Journey into the fascinating world of nanoparticles, microscopic wonders making giant strides in medicine, electronics, and environmental science. This book delves into how these tiny yet powerful particles behave differently, unlocking a future of endless possibilities.
Pesticides are vital for crop protection, but their overuse poses a health and environmental hazard. This book overviews developments in pesticides and pests, covering chemical, botanical, and biorational agents, pest resistance, and climate change.
This captivating exploration illuminates the pivotal roles of salicylic acid (SA) and nitric oxide (NO) as master regulators in plant adaptation. The book highlights their covert alliance and collaboration in alleviating high temperature-induced oxidative stress.
Technomimetics versus Biomimetics
Nature inspires us to achieve maximum results with minimum resources. This book investigates the advantages, challenges and limitations of using data science and artificial intelligence to mimic nature in techno-biomimetic systems, from robots to nanotechnology.
A fascinating exploration of the dynamic relationships between plants and fungi. Discover how these partnerships enhance nutrient uptake, fortify defenses, and shape resilient ecosystems, holding remarkable potential for sustainable agriculture, drug discovery, and beyond.
This book offers original, internationally significant contributions from all fields of marine biology. It explores the enigmas of our oceans, from biodiversity and survival to commercial utility, proving beneficial for students, researchers, scientists, and industrialists.
This book is a gateway to the future of agriculture, exploring the intersection of genetics and innovation. It covers molecular plant breeding from genetic markers and mapping to advanced topics like genomics, bioinformatics, gene transfer, and intellectual property rights.
This volume on interdisciplinary life sciences is for researchers across various scientific fields and anyone interested in the topic. It integrates disciplines to solve complex problems and is lavishly illustrated with flow charts, diagrams, and tables for easy learning.
Our soil, water, and environment are threatened. Life is dependent on these resources. If the soil is lost, where can we produce food? If water is lost, how will life persist? If the environment is not clean, how will we survive? This book explores how to save them.
Traditional Sudanese Foods
Traditional Sudanese foods are distinguished by their unique taste and nutritional content. This is the first reference work to focus on their full scope, from composition to preparation and nutritional aspects. This book fills that gap, covering over 43 traditional foods.
As scientists search for alternative dietary proteins, Spirulina is a superior source. This book fills an important research gap, highlighting the nutritional aspects of using Spirulina in poultry diets for students, professors, feed formulators, and farmers.
This book provides fascinating insights into actinomycetes and their synthesis of bioactive molecules like enzymes and nanoparticles. Microorganisms are a huge reservoir of resources for innovative applications and should be explored for antibiotics, enzymes, and nanoparticles.
This is the first comprehensive study on the urban ecology of amphibians and reptiles in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It summarizes their species composition, spatial distribution, and population dynamics to identify Important Herpetological Areas and provide key conservational data.
A randomized vaccine trial in Senegal compared two high-titer measles vaccines with a standard one. Though initially promising, the high-titer vaccines were not safe, inducing an excess mortality. This book discusses the scientific, ethical, and political issues of the findings.
This book explores the ghrelin receptor gene (GHSR1a), a key regulator of growth and energy metabolism. It highlights the gene’s unique molecular evolution and how its variations affect growth and fatty acid traits in domestic animals and humans in a sex-dependent fashion.
Basics of Animal Communication
This short, systematic introduction to animal communication blends natural sciences and humanities in a multidisciplinary approach. A useful pedagogical tool for students and teachers, it is written in a clear, engaging style with a glossary and rich bibliography.
Pharmaco-Biotechnology and Nanotechnology
This volume on pharmaceutical biotechnology covers nano-biotechnology for cancer detection, biosensors, pharmacogenetics, and nutrigenetics. It deciphers the interplay between diet, drugs, and genetics for improving human health. For students, researchers, and professionals.
The biological role of heterochromatin, our non-coding DNA, is a mystery. This study of Q-heterochromatin variability in humans reveals that differences are related to environmental factors, not race, and that our ability to adapt to extreme conditions depends on its amount.
Long Non-Coding RNA
Once dismissed as genomic “noise,” Long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) are now known to regulate genes and are involved in diverse diseases like cancer. As their mechanisms are still ambiguous, this book provides a comprehensive account of lncRNA research.
This book makes scientific knowledge on psychosis and schizophrenia accessible to patients and their loved ones. It offers a comprehensive summary of symptoms, causes, and treatment to help in understanding the disorders and making informed decisions about care.