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  • Roles of Osmolytes in Changing Environment

    • 1st Edition
    • Azamal Husen
    • English
    Roles of Osmolytes in Changing Environment is the only available comprehensive coverage of the recent advances in our understanding on how plants coordinate with different osmolytes, and their role in improving the tolerance of plants under stress conditions. Including insights of their effect against cold, heat, UV, submergence, wounding, extremes of temperature, drought, salinity, high metal concentrations, water logging, pollution, and nutrient deficiency stress, the book also explains the role of various osmolytes against phytopathogenic viruses, bacteria, fungi, algae, nematodes, and insects. Understanding the significance of different osmolytes for sustainable plant growth and production under diverse stress situations is increasingly important for both crop and non-crop plants. This volume presents the latest research and inspires further research toward osmolyte use in developing stress tolerance in plants. Roles of Osmolytes in Changing Environment is a valuable resource for scientists, researchers and advanced level students working in plant biology, plant physiology, plant stress physiology, plant biochemistry, botanical or crop sciences, environmental sciences, and ecological sciences.

  • Edge Intelligence in Cyber-Physical Systems

    Foundations and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Wei Yu
    • English
    Edge Intelligence in Cyber-Physical Systems: Foundations and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of best practices for building edge intelligence into cyber-physical systems. This book covers the foundations and applications of synergizing machine learning at the edge of CPS, leveraging an edge computing infrastructure. Divided into four parts, the first section of the book reviews the foundations, principles, and representative application domains of CPS. The second part covers machine learning, edge computing, and their needs in CPS, defining edge intelligence and its principles, challenges, and research directions. The third part presents tutorials and foundational research works on realizing edge intelligence in representative CPS. The fourth part explores the problem space of threats and countermeasures in building edge intelligence into CPS. Researchers, graduate students and professionals in computer science, data science, and electrical engineering will find this to be a valuable resource on the principles and applications of edge intelligence in cyber-physical systems as well as the development of interdisciplinary techniques to advance the field.

  • Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) Systems Architecture and Design

    • 2nd Edition
    • Wim Rouwet
    • English
    Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) Systems Architecture and Design, 2nd edition, gives a jump start to engineers developing O-RAN hardware and software systems, providing a top-down approach to O-RAN systems design from an author with a silicon, software, and system background. It gives an introduction into why wireless systems look the way they do today before introducing relevant O-RAN and 3GPP standards. The remainder of the book discusses hardware and software aspects of O-RAN system design, including dimensioning and performance targets, and some practical use case examples that include 5G advanced topics. This edition includes comprehensive updates in key areas such as postquantum security and radio unit design. Additionally, it addresses emerging 5G advanced topics, including Industrial & URLLC, nonterrestrial networking, the role of artificial intelligence, 5G reduced capabilities for IoT, and self-organizing networks.

  • Veterinary Toxicology

    Basic and Clinical Principles
    • 4th Edition
    • Ramesh C. Gupta
    • English
    Veterinary Toxicology: Basic and Clinical Principles, Fourth Edition is a unique single reference that provides a comprehensive overview on the basic principles of veterinary toxicology to any student at the DVM, MS, or PhD level while also continuing to serve as a clinical reference for practitioners. The book thoroughly updates toxicologists and advanced students on the newest approaches for diagnosing poisoning cases in all animals from chemicals, plants, and accidental or malicious intents. Many chapters are provided on topics not covered in any previous books, such as target organ toxicity, radiation and radioactive materials, FDA regulatory issues, and ethics in veterinary toxicology.Completel... revised and updated to include the most recent developments in the field animal toxins, toxicokinetics mechanism of action, toxicity, and treatment, this book is an essential resource for researchers, practicing veterinary toxicologists, advanced students in toxicology, poison control centers, as well as environmentalists, marine biologists, and animal scientists.

  • Patient Safety and Health Care Quality in Vulnerable Hospitalised Populations

    • 1st Edition
    • Theresa A. Mikhailov
    • English
    Patient Safety and Health Care Quality in Vulnerable Hospitalised Populations consolidates existing knowledge and research on patient safety and healthcare quality within vulnerable populations. It provides a comprehensive reference work, offering invaluable insights into this critical area. While information on related topics is scattered across various medical journals, this book bridges the accessibility gap by bringing this knowledge together in one authoritative volume. With a specific focus on hospitalized children and elderly adults, the book tackles a global issue that is particularly relevant in low-resource settings.In addition, it endeavors to address the unique challenges confronted by these populations, equipping stakeholders with vital information and strategies to better serve them. By exploring patient safety and healthcare quality, users will find this to be an invaluable resource that will shape the future of care provision for vulnerable populations.

