Pain is a significant medical problem as it is a factor in many diseases and debilitating conditions. The processing of pain in the body is a complex process which involves nerve signaling in the milieu of biochemical molecular and genetic interactions occurring in the brain and other parts of the body. Pain as a spokesperson of real and impending injury outlives its usefulness as a warning signal and instead becomes chronic and excruciating. The transition Read More

Passive Location Method Based on Phase Difference Measurement presents groundbreaking information for developing passive positioning technologies. The author has put forward a series of innovative solutions from the perspective of engineering application theory with the aim of giving a basic understanding of the application of unambiguous phase difference localization techniques for long-range passive detection. On the basis of the existing linear soluti Read More

Pediatric Anesthesia: A Guide for the Non-Pediatric Anesthesia is a comprehensive contemporary reference that addresses all aspects of pediatric anesthesia. Both students and medical practitioners - novice and experienced - will find invaluable educational and practical information in this book. The book covers the subject in two parts. Part I covers basic information about pediatric and neonatal anatomy and physiology pharmacology emergency room and op Read More

Halogenated pyridines can be used as interesting starting materials in a wide range of organic synthesis methods. Substituted pyridine compounds are used generally as starting materials in the nucleophilic substitution reactions and have unique scaffolds for the construction of other heterocyclic and macrocyclic compounds. They also have important medicinal properties. Due to synthetic difficulties in the synthesis of the highly substituted pyridine derivativ Read More

In Perinatal Cardiology fetal cardiology experts provide key information on tools for fetal evaluation through echocardiography / cardiac ultrasonography with a primary focus on the nature and prenatal detection of structural and functional cardiac heart defects (CHDs). In this two-part book readers will find details about different types of fetal cardiac abnormalities along with important updates on the diagnosis management planning delivery and postnatal tr Read More

Although a lot is known about the influence of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) on the marine environment there are still many unanswered questions. Petrogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Aquatic Environment is a monograph that sums up basic knowledge about this topic while highlighting current research practices useful in studying the aquatic environment. It starts with an introduction to effect of PAH in the marine envi Read More

Malaria takes a great toll on human health and well-being particularly in tropical regions including Sub-Saharan Africa Southeast Asia Oceania and parts of the Americas. In recent years some Plasmodium strains have become increasingly resistant to all classes of conventional antimalarial drugs currently in use. Researchers have therefore stepped up efforts to revise atimalarial drug policies develop new drugs and implement new strategies to combat this Read More

Pharmacotherapeutic Management of Cardiovascular Disease Complications is an essential textbook that comprehensively informs the reader about a broad variety of cardiovascular pathologies and their management through drug therapy. Key Features: - Features 22 chapters with 17 chapters dedicated to the management of a wide range of cardiomyopathies and related complications - Introduces readers to heart anatomy and physiology for both medi Read More

Phosphorylated Extracellular Matrix Proteins of Bone and Dentin is the second volume of the e-book series Frontiers between Science and Clinic in Odontology. The phosphorylated proteins of the extracellular matrix of bone and teeth play a crucial structural role in the two tissues. They also act as signaling molecules. Phosphorylated extracellular matrix proteins have been implicated in nucleation and mineralization of skeletal tissues. This e- Read More

This E-Book covers the research and the development of a novel generation of photonic devices for sensing applications. The E-Book starts with a brief review of basic photonic crystal (PhC) structure related concepts and describes the numerical and technological tools useful in the design and fabrication of devices based on PhCs. Next the E-Book provides a selection of crossover topics emerging in the scientific community as breaking through resear Read More