Search Results - "Nutrition"

Wound care essentials : practice principles /

Table of Contents: “…Wound care concepts -- Quality of life and ethical issues -- Regulation and wound care -- Legal aspects of wound care -- Skin: an essential organ -- Acute and chronic wound healing -- Wound assessment -- Wound bioburden and infection -- Wound debridement -- Wound treatment options -- Nutrition and wound care -- Pressure redistribution: seating, positioning, and support surfaces -- Pain management and wounds -- Wound classifications and management strategies -- Pressure ulcers -- Venous disease and lymphedema management -- Arterial ulcers -- Diabetic foot ulcers -- Sickle cell ulcers -- Surgical reconstruction of wounds -- Tube, drain, and fistula management -- Atypical wounds -- Wounds in special populations -- Pressure ulcers in neonatal and pediatric populations -- Palliative wound care -- Wound care perspectives: present and future.…”
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Food carbohydrate chemistry by Wrolstad, Ronald E., 1939-

Table of Contents: “…Cell-wall polysaccharides.9. Nutritional roles of carbohydrates Appendix - exercises and demonstrations. -- Recognition of hemiacetals, hemiketals, acetals and ketals. - - Making molecular models of sugars with molecular model kits. - - Calculation and specification of multiple chirality of sugar pyranoid ring structures. -- Plane-polarized light & optical activity.-- Sugar polarimetry & sucrose inversion.- -The Fehlings test for reducing and non-reducing sugars. - - Student-designed non-enzymic browning experiments. - - Microscopic examination of starch. - - The qualitative iodine test for starch.…”
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Global industry, local innovation the history of cane sugar production in Australia, 1820-1995 / by Griggs, P. D. (Peter D.)

Table of Contents: “…An introduction -- Sugar cane and the production of sugar -- pt. 1. 1788 to 1863 : beginnings -- Intermittent attempts at sugar production -- The rise of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company -- pt. 2. 1864 to 1914 : becoming established -- The spread of sugar cane cultivation -- The production unit : planters, central millers, and small farmers -- Science and the canegrowers -- The milling sector -- Competing for the sugar basin : refiners, merchants, and the Australian sugar market -- pt. 3. 1915 to 1995 : expansion, export-orientated, and regulated -- A regulated expansion -- Growing the crop : cultivation methods, implements, and plant nutrition -- Managing water -- Breeding and improving cane varieties -- Combatting pests -- Defeating cane diseases -- Harvesting and transport of cane -- Regulating and modernising the milling sector -- The refining, marketing, and pricing of sugar.…”
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Evidence-based endocrinology /

Table of Contents: “…Almeda and Susan DeLange -- Obesity and nutrition / Jeffrey I. Mechanick and Elise M. Brett -- Multiple endocrine neoplasia / Glen Sizemore and Norma Lopez -- Carcinoid tumors / Nathan J. …”
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Advanced pediatric assessment / by Chiocca, Ellen M.

Table of Contents: “…Child health assessment : an overview -- Assessment of child development and behavior -- Communicating with children and families -- Cultural assessment of children and families -- Assessment of the family -- Obtaining the pediatric health history -- Assessing safety and injury risk in children -- The pediatric physical examination -- The health supervision visit : wellness examinations in children -- Assessment of nutritional status -- Assessment of the neonate -- Assessment of the integumentary system -- Assessment of the head, neck, and regional lymphatics -- Assessment of the ears -- Assessment of the eyes -- Assessment of the face, nose, and oral cavity -- Assessment of the thorax, lungs, and regional lymphatics -- Assessment of the cardiovascular system -- Assessment of the abdomen and regional lymphatics -- Assessment of the reproductive system -- Assessment of the musculoskeletal system -- Assessment of the neurologic system -- Assessment of mental disorders in children and adolescents -- Assessment of child abuse and neglect -- The complete history and physical examination : from start to finish.…”
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Food carbohydrate chemistry by Wrolstad, Ronald E., 1939-

Table of Contents: “…Cell-wall polysaccharides.9. Nutritional roles of carbohydrates Appendix - exercises and demonstrations. -- Recognition of hemiacetals, hemiketals, acetals and ketals. - - Making molecular models of sugars with molecular model kits. - - Calculation and specification of multiple chirality of sugar pyranoid ring structures. -- Plane-polarized light & optical activity.-- Sugar polarimetry & sucrose inversion.- -The Fehlings test for reducing and non-reducing sugars. - - Student-designed non-enzymic browning experiments. - - Microscopic examination of starch. - - The qualitative iodine test for starch.…”
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Global industry, local innovation the history of cane sugar production in Australia, 1820-1995 / by Griggs, P. D. (Peter D.)

Table of Contents: “…An introduction -- Sugar cane and the production of sugar -- pt. 1. 1788 to 1863 : beginnings -- Intermittent attempts at sugar production -- The rise of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company -- pt. 2. 1864 to 1914 : becoming established -- The spread of sugar cane cultivation -- The production unit : planters, central millers, and small farmers -- Science and the canegrowers -- The milling sector -- Competing for the sugar basin : refiners, merchants, and the Australian sugar market -- pt. 3. 1915 to 1995 : expansion, export-orientated, and regulated -- A regulated expansion -- Growing the crop : cultivation methods, implements, and plant nutrition -- Managing water -- Breeding and improving cane varieties -- Combatting pests -- Defeating cane diseases -- Harvesting and transport of cane -- Regulating and modernising the milling sector -- The refining, marketing, and pricing of sugar.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Evidence-based endocrinology /

Table of Contents: “…Almeda and Susan DeLange -- Obesity and nutrition / Jeffrey I. Mechanick and Elise M. Brett -- Multiple endocrine neoplasia / Glen Sizemore and Norma Lopez -- Carcinoid tumors / Nathan J. …”
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Advanced pediatric assessment / by Chiocca, Ellen M.

