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pH Responsive Membranes Biomedical Applications

pH Responsive Membranes Biomedical Applications

This book provides an application-oriented approach for pH responsive membranes and types of stimuli-responsive membranes and their applications in the biomedical field including initial development and recent use. It explains types modes and modification methods of membranes along with membrane usage in applications such as drug delivery hemodialysis chemical sensing and so forth. pH Responsive Membranes: Biomedical Applications explores recent research carried out in the area as well as the future outlook and provides deeper insight for readers on the subject ranging from the basics to advanced levels on the topic. Features Describes preparation characterization and applications of pH responsive membranes in biomedical applications Introduces theoretical understanding of pH responsiveness Covers development of advanced techniques regarding pH responsive membranes Provides insight into development of new materials and membranes Discusses advancements in drug delivery hemodialysis antibodies and enzyme production chemical sensing and selective ionic transport using pH responsive membranes This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers involved in membrane and chemical engineering/polymer exploration and medical researchers. | pH Responsive Membranes Biomedical Applications

GBP 105.00
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Biosafety and Bioethics in Biotechnology Policy Advocacy and Capacity Building

Biosafety and Bioethics in Biotechnology Policy Advocacy and Capacity Building

This book covers a range of important topics in biotechnology policy advocacy and education bioethics biosafety regulations for genetically modified organisms and gene-edited products and biotechnology manpower development. Throughout the book the contributors review biosafety and bioethical guidelines that could enhance adoption of biotechnology in alignment with national priorities and research agendas. They also discuss the importance of current biotechnology policy advocacy enlightenment and public engagement with stakeholders and policy makers. The book will be useful reference material for scientists and researchers working in the fields of food and agricultural biotechnology biopharmaceuticals and medical biotechnology environmental biotechnology biotechnology policy and advocacy biotechnology communication and manpower development biosafety and bioethics etc. Emphasizes recent advances in biotechnology that could ameliorate the high-level global food insecurity through the deployment of the technology in Nigeria Provides detailed information on how to domesticate biotechnology and boost training of the biotechnology workforce in the universities and research institutes Introduces new frontiers in the area of organizing informal biotechnology capacity building courses and professional certification Reviews biosafety and bioethical guidelines that could enhance adoption of biotechnology in alignment with national priorities and research agendas Discusses current biotechnology policy advocacy enlightenment and public engagement with stakeholders and policy makers Sylvia Uzochukwu Ph. D. is a Professor of Food Science and Biotechnology and Director Biotechnology Centre Federal University Oye-Ekiti Nigeria. Arinze Stanley Okoli Ph. D. is an Associate Professor at Genoek – Centre for Biosafety Universitetet II Breivika Tromsoe Norway. Nwadiuto (Diuoto) Esiobu Ph. D. is a Professor of Microbiology and Biotechnology at Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton FL USA and the President and Founder of Applied Biotech Inc. and ABINL. Emeka Godfrey Nwoba Ph. D. is currently at the Algae Research & Development Centre Murdoch University Western Australia. Christpeace Nwagbo Ezebuiro Ph. D. is a Project Manager Renewable Energy Expert and Head of Clean Technology Division at the National Biotechnology Development Agency Abuja Nigeria. Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji Ph. D. is an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Biotechnology and the Director of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Edo State University Uzairue Nigeria. Abdulrazak B. Ibrahim Ph. D. is a Capacity Development Expert at the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and Associate Professor of Biochemistry Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Nigeria. Benjamin Ewa Ubi Ph. D. is a Professor of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology and Director Biotechnology Research and Development Centre Ebonyi State University Abakaliki Nigeria. | Biosafety and Bioethics in Biotechnology Policy Advocacy and Capacity Building

GBP 115.00
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Microbiomes and Emerging Applications

Microbiomes and Emerging Applications

This book covers a range of important topics and recent advances in metagenomics microbiomes and their emerging applications including microbiota transplantation and its health implications. It also discusses microbiome composition and development in humans. The contributors of this volume provide detailed information on prebiotics and probiotics for enhanced human health. They also introduce microbiomes as the next frontiers in medicine agriculture industry and environment. A chapter is presented that discusses probiotic research studies in Nigeria and Canada that led to the discovery of Lactobacillus pentosus KCA1. The book contains timely knowledge and will be useful reference material for scientists and researchers working in the fields of food and agricultural biotechnology biopharmaceuticals and medical biotechnology fermentation technology environmental biotechnology microbiomes and microbial biotechnology and health care. Emphasizes recent advances in metagenomics and microbiomes and their emerging applications in medicine agriculture industry and environment Provides detailed information on prebiotics and probiotics for enhanced human health Introduces microbiomes as the next frontiers in medicine agriculture industry and environment Reviews microbiota transplantation health implications and the way forward Discusses microbiome-epigenetic-host interactions essential for the physiological functions of the body in health and disease Nwadiuto (Diuto) Esiobu Ph. D. is a Professor of Microbiology and Biotechnology at Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton FL USA and the President and Founder of Applied Biotech Inc. and ABINL. James Chukwuma Ogbonna Ph. D. is a Professor of Microbiology and Biotechnology and Director National Biotechnology Development Agency South East Zonal Biotechnology Centre University of Nigeria Nsukka Nigeria. Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji Ph. D. is an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Biotechnology and Director of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Edo State University Uzairue Nigeria. Olawole O. Obembe Ph. D. is a Professor of Plant Biotechnology and UNESCO Chair Plant Biotechnology Covenant University Ota Nigeria. Ifeoma Maureen Ezeonu Ph. D. is a Professor of Medical Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in the Department of Microbiology University of Nigeria Nsukka Nigeria. Abdulrazak B. Ibrahim Ph. D. is a Capacity Development Expert at the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and Associate Professor of Biochemistry Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Nigeria. Benjamin Ewa Ubi Ph. D. is a Professor of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology and Director Biotechnology Research and Development Centre Ebonyi State University Abakaliki Nigeria. . | Microbiomes and Emerging Applications

