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Entheogens, Myth, and Human Consciousness
by Mark Alwin Hoffman Carl A. RuckENTHEOGENS, MYTH AND HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS is a much needed accessible exploration into the role of psychoactive sacraments - entheogens - in religion, mythology, and history, and also includes most treatments of the subject focus on modern scientific research, psychotherapy, are auto-bibliographic accounts, or are agenda-driven or otherwise naive and myopic.A great mystery of altered states of consciousness and species development is expanding with new archeological and anthropological discoveries. Religious story telling (myth) is a timeless journey. Surprisingly it's not about truth. It's about finding one's self in the midst of the discovery of the "Other." It is the story of what is separate and unknown that creates self-consciousness. Our entire life consists ultimately in the discovery of the "Other," which gives meaning to the discovery of the self. The arts and language are the fossil remnants scattered on our path.ENTHEOGENS, MYTH AND HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS discusses the influence of psychoactive substances on consciousness, human evolution and mystical experiences. It explores how religion, mythology, art and culture stem from entheogenic consciousness and why it's important to us today."Entheogens, or psychoactive sacraments, have a long, storied history that has played an essential role in the evolution of consciousness, mythology, culture, religion, art - and even history and politics. ENTHEOGENS, MYTH AND HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS outlines this suppressed - yet seminal - undercurrent of history, giving examples of the role of entheogens from the primal shamanic religions through, the historical religions, esoteric mystical traditions including the Mystery Religions, alchemy and Freemasonry, and into contemporary expressions.Authors Ruck and Hoffman draw upon decades of research and personal experience in discussing the best documented examples of historically important entheogenic evidences, various ongoing threads of research and speculation to muse upon the 'meaning' of it all..." Our hominid ancestors experienced a spiritual wakening at the very dawn of consciousness that set them apart from the other creatures of our planet. It was a journey to another realm induced by a special food that belonged to the gods. This was a plant that was animate with the spirit of deity. It was an entheogen. It was the visionary vehicle for the trip of the first shaman.The story was told over and over again until it achieved the perfect form of a myth. The realm was imagined as a topographical place, the outer limit of the cosmos, the fiery empyrean, or its geocentric opposite, our own planet Gaia. Myths multiplied over time, but they always preserved this primordial truth.These myths provide a road map, a scenario, if you can read them, for whoever today wants to follow. However, it is not an easy journey, and it is also fraught with many dangers, of getting lost, of finding no return. Access to the entheogens is now largely prohibited or strictly licensed. The restrictions constitute an infringement of cognitive freedom, limiting the further evolution of human potential into productive creative imagination and experiences that lie beyond the normal, the traditional province of shamans, who can understand the speech of plants and animals, change shape at will, and journey, both physically and in the spirit, to distant exotic realms.In addition, religions have staked out territorial claims to this realm of spiritual consciousness. They have colonized it, identified it with their god, often reserving the access for their own elite. Similarly, trade in drugs, both medicinal and illegal, has colonized the etheogens, making them only chemicals, rationally depriving them of their spirit.ENTHEOGENS, MYTH AND HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS is a guide for the curious that provides a historical overview of the role that entheogens have played in the development of our unique supremacy as a species and offers also pathways and advice for reconnecting with the primordial sources of nature's power.ENTHEOGENS, MYTH AND HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS investigate...
Enthülle Deinen Inneren Reichtum
by Tolga CakirIn welchen Bereichen Ihres Lebens würden Sie gerne Erfolg haben? Auf welche Bereiche sind Sie bereit, sich zu konzentrieren, damit Sie erfolgreich sein können? Denkt daran: Euer Leben folgt zuerst der Richtung eures Fokus und dann eurem Wunsch. Viele Menschen wollen erfolgreich sein, sind aber nicht bereit, sich zu konzentrieren, und letztlich ist es die Konzentration, die zu Ergebnissen führt. Ihre Fähigkeit, sich zu konzentrieren, wird darüber entscheiden, ob Sie jemals all das werden, was Sie sein sollen, oder ob Sie einfach so bleiben, wie Sie heute sind.
