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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784904303321

Autore

Owusu-Apenten R. K.

Titolo

Bioactive peptides : applications for improving nutrition and health / / Richard Owusu-Apenten

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2010

ISBN

0-429-13297-2

1-4398-1363-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Disciplina

572/.65

Soggetti

Peptide drugs

Dietary supplements

Proteins - Metabolism

Proteins in human nutrition

Appetite stimulants

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; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Author; Chapter 1: Nutrition and the HostResponse to Infectionand Injury; Chapter 2: Bioactive Peptidesfor Nutrition and Health; Chapter 3: Dietary ProteinRequirements for Health; Chapter 4: Protein Turnoverand Economics within the Body; Chapter 5: Major Processes forMuscle Gain and Loss; Chapter 6: Inflammation and InnateImmune Response; Chapter 7: Infection and Sepsis; Chapter 8: Anabolic Dysfunction; Chapter 9: Bioactive Peptidesfor Alleviating Illness Anorexia; Index; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting data from human studies and trials, along with recent research findings, this work summarizes the applications, and benefits of bioactive peptides used to mitigate major metabolic derangements arising from chronic illnesses and resulting in unwanted weight loss. Recent studies show bioactive peptides to enhance the body's antioxidant status, antisepsis capacity, immune function, anti-inflammatory capacity, mineral absorption, and appetite. This book covers general principles, such as host response, quality factors, protein economics, and muscle loss. It includes case studies on ageing,



AIDS, COPD, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, kidney failure, and tuberculosis.--Provided by publisher.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299706903321

Titolo

Plasticity of Pressure-Sensitive Materials / / edited by Holm Altenbach, Andreas Öchsner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-642-40945-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 p.)

Collana

Engineering Materials, , 1612-1317

Disciplina

531.385

Soggetti

Mechanics

Mechanics, Applied

Materials science

Solid Mechanics

Materials Science, general

Classical Mechanics

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.

Nota di contenuto

Part I:Experimental Observations -- Part II: Theoretical Foundation -- Summary of Continuum mechanics -- Yield Criteria -- Theory of Plasticity -- Part III: Applications -- Metal Forming -- Powder -- Concrete -- Soil and Rock -- Porous Metals -- Cellular -- Human -- Adhesives and Polymers -- Part IV: Some Mathematics.

Sommario/riassunto

Classical plasticity theory of metals is independent of the hydrostatic pressure. However, if the metal contains voids or pores or if the structure is composed of cells, this classical assumption is no more valid and the influence of the hydrostatic pressure must be incorporated in the constitutive description. Looking at the microlevel, metal plasticity is connected with the uniform planes of atoms organized with long-range order. Planes may slip past each other along their close-packed directions. The result is a permanent change of



shape within the crystal and plastic deformation. The presence of dislocations increases the likelihood of planes slipping. Nowadays, the theory of pressure sensitive plasticity is successfully applied to many other important classes of materials (polymers, concrete, bones etc.) even if the phenomena on the micro-level are different to classical plasticity of metals. The theoretical background of this phenomenological approach based on observations on the macro-level is described in detail in this monograph and applied to a wide range of different important materials in the last part of this book.