GBP 115.00
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Innovation and Application of Engineering Technology Proceedings of the International Symposium on Engineering Technology and Application (I

Innovation and Application of Engineering Technology Proceedings of the International Symposium on Engineering Technology and Application (I

Innovation and Application of Engineering Technology contains the proceeding of International Symposium of Engineering Technology and Application Convocation (ISETA 2017 25-28 May 2017 Montreal Canada). The Symposium provided an international forum for discussion and communication of engineering technology and application of Civil and Environmental Engineering Mining Engineering Risk and Occupational Engineering and other fields related to engineering. Sponsored by Concordia University International Joint Research Laboratory of Henan Province for Underground Space Development Henan Polytechnic University and IJSS Innovation and Application of Engineering Technology will be useful for researchers engineers and graduate and Ph. D. students in related Engineering fields. | Innovation and Application of Engineering Technology Proceedings of the International Symposium on Engineering Technology and Application (I

GBP 140.00
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Banach Limit and Applications

Banach Limit and Applications

Banach Limit and Applications provides all the results in the area of Banach Limit its extensions generalizations and applications to various fields in one go (as far as possible). All the results in this field after Banach introduced this concept in 1932 were scattered till now. Sublinear functionals generating and dominating Banach Limit unique Banach Limit (almost convergence) invariant means and invariant limits absolute and strong almost convergence applications to ergodicity law of large numbers Fourier series uniform distribution of sequences uniform density core theorems and functional Banach limits are discussed in this book. The discovery of functional analysis such as the Hahn-Banach Theorem and the Banach-Steinhaus Theorem helped the researchers to develop a modern rich and unified theory of sequence spaces by encompassing classical summability theory via matrix transformations and the topics related to sequence spaces which arose from the concept of Banach limits all of which are presented in this book. The unique features of this book are as follows: All the results in this area which were scattered till now are in one place. The book is the first of its kind in the sense that there is no other competitive book. The contents of this monograph did not appear in any book form before. The audience of this book are the researchers in this area and Ph. D. and advanced master’s students. The book is suitable for one- or two-semester course work for Ph. D. students M. S. students in North America and Europe and M. Phil. and master’s students in India.

GBP 130.00
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Microbial Surfactants Volume I: Production and Applications

Microbial Surfactants Volume I: Production and Applications

Biosurfactants are the surface-active biomolecules produced by microorganisms. Biosurfactants have gained commercial significance due to their unique properties such as high surface activity high specificity low toxicity tolerance to pH temperature and ionic strength biodegradability excellent emulsifying and demulsifying ability antimicrobial activity ability to work under extreme conditions and relative ease of preparation. Biosurfactants are used in several industries including organic chemicals petroleum petrochemicals mining metallurgy (mainly bioleaching) agrochemicals fertilizers foods beverages cosmetics pharmaceuticals and many others. The aim of this book is to highlight key aspects from basics to advanced concepts classifications production and applications in various fields such as agriculture health bioremediation industries pharmaceutical oil recovery environment and nanotechnology. It also serves as an excellent and expansive literature on fermentation recovery genomics and metagenomics of biosurfactant production. The book focuses on the biosurfactant production from bacteria the diversity of biosurfactant producing bacteria and industrial need of biosurfactant. | Microbial Surfactants Volume I: Production and Applications

GBP 115.00
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Integration of WSNs into Internet of Things A Security Perspective

Integration of WSNs into Internet of Things A Security Perspective

The Internet has gone from an Internet of people to an Internet of Things (IoT). This has brought forth strong levels of complexity in handling interoperability that involves the integrating of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) into IoT. This book offers insights into the evolution usage challenges and proposed countermeasures associated with the integration. Focusing on the integration of WSNs into IoT and shedding further light on the subtleties of such integration this book aims to highlight the encountered problems and provide suitable solutions. It throws light on the various types of threats that can attack both WSNs and IoT along with the recent approaches to counter them. This book is designed to be the first choice of reference at research and development centers academic institutions university libraries and any institution interested in the integration of WSNs into IoT. Undergraduate and postgraduate students Ph. D. scholars industry technologists young entrepreneurs and researchers working in the field of security and privacy in IoT are the primary audience of this book. | Integration of WSNs into Internet of Things A Security Perspective

GBP 130.00
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Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education A Practical Approach

Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education A Practical Approach

The global adoption of technology in education is transforming the way we teach and learn. Artificial Intelligence is one of the disruptive techniques to customize the experience of different learning groups teachers and tutors. This book offers knowledge in intelligent teaching/learning systems and advances in e-learning and assessment systems. The book highlights the broad field of artificial intelligence applications in education regarding any type of artificial intelligence that is correlated with education. It discusses learning methodologies intelligent tutoring systems intelligent student guidance and assessments intelligent education chatbots and artificial tutors and presents the practicality and applicability implications of AI in education. The book offers new and current research along with case studies showing the latest techniques and educational activities. The book will find interest with academicians which includes teachers students of various disciplines higher education policymakers who believe in transforming the education industry and research scholars who are pursuing their Ph. D. or Post Doc. in the field of Education Technology Education and Learning etc. and those working in the area of Education Technology and Artificial Intelligence such industry professionals in education management and e-learning companies. | Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education A Practical Approach

GBP 105.00
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Towards a New Philosophy The Unpublished Writings of K. Satchidananda Murty

Towards a New Philosophy The Unpublished Writings of K. Satchidananda Murty

Kotta Satchidananda Murty (1924–2011) was a vociferous writer and an iconoclast. In recognition of his contribution in the field of Philosophy he was awarded the highly coveted BC Roy Award in Philosophy and Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India. This volume is a collection of his unpublished writings. It presents Murty’s unpublished keynote addresses papers presented in seminars and lectures which show his reflections and arguments in contrast to contemporary philosophers with regard to recent developments in philosophy. The writings reveal Murty’s rejection of established theories by well-known eastern and western philosophers as well as his arguments in their support and present a new interpretation of their contention in the contemporary idiom. Murty critically evaluates the contemporary arguments of Malcolm James Ross Alvin Plantinga Charles Hawthorne Jean-Paul Sartre Anthony Flew EH Madden and PH Hare. An important contribution the book assesses K. Satchidananda Murty’s contribution to philosophy during sixty-one years of his engagement with active writing and teaching. It will be of great interest to scholars teachers and students of Indian philosophy Hindu philosophy Vedāntic philosophy Advaita Vedānta comparative philosophy religious studies and South Asian studies. | Towards a New Philosophy The Unpublished Writings of K. Satchidananda Murty

GBP 130.00
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The Ideal of the University

The Ideal of the University

The Ideal of the University is a lucid comprehensive analysis of the rationale principles and presuppositions that make contemporary universities what they are. The book begins with four sharp carefully delineated models of a university. After analyzing such controversial issues as the role of grading in the university and the myth of value neutrality. Wolff turns to the crucial question of how the university should be governed. He argues for a radical reconstruction based on a social contract that would place ultimate authority in the hands of the faculty and students. The book concludes with a series of practical proposals for Utopian reform including such provocative recommendations as a variable-length ungraded undergraduate program and elimination of the Ph. D. degree. In his introduction to this new edition Wolff expands upon his original speculations to argue in substantive detail for the liberating potential of the liberal arts. Drawing upon Freud and Marcuse Wolff proposes that literature art and philosophy embody a promise of gratification that engenders a negative critique of the social and cultural status quo. The rationale for the liberal arts university is society's need for a reservoir of critical thinking that is the motor of social economic and political progress. Elegantly written and passionately argued; The Ideal of the University is essential reading for educators and sociologists.

GBP 130.00
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Lactic acid fermentation of human excreta for agricultural application

Lactic acid fermentation of human excreta for agricultural application

Human excreta is a valuable fertilizer for improving soil quality and crop productivity with a potential to replace or complement the mineral fertilizers. The main challenges related to human excreta regarding agricultural applications are microbial contamination risks loss of nutrients and odor issues. Fertilization by lacto-fermented faeces supplemented by biochar has benefits such as improved soil bulk density nitrate and potassium concentrations as well as the yield and yield components of corn compared to untreated simple stored faeces urine cattle manure and unfertilized controls. Even though the mineral fertilizer produced corn with significantly higher height and leaf length it did not add significantly higher yields than lacto-fermented faeces supplemented by biochar. A faeces treatment process by combined lacto-fermentation with thermophilic composting and biochar supplementation had better reduction of coliforms Escherichia coli Enterococcus faecalis and Clostridium perfringens and higher germination of radish and growth of tomatoes than combined lacto-fermentation with vermicomposting. Urine lacto-fermentation contributed to a pH reduction below 4 a decrease in the ammonium concentration and odor strength as well as an increase in the germination rates compared to untreated stored urine. The results of this study provide important information that can set the basis for scaling up a sustainable technology for the treatment of source separated human excreta while improving its potential for resource recovery. | Lactic acid fermentation of human excreta for agricultural application

GBP 89.99
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Pencils of Cubics and Algebraic Curves in the Real Projective Plane

Pencils of Cubics and Algebraic Curves in the Real Projective Plane

Pencils of Cubics and Algebraic Curves in the Real Projective Plane thoroughly examines the combinatorial configurations of n generic points in RP². Especially how it is the data describing the mutual position of each point with respect to lines and conics passing through others. The first section in this book answers questions such as can one count the combinatorial configurations up to the action of the symmetric group? How are they pairwise connected via almost generic configurations? These questions are addressed using rational cubics and pencils of cubics for n = 6 and 7. The book’s second section deals with configurations of eight points in the convex position. Both the combinatorial configurations and combinatorial pencils are classified up to the action of the dihedral group D8. Finally the third section contains plentiful applications and results around Hilbert’s sixteenth problem. The author meticulously wrote this book based upon years of research devoted to the topic. The book is particularly useful for researchers and graduate students interested in topology algebraic geometry and combinatorics. Features: Examines how the shape of pencils depends on the corresponding configurations of points Includes topology of real algebraic curves Contains numerous applications and results around Hilbert’s sixteenth problem About the Author: Séverine Fiedler-le Touzé has published several papers on this topic and has been invited to present at many conferences. She holds a Ph. D. from University Rennes1 and was a post-doc at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley California.

