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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463011303321

Titolo

Annual review of nursing research . Volume 31 Exercise in health and disease / / volume editor, Barbara A. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Springer Publishing Company, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-8261-1973-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Collana

Annual Review of Nursing Research, , 1944-4028 ; ; Volume 31

Disciplina

610.73072

Soggetti

Nursing - Research

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Annual Review of Nursing Research, Volume 31, 2013; Half-Title Page; Series and Volume Editors; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; About the Volume Editor; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1: Animal Models of Exercise and Obesity ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; ORIGINS OF THE LABORATORY RAT; COMPREHENSIVE DATABASES OF RODENT MODELS; RODENT MODELS OF EXERCISE AND OBESITY; THE ORIGINS OF RESEARCH IN EXERCISE PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE PROTOCOLS USING RATS AND MICE; THE STUDY OF ATROPHY AND EXERCISE RECOVERY; MODELS OF IMMOBILIZATION AND INACTIVITY

ANIMAL MODELS OF EXERCISE IN NURSING RESEARCHEXERCISE-INDUCED RODENT MODEL OF THERMOREGULATION; ANIMAL MODELS OF OBESITY; HUMAN DISEASE AND ANIMAL MODELS OF OBESITY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2: Thermoregulation; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; FEVER: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; CYTOKINES ARE ENDOGENOUS MEDIATORS OF FEVER; Interleukin-1; IL-1β and Psychological Stress; IL-1 and PGE2; IL-1 and CRF; Tumor Necrosis Factor; Interferon; Interleukin-6; CYTOKINES-INDUCED ACUTE PHASE CHANGES; Cytokines, Blood Brain Barrier, and Fever; Blood Brain Barrier; Cytokines and the Prostaglandin (PGE2) Pathway

Hypothalamus and Effector MechanismsENDOGENOUS CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR AND FEVER; Endogenous Antipyretics; THE



ADAPTIVE VALUE OF FEVER; ACUTE EXERCISE CAUSES A CHANGE IN CORE TEMPERATURE SET-POINT; The Role of Conditioning From Long-Term Exercise; Impact of Exercise Conditioning on Cardiovascular Disease; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3: Overweight and Obesity in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; Epidemiology of Diabetes in Youth; Role of Physical Activity and Lifestyle Factors in Youth; METHODS; RESULTS; SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS

Implications for Future Research and PracticeACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4: Physical Activity Intervention Studies and Their Relationship to Body Composition in Healthy Women; ABSTRACT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTION STUDIES ANDTHEIR RELATIONSHIP TO BODY COMPOSITION IN HEALTHY WOMEN; BACKGROUND; Obesity; Physical Activity; Systematic Reviews of Physical Activity Interventions; METHODS; Design and Sample; Measures; Analytic Strategy; RESULTS; Sample Characteristics and Setting; Intervention Characteristics; Physical Activity Without Diet; Physical Activity With Diet

Characteristics of the Study Physical Activity and Body Composition MeasuresPhysical Activity Without; Physical Activity With Diet; Intervention Effects; Physical Activity Without Diet; Physical Activity With Diet; Relationship Between Physical Activity and Body Composition; DISCUSSION; Intervention Effects; Measurement; Theoretical Approaches; Public Health Implications; Dissemination; Limitations; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5: The Effects of Exercise During Pregnancy; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; Social Meaning of Pregnancy-Sociological, Feminist View

Physical Activity and Exercise

Sommario/riassunto

Annual Review of Nursing Research. Volume 31, 2013. Exercise in Health and Disease. CHRISTINE E. KASPER, PhD, RN, FAAN. Series Editor. BARBARA SMITH. Volume Editor. This landmark annual review has provided nearly three decades of knowledge, insight, and research on topics critical to nurses everywhere. The purpose of this annual review is to critically examine the full gamut of literature on key topics in nursing practice, including nursing theory, care delivery, nursing education, and the professional aspects of nursing. Previously edited by legendary leaders in the field of nursing, Joyce Fi



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797072503321

Autore

Ashton Sally-Ann

Titolo

The last queens of Egypt / / Sally-Ann Ashton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-317-86872-2

1-315-83572-X

1-317-86873-0

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Disciplina

932.021

Soggetti

Queens - Egypt - History

Queens - Egypt

Egypt History 332-30 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2003 by Pearson Education.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Map; Introduction; Note on text; Chapter 1 Role models; Chapter 2 Egypt and the Ptolemies; Chapter 3 Cleopatra and her ancestors; Chapter 4 Presentation to the Greeks: Hellenistic queens; Chapter 5 Continuing the tradition: queens of Egypt; Chapter 6 The royal cults: deification and amalgamation; Chapter 7 The legacy of the Ptolemaic queens; A selective family tree of the Ptolemaic queens; Bibliography and sources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The last of the Ptolemaic monarchs who ruled Egypt for 300 years, Cleopatra is the most famous of the Ptolemaic queens. But what of her predecessors? <EM>The Last Queens of Egypt </EM>examines the roles played by the Ptolemaic royal women and explores their part in religion, politics and court intrigue. Explaining their propensity for incest, murder and power, Sally Ann Ashton shows the extent of the power they enjoyed, the price they paid, and how they shaped Cleopatra's reign. <STRONG></STRONG>