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Nordic Perspectives on the Responsible Development of the Arctic: Pathways to Action
This book investigates the multifaceted nature of change in today’s Nordic Arctic and the necessary research and policy development required to address the challenges and opportunities currently faced by this region. It focuses its attention on the recent efforts of the Nordic community to create specialized Centers of Excellence in Arctic Research in order to facilitate this process of scientific inquiry and policy articulation. The volume seeks to describe both the steps that lead to this decision and the manner in which this undertaking as evolved. The work highlights the research efforts of the four Centers and their investigations of a variety of issues including those related to ecos...
The New Arctic
In the late 18th century explorers and scientists started venturing into the Arctic in a heroic and sometimes deadly effort to understand and unveil the secrets of the unforgiving and mysterious polar region of the high north. Despite that the Arctic was already populated mattered less for the first wave of polar researchers and explorations who nevertheless, brought back valuable knowledge. Today the focus in Arctic science and discourse has changed to one which includes the peoples and societies, and their interaction with the world beyond. The image of a static Arctic - heralded first by explorers - prevailed for a long time, but today the eyes of the World see the Arctic very differently...
Fatigue Science for Human Health
To provide a forum for discussion, the International Conference on Fatigue Science was organized, the first being held in 2002 in Sandhamn, Sweden, and the second in 2005 in Karuizawa, Japan. Subsequently it was decided that the papers presented at the two conferences should be collected. The result is an authoritative guide to recent progress in the molecular and neural mechanisms of fatigue and in the development of the ways to prevent and overcome fatigue and chronic fatigue.
Infectious Diseases Diagnosis
Examines methods for diagnosis of infectious agents in humans and animals and detection of pathogens in food and water.
Neuroimaging Part B
Comprised of two separate volumes, Neuroimaging provides a state-of-the-art review of a broad range of neuroimaging techniques applied to both clinical and research settings. The breadth of the methods covered is matched by the depth of description of the theoretical background. Part B covers the application of neuroimaging in both research and clinical settings for the study of anxiety disorders, dementia, depression, schizophrenia, functional somatic syndromes, stroke, and multiple sclerosis using a range of neuroimaging modalities including CT, PET, SPECT, DTI, structural MRI and fMRI. One chapter is devoted to the study of brain development using structural MRI, and one chapter to the st...
The Routledge Companion to the Environmental Humanities
The Routledge Companion to the Environmental Humanities provides a comprehensive, transnational, and interdisciplinary map to the field, offering a broad overview of its founding principles while providing insight into exciting new directions for future scholarship. Articulating the significance of humanistic perspectives for our collective social engagement with ecological crises, the volume explores the potential of the environmental humanities for organizing humanistic research, opening up new forms of interdisciplinarity, and shaping public debate and policies on environmental issues. Sections cover: The Anthropocene and the Domestication of Earth Posthumanism and Multispecies Communitie...
The Practical Guide to the Control of Feral Cats
With an estimated 60 million feral cats in the United States, the need for information on the management of feral cats has never been higher. The PracticalGuide for the Control of FeralCats details the biology, sign, and control methods useful for theirmanagement. The narrative is supplemented by seventy-two photos and illustrations chosen to help readers understand and implement the material.
Diet for a Pain-Free Life
Do you wake up each morning aching with joint or muscle pain and have trouble falling asleep at night? Have you been trying to lose stubborn belly fat and extra pounds for years? Do you wish you could be active without pain medications? And did your pain and weight increase once you hit middle age? Look no further: Diet for a Pain-Free Life is the simple-to-follow, doctor-designed solution to improve your health. As a leading rheumatologist, Dr. Harris McIlwain has spent more than 20 years studying the overweight-inflammation-chronic pain connection. Now, he shares his revolutionary prescriptions in this proven lifestyle plan that will help you drop pounds and decrease pain at the same time....
Gender Equity in Health
This volume brings together leading researchers from a variety of disciplines to examine three areas: health disparities and inequity due to gender, the specific problems women face in meeting the highest attainable standards of health, and the policies and actions that can address them.
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Lifestyle Balance Program for Less Pain and More Energy If you're struggling with fibromyalgia or CFS, this book can help you. It offers an evidence-based improvement program that can help you achieve a healthy balance between activity, rest, and leisure-a balance that can significantly reduce pain and fatigue and increase your energy. In this book, author Fred Friedberg, a clinical psychologist and a leading researcher in chronic fatigue, first explains how lifestyle impacts the severity and persistence of fibromyalgia and CFS. He then goes on to show how the seven step lifestyle balance program can help you to function and feel better. In step one, you'll learn how to use active relaxation...
