Biotechnology

This is the fourth updated and revised edition of a well-received book that emphasises on fungal diversity, plant productivity and sustainability.

This book features the reduction and removal of selenium in wastewater via bioremediation.

This book was written by soybean experts to cluster in a single publication the most relevant and modern topics in soybean breeding.

This book discusses, explains and provides detailed, up-to-date information on physics applied to clinical practice in anesthesiology, with the aid of simple examples from daily life.

This completely updated and revised second edition presents the most recent developments and advances in the field of microbial life in the cold, as well as the latest insights into the psychrophilic lifestyle.

This book covers diverse areas in which nanoscience and nanotechnology have led to significant technological advances and practical applications, with special emphasis on novel types of nanomaterials and their applicability into a new generation of nano- and micro-devices.

Hemodynamic computations represent a state-of-the-art approach for patient-specific assessment of cardiovascular pathologies.

This volume presents a comprehensive perspective of the biopesticides Bacillus thuringiensis and Lysinibacillus sphaericus, from their basic biology to agriculture, forestry and public-health applications.

The biorefinery, integration of processes and technologies for biomass conversion, demands efficient utilization of all components.

This book offers a defense against non-classical approaches to the paradoxes.

This Volume of the series Cardiac and Vascular Biology offers a comprehensive and exciting, state-of-the-art work on the current options and potentials of cardiac regeneration and repair.

This book examines the most novel and state-of-the-art applications of biomaterials, with chapters that exemplify approaches with targeted drug delivery, diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases and cranioplasty implants.

This invaluable resource discusses clinical applications with effects and side-effects of applications of stem cells in diabetes, kidney and wound treatment.

This authoritative reference presents the modern concepts of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and biomaterials as they pertain to the dental field.

This book presents, in 26 chapters, the status quo in epigenomic profiling.

This book, written by experts on gastroenterology and digestive surgery, provides comprehensive and detailed descriptions of all established and newly developed interventional endoscopic procedures.

This book fills the gap between textbooks of quantitative genetic theory, and software manuals that provide details on analytical methods but little context or perspective on which methods may be most appropriate for a particular application.

This book explores the role of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in the context of regenerative medicine (RegMed).

This book gathers the best papers presented at the Third Italian National Conference on Sensors, held in Rome, Italy, from 23 to 25 February 2016.

The book comprehensively presents new findings in cardiovascular research related to signaling microdomains in health and disease.

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This book offers an ecosystem-oriented overview of the diversity, ecological role, and biotechnological applications of marine fungi as well as an in-depth introduction to the marine environment, fungal classification, and ecological principles.

This book presents practical information on the clinical applications of short pulse laser systems and the techniques for optimizing these applications in a manner that will be relevant to a broad audience, including engineering and medical students as well as researchers, clinicians, and technicians.

This book introduces fundamentals of enzymatic processes, various renewable energy resources and their pretreatment processes.

This much-needed book is the first definitive volume on Euglena in twenty-fire years, offering information on its atypical biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, and potential biotechnology applications.

This book covers biological synthesis approaches for nanomaterials and nanoparticles, including introductory material on their structure, phase compositions and morphology, nanomaterials chemical, physical, and biological properties.

This book describes how microbes can be used as effective and sustainable resources to meet the current challenge of finding suitable and economical solutions for biopharmaceuticals, enzymes, food additives, nutraceuticals, value added biochemicals and microbial fuels, and discusses various aspects of microbial regulatory activity and its applications.

This book discusses cancers and the resurgence of public interest in plant-based and herbal drugs.

This book is a review of the recent literature on the key scientific and technical subjects of fertilization management in vegetable crops.

This Brief provides a comprehensive overview of Cyclospora cayetanensis, a protozoan apicomplexan parasite that leads to outbreaks of traveler's diarrhea in consumers.

In three Volumes this mini book series presents current knowledge and new perspectives on cartilage as a specialized yet versatile tissue.

This book presents current trends and developments in the rapidly growing field of biomimetics.

This is the fourth updated and revised edition of a well-received book that emphasises on fungal diversity, plant productivity and sustainability.

This volume describes important functions and roles of micro RNAs in the vasculature in health, disease, therapeutics and diagnostics.

This book focuses on the key technologies in developing biomechatronic systems for medical rehabilitation purposes.

Designed for new scholars, this book features a quick and easy-to-read discussion of ethnobotany along with its major developments.

This book presents an in depth study of different aspects of pesticide use in food production.

This contributed volume provides insights into multiple applications using microbes to promote productivity in agriculture, to produce biochemicals or to respond to challenges in biomedicine.

This contributed volume sheds new light on waste management and the production of biofuels.

This volume describes the contributions made by women scientists to the field of agricultural biotechnology, the most quickly adopted agricultural practice ever adopted.

This book reviews state of the art regarding strategies for generating and improving microbial strains designed for utilizing renewable raw materials.

Fall-induced hip fracture is an epidemic health risk among elderly people.

This book focuses on various types of bioactive compounds, including secondary metabolites, oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, flavonoids, peptides/proteins, carotenoid pigments, quinones, terpenes, and polyunsaturated fatty acids, and presents an overview of their nutraceutical activities.

This book studies the production of indole alkaloids in the important medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus (L.

This book focuses on cartilage defects and new mesenchymal stem cell-based treatments for their repair and regeneration.

This brief presents the state of the art on enzymatic synthesis of structured triglycerides and diglycerides, focusing on glycerol as the substrate and covering interesterification of vegetable oils in one and two steps.

This book describes the discovery of molecules from unexploited extreme marine environments, and presents new approaches in marine genomics.

This edited volume focuses on comprehensive state-of-the-art information about the practical aspects of cultivation, harvesting, biomass processing and biofuel production from algae.

This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the governance of biotechnology in post-Soviet Russia.

This book reports on cutting-edge modeling techniques, methodologies and tools used to understand, design and engineer nanoscale communication systems, such as molecular communication systems.