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    Enfield :CRC Press LLC,
    Keywords: Endocrinology. ; Reproduction -- Endocrine aspects. ; Electronic books.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (336 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781578086054
    DDC: 612.4
    Language: English
    Note: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- SECTION : I-Experimental Endocrinology -- 1. Melatonin: New Aspects of its Protective Actions and Novel Metabolites -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- TISSUE MELATONIN -- INDIRECT ANTIOXIDANT EFFECTS OF MELATONIN, AN EXTENDED FIELD -- MITOCHONDRIAL EFFECTS -- NEW METABOLITES FROM INTERACTIONS OF AMK AND REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 2. Gastointestinal Melatonin-30 Years of Research -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- Localization of GIT Melatonin -- Is GIT Melatonin Synthesized in the Digestive Tract or is it of Pineal Origin? -- Comparison between Gastrointestinal and Pineal Gland Melatonin -- Melatonin Binding and its Physiological Functions -- Melatonin, Food Intake and Digestion -- Melatonin in Digestive Glands and the Hepatobiliary System -- Clinical Relevance of Melatonin in the Tubular GIT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 3. Studies on the Sympathetic Nervous Regulation of Innate Immunity -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AS REGULATOR OF DC FUNCTIONS -- Effect of NE on Migration and Antigen Presenting Ability of DCs -- Discrete Adrenergic Influence on TLR-dependent DCs Activation -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 4. Regulation and Synthesis of Maturation Inducing Hormone in Fishes -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- REGULATION OF GONADAL MATURATION -- MATURATION INDUCING STEROIDS (MIS) -- STEROID LEVELS IN THE BLOOD -- Vitellogenic Phase -- Post-vitellogenic Phase -- IN VITRO STUDIES -- STEROID SYNTHESIS -- MIS RECEPTORS -- MATURATION INDUCTION IN MALES -- MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF MATURATION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- 5. Melatonin Inhibition of Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone-induced Calcium Signaling and Hormone Secretion in Neonatal Pituitary Gonadotrophs -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- GnRH SIGNALING. , GnRH-induced Calcium Oscillations -- GnRH-induced Current and Voltage Oscillations -- Critical Features of Intracellular GnRH Signaling in Neonatal Gonadotrophs -- MELATONIN RECEPTORS -- Localization of Melatonin Receptors in Reproductive Neuroendocrine Axis -- Melatonin Receptor Subtypes -- Signaling Pathways -- Ligand Binding to Melatonin Receptors -- Melatonin Interaction with GnRH in Neonatal Pituitary Gonadotrophs -- DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN ANTERIOR PITUITARY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SECTION : II-Reproductive Biology and Clinical Endocrinology -- 1. Roles of Melatonin in Photoperiodic Gonadal Response of Birds -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- Photoperiodic Responses -- Control of Melatonin Secretion -- Roles of Melatonin in Photoperiodic Responses -- Melatonin and Photoperiodic Gonadal Response in Birds -- Target Site of Melatonin in Photoperiodic Gonadal Response -- Deep Brain Photoreceptor Cell and Cerebrospinal Fluid -- Storage of Photoperiodic Information in Circadian System -- Photoperiodic Time Measurement and Mediobasal Hypothalamus -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 2. The Role of Prenatal Androgen Excess on the Development of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- Pathophysiology of PCOS -- Developmental Origin Hypothesis of PCOS -- Experimental Studies -- Clinical Observations -- Genetic Studies -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 3. Effecs of Antidiabetic Drugs on Reproductive System, Life Span and Tumor Development -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- ANTIDIABETIC DRUGS AND LONGEVITY -- ANTIDIABETIC DRUGS AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM -- EFFECTS OF ANTIDIABETIC DRUGS ON CARCINOGENESIS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 4. Obesity and Male Infertility -- Abstract -- INCIDENCE OF OBESITY AND MALE INFERTILITY -- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBESITY AND MALE INFERTILITY -- OBESITY AND HYPOGONADISM. , a) Hyperestrogenic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism -- b) Insulin Resistance and Hypogonadism -- c) Sleep Apnea and Hypogonadism -- OBESITY AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION -- GENETIC DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH OBESITY AND INFERTILITY -- a. Prader Willi Syndrome -- b. Laurence-Moon and Bardet-Biedel Syndromes -- c. Klinfelter Syndrome -- EVALUATION OF THE OBESE INFERTILE PATIENT -- Therapeutic Interventions -- a. Weight Loss and Exercise -- b. Aromatase Inhibitors -- c. Testosterone Therapy -- d. Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitor -- e. Artificial Reproductive Techniques -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 5. Melatonin and Induction and/or Growth of Experimental Tumors -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- INFLUENCE OF MELATONIN ON EXPERIMENTALLY-INDUCED ANIMAL TUMORS IN VIVO AND ON ANIMAL AND HUMAN TUMOR CELLS IN VITRO -- Tumors of the Reproductive System -- Mammary Cancer -- Uterine and Vagina Cancer -- Ovarian Cancer -- Choriocarcinoma -- Prostatic Cancer -- Tumors of the Digestive System -- Hepatoma -- Intestinal Cancer -- Tumors of the Endocrine System -- Melanoma -- Other Tumors -- POSSIBLE REASONS FOR SOME CONTRADICTIONS IN THE RESULTS -- THE POSSIBLE MECHANISMS OF ONCOSTATIC ACTION OF MELATONIN -- REFERENCES -- SECTION : III-Developmental Endocrinology -- 1. Melatonin and its Role in Avian Embryogensis -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- Organization of the Vertebrate Circadian System -- THE PINEAL GLAND AS THE NEUROENDOCRINE TRANSDUCER -- MEL Biosynthesis and Degradation -- Phylogenesis of the Pineal Gland -- Extrapineal Sites of MEL Biosynthesis -- MEL Binding Sites -- Physiological Functions of MEL -- MEL as a Free Radical Scavenger -- AVIAN PINEAL GLAND STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION -- Morphology of Avian Pinealocytes -- Adrenergic Regulation of MEL Synthesis in Pinealocytes -- SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF AVIAN EMBRYOGENESIS -- MEL in the Developing Avian Embryo. , MEL Receptor Gene Expression in the Developing Avian Embryo -- AA-NAT Gene