Entrena tu alimentación: Mitos y verdades sobre nutrición deportiva
by Estefanía FernándezEn este libro, Estefanía Fernández, la creadora de @StefyActiva, nos brinda las herramientas básicas para desmontar los grandes mitos de la nutrición deportiva y entender todo lo que conforma una dieta saludable. Entrena tu alimentación es una guía clara y funcional con la que aprenderás en qué consisten las dietas de moda y si son adecuadas para ti; distinguirás también los distintos tipos de suplementación deportiva y cuáles son los pasos para elegir la que más te conviene. Con ella, conocerás los conceptos básicos de nutrición para diseñar y seguir una dieta saludable, que te ayudará a hacerte más fuerte en cuerpo y mente. «Quiero empoderarte. Sí, a ti, a ti que empiezas a comer bien y a hacer ejercicio, quiero empoderarte. A ti, que haces deporte, pero sabes poco de nutrición, quiero empoderarte para que tomes tus decisiones respecto a los alimentos, los suplementos y los hábitos que quieras tener, a partirde una sólida base de conocimiento.»
Entrena tu lado espiritual: La búsqueda a través del silencio, el estiramiento y el canto
by Benjamín ShalvaEste libro trata de algo que es tan difícil de encontrar como la fuente del viento o de la vida, y que, no obstante, está dentro y fuera de nosotros a un mismo tiempo. Benjamin Shalva cuenta en su haber con una larga búsqueda espiritual que lo ha llevado de igual manera a peregrinar por el Tíbet como a internarse en un monasterio en Rhode Island. Ha luchado con demonios, danzado con sus tentaciones y cantado junto a cientos de voces bajo la noche estrellada. Gracias a su larga experiencia y conocimiento de los distintos métodos espirituales que ha explorado, Shalva nos ofrece simples y poderosas formas de conectarnos con nuestro yo interior, tanto si nos encontramos en un silencioso estudio de yoga como si estamos en una ajetreada oficina o en el caos de la ciudad. Shalva nos muestra que, por medio del silencio, el estiramiento y el canto, podemos ejercitar nuestro espíritu, y así dotar a nuestra existencia de un mayor sentido. De una manera fresca e ingeniosa, Entrena tu lado espiritual nos anima a emprender la búsqueda que ha de vincularnos con nuestra parte más auténtica y profunda, por medio de sencillos ejercicios que harán crecer la confianza y la sabiduría innata que habita en cada uno de nosotros. "Sólo te pido lo que me pido a mí: busca con una mente abierta y un corazón ligero, ten ganas de intentar algo nuevo, entrena conmigo un rato, estirando nuestros músculos espirituales mientras subimos la montaña juntos. Camina conmigo buscando la cima".
Entrenamiento Isométrico y de Flexibilidad: Avanzado y en PROFUNDIDAD
by Rahul MookerjeeEjercicios isométricos “¡Oh, que simples” para construir INCREÍBLES NIVELES DE “desconocida” fuerza humana. SECRETOS PERDIDOS DE ENTRENAMIENTO RUSOS del gran hombre Alexander “enjaulado en hierro” Zass! Comencé a pensar mucho en desarrollar gran fuerza en mis dedos: intenté muchos ejercicios, todos los cuales me ayudaron, algunos de los cuales se los confesaré a usted. Torcí ramas verdes de árbol con mis manos, siendo más efectivas que madera seca, la cual se partiría sin más al doblarse. Practiqué mucho hasta que mis manos se volvieron tan fuertes que incluso podía doblar pequeños racimos de ramas hasta que se partiesen. También intenté levantar piedras del piso utilizando mis dedos y pulgares, llevándolos apretados en mis manos por algunas distancias. El Gran Gama de la India, INVICTO en 50 años utilizó ejercicios ISOMÉTRICOS, aquellos del tipo “¡Oh, que sencillos!” como herramientas de su conjunto de medios para construir su PRODIGIOSA FUERZA. En este libro, le traigo a usted los secretos de la vieja escuela utilizados para construir FUERZA y FLEXBILIDAD extremas. BENEFICIOS (variados y en PROFUNDIDAD) ¡Flexibilidad extrema “animalezca”, de “trance”, gracia, agilidad