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Chapter Plasma Polymerization for Tissue Engineering Purposes
(2018)
The ability of non-equilibrium plasmas to modify surfaces has been known for many years. And a promising way to perform surface modifications without altering the bulk properties is plasma polymerization since this technique ...
Chapter Urban and Industrial Habitats: How Important They Are for Ecosystem Services
(2018)
The sustainable management of natural resources can make human survival possible. Sustainable management is based on a deep understanding of the complex mechanisms of the Earth’s natural ecosystems and of how those resources ...
Chapter Microbial Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon – Contaminated Marine Environments
(2018)
Petroleum pollution has become a serious environmental problem, which can cause harmful damage to the environment and human health. This pollutant is introduced into the environment from both natural and anthropogenic ...
Chapter Hyaluronic-Based Antibacterial Hydrogel Coating for Implantable Biomaterials in Orthopedics and Trauma: From Basic Research to Clinical Applications
(2018)
Bacterial colonization of implanted biomaterials remains one of the most challenging complications in orthopedics and trauma surgery, with extremely high social and economic costs. Antibacterial coating of implants has ...
Chapter Quality Management in Spice Paprika Production: From Cultivation to End Product
(2018)
There is ample historical and scientifically proven information regarding the health benefits of spice paprika, including favourable physiological effects, anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Nonetheless, even ...
Chapter The Cross Talk among Autophagy, Ubiquitination, and DNA Repair: An Overview
(2018)
Cellular plasticity is modulated by protein posttranslational modifications, which act on most intracellular pathways. Ubiquitination is a versatile posttranslational modification (PTM) that influences protein fate, ...
Chapter Molecular Epidemiology and Air Pollution
(2015)
Biotechnology
Chapter Green Tea: Just a Drink or Nutraceutical
(2014)
Electrical engineering
Chapter Modelling Neurodegenerative Diseases Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
(2016)
Biomarkers offer a way to speed up medical research by shedding light on the physiopathological mechanisms of disease. Furthermore, biomarkers are considered invaluable tools for monitoring disease progression, prognosis, ...
Chapter The Potential of the Photoautotroph Synechocystis for Metal Bioremediation
(2015)
Pollution & threats to the environment
Chapter Pollutant Degradation in Gas Streams by means of Non-Thermal Plasmas
(2015)
Biomedical engineering
Chapter Breast Cancer- It’s All in the DNA
(2015)
Pollution & threats to the environment
Chapter Water Quality of Agricultural Drainage Systems in the Czech Republic — Options for Its Improvement
(2015)
Hydrology & the hydrosphere
Chapter Lidar Mapping of Near-Surface Aerosol Fields
(2016)
Near-surface atmospheric measurements over urban or industrial areas aimed at assisting the air-quality monitoring attain increasing societal significance due to the strong and direct impact of aerosol pollutions in the ...
Chapter Membrane Dynamics of Spermatozoa during Capacitation: New Insight in Germ Cells Signalling
(2018)
The study of germline stem cells and of germline cells has deep implications for the understanding of fertility, development and cancer. Nowadays, we are experiencing the very fascinating challenge of application of –OMICS ...
Chapter The Intertwined Chloroplast and Nuclear Genome Coevolution in Plants
(2018)
Photosynthetic eukaryotic cells arose more than a billion years ago through the engulfment of a cyanobacterium that was then converted into a chloroplast, enabling plants to perform photosynthesis. Since this event, ...
Chapter Influence of Glycaemic Control on Cognitive Function in Diabetic Children and Adolescents
(2018)
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the number of people with diabetes has risen to 422 million in 2014. Poorly managed diabetes leads to chronic hyper and/or hypoglycaemia, which are associated with neurological ...
Chapter Self-healing of Structural Composites Containing Dendrimers as Healing Agent
(2018)
Dendrimers exhibit healing functionalities on polymer level. In the present chapter, the effect of hydrogen-bonded supramolecular polymers (SP) into high performance aerospace carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRPs) is ...