Minireviews of the Neurosciences from Life Sciences is a collection of minireviews of research in the neurosciences and originally published by the Journal of Life Sciences.
Antigens, Lymphoid Cells, and the Immune Response deals with the nature and properties of antigens and with the functional anatomy and cell physiology of the mammalian lymphoid system which responds to antigens.
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 provocative and timely case for how the science of genetics can help create a more just and equal societyIn recent years, scientists like Kathryn Paige Harden have shown that DNA makes us different, in our personalities and in our health-and in ways that matter for educational and economic success in our current society.
Dieses Buch verfolgt einen Ansatz der reproduktiven Gerechtigkeit, um zu argumentieren, dass die Leihmutterschaft, wie sie auf den heutigen neoliberalen Biomärkten praktiziert wird, die humanitären Grenzen des Feminismus überschreitet.
This comprehensive, full color hematopathology reference book emphasizes immunophenotpic features, cytogenetic studies, and diagnostic molecular aspects.
Raising the Dust explores the relationship between human and ecological health through the lens of African traditional medicine, as practiced in the south of Malawi.
Unpacking assumptions about corseting, Rebecca Gibson supplements narratives of corseted women from the 18th and 19th centuries with her seminal work on corset-related skeletal deformation.
Functional and Clinical Neuroanatomy: A Guide for Health Care Professionals is a comprehensive, yet easy-to read, introduction to neuroanatomy that covers the structures and functions of the central, peripheral and autonomic nervous systems.
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 book takes up the challenge of examining women's understandings of eating disorders and child sexual abuse away from a framework focused on pathology.
This volume explores the arts-based methodology of body mapping, a participant-driven approach wherein people create richly illustrated life-size maps that articulate their embodied experiences with various health issues.
"e;An animated introduction to the neuroscience of sensory perception"e; informed by the latest research on topics from music to brain injuries to synesthesia (Kirkus Reviews).
Textbook of Arterial Stiffness and Pulsatile Hemodynamics in Health and Disease, Two Volume Set covers the principles, physiology, biologic pathways, clinical implications and therapeutics surrounding arterial stiffness and pulsatile hemodynamics, along with a thorough overview of the field.
Aging: From Fundamental Biology to Societal Impact examines the interconnection of the cellular and molecular basis of aging and societal-based challenges and innovative interventions.
This book describes how malaria both frustrates and facilitates life for Indigenous Palawan communities living in the forested foothills of the municipality of Bataraza on the island of Palawan in the Philippines.
This book examines various aspects of ethnomedicine and tribal healing practices, including its importance for inclusion and integration from a health systems perspective.
CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY WATERSTONES AND THE TIMESThe viruses that do us harm are vastly outnumbered by viruses that can actually save lives.
Este libro muestra el diseño y la implementación de tres propuestas didácticas que aportan a la comprensión de los efectos del consumo de Cannabis sativa en el sistema nervioso, en tres grupos de estudiantes de Educación Básica Secundaria, en Bogotá, para propiciar la toma de decisiones asertivas frente al consumo.
Estas notas han sido elaboradas con el fin de que los estudiantes puedan acceder y contar con una herramienta pedagógica que contribuya al mejoramiento de la enseñanza-aprendizaje de la física moderna.
*A New Yorker, New Statesman and Daily Mail BOOK OF THE YEAR**Longlisted for the 2024 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction*'The best book I've ever read about motherhood' Jude Rogers, Observer'I kept scribbling in the margins: 'We need to know this stuff!
La enseñanza de la física, las matemáticas, y las diferentes metodologías que pueden ser utilizadas para que los alumnos logren aprendizajes en estas áreas del conocimiento, no suele ser una tarea fácil, así como escribir un texto que permita aproximarse a esos objetivos no será algo menor.
En este álbum ilustrado de no ficción Seth Fishman busca hacernos pensar en toda clase de números, desde los más inimaginablemente grandes hasta uno de los más únicos e importantes (al menos para nosotros): el 1.
No faltan libros en los que los dinosaurios son representados como criaturas enormes y terribles, enzarzadas en una lucha interminable por devorar o ser devorados.
Descubre todos los secretos (y un montón de curiosidades) del sistema solar en este espectacular álbum ilustrado de la colección Los Exploradores del Espacio.
The traditional medicines of Middle Asia are rich and varied - from the Ayurveda and Siddha medicines of India, to the Unani and Sufi healing practices of the Middle East.
Say goodbye to dry presentations, grueling formulas, and abstract theory that would put Einstein to sleep--now there's an easier way to master chemistry, biology, trigonometry, and geometry.
