, fruits, vegetables, and dairy products. Aflatoxin contamination in crops is a global threat that compromises the safety of food, feed, and also influence the agricultural economy and crop-dependent small scale industries. Crops can be contaminated during the process of harvesting, storing, and transporting by the fungi and leads to the productions of several mycotoxins. Aflatoxin can be extremely harmful if consumed, being linked to cancer-, immune-, and nutritionally related diseases. Aflatoxin Management in Crops: Challenges and Opportunities includes the biology of fungi and the chemistry behind the toxicity level of different aflatoxin strains as well as advances in detection techniques and management strategies. It concludes by exploring the different effects of aflatoxin on human health and regulatory laws to control its contamination.

Hyponatremia and 40 Years of Controversy

1st Edition
January 1, 2026
Richard H. Sterns
English
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Hyponatremia and 40 Years of Controversy: Charting New Frontiers provides an exhaustive examination of the prolonged and contentious debate surrounding the treatment protocols for hyponatremia—a condition characterized by abnormally low levels of sodium in the blood, which can result in severe neurological damage. This book is indispensable for medical trainees, practitioners, researchers, and policymakers, offering a thorough understanding of the condition's complexities and historical context. By documenting the evolution of this debate over the past four decades, it sheds light on key milestones, challenges, and turning points that have shaped current clinical practices. The text is thoughtfully organized into three sections: Part One: Salt, Science, Serendipity, and Strife brings readers into the historical backdrop with a mix of memoir and scientific analysis. It provides an in-depth look at how initial misunderstandings led to revised treatment guidelines based on emerging evidence. Part Two: A Grain of Salt revisits the controversy with a critical eye, unpacking new research that challenges existing guidelines and advocating for nuanced clinical decisions. Finally, Part Three: A Clinician’s Guide to Hyponatremia Management offers practical tools and case studies to help practitioners manage this complex condition amidst ongoing scientific debate. Comprehensive yet accessible, the book covers topics such as the brain’s response to osmotic stress, the implications of rapid sodium correction, and the intricate balance required in therapeutic interventions. It challenges established dogmas, presents groundbreaking new evidence, and highlights future directions for hyponatremia management, integrating the latest research findings into clinical practice. Hyponatremia and 40 Years of Controversy: Charting New Frontiers is a vital resource for anyone involved in neurology, nephrology, internal medicine, critical care, endocrinology, or clinical medicine. Whether you are a medical trainee seeking to understand the nuances of this medical controversy, a seasoned practitioner aiming to refine your treatment strategies, or a researcher interested in the historical and scientific facets of hyponatremia, this book equips you with the knowledge and tools necessary to enhance patient care and contribute to informed clinical practice. By offering historical insights, scientific rigor, and practical guidance, this book promises to enhance your decision-making and ultimately improve patient care outcomes in the field of hyponatremia management.

Medical Imaging Application in Health Assessment and Disease Management

1st Edition
January 1, 2026
Dilber Uzun Ozsahin + 4 more
English
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Medical Imaging Application in Health Assessment and Disease Management is an all-encompassing book that explores the transformative power of medical imaging in various fields of medicine. It showcases the latest advancements and applications of medical imaging modalities, ranging from neurology and oncology to audiology and osteoporosis. The book highlights the role of medical imaging in understanding and treating neurological conditions, assessing bone health, unraveling hearing disorders, and diagnosing and treating oncological conditions. It also delves into the potential of artificial intelligence and machine learning in improving cancer diagnosis and treatment. The book explores the use of medical imaging in observing mental health conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and stress-related behavioral changes. This comprehensive resource is essential for researchers and professional engineers in the fields of medical image computing/processing... computer science, artificial intelligence, radiology, neuroscience, and biomedical research.

Spider Systematics and Taxonomy

1st Edition
April 1, 2026
Dimitar Dimitrov + 1 more
English
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In the last decade or so, a large number of new spider species have been discovered and described, and many genera and families have been revised. Yet, a single comprehensive resource has been lacking to update spider taxonomy. Spider Systematics and Taxonomy aims to present these major developments in the field, as well as to show how technological advancements have driven these changes. Spider groups covered in most detail are those which have recently seen the most significant discoveries and changes. Later chapters highlight the impact of recent technological developments on our knowledge of spider taxonomy, with topics including phylogenomics, artificial intelligence, and novel imaging technologies. Finally, an outlook on future priorities for spider taxonomy research as well as expected developments will be explored.Spider Systematics and Taxonomy is a valuable reference with illustrations and vivid photographs included throughout to showcase spider diversity and relationships. This will serve as a key resource for arachnology researchers, graduate and postgraduate students wishing to come up to date on the latest advances in the field. Researchers in adjacent fields and those working in taxonomy generally will also benefit from this work.

Sports Biomechanics

1st Edition
April 1, 2026
Boyi Dai + 2 more
English

Sports Biomechanics: Theories, Examples, and Data Analysis provides mechanical theories, data-based examples, and step-by-step analyses in MATLAB to give a comprehensive understanding of the process of performing biomechanical analysis in sports. This book connects theories with the principle of data collection and offers specific data analysis techniques based on theories. It addresses the gaps among theories, raw data from various collection methods, different calculations to process raw data in MATLAB, and the extraction of variables of interest to quantify sports performance and injury risk. Sample raw data, videos, figures, and MATLAB scripts are provided along with theories to calculate key parameters in different sports events and sports-related movements. Readers are expected to replicate the data collection and data analyses listed in the book and translate the knowledge and skills to a different setting. While this book covers the data analyses in MATLAB, the programming skills can be related to other software with similar language environments and help readers ask questions and understand different parameters when using software performing automatic data processing.

Food Industry 5.0

1st Edition
April 1, 2026
Abdo Hassoun
English
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Food Industry 5.0: Components, Opportunities, and Challenges focuses on identifying potential enabling technologies that could be leveraged to shape the future of food in the coming years. Regenerative conversational artificial intelligence, the Internet of Everything, miniaturized and nanosensors, 4D printing, cobots and advanced drones, edge computing, redactable blockchain, metaverse and immersive techniques, 6G, cyber-physical-socia... systems, and cognitive digital twins are likely to be among the main driving technologies of Food Industry 5.0. Divided into three parts, the first one introduces the concept of Food Industry 5.0, its foundations, and driving principles, focusing on its three main components, mainly human-centricity, resilience, and sustainability. The second part identifies enabling technologies of Food Industry 5.0 and their evolutionary trajectories from the ongoing Food Industry 4.0 technologies. The main challenges in adopting Industry 5.0 technologies and future research directions will be presented in the third part. This book is an excellent resource that provides guidance and insightful perspectives to researchers, scholars, and students on the fundamentals of Industry 5.0 within agriculture and the food industry.

Challenges and Trends in Food Safety

1st Edition
March 1, 2026
João Miguel Rocha + 3 more
English
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Challenges and Trends in Food Safety: Contamination, Public Health, and Control Measures provides a comprehensive review of the most recent available knowledge about microbiological, chemical and physical risks associated with food consumption. The book also provides a useful future outlook of new trends, and advanced and novel technologies for ensuring food safety and food security. Divided into five sections, the title covers the systems leading to food contamination, food science in service of food security and public health in the first section. Biological hazards and threats for food safety and effective control measures are covered in the second section, while the third one discusses the chemical hazards of food and effective control measures. The fourth section covers physical hazards of food and effective control measures and the final section brings practical solutions, future trends and advanced technologies for ensuring food safety. Edited by a team of experts in the field of Food Safety, Microbilogy and Defense, this book is an ultimate reference, serving as a guide to elaborate on food contamination from various aspects.

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