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Physique Fitness and Performance

Physique Fitness and Performance

Totally revised and updated this second edition of the well-received Physique Fitness and Performance retains the unique integrated approach of its predecessor examining the relationship of structure to function in human performance. Far surpassing the limited focus of standard exercise and fitness books it combines the morphological study of physique relative to body structure body size and body composition with the applied interaction of muscular cardiovascular motor and metabolic system capacities abilities and skills developed and acquired through exercise and training programs. Establishing a background and history for the current prevalent interrelationships between physique and physical performance the book begins by outlining the morphological physical motor and metabolic component areas of study involved in physical training. Part One introduces the study of the structure-function relationships relating body structure size and composition to fitness and physical performance. Part Two and Part Three present an overview of the quantitative and qualitative study of physical and physiological conditioning motor learning and motor control specifically regarding the development of motor skill within general/open loop and specific/closed loop parameter guidelines. It also covers fatigue and its physiological and psychological effects on training processes. Part Four explores nutrition and the utilization of carbohydrates fats proteins water vitamins and minerals during physical training. It includes an overview of lipids lipoproteins cholesterol and atherosclerosis; dietary goals and guidelines; and risk factors relating to heart disease and obesity within health and fitness parameter guidelines. Finally extensive appendices present the pertinent figures tables and forms used in evaluation and programming. Including chapter summaries glossaries and references as well as detailed and extensive appendices for me

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Metabolism and Medicine The Metabolic Landscape of Health and Disease (Volume 2)

Metabolism and Medicine The Metabolic Landscape of Health and Disease (Volume 2)

Chronic disease states of aging should be viewed through the prism of metabolism and biophysical processes at all levels of physiological organization present in the human body. This book connects these insights to what causes them to go awry in the context of unhealthy human behaviors and aging aiming to buttress scientific creativity. It also provides links between the art and science of medicine that strengthens problem-solving in patient care. New and important discoveries in the area of metabolic health and metabolic diseases are discussed in exquisite detail. Key Features: Broad and up-to-date overview of the field of metabolic aspects of health and chronic disease development especially connecting the spectrum of topics that range from molecular clocks to stress response to nuclear hormone receptors and the role of microbiota in human health Provides a deeper basic science and interdisciplinary understanding of biological systems that broaden the perspectives and therapeutic problem solving by elaborating on the usefulness of the Physiological Fitness Landscape Describes the importance of insulin resistance in metabolic disease especially diabetes but also includes links to cancer and Alzheimer’s disease Examines the process of aging from the perspective of metabolic decline illustrating it with the Physiological Fitness Landscape This book the second volume in a two-volume set primarily targets an audience of clinical and science students biomedical researchers and physicians who would benefit from understanding each other’s language. | Metabolism and Medicine The Metabolic Landscape of Health and Disease (Volume 2)

GBP 130.00
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AI for Sports

AI for Sports

It seems that artificial intelligence (AI) is always just five years away but it never arrives. Recently however developments have made the practical utility of game theory a genuine reality. Will sport provide the petri dish in which AI will prove itself? What do domain specialists like managers and coaches want to know that they can’t currently find out and can AI provide the answer? What competitive advantages might AI provide for recruitment performance and tactics health and fitness pedagogy broadcasting eSports gambling and stadium design in the future? Written by leading experts in both sports management and AI AI for Sports begins to answer these and many other questions on the future of AI for sports.

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Physical Therapy and Massage for the Dog

Physical Therapy and Massage for the Dog

Interest in canine massage and physical therapy has grown as greater emphasis is placed on the general fitness and agility of dogs as pets and as sporting animals. This book details the prevention management and treatment of movement and allied disorders. It encompasses detailed assessments treatment programmes that involve hands-on therapy along with dynamic remedial and strengthening techniques using exercise plans. Following succinct discussion of the relevant canine anatomy and physiology the authors provide chapters on each of the key topics: movement and muscles; exercise; preparation for sports performance; rehabilitation techniques; massage and physical therapy; and common relevant pathologies affecting dogs. Physical Therapy and Massage for the Dog is of interest to all those involved in canine welfare including veterinary practitioners veterinary students therapists dog owners and dog trainers.

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Natural Selection Methods and Applications

Natural Selection Methods and Applications

This book summarizes the knowledge in the field of methods to identify signatures of natural selection. A number of mathematical models and methods have been designed to identify the fingerprints of natural selection on genes and genomes. Such methods are provided in a simple and direct way so that students of different disciplines can navigate through molecular fitness landscapes using complex methods with a basic knowledge on bioinformatics. A collection of the main methods to detect selection in protein-coding genes and amino acid sequences is given at different levels of complexity from nucleotides to proteins and molecular networks. The importance of identifying natural selection in genes and genomes through the methods described in this book transcends the bioinformatics and computational biology fields presenting applications for experimental biologists in a straightforward and understandable way. | Natural Selection Methods and Applications

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Metabolism and Medicine The Physics of Biological Engines (Volume 1)

