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An examination of the role of libraries in the utilization of
knowledge and in enhancing the informed conduct of life
incorporates a review of the goals of library use and library
services.
The Athlete’s Gut is an in-depth look at a system that plagues
many athletes. This guide offers a much-needed resource for
troubleshooting GI problems. The majority of endurance athletes
suffer from some kind of gut problem during training and
competition. Symptoms like nausea, cramping, bloating, side
stitches, and the need to defecate can negatively impact an
athlete’s performance. Why are gut problems so common during
exercise? And what can athletes do to prevent and manage gut
symptoms that occur during training and competition? The
Athlete’s Gut makes sense of the complicated gastrointestinal
tract and offers solutions to the tummy troubles that keep athletes
from enjoying and excelling in their sport. Written by Patrick
Wilson, professor of exercise science and registered dietitian,
this gut guide for athletes combines the latest research on
exercise and the gut with humorous descriptions and relatable
stories. Athletes will better understand the inner workings of
their own gut and will be equipped to make the needed changes to
diet and exercise to perform—and feel—better.
Drawing on a wide range of methodologies, this book documents a
diverse portfolio of religious responses to HIV and AIDS at the
local and global levels in sites from sub-Saharan Africa to New
York City. The volume goes beyond the psychology of religion, which
is often based on how religion is used to cope with illness. It
seeks to examine the role of religious institutions and cultures as
key players in civil society, and to examine not only psychological
factors, but social, cultural, economic and political dimensions of
religious responses to the AIDS epidemic. At times religious
movements have provided powerful forces for community mobilisation
in response to the social vulnerability, economic exclusion and
health problems associated with HIV. In other contexts, religious
cultures have reproduced values and practices that have seriously
impeded more effective approaches to mitigate the epidemic. By
highlighting these complex and sometimes contradictory social
processes, this book provides new insights into the potential for
religious institutions to address the HIV epidemic more
effectively. More broadly, it shows how research can be done on
religion in the area of global public health, showing how civil
society organizations shape opportunities for health promotion: a
crucial and new area of global public health research. This book
was originally published as a special issue of Global Public
Health.
Seeking to fragment any possible source of resistance to Moscow's
authority, Stalin split the Armenian nation between Armenia and
Azerbaijan. When the USSR fell apart, the outlook seemed bleak for
the Nagorno-Karabagh Armenians locked uncomfortably into
Azerbaijan. Random pogroms were followed by systematic ethnic
cleansing. And armed resistance.
Oil-rich Azerbaijan cracked down and a bloody conflict ensued in
which elements of the old Soviet military machine were put to the
test in unexpected ways. Afghan Mujahidin, Chechen terrorists and
missing nuclear weapons all played roles in Nagorno-Karabagh's
struggle to survive.
We've all heard the questions...asked with urgency and genuine
need. 'Does the flu vaccine cause the flu?' 'How do I find a LASIK
surgeon?' 'Will Echinacea treat my daughter's cold?' This new
consumer-focused handy reference volume will give your staff a
reliable, authoritative resource to suggest when patrons come to
you with health questions. Each entry provides a clear,
easy-to-understand explanation of medical conditions and treatment,
and provides critical call-out facts to support better
understanding. In addition, your patrons can use the handy '? Ask
the Experts' information to find additional, authoritative
information and answers to their specific questions. They'll also
discover tips, checklists for questions to ask healthcare
professionals, charts and other easy-access information to address
their specific concerns and provide important background
information as they determine the next appropriate steps for their
care.When it comes to consumer-friendly, reliable health
information and answers, this new reference work is...that's
right...just what the doctor and the librarian ordered!
Geoffrey Gore, educator and inventor, was brought up in an English
country schoolhouse in the early years of the twentieth century.
His childhood was overshadowed by tension in his parents' marriage.
William Gore, a widower, had married a woman twenty years his
junior. When they lost their first child, Constance became
over-protective of her surviving son Geoffrey and made him her
partner in lifelong conflict with her husband.
Both parents possessed considerable strength of character.
William, born in 1853, remained very much a man of the nineteenth
century. Constance was already married when Queen Victoria died,
but she was entirely at home in the twentieth. Her experiences as a
Red Cross VAD nurse during the First World War set the seal on her
emancipation.
The first forty of Geoffrey Gore's eighty years ended with his
service in the Second World War. When he came to write this memoir
for his descendants, he chose to close it at that point.
Lorena Deeming is a successful management consultant married to a
worthless husband. His car turns up with the nude and mutilated
body of a Palestinian woman official in the trunk, but he cannot be
found. Police Lieutenant Mayorga, the Palestinians and the Israeli
Mossad all have an interest in the case when the dead woman
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which
commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out
and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and
impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes
high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using
print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in
1968.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which
commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out
and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and
impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes
high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using
print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in
1968.
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