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Professionalism in the Built Heritage Sector Edited Contributions to the International Conference on Professionalism in the Built Heritage S

Professionalism in the Built Heritage Sector Edited Contributions to the International Conference on Professionalism in the Built Heritage S

Professionalism entails the conduct aims and qualities that characterise a profession. The term is also used to describe education and training standards for the knowledge and skills necessary to perform a specific profession. In practice professional standards of practice and ethics are agreed upon and maintained by recognised associations. In the past professionalism has not occupied a central place in built heritage discussions policy and research. Recent changes in terms of public attitudes and sustainability concerns have had a cumulative impact on the requirements for professionalism in the built heritage sector. The future success of the sector will depend on the availability of adequate professionals and an appropriately skilled workforce. In practice the built heritage sector involves much more than interventions to conserve preserve rehabilitate or restore a heritage structure. Bringing a project to fruition begins with the formulation of a policy proceeds to the design and execution of intervention strategies and ends with ongoing maintenance of heritage structures and related future programming. This process requires sufficient interactions between different professionals to obtain a common vision and hold that vision throughout a project. At the same time the sustainability of the sector is also defined by effective governance societal support and cultural rationales. Professionalism in the Built Heritage Sector contains reports on the lectures of the international conference organized by the Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (Leuven Belgium February 5th-8th 2018). The contributions in this volume meet the increasing demand for shared information to support the transition towards a more sustainable conservation process. The volume consists of three main parts that deal with practice-led research or scientific research: Profiles and capacities Education training and quality labels and Obstacles and changes. | Professionalism in the Built Heritage Sector Edited Contributions to the International Conference on Professionalism in the Built Heritage S

GBP 105.00
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Spice Bioactive Compounds Properties Applications and Health Benefits

Spice Bioactive Compounds Properties Applications and Health Benefits

Nature offers us spices which are a significant part of healthy and nutritious foods. The presence of abundant bioactive compounds in these spices makes them interesting from a scientific and health perspective. Extracts obtained from spice materials possess many health benefits and are rich sources of antioxidants which suppress reactive oxygen species. Spice Bioactive Compounds: Properties Applications and Health Benefits collects such information together in one book presenting all necessary features related to spices and their properties. Exploring the most recent research related to the extraction isolation encapsulation identification and characterization of bioactive compounds present in spices this book also covers the health element of spices and its utilization as a treatment for various disorders. Key Features: Discusses about 14 different spices and their salient features Presents the novel technologies used in the extraction isolation and identification of bioactive compounds from spices Explores the utilization of spices for culinary use in food Industries such as the food and pharmaceutical industries have great interest in the use of bioactive compounds for the production of drugs and functional foods. Written by experts in their field this book will be useful to anyone in either industry as well as those who have an interest in the use of such bioactive compounds for the production of drugs and functional foods. | Spice Bioactive Compounds Properties Applications and Health Benefits

GBP 155.00
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Cognitive Digital Twins for Smart Lifecycle Management of Built Environment and Infrastructure Challenges Opportunities and Practices

Cognitive Digital Twins for Smart Lifecycle Management of Built Environment and Infrastructure Challenges Opportunities and Practices

This book provides knowledge into Cognitive Digital Twins for smart lifecycle management of built environment and infrastructure focusing on challenges and opportunities. It focuses on the challenges and opportunities of data-driven cognitive systems by integrating the heterogeneous data from multiple resources that can easily be used in a machine learning model and adjust the algorithms. It comprises Digital Twins incorporating cognitive features that will enable sensing complex and unpredicted behavior and reason about dynamic strategies for process optimization to support decision-making in lifecycle management of the built environment and infrastructure. The book introduces the Knowledge Graph (KG)-centric framework for Cognitive Digital Twins involving process modeling and simulation ontology-based Knowledge Graph analytics for process optimizations and interfaces for data operability. It offers contributions of Cognitive Digital Twins for the integration of IoT Big data AI smart sensors machine learning and communication technologies all connected to a novel paradigm of self-learning hybrid models with proactive cognitive capabilities. The book presents the topologies of models described for autonomous real time interpretation and decision-making support of complex system development based on Cognitive Digital Twins with applications in critical domains such as maintenance of complex engineering assets in built environment and infrastructure. It offers the essential material to enlighten pertinent research communities of the state-of-the-art research and the latest development in the area of Cognitive Digital Twins as well as a valuable reference for planners designers developers and ICT experts who are working towards the development and implementation of autonomous Cognitive IoT based on big data analytics and context–aware computing. | Cognitive Digital Twins for Smart Lifecycle Management of Built Environment and Infrastructure Challenges Opportunities and Practices

