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Endothelial : A Comprehensive Reference ISBN 0511332165 Size 35620K Author Aird, William C.(ed.) Price 250.8 USD Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Discription The endothelium, the cell layer that forms the inner lining of blood vessels, is a spatially distributed system that extends to all areas of the human body. Clinical and basic research demonstrates that the endothelium plays a crucial role in mediating homeostasis and is involved in virtually every disease, either as a primary determinant of pathophysiology or as a victim of collateral damage. The endothelium has remarkable, though largely untapped, diagnostic and therapeutic potential. This volume bridges the bench-to-bedside gap in endothelial biomedicine, advancing research and development and improving human health. The book is the first to systematically integrate knowledge about the endothelium from different organ-specific disciplines, including neurology, pulmonary, cardiology, gastroenterology, rheumatology, infectious disease, hematology-oncology, nephrology, and dermatology. It's interdisciplinary approach, which draws on expertise from such diverse fields as evolutionary , comparative biology, molecular and , mathematical modeling and complexity theory, translational research, and clinical . Biomedicine in the Twentieth Century: Practices, Policies, and Politics ISBN 1433711370 Size 5601K Author Hannaway, C.(ed.) Price 200.2 USD Publisher IOS PRESS

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Biomedicine as Culture: Instrumental Practices, Technoscientific Knowledge, and New Modes of Life ISBN 0203941586 Size 2312K Author BURRI, REGULA VALÉRIE(ED.) ; DUMIT, Price 104.5 USD JOSEPH(ED.) Publisher TAYLOR & FRANCIS Discription This volume offers interdisciplinary perspectives on contemporary biomedicine as a cultural practice. The collection of essays brings together leading scholars from cultural anthropology, sociology, history, and science studies to conduct a critical dialogue on the culture(s) of biomedical practice, discussing its epistemic, material, and social implications. The essays look at the ways new biomedical knowledge is constructed within hospitals and academic settings and at how this knowledge changes perceptions, material arrangements, and social relations, not only within clinics and scientific communities, but especially once it is diffused into a broader cultural context.

Raptor Biomedicine ISBN 0816684928 Size 23705K Author REDIG, PATRICK T.(ED.) ; COOPER, JOHN Price 55 USD E.(ED.) ; REMPLE, J. DAVID(ED.) Publisher UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS Discription Raptor Biomedicine is an essential resource to all those associated with the care and conservation of raptors. Falconers and managers of captive birds will gain useful information that will promote the understanding and practice of preventative medicine, and field biologists, veterinarians, and rehabilitators will acquire new perspectives on disease and environmental factors that determine the survival of casualty birds and influence population dynamics of wild raptors. Anyone concerned with the welfare of raptors, whether in the wild or in captivity, will benefit from this important volume.Raptor medicine is a specialty within the rapidly advancing clinical science of avian medicine. It embodies age-old traditions of medical management, handed down for thousands of years by the practitioners of the art of falconry, coupled with current and more effective techniques. Biomedicine and the Human Condition: Challenges, Risks, and Rewards ISBN 0511108818 Size 3513K Author SARGENT, MICHAEL G. Price 28.6 USD Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Discription How to avoid disease, how to breed successfully, and how to live to a reasonable age are questions that have long perplexed humankind. This book explores our progress in under standing these challenges, and the risks and rewards of our attempts to find solutions.

