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Deep Learning for the Life Sciences

Applying Deep Learning to Genomics, Microscopy, Drug Discovery, and More

by Bharath Ramsundar, Peter Eastman, Pat Walters, Vijay Pande ...

Deep learning has already achieved remarkable results in many fields. Now it’s making waves throughout the sciences broadly and the life sciences in particular. This practical book teaches developers and scientists how to use deep learning for genomics, chemistry, biophysics, microscopy, medical analysis, and other fields.Ideal for practicing developers and scientists ready to apply their skills ... Read more

$55.99 USD

Deep learning has already achieved remarkable results in many fields. Now it’s making waves throughout the sciences broadly and the life sciences in particular. This practical book teaches developers and scientists how to use deep learning for genomics, chemistry, biophysics, microscopy, medical analysis, and other fields.Ideal for practicing developers and scientists ready to apply their skills
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Micrographia

Tabled & Illustrated

by Robert Hook ...

Micrographia is a historic book by Robert Hooke, detailing the then thirty-year-old Hooke's observations through various lenses. Published in September 1665, the first major publication of the Royal Society, it was the first scientific best-seller, inspiring a wide public interest in the new science of microscopy. It is also notable for coining the biological term cell.Observations:Hooke most ... Read more

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Micrographia is a historic book by Robert Hooke, detailing the then thirty-year-old Hooke's observations through various lenses. Published in September 1665, the first major publication of the Royal Society, it was the first scientific best-seller, inspiring a wide public interest in the new science of microscopy. It is also notable for coining the biological term cell.Observations:Hooke most
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The Topography of Tears

by Rose-Lynn Fisher ...

“When you first view Rose-Lynn Fisher’s photographs, you might think you’re looking down at the world from an airplane, at dunes, skyscrapers or shorelines. In fact, you’re looking at her tears. . . . [There’s] poetry in the idea that our emotional terrain bears visual resemblance to the physical world; that our tears can look like the vistas we see out an airplane window. Fisher’s images are the ... Read more

$14.99 USD

“When you first view Rose-Lynn Fisher’s photographs, you might think you’re looking down at the world from an airplane, at dunes, skyscrapers or shorelines. In fact, you’re looking at her tears. . . . [There’s] poetry in the idea that our emotional terrain bears visual resemblance to the physical world; that our tears can look like the vistas we see out an airplane window. Fisher’s images are the
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Rheinberg Filters Starter Manual

by Michael Shaw ...

Rheinberg filters allow you to add brilliant contrasting colors to your microscope viewing and photography in a very inexpensive way. Most microscopic specimens are clear, and since microscopes use light, it passes through these mostly transparent objects. From microorganisms in a pond, to ancient micro fossils called diatoms, allergy causing pollen spores in the air, crystals like sugar and salt, ... Read more

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Rheinberg filters allow you to add brilliant contrasting colors to your microscope viewing and photography in a very inexpensive way. Most microscopic specimens are clear, and since microscopes use light, it passes through these mostly transparent objects. From microorganisms in a pond, to ancient micro fossils called diatoms, allergy causing pollen spores in the air, crystals like sugar and salt,
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Microscopy Applied to Materials Sciences and Life Sciences

Edited by Ajay Vasudeo Rane, Sabu Thomas, Nandakumar Kalarikkal ...

This new volume, Microscopy Applied to Materials Sciences and Life Sciences. focuses on recent theoretical and practical advances in polymers and their blends, composites, and nanocompos¬ites related to their microscopic characterization. It highlights recent accomplishments and trends in the field of polymer nanocomposites and filled polymers related to microstructural characterization. This book ... Read more

$179.99 USD

This new volume, Microscopy Applied to Materials Sciences and Life Sciences. focuses on recent theoretical and practical advances in polymers and their blends, composites, and nanocompos¬ites related to their microscopic characterization. It highlights recent accomplishments and trends in the field of polymer nanocomposites and filled polymers related to microstructural characterization. This book
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Omics for Environmental Engineering and Microbiology Systems

Edited by Vineet Kumar, Vinod Kumar Garg, Sunil Kumar, Jayanta Kumar Biswas ...

Bioremediation using microbes is a sustainable technology for biodegradation of target compounds, and an omics approach gives more clarity on these microbial communities. This book provides insights into the complex behavior of microbial communities and identifies enzymes/metabolites and their degradation pathways. It describes the application of microbes and their derivatives for the ... Read more

$110.99 USD

Bioremediation using microbes is a sustainable technology for biodegradation of target compounds, and an omics approach gives more clarity on these microbial communities. This book provides insights into the complex behavior of microbial communities and identifies enzymes/metabolites and their degradation pathways. It describes the application of microbes and their derivatives for the
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Scanning Probe Microscopy For Energy Research: Materials, Devices, And Applications

by Dawn Bonnell, Sergei V Kalinin ...