y fluidez “felina” en todos sus movimientos, ejercicios y “en general”: éstas elongaciones mejorarán su bienestar general además de su flexibilidad más allá de cualquier CREENCIA! “2 minutos para mejorar su flexibilidad a saltos agigantados”. SÍ, usted PUEDE incrementar dramáticamente su flexibilidad en solo DOS minutos -incluso menos- usando elongaciones que NUNCA había podido hacer antes. ¡Este curso le enseñará el CÓMO! Si mi curso previo de ejercicios isométricos le otorgó a usted una sensación de estar “sobre las nubes” durante todo el día, entonces este nuevo curso le dará aquello a la décima potencia además de beneficios ESPIRITUALES como nunca antes ima
Entrenamiento en Casa – Sin Equipo: Consejos Increíbles, Elementos Esenciales & Planeación
by Gary RandolphUn nuevo estudio ha revelado que las personas que hacen ejercicio 30 minutos a la semana tienen más posibilidades de desarrollar inmunidad después de la vacuna contra el coronavirus que las personas que no lo hacen. Por esta y muchas otras razones relacionadas con la salud, el ejercicio debe formar parte de la rutina diaria. Debido a las restricciones por Covid, los gimnasios están cerrados en muchos países y esta situación no mejorará a corto plazo. Por esta razón, hemos pensado que tiene opciones limitadas si no tiene conjunto completo de soportes para gimnasio en su hogar, pero en realidad no importa. Puede tener entrenamiento de cuerpo completo sin equipo. Este ebook le enseñará: - Entrenamiento sin equipo - Entrenamiento de cuerpo completo - Cardio - Entrenamiento para abdomen - Movimientos para principiantes - Entrenamiento para brazo - Ejercicio para el torso y otras partes - & ¡Mucho más! Si no puede ir al gimnasio y desea continuar con su rutina de ejercicios y acondicionamiento físico en casa, esta guía es para usted.
Entrégala a la bestia: Cómo la magia negra me arrastró al infierno, y el doloroso camino a mi sanación: Una historia real
by Marcela SolanaEl dolor en el cuerpo era insoportable, la hinchazón en las manos y las piernas iban acompañadas de ardor extremo, náuseas, sudoración y vómito: los efectos espantosos de la magia negra. Este libro no es producto de la fantasía, es una historia horriblemente cierta que detalla todo lo que una mujer soportó por un trabajo de brujería. Valiente, decidida, Marcela Solana cuenta cómo desde muy pequeña sufrió los accidentes mortales más inexplicables, hasta que en la adolescencia y juventud la magia negra estalló en su cuerpo, le produjo hematomas dolorosos, le robó el sueño y le destrozó la digestión, la hundió en profundas depresiones y le heló la sangre al revelarle lo que jamás imaginó. En Entrégala a labestia la autora cuenta cómo descubrió que un miembro ambicioso y malvado de su familia más cercana no sólo quería destruirla a ella, detalla cómo entre chamanes, médiums y videntes coincidieron en que estaba embrujada, cómo se transformó su cuerpo hasta sentirse desgastado y frágil, y el lento, doloroso y trágico camino a la sanación. La obra no es sólo un recuento de todos los horrores que desencadena la brujería más potente, es también el relato de una lucha a muerte contra el mal para alcanzar la luz y la esperanza.
Entspannen durch Meditation für Dummies Das Pocketbuch (Für Dummies)
by Stephan BodianGelöst und zufrieden wie ein Buddha ganz in sich selbst versinken - wenn Sie davon schon einmal geträumt haben, dann ist Meditation genau das Richtige für Sie. Erfahren Sie, wie Sie Ihre Aufmerksamkeit nach innen richten und Ihren Geist trainieren, welche die beste Sitzhaltung ist und wie Sie sich mit Yoga-Übungen auf das Sitzen vorbereiten können. Der Autor zeigt Ihnen zudem, wann, wie und wo Sie am besten meditieren und wie Sie die Meditation auch im Alltag einsetzen können. Lassen Sie sich von dem langjährigen Meditationslehrer Stephan Bodian in die Geheimnisse der Meditation einweihen und genießen Sie es!
