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This book reviews the recent progress in the applications of nanoscale materials in drug delivery, agriculture, cosmetics, textiles, and photonics. Some other interesting topics including nanoencapsulation, nanoparticles formation, and surface functionalization of nanomaterials are covered in detail to make it a valuable resource for practical use. It is a useful reference for materials scientists and chemical engineers, working in R&D and academia, as well as for general readers who wish to gai...

Due to their unique properties, chitosan-based materials have emerged as useful resources in a variety of medicines, drug controlled-release carriers, tissue engineering scaffolds, and immobilized enzymes. But many of these materials have yet to reach the commercial market. Therefore, more work must be completed to fill the gap between research and production. Exploring the state of the field, Chitosan-Based Hydrogels: Functions and Applications details the latest progress in the research and...

This reference provides real-world examples, strategies, and templates for the implementation of effective design control programs that meet current ISO 9000 and FDA QSR standards and regulations-offering product development models for the production of safe, durable, and cost-efficient medical devices and systems. Details procedures utilized by leading companies to successfully meet FDA and end-user requirements, manufacture high-quality products, and improve and generate profit. Design Contr...

Definitive Treatment of the Numerical Simulation of Bioheat Transfer and Fluid FlowMotivated by the upwelling of current interest in subjects critical to human health, Advances in Numerical Heat Transfer, Volume 3 presents the latest information on bioheat and biofluid flow. Like its predecessors, this volume assembles a team of renowned internatio

This transformative textbook, first of its kind to incorporate engineering principles into medical education and practice, will be a useful tool for physicians, medical students, biomedical engineers, biomedical engineering students, and healthcare executives. The central approach of the proposed textbook is to provide principles of engineering as applied to medicine and guide the medical students and physicians in achieving the goal of solving medical problems by engineering principles and meth...

This book discusses advanced instrumental techniques for the rapid bioassay of toxic materials, creep analysis of Delrin stents in cardiac bioprosthesis devices using finite element analysis, and the potential use of electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis for study of biomaterial surface.

In recent years, high-density DNA microarrays have revolutionized biomedical research and drug discovery efforts by the pharmaceutical industry. Their efficacy in identifying and prioritizing drug targets based on their ability to confirm a large number of gene expression measurements in parallel has become a key element in drug discovery. Microarr

Biomedical Applications of Magnetic Particles discusses fundamental magnetic nanoparticle physics and chemistry and explores important biomedical applications and future challenges. The first section presents the fundamentals of the field by explaining the theory of magnetism, describing techniques to synthesize magnetic particles, detailing methods to characterize magnetic particles, and quantitatively describing the applied magnetic forces, torques, and the resultant particle motions. The sec...

Practical information about the complexities of biomedical technology and regulation, and their implications for manufacturers and marketers of health care devices. Written primarily for those in the industry concerned about staying competitive in light of complex and fluctuating regulatory approach

This informative new book takes an interdisciplinary look at agricultural and food production and how new engineering practices can be used to enhance production. With contributions from international experts from India, Russia, China, Serbia, and USA, this book presents a selection of chapters on some of these emerging practices, focusing on soil and water conservation and management; agricultural processing engineering; water quality and management; emerging agricultural crops; renewable energ...

Details the important cryogenic technology developed at the National Bureau of Standards Cryogenic Engineering Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, over a 30 year period (1953-1983)--presenting the principles and techniques necessary to solve cryogenic engineering problems. Contains hard-to find archival information no longer readily available elsewhere. Topics include cryogenic fluids, mechanical properties of solids, transport properties of solids, refrigeration and liquefaction, insulation, instr...

Based on the authors' groundbreaking research, Automated EEG-Based Diagnosis of Neurological Disorders: Inventing the Future of Neurology presents a research ideology, a novel multi-paradigm methodology, and advanced computational models for the automated EEG-based diagnosis of neurological disorders. It is based on the ingenious integration of three different computing technologies and problem-solving paradigms: neural networks, wavelets, and chaos theory. The book also includes three introduct...

Genetic engineering suggests new avenues for constructing useful products, but it also poses hazards to the health of the environment and the public. Delineating those hazards is complicated, difficult, and important at every level of risk assessment and risk management decision-making. Risk assessment and risk management may be further complicated by the need to discover more detailed information than is usually available. Genetically Engineered Organisms: Assessing Environmental and Human H...

Encyclopedic in scope, this new book presents state-of-the-art methods and techniques demonstrating new applications for biotechnology to remediate contaminated sites. Researchers and practitioners world-wide share their collective evidence to demonstrate how biotechnology works, both alone and in combination with other remediation techniques. This essential tool will aid engineers and environmental practitioners in the planning of effective and economical remediation strategies. No other book p...

Interest in biodegradable and absorbable polymers is growing rapidly in large part because of their biomedical implant and drug delivery applications. This text illustrates creative approaches to custom designing unique, fiber-forming materials for equally unique applications. It includes an example of the development and application of a new absor

Hydrocarbon biotechnology offers environmentally friendly technical solutions that can be implemented to solve problems throughout the value chain of the fossil fuel industry. This book, Hydrocarbon Biotechnology: Challenges and Future Trends, presents an up-to-date view of hydrocarbon microbiology and biotechnology, presented by experts around the world with interest in how our expanding understanding of hydrocarbonoclast ecology and physiology can translate to better tools for bioremediation,...

Exploring the challenging, interdisciplinary nature of nanotechnology through a life sciences filter, this book focuses on the applications of nanoscience and the engineering aspects of medical and biotechnological nanodevices. Divided into introductory, intermediate, and advanced sections, each chapter offers a succinct introduction, a detailed discussion of the topic at hand with illustrative examples, numerous figures and necessary equations, and a concise summary. Problem sets include exerci...

The applications of nanoparticulate drug delivery have received significant attention in the field of cancer diagnosis and treatment. Owing to their unique features and design, nanomedicines have made remarkable progress in eliminating dreadful tumors. Research in cancer nanomedicine has spanned multitudes of drug-delivery systems that possess high tumor-targeting ability, sensitivity toward tumor microenvironments, and improved efficacy. Various nanocarriers have been developed and approved for...

Covers computational Intelligence techniques like fuzzy sets, artificial neural networks, deep neural networks, and genetic algorithm for Healthcare systems Provides easy understanding concepts like signal and image filtering techniques Includes discussion over filtering and classification problems Details studies with medical signal (ECG, EEG, EMG) and image (X-rays, FMRI, CT) datasets Describes evolution parameters such as signal-to-noise ratio, mean square error, accuracy, precision, and reca...