Chapters Chapter 1: Neurological Conundrums: Exploring the Complexity of Brain and Nervous System Disorders Chapter 2: Exploring the Complexity of Mental Disorders and using the Psychological Approaches to Breaking Down the Treatment Barriers Chapter 3: Breaking Down the Barriers: Disorders of the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems Chapter 4: Battling the invisible Enemy: Infectious Diseases and the Microbial world Chapter 5: Holistic Health: Integrative Approaches to Disease Prevention and Management Chapter 6: Unmasking the Silent Killers: Cancer and Oncological Diseases Chapter 7: Enhancing Nutritional Interventions for Disease Management Chapter 8: Decoding the Genetic Puzzle: Genomics and Inherited Diseases Chapter 9: Illuminating Vision: A Deep Dive into the World of Ophthalmology Chapter 10: From Atherosclerosis to Arrhythmias: A Detailed Analysis of Cardiovascular Conditions Chapter 11: Metabolic Mayhem: Unraveling the Mysteries of Metabolic Disorders Chapter 12: Tailored Therapies for Metabolic Disorders: Gene, Stem Cell, and Enzyme Replacement Strategies Chapter 13: Transitioning from Pediatric to Adolescent Dental Care Chapter 14: Managing Dental Trauma in Children

Unveiling Sustainable Architecture Design and planning takes readers on a transforming journey to the forefront of green building.Each chapter reveals a fresh dimension of sustainable architecture,from Ken Yang visionary bio-climatic structures that transform urban living to the vertical wonders of green walls. Explore India & unique tapestry of sustainable architecture, Agritecture agrarian integration, and the ecological impact of green roofs. Following chapters bring biomimicry, new materials, and energy-efficient landscapes to life, providing architects with a road map for designingin harmony with nature. The voyage concludes in a literature study on the growth of global and Indian green building grading systems as the narrative expands to sustainable cities, green materials, and urban transportation.This is the handbook that encourages architects, urban planners, and enthusiasts to reinvent our urban landscapes for a future in which sustainability and innovation coexist effortlessly.

A New York Times Notable Book of 2014 We are doomed to repeat history if we fail to learn from it, but how are we affected by the forces that are invisible to us? What role does Neanderthal DNA play in our genetic makeup? How did the theory of eugenics embraced by Nazi Germany first develop? How is trust passed down in Africa, and silence inherited in Tasmania? How are private companies like Ancestry.com uncovering, preserving and potentially editing the past? In The Invisible History of the Human Race, Christine Kenneally reveals that, remarkably, it is not only our biological history that is coded in our DNA, but also our social history. She breaks down myths of determinism and draws on cutting - edge research to explore how both historical artefacts and our DNA tell us where we have come from and where we may be going.

**Title The Last Spore** **Unveil the Hidden Kingdom and Confront the Fungal Threats Lurking Beneath the Surface** Dive deep into the mysterious world of fungi with "The Last Spore," a groundbreaking eBook that sheds light on the unseen and often underestimated fungal threats that loom over our planet. This gripping exploration takes you on an eye-opening journey through the dark corridors of fungal biology, environmental crises, and the looming fungal pandemics that could change life as we know it. In "The Last Spore," discover how climate change and deforestation are turning our world into a haven for proliferating fungi, posing unprecedented threats to biodiversity, agriculture, and human health. This book meticulously dissects the types of fungal pathogens, their mechanisms of infection, and their spread, offering a sobering look at the devastating impacts they have on ecosystems and society. Through compelling case studies like the Chytrid Crisis decimating amphibians and the White Nose Syndrome affecting bat populations, "The Last Spore" paints a harrowing picture of fungal pandemics. Learn about emerging human health crises caused by fungi such as Candida auris and Aspergillosis, and the alarming rise of antifungal resistance that challenges medical science. The book doesn't stop at painting a grim picture—it offers hope through chapters on diagnostic advancements, current and future antifungal therapies, and innovative management strategies. Delve into the rigor of international policy frameworks, public health initiatives, and the vital role of community engagement and education in combatting these threats. "The Last Spore" also highlights personal stories from frontlines, weaving the voices of survivors, researchers, and impacted families into the narrative. It calls for global collaboration, integrating fungal threats into conservation efforts, and posing significant ethical questions that balance human progress with environmental stewardship. Be part of the movement to awaken the world to this critical and overlooked issue. With "The Last Spore," you’ll be informed, prepared, and inspired to take action against the fungal threats that imperil our future.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with—and perished from—for more than five thousand years. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out “war against cancer.” The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist. Riveting, urgent, and surprising, The Emperor of All Maladies provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments. It is an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer.

