Bioinformatics Books

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21. Thermostable Proteins

    Structural Stability and Design

    Edited by Srikanta Sen, Lennart Nilsson

    Thermostable Proteins: Structural Stability and Design provides a comprehensive, updated account of the physical basis of enhanced stability of thermophilic proteins and the design of tailor-made thermostable proteins, paving the way for their possible industrial applications. This book is devoted...

    Published October 9th 2011 by CRC Press
22. Practical Rendering and Computation with Direct3D 11

    By Jason Zink, Matt Pettineo, Jack Hoxley

    Direct3D 11 offers such a wealth of capabilities that users can sometimes get lost in the details of specific APIs and their implementation. While there is a great deal of low-level information available about how each API function should be used, there is little documentation that shows how best...

    Published July 26th 2011 by A K Peters/CRC Press
23. Pests and Pathogens: Management Strategies

    Edited by Vudem D. Reddy, Poduri N. Rao, Khareedu V. Rao

    The need and demand to feed the ever-increasing global population, pose major challenges for increasing crop productivity in eco-friendly manner. Cultivation of crops under input-intensive conditions resulted in enhanced vulnerability of the high-yielding cultivars to a multitude of pests and...

    Published July 11th 2011 by CRC Press
24. Introduction to Bio-Ontologies

    By Peter N. Robinson, Sebastian Bauer

    Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematical & Computational Biology

    Introduction to Bio-Ontologies explores the computational background of ontologies. Emphasizing computational and algorithmic issues surrounding bio-ontologies, this self-contained text helps readers understand ontological algorithms and their applications. The first part of the book defines...

    Published June 21st 2011 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
25. Biological Computation

    By Ehud Lamm, Ron Unger

    Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematical & Computational Biology

    The area of biologically inspired computing, or biological computation, involves the development of new, biologically based techniques for solving difficult computational problems. A unified overview of computer science ideas inspired by biology, Biological Computation presents the most fundamental...

    Published May 24th 2011 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
26. Data Mining in Biomedical Imaging, Signaling, and Systems

    Edited by Sumeet Dua, Rajendra Acharya U

    Data mining can help pinpoint hidden information in medical data and accurately differentiate pathological from normal data. It can help to extract hidden features from patient groups and disease states and can aid in automated decision making. Data Mining in Biomedical Imaging, Signaling, and...

    Published May 15th 2011 by Auerbach Publications
27. Epilepsy

    The Intersection of Neurosciences, Biology, Mathematics, Engineering, and Physics

    Edited by Ivan Osorio, Hitten P. Zaveri, Mark G. Frei, Susan Arthurs

    Epilepsy, one of the most prevalent neurological disorders, affects approximately 1% (greater than 60 million) of the world's population. In an estimated 20 million of these patients, seizures are not controlled even by multiple anti-seizure drugs, and are extremely difficult to predict. Epilepsy:...

    Published May 1st 2011 by CRC Press
28. BioMEMS

    Science and Engineering Perspectives

    By Simona Badilescu, Muthukumaran Packirisamy

    As technological advancements widen the scope of applications for biomicroelectromechanical systems (BioMEMS or biomicrosystems), the field continues to have an impact on many aspects of life science operations and functionalities. Because BioMEMS research and development require the input of...

    Published April 24th 2011 by CRC Press
29. Artificial Neural Networks in Biological and Environmental Analysis

    By Grady Hanrahan

    Series: Analytical Chemistry

    Originating from models of biological neural systems, artificial neural networks (ANN) are the cornerstones of artificial intelligence research. Catalyzed by the upsurge in computational power and availability, and made widely accessible with the co-evolution of software, algorithms, and...

    Published January 17th 2011 by CRC Press
30. Introduction to Proteins

    Structure, Function, and Motion

    By Amit Kessel, Nir Ben-Tal

    Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematical & Computational Biology

    As the tools and techniques of structural biophysics assume greater roles in biological research and a range of application areas, learning how proteins behave becomes crucial to understanding their connection to the most basic and important aspects of life. With more than 350 color images...

    Published December 16th 2010 by CRC Press