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Inherited cardiomyopathies: Genetics and gene-environment interactions

https://cwslc.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113271
van Spaendonck-Zwarts, Karin. Amsterdam: University of Groningen , 2013. Published thesis.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF FD 200 SPA 2013
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
van Spaendonck-Zwarts, Karin
Edition
Published thesis
Place of Publication
Amsterdam
Publisher
University of Groningen
Publication Date
2013
Physical Description
Paperback: 246 pages
Subject
Genetics
Heart/Heart Diseases. Cardiology
UBC MD Undergrad
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF FD 200 SPA 2013

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Practical genetic counselling

https://cwslc.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog112672
Harper, Peter S. London, UK: Hodder Arnold , 2010. 7th ed.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF GI 250 HAR 2010
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
This guide serves as a reference for professionals who are counselling those at risk from inherited disorders. It contains information on: developments in common disease genetics, new molecular techniques and genetic counselling, non invasive prenatal diagnosis, the molecular basis of congenital ma…
Author
Harper, Peter S.
Edition
7th ed.
Place of Publication
London, UK
Publisher
Hodder Arnold
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
Softcover: 393 p.
Subject
Genetics
Genetic Counseling
UBC MD Undergrad
Abstract
This guide serves as a reference for professionals who are counselling those at risk from inherited disorders. It contains information on: developments in common disease genetics, new molecular techniques and genetic counselling, non invasive prenatal diagnosis, the molecular basis of congenital malformations, the history of genetic counselling and the social and ethical aspects of advances in genetics.
ISBN
9780340990698
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF GI 250 HAR 2010

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Genetic disorders and the fetus: Diagnosis, prevention and treatment

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Milunsky, Aubrey (ed.), Milunsky, Jeff M. (ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell , 2010. 6th ed.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF GI 300 MIL 2010
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
This text is in its 6th edition as a major repository of facts about prenatal diagnosis. It is an essential resource for all engaged in prenatal genetic diagnosis, especially obstetricians, maternal-fetal medicine specialists, medical geneticists, genetic counsellors, and pediatricians.
Author
Milunsky, Aubrey (ed.)
Milunsky, Jeff M. (ed.)
Edition
6th ed.
Place of Publication
Hoboken, NJ
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
Hardcover: 1135 p.
Subject
Genetic Disorders
Genetics
UBC MD Undergrad
Abstract
This text is in its 6th edition as a major repository of facts about prenatal diagnosis. It is an essential resource for all engaged in prenatal genetic diagnosis, especially obstetricians, maternal-fetal medicine specialists, medical geneticists, genetic counsellors, and pediatricians.
ISBN
9781405190879
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF GI 300 MIL 2010

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Mendelian inheritance in man: A catalog of human genes and genetic disorders: Vol 1

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McKusiak, Victor A (Ed). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press , 1998. 12th Ed.
Website
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF GI 20 MCK 1998 VOL 1
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
A comprehensive, authoritative and timely knowledgebase of human genes and genetic disorders compiled to support human genetics research and education and the practice of clinical genetics.
Website
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim
Website Notes
The database corresponds to the print publication.
Author
McKusiak, Victor A (Ed).
Edition
12th Ed.
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Date
1998
Physical Description
Hardcover
Subject
Genetics
Genetic Disorders
Genetics/Genetic Disorders-Encyclopedias
Abstract
A comprehensive, authoritative and timely knowledgebase of human genes and genetic disorders compiled to support human genetics research and education and the practice of clinical genetics.
ISBN
0801857422
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF GI 20 MCK 1998 VOL 1

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Mendelian inheritance in man: A catalog of human genes and genetic disorders: Vol 2

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McKusiak, Victor A (Ed). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press , 1998. 12th Ed.
Website
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF GI 20 MCK 1998 VOL 2
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
A comprehensive, authoritative and timely knowledgebase of human genes and genetic disorders compiled to support human genetics research and education and the practice of clinical genetics.
Website
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim
Website Notes
The database corresponds to the print publication.
Author
McKusiak, Victor A (Ed).
Edition
12th Ed.
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Date
1998
Physical Description
Hardcover
Subject
Genetics
Genetics/Genetic Disorders-Encyclopedias
Genetic Disorders
Abstract
A comprehensive, authoritative and timely knowledgebase of human genes and genetic disorders compiled to support human genetics research and education and the practice of clinical genetics.
ISBN
0801857422
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF GI 20 MCK 1998 VOL 2

