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Books in Life sciences

  • Clinical Landscape in Cancer Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Ranjita Shegokar + 1 more
    • English
    Cancer, a multifaceted disease, remains the leading cause of death worldwide. Ongoing research and technological advancements are continually improving the human understanding of newer treatment options. This book series aims to provide wide-ranging insights into the current landscape of cancer research, highlighting the recent advancements, current challenges, and future directions. Cancer varies widely in its formation, microenvironment, location in the body, associated risk factors, detection methodology, and treatment approaches. Early detection and prevention through lifestyle changes, regular screenings, and the awareness of symptoms are crucial for improving outcomes and survival rates. In this book series, the main focus is on trending topics, like new drug delivery, diagnostics, biomarkers, and preclinical and clinical developments in cancer research. Nanotechnology has emerged as a transformative approach in medicine, particularly in the areas of targeted drug delivery systems, imaging, and diagnostics to enhance the therapeutic efficacy and minimize adverse effects in cancer therapy. Advances in pharma, medical device, and diagnostic research, including the development of Trojan-horse therapies and precision treatments/assay kits, continue to enhance the effectiveness of cancer care over the past few decades. A total of five books are covered in this series: Drug Delivery Landscape in Cancer Research (Vol. 1)Biomarker Landscape in Cancer Research (Vol. 2)Diagnostic Landscape in Cancer Research (Vol. 3)Preclinical Landscape in Cancer Research (Vol. 4)Clinical Landscape in Cancer Research (Vol. 5) By integrating basic, applied, and innovative science concepts, this book series fosters a deeper understanding of the disease and paves the way for the development of more effective strategies. This book series serves as a valuable resource for students, researchers, regulators, and clinicians interested in understanding the complexities of cancer and the innovative approaches researched to combat this deadly disease. Nonetheless, continuous interdisciplinary, cross-country collaborations and cross-science innovation strategies are essential to further reduce the global cancer burden.

  • Neuroglia in the Healthy Nervous System, Part I

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 209
    • English
    Neuroglia in the Healthy Nervous System, Part I provides insights into newly emerging developments in neuroglia biology, focusing on the healthy nervous system. Driven by advances in genetics, transcriptomics, electrophysiological... and imaging techniques, this volume bridges the gap between neuroglia basic science and neuroglia clinical research. The book provides an overview of neuroglia biology, highlighting emerging technologies used to unravel the role of neuroglial cells in specific brain functions. The book also discusses strategies using neuroglia as a therapeutic target.

  • Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

    Agro-techniques, Phytochemicals, and Healthcare Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • M. Naeem + 1 more
    • English
    Essential Oil Bearing Plants: Agro-techniques, Phytochemicals, and Healthcare Applications provides a unique, comprehensive view of the plants which produce these valuable products, exploring optimal plant production. Environmental factors such as genetic factors, geographical origins, cultivation locations, environmental conditions, and nutritional status influence their secondary components. Moreover, water variability, temperature, salt, and metal stresses significantly impact the growth, yield, and EO production of these plants by adjustment of anatomical, morphological, and biochemical development.This compilation increases the awareness of the essential oil plant species, their conservation, cultivation, and sustainable utilization. This deeper understanding of current science will aid in the efficient commercialization of products based on these plants, and will help identify knowledge gaps for future research.

  • Berry Fruits

    Bioactives, Health Effects and Processing
    • 1st Edition
    • Asli Can Karaca + 1 more
    • English
    Berry Fruits: Bioactives, Health Effects and Processing, Volume Eight in the Developments in Food Quality and Safety series, covers the most recent research on bioactives of berries, improvement of bioavailability and bioaccessibility of berry bioactives, processing of berries, and production of functional food ingredients obtained from berries. In eleven chapters, the book addresses, in detail, advanced technological applications in the sustainable production of berries, as well as bioactives/food ingredients obtained from berries. In addition, the book covers developments in novel processes for berries sustainable production, along with valorization of wastes and by-products of berry processing.The series is authored by a team of global experts in the fields of Food Quality and Safety, providing comprehensive knowledge to food industry personals and scientists.

  • Abiotic Stress in Underground Vegetables

    Response and Mitigation
    • 1st Edition
    • Milan Kumar Lal + 4 more
    • English
    Abiotic Stress in Underground Vegetables provides comprehensive information on the morphological, physiological, and biochemical responses of various underground vegetable crops to abiotic stress and the strategies for managing these crops under these conditions.Climate changes pose major challenges to the productivity and yield of crops, particularly horticultural crops that bear their edible parts underground. Underground vegetable crops are highly nutritious, non-cereal plant species grown in various agro-ecological zones and play a significant role in feeding both people and animals around the world as well a providing industrial products. To address the range of challenges created by climate changes, it is crucial to understand the physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses of crops to abiotic stress and the potential mechanisms of resistance and mitigation.Presented in two parts, 'Stress Responses' and 'Stress Mitigation', Abiotic Stress in Underground Vegetables offers a detailed exploration of reactions of different underground vegetable crops to abiotic stress, along with effective management strategies for cultivating these crops. This book is an essential resource for researchers, students, crop growers, and all stakeholders in the field of crop sciences who are interested in improving the yield and productivity of these vital crops.

