1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953850403321

Titolo

Biologic markers in reproductive toxicology / / Subcommittee on Reproductive and Neurodevelopmental Toxicology, Committee on Biologic Markers, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1989

ISBN

9786610214747

9781280214745

1280214740

9780309568142

0309568145

9780585143910

0585143919

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 395 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

616.6/507

Soggetti

Reproductive toxicology

Biochemical markers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography (p. 319-372) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Executive summary -- Report of the Oversight Committee. I. Biologic markers in male reproductive and gametic genetic toxicology. Introduction -- Clinical evaluation of male infertility -- Biologic markers of testicular function -- Biologic markers of epididymal structure and function -- Biologic markers of accessory sex organ structure and function -- Biologic markers of human male reproductive health and physiologic damage -- Assessing transmitted mutations in mice -- Markers for measuring germinal genetic toxicity and heritable mutations in people -- Conclusions and recommendations. II. Biologic markers in female reproductive toxicology. Introduction -- Biologic markers of genetic damage in females -- Biologic markers of reproductive development and aging -- Biologic markers of nonconceptive menstrual cycles -- Developing assays of biologic markers for epidemiologic studies: experience with a marker of



pregnancy and early loss -- Conclusions and recommendations. III. Biologic markers of toxicity during pregnancy. Introduction -- Molecular biology: developing DNA markers of genotoxic effects -- Reproductive immunology: biologic markers of compromised pregnancies -- Cell biology: identifying biologic markers expressed during early pregnancy -- Physiologic assessment of fetal compromise -- Conclusions and Recommendations. IV. Biologic Markers in Neurodevelopmental Toxicology. Introduction -- Developmental neurobiology of the central nervous system -- Morphologic, neurochemical, and behavioral responses to toxic agents -- Methodologic issues of extrapolation from animal studies to human toxicant exposure -- Lead as a paradigm for the study of neurodevelopmental toxicology -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendix: Assessing the validity of biologic markers: alpha-fetoprotein -- References -- Biographies -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the potential use of these markers in environmental health studies, and clarifies definitions, underlying concepts, and possible applications. Acidic paper. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969046603321

Autore

Zantop Susanne <1945->

Titolo

Colonial fantasies : conquest, family, and nation in precolonial Germany, 1770-1870 / / Susanne Zantop

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, N.C., : Duke University Press, 1997

ISBN

9786612904417

9781282904415

1282904418

9780822382119

0822382113

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 292 pages)

Collana

Post-contemporary interventions

Disciplina

830.9/358

830.9358

Soggetti

German literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Nationalism - Germany - History

German literature - 18th century - History and criticism

National characteristics, German, in literature

Imperialism - History - 19th century

Military history in literature

Nationalism in literature

Colonies in literature

Families in literature

Germany Foreign relations 1789-1900

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 (p. [211]-285) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Armchair Conquistadors; or, The Quest for "New Germany": Tiranos animales o alemanes: Germans and the "Conquest" A Conquest of the Intellect -- Colonizing Theory: Gender, Race, and the Search for a National Identity: Gendering the "Conquest" Racializing the Colony. Patagons and Germans -- Colonial Families; or, Displacing the Colonizers: Fathers and Sons: Donnerstag and Freitag, Campe and Krusoe. Husbands and Wives: Colonialism Domesticated. Betrothal and Divorce; or, Revolution in the House -- Virgin Islands, Teuton



Conquerors: The German Columbus. The Second Discovery. Colonial Fantasies Revisited. Epilogue: Vitzliputzli's Revenge.

Sommario/riassunto

Traces German desires to discover, conquer and dominate 'new worlds' -- real and imagined-- expressed in stories and literature during the century preceding any actual German colonization.