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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 39
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 40
Book SynopsisThis continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed include adenoviruses; molecular mechanisms in allergic rhinitis; potential genetic factors in emphysema; magnesium homeostasis; disorders of fibrinogen and the cause and treatment of eclampsia.
£185.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 43
Book SynopsisThis continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed include the pathogenesis of paralysis in ALS patients; targeting testosterone pathways in prostate cancer treatment; the role of adrenocorticotropin beyond the glucocorticoid horizon; the aetiology of facial paralysis; therapeutic measures for the prevention of postmenopausal symptoms; characterization of streptococcus pneumoniae by proteomic approaches; fetal magnetic resonance (MRI) images of normal developing brains; development of interstitial cells of cajal in the human digestive tract; and bacterial prophylaxis as an alternative to combat infections.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 44
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 45
Book SynopsisThis continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed include the adverse effects on reproduction of corticotropin; the actions of morphine and its related substances on primary-afferent neurons; magnetic resonance spectroscopy of bile in the diagnosis of chronic cholestatic diseases; cold-active enzymes and their potential use in biotechnology; midwifery practice and the classification and differential diagnosis of sclerosing cholangitis.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Medicine Researcher Biographical Sketches &
Book SynopsisThis book compiles biographical sketches of top professionals in the field of medicine, as well as research summaries from a number of different focuses in this important field.
£149.99
Angelico Press Can We Believe in People?: Human Significance in
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U.S. Bone: A Regulator of Physiology
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U.S. At the Bench: A Lab Navigator Guide
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press The Biology of Lipids 2nd Edition
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Myopathies: New Research
Book SynopsisMyopathies are a clinically and genetically heterogenous group of muscle diseases characterized by pathologic changes in muscle fibres that compromise their contractile ability. The authors of this book have gathered new research from across the globe and topics discussed in this compilation include inherited myopathies with distinct clinical manifestations; muscle biopsy as a diagnostic procedure in suspected myopathies; inflammation in dysferlinopathies; mitochondrial disorders; dysphagia in the myopathies; and aB-Crystallin (HSPB5) and myofibrillar myopathies.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Treatise of Biological Models
Book SynopsisThis book is a compendious collection of papers designed to expose the current trends in mathematical modelling. It details current research on models of in-host dynamics, epidemics, population dynamics and psycho-social dynamics. The chapters are written in a simple and concise way for readers who are familiar with basic mathematical modelling offered in undergraduate courses. The main objective of this book is to detail various applications of mathematics in biomedical sciences, resources management and social settings. Many of the book chapters contain current contentious issues in mathematical modelling and as such, the book can be used to generate projects for bio-mathematic students. Graduate students wishing to acquire and consolidate knowledge in mathematical modelling will find this an excellent text for their research.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 57
Book Synopsis"Advances in Medicine and Biology" presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. This book discusses research on topics such as sensory TRP channel interaction with lipids and their implications in pain modulation; immunological barriers to xenotransplantation of pig chondrocytes; the role of lipid metabolism regulator genes in chronic pancreatitis; immunodeficient mouse strains in biomedical research; acute pancreatitis in diabetes mellitus; patient-derived xenografts; oral disease and hydrogen sulfide production by oral bacteria; managing pancreatic exocrine dysfunction; and effective therapeutic interventions for the anxious, agitated or aggressive patient.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 59
Book Synopsis"Advances in Medicine and Biology" presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. This book discusses research on topics such as the provision of safe blood transfusion services in a low income setting in West Africa; anticoagulant and cytoprotective protein C pathways; bioanalytical applications of oligonucleotides; emerging targets for local pain therapy; platelet and transfusion platelet components; function of protein kinase C in intracellular trafficking; use of aptamer arrays to identify drug targets and assist drug development; C-reactive protein as an indicator for ischemic stroke risk; and bronchitis pathophysiology.
