Apple Academic Press Oct Dec 2018

New & Forthcoming Books from Apple Academic Press Biotechnology • Plant Science • Electronics • Business & Marketing • Chemical Engineering Materials Science • Polymer Science • Hospitality and Tourism • Chemistry • Agricultural Science Food Science • Pharmacology • Mechanical Engineering • Nanotechnology Advanced Molecular Plant Breeding: Meeting the Challenge of Food Security Editor: D. N. Bharadwaj, PhD “An outstanding compilation of genetics and genomics that can drive progress in modern plant breeding. The chapters are well designed by several specialist scientists/breeders from diverse specialized areas in the field of plant breeding. A wonderful job in integrating information about traditional and molecular plant breeding approaches. I hope this encyclopedic handbook is poised to become a benchmark reference for experienced breeders, researchers, teachers and students alike.”— From the Foreword

by M. S. Swaminathan, Founder Chairman, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation 726 pages with index. 5 color and 34 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-664-2 | £139.00 | October 2018 Ebook ISBN: 978-0-203-71065-4

Advanced Polymeric Materials for Sustainability and Innovations Editors: Sajith Thottathil, MTech, Sabu Thomas, PhD, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, PhD, and Didier Rouxel, PhD

This informative volume discusses recent advancements in the research and development of synthesis, characterization, processing, morphology, structure, and properties of advanced polymeric materials, with a special focus on eco-friendly polymers, polymer composites, nanocomposites, and blends and materials for traditional and renewable energy.

Biopolymers and Biomaterials Editors: Aneesa Padinjakkara, Aparna Thankappan, PhD, Fernando Gomes Souza, Jr., PhD, and Sabu Thomas, PhD “Provides useful substantive and informative platform for future research in environmental protection and nursing of our ecosystem. The book covers various topics such as biopolymers in the textile industry, nanotechnology for intelligent food packaging, cashew nut shell liquid-based advanced functional materials, etc., which one may not usually find in other books dealing with biomaterials. Research works like this, in fact, cater to the need of the times.”

—Laly A Pothen, Emeritus Professor, Bishop Moore College, Mavelikara, India Biopolymers are attracting immense attention of late because of their diverse applications that can address growing environmental concerns and energy demands. The development of various biomaterials creates significant advancements in the medical field as well, and many biopolymers are used for the fabrication of biomaterials. Together, biopolymers and biomaterials create great potential for new materials, applications, and uses.

Approx. 349 pages with index. 22 color and 138 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-615-4 / Ebook ISBN: 978-1-315-16198-3 £124.00 | November 2018

Bioprocessing Technology in Food and Health: Potential Applications and Emerging Scope Editors: Deepak Kumar Verma, Ami R. Patel, PhD, and Prem Prakash Srivastav, PhD

388 pages with index. 44 color and 102 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-633-8, EBook ISBN: 978-1-315-10243-6 £124.00 | October 2018

Focuses on recent findings, new research trends, and emerging technologies in bioprocessing, making use of microorganisms in the production of food with health and nutritional benefits. The volume is divided into three main parts.

Editors: Deepak Kumar Verma, Prem Prakash Srivastav, PhD, and Altafhusain B. Nadaf, PhD

334 pages with index. 11 color and 23 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-688-8 | £124.00 | September 2018 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-351-16788-8

Agronomic Rice Practices and Postharvest Processing: Production and Quality Improvement

Addresses three important agricultural aspects of rice: physical characteristics, physico-chemical characteristics of rice, and the organoleptic aspects of rice. Divided into four parts, the book first looks at recent trends and advances for higher production and quality improvement of rice, which covers climate-resilient agricultural practices. The book looks at climatic effects, relative performance, and constraints in direct seeded versus transplanted rice of Asia, constraints in temperate rice culture, and interventions to mitigate the challenges, along with recent advances and trends in system of rice intensification (SRI).

Approx. 504 pages with index. 11 color and 16 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-712-0 / Ebook ISBN: 978-0-429-48858-0 £131.00 | December 2018 www.appleacademicpress.com

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Forthcoming and New Titles from Apple Academic Press Emerging Postharvest Treatment of Fruits and Vegetables

Green Consumerism: Perspectives, Sustainability, and Behavior

Editors: Kalyan Barman, PhD, Swati Sharma, PhD, and Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui, PhD

Editors: Ruchika Singh Malyan, MBA, and Punita Duhan, MBA

Addresses the demand for the development and application of effective technologies for preservation of perishable food products, particularly fresh fruits and vegetables. It provides an abundance of up-to-date information about postharvest treatments.

The chapters discuss a number of innovative technologies to prolong and enhance postharvest fruits and vegetables.