  • Wheat Wild Relatives

    Developing Abiotic Stress Tolerance under Climate Change
    • 1st Edition
    • Mohd. Kamran Khan + 3 more
    • English
    Wheat Wild Relatives: Developing Abiotic Stress Tolerance under Climate Change presents a state-of-the-art outline of the problem, including issues, opportunities, and modern developments in the utilization of Wild Wheat Relatives (WWR) and related neglected species for wheat crop improvement, specifically focusing on environmental constraints. The book comprehensively discusses different wheat wild relatives, including major genus Triticum and Aegilops and their utilization in mitigating different environmental constraints using agronomic, physiological, and molecular approaches. Chapters provide insights into the advancement in the deployment of wheat genetic resources, including wild relatives and neglected species for crop improvement towards environmental issues.Wheat is a major staple food crop that has largely been focused for fulfilling the food requirements of world population during the Green revolution. Since then, it has come to cover more agricultural land than any other commercial crop. Continuously changing climatic conditions have drastically affected wheat production, with yields largely limited by environmental constraints. Theses production losses caused by crop vulnerability to climate change may be resolved by using wheat wild relatives that are closely related to cultivated genotypes and known for their beneficial traits.

  • Differentiating Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease

    Gender, Ethnicity, Clinical and Treatment
    • 1st Edition
    • Henry M. Zeidan + 1 more
    • English
    Differentiating Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease: Gender, Ethnicity, Clinical and Treatment addresses the question why women differ from men in terms of their risk factors and how Alzheimer's disease can be prevented at the molecular level. This book reviews the epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease describing the differences in men's and women's brain anatomy and biochemistry that may account for why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease. The authors offer actions that could help to prevent or slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease in addition to discussing the most recent pharmacological treatments.

  • Lipid-Drug Conjugates

    Innovation and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Malay K. Das
    • English
    Lipid-Drug Conjugates: Innovation and Applications highlights the most recent advances and clinical applications of nano lipid-drug conjugates for enhanced drug delivery and targeting in the treatment of cancer, glioblastoma, Alzheimer’s, AIDS, and bacterial diseases. In addition, various conjugation methods to prepare lipid-drug conjugates and their pharmacokinetics in vivo are explored, together with the production and characterization of various delivery carriers for lipid-drug conjugates. The contents of this book provide pharmaceutical science researchers with the tools to explore targeted drug delivery leveraging the unique characteristics of lipid conjugates. Scientists in the corporate setting can benefit of the cases and techniques presented in developing new formulations and products.

  • Human- Centric Integration of Next-Generation Data Science and Blockchain Technology

    Advancing Society 5.0 Paradigms
    • 1st Edition
    • Amit Kumar Tyagi + 1 more
    • English
    Human- Centric Integration of Next Generation Data Science and Blockchain Technology: Advancing Society 5.0 Paradigms focuses on the current technological landscape, addressing the evolving integration of data science and blockchain within the context of Society 5.0. This comprehensive resource explains the convergences between data science, blockchain, and the human-centric vision of Society 5.0, while also filling the gap in understanding and navigating this transformative intersection with recent shifts towards more decentralized and data-driven paradigms.The book introduces the concept of Society 5.0, examining the historical context, and outlines the evolving technological landscape shaping our interconnected future. It discusses the fundamental principles of data science, from data collection and preprocessing to exploratory data analysis and explains the transformative impact of data science and blockchain across industries such as healthcare, finance, education, and transportation. This book is essential to understanding and shaping the future of technology and society from decentralized solutions to predictive analytics/ emerging technologies.

  • Federated Learning for Medical Imaging

    Principles, Algorithms, and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Xiaoxiao Li + 2 more
    • English
    Federated Learning for Medical Imaging: Principles, Algorithms, and Applications gives a deep understanding of the technology of federated learning (FL), the architecture of a federated system, and the algorithms for FL. It shows how FL allows multiple medical institutes to collaboratively train and use a precise machine learning (ML) model without sharing private medical data via practical implantation guidance. The book includes real-world case studies and applications of FL, demonstrating how this technology can be used to solve complex problems in medical imaging. The book also provides an understanding of the challenges and limitations of FL for medical imaging, including issues related to data and device heterogeneity, privacy concerns, synchronization and communication, etc.This book is a complete resource for computer scientists and engineers, as well as clinicians and medical care policy makers, wanting to learn about the application of federated learning to medical imaging.

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