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Currently, malaria kills more than 300,000 people per year, making
it a top priority of world leaders and international organizations,
who are working towards implementing and coordinating efforts to
eradicate this disease. An effective malaria vaccine is recognized
as the key element that will decide between success and failure in
this fight. At present, despite intensive research efforts, such a
vaccine is not yet available for use. However, there are a number
of advanced candidate vaccines with high chances of success in the
short term. Malaria: Immune Response to Infection and Vaccination
provides a comprehensive view on the immune response to malaria and
to the different vaccines under development. The book offers the
following: - Contributions by top research leaders in the field, -
Comparisons of the immune responses to both malaria infection and
malaria vaccines, which are traditionally treated separately, -
Coverage of the immune responses to the different stages of
malaria, which are frequently treated as separate fields of
research.
The migration of substances from packaging to food is a matter of
concern for the food safety authorities, and packaging materials
constitute a potential source of contaminants to which the consumer
will be exposed to through their diet. A huge variety of substances
can be present in packaging materials, which could consequently
migrate into food and represent a risk to consumer health. Food
Contamination by Packaging provides an overview of the main
packaging contaminants including Bisphenol A, melamine, phthalates,
alternative plasticisers, photoinitiators, perfluorochemicals,
saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons (mineral oil saturated
hydrocarbons and mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons) from mineral
oils, other bisphenol-related compounds, nanoparticles, primary
aromatic amines and nonintentionally added substances. The
analytical techniques used for their determination are reviewed.
This book will be of interest to students and researchers in
universities and research institutions associated with food
packaging and, in general, to the food safety sector.
* Example-driven approach * Suitable as supplementary reading for a
graduate or advanced undergraduate course in dynamical systems
* Example-driven approach * Suitable as supplementary reading for a
graduate or advanced undergraduate course in dynamical systems
Chaucer called it ""spiritual manslaughter""; Barthes and Benjamin
deemed it dangerous linguistic nihilism. But gossip-long derided
and dismissed by writers and intellectuals-is far from frivolous.
In Idle Talk, Deadly Talk, Ana Rodriguez Navas reveals gossip to be
an urgent, utilitarian, and deeply political practice-a means of
staging the narrative tensions, and waging the narrative battles,
that mark Caribbean politics and culture. From the calypso singer's
superficially innocent rhymes to the vicious slanders published in
Trujillo-era gossip columns, words have been weapons, elevating one
person or group at the expense of another. Revising the overly
gendered existing critical frame, Rodriguez Navas argues that
gossip is a fundamentally adversarial practice. Just as whispers
and hearsay corrosively define and surveil identities, they also
empower writers to skirt sanitized, monolithic historical accounts
by weaving alternative versions of their nations' histories from
this self-governing discursive material. Reading recent fiction
from the Hispanic, Anglophone, and Francophone Caribbean and their
diasporas, alongside poetry, song lyrics, journalism, memoirs, and
political essays, Idle Talk, Deadly Talk maps gossip's place in the
Caribbean and reveals its rich possibilities as both literary theme
and narrative device. As a means for mediating contested
narratives, both public and private, gossip emerges as a vital
resource for scholars and writers grappling with the region's
troubled history.
Currently, malaria kills more than 300,000 people per year, making
it a top priority of world leaders and international organizations,
who are working towards implementing and coordinating efforts to
eradicate this disease. An effective malaria vaccine is recognized
as the key element that will decide between success and failure in
this fight. At present, despite intensive research efforts, such a
vaccine is not yet available for use. However, there are a number
of advanced candidate vaccines with high chances of success in the
short term. Malaria: Immune Response to Infection and Vaccination
provides a comprehensive view on the immune response to malaria and
to the different vaccines under development. The book offers the
following: - Contributions by top research leaders in the field, -
Comparisons of the immune responses to both malaria infection and
malaria vaccines, which are traditionally treated separately, -
Coverage of the immune responses to the different stages of
malaria, which are frequently treated as separate fields of
research.
Im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert waren Intelligenz und wissenschaftlicher
Ehrgeiz keine ausreichenden Grunde fur eine wissenschaftliche
Laufbahn von Frauen. Die wenigen, denen aufgrund ihres hohen
gesellschaftlichen Ranges und ihrer besonderen Begabung ein
privates Studium ermoglicht wurde, prasentierten jedoch bereits
erstaunlich moderne Uberzeugungen. Die Gottinnen Diana und Minerva
wurden zum Symbol der Unabhangigkeit dieser Frauen. Im vorliegenden
Buch werden Biographien und Gedanken gelehrter Damen vorgestellt,
die Einfluss auf die geistigen Stromungen ihrer Zeit ausubten,
indem sie korrespondierten, kommunizierten, forderten und selbst
schreibend tatig wurden."
The area of research on the health benefits of berries, their
bioactive compounds and their related metabolites has exploded in
the last 20 years resulting in new knowledge in the understanding
of their metabolism, molecular mode of action as well as their
clinical significance in promoting health and preventing chronic
disease. Berries and Berry Bioactive Compounds in Promoting Health,
reviews state-of-the-art research findings on this exponentially
growing area. This comprehensive book brings together international
experts in their corresponding fields with cutting-edge reviews.
Exploring the effects and mechanisms of action of berry bioactive
compounds and their metabolites on different body systems and
chronic diseases, including their role on gut microbiota and
eventual effect on health is the focus of this book. Unique topics
covered, include the chemistry and analytical methods of detection
of berry bioactive compounds, bioavailability, metabolism and
factors that affect them including individual variability, their
interaction with the gut microbiome, and their role and
mechanism(s) of action on chronic diseases such as cardiovascular
disease, diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome and obesity-induced
inflammation, and cancer as well as neuroprotection and wound
healing. It will be of benefit to scientists conducting research in
the area of berries and their bioactive compounds on health and
disease and for health care professionals, nutritionists,
dietitians and clinical researchers, nutraceutical and natural food
product developers (industry) and food regulators.
Chaucer called it ""spiritual manslaughter""; Barthes and Benjamin
deemed it dangerous linguistic nihilism. But gossip-long derided
and dismissed by writers and intellectuals-is far from frivolous.
In Idle Talk, Deadly Talk, Ana Rodriguez Navas reveals gossip to be
an urgent, utilitarian, and deeply political practice-a means of
staging the narrative tensions, and waging the narrative battles,
that mark Caribbean politics and culture. From the calypso singer's
superficially innocent rhymes to the vicious slanders published in
Trujillo-era gossip columns, words have been weapons, elevating one
person or group at the expense of another. Revising the overly
gendered existing critical frame, Rodriguez Navas argues that
gossip is a fundamentally adversarial practice. Just as whispers
and hearsay corrosively define and surveil identities, they also
empower writers to skirt sanitized, monolithic historical accounts
by weaving alternative versions of their nations' histories from
this self-governing discursive material. Reading recent fiction
from the Hispanic, Anglophone, and Francophone Caribbean and their
diasporas, alongside poetry, song lyrics, journalism, memoirs, and
political essays, Idle Talk, Deadly Talk maps gossip's place in the
Caribbean and reveals its rich possibilities as both literary theme
and narrative device. As a means for mediating contested
narratives, both public and private, gossip emerges as a vital
resource for scholars and writers grappling with the region's
troubled history.
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