Human Geography
International in scope and written for Canadians - an authoritative and comprehensive introduction to Human Geography The tenth edition of this bestselling text offers a comprehensive introduction to the discipline's essential concepts and methods. With a well-balanced mix of international and Canadian examples, the text examines the ways in which human behaviour transforms the earth's surface in response to changing social, cultural, political, and environmental factors.
The NotBurger. Meat Substitution by the Use of Methyl Cellulose
Project Report from the year 2022 in the subject Food Technology, grade: 1,3, course: School of Agronomy, language: English, abstract: This paper is about the Chilean company "NotCo" and its product "NotBurger". It deals with the ingredients, the production of vegan meat substitutes and the nutritional values. In addition, the performance of a sensory triangle test is exemplified and its evaluation is discussed. Due to the steady growth of the world's population and increasing wealth in developing countries, the demand for protein is rising. However, it is difficult to meet the demand for protein with animal protein alone. In addition, several customers attach great importance to their well-being and health, so they avoid eating meat for ecological, ethical and social reasons. On the food industry side, a trend is emerging towards the production of plant-based protein-rich products for human consumption. In the first quarter of 2020, sales of meat substitutes in Germany increased by 37% compared to the first quarter of 2019, from just under 14.7 thousand tons to 20 thousand tons. For consumers to opt for the plant-based alternative, these products must mimic the techno-functional and sensory properties of animal products. In recent years, the offer from different manufacturers has increased and vegan sausages, hamburgers or chicken fillets are already widespread. As soy protein is increasingly rejected by consumers due to concerns about rainforest deforestation and genetically modified seeds, the number of products based on pea or wheat protein is increasing. Consumers are also increasingly turning their attention to other ingredients, which is why the trend is moving towards "clean labeling". Here, recipes are adapted so that as many, and ideally all, ingredients as possible can be found in the home kitchen. The aim is to counteract the reputation that substitute products are purely chemical and unhealthy foods. However, substitutes must have the same propertie
Handbook of Settings-Based Health Promotion
This book's central focus is to provide academics, students, policy-makers, and practitioners with a unique insight into a wide variety of perspectives on settings-based health promotion. It offers clarity amidst different interpretations and ideological understandings of what applying a settings-based approach means. Emphasis is given to a salutogenic focus, exploring how the creation of wellbeing and fostering of potential in settings to best enable individuals and populations to flourish implies that the setting itself must be the entry point for health promotion. Building on this, the text explores how the settings approach to health promotion strives for changes in the structure and ethos of the setting - detailing how changes and developments in people's health and health behavior are easier to achieve if health promoters focus on settings rather than solely on individuals. The book comprises 15 chapters organized in three sections: In Part I, Evolution, Foundations and Key Principles of the Settings-Based Approach, the first four chapters present the determinants, theoretical basis, and generic commonalities that are consistent over various settings initiatives and formulate the grounds for the settings-based health promotion approach.In Part II, Applying the Settings-Based Approach to Key Settings, Chapters 5-13 introduce the key settings initiatives - both traditional and non-traditional (new and contemporary) - with their developments and specific features. In Part III, Gaia - The Ultimate Setting for Health Promotion, the last two chapters consider the settings approach in the context of future challenges and explore possible directions for further development.Handbook of Settings-Based Health Promotion has novel information and perspectives on the topic that provide readers with up-to-date specialist knowledge and application of global developments to develop and enhance a common understanding and generate new thinking in relation to contemporary settings. This timely tome will engage the academic community in the fields of health promotion and public health including students, teaching staff, and researchers. Additionally, it is a useful resource for policy-makers and practitioners in these fields.
Epigenome-Wide Association Studies
This volume details features of DNA methylation data, data processing pipelines, quality control measures, data normalization, and to discussions of statistical methods for data analysis, control of confounding and batch effects, and identification of differentially methylated regions. Chapters focus on microarray-based methylation measures and sequence-based measures. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary methodologies and software packages, step-by-step, readily reproducible analysis pipelines, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and cutting-edge, Epigenome- Wide Association Studies: Methods and Protocols: aims to be a useful practical guide to researches to help further their study in this field.
Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health
This book series focuses on current progress in the broad field of medical microbiology, and covers both basic and applied topics related to the study of microbes, their interactions with human and animals, and emerging issues relevant for public health. Original research and review articles present and discuss multidisciplinary findings and developments on various aspects of microbiology, infectious diseases, and their diagnosis, treatment and prevention.The book series publishes review and original research contributions, short reports as well as guest edited thematic book volumes. All contributions will be published online first and collected in book volumes. There are no publication costs.Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health is a subseries of Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, which has been publishing significant contributions in the field for over 30 years and is indexed in Medline, Scopus, EMBASE, BIOSIS, Biological Abstracts, CSA, Biological Sciences and Living Resources (ASFA-1), and Biological Sciences. 2020 Impact Factor: 2.622. 5 Year Impact Factor: 3.049; Cite Score: 3.9;Eigenfactor Score: 0.03583; Article Influence Score: 0.602
ECG Monitoring System for Detection of Arrhythmias and Minimization of Storage Requirements Using Compression Techniques
Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2014 in the subject Medicine - Biomedical Engineering, grade: A, course: PhD, language: English, abstract: The main purpose of the present work is to design and implement a prototype ECG system with wireless links for continuous monitoring of the subject for cardiac related problems. The ECG signal acquired from subject is filtered, digitized, and compressed for wireless communication. The proposed system can be extended, upon interfacing with other devices, for continuous monitoring of other vital parameters of the patient. In automation of the ECG signal analysis, the workload of the medical professionals can be reduced. The automated system provides an alert when critical changes are detected by the system. Concisely stated, ECG of the patient is continuously monitored and deviations from normalcy are detected in real-time. The changes in the ECG could be due to heart attack, fibrillation or arrhythmias. In case of emergency, data is transmitted to a medical practitioner, who in turn can provide necessary directions to take care of the situation. In this manner, as the problems can be detected as and when they occur, the remedial actions are initiated before the problems become serious. The complete ECG diagnostic system includes a low power Instrumentation amplifier, filters, ADC, Microcontroller and ZIGBEE modules. MATLAB / LABVIEW are used for signal analysis and classification. These environments are capable of not only collecting, recording, transmitting, and displaying ECG data on a real time basis but also for analyzing the acquired ECG data in order to detect the cardiac abnormalities. The MIT-BIH database signals were used for validation and evaluation of classification algorithms. In order to reduce the memory requirements for storing the acquired ECG signals, ECG data was compressed. Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) technique was applied for ECG data compression. Here DCT showed good performance with a C
Substance use and creativity
After having gathered and organized information on creativity, pleasure and addictions, we tried to understand the different possible interactions between artistic creativity on the one hand and substance use on the other hand. We have successively studied the possibility that substances develop creativity, that the profession of artist and artistic activities encourage the use of psychoactive substances and finally that both are part of the same process with common roots and functions. We then considered more specifically the possible therapeutic applications and in particular the interest of art-mediated therapies in patients suffering from addiction problems. Even if the studies presented lack scientific rigor, their results seem to go in the direction of a better knowledge, a better expression and a better self-esteem. It would seem relevant to develop new research and to encourage the concrete and valued development of this type of therapy in addiction care facilities.
Obstetrical urogenital fistulas in the hospital of Segou, Mali
A prospective and longitudinal study of 18 months (December 2012 to May 2014), which took place in the department of general surgery of the hospital of Segou on the management of 56 cases of obstetric urogenital fistulas with the objective: to study obstetric urogenital fistulas in the hospital of Segou. The age range of 21 to 30 years was the most represented (41.1%). 41% of the patients contracted the fistula before the age of 20. 64.3% of the patients had a height between 151-160 centimeters. The living environment was conjugal in 69.6% of cases. Fistulas less than one year old constituted 46.4% of the sample. 51.8% of the patients had not received prenatal consultations. 66.1% had a long labor of 24 to 72 hours. 80.4% of the patients delivered in a health facility, by caesarean section in 55.3% of the cases and resulted in stillbirth in 94.6% of the cases. The fistula was type I in 30.4% of the cases, located in a soft vagina in 85.7% of the cases. 62.5% of the patients were at their first surgical repair. The vaginal route was the most commonly used (71.4%). The fistulas were closed and dried in 62.5%.
Assessment of the Epidemiological Approach in Surveillance of Notifiable Diseases in a Selected City in NCR (National Capital Region)
Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2022 in the subject Health - Public Health, grade: 1.25, course: Master in Public Health, language: English, abstract: In the event of the ongoing pandemic, disease surveillance was one of the pillars in prevention of the spread of disease. The COVID-19 pandemic was an eye-opener for the whole world, in which the practice of disease surveillance was reevaluated for improvement. In the Philippines the disease surveillance encompasses the reporting of notifiable diseases which is important in controlling, preventing, and providing a response to the area that is affected by the disease that can possibly to result in death. The objective of this study was to assess the epidemiological approach to surveillance of notifiable diseases in a selected city in NCR. There were one hundred ninety-six (196) respondents or 91% of the sample projection which were coming from different health facilities in the said City. This study emphasizes the importance of the Epidemiological approach in dealing with disease surveillance, which will lead to disease containment and the establishment of an improved and strong epidemiological approach in assessing disease outbreaks. The result of the study will also help to promote the updating of protocols in disease surveillance and disease containment of notifiable diseases in cases of disease outbreaks, epidemics, and even pandemics. The study also provides the current assessment of the epidemiological approach in surveillance of notifiable diseases in a selected city in NCR in times of pandemic, which will provide background for enhancement of the disease surveillance in line with the pandemic situation and infectious diseases that may arise anytime.
The Efficacy Of Herbal Mixtures On Some Bacteria. Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogene
Project Report from the year 2023 in the subject Biology - Micro- and Molecular Biology, grade: 4.27, University Of Abuja (FACULTY OF SCIENCE), course: MICROBIOLOGY, language: English, abstract: This study is on the efficacy of herbal mixtures on some selected bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogene was conducted. The zone diameter of inhibition in millimeter of Aqueous extracts of herbal mixture at concentration of 500 mg/ml against Staphylococcus aureus shows that Herbal mixture met the standard of the antibiotic used as the positive control (Chloramphenicol) with 25.0簣1.0 mm each. Meanwhile Streptococcus pyogene had significant zone diameter of inhibition (24mm against the herbal mixtures) at concentration of 500mg/ml. The extracts of the herbal mixture had the minimum inhibition concentration (MIC) of 200 mg/ml against Staphylococcus aureus and which correlate with the control (Chloramphenicol), while the MIC of 400 mg/ml against Streptococcus pyogene respectively. The Minimum bactericidal concentration of the extracts shows that the herbal mixtures have the least value of 400 mg/ml which correlates with the standard antibiotic (Chloramphenicol) used as control against Streptococcus pyogene. The Herbal mixture had MBC of 400 mg/ml which also correlates with the standard antibiotics drug (Chloramphenicol).
On Airs, Waters, Places
In this valuable treatise, Hippocrates suggested to the traveling physicians to look into the seasons of the year and their effects. He presented the health implications of the winds, the qualities of the waters, and each city's unique setting in the landscape.
