Filter by
Systems of Classification in Premodern Medical Cultures
Systems of Classification in Premodern Medical Cultures puts historical disease concepts in cross-cultural perspective, investigating perceptions, constructions and experiences of health and illness from antiquity to the seventeenth century. Focusing on the systematisation and classification of illness in its multiple forms, manifestations and causes, this volume examines case studies rangin…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780203703045
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 610
Chapter The Impacts of Soil Degradation Effects on Phytodiversity and Vegetat…
Atacora mountain is a particular ecosystem of West Africa where soil degradation occurs. The present study assessed the impacts of physical soil degradation on vegetation in the Beninese portion of this mountain chain. Phytosociological surveys were carried out along line transects from plain to summit within 22 plots of 30 m x 30 m. Based on indicators of physical soil degradation each plot wa…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- -
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 631 FAR c
Chapter Cell Culture and Maintenance of the Evolutionary Forms of Trypanosoma…
This chapter aims to present and discuss the main cell culture techniques used for the growth and maintenance of the different evolutionary forms of the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of the Chagas disease. Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease endemic in several Latin American countries. Here, we intend to present the main difficulties, advantages, and disadvantages …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- -
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 610 CHA
Chapter 4 Endemic Mycoses and Allergies
In this book, we discuss the changing medical and public profile of fungal infections in the period 1850–2000. We consider four sets of diseases: ringworm and athlete’s foot (dermatophytosis); thrush or candidiasis (infection with Candida albicans); endemic, geographically specific infections in North America (coccidioidomycosis, blastomycosis and histoplasmosis) and mycotoxins; a…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- -
- Collation
- Pages 225
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 610
Repairing Infrastructures: The Maintenance of Materiality and Power
An investigation of the causes and consequences of the strange, ambivalent, and increasingly central role of infrastructure repair in modern life. Infrastructures—communication, food, transportation, energy, and information—are all around us, and their enduring function and influence depend on the constant work of repair. In this book, Christopher Henke and Benjamin Sims explore the caus…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262360692
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 621 HEN r
Wellness in Whiteness
The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351234146, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. This book analyses the social and ethical implications of the globalization of emerging skin-whitening and anti-ageing biotechnology. Using an intersectional theoretical framework and a co…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- Health and Social Care
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 610
Higher Education and Local Economic Development
It is an intellectual necessity for universities to be open to participation by scholars and students all over the world; despite this, their sources of funding are almost entirely domestic and primarily governmental. The downloading of universities from national to regional government means that funding is increasingly even regional or local. Policy makers, firms and students, who are increasi…
- Edition
- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9788884538796, 9788855188753
- Collation
- 158
- Series Title
- Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca, 75
- Call Number
- 650 TAV h
Analytical Heat Transfer
Analytical Heat Transfer explains how to analyze and solve conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer problems. It enables students to tackle complex engineering heat transfer problems prevalent in practice. Covering heat transfer in high-speed flows and unsteady highly turbulent flows, the book also discusses enhanced heat transfer in channels, heat transfer in rotating channels, n…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781003164487
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 620
Transnational Social Work and Social Welfare : Challenges for the Social Work…
The underlying frame of social work is the nation state, and it is from within the state that welfare strategies and social policies are devised and implemented. However, post-colonialism, globalisation, migration and the associated implications for human rights, social justice and social welfare policies contest the idea of a clearly defined space for social work and present new challenges for…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781315691794
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 610
The Biology of the First 1.000 Days
The first 1,000 days, from conception to two years of age, is a critical period of growth and development. Exposures to dietary, environmental, hormonal, and other stressors during this window have been associated with an increased risk of poor health outcomes, some of which are irreversible. The book addresses this crucial interval of early life across biological disciplines, linking concepts …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781315152950
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 610
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography