Understanding Urban Metabolism addresses the gap between the bio-physical sciences and urban planning and illustrates the advantages of accounting for urban metabolism issues in urban design decisions. Urban metabolism considers a city as a system, and distinguishes between energy and material flows as its components. Based on research from the BRIDGE project, this book deals with how the urban surface exchanges and transforms energy, water, carbon and pollutants in cities. This book also introduces a new method for evaluating how planning alternatives can modify the physical flows of urban metabolism components and how environmental and socioeconomic components interact. The inclusion of sustainability principles into urban planning provides an opportunity to place the new knowledge provided by bio-physical sciences at the centre of the planning process, but there is a strong need to bridge knowledge and practice, as well as for a better dissemination of research results and exchange of best practice. This book meets that need and provides the reader with the necessary tools to integrate an understanding of urban metabolism into urban planning practice.
This book acts as a kind of "prequel" to Beyond Metabolism. In Understanding Metabolism Scott Abel discusses the truth about metabolic damage, the truth about calorie counting and calorie math, and what will and what won't lead to a healthy, robust metabolism and a fast metabolism. Learn about: * What realistic protein needs are if you're weight training. * Why diets fail when they don't take metabolism into account. * What causes metabolic damage, and the reality of repairing metabolic damage or healing a broken metabolism. * The truth about cardio, and why more cardio can make you fat. * How less exercise can lead to a faster metabolism. * Why the current "calorie-burning" focus of exercise is flawed and ineffective for optimal metabolic function and weight loss. * What kinds of exercises and training is best for an optimized metabolism. * Is caffeine okay? What about artificial sweeteners? Should I be aware of gluten? The book also has in-depth discussions of current trends like Paleo Dieting, the DNA Diet, and more. Learn the proper diet for a fast metabolism and health, longterm metabolic function. Learn what you need to know to lose weight... and KEEP it off! Get Understanding Metabolism now!
"This book is very easy reading and took me back to previous biology courses. The author questions the role of certain parts of the cell. The chapters on food chemistry with emphasis on vitamins and their role in our everyday life were quite illuminating. I believe that Leonard Sonnenschein has given us new insight into the metabolism of plants and animals." Nathaniel H. Murdock, M. D. Past President of the National Medical Association Associate Professor at the Washington University School of Medicine Board certified in obstetrics-gynecology Description: Everything you learned about metabolism in your first science class is wrong! Every generation has become astounded by the advances in science within their generation. This book will review what is known about cellular metabolism and how it governs your health. You will then be amazed how the absorption of nutrients affects your wellness, your beauty and longevity. You will also find out that most nutritional supplements, most cosmetics and, indeed, most pharmaceuticals are not designed for optimal absorption, therefore you are not getting the necessary nutrition and other products that you expect and need for the best life. You will find out about BOOSTER, which is based on an organic and natural process of the cell that can change your life, and how it's technology can be included in your consumer choice of the nutritional, pharmaceutical and cosmetic products you use. Come explore this fascinating discovery that can help you! *Proceeds from the sale of this book go to support the World Aquarium and its Conservation for the Oceans Foundation In this book, we lay out a detailed analysis of how the cell works and presented a new theory that the cell is not controlled by the nucleus, but rather by the cell wall. We then show the logic of this mechanism for modulation of immunity, nutritional status, transmission from extra cellular status to intercellular delivery, and the data supporting this new theory. When using this mechanistic understanding of this new metabolic pathway for plants and animals, it necessitates the change in most formulations for improved active ingredient action of the products we use for nutrition, cosmetics, animal and plant culture, and health. To improve cellular action, the ionic consistency of the active ingredient(s) need to balance with the intracellular status. Furthermore, if the desired active ingredient for intracellular transmission is larger than the normal size pore of the cell being targeted, then a transitory delivery mechanism needs to be employed. BOOSTER is such a mechanism. Results from independent laboratory trials show that BOOSTER's delivery methodology can yield ten times the absorption of large molecule products into the cell for metabolic transmission. Additional studies for the past 20 years have shown that GroFish's ionic assaults to the cell wall can stimulate improved cell states such as immunity, growth, hormonal and energy status. This translates to improved methods of agriculture and aquaculture. Indeed, this methodology can deliver healthier animals, more nutritious food products and be beneficial to the environment. We, as consumers, can participate in this health and sustainability revolution by demanding that the products we eat, use for wellness and cosmetics include BOOSTER and GroFish technology.
Metabolism at a Glance presents a concise, illustrated summary of metabolism in health and disease. This essential text is progressively appropriate for introductory through to advanced medical and biochemistry courses. It also provides a succinct review of inborn errors of metabolism, and reference for postgraduate medical practitioners and biomedical scientists who need a resource to quickly refresh their knowledge. Fully updated and extensively illustrated, this new edition of Metabolism at a Glance is now in full colour throughout, and includes new coverage of sports biochemistry; the metabolism of lipids, carbohydrates and cholesterol; glyceroneogenesis, α-oxidation and ω-oxidation of fatty acids. It also features the overlooked “Krebs Uric Acid Cycle”. Metabolism at a Glance offers an accessible introduction to metabolism, and is ideal as a revision aid for students preparing for undergraduate and USMLE Step 1 exams.
The Scientists Guide to Cardiac Metabolism combines the basic concepts of substrate metabolism, regulation, and interaction within the cell and the organism to provide a comprehensive introduction into the basics of cardiac metabolism. This important reference is the perfect tool for newcomers in cardiac metabolism, providing a basic understanding of the metabolic processes and enabling the newcomer to immediately communicate with the expert as substrate/energy metabolism becomes part of projects. The book is written by established experts in the field, bringing together all the concepts of cardiac metabolism, its regulation, and the impact of disease. - Provides a quick and comprehensive introduction into cardiac metabolism - Contains an integrated view on cardiac metabolism and its interrelation in metabolism with other organs - Presents insights into substrate metabolism in relation to intracellular organization and structure as well as whole organ function - Includes historical perspectives that reference important investigators that have contributed to the development of the field
Genetic alterations in cancer, in addition to being the fundamental drivers of tumorigenesis, can give rise to a variety of metabolic adaptations that allow cancer cells to survive and proliferate in diverse tumor microenvironments. This metabolic flexibility is different from normal cellular metabolic processes and leads to heterogeneity in cancer metabolism within the same cancer type or even within the same tumor. In this book, we delve into the complexity and diversity of cancer metabolism, and highlight how understanding the heterogeneity of cancer metabolism is fundamental to the development of effective metabolism-based therapeutic strategies. Deciphering how cancer cells utilize various nutrient resources will enable clinicians and researchers to pair specific chemotherapeutic agents with patients who are most likely to respond with positive outcomes, allowing for more cost-effective and personalized cancer therapeutic strategies.
Recent years have seen spectacular advances in the field of circadian biology. These have attracted the interest of researchers in many fields, including endocrinology, neurosciences, cancer, and behavior. By integrating a circadian view within the fields of endocrinology and metabolism, researchers will be able to reveal many, yet-unsuspected aspects of how organisms cope with changes in the environment and subsequent control of homeostasis. This field is opening new avenues in our understanding of metabolism and endocrinology. A panel of the most distinguished investigators in the field gathered together to discuss the present state and the future of the field. The editors trust that this volume will be of use to those colleagues who will be picking up the challenge to unravel how the circadian clock can be targeted for the future development of specific pharmacological strategies toward a number of pathologies.
