Life sciences: general issues

The Ocean of Today, The Legacy of Tomorrow takes you on an eye-opening journey through the intricate, fragile, and vital marine environments that sustain life on Earth.

This book proposes a reconstruction of the relationship between tourism, growth and sustainability.

This book proposes a reconstruction of the relationship between tourism, growth and sustainability.

This book demonstrates the principle of exercise testing and training, describing in precise and technical detail the use of exercise prescription to support the management of cardiac patients.

It is truer in neurology than in any other system of medicine that a firm knowledge of basic science material, that is, the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the nervous system, enables one to readily arrive at the diagnosis of where the disease process is located and to apply their knowledge at solving problems in clinical situations.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of silage history, culture, and production technology.

The book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 18th International Meeting on Computational Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, CIBB 2023, held in Padova, Italy, during September 6–8, 2023.

This book demonstrates the principle of exercise testing and training, describing in precise and technical detail the use of exercise prescription to support the management of cardiac patients.

Cancer is one of the most feared diseases worldwide, affecting anyone.

This textbook presents a clear and accessible argument for sustainable planning and development.

In the course of evolution, insects have developed an almost unbelievable variety of shapes and functional sophistication.

This book is the second volume of a compendium of the global distribution of some 3500 aquatic macrophyte species occurring in inland freshwater and brackish waterbodies worldwide, highlighting aspects of their ecology including endemism, world rarity, ecozone/ macroregional occurrence, ploidy state, species age, uses, and endangered status.

Verken die wonderlike wêreld van Suider-Afrika se spinnekoppe – hulle kom in hordes verskillende vorms en groottes, en is veel slimmer as wat jy dink!

This book aims to unravel the intricate relationship between land and water resources and delve into their interdependencies, synergies, and challenges.

The lung is a complex multiscale organ that serves as the primary interface between the environment and the tissues of the body.

The new edition of this popular book introduces the study of attention, focusing on attention modeling, and addressing such themes as saliency models, signal detection, and different types of signals, including real-life applications.

The goal of this book is to provide practical guidance for novice researchers; it offers a systematic guide to achieving publication success from experts in the field.

Recently developed genomic tools, like SNP-genotyping and whole genome sequencing, and their analysis, offer great opportunities for the conservation and utilisation of animal genetic diversity, both among and within breeds.

This book is an essential guide to understanding and tackling the complex challenges of sustainable development.

This book explores the intersection of climate resilience, livelihoods, and sustainability in various sectors - from forestry to fisheries and agriculture - within the global South.

The new edition of this popular book introduces the study of attention, focusing on attention modeling, and addressing such themes as saliency models, signal detection, and different types of signals, including real-life applications.

This book is based on the Special Policy Study on Global Ocean Governance and Ecological Civilization commissioned by the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED).

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, BICOB 2025, held in San Francisco, CA, USA, on March 17, 2025.

This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the human spermatozoon, tracing its journey from historical discovery to contemporary scientific understanding.

This book discusses the role of nanobiotechnology in genetic engineering, abiotic stress, nanobionics, postharvest reduction, soilless farming, climate change, precision agriculture, food packaging and processing.

This book explores the current ecosystem status of tropical inland waters especially in Southeast Asia, the progress of ecosystem restoration in terms of current studies, technological interventions, policy recommendations, and stakeholder participation that gives due respect to traditional knowledge and cultural practices, and the challenges and opportunities of the restoration processes.

The principal focus of this book will be how to make agriculture/food production climate resilient in the ecologically sensitive zones.

This book provides global information on utilization of plant genetic resources (PGRs) of major millets.

This book showcases recent trends in brain-computer interface development.

This book takes a comprehensive approach to exploring the connection between Membrane proteins' (MPs) structures and functions, employing the principles of chemical kinetics.

In a rapidly changing climate, understanding the complex interactions between humans and wildlife is crucial for fostering coexistence.

The principal focus of this book will be how to make agriculture/food production climate resilient in the ecologically sensitive zones.

This book takes a comprehensive approach to exploring the connection between Membrane proteins' (MPs) structures and functions, employing the principles of chemical kinetics.