1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002951609707536

Autore

Allegri, Luigi

Titolo

Ideologia e linguaggio nel cinema contemporaneo : Jean-Luc Godard / Luigi Allegri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Parma : Università di Parma, centro studi e arch, 1976

Descrizione fisica

268 p. ; 21 cm.

Disciplina

791.43

Soggetti

Godard, Jean-Luc - Saggi

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783690703321

Autore

Clark William R. <1938->

Titolo

A means to an end : the biological basis of aging and death / / William R. Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1999

©1999

ISBN

0-19-770158-2

1-280-50204-5

9786610502042

0-19-512593-2

0-19-802911-X

0-19-534839-7

1-60256-775-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Disciplina

612.6/7

Soggetti

Cells - Aging

Apoptosis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Originally published: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Aging, Senescence, and Lifespan; 2. The Nature of Cellular Senescence and Death; 3. The Evolution of Senescence and Death; 4. Of Embryos and Worms and Very Old Men: The Developmental Genetics of Senescence and Lifespan; 5. Human Genetic Diseases That Mimic the Aging Process; 6. Cycling to Senescence; 7. Replicative Immortality: Cancer and Aging; 8. Caloric Restriction and Maximum Lifespan; 9. With Every Breath We Take: Oxidative Stress and Cellular Senescence; 10. The Aging Brain; 11. A Conditional Benefit; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this work, the various theories of ageing are explained and assessed. The author presents case accounts about disorders that open windows on to the ageing process. The impacts of ageing on the brain and nervous system are given special attention, as are the effects of caloric restriction on maximum lifespan.