Physiological effects

Focused on central nervous system (CNS) drug discovery efforts, this book educates drug researchers about the blood-brain barrier (BBB) so they can affect important improvements in one of the most significant – and most challenging – areas of drug discovery.

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This brief describes studies conducted by the authors on mid-size drugs utilizing peptides and peptidomimetics, and on the development of anti-HIV agents. Peptides are important biological molecules and have various physiological actions. Peptide-based drug discovery may help bring about the development of useful medicines that are highly safe and show potent pharmacological effects in small doses.

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Ebook "Physiological, developmental and behavioral effects of marine pollution" covers bio-accumulation and detoxification of contaminants, and the development of tolerance. The major pollutants covered are metals, organic compounds (oil, pesticides, industrial chemicals), nutrients and hypoxia, contaminants of emerging concern, and ocean acidification. Some attention is also devoted to marine debris and noise pollution.​

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Ebook "Plant physiological ecology (Second edition)" provides readers with contents including: assumptions and approaches; photosynthesis, respiration, and long-distance transport; plant water relations; leaf energy budgets, effects of radiation and temperature; scaling-up gas exchange and energy balance from the leaf to the canopy level; mineral nutrition; growth and allocation;...

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Ebook "Tight junctions" highlight the importance of understanding TJ physiology in order to develop effective strategies for the treatment of pathological conditions such as cancer and autoimmune diseases. The first chapter of this book describes the evolution of the transporting epithelium from primitive metazoans to mammalian epithelia. Then, Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 review the characteristics and functionality of difi^erent proteins of theTJ studied in cell culture models, natural epithelia, mutant mice and heritable human diseases.

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Ebook "Postharvest management approaches for maintaining quality of fresh produce" presents existing and novel management approaches that are in use or have a great potential to be used to maintain the postharvest quality of fresh produce in terms of microbiological safety, nutrition, and sensory quality. In comparison to traditional synthetic chemicals, these eco-friendly molecules are equally effective with respect to slowing the physiological and biochemical changes in harvested produce.

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Ebook "Fruit and vegetable storage: Hypobaric, hyperbaric and controlled atmosphere" reviews the effects of increasing and reducing atmospheric pressure on the postharvest life of fruit and vegetables. The text covers the common methods and technologies used and evaluates the history and benefits of hypobaric and hyperbaric storage. Both of these techniques have the potential to address quantitative and qualitative challenges in the postharvest sector of the fresh fruit and vegetables industry.

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Ebook "Plants and heavy metals" focuses on the many aspects of the interaction between plants and heavy metals. Not only it describes the effects of heavy metal toxicity on the plant cell and its organs but it also examines the mechanisms that plants adopt to scavenge heavy metals at cellular, physiological, and metabolic level. Plants and Heavy Metals also analyses Hyperaccumulator plants and shows their potential role in phytoremediation technologies in light of the recent research results.

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Ebook A textbook of modern toxicology (Fourth edition): Part 1 includes content: Introduction to toxicology, introduction to biochemical and molecular methods in toxicology, absorption and distribution of toxicants, metabolism of toxicants, reactive metabolites, chemical and physiological effects on xenobiotic metabolism,… and other contents. Invite you to consult the details.

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Part 1 book "Handbook of venoms and toxins of reptiles" includes content: The field of reptile toxinology - snakes, lizards, and their venoms; recent advances in venomous snake systematics; reptile venom glands - form, function, and future; snake venom metalloproteinases; snake venom metalloproteinases - biological roles and participation in the pathophysiology of envenomation;... and other contents.

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Spatiotemporal characteristics from human locomotion can provide effective clinical metrics to assess motor control and brain function. This case report aims to assess the temporal structure of variability in stride-tostride time and calculated the intrinsic fractal frame that is hidden below the repetitive structure of physiological gait through the “Phyphox” app.

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Ebook "Animal models in cardiovascular research" will provide information essential to any researcher interested in using animal models for cardiovascular research, or any research which requires normal cardiovascular function. The opening chapter includes more information on the cardiovascular effects of post-operative analgesia and will address the recognition of pain behavior in species commonly used in research settings, particularly rats and mice.

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Ebook "Microbes in food and health" gives an overview of the physiology, health, safety and functional aspects of microorganisms present in food and fermented foods. A particular focus is on the health effects of probiotics and non-dairy functional foods. The book deals also with microbes that cause food spoilage and produce toxins, and the efficiency of edible biofilm in the protection of packaged foods.

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Ebook "Neural cell biology" delineates how systems biology, pharmacogenomic, and behavioral approaches, as applied to neurodevelopmental toxicology, provide a structure to arrange information in a biological model. The text　reviews and　discusses approaches that can be used as effective tools to dissect mechanisms underlying pharmacological and toxicological phenomena associated with the exposure to drugs or environmental toxicants during development.

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Part 2 book "Feed efficiency in swine" includes content: The genetic and biological basis of residual feed intake as a measure of feed efficiency; pig breeding for improved feed efficiency, effect of climatic environment on feed efficiency in swine; fueling the immune response - what’s the cost; influence of health on feed efficiency; physiology of feed efficiency in the pig - emphasis on the gastrointestinal tract and specific dietary examples; emerging technologies with the potential to improve feed efficiency in swine.

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Part 1 book "Livestock handling and transport" includes content: The importance of stockmanship to maintain high standards of handling and transport of livestock and poultry; welfare of transported animals - welfare assessment and factors affecting welfare; stress physiology of animals during transport; the effects of both genetics and previous experience on livestock behaviour, handling and temperament; behavioural principles of handling beef cattle and the design of corrals, lairages, races and loading ramps.... and other contents.

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Part 1 book "Marine mammals - Adaptations for an aquatic life" includes content: Introduction, return to the sea - the evolution of marine mammals, respiration and the effects of pressure, metabolism and thermoregulation, locomotion.

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Part 2 book "Crustaceans physiological characteristics, evolution, and conservation strategies" includes content: A comparative study of liposoluble vitamin effects in decapod crustacean with emphasis in argentine shrimp species; crustaceans from temperate sandy beaches - a possible route for management and conservation strategies.

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Part 2 book "Environmental physiology of livestock" includes content: Effect of environment on immune functions, strategies for improvement of thermal and reproductive responses under heat stress, prospects for improving fertility during heat stress by increasing embryonic resistance to elevated temperature, effects of photoperiod on domestic animals,.... and other contents.

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Part 1 book "Muscle development of livestock animals - Physiology, genetics and meat quality" includes content: Number and size of muscle fibres in relation to meat production, fibre type identification and functional characterization in adult livestock animals, manipulation of muscle fibre number during prenatal development, the effect of growth and exercise on muscle characteristics in relation to meat quality,... and other contents.

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