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  • 1
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    Hairy Root Cultures Based Applications : Methods and Protocols (2020)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Plant diseases. ; Microbial ecology. ; Bacteria. ; Biology Technique. ; Biotechnology. ; Plant Pathology. ; Microbial Ecology. ; Bacteria. ; Biological Techniques.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Hairy Roots Biotechnology Unzipped: A Journey of Reality and Promises -- Chapter 2. Hairy Roots as a Source of Tropane Alkaloids -- Chapter 3. Induction, Metabolite Analysis and Transgenesis of Hairy Roots From Coleus Forskohlii -- Chapter 4. Establishment of Hairy Roots of Endangered Himalayan Plantswertiachirata: A Sustainable Alternative to Extraction from Nature -- Chapter 5. A Protocol for the Selection of Spontaneous Variants From Established Catharanthusroseus Hairy Root Cultures -- Chapter 6. Strategies for the Optimization of Culture Conditions for Increasing Metabolite Production Through Hairy Root Cultures. Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloid Production in Catharanthus Roseus Hairy Roots -- Chapter 7. Protocol for Enhanced Withaferin-a Production in Elicited Withania Somnifera (l.)Dunal Hairy Root Cultures -- Chapter 8. Establishment of Hairy Root Cultures of Pentalinonandrieuxii for the Production of Betulinic Acid -- Chapter 9. Tropane Alkaloid Production by the Establishment Of Hairy Root Cultures of Brugmansia Candida and Elicitation -- Chapter 10. Elicitation as an Essential Strategy For Enhancing Anthraquinone Accumulation In Hairy Root Cultures of Rubia Tinctorum -- Chapter 11. Establishment of Hairy Root Cultures for the Production of Biopharmaceuticals and Optimization of Methods for Recombinant Protein Secretion In The Culture Medium -- Chapter 12. An Improved Protocol for Agrobacterium Rhizogenes-Mediated Transformation of Recalcitrant Plants for Root Biology Studies: A Case Study of Tea Plants (Camellia Sinensis Var. Sinensis) -- Chapter 13 Functional Analysis of Plant Genes Related to Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Symbiosis Using Agrobacterium Rhizogenes-Mediated Root Transformation and Hairy Root Production -- Chapter 14. Functional Characterization of Genes Involved in Legume Nodulation Using Hairy Root Cultures -- Chapter 15. Fluidigm Biomark Diagnostic Panel for Analysis of the Expression of Nicotiana Tabacum Genes, Associated with Alkaloid Synthesis. .
    Abstract: The book discusses the various methods and protocols available in hairy root culture-based research. The utilization of Agrobacterium mediated genetic transformation and establishment of hairy root cultures has paved the way for large-scale secondary metabolite production in medicinal plants. Presenting recent research and offering insights from eminent research groups, the book covers a range of topics related to hairy root-based applications, including (i) establishment of hairy roots and native production of SM (ii) yield enhancement strategies for increased SM production, like elicitation (iii) hairy roots as a tool for value-added applications such as plant-microbe interaction, characterization of plant genes and root biology studies. As such it is an informative guide and experimental manual for researchers in diverse fields of plant biology.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 237 p. 47 illus., 39 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811540554
    Series Statement: Rhizosphere Biology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4055-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4055-4
    DDC: 660.6
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    Nanophotonics in Biomedical Engineering (2021)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Atoms. ; Molecules. ; Biotechnology. ; Atomic, Molecular and Chemical Physics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Photonic crystals for biomolecule sensing applications -- Recent advances in Surface Plasmon Resonance for biosensing applications and future prospects -- Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering for biology and medicine -- Nanophotonic techniques for single cell analysis -- Biointerface Characterization by Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy -- Chemiluminescence and its biomedical applications -- Luminescent Conjugated Polymer Dots for Biomedical Applications -- Dark-Field Hyperspectral Imaging (DF-HSI) Modalities for Characterization of Single Molecule and Cellular Processes -- Additive Manufacturing Technologies based on Photopolymerization.
    Abstract: This book summarizes the latest advances in nanophotonics for biomedical applications, including biomolecular sensing and imaging, additive fabrications, and biophotonics. The engineering of nanophotonics will have significant impacts on the life sciences and medicine alike. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable asset for researchers, scientists, engineers, and graduate students in the fields of biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, materials sciences, optics, biology, and medicine.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: V, 282 p. 160 illus., 126 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811561375
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6137-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-6137-5
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    DNA Beyond Genes : From Data Storage and Computing to Nanobots, Nanomedicine, and Nanoelectronics (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Microtechnology. ; Microelectromechanical systems. ; Genetics. ; Biotechnology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Microsystems and MEMS. ; Genetics and Genomics. ; Chemical Bioengineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: DNA basics (a primer on DNA) -- Hiding and storing messages and data in DNA -- DNA as a nanoscale building material -- DNA machines and nanobots -- DNA-based nanoelectronics -- Concluding remarks.
    Abstract: This is the first book portraying to a wide readership many fields of DNA in the world of materials altogether in a single volume. The book provides underlying concepts and state-of-art developments in the emerging fields of DNA electronics, structural DNA nanotechnology, DNA computing and DNA data storage, DNA machines and nanorobots. Future possibilities of innovative DNA-based technologies, such as DNA cryptography, DNA identity tags, DNA nanostructures in biosensing and nanomedicine, as well as DNA-based nanoelectronics are all covered, too. This book is valuable for university students studying engineering and technology; biotech, nanotech, and medical device R&D managers, practitioners and investors; and IP analysts who would like to extend their background in advanced DNA technologies. It is nicely illustrated, which makes it very readable, and it conveys science and principles in a lively language to appeal to a broad audience, from professionals and academics to students and lay readers. Advance Praise for DNA Beyond Genes: “Most students of DNA, and lay readers as well, are interested in the absolutely essential role it plays in biology. However, the properties which make DNA the carrier of genetic information also make it an extraordinary material that can be used as the backbone for a wide variety of nanoengineering applications – these range from information storage and computation to molecular machines and devices to artfully designed logos and symbols. The perfect self-recognition of DNA sequences makes it an ideal building block to synthesize more and more elaborate constructions and imaginative scientists have probably only just scratched the surface of what can eventually be created. Here for the first time in this wonderful book Vadim Demidov explores the full range of the non-biological applications of DNA.” Charles R. Cantor Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University Member of the USA National Academy of Sciences.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XX, 107 p. 66 illus., 63 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030364342
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36434-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-36434-2
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    Bioinspired Biomaterials : Advances in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (2020)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Regenerative medicine. ; Pharmaceutical chemistry. ; Neurosciences. ; Biotechnology. ; Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering. ; Pharmaceutics. ; Neuroscience. ; Chemical Bioengineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Novel Bioinspired Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine -- Chapter 1. Natural Sources and Applications of Demineralized Bone Matrix in the Field of Bone and Cartilage Tissue Engineering -- Chapter 2. Application of Gellan Gum-based Scaffold for Regenerative Medicine -- Chapter 3. Natural Fibrous Protein for Advanced Tissue Engineering Applications: Focusing on Silk Fibroin and Keratin -- Part II. Bioinspired 3D Bioprinting Hydrogel for Regenerative Medicine -- Chapter 4. Silk Fibroin Bioinks for Digital Light Processing (DLP) 3D Bioprinting -- Chapter 5. 3D-Bioprinting of Tissue Models with Customized Bioinks -- Chapter 6. Visible Light-curable Hydrogel Systems for Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery -- Part III. Regulation of Stem Cell Fate by Bioinspired Biomaterials -- Chapter 7. Scaffolds for Cartilage Regeneration: To Use or Not to Use -- Chapter 8. Bio-application of Inorganic Nanomaterials in Tissue Engineering -- Chapter 9. Directional Cell Migration Guide for Improved Tissue Regeneration -- Part IV. Cutting-Edge Enabling Technology for Regenerative Medicine -- Chapter 10. Extracellular Vesicles: The Next Frontier in Regenerative Medicine and Drug Delivery -- Chapter 11. Application of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine in Maternal-fetal Medicine -- Chapter 12. Fundamentals and Current Strategies for Peripheral Nerve Repair and Regeneration -- Chapter 13. Protein-based Drug Delivery in Brain Tumor Therapy -- Chapter 14. Human Hair: Scaffold Materials for Regenerative Medicine.
    Abstract: This book is the first of two volumes that together offer a comprehensive account of cutting-edge advances in the development of biomaterials for use within tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Topics addressed in this volume, which is devoted to bioinspired biomaterials, range from novel biomaterials for regenerative medicine through to emerging enabling technologies with applications in, for example, drug delivery, maternal–fetal medicine, peripheral nerve repair and regeneration, and brain tumor therapy. New bioinspired hydrogels receive detailed attention in the book, and a further focus is the use of bioinspired biomaterials in the regulation of stem cell fate. Here the coverage includes the role of scaffolds in cartilage regeneration, the bioapplication of inorganic nanomaterials in tissue engineering, and guidance of cell migration to improve tissue regeneration. The authors are recognized experts in the interdisciplinary field of regenerative medicine and the book will be of value for all with an interest in regenerative medicine based on biomaterials. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: X, 229 p. 45 illus., 37 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811532580
    Series Statement: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1249
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3258-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-3258-0
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    Biomimicked Biomaterials : Advances in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (2020)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Regenerative medicine. ; Pharmaceutical chemistry. ; Neurosciences. ; Biotechnology. ; Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering. ; Pharmaceutics. ; Neuroscience. ; Chemical Bioengineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Novel Biomimicked Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine -- Chapter 1. Bone Regeneration using Duck’s Feet Derived Collagen Scaffold as an Alternative Collagen Source -- Chapter 2. Decellularized Extracellular Matrices for Tissue Engineering and Regeneration -- Part II. Novel Biomimicked Hydrogel for Regenerative Medicine -- Chapter 3. Injectable in situ-forming Hydrogels for Protein and Peptide Delivery -- Chapter 4. Alginate Hydrogels as 3D Cell Encapsulation Matrices for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine -- Chapter 5. Design of Advanced Polymeric Hydrogels for Tissue Regenerative Medicine: Oxygen-controllable Hydrogel Materials -- Chapter 6. Enhancing Osteochondral Tissue Regeneration of Gellan Gum by Incorporating Gallus Gallus var Domesticus Derived Demineralized Bone Particle -- Part III. Control of Stem Cell Fate by Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine -- Chapter 7. The Development of Extracellular Vesicles-Integrated Biomaterials for Bone Regeneration -- Chapter 8. In vivo Evaluation of the Biocompatibility of Biomaterial Device -- Chapter 9. Cell Response to Materials for Biomedical Engineering -- Chapter 10. Regulation of Stem Cell Functions by Micro-patterned Structures -- Part IV. Nano-Intelligent Biocomposites for Regenerative Medicine -- Chapter 11. Natural Polyphenols as Modulators of the Fibrillization of Islet Amyloid Polypeptide -- Chapter 12.Recent Advances of Biphasic Calcium Phosphate Bioceramics for Bone Tissue Regeneration -- Chapter 13. Surface-modifying Polymers for Blood-Contacting Polymeric Biomaterials.
    Abstract: This book is the second of two volumes that together offer a comprehensive account of cutting-edge advances in the development of biomaterials for use within tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. In this volume, which is devoted to biomimetic biomaterials, the opening section discusses bone regeneration by means of duck’s feet-derived collagen scaffold and the use of decellularized extracellular matrices. The role of various novel biomimetic hydrogels in regenerative medicine is then considered in detail. The third section focuses on the control of stem cell fate by biomimetic biomaterials, covering exosome-integrated biomaterials for bone regeneration, cellular responses to materials for biomedical engineering, and the regulation of stem cell functions by micropatterned structures. Finally, the use of nano-intelligent biocomposites in regenerative medicine is addressed, with discussion of, for example, recent advances in biphasic calcium phosphate bioceramics and blood-contacting polymeric biomaterials. The authors are recognized experts in the interdisciplinary field of regenerative medicine and the book will be of value for all with an interest in regenerative medicine based on biomaterials.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: X, 198 p. 60 illus., 58 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811532627
    Series Statement: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1250
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3262-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-3262-7
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    Fluorescent Materials for Cell Imaging (2020)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Cytology. ; Nanoscience. ; Biotechnology. ; Cell Biology. ; Nanophysics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction: Fluorescent materials for cell imaging -- Chapter 2: Semiconductor quantum dots for cell imaging -- Chapter 3: Carbon nanodots for cell imaging -- Chapter 4: Silicon nanoparticles for cell imaging -- Chapter 5: Fluorescent metal nanoclusters for bioimaging -- Chapter 6: Lanthanide-based upconversion nanoparticles for bioimaging applications -- Chapter 7: Conjugated polymers and polymer dots for cell imaging -- Chapter 8: Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) probes for cell imaging -- Chapter 9: Luminescent coordination compounds for cell imaging.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the latest fluorescent materials for cell imaging. Cell imaging is a widely used basic technique that helps scientists gain a better understanding of biological functions through studies of cellular structure and dynamics. In the past decades, the development of a variety of new fluorescent materials has significantly extended the applications of cellular imaging techniques. This book presents recently developed fluorescent materials, including semiconductor quantum dots, carbon dots, silicon nanoparticles, metal nanoclusters, upconversion nanoparticles, conjugated polymers/polymer dots, aggregation-induced emission (AIE) probes, and coordination compounds, used for various cellular imaging purposes. It will appeal to cell biologists and other researchers in academia, industry and clinical settings who are interested in the technical development and advanced applications of fluorescence imaging in cells, tissues and organisms to explore the mechanisms of biological functions and diseases.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: V, 247 p. 140 illus., 128 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811550621
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5062-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-5062-1
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  • 7
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    Young Children’s Rights in a Digital World : Play, Design and Practice (2021)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Early childhood education. ; Communication. ; Biotechnology. ; Early Childhood Education. ; Media and Communication.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction (Karen Murcia) -- Part I: The Early Childhood Home. Chapter 2. “The Tablet is my Best Friend!”: Practices and Perceptions of Young Children and Their Parents (Patricia Dias) -- Chapter 3. Family Mediating Practices and Ideologies: Spanish and Portuguese Parents of Children Under Three and Digital Media in Homes (Mitsuko Matsumoto) -- Chapter 4. Digital Parenting and Transnational Migration: Cultural and Emotional Drives for Digital Media Use (Teresa Castro) -- Chapter 5. Children’s Rights To ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ Screen Time: Parental Narratives of how Children do Family Online (Helga Sadowski) -- Chapter 6. Taking Over the Home: Children's Mobile Media Play in Domestic Space (Will Balmford) Chapter 7. Think of the Parents: Parental Controls in Digital TV and Family Implications (Maureen Mauk) -- Chapter 8. Screening Language Acquisition Skills in a Mediated Childhood (Kylie Stevenson) -- Part II: Learning and Teaching -- Chapter 9. Media Arts in Early Childhood: A Framework for Developing Young Children’s Creative Participation in the Digital World (Judith Dinham) -- Chapter 10. The Impact of Digital Technologies on the Role of the Early Childhood Teacher (Vicki Schriever) -- Chapter 11. Bridging Communities: Developing Digital Literacies and Introducing Digital Technologies in the Montessori Early Childhood Education Classroom (Samantha Owen) -- Chapter 12. Understanding the Mutuality of Play and Media Literacy in Young Children: An Ethnographic Investigation of Pre-Primary School Children’s Perspectives on Media Literacy as Seen Through the Lens of Play (Helle Hovgaard Jørgensen) -- Chapter 13. Digital Technologies and Children: Does more Digital Interactivity make for Better Learning? (Jo Li Marie-Joelle Tay) -- Chapter 14. Disability and Remote Learning During COVID-19 (Katie Ellis) -- Part III: Connected Toys at Home and School -- Chapter 15. Internet of Toys and Forms of Play Early Education: A Longitudinal Study of Preschoolers’ Toy-Based Learning Experiences (Pirita Ihamäki) -- Chapter 16. Digital Play Objects as Part of Preschool Children’s Imaginative Play (Kristín Dýrfjörð) -- Chapter 17. Co-Creating Hybrid Toys as an Approach to Understand Children’s Needs in Play Experience (Tamara Pinos Cisneros) -- Chapter 18. Assessing Developmental Difficulties in Children Through Connected Smart Toys (Diego Rivera) -- Chapter 19. Young Children Learning to Code: A Digital Technologies Framework for the Early Years (Karen Murcia) -- Part IV: Privacy and Protection -- Chapter 20. Researching Representations of Children and Childhood on Instagram: Ethical and Methodological Considerations (Madeleine Dobson) -- Chapter 21. The “Sharent” Trap: Parenting in the Digital Age and a Child’s Right to Privacy (Anna Potter) -- Chapter 22. Santa’s Little Helper and Star of Instagram, Elf on the Shelf: Gendered Labour; Normalising Surveillance and Digitising a Childhood Phenomenon (Catherine Archer) -- Chapter 23.Digital Predictions: Children's Futures, Opportunities and Obstacles (Michele Willson) -- Chapter 24. Research Ethics and Digitising Early Childhood (Madeleine Dobson).
    Abstract: This volume focuses on very young children’s (aged 0-8) rights in a digital world. It gathers current research from around the globe that focuses on young children’s rights as agental citizens to the provision of and participation in digital devices and content—as well as their right to protection from harm. The UN Digital Rights Framework of 2014 addresses children’s needs, agency and vulnerability to harm in today’s digital world and implies roles and responsibilities for a variety of social actors including the state, families, schools, commercial entities, researchers and children themselves. This volume presents a broad range of research, including chapters on parental supervision and control, the changing forms of play, early childhood education, media and cultural studies, law, design, health, special-needs education, and engineering. Implicit within this book is the acknowledgement that children of various ages, abilities, socioeconomic and geographic backgrounds should have equal access to, and positive / non-harmful experiences with, new digital technologies and content—as well as adult support and expertise that enhances these experiences. This wonderful book has global relevance, balancing children’s embrace of digital content with adult responsibilities for education, privacy and protection. Professor Lelia Green, Professor of Communications, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XV, 341 p. 47 illus., 42 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030659165
    Series Statement: Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research, 23
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65916-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-65916-5
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    Autophagy: Biology and Diseases : Technology and Methodology (2021)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Medicine Research. ; Biology Research. ; Biology Technique. ; Biotechnology. ; Biomedical Research. ; Experimental Organisms.
    Description / Table of Contents: Morphology Study – Optical Microscopy Imaging, Electron Microscopy Imaging, Confocal Microscopy Imaging, Live Cell Imaging -- Methods to Detect Autophagic Flux -- Biomarkers in Autophagy -- Drugs and Molecular Biology Technology in Autophagy Study -- Animal Models in Autophagy Study.
    Abstract: This book series consists of 3 volumes covering the basic science (Volume 1), clinical science (Volume 2) and the technology and methodology (Volume 3) of autophagy. Volume 3 focuses on the technical aspects of autophagy research. It is comprised of two parts. The first part discusses the basic process of autophagy, including its overall classification and individual stages in the life cycle of autophagosomes. The second part discusses the tools, strategies, and model systems in current autophagy research, including cell and animal models, detection and manipulation methods, as well as screening, genomic, proteomic and bioinformatic approaches. The book is written and edited by a team of active scientists. It is intended as a practical reference resource for interested researchers to get started on autophagy studies.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 453 p. 85 illus., 79 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811628306
    Series Statement: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1208
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2830-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-2830-6
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    Digital Cultures : Postmodern Media Education, Subversive Diversity and Neoliberal Subjectivation (2023)
    Wiesbaden :Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden :
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Culture Study and teaching. ; Education. ; Biotechnology. ; Cultural Studies. ; Education.
    Description / Table of Contents: Postmodern Cyberspace -- The SNS Universe of the Control Society -- The University in the Digital Age as a Site of Postmodern Media Education.
    Abstract: David Kergel explores the questions of how free and self-determined we are in the digital age, whether the Internet encloses us or whether it opens up new spaces for diversity and education. The starting point is the thesis that the Internet is both heritage and future: postmodern spaces of freedom and neoliberal fixations of the electronic age unfold in the ubiquitous cultural space that digital media span. At the same time, the Internet restructures social spaces in the 'analog world', digitalizes self/world relations or forms digital cultures, which in turn form ourselves. For dealing with the ambivalence of the Internet between postmodern diversity and neoliberal subjectification, an understanding of media education based on educational theory is proposed. This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Kulturen des Digitalen by David Kergel, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2018. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors. The Content Postmodern Cyberspace The SNS universe of the control society The university in the digital age as a site of postmodern media education The target groups Lecturers and students of cultural, social and educational sciences, media education with a focus on media and educational theory Media educators and media pedagogues The author Dr. David Kergel is Professor for Social Work at the International University of Applied Sciences, Duisburg, Germany.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XII, 202 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783658352509
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-35250-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-35250-9
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    Feature Engineering and Computational Intelligence in ECG Monitoring (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Computational intelligence. ; Bioinformatics. ; Biotechnology. ; Computational Intelligence. ; Bioinformatics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Feature engineering and computational intelligence in ECG monitoring – an introduction -- Chapter 2. Representative Databases for Feature Engineering and Computational Intelligence in ECG Processing -- Chapter 3. An Overview of signal quality indices on dynamic ECG signal quality assessment -- Chapter 4. Signal quality features in dynamic ECGs -- Chapter 5. Motion Artifact Suppression Method in Wearable ECG -- Chapter 6. Data Augmentation for Deep Learning based ECG analysis -- Chapter 7. Study on Automatic Classification of Arrhythmias -- Chapter 8. ECG Interpretation with deep learning -- Chapter 9. Visualizing ECG contribution into Convolutional Neural Network classification -- Chapter 10. Atrial fibrillation detection in dynamic signals -- Chapter 11. Applications of Heart rate variability in Sleep Apnea -- Chapter 12. False Alarm Rejection for ICU ECG Monitoring -- Chapter 13. Respiratory Signal Extraction from ECG Signal -- Chapter 14. Noninvasive Recording of Cardiac Autonomic Nervous Activity--What’s behind ECG? -- Chapter 15. A questionnaire study on artificial intelligence and its effects on individual health and wearable device.
    Abstract: This book discusses feature engineering and computational intelligence solutions for ECG monitoring, with a particular focus on how these methods can be efficiently used to address the emerging challenges of dynamic, continuous & long-term individual ECG monitoring and real-time feedback. By doing so, it provides a “snapshot” of the current research at the interface between physiological signal analysis and machine learning. It also helps clarify a number of dilemmas and encourages further investigations in this field, to explore rational applications of feature engineering and computational intelligence in ECG monitoring. The book is intended for researchers and graduate students in the field of biomedical engineering, ECG signal processing, and intelligent healthcare.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: X, 268 p. 101 illus., 77 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811538247
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3824-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-3824-7
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    Bioimage Data Analysis Workflows (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Cytology. ; Bioinformatics. ; Biology Technique. ; Biotechnology. ; Cell Biology. ; Computational and Systems Biology. ; Biological Techniques.
    Description / Table of Contents: Workflows and Components of Bioimage Analysis -- Measurements of Intensity Dynamics at the Periphery of the Nucleus -- 3D Quantitative Colocalisation Analysis -- The NEMO Dots Assembly: Single-Particle Tracking and Analysis -- Introduction to MATLAB: Image Analysis & Brownian Motion -- Resolving the process of Clathrin Mediated Endocytosis Using Correlative Light & Electron Microscopy (CLEM).
    Abstract: This Open Access textbook provides students and researchers in the life sciences with essential practical information on how to quantitatively analyze data images. It refrains from focusing on theory, and instead uses practical examples and step-by step protocols to familiarize readers with the most commonly used image processing and analysis platforms such as ImageJ, MatLab and Python. Besides gaining knowhow on algorithm usage, readers will learn how to create an analysis pipeline by scripting language; these skills are important in order to document reproducible image analysis workflows. The textbook is chiefly intended for advanced undergraduates in the life sciences and biomedicine without a theoretical background in data analysis, as well as for postdocs, staff scientists and faculty members who need to perform regular quantitative analyses of microscopy images.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: X, 170 p. 69 illus., 58 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030223861
    Series Statement: Learning Materials in Biosciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22386-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22386-1
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    Essential Current Concepts in Stem Cell Biology (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Stem cells. ; Hematology. ; Regenerative medicine. ; Biotechnology. ; Stem Cell Biology. ; Hematology. ; Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Hematopoietic Stem Cells -- Mesenchymal Stem Cells -- Cord Blood Stem Cells -- Neural Stem Cells and Their Niche -- Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells -- Heart Muscle Tissue Engineering -- Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells -- Epigenetics of Somatic Cell Reprogramming -- Human Pluripotent Stem Cells and Neural Regeneration -- Dopaminergic Neuron-Related Stem Cells -- Liver Disease Modelling -- Organoids in Developmental Biology Research and Application -- Extracellular Vesicles -- Ethics in Stem Cell Applications.
    Abstract: This textbook describes the biology of different stem cell types and outlines the current level of knowledge in the field. It clearly explains the basics of hematopoietic, mesenchymal cord blood, neural and muscle stem cells and also covers induced pluripotent stem cells and their applications. Further, it includes chapters on organoids, stem-cell based disease modelling, extracellular vesicles and one chapter on ethical aspects of human stem cell research, which promotes critical thinking and responsible handling of the material. Based on lectures of the international master program Molecular and Developmental Stem Cell Biology taught at Ruhr-University Bochum and participation of collaborating professors from Tongji University Shanghai, the book is a valuable source for students, postdocs and researchers, who would like to have introductory chapters on stem cell biology. It also offers essential insights for physicians and dentists wishing to expand their knowledge. This textbook is a valuable complement to Concepts and Applications of Stem Cell Biology, also published in the Learning Materials in Biosciences textbook series.
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    Pages: XIV, 242 p. 37 illus., 35 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030339234
    Series Statement: Learning Materials in Biosciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33923-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33923-4
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    Tissue Engineering : Principles, Protocols, and Practical Exercises (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Regenerative medicine. ; Biotechnology. ; Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Reference search, image & data analysis -- Organ structure & vascularization -- Extracellular matrix & adhesion molecules -- Isolating cells from tissue -- Functional assays & toxicity screening -- Culturing cells in 2D & 3D -- Imaging, staining & markers -- Stems cells & basics of immunology -- Natural & artificial Scaffolds -- Casting & 3D bioprinting -- Bioreactors -- Reporting results -- Index. .
    Abstract: Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine is a new, interdisciplinary branch of science that combines knowledge from numerous scientific fields including biology, biochemistry, physics, chemistry, applied engineering, and medicine. It aims to restore damaged parts of the human body by rebuilding them in vitro using individual building blocks of biological tissues such as cells and the extracellular matrix that surrounds them. The authors hope to spark students’ interest in this exciting new field of science as well as give them a basic knowledge of its terminology. This book is based on a hands-on practical course in tissue engineering conducted by the Fulbright US Scholar recipient, Dr. Narine Sarvazyan (George Washington University, Washington USA). It provides an overview of the core topics of the tissue engineering field, including stem cell differentiation, the role of extracellular matrix and attachment proteins, scaffolds, and culturing of engineered tissues. Each chapter is accompanied by hands-on demonstrations and self-check questions. The text is easily readable for students of all backgrounds and the described protocols can be conducted using common lab equipment. This textbook is also useful for developing undergraduate and graduate courses that teach basic methods and approaches in this promising and rapidly developing field. .