Don't Take Away My Adderall!
In our current culture, we are conditioned to turn to pharmaceuticals for every 'ill'-ness, including our emotional conditions. There is a verifiable 'pill for every ill'. However, our emotional disorders are typically chronic, and we are demanding acute chemical interventions from our physicians for our very chronic illness. Such is our demand for immediate gratification regardless of the potentially very hazardous, and even life-threatening, consequences. This book focuses our attention on one popular movement in recent years, namely the ever-increasing demand for stimulants for emotional well-being and performance enhancement. Whereas, the paradoxical response to stimulants in children with true ADHD, which is thought to be protective against misuse, the regular ingestion of substances like Adderall in normal individuals can lead to abuse and life-threatening complications particularly in our older population. This growth in the scope of stimulant use has exploded of late and the cardiovascular risks are beginning to become manifest. This manuscriptessentially acts as a public health announcement. However, no serious public health announcement would be credible unless the individuals making such a bold claim were not credible themselves. The three physician authors of this text have a combined total of more than 80 years of clinical experience in the daily treatment of children, adolescents and adults suffering ADHD as well as the spectrum of addiction misuse.
The Skolnikoff Method
Discover the OFF Formula that allows you to: o Get OFF prescription medicationso Get OFF false and misleading chronic disease management philosophieso Get OFF the blood sugar up and down roller coastero Get OFF the yo yo diets that don't allow you to successfully maintain a healthy weight long term, but instead, to gain weight, lose weight, gain weight, lose weight...o Get OFF the roller coaster of feeling good, feeling bad and just feel good with our proprietary Path To Health and your very own Custom Tailored and Personalized Program o Get OFF the medical insurance-based management cabal Join Dr. Ilya Skolnikoff, international award-winning speaker and best-selling author, as he explores the power of belief, perspective, and effective healthcare, allowing you to experience a more vibrant life and "joie de vivre." This work contrasts and compares traditional western medicine with The Skolnikoff Method, a holistic healthcare system that combines Eastern and Western medicine in a very different and unique way that gets phenomenal clinical results that conventional medicine considers impossible to achieve. Despite the author's strained relationship with his father, a Freudian psychiatrist, both had the skills to perform emotional therapies that produced fantastic clinical results. However, the author's father's patients would often continue to need prescription medications and years of continuing therapy whereas Dr. Ilya Skolnikoff's treatments have allowed his patients to let go of their diseases, medications and symptoms much faster, welcoming in a greater experience of life that can only be achieved with deep and profound healing followed by lasting health. Drawing on insights from his own healing journey and his father's expertise as a Freudian psychiatrist, Dr. Skolnikoff reveals common-sense secrets to good health and how you can pivot, shift, and change your beliefs and daily activities to achieve your health goals. Powerful and practical, The Skolnikoff Method utilizes cutting-edge computer science and pathology alongside time-honored wisdom from Taoism, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, homeopathy, and other fields. This open-ended holistic system of checks and balances delivers dramatic and measurable healing results consistently. With The Skolnikoff Method, you will improve multiple aspects of your life, such as your stamina, energy levels, sleep, mental clarity, happiness, and relationships. Endorsed by renowned doctors and celebrities like Dr. Mehmet Oz and Sylvester Stallone, The Skolnikoff Method and the New Medicine offer scientifically validated relief for your thyroid disease, mood disorder, hormone imbalance, autoimmune disease, leaky gut, or other inflammatory condition. The two books even allow you to use our self-assessments to help you to better understand what is happening with your health to determine your best direction for care, allowing you to experience fast improvements. In the first book we will go over how we are approaching your health challenges differently to get better results faster and in the second book we give you nuts-and-bolts solutions that allow you to carefully plan your healthy lifestyle so you can start feeling better right away and stay feeling better for as long as possible. Get ON Track with the health and life you've always dreamed of and discover your unique health solution. Take the first step toward better health by ordering your copy of The Skolnikoff Method today.
The Day the Science Died
The coronavirus pandemic has hit the nation and the world like a tsunami, so much so that history seems to divide into pre- and post-covid. We have entered a Bizarro World in which all the things that allow us to co-exist as a civilization of intelligent, self-governing men and women-work, school, church, fresh air, outdoor exercise, entrepreneurship, love, friendship, verve, spontaneity, joyous celebration, the human face-have been relentlessly downgraded. We are being asked to give up most of the things that make life worth living-including sovereignty over our own bodies-in exchange for a fantasy of never dying. This transaction deserves perhaps more scrutiny than it has received."A gut-wrenching account of the harms caused by COVID-19 vaccines in diverse populations of healthy people who willingly took these experimental and half-baked jabs. A meticulous documentation of what is wrong with agencies that are supposed to safeguard our health interests and how the system is set up so that it can be easily gamed. Morality and ethics are in name only. The book outlines so many reasons as to why we need a 'reset' for biomedical science and the practice of medicine. A must-read." Aditi Bhargava, Ph.D., Prof. Emeritus, UCSF"No one ever thinks something will happen to them until it does. Harms in medicine often go invisible. I learned long ago the importance of sharing our stories. Not only is it healing, but lets others know they're not alone. Collectively, our stories speak truth to power and can drive change. Never let anyone take your story away from you."Kim Witczak, Global Drug Safety Advocate and FDA Consumer Representative"Kudos to Patrick Hahn for outlining the history of the Covid "vaccine" and how we have been herded like sheep to the slaughter over the past several years by huge, evil corporations. His conclusions echo my own in Cassandra's Memo: Covid and the Global Psychopaths (2022). Do not miss this well-written and exhaustively referenced work if you want to learn the truth." Robert Yoho, M.D., author of Butchered by Healthcare"In this thoroughly researched book, Patrick Hahn sets out the perils of the pandemic and our nation's disastrous policy response-the emergency authorization of the novel, inadequately tested mRNA vaccine. A mesmerizing time-capsule of the vaccine's mass roll-out, Hahn also reveals the hidden human collateral of the vaccine's rushed approval, including his own injuries. Hahn outs the truth in this extraordinary documentation of conflicted interests, censorship, and propaganda ruling the agencies and individuals intended to protect us."Linda Wastila, M.S.P.H., Ph.D, Professor and Endowed Chair, University of Maryland Baltimore
