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  • Point-of-Care Technology for Portable Testing Devices

    Nanomaterials-Based Optical Biosensors for Cardiovascular Disease Biomarkers
    • 1st Edition
    • Tharmaraj Vairaperumal + 2 more
    • English
    Point-of-Care Technology for Portable Testing Devices: Nanomaterials-Based Optical Biosensors for Cardiovascular Disease Biomarkers presents the latest advances in nanomaterials-based optical biosensor-enabled point-of-care testing (PoCT) devices for the rapid and accurate detection of cardiovascular disease (CVD) biomarkers. This book begins with the introduction of novel cardiovascular biomarkers and advances in point-of-care diagnostics. Subsequent chapters focus on the selection of bioreceptors and the overview of optical nanomaterials for nanobiosensors applications.A major focus is targeted on colorimetric detection, fluorescence, chemiluminescence, Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance, and Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering-based optical nanobiosensor signaling readout techniques, which enable the detection of CVD biomarkers. Furthermore, this book explores emerging healthcare technologies for next-generation portable PoCT devices and recent advances in nanobiosensor techniques for the rapid detection of CVD biomarkers. One dedicated chapter explores the role of artificial intelligence in enhancing point-of-care diagnostics for CVDs, while another addresses critical regulatory challenges and safety considerations in translating nanomaterial-based biosensors into clinical practice.

  • Sustainable Applications of Pomegranate Peels

    • 1st Edition
    • Mejdi Jeguirim + 1 more
    • English
    Sustainable Applications of Pomegranate Peels serves as an invaluable resource to enhance pomegranate farming and fruit processing industries while minimizing environmental impacts. The book delves into multiple sustainable applications, spanning biotechnological, agricultural, environmental, and energy sectors. It provides in-depth identification, quantification, and characterization of pomegranate wastes along with their potential in livestock breeding. Notably, it explores the use of bioactive compounds from by-products in food products, and details pomegranate's health benefits, including antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. This comprehensive guide is essential for researchers, decision-makers, and industry professionals.

  • Additive Manufacturing Solutions for Advanced Veterinary Practice

    Clinical Dentistry, Orthopedic, and Drug Delivery Methods
    • 1st Edition
    • Rupinder Singh + 2 more
    • English
    Additive Manufacturing Solutions for Advanced Veterinary Practices: Clinical Dentistry, Orthopedic, and Drug Delivery Methods highlights cost- and time-saving 3D printing methods and materials for application on a broad array of veterinary patients and procedures. Additive manufacturing of sensors, biodegradable dental implants, smart dental implants, joint implants, and drug-delivery materials are each covered, as are biomimetic, augmented reality, and virtual reality approaches. Varied additive manufacturing processes and techniques are covered, with each chapter including at least one case study that shows the material covered being put into practical use.

  • Non-thermal Processing of Major Food Macromolecules

    • 1st Edition
    • Seid Reza Falsafi + 2 more
    • English
    Non-thermal Processing of Major Food Macromolecules provides comprehensive knowledge on state-of-the-art approaches utilized to process foods and/or modify their physicochemical structural – along with the technofunctional attributes of food macromolecules (i.e., protein, starch, lipids) – through novel non-thermal processing techniques. Sections explore the impact of non-thermal processing on proteins, starches, and on lipids and present the challenges for the food application of non-thermal processing treatments, thus suggesting how to push the food application of these architectures forward around the world.Edited by a team of experts in the field, this book is a great resource for researchers and industry personnel working in the various fields of non-thermal processing treatments, particularly in the food areas.

  • The Neuroscience of Feelings

    Unveiling the Mind-Brain Alchemy
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 293
    • English
    The Neuroscience of Feelings: Unveiling the Mind-Brain Alchemy focuses on exploring the complex interplay between emotions and brain function, covering topics such as how positive and negative feelings impact brain cell regeneration, the influence of emotions on decision-making, and the role of emotional trauma in brain health. The book aims to provide comprehensive insights into how different emotions shape neurological processes, contributing to mental and physical health.

