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  • Customized Ob/Gyn Management for Diverse Populations

    • 1st Edition
    • Gloria Bachmann + 1 more
    • English
    Customized Ob/Gyn Management for Diverse Populations provides tailored options of management for optimal clinical care of the major preventive and interventive Ob/Gyn issues. Case scenarios highlight and discuss the need for customized care and inclusive protocols that depend on each woman's race, gender, sexual orientation, culture and socio-economic factors. As health disparities adversely affect groups of people who have systematically experienced greater social and economic obstacles to health based on their racial or ethnic group, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation or other characteristics historically linked to discrimination or exclusion, this book provides a welcomed resource.The book highlights the fact that in order to change the current scenario the health care community needs more information and awareness of health care data regarding diverse groups, population health and well-being.

  • Colorectal Cancer Treatment Resistance

    Mechanisms, Insights, Advances, and Solutions
    • 1st Edition
    • Zodwa Dlamini
    • English
    Colorectal Cancer Treatment Resistance: Mechanisms, Insights, Advances and Solutions provide insights, knowledge, and potential solutions for healthcare professionals, researchers, and individuals affected by colorectal cancer. The book discusses innovative therapies, personalized medicine, and the latest scientific advancements in the field, all aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of treatment and improving the prognosis for colorectal cancer patients. It elucidates on the broader context of cancer research and treatment strategies that have the potential to impact the overall approach to managing colorectal cancer and, by extension, other types of cancer that may exhibit similar resistance challenges.By studying and addressing resistance mechanisms, researchers and healthcare professionals can work towards improving patient outcomes and the overall quality of cancer care.

  • Quinone-Based Compounds in Drug Discovery

    Trends and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Umar Ali Dar + 2 more
    • English
    Quinone-Based Compounds in Drug Discovery: Trends and Applications provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the latest advances in the field of drug discovery using quinone-based materials. The book covers various aspects of quinone-based materials such as their synthesis, characterization, and applications in drug discovery, consolidating current research. It introduces quinones in the pharmacology context and then describes current developments in drugs for key diseases and conditions. Final chapters deal with the regulatory and commercial framework to take quinone-based drugs to the market.This book will benefit a wide range of readers, including researchers, scientists, and graduate students in the field of drug discovery. Chemists and biochemists will also benefit from the contents of this book.

  • The Microbiological Quality of Food

    Foodborne Spoilers
    • 2nd Edition
    • Antonio Bevilacqua + 2 more
    • English
    The Microbiological Quality of Food: Foodborne Spoilers covers the microbiological spoilage of foods, with a focus on the spoilers, the foods themselves, and the signs of spoilage. The book addresses traditional spoilers (filamentous fungi, spore-forming bacteria, yeasts, SSO in fish), as well as some emerging spoilers (Pseudomonas), now recognized as primary targets. Sections also provide a brief overview of important foods (vegetables, milk and dairy products, meat, and fish) and addresses safety and economic loss. Details on the signs of spoilage, how to prevent spoilers, and methods of detecting spoilage and spoilage microorganisms in foods are also presented.This is an authoritative reference for researchers, scientists and students who need to understand microbial spoilage, the impact of biofilm on the quality and safety of many foods, and the implications of biofilm for spoilage and shelf life. Hot topics covered by this book include the possible link between food spoilage and food safety as a consequence of antibiotic resistance spreading all over the world.

  • Role of Medicinal Plants in Autoimmune Diseases

    Concepts, Perspectives, and Utilization
    • 1st Edition
    • Reetika Mahajan + 4 more
    • English
    Role of Medicinal Plants in Autoimmune Diseases: Concepts, Perspectives, and Utilization provides comprehensive knowledge of autoimmune diseases and the role of various medicinal plant products in their treatment. The book discusses the immune system as a group of complex biological structures and processes in an organism which gives protection against a wide range of pathogenic organisms while simultaneously distinguishing these pathogens from the organism’s own healthy cells and tissues, thus maintaining homeostasis in the body.It has been an age-old practice to use extracts and other parts of various plants in treating many diseases. Several plants contain various pharmacologically active substances which can be used to treat different diseases. Among these medicinal plants, many have shown good immunomodulatory properties and could act as natural immunosuppressant agents in treating autoimmune disorders.

