integrative science in pursuit of human health and well being

... hepatotoxins (microcystins and nodularins), hepatoand cytotoxins (cylindrospermopsins), neurotoxins (anatoxin-a, anatoxin-a(S), and saxitoxins), dermatotoxins, irritant toxins (lipopolysaccharides) and ... Imprinting and X Chromosome Inactivation Pei Hui 151 The Role of Supraspinal GABA and Glutamate in the Mediation and Modulation of Pain Kieran Rea and David P Finn 171 Multiphoton Microscopy of Intravital ... Aspects of Human Health and Well- Being ISBN: 978-1-61209-134-1 Editor: Tsisana Shartava © 2011 Nova Science Publishers, Inc Chapter III WHY GLUCOSE IS THE PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR LIVING BEINGS?...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 21:20

... Research and Reporting Initiatives Office of the Provincial Health Officer BC Ministry of Health Barb Callander – Copy Editing, Proofreading and References Manager, Projects and Strategic Initiatives ... Ministry of Health Janet Woo – Data Review and Proofreading Manager, Projects and Strategic Initiatives Office of the Provincial Health Officer BC Ministry of Health Blue Thorn Research and Analysis ... of demographics, general health status— including sexual health, mental illness and substance use—living and working conditions including violence against women, maternal and infant health, individual...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 10:20

... Mental Health and Well- Being in Animals Mental Health and Well- Being in Animals Edited by Franklin D McMillan Blackwell Publishing Franklin D McMillan, DVM, is a Diplomate of the American College of ... thought and feeling, happiness and unhappiness, and mental and physical well- being Finally, as McMillan has pioneered in pointing out, veterinary medicine can benefit immeasurably from the study of ... tails wagging loosely toand-fro and individuals whining and jumping about Consider also elephants reuniting in a greeting celebration, flapping their ears and spinning about and emitting a vocalization...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:20

... of the day 1.2.2 The Psychology of Well- Being Contemporary psychology recognizes a variety of informative subjective well- being (SWB) measures Our view of the structure of subjective wellbeing ... category U-index (%) Happy Stressed Sad Interested Pain No of episodes Religious Eating and drinking Sports and exercise Socializing Child care Relaxing and leisure Watching TV Lawn and garden ... experiences of a day’s actual events and circumstances Gershuny and Halpin (1996) and Robinson and Godbey (1997), who analyzed a single well- being measure (extent of enjoyment) and time use...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20

... supported a master training of trainers in family planning and reproductive health for Iraq’s Ministry of Health, and included members of Jordan’s Ministry of Health The workshop included updates ... worked in reducing maternal mortality include those relating to innovative financing measures; investment in human resources, both in terms of strengthening pre-service education and emphasizing in- service ... discussions of finance The Rwanda Ministry of Health was able to put reproductive health on Rwanda’s financing agenda, emphasizing the cost-effectiveness of meeting the existing demand for family planning...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 06:20

... lack of progress in meeting the minimum standards enshrined in these principles, the Institute of Psychiatry in the UK launched 'Principles to Respect', an 'Initiative on Mental Health and Human ... parties in supporting mental health in the country In recognition of the burden of mental disorders in Ghana and the relative paucity of financial and human resources, as well as its readiness ... services and working with families include involving family members in providing treatment and combating stigma [52], and the training of village health workers [28] Given the important role of families...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... illustration of the domain structure of PPARs The most conserved region is C, which consists of a highly conserved DNA-binding domain The E/F domain is the ligand-binding domain, which contains the ... the AF2 ligand-dependent activation domain The amino-terminal A/B domain contains the AF1 ligand-independent activation domain The D domain consists of a highly flexible hinge region and non-rodent ... MAP-kinase mediated phosphorylation of Ser112 of mouse PPARγ2 lowers transcriptional activity [14,15] The ligand binding domain (LBD), or E/F domain of PPARs, is responsible for ligand-binding and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:20

... Nutrition in Health and Disease Ninth Edition Williams and Wilkins: Maryland, USA, pp 857–867 Hesketh, T., Ding, Q.J., Tomkins, A.M., 2003 Health and health care-seeking behavior of adolescents in urban ... to 4.5 in 2006 This finding suggests the protein/fat rich foods have become cheaper relative to rice, which helps explain the decreasing intake of cereals and increasing intake of protein/fat ... sets of cross-sectional data between 1975 and 1992 in China and find that the height difference between urban and rural children has been increasing since China’s Reform and Opening Policy in 1978...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20

... oligomerization and to the efficiency of secretion Results Exchange of t peptides between human AChE and BChE The T variants of human AChE and human BChE are composed of a catalytic domain of approximately ... acetylthiocholine The rates of hydrolysis of acetylthiocholine and butyrylthiocholine (at mm) by BChE were approximately 14% and 24% of the rate of hydrolysis of acetylthiocholine (at mm) by AChE In uence ... Role of cysteines in oligomerization – effects of introducing an additional cysteine In a previous study, we found that mutating residue 19 in the t peptide of Torpedo AChE considerably increased...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 03:20

