Authors
- Gregory N. Stephanopoulos
- Aristos A. Aristidou
- Jens Nielsen
Publication date: 1998-10-16
Dewey code: 660.63
List Price: $155.00
Price: $125.78
Review Metabolic Engineering: Principles and Methodologies / Academic Press: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 yield and productivities of biotechnological processes. Key features of the book are pathway integration and the focus on metabolic flux as a fundamental determinant of cell physiology. The book keeps mathematical complexity to a minimum, and provides a glossary of biological terms to facilitate use of the book by a broader spectrum of readers. A web page exists to communicate updates of the codes and homework problems. Key Features* Demonstrates metabolic engineering in action with numerous examples of pathway modification * Includes methods for identifying key enzymes in metabolic networks * Contains a comprehensive review of metabolic biochemistry* Discusses metabolic regulation at the gene, enzyme, operon, and cell levels* Explains concepts of stoichiometry, kinetics, and thermodynamics of metabolic pathways* Minimizes mathematical complexity * Links to a Web page to communicate updates of the software code and homework problems.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2000-11-27
Dewey code: 573.80285632
List Price: $169.95
Price: $117.99
Review Introduction to Dynamic Modeling of Neuro-Sensory Systems (Biomedical Engineering Series (Crc Press).) / CRC:Although neural modeling has a long history, most of the texts available on the subject are quite limited in scope, dealing primarily with the simulation of large-scale biological neural networks applicable to describing brain function. Introduction to Dynamic Modeling of Neuro-Sensory Systems presents the mathematical tools and methods that can describe and predict the dynamic behavior of single neurons, small assemblies of neurons devoted to a single tasks, as well as larger sensory arrays and their underlying neuropile. Focusing on small and medium-sized biological neural networks, the author pays particular attention to visual feature extraction, especially the compound eye visual system and the vertebrate retina. For computational efficiency, the treatment avoids molecular details of neuron function and uses the locus approach for medium-scale modeling of arrays. Rather than requiring readers to learn a dedicated simulation program, the author uses the general, nonlinear ordinary differential equation solver Simnonä for all examples and exercises. There is both art and science in setting up a computational model that can be validated from existing neurophysiological data. With clear prose, more than 200 figures and photographs, and unique focus, Introduction to Dynamic Modeling of Neuro-Sensory Systems develops the science, nurtures the art, and builds the foundation for more advanced work in neuroscience and the rapidly emerging field of neuroengineering.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1995-01-15
Dewey code: 681.761
Price: $50.00
Review Pressure Garments: A Manual on Their Design and Fabrication / Butterworth-Heinemann:Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland. Detailed instructions for the fabrication of pressure garments as a means of managing hypertrophic scarring following burn wound healing, lymphoedema, and stump oedema. For occupational therapists. Line-drawing illustrations.
Creator: Dimitrios Fotiadis
Publication date: 2002-09
Dewey code: 610
List Price: $103.00
Price: $102.81
Review Scattering and Biomedical Engineering: Modeling and Applications : Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Scattering Theory and Biomedical Technology / World Scientific Publishing Company:This volume deals with scattering theory, applied mathematics, modeling and biomedical engineering. Most of the papers describe mathematical methods, numerical solutions and models for well-known problems in those areas.
Edition: 1st ed. 2007. Corr. 2nd printing
Publication date: 2008-08-27
Dewey code: 610.153
List Price: $129.00
Price: $111.35
Review Physics of the Human Body (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering) / Springer:"Physics of the Human Body" comprehensively addresses the physical and engineering aspects of human physiology by using and building on first-year college physics and mathematics. Topics include the mechanics of the static body and the body in motion, the materials properties of the body, muscles in the body, the energetics of body metabolism, fluid flow in the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, the acoustics of sound waves in speaking and hearing, vision and the optics of the eye, the electrical properties of the body, and the basic engineering principles of feedback and control in regulating all aspects of function. The goal of this text is to understand physical issues concerning the human body, in part by developing and then using simple and subsequently more refined models of the macrophysics of the human body. Many chapters include a brief review of the necessary physical principles. There are problems at the end of each chapter; solutions to selected problems are also provided. This text is geared to undergraduates interested in physics, medical applications of physics, quantitative physiology, medicine, and biomedical engineering.
