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BIOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES CHEMISTRY COMPUTING EARTH SCIENCES ENERGY TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE INDUSTRIAL STUDIES MATERIALS SCIENCE MATHEMATICS MEDICINE PHYSICS TECHNOLOGY

Titles Received in March 2018

Contents

Agriculture & Farming

2

Biology & Life Sciences

9

Chemistry

15

Computing

18

Earth Sciences

21

Energy Technology & Engineering

25

Environmental Science

26

Industrial Chemistry & Manufacturing Technologies

32

Industrial Studies

34

Materials Science

36

Mathematics

37

Medicine

44

Physics

50

Technology

51

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Agriculture & Farming Agricultural Research Updates Volume 22 (Agricultural Research Updates Series) Edited by Prathamesh Gorawala, Srushti Mandhatri The authors begin by presenting research on the ecological features and adaptation of white-rot fungi in relation to the possible applications of these fungi in bioremediation strategies. The selection of an appropriate species should consider the production of ligninases and their activity as well as the ecological factors that could stimulate and increase the process. Following this, Streptomyces strains were tested for apple scab control in vitro and field conditions. Two applications of Streptomyces strain C1-4 within 35 days completely stopped the scab disease in seedling leaves. The authors also address the necessity for farmers to adapt to these challenges such as restricted land boundaries, adversity of climate changes and environmental degradation to prevent low crop output and maintain livelihoods of people. This is especially true in developing countries. As land becomes less productive, ground-breaking organic crop production systems that cover different cultivating pattern must be implemented.

The subsequent chapter provides important information about different possibilities for citric acid production, including the use of alternative agro-industrial substrates. Fermentation techniques, such as submerged fermentation and solid-state fermentation, and conditions that affect the acid synthesis are reported with the presentation of concrete examples of developed research. Wild ginger, or Siphonochilus aethiopicus, is discussed in the context of its usage as an anti-inflammatory, anti-plasmodial, anti-thrush and an indication for allergies, asthma, candidiasis, headache, influenza, menstrual cramps, sinusitis and sore throat among other conditions.

HB 9781536130119 £217.50 January 2018 Nova Science Publishers 201 pages

Agriculture Economics (Agricultural Sciences Series) Edited by Vasanti Khurana This book presents coverage on agricultural finance, policy, marketing, farm and agribusiness management, rural sociology, and agricultural law. Research into farm and agribusiness management led to mathematical planning systems and statistical computation of farm-enterprise data, and interest has been drawn to decision-making behaviour studies of farm managers. It deals with the study of the production and consumption of food in both developed and developing countries along with analysis of the policies that shape the world’s largest industry.

HB 9781681179056 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 420 pages

Agroforestry and Forestry (Horticulture Series) Edited by Marius Portner This volume demonstrates the role of agroforestry in providing commodity as well non-commodity benefits such as ecosystem services and forest ecological aspects and conservation and looks into new techniques for conserving the forests. This book will bridge the gaps in the knowledge about some new emerging issues on forest ecology and conservation. It covers the management of forest resources, within sites and across landscapes, to provide sustainable, desirable habitat conditions for all forest-dependent fauna while concurrently yielding economically viable, quality timber products. This volume will be an interesting and helpful resource to all those in the field of forestry working for its sustainable use and conservation.

HB 9781681179346 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 404 pages

Aquaculture (Aquatic Sciences Series) Edited by Hildebert Schmid This book provides an understanding on a large variety of aquaculture related topics. It aims to describe past trends in capture fishery and aquaculture production, particularly concerning the development of marine capture fisheries, and to compare the current production with fisheries potential. The book presents recent research results on the interaction between aquaculture and environment, and includes several case studies all over the world with the aim of improving and performing sustainable aquaculture. An essential requirement for ensuring sustainable fisheries and aquaculture through good policies and management will be the provision of objective information on the state of fisheries and aquaculture.

HB 9781681179469 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 408 pages

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Aromatic and Medicinal Plants (Horticulture Series) Edited by Luisella Profeta This volume covers interested research topics dealing with isolation, purification, and identification of active ingredients from wild and medicinal plants. It covers interesting research topics and the use of natural resources for medical treatments in some severe diseases. Day by day there is an increase in ethnobotanical, taxonomic, or phytochemical studies, providing an encouraging picture of research to support its use in traditional medicine.

This discovery will lead to an increase in the global pharmaceutical market as well as open such new gate for medicinal plant research. This book will add significant information to medical researchers, practitioners and can be used for postgraduate students."

HB 9781681179353 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

Biotechnology (Agricultural Sciences Series) Edited by Carsten Weeber This book, a collaborative endeavor involving contributions from renowned academics around the globe, discusses the techniques of plant tissue culture, the fundamental basis for the development of innovative crop improvement strategies. It brings together the principles and contemporary agricultural biotechnology. The information provided in this book should be of interest for students, academic researchers and for agriculturalists.

HB 9781681179087 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 404 pages

Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (Horticulture Series) Edited by Shikha Singh Sahni This book contains recent advances in certain biotechnological applications. It presents some of the key concepts, methods, software packages, and databases used in bioinformatics, with an emphasis on those relevant to plant science. It also cover some fundamental issues related to biological sequence analyses, transcriptome analyses, computational proteomics, computational metabolomics, bio-ontologies, and biological databases. A focus on a few emerging research topics in bioinformatics is given. This book will be very helpful to the undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, teachers of microbiology, biotechnology, agriculture and horticulture.

HB 9781681179421 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 412 pages

Crop Management and Improvement (Agricultural Sciences Series) Edited by Stafford Cowden This book focuses on challenges, progress and prospects of crop production. It contains of wide assortment of topics including latest agronomics practices for different crops to enhance productivity, mitigate the challenges imposed by climate change, improve water use efficiency, factors controlling dormancy, optimum use of fertilizers etc. This book will help researchers and students all over the world to attain new and interesting results in the field of alternative crops and cropping systems. " HB 9781681179094 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 420 pages

Entomology (Agricultural Sciences Series) Edited by Rochus Vogts This volume presents environmentally sound pest management practices under the umbrella of integrated pest management (IPM). It consists of contributions from the renowned authors providing information on pest management approaches as chemical alternatives. It presents emphasis on pest management strategies for use in corn, soybeans, small grains, forage crops, vegetables, and beekeeping. As a result, considerable emphasis has been placed on tactics other than chemical controls, including biological, cultural, and genetic methods and the deployment of varieties resistant to pests. A re-evaluation of the economic thresholds of insect pests and vectors and the concurrent development of models capable of generating management strategies are a direct result of the need to reduce our reliance on chemical controls.

HB 9781681179100 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

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Environment and Climate Change (Agricultural Sciences Series) Edited by Havlicek Cervenka This book reviews the state of agricultural climate change mitigation globally, with a focus on identifying the feasibility, opportunities and challenges for achieving mitigation among farmers. It analyzes the global consequences to crop yields, production, and risk of hunger linking climate and socio-economic scenarios. This volume also explores how large-scale programs for smallholder adaptation to climate change might link effectively with community-led adaptation initiatives. It identifies key success factors and barriers for considering local priorities, capacities and lessons in large-scale adaptation programs. It highlights the key roles of extension services and farmers' organisations as mechanisms for linking between national-level and community-level adaptation, and a range of other success factors which include participative and locally driven vulnerability assessments, tailoring of adaptation technologies to local contexts, mapping local institutions and working in partnership across institutions.

HB 9781681179117 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 424 pages

Fish & Environment (Aquatic Sciences Series) Edited by Tobin Danielson This volume covers original studies on the ecology, life history, epigenetics, behavior, physiology, morphology, systematics and evolution of marine and freshwater fishes that deal with the relationship between fishes and their external and internal environment, whether natural or unnatural. The book presents recent research results on the interaction between aquaculture and environment, and includes several case studies all over the world with the aim of improving and performing sustainable aquaculture. A wide variety of students, scientists, researchers and other will benefit from this book."

HB 9781681179476 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

Fish Breeding & Genetics (Aquatic Sciences Series) Venkat Kumar This book covers all aspects of breeding genetics which are of direct or potential relevance to improving the efficiency of commercial production of farmed fish. This guide accompanies a comprehensive review of the ways in which molecular genetic technologies can contribute to the management of wild fisheries and a critical evaluation of the role of population, evolutionary and molecular genetics in the management of wild fisheries.

This brings a wealth of information, providing a book which should be bought by all fish biologists, fisheries scientists, geneticists and aquarists.

HB 9781681179483 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

Fish Diseases (Aquatic Sciences Series) Italo Naggi This book focuses on fish diseases and disorders, which is an outcome of a tremendous volume of research conducted on parasites, especially those that cause morbidity and mortality in fish. It covers theoretical and practical information to identify, treat and cure the disease. The aim of this book is to help students, researchers, and aquarists to recognize signs of illness so they can identify and resolve problems.

HB 9781681179490 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 408 pages

Fish Ecology (Aquatic Sciences Series) Edited by Kord Jung This volume ‘Fish Ecology’ deals with the latest researches in the fields of fish ecology, limnology and ecoconservation. The purpose of this book is to introduce the ecology of fishes by describing the inter-relationships between fishes and the aquatic habitats they occupy. It covers the main themes of ecology, including habitat use, species interactions, migration, feeding, population dynamics and reproduction in relation to the major habitats occupied by fishes. It moves on to address freshwater, estuarine, and marine ecosystems and identifies factors that affect the distribution and abundance of fishes. It is aimed not only for the cause of research but also for the scientists and administrators involved in the planning and implementation of policies related to fish ecology.

HB 9781681179506 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 404 pages

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Fish Sciences (Aquatic Sciences Series) Edited by Feray Marangoz This book brings research studies to give in a concise form an account of the principal facts relating to the structure, classification, and life-history of Fishes. Research in ichthyology helps policy makers determine what course of action to take in order to maintain fish populations throughout the world. National and international policies are determined based on the data provided by fish research. It is intended to meet the requirements of those who are desirous of studying the elements of Ichthyology; to serve as a book of reference to zoologists generally; and, finally, to supply those who, like travelers, have frequent opportunities of observing fishes, with a ready means of obtaining information.

HB 9781681179520 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 408 pages

Fisheries (Aquatic Sciences Series) Edited by Dietmar Wirnhier This book covers the novel and current scientific studies taking place across universities and research centers in various parts of the world in the areas of fisheries science, fishing technology, fisheries management and relevant socio-economics. It highlights the main freshwater fishes and the major fisheries of the Nile River basin. The ecological status of the Nile fisheries and their economic importance to populations living in the countries of the Nile basin are also reviewed. It also describes some of the major Pan-Arctic fisheries, the stock assessment methods applied to assess them and how the fisheries might change with climate warming and further development of the northern regions. This book is intended for fisheries scientists, biological oceanographers, gear technologists, economists, managers, administrators, policy makers and legislator."

HB 9781681179513 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 404 pages

Fisheries & Aquaculture Economics Management (Aquatic Sciences Series) Edited by Bojan Negrescu This book covers all aspects on the economics of fisheries and aquaculture. It provides the prospect on current state of the global fishery and aquaculture and points out certain key features of these production activities. It discusses key issues such as how to finance and plan new aquaculture business, how to monitor and evaluate economic performance, and how to manage capital, labor, and business risk, the book equips aquaculture professionals, students, researchers, or anyone interested in this subject."

HB 9781681179537 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 420 pages

Floriculture and Landscaping (Horticulture Series) Edited by Gavino Merlo This volume aims to present the latest trends and overview of the floriculture industry and reviews the product, production process, market segmentation and peculiar characteristics of floriculture. Overview of Regulations, code of conduct and Standards in Floriculture is presented along with health and environmental hazards.

HB 9781681179360 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 412 pages

Fruit Science (Horticulture Series) Edited by Detlev Wechsler This volume offers practical knowledge of the production of tree fruits and nuts, grapes, small fruits and vegetables, and other row crops, and forages. The concentration details factors influencing the growth, development, and productivity of these crops (eg: site selection, cultivar selection, field and plant establishment, pest management, harvesting, and postharvest handling). The concentration also focuses on ongoing and newly emerging specialty industries and concerns such postharvest technology, plant breeding and biotechnology, integrated pest management, and precision agriculture. It also provides an overview of the health benefits associated with fruit consumption, including brief discussions of underlying protective mechanisms, identifies key scientific findings regarding the health benefits of fruit consumption.

HB 9781681179377 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 412 pages

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General Aquaculture, Fisheries & Fish Sciences (Aquatic Sciences Series) Edited by Sharlene Albinson This book covers research studies and reviews within the whole field of fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences, and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. It covers descriptions of aquatic plants and animals and feeding to in-depth coverage of economics, marketing, management and diseases of aquatic animals and plants. It covers basic and applied research articles in a broad range of subject areas relevant to fisheries science in such important topics as fisheries, biology, aquaculture, environment, chemistry and biochemistry, and food science and technology.

HB 9781681179544 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 408 pages

Greenhouse Technology (Agricultural Sciences Series) Edited by Benedikt Hasek This volume deals with the scope of greenhouse technology in agricultural engineering (cultivation, drying and space heating). The greenhouse can provide control environment for high value crops like medicinal plants, flowers etc. crops grown inside a greenhouse are healthy and give better results. It takes a look on several climatic factors that need care in the management of a greenhouse (ie: the control of temperature, light, air composition, and nature of the root medium).

HB 9781681179124 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 404 pages

Irrigation and Drainage Engineering (Agricultural Sciences Series) Edited by Svenja Breisacher This volume ‘Irrigation and Drainage Engineering’ aims to explore frontiers of knowledge in coining sustainable strategies and systems direly needed in managing the quality and quantity of water required for crop irrigation, surface and root zone drainage and flood management using available tools of research and development. The contribute chapters are written by well-known authors possessing various professional backgrounds and proficiency have dealt with these issues concerning the strategies and systems of irrigation and drainage. This book will be of invaluable for crop growers, agricultural engineers, water resource managers, academicians and graduate students alike."

HB 9781681179131 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 408 pages

Natural Resources Management (Agricultural Sciences Series) Edited by Mareike Kruckel This book covers studies of natural resources exploration, evaluation and exploitation, including environmental and risk-related aspects on a wide variety of resources including minerals, coal, hydrocarbon, geothermal, water, and vegetation. It presents a variety of sustainable strategies and/or approaches including use of GIS and Remote Sensing technologies, decision support system models, involvement of stakeholders in major decisions regarding use of natural resources, community level initiatives, and use of surveillance and monitoring mechanisms.

HB 9781681179148 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

Nematology (Agricultural Sciences Series) Edited by Wendel Garver This book covers the nematodes specificities and their interactions with plants are reviewed, considering host plants quality and compatibility. The potentials of nematode resistance and diversity of antagonists and parasitism are discussed, in relation to host specificity and obligate multitrophic relationships. The ecology and management of nematode communities are also discussed, focusing on soil health approaches and new paradigms for plant protection.

HB 9781681179155 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

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Pest Management (Agricultural Sciences Series) Edited by Tahir Alfarsi The book chapters detail about historical review of IPM concepts; strategies and some experiences in applications of IPM; pest control in organic agricultural system; and the use of entomopathogenic and molluscoparasitic nematodes, insect pheromones, semiochemicals, detergents, and soaps as a part of IPM scheme. It also delivers how agroecological concepts may contribute to sustainable pest management.

HB 9781681179162 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 428 pages

Plant Breeding and Genetics (Horticulture Series) Edited by Raimund Scheinberg This volume aims to present some of the recent advances of 21st century plant breeding, exemplifying novel views, approaches, research efforts, achievements, challenges and perspectives in breeding of some crop species.

The book chapters have presented the latest advances and comprehensive information on selected topics that will enhance the reader's knowledge of contemporary plant breeding. It also provides some updated discussions on current advances, challenges, and future perspectives of plant genome studies and applications. The book should prove useful to students, researchers, and experts in the area of conservation biology, genetic diversity, and molecular biology.

HB 9781681179438 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

Plant Diseases Identification & Management with Illustrations (Agricultural Sciences Series) Edited by Cornelio Losa The book provides practical, conversant information that helps in the successful management of diseases on food, fiber, and landscape plants. information on; the precise identification of diseases and the pathogens that cause them; the development of epidemics of plant diseases; the application of biotechnology in plant pathology; the use of alternative methods of crop production and disease management that help protect the environment.

HB 9781681175799 £138.50 January 2017 Scitus Academics 296 pages

Plant Pathology (Horticulture Series) Edited by Mehmet Tilkic This book provides the latest information on plant pathogenic fungi, viruses, bacteria, phytoplasmas and spiroplasmas, including pathogen biology from genetics to geographical distributions. This book is an attempt in the process to provide readers with a relevant book which acquaints them with the current developments and advances in the field of plant pathology and biotechnology, particularly within the context of the widening scope of such arenas as biochemistry. In this book, expert scholars share their research knowledge and key literature which are vital toward the diagnosis of plant diseases across the globe, addressing traditional plant pathology techniques, as well as advanced molecular diagnostic approach.

HB 9781681179445 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 412 pages

Plant Physiology (Horticulture Series) Edited by Edgar Ibbot The truly grand challenges in plant physiology are those that will yield important insights about how plants live and function, and also provide at least partial solutions to critical societal needs. The book provides general principles and new insights of some plant physiology aspects covering abiotic stress, biochemistry and metabolism, transport and translocation, plant water relations, mineral nutrition and reproduction. This book may serve as source of methods, theories, ideas and tools for students, researchers and experts in the areas of plant physiology.

HB 9781681179452 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 408 pages

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Plantation and Spices Crops (Horticulture Series) Edited by Chadwick Hillam This book presents an overview of the importance of plantation crops and spice plants, as well as the current status of the cultivation of these crops. It covers plant production aspects, such as climate and water requirements, planting, fertilizers, irrigation, weeding and hoeing, and harvesting, processing, and pest and disease management. This book is intended for advanced graduate students and practitioners of agriculture and horticulture, and those who are involved in the production and promotion of plantation crops, spice plants, and essential oil and medicinal plants.

HB 9781681179384 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

Post Harvest Technology (Horticulture Series) Edited by Sonja Boehler The importance of post harvest technology lies in the fact that it has capability to meet food requirement of growing world population by eliminating avoidable losses making more nutritive food items with higher values by proper processing, storage, packaging, transport and marketing. This book ‘Post Harvest Technology’ covers postharvest food preservation and processing methods, with an emphasis on grains. It emphasizes on the aspects and postharvest techniques that are used to maintain seed quality. A comprehensive review of the better, economical, convenient, and productive methods is provided, focused on the needs of developing countries but also with relevance in more industrialized countries."

HB 9781681179391 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 400 pages

Processing and Preservation (Horticulture Series) Edited by Rodrigo Affini The main objective of fruit and vegetable processing is to supply wholesome, safe, nutritious and acceptable food to consumers at affordable prices throughout the year. Successful fruit and vegetable processing enterprises require a lot of skill and provision of a consistently high quality product. Processors must therefore employ quality control measures to ensure uniformity and consistency in their products. The book covers the processing of a wide range of fruit, vegetable and root produce. These foods are the cornerstone of good health and contain many different vitamins and minerals. This book presents several pre- and postharvest strategies that have been developed to modify these physiological activities, resulting in increased shelf life. This will be of invaluable for students, professional horticulturalists and readers with interest in the subject.

HB 9781681179407 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 392 pages

Rice and Rice Straw Production, Cultivation and Uses (Agriculture Issues and Policies Series) Edited by Asma Timayev, Gada Kadyrov The book opens with a discussion on rice straw, a substance rich in polysaccharides with a high lignin and silica content, limiting voluntary intake and reducing degradability by rumen microbes. The authors suggest that the treatment of rice straw could be a good potential feed for ruminants. Next, the authors revise the fractionation processes used for the recovery of hemicelluloses from rice straw, subsequently providing a critical appraisal of the potential products that can be derived from it, and what conversion and purification processes are necessary for their production. Additionally, the current and potential industrial status of these products is presented. A discussion on the essential improvement of the biotechnology sector in order to attain a continuous supply of rice is offered, especially focusing on genetic modification. Later, the main strategies in weed control in rice are reviewed, also touching on the impacts of rice cultivation in the environment and the genetically modified rice cultivars on weed control. Afterwards, the physical, chemical, thermochemical, and biological pretreatments of biomass are described, especially non-catalytic pretreatment of rice straw. The techno-economic analysis of thermochemical and biochemical platforms is also summarized. The authors present strategies for reducing and re-using rice straw, exploring the direct use of rice straw as filler, roofing, animal food, fuel, and even burning process in an open field. Finally, the proximate composition, lipids, utilization, and future perspectives of rice bran are reviewed.

