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Stronger: The Untold Story of Muscle in Our Lives
by Michael Joseph Gross'Even if you've never picked up a weight, Stronger is for you' - Arnold SchwarzeneggerNo matter how you think of yourself - strong or weak, large or small - you are substantially made of muscle. To the last day of your life, your ability to stand and go where you want to go, your agency and effectiveness in the world, will depend on it. But what is muscle?From the battlefields of Homer's Iliad, where muscles first entered world literature, to the Victorian-era gymnasiums where women built strength and muscle by lifting heavy weights, to a retirement home in Boston, where a young doctor discovered that training at high intensity can produce the same relative gains for frail ninety-year-olds as for thirty-year-olds, Stronger places the science and significance of our muscles in an astonishing new light.Ancient binaries of brain versus brawn created an enduring prejudice against muscle, and against the type of exercise that best builds strength. Yet the research proves that weight training can help prevent or treat many chronic diseases and disabilities throughout life, including depression, cancer, and diabetes. All of us, from elite powerlifters to people who have never played sports at all, can learn to lift weights in ways that yield life's ultimate prize: the ability to act in the world.
Struck by Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel
by Jason Padgett Maureen SeabergJason Padgett was an ordinary, not terribly bright, 41-year-old working in his father's furniture shop when he was the victim of a brutal mugging outside a karaoke bar in 2002.That same night his stepfather died of cancer, and two weeks later his only brother went missing (his body was discovered three year later). The combined traumas of these three events proved, unsurprisingly, too much for Jason and he withdrew from life completely, living as a hermit for four years suffering with agoraphobia and the onset of OCD. During this time he developed a fascination with the principles of the physical universe, devouring mathematics and physics journals. He also started to see intricate webs of shapes in his head and discovered that he could draw these by hand.A chance encounter in a mall pointed him in the direction of college. There, his extraordinary mind was recognised, and he was set on a path in which his drawings were identified as mathematical fractals and neuroscientists were able to diagnose a unique individual.Jason is a miraculous everyman with an inspiring 'what if' story that pushes beyond the boundaries of what scientists thought possible.
Structural Energetics in Zero Balancing Bodywork
by Alan HextWritten by a well-established teacher of the practice, this guide to the mind-body therapy Zero Balancing is aimed at bodyworkers and all complementary medicine practitioners who work with qi. Zero Balancing uses hands-on conscious touch to address the relationship between energy and the structures of the body and clears blocks in energy flow to allow greater postural alignment and vitality. Rooting the esoteric aspects of qi and energy in a practical bodywork approach, the book is essential reading for any practitioner wishing to develop their awareness skills and access the world of energy medicine.
Structural Integration and Energy Medicine: A Handbook of Advanced Bodywork
by James L. Oschman Jean Louise GreenAn illustrated guide to the Structural Integration bodywork process and the relationship between body alignment and energy flow • Details each of the 10 sessions in the Structural Integration bodywork series, explaining what to expect and how to maximize the benefits • Explores the relationship between the energetics of the body and its alignment, including a scientific understanding of how gravity affects body alignment • Explains how to incorporate essential oils and other holistic support tools as well as the psycho-emotional Hellerwork themes When the body’s structure is optimally aligned, not only does it eliminate pain, reduce inflammation, and stop the degeneration of joints and discs, it also enhances the flow of energy in the body and awakens us to greater mental clarity. In this illustrated guide to Dr. Ida P. Rolf’s Structural Integration process, Jean Louise Green introduces the principles of Structural Integration and details each of the 10 sessions in the Structural Integration bodywork series, explaining what to expect and how to maximize the benefits. She explores the relationship between the energetics of the body and its alignment, including an advanced scientific understanding of how gravity can become a beneficial force when the body is properly aligned. She provides clear, accessible descriptions of core concepts such as the Rolf Line and the torus, including a detailed explanation of how to access the energetics of the Rolf Line. She illustrates the rotation patterns of the body and explains how they contribute to pain and how correcting them may minimize the need for hip and knee replacements. She provides movement exercises and support tools for self-care and maintenance between sessions and explains optimal body mechanics for moving, sitting, and standing as well as how to avoid putting stress and strain back into the body. This book is an excellent resource guide to accompany a person through their Structural Integration series. The author also explores how to incorporate Joseph Heller’s psycho-emotional Hellerwork themes in the Structural Integration process and looks at holistic support tools such as electromagnetic resonancing, far-infrared saunas, essential oils, gratitude practices, meditation, and the Five Tibetan yogic exercises. Offering an energy medicine approach to bodywork, this guide provides both practitioners and laypeople with the necessary tools to dramatically increase the efficiency of the body, release chronic pain, improve mental function, and free energy flow.