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Texas A & M University Press The Dama Gazelles: Last Members of a Critically
Book SynopsisDama gazelles, the largest of the gazelles, were once a common sight in Northern Africa, with a habitat ranging from the Atlantic Ocean east almost to the Nile River. Today, these animals are critically endangered as their populations have dropped precipitously due to the effects of expanding agrarian practices, overhunting, violent human conflict, and climate change on their native habitats.Though they are perilously close to extinction in the wild, Texas ranches maintain over a thousand dama gazelles—more than the number currently in zoos and in the wild combined. The habitat on some of these ranches resembles their natural range along the Sahara Desert of Northern Africa, making them suitable living spaces for damas.In The Dama Gazelles, Elizabeth Cary Mungall brings together experts from around the world and offers a comprehensive reference book on these animals, including information on natural history and taxonomy; physical and behavioral traits; dama gazelles held in zoos and collections, parks and preserves, and on Texas ranches; and efforts to reintroduce populations into the wild. There is also a rare, firsthand account from Frans M. van den Brink, an animal dealer from the Netherlands, who in the 1960s successfully captured 35 dama gazelles in Northern Africa and transported them to zoos in the United States and Europe, losing only two animals in the harrowing process. Those 33 dama gazelles were the “founders” of all the dama gazelles in captivity today.Detailed appendixes and a glossary round out the volume with additional information to help researchers, zookeepers, and landowners better understand and conserve dama gazelles.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 60
Book Synopsis"Advances in Medicine and Biology" presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. This book discusses research on topics such as the molecular biological aspects of lung development; adenosine receptors in psychiatric and neurological disorders; invasive monitoring in anaesthesia; fluorescent oligonucleotides; surface plasmon resonance (SPR) in the biology laboratory; paleopathology of post-traumatic bone infections; first cases of syphilis in Naples; the implication of novel proteolytic modification in adhesion-GPCR signaling; managed care methods and impact analysis; and understanding GPCR-ligand pair dynamics.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 61
Book SynopsisThis continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed in this compilation include the management of facial hemangiomas by pediatric surgical laser therapy; pain sensor molecules of the primary afferent nerves and their nociceptive modalities; natural polymeric materials in pharmaceutical formulations; microelectrode arrays in mast cell electrophysiology; fructose synthesis and health implications; medical tourism in the context of the globalisation of health services; objective measurement and monitoring of pain; homeopathy services in the National Health Service and other developed countries; axis orientation on visual performance in astigmatic eyes; and pulmonary hypertension and dialysis.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 62
Book Synopsis"Advances in Medicine and Biology" presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. This book discusses research on topics such as the cardiac signalling of insulin and oestrogen hormones and protein kinase B; collaboration and conflict within maternity care; mass spectrometry studies in carnitine homeostasis; role of protein kinase B in nociception and chronic pain conditions; maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index; hydrogenases and nitrogenases as key enzymes in the production of H2 in the biological process; L-acetylcarnitine and Rett Syndrome; somatostatins and their receptors; diode laser in Stapes surgery; and CWH ubiquitin ligases and how they regulate key cellular events.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 67
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Alkylating Agents as Environmental Carcinogen &
Book SynopsisAlkylating agents are an important class of carcinogens. O6-methylguanine (O6 MG) formed in cellular DNA by alkylating agents is a mutagenic lesion. Reactive metabolites, which are capable of alkylate in the DNA base, are produced during the catabolism of precursors of alkylating agents in the diet. Active alkylating agents can also be synthesised endogenously in the body. Endogenous alkylating agents are produced via nitrosation of primary amines by nitrates and nitrous anhydride formed by nitric oxide. Exposure of alkylating agents is at a minimum level in daily life. On the other hand, alkylating agents are used in certain chemotherapy regimens. Various investigators determined that O6-MGMT is at a high level in human tumours, thus they exhibit resistance to chemotherapy, including alkylating agents. Various anaolgs of O6-MG were suggested as a potential adjuvant in combination chemotherapy with alkylating agents to treat O6-MGMT proficient tumours. The susceptibility of any tissue to mutagenic effect of alkylating agents is dependent upon the balance between the ability of the tissue to metabolise alkylating agents to carcinogenic intermediates, the extent of O6-MG formation, rate of repair by O6-MGMT, and the extent of DNA replication which occurs when O6-MG is present. This book is a reliable reference for the sources of alkylating agents and their effects in human body.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Network Biology: Theories, Methods & Applications
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Skyhorse Publishing Science for Sale: How the US Government Uses
Book SynopsisWhen Speaker Newt Gingrich greeted Dr. David Lewis in his office overlooking the National Mall, he looked at Dr. Lewis and said: “You know you’re going to be fired for this, don’t you?” “I know,” Dr. Lewis replied, “I just hope to stay out of prison.” Gingrich had just read Dr. Lewis’s commentary in Nature, titled “EPA Science: Casualty of Election Politics.” Three years later, and thirty years after Dr. Lewis began working at EPA, he was back in Washington to receive a Science Achievement Award from Administrator Carol Browner for his second article in Nature. By then, EPA had transferred Dr. Lewis to the University of Georgia to await termination—the Agency’s only scientist to ever be lead author on papers published in Nature and Lancet.The government hires scientists to support its policies; industry hires them to support its business; and universities hire them to bring in grants that are handed out to support government policies and industry practices. Organizations dealing with scientific integrity are designed only to weed out those who commit fraud behind the backs of the institutions where they work. The greatest threat of all is the purposeful corruption of the scientific enterprise by the institutions themselves. The science they create is often only an illusion, designed to deceive; and the scientists they destroy to protect that illusion are often our best. This book is about both, beginning with Dr. Lewis’s experience, and ending with the story of Dr. Andrew Wakefield.
