Basic Concepts in Clinical Biochemistry: A Practical Guide

Basic Concepts in Clinical Biochemistry: A Practical Guide

This book is a practical guidebook in biochemistry, for medical as well as life sciences' students. The book covers reference values, sample collection procedure and detailed protocol to perform experiments. Each experiment starts with a brief introduction of the protocol, followed by specimen requirements and procedure. The procedures are presented in a very lucid manner and discuss details of calculations and clinical interpretations,The book is divided into 29 chapters, It offers references, general guidelines and abbreviations and provides principles and procedures of clinical biochemistry tests, along with their diagnostic importance.

Bioenergy from Agricultural  Residues

Bioenergy from Agricultural Residues

Bioenergy from Agricultural Residues provides an in-depth understanding of the latest advancements in the bioenergy field, along with the challenges and opportunities for its future research. The book delivers solutions to specific problems through case studies and examples of successful bioenergy projects from different parts of the world, which can serve to inform and inspire policymakers, researchers, industry professionals, and students interested in advancing sustainable energy production. This timely text analyzes economic and environmental implications of bioenergy production from agricultural residues and provides insights into the development of sustainable bioenergy systems.It serves as a quality resource for anyone interested in sustainable energy and the utilization of agricultural residues for bioenergy production, including economic and environmental aspects, which is aligned with Elsevier's Energy with Purpose commitment to support meeting the world's energy needs while protecting the planet for future generations. - Delivers a comprehensive overview of all aspects of bioenergy production from agricultural residues, different types of agricultural residues, their characterization, and conversion technologies - Covers technical, economic, and environmental aspects of bioenergy production from agricultural residues, making it a valuable reference for professionals and researchers in the field - Provides an in-depth understanding of the latest advancements in the field of bioenergy from agricultural residues, the challenges, and opportunities for future research - Includes case studies that showcase successful, real-world applications of bioenergy production from agricultural residues in a range of applications, from small-scale rural uses to large-scale commercial operations

Land Remediation and Management: Bioengineering Strategies

Land Remediation and Management: Bioengineering Strategies

This edited book deals with land regeneration and management using living organisms for a sustainable future. It brings together the latest developments made by leading biotechnologists, bioengineers and environmental scientists in the area of land remediation. The chapters cover different aspects of soil's conventional and emerging pollutants (synthetic or naturally occurring chemicals). Global population is rapidly affected by this catastrophic situation, industrialization and overuse of chemical compounds. There are currently many bioengineering strategies used to eliminate these dangerous chemicals. In this book, the chapters present the current evidence and comprehensive studies that may be useful for reader. It provides a comprehensive text thereby filling the gap in the literature. The contents of the book further deliver a good understanding of emerging environmental contaminants and their sustainable remediation through the use of bioengineering tools andtechniques.This book is of interest to industry experts, researchers, academicians in bioengineering and biomedical sciences, graduates and undergraduates in Biotechnology, Microbiology, Environmental Sciences, Health, Clinical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. It is also a useful read for national and international agricultural scientists and policy makers.

Fundamentals of Nano-Textile Science

Fundamentals of Nano-Textile Science

Fundamentals of Nano-Textile Science provides a detailed overview of advanced nano-textiles methods, techniques, and treatments along with explanations of a wide range of applications. This book places emphasis on nanotechnology-based textile enhancements that provide high durability, better affinity, and more functionality in textile material and that overcomes the limitation of conventional processes in the textile industry.The first section of the book deals with the production method of nano-textile fibers. It elaborates how nano-techniques are used for producing textile fiber and discusses various pretreatment processes of textile materials using such methods as nano-scouring, nanobiophotoscouring, nano-bleaching, nano-softening, and nano-surface activation.The second section discusses the wide range of nanofinishing applications to make textile materials antimicrobial, flame retardant, UV-protected, etc. It also discusses different techniques and treatments applied on the surface of the finished product using plasma technology or layer-by-layer deposition techniques. This section also covers nano-based textile applications such as for sports clothing, military textiles, high-performance clothing, or smart wearable high-tech nano-textiles.In the last section, the book concludes with an overview of nanotechnological advancements being used for the management of textile effluents and for removing dyes from wastewater in textile processing, focusing on the health and safety perspective of nano-textiles.The book is written by highly experienced authors in this area and provides an immensely valuable resource for scientific researchers, academics, professionals, engineers, technologists and innovators working on designing and manufacturing textile materials. The volume will be an important resource for those who are looking for innovative production technologies or the latest nanotechnology developments in the design and manufacturing of nano-textile materials.Key features: Provides a detailed theoretical overview of nano-textiles along with novel advanced techniques, methods, treatments for enhanced properties and applications of textiles. Covers relevant techniques applied on the surface of the finished textile product using plasma technology or layer-by-layer deposition techniques Introduces various nanofinishes and applications including for sports clothing, military textiles, high performance clothing or smart wearable high-tech textiles Describes wearable smart nano-textile parameters, types of materials used, applications, and future innovations for prevention of hazards and pandemic diseases Explores innovative methods and treatments for management or removal of textile waste

