Emerging markets play an increasingly important role in the global economy, given their high economic growth prospects and their improving physical and legal infrastructures. Combined, these countries account for nearly 40 percent of global gross domestic product, according to the International Monetary Fund....

Wheat grains represent the main food resource to over one thousand million human beings of our planet. Wheat grains come in association with the fungi from the time of grain maturity to the time of storage. Fungi in stored grains are the most difficult enemy to be recognized for human, it can’t be seen easily as other pests....

This book overviews VLSI technology constraints and introduces the architecture of the Trident processor, which tries to overcome these constraints and to satisfy the requirement of future applications....

Hepatitis C virus is a hepatolymphotropic virus that was also detected in various organs of the body. Furthermore, this form of infection may be presented for the first time by an extrahepatic manifestation....

Osteoporosis is a socio-economic problem that requiring appropriate management strategies to modulate the bone turnover disorder. Estrogen replacement therapy and bisphosphonate drugs are effective for both prevention and therapy of osteoporosis, but recent findings have shown that their long term administration are not safe....

Liver is the first organ to metabolize all foreign compounds and hence it is susceptible to many different diseases. Liver disorders attribute to its exposure to different xenobiotics, among them is the paracetamol drug. Xenobiotics mainly damage the liver by producing reactive oxygen species (ROS)....