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Stonewell Press On Liberty
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Shelter Harbor Press Biology: An Illustrated History of Life Science
Book SynopsisHere is the essential guide to biology, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines how we have uncovered the secrets of life-the most complex process in the Universe. From the workings of molecules to the way entire oceans or continents of lifeforms interact, biology seeks to understand how it is that something can be alive, how it fends off death and how it leaves more life in its wake. We follow the journey through the history of life science to find out why the dolphin got its name (it is the 'womb fish'), how a seven-foot strand of DNA is able to build your body, and what gives a lobster its blue blood. The great names, such as Darwin and Linnaeus, are joined by lesser known discoverers, such as Karl von Frisch who discovered that bees dance, and Jan Baptist van Helmont who found a plant uses air and water to grow. Biology today is still very much a live science, finding a purpose in robot design and helping us to understand non-living complex systems like the Internet. Biology has changed the way we understand ourselves. What will it tell us next? - Contains 100 chronological articles that tell the story of biology from the dawn of history to the present day - Authoritative text, exciting imagery and helpful diagrams accompany each of the steps along the way - Biographies of great life scientists and a chart of the tree of life - A simple guide to biology draws together current understanding to set out the basics of the science - The Imponderables looks at what questions biology still needs to answer. Also contains a 24-page removable foldout concertina neatly housed at the back of the book. This fold-out concertina includes a 12-page Timeline History of Biology and 12 full pages of amazing electron micrographs called Our Hidden World.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 69
Book SynopsisThis continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed include cosmeceuticals; prostaglandins and neural function; expression and involvement of cytokines, chemokines and adhesion molecules in rheumatoid vasculitis; understanding soybean rust interaction with soybean using biotechnology; diversity and evolution of fungal phytopathogens associated with snow; development of antidiabetic herbal formulations; the action mechanism, biological effect and clinical significance in improving peripheral arterial blood flow of prostaglandin E1; molecular basis of hemibiotrophy in the lentil anthracnose pathogen colletotrichum truncatum; detection of gaze atypical patterns in Austism Spectrum Disorders; and game-based learning and serious game utilization for people with ADHD.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Network Structures in Biological Systems & in
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on network structures in biological systems and in human society. The term "network structure" is used in literature with at least two different meanings. The broader meaning (denoted by this author as a network sensu lato) refers to any system composed of nodes (vertices) connected by links (edges). In terms of this interpretation, the analytical tools that deal with centrality measures, clustering, and community structure-related criteria, small-world behaviour, and other network characteristics have provided important insights into the organisation and functioning of various objects, including biological systems and human society. However, there is a narrower interpretation of the term "network" that is predominantly used in the social sciences: a network structure is a decentralised, non-hierarchical system that is regulated by co-operative interactions among its nodes (a network sensu stricto. In this work, the term "networks" is interpreted in the latter sense. The characteristics of a network''s organisational situation are considered in this work in comparison to other types of structures that are denoted as (1) hierarchical (vertical, pyramidal) structures characterised by a single dominant activity centre (central leader, pacemaker); and (2) (quasi-)market structures dominated by competitive, rather than co-operative, interactions among the actors involved. This is an interdisciplinary work because the three organisational structures are considered with respect to biological systems and to human society, including its political system.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Phosphoglycerate Kinase: A Hinge-Bending Enzyme
