Bøger af Chris Dalton

Bioactive compounds are secondary metabolites that provide nutritional benefit as well as have therapeutic potential. They can be found in many foods including vegetables, whole grains, fruits and a variety of plants. Bioactive compounds are typically made up of amino acid residues and can have a variety of physical effects including antithrombotic, antioxidant and antihypertensive activities. They vary widely in terms of structures and functions, and could be used as chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic agents in cancer treatment. Various types of bioactive compounds include polyphenolic compounds, carotenoids, sulfur-containing compounds and terpenoids. Additionally, many pathways have been shown to mediate the influence of bioactive compounds on cancer and achieving positive outcomes in the cancer patients, through endoplasmic reticulum stress, regulation of oxidative stress and epigenetic changes. This book provides significant information to help develop a good understanding of cancer management using bioactive natural products. A number of latest researches have been included to keep the readers up-to-date.

Natural products play an important role in pharmacotherapy, particularly in the treatment of infectious diseases and cancer. These products originate from fungi, animals and plants. These products, which include oils, fruits, nuts, whole grains and vegetables, contain modest levels of bioactive compounds, which have therapeutic potential and health-promoting properties. Major categories of bioactive compounds comprise tannins, lycopene, lignin, indoles, resveratrol, and alkaloids. Extensive researches have been conducted for exploring the therapeutic potential of bioactive compounds in heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. Various natural bioactive compounds are fast catching are being researched for their anti-cancer properties. They have been found to have a chemopreventive effect by altering pro-inflammatory gene expression. This book aims to shed light on some of the unexplored aspects of bioactive compounds and their use in the treatment and management of cancer. It is appropriate for students seeking detailed information in this area as well as for experts.

The Integrated Leader is a contemporary search for the questions to which 'leader' or 'leadership' is an answer. Taking a thoughtful approach to management education and learning, this book explores and explains ideas not usually found in books written for managers. Its purpose is to provoke the kind of reflection and thinking that experience (and most leadership training) tends not to reach.The book will get leaders and managers to stop and think. This may not sound like much, but it is very important and significant. It represents a shift in gears in personal leadership thinking and is written for anyone who wants to ask better questions of themselves. The Integrated Leader is practical and also philosophical. It is easy to read and will reward multiple readings. Informed by the experience of practicing managers who re-enter education, it does not simply regurgitate tired old leadership theory. It neither talks down to the reader nor dumbs down any of the complex concepts needed to sustain organisational and personal health and well-being. The book includes between-chapter reflections on the Integrated Leader's Manifesto, an eleven-point declaration for leading self in various contexts.The Integrated Leader is a must-read for anyone sincere in their need for sustainable personal development.

MBA Day by Day delivers many of the key benefits of a top-notch business education, without the hefty price tag and big-time investment and will guide, challenge and inspire you to better results, wherever you are in your career.

In this book the authors first describe the background of trusted platforms and trusted computing and speculate about the future.

In Business, strategy is king. Leadership and hard work are all very well and luck is mighty useful, but it is strategy that makes or breaks a business, organisation or team. Of course, it is easier to talk a good strategic game than it is to execute one. This book will help you turn your words into effective and successful actions.