Dairy production systems in the US have changed considerably over the last several decades due to forces that promote economic efficiency of production and to scientific and technological advances that afford opportunities for change. Societal values and concerns about animal wellbeing and specifically about livestock production systems and their impact on animal well-being have also changed th...

This book is published jointly by the International Potash Institute (IPI) and the International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA). It discusses the possibilities and constraints to food production on the many different soil types found in tropical and subtropical countries. By indicating ways in which crop nutrition and hence crop production can be increased on these soils in developing co...

crippled limbs and joints, has of necessity come greatly to the front of late. The War has been prolific in the production of injuries of this class, and the cure or improvement of them is a matter of national importance. Its value is enhanced by the fact that Massage can be and as a rule is, practised by women. Miss Goodall Copestake's book is for these reasons very welcome and provides a valu...

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Exegesis that includes careful attention to internal matters-theme and development, structure, and features of literary style--can help resolve perennial problems of interpretation. One such difficulty involves the unity and authorship of the book of Nahum. Conclusions reached from the shared contributions of biblical and literary data argue strongly for the unity of the whole prophecy that bea...

virilized? What causes the increased adrenal production of androgens at puberty? Why is aldosterone secretion markedly increased during pregnancy? How does cortisol protect against vascular collapse during stress? These are but a few of the many intriguing questions raised by the discussants. There are some errors in the book and one discussant in particular seemed to have a bad day. The book, ...

The psychoanalytical sections, as would be expected from a distinguished psychoanalyst, are at once the main strength of the book and the main weakness in that they are relatively so full as to make the whole work appear overbalanced towards this school of thought. Drugs, physical treatments and community therapies each merit five or six pages?much less than is devoted to recent changes in pers...

anti-cancer agents (p. 83); gene therapy in disease management (p. 122); HIV detection by RT PCR (p. 118); production of human insulin for diabetes control (p. 117) and golden rice with higher content of iron and vitamin A (p. 121) by recombinant DNA-technology. Taken together, Molecular Biology: Structure and Dynamics of Genomes and Proteome is a comprehensive book on molecular biology abreast...

Sir,?Referring to Dr. Banerjee's letter in the October 1926 issue of the Gazette, I would refer him to Wall's book on the Poisonous Terrestrial Snakes of India and Ceylon, published by the Bombay Natural History Society, in which book the symptoms and treatment of snake poisoning are gone into very thoroughly. Dr. Banerjee's statement is quite correct that sloughing may be produced by the venom...

This article is a review of the book “Health in All Policies: Seizing opportunities, implementing policies” edited by Kimmo Leppo, Eeva Ollila, Sebastián Peña, Matthias Wismar, and Sarah Cook. This book (printed and online publication) was published by the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland in 2013 (1). The book is freely available at http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pd...