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    Pages: XXIV, 154 p. 80 illus., 77 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030396985
    Series Statement: Learning Materials in Biosciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39698-5
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    Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Apnea : Filling the Gap Between Physicians and Engineers (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Neurology . ; Biomedical engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Neurology. ; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Section A Physiology -- An Overview On Sleep Medicine -- Covering The Gap Between Sleep And Cognition – Mechanisms and Clinical Examples -- Obstructive sleep apnoea: Focus on Pathophysiology -- Diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with associated comorbidity -- Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea: What’s in a Name? -- Treatment of Cheyne-Stokes respiration in heart failure with adaptive servo-ventilation: An integrative model -- Section B Diagnostic innovations -- Automated scoring of sleep and associated events -- Conventional machine-learning methods applied to the automatic diagnosis of sleep apnea -- Home Sleep Testing of Sleep Apnea -- ECG and heart rate variability in sleep-related breathing disorders -- Cardiopulmonary Coupling -- Pulse oximetry: the working principle, signal formation, and applications -- Oximetry indices in the management of sleep apnea: from overnight minimum saturation to the novel hypoxemia measures -- Airflow Analysis In The Context OF Sleep Apnea -- Deep-learning Model Based on Convolutional Neural Networks to Classify Apnea-hypopnea Events From The Oximetry Signal -- Tracheal sound analysis -- Obstructive Sleep Apnea with COVID-19 -- Section C Therapeutic innovations -- APAP, BPAP, CPAP and new modes of positive airway pressure therapy -- Adherence monitoring using telemonitoring techniques -- Innovations in The Treatment of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation Therapy -- Anna M. Mohammadieh -- Index.
    Abstract: The book focuses on biomedical innovations related to the diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea. The latest diagnostic tools are described, including sleep laboratory equipment, wearables, and even smartphone apps. Innovative medical devices for treatment are also covered, such as CPAP, Auto-PAP, hypoglossal nerve stimulation, phrenic nerve stimulation, acoustic brain stimulation and electrical brain stimulation. This is an ideal book for biomedical engineers, pneumologists, neurologists, cardiologists, physiologists, ENT physicians, pediatrics, and epidemiologists who are interested in learning about the latest technologies in treating and diagnosing sleep apnea. Chapter 12 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
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    Pages: XI, 389 p. 68 illus., 59 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031064135
    Series Statement: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1384
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06413-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-06413-5
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    Manual of Biobank Quality Management (2023)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Biology Technique. ; Medicine Research. ; Biology Research. ; Biotechnology. ; Biological Techniques. ; Biomedical Research.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Management of Biobanks -- Chapter 2. Quality Management -- Chapter 3. Documentation and Records -- Chapter 4. Human Resources Management -- Chapter 5. Ethical and Legal Aspects -- Chapter 6. Supplies, Materials Management -- Chapter 7. Equipment -- Chapter 8. Traceability -- Chapter 9. Environmental and Staff Hygiene -- Chapter 10. Biobanking Processes and Quality Control -- Chapter 11. Deviations, Nonconforming Product/Data or Service -- Chapter 12. Audits -- Chapter 13. Improvement -- Chapter 14. Biobank Cooperation in the Scientific, Research and Development Area -- Chapter 15. Safety and Security.
    Abstract: This pioneering handbook serves as an essential tool for any biobanking entity to create, implement and continuously improve their Quality Management System (QMS). Written in a concise and highly readable manner all biobanking related QMS aspects, ranging from legal aspects to safety matters, are addressed according to the best knowledge in compliance with the dedicated Biobanks ISO standards. Following a practical approach by making use of FAQ and common practice sections this book guides the readers through this complex field in an easy-to understand way. The guidelines are convergent not only with ISO 20387:2018 Biotechnology - Biobanking - General requirements for biobanking but also with ISO 9001:2015, ISO 19011:2018, ISO 27000:2014, and ISO 27002:2013. Furthermore, they are compatible, among others with the recommendations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), IARC, and ISBER Best Practices. Aimed at both biobank employees and other stakeholders (e.g. public bodies, political bodies, hospitals, pharmaceutical industry, funders) at any level of experience the book serves as valuable source for self-education and teaching. The manual complies to the principles of responsibility, openness, and transparency and can be used by any biobanking unit regardless of the biological material the biobank operates with and independent of their associated biobank network. On behalf of a group of specialists and experts in the area of biobanking, regarding Quality Management Systems (QMS), Ethical, Legal and Societal Issues (ELSI) and IT solutions, the authors present with this book a significant achievement based on activities within the project, European Research Infrastructure BBMRI-ERIC „Quality Standards for Polish Biobanks” Handbook (QSPB).
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031125591
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12559-1
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    Marine Organisms: A Solution to Environmental Pollution? : Uses in Bioremediation and in Biorefinery (2023)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Biomaterials. ; Biotechnology. ; Biomaterials.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Environmental Pollution and Biotechnological Solutions -- Chapter 2. Bioremediation Using Microalgae and Cyanobacteria and Biomass Production -- Chapter 3. Removal of Heavy Metals and Organic Pollutants by Marine Microalgae -- Chapter 4. Algal-Bacterial Consortiums, from Fundamental Interactions to Environmental Applications -- Chapter 5. Biodegradation of Environmental Pollutants by Marine Yeasts -- Chapter 6. Sustainable Direct Digital Manufacturing Using Marine Resources -- Chapter 7. Exploiting Marine Fungi in the Removal of Hazardous Pollutants and Biomass Valorisation -- Chapter 8. Marine Bacteria for Bioremediation -- Chapter 9. Marine Bacteria for Biofertilizers -- Chapter 10. Marine Sponges for Bioremediation Purposes and for Secondary Metabolites Production -- Chapter 11. Genetic Modification: A Gateway to Stimulate the Industrial Production of Biofuels -- Chapter 12. “Omics” Technologies in Biodegradation Processes -- Chapter 13. Conclusion: Environmental Protection ‒ Our Common Responsibility.
    Abstract: Marine environments represent an underexplored source for numerous biotechnological applications. Of particular interest are organisms that can provide various valuable molecules and are potential candidates for bioremediation strategies. Fungi, algae, bacteria, yeasts, and sponges are some unique resources in marine ecosystems. But these must be preserved and protected from irreversible damage. Sustainable exploitation through farming systems is the alternative to prevent pressure on harvesting wild marine organisms. Written by an international team of experts, this book provides a broad overview of the possible approaches and technologies that can be applied in bioremediation processes and the possibilities to add value to the biomass produced. It provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art of current research and practice in bioremediation technology and bio-based materials. New processing technologies, and recent technical advances in molecular biology such as gene mining, omics techniques, and metabolic engineering are highlighted. The exciting possibilities that artificial intelligence can bring to the future of the biotechnology industry are also approached. The multidisciplinary nature of this book makes it of interest to a wide range of readers, including researchers, students, consulting professionals, engineers, governmental entities, and institutions working in environmental biotechnology, pollution control and prevention, and chemical processes.
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    Pages: X, 269 p. 68 illus., 55 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031172267
    Series Statement: Environmental Challenges and Solutions,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17226-7
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    Biomedical Product Development: Bench to Bedside (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Regenerative medicine. ; Medical sciences. ; Biomedical engineering. ; Pharmaceutical chemistry. ; Biotechnology. ; Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering. ; Health Sciences. ; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. ; Pharmaceutics.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. An Introduction to Biomedical Product Development -- 2. Basic Essentials and Applications of Quality Management System (QMS) in Biomedical Sciences -- 3. Principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) -- 4. Design of Experimental Studies in Biomedical Sciences -- 5. Preclinical Studies for Development of Biomedical Products -- 6. Principles of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) -- 7.The importance of Cleanroom facility in manufacturing of biomedical products -- 8. Safety concerns and requirement of cell based products for clinical application -- 9. Standards and regulatory frameworks (for cell and tissue based products) -- 10. Principles of Good clinical Practice (GCP) -- 11. Design, performance and monitoring of clinical trials -- 12. Good Clinical Practice: Guidelines and Requirement -- 13. Ethical Considerations of Biomedical Products Development.
    Abstract: This textbook covers all the steps in manufacturing a biomedical product from bench to bedside. It specifically focuses on quality assurance and management and explains the different good practice principles in the various phases of product development as well as how to fulfill them: Good laboratory practice, good manufacturing practice and good clinical practice. It provides readers with the know-how to design biomedical experiments to ensure quality and integrity, to plan and conduct standard preclinical studies and to assure the quality of the final manufactured biomedical products. Importantly, it also addresses ethical concerns and considerations. The book discusses the guidelines and ethical considerations for preclinical and clinical studies, to allow readers to identify safety concerns regarding biomedical products and to improve pre-clinical studies for the development of better products. This textbook is a valuable guide for biomedical students (B.Sc., M.S., and Ph.D. students) in the field of molecular medicine, medical biotechnology, stem cell research and related areas, as well as for professionals such as quality control staff, tissue bankers, policy-makers and health professionals.
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    Pages: XIV, 157 p. 16 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030356262
    Series Statement: Learning Materials in Biosciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35626-2
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    Mathematical Models for Dental Materials Research (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Biomaterials. ; Mathematical models. ; Dentistry. ; Biomedical engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Biomaterials. ; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics. ; Dentistry. ; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 - Systematic Errors in Longitudinal Measurements -- Chapter 2 - Endodontic Treatment and Vertical Root Fracture -- Chapter 3 - Debonding of Resin Composite Restorations -- Chapter 4 - Attenuation of Curing Light through Resin Composite Restorations -- Chapter 5 - Release of Ions or Molecules from Dental Restorations -- Chapter 6 - Heat Generated from Dental Resin Composites during Curing -- Chapter 7 - Mechanical Failure of Dental Restorations – The Weakest-Link Theory -- Chapter 8 - Stability of Dental Implants -- Chapter 9 - Kinetics of Photo-polymerization -- Index.
    Abstract: This book presents a mechanistic approach—mathematical modeling—for carrying out dental materials research. This approach allows researchers to go beyond the null hypothesis and obtain a solution that is more general and therefore predictive for conditions other than those considered in a study. Hence it can be used either on its own or to complement the commonly used statistical approach. Through a series of practical problems with wide-ranging application, the reader will be guided on: How to construct a mathematical model for the behavior of dental materials by making informed assumptions of the physical, chemical, or mechanical situation How to simplify the model by making suitable simplifications How to calibrate the model by calculating the values of key parameters using experimental results How to refine the model when there are discrepancies between predictions and experiments Only elementary calculus is required to follow the examples and all the problems can be solved by using MS Excel© spreadsheets. This is an ideal book for dental materials researchers without a strong mathematical background who are interested in applying a more mechanistic approach to their research to give deeper insight into the problem at hand. Advance praise for Mathematical Models for Dental Materials Research: “This is a nice addition for research students on how to conduct their work and how to manage data analysis. It brings together a number of important aspects of dental materials investigations which has been missing in the literature. The practical examples make it much easier to understand.” – Michael F. Burrow, Clinical Professor in Prosthodontics, The University of Hong Kong “The great strengths of this volume are the real world examples of dental materials research in the successive chapters. In turn, this is an outcome of the outstanding expertise of both authors. I warmly recommend this book to the dental biomaterials community worldwide.” – David C. Watts, Professor of Biomaterials Science, University of Manchester, UK.
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    Pages: XIV, 77 p. 41 illus., 40 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030378493
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37849-3
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    Biorefinery of Alternative Resources: Targeting Green Fuels and Platform Chemicals (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Environment. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Cogeneration of electric power and heat. ; Fossil fuels. ; Biotechnology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Renewable Energy. ; Fossil Fuel.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Growth of Biofuels Sector: Opportunities, Challenges and Outlook -- Chapter 2. Bioconversion of Agro-Industrial Residues to Second-Generation Bioethanol -- Chapter 3. Catalytic Transformation of Ethanol to Industrially Relevant Fine Chemicals -- Chapter 4. Selective Bioethanol Conversion to Chemicals and Fuels via Advanced Catalytic Approaches -- Chapter 5. A Spotlight on Butanol and Propanol as Next-Generation Synthetic Fuels -- Chapter 6. Technological Advancements in the Production and Application of Biomethanol -- Chapter 7. Biorefinery Approaches for Production of Fuels and Chemicals from Lignocellulosic and Algal Feedstocks -- Chapter 8. Conversion of Rice Husk and Nutshells into Gaseous, Liquid and Solid Biofuels -- Chapter 9. A Review of Thermochemical and Biochemical Conversion of Miscanthus to Biofuels -- Chapter 10. Process Improvements and Techno-Economic Feasibility of Hydrothermal Liquefaction and Pyrolysis of Biomass for Bio-Crude Oil Production -- Chapter 11. Biocrude Oil Production via Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Algae and Upgradation Techniques to Liquid Transportation Fuels -- Chapter 12. Co-pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass and Polymeric Wastes for Liquid Oil Production -- Chapter 13. Conversion of Waste Biomass to Bio-oils and Upgradation by Hydrothermal Liquefaction, Gasification and Hydrodeoxygenation -- Chapter 14. Upgrading of Bio-oil from Biomass Pyrolysis: Current Status and Future Development -- Chapter 15. Heterogeneous catalysis in Hydroxymethylfurfural Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals -- Chapter 16. Conversion of Glycerol to Value-added Products -- Chapter 17. Recent Advances in Steam Reforming of Glycerol for Syngas Production -- Chapter 18. Conversion of Biogas to Syngas via Catalytic Carbon Dioxide Reforming Reaction: An Overview of Thermodynamic Aspects, Catalytic Design and Reaction Kinetics -- Chapter 19. Opportunities of Biodiesel Compatibility as a Modern Combustion Engine Fuel -- Chapter 20. Current Advancements in Microbial Fuel Cell Technologies.
    Abstract: This book summarizes recent advances in the processing of waste biomass resources to produce biofuels and biochemicals. Worldwide interest in clean energy sources, environmental protection, and mitigating global warming is rapidly gaining momentum and spurring on the search for alternative energy sources, especially for the transportation and industrial sectors. This book reviews the opportunities presented by low-cost organic waste materials, discussing their suitability for alternative fuel and fine chemical production, physicochemical characterization, conversion technologies, feedstock and fuel chemistry, refining technologies, fuel upgrading, residue management, and the circular economy. In addition, it explores applied aspects of biomass conversion by highlighting several significant thermochemical, hydrothermal and biological technologies. In summary, the book offers comprehensive and representative descriptions of key fuel processing technologies, energy conversion and management, waste valorization, eco-friendly waste remediation, biomass supply chain, lifecycle assessment, techno-economic analysis and the circular bioeconomy.
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    Pages: XVIII, 494 p. 111 illus., 63 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811518041
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1804-1
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    Lignocellulosic Ethanol Production from a Biorefinery Perspective : Sustainable Valorization of Waste (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Biotechnology. ; Renewable Energy. ; Chemical Bioengineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction to Lignocellulosic Ethanol -- Chapter 2. Cellulosic Ethanol Feedstock: Diversity & Potential -- Chapter 3. Pretreatment Technologies for Biomass Deconstruction -- Chapter 4. Saccharification Fermentation and Process Integration -- Chapter 5. Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering for Efficient Conversions -- Chapter 6. Bioethanol: Product Separation Methods -- Chapter 7. Lignocellulosic Waste Valorization and Biorefinaries Concept -- Chapter 8. Fermentation Economics and Future Prospects -- .
    Abstract: This book provides an overview of the multi-dimensional approach for the production of ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass. The sustainability of this biofuel, the current and future status of the technology and its role in waste valorization are also addressed. Bioethanol from lignocellulosic material has emerged as an alternative to the traditional first-generation bioethanol. The book also discusses various pretreatment methods for effective separation of the various components of lignocellulosic feedstock as well as their advantages, and limitations. It describes the valorization of lignocellulosic waste through the production of bioethanol and emphasizes the significance of waste utilization in managing the production cost of the fuel. Finally, the utilization of genetically engineered plants and microorganisms to increase the conversion efficiency is reviewed.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811545733
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4573-3
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    Biointerface Engineering: Prospects in Medical Diagnostics and Drug Delivery (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Nanoscience. ; Nanochemistry. ; Materials. ; Biotechnology. ; Nanophysics. ; Nanochemistry. ; Materials Engineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Engineered Drug Delivery Systems: Insights of Biointerface -- Chapter 2. Tissue Engineering Strategies for Tooth and Dento-alveolar Region with Engineered Biomaterial and Stem Cells -- Chapter 3. Antifouling Peptoid Biointerfaces -- Chapter 4.Structure and Rheology of Hydrogels: Applications in Drug Delivery -- Chapter 5. Surface Engineering in Wearable Sensors for Medical Diagnostic Applications -- Chapter 6. Modulation of Physicochemical properties of Polymers for Effective Insulin Delivery Systems -- Chapter 7. Organization of Bio-molecules in Bulk and over the Nano-substrate: Perspective to the Molecular Dynamics Simulations -- Chapter 8. Medical Diagnostics Based on Electrochemical Biosensor -- Chapter 9. Nanomaterial functionalization Strategies in Bio-interface Development for Modern Diagnostic Devices -- Chapter 10. Bio-nano-Interface Engineering Strategies of AuNPs Passivation for Next-generation Biomedical Applications -- Chapter 11. Electrooptical Analysis as Sensing System for Detection and Diagnostic Bacterial Cells.
    Abstract: This book provides detailed information on the surface and surface chemistry of various biointerfaces for the understanding and development of biosensors, biocompatible devices, and drug delivery systems. It highlights the role of interfacial phenomena towards the behaviour of biomolecules on different surfaces and their significance in recent applications. The book also addresses various surface engineering techniques for the modification of biomaterials that are implemented for improving biocompatibility. It provides an updated scientific concept of various interactions of biological systems with surfaces/modified surfaces at the molecular and cellular level. The chapters include various in-vitro, in-vivo, ex-vivo models to illustrate various aspects of Biointerface Engineering. Finally, the book elucidates troubleshooting strategies and future prospects of Biointerface Engineering in Medical Diagnostics and Drug Delivery.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811547904
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4790-4
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    Nanotechnology in Regenerative Medicine and Drug Delivery Therapy (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Regenerative medicine. ; Biomaterials. ; Biotechnology. ; Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering. ; Biomaterials.
    Description / Table of Contents: Magnetic responsive and nanostructured scaffolds for tissue regeneration -- Using nanomaterials to fabricate conductive materials for cardiac and neuron regeneration -- Nanotechnology in dental therapy and oral tissue regeneration -- Nanomaterials for immunomodulation and immnunotherapy: from mechanisms to prospective application -- Fabrication and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles-based Drug Delivery System: Challenges and Perspectives -- Drug co-delivery systems for uses in cancer therapies -- Molecular studies of amyloidal peptide assemblies and related applications in tumor diagnosis and therapeutics -- Self-Assembled DNA Nanostructures for Biomedical Applications -- Intermolecular Interactions and Self-Assembly of Peptide-based Nanomaterials Against Human Pathogenic Bacteria -- Development of realgar nanotherapeutics in cancer treatment -- Nanomaterials and Reactive oxygen species (ROS) -- Protein corona of nanoparticles and its application in drug delivery.
    Abstract: The book focuses on the application of nanotechnologies in scaffold-guided tissue regeneration and in drug delivery systems for use in immunotherapy and overcoming drug resistance in cancer treatment. It covers a variety of topics, including nanomaterials for immunomodulation and immnunotherapy; molecular studies on self-assembly for peptides and DNA and related applications in tumor diagnosis and therapeutics and against human pathogenic bacteria; magnetic and conductive scaffolds for guiding tissue regeneration; multiple functions of magnetic nanoparticles in drug delivery and regenerative medicine; and re-purposing of traditional medicine in nano-formulations. In addition, it discusses common effects of nanomaterials, including reactive oxygen species and protein corona. Providing valuable insights and the presenting the latest research advances, the book allows readers to gain a systematic understanding of the topic.
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    ISBN: 9789811553868
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5386-8
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    Models, Molecules and Mechanisms in Biogerontology : Cellular Processes, Metabolism and Diseases (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Geriatrics. ; Medicine Research. ; Biology Research. ; Medical genetics. ; Bioinformatics. ; Regenerative medicine. ; Biotechnology. ; Geriatrics. ; Biomedical Research. ; Medical Genetics. ; Computational and Systems Biology. ; Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: PART I ~ ALTERATIONS IN CELLULAR MECHANISMS DURING AGING -- Chapter 1 Protein Structure and Function in Aging and Age-related Diseases -- Chapter 2 DNA, DNA Replication and Aging -- Chapter 3 Transcription and Aging -- Chapter 4 Ribosomes, Translation and Aging -- Chapter 5 p53 and Aging -- Chapter 6 Paired Box (Pax) Transcription Factors and Aging -- Chapter 7 Telomeres, Telomerase and Aging -- Chapter 8 The Epigenome of Ageing -- Chapter 9 Attaining Epigenetic Rejuvenation: Challenges Ahead -- Chapter 10 Mitochondria as a Key Player in Aging -- Chapter 11 Aging, Free Radicals and Reactive Oxygen Species: An Evolving Concept -- Chapter 12 Stem Cells and Aging -- Chapter 13 Can Autophagy Stop the Clock: Unravelling the Mystery in Dictyostelium discoideum -- Chapter 14 Aging: Reading, Reasoning and Resolving Using Drosophila as a Model System -- Chapter 15 Nothobranchius furzeri as a New Model System for Aging Studies -- PART II ALTERATIONS IN METABOLISM DURING AGING AND DISEASES -- Chapter 16 Aging in Muscle -- Chapter 17 Metabolic Diseases and Aging -- Chapter 18 Interplay Between Nutrient Sensing Molecules During Aging and Longevity -- Chapter 19 Protein Aggregation, Related Pathologies and Aging -- Chapter 20 Biological Rhythms and Aging -- Chapter 21 The Biology of Ageing and Cancer – A Complex Association.
    Abstract: The book deals with basic cellular and molecular mechanisms associated with aging. It comprehensively describes the important genetic, epigenetic, biochemical and metabolic regulations during aging, as well as some important age-related diseases.The book is divided into four major sections for easy understanding. It takes the readers through the various aspects of aging in a story-like manner. Certain interventions for healthy aging such as dietary restriction, regular exercise and maintaining a balanced and peaceful life-style are also suggested by the experts. The book would be a companion for both beginners, as well as established researchers in the field. It would be useful for science education, research, clinical approach and policy making.
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    ISBN: 9789813290051
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9005-1
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    Advanced Imaging and Bio Techniques for Convergence Science (2021)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Biomedical engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.Confocal laser scanning microscopy and fluorescence correlation methods for evaluation of molecular interactions -- 2.Number and Brightness Imaging: visualization of protein oligomerization state in living cell -- 3.Single-molecule analysis on the coupling of molecular state and reaction kinetics -- 4.Imaging lipid rafts in the plasma membrane using novel probe and super-resolution microscopy -- 5.Multiplex Immunohistochemistry (IHC) -- 6.Micro-endoscopy for live small animal fluorescent imaging -- 7.Immuno-gold techniques -- 8.Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy for Nanoparticle-Cell Interaction -- 9.Diagnostic and Therapeutic Nanomedicine -- 10.Semiconductor nanocrystals for biological imaging and fluorescence spectroscopy -- 11.DNA/RNA fluorescence imaging by synthetic nucleic acids -- Section II: Label-free techniques and advanced tomographic imaging -- 12.“Magnetic resonance imaging for preclinical study -- 13.Holotomography techniques for 3D label-free imaging of live cells and tissues -- 14.Dynamic-contrast optical imaging techniques -- 15.Emerging biological and clinical applications of photoacoustic tomography -- Section III: Potential (synergic) biotechnologies to be joined with imaging techniques -- 16.Generation of genetically-engineered mouse models using CRISPR-Cas system -- 17.Highly efficient generation of cell lines stably expressing genes of interest via Cre recombinase mediated knock-in method in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells and its application for microscopic imaging techniques -- 18.Mass spectrometry based metabolomics in translational research -- 19.Application of mass spectrometry in drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics for drug development -- 20.Discovery and Application of Chemical Probes for Translational Research -- 21.Regeneration of skin cells by mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes.
    Abstract: This book is a wide-ranging guide to advanced imaging techniques and related methods with important applications in translational research or convergence science as progress is made toward a new era in integrative healthcare. Conventional and advanced microscopic imaging techniques, including both non-fluorescent (i.e., label-free) and fluorescent methods, have to date provided researchers with specific and quantitative information about molecules, cells, and tissues. Now, however, the different imaging techniques can be correlated with each other and multimodal methods developed to simultaneously obtain diverse and complementary information. In addition, the latest advanced imaging techniques can be integrated with non-imaging techniques such as mass spectroscopic methods, genome editing, organic/inorganic probe synthesis, nanomedicine, and drug discovery. The book will be of high value for researchers in the biological and biomedical sciences or convergence science who need to use these multidisciplinary and integrated techniques or are involved in developing new analytical methods focused on convergence science. .
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    Pages: VI, 564 p. 191 illus., 161 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789813360648
    Series Statement: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1310
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6064-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-33-6064-8
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    Ginseng Nutritional Components and Functional Factors (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Nutrition   . ; Pharmacology. ; Biotechnology. ; Nutrition. ; Pharmacology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Analysis of Amino Acids in Ginseng -- Chapter 2. Analysis of Proteins in Ginseng -- Chapter 3. Analysis of Saccharides and Polysaccharides in Ginseng -- Chapter 4. Analysis of Volatile Oils in Ginseng -- Chapter 5. Analysis of Nucleotides in Ginseng -- Chapter 6. Analysis of Flavonoids in Ginseng -- Chapter 7. Analysis of Ginsenosides in Ginseng -- Chapter 8. Analysis of Organic Acids in Ginseng -- Chapter 9. Analysis of Vitamins in Ginseng -- Chapter 10. Analysis of Inorganic Elemenst in Ginseng -- Chapter 11. Analysis of Sterols in Ginseng.
    Abstract: Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. is an Araliaceae Panax plant. Along with mink and antler, ginseng is one of the three treasures of Northeast of China, and is a valuable medicine and health care product. The "King of Herbs" is known around the globe; however, a comprehensive source of information on its use is needed. This book is based on a study of 45 samples of ginseng collected from Jilin Province, Heilongjiang Province, Liaoning Province and Korea. These samples, which included 3, 4 and 5-year-old ginseng, were analyzed for various constituents, such as ginsenosides and polysaccharides, providing extensive scientific data. This book not only focuses on the methods of analyzing the nutritional content and functional factors in ginseng, but also presents the findings of these analyses. Uncovering the mysteries of ginseng, offering scientific-technological insights and comparing domestic and foreign ginseng, it is a valuable reference resource for researchers and consumers alike. .
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    Pages: XI, 197 p. 141 illus., 71 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811546884
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4688-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4688-4
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    Application of Nanotechnology in Biomedical Sciences (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Cancer. ; Nanochemistry. ; Pollution. ; Biotechnology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Cancer Biology. ; Nanochemistry. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Advancements of nanotechnology in diagnostic applications -- Chapter : 2: Polycaprolactone-based nanofibers and their in-vitro and in-vivo applications in bone tissue engineering -- Chapter 3: Nanocamptothecins as new generation pharmaceuticals for treatment of diverse cancers: Overview on a Natural product to Nanomedicine. – Chapter 4: Smart biomaterials from electrospun chitosan nanofibers by functionalization and blending in biomedical applications -- Chapter 5: Unique properties of the gold nanoparticles: Synthesis, functionalization and applications -- Chapter 6 : Nanotechnology and diabetes management: Recent advances and future perspectives -- Chapter 7: Recent advances in the emergence of nanorobotics in medicine -- Chapter 8: Composite of ceramic and polymeric nanofibers for photocatalytic degradation of dairy effluent.