Concise Dictionary of Biomedicine and ISBN 1420041304 Size 9589K Author JUO, PEI-SHOW Price 197.95USD Publisher CRC PRESS Discription Rapid advances in science, medicine, and molecular biology have created a large amount of new information on biomedicine and molecular biology. Keeping up with the latest information can become a cumbersome task for professionals and students working in these fields. Updated to include new terminology and accurate characterizations of previously existing terms, the Concise Dictionary of Biomedicine and Molecular Biology, Second Edition provides easy access to the most commonly used drugs, antibiotics, and bio-chemically important compounds. Containing over 30,000 entries, the second edition of this dictionary provides concise, up-to-date definitions of terms commonly used in , molecular biology, and biomedicine. Included in this second edition are over 23,000 definitions, 4,000 chemical structures, 1,200 equations of enzymatic reactions, and approximately 600 restriction endonucleases with explanations of their specific activities. Here is what's new in the second edition:oOver 100 new illustrations of chemical structures oA number of newly collected terms oMore than 3000 additional abbreviations commonly used in biomedicine, chemistry, and molecular biologyThis updated edition integrates terminology and chemical structures from a variety of disciplines in a single, easy-to-use source. From defining existing terms to accounting for new developments, the Concise Dictionary of Biomedicine and Molecular Biology, Second Edition helps you stay abreast of the current advances in biomedicine and molecular biology. Text Mining for Biology and Biomedicine ISBN 1580539858 Size 1959K Author ANANIADOU, SOPHIA(ED.) ; MCNAUGHT, Price 96.8USD JOHN(ED.) Publisher ARTECH HOUSE Discription With the volume of biomedical research growing exponentially worldwide, the demand for information retrieval expertise in the field has never been greater. Here's the first guide for practitioners that puts the full range of biological text mining tools and techniques at their fingertips in a single dedicated volume. It describes the methods of natural language processing (NLP) and their applications in the biological domain, and spells out the various lexical, terminological, and ontological resources at their disposal - and how best to utilize them. Readers see how terminology management tools like term extraction and term structuring facilitate effective mining, and learn ways to readily identify biomedical named entities and abbreviations. The book explains how to deploy various information extraction methods for biological applications. It helps professionals evaluate and optimize text-mining systems, and includes techniques for integrating text mining and data mining efforts to further facilitate biological analyses. Biomedicine, the family, and human rights ISBN 9047403037 Size 32779K Author MEULDERS-KLEIN, M.-T.(ED.) ; Price 311.3USD VLAARDINGERBROEK, P.(ED.) ; DEECH, R.(ED.) Publisher BRILL Discription This volume examines the impact of advances in and assisted reproduction technologies on family law, human rights and the rights of the child, including the effects of international treaties on national legislation. It surveys the theoretical, ethical and legal discussions with regard to biotechnology and family law issues and the search for a balance between safeguarding respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the need to ensure freedom of research. However, biotechnology impinges not only on isolated individuals and their rights, but also on unborn children, the family as a network of living relationships and the basic structure of any society, as well as the foundation of parentage and kinship, social organization as a whole and, finally, mankind itself. As the attention of the world turns to cloning, this book contributes to the search for a balance between the rights and freedoms of born and yet to be born human beings and the quest for new technologies. Rockefeller Philanthropy and Modern Biomedicine: International Initiatives from World War I to the Cold War ISBN 0253109604 Size 1695K Author SCHNEIDER, WILLIAM H.(ED.) Price 39.55USD Publisher INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS Discription The eight case studies in this edited volume show in detail how the Rockefeller Foundation's gifts affected medical research, education, and public health in Europe, the Soviet Union, and China between World War I and the Cold War. Despite the Foundation's goal to help countries with established medical research programs, major advances were achieved in several countries that did not have a notable history in medical research. In other circumstances, however, the Rockefeller Foundation was confronted with local cultural and political imperatives that reshaped or weakened its objectives. Rockefeller Philanthropy and Modern Biomedicine offers important lessons regarding the situations in which international philanthropy is likely to be most effective. William H. Schneider is Professor of History and the Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Programs at Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis. He is also a faculty member of the Indiana University Center for Bioethics and the Center on Philanthropy. Professor Schneider's research interests cover French and African History, as well as the history of science and medicine. A former Fulbright scholar, Professor Schneider is the author of An Empire for the Masses: The French Popular Image of Africa, 1870-1900 and Quality and Quantity: The Quest for Biological Regeneration in 20th Century France. He has also published articles in the Journal of Modern History and French Historical Studies.

Rethinking Informed Consent in Bioethics ISBN 0511282303 Size 901K Author MANSON, NEIL C.; O'NEILL, ONORA Price 29.7USD Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Discription Informed consent is a central topic in contemporary biomedical ethics. Yet attempts to set defensible and feasible standards for consenting have led to persistent difficulties. In Rethinking Informed Consent in Bioethics Neil Manson and Onora O'Neill set debates about informed consent in medicine and research in a fresh light. They show why informed consent cannot be fully specific or fully explicit, and why more specific consent is not always ethically better. They argue that consent needs distinctive communicative transactions, by which other obligations, prohibitions, and rights can be waived or set aside in controlled and specific ways. Their book offers a coherent, wide-ranging and practical account of the role of consent in biomedicine which will be valuable to readers working in a range of areas in bioethics, medicine and law. Messengers of Sex: Hormones, Biomedicine and Feminism ISBN 051134001X Size 2173K Author ROBERTS, CELIA Price 30.8 USD Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Discription Since the early twentieth century, hormones have commonly been understood as 'messengers of sex'. They are seen as essential to the development and functioning of healthy reproductive male and female bodies; millions take them as medications in the treatment of fertility, infertility and ageing. However, in contemporary society, hormones are both disturbed and disturbing; invading our environments and bodies through plastics, food and water, environmental estrogens and other chemicals, threatening irreversible, inter-generational bodily change. Using a wide range of sources, from textbooks to popular parenting books and pharmaceutical advertisements, Celia Roberts analyses the multiple ways in which sex hormones have come to matter to us today. Bringing feminist theories of the body into dialogue with science and technology studies, she develops tools to address one of the most important questions facing feminism today: how is biological sex conceivable? Biomedical Information Technology ISBN 008055072X Size 13379K Author FENG, DAVID DAGAN Price 109.95USD Publisher ELSEVIER Discription The enormous growth in the field of biotechnology necessitates the utilization of information technology for the management, flow and organization of data. The field continues to evolve with the development of new applications to fit the needs of the biomedicine. From molecular imaging to healthcare knowledge management, the storage, access and analysis of data contributes significantly to biomedical research and practice. All biomedical professionals can benefit from a greater understanding of how data can be efficiently managed and utilized through data compression, modelling, processing, registration, visualization, communication, and large-scale biological computing. In addition the book contains practical integrated clinical applications for disease detection, diagnosis, surgery, therapy, and biomedical knowledge discovery, including the latest advances in the field, such as ubiquitous M-Health systems and molecular imaging applications. Biomedical Ethics ISBN 0195144309 Size 1085K Author GLANNON, WALTER Price 64.9 USD Publisher OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, USA Discription "Biomedical Ethics" is a brief philosophical introduction to the most important ethical questions and arguments in six areas of biomedicine: the patient-doctor relationship; medical research on humans; reproductive rights and technologies; genetics; medical decisions at the end of life; and the allocation of scarce medical resources. The topics cover both perennial ethical issues in medicine, such as doctors' duties to patients, and recent and emerging ethical issues in scientific innovation, such as and cloning. The scope of the book captures the historical, contemporary, and future - oriented flavour of these areas in a concise and accessible way, and is ideal for courses in contemporary moral problems, introduction to ethics, and introduction to bioethics.

AIDS and the Body Politic: Biomedicine and Sexual Difference ISBN 0203360338 Size 1812K Author WALDBY, CATHERINE Price 41.75USD Publisher ROUTLEDGE

Discription This book demonstates the extent to which establis hed ideas about the virus, the immune system, the HIV test and the epidemiology of the disease rely upon unexamined, conservative assumptions about sexual identity and sexual difference.

Biomolecular Films: Design, Function and Applications ISBN 0824747666 Size 9092K Author RUSLING, JAMES F. Price 219.95USD Publisher MARCEL DEKKER INC

Discription This text examines films of biomolecules that can provide solid surfaces for catalyzing enzyme reactions, serve in biosensors and as biorecognition elements, mediate nanoparticle formation, and provide a basis for fundamental studies and applications in biomedicine and biomedical devices.

