Biotechnology

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Biotechnology offers tremendous potential for improving crop production, animal agriculture, and bioprocessing.

EEG-Based Brain-Computer Interface: Cognitive Analysis and Control Applications provides a technical approach to using brain signals for control applications, along with the EEG-related advances in BCI.

Reviewers from diverse branches of botany have exerted pressure to have chapters dealing with their field extended.

A collection of 15 papers from The American Ceramic Society s 38th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 26-31, 2014.

This book is a novel attempt at describing the fundamental aspects of and advancements in the field of biohythane production.

This book highlights the recent developments on rhamnolipid biosurfactant, its properties, role on the natural environment and various applications.

This is a concise book with comprehensive information on coal and biomass ash generated from their combustion in thermal power plants.

This book integrates the current basic and clinical knowledge in the area of biophysical stimulation of osteoblast for in vitro and in vivo live bone generation.

This book, now in a thoroughly revised second edition, offers a comprehensive review of the rapidly growing field of optogenetics, in which light-sensing proteins are genetically engineered into cells in order to acquire information on cellular physiology in optical form or to enable control of specific network in the brain upon activation by light.

Next Generation Nanochitosan: Applications in Animal Husbandry, Aquaculture and Food Conservation provides comprehensive and state-of-the-art-information on the application of nanochitosan for improving products, especially for the evaluation of biological active molecules, disease therapeutics, transport vehicle for DNA, targeted drug delivery, gene therapy, development of smart and high performance of fish, preservation of foods, tissue engineering, and improving the taste of aquatic and animal feeds as fish growth promoter.

This book is aimed to summarise the key aspects of the role of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) in breast cancer, with special attention to their contribution to tumour progression and establishment of metastatic disease.

The last 10 years have seen a seismic shift in therapeutic product development and testing.

This book presents the conceptual and mathematical basis and the implementation of both electroencephalogram (EEG) and EEG signal processing in a comprehensive, simple, and easy-to-understand manner.

Plant tissue culture (PTC) is basic to all plant biotechnologies and is an exciting area of basic and applied sciences with considerable scope for further research.

This book presents and summarizes the new thoughts, new methods and new achievements that have emerged in the biotechnology of lignocellulose in recent years.

This book presents a comprehensive discussion on the heterogeneity existing between different types of stem cells within the same tissue.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Britain stood at the forefront of science and statistics and had a long and respected tradition of social investigation and reform.

This book introduces the latest research in molecular, cellular, and tissue engineering of the vascular system.

This text advances fundamental knowledge in modeling in vitro tissues/organs as an alternative to 2D cell culture and animal testing.

In this edited volume, scientists from different disciplines discuss modern biotechnological processes and a knowledge-based bioeconomy.

For this ready reference, the internationally renowned authority in the field, Roland Kontermann, has assembled a team of outstanding contributors from industry and academia to convey the worldwide knowledge on modifying therapeutic proteins in order to optimize their pharmacological potential.

Pesticides in ground, surface and drinking water are a hot topic under continuing discussion.

Biomaterials for Skin Repair and Regeneration examines a range of materials and technologies used for regenerating or repairing skin.

Natural compounds obtained from plants represent a tremendous global market due to their use as food additives, cosmetics, in agriculture and in pharmaceuticals.

Macroporous polymers are rapidly becoming the material of choice for many tissue engineering, bioseparation, and bioprocessing applications.

This book explores the author's wide-ranging work on muscle research, which spans more than 50 years.

Annette Barchanski deals with the question how to design nanoparticles for biomedical research.

Written especially for the pharmaceutical industry professional, this book addresses each part of the life-cycle of engineering change control.

A detailed look at the latest research in non-invasive in vivo cytometry and its applications, with particular emphasis on novel biophotonic methods, disease diagnosis, and monitoring of disease treatment at single cell level in stationary and flow conditions.

Octacalcium Phosphate Biomaterials: Past, Present and Future is a comprehensive study of octacalcium phosphate (OCP), a next generation biomaterial for bone regeneration.

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

Political parties run by entrepreneurs as a means to their own end are a recent phenomenon found in many countries, and their electoral influence has never been greater.

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

The handbook examines the empirical status of interventions and treatments for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

This book is the first volume of a two-volume set summarizing 40 years of key research findings directly related to metal-resistant Cupriavidus/Ralstonia (Betaproteobacteria).

Soil is an important but often neglected element of the climate system.

The world of halophiles is quite diverse and their representatives in three domains of life i.

This book presents the latest findings on amino acid fermentation and reviews the 50-year history of their development.

Cellulase is a key enzyme of industrial interest and plays a crucial role in the hydrolysis of cellulose, a prime component of plant cell walls.

First attempts to isolate plant genes were for those genes that are abun- dantly expressed in a particular plant organ at a specific stage of devel- opment.

During the latter part of the last century and the early years of this century, the microbiology of beer and the brewing process played a central role in the development of modern microbiology.

MATLAB(R) in bioscience and biotechnology presents an introductory Matlab course oriented towards various collaborative areas of biotechnology and bioscience.

Illustrates the Complex Biochemical Relations that Permit Life to ExistIt can be argued that the dawn of the 21st century has emerged as the age focused on molecular biology, which includes all the regulatory mechanisms that make cellular biochemical reaction pathways stable and life possible.

The book provides data on all the species of the two genera Genera Brachystelma Sims and Ceropegia L.

This book focuses on threats, especially contaminants, to drinking water and the supply system, especially in municipalities but also in industrial and even residential settings.

Many exciting discoveries in recent decades have contributed new knowledge to our understanding of the mechanisms that regulate various stages of plant growth and development.

This book discusses the different skin grafting methods, latest trends in graft designing, and its relationship with the burn injuries.