You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
Penurunan fungsi sel imun dipicu oleh rangsangan antigen yang terus menerus datang dan itu menyebabkan sel imun kelelahan. Ditambah dengan faktor-faktor lain di luar sistem imun, termasuk menuanya sel-sel lain, membuat sistem imun selalu aktif mencetuskan suatu peradangan derajat rendah yang kronis pada manula (inflamm-aging). Adanya peradangan yang terus menerus inilah yang diyakini berkaitan dengan penyakit-penyakit tersebut di atas yang memang berkaitan dengan proses penuaan. Suatu paradok: dalam situasi sel-sel imun yang menurun fungsinya terdapat peradangan menahun derajat rendah. Namun perlu dipahami, penuaan imun tidak hanya terjadi pada manula, tetapi bisa terjadi pada usia berapapun juga dikenal dengan penuaan imun yang dipercepat.
Sejak bulan Desember 2019 terjadi pandemi suatu penyakit baru yang disebabkan oleh virus Corona jenis baru yang disebut SARS-CoV-2, dengan penyakitnya yang disebut sebagai COVID-19. Penyakit ini menjadi wabah di seluruh dunia termasuk Indonesia dan tidak ada satupun negara di dunia yang menyatakan telah lepas dari pandemi COVID-19 sampai saat ini. Permasalahan semakin diperberat dengan munculnya varian baru yang menyebar dengan sangat cepat di seluruh dunia dengan keparahan yang berbeda di tiap negara. Pemeriksaan laboratorium menjadi hal yang sangat penting dalam penanganan COVID-19, mulai dari tracing, diagnosis, penentuan terapi yang adekuat, mintoring, serta follow-up penderita.
Sepsis merupakan disfungsi organ yang mengancam nyawa yang terjadi akibat respons host yang buruk terhadap adanya infeksi. Sepsis menyebabkan morbiditas dan mortalitas yang tinggi khususnya pada kondisi sepsis berat atau syok sepsis. Salah satu pendekatan yang dapat dilakukan untuk mengatasi hal tersebut adalah dengan diagnosis dan tata laksana dini. Penegakan diagnosis sepsis tidak dapat sepenuhnya dari kondisi klinis, tetapi memerlukan pemeriksaan laboratorium. Bahkan, peran pemeriksaan laboratorium pada sepsis tidak sebatas pada diagnosis saja, melainkan juga dapat membantu memprediksi prognosis dan menilai keberhasilan terapi. Buku ini menjelaskan sisi imunologis terjadinya sepsis serta membahas secara lengkap pemeriksaan laboratorium yang dapat dilakukan untuk menunjang tata laksana sepsis, mulai dari pemeriksaan laboratorium sederhana yang terdapat di fasilitas kesehatan primer hingga pemeriksaan laboratorium yang terbaru.
Contrary to a generally held view that pearls are found by chance in oysters, almost all are now produced from farms. This book is a comprehensive treatment of all aspects of the biology of pearl oysters, their anatomy, reproduction, genetics, diseases, etc. It considers how they are farmed from spawning and culturing larvae in hatcheries to adults in the ocean; how various environmental factors, including pollution affect them; and how modern techniques are successfully producing large numbers of cultured pearls. This is the ultimate reference source on pearl oysters and the culture of pearls, written and edited by a number of scientists who are world experts in their fields. - Comprehensive treatment of pearl oyster biology and pearl culture - Written by the top world authorities - Highly illustrated and figured - Of practical relevance to a broad readership, from professional biologists to those involved in the practicalities and practice of pearl production
This is the story of our quest for answers and the shocking facts that emerged. On 29 August 2012 Private Robert Poate, Lance Corporal Rick Milosevic and Sapper James Martin were killed during an insider – or green on blue – attack in Afghanistan. Their killer, a supposed ally, was a Taliban sleeper in the ranks of the Afghan National Army. Information provided to the families by rank-and-file soldiers after the event shocked them. And the heavily redacted internal investigation report excluded a plethora of potentially incriminating facts. This powerful book is the result of a father’s quest to find out the truth behind the death of his soldier son. Hugh Poate’s search reveals a lab...
No System is Vinca Petersen's photographic document of her life as a modern nomad. She tells us in her introduction, "Different people's lives are based around different things, ours is based around music. "For the last few years she has been traveling with a group of young people through Europe, organizing illegal musical events and raves. Living between cities in old vans and buses, they scavenge for abandoned structures, often on the cusp between urban and rural areas, where they can dance to loud techno music. The photographs present a fascinating look at modern tribal life, where technology-driven equipment and music, discarded industrial frameworks, and a nomadic lifestyle, rooted in ancient history, all come together.
The Glory of Sri Sri Ganesh shows the lives of the underdogs the Lachhimsa, the Rukmanis, the Mohors and the Haroas as a contrast to the lives of their all-powerful overlords the Medinis and Ganeshes. Lachhima, whose leashed bitterness and anger of a lifetime against Medini and Ganesh is liberated at the end of the novel when Ganesh begs her to save his life, decides to save him, but on her own terms. The title of the work itself becomes a tool for subversion in this sprawling novel which takes the reader through a multilayered narrative into the socio-economic malaise of post-independence rural India. Mahasweta Devi s corrosive humour and cryptic style are at their best as she takes on issu...