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Elsevier, 2010.

ISBNs 9780444535603

Colección: ScienceDirect

Resumen (en inglés): In fuel cell research, the gap between fundamental electrochemical processes and the engineering of fuel cell systems is bridged by the physical modelling of fuel cells. This relatively new discipline aims to understand the basic transport and kinetic phenomena in a real cell and stack environment, paving the way for improved design and performance. The author brings his unique approach to the analytical modeling of fuel cells to this essential reference for energy technologists...

Academic Press, 2014.

ISBNs 9780124160026

Colección: ScienceDirect

Resumen (en inglés):

Animal Biotechnology introduces applications of animal biotechnology and implications for human health and welfare. It begins with an introduction to animal cell cultures and genome sequencing analysis and provides readers with a review of available cell and molecular tools. Topics here include the use of transgenic animal models, tissue engineering, nanobiotechnology, and proteomics. The book then delivers in-depth examples of applications in human health and prospects for the future, including cytogenetics and molecular genetics, xenografts, and treatment of HIV and cancers. All this is complemented by a discussion of the ethical and safety considerations in the field.

Animal biotechnology is a broad field encompassing the polarities of fundamental and applied research, including molecular modeling, gene manipulation, development of diagnostics and vaccines, and manipulation of tissue. Given the tools that are currently available and the translational potential for these studies, animal biotechnology has become one of the most essential subjects for those studying life sciences.

• Highlights the latest biomedical applications of genetically modified and cloned animals with a focus on cancer and infectious diseases
• Provides firsthand accounts of the use of biotechnology tools, including molecular markers, stem cells, and tissue engineering

Academic Press, 2013.

ISBNs 9780124158948

Colección: ScienceDirect

Resumen (en inglés):

Animal Models for the Study of Human Disease identifies important animal models and assesses the advantages and disadvantages of each model for the study of human disease. The first section addresses how to locate resources, animal alternatives, animal ethics and related issues, much needed information for researchers across the biological sciences and biomedicine.The next sections of the work offers models for disease-oriented topics, including cardiac and pulmonary diseases, aging, infectious diseases, obesity, diabetes, neurological diseases, joint diseases, visual disorders, cancer, hypertension, genetic diseases, and diseases of abuse.

• Organized by disease orientation for ease of searchability
• Provides information on locating resources, animal alternatives and animal ethics
• Covers a broad range of animal models used in research for human disease

Chandos Publishing, 2015.

ISBNs 9781907568671

Colección: ScienceDirect

Resumen (en inglés): Nanoscience has become one of the key growth areas in recent years. It can be integrated into imaging and therapy to increase the potential for novel applications in the field of photomedicine. In the past commercial applications of nanoscience have been limited to materials science research only, however, in recent years nanoparticles are rapidly being incorporated into industrial and consumer products. This is mainly due to the expansion of biomedical related research and the burgeoning field of nanomedicine. Applications of Nanoscience in Photomedicine covers a wide range of nanomaterials including nanoparticles used for drug delivery and other emerging fields such as optofluidics, imaging and SERS diagnostics. Introductory chapters are followed by a section largely concerned with imaging, and finally a section on nanoscience-enabled therapeutics.

• Covers a comprehensive up-to-date information on nanoscience
• Focuses on the combination of photomedicine with nanotechnology to enhance the diversity of applications
• Pioneers in the field have written their respective chapters
• Opens a plethora of possibilities for developing future nanomedicine
• Easy to understand and yet intensive coverage chapter by chapter

Morgan Kaufmann, 2016.

ISBNs 9780128034682

Colección: ScienceDirect

Resumen (en inglés):

Applied Computing in Medicine and Health is a comprehensive presentation of on-going investigations into current applied computing challenges and advances, with a focus on a particular class of applications, primarily artificial intelligence methods and techniques in medicine and health.

Applied computing is the use of practical computer science knowledge to enable use of the latest technology and techniques in a variety of different fields ranging from business to scientific research. One of the most important and relevant areas in applied computing is the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in health and medicine. Artificial intelligence in health and medicine (AIHM) is assuming the challenge of creating and distributing tools that can support medical doctors and specialists in new endeavors. The material included covers a wide variety of interdisciplinary perspectives concerning the theory and practice of applied computing in medicine, human biology, and health care.