Entwicklungsbiologie und Reproduktionsbiologie des Menschen und bedeutender Modellorganismen
by Werner A. Müller Monika HasselDie faszinierende Entwicklung von Ei und Spermium zum komplexen Organismus ist das Thema des Lehrbuchs. Die Autoren liefern einen Überblick über die Entwicklung wichtiger Modellorganismen und die Embryonalentwicklung des Menschen. Dabei berücksichtigen sie aktuelle Forschungsfragen wie u. a. Klonen, transgene Tiere und Gentherapie. In der 5. Auflage sind alle Abbildungen 4-farbig, die Themen "Entwicklung des Menschen" und "Evolution von Entwicklungsprozessen" werden ausführlicher dargestellt. Mit umfangreichem Glossar und Literaturverzeichnis.
Entwicklungsbiologie und Reproduktionsbiologie des Menschen und bedeutender Modellorganismen (Springer-lehrbuch)
by Werner A. Müller Monika HasselDie faszinierende Entwicklung von Ei und Spermium zum komplexen Organismus ist das Thema des Lehrbuchs. Die Autoren liefern einen Überblick über die Entwicklung wichtiger Modellorganismen und die Embryonalentwicklung des Menschen. Dabei berücksichtigen sie aktuelle Forschungsfragen wie u. a. Klonen, transgene Tiere und Gentherapie. In der 5. Auflage sind alle Abbildungen 4-farbig, die Themen „Entwicklung des Menschen“ und „Evolution von Entwicklungsprozessen“ werden ausführlicher dargestellt. Mit umfangreichem Glossar und Literaturverzeichnis.
Entzündungshemmende Ernährung Für Einsteiger: Ein Rundumplan Zur Stärkung Des Immunsystems Durch Gesunde Ernährung
by Adam WeilEntzündungen sind die Ursache für verschiedene Krankheiten, und wenn sie nicht richtig behandelt werden, können sie zum Tod führen. Experten und Ärzte empfehlen verschiedene Behandlungsmethoden gegen Entzündungen. Eine entzündungshemmende Ernährung ist dabei die beste und wirksamste. In diesem Buch erfahren Sie alles Wissenswerte über Entzündungen, die Arten von Krankheiten, die sie auslösen können, sowie deren Ursachen und Behandlung. Sie erfahren, welches die besten entzündungshemmenden Lebensmittel sind und wie Sie diese am besten in Ihren eigenen entzündungshemmenden Speiseplan einbauen. Leiden Sie unter einer Entzündung, die von Tag zu Tag schlimmer wird? Suchen Sie nach einem einfachen, ganz natürlichen Weg, um Ihre Gesundheit zu stärken, abzunehmen und Entzündungen zu lindern? Dann sollten Sie weiterlesen! Entzündungen sind die Ursache zahlreicher Krankheiten, und wenn sie nicht richtig behandelt werden, können sie zum Tod führen. Experten und Ärzte empfehlen verschiedene Behandlungsmethoden gegen Entzündungen, wobei eine entzündungshemmende Ernährung die beste und wirksamste ist. In diesem Buch erfahren Sie alles Wissenswerte über Entzündungen, die Arten von Krankheiten, die sie auslösen können, sowie deren Ursachen und Behandlung. Sie erfahren, welches die besten entzündungshemmenden Lebensmittel sind und wie Sie diese bei der Zusammenstellung Ihres eigenen entzündungshemmenden Speiseplans am besten verwenden. Unabhängig davon, wer Sie sind und was Sie erreichen wollen, kann jeder lernen, wie man Entzündungen bekämpft. Dieses Buch wird Ihnen helfen, alles zu verstehen, was Sie über eine entzündungshemmende Ernährung wissen müssen, insbesondere über die Vorteile und Herausforderungen dieser neuen Ernährungsweise. Darüber hinaus gebe ich Ihnen eine Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung, wie Sie die entzündungshemmende Ernährung in Ihr Leben integrieren können, mit einigen praktisch
Envasado y Conserva de Vegetales
by Sarah Sophia Yéredi Fernández LaraLa Guía Esencial de Cómo Envasar y hacer Conserva de Vegetales con 30 Deliciosas, Recetas Vegetarianas. Envasado y Conserva de Vegetales La Serie Esencial de la Cocina, Libro 52 ¿Envasar y Conserva? ¿No es eso algo que mi abuela hacía? Lo es, y este libro de recetas informativo descubre las razones del por qué. Originalmente empezó como una forma de ahorrar dinero y expandir la vida de la alacena, Envasado y Conserva asume un nuevo significado en nuestra era moderna. Los vegetales, en particular, están repletos de nutrientes y sabores sin explotar. Aprenda a extraer esas gemas escondidas al seguir estas pautas sugeridas y recetas. Prepare y comaprta deliciosas, comidas envasadas que hacen agua la boca con amigos y seres queridos. ¿Un arte perdido? ¡No más! Créame el envasado de vegetales va más allá de simplemente empacarlos en un frasco