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    • Game-Based Learning in Education and Health - Part A

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 276
      • April 6, 2023
      • English
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      Game-Based Learning in Education and Health, Volume 276 in the Progress in Brain Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Math computerized games in the classroom: a Number Line Training in Primary School Children, Digital games for learning basic arithmetic at home, Game-Based Assessment of Cognitive Function among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Different aspects of fraction understanding are associated selectively with performance on a fraction learning game, and more.
    • Advances in Applied Microbiology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 123
      • June 30, 2023
      • English
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      Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 123 continues the comprehensive reach of this widely read and authoritative review source in microbiology. Users will find invaluable references and information on a variety of areas relating to the topics of microbiology.
    • Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 375
      • March 22, 2023
      • English
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      Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells, Volume 375 includes comprehensive and detailed reviews on the current advances in myeloid derived suppressor cells, an immature, heterogenous cell population from the myeloid lineage that has been extensively described in the last decades due to its potent immunosuppressive activity in a variety of pathologies. Chapters in this new release include Cancer-cell-intrinsi... mechanisms regulate myeloid-derived suppressor cells through cytokine networks, Role of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in head and neck cancer, Role of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in breast cancer, Role of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in endometriosis, Role of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in ovarian cancer, Role of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in sarcoma, and more.
    • Environmental Carcinogenesis

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 96
      • February 24, 2023
      • English
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      Environmental Carcinogenesis, Volume 96 in the Advances in Pharmacology series, reports on work done with carcinogenic metals and the mechanisms of their carcinogenicity, including Arsenic and Chromate. Chapters in this release include Breast cancer carcinogenesis by organophosphate pesticides, Polyadenylation of Canonical histone H3.1 in Carcinogenesis, Epigenomic reprogramming in iAs-mediated carcinogenesis, MicroRNAs and epigenetic regulation in metal-induced angiogenesis and carcinogenesis, Environmental epigenetics and new mechanistic markers of chemical exposure, Arsenic carcinogenesis by inhibition of DNA repair, Genetic and environmental reprogramming of the sarcoma epigenome, Mechanism of chromate carcinogenesis by chromatin alterations, and more. Other chapters cover Arsenic carcinogenesis and microRNAs, Epigenetic mechanism of Cr(VI)-induced cell malignant transformation and tumorigenesis, The dark side of NRF2 in arsenic carcinogenesis, and Chemical mechanisms of DNA damage by carcinogenic chromium(VI).
    • Comprehensive Precision Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • November 27, 2023
      • Kenneth S. Ramos
      • English
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      Comprehensive Precision Medicine holistically integrates essential and interconnecting disciplines that contribute to the make-up of Precision Medicine as we know it today. Encompassing almost 90 contributions from eminent scholars and professionals, the book's contents are organized across 3 volumes and 7 major subject areas, each representing a key pillar driving the evolution and progression of healthcare delivery. Precision medicine approaches will transform the training and practice of all aspects of professional healthcare delivery, including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, psychology, rehabilitation, and social work. This will be a fundamental reference resource for students, post-graduate trainees, researchers, scientists and clinicians interested in precision medicine. Additionally, this resource will be of interest to regulators, policy makers, and public health practitioners across the globe.
    • Receptor Endocytosis and Signalling in Health and Disease - Part A

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 194
      • January 9, 2023
      • English
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      Receptor Endocytosis and Signalling in Health and Disease, Volume 194 in the Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science, highlights new advances in the field. Chapters in this release include An overview on receptor endocytosis and signaling, Signaling molecules: Importance in health and disease conditions, Emerging tools for studying of receptor endocytosis and signaling, Endocytosis of EGFR: Signalling in cancer, Endocytosis of AT1 and AT2 receptors: Signalling in the kidney, Regulation of transferrin receptor trafficking by optineurin and its disease-associated mutants, Endocytosis of Insulin receptor: Signalling in the regulation of glucose homeostasis, Endocytosis of VEGFR: Role in the regulation of angiogenesis, and more. Other sections in this new release include Lymphocyte and monocyte/macrophage receptors mediating immune recognition of tumors, Lymphocyte and monocyte/macrophage receptors triggering immune suppression of tumor immunity, Prion receptors and prion internalization and intra- and inter-cellular transport, Multifunctional role of the ubiquitin proteasome pathway in phagocytosis, Adrenoceptors and SCD1 in adipocytes/adipose tissues: the expression and variation in health and obesity, Frizzled receptors and SFRP5 in lipid metabolism: current findings and potential applications.
    • Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 57
      • October 17, 2023
      • English
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      Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry, Volume 57 presents the latest reviews of recent work in physical organic chemistry, providing a valuable source of information that is ideal not only for physical organic chemists applying their expertise to both novel and traditional problems, but also for non-specialists across diverse areas who identify a physical organic component in their approach to research. The book's hallmark is its quantitative, molecular level understanding of phenomena across a diverse range of disciplines.
    • Williams' Essentials of Nutrition and Diet Therapy

      • 13th Edition
      • May 17, 2023
      • Joyce Ann Gilbert + 1 more
      • English
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      **American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 3rd Place in Adult Primary Care, 2024****Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Nutrition**Master the essentials of nutrition science and patient care with this concise text! Williams’ Essentials of Nutrition and Diet Therapy, 13th Edition helps you understand and apply nutrition concepts in the treatment of disease, disease prevention, and life enhancement. The text is broken out into three parts: the basics of nutrients and the body, the life cycle and community nutrition, and clinical nutrition. Case studies help you determine nutritional interventions in treating both acute and chronic conditions. Written by nutrition specialists Joyce Gilbert and Eleanor D. Schlenker, this book includes the latest advances in research and evidence-based practice.
    • Advances in Marine Biology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 95
      • October 27, 2023
      • English
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      Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 95, the latest release in this serial that highlights new advances in the field, includes comprehensive chapters written by an international board of authors.