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Rosenberg's Molecular and Genetic Basis of Neurological and Psychiatric Disease, Seventh Edition

  • 7th Edition
  • Volume 2
  • September 13, 2024
  • Roger N. Rosenberg + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
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Rosenberg’s Molecular and Genetic Basis of Neurologic and Psychiatric Disease, Seventh Edition provides a comprehensive introduction and reference to the foundations and practical aspects relevant to the majority of neurologic and psychiatric disease. This updated volume focuses on degenerative disorders, movement disorders, neuro-oncology, neurocutaneous disorders, epilepsy, white matter diseases, neuropathies and neuronopathies, muscle and neuromuscular junction disorders, stroke, psychiatric disease, and a neurologic gene map. This volume includes new chapters on Von Hippel-Lindau disease, antisocial and violent behavior and Autism. A favorite of over four generations of students, clinicians and scholars, this new edition retains and expands on the informative, concise and critical tone of the previous edition. This is an essential reference for general medical practitioners, neurologists, psychiatrists, geneticists, related professionals, and for the neuroscience and neurology research community at large.

Metabolomics of Bladder Cancer

  • 1st Edition
  • September 13, 2024
  • Vishwajeet Singh + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Metabolomics of Bladder Cancer: An Emerging Application offers insights into the latest research methodologies and potential therapeutic applications. The book examines how applied research on the discovery of metabolomic biomarkers with prognostic and predictive value is needed to stratify patients into different risk groups, minimizing overtreatment and the risk of drug resistance development. In eight chapters, the book gives an in-depth analysis of recent findings in both fundamental and applied research, with a focus on the metabolomics approach and its potential for identifying major metabolic pathways that characterize various diseases and physiological states.It intuitively leads from the discovery of biomarkers for bladder cancer, to the metabolisms of glutamine and fatty acids and finalizes with a chapter on the metabolic effect of cancer therapy. Overall, this book is a comprehensive and insightful resource for researchers, clinicians, and academic professionals interested in the latest developments in bladder cancer research.

Self-powered Sensors

  • 1st Edition
  • September 4, 2024
  • Rajesh Kumar Dhanaraj + 4 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Self-powered Sensors: A Path to Wearable Electronics features recent developments in chemical, photonic, pharmaceutical, microbiological, biomimetic, and bio-inspired approaches for MEMS/NEMS and medicinal self-powered sensors. Unconventional nanomaterial sensors driven by self-sufficient energy are given a contemporary review, with a focus on the categorization of energy sources and comparisons of research involving self-powered solar, piezoresistive, triboelectric, and thermodynamic technologies. This book also focuses on the different techniques, materials, comparisons of fabrication of self-powered sensors as well as thermoelectric self-powered sensors and its implantable applications.

Biomechatronics

  • 2nd Edition
  • September 4, 2024
  • Marko B. Popovic
  • English
  • Paperback
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Biomechatronics is rapidly becoming one of the most influential and innovative research directions defining the 21st century. The second edition Biomechatronics provides a complete and up-to-date account of this advanced subject at the university textbook level. This new edition introduces two new chapters – Animals Biomechatronics and Plants Biomechatronics – highlighting the importance of the rapidly growing world population and associated challenges with food production. Each chapter is co-authored by top experts led by Professor Marko B. Popovic, researcher and educator at the forefront of advancements in this fascinating field. Starting with an introduction to the historical background of Biomechatronics, this book covers recent breakthroughs in artificial organs and tissues, prosthetic limbs, neural interfaces, orthotic systems, wearable systems for physical augmentation, physical therapy and rehabilitation, robotic surgery, natural and synthetic actuators, sensors, and control systems. A number of practice prompts and solutions are provided at the end of the book. The second edition of Biomechatronics is a result of dedicated work of a team of more than 30 contributors from all across the globe including top researchers and educators in the United States (Popovic, Lamkin-Kennard, Herr, Sinyukov, Troy, Goodworth, Johnson, Kaipa, Onal, Bowers, Djuric, Fischer, Ji, Jovanovic, Luo, Padir, Tetreault), Japan (Tashiro, Iraminda, Ohta, Terasawa), Sweden (Boyraz), Turkey (Arslan, Karabulut, Ortes), Germany (Beckerle and Wiliwacher), New Zealand (Liarokapis), Switzerland (Dobrev), and Serbia (Lazarevic).

Forest Fungi

  • 1st Edition
  • September 4, 2024
  • Ahmed M. Abdel Azeem + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Forest Fungi: Biodiversity, Conservation, Mycoforestry and Biotechnology explores sustainable option aspects of forest fungal research, from the selection of hosting plants, isolation, identification, fermentation, identification of secondary metabolites, omics-tools for better understanding the plant–fungus Interactions. Forests are the world’s greatest repository of terrestrial biomass, soil carbon and biodiversity. They provide a variety of provisioning, supporting, regulatory and cultural ecosystem services, which are crucial for the survival of human beings. Fungi play key roles in forest ecosystems as mutualists, saprobes and pathogens.

