Human biology

India has one of the highest numbers of HIV carriers in the world.

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Case studies on violent deaths from the past and present vividly illustrate how anthropologists construct meaning from the victim''s bones.

A unique study of Ice Age human and carnivore bone damage and its importance in understanding ancient life in Siberia.

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Babies are not simply born they are made through cultural and social practices.

Essential Medical Physiology, Third Edition, deals with the principal subjects covered in a modern medical school physiology course.

In contemporary western societies, the fat body has become a focus of stigmatizing discourses and practices aimed at disciplining, regulating and containing it.

Venous Ulcers, Second Edition, provides a comprehensive synthesis of evidence-based recommendations and the highest level of expertise from a leading group of doctors, which is a fundamental constituent for the appropriate management of nonhealing venous wounds in everyday practice.

This sixth of 15 short atlases reimagines the classic 5-volume Atlas of Human Central Nervous System Development.

This twelfth of 15 short atlases reimagines the classic 5-volume Atlas of Human Central Nervous System Development.

This book examines disability in post-war Sierra Leone.

Fatigue is a condition spanning the breadth of human functioning in health and disease and is a central concern in sport and exercise.

Bodies that Birth puts birthing bodies at the centre of questions about contemporary birth politics, power, and agency.

The Science of Life: Andrew Huxley, Richard Keynes and Horace Barlow is part of the series Creative Lives and Works.

The Handbook of Communication Science and Biology charts the state of the art in the field, describing relevant areas of communication studies where a biological approach has been successfully applied.

WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE, JULY 2020How proteins, machine learning and molecular chemistry can teach us about the complexities of human behaviour and the world around usHow do we understand the people around us?

Advances in Biology of Skin, Vol.

This book won the INDIEFAB 2015 Bronze Award for Science (Adult nonfiction).

Vaccine reluctance and refusal are no longer limited to the margins of society.

Systematically working from the whole body down to cellular levels, this book presents a multiscale, integrative approach to skeletal research.

In an era of globalization characterized by widespread migration and cultural contacts, psychologists, counselors, and other mental health professionals face a unique challenge: how does one practice successfully when working with clients from so many different backgrounds?

Engaging with a range of public health issues, this book charts important social and political transitions in Nepal through the lens of medicine and health development.

Lymphatic Structure and Function in Health and Disease serves as a resource book on what has been learned about lymphatic structure, function and anatomy within different organ systems.

This Book Discusses How The Genes And Traits Of A Parent Determine What Their Offspring Will Look Like.

A plant can form fruit and seeds when it is pollinated.

Hormones and the Aging Process covers the proceedings of the conference held at Arden House in Harriman, New York on the role of hormones in aging.

The Emergence of Humans is an accessible, informative introduction to the scientific study of human evolution.

How and why did humans get to be so clever and thoughtful?

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The most comprehensive major academic textbook available on its topic, this classic text presents the most important research studies in the field.

This book explores the experiences of Muslims in the United States as they interact with the health care system during serious illness and end-of-life care.

Since the publication of the first edition of this book in 2010, an explosion of spectacular discoveries in the field of regeneration has compelled the current revisit of the field of Regenerative Nephrology.

The exciting world of science and technology is broken down into fun, digestible chunks in this illustrated book for 5 to 7 year olds.

What's in Your Genome?

This book explores what anthropology can contribute to an understanding of how people live through pandemics.

This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the full syllabus for examination from 2022.

The knee bone's connected to the leg bone.

'Combines the natural history of programmes such as David Attenborough's Planet Earth with the planetary focus of Brian Cox's Universe' GuardianA beautiful, full colour book to accompany the 5 part BBC TV series telling the most important story of all, the deep history of our own planet.

Nach seinem erfolgreichen Werk "Das intelligente Genom" befasst sich Adolf Heschl in seinem neuen Buch mit der Entstehung des Bewusstseins während der Evolutionsgeschichte.

The Vitamins: Chemistry, Physiology, Pathology, Volume II emphasizes the chemical, physiological, and pathological aspects of vitamins.

A thorough and accessible biography of Dr.

Eating poop is gross!

Disaster Public Health and Older People introduces professionals, students and fieldworkers to the science and art of promoting health and well-being among older people in the context of humanitarian emergencies, with a particular focus on low- and middle-income country settings.

Gender, Mediation, and Popular Education in Venice, 1760-1830, examines how women with enough cultural capital could turn their identity as representatives of "e;the public"e; - those on the receiving end of education - to their advantage, producing knowledge under the guise of relaying it.

Examining mothers of newly diagnosed disabled children within the context of new reproductive technologies and the discourse of choice, this book uses anthropology and disability studies to revise the concept of "e;normal"e; and to establish a social environment in which the expression of full lives will prevail.

What do you know about starfish?