Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 -- Introduction; Life Hacking Geeks and Gurus; Practical Philosophy, Self-Help, and Systems; Life Hacking's Shades of Gray; Nominal, Optimal, and Near Enemies; 2 -- The Life Hackers; Alpha Geeks and Authorpreneurs; 43 Folders and Getting Things Done; Lifehacker and the Rational Style; The 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design; Life Nomadic and Superhuman; 3 -- Hacking Time; Time Thrift; "Schedule Your Priorities"; Polyphasic Sleep; "Quadrupled My Productivity"; Privilege and Exploitation; Beggars in Spain; 4 -- Hacking Motivation; The Science of Motivation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Ashley Roach -- Area-based management tools, including marine protected areas-reflections on the status of negotiations / Lisa Eure ́n Ho ̈glund -- Benefit sharing combining intellectual property, trade secrets, science and an ecosystem-focused approach / Marcel Jaspars and Abbe E. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Environmental Neurotoxicology -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM -- NEUROTOXICITY TESTING -- SURVEILLANCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL NEUROTOXICOLOGY -- BIOLOGIC MARKERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL NEUROTOXICOLOGY -- NEUROTOXICITY RISK ASSESSMENT -- 1 Introduction: Defining the Problem of Neurotoxicity -- NEUROLOGIC RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICANTS -- MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM OF NEUROTOXICITY -- DETECTION AND CONTROL OF EXPOSURE TO NEUROTOXICANTS -- SCOPE OF THIS REPORT -- 2 Biologic Basis of Neurotoxicity -- CELLULAR ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY -- Structure of the Neuron -- The Nerve Impulse -- Synaptic Transmission -- Synaptic Messengers -- GENERAL ASPECTS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION -- Metabolism -- Blood-Brain Barrier -- Development -- Plasticity -- Trophic Interactions -- VULNERABILITY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM TO CHEMICAL TOXICANTS -- Complexity of Structural and Functional Integration -- Limitations on Repair -- Accessibility to Lipid-Soluble Toxicants -- Dependence on Glucose -- Axonal Transport -- Synaptic Transmission -- Ion Channels -- EXAMPLES OF NEUROTOXIC MECHANISMS -- Pyrethroids -- γ-Diketones -- MPTP -- SUMMARY -- 3 Biologic Markers in Neurotoxicology -- CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS -- Biologic Markers of Exposure -- Biologic Markers of Effect -- Biologic Markers of Susceptibility -- VALIDATION OF BIOLOGIC MARKERS -- USE OF BIOLOGIC MARKERS IN RISK ASSESSMENT -- SUMMARY -- 4 Testing for Neurotoxicity -- APPROACH TO NEUROTOXICITY TESTING -- Difficulties in Neurotoxicity Testing -- The Testing Strategy -- Characteristics of Tests Useful for Screening -- Application of the Screen and Later Tiers -- CURRENT METHODS BASED ON STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS -- CURRENT IN VITRO PROCEDURES -- Biochemical Assays -- Tissue Culture -- Plausibility of an In Vitro Screening Battery…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Mönche, Mantra, Meditation: Buddhismus in der Schweiz 208 13. Götter, Gurus, Geist und Seele: Hindu-Traditionen in der Schweiz 223 14. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…L'Argentine et l'Albiceleste / Lucie Hémeury -- Football et pouvoir dans la Hongrie communiste / György Majtényi -- La Sbornaya, de l'URSS à la Russie de Poutine / Manuel Veth -- FORMES ET LOGIQUES DU SOUTIEN AUX ÉQUIPES NATIONALES : "Qui pour soutenir l'Angleterre?". …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Pancreatic Hormones & Glucose-Lowering Drugs. Agents That Affect Bone Mineral Homeostasis -- Section VIII: Chemotherapeutic Drugs. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Interaction of capillary and interstitial forces -- Increased venous pressure -- Decreased arterial pressure -- Transepithelial fluid absorption -- Glucose and/or electrolyte-coupled fluid absorption -- Oleic acid-coupled fluid absorption -- Colonic fluid absorption -- Transepithelial fluid secretion --…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…About the Guest Editor -- Preface to "Berry Antioxidants in Health and Disease" -- Berry Fruit Consumption and Metabolic Syndrome, Reprinted from: Antioxidants 2016, 5(4), 34; doi:10.3390/antiox5040034, http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/5/4/34 -- Recent Progress in Anti-Obesity and Anti-Diabetes Effect of Berries, Reprinted from: Antioxidants 2016, 5(2), 13; doi:10.3390/antiox5020013, http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/5/2/13 -- Blueberries' Impact on Insulin Resistance and Glucose Intolerance, Reprinted from: Antioxidants 2016, 5(4), 44; doi:10.3390/antiox5040044, http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/5/4/44 -- Blueberry Consumption Affects Serum Uric Acid Concentrations in Older Adults in a Sex-Specific Manner, Reprinted from: Antioxidants 2016, 5(4), 43; doi:10.3390/antiox5040043, http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/5/4/43 -- Protective Role of Dietary Berries in Cancer, Reprinted from: Antioxidants 2016, 5(4), 37; doi:10.3390/antiox5040037, http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/5/4/37 -- Cranberries and Cancer: An Update of Preclinical Studies Evaluating the Cancer Inhibitory Potential of Cranberry and Cranberry Derived Constituents, Reprinted from: Antioxidants 2016, 5(3), 27; doi:10.3390/antiox5030027, http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/5/3/27 -- Tart Cherry Extracts Reduce Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Signaling in Microglial Cells, Reprinted from: Antioxidants 2016, 5(4), 33; doi:10.3390/antiox5040033, http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/5/4/33 -- Chemical Analysis of Extracts from Newfoundland Berries and Potential Neuroprotective Effects, Reprinted from: Antioxidants 2016, 5(4), 36; doi:10.3390/antiox5040036, http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/5/4/36 -- Berry Leaves: An Alternative Source of Bioactive Natural Products of Nutritional and Medicinal Value, Reprinted from: Antioxidants 2016, 5(2), 17; doi:10.3390/antiox5020017, http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/5/2/17 -- Anthocyanin Accumulation in Muscadine Berry Skins Is Influenced by the Expression of the MYB Transcription Factors, MybA1, and MYBCSI, Reprinted from: Antioxidants 2016, 5(4), 35; doi:10.3390/antiox5040035, http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/5/4/35…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Musri, Ramon Gomis, Marcelina Párrizas -- Application of RNA interference techniques to adipose cell cultures / Shigeki Shimba -- RNA isolation and real-time quantitative RT-PCR / Haiyan Guan, Kaiping Yang -- Study of adipose tissue gene expression by In Situ hybridization / Michel Grino -- Application of immunocytochemistry and immunofluorescence techniques to adipose tissue and cell cultures / Daniela Malide -- Determination of lipolysis in isolated primary adipocytes / Srikant Viswanadha, Constantine Londos -- Study of glucose uptake in adipose cells / Jun Shi, Konstantin V. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Lower-Extremity Amputation (LEA) -- POTENTIAL FOR PREVENTION -- Prevention of NIDDM -- High-Risk Strategy -- Population Strategy -- Potential Benefit from Prevention -- Prevention of Complications -- Early Detection of NIDDM -- Blood Glucose Control -- Early Detection and Management of Complications -- RESEARCH TO FACILITATE PREVENTION OF NIDDM AND ITS COMPLICATIONS -- Population-based Primary Prevention -- Blood Glucose Control -- Economic Appraisal -- References -- 13 Healthcare Utilization, Expenditures, and Insurance Coverage for American Indians and Alaska Natives Eligible for the... -- INTRODUCTION -- DATA AND METHODS -- Sources of Data -- Definition of Key Variables -- Data Limitations -- FINDINGS -- Characteristics and Healthcare Coverage of the SAIAN Population -- Regular Source of Healthcare -- Use of Healthcare Services -- Out-Of-Pocket Expenditures -- DISCUSSION -- References…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Olor d'interior...Calia un cos, com l'urna per a les cendres...; En els ulls d'un altre he vist la meva por...; Quants cops, més per covardia que per re.exió...; VII; Si no ens creguéssim el terra .ns a quin punt ens sostindria?...