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  • Fundamentals of Cost-Efficient AI

    In Healthcare and Biomedicine
    • 1st Edition
    • Rohit Kumar
    • English
    Fundamentals of Cost-Efficient AI: In Healthcare and Biomedicine provides a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the principles of designing, training, and deploying efficient artificial intelligence systems. It explains the theory behind cost-aware machine learning and data mining and examines methods across deep learning, graph neural networks (GNNs), transformer architectures, diffusion models, reinforcement learning, and knowledge distillation.The book covers fine-tuning and compression techniques such as low-rank adaptation (LoRA), parameter-efficient fine-tuning (PEFT), adapter-based tuning, pruning, and quantization. It also explores inference acceleration through Flash Attention, prefill optimization, and speculative decoding, and explains how mixture-of-experts (MoE) architectures can scale models efficiently across GPUs and edge devices.To build a strong conceptual understanding, the text introduces fundamentals of GPU architecture, matrix multiplication, memory hierarchies, and parallelization strategies, helping readers develop an intuition for optimizing training and inference pipelines.While applicable across domains, the book places special emphasis on healthcare and biomedicine, where efficient AI can reduce costs and improve diagnostics, precision medicine, and clinical decision support. Real-world case studies and interviews with experts from organizations such as Google and Microsoft provide practical insights into building scalable healthcare AI systems. Aimed at graduate students, researchers, clinicians, biomedical engineers, data scientists, and AI practitioners, this book bridges algorithmic principles with applied implementation.

  • Insights into Migraine Treatments

    Towards Personalized Medicine
    • 1st Edition
    • Massimo Filippi + 1 more
    • English
    Insights into Migraine Treatments offers a comprehensive overview to guide the selection of the most appropriate therapy for each patient within the landscape of migraine care. It explores the full spectrum of available treatments and their mechanisms of action, while addressing the challenges of individualized therapeutic decision-making. By presenting essential data on efficacy, safety, and biomarkers of treatment response, this book serves as a practical resource for tailoring interventions to patient-specific needs. With its solution-oriented approach, it is a valuable reference for clinicians and researchers striving to advance migraine management.Covering topics from the clinical characteristics of migraine to acute therapies, pharmacological and nonpharmacological preventive strategies, and clinical, neuroimaging, and neurophysiological biomarkers, this book is designed to meet the complex and evolving needs of migraine patients.

  • Engineered Nanomaterials for Agricultural Sustainability

    Current Status, Methods, and Future Strategies
    • 1st Edition
    • Sanghamitra Majumdar + 1 more
    • English
    Engineered Nanomaterials for Agricultural Sustainability: Current Status, Methods, and Future Strategies offers an in-depth exploration of how nanotechnology is transforming agriculture by enhancing crop productivity and environmental sustainability. The book addresses the bottleneck between the development and the implementation of nanotechnology in agriculture, focusing on the knowledge gaps related to environmental fate, standardization of characterization methods, mechanism of biological interaction, safety concerns, and the lack of consensus in regulatory guidelines.A volume in the Nanomaterial-Plant Interactions series, Engineered Nanomaterials for Agricultural Sustainability covers the design and application of nanomaterials for critical agricultural applications, such as nano-fertilizers, nano-pesticides, soil remediation, and nutrient management. It discusses key considerations regarding the fate and transport of the nano-enabled agrochemicals for their safe and effective commercialization. Subject matter experts provide comprehensive insights into the characterization techniques for studying nanomaterials in an agricultural context and advancements in understanding their mechanism of action and toxicity using multi-omics tools. The chapters present the latest research alongside regulatory challenges, offering a structured approach that enables readers to design nanomaterials for specific agricultural applications while avoiding undesirable impacts.With a strong focus on sustainability, this volume provides a roadmap for responsible and effective implementation of nanotechnology in agriculture. It will be a go-to reference for those looking to harness nanomaterials to enhance agricultural productivity and ensure food security.

  • Neuromonitoring Techniques

    Quick Guide for Clinicians and Residents
    • 2nd Edition
    • Hemanshu Prabhakar
    • English
    Neuromonitoring Techniques: Quick Guide for Clinicians and Residents, Second Edition continues to be the comprehensive resource designed to equip healthcare professionals with essential knowledge for effective patient care. This revised edition introduces new chapters that delve into cutting-edge areas of neuromonitoring, including Clinical Neuromonitoring, providing insights into real-world applications, Electroencephalogram... unraveling the intricacies of brain activity monitoring, and Brain Ultrasound, exploring the latest advancements in non-invasive imaging techniques. From the fundamentals in the Introduction to Neuromonitoring Techniques to advanced topics such as Cognitive Function Monitoring and Functional Neuroimaging, each chapter is precisely crafted to offer a quick yet thorough understanding of the respective techniques. Whether you are a seasoned clinician seeking to stay abreast of the latest advancements or a resident looking to build a strong foundation, this revised edition provides an accessible guide to the diverse realm of neuromonitoring.

  • Animal Models of Neurological Conditions

    A Reference Guide for Neuroscience Researchers and Trainees
    • 1st Edition
    • Jacob Raber
    • English
    Animal Models of Neurological Conditions informs about novel animal models and their unique strengths and limitations in the research of neurological conditions. It demonstrates the importance of animal models’ abilities to replicate only aspects of a given neurological condition and highlights the value of these animal models in increasing human brain function in afflicted patients. This book, comprised of thirteen chapters discusses various animal models and research methods for mental health, neurodevelopmental disorders, addiction, age-related neurodegenerative conditions, and viruses affecting brain function. Although developed with neuroscience researchers and trainees involved in pre-clinical and clinical research in mind, neurologists and other treatment professionals caring for patients with neurological conditions will also find value in this detailed resource.This is an invaluable resource for neuroscience researchers, trainees, and healthcare professionals.

