Neural Engineering

Neural Engineering
Author: Bin He
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 801
Release: 2013-01-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1461452279

Neural Engineering, 2nd Edition, contains reviews and discussions of contemporary and relevant topics by leading investigators in the field. It is intended to serve as a textbook at the graduate and advanced undergraduate level in a bioengineering curriculum. This principles and applications approach to neural engineering is essential reading for all academics, biomedical engineers, neuroscientists, neurophysiologists, and industry professionals wishing to take advantage of the latest and greatest in this emerging field.

Infectious Diseases and Conditions

Infectious Diseases and Conditions
Author: H. Bradford Hawley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre: Communicable diseases
ISBN: 9781642650488

The set contains 650 essays on all aspects of infectious diseases, including pathogens and pathogenicity, transmission, the immune system, vaccines, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and social concerns such as bioterrorism. These essays will interest science and premedical students, students of epidemiology and public health, public library patrons, and librarians building collections in science and medicine.

Best Practice Guide on the Control of Arsenic in Drinking Water

Best Practice Guide on the Control of Arsenic in Drinking Water
Author: Prosun Bhattacharya
Publisher: IWA Publishing
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2017-07-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1843393859

Arsenic in drinking water derived from groundwater is arguably the biggest environmental chemical human health risk known at the present time, with well over 100,000,000 people around the world being exposed. Monitoring the hazard, assessing exposure and health risks and implementing effective remediation are therefore key tasks for organisations and individuals with responsibilities related to the supply of safe, clean drinking water. Best Practice Guide on the Control of Arsenic in Drinking Water, covering aspects of hazard distribution, exposure, health impacts, biomonitoring and remediation, including social and economic issues, is therefore a very timely contribution to disseminating useful knowledge in this area. The volume contains 10 short reviews of key aspects of this issue, supplemented by a further 14 case studies, each of which focusses on a particular area or technological or other practice, and written by leading experts in the field. Detailed selective reference lists provide pointers to more detailed guidance on relevant practice. The volume includes coverage of (i) arsenic hazard in groundwater and exposure routes to humans, including case studies in USA, SE Asia and UK; (ii) health impacts arising from exposure to arsenic in drinking water and biomonitoring approaches; (iii) developments in the nature of regulation of arsenic in drinking water; (iv) sampling and monitoring of arsenic, including novel methodologies; (v) approaches to remediation, particularly in the context of water safety planning, and including case studies from the USA, Italy, Poland and Bangladesh; and (vi) socio-economic aspects of remediation, including non-market valuation methods and local community engagement.

The Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria: Contemporary Perspectives

The Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria: Contemporary Perspectives
Author: J.M. Odom
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2013-11-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1461392632

Sulfate-reducing bacteria comprise a diverse and ecologically interactive group of anaerobic prokaryotes which share an extraordinary trait: growth by sulfate respiration with hydrogen sulfide as a major end-product. Sulfate-reducers are found in diverse environments ranging from estuaries to geological oil-bearing formations. They have attracted considerable scientific and commercial interest. These organisms have been actively investigated by researchers in microbial energetics, protein chemistry, ecology and more recently molecular biology. This interest has increased greatly over the past decade, and this volume presents the first book-length summary of our knowledge of sulfate-reducing bacteria in nearly 10 years. Featuring an introduction by the eminent microbiologist John Postgate and comprehensive reviews from recognized authorities, this book will be of interest to microbiologists with interests in physiology, evolution, and ecology.

Bioinorganic Chemistry of Copper

Bioinorganic Chemistry of Copper
Author: K.D. Karlin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 510
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 940116875X

Bioinorganic Chemistry of Copper focuses on the vital role of copper ions in biology, especially as an essential metalloenzyme cofactor. The book is highly interdisciplinary in its approach--the outstanding list of contributors includes coordination chemists, biochemists, biophysicists, and molecular biologists. Chapters are grouped into major areas of research interest in inorganic copper chemistry, spectroscopy, oxygen chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology. The book also discusses basic research of great potential importance to pharmaceutical scientists. This book is based on the first Johns Hopkins University Copper Symposium, held in August 1992. Researchers in chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, and medicinal chemistry will find it to be an essential reference on its subject.

Plant Electrophysiology

Plant Electrophysiology
Author: Alexander G. Volkov
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2007-04-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 354037843X

This book compiles new findings in plant electrophysiology from the work of internationally renowned experts in the fields of electrophysiology, bio-electrochemistry, biophysics, signal transduction, phloem transport, tropisms, ion channels, plant electrochemistry, and membrane transport. Opening with a historical introduction, the book reviews methods in plant electrophysiology, introducing such topics as measuring membrane potentials and ion fluxes, path-clamp technique, and electrochemical sensors. The coverage includes experimental results and their theoretical interpretation.

Infections of the Nervous System

Infections of the Nervous System
Author: David Schlossberg
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1461396980

Dr. David Schlossberg presents his fifth volume in the series Clinical Topics in Infectious Disease, Infections of the Nervous System. This edited monograph brings together the leading authorities in infectious disease, neurology, and radiology to review the diagnosis and treatment of all major neurological infections. Topics covered include meningitis; acute CNS inflammation; infections of CNS shunts; brain and spinal epidural abscesses; the cerebellum and CNS infection; post-infection complications and syndromes; acute viral encephalitis; neurodegenerative peripheral nerve diseases; myelitis; CNS tuberculosis; cryptococcal, fungal, and parasitic infections; neurosyphilis, AIDS; Lyme disease; diagnostic imaging of CNS infection and inflammation; and evaluation of spinal fluid.

Emerging Energetic Materials: Synthesis, Physicochemical, and Detonation Properties

Emerging Energetic Materials: Synthesis, Physicochemical, and Detonation Properties
Author: Dabir S. Viswanath
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 477
Release: 2018-01-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9402412018

This book summarizes science and technology of a new generation of high-energy andinsensitive explosives. The objective is to provide professionals with comprehensiveinformation on the synthesis and the physicochemical and detonation properties ofthe explosives. Potential technologies applicable for treatment of contaminated wastestreams from manufacturing facilities and environmental matrices are also be included.This book provides the reader an insight into the depth and breadth of theoreticaland empirical models and experimental techniques currently being developed in thefield of energetic materials. It presents the latest research by DoD engineers andscientists, and some of DoD’s academic and industrial researcher partners. The topicsexplored and the simulations developed or modified for the purposes of energetics mayfind application in other closely related fields, such as the pharmaceutical industry.One of the key features of the book is the treatment of wastewaters generated duringmanufacturing of these energetic materials.