... manner The aim of this thesis is to gain a better understanding in the mechanical behaviour of the skin by characterizing the mechanical behaviour of several distinct skin layers, including the uppermost ... gained with prediction of surgery results by using numerical models of the skin Finally, changes in mechanical properties of the skin due to skin diseases may play a role in a better understanding ... consists of three fibrin proteins, namely collagen, elastin and minute quantities of reticulin and a supporting matrix or ground substance Collagen comprises about 75% of the fat free dry weight and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/03/2014, 00:20

... the science of the functions of the body, has come to include Anatomy, or the science of its structure, and Hygiene, or the laws of health; the one being essential to the proper understanding of ... when a line of soldiers keep step in spite of their having legs of different lengths Such a mode of walking is necessarily fatiguing (See p 280.)] In running, we incline the body more, and so, ... Glossary, and an ample Index complete the book Believing in a Divine Architect of the human form, the author can not refrain from occasionally pointing out His inimitable workmanship, and impressing...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 13:20

... striking ‘‘National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’’ and inserting ‘‘Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’’; (7) in the heading of subpart ... National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’’; and (10) in section 1122 (42 U.S.C 300c–12), by striking ‘‘National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’’ and inserting ‘‘Eunice ... 284h(c)(1)), by striking ‘‘National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’’ and inserting ‘‘Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’’; (5) in section 424(c)(3)(B)(vi)...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 10:20

... milestone in these new Pompeian excavations was the discovery and clearing of the remains of the Temple of Isis that took place in 1764–66 Architecture, paintings, and inscriptions were recovered in ... Early in the excavations, the architects established the practice of removing the best paintings from the original walls and installing them in the Naples Museum The methods used to cut the paintings ... PROTOHISTORY OF CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY Piranesi’s engravings of Rome, especially of its brooding ruins, were intended as an assertion of the overwhelming power and creativity of the ancient Romans and...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 12:46

... developing human beings We can imagine a lifeboat that holds only ten and has eleven aboard: an adult human being and her twoyear-old child, and nine “developing” human beings, one at the moment of ... discussed in more depth shortly Term Moral Standing Moral standing indicates those individuals that moral agents must respect in certain separately determined ways In Western countries all human beings ... to pain in ways similar to human beings (vocalizing, contorted body movements, attempting to escape); they share neurological and mental faculties associated with pain in human beings Singer...

Ngày tải lên: 05/08/2014, 21:23

... characteristics of neurons and synapses are roughly the same [T]he brains of small whales, dolphins and porpoises are close in size to those of human beings, both absolutely and in relation to size of ... understand and appreciate the minds and feelings of anymals? The epistemological difficulties inherent in human assessments of anymals must remain at the center of any discussion of other species and ... men In light of a demonstrated human tendency for those in power to be partial and unjust in assessing the moral standing of other human beings (particularly when the assessor has a vested interest),...

Ngày tải lên: 05/08/2014, 21:23

... on the interests of sentient creatures, present and future, human and nonhuman In my view the arguments grounded on the interests of present and future human beings, and on the interests of the ... saving a normal human being or an intellectually disabled human being Singer concludes that we will probably choose to save the life of a normal human being, and he offers this as evidence to indicate ... those of other beings”: A self-aware being, capable of abstract thought, of planning for the future, of complex acts of communication, and so on, is more valuable than the life of a being without...

Ngày tải lên: 05/08/2014, 21:23

... entity’s shared interest in “survival, health, and well- being (Respect 124) If we are to understand the life of hagfish, we must attempt to move behind their eyes, into their skin, and see the world ... mallard into shooting range, that human being deceives the duck and then kills her Such human actions treat anymals as a means to human ends, usually the pleasure of killing and consuming, and are ... offer different viewpoints (and often refer to inherent value) [M]utely enacted values “occur every time natural beings succeed in maintaining their functioning integrity, achieving “goods” that “are...

Ngày tải lên: 05/08/2014, 21:23

... creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind.” And it was so God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind, and the cattle of every kind, and ... creatures of God Linzey asserts that a good and loving God must remain morally responsible for and invested in every sentient being: “[A] redeeming God could not eschew the sighing and suffering of all ... world and its systems” as preferred, that is, in the interests of human beings (Routley 56) From the standpoint of dominion, we “see with arrogant eyes” a world in which everything is organized in...

Ngày tải lên: 05/08/2014, 21:23

... themselves in every other living being, and to see every other living being in themselves Inasmuch as Indians see God in humanity, they must also find the divine in anymals “Hindu belief in the cycle of ... forms of tigers and lions and deer, of wolves and bears and birds, fowls and of jackals as well He it is that assumes the forms of swans and crows and peacocks, of chameleons and lizards and storks” ... from human beings, and anymals hold “something of the divine” (Coomaraswamy 15–16) Hindus tend to be aware of both holiness and nobleness in other anymals A contemporary Indian scholar writes, “And...

Ngày tải lên: 05/08/2014, 21:23

... first, and most fundamental Buddhist precept warns followers “to refrain from killing living beings”—not just human beings, but all living beings (Robinson 77) This proscription against harming ... living beings I must rescue, from the terrors of birth, of old age, of sickness, of death and rebirth, of all kinds of moral offence, of all states of woe, of the whole cycle of birth -and- death ... Nhat Hanh writes of the interconnectedness of all beings, and encourages people to apply this understanding in daily life A human being is an animal, a part of nature But we single ourselves out...

Ngày tải lên: 05/08/2014, 21:23