Medical Technology category: 1603 books
Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA) for Young Scientists
Proceedings of the First International Early Research Career Enhancement School on BICA and Cybersecurity (FIERCES 2017)
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
This book includes papers from the second year of the prestigious First International Early Research Career Enhancement School (FIERCES) series: a successful, new format that puts a school in direct connection with a conference and a social program, all dedicated to young scientists. Reflecting the...
Ambient Assisted Living
Italian Forum 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2015
This book documents the state of the art in the field of ambient assisted living (AAL), highlighting the impressive potential of novel methodologies and technologies to enhance well-being and promote active ageing. The coverage is wide ranging, with sections on assistive devices, elderly people monitoring,...
Make It Safe
A Guide to Food Safety
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2010
All people involved with preparation of food for the commercial or retail market need a sound understanding of the food safety risks associated with their specific products and, importantly, how to control these risks. Failure to control food safety hazards can have devastating consequences for not only...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
The role of green coffee bean (GCB) in human health is of emerging interest to the nutraceutical field, especially given its role in improving metabolic syndrome, including weight management, hypertension, diabetes, and neuroprotection. GCB extract contains a novel antioxidant known as chlorogenic...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2018
This book highlights the rapidly developing field of advanced optical methods for structural and functional brain imaging. As is known, the brain is the most poorly understood organ of a living body. It is indeed the most complex structure in the known universe and, thus, mapping of the brain has...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
Vaccine Manufacturing and Production is an invaluable reference on how to produce a vaccine - from beginning to end - addressing all classes of vaccines from a processing, production, and regulatory viewpoint. It will provide comprehensive information on the various fields involved in the production...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Sustainable development is a globally recognized mandate and it includes green or environment-friendly manufacturing practices. Such practices orchestrate with the self-healing and self-replenishing capability of natural ecosystems. Green manufacturing encompasses synthesis, processing, fabrication,...
Perspectives in Life Cycle Impact Assessment
A Structured Approach to Combine Models of the Technosphere, Ecosphere and Valuesphere
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Perspectives in Life Cycle Impact Assessment: A Structured Approach to Combine Models of the Technosphere, Ecosphere and Valuesphere describes the relationship between subjective and objective elements in Life Cycle Impact Assessment. It suggests a new framework which will allow people to master two...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
All industrial countries have developed regulatory systems to assess and manage the risk of chemical substances to the working and natural environment. The pressure to harmonize these often specialized regulatory systems is increasingly strong at the international level. Such harmonization not only...
Nutrigenomics and Nutraceuticals
Clinical Relevance and Disease Prevention
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Genomics and related areas of research have contributed greatly to the understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying diet–disease relationships. In the past decade, the evidence has become stronger for a direct link between genome/epigenome damage and increased risk for adverse...
Nano-Oncologicals
New Targeting and Delivery Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
This authoritative volume focuses on emerging technologies in cancer nano medicine, characterized by their multi-functionality and potential to address simultaneously diverse issues of clinical relevance in the treatment of cancer. The book consists of sixteen chapters divided into six sections: 1)...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Smart textiles are materials and structures that sense and react to environmental conditions or stimuli, and their integration into protective clothing has led to the development of products with greatly enhanced protective capabilities in hazardous situations. Smart textiles for protection provides...
Biomaterials for Cancer Therapeutics
Diagnosis, Prevention and Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2013
Cancer can affect people of all ages, and approximately one in three people are estimated to be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime. Extensive research is being undertaken by many different institutions to explore potential new therapeutics, and biomaterials technology is now being developed...
Bioprinting
Principles and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
At labs around the world, researchers have been experimenting with bioprinting, first just to see whether it was possible to push cells through a printhead without killing them (in most cases it is), and then trying to make cartilage, bone, skin, blood vessels, small bits of liver and other tissues....