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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), whereby damage to the brain occurs because of a sudden penetrating trauma or closed head injury, affects around 1.7 million people each year in the US alone. Mild TBI is the most common form of brain injury and can cause long term effects and further complications for the patient, but unfortunately it is not easy to diagnose.

With these large numbers of incidents and resulting patient care costs, improved methods are urgently needed for mild TBI diagnosis, recovery monitoring and therapy guidance.

Biomarkers for Traumatic Brain Injury evaluates the current research in this area including eurodegradomics and biomarkers for concussions, astroglial proteins as biomarkers of intracerebral hemorrhage and novel biomarkers of combat TBI.

With contributions from internationally renowned experts, the book is suitable for scientists, pharmacologists, chemists, medical students and graduate students interested in the novel diagnosis and treatment approaches for mild TBI.

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Is there science in ice-cream? This new edition of Chris Clarke’s popular book presents the fascinating scientific principles and developments in ingredients and techniques used in making ice-cream. Also discussing the challenge of reducing fat, sugar and calorie content of ice- cream whilst maintaining its taste and texture, Clarke provides an accessible book which can be used across the industry and beyond. Impress your friends with your knowledge of the science of ice-cream!

 For further information see http://www.rsc.org/Shop/books/2012/9781849731270.asp

Capturing the state of the art in environmental forensics, this second of a series of conference proceedings presents peer-reviewed material from the 2011 INEF Conference held in Cambridge. Topics included are contaminant age dating, the use of chemical and biological diagnostic markers for contaminant source identification, advancements in the use of petroleum hydrocarbon pattern recognition techniques and much more.  Providing practical and useful information, let this book inspire you to contribute to the evolution of this subject.

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Consumers have the right to food that does them no harm and professional companies have a responsibility to supply this as practically as possible.  But accessing all the information can be problematic, especially for smaller food businesses. This new edition, of an indispensable guidebook, is an attempt to address this problem by distilling the key facts about a wide range of individual food safety hazards into a single book. The authors, Richard Crawley, Laurie Curtis and Judy Davis, have adopted a clear format and concise focus on the important facts. Coverage is wide ranging, both biological and chemical, and each chapter follows the same risk analysis-based structure to enable the reader to find the information easily.

Use this book as your first point of call for information on almost all known food safety hazards. For further details see http://www.rsc.org/Shop/books/2012/9781849733816.asp

Everyday observations of the natural world may leave you asking questions like these and many more.  The Chemistry of Plants: Perfumes, Pigments and Poisons, written by an organic chemist, educator and plant enthusiast, provides a basis for a better understanding of chemistry and its connections to the world of plants, the natural world in general, and to daily life.  It addresses an audience with little previous chemistry knowledge, yet, leads the serious reader to an understanding of sometimes complex plant compounds, by providing an introduction to chemistry basics, combining the chemistry with pictures and stories, and using simple, clear language.

Further details of this book can be found at http://www.rsc.org/Shop/books/2012/9781849733342.asp.  Let us help you find the answers!

The new edition of Maths for Chemists, combines Volumes I and II of the hugely successful Tutorial Chemistry Texts, to provide an excellent resource for all undergraduate chemistry students particularly focussing on the needs of students who may not have studied mathematics beyond GCSE level (or equivalent). The text is introductory in nature and adopts a sympathetic approach for students who need support and understanding in working with the diverse mathematical tools required in a typical chemistry degree course.  It provides a concise account of the basic principles underlying a given subject, embodying an independent-learning philosophy and including worked examples.

The topics covered include: power series, which are used to formulate alternative representations of functions and are important in model building in chemistry; complex numbers and complex functions, which appear in quantum chemistry, spectroscopy and crystallography; matrices and determinants used in the solution of sets of simultaneous linear equations and in the representation of geometrical transformations used to describe molecular symmetry characteristics; and vectors which allow the description of directional properties of molecules. New material includes a new chapter on Statistics and Error Analysis.

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Now Published!

Advanced Renewable Energy Sources

Written by G.N. Tiwari and R.K. Mishra

An adequate and secure supply of energy is essential in almost every aspect of our daily lives, but this needs to be achieved with minimum adverse environmental impact.

Advanced Renewable Energy Sources is an up-to-date and authoritative textbook on new technological and scientific developments in renewable energy sources. The book will be essential reading for senior undergraduates and/or postgraduates on elective energy courses in engineering, chemistry, physics and materials science.

Topics covered include a general introduction to advanced renewable energy sources, solar energy, photovoltaic and photovoltaic thermal systems, biofuels, biopower, hydropower, wind energy, geothermal, ocean thermal, tidal, wave and animal energy, the sustainable environment, energy and exergy analysis and the economics of renewable energy.

http://www.rsc.org/shop/books/2011/9781849733809.asp

Now Published in the Issues in Toxicology Series

Biomarkers and Human Biomonitoring

Edited by Lisbeth E. Knudsen and Domenico Franco Merlo

Human biomonitoring has developed from a research tool in occupational and environmental health to identify and quantify exposure to harmful substances. The analytical methods for detection of substances in biological media have been considerably improved with smaller detection limits and more precise and specific measurements. Human biomonitoring is a valuable tool in exposure estimation of selected populations and is currently used in surveillance programs all over the world.

This two-volume handbook provides an overview of current available biomarkers and human biomonitoring programs in environmental health, which is timely given the present debate on adverse health effects from environmental exposures. The books describe both previous and ongoing studies as well as the newer biomarkers of exposure and effects.

http://www.rsc.org/shop/books/2011/9781849731249.asp

Now Published in the RSC Energy and Environment Series

Molecular Solar Fuels

Edited by Thomas J. Wydrzynski and Warwick Hillier

World demand for energy is rapidly increasing and projections suggest that energy consumption will more than double by the year 2050. The challenge we face today is how to develop carbon-neutral energy sources. Sunlight accounts for the largest energy input into the earth’s surface providing more energy in one hour than all of the energy consumed by the entire planet in one year. If sunlight could be captured and efficiently stored, such as in the chemical bonds of a molecular fuel then potentially a virtually unlimited supply of clean energy would be available.

In the quest for clean, energy-rich fuels we must take advantage of natural photosynthetic and hydrogenase systems, by adapting the energy conserving principles of nature. To achieve this goal cutting-edge photochemical conversion technologies and breakthroughs in the understanding of natural photosynthetic and hydrogen producing systems are essential.

In this exemplary new book on molecular solar fuels the editors present recent progress in this area of research by bringing together researchers working on natural systems with those developing synthetic chemical catalysts with the central aim of creating clean, high energy fuels driven by sunlight.

http://www.rsc.org/shop/books/2011/9781849730341.asp