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    • Colorimetric Sensors

      • 1st Edition
      • May 3, 2024
      • Haroon Elrasheid Tahir + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Colorimetric Sensors: Techniques to Measure Food Safety and Quality explores the latest advancements in colorimetric sensors/indicators and their applications. It consolidates state-of-the-art developments and current approaches in the fabrication of colorimetric sensors/indicators for cutting-edge applications. This book documents the principles of colorimetric sensors, sensor fabrication and characterization, sensitivity and detection limits of colorimetric sensors based on natural pigments, synthetic dyes, and nanotechnologies, as well as safety, quality controls, and regulatory aspects, followed by an assessment of their safety and quality. In addition, global trends in the application of colorimetric sensors in monitoring food freshness, challenges, marketing, and potential future development applications are addressed in detail. How the applications of colorimetric sensors/indicators in the analysis of cereal and cereal-based products, meat and meat products, liquid and semiliquid foods, food authentication, food toxicants, and pathogens, among others, is also discussed. This book can be used as a textbook for graduate students, a reference book for medical biologists, nanobiotechnologists... nanoengineers, agricultural scientists, and general biologists, and an inspiration for industrialists and policymakers studying smart nanomaterials. Graduate students and food scientists of all levels will also benefit.

    • Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies

      • 2nd Edition
      • May 2, 2024
      • Martin Abraham
      • English
      • Hardback
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      While technological advancement leads to societal benefits in terms of economic growth, it also brings with it challenges in its impact on the environment or human health. Sustainable development seeks a uniform means of comparing the economic benefits with the environmental and health costs associated with the implementation of a new technology.This revised encyclopedia investigates sustainability initiatives across a range of industries, providing insight into future opportunities for technological development. A broad spectrum of human challenges have only become more intense since publication of the first edition. For example, climate change is now observed across the globe as a contributor to large scale weather events, including extreme drought in Australia, intense wildfires in California, and flooding along the great rivers of Africa, North and South America. Land in the Amazon rain forest is destroyed to provide increased cropland, contributing to climate change. Expansion of the use of biomass as a raw material in chemical processing leads to food shortages. In many cases, these challenges have the greatest impact on the poorest nations, and the most polluting manufacturing facilities are located in the poorest communities, demonstrating social justice challenges.Encyclope... of Sustainable Technologies, Four Volume Set provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges of modern technology, and the innovations that are leading to better use of limited resources and improved resiliency as we learn to adapt to a changing world. Each chapter examines in depth a technological solution to support a specific human need, evaluates it relative to its impacts on the environment and human health, and considers the social justice issues underlying its development.The new edition provides a stronger link between manufacturing and climate change, updates on new technologies for the generation, distribution and storage of energy, new concepts in resiliency and modularity that have changed manufacturing and chemical processes, and emphasizes the trade-offs required to obtain desired products while minimizing environmental impact.

    • Unit Operations in Food Grain Processing

      • 1st Edition
      • May 1, 2024
      • C.K. Sunil + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Unit Operations in Food Grain Processing covers theory and principles as well as best practices in cleaning, grading, drying, storage, milling, handling, transportation, and packaging of grains. The book begins with an overview of grain types, grain structure and composition, and engineering properties of different grains. It then moves into the aspects of processing. It reviews best practices in processing rice, wheat, pulses, oilseeds, millets, and pseudocereals. The book discusses value addition methods, products of grains, and waste and by-product utilization from grains. These discussions outline equipment and machinery needed, different methods of operations for various grains, and advances in grain processing as well as grain waste and by-product utilization.The book has 18 chapters in total. Each chapter discusses principles, design, illustrations, advances, and challenges to aid in understanding. Therefore this book is a valuable reference material for academicians, researchers, consultants, manufacturers, and practitioners in the field of food processing.