de vidrio y cerrar una tapa. Hay un arte, que requiere seguridad y pasos precisos para proveer productos alimenticios del mejor resultado. Añada especias, marinados, y cualquier número de ideas potenciadoras de sabor y disfrútelas meses después. Cualquier número de combinaciones es posible. Una vez que haya dominado las 30 recetas contenidas en este libro de cocina de instrucciones fáciles, usted asombrará a su familia y amigos con sus propias creaciones. No hay nada que pueda salir mal con estas maravillosas recetas. Puede ser divertido y fácil. Lo veremos todo en las páginas del oportuno libro de cocina: qué es envasado y conserva- cómo funciona, el real Cómo, y una colección realista de maravillosas recetas. Aprenda lo que miles ya han descubierto: envasar y conservar sus comidas puede ser apremiante y económico- deje atónitos a sus amigos, y después dígales en dónde consiguió esta joya de libro de cocina. Si lo puede comer... lo puede hacer conserva. Esta oportuna guía de instrucciones y libro
Environment Impact on Reproductive Health: A Translational Approach
by Roberto MarciThis open access book focuses on of the impact of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on human reproduction. It comprehensively discusses the three most important topics in the field: the basic biology of EDCs; the effects of EDCs on human reproduction and human reproductive systems; and potential interventions and practical advice for dealing with the problems caused by EDCs.Presenting a translational approach to endocrine disrupting chemicals research, spanning both basic biology and clinical applications, the book provides a critical link between laboratory investigations and clinical practice. Written by international experts in the field, it is a valuable reference resource for gynaecologists, obstetricians, endocrinologists and experts in reproductive medicine, and a useful tool for anyone interested in the impact of the environment on human reproduction.
Environment-Behavior Studies for Healthcare Design
by Suining DingEnvironment-Behavior Studies for Healthcare Design explains how environment-behavior (EB) studies can contribute to healthcare design research and explores how evidence-based theories can be applied and integrated into the healthcare design practice. Drawing on EB theories and the latest research in environment-behavior studies, this book shows how the healthcare environment can positively impact patients' and caregivers' well-being and healthcare organization's efficiency by modifying environmental attributes, such as space configuration, color, lighting, signage, acoustics, and artwork. It addresses a range of healthcare facilities including children's hospitals, long-term care, acute care and outpatient care facilities, and uses a range of evidence-based design research methods, such as interviews, focus groups, observations, surveys and space syntax. The author also explains how research evidence and evidence-based design can be integrated into healthcare design more cohesively in a redefined design process. This book provides a solid conceptual structure that informs a clear map for understanding the EB theories and their applications in healthcare design. This research guide for healthcare design helps students, academics, designers and architects reconsider how to create environments that support patients’ healing and well-being whilst considering efficiency and safety.
Environmental Chemistry and You
by Kjell AasWe all need some chemicals in our bodies - biochemistry. However, there are chemicals in our environment which might be inhaled, eaten or used on the skin, which we do not necessarily need and which can interact with chemicals already present inside us, with harmful and in some cases, devastating effects. Using charming illustrations to explain his points, the author, an allergy specialist, discusses the interactions between the biochemicals which should keep us alive and healthy and the external, potentially harmful chemicals which enter us from the environment in which we spend most of our lives. He also covers the sources of allergens, with some surprising facts. This book will be appreciated by lay readers and professionals alike; its clarity makes it easy to read and understand. Look up your condition, it may be more prevalent than you think.
