Erik R. Swenson • Peter Bärtsch Editors 2014 Human Adaptation to Hypoxia Mountains stir our imagination and not solely for their beauty and magnificence. Perhaps also because they tax our physical limits as individuals and as a population. As scientists and nonscientists we find this an irresistible subject. The rarified air of the highest terrestrial altitudes poses one […]
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Robert J. Gatchel • Izabela Z. Schultz Editors 2014 In 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a very important and influential report, Relieving Pain in America (Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science, 2011). This report highlighted the urgent need for the development of better methods for pain management because the everincreasing costs associated with current […]
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Belma Turan • Naranjan S. Dhalla Editors 2014 Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms Diabetes has long been recognized as a disease of high blood sugar, and there has been a continuous search for the exact reason for its development. In the middle of the nineteenth century, autopsies of patients with diabetes mellitus showed damaged pancreases. The first evidence for […]
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Vasilis Marmarelis • Georgios Mitsis Editors 2014 Diagnosis and Treatment The motivation for this book is two-fold. On one hand, the book seeks to promote the notion that mathematical and computational modeling is critically important in advancing the scientific understanding of the physiological processes underpinning the regulation of blood glucose and, therefore, can be valuable in medical/clinical efforts to […]
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Wolfgang Krüger • Andrew James Ludman 2014
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Erika Jensen-Jarolim Editor 2014 Anatomy and Physiology In 2010 the Messerli Research Institute was founded as an interdisciplinary enterprise between the private Swiss Messerli Foundation and three universities: the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Medical University Vienna, and University of Vienna. The intention was to investigate and improve all types of human–animal relationships and interactions. In spite of the fact […]
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Giamila Fantuzzi • Carol Braunschweig Editors 2014 In the last 10 years, adipose tissue and adipokines—messenger proteins produced by adipocytes have become the focus of extensive investigation as a result of the recognition of the health problems associated with the ever- expanding worldwide obesity problem that affects both children and adults. Numerous advances have been made since publication […]
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Lawrence Lau • Kwan-Hoong Ng Editors 2014 Paradigms in Leadership and Innovation Radiology and medical imaging save lives and are indispensible in patient-centered medicine. The stakeholders from developed and developing countries face many similar challenges, which could potentially jeopardize radiation safety and radiological quality. Poor access to and inappropriate use of procedures are two contrasting issues. When radiation is […]
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