Biosocialities, Genetics and the Social Sciences: Making Biologies and Identities ISBN 0203945948 Size 1107K Author GIBBON, SAHRA(ED.) ; NOVAS, CARLOS(ED.) Price 46.15 USD Publisher TAYLOR & FRANCIS Discription Biosocialities, Genetics and the Social Sciences explores the social, cultural and economic transformations that result from innovations in genomic knowledge and technology. This pioneering collection uses Paul Rabinow’s concept of biosociality to chart the shifts in social relations and in ideas about nature, biology and identity brought about by developments in biomedicine. Based on new empirical research, it contains chapters on genomic research into embryonic stem cell therapy, breast cancer, autism, Parkinson’s and IVF treatment, as well as on the expectations and education surrounding genomic research. Neural Engineering ISBN 0306486105 Size 30554K Author HE, BIN(ED.) Price 87.95USD Publisher SPRINGER Discription About the Series: "Bioelectric Engineering" presents state-of-the-art discussions on modern biomedical engineering with respect to applications of electrical engineering and information technology in biomedicine. This focus affirms Springer's commitment to publishing important reviews of the broadest interest to biomedical engineers, bioengineers, and their colleagues in affiliated disciplines. Recent volumes have covered modeling and imaging of bioelectric activity, neural engineering, biosignal processing, bionanotechnology, among other topics. The key features of this Volume: "Neural Engineering (Bioelectric Engineering Volume 3)" 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. The topics include: Neural Prostheses; Neural Interfacing; Neural Robotics; Functional Neural Stimulation; Neural Imaging; Neural Computation; Neural Networks; Neural System Identification and Prediction; and, Retinal Neuroengineering. Self-Organized Biological Dynamics and Nonlinear Control: Toward Understanding Complexity, Chaos and Emergent Function in Living Systems ISBN 0511059779 Size 9528K Author WALLECZEK, JAN Price 66USD Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Discription The growing impact of nonlinear science on biology and medicine is fundamentally changing our view of living organisms and disease processes. This book introduces the application to biomedicine of a broad range of interdisciplinary concepts from nonlinear dynamics, such as self-organization, complexity, coherence, stochastic resonance, fractals, and chaos.

Sensors in Biomedical Applications: Fundamentals, Technology and Applications ISBN 1420012916 Size 5980K Author HARSANYI, GABOR Price 263.95USD Publisher CRC PRESS Discription While most books contain some information on related sensors topics, they are limited in their scope on biomedical sensors. Sensors in Biomedical Applications: Fundamentals, Design, Technology and Applications is the first systematized book to concentrate on all available and potential sensor devices of biomedical applications!Sensors in Biomedical Applications presents information on sensor types in a comprehensive and easy to understand format. The first four chapters concentrate on the basics, lending an understanding to operation and design principles of sensor elements. Introduced are sections on: basic terms, sensor technologies, sensor structure and sensing effects. The next three chapters describe application possibilities: physical sensors, sensors for measuring chemical qualities and biosensors. Finally, a chapter covers biocompatability, in addition to an appendix and glossary.Sensors in Biomedical Applications is the definitive reference book for a broad audience. All physicists, chemists and biologists interested in the chemical basis and effects of sensors will find this work invaluable.Biomedical engineers and sensor specialists will find the text useful in its pointed analysis of special design, processing and application problems. Physicians practicing with diagnostic tools will want to see the possibilities and limits of biomedical sensors. Finally, students of all of the above areas who wish to learn more about the basics of biomedical sensors need to have this book. Smart Polymers: Applications in Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Second Edition ISBN 1420008625 Size 13279K Author GALAEV, IGOR Price 142.95 USD Publisher TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD Discription Smart polymers have an extensive range of applications in the biotechnology and biomedical industries. Although polymers have always been considered passive participants, the second edition of ''Smart Polymers: Applications in Biotechnology and Biomedicine'' promotes a more active role for smart polymers within the process of bioseparation than previously envisioned. This book addresses the major developments in the field that have taken place since the previous edition. With contributions from leading researchers as well as extensive end-of-chapter references, this volume offers a comprehensive overview of the current state-of-the-art in the field and the potential for future developments. Detection, Estimation, and Modulation Theory : Part IV ISBN 0471463833 Size 49960K Author TREES, HARRY L. VAN Price 192.5USD Publisher JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. Discription * Well-known authority, Dr. Van Trees updates array signal processing for today's technology * This is the most up-to-date and thorough treatment of the subject available * Written in the same accessible style as Van Tree's earlier classics, this completely new work covers all modern applications of array signal processing, from biomedicine to wireless communications Nanomaterials for Application in Medicine and Biology: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Nanomaterials for Application in Nedicine and Biology, Bonn, Germany, 4-6 October 2006 ISBN 1402068298 Size 6815K Author GIERSIG, MICHAEL(ED.) ; KHOMUTOV, Price 164.95 USD GENNADY B.