1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451656303321

Titolo

Dry skin and moisturizers : chemistry and function / / edited by Marie Loden, Howard I. Maibach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC/Taylor & Francis, , 2006

ISBN

0-429-12308-6

1-280-53684-5

9786610536849

1-4200-3921-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (561 p.)

Collana

Dermatology : clinical and basic science series

Altri autori (Persone)

LodenMarie

MaibachHoward I

Disciplina

616.5/061

Soggetti

Dermatologic agents

Skin - Diseases

Barrier creams

Wetting agents

Electronic books.

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

Front Cover; Preface; Editors; Contributors; Contents; 1.  Introduction: Perspectives and Prospects; 2.  The Skin as a Barrier; 3.  Epidermal Lipids and Formation of the Barrier of the Skin; 4.  Lipid Structures in the Permeability Barrier; 5.  Particle Probes and Skin Physiology; 6.  Role of Calcium Ions in the Regulation of Skin Barrier Homeostasis; 7.  Desquamation; 8.  Ichthyosis — An Inborn Dryness and Scaliness of the Skin; 9.  Dry Skin in Atopic Dermatitis and Patients on Hemodialysis; 10.  Experimentally Induced Dry Skin; 11.  Dryness in Chronologically and Photo-Aged Skin

12.  Itch Associated with Dryness of the Skin: the Pathophysiology and Influence of Moisturizers13.  Effects of Moisturizer in Psoriasis; 14.  Moisturizers as a Medical, Biological, Psychological, Cultural, and Economic Factor; 15.  New Methodology to Improve Epidermal Barrier Homeostasis; 16.  Outside and Inside Skin pH; 17.  Dry Skin and Use of Proteases; 18.  Effects of Natural Moisturizing Factor and Lactic Acid



Isom

Sommario/riassunto

The previous edition of Dry Skin and Moisturizers: Chemistry and Function was the first book devoted to all aspects of moisturizers, a subject often given short shrift in dermatology texts. It quickly became a standard reference. In the past five years, there has been an explosion of new information relating to the nature of dry skin and its treatment. With more than 350 scientific papers on dry skin published in the last five years, the advances in the field have been nothing short of stunning. Completely revised and updated, this second edition presents the most recent research findings and

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788560303321

Autore

Stuckrad Kocku von <1966->

Titolo

The scientification of religion : an historical study of discursive change, 1800-2000 / / Kocku von Stuckrad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-61451-350-3

1-61451-821-1

1-61451-349-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Classificazione

BE 2210

Disciplina

201/.6509

Soggetti

Religion and science

Secularism - Europe

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 (pages 183-210) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Religion and Science in Discursive Perspective -- Part One: Discarded Knowledge and Its New Legitimacy in Secular Discourse -- 2. From Polemical Disjunction to New Integration: The Science of the Stars -- 3. Alchemical Quests in Modern Garb -- 4. Darwinism Turned into Religion: Monism -- 5. Merging Occultism, Philosophy, Science, and the Academic Study of Religion: The Theosophical Society -- Part Two: Academics as Religious



Pioneers -- 6. The Trouble with Europe: Academic Orientalism and New Mystical Religions -- 7. In Search of the Great Goddess: How Academic Theories Generated Paganism and Witchcraft -- 8. Normatizing Shamanism: Academic Teachers as Religious Experts -- Conclusion: The Scientification of Religion -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The enigmatic relation between religion and science still presents a challenge to European societies and to ideas about what it means to be 'modern.' This book argues that European secularism, rather than pushing back religious truth claims, in fact has been religiously productive itself. The institutional establishment of new disciplines in the nineteenth century, such as religious studies, anthropology, psychology, classical studies, and the study of various religious traditions, led to a professionalization of knowledge about religion that in turn attributed new meanings to religion. This attribution of meaning resulted in the emergence of new religious identities and practices. In a dynamic that is closely linked to this discursive change, the natural sciences adopted religious and metaphysical claims and integrated them in their framework of meaning, resulting in a special form of scientific religiosity that has gained much influence in the twentieth century. Applying methods that come from historical discourse analysis, the book demonstrates that religious semantics have been reconfigured in the secular sciences. Ultimately, the scientification of religion perpetuated religious truth claims under conditions of secularism.