Catálogo de libros: Biologia, ciencias de la vida

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  • Ficus sect. Pharmacosycea
    Leandro Cardoso Pederneiras / Sergio Romaniuc-Neto / Vidal Mansano
    Ficus section Pharmacosycea (Moraceae) are neotropical, terrestrial trees (rarely hemiepiphytes), distributed from northern Mexico to northern Argentina, characterized by a pair of glands in the axil of the basal secondary vein, bitter latex, monoecious, axillary, solitary inflorescences (rarely in pairs), with three epibracts and staminate flowers with two stamens. It is divid...
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    84,46 €

  • The use of MDF powder as an oil adsorber in water bodies
    Felipe de Oliveira / Marco Aurélio S. Mayworm
    Currently, part of the pollution in water bodies is caused by waste oils from accidents and spillages as well as inadequate domestic and industrial disposal, which makes the water treatment system for public supply more expensive, in addition to the various environmental harms such as the death of aquatic and coastal fauna and flora. At the same time, the use of medium density ...
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    53,60 €

  • Industrial crossbreeding in pig production
    Evgeny Anatolievich Lyovkin / Mikhail Vladimirovich Bazylev
    The monograph for the first time scientifically substantiates the method of using boars of the Pietren breed in the selection process of breeding pigs of the Belarusian black-and-brown breed and the system of hybridization in the production of pork on an industrial basis through the creation of animals of new genotypes (1/2BCh1/2P and 3/4BCh1/4P), which have increased meatiness...
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    88,25 €

  • Nests and vegetation in Cerrado State Park, Paraná - BR
    Tony Andrey Teixeira Bichinski
    The study followed the reproductive cycle of the birds in the only fragment of the Cerrado biome located in southern Brazil. The area is protected through the creation of a state park, which has prevented its total conversion into arable land. The Cerrado has several variations in vegetation structure, ranging from open steppes with the presence of shrubs to dense, medium-sized...
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    74,63 €

  • Angola 2025-2075
    João Canoquena
    Angola has one of the world’s largest diamond reserves with over 150-300 million carats. Its agriculture is blessed with 58 million hectares of fertile land. Yet Angola makes 2 billion dollars a year from diamonds. Only 8-10 percent of the fertile land in Angola is arable, yielding less than 9 percent of the Angolan GDP, worth just over 100 billion dollars. This contrasts with ...
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    111,74 €

  • Improving Athletes’ Performance and Avoiding Health Issues
    This reprint presents information to update the state-of-the-art knowledge on young, professional or recreational, male and female athletes. Moreover, it addresses current gaps in the literature on issues that have an impact on athletes (e.g., Crohn’s disease, Olympic weightlifting, and velocity speed loss). Importantly, this reprint contributes to knowledge on how to improve l...
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    117,47 €

  • Mathematical Modeling in Systems Biology
    Pavel Kraikivski
    The reprint presents a collection of systems biology-related topics and new studies that utilize computational, mathematical, and systems-oriented approaches to reveal important aspects of various biological problems. ...
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    67,00 €

  • Drug Delivery across Biological Barriers
    The reprint is a collection of original articles and reviews in the field of modern drug delivery systems and strategies for efficient drug transport across various biological barriers, including the blood-brain barrier, mucosal and endothelial barriers, and cell membranes. ...
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    66,88 €

  • Photosynthesis under Biotic and Abiotic Environmental Stress
    Dive into the fascinating world of photosynthesis through the latest publications. This comprehensive work delves deep into the intricate regulatory mechanisms that underpin the vital process of photosynthesis. From the molecular reactions at the core to the overarching responses of entire plants, explore the diverse facets of this fundamental phenomenon. Discover how plants ad...
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    90,43 €

  • 10th Anniversary of Cells-Advances in Plant, Algae and Fungi Cell Biology
    Suleyman Allakhverdiev
    Explore a decade of groundbreaking research in '10th Anniversary of Cells-Advances in Plant, Algae, and Fungi Cell Biology.' This reprint offers a comprehensive journey into the realms of plant, algae, and fungi cell biology. Delve into the world of genomics, cellular defense mechanisms, mycorrhizal fungi, and the physiology of extremophile algae. A celebration of scientific ex...
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    81,71 €

