Anatomy and Evolution of the Giraffe
Explore the legendary fossil beds of Samos, where ancient myths explained the bones of giant mammals. This book uncovers the island’s paleontological history, compares the anatomy of the giraffe, okapi, and extinct Samotherium, and maps the geology of these famed bone quarries.
This guide to cytogenetic techniques summarizes chromosomal disorders with pictures and easy-to-understand laboratory procedures. It details modern techniques for geneticists, scientists, and those aspiring to establish a molecular cytogenetic lab.
Discover underutilized fruit crops—gems with unique nutritional and medicinal properties. This guide for farmers, students, and scholars explores how these fruits can diversify diets, enhance food security, and support sustainable agriculture, unlocking their full potential.
Risk Analysis in Project Appraisal
A unique guide to assessing risk and return in capital investment using Monte Carlo Simulation. It presents a comprehensive conceptual framework with clarity and real-life examples for professionals and students in project finance, investment, and corporate lending.
Belonging to Earth
Global health threats reveal the deep interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health. This book’s fictional, evidence-based stories, rooted in true events, provide invaluable insights that will change the way we understand our place in the global ecosystem.
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.
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.
Knowledge of the effects of radiation has advanced dramatically. This book describes the current state of knowledge in radiation effects, the medical uses of radiation, and radiation protection. It also considers past nuclear disasters and trends in disarmament.
Biologists in the Age of Totalitarianism
These gripping biographies reveal the hidden lives of biologists in the Third Reich. Dr. Nowak, who knew many personally, uses newly opened archives to tell the stories of victims and perpetrators caught in the ideological nets of Nazism, Stalinism, and Maoism.
This is the first modern, extensive study of Late Cretaceous planktic foraminifera, a group of paramount importance for specialists in the oil industry and academia. This volume is dedicated to globotruncanids, describing 61 species with high-quality, spectacular photographs.
Revolutionizing Wound Management
This book explores advanced nanogels from tobacco stem for wound healing. With potent antimicrobial and antioxidant activities, these nano-formulations promote blood vessel formation and early wound contraction, emerging as powerful agents for enhanced healing and recovery.
Rapid, non-destructive techniques are transforming the evaluation of body and carcass composition, offering a more accurate, efficient, and animal-friendly approach. This book reviews the use of these techniques for sheep and goats, and discusses future trends in the field.
Explore the captivating world of alkaloids from plants, animals, and marine life. Crafted with clarity, this guide is an indispensable reference for students and researchers, providing deep insights into the chemistry and diverse applications of these natural compounds.
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 most comprehensive series of articles on cyanobacteria molecular biology to date. It contains easy-to-follow, reliable protocols for isolation, culture, and extraction of nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids, addressing the unmet need for repeatable methods.
Explore sustainable agriculture with bio-fertilizers and fungicides. This guide provides easy, illustrated protocols for PGPR from production to commercialization. A vital resource for students, researchers, and entrepreneurs in the field.
Discover the honey bee’s adaptation to environments worldwide. This book explains how the bee colony functions as an integral biological unit to survive long winters and uses specific acoustic and electrical signals for spatial orientation and communication.
Successful turfgrass management does not occur by chance. This book provides the in-depth knowledge and understanding of the science needed to accomplish this. Chapters build upon previous ones to improve your understanding of the science and art of turfgrass management.
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.
The world is an internal model. This theory of mental evolution explains mathematics, the origin of time, and consciousness itself. It also explains the meaning of Paleolithic artifacts, the origin of language, and identifies strict limits of scientific knowledge.