(ED.) Publisher SPRINGER Discription The wide range of possibilities as well as the increasing importance of nanomaterials in medicine has become apparent in today's world. This book unites the multi-faceted work of international from the domains of physics, chemistry, and biomedicine, as they cooperate to present the role and application of such nanomaterials in modern medicine with particular emphasis on cell growth, manipulation, and modification. Not only does this book provide the reader with the necessary theoretical background information, it also gives valuable experimental data, thus allowing for an exact comprehension and observation of the relevance of this modern technology which will be encountered more and more frequently in future biomedicine. Applied Analysis And Differential Equations ISBN 9812708227 Size 2412K Author CÂRJ, OVIDIU(ED.) ; VRABIE, IOAN I(ED.) Price 135.85 USD Publisher WORLD SCIENTIFIC Discription This volume contains refereed research articles written by experts in the field of applied analysis, differential equations and related topics. Well-known leading mathematicians worldwide and prominent young scientists cover a diverse range of topics, including the most exciting recent developments. A broad range of topics of recent interest are treated: existence, uniqueness, viability, asymptotic stability, viscosity solutions, controllability and numerical analysis for ODE, PDE and stochastic equations. The scope of the book is wide, ranging from pure mathematics to various applied fields such as classical mechanics, biomedicine, and population dynamics. Healing Logics: Culture and Medicine in Modern Health Belief Systems ISBN 0874214548 Size 1495K Author BRADY, ERIKA(ED.) Price 24.15 USD Publisher UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS Discription Scholars in folklore and anthropology are more directly involved in various aspects of medicine—such as medical education, clinical pastoral care, and negotiation of transcultural issues—than ever before. Old models of investigation that artificially isolated ''folk medicine,'' ''complementary and alternative medicine,'' and ''biomedicine'' as mutually exclusive have proven too limited in exploring the real-life complexities of health belief systems as they observably exist and are applied by contemporary Americans. Recent research strongly suggests that individuals construct their health belief systmes from diverse sources of authority, including community and ethnic tradition, education, spiritual beliefs, personal experience, the influence of popular media, and perception of the goals and means of formal medicine. Healing Logics explores the diversity of these belief systems and how they interact—in competing, conflicting, and sometimes remarkably congruent ways. This book contains essays by leading scholars in the field and a comprehensive bibliography of folklore and medicine. Practical Electromagnetics: From Biomedical Sciences to Wireless Communication ISBN 0470054190 Size 5080K Author MISRA, DEVENDRA K. Price 237.5USD Publisher JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. Discription Expert guidance helps you solve electromagnetic problems across a diverse range of industries

Learn to solve both simple and complex electromagnetic problems with this text's unique integration of theoretical and mathematical concepts. With the author's guidance, readers discover a broad range of classic and cutting-edge applications across a wide array of fields, including biomedicine, wireless communication, process control, and instrumentation. Case studies, detailed derivations, and 170 fully solved examples deepen readers' understanding of theory, and help them to apply numerical methods to real-world problems. Principles of Cellular Engineering: Understanding the Biomolecular Interface ISBN 0080539637 Size 23715K Author KING, MICHAEL R. Price 119.9 USD Publisher ELSEVIER Discription This comprehensive work discusses novel biomolecular surfaces that have been engineered to either control or measure cell function at the atomic, molecular, and cellular levels. Each chapter presents real results, concepts, and expert perspectives of how cells interact with biomolecular surfaces, with particular emphasis on interactions within complex mechanical environments such as in the cardiovascular system. In addition, the book provides detailed coverage of inflammation and cellular immune response as a useful model for how engineering concepts and tools may be effectively applied to complex systems in biomedicine. Biomedical Communications: Purpose, Audience, and Strategies ISBN 0080528082 Size 23740K Author MILLER, JON D. Price 48.35USD Publisher ELSEVIER Discription With data from the United States and Europe, Jon Miller and Linda Kimmel examine the public's understanding of and attitude toward biotechnology and biomedicine while they present methods of introducing cutting edge science to the nonscientist. Biomedical Communications illustrates how vital it is for researchers, journalists, and