Biology, life sciences

This book collects select papers presented at the "e;International Conference on Mathematical Analysis and Application in Modeling,"e; held at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, on 9-12 January 2018.

This book summarizes the latest research findings in the neurocircuitry of innate behaviors, covering major topics such as innate fear, aggression, feeding, reward, social interaction, parental care, spatial navigation, and sleep-wake regulation.

This book presents three types of synthetically cooperative DNA recognizing assemblies, in order to advance the development of programmable DNA-binding pyrrole-imidazole polyamides (PIPs).

This book systemically presents the latest research on lectins, covering all the major topics in the field, including the heterocomplex of lectins and Toll-like receptors, protective versus pathogenic functions in connection with microbial infections, and novel strategies for enhancing host immunity against infectious diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, and fungi.

This book gathers outstanding research papers presented at the International Conference on Frontiers in Computing and Systems (COMSYS 2020), held on January 13-15, 2019 at Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, West Bengal, India and jointly organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering and Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering.

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 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.

This book addresses the developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD), a new medical concept that demonstrates that various adult diseases start in the fetal period.

This volume focuses on the modulation of biological membranes by specific biophysical properties.

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 illustrates the activities of mammalian sirtuin SIRT6 in connection with DNA damage repair and premature aging.

This book presents a systematic study of the synthesis of optically active polymers, discussing in detail the syntheses of three different types of optically active polymers from helical polymers, dendronized polymers and other types of polymeric compounds.

This book presents a detailed overview of the design, formatting, application, and development of microfluidic chips in the context of cell biology research, enumerating each element involved in microfluidics-based cell analysis, discussing its history, status quo, and future prospects, It also offers an extensive review of the research completed in the past decade, including numerous color figures.

This book describes a simplified approach to the modelling and process design of a fixed bed hybrid bioreactor for wastewater treatment.

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

This contributed volume contains 25 chapters from leading international scientists working on dengue and Zika viruses, who came together in Praia do Tofo in Mozambique to discuss the latest developments in the fields of epidemiology, pathogenesis, structural virology, immunology, antiviral drug discovery and development, vaccine efficacy, and mosquito control programs.

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

This book introduces readers to the biology of leukemia stem cells (LSCs) and emphasizes the necessity and importance of targeting LSCs in the treatment of hematopoietic malignancies.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of important immune molecules and their structure-function relationships.

The book describes molecular principles and mechanisms by which mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) can drive the occurrence of diseases and the latest understanding of mtDNA biology.

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.

The aim of the Protein Reviews is to serve as a publication vehicle for review articles that focus on crucial current vigorous aspects of protein structure, function, evolution and genetics.

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.

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of current understanding of periostin and its importance for human health and disease.

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.

The book compiles the latest advances in food chemistry.

This authored book is primarily for the readers who are in search of how to use basic concepts of statistics in the field of fishery science.

This book reports the latest research and successful industrial case studies on sustainable technologies in the oil palm industry, ranging from plantation, processing to waste handling.

This book highlights 12 major plants in the Asteraceae family from the aspects of traditional uses as food and medicine, phytochemistry, and pharmacological activities.

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 presents the advancement of coating materials technology especially in agriculture, particularly for fertilizers.

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 introduces transplantation in rodents as useful tools used in studying transplant immunobiology.

This book explores Ireland's Marriage Bar, examining its impact on women's lives and the predominantly feminised nursing profession.

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 describes the development of novel protein-RNA-binding assays and their applications in a high-throughput manner for the identification of small-molecule modulators of protein-RNA interactions to treat cancer and COVID-19.

This book provides a detailed overview of the progress and challenges of non-traditional approaches for tackling antimicrobial resistance.

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 illustrates the importance of microbiome interactions in sustainable agriculture and the environment.