Book SynopsisPhosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) is an essential metabolic enzyme for all living organisms. It catalyses the high-energy phospho-transfer reaction from 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate to the beta-phosphate of ADP and thereby produces ATP. In mammals, PGK has more widespread roles, particularly in oncogenesis and in activating anti-retroviral drugs. Namely, PGK exhibits specific thiol-reductase activity important in the inhibition of plasmin-mediated angiogenesis required for solid tumour development. The phosphorylating activity of PGK, however, has been additionally proved to be involved in specific activation of antiviral and antitumour nucleotide-analogue drugs. In addition, the simple two-domain structure of PGK has served as a good folding-model of multidomain proteins. From folding-studies, not only the possible role of domains in the self-organisation process has been exemplified, but characteristics of the sophisticated protein misfolding mechanism has also been described. Besides the pathological anatomy (misfolding), the pathological physiology (misfunction) of PGK is also overviewed. Human phosphoglycerate kinase mutations have been identified to be associated with various serious diseases, such as mild to severe haemolytic anaemia, neurological disorders, mental retardation, behavioural aberrations, and neurological symptoms. These aspects are also discussed and summarised in this volume.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 72
Book SynopsisThis continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed in this compilation include an examination of cosmeceutical products; essential immune responses to HIV/AIDs; parametabolic β-aggregation of proteins; a review of food antioxidants; pharmacy regulatory privatisation; controlled ventilation and its modulation for advanced monitoring of the circulation in surgery and critical care; privatisation of the Central Medical Supplies Public Corporation (CMS) in Sudan; development of anti-diabetic herbal formulations; and the frequency of multi-resistant strains of staphylococcus aureus isolated in Tbilisi, Georgia.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 74
Book SynopsisThis continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed include the drug interactions and potential side effects of cyclosporine and its mitochondrial connection; alcohol in pregnancy and its repercussion on the central nervous system; the putative impact of cyclosporine on hepatocellular apoptosis in vivo; medical therapy for the management of preterm labor; a qualitative study of care leaders'' opinions on infection prevention at long-term care facilities in Japan; biochemical markers in patients that underwent bariatric surgery; probable role of epigenomics in age-related macular degeneration; L-ascorbic acid protection against oxidative damage in hRPE cells by stimulating intracellular erythropoietin activity; and the current classiciation of Drusen and its characterisation with autofluorescence, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography and multimodal imaging.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Recent Advances in Systems Biology Research
Book SynopsisDriven by rapid developments in protein and DNA sequencing technologies, systems biology has become an important research paradigm. It is marked by an emphasis on integrating data on multiple scales and creating a framework for developing predictive models that are valid across the spectrum of structural hierarchies found in biological systems. This book consists of fourteen original chapters and an introduction that together provide a comprehensive introduction to the subject starting from discussions of its definition and scope and ending in detailed reviews of how the systems approach is affecting clinical research and practice. Most chapters are written to be accessible to a wide readership and contain references to the latest research. Altogether, this is a state-of-the-art description of the present and future of systems biology.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 77
Book SynopsisThis continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed in this book include microbiological hazards associated with infant formula; spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; rheumatoid arthritis; chronic subdural hematomas; metabolic acidosis; ankle joints; haemorrhagic shock; hematoma enlargement; thoracic hematoma; peritoneal dialysis; renal tubular acidosis; metabolic diseases; and lactic acidosis in HIV-infected patients.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine and Biology: Volume 78
Book SynopsisThis continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed in this book include taxonomy for mechanical ventilation; a current update on avian pathogenic Escherichia coli; tularemia; the important of early diagnosis of figurate erythemas and paraneoplastic syndromes; non-invasive mechanical ventilation; the diversity, antimicrobial resistance and the role in human disease of coagulase-negative staphylococci; and vaccine development against poultry viral diseases.
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Bloomsbury Publishing USA Lamarck's Revenge: How Epigenetics Is
Book SynopsisEpigenetics upends natural selection and genetic mutation as the sole engines of evolution. Darwinian evolution is based on the genetic code of an individual being changed by mutation, causing the genome passed to the offspring to differ from that of the parent. But some morphological changes have taken place so radically and so pervasively that they cannot be explained by modern evolutionary theory. A far simpler explanation for this phenomenon is epigenetics, which can create radical physical and physiological changes in subsequent generations by the simple addition of a single small molecule and without genetic mutation. One commonly studied alteration is the addition of very short chains of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen to particular nucleotides in DNA, typically silencing gene activity--somewhat as if someone canceled your delivery of bricks while you were in the process of building a house. Heritable epigenetics takes place when methyl molecules change the functioning of both DNA and tiny bits of RNA. Sometimes the presence of methylation or tiny freeloaders causes a protein not to be made. Or it might cause a new protein to be made that would not otherwise occur. Other times, it might cause a regulator geneessentially the General Contractor coordinating all of the cells of the busy construction projectto walk off the job entirely, and huge changes take place far beyond what any single mutation could facilitate. Such changes affecting an individual can then be passed to the next generation: the methyl molecules are not physically passed on to the next generation, but the propensity for them to attach in the same places in the next generation are! Lamarck's Revenge explains how physical and behavioral changes can be passed on even though there has been no mutation that has been inherited from the progenitor. Among species, epigenetics can create morphological and physiological changes faster than could be explained by Darwinian natural selection and mutation. Not only has epigenetics played a key role in the history of our species--and indeed, of the world as a whole--it is crucial to understanding and predicting future human evolution.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine and Biology. Volume 79
Book SynopsisThis continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed in this book include rosiglitazone and how it acts on the vascular katp channel and compromises coronary circulation; creativity, innovation and bone health in times of crisis; the wide world of hydrocortisone; seroprevalence estimation with adjustment for partial verification of screen-positive donor candidates; prevalence of beta-hemolytic streptococcus oropharyngeal colonization in children and its therapeutic regimen based on antistreptolysin levels; the effective application of monepantel and derquantel as new anthelminthics in sheep; pioglitazone to prevent diabetes-related atrial fibrillation; recovery of biosynthetic penicillins; the elaboration of high-molecular-weight heparin complex with aspartic acid and the study of its activity; emerging influenza and risk of blood transfusion; and neglected tropical diseases.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Systems Biology: An Integrated Platform for
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 80
Book SynopsisThis continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed in this book include gastroesophageal reflux disease and sleep disorders; soybean-derived thyroglobulin as an analyte specific reagent for in vitro diagnostic tests and devices; optic neuritis and sarcoidosis; radiculotherapy; impact of betaine HCl on the absorption of orally administered drugs; relationships between disease activity, work-home conflict, and burnout among Crohn''s disease patients; global challenges in the identification and management of pre-eclampsia; management of fibromialgia symptoms; acid indigestion; environmental factors stimulating the manifestation of iodine deficiency disorders; preoperative serum thyroglobulin concentration as a predictive factor of malignancy in follicular and hürthle cell neoplasms of the thyroid gland; thyroglobulin antibodies in patients with skin disorders; and financing health care.
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Prometheus Books The Paradox of Evolution: The Strange
Book SynopsisThis book examines a little-noted contradiction inherent in the two essential elements of Darwin's theory of biological evolution--natural selection and reproduction. Physiologist Stephen Rothman makes the revolutionary claim that the evolution of life's complex and diverse reproductive mechanisms is not the consequence of natural selection. In so doing, he exposes the deepest question possible about life's nature--its reason for being. In meticulously detailed but accessible terms he lays out the crux of the paradox and offers an intriguing solution within a naturalistic framework. In an ostensibly purposeless universe, somehow purposeful life has evolved. For all living things there are two overarching purposes: survival and the creation of new life. Natural selection is about the survival of existing life, but has no interest in life's future, about whether it persists or perishes. By contrast, reproduction is only about the future of life, and has no interest in existing life except as a means to that end. Where do these purposes come from? As Rothman demonstrates, at every level life is wired to react to danger. Counterintuitively, without the danger to its existence, life would not have come into being. As for reproduction, nature's destructive forces drive the creation of new life. Written with great clarity and informed by deep learning, this elegant, thoughtful work tackles some of the most challenging questions raised by the theory of evolution, while calling to mind Darwin's famous words from the conclusion of On the Origin of Species: "There is a grandeur in this view of life."