GBP 115.00
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Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science Volume 1 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Manag

Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science Volume 1 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Manag

Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science contains the selected papers resulting from the 2022 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Management Science (ICUEMS 2022). Covering a wide range of topics the Proceedings of ICUEMS 2022 presents the latest developments in: (i) Architecture and Urban Planning (Architectural design and its theory Urban planning and design Building technology science Urban protection and regeneration Urban development strategy Ecological construction and intelligent control Sustainable infrastructure); (ii) Logistics and supply chain management (Warehousing and distribution Logistics outsourcing Logistics automation Production and material flow Supply chain management technology Supply chain risk management Global service supply chain management Supply Chain Planning and Inventory Management Coordination and collaboration of supply chain networks Governance and regulatory aspects affecting supply chain management); (iii) Urban traffic management (Smart grid management Belt and Road Development Intelligent traffic analysis and planning management Big data and transportation management). The Proceedings of ICUEMS 2022 will be useful to professionals academics and Ph. D. students interested in the above-mentioned fields. Emphasis was put on basic methodologies scientific development and engineering applications. ICUEMS 2022 is to provide a platform for experts scholars engineers and technical researchers engaged in the related fields of urban engineering management to share scientific research achievements and cutting-edge technologies understand academic development trends broaden research ideas strengthen academic research and discussion and promote the industrialization cooperation of academic achievements. Experts scholars business people and other relevant personnel from universities and research institutions at home and abroad are cordially invited to attend and exchange. | Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science Volume 1 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Manag

GBP 140.00
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Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science Volume 2 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Manag

Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science Volume 2 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Manag

Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science contains the selected papers resulting from the 2022 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Management Science (ICUEMS 2022). Covering a wide range of topics the Proceedings of ICUEMS 2022 presents the latest developments in: (i) Architecture and Urban Planning (Architectural design and its theory Urban planning and design Building technology science Urban protection and regeneration Urban development strategy Ecological construction and intelligent control Sustainable infrastructure); (ii) Logistics and supply chain management (Warehousing and distribution Logistics outsourcing Logistics automation Production and material flow Supply chain management technology Supply chain risk management Global service supply chain management Supply Chain Planning and Inventory Management Coordination and collaboration of supply chain networks Governance and regulatory aspects affecting supply chain management); (iii) Urban traffic management (Smart grid management Belt and Road Development Intelligent traffic analysis and planning management Big data and transportation management). The Proceedings of ICUEMS 2022 will be useful to professionals academics and Ph. D. students interested in the above-mentioned fields. Emphasis was put on basic methodologies scientific development and engineering applications. ICUEMS 2022 is to provide a platform for experts scholars engineers and technical researchers engaged in the related fields of urban engineering management to share scientific research achievements and cutting-edge technologies understand academic development trends broaden research ideas strengthen academic research and discussion and promote the industrialization cooperation of academic achievements. Experts scholars business people and other relevant personnel from universities and research institutions at home and abroad are cordially invited to attend and exchange. | Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science Volume 2 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Manag

GBP 140.00
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Ethnopharmacological Properties Biological Activity and Phytochemical Attributes of Medicinal Plants Volume 3

Ethnopharmacological Properties Biological Activity and Phytochemical Attributes of Medicinal Plants Volume 3

This book covers the morphological characteristics ethnopharmacological properties isolated and identified structurally diverse secondary metabolites biological and pharmacological activities of medicinal plants. Ethnopharmacology is the systematic study of folklore/traditional medicines which continue to provide innovative drugs and lead molecules for the pharmaceutical industry. In fact plant secondary metabolites used as a single molecule or as a mixture are medicines that can be effective and safe even when synthetic drugs fail. Therefore the description of these secondary metabolites as well as methods for the targeted expression and/or purification is of high interest. In addition to surveying the morphological features ethnopharmacological properties biological and pharmacological activities and studies of clinical trials this book offers a comprehensive treatment of 56 plant species. It also presents the cell culture conditions and various methods used for increasing the production of medicinally important secondary metabolites in plant cell cultures. This volume: · Provides the morphological features habitat and distribution of each species of 56 genera selected from the different regions of the world. · Presents ethnopharmacological applications of various species of included 56 genera of this book. Different species of 56 genera are used for ethnomedicinal uses by the people of various countries of the world. · Describes structures of various secondary metabolites identified in 56 plant species together with their biological and pharmacological activities. · Discusses strategies of secondary metabolites production such as organ culture pH elicitation hairy root cultures light and mutagenesis. · Provides a complete overview of each species of 56 genera and complete information up to year 2022. Ethnopharmacological Properties Biological Activity and Phytochemical Attributes of Medicinal Plants is an important book for undergraduate and postgraduate students pharmacologists phytochemists Ayurvedic practitioners medical doctors and biotechnologists interested in the ethnopharmacological properties phytochemistry and biological and pharmacological activities of plants. | Ethnopharmacological Properties Biological Activity and Phytochemical Attributes of Medicinal Plants Volume 3