Expression in the Developing Avian Embryo -- The Role of the MEL during Avian Embryonic Development -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 2. Early Avian Development: Molecular Aspects -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- THE STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF OOCYTE -- MATERNAL RNA -- BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES OF THE AVIAN OOCYTES -- FERTILIZATION IN BIRDS -- THREE MAIN DEVELOPMENTAL PHASES OF THE AVIAN EMBRYO -- a. Uterine Development -- b. Period of Rest -- c. Incubation Development -- IN VITRO CULTURE OF AVIAN EMBRYOS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 3. Melatonin in Anuran Development and Metamorphosis -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- Origin of Circulating Melatonin -- Melatonin in the Embryo and in Larval Tissues -- Developmental and Diel Changes in Melatonin -- Influence of Melatonin on the Thyroid Gland and Metamorphosis -- Effect of Metamorphosis-inducing Hormones on Melatonin -- MELATONIN AND METAMORPHOSIS: NEW DIRECTIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 4. Development and Regeneration of the Vertebrate Retina: Role of Tissue Interaction and Signaling Molecules on the Retinal Fate Determination and RPE Transdifferentiation -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- Overview of Eye Development -- Dorsal-Ventral Polarity of the Eye Primordium and Its Developmental Significance -- Role of Neighboring Tissues in Optic Cup Development -- 1. Tissue Interaction between the Epidermal Ectoderm and the Optic Vesicle -- 2. Tissue Interaction between the Mesenchyme and the Optic Vesicle -- Transdifferentiation of RPE into the Retinal Fate in Developing Chick Embryos: An Avian Model of Retinal Regeneration -- An Avian Mutant Model for RPE Transdifferentiation -- Amphibian Retinal Regeneration -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SECTION : IV-Endocrine Physiology. , 1. Comparative Aspects of the Mammalian Pineal Gland Ultrastructure -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY OF THE PINEAL GLAND -- ULTRASTRUCTURE -- Pinealocytes -- Glial Cells -- Nerve Cells -- Nerve Fibres -- Blood Supply -- Calcareous Deposits -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 2. The Ultimobranchial Gland in Poikilotherms: Morphological and Functional Aspects -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- Protochordates -- Agnatha -- Elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes) -- Osteichthyes -- Amphibia -- Reptiles -- REFERENCES -- 3. Melatonin and Immunomodulation: Involvement of the Neuro-endocrine Network -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- Seasonal Challenges to Immune System -- Photoperiodic Modulation of Immune Function -- The Pineal Gland-Immune Network -- MECHANISM OF IMMUNOMODULATION BY MELATONIN -- 1. The Pineal Gland- Immune System - Opioid Network -- 2. Lymphokines as Mediators of Melatonin Action on the Immune System -- 3. Direct Melatonin Action -- a. Melatonin Receptors within Immune System -- b. Melatonin as an Antioxidant -- 4. Melatonin Action through Neuro-endocrine Network -- (a) Hormones of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis -- (b) Hormones of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Thyroid (HPT) Axis -- (c) Gonadal Steroids and Immunomodulation -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Index.
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    Newark :John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
    Keywords: Climatic changes. ; Electronic books.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (246 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781444328530
    DDC: 363.738/74
    Language: English
    Note: The Challenge of Climate Change: Which Way Now? -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1: In the Beginning -- Introduction -- 1.1 The Viewpoint Taken -- 1.2 What is Your Problem? -- 1.3 The Challenges We Face -- Notes and References -- 2: A View of Geopolitics -- Introduction -- 2.1 Are There Limits to Growth? -- 2.2 Public Goods and Public " Bads " -- 2.3 Policymaking and Negotiations -- Notes and References -- 3: Surveying the Field -- Introduction -- 3.1 A History of Change -- 3.2 Measuring Energy -- 3.3 Supply: Where Do We Get It? -- 3.4 Demand: How Do We Use It? -- 3.5 Will We Run Out of Oil? Or Gas? -- 3.6 Forms of Energy -- Notes and References -- 4: Global Warming -- Introduction -- 4.1 Temperature of the Planet -- 4.2 Greenhouse Gases -- 4.3 Is Global Warming Our Fault? -- 4.4 The RF Index -- 4.5 Air Pollution Revisited -- 4.6 Immediate or Short - Term Remedies -- 4.7 Limits to Growth and the Commons Revisited -- 4.8 Sequestration -- Notes and References -- 5: Renewable Energy -- Introduction -- 5.1 Hydroelectric Power -- 5.2 Biofuels -- 5.3 Wind Power -- 5.4 Power from Tides and Waves -- 5.5 Direct Use of Solar Energy -- 5.6 Nuclear Energy -- 5.7 Geothermal Energy -- 5.8 Indirect Emissions and Hidden Costs -- Notes and References -- 6: Energy Storage -- Introduction -- 6.1 Batteries and Fuel Cells -- 6.2 Syngas and Liquid Fuels -- 6.3 Hydrogen Gas -- 6.4 Pumped Water or Compressed Air -- 6.5 Hot Water or Molten Salt -- 6.6 Flywheels -- Notes and References -- 7: The Negotiating Process -- Introduction -- 7.1 A Period of Transition -- 7.2 Our Worst Fears -- 7.3 Guidance from a Theory of Bargaining -- 7.4 Useful Lessons from the Past -- 7.5 What Should a Treaty Accomplish? -- 7.6 Where We are Heading -- Notes and References -- 8: From Theory to Practice -- Introduction -- 8.1 Different Regimes and Perspectives. , 8.2 Improving the Prospects -- 8.3 The Debate on Venues -- 8.4 Bargaining Strategies: Domestic and International -- 8.5 Big Bang or Accelerated Incrementalism? -- 8.6 Choices in the Context of Risk -- Notes and References -- 9: Where Do We Go from Here? -- Introduction -- 9.1 Is the Feasible Insufficient? -- 9.2 Fiscal Measures -- 9.3 A Complicated Question -- 9.4 An Overall Assessment -- 9.5 Choices and Priorities -- 9.6 Caveats -- 9.7 A To-Do List -- Notes and References -- 10: A List of Priorities -- Introduction -- 10.1 Short-Term Gains: Less than 10 Years -- 10.2 Medium-Term Improvements: 10 - 20 Years -- 10.3 Long-Term Solutions: More than 20 Years -- 10.4 Plan A and Plan B, Simultaneously -- Notes and References -- 11: Prospects After Copenhagen -- Introduction -- 11.1 Costly Failure or Small Success? -- 11.2 Reframing the Debate -- 11.3 The Good News and the Bad News -- 11.4 The China Problem -- 11.5 Third World Dilemmas -- 11.6 Polarized Politics -- Notes and References -- Index.