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Mendelian inheritance in man: A catalog of human genes and genetic disorders: Vol 3

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McKusiak, Victor A (Ed). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press , 1998.
Website
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF GI 20 MCK 1998 VOL 3
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
A comprehensive, authoritative and timely knowledgebase of human genes and genetic disorders compiled to support human genetics research and education and the practice of clinical genetics.
Website
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim
Website Notes
The database corresponds to the print publication.
Author
McKusiak, Victor A (Ed).
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Date
1998
Physical Description
Hardcover
Subject
Genetic Disorders
Genetics
Genetics/Genetic Disorders-Encyclopedias
Abstract
A comprehensive, authoritative and timely knowledgebase of human genes and genetic disorders compiled to support human genetics research and education and the practice of clinical genetics.
ISBN
0801857422
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF GI 20 MCK 1998 VOL 3

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Genetics of type 2 diabetes: Association, interaction, prediction

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van Hoek, Mandy. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam , [2011]. Published Thesis.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF FL 800 HOE 2011
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Aim of this thesis is to investigate the genetic causes of type 2 diabetes, its interaction with environmental factors, and implications for treament and prediction of the disease.
Author
van Hoek, Mandy
Edition
Published Thesis
Place of Publication
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Publisher
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Publication Date
[2011]
Physical Description
Paperback: 162 pages
Subject
Genetics
Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus
UBC MD Undergrad
Abstract
Aim of this thesis is to investigate the genetic causes of type 2 diabetes, its interaction with environmental factors, and implications for treament and prediction of the disease.
ISBN
9789461690821
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF FL 800 HOE 2011

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Before We Are Born:: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects

https://cwslc.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog125205
Wynbrandt, James., Ludman, Mark D. New York, NY: Elsevier Canada , 2019. 10th.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF GI 200 MOO 2019
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Covering the essentials of normal and abnormal human development for students in a variety of health science disciplines,Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects, 10th Edition,reflects new research findings and current clinical practice through concise text and abundant illust…
Author
Wynbrandt, James.
Ludman, Mark D.
Edition
10th
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Elsevier Canada
Publication Date
2019
Physical Description
Hardcover, 350 pp.
Subject
Genetics/Genetic Disorders-Encyclopedias
Genetic Disorders
Birth Defects. Congenital Abnormalities
Children's Health-Encyclopedias
UBC MD Undergrad
Abstract
Covering the essentials of normal and abnormal human development for students in a variety of health science disciplines,Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects, 10th Edition,reflects new research findings and current clinical practice through concise text and abundant illustrations . This edition has been fully updated by the world's foremost embryologists and is based on the popular text,The Developing Human, written by the same author team. It provides an easily accessible understanding of all of the latest advances in embryology, includingnormal and abnormal embryogenesis, causes of birth defects, and the role of genes in human development.
ISBN
978-0323608497
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF GI 200 MOO 2019

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The new rational manager: An updated edition for a new world

https://cwslc.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog112891
Kepner, Charles H., Tregoe, Benjamin B. Princeton, NJ: Kepner-Tregoe, Inc. , 1997.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF AA 130 KEP 1997
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
The New Rational Manager describes Kepner-Tregoe critical thinking processes for effective leadership and issue-resolution management that have been pressure tested across the world for over 50 years.
Author
Kepner, Charles H.
Tregoe, Benjamin B.
Place of Publication
Princeton, NJ
Publisher
Kepner-Tregoe, Inc.
Publication Date
1997
Physical Description
Softcover: 242 p.
Subject
Change Management
Abstract
The New Rational Manager describes Kepner-Tregoe critical thinking processes for effective leadership and issue-resolution management that have been pressure tested across the world for over 50 years.
ISBN
9780971562714
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF AA 130 KEP 1997

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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

https://cwslc.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124061
DiAngelo, Robin. Boston: Beacon Press , 2018.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 DIA 2018
Availability
3 copies, 2 available
In this ?vital, necessary, and beautiful book? (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and ?allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to ?bad people? (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that whit…
Author
DiAngelo, Robin
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
Beacon Press
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
168pp
Subjects
Anti-Racism
Diversity
Abstract
In this ?vital, necessary, and beautiful book? (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and ?allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to ?bad people? (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively.
ISBN
9780-8223-52365
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 DIA 2018