HB 9781536129113 £139.50 December 2017 Nova Science Publishers 213 pages

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Seed Science and Technology (Agricultural Sciences Series) Edited by Stewart Arterbury The book focuses on seed quality and physiology as related to seed production, harvest, processing, sampling, storage, genetic conservation, habitat regeneration, distribution and testing. The contributed chapters are written by seed science experts from the field of seed physiology, ecology, molecular biology, biochemistry, and seed technology was gathered. We hope that this book will attract the attention of researchers and technologists from academia and industry, providing points for interactive and fruitful discussion on this fascinating topic. To meet future world needs for food, fiber and energy, additional research advancements in seed genetics and technology will be critical. This comprehensive guide is designed to meet the needs of researchers, advisers and all those involved in the improvement and technical control of seed quality.

HB 9781681179179 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 424 pages

Soil Sciences (Agricultural Sciences Series) Edited by Lauro Nardo This book is intended to provide an up-to-date account of the current state of knowledge in recent practices and assessments in soil science. Moreover, it presents a comprehensive evaluation of the effect of residue/waste application on soil properties and the mechanism of plant adaptation and plant growth. It introduces several innovative approaches for soil remediation and risk assessment, including advances in phytoremediation and implementation of metabolomics in soil sciences. We hope that this book will continue to meet the expectations and needs of all interested in varied fields with proficiency in soil science, health, toxicology, and other disciplines who contribute and share their findings to take this area forward for future investigations.

HB 9781681179186 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 400 pages

Vegetable Science (Horticulture Series) Edited by Hartwig Rosenberger This book covers original researches in the field of breeding, physiology, ecology, production, management, seed technology, genomics molecular breeding, plant genetic resources, disease and pest management, marketing, post-harvest etc. innovative articles on all aspects of vegetable production, including growth regulation, pest management, sustainable production, harvesting, handling, storage, shipping, and final consumption. While the primary focus of this volume is on the production of improved, indigenous, and wild vegetables, consideration of their nutritional, medicinal and industrial importance and genetic conservation are also outlined to provide a comprehensive overview of their contributions to the concepts of stability and sustainability of tropical agriculture. The contributed chapters are written by researchers, practitioners, and academics present current findings on new crops and protected culture as well as traditional crops, examine marketing trends in the commercial vegetable industry, and address vital issues of concern to breeders, production managers, and processors working in all continents where vegetables are grown.

HB 9781681179414 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 404 pages

Biology & Life Sciences Advances in Animal Science and Zoology Volume 11 (Advances in Animal Science and Zoology Series) Edited by Owen P Jenkins This book includes a review of the knowledge of extended family bonds between females in mammals and birds, focusing on how waterfowl are particularly predisposed to female-centered kin clans. A study is presented which investigates whether lineal kin, i.e. mothers and their adult daughters, form long-term bonds in a well-studied model organism within waterfowl, the greylag goose. The Atlantic Forest biome is exhibited as one of the most biodiverse and threatened biomes in the world. The authors conduct a quantitative analysis on the published data about parasitism by Amblyomma ticks on birds of the Atlantic Forest, testing whether ecological and morphological variables of the host are associated with parasitism by ticks.

PB 9781536132144 £217.50 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 190 pages

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Advances in Marine Biology Volume 3 (Advances in Marine Biology Series) Edited by Adam Kovacs, Patrik Nagy Advances in Marine Biology. Volume 3 begins by focusing on some novel compounds having antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anticancer and other bioactive properties identified and isolated from marine sponges, which could serve as leads for drug discovery. The authors also discuss the factors that contribute to new discoveries and the challenges associated with translating marine sponge-derived compounds into clinical trials. The advances that may further expand the promise of drug discovery from marine sponges are also examined. Following this, the authors present current information about Hox-genes in polychaetes and make some cautious assumptions about the ancestral functions of the Hox-cluster. The basic plane and evolution of bilateral animals (Bilateria) are closely associated with Hox-genes. These genes usually exist in the genome in the form of the aforementioned clusters, gene complexes with a conservative position of individual genes inside them.

Marine biotoxins are examined, specifically their correlation with of harmful algal blooms (HABs) which can accumulate in seafood products. This can have severe consequences on both the fishery industry and consumer health, as most marine biotoxins are not destroyed by food technologies like freezing or cooking, and their presence cannot be perceived because they give no specific taste, flavor or smell to food. The subsequent article contains a study on adaptation to environmental salinity alterations in the White Sea mussel Mytilus edulis, with its research having been conducted for several years and involving both long-term acclimation and exposure to stress salinity.

PB 9781536130928 £82.99 January 2018 Nova Science Publishers 199 pages

Animal Biotechnology (Animal Sciences Series) Edited by Gebhard Ohme This Volume encompasses all aspects of animal science and biotechnology, including animal genetics and breeding, animal reproduction and physiology, animal nutrition and biochemistry, feed processing and testing, and animal biotechnology. It is designed to introduce research achievements in animal science and technology to the international community, and to strengthen academic field. The topics including advances in animal assisted reproduction, conservation of animal genetic diversity, biotechnology of gut microbiome, nutrigenomics, fodder and feed biotechnology, immunogenetic, genomics and its applications in animals. We hope that a wide variety of scientists, researchers, and others may benefit from this book.

HB 9781681179193 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 408 pages

Animal Husbandry and Extension (Animal Sciences Series) Edited by Branko Albescu Animal husbandry extension will play an important role in changing the knowledge regarding animal husbandry management, skill in animal rearing practices and attitude towards newer technology of livestock owner which can lead to an increase in per animal milk production. This volume ‘Animal Husbandry and Extension’ is an integrated text to provide educational concepts and self study guide for students, researchers, teachers, livestock extension specialists and administrators interested in the study of Animal science. The aim of this book is to identify and explain the causes and contributors to current problems in animal husbandry, especially those related to 'factory farming', and advance arguments that may contribute to its successful re-orientation.

HB 9781681179209 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 412 pages

Animal Nutrition (Animal Sciences Series) Edited by Valentin Flater This volume is concerned with the animal feeds and their feeding describing research on feed for ruminants and non-ruminants, including poultry, horses, companion animals and aquatic animals. It encompasses the full coverage of animal nutritional sciences and reviews including, but not limited to, fundamental aspects of animal nutrition such as nutritional requirements, metabolic studies, body composition, energetics, immunology, genetics and molecular and cell biology related to nutrition, and more applied aspects of animal nutrition, such as raw material evaluation, feed additives, nutritive value of novel ingredients and feed safety. This book will be useful for students, researchers, teaching staff, practicing professionals connected with dairy science, animal science, food science, nutrition, physiology, biochemistry, veterinary medicine and other related fields.

HB 9781681179216 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 452 pages

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Animal Production and Reproduction (Animal Sciences Series) Edited by Prasenjit Nagarkar Healthy and well-fed animals, properly reared and genetically selected will grow faster and produce more and better quality yields. This book aims to review developments and indicate which reproductive technologies can be used commercially or in research. It begins by discussing artificial insemination and how this has recently been refined in semen sexing technology. This volume also addresses in detail both livestock’s role in climate change and the impacts of climate change on livestock production and reproduction. The objectives of this volume is to improve livestock production and reproduction of breeds adapted to the local environments, with emphasis on the characterization of livestock genetic resources, the identification of genes controlling productive and economic traits, and the establishment or the strengthening of artificial insemination programs.

HB 9781681179223 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 400 pages

Animal Surgery (Animal Sciences Series) Edited by Andre Garrard This volume equips the readers with the latest advancements in the veterinary medicine and surgery that deals with prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, disorder and injury in non-human animals. It relates to the medical and surgical treatment of animals. It covers research studies that helps advance the theoretical and practical understanding of animal science and medicine, relevant to any area of the health and management of domestic animals, poultry, aquatic animals, wildlife and related fields including: infectious diseases, epidemiology, disease dynamics, animal medicine; and welfare, management and hygiene, nutrition and clinical nutrition, surgery, anesthesiology and diagnostic imaging, and experimental surgery. This book will be of invaluable to veterinarians and veterinary technicians provided with practical information with the goal of using current information from the literature to applied situations.

HB 9781681179322 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 376 pages

Bacteriology and Microbiology (Animal Sciencesc Series) Edited by Hossam Nejem This book is concerned with microbial (bacterial, fungal, viral) diseases of domesticated vertebrate animals (livestock, companion animals, and poultry,) that supply food, other useful products or companionship. In addition, Microbial diseases of wild animals living in captivity, or as members of the feral fauna will also be considered if the infections are of interest because of their interrelation with humans (zoonoses) and/or domestic animals. It describes representative bacteria that are pathogenic and can cause infectious diseases to animals.

Studies of antimicrobial resistance are also included, provided that the results represent a substantial advance in knowledge."

HB 9781681179230 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 412 pages

Castor and Lesquerella Oils Production, Composition and Uses (Biochemistry Research Trends Series) Edited by Grace Chen Castor oil was used as a medicine dating back to ancient Egyptian times. During the past centuries, castor oil has been employed in numerous modern applications. Castor oil contains an uncommon hydroxy fatty acid (HFA) at extremely high concentrations (90%). The hydroxy group imparts unique chemical and physical properties that make castor oil a vital raw material for manufacturing an increasing number of industrial products, such as high lubricity, long life lubricants and greases, a variety of polymers traditionally made by petroleum-based products for various coatings, elastomers and plastics, and an array of castor oil derivatives utilized in the cosmetic industry.

Because of the high oil concentration in castor seeds (50% of dry seed weight), castor is also cultivated as a feedstock for biodiesel production. Due to the toxin ricin found in castor seeds, the US Department of Agriculture is developing a safe source of HFA, which is known as lesquerella. This book presents a wide range of research results on castor oil production and applications. State-of-the-art technologies have been employed to depicting molecular species and pathways involved in the bio-synthesis of castor and lesquerella oils. Novel applications of castor oil has been developed such as biodegradable nanocomposites to be used as superior wound dressing materials and new polymers for sustainable polyurethane foams. Up-to-date information on global castor crop production, oil processing and utilization has been extensively reviewed.

PB 9781536129717 £139.50 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 148 pages

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Coenzyme Q10 Uses, Health Effects and Role in Disease (Biochemistry Research Trends Series) Edited by Sabine Grigoryeva Coenzyme Q10: Uses, Health Effects and Role in Disease reviews the current knowledge and evidence of the potential clinical applications of Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10). CoQ10 is a lipophilic molecule composed by a bezonquinone ring conjugated to a ten-carbon isoprenoid side chain. It exists in two molecular forms, ubiquinone and ubiquinol, which are the basis for its antioxidant properties. CoQ10 also plays an essential role in cellular metabolism to produce ATP, which provides energy for muscle contraction and other vital cellular functions. Most of the ATP production occurs in the inner mitochondrial membrane, where coenzyme Q is found. The authors review the protective effects of CoQ10 on intense physical exercise, reducing muscle damage and improving physical performance. Evidence of secondary CoQ10 deficiency in disease and in pharmacotherapy is discussed, highlighting putative mechanisms to account for this deficit together with examples of therapeutic intervention.

Secondary CoQ10 deficiencies are important to identify as clinical benefit can be elicited following treatment with CoQ10 or its associated analogues.

PB 9781536132847 £71.50 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 110 pages

Dairy Sciences (Animal Sciences Series) Edited by Wetzel Eilerts This book presents cutting edge research work on all aspects of dairy sciences and technology with interests in biochemistry, breeding, economics, engineering, environment, food science, genetics, microbiology, nutrition, pathology, physiology, processing, public health, quality assurance, and sanitation. It delivers information on all aspects of dairy science and technology including animal husbandry, welfare and behavior, animal health, physiology, biochemistry and endocrinology of lactation, milk composition and processing. It also present the coverage of a wide range of dairy products, including fluid and condensed milks, cheese, butter, fermented milk products and ice cream, as well as dry or condensed milk and whey products. It aims to explore the mechanisms and issues involved in the transformation of milk using a multidisciplinary and multiscale approach, from the native molecules to their final functionality, including nutritional and biological properties. This book is designed to support the entire dairy supply chain including farmers, producer co-operatives, manufacturers, processors and distributors of dairy products.

HB 9781681179247 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 404 pages

Genetics and Breeding (Animal Sciences Series) Edited by Hartmann Pfenning This volume discusses ways and means to improve productivity through breeding are discussed and some basic issues requiring further research pointed out. It aims to provide a glimpse into the dynamic process of genetic disparity in animals by presenting the thoughts of scientists who are engaged in the generation of new idea and techniques used for the assessment of genetic variety, often from very different perspectives. This book is a comprehensive source of knowledge on the latest advances in the field of animal genetics and breeding. The book should prove useful to students, researchers, and experts in the area of genetics and breeding, and molecular biology.

HB 9781681179254 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 412 pages

Immunology (Animal Sciences Series) Edited by Norbert Oursler This volume reports basic, comparative and clinical immunology as they pertain to the animal species designated here: livestock, poultry, and fish species that are major food animals and companion animals such as cats, dogs, horses and camels, and wildlife species that act as reservoirs for food, companion or human infectious diseases, or as models for human disease. It brings a clinical framework complete with real-world examples to integrate the theory and practice of veterinary medicine. It also covers fundamental aspects of immunology; methods for the demostration of the immune state, and their application to the diagnosis of disease; vaccines and antisera; physiological and pathological aspects of the specific immune responses. This book provides crucial information not only for poultry health professionals and avian biologists, but also for comparative and veterinary immunologists, graduate students and veterinary students with an interest in veterinary immunology.

HB 9781681179261 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

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Livestock (Animal Sciences Series) Edited by Baldur Jaeger This volume presents selected topics in livestock science contributed by well-known experts in their respective areas. It consisting of topics in food-animal production systems, management of several animal products, health related issues in animals, and contaminants that may be found in animal foods. It presents the state of livestock production systems and the status of both intensive and extensive production systems globally in relation to recent trends, coupled with a brief assessment of whether these trends are likely to continue into the future. This book has been designed to meet the requirements of students, researchers who are working in different parts of the world in different environments.

HB 9781681179278 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 412 pages

Melatonin Medical Uses and Role in Health and Disease (Biochemistry Research Trends Series) Edited by Lorecana Carson, Germaine Mayers The book deliberates on the way clinical trials in antipsychotic medicated patients suggest some positive effects for melatonin, but the studies have substantial shortcomings. The mechanism by which melatonin exerts any clinical effects remains largely un-investigated. The strength of the clinical evidence for an effect of melatonin, like that of the pre-clinical studies, is equivocal. An overview of the range of disorders and conditions that they may be improved by melatonin administration is provided, followed by consideration of the processes that may underlie these changes. In the final chapter, the authors summarize the data documenting the use of melatonin and its beneficial effects in oral related-diseases, such as bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw, periodontitis, mucositis, cancer, and/or oral infection.

HB 9781536129878 £199.99 December 2017 Nova Science Publishers 336 pages

Pathology and Behaviour (Animal Sciences Series) Edited by Radoslav Jandacek This book aims to provide veterinary pathology students and pathologists with information needed to understand basic ultrastructural techniques and to identify tissues, interpret changes in tissue, and identify organisms at the ultrstructural level. This contains topics on sublethal and lethal cellular injury, inflammation and repair, thrombosis and hemodynamic disorders, immunologic and genetic disorders, and neoplasia. In addition, coverage on infectious, nutritional, and metabolic diseases, and ecosystem, environmental and forensic pathology is presented. This book is also appropriate for graduate students and researchers involved in biomedical and animal science programs that require basic understanding of pathogenesis of major disease processes.

HB 9781681179285 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 404 pages

Pharmacology and Toxicology (Animal Sciences Series) Edited by Volker Geiszler This volume presents research studies in comparative pharmacology, clinical veterinary pharmacology and other aspects of pharmacology of interest to the veterinary profession. Biochemical and molecular interactions were discussed, and the tools of other disciplines were brought to focus upon the problems of domestic animal poisonings. It is primarily intended to students in pharmocology and veterinary nurses; it focuses on the practical application of knowledge and encourages a problem-solving approach by introducing a discussion of the potential uses of drugs and exploring a variety of therapies. It illustrates the more complex areas of pharmacology and aid comprehension of the general action mechanisms of the various drugs discussed. Complicated concepts are presented in a user-friendly way to maximize understanding. An understanding of mechanisms, potential benefits, and risks of antidotes is essential for clinicians who manage poisoned animals.

HB 9781681179292 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 408 pages

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Physiology and Anatomy (Animal Sciences Series) Edited by Bernard Gorbold This book describes the structure of the animal body and the way in which it works. It describes the principles of physiology that underlie all animals, rather than focusing exclusively on humans. It provides a comprehensive overview of physiological systems in an efficient and concise manner by moving between description of general principles of physiology and specific examples of these principles from a variety of animal species. Veterinary nurses need to have a firm grasp of the normal structure of an animal’s body and how it functions before they can understand the effect diseases and injuries have and the best ways to treat them. It provides the learner the relevant knowledge of the structure and the function of the animal body to enable the learner to provide better animal care.

HB 9781681179308 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 400 pages

Poultry Science (Animal Sciences Series) Edited by Lanzo Mertens This volume presents an introductory overview to the different fields/branches of poultry science. It covers on special feed resources for poultry, biofilms of salmonella and campylobacter in the poultry production, and mycotoxins in poultry feed. It will review the basics of AI and fertility evaluation in poultry. To better appreciate the biological basis of these techniques, an overview of the reproductive biology of poultry is provided.

Anticipation of different contaminants in modern poultry farms is provided as the consumption of poultry meat and products has increased as a consequence of economic crisis, driven by several factors, while people keep away from high priced beef/lamb meat or meat products. Meanwhile, due to this increasing demand in industry resulting strict measures in disease control and environmental factors, these products may involve some chemical and natural compounds with hazardous properties at detectable or even very low concentrations. This book will be of valuable for the graduate students, teachers, researchers, farmers, and other professionals, who are interested to fortify and expand their knowledge about chicken products in fields of poultry science, biotechnology, plant science, and agriculture.

HB 9781681179315 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

Protein Kinase C Emerging Roles and Therapeutic Potential (Biochemistry Research Trends Series) Edited by Dean J Pierce In this compilation, the authors review the structural basis of PKC isozymes and focus on the C1 domain, as well as the plausible binding mechanisms of its activators. Additionally, the recent molecular dynamics simulation studies of how phorbol esters or bryostatin bind to the activator pocket are described and some of the key amino acid residues recently identified as important for activator binding are investigated. The following chapter focuses on the expression pattern and function of PKCα in cancer cells, and newly emerging PKCα-targeted cancer therapies. PKCα acts directly and/or indirectly in various signaling mechanisms in cancer cells, including proliferation, survival, invasion, migration, apoptosis and drug resistance. A final review is provided which dissects the crosstalk between p53 and PKCα in the context of apoptotic cell death and cancer therapy. PKCα is implicated in a transcriptional regulation of the p53 tumor suppressor that is critical for cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in response to DNA damage.

PB 9781536132106 £71.50 February 2018 Nova Science Publishers 83 pages

Seabirds Beyond the Mountain Crest The History, Natural History & Conservation of Hutton’s Shearwater Edited by Richard Cuthbert This book tells the fascinating story of New Zealand’s endemic Hutton’s shearwater, a species that breeds only at two remote locations, high in the Kaikoura Mountains. Amateur ornithologist Geoff Harrow is the person most closely associated with the story of Hutton’s shearwater, for it was Geoff who discovered the two remaining nesting sites in the 1960s. For five decades he visited the mountains whenever he could to observe and record the birds, and to encourage the Department of Conservation and its predecessors to take steps to conserve this endangered species. As a result, scientist Richard Cuthbert was to spend three years living with 200,000 Hutton’s shearwaters and their neighbours, studying their behaviour, observing their interactions, measuring and recording facts and figures to build a detailed picture of why and how these birds had survived.

PB 9780947522643 £23.95 October 2017 Otago University Press 220 pages 55 colour photos

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Veterinary Sciences (Animal Sciences Series) Edited by Reto Schreck The practice of veterinary medicine continues to be informed by the values and needs of societies as they relate to animals. This book covers all aspects of veterinary science that helps the theoretical and practical understanding of animal science and medicine relevant to any area of the health and management of domestic animals, poultry, aquatic animals, and wildlife. It covers specific aspects of applied veterinary medicine in pets and in livestock. This book is intended to students, researchers, and scientist exploring the advanced and latest research developments in the field of veterinary sciences and related academic disciplines. The book will be an ideal for veterinary practitioners, policy makers, veterinary managers, and other health professionals who share or have a stake in veterinary.

HB 9781681179339 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 376 pages

Chemistry Advances in Chemistry Research Volume 42 (Advances in Chemistry Research Series) Edited by James C Taylor In this book, authors present research on filamentous fungi and the way they impact and transform their microenvironment, thereby contributing to mobilization or immobilization of potentially toxic metals and metalloids. Additionally, the significant impact of filamentous fungi on the deployment of potentially toxic elements in soils and sediments with possible intracellular or extracellular transformation is also discussed.

