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NLR genes infection, inflammation and vaccines /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Pattern recognition/sensing molecules -- Identification of the NBD-LRR (NLR) family -- Autoimmune and Infectious Diseases associated with NLR polymorphisms/mutations -- Functions of NLR proteins -- The multiple functions of NLRP3 -- The NLR-based inflammasomes -- Shigella flexneri -- NLRP3 and necrosis -- New functions of NLRP3 -- NLRX1 -- The indirect recognition of PAM by NLR.…”
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Biodiversity change and human health from ecosystem services to spread of disease /

Table of Contents: “…Biodiversity change and the spread of infectious diseases -- pt. 5. Biodiversity as a resource for medicine.…”
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Introduction to aboriginal health and health care in Canada bridging health and healing / by Douglas, Vasiliki Kravariotis

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : First Nations, Métis, and Inuit in Canada : understanding the issues -- Western and aboriginal ways of knowing -- Cultural competency, cultural sensitivity, and cultural safety -- Historical overview -- Understanding the determinants of health and Canada's native population -- Diabetes, diet, and nutrition -- Chronic and infectious diseases -- Women's and children's health -- Mental health -- Hybridisation of health care and the way forward for aboriginal health.…”
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Regulatory considerations for vaccine development, talk 2 clinical regulatory considerations (part 2 of 2) /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Biological License Application (BLA) pathways -- Traditional, accelerated approval, "Animal Rule" -- Programs that accelerate the clinical testing (IND) and review (BLA) processes -- Fast track designation -- Breakthrough designation -- Priority review -- The package insert -- Pediatric study requirements -- Adjuvants -- Adaptive trial design from a regulatory perspective -- Developing vaccines for global infectious diseases.…”
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Informing the future critical issues in health.

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Gerontology nursing case studies 100 narratives for learning / by Bowles, Donna

Table of Contents: “…Political, ethical, and legal issues of older adults -- Loss and end-of-life issues -- Mistreatment of older adults -- Depression, addiction, and suicide -- Individual and family dynamics -- The aging sensory system -- Integumentary disorders and infectious disease of the elderly -- The aging musculoskeletal system -- The aging neurological system -- The aging cardiovascular system -- The aging pulmonary system -- The aging endocrine system -- The aging genitourinary system -- Nutrition and the aging gastrointestinal system -- Cancer in the older adult -- Cognitive impairment in the older adult -- Cultural diversity -- Pain management in the older adult -- Sleep disturbances in the older adult.…”
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Fast facts for the ER nurse emergency room orientation in a nutshell / by Buettner, Jennifer R.

Table of Contents: “…Tips on surviving ER nursing -- Acid-base imbalances -- Cardiovascular emergencies -- Dental, ear, nose, and throat emergencies -- Disaster response emergencies -- Endocrine emergencies -- Environmental emergencies -- Fluid and electrolyte imbalances -- Gastrointestinal emergencies -- Genitourinary emergencies -- Geriatric emergencies -- Infectious disease emergencies -- Mental health emergencies -- Neurological emergencies -- OB GYN emergencies -- Ocular emergencies -- Orthopedic and wound care emergencies -- Pediatric emergencies -- Respiratory emergencies -- Shock and multisystem trauma emergencies -- Substance abuse and toxicological emergencies -- Triage.…”
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Reopening public facilities after a biological attack a decision making framework /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- 2001 attacks and cleanup -- Context of the study and charge to the Committee -- Content and structure -- Infectious disease threats -- Ability of microorganisms to infect people -- Infectious disease as a weapon -- Agents of concern to national security and public health -- Biological agents considered in this report -- Policy precedents in decontamination -- Microbial decontamination in food and water supplies -- Biosafety in microbiological and biomedical laboratories -- Environmental infection control in health care facilities -- Decontamination of U.S. …”
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Vitamin C : new biochemical and functional insights /

Table of Contents: “…Part III Vitamin C and infectious diseases. Vitamin C in sepsis. Vitamin C in other infections. …”
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Extinction in our times global amphibian decline / by Collins, James P.