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    New York, NY :Springer,
    Keywords: Sleep -- Physiological aspects. ; Electronic books.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (320 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9780387276823
    DDC: 612.821
    Language: English
    Note: Intro -- CONTENTS -- SECTION I: BASIC PHARMACOLOGY -- 1. GABA Receptor Subtypes in Sedation and Hypnosis -- 2. Sleep Hippocampal Theta Rhythm and Sensory Processing -- 3. Monoaminergic Mechanisms in the Regulation of Sleep-Wakefulness: Special Emphasis on Preoptic Noradrenergic System -- 4. REM Sleep Function and Brain Monoamine Regulation: An Application of the Search Activity Concept -- 5. Role of Wakefulness Area in the Brainstem Reticular Formation in Regulating Rapid Eye Movement Sleep -- 6. The Mechanistic Relationship between NREM Sleep and Anesthesia -- SECTION II: CHRONOPHARMACOLOGY -- 7. Time-Dependent Psychotropic Drug Effects: Hints of Pharmacochronomics, Broader than Circadian Time Structures -- 8. Melatonin Interaction with BZ-Gaba Receptors: Implications for Sleep Induction -- 9. Melatonin: A Chronobiotic that Not Only Shifts Rhythms -- 10. Melatonin and Human Sleep -- 11. Melatonin Efficacy to 'Treat Circadian Alterations of Sleep in Alzheimer's Disease -- 12. Pharmacotherapy for Seasonal Affective Disorder -- 13. Use and Discontinuation of Hypnosedative Medications -- SECTION III: CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY -- 14. Long-Term Use of Sleeping Pills in Chronic Insomnia -- 15. Risks of Chronic Hypnotic Use -- 16. Effects of Psychotropics on Driving Performance -- 17. Diagnosis, Pathophysiology and Treatment of Hypersomnias -- 18. Chronic Disease and Sleep Architecture: Pharmacotherapeutic Considerations -- 19. Benzodiazepines for Sedation in Infants and Children -- 20. The Pharmacological Management of Fatigue and Sleepiness in Affective Disorders -- 21. Next-Day Residual Effects of Sleeping Medications on Driving Ability: A Review of the Literature -- 22. Sleep and Pain -- 23. Head Injuries and Sleep -- 24. Psychopharmacological Management of Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep. , 25. A Comparison of Visual Analog Scale and Categorical Ratings in Assessing the Patient's Estimate of Sleep Quality -- 26. The Pharmacostrategy of Treating Sleep Disorders in Parkinsonism -- 27. The Neuropharmacology of Nightmares -- 28. The Night Eating Syndrome -- 29. Drug Effects on Dreaming -- 30. Sleep Problems in Primary Care -- 31. SSRIs and Sleep in Man -- 32. Sleep and Antipsychotic Drugs in Schizophrenia Patients -- 33. Sleep and Epilepsy: From Interrelationships to Influence of Antiepileptic Drugs -- 34. Herbal Medicines and Sleep -- Index.
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    Newark :American Geophysical Union,
    Keywords: Geochemistry. ; Isotope geology. ; Electronic books.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (355 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781119594963
    Series Statement: Geophysical Monograph Series
    DDC: 551.9
    Language: English
    Note: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- About the Companion Website -- Dedication -- Part I High-Temperature/Deep Earth Processes -- Chapter 1 High-Temperature Kinetic Isotope Fractionation of Silicate Materials -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Diffusion in Multi-Component Condensed Systems: Theory and Definitions -- 1.2.1. Fick's Laws and the Diffusion Matrix -- 1.2.2. Effective Binary Diffusion Coefficients -- 1.2.3. Self-Diffusion Coefficients -- 1.2.4. Thermal (Soret) Diffusion Coefficients -- 1.3. Kinetic Isotope Fractionation During Diffusion Between Natural Melts -- 1.3.1. Laboratory Experiments Documenting Ca Isotope Fractionation by Diffusion Between Molten Rhyolite and Basalt -- 1.3.2. Isotope Fractionation between Melts from a Natural Setting -- 1.4. Isotope Fractionation by Soret Diffusion -- 1.4.1. The Soret Coefficient -- 1.4.2. Soret Isotope Fractionation in Silicate Liquids -- 1.5. Isotope Fractionation by Diffusion in Silicate Minerals -- 1.5.1. Experiments documenting Lithium Isotopic Fractionation by Diffusion in Pyroxene -- 1.5.2. Natural Examples of Lithium Zoning and Isotopic Fractionation by Diffusion in Pyroxenes -- 1.5.3. Lithium Isotopic Fractionation by Diffusion in Olivine -- 1.5.4. Fe-Mg zoning and Fe and Mg Isotopic Fractionation in Olivine -- 1.6. Isotope Fractionation by Evaporation from Silicate Melts -- 1.6.1. The Hertz-Knudsen Evaporation Equation -- 1.6.2. Rayleigh Fractionation -- 1.6.3. High-Temperature Vacuum Evaporation Experiments -- 1.6.4. Evidence of Evaporation in Natural CAIs from Chondritic Meteorites -- 1.7. Summary -- 1.8. Thoughts on Further Research -- References -- Chapter 2 Ca and K Isotope Fractionation by Diffusion in Molten Silicates: Large Concentration Gradients Are Not Required to Induce Large Diffusive Isotope Effects -- 2.1. Introduction. , 2.2. Methods -- 2.2.1. Experiments -- 2.2.2. Electron Microprobe Analyses -- 2.2.3. Ca Isotopic Measurements -- 2.2.4. K Isotopic Measurements -- 2.3. Results -- 2.3.1. Major Element Diffusion Profiles -- 2.3.2. Ca and K Isotopes -- 2.4. Discussion -- 2.5. Modeling -- 2.5.1. General Multicomponent Diffusion -- 2.5.2. The Zhang (1993) Modified Effective Binary Diffusion Model -- 2.5.3. Comparison to Previous Studies -- 2.6. Conclusions and Possible Future Applications -- Appendix Linear versus exponential dependence of activity on SiO2 -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3 Calcium Isotope Constraints on Recycled Carbonates in Subduction-Related Magmas -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Analytical Methods and Samples -- 3.2.1. Double-spike Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry Calcium Isotope Measurements -- 3.2.2. Igneous Samples Characterized for Calcium Isotope Composition -- 3.3. Results -- 3.4. Discussion -- 3.4.1. Calcium Isotopic Record of Marine Carbonates -- 3.4.2. Calcium Isotopic Record of Mantle-Derived Rocks -- 3.4.3. Calcium Isotopes Exhibit no Evidence for Carbonate Sediment Recycling at Subduction Zones -- 3.4.4. Mantle Source(s) of Calcium in Carbonatite Magmas -- 3.4.5. Origin of the Light Calcium Isotope Composition of Laacher See and other Intrusive Carbonatites -- 3.5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4 Reassessing the Role of Continental Lithospheric Mantle in Cenozoic Magmatism, Southwestern North America -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Geologic Background & -- General Terminology -- 4.2.1. Cenozoic Geologic History of SWNA -- 4.2.2. Definition of Continental Lithospheric Mantle -- 4.3. Methods/Data -- 4.4. Results -- 4.5. Discussion -- 4.5.1. Do Nd Isotope Data Support a CLM Source for Mafic Volcanic Rocks in SWNA? -- 4.5.2. Isotopic Composition of CLM from Xenolith Studies. , 4.5.3. Cenozoic Metasomatism of CLM -- 4.5.4. Physical Evolution of Deep Lithosphere -- 4.6. