Human biology

Did you know the brain is the most complex organ in your body?

Sumud, meaning steadfastness in Arabic, is central to the issues of survival and resistance that are part of daily life for Palestinians.

Human olfaction - the sense of smell - enables us to appreciate food and drink, it warns us of dangers and it makes our environments more enjoyable.

Trophic Regulation of the Basal Ganglia: Focus on Dopamine Neurons examines neurotransmitters.

What foods should you eat to stay healthy?

There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses.

What teeth can teach us about the evolution of the human speciesWhether we realize it or not, we carry in our mouths the legacy of our evolution.

The Endocrine Function of the Human Testis, Volume II, contains the papers that were given in the third and final part of the course of lectures on "e;The Endocrine Function of the Human Testis,"e; held in Florence, 17-19 April 1973.

There has recently been a renewed interest in both casual use of psychedelics as well as experimental use and attempts to discover therapeutic value.

Dental defects may be the physical expression of genetic defects, and so they can often be seen in a variety of syndromes associated with malformations of organs.

Kidney Development, Disease, Repair and Regeneration focuses on the molecular and cellular basis of kidney development, exploring the origins of kidney lineages, the development of kidney tissue subcompartments, as well as the genetic and environmental regulation of kidney development.

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.

A diagnosis of dementia changes the ways people engage with each other - for those living with dementia, as well their families, caregivers, friends, health professionals, neighbours, shopkeepers and the community.

Book Features:* 32 Pages, 7 inches x 9 inches* Ages 8-13, Grades 3-8 Leveled Readers, Lexile 500L* Simple, easy-to-read pages with vibrant images* Features exciting facts about mammals to engage early readers* Includes glossary words, after-reading questions, an extension activity, and a memory gameThe Magic Of Reading: Introduce your child to the magic of reading and animals with Dangerous.

Meet the tiny-but-tough tardigrade and the awe-inspiring blue whale in this illustrated introduction to invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Talks About Food, Where It Goes When You Eat, And The Food Your Body Needs For Health And Energy.

This collection brings together three generations of medical anthropologists working at European universities to reflect on past, current and future directions of the field.

Learn the funny and fascinating story of Charles Darwin and the groundbreaking discoveries that resulted from his love of the humble worm in this hilarious, illustrated children's book.

Through the Lens of Anthropology is a concise introduction to anthropology that uses the twin themes of food and sustainability to connect evolution, biology, archaeology, history, language, and culture.

The diversity of contemporary investigative approaches included in this volume provides an exciting account of our current understanding of brain mechanisms responsible for sensory and perceptual experience in the areas of touch, kinesthesia, and pain.

Ideal Marriage: Its Physiology and Technique, Second Edition concentrates on the cultivation of the technique of eroticism as an art in marriage.

Chronic diseases-cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes-are not only the principal cause of world-wide mortality but also are now responsible for a striking increase in the percentage of sickness in developing countries still grappling with the acute problems of infectious diseases.

Elementary Medical Biochemistry deals with the biochemical basis of the process of life, particularly, the principles of metabolic processes and the systems controlling these processes.

From the creator of the world's first Vagina Museum, discover your go-to guide to the vulva.

When the 23-year-old British Doctor Wilfred Grenfell first set foot in Newfoundland in 1892, bent upon serving migrant fishermen, he had no clear idea who his patients were or how they lived there.

"e;Mek Some Noise"e;, Timothy Rommen's ethnographic study of Trinidadian gospel music, engages the multiple musical styles circulating in the nation's Full Gospel community and illustrates the carefully negotiated and contested spaces that they occupy in relationship to questions of identity.

This book provides an ethnographic examination of the everyday lives and struggles of street-involved youth in Canada.

Current Topics in Experimental Endocrinology, Volume 4: The Endocrinology of Pregnancy and Parturition deals with the various aspects of pregnancy and parturition.

Autism is a complex phenomenon that is both individual and social.

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This book provides an up-to-date description of cross-cultural aspects of end-of-life decision-making.

There have been many books, movies, and even TV commercials featuring Neandertals--some serious, some comical.

This book provides an ethnographic account of the ways in which biomedicine, as a part of the modernization of healthcare, has been localized and established as the culturally dominant medical system in rural Bangladesh.

This comprehensive, full color hematopathology reference book emphasizes immunophenotpic features, cytogenetic studies, and diagnostic molecular aspects.

Experts from a range of disciplines identify the key barriers to a definition of moral respect that includes nonhuman animals.

Navigating Digital Health Landscapes explores how users navigate the internet when searching for health information.

How and to what extent have Islamic legal scholars and Middle Eastern lawmakers, as well as Middle Eastern Muslim physicians and patients, grappled with the complex bioethical, legal, and social issues that are raised in the process of attempting to conceive life in the face of infertility?

An Anatomical Wordbook serves as a reference guide of words used in the science of Anatomy.

Most textbooks and atlases of human anatomy chronicle only a few cases of muscle variations in the "e;normal"e; human population, or of muscle anomalies within congenital malformations.

Over the past five years the major importance of cytokines in the regulation of the immune system has become established.

How to be more humanFor 95 per cent of our time on earth, Homo sapiens were hunter gatherers.

Why do students continue to dissect animals in biology classes?

This book documents the emergence of doulas as care professionals in Italy, considers their training, practices, and representation, and analyses their role in national and international context.

Psychophysiology of the Frontal Lobes covers the frontal lobe function.

This book chronicles the development of three classic theories within vision research, from the 17th century to today, focusing on duplicity theory.