Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) cameras have revolutionarily changed nuclear imaging techniques and given us new diagnostic poss...

In somatic cells, DNA is normally wrapped around the histones octamer to forms nucleosomes that eventually give rise to a solenoid DNA structure. U...

This book presents an overview of sphingolipids: biology, synthesis and functions. The topics analysed in this book cover a broad spectrum of funct...

Sphingolipids are involved in a wide range of physiological and pathological processes none only as signalling molecules but also as key structural...

This book presents current research in the study of the morphology, behaviour and geographic distribution of spiders. Topics discussed include plas...

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is home to the spot cheddar cheese market, which impacts the prices of virtually all cheese traded in the Uni...

The book covers updated topics on the genus Staphylococcus, including the latest discoveries. In each chapter, the author discusses the results obt...

Past, present, and future research of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs; also called vitamin A-storing cells, lipocytes, interstitial cells, fat-storing...

Of the estimated trillion cells that build up our bodies, only a little number can self-renew and give rise to many different cell types. These uns...

Stem cells are the building blocks of the body. They can develop into any of the cells that make up our bodies. Stem cells carry a lot of hope for ...

CD34+ pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are generally involved in all aspects of the human system as well as in the stem cell therapeutic...

The two broad categories of mammalian stem cells exist: embryonic stem cells, derived from blastocysts, and adult stem cells, which are found in ad...

Stem cells of varying potencies originating from the organ generating totipotent embryonic stem cells (ESCs) to terminally differented cells such a...

Stereochemistry is an important facet of chemistry. The study of stereochemical problems spans the entire range of organic, inorganic, biological, ...

Sterols: Types, Classification and Structure describes the methodology used to determine sterol content in coral reef food webs, and how sterol dat...

Chronic diseases and microbial infections are increasing threats for human health. There are numerous natural compounds that can contribute to cont...

Although rangelands are one of the most important ecological-economic systems on our planet, researchers thus far have paid scant attention to the ...

Strontium (Sr) is one of the most extensively investigated alkaline earth metals and has received much attention for biomedical applications since ...

The BCL-2 family proteins are crucial regulators of the apoptotic process. This book covers recent structure-based insights into the mechanisms of ...

Science can do much good for mankind or can cause a catastrophe for mankind if it is handled by terrorists, (even aircraft can be turned into weapo...

Structural and functional organization in living organisms relies on their communication systems, which permanently carry information to the cells ...

In presenting this volume, the author is aware that there are several excellent books, dealing with one phase or another of tree life. It is believ...

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) can be classified as spontaneous or traumatic bleeding into the subarachnoid space. It is usually followed by a head ...

The given compilation is devoted to the anniversary of Professor Gennady E Zaikov. The compilation itself has been prepared by those scientists wit...

After decades of research, monitoring, and analysis, we still have so much to learn about sea turtles. As reptiles, they are environmentally sensit...

Sucrose is the organic compound commonly known as table sugar and sometimes called saccharose. The molecule is a disaccharide composed of glucose a...

Sugarcane: Production, Properties and Uses provides details on new industrial technologies of the ethanol extraction process through mathematical m...

In the post-genomic era, science is still challenged to explain the biosynthesis of complex polysaccharides and glycoconjugates. Unlike nucleic aci...

This book presents a broad number of recent discoveries, advances and important results concerning sunflower (Helianthus annus) crops and its relat...

Sunflower: Cultivation, Uses and Ecological Significance is a work that brings together renowned researchers from four different countries with exp...

During the past few decades, the increased incidence of solar UV radiations (280-400 nm) and its harmful impacts, particularly on human skin have f...

As one of the biological factors that most powerfully impacted history, infectious diseases continue to be a leading cause of global morbidity and ...

Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is an antioxidant enzyme that scavenges superoxide radicals, and are found in all living cells. SODs have been studied a...

Pork is consumed more than any other meat worldwide, and there are numerous other products made with ingredients from pigs, including medical produ...

Symbiosis refers to the biological interaction between two organisms or species, living in close association. In this book, the authors present cur...

An overwhelming majority of known species of microorganisms form biofilms (ie: spatially and metabolically structured communities embedded in the e...

Memory could be conceptualised as the capability to encode, store and retrieve information to guide behavior. Memory may be stored in different man...

Synaptic plasticity is the ability of the connection, or synapse, between two neurons to change in strength in response to either use or disuse of ...

Synapse formation is the one of the unique features of brain cells (neurons), and synaptic plasticity remains the most pivotal function of the brai...

For a quantitative description of variety cell responses to ionising radiation, a mathematical model is suggested. In contrast to the conventional ...

For a quantitative description of variety cell responses to ionising radiation, a mathematical model is suggested. In contrast to the conventional ...

Phytolith studies are placed in the interaction of many scientific fields in both natural and human sciences. Although phytolith studies go back ov...

Systems biology sits at the heart of new integrative paradigm in the 21st century, the book could gain an insight into (i) system structure and the...

In this book, the synthetic gene circuits are modeled by nonlinear stochastic systems to consider random genetic variations and random in vivo envi...

A lone wild wolf lives on a small group of uninhabited islands in British Columbia’s Salish Sea, surrounded by freighter, oil tanker and other boat...