Scientific equipment, experiments and techniques

Medical laboratories not only assist the physicians in diagnosis and management of a disease but also play a role in community health.

Caterpillars are excellent model organisms for understanding how multiple selective forces shape the ecology and evolution of insects, and organisms in general.

The book is a new compendium in which leading termite scientists review the advances of the last 30 years in our understanding of phylogeny, fossil records, relationships with cockroaches, social evolution, nesting, behaviour, mutualisms with archaea, protists, bacteria and fungi, nutrition, energy metabolism,population and community ecology, soil conditioning, greenhouse gas production and pest status.

Immunocytochemistry of plant cells is the first book exclusively dedicated to this topic.

There have been important developments in the last decade: computers are faster and more powerful, code features are enhanced and more efficient, and larger molecules can be studied - not only in vacuum but also in a solvent or in crystal.

This book offers a comprehensive collection of papers on CRISPR/Cas genome editing in connection with agriculture, climate-smart crops, food security, translational research applications, bioinformatics analysis, practical applications in cereals, floriculture crops, engineering plants for abiotic stress resistance, the intellectual landscape, regulatory framework, and policy decisions.

The acronym VAN refers to Drs Varotsos, Alexopoulos and Nomicos, members of a group based in the University of Athens and led by Professor Varotsos (head of the Physics Department) which for over a decade has sought to use electric-field measurements between electrodes buried in the earth to predict earthquakes in Greece over periods of order one month or less.

This interdisciplinary textbook provides an easy-to-understand and highly topical introduction to all the specialist areas of modern enzyme technology.

This volume addresses one of the Holy Grails in Psychiatry, namely the evidence for and potential to adopt 'Biomarkers' for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment responses in mental health conditions.

This book provides the scientific and technical background materials of non-destructive methods of microscopic analysis that are suitable for analysing works of art, museum pieces and archeaological artefacts.

This book contains the Proceedings of the 24th International Free Electron Laser Conference and the 9th Free Electron Laser Users Workshop, which were held on September 9-13, 2002 at Argonne National Laboratory.

This volume presents the latest techniques to study several aspects of reproductive behavior in different species.

This comprehensive volume examines techniques for studying Phytophthora species, a devastating group of plant pathogens that cause diseases in crops and natural ecosystems worldwide.

This book compiles the relevant information related to genome editing tools and their roles in crop improvement.

A biostatistics textbook for upper undergraduate and graduate students, covering analyses used by biologists and now including R code.

Fungi are distinct eukaryotic organisms renowned for their remarkable biodiversity and extensive habitat range.

Microscope Image Processing, Second Edition, introduces the basic fundamentals of image formation in microscopy including the importance of image digitization and display, which are key to quality visualization.

"e;Modern Solid State Fermentation: Theory and Practice"e; covers state-of-the-art studies in the field of solid state fermentation (SSF).

Purification of Laboratory Chemicals: Part Two, Inorganic Chemicals, Catalysts, Biochemicals, Physiologically Active Chemicals, Nanomaterials, Ninth Edition describes contemporary methods for the purification of chemical compounds.

By closing the gap between general programming books and those on laboratory automation, this timely book makes accessible to every laboratory technician or scientist what has traditionally been restricted to highly specialized professionals.

This pioneering handbook serves as an essential tool for any biobanking entity to create, implement and continuously improve their Quality Management System (QMS).

This first edited Volume on IgY-Technology, addresses the historical and dynamic development of IgY-applications.

This book, now in its fourth edition, is a well-known classic on the ultrafast nonlinear and linear processes responsible for supercontinuum generation.

A comprehensive, multi-author treatise on the social insects of the world, with some auxiliary attention to such adjacent topics as subsocial insects and social arachnids.

This superbly illustrated 3 volume textbook, endorsed by the European Society of Neuroradiology, explains in detail the clinical importance of neuroradiology in complementing history taking and physical examination during the workup of patients suspected of having neurological, neurosurgical, or psychiatric disorders.

This book provides an overview of the induction mechanism of imposex caused by organotin compounds in gastropods, as well as fundamental information on the physiology and biochemistry of reproduction in mollusks.

This book gives an overview of recent developments in RS and SERS for sensing and biosensing considering also limitations, possibilities and prospects of this technique.

This book looks at the common techniques used to prepare, purify and identify chemicals.

This book delves deeply into the field of microbial biological control.

This book presents recent research on cancer detection methods based on nanobiosensors, which offer ultrasensitive point-of-care diagnosis.

Dieses Methodenbuch vermittelt eine gut lesbare, fundierte Einführung in die Grundprinzipien immunologischer Methoden.

This book explores how genetics and the new technologies in genomics have been used for conservation of plants and animals in the Neotropics.

Since its first appearance in 1941, this book has remained, through various editions and reprintings, the standard, indeed the only modern work in English in its field.

Studies in human patients and animal models of disease suggest a strong correlation between defects in dendrite development and common neurological disorders such as autism.

This book provides background knowledge on sustainable bioeconomy development in the Global South and documents its status.

This textbook helps you to prepare for your next exams and practical courses by combining theory with virtual lab simulations.

This edited book is a compilation of findings on the molecular and cellular toxicity of nanoparticles (NPs) in animal cell, human cells, invertebrates.

This book highlights microbial products and their applications in the health sector.

Chemical Analysis of Food: Techniques and Applications reviews new technology and challenges in food analysis from multiple perspectives: a review of novel technologies being used in food analysis, an in-depth analysis of several specific approaches, and an examination of the most innovative applications and future trends.

Accurate measurement at the nano-scale - nanometrology - is a critical tool for advanced nanotechnology applications, where exact quantities and engineering precision are beyond the capabilities of traditional measuring techniques and instruments.

A comprehensive collection of interesting problems and solutions that guide students to discover physics in the real world.

This book presents and discusses the latest advances in biotechnology, and selected challenges and opportunities in connection with its industrial applications.

This book details protocols on classical methods and very modern ex vivo mammalian developmental kidney model systems.

Despite substantial evidence showing the feasibility of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) to identify cells with altered elastic and adhesive properties, the use of this technique as a complementary diagnostic method remains controversial.

This book describes the state of the art across the broad range of spectroscopic techniques used in the study of biological systems.

An esteemed historian of science explores the diversity of scientific experimentation.