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  • Extracellular Vesicles: Advances and Perspectives in Treatments, Therapies, and Vaccination

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 96
    • English
    Extracellular Vesicles: Advances and Perspectives in Treatments, Therapies, and Vaccination, Volume 96 explores the field of extracellular vesicles (EVs) and their potential applications in treatments, therapies, and vaccination. Covering a broad range of topics from EV-based biomarker detection to vaccine development and theranostic applications, this new release in the series includes chapters on Extracellular Vesicles: Advances in Treatments, Therapies, and Vaccination, Extracellular Vesicles: Advances in Therapies and Vaccination in virus, Products of excretion-secretion and extracellular vesicles derived from zoonotic helminths: a two-face response, and more.Additional sections cover Extracellular Vesicles in Fungal Pathogenesis: Mechanisms and Implications, Extracellular vesicle-based vaccines: a promising approach for parasitic diseases, Extracellular Vesicles as Vaccines Against Infectious Diseases, EVs and images, Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles: Potential and Applications in Next-Generation Vaccines, Theranostic application of extracellular vesicles in breast cancer, and much more.

  • Advances in Heat Transfer

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 60
    • English
    Advances in Heat Transfer, Volume 60 presents the latest in a serial that highlights new advances in the field, with this updated volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Sample chapters in this new release include A Thermal Performance Improvement Study on a Novel Heat Sink Design and Innovative thermal management solutions for high-performance electronics: Advanced simulation techniques and practical applications.

  • Non-Bovine Milk-Derived Bioactive Peptides

    Production, Characterization, and Biofunctionalities
    • 1st Edition
    • Subrota Hati + 1 more
    • English
    Non-Bovine Milk Derived Bioactive Peptides: Production, Characterization, and Biofunctionalities provides an overview of the diverse biological effects of these compounds, particularly focusing on their health promoting effects, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes prevention, along with their antimicrobial and anti-oxidative properties. Novel mechanisms of action responsible for the bioactivity of non-bovine milks are also proposed. Written and edited by a global team of experts, this resource is ideal for researchers and academics in the fields of dairy science, nutrition, food and beverage science.In addition, this book will also be of interest to those working in the dairy food industry, particularly in research and product development.

  • Medical Devices in Modern Healthcare

    Current Research on New Materials and Engineering, Device Evaluation and Regulatory Implications
    • 1st Edition
    • Sougata Jana + 1 more
    • English
    Medical Devices in Modern Healthcare: Current Research on New Materials and Engineering, Device Evaluation and Regulatory Implications provides a comprehensive approach to existing and future technological developments in medical devices and their role in biomedical engineering. In particular, the book looks at the fabrication/manufact... of medical devices across a wide range of device sectors. Importantly, regulatory perspectives and implications are considered in detail.

  • Dietary, Sensory and Gastronomic Applications

    Exploring Unconventional Food Sources Volume 2
    • 1st Edition
    • Tanmay Sarkar + 1 more
    • English
    Dietary, Sensory and Gastronomic Applications: Exploring Unconventional Food Sources Volume 2, showcases how untapped food sources can be harnessed for product development. Highlighting dietary enrichment, heightened sensory experiences, and enhanced functional attributes, this book provides insights into innovative plant-based ingredient solutions for those wanting to take their products to the next level to meet myriad dietary needs in a sustainable way. Dietary, Sensory and Gastronomic Applications: Exploring Unconventional Food Sources Volume 2, takes a deep dive into exploring microbes for food production and consumption and looks at the challenges and opportunities for product shelf-life extension, texture modification, sugar substitutions and natural pigmentation enhancement. It also explores novel texturizers, emulsifiers and surfactants, and acidulants and pH regulators to achieve enhanced sensory characteristics such as mouthfeel, flavor balance and umami. The book concludes with innovations in edible packaging, the use of functional and designer lipids for the food industry and how to navigate the challenges around these new culinary innovations. A complementary volume highlighting the health, nutrition and sustainability of unconventional foods and how they can diversify diets and enhance future meals is also available.

