<p><strong>Publisher's Description:</strong> This is the first major publication in the West to study modernity and its impact on contemporary Tibet. Based on field work by researchers from the fields of anthropology, sociology, environmental science, literature, art and linguistics, it presents essays on education, economics, childbirth, environment, caste, pop music, media and painting in Tibetan communities today. The findings emerge from studies carried out in Ladakh, Golok, Lhasa, Xining, Shigatse and other areas of the Tibetan world. It will provide important and sometimes surprising results for students of Tibet, China, Himalayan studies, as well as an important contribution to our understandings of modernity and development in the modern world.</p>
<p>Contains indices of proper names and words in the texts. (Michael Walter and Manfred Taube 2006-05-15, revised by Bill McGrath 2008-01-03)</p>
By the year 2050, Earth's population will double. If we continue with current farming practices, vast amounts of wilderness will be lost, millions of birds and billions of insects will die, and the public will lose billions of dollars as a consequence of environmental degradation. Clearly, there must be a better way to meet the need for increased food production. Written as part memoir, part instruction, and part contemplation, Tomorrow's Table argues that a judicious blend of two important strands of agriculture--genetic engineering and organic farming--is key to helping feed the world's growing population in an ecologically balanced manner. Pamela Ronald, a geneticist, and her husband, Raoul Adamchak, an organic farmer, take the reader inside their lives for roughly a year, allowing us to look over their shoulders so that we can see what geneticists and organic farmers actually do. The reader sees the problems that farmers face, trying to provide larger yields without resorting to expensive or environmentally hazardous chemicals, a problem that will loom larger and larger as the century progresses. They learn how organic farmers and geneticists address these problems. This book is for consumers, farmers, and policy decision makers who want to make food choices and policy that will support ecologically responsible farming practices. It is also for anyone who wants accurate information about organic farming, genetic engineering, and their potential impacts on human health and the environment.
"Traditional South Asian Medicine" is a scholarly journal devoted to research into all aspects of traditional medicine in South Asia. It does not appear regularly. Contributions may be in English, French or German, but the use of English is preferred.ArticlesEUGEN CIURTIN: Arion Thomas Roshu (1.2.1924-4.4.2007) - GERRIT JAN MEULENBELD: Some Neglected Aspects of Ayurveda or The Illusion of a Consistent Theory. II: The Susrutasamhita - OLIVER HELLWIG: Rasayana und die ayurvedische Krankheitskunde - MUHAMMED MAJEED; DAMODARAN SURESH KUMAR: Classification of Diseases in the Tamil Medical Work Vaittiyacintamani-800 of Yukimuni. I: Introduction - MAURO MAGGI: A Khotanese Medical Text on Poultices: Manuscripts P 2893 and IOL Khot S 9 - FRANCES GARRETT; VINCANNE ADAMS (JAMPA KELSANG; YUMBA; RENCHEN DHONDUP): The Three Channels in Tibetan Medicine. With a Translation of Tsultrim Gyaltsen's "A Clear Explanation of the Principal Structure and Location of the Circulatory Channels as Illustrated in the Medical Paintings" -MAKOTO KITADA: Sound and the Musician's Body - MINORU HARA: Sleep in Sanskrit Literature: nidra and svapna - KLAUS MYLIUS: Kalyanamallas Anangaranga ubersetzt und erlautert (III) - MANDAKRANTA BOSE: Miraculous Maternity: A Gender Paradox in the Bengali Ramayana - WILLEM B. BOLLEE: Dogs in a Rare Zoological Book in Sanskrit Reviews and NoticesMAKOTO KITADA: Daliya Baduri, Carak'samhitar darsanik bhabana-samiksa - RAHUL PETER DAS: Lallanji Gopal, Vrksayurveda in Ancient India. (With Original Texts and Translation) - MAARTEN BODE: Ranjit Roy Chaudhury; Uton Muchtar Rafei (eds.), Traditional Medicine in Asia - ANANDA SAMIR CHOPRA: Rahul Peter Das, The Origin of the Life of aHuman Being. Conception and the Female according to Ancient Indian Medical and Sexological Literature - CATHARINA KIEHNLE: Joseph S. Alter, Yoga in Modern India. The Body between Science and Philosophy - RAHUL PETER DAS: Eugen Ciurtin (ed.), Du corps humain, au carrefour de plusiers savoirs en Inde. Melanges offerts a Arion Rosu par ses collegueset ses amis a l'occasion de son 80e anniversaire. The Human Body, at the Crossroads of Multiple Indian Ways of Knowing. Papers Presented to Arion Rosu by his Colleagues and Friends on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday
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Purpose To evaluate yoga's impact on inflammation, mood, and fatigue. Patients and Methods A randomized controlled 3-month trial was conducted with two post-treatment assessments of 200 breast cancer survivors assigned to either 12 weeks of 90-minute twice per week hatha yoga classes or a wait-list control. The main outcome measures were lipopolysaccharide-stimulated production of proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-), and interleukin-1 (IL-1), and scores on the Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory-Short Form (MFSI-SF), the vitality scale from the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form (SF-36), and the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale. Results Immediately post-treatment, fatigue was not lower (P > .05) but vitality was higher (P = .01) in the yoga group compared with the control group. At 3 months post-treatment, fatigue was lower in the yoga group (P = .002), vitality was higher (P = .01), and IL-6 (P = .027), TNF- (P = .027), and IL-1 (P = .037) were lower for yoga participants compared with the control group. Groups did not differ on depression at either time (P > .2). Planned secondary analyses showed that the frequency of yoga practice had stronger associations with fatigue at both post-treatment visits (P = .019; P < .001), as well as vitality (P = .016; P = .0045), but not depression (P > .05) than simple group assignment; more frequent practice produced larger changes. At 3 months post-treatment, increasing yoga practice also led to a decrease in IL-6 (P = .01) and IL-1 (P = .03) production but not in TNF- production (P > .05). Conclusion Chronic inflammation may fuel declines in physical function leading to frailty and disability. If yoga dampens or limits both fatigue and inflammation, then regular practice could have substantial health benefits.
Purpose To evaluate yoga's impact on inflammation, mood, and fatigue. Patients and Methods A randomized controlled 3-month trial was conducted with two post-treatment assessments of 200 breast cancer survivors assigned to either 12 weeks of 90-minute twice per week hatha yoga classes or a wait-list control. The main outcome measures were lipopolysaccharide-stimulated production of proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-), and interleukin-1 (IL-1), and scores on the Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory-Short Form (MFSI-SF), the vitality scale from the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form (SF-36), and the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale. Results Immediately post-treatment, fatigue was not lower (P > .05) but vitality was higher (P = .01) in the yoga group compared with the control group. At 3 months post-treatment, fatigue was lower in the yoga group (P = .002), vitality was higher (P = .01), and IL-6 (P = .027), TNF- (P = .027), and IL-1 (P = .037) were lower for yoga participants compared with the control group. Groups did not differ on depression at either time (P > .2). Planned secondary analyses showed that the frequency of yoga practice had stronger associations with fatigue at both post-treatment visits (P = .019; P < .001), as well as vitality (P = .016; P = .0045), but not depression (P > .05) than simple group assignment; more frequent practice produced larger changes. At 3 months post-treatment, increasing yoga practice also led to a decrease in IL-6 (P = .01) and IL-1 (P = .03) production but not in TNF- production (P > .05). Conclusion Chronic inflammation may fuel declines in physical function leading to frailty and disability. If yoga dampens or limits both fatigue and inflammation, then regular practice could have substantial health benefits.
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