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Prometheus Books Sharks Get Cancer, Mole Rats Don't: How Animals
Book SynopsisThis fresh and fascinating exploration of new directions in cancer research focuses on the important role of the immune system in combatting this dread disease. Integrating clues from the animal kingdom, the veterinary clinic, extraordinary human cases, and even embryology, the author-a cancer physician, biologist, and physicist-creates a novel and compelling account of tumor immunology and the promises of immunotherapy. As the author explains, animals offer us many tantalizing clues about the nature of cancer in humans. Tasmanian devils are on the verge of extinction due to a virulent form of contagious cancer; soft-shelled clams on the East coast of North America are vanishing due to another epidemic of contagious cancer; dogs also contract a contagious cancer but they spontaneously overcome it; and a type of mouse and the homely mole rat are not susceptible to the disease at all. In humans, there are rare instances of spontaneous cures of advanced cancers induced by radiation. An uncommon form of dwarfism called Laron syndrome confers total cancer immunity on the people who inherit the condition. And recent research suggests that cancer has stolen the secret that shields the embryo against hostile attacks from the mother's immune system. The author makes a convincing case that what all of these diverse examples have in common is the immune system and its ability or inability to respond to malignancies. He concludes with a review of the exciting research on the human immune system and the development of new treatments that are inducing the immune system to combat and conquer even the deadliest cancers.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 81
Book SynopsisThis continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed in this book include central nervous system manifestations of TSC; methadone; dietary aspects, weight issues and bone health at and post-menopause; Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necolysis; biosensors and their applications in healthcare; study on riboflavin encapsulation by cyclodextrins; thyroid goitres; anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies in different autoimmune diseases; and the role of flaxseed on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in rabbits submitted to a hypercholesterolemic diet.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 82
Book SynopsisThis continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed in this book include opportunistic eye infections in transplant patients; clinical manifestations of acute baclofen toxicity in adults; a model information system for healthcare systems; an overview of eye-related photophobia; advances in apical microsurgery; treatment of implant surfaces; gamma knife radiosurgery for GH-producing adenomas; dental considerations for acromegaly; fungal vaccines; an assessment of the substandard drugs in developing countries; intestinal colic; and infectious agents and autoimmunity in acute coronary atherothrombosis.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 83
Book SynopsisThis continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed in this book include pathophysiology of pyoderma gangrenosum; oral anticoagulants; acute gastroenteritis of viral etiology; identifying "aging phenotypes" by quantifying t-cell receptor excision circles (TREC); therapeutic efficacy of the caspofungin for candida and aspergillus species and resistance mechanisms; implication of vδ1γδt cells in operational tolerance after human liver transplantation; and clinical utility of caspofungin in ocular fungal infections.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 116
Book SynopsisThe chapters in this volume present the latest developments in medicine and biology. Chapters One reviews on m-Health in prehospital emergency medicine. Chapter Two analyses regional telemedicine network for the diagnosis and care of cardiac malformations. Chapter Three describes a computational fluid dynamic (CFD) approach with the aim to simulate the flow of blood with cardiac pulse through the aorta artery with aneurysm disease. In Chapter Four, a CFD study was carried out for real geometries of one specific patient and was resolved numerically the Navier-Stokes equations for the blood flow in abdominal aortic aneurysms with a pulsatile inlet condition in the ascending aorta. Chapter Five reviews a CFD of the blood flow using pulsatile inlet condition in the ascending aorta with aneurysm disease. Chapter Six examines a CDF methodology in order to analyse the features of the pulsatile blood flow in patients with exovascular Stent Devices in abdominal aortic aneurysms. Chapter Seven focuses on hyponatremia in heart failure. Chapter Eight discusses neuroglial potassium channels in health and disease. Chapter Nine discusses the impact of preventing and treating periodontal and peri-implant inflammation on peri-implantitis risks reduction, and highlights the importance of managing periodontal and early peri-implant biological complications in order to prevent occurrence or progression of peri-implantitis. Chapter Ten studies the application of direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry on designer drug identification. Chapter Eleven reviews current understanding of tick antioxidant defense with emphasis on its potential as a target for tick and tick-borne pathogen control.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Biological Invasions: Patterns, Management &
