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    • Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression

      Neurobiology and Applications
      • 1st Edition
      • Gustavo H. Vazquez + 2 more
      • English
      Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Neurobiology and Applications provides a simple, evidence-based overview for neuropsychiatrists and translational researchers on this medication, its mechanisms of actions, eligibility of patients for treatment, and the preparation and implementation of ketamine clinics.

    • Advances in Applied Microbiology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 113
      • Geoffrey M. Gadd + 1 more
      • English
      Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 113, 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 topic, with this release focusing on Gaps in the Assortment of Rapid Assays for Microorganisms of Interest to the Dairy Industry, Metal reduction and corrosion by bacterial biofilms, The microbiology of red brines, Clostridium thermocellum: a microbial platform for high-value chemical production from lignocellulose, and The zincophore system in pathogenic yeasts.

    • Computational Modeling in Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics

      • 1st Edition
      • Alexandru Morega + 2 more
      • English
      Mathematical and numerical modelling of engineering problems in medicine is aimed at unveiling and understanding multidisciplinary interactions and processes and providing insights useful to clinical care and technology advances for better medical equipment and systems. When modelling medical problems, the engineer is confronted with multidisciplinary problems of electromagnetism, heat and mass transfer, and structural mechanics with, possibly, different time and space scales, which may raise concerns in formulating consistent, solvable mathematical models. Computational Medical Engineering presents a number of engineering for medicine problems that may be encountered in medical physics, procedures, diagnosis and monitoring techniques, including electrical activity of the heart, hemodynamic activity monitoring, magnetic drug targeting, bioheat models and thermography, RF and microwave hyperthermia, ablation, EMF dosimetry, and bioimpedance methods. The authors discuss the core approach methodology to pose and solve different problems of medical engineering, including essentials of mathematical modelling (e.g., criteria for well-posed problems); physics scaling (homogenization techniques); Constructal Law criteria in morphing shape and structure of systems with internal flows; computational domain construction (CAD and, or reconstruction techniques based on medical images); numerical modelling issues, and validation techniques used to ascertain numerical simulation results. In addition, new ideas and venues to investigate and understand finer scale models and merge them into continuous media medical physics are provided as case studies.

    • Enzyme Engineering and Evolution: Specific Enzyme Applications

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 644
      • English
      Methods in Enzymology, Volume 644, the latest release in this ongoing serial, continues the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field. Chapters in this new release include Site-directed recombination (SDR) in vivo: a fast and reliable tool to unveil beneficial epistasis, Creation and application of amine oxidase with expanded substrate specificities from porcine kidney D-amino acid oxidase, Methods to assess correlation networks for engineering transketolase, Exploration of Enzyme Diversity by Integrating Bioinformatics with Microfluidics, Engineering lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs), Emulsion-based directed evolution of enzymes in yeast, and much more.

    • Microbial and Natural Macromolecules

      Synthesis and Applications
      • 1st Edition
      • Surajit Das + 1 more
      • English
      Microbial and Natural Macromolecules: Synthesis and Applications brings together active scientists and academicians in the field who share updated information and research outcomes from global experts. Microbial macromolecular diversity, molecular composure, genetics, usability of advanced molecular tools and techniques for their study as well as their applicability are discussed with detailed research perspectives.

    • Diabetología

      • 3rd Edition
      • Louis Monnier + 1 more
      • Spanish
      La obra insiste en los aspectos prácticos del abordaje y en los nuevos métodos de exploración, se­guimiento y tratamiento. Las estrategias diagnósticas y terapéuticas novedosas se han desarrollado siguiendo los avances científicos más recientes. Se han incluido cinco capítulos nuevos, sobre los efectos de los tratamientos an­tihiperglucemiant... en las complicaciones cardiovasculares y renales del paciente diabético de tipo 2; la monitorización glucémica continua en las diabetes de tipos 1 y 2; la disbiosis intestinal y las enfermedades metabólicas; las complicaciones he­páticas, y Ramadán y diabetes. Asimismo, se ha profundizado en las nuevas recomendaciones diagnósticas y te­rapéuticas. A ellas se les han dedicado dos capítulos totalmente actualizados: «Ár­boles terapéuticos y de decisión en la diabetes de tipo 2» e «Insulinoterapia en la diabetes de tipos 1 y 2». Práctica y didáctica, esta obra está dirigida al conjunto de los profesionales sanita­rios que tienen que tratar con pacientes diabéticos.

    • Microbial Biotechnology in Food and Health

      • 1st Edition
      • Ramesh C. Ray
      • English
      Microbial Biotechnology in Food and Health Science, volume one in the Applied Biotechnology Reviews series, offers two unique sections within the theme of genomics and bioprocessing and the bioengineering of microorganisms in the role of food science and human health. This volume provides review articles as the basis supporting biotechnological research useful to a wide scope of research initiatives. Important relevant information on genomics, proteomics and metabolomics are included as well as the emerging interdisciplinary area of synthetic biology which enables the metabolic engineering of microorganisms to produce pharmaceuticals. Applied Biotechnology Reviews is a series aimed at bringing all aspects of biotechnology as it is applied to food science – from agriculture through product processing into focus through topical volumes. Each volume will cover a relevant application approach in industrial biotechnology.

    • Epigenetics and Reproductive Health

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 21
      • English
      Epigenetics and Reproductive Health, a new volume in the Translational Epigenetics series, provides a thorough overview and discussion of epigenetics in reproduction and implications for reproductive medicine. Twenty international researchers discuss epigenetic mechanisms operating during the formation of male and female gametes, fertilization and subsequent embryo and placental development, particularly in mammals and transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. This volume also addresses aberrant epigenetic changes influencing male and female infertility, pregnancy related disorders, and those potentially linked to therapeutic manipulations and assisted reproductive technologies. Emphasis is placed on identifying biomarkers for early detection of aberrant epigenetic mechanisms. Later chapters examine the possibility of correcting these epigenetic dysfunctions, as well as current challenges and next steps in research, enabling new translational discoveries and efforts towards developing therapeutics.

    • Microbial Pesticides

      Biological Resources, Production and Application
      • 1st Edition
      • Vladimir V. Gouli + 2 more
      • English
      Microbial Pesticides: Biological Resources, Production and Application provides a concise and accessible introduction on the history of microbial pesticides, their impact on global ecology, human society and economies, as well as a thorough and tangible description of the state-of-the-art technologies available for the production, application, limitations and long–term viability of these bio-products. Information is listed per biological group (i.e., virus, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, microsporidia and microbial metabolites), and is supported by sound scientific data. The book is copiously illustrated, with original pictures clarifying the most common techniques and protocols utilized in microbiological biocontrol technology. Finally, images of all biological active ingredients currently used in commercially produced formulations, as well as laboratory developed formulations, are illustrated and listed in detailed tables for prompt access.

    • Integrative Pancreatic Intervention Therapy

      A Holistic Approach
      • 1st Edition
      • Ligong Lu + 4 more
      • English
      Integrative Pancreatic Intervention Therapy: A Holistic Approach summarizes, in a systematic manner, the diagnosis and treatment of late, critical pancreatic diseases. The book gives insights into each interventional technique, with an ultimate goal of improving survival rates for late stage pancreatic cancer patients. Six sections cover basic and transformation research on pancreatic diseases, interventional therapy for benign pancreatic disease, interventional therapy for malignant pancreatic diseases, interventional therapy for pancreative cancer-related lesions, stem cell and targeted molecular therapy for pancreative carcinoma, and combined interventional therapy for pancreative carcinoma. This book will be useful for those looking to understand how best to apply interventional therapy for the improvement of late state pancreatic cancer treatment.

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