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 5 Rhyolite Ignimbrite Generation in the Northern Andes: The Chalupas Caldera, Ecuador -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Geological Setting and Age of the Chalupas Caldera -- 5.3. Geochemical Results -- 5.3.1. Analytical Techniques -- 5.3.2. Major Element Geochemistry -- 5.3.3. Trace Element Geochemistry -- 5.3.4. Isotope Geochemistry -- 5.3.5. Metamorphic Basement Rocks of the Eastern Cordillera -- 5.4. Evolution of the Chalupas Magmatic System -- 5.4.1. Role of Fractional Crystallization -- 5.4.2. The Role of Crustal Assimilation -- 5.4.3. Modeling Results -- 5.4.4. Model Discussion -- 5.4.5. Assimilation and Crustal Thickness -- 5.5. Crustal Structure, Magma Supply, and Transport -- 5.5.1. Crustal and Magma Density -- 5.5.2. Temperature Considerations -- 5.5.3. Subduction Zone Magma Supply and Magmatic Timescales -- 5.5.4. Timescales of Transport and Assimilation -- 5.6. Chalupas Eruption Volume and Magma Supply -- 5.7. Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix 5A Ar-Ar Geochronology -- Pre-Caldera Lavas -- Chalupas Ignimbrite -- Post-Caldera Lavas -- Summary of Age Data -- Appendix 5B Mineral Chemistry and Petrographic Descriptions -- 5B.1. Pre-Caldera Lavas -- 5B.2. Post-Caldera Lavas -- 5B.3.Chalupas Ignimbrite -- 5B.4. Lithics from the Chalupas Ignimbrite -- Appendix 5C Models for Crystal Fractionation, Assimilation-Fractional Crystallization, and Magma Fluxes -- 5C.1. Quantitative Estimation of Crystal Fractionation Effects -- 5C.2. Assimilation-Fractional Crystallization (AFC) Model Details -- 5C.3. Relationship between f and Crustal Fraction (fc) in the AFC Model -- 5C.4. Magma Supply Considerations -- 5C.5. Magma Supply Requirements -- 5C.6. Diapir Formation and Transport through the Lower and Mid-Crust. , ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 Xenolith Constraints on "Self-Assimilation" and the Origin of Low 18O Values in Mauna Kea Basalts -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Samples and Analytical Methods -- 6.2.1. EPMA Analysis of Mineral Major Element Composition -- 6.2.2. Clinopyroxene Trace Element Analysis by LA-ICP-MS -- 6.2.3. Oxygen Isotope Analysis by Laser Fluorination Gas Source Mass Spectrometry -- 6.2.4. Strontium-Nd-Pb Isotope Analysis by TIMS and MC-ICP-MS -- 6.3. Results -- 6.4. Discussion -- 6.4.1. Constraints on Parental Melts of Mauna Kea Xenoliths -- 6.4.2. Constraints on The P-T Conditions Of Xenolith Formation and Later Re-Equilibration -- 6.4.3. Role of Pacific Crust Assimilation and Edifice Self-Assimilation -- 6.4.4. Oxygen Isotope Compositional Variability in the Hawaiian Plume? -- 6.4.5. Significance of Self-Assimilation for Interpretation of Geochemical Signatures in Hawaiian Basalts -- 6.5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 7 Monitoring Volcanic Activity Through Combined Measurements of CO2 Efflux and (222Rn) and (220Rn) in Soil Gas: An Application to Mount Etna, Italy -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Background -- 7.2.1. Mt. Etna Volcanic Activity During 2006 to 2009 -- 7.2.2. Prior Work Utilizing Coupled 220Rn/222Rn and CO2 Efflux Measurements on Mt. Etna -- 7.3. Sampling Strategy and Analytical Methods -- 7.3.1. Sampling Strategy -- 7.3.2. Soil 222Rn and 220Rn Measurements -- 7.3.3. Soil CO2 Concentration and Efflux Measurements -- 7.3.4. Carbon Isotope Measurements -- 7.4. Synopsis of This Study's Results -- 7.4.1. Coupled CO2 Efflux and (220Rn/222Rn) -- 7.4.2. Carbon Isotopes -- 7.5. The Soil Gas Disequilibrium Index (SGDI) -- 7.6. Relationship Between Filtered SGDI Data and Volcanic Activity of Mt. Etna -- 7.6.1. Modelling -- 7.6.2. Comparison of SGDI to Other Monitoring Proxies -- 7.7. Summary. , Appendix Statistical Treatment of SGDI Data -- Cluster Analysis and Spatial Distributions -- Analysis of SGDI Time Series -- Definition of Anomalies in the SGDI Time Series -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part II Low-Temperature/Shallow Earth Processes -- Chapter 8 The Carbon Isotope Record and Earth Surface Oxygenation -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. The Carbon Isotope Budget -- 8.3. forg and the Oxygen Budget -- 8.4. Oxygen Sinks in a Low-Oxygen World -- 8.4.1. Carbon as a Precambrian Oxygen Sink -- 8.4.2. Sulfur as a Precambrian Oxygen Sink -- 8.4.3. Iron as a Precambrian Oxygen Sink -- 8.4.4. Other Precambrian Oxygen Sinks -- 8.5. Resolving the pO2 - forg Paradox -- 8.6. Predictions of the Authigenic Feedback Hypothesis -- 8.7. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9 Detrital Garnet Geochronology: A New Window into Ancient Tectonics and Sedimentary Provenance -- 9.1. Introduction and Motivation -- 9.2. Theoretical Feasibility of Detrital Garnet Geochronology -- 9.2.1. Age Precision vs. Single Garnet Grain Diameter -- 9.2.2. Age Accuracy: Blanks -- 9.2.3. Age Accuracy: Second Point on the Isochron -- 9.3. Detailed Methodology -- 9.3.1. Sample Processing Prior to Chemical Analysis -- 9.3.2. Partial Dissolution: Leaching out the Inclusions -- 9.3.3. Full Dissolution of Pure Garnet Residue -- 9.3.4. Column Chemistry -- 9.3.5. Thermal Ionization Mass Spectroscopy -- 9.3.6. Blank Correction -- 9.3.7. Age Determination -- 9.4. Case Studies -- 9.4.1. Preliminary Work: Multi-Grain Detrital Garnet Ages in Beach Sand from Hampton Beach, New Hampshire -- 9.4.2. Bulk vs. Detrital Garnet Methodology Test: Townshend Dam, Vermont -- 9.4.3. Single-Grain Detrital Garnet Ages in Stream Alluvium: Townshend Dam, Vermont -- 9.4.4. Single-Grain Detrital Garnet in Stream Alluvium: Southern Appalachians -- 9.4.5. Dating Detrital Garnet in Sedimentary Rocks: Scotland. , 9.5. Conclusion.
