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    • Neuroimaging Anatomy, Part 1: Brain and Skull, An Issue of Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 32-3
      • July 19, 2022
      • Tarik F. Massoud
      • English
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      In this issue of Neuroimaging Clinics, guest editor Dr. Tarik F. Massoud brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Neuroimaging Anatomy, Part 1: Brain and Skull. Anatomical knowledge is critical to reducing both overdiagnosis and misdiagnosis in neuroimaging. This issue is part one of a two-part series on neuroimaging anatomy that focuses on the brain, with each article addressing a specific area. The issue also includes an article on Brain Connectomics: the study of the brain’s structural and functional connections between cells.
    • Advances in Clinical Chemistry

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 110
      • September 29, 2022
      • Gregory S. Makowski
      • English
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      Advances in Clinical Chemistry, Volume 110, the latest installment in this internationally acclaimed series, contains chapters authored by world-renowned clinical laboratory scientists, physicians and research scientists.
    • Advances in Food and Nutrition Research

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 100
      • June 2, 2022
      • Fidel Toldra
      • English
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      Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Volume 100 provides the latest advances on emerging bioactive compounds with putative health benefits and their controlled release and application in foods and nutraceuticals, as well as up-to-date information on recent developments in food technology, including 3D printing, safety of raw materials and viruses in foods, and new low energy food processing.
    • Advances in Insect Physiology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 63
      • November 24, 2022
      • English
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      Advances in Insect Physiology, Volume 63 in this longstanding series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of highly qualified authors.
    • Lipids: Update on Diagnosis and Management of Dyslipidemia, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 51-3
      • August 17, 2022
      • Connie B. Newman + 1 more
      • English
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      In this issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Connie B. Newman and Alan Chait bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Lipids: Update on Diagnosis and Management of Dyslipidemia. When untreated, dyslipidemia may have serious comorbidities; in this issue, top experts cover the evaluation and management of LDL cholesterol and high triglicerides in adults and children, providing practical information that will help physicians and other health care professionals treat their patients and improve outcomes.
    • Defence from Invertebrates to Mammals: Focus on Tonic Immobility

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 271
      • March 29, 2022
      • English
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      Defence from Invertebrates to Mammals: Focus on Tonic Immobility, Volume 273 in the Progress in Brain Research series, highlights new advances in the field. Chapters in this new release include Defensive responses in invertebrates, Introduction to defensive behavior in vertebrates, Neural circuits of fear and defensive behavior, Fear-associated factors modulating TI, Environmental, ecological and methodological factors of TI Modulation, The neuroethological approach to defense in rabbits, Neurophysiological mechanisms of TI, Neuromediators, brain areas and circuits involved in defense responses, Autonomic correlates of defense responses, Neuroendocrine correlates of stress and TI, Pain control during TI and other immobility models, and more.
    • Updates in Thyroidology, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 51-2
      • June 3, 2022
      • Megan R. Haymart + 1 more
      • English
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      In this issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Megan R. Haymart and Maria Papaleontiou bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Thyroidology. Top experts in the field cover recent advances in the diagnosis and management of thyroid conditions, providing a contemporary view of updates in this challenging field.
    • Neurodivergence and Architecture

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 5
      • September 29, 2022
      • English
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      Neurodivergence and Architecture, Volume Five, the latest release in the Developments in Neuroethics and Bioethics series, focuses on the new and fascinating ethical and legal challenges posed by neurotechnology and its global regulation. Topics in this new release cover STS on architecture, Embodied Rhetoric/ Disability Studies, Autoethnography, Bioethics/Materialis... Feminism, Advocacy, Cultural Commentary: Being Autistic Together, An autistic perspective on built spaces, Empty spaces and refrigerator boxes: making autistic spaces, On the Losing Myself Project, Neither Use nor Ornament (NUNO) project, Madness and (Be)coming Out Within and Through Spaces of Confinement, and more.
    • Selenoprotein Structure and Function

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 662
      • January 28, 2022
      • English
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      Selenoprotein Structure and Function, Volume 662 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 include Identification of Selenoprotein O substrates using a biotinylated ATP analog, Selenium-encoded isotopic signature targeted profiling, Designing tRNASec variants for efficient selenocysteine incorporation using Sec-specific reporters, Preparation of selenoprotein S by chemical ligation, Examining xCT-mediated selenium uptake and selenoprotein production capacity in cells, SecMS analysis of selenoprotein with selenocysteine insertion sequence and beyond, Selenocysteine substitutions in thiyl radical enzymes, and much more. Additional chapters cover Recombinant selenoprotein expression in E. coli based upon the redefinition of a UAG codon in an RF1-depleted host strain, Metabolic labeling with radioactive selenium in zebrafish, Low pH isoTOP-ABPP to identify selenocysteines, Expression of selenoproteins via genetic code expansion in mammalian cells, Alpha-methyl selenocysteine as a tool for the study of selenoproteins, Selective selenol fluorescent probes: design, synthesis, structural determinants, and biological applications, and much more.