Human biology

Biological and Behavioral Aspects of Salt Intake presents the developmental, social, and anthropological aspects of salt intake.

This book unpacks the organized sets of practices that govern contemporary Asian medicine, from production of medications in the lab to their circulation within circuits and networks of all kinds, and examines the plurality of actors involved in such governance.

A Text - Book of Histology: Descriptive and Practical provides information pertinent to the general methods of histology.

Microbiota are a promising and fascinating subject in biology because they integrate the microbial communities in humans, animals, plants, and the environment.

Synthesizes and re-examines the evolution of the human pelvis, which sits at the interface between locomotion and childbirth.

Studies in Neurolinguistics, Volume 3 presents detailed case histories, multi-subject experimental studies, literature reviews, and research papers that employ a variety of experimental and observational techniques.

What is that stuff covering my bones?

Ageing populations pose some of the foremost global challenges of this century.

The Natural History of the Doucs and Snub-nosed Monkeys provides a comprehensive introduction to the biology of some of the rarest and least-known nonhuman primates.

This volume is a summary of the proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Vitamin B6 and Carbonyl Catalysis, held in Osaka, Japan, 15-19 October 1990.

One of the only books discussing new advances in venous ulcer therapy, Venous Ulcers provides a comprehensive look at the molecular biology and pathophysiology of venous ulcers.

Reflecting the focus of a Jean Piaget Symposium entitled Biology and Knowledge: Structural Constraints on Development, this volume presents many of the emergent themes discussed.

Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires charts in vivid detail the largely forgotten history of European corpse medicine, which saw kings, ladies, gentlemen, priests and scientists prescribe, swallow or wear human blood, flesh, bone, fat, brains and skin in an attempt to heal themselves of epilepsy, bruising, wounds, sores, plague, cancer, gout and depression.

This Element is based on the many examples of superorganisms – socially organized species – in the natural world, and in evolution.

This book takes a reproductive justice approach to argue that surrogacy as practised in the contemporary neoliberal biomarkets crosses the humanitarian thresholds of feminism.

A complete account of evolutionary thought in the social, environmental and policy sciences, creating bridges with biology.

Fibronectin presents the studies made on the physiological and pathophysiological roles of fibronectin.

Chemistry and Methods of Enzymes, Third Edition focuses on the processes, methodologies, and reactions in enzyme chemistry, as well as kinetics, nucleases, esterases, and carbohydrates.

The book, Animals Have Classes Too!

In what ways has psychology become more influential in Western society?

The Platelets: Physiology and Pharmacology is a critical review of the basic platelet systems, methodologic critiques, and platelet involvement in major disease states.

This volume addresses the diversification of mental healthcare provision and patients' health-seeking behavior by putting Brazilian Spiritism and its translocal relations at the center of its inquiry.

This book offers an examination of human reproductive ecology focussing on environmental, demographic, health and family planning issues.

The Responsive Brain covers the proceedings of the Third International Congress on Event-related Slow Potentials of the Brain, held in Bristol, England on August 13-18, 1973.

Problems with Temperature Regulation during Exercise covers the proceedings of the 1976 Problems of Temperature Regulation during Exercise symposium in conjunction with the American College of Sports Medicine meeting, held in Anaheim, California.

Did you know that one blue whale weighs as much as 32 Asian elephants?

Protides of the Biological Fluids is a compendium of papers presented at the XIX Colloquium held at Bruges in 1971.

Pharmacochemistry Library, Volume 19: Small Peptides: Chemistry, Biology, and Clinical Studies focuses on the processes, reactions, properties, and characteristics of peptides, including analogues and proteases.

Can you name some of the muscles you use every day?

Humans are mammals.

The popularization of the Internet, due in larger part to the advent of multifunctional cell phones, poses new challenges for health professionals, patients, and caregivers as well as creates new possibilities for all of us.

Drug use is widely understood in terms of its subjects, substances and settings.

This ambitious sourcebook surveys both the traditional basis for and the present  state of indigenous women's reproductive health in Mexico and Central America.

A proliferation of press headlines, social science texts and ethical concerns about the social implications of recent developments in human genetics and biomedicine have created a sense that, at least in European and American contexts, both the way we treat the human body and our attitudes towards it have changed.

A Synopsis of Children's Diseases, Fourth Edition serves as a guide to the common as well as rare diseases in children.

Biophysical Aspects of Cerebral Circulation provides a comprehensive review of the cerebral circulatory system.

This new edition of Sarah Franklin's classic monograph on the development of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) includes two entirely new chapters reflecting on the relevance of the book's findings in the context of the past two decades and providing a 'state-of-the-art' review of the field today.

Going beyond the division of nature and society, this unique book explores human life as a process of biosocial becoming.

The evolution of the human brain and cognitive ability is one of the central themes of physical/biological anthropology.

This book investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and well-being of Indigenous Peoples and assesses the policy responses taken by governments and Indigenous communities across the world.

Benjamin Chee Chee lived with anger and frustration for more than thirty years before he took his own life.

A recurring theme of the public discourse on immigration in Europe today is that migrants are primarily young people, of working age.

Hoop Dreams on Wheels is a life-history study of wheelchair athletes associated with a premier collegiate wheelchair basketball program.

For non-majors and mixed-majors introductory botany (plant biology) courses.

Health and the Modern Home explores shifting and contentious debates about the impact of the domestic environment on health in the modern period.

Brainstem Control of Spinal Cord Function summarizes the research findings on major bulbospinal control systems.

In what ways has psychology become more influential in Western society?