Series Book 7 - World Scientific Series In Nanoscience And Nanotechnology
Efficiency and life time of solar cells, energy and power density of the batteries, and costs of the fuel cells alike cannot be improved unless the complex electronic, optoelectronic, and ionic mechanisms underpinning operation of these materials and devices are understood on the nanometer level of individual defects. Only by probing these phenomena locally can we hope to link materials structure ... Read more

$56.99 USD

Efficiency and life time of solar cells, energy and power density of the batteries, and costs of the fuel cells alike cannot be improved unless the complex electronic, optoelectronic, and ionic mechanisms underpinning operation of these materials and devices are understood on the nanometer level of individual defects. Only by probing these phenomena locally can we hope to link materials structure
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Mueller-Matrix Tomography of Biological Tissues and Fluids

Digital Image Processing and Analysis Techniques

by Zhengbing Hu, Yuriy A. Ushenko, Iryna V. Soltys, Oleksandr V. Dubolazov, M. P. Gorsky, Oleksandr V. Olar, Liliya Yu. Trifonyuk ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book presents experimental investigations and digital image processing, highlighting the interaction of polarized radiation with phase-inhomogeneous and optically anisotropic biological layers. The promising and efficient use of vector-parametric description of the formation of polarization-inhomogeneous object fields is noted. Applications of a set of Mueller-matrix polarimetry methods are ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book presents experimental investigations and digital image processing, highlighting the interaction of polarized radiation with phase-inhomogeneous and optically anisotropic biological layers. The promising and efficient use of vector-parametric description of the formation of polarization-inhomogeneous object fields is noted. Applications of a set of Mueller-matrix polarimetry methods are
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Neuropeptide Technology

Gene Expression and Neuropeptide Receptors

Edited by P. Michael Conn ...

Methods in Neurosciences, Volume 5: Neuropeptide Technology: Gene Expression and Neuropeptide Receptors discusses procedures and tools of assay useful for the identification, purification, and quantification of neuropeptides and their receptors. This volume is divided into two sections—neuropeptide gene expression and neuropeptide receptors. In these sections, this book specifically discusses the ... Read more

$84.99 USD

Methods in Neurosciences, Volume 5: Neuropeptide Technology: Gene Expression and Neuropeptide Receptors discusses procedures and tools of assay useful for the identification, purification, and quantification of neuropeptides and their receptors. This volume is divided into two sections—neuropeptide gene expression and neuropeptide receptors. In these sections, this book specifically discusses the
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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES for BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICES

SOP's of Blood bank

by Akram Ali ...

Blood safety has been accorded a high priority by WHO and is an issue ofconcern to many developed and developing Member Countries. Recognizing theimportance of blood safety, the theme of World Health Day 2000 was devoted to thissubject with a thought-provoking slogan,“Safe blood starts with me: blood saves life”.The availability and safety of blood depends on multiple steps in thetransfusion chain ... Read more

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Blood safety has been accorded a high priority by WHO and is an issue ofconcern to many developed and developing Member Countries. Recognizing theimportance of blood safety, the theme of World Health Day 2000 was devoted to thissubject with a thought-provoking slogan,“Safe blood starts with me: blood saves life”.The availability and safety of blood depends on multiple steps in thetransfusion chain
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Image Analysis of Food Microstructure

by John C. Russ ...

Image Analysis of Food Microstructure offers a condensed guide to the most common procedures and techniques by which quantitative microstructural information about food can be obtained from images. The images are selected from a broad range of food items, including macroscopic images of meat and finished products such as pizza, and the microstructu ... Read more

$94.99 USD

Image Analysis of Food Microstructure offers a condensed guide to the most common procedures and techniques by which quantitative microstructural information about food can be obtained from images. The images are selected from a broad range of food items, including macroscopic images of meat and finished products such as pizza, and the microstructu
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Introduction to Fluorescence

by David M. Jameson ...

The phenomenon known as ‘fluorescence’ is now widely used in the chemical, physical and life sciences largely due to the development of highly sophisticated fluorescent probe chemistries and the commercial availability of these probes as well as the development of novel microscopy approaches. This Second Edition of Introduction to Fluorescence helps readers acquire a thorough understanding of ... Read more

$110.99 USD

The phenomenon known as ‘fluorescence’ is now widely used in the chemical, physical and life sciences largely due to the development of highly sophisticated fluorescent probe chemistries and the commercial availability of these probes as well as the development of novel microscopy approaches. This Second Edition of Introduction to Fluorescence helps readers acquire a thorough understanding of
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Microscopic Wonders

The Science of Seeing the Invisible

by Abraham Rosas-Arellano, Carmen Reyes Luna, Fabiola García-Zamorategui, Ricardo Piña-Muñoz, Yazmín Ramiro-Cortés, Gerardo Rodrigo Perera-Murcia, Alfonso Cárabez-Trejo ...