    • Clinical Genomics

      • 2nd Edition
      • May 1, 2024
      • Shashikant Kulkarni + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Clinical Genomics, Second Edition is a comprehensive, practical reference [AN1] designed specifically for laboratory directors, clinical medical directors, and genomic medicine professionals. Edited by renowned genomic pathology leaders Kulkarni and Roy, this updated edition offers clear guidance on the current technical, bioinformatic, clinical, regulatory, and reimbursement considerations involved in implementing next-generation sequencing technologies within clinical molecular diagnostic laboratories.Structu... for ease of reference, this book covers targeted gene sequencing methods, whole exome/genome approaches, emerging technologies such as long-read sequencing, and critical considerations for assay validation. Detailed sections address bioinformatics workflows, variant detection and interpretation methodologies, integration with clinical informatics systems, and essential IT infrastructure, including cloud-based solutions.This book also thoroughly addresses practical topics essential to laboratory management, such as regulatory compliance, ethical frameworks, billing strategies, and reimbursement paradigms, helping directors navigate the evolving landscape of genomic diagnostics.

    • Focal Neuropathies

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 201
      • April 30, 2024
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Facial Neuropathies, Volume 202 summarizes research and treatment on focal neuropathies to update clinicians on nerve biology and new diagnostic techniques to guide investigation and treatment of mononeuropathies. The book explores research broadly applicable to all types of mononeuropathies as well as individual mononeuropathy syndromes. Chapters on individual mononeuropathies include anatomy, causes, controversial diagnoses, and current or potential future treatments.

    • Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy V

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 187
      • April 30, 2024
      • Thomas Müller-Reichert + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy V, Volume 187 in the Methods in Cell Biology series, highlights advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on timely topics, including Orthotopic brain tumor models derived from glioblastoma stem-like cells, RNA sequencing in hematopoietic stem cells, Generation of inducible pluripotent stem cells from human dermal fibroblasts, In vitro preparation of dental pulp stem cell grafts combined with biocompatible scaffolds for tissue engineering, Gene expression knockdown in chronic myeloid leukemia stem cells, Identification and isolation of slow-cycling GSCs, Assessment of CD133, EpCAM, and much more.

    • The Microbiome and Neurotoxicity

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 11
      • April 30, 2024
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Advances in Neurotoxicology, Volume 11 presents interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Chapters in this new release include Gut microbiota as a mediator on the neurotoxicity of mercury, Relationships between lead-induced learning and memory impairments and gut microbiota disturbance in mice, Utility of zebrafish-based models in understanding molecular mechanisms of neurotoxicity mediated by the gut-brain axis, Alterations of gut microbiota linking environmental exposures to neurotoxicity, Iron Toxicity, Ferroptosis and Microbiota in Parkinson’s Disease: Implications for Novel Targets, and Modulation of gut microbiota with probiotics as a strategy to counteract endogenous and exogenous neurotoxicity.

    • Innovating Health Against Future Pandemics

      • 1st Edition
      • April 30, 2024
      • Simona Mellino + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Innovating Health Against Future Pandemics covers the key aspects which drive heterogeneity in an individual's response to COVID-19, including age, sex, genetic makeup, immune responses, comorbidities, and viral strains/loads. This book also reviews the case examples from other disciplines to highlight areas where precision medicine and AI could be applied for the improvement of pandemic management. This includes research, primary and secondary prevention, isolation/tracking, hospitalization and patient management, diagnosis, and treatments. Lastly, drawing on past experiences for each of the areas this book provides practical recommendations to manage future pandemics.COVID-19 offered an unprecedented occasion to test the impact of digitally enabled solutions within precision medicine for public health and for accelerating their deployment and adoption.

    • Essential Minerals in Plant-Soil Systems

      • 1st Edition
      • April 29, 2024
      • Azamal Husen
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Essential Minerals in Plant-Soil Systems: Coordination, Signaling, and Interaction under Adverse Situations is the first book to encompass these key aspects of plant science, biochemistry, soil science and fertilizer development in a single volume. Describing the micro- and macronutrients in the plant-soil system with the help of suitable illustrations, the book connects all the pieces enabling comprehensive and connected understanding. Sections cover recent advances in the understanding of how plants coordinate the acquisition, transport, signaling, and interaction, and cross-talks between macro‐ and micro-nutrients in adverse environmental situations.This book is a valuable reference for those putting research into practice in addressing stress situations, as well as providing important foundational insights for further research.

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