Computer modeling in bioengineering : theoretical background, examples and software / / Milos̆ Kojić [and three others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910144124503321
• Autore: Kojic Milos <1941->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: England : , : John Wiley & Sons, , [2008]
• ISBN: 1-281-84085-8; 9786611840853; 0-470-75176-2; 0-470-75175-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (472 pages)
• Disciplina: 610.28
• Soggetti: Biomedical engineering - Computer simulation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Computer Modeling in Bioengineering; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Part I Theoretical Background of Computational Methods; 1 Notation - Matrices and Tensors; 2 Fundamentals of Continuum Mechanics; 3 Heat Transfer, Diffusion, Fluid Mechanics, and Fluid Flow through Porous Deformable Media; Part II Fundamentals of Computational Methods; 4 Isoparametric Formulation of Finite Elements; 5 Dynamic Finite Element Analysis; 6 Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis; 7 Finite Element Modeling of Field Problems; 8 Discrete Particle Methods for Modeling of Solids and Fluids; Part III Computational Methods in Bioengineering9 Introduction to Bioengineering; 10 Bone Modeling; 11 Biological Soft Tissue; 12 Skeletal Muscles; 13 Blood Flow and Blood Vessels; 14 Modeling Mass Transport and Thrombosis in Arteries; 15 Cartilage Mechanics; 16 Cell Mechanics; 17 Extracellular Mechanotransduction: Modeling Ligand Concentration Dynamics in the Lateral Intercellular Space of Compressed Airway Epithelial Cells; 18 Spider Silk: Modeling Solvent Removal during Synthetic and Nephila clavipes Fiber Spinning; 19 Modeling in Cancer Nanotechnology; Index; Plates
• Sommario/riassunto: Bioengineering is a broad-based engineering discipline that applies engineering principles and design to challenges in human health and ; medicine, dealing with bio-molecular and molecular processes, product design, sustainability and analysis of biological systems. Applications that benefit from bioengineering include medical devices, diagnostic equipment and biocompatible materials, amongst others. Computer Modeling in Bioengineering offers a comprehensive reference for a large number of bioengineering topics, presenting important computer modeling problems and solutions for research

Research in Metabolomics via Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Data Mining, Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910585936303321
• Autore: Vignoli Alessia
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (136 p.)
• Soggetti: Biochemistry; Biology, life sciences; Research and information: general
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: Metabolomics entails the comprehensive characterization of the ensemble of endogenous and exogenous metabolites present in a biological specimen. Metabolites represent, at the same time, the downstream output of the genome and the upstream input from various external factors, such as the environment, lifestyle, and diet. Therefore, in the last few years, metabolomic phenotyping has provided unique insights into the fundamental and molecular causes of several physiological and pathophysiological conditions. In parallel, metabolomics has been demonstrating an emerging role in monitoring the influence of different manufacturing procedures on food quality and food safety. In light of the above, this collection includes the latest ; research from various fields of NMR-based metabolomics applications ranging from biomedicine to data mining and food chemistry.

Abiotic Stress Effects on Performance of Horticultural Crops / Alessandra Francini, Luca Sebastiani

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910367747703321
• Autore: Francini Alessandra
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019; Basel, Switzerland : , : MDPI, , 2019
• ISBN: 9783039217519; 3039217518
• Descrizione fisica: 1 electronic resource (126 p.)
• Soggetti: Biology, life sciences
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: Horticultural crop yield and quality depend on genotype, environmental conditions, and production management. In particular, adverse environmental conditions may greatly affect crop performance, reducing crop yield by 50%-70%. Abiotic stresses such as cold, heat, drought, flooding, salinity, nutrient deficiency, and ultraviolet radiation affect multiple physiological and biochemical mechanisms in plants as they attempt to cope with the stress conditions. However, different crop species can have different sensitivities or tolerances to specific abiotic stresses. Tolerant plants may activate different strategies to adapt to or avoid the negative effect of abiotic stresses. At the physiological level, photosynthetic activity and light-use efficiency of plants may be modulated to enhance tolerance against the stress. At the biochemical level, several antioxidant systems may be activated, and many enzymes may produce stress-related metabolites to help avoid cellular damage, including compounds such as proline, glycine betaine, and amino acids. Within each crop species there is a wide ; variability of tolerance to abiotic stresses, and some wild relatives may carry useful traits for enhancing the tolerance to abiotic stresses in their progeny through either traditional or biotechnological breeding. The research papers and reviews presented in this book provide an update of the scientific knowledge of crop interactions with abiotic stresses.