Search Results - effect function

Electrospinning Method Used to Create Functional Nanocomposites Films

Get full text

Into Space

“…Our anatomy and physiology have been completely shaped by Earth's gravity. All body systems function in synergy with this unseen force. Yet, as we journey further and longer into space, our bodies must conform to a new reality, wherein gravity is absent or reduced, cosmic radiation threatens and our social and familial connections become distant. …”
Get full text

Liver Research and Clinical Management

“…Hepatology is the medical specialty that studies the normal functioning of the liver and its diseases. It has experienced a steady progress in recent decades, as well as occurred in other medical specialties. …”
Get full text

Introducing the Effective Mass of Activated Complex and the Discussion on the Wave Function of this Instanton

Get full text

The Hippocampus

“…The book collects evidence of various hippocampal functions in healthy and disordered brain.…”
Get full text

Botulinum Toxin

“…Known indications, contraindications, diversity, comparative effects between subtypes, limits, allergies, treatments, adverse reactions, nonresponsiveness, and new investigations will be described. …”
Get full text

Antioxidants in Foods and Its Applications

Get full text

Ischemic Stroke of Brain

“…We have evolved from a sense of frustration and helplessness to proactive and effective management in the hyperacute and acute phase of a stroke. …”
Get full text

Forest Fire

“…This book concerns the different aspects of forest fires, the impact of fire on both forest resources (e.g. forest cover) and communities that use different forest functions. Therefore, forest fires have their environmental, economic and social consequences, and none of them is less important. …”
Get full text

Keratin

“…The fundamental keratin functions are revealed in congenital human skin diseases caused by mutations in keratin genes, e.g., Epidermolysis bullosa simplex or Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis. …”
Get full text

Plant Competition in Cropping Systems

“…In the coming years, farmers will face difficult challenges throughout the world in terms of climate change, water scarcity, and environmental issues caused by conventional agricultural technologies. Effective management of natural resources can be encouraged by orienting the common agricultural practices towards the functional biodiversity concept in designing and implementing sustainable and eco-friendly cropping systems. …”
Get full text

Emerging Solar Energy Materials

“…This book provides the fundamental understanding of the functioning of solar cellsand the materials for the effective utilization of energy resources. …”
Get full text

Advanced Sorption Process Applications

“…Sorption, one of the preferred separation processes because of its effectiveness at different interfaces, has caught the attention of many scientists. …”
Get full text

Oncogenes and Carcinogenesis

“…These carcinogens can induce specific genetic and epigenetic alterations in these tissues, leading to aberrant functioning of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. …”
Get full text

Liquid Crystals

“…Liquid Crystals - Self-Organized Soft Functional Materials for Advanced Applications is focused on both theoretical models and experimental results, pointing out the chemical and physical properties (thermodynamics, electro-optic switching behavior, and non-linear optic phenomena) of liquid crystals used in a wide range of devices. …”
Get full text

Sustainable Cities

“…This includes four chapters. It expresses the effect of the environment and energy embodiment on city configuration and function. …”
Get full text

Irrigation in Agroecosystems

“…The agroecosystem is one of the most fascinating, purposely human-created functional units, by which human species made a huge leap from predators and nomads to food growers (agriculturists). …”
Get full text

Characterizations of Some Composite Materials

“…Chemists, scientists, and researchers from related areas, and undergraduates involved in materials issues and interested in approaches to improve the quality of life, as well as people from industry could find this book to be an inspiring and effective guide.…”
Get full text

Sustainable Construction and Building Materials

“…The book covers in detail the characterization of natural hydraulic lime mortars, a decade of research on self-healing concrete, biocomposite cement binding process and performance, development of sustainable building materials from agro-industrial wastes, applications of sugarcane biomass ash for developing sustainable construction materials, oil-contaminated sand: sources, properties, remediation, and engineering applications, oil shale ash addition effect in concrete to freezing/thawing, connection node design and performance optimization of girders, functionally graded concrete structures, cumulative tensile damage and consolidation effects on fracture properties of sandstone, key performance criteria influencing the selection of construction methods used for the fabrication of building components in the Middle East, fly ash as a resource material for the construction industry, degradation monitoring systems for a building information modeling maintenance approach, durability of composite-modified asphalt mixtures based on inherent and improved performance, and bitumen and its modifiers.…”
Get full text

Microwave Heating

“…Divided into two sections on thermal and nonthermal effects, this volume contains eight chapters that examine the use of microwave energy to extract bioactive compounds from plant materials, for rock-breaking operations, to synthesize functional dyes and nanomaterials, and more.…”
Get full text