The tools nonprofits need to measure the impact of their social media Having a social media measurement plan and approach can no longer be an after-thought. It is a requirement of success. As nonprofits refine their social media practice, their boards are expecting reports showing results. As funders provide dollars to support programs that include social media, they too want to see results. This book offers the tools and strategies needed for nonprofits that need reliable and measurable data from their social media efforts. Using these tools will not only improve a nonprofit?s decision making process but will produce results-driven metrics for staff and stakeholders. A hands-on resource for nonprofit professionals who must be able to accurately measure the results of their social media ventures Written by popular nonprofit blogger Beth Kanter and measurement expert Katie Delahaye Paine Filled with tools, strategies, and illustrative examples that are highly accessible for nonprofit professionals This important resource will give savvy nonprofit professionals the information needed to produce measurable results for their social media.

In a hospital bed, small-time private detective Ray Lovell veers between paralysis and delirium. But before the accident that landed him there, he’d been hired to find Rose Janko, the estranged daughter of a traveling Gypsy family, who went missing seven years earlier. Half Romany himself, Ray is well aware that he’s been chosen more for his blood than for his investigative skills. Still, he’s surprised by the intense hostility he encounters from the Jankos, who haven’t had an easy past. Touched by tragedy, they’re either cursed or hiding a terrible secret—the discovery of which Ray can’t help suspecting is connected to Rose’s disappearance… Seamlessly toggling between Ray’s past and present, and the perspective of the missing woman’s young nephew JJ, Stef Penney builds a gripping page-turner that doesn’t let go until its shocking end.

"In this magnificent book, Oliver Schuchard provides more than sixty-five exquisite black-and-white photographs spanning his thirty-eight years of photography. In addition, he explains the aesthetic rationale and techniques he used in order to produce these photographs, emphasizing the profound differences between, yet necessary interdependence of, craft and content. Although Schuchard believes that craft is important, he maintains that the idea behind the photograph and the emotional content of the image are equally vital and are, in fact, functions of one another. The author also shares components of his life experience that he believes helped shape his development as an artist and a teacher. He chose the splendid photographs included in this book from among nearly 5,000 negatives that had been exposed all over the world, from Missouri to Maine, California, Alaska, Colorado, France, Newfoundland, and Hawaii, among many other locations. Approximately 250 negatives survived the initial review, and each of those was printed before a final decision was made on which photographs were to be featured in the book. The final choices are representative of Schuchard's work and serve to substantiate his belief that craft, concept, and self must be fully understood and carefully melded for a good photograph to occur. This amazing work by award-winning photographer Oliver Schuchard will be treasured by professional and amateur photographers alike, as well as by anyone who simply enjoys superb photography."--Publishers website.

Describes the ten-year, multimillion dollar Human Genome Project and its process of gene mapping; includes concerns of critics of the project.

Environment and Society in the Long Late Antiquity brings together scientific, archaeological and historical evidence on the interplay of social change and environmental phenomena at the end of Antiquity and the dawn of the Middle Ages, covering the period ca. 300-800 AD. It gives a new impetus to the study of the environmental history of this crucial period of transition between two major epochs in premodern history. The volume contains both systematic overviews of the previous scholarship and available data, as well as a number of interdisciplinary case studies. It covers a wide range of topics, including the histories of landscape, climate, disease and earthquakes, all intertwined with social, cultural, economic and political developments. Contributors are Daniel Abel-Schaad , Francesca Alba-Sánchez, Flavio Anselmetti, José Antonio López-Sáez, Daniel Ariztegui, Brunhilda Brushulli, Yolanda Carrión Marco, Alexandra Chavarría, Petra Dark, Carmen Fernández Ochoa, Martin Finné, Asuunta Florenzano, Ralph Fyfe,Didier Galop, Benjamin Graham, John Haldon, Kyle Harper, Richard Hodges, Adam Izdebski, Katarina Kouli, Inga Labuhn, Tamara Lewit, Anna Maria Mercuri, Alessia Masi, Lucas McMahon, Lee Mordechai, Mario Morellón, Timothy Newfield, Almudena Orejas Saco del Valle, Leonor Peña-Chocarro, Sebastián Pérez-Díaz, Eleonora Regattieri, Stephen Rippon, Neil Roberts, Laura Sadori, Abigail Sargent, Gaia Sinopoli, Paolo Squatriti, Giovanni Stranieri, Raymond van Dam, Bernd Wagner, Mark Whittow, Penelope Wilson, Jessie Woodbridge. See inside the book.