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Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine
In this timely and expansive book, Wakefield-Rann investigates how
emerging disease ecologies are undermining definitions of health
and immunity that have persisted since the 19th century, and had a
formative influence over the design of not only homes, but entire
cities. This wide-ranging account traces the links between the
history of medicine, modernist design and architecture, the rise of
inflammatory disease, the microbiomes of buildings and humans,
antimicrobial resistance, and novel chemical pollutants, to show
how indoor environments have made us as we have made them. In
highlighting the processes that have been missed in designing
perfectly controlled interior habitats, Life Indoors shows the
limitations of dominant practices, classifications and philosophies
to apprehend current indoor pathogen ecologies.
This book provides a compact introduction to the bootstrap method.
In addition to classical results on point estimation and test
theory, multivariate linear regression models and generalized
linear models are covered in detail. Special attention is given to
the use of bootstrap procedures to perform goodness-of-fit tests to
validate model or distributional assumptions. In some cases, new
methods are presented here for the first time. The text is
motivated by practical examples and the implementations of the
corresponding algorithms are always given directly in R in a
comprehensible form. Overall, R is given great importance
throughout. Each chapter includes a section of exercises and, for
the more mathematically inclined readers, concludes with rigorous
proofs. The intended audience is graduate students who already have
a prior knowledge of probability theory and mathematical
statistics.
From the early days of humankind to today, steady technological
advances have greatly changed the landscape of farming. In the
United States in particular, these changes have in turn impacted
the scope of food production-and often not in a positive way. In
The Poisoning of Americans, author Jacob Silver presents an
in-depth, investigative expose into the production of Americans'
food and how it is responsible for the failing health of US
citizens.
The Poisoning of Americans gives an overview of the fundamentals
of humans and the food they consume, as well as the essential
nutrients they need and how those relate to health. It discusses
the production of beef, poultry, and pork and the effects of the
use of antibiotics and hormones. It addresses the consequences of
the ubiquitous presence of corn in many areas of food and food
production and the harmful results of this practice.
Though the essays address the flaws in the food production
system, they also provide recommendations and ideas to help restore
the natural state of American agriculture and help to produce
healthier citizens.
This interdisciplinary volume examines the relationship between
community resilience and family resilience, identifying
contributing factors on the micro-, meso-, and macro-level.
Scholars and practitioners focus on how community-level policies
and programs facilitate the distribution of resources, assets, and
opportunities that provide valuable assistance to families who are
struggling or in crisis due to economic hardship, mental illness,
and the effects of natural and human made disasters. Additionally,
representatives of local government and community agencies on the
"front lines" of developing policies and programs to assist
families provide valuable context for understanding the ways
communities provide environments that encourage and nurture family
resilience. Among the topics covered: How cities promote resilience
from a public health perspective Family resilience following the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill Resilience in women from trauma and
addiction Trauma-sensitive schooling for elementary-age students
Developing family resilience through community based missions
Resilience and the Community will be of interest to policy-makers,
researchers, and practitioners seeking to facilitate the
development of evidence-based resilience practices, programs,
and/or policies for those working with families at risk.
This book explains about amino acids (AAs) which are not only
building blocks of protein, but are also signaling molecules as
well as regulators of gene expression and the protein
phosphorylation cascade. Additionally, AAs are key precursors for
syntheses of hormones and low-molecular-weight nitrogenous
substances with each having enormous biological importance. For
example, physiological concentrations of AA metabolites (e.g.,
nitric oxide, polyamines, glutathione, taurine, thyroid hormones,
and serotonin) are required for cell functions. Growing evidence
shows that humans and animals have dietary requirements for all
proteinogenic AAs. Mammals, birds, and fish also have species- and
age-dependent needs for some AA-related substances. However,
elevated levels of other products (e.g., ammonia, homocysteine,
H2S, and asymmetric dimethylarginine) are pathogenic factors for
neurological disorders, oxidative stress, and cardiovascular
disease. Thus, optimal amounts of AAs and their ratios in diets and
circulation are crucial for whole-body homeostasis and health.
Adequate provision of one or a mixture of functional AAs or
metabolites may be beneficial for ameliorating health problems at
various stages of the life cycle (e.g., fetal growth restriction,
neonatal morbidity and mortality, weaning-associated intestinal
dysfunction and wasting syndrome, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular
disease, the metabolic syndrome, and infertility). Dietary
supplementation of these nutrients can also optimize the efficiency
of metabolic transformations to enhance muscle growth, milk
production, and athletic performance, while preventing excess fat
deposition and reducing adiposity. Therefore, functional AAs hold
great promise in improving the growth, health, and well-being of
individuals.
This book introduces the field of Responsible Innovation in Health
(RIH) by clarifying its theoretical foundations and the practical
approaches that enable the design and production of responsible
medical devices, health and social care interventions, digital
tools and solutions based on artificial intelligence. It brings a
lasting impact on the ways innovation stakeholders think about and
develop solutions to twenty-first century challenges, including the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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