    Abstract: This book highlights the wide applications of nanomaterials in healthcare and environmental remediation. Presenting nano-based materials that positively influence the growth and proliferation of cells present in soft and hard tissue and are used for the regeneration bone tissue and/or suppression of cancer cells, it also discusses the natural products that can be incorporated in nanofibers for the treatment of cancer. Further, it describes the use of blending and functionalization to produce chitosan nanofibers for biomedical applications, and reviews the role of plasma-enhanced gold nanoparticles in diagnostics and therapeutics. Lastly, the book also introduces various nanotechnology approaches for the removal of waste metabolites in drinking water, and explores the emerging applications of nanorobotics in medicine. Given its scope, this book is a valuable resource for scientists, clinicians, engineers and researchers aiming to gain a better understanding of the various applications of nanotechnology.
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    Pages: XIV, 164 p. 63 illus., 49 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811556227
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5622-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-5622-7
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    Biotechnology Applied to Inflammatory Diseases : Cellular Mechanisms and Nanomedicine (2023)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Cytology. ; Nanobiotechnology. ; Biology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Nanomedicine. ; Biotechnology. ; Cell Biology. ; Nanobiotechnology. ; Biological Sciences. ; Nanotechnology. ; Nanomedicine and Nanotoxicology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1. Cellular and molecular mechanisms in inflammatory diseases -- Chapter 1. Vascular Diseases as mediator of systemic inflammation -- Chapter 2. Inflammation and gut microbiote -- Chapter 3. Cardioimmunology: na interdisciplinar approach -- Chapter 4. Cell therapy as strategy for respiratory Diseases -- Chapter 5. Mitochondrial dysfunction as a trigger of inflammation in cardiovascular diseases -- Chapter 6. Cancer therapy-induced inflammation and its consequences -- Chapter 7. Coupling glucose phosphorylation to oxygen in brain mitochondria: would it be redox set point? -- Chapter 8. Methods for the analysis of arachidonic acid-derived metabolites in platelets -- Part 2. Nanomedicines for inflammatory diseases -- Chapter 9. In vitro models and molecular markers for assessing nano-based systems inflammatory potential -- Chapter 10. Using micro- and nanocarriers for myocardial targeted delivery -- Chapter 11. Nano-based hydrogels for atopic dermatitis treatment -- Chapter 12. Nanomedicine applied to inflammatory bowel diseases -- Chapter 13. Nanomedicine therapies for macrophage-targeted delivery -- Chapter 14. Nano-based therapies for pulmonary inflammatory diseases -- Chapter 15. Pulmonary inflammation treated by nanocarriers.
    Abstract: Biotechnology involves an interdisciplinary science that provides an interface between biological, molecular and cellular aspects of living organisms with broad technologies applicable in the fields of health, environment and materials. This book “Biotechnology applied to inflammatory diseases: Cellular mechanisms and nanomedicine” is focused on elaborating especially on two trendy areas from Biotechnology. In this volume, different inflammatory pathologies in terms of cellular and molecular mechanisms are characterized to better understand the science behind current precision medicine. The second part of the book focuses on the main biotechnological advancements for the understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in the progression of various types of inflammatory diseases, highlighting up-to-date contributions of nanomedicine. The reader will be able to explore the utilization of technologies for various inflammatory diseases and will be able to enable an engaging and valuable knowledge for further research and clinically applied scenarios. .
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    Pages: IX, 340 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811983429
    Series Statement: Interdisciplinary Biotechnological Advances,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8342-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-8342-9
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    Biomechanics of Injury and Prevention (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Biomechanics. ; Biophysics. ; Biotechnology. ; Biomechanics. ; Biophysics.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Introduction -- 2 Biomechanical study on injuries of human head-neck complex -- 3 Resist mechanism of woodpecker's head and neck injury -- 4 Biomechanical study on the mechanism of eye injuries -- 5 Biomechanics of the optic nerve -- 6 The mechanism of pulsatile tinnitus and treatment -- 7 Biomechanics of lower limb injuries during landing -- 8 The biomechanical study of half-squat parachute landing and injuries prevention -- 9 Biomechanical study on injury and treatment of human knee joint -- 10 The protective effect of insole on foot injury -- 11 Biomechanics of magnesium-based implant during tissue repair -- 12 Image-based finite element modeling for the descriptions of bone failure behaviors -- 13 Weightless musculoskeletal injury and protection -- 14 Study on the strength of manual work -- 15 The ergonomic system for the partial pressure suit.
    Abstract: This book summarizes the recent advancements for biomechanics of injury and prevention in mechanism, application and developing frontiers. Biomechanics plays an important role in achieving safety, health, comfort, and a high quality of life by revealing injury mechanism and providing prevention methods. The book covers injury and prevention to the entire human body, from head to toe, including injury and prevention in sports, traffic, accident, clinic and so on. In addition, bionics prevention method inspired by woodpecker is also introduced. The book provides the reader with not only the mechanism of injury but also the advanced injury diagnosis, treatment, and prevention devices based on biomechanics.
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    Pages: XVI, 463 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811642692
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4269-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-4269-2
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    Gender and Energy Transition : Case Studies from the Upper Silesia Coal-mining Region (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Feminism. ; Feminist theory. ; Economic development. ; Biotechnology. ; Feminism and Feminist Theory. ; Development Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Environment as a feminist issue -- 3. Silesian coal: history of Silesian industrialisation, the emergence of industrial society and its present restructuring -- 4. Silesian modernizations: analysis of the discourses of change -- 5. Coal perception in the region -- 6. Silesian narratives about the energy and ecology -- 7. The changing roles and values of Silesian women -- 8. Silesian women’s identity: the might of myth -- 9. Women's activity: "I" towards the change -- 10. Post-coal Silesia – the emergence of new regional identity -- 11. Upper Silesia: towards a sustainable future?.
    Abstract: This volume takes an ecofeminist perspective in analysing societal changes related to energy transition, with a focus on Upper Silesia in Europe, following the closure of coal-mining industries in the region. It provides both a macro and micro view of how energy transition in societies built around an energy industry can lead to major shifts in societal and familial dynamics, and how women locate themselves in this transition period affecting the economy as well as social and environmental structures and values. Densely populated Upper Silesia in southern Poland, with one of the longest histories of industrialization, extractivism and environmental degradation in Europe, can be considered as a microcosm of regions that have undergone such changes due to energy transition. The traces of telling socio-economic changes, as well as the tangle of modernity and conservatism, are both clearly visible in the local region and society. The book documents the Silesian changes and highlights the female perspective: their culture, identities, as well as empowerment and the agency. The paradigm of feminist and masculinity studies helps in presenting the complexity and the challenges of the just energy transition. This is a topical volume, given that many regions of the world are undergoing similar changes, and is an interesting read for decision-makers, policy experts, environmentalists, as well social scientists who study issues related to sustainability and environmental/societal challenges in energy transition. Chapter 1 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030784164
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78416-4
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    Handbook of Environmental Sociology (2021)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Political planning. ; Human ecology Study and teaching. ; Critical criminology. ; Biotechnology. ; Public Policy. ; Environmental Studies. ; Critical Criminology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: A 21st Century Public Environmental Sociology (Beth Schaefer Caniglia) -- Part I: Inequality, Political Economy, and Justice -- Chapter 2. Intersectionality and the Environment (Christina Ergas) -- Chapter 3. Environmental Justice (Rebecca Maung) -- Chapter 4. Ecologically Unequal Exchange and Environmental Load Displacement (Jennifer E. Givens) -- Chapter 5. Consumption (Annika Rieger) -- Chapter 6. Corporations and the Environment (Simone Pulver) -- Chapter 7. Just Transitions and Labor (Erik Kojola) -- Part II: Energy, Climate, and Health -- Chapter 8. Sociology of Energy(Stephanie A. Malin) -- Chapter 9. Risk (Alissa Cordner) -- Chapter 10. Sociology and Climate Change (Danielle Falzon) -- Chapter 11. Sociology of Disasters (Lori Peek) -- Chapter 12. Environmental Factors in Health (Elisabeth Wilder) -- Chapter 13. Food Insecurity (Dorceta E. Taylor) -- Part III: Culture, the State, and Institutions -- Chapter 14. Animals in Environmental Sociology (Linda Kalof) -- Chapter 15. Religion and the Environment (Lynn Hempel) -- Chapter 16. Environmental Governance (Dana R. Fisher) -- Chapter 17. Green Criminology (Michael J. Lynch) -- Chapter 18. War and the Environment (Michael R. Lengefeld) -- Part IV: Population, Place, and Possibilities -- Chapter 19. Environmental Demography (Lori M. Hunter ) -- Chapter 20. Land Use and Land Use Change (Thomas K. Rudel) -- Chapter 21. Structural Human Ecology (Thomas Dietz) -- Chapter 22. Environmental Science and Technology Studies (Scott Frickel) -- Chapter 23. Towards an Indigenous Environmental Sociology (Kari Marie Norgaard) -- Chapter 24. Environmental Movements in the United States (Erik W. Johnson) -- Chapter 25. Socio-Ecological Systems (Beth Schaefer Caniglia).
    Abstract: This handbook defines the contours of environmental sociology and invites readers to push boundaries in their exploration of this important subdiscipline. It offers a comprehensive overview of the evolution of environmental sociology and its role in this era of intensified national and global environmental crises. Its timely frameworks and high-impact chapters will assist in navigating this moment of great environmental inequality and uncertainty. The handbook brings together an outstanding group of scholars who have helped redefine the scope of environmental sociology and expand its reach and impact. Their contributions speak to key themes of the subdiscipline—inequality, justice, population, social movements, and health. Chapter topics include environmental demography, food systems, animals and the environment, climate change, disasters, and much more. The emphasis on public environmental sociology and the forward-thinking approach of this collection is what sets this volume apart. This handbook can serve as an introduction for students new to environmental sociology or as an insightful treatment that current experts can use to further their own research and publication. It will leave readers with a strong understanding of environmental sociology and the motivation to apply it to their work. .
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030777128
    Series Statement: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77712-8
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    Biobanks in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Relevance, Setup and Management (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Biomaterials. ; Biology Technique. ; Biotechnology. ; Biomaterials. ; Biological Techniques.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to Biobanking -- Scientific Relevance, Problems and the Destitution for Principles of Biobanks and Biobanking Activities -- Types of Biobanks -- Ethical and Legal Principles in the Field of Biobanking -- Business Planning for Biobanks -- Biobanking Concepts Specific for Developing Countries -- Methods of Implementation and Set-up of National Biobanking Networks -- Implementation of Ethical and Legal Considerations in a Biobanking Network -- Collection and Management of Samples -- Quality Control and Risk Management in Biobanks -- Governance and Stakeholder Analysis -- Biobanking IT Systems, Database Structure and Web Applications -- Management Model and Sustainability Plan of Biobanks -- Sustainability Plan and Project Management of a Biobanking Network -- Establishing a Biobank Using Standardisation -- Science and Innovation of Biobanks -- Running a Biobank Network -- Infrastructure: Delivering on the Promise of Biobanking -- Design Considerations and Equipment of Biobanks -- Software Tools for Biobanking in LMICs -- The Importance of Cancer Biobanks in Low- and Middle-Income Countries -- Biobanking in Paediatrics: A Look from Armenia as a Middle-Income Country -- Biobanking of the Central Nervous System -- The Importance of Biobanking COVID-19 Samples -- Oncobiobanking in a Middle-Income Country: The Example of Russia -- Sustainability of Biobanks and Biobanking in LMICs -- Biobanks for Enabling Research and Development by Trusted Patient Data Environment -- Future Perspective of the Biobanking Field.
    Abstract: This book introduces the fundamentals of biobanking and guides through the practical planning thereof, with a special focus on the situation in low- and middle-income countries. On the example of the setup of a Ukrainian biobank the book discusses the main steps and aspects of successful biorepository implementation and management. Topics covered include collection, storage and shipping of samples, establishment of an IT system, development of a sustainability plan, and project and risk management. Furthermore, the importance of the formation of international biobanking societies such as the Ukraine Association of Biobanks is highlighted, and their main objectives and tasks are discussed. The book addresses life science and business professionals as well as national authorities who are interested in biobanking in general and in setting up a biobank in particular.
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    Pages: XVII, 235 p. 25 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030876371
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87637-1
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    Recent Advances in Edible Fats and Oils Technology : Processing, Health Implications, Economic and Environmental Impact (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Lipids. ; Food science. ; Biotechnology. ; Lipidology. ; Food Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats: Sources, Properties and Recovery -- Chapter 2. Exotic Oil: Sources, Properties and Recovery -- Chapter 3. Seed Oil: Sources, Properties and Recovery -- Chapter 4. Vegetable Oil Refining -- Chapter 5. MINOR COMPONENTS IN EDIBLE OIL -- Chapter 6. Blending, Hydrogenation, Fractionation and Interesterification Processing -- Chapter 7. Ionic Liquid as a Green Solvent for Lipid Processing -- Chapter 8. Diacylglycerol Oil: Health Benefits, Synthesis and Applications -- Chapter 9. Medium-and Long-Chain Triacylglycerol: Production, Health Effects and Applications -- Chapter 10. Enzymatic synthesis of human milk fat substitutes -- Chapter 11. Cocoa Butter Alternatives for Food Applications -- Chapter 12. Oleogel: Production and Application -- Chapter 13. Characterization of Nanoemulsions: The Way Forward -- Chapter 14. Processing Contaminants In Edible Oil -- Chapter 15. Enzymatic Biodiesel Production from Low-Quality Waste Oils and Non-edible Oils: Current Status and Future Prospects -- Chapter 16. Sustainability and Traceability in the Malaysian Oil Palm Industry -- Chapter 17. Adulteration in Oils and Fats Industry.
    Abstract: This book is written by international experts with both academic and industrial credentials. It presents for the first time, a collection of up-­to-­date scientific advances in the area of edible fats and oils technology, over a span of 10 years from 2009 to the year 2019. The book covers the existing and recent advanced techniques adopted in the edible fats and oils research and touches on the processing and modification, to the traceability and sustainability issues of fats and oils. Some recent technologies like supercritical carbon dioxide, microwave, ultrasound, and enzymatic‐ assisted processes, ionic liquid, enzymatic processes, biosensor and membrane technology are presented in the book. The book aims to provide the technologists and researchers in research, development and operations in the edible fats and oils industries with critical and readily accessible information on the recent advances in the field. The book is divided into three broad sections- Fats and Oils Chemistry and Processing, Fats and Oils Modification and Health Implications, and Fats and Oils Safety, Social, Environmental and Economic Impacts. It is an extremely comprehensive and valuable resource, which serves as an essential reference for students and lipid scientists from academia or industry.
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    ISBN: 9789811651137
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5113-7
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    The CRISPR/Cas Tool Kit for Genome Editing (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Food science. ; Plant biotechnology. ; Plant genetics. ; Biotechnology. ; Food Science. ; Plant Biotechnology. ; Plant Genetics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: An introduction to CRISPR/Cas based genome editing -- Chapter 2: History and classification of CRISPR/Cas systems -- Chapter 3: Bioinformatic tools -- Chapter 4: Delivery methods in CRISPR/Cas platform -- Chapter 5: Re-engineering of CRISPR/Cas system -- Chapter 6: Beyond genome editing: CRISPR approaches -- Chapter 7: RNA editing with CRISPR/Cas13 -- Chapter 8: CRISPR for rewriting genetic codes -- Chapter 9: Applications of CRISPR/Cas system in plants -- Chapter 10: Challenges and Future perspective of CRISPR Technology.
    Abstract: This book discusses CRISPR/Cas- one of the most powerful tools available to scientists for genome editing. CRISPR/Cas is not only a genome editing tool, but researchers have also engineered it for gene regulation, genome imaging, base editing and epigenome regulations. This book describes the entire toolkit for CRISPR/Cas. The opening section gives an introduction to the technique and compares it with other genome editing tools. Further section gives a historical perspective of the tool, along with its detailed classification. The next chapters describe bioinformatic tools in CRISPR/Cas, and delivery methods for CRISPR/Cas. The book also discusses about the applications of CRISPR/Cas beyond genome editing and use of CRISPR for rewriting genetic codes. The book dedicates a section to the use of CRISPR in plants. The book culminates with a chapter on the current status, challenges and shortcomings of the CRISPR/Cas genome editing tool. The book would be highly interesting to students and researchers in molecular biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, food science, agriculture and plant sciences.
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    ISBN: 9789811663055
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6305-5
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    Research for Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences (2021)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Radiology. ; Biomedical engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Radiology. ; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. ; Radiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. The Nature and Scope of Research -- 2. Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Research-An Overview of Approaches -- 3. Planning Your Research -- 4. The Literature Review -- 5. Quantitative Research Methods -- 6. Qualitative Research Methods -- 7. Data Collection, Analysis and Interpretation -- 8. Communicating Research Findings -- 9. Research Examples in Medical Imaging-A Selected Review.
    Abstract: This book addresses essential principles of research according to the scientific method for medical imaging technology research. The scope of this book covers the nature of scientific research; quantitative and qualitative approaches essentials; research planning; literature review fundamentals; research methods; data collection, analysis, and interpretation; and communicating research findings. The book meets the educational requirements on Research Principles and Concepts (for entry to practice) of the following professional radiologic technology associations: the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT), the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT), the College of Radiographers in the United Kingdom, and radiography societies and associations in Asia, Australia, Europe, and Africa. This is an ideal book for radiologic technologists, nuclear medicine technologists, and radiation therapists seeking to get started in research in their profession. Additionally, biomedical imaging engineering technologists, radiologists, and medical imaging physicists may use this as a “guiding principles” textbook.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030799564
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79956-4
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    Machine Learning in Biological Sciences : Updates and Future Prospects (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Bioinformatics. ; Machine learning. ; Biotechnology. ; Computational and Systems Biology. ; Machine Learning. ; Bioinformatics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. A Brief Overview Of Applications Of Machine Learning In Life Sciences -- Chapter 2. Introduction To Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Methods In Biology -- Chapter 3. Machine Learning Methods -- Chapter 4. Introduction To Machine Learning Models -- Chapter 5. Model Selection Formachine Learning -- Chapter 6. Multivariate Methods In Machine Learning In The Context Of Biological Data -- Chapter 7. Dimensionality Reduction Methods In Machine Learning -- Chapter 8. Hidden Markov Method -- Chapter 9. Neural Network And Deep Learning. Chapter 10. Ethics In Machine Learning And Artificial Intelligence -- Chapter 11. Machine Learning And Life Sciences -- Chapter 12. Machine Learning And Negleced Tropical Diseases- Chapter 13. Machine Learning In Cardiovascular Diseases -- Chapter 14. Machine Learning And Diabetes -- Chapter 15. Machine Learning And Epilepsy -- Chapter 16. The Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Pytorch And Applications In Biology -- Chapter 17. Applications And Software Of Machine Learning And Ai In Medical Knowledge In Health -- Chapter 18. Cloud Computing Infrastructure In Healthcare Industry -- Chapter 19. Amazon Web Services (Aws) And Microsoft Azure In The Domain Of Life Sciences -- Chapter 20. Toxicity: An Introduction -- Chapter 21. Machine Learning (Ml) And Toxicity Studies. Chapter 22. Applications Of Machine Learning In Study Of Cell Biology -- Chapter 23. Genomics And Machine Learning -- Chapter 24. Cell Fate Analysis And Machine Learning -- Chapter 25. Study Of Biomarker And Machine Learning -- Chapter 26. Animal Behaviour: An Introduction -- Chapter 27. Study Of Animal Behaviour And Machine Learning -- Chapter 28. Machine Learning And Precision Farming -- Chapter 29. Machine Learning In The Study Of Animal Health And Veterinary Sciences -- Chapter 30. Macinelearning And Animalresorviors -- Chapter 31. Challenging Problems In Plant Biology -- Chapter 32. Machine Learning And Plant Sciences. Chapter 33. Machine Learning In Understanding Of Plant Pathogen Interactions -- Chapter 34. Machine Learning In Plant Disease Research -- Chapter 35. Biorobots -- Chapter 36. The Challenges To Application Of Machine Learning In Biological Sciences -- Chapter 37. The Future Of Machine Learning.
    Abstract: This book gives an overview of applications of Machine Learning (ML) in diverse fields of biological sciences, including healthcare, animal sciences, agriculture, and plant sciences. Machine learning has major applications in process modelling, computer vision, signal processing, speech recognition, and language understanding and processing and life, and health sciences. It is increasingly used in understanding DNA patterns and in precision medicine. This book is divided into eight major sections, each containing chapters that describe the application of ML in a certain field. The book begins by giving an introduction to ML and the various ML methods. It then covers interesting and timely aspects such as applications in genetics, cell biology, the study of plant-pathogen interactions, and animal behavior. The book discusses computational methods for toxicity prediction of environmental chemicals and drugs, which forms a major domain of research in the field of biology. It is of relevance to post-graduate students and researchers interested in exploring the interdisciplinary areas of use of machine learning and deep learning in life sciences.
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    Pages: XXI, 336 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811688812
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8881-2
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    Revisiting National Security : Prospecting Governance for Human Well-Being (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Political science. ; Quality of life. ; Biotechnology. ; Governance and Government. ; Quality of Life Research.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I In Quest of National Security: World of Sapiens -- 1. Humans and Human Systems: Shifting Centroid of National Security -- 2. National Security: Concept, Evolution and Descriptive Stasis -- 3. National Security: Definitions and Manifestations -- 4. Threats, Risks and Uncertainty: Triad of Chaotic Balance in a Chancy, Chancy World -- 5. Terrains and Terrain Specificity -- 6. Elements of National Security: Gravity Centres -- 7. Convolution of Apparent Security and Perceived Security in Governance -- 8. Rule of Law and Role of Government —Law Making, Enforcing and National Security -- Part II Elements of National Security -- 9. #1 Military Security (Milsec) (ms) -- 10. #2 Economic Security (Econosec) (es1) -- 11. #3 Resource Security (Resourcesec) (rs) -- 12. #4 Border Security (Bordersec) (bs1) -- 13. #5 Demographic Security (Demosec) (ds1) -- 14. #6 Disaster Security (Disastersec) (ds2) -- 15. #7 Energy Security (Energysec) (es2) -- 16. #8 Geostrategic Security (Geosec) (gs1) -- 17. #9 Informational Security (Infosec) (is) -- 18. #10 Food Security (Foodsec) (fs) -- 19. #11 Health Security (Healthsec) (hs) -- 20. #12 Ethnic Security (Ethnicsec) (es3) -- 21. #13 Environmental Security (Envirosec) (es4) -- 22. #14 Cyber Security (Cybersec) (cs) -- 23. #15 Genomic Security (Genomesec) (gs2) -- 24. #16 Microbiomic Security (Microbiomicsec) (ms2) -- Part III Strategising National Security -- 25. Trendlines in National Security -- 26. Strategic National Security and National Security Strategy -- 27. Tradeoffs in National Security Governance -- Part IV Examining National Security -- 28. Research Purpose—National Security Governance -- 29. Research Factors and Questions—National Security Governance -- 30. Assessing and Indexing National Security -- Part V Future of Governance and Human Well-being -- 31. Beyond National Security—Global Perspective -- 32. Will Sapiens End? Premising Governance… -- 33. Human Well-being—Visions in Dark and Grey -- Part VI Conclusions -- 34. Present Imperfect—Future Perfect -- 35. Capsuling National Security.
    Abstract: This book examines the evolving concept of national security and how human systems could be governed in an ever turbulent and dynamic world. It takes a revised look at the concept of national security, previously researched and identified by the author, based on the present context but with a futuristic appreciation of governance, primarily national but extended to global perspectives, in the modern and dynamically shifting world. The book emphasises the need for governments to maximise national security for the well-being of their people. The concept of national security is taken as the key subject of national governance which is extendable to global governance wherein national security is not only the physical or military security alone but also the overall well-being of the people of a nation. This book explores how national security can be achieved by balancing its various elements in different terrains where the game of governance is played in national as well as global perspective. It also presents additional findings and observations to show that the approach is transformative, redefining the key knowledge paradigms. This book is relevant for policy makers, students, researchers and academics who wish to explore and rethink their approach towards governing the human systems, whose well-being is the responsibility of governments.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811682933
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8293-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-8293-3
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    New Perspectives on Health and Social Care (2023)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Public health. ; Quality of life. ; Biotechnology. ; Public Health. ; Biotechnology. ; Quality of Life Research.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction – Perspectives on Health and Social Care -- Chapter 2: New Perspectives: Foucault and applicability to Health and Social Care -- Chapter 3: A Foucauldian Analysis of Health and Social Care -- Chapter 4: Surveillance and Health and Social Care -- Chapter 5: Governmentality and Health and Social Care -- Chapter 6: Performativity and Health and Social Care -- Chapter 7: Power and Health and Social Care -- Chapter 8: Narrative, Health, Care and Family -- Chapter 9: Health and Care in the Risk Society -- Chapter 10: Towards Global Health?.
    Abstract: The relationship between health, social care, and the teaching of disciplines such as sociology, social work, and social policy are increasing in many regions worldwide. This book explores the relationship between wider social theory and social welfare though an understanding of how power and resistance impinges on how helping professions operate in health and social spaces in the twenty-first century. The book presents a critical analysis of major Foucauldian theories and social issues in the construction and practice of health and social welfare. It discusses important theoretical and substantive contributions to current debates and presents an engaging, comprehensive, and innovative perspective to address both how power and resistance shape the way we live and how the way we live shapes the way in which we understand social relations among professionals, policy makers, and user groups in comparative contexts. The purpose of this book is to critically inform debates concerning the abstract and empirical features of health and social care examined through the lens of innovative theoretical perspectives emanating from Foucauldian theories.
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    Pages: IX, 144 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031254321
    Series Statement: International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25432-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-25432-1
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    Natural Bioactive Products in Sustainable Agriculture (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Pharmacology. ; Industrial microbiology. ; Agriculture. ; Biotechnology. ; Pharmacology. ; Industrial Microbiology. ; Agriculture.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Natural Products as Eco-Friendly approaches to manage plant diseases -- Chapter 2. Bioactive Natural Products as Defense for Diseases -- Chapter 3. Biological Control Agents: Diversity, Ecological Significances and Biotechnological Applications -- Chapter 4. Role of Biological Agents for the Management of Plant Root Diseases -- Chapter 5. Herbicides and Plant Growth Regulators: Current Developments and Future Challenges -- Chapter 6. Insecticides Derived from Natural Products: Diversity and Potential Applications -- Chapter 7. Juvenoids and its Application in Crop Management -- Chapter 8. Pyrethroids: A Natural Product for Crop Protections -- Chapter 9. Natural Products as Fungicides: Roles in Plant Protections -- Chapter 10. Natural Products as Eco-Friendly Bactericides for Plant Growth and Development -- Chapter 11. Natural Biological Products from Plants as Rodenticides -- Chapter 12. Natural Product as Avermectins and Milbemycins for Agriculture Perspectives -- Chapter 13. Phytogenic feed additives in Animal Nutrition -- Chapter 14. Global Scenario of Natural Product for Sustainable Agriculture. .
    Abstract: This book discusses various aspects of bioactive natural products employed in the agrochemical and agriculture sectors. It covers the use of plants, microorganisms, and microbial metabolites as eco-friendly, cost-effective, and sustainable alternatives to chemicals in the field of agriculture. Written by active researchers and academics, the book highlights state-of-art products in the field, as well as the gaps, challenges, and obstacles associated with the use of plants, microbes and their products. Given its scope, it is a valuable resource for the scientific community and professionals in enterprises wanting insights into the latest developments and advances in the context of biological products, including their applications, traditional uses, modern practices, and strategies to harness their full potential.
