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    • Advances in Clinical Chemistry

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 104
      • August 28, 2021
      • Gregory S. Makowski
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Advances in Clinical Chemistry, Volume 104, the latest installment in this internationally acclaimed series, contains chapters authored by world-renowned clinical laboratory scientists, physicians and research scientists. The serial discusses the latest and most up-to-date technologies related to the field of clinical chemistry. It is the benchmark publication for novel analytical approaches in the clinical laboratory.

    • Side Effects of Drugs Annual

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 43
      • November 4, 2021
      • Sidhartha D. Ray
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Side Effects of Drugs Annual: A Worldwide Yearly Survey of New Data in Adverse Drug Reactions, Volume 43, first published in 1977, and continually published as a yearly update to the voluminous encyclopedia Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs, presents clinicians and medical investigators with a critical survey of new data and trends in adverse drug reactions and interactions. Topics covered in this new release include Central Nervous System Stimulants and Drugs that Suppress Appetite, Antidepressants, Lithium, Drugs of Abuse, Hypnotics and Sedatives, Antipsychotic Drugs, Antiepileptics, Opioid Analgesics and Narcotic Antagonists, Anti-Inflammatory and Antipyretic Analgesics and Drugs Used in Gout, and much more.

    • The Neuroscience of Zika Virus

      • 1st Edition
      • June 25, 2021
      • Colin R. Martin + 3 more
      • English
      • Other
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      Zika Virus Biology, Transmission, and Pathology: The Neuroscience of Zika provides a detailed introduction to the molecular biology of the Zika virus and its features, transmission, and impact on neurological systems. Designed to better readers’ understanding of the Zika virus, this volume features chapters on the immune response, molecular mechanisms, and other areas to better understand underlying pathways. This book has applicability for neuroscientists, neurologists, virologists and anyone working to better understand the evolution and pathogenesis of Zika virus-related conditions. Zika Virus Impact, Diagnosis, Control, and Models: The Neuroscience of Zika examines diagnosis, vaccines, and potential therapy methods for Zika virus syndrome. The book also details the neuroscience of Guillain-Barré syndrome, its effects and neuromuscular rehabilitation. It is designed to help readers better understand detection, therapies for Zika virus, preventative vaccines, diagnosis and associated microcephaly. Chapters on models enable further research and understanding. This book has applicability for neuroscientists, neurologists, virologists and anyone working to better understand the evolution and pathogenesis of Zika virus-related conditions.

    • Evidence-Based Vascular Neuroimaging, An Issue of Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 31-2
      • May 5, 2021
      • Ajay Malhotra + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Neuroimaging Clinics focuses on Evidence-Based Vascular Neuroimaging and is edited by Drs. Ajay Malhotra and Dheeraj Gandhi. Articles will include: Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: Duration, Frequency and Modality Used for Surveillance; Vasospasm: Role of Imaging in Detection and Monitoring Treatment; Extracranial Vascular Disease: Carotid Stenosis and Plaque Imaging; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Distribution and Role of Imaging; Acute Ischemic Stroke: MRI-based Paradigms; Imaging of Intracranial Hemorrhage (Non-subarachnoid Hemorrhage); Brain Arteriovenous Malformations: The Role of Imaging in Treatment Planning and Monitoring Response; Intracranial Vascular Disease and Vessel Wall Imaging; Acute Ischemic Stroke: CT/CTA/CTP and Their Role; Imaging for Treated Aneurysms (including clipping, coiling, stents, flow-diverters); and more!

    • Wood Degradation and Ligninolytic Fungi

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 99
      • August 5, 2021
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Wood Degradation and Ligninolytic Fungi, Volume 99 summarizes current knowledge on wood degradation by fungi. Chapters in this new release include Intracellular detoxification strategies of lignolytic fungi, Cell signaling during wood degradation, Evolution of ligninolytic systems in fungi, Diversity and distribution of lignolytic fungi, Fungal catalysts for lignin valorization: applied aspects, Expression of fungal lignocellulolytic genes in the environment, Wood degradation in grapevine disease, Imaging wood degradation, Lignin degradation by ascomycetes, and more. The increasing interest for wood decaying fungi over the past few years has sparked great potential for their use in biomass valorization, their important function in global carbon cycle, and for the damages they can cause on wood materials, hence this new release includes updates on these and related topics.