Transdermal Applications of Minimally Invasive Drug Delivery Systems

Transdermal Applications of Minimally Invasive Drug Delivery Systems

This book presents the scientific as well as industrial perspectives, challenges, and advances in minimally invasive drug delivery systems for topical applications. It also covers the regulatory requirements and specifically discusses all the intellectual property rights filed and granted throughout the globe for minimally invasive systems.This book presents detailed analyses of various minimally invasive drug delivery methods as well as the recent advances in devices such as microneedles, iontophoretic devices, probes, etc. This book will be of keen interest to a wide range of audiences, including clinical researchers working in the field of drug delivery and disease diagnosis, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students from various disciplines such as pharmacy, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, biotechnology, and health sciences.

Sustainable Climate Action and Water Management

Sustainable Climate Action and Water Management

This book discusses various issues relating to water resources, climate change and sustainable development. Water is the main driving force behind three major pillars of sustainable development: environmental, social and economic. As stated in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, development of these pillars rests on the availability and management of resources to fulfill the demand for water. By identifying the various challenges in the context of water resources and climate change, the book offers insights into achieving a better and more sustainable future. It provides a unique forum for practitioners and academics to exchange ideas on emerging issues, approaches, and practices in the area of water resources, climate change, and sustainability, while also presenting valuable information for policymakers on the changing contours of water management and climate change mitigation. As such it is a useful resource for decision-makers at the local as well as the global level.

Vibration of Mechanical Systems

Vibration of Mechanical Systems

This is a textbook for a first course in mechanical vibrations. There are many books in this area that try to include everything, thus they have become exhaustive compendiums, overwhelming for the undergraduate. In this book, all the basic concepts in mechanical vibrations are clearly identified and presented in a concise and simple manner with illustrative and practical examples. Vibration concepts include a review of selected topics in mechanics; a description of single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) systems in terms of equivalent mass, equivalent stiffness, and equivalent damping; a unified treatment of various forced response problems (base excitation and rotating balance); an introduction to systems thinking, highlighting the fact that SDOF analysis is a building block for multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) and continuous system analyses via modal analysis; and a simple introduction to finite element analysis to connect continuous system and MDOF analyses. There are more than 60 exercise problems, and a complete solutions manual. The use of MATLAB® software is emphasized.

Fino alla fine del tempo

Fino alla fine del tempo

« Fino alla fine del tempo è enciclopedico per ambizione ed erudizione, spesso straziante, ricolmo di pensieri profondi e aneddoti divertenti... Una lettera d'amore all'effimero momento cosmico in cui tutto è possibile». Dennis Overbye, «The New York Times» Nel tempo e nello spazio, il cosmo è sorprendentemente vasto, eppure è governato da leggi matematiche semplici, eleganti e universali. All'interno della linea temporale cosmica, la nostra era risplende ma è effimera. Un giorno, lo sappiamo, il genere umano scomparirà. E sappiamo che l'universo farà la stessa fine... >Brian Greene accompagna i lettori in un viaggio mozzafiato dal Big Bang alla fine del tempo e ci invita a riflettere su cosa significhi l'inimmaginabile vastità che ci circonda. Ci mostra come, a partire dal suo ordinato stato originario, l'universo si sia inesorabilmente spostato verso il caos e tuttavia si siano contemporaneamente formati i pianeti, le stelle e le galassie: isole in un mare di disordine. I meccanismi biochimici, di mutazione e selezione, la vita animata, i neuroni, i dati della realtà e il pensiero si sono evoluti in una coscienza complessa, che a sua volta ha dato origine alle culture, ai miti, alla creatività artistica, alla scienza e a un'incessante ricerca di verità ed eternità. Nel piú profondo futuro, la natura dell'universo minaccerà l'esistenza della materia stessa. Attraverso una serie di storie concatenate che spiegano i diversi strati intrecciati della realtà, dalla meccanica quantistica alla coscienza e ai buchi neri, Greene chiarisce la nostra origine, e ci offre un nitido quadro di dove ci troviamo in questo momento e qualche certezza in piú su dove siamo diretti. Una prospettiva completamente nuova sul nostro posto nell'universo e su cosa significhi essere umani.«Nelle pagine che seguono, percorreremo la cronologia dell'universo, esplorando i principî fisici che producono strutture ordinate dalle stelle e dalle galassie alla vita e alla coscienza, in un universo destinato al decadimento. Prenderemo in considerazione argomenti che stabiliscono che, come gli esseri umani hanno una vita di durata limitata, cosí è anche per gli stessi fenomeni della vita e della mente nell'universo. In effetti, a un certo punto probabilmente nessun tipo di materia organizzata sarà piú possibile. Esamineremo il modo in cui esseri autoriflessivi lottano con la tensione implicata dalla consapevolezza di questi fatti. Noi emergiamo da leggi che, per quanto ne sappiamo, sono eterne e tuttavia esistiamo per un tempo brevissimo. Siamo guidati da leggi che operano senza riguardo per la destinazione e tuttavia ci domandiamo costantemente dove siamo diretti. Siamo plasmati da leggi che non sembrano richiedere una motivazione di fondo e tuttavia siamo continuamente alla ricerca di significato e di scopo. In breve, esamineremo l'universo dall'inizio del tempo a qualcosa di simile alla sua fine e nel corso di questo viaggio esploreremo i modi straordinari in cui menti inquiete e inventive hanno reagito alla fondamentale transitorietà di ogni cosa e l'hanno illuminata».