GBP 150.00
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Silicon Photonics for High-Performance Computing and Beyond

Silicon Photonics for High-Performance Computing and Beyond

Silicon photonics is beginning to play an important role in driving innovations in communication and computation for an increasing number of applications from health care and biomedical sensors to autonomous driving datacenter networking and security. In recent years there has been a significant amount of effort in industry and academia to innovate design develop analyze optimize and fabricate systems employing silicon photonics shaping the future of not only Datacom and telecom technology but also high-performance computing and emerging computing paradigms such as optical computing and artificial intelligence. Different from existing books in this area Silicon Photonics for High-Performance Computing and Beyond presents a comprehensive overview of the current state-of-the-art technology and research achievements in applying silicon photonics for communication and computation. It focuses on various design development and integration challenges reviews the latest advances spanning materials devices circuits systems and applications. Technical topics discussed in the book include: • Requirements and the latest advances in high-performance computing systems• Device- and system-level challenges and latest improvements to deploy silicon photonics in computing systems• Novel design solutions and design automation techniques for silicon photonic integrated circuits• Novel materials devices and photonic integrated circuits on silicon• Emerging computing technologies and applications based on silicon photonics Silicon Photonics for High-Performance Computing and Beyond presents a compilation of 19 outstanding contributions from academic and industry pioneers in the field. The selected contributions present insightful discussions and innovative approaches to understand current and future bottlenecks in high-performance computing systems and traditional computing platforms and the promise of silicon photonics to address those challenges. It is ideal for researchers and engineers working in the photonics electrical and computer engineering industries as well as academic researchers and graduate students (M. S. and Ph. D. ) in computer science and engineering electronic and electrical engineering applied physics photonics and optics.

GBP 150.00
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Natural Products Alternate Therapeutic as Quorum Sensing (QS) Inhibitors

Natural Products Alternate Therapeutic as Quorum Sensing (QS) Inhibitors

Microbial biofilm plays an important role in the life cycle of microorganisms surviving in diverse and harsh environments such as extremes of temperatures pH salinity nutrient scarcity etc. Biofilm formation is a survival strategy adopted by microorganisms allowing colonization in new niches by dispersal of microbes from the microbial clusters embedded within an outer polymer layer produced by the microorganism itself. This layer comprises of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) that helps the indwelling microbes to grow and divide in a protected environment against invaders like antimicrobial agents surfactant biocides and phagocytic cells of host organisms. Thus EPS matrix prevents the penetration of antimicrobials thereby allowing the indwelling microbes to survive and give rise to antimicrobial resistance posing threat to human health. The present book highlights a detailed analysis of the mechanism of biofilm formation in both Gram positive and Gram-negative bacteria and the role of quorum sensing signaling mechanism in the genetic regulation pathway. The book titled Natural Products: Alternative therapeutics as Quorum Sensing (QS) inhibitors provides a detailed and systematic review of mechanism of quorum sensing in both Gram positive and Gram-negative bacteria and alternative pharmacological developments as a potent solution to the rise of antimicrobial resistance during biofilm formation. Features: A systematic overview of the mechanism of quorum sensing in the development of microbial biofilms Biofilm formation and its role in the emergence of antimicrobial resistance Recent pharmacological development of antibiofilm remedies involving biogenic compounds This book serves as a reference book for researchers investigating the progression of events during microbial biofilm formation starting from the genetic cascade regulating quorum sensing to secretion of autoinducers and design of safer methodologies for the successful eradication of microbial biofilm. It may also be used as a textbook for a undergraduate level course in microbiology or microbial biotechnology. | Natural Products Alternate Therapeutic as Quorum Sensing (QS) Inhibitors

GBP 110.00
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Ethnopharmacological Properties Biological Activity and Phytochemical Attributes of Medicinal Plants Volume 4

Ethnopharmacological Properties Biological Activity and Phytochemical Attributes of Medicinal Plants Volume 4

This book covers the morphological characteristics ethnopharmacological properties isolated and identified structurally diverse secondary metabolites biological and pharmacological activities of medicinal plants. Ethnopharmacology is the systematic study of folklore/traditional medicines which continue to provide innovative drugs and lead molecules for the pharmaceutical industry. In fact plant secondary metabolites used as a single molecule or as a mixture are medicines that can be effective and safe even when synthetic drugs fail. Therefore the description of these secondary metabolites as well as methods for the targeted expression and/or purification is of high interest. In addition to surveying the morphological features ethnopharmacological properties biological and pharmacological activities and studies of clinical trials this book offers a comprehensive treatment of 56 plant species. It also presents the cell culture conditions and various methods used for increasing the production of medicinally important secondary metabolites in plant cell cultures. This volume: Provides the morphological features habitat and distribution of each species of 56 genera selected from the different regions of the world. Presents ethnopharmacological applications of various species of the 56 genera in this book. Different species of 56 genera are used for ethnomedicinal uses by the people of various countries of the world. Describes structures of various secondary metabolites identified in 56 plant species together with their biological and pharmacological activities. Discusses strategies of secondary metabolites production such as organ culture pH elicitation hairy root cultures light and mutagenesis. Provides a complete overview of each species of 56 genera and the complete information up to 2022. Ethnopharmacological Properties Biological Activity and Phytochemical Attributes of Medicinal Plants is an important book for undergraduate and postgraduate students pharmacologists phytochemists Ayurvedic practitioners medical doctors and biotechnologists interested in the ethnopharmacological properties phytochemistry biological and pharmacological activities of plants. | Ethnopharmacological Properties Biological Activity and Phytochemical Attributes of Medicinal Plants Volume 4

