The development of the brain and nervous system is shaped not just by a genetic program, but also by the effects of multiple environmental stimuli. There are currently no book-length treatments of perinatal neurodevelopment. The proposed book seeks to fill this gap by presenting a collection of chapters from leading experts in the field. It is intended to be comprehensive and will cover all aspects of neurodevelopmental programming in lab animals and in human subjects. The third section of the book will look at ways of translating insights we have garnered from animal studies to human and...

This book pursues a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach in order to analyze the relationship between water and food security. It demonstrates that most of the world's economies lack sufficient water resources to secure their populations' food requirements and are thus virtual importers of water. One of the most inspiring cases, which this book is rooted in, is Italy: the third largest net virtual water importer on earth. The book also shows that the sustainability of water depends on the extent to which societies recognize and take into account its value and contribution to agricultural...

The development of the brain and nervous system is shaped not just by a genetic program, but also by the effects of multiple environmental stimuli. The third section of the book will look at ways of translating insights we have garnered from animal studies to human and clinical studies.

This book pursues a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach in order to analyze the relationship between water and food security. Due to the large volumes of water required for food production, water and food security are in fact inextricably linked.