Biotechnology

This book examines the commercial role of various microbial polysaccharides and recent advances in their production.

This new volume introduces the applications of microfluidic systems to facilitate biotechnological and biomedical processes.

This book concerns with the analysis of the impact of globalization on international migration from a distinct international political economy perspective.

This book is the first comprehensive compilation of deliberations on domestication, genetic and genomic resources, breeding, genetic diversity, molecular maps & mapping of important biotic stress as well as nutritional quality traits, genome sequencing, comparative genomics, functional genomics and genetic transformation.

This textbook provides an overview on current cell culture techniques, conditions, and applications specifically focusing on human cell culture.

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

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 provides a comprehensive overview of the recent developments achieved in the field of chemo/enzymatic cascades with topics spanning from design (in vitro and in vivo) to kinetic- and process modelling as well as process control.

This book provides a comprehensive look at one-dimensional (1D) mesoporous inorganic nanomaterials.

This book covers the basics of animal manure, or animal dung, and highlights its applications in agriculture and biotechnology.

This book reviews water treatment technologies for the removal of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs).

Global industrial growth has resulted in numerous pollutants being introduced into the environment.

This book provides the first comprehensive state-of-the-art research on tree (dendritic) fluid flow and heat transfer.

This book addresses the pertinent issues that will need to be considered by those interested in physical security problems of the future.

This book addresses essential principles of research according to the scientific method for medical imaging technology research.

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

This book celebrates the dawn of the rye genomics era with concise, comprehensive, and accessible reviews on the current state of rye genomic research, written by experts in the field for students, researchers and growers.

This book provides an overview on the basics in insect molecular biology and presents the most recent developments in several fields such as insect genomics and proteomics, insect pathology and applications of insect derived compounds in modern research.

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

This reference work presents an authoritative review of endophytes and their applications to human welfare.

Biological control has become an attractive alternative strategy for the control of plant diseases to reduce the excessive use of agrochemicals and its health hazards.

This book highlights the latest discoveries about the nitrogen cycle in the soil.

This book is the first attempt for in-depth compilation of current knowledge on cisgenic crops and their  potential prospects as a sustainable substitute for the controversial genetically modified crops.

This book provides an authoritative overview of emerging pollutants in sewage sludge and soils.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in signal quality assessment techniques for physiological signals, and chiefly focuses on ECG (electrocardiography) and PPG (photoplethysmography) signals obtained from wearable sensors in ambulatory clinical settings.

This 2nd book provides fundamental concepts and recent applications of biotechnological methods, such as genetic selection, breeding methods and genetic engineering tools.

This book focuses on the use of nanotechnology and nanomaterials in the production of biofuels.

This book covers the fundamentals of tissue engineering for the heart, starting with the basics of organ generation, sensors in tissue and organ fabrication, and the current state-of-the-art in stem cell engineering for the heart.

This volume focuses on the biomedical aspects of inorganic polyphosphates, a family of unique bio-inorganic polymers.

This textbook shall introduce the students to 3D cell culture approaches and applications.

This book addresses the potential of the transformation of biomass into a wide range of marketable products, and examines the biological, biochemical, physical and thermal processing of biomass into products such as fuels, power, heat, feeds, chemicals and materials.

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 new series, based on a bi-annual conference and its topics, represents a major contribution to the emerging science of cancer research and regenerative medicine.

This highly readable textbook serves as a concise and engaging primer to the emerging field of antibody engineering and its various applications.

This book explores recent advances in the microbial production of xylitol and its applications in food and medical sector.

Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 6 of the Proceedings of the 2016 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the sixth volume of ten from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This comprehensive book offers an overview  of the latest advances in knee ligament and knee preservation surgery, including cartilage, meniscus, and osteotomy procedures.

Genomic Selection for Crop Improvement serves as handbook for users by providing basic as well as advanced understandings of genomic selection.

Written in easy to follow language, the book presents cutting-edge agriculturally relevant plant biotechnologies and applications in a manner that is accessible to all.

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

This textbook for graduate students in statistics, data science, and public health deals with the practical challenges that come with big, complex, and dynamic data.

This is a graduate-level introduction to quantitative concepts and methods in the science of living systems.

This new edition presents an updated version of the art and science of clinical sociologists around the world.

This book provides readers with a wide overview of place-based planning and design experiments addressing such powerful transformations in the African built environment.

This book presents a fundamental basic overview of orthopedic biomechanics in sports medicine, with a special focus on the current methodologies used in modeling human joints, ligaments, and muscle forces.

This book is the first comprehensive compilation of deliberations on elucidation and augmentation of the genome of Brassica juncea, one of the leading oilseed crops of the world, popularly called as brown mustard, Indian mustard, Chinese mustard, or Oriental mustard.

This book covers the new Omics area, Metallomics.

This book gathers international knowledge and contemporary clinical and scientific evidence on infections associated with the musculoskeletal system at a time when we are confronted with significant challenges and uncertainty.

This book presents the core principles and technical aspects of Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI), as well as pearls and pitfalls concerning the imaging technique's application to the hepatobiliary system.

This thesis advances the long-standing challenge of measuring oxidative stress and deciphering its underlying mechanisms, and also outlines the advantages and limitations of existing design strategies.