  • Pleurotus ostreautus production and marketing
    Holman javier Alfonso alvarez
    The cultivation of Pleurotus ostreatus (Orellana) is an alternative in agricultural production, because it is a product that provides different nutritional elements for humans, high content of essential amino acids, vitamins B1, B12 and D, ascorbic acid, fiber and minerals, as well as its low fat content, which provide health benefits. It is important to mention that the planni...
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    53,73 €

  • FISHING VESSELS
    Carlos Humberto Ponte Escudero / Roberto Orlando Quesquén Fernández
    Fishing is an activity that provides quality food to mankind, in addition to being a productive activity that generates economy and progress to many countries in the world. Although currently fishing exploitation has reached levels that have led to the depredation of large resources, collapsing several fisheries in almost all the world’s oceans, however, there are still resourc...
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    82,91 €

  • Space use of Calomys musculinus (Rodentia
    Andrea Rosa Steinmann
    The present book 'Space use of Calomys musculinus (Rodentia: Cricetidae)' is a revised version of my Doctoral Thesis entitled 'Spacing behavior of Calomys musculinus (Rodentia: Muridae)' presented in 2006 for the degree of Doctor in Biological Sciences. For this study of the space use of C. musculinus the following attributes were considered: sizes and percentage of intra- and ...
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    98,61 €

  • Biosaline Agriculture and Salt Tolerance of Plants
    The salinity of soil and water is a problem present in all continents, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. Worldwide data indicate that 20% of the total cultivated area (upland and irrigated) and 33% of irrigated agricultural land are affected by excess salts in the soil. Furthermore, a significant number of the water sources in these regions, notably groundwater, have hi...
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    66,89 €

  • Antioxidants in Animal Production, Reproduction, Health and Welfare
    The exposure of animals to environmental stresses (restraint, bad housing conditions, irradiation, pollution, diseases, and heat stress) and endogenous stresses (metabolic and physiological disorders) can seriously disrupt the redox homeostasis, leading to impairments in animals’ health and overall performance. Under these circumstances, the self-antioxidant defense system may ...
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    99,28 €

  • Duckweed
    Duckweed (Lemnaceae) represents a small aquatic monocot plant family presently composed of 36 species. These plants gained importance in recent decades for their applications in wastewater purification, as animal food or human nutrition, as well as for energy production. This Reprint presents 39 manuscripts published in the Special Issue 'Duckweed: Research meets applications' ...
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    160,90 €

  • Hygienic and sanitary conditions in butcher’s shops
    Ndjante Kinyamba Junior / Pompílio Armando Vintuar / Vanito Frei
    Food hygiene and safety are a priority component of everyone’s day-to-day life and of a wide range of activities and institutions. Today, more than ever, the safety of food products is a central concern in the eyes of citizens and responsible organisations, as well as a necessary condition for strengthening consumer protection. One of the sectors of economic activity with the g...
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    74,88 €

  • Food Contaminant Components
    The contaminants in food (e.g., heavy metals, foodborne pathogenic microorganisms, pesticides, veterinary drugs/antibiotics, toxins, prohibited additives, and allergens) can seriously threaten the ’health of human beings. In recent years, research on the source, detection, toxicity, and removal of food contaminant components has undergone rapid development and achieved tremendo...
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    88,46 €

  • Fatty Acids from Marine Organisms
    Fatty acids (FAs) are considered very important biomolecules because they have been used as trophic biomarkers in the marine food chain analysis of several ecological niches. They are compounds universally present in all organisms and play very important biological roles, such as acting as building blocks in biological membranes and signaling molecules. A great number of differ...
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    71,36 €

  • Advanced Spectroscopy Techniques in Food Analysis
    In today’s global food market, ensuring both consumer satisfaction and the highest standards of safety is paramount. Food quality analysis covers chemical composition, physical properties, taste evaluation, and even traceability. Traditional methods are often slow, expensive, and eco-unfriendly due to their destructive nature. Here’s the exciting part! Advanced spectroscopy tec...
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    71,35 €