GBP 135.00
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Advances in Processing Technology

Advances in Processing Technology

The present book is an amalgamation of various topics which are quite relevant to academics pertaining to food science and technology. Sincere attempts have been made to map consumer's perception in terms of sensory evaluation of processed foods and their role on quality determination. To cover food safety the topic of advancement in the traceability and transparency of food supply chain is discussed in length. Besides providing basic nutrition food has become an essential source of health promoting phyto-ingredients too. To take care of the concerned population therapeutic foods have also been discussed with their future trends. Similarly recent trends in functional and Nutraceutical foods were also discussed in detail so as to give an exhaustive overlook of such subject matter. To give impetus to the growing and aged generations the importance of the technology of weaning and geriatric foods is described in detail. Bio-preservation of various food products including fermentation had always attracted researchers for various reasons inclusive of its novel and chemical free approach of preservation which has been aptly covered under current expansions in microbiology for food preservation and also under progression in biotechnology and its application in food processing. The cross linkage of advance technologies inclusive of nano-science is elaborated as technological advances in nano- science for specific food and nutrition delivery. Oil and spice commerce are two giants pillars in food processing industries and readers would surely be wishing to understand the developments in the technology of oils refineries and condiments. Smart and intelligent packing systems always extend an upper hand as far as shelf life monitoring of any processed food is concerned especially when these are import worthy products. The science and technological approach of these packing innovations is also well covered. Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the hardback in India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This title is co-published with NIPA. | Advances in Processing Technology

GBP 99.99
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Research Tracks in Urbanism: Dynamics Planning and Design in Contemporary Urban Territories

Research Tracks in Urbanism: Dynamics Planning and Design in Contemporary Urban Territories

Maybe the Global Village metaphor has never been more accurate than it is today where societies join forces in the fight against the COVID 19 pandemic in a global coordinated effort possibly never tested before in the known history of Humankind. Although we are sure that in the past some other shared demands have united the different peoples of the world this has never been so strongly necessary mainly in what the global scientific community is concerned. This is a fight for the survival of a society. However we should not lose sight of what we are fighting for. We fight together for people. Not just for the abstract value of Human life but for life in society as a whole including its moral and ethical aspects. The topics of this book are based on this claim on what makes it possible. We do not build our lives in a vacuum or in distant Invisible Cities but through a higher value which represents physical life in society: the City built by the discipline of Urbanism. This book is a spin-off of the International Research Seminar on Urbanism_SIIU2020. Inspired by the contents of twelve research seminars a group of researchers from the universities of Barcelona Lisbon and São Paulo discuss the contemporary agenda of research in Urbanism. Following the conference a selection of 35 original double-blind peer-reviewed research papers were brought together with different perspectives about such an agenda. | Research Tracks in Urbanism: Dynamics Planning and Design in Contemporary Urban Territories

GBP 130.00
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Programming in C++ for Engineering and Science

Programming in C++ for Engineering and Science

Developed from the author‘s many years of teaching computing courses Programming in C plus plus for Engineering and Science guides students in designing programs to solve real problems encountered in engineering and scientific applications. These problems include radioactive decay pollution indexes digital circuits differential equations Internet addresses data analysis simulation quality control electrical networks data encryption beam deflection and many other areas. To make it easier for novices to develop programs the author uses an object-centered design approach that helps students identify the objects in a problem and the operations needed; develop an algorithm for processing; implement the objects operations and algorithm in a program; and test correct and revise the program. He also revisits topics in greater detail as the text progresses. By the end of the book students will have a solid understanding of how C plus plus can be used to process complex objects including how classes can be built to model objects. Web ResourceThe book‘s website at http://cs. calvin. edu/books/c plus plus/engr-sci provides source code expanded presentations links to relevant sites reference materials lab exercises and projects. For instructors solutions to exercises and PowerPoint slides for classroom use are available upon qualifying course adoption. | Programming in C++ for Engineering and Science

