Books

This volume provides readers with a detailed collection of in vitro and in vivo protocols developed to study inflammation and the interactions between host and micro-organisms. The chapters in this book cover a range of biological systems and methodological approaches such as direct inoculation of pathogenic yeasts into mouse lung by trans-tracheal instillation; murine models of experimental periodontal disease; quantitative in vitro and in vivo assays to assess the efferocytic efficiency of macrophages; murine models of alphavirus infection to study the immunopathogenesis of pain; and in vivo preclinical platforms to study coronavirus infection. [...]

This edited volume addresses the environments that exacerbate, exclude, and stigmatise those living with dementia to explore designs and processes that can optimise well-being and independence.Featuring the voices and opinions of people with dementia, the chapters showcase individual homes, special dementia facilities, different forms of care homes, and public spaces, from landscape to urbanism, as examples of how to meet the needs and preferences for those living with dementia now. As a response to a recent Cochrane meta-analysis (2022) which highlighted the problems associated with using traditional, medically orientated evaluative methods for environmental design, this book demonstrates a range of research methods that can be used to inform and investigate good co-design of dementia-enabling environments. [...]

This edited volume addresses the environments that exacerbate, exclude, and stigmatise those living with dementia to explore designs and processes that can optimise well-being and independence.Featuring the voices and opinions of people with dementia, the chapters showcase individual homes, special dementia facilities, different forms of care homes, and public spaces, from landscape to urbanism, as examples of how to meet the needs and preferences for those living with dementia now. As a response to a recent Cochrane meta-analysis (2022) which highlighted the problems associated with using traditional, medically orientated evaluative methods for environmental design, this book demonstrates a range of research methods that can be used to inform and investigate good co-design of dementia-enabling environments. [...]

REMIND („An Environmental Enrichment Intervention to Prevent Dementia“) ist ein innovatives und wissenschaftlich fundiertes Trainingsprogramm zur Gesundheitsförderung im Alter und zur Vorbeugung von Demenz. In dem Programm werden gezielte Übungen eingesetzt, die aus den drei Kernkomponenten Musik (engl. [...]

Undersampling the k-space data is widely adopted for acceleration of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Current deep learning based approaches for supervised learning of MRI image reconstruction employ real-valued operations and representations by treating complex valued k-space/spatial-space as real values. [...]

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been used in numerous studies to visualize and analyze the structure and conformation of biological samples, from single molecules to biopolymers to cells. The possibility to analyze native samples without fixation, staining and in physiological buffer conditions, combined with the sub-nanometer resolution, makes AFM a versatile tool for the analysis of protein aggregation and amyloid structures. [...]

Increasing evidence collected during the last years supports the idea that monocyte and macrophage activation is not only associated with transcriptional changes but also changes in the chromatin landscape. Moreover, the introduction of a multidimensional model of macrophage activation allows a more precise description of monocytes and macrophages under homeostatic and pathophysiological conditions. [...]