Les apports de l'anthropologie à l'épidémiologie : le cas du rôle étiologique de l'isolement social / / Raymond Massé

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910132730503321
• Autore: Massé Raymond
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicoutimi : , : J.-M. Tremblay, , 2009
• ISBN: 1-4123-7094-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 302.545
• Soggetti: Social isolation - Juvenile literature; Social isolationSocial perception
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Francese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Anthropologie et épidémiologie : opposition des paradigmes méthodologiques -- Anthropologie, épidémiologie et santé publique -- Soutien social et santé -- Premier apport de l'anthropologie : produire une définition globale de l'isolement social -- Deuxième apport de l'anthropologie : mettre en évidence le fait que l'isolement social est un construit social -- Troisième apport de l'anthropologie : mettre en évidence le fait que l'isolement est un construit culturel -- Quatrième apport de l'anthropologie : resituer les marqueurs de l'isolement dans le cadre du vécu des individus -- Conclusion -- Bibliographie -- Biographie.
• Sommario/riassunto: L'anthropologie a traditionnellement été définie comme l'antidiscipline de l'épidémiologie. Les profondes divergences aux plans de la définition des problèmes de santé et des paradigmes méthodologiques ont masqué leur potentiel de complémentarité. Les contributions de l'anthropologie à l'analyse de la prévalence des "maladies de civilisation" et à la production de modèles étiologiques sensibles aux réalités sociales et culturelles sont particulièrement mises en évidence dans le cas de recherches visant à soutenir l'élaboration de programmes de prévention et de promotion de la santé. L'objectif du présent texte est d'identifier les principaux apports de l'anthropologie à l'épidémiologie en se référant aux études traitant du rôle étiologique de l'isolement social.; Anthropology and epidemiology are respectively associated with ; qualitative and quantitative methodological paradigms. While anthropology is dedicated to an "emic" approach in the definition of illness, epidemiologic studies are based on a medical consensual definition of diseases. These methodological and theoretical oppositions have undermined their potential for complementarity. Recent research in sociocultural epidemiology and medical anthropology illustrates the benefits of collaboration in the production of etiologic models sensitive to social and cultural factors. Referring to the use of social support in current epidemiologic research, this paper analyzes four contributions of anthropology to epidemiology and to programs of prevention and health promotion in public health.

Engineering Nitrogen Utilization in Crop Plants / / edited by Ashok Shrawat, Adel Zayed, David A. Lightfoot

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910298410903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018
• ISBN: 3-319-92958-5
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2018.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XII, 273 p. 41 illus., 25 illus. in color.)
• Disciplina: 578.012; 578.09
• Soggetti: Plants; Plant genetics; Plant physiology; Plant anatomy; Plants - Development; Plant diseases; Plant breeding; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Plant Physiology; Plant Anatomy/Development; Plant Pathology; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Developing Crop Varieties with Improved Nutrient Use Efficiency -- Part I. Molecular and Physiological Aspects of Nutrient Use Efficiency -- Improving Nitrogen Use Efficient in Crop Plants Using Biotechnology Approaches -- Transcription Factor-Based Genetic Engineering to Increase Nitrogen Use Efficiency -- Modeling Plant Metabolism: Advancements and Future Capabilities -- Molecular Targets for Improvement of Crop Nitrogen Use Efficiency: Current and Emerging Options -- From Arabidopsis to Crops: The Arabidopsis QQS Orphan Gene Modulates Carbon and Nitrogen Allocation Across Species -- Part 2. Nutrients as a Key Driver of Nutrient Use Efficiency -- Tackling Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Cereal Crops Using High-Throughput Phenotyping -- Nitrogen Partitioning and Remobilization in Arabidopsis Under Sufficient and Depleted Conditions -- Field Testing for Improved Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Corn--From Whole-Plant Physiology to Agroecosystem Scales -- Legume Nitrogen Utilization Under Drought Stress -- Exploiting Genetic Variability of Root Morphology As a Lever to Improve Nitrogen use Efficiency in Oilseed Rape -- Genetic Improvement of Nitrogen use Efficiency in Oilseed Rape -- The Importance of Organic Nitrogen Transport Processes for Plant Productivity and Nitrogen use Efficiency -- New Screening Strategies for di-nitrogen Fixation in Soybean.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book discusses and addresses the rapidly increasing world population demand for food, which is expected to double by 2050. To meet these demands farmers will need to improve crop productivity, which relies heavily on nitrogen (N) fertilization. Production of N fertilizers, however, consumes huge amounts of energy and the loss of excess N fertilizers to leaching results in the pollution of waterways and oceans. Therefore, increasing plant nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) is essential to help farmers produce more while conserving the environment. This book assembles some of the best work of top researchers from academic and industrial institutions in the area of NUE and provides valuable insight to scholars and researchers by its comprehensive discussion of current and future strategies to improve NUE through genetic manipulation. This book should also be highly valuable to policy makers, environmentalists, farmers, biotechnology executives, and to the hard-core researchers working in the lab.