The TRuth about the Gift of Faith
In this insightful and inspiring memoir, Kaye Colello brings to light an experience few parents go through. A disorder that few discuss due to its controversial nature. Colello and her husband's second child was to be a boy, but biologically and chromosomally, her son was really her daughter, their Faith. As parents, they then needed to make a myriad of difficult decisions to ensure the best life for their daughter, from surgery to future medications she will need for the rest of her life. Infused with reflection, honesty, and humor, Colello shares her journey so other parents may know they are not alone in this. About the AuthorKaye Colello is a middle school teacher who has written the curriculum for an anti-bias/diversity class that melds with English. Additionally, she also works with the Anti-Defamation League to be a voice in the community, working with people, understanding them, and listening to each other's stories to help them work through their needs and understandings. She works tirelessly for social justice, equality, diversity, and human rights. Colello's husband Joey is currently wrapping up his lifelong career in management and enjoys working at home on the family farm.Colello's daughters, Ruth and Faith, are grown now. Ruth is currently pursuing her PhD in political science. Faith is a junior and is studying for a degree in Digital Media and Design, with a concentration on game design. She also produces music and works as a singer in her spare time.In her spare time, Colello enjoys teaching hula and performing in public places with her group where she can watch Faith sing.
Introduction to Adaptive Trial Designs and Master Protocols
This practical high-level guidebook offers an in-depth understanding of the newly emerging clinical trial designs in adaptive trial designs and master protocols. Both concise and readable without shying away from technical discussion, the book introduces the most innovative approaches in clinical trial research such as adaptive trial designs, master protocols, platform trial, basket trial, and umbrella trial designs. Featuring a revisionist history of clinical research before moving on to case-study based discussion and practical considerations from collective experience. The book enables readers to understand the strengths and limitations of these novel designs as well as their application to individual areas of research and clinical practice. Supplemented by real-world examples from the recent developments in medical research efficiency instigated by both personalized medicine and high-profile diseases like COVID-19 and cancer. The first book of its kind, it is the go-to resource for medical students and researchers working in clinical trial research.
Imposter Doctors
When you experience a medical emergency, you expect to be treated by a licensed physician with expertise in your condition. What happens when you look up from your hospital gurney to find that the doctor has been replaced by a non-physician practitioner with just a small fraction of the training and experience? From the co-author of Patients at Risk: The Rise of the Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant in Healthcare, the first book to warn of the systematic replacement of physicians, comes Imposter Doctors, an even more frightening expos矇 of patient endangerment at the hands of for-profit corporate entities and healthcare conglomerates. In the two years since Patients at Risk debuted, the employment of non-physician practitioners has continued to skyrocket. While advocates insist that nurse practitioners and physician assistants are 'just as good' as physicians, they are wrong. Despite over fifty years of scientific analysis, there is no conclusive evidence that non-physicians can provide safe and effective medical care without physician oversight. In fact, recent studies have shown the opposite: that the replacement of physicians puts patients at risk. The only cure for today's healthcare crisis is for patients to become informed about who is providing their care. We must all know the difference in clinician education and training, and demand answers from those who would deprive us of physician-led care.
Perinatal Care and Considerations for Survivors of Child Abuse
This edited collection collates research concerning the challenges and opportunities of pregnancy and the postpartum period for perinatal women who are survivors of child abuse. Drawing on empirical findings and theory, this is the first book to identify emerging and topical issues around screening and disclosure and how clinicians and professionals may help to build resilience for child abuse survivors. Pregnancy and the postpartum period present unique challenges and opportunities for clinicians and mental health professionals who may encounter pregnant women with adverse childhood experiences. Challenges include antenatal care considerations for survivors of child abuse such as triggering events that may further traumatize women or result in avoidance behaviours such as failing to engage in routine antenatal care, and other associated adverse outcomes including increased health concerns and, in some cases, prolonged labour and preterm birth. These challenges point to the need for identifying women at risk and providing sensitive care, and this book demonstrates the opportunities which arise through interventions and resilience building.
Red Light Therapy
Red light therapy is a natural and 100% safe treatment that works by emitting special wavelengths that stimulate the mitochondria in cells to produce ATP, which is essential to build collagen. Once the light is absorbed by the skin, it produces light energy which is then converted to cell energy that is responsible for growing fiber cells, tissue & collagen. It increases skin elasticity and helps to naturally rejuvenate. This natural treatment is backed by several scientific studies and has been proven to be effective to treat certain skin conditions and improve overall health. Here are just a few things you will get out of this book: What is Red Light Therapy and whether or not you should use itAll possible benefits of Red Light TherapyInstructions on how to use red light therapy at YOUR OWN HOME10 reasons why you should use Red Light TherapyMost common mistakes while using Red Light TherapyKey Preparation before and during the therapy you need to know aboutMany Many more...In the same way that many people are shifting towards non-invasive, holistic treatments for illness, animal owners are increasingly open to alternative therapies for their beloved pets.Red light therapy works on animals in much the same way that it works on humans. Nearly all forms of life benefit from red and near-infrared light exposure when it is administered in a sustained manner over time.