  • Microbiome in Neurological Conditions: Biology, Mechanisms, and Diagnostic Approach

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 180
    • English
    Microbiome in Neurological Conditions, Volume 180, the latest release in the International Review of Neurobiology series, highlights advances in the field, with this volume presenting insightful chapters written by an international board of authors. Chapters in this volume include Dysbiosis significantly elevates the probability of altered affective function in Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Intestinal Dysbiosis leads to reduction in Neurochemical production in Parkinson’s Disease (PD), Microbiota dysbiosis impact on the immune system dysregulation in Huntington's disease (HD), Altered microbiome influence on the enteric neuromuscular system in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Oro-pharyngeal mucosal microbiome alterations causing immune system dysregulation in Schizophrenia, and much more.Other chapters cover Disruption in the human microbiome causing behavioral changes in Bipolar Disorder, The role of Microbiome in Gut-Brain-Axis dysbiosis causing Depression: from Mechanisms to Treatment, Microbial imprints: The role of secondary genomes in neurodevelopment and co-evolutionary dynamics, Abnormal microbiota due to perinatal antibiotic exposure as a possible risk factor for Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Microbiome-based dietary supplements for better development and a healthy brain, Bacterial meningitis as a significant catalyst for neuroinflammation, and more.

  • Encyclopedia of the Eye

    • 2nd Edition
    • Patricia D’Amore
    • English
    Encyclopedia of the Eye, Second Edition, Four Volume Set is an important resource for all visual scientists, ophthalmologists, and optometrists, as well as researchers in immunology, infectious disease, cell biology, neurobiology, and related disciplines. This four-volume reference is unique in its coverage of information on all tissues important for vision, including the retina, cornea, and lens. The book also covers the physiological and pathophysiologic processes that affect all eye tissues. Each chapter addresses one specific structure or process, reviews basic concepts, cross-references other chapters within the Encyclopedia, and provides citations of relevant primary publications.It is an invaluable resource for undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, medical students, and residents seeking an introduction to an area of eye research. It will be particularly useful for visual scientists and practitioners who are investigating a new area, seeking deeper understanding of important research articles in fields adjacent to their own, and/or reviewing a grant or manuscript outside their immediate area of expertise.

  • Music and Dementia

    Theory and Implications for Music Use in Dementia Care
    • 1st Edition
    • Sandra Garrido
    • English
    Music and Dementia: Theory and Implications for Music Use in Dementia Care presents research on the effect of music on the brain for neurodegenerative diseases and care. This volume examines the neurological impact of music from research to clinical application, offering case studies and practical steps. This book will be of interest to researchers in dementia and neurodegeneration, as well as practitioners and clinicians interested in the therapeutic application of music in dementia care.

  • Formation and Fate of Cell Organelles

    • 1st Edition
    • Katherine Brehme Warren
    • English
    Formation and Fate of Cell Organelles is a collection of papers that discusses the manner in which cellular structures arise from the component molecules, particularly on cytoplasmic inheritance, and the problem of spontaneous assembly. One paper describes the process how the phospholipid lecithin, assemble spontaneously into complex structures with great versatility when the lipid molecules are dispersed in an aqueous environment in vitro. Another paper discusses the resolution of the spindle fibers of the mitotic apparatus where the major protein in the apparatus is a 3.5 S particle, with a molecular weight of ca. 68,000. One paper investigates the degree of organization in the bacterial cell where inside the bacterial cell, the DNA act as its own method of compartmentation. Possibly, the DNA forms a coil which contains the mechanisms for the synthesis of the deoxy triphosphate into DNA. The coil leaves none of the mechanisms for the normal metabolism of the cell nor the mechanisms for the formation of RNA. Another paper examines cytoplasmic genes and organelle formation. The collection can prove valuable for bio-chemists, cellular biologists, micro-biologists, and developmental biologists.

  • Blindness and Visual Impairments

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 292
    • English
    Blindness, Volume 292 in the Progress in Brain Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Chapters in this new release include Temperature as a circadian timing cue in the visually impaired, Visual experience affects neural correlates of audio-haptic integration: A case study of non-sighted individuals, Visual experience affects neural correlates of audio-haptic integration: A case study of non-sighted individuals, Measuring residual visual function after cerebral damage – a potential path for optimizing rehabilitation approaches, and Persistence of training-induced visual improvements after occipital stroke, amongst other topics.Other chapters in this release include Well-being, mental health, and sleep in children and young people with vision impairment: A narrative review, Changes to the brain due to visual impairment, Information Processing in People with Visual Impairments, Case studies of the migraine aura in the blind or partially sighted, HABEMO: an innovative haptic tool for investigating the bodily representation of mental states in individuals with visual impairments, and Affect in the dark: navigating the complex landscape of social cognition in blindness, and An overview of quality of life and visual outcomes in AMD.

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