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This richly illustrated book provides a detailed description of the gross anatomy, light microscopy, immunohistochemistry, and electron microscopy of the adipose organ, which comprises subcutaneous and visceral fat depots. Findings in mice of differing genetic backgrounds (obesity prone and resistant) and maintained in standard and various physiologic and pathologic conditions are presented. The latter conditions include chronic cold exposure, warm exposure, fasting, pregnancy–lactation, and obesity. Features of the fetal adipose organ are described in a separate chapter, and results from transgenic mice are also presented when relevant. The human adipose organ is addressed in several chap...
Papers of Antonio Giordano (1907-1984) prominent member of the Italian Community, comprising published works, manuscripts, scrapbooks, family papers for the Bagli family, correspondence, personal papers, records of the Milan Trade Fair, and papers relating to the Juventus Soccer Club. Includes literary manuscripts.
Before the notorious Five Families dominated U.S. organized crime, there was the one-fingered criminal genius Giuseppe Morello and his lethal coterie. Combining first-rate scholarship and pulse-quickening action, Mike Dash brings to life this little-known story, following the rise of the Mafia in America from the 1890s to the 1920s, from the villages of Sicily to the streets of Little Italy. Using an array of primary sources—hitherto untapped Secret Service archives, prison records, and interviews with surviving family members—Dash has written a groundbreaking account of the crucial period when the criminal underworld exploded with fury across the nation.
Essentials of Rubin's Pathology, Fifth Edition is a condensed version of Rubin's widely acclaimed pathology text, targeted to students in allied health fields, including dentistry, nursing, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. Essentials of Rubin's Pathology has the same outline of 30 chapters as Rubin's Pathology, 10 chapters covering principles and mechanisms of pathology and 20 covering organ-specific pathology. Essentials extracts key information on pathogenesis, epidemiology, and clinical features of diseases and contains over 800 schematic illustrations and photographs derived from Rubin's Pathology. A companion Website will offer the fully searchable online text, case studies, audio review questions, Podcasts, and an image bank and test generator for faculty.
Questions of Authority investigates Italian–Australian literary travel exchanges throughout the long nineteenth century. The 1800s witnessed major transformations in Australian overseas travel: it gradually evolved from a replica of the Continental Grand Tour of the British, to a more idiosyncratic cosmopolitan experience, either touristic or professional. Moreover, it was during the second half of this century that both Italy and Australia underwent crucial political upheavals; these resulted in shifts from colonial and subjugated status, to self-government and ultimately independence. This volume connects these geographical, political and sociocultural contexts of Italy and Australia by ...
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