Caring for Caregivers to Be
Caring for Caregivers to Be provides evidence-based insights and solutions to reduce burnout and improve well-being among medical learners, particularly students and graduate medical trainees. It provides a scoping review of the research related to the well-being of the health care learner and offers a suite of current and emerging tools and strategies believed to reduce medical burnout and foster resilience. Chapters identify the major drivers of both burnout and flourishing and explore the consequences of sub-optimal well-being for performance and patient care. The volume ends with practical considerations that medical education leaders can use for solutions-based well-being program development and tips for medical learners seeking to improve their own well-being within a professional environment. Caring for Caregivers to Be is the comprehensive guide to promoting the development of a resilient and professionally fulfilled physician workforce.
Beta-Lactam Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacteria
This timely book discusses antimicrobial drug resistance, specifically, the resistance against the beta-lactam class of antibiotics by Gram-Negative bacteria. The book is broadly divided into five sections. The first section describes the underlying mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in Gram-negative bacteria. It gives an insight into the beta-lactamases, their types, classification, inhibitors, etc. The second section delves deep into the genetic basis of resistance. It talks about transposons, integrons, insertion sequences associated with antibiotic-resistant genes. The next section describes phenotypic and molecular methods to detect beta-lactam resistance. The fourth section talks about the epidemiology and prevalence of beta-lactamases in the environment. The last section of the book describes the various therapeutic options to combat this growing public threat of antimicrobial resistance. It talks about the current reserve drugs, as well as the newer antibiotic agents that are in the pipeline. This book is essential for clinical practitioners, students, and researchers in basic and medical microbiology.
Pulmonary Function Test Changes in Post Covid-19 Subjects
Corona viruses are a large family of viruses that are known to cause illnesses ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and severe acute respiratory syndrome. The present study was done to analyze data of Pulmonary Function Test changes seen in Forced Vital Capacity, Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second and ratio of FVC/FEV1 post covid-19 subjects in Parul Sevashram Hospital Vadodara. Male and female post-COVID-19 subjects between the age group 18-40 are considered for our study.From the study of 150 subjects 50 were excluded and 100 subjects were taken for our study. Restrictive lung conditions were considered for our study. Both males and females were included.PFT data were taken with the help of the Standard Gold Scale. The results show that there are significant changes seen in the Pulmonary Function Test in 100 post COVID-19 subjects.
The Malleable Body
This invaluable study reveals how practices for treating the loss of limbs in early modern Germany transformed western medicine. From amputations to mechanical arms, surgical and artisanal interventions forged a growing perception, fundamental to biomedicine today, that humans could alter the body-that it was malleable.
My Health Manager(c)
Effortlessly compile your personal health history and stay organized for health appointments with this easy-to-use medical log book.Specially designed by registered nurse Katrina Mulberry, BScN, this ultimate health tracker and log book offers you a practical place to record your personal health details, your family health history, and your latest check-up results.My Health Manager(TM)(c) compiles all of your key medical information into one easy-to-use reference book. This can prevent your medical history getting lost in a physician's data system, and gives a peace of mind that comes with having a clear record of your allergies, screening results, medications, and vital signs and more.Book details: Quick Access To Your Medical Diagnoses, Allergies, Medications, Vitals, Screening Results & BeyondGreat For Recording Eye Care, Dental Care, Hearing Tests, Immunizations, Surgeries & MoreTrack Your Family's Health History For Early Diagnosis & Make Physicians Aware of Pre-Existing Conditions or Possible Drug InteractionsSuitable For Adults, Children, Seniors, Caregivers & Healthcare ProfessionalsPerfect for anyone who wants to build a comprehensive overview of their family's health, or if you want to make sure you're prepared in case of a medical emergency, the My Health Manager(TM)(c) makes it simple to give doctors, nurses & other healthcare professionals a complete overview of your medical history, so together, you can make informed choices for your long-term wellbeing.
Baby Wipes Pampers
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Neuroliterature 2 Biography, Semiology, Miscellany
Neuroliterature 2 Biography, Semiology, Miscellany gathers occasional and more substantive pieces written around the theme of medical history in the 17th 18th and 19th centuries including biographical pieces, considerations of the semiology of terms used in clinical medicine, and a miscellany of pieces on related medical topics. It will be of interest to those who are interested in literary portrayals of neurological disorders and builds upon and supplements Andrew Larner's previous volume (Neuroliterature. Patients, Doctors, Diseases. Literary perspectives on disorders of the nervous system) published in 2019.
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Integrated End of Life Care in Dementia
Dementia is a life-limiting illness that involves cognitive impairment and a declining level of functioning in affected patients. Over 55 million individuals worldwide live with dementia and this number is expected to rise due to increase of the aging population. Despite its prevalence, dementia is not a part of normal aging and can be challenging to manage. There is a need for individualized care to manage this complex illness. Integrated palliative care in dementia is a multidisciplinary approach that can help to address the needs of this population and maximize quality of life for the affected population. This book outlines the benefits of palliative care in dementia, and discusses important concepts not to be overlooked while caring for these patients such as advance care planning, pain and symptom management, prognostication, polypharmacy, existent models of palliative care, challenges that patients and caregivers face during illness trajectory, and much more.
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Principles of early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
One of the important problems of modern neurology is the study of dementia. The increase in the number of older people and the change in their age index has led to an increase in the number of older people with cognitive impairment and dementia. Studies show that the cause of memory loss in people over 65 is Alzheimer's disease (AD). Until now, complete information about the cause and course of Alzheimer's disease has not been provided. The accuracy of diagnosis is low in the early stages of the disease, especially in the pre-clinical stages.
