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Lifestyle Nursing: Principles and Practice by
This book examines information on lifestyle medicine in nursing including the theory, prevention, and its application to clinical practice. It encourages the reader to adapt lifestyle strategies for self-care that can be integrated into clinical practice to optimize patient wellness and disease prevention and treatment. Collates and synthesizes information on lifestyle medicine so that it serves the nurse in a variety of roles, settings, and educational backgrounds. Discusses proper nutrition, physical activity, stress resilience, avoiding substance use, quality sleep, and social connectivity. Evidence-based source of information on prevention and reversal of chronic diseases.
ENHANZE® Drug Delivery Technology by
'ENHANZE® drug delivery technology: Advancing subcutaneous drug delivery using recombinant human hyaluronidase PH20' provides readers with in-depth information on the potential benefits and challenges of subcutaneous (SC) drug delivery, the biology of hyaluronan and hyaluronidases in the SC space, and a comprehensive overview on the history of hyaluronidases and the development of recombinant human hyaluronidase PH20 (rHuPH20). Current applications of rHuPH20 as well as approved biotherapeutics utilizing HuPH20-facilitated SC drug delivery are summarized, and the underlying non-clinical and clinical development approaches are introduced as a basis for future application to biologics in various disease areas. Table of Contents: * Introduction to subcutaneous drug delivery * Biology of hyaluronan and hyaluronidases in the subcutaneous space * History of hyaluronidases and development of rHuPH20 * The ENHANZE® platform: Clinical applications of a subcutaneous drug delivery technology * Application of ENHANZE® drug delivery technology: Development of currently marketed products
Why Religion Is Good for American Democracy by
How the actions and advocacy of diverse religious communities in the United States have supported democracy's development during the past century Does religion benefit democracy? Robert Wuthnow says yes. In Why Religion Is Good for American Democracy, Wuthnow makes his case by moving beyond the focus on unifying values or narratives about culture wars and elections. Rather, he demonstrates that the beneficial contributions of religion are best understood through the lens of religious diversity. The religious composition of the United States comprises many groups, organizations, and individuals that vigorously, and sometimes aggressively, contend for what they believe to be good and true. Unwelcome as this contention can be, it is rarely extremist, violent, or autocratic. Instead, it brings alternative and innovative perspectives to the table, forcing debates about what it means to be a democracy. Wuthnow shows how American religious diversity works by closely investigating religious advocacy spanning the past century: during the Great Depression, World War II, the civil rights movement, the debates about welfare reform, the recent struggles for immigrant rights and economic equality, and responses to the coronavirus pandemic. The engagement of religious groups in advocacy and counteradvocacy has sharpened arguments about authoritarianism, liberty of conscience, freedom of assembly, human dignity, citizens' rights, equality, and public health. Wuthnow hones in on key principles of democratic governance and provides a hopeful yet realistic appraisal of what religion can and cannot achieve. At a time when many observers believe American democracy to be in dire need of revitalization, Why Religion Is Good for American Democracy illustrates how religious groups have contributed to this end and how they might continue to do so despite the many challenges faced by the nation.
Ruined (TCG Edition) by
A rain forest bar and brothel in the brutally war-torn Congo is the setting for Lynn Nottage's extraordinary new play. The establishment's shrewd matriarch, Mama Nadi, keeps peace between customers from both sides of the civil war, as government soldiers and rebel forces alike choose from her inventory of women, many already "ruined" by rape and torture when they were pressed into prostitution. Inspired by interviews she conducted in Africa with Congo refugees, Nottage has crafted an engrossing and uncommonly human story with humor and song served alongside its postcolonial and feminist politics in the rich theatrical tradition of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage.