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Record Nr.

UNINA9910557542603321

Autore

Petry Clive J

Titolo

Nutrition for Gestational Diabetes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Soggetti

Biology, life sciences

Food & society

Research & information: general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is one of the most common adverse medical conditions that occurs during pregnancy, and its prevalence is rising as part of a diabetes pandemic. Nutrition plays a key role in  GDM, whether (1) as part of an 'unhealthy' diet, which contributes to its cause, or (2) as part of changes in dietary intake, which act as the frontline treatment for GDM (sometimes supplemented with exercise and pharmacological intervention). Dietary changes, therefore, can alter the risk of developing GDM in the first place, and once GDM has emerged during pregnancy, dietary changes can mitigate the risk of developing GDM-related complications, such as macrosomia, respiratory distress, hypoglycemia and jaundice in the neonate, pre eclampsia, increased need for caesarean section and placental abruption in the mother. In this Special Issue, we aim to highlight the role of nutrition in the aetiology of GDM, whether directly or indirectly through weight gain and obesity, and in its role as a GDM treatment to lower hyperglycemia and the risk of the aforementioned complications.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910879593603321

Autore

Donarini Andrea

Titolo

Quantum Transport in Interacting Nanojunctions : A Density Matrix Approach / / by Andrea Donarini, Milena Grifoni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

3-031-55619-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (587 pages)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 1616-6361 ; ; 1024

Disciplina

530.12

Soggetti

Condensed matter

Quantum theory

Statistical physics

Quantum dots

Superconductors - Chemistry

Condensed Matter Physics

Quantum Physics

Statistical Physics

Quantum Dots

Superconductors

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Part I: Transport Theory -- 1. Preliminary Concepts -- 2. The Quantum Transport Problem -- 3. Linear Transport within Kubo Formalism -- 4. Density Matrix Methods for Quantum Transport -- 5. Diagrammatic Formulation of Transport in Liouville space -- Part II: Interacting Nanojunctions -- 6. The Single Impurity Anderson Model -- 7. Double Quantum Dots -- 8. Quantum Dot Molecules -- 9. Junctions with Ferromagnetic Electrodes -- 10. Transport in Molecular Junctions -- 11. Junctions with Superconducting Leads -- 12. Solutions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book serves as an introduction to the growing field of quantum many-body transport in interacting nanojunctions. It delves into a theoretical approach based on a general density-matrix formulation for open quantum systems. In the book, relevant transport observables, like the current or its higher order cumulants, are obtained by



evaluating quantum statistical averages. This approach requires the knowledge of the reduced density matrix of the interacting nanosystems. The formulation for addressing transport problems, based on the evolution of the reduced density operator in Liouville space, is highly versatile. It enables the treatment of charge and spin transport across various realistic nanostructures. Topics encompass standard Coulomb blockade, cotunneling phenomena in quantum dots, vibrational and Franck-Condon effects in molecular junctions, as well as many-body interference observed in double quantum dots or carbon nanotubes. Derived from lectures tailored for graduate and advanced students at the University of Regensburg in Germany, this book is enriched with exercises and step-by-step derivations.