Following this, the authors present an overview of the various potential applications of fullerenes, including: anti HIV- protease activity, photodynamic DNA cleavage, free radical scavenger, antimicrobial action, fullerene-based photoelectric materials, catalytic properties of transition metal-fullerene complexes, and more. Next, an additional overview is presented on furfural production in the world, the characteristics of this compound as a platform product, and the methods applied for its production from different raw materials. The authors go on to analyze all of the designs and concepts made to date to pursue the best association motif and discuss all issues linked to this anticipated entropically adverse event. A study is presented on the effects of exposure of typical proteins to low frequency electromagnetic fields and to microwaves, wherein it was shown that “exposure to electromagnetic fields induces unfolding of proteins, causing transitions from α-helix to β-sheet-sheet structures that may be responsible of aggregation phenomena, leading to neurotoxic and neurodegenerative disorders that can be considered as the first step toward certain pathologies.” Later, the authors propose a treatment for red or brown sorghum which reduces the coloration, prepares the sorghum grain, improves the properties of the milling, increases the yield, and retains antioxidants in the flour. An additional study is presented on the electrical transport properties (electrical resistivity, thermal conductivity, and thermoelectric power) of five liquid alkali elements (Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs) using the theory of pseudopotential. Ending the book, the authors discuss the mechanism of Li3PS4 formation in ethyl propionate, an organic solvent. In addition, a solvent selection guide is determined and presented.

HB 9781536129199 £130.50 December 2017 Nova Science Publishers 195 pages

Advances in Chemistry Research Volume 43 (Advances in Chemistry Research Series) Edited by James C Taylor This compilation examines the recent advances achieved on development of processes for production of biodiesel from WCO based on homogeneous or heterogeneous acid catalysis, paying special attention to development acid catalysts that can be recovery and reusable in the WCO esterification reactions. Afterwards, the factors that influence the taste of rice and the mechanism and extent of their contribution are analyzed from the perspective of improving taste and increasing the market demand of rice. Therefore, the in vitro enzymatic digestive properties of cooked rice and the saccharides eluted as a result of cooking rice grains are defined. Lastly, a study is presented wherein biodiesel production was carried out in the presence of SBA-15-SO3H dispersed in poly (vinyl alcohol) as acid catalyst. The feedstock was waste cooking oil (WCO) and the alcohol used was methanol. The reaction was carried out at 60ºC in a batch reactor.

HB 9781536130782 £217.50 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 204 pages

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Advances in Chemistry Research Volume 44 (Advances in Chemistry Research Series) Edited by James C Taylor This collection presents recent results related to the synthesis, modification and characterization of triphenylamine oligomers and polymers by electrochemical methods, in particular Cyclic Voltammetry (CV). The modification by electrochemical methods of oligomers containing TPA as pendants groups, generating electroactive cross-linked networks accompanied by colour changes with high coloration efficiency is also discussed. Next, the authors review the mechanisms of formation and structure of FAEEs to their use as alcohol biomarkers, focusing on the developed analysis methods, fields of application and published articles. A critical overview is also provided on the methodological challenges and considerations for their analysis, the present limitations and advantages relatively to other alcohol biomarkers, and challenges and directions in the research of FAEEs as alcohol biomarkers. Afterwards, liquorice is discussed, specifically how liquorice roots have been object of many studies dealing with their biological activities as well as their phytochemical profiles, however the aerial parts of this plant, and in particular the leaves, have received scarce attention and been considered a waste product. Continuing, over seventy dimeric Pt(II) complexes which contain at least one thio-ligand are analyzed.

Thio-ligands are very useful as soft-S donor ligands in the chemistry of platinum. Another review correlates the structural parameters of about ninety mononuclear Pt(II) complexes containing at least one seleno- or silyl- ligand.

Each of these Pt(II) complex has structure with square planar geometry with various degrees of distortion. The authors argue, in a separate and final review, that carnitine and its derivatives are available from meat and synthesized by the body e.g. in vegetarians, so that an occasional pharmacological suppression of their levels doesn’t translate to cardiovascular disease prevention. The problem should be seen within the scope of placebo marketing under the guise of evidence-based medications.

HB 9781536132069 £217.50 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 181 pages

Chemistry of Drugs (Chemistry Series) Edited by Eberhard Welter This is an accessible introduction to organic chemistry, elementary medicinal chemistry, and biochemistry. The book offers an accessible introduction to subjects that are fundamental to pharmaceutical science. It looks at the chemical structure of drugs, and in particular to elements or fragments in these chemical structures. It covers all the key aspects of organic chemistry, elementary medicinal chemistry, and biochemistry, required by pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences students as well as researchers.

HB 9781681178875 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 424 pages

Chemistry of New Materials (Chemistry Series) Edited by Ingomar Schwenke The fundamental theory behind materials science includes concerning the microstructure of a material to its macromolecular physical and chemical properties. The development of new materials to address pressing future needs is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st Century. These new materials will play a key role in shaping the future. Among other things, they will have to provide pathways for sustainable resource management and energy supply, mobility, the future viability of the consumer society and new diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the healthcare sector. A deeper understanding of materials and their chemical make-up, architecture, functionalization, processing and potential applications creates the foundation which the manufacturing and process industry needs to remain competitive. Chemistry plays a predominant role in materials science because chemistry provides information about the structure and composition of materials, as well as the processes to synthesize and use them. By understanding and then altering the microstructure, material scientists adapt the properties to create custom, or even brand new, materials with specific properties for specific uses. It describes how individual substances interact and studies their stability and reactivity. To optimise material properties, researchers need an in-depth understanding of material structure and composition including how additives work, along with much more. Experience in chemistry is also needed in order to understand how to optimize the functions and quality of materials production, processing and applications, and it makes an important contribution to materials science all along the value-added chain. ‘Chemistry of New Materials’ outlines the contribution made by chemistry to materials science in meeting a variety of needs. It summarizes the development potential and research needs over the next ten years. It focuses on the use of chemistry for the design and synthesis of materials with interesting or potentially useful physical characteristics, such as magnetic, optical, structural or catalytic properties. It also involves the characterization, processing and molecular-level understanding of these substances.

HB 9781681178882 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 412 pages

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Chemistry of Space (Chemistry Series) Edited by Manas Korrapati This book discusses current research and advances in the field of space chemistry, including the origins of the universe, the chemical composition of planets and meteors, and stellar evolution. It looks at the way that the Earth’s present atmosphere has evolved from possible earlier atmospheres. Some of the available evidence for different scenarios is presented and critically discussed.

HB 9781681178899 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 464 pages

Chemistry of the Environment (Chemistry Series) Edited by Raphaela Schnur This book covers current research and advances in the field of environmental chemistry, including atmospheric chemistry, the chemistry of water pollution, and green chemistry. It presents the coverage of the atmosphere as a distinct sphere of the environment and the practice of industrial ecology as it applies to chemical science. It includes widespread coverage of both natural environmental sources and anthropogenic sources, their impacts on health, and their role in energy production in a balanced and scientifically rational way. It focuses on developing a fundamental understanding of the nature of these chemical processes, so that humankind's activities can be accurately evaluated. This book is intended to upper undergraduate and graduate level students studying environmental chemistry, chemical engineering, industrial ecology, and general biology. This book is of great benefit to environmental chemists and researchers, biochemists, and elementary organic chemists.

HB 9781681178905 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 412 pages

Food Chemistry (Chemistry Series) Edited by Thiemo Dahl This book deals with the advancement of the chemistry and biochemistry of foods or the analytical methods or approaches used concerning to major and minor components of food, their nutritional, physiological, sensory, flavor and microbiological aspects; bioactive constituents of foods, including antioxidants, phytochemicals, and botanicals. It also provides a review of traditional and non-traditional food preservation approaches and ingredients used as food additives, contaminants, and other agro-chemicals, together with their metabolism, toxicology and food fate. The objective of this book is to provide knowledge appropriate for students, university researchers, and in general, for anyone wishing to obtain knowledge of food processing and to improve the food product quality.

HB 9781681178912 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

Forensic Chemistry (Chemistry Series) Sieghild Walther This volume reports forensic analytical technique, where forensic chemistry is used to estimate age of an unknown human body will be estimated. It also include the application and or development of any molecular and atomic spectrochemical technique, electrochemical techniques, sensors, surface characterization techniques, mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance, chemometrics and statistics, and separation sciences (e.g. chromatography) that provide insight into the forensic analysis of materials. This book will be useful to practitioners of forensic medicine, experts, pathologists, law makers, investigating authorities, undergraduate and postgraduate medical school, graduates of medicine.

HB 9781681178929 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 404 pages

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Retinoic Acid Functions, Regulation and Health Effects (Chemistry Research & Applications Series) Edited by Jonah Cope, Leida Segura In this book, the authors examine retinoic acid and how it plays important role in a wide range of biological processes including proliferation and differentiation especially epithelial tissues. The mechanism of actions of retinoic acid in human keratinocytes and dermal fibroblasts are reviewed, as well as its clinical use in dermatological treatments. Next, the control of gene expression in hepatocytes is discussed. Retinoic acids (RA), including all-trans and 9-cis retinoic acids, are the bioactive components that bind and activate their cognate nuclear receptors to regulate target genes. The authors conclude by testing whether increased progesterone can bias sex ratios in the domestic hen. They determine that there is not a significant shift of the sex ratio after these preliminary experiments. These results suggest the existence of progesterone as additional inducer of meiosis in embryonic germ cell and independently of RA signaling in the chicken.

PB 9781536131567 £71.50 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 98 pages

Computing Artificial Intelligence Advances in Research & Applications (Computer Science, Technology & Applications Series) Edited by Luis Rabelo The authors present a comprehensive and articulated view of recent developments, identifies the applications gap by quoting from the experience of experts, and details suggested research areas. Artificial Intelligence: Advances in Research and Applications guides the reader through an intuitive understanding of the methodologies and tools for building and modeling intelligent systems. The book's coverage is broad, starting with clustering techniques with unsupervised ensemble learning, where the optimal combination strategy of individual partitions is robust in comparison to the selection of an algorithmic clustering pool. This is followed by a case in a paralleldistributed simulator using deep learning for its configuration. Chapter Three presents a case for autonomous vehicles. Chapter Four discusses the novel use of genetic algorithms with support vector machines. Chapters Five through Thirteen focus on the applications. The book discusses how the use of AI can allow for productivity development and other benefits not just for businesses, but also for economies. Finally, you can find an interesting investigation of the “transhuman” dimension of AI. HB 9781536126778 £169.99 December 2017 Nova Science Publishers 291 pages

Communication and Cyberspace (Computer Science Series) Edited by Debora Terrazas This book brings together discussion and research on cybernetworks and cyberspaces, studies of new senses of cybernautics and explorations of cybercommunication and cyberculture. It covers on the issues of intercultural communication and cyberspace, contains a set of recent theoretical approaches and research studies that present an excellent overview of some of the ways electronic technologies affect cultures and the ways cultures affect electronic discourses."

HB 9781681178462 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 404 pages

Computer Ethics (Computer Science Series) Zaira Segreti Various computing applications are tampered with to invade into other’s privacy. Malware, spyware, freeware, and browser cookie exploits are some of the notorious computing applications that have spurred the deliberate of importance of ethical behavior in technology. This volume ‘Computer Ethics’ discusses ethical issues, technologies that they are related to, and ethical theories, as well as the methodologies that the literature employs, its academic contribution, and resulting recommendations. It discusses general trends and argues that the time has come for a transition to responsible research and innovation to ensure that ethical reflection of computing has practical and manifest consequences."

HB 9781681178479 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 456 pages

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Computer Simulations Advances in Research and Applications (Computer Science, Technology and Applications Series) Edited by Michael D Pfeffer, Erik Bachmeier This book begins with an \overview and background of the topic during the past decade. The finite element method and the commercial available codes are introduced with an emphasis on Abaqus as the mostly used software in this field. The next part deals with the tire geometry and creation of a consistent and computationally effective finite element mesh from 2D and 3D drawings. The material models used for the description of the mechanical behavior of tire constituents are also examined. The following paper is dedicated to the computer simulation modelling as a method of solution of differential games where analytical investigation is problematic.

The main idea is that a very small number of scenarios including both control variables and parameters can provide a sufficiently good qualitative representation of dynamics of the modeled system. The Tablot Effect, which was first experimentally observed by Henry Talbot, is discussed. It is the repeated self-imaging of a diffraction grating at regular distances in the near-field behind the grating. If the observed diffraction images are laid out as a function of distance, a beautiful and repetitive pattern is observed; this is known as the Talbot carpet. The methodology of how the IFIM method was applied for the simulation of Talbot effect is described explicitly followed by a systematic synthesis of the Talbot carpet from the generated data. After this, Beckmann’s scattering model is adopted to simulate the light scattering from the yarn surface and to analyze the relation between the scattering pattern and the surface twist angle. The solution of the scattering intensity distribution for the yarn surface profile is derived and numerical results indicate that the highest light intensity on the backward light scattering pattern lies along the direction perpendicular to the surface fibers regardless of the fiber or yarn parameters.

PB 9781536130959 £139.50 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 136 pages

Computers and Creativity (Computer Science Series) Edited by Ursula Fashingbauer This book brings a broad range of views on computers and creativity. It proposes a number of questions that we think are important for future research in relation to computers and creativity. It shows how computers can enhance human creativity; whether computer art can ever be properly valued; what computing can tell us about creativity; and how creativity and computing can be brought together in learning. The contributed chapters are written by leading researchers, theorists and artists working in artificial intelligence, generative art, creative computing, and cybernetics, the book examines the relationship between computation and creativity from both analytic and practical perspectives. The book will appeal to students, researchers in artificial intelligence practicing artists and musicians, and any reader generally interested in understanding how computers can impact upon creativity.

HB 9781681178486 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 412 pages

Computers in Science and Mathematics (Computer Science Series) Edited by Boris Waxweiler This book provides an overview of the latest research in these areas and assessment of the role of the computer as a tool driving profound change by examining the role of computers in changing the face of the sciences and mathematics. It is the only periodical devoted specifically to using information technology in the teaching of mathematics and science. It provides a medium of exchange for those engaged in fields where there exists a nontrivial interplay between mathematics and computers. This book shows scientists and engineers how mathematics can be used to do scientific computations.

HB 9781681178493 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 400 pages

Computers in the Workplace (Computer Science Series) Edited by Filibert Melsbach Customised programs that meet the specific needs of a business are becoming more popular as companies engage the services of functional and technology consultants. This book discusses the advantages, psychological effects, and sociological implications of the computer in the workplace. The impact of computers on the workplace has been a major source of debate - both in terms of their effects on the quantity and quality of work. It explores how computers have changed the workplace, from robotic computers used in manufacturing and electronic medical records to word processors and computer programming.

HB 9781681178509 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 400 pages

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Networked Control Systems Research Challenges and Advances for Application (Computer Science, Technology and Applications Series) Edited by Eduardo Paciencia Godoy The research topic of networked control systems has been the focus over the last 15 years for the academic and industrial sectors. Networked control systems are distributed control systems in which the sensors, actuators, and controllers are physically separated and connected through an industrial network. NCSs represent the evolution of control architectures, providing greater modularity and control decentralization, maintenance ease and diagnosis, and lower cost of implementation. The R&D on NCSs has been overcoming the effects of the network delays, packet losses and message sampling intervals on NCS performance and stability. The advances in wireless networking technology and the proliferation of industrial wireless sensors have led to an increasing interest in using wireless networks for closed loop control. The main advantages of WNCSs are the reconfigurability, easy commissioning and the possibility of installation in places where cabling is impossible. Despite these advantages, a major problem must be considered for practical implementations of WNCSs. The technological concern in WNCSs is the energy efficiency of the devices. As the sensors are powered by batteries, the lowest possible consumption is required to extend battery lifetime without compromising the WNCS control performance.

PB 9781536131055 £71.50 January 2018 Nova Science Publishers 133 pages

Privacy, Security, and Cyberspace (Computer Science Series) Edited by Palmiro Corti This book provides a better understanding of the risks, perceptions, and myths that surround cybersecurity by looking at it from different levels of analysis. It addresses topics ranging from phishing and electrical-grid takedowns to cybercrime and online freedom, sharing illustrative anecdotes to explain how cyberspace security works. The book is premised on the belief that computer science-based approaches, while necessary, are not sufficient to tackle cybersecurity challenges. Instead, scholarly contributions from a range of disciplines are needed to understand the varied aspects of cybersecurity. Policymakers and strategists will find this book to be an invaluable resource in their efforts to ensure national security and answer concerns about future cyberwarfare.

HB 9781681178516 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 420 pages

Security and Authentication Perspectives, Management and Challenges (Cybercrime and Cybersecuriy Research Series) Edited by Ong Thian Song, Tee Connie, Mohd Shohel Sayeed The book provides a comprehensive combination of studies that offer integrated solutions to security and privacy problems. The topics covered in the book include mobile authentication systems, security in wireless sensor networks and IoTs, network-based intrusion detection systems, privacy protection in machine learning, deep learning for surveillance, and also targeted image forensics. An understanding of these areas ensures the ability to adapt to and address new challenges in the technological dependent world as these fields evolve. The primary target audiences of this book are students and researchers from security technology and information technology management.

HB 9781536129427 £169.99 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 152 pages

Turbo-Codes From Channel Coding to Video Compression (Computer Science, Technology and Applications Series) Charles Yaacoub This book presents the journey of Turbo-Codes from their first invention and initial design as error correcting codes to their application as video compression tools. This journey is presented in three milestones. First, TurboCodes are introduced as a channel coding tool. Different encoding structures and decoding algorithms are discussed from theoretical and practical aspects, for binary and non-binary Turbo-Codes. Slepian-Wolf and WynerZiv theorems are then discussed, as they constitute the main theory behind distributed source coding (DSC).

Turbo-Codes are then presented as a practical tool for distributed source compression. The study of Turbo-Codes application in DSC is also extended to the case of joint source-channel coding (JSCC), where these codes are jointly used for both source compression and error correction. Theoretical models for DSC and JSCC are thoroughly discussed along with the necessary modifications to the initial turbo encoder-decoder system. Different simulation setups are considered and results are presented and analysed.

PB 9781536131147 £71.50 January 2018 Nova Science Publishers 82 pages

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Earth Sciences Abiotic and Biotic Stress (Earth Sciences Series) Edited by Melitta Salzwedel This book represents a general overview of the major mechanisms developed by plants to tolerate environmental stresses, both abiotic (drought, high temperature, chilling and freezing, UV-B radiation, salinity and heavy metals) and biotic stress which includes physiology of plant-pathogen interaction, various ways through which pathogen invade the host tissues and many others. Clear understanding of physiological interaction of an organism with its environment is necessary to answer how competition, herbivory, and disease affect individual plants, plant processes, plant population and finally crop productivity. Consequently, basic knowledge of plant physiology leads to the foundation of developing plant species that are capable of withstanding stressful environment.

HB 9781681179049 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 424 pages

Asteroids and Meteorites (Earth Sciences Series) Edited by Gregor Pahlke Meteorites, and their fall to Earth, have the potential to inform studies of the asteroid impact hazard and of impact mitigation. This book presents the celestial phenomena of asteroids, meteoroids and meteorites, and comets. It illustrates the role that collisions with meteors, comets, and asteroids have played in the history of Earth and other planets in the solar system and examines what is being done to protect Earth from future collisions.

HB 9781681178790 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 364 pages

Atmosphere (Earth Sciences Series) Edited by Erminio Gimondi This book discovers the fundamental processes that cause atmospheric circulation and create climate zones and weather patterns, and learn how carbon cycling between atmosphere, land, and ocean reservoirs helps to regulate Earth's climate. As a large amount of carbon dioxide is utilized by plants, on average, it comprises only 0.04 percent of dry air. Nevertheless, it plays significant role in keeping the atmosphere at temperatures that permit life. The concentration of carbon dioxide, nowadays, is increasing due to human activities. Today, man burns large quantities of fossil fuels for various purposes. As a result, huge amounts of carbon dioxide are emitted.

Its ever increasing concentration has already resulted in global warming and in some places, melting of ice.

HB 9781681178936 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 420 pages

Climate Change (Earth Sciences Series) Edited by Vincenc Novacek This volume presents the state-of-the-art research that explores the biophysical causes for climate change and the techniques currently being used and developed for its detection in several regions of the world and explores the effects in different ecosystems around the globe. The human and social dimensions of climate change, including climate policy, are essential parts of our response to the many challenges emanating from climate change. By focusing on a wide range of topics and involving a diverse array of scholars, this book sheds lights on human and social dimensions of climate change intended to students, scholars and policymakers.