Structuring the Self (New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science)
by Majid Davoody BeniThis book presents a unified account of the self, based on a network of knowledge sourced from several scientific accounts of selfhood. Beni constructs his ontological account of the self from the common structure that underpins the theoretical diversity that is manifested in rival and sometimes incompatible scientific accounts of the self and its aspects. The enterprise is inspired by recent structural realist theories in the philosophy of science, specifying the basic structure of the self, and explaining how representational, phenomenal, and social aspects of the self are embodied within this structure.
Struggling to Survive: Barriers to Justice for Rape Victims in Rwanda
by Human Rights WatchThe 58-page Human Rights Watch report, "Struggling to Survive: Barriers to Justice for Rape Victims in Rwanda," investigates the persistent weaknesses in the Rwandan legal system that hamper the investigation and prosecution of sexual violence. The report also documents the desperate health and economic situation of rape survivors. Many of the women who were raped became infected with HIV. Women who were raped during the Rwandan genocide and afterwards are still struggling to find justice. Rwanda's legal system remains ill-equipped to address sexual violence cases. Weaknesses in the legal system include insufficient protection for victims and witnesses, lack of training for authorities on sexual violence crimes, and poor representation of women among police and judicial authorities. Genocide survivors, including women and girls who were raped in 1994, have not been able to obtain reparations such as monetary compensation or other assistance for the human rights abuses they suffered. The report recommends that the Rwandan government enact pending legislation to provide reparations in the form of monetary compensation or other assistance, which would allow rape victims to seek the care they require. The government should also better train doctors and other medical personnel to collect medico-legal evidence, and it should regularly train prosecutors and judges on how to prosecute and try cases of sexual violence.
Stubborn Fat Gone!#: Discover Think Fit To Turn Off Stress And Lose 1. 5 Lbs. Every Day
by Jorge CruiseMost likely the fat that bothers you most is belly fat. Despite exercising and eating a diet low in Sugar Calories, you’re still stuck with that stubborn fat. So what’s the missing link?Breakthrough research has confirmed that combining the right diet with the right mind-set is the secret to eliminating the most stubborn of all fat – belly fat. Stress is the number one reason so many of are led to self-sabotage when trying to eat well, but following Jorge Cruise’s revolutionary Carb Control™ will curb your cravings and balance your hormones. Let Jorge guide you with daily planners full of easy, toss-together meals, and you can lose up to 11 lbs. in your first week alone!
Stuck in Neutral
by Terry TruemanShawn McDaniel's life is not what it may seem to anyone looking at him. He is glued to his wheelchair, unable to voluntarily move a muscle-he can't even move his eyes. For all Shawn's father knows, his son may be suffering. Shawn may want a release. And as long as he is unable to communicate his true feelings to his father, Shawn's life is in danger. To the world, Shawn's senses seem dead. Within these pages, however, we meet a side of him that no one else has seen-a spirit that is rich beyond imagining, breathing life. This edition features an Extras section, giving readers even more insight into Shawn's life, and includes a Q&A with Terry Trueman, as well as a sneak peek at the sequel to Stuck in Neutral, Life Happens Next. the guts of my bad news. Books for the Teen Age 2001 (NYPL), Books for Youth Editor's Choice 2000 (Booklist), Top 10 Youth First Novels 2000(Booklist), 2001 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA), 2001 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers (ALA), and 2001 Michael L. Printz Honor Book
Stuck in Time: The Tragedy of Childhood Mental Illness
by Lee GutkindA harrowing exploration of one of the country&’s most troubling hidden shames: the widespread neglect of disabled children by the institutions that have sworn to protect themFour-fifths of American children with serious mental health problems receive no professional treatment whatsoever. They are the product of an overextended and often neglectful system that, as Lee Gutkind writes, has reached the level of insanity. Following the stories of three children—Daniel, Meggan, and Terri—Stuck in Time chronicles the tragedies and injustices wrought not only by the deficiencies of the mental healthcare system, but by government policymakers who have failed to address the problem. Through these children and their families, Gutkind explores mental illness as both a scientific and social issue, from the harsh economic realities of supporting a disabled child to the immense difficulty of finding a suitable counselor.Written with passion and piercing detail, Stuck in Time is a poignant examination of three families fighting against impossible circumstances, and of a system too inflexible to accommodate the helpless victims it is meant to support.