policy makers to clearly communicate their findings in a way that avoids general misconception or confusion. The authors explore how to acquire information about biomedical policy, discuss strategies for informing consumers, and present tactics for improving biomedical communication with the public. Scanning Probe Microscopes: Applications in Science and Technology ISBN 0203011074 Size 5303K Author BIRDI, K.S.; TSAI, CHUNG-JUI Price 197.95USD Publisher CRC PRESS Discription This book explains, analyzes, and demonstrates the use of the widely used scanning probe microscope, which uses a tiny, computer-controlled stylus to scan surfaces and generate a model of their atomic structure. The author includes a variety of applications to enhance the tutorial, such as applications in organic and inorganic chemistry, liquid crystal imaging, immuno-diagnostic systems, and a diverse sampling of STM and AFM in industry. Based on underlying technology that earned its developers the 1986 Nobel Prize, this reference is a must for analytical chemists in industries as diverse as pharmaceuticals, MEMS, nanotechnology, and biomedicine. Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing: Theory, Methods, and Applications ISBN 0203010418 Size 8586K Author BARNER, KENNETH E.; ARCE, GONZALO R. Price 142.95USD Publisher CRC PRESS Discription Nonlinear signal and image processing methods are fast emerging as an alternative to established linear methods for meeting the challenges of increasingly sophisticated applications. This book details recent advances in nonlinear theory, techniques, and an array of modern applications. Its chapters, all contributed by well-known theorists and researchers, explore current and emerging nonlinear methods from their theoretical background and practical algorithms through the application of nonlinear methods to contemporary problems in areas such as communications and networking, imaging, biomedicine, and genomics. The text includes a wealth of illustrative examples and instructive results. Frontiers of Multifunctional Integrated Nanosystems ISBN 1402021739 Size 8970K Author BUZANEVA, E. V; SCHARFF, PETER Price 284.9 USD Publisher SPRINGER Discription A compendium of novel information on molecular-scale science and the application of nanocarbon, nanosilicon and biopolymer integrated nanosystems. During the 20th century, molecular-scale science and nanotechnology developed rapidly, leading to the construction of innovative materials ­ nanosystens from molecules (fullerenes), supramolecules (nanotubes, peapods, polymers, biopolymers (DNA, protein and their complexes) and semiconductor nanoparticles (nano-Si, SiOx, Si/SiGe dots, metal nanowires). This book presents exciting new developments of the early 21st century. Significant progress has been made in nanotechnology of building blocks for integrated nanosystems, single and assembled molecules, nanoparticles characterisation, and multifunctional applications of nanosystems. The realisation and the application of novel multifunctional nanosystems in electronics, optics, biomedicine (nano-bioelectronic devices based on DNA and proteins, silicon nanocrystal memory devices, monolithically integrated silicon photonics, nanocapsules, biosensor nanosystems) are described by well known experts. This multi-disciplinary, scientific display of cutting-edge research across the entire spectru Development and Evaluation of Drugs from Laboratory through ISBN 0203485653 Size 2121K Author LEE, CHI-JEN; LEE, LUCIA H.; LU, Price 219.95 USD CHENG-HSIUNG Publisher INFORMA HEALTHCARE Discription Since the initial publication of Development and Evaluation Drugs from Laboratory through Licensure to Market in 1993, many changes have occurred in biomedicine, biotechnology, pharmaceutical science and technology, and drug evaluation systems. Updated and expanded, this second edition examines all of the recent advances in scientific and regulatory approaches as well as changes in the way in which drugs are discovered, developed, and evaluated. Discussions include hot topics such as structure, rational drug design, good manufacturing practices, bioavailability and bioequivalence, and Phase IV post-marketing monitoring, and the final chapter explores future challenges. Signal and Image Processing in Navigational Systems ISBN 1420039857 Size 3580K Author TUZLUKOV, VYACHESLAV P. Price 208.95USD Publisher CRC PRESS Discription Classical and modern theories have given us a degree of noise immunity by defining the sufficient statistic of the mean of the likelihood function. The generalized theory moves beyond these limitations to determine the jointly sufficient statistics of the mean and variance of the likelihood function. Signal and Image Processing in Navigational Systems introduces us to the generalized approach, and then delves rigorously into the theory and practical applications of this approach. This volume represents the most in-depth discussion of the generalized approach to date, providing many examples and computer models to demonstrate how this approach raises the upper limits of noise immunity for navigation systems, leading to better detection performances. This book is vital for signal and image processing experts, radar, communications, acoustics, and navigational systems designers, as well as professionals in the fields of statistical pattern recognition, biomedicine, astronomy, and robotics who wish to extend the boundaries of noise immunity and improve qualitative performance of