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  • Federated Intelligence in Medicine

    AI-Driven Robotics for Secure and Intelligent Healthcare Systems
    • 1st Edition
    • Manisha Guduri + 3 more
    • English
    Federated Intelligence in Medicine: AI-Driven Robotics for Secure and Intelligent Healthcare Systems explores the rapidly evolving field where medical robotics intersects with cutting-edge artificial intelligence and secure data-sharing technologies. Covering a comprehensive range of topics, the book begins with foundational knowledge in medical robotics and Generative AI, progressing to advanced concepts such as federated learning and architectural modeling tailored for AI-driven robotic systems. Readers will explore algorithms enhancing surgical robotics, remote robotic surgeries, and human-robot interaction. The text also tackles AI-driven diagnostic robots, privacy preservation through homomorphic encryption, and differential privacy and emerging medical imaging techniques integrated with robotics.Later chapters examine the synergy of large language models, agent AI, and edge AI with robotic technologies, providing both theoretical frameworks and practical case studies that illuminate real-world applications and challenges. This book is an invaluable resource for researchers and academicians engaged in artificial intelligence, robotics, and medical technology. It also serves undergraduate and graduate students in Biomedical Engineering, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science and Engineering.

  • Geostatistical Approaches to Environmental and Public Health Issues

    • 1st Edition
    • Deepak Kumar + 4 more
    • English
    Geostatistical Approaches to Environmental and Public Health Issues is a timely and comprehensive examination of how geostatistical techniques can be leveraged to better understand and respond to pressing environmental and public health challenges. As the availability of large-scale spatial and temporal data continues to grow, so too does the demand for advanced tools that can navigate the complexity of real-world phenomena. This volume bridges methodological innovation with applied research, making it an essential resource for scientists, policymakers, and public health practitioners. Environmental and health-related events—such as air and water pollution, disease outbreaks, nutritional deficits, maternal and child health risks, and exposure to natural hazards like floods, droughts, and earthquakes—are inherently spatial and often uncertain. Traditional statistical models fall short in capturing the intricate patterns and dependencies involved. This book showcases how techniques like kriging, spatial regression, Bayesian modeling, and space-time analysis offer powerful, nuanced insights into these issues. Emphasizing stochastic, non-deterministic approaches, the volume highlights the importance of modeling uncertainty in both environmental and health domains. Through case studies and research-driven chapters, it demonstrates how integrating geospatial and statistical methods can enhance our understanding of where, why, and how events occur—ultimately improving the precision of health interventions and environmental policies. By aligning cutting-edge statistical approaches with the geospatial dimensions of health and environmental data, this book fills a critical gap in the literature and supports more targeted, data-driven decision-making in the face of global uncertainty.

  • Blood-Based Biomarkers for Alzheimers and Parkinsons Disease

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 191
    • English
    Blood-Based Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease, Volume 191 in the International Review of Neurobiology series, presents current advances and comprehensive reviews on the development and application of circulating biomarkers in neurodegenerative disorders. This volume brings together contributions from an international panel of experts, highlighting emerging strategies for early detection, diagnosis, and monitoring of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.Chapters in this release explore a wide range of biomarker modalities, including exosomes, oxidative stress markers, mitochondrial dysfunction indicators, and astrocyte-associated proteins. Additional contributions examine advances in nanomaterial-based detection systems, proteomic approaches, and biofluid-based biosensors, as well as the role of neurofilament light chain and other circulating markers in clinical applications.Further sections address the integration of biomarkers with disease mechanisms, including vascular contributions, microbiome influences, and metabolic and dietary factors. The volume also discusses challenges and opportunities in translating blood-based biomarkers into clinical practice. Together, these chapters provide a comprehensive overview of the evolving landscape of non-invasive biomarkers, making this volume an essential reference for researchers and clinicians in neuroscience and neurodegenerative disease research.

  • Biosimilars in Cancer

    • 1st Edition
    • Ranjita Shegokar + 1 more
    • English
    Biosimilars in Cancer is a comprehensive resource addressing the role of biosimilars in treating various cancer types. This book offers a succinct yet thorough overview of current trends in oncology, covering 21 different cancers from liver to breast cancer. Each chapter provides detailed insights into the latest trends, fundamental facts, and practical and clinical data, making it an invaluable tool for academics and practitioners. By compiling this rich content into a single, accessible volume, the book empowers researchers and clinicians to enhance their understanding, and improve patient outcomes through the effective use of biosimilars in oncology. Targeted primarily at pharmaceutical researchers, biomedical scientists, and clinicians, Biosimilars in Cancer supports the growing oncology biosimilars market. It also provides critical insights for those involved in cancer diagnostics and clinical trials, helping them stay ahead in this rapidly progressing field.

  • Insect Pathology

    • 3rd Edition
    • Nemat Keyhani + 2 more
    • English
    Insect Pathology, Third Edition offers the most comprehensive research on the topic of insect pathology, spanning the diversity of insects with a more diverse array of microbes. This book provides a full update on new approaches for studying the genetics, development, evolution, and ecology of insect pathogens. Written by leading researchers and experts, the book includes coverage of revolutionary genome editing tools, such as CRISPR-Cas9, which have been developed for multiple insect pathogen systems and provides insights into the molecular underpinnings of insect pathogens and their hosts. This book also updates modern molecular techniques, “omics” approaches, and newly applied findings. These new and revised topics are critical for understanding current perspectives in the field, making this book a needed reference for insect pathologists, entomologists, microbiologists, mycologists, nematologists, protistologists, ecologists, and practitioners of biological control of insect pests. New and long-time students of insect pathology will also find this new edition useful.