Publication date: 2001-12-27
Dewey code: 615.19021873
List Price: $229.95
Price: $159.00
Review Pharmaceutical Master Validation Plan: The Ultimate Guide to FDA, GMP, and GLP Compliance / Informa HealthCare:The Master Validation Plan provides a roadmap to management for on-time start-up of facility operations, and validation of existing facilities, in compliance with GMP requirements. The lack of a comprehensive Master Validation Plan and well-documented validation procedures is the main reason that new drug, medical device, medical equipment, and related product applications are rejected by the FDA. In fact, only about 2% of the applications submitted by foreign pharmaceutical companies are approved each year. This thorough guide provides the needed solutions and guidance for both foreign and U. S. companies to achieve FDA compliance and authorization to market their products in the United States. Pharmaceutical Master Validation Plan: The Ultimate Guide to FDA, GMP, and GLP Compliance will allow you to more easily achieve satisfactory inspections, new medical product approval, minimize non-conformance, reduce rework and rejected lots, and avoid recall lots by developing and managing a Master Validation Plan. The accompanying CD allows users to input the template plan into their computers and tailor it to incorporate additional regulatory requirements specific to individual companies worldwide and print the required documents. Together, the book and CD contain everything required to develop and execute a successful Master Validation Plan based on FDA guidelines for the pharmaceutical industry, and allows the templates to be extended to diagnostic products, medical device, medical equipment, and biotech industry products.
Creator: Jerald R. Schenken
Edition: 4
Publication date: 1994-10
Dewey code: 616
List Price: $145.00
Price: $110.00
Review Laboratory Instrumentation, 4E / Wiley:The new edition of this widely-used sourcebook details the startlingly array of diagnostic equipment available in the medical laboratory of the nineties, and also covers maintenance and quality assurance for each type of instrument. This book includes 17 completely rewritten chapters and 7 new ones, on nephelometry and turbidimetry, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, flow cytometry, automated immunoassay systems, automated blood bank systems, and physician's office laboratory instrumentation.
Edition: 15
Publication date: 2005-01-01
Dewey code: 028
List Price: $194.00
Price: $180.00
Review Technical Manual: AABB (TECHNICAL MANUAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOC OF BLOOD BANKS) (Technical Manual) / Amer Assn of Blood Banks:The leading reference textbook for laboratory testing and transfusion medicine. The AABB Technical Manual is one of the most referenced sources of information in blood banking and transfusion medicine around the world. Now in its 15th edition, this comprehensive text helps beginners and experts alike find and comprehend information quickly. The 15th edition contains extensive new and updated information including expanded coverage of: quality approaches apheresis indications cellular nomenclature molecular diagnostics hematopoietic progenitor cell processing transfusion transmitted disease.
Creator: Kyongbum Lee;David Kaplan
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2006-10-31
Dewey code: 610.28
List Price: $249.00
Price: $129.87
Review Tissue Engineering I (Advances in Biochemical Engineering / Biotechnology) / Springer:
Authors
- John Seinfeld
- Arup Chakraborty
- Jackie Ying
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2001-10-15
Dewey code: 660
List Price: $223.00
Price: $222.99
Review Advances in Chemical Engineering, Volume 27: Nanostructured Materials (Advances in Chemical Engineering) / Academic Press:This thematic volume of Advances in Chemical Engineering presents the latest advances in the exciting interdisciplinary field of nanostructured materials. Written by chemical engineers, chemists, physicists, materials scientists, and bioengineers, this volume focuses on the molecular engineering of materials at the nanometer scale for unique size-dependent properties. It describes a "bottom-up" approach to designing nanostructured systems for a variety of chemical, physical, and biological applications.
Authors
- Mary A. Woods
- Mary E. Kinn
List Price: $49.00
Price: $100.69
Review Examaster to Accompany the Medical Assistant: Administrative and Clinical / W.B. Saunders Company:
Authors
- Dumbleton
- John H. Dumbleton
Publication date: 1981-01
List Price: $138.50
Price: $138.50
Review Tribology Natural Joints: (Tribology Series) / Elsevier Science & Technology:
Creator: Peter G. LoPresti
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2002-12-13
Dewey code: 616.8046
List Price: $179.95
Price: $100.00
Review Handbook of Neuroprosthetic Methods (Biomedical Engineering) / CRC:Work in the field of neuroprosthetics requires multidisciplinary teams, but these collaborators must meet on common ground to develop an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of each part of a bioengineering project. The Handbook of Neuroprosthetic Methods provides a comprehensive resource for the techniques, methodologies, and options available to properly design and undertake experiments within the field of neuroprosthetics. It combines the most commonly employed concepts, applications, and knowledge from the many disciplines associated with neuroprosthetic research to foster more effective, profitable, and productive collaborations. From basic neurophysiology to emerging technologies, this book provides a clear introduction to the entire range of neuroprosthetic systems. Each chapter includes background information, methodology, illustrative figures that clarify experimental methods, and tables that outline and compare experimental choices. The last part of each chapter provides practical applications and examples that relate the topic to the actual design and implementation of a neuroprosthetic system or device. Through its exploration of a variety of developmental processes, the book provides guidance on issues that have yet to be solved, strategies for solving such problems, and the pitfalls often encountered when developing neural prostheses. Whether you are new to or a veteran of the field, whether you work directly or indirectly with neuroprosthesis projects, the Handbook of Neuroprosthetic Methods provides an accessible common ground for all involved in neuroprosthetic design and research.
