1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910688302303321

Autore

Creches Mobile

Titolo

State of the Young Child in India / / Mobile Creches

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2020

©2020

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 pages)

Disciplina

305.231

Soggetti

Child development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The young child in India -- 2. Advancing physical well-being -- 3. Promoting early childhood learning -- 4. Prioritising the disadvantaged child -- 5. Childcare and the childcare worker -- 6. Fiscal allocations and expenditure for child development -- 7. The way forward.

Sommario/riassunto

This Report is one of the first comprehensive studies on young children in India. It focuses on children under 6 years of age and presents key aspects of their well-being and development. With the highest number of neonatal, infant and under-5 deaths in the world, there is an urgent need to address issues that continue to affect the young child in India. This volume: Introduces two young child indices aggregating selected indicators to separately track child outcomes and child circumstances. Provides an account of the current situation of the young child in terms of physical and cognitive development, access to care, disadvantaged children and major issues that have led to the continued neglect of this age group. Explores the policy and legal framework, fiscal space and the role and obligations of key stakeholders, including the state, private sector, civil society, media and the family. Highlights key recommendations and action points that can help to improve the ecosystem for early childhood care and development. Drawing on specially commissioned technical background papers, supplemented by extensive field experience of Mobile Creches in childcare, this Report will be of interest to practitioners, policymakers and influencers, think tanks and researchers of public policy, development studies, human



rights, sociology and social anthropology, as well as general readers.  The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781003026488, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019218803321

Titolo

Antimicrobial peptides / / [editors, Joan Marsh and Jamie A. Goode]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; New York, : Wiley, 1994

ISBN

1-282-45501-X

9786612455018

0-470-51465-5

0-470-51466-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 186

Altri autori (Persone)

MarshJoan

GoodeJamie

Disciplina

615/.3

Soggetti

Peptide antibiotics

Protein drugs

Peptides - Therapeutic use

Microbial peptides

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Symposium on Antimicrobial Peptides, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 18-20 January 1994."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES; Chairman's opening remarks; Design and synthesis of antimicrobial peptides; Gene-encoded antibiotics made in bacteria; General discussion I; Biosynthesis of defensins and other antimicrobial peptides; Antimicrobial peptides from amphibian skin: an overview; Gene-encoded antimicrobial peptides from plants; Drosophila as a model system for antibacterial peptides; Function of antimicrobial proteins in insects; General discussion I I; Anti bacterial peptides in insect vectors of tropical parasitic disease

Structu re-f u nction relationships of tachyplesins and their



analoguesBactericidal permeability-increasing protein in host defence against Gram- negative bacteria and endotoxin; General discussion I I I; Potential therapeutic applications of magainins and other antimicrobial agents of animal origin; Primitive vertebrate immunity: what is the evolutionary derivation of molecules that define the adaptive immune system?; Antimicrobial proteins with homology to serine proteases; Antimicrobial peptides as agents of mucosal immunity; Closing remarks; Index of contributors; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Describes the structure and function of important peptides from several different organisms. An exciting development is the use of these peptides or their analogues in the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases. Considers ways in which these peptides may be used to control the insect vectors of key pathogens including the malarial parasite. Discusses the role of antimicrobial peptides in the mammalian immune system and their interaction with other components of that system.