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Today's planet faces several critical problems such as resource
depletion, environmental destruction, and climate change that
affect all areas of life as we know it. Figuring out how to address
these issues and prioritizing Earth's health has been at the
forefront of study as it is a key issue that affects us all. One
element that requires further investigation is algae regarding its
potential for creating a more sustainable future across the food,
energy, and environmental sectors. Examining Algae as a Sustainable
Solution for Food, Energy, and the Environment provides insight
into the biotechnological and biorefinery aspects of algae together
with their unique applications in the agriculture and
pharmaceutical industry. Furthermore, this book considers the
biological and biotechnological processes happening in the
cultivation and harvesting of algae, DNA sequencing, and genomics
of algae. Moreover, it examines the bio-remediation aspects of
algae and its utilization to produce biofuels, methane, hydrogen,
and other useful renewable sources of energy, thereby contributing
to environmental sustainability. Covering topics such as cell
biology and food science, this reference work is ideal for
academicians, researchers, industry professionals, scholars,
practitioners, instructors, and students.
The biological sciences have been among the most exciting and
intensely pursued fields of science for the past several decades.
The advancement of high-throughput technologies that generate large
scale biological data as well as the development of related
computational tools has enabled global efforts at understanding
complex biological systems and brought revolutionary changes to
biological research. Handbook of Research on Computational and
Systems Biology: Interdisciplinary Applications summarizes some of
the most recent research carried out in computational biology and
systems biology to encourage and guide future study. Submissions to
this comprehensive text present methods, tools, and applications
developed and considered by many leading experts around the globe.
This is the first comprehensive synopsis of the biodiversity of
Diptera, which with more than 150.000 described species contain
more than one tenth of all described animal species. The first part
is a review of what is already known, with treatments of all the
major biogeographical regions and important archipelagoes; the
second part contains case studies on open-ended taxa, Diptera as
ecological indicators, and how to estimate the still unknown
proportion of our fauna; and the third part discusses the digital
and molecular tools needed to document the fauna. The book has an
emphasis on principles and analytical approaches as well as on
practical a how-toa (TM) information and is intended for
academicians and other professionals but with a significant
outreach to students.
Cellular Automata (CA) are a class of spatially and temporally
discrete mathematical systems characterized by local interaction
and synchronous dynamical evolution, which show complex behavior
and are able to model biological phenomena. Cellular Automata and
Complex Systems: Methods for Modeling Biological Phenomena
describes the use of cellular automata to provide important
insights into a vast range of physical, biological, social,
economic and psychological phenomena. This book presents
contemporary research on discrete dynamical systems such as
one-dimensional and two-dimensional cellular automata and outlines
how these systems can be exploited for artistic purposes,
translating their mathematical configurations into music and visual
media.
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