Auteur: Lowell T. Duncan

The objective of the first chapter is to explain fertility preservation decisions as related to reproductive-aged cancer patients’ experiences and desires for future fertility. The second chapter dis …

The aim of the opening chapter of Advances in Health and Disease. Volume 11 is to provide evidence on the indicators of fluid distribution and cellular integrity evaluated by nioelectrical impedance …

The opening chapter of Advances in Health and Disease. Volume 12 suggests that antiviral treatments and drug resistance requires further research. Likewise, there is a necessity for research based on …

Advances in Health and Disease. Volume 13 begins by examining how lipid abnormalities in chronic kidney disease attract continuous attention due to their unclear involvement in chronic kidney disease …

Advances in Health and Disease. Volume 15 explores the current knowledge relating extracellular calreticulin to human pathologies, focusing on cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematos …

Bariatric surgery (BS) is a set of effective surgical procedures used for weight reduction and improvement of insulin sensitivity in morbidly obese patients, in comparison with non-invasive technique …

In the first chapter, Ahmed Marroki and Leila Bousmaha-Marroki provide an overview on Lactic Acid Bacteria, along with non-lab probiotics strains, in dairy products in order to determine their benefi …

In this compilation, the authors begin by examining the correlation between stress tolerance, metabolism, and energy balance using insects as model systems and demonstrate how in recent years, we hav …

In Advances in Health and Disease. Volume 4, the authors open by reflecting on the potential advantages and challenges of the focus group technique in health services research, based on a study condu …

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The different anticoagulant drugs used both in the treatment and prevention of deep venous thrombosis can cause several adverse effects. The most significant complication is bleeding. In Advances in …

Throughout history, humans have consumed wheat simply to obtain energy from its starch and protein. In recent years, however, additional health-related benefits to wheat consumption have been discove …

In this compilation, the authors propose that strength training is a fundamental part of the aging process to maintain the functionality which is affected in the elderly stage of life. Mode circuit a …

Advances in Health and Disease. Volume 14 opens with a chapter on Zika Virus, a ribonucleic acid virus of the Flaviviridae family, genus Flavivirus, Spondweni group, Zika species, isolated for the fi …

Obesity worldwide represents a public health problem, compromising life expectancy in children and adolescents, and has been associated with mortality and a higher risk of developing non-alcoholic fa …

The availability of bovine genome sequences has opened new research avenues for cattle biodiversity and diseases. Cattle also have a critical role in climate change, land degradation and water shorta …

The theory presented in the book deals with methodological and mathematical foundations of control in organizations. It extends the traditional approach of management science by introducing the optim …

"Essays on Regulatory Governance", is an ambitious study of the regulatory state and represents a timely and apposite analysis. It incisively analyzes the regulatory top-down regimes that a …

Since coins are more durable than notes and do not need replacement as often, many countries have replaced lower-denomination notes with coins to obtain a financial benefit, among other reasons. Six …

This book examines the most recent developments, analysis and research concerning taxation in the United States. Topics discussed in this compilation include the constitutionality of retroactive tax …

The deaths of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other U.S. personnel in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, along with attacks on U.S. embassies in Egypt, Sudan, Tunisia, and Yemen, have d …

Budgeting for the federal government is an enormously complex process. It entails dozens of subprocesses, countless rules and procedures, the efforts of tens of thousands of staff persons in the exec …

This book introduces the main steps through which a bill (or other item of business) may travel in the legislative process–from introduction to committee and floor consideration to possible presiden …

Ascites is a pathological accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity. Clinical manifestations largely depend on the volume accumulated, so ascites may present as a radiological finding or as an e …

Advances in Health and Disease. Volume 25 first offers nurses, emergency-care doctors, psychiatrists, and other personnel involved in the multidisciplinary assessment, management and treatment of int …

This edited volume includes seven chapters, each of which details a recent scientific advancement in health and disease. Chapter One describes polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and elaborates various …

This edited volume includes six chapters detailing recent advancements in health and disease. Chapter One describes the set-up and characteristics of various endoscopic submucosal dissection devices. …

This compilation discusses Aspergillus species, important infectious agents in transplant recipients with high morbidity and mortality rates. Aspergillus fumigatus is the most frequently isolated spe …

This compilation reviews the current knowledge on tick-borne diseases in Southeast Asia and identifies the gaps in information that will direct future investigations. Following this, the effects of m …

This compilation begins by exploring some socio-anthropological aspects of hypertension, namely the disparity between medical and patients’ understanding of the disease and how this difference affect …

