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This book demonstrates that nutrients play a direct role as co-factors and regulators of the immune system. The book also shows that modulating the immune response with nutrients can provide a fundam …

”Understanding how complex ecological and climatic change can influence human health is the new challenge before us. The book confronts these multidimensional risk assessments head-on and will catal …

Bio Med Women 2015 – Clinical and Bio Engineering for Women´s Health contains all author contributions presented at Bio Med Women 2015 (Porto, Portugal, 20–23 June 2015). International contributions …

Translating Biomaterials for Bone Graft: Bench-top to Clinical Applications brings together the current translational research in bone tissue engineering, from design to application – from materials, …

This book brings together recent scholarly work concerned with efforts around the world to transform cities so that they are more age-friendly. Common to all of the initiatives is recognition of the …

This book explores the author’s wide-ranging work on muscle research, which spans more than 50 years. It delves into the dogmas of muscle contraction: how the models were constructed and what was ove …

The creation of new and more efficient therapies for improving human health greatly depends on drug delivery systems. Nanotechnology has emerged as a powerful strategy for the development of nanopart …

Aerobiology is the study of airborne particles that have an impact on humans and other organisms. Every day, we are exposed to airborne particles, including ‘natural’ particles such as pollen, bacter …

Discusses gender differences with regard to exercise metabolism and how nutritional needs differ from male to female

Provides baseline information on female metabolic rates and female re …