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Work and Occupation in French and English Mental Hospitals, c.1918-1939
This open access book demonstrates that, while occupation has been used to treat the mentally disordered since the early nineteenth century, approaches to its use have varied across different countries and in different time periods. Comparing how occupation was used in French and English mental institutions between 1918 and 1939, one hundred years after the heyday of moral therapy, the book is …
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- Mental Health in Historical Perspective
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- XXII, 378
Antioxidants in health and disease
Antioxidant use in health promotion and disease prevention either through dietary intake or supplementation is controversial. This book reviews the latest evidence-based research in the area, principally through prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials. It assesses major dietary antioxidants and discusses their use in diseases such as cancer, diabetes, stroke, coronary heart …
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- 9780429190322
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- 340 p
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- 610 ANT
Antioxidants in sport nutrition
Antioxidant use in sports is controversial due to existing evidence that it both supports and hurts athletic performance. This book presents information on antioxidants, specifically for athletes, and their roles in sports nutrition. It stresses how antioxidants affect exercise performance, health, and immunity. Chapters cover oxidative stress; basic nutrition for athletes; major dietary antiox…
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- 9780429189586
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- 299 p
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- 610 ANT
Interdisciplinarity in the Scholarly Life Cycle
This open access book illustrates how interdisciplinary research develops over the lifetime of a scholar: not in a single project, but as an attitude that trickles down, or spirals up, into research. This book presents how interdisciplinary work has inspired shifts in how the contributors read, value concepts, critically combine methods, cope with knowledge hierarchies, write in style, and coll…
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- XVI, 337
Fluid balance, hydration, and athletic performance
Athletes and nonathletes frequently consume too little water or fluids, affecting exercise performance as well as overall health. This book comprehensively reviews the aspects relating to body fluid balance, rehydration, and physical exercise. It provides background on body water balance and turnover, topics related to electrolyte balance, and sweating as the basis for thermoregulatory and flui…
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- 9780429183270
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- 457 p
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- 500 FLU
Motion Structures : Deployable Structural Assemblies of Mechanisms
The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.routledge.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license. Motion structures are simply assemblies of resistant bodies connected by movable joints. Unlike conventional structures, they allow large shape transformations to satisfy practical requirements an…
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- 9780429176463
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- 168 p
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- 620 YOU m
Geographical Indication and Global Agri-Food : Development and Democratization
Buku ini membahas relevansi indikasi geografis (IG) sebagai alat untuk pembangunan lokal dan sosial-ekonomi serta demokratisasi pertanian-pangan, dengan studi kasus dari Asia, Eropa, dan Amerika. Indikasi geografis adalah tanda yang digunakan pada produk yang memiliki asal geografis tertentu dan memiliki kualitas atau reputasi yang disebabkan oleh asal tersebut. Ini tidak hanya menyediakan cara…
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- 9780429470905
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- 1 online resource.(Pages 254)
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- 381.41 BON g
The Mediterranean way of eating : evidence for chronic disease prevention and…
This book presents evidence-based research that validates the traditional Mediterranean way of eating with respect to health. It offers information about an enjoyable, healthy way of eating that has stood the test of time, along with practical suggestions for incorporating the Mediterranean diet into daily life. The book addresses nutrients found in Mediterranean foods, how they function in the…
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- 9780429172847
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- 279 p
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- 610 AND m
Diseases of edible oilseed crops
ABSTRACT This book presents an unprecedentedly thorough collection of information on the diseases of cultivated annual oilseed crops, including peanut, rapeseed-mustard, sesame, soybean, sunflower, and safflower. It covers and integrates global literature on the subject up to 2014, setting it apart from other books that are only of regional importance. The authors are internationally recognize…
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- 9780429169670
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- 484 p
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- 630 CHA d
Trace elements in abiotic and biotic environments
This book helps readers understand the fundamental principles and phenomena that control the transfer of trace elements. It describes the occurrence and behavior of trace elements in rocks, soil, water, air, and plants, and also discusses the anthropogenic impact to the environment. In addition, the book covers the presence of trace elements in feeds, as either contaminants or as nutritional or…
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- 9780429161513
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- 468 p
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- 550 KAB t
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