Stuck on Fast Forward: Youth with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Youth with Special Needs)
by Shirley BrinkerhoffConnor didn't have too many problems before he started school. That is, if you don't count the little things, like the time he tried to mow the lawn with his dad's riding mower (he ruined the engine when he poured oil in the gas tank); or the time he dressed up like Santa Claus and tried to go down the chimney of the backyard brick barbeque (he got stuck and the fire department had to come pull him out); or the experiment he conducted on the family beagle to see if she liked Tabasco sauce on her dog food (the vet threatened to call the ASPCA). The real trouble didn't start until Connor began kindergarten. The notes started coming home with Connor on his very first day. They said things like: "Does not play well with others," "Is disruptive in class," and "Teacher requests conference with parents." Every day that Connor brought home another note--which was most days--his parents looked a little grayer and a little more tired. Connor couldn't seem to sit still or pay attention; and all too often, his impulsiveness led to inappropriate behavior. Though his parents do not know it yet, Connor has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. ADHD is an increasingly common diagnosis for school-age and preschool children today. The debate over diagnosis and treatment of symptoms is intense. In Stuck on Fast Forward: Youth with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, you will learn about the many sides of this common and controversial condition. Along the way, you will read more about Connor and how he and his family learn to live with the challenges of ADHD.
Student Activity Guide for Health Science Fundamentals
by Shirley A. Badasch Doreen S. ChesebroProvides students with a variety of practice activities that include worksheets, scenarios, activities, and selected check-off sheets designed for both practice and competency assessment. These check-off sheets provided step-by-step instructions to help students perform Procedures correctly and competently. All of these activities will help students successfully learn the skills required for their respective career choices.
Student Eats: Fast, Cheap, Healthy – the best tried-and-tested recipes for students
by Rachel PhippsBroke, stressed and hungry? Make sure every student you know has a copy of this essential cookbook! Recently graduated, Rachel Phipps knows the reality of a student kitchen – what you want to eat versus what you can actually make and afford. Here she offers hundreds of tried-and-tested ideas to cook with the minimal utensils, no fancy gadgets and affordable ingredients, for everyone from absolute beginners to kitchen wizards. Also included: Rachel’s essential student kitchen kit, starter store cupboard shopping list, smart meal maths and simple menu plans for one, two, four or more.Chapters include: Breakfast, Lunch, Solo Dinners, Food for Friends, Something Sweet, Drinks. Recipes include: Chorizo Baked Beans, Green Eggs & Ham, Leftover Fajita Burritos, Frying-pan Lasagne, Kitchen Cupboard Fishcakes, Pizza Baked Potato, Quick Late-night Miso Soup, One-Bowl Chocolate Cake and Banana & Nutella Muffins
Student Note-Taking Guide to Accompany Managing Stress (Fifth Edition): Principles and Strategies for Health and Well-Being
by Brian Luke SeawardStudent Note-Taking Guide to accompany Managing Stress Principles and Strategies for Health and Well-Being
Student Success For Health Professionals
by Lippincott Williams Wilkins Staff Nancy OlrechThis Second Edition of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins' Student Success for Health Professionals Made Incredibly Easy has been revised and updated with a more user-friendly organization and design, but retains the health professions focus, the concise and approachable narrative, the fun features and art, and the self-paced online course of the first edition. It is still the first and only student success text designed specifically for health professions students and programs!
