Acanthamoeba : biology and pathogenesis / / edited by Naveed Ahmed Khan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787174003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Norfolk, England : , : Caister Academic Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-908230-51-7
• Edizione: [Second edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (346 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Disciplina: 593
• Soggetti: Acanthamoeba
• 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 285-328) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Current books of interest; Preface to the First Edition; Preface ; A: Biology and Phylogeny ; A.1 Introduction; A.2 Discovery of Acanthamoeba spp.; A.3 Speciation and genotyping; A.4 Cell biology ; A.5 Nuclear genome ; A.6 Mitochondrial genome ; A.7 The complete Acanthamoeba castellanii genome ; A.8 Motility ; A.9 Molecular basis of motility ; A.10 Acanthamoeba actin; A.11 Acanthamoeba myosin ; B: Life Cycle and Ecological Significance; B.1 Ecology; B.2 Ecosystem; B.3 Life cycle ; B.4 Stress management in cyst-forming pathogenic free-living protists; B.5 Regulators of the life cycle B.6 What stimulates encystation? ; B.7 Feeding; B.8 Metabolism; B.9 Acanthamoeba is a heterotroph (chemo-organotroph); B.10 Hydrogenosomal-type anaerobic ATP generation pathway in Acanthamoeba castellanii; B.11 Isolation of Acanthamoeba from the environmental samples; B.12 Storage ; B.13 Testing viability of trophozoites and cysts; C: Acanthamoeba Infections ; C.1 Acanthamoeba keratitis; C.2 Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba; C.3 Cutaneous acanthamoebiasis; C.4 Multiple sclerosis and Acanthamoeba; D: Pathogenesis; D.1 Acanthamoeba keratitis D.2 Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba; D.3 Loss and gain of virulence; D.4 Acanthamoeba: an opportunistic pathogen; D.5 Crossing of the biological barriers ; D.6 Direct virulence factors ; D.7 Contact-dependent mechanisms ; D.8 Contact-independent mechanisms ; D.9 ; Indirect virulence factors; E: Acanthamoeba and the Immune System; E.1 Non-specific immune system ; E.2 Specific immune system ; E.3 What are the basic types of parasite immune evasion strategies?; E.4 Acanthamoeba and immune response; E.5 Effect of immune suppressive component in marijuana, cannabinoid delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol on Acanthamoeba encephalitis E.6 Acanthamoeba and the central nervous system autoimmunity; F: Chemotherapeutic Strategies Against Acanthamoeba Infections ; F.1 Chemotherapeutic agents and Acanthamoeba; F.2 Membrane-acting agents ; F.3 Inhibitors of DNA synthesis and polyamine metabolism ; F.4 RNA synthesis inhibition ; F.5 Protein synthesis inhibition ; F.6 Tricyclic neuroleptic agents (calmodulin inhibition); F.7 Artesunate; F.8 Antimicrobial compounds from natural products (in addition to the aforementioned antibiotics) F.9 Drug targets in Acanthamoeba; F.10 Drug resistance in Acanthamoeba; F.11 Disinfectants and Acanthamoeba; F.12 Future prospects for treatment ; G: War of the Microbial Worlds: Who is the Beneficiary in Acanthamoeba Interactions with Other Microbes; G.1 A host for viruses; G.2 A host for yeast; G.3 A host for protists; G.4 Acanthamoeba and bacteria interactions ; G.5 Is Acanthamoeba an evolutionary ancestor of macrophages?; G.6 Acanthamoeba as evolutionary precursor of pathogenicity; G.7 Who is the beneficiary in bacteria-Acanthamoeba interactions?
• Sommario/riassunto: This fully up-to-date book covers all aspects of Acanthamoeba biology. Following the success of the first edition, the author has extensively revised and expanded the text to produce a new volume that includes all the latest research and information on every aspect of this organism. There is a particular emphasis on the Acanthamoeba genome sequence and the novel insights gained from the application of molecular methods to Acanthamoeba developmental/cellular biology, in terms of metabolism and morphogenesis, classification, ecology and role in the ecosystem, host-pathogen interactions, virulenc

Demanding a Radical Constitution : Environmentalism, Resilience, and Participation in Chile’s 2022 Reform Efforts / / edited by Javiera Barandiaran, Tristan Partridge

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910946922003321
• Autore: Barandiarán Javiera
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025
• ISBN: 9783031756900; 3031756908
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2025.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): PartridgeTristan
• Disciplina: 983.0668
• Soggetti: Environmental policy; Political sociology; Environmental sciences - Social aspects; Social policy; Human rights; International economic relations; Environmental Policy; Political Sociology; Environmental Social Sciences; Global Social Policy; Politics and Human Rights; International Political Economy’
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1. Introduction: Demanding a Radical Constitution (Javiera Barandiaran) -- Chapter 2. Indigenous representation: How recognition, reciprocity, and reserved seats shaped the constitutional convention (Tristan Partridge) -- Chapter 3. Public participation in constitutional reform: the challenges of Chile's experiments in expanding citizen involvement (Maite Salazar) -- Chapter 4. Rights of Nature in an 'Eco-Constitution': needs, goals, and hopes for a paradigm change in environmental governance (Javiera Barandiaran) -- Chapter 5. An ; Ombudsman for Nature: Putting environmental protection into practice within an ‘EcoConstitution’ (Mia Wercinski) -- Chapter 6. Managing mining: New environmental contracts in light of loss, inequality, and climate change (Katie Lessmeier) -- Chapter 7. Re-thinking property and pollution: Conserving the Night Sky as Natural Commons (Isabella Millet) -- Chapter 8. Knowledge systems: Redefining Science and Bioethics for the Common Good (Camila Torralbo & Maite Salazar) -- Chapter 9. Rural education, agroecology, and environmental know-how (Lucas Bricca).
• Sommario/riassunto: This open access book documents the critical thinking and political actions that generated one of the world’s most progressive national constitutions, presented to the Chilean public in 2022. Although that text was ultimately rejected in a national referendum, it drew on decades of diverse environmental, political, Indigenous, and community organizing and contained concepts and goals at the forefront of global efforts to create more just and equitable political systems, healthier living environments, and more resilient ecosystems. Drawing on research by faculty and students from the USA and Chile, chapters within this book address political memory, Indigenous representation, public participation, the Rights of Nature, environmental law, mining conflicts, natural commons, knowledge systems, and rural education. This book highlights important contributions from Chile’s 2022 reform efforts for diverse global responses to the erosion of democracy, environmental degradation, and climate change. Javiera Barandiaran is Associate Professor in Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and director of the CREW Center for Restorative Environmental Work. She is the author of Science and Environment in Chile: The Politics of Expert Advice in a Neoliberal Democracy (2018), Lo que el Estado Neoliberal no sabe (2021) and co-author of Derechos de la Naturaleza en Chile: Argumentos para su desarrollo constitucional (2022). Tristan Partridge is Lecturer in Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and research coordinator at the CREW Center for Restorative Environmental Work. He is the author of Burning Diagrams in Anthropology: An Inverse Museum (2024), Energy and Environmental Justice: Movements, Solidarities, and Critical Connections (Palgrave, 2022) and photographer for Mingas+Solidarity (2024).