GBP 150.00
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Statistical Machine Learning A Unified Framework

Statistical Machine Learning A Unified Framework

The recent rapid growth in the variety and complexity of new machine learning architectures requires the development of improved methods for designing analyzing evaluating and communicating machine learning technologies. Statistical Machine Learning: A Unified Framework provides students engineers and scientists with tools from mathematical statistics and nonlinear optimization theory to become experts in the field of machine learning. In particular the material in this text directly supports the mathematical analysis and design of old new and not-yet-invented nonlinear high-dimensional machine learning algorithms. Features: Unified empirical risk minimization framework supports rigorous mathematical analyses of widely used supervised unsupervised and reinforcement machine learning algorithms Matrix calculus methods for supporting machine learning analysis and design applications Explicit conditions for ensuring convergence of adaptive batch minibatch MCEM and MCMC learning algorithms that minimize both unimodal and multimodal objective functions Explicit conditions for characterizing asymptotic properties of M-estimators and model selection criteria such as AIC and BIC in the presence of possible model misspecification This advanced text is suitable for graduate students or highly motivated undergraduate students in statistics computer science electrical engineering and applied mathematics. The text is self-contained and only assumes knowledge of lower-division linear algebra and upper-division probability theory. Students professional engineers and multidisciplinary scientists possessing these minimal prerequisites will find this text challenging yet accessible. About the Author: Richard M. Golden (Ph. D. M. S. E. E. B. S. E. E. ) is Professor of Cognitive Science and Participating Faculty Member in Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Golden has published articles and given talks at scientific conferences on a wide range of topics in the fields of both statistics and machine learning over the past three decades. His long-term research interests include identifying conditions for the convergence of deterministic and stochastic machine learning algorithms and investigating estimation and inference in the presence of possibly misspecified probability models. | Statistical Machine Learning A Unified Framework

GBP 99.99
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The Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha 1929-1942 A Study of an Indian Peasant Movement

The Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha 1929-1942 A Study of an Indian Peasant Movement

On December 5th 1920 in Patna the Dasnami sannyasi Sahajanand Saraswati encountered Mahatma Gandhi for the first time. Sahajanand was already known in social-reform circles in Bihar as an energetic activist and educator working to promote Bhumihar Brahman identity. Inspired by the Mahatma’s radical reformulation of Indian nationalism ‘the Swami’ (as Sahajanand would soon come to be known) threw himself into nationalist politics and the Indian National Congress. Within a decade moved by the plight of tenant-farmers struggling against excessive rent demands and abusive landlord ‘exactions’ the Swami had spearheaded the formation of the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha. This organization quickly became the largest organization of its kind in India catapulting the Swami onto the national stage. By the early mid-1930s the Swami had publicly broken with both the Mahatma and the ‘Gandhians’ and had made common cause with the left wing of the Congress. Later as the storm clouds of World War II gathered on the horizon he joined forces with the Forward Bloc and the Communist Party of India. By the time of his death in 1950 the Swami disillusioned with politics had dissociated himself from all parties. This pioneering 1961 study by Walter Hauser tracks the history of the Bihar peasant movement as it both influenced and was buffeted by national and international politics. Hauser offers here a penetrating analysis of the character of the movement and the mind of its leader as he grappled with and gravitated toward Marxism-Leninism in the 1930s and 1940s. Initially written as a Ph. D. dissertation at the University of Chicago Hauser’s path-breaking Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha 1929-1942 is now being published in its entirety for the first time. The volume includes a ‘Foreword’ by one of Hauser’s many students William R. Pinch. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka | The Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha 1929-1942 A Study of an Indian Peasant Movement

GBP 130.00
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Fundamentals of Optical Networks and Components

