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  • Primary Biliary Cholangitis, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 26-4
    • Binu V. John
    • English
    In this issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, guest editor Dr. John V. Binu brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Primary Biliary Cholangitis. PBC leads to inflammation and scarring of the small bile ducts, and, if untreated, can lead to cirrhosis and liver failure. In this issue, top experts provide a state-of-the-art review of diagnosis and treatment for this chronic, progressive liver disorder.

  • Smart Polymer Nanocomposites

    Design, Synthesis, Functionalization, Properties, and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Nisar Ali + 4 more
    • English
    Smart Polymer Nanocomposites: Design, Synthesis, Functionalization, Properties, and Applications brings together the latest research on synthetic methods and surface functionalization of polymers and polymer composites for advanced applications. Sections cover the basic principles of advanced polymer nanocomposites, including morphology, materials, characterization, and copolymerization, provide in-depth coverage of synthetic methods, facilitating the preparation of polymeric nanoparticles with the required properties, examine the morphologies of polymer nanocomposites and stimuli-responsive surfaces, and focus on cutting-edge approaches to tailoring polymeric nanocomposites according to the requirements. The book's final chapters focus on smart polymer nanocomposites for specific advanced applications, including high-temperature environments, bone tissue regeneration, biomedicine, wastewater treatment, dielectric and energy storage, chiral separation, food packaging, sensing, and drug delivery. This is a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students in polymer science, composite science, nanotechnology, and materials science, as well as those approaching the area from a range of other disciplines, including industry R&D.

  • Water Resource Modeling and Computational Technologies

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 7
    • Mohammad Zakwan + 3 more
    • English
    Water Resource Modeling and Computational Technologies, Seventh Edition provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the applications that computational techniques have in various sectors of water resource engineering. The book explores applications of recent modeling and computational techniques in various sectors of water resource engineering, including hydroinformatics, irrigation engineering, climate change, hydrologic forecasting, floods, droughts, image processing, GIS, water quality, aquifer mapping, basin scale modeling, computational fluid dynamics, numerical modeling of surges and groundwater flow, river engineering, optimal reservoir operation, multipurpose projects, and water resource management. As such, this is a must read for hydrologists, civil engineers and water resource managers.

  • ExpertDDx: Abdomen and Pelvis

    • 3rd Edition
    • Atif Zaheer + 3 more
    • English
    Highly practical and user-friendly, ExpertDDx: Abdomen and Pelvis, third edition, helps you reach accurate, clinically useful differential diagnoses in your everyday practice. It presents the most useful differential diagnoses for each region of the abdomen and pelvis, grouped according to anatomic location, generic imaging findings, modality-specific findings, or clinical-based indications. Each differential diagnosis includes several high-quality, succinctly annotated images; a list of diagnostic possibilities sorted as common, less common, and rare but important; and brief, bulleted text offering helpful diagnostic clues. It’s an excellent resource for subspecialty abdominal imagers as well as general radiologists and trainees, providing invaluable assistance in reaching logical, on-target differential diagnoses based on key imaging findings and clinical details.

  • Esophageal Cancer, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 32-4
    • Jonathan Yeung + 1 more
    • English
    In this issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, guest editors Drs. Jonathan Yeung and Elena Elimova bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Esophageal Cancer. Nearly 20,000 new cases of esophageal cancer are diagnosed each year in the U.S. alone. In this issue, top experts provide a timely update of this perennially important topic with coverage of pathology, genetics, staging, adjuvant therapies, and surgical management, as well as two special articles on controversies in esophageal cancer.

  • Environmental Issues and Allergy, An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 42-4
    • Jill A. Poole
    • English
    In this issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics, guest editor Jill A. Poole brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Environmental Issues and Allergy.

  • Animal Hospice and Palliative Medicine for the House Call Veterinarian

    • 1st Edition
    • Lynn Hendrix
    • English
    Gain the understanding you need to provide compassionate, end-of-life pet care. Animal Hospice and Palliative Medicine for the House Call Veterinarian provides an all-in-one guide to the skills and challenges related to this growing area of veterinary care. From setting up your business and performing your first in-home consultation to managing pain, performing in-home euthanasia, and providing grief support to the family, this book walks you through each step of care. Written by Dr. Lynn Hendrix, a leading expert and researcher in veterinary palliative medicine, this practical resource shows how to improve the quality of care for pets in the final stages of life.

  • Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition Methods in Chemistry from Multivariate and Data Driven Modeling

    • 1st Edition
    • Jahan B. Ghasemi
    • English
    Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition Methods in Chemistry from Multivariate and Data Driven Modeling outlines key knowledge in this area, combining critical introductory approaches with the latest advanced techniques. Beginning with an introduction of univariate and multivariate statistical analysis, the book then explores multivariate calibration and validation methods. Soft modeling in chemical data analysis, hyperspectral data analysis, and autoencoder applications in analytical chemistry are then discussed, providing useful examples of the techniques in chemistry applications. Drawing on the knowledge of a global team of researchers, this book will be a helpful guide for chemists interested in developing their skills in multivariate data and error analysis.

  • The Emergency Department Technician Handbook

    • 1st Edition
    • Robert Shesser + 2 more
    • English
    Emergency Department Technicians (EDTs) play a vital role in actively supporting the medical team in today’s hospitals, and the role continues to expand in light of staffing shortages and increased emergency department volumes. The Emergency Department Technician Handbook is a reliable, comprehensive resource in this increasingly important field, filling a timely need in EDT workforce development for both technicians and educators. Concise, readable text, along with high-quality clinical photos and a video library that depict procedures and patient positioning, make this new handbook a must-have resource in every emergency department.

  • Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes

    Recent Advances on Membrane Reactors
    • 1st Edition
    • Angelo Basile + 1 more
    • English
    Integrated Membrane Reactors explores recent developments and future perspectives in the area of membrane reactor (MR) systems. It includes fundamental principles, the different types of membrane materials (such as polymeric and inorganic), the different types of membrane reactors (such as Micro MRs, Enzymatic MRS, Photo-catalytic MRs, Pervaporation MRs, Electrochemical MRs, etc.), their industrial perspective and, finally, there also is an economic evaluation of the metallic MRs. The book provides an extensive review in the area of MRs for each kind of application present in the specialized literature and discusses their modelling and design approaches necessary for MR systems validation in achieving high conversions, energy savings, high yields and high hydrogen (or others) products of the reactions studied.

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