This volume comprises 9 chapters, each concerning a recent advancement in health and disease. Chapter 1 critically appraises the current literature related to pediatric obesity and asthma, summarizes …

"Advances in Health and Disease – Volume 36" focuses on the latest research on medicine and health. The chapters cover managing kidney disease in gout; vancomycin encapsulated in nanocarrie …

This volume presents eight chapters, each focused on a particular topic in health and disease. Chapter One reviews the mechanism of action and clinical evidence available on the effect of sodium-gluc …

This compilation contains eight chapters, each presenting a unique perspective on issues relating to health and disease. Chapter One describes the use of the newly invented technique called acupunctu …

This book is comprised of eight chapters, each of which describes a recent advancement in the field of health and disease. Chapter One discusses the opportunities created by technological advancement …

This monograph consists of eight chapters that provide updates in the field of health and disease. Chapter One describes orthostatic hypotension, a geriatric syndrome caused by postural blood pressur …

This book consists of eleven chapters, each of which provide details on recent advancements in the field of health and disease. Chapter One deals with cytomegalovirus infections and the gastrointesti …

In this edited volume, updates in the field of health and disease are presented. Chapter One studies the incidence of hearing loss in patients with congenital cytomegalovirus infections. Chapter Two …

Sickle cell disease is one of the most common monogenic diseases globally, and the first disease where the genetic etiology was defined. It is common in sub Saharan Africa, the Middle East and India. …

Advances in Health and Disease. Volume 20 begins by exploring the clinical aspects of cryosurgery including: indications, patient selection, contraindications, technique, complications, and post-trea …

This compilation opens with a contribution towards understanding the molecular mechanism of acetylcholinesterase enzyme inhibition activity and its modulation, which will lead to the development of b …

Advances in Health and Disease. Volume 23 begins with a focus on Sjogren’s syndrome, a multisystem autoimmune disorder caused by lymphocytic infiltration of exocrine glands and characterized by hypof …

This compilation opens with a discussion of tuberculosis, the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Widespread occurrence of drug-resistant tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant- tube …

Advances in Health and Disease. Volume 28 opens with a focus on meningoencephalitis, a broad term encompassing inflammation of the brain as well as the overlying meninges, and the authors review its …

Advances in Health and Disease. Volume 26 opens with a deep insight into the effects of probiotics on humans, animals and plants, the proposed mechanism of action and their applications. Following th …

This book consists of seven chapters that each detail recent advancements in the field of health and disease. Chapter One presents the clinical manifestations, epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosi …

Advances in Health and Disease. Volume 27 first discusses how the nanotechnology field has received considerable attention in medical sciences because of the unique characteristic features of nanosca …

Advances in Health and Disease. Volume 19 begins by exploring differential diagnosis, a compilation of diagnostic possibilities, typically through the medium of evaluation of the prior probability of …

This edited volume includes some of the latest research pertaining to the topics of health and disease. Chapter One examines the interplay between molecular redox signaling and the ubiquitin-proteaso …

This edited volume presents recent updates in the fields of health and disease. Chapter One explores the role of nutrition in diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Chapter Two includes updated info …

This compilation presents some of the latest research in health and disease. Chapter One provides insight into the ophthalmic manifestations of dyslipidemia and how they may be managed concomitantly, …

This volume presents some of the latest advancements in the field of health and disease research. Chapter One deals with aberrant regulation of m TOR in hematological malignancies and the use of m TO …

This volume contains ten chapters, each of which describes a recent advancement in health and disease. Chapter One aims to discuss various molecules proposed as potential disease biomarkers of biliar …

This ten-chapter volume presents some recent advancements in health and disease. Chapter One explains the increased mortality rate owing to atherothrombosis and cardiovascular diseases. Chapter Two r …

This volume includes eight chapters that provide updates on recent advances in health and disease research. Chapter One reviews the clinical uses of mitomycin C in the eye and its complications. Chap …

This volume presents some of the latest research updates related to health and disease. Chapter One investigates how traditional Chinese medicine can be leveraged in service of assisted reproductive …

This volume includes eight chapters that detail recent advancements in the field of health and disease. Chapter One investigates the interaction of molybdenum complexes and polyoxometalates with DNA …

This book presents some recent updates in health and disease. Chapter One provides an overview of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Chapter Two summarizes the recent research findings related t …

This book includes nine chapters that describe recent advances in health and disease. Chapter One discusses controversies regarding the use of intraoperative cell salvage during surgery involving bac …

