1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910965857903321

Titolo

Motor neuron diseases : causes, classification and treatments / / Bradley J. Turner and Julie D. Atkin, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2012

ISBN

1-61470-141-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Neurology--laboratory and clinical research developments

Altri autori (Persone)

TurnerBradley James

AtkinJulie

Disciplina

616.8/39

Soggetti

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Motor neurons - Diseases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Nova biomedical."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Motor neuron disease : causes, classification and treatments / Louisa Ng, Fary Khan -- Membrane trafficking defects as determinants of motor neuron susceptibility and degeneration in ALS / Bradley J. Turner, Julie D. Atkin -- Motoneuron specific calcium dysregulation and perturbed cellular calcium homestasis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : recent advances gained from genetically modified animals and cell culture models / Manoj Kumar Jaiswal -- Treatment of ALS utilizing a stem cell strategy / Xiufang Guo, James J. Hickman -- Tdp-43-immunoreactive pathology in frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP proteinopathy (FTLD-TDP) with and without associated motor neuron disease (MND) / R.A. Armstrong -- Excitotoxicity and selective motor neuron degeneration / K.A. Staats, L. Van Den Bosch -- Stem cell application in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : growth factor delivery and cell therapy / Ksenija Bernau, Michael G. Meyer, Masatoshi Suzuki -- Therapeutic intervention in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) / Haruhiko Banno ... [et al.] -- Expert commentary : motor neuron disease : assistive technology / Louisa Ng, Fary Khan -- Comparative study on application of invasive ventilation and non-invasive ventilation to ALS patients in Europe, the USA, and Japan / Rika Yamauchi, Jun Kawamata, Shun Shimohama -- Motor speech disorder in patients with motor neuron disease / Hideto Saigusa -- Non-viral gene delivery of the GDNF, either alone or fused to the C-fragment of tetanus toxin



protein, prolongs survival in a mouse ALS model / Rosario Osta -- Motor neuron disease / Kazumi Murai -- Motor neuron disease / Anil Kumar -- Bulbospinal muscular atrophy (BSMA) Kennedy's disease / J. Finsterer.

Sommario/riassunto

Motor neuron disease (MND), also commonly known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder of the motor system in adults, characterized by the loss of motor neurons in the cortex, brain stem and spinal cord. This book presents current research from across the globe in the study of the causes, classification and treatments of MND, including membrane trafficking defects as determinants of motor neuron susceptibility and degeneration in ALS; motorneuron specific calcium dysregulation and perturbed cellular calcium homeostasis in ALS; stem cells and their application in ALS treatment; excitotoxicity and selective motor neuron degeneration and therapeutic invervention and assistive technology treatments. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical)

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958194203321

Titolo

Developing advanced literacy in first and second languages : meaning with power / / edited by Mary J. Schleppegrell, M. Cecilia Colombi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002

ISBN

1-282-32412-8

9786612324123

1-4106-1229-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchleppegrellMary

ColombiCecilia

Disciplina

302.2/244

Soggetti

Literacy - Study and teaching

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes papers presented at a conference held Feb. 2000, University of California, Davis.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.



Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Theory and Practice in the Development of Advanced Literacy; 2 Multimedia Semiotics: Genres for Science Education and Scientific Literacy; 3 The Development of Abstraction in Adolescence in Subject English; 4 Academic Language Development in Latino Students' Writing in Spanish; 5 Writing History: Construing Time and Value in Discourses of the Past; 6 Challenges of the Science Register for ESL Students: Errors and Meaning-Making; 7 On the Use of Selected Grammatical Features in Academic Writing; 8 Literacies, Identities, and Discourses

9 African American Language and Literacy10 Enhancing the Critical Edge of (L2) Teacher-Education: Some Issues in Advanced Literacy; 11 Some Key Factors Affecting English Learners' Development of Advanced Literacy; 12 Writing to Learn: Science in the Upper-Elementary Bilingual Classroom; 13 Writing Backwards Across Languages: The Inexpert English/Spanish Biliteracy of Uncertified Bilingual Teachers; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses the linguistic challenges faced by diverse populations of students at the secondary and post-secondary levels as they engage in academic tasks requiring advanced levels of reading and writing. Learning to use language in ways that meet academic expectations is a challenge for students who have had little exposure and opportunity to use such language outside of school. Although much is known about emergent literacy in the early years of schooling, much less has been written about the development of advanced literacy as students move into secondary education and beyond. De