La conquête des astres : l'avenir de l'homme

La conquête des astres : l'avenir de l'homme

Quelle est l’utilité de l’exploration de l’espace ? C’est à cette question que répond l’auteur en expliquant d’abord ce que sont la vie et le psychisme à la lumière des connaissances modernes. Selon toute vraisemblance, cette vie et ce psychisme, sous des formes probablement différentes de celles que nous connaissons, existent sur d’autres planètes, gravitant autour d’étoiles plus ou moins semblables au Soleil. La « conquête » des astres devra tendre à l’établissement de contacts fructueux avec ces autres mondes et avec les intelligences qui pourraient s’y trouver. De plus l’expansion de l’humanité pose un problème qui finira par devenir insoluble s’il ne peut dépasser les limites de la Terre. En fin de siècle, le nombre des humains aura passé de 3 milliards, chiffre actuel, à 6 milliards, pour atteindre 30 milliards vers l’an 2100. En admettant qu’une exploitation intensive et rationnelle des richesses de la planète permette encore à cette époque de nourrir ces 30 milliards d’individus, que se passera-t-il ensuite ? Hilaire Cuny souligne les difficultés de l’exode vers d’autres mondes. Il décrit ce que pourrait être la vie des hommes sur les planètes les plus proches : Mars et Vénus, puis il évoque le départ d’émigrants au-delà du système solaire, emportés par des cosmonefs géants dont la vitesse approchera celle de la lumière. Et ceci posera le problème de la « suspension » de la vie pour les cosmonautes.

Artificial Intelligence to Solve Pervasive Internet of Things Issues

Artificial Intelligence to Solve Pervasive Internet of Things Issues

Artificial Intelligence to Solve Pervasive Internet of Things Issues discusses standards and technologies and wide-ranging technology areas and their applications and challenges, including discussions on architectures, frameworks, applications, best practices, methods and techniques required for integrating AI to resolve IoT issues. Chapters also provide step-by-step measures, practices and solutions to tackle vital decision-making and practical issues affecting IoT technology, including autonomous devices and computerized systems. Such issues range from adopting, mitigating, maintaining, modernizing and protecting AI and IoT infrastructure components such as scalability, sustainability, latency, system decentralization and maintainability. The book enables readers to explore, discover and implement new solutions for integrating AI to solve IoT issues. Resolving these issues will help readers address many real-world applications in areas such as scientific research, healthcare, defense, aeronautics, engineering, social media, and many others. - Discusses intelligent techniques for the implementation of Artificial Intelligence in Internet of Things - Prepared for researchers and specialists who are interested in the use and integration of IoT and Artificial Intelligence technologies

L'Intelligence artificielle pour les Nuls

L'Intelligence artificielle pour les Nuls

Découvrez à travers ce livre de la collection pour les Nuls les enjeux que représente l'intelligence artificielleL'intelligence artificielle est un sujet très excitant, dans l'air du temps mais pas toujours simple à comprendre. Elle intervient dans des domaines aussi variés que la protection contre les fraudes, la médecine, les services clients, le cinéma, la télévision ou encore dans le pilotage de votre maison connectée.Ce livre vous montrera ce qu'est et aussi ce que n'est pas l'intelligence artificielle, comment elle est utilisée dans différents domaines aujourd'hui et son avenir à court et moyen terme. Au programme : L'histoire de l'intelligence artificielle Le rôle joué par les données L'utilisation de l'IA dans les applications informatiques, médicales et dans le machine learning Bien comprendre les implications de l'utilisation de l'IA L'IA dans les domaines de la robotique et des drones