GBP 175.00
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Advances in Metaheuristics Applications in Engineering Systems

Advances in Metaheuristics Applications in Engineering Systems

Advances in Metaheuristics: Applications in Engineering Systems provides details on current approaches utilized in engineering optimization. It gives a comprehensive background on metaheuristic applications focusing on main engineering sectors such as energy process and materials. It discusses topics such as algorithmic enhancements and performance measurement approaches and provides insights into the implementation of metaheuristic strategies to multi-objective optimization problems. With this book readers can learn to solve real-world engineering optimization problems effectively using the appropriate techniques from emerging fields including evolutionary and swarm intelligence mathematical programming and multi-objective optimization. The ten chapters of this book are divided into three parts. The first part discusses three industrial applications in the energy sector. The second focusses on process optimization and considers three engineering applications: optimization of a three-phase separator process plant and a pre-treatment process. The third and final part of this book covers industrial applications in material engineering with a particular focus on sand mould-systems. It also includes discussions on the potential improvement of algorithmic characteristics via strategic algorithmic enhancements. This book helps fill the existing gap in literature on the implementation of metaheuristics in engineering applications and real-world engineering systems. It will be an important resource for engineers and decision-makers selecting and implementing metaheuristics to solve specific engineering problems. | Advances in Metaheuristics Applications in Engineering Systems

GBP 175.00
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Nanomaterials in Healthcare

Nanomaterials in Healthcare

This cutting-edge reference book discusses the biomedical applications of nanomaterials. It covers different types of nanoparticles such as polymeric nanoparticles lipoidal nanoparticles and metallic nanoparticles. It discusses the current trends and challenges in the development of safe biomedicines. The book reviews FDA-approved medicines nanohybrid systems for early-stage diagnosis and treatment of diseases advanced approaches of cost-effective bio-imaging and theragnostics. It also covers the basic design and fundamental understanding of surface-engineered biomedicine. The book is meant for experts in the healthcare industry as well as post-graduates in biomedical engineering and nanotechnology. | Nanomaterials in Healthcare

GBP 170.00
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The Ups and Downs in Drug Design Adventures in Medicinal Chemistry

The Ups and Downs in Drug Design Adventures in Medicinal Chemistry

The Ups and Downs in Drug Design: Adventures in Medicinal Chemistry highlights the necessity for an integrative approach in medicinal chemistry and chemical biology. As medicinal chemistry is not a monolithic science it is important to emphasize the other various disciplines that are required for successful drug design. This book presents the author’s own personal experience in this field and describes the ups and downs that come with drug discovery. It is an excellent companion text for graduate and postgraduate students who would like further insight into the parameters of drug design including the challenges that come with the project. Key Features Illustrates real-life examples in medicinal chemistry Integrates the use of physical chemical and biological concepts that are important in drug design Highlights the ups and downs that come with drug discovery Aims to inspire students who may be struggling with the challenges and thought process in drug design Intends to be an excellent companion text for graduate and postgraduate students | The Ups and Downs in Drug Design Adventures in Medicinal Chemistry

GBP 105.00
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Lessons in Environmental Microbiology

Lessons in Environmental Microbiology

Lessons in Environmental Microbiology provides an understanding of the microbial processes used in the environmental engineering and science fields. It examines both basic theory as well as the latest advancements in practical applications including nutrient removal and recovery methanogenesis suspended growth bioreactors and more. The information is presented in a very user-friendly manner; it is not assumed that readers are already experts in the field. It also offers a brief history of how microbiology relates to sanitary practice and examines the lessons learned from the great epidemics of the past. Numerous worked example problems are presented in every chapter.