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    London :Taylor & Francis Group,
    Keywords: Electronic books.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (230 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781317003366
    DDC: 307.76
    Language: English
    Note: Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The Anatomy of Urban Sprawl in the Mediterranean Region -- 2 Urban Regeneration in Porto -- 3 Consumption of Advanced Internet Services in Urban Areas -- 4 Housing Market Dynamics in a Peripheral Region -- 5 Viability of Flagship Projects as Models of Urban Regeneration -- 6 Creativity Beyond Large Metropolitan Areas -- 7 Is Pennine England becoming More Polycentric or More Centripetal? -- 8 Riots by a Growing Social Periphery? Interpreting the 2011 Urban Riots in England -- 9 In the Shadow of a Giant -- 10 The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel -- 11 Vertical Extension Processes and Urban Restructuring in Sydney, Australia -- 12 Inner-City Social Gentrification in Tokyo -- 13 Power Nodes: Downtowns in the Periphery? A Case Study, Toronto, Canada -- 14 Just "Dumb and Boring" or "Over"? Lifecycle-Trajectories, the Credit Crunch and the Challenge of Suburban Regeneration in the US -- 15 Urban Transformation for Sustainability and Social Justice in Urban Peripheries -- 16 Recent Morphological Trends in Metropolitan South Africa -- 17 Metropolitan Transformation and Polycentric Structure in Mexico City -- 18 Delhi and its Peripheral Region -- Index.
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    Dordrecht :Springer Netherlands,
    Keywords: Thermodynamics. ; Electronic books.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (368 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781402030161
    Series Statement: Fundamental Theories of Physics Series ; v.146
    DDC: 536/.7
    Language: English
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    Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,
    Keywords: Water quality biological assessment. ; Electronic books.
    Description / Table of Contents: Monitoring Ecological Impacts provides the tools needed to design assessment programs that can reliably monitor, detect and allow management of human impacts on the natural environment. The procedures described are well grounded in inferential logic. Step-by-step guidelines and flow diagrams provide clear and useable protocols, which are applicable to real situations.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (448 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9780511155703
    DDC: 577.640287
    Language: English
    Note: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Part I Introduction to the nature of monitoring problems and to rivers -- 1 Why we need well-designed monitoring programs -- 1.1 HUMAN PRESSURES ON FLOWING WATERS -- 1.2 THE NEED FOR THIS BOOK -- 1.3 THE SCOPE, APPROACH AND INTENDED AUDIENCES OF THIS BOOK -- 1.4 THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK AND THE PURPOSE OF EACH OF THE CHAPTERS -- 1.5 IMPORTANT ISSUE -- 2 The ecological nature of flowing waters -- 2.1 RIVERS AND THEIR CATCHMENTS -- 2.2 THE BIOTA OF RIVERS AND STREAMS -- 2.3 CONCEPTS OF RIVER STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONING -- 2.4 ISSUES OF SCALE AND PATCHINESS IN FLOWING WATERS -- 2.5 IMPORTANT ISSUES -- 3 Assessment of perturbation -- 3.1 TYPES OF DISTURBANCE -- 3.2 THE PURPOSES OF MONITORING -- 3.2.1 To assess the ecological state of ecosystems -- 3.2.2 To assess whether regulated performance criteria have been exceeded -- 3.2.3 To detect and assess the impacts of human-generated disturbance(s) -- 3.2.4 To assess the responses to restoration efforts -- 3.3 IMPORTANT ISSUES -- Part II Principles of inference and design -- 4 Inferential issues for monitoring -- 4.1 SAMPLING -- 4.2 UNCERTAINTY AND PROBABILITY -- 4.3 VARIABLES -- 4.4 ESTIMATION -- 4.5 STATISTICAL MODELS -- 4.5.1 Regression models -- 4.5.2 Analysis of variance (ANOVA) models -- 4.5.3 Fitting models -- 4.5.4 Comparing models -- 4.6 ANALYSES OF VARIANCE (ANOVA) -- 4.6.1 Type of factors -- 4.6.2 Partitioning the variance -- 4.7 HYPOTHESIS-TESTING: CLASSICAL APPROACH -- 4.8 HYPOTHESIS-TESTING: THE BAYESIAN APPROACH -- 4.9 ASSUMPTIONS OF STATISTICAL ANALYSES OF MONITORING PROGRAMS -- 4.10 UNIVARIATE AND MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS -- 4.11 IMPORTANT ISSUES -- 5 The logical bases of monitoring design -- 5.1 CLASSES OF MONITORING -- 5.2 MONITORING TO DETECT HUMAN IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT. , 5.2.1 Detecting change -- 5.2.2 Discriminating impacts from natural changes -- 5.3 BACI DESIGNS -- 5.3.1 Natural dynamics and the duration of monitoring -- 5.3.2 Spatial variation and multiple locations -- 5.3.3 Asymmetry in impact assessment monitoring -- 5.4 SCALES OF IMPACT AND MONITORING -- 5.4.1 Sampling within locations - impacts on status -- 5.4.2 Sampling within locations - impacts on variation -- 5.4.3 Sampling within periods - duration and fluctuations in impact -- 5.4.4 Collecting the samples -- 5.4.5 Other considerations -- 5.5 CAREFUL DESIGN IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP -- 5.6 IMPORTANT ISSUES -- 6 Problems in applying designs -- 6.1 A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH -- 6.2 PROBLEMS INHERENT IN THE NATURE OF RIVERS -- 6.2.1 Interdependence between locations -- 6.2.2 Variation in time -- 6.2.3 Logistic and technical issues -- 6.3 PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THE TYPES OF VARIABLES USED -- 6.3.1 Variation and imprecision -- 6.3.2 Physicochemical variables as surrogates for biological variables -- 6.3.3 Univariate biological variables -- 6.3.4 Multivariate response variables -- 6.4 SOCIAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES -- 6.4.1 Difficulties caused by different backgrounds -- 6.4.2 Insufficient lead time for pre-impact monitoring -- 6.5 IMPORTANT ISSUES -- 7 Alternative models for impact assessment -- 7.1 BACKGROUND OF APPROACHES -- 7.1.1 BACI -- BACIP -- Intervention Analysis -- 7.1.2 MBACI -- 7.1.3 Beyond-BACI -- 7.2 THESE APPROACHES ARE DIFFERENT! -- 7.2.1 Why it