Published January, 2019
By David Metcalf, Vikram Dhillon, John Bass, Max Hooper and Alex Cahana
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After a brief introduction to bitcoin, blockchain and the protocols available, a getting-started guide is presented specific to health and healthcare. The authors discuss the complexities and possibilities of smart contracts and some of the early consortia that are exploring the possibilities.

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Published January, 2019
By Edward J. Calabrese
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Alcohol Interactions with Drugs and Chemicals is a concise volume that identifies, documents, and assesses the capacity of alcohol to alter the toxicity of chemical pollutants and drugs in animal models and humans. The book systematically assesses interactions according to general chemical classes of inorganic and organic agents.

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Published January, 2019
By Gad Shani
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Radiation dosimetry has made great progress in the last decade, mainly because radiation therapy is much more widely used. Since the first edition, many new developments have been made in the basic methods for dosimetry, i.e. ionization chambers, TLD, chemical dosimeters, and photographic films.

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Published January, 2019
By Mahmoud A. Ghannoum, Rajendra Prasad, H. M. Calvet, Dorothy Losel, Michel Sancholle, Kathleen Barr, Parul Chakrabarti, Joyoti Basu, Manikuntala Kundu, G. K. Khuller and Nandini Manchanda
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This book discusses the importance of lipids in pathogenic fungi and how they are involved in infections that pose serious health problems. The role of lipids in dimorphism, adherence, and virulence of fungi is investigated as is their composition and metabolism.

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Published January, 2019
By Fritz Eckstein, P Dan Cook, Alan M. Gewirtz, Saghir Akhtar, Valentin V. Vlassov, Agamemnon A. Epenetos, Leonard M. Neckers, Daniel A. Geselowitz, C. Frank Bennett and Patrick Couvreor
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With contributions from leading experts, this book is the first to focus solely on addressing the problems and reviewing the strategies currently being used to improve the delivery of antisense nucleic acids. Important delivery issues, such as improving biological stability, improving cell-specific targeting and cellular uptake.

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Published January, 2019
By Cameron Stark and Gavin Hookway
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This book systematically describes how NHS Highland uses Lean principles and mindsets to improve safety, quality, access, and morale while reducing costs, and increasing capacity.

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Published January, 2019
By Briggs H Michael and Briggs Michael
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The book opens with a survey by Dr. Motron Cowan of biotin-responsive metabolic disorders of children. A group of Japanese researchers then present their latest data on the complex interactions between vitamin D and parathyroid hormone (PTH) in bone calcification.

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Published January, 2019
By David A. Cheresh, Martin E. Hemler, Yoshikazu Takada, Yoji Shimizu, Nava Dana, M. Amin Arnaout, Joseph C. Loftus, Candece L. Gladson, Ralph R. Isberg and Douglas W. DeSimone
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This book represents the most current, comprehensive, and authoritative study of integrins on the market today. It provides an overview of the diverse biological functions of integrins.

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Published January, 2019
By L. B. Volodarsky, V.A. Reznikov and V.I. Ovcharenko
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This important book is devoted to covering the synthetic aspects of nitroxide chemistry. The problems of application and physicochemical properties of nitroxides are considered in the context of the choice of necessary radical structures, convenient precursors, and strategy of the synthesis.

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Published January, 2019
By Muzaffer Aksoy
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An in-depth exploration of Benzene Carcinogenicity including source, measurement, analysis, and clinical conclusions.

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