HB 9781681178806 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 380 pages

Earth System Sciences (Earth Sciences Series) Edited by Andela Vasilescu This book is intended for research scholars, geologists, civil engineers, mining engineers, and environmentalists.

It includes the coverage on the solid earth (geosphere), the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and the biosphere; it also addresses related aspects of planetary and space sciences. The text also will be used by students, and it will continue to be of value to them throughout their subsequent professional and research careers. Hopefully, this work will provide the reader with a useful foundation for discussing and evaluating specific environmental issues, as well as for developing ideas for problem solving.

HB 9781681178943 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 414 pages

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Earthquakes (Earth Sciences Series) Edited by Hazan Burakgazi This book is committed to a variety of aspects of earthquake research and analysis, from theoretical advances to practical applications. This book is devoted to various aspects of earthquake researches, especially to new achievements in seismicity that engages geosciences, assessment, and mitigation. Chapters contain advanced materials of detailed engineering investigations, which can help more clearly appreciate, predict, and manage different earthquake processes. The specific aim of the book is to encourage debate and future research to advance hazard assessments, spreading of earthquake engineering data and, eventually, the seismic provisions of building codes. It provides the state of the art on recent progress in earthquake engineering and management.

HB 9781681178813 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 404 pages

Engineering Geology (Earth Sciences Series) Edited by Jabril Hakim This volume aims to understand the structure of the Earth and its surface features, what causes earthquakes and tsunamis, and why volcanoes form and erupt. It discusses about minerals, which form the building blocks of rocks, and how rocks are made and destroyed. It presents emphasis on applied geomorphology and structural geology, applied geophysics and geochemistry, environmental geology and hydrogeology, land use planning, natural hazards, remote sensing techniques, soil and rock mechanics and applied geotechnical engineering. This book will appeal to academic scientists, industry and applied researchers, and policy and decision makers.

HB 9781681178950 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 420 pages

Floods (Earth Sciences Series) Edited by Klemens Oelberg This volume focuses on flooding, but in particular as it seeks to highlight the breadth and complexity of flood risk management and new ideas, approaches and innovations in flood risk management. It presents the coverage of loss prevention and mitigation includes structural flood control measures such as construction of dams or river dikes and non-structural measures such as flood forecasting and warning, flood hazard and risk management, public participation and institutional arrangement, etc. It describes concepts, policy, plan and operation on integrated urban flood disaster and risk management. Examples on urban flood disaster and risk management are illustrated and discussed. This compilation is intended for students, practitioners, researchers, and civil engineers.

HB 9781681178820 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

Geochemistry (Earth Sciences Series) Edited by Engelbert Martz A brief overview of recent developments in biomarker geochemistry is provided on exploration geochemistry along with a discussion on the use of various pyrolysis techniques for the purposes of artificial maturation or characterization of the insoluble organic matter in source rocks or asphaltenes in oils. It presents the main aspects of coalbed gas geochemistry and current research advances. Coals are both sources and reservoirs of large amounts of gas that has received increasing attention in recent years as a largely untapped potential energy resource. This book brings together the knowledge from a variety of topics within the field of geochemistry. It aims to characterise geochemical conditions prior to mine construction, operation, and reclamation/closure.

HB 9781681178967 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 412 pages

Geology (Earth Sciences Series) Edited by Lennart Martz This guide, dedicated to the latest advancements in geology, is ideal for advanced graduate students, researchers and practitioners, or anyone wishing to explore this fascinating subject. There are many reasons why geology is important in life and to civilisation. Think about earthquakes, landslides, floods, droughts, volcanic activity, ocean water currents (el Niño), types of soil, fuel oils, minerals (gold, silver, uranium), and so on. Geologists study all of these concepts. Thus, the study of geology plays an important role in modern life and civilization.

HB 9781681178974 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 436 pages

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Geophysics & Geodesics (Earth Sciences Series) Julius Schult Geophysics is broadly the study of the physics of planetary bodies and atmospheres, including the flow of energy through these systems. This book encompasses the topics of the major sciences – physics, astronomy, planetary science, geology, environmental science, oceanography, meteorology, and scientific problems of geodesy. It presents on theoretical or modeling studies, and on results of experiments and interpretations. This will be of immense interest for students, researchers as well as scientists from different disciplines as geophysicists, including seismologists, meteorologists, glaciologists, geomagnetists and geodesists."

HB 9781681178981 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 408 pages

Landslides (Earth Sciences Series) Edited by Ortwin Penzig This volume covers landslide dynamics, mechanisms and processes; volcanic, urban, marine and reservoir landslides; related tsunamis and seiches; hazard assessment and mapping; remedial or preventive measures; early warning and evacuation and a global landslide database. This book also investigates landslide caused disturbances to ecosystem-vegetation burial and overturning of soil horizons which can accelerate vegetation loss, or even lead to complete deforestation of the landscape. It is also presented of the historical development and recent advances in understanding and prediction of landslides/debris flows, which are major global natural hazards that have caused great loss of life and damage to property and infrastructure. It is important for engineers and geologists to evaluate slope stability and any landslide threat during development assessments so that effective and timely remedial measures can be implemented.

HB 9781681178837 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 420 pages

Mineralogy (Earth Sciences Series) Edited by Wilhelmina Faerber This volume describes the basic principles of mineral chemistry and structure. The book chapters have been classified according to their characteristics in topics and applications. Therefore, it is dedicated to the characterization and utilization of minerals in deposits. This book will be of valuable for a wide variety of readers, whether they wish to use it in their work, or simply to extend their knowledge. The book is envisioned to chemists, physicists, engineers, and the students of geology, geophysics, and soil science, but it will also be helpful to the more advanced students of mineralogy who are looking for a future research."

HB 9781681179001 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 424 pages

Natural Hazards (Earth Sciences Series) Edited by Theophil Brodbeck This volume addresses the needs of various users, interested in a better understanding of hazards and their more efficient management. It deals with approaches to managing disaster - assessing hazards, emergencies and disaster impacts demonstrates the array of information that is critical for improving disaster management. The book reflects major management components of the disaster continuum (the nature of risk, hazard, vulnerability, planning, response and adaptation) in the context of threats that derive from nature. It covers updated information on a variety of natural hazards potentially deriving into disasters, i.e. tropical storms, avalanches, coastal floods. Hopefully, the book will be valuable to those who invest their efforts in building communities robust to natural disasters.

HB 9781681179018 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 400 pages

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Oceanography (Earth Sciences Series) Edited by Geghard Torosian This book covers a wide range of topics, including marine life and ecosystems, ocean circulation, plate tectonics and the geology of the seafloor, and the chemical and physical properties of the ocean. It provides chapters on very different topics under very different settings, some with a focused angle, others with a wider approach, yet all sharing the inspiration that we need to understand the small pieces to put collectively the big picture for a much larger mechanism, the functioning of the ocean as a whole. The modern oceanographic research represents one of the last frontiers of the knowledge of our planet, it depends on the oceans exploration and so it is strictly connected to the development of new technologies. Furthermore, other scientific and social disciplines can provide many fundamental inputs to complete the description of the entire ocean ecosystem."

HB 9781681179025 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 428 pages

Paleontology (Earth Sciences Series) Edited by Justus Scheer This book presents original research of interest to the international community in the fields of palaeontology, taxonomy and systematic. It deals with the recovery and identification of plant remains from geological contexts and their place in the reconstruction of past environments and the history of life. It covers the study of fossil and extant spores and pollen dealing with the recovery and identification of multicellular animal remains and the use of these fossils in the reconstruction of prehistoric environments and ancient ecosystems. It also focuses on how to use data from fossils and subfossils to reconstruct the ecosystems of the past."

HB 9781681179032 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 432 pages

Red Sea Historical Significance, Properties and Economic Importance (Earth Sciences in the 21st Century Series) Edited by Delbert Robbins Red Sea: Historical Significance, Properties and Economic Importance opens with a discussion on oceanic spreading beginning in the Pliocene (~5 Ma) (after advanced continental drifting) and continuing to the present day, as demonstrated by the intense volcanic and seismic activity in the area during the last 10,000 years. The authors present geochemical features that are typical of mid ocean ridge basalts (MORB), which allow the Red Sea to be regarded as a newborn ocean. Additionally, its development resembles the early stages of the Atlantic Ocean. Next, this compilation discusses the Wadi Masilah Basin in the southeasternmost part of Yemen, which hosts promising base metal and barite prospects. This terrain has a complex geological and structural history, including oblique divergence (transtension) related to the opening phases of the greater Red Sea. The fisheries reserve of the Sudanese Red Sea is dominated by different assemblages of ecologically and commercially important stock of invertebrates, demersal finfish and pelagic fish. The authors address how the national fisheries standing stock remains largely under-exploited with the exception of Mother of Pearl (Pinctada margeritifera) and Trochus (Tectus dentatus) which are efficiently utilized.

PB 9781536132007 £82.99 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 76 pages

The Coast (Earth Sciences Series) Edited by Sumantra Narang This volume emphasises at coastal landforms, how they are created, and the hazards that threaten them including erosion from waves and storms, powerful tides, and sediment transport. It covers the range of coastal hazards that result from short-term low-frequency events like tsunamis and hurricanes, to longer-term processes like urban regeneration and changing agricultural practices and far-reaching impacts on coastal zones the world over.

The intensity of each of these processes is likely to increase under changing scenarios of global climate. A number of methodologies have been proposed from time to time to assessment the vulnerability of coastal areas.

However, most of these indices consider only the physical parameters. Vulnerability on the other hand includes a human component. It is proposed that any assessment of coastal vulnerability must consider both physical and human components of that particular coast.

HB 9781681178844 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 400 pages

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Tsunamis (Earth Sciences Series) Edited by Wallace Dawison The content of the book consists of information on tsunami propagation from the open sea to the coast and coastal tsunami warning system. It includes tsunami propagation, preliminary methods for evaluating the suitability of radar sites for tsunami detection using simulated tsunami velocities and factors affecting tsunami detectability are discussed and methods for reducing the false alarms are described. It also includes the effects of tsunami hazard on the coastal environment and infrastructure. The various contributions cover an array of themes that span from geological evidence to post-trauma human care, encompassing pre-tsunami analyses and modeling to post-tsunami management and preparedness techniques. The chapters are contributed by renowned experts involved in tsunami study for the purpose of covering its different aspects from generation to warning system to be applied in tsunami risk reduction.

HB 9781681178851 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 424 pages

Volcanoes (Earth Sciences Series) Edited by Berislav Vaduva This book provides the current trends in volcanological researches demonstrating clearly the research activity in volcanology from geophysical aspects of volcanic systems to their geological framework. It focuses on volcanological problems that could be used as valuable resource for both researchers and graduate research students. This book hence can likewise be valuable for students and researchers.

HB 9781681178868 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 424 pages

Energy Technology & Engineering Advances in Energy Research Volume 29 (Advances in Energy Research Series) Edited by Morena J Acosta In this compilation, the authors develop a modeling approach and formulate global equations. The data is based on the thermos-economic theory that uses the thermodynamic process of cost formation and that considers the direct and indirect effects of all components of every system in each cited field. The relations between the incomes and impacts of the use of energy in all sectors with different systems are discussed, and characteristic equations representing each physical behavior of every plant in the system and its impact will be formulated. The current state of integration of Big Data, Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence techniques in advanced Energy Systems Optimization is also examined. A comprehensive review of relevant Artificial Intelligence techniques applicable to the optimization of DER is described, in addition to a review of relevant software needed to model advanced DERs. HB 9781536130768 £82.99 February 2018 Nova Science Publishers 242 pages

Compressed Sensing Methods, Theory and Applications (Electrical Engineering Developments Series) Edited by Jonathon M Sheppard The authors comprehensively investigate SOD effects in the homeostasis of mammal endometrium, using available information on several species and their team experience relating to the topic. In addition, they address its role in endometrial integrity and some uterine clinical conditions and infertility. The current knowledge of plant SODs, their abiotic-stress modulated expression and activity, and analyses results on genetic engineering of plant SODs are summarized. Significance of superoxide dismutases in the crop improvement for stress tolerance is also discussed. This book reviews the oxidative stress and damage to plants, while also summarizing the characteristics of SOD enzymes and discussing their involvement in the tolerance of plants against abiotic stress. Additionally, many authors have studied the protective role of SOD in the mice cochlea, however more recently the role of SOD gene polymorphisms in the susceptibility of sudden sensorineural hearing loss has been investigated. Therefore, the authors also examine the role of SOD in the cochlea and its involvement in the pathogenesis of noise induced hearing loss, age related hearing loss and sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

PB 9781536130829 £82.99 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 121 pages

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Environmental Science A Sustainability Assessment in the Energy Sector (Environmental Science, Engineering and Technology) Dalia Streimikiene Sustainability assessment is the core instrument for implementing sustainable development targets. The energy sector is playing a crucial role in achieving sustainable development in the country, as energy consumption is the main driver of economic growth; it also has the biggest environmental impact, and therefore sustainability assessment in the energy sector requires special attention. Sustainability Assessment in the Energy Sector consists of seven chapters: in the first chapter, the sustainability concept is described; in the second chapter, sustainability assessment concepts are reviewed and discussed; in the third chapter, sustainability assessment tools and methods are summarized and described; in the fourth chapter, the main problems of sustainable energy development are addressed; in the fifth chapter, externalities in the energy sector are introduced; in the sixth chapter, sustainability assessment tools applicable to the energy sector are categorized; and finally, in the seventh chapter, practical examples of sustainability assessment in the energy sector are provided by covering sustainability assessment of electricity and district heat generation technologies. These methods include the assessment of external costs of electricity generation, sustainability assessment of electricity and transport technologies based on the GHG emission costs and carbon intensities of these technologies. The final chapter also discusses the sustainability assessment of policies and measures for energy sector development scenarios. The book was prepared by summarizing research findings in the field of sustainability assessment in the energy sector, which was conducted by the author of this book over a period of ten years.

HB 9781536132304 £169.99 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 243 pages

Biodiversity (Environment Engineering Series) Immanuel Schnoor This book introduces different concepts and theories important to understand the links between ecosystem function and ecosystem biodiversity, providing a wide range of different studies showcasing the evidence and practical implications of such relationships. It sees biodiversity as management and utilization of resources in satisfying human needs in multi-sectional areas including agriculture, forestry, fisheries, wildlife and other exhaustible and inexhaustible resources.

HB 9781681178653 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 428 pages

Biofuels (Environment Engineering Series) Edited by Darryl Hunnisett This book aspires to be a wide-ranging summary of current biofuels issues and thereby contribute to the understanding of this important topic. Readers will find themes including biofuels development efforts, their implications for the food industry, current and future biofuels crops, insights of the first, second, third and fourth biofuel generations, advanced biofuel production techniques, related waste treatment, emissions and environmental impacts, water consumption, produced allergens and toxins. It will also describe the current production of the four forms of biomass i.e. sucrose, starch, ligno-cellulose and plant oil by different bioenergy crops. It will also briefly describe how to convert the biomass to biofuels by different methods.

HB 9781681178738 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 424 pages

Changing Ecosystems (Environment Engineering Series) Edited by Ricarda Seeger The aim of this book is to bring out a view on the function of ecosystems, modelling, sampling strategies, invading species, the response of organisms to modifications, the carbon dynamics, the mathematical models and theories that can be applied in diverse conditions. It presents study and management of ecosystems represents the most dynamic field of contemporary ecology. Ecosystem research bridges fundamental ecology, environmental ecology and environmental problem-solving. Systematic and phylogenetic studies, biogeographic distribution analysis and evaluations of diversity richness are crucial topics of this book written by worldwide experts, some even considering economical effects and future perspectives on the managing and conservation plans.

HB 9781681178585 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 420 pages

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Cleaning Up the Environment (Environment Engineering Series) Edited by Prabodh Gadhavi This book highlights the efforts being made to prevent, reduce and eliminate pollution resulting from the production or consumption of goods and services. It discusses different methods of cleaning up pollution and hazardous waste, including oxidation, excavation, and the use of microbes and plants. It offers research and opinions on use and conservation of natural resources, protection of habitats and control of hazards, spanning the field of environmental management without regard to traditional disciplinary boundaries. It also provides the information, how vary the environmental protection expenditure over the years and what are the trends in specific domains of environmental protection.

HB 9781681178660 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 420 pages

Climate Management (Environment Engineering Series) Edited by Antonijo Popescu This book covers detailed discussions of climatic change dynamics in selected regions as well as new innovative ways of observing climate change, evaluating climate risks, and predicting impacts. It covers that information needs required to inform decision making for responsive, proactive and robust policymaking and planning are overlapping, particularly as all three rely on the identification of vulnerabilities, hazards and risk as foundations for identifying strategic decisions and alternatives. Those interested in refreshing the fundamentals of climate change and climate variability will find a very review of the status of knowledge on the subject, as well as a balanced interrogation of available evidence. This book is intended to be useful to researchers, practitioners, and policy makers.

HB 9781681178592 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

Climate Systems (Environment Engineering Series) Edited by Conrado Escarra This volume focuses on the scientific framework of Earth's climate system, including the greenhouse effect and global warming. It provides a thorough grounding in climate dynamics and the issues involved in predicting climate change. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the subject for researchers and advanced students in a wide range of disciplines."

HB 9781681178608 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 424 pages

Coal and Oil (Environment Engineering Series) Edited by Bashkim Barsamian This volume focuses on the main fossil resources, viz. coal and oil and their environmental impact. Environmental Considerations in Energy Production contains submissions by energy professionals from around the world who discuss a wide selection of topics on energy production, including coal mining and oil production. The research and vision defines much of the range of our scientific knowledge on the subject and is a driving force for the future. Whether practical or innovative, this book is a great read for researchers, practitioners, or just about anyone with an enquiring mind on this subject.

HB 9781681178745 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 428 pages

Conservation (Environment Engineering Series) Edited by Ottmar Rademacher This book reflects disciplinary diversity and a co-mingling of science and social science to promote understanding of the patterns of, pressures on and prospects for conservation. This book is dedicated to ecology and conservation aspects in perspectives on Nature Conservation demonstrates the diversity of information and viewpoints that are critical for appreciating the gaps and weaknesses in local, regional and hemispheric ecologies, and also for understanding the limitations and barriers to accomplishing critical nature conservation developments. The book is organized to emphasise the linkages between the geographic foci of conservation. It will bridge the gaps in the knowledge about some new emerging issues on forest ecology and conservation.

HB 9781681178677 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 408 pages

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Drinking Water (Water Science & Engineering Series) Edited by Lucio Piovene This book focuses on fundamental and applied research in water sources, substances, drinking water treatment processes, distribution systems, and residual management. The book covers a wide range of current issues, reflecting on current problems and demonstrating the complexity of water management. This book will be of valuable for scientists and researchers and engineers from water supply companies and engineering consulting firms.

HB 9781681179674 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 424 pages

Environmental Engineering (Environment Engineering Series) Edited by Fabio Idoni This book presents the coverage of waste water management, air pollution control, recycling, waste disposal, radiation protection, industrial hygiene, animal agriculture, environmental sustainability, public health and environmental engineering law. It also includes studies on the environmental impact of proposed construction projects. Environmental engineers use the principles of engineering, soil science, biology, and chemistry to develop solutions to environmental problems. They are involved in efforts to improve recycling, waste disposal, public health, and water and air pollution control. Teachers and students of environmental health and the environmental sciences, as well as of civil, chemical, mechanical, environmental, sanitary, municipal, and public health engineering, will find much of direct and general value in this text.

HB 9781681179674 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 408 pages

Fossil Fuels and Pollution (Global Warming Series) Edited by Joachim Shriver This book provides an introduction to fossil fuels, their impact on the environment worldwide, and why controlling them is crucial to Earth's future climate. It reports on the health effects of inhalable fine particulates formed during the combustion of fossil fuels and the secondary formations of particles in the air as they relate to motor vehicle exhaust and fossil fuels emissions control technologies. Whether practical or innovative, this book is a great read for researchers, practitioners, or just about anyone with an enquiring mind on this subject.

HB 9781681178615 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 396 pages

Global Warming Cycles (Environment Engineering Series) Edited by Gerfried Oursler This book presents emphasis on causes of global warming, its impacts and threats as well as consequences of global warming and remedies to the global warming. It summarizes the importance of greenhouse gases to life, and the relative importance of changes in solar radiation in causing the changes and explains the changes to natural hazards such as floods, retreating glaciers and potential sea level changes.

HB 9781681178622 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 408 pages

Global Warming Trends (Environment Engineering Series) Edited by Dushyant Tamboli This book presents the state-of-the-science fundamentals on the origin of Global Warming and other related technologies that can be implemented to reduce human impact as well as to present novel policies that world leader should adopt. Chapters are contributed by various authors in order to endeavor an appropriate balance between breadth and depth of coverage of a variety of topics. This book will be of interest to modern societies, power and energy engineers, academicians, researchers and stakeholders as a whole to help to stop the impact of climate change.