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New England journal of medicine

https://cwslc.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog119831
Website
PHSA Users:
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Alternate Title
NEJM
Place of Publication
[Boston, MA]
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Date
1990 - Present.
ISSN
0028-4793
Language
English
Material Type
Serial
Frequency
Weekly
Holdings
CFRI/Study & Learning Commons - Print: v.330:20-v.365:17 (1994-2011).
Missing: v.331:10,12,14,15,19-21 (1994); v.332:20 (1995); v.334:13 (1996); v.337:14 (1997); v.338:2,4,12,22 (1998); v.341:16 (1999); v.342:all (2000); v.343:3,4,6-13,15-17,19,21-22,24-26 (2000); v.344:19-21,23,26; v.345:4,5,7-9,11-13,16,17,20-23,26 (2001); v.346:6-9,14,15,18-20,26 (2002); v.349:5-8,11,12,17,18,24 (2003); v.350:21 (2004); v.353:6,8-13,20 (2005); v.354:7,10,16; v.355:15,18,23 (2006); v.356:2,3,20; v.357:23 (2007); v.358:22,23; v.359:16,18 (2008); v.360:23; v.361:1,9-12 (2009); v.362:4; v.363:21 (2010).
Online: 1990 to present.
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EQ fitness handbook: You in relationship: 300 daily practices to build EQ fitness

https://cwslc.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113680
Johnson, Jan. Seattle, WA: Learning in Action Technologies , 2010. Rev.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF AA 75 JOH 2010
Availability
20 copies, 18 available
This handbook is written for individuals who are serious about their own development and want to make a targeted, focused effort to build the core dimensions of their Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and thereby enhance their capacity to enjoy a wide range of relationships. If offers a brief description…
Author
Johnson, Jan
Edition
Rev.
Place of Publication
Seattle, WA
Publisher
Learning in Action Technologies
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
221 p.
Subject
Emotional Health
Personal Development
Abstract
This handbook is written for individuals who are serious about their own development and want to make a targeted, focused effort to build the core dimensions of their Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and thereby enhance their capacity to enjoy a wide range of relationships. If offers a brief description of each of the the three core capacities that characterize emotional intelligence - self-reflection, empathy, and self-regulation - and specific practices that can be incorporated into our daily lives to increase our emotional intelligence in different key dimensions.
ISBN
9780578045917
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF AA 75 JOH 2010

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Safety differently: Human factors for a new era

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Dekker, Sidney. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press , 2015.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF JB 205 DEK 2015
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Today, the unrelenting pace of technology change and growth of complexity calls for a different kind of safety thinking. Automation and new technologies have resulted in new roles, decisions, and vulnerabilities whilst practitioners are also faced with new levels of complexity, adaptation, and cons…
Author
Dekker, Sidney
Editor
2nd
Place of Publication
Boca Raton, Fla.
Publisher
CRC Press
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
312 p.
Subject
Safety
Hospital Safety
Abstract
Today, the unrelenting pace of technology change and growth of complexity calls for a different kind of safety thinking. Automation and new technologies have resulted in new roles, decisions, and vulnerabilities whilst practitioners are also faced with new levels of complexity, adaptation, and constraints. It is becoming increasingly apparent that conventional approaches to safety and human factors are not equipped to cope with these challenges and that a new era in safety is necessary. In addition to new material covering changes in the field during the past decade, the book takes a new approach to discussing safety.
ISBN
9781482241990
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF JB 205 DEK 2015