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    Pages: XII, 307 p. 56 illus., 25 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811530241
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3024-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-3024-1
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    Thermophilic Anaerobes : Phylogeny, Physiology and Biotechnological Applications (2023)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Bacteria. ; Archaebacteria. ; Microbial ecology. ; Biotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Bacteria. ; Archaea. ; Environmental Microbiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: General topics -- Geothermal habitats and adaptations of thermophilic microbes -- Diversity of thermophilic prokaryotes -- Molecular basis for thermostability -- Cultivation techniques and molecular methods of identification of thermophilic, anaerobic bacteria -- Part II: Biochemistry and Physiology of thermophiles -- Physiology of chemoheterotrophic thermoanaerobes -- Part III: Biotechnological Applications -- Thermostable enzymes and their applications -- Production of biofuels by thermoanaerobic bacteria -- Production of fine chemicals by thermophilic, anaerobic bacteria -- Part IV: Future aspects -- Potential of anaerobic thermophiles and future prospects.
    Abstract: Hot environments are diverse environments that habor a wide variety of anaerobic microorganisms. Although the existence of thermophilic microorganisms has been known for over a century, it is only since the 1970s that warm environments inhabited by thermophiles have been studied in more detail. While aerobic thermophiles have received most of the interest, thermophilic anaerobes have received less attention. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamental aspects of thermophilic anaerobes, from their environments to their applications in biotechnology. The book is divided into three parts: 1) a general overview of thermophilic anaerobes, their history, environments, and phylogenetic relationships, 2) physiological aspects of thermophilic anaerobes and their mechanisms of thermal adaptation, and 3) the biotechnological applications of thermophiles for the production of biofuels and other chemical building blocks as well as their applications in specific industries. This comprehensive and up-to-date book, Thermophilic anaerobes - Phylogeny, Physiology and Biotechnological Applications, is a valuable resource for experienced researchers and early career scientists alike who want to learn more about this exciting and developing field.
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    Pages: VI, 244 p. 36 illus., 27 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031417207
    Series Statement: Emerging Issues and Trends,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41720-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-41720-7
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    Fuzzy Sets Methods in Image Processing and Understanding : Medical Imaging Applications (2023)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Computer vision. ; Radiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Computer Vision. ; Radiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Preliminaries -- Fuzzy spatial objects (fuzzy geometry and topology, set theoretic operations) -- Mathematical morphology -- Distances and similarities between fuzzy sets -- Machine learning in image processing and understanding -- Fusion -- Spatial relations -- Structural representations.
    Abstract: This book provides a thorough overview of recent methods using higher level information (object or scene level) for advanced tasks such as image understanding along with their applications to medical images. Advanced methods for fuzzy image processing and understanding are presented, including fuzzy spatial objects, geometry and topology, mathematical morphology, machine learning, verbal descriptions of image content, fusion, spatial relations, and structural representations. For each methodological aspect covered, illustrations from the medical imaging domain are provided. This is an ideal book for graduate students and researchers in the field of medical image processing. This book also: Enriches reader understanding of the latest fuzzy sets methods using higher level information (object or scene level) for advanced tasks, such as image understanding Shares many insights into fuzzy spatial objects, including fuzzy geometry and topology as well as set theoretical operations Covers in detail machine learning in image processing and understanding, with special focus on clustering, classification, and basic and advanced fuzzy methods .
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031194252
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19425-2
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    Current Advances in Biotechnological Production of Xylitol : Fermentative Production of Xylitol (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Chemical engineering. ; Agricultural genome mapping. ; Biomaterials. ; Biotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Chemical Process Engineering. ; Agricultural Genetics. ; Plant Materials.
    Description / Table of Contents: Methods for hemicellulose deconstruction aiming to xylose recovery: Recent progress and future perspectives -- Detoxification of hemicellulosic hydrolysates for improved xylitol production -- Fermentative production of xylitol from various lignocellulosic hydrolysates -- Strain improvement methods for enhanced xylitol production -- Fermentative methods for xylitol production: a comparative account on batch, fed-batch and continuous fermentation -- Methods for xylitol recovery: appraisal and future perspectives -- Critical analysis on xylitol production employing integrated approaches in sugarcane and corn processing mills -- Techno-economic analysis of xylitol production in standalone and integrated biorefineries -- Applications of xylitol in food, health and medical sector -- Market, consumption trends and commercial status of xylitol production.
    Abstract: This book explores recent advances in the microbial production of xylitol and its applications in food and medical sector. Xylitol is an important biomolecule from lignocellulose biorefinery which is produced from the xylose by chemical reactions or microbial fermentation methods. Currently, the demand of xylitol at commercial scale is being met through chemical methods. However, recent breakthroughs made in plant cell wall destruction, genetic engineering to develop the designer microorganisms, fermentation methods and media formulations and downstream processing have led the ways for sustainable production of xylitol at commercial scale in lignocellulose biorefineries. Microbial production of xylitol is preferred over the chemical processes as it is environmentally friendly, higher process efficiency with the desired product yield, and product recovery with minimum impurities. This book is a unique compilation of 11 book chapters written by experts in their respective fields. These chapters present critical insights and discuss the current progress and future progress in this area into fermentative xylitol production. Chapter 9 is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. For further details see license information in the chapter.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031049422
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04942-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-04942-2
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    Nanobiomaterial Engineering : Concepts and Their Applications in Biomedicine and Diagnostics (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Regenerative medicine. ; Immunology. ; Biotechnology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering. ; Immunology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Nanomaterials, classifications, and properties -- Chapter 2. Engineering nanomaterials for bio-interfacing -- Chapter 3. Biomaterials and surface modification strategies -- Chapter 4. Nano materials as a nanotheronostic agent -- Chapter 5. Nanobiomaterials in biomedicine: Designing strategies and critical concepts -- Chapter 6. Phytofabricated nanodelivery systems: Engineering principles and applications -- Chapter 7. Nanobiosensors based diagnostics system: Transducers and surface materials -- Chapter 8. Nanobiomaterials and nanocomposites in clinical diagnostics -- Chapter 9. Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicines based on nanobiomaterials -- Chapter 10. Prospects and advantages of microfluidics utilizing various nanobiomaterials -- Chapter 11. Electrochemical nanoengineered sensors in infectious disease diagnosis -- Chapter 12. Multiplexing utilizing various nanobiomaterials -- Chapter 13. Future perspects of nanobiomaterials in human health care -- Chapter 14. Commercial aspects of nanobiomaterials: Short-coming and future aspects.
    Abstract: This book comprehensively documents the application of Nanobiomaterials in the field of bio-medicine and diagnostics technologies by involving classical concepts/examples. Nanobiotechnology is an emerging area which encompasses all the facets of research of nano and biomaterials with their interaction with biological systems. The book summarises design and development of various nanobiomaterials and their composites for diagnostics and therapeutic applications. It skilfully reviews the utilization of the nanomaterials alone or in combination with other bio-molecules as a contrast enhancer in in-vivo imaging, Nano-Theranostics, drug delivery, and sensing transducer matrix. It also discusses the current research on designing of the new Nanobiomaterials and their implementation in numerous fields including bio-medicine and diagnostics. Finally, it summarizes the future prospects and the commercial viability of Nanobiomaterials in the human health care.
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    Pages: XII, 294 p. 108 illus., 91 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789813298408
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9840-8
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    Racing for the Surface : Pathogenesis of Implant Infection and Advanced Antimicrobial Strategies (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Biomaterials. ; Biomedical engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Biomaterials. ; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Insights into the emergence, clinical prevalence and significance of Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants -- Periprosthetic Joint Infection -- Complications in orthopedic trauma surgery: fracture related infection -- Chiral Stereochemical Strategy for Antimicrobial Adhesion -- Perspectives on and need to develop new infection control strategies -- Battling bacteria with free and surface-immobilized polymeric nanostructures -- Engineering Approaches to Create Antibacterial Surfaces on Biomedical Implants and Devices -- 3D Printed Ceramic-Polymer Composites for Treating Bone Infection -- Bioinspired interfaces for the management of skin infections -- Antimicrobial endodontic materials -- Local Delivery of Anti-biofilm Therapeutics -- Device-Related Infections -- Advances in polysaccharide based antimicrobial delivery vehicles -- Antibacterial Coatings on Medical Implants -- Perspectives on biomaterial-associated infection: pathogenesis and current clinical demands -- Polymeric Nanoparticulate Delivery Vehicles of Antimicrobials for Biofilm Eradication -- Pathogenesis of biomaterial-associated infection -- Metal- and Polymer-Based Nanoparticles for Advanced Therapeutic and Diagnostic System Applications -- Antimicrobial Material in Arthroplasty -- Antimicrobial Hydrogels: Key Considerations and Engineering Strategies for Biomedical Applications -- Antibacterial Polymeric and Peptide Gels/Hydrogels to Prevent Biomaterial-related Infections -- The Impact of Bacterial Biofilms in Transfusion Medicine -- Mechanisms of Action and Chemical Origins of Biologically Active Antimicrobial Polymers -- When the Race is Lost: The Clinical Impact of Prosthetic Joint Infections -- Antibacterial Hydroxyapatite: An Effective Approach to Cure Infections in Orthopedics -- Index.
    Abstract: This book covers the latest research in biofilm, infection, and antimicrobial strategies in reducing and treating musculoskeletal, skin, transfusion, implant-related infections, etc. Topics covered include biofilms, small colony variants, antimicrobial biomaterials (antibiotics, antimicrobial peptides, hydrogels, bioinspired interfaces, immunotherapeutic approaches, and more), antimicrobial coatings, engineering and 3D printing, antimicrobial delivery vehicles, and perspectives on clinical impacts. Antibiotic resistance, which shifts the race toward bacteria, and strategies to reduce antibiotic resistance, are also briefly touched on. Combined with its companion volume, Racing for the Surface: Pathogenesis of Implant Infection and Advanced Antimicrobial Strategies, this book bridges the gaps between infection and tissue engineering, and is an ideal book for academic researchers, clinicians, industrial engineers and scientists, governmental representatives in national laboratories, and advanced undergraduate students and post-doctoral fellows who are interested in infection, microbiology, and biomaterials and devices.
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    Pages: XI, 650 p. 158 illus., 122 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030344757
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34475-7
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    Genetic Mapping and Marker Assisted Selection : Basics, Practice and Benefits (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Plant genetics. ; Plant biotechnology. ; Plants Development. ; Botanical chemistry. ; Biotechnology. ; Plant Genetics. ; Plant Biotechnology. ; Plant Development. ; Plant Biochemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Genetic Mapping and Marker Assisted Selection: Setting the Background -- Chapter 2. Germplasm Characterization: Utilizing the Underexploited Resources -- Chapter 3. Mapping Population Development -- Chapter 4. Genotyping of Mapping Population -- Chapter 5. Linkage Map Construction -- Chapter 6. Phenotyping -- Chapter 7. QTL Analysis -- Chapter 8. Fine Mapping -- Chapter 9. Marker Assisted Selections -- Chapter 10. Success Stories in MAS -- Chapter 11. Towards genetically improved crop plants: Roles of ‘Omics in MAS -- Chapter 12. Forthcoming Perspectives in MAS.
    Abstract: The first edition of this book, Genetic Mapping and Marker Assisted Selection: Basics, Practice and Benefits, was widely appreciated as the first of its kind on this topic and has been listed as a reference work in several agricultural universities’ curricula. A great deal has happened over the last five years, making it high time to incorporate recent developments in genetic mapping and report on novel strategies in marker assisted selection in crop plants as a second edition. This book addresses a range of topics, including: new marker types and their genotyping methods based on high-throughput technologies, advances in genomics and their role in new marker development, improvements in genetic mapping strategies and software updates, developments in phenomics and their applications in QTL mapping, and how to incorporate these developments and advances in marker assisted selection in crop plants. Similar to the first edition, each technique and method is explained using a step-by-step method, allowing the book to serve as a self-study guide for scholars whose work involves the genetic improvement of crop plants for any trait of interest, particularly for biotic and abiotic stress resistance. In addition, the book offers a valuable guide for undergraduate and graduate students at agricultural universities and institutes that are interested and/or involved in the genetic improvement of crop plants using modern tools. In addition, the bibliography includes a list of suggested works for pursuing further research on the topics covered.
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    Pages: XVII, 504 p. 38 illus., 4 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811529498
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2949-8
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    Artificial Hearts : Technology and Therapy Management (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Engineering design. ; Heart Surgery. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Biotechnology. ; Engineering Design. ; Cardiac Surgery. ; Control, Robotics, Automation.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Evolution of Artificial Heart Technology -- Chapter 2. Mechanisms of Heart Failure -- Chapter 3. Basis of Artificial Heart Technologies -- Chapter 4. Artificial Heart: Rotary Pump -- Chapter 5. Artificial Heart: Volume-Displacement Pump -- Chapter 6. Total Artificial Heart -- Chapter 7. Evaluation of Artificial Hearts -- Chapter 8. Selection of Artificial Heart Devices -- Chapter 9. Therapy Management of VADs -- Chapter 10. Challenges of Artificial Heart Devices -- Chapter 11. A Primary Study for Biocompatible Ventricular Assist Devices.
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive introduction to artificial hearts, summarizing the latest advances in basic technologies, design, evaluation, and management. Featuring 11 chapters, it discusses the origins of the artificial heart, the mechanisms of heart failure, and the principles of artificial heart technologies. Further, it offers an overview of rotary pumps and volume-displacement pumps, and addresses total artificial hearts. Lastly, the book covers evaluation, selection, therapy management, challenges, and the latest innovations. Given its scope, it is a valuable resource for researchers and technicians in the area of biomedical engineering, as well as surgeons.
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    Pages: XV, 212 p. 37 illus., 27 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811543784
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4378-4
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    Spectroscopic Techniques & Artificial Intelligence for Food and Beverage Analysis (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Food science. ; Nutrition   . ; Analytical chemistry. ; Biotechnology. ; Food Science. ; Nutrition. ; Analytical Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Laser Induced Breakdown spectroscopy in food analysis -- Chapter 2: The use of FTIR spectroscopy combined with multivariate analysis in Food composition Analysis -- Chapter 3: Spectrophotometric methods and Electronic Spin Resonance for evaluation antioxidant capacity of food -- Chapter 4: Thermoluminescence the method for the detection of irradiated foodstuffs -- Chapter 5: Advantages of Multi-target modeling for spectral regression.
    Abstract: This informative book discusses the various spectroscopic techniques applied in the analysis of food and beverages. The respective chapters cover techniques such as Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), FTIR spectroscopy, Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) spectroscopy and Thermoluminescence. The book also presents artificial intelligence applications that can be used to enhance the spectral data analysis experience in food safety and quality analysis. Given its scope, the book will appeal to novice researchers and students in the area of food science. It offers an equally exciting read for food scientists and engineers working in the food industry.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811564956
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6495-6
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    Deep Learning in Medical Image Analysis : Challenges and Applications (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Biomedical engineering. ; Radiology. ; Bioinformatics. ; Biotechnology. ; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. ; Radiology. ; Computational and Systems Biology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Deep Learning in Medical Image Analysis -- Medical Image Synthesis via Deep Learning -- Deep Learning for Pulmonary Image Analysis: Classification, Detection, and Segmentation -- Deep Learning Computer Aided Diagnosis for Breast Lesion in Digital Mammogram -- Decision support system for lung cancer using PET/CT and microscopic images -- Lesion Image Synthesis using DCGANs for Metastatic Liver Cancer Detection -- Retinopathy analysis based on deep convolution neural network -- Diagnosis of Glaucoma on retinal fundus images using deep learning: detection of nerve fiber layer defect and optic disc analysis -- Automatic segmentation of multiple organs on 3D CT images by using deep learning approaches -- Techniques and Applications in Skin OCT Analysis -- Deep Learning Technique for Musculoskeletal Analysis -- Index.
    Abstract: This book presents cutting-edge research and applications of deep learning in a broad range of medical imaging scenarios, such as computer-aided diagnosis, image segmentation, tissue recognition and classification, and other areas of medical and healthcare problems. Each of its chapters covers a topic in depth, ranging from medical image synthesis and techniques for muskuloskeletal analysis to diagnostic tools for breast lesions on digital mammograms and glaucoma on retinal fundus images. It also provides an overview of deep learning in medical image analysis and highlights issues and challenges encountered by researchers and clinicians, surveying and discussing practical approaches in general and in the context of specific problems. Academics, clinical and industry researchers, as well as young researchers and graduate students in medical imaging, computer-aided-diagnosis, biomedical engineering and computer vision will find this book a great reference and very useful learning resource.
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    Pages: VIII, 181 p. 131 illus., 114 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030331283
    Series Statement: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1213
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33128-3
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    Industrial Applications of Glycoside Hydrolases (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Enzymology. ; Proteins. ; Bioinformatics. ; Microbial genetics. ; Biotechnology. ; Enzymology. ; Proteins. ; Bioinformatics. ; Microbial Genetics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to Glycoside Hydrolases: Classification, identification and Occurrence -- Chapter 2. Glycosyl Hydrolases – Biochemistry and Applications -- Chapter 3. Lignocellulolytic and Chitinolytic Glycoside Hydrolases: Structure, Catalytic -- Chapter 4. Role of glycosyl hydrolases in breakdown of lignocellulosic waste and its industrial applications -- Chapter 5. Marine glycosyl hydrolases as tool for industrial application -- Chapter 6. Glycosyl Hydrolases and Biofuel -- Chapter 7. Role of Glycoside hydrolases in pulp and paper industries -- Chapter 8. Application of glycosyl hydrolases in food industry -- Chapter 9. The effects of xylanase synergistic interactions during lignocellulose degradation and their significance for industry -- Chapter 10. Role of metagenomics in discovery of industrially important cellulase.
    Abstract: This book gathers selected studies on the industrial applications of glycoside hydrolases (GHs), presenting an updated classification of these enzymes, and discussing their structure, mechanisms, and various approaches to improve their catalytic efficiency. Further, it explains the various industrial applications of glycoside hydrolases in food, effluent treatment, biofuel production, and the paper and pulp industries. Lastly, the book provides a comparative analysis of glycosyide hydrolases and discusses the role of metagenomics in the discovery of industrially important enzymes. As such it is a thought-provoking, instructive and informative resource for biochemists, enzymologists, molecular biologists and bioprocess technologists. .
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    Pages: XXI, 259 p. 35 illus., 19 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811547676
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4767-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4767-6
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    Antioxidants in Vegetables and Nuts - Properties and Health Benefits (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Nutrition   . ; Food science. ; Biotechnology. ; Nutrition. ; Food Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Pea -- Chapter 2. Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn) -- Chapter 3. Beetroot -- Chapter 4. Lemongrass -- Chapter 5. Pumpkin -- Chapter 6. Tinda (Praecitrullus fistulosus) -- Chapter 7. Turnip -- Chapter 8. Spinach -- Chapter 9. Bitter Gourd -- Chapter 10. Tomato (Solanum Lycopersicon) -- Chapter 11. Radish -- Chapter 12. Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) -- Chapter 13. Drum stick (Moringa Oleifera) -- Chapter 14. Mushroom -- Chapter 15. Yam -- Chapter 16. Leek (Allium ampeloprasum L.) -- Chapter 17. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) -- Chapter 18. Taro (Colocasia esculenta) -- Chapter 19. Cocunut -- Chapter 20. Walnut -- Chapter 21. Almond -- Chapter 22. Water chestnut (Trapanatans) -- Chapter 23. Horse Chestnut -- Chapter 24. Sweet Chestnut -- Chapter 25. Pistachio -- Chapter 26. Peanut -- Chapter 27. Raisin -- Chapter 28. Cashew Nut (Anacardium occidentale) -- Chapter 29. Hazelnut.
    Abstract: This book covers the nutritional and nutraceutical profiles of a wide range of popularly consumed vegetables and nuts. The first half of the book focuses on popular vegetables, and describes how higher vegetable consumption reduces the risk of diseases ranging from diabetes to osteoporosis, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune diseases and cancer. The book also includes an interesting section on the antioxidant potential of mushrooms. In turn, the second half discusses the nutritional value of various nuts. Nuts are nutrient-dense foods with complex matrices rich in unsaturated fats, high-quality protein, fiber, minerals, tocopherols, phytosterols and phenolics. The respective chapters illustrate how the consumption of nuts could ward off chronic diseases like hypertension, cancer, inflammation, oxidative stress, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease etc. In order to effectively promote vegetable and nut consumption, it is necessary to know and understand the nutritional and nutraceutical profiles of vegetables & nuts. Given its scope, the book will be of interest to students, researchers, food scientists, olericulturists, dietitians and agricultural scientists alike. Those working in the vegetable and nut processing industries, horticultural departments and other agricultural departments will also find the comprehensive information relevant to their work.
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    Pages: XIX, 572 p. 60 illus., 22 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811574702
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7470-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-7470-2
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    Advances in Nanochemoprevention : Controlled Delivery of Phytochemical Bioactives (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Pharmaceutical chemistry. ; Cancer. ; Biotechnology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Pharmaceutics. ; Cancer Biology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to chemoprevention -- Phytochemical Bioactives in Chemoprevention -- Controlled Delivery of Chemopreventive Agents -- Nanochemoprevention -- Targeted Nanomedicine in Chemoprevention -- Miscellaneous Approaches of Chemoprevention -- Quality Control, Scale Up and Regulatory Aspects Of Herbal Nanomedicine.
    Abstract: This book discusses the recent progress and advances in nanochemoprevention. Chemoprevention utilizes natural dietary compounds and has regained interest due to larger safety window and proven efficacy of such molecules in cancer treatments. Nanotechnology has revolutionized drug delivery through passive as well as active targeting. This book provides a comprehensive overview of phytochemical bioactives that are used in chemoprevention. It gives a comprehensive overview of the variety of natural molecules and types of nanoparticles as well as mechanistic aspects of their superior efficacy over plain drug molecules. The book concludes with summarizing the progress of pre-clinical results of developed formulations for cancer treatment using nano-chemoprevention.
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    Pages: XI, 95 p. 16 illus., 12 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811596926
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9692-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-9692-6
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    CRISPR Crops : The Future of Food Security (2021)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Food science. ; Plant biotechnology. ; Plant genetics. ; Biotechnology. ; Food Science. ; Plant Biotechnology. ; Plant Genetics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. CRISPR/Cas System: An Introduction -- Chapter 2. CRISPR/Cas Based Techniques in Plants -- Chapter 3. Delivery Methods, Resources and Design Tools in CRISPR/Cas -- Chapter 4. CRISPR/Cas Based Insect Resistance in Crops -- Chapter 5. Disease Resistance in Crops Through CRISPR/Cas -- Chapter 6. CRISPR/Cas mediated Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops -- Chapter 7. Key Applications of CRISPR/Cas for Yield and Nutritional Improvement in Crop Plants -- Chapter 8. Applications of CRISPR/Cas beyond simple traits in Crops -- Chapter 9. Regulatory, Ethical and Social Aspects of CRISPR Crops -- Chapter 10. Challenges and Future Perspective of CRISPR/Cas Technology for Crop Improvement.
    Abstract: This book compiles the latest applications of the cutting-edge gene editing tool CRISPR/Cas in the area of crop improvement. It begins with an introduction to the technique and its application in crop plants. Next, it gives an updated overview of available delivery methods, design tools and resources in CRISPR/Cas. The book subsequently reviews the applications of CRISPR/Cas in connection with e.g. insect stress, disease stress, abiotic stress, nutritional and yield improvement in crop plants, etc. It also discusses the various regulatory, ethical and social aspects of the technique that must be kept in mind when designing experiments. In closing, the book summarizes the status quo and outlines future prospects for the tool in crop improvement and food security. Given its scope, the book will especially benefit students and researchers in food science, biotechnology, agriculture and the plant sciences.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811571428
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7142-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-7142-8
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    Bio-Nanomedicine for Cancer Therapy (2021)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Cancer. ; Microtechnology. ; Microelectromechanical systems. ; Biomedical engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Cancer Biology. ; Microsystems and MEMS. ; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1 -- Conventional nanosized drug delivery systems for cancer applications -- Homing peptides for cancer therapy -- Radiolabeling of theranostic nanosystems -- Boosting nanomedicine efficacy with hyperbaric oxygen therapy -- Part 2 -- Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles as Carriers for Biomolecules in Cancer Therapy -- Clearable Nanoparticles for Cancer Photothermal Therapy -- Biohybrid Nanosystems for Cancer Treatment: Merging the Best of Two Worlds -- Electrospun Nanofibers for Cancer Therapy -- Nanoneedle-based materials for intracellular studies -- Part 3 -- In vitro assays for nanoparticle-cancer cell interaction studies -- 3D tumor spheroid models for in vitro therapeutic screening of nanoparticles -- In vitro and in vivo tumor models for the evaluation of anticancer nanoparticles -- Part 4 -- Nanotechnology for the Development of Nanovaccines in Cancer Immunotherapy -- Viral nanoparticles: cancer vaccines and immune modulators -- Industrial Perspective on Cancer Immunotherapy -- Index.
    Abstract: The book covers the latest developments in biologically-inspired and derived nanomedicine for cancer therapy. The purpose of the book is to illustrate the significance of naturally-mimicking systems for enhancing the dose delivered to the tumor, to improve stability, and prolong the circulation time. Moreover, readers are presented with advanced materials such as adjuvants for immunostimulation in cancer vaccines. The book also provides a comprehensive overview of the current status of academic research. This is an ideal book for students, researchers, and professors working in nanotechnology, cancer, targeted drug delivery, controlled drug release, materials science, and biomaterials as well as companies developing cancer immunotherapy.
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    Pages: VIII, 360 p. 80 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030581749
    Series Statement: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1295
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58174-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-58174-9
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    Biosurfactants: Greener Surface Active Agents for Sustainable Future : Microbial Surfactants (2021)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Industrial microbiology. ; Food Microbiology. ; Pharmaceutical chemistry. ; Biotechnology. ; Industrial Microbiology. ; Food Microbiology. ; Pharmaceutics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Module 1. Introduction -- Module 2. Screening of Biosurfactants -- Module 3. Commercial production, optimization and purification -- Module 4. Industrial and environmental applications -- Module 5. Role of biosurfactants in Agriculture and soil reclamation -- Module 6. Toxicity assessment.
    Abstract: This book illustrates the importance and significance of the biosurfactants obtained from microorganisms, preferably from bacteria and yeast. It explains the superiority of biosurfactants (green molecule) over chemically synthesized surfactants for the sustainable future. The content of the present book addresses the quest for novel biosurfactants producing strains, high throughput screening methods, and production strategies. It finely describes the aptness of biosurfactants for industrial and environmental applications. It elaborately describes the technical background and cutting-edge advancement of the commercial aspect of biosurfactants. In the later part of the book, the role of green biosurfactants in food processing, control of food spoilage, incorporation in personal health care products, environmental and agricultural remediation are discussed. Finally, the book elucidates a comprehensive and representative description of toxicity assessment of the biosurfactants, which highlights the risk assessment of the incorporation of the microbial biosurfactants in food, healthcare, and pharmaceutical formulations.