Fundamentals of Optical Networks and Components

This book is intended as an undergraduate/postgraduate level textbook for courses on high-speed optical networks as well as computer networks. Nine chapters cover the basic principles of the technology and different devices for optical networks as well as processing of integrated waveguide devices of optical networks using different technologies. It provides students researchers and practicing engineers with an expert guide to the fundamental concepts issues and state-of-the-art developments in optical networks. It includes examples throughout all the chapters of the book to aid understanding of basic problems and solutions. Presents basics of the optical network devices and discusses latest developments Includes examples and exercises throughout all the chapters of the book to aid understanding of basic problems and solutions for undergraduate and postgraduate students Discusses different optical network node architectures and their components Includes basic theories and latest developments of hardware devices with their fabrication technologies (such as optical switch wavelength router wavelength division multiplexer/demultiplexer and add/drop multiplexer) helpful for researchers to initiate research on this field and to develop research problem-solving capability Reviews fiber-optic networks without WDM and single-hop and multi-hop WDM optical networks P. P. Sahu received his M. Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and his Ph. D. degree in engineering from Jadavpur University India. In 1991 he joined Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Limited where he has been engaged in R&D works related to optical fiber components and telecommunication instruments. In 1996 he joined Northeastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology as a faculty member. At present he is working as a professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Tezpur Central University India. His field of interest is integrated optic and electronic circuits wireless and optical communication clinical instrumentation green energy etc. He has received an INSA teacher award (instituted by the highest academic body Indian National Science Academy) for high level of teaching and research. He has published more than 90 papers in peer-reviewed international journals 60 papers in international conference and has written five books published by Springer Nature McGraw-Hill. Dr Sahu is a Fellow of the Optical Society of India Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education and Senior Member of the IEEE. | Fundamentals of Optical Networks and Components

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Probability and Statistics for Computer Scientists

Probability and Statistics for Computer Scientists

Praise for the Second Edition: The author has done his homework on the statistical tools needed for the particular challenges computer scientists encounter. [He] has taken great care to select examples that are interesting and practical for computer scientists. . The content is illustrated with numerous figures and concludes with appendices and an index. The book is erudite and … could work well as a required text for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course. Computing Reviews Probability and Statistics for Computer Scientists Third Edition helps students understand fundamental concepts of Probability and Statistics general methods of stochastic modeling simulation queuing and statistical data analysis; make optimal decisions under uncertainty; model and evaluate computer systems; and prepare for advanced probability-based courses. Written in a lively style with simple language and now including R as well as MATLAB this classroom-tested book can be used for one- or two-semester courses. Features: Axiomatic introduction of probability Expanded coverage of statistical inference and data analysis including estimation and testing Bayesian approach multivariate regression chi-square tests for independence and goodness of fit nonparametric statistics and bootstrap Numerous motivating examples and exercises including computer projects Fully annotated R codes in parallel to MATLAB Applications in computer science software engineering telecommunications and related areas In-Depth yet Accessible Treatment of Computer Science-Related TopicsStarting with the fundamentals of probability the text takes students through topics heavily featured in modern computer science computer engineering software engineering and associated fields such as computer simulations Monte Carlo methods stochastic processes Markov chains queuing theory statistical inference and regression. It also meets the requirements of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). About the Author Michael Baron is David Carroll Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at American University in Washington D. C. He conducts research in sequential analysis and optimal stopping change-point detection Bayesian inference and applications of statistics in epidemiology clinical trials semiconductor manufacturing and other fields. M. Baron is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and a recipient of the Abraham Wald Prize for the best paper in Sequential Analysis and the Regents Outstanding Teaching Award. M. Baron holds a Ph. D. in statistics from the University of Maryland. In his turn he supervised twelve doctoral students mostly employed on academic and research positions.

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Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics An Introduction with Applications

Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics An Introduction with Applications

Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (NESM) practically synonymous with time-dependent statistical mechanics (TDSM) is a beautiful and profound subject vast in scope diverse in applications and indispensable in understanding the changing natural phenomena we encounter in the physical chemical and biological world. Although time dependent phenomena have been studied from antiquity the modern subject the nonequilibrium statistical mechanics has its genesis in Boltzmann’s 1872 classic paper that aimed at extending Maxwell’s kinetic theory of gases by including intermolecular interactions. Subsequent development of the subject drew upon the seminal work of Einstein and Langevin on Brownian motion Rayleigh and Stokes on hydrodynamics and on the works of Onsager Prigogine Kramers Kubo Mori and Zwanzig. One major goal of this book is to develop and present NESM in an organized fashion so that students can appreciate and understand the flow of the subject from postulates to practical uses. This book takes the students on a journey from fundamentals to applications mostly using simple mathematics and fundamental concepts. With the advent of computers and computational packages and techniques a deep intuitive understanding can allow the students to tackle fairly complex problems like proteins in lipid membranes or solvation of ions in electrolytes used in batteries. The subject is still evolving rapidly with forays into complex biological events and materials science. Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics: An Introduction with Applications is thus an introductory text that aims to provide students with a background and skill essential to study and understand time-dependent (relaxation) phenomena. It will allow students to calculate transport properties like diffusion and conductivity. The book also teaches the methods to calculate reaction rate on a multi-dimensional energy surface in another such application. For a beginner in the field especially for one with an aim to study chemistry and biology and also physics one major difficulty faced is a lack of organization of the available study material. Since NESM is a vast subject with many different theoretical tools the above poses a problem. This book lays the foundations towards understanding time- dependent phenomena in a simple and systematic fashion. It is accessible to students and researchers who have basic training in physics and mathematics. The book can be used to teach advanced undergraduates. Some involved topics like the projection operator technique and mode coupling theory are more suitable for Ph. D. level. | Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics An Introduction with Applications

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Neuromuscular Fundamentals How Our Musculature is Controlled