412 pages with index. 7 color and 14 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-700-7, Ebook ISBN: 978-1-351-04631-2 £131.00 | September 2018

Engineered Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibrous Material: Integrating Theory and Technique

Editors: A. K. Haghi, PhD, Praveen K. M., and Sabu Thomas, PhD Presenting up-to-date literature that presents the current state of the science, this book fully explores the development phase of carbon nanotube-based applications. It looks at carbon nanotubes and their applications in diverse areas of science and engineering and considers environmental engineering applications as well.

280 pages with index. 20 color and 76 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-704-5 / Ebook ISBN: 978-1-351-04812-5 £116.00 | November 2018 Engineering Technology and Industrial Chemistry with Applications Editors: Reza Haghi, PhD, and Francisco Torrens, PhD

Provides a holistic understanding that states the importance of promoting green products and discusses consumers' buying intentions and decisions. The chapters consider consumer behavior theory in the context of green or ecologically friendly products from both the academic and business perspectives. The chapters present the latest empirical and analytical research in the field of green marketing and provide an abundance of information about profitable and sustainable ways and strategies to deal with environmental problems.

410 pages with index. 22 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-694-9 / Ebook ISBN: 978-1-351-13804-8 £116.00 | November 2018

Mangroves for Building Resilience to Climate Change: A Field Manual

R. N. Mandal, PhD, and R. Bar, PhD “This field manual explains in simple terms what scientific research has revealed about the mangrove plants, their environment, and how the plants and the environment interact.

It provides an up-to-date account of the mangrove plants, their detailed identification and associations, their specific habitat requirements and adaptations, their reproductive strategies, and the management requirements of these plants to ensure their sustainability and conservation in a period where climate change provides acute challenges to this group of plants.”

—From the Foreword by Peter Saenger, Emeritus Professor, Centre for Coastal Management, School of Environment, Science & Engineering, Southern Cross University, Australia 362 pages with index. 32 color and 152 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-716-8 / Ebook ISBN: 978-0-429-48778-1 £116.00 | November 2018

Brings together innovative research, new concepts, and novel developments in the application of new tools for chemical and materials engineers. It provides a collection of innovative chapters on new scientific and industrial research from chemists and chemical engineers at several prestigious institutions. It looks at recent significant research and reports on new methodologies and important applications in the fields of chemical engineering as well as provides coverage of chemical databases, bringing together theory and practical applications.

356 pages with index. 11 color and 83 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-637-6 / EBook ISBN: 978-1-315-1004-4 £124.00 | October 2018

Focuses on the study of population dynamics with special emphasis on the migration of populations in a heterogeneous patchy habitat, the human and animal population, and the spreading of epidemics, an important area of research in mathematical biology dealing with the survival of different species.

The volume also provides the background needed to interpret, construct, and analyze a wide variety of mathematical models. Most of the techniques presented in the book can be readily applied to model other phenomena, in biology as well as in other disciplines.

Editor: Bindi Varghese, PhD Provides a wide-ranging vision of a multitude of trends in the global travel and tourism industry today and in the future.

302 pages with index. 46 color and 5 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-671-0 / Ebook ISBN: 978-1-351-25170-9 £124.00 | November 2018

Evolving Paradigms in Tourism and Hospitality in Developing Countries: A Case Study of India

558 pages with index. 13 color and 30 b/w illustrations. Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-630-7 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-315-10304-4 £124.00 | September 2018 www.appleacademicpress.com

Mathematical Population Dynamics and Epidemiology in Temporal and SpatioTemporal Domains Harkaran Singh, PhD, and Joydip Dhar, PhD

Forthcoming and New Titles from Apple Academic Press Mechanical Engineering for Sustainable Development: State-of-the-Art Research Editors: C. S. P. Rao, PhD, G. Amba Prasad Rao, PhD, N. Selvaraj, PhD, P. S. C. Bose, PhD, and V. P. Chandramohan, PhD Provides some valuable insight into diverse topics related to mechanical engineering and the state-of-the-art work on sustainable development being carried out throughout the world by budding researchers and scientists.

The volume is divided into three sections, covering Machine Design, Materials and Manufacturing, and Thermal Engineering. The work presented is both experimental and numerical (computational/simulation) in nature.

Approx. 671 pages with index. 24 color and 373 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-681-9 / Ebook ISBN: 978-1-351-17016-1 £147.00 | December 2018

Microbiology for Sustainable Agriculture, Soil Health, and Environmental Protection Editor: Deepak Kumar Verma

Focuses on important areas of microbiology related to soil and environmental microbiology associated with agricultural importance. The information and research on soil and environmental microbiology presented here seeks to act as a gateway to sustaining and improving agriculture and environmental security.

