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    • Biochar Application in Soil to Immobilize Heavy Metals

      • 1st Edition
      • November 28, 2023
      • Zhengtao Shen
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Biochar Application in Soil to Immobilize Heavy Metals: Fundamentals and Case Studies covers biochar’s application to soil heavy metal immobilization. The book covers biochar’s effect on soil micro-and macro-properties, assessment of heavy metal stability in biochar-treated soil, and long-term stability of heavy metals in biochar-treated soil. A notable feature of this book includes its extensive use of case studies. Chapters focus on small-scale field trials and medium to large-scale industrial applications of biochar to immobilize soil heavy metals. In addition, the flow of the whole book follows “mechanisms-to-appli... studies,” allowing readers to translate the fundamentals to practical applications.This book provides soil and environmental scientists with the tools they need to build the links between micro-level surface chemistry and macro-level engineering performance.

    • Annual Reports on Computational Chemistry

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 19
      • November 27, 2023
      • David A. Dixon
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Annual Report in Computational Chemistry, Volume 19, the latest release in this highly regarded series, highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.

    • Enantioselective C-C Bond Forming Reactions

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 73
      • November 27, 2023
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Enantioselective C-C Bond Forming Reactions: From Metal Complex-, Organo-, and Bio-catalyzed Perspectives, Volume 73 in the Advances in Catalysis series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as An introduction to Chirality, Metal-catalyzed stereoselective C-C-bond forming reactions, Enantioselective C-C bond forming reactions promoted by organocatalysts based on unnatural amino acid derivatives, Enantioselective C-C bond formation in complex multicatalytic system, Gold-based multicatalytic systems for enantioselective C-C Bond forming reactions, Novel enzymatic tools for C-C bond formation through the development of new-to-nature biocatalysis, and more.

    • Water Resources Systems Planning and Management

      • 2nd Edition
      • Volume 51
      • November 25, 2023
      • Sharad K. Jain + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Water Resources Systems Planning and Management, Second Edition, Volume 51 presents new and updated material, including case studies, examples and important updates on topics such as climate change and integrated water resources management. Authored by two renowned experts in the field of water resources, this text provides an overview of the current status of water resources utilization, the likely scenario of future demands, simulation and techniques of economic analysis, concepts of planning, the planning process, integrated planning, public involvement, reservoir sizing, and finally, systems operation and management. This book presents a comprehensive overview of the field that is relevant for students, professors, scholars, researchers, and consultants in the fields of Water Resources, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Hydrology.

    • Semisynthesis of Bioactive Compounds and their Biological Activities

      • 1st Edition
      • November 25, 2023
      • Sasadhar Majhi + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Semisynthesis of Bioactive Compounds and their Biological Activities explores the potential benefits of semisynthetic derivatives obtained from nature. Sections cover the natural distribution of parent compounds, semisynthesis and biological properties of semisynthetic derivatives, the applications of semisynthetic derivatives in diverse fields such as drug delivery, food production and medicine, an explanation of the current resistance mechanisms of antibiotics, clinical applications of semisynthetic analogues, the functions of plant alkaloids on human health, potential agricultural biotechnology in semisynthetic derivatives, and semisynthesis of natural products under greener conditions, this book provides a comprehensive resource on the topics presented. Sections include information about alternative sources of energy and superior greener technologies (microwave, sonochemistry), alternative reaction media (water, supercritical CO2, ionic liquids) and alternative eco-friendly catalysts (biocatalysts). This book will be an excellent resource for academicians, researchers and students focusing on synthesis as well as the biological community and industry professionals in drug development.

    • Metaheuristics Algorithms for Medical Applications

      • 1st Edition
      • November 24, 2023
      • Mohamed Abdel-Basset + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Metaheuristics Algorithms for Medical Applications: Methods and Applications provides readers with the most complete reference for developing metaheuristics techniques with machine learning for solving biomedical problems. This book is organized to present a stepwise progression beginning with the basics of metaheuristics, leading into methods and practices, and concluding with advanced topics. The first section of this book presents the fundamental concepts of metaheuristics and machine learning and provides a comprehensive taxonomic view of metaheuristics methods according to a variety of criteria such as data type, scope, and method. The second section of this book explains how to apply metaheuristics techniques for solving large-scale biomedical problems, including analysis and validation under different strategies. The final portion of the book focuses on advanced topics in metaheuristics in four different applications. Readers will discover a variety of new methods, approaches, and techniques, as well as a wide range of applications demonstrating key concepts in metaheuristics for biomedical science. This book provides a leading-edge resource for researchers in a variety of scientific fields who are interested in metaheuristics, including mathematics, biomedical engineering, computer science, biological sciences, and clinicians in medical practice.

    • Antidotes to Toxins and Drugs

      • 1st Edition
      • November 24, 2023
      • Mihnea-Alexandru Găman + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Antidotes to Toxins and Drugs: From Natural Sources to Drug Discovery in Toxicology presents recent advances in the discovery of natural antidotes to toxins, drug intoxications and overdoses in pharmacology, drug discovery and toxicology. The text provides detailed information about toxins and their natural antidotes, along with the identification and screening of antidotes for drug intoxications and overdoses. Written by a global team of experts, it describes the potential uses of natural products in toxicology and their applications in medicine and in the pharmaceutical sciences. This book will be a key resource for drug developers, medicinal chemists and toxicologists, among others.Sections shine a particular focus on mechanisms of action, various principles in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics terms, and possible sources and synthesis techniques for these phytochemicals.

    • Practical Design and Applications of Medical Devices

      • 1st Edition
      • November 24, 2023
      • Dilber Uzun Ozsahin + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Practical Design and Applications of Medical Devices focuses on devices which receive and transmit bioelectric signals, such as electrocardiograph, electrodes, blood flow, blood pressure, physiological effects and, in some cases, current flowing through the human body. This thorough guide for researchers and engineers in the field of biomedical and instrumentation engineering presents a streamlined medical strategy for designing these medical devices, sensors, and tools. It also promotes operational efficiency in the healthcare industry, with the goals of improving patient safety, lowering overall healthcare costs, broadening access to healthcare services, and improving accessibility.

    • Advances in Applied Mechanics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 57
      • November 23, 2023
      • Stéphane P.A. Bordas
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Advances in Applied Mechanics, Volume 57 in this ongoing series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.

    • Astrochemical Modeling

      • 1st Edition
      • November 23, 2023
      • Stefano Bovino + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Astrochemical Modelling: Practical Aspects of Microphysics in Numerical Simulations is a comprehensive and detailed guide to dealing with the standard problems that students and researchers face when they need to take into account astrochemistry in their models, including building chemical networks, determining the relevant processes, and understanding the theoretical challenges and the numerical limitations. The book provides chapters covering the theoretical background on the predominant areas of astrochemistry, with each chapter following theoretical background with information on existing databases, step-by-step computational examples with solutions to recurrent problems, and an overview of the different processes and their numerical implementation. Furthermore, a section on case studies provides concrete examples of computational modelling usage for real-world applications and cases where the techniques can be applied is also included.

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