    • Advances in Food and Nutrition Research

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 97
      • July 24, 2021
      • Fidel Toldra
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Volume 97 provides interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. The topics covered in this book include the problematics of bacteriophages in dairy plants and methods for their monitorization and control, the obtention of antioxidant and antimicrobial compounds from sustainable sources and their application in meat and seafood products, the challenges and opportunities for vibrational spectroscopy to measure composition, and functional properties of foods, the physiological activity of bioactive peptides obtained from meat and meat by-products, the use of plant and marine-based polysaccharides for nano-encapsulation and their applications in food industry, the effects of early life stress on eating behavior and metabolism considering different factors that control appetite, the nutritional aspects of seafood and its health benefits, the use of Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott and Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott powder as a valid option for the nutritional and technological improvement of food products, and much more. The series provides the latest advances on the identification and characterization of emerging bioactive compounds with putative health benefits, and other functional compounds of relevance in foods as well as up-to-date information on food science, including raw materials, production, processing, distribution and consumption.

    • Pediatric Neurology, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 39-3
      • July 9, 2021
      • Gary Clark + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Neurologic Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Gary D. Clark and James J. Riviello, will cover key topics in Pediatric Neurology. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series consulting editor, Dr. Randolph W. Evans. Topics discussed in this issue will include: The State of Child Neurology; The Financial Power of Neurology in a Major Children’s Hospital; Neurology in a Pandemic; Education: Training the Next Generation of Child Neurologists and Neurodevelopmental Disability Doctors, Student Education and Recruitment; Genetic Testing and Counseling in Child Neurology; Novel Treatments and Clinical Research in Child Neurology; Epilepsy: Novel Surgical Techniques and Monitoring; Epilepsy: Genetics; Epilepsy: Treatment of Epileptic Syndromes; Neuromodulation for Pediatric Epilepsy; Inflammatory Diseases of the Nervous System; Neurooncology; Neurocritical Care and Brain Monitoring; The Brain and Heart Disease in Children; Neurology of Sleep; and Evidence Based Protocols. 　 　 　

    • Photoacoustic Probes for In Vivo Imaging

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 657
      • August 3, 2021
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Methods in Enzymology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

    • Encyclopedia of Mycology

      • 1st Edition
      • May 28, 2021
      • Oscar Zaragoza + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Encyclopedia of Mycology, Two Volume Set provides a broad and multidisciplinary overview of a subject whose importance in an ecosystem is becoming more and more universally accepted with its close links to botany, microbiology, biotechnology and medicine. While there are many subject-specific works available on the topics presented, from a multidisciplinary point-of-view it is difficult to find a reliable and updated source such as this one. This work is unique in that it is a one-stop-shop on every topic area of this exciting field.

    • Rang y Dale. Flashcards de Farmacología

      • 2nd Edition
      • February 15, 2021
      • Yoon Kong Loke + 1 more
      • Spanish
      • eBook
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      Con la misma organización de contenidos que la obra de referencia Rang y Dale. Farmacología, 9.ª edición, Rang y Dale. Flashcards de farmacología ayuda a repasar todo lo aprendido en clase y a consolidar la información esencial.Incluye un total de 360 fichas agrupadas en 39 secciones. El anverso de las flashcards presenta un esquema de los procesos fisiopatológicos sobre los que actúa el fármaco, el reverso contiene la información básica referida a esa clase farmacológica: efectos, mecanismos de acción, aspectos farmacocinéticos, efectos adversos, fármacos relacionados y aspectos importantes de su uso clínico.Incluye una sección dedicada a los fármacos utilizados para los trastornos de los ojos y la piel, así como un novedoso enfoque sobre el uso clínico de los biofármacos en una amplia repercusión de la farmacogenética.Form... compacto y manejable que permite seleccionar y llevarse consigo las fichas paraestudiar en cualquier lugar. Cada una de las flashcards incorpora referencias cruzadas al texto de referencia.Incluye acceso a la versión electrónica (en inglés)en e-Book+. Este ebook permite acceder a todo el contenido desde diversos dispositivos y es el recurso ideal para preparar los exámenes, complementando la obra Rang y Dale. Farmacología, 9.ª ed.

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