Human biology

India is grappling with serious environmental issues that have been largely sparked by its galloping economy.

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

Clinical Respiratory Physiology covers the practical aspects and theoretical concepts of applied respiratory physiology.

For more than a quarter of a century there has been significant international migration of skilled health workers, but in the last decades, with critical changes in both sending and receiving countries, few parts of the world are now unaffected by the consequences of the migration of health workers, either as sources, destinations or sometimes both.

Recent Progress in Hormone Research, Volume 33 covers the Proceedings of the 1976 Laurentian Hormone Conference.

An interdisciplinary perspective on the ways in which human biology and culture can affect fertility.

Environmental risk factors - noise, air pollution, chemical agents, and ultraviolet radiation - impact human health by contributing to the onset and progression of noncommunicable diseases.

The Routledge Handbook of Diet and Nutrition in the Roman World presents a comprehensive overview of the sources, issues and methodologies involved in the study of the Roman diet.

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

The discovery of the two inherited susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 in the mid-1990s created the possibility of predictive genetic testing and led to the establishment of specific medical programmes for those at high risk of developing breast cancer in the UK, US and Europe.

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

A comparative overview of the effects of neuropeptides on behavior, examining parallel findings in both humans and non-human animals.

Twelve per cent of UK theatregoers have a disability.

Cardiovascular Pathology, Fifth Edition provides a comprehensive treatise on the pathology of cardiovascular diseases, combining presentations of detailed pathology of cardiovascular diseases coupled with contemporary insights into etiology and pathogenesis.

Neuroanatomy for Medical Students, Second Edition provides a fundamental knowledge base that is essential to a proper understanding of the clinical neurosciences.

The phrase 'global health' appears ubiquitously in contemporary medical spheres, from academic research programs to websites of pharmaceutical companies.

Can you roll your tongue into a U-shape?

How do plants, animals, and humans manage to survive and adapt to the urban environment?

Salty popcorn.

A lo largo de nuestra historia, nos hemos interesado en el estudio de la vida desde diversos puntos de vista.

International medical travel (IMT), people crossing national borders in the pursuit of healthcare, has become a growing phenomenon.

The Time at Darwin's Reef is primarily a book of storytelling through mixed genres-verse, prose, and painting.

What do you know about dolphins?

India ranks third in the number of people living with HIV/AIDS globally.

"Dino" Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct.

This book clearly explains bioethical issues and their philosophical foundations to science students, encouraging critical thinking about the ethics of biotechnology.

Ice cubes clink in a glass.

This book examines the careers of the Ojibwa chief Shingwaukonse, also known as Little Pine, and of two of his sons, Ogista and Buhkwujjenene, at Garden River near Sault Ste Marie.

Say goodbye to dry presentations, grueling formulas, and abstract theories that would put Einstein to sleep -- now there's an easier way to master the disciplines you really need to know.

The Red Blood Cell, Second Edition, Volume II provides a comprehensive treatment and review of basic biomedical knowledge about the circulating, adult red blood cell.

Over the past several decades there has been an explosion of interest in genetics and genetic inheritance within both the research community and the mass media.

Letters from 1877, when Darwin published Forms of Flowers and, with his son Francis, experimented on plant movement.

A Synopsis of Physiology provides a summary of what is known about human physiology.

Turn your eyes to the skies for this starry-eyed spectacular!

Little Learning Labs: Bugs for Kidsan abridged paperback edition of Bug Lab for Kids, a finalist for the 2019 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Bookspresents 20+ fun and informative activities that celebrate all things beautiful, creepy, and crawly.

This text introduces undergraduate and graduate students in health or environment-related classes to the mounting crisis of syndemics through the lens of planetary health.

A clear, step-by-step guide to statistical methods for anthropology students, providing a solid footing in basic statistical techniques.

At the scene of a crime, an evidence marker sits next to a pool of blood while an investigator's camera catalogs the scene.

Argues that international community can exist, and examines the possibilities for peaceful relations between states.

A comprehensive account of the origins, evolution, and behavior of South and Central American primatesNew World Monkeys brings to life the beauty of evolution and biodiversity in action among South and Central American primates, who are now at risk.

Receptors in the Human Nervous System is a synthesis of the results of receptor mapping by leaders in the field.

This collection brings together fifteen essays from practitioners of a variety of disciplines that concern themselves with the past, not only historians, but scholars from other branches of the humanities and social sciences (including theology, art history, public history, and archival science) and natural sciences (including geology, paleontology, astronomy, and paleoanthropology).

What's the fastest, most complex computer we know of?

This book addresses the politics of global health and social justice issues around birth, focusing on dynamic communities that have chosen to speak truth to power by reforming dysfunctional health care systems or creating new ones outside the box.

The physical effects of a stroke are often the most obvious, and hospitals can offer medication and therapy to help alleviate them.