their systems. Time-Varying Image Processing and Moving Object Recognition ISBN 0080543065 Size 16733K Author CAPPELLINI, V. Price 223.3 USD Publisher ELSEVIER Discription New digital image processing and recognition methods, implementation techniques and advanced applications (television, remote sensing, biomedicine, traffic, inspection, robotics, etc.) are presented in this volume. Novel approaches (i.e. digital filters, source coding, neural networks etc.) for solving 2-D and 3-D problems are described. Many papers focus on the motion estimation and tracking recognition of moving objects. The increasingly important field of Cultural Heritage is also covered. Some papers are more theoretical or of review nature, while others contain new implementations and applications. Generally the book presents - for the above outlined area - the state of the art (theory, implementation, applications) with future trends. This book will be of interest not only to researchers, professors and students in university departments of engineering, communications, computers and automatic control, but also to engineers and managers of industries concerned with computer vision, manufacturing, automation, robotics and quality control. Artificial Neural Networks - ICANN 2007: 17th International Conference, Porto, Portugal, September 9-13, 2007, Proceedings, Part II ISBN 3540746951 Size 45195K Author MARQUES DE SA, JOAQUIM P.(ED.) ; ALEXANDRE, LUIS A.(ED.) ; DUCH, Price 141.9USD WLODZISLAW(ED.) ; MANDIC, DANILO(ED.) Publisher SPRINGER Discription This two volume set LNCS 4668 and LNCS 4669 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2007, held in Porto, Portugal, in September 2007. The 197 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 376 submissions. The second volume contains 99 contributions related to computational neuroscience, neurocognitive studies, applications in biomedicine and bioinformatics, pattern recognition, data clustering, self-organization, text mining and internet applications, signal and times series processing, vision and image processing, robotics, control, real world applications, independent component analysis, graphs, emotion and attention: empirical findings and neural models, as well as understanding and creating cognitive systems. Intelligent Systems Modeling and Decision Support in Bioengineering ISBN 1580539998 Size 5054K Author MAHFOUF, MAHDI Price 152.9 USD Publisher ARTECH HOUSE Discription Intelligent systems try to achieve, through the use of computers, what we associate with intelligence – flexible, learning and adaptive activity like we find in the human brain. For the first time, this groundbreaking resource provides a detailed understanding of the analysis, design, and application of new intelligent systems in the biomedical industry. The book covers the three major areas of application in biomedicine, including the modeling and control in human anaesthesia, decision support for critically ill patients in intensive care units, and modeling of humans who are subjected to physiological stress. The culmination of more than 18 years of research, this cutting-edge reference offers practical modeling and control guidance by presenting a combination of simulations, real-time experiments, and actual patient data. Culture and Cancer Care ISBN 0335224784 Size 1325K Author DEIN, SIMON Price 45.02 USD Publisher MCGRAW-HILL INTERNATIONAL (UK) LTD Discription Cancer is more than a biological disease. Cultural factors are involved at every stage in the journey through cancer, from prevention to palliative care. Based upon recent studies from the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, Culture and Cancer Care examines a number of cultural themes in relation to cancer, including: The disparity of rates of cancer among different ethnic groups Culture and screening Breaking bad news and communication Cultural variations in emotional responses to cancer Cultural variability in cancer treatments and the influence on prognosis Palliative care across cultures The book focuses on three main themes: culture, race and ethnicity and their relationship to cancer; the cultural context of sickness and help-seeking behaviour; the shift from biomedicine to alternative forms of treatment. Throughout the book, a critical stance is adopted towards race and culture, focusing on the relation between these concepts and social deprivation. Culture and Cancer Care is key reading for students, researchers and practitioners in oncology and palliative care, offering a clear analysis of cultural differences with regard to illness and , as well as suggestions of how ethnic disparities can be overcome both at a political and local level, through cultural understanding and culturally appropriate health education. Stem Cells and Their Potential for Clinical Application ISBN 1402064691 Size 5772K Author BILKO, N.M.(ED.) ; FEHSE, B.(ED.) ; OSTERTAG, WOLFRAM(ED.) ; STOCKING, Price 197.95 USD CAROL(ED.) ; ZANDER, A.R.(ED.) Publisher SPRINGER Discription This book contains contributions of leading international scientists who participated at the NATO-ASI conference ???Stem cells and their potential for clinical application??? tha t was held in Kiev and Simeiz (Ukraine) from August 23 ??? 