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  • Advances in Cardiovascular Technology

    New Devices and Concepts
    • 1st Edition
    • Jamshid Karimov + 2 more
    • English
    Advances in Cardiovascular Technology: New Devices and Concepts is a comprehensive reference for cardiovascular devices of all types. For engineers, this book provides a basic understanding of underlying pathologies and their prevalence/incidence... It also covers what devices are available, how they are clinically used, and their impact on pathophysiology. In addition, the book presents the constraints imposed on device design and manufacture by the environment in which it is used (e.g., exposure to tissues within the body, blood in particular) and the primary requirements for each specific type of device, including its durability and resistance to fatigue. For clinicians, this book contains information on primary engineering challenges, the types of devices available, their advantages and disadvantages, and the (current and emerging) tools and materials available to device designers.

  • 3D Printing

    A Revolutionary Process for Industry Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Richard Sheng
    • English
    3D Printing: A Revolutionary Process for Industry Applications examines how some companies have already adopted 3D printing, gives guidance on critical areas such as manufacturing supply, and traces the lifecycle of 3D printing as well as cost drivers and influences. The author leverages his experience in leading engineering firms to bring together an industry-by-industry guide to the potentials of 3D printing for large-scale manufacturing and engineering. The book provides all the skills and insights that a Chief Engineer would need to address complex manufacturing problems in the real-world using 3D printing technology. As 3D printing is a rapidly growing area with the potential to transform industries, the potential for large-scale adoption involves complex systems crossing engineering disciplines. In order to use 3D printing to solve manufacturing problems in this context, an array of expertise and knowledge about technology, suppliers, the uses of 3D printing by industry, 3D printing lifecycle and cost drivers must be assembled. This book accomplishes that by introducing 3D printing technology with specific references to 18 industry sectors.

  • Biology of Mycobacterial Lipids

    • 1st Edition
    • Zeeshan Fatima + 1 more
    • English
    Biology of Mycobacterial Lipids covers various topics pertaining to the advancements and current research in the field of mycobacterial lipids, and on the significant progress in lipidomics, in recent times. The chapters present comprehensive, yet systematic cutting-edge research, comprising mycobacterial lipid terminologies, classifications, biosynthetic pathways, tools and techniques, and functional burgeoning. This unique reference book has contributions from pioneer researchers, experts, and eminent veterans from around the globe. It covers ground-breaking work that will bridge the gap between understanding biochemical patterns related to virulence, pathogenesis, and resistance and elucidating new targets for drug design, identifying biomarkers for predicting risk, early diagnosis, and therapeutic outcome.

  • Biomedical Sensors and Smart Sensing

    A Beginner's Guide
    • 1st Edition
    • Ayan Kumar Panja + 2 more
    • English
    Biomedical Sensors and Smart Sensing: A Beginner’s Guide, a book in the 10-volume Primers in Biomedical Imaging Devices and Systems series, covers a wide range of interdisciplinary applications in imaging modalities, nuclear medicine, computed tomographic systems, x-ray systems, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, and virtual reality. The series explores the essential fundamental techniques required to analyze and process signals and images for diagnosis, scientific discovery and medical applications. Volumes in this series cover a wide range of interdisciplinary areas, combining foundational content with practical case studies to demonstrate the applications of these technologies in real-world situations. In addition, the 10-volume series considers various medical devices, electronics, circuits, sensors and algorithms. Several applications ranging from basic biological science to clinical practice are included to facilitate ongoing research.

  • New Targets for the Treatment of Hypertension and Associated Diseases

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 94
    • English
    New Targets for the Treatment of Hypertension and Associated Diseases, Volume 94 in the Advances in Pharmacology serial, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on Cytochrome P450, 20-hydroxyeicosatetr... acid and GPR75 pathway in hypertension, Treatment of hypertension with soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitors, Effects of allosteric modifiers of adenosine receptors in the heart, Orally active epoxyeicosatrienoic acid analogs in hypertension and renal injury, Drugs affecting the nitric oxide- cyclic GMP pathway in hypertension, Relaxin-2 and Serelaxin in renal and cardiac dysfunction in hypertension, and more.