GBP 130.00
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Tribology in Sustainable Manufacturing

Tribology in Sustainable Manufacturing

Tribology in Sustainable Manufacturing compiles the fundamentals of friction in manufacturing processes and the application of tribology in advanced manufacturing. Covering topics such as 3D printing green lubrication laser sintering and Industry 4. 0 the book enables cost-effective and environmentally friendly manufacturing processes. In an effort to reduce energy consumption production time and costs while simultaneously improving plant productivity sustainable tribology plays a key role in modern manufacturing processes. With a focus on broadening the application of tribology in sustainable manufacturing the book integrates cutting edge research from international contributors. Topics included involve machine learning micro-machining friction stir welding and metal forming. It also discusses the tribological properties of advanced materials and coatings and how to model tribology in manufacturing processes. This book will be of interest to engineers and students in the fields of machining tribology additive manufacturing surface engineering and coating.

GBP 130.00
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Pressuremeters in Geotechnical Design

Pressuremeters in Geotechnical Design

The pressuremeter is a versatile piece of ground investigation equipment that can be used to test any type of soil or rock in situ. It quantifies in-situ stress stiffness strength and permeability – the essential properties needed to design geotechnical structures. The results are used in pressuremeter specific design methods empirical design methods and numerical analyses. This reference book covers the types of pressuremeter and the control equipment methods of installation test procedures methods of analysis including direct and indirect methods of interpretation and application in design. This is supported by an exemplar specification for field operations with the interpretation of the results. Engineers are given enough detail to apply the results confidently. This comprehensive and thorough discussion of pressuremeter testing in geotechnical design draws on over forty years’ experience in geotechnical engineering. It is essential for professional and academic engineering geologists and geotechnical civil and structural engineers involved in ground investigation and geotechnical design. | Pressuremeters in Geotechnical Design

GBP 140.00
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Artificial Intelligence in STEM Education The Paradigmatic Shifts in Research Education and Technology

Artificial Intelligence in STEM Education The Paradigmatic Shifts in Research Education and Technology

Artificial intelligence (AI) opens new opportunities for STEM education in K-12 higher education and professional education contexts. This book summarizes AI in education (AIED) with a particular focus on the research practice and technological paradigmatic shifts of AIED in recent years. The 23 chapters in this edited collection track the paradigmatic shifts of AIED in STEM education discussing how and why the paradigms have shifted explaining how and in what ways AI techniques have ensured the shifts and envisioning what directions next-generation AIED is heading in the new era. As a whole the book illuminates the main paradigms of AI in STEM education summarizes the AI-enhanced techniques and applications used to enable the paradigms and discusses AI-enhanced teaching learning and design in STEM education. It provides an adapted educational policy so that practitioners can better facilitate the application of AI in STEM education. This book is a must-read for researchers educators students designers and engineers who are interested in the opportunities and challenges of AI in STEM education. | Artificial Intelligence in STEM Education The Paradigmatic Shifts in Research Education and Technology

GBP 170.00
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Artificial intelligence in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Artificial intelligence in Pharmaceutical Sciences

This cutting-edge reference book discusses the intervention of artificial intelligence in the fields of drug development modified drug delivery systems pharmaceutical technology and medical devices development. This comprehensive book includes an overview of artificial intelligence in pharmaceutical sciences and applications in the drug discovery and development process. It discusses the role of machine learning in the automated detection and sorting of pharmaceutical formulations. It covers nanosafety and the role of artificial intelligence in predicting potential adverse biological effects. FEATURES Includes lucid step-by-step instructions to apply artificial intelligence and machine learning in pharmaceutical sciences Explores the application of artificial intelligence in nanosafety and prediction of potential hazards Covers application of artificial intelligence in drug discovery and drug development Reviews the role of artificial intelligence in assessment of pharmaceutical formulations Provides artificial intelligence solutions for experts in the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries This book is meant for academicians students and industry experts in pharmaceutical sciences medicine and pharmacology.

