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  • The Neurophysiology of Silence (C): Creativity, Aesthetic Experience and Time

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 287
    • July 17, 2024
    • English
    Neurophysiology of Silence: Consciousness and Self Awareness, Volume 284 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.

  • Personalized Epigenetics

    • 2nd Edition
    • July 17, 2024
    • Trygve Tollefsbol
    • English
    Personalized Epigenetics, Second Edition discusses the core translatability of epigenetics to health management of individuals who have unique variations in their epigenetic signatures that can guide both disorder and disease prevention and therapy. Fully updated and revised, this new edition details inter-individual variability in the major epigenetic process in humans consisting of DNA methylation, histone modifications, noncoding RNA, and the diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic potential of the field. It also reviews the impact of the environment on epigenetic variations among individuals and the role of pharmacology and drug development in personalized epigenetics.Most importantly, the text covers personalized epigenetics from a disease-oriented perspective, presenting chapters that provide advances in widespread disorders or diseases, including diabetes, cancer, autoimmune disorders, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, neurological disorders, and pain management.

  • Biophysical Approaches for the Study of Membrane Structure Part B

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 701
    • July 17, 2024
    • English
    Biophysical Approaches for the Study of Membrane Structure, Part B, Volume 701 explores lipid membrane asymmetry and lateral heterogeneity. A burst of recent research has shown that bilayers whose leaflets differ in their physical properties—such as composition, phase state, or lateral stress—exhibit many fascinating new characteristics, but also pose a host of challenges related to their creation, characterization, simulation, and theoretical description. Chapters in this new release include Characterization of domain formation in complex membranes: Analyzing the bending modulus from simulations of complex membranes, The density-threshold affinity: Calculating lipid binding affinities from unbiased Coarse-Grain Molecular Dynamics simulations, and much more.Additional sections cover Uncertainty quantification for trans-membrane stresses and moments from simulation, Using molecular dynamics simulations to generate small-angle scattering curves and cryo-EM images of proteoliposomes, Binary Bilayer Simulations for Partitioning Within Membranes, Modeling Asymmetric Cell Membranes at All-atom Resolution, Multiscale remodeling of biomembranes and vesicles, Building complex membranes with Martini 3, Predicting lipid sorting in curved bilayer membranes, Simulating asymmetric membranes using P21 periodic boundary conditions, and many other interesting topics.

  • Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Volume 2

    Amphibians
    • 2nd Edition
    • July 17, 2024
    • David O. Norris + 1 more
    • English
    Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Volume 2: Amphibians is the second of five second-edition volumes representing a comprehensive and integrated overview of hormones and reproduction in fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. The book covers endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, physiology, behavior, and the anatomy of amphibian reproduction. It provides a broad treatment of the roles of pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, and gonadal hormones in all aspects of reproduction, as well as descriptions of major life history events. New to this edition is a concluding assessment of the effect of environmental influences on amphibians.This book is designed to provide a readable, coordinated description of reproductive basics in amphibians, as well as an introduction to the latest trends in reproductive research and a presentation of our understanding of reproductive events gained over the past decade. It may serve as a stand-alone reference for researchers and practitioners in the field of herpetology or as one of five coordinated references aligned to provide topical treatment across vertebrate taxa for researchers, practitioners, and students focused on vertebrate endocrinology.

  • Blood-Brain Barrier

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 126
    • July 17, 2024
    • English
    Vitamins and Hormones series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

  • Cannabidiol in Neurology and Psychiatry

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 177
    • July 17, 2024
    • English
    Cannabidiol in Neurology and Psychiatry, Volume 177 in the International Review in Neurobiology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topic such as Historical perspective on the therapeutic potential of cannabidiol, Cannabidiol: pharmacodynamics pharmacokinetic, Cannabidiol and Alzheimer’s disease, Cannabidiol on anxiety disorders, Cannabidiol on psychosis, Cannabidiol on autism spectrum disorders, Cannabidiol in Epilepsy, Cannabidiol in Ischemia/stroke, Cannabidiol in Depression, Cannabidiol and Abuse of drugs, and much more.Additional chapters cover Cannabidiol in fear response and PTSD, Cannabidiol and Pain. and Cannabidiol and Parkinson’s disease.

  • Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Volume 1

    Fishes
    • 2nd Edition
    • July 17, 2024
    • David O. Norris + 1 more
    • English
    Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Volume 1: Fishes is the first of five second-edition volumes representing a comprehensive and integrated overview of hormones and reproduction in fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. The book includes coverage of endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, physiology, behavior, and anatomy of fish reproduction. It provides a broad treatment of the roles of pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, and gonadal hormones in all aspects of reproduction, as well as descriptions of major life history events. New to this edition is a concluding assessment of the effect of environmental influences on fishes.Initial chapters in this book broadly examine sex determination, reproductive neuroendocrinology, stress, and hormonal regulation as they relate to testicular and ovarian development and function. Subsequent chapters examine hormones and reproduction of specific taxa, especially teleosts, with additional coverage of reproductive cycles of agnathan, chondrichthyan, and sarcopterygian fishes. The book concludes with an examination of the environmental influences on hormones and reproduction of fishes, including endocrine-disrupting chemicals, microplastic particles, and climate change.

  • Diagnosis and Analysis of COVID-19 using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning-Based Techniques

    • 1st Edition
    • July 17, 2024
    • Mohammad Sufian Badar + 4 more
    • English
    Diagnosis and Analysis of COVID-19 using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning-Based Techniques offers new insights and demonstrates how machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), and (Internet of Things (IoT) can be used to diagnose and fight COVID-19 infection. Sections also discuss the challenges we face in using these technologies. Chapters cover pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and treatment strategies for COVID-19, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and Blockchain /IoT Blockchain technology, examining how AI can be applied as a tool for detection and containment of the spread of COVID-19, and on the socioeconomic and educational post-pandemic impacts of the disease.This is a multidisciplinary resource for those engaged in researching COVID-19 and how emerging technologies are being used as tools for detection, transmission and treatment strategies.

  • Aquaculture Virology

    • 2nd Edition
    • July 16, 2024
    • Frederick S.B. Kibenge + 1 more
    • English
    In 2018, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) approved significant changes leading to a comprehensive taxonomic scheme, allowing the global organization of the virus world (also known as virus megataxonomy). Aquaculture Virology, Second Edition updates the current knowledge on aquatic animal viruses so that all virus families (including those with many newly discovered aquatic animal viruses and those with previously unclassified aquatic animal viruses that have been now assigned) are available under one cover, increasing the number of book chapters from 37 in the first edition to 44 chapters in the second edition. The aims, philosophy, target audience, focus, and format of this second edition of Aquaculture Virology remain unchanged. Like the first edition, this book is a systematic and concise resource useful to anyone involved with or looking to move into aquaculture and fisheries. Clinical veterinarians, aquaculture disease practitioners, biologists, farmers, and all those in industry, government, or academia interested in aquatic animal virology will find this book extremely useful.

  • Pigmented Grains

    Nutritional Properties, Bioactive Potential, and Food Application
    • 1st Edition
    • July 15, 2024
    • Arashdeep Singh + 3 more
    • English
    Pigmented Grains: Nutritional Properties, Bioactive Potential, and Food Application highlights the potential of pigmented grains crops in the human diet and their health benefits due to presences of the rich source of phytochemicals and pigments. Divided into 13 chapters, the book covers the breeding approaches and techniques for producing pigmented grains, the functionality and nutritional properties of wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats and rye, sorghum, millets, and pseudo cereals such as amaranth, quinoa and buckwheat. Others chapters cover the processing of pigmented grains and the effect on their functionality, utilization of pigmented grains and their by-products This is a comprehensive reference written for teachers, scientists, researchers, students, and all others who have interest in pigmented grains their potential nutritional value, utilization in food processing, value addition, and in combating malnutrition and nutritional security.

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