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Chitosan : properties and applications in bioengineering
Presents a review of chitosan, including information regarding its structure, main properties, available sources, extraction, and processing techniques. It presents the different applications of chitosan as a biomaterial in fields such as medicine and the agricultural, cosmetology, pharmaceutical, and food industries to have readers obtain a more technical vision of the current use of this biopolymer.
Chirurgie oncoplastique et reconstruction dans le cancer du sein: Techniques et indications L’expérience de l’Institut Curie = Oncoplastic surgery and reconstruction in breast cancer: Techniques and indications The Institut Curie experience
This book is the application of plastic surgery techniques to cancer situations that is called "oncoplastic" surgery. The Institut Curie team takes stock of these techniques and indications applied in 2007 in France.
Chirurgie esthétique et fonctionnelle de la face = Cosmetic and functional facial surgery
Cet ouvrage centré sur la chirurgie esthétique faciale repose sur une profonde connaissance de l'anatomie, de la physiologie et de l'étiopathogénie du vieillissement de la face. Les solutions thérapeutiques à visée esthétique sont développées mais en préservant toujours la fonction - gage d'un meilleur résultat immédiat et à plus long terme. Après un rappel du vieillissement cutané et de l'intérêt de l'utilisation de la toxine botulique, les aspects de la chirurgie esthétique de la face sont abordés à travers quatorze chapitres
Chirurgie de lobésité = Obesity surgery
Obesity surgery is a permanent and "open air" project, with many related disciplines contributing to a debate that cannot be exempt from the public at large.
Chirurgia toracica videoassistita = Video-assisted thoracic surgery
The work therefore represents an in-depth update of the various video-assisted thoracic surgery techniques, which concerns the branches of thoracic surgery, general surgery, pediatric surgery, and spinal surgery.
Chest Sonography
Chest sonography is an established procedure in the stepwise imaging diagnosis of pulmonary and pleural disease. It is the method of choice to distinguish between solid and liquid lesions and allows the investigator to make an unequivocal diagnosis without exposing the patient to costly and stressful procedures. This book presents the state of the art in chest investigation by means of ultrasonography.
Chemolithoautotrophic Bacteria : Biochemistry and Environmental Biology
Covers in detail advances in the biochemistry and physiology of several chemolithoautotrophic bacteria as well as their relationship to certain environments. Included are recent findings regarding the oxidation mechanisms of ammonia, nitrite, sulfur compounds, and ferrous iron by special bacteria. The characteristics of many cytochromes are described to further advance the understanding of bacterial oxidation systems of inorganic compounds. Applications of bacteria, such as in sewage treatment and in biohydometallurgy, among others, are detailed, and bacteria considered closest to the origins of life are discussed in the final chapter.
Chemokines and Viral Infection
This edition of Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology examines the role of chemokines and chemokine receptors in host defense and disease development following viral infection. Chemokines represent a family of over 40 small proteins that, for the most part, are secreted into the environment and function by binding to G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that are expressed on numerous different cell types. When initially identified close to 30 years ago, these molecules were associated with various human inflammatory diseases and it was recognized that expression may be integral in leukocyte recruitment to inflamed tissue. There are now four sub-families of chemokines identified based on defined structural criteria relating to the positional location of conserved cysteine residues within the amino-terminus of the protein. Chemokines are now recognized as important in numerous biological processes ranging from maintaining the organizational integrity of secondary lymphoid tissue to participating in various aspects of both innate and adaptive immune responses following microbial infection. With this in mind, this book highlights the functional roles of chemokines and their receptors in participating in various aspects of the immune response against well-known viral pathogens.
Chemokine biology : Basic research and clinical application ; Vol.2 : Pathophysiology of chemokines
Chemokines play an important role in recruiting inflammatory cells into tissues in response to infection and inflammation. They also play an important role in coordinating the movement of T-cells, B-cells and dentritic cells, necessary to generate an immune response (response to injury, allergens, antigens, invading microorganisms). They selectively attract leukocytes to inflammatory foci, inducing both cell migration and activation. They are involved in various diseases, like atherosclerosis, lung and skin inflammation, multiple sclerosis, or HIV. Volume 2 of this two-volume set discusses the pathophysiology of chemokines. It is divided into two parts: a) chemokines in animal disease models, and b) chemokines as drug targets. Together with volume 1, which discusses the immunobiology of chemokines, both volumes give a comprehensive overview of chemokine biology.
Chemokine biology : Basic research and clinical application ; Vol.1 : Immunobiology of chemokines
The discovery of interleukin-8 close to 20 years ago initiated a new field of research touching on many aspects of immunology and inflammation. Interleukin-8 is just one member of a large class of structurally related chemoattractant proteins, known as chemokines. Chemokines are involved in the traffic control of leukocytes, which bear the corresponding chemokine receptors on their surfaces. Today, it is clear that chemokines affect all aspects of immunology and even many unrelated fields, such as tissue development and tumor cell metastasis. Their fundamental contributions to chronic inflammatory diseases make them a principal target for the development of novel, anti-inflammatory therapeutics.