Metabolism and Medicine The Physics of Biological Engines (Volume 1)

Chronic disease states of aging should be viewed through the prism of metabolism and biophysical processes at all levels of physiological organization present in the human body. This book describes the building blocks of understanding from a reasonable but not high-level technical language viewpoint employing the perspective of a clinical physician. It brings together concepts from five specific branches of physics relevant to biology and medicine namely biophysics classical electromagnetism thermodynamics systems biology and quantum mechanics. Key Features: Broad and up-to-date overview of the field of metabolism especially connecting the spectrum of topics that range from modern physical underpinnings with cell biology to clinical practice. Provides a deeper basic science and interdisciplinary understanding of biological systems that broaden the perspectives and therapeutic problem solving. Introduces the concept of the Physiological Fitness Landscape which is inspired by the physics of phase transitions This first volume in a two-volume set primarily targets an audience of clinical and science students biomedical researchers and physicians who would benefit from understanding each other’s language. | Metabolism and Medicine The Physics of Biological Engines (Volume 1)

GBP 130.00
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Swarm Intelligence Principles Advances and Applications

Swarm Intelligence Principles Advances and Applications

Swarm Intelligence: Principles Advances and Applications delivers in-depth coverage of bat artificial fish swarm firefly cuckoo search flower pollination artificial bee colony wolf search and gray wolf optimization algorithms. The book begins with a brief introduction to mathematical optimization addressing basic concepts related to swarm intelligence such as randomness random walks and chaos theory. The text then:Describes the various swarm intelligence optimization methods standardizing the variants hybridizations and algorithms whenever possibleDiscusses variants that focus more on binary discrete constrained adaptive and chaotic versions of the swarm optimizersDepicts real-world applications of the individual optimizers emphasizing variable selection and fitness function designDetails the similarities differences weaknesses and strengths of each swarm optimization methodDraws parallels between the operators and searching manners of the different algorithmsSwarm Intelligence: Principles Advances and Applications presents a comprehensive treatment of modern swarm intelligence optimization methods complete with illustrative examples and an extendable MATLAB® package for feature selection in wrapper mode applied on different data sets with benchmarking using different evaluation criteria. The book provides beginners with a solid foundation of swarm intelligence fundamentals and offers experts valuable insight into new directions and hybridizations. | Swarm Intelligence Principles Advances and Applications

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Applied Genetic Programming and Machine Learning

Applied Genetic Programming and Machine Learning

What do financial data prediction day-trading rule development and bio-marker selection have in common? They are just a few of the tasks that could potentially be resolved with genetic programming and machine learning techniques. Written by leaders in this field Applied Genetic Programming and Machine Learning delineates the extension of Genetic Programming (GP) for practical applications. Reflecting rapidly developing concepts and emerging paradigms this book outlines how to use machine learning techniques make learning operators that efficiently sample a search space navigate the search process through the design of objective fitness functions and examine the search performance of the evolutionary system. It provides a methodology for integrating GP and machine learning techniques establishing a robust evolutionary framework for addressing tasks from areas such as chaotic time-series prediction system identification financial forecasting classification and data mining. The book provides a starting point for the research of extended GP frameworks with the integration of several machine learning schemes. Drawing on empirical studies taken from fields such as system identification finanical engineering and bio-informatics it demonstrates how the proposed methodology can be useful in practical inductive problem solving.

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Health and Safety Management An Alternative Approach to Reducing Accidents Injury and Illness at Work

Health and Safety Management An Alternative Approach to Reducing Accidents Injury and Illness at Work

At a time when our knowledge and understanding of health and safety at work is at its highest statistics show that ongoing improvements in accident rates and time taken off work due to injury and ill-health are stagnating. Alongside the fact that around 80% of accidents can be attributed to human error there is also increasing concern that modern-world issues of mental and physical wellbeing are undermining recent gains made ensuring the safety of people at work. By applying the principles of marginal gain and using lessons drawn from the high-risk world of outdoor adventure and high level sport this book provides a variety of practical solutions and seeks to reduce the incidence of human error in the workplace and the number of accidents and near-misses. The concept of Free Thinking Hazard Identification is introduced alongside the importance of managing changing circumstances and minimising the frequently underestimated risk to experienced workers. A range of practical recommendations are also made to help reduce time taken off work due to injury or ill-health through managing fitness diet and health and paying attention to mental wellbeing. | Health and Safety Management An Alternative Approach to Reducing Accidents Injury and Illness at Work

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The Science of Beach Lifeguarding

The Science of Beach Lifeguarding

The World Health Organization’s recently published Global Report on Drowning found that drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide—making the information presented in this new book an important part of the global effort to reduce this health risk. Written by leading researchers and academics from around the world The Science of Beach Lifeguarding focuses on the scientific evidence that underpins what is taught to and practised by beach lifeguards. It is the first book to pull together all the different areas involved in beach lifeguarding and evaluate their evidence base. An accessible and informative reference underpinned by the best current research the book’s key themes cover the context of beach lifeguarding the physical environment in which lifeguards work medical aspects practical lifeguarding techniques physiological standards for lifeguards safety education and future developments in beach lifeguarding. The book presents groundbreaking work quantifying the scientific rationale behind a universally accepted fitness standard. It supplies an in-depth examination of the risks and hazards associated with the beach environment including rip currents and cold water immersion. The book includes a state-of-the-art review of drowning and a comprehensive chapter on first aid. Detailing the recently announced 2015 European Resuscitation Council Guidelines this book is a must-have for beach lifeguards beach lifeguard managers search and rescue personnel paramedics sports scientists health and safety practitioners and occupational health practitioners.