  • Biochar in Mitigating Abiotic Stress in Plants

    • 1st Edition
    • Arafat Abdel Hamed Abdel Latef
    • English
    Biochar for Mitigating Abiotic Stress in Plants provides a unique and leading resource for utilizing biochar to address specific plant health challenges, including osmotic, ionic, and oxidative stress. With a focus on crop yielding plants, the book provides targeted application insights to improve plant health, and resulting crop production. Readers will find important tools toward the identification, treatment, and management of a variety of abiotic stressors through the effective and appropriate application of biochar. This is an important reference for those seeking to apply current knowledge and an inspiration for further research in the area.Biochar is a carbon-rich organic substance produced by the pyrolysis of organic materials in the absence or presence of oxygen. It is an organic matter conditioner that can boost carbon sequestration and organic and inorganic pollutant immobilization. It is a crucial method for soil regeneration. Additionally, biochar facilitates increasing mineral supply and soil organic matter, resulting in soils with increased nutritional content.

  • Migraine Pain Management

    Current Pharmacological and Non-pharmacological Options
    • 1st Edition
    • Stephen B. Shrewsbury
    • English
    Migraine Management: Current Pharmacological and Non-pharmacological Options is a comprehensive guide to established, recent, and ongoing pharmaceuticals and device development projects. The book provides detailed information on the historical developments of migraine pain management, druggable targets, drugs action mechanisms, drugs for acute treatment and preventive care of patients, administration routes, and alternative treatments. This is the ideal reference for academic researchers interested in anti-migraine pharmacology. It will also be a perfect reference for physicians and care professionals involved in the well-being of migraine patients.

  • Mitochondrial Translocases Part A

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 706
    • English
    Mitochondrial Translocases Part A series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

  • The 50th Anniversary Issue of Fish Physiology

    Physiological Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 40B
    • English
    Fish Physiology, Volume 40B recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary. The editors of the series have produced a total of 47 books (several volumes have two books) that contain almost 500 chapters since the inaugural volume published in 1969. Initial volumes were devoted to understanding the basic mechanisms and principles of fish physiology, with a focus on a few model species and some application to natural environmental conditions. Then, as the field better understood mechanisms, the approach was broadened to not only delve deeper into system physiology (e.g., chapters in early volumes were expanded to become books), but also interspecific differences in physiology.Finally, as interspecific physiological mechanisms were further resolved, it became possible to discuss physiology in light of a changing world. Thus, physiology can now inform on conservation, sustainability and management, as exemplified with the most recent volumes. This anniversary issue celebrates the series by highlighting some of the very important early work in the field that was published in the series.

  • Cancer Immunotherapy

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 209
    • English
    Cancer Immunotherapy, Volume 209 covers the progress that has been made in cancer immunotherapy. This volume surveys exciting developments in the field while also highlighting its promise and problems. Chapters in this release include The Promise, Progress, and Challenges of In Situ Immunization Agents in Cancer Immunotherapy, Breakthroughs in Synthetic Controlling Strategies for Precision in CAR-T Therapy, Non-coding RNAs in cancer immunotherapy: a solution to overcome immune resistance?, Rational Design of adjuvants boosts cancer vaccines, Emerging Drug delivery systems to alter Tumor immunosuppressive microenvironment: overcoming the challenges in immunotherapy for Glioblastoma.Other chapters cover Magnetic Nanoparticles: An Emerging Nanomedicine for Cancer Immunotherapy and Clinical and basic science aspects of innate lymphoid cells as novel immunotherapeutic targets in cancer treatment.

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