Life sciences: general issues

This book focuses on the similarities and differences between substance and non-substance addictions.

This book presents the latest exciting advances in understanding of the structure and function of myelin in the central and peripheral nervous systems under normal and pathological conditions.

This book reviews key recent advances and new frontiers within psychiatric research and clinical practice.

This book introduces what sclerotia grains are, and where and how they exist in soils, by compiling the results obtained from the studies on fungal sclerotia formed by Cenococcum geophilum (Cg) and related species, the visible black small grains persistent for a few thousand to ten thousands of years in forest soils and sediments.

This book contains original articles submitted to the Seventh International Conference on Cognitive Neurodynamics (ICCN 2019).

This book represents a first attempt to comprehensively discuss and investigate causes and potential implications of changing patterns of spouse pairing in Japan and to consider similarities and differences with patterns observed in the USA and other low-fertility Western societies.

This book focuses on lipid metabolism in tumor immunity, covering the application of lipidomics in tumor immunity and all aspects of lipid metabolism in tumor microenvironment.

The three-volume set CCIS 761, CCIS 762, and CCIS 763 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Life System Modeling and Simulation, LSMS 2017, and of the International Conference on Intelligent Computing for Sustainable Energy and Environment, ICSEE 2017, held in Nanjing, China, in September 2017.

This book highlights the interdisciplinary study of cognition, mind and behavior from an information processing perspective, and describes related applications to health informatics.

This volume comprises the select proceedings of the annual convention of the Computer Society of India.

The book features selected high-quality papers presented in International Conference on Computing, Power and Communication Technologies 2019 (GUCON 2019), organized by Galgotias University, India, in September 2019.

This two-volume set LNBI 14881-14882 constitutes - in conjunction with the 13-volume set LNCS 14862-14874 and the 6-volume set LNAI 14875-14880 - the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2024, held in Tianjin, China, during August 5-8, 2024.

This book highlights the applications of soft computing techniques in medical bioinformatics.

This book gathers the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Electrical Bioimpedance (ICEBI 2019), held on June 9-14, in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

The book provides complete information on the cornerstones of precision medicine through the omics approach.

This book provides a concise yet comprehensive review of the morphological, biochemical, electrical, mechanical, and metabolic properties of vascular smooth muscle, the regulation of vascular activities and the intracellular signaling involved.

This book presents a synopsis, with an innovative approach, of abundance, types and conditions of work performed in the tropical plantation and natural forests.

This book describes the author's work on the development of sequence-specific DNA binders for the therapy of mitochondrial diseases.

This book includes selected papers from the 5th International Conference on Computational Vision and Bio Inspired Computing (ICCVBIC 2021), held in Coimbatore, India, during November 25-26, 2021.

This book highlights the recent advances in the field of microbial engineering and its application in human healthcare.

This book provides insights into recent developments in the use of mulching in agroecosystems with emphasis on the major pros and cons.

This book encapsulates and occupies recent advances and state-of-the-art applications of nature-inspired computing (NIC) techniques in the field of bioinformatics and computational biology, which would aid medical sciences in various clinical applications.

This book focuses on the recent innovations and therapeutic potentials of regenerative medicine and discusses the applications of stem cells, biomaterials, and tissue engineering in regenerative medicine.

This book introduces the translational informatics applied to most aspects of virus infection, including tracking of virus origin, detection and prevention of infection, drug discovery, and vaccine design as well as smart city-level monitoring and controlling of the virus epidemic by government.

This book demonstrates that population structure and dynamics can be reconstructed by stochastic analysis.

This thesis presents a simple, yet highly effective surface engineering solution that uses non-covalent binding peptides to control the autophagy-inducing activity of nanomaterials and nanodevices.

This book focuses on both high-density lipoproteins (HDL) metabolism and related diseases from the perspectives of the world-class experts in HDL.

This book provides a comprehensive reference for various plant bioactive compounds for research and pharmacological significance across the entire spectrum of phytochemical genomics.

This book constitutes the refereed joint proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Interpretability of Machine Intelligence in Medical Image Computing, iMIMIC 2022,  held in September 2022, in conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2022.

This book introduces ecology of tropical cloud forests in China, a high-altitudinal tropical forest.

The book addresses recent advances in biofortification using different approaches like foliar fertilizer, plant breeding, and genetic engineering as well as its utilization for improvement of nutritional quality of cereals.

In the context of rising adverse effects of climate change on agriculture, there is a need for advanced methods and practices to manage soils for production of food and energy.

The book presents a conceptual and methodological basis for the mathematical and computational analysis of genomes.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, MLMI 2022, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2022, in Singapore, in September 2022.

This book brings together comprehensive multi-disciplinary knowledge on diverse aspects of the Himalayan treeline ecotone which is considered one of the most sensitive ecosystems to climate change.

This book gives insight into several aspects of the microbiology, biotechnology, and ecosystem sustainability of special and under-explored regions, that captivate human beings by their natural richness, their extensive biodiversity, the extraordinary forms of adaptation of the living beings that they inhabit, and even that keep living secrets as is the very origin of life.

The book addresses the gaps in the body of knowledge from two grounds.

This book provides a comprehensive review of hermaphroditism in fishes.

This textbook addresses global and local environmental problems and the involvement of microorganisms in their development and remediation.

This book presents essential insights on the interaction between rising risks and raising the bar for resilience during the climate crisis.

This text builds upon the over 1500 papers published in peer-reviewed journals revealing that there are more than 200 biological codes in living systems.

This book includes selected papers from the 6th International Conference on Computational Vision and Bio Inspired Computing (ICCVBIC 2022), held in Coimbatore, India, from November 18 to 19, 2022.

Filling a gap in literature, this book examines surgical trials with a special focus on the underlying principles, challenges, and best practices to successfully conduct rigorous surgical research.

This book will address the importance of the soil management concept, vis-a-vis chemical fertilizer use on soil.

This edited book provides a comprehensive account of the new developments in various facets of fungal biology related to the impact and application of fungi on the sustainable economy.

This book will address the importance of the soil management concept, vis-a-vis chemical fertilizer use on soil.

The book explains the use of natural products as scaffolds in tissue engineering.

This is the first comprehensive and critical evaluation of the biome (large-scale, functional biotic communities) patterns in the Southern Hemisphere.

This book includes information, experiences, practical initiatives and projects around the subject matter and makes it available to a wide audience.