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Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Publication Date
1994 - Present
ISSN
0969-7128
Language
English
Material Type
Serial
Frequency
Monthly
Holdings
CFRI/Study & Learning Commons - Print: v.1:2-v.12:14,17,19-22,24 (1994-2005); + suppls.
Missing: v.8:23 (2001); v.9:5,8,20,24 (2002); v.10:22-26 (2003); v.11:11,15,19,20 (2004); v.12:1,3,5,15,16,18,23 (2005).
Online: 1997 to present.
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Human gene therapy

https://cwslc.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog119691
Website
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Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD
Publisher
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Publication Date
1990 - Present
ISSN
1043-0342
Language
English
Material Type
Serial
Frequency
Monthly
Holdings
CFRI/Study & Learning Commons - Print: v.5:9 (1994); v.6:1-v.13:18 (1995-2002).
Missing: v.8:8 (1997); v.10:17 (1999); v.11:3,4,6-18 (2000); v.12:1-12,14,17,18 (2001); v.13:5 (2002).
Online: 2006 to 2014.
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Determinants of Indigenous Peoples' Health: Beyond the Social

https://cwslc.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123858
Toronto: Canadian Scholars , 2018. 2nd.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
ET 100 GRE 2018
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Now in its second edition, this collection explores how multiple health determinants, such as colonialism, gender, culture, early childhood development, the environment, geography, HIV/AIDS, medicine, and policy, impact the health status of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Grounded in expert voices of…
Editor
Greenwood, Margo
de Leeuw, Sarah
Lindsay, Nicole Marie
Edition
2nd
Place of Publication
Toronto
Publisher
Canadian Scholars
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
Paperback 364pp
Subject
Diversity
Health
Ethics
health inequities
Indigenous
Abstract
Now in its second edition, this collection explores how multiple health determinants, such as colonialism, gender, culture, early childhood development, the environment, geography, HIV/AIDS, medicine, and policy, impact the health status of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Grounded in expert voices of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis writers from coast to coast, this updated edition includes a chapter on environment and land defense; a foreword written by Dr. Evan Adams, Chief Medical Officer of the First Nations Health Authority; chapters by Liz Howard and Helen Knott, Indigenous poets; and an updated arrangement that reflects the significant social and political events that dominated headlines over the last two years, such as the protests at Standing Rock, North Dakota, the US national election of 2016, the Indigenous youth suicide epidemic, and the enquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls in Canada. This revolutionary book is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in courses on health, public and population health, community health sciences, medicine, nursing, and social work.
ISBN
9781-77338-0377
Material Type
Book
Call Number
ET 100 GRE 2018

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The explosive child: A new approach for understanding and parenting easily frustrated, chronically inflexible children

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Greene, Ross W. New York, NY: Harper , 2014. Rev. and updated ed.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF CA SLC 250 GRE 2014
Availability
10 copies, 9 available
This revised and updated edition of The Explosive Child introduces the Collaborative Problem Solving approach. This book describes a more contemporary approach to understanding and helping inflexible, easily frustrated, explosive children at home and school, but also includes the various updates to…
Author
Greene, Ross W.
Edition
Rev. and updated ed.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Harper
Publication Date
2014
Physical Description
Paperback: 280 p.
Subjects
Mental Health
Subject
Child Behaviour
Parenting
Nursing
Abstract
This revised and updated edition of The Explosive Child introduces the Collaborative Problem Solving approach. This book describes a more contemporary approach to understanding and helping inflexible, easily frustrated, explosive children at home and school, but also includes the various updates to the CPS model that have occurred since the first edition was published in 1998.
ISBN
9780062270450
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF CA SLC 250 GRE 2014

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Determinants of indigenous peoples' health in Canada : Beyond the social

https://cwslc.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog114275
[Toronto, ON]: Canadian Scholars Press , 2015.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF GN 400 GRE 2015
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
The health disparities affecting Indigenous peoples in Canada might well be understood as a national epidemic. Although progress has been made in the last decade towards both understanding and ameliorating Indigenous health inequalities, very little research or writing has expanded a social determi…
Editor
Greenwood, Margo
de Leeuw, Sarah
Lindsay, Nicole Marie
Reading, Charlotte
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Scholars Press
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
Paperback, 279 p.
Subject
Aboriginal Health
Community Health Services
Leadership/Coaching
Abstract
The health disparities affecting Indigenous peoples in Canada might well be understood as a national epidemic. Although progress has been made in the last decade towards both understanding and ameliorating Indigenous health inequalities, very little research or writing has expanded a social determinants of health framework to account for the unique histories and present realities of Indigenous peoples in this country. This timely edited collection addresses this significant knowledge gap, exploring the ways that multiple health determinants beyond the social―from colonialism to geography, from economy to biology―converge to impact the health status of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
This unique collection, comprised largely of contributions by Indigenous authors, offers the voices and expertise of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis writers from across Canada. The multitude of health determinants of Indigenous peoples are considered in a selection of chapters that range from scholarly papers by research experts in the field, to reflective essays by Indigenous leaders. Appropriate throughout a range of disciplines, including Health Studies, Indigenous Studies, Public and Population Health, Community Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, and Social Work, this engaging text broadens the social determinants of health framework to better understand health inequality. Most importantly, it does so by placing front and center the voices and experiences of Indigenous peoples.
ISBN
9781551307329
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF GN 400 GRE 2015