  • New Insights on the Development of the Vascular System

    • 1st Edition
    • Domenico Ribatti
    • English
    New Insights on the Development of the Vascular System examines the most recent literature and data on the development of the vascular system, along with advice on new laboratory techniques and approaches to data analysis. This volume is a comprehensive handbook to the state-of-the-art in vascular system development. Several genetic and epigenetic mechanisms are involved in the early development of the vascular system, and there is extensive literature on the genetic background and molecular mechanisms responsible for blood vessel formation. Yet new data and techniques have been developed in recent years. Although scientific literature covers the descriptive aspects of embryonic vascular system development, modern techniques such as the technology of cell fusion, cell sorting and image analysis give new insight into the mechanisms by which vessels form and regress and how blood flow changes directions in the same vessels.

  • Advances in Food and Nutrition Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 100
    • Fidel Toldra
    • English
    Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Volume 100 provides the latest advances on emerging bioactive compounds with putative health benefits and their controlled release and application in foods and nutraceuticals, as well as up-to-date information on recent developments in food technology, including 3D printing, safety of raw materials and viruses in foods, and new low energy food processing.

  • Advances in Clinical Chemistry

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 108
    • Gregory S. Makowski
    • English
    Advances in Clinical Chemistry, Volume 108, the latest installment in this internationally acclaimed series, contains chapters authored by world-renowned clinical laboratory scientists, physicians and research scientists. The serial discusses the latest and most up-to-date technologies related to the field of clinical chemistry, with this new release focusing on Nephrinuria and podocytopathies, Extracellular vesicles in respiratory disease, Diabetes and cognitive decline, Testosterone analysis in prostate cancer, Mono/polyclonal free light chains as challenging biomarkers for immunological abnormalities, and more.

  • Food Proteomics

    Technological Advances, Current Applications and Future Perspectives
    • 1st Edition
    • Maria Lopez Pedrouso + 2 more
    • English
    Food Proteomics: Technological Advances, Current Applications and Future Perspectives addresses many of the food proteomic issues in the industry today. Food proteomics continues to be an emerging field, becoming increasingly important in product innovation, food safety, food quality and health. The book is divided into sections describing the role of proteomics in the field of food science, conceptual background methodological aspects, and bioinformatic tools employed in the field. The book describes proteomic studies collected from the most relevant animal and vegetables species in food production and discusses important food challenges from a proteomic point-of-view. This is an essential and practical reference that provides analytical tools to help introduce technical innovations in the food industry with the latest scientific information useful and accessible to new researchers in the field as well as advanced.

  • Loneliness in Older Adults

    Effects, Prevention, and Treatment
    • 1st Edition
    • Luis Miguel Rondon Garcia
    • English
    Loneliness in Older Adults: Effects, Prevention, and Treatment analyzes loneliness as a complex phenomenon, taking into account the most recent contributions from neuroscience, psychology, medicine and sociology. This volume describes this phenomenon from an interdisciplinary point of view, with special emphasis on older people from a plural and heterogeneous perspective: older people in general, older immigrants, older women, older LGTBI, etc. Faced with the impact of this emerging issue, this book provides a comprehensive knowledge of loneliness, contributing scientific knowledge to the practice of evidence. Tools are also provided for professionals, providing intervention protocols with debates and proposals, and effective digital resources to combat it. Tables, images, and tools guide students, academics, and professionals step-by-step in solving the cases raised, through an integrated practice. There is no work that develops this theme from such a plural and pragmatic perspective, covering all the dimensions of loneliness in each of the thematic axes: psychological, neurological, social, and health. Readers are provided feedback for all the knowledge for a comprehensive scientific knowledge based on evidence and given the necessary instrumental skills related to being social and the functioning of our brain. This book is aimed at a very plural audience of researchers, academics and professionals in the social and behavioral sciences including psychologists, sociologists, social workers, anthropologists, and also professionals in the health sciences, among others.

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