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Encyclopedia of the Eye

  • 2nd Edition
  • July 1, 2025
  • Patricia D’Amore
  • English
As the completely updated comprehensive reference for the eye, its support structures, diseases, and therapies, Encyclopedia of the Eye, 2nd Edition is an important resource for all visual scientists, ophthalmologists, and optometrists, as well as researchers in immunology, infectious disease, cell biology, neurobiology, and related disciplines. This four-volume reference is unique in its coverage of information on all tissues important for vision, including the retina, cornea, and lens. It also covers the physiological and pathophysiologic processes that affect all eye tissues.This Encyclopedia is invaluable for undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, medical students, and residents who are seeking an introduction to an area of eye research. Each chapter addresses one specific structure or process, reviews the basic concepts, cross-references other chapters within the Encyclopedia and provides citations of relevant primary publications. The Encyclopedia is also particularly useful for visual scientists and practitioners who are investigating a new area, seeking deeper understanding of important research articles in fields adjacent to their own, and/or reviewing a grant or manuscript outside their immediate area of expertise.

Advances in Sheep Welfare

  • 2nd Edition
  • July 1, 2025
  • Drewe Ferguson + 3 more
  • English
Advances in Sheep Welfare, Second Edition once again aims to provide readers with an interest or stake in the production of wool or meat from sheep with a detailed reference on advancements in sheep welfare. Like the first edition, this book will contain the most current knowledge on breeding practices, animal affective states, management strategies, farming and production practices, as well as the role of society and the consumer in shaping the welfare debate. In addition to updating all chapters from the previous edition, completely new chapters are included on behavioral assessments of sheep welfare, the impact of climate change, and drivers of change for sheep producers. Advances in Sheep Welfare, Second Edition brings together a team of international experts in the definitive resource on sheep welfare. This book will serve as a key reference for researchers, instructors, and students at the post-graduate level interested in animal agriculture, especially those who study sheep and issues of animal welfare. Stakeholders across the wool, dairy, and sheep meat supply chains will also benefit from this resource.

Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes

  • 1st Edition
  • July 1, 2025
  • Sukhendu Mandal + 1 more
  • English
New hybrid technologies with algae, bacteria and chemical agents are being developed for sustainable wastewater treatment (WWT) processes. This book focuses on the latest developments in Microbial Electrochemical Systems, highlights major challenges in large scale operation, and presents the future scope of these techniques to make treatment processes more sustainable. Wastewater treatment is a longstanding challenge faced in every region across the globe. With increasing urbanization and more intensive agriculture the level of contaminants as well as the types of pollutants in wastewater continue to increase. Excessive use of detergents soaps, cleansing agents with new formulations, chemical fertilizers and pesticides have all added to the problem. Conventional methods of wastewater treatment were successful to some extent to decontaminate the water, but these techniques require longer times and more input of energy. Microbial electrochemical systems (MES) aid the sustainability of wastewater treatment (WWT) process.

Nutrigenomics for Clinical Medicine and Personalized Healthcare

  • 1st Edition
  • July 1, 2025
  • Jim Kaput + 1 more
  • English
Nutrigenomics for Clinical Medicine and Personalized Healthcare presents an overview of and the challenges associated with bringing personalized nutrition to mainstream dietary practices in healthcare. Broken into 18 chapters, this book addresses everything from the fundamental principles of nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics, to the role of nutritional factors in various diseases and disorders, to the ethical practices surrounding nutritional genomics. Compiled for nutrition researchers, nutritionists, health professionals, and graduate students studying related topics, Nutrigenomics for Clinical Medicine and Personalized Healthcare is sure to be a welcomed reference.

Harmful Algal Blooms

  • 1st Edition
  • July 1, 2025
  • Senjie Lin
  • English
Harmful Algal Blooms: Environmental Factors and Molecular Mechanisms offers a genomic and ecological perspective of harmful algal blooms, or HABs. It provides the most updated and comprehensive knowledge crucial for understanding the causes of HABs and synthesizes foundational knowledge with recent discoveries. Written by an expert in algal molecular ecology, this book blends molecular biology, physiology, and ecology to examine how harmful algae thrive on environmental conditions like climate change. After introducing historical ecological models, the book delves into the influencing factors and underlying molecular mechanisms of HABs. It also explores an integrated molecular approach to incorporate energy, nutrients, defenses, and sexual reproduction (ENDs) as a resolution for HAB growth. Harmful Algal Blooms: Environmental Factors and Molecular Mechanisms is an important resource for researchers and students in marine biology and ecology fields, as well as phycological and environmental studies.

Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference

  • 3rd Edition
  • July 1, 2025
  • John T Wixted
  • English
Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference, Third Edition, Four Volume Set is the authoritative resource for scientists and students interested in all facets of learning and memory. This updated edition will include chapters that reflect the rapidly evolving, state-of-the-art of research in this area, from the molecular mechanisms of consolidation and forgetting to the cognitive mechanisms of eyewitness memory. No other reference work comes close to providing such breadth covered in so much depth and thus is a valuable tool for all academics and researchers in the field of neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, neurobiology and neurology.

Entomopathogenic Fungi in Insects

  • 1st Edition
  • July 1, 2025
  • Arash Zibaee + 2 more
  • English
Fungi are among the most widespread microorganisms in insect habitats. They may serve as mutualistic elements in insect physiology (e.g., in digestion) or they may act as infectant agents, weakening or killing the host. This latter feature may be used for microbial pest control. Interactions of Entomopathogenic Fungi with Insects: From Physiological Effects to Applications will cover entomopathogenic fungi, as well as the physiological, immunological, and behavioral responses that they illicit in insects. The book will go on to explore the potential uses of these biopesticides against harmful insects such as parasitoids and disease vectors. Finally, it will cover potential harm to non-target insect populations and how these might be mitigated. Interactions of Entomopathogenic Fungi with Insects: From Physiological Effects to Applications is an interdisciplinary and solution-oriented book that will appeal to academics and professionals who do research or work on the sustainable development of agroecosystems, insect pathology and biocontrol, plant protection, and crop health. Graduate and post-graduate students studying entomology, agriculture, plant science, and ecology, especially those with a focus on sustainability, will also benefit from this work.

Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Sports Medicine and Sports Services

  • 1st Edition
  • July 1, 2025
  • Olfa Boubaker
  • English
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Sports Medicine and Sports Services dives into the science of sports-related injuries, and how robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) work to efficiently reduce procedural errors as well as drastically cut down recovery time. This book explores the growing implementation of AI and robotics in sports medicine, making surgical procedures more minimally invasive, precise, and personalized, resulting in less down time for athletes who have incurred injuries while also increasing the chances for a longer, safer career. Researchers and experts in the areas of mechanical and biomedical engineering, as well as the field of sports science and medicine will find this to be an insightful book.

Recent Advances in Liver Cirrhosis Related Complications

  • 1st Edition
  • July 1, 2025
  • Xingshun Qi + 1 more
  • English
Recent Advances in Liver Cirrhosis Related Complications provides comprehensive coverage of the contemporary management of liver cirrhosis related complications and provide future directions for the field. Content covers epidemiology, diagnosis and risk stratification, and pathophysiology of liver cirrhosis. Contents include coverage of the gut microbiota, ascites, and gastrointestinal bleeding as well as the challenges of hepatic encephalopathy, acute kidney injury, bacterial infections, coagulation abnormality and venous thromboembolism, among others. This is the perfect resource for practicing gastroenterologists and hepatologists as well as family physicians and investigators who are skilled at the management of liver cirrhosis and its complications.