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  • Cell and Gene Therapies for Neurologic Diseases

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 205
    • English
    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
    • Jane Paulsen + 1 more
    • English
    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.

  • Application of Emerging Technologies and Strategies to Extract Bioactive Compounds

    • 1st Edition
    • Paulo Eduardo Sichetti Munekata
    • English
    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.

  • Translational Urology

    • 1st Edition
    • Anthony Atala + 3 more
    • English
    Translational Urology covers the principles of evidence-based medicine and applies these principles to the design of translational investigations. The reader will come to fully understand important concepts, including case-control study, prospective cohort study, randomized trial, and reliability study. Medical researchers will benefit from greater confidence in their ability to initiate and execute their own investigations, avoid common pitfalls in urology, and know what is needed for successful collaboration. Further, this title is an indispensable tool in grant writing and funding efforts.This practical, straightforward approach helps the aspiring investigator navigate challenging considerations in study design and implementation. The book provides valuable discussions of the critical appraisal of published studies in urology, allowing the reader to learn how to evaluate the quality of such studies with respect to measuring outcomes and to make effective use of all types of evidence in patient care.

  • The Scientific Basis of Mpox (Monkeypox)

    Features, Prevention, and Treatments
    • 1st Edition
    • Rajkumar Rajendram + 2 more
    • English
    The Scientific Basis of Monkeypox: Features, Prevention, and Treatments advances understanding of monkeypox and provides a framework for future research with evidence-based and forward-looking content. Content makes use of modeling systems and current experiences derived from case studies to provide material that is cross-disciplinary, bridging interdisciplinary divides. Furthermore, consideration is given to the behavioral response to monkeypox infection, including barriers to vaccination. Each chapter contains structured content, including policy and procedures, applications to new or emerging communicable diseases, a mini dictionary of terms, and summary points.Chapter contributions are from leading national and international specialists, including those from world renowned institutions who provide a global perspective. The book is a perfect reference for specialists in infectious diseases, virologists, microbiologists, health scientists, public health workers, doctors, pharmacologists, and research scientists.

  • Polymers for Oral Drug Delivery Technologies

    • 1st Edition
    • Anilkumar Parambath
    • English
    Polymers for Oral Drug Delivery Technologies covers the fundamentals of oral drug delivery and various aspects of polymer technology in oral drug delivery, from classification and synthesis, to applications and regulatory factors. It presents the oral delivery of therapeutics for treating a number of diseases, along with the challenges of oral drug administration to assure a predictive and reproducible pharmacokinetic profile of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API).Polymers play an important role to achieve the targeted release profile consistently of an API in vivo by various functionalities like drug protection from gastric juice, fast release and supersaturation or release within a targeted area of the GI tract.

  • Next Generation eHealth

    Applied Data Science, Machine Learning and Extreme Computational Intelligence
    • 1st Edition
    • Miltiadis Lytras + 3 more
    • English
    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.

  • Brain and Organ Communication

    Effects of Crosstalk on Neurophysiology
    • 1st Edition
    • Charu Mahajan + 2 more
    • English
    Brain and Organ Communication: Effects of Crosstalk on Neurophysiology examines the intricate relationship between the brain and other organ systems within the body. With an emphasis on homeostasis of these systems, this book also explores how various systems are related and affected by the brain injury or organ damage from a neurophysiological standpoint.This book will be most useful to researchers in neuroscience and graduate students studying neurophysiology. Those with an interest in endocrinology and clinicians in various branches of neuroscience and physiology will also find this book of interest.

  • Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical and Modern Healthcare Informatics

    • 1st Edition
    • M. A. Ansari + 4 more
    • English
    Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical and Modern Healthcare Informatics provides a deeper understanding of the current trends in AI and machine learning within healthcare diagnosis, its practical approach in healthcare, and gives insight into different wearable sensors and its device module to help doctors and their patients in enhanced healthcare system.The primary goal of this book is to detect difficulties and their solutions to medical practitioners for the early detection and prediction of any disease.The 56 chapters in the volume provide beginners and experts in the medical science field with general pictures and detailed descriptions of imaging and signal processing principles and clinical applications.With forefront applications and up-to-date analytical methods, this book captures the interests of colleagues in the medical imaging research field and is a valuable resource for healthcare professionals who wish to understand the principles and applications of signal and image processing and its related technologies in healthcare.

  • Rosenberg's Molecular and Genetic Basis of Neurological and Psychiatric Disease, Seventh Edition

    Volume 2
    • 7th Edition
    • Volume 2
    • Roger N. Rosenberg + 1 more
    • English
    Rosenberg’s Molecular and Genetic Basis of Neurologic and Psychiatric Disease, Seventh Edition provides a comprehensive introduction and reference to the foundations and practical aspects relevant to the majority of neurologic and psychiatric disease. This updated volume focuses on degenerative disorders, movement disorders, neuro-oncology, neurocutaneous disorders, epilepsy, white matter diseases, neuropathies and neuronopathies, muscle and neuromuscular junction disorders, stroke, psychiatric disease, and a neurologic gene map. This volume includes new chapters on Von Hippel-Lindau disease, antisocial and violent behavior and Autism. A favorite of over four generations of students, clinicians and scholars, this new edition retains and expands on the informative, concise and critical tone of the previous edition. This is an essential reference for general medical practitioners, neurologists, psychiatrists, geneticists, related professionals, and for the neuroscience and neurology research community at large.

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