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Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System, the fifth volume in The
Autonomic Nervous System book series, is a description of the
disorders which give rise to autonomic failure and orthostatic
hypotension. Each chapter is prepared by an international authority
in the diagnosis and treatment of that disorder. The language and
terminology are clear enough to promote understanding of the
clinical problems and the underlying concepts of basic science. The
most recent data, especially that derived from molecular biology,
is included in the discussions of relevant diseases. Hence, the
volume provides an unparalleled source of information about this
area of medicine and will be helpful not just to practising
clinicians but also to basic scientists researching in the field
who need to familiarize themselves with the clinical problems.
The 2000 edition of this long running and highly respected series,
contains the best papers from the Ergonomics Society Annual
Conference in 2000. The individual papers provide insight into
current practice, presents new research findings, and forms an
invaluable reference source.
In addition to mainstream ergonomists and human factors
specialists, Contemporary Ergonomics 2000 will appeal to all those
who have an interest in peoples' interaction with their working and
leisure environment - including designers, manufacturing and
production engineers, health and safety specialists, occupational,
applied and industrial psychologists and applied physiologists.
This is a composition of papers presented at the Annual Conference
of the Ergonomics Society. Featured is a broad spectrum of research
from many of the leading specialists in fields including consumer
ergonomics and organization ergonomics.
What is this called 'ergonomics'? For over ten years this question
has been answered by the books which comprise our series
Contemporary Ergonomics. Contemporary Ergonomics are the
proceedings of the Annual Conferences of the Ergonomics Society.
Comprehensively covering the wide range of topics that ergonomics
embraces, the papers provide insights into current practice as well
as presenting new research findings and are a valuable source of
references. This volume of Contemporary Ergonomics contains a short
summary of the Donald Broadbent Memorial Address, a Keynote Address
and over 90 papers given at the 1996 Annual Conference of the
Ergonomics Society held at the University of Leicester in April
1996.
The study of Burkitt's lymphoma is now in its 6 decade beginning
with its discovery by Dr. Dennis Burkitt in equatorial Africa in
the mid to late 1950's. A large body of information is available
which provides a current understanding of the underlying molecular
changes that are linked to the initiation and development of
Burkitt's lymphoma. This proposed volume will provide a
comprehensive view of Burkitt's Lymphoma from the diagnosis to
potential animal models for this disease and include a view from
physicians who have a up close view of the patients in populations
where the disease is rampant. We expect that this will be an
excellent resource for Medical students and faculty as well as
educated laypersons who have a person interest in the disease.
The acknowledgment that viruses are potent biological factors in
driving many cancers have seen a dramatic upsurge in recent years
in large part to the success of the human papilloma virus vaccine
against invasive cervical carcinomas and followed by the awarding
of the noble prize in medicine in 2008 to Dr. Harald zurHausen who
identified the link between papilloma virus and cervical cancers.
Over the last few years there have been some volumes addressing
different aspects of viruses and cancers and to some extent
focusing on the DNA viruses, more specifically the human DNA
viruses. This proposed volume will attempt to review and address
the major gaps in current knowledge in DNA viruses as well as RNA
viruses bringing a historical perspective of where studies began to
a more recent molecular approach and vaccine successes in tumor
viruses. We will also cover other known oncogenic viruses
associated cancers in other mammals in addition to humans.
Future Directions in Infant Development Research bears wit- ness to
the significant shifts that have occurred in infancy research in
the recent past. While fundamental issues have tended to remain the
same, the emphasis and ways of address- ing these issues have
changed. This book is the first step toward a much richer and
fuller understanding of infant development.
The 2000 edition of this long running and highly respected series,
contains the best papers from the Ergonomics Society Annual
Conference in 2000. The individual papers provide insight into
current practice, presents new research findings, and forms an
invaluable reference source. In addition to mainstream ergonomists
and human factors specialists, Contemporary Ergonomics 2000 will
appeal to all those who have an interest in peoples' interaction
with their working and leisure environment - including designers,
manufacturing and production engineers, health and safety
specialists, occupational, applied and industrial psychologists and
applied physiologists.
