InTech Books

  • Genetic Engineering
    Genetic Engineering NEW
    Editor Idah Sithole-Niang
    ISBN 978-953-51-1099-6
    128 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 115
    The book, while having only five chapters, covers a wide range of topics in genetic engineering of microorganisms, plants and animals. Specifically it covers both the natural and social sciences. In the natural sciences topics ranging from the geneti ...
  • Tribology - Fundamentals and Advancements
    Tribology - Fundamentals and Advancements NEW
    Editor Jürgen Gegner
    ISBN 978-953-51-1135-1
    321 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 104
    As the subject of tribology comprises lubrication, friction and wear of contact components highly relevant to practical applications, it challenges scientists from chemistry, physics and materials engineering around the world on todays sophisticated ...
  • Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering
    Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering NEW
    Editor Jose A. Andrades
    ISBN 978-953-51-1108-5
    853 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 93
    Few events in science have captured the same level of sustained interest and imagination of the nonscientific community as Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering, and Regenerative Medicine. The fundamental concept of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medic ...
  • Plant Breeding from Laboratories to Fields
    Plant Breeding from Laboratories to Fields NEW
    Editor Sven Bode Andersen
    ISBN 978-953-51-1090-3
    288 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 87
    Breeding of crop plants to make them more adapted to human agricultural systems has been on-going during domestication the last 10 000 years. However, only recently with the invention of the Mendelian principles of genetics and the subsequent develo ...
  • Selected Topics on Computed Tomography
    Selected Topics on Computed Tomography NEW
    Editor Dongqing Wang
    ISBN 978-953-51-1102-3
    70 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 387
  • Psychiatric Disorders - New Frontiers in Affective Disorders
    Psychiatric Disorders - New Frontiers in Affective Disorders NEW
    Editor Dieter Schoepf
    ISBN 978-953-51-1147-4
    304 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 85
    Affective disorders are a subject of interest to clinicians for more than a century. The awareness of an urgent need for an evidence-based “personalized” approach of treatment is growing in the field of psychiatry. This book brings together leadi ...
  • Oxidative Stress and Chronic Degenerative Diseases - A Role for Antioxidants
    Oxidative Stress and Chronic Degenerative Diseases - A Role for Antioxidants NEW
    Editor José A. Morales-González
    ISBN 978-953-51-1123-8
    501 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 82
    This work responds to the need to find, in a sole document, the affect of oxidative stress at different levels, as well as treatment with antioxidants to revert and diminish the damage. Oxidative Stress and Chronic Degenerative Diseases - a Role for ...
  • Electrodiagnosis in New Frontiers of Clinical Research
    Electrodiagnosis in New Frontiers of Clinical Research NEW
    Editor Hande Turker
    ISBN 978-953-51-1118-4
    311 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 79
    Utilization of electrodiagnosis; namely electromyography (EMG), nerve conduction studies, late responses, repetitive nerve stimulation techniques, quantitative EMG and evoked potentials, has long been discussed in many text books as basic principles. ...
  • Current Trends in Short- and Long-period Fiber Gratings
    Current Trends in Short- and Long-period Fiber Gratings NEW
    Editor Christian Cuadrado-Laborde
    ISBN 978-953-51-1131-3
    184 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 354
    In this book the reader will find a collection of chapters written by different experts around the world, describing the current research trends in both short- and long-period fiber grating technology. This work is mainly addressed to researchers alr ...
  • New Research Directions in DNA Repair
    New Research Directions in DNA Repair NEW
    Editor Clark Chen
    ISBN 978-953-51-1114-6
    661 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 72
    This book is intended for students and scientists working in the field of DNA repair. Select topics are presented here to illustrate novel concepts in DNA repair, the cross-talks between DNA repair and other fundamental cellular processes, and clini ...
