Male fertility & infertility / / edited by Timothy D. Glover and Christopher L.R. Barratt [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780074903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999
• ISBN: 1-107-11112-9; 0-511-00587-3; 1-280-16179-5; 9786610161799; 0-511-11693-4; 0-511-14902-6; 0-511-30943-0; 0-511-54517-7; 0-511-05066-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 271 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 616.6/92
• Soggetti: Infertility, Male; Fertility, Human; Generative organs, Male - Evolution
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Evolution of the sexual arena / Jack Cohen -- Role of sperm competition in reproduction / Tim Birkhead -- Sperm production and delivery in mammals, including man / Hector Dott, Tim Glover -- Local control of spermatogenesis / Kate Lakoski Loveland, David de Kretser -- Some misconceptions of the human epididymis / Roy Jones -- Transport of spermatozoa to the egg and fertilization success / Jackson Brown, Steve Publicover, Chris Barratt -- Changes in human male reproductive health / Stewart Irvine -- ICSI : the revolution and the portents / Herman Tournaye -- Genetic basis of male infertility / Pasquale Patrizio, Diana Broomfield -- Treatment of azoospermia with surgery and ICSI / Sherman Silber -- Challenge of asthenozoospermia / Chris Ford -- Molecular techniques for the diagnosis of inherited ; disorders and male reproductive malfunction / Ian Findlay, Justin St John -- Gazing into the crystal ball : future diagnosis and management in andrology / Jim Cummins, Anne Jequier.
• Sommario/riassunto: This contemporary account of male fertility provides a much needed bridge between those seeking to understand the subject from an evolutionary and biological perspective and those with clinical responsibility for the investigation and treatment of infertility. Accordingly, the first half of the book deals with the evolutionary aspects of male reproduction and sperm competition, sperm production and delivery in man and other animals, spermatogenesis and epididymal function, sperm transport in the female tract and the apparent decline in human sperm count. The second part of the book puts greater emphasis on clinical problems and opens with a discussion of intracytoplasmic sperm injection, its value and limitations. This is followed by a review of modern developments in the genetics of male fertility and proceeds to a further chapter on the role of surgical procedures used in the treatment. Semen analysis is critically reviewed and the molecular techniques now being used in preimplantation diagnosis and in the study of mitochondrial inheritance are fully described. Taken together these chapters, written by an international team of authors, illustrate the breadth of vision needed to tackle the problem of male fertility.

Germany's Ancient Pasts : Archaeology and Historical Interpretation since 1700 / / Brent Maner

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910966738203321
• Autore: Maner Brent
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• ISBN: 9780226593104; 022659310X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (354 pages) : illustrations
• Classificazione: NF 1120
• Disciplina: 930.10943
• Soggetti: Archaeology - Germany - History; Archaeology and history - Germany
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. The Discovery of Germany's Ancient Pasts -- Part II. The New Empire and the Ancient Past -- Part III. The New Empire and the Ancient Past -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In Germany, Nazi ideology casts a long shadow over the history of archaeological interpretation. Propaganda, school curricula, and academic publications under the regime drew spurious conclusions from archaeological evidence to glorify the Germanic past and proclaim chauvinistic notions of cultural and racial superiority. But was this powerful and violent version of the distant past a nationalist invention or a direct outcome of earlier archaeological practices? By exploring the myriad pathways along which people became familiar with archaeology and the ancient past-from exhibits at local and regional museums to the plotlines of popular historical novels-this broad cultural history shows that the use of archaeology for nationalistic pursuits was far from preordained. In Germany's Ancient Pasts, Brent Maner offers a vivid portrait of the development of antiquarianism and archaeology, the interaction between regional and national history, and scholarly debates about the use of ancient objects to answer questions of race, ; ethnicity, and national belonging. While excavations in central Europe throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries fed curiosity about the local landscape and inspired musings about the connection between contemporary Germans and their "ancestors," antiquarians and archaeologists were quite cautious about using archaeological evidence to make ethnic claims. Even during the period of German unification, many archaeologists emphasized the local and regional character of their finds and treated prehistory as a general science of humankind. As Maner shows, these alternative perspectives endured alongside nationalist and racist abuses of prehistory, surviving to offer positive traditions for the field in the aftermath of World War II. A fascinating investigation of the quest to turn pre- and early history into history, Germany's Ancient Pasts sheds new light on the joint sway of science and politics over archaeological interpretation.