1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788944303321

Autore

Van den Eede Yoni

Titolo

Amor technologiae : Marshall McLuhan as philosopher of technology : toward a philosophy of human-media relationships / / Yoni Van Den Eede ; book design Yoni Van Den Eede

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brussels, Belgium : , : VUBPress, , 2012

©2012

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (519 p.)

Disciplina

601

Soggetti

Technology - Philosophy

Technology - Social aspects

Mass media - Social aspects

Communication - Social aspects

Communication and culture

Mass media - Philosophy

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

""Front ""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Content""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Introducing a Protagonist: Marshall McLuhan, “Media Philosopher�""; ""3 �Love Is Blind�: Blindness in Relation to “What We Get�""; ""4 Love Is Happiness Is Suffering: Ambivalence in Relation to “What We Want�""; ""5 Revisiting a Protagonist: A Prelude to Stories of Illusion and Loss, One and Many, Stasis and Change""; ""6 Out of Ourselves: The Lover as the One Who Is Extended""; ""7 The In-between:""; ""The Love as Constitutive-Transformative Process""

""8 Fourfold Media: The Beloved as the Working �Core�""""9 Medial Nodes: An Eye for Objects, a Mind for Mediation, a Heart for Humans""; ""10 Us in Things: The Lovers� Fight in Technical Form � or, Material Ideology""; ""11 Mediation-of-Mediation: The “Loves� Multiplied � or, Medial Networks""; ""12 Politics in Things: Conspiracies of the Beloved � or, Things� Hidden Agenda""; ""13 A Pan-Medial Cosmology""; ""14 Into Ourselves: Is Narcissus a Narcissist by Design?""; ""15 In between Fixity and Adaptation: Home Is Where the



Brain Wires""

""16 Living the Object: Collectors by Design""""17 Living through the Stasis-Change Dynamic: Learning-as-Dialogue""; ""18 Concluding Remarks on Love""; ""Notes""; ""References""

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910367747303321

Autore

Amedei Amedeo

Titolo

The Interplay of Microbiome and Immune Response in Health and Diseases / Amedeo Amedei, Gwendolyn Barceló-Coblijn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019

Basel, Switzerland : , : MDPI, , 2019

ISBN

9783039216475

3039216473

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (206 p.)

Soggetti

Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

[Increasing evidence suggests that microbiota and especially the gut microbiota (the microbes inhabiting the gut including bacteria, archaea, viruses, and fungi) plays a key role in human physiology and pathology. Recent findings indicate how dysbiosis-an imbalance in the composition and organization of microbial populations-could severely impact the development of different medical conditions (from metabolic to mood disorders), providing new insights into the comprehension of diverse diseases, such as IBD, obesity, asthma, autism, stroke, diabetes, and cancer. Given that microbial cells in the gut outnumber host cells, microbiota influences human physiology both functionally and structurally. Microbial metabolites bridge various-even distant-areas of the organism by way of the immune and hormone system. For instance, it is now clear that the mutual interaction between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain (gut-brain axis), often involves gut microbiota, indicating that the crosstalk



between the organism and its microbial residents represents a fundamental aspect of both the establishment and maintenance of healthy conditions. Moreover, it is crucial to recognize that beyond the intestinal tract, microbiota populates other host organs and tissues (e.g., skin and oral mucosa). We have edited this eBook with the aim of publishing manuscripts focusing on the impact of microbiota in the development of different diseases and their associated treatments.]