  • Modern Surface Engineering Treatments
    Modern Surface Engineering Treatments NEW
    Editor Mahmood Aliofkhazraei
    ISBN 978-953-51-1149-8
    230 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 69
    Surface engineering can be defined as an enabling technology used in a wide range of industrial activities. Surface engineering was founded by detecting surface features which destroy most of pieces, e.g. abrasion, corrosion, fatigue, and disruption; ...
  • MATLAB - A Fundamental Tool for Scientific Computing and Engineering Applications - Volume 1
    MATLAB - A Fundamental Tool for Scientific Computing and Engineering Applications - Volume 1
    Editor Vasilios N. Katsikis
    ISBN 978-953-51-0750-7
    520 pages, September, 2012
    Downloads: 7228
    This is the first book in a three-volume series deploying MATLAB-based applications in almost every branch of science. This volume, presents interesting topics from different areas of engineering, signal and image processing based on the MATLAB envir ...
  • Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy - Increasing Relevance in Cancer Management
    Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy - Increasing Relevance in Cancer Management NEW
    Editor Maurie M. Markman
    ISBN 978-953-51-1139-9
    104 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 59
    In the chapters of this excellent text, the authors have described advances in the neoadjuvant chemotherapeutic management of a number of tumor types. Based on the extensive experience with this management concept in breast cancer, several chapters a ...
  • Climate Change and Regional/Local Responses
    Climate Change and Regional/Local Responses NEW
    Editor Yuanzhi Zhang and Pallav Ray
    ISBN 978-953-51-1132-0
    247 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 58
  • Effective and Sustainable Hydraulic Fracturing
    Effective and Sustainable Hydraulic Fracturing NEW
    Editor Andrew P. Bunger, John McLennan and Rob Jeffrey
    ISBN 978-953-51-1137-5
    1000 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 199
    This book comprises the proceedings for the International Conference for Effective and Sustainable Hydraulic Fracturing (HF2013) which was held 20-22 May 2013 in Brisbane, Australia. The conference goal was to advance hydraulic fracturing technology ...
  • Ultrasound Imaging
    Ultrasound Imaging
    Editor Masayuki Tanabe
    ISBN 978-953-307-239-5
    210 pages, April, 2011
    Downloads: 21598
    In this book, we present a dozen state of the art developments for ultrasound imaging, for example, hardware implementation, transducer, beamforming, signal processing, measurement of elasticity and diagnosis. The editors would like to thank all the ...
  • Advances in the Scientific Evaluation of Bladder Cancer and Molecular Basis for Diagnosis and Treatment
    Advances in the Scientific Evaluation of Bladder Cancer and Molecular Basis for Diagnosis and Treatment NEW
    Editor Raj Persad and Weranja Ranasinghe
    ISBN 978-953-51-1142-9
    130 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 52
    Bladder cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world affecting more than 300,000 men and women worldwide. This book summarizes the vast breadth of current understanding of the molecular and genetic processes involved in carcinogenesis of the b ...
  • Current Topics in Public Health
    Current Topics in Public Health NEW
    Editor Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
    ISBN 978-953-51-1121-4
    732 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 216
    Public Health is regarded as the basis and cornerstone of health, generally and in medicine. Defined as the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, org ...
  • MATLAB for Engineers - Applications in Control, Electrical Engineering, IT and Robotics
    MATLAB for Engineers - Applications in Control, Electrical Engineering, IT and Robotics
    Editor Karel Perutka
    ISBN 978-953-307-914-1
    512 pages, October, 2011
    Downloads: 12519
    The book presents several approaches in the key areas of practice for which the MATLAB software package was used. Topics covered include applications for: -Motors -Power systems -Robots -Vehicles The rapid development of technology impacts all ar ...
  • Leukemia
    Leukemia NEW
    Editor Margarita Guenova and Gueorgui Balatzenko
    ISBN 978-953-51-1127-6
    244 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 189
    Leukemias are a group of heterogeneous neoplastic disorders, that differ significantly in terms of morhological, immunophenotypic, cytogenetic and molecular features of malignant cells. These specific features reflect the differences in the spectrum ...