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  • Vasculitis, An Issue of Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 34-1
    • November 14, 2023
    • Mahmud Mossa-Basha + 2 more
    • English
    In this issue of Neuroimaging Clinics, guest editors Drs. Mahmud Mossa-Basha, Carlos Zamora, and Mauricio Castillo bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Vasculitis. Both conventional and advanced imaging play a central role in the diagnosis of vasculitides, and in this issue, top experts in the field discuss classification, guidelines, diagnosis, pathology, and imaging of every major type of vasculitis.

  • Bacterial Laccases

    Engineering, Immobilization, Heterologous Production, and Industrial Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • November 13, 2023
    • Deepti Yadav + 1 more
    • English
    Bacterial Laccases: Engineering, Immobilization, Heterologous Production, and Industrial Applications provides a list of approaches that upgrades bacterial laccases to industrially relevant enzymes. Providing protocols for enzyme production and downstream processing, and including up-to-date information on bacterial laccases, as well as techniques that can be explored to enhance properties and production levels, this book clarifies research gaps and explains how they can be dealt with. Written for research scholars working on enzymes, this is a valuable tool for industries and policymakers.

  • P450 Enzymes

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 693
    • November 13, 2023
    • English
    P450 Enzymes, Volume 692 in the Methods in Enzymology 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 cover Non-natural P450 reaction (carbene/nitrene), Non-natural P450 reaction (atom transfer radical cyclization), P450 fusion for biocatalysis, P450 fingerprinting for biocatalytic oxidation, Fungal peroxygenase, Fungal peroxygenase, Anti-Markovnikov P450 oxygenase (AmOX), Fungal P450, Unusual P450 chemistry from fungal sources, CASTing for P450 biocatalysis, and P450 in C–C coupling of cyclic dipeptides with nucleobases.

  • Human Organs-on-a-Chip

    Novel Organ-on-a-Chip Techniques in Medicine
    • 1st Edition
    • November 13, 2023
    • Javier Ramón-Azcón + 1 more
    • English
    Human Organs-on-Chip: Novel Organ-on-a-Chip Techniques in Medicine paves the way for novel approaches that push forward in-vitro and in-vivo studies and fills a gap between laboratory and clinical use. The book's experienced authors share the knowledge they’ve developed with over a decade of research with organ-on-chips and multi-organ-on-chips... The book collects all of the developments in the field and sheds new light on possibilities to develop human on-chip measurement methods with the utilization of currently available measurement techniques including both invasive and non-invasive tests. This book will serve as a starting point for young researchers who are beginning their scientific journeys.

  • Handbook of Food Powders

    Processes and Properties
    • 2nd Edition
    • November 11, 2023
    • Bhesh Bhandari + 3 more
    • English
    Handbook of Food Powders: Chemistry and Technology, Second Edition covers current developments in food powder technology, such as Microbial decontamination of food powders, Gas and oil encapsulated powders, and Plant-based protein powders among other important topics. Sections introduce processing and handling technologies for food powders, focus on powder properties, including surface composition, rehydration and techniques to analyze the particle size of food powders, and highlight specialty food powders such as dairy powders, fruit and vegetable powders and coating foods with powders. Edited by a team of international experts in the field, this book continues to be the only quality reference on food powder technology available for the audiences of professionals in the food powder production and handling industries. It is also ideal for development and quality control professionals in the food industry who use powders in foods, and for researchers, scientists and academics interested in the field.

  • Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children

    An Evidence-Based, Multidisciplinary Approach
    • 1st Edition
    • November 11, 2023
    • Amal Isaiah + 1 more
    • English
    Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children: An Evidence-Based, Multidisciplinary Approach provides researchers and practitioners with a complete and comprehensive source of information on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, management and controversies concerning sleep disordered breathing in infants. Written by an interdisciplinary team of authors, chapters consolidate information on the evaluation and management of pediatric sleep disordered breathing (SDB) currently fragmented across different specialties. Principles of surgery for SDB as well as non-medical approaches, such as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) are covered, and a section dedicated to controversies in pediatric SDB discusses clinical cases and future trends for the treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea in children.

  • Magnetic Effects Across Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Environmental Chemistry

    Genes, Brain and Cancer under Magnetic Control
    • 1st Edition
    • November 11, 2023
    • A L Buchachenko
    • English
    Magnetic Effects Across Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Environmental Chemistry: Genes, Brain and Cancer under Magnetic Control provides an overview of the influence of magnetism upon molecular and biochemical processes and its impact on disease, health and organisms. This book provides an understanding of key concepts behind magnetic fields before exploring their biological significance. It elucidates when and why magnetic effects arise, how they function, and how they can be utilized. Molecular mechanisms underlying magnetic effects and the impact of magnetism on genes are explored. Additionally, magnetic control in treatment of diseases, including cancer, heart disease, and neurological disease is investigated. This book explores a rapidly developing and intriguing field of science, providing a basis for future study in the field of magneto-biology, and is a useful reference for researchers across biochemistry, molecular biology, biophysics and related fields.

  • Metabolic Syndrome

    From Mechanisms to Interventions
    • 1st Edition
    • November 10, 2023
    • Satinath Mukhopadhyay + 1 more
    • English
    Metabolic Syndrome: From Mechanisms to Interventions covers all aspects of this complex and multifactorial disease, providing a cutting-edge understanding of the problem of MetS, with a particular focus on its prevention and clinical management. The book discusses practical implementable approaches to its reversal in clinical practice, encompassing the entire spectrum of MetS, from molecular understanding to clinical therapeutics and prevention. This book is a valuable resource for clinicians in multiple specialties, including endocrinologists, diabetologists, hepatologists, gynecologists and researchers in related fields who need a deep understanding of the full range of scientific and clinical aspects of metabolic syndrome.

  • Advances in Clinical Chemistry

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 117
    • November 9, 2023
    • English
    Advances in Clinical Chemistry, Volume 117, the latest installment in this internationally acclaimed series, contains chapters authored by world-renowned clinical laboratory scientists, physicians and research scientists.

  • Functional Metagenomics

    Microbial Diversity, Interaction, and Application in Bioremediation
    • 1st Edition
    • November 9, 2023
    • Maulin P. Shah
    • English
    Functional Metagenomics: Microbial Diversity, Interaction, and Application in Bioremediation uses a 20-chapter, easy-to-understand format to centralize the practical application ideas for functional metagenomics. This important resource not only includes chapters on next-generation sequencing technologies to study important biogeochemical cycles, degradation pathways and detoxification, but also gives insight into several tools that have been developed to integrate metadata and sequence data, allowing downstream comparative analyses of different datasets using several ecological indices. The book's content further explains newly developed techniques for sequencing DNA, generating shorter fragments than Sanger sequencing techniques to quickly read larger sequences in a shorter amount of time. The content finally explores the role of metagenomics in studying microbial diversity, interaction, and application in bioremediation studies and gives the reader overall detailed information regarding metagenomics and its application and techniques.

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