HB 9781681178639 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 432 pages

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Greenhouse Gases (Environment Engineering Series) Edited by Hartmut Plank This book discusses an overview of recently developed techniques, methods, and strategies to greenhouse gas sources, emissions, measurements, and management essential for capture, utilization, reduction, and storage of greenhouse gas, which plays a critical role in concerns such as global warming and climate change. It shows how a responsible use of resources is possible, offering valid technological alternatives for a wide range of activities: teaching, investigation, work, business and even daily life to fight climate change. This book is intended for students, researchers, industry personnel and society as a whole to help to stop the impact of climate change.

HB 9781681178646 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 404 pages

Ground Water (Water Science & Engineering Series) Edited by Guntram Pawlitzki This book covers groundwater resources management, the socio-economic impact of its intensive use, and the physical, institutional and policy options for its management. The book provides an analysis of the socio-ecology of groundwater, based on a synthesis of macro and micro level data on the hydrological, social, economic and institutional parameters. It aims at enhancing progress towards access to safe drinking water through consolidating knowledge in groundwater fluoride occurrence, effects of fluoride on human health, and technologies available for water defluoridation. This book is anticipated to be useful to researchers, policy-makers, and non-governmental organizations working on water related projects in countries worldwide.

HB 9781681179681 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 412 pages

Hydrogeology (Water Science & Engineering Series) Edited by Marcel Lafrenz This volume clearly demonstrates the extensive range of issues that are dealt with in the field of hydrogeology.

Karst hydrogeology and deposition processes, soil hydraulic properties as a factor affecting groundwater recharge processes, relevant conceptual models, and geophysical exploration for groundwater. It explores theoretical and applied aspects of hydrogeologic science, including studies ranging from local areas and short time periods to global problems and geologic time; innovative instrumentation; water-resource and mineral-resource evaluations; and overviews of hydrogeologic systems of interest in various regions.

HB 9781681179698 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 412 pages

Hydrology (Water Science & Engineering Series) Edited by Franca Masin This book provides some of the scientific, technologic, and policy aspects of the field of Hydrology. It covers the study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water throughout earth, and thus addresses both the hydrologic cycle and water resources. It provides a better understanding of the processes involved in the hydrologic cycle, and insight for environmental engineering, policy and planning. The studies also encompass water quality modeling, in particular pollution of field- and groundwater, and the transport and degradation of pollutants. This book will be of valuable for practicing professionals and students, mathematical modellers, hydrogeologists and water resources specialists.

HB 9781681179704 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 404 pages

Natural Gas and Hydrogen (Energy and the Environment Series) Edited by Primo Testa The chapters of this book are contributed by leading authors around the world. Modeling approaches, as well as, recent advances in specific natural gas technologies are covered in detail. The book emphasize the science on which such technology is based, the limitations of each technology, the environmental effects of its use, questions of availability and cost, and the way that government policies and energy markets as well as the technical and economic barriers that could detail a transition toward hydrogen energy systems. This book is a great read for researchers, practitioners, or just about anyone with an enquiring mind on this subject."

HB 9781681178752 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

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Nuclear Energy (Environment Engineering Series) Edited by Frej Nagel The aim of this volume is to bring nuclear power to our readers as one of the promising energy sources that has a inimitable prospective to meet energy demands with minimized environmental impact, near-zero carbon trace, and competitive economics through vigorous prospective applications. This book intends to provide useful information for scientists and those in technical fields in several areas in nuclear power plants including: nuclear systems protection, design and modeling of critical parameters in nuclear power plants, nuclear waste management and safety and reliability assessment.

HB 9781681178769 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 424 pages

Pollution (Green Technology Series) Edited by Thamir Sultan This volume focuses on the aspects of environmental pollution and its influence of on human health and vegetation and how this impact can be assessed and controlled. The guide provides objectives, policy, responsibilities, and technical standards and requirements under which the department plans to manage the various environmental programs to achieve compliance with applicable pollution control standard. The book also fulfills the need on the latest concepts of environmental pollution and provides comprehensive information on all relevant components relating to pollution issues in urban areas and industries. The book is suitable for a variety of students and researchers who wish to follow application of the theory in practice in environmental pollution.

The book emphasises an insightful of the connection between sources and control of environmental pollution, rather than being a straightforward guide on the subject.

HB 9781681178691 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 424 pages

Renewable Energy (Green Technology Series) Edited by Manlio Nervi This volume covers solar energy, wind energy, hybrid systems, biofuels, energy management and efficiency, optimization of renewable energy systems and much more. Consequently, the book presents the physical and technical philosophy of capable ways of using renewable energies. The contributed authors provide the important data and parameter sets for the major possibilities of renewable energies use which allocate an economic and environmental assessment. The book will be of interest for students, researchers, and people working on renewable energy systems. " HB 9781681178707 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 420 pages

Solar and Geothermal Energy (Environment Engineering Series) Edited by Danko Vladimirescu This book presents the status of energy needs and renewables, potential, utilization and the importance of geothermal energy. It also gives a comparison between geothermal energy and solar energy sources regarding environmental issues. It continues with novel technologies of producing organic fuels through solar heating, geothermal energy techniques, new types of photovoltaic cells, long term use of thermal solar power plants, the efficiency of thermal storage and applications of the Solar power. Therefore, it is expected that geothermal energy and solar energy development will significantly speed up in the future. The overall approach is interdisciplinary, covering the economic, social, and environmental and policy issues from the point of research on solar and geothermal energy. It also tackles the physical and engineering aspects.

HB 9781681178776 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 412 pages

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Storm Water (Water Science & Engineering Series) Edited by Clemens Vonnegut This book aims approaches and strategies to protect, maintain and enhance the public health, safety, and general welfare by establishing minimum requirements and procedures to reduce the adverse impacts associated with increased storm water runoff. It gives readers an overview of the environmental effects of urban storm water pollution and how both centralized and decentralized facilities systems are being implemented to effectively manage and treat polluted storm water runoff to protect the water environment. With the latest observations in climate change, the uncertainty in the design flood has imposed unprecedented challenges in flood mitigation designs. The flexibility in freeboards and easements need to be refined in order to accommodate the changes in extreme rainfall events. This book presents a summary of the Green approach in storm water management.

HB 9781681179711 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

Sustainability (Green Technology Series) Edited by Warren Evanson This volume contributes to the study and search for sustainable responses to global environmental change. The contributed authors of this volume investigate environmental change in diverse places around the world and the different retort to such changes. The coverage content demonstrates the need for place-specific sustainable development; the authors suggest the need to see sustainable responses to environmental change as a negotiated outcome between a range of social actors living and working in varied spatial, environmental and socio-economic contexts. Environmental Change and Sustainability is a timely global examination of the relationship between environmental change and sustainability.

HB 9781681178714 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

Waste Treatment (Environment Engineering Series) Edited by Helmfried Sachs This book deals with a wide range of current development issues relating to subjects including community management, groundwater, health and disease, institutional development, sanitation, solid waste management, water quality, water sources, water supply and water treatment. This work describes how conventional sewerage schemes can be modified to reduce the cost of construction and maintenance and suggests methods of prioritizing sewerage needs. This comprehensive guide is designed to help engineers, aid and agency workers understand drainage problems more clearly in the developing world, so that they can work towards finding practical solutions.

It contains details of the wide range of materials that can be recycled and the processes involved.

HB 9781681178721 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 404 pages

Waste Water (Water Science & Engineering Series) Edited by Cullen Jeffries This book covers a wide spectrum of issues related to waste water monitoring, the evaluation of waste water effect on different natural environments and the management of water resources. It deals with interdisciplinary topics concerning waste water treatment technologies, water quality monitoring and evaluation of waste water impact on natural environments. This book will be helpful for graduate students, environmental professionals and researchers of various disciplines related to waste water.

HB 9781681179728 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

Water Pollution (Water Science & Engineering Series) Edited by Kilian Schreier This book provides detailed information about different topics and gives a general overview of the current issues in water pollution and its management. The chapters, contributed by eminent scientists and experts, cover a wide range of current issues, reflecting on current problems and demonstrating the complexity of water pollution. It also reports on water pollution management technology that is low-tech, cheap and above all ecologically friendly.

HB 9781681179735 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 408 pages

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Water Resources Management (Water Science & Engineering Series) Edited by Isidor Seeger The aim of this book is to focus attention on the management of surface water and groundwater resources. The contributions from outstanding scientists and experts provides detailed information about different topics and gives a general overview of the current issues in water resources assessment, development, conservation and control, emphasizing policies and strategies. It examines planning and design of water resource systems, and operation, maintenance and administration of water resource systems. This book will be of invaluable for the practicing professionals and students, mathematical modelers, hydrogeologists and water resources specialists.

HB 9781681179742 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

Wetlands (Water Science & Engineering Series) Edited by Gernot Paulis There is an environmental concern of ecological protection and conservation that should be incorporated with the water resources management policies. Wetlands are vital for human survival. This book covers research studies on the issues, methods and impacts of wetlands management. It covers on topics relevant to freshwater, brackish and marine coastal wetland ecosystems. It serves multi- and interdisciplinary discussion for key issues in wetlands science, management, policy and economics.

HB 9781681179759 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 428 pages

Wind and Water (Environment Engineering Series) Edited by Margrit Leitzke This book is primarily based on theoretical and applied results obtained by the authors during a long time of practice devoted to problems in the design and operation of a significant number of hydroelectric power plants in different countries. This work seeks to review the opportunities for hydropower development in selected countries/locations worldwide. It comprises all the main components of a hydro power plant, from the upstream end, with the basin for water intake, to the downstream end of the water flow outlet. Despite its vast potential, there are a variety of impacts associated with wind power generation that should be recognised and mitigated.

HB 9781681178783 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 400 pages

Industrial Chemistry & Manufacturing Technologies Drug Delivery Across Physiological Barriers (Pharmaceutical Sciences Series) Jakub Sarto This book covers the physiological barriers controlling penetration and transport of substances in the body, strategies for drug penetration across tissue compartments, and drug transport into cells and their compartments.

It provides an overview of the current advances in this field, including considerations on the biological regulation and natural mechanisms overcoming these barriers, as well as drug delivery strategies assisting the transport of drugs and their carriers at the tissue, cell, and subcellular levels. The recent progress of nano drug delivery systems in breaking the physiological barriers for more effective in vivo anti-tumour effect, in order to shed a new perspective on the development of tumor-targeted nano drug delivery systems are reviewed. For any therapeutic agent to be effective, it must accumulate in target cells in optimal concentrations for a required duration of time.

Unfortunately, physicochemical and physiological barriers can lead to heterogeneous accumulation of various therapeutic molecules, particles, and cells in solid tumors. In a disease such as cancer, failure to treat a small fraction of cells can result in tumor regrowth. Thus, it is crucial to know which cells have been successfully treated and which have not. To determine this, highresolution imaging of drug distribution and its physiological determinants is essential. Only with this knowledge can we improve drug delivery to all regions of a tumour.

HB 9781681176949 £146.99 January 2018 Scitus Academics 320 pages

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Edible Films and Coatings Advances in Research and Applications (Food Science and Technology Series) Edited by Donald A Gross This books opens with a review of the latest advances in edible film composition, including the use of macromolecules in the structural matrix, bioactive compounds, diffusion, and application in food systems.

Continuing, the authors investigate edible coatings based on natural polymers (soy protein-SPI and potato starch) considering the effect of process variables such as drying temperature and time. Kinetic modeling was used to study the drying behavior of potatoes after applying the coating. The Fick equation was considered to calculate the mass diffusivity. The following chapter describes cases of application of edible coatings, based on hydrocolloids, in different types of food and evaluates their impact in the shelf life of those food products. A study is presented wherein edible films were developed from cassava starch, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, glycerol as plasticizer, and the antimicrobial potassium sorbate. Oregano powder was added in order to obtain composite films. A mechanical test was performed until rupture and the parameters elastic modulus, stress, and strain at rupture were obtained. The potential application of WPC-based edible coatings with Origanum virens essential oils, as antimicrobial and antioxidant agent, is presented as a case study in two traditional Portuguese sausages.

WPC-based edible films were prepared by heat-induced gelation using the conventional solvent casting method.

The effect of glycerol as plasticizer and the addition of plant extracts or essential oils to the films is addressed to assess their effect on the film properties. Afterwards, the authors describe the hydrocolloids and essential oils that can be used in the production of active packages, as well as their benefits. The use of essential oils in biofilms has inhibited the growth of several microorganisms, such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella enteritidis, Listeria monocytogenes, and Lactobacillus plantarum.

PB 9781536130096 ÂŁ169.99 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 180 pages

Food Packaging and Preservation Techniques, Applications and Technology (Food Science and Technology Series) Edited by Ann D Galaz, Daniel S Bailey Food Packaging and Preservation: Techniques, Applications and Technology begins by presenting recent advances in the liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry determination of organic food-packaging contaminants.

Coverage of all kind of applications is beyond the scope of the present contribution, so the authors focus on the most relevant applications published including sample treatment, determination and confirmation strategies, as well as the use of high resolution mass spectrometry techniques. Following this, the authors aim to summon recent advances in food applications of bio-sourced active films including the aspects that limit their use, strategies for their properties improvement and suggestions for further researches. This volume provides an overview on food packaging material based on chitosan and chitosan derivatives with antimicrobial properties in order to achieve functional systems able to be used as active packaging materials. Additionally, it examines the specific issues related to eco-friendly biopolymer nanocomposites from bacterial cellulose and biopolyesters as a sustainable alternative for food plastic packaging. The use of biopolymer films formulation means reducing food waste which could bring about both environmental and economic benefits. In closing, a study is presented with the goal of ascertaining the effectiveness of low density polyethylene (LDPE) film incorporated with garlic oil for inhibition of food pathogen, Bacillus cereus.

PB 9781536131383 ÂŁ71.50 January 2018 Nova Science Publishers 117 pages

The Effects and Performance Analysis of Non-linear Phase Noise in All Optical OFDM Systems (Chemical Engineering Methods and Technology Series) Iraj Sadegh Amiri, Amin Khodaei, Volker J Sorger Due to the limitation of the electrical OFDM signal and electrical Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), all-optical OFDMs have recently received much attention. Accordingly, this research study was conducted to investigate the effect of phase noise in the performance of an all-optical OFDM transmission system with 4-point FFT single mode fiber (SMF) links by considering the effects of fiber length, input laser power and a number of channels. In all optical systems, the transmitter side consists of a comb power generator, wavelength selected switch and an optical QAM generator. A comb power generator generates channels with a frequency separation of ∆f=25 GHz. Subsequently, a Wavelength Selected Switch (WSS) was used to split subcarriers and then the subcarriers were modulated individually with Optical QAM modulators. As the results show, a higher number of channels led more phase noise in terms of XPM and FWM nonlinearities, and signal power was the main factor in nonlinear fiber optics. As a consequence, there is more phase noise distortion at a higher signal power for a higher number of channels rather than the lower number of channels.

PB 9781536131451 ÂŁ71.50 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 61 pages

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Tropical Fruits From Cultivation to Consumption & Health Benefits, Fruits from the Amazon (Food Science & Technology Series) Edited by Svetoslav Dimitrov, Todorov Fábio Alessandro Pieri Fruits from the Amazon region are highly appreciated for their exotic characteristics and have been a subject of interest and research since European pioneers discovered this rainforest. Numerous edible fruits from the Amazon region are considered to be rich sources of protein, though their bioactive metabolites are not used wisely worldwide despite being partly consumed by local communities. However, some of them are globally recognised and commercialised, such as guaraná, açaí, chestnuts from the Amazon (Brazilian nuts), and cacao. Some other exotic fruits like babaçu, bacuri, buriti, euterpê, camu-camu, cupuaçu, cubiu, dendê, graviola, piquia, pupunha and tucumã may be better exploited in order to be aggregated to feed the general population. The application of these fruits was always explored by the traditional medicine of pre-Colombian tribes living in the Amazon region; however, the modern pharmaceutical industry is showing great interest in these fruits as a source of potential bioactive molecules with potential applications in the treatment of several diseases, including some types of cancers, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, the control of blood pressure, etc., Perhaps this is a realisation of Hippocrates dream -- that one day our food will be a form of medicine.

HB 9781536128390 £199.99 November 2017 Nova Science Publishers 395 pages

Industrial Studies A Crucible of Modern Sport The Early Development of Football in Sheffield (Sports and Athletics Preparation, Performance, and Psychology Series) Graham Curry This book examines in detail the early development of the game of football in and around Sheffield, England.

When the first football club, Sheffield FC, was founded on 24 October 1857, it began a chain of events which would see the emergence of the earliest modern footballing subculture. It formed the beginning of a process which would lead to Association Football (or soccer) becoming the most popular team game in the world, and this primacy in club formation saw Sheffield, at least initially, develop into its most important element. The central theme of the text, therefore, is an attempt to test various hypotheses related to possible reasons behind Sheffield’s pre-eminence in the growth of club football. These include influence from three areas of society: a nearby mob football enclave, the influence of former public schoolboys and a local sporting elite already established in cricket. The narrative considers other developments in the sport at that time – the relationship between Sheffield and the Football Association in London, the movement towards a generic code of football rules, emergent professionalism, the establishment of other clubs, playing patterns and spectator behaviour. Each of these components helps to form the basis for the ongoing progression of the game in the city and wider society.

The text also relies on more than a modicum of sociological theory in the form of the figurational sociology of Norbert Elias, particularly making extensive use of his concept of power to explain reasons for the diffusion of football in Sheffield. Mention is also made of the concept of sportisation – the rationalisation and regularisation of games and recreations into their modern forms – as pioneered by Elias and Eric Dunning. The data have been subject to meticulous analysis and the book itself was produced through a process involving substantial academic rigour. Ultimately, this is a study which is long overdue, as writers on the history of football have previously tended to neglect the importance of Sheffield in the development of early football.

PB 9781536130904 £169.99 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 181 pages

Agriculture Engineering (Agricultural Sciences Series) Edited by Maqsood Kader This book provides a scientific discussion of techniques and approaches leading to a higher degree of efficiency in agricultural production, the responsible use of natural resources, a cleaner environment, greater sustainability, value-added processing and other subjects of interest to agricultural engineers. It also includes economic considerations and policy issues of interest to agricultural engineers and other disciplines. It disseminates fundamental and applied knowledge in almost all area of agricultural sciences from agronomy to animal sciences, and particularly agricultural engineering."

HB 9781681179063 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

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Agronomy (Agricultural Sciences Series) Edited by Elias Kerner This volume collects current research findings dealing with different aspects of the understanding of agronomy focusing on crop production and management, as well as crop science and physiology. It also focuses on crop disease and protection, agroclimatology and soil science plant-soil relationships, crop quality and post-harvest physiology, cropping of sustainable development, farming and cropping systems, agro-ecosystems and the environment demonstrating new methods and technologies. This book shows a wide variety of functions that can be grouped according to their economic dimension, social dimension, and environmental dimension. The book is a valuable addition to the existing knowledge and is especially intended for university students and all professionals in the field of agriculture.

HB 9781681179070 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 436 pages

Biochemical Techniques Development and Implementation for Making Differences in Aquaculture and Fisheries Research on Environmental Impact and Climate Change (Fish, Fishing and Fisheries Series) Krisna Rungruangsak-Torrissen This extraordinary book is the result of over three decades of Dr. Krisna Rungruangsak-Torrissen’s career at the Institute of Marine Research in Norway. The book provides new insights into a series of growth mechanisms in aquatic living resources through the digestion and utilization of dietary protein for growth and maturation. The knowledge from this book can be beneficial for lecturers, researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, and any readers who are interested in nutritional biochemistry. It will provide new perspectives, ideas, and inspiration for finding a new way to make a difference in doing research.

PB 9781536131758 £139.50 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 157 pages

Exploring Potential Synergy between Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management & Technological Progress in Regionally Segmented Canadian Logging Industries Bioeconomic Perspectives & Nonparametric Modeling (Environmental Science, Engineering & Technology Series) Asghedom Ghebremichael Explaining the natural limits on the carrying capacity of forest ecosystems to natural and human-induced disturbances underpinned the goal of this study. Hypothesised mutually reinforcing beneficial effects of sustainable forest ecosystem management (SFEM) practices and total factor productivity growth (TFPG) in regionally segmented Canadian logging industries were examined. Two complementary methodologies were applied: (1) A normative bioeconomic analysis of SFEM, and (2) an analysis of TFPG, which is a commonly accepted indicator of technological progress. Sluggish, but upward trends in TFPG appeared to support the hypothesised outcomes that logging operations were technically efficient, that firms in each regional industry had comparative cost advantages in the marketplace, and that the unavoidable adverse effects of logging operations on integrity of forest ecosystems were tolerable, given the economic fact that logging sustains the forest sector’s significant role in the overall performance of the national economy. However, low TFPG implied a need for strategic policy that would boost investments in research and development to promote technological progress, so as to ensure environmental quality, sustainable timber supply, and competitiveness in the Canadian forest sector. Society derives multiple benefits from TFPG that include: (i) A synergetic combination of factor accumulation and TFPG, which is one of the engines of economic growth; (ii) a minimisation of the natural capital stock, timber, and depletion; (iii) the mitigation of the wasteful use of scarce-productive resources; (iv) the mitigation of adverse impacts of inflation on economic growth; (v) the maximisation of profits due to economic savings made in production processes; (vi) the reallocation of “freed” productive resources to the production of other goods and services, leading to technical and economic efficiency; and (vii) the improvements in the competitive position of the Canadian forest sector. Accordingly, this book concluded with a list of policy recommendations.