Chemoinformatics and Bioinformatics in the Pharmaceutical Sciences
Chemoinformatics and Bioinformatics in the Pharmaceutical Sciences brings together two very important fields in pharmaceutical sciences that have been mostly seen as diverging from each other: chemoinformatics and bioinformatics. As developing drugs is an expensive and lengthy process, technology can improve the cost, efficiency and speed at which new drugs can be discovered and tested. This book presents some of the growing advancements of technology in the field of drug development and how the computational approaches explained here can reduce the financial and experimental burden of the drug discovery process.
Chemogenomics : Methods and protocols
Presents both theoretical guidance and protocols on chemogenomics including chemogenomics library assembly, compound profiling, and phenotypic assays. The chapters in this book cover topics such as the assembly and use of Kinase Chemogenomics; data mining for chemogenomic compound candidates; protocols for protein family-focused assay systems to profile chemogenomic compounds; functional and target engagement assays in cellular settings for broad characterization; and a discussion on phenotypic assays where chemogenomic sets may be applied.
Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 11
Presents the proceedings of "Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 11", hosted by the University of Liverpool and held July 25 - 28, 2006 at the University of Chester in the United Kingdom. Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 11 contains the latest research on chemical communication relevant to vertebrates, particularly focusing on new research since the last meeting in 2003. Topics covered include chemical ecology, biochemistry, behavior and neurobiology of both the main olfactory and vomeronasal systems of vertebrates, from amphibia to mammals including humans. A broad range of taxonomic groups and topics are discussed, including sections on new directions in semiochemistry, olfactory response and function, recognition within species, sexual communication, maternal-offspring communication, communication between species, and applications for zoo animal enrichment and pest control. The volume is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Bets Rasmussen and includes a special tribute chapter on her ground-breaking research on elephant communication.
Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 10
This book also represents the tenth in a series of books on chemical communication, chemical ecology, olfactory and vomeronasal research in vertebrate species. The species covered in the chapters herein range from fish to mammals including humans. By taxonomic breakdown the mammals are the most represented in number of species and chapter contributions. However, the hosts of the meeting endeavored to have some representative contributions covering all of the major vertebrate taxa.
Chemical product formulation design and optimization : methods, rechniques, and case studies
A team of renowned technologists and engineers delivers a practice guide to chemical product design. Offering real-world case studies for disinfectant formulation, the optimization of defined media, and the formulation of biocomposites, the book contains introduction to the current product design process. A practical approach to the essentials of product design, related statistical techniques and optimization, patents, green chemistry and gives real life case studies.
Chemical principles of nanoengineering
Nanomaterials, which possess at least one dimension lower than 100 nanometers, are increasingly at the forefront of technological and chemical innovation. The properties of these uniquely minute materials give them distinctive applications across a huge range of industries and research fields. It is therefore critical that the next generation of engineers and materials scientists understand these materials, their chemical properties, and how they form bonds
Chemical Leasing Goes Global : Selling Services Instead of Barrels : A Win-Win Business Model for Environment and Industry
Chemical Leasing is an innovative business model within the sustainable management of chemicals. The economic benefit is achieved by selling chemicals services instead of increasing the sales volume. This book contains detailed descriptions and evaluations based on existing projects in Austria, Egypt, Russia and Mexico where in a broard range of sectors and companies the application of Chemical leasing was assisted. The book also contains political and scientific interpretations and analyses.
Chemical Ecology : From Gene to Ecosystem
This book provides an overview of chemical ecology related to different ecosystems. It offers an outlook at novel directions that can be taken in chemical ecology through a molecular-ecological or eco-genomic approach. The book addresses aboveground and belowground terrestrial systems as well as aquatic systems, and the organisms involved are micro- and macro-organisms, such as plants, arthropods and mammals.
Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery
Gives the reader, through the specific selection of chemical-biological techniques and concepts, the necessary tools to be able to develop new ways of thinking and thus new therapeutic options in the complex field of chemical biology and drug development. The stated aim of this book is to provide concrete solutions and inspiration to students, (post)graduate students, and experienced scientists at universities as well as in industry in their problems.
Chemical and functional properties of food components
Described the contents of food raw materials and products, the chemistry/biochemistry of food components, as well as the changes occurring during post-harvest storage and processing affecting the quality of foods. Discusses the role of chemical compounds in the structure of raw materials and the formation of different attributes of food quality, including nutritional value, safety, and sensory properties. It contains four new chapters: “Non-Protein Nitrogenous Compounds”; “Prooxidants and Antioxidants in Food”; “Non-Nutritive Bioactive Compounds in Food of Plant Origin”; and “Analytical Methods Used for Assessing the Quality of Food Products.”