  • Regulation of Autophagy under Stress
    Autophagy is a conserved degradative mechanism essential for cellular homeostasis in eukaryotic organisms. It is a cellular response mechanism that helps cells adapt and survive under various stressful conditions. It involves the degradation and recycling of cellular components to maintain cellular homeostasis and protect against damage from stressors like nutrient deprivation,...
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    71,46 €

  • Dietary, Lifestyle and Children Health
    Zhiyong Zou
    Food quality, including dietary quality and diversity, is as essential to human health as air is to human life. In addition, other healthy lifestyle factors, including a healthy body mass index, regular exercise, no smoking, and sufficient sleep duration, are associated with a lower incidence of chronic non-communicable diseases and longer life expectancy. More importantly, mat...
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    114,70 €

  • Model of Environmental Education in Conservation Values
    Jose Ignacio Monsalve Maldonado
    We observe with concern how the indiscriminate use of natural and human resources leads the population to the danger of irreparable ruin, the same thing happens when, through ignorance, idleness and perversity, we fail to ensure the conservation of the environment, which currently constitutes an alert for all strata of society, hence the urgent need through this research to bui...
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    75,37 €

  • Salinity versus plants
    Brian Emanuel Hueche / Daniela Russi / Myrian Sarimbalis
    This research work, carried out by 5th year high school students, studies the effect of irrigation water of different salinity (rainwater, drinking water and saline solutions of 1.2, 2.1 and 2.8 g/L of sodium chloride) on the growth and germination of salinity-sensitive species under laboratory conditions. Three salinity-sensitive species were used: lettuce, corn and spinach. G...
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    53,79 €

  • Diseases in sour pitayo Stenocereus gummosus
    Abel Solano Olivera / Julio C Chacon H / Salvador Ordaz Silva
    Stenocereus gummosus, commonly known as pitayo or pitayo agrio, is a plant commonly seen in its natural environment in the arid regions of the peninsula of Baja California, which produces fruits appreciated by the inhabitants of nearby areas and from which those dedicated to its sale during the fruiting season obtain an extra income. During the establishment of this species thr...
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    53,85 €

  • Bio Cell Technology
    Anderson Christian Rodríguez Quispe
    Many neurodegenerative diseases are related to neuronal death, mainly to oxidative stress. Several studies show that hydrogen peroxide can cause cell damage resulting in neuronal death, but at the same time, other research indicates that hydrogen peroxide, at low concentrations, can participate in the activation of neuronal survival pathways or act as a neuromodulator in the ac...
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    53,85 €

  • Exploring the Soil
    Juliano Barbirato / Natália Coelho Ferreira
    This book is a compilation of basic techniques for qualitative soil analyses in the field and laboratory. A field experiment was also carried out to compile the use of some of the methods shown in the body of the book, and how they could have been improved through other more refined soil analyses. Exploring Soil is a book by ecologists Natália Coelho Ferreira and Juliano Barbir...
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    53,60 €

  • Plant toxicity by heavy metals
    Feriel Sebia / Meriem Djarmouni / Meriem Soltani
    This work examines the toxicity of heavy metals on medicinal and health plants. The results demonstrate the sensitivity of these plants to metals such as lead, cadmium, mercury, copper and chromium, which can lead to excessive accumulation and compromise their therapeutic quality. Preventative measures and early detection of soil and water contamination are essential to ensure ...
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    84,47 €

  • Popular uses and industrial applications of castor oil
    Alessandra de Souza Conceição / Iranara costa da S.Teixeira
    The castor bean tree is a plant that produces oilseeds and is of Asian origin. Its ease of adaptation has allowed it to be cultivated in Brazil. This book aims to present a review of the literature on castor bean oil (Ricinus communis L.) and various aspects relating to the use of Ricinus oil and its properties. Castor oil has been used in various activities such as: biofuel pr...
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    53,60 €

  • Runoff and sediment production in micro-watersheds in the state of Paraíba
    George do N. Ribeiro / Hugo Morais de Alcântara / Jailton Garcia Ramos
    The Brazilian semi-arid region is characterised by irregular rainfall and the poor quality of its water, especially groundwater. From this perspective, water and soil management strategies are of paramount importance for living in the semi-arid region. The vegetation in this region is of the tree and shrub type, and predatory deforestation for charcoal production has reduced pl...
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    53,60 €


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