2-Deoxy-D-Glucose: Chemistry and Biology extensively examine 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2DG) a glucose analog with profound biomedical and therapeutic potential. This detailed resource covers 2DG's chemical structure methods of synthesis and its pivotal roles in diagnostics and therapeutics. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the compound’s multifaceted uses from antiviral applications to its emerging role in cancer treatment.Key Read More

Anthropogenic changes in the environment caused by 250 years of economic growth and utilization of fuel and mineral resources have considerably impacted the natural environment. The resulting physical and chemical alterations to the Earth's sphere and our adaptive responses in the biosphere are detailed in this reference book. Readers will learn about concepts relevant to Earth’s history the evolution of life economy ecology environmental Read More

2D Materials: Chemistry and Applications Part 2 addresses the cutting-edge advancements in the synthesis functionalization and applications of two-dimensional materials focusing on graphene and other emerging materials like boron nitride germanene silicene and stanene. This volume explores the potential of these materials in energy storage nanoelectronics waste management and more while addressing challenges like toxicity and cost-eff Read More

Congenital heart defects (CHD) are the most frequent malformation in the human fetus and are the leading cause of mortality due to malformations in the first year of life. Despite its clinical importance screening performed by ultrasonographic examination during the second trimester of pregnancy has shown disappointingly low detection rates mainly due to the difficulties in obtaining an adequate examination of the fetal heart. Four-dimensional (4D) ultr Read More

A Blueprint for the Hard Problem of Consciousness addresses the fundamental mechanism that allows physical events to transcend into subjective experiences termed the Hard Problem of Consciousness. Consciousness is made available as the abstract product of self-referent realization of information by strange loops through the levels of processing of the brain.Readers are introduced to the concept of the Hard Problem of Consciousness and re Read More

This reference demonstrates the development of a context aware decision-making health informatics system with the objective to automate the analysis of human centric wellness and assist medical decision-making in healthcare.The book introduces readers to the basics of a clinical decision support system. This is followed by chapters that explain how to analyze healthcare data for anomaly detection and clinical correlations. The next two sections cover m Read More

Artificial intelligence (AI) is viewed as one of the technological advances that will reshape modern societies and their relations. While the design and deployment of systems that continually adapt hold the promise of far-reaching positive change they simultaneously pose significant risks especially to already vulnerable people.This work explores the meaning of AI and the important role of critical understanding and its phenomenological foundation in sh Read More

This handbook provides a comprehensive understanding of computational linguistics focusing on the integration of deep learning in natural language processing (NLP). 18 edited chapters cover the state-of-the-art theoretical and experimental research on NLP offering insights into advanced models and recent applications.Highlights:- Foundations of NLP: Provides an in-depth study of natural language processing including basics challenges and appl Read More

A Journey Through Water: A Scientific Exploration of The Most Anomalous Liquid on Earth is a monograph about water at molecular level. The monograph explores how its peculiar properties are related to its molecular structure. Readers are introduced to water through information about water in a wider perspective properties of its liquid state experimental techniques for molecular level investigations of liquid water and computer simulation techni Read More

A Primer on Earth Pollution: Pollution Types and Disposal is an encyclopedia of important research articles and short essays on pollution. Chapters in the initial half provide information about a wide variety of pollutants (dyes and microplastics) and contributing factors (thermal pollution and the impact of GM plants for instance). Each chapter explains the nature of polluting agents and presents notes and references on preventive measures. Notes on the asso Read More