Student's Gluten-Free Cookbook For Dummies
by Nancy MceachernThe easy, delicious, and nutritious way for students to eat gluten-freeAt least 3 million Americans are affected by celiac disease, and as awareness of this genetic disorder grows, more people are adopting the required gluten-free lifestyle. Student's Gluten-Free Cookbook For Dummies is a perfect resource, featuring cooking and nutritional advice along with dishes that are tasty and simple for young adults to prepare using low-cost and easy-to-obtain ingredients.Student's Gluten-Free Cookbook For Dummies shows you how to cook classic college meals such as pizza and pasta ... gluten-free. It tailors the information and recipes to your needs, considering time, cooking expertise, budget, and unconventional cooking methods. The book includes a brief explanation of gluten and the benefits of living without it, tips on reading labels and budgeting, and more than 160 recipes outlining the ingredients, cooking time (emphasizing any shortcuts), cost, and easy-to-follow directions. The recipes cover the categories of breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert (including the challenge of gluten-free baking), easy-on-the-go snacks, and gluten-free entertainment food. This title includes dishes that can be assembled in about 5 minutes, microwave meals, tips for breathing new life into leftovers, and fancy meals to impress friends and family.Features a wide variety of more than 160 healthy and hearty gluten-free recipes for every meal of the dayIncludes easy on-the-go snacks, food that can be assembled in about five minutes, meals to impress, and much moreRecipes allow for a limited variety of appliances and space available to studentsThanks to Student's Gluten-Free Cookbook For Dummies, students who choose a gluten-free lifestyle, either for health reasons or simply by choice, can still enjoy delicious dishes that can be prepared quickly and easily.
Studies in Alchemy: The Science of Self-Transformation
by Saint GermainBased on a series of weekly letters from ascended masters to their students, published by Summit Lighthouse. Offers revelations to disciples of East and West.
Studies in No-Self Physicalism
by Feng YeThis book demonstrates how a radical version of physicalism (‘No-Self Physicalism’) can offer an internally coherent and comprehensive philosophical worldview. It first argues that a coherent physicalist should explicitly treat a cognitive subject merely as a physical thing and should not vaguely assume an amorphous or even soul-like subject or self. This approach forces the physicalist to re-examine traditional core philosophical notions such as truth, analyticity, modality, apriority because our traditional understandings of them appear to be predicated on a cognitive subject that is not literally just a physical thing.In turn, working on the assumption that a cognitive subject is itself completely physical, namely a neural network-based robot programmed by evolution (hence the term ‘No-Self’), the book proposes physicalistic theories on conceptual representation, truth, analyticity, modality, the nature of mathematics, epistemic justification, knowledge, apriority and intuition, as well as a physicalistic ontology. These are meant to show that this No-Self Physicalism, perhaps the most minimalistic and radical version of physicalism proposed to date, can accommodate many aspects that have traditionally interested philosophers. Given its refreshingly radical approach and painstakingly developed content, the book is of interest to anyone who is seeking a coherent philosophical worldview in this age of science.
Studies in Occultism: Kosmic Mind - The Dual Aspect Of Wisdom - Primary Source Edition (Mobi Classics Series)
by H. P. BlavatskyThis book is a collection of 12 articles published by Blavatsky in her magazine. It provides great perspectives on hypnotism, black-white magic, psychic- noetic action, c(k)osmic mind, theosophy in general, etc. It offers a great place to start if you are researching or exploring Esoteric Character of the Gospels, Gnosticism, Astral Bodies... you don't need any prior knowledge, nor need to have read the "big books" as Isis Unveiled or The Secret Doctrine.