GBP 89.99
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Nanotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture

Nanotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture

Nanotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture presents applications of nanobiotechnology for eco-friendly agriculture practices. Implementing sustainable agriculture techniques is a crucial component in meeting projected global food demands while minimising toxic waste in the environment. Nano-technological tools – including nanoparticles nanocapsules nanotubes and nanomolecules – offer sustainable options to modernise agriculture systems. Written by nanotechnology experts this book outlines how nano-formulations can improve yield without reliance on chemecial pesticides and reduce nutrient losses in fertilization. It reveals how nanotools are used for rapid disease diagnostics in treating plant diseases and enhancing the capacity for plants to absorb nutrients. Features: Combines nanotechnology and agronomy presenting applications for improving plant performance and yields. Reveals nanotechnology-based products used for the soil and plant health management which mitigate climate change. Discusses roles of microbial endophytes heavy metal nanoparticles and environment health nano-nutrients phytochemicals green bioengineering and plant health. This book appeals to professionals working in the agriculture and food industry as well as agricultural scientists and researchers in nanotechnology and agronomy.

GBP 170.00
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Laser Applications in Manufacturing

Laser Applications in Manufacturing

This book introduces the emerging areas of laser-based manufacturing such as additive manufacturing (AM) of metal matrix composites (MMCs) joining of hard-to-weld superalloys damage-free machining of fiber-reinforced composites surface properties enhancement using cladding techniques and modeling and simulation of laser beam manufacturing techniques. Laser Applications in Manufacturing provides a quick guide for researchers and academicians to recent advancements in the development of powder-based MMCs manufactured using AM technology. This book: shows recent developments in functionally graded sheets or laminates and fabrication of fiber-reinforced composite using sheet lamination printing lists recent developments in the joining of dissimilar materials in diverse applications such as hybrid structures and lightweight components for increased performance and functionality includes many recent developments in machining carbon fiber glass fiber and natural fiber composite laminates for investigations of delamination and surface quality characteristics showcases different aspects of surface alloying of miniature components hard and soft composite coating for various applications Laser Applications in Manufacturing is recommended for researchers working on fabrication of numerous new and novel materials. The book serves as a resource for scientists and engineers working in laser-based manufacturing techniques who want to learn about the most up-to-date research.

GBP 99.99
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Developments in Lymphoid Cell Biology

Developments in Lymphoid Cell Biology

In this volume the author by no means attempted to give a comprehensive view of the myriad of recent developments in immunology. The author has attempted after introducing sufficient background in chapter 1 to highlight certain areas of lymphoid cell biology which are given less attention in current thinking but which seem to the author to offer exciting prospects for research. In other cases the important topics of transplantation and tolerance are looked at from points of view which are somewhat less conventional in the hope that these aspects may stimulate others to look at the yet unsolved problems in these areas. In making the selection of topics and indeed in the selection of references within each chapter the contributors and the author have attempted to select those which offered what seemed to be the best sources of information. They do not wish to minimize the important contributions of others but are guided by constraints of brevity and cogent expression. | Developments in Lymphoid Cell Biology

GBP 140.00
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Cybersecurity Management in Education Technologies Risks and Countermeasures for Advancements in E-learning

Cybersecurity Management in Education Technologies Risks and Countermeasures for Advancements in E-learning

This book explores the intersection of cybersecurity and education technologies providing practical solutions detection techniques and mitigation strategies to ensure a secure and protected learning environment in the face of evolving cyber threats. With a wide range of contributors covering topics from immersive learning to phishing detection this book is a valuable resource for professionals researchers educators students and policymakers interested in the future of cybersecurity in education. Features: Offers both theoretical foundations and practical guidance for fostering a secure and protected environment for educational advancements in the digital age Addresses the need for cybersecurity in education in the context of worldwide changes in education sources and advancements in technology Highlights the significance of integrating cybersecurity into educational practices and protecting sensitive information to ensure students’ performance prediction systems are not misused Covers a wide range of topics including immersive learning cybersecurity education and malware detection making it a valuable resource for professionals researchers educators students and policymakers | Cybersecurity Management in Education Technologies Risks and Countermeasures for Advancements in E-learning

GBP 110.00
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Policies lost in translation? Unravelling water reform processes in African waterscapes

Policies lost in translation? Unravelling water reform processes in African waterscapes