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    Pages: XI, 194 p. 54 illus., 35 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811627057
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2705-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-2705-7
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    Biotechnological Innovations for Environmental Bioremediation (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Environment. ; Environmental engineering. ; Bioremediation. ; Biotechnology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Ecosystem Engineers: A Sustainable catalyst for Environmental Remediation -- Chapter 2. Microbial Nanobiotechnology in Environmental Pollution Management: Prospects and Challenges -- Chapter 3. Soil Microbiome: A Key Player In Conservation of Soil Health Under Changing Climatic Conditions -- Chapter 4. Anaerobic Digestion for Climate Change Mitigation: A Review -- Chapter 5. Mitigation of microbially influenced corrosion of concrete sewers using nitrite -- Chapter 6. Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic and Semi- Synthetic Pathways: Biofuel Production for Climate Change Mitigation -- Chapter 7. Handmade paper Industry: A Green and Sustainable Enterprise and its challenges -- Chapter 8. Bioremediation Approaches and the Role of Microbes in the Bio-sustainable Rehabilitation of Polluted Sites -- Chapter 9. RECENT BIOREMEDIATION TECHNIQUES FOR THE REMOVAL OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES.-Chapter 10. Pesticides: Indian Scenario on Environmental Concerns and Future Alternatives -- Chapter 11. Phytoremediation: a Sustainable Solution to Combat Pollution -- Chapter 12. Phytoremediation and Therapeutic Potential of Neglected Plants: An Invasive Aquatic Weeds and Ornamental Plant -- Chapter 13. Phytoremediation of Coastal Saline Vertisols of Gujarat through Biosaline Agriculture -- Chapter 14. Emerging Biotechnologies in Agriculture for Efficient Farming and Global Food Production -- Chapter 15. Role of beneficial microbes in alleviating stresses in plants -- Chapter 16. Mainstreaming of Underutilized Oilseed Safflower Crop Through Biotechnological Approaches for Improving Economic and Environmental Sustainability -- Chapter 17. Clean Energy for Environmental Protection: An Outlook Towards Phytoremediation -- Chapter 18. Role of Process Intensification in Enzymatic Transformation of Biomass into High Value Chemicals -- Chapter 19. Wetland Flora of West Bengal for Phytoremediation: Physiological and Biotechnological Studies: A Review -- Chapter 20. Vertical Cultivation: Moving towards a Sustainable and Eco-friendly Farming -- Chapter 21. Climate Change and its Effects on Global Food Production -- Chapter 22. Genetically Modified Crops to Combat Climate Change and Environment Protection – Current Status and Future Perspectives -- Chapter 23. Efficacy of Algae in the bioremediation of pollutants during wastewater treatment: future prospects & challenges -- Chapter 24. The use of Bio-Pesticides for sustainable farming: way forward towards sustainable development goals (SDGs) -- Chapter 25. Endocrine disruptor compounds: Human health and diseases -- Chapter 26. Monitoring of paralytic shellfish toxins using biological assays -- Chapter 27. Bioinformatics Towards Improving Bioremediation -- Chapter 28. Role of Environmental Factors in Increased Cancer Incidences & Health Impacts -- Chapter 29. Wastewater Based Epidemiology (WBE): An Emerging Nexus between Environment and Human Health -- Chapter 30. Fundamentals of SARS-CoV-2 detection in wastewater for early epidemic prediction and key learnings on treatment processes for removal of viral fragments -- Chapter 31. COVID-19 mRNA vaccines -- Chapter 32. CRISPR-Cas technology: A Genome-Editing Powerhouse for Molecular Plant Breeding -- Chapter 33. Recent reductive transformation from lignin derivatives to aliphatic hydrocarbons -- Chapter 34. Understanding Environment and Sustainability with Molecular Approaches -- Chapter 35. Bxb1-att site-specific recombination system mediated autoexcision to prevent environmental transgene escape -- Chapter 36. Microorganism: An Eco-friendly tool for Waste Management and Environmental safety -- Chapter 37. Biochemical effect of Nanoparticles treated plants extract on water-borne pathogen: A way towards future technique for water purification -- Chapter 38. Modern Waste Management -- Chapter 39. Health Aspects of Indoor Environmental Quality -- Chapter 40. Innovation Elements in the Sustainable Production of Indigenous Coffee in the Amazon.
    Abstract: This edited book focuses on the application and implementation of bioremediation and other strategies to create a sustainable and healthy environment. It provides a collection of approaches to environmental biotechnology for wastewater treatment, removal of soil heavy metals, degradation of pesticides, removal of dyes, waste management, and microbial conversion of environmental pollutants. This book brings to the fore contributions of certain globally important environmental biotechnologist. Bioremediation is a popular branch of biotechnology that involves the use of living organisms such as microorganisms (microbial remediation), bacteria, fungus (mycoremediation), and plants (phytoremediation) to bind, extract, and clean up contaminants, pollutants, and toxins from soil, groundwater, and other environments. This book is of interest to researchers, scientists, and academic faculty in environmental sciences. Also, it serves as additional reading and reference material for undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdocs in environmental, agriculture, ecology, and soil sciences. National and International policy makers will also find valuable information from this book.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811690013
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9001-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-9001-3
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    Basic Concepts on 3D Cell Culture (2021)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Cytology Technique. ; Biomedical engineering. ; Regenerative medicine. ; Biotechnology. ; Cytological Techniques. ; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. ; Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to 3D cell culture -- Chapter 2. Lab equipment for 3D cell culture -- Chapter 3. A view from the cellular perspective -- Chapter 4. Biological, natural and synthetic 3D matrices -- Chapter 5. Hydrogels for 3D cell culture -- Chapter 6. Vascularization in 3D cell culture -- Chapter 7. Application of scaffold-free 3D models -- Chapter 8. 10. Microfluidic Systems and Organ (Human) on a Chip -- Chapter 9. 3D-Bioprinting -- Chapter 10. Non-destructive and label-free monitoring of 3D cell constructs.
    Abstract: This textbook shall introduce the students to 3D cell culture approaches and applications. An overview on existing techniques and equipment is provided and insight into various aspects and challenges that researchers need to consider and face during culture of 3D cells is given. The reader will learn the importance of physiological cell, tissue and organ models and gains important knowledge on 3 D analytics. This textbook deepens selected aspects of the textbook “Cell Culture Technology”, which also is published in this series, while offering extended insight into 3D cell culture. The concept of the textbook encompasses various lectures ranging from basics in cell cultivation, tissue engineering, biomaterials and biocompatibility, in vitro test systems and regenerative medicine. The textbook addresses Master- and PhD students interested and/or working in the field of modern cell culture applications and will support the understanding of the essential strategies in 3D cell culture and waken awareness for the potentials and challenges of this application.
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    Pages: XV, 252 p. 88 illus., 83 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030667498
    Series Statement: Learning Materials in Biosciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66749-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-66749-8
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    Ethnicity, Identity and Faith in the Current Migratory Crisis : Continuity and Change in Migrants’ Religiousness in Southern Europe (2021)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Religion and sociology. ; Biotechnology. ; Sociology of Religion. ; Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Chapter 1. Religion outside one’s homeland -- Chapter 2. Asylum seekers, immigrants, new Europeans: setting the scene -- Chapter 3. Young foreign Christian Catholics: a portrait -- Chapter 4. Being Muslim in Hard Times in Europe: New Opportunities and Old Challenges -- Chapter 5. God will save us! Faith, identity and practices in refugee welcoming centers -- Chapter 6. Similarities and differences: the Me3 generation at the mirror -- Chapter 7. Does religious capital still matter? Local secularized societies face with a renewal of religious pluralism -- Concluding remarks.
    Abstract: This monograph considers the Catholic/Christian religious identity of young immigrants within the migratory diasporas in Southern Europe. It details important ethnographical work on various groups, such as the family, ethnic communities, and peers. The author also considers the role of institutional figures in mainstream society. These include teachers, administrators, and social workers. This valuable research material helps readers to better understand the viewpoint of young people (especially the children of immigration) in relation to various environments which are important in their lives. The investigation examines theoretical and practical questions regarding the study of relations between religion and migrations. It pays particular attention to both the youth perspective and the effects of the current refugee crisis on the perception of religious diversity and identity. Coverage also looks at similarities and differences between young migrant and their native peers. In addition, three case studies further help illustrate the main points of the author's argument. The book uses preliminary research carried out in Italy. It also features interviews collected in Portugal and Spain. Those interviewed include people with migratory background who are permanent residents, belong to the second generations, or are recently-arrived asylum seekers. Overall, the author provides readers with an interesting and innovative portrait of children of immigrants and their relations with faith in the post-secularized Europe: indeed, by considering both academic debates and original empirical data, the book offers the possibility of reframing the link between migrations and religious identities. .
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030840563
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84056-3
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    Anticipatory Ethics and The Use of CRISPR in Humans (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Medical genetics. ; Biotechnology. ; Medical Genetics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Brief Introduction to CRISPR Cas 9 -- Chapter 2: Introduction To Anticipatory Ethics -- Chapter 3: CRISPR, Phenomenology and Lived Experience -- Chapter 4: CRISPR and the Concept of Personhood -- Chapter 5: The use and access to CRISPR in historically socio-economically disadvantaged and marginalized communities -- Chapter 6: Future use of CRISPR: Gene Drive -- Chapter 7: Future use of CRISPR II: CRISPR Kill Switches -- Chapter 8: Domestic and International Regulation of CRISPR -- Chapter 9: Policy Recommendations with respect to CRISPR Germline Editing in Humans -- Chapter 10: Conclusions.
    Abstract: Can we move forward with the use of CRISPR in humans without a well-formed policy and ethical framework to support it? In this new book, neuroscientist Michael W. Nestor and philosopher Richard Wilson argue that the answer is a resounding “no.” Does an ethical and policy program need to be restrictive concerning the use of CRISPR in humans? Nestor and Wilson argue that, although the future of gene editing in humans is inevitable using CRISPR technologies, the scientific, policy, ethics, and clinical communities must work together to provide the necessary frameworks to help CRISPR flourish as an essential tool to treat human disease. To achieve the most inclusive, equitable, and ethically sound use of CRISPR in humans, the scientific/policy/clinical community must involve the most comprehensive set of stakeholders possible, including the lay public. This book sets a framework for shared understanding and discussion across disciplines with an appeal to scientists and non-scientists alike. The authors urge all stakeholders to engage in active dialogue about the appropriate context for using CRISPR and other gene-editing technologies in humans. It provides policy analysis and recommendations for assuring the most inclusive, equitable, and ethically sound use of CRISPR in humans, exploring its positive potential to treat mental disorders and the potential to induce other cognitive enhancements.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030983680
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98368-0
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    Production of Biofuels and Chemicals from Sustainable Recycling of Organic Solid Waste (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental engineering. ; Bioremediation. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Biotechnology. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Chemical Bioengineering. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Renewable Energy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1. Sustainable technologies for recycling organic solid wastes -- Part II: Production of Biofuels and Chemicals by Thermo-chemical Conversion Processes -- Chapter 2. Recent advances in the catalytic co-pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass and different polymer wastes: from laboratory scale to pilot plant -- Chapter 3. Roadmap to Low-Cost Catalytic Pyrolysis of Plastic Wastes for Production of Liquid Fuels -- Chapter 4. Production of Valuable Compounds from Leaves by Supercritical CO2 Extraction -- Part III: Production of Biofuels and Chemicals by Biodegradation -- Chapter 5. Recovery of biohydrogen and biomethane by anaerobic fermentation of organic solid waste -- Chapter 6 Recycling of multiple organic solid wastes into biogas via anaerobic digestion -- Chapter 7. Recycling of multiple organic solid wastes into chemicals via biodegradation -- Part IV Production of Liquid Biofuels with New Technologies -- Chapter 8. Producing value-added products from organic bioresources via Photo-BioCatalytic processes -- Chapter 9. Depolymerisation of fossil fuel and biomass-derived polyesters -- Chapter 10 Producing Value-added Products from Organic Solid Wastes with Mechanochemical Processes -- Chapter 11. Fundamentals of Hydrothermal Processing of Biomass-Related Molecules for Converting Organic Solid Wastes into Chemical Products -- Chapter 12 Third Generation Biorefineries Using Micro- and Macro-Algae -- Part V. Techno-Economic Analysis -- Chapter 13. Prospects and perspectives for producing biodiesel, bioethanol and bio-chemicals from fruit waste: Case study in Brazil and Serbia -- Chapter 14. Sustainable Recycling and Valorization of Organic Solid Wastes for Fuels and Fertilizers.
    Abstract: This book covers sustainable recycling processes (e.g. physical, biological, chemical, and thermo-chemical) of multiple organic solid wastes, provides methods for material recycle of wastes into value-added products including fuels and commodity chemicals that are able to be directly applied to promote manufacturing processes. Aimed at improving the awareness of effective conversion protocols and for developing innovative biomass conversion processes, this text was conceived as a collection of studies on state-of-art techniques and know-how for production of biofuels and chemicals from sustainable recycling of organic solid wastes. Topics in the text are discussed in terms of addressing recent advances, assessing and highlighting promising new methods or new technological strategies and direct conversion of organic solid wastes to process feeds. Highly-recognized authorities, experts and professionals have contributed individual chapters in selected areas to cover the overall topic in a comprehensive manner. .
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    Pages: XVII, 506 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811661624
    Series Statement: Biofuels and Biorefineries, 11
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6162-4
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    Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition and Metabolism (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Life sciences. ; Physiology. ; Agriculture. ; Biotechnology. ; Life Sciences. ; Animal Physiology. ; Agriculture.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Nutrition and Metabolism: Foundations for Animal Growth, Development, Reproduction, and Health -- Chapter 2: Insights into the Regulation of Implantation and Placentation in Humans, Rodents, Sheep, and Pigs -- Chapter 3: A Role for Fructose Metabolism in Development of Sheep and Pig Conceptuses -- Chapter 4: Nutritional Regulation of Embryonic Survival, Growth and Development -- Chapter 5: Phosphate, Calcium, and Vitamin D: Key Regulators of Fetal and Placental Development in Mammals -- Chapter 6: Nutritional and Physiological Regulation of Water Transport in the Conceptus -- Chapter 7: Amino Acids in Microbial Metabolism and Function -- Chapter 8: Potential Replacements for Antibiotic Growth Promoters in Poultry: Interactions at the Gut Level and their Impact on Host Immunity -- Chapter 9: Microbiomes in the Intestine of Developing Pigs: Implications for Nutrition and Health -- Chapter 10: L-Arginine Nutrition and Metabolism in Ruminants -- Chapter 11: Hepatic Glucose Metabolism and Its Disorders in Fish -- Chapter 12: Protein-Sourced Feedstuffs for Aquatic Animals -- Chapter 13: Functional Molecules of Intestinal Mucosal Products in Animal Nutrition and Health -- Chapter 14: Use of Genome Editing Techniques to Produce Transgenic Farm Animals -- Chapter 15: Cows as Bioreactors for the Production of Nutritionally and Biomedically Significant Proteins -- Chapter 16: Use of Agriculturally Important Animals as Models in Biomedical Research -- Chapter 17: Pigs (Sus Scrofa) in Biomedical Research.
    Abstract: This book covers hot topics in the nutrition and metabolism of terrestrial and aquatic animals, including the interorgan transport and utilization of water, minerals, amino acids, glucose, and fructose; the development of alternatives to in-feed antibiotics for animals (e.g., swine and poultry); and metabolic disorders (or diseases) resulting from nutrient deficiencies. It enables readers to understand the crucial roles of nutrients in the nutrition, growth, development, and health of animals. Such knowledge has important implications for humans. Readers will also learn from well-written chapters about the use of new genome-editing biotechnologies to generate animals (e.g., cows and swine) as bioreactors that can produce large amounts of pharmaceutical proteins and other molecules to improve the health and well-being of humans and other animals, as well as the growth and productivity of farm animals. Furthermore, the book provides useful information on the use of animals (e.g., cattle, swine, sheep, chickens, and fish) as models in biomedical research to prevent and treat human diseases, develop infant formulas, and improve the cardiovascular and metabolic health of offspring with prenatal growth restriction. Editor of this book is an internationally recognized expert in nutrition and metabolisms. He has about 40 years of experience with research and teaching at world-class universities in the subject matters. He has published more than 660 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 90 chapters in books, and authored two text/reference books, with a very high H-index of 127 and more than 66,000 citations in Google Scholar. This publication is a useful reference for nutrition and biomedical professionals, as well as undergraduate and graduate students in animal science, aquaculture, zoology, wildlife, veterinary medicine, biology, biochemistry, food science, nutrition, pharmacology, physiology, toxicology, and other related disciplines. In addition, all chapters provide general and specific references to nutrition and metabolism for researchers and practitioners in animal agriculture (including aquaculture), dietitians, animal and human medicines, and for government policy makers.
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    Pages: VI, 346 p. 43 illus., 27 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030856861
    Series Statement: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1354
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85686-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-85686-1
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    From Colonization to Nation-State : The Political Demography of Indonesia (2021)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Demography. ; Population. ; Asia History. ; Asia Politics and government. ; Economic development. ; Biotechnology. ; Population and Demography. ; Asian History. ; Asian Politics. ; Development Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: The Political Demography of Nation State Building -- Part I Demographic Engineering and Territorial Integrity -- Chapter 1 From Emigratie to Transmigrasi -- Chapter 2 Transmigration and the New Order’s Development Plan -- Chapter 3 The Center-Regional Contexts of Transmigration: Riau and South-Kalimantan -- Part II Migration, Development and the Centralized State -- Chapter 4 Migration Patterns and Development -- Chapter 5 Under Development and the Politics of Migration in Eastern Indonesia -- Chapter 6 West Kalimantan: The Political-Demography of the Borderlands -- Part III Movement of People across Borders -- Chapter 7 Indonesia and the Political Dimension of International Migration -- Chapter 8 The Politics of Regulating Overseas Migrant Workers -- Chapter 9 Internal-International Migration Divide? -- Part IV Human Flows, Identity Politics and Nation-State -- Chapter 10 Ethnic Mobility: The Bugis in Samarinda, East Kalimantan -- Chapter 11 The Javanese in Lampung: Strangers or Locals? -- Chapter 12 Disintegration from Within? Ethnicity and Decentralization Politics.
    Abstract: This book examines the history of the political demography of Indonesia. Chronologically, the book begins by introducing the colonization program as a predecessor of transmigration program after independence. The transmigration program, Indonesia’s state policy on migration, is discussed at length in the book but other migration related issues are also presented to show the complex relationship between migration and other social, economic and political issues in Indonesia. In the final chapter, the book discusses the contemporary issues and challenges of disintegration that is facing Indonesia as a nation-state. The book ends with an epilog that shows Indonesia’s political demography challenges in the 21st Century.
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    Pages: XXX, 253 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811664373
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6437-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-6437-3
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    Biotechnological Advances in Aquaculture Health Management (2021)
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    Keywords: Animal biotechnology. ; Physiology. ; Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Animal Biotechnology. ; Animal Physiology. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Biotechnological Approaches in Fish Health Management -- Chapter 2. RNA Interference and Its Potential Applications in Aquatic Animal Health Management -- Chapter 3. Biotechnological Advances in the Development of Outer Membrane Protein-Based Vaccines for Use in Aquaculture -- Chapter 4. Application Of Carbon Nanotubes In Advancement Of Fish Vaccine -- Chapter 5. Biotechnological Interventions In Developing Vaccines Against Aeromonas Infection In Aquaculture -- Chapter 6. Gene Editing Technology For Fish Health Management -- Chapter 7. Applications of Fish Cell Cultures -- Chapter 8. Recent Advances In Antimicrobial Peptides To Improve Fish Health -- Chapter 9. Gut Microbiome Research: A New Avenue For Aquaculture Disease Management. Chapter 10. Recent Understanding of Immunological Defence in Freshwater Pearl Mussel for Better Health Management -- Chapter 11. Prebiotic-Synbiotic Nexus: Critical Dietary Role in Aquaculture -- Chapter 12. Biofloc Technology: An Eco-Based Emerging Avenue In Aquaculture Health Management -- Chapter 13. Metabolomic Advances in Fish Nutritional Research and Health Management -- Chapter 14. Vaccines to Prevent Diseases in Aquaculture -- Chapter 15. A Progress on Biotechnological Advances on Immunostimulants and Gene Interaction -- Chapter 16. Probiotic Supplements in Aquaculture: Latest Developments & Future Trend -- Chapter 17. Heat Shock Proteins (Chaperones) and Role in Aquatic Animal Disease Management -- Chapter 18. Nanotechnology in Fish Health and Welfare: Recent Advancements and New Perspectives -- Chapter 19. Advances in Management Methods for Argulosis in Aquaculture -- Chapter 20. Metagenomic Approaches to Identify Fish Gut Microbiome and The Effect of Prebiotic Supplements on Gut Microbes and Health Management -- Chapter 21. Microbiome Interventions for The Prevention and Control of Disease Outbreaks in Shrimp Aquaculture. Chapter 22. Reinventing the Micronutrients Beyond Nutrition: Functions in Immune Modulation and Stress Mitigation of Fish -- Chapter 23. Health-Promoting Effects of Amino Acids in Fish -- Chapter 24. Application of Indian Pennywort Centella Asiatica in Carp Aquaculture Against Flavobacterium Columnare Infection.
    Abstract: This book is an inclusive coverage of advances in aquaculture health management. It offers latest updates as well as explains the novel concepts and issues related to aquatic animal health management. To support the understanding of the concepts, there is extensive use of illustrations. Chapters emphasize on the state of art techniques and hold great promise for the sustainable development of aquaculture. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, aquatic biologists, capacity builders and policymakers. Also the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of aquatic sciences, marine sciences, biotechnology, ecology, and environmental sciences. National and international aquatic scientists, policy makers will also find this to be a useful read.
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    Pages: XXIV, 579 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811651953
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5195-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-5195-3
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    Musculoskeletal Infection (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Immunology. ; Biomedical engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Immunology. ; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. The Musculoskeletal Burden – Where are we now? -- 2. Bacterial Adhesion, Virulence and Biofilm Formation -- 3. Prevention of Infection: Best Practice and Novel Strategies -- 4. Prosthetic Infection: Colonization and Diagnosis -- 5. Soft Tissue Infections -- 6. Incidence, Complications and Novel Treatment Strategies: Diabetic Ulcer of the Limb -- 7. Incidence, Complications and Novel Treatment Strategies: Osteomyelitis -- 8. Incidence, Complications and Novel Treatment Strategies: Joint Arthroplasty -- 9. Incidence, Complications and Novel Treatment Strategies: Massive Bone Tumour Surgery -- 10. Incidence, Complications and Novel Treatment Strategies: Pediatric Spinal Surgery & Management -- 11. War Wounds and Orthopaedic Trauma Devices.
    Abstract: This book gathers international knowledge and contemporary clinical and scientific evidence on infections associated with the musculoskeletal system at a time when we are confronted with significant challenges and uncertainty. A key focus of the book is enhancing and advancing future discovery in the detection, prevention and treatment of musculoskeletal infection. This is an ideal book for physicians, surgeons, research scientists, university students, as well as medical and allied health students.
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    Pages: VII, 375 p. 41 illus., 25 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030832513
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83251-3
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    Production of Biofuels and Chemicals with Pyrolysis (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Biomaterials. ; Biotechnology. ; Biomaterials.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to pyrolysis as a thermochemical conversion technology -- Kinetic modelling of solid, liquid, and gas biofuel formation from biomass pyrolysis -- Production of Valuable Fuel Intermediates and Chemicals from Lignin via Fast Pyrolysis: Experimental and Theoretical Studies -- Pyrolysis chemistry and mechanism study - the interaction of main components -- Catalytic Upgrading of Bio-Oils into Aromatic Hydrocarbon over Highly Active Solid Catalysts -- Liquid biofuels production by catalytic pyrolysis of lignocellusic biomass -- Advances in microwave-assisted pyrolysis of biomass -- From waste to chemicals: bio-oils production through microwave assisted pyrolysis -- Integrating biomass pyrolysis with microbial conversion processes to produce biofuels and biochemicals -- Levoglucosan production by fast pyrolysis of biomass after dilute acid pretreatment -- Production of phenols by lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis -- Slow Pyrolysis and Hydrothermal Carbonization as Negative Emissions Technologies: A Review of Economic Costs and Carbon Benefits -- Design of compression systems for pyrolysis gas -- Biomass pyrolysis modelling: Reaction kinetics, particle and reactor scale models.-.
    Abstract: This book presents a collection of studies on state-of-art techniques for converting biomass to chemical products by means of pyrolysis, which are widely applicable to the valorization of biomass. In addition to discussing the fundamentals and mechanisms for producing bio-oils, chemicals, gases and biochar using pyrolysis, it outlines key reaction parameters and reactor configurations for various types of biomass. Written by leading experts and providing a broad range of perspectives on cutting-edge applications, the book is a comprehensive reference guide for academic researchers and industrial engineers in the fields of natural renewable materials, biorefinery of lignocellulose, biofuels, and environmental engineering, and a valuable resource for university students in the fields of chemical engineering, material science and environmental engineering.
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    Pages: XVIII, 450 p. 115 illus., 63 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811527326
    Series Statement: Biofuels and Biorefineries, 10
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2732-6
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    Production of N-containing Chemicals and Materials from Biomass (2023)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental engineering. ; Bioremediation. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Biotechnology. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Chemical Bioengineering. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Renewable Energy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Hydrolysis of nitrile compounds in near-critical water -- Chapter 2. Major advances in syntheses of biomass based amines and pyrrolidone products by reductive amination process of major bio-derived platform molecules -- Chapter 3. Producing N-heterocyclic compounds from lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks -- Chapter 4. Waste shell biorefinery: sustainable production of organonitrogen chemicals -- Chapter 5. Sustainable production of nitriles from biomass -- Chapter 6. Catalytic upgrading of bio-based ketonoc acids to pyrrolidones with hydrogen donor sources -- Chapter 7. Microbial production of amine chemicals from sustainable substrates -- Chapter 8. Engineering biochar-based materials for carbon dioxide adsorption and separation -- Chapter 9. Producing N-containing chemicals from biomass for high performance thermosets -- Chapter 10. Preparation of N-doped carbon materials from lignocellulosic biomass residues and their application to energy storage and conversion devices -- Chapter 11. Preparation of green N-doped biochar materials with biomass pyrolysis and their application to catalytic systems -- Chapter 12. Evaluating the role of gasification stages on evolution of fuel-N to deepen in sustainable production of NH3.
    Abstract: This book is a collection of studies on state-of-art techniques developed for producing value-added N-containing chemicals and N-doped carbon materials from renewable sources via sustainable technologies. Aiming to improve conversion effectiveness and develop innovative techniques for new value-added N-containing products, topics in the text address recent advances, assess and highlight promising methods or technological strategies, and outline direct conversion routes for conversion of renewable resources to N-containing chemicals and materials. World-renowned authorities, experts, and professionals have contributed individual chapters in selected areas to cover the overall topic comprehensively. In addition to researchers and professionals in the field, educators teaching university courses on biomass transformation, biomass energy, energy materials, heterocyclic chemistry, resource materials and sustainable development and green chemistry will find the text informative with new international perspectives. .
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    Pages: XIX, 414 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819945801
    Series Statement: Biofuels and Biorefineries, 12
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4580-1
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    Biotechnology and Omics Approaches for Bioenergy Crops (2023)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Molecular biology. ; Agriculture. ; Biotechnology. ; Molecular Biology. ; Agriculture.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Bioenergy Crops in the Perspective of Climate Change -- 2. Major and Potential Biofuel Crops -- 3. Biotechnological approaches for the production of Bioenergy -- 4. Integrated OMIC approaches for bioenergy crops -- 5. Genomics of Bioenergy Crops -- 6. Omics Approaches for Sorghum: Paving the Way to a Resilient and Sustainable Bioenergy Future -- 7. Exploring Omics Approaches to Enhance Stress Tolerance in Soybean for Sustainable Bioenergy Production -- 8. Advanced and Sustainable Approaches in Sugarcane Crop Improvements with Reference to Environmental Stresses -- 9. Role of endophytes in the regulation of metabolome in bioenergy crops -- 10. Cotton Stalks - Potential Biofuel Recourses for Sustainable Environment -- 11. Harmful Insects in Some Biofuel Plants and Their Biology -- 12. Perspectives use of mustards in biofuel production in Turkey -- 13. Current status and future prospectus of Bioenergy crops.