matters -- 7.3 FORMAL SAMPLING AND ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK -- 7.3.1 The sampling program -- BACIP -- MBACI -- Beyond-BACI -- 7.3.2 The analytical models and formal hypotheses -- BACIP -- MBACI -- A special case: MBACI with a single Before and single After sample -- Beyond-BACI -- 7.3.3 Tests for Impact -- BACI and BACIP -- MBACI -- Beyond-BACI -- 7.4 POWER CONSIDERATIONS -- 7.4.1 BACI and BACIP. , 7.4.2 MBACI -- 7.4.3 Beyond-BACI -- 7.5 DETECTING MORE SUBTLE EFFECTS -- 7.6 EXTENT OF IMPACTS -- 7.7 FLEXIBLE ANALYSIS/INFLEXIBLE HYPOTHESIS -- 7.8 IMPORTANT ISSUES -- Part III Applying principles of inference and design -- 8 Applying monitoring designs to flowing waters -- 8.1 SPATIAL VARIATION AND THE LOCATION OF CONTROLS -- 8.1.1 The nature of controls -- 8.1.2 Spatial extent and nature of impact -- 8.1.3 Finding control locations -- Criteria for controls -- The dilemma of the trade-off in similarity and number of controls -- Statistical independence and location of controls -- Ensuring control locations are free of the human impact -- Spatial confounding, environmental differences and location of controls -- The relative significance of problems with controls -- How many control locations are necessary? -- 8.1.4 Subsampling of locations -- 8.1.5 Examples of decision trees for finding and choosing controls -- 8.2 TEMPORAL VARIATION, AND BEFORE AND AFTER SAMPLING -- 8.2.1 Temporal extent and nature of impact -- 8.2.2 Frequency of sampling within Periods -- 8.2.3 Subsamples within Times -- 8.2.4 Statistical independence and sampling through time -- 8.3 DOING THE SAMPLING -- 8.4 A WORKED EXAMPLE - EFFECTS OF LIMING TO DECREASE ACIDITY -- 8.4.1 Background to the problem and preliminary data -- 8.4.2 Selection of control and impact locations -- 8.4.3 Predictions and data collection -- 8.4.4 Results and analysis -- 8.5 IMPORTANT ISSUES -- 9 Inferential uncertainty and multiple lines of evidence -- 9.1 A BRIEF REVISIT OF INFERENTIAL UNCERTAINTY AND PROBABILITY -- 9.2 A LEVELS-OF-EVIDENCE APPROACH -- 9.3 A SUGGESTED STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO USING A LEVELS-OF-EVIDENCE APPROACH -- 9.3.1 Defining and quantifying causal criteria -- Strength of association -- Consistency of association -- Specificity of association -- Temporality. , Biological or ecological gradient -- Biological or ecological plausibility -- Experimental evidence -- Analogy -- 9.3.2 Building a 'levels-of-evidence' case for changes associated with the human impact -- 1. Set down the characteristics of the human activity -- 2. Set down the characteristics of the impact location -- 3. Clarify the question(s) -- 4. Decide how an effect will be considered to have been 'detected' -- 5. Decide upon the qualities of studies to be included in the review -- 6. Carry out a broad-ranging review, extracting relevant data -- 9.3.3 Collating common sources of natural variance in the response variables -- 9.3.4 Cataloguing effects -- 9.3.5 Predictions and ways of ruling out alternative explanations -- After impact with data from the impact location only -- 9.3.6 Assessing the predictions -- 9.4 SOME FINAL COMMENTS ON THE PROCESS -- 9.5 IMPORTANT ISSUES -- 10 Variables that are used for monitoring in flowing waters -- 10.1 CONSIDERATIONS FOR CHOOSING VARIABLES -- 10.1.1 Questions addressed by the monitoring program -- 10.1.2 Causality, mechanisms, inference -- 10.1.3 Ecological and socioeconomic significance of change -- 10.1.4 Efficiency -- 10.2 RELATIVE WEIGHTING OF ATTRIBUTES -- 10.3 IMPORTANT ISSUES -- 11 Defining important changes -- 11.1 WHY DO WE NEED TO DEFINE CHANGES IN TERMS OF 'EFFECT SIZES'? -- 11.2 KINDS OF CHANGE, RISKS AND CONSEQUENCES -- 11.3 PRACTICAL STEPS, AND SOME DIFFICULTIES, IN SETTING AN EFFECT SIZE -- 11.3.1 A caricature of how this seems to work for drinking water -- 11.3.2 Quantifying the relationship between the response variable and the potential impact -- 11.3.3 Negotiating about values, risks and consequences -- 11.4 IMPORTANT ISSUES -- 12 Decisions and trade-offs -- 12.1 MAKING STATISTICAL DECISIONS -- 12.2 BALANCING TYPE I AND TYPE II ERRORS -- 12.2.1 Fixed Alpha, adjust n. , 12.2.2 Fixed Beta, adjust n and Alpha -- 12.2.3 Scalable decision criteria -- 12.3 COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND DESIGN -- 12.4 FURTHER VARIATIONS ON BALANCED DECISION-MAKING -- 12.5 IMPORTANT ISSUES -- 13 Optimization -- 13.1 WHAT WE MEAN BY OPTIMIZATION -- 13.2 BY NOW YOU SHOULD HAVE… -- 13.3 YOU WILL NEED AN ESTIMATE OF VARIANCE -- 13.3.1 Sources of variance estimates -- 13.4 DEVELOPING AN IDEALIZED SAMPLING SCHEME… -- 13.4.1 Form of output -- 13.5 TRADING OFF -- 13.5.1 Spend more -- 13.5.2 Live with increased risk -- 13.5.3 Maintaining the risk, reducing the cost -- Eliminating variables -- Sampling more cheaply -- 13.5.4 Accepting larger effect sizes -- 13.6 UNCERTAINTY IN OPTIMIZATION -- 13.6.1 Origins of uncertainty -- 13.6.2 Incorporating capacity for readjusting the sampling program -- 13.7 POST-MONITORING 'OPTIMIZATION': IMPLICATIONS FOR DECISION CRITERIA -- 13.8 A WORKED EXAMPLE - LIMING TO DECREASE ACIDITY OF STREAMS -- 13.8.1 Nomination of an important effect size -- 13.8.2 Deciding the relative costs of Type I and II errors -- 13.8.3 Deciding the actual probability of errors -- 13.8.4 Use of pilot data and power analysis to examine the number of locations needed in the monitoring program -- 13.8.5 Trading off costs and risks -- Spend more money? -- Live with increased risks? -- Reduce the cost of sampling? -- 13.8.6 Implications from this example -- 13.9 IMPORTANT ISSUES -- 14 The special case of monitoring attempts at restoration -- 14.1 ISSUES CONCERNING THE STUDY OF ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION -- 14.2 CAN BACI DESIGNS BE APPLIED TO ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION? -- 14.2.1 The real way that restoration differs -- 14.3 ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES APPLICABLE TO RESTORATION MONITORING -- 14.3.1 The logic of specifying an effect size for recovery -- 14.4 HOW LONG SHOULD WE MONITOR ATTEMPTS AT RESTORATION?. , 14.5 THE NEED FOR CLARITY IN DECLARING THE GOALS OF RESTORATION.
