Species Of Contagion
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Author | : Ray Carr |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2022-02-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9811682895 |
Species of Contagion examines the political and social implications of xenotransplantation for bodies, nations, and species. Scientists are demonstrating a renewed interest in developing transplants for humans with tissues from pigs, with the aid of genetic engineering techniques, immunosuppressant drugs, and novel cellular technologies. Yet, some argue that these transspecies promiscuities threaten to enable new viruses to emerge in human populations. Drawing on the later works of Foucault, this book analyses contemporary power relations in animal-to-human transplantation research, ranging across governmental regulation, scientific understandings of infectious disease, and animal ethics. While many xenotransplantation practices resonate with a security approach that renders uncertainty an inherent condition of life and encourages adaptation across species boundaries, government regulation and industry also reinscribe sovereign boundaries of bodies, species, and nations. Species of Contagion illustrates the variation in the cultural and scientific imaginaries that governments and industry bring to bear on the problematic of xenotransplantation.
Author | : Alison Bashford |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2002-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1134540655 |
Contagion explores cultural responses of infectious diseases and their biomedical management over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It also investigates the use of 'contagion' as a concept in postmodern research.
Author | : Priscilla Wald |
Publisher | : Duke University Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2008-01-09 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780822341536 |
DIVShows how narratives of contagion structure communities of belonging and how the lessons of these narratives are incorporated into sociological theories of cultural transmission and community formation./div
Author | : United States Department of Agriculture |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 2016-09-15 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9781333607548 |
Excerpt from Contagious Diseases of Domesticated Animals: Continuation of Investigation Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report of investigations, undertaken by your authority, of the diseases known as the swine plague and fowl cholera. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : J. Michael Scott |
Publisher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 940 |
Release | : 2002-02 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781597263054 |
Predictions about where different species are, where they are not, and how they move across a landscape or respond to human activities -- if timber is harvested, for instance, or stream flow altered -- are important aspects of the work of wildlife biologists, land managers, and the agencies and policymakers that govern natural resources. Despite the increased use and importance of model predictions, these predictions are seldom tested and have unknown levels of accuracy.Predicting Species Occurrences addresses those concerns, highlighting for managers and researchers the strengths and weaknesses of current approaches, as well as the magnitude of the research required to improve or test predictions of currently used models. The book is an outgrowth of an international symposium held in October 1999 that brought together scientists and researchers at the forefront of efforts to process information about species at different spatial and temporal scales. It is a comprehensive reference that offers an exhaustive treatment of the subject, with 65 chapters by leading experts from around the world that: review the history of the theory and practice of modeling and present a standard terminology examine temporal and spatial scales in terms of their influence on patterns and processes of species distribution offer detailed discussions of state-of-the-art modeling tools and descriptions of methods for assessing model accuracy discuss how to predict species presence and abundance present examples of how spatially explicit data on demographics can provide important information for managers An introductory chapter by Michael A. Huston examines the ecological context in which predictions of species occurrences are made, and a concluding chapter by John A. Wiens offers an insightful review and synthesis of the topics examined along with guidance for future directions and cautions regarding misuse of models. Other contributors include Michael P. Austin, Barry R. Noon, Alan H. Fielding, Michael Goodchild, Brian A. Maurer, John T. Rotenberry, Paul Angermeier, Pierre R. Vernier, and more than a hundred others.Predicting Species Occurrences offers important new information about many of the topics raised in the seminal volume Wildlife 2000 (University of Wisconsin Press, 1986) and will be the standard reference on this subject for years to come. Its state-of-the-art assessment will play a key role in guiding the continued development and application of tools for making accurate predictions and is an indispensable volume for anyone engaged in species management or conservation.
Author | : United States. Department of Agriculture |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 1884 |
Genre | : Babesiosis in cattle |
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Author | : Claire L. Carlin |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2005-10-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0230522610 |
The ideological underpinnings of early modern theories of contagion are dissected in this volume by an integrated team of literary scholars, cultural historians, historians of medicine and art historians. Even today, the spread of disease inspires moralizing discourse and the ostracism of groups thought responsible for contagion; the fear of illness and the desire to make sense of it are demonstrated in the current preoccupation with HIV, SARS, 'mad cow' disease, West Nile virus and avian flu, to cite but a few contemporary examples. Imagining Contagion in Early Modern Europe explores the nature of understanding when humanity is faced with threats to its well-being, if not to its very survival.
Author | : Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1802 |
Genre | : Air |
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Author | : David Quammen |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 591 |
Release | : 2012-10 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0393066800 |
A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerginghuman diseases.
Author | : United States. Dept. of Agriculture |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 546 |
Release | : 1881 |
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