HB 9781536118506 £82.99 June 2017 Nova Science Publishers 180 pages

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Materials Science Advances in Materials Science Research Volume 32 (Advances in Materials Science Research Series) Edited by Maryann C Wythers Advances in Materials Science Research. Volume 32 provides an overview on graphene oxide and discusses its role as a starting material building block in the fabrication of either graphene oxide or graphene (reduced graphene oxide) based nanocomposites. Characterization of such nanocomposites by various techniques and their uses in electrode surface modifications for electrochemical sensing applications are discussed in detail. The authors discuss Tribolab, a materials tribology experiment that was flown on board the International Space Station from February 2008 to September 2009. The main objective of the experiment was the study of the behaviour of new solid lubricants (specifically, molybdenum disulphide MoS2 alloyed with tungsten carbide) under real space conditions. The authors discuss facsimiles, a reprint of an out-of-print book that represents an identical reproduction of the original, aiming to establish which non-invasive methods give the instructions for preparing the proper facsimile. Later, an innovative, rapid sol-gel method for producing bioglass and bioceramic nanopowder is developed to produce pure amorphous bioglasses from a quaternary system containing sodium.

This is 200 times quicker in comparison to conventional aqueous sol-gel bioglass preparation, and 100 times quicker than standard sol-gel bioceramic methods. Arylboronic acids are also explored for their applications in organic synthesis, catalysis, supramolecular chemistry, biology, medicine and material engineering. They can form different supramolecular systems via both covalent as well as hydrogen bonds.

HB 9781536133295 £217.50 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 196 pages

Energy of Matter (Materials Series) Edited by Nino Albini Matter is important because it helps a lot in our everyday lives which makes our life to be more convenient and easier. This book, provides easy access to scientific knowledge, describes how matter is related to energy, which the human body needs and uses to do just about anything. The book will be of important not only to students and scientists but engineers as well (and anybody who is working with matter).

HB 9781681178523 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 384 pages

Extreme States of Matter (Materials Series) Edited by Helfried Rothbauer This book gives intriguing approaches into the unusual forms and behavior of matter under extremely high pressures and temperatures, devoted to more specific topics which arise when nuclear collisions are considered as a tool for the experimental study of QCD thermodynamics. It also presents the studies into the behavior of substances at ultimately high pressures and temperatures obtainable by way of kinetic or electromagnetic energy cumulation in laboratory conditions. Also considered are the diversified states of matter and the processes occurring under gravitational forces and thermonuclear energy release. The book will be of interest to students, novice researchers and all the many young scientists starting their scientific research in this field, providing them with a general, self-sufficient introduction that highlight in particular the basic concepts and ideas.

HB 9781681178530 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 408 pages

Gaseous Matter (Materials Series) Edited by Braxton Henryson This book aims to describe some basic properties of gases, which are applicable to not only air but also gaseous air emissions. Kinetic theory of gases attempts to explain macroscopic properties of gases, such as pressure, temperature, or volume, by considering their microscopic compositions and motion. It includes a critical analysis of existing methods as well as hands-on practical recommendations. This book will be ideal for graduate students and researchers at the cutting edge of investigations into the fundamental nature of gaseous matter; this text presents the basic methods used in the treatment of gaseous flows.

HB 9781681178547 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 356 pages

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Liquid Matter (Materials Series) Edited by Meinard Reiter This book addresses modern problems in the fields of liquids, solutions and confined systems, critical phenomena, as well as colloidal and biological systems. The book focuses on state-of-the-art developments in contemporary physics of liquid matter structure of liquids in confined systems, phase transitions, supercritical liquids and glasses, and covers the most recent developments in the broader field of liquid state. Recent trends and progress in the field of liquid matter are explored in this volume by a wide spectrum of contributions from liquid state physicists, chemists and chemical engineers.

HB 9781681178554 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

Quantifying Matter (Materials Series) Edited by Vinzent Fertig Different tools enable us to observe and record different types of matter and the different properties of the same matter. Familiarizing with the different types of tools for matter and what qualities of matter they gauge can help you to get a better hold on matter. This book ‘Quantifying Matter’ illuminates how scientists learned to compute matter and quantify some of its most enthralling and functional properties.

HB 9781681178561 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 396 pages

Solid Matter (Materials Series) Edited by Skender Avakian Matter is the "stuff" of the universe, the atoms, molecules and ions that make up all physical substances. Solid is one of the three fundamental states of matter. This book covers the research in condensed matter and materials science. Emphasis is placed on key aspects of solid state synthesis, structure-property relationships, theory and functionalities, in relation with experiments. It encompasses all aspects of the field from the more classical problems of structural analysis to mechanics of solids continually interacting with other media and including fracture, flow, wave propagation, heat transfer, thermal effects in solids, optimum design methods, model analysis, structural topology and numerical techniques. This book will be interest to research workers, students and engineers in the field.

HB 9781681178578 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 400 pages

Mathematics Algebra (Mathematics Series) Edited by Philomena Rosenberger This Book demonstrates high quality research results in all areas of algebra, including algebraic geometry or algebraic number theory. It covers the mathematical orientation in various aspects of algebra and discrete structures along with their applications to other fields, e.g. mathematical, physical and biological sciences; engineering, information technology etc. It also publishes original research papers of mathematical orientation on various aspects of computational mathematics and optimization including numerical analysis, approximation theory, number theory, Probability theory and Statistics, computational aspects of geometry and algebra, mechanics, design of efficient numerical/qualitative methods for solving differential equations.

HB 9781681179551 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 404 pages

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Analysis (Mathematics Series) Edited by Krista Lenz This book presents studies that discuss several mathematical analysis methods and their respective applications.

It deals with recent developments in and the latest research on mathematics, statistics and their applications. It covers a broad spectrum of modern harmonic analysis, functional differential equations, complex analysis, special functions, function spaces, summability theory, Fourier and wavelet analysis, and numerical analysis of great interest to the research community. All chapters are contributed by eminent academics, scientists, researchers and scholars in their respective fields, hailing from around the world. This book will be of valuable to young researchers and professionals whose work involves the use of mathematical analysis."

HB 9781681179568 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 408 pages

Applications (Mathematics Series) Edited by Ennio Fini This book discusses various new issues and developments in different areas of mathematics and its applications.

It presents topics that treat mathematical analysis and its numerous applications. The book is devoted to the mathematical treatment of questions arising in physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering, particularly those that stress analytical aspects and novel problems and their solutions. This book will of interest to mathematicians, scientists and engineers providing original research studies in all aspects of pure mathematics, applied mathematics as well as applications of mathematics in chemistry, biology, physics, engineering, geophysics, computing and finance.

HB 9781681179575 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 412 pages

Bayesian Inference Observations and Applications (Mathematics Research Developments Series) Edited by Rosario O Cardenas Bayesian Inference: Observations and Applications discusses standard Bayesian inference, in which a-priori distributions are standard probability distributions. In some cases, however, a more general form of a-priori distributions (fuzzy a-priori densities) is suitable to model a-priori information. The combination of fuzziness and stochastic uncertainty calls for a generalization of Bayesian inference, i.e. fuzzy Bayesian inference. The authors explain how Bayes’ theorem may be generalized to handle this situation. Next, they present a decision analytic framework for completing selection of optimal parameters for machining process definition. In addition, a discussion section on the subjects of inference, experimental design, and risk aversion is included. The concluding review focuses on the sparse Bayesian methods from their model specifications, interference algorithms, and applications in sensor array signal processing. Sparse and structured sparse Bayesian methods formulate problems in a probabilistic manner by constructing a hierarchical model, allowing for the obtainment of flexible modeling capability and statistical information. (Bayesian Inference: Observations and Applications discusses standard Bayesian inference, in which a-priori distributions are standard probability distributions. In some cases, however, a more general form of a-priori distributions (fuzzy a-priori densities) is suitable to model a-priori information.

The combination of fuzziness and stochastic uncertainty calls for a generalization of Bayesian inference, i.e. fuzzy Bayesian inference. The authors explain how Bayes’ theorem may be generalized to handle this situation. Next, they present a decision analytic framework for completing selection of optimal parameters for machining process definition. In addition, a discussion section on the subjects of inference, experimental design, and risk aversion is included. The concluding review focuses on the sparse Bayesian methods from their model specifications, interference algorithms, and applications in sensor array signal processing. Sparse and structured sparse Bayesian methods formulate problems in a probabilistic manner by constructing a hierarchical model, allowing for the obtainment of flexible modeling capability and statistical information.

PB 9781536132120 £71.50 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 140 pages

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Chaos and Complexity in the Arts and Architecture Research in Progress (Mathematics Research Developments Series) Edited by Nicoletta Sala, Gabriele Cappellato In this compilation, the authors begin with a description of fractal geometry, its property of self-similarity, and how its processes of bifurcation can appear in the arts and architecture. These fractal features are common in different cultures and in different architectural styles. Next, the role of algebraic curves in painting, sculpture, and architecture is discussed. These shapes acted as sources of inspiration for artistic themes in many of the “geometrical forms” of Modern Art. Today, these beautiful shapes can be easily constructed by computers. The authors discuss an art world devoted to the entanglement phenomenon through modifying the perception of space, approaching new horizons educational fields. An investigation of the function and characteristics of fog in various paintings by famous artists of different art movements (in which the presence of fog significantly affects the visual experience) is provided. Following this, the authors describe where fractality appears in architecture and in urban organization, opening new opportunities in virtual architecture and hyperarchitecture. An additional paper presents a study on complexity in architecture. Complexity is “the property of a real world system that is manifested in the inability of any one formalism being adequate to capture all of its properties.” Continuing, the authors present a study shows that germs of fractals exist in old Indian literature, e.g., fractal architecture in Indian temples and fractal weapons, with the goal of collecting a few examples from old Indian history and presenting their fractal aspects. A paper is presented including some examples of industrial design objects analysed using complexity and fractal geometry. Complex and fractal components appeared in the industrial design after the development of materials, for example, the introduction of float glass. Afterwards, this book aims to show how and where the concept of time can be applied in architecture, maintaining that time is a parameter which architects seldom consider in their projects. The authors go on to illustrate some properties using Markov matrices, open symbolic dynamic nets, and fields on Julia sets, finding find both symmetrical and spiral patterns on local regions of Julia sets, and discontinuous series in the dynamics of some region that are recordable in the neurophysiology of intermittent consciousness. Synchronization can also be called self-similarity, in induced noncommutative geometry. In the next paper, new Koch curves are generated by dividing the initiator into unequal parts. With the increase in size of the set of Koch curves also comes a need for classification. Superior iterations in the study of Julia sets for rational maps are introduced, showing how new Sierpinski curve Julia sets are effectively different from those obtained by other means. Production rules to draw the new Hilbert curves are discussed, as well as production rules to draw the conventional Hilbert Curve. Later, a paper on Mandelbrot and Julia sets rendered in 3 dimensions is presented. In this paper, new Julia sets have been generated for zn+c, n 4 in superior orbit, and modelled in 3 dimensions. The authors examine the Gingko leaf, commonly referred to as a “living fossil”, that has been declared as “tree of the millennium.” This chapter aims to show that there are many ways to generate Gingko leaf. In conclusion, techniques to generate Sierpinski Gasket and Sierpinski Carpet as 3variable and as 4-variable fractals respectively using superior iterates for contractive operators are described.

PB 9781536129953 £169.99 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 167 pages

Computational Science (Mathematics Series) Edited by Giorgino Mondo Computational Science is a swiftly growing multi- and interdisciplinary field that uses advanced computing and data analysis to understand and solve complex problems. Computational science refers to the use of computers, networks, storage devices, software, and algorithms to solve problems, the development of models, systems, algorithms, do simulations, or create new knowledge. Since the advent of the computer, its latent to advance scientific investigation has been recognized. From the design and application of early computers to aid in the cracking of codes during WWII and the simulations leading to the hydrogen bomb in 1952, the use of computers and the development of algorithms and systems in the service of computational science were born. Since that time, the computer has become a crucial appliance of business and an essential facet of science. Computational simulation is being accepted as a third methodology in scientific research, complementing the traditional approaches of theory and experiment. Computer simulations provide both qualitative and quantitative insights into many phenomena that are too complex to be dealt with by analytical methods or too expensive or dangerous to study by experiments. Many experiments and investigations that have traditionally been performed in a laboratory, a wind tunnel, or the field are being augmented or replaced by computer simulations. Some studies, such as nuclear repository integrity and global climate change, involve time scales that preclude the use of realistic physical experiments. Computational Science is aimed to provide important research in different areas covering all aspects of mathematical and computational science, such as numerical analysis, optimization, linear and nonlinear programming, and theory of computation, theory of algorithms, computational logic, and applied combinatorics. It combines computational thinking, modern computational methods, devices and collateral technologies to address problems far beyond the scope of traditional numerical methods. It also presents original research in simulation based science across all scientific disciplines and advanced innovative, interdisciplinary research where complex multi-scale, multi-domain problems in science and engineering are solved, integrating sophisticated numerical methods and computation.

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Dynamical Systems & Differential Equations (Mathematics Series) Edited by Torsten Dohman This book ‘Dynamical Systems & Differential Equations’ covers all areas related to dynamical systems and differential equations and their applications in biology, economics, engineering, physics, and other related areas of science. It provides dynamical aspects of ordinary differential equations and the relations between dynamical systems and certain fields outside pure mathematics with an emphasis on systems of ordinary differential equations and will be most appropriate for upper level undergraduate and research students as well as serve scientists through significant advances in any branch of science and technology and the discussion of new scientific developments. " HB 9781681179599 £173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 368 pages

Elementary Particles with Internal Structure in External Fields. Vol II. Physical Problems (Computational Mathematics and Analysis) Edited by Vasiliy Vasilievich Kisel, Elena Mikhaylovna Ovsiyuk, Olga Vladimirovna Beko, Yana Aleksandrovna Voynova The book represents a systematical development of several rarely used or new mathematical techniques to construct new wave equations for elementary particles. On this ground, it develops the quantum mechanics of the particles with additional electromagnetic structures in presence of external electromagnetic fields, and, on the curved space-time background, it details many new exactly solvable problems in the field. In Volume II, the wave equations for particles of spin 0, 1/2, 1 with additional intrinsic structure (such as polarizability, anomalous magnetic moment, quadrupole electric moment, Darwin–Cox structure) are solved for several special types of external electric and magnetic fields, in Minkowski flat space and in spaces with simple non-Euclidean geometry: hyperbolic Lobachevsky and spherical Riemann models. The main attention is focused on new and additional effects which are due to the more general structure of the wave equations in presence of external fields. The following problems are considered: reflection of spin 0 and spin 1 particles by an effective (geometrical) medium; Schrodinger and Dirac particles in electric field on the background of Lobachevsky and Riemann models (LRmodels); Dirac-K¨ahler boson in LR-models; spinless particle with polarizability in Coulomb and magnetic fields; spin 1/2 particle with anomalous magnetic moment in homogeneous magnetic and electric fields, and in Coulomb field; spin 1 particle (ordinary and with polarizability) in external magnetic field; spin 1 particle with anomalous magnetic and quadrupole moment in magnetic and electric fields; spinless Darwin–Cox particle with intrinsic structure in external electric and magnetic fields in Euclid, Lobachevsky and Riemann models; fermion with two masses in presence of magnetic field.

HB 9781536131109 £199.99 January 2018 Nova Science Publishers 401 pages

Geometry & Topology (Mathematics Series) Edited by Vinicio Zeni "Topology is a branch of pure mathematics related to Geometry that describes mathematical spaces, in particular the properties that stem from a space’s shape. Topology originates in the early part of the twentieth century, but some isolated results can be traced back several centuries. Many of the shapes topologists deal with are incredibly strange, so much so that practically all everyday objects such as bowls and pets and trees make up a small minority. Topology developed as a field of study out of geometry and set theory, through analysis of concepts such as space, dimension, and transformation. In its most general setting, topology involves objects that are abstract sets of elements. To discuss properties such as continuity of functions between such abstract sets, some additional structure must be imposed on them. Geometry & Topology provides a glimpse of many research topics in modern algebra, geometry and topology. It presents an array of topics that introduce the reader to key ideas in active areas in geometry and topology. Algebraic geometry and complex manifolds and geometrical aspects of mathematical physics, and relations with manifold topology. This book develops some of the extraordinary richness, beauty, and power of geometry in two and three dimensions, and the strong connection of geometry with topology. The material is presented in a way that both graduate students and researchers should find accessible and enticing."

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History of Mathematical Sciences (Mathematics Series) Edited by Dominga Abascal In the 19th Century, though, mathematics expanded to include mathematical or symbolic logic, and therefore came to be viewed increasingly as the science of relations or of portraying necessary conclusions. The history of mathematics is approximately as old as humanity itself. Since antiquity, mathematics has been ultimate to developments in science, engineering, and philosophy. It has grown from simple measurement and calculation, and the methodical study of the shapes and motions of physical matters, through the application of abstraction, imagination and logic, to the broad, complex and often abstract discipline we know today. Mathematics displays much more robustness in its devotion to concepts and theories than do other sciences. These days history of mathematics is a powerful tool for a disseminating an understanding of mathematics. We look at history as a way of motivating the learner to see the significance of the area being studied. We consider to history as a route to help the learner understand the path of development to a mathematical concept or process. With the history of mathematics, students will come to know that mathematics and science is a work of all civilizations and teachers will find more confidence in teaching. In this book, topics are introduced in their historical contexts will assist students to better gain and appreciate the mathematical ideas involved. It covers number theory, calculus/analysis, and several historically oriented courses and includes chapters on simple groups and combinatorics, and some topics, including the Poincare conjecture. It presents new insights on topics of current interest from broad perspectives and/or reviewing all major developments in an important area over many years.

This is not intended as a comprehensive and definitive guide to all of mathematics, but as an easy-to-use summary of the major mathematicians and the developments of mathematical thought over the centuries. This is intended to introduce some of the major thinkers and some of the most important advances in mathematics.

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Mathematical & computational Biology (Mathematics Series) Edited by Clímaco Cuevas This book covers mathematical approaches to gain biological understanding or explain biological phenomena provides biological insight as a result of mathematical analysis or identify and open up challenging new types of mathematical problems that derive from biological knowledge (in the form of data, or theory, or simulation results). By making connections through the application of computational methods among disparate areas of biology, the book also provides substantial new insight into living systems at all scales, from the nano to the macro, and across multiple disciplines, from molecular science, neuroscience and physiology to ecology and population biology. Features works of exceptional significance that further our understanding of living systems at all scales— from molecules and cells, to patient populations and ecosystems—through the application of computational methods. This will be of valuable tool for students, including life and computational scientists, who can take the important findings presented here to the next level of discovery."

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Mathematical Modeling Methods, Applications and Research (Mathematics Research Developments Series) Edited by Seth Sparks, Bill Willis This book reviews recent progress in three different propulsion systems which may offer significant advantages for more efficient, compact and adaptive astronautic vehicles in the mid-21st century: swirling nuclear magnetohydrodynamic propulsion, biomimetic magneto-rheological propulsion and electro-hydrodynamic propulsion systems. The authors introduce an empirical mathematical model. This model has been developed to describe contrast uptake and washout behavior without use of vascular input functions. Though this approach does not require making assumptions about underlying physiology or anatomy, the primary disadvantage of this approach, is that the parameters obtained by this approach do not correspond directly to identifiable physiological or anatomic features. In closing, the authors aim to express how the mathematical modeling is a valid tool for teaching and learning in a competent way and should be incorporated in academic curricula.

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Mathematical Modeling of Natural Phenomena (Mathematics Research Developments Series) Ranis Ibragimov Mathematical modeling in the form of differential equations is a branch of applied mathematics that includes topics from physics, engineering, environmental and computer science. The mathematical model is an approximate description of real processes. Mathematical modeling can be thought of as a three step process: 1) Physical situation; 2) Mathematical formulation; 3) Solution by purely operations of the mathematical problem; 4) Physical interpretation of the mathematical solution. Over the centuries, Step 2 took on a life of its own.

