Capsaicin, komponen paprika, telah digunakan dalam praktik kuliner praktik nutrisi sehari-hari. Agen ini diketahui menyebabkan berbagai tindakan di dalam tubuh melalui pengaktifan neuron aferen yang sensitif terhadap capsaicin. Sebuah buku yang baru saja diluncurkan berjudul, Afferentasi Saraf Sensitif Capsaicin dan Saluran Pencernaan: dari Bangku ke Samping Tempat Tidur, menarik karena beberap…
Human population growth and accelerating coastal development have been the drivers for unprecedented construction of artificial structures along shorelines globally. Construction has been recently amplified by societal responses to reduce flood and erosion risks from rising sea levels and more extreme storms resulting from climate change. Such structures, leading to highly modified shorelines, …
This open access book offers unique in-depth, comprehensive, and comparative analyses of the motivations, context, and outcomes of recent land reforms in Africa. Whereas a considerable number of land reforms have been carried out by African governments since the 1990s, no systematic analysis on their meaning has so far been conducted. In the age of land reform, Africa has seen drastic rural cha…
This open access book presents a comprehensive analysis of biofuel use strategies from an interdisciplinary perspective using sustainability science. This interdisciplinary perspective (social science-natural science) means that the strategies and policy options proposed will have significant impacts on the economy and society alike. Biofuels are expected to contribute to reducing greenhouse ga…