Studies on Men's Health and Fertility
by Ashok Agarwal Juan G Alvarez Robert John AitkenStudies on Men's Health and Fertility provides a comprehensive series of up-to-the-minute reviews addressing the role of oxidative stress in the aetiology of reproductive pathologies in the male. This volume represents by far the most detailed, authoritative review of the field that has been produced to date. The text encompasses the basic science of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by mammalian spermatozoa, the way in which these highly reactive molecules are processed by the germ line and the physiological significance of this redox activity in the generation of a functional gamete. The factors responsible for perturbing the delicate balance between physiological redox signaling on the one hand and oxidative stress on the other are also extensively reviewed and some of the first clues concerning the underlying mechanisms (age, heat, infection, cryostorage, aberrant lipid metabolism), clearly identified. From a clinical perspective there are chapters setting out the methods we should be using to diagnose oxidative stress in the male germ line, a clinical perspective on the aetiology of this condition and detailed considerations of the most suitable means of ameliorating such stress from a therapeutic point of view. Studies on Men's Health and Fertility is intended to provide clinicians and scientists with a snap shot of the current status of this exciting, rapidly moving field. The book will be of value to clinicians interested in strategies for the management of oxidative stress in their infertility patients and scientists wishing to understand the molecular mechanisms underpinning the generation of ROS by these cells and its pathophysiological significance. It was not so long ago that the ability of spermatozoa to generate ROS was a hotly disputed topic. With the publication of this book such doubts can finally be laid to rest. There is now no doubt that these cells actively generate ROS, that oxidative stress is a major contributor to defects in male reproductive health and that the successful clinical management of this condition depends on developing a deeper understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms. In this quest, Studies on Men's Health and Fertility will be seen as a clear and important milestone.
Studies on Women's Health
by Ashok Agarwal Botros Rizk Nabil AzizThis volume covers data describing the role of free radicals and antioxidants that deal with clinical and pre-clinical trials, as well as basic research in the area of women's health. There is increasing evidence that oxidative stress is a causative, or at least a supporting factor in female pathology and infertility. During advancing gestational age, oxidative stress biomakers rise. Oxidative stress plays a regulatory role in transcription, signal transduction, gene expression and membrane trafficking. A search on Pub Med shows 449 papers have been published to date related to women's health disorders and use of antioxidants in a variety of disease that are prevalent in women, such as hypertension and cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, obesity and restless leg syndrome.
Studio Shape Up: The Keys to Transforming Your Fitness Studio Into a Thriving Business
by Chelsea StreifenederWhether your goal is to open a new business, optimize the studio you have now, or take your profit up a few notches, Studio Shape Up provides the information you need to make your clients succeed and your studio prosper. There is no reason why fitness businesses shouldn&’t be thriving. This guide raises the bar for studio owners and simply leaps over the &“skills approach&” other books preach about. In building her own studio, Chelsea Streifeneder&’s goal was to build a community of happy people who know how to play as hard as they work and who understand that fun is an important part of a healthy lifestyle, and now she aims to share her tools with others along with what is and isn&’t working for her. Studio Shape Up is like having your own personal business advocate, telling you exactly the right moves to make at the right time to achieve the greatest possible results. This timely gem changes the way studio owners can build, grow, and make their business the best it&’s ever been!
Study Guide for Fundamentals of Nursing (Eighth Edition): The Art and Science of Person-Centered Nursing Care
by Marilee LeBonThis Study Guide will help you review and apply important concepts to prepare for exams--and for your nursing career! Filled with exercises to reinforce learning: Assessing Your Understanding offers a variety of exercises such as matching and fill-in-the-blank questions to help you retain key information. Applying Your Knowledge challenges you with critical thinking questions, reflective practice exercises to help you cultivate QSEN competencies, and patient care studies. Practicing for NCLEX provides multiple-choice and alternate-format questions to help you review content and become familiar with the NCLEX format.
Study Guide for Gould's Pathophysiology for the Health Professions (Fifth Edition)
by Karin C. Vanmeter Robert J. HubertThe book is on the background and overview of Pathophysiology,and related topics like defence and protective mechanisms,factors contributing to Pathophysiology etc.
Study Guide for Kinn's the Administrative Medical Assistant: An Applied Learning Approach (Seventh Edition)
by Alexandra Patricia Young-AdamsThis study guide offers a complete review of content and a wide range of exercises to help you master CAAHEP and ABHES competencies.
Study Guide for Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems, Ninth Edition "
by Sharon L. Lewis Shannon Ruff Dirksen Linda Bucher Margaret Mclean Heitkemper Susan A. SandstromPrepare for success in the classroom! Corresponding to the chapters in the 9th edition of Lewis' market-leading Medical-Surgical Nursing, this study guide offers a complete review of content and a wide range of activities to help you understand key nursing concepts. Alternate item format questions reflect the most current NCLEX test plan. To make studying easier, answers for all exercises are included in the back of the book.