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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820453903321

Titolo

Ancient plants and people : contemporary trends in archaeobotany / / edited by Marco Madella, Carla Lancelotti, and Manon Savard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuczon, Arizona : , : University of Arizona Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8165-9868-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Classificazione

SOC003000

Disciplina

930.1028/2

Soggetti

Plant remains (Archaeology)

Phytoliths

Social archaeology

Archaeology - Methodology

Landscape archaeology

Food crops - History - To 1500

Plants and civilization - History - To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface / Martin K. Jones -- Introduction / Manon Savard, Marco Madella, and Carla Lancelotti -- Part I. Methodologies in Archaeobotany -- Sample-Size Estimation and Inter-Assemblage Quantification in Archaeobotany / Gyoung-Ah Lee -- Regional Exchanges in South Eastern Arabia During the Late Pre-Islamic Period : The Contribution of Phytolith Analysis of Ceramic Thin Sections from ed-Dur (Umm al-Qaiwain, UAE) / Luc Vrydaghs, Paul De Paepe, Kris Rutten, and Ernie Haerinck -- Examining Agriculture and Climate Change in Antiquity : Practical and Theoretical Considerations / Alexia Smith -- Part II. Case Studies in Archaeobotany and Vegetation History -- Swahili Food Production : An Interim Archaeotanical Report from Pemba Island, Tanzania, Seventh through Sixteen Centuries AD / Sarah C. Walshaw -- Plant-Food Subsistence in Context : An Example from Epipalaeolithic Southwest Anatolia / Daniele Martinoli -- Vegetation Proxy Data and Climate Reconstruction : Examples from West Asia / Naomi F. Miller -- The Significance of Prehistoric Weed Floras for the Reconstruction of



Interrelations of Environment and Crop Husbandry Practices During the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages (1600-700 BC) in the Near East / Simone Riehl -- Part III. Social Archaeobotany -- Historical Aspects of Early Plant Cultivation in the Uplands of Eastern North America / Kristen J. Gremillion -- Routine Activities, Tertiary Refuse, and Labour Organisation : Social Inferences from Everyday Archaeobotany / Dorian Q. Fuller, Chris Stevens, and Meriel McClatchie -- Of Crops and Food : A Social Perspective on the Agricultural Tradition of the Harappan Civilisation / Marco Madella -- Anthracological Research in the South-Southeastern Brazilian Coast : Palaeoenvironment and Plant Exploitation of Sambaqui Moundbuilders / Rita Scheel-Ybert and Maria Dulce Gaspar -- Part IV. Genetics in Archaeobotany -- Rice of Asian Origin / Yo-Ichiro Sato -- A Review on the Research on the Origin of Six-Row Barley / Ken-ichi Tanno -- Maize Cob Phytoliths as Indicators of Genetics and Environmental Conditions / Linda Scott-Cummings.

Sommario/riassunto

"Mangroves and rice, six-row brittle barley and einkorn wheat. Ancient crops for prehistoric people. What do they have in common? All tell us about the lives and cultures of long ago, as humans cultivated or collected these plants for food. Exploring these and other important plants used for millennia by humans, Ancient Plants and People presents a wide-angle view of the current state of archaeobotanical research, methods, and theories. Food has a public and private role, and it permeates the life of all people in a society. Food choice, production, and distribution probably represent the most complex indicators of social life, and thus a study of foods consumed by ancient peoples reveals many clues about their lifestyles. But in addition to yielding information about food production, distribution, preparation, and consumption, plant remains recovered from archaeological sites offer precious insights on past landscapes, human adaptation to climate change, and the relationship between human groups and their environment. Revealing important aspects of past human societies, these plant-driven insights widen the spectrum of information available to archaeologists as we seek to understand our history as a biological and cultural species. Often answers raise more questions. As a result, archaeobotanists are constantly pushed to reflect on the methodological and theoretical aspects of their discipline. The contributors discuss timely methodological issues and engage in debates on a wide range of topics from plant utilization in hunter-gatherers and agriculturalists to uses of ancient DNA. Ancient Plants and People provides a global perspective on archaeobotanical research, particularly on the sophisticated interplay between the use of plants and their social or environmental context"--

"Ancient Plants and People is a timely discussion of the global perspectives on archaeobotany and the rich harvest of knowledge it yields. Contributors examine the importance of plants to human culture over time and geographic regions and what it teaches of humans, their culture, and their landscapes"--Provided by publisher.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910399873803321

Titolo

Acute Kidney Injury and Regenerative Medicine / / edited by Yoshio Terada, Takashi Wada, Kent Doi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

981-15-1108-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 396 p. 39 illus., 33 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

780

Soggetti

Nephrology

Regenerative medicine

Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Part 1 Diagnosis and risk factors of AKI -- Definition and epidemiology of AKI -- Cause of AKI (prerenal, renal, postrenal) -- Pathophysiology of AKI -- Diagnosis of AKI (clinical assessment, novel biomarkers) -- Risk factors for AKI development in surgery -- Risk factors for AKI development in heart failure -- 7. Contrast-induced AKI -- 8. Antibiotics- and immunosuppression-related AKI -- 9. AKI in setting of cancer -- Community-acquired AKI and hospital-acquired AKI -- Part 2 Complication of AKI -- 11. Complication of homeostasis (mineral and acid-base) -- 12. Volume overload and cardiac and pulmonary complication -- Part 3 Prevention and management of AKI -- Prerenal and renal AKI -- Postrenal AKI -- AKI in intensive care medicine -- Nondialytic supportive management of AKI -- Renal replacement therapy in AKI -- Outcomes and long-term follow-up of AKI patients -- Prevention and management of pediatric AKI -- Part 4 Experimental novel findings -- AKI-to-CKD transition -- AKI and nerve system -- AKI and immune system -- AKI and cytokines -- Part 5 AKI and regenerative medicine -- iPS cell and renal regenerative medicine -- Embryonic genes and renal regenerative medicine -- Xenotransplanted embryonic kidney.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents up-to-date information on the clinical-pathophysiological features of acute renal injury and discusses the



KDIGO diagnostic criteria, as well as novel experimental findings, including in the area of regenerative medicine. It also highlights the clinical-pathophysiological importance of AKI in clinical settings, including differential diagnoses and management of AKI. In the past, the pathology associated with sudden renal impairment was characterized as acute renal failure (ARF). However, in the 2000s, the joint efforts of specialists in fields including nephrology, intensive care medicine, and cardiovascular medicine led to the introduction of a novel concept known as acute kidney injury (AKI). As medical care progressed, patients such as high-risk elderly subjects who were not deemed to be candidates for invasive therapy came to be treated in intensive care units (ICUs). As a result, kidney injury as a subset of multiple organ failure was re-considered asAKI, especially in intensive care medicine. AKI was then proposed as a novel disease concept to emphasize the importance of early diagnosis and early intervention to improve prognosis. Presenting novel features, such as the definition of AKI, risk factors and management; biomarkers, such as neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) and L-type fatty acid-binding protein (L-FABP); long-term outcomes of AKI; as well as renal regeneration using iPS cell, manipulation of embryonic genes, and Xenotransplanted embryonic kidney, this book is of interest to all physicians and researchers in this field around the globe.