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    New York, NY :Springer,
    Keywords: Neuroimmunology. ; Sleep--Physiological aspects. ; Electronic books.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (378 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9780387691466
    DDC: 616.079
    Language: English
    Note: Intro -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Part I General Concepts -- 1. Bidirectional Communication Between the Brain and the Immune System -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Nervous System Communication to the Immune System -- 1.3 Neuroendocrine Hormone Influence on the Immune System -- 1.4 Actions of Hypothalamic Releasing Hormones -- 1.5 Immune System Communication with the Nervous System Hormones -- 1.6 Cytokine Influences on the Nervous System -- 1.7 Neuroendocrine Hormone Release by Cells of the Immune System -- 1.8 Neurotransmitter Release by Cells of the Immune System -- 1.9 Bidirectional Communication and Sleep -- 1.10 Summary and Conclusions -- 2. Neuroimmunological Correlates of Circadian Rhythmicity in Oral Biology and Medicine -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Allostatic Response and Allostatic Intervention: Relevance to Oral Biology and Medicine -- 2.3 Mucositis: A Case of Allostatic Load -- 2.4 Directions for the Future -- 3. Circadian Organization of the Immune Response: Lessons from the Adjuvant Arthritis Model -- 3.1 The Circadian Clock is One of the most Indispensable Biological Functions -- 3.2 The Immune System Shows Circadian Organization -- 3.3 "Sickness Behavior" Includes Changes in Circadian Rhythms -- 3.4 The Rat Adjuvant Arthritis is an Experimental Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis -- 3.5 Adjuvant Arthritis Disrupts Normal Chronobiological Organization -- 3.6 Melatonin as a Circadian Immunoregulatory Signal in Adjuvant Arthritis -- Part II Basic Research -- 4. The Biological Clock in Inflammation and Sleep Switch Alterations -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Interactions Between the Biological Clock and the Sleep Switch -- 4.3 Effects of Inflammatory Molecules on the SCN and Sleep Switch Structures -- 4.4 Intracellular Inflammatory Regulators -- 4.5 Concluding Remarks. , 5. Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide and Prolactin Cytokines: Role in Sleep and Some Immune Aspects -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide (VIP) -- 5.3 VIP: Brain Distribution -- 5.4 VIP and Sleep Regulation -- 5.5 How VIP Induces REMS: a Hypothesis -- 5.6 VIP Clinical Implications -- 5.7 Prolactin (PRL) -- 5.8 PRL Molecular Aspects -- 5.9 PRL and Sleep Regulation -- 5.10 Relationship Between PRL and Stress -- 5.11 Stress and REMS: Role of PRL -- 5.12 PRL Expression and REMS -- 5.13 PRL Clinical Implications -- 6. Immune Signaling to Brain: Mechanisms and Potential Pathways Influencing Sleep -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Mechanisms of Immune Signaling to the Brain -- 6.3 Neurocircuitry Mediating Sleep and Waking States -- 6.4 What are the Links Between Immune-Brain Interfaces and Sleep Neurocircuitry? -- 6.5 Conclusions and Perspectives -- 7. Aging, Sleep, and Immunity -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Altered Sleep and Concomitant Alterations in Immune Function -- 7.3 Cytokines and Sleep -- 7.4 Relationship of Infection to Altered Sleep Behavior -- 7.5 Stress, Hormonal Change, Cytokines, and Sleep Behavior -- 7.6 Age-Related Changes in Sleep and Relation to Altered Immunity -- 7.7 Summary and Conclusions -- 8. Cytokines and Sleep: Neuro-immune Interactions and Regulations -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Effect of Sleep on Immune System -- 8.3 Effect of Modulation of Immune System on Sleep -- 8.4 Conclusion -- 9. Selective REM Sleep Deprivation and Its Impact on the Immune Response -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Human Studies -- 9.3 Animal Studies -- Part III Clinical Research -- 10. Sleep and Immune Correlates: Translational Research in Clinical Populations -- 10.1 The Rationale for Studying Sleep and Immunity in Clinical Populations -- 10.2 Sleep and Immunity in Primary Insomnia -- 10.3 Sleep and Immunity in Depression and Substance Dependence. , 10.4 Sleep and Cytokines in Rheumatoid Arthritis -- 10.5 Future Directions -- 11. The Stress of Inadequate Sleep and Immune Consequences -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Inadequate Sleep and Disease -- 11.3 Immune Function in Sleep Disorders -- 11.4 Hospitalized Patients -- 11.5 Chronic Inflammatory Diseases and Sleep -- 11.6 Concluding remarks -- 12. Neuroimmunology of Pregnancy-Related Sleep Disturbances -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Pregnancy and Alterations in Sleep -- 12.3 Understanding Sleep in Pregnancy via Animal Models -- 12.4 Factors That May Contribute to Disrupted Sleep During Pregnancy -- 12.5 Where Does Sleep Fit In? The Cytokine and Hormone Changes Associated with Sleep Deprivation/Sleep Disorders -- 12.6 Pregnancy Complications -- 12.7 Summary -- 13. Changes in Sleep and Behavior Following Experimental Immune Stimulation Using Bacterial Endotoxin in Humans -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 The Role of the Neuroendocrine-Immune-CNS Interplay in Clinical Medicine -- 13.3 Changes in Sleep-Wake Behavior Following Endotoxin -- 13.4 Changes in Memory, Mood, and Food Intake Following Endotoxin -- 14. Inflammation and Sleep -- 14.1 Inflammation -- 14.2 Cytokines and Sleep -- 14.3 Acute Inflammation and Sleep -- 14.4 Chronic Inflammation and Sleep -- 14.5 Genetic Variation in Sleep and Inflammation -- 14.6 Summary and Conclusions -- 15. Neuroimmune Activation in Sleep Apnea -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Adrenergic Agonists and Receptors -- 15.3 Norepinephrine Release and Clearance -- 15.4 Cytokines in OSA -- 15.5 Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure -- 15.6 Summary -- 16. Role and Circadian Rhythms of Proinflammatory Cytokines, Cortisol, and Melatonin in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome -- 16.1 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Children: Clinical Features -- 16.2 