Books in Life sciences

Agricultural Water Management in Africa

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi + 2 more
English
Paperback
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Agricultural Water Management in Africa: Lessons Learned and Future Directions provides an overview of the status of irrigation development and AWM practices and technologies in Africa and the global south. In addition, it provides guidelines, scenarios, and investment plans to guide the prioritization and operationalization of irrigation development and AWM under climate change. The African Union (AU) is driving investment and improvement in agricultural water management and transformation in Africa through the operationalization of the AU Irrigation Development and Agricultural Water Management in Africa (AU-IDAWM).The AU-IDAWM provides a framework that identifies four development pathways for enhanced agricultural water management practices across Africa. The pathways are as follows: (1) Pathway 1: Improved water control and watershed management in rain-fed farming, (2) Pathway 2: Farmer-led Irrigation Development (FLID), (3) Pathway 3: Irrigation scheme development and modernization, and (4) Pathway 4: Unconventional water use for irrigation.

Robotic Platforms for Minimally Invasive Surgery

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Juan Sánchez-Margallo + 1 more
English
Paperback
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Robotic Platforms for Minimally Invasive Surgery introduces the scientific community to the most popular robotic platforms for minimally invasive surgery in a more exhaustive way, allowing the readers to learn both the technical features as well as functional aspects of these platforms. This book also discusses viability, safety and efficacy of these platforms in surgical application, and is focused on users who are starting in the field of robotic surgery, both in the disciplines of laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery, as well as in microsurgery.An overview of the most widespread robotic platforms for minimally invasive surgery.

Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Sports Medicine and Sports Services

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Olfa Boubaker
English

Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Sports Medicine and Sports Services delves into the latest advancements in sports science, medicine, and event management. The book emphasizes the optimization of athlete performance, injury prevention, and rehabilitation through emerging technologies. It highlights the use of wearable sensors, IoT devices, AI-powered virtual and augmented reality, and predictive models based on large language models, which are revolutionizing training and recovery strategies.Additiona... rehabilitation robotics and exoskeletons are enhancing recovery and mobility for clinicians and physiotherapists. AI-driven drones improve performance monitoring, crowd safety, and fan engagement, while service robots streamline logistics and event management in smart stadiums. This book is an invaluable resource for engineers, clinicians, physiotherapists, coaches, and policymakers seeking to integrate smart technologies into sports science and medicine.

The World's Health Care Crisis

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Ibis Sanchez Serrano
English
Paperback
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eBook
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The World’s Health Care Crisis: Geopolitical and Climate Change Challenges focuses on the global health care crisis, providing information on new challenges the world is experiencing, such as COVID-19, massive world migration, overpopulation, threats of global famine, nuclear war, the emergence of new infectious diseases around the planet, climate change, and their effects on health care. The book's target audience includes professionals of health systems, biomedical innovation, and global health supply chains investors and Directors in Chief, decision-makers in public health, multilateral institutions in regulatory, legislative, and executive areas, researchers, health sciences students, health economists, economist associations, pharmaco-economists, historians, and more.

Isothermal Titration Calorimetry in Enzymology

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Anthony Mittermaier + 1 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Isothermal Titration Calorimetry in Enzymology: Techniques and Applications provides a thorough, practical overview of ITC as a productive and powerful tool for quantifying enzyme catalysis and interactions with substrates, products, cofactors, and inhibitors. Here, global experts in the methodology discuss the full capabilities of ITC and how it may be applied in research, medicine, and industry and offer a basis to continue leveraging ITC as its uses expand and evolve. This book bridges the gap between research and application by giving extensive technical details on cutting edge ITC techniques across a wide swath of both ITC kinetics measurements and ITC thermodynamic measurements, alongside case studies illustrating the depth of knowledge that can be obtained. Applications discussed include measuring binding kinetics by ITC, analyzing ITC kinetic data, in vivo enzyme kinetics by ITC, analyzing enzyme kinetics in crowded solutions, studying catalysis of biological substrates, interpreting ITC binding curves, ITC in drug discovery, ITC in the development of cancer therapeutics, ITC analysis of aminoglycoside resistance enzymes, studying enzyme interactions with toxic metals, using ITC to study ubiquitination, and ITC studies of glycoside hydrolases, among others.

