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    • Isothermal Titration Calorimetry in Enzymology

      • 1st Edition
      • November 1, 2025
      • Anthony Mittermaier + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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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.

    • Biosafety Level 4 (BSL4) – Virus Research at the Highest Level of Biosafety and Biosecurity

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 121
      • May 17, 2025
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Biosafety Level 4 (BSL4) – Virus Research at the Highest Level of Biosafety and Biosecurity, Volume 121 highlights new advances, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on highly important topics such as Molecular virulence determinants of human-pathogenic filoviruses, Mucosal Sudan virus infection results in a lethal disease in ferrets with previous Lloviu virus infection not providing cross-protection, Transcriptional signatures of Ebola and Marburg virus infection in a Bat-Immune-System (BIS) mouse model, Divergences in the microbial inactivation pattern between vaporized hydrogen peroxide and aerosolized peracetic acid by dry fogging, and much more.Other chapters cover Molecular expressions in tissues and blood following Reston and Bundibugyo virus infection in swine, De novo rescue of new BSL4 henipaviruses - from sequence to pathogen, Semi-automated diagnostic RT-PCR as a screening assay for antiviral compounds in a 96-well format against highly pathogenic RNA viruses, and Relevance of studying virus – natural reservoir interactions: SNV in deer mice and LASV in Mastomys natalensis.

    • Plant-Based Milk Alternatives and Human Health

      • 1st Edition
      • June 13, 2025
      • Hassan Vatanparast
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Plant-Based Milk Alternatives and Human Health: Current Trends, Nutrition, and Public Health Implications covers plant-based milk alternatives and their impact on human health and nutrition. The book includes information on global national dietary recommendations, consumption trends, and public health concerns, and draws economic and health comparisons between conventional dairy milk and plant-based milk alternatives. Additional topics included are the history and commercialization of plant-based milks, their role in ethical issues, their influence on social well-being, and their impact on agriculture, business, and economics. Finally, the authors present projections for the future role and impact of plant-based milk alternatives in a global setting.This reference will be of particular interest to researchers in nutrition, food and beverage science, and public health who focus on dairy milk and milk alternatives, beverage companies and product developers in the non-dairy milk space, as well as governmental organizations that provide health recommendations.

    • Multifunctional Nanostructured Coatings

      • 1st Edition
      • March 29, 2025
      • Manviri Rani + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Multifunctional Nanostructured Coatings: Biomedical, Environmental, and Energy Applications offers core and advanced information about various nanomaterials and their synthetic approaches to nanostructured coatings. The book focuses on the application of multifunctional nanostructured coatings (MNCs) in the areas of biomedicine, the environment, and energy, and presents the latest advances in the design, preparation, characterization, and fabrication of MNCs. Techniques covered in the book include chemical deposition (including plasma-assisted deposition) and physical deposition methods such as magnetron sputtering, arc evaporation, electron-beam evaporation, and ion-beam sputtering.In addition, the book also explores the use of multifunctional ZnO/TiO2 nanoarray composite coatings, Ta- and Si-doped multifunctional bioactive nanostructured films, in situ-generated titanium-oxo clusters, and silver nanoparticles. It will be useful for researchers working in the areas of materials science, coating technologies, nanotechnology, sustainability, and environmental engineering.

    • Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Endocrinology

      • 2nd Edition
      • October 1, 2025
      • Christopher S. Kovács + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Endocrinology: Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Management, Second Edition continues to systematically examine the normal and abnormal endocrinology of the pregnant and lactating female and of the fetus and neonate. This new edition expands coverage of specific disorders and diseases beyond the current endocrinology content on the market making it the go-to reference for translational and clinical research scientists to appreciate the research gaps that require further investigation. It’s comprehensive coverage of pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatments, will help readers better understand how various diseases present differently in pregnancy and lactation and how to respond to related complications.

    • "Functionally" Single Ventricle

      • 1st Edition
      • February 26, 2025
      • Antonio F. Corno
      • English
      • Paperback
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      "Functionally" Single Ventricle: The Most Complex Congenital Heart Defect covers the most recent knowledge, methodologies, and techniques for diagnosing, managing, and treating pediatric patients with the "functionally" single ventricle congenital heart defect. The book covers epidemiology, ethnicity, racial issues, socioeconomic factors, fetal diagnosis, interventions, various treatment options available to pediatric patients, currently obtainable outcomes, and rescue plans after failure of conventional managements. In addition, it offers the potential for a wide range of future studies. Clinicians and researchers alike will find this title to be an invaluable one-stop resource for improving outcomes of pediatric patients with this complex congenital heart defect.

    • Microbial Stress Survival

      • 1st Edition
      • December 1, 2025
      • Ashutosh Kumar
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Microbial Stress Survival explores the diversity of microbes, the microbe-host relationship, and the various strategies employed by microbes that enable them to adapt to stressful environments and persist in hostile conditions. The book aims to cover critical pathogen biology, microbial adaptation and survival strategies, and the impact of microbial resilience on therapeutic efforts. Topics include the modulation of host pathways by pathogens for their adaptation and survival; their drug tolerance and antimicrobial resistance; role of proteins in microbial stress survival; and evolutionary adaptative mechanisms of extremophiles. Microbial Stress Survival is an insightful resource for those interested in pathogen biology and the different adaptive features and resilience of microbes.

    • Covid-19

      • 1st Edition
      • December 1, 2025
      • Stephan Bullard
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Covid-19: The First Six Months presents a meticulous, day-by-day chronicle of the pandemic’s opening phase, capturing the epidemiological, medical, social, and cultural impacts of a rapidly unfolding global crisis. Drawing on a dataset of approximately 3,600 news reports, medical updates, and academic papers—collected in real time between January and June 2020—this book offers an unparalleled level of detail and precision. Beginning with retrospectively sourced coverage of events prior to January 2020, it traces the earliest signals of the outbreak and follows its progression across continents, documenting how governments, health systems, and communities responded to a threat unlike any in recent history. Each entry preserves the immediacy of the moment, reflecting the uncertainty, urgency, and evolving understanding that shaped decisions in the pandemic’s first half-year. Modeled after the author’s earlier work, "A Day-by-Day Chronicle of the 2013–2016 Ebola Outbreak" (Bullard, 2018), this volume provides both a comprehensive timeline and a rich, indexed source base for researchers. The references included form an extensive archive of early-pandemic sources, making it a unique and indispensable resource for those studying Covid-19, public health, epidemiology, and the history of disease. Much has been written about Covid-19, but no other work offers this level of chronological detail for its beginning. Covid-19: The First Six Months is both a definitive reference and a vivid historical record, preserving how the world first encountered—and began to understand—the defining public health challenge of the 21st century.

    • Advances in Applied Microbiology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 132
      • October 9, 2025
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 132 presents a comprehensive exploration of the latest innovations in applied microbiology. The book delves into the diverse applications of microbiology across various industries, including agriculture, food production, biotechnology, environmental science, and healthcare. Through a collection of insightful chapters authored by experts in the field, readers are offered in-depth analyses of cutting-edge research, emerging trends, and practical applications of microbiological principles. From novel microbial technologies to the impact of microbiomes on human health and beyond, this book serves as a valuable resource for researchers, professionals, and students seeking to stay informed and inspired by the exciting advancements.

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