Eduardo J. Echeverria, “In the Beginning . . .” A Theology of the Body (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2011), 339 pp., $40.00, ISBN 9781606086483.

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-124
Author(s):  
Jacob Meiring
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Theology Of The Body ◽  
In The Beginning

scholarly journals Squalene: a multi-task link in the crossroads of cancer and aging

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvaro L. Ronco ◽  
Eduardo De Stéfani
Keyword(s):  
Olive Oil ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Virgin Olive Oil ◽  
Extra Virgin Olive Oil ◽  
The Body ◽  
Intermediate Step ◽  
Key Words Aging ◽  
Body Structure ◽  
Anticancer Properties ◽  
In The Beginning

Since its discovery in the beginning of the XXth century, squalene has been recognized as an important link in metabolic pathways. More recently, it has been further recognized as an intermediate step in the biosynthesis of cholesterol. Its well known antioxidant capability, together with its ability to protect skin, improve the immune system, and modulate the lipid profile, confer a high potential to this natural substance, which is spread all across the body structure, though mainly in the epithelial tissues, and in particular the skin sebum. This review will focus mainly on its major properties, which are related to anticancer properties, the maintenance of the oxidation/antioxidation balance, and its antiaging capabilities. Although the substance was originally obtained from shark liver oil, it is currently possible to obtain useful amounts from vegetable sources like extra virgin olive oil, therefore avoiding the dependence on capturing the aforementioned animal species. Recognized as one of the key components of the Mediterranean dietary style, squalene is necessary to adequately manage oxygen and its derivatives in every cell of the body. Key words: aging, antioxidants, cancer, cholesterol, diet, olive oil, squalene

COVID-19 and Alcohol Misuse: A Case Report

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Asadollahi-Amin ◽  
Ali Nowroozi ◽  
Mehrdad Hasibi ◽  
Behzad Asanjarani ◽  
SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Immune System ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Alcohol Drinking ◽  
Alcohol Misuse ◽  
The Body ◽  
False Information ◽  
In The Beginning

Abstract: In the beginning of 2020, a newly emerged virus, now named SARS-CoV-2, began to spread in China. After four months, it has reached all over the globe, infecting more than 2.5 million people. Currently, there are no proved treatments available. However, in social media, false information about alcohol consumption and its role against the virus is spreading. We described a victim of these false facts who presented with reduced eyesight due to alcohol drinking, a few days later showed symptoms of COVID-19 and, even though treated, lost his eyesight partially. Alcohol taking has no preventive or curing effect on COVID-19 and negatively impacts the body and immune system, which, therefore, should not be considered a treatment for COVID-19 disease.

“Guard Your Heart!”

2019 ◽  
pp. 127-150
Author(s):  
Katherine Dugan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Family Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Body ◽  
Sexual Ethics ◽  
Humanae Vitae ◽  
Theology Of The Body ◽  
The Us ◽  
Personal Ethics

This chapter examines missionaries’ romantic relationships and argues that the way these young adults date, marry, and procreate shapes their position in the US Catholic landscape. These emerging adults develop wide-ranging and gendered interpretations of chastity. They discipline themselves and their co-missionaries to follow Catholic dictums articulated in Humanae Vitae and Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body More than personal ethics, however, this chapter posits that missionaries’ practices of Catholic romance are part of their pro-life politics. How and why these Catholic millennials embody the transitions from singlehood to family life proclaims their proud, dynamically orthodox Catholic alternative to contemporary sexual ethics in the United States.

scholarly journals Characterization of the imaginal reproductive diapause of Oebalus poecilus (Dallas) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

2003 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 695-703 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. S. Santos ◽  
L. R. Redaelli ◽  
L. M. G. Diefenbach ◽  
H. P. Romanowski ◽  
H. F. Prando
Keyword(s):  
Body Fat ◽  
Sexual Maturation ◽  
Abdominal Cavity ◽  
Reproductive Organs ◽  
Reproductive Organ ◽  
The Body ◽  
Reproductive Diapause ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
In The Beginning

The state of development of the internal reproductive organs of male and female Oebalus poecilus (Dallas) as well as the body fat amount in the abdominal cavity during hibernation, of individuals sampled in bamboo litter in Eldorado do Sul (30º02'S and 51°23'W), RS, Brazil was investigated. Females and males showed the abdominal cavity filled with body fat in the beginning of the hibernation phase. The decrease in fat reserve level occurred from August on for males and from October on for females. Ovaries and testis doubled in length and tripled in width from immature to the reproductive phase. Male sexual maturation occurred in the hibernation sites while for females it occurred later on outside of the sites. Reproductive organ immaturity and abdominal body fat hypertrophy characterized the diapause of O. poecilus.

The Mystery of Body: Nancy's Corpus and the Christian Body

Horizons ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-45
Author(s):  
Krešimir Šimić
Keyword(s):  
Western Culture ◽  
The Body ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Theology Of The Body ◽  
Christ Church ◽  
Inoperative Community ◽  
Biblical Texts

After the initial contextualization of the topic, by following Nancy's juxtaposition strategy, this article points to two senses of the body that, according to him, have defined the Western culture. The first one, logos (principle precedes the body and gives it meaning); the second, sarx (the meaning of the body comes from the body itself, so that the body comes out of itself, alienates itself, and deconstructs its own representative activities). Next, I give a more precise depiction of Nancy's deconstruction of the body through an analysis of Corpus because it is precisely with this work (in the chapter On the Soul, which is also the title of Aristotle's well-known treatise dealing first and foremost with the body, and in the chapter The Extension of the Soul) that Nancy most explicitly deconstructs hylomorphic somatology, which largely influenced the Christian theology of the body. Furthermore, I interpret Genesis 2:18–25 (in constant dialogue with Nancy) as a theological reaction on Nancy's deconstruction of the body. In other words, on the basis of biblical texts, the “mystery of the body” is depicted. Finally, the article ends with a comparison of Nancy's “inoperative community” (communauté désoeuvrée) and the Body of Christ (church).

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