Approx. 504 pages with index. 15 color and 24 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-669-7 / Ebook ISBN: 978-1-351-24706-1 £139.00 | November 2018

Microscopy Applied to Materials Sciences and Life Sciences Editors: Sabu Thomas, PhD, Ajay Vasudeo Rane, MTech, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, PhD, and Krishnan Kanny, PhD

Focuses on recent theoretical and practical advances in polymers and their blends, composites, and nanocomposites related to their microscopic characterization. It highlights recent accomplishments and trends in the field of polymer nanocomposites and filled polymers related to microstructural characterization.

This book gives an insight and better understanding into the development in microscopy as a tool for characterization.

Approx. 529 pages with index. 16 color and 251 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-672-7 / Ebook ISBN: 978-1-351-25158-7 £139.00 | November 2018

Mobile, Wireless and Sensor Networks: A Clustering Algorithm for Energy Efficiency and Safety Amine Dahane, PhD, and Nasr-Eddine Berrached, PhD The authors use an approach based on computing of the weight of each node in the network as the proposed technique to deal with this problem. They present a virtual laboratory platform (VLP) of baptized mercury, allowing students and researchers to make practical work (PW) on different aspects of mobile wireless sensor networks. The authors' choice of WSNs is motivated mainly by the use of real experiments needed in most college courses on WSNs. These usual experiments, however, require an expensive investment and many nodes in the classroom. The platform presented here aims to show the feasibility, the flexibility, and the reduced cost using the authors' approach. The authors demonstrate the performance of the proposed algorithms that contribute to the familiarization of the learners in the field of WSNs. Approx. 265 pages with index. 6 color and 126 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-679-6 / Ebook ISBN: 978-1-351-19075-6 £124.00 | November 2018 Nanodispersions for Drug Delivery Editors: Raj K. Kerservani, MPharm, and Anil K. Sharma, PhD, Mpharm

Addresses efforts to overcome the shortcomings of conventional dosage forms by exploiting the principles of nanoscience to deliver drugs for medical treatment.

Nanodispersions are an important aspect because they possess globules/particles in sizes usually below 1000 nm in which the drug is dispersed in a continuous medium employing surface-active agents as stabilizers.

422 pages with index. 12 color and 39 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-701-4 / Ebook ISBN: 978-1-351-04756-2 £131.00 | October 2018 Nanoscience and Nanoengineering: Novel Applications Editors: V. B. Dement'ev, DSc, A. K. Haghi, PhD, and V. I. Kodolov, DSc

Presents a selection of important information and discussion on the new scientific trend of chemical mesoscopics and also sheds new knowledge on the science of nanomaterials, processes of nanochemistry, and nanoengineering. The volume explores nanomaterial development as well as investigations of processes and modeling. It provides new perspectives on processes, while also discussing new methods of treatment polymeric materials and different material modification, including by super small quantities of metal/carbon nanocomposites.

Approx. 400 pages with index. 12 color and 64 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-696-3 / Ebook ISBN: 978-1-351-13878-9 £124.00 | December 2018

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Forthcoming and New Titles from Apple Academic Press Plant- and Marine- Based Phytochemicals for Human Health: Attributes, Potential, and Use

Restaurant Financial Management: A Practical Approach

Editors: Megh R. Goyal, PhD, and Durgesh Nandini Chauhan, MPharm Provides insight with scientific evidence on the use of medicinal plants in the treatment of certain diseases. It describes bioactive compounds of marine and plant origin that have been discovered to be advantageous for human health, shedding new light on the potential of phytochemicals and contributing to the ocean of knowledge on phytochemistry and pharmaceutical biology. In addition, the role of plant-based pharmaceuticals is also discussed as an example of innovative uses of plant product.

“A fresh and pioneering effort to provide business practitioners and/or students who have limited knowledge of accounting or finance with a framework that develops a bird's eye view over business operations by consolidating necessary financial aspects. . . . The book's strength is the gradual progress that connects the concepts of financial accounting to managerial accounting, and finally to that of financial management. By doing so, this book introduces the entire apparatus of concepts and relevant techniques as tools to use in management decision-making process. For this reason, although it is titled Restaurant Financial Management, this book can also be applied to other types of business.”

— Gil Sung Kim, PhD, Dean and Professor, College of Culture and Social Sciences, Chonnam National University Yeosu, Korea

398 pages with index. 23 color and 37 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-670-3 / Ebook ISBN: 978-1-351-25198-3 £131.00 | October 2018

Polymeric and Nanostructured Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Advanced Applications

Editors: Aparna Thankappan, PhD, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, PhD, Sabu Thomas, PhD, and Aneesa Padinjakkara Provides in-depth knowledge and recent research on polymers and nanostructured materials from synthesis to advanced applications. Leading researchers from industry, academia, government and private research institutions across the globe have contributed to this volume.

