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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.
Fisheries and Aquaculture
The Food Security of the Future
1st Edition
Ágúst Einarsson + 1 more
English
Fisheries and Aquaculture: The Food Security of the Future takes a multidisciplinary approach in evaluating the fisheries and aquaculture sectors from the scientiﬁc and practical perspectives of industry professionals. The authors recognize the importance of looking at the industry from a value chain viewpoint, not only for food security but also for a blue economy. The book takes a unique and innovative approach to show how ﬁsheries and aquaculture can achieve sustainability and how small ﬁshery communities can become highly successful ﬁshery and aquaculture communities and contribute to overall industry globalization. This is a practical and useful reference for a wide-ranging audience. It is for those who wish to make systematic eﬀorts to develop their fisheries or aquaculture sectors, scientists and researchers, anyone in ﬁsheries management or marine resource management, ﬁsh farmers, policy makers, leaders and regulators, operations researchers, as well as faculty and students.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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