Sustainable Hybrid Energy Systems

Sustainable Hybrid Energy Systems

Sustainable Hybrid Energy Systems Discovering comprehensive approaches to build sustainable hybrid energy systems Hybridization is the eternal theme of human energy utilization. However, it has never been more important than it is now because of the urgency of promoting energy transition and achieving carbon neutrality. Therefore, exploring the design, combustion, operation, and policy challenges of sustainable hybrid energy systems becomes increasingly important. Sustainable Hybrid Energy Systems: Carbon Neutral Approaches, Modeling, and Case Studies provides a detailed explanation of these aspects. Dividing hybrid energy systems into three categories—co-located, co-combusted, and co-operated, this book emphasizes the deployment optimization, emission quota allocation, scheduling coordination, and renewable portfolio standards implementation of these systems. The results are essential tools for understanding the current and future of multi-input single-output hybrid energy systems. Sustainable Hybrid Energy Systems readers will also find: Clear logical framework that reveals the constitutes of hybrid energy systems.Systematic technical scheme for building an economic, environmental, flexible, and resilient future energy system.Extensive case studies from single power plant level, multiple power plant level, and grid level.Effective guidelines for wider application of the proposed carbon neutral approaches. Sustainable Hybrid Energy Systems is ideal for power engineers, electrical engineers, scientists in industry, and environmental researchers looking to understand these energy solutions. It will also provide collectible value for libraries.

Plant Genetics and Molecular Biology

Plant Genetics and Molecular Biology

This book reviews the latest advances in multiple fields of plant biotechnology and the opportunities that plant genetics, genomics and molecular biology have offered for agriculture improvement. Advanced technologies can dramatically enhance our capacity in understanding the molecular basis of traits and utilizing the available resources for accelerated development of high yielding, nutritious, input-use efficient and climate-smart crop varieties. In this book, readers will discover the significant advances in plant genetics, structural and functional genomics, trait and gene discovery, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, epigenomics, nanotechnology and analytical & decision support tools in breeding. This book appeals to researchers, academics and other stakeholders of global agriculture.

Complex Motions and Chaos in Nonlinear Systems

Complex Motions and Chaos in Nonlinear Systems

This book brings together 10 chapters on a new stream of research examining complex phenomena in nonlinear systems—including engineering, physics, and social science. Complex Motions and Chaos in Nonlinear Systems provides readers a particular vantage of the nature and nonlinear phenomena in nonlinear dynamics that can develop the corresponding mathematical theory and apply nonlinear design to practical engineering as well as the study of other complex phenomena including those investigated within social science.

Web Semantics

Web Semantics

Web Semantics strengthen the description of web resources to exploit them better and make them more meaningful for both humans and machines, thereby contributing to the development of a knowledgeintensive data web. The world is experiencing the movement of concept from data to knowledge and the movement of web from document model to data model. The underlying idea is making the data machine understandable and processable. In the light of these trends, conciliation of Semantic and the Web is of paramount importance for further progress in the area. Web Semantics: Cutting Edge and Future Directions in Healthcare describes the three major components of the study of Semantic Web, namely Representation, Reasoning, and Security with a special focus on the healthcare domain. This book summarizes the trends and current research advances in web semantics, emphasizing the existing tools and techniques, methodologies, and research solutions. It provides easily comprehensible information on Web Semantics including semantics for data and semantics for services. Presents a comprehensive examination of the emerging research in areas of the semantic web, including ontological engineering, semantic annotation, reasoning and intelligent processing, semantic search paradigms, semantic web mining, and semantic sentiment analysis Helps readers understand key concepts in semantic web applications for biomedical engineering and healthcare, including mapping disparate knowledge bases, security issues, multilingual semantic web, and integrating databases with knowledge bases Includes coverage of key application areas of the semantic web, including clinical decision-making, biodiversity science, interactive healthcare, intelligent agent systems, decision support systems, and clinical natural language processing