Mathematics was studied on its own, devoid of any contact with a physical problem; this is known as pure mathematics. Applied mathematics and mathematical modeling deals with all three steps. Improvements of approximations or their extensions to more general situations may increase the complexity of mathematical models significantly. Before the 18th century, applied mathematics and its methods received the close attention of the best mathematicians who were driven by a desire to develop approximate descriptions of natural phenomena. The goal of asymptotic and perturbation methods is to find useful, approximate solutions to difficult problems that arise from the desire to understand a physical process. Exact solutions are usually either impossible to obtain or too complicated to be useful. Approximate, useful solutions are often tested by comparison with experiments or observations rather than by “rigorous” mathematical methods. Hence, the authors will not be concerned with “rigorous” proofs in this book. The derivation of approximate solutions can be done in two different ways. First, one can find an approximate set of equations that can be solved, or, one can find an approximate solution of a set of equations. Usually one must do both. Models of natural science show that the possibilities of applying differential equations for solving problems in the disciplines of the natural scientific cycle are quite wide. This book represents a unique blend of the traditional analytical and numerical methods enriched by the authors’ developments and applications to ocean and atmospheric sciences. The overall viewpoint taken is a theoretical, unified approach to the study of both the atmosphere and the oceans. One of the key features in this book is the combination of approximate forms of the basic mathematical equations of mathematical modeling with careful and precise analysis. The approximations are required to make any progress possible, while precision is needed to make the progress meaningful. This combination is often the most elusive for student to appreciate.

This book aims to highlight this issue by means of accurate derivation of mathematical models with precise analysis and MATLAB applications. This book is meant for undergraduate and graduate students interested in applied mathematics, differential equations and mathematical modeling of real world problems. This book might also be interested in experts working in the field of physics concerning the ocean and atmosphere.

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Mathematical Physics (Mathematics Series) Edited by Elmo Kistler Mathematical physics refers to development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics.

Physics, as in the language of a physicist, is the study of matter and energy and to a layman it is simply the study of Nature. Physics deals into the deeper insights and truths about the universe. As it is known globally, ‘Mathematics is the language for physicists’, and without proper mathematical knowledge it is nearly impossible to learn or understand higher physics. Mathematics is required not to understand the physical phenomenon but to convey and exchange the knowledge and information about it among the scientific community and the common masses in a proper structure. The effort to put physical theories on a mathematically rigorous footing has inspired many mathematical developments, such as, the development of quantum mechanics and some aspects of functional analysis parallel each other in many ways. The mathematical study of quantum mechanics, quantum field theory and quantum statistical mechanics has motivated results in operator algebras. The attempt to construct a rigorous quantum field theory has also brought about progress in fields such as representation theory. Use of geometry and topology plays an important role in string theory. Mathematical Physics provides a broad coverage of the field of mathematical physics, from dominantly mathematical subjects to particle physics, condensed matter, and application of mathematical physics methods in various areas such as astrophysics, together with functional analysis, linear and partial differential equations, algebras, modern differential and algebraic geometry and topology, representations of Lie groups, calculus of variations, asymptotic methods, random process theory, dynamical systems, and control theory. This book aims to expose the reader to the indispensable role that mathematics plays in modern physics.

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Number Theory & Discrete Mathematics (Mathematics Series) Edited by Mattias Raskob Number Theory is one of the oldest and richest branches of mathematics. Number theory is concerned with the properties of numbers in general, particularly integers. It has applications to cryptography, cryptanalysis, and cryptology, particularly with regard to modular arithmetic, Diophantine equations, linear and quadratic congruence’s, prime numbers and primarily testing. Other discrete aspects of number theory include geometry of numbers. In analytic number theory, techniques from continuous mathematics are also used. Ideas from combinatorics, algebra, and complex analysis all find their way and eventually become essential for understanding parts of number theory. Research in discrete mathematics increased in the latter half of the twentieth century partly due to the development of digital computers which operate in discrete steps and store data in discrete bits.

Concepts and notations from discrete mathematics are useful in studying and describing objects and problems in branches of computer science, such as computer algorithms, programming languages, cryptography, automated theorem proving, and software development. Conversely, computer implementations are significant in applying ideas from discrete mathematics to real-world problems, such as in operations research. This book is designed explicitly for mathematicians and computer scientists seeking a first approach to this important topic. It offers more comprehensive coverage of the fundamental theory, techniques, and applications of number theory. This approachable text studies discrete objects and the relationships that bind them.

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Optimal Control Engineering with MATLAB A Solutions Manual (Computational Mathematics & Analysis Series) Rami A Maher This book is a solution manual of the 110 questions that were presented in the eight chapters throughout the author’s previous book, Optimal Control Engineering with MATLAB. The manual is prepared as an independent book since it includes the problems’ questions, figures, and all necessary equations and formulas in a summarizing fashion and within the given solution frameworks. The idea behind writing this book is to increase significantly the student’s or reader’s knowledge about the optimal control discipline that is found in many engineering fields.

Detailed step-by-step hand solutions are carried out while utilizing the MATLAB functions in the toolboxes.

Simulink models are presented to simulate and validate the obtained results. Each chapter concludes with the lists of MATLAB programs that are used either to assess or to develop the desired solutions to challenging problems. The reader will discover the importance of using these programs, especially in solving parameter optimization design, different nonlinear TBVP, finite horizon LRQ, DDP and ILRQ problems. In addition, the implementation of the obtained time function optimal control law by a transfer function controller is accomplished for some problems. Among these problems, the reader will find many practical engineering problems in continuous as well as discrete forms. Finally, the reader can easily modify these programs and Simulink models for his or her problems.

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Perturbation Theory Advances in Research and Applications (Mathematics Research Developments Series) Edited by Zossima Pirogov Perturbation Theory: Advances in Research and Applications begins with a deliberation on the development of a formalism of the Exchange perturbation theory (EPT) that accounts for the general identity principle of electrons that belong to different atomic centres. The possible applications of the theory concerning scattering and collision problems are discussed, and the authors apply the TDEPT to the description of the positron scattering on a Lithium atom as an example. Next, spin fluctuations in metallic multiband systems are discussed, including how to calculate the effect of itinerant spin excitations on the electronic properties and formulate a theory of spin fluctuation-induced superconductivity. The function of spin-orbit coupling is emphasized. Following this, the authors review how, governed by chiral symmetry, the long- and intermediate-range parts of the $NN$ potential unfold order by order, proceeding up to sixth order where convergence is achieved. Perturbative and nonperturbative approaches to nuclear amplitude are discussed, including the implications for renormalization.

Continuing, this book presents proof of the good convergence properties of the new expansions on mathematical models that simulate the physical polarization function for light quarks and its derivative (the Adler function), in various prescriptions of renormalization-group summation. An overview of the calculation of one-loop corrections to the baryon axial vector current in the large-Nc heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory is offered, where Nc is the number of color charges. The matrix elements of the space components of the renormalization of the baryon axial vector current between SU(6) symmetric states yield the values of the axial vector couplings.

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Probability & Stochastic Processes (Mathematics Series) Edited by Hermenegild Salzwedel This book is concerned with stochastic processes and their applications in the modeling, analysis and optimization of stochastic systems, i.e. processes characterized both by temporal or spatial evolution and by the presence of random effects. It deals with all aspects of stochastic systems analysis, characterization problems, stochastic modeling and identification, optimization, filtering and control and with related questions in the theory of stochastic processes. With an emphasis on applications in engineering, applied sciences, business and finance, statistics, the book provides several practical examples that demonstrate how random phenomena take place in nature and how to employ probabilistic techniques to precisely model these phenomena. This book is oriented towards a broad spectrum of mathematical, scientific and engineering interests.

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Quantitative Finance (Mathematics Series) Edited by Orhan Petric This book presents perspective on how the development of finance theory has influenced and in turn been influenced by the development of mathematical finance theory. It evaluates the importance of using mathematical modeling tools in finance and discussion of its positive and negative influence on financial markets.

The use of such methods in finance might take different directions regarding various aspects of financial market types, each of which might involve sophisticated analytical and numerical techniques. Therefore, with enormous fluctuations occurring frequently in the financial markets the demand for better forecasting and decision-making methods is increasing. Since organizations responsible for producing economic and financial forecasts have a huge amount of information to process and a growing variety of techniques. So, financial practitioners must not only heavily rely on them, but on their intuition and judgment. Only the proper use of mathematical models in finance with consideration of all accurate financial data, trends of financial markets, and useful variables of a system might bring a good understanding of dynamic markets and assist practitioners to make financial projections and decisions adequately.

HB 9781681179667 ÂŁ173.50 January 2018 Scitus Academics 416 pages

Medicine Advances in Experimental Surgery Volume 1 (Surgery -- Procedures, Complications, & Results Series) Edited by Huifang Chen, Paulo N Martins Experimental surgery is an important link for the development in clinical surgery, research and teaching.

Experimental surgery was part of the most important surgical discoveries in the past century. Since 1901 nine Nobel Prizes have been awarded to the pioneers had remarkable achievements in the basic or practical surgery.

In recent 20 years, experimental surgery has achieved new advances, like laparoscopic and robotic surgery, tissue engineering, and gene therapy which are widely applied in clinic surgery. The present book covers wide experimental surgery in preclinical research models subdivided in two volumes. Volume I introduces surgical basic notions, techniques, and different surgical models involved in basic experimental surgery and review the biomechanical models, ischemia/reperfusion injury models, repair and regeneration models, and organ and tissue transplantation models, respectively. Volume II introduces several specific experimental models such as laparoscopic and bariatric experimental surgical models. The second volume also introduces graft-versus-host disease, and other experimental models. Review the advances and development of recent techniques such as tissue engineering, organ preservation, wound healing and scarring, gene therapy and robotic surgery. The book documents the enormous volume of knowledge we have acquired in the field of experimental surgery. In this book, we have invited experts from the United States, Canada, France, Germany, China, Japan, Korea, UK, Sweden, Netherland, Hungary and Turkey to contribute 36 chapters in the fields of their expertise. These two volumes are the compilation of basic experimental surgery and updated advances of new development in this field that will be invaluable to surgeons, residents, graduate students, surgical researchers, physicians, immunologists, veterinarians and nurses in surgery.

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Advances in Experimental Surgery Volume 2 (Surgery -- Procedures, Complications, & Results Series) Edited by Huifang Chen Experimental surgery is an important link for the development in clinical surgery, research and teaching.

Experimental surgery was part of the most important surgical discoveries in the past century. Since 1901 nine Nobel Prizes have been awarded to the pioneers had remarkable achievements in the basic or practical surgery.

In recent 20 years, experimental surgery has achieved new advances, like laparoscopic and robotic surgery, tissue engineering, and gene therapy which are widely applied in clinic surgery. The present book covers wide experimental surgery in preclinical research models subdivided in two volumes. Volume I introduces surgical basic notions, techniques, and different surgical models involved in basic experimental surgery and review the biomechanical models, ischemia/reperfusion injury models, repair and regeneration models, and organ and tissue transplantation models, respectively. Volume II introduces several specific experimental models such as laparoscopic and bariatric experimental surgical models. The second volume also introduces graft-versus-host disease, and other experimental models. Review the advances and development of recent techniques such as tissue engineering, organ preservation, wound healing and scarring, gene therapy and robotic surgery. The book documents the enormous volume of knowledge we have acquired in the field of experimental surgery. In this book, we have invited experts from the United States, Canada, France, Germany, China, Japan, Korea, UK, Sweden, Netherland, Hungary and Turkey to contribute 36 chapters in the fields of their expertise.

HB 9781536127737 £199.99 November 2017 Nova Science Publishers 462 pages

Advances in Genetics Research Volume 18 (Advances in Genetics Research Series) Edited by Kevin V Urbano In this collection, the authors present research supporting the claim that the study of autochthonous microbial communities is of crucial importance for understanding the genetic and biotechnological potential of bioremediation in environments close to the areas of extraction and susceptible to contamination. They discuss the main characteristics of petroleum, including its exploitation aspects, the process of geological formation, and environmental impacts. Following this, this book suggests that in case of accidental defects occurring in any part of the system, a coordinated counteraction of numerous mediators may successfully help in the restoration of physiologic processes by means of either overexpression or hyperactivity. Even serious defects of genome stabilizer mechanisms may be kept in balance for a long duration, showing the clinical signs of good health. The authors go on to discuss Rett Syndrome, a rare, neurodevelopmental genetic disorder that develops in early childhood and influences many functions within neurobehavioural domains. The core of phenotype symptoms includes severe linguistic and motor impairments. The correlations between genotype and motor abilities in subjects with Rett Syndrome are discussed. Next, this book examines Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) (also known as Bushy syndrome, Amsterdam dwarfism and Brachmann- de Lange syndrome) a genetic multi system disorder, usually caused by spontaneous mutation. The estimated occurence is about 1:10,000-30,000 births. A separate paper is presented illustrating the clinical variability of cognitive-behavioral phenotype in the different SCAs, determining that a precise identification of the cognitive and behavioral phenotype in different SCAs may enhance the clinical treatment, anticipatory guidance, and care throughout the lifespan.

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Advances in Health and Disease Volume 3 (Advances in Health and Disease Series) Edited by Lowell T Duncan In this compilation, the authors begin by examining the correlation between stress tolerance, metabolism, and energy balance using insects as model systems and demonstrate how in recent years, we have learned mostly from physiological responses in insects that many parallels exist between invertebrate and mammalian homeostasis. Therefore, studying insects as simpler model organisms can provide useful information for elucidating the complexities of mammalian metabolism. Following this, the book presents a mixed-methods study with the goal of adding to the existing body of knowledge in the areas of HIV-related risk behaviors, HIV testing behaviors, and the various factors that act as barriers and facilitators to HIV testing among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The authors go on to deliberate on the advantages and disadvantages of potential strategies for the treatment of mitochondrial diseases caused by mutant mtDNA. As cells contain multiple copies of mtDNA, pathogenic mtDNA mutations frequently coexist with wild-type mtDNA, a phenomenon known as “heteroplasmy”. The patient attachment style is investigated as a moderator of the patient and practitioner relationship in order to potentially promote clinical interventions aimed to enhance the adherence to medical care, improving health-care outcomes and patient quality of life. Next, the patterns of dislocation and subluxation are reviewed, along with associated issues, in order to allow surgeons to provide optimal care for these patients.

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Alternative Therapies in Latin America Policies, Practices and Beliefs (Alternative Medicine, Health and Wellness Series) Edited by Mercedes Saizar, Mariana Bordes This book addresses the phenomenon of alternative therapies in Latin America from the point of view of the social sciences by adopting sociological, anthropological, ethnographical, and historical perspectives. It gathers the most important and current discussions around the topic of alternative therapies. Different outlooks on alternative medicines are put into dialogue covering micro and macro aspects of the phenomenon. The chapters cover the phenomenon in three countries of great importance within the region such as Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil. In the case of Argentina, it comprises cases of rural and urban areas. The authors who participate in this compilation are also well-known researchers in the field. They are stable members of the national research systems in their countries and active members of different groups devoted to the study of alternative therapies in sociological contexts, medical anthropology, and religions. The book provides a different outlook concerning traditional studies on Latin America; it includes in the debate the analysis of a phenomenon usually associated with the urban middle classes, to the context of pluricultural and multi-ethnic societies, where ethnic groups live together with Creoles and mestizos.

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Anesthesia OSCE Review (Surgery - Procedures, Complications, and Results Series) Carlos Trombetta Edited by Sharif Mohamed, Maged Argalious, Lisa Farmer, Jennifer Hofer, Loran Mounir Objective structured clinical exams (OSCEs) have been in use as an assessment tool for graduate medical students and postgraduate medical training all around the world, in anesthesia training in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, and even in the United States, where medical schools have been using OSCE for a long time.

When the OSCEs were introduced as a formal assessment tool for the certification of anesthesia trainees in the United States, it was adopted in a way that was slightly different than the classic way of using OSCEs in other countries. One of the differences was in the limitation of the OSCE to examine only nine skills, six of which are communication and professionalism skills and three of which are for interpretation skills, although the focus of the American OSCE is on communication and professionalism. However, it did not ignore the interpretation skills, with at least two stations on the real exam dedicated to the interpretation skills. The general theme of this book is that it utilizes some adult learning techniques to fuel an interactive learning experience for the candidates, so that they can work together on building their skills and preparing for the OSCE component of their assessment.

The authors worked carefully on creating a manuscript that can be used by the practicing examiner/standardized patient to guide the process of mock OSCE encounters in a fruitful, educative and enjoyable manner.

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Artificial Intelligence Driven by a General Neural Simulation System (Genesis) (Neurology - Laboratory and Clinical Research Developments Series) Bahman Zohuri, Masoud Moghaddam The last several years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of neurobiologists building or using computerbased models as a regular part of their efforts to understand how different neural systems function. As experimental data continue to amass, it is increasingly clear that detailed physiological and anatomical data alone are not enough to infer how neural circuits work. Experimentalists appear to be recognizing the need for the quantitative approach to explore the functional consequences of particular neuronal features that are provided by modeling. This combination of modeling and experimental work has led to the creation of the new discipline of computational neurosciences. More than the use of models per se, the authors believe that computational neuroscience is most distinguished from classical neurobiology due to an explicit focus on how the nervous system computes. Thus, instead of obtaining experimental information about the structure of the nervous system for its own sake, a computational approach involves collecting the information most relevant to the advancement of functional understanding. In our hands, models, especially those based on the detailed physiology and anatomy of the brain region in question, capture what is known about this region while also directing further experimental investigations. These same models can then provide an interpretation for the obtained data. Thus, the interaction between experiments and computer modeling is increasingly iterative and interdependent.

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Benign and Malignant Disorders of Large Granular Lymphocytes Diagnostic and Therapeutic Pearls (Recent Advances in Hematology Research Series) Edited by Lubomir Sokol, Ling Zhang Natural killer (NK) cells are important effector cells of innate immune system implicated in many physiological processes including elimination of cancer cells and virus infected cells. NK cells comprise a majority of large granular lymphocytes circulating in peripheral blood with a minority derived from T cell lineage. Even though NK cells were first described more than 40 years ago, it was not until the 1980s and 1990s when immunophenotyping was incorporated into clinical diagnostic methods and resulted in discovery of distinct disorders of large granular lymphocytes and NK cells. Since then, significant progress was made in our better understanding of immunophenotypic and genotypic characteristics, biology, functions as well as disorders of these cells. Most recently, clinical studies using NK-cell based immunotherapy have shown promising results in treatment of some of malignant diseases. Disorders of large granular lymphocytes and NK cells are rare comprising only about 1% of all lymphoid malignancies in western countries. The rarity of these conditions was a main reason that the progress in our understanding of pathogenesis and development of novel therapeutic approaches has been delayed compared to development in more common B cell lymphoid malignancies. The low incidence of these diseases and scarcity of prospective clinical trials also limit the availability of evidence based research literature as well as comprehensive reviews about NK cell disorders. Thus, the editors decided to take on the challenging task and summarize our current knowledge about malignant and benign diseases of large granular lymphocytes in this book based on the best available evidence. The editors selected topics most relevant to clinical practice in order to provide a useful guide for practicing physicians. Chapters describing four disorders (T-cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia, chronic lymphoproliferative disorder of NK cells, extranodal NK cell lymphoma and aggressive NK cell leukemia) incorporated into most recent 2016 revision of classification of lymphoid malignancies are separated into experimental, diagnositc and clinical parts for easier understanding and reading.

We are aware of challenges and inherited limitations of any larger project like this one due to a rapid progress especially in the field of genomics, which may not be incorporated in this book before it is published. The editors and contributing authors would like to thank the publisher NOVA for their support.

HB 9781536129991 £199.99 January 2018 Nova Science Publishers 300 pages

Brennan Healing Science Healing with Therapeutic Touch (Health & Human Development Series) Edited by Muriel Moreno, Nina Koren, Joav Merrick Brennan Healing Science® (BHS) was founded by Barbara Ann Brennan as a healing approach within the context of touch-based regulatory therapies, which integrates Brennan’s direct experience as a physicist and healer along with Alexander Lowen’s (1910-2008) concepts of character analysis for the purpose of promoting health and wellbeing. BHS is based on the tripartite concept of human nature (body, mind and spirit) and refers to ancient concepts of a vital force (originally conceived as qi by the Chinese or as prana in the Hindu tradition). In this book, the authors try to shed light on this therapeutic care method, its background and hopefully promote further scientific research.