Table of Contents: “…Child health assessment : an overview -- Assessment of child development and behavior -- Communicating with children and families -- Cultural assessment of children and families -- Assessment of the family -- Obtaining the pediatric health history -- Assessing safety and injury risk in children -- The pediatric physical examination -- The health supervision visit : wellness examinations in children -- Assessment of nutritional status -- Assessment of the neonate -- Assessment of the integumentary system -- Assessment of the head, neck, and regional lymphatics -- Assessment of the ears -- Assessment of the eyes -- Assessment of the face, nose, and oral cavity -- Assessment of the thorax, lungs, and regional lymphatics -- Assessment of the cardiovascular system -- Assessment of the abdomen and regional lymphatics -- Assessment of the reproductive system -- Assessment of the musculoskeletal system -- Assessment of the neurologic system -- Assessment of mental disorders in children and adolescents -- Assessment of child abuse and neglect -- The complete history and physical examination : from start to finish.…”
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Before Kukulkán : Bioarchaeology of Maya Life, Death, and Identity at Classic Period Yaxuná / by Tiesler, Vera

Table of Contents: “…Foodways, Diet, and Nutrition; 5. Physical Embodiment and Social Identities at YaxunÃ; Part II. …”
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Everyday Life under Communism and After : Lifestyle and Consumption in Hungary, 1945–2000 / by Valuch, Tibor

Table of Contents: “….: financial circumstances, prices, wages, and income inequalities in everyday life -- Chapter Three From plentiful privation to a consumer society: the changes and characteristics of consumer consumption -- Chapter Four This is how we lived: housing conditions, usage of living space, and interior decoration -- Chapter Five "Well-dressed and fashionable": changes in clothing styles, habits, and fashion -- Chapter Six "We ate, we drank, we filled our stomachs": nutrition, eating, and dietary habits -- Conclusions -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Before Kukulkán : Bioarchaeology of Maya Life, Death, and Identity at Classic Period Yaxuná / by Tiesler, Vera

Table of Contents: “…Foodways, Diet, and Nutrition; 5. Physical Embodiment and Social Identities at YaxunÃ; Part II. …”
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Everyday Life under Communism and After : Lifestyle and Consumption in Hungary, 1945–2000 / by Valuch, Tibor

Table of Contents: “….: financial circumstances, prices, wages, and income inequalities in everyday life -- Chapter Three From plentiful privation to a consumer society: the changes and characteristics of consumer consumption -- Chapter Four This is how we lived: housing conditions, usage of living space, and interior decoration -- Chapter Five "Well-dressed and fashionable": changes in clothing styles, habits, and fashion -- Chapter Six "We ate, we drank, we filled our stomachs": nutrition, eating, and dietary habits -- Conclusions -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Handbook of women's health an evidence-based approach /

Table of Contents: “…Preventive care of adolescents -- Preventive care of adults (19 to 65 years) -- Preventive care for older adults -- Cigarette smoking and cessation -- Nutrition -- Exercise. Psychosocial health. Psychosocial health of well women through the life cycle. …”
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Human body size and the laws of scaling physiological, performance, growth, longevity and ecological ramifications /

Table of Contents: “…Why the study of human size is important / Thomas Samaras -- Human scaling and the body mass index / Thomas Samaras -- Advantages of taller human height / Thomas Samaras -- Advantages of shorter human height / Thomas Samaras -- Body height and its relation to chronic disease and longevity / Thomas Samaras -- BMI and weight: their relation to diabetes, CVD, cancer and all-cause mortality / Thomas Samaras -- The obesity epidemic, birthweight, rapid growth and superior nutrition / Thomas Samaras -- Long-lived mutant, gene knockout and transgenic mice / Andrzej Bartke -- The evolutionary ecology of body size with special reference to allometry and survivorship / C. …”
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Human body size and the laws of scaling physiological, performance, growth, longevity and ecological ramifications /

Table of Contents: “…Why the study of human size is important / Thomas Samaras -- Human scaling and the body mass index / Thomas Samaras -- Advantages of taller human height / Thomas Samaras -- Advantages of shorter human height / Thomas Samaras -- Body height and its relation to chronic disease and longevity / Thomas Samaras -- BMI and weight: their relation to diabetes, CVD, cancer and all-cause mortality / Thomas Samaras -- The obesity epidemic, birthweight, rapid growth and superior nutrition / Thomas Samaras -- Long-lived mutant, gene knockout and transgenic mice / Andrzej Bartke -- The evolutionary ecology of body size with special reference to allometry and survivorship / C. …”
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Women's Midlife Health

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Women's Midlife Health

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Handbook of women's health an evidence-based approach /

Table of Contents: “…Preventive care of adolescents -- Preventive care of adults (19 to 65 years) -- Preventive care for older adults -- Cigarette smoking and cessation -- Nutrition -- Exercise. Psychosocial health. Psychosocial health of well women through the life cycle. …”
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Transgenic plants recent developments /

Table of Contents: “…Erickson -- Toxic impacts of three veterinary antibiotics on seed germination and growth as well as nutritional quality of vegetables / Lian Feng Du ... …”
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