Neurophysiological characterization of chemically induced neuropathies
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a common complication. These chemotherapies for which patients present symptoms in the short term are most often the platinum derivatives (PD) and Taxanes. The neurotoxicity of these molecules has long been reported. Their indications are often similar. However, it would appear that their neurotoxic effects would not have the same weight chronologically. This is what we have tried to explain in this book in order to better guide the clinician in his management.
Finding Meaning In Work
An accomplished physician and medical educator looks back across his professional life, realizing that finding meaning was the key to happiness. Using his poetry, essays, and technical medical reports as mileposts along the journey, he makes the case that a true generalist takes on each new challenge with a search for meaning. From the start of family centered obstetrics through design of the international space station and covering rural practices producing remarkable stories, opportunities found him that provided meaning at every turn. His perspectives on medical practice and the importance of faith, hope, empathy and curiosity are truly timeless. His essays written early in this century still ring true, and contain important lessons for those making health systems decisions today. From the setting of a free clinic to an inpatient locked psychiatry unit, his patients both provide and accept forgiveness. This book is good reading for anyone seeking meaning in work.
Principal Infectious Diseases of Childhood, 2nd Edition
This authoritative handbook, with its clear, concise descriptions of the important features of many common infectious diseases, will serve as a valuable guide for medical students and physicians in general paediatric practice. The authors' aim throughout has been to provide details of the usual clinical picture, the management, and the preventive or control measures widely accepted in these common infections. Tey have emphasized differential diagnosis, comparing the principal infectious diseases, particularly those with a specific rash, to other diseases with similar features, in an effort to clarify some of the essential differential diagnostic points in these diseases.Dr. Anglin and Dr. Shusterman have collaborated with Dr. Silverthorne in preparing this revision, which contains important new sections on virus infections and on ocular diseases.When the first edition of this book was published in 1958, Acta Paediatrica wrote: 'Dr. Silverthorne...has intended this concise but complete volume for the use of medical students and general practitioners. Compact in its format, and easily read, it will make a useful and valuable addition to any medical library....Particular mention should be made of the section dealing with infections in the newborn period. This rather large area is admirably well condensed, and the important points in diagnosis and management are forcefully brought out. Although not intended as a textbook it should prove exceedingly useful as a guide to the physician who daily sees the conditions which comprise its contents."
Neural Integration of Physiological Mechanisms and Behaviour
Physiology, unlike most biological sciences, is characterized less by methods of study than by its goal, the understanding of the complex interactions at the cellular and organismic levels. Ever since Claude Bernard's introduction of the concept of homeostasis as a basic principle of survival, biological scientists have attempted to integrate mechanisms characteristic of organs and systems to explain the overall functioning of the whole animal. This book is dedicated to the memory of the distinguished Canadian physiology J.A.F. Stevenson, who maintained in his teaching and research activities a holistic approach to the study of physiological regulations and life processes. Two of the book's introductory essays are tributes by men who remember James Stevenson as a scientist and as a friend. The third gives a sketch of early studies of physiological regulations. The twenty-four remaining articles serve as examples of integrated physiological regulations with special attention paid to the role of the hypothalamus and limbic systems. Extensive reviews of the anatomical and chemical foundations of neural systems controlling vegetative functions and behaviour, and several articles dealing with aspects of neural and endocrine control of energy and water balance, are highlights of this volume. It also deals with central control of the respiratory system, pituitary hormones, body temperature, growth, and sexual behaviour. The final chapter presents the clinical correlates of disturbed physiological regulations as seen in human pathological conditions associated with hypothalamic and limbic lesions. Because of its intrinsically multidisciplinary nature this book should appeal to a wide variety of readers, including physiologists, anatomists, experimental neurologists, physiological psychologists, psychiatrists and neurosurgeons.
Diagnostic Ultrasound Topics
Study plans and programs are designed according to the technological development of the Imaging area, guaranteeing the adequate bibliography. The proposal was designed for undergraduate and graduate students. The proposal provides future Imaging Technologists with the technical work algorithm applicable to ultrasonographic procedures, with a complete description of the technique and an appropriate technological language for professionals to deepen their knowledge of the subject. The proposal also serves as a support material that provides scientificity in the application of the diagnostic method for obtaining images with optimal quality, and in turn enhances the role played by technologists in the quality of services provided to the population. The proposed text contains 16 chapters and a gallery of images that help the user to learn.
Covid
COVID-19 outbreak has become a worldwide pandemic. This book "CO-VI-D: Viruses/Vaccines" provides new and unique approach to the discussion of viruses and vaccines in the recent advent of Corona virus. COVID-19 disease is a novel viral disease that was first identified in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced its official name, Coronavirus disease 2019, abbreviated as COVID-19; 'CO' stands for 'Corona', 'VI' stands for 'Virus', and 'D' stands for 'Disease'. Globally, more than 10 million people are reported to be infected by COVID-19 (WHO Coronavirus Disease Dashboard, 2020). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, USA, 2020) (provided guidelines on how to reduce the risk of infection. It has been discovered that some people get really very sick and die, whereas to some people nothing happens even though they test positive for the virus. Through this book, we intend to explore etiology, development, and treatment of the COVID-19 disease. The specific topics will give details that could help in understanding symptoms, immunity, worldwide spread and treatments so that we could beat this invisible dangerous beast, the COVID-19.
