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Food Security Issues in the Arab Near East

1st Edition
January 22, 2016
A. A. El-Sherbini
English
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Food Security Issues in the Arab Near East discusses the condition that agricultural production has not kept up with the increasing food demand. Increased demand has stem from population explosion and the growth of incomes in the oil exporting countries. The book addresses this Arab food security crisis. First part of the volume reviews short-term considerations to increase food production in chosen countries of the region. They cover technical and socio-economic parameters which could give favourable short term effect on agricultural production. These parameters are crop insurance, simple agronomic practice, economic incentives, and price policies. Second part concentrates on food security planning. The subject of this section is the risks involved with rain-fed production. The problems arise when rainfall becomes rare and crops dried up. Last part of the book details the Arab trade in agricultural commodities and its effect for regional food security. The book will provide useful information to sectors that are concerned with agriculture production and improvement.

Natural Toxins

1st Edition
July 29, 2016
D. Eaker + 1 more
English
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Natural Toxins presents the proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Animal, Plant and Microbial Toxins, held in Uppsala, Sweden on August 1979. This book presents the methods for detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases that natural toxins cause. Organized into 17 parts encompassing 84 chapters, this compilation of papers begins with an overview of the embryonic development, structure, and function of the compound oral glands of venomous and non-venomous snakes in comparison with other exocrine glands. This text then examines the occupational hazards of snakebites in both agriculture and fishing in the Asian areas. Other chapters consider the toxicity and immunological relationships among venoms of several Agkistrodon species. This book discusses as well the characterization of cytotoxins and their mechanisms of action upon model lipid and cell membrane systems. The final chapter deals with neurotoxins as tools for the characterization of molecular components involved in nerve impulse propagation. This book is a valuable resource for biochemists, toxicologists, and pharmacologists.

Insect Pests of Millets

1st Edition
December 23, 2016
A. Kalaisekar + 3 more
English
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Insect Pests of Millets: Systematics, Bionomics, and Management focuses on protecting the cultivated cereals that many worldwide populations depend on for food across the semi-arid tropics of the world. Providing coverage of all the major cultivated millets, including sorghum, pearlmillet, finger millet, barnyard millet, prosomillet, little millet, kodomillet, and foxtail millet, this comprehensive book on insect pests is the first of its kind that explores systematics, bionomics, distribution, damage, host range, biology, monitoring techniques, and management options, all accompanied by useful illustrations and color plates. By exploring the novel aspects of Insect-plant relationships, including host signaling orientation, host specialization, pest – host evolutionary relationship, and biogeography of insects and host plants, the book presents the latest ecologically sound and innovative techniques in insect pest management from a general overview of pest management to new biotechnological interventions.

An Introduction to Biological Membranes

2nd Edition
June 30, 2016
William Stillwell
English
Paperback
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Introduction to Biological Membranes: Composition, Structure and Function, Second Edition is a greatly expanded revision of the first edition that integrates many aspects of complex biological membrane functions with their composition and structure. A single membrane is composed of hundreds of proteins and thousands of lipids, all in constant flux. Every aspect of membrane structural studies involves parameters that are very small and fast. Both size and time ranges are so vast that multiple instrumentations must be employed, often simultaneously. As a result, a variety of highly specialized and esoteric biochemical and biophysical methodologies are often utilized. This book addresses the salient features of membranes at the molecular level, offering cohesive, foundational information for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, biochemists, and membranologists who seek a broad overview of membrane science.

Diabetes, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

1st Edition
Volume 45-4
November 9, 2016
S. Sethu K. Reddy
English
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This issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Sethu K. Reddy, is devoted to Diabetes. Articles in this issue include: Approach to Multicultural Issues in Diabetes; Clinical Utility of Genetic Testing in T2DM; Utility of CGM - Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; Islet Cell Transplantation; Use of Telemedicine; Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis; Microbiome: Role in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; Population Management and Diabetes; Pre-diabetes; Metformin: What do we know?; Insulin: Making Sense of Current Options; Nutrition in Diabetes; Bariatric Surgery: Pathophysiology and Outcomes; Future Therapies in Diabetes; Lipodystrophic Syndromes; and In-patient Diabetes Management in the 21st Century.

Protein: The Basis of All Life

1st Edition
January 26, 2016
J. E. R. McDonagh
English
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Protein: The Basis of All Life examines the relationship between pulsatory cycles and metabolic cycles happening inside a protein. This book discusses the process of photosynthesis, the production of glycosides, and the importance of fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins. The introductory chapters deal with the process of anaerobic glycosis; factors involved in the aerobic glycolysis; steps in the citric acid cycle; description of glucose resynthesis; description of the method of transamination; process involved in the production of fats; features of steroids synthesis; and source of nitrogen compounds. The subsequent chapters consider the components of nucleotides, the contents of porphyrin compounds, and the reproductive cycle. The mechanisms of the inflammation-cancer cycle are presented. The concluding chapters are devoted to the chemotherapeutic remedies to be derived from the integrated endocrine glandular system. The book can provide useful information to doctors, endocrinologists, students, and researchers.

The Molecular Basis of Drug Addiction

1st Edition
Volume 137
January 12, 2016
Shafiqur Rahman
English
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This volume of Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science focuses on the molecular basis of drug addiction.

Spinal Muscular Atrophy

1st Edition
October 24, 2016
Charlotte J Sumner + 2 more
English
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Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Disease Mechanisms and Therapy provides the latest information on a condition that is characterized by motoneuron loss and muscle atrophy, and is the leading genetic cause of infant mortality. Since the identification of the gene responsible for SMA in 1995, there have been important advances in the basic understanding of disease mechanisms, and in therapeutic development. This book provides a comprehensive accounting of recent advances in basic and clinical research that covers SMA clinical features and standards of care, multifaceted aspects of SMN protein functions and SMA disease pathology, various animal models, and biomarkers, as well as current therapeutic development. This title is ideal for graduate students/postdocs and principal investigators who are already in the SMA field and need to keep updated on recent findings and approaches, and for those who are new to, or would like to join, the field. Likewise, users will find an excellent source of reading for biotech/pharma scientists, clinical researchers, and practitioners, regulators, and patients and their advocacy organizations. Furthermore, this book is a handy reference for researchers and clinicians who may want to apply the research strategies and therapeutic approaches in SMA to other rare diseases.

How to Develop Robust Solid Oral Dosage Forms

1st Edition
October 5, 2016
Bhavishya Mittal
English
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How to Develop Robust Solid Oral Dosage Forms from Conception to Post-Approval uses a practical and hands-on approach to cover the development process of solid oral dosage forms in one single source. The book details all of the necessary steps from formulation through the post-approval phase and contains industry case studies, real world advice, and troubleshooting tips. By merging the latest scientific information with practical instructions, this book provides pharmaceutical scientists in formulation research and development with a concrete look at the key aspects in the development of solid oral dosage forms.

Carigie's Neuroanatomy of the Rat

1st Edition
February 9, 2016
Wolfgang Zeman
English
Paperback
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