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Daniel Littlefield's investigation of colonial South Carolinianss preference for some African ethnic groups over others as slaves reveals how the Africans' diversity and capabilities inhibited the development of racial stereotypes and influenced their masters' perceptions of slaves. It also highlights how South Carolina, perhaps more than anywhere else in North America, exemplifies the common effort of Africans and Europeans in molding American civilization.
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Growth is one of the human body’s most intricate processes: each body part or region has its own unique growth patterns. Yet at the individual and population levels, growth patterns are sensitive to adverse conditions, genetic predispositions, and environmental changes. And despite the body’s capacity to compensate for these developmental setbacks, the effects may be far-reaching, even life-long. The Handbook of Growth and Growth Monitoring in Health and Disease brings this significant and complex field together in one comprehensive volume: impact of adverse variables on growth patterns; issues at different stages of prenatal development, childhood, and adolescence; aspects of catch-up g...
El objetivo de este libro es presentar los métodos del análisis de alimentos más comunes y de mayor interés para el estudiante de nutrición, orientándolo principalmente al análisis químico a través del desarrollo de técnicas analíticas con las que pueden obtenerse resultados reproducibles y en las que se ha limitado la dependencia de costosos equipos de investigación, sin menoscabo de la calidad del análisis. Las técnicas empleadas infieren el desarrollo de procedimientos del tipo gravimétrico y volumétrico en general con los que se pretende que el estudiante se interese en continuar con la investigación de los métodos instrumentales.