  • Morbidity Prevention in Aging

    The Role of Salutogenesis Amidst Crises
    • 1st Edition
    • Nestor Asiamah + 3 more
    • English
    Morbidity Prevention in Aging: The Role of Salutogenesis Amidst Crises addresses the urgent need to rethink disease prevention strategies for an aging population. The book begins by exploring how age-friendly environments support health-seeking behaviors. The next section focuses on developing personal skills such as resilience and self-efficacy for maintaining health during crises. Section III examines the reorientation of health services to support preventive care, including community care and diet promotion, while Section IV addresses the creation of policies that facilitate health-promoting interventions and integrate prevention strategies. Community engagement and empowerment in promoting health is emphasized in the fifth section.The book concludes by providing a framework for understanding disease prevention amidst crises, focusing on diverse racial, cultural, and socioeconomic experiences and ensuring equitable opportunities for lifelong disease prevention. This groundbreaking book emphasizes a salutogenic approach that focuses on factors promoting health rather than merely treating diseases. It provides a comprehensive framework for understanding how to maintain health and prevent diseases across the lifespan, even amidst challenges such as wars, climate change, and industrial hazards.

  • Animal Models of Disease Part F

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 211
    • English
    Animal Models of Disease, Part F, Volume 212 in the Methods in Cell Biology series, presents significant advancements in understanding disease mechanisms through animal models. The book features chapters on timely topics such as characterizing tumor-infiltrating group 1 innate lymphoid cells in PyMT breast tumors and using zebrafish to unravel the molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease. The book also covers colitis mouse models and appropriate models for studying diabetes pathophysiology, demonstrating its comprehensive approach to current research.Additional sections cover evaluating polyglutamine protein aggregation in transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans models of Huntington's disease and studying tumor responses to radioimmunotherapy in ovarian cancer models. It also highlights the antimicrobial regime for gut microbiota depletion in mice and the biodistribution of metallic nanoparticles for lymphoma studies. This book is an essential resource for researchers seeking to explore disease mechanisms and therapeutic approaches through animal models.

  • Fetal Metabolic Programming in Obesity and Diabetes

    From Mechanisms to Preventive Therapy
    • 1st Edition
    • Luis Sobrevia
    • English
    Fetal Metabolic Programming in Obesity and Diabetes: From Mechanisms to Preventive Therapy describes the consequences of cellular and molecular aspects of maternal obesity (before and during pregnancy), diabetes mellitus (pregestational and gestational), and gestational diabesity (i.e., women with pre-pregnancy obesity that developed GDM). The book covers the clinical aspects of mothers and children and the protocols for treating these diseases during pregnancy. Since the patients' clinical information correlates with metabolic parameters at a cellular and systemic level, it covers several pieces of evidence, addressing the pathophysiology of obesity and diabetes in pregnancy.This is an important resource for health professionals, researchers, and postdocs in obesity diabetes, as well as public health, physiology, biochemistry, cell biology, cell physiology, cell metabolism, and clinical medicine.

  • Empowering Health through Lifestyle Medicine

    The Essential Guide for Preventing and Managing Chronic Disease
    • 1st Edition
    • John Anthony Stevens
    • English
    Empowering Health through Lifestyle Medicine: The Essential Guide for Preventing and Managing Chronic Disease is an evidenced-based health discipline for use by anyone in the healthcare profession including clinicians and public health and for those researching illness prevention and chronic disease management to improve health research practice and patient outcomes. Combining the best available research with personal insights and experience and using the Lifestyle Medicine 6 pillar framework, the book engages readers not only in the description and efficacy of LM but also in the knowledge, concepts and behaviors to better prevent and manage nutrition, physical activity, stress, mental health as well our interaction with the environment for a healthier, happier life. This is a book should encourage clinicians to engage their patients more often and more practically with lifestyle medicine, and consumers to better engage with their clinicians, and to more effectively self-manage their own health in preventing and managing lifestyle-related illness for life.

  • Understanding Molecular Processes using Electrochemical Methods

    • 1st Edition
    • Ashis Kumar Satpati + 1 more
    • English
    Understanding Molecular Processes using Electrochemical Methods offers a detailed compendium of techniques for molecular analysis. The book considers step and sweep techniques, scanning electrochemical microscopy, spectroelectrochemic... techniques, electrochemiluminesc... and scanning probe techniques while also exploring COSMOL multiphysics simulation, electroanalysis in biomedical and clinical applications, and future prospects for electrochemical techniques. Chapters focus on evaluating redox reactions, biological interactions, kinetics, quorum sensing, biofilm formation, surface modification and more molecular aspects. This volume offers a deep-dive into the fundamental principles behind the latest electrochemical techniques, equipping researchers with practical guidance for their own experiments.Users will find this to be an ideal reference for researchers working across a range of disciplines including molecular biology, bioanalytical chemistry, biomedical science, and translational medicine.

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