Series series History (R0)
This book takes the reader on a visual journey of the microscope and shares exciting stories about its development and the new technologies that exist that renders the invisible visible. The book begins with the history of microscopy and follows with the basics of various types of microscopy: brightfield, widefield, confocal, transmission electron, and scanning electron. All chapters feature ... Read more

$28.99 USD

This book takes the reader on a visual journey of the microscope and shares exciting stories about its development and the new technologies that exist that renders the invisible visible. The book begins with the history of microscopy and follows with the basics of various types of microscopy: brightfield, widefield, confocal, transmission electron, and scanning electron. All chapters feature
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Hybridizing Surface Probe Microscopies

Toward a Full Description of the Meso- and Nanoworlds

by Susana Moreno-Flores, Jose L. Toca-Herrera ...

Many books and reviews about scanning probe microscopies (SPM) cover the basics of their performance, novel developments, and state-of-the-art applications. Taking a different approach, Hybridizing Surface Probe Microscopies: Towards a Full Description of the Meso- and Nanoworlds encompasses the technical efforts in combining SPM with spectroscopic and optical complementary techniques that, ... Read more

$91.99 USD

Many books and reviews about scanning probe microscopies (SPM) cover the basics of their performance, novel developments, and state-of-the-art applications. Taking a different approach, Hybridizing Surface Probe Microscopies: Towards a Full Description of the Meso- and Nanoworlds encompasses the technical efforts in combining SPM with spectroscopic and optical complementary techniques that,
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Mineralogy for Petrologists

Optics, Chemistry and Occurrences of Rock-Forming Minerals

by Michel Andre Demange ...

This book provides a categorized and visualized overview and presents microscopic observations, systematic mineralogy, chemistry, geology, stability, paragenesis, occurrence and use in petrology of 137 minerals. Structural formula calculations are included in the appendix. Consists of a set of book and downloadable resources for students and practically-oriented researchers and professionals in ... Read more

$77.99 USD

This book provides a categorized and visualized overview and presents microscopic observations, systematic mineralogy, chemistry, geology, stability, paragenesis, occurrence and use in petrology of 137 minerals. Structural formula calculations are included in the appendix. Consists of a set of book and downloadable resources for students and practically-oriented researchers and professionals in
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In Vivo Microscopy

by Andrew M Quinn ...

In the vast landscape of medical literature, we now have a groundbreaking book that unveils the intricate details of our body's inner workings. In Vivo Microscopy takes readers on a captivating journey through the microscopic realms of organs and systems, offering unprecedented insights into the new technologies that allow the visualization of tissues at a cellular level.Authored by leading ... Read more

$98.99 USD

In the vast landscape of medical literature, we now have a groundbreaking book that unveils the intricate details of our body's inner workings. In Vivo Microscopy takes readers on a captivating journey through the microscopic realms of organs and systems, offering unprecedented insights into the new technologies that allow the visualization of tissues at a cellular level.Authored by leading
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A Practical Guide to Ore Microscopy—Volume 2

Ore Textures and Automated Ore Analysis

by Ricardo Castroviejo ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This book presents recent developments in ore microscopy to support the work of engineers and scientists actively engaged in the field of mineral raw materials (processing plant engineers in mines, process mineralogists and chemists, exploration geologists, etc.) or in ore deposit research. Textural analysis must be rigorous, and simple to be practical. With this aim, the author proposes a ... Read more

$107.99 USD

This book presents recent developments in ore microscopy to support the work of engineers and scientists actively engaged in the field of mineral raw materials (processing plant engineers in mines, process mineralogists and chemists, exploration geologists, etc.) or in ore deposit research. Textural analysis must be rigorous, and simple to be practical. With this aim, the author proposes a
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L’alcaloide vegetale Voacamina esercita un effetto chemiosensibilizzante su cellule tumorali farmacoresistenti mediante l’induzione del processo autofagico

by Pasquale Lista ...