This book includes eight chapters describing recent advances in health and disease. Chapter One describes the use and risk management of opioids in pain management. Chapter Two deals with the current …

This volume includes ten chapters that present recent research advances in health and disease. Chapter One reviews the importance of 5alpha-reductase inhibitors, with focus on oxidized steroidal deri …

This volume includes seven chapters that describe recent advances in health and disease. Chapter One discusses the distribution and functions of toll-like receptors with a focus on the signaling path …

Advances in Health and Disease. Volume 21 first addresses the negative consequences of polypharmacy in older adults, highlighting evidence-based approaches to decrease inappropriate prescribing. An o …

Advances in Health and Disease. Volume 29 begins with a focus on Aeromonas species, Gram-negative rods belonging to the family Aeromonadaceae. Next, the authors discuss the implications of gut microb …

This volume collects nine chapters discussing various advances in health and disease research. The first chapter is a review of vaccines and immunotherapies against the Human Papillomavirus and the E …

Advances in Health and Disease. Volume 16 first discusses iliopsoas, is a complex musculotendinous unit that acts primarily as a hip flexor, but it is also involved in pelvic stability and trunk bala …

This book is a volume of eight collected chapters on advances in the sciences of health and disease. Chapter One examines the properties of regulatory peptides and their mechanisms of effect on integ …

This book contains seven selected chapters covering advances in health and disease. Chapter One reviews the properties of plasmids and their role in human diseases. Chapter Two examines chronic kidne …

This book contains nine chapters highlighting advances in health and disease. Chapter One reviews ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis as a therapeutic strategy. Chapter Two is a review of the analytical …

This book is comprised of twelve selected chapters on advances in health and disease. Chapter one covers applications of nano-formulations in drug delivery for skin disease treatments. Chapter Two ex …

This book explores the latest developments in health and disease. …

This book explores the latest developments in health and disease research, including new research on SARS-Co V-2, the role of cytokines in asthma, the Omicron variant, mitogen-activated protein kinas …

This volume includes twelve chapters that detail recent advances in health and disease. Chapter One details the future perspective of cyclophosphamide and cyclophosphamide-like cytostatics. Chapter T …

This volume includes eight chapters that detail recent advances in health and disease. Chapter One discusses the risk factors and management strategies of fragility fractures. Chapter Two summarizes …

This volume contains eight chapters that detail recent advances in health and disease. Chapter One presents the benefits that Beta blockers may provide to the management of acute kidney injury and ch …

This volume contains nine chapters that detail recent advances in health and disease. Chapter One discusses the roles and structure of hemoglobin, the iron-containing metalloprotein responsible for o …

This volume contains eleven chapters that detail advances in health and disease. Chapter One examines the role of demethylases in regulation, with an emphasis on existing and upcoming treatments that …

This volume contains eight chapters that detail advances in health and disease. Chapter One provides a comprehensive review on the physicochemical, pharmacological and pharmacokinetic properties of p …

This volume contains eight chapters that detail advances in health and disease. Chapter One presents state-of-the-art research of Ovalbumin bioactive peptides (OVA-BAPs). Chapter Two focuses on provi …

This volume contains nine chapters that detail advances in health and disease. Chapter One presents a review of bone remodeling physiology, existing bone turnover markers (BTMs), the relationship bet …

This book focuses on the latest developments in health and disease research. …

This volume contains eleven chapters that detail advances in health and disease. Chapter One discusses the use and benefits of photobiomodulation across various applications within restorative dentis …

This volume contains nine chapters that detail advances in health and disease. Chapter One provides an overview of stress and mental health problems among students in Japan during the COVID-19 pandem …

This book contains ten chapters that detail advances in health and disease. Chapter One aims to summarize and discuss the beneficial effects and secrets of the Mediterranean diet. Chapter Two aims to …

This volume includes nine chapters that detail advances in health and disease. In chapter one the authors review proteins and transcription factors involved in the process of EMT and analyze the pote …

This volume includes eight chapters that detail advances in health and disease. Chapter one highlights recent advances in minimally invasive VLNT with a particular focus on VOLT. Chapter two gives a …

This book discusses advances in health and disease, treatment and prevention. Chapter 1 explores how the co-administration of probiotics and prebiotics can enhance survival, colonization, and antimic …

This book focuses on advances in health and disease research. Chapter 1 is aimed at the role of biogenic amines in the pathogenesis and pharmacotherapy of neurological and psychiatric diseases. Chapt …

This book focuses on the latest developments in health and disease. Chapter 1 aims to review the molecular regulators regulating adipocyte differentiation through both transcriptional and post-transl …