Approx. 356 pages with index. 27 color and 112 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-644-4 / EBook ISBN: 978-1-315-14749-9 £124.00 | November 2018

Rediscovering Cancer: From Mechanism to Therapy

Editors: Sayali Mukherjee, PhD, Somali Sanyal, PhD, and Sonia Chadha, PhD “One of the few books that sheds light on the causes and mechanisms of the disease itself as well as the possible therapeutic aspects. The book contains intricately woven chapters on cell cycle checkpoints on cancer, oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes, apoptosis, cell signaling, angiogenesis and metastasis. The modern approaches toward cancer diagnosis and therapy, like cancer stem cell, immunotherapy, chemotherapy, and nanoparticle-based therapy, have also been thoroughly covered. The contributors of each and every chapter are experts in their respective field and have summarized their research findings in a very concise manner. The best part of the book is that the chapters have been grouped into major divisions to have continuity and synchronization among them.”

—Dr. Naibedya Chattopadhyay, Scientist G, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India 684 pages with index. 41 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-690-1 / Ebook ISBN: 978-1-351-16656-0 £154.00 | September 2018

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Hyung-il Jung, PhD

306 pages with index. 13 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-645-1 / EBook ISBN: 978-1-315-14739-0 £116.00 | September 2018

Temperate Horticulture for Sustainable Development and Environment: Ecological Aspects

Editors: Larissa Weisfeld, PhD, Anatoly I. Opalko, PhD, and Sarra A. Bekuzarova, DSc “The book is devoted to solving the actual problems of production of ecologically safe products: potatoes, vegetables, berries, etc., which meets the relevant international requirements. The information contained in the book allows us to consider the problem of safe production of horticultural products as well as gardening and plant growing in a broad ecological aspect, which is of great importance for the moderate and sustainable use of biological resources.”

—Volodymyr Ar. Doronin, DSc, Professor, Head of Laboratory of the Institute of Bioenergy Crops and Sugar Beet of NAAS, Ukraine 416 pages with index. 13 color and 63 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-668-0 / Ebook ISBN: 978-1-351-24939-3 £124.00 | September 2018 Theoretical Models and Experimental Approaches in Physical Chemistry: Research Methodology and Practical Methods Editors: A. K. Haghi, PhD, Sabu Thomas, PhD, Praveen K. M., and Avinash R. Pai

Presents an up-to-date review of modern materials and physical chemistry concepts, issues, and recent advances in the field using a modern theoretical and experimental approach in applied physical chemistry. The volume discusses the developments of advanced chemical products and respective tools to characterize and predict the chemical material properties and behavior.

448 pages with index. 19 color and 100 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-632-1 / EBook ISBN: 978-1-315-10263-4 £124.00 | October 2018

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Forthcoming and New Titles from Apple Academic Press Volatile Organic Compound Analysis in Biomedical Diagnosis Applications Editors: Raquel Cumeras, PhD, and Xavier Correig, PhD Here is a thought-provoking state-of-the-art picture of how volatile compounds are used in metabolomics, currently a hot topic in the metabolomics field. It provides a thorough description of what volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are, why they are important in biomedicine, and what the analytical platforms are used. It also looks at multivariate analysis and databases needs.

292 pages with index. 12 color and 38 b/w illustrations.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-744-1 / Ebook ISBN: 978-0-429-43358-0 £116.00 | November 2018

Women Scholars: Navigating the Doctoral Journey Editors: Jelane A. Kennedy, EdD, and Beverly A. Burnell, PhD

“Professors Kennedy and Burnell have captured generalized guidelines and tactical advice for pursuing doctoral education in their new book.

Divided into multiple chapters, each begins with an overview of the phases or stages of doctoral education that will be of use to those considering this pursuit or in the throes of it. . . . The more compelling aspects are the stories of women from all walks who chose this path and their lived experiences while doing so. Practical, heartwrenching, inspiring, compelling, and cause for personal reflection by every reader, this compilation shows the current state of doctoral studies, especially in counselor education from the inside out.

Future graduate students and current faculty need to critically consider the stories included here if we want to improve the opportunities and possibilities for all women.”

— Marilyn J. Amey, Mildred B. Erickson Endowed Chair, Professor and Chair, Department of Educational Administration, Michigan State University.

332 pages with index.

Hard ISBN: 978-1-77188-678-9 / Ebook ISBN: 978-1-351-20263-3 £108.00 | November 2018

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