Biotechnology

This book examines the emergence of the black middle classes in urban Brazil, after 30 years of black mobilization and against the backdrop of deep economic, cultural, and political transformations taking place in recent decades within the country.

Dental Implants: Materials, Coatings, Surface Modifications and Interfaces with Oral Tissues provides readers with information on past and contemporary advances in the design and modification of dental implants to enhance osseointegration and biocompatibility.

In Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: The Twenty-Eighth Symposium, leading US and international researchers from academia, industry, and government exchange cutting-edge technical information and update current trends in the development and application of biotechnology for sustainable production of fuels and chemicals.

The field of encapsulation, especially microencapsulation, is a rapidly growing area of research and product development.

Ammonia in wastewater causes the eutrophication of water bodies and the subsequent depletion of dissolved oxygen.

This book provides state of the art imaging and serves as a reference standard for anyone wanting to begin or improve their post mortem imaging in children.

Biology and Engineering of Stem Cell Niches covers a wide spectrum of research and current knowledge on embryonic and adult stem cell niches, focusing on the understanding of stem cell niche molecules and signaling mechanisms, including cell-cell/cell-matrix interactions.

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Age as Disease explores the foundations of gerontology as a discipline to examine the ways contemporary society constructs old age as a disease-state.

Exploring Mathematical Modeling in Biology through Case Studies and Experimental Activities provides supporting materials for courses taken by students majoring in mathematics, computer science or in the life sciences.

This book illustrates the influence of biomimetics in the field of tissue engineering and drug delivery.

Developments in genomics and biotechnology are opening up new avenues for accelerating the domestication of forest trees in a climate change driven world.

Biotechnology refers to the use or manipulation of an organism or parts of an organism.

The potential use of carbon-based nanomaterials in overall plant systems has not yet received much research, and the results that have been reported are typically descriptive and inconsistent with little knowledge of the underlying mechanisms of action.

Aimed at students, researchers, nutritionists, and developers in food technology, this research text addresses the nascent field of metabiotics.

This book provides different aspects on fuel processing and refinery for energy generation.

This book brings together and updates the latest information on the diversity of yeasts, their molecular features and their applications in the welfare of mankind.

Sensors and measurement systems is an introduction to microsensors for engineering students in the final undergraduate or early graduate level, technicians who wants to know more about the systems they are using, and anybody curious enough to know what microsystems and microsensors can do.

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: From Etiology to Clinical Practice discusses NPC from basic science, to clinical management through the perspective of members of the Centre for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Research in Hong Kong.

The second volume of the Book-Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology covers various emerging concepts in microbial technology which have been developed to harness the potential of the microbes.

A comprehensive and mechanistic perspective on fruit ripening, emphasizing commonalities and differences between fruit groups and ripening processes.

This book covers the latest research development in heart valve biomechanics and bioengineering, with an emphasis on novel experimentation, computational simulation, and applications in heart valve bioengineering.

It follows naturally from the widely accepted Darwinian dictum that failures of populations or of species to adapt and to evolve under changing environments will result in their extinction.

This book covers the latest advances, applications, and challenges in orthopedic biomaterials.

Biology is a very popular subject among the students.

This edited volume covers cutting-edge research on different facets of microplastic pollution at the global level.

Agricultural biocatalysis is of immense scientific interest nowadays owing to its increasing importance in the efforts for more sustainable agriculture while optimizing environmental impacts.

Health Data Processing: Systemic Approaches focuses on the design of health information systems and touches on the main themes of medical informatics and public health.

Biotechnology of Emerging Microbes: Prospects for Agriculture and Environment provides the latest developments of leading biotechnologists and bioengineers.

This volume explores the latest developments and contributions to the field of 3D bioprinting, and discusses its use for quality R&D and translation.

In the post-genomic era we have, at our fingertips, an incredible array of genomic sequences from a multitude of complex organisms.

This edition of the volume 'Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing' presents the proceedings of the 3rd International Scientific Conference BCI.

This book discusses genome-based strategies to provide a holistic understanding of yeasts in Human Health and as model organisms in basic research or industrial production.

Published since 1959,Advances in Applied Microbiology continues to be one of the most widely read and authoritative review sources in microbiology.

An international and interdisciplinary team of leading experts from both academia and industry report on the wide range of hot applications for MOFs, discussing both the advantages and limits of the material.

In addition to the three main themes: chemical reactors, distillation columns, and batch processes this volume also addresses some of the new trends in dynamics and control methodology such as model based predictive control, new methods for identification of dynamic models, nonlinear control theory and the application of neural networks to identification and control.

This book presents up-to-date information on foxtail millet genomics, with a particular focus on its agronomic importance, genome architecture, marker development, evolutionary and diversity studies, comparative genomics and stress biology.

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Advances in plant genomics, plant molecular biology and genome editing have revolutionized opportunities for more efficient plant breeding.

Bone augmentation is a procedure to replace and repair fractured bone in extreme circumstances.

This book provides basic food engineering knowledge for beginners.

Value Addition in Food Products and Processing using Enzyme Technology offers an updated review regarding the potential impact of new enzymes and enzyme technology on the food sector.

Examining energy, environment, and sustainability from the chemical engineering point of view, this book highlights critical issues faced by chemical engineers and biochemical engineers worldwide.

Biosurfactants are the surface-active biomolecules produced by microorganisms.

This book covers the key basics of tissue engineering as well as the latest advances in the integration of both antimicrobial and osteoinductive properties.

Encapsulations, a volume in the Nanotechnology in the Agri-Food Industry series,presents key elements in establishing food quality through the improvement of food flavor and aroma.

This book discusses the practical applications of quorum sensing inhibitors for both human and plant health.

Bioluminescence and chemiluminescence are among the most important technologies in the life sciences.