Book SynopsisAlien -- also called non-indigenous or non-native -- species are defined as those species that colonise an area beyond their natural range, where they reproduce and establish a population. It is known that plants, animals and micro-organisms have been intentionally transferred with human discovery voyages for centuries and, possibly, since the shift from foraging to agricultural and pastoralist societies. As a result, many ''exotic'' species are now among our preferred foods, dearest pets, good-looking houseplants and decorative aquarium weeds, but most of them cannot be considered alien species, as they grow well only in artificially-controlled conditions or in protected environments. Conversely, alien species are capable of ready acclimation to novel habitats, where they may find themselves unconstrained by the limiting factors -- both abiotic and biotic -- typical of their original habitat. In these ''favorable'' conditions, they might outgrow, and ultimately overthrow, resident organisms with which they happen to compete: in this case, alien species are often dubbed ''invasive''. This book discusses patterns, management and economic impact of these biological invasions.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 84
Book SynopsisThis continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed in this book include documenting and describing the methods and value of medication therapy management programs; immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in cryptococcal meningitis; growth hormone deficiency in children; the barrier function of retinal pigment epithelium; the use of lateral access in lumbar spondylolisthesis; clinical effects of Yokukansan for tension-type headaches; myocardial hypertrophy and periodontal disease; evaluation of national drug policy in Sudan; mucosally-restricted leishmaniasis in the old and new world; results of pharmacist''s intervention in a geriatric outpatient clinics based on potentially inappropriate prescribing criteria; results in patients treated surgically with osteodesis vs bloodless treated with plaster; and a short commentary on an ethical analysis of banning free pharmaceutical samples.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine and Biology: Volume 86
Book SynopsisThis book presents the latest developments in medicine and biology. Chapters include research on environmental risk factors for diabetic nephropathy; pre-endoscopic management of patients with hematemesis; the benefits of early diagnosis, halo fixation and/or ventral stabilization of dens-fractures in correspondence to age of the patient and fracture type; a discussion on how and to which extent heart rate variability (HRV) is acutely changed in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) or in hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome (HHS); an evaluation of the anatomical, refractive and functional results of an innovative technique of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty; the physical, emotional and quality of life aspects of patients with Cervical Dystonia; the current issues in medical literature regarding androgen use during menopause; an overall report on the benefits and limitations of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) mass spectrometry (MS) analysis; the classification methods of the X-ray cerebral angiograms; and the diagnosis and management of intraoperatively necrotizing fasciitis of the breast.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 87
Book SynopsisThis book presents the latest developments in medicine and biology. Chapters include research on trends in the birth prevalence of boys with isolated hypospadias and undescended testis in Hungary during the last 50 years; alleviating premenstrual syndrome (PMS) symptoms using a natural factor; neutralization-enhancing RF antibodies; advances in the diagnosis, assessment, management and outcome of Takayasu''s arteritis; macronutrients and premenstrual syndrome; pressurised intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy (PIPAC); the control of MAO expression; and what we know about iMAO.
£195.19
Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 88
Book SynopsisThis book presents the latest developments in medicine and biology. Chapters include research on the management of Paget''s disease of the breast; extended gastric myotomy for achalasia; biophosphonate treatment in Paget''s disease of bone; hernial sac medical advancements; thermoluminescence detection of: ray irradiated herbs; metabolic acidosis; quality of life in overweight and obese patients; hydroxycinnamic acids; drug policies; and the role of the clinical chemistry laboratory in the diagnosis and management of metabolic acidosis.
£195.19
Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Medicine & Biology: Volume 89
Book SynopsisIn this next edition of "Advances in Medicine and Biology," chapters include research on the link between inflammatory disorders and cardiovascular disease, with recent data indicating that the suppression of inflammation may reduce the risk of CV morbidity and mortality; recommended treatment options for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); the regulation of testicular glucose metabolism in pre-diabetes, an intermediate state and a reversible condition, as well as its potential impact on male reproductive health; the use of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) as a method of measuring respiratory muscle oxygenation changes; the incidence, prognosis and management of common retinal injuries; factors that affect elimination disorders and its outcomes; the potential complications that radiofrequency ablation (RFA) can have on thermal skin injuries (skin burns); the use of grasshopper in the process of wound healing, specifically the use of grasshopper''s abdominal secretion in wound healing; and finally, the use of fish collagen as a substitute for mammalian collagen, in food products which also has various health implications.
£163.19