Exploring Plant Peptide Potentials

  • 1st Edition
  • September 1, 2024
  • Abhijit Sarkar + 3 more
  • English
  • eBook
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Exploring Plant Peptide Potentials: A Comprehensive Guide is a complete overview of the latest research focused around the emerging and multidisciplinary values of these functional biomolecules. Providing insights into their origin, discovery, application and potential, the book places multiple facets together to improve understanding and inspire further research. The book will guide those working in the areas of plant biochemistry and physiology, as well as those seeking to develop new food and pharmaceutical products.Peptides not only play an essential role in the evolution and survival of plants but are also important for their role in health-promoting supplements and medicines. Written by experts from the specific disciplines, this book reviews these nano-molecules which regulate plant growth, development, and defense; as well as imparting substantial commercial importance as herbal pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals. The book covers the array of fundamental and application-oriented knowledge relating to this important functional plant bio-molecule.

The Immunology of the Cat

  • 1st Edition
  • September 1, 2024
  • Ian R Tizard
  • English
  • Paperback
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The Immunology of the Cat makes available the first single-source, comprehensive review of the feline immune system, reporting on all immunologic aspects of diseases of the cat and its relatives and relating recent basic science to important clinical issues. The book opens with the evolution, domestication, and development of the cat then provides detailed information on immunity to infectious diseases, feline allergic diseases, the top feline autoimmune diseases, and feline immunodeficiencies. Content examines feline vaccines, hypersensitivity, cancer, nutrition, and the aged cat. Professionals in veterinary research and practice will appreciate complete information on all aspects of feline immunology in one essential resource.

Special Volume on Kogia Biology Part 2

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 99
  • September 1, 2024
  • Stephanie Plön
  • English
  • Hardback
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Special Volume on Kogia Biology, Part Two, Volume 99 presents reviews on all aspects of marine biology. Published since 1963, this serial updates on marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology and biological oceanography. Topics include Stranding data of Kogia spp. from the seas around Japan, The biology of pygmy sperm whales (Kogia breviceps) from New Zealand waters, Age, growth and reproduction of pygmy (Kogia breviceps) and dwarf (K. sima) sperm whales stranded in South Africa, The fast lane revisited: life history strategy of Kogia spp, and Stomach content analysis of pygmy and dwarf sperm whales and its ecological implications: is there niche partitioning?

Mononuclear Non-heme Iron Dependent Enzymes

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 703
  • September 1, 2024
  • Anna Maria Pyle + 2 more
  • English
  • Hardback
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Mononuclear Non-heme Iron Dependent Enzymes, Volume 703 focuses on methods for studying, characterizing, and leveraging the chemistry of mononuclear non-heme iron dependent enzymes. Chapters in this new release include Photoreduction for Rieske oxygenase chemistry, Insights into the Mechanisms of Rieske Oxygenases from Studying the Unproductive Activation of Dioxygen, Non-heme iron and 2-oxoglutarate enzymes catalyze cyclopropane and azacyclopropane formations, Obtaining precise metrics of substrate positioning in Fe(II)/2OG dependent enzymes using Hyperfine Sublevel Correlation Spectroscopy, Xe-pressurization studies for revealing substrate-entrance tunnels, and much more. Additional chapters cover A tale of two dehydrogenases involved in NADH recycling, Rieske oxygenases and/or their partner reductase proteins, Expression, assay and inhibition of 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (NCED) from Solanum lycopersicum and Zea mays, Biocatalysis and non-heme iron enzymes, In vitro analysis of the three-component Rieske oxygenase cumene dioxygenase from Pseudomonas fluorescens IP01, Structure and function of carbazole 1,9a-dioxygenase, Characterization of a Mononuclear Nonheme Iron-dependent Mono-oxygenase OzmD in Oxazinomycin Biosynthesis, and much more.

Ectoparasitic Diseases

  • 1st Edition
  • August 31, 2024
  • English
  • Paperback
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Ectoparasitic Diseases provides information on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of ectoparasitic conditions caused by arthropods of medical importance. The book discusses the manner in which arthropod ectoparasites threaten human health by bodily infestations, covering specific ectoparasites and the vector-borne infectious diseases transmitted by each. Chapters offer definitions, epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical manifestations, therapeutic treatments, and preventive measures. In addition, the book examines the public health, socioeconomic, and psychological impact from ectoparasitic infections.This book offers comprehensive coverage to researchers, practitioners, and advanced students studying ectoparasitic vector-borne diseases.

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