1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910130506003321

Autore

Faranda Laura <1955->

Titolo

Viaggi di ritorno : itinerari antropologici nella Grecia antica / / Laura Faranda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma, : Armando, 2009

ISBN

88-6081-538-X

Descrizione fisica

191 p. ; ; 24 cm

Collana

Antropologia culturale. Nuova serie

Disciplina

306

938

390

292

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

L. Faranda teaches at the University of Rome La Sapienza.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910133587803321

Titolo

Developmental neurotoxicology research [[electronic resource] ] : principles, models, techniques, strategies, and mechanisms / / [edited by] Cheng Wang, William Slikker Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2011

ISBN

0-470-92274-5

1-282-90483-3

9786612904837

0-470-91705-9

0-470-91706-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (666 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WangCheng <1954->

SlikkerWilliam

Disciplina

616.8/0471

616.80471

Soggetti

Neurotoxicology

Developmental toxicology

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

DEVELOPMENTALNEUROTOXICOLOGYRESEARCH; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; I MODELS, APPROACHES, AND CHALLENGES IN NEUROTOXICITY RESEARCH DURING DEVELOPMENT; 1 APPROACHES AND MODELS FOR EVALUATING THE TOXIC EFFECTS OF ANESTHETICS IN THE DEVELOPING NERVOUS SYSTEM; 2 SYSTEMS BIOLOGY APPROACHES TO NEUROTOXICITY STUDIES DURING DEVELOPMENT; 3 BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES FOR ASSESSING NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION DURING DEVELOPMENT IN ANIMAL MODELS; 4 APPLICATIONS OF UNBIASED STEREOLOGY TO NEURODEVELOPMENTAL TOXICOLOGY; II EFFECTS OF ANESTHETICS AND THEIR POTENTIAL NEUROTOXICITY DURING DEVELOPMENT

5 NEUROTOXIC EFFECTS OF ANESTHETICS AND POTENTIAL PROTECTIVE AGENTS6 PERINATAL RHESUS MONKEY MODELS AND ANESTHETIC-INDUCED NEURONAL CELL DEATH; 7 EFFECTS OF GASEOUS ANESTHETIC COMBINATIONS DURING DEVELOPMENT; 8 PERINATAL ANESTHETIC



ADMINISTRATION AND SHORT LONG-TERM BEHAVIORAL DEFICITS; III THE DEVELOPMENTAL BASIS OF ADOLESCENT OR ADULT DISEASE; 9 DEVELOPMENTAL LEAD EXPOSURE, EPIGENTICS AND LATE ONSET ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; 10 DEVELOPMENTAL TRAJECTORIES OF AUTISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES-WHAT WE KNOW AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO; 11 ACTIONS OF MANGANESE ON PUBERTAL DEVELOPMENT

12 EXPOSURE OF THE DEVELOPING BRAIN TO POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS INFLUENCES THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THE ADULT BRAIN TO STRESS13 A NEURODEVELOPMENTAL ORIGIN FOR PAKINSON'S DISEASE: A LINK TO THE FETAL BASIS FOR ADULT DISEASE HYPOTHESIS; 14 GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; IV RISK ASSESSMENT OF METHYL MERCURY AND ITS EFFECTS ON NEURODEVELOPMENT; 15 FISH NUTRIENTS AND METHYLMERCURY: A VIEW FROM THE LABORATORY

16 NEURODEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS OF MATERNAL NUTRITION STATUS AND EXPOSURE TO METHYL MERCURY FROM EATING FISH DURING PREGNANCY: EVIDENCE FROM THE SEYCHELLES CHILD DEVELOPMENT STUDY17 METHYLMERCURY NEUROTOXICOLOGY: FROM RARE POISONINGS TO SILENT PANDEMIC; 18 OXIDATIVE STRESS AND METHYLMERCURY-INDUCED NEUROTOXICITY; 19 LEARNING DEFICITS AND DEPRESSION-LIKE BEHAVIORS ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENTAL METHYLMERCURY EXPOSURES; 20 METHYLMERCURY EFFECTS ON NEURAL DEVELOPMENTAL SIGNALING PATHWAYS; V AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS; 21 NEURODEVELOPMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS

22 REDOX IMBALANCE AND THE METABOLIC PATHOLOGY OF AUTISM23 NEUROINFLAMMATION AND AUTISM; 24 AUTISM, PERIPHERAL IMMUNITY, AND POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; 25 AN EMERGING GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION MODEL: AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER PHENOTYPES RESULTING FROM EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS DURING GESTATION; VI STRATEGIES AND PROGRESS IN EPILEPSY RESEARCH; 26 NEONATAL SEIZURES; 27 EXPERIMENTAL MODELS OF EPILEPTOGENESIS; 28 EFFECT OF SEIZURES ON THE DEVELOPING BRAIN: LESSONS FROM THE LABORATORY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes how systems biology, pharmacogenomic and behavioral approaches, as applied to neurodevelopmental toxicology, provide a structure to arrange information in a biological model. Authors review and discuss approaches that can be used as effective tools to dissect mechanisms underlying pharmacological and toxicological phenomena associated with the exposure to drugs or environmental toxicants during development. This book presents cross-cutting research tools and animal models, along with applications to the studies associated with potential anesthetic-induced developmental neur



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779954203321

Autore

Bates Crispin

Titolo

Community, Empire and Migration [[electronic resource] ] : South Asians in Diaspora / / by Crispin Bates

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2001

ISBN

0-333-97729-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2001.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Disciplina

305.8914

Soggetti

Asia—Politics and government

International relations

Ethnicity

Emigration and immigration

Popular culture - Study and teaching

Social history

Asian Politics

International Relations

Ethnicity Studies

Migration

Cultural Studies

Social History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Preliminaries""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""List of Maps""; ""Preface""; ""Notes on the Contributors""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. 'The Cannot Represent Themselves'""; ""3. Nested Identities""; ""4. The Development of Communalism among East African Asians""; ""5. Imagining? Ethic Identity and Indians in South Africa""; ""6. Migration, Migrant Communities and Otherness in Twentieth-Centur Sinhala Nationalism in Sri Lanka""; ""7. Sojoumers and Settlers""; ""8. Communitarian Identities and the Private Sphere""; ""9. Hyderabadis in Pakistan""; ""10. Mohajirs in Pakistan""

""11. Bridging the Gulf""""12. Relationships between Muslims and



Hindus in the United States""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

South Asians in Diaspora is a collection of essays concerning the history, politics, and anthropology of migration in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, as well as in the numerous overseas locations, such as Fiji, Africa, the Caribbean and USA, where South Asians migrated in the colonial period and after. It addresses the connections between migration, problems of identity and ethnic conflict from a comparative perspective, and highlights the role of shared colonial experiences in providing 'communal' solidarities and discord.

4.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00388720

Autore

Spitzer, Leo

Titolo

Essays on English and American literature / by Leo Spitzer ; edited by Anna Hatcher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 1968

Descrizione fisica

XVII, 290 p. ; 21 cm.

Soggetti

Letteratura americana - Saggi

LETTERATURA INGLESE - Saggi

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia