Instrumentation Handbook for Biomedical Engineers
by Mesut Sahin, Howard Fidel, and Raquel Perez-Castillejos
The book fills a void as a textbook with hands-on laboratory exercises designed for biomedical engineering undergraduates in their senior year or the first year of graduate studies specializing in electrical aspects of bioinstrumentation. Each laboratory exercise concentrates on measuring a biophysical or biomedical entity, such as force, blood pressure, temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, etc., and guides students though all the way from sensor level to data acquisition and analysis on t...
Humanoid Robotics and Neuroscience
Humanoid robots are highly sophisticated machines equipped with human-like sensory and motor capabilities. Today we are on the verge of a new era of rapid transformations in both science and engineering—one that brings together technological advancements in a way that will accelerate both neuroscience and robotics. Humanoid Robotics and Neuroscience: Science, Engineering and Society presents the contributions of prominent scientists who explore key aspects of the further potential of these syste...
Biosurfactants
Microbially derived surfactants, called biosurfactants, provide a promising alternative to synthetic surfactants, displaying better availability and being generally nontoxic and biodegradable. Biosurfactants also have the advantage of diverse chemical properties and the potential to be less expensive. They demonstrate properties such as reducing su
Nanoindentation of Natural Materials
by Arjun Dey and Anoop Kumar Mukhopadhyay
Nanoindentation of Natural Materials: Hierarchical and Functionally Graded Microstructures provides a systematic introduction and review of state-of-the-art statistical hierarchical and functionally graded structures found in bone, teeth, hair, and scales, from a nanoindentation perspective, including detailed microstructure and composition. It covers the basics of hierarchical and functionally graded structures and nanoindentation techniques and detailed discussion with correlation micro/nano...
Developments in industrial and diagnostic enzyme technology highlight one of the major potential impacts of biotechnology. This book serves as a reference source for the current state of the art and illustrates potential developments for the future.
Omics Technologies and Crop Improvement
Increased world population, decreased water supply, and climate change all put stresses on the global food supply. An exploration of the challenges and possible solutions to improve yields of the main crops, such as cereals, roots, tubers, and grasses, Omics Technologies and Crop Improvement reviews data on food sciences and omics. The book covers
Corrosion of Ceramic and Composite Materials, Second Edition (Corrosion Technology)
by Ronald A. McCauley
Corrosion of Ceramic and Composite Materials, Second Edition is a primary source of guidance for the assessment, interpretation, and inhibition of corrosion phenomena. This book discusses all aspects of corrosion of ceramics, including environments, mechanisms, and materials, and the means to minimize or eliminate corrosion. The author compiles key findings and literature highlights from nearly a decade of scientific advancement, covering emerging techniques in corrosion analysis, characterizat...
Livestock, Ethics and Quality of Life
The science of animal production has recently become headline news. The cloning of sheep, the use of pig xenotransplants and bovine somatotrophin, as well as mad-cow disease, are all examples of how livestock production is related to food safety, human health, ethics and quality of life. The relationship between intensive developed-world animal production and third world development also raises ethical issues. These are just some of the topics addressed in this book, which has its origin in a sp...
Covering the latest cutting-edge techniques in biomedical signal processing while presenting a coherent treatment of various signal processing methods and applications, this second edition of Practical Biomedical Signal Analysis Using MATLAB® also offers practical guidance on which procedures are appropriate for a given task and different types of data. It begins by describing signal analysis techniques—including the newest and most advanced methods in the field—in an easy and accessible way, i...
This text applies bioenergetics to aquatic animals and explores its role in aquaculture and fisheries science. It seeks to provide a compact account of bioenergetics in aquaculture and clarify problems encountered in the areas of fisheries and
Quantitative MRI of the Brain
Building on the success of the first edition of this book, the winner of the 2004 British Medical Association Radiology Medical Book Competition, Quantitative MRI of the Brain: Principles of Physical Measurement gives a unique view on how to use an MRI machine in a new way. Used as a scientific instrument it can make measurements of a myriad of physical and biological quantities in the human brain and body. For each small tissue voxel, non-invasive information monitors how tissue changes with di...
Medical Image Analysis and Informatics
by de Azevedo-Marques Paulo Mazzoncini, Mencattini Arianna, Salmeri Marcello, and Rangayyan Rangaraj M.
