Work presented in this book ranges from complex descriptions of the role of vitamin D deficiency on children’s physical activity and lifelong health to the analyses of the role of motor proficiency among children with an autism spectrum disorder. The book provides empirical insights into the role and status of school sports.

This book includes chapters on liver transplantation for acute and chronic liver failure, liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease, and economic considerations of liver transplantation.

This book includes important contributions that discuss state-of-the-art techniques and technologies for monitoring lentic and lotic water environments. The book presents studies relating to the management of inland waters and related indicators to identify the most common pollution problems.

This book does not have the ambition to present comprehensively the problems of leukemias, but it is an attempt to acquaint the audience of specialists involved in clinical management and experimental research with some modern advances and concepts in the three main directions: biology, clinical presentation and treatment.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the endothelium, with a focus on novel aspects of endothelial dysfunction and its treatment.

Throughout the chapters of this book, the reader will have an overview of the main food pathogens and the problems they cause, as well as the main control measures and techniques for their rapid detection.

This volume raises recent relevant issues about eating disorders and obesity that have led us to speak of an ‘eating disorder society’, especially among adolescents who are at the most vulnerable stage of life. It will be of interest and will open up further lines of study and research in the near future.

This volume provides the reader with the latest overview and opinions on the current state of the art in COVID-19 vaccines, as well as future prospects.

This book illuminates the various aspects of Escherichia coli, including its pathotypes, virulence factors, and antimicrobial resistance. It also presents new insights into the scientometric analysis of the E. coli knowledge landscape, novel molecular diagnostic platforms, novel antimicrobial agents, and E. coli-based DNA amplification-expression technology for the automatic assembly of concatemeric open reading frames and proteins.

This book examines the historic achievement of covalent organic frameworks (COFs), providing clear and comprehensive guidance for researchers on their structural design, synthetic protocols and functional exploration.

This book explores the natural history of central nervous system (CNS) tumors and discusses relevant treatment protocols.

This book presents the most recent advances in cell death and related diseases.

Three-dimensional printing, self-healing nanocoatings, hydrogels, bio-mechanical carbon nanotubes, stimuli-sensitive and -responsive cell/drug delivery systems, and robotics are some of the topics covered in this book. In a simplified style, the book provides interested readers with a practical reference approaching biomimetics and biomimicry from a realistic and translational perspective, discussing problems and offering solutions and including studies ranging from basics to the clinic to scale-up and industrial or go-to-market obstacles.

This book presents the use of biochar as a platform for the development of new intriguing solutions in several cutting-edge fields. The book is a useful reference volume for any reader with a strong scientific and technological background, ranging from scientific advisors in private companies to academic researchers promoting the spread of knowledge about biochar to anyone not already working with it.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of this condition with chapters on physiology and pathophysiology, surgical and endoscopic management, enteral and parenteral nutritional interventions, and much more.