Authors
- Shahram Payandeh
- Ali Faraz
Publication date: 2000-03-31
Dewey code: 610.28
List Price: $149.00
Price: $110.00
Review Engineering Approaches to Mechanical and Robotic Design for Minimally Invasive Surgeries (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) / Springer:This cross-disciplinary book investigates engineering principles in the design and development of mechanisms for surgery. The approaches are based on mechanical engineering design principles and electro-mechanical systems, including mechatronics. The approaches used in this book can be followed by any design engineer. It is also of interest to researchers and practitioners in fields such as biomedical engineering, medical device design, mechanical engineering, electrical kinesiology, and electro-mechanical engineering. Among the book's contributions to the field: For those interested in robotics, a new application is presented; For those interested in minimally invasive surgery, a new approach to designing tools is introduced; For design engineers, the problems associated with MIS are formulated and addressed. The design constraints and objectives can be used by any other designer for further improvements or integration. This book will be an essential reference for design engineers, mechanical and electrical engineers, biomedical engineers, and all those involved in the design and development of medical devices.
Creator: Freida L. Carson
Edition: 2nd
Publication date: 2001-06
List Price: $45.00
Price: $100.00
Review Practice Questions for the Histotechnology Examinations: Board of Registry Study Guide / American Society Clinical Pathology:
Publication date: 1997-08-18
Dewey code: 547.7046
List Price: $121.95
Price: $104.84
Review Pulsed Electrochemical Detection in High-Performance Liquid Chromatography / Wiley-Interscience:A reliable, comprehensive, relevant view of HPLC and its applications The development of HPLC-PED represents the successful marriage of two powerful analytical technologies and has resulted in the best technique for sensitive and direct detection of biological compounds with poor optical detection properties. PED has been used extensively for the determination of carbohydrates and other polar aliphatic compounds, and as a result, numerous methods have been developed to enable the analysis of a wide variety of samples. Over the years, many articles, anecdotal information, and misinformation have permeated the scientific community, with the possible consequence of confusion or uncertainty with regard to PED on the part of the analyst. Pulsed Electrochemical Detection in High-Performance Liquid Chromatography presents a reliable, comprehensive, and relevant review of HPLC-PED and its applications. The book is divided into three major parts: background material necessary for a more thorough understanding of the principles and relevance of PED; an in-depth discussion of PED using voltammetry and other electroanalytical techniques and presenting the advantages, applicability, and optimization of all existing PED waveforms; and practical aspects of HPLC-PED, including a summary of the major applications and a look at future developments in the technique. Appendices include a pulsed voltammetry (PV) program specifically written to optimize pulsed amperometric detection (PAD) waveforms and all the known applications, categorized and listed in tabular form. For analytical chemists; biochemists; carbohydrate chemists; biotechnologists; undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students; and lab technicians working in a range of areas including the pharmaceutical, medical, and food and beverage industries, this eminently readable guide is the first reliable book-length treatment of how to use PED coupled with HPLC.