GBP 31.99
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Sports Nutrition Vitamins and Trace Elements Second Edition

Sports Nutrition Vitamins and Trace Elements Second Edition

In competitive sports where an extra breath or a millisecond quicker neural response can spell the difference between fame and mediocrity a number of myths have persisted around the impact of what might be considered megadoses of various vitamins and trace elements. We do know that a growing body of research indicates that work capacity oxygen consumption and other measures of physical performance are affected by a deficiency or borderline deficiency in specific vitamins or essential trace elements. However when it comes to providing larger doses the research is conflictedThe second edition of Sports Nutrition: Vitamins and Trace Elements edited by two of the most respected experts in sports nutrition provides an updated critical review of these reports. The latest volume of this highly popular work includes a collection of chapters written by top researchers from several academic disciplines. Applying their expertise in specific vitamin or trace element nutrition as it relates to exercise and sports they weigh in on the full alphabet of vitamins as well as a variety of trace elements incorporating the most recent research. This edition adds chapters on choline and iodine. It also emphasizes new findings on vitamin and mineral metabolic reactions and provides in-depth discussion on the overuse of vitamins to toxic levels and its effect on physical performance. Sports nutritionists sports medicine and fitness professionals researchers exercise physiologists students health practitioners as well as those lay-persons interested in optimal nutrition will find this book especially timely and highly helpful in sorting myth from truth. | Sports Nutrition Vitamins and Trace Elements Second Edition

GBP 56.99
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The Multiplayer Classroom Game Plans

The Multiplayer Classroom Game Plans

The Multiplayer Classroom: Game Plans is a companion to The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game now in its second edition from CRC Press. This book covers four multiplayer classroom projects played in the real world in real time to teach and entertain. They were funded by grants or institutions collaborations between Lee Sheldon as writer/designer and subject matter experts in various fields. They are written to be accessible to anyone-designer educator or layperson-interested in game-based learning. The subjects are increasingly relevant in this day and age: physical fitness Mandarin cybersecurity and especially an online class exploring culture and identity on the internet that is unlike any online class you have ever seen. Read the annotated often-suspenseful stories of how each game with its unique challenges thrills and spills was built. Lee Sheldon began his writing career in television as a writer-producer eventually writing more than 200 shows ranging from Charlie’s Angels (writer) to Edge of Night (head writer) to Star Trek: The Next Generation (writer-producer). Having written and designed more than forty commercial and applied video games Lee spearheaded the first full writing for games concentration in North America at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the second writing concentration at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is a regular lecturer and consultant on game design and writing in the United States and abroad. His most recent commercial game the award-winning The Lion’s Song is currently on Steam. For the past two years he consulted on an escape room in a box funded by NASA that gives visitors to hundreds of science museums and planetariums the opportunity to play colonizers on the moon. He is currently writing his second mystery novel. | The Multiplayer Classroom Game Plans

GBP 39.99
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DHEA in Human Health and Aging

DHEA in Human Health and Aging

Reduced production of DHEA associated with the diseases that accompany aging has led to its use as a nutritional supplement for antiaging metabolic support and other purposes. While animal studies have clearly shown substantial benefits of DHEA in combating various disease states the effect of low levels of DHEA in humans is less established and the mechanisms of action and potential involvement in illnesses remain unclear. DHEA in Human Health and Aging reviews the past ten years of research into this hormone and explores its potential for future study. With contributions from a cadre of international experts this volume examines: The biology of DHEA relevant to health in humans Areas of potential clinical importance concerning low levels of DHEA related to age or physiological change Prevention as well as treatment of various human disease states by changing DHEA levels The use of DHEA levels in predicting the risk of disease The role of DHEA in diabetes fitness infectious disease cancer AIDS bone health cardiovascular diseases autism and mental health Animal models and their relation to studies done on humans The effects of loss of adrenal gland function the subsequent reduction in DHEA production and its replacement as therapy Adverse effects in DHEA-supplemented women Mechanisms of action of DHEA in prostate and ovarian health vascular modification stress memory aggression and Alzheimer’s disease Covering a wide range of topics the book is compiled from contributions of experts who have each studied some aspect of DHEA and human or animal health or disease. Every chapter is self-contained allowing for focused study on individual topics. Edited by one of the leading experts in the field of nutrition the book presents a compelling view of the state of the science in DHEA.

GBP 69.99
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