Environmental Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth
by Emily Mendenhall Adam KoonAndrew woke up with a guinea worm coming out of his foot as a result of drinking unsafe water a year previously. Anjali awoke with a cough because smoke from kilns filled her dilapidated home.Tyler stayed home from school because he had a stomachache from eating bad beef.What are the links between the environments in which these young people live and their health problems? The stories, most set in poor communities, draw attention to the effects of air, water, food, climate, urbanization, and other human impacts on health. A comprehensive teaching guide provides a context from which readers can explore problems and solutions in environmental health.
Environmental Health Sciences Decision Making: Risk Management, Evidence, and Ethics
by Institute of MedicineEnvironmental health decision making can be a complex undertaking, as there is the need to navigate and find balance among three core elements: science, policy, and the needs of the American public. Policy makers often grapple with how to make appropriate decisions when the research is uncertain. The challenge for the policy maker is to make the right decision with the best available data in a transparent process. The Environmental Health Sciences Decision Making workshop, the first in a series, was convened to inform the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine on emerging issues in risk management, "weight of evidence," and ethics that influence environmental health decision making. The workshop, summarized in this volume, included an overview of the principles underlying decision making, the role of evidence and challenges for vulnerable populations, and ethical issues of conflict of interest, scientific integrity, and transparency. The workshop engaged science interest groups, industry, government, and the academic sector.
Environmental Health and the U.S. Federal System: Sustainably Managing Health Hazards (Routledge Studies in Environment and Health)
by Michael R Greenberg Dona SchneiderThis book explains how the U.S. federal system manages environmental health issues, with a unique focus on risk management and human health outcomes. Building on a generic approach for understanding human health risk, this book shows how federalism has evolved in response to environmental health problems, political and ideological variations in Washington D.C, as well as in-state and local governments. It examines laws, rules and regulations, showing how they stretch or fail to adapt to environmental health challenges. Emphasis is placed on human health and safety risk and how decisions have been influenced by environmental health information. The authors review different forms of federalism, and analyse how it has had to adapt to ever evolving environmental health hazards, such as global climate change, nanomaterials, nuclear waste, fresh air and water, as well as examining the impact of robotics and artificial intelligence on worker environmental health. They demonstrate the process for assessing hazard information and the process for federalism risk management, and subsequently arguing that human health and safety should receive greater attention. This book will be essential reading for students and scholars working on environmental health and environmental policy, particularly from a public health, and risk management viewpoint, in addition to practitioners and policymakers involved in environmental management and public policy.
Environmental Health in International and EU Law: Current Challenges and Legal Responses (Routledge-Giappichelli Studies in Law)
by Stefania NegriThis book presents a broad overview of the many intersections between health and the environment that lie at the basis of the most crucial environmental health issues, focusing on the responses provided by international and EU law. Consistent with the One Health approach and moving from the relevant international and EU legal frameworks, the book addresses some of the most important issues of environmental health including the traditional, such as pollution of air, water and soil and related food safety issues, as well as new and emerging challenges, like those linked to climate change, antimicrobial resistance and electromagnetic fields. Applying an intersectoral and interdisciplinary approach, it also investigates other branches of international and EU law including human rights law, investment law, trade law, energy law and disaster law. The work also discusses ethics and intergenerational equity. Ultimately, the book assesses the degree of effectiveness of the international and EU normative framework, and the extent to which the relevant legal instruments contribute to the protection of public health from major environmental hazards. The book will be a valuable resource for students, academics and policy makers working in the areas of Environmental Health law, Global Health law, International law and EU law.
Environmental Pollution and Medicinal Plants (Exploring Medicinal Plants)
by Azamal HusenEnvironmental Pollution and Medicinal Plants presents information on the impact of environmental pollution on the performance of medicinal plants at various levels including damage detection, adaptation, tolerance, and physiological and molecular responses.This title draws attention not only to seeking new bioactive compounds for herbal drug preparation, but also on ensuring high standards of quality through evaluation of the chemical purity of medicinal plants growing under polluted conditions. It discusses the latest trends and responses of medicinal plants, indicating their tolerance and adaptation to environmental pollution. This book also focuses on secondary metabolites, phytochemicals, and bioactive compounds associated with medicinal plants growing in contaminated conditions.This book will be indispensable for students and professionals working in the field of environmental pollution, medicinal plants, and herbal medicine, as well as for plant biologists, economic botanists, molecular biologists, and biotechnologists.. KEY FEATURES Explains the global trend of environmental pollution and its impact on medicinal herbs with the help of clear text and attractive illustrations. Provides a comprehensive overview of medicinal plants and their interaction with environmental pollution in terms of damage detection, repair, acclimation, tolerance, adaptation, and physiological responses. Discusses the production of secondary metabolites, phytochemicals, and bioactive compounds (used for herbal drug preparation) in medicinal plants growing in the vicinity of contamination and pollution load. Highlights opportunities and future challenges in "omics" studies on medicinal plants.
