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Scientific Culture, and Other Essays by Jr. Josiah P. Cooke
The essays collected in this volume, although written for special occasions without reference to each other, have all a bearing on the subject selected as the title of the volume, and the college students to physical science teaching in a somewhat larger experience of a result. Thirty years ago, when the writer started his work at Cambridge, the instruction in the experimental sciences was given in our American colleges solely by lectures and recitations. From This Book
Scientific Insights in Yoga by Dr. K.P. Mishra , Dr. Shashi Bala Singh
Yoga is a low-cost self-help approach to well-being. Emerging studies have shown the positive effects of yoga and exercise on the physiological, biochemical, cognitive, and molecular changes. Interestingly, studies focused on yoga practices has shown an increase in the pool of hematopoietic stem cells, endothelial progenitor cells in bone marrow and peripheral blood, cognitive functions, delay in ageing, altered gene expression, cell proliferation, cytokine secretion. Studies related to endurance exercises have provided indirect evidence documenting an increase of neurotransmitters, neurogenesis, angiogenesis, neurotropic factors.
This book amalgamates a range of perspectives in the field of yoga as a non-pharmacological intervention for promoting health under extremes of environmental conditions and disease stress. It encompasses research conducted using laboratory tools (e.g. Human case studies etc.), surveys, and yoga as an intervention to alleviate symptoms against environmental and occupational stress induced diseases.