    Abstract: This edited book summarizes the efforts made to develop sustainable bioenergy production through different generations. The topics included in the book cover information about different bioenergy crops, their classification and use as biofuel, agronomic practices to improve biomass yield, classic breeding techniques, genetic diversity, current status and future perspective of bioenergy crops in the omics era. It also discusses application of modern biotechnological and molecular biotechnological techniques for the improvement of bioenergy crops this having enhanced biomass and plant based products. The book explores growing biofuel crops and their impact on environment, bioethics and biosafety issues related to the modern approaches. Another important aspect is the incorporation of nanotechnology for bioenergy crops and biofuel production. All book chapters are contributed renowned researchers in their respective field. This is a unique book covering the bioeneragy crops in the modern omics era. The book is useful for the researchers and post-graduate students to guide them in the field of bioenergy crops.
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    Pages: XV, 288 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819949540
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4954-0
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    Nanotechnology for Bioapplications (2021)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Biotechnology. ; Chemical Bioengineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction of nanobiotechnology (Kwee Yum Lee, Xuan-Hung Pham, Won-Yeop Rho, Hyejin Chang, Sang Hun Lee, Jaehi Kim, Eunil Hahm, Jong Hun Lee, Yoon-Sik Lee, Bong-Hyun Jun) -- Chapter 2. General in Colloidal Nanoparticles (Jaehi Kim, Xuan-Hung Pham, Hyejin Chang, Byung Sung Son, Eunil Hahm, Sang Hun Lee, Won-Yeop Rho, Bong-Hyun Jun) -- Chapter 3. Silica Nanoparticles (HyeJin Chang, Jaehi Kim, Won-Yeop Rho, Xuan-Hung Pham, Jong Hun Lee, Sang Hun Lee, Dae Hong Jeong, Bong-Hyun Jun) -- Chapter 4. Luminescent Nanomaterials (I) (Hyejin Chang, Michael M. Murata, Won-Yeop Rho, Jaehi Kim, Jong Hun Lee, Sang Hun Lee, Dae Hong Jeong, Bong-Hyun Jun) -- Chapter 5. Luminescent nanomaterials (II) (Hyejin Chang, Jaehi Kim, Sang Hun Lee, Won-Yeop Rho, Jong Hun Lee, Dae Hong Jeong, Bong-Hyun Jun) -- Chapter 6. Plasmonic Nanoparticles: Basics to Applications (I) (Hyejin Chang, Won-Yeop Rho, Byung Sung Son, Jaehi Kim, Sang Hun Lee, Dae Hong Jeong, Bong-Hyun Jun) -- Chapter 7. Plasmonic Nanoparticles: Advanced Researches (II) (Hyejin Chang, Sang Hun Lee, Jaehi Kim, Won-Yeop Rho, Xuan-Hung Pham, Dae Hong Jeong, Bong-Hyun Jun) -- Chapter 8. Magnetic Nanoparticles (San Kyeong, Jaehi Kim, Hyejin Chang, Sang Hun Lee, Byung Sung Son, Jong Hun Lee, Won-Yeop Rho, Xuan-Hung Pham, Bong-Hyun Jun) -- Chapter 9. Lithography Technology for Micro- and Nanofabrication (Da-hee Baek, Sang Hun Lee, Bong-Hyun Jun, and Seung Hwan Lee) -- Chapter 10. Bioapplications of Nanomaterials (Kim-Hung Huynh, Kwee Yum Lee, Hyejin Chang, Sang Hun Lee, Jaehi Kim, Xuan-Hung Pham, Yoon-Sik Lee, Won-Yeop Rho, Bong-Hyun Jun) -- Chapter 11. Carbon nanomaterials for biomedical application (Sang Hun Lee, Won-Yeop Rho, Hyejin Chang, Jong Hun Lee, Jaehi Kim, Seung Hwan Lee, and Bong-Hyun Jun) -- Chapter 12. Optical and Electron Microscopy for Analysis of Nanomaterials (Hyoyeon Kim, Michael M. Murata, Hyejin Chang, Sang Hun Lee, Jaehi Kim, Jong Hun Lee, Won-Yeop Rho, Bong-Hyun Jun) -- Chapter 13. Conclusion and Perspective (Jaehi Kim, Xuan-Hung Pham, Hyejin Chang, Sang Hun Lee, Won Yeop Rho, Byung Sung Son, Yoon-Sik Lee, Dae Hong Jeong, Bong-Hyun Jun).
    Abstract: This book documents the tremendous progress in the use of nanotechnology for a range of bioapplications with the aim of providing students, researchers, technicians, and other professionals with an up-to-date overview of the field. After a general introduction to the surface modifications of nanoparticles required for different biological applications, and to the properties of the modified nanoparticles, a series of chapters describe the state of the art in respect of different types of nanoparticle, including silica nanoparticles, fluorescent nanomaterials, metal nanoparticles, magnetic nanoparticles, carbon-based nanostructures, and other novel nanomaterials. Detailed information is supplied on methods of preparation, chemical and physical properties, and current and potential applications. The closing chapters discuss lithography methods for the top-down approach to nanoparticle synthesis and the use of spectroscopic studies as a tool for the characterization of each nanoparticle. Future prospects and challenges for the development of further nanomaterials with bioapplications are also covered.
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    Pages: VI, 292 p. 119 illus., 97 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789813361584
    Series Statement: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1309
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6158-4
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    Microalgae Biotechnology for Food, Health and High Value Products (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Food science. ; Microbiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Food Science. ; Microbiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1. Microalgae in Food Product Development -- Chapter 1. Food and high value products from microalgae: market opportunities and challenges -- Chapter 2. Algae as a mainstream food ingredient: demand and supply perspective -- Chapter 3. Microalgae pigments: a source of natural food color -- Chapter 4. Algal biotechnology: a sustainable route for omega-3 fatty acids and carotenoids production -- Part 2. Microalgae in Health Product Development -- Chapter 5. Microalgae in human health and medicine -- Chapter 6. Astaxanthin production from microalgae -- Chapter 7. Microalgae nutraceuticals: the role of lutein in human health -- Part 3. Microalgae for Cosmetic Formulations -- Chapter 8. Algae and Aging -- Chapter 9. Extracts and bioactives from microalgae (sensu stricto): opportunities and challenges for a new generation of cosmetics -- Part 4. Other High Value Application -- Chapter 10. Microalgae as Vaccine Delivery System to Aquatic Organisms -- Chapter 11. Microalgal as a sustainable source for bioplastic -- Chapter 12. Microalgae as biofertillizer in modern agriculture -- Part 5. Biomass Production -- Chapter 13. Microalgae biomass production, drying and storage -- Chapter 14. Microalgal carbohydrate and proteins: synthesis, extraction, application and challenges -- Chapter 15. Pretreatment and lipid extraction from wet microalgae: Challenges, potential and application for industrial scale application.
    Abstract: "Microalgae Biotechnology for Food, Health and High Value Products” presents the latest technological innovations in microalgae production, market status of algal biomass-based products, and future prospects for microalgal applications. It provides stimulating overviews from different perspectives of application that demonstrate how rapidly the commercial production of microalgae-based food, health and high value products is advancing. It also addresses a range of open questions and challenges in this field. The book highlights the latest advances of interest to those already working in the field, while providing a comprehensive overview for those readers just beginning to learn about the promise of microalgae as a sustainable source of both specialty and commercial products. It offers a valuable asset for commercial algae producers, algae product developers, scientific researchers and students who are dedicated to the advancement of microalgae biotechnology for applications in health, diet, nutrition, cosmetics, biomaterials etc. .
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811501692
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    NanoBioMedicine (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Cancer. ; Stem cells. ; Diseases. ; Biotechnology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Cancer Biology. ; Stem Cell Biology. ; Diseases.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1.Current Advances in Nanotechnology and Medicine -- Chapter 2. Least Explored Small Wonders: Nano-biotechnology -- Chapter 3. Modern Approaches in Nanomedicine for neuroAIDS and CNS drug delivery -- Chapter 4. Nanobiotechnology: Paving the way to personalized medicine -- Chapter 5. Nanomedicine in cancer stem cell therapy -- Chapter 6. Nanobiosensor: Current Trends and Applications -- Chapter 7. Transition Metal Oxide Nanoparticles: A New Horizon in Cancer Treatment -- Chapter 8. Nanomedicine meets microRNA expression and function in prostate cancer -- Chapter 9. Biomedical applications of Viral Nanoparticles in vaccine therapy -- Chapter 10. HIV: Biology to Nanomedicine -- Chapter 11. Current Advances in Phage Inspired Nanocarriers Based Therapy -- Chapter 12. Nanophytotherapeutic potential of Essential Oils against Candida infections -- Chapter 13. Molecular tests for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Nanodiagnostics Approaches -- Chapter 14. Molecular Mechanisms of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Role of nanoparticles against Multi-Drug Resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) -- Chapter 15. Nano-Mass spectrometry (nano-MS) based lipidomics -- Chapter 16. Techniques to understand Mycobacterial Lipids and use of Lipid Based Nanoformulations for Tuberculosis Management -- Chapter 17. Recent trends and challenges in Patches for cardiac tissue reengineering: role of Nanomaterials -- Chapter 18. Cyclic dinucleotides: Big roles of small molecules and its role in nanotechnology and medicine -- Chapter 19. Antibodies: Biology to Therapeutics and its role in nanomedicine -- Chapter 20. Nanotoxicology in Medicine -- Chapter 21. Antibody-targeted nanoparticles for cancer treatment -- Chapter 22. Nanoparticle mediated combined photothermal and photodynamic therapy -- Chapter 23. Nanotechnology based devices and its applications in medicine- Chapter 24. Opportunities in clinical translation and commercialization of nanomedicine. .
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the recent trends in various Nanotechnology-based therapeutics and challenges associated with its development. Nanobiotechnology is an interdisciplinary research that has wide applications in the various fields of biomedical research. The book discusses the various facets of the application of Nanotechnology in drug delivery, clinical diagnostics, Nanomedicine and treatment of infectious and chronic diseases. The book also highlights the recent advancements on important devices and applications that are based on Nanotechnology in medicine and brief the regulatory and ethical issues related to nanomedical devices. It also reviews the toxicological profile of various nanomaterials and emphasizes the need for safe nanomaterials for clinical use. Finally, the book discusses the recent developments of potential commercial applications of Nanotechnology. .
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    ISBN: 9789813298989
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9898-9
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    Algae : Multifarious Applications for a Sustainable World (2021)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental engineering. ; Bioremediation. ; Biotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Valorisation of wastewater via nutrient recovery using algae-based processes -- Chapter 2.Constructed wetland and microalgae: A revolutionary approach of boremediation and sustainable energy production -- Chapter 3. Mitigation of Heavy Metals Utilizing Algae and its Subsequent Utilization for Sustainable fuels -- Chapter 4. Adaptive and tolerance mechanism of microalgae in removal of cadmium from wastewater -- Chapter 5. Algae as miniature waste water scavengers -- Chapter 6. Parametric modeling and optimization of phycoremediation of Cr(VI) using artificial neural network and simulated annealing -- Chapter 7. An insight on potential application of microalgae in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical production -- Chapter 8. The budding potential of algae in cosmetics -- Chapter 9. Food supplements formulated with Spirulina -- Chapter 10. Fucoxanthin Production from Diatoms: Current Advances and Challenges -- Chapter 11. Liquid Biofuels from Algae -- Chapter 12. UV-B coupled lipid induction: A strategies towards economical biofuel production through algae -- Chapter 13. Microalgae Mediated Nanomaterials Synthesis -- Chapter 14. Algae-mediated biological synthesis of metallic nanoparticles and their applications -- Chapter 15. Cyanobacterial blooms and Cyanotoxins: Occurrence and Detection -- Chapter 16. Potential of Golden Brown Algae in Forensic Analysis: A Review. .
    Abstract: This exciting book presents diverse applications of microalgal renewable resources to meet modern demands for energy and value-added products. It also comprehensively describes the role of algae in sustainable and cost-effective wastewater treatment strategies, and highlights the latest research on, advances in and biotechnological relevance of algae in the areas of bioenergy, bioremediation, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and green economy. The book addresses gaps in the fields of bioenergy, waste management, health and economy by providing broad information on bioenergy production, management strategies, drug development, nutraceuticals products and biobased economy using algae at the commercial level. The book introduces researchers to key and emerging innovations in the field of algal biology research and will assist policymakers, environmentalists, scientists, students and global thinkers in defining sustainable developmental goals for the future. Accordingly, it is an extremely important read for researchers and students in the environmental sciences, life sciences and chemistry, experts in the energy sector and policymakers alike. .
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    Pages: XI, 373 p. 80 illus., 38 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811575181
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7518-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-7518-1
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    Rhizosphere Biology: Interactions Between Microbes and Plants (2021)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Plant diseases. ; Microbial ecology. ; Biotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Plant Pathology. ; Microbial Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Bacterial Endophytes: Diversity, Functional Importance, and Potential for Manipulation -- Rhizosphere Carbon Turnover from Cradle to Grave: The Role of Microbe–Plant Interactions -- Root–Soil–Microbe Interactions Mediating Nutrient Fluxes in the Rhizosphere -- Diazotrophic Nitrogen Fixation in the Rhizosphere and Endosphere -- Root Microbiome Structure and Microbial Succession in the Rhizosphere -- Rhizosphere Legacy: Plant Root Interactions with the Soil and Its Biome -- Rhizosphere Microbiome and Soil-Borne Diseases -- Root Disease Impacts on Root-Rhizosphere Microbial Communities -- Newly Introduced or Modified Genes in Plants Potentially Modulate the Host Microbiome -- Rhizosphere Plant–Microbe Interactions Under Abiotic Stress -- Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Interactions in the Rhizosphere -- Microbial–Faunal Interactions in the Rhizosphere -- Inter-Organismal Signaling in the Rhizosphere -- Molecular Mechanisms of Plant–Microbe Interactions in the Rhizosphere as Targets for Improving Plant Productivity -- Inoculation Effects in the Rhizosphere: Diversity and Function.
    Abstract: This book presents a detailed discussion on the direct interactions of plants and microorganisms in the rhizosphere environment. It includes fifteen chapters, each focusing on a specific component of plant-microbe interactions, such as the influence of plants on the root microbiome, and the downstream effects of rhizosphere microbial dynamics on carbon and nutrient fluxes in the surroundings. As such, the book helps readers gain a better understanding of diversity above the ground, and its effect on the microbiome and its functionality.
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    Pages: XVIII, 356 p. 36 illus., 23 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811561252
    Series Statement: Rhizosphere Biology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6125-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-6125-2
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    Functional Food Products and Sustainable Health (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Food Microbiology. ; Food science. ; Nutrition   . ; Biotechnology. ; Food Microbiology. ; Food Science. ; Nutrition.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Bioactive Ingredients in Processed Foods -- Chapter 2. The Impact of Natural Antioxidants on Human Health -- Chapter 3. Probiotic Bacteria Used in Food: A Novel Class of Antibiofilm Agent -- Chapter 4. Nutritional Modification in Meat Food for the Protection of Human Health -- Chapter 5. Potential of Food Processing by-products as Dietary Fibers -- Chapter 6. Encapsulation of Active Ingredients in Functional Foods: Current Trends and Perspectives -- Chapter 7. Cereals as Functional Ingredients in Meat and Meat Products -- Chapter 8. Role of Dietary Fibre and their Preventive Measures of Human Diet -- Chapter 9. Food antioxidants: Functional aspects and preservation during food processing -- Chapter 10. Dietary Fibre as a Functional Food -- Chapter 11. Functional and Nutritional Aspects of Hydrocolloids and Lipids -- Chapter 12. Future Prospects of Fruit and Vegetable based Functional Foods -- Chapter 13. Role of by-products of Fruits and Vegetables in Functional Foods -- Chapter 14. Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) fermented food and their therapeutic importance -- Chapter 15. Flavonoids: Health Benefits and Their Potential Use in Food Systems.
    Abstract: There is a growing global awareness of the link between good diet and health. This fascinating book reviews various functional foods or nutraceuticals and the bio-active compounds they contain in order to identify the role of bioactive compounds such as nisin, micronutrients, and hydrocolloids in the diet in overall human health. It also provides up-to-date information on functional elements like antioxidants, dietary fibres, pre & probiotics, vitamins and mineral-enriched foods in the human diet. Consisting of fifteen chapters, the book offers a systematic review of the key factors in the preparation of functional foods from selected sources, and also describes the processing, preservation and packaging of a range of functional food products. This book is a valuable resource for students and researchers working in the field of food science, food technology, and nutrition, as well as for industry experts.
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    Pages: XI, 263 p. 34 illus., 16 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811547164
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4716-4
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    Racing for the Surface : Antimicrobial and Interface Tissue Engineering (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Biomaterials. ; Biomedical engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Biomaterials. ; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Innovative antimicrobial and osteoinductive therapeutics -- Advances in antimicrobial and osteoinductive biomaterials -- Recent Advances in Controlled Release Technologies for the Co-Delivery of Antimicrobial and Osteoconductive Therapeutics -- Biofilm-inhibiting and osseointegration-promoting orthopedic implants with novel nanocoatings -- Three dimensional (3D) and drug-eluting nanofiber coating for prosthetic implants -- Cationic antimicrobial coatings with osteoinductive properties -- Peptide Functionalized Biomaterials with Osteoinductive or Anti-biofilm Activity -- Construction of bio-functionalized ZnO coatings on titanium implants with both self-antibacterial and osteoinductive properties -- Gasotransmitters: antimicrobial properties and impact on cell growth for tissue engineering -- Carbon nanotubes: Their antimicrobial properties and applications in bone tissue regeneration -- Part II: Interface tissue engineering and advanced material for scaffolds -- Fracture healing and progress towards successful repair -- Animal models for bone tissue engineering and osteoinductive biomaterial research -- Bioprinting in Tissue Engineering -- Additive Manufacturing of Bio-scaffolds for Bone Regeneration -- Anti-biofouling and Antimicrobial Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering -- Osteoinductive and osteoconductive biomaterials -- Bimetallic nanoparticles for biomedical applications: a review -- Peptide-mediated Bone Tissue Regeneration -- Antibody mediated osseous regeneration - a new strategy for bioengineering -- Extracellular matrix-based materials for bone regeneration -- Calcium Phosphate Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Engineering: Properties and Relevance in Bone Repair -- Bioactive Glasses in Orthopedic Applications -- Advances in Tissue Engineering and Regeneration -- SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING: A state of the art review concerning types, properties, materials, processing and characterization -- Recent Developments of Zn-Based Medical Implants -- Recent physical interaction-based bioadhesives -- Tellurium, the forgotten element: a review for the properties, processes and biomedical applications of the bulk and nanoscale metalloid -- Index.
    Abstract: This book covers the key basics of tissue engineering as well as the latest advances in the integration of both antimicrobial and osteoinductive properties. Topics covered include osteoconductive and osteoinductive biomaterials (calcium phosphate, bone morphogenetic protein, peptides, antibodies, bioactive glasses, nanomaterials, etc.) and scaffolds. Research integrating both antimicrobial/biofilm-inhibiting and osteoinductive/osteoconductive properties and their co-delivery is detailed and their roles in clinical success are discussed. Combined with its companion volume, Racing for the Surface: Antimicrobial and Interface Tissue Engineering, this book bridges the gap between infection and tissue engineering, and is an ideal book for academic researchers, clinicians, industrial engineers and scientists, governmental representatives in national laboratories, and advanced undergraduate students and post-doctoral fellows who are interested in tissue engineering and regeneration, infection, and biomaterials and devices.
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    Pages: XI, 809 p. 152 illus., 126 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030344719
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34471-9
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    Electron-Based Bioscience and Biotechnology (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Biochemistry. ; Microbiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Biochemistry. ; Microbiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Electron based Bioscience -- Chapter 1: (Tentative) Latest knowledges of (electro)microbiology -- Chapter 2: Importance of electron flow in (micro)biological metabolism -- Chapter 3: Extracellular electron transfer in bioelectrochemically active microorganisms -- Chapter 4: Direct interspecies electron transfer -- Chapter 5: Extracellular electron uptake mechanisms by sulfate reducing bacteria -- Chapter 6: Conversion of electric energy into life energy -- Part II. Electron based Biotechnology -- Chapter 7: Electrochemical interactions between microorganisms and conductive particles- Chapter 8: Bioelectrochemical reversible interconversion in the 2H+/H2 and CO2/formate redox systems and its importance in forthcoming energy system -- Chapter 9: Application of enzymatic reactions involving electron transfer for the production of useful chemicals -- Chapter 10: Fatty acid production of thraustochytrids and cellular redox balance -- Chapter 11: Control of microbial metabolisms by electrochemical cultivation method -- Part III. Electron based Biocorrosion -- Chapter 12: Microbiologically influenced corrosion -- Chapter 13: Electrochemistry on Corrosion Engineering -- Chapter 14: Microorganisms inducing microbiologically influenced corrosion -- Chapter 15: Electron flow rate in the corrosion and its application -- Chapter 16: Biocorrosion and souring in the crude oil production process -- Chapter 17: Metallurgical factors effect on bacterial adhesion and bio-corrosion.
    Abstract: This book offers a comprehensive introduction to electron-based bioscience, biotechnology, and biocorrosion. It both explains the importance of electron flow during metabolic processes in microorganisms and provides valuable insights into emerging applications in various fields. In the opening section, readers will find up-to-date information on topics such as electron transfer reactions, extracellular electron transfer mechanisms, direct interspecies electron transfer, and electron uptake by sulfate-reducing bacteria. The focus then shifts to state-of-the-art advances and applications in the field of biotechnology. Here, the coverage encompasses e.g. progress in understanding electrochemical interactions between microorganisms and conductive particles, enzymatic reactions and their application in the bioproduction of useful chemicals, and the importance of redox balance for fatty acid production. In closing, the book addresses various aspects of the complex phenomenon of microbiologically induced corrosion, highlighting novel insights from the fields of electromicrobiology and electrochemistry and their implications. .
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    ISBN: 9789811547638
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4763-8
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    Advances in Bioengineering (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Medicine Research. ; Biology Research. ; Proteins. ; Bioinformatics. ; Human physiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Biomedical Research. ; Proteins. ; Bioinformatics. ; Human Physiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Modeling of protein complexes involved in signaling pathway for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer -- Chapter 2. Role of BioJava in the Department of Bioinformatics Tools -- Chapter 3. Overview of machine learning methods in ADHD prediction -- Chapter 4. Simplified Protein Structure Prediction Using Parallel Genetic Algorithms -- Chapter 5. Applications of deep learning in drug discovery -- Chapter 6. Big Data Analytics for Handling NGS Data & its Applications in Identifying Cancer Mutations -- Chapter 7. Medicinal Properties of Fruit waste -- Chapter 8. Epigenetic toxicity of nanoparticles -- Chapter 9. Protein Misfolding and Aggregation in Neurodegenerative diseases -- Chapter 10. Enzyme technology prospectus & their Biomedical Applications -- Chapter 11. Polyunsaturated fatty acids enhance the recovery of bone marrow impairment caused after radiation -- Chapter 12. Nanomaterial Enabled Rapid Electrochemical Biosensors For Bacterial Pathogens -- Chapter 13. Heart Rate Variability Analysis in lung cancer patients to study the effect of treatment -- Chapter 14. Co-Relation of Physiological Signals And Therapy for Diagnostics Purpose of Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (Plmd) -- Chapter 15. Analysis of Forward Head Posture -- Chapter 16. Biopolymeric Smart Nano-Carriers for Drug Delivery Applications.
    Abstract: This book provides a single source of information on three major bioengineering areas: engineering at the cellular and molecular level; biomedical devices / instrument engineering; and data engineering. It explores the latest strategies that are essential to advancing our understanding of the mechanisms of human diseases, the development of new enzyme-based technologies, diagnostics, prosthetics, high-performance computing platforms for managing huge amounts of biological data, and the use of deep learning methods to create predictive models. The book also highlights the growing importance of integrating chemistry into life sciences research, most notably concerning the development and evaluation of nanomaterials and nanoparticles and their interactions with biological material. The underlying interdisciplinary theme of bioengineering is addressed in a range of multifaceted applications and worked out examples provided in each chapter.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811520631
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2063-1
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    Nanomaterial - Based Biomedical Applications in Molecular Imaging, Diagnostics and Therapy (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Radiology. ; Human physiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Radiology. ; Human Physiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Nanomaterials: From research to personalized medicine -- Chapter 2. Introduction to molecular imaging, diagnostics and therapy -- Chapter 3. Biocompatible fluorescent nanomaterials for molecular imaging applications -- Chapter 4. Nanomaterials for Point of Care Disease Detection -- Chapter 5. Biomolecules immobilized nanomaterials and their biological applications -- Chapter 6. Lectin nanoconjugates for targeted therapeutic applications -- Chapter 7. Plant Based Polymeric Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications -- Chapter 8. Nanomaterials at the biological interphase: Protein corona formation and infusion -- Chapter 9. Critical overview of the subject: Current scenario and future prospects. .
    Abstract: This book comprehensively reviews the recent advances in nanomaterial-based molecular imaging, diagnostics, and personalized therapy. It discusses the novel biocompatible fluorescent nanomaterials, their synthesis, and modern state of art characterization, as well as the various strategies for immobilization of biomacromolecules on the nanomaterial surface and approaches for increasing their stability. In addition, the book describes the synthesis of lectin nanoconjugates using different types of biocompatible raw materials and their systematic characterization. Lastly, it presents our current understanding of the biomolecular carona, which affects nanoparticle-based targeted drug delivery, and examines the conceptual approaches to improve the in-vivo efficacy of targeted drug delivery. .
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    Pages: XIII, 203 p. 21 illus., 19 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811542800
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4280-0
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    Biorefinery: A Sustainable Approach for the Production of Biomaterials, Biochemicals and Biofuels (2023)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Sustainability. ; Biomaterials. ; Biotechnology. ; Sustainability. ; Biomaterials.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1_Biomass to liquid fuels: Recent trends in techniques in catalytic conversions -- Chapter 2_Towards sustainable production of hydrogen and biogas from biomass residues -- Chapter 3_ Biorefinery for biofuel production: A Case Study -- Chapter 4_Techno economic analysis and profitability analysis of biofuel production -- Chapter 5_Life cycle analysis and environmnetal impact of bio fuel production -- Chapter 6_Valorization of non lignocellulosic bio waste for BioChemicals -- Chapter 7_State of art technologies for production of biochemicals from biomass -- Chapter 8_Nutraceuticals functional foods and specialty chemicals -- Chapter 9_Technoeconomical analysis of BioChemical production: A Case study -- Chapter 10_Life cycle assessment and sustainability for production of pectin -- Chapter 11_Production of biofertilizers from agro residue: sustainability issues and challenges -- Chapter 12_Utilization of activated carbon obtained from biomass in waste water treatment -- Chapter 13_Sustanability and life cycle assessment of nano-materials from biomass -- Chapter 14_Biorefinery approach for production of enzymes from fruit peel waste -- Chapter 15_Production of Biomaterials: A Case study.