The acknowledgment that viruses are potent biological factors in
driving many cancers have seen a dramatic upsurge in recent years
in large part to the success of the human papilloma virus vaccine
against invasive cervical carcinomas and followed by the awarding
of the noble prize in medicine in 2008 to Dr. Harald zurHausen who
identified the link between papilloma virus and cervical cancers.
Over the last few years there have been some volumes addressing
different aspects of viruses and cancers and to some extent
focusing on the DNA viruses, more specifically the human DNA
viruses. This proposed volume will attempt to review and address
the major gaps in current knowledge in DNA viruses as well as RNA
viruses bringing a historical perspective of where studies began to
a more recent molecular approach and vaccine successes in tumor
viruses. We will also cover other known oncogenic viruses
associated cancers in other mammals in addition to humans.
The study of Burkitt's lymphoma is now in its 6 decade beginning
with its discovery by Dr. Dennis Burkitt in equatorial Africa in
the mid to late 1950's. A large body of information is available
which provides a current understanding of the underlying molecular
changes that are linked to the initiation and development of
Burkitt's lymphoma. This proposed volume will provide a
comprehensive view of Burkitt's Lymphoma from the diagnosis to
potential animal models for this disease and include a view from
physicians who have a up close view of the patients in populations
where the disease is rampant. We expect that this will be an
excellent resource for Medical students and faculty as well as
educated laypersons who have a person interest in the disease.
Research on injuries is a high priority to inform public policy
that reduces deaths, hospitalizations and associated costs.
Principles for research design and analysis of injury incidence and
severity are emphasized. Review of extant surveillance data reveals
numerous flaws that must be changed to increase usefulness of the
data. Research designs of studies of injury causation and
evaluation of countermeasures are often inappropriate and mislead
analytic and injury control efforts. Appendices to chapters
illustrate research projects that influenced public policy
affecting the reduction of motor vehicle fatalities per population
by half in the U.S. The principles illustrated by these studies can
be applied to other types of injury.
This book ventures into a new and exciting area of discovery that
directly ties our current knowledge of cancer to the discovery of
microorganisms associated with different types of cancers. Recent
studies demonstrate that microorganisms are directly linked to the
establishment of cancers and that they can also contribute to the
initiation, as well as persistence of, the cancers. Microbiome and
Cancer covers the current knowledge of microbiome and its
association with human cancers. It provides important reading for
novices, senior undergraduates in cancer and microbiology, graduate
students, junior investigators, residents, fellows and established
investigators in the fields of cancer and microbiology. We cover
areas related to known, broad concepts in microbiology and how they
can relate to the ongoing discoveries of the micro-environment and
the changes in the metabolic and physiologic states in that
micro-environment, which are important for the ongoing nurturing
and survival of the poly-microbial content that dictates activities
in that micro-environment. We cover the interactions of
microorganisms associated with gastric carcinomas, which are
important for driving this particular cancer. Additional areas
include oral cancers, skin cancers, ovarian cancers, breast
cancers, nasopharyngeal cancers, lung cancers, mesotheliomas,
Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, glioblastoma multiforme,
hepatocellular carcinomas, as well as the inflammatory response
related to the infectious agents in cancers. This book covers the
metabolic changes that occur because of infection and their support
for development of cancers, chronic infection and development of
therapeutic strategies for detection and control of the infection.
The field of microbiome research has exploded over the last five
years, and we are now understanding more and more about the context
in which microorganisms can contribute to the onset of cancers in
humans. The field of microbiome research has demonstrated that the
human body has specific biomes for tissues and that changes in
these biomes at the specific organ sites can result in disease.
These changes can result in dramatic differences in metabolic
shifts that, together with genetic mutations, will produce the
perfect niche for establishment of the particular infection
programmes in that organ site. We are just beginning to understand
what those changes are and how they influence the disease state.
Overall, we hope to bring together the varying degrees of
fluctuations in the microbiome at the major organ sites and how
these changes affect the normal cellular processes because of
dysregulation, leading to proliferation of the associated tissues.
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