HB 9781536128253 £82.99 November 2017 Nova Science Publishers 140 pages

Cancer & Exercise (Health & Human Development Series) Edited by Leila Malek, Fiona Lim, Bo Angela Wan, Patrick L Diaz, Edward Chow, Joav Merrick With advances in knowledge and technology, the proportion of cancer patients who have been cured or survive with cancers is growing, but a certain proportion of patients will still have disease recurrence or progression to palliative care. During the entirety of cancer progression, significant adverse impacts on physical and psychological aspects have been observed due to both diseases themselves and the associated treatments. “Exercise-oncology” is an emerging field of research that has gained increasing attention since the term was first publicly introduced during the 1980s, showing improved functional capacity, body composition and treatment-related nausea with aerobic exercise. In this book, the authors review the current evidence on the application of exercise in various time points during cancer care, including as a preventive measure before cancer development, as a treatment during cancer treatments, as a rehabilitation measure during the recovery phase, and as a supportive measure during palliative care. Proposed mechanisms and published data from various studies will be evaluated, and finally guidelines on exercise prescription during cancer care will also be discussed.

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Cochlear Implants Advances, Efficacy and Future Directions (Audiology and Hearing Research Advances) Edited by Herbert W Courtney Cochlear Implants: Advances, Efficacy and Future Directions assesses the growing need to provide other measures for assessing the impact of cochlear implantation. As such, this book aims to evaluate the Cross-Modal Plasticity in deaf children with visual-impairment after CI use, through the analysis of changes in the topographic distribution of the cortical response of Somatosensory Evoked Potential by stimulation of the median nerve. The authors describe the results of Low-Resolution Brain Electromagnetic Tomography (LORETA) used for the localization of electrical neuronal source generators of SEP N20 response in deaf children with visual-impairment.

The following chapter discusses and evaluates the effectiveness of the application of bilateral CIs in children, either sequentially or binaurally, affected by severe sensorineural hearing loss. Although the benefits of bilateral implants in adults have been established, the available data regarding children is still limited. In the last chapter, a surgeon and developer of the surgical virtual reality system of the temporal bone shares his expertise on the future of this virtual reality to maximize the goal of cochlear implant surgery. Many studies have found that virtual reality simulators have improved the operative performance of the trainees.

PB 9781536132083 £71.50 February 2018 Nova Science Publishers 100 pages

Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking and Femtosecond Laser in Refractive and Cataract Surgery (Eye and Vision Research Developments Series) Hui Sun The cornea serves as the gateway into the eye for external images. Maintenance of corneal shapes and transparency is critical for refraction. Small changes in the smoothness of the corneal surface or in the total thickness of the cornea can lead to visual distortion. Recently, however, refractive surgery for the transparent cornea has been introduced. In this procedure, the curvature of the cornea is modified either by cutting the stroma or by laser ablation of normal corneal tissue. Given the clinical efficacy of refractive surgery, it is important to understand the anatomical and physiological structure of the cornea such as corneal collagen cross-linking.

Multiple commercial femtosecond lasers have been cleared for use by the US Food and Drug Administration for ophthalmic surgery, including use in creating corneal flaps in LASIK surgery. The newest application of femtosecond lasers in ophthalmology is in cataract surgery. In LASIK surgery, all surgery procedures are done in cornea. In cataract surgery, the cornea is also cut with a femtosecond laser. Over the last decade, the field of femtosecond eye surgery has expanded rapidly, supporting the advantages of combined high-ablation precision and minimized collateral tissue effects. One of the most promising applications for femtosecond laser eye surgery has been corneal surgery, namely laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery, where the high-pressure laser plasma non-thermally dissociates the dense corneal tissue, thereby enabling lamellar cornea procedures with minimized side effects with the subsequent excimer laser shaping the corneal surface. Millions of people worldwide have been patients for LASIK surgery and have benefited from new forms of technology. LASIK surgery includes three parts: wavefront detection, femtosecond laser flap creation, and excimer laser cornea correction.

Some parts of this book focus on femtosecond laser-assisted LASIK surgery, including basic research for femtosecond laser eye surgery and tissue imaging. The newest application of femtosecond lasers in ophthalmology is cataract surgery. Currently, there are a few lasers at or near the point of commercial release, including LenSx (Alcon Laboratories Inc., Fort Worth, Texas), Catalys (Abbott Medical Optics, Santa Ana, California), LensAR (LensAR Inc., Orlando, Florida), Victus (Technolas Perfect Vision and Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, New York), and Femto LDV (Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems AG, Port, Switzerland). All laser systems share a common platform -- which includes an anterior-segment imaging system, patient interface, and femtosecond laser to image -- to calculate and deliver the laser pulses. Some parts of this book explain the principle of OCTguided femtosecond laser cataract surgery. The combination of femtosecond laser surgery and OCT imaging simultaneously guides the development of next generation femtosecond surgical lasers in cataract surgery and explores femtosecond laser surgical strategies.

PB 9781536131925 £71.50 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 122 pages

Meningiomas in Children and Adults A Reference Textbook (Medicine and Biology Research Developments Series) Edited by Ali G Saad This book is an in depth review of the most recent advances in the histopathology, molecular studies, radiology, and management of meningioma. This book contains a separate chapter about pediatric meningioma, with an emphasis on their distinctive features compared to their adult counterparts. This book also addresses several aspects of meningiomas including extradural meningiomas and embolized meningiomas. These aspects have been traditionally poorly explored in the literature. We believe that this book will be positively received by pathologists, neuro-radiologists, and neuro-oncologists alike.

HB 9781536130430 £199.99 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 203 pages

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mRNA Molecular Biology, Processing and Function (Cell Biology Research Progress) Edited by Irma Fernandez, Lynn Jackson In this collection, the authors review the currently available data on interactions of ribosomal components with canonical mRNAs and with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-like IRESes during translation and on conformational rearrangements in the ribosomes accompanying these interactions. This review considers data obtained by biochemical approaches, primarily by site-directed cross-linking with the application of mRNA and IRES analogues bearing reactive groups in definite locations, and models for translational complexes of higher eukaryotic ribosomes derived from cryo-electron microscopy. Afterwards, the authors discuss how the addition of the poly(A) tail of 30-100 adenosines to the 3´-end of mRNA has been shown to be important for the stability, nuclear export, export of mRNA to the cytoplasm and translation of a transcript. The molecular mechanism responsible for the definition of a poly(A) site includes several recognition, cleavage and polyadenylation factors that identify the poly(A) signal, usually AAUAAA hexamer and similar variants, located 10-35 nucleotides upstream of the cleavage site. The process known as SUMO (small ubiquitin-related modifier) conjugation to a lysine residue in the target protein or sumoylation is a rapid, reversible post-transcriptional modification is also examined.

PB 9781536131680 £71.50 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 118 pages

Multiple Sclerosis in Children and Adolescents (Pediatrics - Laboratory and Clinical Research Series) Edited by Hatim Omar, Joshua Chalkley Multiple Sclerosis is one of the most common neurological disorders leading to disability. Many cases of Multiple Sclerosis are diagnosed late especially in young patients because providers are not considering it early in their assessment and differential diagnosis. This book will provide an additional resource to health care providers working with children and adolescents to facilitate increased awareness and earlier diagnosis and treatment.

PB 9781536129793 £139.50 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 147 pages

Psychobiological, Clinical, and Educational Aspects of Giftedness (Neuroscience Research Progress Series) Ignacio González-Burgos General estimations propose that 3-5% of the child population worldwide shows different degrees of giftedness for performing of outstanding talents. Giftedness is thought to represent an advantage for social adaptation due to higher intellectual capabilities over average people. However, several studies show that eminent adults are significantly less than gifted children, suggesting that a great number of talented children are lost. On the other hand, gifted children often show several psychosocial abnormalities such as social isolation (which likely leads to eventual depressive disorders), aggressive behaviour (commonly related to incomprehension by relatives), bullying and a varying degrees of academic performance among other stressors related with scholarly life.

Giftedness is often confused with some psychopathological alterations; the subsequent medication is a clinical action with unpredictable consequences that may affect the outstanding talents and general mental health of gifted children. These and other biopsychosocial factors make gifted children (& adults) a vulnerable social group.

HB 9781536130515 £139.50 February 2018 Nova Science Publishers 189 pages

Serotonin and Dopamine Receptors Functions, Synthesis and Health Effects (Endocrinology Research and Clinical Developments Series) Monica Munoz, Marshall McKinney In this compilation, the authors begin with a review of the mechanisms of synthesis and secretion, cellular effects and the involvement of serotonin (5-HT) in physiological and behavioral functions horses. In addition, the pathological conditions in which 5-HT is involved at the level of equine clinics are studied. Following this, the capabilities and limitations of PET imaging research on non-human primates are discussed for translation to brain DA research on humans, as well as therapeutic drug development for neurodegenerative diseases. This book also examines the etiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The authors present available data contributing to the appreciation of a serotonergic dysfunction in ASD, as well as discuss new avenues to reveal the pathophysiology of this multifactorial disorder. Next, they review the historical and current evidence that links neurotransmitters with hemopoeitic stem cell mobilization, trafficking, and specially emphasize the role of serotonin in erythropoiesis. Potential actionable myelodysplastic and leukemic pathways are described and investigated.

PB 9781536132168 £82.99 February 2018 Nova Science Publishers 135 pages

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Social Anxiety Disorder Recognition, Diagnosis and Management (Mental Disorders, Disabilities and Treatments Series) Edited by Flavia de Lima Osorio, Mariana Fortunata Donadon This book addresses aspects related to the recognition, diagnosis and management of social anxiety disorder (SAD) under a critical and innovative perspective. Therefore, it gathers contributions from renowned researchers in the field through both theoretical and empirical studies. The main topics covered will be theoretical and empirical models, heritability, instruments for assessment of symptoms and diagnosis, self-esteem, social skills, different approaches for treatment of SAD (social skills training, group cognitive-behavioural therapy, self-administered psychological interventions based on virtual interactions on the Internet, transcranial magnetic stimulation, ayahuasca and other hallucinogens). The possibilities of treatment and management of music performance anxiety will also be discussed by means of a literature review and clinical study. This book offers – to clinicians, researchers and/or mental health students – the opportunity to learn and update existing information concerning SAD, a frequent condition which compromises the quality of life and the psychosocial functioning of many individuals.

PB 9781536130478 £139.50 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 184 pages

The Optimization of Drug Prescribing in Children (Pediatrics - Laboratory and Clinical Research Series) Edited by Hugo Juarez Olguin Pediatrics is the form of medical care that is concerned with children from birth to adolescence, specializing in a variety of characteristics and changes subjective to each patient. Undoubtedly, these changes influence drug distribution and response. The body composition and the processes of biological and physiological maturation constitute important variables worthy of consideration in the effort to adequately satisfy the therapeutic necessities of all the age groups, since different formulations are required to achieve optimum therapy. The technological advances in the last decades have endowed humanity with the facilities to painstakingly analyze biological samples and thus give way to potential progress in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. From this knowledge, it becomes clear that the body is a dynamic model and thus, brings to light the necessity to individualize treatment regimens based on parameters of each and every individual, which in the past was not as important. There are instruments that contribute to optimizing drug management and safety in the pediatric population as recommended by the World Health Organization that rotate on the application of drug monitoring strategies that would contribute to ensuring the safety of patients and improve treatment schemes with increasingly safe and effective drugs. Furthermore, recourses to the therapeutic monitoring of drugs would become available where a monitoring based principally on the drug plasma levels is carried out in order to make the pertinent dose adjustments. The need for this will arise, since the most effective therapeutic range of many drugs is still unknown; unnecessarily high concentrations with potential risks of producing toxicity in patients is something that must be avoided.

PB 9781536122633 £139.50 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 230 pages

Physics Horizons in World Physics Volume 295 (Horizons in World Physics Series) Edited by Albert Reimer Offers a detailed description of major fundamental problems of physics associated with inconsistencies of major postulates and concepts used in classical, relativistic, quantum and particle physics. The book examines conceptual difficulties of classical dynamics, afterwards introducing notions such as energy, momentum and collision. Difficulties related to the introduction of electrodynamics based on hydrodynamic principles are described. Next, a study is presented wherein an attempt was made to explain the fundamental light properties (diffraction, photoelectric effect, pressure, refraction, dispersion and reflection). The photon flow was considered as a directed flow of so-called elementary particles passing strongly determined channels between the atomic nuclei with different concentrations of FOP. A preceding study gives an explanation for the ordinary and dark energy of the cosmos. The authors present a connection between quantum entanglement and the absence of 95% of the energy supposed to be contained in the cosmos, taking the view that our current mathematical knowledge and general theories are in position to explain ordinary energy, dark matter and pure dark energy both qualitatively and quantitatively. A further chapter investigates nonlinear propagation of ultrashort intense laser pulses through underdense plasma, presenting a paraxial theory of self-focusing of intense laser pulses due to expulsion of plasma electrons produced by the extreme ponderomotive force of a focused laser pulse.

HB 9781536132182 £217.50 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 229 pages

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Models of Plasma Kinetics and Problems with Their Interpretation in the Current Paradigm (Physics Research and Technology Series) Vladimir V Lyahov, Vladimir V Neshchadim Proposed by A.A. Vlasov in 1938, the kinetic equation with a self-consistent electromagnetic field led to a fundamentally new perspective in plasma physics. This equation represents the most profound approach to the description of plasma because it operates directly with plasma particles using the distribution function. Plasma is found everywhere in space; that is why this equation has an extensive application. A large number of works where the study of plasma properties based on the solution of the Vlasov equation have appeared. However, the results based on the solution of the Vlasov equation should be assumed with caution. As noted in the manuscript, the Vlasov equation has a set of formal solutions. The researcher must have the ability to select the correct solutions, correct in the sense of their adequacy to the processes under investigation. Some aspects of the polarization of a magnetoactive plasma are investigated. It is shown that neglecting the electric field in problems of such sharply inhomogeneous structures as a boundary or current layers leads to an inadequate model. Thus, the successive solution of the kinetic equation taking into account the electric polarization field indicates that the equations describing the equilibrium of these sharply inhomogeneous structures become nonlinear and exhibit the property of structural instability. Natural science over time included the expansion of the field of numbers from natural to real. Now, physics is in the stage of semi-recognition of complex numbers. On the one hand, when solving the differential equation, the physicist finds the value of the roots of the characteristic equation in a complex field.

However, at the final stage, all imaginary parts are discarded, and only real values of physical quantities are passed in response. In this case, the complex field has a fundamental feature that distinguishes it: it is algebraically closed.

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Technology Advances in Engineering Research Volume 19 (Advances in Engineering Research Series) Edited by Victoria M Petrova In the opening chapter, Moustafa M. Kurdi, PhD addresses the simulation of the navigation of a heterogeneous group of robots, an unmanned ground vehicle, an unmanned aerial vehicle through GPS, and digital map and image processing using the probabilistic roadmap method. In the second chapter by Rocco Salvatore Calabrò, Margherita Russo, Antonio Buda, Luigi Carioti, Aurelio Crespantini, Bruno Porcari, Antonio Leo, Giuseppe Silvestri, Alberto Cacciola, Antonino Naro, and Placido Bramanti, the technological advances made regarding the use of robotic devises in physical therapy are addressed. Following this, the writers provide an overview of the most upand-coming devices for neurological gait rehabilitation and discuss virtual reality. Next, the new industrial revolution commonly referred to as “Industry 4.0” is discussed in the third chapter by Eduardo Cardoso Moraes.

The technologies involved and their possible impacts are also discussed. In the fourth chapter, Yuo-Tern Tsai presents a study encompassing a systematic method of fault diagnosis based on function elements in order to aid in fault identification, in hopes that the results may be useful in planning diagnosis action for a system. Kenneth A. Lachlan, Adam Rainear, Patric R. Spence, Joshua Fishlock, Bryan Vanco, and Zhan Xu showcase an experiment that compared robot delivery and audience involvement by evaluating in terms of risk assessment, negative affect, and impressions of associated organisations in the fifth chapter. In the sixth chapter, Abdul Khaliq and Samsher Singh examine a conceptual gas turbine cycle subjected to absorption inlet cooling and evaporative after cooling of the compressed air in an effort to make the turbine insensitive to seasonal temperature fluctuations. In the seventh chapter, Gergana G. Nestorova, PhD deliberates on the conception of lab-on-a-chip systems with integrated miniaturised thermoelectric sensors and their potential uses for detection of chemical/biological events. In the eighth chapter, Carlos A. R. Soares, Marcie S. Costa, and Jorge L. M. Amaral demonstrate the top three open standards for wireless industrial networks (WIA-PA, ISA100.11a and WirelessHART) while also elaborating on several problems raised by their implementation in real world application. In the last chapter, Carmen A. Carabali, Jose Aguilar, and Chávez Danilo point out and elaborate on how a smart environment should be able to decipher aberrations in the people within it and thus provide effectual resolutions with peak resource management.

HB 9781536126051 £217.50 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 222 pages

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Advances in Engineering Research Volume 20 (Advances in Engineering Research Series) Edited by Victoria M Petrova Advances in Engineering Research. Volume 20 begins by analyzing the extraction and separation protocols documented for the saponins from family caryophyllaceae during the period 1967-2014. Analyses of applied extraction and separation protocols of saponins were carried out to determine the most practiced protocols in the study period and to identify eventual trends between protocols, plant material and structural traits of saponins. Next, the authors discuss a 2-D analytical modeling and simulation of Permanent Magnet Induction Generator which is used widely in renewable energy sources such as wind turbines, micro–hydro plants, and geothermal plants. The aim of the integrated spatial technology is discussed, and identified by the authors as, “to combine remote sensing, geographical information systems and life cycle assessment, to ascertain the component or system within the agricultural production cycle, generating the most greenhouse gases.” A subsequent chapter deals with modeling of a slip-ring induction motor, and includes two appendixes. The first appendix presents the inversing algorithm of the matrix which consists of four submatrices, and the second presents the algorithm of the inductance inverted matrix determination. The book goes on to discuss the entropy concept as it is applied to uncertainty analysis of systems whose services can be presented by random events. Next, the authors report on a thermo-fluid-dynamic analysis of the internal and external flowfield for a general aviation airplane nacelle, equipped with a small pusher turbine engine, with the purpose of determining the thermal field on the nacelle surface. This compilation attempts to identify the possible performance bottlenecks in the integration solution which deals with the UNIJUÍ University process of re-enrollment, so that they can be minimized before the solution implementation. Lastly, integration approaches and integration platforms available in the Cloud are reviewed, demonstrating the use of an integration platform by means of a case of study for a research outcomes and technological information management integration problem.

HB 9781536129915 £217.50 December 2017 Nova Science Publishers 186 pages

Advances in Nanotechnology Volume 21 (Nanotechnology Science and Technology Series) Edited by Zacharie Bartul, Jerome Trenor In this compilation, the authors discuss a synergistic enhancement of electron and thermal conductivities of epoxy-based composites (CMs) with different hybrid fillers. Their investigation shows an increase of the thermal conductivity as compared to CMs with a single carbon filler. This increase is more pronounced for GNPs/BN fillers.

However, the role of an interface thermal resistance is still dominant in the determination of the thermal conductivity of investigated epoxy composites. A subsequent chapter aims to present an overview of noteworthy functionalised materials that have been produced in recent years, in order to act as a guide for the future design of more efficient adsorbent materials. The authors also provide a review which could pave the way for the potential use of nanotechnology in the treatment of skin diseases. The potential implication of the nanotechnology-based cosmeceuticals could be significant and is warranted to be evaluated in long-term in vivo and clinical studies. Next, a transparent and flexible crystalline polymer nanohybrid was fabricated, containing well-dispersed magnetic nanoparticles with organic chain-modified surfaces. The partially fluorinated copolymer matrix used is composed of switchboard-type lamellae. These become transparent owing to the creation of highdensity amorphous regions on drawing the corresponding film at just below the polymer melting point. Lastly, the book investigates double-diffusive convection in unsteady nanofluid flow over a moving surface in a porous medium in the presence of a chemical reaction and subject to thermal radiation. This study includes the effects of Brownian motion and thermophoresis.

HB 9781536132021 £217.50 March 2018 Nova Science Publishers 135 pages

Diagnostics of Induction Motor Broken Rotor Bars on the Basis of the Electromotive Force Analysis (Energy Science, Engineering & Technology Series) Mykhaylo V Zagirnyak, Zhanna Iv Romashykhina, Andrii P Kalinov Under the conditions of increased energy resources consumption, the researchers around the world face the problem of rational energy use. One of the ways to solve this problem consists of introducing energy saving technologies into the operation of electrotechnical and electromechanical devices. The operation of electric machines (EM) is very often accompanied by the occurrence of various damages. It results in increased energy consumption, untimely failure of electromechanical systems and, consequently, growth of material expenditure.

The presented monograph contains theoretical and experimental research that made it possible to solve the topical scientific problem of improving the efficiency of IM broken rotor bars with the use of the signal of electromotive force wavelet analysis in the stator windings under the motor self-running-out condition.

PB 9781536126839 £71.50 December 2017 Nova Science Publishers 185 pages

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