Nutrient metabolism [[electronic resource] /] / Martin Kohlmeier

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458819603321
• Autore: Kohlmeier Martin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Academic Press, c2003
• ISBN: 1-281-51449-7; 9786611514495; 0-08-053789-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (841 p.)
• Collana: Food science and technology international series
• Disciplina: 612.3
• Soggetti: Nutrient interactions; Mineral metabolism; 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: Introduction -- Chemical senses -- Intake regulation -- Absorption, transport and retention -- Xenobiotics -- Fatty acids -- Carbohydrates, alcohols and organic acids -- Amino acids and nitrogen compounds -- Fat-soluble vitamins and non-nutrients -- Water-soluble, vitamins and non-nutrients -- Minerals and trace elements -- Applications.
• Sommario/riassunto: Nutrient Metabolism defines the molecular fate of nutrients and other dietary compounds in humans, as well as outlining the molecular basis of processes supporting nutrition, such as chemical sensing and appetite control. It focuses on the presentation of nutritional biochemistry; and the reader is given a clear and specific perspective on the events that control utilization of dietary compounds. Slightly over 100 self-contained chapters cover all essential and important nutrients as well as many other dietary compounds with relevance for human health. An essential read for healthcare p

Major world religions : from their origins to the present / / edited by Lloyd Ridgeon

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910958389403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003
• ISBN: 1-134-42934-7; 1-134-42935-5; 1-280-02243-4; 0-203-42313-5; 0-203-42548-0; 9780203423135
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (399 p.)
• Classificazione: 11.01
• Altri autori (Persone): RidgeonLloyd V. J
• Disciplina: 200/.9
• Soggetti: Religions - History; Civilization - History
• 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 indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION: STUDYING RELIGION; HINDUISM; In what sense is Hinduism a religion?; Hinduism in history; The Harappan period; The period of the north Indian empires; The period of regional kingdoms; The period of Muslim rule; The period of British rule; Independence; Karma, rebirth and cyclic time; Karma and rebirth; Theodicy; Karma and other determinants of destiny; Cyclic time; Karma and cosmic time in the modern world; Dharma: norms of conduct; The literature of dharma; Differentiation by gender; Differentiation by caste; Differentiation by stage of lifeDifferentiation by age of the world; The gods and God; Patterns of worship and its objects; The divine feminine; Local deities and pan-Hindu deities; Avataras and saints; Hindu worship and theology in the modern world; BUDDHISM; Pragmatism; The Four Noble Truths; The sangha; The Abhidharma; The emergence of Mahayana Buddhism; The Bodhisattva; Emptiness (sunyata); The Yogacara; The Tathagata-garbha; From India to China; Translation; Sudden enlightenment; Philosophization and simplification; Hua-yen; ; Pure-Land Buddhism; Pure-Land Buddhism in Japan; Zen; Transcendentalism againJUDAISM; Reliable and unreliable sources of knowledge; 'Judaism is not a Christian heresy'; The roots of Judaism; The historical beginnings of Rabbinic Judaism; The religious principles of Rabbinic Judaism; The Mishnah and Tosefta; Some parallels with Christianity; The medieval flowering of Judaism; The Talmuds; The commentaries and grammars; Philosophy and ethics; Zohar and kabbalah; Messianism; Sabbatai Sevi; Jewish Christians, Jews for Jesus and Messianic Judaism; Towards modernity: Hasidism and the Haskalah; The Hasidic movement; The Haskalah; Reform, Orthodox and Conservative JudaismAnti-Semitism and the Holocaust; The Holocaust; Zionism and the land of Israel; Eretz Yisrael; CHRISTIANITY; Key texts: the formation of the biblical canon; Theological 'canon'?; The Church and the world: a variety of approaches; The early Christian Church; Constantine: first Christian emperor; East and West: the first Christian centuries; The Christian Church in the Western world: the Protestant Reformation; The Christian Church: communities of resistance and renewal; Western Christianity and the challenges of the modern world; The challenge of Enlightenment philosophyChallenges of secularism, pluralism and postmodernism; The challenge of evil: the Holocaust; The challenge of feminism; The Church beyond Europe; India: the Church of St Thomas; Africa: the Ethiopian Church; The epic tale of Christian missionaries; The Church in North America; ISLAM; The testament of faith (shahada); ' and Muhammad is his messenger.'; Prayer (salat); Sufism; Fasting (sawm); The Qur'an; The Qur'an as a text; Limits of interpretation; The alms tax (zakat); Islamic law; Pilgrimage (hajj); The hajj rites; Pluralism; Jihad: Islam and the state
• Sommario/riassunto: This book focuses upon those religions that continue to demand the attention of the Western world.