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The large-scale production of chemicals to meet various societal needs has created environmental pollution, including pollution from byproducts and improper disposal of waste. With the world facing adverse consequences due to this pollution, green chemistry is increasingly being viewed as a means to address this concern.

This new volume presents leading-edge research in the rapidly changing and evolving field of polymer science as well as on chemical processing. The topics in the book reflect the diversity of research advances in the production and application of modern polymeric materials and related areas, focusing on the preparation, characterization, and applications of polymers. Also covered are various manufacturing techniques. The book helps to fill the gap between theory and practice in industry.

Through advanced characterization and new fabrication techniques, the physics, chemistry, and structure of functional materials have become a central focus of investigation in materials science, chemistry, physics, and engineering. This book presents a detailed overview of recent research developments on functional materials, including nanomaterials, synthesis, characterization, and applications. A series of chapters provides state-of-the-art information on structures and performance of polymer composites.

Keeping in mind the advantages of bio-based materials, this book focuses on the potential efficacy of different biocomposites procured from diverse natural resources and the preparation and processing of the biocomposites to be used for a variety of applications. Each chapter gives an overview on a particular biocomposite material and its processing and successful utilization for selected applications.

This book facilitates the study of problematic chemicals in such applications as chemical fate modeling, chemical process design, and experimental design. This volume provides comprehensive coverage of modern biochemical engineering, detailing the basic concepts underlying the behavior of bioprocesses as well as advances in bioprocess and biochemical engineering science. It combines contemporary engineering science with relevant biological concepts in a comprehensive introduction to biochemical engineering.

Climate change is already affecting invasive species, pests, and disease vectors. Advances in agricultural knowledge, science, and technology will be required to develop improved crop traits. This two-volume set gives readers an understanding of the issues and makes suggestions for ways to mitigate adverse climate change effects on crops. The focus of Volume 1 is to identify impacts and suggest appropriate and effective adaptation and mitigation strategies.

This book covers a variety of recent research on natural polymers, biomaterials, composites, and their applications. It provides valuable insights into the developments that arose with the merger between biological and polymeric materials that have led to many technological and commercial developments. The extensive research being conducted in the field of bio-based polymers will eventually lead to better health care, cleaner energy sources, and a safer environment for future generations.

With contributions from experts from both the industry and academia, this book presents the latest developments in polymer products and chemical processes. It incorporates appropriate case studies, explanatory notes, and schematics for more clarity and better understanding.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.Providing a nuanced study of the connections between sleep, circadian rhythms, and metabolis, this informative book examines how circadian actions affect the liver and adipose tissue, the brain, and metabolism. This important book introduces the reader to circadian rhythms in the body and the external cues which set them, discusses on a molecular and organ level how disrupting these clocks results in metabolic and sleep disorders, and looks at the clinical applications of circadian rhythms, with a focus on sleep.

This book brings together research contributions from experts on subjects in material and chemical engineering and science. The book includes new research and studies, including on research on the efficiency of gas purification, the transport properties of films of chitosan-amikacin, operating conditions of clearing of gas in a rotoklon, and more.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.This book serves as an introduction to genomics, proteomics, and transcriptomics, putting these fields in relation to human disease and ailments. The various chapters consider the role of translation and personalized medicine, as well as pathogen detection, evolution, and infection, in relation to genomics, proteomics, and transcriptomics. The topic of companion diagnostics is also covered.

This valuable book focuses mainly on the recent developments of all types of theoretical, mathematical, and computational conceptions, as well as modelling and simulation of specific research themes covering all scientific and technical disciplines from chemistry, physics, and engineering to biology and medicine. The book contains timely reviews and research covering fundamental and applied research aspects in all disciplines of natural sciences, including their historical representations and philosophical perspectives.

This important volume highlights the latest developments and trends in chemistry, biochemistry, and biology. It presents the developments of advanced materials and respective tools to characterize and predict the material properties and behavior. The book provides original, theoretical, and important experimental results that use non-routine methodologies often unfamiliar to the usual readers. The papers on novel applications of more familiar experimental techniques and analyses of chemical, biochemistry, and biological programs indicate the need for new experimental approaches.

This book documents the best tools and tactics available for analyzing Android malware. It explains how to use to use dynamic malware analysis to check the behavior of an application/malware as it has been executed in the system. It also describes how to use static analysis to break apart the application/malware using reverse engineering tools and techniques to re-create the actual code and algorithms used. The book includes access to an online library that supplies readers with tools to perform their own analysis of the latest Android malware threats.

This work presents the physics and applications of high-power laser radiation on self-contained transitions in metal atoms. High brightness metal vapour lasers are considered the most powerful in the visible spectral range among all existing laser types.It includes material by highly regarded scientists previously unavailable to western scientists.

In this book, Dr. Gabow, former CEO of Denver Health, teams up with Philip Goodman, a 34-year veteran of Denver Health who directed the Lean System group, to share their Lean journey. The Lean Prescription tells the story of how Dr. Gabow led Denver Health to become the first healthcare organization to be awarded the Shingo Bronze Medallion Prize for Operational Excellence. Detailing the foundational Lean principles, the bookprovides readers with the benefit of the experience of an integrated healthcare system's successful seven-year Lean journey.

Presenting the insight of an investigator with more than two decades of experience, this book guides law enforcement officers and child protection workers in the best practices of abuse investigations. Topics include forming an investigative plan, differentiating between accidental and abusive injury, triggers for abuse most often cited by perpetrators, defenses, and legal and social factors associated with taking a child into protective custody. The book also demonstrates how to prepare for civil and criminal trial and includes questions and checklists to assist in case management.

Written by experts who conduct training and consulting worldwide, this text enables police and public safety agencies to more easily get these cases to court.