Compound Remedies
Compound Remedies examines the equipment, books, and remedies of colonial Mexico City's Herrera pharmacy--natural substances with known healing powers that formed part of the basis for modern-day healing traditions and home remedies in Mexico. Paula S. De Vos traces the evolution of the Galenic pharmaceutical tradition from its foundations in ancient Greece to the physician-philosophers of medieval Islamic empires and the Latin West and eventually through the Spanish Empire to Mexico, offering a global history of the transmission of these materials, knowledges, and techniques. Her detailed inventory of the Herrera pharmacy reveals the many layers of this tradition and how it developed over centuries, providing new perspectives and insight into the development of Western science and medicine: its varied origins, its engagement with and inclusion of multiple knowledge traditions, the ways in which these traditions moved and circulated in relation to imperialism, and its long-term continuities and dramatic transformations. De Vos ultimately reveals the great significance of pharmacy, and of artisanal pursuits more generally, as a cornerstone of ancient, medieval, and early modern epistemologies and philosophies of nature.
The Other AI
We begin life on an inhalation and end life on an exhalation. Every breath in between is a gift: use them wisely. Discover your superpower, attentional intelligence, so that you can live your life well and make each breath count.
Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a disorder that destructs brain functions and results in severe cognitive and emotional disturbances. It is a common reason for mortality and morbidity of human beings globally. Recent researches indicated that the transplanted mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can migrate and accommodate into the injured brain sites to contribute in the healing of the damaged brain tissue. The underlying mechanisms behind the action of MSCs are the anti- apoptotic and anti-inflammatory properties of these cells beside their ability to release neurotrophic and angiogenic factors. On the other hand, the poor target engagement of TBI delivered therapeutics has extended the opportunities of nanoparticle (NP)-based approaches to improve site-specific drug delivery and bioavailability. The therapeutic strategies via NP delivery system showed promise in exhibiting neuroprotective effect, reducing neurovascular unit disruption and preventing the expansion of biochemical perturbations to the adjacent healthy brain. This book will mainly discuss the updates about the latest therapeutic modalities for TBI hoping to set evidence for treatment of this disorder.
Biomarkers of Radiation in the Environment
This proceedings volume results from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on 'Biomarkers of Radiation in the Environment: Robust Tools for Risk Assessment (BRITE)'. The BRITE workshop discussed insights from cancer research, epigenetics, non-human and human risk assessment, since many of the state-of-the-art biomarkers being developed for humans deserve consideration for environmental applications and vice versa. Sessions were very wide-ranging covering methods, mechanisms, cross disciplinary application and regulation.The chapters in this book have been grouped into five major themes that were covered by the BRITE workshop: - Techniques for biomarker development- Low-dose effect mechanisms- Biomarkers for risk evaluation- Biomarkers in wildlife- Biomarker use and responses Each chapter has been written independently and reflects the views of the chapter author(s). Therefore, the readers can form their own balanced view of the different perspectives on biomarkers of radiation in the environment. Given the breadth of topics covered and the state-of-the-art perspectives shared by leading experts in their respective fields, this book should form a valuable resource for anyone with an interest in how biomarkers can be used to improve our understanding of radiation in the environment and its potential impacts.
Thomas Percival's Medical Ethics and the Invention of Medical Professionalism
This book provides the first comprehensive, historically based, philosophical interpretations of two texts of Thomas Percival's professional ethics in medicine set in the context of his intellectual biography. Preceded by his privately published and circulated Medical Jurisprudence of 1794, Thomas Percival (1740-1804) published Medical Ethics in 1803, the first book thus titled in the global histories of medicine and medical ethics. From his days as a student at the Warrington Academy and the medical schools of the universities of Edinburgh and Leyden, Percival steeped himself in the scientific method of Francis Bacon (1561-1626). McCullough shows how Percival became a Baconian moral scientist committed to Baconian deism and Dissent. Percival also drew on and significantly expanded the work of his predecessor in professional ethics in medicine, John Gregory (1724-1773). The result is that Percival should be credited with co-inventing professionalism in medicine with Gregory. To aid and encourage future scholarship, this book brings together the first time three essential Percival texts, Medical Jurisprudence, Medical Ethics, and Extracts from the Medical Ethics of Dr. Percival of 1823, the bridge from Medical Ethics to the 1847 Code of Medical Ethics on the American Medical Association. To support comparative reading, this book provides concordances of Medical Jurisprudence to Medical Ethics and of Medical Ethics to Extracts. Finally, this book includes the first Chronology of Percival's life and works.
Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare, MobiHealth 2022, held in November 30 - December 2, 2022, Via Virtual. The 28 full papers, 1 Demo paper and 1 Poster paper of MobiHealth 2022 were carefully selected from 75 submissions and present science and technology aspects in the field of wireless communication, mobile computing and healthcare applications. The conference papers are organized in topical sections on Biomedical, and Health Informatics, Health Information Systems, Medical, Communications and Networking, Signal/Data Processing and Computing For Health Systems.
Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development
"The moral and intellectual wealth of a nation largely consists in the multifarious variety of the gifts of the men who compose it . . ." -Sir Francis Galton, Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development (1907) by Francis Galton is a landmark work in the field of anthropology. In it, Galton coined the term "eugenics," arguing for a selection system of euthanasia based on a classification of humans. To that end, this book discusses the many differences among humans that can be identified, including physical features, emotions, psychology, character, criminality, gregarious and slavish natures, intellectual differences, mental imagery, the history of twins, and race, among others. This is the 1907 edition updated by the author of the original classic first published in 1883.
Evaluation of medical device sterilization processes and
The hospital is the ultimate care facility. However, there is a risk that the patient may acquire a nosocomial infection. In the context of the prevention of this type of infectious risk, sterilization holds a primordial place. Our study aims to evaluate Good Sterilization Practices (G.S.P.) in relation to standards in hospitals in Mali and Senegal. It will enable us to make recommendations for improving sterilization procedures. This work is part of the Master's program in Hospital and Community Pharmacy at Cheick Anta Diop University in Dakar. In the study, we present the problem of sterilization of medical devices and operating fields in hospitals and we make proposals for reorganizing the field in the structures studied.
