Medical equipment and techniques

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Extremophiles are known to thrive under harsh environmental conditions.

This volume provides a comprehensive review of resistance induced by photodynamic therapy (PDT) in tumor cells.

This book describes more than 60 web-accessible computational tools for protein analysis and is totally practical, with detailed explanations on how to use these tools and interpret their results and minimal mentions to their theoretical basis (only when that is required for making a better use of them).

This volume is a unique combination of papers that cover critical topics in biostatistics from academic, government, and industry perspectives.

The book will discuss classes of proteins and their folding, as well as the involvement of bioinformatics in solving the protein folding problem.

MILS-15 provides an up-to-date review of the metalloenzymes involved in the activation, production, and conversion of molecular oxygen as well as the functionalization of the chemically inert gases methane and ammonia.

This edited work presents studies that clarify the basics of producing recombinant enzymes that finally lead to commercialization.

Unique features of the book involve the following.

Metastasis is the primary cause of mortality associated with cancer, and tumor genomic heterogeneity is a likely source for the cells that support cancer progression, resistance to therapy, and disease relapse.

Recent Advances in Prolactin Research summarizes the current knowledge of prolactin (PRL), PRL receptor, PRL-dependent signaling pathways, the role of PRL in oncogenesis and PRL crosstalk with other oncogenic factors.

Tryptophan metabolism via kynurenine pathway plays a critical role in both health and a variety of human diseases.

Co-chaperones are important mediators of the outcome of chaperone assisted protein homeostasis, which is a dynamic balance between the integrated processes of protein folding, degradation and translocation.

In 2009 the University Medicine Greifswald launched the "e;Greifswald Approach to Individualized Medicine"e; (GANI_MED) to implement biomarker-based individualized diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in clinical settings.

With an emphasis on applications of computational models for solving modern challenging problems in biomedical and life sciences, this book aims to bring collections of articles from biologists, medical/biomedical and health science researchers together with computational scientists to focus on problems at the frontier of biomedical and life sciences.

This book explores a novel technique for processing biodiesel using lipase immobilization by encapsulation and its physical properties, stability characteristics, and application in stirred tank and re-circulated packed bed immobilized reactors for biodiesel production.

This book is the 4th in a series of Acute Care books written with the aim to address the NEEDS of health care providers when handling the acutely ill patients.

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The successful prophylaxis and treatment of ubiquitous respiratory infections is essential for the enhancement of public health.

Respiratory allergy is constantly encountered and is sharply on the rise, particularly in the two most vulnerable age-groups: young children and seniors.

The impairment of lung function caused by environmental exposure to pollutants and toxicants is a rising health problem, particularly in highly industrialized parts of the world.

This critical review volume explores the theme of ABC transporters in the context of basic cancer research and its role in drug-resistant tumors.

Lung cancer and autoimmune diseases are complex entities in that they involve gene disturbance, gene polymorphism, and impaired gene repair mechanisms.

Cardiorespiratory function is prominently affected by oxidative stress.

Medicinal chemistry is both science and art.

This monograph summarizes the large amount of experimental data accumulated during many years of studying the functions of the blood system and its regulatory mechanisms under the action of diverse morbific factors within the models of pathological processes (e.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Biomedical Image Registration, WBIR 2014, held in London, UK, in July 2014.

This brief includes information on the background of and development of synthesis of various types of surface active monomers.

The 1st World Congress on Geriatrics and Neurodegenerative Disease Research (GeNeDis 2014), will focus on recent advances in geriatrics and neurodegeneration, ranging from basic science to clinical and pharmaceutical developments and will provide an international forum for the latest scientific discoveries, medical practices and care initiatives.

This book examines the emergent and expanding role of technologies that hold both promise and possible peril for transforming the ageing process in this century.

A lot of research on biomarkers for Alzheimer is being done in the last few decades.

This volume presents the contributions of the third International Conference on Advancements of Medicine and Health Care through Technology (Meditech 2014), held in in Cluj-Napoka, Romania.

This book is designed for students of biology, molecular biology, ecology, medicine, agriculture, forestry and other professions where the knowledge of organic chemistry plays the important role.

This volume provides a state-of-the-art update on Fc Receptors (FcRs).

Oxidative stress and inflammation underpin most diseases; their mechanisms are inextricably linked.

This timely desk reference focuses on marine-derived bioactive substances which have biological, medical and industrial applications.

The book explores cutting-edge strategies to overcome proteasome inhibitor resistance, including the second generation 20S proteasome inhibitors, novel combinational therapies, and new targets in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (e.

In its extensively revised and updated Second Edition, this book provides a solid foundation for readers interested in clinical research.

Nicola Salvi's thesis offers a remarkably cogent view of highly sophisticated NMR methods.

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This volume explores the use of mass spectrometry for biomedical applications.

Over the last decades, amino acids have been found to be of importance in many fields of science.

The book is devoted to the description of the fundamentals in the area of magnetic resonance.

A Quick Guide to Cancer Epidemiology is an ideal addition to Springer Briefs in Cancer Research.

The present book discusses topics related to research and development of materials and devices at nanoscale size and their respective application in medicine and biomedicine.

This book covers the main mathematical and numerical models in computational electrocardiology, ranging from microscopic membrane models of cardiac ionic channels to macroscopic bidomain, monodomain, eikonal models and cardiac source representations.

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Aberrant expression and function of microRNAs (miRNAs) in cancer have added a new layer of complexity to the understanding of development and progression of the disease state.

This book contains the full papers presented at the MICCAI 2013 workshop Bio-Imaging and Visualization for Patient-Customized Simulations (MWBIVPCS 2013).

The series Topics in Current Chemistry presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in modern chemical research.