Jack - Böcker

Provides theoretical background for some widely used biomolecular calculations and several modern research procedures. It also provides worked examples and spreadsheet templates of numerous biomolecular calculations. The approach taken is multidisciplinary. Thus, some topics discussed may be found in textbooks of biology, general chemistry, statistics, or computer science. Other topics discussed may be found in the primary biomedical research journals, annual review publcations and momgraphs. Whenever possible, applications of the topics discussed to recent research in clinical, academic, industrial,and basic research laboratories are pointed out explicitly. Thus Basic Biomedical Laboratory Procedures and Computing provides theoretical background and spreadsheet solutions in selected areas of the contemporary biomedical sciences; It also feflects the thinking, methods, instruments and experimental strategies of today's practising biomedical scientists

This international volume offers new perspectives on social and psychological aspects of the complex dynamic of depression. The twenty-one contributors from thirteen countries - Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Haiti, India, Israel, Nepal, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Scotland, and the United States - represent contexts with very different histories, political and economic structures, and gender role disparities. Authors rely on Silencing the Self theory, which details the negative psychological effects when individuals silence themselves in close relationships and the importance of the social context in precipitating depression. Specific patterns of thought about how to achieve closeness in relationships (self-silencing schema) are known to predict depression. This book breaks new ground by demonstrating that the linkage of depressive symptoms with self-silencing occurs across a range of cultures. We offer a new view of gender differences in depression situated in the formation and consequences of self-silencing, including differing motivational aims, norms of masculinity and femininity, and the broader social context of gender inequality. The book offers evidence regarding why women's depression is more wide-spread than men's and why the treatment of depression lies in understanding that a person's individual psychology is inextricably related to the social world and close relationships. Authors examine not only gender differences in depression but also related aspects of mental and physical illness, including treatments specific to women. Several chapters describe the transformative possibilities of community-driven movements for disadvantaged women that support healing through a recovery of voice, and describe the need for systemic and structural changes to counter violations of human rights as a means of reducing women's risk of depression. Bringing the work of these researchers together in one collection furthers international dialogue about critical social factors that affect the rising rates of depression around the globe.