An Overview of Recent Advances in Technologies of Inclusive Well-Being

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Lewis Brooks ◽  
Sheryl Brahnam ◽  
Bill Kapralos ◽  
Lakhmi C. Jain
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Recent Advances

scholarly journals Soil Microbial Biogeography in a Changing World: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

mSystems ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haiyan Chu ◽  
Gui-Feng Gao ◽  
Yuying Ma ◽  
Kunkun Fan ◽  
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Communities ◽  
Soil Microbial Communities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ecosystem Functions ◽  
Soil Microbial ◽  
Microbial Biogeography ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Global Change Scenarios ◽  
Changing World

ABSTRACT Soil microbial communities are fundamental to maintaining key soil processes associated with litter decomposition, nutrient cycling, and plant productivity and are thus integral to human well-being. Recent technological advances have exponentially increased our knowledge concerning the global ecological distributions of microbial communities across space and time and have provided evidence for their contribution to ecosystem functions. However, major knowledge gaps in soil biogeography remain to be addressed over the coming years as technology and research questions continue to evolve. In this minireview, we state recent advances and future directions in the study of soil microbial biogeography and discuss the need for a clearer concept of microbial species, projections of soil microbial distributions toward future global change scenarios, and the importance of embracing culture and isolation approaches to determine microbial functional profiles. This knowledge will be critical to better predict ecosystem functions in a changing world.

Capturing the Complexity and Dynamics of Positive Human Health

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Rush ◽  
Anthony D. Ong ◽  
Scott M. Hofer ◽  
John L. Horn
Keyword(s):  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Process Research ◽  
Considerable Extent ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Methodological Challenges ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Measurement And Analysis

This chapter illustrates how recent advances in longitudinal methodology can be applied to diverse issues of interest to positive psychologists. The rules for doing research that can net the highest stakes in understanding are, to a considerable extent, the rules of design and measurement. The aim of the chapter is to describe how contemporary theories of well-being may be empirically evaluated using a variety of research designs and analytical techniques that can fully capture the complexity and dynamics of positive human health. Throughout, the chapter identifies unresolved methodological challenges associated with the measurement and analysis of between- and within-person phenomena and elaborates on the implications of these challenges for process research in positive psychology.

scholarly journals Recent Advances: Cross-cultural Adaptation and Well-being

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (0) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Yasuo SHIMIZU ◽  
Yoshiyuki TANAKA ◽  
Toshiaki SASAO ◽  
Akira TSUDA ◽  
Yu NIIYA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Recent Advances

scholarly journals Recent advances in nutrition, genes and brain health

2012 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 581-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Dauncey
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Gene Interactions ◽  
Nutritional Regulation ◽  
Energy Status ◽  
Brain Health ◽  
Short Account ◽  
Optimal Energy ◽  
Recent Advances

Molecular mechanisms underlying brain structure and function are affected by nutrition throughout the life cycle, with profound implications for health and disease. Responses to nutrition are in turn influenced by individual differences in multiple target genes. Recent advances in genomics and epigenomics are increasing understanding of mechanisms by which nutrition and genes interact. This review starts with a short account of current knowledge on nutrition–gene interactions, focusing on the significance of epigenetics to nutritional regulation of gene expression, and the roles of SNP and copy number variants (CNV) in determining individual responses to nutrition. A critical assessment is then provided of recent advances in nutrition–gene interactions, and especially energy status, in three related areas: (i) mental health and well-being, (ii) mental disorders and schizophrenia, (iii) neurological (neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative) disorders and Alzheimer's disease. Optimal energy status, including physical activity, has a positive role in mental health. By contrast, sub-optimal energy status, including undernutrition and overnutrition, is implicated in many disorders of mental health and neurology. These actions are mediated by changes in energy metabolism and multiple signalling molecules, e.g. brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). They often involve epigenetic mechanisms, including DNA methylation and histone modifications. Recent advances show that many brain disorders result from a sophisticated network of interactions between numerous environmental and genetic factors. Personal, social and economic costs of sub-optimal brain health are immense. Future advances in understanding the complex interactions between nutrition, genes and the brain should help to reduce these costs and enhance quality of life.

