Medical equipment and techniques

Since the last major compendium dedicated to cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) was published over 15 years ago, an enormous amount of progress has occurred in the field.

Methods of Animal Experimentation, Volume VII: Research Surgery and Care of the Research Animal, Part C is a collection of papers that deals with methods used in animal experiments concerning surgical approaches to certain organ systems such as the maxillofacial and skin systems.

"e;This comprehensive book provides direction for foreign-educated allied healthcare professionalsO Given the complicated process of credentialing, certification, and visas, as well as the complex American healthcare system, this book proves to be a worthy resource.

Painful bladder syndrome is a common and highly debilitating condition that Western medicine finds notoriously difficult to treat.

This book serves as a practical guide and a manual on the application of isotopic tracers in understanding the cellular processes (e.

This book summarizes current understanding of the scientific, clinical, and technical issues surrounding the use of contact lenses.

Over the past decade, the tumor microenvironment has become one of the most important research areas in cancer biology, as cells within the tumor microenvironment, despite being outnumbered by healthy cells, are able to evade surveillance and immune-mediated destruction.

Research in Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), together known as the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), has truly seen a revolution in the last 5-10 years.

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Measures of Interobserver Agreement and Reliability, Second Edition covers important issues related to the design and analysis of reliability and agreement studies.

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The processes of tumor metastasis, apoptosis and anti-tumor immune response are among the most complex yet rapidly advancing fields in the area of cancer research.

Wie können Eltern, Kinder und Freunde die Situation verstehen, aushalten und bewältigen, dass ein Kind schwerst krank ist und an der Krankheit sterben wird?

This book provides the most updated information of how membrane lipids mediate protein signaling from studies carried out in animal and plant cells.

This up-to-date and unique monograph covers the different aspects of pharmaceutical validation, calibration, qualification and documentation.

This book serves as an introduction to the concepts of medical biotechnology, with great details about fundamentals and early disciplines of study as well as emerging fields and the latest research.

Provides an introduction to the various statistical techniques involved in medical research and drug development with a focus on estimating the success probability of an experiment Success Probability Estimation with Applications to Clinical Trials details the use of success probability estimation in both the planning and analyzing of clinical trials and in widely used statistical tests.

This book, which is the first volume of Biomedical Translational Research, summarizes emerging technologies in healthcare.

In recent years, many animal-derived polymers have emerged as an attractive category of naturally derived polymers because of their advantageous physicochemical, chemical, and biological properties.

Small animal imaging has been recognized as an important tool in preclinical research.

Nonlinear dynamics has become an important field of research in recent years in many areas of the natural sciences.

Tremor is intimately linked to the numerous interactions of the central and peripheral nervous system components tuning motor control, from the cerebral cortex to the peripheral effectors.

This book addresses the most innovative topics on silicon to ensure sustainability in agriculture, including advances in nanotechnology and the impact on human health.

Radiophannaceuticals labeled with short-lived radionuclides are utilized to unravel biochemical processes, and to diagnosis and treat diseases of the living body are-developed through extensive evaluation in ~iological models.

This book contains the full papers presented at ICCEBS 2013 - the 1st International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, which was organized in Azores, in October 2013.

The thoroughly revised Fifth Edition of New Drug Approval Process supplies readers with the latest global changes that affect pharmaceutical product approval and influence how new products are researched and marketed.

The rapidly developing field of systems biology is influencing many aspects of biological research and is expected to transform biomedicine.

This book covers fundamental microscopic techniques for Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), and other microscopic tools.

The Oxford Textbook of Medical Mycology is a comprehensive reference text which brings together the science and medicine of human fungal disease.

Integrated Drug Discovery Technologies provides a global overview of emerging drug development technologies by presenting and integrating new techniques from the disciplines of chemistry, biology, and computational sciences.

This updated and expanded second edition of Antiseptic Stewardship serves as a comprehensive reference guide to common biocidal active substances and antiseptic agents, examining their antimicrobial efficacy and potential to induce cell tolerance, including cross-tolerance to other biocidal agents, as well as cross-resistance to antibiotics.

This book is designed to be a long term career reference.

The Oxford American Handbook of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care is an easily-navigable source of information about the day-to-day management of patients requiring palliative and hospice care.

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

This book is a systematic collection and critical analysis of current information on rejuvenation, starting from the evolutionary aspects of the origin of life, immortality, and aging.

Nanoindentation is ideal for the characterization of inhomogeneous biological materials.

Expression of an immune response is the net result of complex synergis- tic and antagonistic activities performed by a variety of cell types.

This innovative care program blends nursing care and meaningful activities to promote peaceful and relaxing end-of-life experiences for older adults with late-stage dementia.

Advances in Cancer Research provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research.

This is the first book entirely dedicated to Intravital Microscopy.

This edited book explores the use of technology to enable us to visualise the life sciences in a more meaningful and engaging way.

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a disease associated with high morbidity and mortality, with at least one third of cases requiring hospitalization, exceeding the numbers admitted for myocardial infarction and stroke.

Do statistics-heavy research papers give you a headache?

This book presents the continual reassessment method (CRM) as a tool for dose-finding studies.

Clinical Diagnostic Tests is a convenient, quick-reference guide to common errors and pitfalls in test selection and result interpretation for practitioners and trainees in all areas of clinical medicine.