  • Molecular Medicine and Biomedical Research in the Era of Precision Medicine

    New Technologies and Personalized Drug Therapies for Patient Care
    • 1st Edition
    • Ranbir Chander Sobti + 4 more
    • English
    Molecular Medicine and Biomedical Research in the Era of Precision Medicine: New Technologies and Personalized Drug Therapies for Patient Care provides researchers with an extensive overview of recent advances in molecular biology impacting the development of targeted therapies. The book delivers insights into the pathobiological and pathogenetic mechanisms of various diseases, providing a detailed study of the latest personalized interventions to be implemented across such conditions. It covers a range of technologies, including RNA-sequencing, AI, Machine Learning, gene therapy, omics and nanotechnology, delving into their clinical applications across various diseases.The book also tackles targeted treatments of different disease types, including acute, chronic, infectious and noncommunicable diseases. Future perspectives are also covered, providing an in-depth study across molecular medicine, drug discovery and delivery, disease diagnosis and prevention, and therapeutic interventions, and acting as an invaluable interdisciplinary reference for researchers across the biomedical sciences.

  • Biocatalysis

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 714
    • English
    Biocatalysis, Volume 714 provides a wide range of themes dealing with the identification and application of biocatalysts. This includes various formats such as whole-cell or cell-free biocatalysis as well as immobilized variants. Specific chapters in this new release include Biocatalysis: How to select the proper mode of application, Documentation in biocatalysis and data handling, Mining metagenomes from extremophiles as resource for novel glycoside hydrolases for industrial applications, Functional Metaproteomics, Sequence-function relation for the prediction of enzyme properties: A case study on flavin-dependent oxidases, P450 monooxygenase in whole-cell format, and more.Additional sections cover Regio- and Stereospecific oxidation based on di-iron monooxygenases producing whole cells, Recombinant enzyme expression and targeted mutagenesis in Aromatoleum species, C.necator as a model organism for CO2-based biotechnology, Cupriavidus in whole-cell biocatalysis, Whole-cell biocatalysis with Myxobacteria, Streptomyces for natural product formation: Targeted mutagenesis in PKS, Reductive Amination: Methods for cell-free and whole-cell biocatalysis, Challenges and good practices on transaminase-catalys... synthesis of optically pure amines, W-enzymes in biocatalysis: Chances and difficulties for the user, Atroposelective biocatalysis employing ADHs, Applications of alcohol oxidases, and much more.

  • Ultra Widefield Imaging of the Retina

    • 1st Edition
    • Maria Vittoria Cicinelli + 1 more
    • English
    Ultra Widefield Imaging of the Retina covers basic anatomy and physiology of the retina, providing the technical aspects of ultra widefield retinal imaging that give readers a strong grounding in the discipline’s central tenets. The book provides a comprehensive view of the peripheral retina, enabling better detection of pathology and more accurate assessment of disease progression. It fills the knowledge gap among healthcare professionals with regard to principles, procedural aspects, and clinical applications of these innovations. In essence, anyone seeking in-depth information on imaging and the treatment of vascular chorioretinal disorders, inflammatory disorders, and chorioretinal tumors will find it here.New imaging modalities, improved image quality, and enhanced analysis techniques have proven valuable tools in the diagnosis and management of retinal diseases, hence this book will serve as a resource for clinicians and researchers to stay up-to-date in this rapidly evolving field.

  • Handbook of Milk Production, Quality and Nutrition

    • 1st Edition
    • Tanmoy Rana
    • English
    Handbook of Milk Production, Quality and Nutrition emphasizes new applications to promote healthy milk production, processing, and product development in the milk industry, highlighting the role clean milk has in the prevention of health and disease. Sections cover the general aspects of milk production and its environmental impact on animal health, explain milk’s global nutritional appeal and its role as a source of both macro and micronutrients for human health, address issues of lactose intolerance and how this ailment is perceived globally, and discuss milk’s relevance on bone, ocular, and gut health.Finally, the book brings awareness to milk’s microbial pathogens, toxins, and heavy metals, and health concerns, while also updating on regulatory health and nutrition claims and recent legislative developments.

  • Introduction to Digital Human Modeling

    • 1st Edition
    • Yujiang Xiang + 1 more
    • English
    Introduction to Digital Human Modeling bridges the gap in current literature by providing a comprehensive resource on digital human modeling for beginners and researchers. The content includes step-by-step procedures for building a digital human model, fundamental human kinematics and dynamics, advanced topics such as motion prediction and injury prevention, and industrial applications. The book covers theoretical concepts and experimental validation, including human anatomy, degrees of freedom, skeletal and musculoskeletal modeling, equations of motion, reach envelopes, lifting prediction, muscle fatigue model, and injury analysis. It teaches readers how to build simulation-based human models, set up equations of motion, analyze human biomechanics, and utilize simulations and experiments to study worker injuries. Furthermore, the book introduces both fundamental and advanced digital human modeling methods and optimization techniques aimed at improving performance and preventing injuries in manual material handling, as well as addressing lifting and gait biomechanics and ergonomics.

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