Exocrinology
This is the first textbook solely dedicated to the study of exocrine glands and cells throughout the human body. Students will gain a broad overview of the whole exocrine system, it's structural features and learn to understand it's integral parts in almost all bodily functions. Taking a systemic approach, the author guides readers through the different organ sites, shapes, methods of secretion and their secretory products. Starting with the glands of the integument, which is covering the outside of the body, the chapters proceed to also discuss the urinary tract, respiratory, digestive and reproductive systems. Various levels of complexity, from single goblet cells to the major organs, are thoroughly explained. A basic knowledge in histology is advantageous, for the numerous and rich illustrations. With its inviting writing style, this textbook is a perfect learning tool for students in Physiology and Medicine - particularly considering Dentistry, Dermatology, Gastroenterology and Pulmonology.
The Rosetta Stone of the Human Mind
The study of the brain-mind complex has been hampered by the dichotomy between objective biological neuroscience and subjective psychological science, based on speculative topographic models and psychodynamics formulations. These antithetical avenues of research have evolved into a polarization of neuroscience, which is partly responsible for the failure to unravel the transformation of neural events into mental images: how matter becomes imagination, and vice versa. The Rosetta Stone of the Human Mind: Three Languages to Integrate Neurobiology and Psychology presents a new theoretical model "translating" between biological neuroscience principles and psychological science, using a third language: nonlinear physics and mathematics. Simultaneous use of the two approaches can enrich understanding of the neural and mental realms, and add new dimensions to our perception of neuropsychological events. Awareness and application of these perspectives can help in getting a deeper theoretical grasp on major mental events, better understanding single minds, and a more integrated therapeutic intervention.
Death And Anti-Death, Volume 20
Volume 20 (236 pages) is in honor of Gerard K. O'Neill (1927-1992). One question Dr. O'Neill attempted to answer was "Is the surface of a planet really the right place for an expanding technological civilization?" Eight of the thirteen chapters are related to this question (or to Dr. O'Neill). Five of the thirteen chapters are related to other important topics. The anthology's chapters (by professional philosophers and other scholars and professionals) are directed to issues related to death, life extension, and anti-death, broadly construed. The contributions consist of relevant reprints as well as scholarship unique to this volume. As was the case with all previous volumes in the Death And Anti-Death Series By Ria University Press, the anthology includes an Abstracts section that serves as an extended table of contents. (part 1 of 2) CHAPTER ONE Future Space Programs - 9 August 1975 (Congressional Statement By Asimov) By Isaac Asimov; CHAPTER TWO Images Of Gerry: The Enduring Personae Of Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill By Emily Carney; CHAPTER THREE Peace From On High By Joe Haldeman; CHAPTER FOUR Space Colonization And Energy Supply To Earth by Gerard K. O'Neill; CHAPTER FIVE Outer Space Treaty Of 1967 By The States Parties To The Outer Space Treaty Of 1967; CHAPTER SIX Death - The Extinction Of The Individual And Its Consequences For Civilization By John Strickland Jr.; CHAPTER SEVEN Future Space Programs - 26 January 1978 (Congressional Statement By Tandy) By Charles Tandy; CHAPTER EIGHT You Have A Duty To Migrate Off-Planet . . . (From Blue Origin To Green Destiny: Gerard K. O'Neill And Planetary Crises) By Charles Tandy; (part 2 of 2) CHAPTER NINE Biology, Buddhism, And AI: Care As The Driver Of Intelligence by Thomas Doctor, Olaf Witkowski, Elizaveta Solomonova, Bill Duane, and Michael Levin; CHAPTER TEN A Mathematical Model Of Infinite Survival by R. Michael Perry; CHAPTER ELEVEN So Help Me Hannah (An Essay On Commitment) by Bennett Rutledge; CHAPTER TWELVE The 2021 Forward Party Morphed In 2022 Into - Into What? by Charles Tandy; CHAPTER THIRTEEN "Death In Damascus" Solution To The Fermi Paradox by Alexey Turchin and Roman Yampolskiy.
Live Like Nobody Is Watching
Respect for patient autonomy and data privacy are generally accepted as foundational western bioethical values. Nonetheless, as our society embraces expanding forms of personal and health monitoring, particularly in the context of an aging population and the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases, questions abound about how artificial intelligence (AI) may change the way we define or understand what it means to live a free and healthy life. Who should have access to our health and recreational data and for what purpose? How can we find a balance between users' physical safety and their autonomy? Should we allow individuals to forgo continuous health monitoring, even if such monitoring may minimize injury risks and confer health and societal benefits? Would being continuously watched by connected devices ironically render patients more isolated and their data more exposed than ever? Drawing on different use cases of AI health monitoring, this book explores the socio-relational contexts that frame the promotion of AI health monitoring, as well as the potential consequences of such monitoring for people's autonomy. It argues that the evaluation, design, and implementation of AI health monitoring should be guided by a relational conception of autonomy, which addresses both people's capacity to exercise their agency and broader issues of power asymmetry and social justice. It explores how interpersonal and socio-systemic conditions shape the cultural meanings of personal responsibility, healthy living and aging, trust, and caregiving. These norms in turn structure the ethical space within which expectations regarding predictive analytics, risk tolerance, privacy, self-care, and trust relationships are expressed. Through an analysis of home health monitoring for older and disabled adults, direct-to-consumer health monitoring devices, and medication adherence monitoring, this book proposes ethical strategies at both the professional and systemic levels that can help preserve and promote people's relational autonomy in the digital era.
