Energy metabolism in animals : Proceedings of the 15th symposium on energy metabolism in animals /
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At the 15th Symposium on Energy Metabolism in Animals, 10-16 September 2000 in Denmark, a wide variety of subjects came up for consideration covering both basic aspects and applied animal science. The symposium was organised around four main session themes:- I Methodology and techniques- II Environmental and dietary aspects- III Tissue and whole body metabolism- IV Growth, lactation and maintenance This time, different from before, the papers are dealing with all kind of animals, i.e. cattle, sheep, goat, pig and poultry, fish, ostrich, emu, mink, dog, cat, yak, rat, mice and man and not restricted to farm animals only. Professor Jens Christian Skou, Nobel Prize Winner showed up for the keynote lecture "The identification of the sodium-potassium pump, and its significance", an interesting contribution about the importance of the Na/K pump in animal physiology and energy metabolism. Results of a workshop on "Stable isotopes and indirect calorimetry" are reported as well as a "Glossary of terminology in animal and human energy metabolism". To focus the attention to new developments summaries of discussions per theme are included. The book provides a wide variety of readers in animal science and nutrition a lot of information to be used in research, teaching, extension service and animal production practice.
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1 online resource (485 pages) : illustrations. :
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9789004683600
Performance Diagnosis of Horses /
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The objective of the book is to inform all persons involved in the equine breeding and sports industry about the practical use of measurements of biochemical and physiological variables for the determination of athletic potential of horses. Great care was taken to differentiate between the effects of exercise and the effects of training. "...There is some very good material to be found here..." (Journal of equine veterinary science)
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9789004684126
Somapower: Somaesthetics Reads Politics /
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We do politics in, through, and as bodies. All our political activity is inevitably corporeal. Parliamentary debates, party assemblies, street demonstrations, and civil disobedience are all bodily actions. Political regimes maintain their power by controlling our bodies, both through explicit acts of violence and, more insidiously, by inculcating somatic norms of obedience to the political authorities and ideologies. This oppression can be effectively challenged if we use somaesthetics to identify and examine the bodily habits and feelings that express and reinforce such domination. Somaesthetically explored, they can be refashioned and help overcome the oppressive social conditions that produce them.
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1 online resource (228 pages) : illustrations. :
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9789004697805
Aesthetic experience and somaesthetics /
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This collection of essays explores the crucial connections between aesthetic experience and the interdisciplinary field of somaesthetics, while further advancing inquiry in both. After the editor's introduction and three articles examining philosophical accounts of embodiment and aesthetic experience in existentialism, phenomenology, hermeneutics, and pragmatism, the book's nine remaining articles apply somaesthetic theory to the fine arts (including detailed studies of the body's role in painting, sculpture, architecture, poetry, music, photography, and cinema) but also to diverse arts of living, considering such topics as cosmetics and sexual practice. These interdisciplinary, multicultural essays are written by a distinctively international group of experts, ranging from Asia (China and India) to Europe (Denmark, Finland, Hungary, and Italy) and the United States.
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1 online resource (220 pages) :
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9789004361928 :
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Embodiment in Cross-Linguistic Studies : The 'Foot/Leg' /
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Over the past two decades, linguistic research into embodiment has paid considerable attention to the human body and its individual parts, particularly within typological and cognitively oriented studies. This volume continues that line of inquiry with a specific focus on the lower limb. It shows that, like other major body parts, the lower limb serves as a highly productive source domain for a wide range of conceptualisations across the world's languages and cultures. More generally, the book contributes to the growing body of work at the intersection of cognition, language, and culture. It also engages with embodiment theory, which posits that human cognition and language are fundamentally grounded in sensory-motor experience. Contributors are: Kelsie Pattillo, Jaime Peña, Gema Silva, Franklin Espinoza, Marleny Rodríguez, Małgorzata Waśniewska, Rosanna Tramutoli, Izabela Will, Joseph Jaoko Ochieng, Annika Tjuka, Cristina Martins Fargetti, Carmen Lúcia Reis Rodrigues, Judit Baranyiné Kóczy, Iwona Kraska-Szlenk, Yi Tie, Yongxian Luo, and Mateus Cruz Maciel de Carvalho.
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1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004732100