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Sharpie art workshop for kids : fun, easy, and creative drawing and crafts projects
\"A comprehensive, step-by-step, hands-on creative workbook that shows children and parents how to create artwork with Sharpie markers\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Biomarkers in Medicine
Biomarkers in Medicine is a comprehensive guide to understanding the current and future status of biomarkers. The book features 27 chapters focusing on disease biomarkers for diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiac diseases, metabolic conditions and much more. This book supplies readers with the unique insight of experts in multiple specialties in medicine and life sciences who have extensive experience in diagnostics and clinical laboratories. The book includes case studies and practical examples from different classes of biomarkers on different platforms, including new data for biomarkers in different therapeutic indications. In addition to presenting biomarker information, each chapter covers the relevant pathology and also emphasizes on preclinical and clinical manifestation of the disease process. Clinicians managing patients or clinical trials, clinical researchers, clinical laboratories, diagnostic companies, regulatory agencies, medical school graduate students, academic students, and the general public involved in healthcare delivery will all benefit from information presented in this book.
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
This completely updated and expanded 2nd edition of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, A Manual includes topics not covered previously with contributors who are at the forefront of each specific topic and with a global appeal.Each chapter is short and is presented critically with selected references, which should be valuable to a wider audience.
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Head and Neck Cancer: Hallmarks of the Inflammation Ecosystem
This reference comprehensively covers the clinical aspects of head and neck neoplasms while also highlighting the relationship that exists between inflammation and these cancers. This relationship is critical as it dictates the risks, assessment, treatment, and prognosis of head and neck cancer patients. The book starts with an introduction to the inflammation ecosystem in head and neck malignancy, followed by detailed discussions on the types of head and neck cancers and their histological classification. The book then provides information about specialized topics relevant to the specialty of head and neck oncology. Key Features: - Comprehensive coverage of head and neck cancers with topic-based chapters - Introductory text explaining the basics of inflammation - Detailed information on the relationship between inflammation and head and neck neoplasms - Information about classification of head and neck cancers - Methods for diagnosis and treatment - Special topics such as complications caused by HPV infections, chemoradiation, immune-targeted therapy and inflammatory biomarkers - References for further reading The combination of basic and advanced topics makes this book an informative reference for medical students and professionals at all levels. Residents specializing in otolaryngology, oncology, and surgery as well as researchers studying inflammation will also gain an understanding of the subject in relation to oncogenesis.
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Lung cancer and imaging
Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in both men and women worldwide. Early diagnosis of lung cancer can significantly increase the chances of a patient's survival, yet early detection has historically been difficult. As a result, there has been a great deal of progress in the development of accurate and fast diagnostic tools in recent years. Lung Cancer and Imaging provides an introduction to both the methods currently used in lung cancer diagnosis and the promising new techniques that are emerging. Areas covered include the major trends and challenges in lung cancer detection and diagnosis, classification of cancer types, lung feature extraction in joint PET/CT images, and algorithms in the area of low dosage CT lung cancer images. Part of Series in Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Biology.
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Biomarker Validation
Built on a decade of experience with novel molecular diagnostics, this practice-oriented guide shows how to cope with validation issues during all stages of biomarker development, from the first clinical studies to the eventual commercialization of a new diagnostic test.
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Genomic Clinical Trials and Predictive Medicine
Genomics is majorly impacting therapeutics development in medicine. This book contains up-to-date information on the use of genomics in the design and analysis of therapeutic clinical trials with a focus on novel approaches that provide a reliable basis for identifying which patients are most likely to benefit from each treatment. It is oriented to both clinical investigators and statisticians. For clinical investigators, it includes background information on clinical trial design and statistical analysis. For statisticians and others who want to go deeper, it covers state-of-the-art adaptive designs and the development and validation of probabilistic classifiers. The author describes the development and validation of prognostic and predictive biomarkers and their integration into clinical trials that establish their clinical utility for informing treatment decisions for future patients.
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Biologic Markers in Urinary Toxicology
Diseases of the kidney, bladder, and prostate exact an enormous human and economic toll on the population of the United States. This book examines prevention of these diseases through the development of reliable markers of susceptibility, exposure, and effect and the promise that new technologies in molecular biology and sophisticated understanding of metabolic pathways, along with classical approaches to the study of nephrotoxicants and carcinogens, can be developed and prevention of the diseases achieved. The specific recommendations included in this book complement those made in the previous three volumes on biomarkers, Biologic Markers in Reproductive Toxicology (1989), Biologic Markers in Pulmonary Toxicology (1989), and Biologic Markers in Immunotoxicology (1991).
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DNA molecular markers in plant breeding: current status and recent advancements in genomic selection and genome editing
With the development of molecular marker technology in the 1980s, the fate of plant breeding has changed. Different types of molecular markers have been developed and advancement in sequencing technologies has geared crop improvement. To explore the knowledge about molecular markers, several reviews have been published in the last three decades; however, all these reviews were meant for researchers with advanced knowledge of molecular genetics. This review is intended to be a synopsis of recent developments in molecular markers and their applications in plant breeding and is devoted to early researchers with a little or no knowledge of molecular markers. The progress made in molecular plant breeding, genetics, genomic selection and genome editing has contributed to a more comprehensive understanding of molecular markers and provided deeper insights into the diversity available for crops and greatly complemented breeding stratagems. Genotyping-by-sequencing and association mapping based on next-generation sequencing technologies have facilitated the identification of novel genetic markers for complex and unstructured populations. Altogether, the history, the types of markers, their application in plant sciences and breeding, and some recent advancements in genomic selection and genome editing are discussed.
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The Wheat 660K SNP array demonstrates great potential for marker‐assisted selection in polyploid wheat
The rapid development and application of molecular marker assays have facilitated genomic selection and genome‐wide linkage and association studies in wheat breeding. Although PCR‐based markers (e.g. simple sequence repeats and functional markers) and genotyping by sequencing have contributed greatly to gene discovery and marker‐assisted selection, the release of a more accurate and complete bread wheat reference genome has resulted in the design of single‐nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays based on different densities or application targets. Here, we evaluated seven types of wheat SNP arrays in terms of their SNP number, distribution, density, associated genes, heterozygosity and application. The results suggested that the Wheat 660K SNP array contained the highest percentage (99.05%) of genome‐specific SNPs with reliable physical positions. SNP density analysis indicated that the SNPs were almost evenly distributed across the whole genome. In addition, 229 266 SNPs in the Wheat 660K SNP array were located in 66 834 annotated gene or promoter intervals. The annotated genes revealed by the Wheat 660K SNP array almost covered all genes revealed by the Wheat 35K (97.44%), 55K (99.73%), 90K (86.9%) and 820K (85.3%) SNP arrays. Therefore, the Wheat 660K SNP array could act as a substitute for other 6 arrays and shows promise for a wide range of possible applications. In summary, the Wheat 660K SNP array is reliable and cost‐effective and may be the best choice for targeted genotyping and marker‐assisted selection in wheat genetic improvement.
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