A Quick Reference to Obstetric Anesthesia

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Preet Mohinder Singh + 1 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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A Quick Reference to Obstetric Anesthesia is a comprehensive resource on the latest in anesthetic care for the pregnant patient. It covers the newest evidence on various critical topics in obstetric anesthesia, helping scientists identify opportunities for translational research. The inclusion of recommended perioperative protocols provides definitive references for optimal care. This book serves as an "in the moment" tool for solving challenging clinical problems, while functioning as a reference for both experienced clinicians and trainees. It also includes relevant patient management protocols, plus numerous emerging topics which are lacking in presently available texts.A Quick Reference to Obstetric Anesthesia is meant for anyone seeking immediately accessible research for real-time care of pregnant patients. Its approachable yet deep knowledge base will be appreciated by obstetric professionals at every level.

Fundamentals of Biologicals Regulation

2nd Edition
November 1, 2025
Rebecca Sheets + 6 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Fundamentals of Biologicals Regulation: Vaccines and Biotechnology Medicines, Second Edition serves as an introduction to the international regulatory arena in which biologicals are developed, offering an overview of processes and insights into the scientific concepts underpinning global regulations. The book provides in-depth coverage of Quality by Design, Combination Products, Quality Target Product Profiles, Risk Management Plans, REMS, and switching from reliance on in vivo to in vitro analytical methods. It reflects new developments and processes accelerated by the COVID-19 vaccine experience, including emergency use authorizations and conditional marking authorizations. New pedagogic elements and case studies have been added to improve learning outcomes.This book provides multiple levels of readership, with guidance on basic concepts, a detailed look at regulatory challenges, and practical insights into how regulators consider regulatory science and regulatory process issues across various regions, with an emphasis on the European Medicines Agency and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Space Physiology

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Alan Hargens
English
Hardback
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eBook
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Space Physiology: From Earth to Space and Back Again provides readers with new and authoritative information about current and important topics related to risks in space. The book covers translation of Earth-based physiology to astronaut health and Earth applications of space research. Topics include adaptations of various systems to space, including bone, microcirculation, microcirculation, skeletal and smooth muscles, headward fluid shifts as well as integrated countermeasures to maintain well-being and health in space.This is a volume in Elsevier’s new series Hot Topics in Physiology, published in association with the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS). It is an ideal reference for academics and researchers (space physiology and medicine, rehabilitation medicine, biochemistry and cell biology, molecular biology) at Undergrad, Masters, PhD, and Post-Doc levels.

The Resistance of Cervical Cancer to Chemotherapy and its Reversal

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
S. Muthusami
English
Hardback
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The Resistance of Cervical Cancer to Chemotherapy and its Reversal provides a holistic understanding of cervical cancer development, immune-evading mechanisms of HPV, immunotherapies available, methods to study cervical cancer and the development of newer drugs. Content shows the involvement of signaling pathways during chemoresistance in cervical cancer, the involvement of genes in drug resistance, and introduces long noncoding RNAs as novel biomarkers.In 10 chapters, this book first provides an introduction and history of cervical cancer; next, it discusses the influence of viruses on cervical cancer and finally, it describes therapies to overcome chemotherapy resistance in cervical cancer. This is the perfect reference to provide the fundamental base of knowledge needed for oncologists, pharmacologists, translational investigators, immunotherapists, scientists, and clinicians interested in building a comprehensive understanding of the field.

Spider Systematics and Taxonomy

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Dimitar Dimitrov + 1 more
English
Paperback
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In the last decade or so, a large number of new spider species have been discovered and described, and many genera and families have been revised. Yet, a single comprehensive resource has been lacking to update spider taxonomy. Spider Systematics and Taxonomy aims to present these major developments in the field, as well as to show how technological advancements have driven these changes. Spider groups covered in most detail are those which have recently seen the most significant discoveries and changes. Later chapters highlight the impact of recent technological developments on our knowledge of spider taxonomy, with topics including phylogenomics, artificial intelligence, and novel imaging technologies. Finally, an outlook on future priorities for spider taxonomy research as well as expected developments will be explored.Spider Systematics and Taxonomy is a valuable reference with illustrations and vivid photographs included throughout to showcase spider diversity and relationships. This will serve as a key resource for arachnology researchers, graduate and postgraduate students wishing to come up to date on the latest advances in the field. Researchers in adjacent fields and those working in taxonomy generally will also benefit from this work.

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