scholarly journals THE MAIN ADVANTAGES OF DIRECT NO-TILL SEEDING TECHNOLOGY IN COMPARISON WITH TRADITIONAL SOIL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.E Krasavin ◽  
◽  
O.L Tomasova ◽  
D.V. Rudoy
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Processing Technology ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Wheat Production ◽  
Traditional Technology ◽  
No Till ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
The Cost

This article shows the benefits of recent advances in NO-Till soil processing technology, which reduces the cost of wheat production by 1.5 times compared to traditional land plowing technology. The damage to traditional technology, as a result of which the fertile soils in our country are irreparably damaged, which every year leads to the depletion of the fertile layer and, as a result, to reduce the well-being of future generations.

Modeling Positive Human Health: From Covariance Structures to Dynamic Systems

2009 ◽  
pp. 96-104
Author(s):  
Anthony D. Ong ◽  
Alex J. Zautra
Keyword(s):  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Dynamic Systems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Process Research ◽  
Covariance Structures ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Methodological Challenges ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Measurement And Analysis

In this chapter, we illustrate how recent advances in longitudinal methodology can be applied to diverse issues of interest to positive psychologists. The aim of the chapter is to describe how contemporary theories of well-being may be empirically evaluated using a variety of research designs and analytic techniques that can fully capture the complexity and dynamics of positive human health. Throughout, we identify unresolved methodological challenges associated with the measurement and analysis between- and of within-person phenomena and elaborate on the implications of these challenges for process research in positive psychology.

Preface

2012 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. iv
Author(s):  
Eva M. Krupp
Keyword(s):  
Trace Elements ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Interdisciplinary Collaboration ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Scientific Program ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
The Impact

Trace elements are a vital ingredient in our food, which directly relates to our health and well-being. The study of health effects related to the abundance or deficiency of trace elements that we are exposed to in our daily life is of prime importance in order to understand mechanisms and interactions of those elements within the human body. Trace elements taken up with food may exert toxic actions (e.g., in the case of arsenic or mercury), others are essential and a deficiency in these trace elements (e.g., iron, selenium, zinc, or iodine) can have drastic health effects and cause diseases.Therefore, toxic as well as essential aspects of trace elements must be studied and understood, so that regulating or governing bodies may advise on permissible levels for toxic elements, or recommend daily doses for the uptake of essential elements.The 4th International Conference on Trace Elements in Food (TEF-4) addressed a range of issues related to the health effects of trace elements and provided a podium for researchers from different scientific backgrounds: analytical chemists, toxicologists, nutritionists, environmental scientists, and members of health authorities came together to present and discuss recent advances and findings.The conference was held from 19 to 22 June 2011 in the King’s Conference Centre at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland (UK), with Prof. John Beattie (Rowett Institute for Nutrition and Health/University of Aberdeen) and Prof. Jörg Feldmann (University of Aberdeen) acting as Conference Chairs. TEF-4 attracted 150 delegates from 39 countries; 38 oral lectures were presented, 13 of which were given by internationally renowned invited speakers. The scientific program also included a poster exhibition with 108 papers and was completed by 9 exhibiting sponsors, including major analytical instrument manufacturers and representatives of reference material laboratories and government institutes.The scientific program comprised four larger themes, each of which was represented by invited speakers and further oral presentations on the following topics:- source and transfer of trace elements into food and feed- trace elements in nutrition and health- toxicology and risk assessment of trace elements in food- analytical advances in trace elements in foodSpecial attention was paid to selenium as an essential element, and a variety of talks explored the toxic actions of arsenic in different foodstuffs and in epidemiology, completed with topics on mercury, zinc, manganese, iodine, cerium, and other trace metals.The collection of papers in this issue of Pure and Applied Chemistry is a representation of the main topics covered in the lectures held during TEF-4, providing an overview of recent advances in research techniques and findings. We hope that it proves a useful source of new and exciting results, leading the way into the future of food analysis, and that fruitful interdisciplinary collaboration will enhance the impact of fundamental and applied research.Eva M. KruppConference Editor

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