Neuromuscular Fundamentals How Our Musculature is Controlled

This book is rather unique in its approach and coverage. The approach is essentially that of an engineering textbook emphasizing the quantitative aspects and highlighting the fundamentals and basic concepts involved. The coverage progresses in a logical and systematic manner from the subcellular starting with the electrophysiology of the cell membrane then proceeding to synapses neurons and muscle before considering neuronal motor ensembles and the neuromuscular system as a whole. Simple clear and comprehensive explanations are given throughout. After an introductory chapter on some background material in biology biophysics and chemical kinetics a substantial part of the book (Chapters 2-8) necessarily covers in considerable detail the basic components and processes that underlie the electrical and associated activities of the nervous system. The remaining chapters of the book (Chapters 9-13) focus on the neuromuscular system starting with the structure of muscle cells the generation of force by muscular contraction and muscle receptors. The last chapter examines aspects of the control of movement motor learning and memory the maintenance of posture and locomotion and critically examines some of the theories that have been advanced to explain how movement is controlled. The book is intended for undergraduate or graduate students in the natural sciences mathematics or engineering who seek a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of neuroscience and the somatomotor system in accordance with the aforementioned objectives. The book can serve as a textbook for a one-semester course on the neuromuscular system or as a reference in a more general course on neuroscience. Provides a thorough analytical treatment of membrane electrophysiology starting from the first principles Emphasizes strongly the basic and fundamental concepts throughout Discusses thoroughly the essential features and properties of the basic constituents of the nervous system that is neurons and synapses including the neuromuscular junction Explains the main aspects of posture locomotion and control of movement Includes practice problems throughout the text and a solutions manual will be available for adopting professors Nassir Sabah is professor of biomedical engineering in the electrical and computer engineering department at the American University of Beirut Lebanon. He received his B. Sc. (Hons. Class I) and his M. Sc. in electrical engineering from the University of Birmingham U. K. and his Ph. D. in biophysical sciences from the State University of New York (SUNY/Buffalo). He has served as Chairman of the Electrical Engineering Department Director of the Institute of Computer Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the American University of Beirut. In these capacities he was responsible for the development of programs curricula and courses in electrical biomedical communications and computer engineering. Professor Sabah has extensive professional experience in the fields of electrical engineering electronics and computer systems with more than 35 years’ teaching experience in neuroengineering biomedical engineering electronics and electric circuits. He has over 100 technical publications mainly in neurophysiology biophysics and biomedical instrumentation. He has served on numerous committees and panels in Lebanon and the region. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET U. K. ) a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). | Neuromuscular Fundamentals How Our Musculature is Controlled

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Advancement of Melatonin Research in Plants Multi-Faceted Role in Regulating Development and Stress Protection

Advancement of Melatonin Research in Plants Multi-Faceted Role in Regulating Development and Stress Protection

Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) is a widely studied biomolecule and its function has been investigated in bacteria mammals birds amphibians reptiles fish and plants. Melatonin research in plants the last five years has attained an exponential growth phase and the number of publications related to phytomelatonin has significantly increased in present times. All this research is directed towards establishing multifarious roles of melatonin in plants including the promotion of seed germination and seedling growth influencing plant development and senescence alteration of flowering and fruiting time and grain yield modulating circadian rhythms improving resistance against biotic stress as well as tolerance to abiotic stress reducing oxidative stress and stimulating plant immune response. However to date an exhaustive book solely and exclusively dedicated to melatonin research on various aspects of plant biology has not been published by any renowned publisher or is available in the market. Keeping all these facts in mind this book aims to compile the most recent developments in the arena of melatonin-mediated regulation of plant physiology under optimal and sub-optimal conditions. This book will initiate and introduce the readers to the state-of-the-art developments and trends in this field of study and will largely cater to the scientific need of scientists engaged in melatonin research across the globe. The book will be unique of its kind and will draw the attention of scientific and research communities engaged in the field of melatonin research. The key features of this book: Authors will address the topics which would provide advances in the understanding of diverse functions of melatonin in plants encompassing almost all the aspects that have been investigated so far Integrate the overall mechanistic function of melatonin genomics and proteomics tools and genetic engineering to manipulate endogenous melatonin levels thus giving a holistic view of plant-level studies under normal or challenging situations Largely help the readers to design future research programs in exploiting melatonin as a protective agent to develop climate-resilient and pathogen-resistant plants Benefit the crop protection program and ensure food security Chapters will be supplemented with ample illustrations and figures This book will be beneficial to research scholars and Ph. D. students involved in melatonin research and working on stress physiology stress proteins genomics proteomics and genetic engineering in different universities and research institutes all over the world. The book can also be used as an advanced reference book for the coursework of research and master’s level students. It will be of use to people involved in improving plant growth and yield as well as the performance of plant species in the face of climate change and pathogen infection using melatonin as the prime protective agent and signaling molecule. Although the book will directly benefit the academic and scientific community it will also indirectly draw the attention of industries or companies that manufacture or sell chemical products since the book will highlight in detail the antioxidative potential of melatonin. This will create impetus at the industrial level for the isolation and synthesis of melatonin as a beneficial chemical agent. Applying melatonin as an ameliorating agent against different stresses at the field level will also increase the demand for this chemical among the farmers and will promote large-scale sales and utilization of melatonin for ensuring crop protection and increasing yield. | Advancement of Melatonin Research in Plants Multi-Faceted Role in Regulating Development and Stress Protection

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