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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136774503321

Autore

Edited by Norman J. Temple and Nelia Steyn

Titolo

Community nutrition for developing countries / / edited by Norman J. Temple and Nelia Steyn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athabasca University Press, 2016

Edmonton, Alberta : , : AU Press

[Pretoria, South Africa?] : , : UNISA, University of South Africa Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-927356-13-X

1-927356-12-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 491 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

363.8091724

Soggetti

Nutrition - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. The food and nutrition situation in developing countries --Part II. Lifecycle nutrition --Part III. The role of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease --Part IV. From food guides to nutrition education --Part V. Key components of community-based nutrition programmes --Part VI. Population nutrition and the role of government --Part VII. Assessing nutrition status --Part VIII. Food services and food safety --Part IX. A broader perspective.

Sommario/riassunto

"Nutrition textbooks used by universities and colleges in developing countries have very often been written by scholars who live and work in North America or the United Kingdom. And while the research and information they present is sound, the nutrition-related health challenges with which developing countries must grapple differs considerably from those found in highly industrialized Western nations. The primary aim of Community Nutrition for Developing Countries is to address this issue. Written by both scholars and practitioners, the volume draws on their wealth of knowledge, experience, and understanding of nutrition in developing countries to provide nutrition professionals with the proper tools for the assessment and evaluation



of nutritional status. Each chapter addresses a specific nutrition challenge currently faced by developing countries such as food security, food safety, disease prevention, maternal health, and effective nutrition policy. In addition, the volume serves as an invaluable resource for those developing and implementing nutrition education programmes. With an emphasis on nutritional education as a means to prevent disease and effectively manage health disorders, it is the hope of the nearly three dozen contributors to this work that it will enhance the health and wellbeing of low income populations throughout the world."--

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910367740903321

Autore

Pulido Rafael

Titolo

Dual Specificity Phosphatases: From Molecular Mechanisms to Biological Function

Pubbl/distr/stampa

MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019

ISBN

3-03921-689-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Soggetti

Biology, life sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Dual specificity phosphatases (DUSPs) constitute a heterogeneous group of protein tyrosine phosphatases with the ability to dephosphorylate Ser/Thr and Tyr residues from proteins, as well as from other non-proteinaceous substrates including signaling lipids. DUSPs include, among others, MAP kinase (MAPK) phosphatases (MKPs) and small-size atypical DUSPs. MKPs are enzymes specialized in regulating the activity and subcellular location of MAPKs, whereas the function of small-size atypical DUSPs seems to be more diverse. DUSPs have emerged as key players in the regulation of cell growth, differentiation, stress response, and apoptosis. DUSPs regulate essential physiological processes, including immunity, neurobiology



and metabolic homeostasis, and have been implicated in tumorigenesis, pathological inflammation and metabolic disorders. Accordingly, alterations in the expression or function of MKPs and small-size atypical DUSPs have consequences essential to human disease, making these enzymes potential biological markers and therapeutic targets. This Special Issue covers recent advances in the molecular mechanisms and biological functions of MKPs and small-size atypical DUSPs, and their relevance in human disease.