Pathophysiology of OSAS -- 16.3 OSAS Neuroimmunology. , 16.4 Melatonin Role and Circadian Rhythms in Children with OSAS -- 16.5 Cortisol Role and Circadian Rhythms in OSAS -- 16.6 Proinflammatory Cytokines Role and Circadian Rhythms in OSAS -- 17. Neuroendocrine-Immune Correlates of Sleep and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 TBI and the Neuroendocrine System -- 17.3 TBI and Immune Surveillance -- 17.4 TBI and Sleep -- 17.5 Conclusions -- 18. Neuroimmune Correlates of Sleep in Depression: Role of Cytokines -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Cytokines and the CNS -- 18.3 Administering Different Types and Dosages of Cytokines and Their Effects on Sleep -- 18.4 Effect of Deprivation of Cytokines on the Duration and Pattern of Sleep -- 18.5 Studying the Effects of Sleep Deprivation/Disruption on Cytokine Production -- 18.6 Regulation of Cytokine Balance by Monoamines in Healthy and in Depressed States -- 18.7 Sleep Disturbances in Diseased States Associated with Altered Cytokine Profile -- 18.8 Cytokine Balance and Antidepressants -- 18.9 Conclusions -- 19. Sleep and Neuroimmune Function in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 Neurological and Neuropsychological Dysfunction in CFS -- 19.3 Sleep Studies in CFS -- 19.4 The Neural Immune System in CFS -- 20. Narcolepsy with Cataplexy. Hypocretin and Immunological Aspects -- 20.1 Epidemiology and Clinical Features -- 20.2 Pathophysiology -- 20.3 Treatment -- 20.4 Conclusion -- Index.
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    Cary :Oxford University Press, Incorporated,
    Keywords: Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich, -- 1849-1936. ; Physiologists -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography. ; Electronic books.
    Description / Table of Contents: This is the first scholarly biography of Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) in any language. Based upon a wealth of archival material, it weaves his life and science into some 100 years of Russian history and offers a fundamental reinterpretation of his scientific style and his famous research on conditional reflexes.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (897 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9780199925209
    DDC: 153.1/526
    Language: English
    Note: Cover -- Ivan Pavlov -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Sources -- Preface -- Plates -- Introduction -- PART ONE The Seminarian Chooses Science (1849-1875) -- Chapter 1. The Pavlovs of Riazan -- Chapter 2. Seminarian in the Sixties -- Chapter 3. Student in St. Petersburg -- PART TWO Wilderness Years (1875-1890) -- Chapter 4. The Reluctant Physician -- Chapter 5. Serafima Vasil'evna Karchevskaia -- Chapter 6. Time of Troubles -- Chapter 7. In From the Cold -- PART THREE Man of Tsarist Science (1891-1904) -- Chapter 8. A Non-Chekhovian Type -- Chapter 9. The Pavlovs of St. Petersburg -- Chapter 10. Professor of Physiology -- Chapter 11. The Physiology Factory: Forces of Production -- Chapter 12. The Physiology Factory: Relations of Production -- Chapter 13. Favorite Dogs -- Chapter 14. A Convincing Synthesis -- Chapter 15. Dacha Life -- Chapter 16. A European Reputation -- Chapter 17. Targeting the Psyche -- Chapter 18. The Nobel Prize -- PART FOUR Nobelist in the Silver Age (1905-1914) -- Chapter 19. Amid Russia's Political Crisis -- Chapter 20. Family Life -- Chapter 21. Pavlov's Quest -- Chapter 22. The Factory Retooled -- Chapter 23. Battle of Titans -- Chapter 24. Women Coworkers and the Physiology of Emotion -- Chapter 25. Maria Kapitonovna Petrova -- PART FIVE War and Revolution (1914-1921) -- Chapter 26. War -- Chapter 27. Revolution -- Chapter 28. Cataclysm -- Chapter 29. Where Are You, Freedom? -- Chapter 30.  "To Leave My Homeland" -- PART SIX Prosperous Dissident (1922-1929) -- Chapter 31. The Pavlovs of Leningrad -- Chapter 32. A Great Journey -- Chapter 33. Laboratory Revival -- Chapter 34. Lecturing the Bolsheviks and Leaving the Academy -- Chapter 35. The Commissar and the Dialectician -- Chapter 36. Freud, the Flood, and the Physiology of Personality. , Chapter 37. Two Books and a Beast -- Chapter 38. Types, Temperament, and Character -- Chapter 39. Work and Play in City and Countryside -- Chapter 40. On the Eve of the Great Break -- PART SEVEN Icon of Soviet and World Science (1929-1936) -- Chapter 41. International Celebrit -- Chapter 42. Stalin Times -- Chapter 43. Pavlov's Communists -- Chapter 44. Koltushi: Pavlov's Science Village -- Chapter 45. Psychiatry -- Chapter 46. Gestalt Pavlov Style -- Chapter 47. Year of Climaxes -- Chapter 48. At the Summit: The International Physiological Congress -- Chapter 49. Final Days -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Pavlov's Lexicon -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    Keywords: Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882. ; Malthus, T. R. -- (Thomas Robert), -- 1766-1834. ; Biology -- Soviet Union -- History. ; Biology -- Soviet Union -- Philosophy -- History. ; Natural selection -- History. ; Electronic books.
    Description / Table of Contents: The first book in English to examine in detail the scientific work of 19th-century Russian evolutionists, and the first in any language to explore the relationship of their theories to their economic, political, and natural milieu.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (242 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9780195363272
    Series Statement: Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology Series
    DDC: 575.01/62/09
    Language: English
    Note: Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Darwin's Metaphor and His Russian Audience -- 2. Malthus, Darwin, and Russian Social Thought -- 3. Beketov, Botany, and the Harmony of Nature -- 4. Korzhinskii, the Steppe, and the Theory of Heterogenesis -- 5. Mechnikov, Darwinism, and the Phagocytic Theory -- 6. Kessler and Russia's Mutual Aid Tradition -- 7. Kropotkin's Theory of Mutual Aid -- 8. Severtsov, Timiriazev, and the Classical Tradition -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
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