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Characterization of the human gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor gene at the molecular level

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Fan, Nancy C. [Vancouver, BC?]: University of British Columbia , 1995.
Website
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7255
Material Type
Thesis
Call Number
Thesis Shelf
The gonadotropin - releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor is a plasma membrane associated receptor and a member of the GTP - binding protein coupled receptor family. The interaction of the ligand, GnRH, and the GnRH receptor is a critical event in the endocrine control of reproduction. This coupling sti…
Website
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7255
Author
Fan, Nancy C.
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
University of British Columbia
Publication Date
1995
Subject
Faculty of Medicine
Theses
Abstract
The gonadotropin - releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor is a plasma membrane associated receptor and a member of the GTP - binding protein coupled receptor family. The interaction of the ligand, GnRH, and the GnRH receptor is a critical event in the endocrine control of reproduction. This coupling stimulates the synthesis and release of both luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary. In addition, GnRH - GnRH receptor binding acts locally to regulate human chorionic gonadotropin secretion in the placenta and steroidogenesis in the ovary. The objective of this thesis was to isolate and characterize the gene for the GnRH receptor in human.
Language
English
Material Type
Thesis
Call Number
Thesis Shelf
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The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World

https://cwslc.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124064
Marmot, Michael. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing , 2015.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 MAR 2015
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
In Baltimore's inner-city neighborhood of Upton/Druid Heights, a man's life expectancy is sixty-three; not far away, in the Greater Roland Park/Poplar neighborhood, life expectancy is eighty-three. The same twenty-year avoidable disparity exists in the Calton and Lenzie neighborhoods of Glasgow, an…
Author
Marmot, Michael
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
387pp
Subjects
Anti-Racism
Diversity
Social Injustice
Abstract
In Baltimore's inner-city neighborhood of Upton/Druid Heights, a man's life expectancy is sixty-three; not far away, in the Greater Roland Park/Poplar neighborhood, life expectancy is eighty-three. The same twenty-year avoidable disparity exists in the Calton and Lenzie neighborhoods of Glasgow, and in other cities around the world.
In Sierra Leone, one in 21 fifteen-year-old women will die in her fertile years of a maternal-related cause; in Italy, the figure is one in 17,100; but in the United States, which spends more on healthcare than any other country in the world, it is one in 1,800 (and now, with the new administration chipping away at Obamacare, the statistics stand to grow even more devastating). Why?
Dramatic differences in health are not a simple matter of rich and poor; poverty alone doesn't drive ill health, but inequality does. Indeed, suicide, heart disease, lung disease, obesity, and diabetes, for example, are all linked to social disadvantage. In every country, people at relative social disadvantage suffer health disadvantage and shorter lives. Within countries, the higher the social status of individuals, the better their health. These health inequalities defy the usual explanations. Conventional approaches to improving health have emphasized access to technical solutions and changes in the behavior of individuals, but these methods only go so far. What really makes a difference is creating the conditions for people to have control over their lives, to have the power to live as they want. Empowerment is the key to reducing health inequality and thereby improving the health of everyone. Marmot emphasizes that the rate of illness of a society as a whole determines how well it functions; the greater the health inequity, the greater the dysfunction.
Marmot underscores that we have the tools and resources materially to improve levels of health for individuals and societies around the world, and that to not do so would be a form of injustice. Citing powerful examples and startling statistics (?young men in the U.S. have less chance of surviving to sixty than young men in forty-nine other countries?), The Health Gap presents compelling evidence for a radical change in the way we think about health and indeed society, and inspires us to address the societal imbalances in power, money, and resources that work against health equity.
ISBN
9781-63286-0781
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 MAR 2015

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