Creator: Lena Costaridou
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2005-07-13
Dewey code: 616.0754
List Price: $169.95
Price: $135.95
Review Medical Image Analysis Methods (Electrical Engineering & Applied Signal Processing) / CRC:To successfully detect and diagnose disease, it is vital for medical diagnosticians to properly apply the latest medical imaging technologies. It is a worrisome reality that due to either the nature or volume of some of the images provided, early or obscured signs of disease can go undetected or be misdiagnosed. To combat these inaccuracies, diagnosticians have come to rely on applications that focus on medical image analysis. While there is a vast amount of information available on these procedures, a single-source guide that can comprehensively yet succinctly explain them would be an invaluable resource to have. Medical Image Analysis Methods is that resource. It is an essential reference that details the primary methods, techniques, and approaches used to improve the quality of visually perceived images, as well as, quantitative detection and diagnostic decision aids. The book methodically presents this information by tapping into the expertise of a number of well-known contributing authors and researchers that are at the forefront of medical image analysis. This comprehensive volume illustrates analytical techniques such as, computer-aided diagnosis (CAD), adaptive wavelet image enhancement, and data-driven optimized image segmentation and registration. Paradigms of the analysis methods used in bioinformatics and neurosciences are also provided in respective chapters. In addition, this reference reviews techniques that are used to evaluate these major medical-image processing and analysis methods.
Authors
- Ben Kuris
- Michael McGrath
- Terrance J. Dishongh
Dewey code: 610
List Price: $109.00
Price: $102.70
Review Wireless Sensor Networks for Healthcare Applications / Artech House:
Creator: Jasjit S. Suri
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2008-04-30
Dewey code: 610
List Price: $149.00
Price: $104.30
Review Image Modeling of the Human Eye (Bioinformatics & Biomedical Imaging) / Artech House Publishers:Advanced eye imaging and modeling techniques are paving the way to powerful new clinical applications, and this groundbreaking book puts researchers right at the cutting edge. It's the first book to detail emerging computational methods that combine 2D and 3D image processing, simulation, and statistical analysis in efforts to improve early detection of cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, corneal haze, maculopathy, iridocyclitis, and other conditions. Written by a "who's who" in biomedical imaging, this comprehensive volume covers the essentials of the human eye, eye imaging systems, and imaging optics. Moreover, it presents the latest advances in computer-based detection and identification of eye conditions. Supported by 250 illustrations, this definitive work provides researchers and bioengineers with the know-how they need to develop diagnostic and therapeutic tools for ocular health.
Creator: Donald J. Leone
Edition: 1999 & 25th
Publication date: 1999-05
Dewey code: 610
List Price: $112.00
Price: $112.00
Review Proceedings of the IEEE 25th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference: 8-9 April 1999, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut (Northeast Bioengineering Conference//Proceedings) / Institute of Electrical & Electronics Enginee:The Northeast Biomedical Engineering Conference has traditionally been a wide ranging conference providing an excellent venue for the presentation of undergraduate and graduate research, as well as the work of young investigators and established researchers.
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Metabolic Engineering: Principles and Methodologies, Introduction to Dynamic Modeling of Neuro-Sensory Systems (Biomedical Engineering Series (Crc Press).), Pressure Garments: A Manual on Their Design and Fabrication, Scattering and Biomedical Engineering: Modeling and Applications : Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Scattering Theory and Biomedical Technology, Physics of the Human Body (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering), Pharmaceutical Master Validation Plan: The Ultimate Guide to FDA, GMP, and GLP Compliance, Laboratory Instrumentation, 4E, Technical Manual: AABB (TECHNICAL MANUAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOC OF BLOOD BANKS) (Technical Manual), Tissue Engineering I (Advances in Biochemical Engineering / Biotechnology), Advances in Chemical Engineering, Volume 27: Nanostructured Materials (Advances in Chemical Engineering), Examaster to Accompany the Medical Assistant: Administrative and Clinical, Tribology Natural Joints: (Tribology Series), Handbook of Neuroprosthetic Methods (Biomedical Engineering), Engineering Approaches to Mechanical and Robotic Design for Minimally Invasive Surgeries (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science), Practice Questions for the Histotechnology Examinations: Board of Registry Study Guide, Pulsed Electrochemical Detection in High-Performance Liquid Chromatography, Medical Image Analysis Methods (Electrical Engineering & Applied Signal Processing), Wireless Sensor Networks for Healthcare Applications, Image Modeling of the Human Eye (Bioinformatics & Biomedical Imaging), Proceedings of the IEEE 25th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference: 8-9 April 1999, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut (Northeast Bioengineering Conference//Proceedings)Top headlines: Canadian seal hunt will continue as usual: Canada's new fisheries minister said Wednesday she expects next year's commercial seal hunt will proceed as usual, despite a European Union proposal that threatens to ban seal products. ›23:29 19 Nov, Wed Obama to broaden genetics role in medical care: For years, scientists have held out hope that the rapidly evolving field of genetics could transform medical diagnosis and treatment, moving beyond a trial-and-error approach. ›22:15 28 Nov, Fri No Joke! 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