Since the 1980s a major change took place in public policies for water resources management. The role of governments shifted under this reform process from an emphasis on investment in the development operation and maintenance of water infrastructure to a focus on managing water resources systems by stipulating general frameworks and defining key principles for water allocation. This interdisciplinary research examines how this water reform process unfolds within four African waterscapes that are historically constituted by natural and social processes. The study analyzes the interplay between public policies designed and implemented by government agencies and the institutions that govern access to and control over water resources among groups of agricultural water users. The findings of this research show that the water reform policies have led to similar outcomes in dissimilar contexts and that water policy only to a limited extent leads to progressive institutional change concerning agricultural water use especially in this neoliberal era. Moreover this research shows that excluding targeted investments in the development of hydraulic infrastructure for historically disadvantaged groups has narrowed the options of the governments to redress the colonial legacy and the capacity of small-scale farmers to move their livelihood beyond subsistence. | Policies lost in translation? Unravelling water reform processes in African waterscapes

GBP 150.00
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Differential Equations in Banach Spaces

Differential Equations in Banach Spaces

This reference - based on the Conference on Differential Equations held in Bologna - provides information on current research in parabolic and hyperbolic differential equations. Presenting methods and results in semigroup theory and their applications to evolution equations this book focuses on topics including: abstract parabolic and hyperbolic linear differential equations; nonlinear abstract parabolic equations; holomorphic semigroups; and Volterra operator integral equations. ;With contributions from international experts Differential Equations in Banach Spaces is intended for research mathematicians in functional analysis partial differential equations operator theory and control theory; and students in these disciplines.

GBP 115.00
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Advances in Combustion Technology

Advances in Combustion Technology

This edited volume on combustion technology covers recent developments and provides a broad perspective of the key challenges in this emerging field. Divided into two sections the first one covers micro-combustion systems hydrogen combustors combustion systems for gas turbines and IC engines coal combustors for power plants and gasifier systems. The second section focusses on combustion systems pertaining to aerospace including supersonic combustors rocket engines and gel propellant combustion. Issues related to energy producing devices in power generation process industries and aerospace vehicles and efficient and eco-friendly combustion technologies are also explained. Features: Provides comprehensive coverage of recent advances in combustion technology Explains definite concepts about the design and development in combustion systems Captures developments relevant for the aerospace area including gel propellant aluminium-based propellants gasification and gas turbines Aims to introduce the combustion system in different industries Expounds novel combustion systems with reference to pertinent renewable technologies This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in chemical mechanical and aerospace engineering energy and environmental engineering and thermal engineering. This book is also aimed at practicing engineers and decision makers in industry and research labs and petroleum utilization.

GBP 110.00
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Recent Advancement in Prodrugs

Recent Advancement in Prodrugs

Recent Advancement in Prodrugs Drugs used as medicines have many limitations like low chemical stability aqueous solubility or oral absorption/bioavailability rapid presystemic metabolism toxicity inadequate site specificity or poor patient acceptance/compliance (unwanted adverse effects unacceptable taste or odor irritation or pain). Prodrugs design is an approach to overcome these limitations. Key features Covers recent advancements in development of prodrugs Presents balanced synthesis and applications of prodrug chemistry Discusses broad spectrum of prodrug categories and outlines industrial applications Reviews prodrugs in cancer nanomedicine its therapy and treatment Elucidates mathematical models to study the kinetics of prodrugs This book covers recent advances in the design of prodrugs. It contains all the significant recent examples of prodrug chemistry developments and will aid academics and researchers seeking to generate new projects in the field.

GBP 145.00
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Pattern in Music

Pattern in Music

This book presents analyses of pattern in music from different computational and mathematical perspectives. A central purpose of music analysis is to represent discover and evaluate repeated structures within single pieces or within larger corpora of related pieces. In the chapters of this book music corpora are structured as monophonic melodies polyphony or chord sequences. Patterns are represented either extensionally as locations of pattern occurrences in the music or intensionally as sequences of pitch or chord features rhythmic profiles geometric point sets and logical expressions. The chapters cover both deductive analysis where music is queried for occurrences of a known pattern and inductive analysis where patterns are found using pattern discovery algorithms. Results are evaluated using a variety of methods including visualization contrasting corpus analysis and reference to known and expected patterns. Pattern in Music will be a key resource for academics researchers and advanced students of music musicology music analyses mathematical music theory computational musicology and music informatics. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Mathematics and Music.

GBP 130.00
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