    Abstract: This book discusses recent trends and concepts in the field of biorefinery. It discusses optimal and economic strategies for converting biomass to value-added products to maximize profits with minimal environmental impact with a sustainability approach. The chapters of the book are focused on the current technologies, techno-economical aspects, life cycle assessment, and case studies. The book is divided into three sections; the first section presents strategies for the production of biofuels like bioethanol, biomethane, biohydrogen, bio-oil, gasification, etc., from the biomass in a sustainable way. The second sections review the extraction of bioactive chemicals, phenolic antioxidants, enzymes, and carboxylic acid from the biomass residue. The last section examines the utilization of biomass for the production of bioactive materials, including biofertilizers, bioadsorbents, activated carbon, nano-materials, and pigments. This book explores the relation between biofuels and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) 7.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811974816
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7481-6
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    Tropane Alkaloids : Pathways, Potential and Biotechnological Applications (2021)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Botanical chemistry. ; Pharmacology. ; Plant physiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Plant Biochemistry. ; Pharmacology. ; Plant Physiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1. Tropane Alkaloids: Diversity, Biosynthesis and Significance -- Chapter 1. Plant Tropane Alkaloids (TAs): Chemotaxonomic Significance, Biogenesis and Biotechnological interventions -- Chapter 2. Structure and Function of Enzymes Involved in the Biosynthesis of Tropane Alkaloids -- Chapter 3. Plant tropane alkaloids: Commercial stature and production developments -- Part 2. Tropane Alkaloids: In vitro and allied interventions -- Chapter 4. Involvement of various biotechnological contrivances for tropane alkaloids biosynthesis and applications of tropane alkaloid bearing in vitro cultures -- Chapter 5. Biotechnological Production of Tropane Alkaloids: Contribution of Hairy Root Cultures -- Chapter 6. Production of Tropane Alkaloids (TAs) in plant and in vitro cultures of different ploidy levels -- Chapter 7. Current Progress in Tropane Alkaloids Production by Transgenic and Heterologous gene Expression Approaches -- Chapter 8. Tropane Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Plants: Insights from Transcriptome Analysis -- Chapter 9. Transcription Factor and MicroRNA-mediated Manipulation of the Tropane Alkaloids Biosynthesis. .
    Abstract: This book covers the current research on the plant-based tropane alkaloids (TA) and TA-bearing plants. The first part includes an overview of “tropane alkaloids in context to diversity, biosynthesis and significance. The second part covers aspects of in-vitro and allied interventions in these alkaloids. TAs belong to one of the world’s oldest phytomedicines with their valuable ethno-pharmacological applications. The book compiles scientific ideas, perspectives and challenges in this area. Further, the book attempts to investigate the loopholes in existing methodologies, challenges and possible solutions through well thought-out scientific discussions from various eminent research groups. This book is of high interest to students and researchers in biotechnology, plant biology and pharmacology. As the TAs are of high commercial medicinal value, this book is also a relevant collection of articles for industry experts.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789813345355
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4535-5
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    Optical Imaging in Human Disease and Biological Research (2021)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Radiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Radiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Fundamentals of optical imaging -- Chapter 3. Super-resolution imaging -- Chapter 4. Two-photon fluorescence imaging -- Chapter 5. Two-photon phosphorescence lifetime microscopy -- Chapter 6. Whole body fluorescence imaging -- Chapter 7. Scattering-based whole brain imaging -- Chapter 8. Long-term time-lapse multimodal intravital imaging -- Chapter 9. Photoacoustic imaging -- Chapter 10. Raman imaging -- Chapter 11. Optical coherence tomography -- Chapter 12, Optical clearing agents based imaging -- Chapter 13. Autofluorescence tissue imaging and quantification -- Chapter 14. In vivo flow cytometer . .
    Abstract: The book introduces readers to the basic principle of optical imaging technologies. Focusing on human disease diagnostics using optical imaging methods, it provides essential information for researchers in various fields and discusses the latest trends in optical imaging. In recent decades, there has been a huge increase in imaging technologies and their applications in human diseases diagnostics, including magnetic resonance imaging, x-ray computed tomography, and nuclear tomographic imaging. This book promotes further developments to extend optical imaging to a wider range of disease diagnostics. It is a valuable resource for researchers and students in the field of biomedical optics, as well as for clinicians.
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    Pages: VIII, 305 p. 102 illus., 95 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811576270
    Series Statement: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 3233
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7627-0
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    Engineering Biomaterials for Neural Applications : Targeting Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Neurosciences. ; Biomaterials. ; Biotechnology. ; Neuroscience. ; Biomaterials.
    Description / Table of Contents: General aspects of neural diseases and requirements of CNS implantable biomaterials as diagnostic and/or therapeutic tools -- Characteristics of the traumatic brain and spinal cord injured patients as a host of a CNS implanted biomaterial -- Electrophysiological recording at the damaged neural tissue -- Mechanical aspects of biomaterials and neural tissues -- Nanostructures to potentiate axon navigation and regrowth in CNS damaged tissue.-Electrical stimulation-based approaches focused on electrodes -- Engineered 2D and 3D biomaterials for neural applications -- Magnetic nanoparticles for the treatment of neural pathologies -- Magnetic devices for sensing at the neural tissue -- Cell therapies for neural applications -- Basics on electrical modeling of the electrode/tissue interface -- CNS therapeutic approaches in implantable devices for neurological diseases -- Index.
    Abstract: This book describes past and present advances in engineering materials for neural applications, with special emphasis on their usefulness for traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries. The book presents major physio-pathological features of traumatic injuries at the brain and spinal cord as examples of diseases hampering the central nervous tissue. By incorporating knowledge from the perspective of experts with diverse backgrounds, this book gives insight into the understanding of these multifaceted pathologies and the materials science approaches that aim to cure them. The interdisciplinary nature of this book makes it a perfect candidate for the interest of a broad audience, from clinicians working on neural diseases to scientists whose work focuses on the nervous tissue (neuroscientists) and/or materials science. Undergraduate and PhD students can also benefit from the knowledge and discussion included in this book.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030814007
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81400-7
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    Textbook on Cloning, Expression and Purification of Recombinant Proteins (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Medical genetics. ; Life sciences. ; Biophysics. ; Biotechnology. ; Medical Genetics. ; Life Sciences. ; Biophysics.
    Description / Table of Contents: A Brief Introduction to Recombinant DNA Technology -- Cloning and Gene Manipulation -- Selection of Cloning and Expression Plasmid Vectors -- Transformation and Protein Expression -- Introduction to Recombinant Protein Purification -- Protein Purification by Affinity Chromatography -- Protein Purification by Ion Exchange Chromatography -- Gel Filtration Chromatography -- Protein Purification by Reversed Phase Chromatography and Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography -- Purification of Difficult Proteins -- Protein Quantitation and Detection. .
    Abstract: This book is immensely useful for graduate students as well as researchers to understand the basics of molecular biology and Recombinant DNA Technology. It provides a comprehensive overview of different approaches for the synthesis of recombinant proteins from E. coli including their cloning, expression and purification. Recent advances in genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics have facilitated the use of Recombinant DNA Technology for evaluating the biophysical and biochemical properties of various proteins. The book starts with an introductory chapter on gene cloning, protein expression and purification and its implication in current research and commercial applications. Each chapter provides a lucid set of principles, tools and techniques for both students and instructors. The protocols described have been aptly exemplified, and troubleshooting techniques have been included to aid better understanding. Moreover, the set of questions at the end of each chapter have been particularly formulated to help effective learning.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811649875
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4987-5
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    Multifaceted Biomedical Applications of Graphene (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Biotechnology. ; Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: I. Basic Features and Potential Toxicity of Graphene Family Nanomaterials -- Principles and Biomedical Application of Graphene Family Nanomaterials -- Differential Toxicity of Graphene Family Nanomaterials Concerning Morphology -- II. Graphene-based Nanomaterials as Scaffolds for Stem Cell Fate Modulation and Tissue Regeneration -- Graphene-based Materials for Efficient Neurogenesis -- Functional Graphene Nanomaterials-based Hybrid Scaffolds for Osteogenesis and Chondrogenesis -- Role of Graphene Family Nanomaterials in Skin Wound Healing and Regeneration -- III. Graphene as Agents for Drug Delivery, Bioimaging, Theranostics, and Therapeutics -- Graphene-based Nanomaterials as Drug Delivery Carriers -- Graphene-based Nanomaterials for Biomedical Imaging -- Graphene - A Promising Theranostic Agent -- Graphene as Photo-thermal Therapeutic Agents -- IV. Graphene for Nanobiosensors, Biochips, and Antibacterial Agents -- Graphene for Nanobiosensors and Nanobiochips -- Antibacterial Activity of Graphene-based Nanomaterials -- Conclusions -- Reflections and Outlook on Multifaceted Biomedical Applications of Graphene.
    Abstract: This book explains the fundamental characteristics and biofunctionality of graphene-based nanomaterials and provides up-to-date information on the full range of their biomedical applications. An introductory section gives an overview of the chemical composition and physical properties of graphene and its derivatives as well as their potential toxicity and biosafety. Detailed attention is then devoted to the potential of multifunctional graphene-based nanomaterials (MFGNs) to direct the differentiation of stem cells into specific lineages and induce tissue regeneration. Here, individual chapters address the application of MFGNs for the purposes of neurogenesis, osteo- and chrondrogenesis, myogenesis, and wound healing. Subsequent sections focus on the capability of MFGNs as agents for drug delivery, bioimaging, theranostics, and therapeutics as well as their effectiveness as biomimetic platforms for nanobiosensors, biochips, medical devices, and dental applications. The book will be essential reading for graduate students, scientists, and engineers in any of the biomedical research fields in which efforts are being made to utilize novel MFGN-incorporated composite materials and develop functional devices based on them.
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    Pages: VIII, 264 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811649233
    Series Statement: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1351
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4923-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-4923-3
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    Biotechnology for Environmental Protection (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Microbial ecology. ; Biotechnology. ; Environmental Biotechnology. ; Environmental Microbiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Environmental pollutants: metal(loid)s and radionuclides -- 2 Environmental pollutants: organic and emerging contaminants -- 3 Biosorption, Bioaccumulation And Biodegradation – A Sustainable Approach For Management Of Environmental Contaminants -- 4 Bioremediation technologies for the treatment of water contaminated by organic and inorganic contaminants -- 5 Biological treatment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and odorous compounds -- 6 Biological treatment of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) -- 7 Biological Treatment Of Pharmaceuticals And Personal Care Products (Ppcps) -- 8 Genetic engineering strategies and degradation of pollutants using genetically engineered microbes (GEMs) -- 9 Biogenic synthesis of nanoparticles and its application in wastewater treatment -- 10 BioTechnological approach for treatment of sludge from municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plant -- 11 Microwave Assisted Chemically Modified Biochar For The Sequestration Of Emerging Contaminants.
    Abstract: This book covers broader application of biotechnology for the protection of environment through different bioremediation and biodegradation techniques developed for removal of environmental contaminants including the recently discovered contaminants. The book offers a comprehensive overview of environmental pollutants including their fate, behavior, environmental and associated health risks. It is useful reading material for postgraduate and graduate students of environmental biotechnology, environmental microbiology and ecology. Young researchers also find the chapters useful understanding the latest developments.
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    Pages: X, 310 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811949371
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4937-1
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    Melanins: Functions, Biotechnological Production, and Applications (2023)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Biochemistry. ; Metabolism. ; Cell biology. ; Natural products. ; Genetics. ; Biotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Metabolic Pathways. ; Natural Products. ; Genetics and Genomics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Melanin synthesis in bacteria: who, how and why -- Chapter 2 The role of melanin in fungal disease -- Chapter 3 Melanosome origins, diversity and functional relevance across animals -- Chapter 4 Biotechnological production of melanins with recombinant microorganisms -- Chapter 5 Extraction, purification, and characterization of microbial melanin pigments -- Chapter 6 Exploiting melanin-metal interactions for emerging technologies -- Chapter 7 Fundamentals and applications of optically active melanin-based materials.
    Abstract: This book provides an up-to-date overview of the biological functions of melanins, their biotechnological production, and their industrial applications. The melanins form a group of polymeric pigments found in most organisms. These natural products are generated by the oxidation of phenolic and indolic molecules yielding melanins, which include eumelanin, pheomelanin, pyomelanin, and the allomelanins. These pigments have diverse biological functions, including photoprotection, thermoregulation, antioxidation, virulence, and metal ion sequestration. Melanins have physicochemical properties that have proven useful in the optical, electronic, material, agriculture, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and medical industries. The chapters in this book provide an in-depth analysis of the current issues and challenges in this field. Topics covered include the properties, biogenesis, and evolution of melanosomes. The book also addresses the synthesis and industrial production of melanins by microorganisms. The metabolic pathways for the synthesis of several types of polymeric pigments in microorganisms and their role in pathogenesis are reviewed. The large-scale production and purification of melanins to provide this product for industrial applications is a formidable challenge. Two chapters present and discuss the state-of-the-art used for the generation of microbial melanin-production strains and the processes for the biotechnological synthesis and purification of these pigments. Melanins are polymers that can interact with metals, a chapter reviews this capacity in the context of technological applications, including electrochemical energy storage and metal recovery. These polymers are materials having favorable characteristics for photonic applications, including UV blocking and broadband absorption. The current advances in the application of these pigments in optically active materials are presented and discussed.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031277993
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27799-3
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    Immobilization Strategies : Biomedical, Bioengineering and Environmental Applications (2021)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Microtechnology. ; Microelectromechanical systems. ; Enzymology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Biotechnology. ; Microsystems and MEMS. ; Enzymology. ; Nanotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Immobilization: Then and Now -- Cell immobilization strategies for tissue engineering: Recent trends and future perspectives -- Strategies and advancement in growth factor immobilizable ECM for tissue engineering -- Prospects Of Cell Immobilization In Cancer Research And Immunotherapy -- Nano systems for repairing retinal degeneration -- Systemic drug delivery to the posterior segment of the eye: Overcoming blood-retinal barrier through smart drug design and nanotechnology -- The effects of irradiation with cold atmospheric-pressure plasma on cellular function -- Immobilization of biomolecules on plasma functionalized surfaces for biomedical applications -- A wide portray of Upconversion-nanoparticles: surface modification for bio-applications -- Advances in Amphiphilic Assemblies and its Immobilization in Room Temperature Supercooled Matrices. .
    Abstract: This book delves into the field of immobilizing biologically active and non-active molecules. It discusses the designing strategy of immobilization and the current state-of-the-art applications for advancing biomedical, agricultural, environmental and industrial practices. It focuses on aspects ranging from fundamental principles to current technological advances at multi-scale levels (macro, micro, and nano) which are suitable for cell, enzyme, and nano-catalyst based applications. Written by experts from across the globe, the contents deal with illustrated examples of molecular and cellular interactions with materials/scaffolds and discussions on factors that can affect the functionality and yield of the process. With its discussions on material science, design of delivery vehicles, separation science, additive manufacturing, agriculture and environmental science, this book will be a useful reference for researchers across multiple disciplines.
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    Pages: X, 666 p. 143 illus., 126 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811579981
    Series Statement: Gels Horizons: From Science to Smart Materials,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7998-1
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    Electrical Properties of Tissues : Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Mapping (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Radiology. ; Biomedical engineering. ; Neurosciences. ; Biotechnology. ; Radiology. ; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. ; Neuroscience.
    Description / Table of Contents: Electromagnetic Properties and the Basis for CDI, MREIT and EPT -- Modeling for Electromagnetic Characterization, Prediction and Reconstruction -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Basics -- Phantom Construction and Equipment Configurations for Characterizing Electrical Properties using MRI -- MR Current Density and MREIT Data Acquisition -- Magnetic Resonance Current Density Imaging (MR-CDI) -- Magnetic Resonance Electrical Impedance Tomography -- Index.
    Abstract: This book covers the latest developments in tissue electrical conductivity and current density imaging, increasingly popular as well as challenging applications of MRI. These applications are enabled by the acquisition of high-quality MR phase images. This book provides a practical description of the MRI physics needed to understand and acquire phase images in MRI and the key details required to reconstruct them into conductivity, current density or electric field distributions. Comprehensive details are provided about the electrical properties of biological tissues, computational modeling considerations, experimental methods, construction of non-biological and biological phantoms and MRI pulse sequences. An inclusive review of image reconstruction algorithms, and their potential applications is provided for applications directed at determining current density or electric fields, such as in transcranial DC or AC stimulation techniques; as well as electrical conductivity reconstructions that may be of use in quantitative MRI applications used to detect cancer or other pathologies. This is an excellent book for undergraduate and graduate students beginning to explore phase, current density, and conductivity imaging in MRI, and will also be of great use to researchers interested in the area of MR-based electrical property imaging.
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    Pages: VII, 206 p. 101 illus., 72 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031038730
    Series Statement: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1380
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-03873-0
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    Emerging Threats of Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology : Addressing Security and Resilience Issues (2021)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Environmental engineering. ; Bioremediation. ; Security, International. ; Criminology. ; Environmental Law. ; Biotechnology. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; International Security Studies. ; Crime Control and Security. ; Biotechnology. ; Environmental Law.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Biosecurity for Synthetic Biology and Emerging Biotechnologies: Critical Challenges for Governance -- Chapter 2: Emerging Biosecurity Threats and Responses: A Review of Published and Gray Literature -- Chapter 3: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Considerations for Top-Down Governance for Biosecurity and Synthetic Biology -- Chapter 4: Biological standards and biosecurity: The unexplored link -- Chapter 5: Responsible Governance of Biosecurity in Armenia -- Chapter 6: Addressing Emerging Synthetic Biology Threats: The Role of Education and Outreach in Fostering Effective Bottom-Up Grassroots Governance -- Chapter 7: Cybersecurity and Public Health in the Age of COVID-19 -- Chapter 8: Synthetic Biology Brings New Challenges to Managing Biosecurity and Biosafety -- Chapter 9: Emerging Biotechnology and Information Hazards -- Chapter 10: Technical Aspects of Biosecurity: Screening Guidance, Attribution, and Traceability -- Chapter 11: The Soil Habitat and Considerations for Synthetic Biology -- Chapter 12: Foresight in Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology Threats -- Chapter 13: Predicting Biosecurity Threats: Deployment and Detection of Biological Weapons -- Chapter 14: Promoting Effective Biosecurity Governance: Using Tripwires to Anticipate and Ameliorate Potentially Harmful Development Trends. .
    Abstract: Synthetic biology is a field of biotechnology that is rapidly growing in various applications, such as in medicine, environmental sustainability, and energy production. However these technologies also have unforeseen risks and applications to humans and the environment. This open access book presents discussions on risks and mitigation strategies for these technologies including biosecurity, or the potential of synthetic biology technologies and processes to be deliberately misused for nefarious purposes. The book presents strategies to prevent, mitigate, and recover from ‘dual-use concern’ biosecurity challenges that may be raised by individuals, rogue states, or non-state actors. Several key topics are explored including opportunities to develop more coherent and scalable approaches to govern biosecurity from a laboratory perspective up to the international scale and strategies to prevent potential health and environmental hazards posed by deliberate misuse of synthetic biology without stifling innovation. The book brings together the expertise of top scholars in synthetic biology and biotechnology risk assessment, management, and communication to discuss potential biosecurity governing strategies and offer perspectives for collaboration in oversight and future regulatory guidance.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789402420869
    Series Statement: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2086-9
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    Novel Innovation Design for the Future of Health : Entrepreneurial Concepts for Patient Empowerment and Health Democratization (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Medicine Research. ; Biology Research. ; Entrepreneurship. ; New business enterprises. ; Public health. ; Biotechnology. ; Biomedical Research. ; Entrepreneurship. ; Public Health.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I. What Is Wrong with Health? What Should the Future of Health Be? -- INNOVATION DESIGN for the FUTURE of HEALTH -- Health Innovations from an Innovators’ Perspective -- From SICKCARE to HEALTHCARE to HEALTH -- Future Look on Health: Opportunities -- Navigating Towards a Future of “One Health” -- Part II. Exponential Medicine + Technologies + Mindset -- Exponential Technologies for an Exponential Medicine -- Exponential Medicine: Challenges of Human Spaceflight Bringing Innovations for Earth—A Case Study -- Healthy Longevity -- The Science of Health Longevity -- Space Healthtech: Innovation Base for Longevity -- Part III. Future Health Value Propositions -- Healthcare the Melting Pot of Technology, Humanity, and Confusion -- Democratize Health Delivery -- Health Innovation Process: Definitions and Short Methodology Introductions -- Prevention, Prediction, Personalization, and Participation as Key Components in Future Health -- Digital Health Business Models: Transformation Is on the Horizon -- Value Propositions for Future Health Developments: Digital, Portable, Connected, Experience-Enhancing, Supportive, Patient-Centric, and Affordable -- (Digital) Patient Journey and Empowerment: Digital Twin -- Part IV. Innovation Methodology Basics -- Stanford Biodesign as Base: Empathy and Patient Centricity as the Main Driver -- Purpose Launchpad Methodology: Introduction -- Design Thinking for Innovations in Healthcare -- VPC to BMC to Exponential Canvas: Canvas Interconnectivity for Exponential Scaling -- Innovation Methodology I3 EME: Awareness for Biomedical Engineers -- Part V. Ethics + Health Innovation -- Integrating Ethical Considerations into Innovation Design -- Part VI. Health Innovation Design -- Case Studies Used Throughout the Book: Innovation Categories Explained -- Why Is Healthcare Different with Respect to Innovation and Entrepreneurial Activities? -- Purpose Launchpad Health (PLH) Methodology Introduction -- Part VII. Purpose Launchpad Health -- Purpose Launchpad Health: Exploration and Evaluation Phases—Actual Case Studies -- Part VIII. Health Leadership, Skills and other Methodologies -- Soft Skills Needed for Problem Understanding and Innovation Generation -- Leadership in Healthcare: A Novel Approach. Healthcare Executives’ Traits, Styles, and Approaches -- Future Skills Framework in Healthcare -- Porter’s Five Forces Analysis: Quo Vadis Immunotherapy Industry -- Part IX. Health Entrepreneurship -- Global Health Markets and Their Different Needs -- Patient: Health Relation and Digital Health Entrepreneurship -- Health Start-Up: Create Impact and be Investment Ready Intra- and Entre-Preneurs -- Regulatory Issues for Health Innovations -- Innovation Think Tank Frameworks for Resolving “The Innovator’s Dilemma” in Healthcare -- A Primer on Patents and IP for Health Innovations -- Successfully Implementing Ambidexterity in the Medical Industry -- Reverse Innovation: Circumvent Digital Health Transformation Issues -- Part X. Health Innovation Education and Incubation -- Health Innovation Design: “CAMPing” for the Unmet Clinical Need -- Health Technology Innovation Generation (HTIG) Lecture and Project Classes at AGH University -- Health Innovation Design at a University: INKA INNOLAB at Otto-von-Guericke-University -- Clinical Innovation at Acibadem Biodesign Center -- Example of a Needs-Driven Innovation Training Program: The BioMedical Design Novo Nordisk Foundation Fellowship Program -- Addressing the Healthcare Needs with Innovation Think Tank Global Infrastructure and its Methodology -- The Power of a Collaborative Ecosystem: Introducing the Edison™ Accelerator -- HealthTec Networks and Clusters (Global): Innovation Clusters in Medtech in Europe -- Leadership-Compass: “Networking and Synapting Empowered by Health Captains” -- Part XI. Purpose Launchpad Health: Toolset Templates and Principles -- PLH Templates and Principles.
    Abstract: This book highlights the reasons for an urgently needed revision of the current global healthcare setup, discusses the needed mindset for a future of health, and provides a comprehensive development toolset for disruption (and for the needed incremental innovations towards disruption). Today’s biomedical and health innovation related research in universities encourages activities that lead to incremental innovations with a relatively low risk of failure. The healthcare industry on the other hand provides tools and devices for established healthcare providers to improve the diagnosis and therapy/ treatment of the patients’ health problems. The patient is not in the center of healthcare provision however, and prevention and prediction are not core goals. The current health setup needs to be challenged and disrupted. Disruptions are coming from technologies or processes that lead to a significant (〉10x) reduction in cost or price/ performance and that also come with new business models. The need for change, effects of exponential technologies, and the needed shift to prevention and to homecare for health democratization and patient empowerment will be discussed in detail in the first parts of the book. The subsequent sections address several innovation methods with a focus on a novel meta methodology named Purpose Launchpad Health. This is followed by a comprehensive discussion on health entrepreneurship activities and needs. The final section of the book addresses how to train students to become entrepreneurial health innovators, presenting successful curricula and examples of health incubation and accelerator setups. All of the innovation tools presented and used in this book are summarized in the final chapter to help the reader get started planning an entrepreneurial venture. Written by experts from academia and industry, the book covers important basics and best practices, as well as recent developments. Chapters are concise and enriched with key messages, learning objectives and real innovation examples to bridge theory and practice. This book aims to serve as a teaching base for health innovation design and to prepare for health-related entrepreneurial ventures. Readers with medical, biomedical, biotechnology, and health economics backgrounds - and anyone who wants to become a future oriented health innovator or who believes in disruptive approaches - will find this book a useful resource and teaching tool for developing validated products/ services and processes for the future of health.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031081910
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08191-0
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    Composite Materials: Applications in Engineering, Biomedicine and Food Science (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Food science. ; Biomaterials. ; Nanotechnology. ; Ceramic materials. ; Biotechnology. ; Food Science. ; Biomaterials. ; Nanotechnology. ; Ceramics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Carbon materials from various sources for composite materials -- Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Composites: Machining Aspects and Opportunities for Manufacturing Industries -- Surface modification of graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) towards preparation of natural/synthetic rubber blend nanocomposites -- Mechanical properties of nanoclay composite materials -- Fireproof capability of rigid polyurethane foam based composite materials -- Structural behavior of composite materials in fire -- Natural resources based green composite materials -- Composite materials for wind turbine structure -- Electrochromic Smart Windows: An Energy-efficient Technology -- Graphitic Carbon Nitride/ Metal Oxides Nanocomposites and Their Applications in Engineering -- Application of Nanofiber-based Composites: Progressive Health Impact -- Polymer-based Nanocomposite: Recent Trends in Safety Assessments in biomedical applications -- Modern approach of hydroxyapatite based composites for biomedical applications -- Hybrid Composite in Orthopedic applications -- Polymer-based composite in biomedical applications -- Components of All-solid-state Ion-Selective Electrodes (AS-ISEs) -- Nanocellulose and Nanocellulose-based Composites for Food Applications -- Nanocomposite Materials in Food Packaging: Opportunities, Challenges and Safety Assessment -- Biodegradability and Composite Coatings: Past, Present and Future Prospects -- Nanocomposite Film for Food Packaging: Opening Doors to Future Applications -- Functional Chitosan-Based Composites for Potential Application in Food Industry -- Metal-insulator-metal as a biosensing platfrom .
