How ‘green’ were people in late antiquity and the Middle Ages? Unlike today, the nature around them was approached with faith, trust and care. The population size was many times smaller than today and human impact on nature not as extreme as it is…
This book covedered high-quality contributions (original research articles or review papers) providing a picture on innovations in microbial fermentative processes, including improvements of quality/safety of fermented foods and beverages, production…
Health and development require one another: there can be no development without a critical mass of people who are sufficiently healthy, and people cannot be healthy without societal developments. 11 case studies from 9 countries on 3 continents since…
Incorporates etymology, history, art, drawing, and reflective writing to support medical students in the integration of the science and humanity of anatomy. A comprehensive and holistic understanding of human anatomy is foundational to the care of…
Dairy foods make up an important part of the diets of billions of people across the globe. The nutrient composition of dairy foods adds significantly to a healthy diet, as dairy foods are an excellent or very good source of calcium, high quality…
Exploring a wide variety of visualizations of pregnancy and fetuses through 300 years of history, this timely volume offers a fresh look at the influential feminist concept of the "public fetus." Images of pregnant and fetal bodies are today visible…
This book offers exciting and often surprising insights into one hundred diseases that have emerged over the past century. The authors focus on the period from 1923, when Radboud University was founded, to 2023, the university's centennial…
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) encompasses chronic idiopathic relapsing and
remitting gastrointestinal autoimmune diseases characterized by chronic inflammatory
disorders of complex etiology, posing clinical challenges due to their o6en…
Steroids are a large group of compounds whose structure is based on a 17-carbon
skeleton, with a specific cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene ring system. Natural
steroids have been fine-tuned through evolution to build membranes; act as…
Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) has emerged as a useful tool for optimizing biological treatment in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other immune- mediated inflammatory diseases (IMID). Reactive TDM has rationalized the management…