With the development of rapidly increasing medical imaging modalities and their applications, the need for computers and computing in image generation, processing, visualization, archival, transmission, modeling, and analysis has grown substantially. Computers are being integrated into almost every medical imaging system. Medical Image Analysis and Informatics demonstrates how quantitative analysis becomes possible by the application of computational procedures to medical images. Furthermore, it...
Brennstoffzellen Und Virtuelle Kraftwerke (Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment, #36)
by Bert Droste-Franke, Holger Berg, Annette Ktter, Jrg Krger, Karsten Mause, Johann-Christian Pielow, Ingo Romey, and Thomas Ziesemer
Die nachhaltige Nutzung verfugbarer Energieressourcen, deren Moglichkeiten derzeit viel diskutiert werden, beinhaltet auch eine zukunftsfahige Hausenergieversorgung. Eine Option dafur stellen Brennstoffzellen in Minikraftwerken als Heizungsersatz dar, mit denen bei einer koordinierten Kopplung und Steuerung in sogenannten Virtuellen Kraftwerken durch bedarfsgerechte Fahrweise neben einer Grundversorgung auch Nachfragespitzen abgedeckt werden konnen. Die vorliegende Studie zeigt Wege fur einen zu...
Der Band bietet eine fundierte Darstellung der Reinraumtechnik als branchenubergreifende Disziplin. Dabei verknupfen die Autoren die Grundlagen der Reinraumtechnik mit deren Anwendungen und mit einer Anleitung zum selbstandigen Erarbeiten von Problemloesungen. Fur die 3. Auflage wurden Ergebnisse der nationalen und internationalen Reinraumkongresse ebenso berucksichtigt wie neue Regulierungen der Pharmazie, aktuelle Richtlinien und Anwendungen. Die Themen Hygienetechnik und Reinstwassertechnolog...
Metabolic Engineering
by Gregory Stephanopoulos, George Stephanopoulos, Aristos A Aristidou, and Jens Nielsen
Metabolic engineering is a new field with applications in the production of chemicals, fuels, materials, pharmaceuticals, and medicine at the genetic level. The field's novelty is in the synthesis of molecular biology techniques and the tools of mathematical analysis, which allow rational selection of targets for genetic modification through measurements and control of metabolic fluxes. The objective is to identify specific genetics or environmental manipulations that result in improvements in y...
Smart Polymers
Clinical Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles
Offering the latest information in magnetic nanoparticle (MNP) research, this book builds upon the success of the first volume and provides an updated and comprehensive review, from synthesis, characterization, and biofunctionalization to clinical applications of MNPs, including the diagnosis and treatment of cancers. The book captures some of emerging research area which was not available in the first volume. Good Manufacturing Practices and Commercialization of MNPs are also included. This vol...
Handbook of Nanoindentation
Nanoindentation is ideal for the characterization of inhomogeneous biological materials. However, the use of nanoindentation techniques in biological systems is associated with some distinctively different techniques and challenges. The book presents the basic science of nanoindentation, including the background of contact mechanics underlying indentation technique and the instrumentation used to gather mechanical data. It provides perspectives that are optimized for biological applications, inc...
Advances in Heat and Mass Transfer in Biotechnology (HTD, v. 337)
Contains papers from the November 1996 congress, integrating research on bio-heat and mass transfer with bioengineering. Sections on processing of biomaterials, clinical therapies, nucleation crystallization and phase change in biological systems, and advances in instrumentation and bioheat and mass
Rights and Liberties in the Biotech Age
by Sheldon Krimsky and Peter Shorett
Rights and Liberties in the Biotech Age is the first book reaching broadly into biotechnology that imbeds the issues into a rights framework for the social management of technology. The contributors to the volume comprise prominent university scientists, civil rights lawyers, and public interest activists who bring their perspectives to issues where science and civil liberties meet head on. This book explores the impact of new genetic technologies on how people define their 'personhood' and thei...
Polymers in Regenerative Medicine
by Manuel Monleon Pradas and Maria J. Vicent
Biomedical applications of Polymers from Scaffolds to Nanostructures The ability of polymers to span wide ranges of mechanical properties and morph into desired shapes makes them useful for a variety of applications, including scaffolds, self-assembling materials, and nanomedicines. With an interdisciplinary list of subjects and contributors, this book overviews the biomedical applications of polymers and focuses on the aspect of regenerative medicine. Chapters also cover fundamentals, theories,...