31, 2006. The articles cover a broad ran ge of hot topics in stem cell and leukaemia research. Those include the potential of various stem cell types in regenerative and transplantation medicine, different mechanisms of malignant transformation leading to leukaemia development, as well as novel clinical strategies for malignant disease treatment such as adoptive immunotherapy with gene-modified lymphocytes. The mixture of articles by principal scientists from Northern America, as well as Eastern and Western Europe, provides a comprehensive overview on ???What??'s going on???? in various parts of the world in such broadly discu ssed fields as ???stem cell research???, ???immunotherapy??? or ???gene therapy???. Thus, this comp ilation should be valuable for readers interested in modern biomedicine who have background knowledge in these areas. Proteins at Liquid Interfaces ISBN 0080540007 Size 20010K Author MÖBIUS, D.; MILLER, R. Price 324.5 USD Publisher ELSEVIER Discription The interfacial behaviour of surfactants and proteins, and their mixtures, is of importance in a wide range of areas such as food technology, detergency, cosmetics, coating processes, biomedicine, pharmacy and biotechnology. Methods such as surface and interfacial tension measurements and interfacial dilation and shear rheology characterise the relationships between these interfacial properties and the complex behaviour of foams and emulsions is established. Recently-developed experimental techniques, such as FRAP which enable the measurement of molecular mobility in adsorption layers, are covered in this volume. The development of theories to describe the thermodynamic surface state or the exchange of matter for proteins and protein/surfactant mixtures is also described. Reproductive Endocrinology and Biology ISBN 0080544584 Size 20543K Author BITTAR, EDWARD Price 114.4 USD Publisher ELSEVIER Discription We have now reached the mid-point of our editorial task of putting together the compendium, Principles of Medical Biology, which is supposed to be composed of twenty-five modules. The present single-volume module on reproductive endocrinology and biology is in more than one respect a continuation of Module 10 (in two volumes) dealing with molecular and cellular endocrinology. In addition, it intersects, as it should, with various parts of obstetrics and gynaecology, both of which are abetted by technology. One has only to recall that the practical benefits of ultrasound in perinatal medicine and are the outcome of the technological revolution in biomedicine. Whether we are approaching a new era in reproductive biology following the invention of animal cloning is still hard to tell. For some people, it remains an article of faith that cloning of the human being is highly probable. For others, asexual reproduction is anathema. It should surely be obvious to us all that somatic cell nuclear transfer technology (SCNTT) is going to be at its strongest in dealing with husbandry. Whether this and several social forces will alter our modern outlook, there can be little doubt. As in diverse clinical and basic research, so in obstetrics, animals are used as a model. The data thus obtained is extrapolated, if valid, to the mother and foetus. The success of this approach is exemplified in studies carried out on sheep as a model. On the whole, it is also quite apparent that progress in the field of reproductive biology is to a large extent ascribable to the discovery in other disciplines of new hormones, as well as the introduction of new tools and recent improvements in laboratory methods including measurement of hormones. Nurturing Science-based Ventures: An International Case Perspective ISBN 1846288746 Size 19950K Author SEIFERT, RALF W.; LELEUX, BENOIT F.; TUCCI, Price 96.95 USD CHRISTOPHER L. Publisher SPRINGER Discription The number of students who wish to learn about entrepreneurship and actively engage in entrepreneurial activities - either by creating their own companies or by spurring innovation within a large organization - has grown greatly in recent years. Motivating engineers and scientists to become entrepreneurial has particular appeal in light of the abundance of technological knowledge that lurks hidden in today's research institutes and technology-based enterprises, waiting for commercialization. However the expanding number of teaching programs fail to address the particular challenges and opportunities or starting up viable businesses based on science and engineering. Nurturing Science-based Ventures: An International Case Perspective presents case studies of more than 30 businesses in scientific fields such as biotechnology, biomedicine, high-tech engineering and information technology. The case studies are arranged in modules tracking the typical life cycle of creating and growing new ventures. The book is a value-adding teaching device that will greatly enhance the learning experience of future high-tech entrepreneurs. The case studies will also foster a general appreciation of technological venturing among current and future business leaders. Module topics include recognizing and evaluating opportunities, creating viable business plans, securing financial resources, managing growth and eventually harvesting the value created. The view of large firms is also taken into account, with studies on corporate entrepreneurship and the integration of internal and external knowledge to successfully seize business opportunities. Each module of the book is completed by atopic primer and a concluding summary of key learning points. Case studies include: Google, Logitech, adidas, Ducati, EndoArt, 4M Technologies, Novartis and Nespresso and many more university spin-offs and new start-up enterprises.