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    • Genome Chaos

      • 2nd Edition
      • November 17, 2025
      • Henry H. Heng
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Genome Chaos: Rethinking Genetics, Evolution, and Molecular Medicine, Second Edition transports readers from Mendelian genetics to 4D genomics, building a case for genes and genomes as distinct biological entities where the genome, rather than individual genes, defines system-level inheritance and represents a clear unit of selection for macroevolution. In this thought-provoking text, Dr. Henry Heng invigorates fresh discussions in Genome Architecture Theory and helps readers reevaluate their current understanding of human genetics, evolution, and new pathways for advancing molecular and precision medicine.In this timely new edition, Dr. Heng fully embraces the integration of system information with genome-mediated evolutionary mechanisms, and supports this framework with recent findings and growing, interdisciplinary research. Ten evidence-based chapters discuss 4D genomics, genes and genomes as distinct biological entities, genome chaos and cellular macroevolution, karyotype coding and fuzzy inheritance, as well as an entirely novel model of evolution driven by information flow, and more. Brand-new chapters consider the creation and maintenance of system information for complexity and biodiversity, as well as modes of analyzing information-based and historically contingent evolutionary framework. This synthesis offers a revolutionary paradigm of evolutionary theory. It also hypothesizes about how information flow, matter arrangement, and energy interact.

    • Sustainable Urban Environments for Human Health

      • 1st Edition
      • November 17, 2025
      • Nidhi Singh + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Sustainable Urban Environments for Human Health integrates concepts related to energy sustainability, urbanization, and human health into a single comprehensive resource. This book addresses the multifaceted global crises involving energy, economy, environment, and public health by exploring synergies and anticipating future perspectives, opportunities, and challenges to ensure resilience in a rapidly evolving human-driven world. Themes include ecological urban planning for health, renewable energy in urban environments, air quality and respiratory health, green infrastructure and health, active transportation and health, energy equity and social determinants of health, urban agriculture and food systems, and urban waste management's impact on human health.

    • Waste to Resources

      • 1st Edition
      • November 17, 2025
      • Arup Giri + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Waste to Resources: Unlocking Potential Applications of Agricultural Waste is a comprehensive textbook that explores various types of agricultural waste, their sources, and composition. Growing environmental concerns create a need to deploy sustainable processes within agriculture. This book sheds light on waste management techniques, covering both theory and practice, and advocates for re-framing agricultural waste as a valuable resource. It takes into account the latest research and regulatory considerations to give a well-rounded understanding of the subject. This textbook is an essential resource for upper-level undergraduate students, researchers, and professionals in environmental science and agricultural biology.The introductory chapters provide an overview of agricultural waste, including crop residues, livestock waste, pesticides, and chemical waste, and describe the environmental implications of these categories. The subsequent chapters delve into waste management techniques such as biogas production, nutrient recovery, recycling, and composting. The final chapter explores the regulatory and policy issues related to sustainable agricultural waste management.

    • Green Flexible Electronics for Sustainable Healthcare

      • 1st Edition
      • November 14, 2025
      • Anitha Velu + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Flexible electronics, or flex circuits, involve the construction of electrical circuits using flexible plastic substrates, such as polyimide, PEEK, or transparent conductive polyester sheets. Flexible electronic assemblies are made using a variety of manufacturing techniques, including printing, laminating, and deposition, which enables the circuit board to bend or take on a desired shape. They allow the user to create extremely flexible, light-weight, and thin electronic components such as batteries, screens, and sensors. Green Flexible Electronics for Sustainable Healthcare discusses incorporating flexible and printed electronics in the field of sustainable healthcare. It details how to utilise natural materials in the design, fabrication and application of flexible electronic-based wearables and sensors. It also offers a detailed analysis of the effects and challenges of integrating flexible electronics within the healthcare ecosystem. Green Flexible Electronics for Sustainable Healthcare considers the implications of the advances in flexible electronics with regards data privacy, security and scalability.

    • DNA in Health, Identity, and Ancestry

      • 1st Edition
      • November 14, 2025
      • Hisham Atan Edinur + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      DNA in Health, Identity and Ancestry examines the human genome and advances in molecular techniques in relation to their value in health, genetic ancestry, and forensic DNA. This book systematically presents these three areas, providing new insights into recent developments in these fields, including gene editing, ancestral fraction determination, and DNA profiling. It covers the latest advances in molecular biology to understand the pertinent issues in these areas. DNA in Health, Identity and Ancestry provides an introduction to human genomes, and then delves into health, forensics and ancestry across 36 chapters. Each section is concluded with practical case studies to demonstrate the application of the principles discussed in each respective section. This book is a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners, and postgraduate students in biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics. It not only provides them with fundamental knowledge on genetics, diseases, population genetics and forensic DNA, but also presents advances, technical operational standards, analytical tools and recent developments in these respective areas.

    • Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems

      • 3rd Edition
      • November 14, 2025
      • Peter Alexander
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems 3rd Edition, Six-volume set addresses important issues by examining topics of global agriculture and food systems that are key to understanding the challenges we face. Questions it addresses include:Will we be able to produce enough food to meet the increasing dietary needs and wants of the additional two billion people expected to inhabit our planet by 2050?Will we be able to meet the need for so much more food while simultaneously reducing adverse environmental effects of today’s agriculture practices?Will we be able to produce the additional food using less land and water than we use now?Climate change mitigation and adaptationBiodiversi... aspectsTechnology/in... versus globalResilienceThes... are among the most important challenges that face our planet in the coming decades. The broad themes of food systems and people, agriculture and the environment, the science of agriculture, agricultural products, and agricultural production systems are covered in more than 150 separate chapters of this work. The book provides information that serves as the foundation for discussion of the food and environment challenges of the world. An international group of highly respected authors addresses these issues from a global perspective and provides the background, references, and linkages for further exploration of each of topics of this comprehensive work.

    • Transketolases

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 722
      • November 14, 2025
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Transketolase is an ubiquitous enzyme which has not yet finished revealing all its secrets. This Methods in Enzymology: Transketolases volume is devoted to the description of cutting-edge methods to its study in biochemistry. Several topics are addressed by world experts in their field.The first part of this volume deals with transketolase at the cellular level. The latest scientific progress on human transketolase TKL1 in relation to certain diseases and to its inhibition are discussed including the involvement of this enzyme in new metabolic pathways or as a diagnostic biomarker.The second part focuses on transketolase at the molecular level. The structural and mechanistic aspects linked to this enzyme are addressed using several approaches including molecular modelling and crystallography, for example. Finally, the experimental methodological approaches relating to the use of transketolase as a tool of choice in biocatalysis is presented.

    • Future Fat Alternatives

      • 1st Edition
      • November 14, 2025
      • Zong Meng
      • English
      Future Fat Alternatives: Concepts, Structuring and Food Applications provides a deep dive into the strategies for the development of fat alternatives for food applications, covering all structuring strategies including oleogels, emulsion gels, and foamed gels as well as cell-cultured fats. In addition, this book details other applications such as additive manufacturing and fat alternatives in different food applications and discusses their nutritional benefits. Divided into eight sections, this book begins with an overview of the structural-propertie... relationship in traditional fats, then segues into the benefits and challenges of fat alternatives, the prospects and challenges of cell-cultured fats, the additive manufacturing of fat analogues and how they pave the way toward novel food development. The applications of different fat alternatives and their nutritional benefits in bakery, meat, chocolate, and cheese products as well as nutraceutical delivery systems are also discussed.This book presents an excellent resource for researchers working across the food sciences in the fields of oil and fat production, research and development, sensory analysis, and technology and engineering.

    • Harnessing Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Graph Models for Biological Discovery

      • 1st Edition
      • November 14, 2025
      • Sudan Jha + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Harnessing Artificial Intelligence-Enhance... Graph Models for Biological Discovery: Unveiling Biological Frontiers introduces revolutionary techniques that merge artificial intelligence with graph-based methods to uncover complex biological networks. Through detailed examples and case studies, the book provides researchers and practitioners the essential tools to analyze molecular interactions, identify key biomarkers, and hasten the discovery of novel therapeutics. Chapters delve into the sophisticated interplay between advanced AI techniques and graph models, specially designed to decode the intricacies of biological systems. By utilizing cutting-edge AI algorithms, readers can explore complex biological networks, forecast molecular interactions, and pinpoint new drug targets with exceptional precision.

    • Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecologic Surgery

      • 1st Edition
      • November 14, 2025
      • Jennifer E Dietrich + 3 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecologic Surgery: Management, Surgical Approaches, and Post-Operative Care is an excellent and novel resource to understanding the management of adolescent gynecologic patients as written by top experts. The book offers detailed pearls of surgery and has a preoperative planning approach to abdominal, laparoscopic, and vaginal surgeries, as well as postoperative considerations. This is a comprehensive but easy-to-follow step-by-step surgical atlas for PAG surgeries organized in a historical context with the most recent research advances in the field. It provides expert views and perspectives with visuals to aid in learning useful to anyone in, or interested in, the field.

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