  • Agricultural Insights from Space

    Machine Learning Applications in Satellite Data Analysis
    • 1st Edition
    • Dharmendra Singh + 2 more
    • English
    Agricultural Insights from Space offers a comprehensive exploration of how geospatial technology and machine learning are transforming modern agriculture. From satellite data acquisition and soil mapping to crop classification, yield prediction, and irrigation optimization, this volume presents cutting-edge methods for advancing precision and sustainable farming.Key chapters highlight the integration of spatial data with AI to monitor crop health, track pest and disease outbreaks, manage livestock, and map agroforestry systems. The use of climate data and deep learning models illustrates how these innovations strengthen resilience and support informed decision-making in the face of environmental challenges.Through detailed methodologies and real-world case studies, including applications of Lagrange polynomials, deep learning ensembles, and synthetic data generation, the book showcases practical solutions that bridge research and implementation.Wheth... applied in academic research, fieldwork, or technology development, Agricultural Insights from Space offers a multidisciplinary foundation for tackling complex agricultural challenges. It empowers readers to harness emerging technologies not just to improve efficiency, but to reshape agricultural systems for long-term sustainability and impact.

  • Dissipative Particle Dynamics

    Fundamentals and Applications in Soft Matter Science and Engineering
    • 1st Edition
    • Alexander V. Neimark + 1 more
    • English
    Dissipative Particle Dynamics: Fundamentals and Applications in Soft Matter Science and Engineering comprehensively presents the fundamentals of dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) theoretical formulations and computational strategies, providing practical guidance on the application of DPD models to various colloidal and interfacial phenomena involving phase separations, self-assembly and transport in complex fluids, polymeric, surfactant, nanoparticle, and biological systems. In addition, the book contains instructive advice on efficient implementation of the DPD models in open-source computational packages. Since the introduction of the principles of DPD methodology, multiple efforts have been made to improve the computational basis of DPD, and to devise advanced versions and modifications. There are numerous research papers on this topic, but no books until now. Readers will find this to be a comprehensive reference source of multifaceted, interdisciplinary applications that provides practical guidance for efficient computational implementation.

  • Viral Proteases

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 58
    • English
    Viral Proteases, Volume 58 in The Enzymes series, presents a comprehensive overview of recent advances in the structural and functional understanding of viral proteases and their potential as drug targets. This new volume includes chapters covering a wide range of topics, including Viral proteases as targets for antiviral drugs, Structural biology of viral proteases, Computational approaches for designing viral protease inhibitors, The peptidomimetic approach for the design of viral protease inhibitors, HIV protease and its inhibition, and much more.Additional sections cover Hepatitis C virus (HCV) proteases: structure, function and inhibition strategies, Coronaviruses main proteases and their inhibitors, Coronaviruses papain-like proteases, Flaviviruses proteases (Zika, West Nile, Dengue), Bacteriophage endolysins, and Challenges for developing selective viral protease inhibitors as anti-infectives.

  • Advances in Marine Biology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 102
    • English
    Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 102 in the Advances in Marine Biology series, the latest release in this long-standing serial, presents cutting-edge developments in marine biology with a focus on diverse themes influencing ocean ecosystems. This volume features chapters on highly informative topics such as The Inclusion of habitat quality into fisheries models, The urgent need to better define, quantify and identify the drivers of "water quality" on tropical coral reefs (opinion article), Indigenous knowledge and marine systems, and Sensory perception in marine larvae.

  • Starchy Crops Waste Valorization

    Recovery and Treatment
    • 1st Edition
    • Marney Pascoli Cereda + 1 more
    • English
    Starchy Crops Waste Valorization: Recovery and Treatment, the fifth volume in the Underground Starchy Crops of South American Origin series, provides information on the applied level of producing and using starch from a range of plants grown in tropical and subtropical areas with South American origin. The book presents collecting information about products that are generally considered as waste and can therefore cause serious pollution problems in starch-processing industries. Edited by experts with a solid background in starch extraction research, the books in this series are aimed at anyone involved in research and development, new technology processes, quality control, and legislation. The Underground Starchy Crops of South American Origin book series brings information on the applied level of producing and using starch from a range of plants grown in tropical and subtropical areas that have South American origin. As the final volume in the series, Starchy Crops Waste Valorization: Recovery and Treatment enables stakeholders to valorize waste by transforming it into by-products that can reach the market and reduce processing costs. It also explains how to reduce or eliminate problems of environmental contamination. Residues covered are of two types: crop residues and industrial residues.

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