Particular attention is given to AI-based clinical decision-making, medical knowledge engineering, knowledge-based systems in medical education and research, intelligent medical information systems, intelligent databases, intelligent devices and instruments, medical AI tools, reasoning and metareasoning in medicine, and methodological, philosophical, ethical, and intelligent medical data analysis.

• Discusses applications of artificial intelligence in medical data analysis and classifications
• Provides an overview of mobile health and telemedicine with specific examples and case studies
• Explains how behavioral intervention technologies use smart phones to support a patient centered approach
• Covers the design and implementation of medical decision support systems in clinical practice using an applied case study approach

Elsevier, 2015.

ISBNs 9780128021767

Colección: ScienceDirect

Resumen (en inglés):

Applied Drought Modelling, Prediction, and Mitigation provides a practical guide to new and recent methodologies for drought characterizations, change modeling, down-scaling, and future predictions.

The modeling procedures covered by the book include recent advancements in regional drought extent, coverage, intensity, and water deficit predictions, which are increasingly significant given current climate change impacts on water resources.

Each modeling procedure is explained theoretically prior to the mathematical derivation, and includes book examples, exercises, and case studies that supplement the applied and practical material, thus making the approaches accessible and applicable to the reader.

• Presents new and recent methodologies for drought characterizations, change modeling, down-scaling, and future predictions
• Includes online modeling tools to help readers quickly solve drought related problems
• Presents methodologies, including drought features (duration, intensity, and magnitude) at any desired risk level
• Include case studies from arid and semi-arid regions

Academic Press, 2015.

ISBNs 9780128013786

Colección: ScienceDirect

Resumen (en inglés):

Applied Hierarchical Modeling in Ecology: Distribution, Abundance, Species Richness offers a new synthesis of the state-of-the-art of hierarchical models for plant and animal distribution, abundance, and community characteristics such as species richness using data collected in metapopulation designs. These types of data are extremely widespread in ecology and its applications in such areas as biodiversity monitoring and fisheries and wildlife management.

This first volume explains static models/procedures in the context of hierarchical models that collectively represent a unified approach to ecological research, taking the reader from design, through data collection, and into analyses using a very powerful class of models. Applied Hierarchical Modeling in Ecology, Volume 1 serves as an indispensable manual for practicing field biologists, and as a graduate-level text for students in ecology, conservation biology, fisheries/wildlife management, and related fields.

• Provides a synthesis of important classes of models about distribution, abundance, and species richness while accommodating imperfect detection
• Presents models and methods for identifying unmarked individuals and species
• Written in a step-by-step approach accessible to non-statisticians and provides fully worked examples that serve as a template for readers' analyses
• Includes companion website containing data sets, code, solutions to exercises, and further information

3rd ed. New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media, 2005.

ISBNs 9780387225371 9780387274096

Colección: SpringerLink

Academic Press, 2014.

ISBNs 9780124077201

Colección: ScienceDirect

Resumen (en inglés):

Approaches to Research on the Systematics of Fish-Borne Trematodes is a concise guide for systematic studies of the prevalence of fish-borne trematodes both in the endemic areas and experimental laboratories. It includes methods to identify species of fish-borne trematodes to enhance the precision of research studies based on the metacercarial stage.

Misidentification of trematode species is a common occurrence when researchers are new to the field and have no guidance. Consequentially, sometimes publications report inaccurate prevalence rates of these parasites. This compact guide gives clear direction on:

• Collection of parasites in the final hosts
• Collection of cercaria from snail first intermediate hosts
• Collection of metacercaria from fish hosts
• Molecular identification of parasites
• Systematics of fish-borne trematodes

• Provides research guidelines and protocols for studying systematics of fish-borne trematodes using both morphological and molecular data
• Presents keys to enable identification of metacercariae of fish-borne trematodes in the Greater Mekong subregion

2nd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006.

ISBNs 9781933742076

Colección: ScienceDirect