Mente y materia

Mente y materia

Al preguntarse si la mente y la materia (el sujeto y el objeto, el yo y el mundo exterior, etcétera) son dos cosas muy distintas o, por el contrario, la misma y única cosa, así como qué lugar ocupa la conciencia en la evolución de la vida y qué papel desempeña en las cuestiones morales el estado de desarrollo de la mente humana, Erwin Schrödinger, Premio Nobel de Física, invade sin reparos terrenos tradicionalmente ocupados por filósofos, teólogos, psicoanalistas y hasta, en determinados aspectos, políticos. Cuando Schrödinger plantea, por ejemplo, la cuestión de si todavía puede esperarse algún desarrollo biológico en el hombre de hoy o la de cómo puede darse su evolución intelectual paralela, las respuestas, rotundas, inquietarán a algunos y escandalizarán a otros. Además de la luz que aporta a la cada vez más candente discusión sobre el porvenir del hombre, el mayor mérito de este libro es el de obligar a pensar. Es difícil que quien lo lea permanezca indiferente e, indefectiblemente, algo se pondrá en movimiento en sus criterios preconcebidos. Como muy bien dijo de este libro el crítico del Scientific American, J.R. Newman: «Lo lees en unas horas; lo recuerdas durante toda la vida...».

Az agy

Az agy

Csatlakozzunk a neves agykutatóhoz, David Eaglemanhez a bennünk lakozó univerzumban tett körútján! Az utazás érinti az extrém sportokat, a bűnügyi igazságszolgáltatást, a népirtást, az agysebészetet, a robotok világát és a halhatatlanság keresését. Útközben, az agysejtek milliárdjainak és kapcsolataik billióinak végtelenül sűrű dzsungelében olyas­valamit találunk, amire nem számítottunk. Önmagunkat. „Az agy minden oldala tartogat meglepetéseket,  a könyv éppoly fantasztikus, mint amilyen magával ragadó.”  STEPHEN FRY

Stability of Dynamical Systems

Stability of Dynamical Systems

The second edition of this textbook provides a single source for the analysis of system models represented by continuous-time and discrete-time, finite-dimensional and infinite-dimensional, and continuous and discontinuous dynamical systems.  For these system models, it presents results which comprise the classical Lyapunov stability theory involving monotonic Lyapunov functions, as well as corresponding contemporary stability results involving non-monotonicLyapunov functions.Specific examples from several diverse areas are given to demonstrate the applicability of the developed theory to many important classes of systems, including digital control systems, nonlinear regulator systems, pulse-width-modulated feedback control systems, and artificial neural networks.The authors cover the following four general topics:-          Representation and modeling of dynamical systems of the types described above-          Presentation of Lyapunov and Lagrange stability theory for dynamical systems defined on general metric spaces involving monotonic and non-monotonic Lyapunov functions-          Specialization of this stability theory to finite-dimensional dynamical systems-          Specialization of this stability theory to infinite-dimensional dynamical systemsReplete with examples and requiring only a basic knowledge of linear algebra, analysis, and differential equations, this bookcan be used as a textbook for graduate courses in stability theory of dynamical systems.  It may also serve as a self-study reference for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in applied mathematics, engineering, computer science, economics, and the physical and life sciences.Review of the First Edition:“The authors have done an excellent job maintaining the rigor of the presentation, and in providing standalone statements for diverse types of systems.  [This] is a very interesting book which complements the existing literature. [It] is clearly written, and difficult concepts are illustrated by means of good examples.” - Alessandro Astolfi, IEEE Control Systems Magazine, February 2009

Ion Transporters

Ion Transporters

“In the struggle between plants and salt, ion transporters are the silent warriors that turn adversity into growth.”As our planet faces the growing threat of climate change and soil salinization, the need to develop resilient crops has never been more urgent. Ion Transporters: The Clue to Salt Tolerance and Adaptation in Plants offers an honest attempt to delve into the molecular mechanisms that enable plants to survive in salty environments. The book explores how ion transporters—specialized proteins that regulate the movement of ions across plant cell membranes—are central to a plant’s ability to manage salt stress and thrive in challenging conditions.Drawing from cutting-edge research in plant physiology, molecular biology, and genetics, this book uncovers the complex role of ion channels, pumps, and transporters in salt tolerance. It also highlights how scientists are leveraging these mechanisms to develop crops capable of withstanding increasing soil salinity. From halophytes, nature’s salt survivors, to biotechnological breakthroughs, this book reveals the future of sustainable agriculture in a salt-affected world. A special focus is given to advanced biotechnological tools such as gene editing, CRISPR-Cas9, and modern breeding techniques.Key Features:• In-depth explanation of ion transporters and their role in salt tolerance• Coverage of ion channels, pumps, and their coordination in stress adaptation• Case studies on halophytes and naturally salt-tolerant systems• Insights into gene editing, CRISPR-Cas9, and biotechnology applications• Exploration of sustainable crop development under saline conditionsWhether you are a researcher, educator, or agricultural practitioner, this book will deepen your understanding of the molecular underpinnings of salt tolerance and inspire innovative solutions for global food security.