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Nutritional Deficiency. Chapter 9: Vitamin D Deficiency
(INTECH Open Access Publisher, 2016)Previously, known actions of vitamin D were confined to skeletal health, but accumulating evidence has consistently suggested that vitamin D has pleomorphic roles in overall human physiology. Hence, no other micronutrient ... -
Nutritional Deficiency. Chapter 10: Cancer Treatment and Nutritional Deficiencies
(INTECH Open Access Publisher, 2016)Increasing cancer incidence and improved survival rates have seen the number of cancer survivors increase exponentially throughout the last few decades. As a consequence of this, cancer survivors may experience a number ... -
Nutritional Deficiency. Chapter 8: Redox Homeostasis in Neural Plasticity and the Aged Brain
(INTECH Open Access Publisher, 2016)Currently, humans can easily live for 60 years and more. This increase in life expectancy produces myriad changes in our bodies that diminish the individual’s physical and mental capacities and affect as well the functional ... -
Nutritional Deficiency. Chapter 6: Anemia During Pregnancy
(INTECH Open Access Publisher, 2016)Anemia during pregnancy is a considerable health problem, with around two-fifths of pregnant women worldwide being anemic. Many gynecological and infectious diseases are predisposing factors for anemia during pregnancy. ... -
Open Data Structures: An Introduction
(Au Press, 2013)Offered as an introduction to the field of data structures and algorithms, Open Data Structures covers the implementation and analysis of data structures for sequences (lists), queues, priority queues, unordered dictionaries, ... -
Nutritional Deficiency. Chapter 5: An Integrated Approach to Iron Deficiency Anemia
(INTECH Open Access Publisher, 2016)Iron deficiency is a common nutritional disorder in developing countries and contributes significantly to reduced work productivity and economic output as well as to increased morbidity and mortality. There are well-established ... -
Nutritional Deficiency. Chapter 4: Iron Nutrition, Oxidative Stress, and Pathogen Defense
(INTECH Open Access Publisher, 2016)Adaptation is a challenge that plants have to undergo in order to survive in difficult environments. Nutrient deficiency, stress, and microorganism attack are abiotic and biotic factors that frequently impair plant wellness, ... -
Nutritional Deficiency. Chapter 3: Zinc: What Is Its Role in Lung Cancer?
(INTECH Open Access Publisher, 2016)Recently, zinc emerged as an important signaling molecule, activating intracellular pathways and regulating cell fate, although our knowledge remains incomplete. Zinc is required in many enzymatic and metabolic pathways, ... -
Nutritional Deficiency. Chapter 2: Zinc Deficiency
(INTECH Open Access Publisher, 2016)Zinc is an essential trace element for humans and plays a critical role both as a structural component of proteins and as a cofactor in about 300 enzymes. Zinc deficiency was, for example, reported to affect the immune ... -
Nutritional Deficiency. Chapter 1: Zinc Deficiency and Depression
(INTECH Open Access Publisher, 2016)Zinc deficiency has multiple effects, including neurological and somatic symptoms. Zinc deficiency can lead to depression, increased anxiety, irritability, emotional instability, and induced deficits in social behavior. Clinical ... -
Radiation Effects in Materials. Chapter 17: Nanostructuring of Material Surfaces by Laser Ablation
(INTECH Open Access Publisher, 2016)Irradiation of materials such as iron and silicon with single nanosecond laser pulses produces nanostructures on its surfaces. Nevertheless, the deposition before irradiation of thin films on the surface of the silicon ... -
Radiation Effects in Materials. Chapter 16: A Parallel between Laser Irradiation and Relativistic Electrons Irradiation of Solids
(INTECH Open Access Publisher, 2016)The investigation of the thermal field distribution in a material sample irradiated by a laser beam or an electron beam with the energy of a few MeV appears as a demand for all kinds of experiments that involve irradiation. ... -
Radiation Effects in Materials. Chapter 10: Radiation Effects in Polyamides
(INTECH Open Access Publisher, 2016)Polyamides (PAs) are largely used either as engineering materials in virgin form or as composites and a component of polymer blends. Various processes have been used to modify some properties of polymers to improve their ... -
Radiation Effects in Materials. Chapter 14: Ion Bombardment-Induced Surface Effects in Materials
(INTECH Open Access Publisher, 2016)This chapter deals with the experimental research and computer simulation of low- and medium-energy (E 0 = 1-30 keV) ion collisions on the surface of a solid and of the accompanying effects, namely scattering, sputtering, ... -
Radiation Effects in Materials. Chapter 13: Irradiation Pretreatment of Tropical Biomass and Biofiber for Biofuel Production
(INTECH Open Access Publisher, 2016)Interest on biofuel production from biomass and biofiber has gain great attention globally because these materials are abundant, inexpensive, renewable, and sustainable. Generally, the conversion of biomass and biofiber ... -
Radiation Effects in Materials. Chapter 12: Radiation Effects in Textile Materials
(INTECH Open Access Publisher, 2016)Irradiation processes have several commercial applications, in the coating of metals, plastics, and glass, in printing, wood finishing, film and plastic cross-linking, and in the fields of adhesive and electrical insulations. ... -
Radiation Effects in Materials. Chapter 15: Neutron Irradiation Effects in 5xxx and 6xxx Series Aluminum Alloys: A Literature Review
(INTECH Open Access Publisher, 2016)A literature review on highly irradiated 5xxx and 6xxx series Al alloys is conducted to understand the expected changes in mechanical properties of high flux reactor (HFR) vessel material in relation with microstructural ... -
Open Now: The USask Open Textbook Authoring Guide
(Open Press DEU, 2016)This book is a practical guide to adapting or creating open textbooks using the Pressbooks online publishing platform. It is continually evolving as new information, practices and processes are developed. The primary ... -
Radiation Effects in Materials. Chapter 11: Ion-Irradiation-Induced Carbon Nanostructures in Optoelectronic Polymer Materials
(INTECH Open Access Publisher, 2016)The recent results obtained on the ion-irradiation-induced carbon nanostructures in optoelectronic polymer materials exemplified by boron-ion-implanted polymethylmethacrylate (B:PMMA) with an energy of 40 keV, ion doses ... -
Radiation Effects in Materials. Chapter 7: Radiation Influence on Edible Materials
(INTECH Open Access Publisher, 2016)Innovations in the food industry are shaped both by new technologies available and by society’s requirements. A good knowledge on the chemistry and biological role of the macro-nutrients (proteins, carbohydrates, lipids ...