Environments of Intelligence: From natural information to artificial interaction (History and Philosophy of Technoscience)
by Hajo GreifWhat is the role of the environment, and of the information it provides, in cognition? More specifically, may there be a role for certain artefacts to play in this context? These are questions that motivate "4E" theories of cognition (as being embodied, embedded, extended, enactive). In his take on that family of views, Hajo Greif first defends and refines a concept of information as primarily natural, environmentally embedded in character, which had been eclipsed by information-processing views of cognition. He continues with an inquiry into the cognitive bearing of some artefacts that are sometimes referred to as 'intelligent environments'. Without necessarily having much to do with Artificial Intelligence, such artefacts may ultimately modify our informational environments. With respect to human cognition, the most notable effect of digital computers is not that they might be able, or become able, to think but that they alter the way we perceive, think and act. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781315401867, has been made available under a Creative Commons CC-BY licence
Envisioning the National Health Care Quality Report
by Institute of MedicineHow good is the quality of health care in the United States? Is quality improving? Or is it suffering? While the average person on the street can follow the state of the economy with economic indicators, we do not have a tool that allows us to track trends in health care quality. Beginning in 2003, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will produce an annual report on the national trends in the quality of health care delivery in the United States. AHRQ commissioned the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to help develop a vision for this report that will allow national and state policy makers, providers, consumers, and the public at large to track trends in health care quality. Envisioning the National Health Care Quality Reportoffers a framework for health care quality, specific examples of the types of measures that should be included in the report, suggestions on the criteria for selecting measures, as well as advice on reaching the intended audiences. Its recommendations could help the national health care quality report to become a mainstay of our nation's effort to improve health care.
Enzyme Immunoassay
by Edward T. MaggioThe purpose of this book is to focus attention on some of these ideas and concepts. In doing so, it has captured a glimpse of the past and it attempts a projection of the future, but mostly it reveals an overview of the field as it exists as the present time. It aims to serve to spawn further growth in ideas and encourage applications to increasingly broader segments of both clinical and general analytical chemistry fields.
Enzyme Nutrition
by Edward HowellWhy is eating food in its natural state, unprocessed and unrefined, so vital to the maintenance of good health? What is lacking in our modern diet that makes us so susceptible to degenerative disease? What natural elements in food may play a key role in unlocking the secrets of life extension? These fascinating questions, and many more, are answered in Enzyme Nutrition. Written by one of America's pioneering biochemists and nutrition researchers, Dr. Edward Howell, Enzyme Nutrition presents the most vital nutritional discovery since that of vitamins and minerals--food enzymes. Our digestive organs produce some enzymes internally, however food enzymes are necessary for optimal health and must come from uncooked foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables, raw sprouted grains, unpasteurized dairy products, and food enzyme supplements. Enzyme Nutrition represents more than fifty years of research and experimentation by Dr. Howell. He shows us how to conserve our enzymes and maintain internal balance. As the body regains its strength and vigor, its capacity to maintain its normal weight, fight disease, and heal itself is enhanced.
Enzymes: Volume 1 : The Fundamentals
by Howard F. Loomis“My goal in writing this book is to present an easy-to-understand explanation for considering the role naturally occurring food enzymes can play in our lives. This book will present a simple system, if you will, of understanding how our bodies work and the role that enzymes play in keeping us healthy. I will try to show you when and why your body develops symptoms, and the role diet and digestion play in their appearance. I will also try to show you why two people eating the same diet, for example, you and your spouse or other family member, may not develop the same problems. In other words, I will help you to obtain something I call nutritional objectivity and use it to prevent disease and maintain health.” – by the author.