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Bioactive Compounds of Medicinal Plants: Properties and Potential for Human Health (Innovations in Plant Science for Better Health: From Soil to Fork)

Academic Press, 2018

This volume sheds new light on the immense potential of medicinal plants for human health from different technological aspects. It presents new research on bioactive compounds in medicinal plants that provide health benefits, including those that have proven especially effective in treating and managing diabetes mellitus and...

Handbook of Human Immunology, Second Edition

CRC Press, 2008

Since the publication of the fi rst edition of the Handbook of Human Immunology in 1997, major scientifi c achievements have contributed directly to an increased understanding of the complexities of the human immune system in health and disease. Whether directly as a result of the sequencing of the entire human genome or as a result of the...

Wiki Government: How Technology Can Make Government Better, Democracy Stronger, and Citizens More Powerful

Brookings Institution Press, 2009

For seventy-seven days, from election day to inauguration day, the Obama-Biden Transition Project convened in a nondescript office building in northwest Washington, D.C. Most of the transition work involved sending expert volunteers into federal agencies to research and write briefing binders for the incoming department heads. In addition, seven...

Herbal and Traditional Medicine: Molecular Aspects of Health (Oxidative Stress and Disease)

CRC Press, 2004

Responding to the increased popularity of herbal medicines and other forms of complementary or alternative medicine in countries around the world, this reference reviews and evaluates various safety, toxicity, and quality-control issues related to the use of traditional and herbal products for health maintenance and disease prevention and...

53: Scientific Foundations of Clinical Practice: Part I, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics, 1e (The Clinics: Internal Medicine)

Saunders, 2006

In the last decade, the delineation of the human genome and the development of high throughput genomics and proteomics have transformed the practice of Pediatrics. The study of normal childhood growth and development, and pediatric diseases now focuses on the delineation of normal and abnormal gene expression, resultant cellular and organ...

Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018): Volume IX: Aging, Gender and Work, Anthropometry, Ergonomics ... in Intelligent Systems and Computing)

Springer, 2018

This book presents the proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018), held on August 26-30, 2018, in Florence, Italy. By highlighting the latest theories and models, as well as cutting-edge technologies and applications, and by combining findings from a range of disciplines including...

Bioinformatics and Systems Biology: Collaborative Research and Resources

Springer, 2008

Collaborative research in bioinformatics and systems biology is a key element of modern biology and health research. This book highlights and provides access to many of the methods, environments, results and resources involved, including integral laboratory data generation and experimentation and clinical activities. Collaborative projects embody a...

Pregnant in the Time of Ebola: Women and Their Children in the 2013-2015 West African Epidemic (Global Maternal and Child Health)

Springer, 2019

This comprehensive account of the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history examines its devastating effects on West Africa’s most vulnerable populations: pregnant women and children. Noted experts across disciplines assess health care systems’ responses to the epidemic in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, emphasizing key...

Bioarchaeologists Speak Out (Bioarchaeology and Social Theory)

Springer, 2018

Bioarchaeologists who study human remains in ancient, historic and contemporary settings are securely anchored within anthropology as anthropologists, yet they have not taken on the pundits the way other subdisciplines within anthropology have. Popular science authors frequently and selectively use bioarchaeological data on...

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies

Sage Publications, 2021

Transgender studies, broadly defined, has become increasingly prominent as a field of study over the past several decades, particularly in the last ten years. The experiences and rights of trans people have also increasingly become the subject of news coverage, such as the ability of trans people to access restrooms, their...

Frying: Improving quality (Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition)

Woodhead Publishing, 2001

Pan-frying and deep-frying have been very popular and ancient methods of food preparations for more than 4000 years. Pre-fried and fried food products like potato crisps, fish fingers or French fries have become a main component of our diet. It is estimated that the total usage of frying fats and oils in restaurants,...

Recalculating: Navigate Your Career Through the Changing World of Work

Harper Perennial, 2021

A leading workplace expert provides an inspirational, practical, and forward-looking career playbook for recent grads, career changers, and transitioning professionals looking to thrive in today’s rapidly evolving workplace.

Covid-19 has heightened career uncertainty in a work landscape dominated...

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