Human growth and development / / [edited by] Noel Cameron ; with 20 contributing authors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910969573903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: San Diego, Calif., : Academic Press, c2002
• ISBN: 1-281-31140-5; 9786611311407; 0-08-053420-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (457 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): CameronNoël
• Disciplina: 612.6
• Soggetti: Human growth; Developmental psychology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Human Growth and Development; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1. Human Growth Curve, Canalization, and Catch-Up Growth; Chapter 2. Growth In Infancy and Childhood: A Pediatric Approach; Chapter 3. Adolescence: Somatic Growth and Sex Differences; Chapter 4. Puberty; Chapter 5. Endocrinology of Growth; Chapter 6. The Genetic Epidemiology of Growth and Development; Chapter 7. Nutrition and Growth; Chapter 8. Environmental Effects on Growth; Chapter 9. Social and Economic Influences on Growth and Secular Trends; Chapter 10. Endocrine Disorders of Growth; Chapter 11. Genetically Determined Growth DisordersChapter 12. Saltation and Stasis; Chapter 13. Body Composition During Growth and Development; Chapter 14. The Evolution of Human Growth; Chapter 15. Exercise and Growth: Physical Activity as a Factor in Growth and Maturation; Chapter 16. The Assessment of Human Growth; Chapter 17. Assessment of Maturation; Chapter 18. Growth References and Standards; Annotated References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Human Growth and Development pulls together information from leading experts in a variety of fields to create a one-volume resource on the human growth stages, environmental effects, and the research ; methods scientists should use. This text promises to be a great course-planning guide for instructors in various medical and scientific fields in addition to a thorough reference for further research.* Both biological and bio-medical approaches to human development.* Chapters on research methods of growth data collection.* Annotated reference lists for every chapter. * T

Annual review of fluid mechanics

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910144062103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Palo Alto, Calif., : Annual Reviews
• ISSN: 1545-4479
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 532
• Soggetti: Fluid mechanics; Physics; Science; Mécanique des fluides; Physique; Sciences; physics; sciences (philosophy); Strömungsmechanik; Aufsatzsammlung; Zeitschrift; Reologie; Vloeistofmechanica; Zeitschrift; periodicals.; Periodicals.; Périodiques.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Periodico
• Note generali: Refereed/Peer-reviewed
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.