    Abstract: Composite materials are formed when the combination of separate materials acquire new properties distinct from its components. They have a range of applications in fields such as mechanical and electrical engineering, food science and biomedicine and represent a fast-growing area of research. Composite Materials: Applications in Engineering, Biomedicine and Food Science provides an overview of current technologies and applications related to composite materials in these fields. Organized by discipline, the text encompasses a wide variety of composite materials, including polymer, ceramic, biomaterial, hydroxyapatite, nanofiber and green composites. Early chapters detail the enhanced mechanical, magnetic, dielectric properties of electrical and thermal conductive composite materials, which are essential in daily science. Subsequent chapters focus on filler or reinforcement materials, including carbon materials, hybrid materials and nanomaterials. Particular emphasis is placed on nanocomposite materials, as these have increasingly diverse field applications. Various manufacturing methods, such as the synthesis method and top-down/bottom-up manufacturing, are also discussed. Coverage of the recent progress, challenges and opportunities surrounding composite materials make this text a one-stop reference for engineers, scientists and researchers working in this exciting field.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030454890
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45489-0
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    Microbial Beta Glucanases : Molecular Structure, Functions and Applications (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Agriculture. ; Botany. ; Microbiology. ; Biology Technique. ; Biotechnology. ; Agriculture. ; Plant Science. ; Microbiology. ; Biological Techniques.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.An Introduction to Beta Glucan and Beta Glucanases -- 2.Industrial Applications of Beta Glucanases -- 3.Microbial Sources of Beta Glucanase Enzymes -- 4.Role of Beta Glucanases in Animal Nutrition -- 5.Betaglucanse in Breweries -- 6. Exploitation of Actinobacteria for Beta Glucanolytic enzymes –Screening and Characterisation -- 7.Structural Characterisation of Beta Glucanase Genes from Actinobacteria -- 8.Application of Codon Optimization in Actinobacterial Beta Glucanases -- 9.Actinobacterial Beta Glucanases: Recombinant Expression of in E. coli -- 10.Purification and Properties of Recombinant Beta Glucanases Enzymes -- 11.Fungal Beta Glucanases -- 12.Industrial Production and Characterisation of Beta Glucanases -- 13.Protein Engineering of Beta Glucanase Enzymes -- 14.Biotechnological Avenues in Hybrid Beta Glucanase Enzyme Production.
    Abstract: This book offers an overview of the current knowledge on beta glucanase enzymes derived from actinobacterial source, their structure, functions and industrial applications. It summarizes the exploitation of actinomycetes, assay methods for beta glucanase screening, structural characterisation, genetic engineering, protein engineering, strategies for purification, characterisation and finally how to synthesize a hybrid enzyme of beta glucanases.Enzyme beta glucanases have considerable interest in industrial biotechnology owing to its distinct effect on the hydrolysis of insoluble beta glucan molecules and applications in particular industrial sectors such as food, feed and beverages industries. The beta glucanases are characterized extensively in microorganisms viz. bacteria, fungi and also in plants. A wide varieties of actinobacterial β- glucanases have exclusively active on β-glucan substrates and cleave the mixed linkage β-glucan chains at different points. This is significant for picking precise substrates for the assay of each type of enzymes within this enzyme groups. The well recognized specificity and mechanism of action within the enormous substrates allow to understand that most of them are varied from cellulases, excluding β-1,4-glucanases. The progress in genetic and protein engineering in actinobacterial beta glucanases improves the stability, activity and thermodynamic properties in relation with industrial relevance. This book will be useful for researchers and students engaged in industrial biotechnology, enzyme production, molecular biology, protein engineering and many more.
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    ISBN: 9789811964664
    Series Statement: Interdisciplinary Biotechnological Advances,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6466-4
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    Biomedical Visualisation : Volume 7 (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Bioinformatics. ; Biotechnology. ; Computational and Systems Biology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Virtual Anatomy Museum – Facilitating Public Engagement Through An Interactive Application -- E-Learning And Embryology; Designing An Application To Improve 3D Comprehension Of Embryological Structures -- Animated Guide to Represent A Novel Means of Gut-brain Axis Communication -- Engaging with Children using Augmented Reality on Clothing to Prevent them from Smoking -- Enabling More Accessible MS Rehabilitation Training Using Virtual Reality -- The Use of Augmented Reality to Raise Awareness of the Differences between Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis -- Understanding the Brain and Exploring the Effects of Clinical Fatigue: From A Patient’s Perspective -- A Methodology for Visualising Growth and Development of the Human Temporal Bone -- Collect the Bones, Avoid the Cones: A Game-Based App for Public Engagement -- A Serious Game on Skull Anatomy for Dental Undergraduates. .
    Abstract: This edited book explores the use of technology to enable us to visualise the life sciences in a more meaningful and engaging way. It will enable those interested in visualisation techniques to gain a better understanding of the applications that can be used in visualisation, imaging and analysis, education, engagement and training. The reader will be able to explore the utilisation of technologies from a number of fields to enable an engaging and meaningful visual representation of the biomedical sciences, with a focus in this volume related to anatomy, and clinically applied scenarios. All chapters in this volume feature collaborative and innovative postgraduate research projects from graduate students of the MSc Medical Visualisation and Human Anatomy. This pioneering, world-leading postgraduate taught degree program is a joint partnership degree between the School of Life Sciences within the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences in the University of Glasgow, and the School of Simulation and Visualisation, The Glasgow School of Art. These chapters truly showcase the amazing and diverse technological applications that have been carried out as part of their research projects.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030439613
    Series Statement: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1262
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43961-3
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    Engineering of Microbial Biosynthetic Pathways (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Bioethics. ; Computer simulation. ; Biotechnology. ; Chemical Bioengineering. ; Microbiology. ; Bioethics. ; Computer Modelling.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to metabolic engineering -- Chapter 2. Microbial strain engineering -- Chapter 3. Techniques for detection and extraction of metabolites -- Chapter 4. Genetically encoded biosensors and their applications in the development of microbial cell factories -- Chapter 5. Metabolic products of mixed culture fermentation -- Chapter 6. Recent advances in genetic engineering tools for metabolic engineering -- Chapter 7. Recent developments in synthetic biology toolbox -- Chapter 8. Ethical, patent and regulatory issues in microbial engineering -- Chapter 9. Microbial production of Vitamins -- Chapter 10. Bacterial production of organic acids and subsequent metabolism -- Chapter 11. Microbial production of polysaccharides -- Chapter 12. Microbial Production of Industrial Proteins and Enzymes Using Metabolic Engineering -- Chapter 13. Microbial production of antibiotics using metabolic engineering -- Chapter 14. Metabolic Engineering Opening New Avenues for Therapeutics -- Chapter 15. Biofuels Production Using Metabolic Engineering -- Chapter 16. Microbial Utilization of Glycerol for Biomanufacturing -- Chapter 17. Revealing Function of Amino Acids in Nitrifying and Anammox Systems through Chromatography and Metagenomic Analyses.-.
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the basic and advanced metabolic engineering technologies used to generate natural metabolites and industrially important biomolecules. Metabolic engineering has the potential to produce large quantities of valuable biomolecules in a renewable and sustainable manner by extending or modifying biosynthetic pathways in a wide range of organisms. It has been successfully used to produce chemicals, drugs, enzymes, amino acids, antibiotics, biofuels, and industrially important pharmaceuticals. The book comprehensively reviews the various metabolites detection, extraction and biosensors and the metabolic engineering of microbial strains for the production of industrially useful enzymes, proteins, organic acids, vitamins and antibiotics, therapeutics, chemicals, and biofuels. It also discusses various genetic engineering and synthetic biology tools for metabolic engineering. In closing, the book discusses ethical, patenting and regulatory issues in the metabolic engineering of microbes. This book is a valuable source not only for beginners in metabolic engineering, but also students, researchers, biotechnology and metabolic engineering based company.
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    Pages: XV, 318 p. 42 illus., 32 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811526046
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2604-6
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    Biotechnological Applications in Human Health (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Medical genetics. ; Molecular genetics. ; Medicine Research. ; Biology Research. ; Cancer. ; Biotechnology. ; Clinical Genetics. ; Molecular Genetics. ; Biomedical Research. ; Cancer Biology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Chapter 1: Design of Multi-wavelength Near Infra-Red probe to detect risk areas in diabetic foot -- Chapter 2: Cellular and molecular response for sensitising cancer cells and protecting the normal cells from radiation-induced damages -- Chapter 3: A Novel Approach for Production and Study of Medical Ultrasound from Low Cost Electromagnetic Transducers -- Chapter 4: Altered profile of regulatory T cells and NKT cells are characteristics of Chikungunya associated polyarthralgia -- Chapter 5: Cytotoxicity and Apoptosis of Human Colon Carcinoma Cell (HT 29 Cells), Treated with Methanolic Extract of Chlorococcum humicola -- Chapter 6: Universal primer design for the detection of diverged CTX-M Beta Lactamases (ESBL) that give penicillin and cephalosporin resistance during superbug infections -- Chapter 7: Lipopeptides as therapeutics: Molecular docking and drug design -- Chapter 8: Design and Simulation of Geometrical Shape and Size Variations of Micro-electrode for Cochlear Implant -- Chapter 9: Molecular and Protein Interaction Studies for Inhibiting Growth of Human Leukemic Cells: An In silico Structural Approach to Instigate Drug Discovery -- Chapter 10 -- Laccase Mediated Synthesis of Bio-material using Agro-residues -- Chapter 11: Extraction of Fungal Xylanase using ATPS-PEG/sulphate and its Application in Hydrolysis of Agricultural Residues -- Chapter 12: Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) essential oil based antimicrobial nanoemulsion formulation for fruit juice preservation.
    Abstract: This book compiles selected articles presented at the International Conference on Biotechnology & Biological Sciences, BIOSPECTRUM 2017, organized by the Department of Biotechnology, University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata. Focusing on biotechnology-based analysis and intervention to address certain human diseases, the book includes a holistic discourse on disease profiling, molecular level analysis of diseases, and non-invasive medical interventions. It features articles on non-invasive treatment of iron deficiency anemia with iron nanoparticles; novel diagnosis methods based on microarray data; analysis using machine learning techniques like artificial neural network for early detection and treatment of cancer; and drug discovery for preventing the growth of human leukemic cells. Further, the book sheds light on in silico drug design using lipopeptides, and identifying the binding sites for their corresponding ligands. Presenting the concepts of the design of potent and safe antimicrobial compounds to fight multi drug resistant pathogens, it also includes interesting reviews on the design and development of various non-invasive methods, such as multi NIR wavelength probes to identify the risk areas in the diabetic foot at an early stage; and a low-cost cochlear implant prototype designed and developed from commercial off the-shelf components to empower the hearing impaired. The book appeals to students, academics and researchers in a wide range of subject areas, including biotechnology, life sciences, medicine and cancer research.
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    Pages: X, 114 p. 52 illus., 35 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811534539
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3453-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-3453-9
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    Biomedical Visualisation : Volume 6 (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Bioinformatics. ; Biotechnology. ; Computational and Systems Biology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Web-based 3D visualisation of biological and medical data -- Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anaesthesia: Visualising Nerve and Needle -- Scanning conditions in functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging: how to standardise resting-state for optimal data acquisition and visualisation? -- Interactive VR Stroke Rehabilitation System Design -- Systematic review of Augmented and Virtual Reality in anatomical education -- Interdimensional travel: Visualisation of 3D-2D transitions in anatomy learning -- Anatomy Visualizations Using Stereopsis: Assessment and Implication of Stereoscopic Virtual Models in Anatomical Education -- Storyboarding in Medical Animation -- The hidden curriculum of imaging and utilisation of unregulated social media resources within clinical education -- Online distance learning in biomedical sciences: Community, belonging and presence. .
    Abstract: This edited book explores the use of technology to enable us to visualise the life sciences in a more meaningful and engaging way. It will enable those interested in visualisation techniques to gain a better understanding of the applications that can be used in visualisation, imaging and analysis, education, engagement and training. The reader will be able to explore the utilisation of technologies from a number of fields to enable an engaging and meaningful visual representation of the biomedical sciences, with a focus in this volume related to anatomy, and clinically applied scenarios. The first eight chapters examine a variety of tools, techniques, methodologies and technologies which can be utilised to visualise and understand biological and medical data. This includes web-based 3D visualisation, ultrasound, virtual and augmented reality as well as functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging, storyboarding and a variety of stereoscopic and 2D-3D transitions in learning. The final two chapters examine the pedagogy behind digital techniques and tools from social media to online distance learning techniques.
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    Pages: XV, 181 p. 69 illus., 37 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030376390
    Series Statement: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1235
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37639-0
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    Biomechanics for Instructors (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Medicine History. ; Biomedical engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; History of Medicine. ; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction by Vera L. Talis -- Lecture 1 -- Lecture 2 -- Lecture 3 -- Lecture 4 -- Lecture 5 -- Lecture 6 -- Lecture 7 -- Lecture 8 -- Lecture 9 -- Lecture 10.
    Abstract: This book comprises a series of lectures given by celebrated Soviet neurophysiologist Nikolai Alexandrovich Bernstein in Moscow in 1925 and first published in Russian in 1926. Bernstein’s groundbreaking work, which has had a significant influence on the development of neuroscience, movement studies, and other fields of study in Russia, Eastern Europe, and the West, was suppressed during Stalin’s regime. At the time of its publication, Biomechanics for Instructors was a significant resource for teachers, with its descriptions of the movement of joints and degrees of freedom, illustrations of how to calculate the work capacity of muscles with bones acting as levers, the role of the central nervous system in movement, and more. Though the terminologies and methods have changed and been updated as research and technologies have progressed, the book remains a valuable introduction for those interested in Bernstein’s work more generally, and to those involved in the study of biomechanics. This book is also of interest to historians and philosophers of neuroscience, as well as those involved in movement studies in both the scientific and artistic domains, and to physiotherapists and those involved in sports research and practice.
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    Pages: XXXIII, 155 p. 86 illus., 55 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030361631
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36163-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-36163-1
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    Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Biology (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Regenerative medicine. ; Reproductive health. ; Stem cells. ; Cancer. ; Biomedical engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering. ; Reproductive Medicine. ; Stem Cell Biology. ; Cancer Biology. ; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Basic Concepts of Stem Cells: The Facts and Hype in Stem Cells Research and Development -- Chapter 2. Embryonic and Pluripotent Stem Cells -- Chapter 3. Adult Stem Cells: Hematopoietic Stem Cells, and Control Of Hematopoiesis -- Chapter 4. Adult Stem Cells: Adult Stem Cells: Mesenchymal Stromal Cells, Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Pericytes -- Chapter 5. Cancer Stem Cells and the Development of Cancer -- Chapter 6. Stem Cell Applications In Metabolic Disorders: Diabetes Mellitus -- Chapter 7. Epigenetics in Stem Cell Biology -- Chapter 8. Practicum: Isolation of Bone Marrow and Adipose Tissue Mesenchyme Stromal Cells -- Chapter 9. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: Biology, History and in-vitro Generation -- Chapter 10. Tissue Engineering Modalities and Nanotechnology -- Chapter 11. Practicum: Scaffold engineering using the amniotic membrane -- Chapter 12. The Scientific Method, Ethical Consideration and Implications in Stem Cell Research.
    Abstract: This textbook covers the basic aspects of stem cell research and applications in regenerative medicine. Each chapter includes a didactic component and a practical section. The book offers readers insights into: How to identify the basic concepts of stem cell biology and the molecular regulation of pluripotency and stem cell development. How to produce induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and the basics of transfection. The biology of adult stem cells, with particular emphasis on mesenchymal stromal cells and hematopoietic stem cells, and the basic mechanisms that regulate them. How cancer stem cells arise and metastasize, and their properties. How to develop the skills needed to isolate, differentiate and characterize adult stem The clinical significance of stem cell research and the potential problems that need to be overcome. Evaluating the use of stem cells for tissue engineering and therapies (the amniotic membrane) The applications of bio-nanotechnology in stem cell research. How epigenetic mechanisms, including various DNA modifications and histone dynamics, are involved in regulating the potentiality and differentiation of stem cells. The scientific methods, ethical considerations and implications of stem cell research.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030553593
    Series Statement: Learning Materials in Biosciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55359-3
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    Signal and Image Processing Techniques for the Development of Intelligent Healthcare Systems (2021)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Bioinformatics. ; Computer vision. ; Machine learning. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioinformatics. ; Computer Vision. ; Machine Learning.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. An Integrated Design of Fuzzy C-Means and NCA based Multi-Properties Features Reduction for Brain Tumor Recognition -- Chapter 2. Hybrid Image Processing based Examination of 2D Brain MRI Slices to Detect Brain Tumour/Stroke Section – A Study -- Chapter 3. Edge Enhancing Coherence Diffusion Filter for Level Set Segmentation and Asymmetry Analysis using Curvelets in Breast Thermograms -- Chapter 4. Lung Cancer Diagnosis Based on Image Fusion and prediction using CT and PET image -- Chapter 5. Segmentation and Validation of Infrared Breast Images using Weighted Level Set and Phase Congruency Edge Map Framework -- Chapter 6. Analysis of Material Profile for Polymer Based Mechanical Microgripper for Thin Plate Holding -- Chapter 7. Design and Testing of Elbow Actuated Wearable Robotic Arm for Muscular Disorders -- Chapter 8. A Comprehensive Study of Image Fusion Techniques and Their Applications -- Chapter 9. Multilevel Mammogram Image Analysis for Identifying Outliers, Misclassification using Machine Learning -- Chapter 10. A Review on Automatic Detection of Retinal Lesions in Fundus Images for Diabetic Retinopathy -- Chapter 11. Medical Image Watermarking: A Review on Wavelet Based Methods -- Chapter 12. EEG Signal Extraction Analysis Techniques -- Chapter 13. Classification of sEMG Signal based Arm Action using Convolutional Neural Network -- Chapter 14. An Automated Approach for the Identification of TB Images Enhanced by Non-uniform Illumination Correction.
    Abstract: This book comprehensively reviews the various automated and semi-automated signal and image processing techniques, as well as deep-learning-based image analysis techniques, used in healthcare diagnostics. It highlights a range of data pre-processing methods used in signal processing for effective data mining in remote healthcare, and discusses pre-processing using filter techniques, noise removal, and contrast-enhanced methods for improving image quality. The book discusses the status quo of artificial intelligence in medical applications, as well as its future. Further, it offers a glimpse of feature extraction methods for reducing dimensionality and extracting discriminatory information hidden in biomedical signals. Given its scope, the book is intended for academics, researchers and practitioners interested in the latest real-world technological innovations.
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    Pages: XIV, 283 p. 117 illus., 52 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811561412
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6141-2
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    Advances in Motor Neuroprostheses (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Neurosciences. ; Medical care. ; Neurology . ; Biomedical engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Neuroscience. ; Health Care. ; Neurology. ; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Application of reinforcement and deep learning techniques in brain machine interfaces -- Chapter 2: Specific muscle activation patterns in athletic and orthopedic populations: considerations for using surface electromyography in assistive and biofeedback device applications -- Chapter 3: Kineto-dynamic modeling of human upper limb for robotic manipulators and assistive applications -- Chapter 4: Learning from the human hand: force control and perception using a soft-synergy prosthetic hand and non-invasive haptic feedback -- Chapter 5: Design of a soft glove-based robotic hand exoskeleton with embedded synergies -- Chapter 6: Model predictive control based knee actuator allocation during a standing-up motion with a powered exoskeleton and functional electrical stimulation -- Chapter 7: Deep brain stimulation for gait and postural disturbances in Parkinson’s disease -- Chapter 8: Cognitive and physiological intent for the adaptation of motor prostheses -- Index.
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive review of recent developments in the field of motor neuroprosthetics and brain-machine interfaces. Chapters in this book are provided by leading experts in the field and include topics such as the design and control of multidimensional prosthetics and exoskeletons, deep brain stimulation, functional electrical stimulation, deep learning for brain machine interfaces, biofeedback, and cognitive intent for adaptation of motor prostheses. This book is a great resource for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, engineers from related disciplines, entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in the latest progress in the field of motor neuroprostheses.
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    Pages: XII, 162 p. 57 illus., 47 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030387402
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38740-2
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    Microbial Enzymes and Biotechniques : Interdisciplinary Perspectives (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Medical microbiology. ; Medicine Research. ; Biology Research. ; Industrial microbiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Medical Microbiology. ; Biomedical Research. ; Industrial Microbiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The sugar-nucleotide providing enzyme, opportunity and future in the antibody and peptide medicine area -- Chapter 2. The Next Generation of Microalgae-Based Products -- Chapter 3. Advanced techniques for enzymatic and chemical bleaching for pulp and paper industries -- Chapter 4. Commercial bioinoculant development: Techniques and challenges -- Chapter 5. Protein nanostructures with purpose-designed properties in biotechnology and medicine -- Chapter 6. Recent advances in biosynthetic production of Biopigments from microlagae -- Chapter 7. Revealing of the features of the oxidative enzyme production by white-rot basidiomycetes during fermentation of plant raw materials -- Chapter 8. Endophytic bacterial applications in phytoremediation of organic pollutants and toxic metals -- Chapter 9. Biotechnological interventions for Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) based biofertilizer: technological perspectives -- Chapter 10. Probiotics and prebiotics: Techniques used and its relevance -- Chapter 11. Techniques of Evaluation of the chemical and microbiological quality of the coastal environment -- Chapter 12. Enzyme engineering techniques for biotechnological applications.
    Abstract: This book compiles the latest research on the multifarious roles of microbial enzymes, and provides an overview of microbial enzymes and biotechnologies. It discusses the use of microbial enzymes in innovative areas like nanomedicine and synthetic biotechnology, as well as the use of starch digesting enzymes and bioactive proteins as biotherapeutics, all of which have applications in modern drug discovery processes. The book also examines the concept of microbial biotransformation and protein engineering, and covers topics such as the immobilization of therapeutic enzymes, bioengineering of enzymes for bioactive compounds, the production of hydrolytic and oxidative enzymes from plant raw materials, and prebiotics and probiotics. Given its multidisciplinary scope, this book will appeal to researchers and industry experts in the fields of microbiology, biotechnology and molecular medicine.
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    Pages: XIV, 249 p. 83 illus., 44 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811568954
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6895-4
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    Innovations in Food Technology : Current Perspectives and Future Goals (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Food science. ; Biotechnology. ; Food Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Section A: Food Processing and Technology Innovations -- Chapter 1. Food Innovation and Sustainable Development: A Bio-economics Perception -- Chapter 2. Fermented pearl millet weaning food: an innovation of food technology and application in food processing and management -- Chapter 3. Processing methodologies for few crops in India: Arecanut, betelvine, cashew, cocoa and oil palm -- Chapter 4. Omega 3 fatty acid from plant sources and its application in Food Technology -- Chapter 5. Taizzy Smoked Cheese -- Chapter 6. Plant-Based Milk Substitutes: A novel non-dairy source -- Chapter 7. Makhana: Dry Food and a potential aquatic cash crop.-Chapter 8. An insight over creal β glucan as functional ingredient -- Section B: Food and Industrial Microbiology -- Chapter 9. Rediscovering Medicinal activity and Food Significance of Shogaol (4, 6, 8, 10 and 12): A comprehensive view.-Chapter 10. Exopolysaccarides derived from Beneficial Microorganisms: Antimicrobial, Food and Health benefits.-Chapter 11. Biofilm threat for food and industrial microbiology: An approach for its Elimination Using Herbal food components -- Chapter 12. Cyanobacterial exopolysaccharides as natural source for food packaging application.-Chapter 13. Microbial laccase production and its industrial applications -- Chapter 14. Lichens are the next promising candidates for active compounds.-Chapter 15. Microbial Production and Applications of L-lysine.-Chapter 16. Pomegranate peel: Nutritional values and its emerging potential for use in food systems -- Section C: Food Technology and Environmental Biotechnology -- Chapter 17. Bio-fertilizer from Trichoderma: Boom for Agriculture Production and Management of soil-borne and root-borne plant pathogens -- Chapter 18. Influence of heavy metal on food security: Recent advances -- Chapter 19. Utilization and management of agro and food processing waste -- Chapter 20. Nexus between Climate Change and Food Innovation Technology: Recent Advances -- Chapter 21. Antibiotic Residues in Food: A Global Concern for Human Health -- Chapter 22. Effects of toxicant from pesticides on food security: Current developments -- Chapter 23. Cr pollution, its impact and mitigation -- Chapter 24. Biosorption: A Novel Biotechnological Application For Removal of Hazardous Pollutants -- Section D: Agriculture, Food, Nutrition and Health Security -- Chapter 25. Emerging dichlorvos-based air freshener pertube kidney function in male albino rats -- Chapter 26. Consumption of green chilli& its nutritious effect on human health -- Chapter 27. Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of toxicity of melatonin loaded poly (D, L-lactic acid) Nano-Particles (Mel-PLA-Nano-Particles) and its putative use in osteoporosis -- Chapter 28. Nutritional Physiology -- Chapter 29. Caffeine: Nutraceutical and Health Benefit of Caffeine Containing Commodities and Products -- Chapter 30. Nutraceuticals potential of major edible oilseeds of India -- Chapter 31. Elimination of fungal Leaf Mosaic disease of Bottle Gourd (LagenariaSiceraria ) using Fungo-Phage Therapy: A possible approach for food security with plant protection -- Chapter 32. β- sitosterol - predominant phytosterol of therapeutic potential -- Chapter 33. Odonto-nutraceuticals: Phytochemicals for Oral Health Care -- Chapter 34. Pharmacological potential of thymol -- Chapter 35. TRIKATU- transforming food into medicines -- Chapter 36. Dietary factors associated with cancer. .
    Abstract: This book gathers a collection of essays that describe recent innovations in food technology including food processing, packaging, food safety, and novel ingredients. By 2050, the world will face the challenge of having to feed an estimated 9 billion people. In order to meet that challenge, innovations in food research are of the utmost importance. The book is divided into four sections, each of which explores an important aspect like food processing, food microbiology, and nutritional security. Written by respected scholars in the field, the respective chapters discuss a range of new and enhanced food materials, as well as processing innovations to extend shelf life and reduce toxic effects. The book also addresses the health potential of various nutraceuticals, bio-absorption of metals and their positive impacts on living systems, as well as methods for reducing food wastage, preventing the loss of nutritive value, and preserving or enhancing palatability. Given its scope, the book will be highly interesting for food scientists, both in academia and the food industry. It will also benefit advanced graduate students and senior researchers.
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    Pages: XXIV, 522 p. 95 illus., 45 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811561214
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6121-4
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    Antioxidants in Fruits: Properties and Health Benefits (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Nutrition   . ; Food science. ; Biotechnology. ; Nutrition. ; Food Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Natural Antioxidants: Assays and Extraction Methods/Solvents used for their Isolation -- Chapter 2. Cherry -- Chapter 3. Phalsa -- Chapter 4. Yellow Himalayan Berry -- Chapter 5. Mangosteen -- Chapter 6. Avocado -- Chapter 7. Mosambi (Sweet Lime) -- Chapter 8. Indian Bael -- Chapter 9. Durian Fruit -- Chapter 10. Sapota -- Chapter 11. Seabuckthorn -- Chapter 12. Guava -- Chapter 13. Muntingia calabura -- Chapter 14. Black Currant -- Chapter 15. Pomegranate -- Chapter 16. Tamarind -- Chapter 17. Watermelon -- Chapter 18. Kachnar (Bauhinia variegate) -- Chapter 19. Pine Apple -- Chapter 20. Quince -- Chapter 21. Kinnow -- Chapter 22. Pear -- Chapter 23. apterPeach -- 24. ChapterJack Fruit -- 25. ChapterCranberry -- Chapter 26. Apple -- Chapter 27. Apricot -- Chapter 28. Kiwi -- Chapter 29. Litchi -- Chapter 30. Loquat -- Chapter 31. Blueberries -- Chapter 32. Jamun.
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive review of the antioxidant value of widely consumed fruits. Each chapter covers the botanical description, nutritional & health properties of these popular fruits. Fruits are one of the most important indicators of dietary quality and offer protective effects against several chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, obesity, and various types of cancer. In order to effectively promote fruit consumption, it is necessary to know and understand the components of fruits. In addition to underscoring the importance of fruit consumption’s effects on human diet, the book addresses the characterization of the chemical compounds that are responsible for the antioxidant proprieties of various fruits. Given its scope, the book will be of interest to graduate and post-graduate students, research scholars, academics, pomologists and agricultural scientists alike. Those working in various fruit processing industries and other horticultural departments will also find the comprehensive information relevant to their work.
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    Pages: XXI, 637 p. 89 illus., 24 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811572852
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7285-2
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