Table of Contents: “…Declining amphibian populations and the biodiversity crisis -- Rallying around the issue of amphibian declines -- Challenges, correlates, and hypotheses -- Introduction species, commerce, and land use change -- Contaminants, global change, and emerging infectious diseases -- Unraveling the mystery -- Amphibian chytrid fungus as a cause of declines and extinctions -- New approaches to doing science and conversation -- Science policy and reacting to a challenge -- Leaping between mysteries.…”
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Epidemiology kept simple an introduction to traditional and modern epidemiology / by Gerstman, B. Burt

Table of Contents: “…Epidemiology past and present -- Causal concepts -- Epidemiologic measures -- Descriptive epidemiology -- Introduction to epidemiologic study design -- Experimental studies -- Observational cohort studies -- Case control studies -- Error in epidemiologic research -- Screening for disease -- The infectious disease process -- Outbreak investigation -- Confidence intervals and p values -- Mantel/Haenszel methods -- Statistical interaction : effect measure modification -- Case definitions and disease classification -- Survival analysis -- Current life tables -- Random distribution of cases in time and space.…”
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Sample collection for human genetics

Table of Contents: “…Contents: DNA collection and isolation -- Approaches to human genetics -- Complex diseases -- Example of a Mendelian disease gene that led to a complex disease gene, ABCA4: Stargardt Disease and age-related macular degeneration -- Degeneration example of complement genes and retinal degeneration -- Infectious disease and host response genes -- CCR5 and HIV-1 resistance and AIDS progression: common variants, rare variants or both?.…”
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Medical-surgical nursing test success an unfolding case study review / by Gittings, Karen K.

Table of Contents: “…Nursing care of the patient with cardiovascular disease -- Nursing care of the patient with pulmonary disease -- Nursing care of the patient with renal disease -- Nursing care of the patient with gastrointestinal disease -- Nursing care of the patient with neurological disease -- Nursing care of the patient with endocrine disease -- Nursing care of the patient with immunological disease -- Nursing care of the patient with hematological disease -- Nursing care of the patient with musculoskeletal disease -- Nursing care of the patient with infectious diseases.…”
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Lessons in mortality doctors and patients struggling together / by Weisse, Allen B.

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Global issues in water, sanitation, and health workshop summary /

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Unifying microbial mechanisms : shared strategies of pathogenesis / by Cole, Michael F.

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Cytokines regulating the immune response

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Th1 and Th2 cells in immune regulation -- Th1 and Th2 differentiation -- Intracellular pathogens -- Cytokines regulate the development of Th1 and Th2 -- IL-12 and Th1 responses are required for resistance to mycobacterial infections -- MTb infections in humans -- The IL-12 family -- IL-23 -- TGF-beta -- Inflammation is required to eradicate pathogens but can lead to host damage -- IL-10 production and implications for function of the immune response -- Cytokines limit immunopathology: a penalty is chronic infectious disease.…”
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Cationic peptides in innate immunity

Table of Contents: “…-- Role in human infectious disease, e.g. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection -- Role in human inflammatory disease, e.g. psoriasis -- gla-3- Are cationic peptides pro- or anti-inflammatory? …”
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Oxford American handbook of obstetrics and gynecology

Table of Contents: “…Normal pregnancy : history, examination, anatomy, and physiology -- Pregnancy complications -- Fetal medicine -- Infectious diseases in pregnancy -- Medical disorders -- Labor and delivery -- Postnatal care -- Obstetric emergencies -- Miscellaneous obstetrics -- Psychiatric disorders and substance abuse -- Gynecological history, examination, anatomy, and development -- Normal menstruation and its disorders -- Early pregnancy problems -- Genital tract infections, vaginal discharge, and pelvic pain -- Subfertility and reproductive medicine -- Contraception -- Menopause and urogynecology -- Benign and malignant gynecological conditions -- Miscellaneous gynecology.…”
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Vaccines a health insurance of the 21st Century /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Major health challenges of the 21st Century -- Causes of increased life expectancy: conquest of infectious diseases -- Life expectancy is growing beyond prediction -- New technologies in the last 30 years -- Safety of vaccines -- Meningococcal disease -- Vaccines for Meningococcus C -- Meningococcus B -- Reverse vaccinology allows us to target many pathogens that were difficult or impossible before -- Prevention of cancers -- Vaccination and our aging society -- H5N1 vaccine -- Vaccines to address poverty -- Novartis Vaccines Institute for Global Health.…”
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