…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Conté: Literatura de viatges: Del Born al Plata de Santiago Rusiñol: l'Argentina vista per un "antimodern" / Margarida Casacuberta -- Viatjar, traduir, (re)escriure: Aurora Bertrana i el tròpic / Pilar Godayol -- Josep Pla reconfigura el tròpic: viatges i textos del Brasil (1958-1961) / Roger Friedlein ; Literatura d'exili: Escriure l'exili: Mèxic, Santo Domingo i Xile en la narrativa de Vicenç Riera Llorca, Domènec Guansé i Odó Hurtado / Montserrat Corretger -- Els contes de Ramon Vinyes: transferències i actualitzacions des de l'exili colombià / Imma Martí Esteve -- El malentès en l'obra mexicana de Calders / Lluís Quintana -- Agustí Bartra: del mite de Quetzalcóatl a la Revolució mexicana / Martí Soler ; Premsa i món editorial: La comunitat imaginada per la premsa catalana a Cuba / Lluís Costa -- Josep Carner al Diario de Costa Rica (1924-1926) / Josep M. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Whittaker -- Chapter 3: How and when life is considered to have begun in past societies: child burials at the cemetery of Durankulak, north-east Bulgaria -- Ekaterina Alexandrova Stamboliyska-Petrova -- Chapter 4: Inherited rank and own abilities: children in Corded Ware and Bell Beaker communities of the Traisen Valley, Lower Austria -- Daniela Kern -- Chapter 5: The little ones in the Early Bronze Age: foetuses, newborns and infants in the Únětice Culture in Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia -- Lucie Vélová, Katarína Hladíková and Klaudia Daňová -- Chapter 6: Ages and life stages at the Middle Bronze Age cemetery of Pitten, Lower Austria -- Katharina Rebay-Salisbury, with contributions by Patrik Galeta, Walther Parson, Doris Pany-Kucera, Michaela Spannagl-Steiner and Christina Strobl -- Chapter 7: Children in the territory of Western Hungary during the Early and Middle Bronze Age: the recognition of developmental stages in the past -- Eszter Melis, Tamás Hajdu, Kitti Köhler and Viktória Kiss -- Chapter 8: Childhood in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age in the southern Carpathian Basin -- Daria Ložnjak Dizdar and Petra Rajić Šikanjić -- Chapter 9: Mycenaean childhood: Linear B script set against archaeological artefacts -- Beata Kaczmarek -- Chapter 10: Dumu.gaba, ṣiḫru e Guruš/sal.Tur.tur -- Nadia Pezzulla -- Chapter 11: Identifying social and cultural thresholds in sub-adult burials -- Francesca Fulminante -- Chapter 12: Child personhood in Iron Age Veneto: insights from micro-scale contextual analysis and burial taphonomy -- Elisa Perego, Veronica Tamorri and Rafael Scopacasa -- Chapter 13: The recognition of children and child-specific burial practices at the necropolis of Spina, Italy -- Anna Serra -- Chapter 14: Greek children and their wheel carts on Attic Vases -- Hanna Ammar -- Chapter 15: Teeny-tiny little coffins: from the embrace of the mother to the embrace of Hades in ancient Greek society -- Alexandra Syrogianni -- Chapter 16: Pueri nascentes: rituals, birth and social recognition in Ancient Rome -- Irene Mañas Romero and José Nicolás Saiz López…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1 MODULACIÓN DE LA EXPRESIÓN DE MEDIADORES PROINFLAMATORIOS (QUIMIOQUINAS) EN EL SISTEMA NERVIOSO CENTRAL DE RATAS ENVEJECIDAS2 GLUCOSE, AGEING AND COGNITION: THE HIPPOCAMPUS HYPOTHESIS; 3 AGEING, COMPENSATION, AND THE FRONTAL LOBES; PART II COGNITION AND AGEING; 4 LA INHIBICIÓN COMO UNA FUNCIÓN MULTIFACTORIAL: DATOS NEUROPSICOLÓGICOS Y PSICOGERONTOLÓGICOS; 5 PERCEPTUAL DIMENSIONS OF HAPTIC TEXTURES SPACE BY YOUNG AND OLDER ADULTS; 6 CAMBIOS EN LA MEMORIA DE TRABAJO ASOCIADOS AL ENVEJECIMIENTO; 7 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY AND DEPRESSION IN AGEING…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Kinyua and Ki Woo Kim -- Combined compared to dissociated oral and intestinal sucrose stimuli induce different brain hedonic processes / Caroline Clouard, Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün, Paul Meurice, Charles-Henri Malbert and David Val-Laillet -- Mood, food, and obesity Minati Singh -- Orexin-A controls sympathetic activity and eating behavior / Giovanni Messina, Carmine Dalia, Domenico Tafuri, Vincenzo Monda, Filomena Palmieri, Amelia Dato, Angelo Russo, Saverio De Blasio, Antonietta Messina, Vincenzo De Luca, Sergio Chieffi and Marcellino Monda -- Dopamine and glucose, obesity, and reward deficiency syndrome / Kenneth Blum, Panayotis K. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Bouic 17 -- Introduction 17 -- Materials and methods 18 -- Cell lines 18 -- Peripheral blood cells from human blood 19 -- Drugs or buchu extracts used 20 -- Results 21 -- Effects on glucose metabolism 21 -- Anti-inflammatory activity 23 -- Discussion 25 -- Acknowledgements 28 -- Chapter 3: Anti-diabetic properties of buchu Barbara Huisamen 31 -- Introduction 31 -- Methods 34 -- Ethical considerations 34 -- Type 1 diabetes 35 -- Type 2 diabetes 36 -- Assays performed 38 -- On both type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes models 38 -- Only on type 1 diabetic animals 38 -- Only on type 2 diabetic animals 38 -- Statistical analyses 41 -- Results: Type 1 diabetes 41 -- Results: Type 2 diabetes 44 -- Discussion 50 -- Acknowledgements 54 -- Chapter 4: Anti-obesity effects of an aqueous extract of buchu Barbara Huisamen, Mignon van Vuuren, Carmen Pheiffer 57 -- Introduction 57 -- Materials and methods 60 -- Animal model 60 -- Histology 60 -- Biochemical analyses 61 -- Polymerase chain reaction 61 -- Total liver cholesterol, liver triglycerides, plasma phospholipids and plasma triglycerides analysis 62 -- Statistical analysis 63 -- Results 63 -- Biometric data 63 -- Adipocyte hypertrophy 64 -- Biochemical analysis 65 -- Transcription factors 65 -- Total liver cholesterol, liver triglycerides, plasma phospholipids and plasma triglycerides 66 -- Discussion 67 -- Conclusion 72 -- Limitations of the study 72 -- Acknowledgements 72 -- Chapter 5: Anti-hypertensive and cardioprotective effects of buchu Barbara Huisamen 75 -- Introduction 75 -- Methods 76 -- Animal model 76 -- Diuretic activity 76 -- Blood pressure measurement 77 -- Determination of myocardial infarct size 77 -- Biochemical analyses 78 -- Statistical analyses 78 -- Results 78 -- Biometric measurements 78 -- Blood pressure measurements 79 -- Infarct size measurement 81 -- Adipokine determination 82 -- Leptin and aldosterone 82 -- Angiotensin 1-converting enzyme inhibitor activity 82 -- Discussion and conclusion 84 -- Acknowledgements 88 -- Chapter 6: Summary Barbara Huisamen 91 -- References 93 -- Index 105.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Other thalassaemiasHereditary persistence of fetal haemoglobin; Hb patterns in haemoglobin disorders; Non-immune haemolysis; Hereditary spherocytosis; Hereditary elliptocytosis; Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency; Pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency; Other red cell enzymopathies; Drug-induced haemolytic anaemia; Methaemoglobinaemia; Microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia (MAHA); Acanthocytosis; Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia; Cold haemagglutinin disease (CHAD); Leucoerythroblastic anaemia; Aplastic anaemia; Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria; Pure red cell aplasia…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Masnou -- L’escriptori de la Catedral de Vic des dels seus inicis finsa l’esplendor del segle XI / Jesús Alturo i Tània Alaix -- Els drames litúrgics pasquals a la Catedral de Vic / Eva Castro Caridad -- La producció artística a la Catedral de Vic als segles XIV i XV / Joan Valero Molina -- El retaule major / Joan Valero Molina -- Aproximació a l’orfebreria i la indumentària de la Catedral de Sant Pere de Vic : el valor històric del seu tresor litúrgic / Lourdes de Sanjosé i Llongueras -- La Catedral de Vic en època moderna / Irene Abril i Matamala -- Els bisbes de Vic a l’època moderna : del concili de Trento a la Il·lustració / Xavier Solà Colomer -- L’urna de Sant Bernat Calvó / Carles Dorico i Alujas -- La construcció de la nova catedral (1781-1803) / Miquel Mirambell Abancó -- Francesc de Veyan, un bisbe il·lustrat / Valentí Girbau Tapias -- L’Arxiu i Biblioteca Episcopal de Vic, la consolidació d’un projecte il·lustrat / Rafel Ginebra i Molins -- La Catedral de Vic i el Museu Episcopal / Marc Sureda i Jubany -- La decoració de Josep Maria Sert : projectes i producció (1900-1945) / Marta Crispí, Sergio Fuentes, Judith Urbano -- Josep Morgades i Josep Torras i Bages: El servei a l’església i a la cultura catalana / Xavier Baró i Queralt -- La reconstrucció de la Catedral de Vic (1939-1945) : un monument a la patria redimida / Sergio Fuentes Milà…”