  • Nanotherapeutics Combating Microbial Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance

    Volume 2 - Nanotheranostics, Microbial Infections, and Antimicrobial Resistance
    • 1st Edition
    • Divakar Sharma + 1 more
    • English
    Nanotherapeutics Combating Microbial Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance: Volume Two, Nanotheranostics, Microbial Infections, and Antimicrobial Resistance delves into the innovative use of nanotechnology to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and treat bacterial infections. The second volume of this series showcases cutting-edge nano-based solutions developed to overcome multi-drug resistant pathogens, offering insights from leading experts. This book is an essential resource for researchers, academics, students, industry professionals, and clinicians in fields related to microbiology, infectious diseases, and nanotechnology, providing a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements in the fight against bacterial infections.Other noteworthy highlights of this book include contributions from experts, informative references, and emerging technologies aimed at both treating and preventing the progression of bacterial infections. This volume is particularly valuable for those interested in the intersection of nanotechnology and healthcare.

  • Cell Physiology Sourcebook

    • 5th Edition
    • F. Javier Alvarez-Leefmans + 1 more
    • English
    Written by leading experts in the field, the fifth edition of the Cell Physiology Sourcebook, Fifth Edition offers a critical, comprehensive, and multidisciplinary overview of essential aspects of cell physiology and biophysics, spanning from bacterial and archaeal cells to mammalian cells and tissues. The present edition incorporates new molecular insights without losing the integrative perspective of cell physiology and biophysics, as well as its foundational concepts. Our target readers are advanced students and researchers interested in understanding how cells work.The history of this book goes back to Hugh Davson’s classic A Textbook of General Physiology, which reached its fourth and last edition in 1970. The successor of this influential work was Cell Physiology Sourcebook, first published in 1995 and edited by the late Professor Nicholas Sperelakis, with a foreword written by Davson. At that time, the knowledge of molecular and cell physiology became so vast that a single author's work, like its predecessor, was materially impossible. Professor Sperelakis, for whom we dedicate the present edition, put together an impressive volume with the contribution of various experts in fundamental areas of the field until the 4th edition, published in 2012, one year before his death. This book's success and the gap it fills motivated the present editors to continue this project, updating the entire book to reflect new developments.

  • The Marmoset Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates

    • 2nd Edition
    • George Paxinos + 3 more
    • English
    The first edition of The Marmoset Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates (2012) was fundamental in the rapid establishment of this species as the preferred non-human primate in neuroscience research, with the atlas delineations having been adopted by all major projects using marmosets. Now, the second edition gives us the opportunity to capture 14 years of progress and introduce major enhancements:What is new in the 2nd Edition?For the first time sagittal and horizontal planes are included based on the computational average of 20 brains.For the first time cortical layers are identified.For the first time major divisions of the white matter are identified on the basis of Marmoset Brain Mapping Project (https://marmosetbra... (Liu et al., 2020).Cortical and subcortical delineations are thoroughly updated to reflect advances over the last 14 years.

  • Reconstructive Transplantation and Regenerative Surgery

    The New Frontier
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 3
    • Vijay Gorantla + 2 more
    • English
    Reconstructive Transplantation and Regenerative Surgery: The New Frontier is the third volume in the Regenerative and Transplant Medicine Series. This volume captures a decade of transformative progress at the intersection of reconstructive transplantation, regenerative medicine, and tissue engineering—fields that have begun to converge into a bold new frontier: regenerative surgery. Coedited by internationally recognized leaders in the field, this authoritative work explores cutting-edge advances that are redefining the possibilities for patients with complex tissue loss and functional deficits.Through comprehensive and original chapters written by global experts, this book charts the latest innovations in vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA), graft immunomodulation, neurogeneration and diagnostics, ischemia mitigation and tissue preservation, and tissue engineering and biomaterials.Compreh... in scope and visionary in approach, Reconstructive Transplantation and Regenerative Surgery: The New Frontier is an essential resource for surgeons, researchers, biomedical engineers, and clinicians.

  • Genetic Testing in Breast Cancer

    Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment
    • 1st Edition
    • Manzoor Ahmad Mir
    • English
    Genetic Testing in Breast Cancer: Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment addresses the urgent need for novel, minimally invasive diagnostic techniques to accurately identify breast cancer early and monitor treatment efficacy, focusing particularly on triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). This comprehensive volume analyzes the latest research and developments in genetic testing, covering strategies like next-generation sequencing and the Sanger method. It highlights their potential to revolutionize early diagnosis and personalized treatment plans. The book also discusses challenges and opportunities, providing insights into hereditary mutations, genetic counseling, and clinical practice integration.Serving as a valuable resource for students, researchers, oncologists, pharmacologists, and healthcare professionals, it includes preclinical and clinical case studies that illustrate the practical applications of genetic testing for various breast cancer subtypes, including TNBC and HER2-positive breast cancer. The editors aim to advance treatment and improve patient outcomes through cutting-edge genetic testing techniques.

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