Human biology

Team up with Ackerley the Acanthostega to travel back 66 million years to the Tertiary and Quaternary periods of prehistoric Earth, when mammals came to dominate the planet.

The Eye: Volume 1, Vegetative Physiology and Biochemistry is a compendium of papers that describes the physiology of the eye, particularly its gross anatomy and embryology including its intra-ocular fluids, the intra-ocular pressure, the vitreous body, lens, cornea, and sciera.

This edited collection explores the multiple ways in which ethnography and health emerge and take form through the research process.

Gastrointestinal Endocrinology: Receptors and Post-Receptor Mechanisms provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of receptors and post-receptor mechanisms.

Circadian Rhythms and the Human covers the basic principles behind the human circadian rhythms.

Wallace noticed on expeditions to the Amazon and the Malay archipelego that mammals in Southeast Asia are more advanced than their Australian cousins.

Now in its fourth edition, Exploring Medical Anthropology provides a concise and engaging introduction to medical anthropology.

This book provides a definitive account of koro, a topic of long-standing interest in the field of cultural psychiatry in which the patient displays a fear of the genitals shrinking and retracting.

A full-color illustrated exploration of the body in motion during yoga practice*; Examines anatomical patterns and body mechanics in specific asanas, such as forward bends, twists, external hip rotations, arm balances, and back bends, to inspire confidence in students, deepen practice, and prevent injury *; Provides detailed images and photos overlaid with anatomical diagrams, allowing you to see clearly what is happening within each asana discussed *; Explores how various yoga postures interrelate from the perspective of functional anatomy In this full-color illustrated guide, David Keil brings the anatomy of the body in yoga asanas to life.

Can something small matter at all?

Which works better to haul a pumpkin-a lever or wheels and axles?

This is a fascinating and popular account of the very large and the very small, from the universe as a whole to subatomic physics.

Since the beginning of time, humans have looked to the night sky and wondered where Earth's moon came from.

This book traces the history of formative, enduring concepts, foundational in the development of the health disciplines.

This book presents original research findings of The Million Person Study of Low-Dose Radiation Health Effects (MPS), the largest and most comprehensive epidemiologic study of its kind to investigate the health effects of low-level chronic radiation exposure on American workers and veterans throughout the 20th century.

This volume traces the complex reasons behind the disturbing discrepancy between the health and well-being of children in mainstream Australia and those in remote Indigenous communities.

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.

From emails to social media, from instant messaging to political memes, the way we produce and transmit culture is radically changing.

Audisee(R) eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!

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Have you ever dreamed of walking on Mars?

This comprehensive introduction to the field of human biology covers all the major areas of the field: genetic variation, variation related to climate, infectious and non-infectious diseases, aging, growth, nutrition, and demography.

Pharmacology of Histamine Receptors presents a summary of the pharmacology of histamine receptors.

A look at animal and human cells, and the internal structures that allow them to obtain energy, get rid of wastes, grow, and reproduce

Matched to the previous Cambridge syllabus, this stretching Student Book is trusted by teachers around the world to support advanced understanding and achievement at IGCSE.

This book investigates pharmaceutical regulation and the public health issue of fake or illicit medicines in developing countries.

This volume represents the latest research in cultural anthropology on an ascendant and globalizing China, covering the many different dimensions of China's ascendancy both within China itself and beyond.

When you flip a light switch, it turns on the light.

Biochemical Aspects of Renal Function is a collection of papers from the Fifth International Symposium on the Biochemical Aspects of Renal Function.

This collection is dedicated to the diagnostic moment and its unrivaled influence on encompassment and exclusion in health care.

The Principles and Practice of Human Physiology reflects the progress of human physiology and presents developments through instrumentation and field work.

Alpha-1-antitrypsin Deficiency: Biology, Diagnosis, Clinical Significance, and Emerging Therapies is the authoritative reference on AATD, providing standards for diagnosis, monitoring, treatment and appropriate avenues of research.

Methods in Hormone Research, Volume III: Steroidal Activity in Experimental Animals and Man, Part A focuses on protection against irradiation damage, anti-mammary tumor activity, body lipids, anti-aldosterone, central depressant action, and copulatory reflex activity.

This fascinating and groundbreaking book by an eminent team of scholars provides an accessible introduction to anthropometric history.

Scientists won the battle against smallpox.

Migration and Health: Critical Perspectives offers a radical rethinking of the field by unsettling conventional ideas of mobility and borders to highlight the ways in which they produce health inequalities.

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.

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.

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

Anatomy and Human Movement: Structure and Function describes the musculoskeletal structures of the human body and the biomechanics behind their movements.

The coronavirus pandemic forces us to rethink our contemporaneity.

Steroid Hormone Regulation of the Brain focuses on the advancement of knowledge of the properties of brain steroid receptors and steroid target nerve cells, including the actions of gonadal steroids, adrenocortical steroids, and androgenic steroids on the brain.

Sixty years after their discovery, this is the first anthropological synthesis of the ancient Arctic foragers of Point Hope, Alaska.

From earliest times, humans have looked to the sky in wonder, and their wonder and curiosity fueled science.

What do you know about starfish?

Learn About The Basic Building Blocks Of All Living Things - Cells.

Las técnicas de proceso y de análisis de la imagen digital resultan cada vez más imprescindibles para el estudio o el trabajo relacionado con la biología.

Excitation and Inhibition: Synaptic Morphology proposes the S-F hypothesis that emphasizes the relationship between structure and function of synapses.

A sky full of air, oceans made of water, and the presence of life are some of the things that set Earth apart from other planets.