La farmaco-resistenza, dall’inglese “multidrug resistance”, rappresenta uno dei principali ostacoli durante la terapia anti-tumorale. Infatti le cellule tumorali spesso sviluppano tale resistenza esprimendo delle proteine di membrana che si comportano come pompe in grado di estrudere il chemioterapico, rendendo inefficace la terapia adottata. A tal proposito, la ricerca biomedica ha studiato tali ... Read more

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La farmaco-resistenza, dall’inglese “multidrug resistance”, rappresenta uno dei principali ostacoli durante la terapia anti-tumorale. Infatti le cellule tumorali spesso sviluppano tale resistenza esprimendo delle proteine di membrana che si comportano come pompe in grado di estrudere il chemioterapico, rendendo inefficace la terapia adottata. A tal proposito, la ricerca biomedica ha studiato tali
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Indexing of Crystal Diffraction Patterns

From Crystallography Basics to Methods of Automatic Indexing

by Adam Morawiec ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book provides a detailed, self-contained description of automatic indexing of crystal diffraction patterns, considering both ab initio indexing and indexing of patterns originating from known structures. Introductory chapters equip the reader with the necessary basic knowledge of geometric crystallography, as well as kinematic and dynamic theories of crystal diffraction. Subsequent chapters ... Read more

$152.99 USD

This book provides a detailed, self-contained description of automatic indexing of crystal diffraction patterns, considering both ab initio indexing and indexing of patterns originating from known structures. Introductory chapters equip the reader with the necessary basic knowledge of geometric crystallography, as well as kinematic and dynamic theories of crystal diffraction. Subsequent chapters
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AIQz500 For Pathology of the Colon

AIQz500 Book Series, #10

by Zhenhong Qu, Zongshan Lai, Aqsa Nasir ...

Series Book 10 - AIQz500 Book Series
AIQz500 for Pathology of the the Colon offers over 500 thoughtfully curated questions that mirror the complexities of real-world diagnostic pathology. With diverse question formats and a focus on practical application, this focused, image-free edition is ideal for trainees and early-career pathologists, offering a comprehensive path to diagnostic confidence, exam readiness and mastery in pathology ... Read more

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AIQz500 for Pathology of the the Colon offers over 500 thoughtfully curated questions that mirror the complexities of real-world diagnostic pathology. With diverse question formats and a focus on practical application, this focused, image-free edition is ideal for trainees and early-career pathologists, offering a comprehensive path to diagnostic confidence, exam readiness and mastery in pathology
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Liquid Cell Electron Microscopy

Edited by Frances M. Ross ...

Series series Advances in Microscopy and Microanalysis
The first book on the topic, with each chapter written by pioneers in the field, this essential resource details the fundamental theory, applications, and future developments of liquid cell electron microscopy. This book describes the techniques that have been developed to image liquids in both transmission and scanning electron microscopes, including general strategies for examining liquids, ... Read more

$202.99 USD

The first book on the topic, with each chapter written by pioneers in the field, this essential resource details the fundamental theory, applications, and future developments of liquid cell electron microscopy. This book describes the techniques that have been developed to image liquids in both transmission and scanning electron microscopes, including general strategies for examining liquids,
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Microworlds

by David Wilkinson ...

Series Book 151 - Collins New Naturalist Library
Microworlds brings to life a whole new ecosystem populated by a bewildering array of forms living extraordinary lives. It is a remarkable eyeopener for all naturalists.For most of the history of life on Earth all life was microscopic, and even today most of biodiversity is still microscopic. Until the invention of the microscope in the seventeenth century all this diverse microworld was completely ... Read more

$64.99 USD

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Microworlds brings to life a whole new ecosystem populated by a bewildering array of forms living extraordinary lives. It is a remarkable eyeopener for all naturalists.For most of the history of life on Earth all life was microscopic, and even today most of biodiversity is still microscopic. Until the invention of the microscope in the seventeenth century all this diverse microworld was completely
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Digital Microscopy

Edited by Greenfield Sluder, David E. Wolf ...

Series Book 114 - Methods in Cell Biology
The previous edition of this book marked the shift in technology from video to digital camera use with microscope use in biological science. This new edition presents some of the optical fundamentals needed to provide a quality image to the digital camera. Specifically, it covers the fundamental geometric optics of finite- and infinity-corrected microscopes, develops the concepts of physical ... Read more

$166.99 USD

The previous edition of this book marked the shift in technology from video to digital camera use with microscope use in biological science. This new edition presents some of the optical fundamentals needed to provide a quality image to the digital camera. Specifically, it covers the fundamental geometric optics of finite- and infinity-corrected microscopes, develops the concepts of physical
... Read more
An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope

Enriched edition. Including a description of the methods of preparing and mounting objects, etc

by J. W. Griffith, Claire Montrose ...

In "An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope," J. W. Griffith meticulously introduces readers to the intricate world of microscopy through both practical and theoretical lenses. The book harmonizes accessible language with detailed illustrations, allowing novices and enthusiasts alike to grasp complex concepts in a simplified manner. Griffith's literary style, characterized by clarity and ... Read more

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In "An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope," J. W. Griffith meticulously introduces readers to the intricate world of microscopy through both practical and theoretical lenses. The book harmonizes accessible language with detailed illustrations, allowing novices and enthusiasts alike to grasp complex concepts in a simplified manner. Griffith's literary style, characterized by clarity and
... Read more

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