Trends in Religious Healing and the Integration of Biomedicine and Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States and Around the Globe: A Review

Religion and Healing in America . Linda L. Barnes and Susan S. Sered, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005 (cloth and paper). xvi + 535 pp.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States Institute of Medicine . Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2005 (cloth). xx + 337 pp.
Consciousness and Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind-Body Medicine . Marilyn Schlitz and Tina Amorok with Marc S. Micozzi, eds. St. Louis: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2005 (cloth and paper). lx + 583 pp.
Negotiating the Holistic Turn: The Domestication of Alternative Medicine . Judith Fadlon. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005. x + 157 pp.     

Migration, Transnationalism, and Belonging: Movements in the Nation-State

Sovereign Bodies: Citizens, Migrants, and States in the Postcolonial World. Thomas Blom Hansen and Finn Stepputat, eds. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005. 366 pp.
When Women Come First: Gender and Class in Transnational Migration. Sheba Mariam George. Berkley: University of California Press, 2005. 259 pp.
In a New Land: A Comparative View of Immigration. Nancy Foner. New York: New York University Press, 2005. 327 pp.     

Pesticide metabolism and potential for metabolic interactions

© 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:276–277, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20077     

Crossing, Creolization, and the African Roots of American Culture

Group Harmony: The Black Urban Roots of Rhythm and Blues. Stuart L. Goosman. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005. 291 pp.
Right to Rock: The Black Rock Coalition and the Cultural Politics of Race. Maureen Mahon. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2004. 317 pp.
Crossovers: Essays on Race, Music, and American Culture. John Szwed. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005. 283 pp.     

The Origin and Evolution of Cultures; Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution

The Origin and Evolution of Cultures. Robert Boyd and Peter J. Richerson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. 456 pp.
Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution. Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. 332 pp.     

DNA replication and repair reactions relevant to the AHS

© 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:190–191, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20082     

Looking for Identity in the Muslim World

Dramas of Nationhood: The Politics of Television in Egypt. Lila Abu-Lughod. Chicago: University Chicago Press, 2005. 319 pp.
Memories of State: Politics, History, and Collective Identity in Modern Iraq. Eric Davis. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. 385 pp.
Religion, Social Practice, and Contested Hegemonies: Reconstructing the Public Sphere in Muslim Majority Societies. Armando Salvatore and Mark LeVine, eds. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 249 pp.
Contesting Rituals: Islam and Practices of Identity Making. Pamela Stewart and Andrew Strathern, eds. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2005. 239 pp.     

Biomarkers of thyroid function, genotoxicity and agricultural fungicide use

© 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:175, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20073     

Anthropology and Consultancy: Issues and Debates

Anthropology and Consultancy: Issues and Debates . Pamela J. Stewartand Andrew Strathern, eds. New York: Berghahn Books, 2005. 146 pp.     

Ecological-Evolutionary Theory: Principles and Applications

Ecological-Evolutionary Theory: Principles and Applications. Gerhard Lenski. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, 2005. 251 pp.     

Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) status and risk of insecticide exposure

© 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:182–183, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20079     

Role of host susceptibility to toxicity and cancer caused by pesticides: cytochromes P450

© 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:184–186, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20080     

Cloning and Sequence Analysis of the Gene Encoding (6-4)photolyase from Dunaliella salina

DNA photolyase can repair UV-induced DNA damage in a light-dependent manner. A cDNA of (6-4)photolyase from Dunaliella salina (GenBank accession number: AY845324) was cloned, sequenced and its amino acid sequence was deduced. The derived amino acid sequence showed high homology with other (6-4)photolyases and a predicted 3D model was constructed by homology modeling. Revisions requested 20 May 2005 and 18 August 2005; Revisions received 2 August 2005 and 28 November 2005     

Identification of biomarkers of arsenic exposure and metabolism in urine using SELDI technology

© 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:176–176, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20074     

尘螨变应原Der p1浓度与哮喘患者血清螨特异性抗体的季节消长

目的:探讨哮喘患者血清抗体及患者室内尘螨抗原浓度的季节变化规律。方法:2005年9月、2005年12月、2006年3月、2006年6月用ELISA法检测哮喘患者卧室尘样中Der P 1浓度,同步检测患者外周血总IgE、s-IgE、s-IgG1、s-IgG2和s-IgG4。结果:哮喘患者血清总IgE、s-IgE、s-IgG1、s-IgG2和s-IgG4均高于正常对照组,差异均具显著性(P<0.01);比较患者血清总IgE、s-IgE及s-IgG1、s-IgG2、s-IgG4四次检测值,差异均具显著性(P<0.01),患者血清总IgE、s-IgE在12月份检测值最高、6月份检测值最低,s-IgG1以6月份最高、3月份最低,s-IgG4在3月份最高、6月份最低。统计表明,患者卧室Der P1浓度四次检测值差异具有显著性(P<0.01),以2006年3月和2005年12月为高。结论:哮喘患者血清总IgE、s-IgE、s-IgC1、s-IgG2和s-IgG4和卧室尘螨抗原浓度呈季节变化,IgG1的变化与尘螨抗原浓度的变化趋势相反,IgG4的变化与尘螨抗原浓度的变化趋势一致。     

The Agricultural Health Study biomarker workshop on cancer etiology. Introduction: overview of study design, results, and goals of workshop

© 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:169–171, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20070     

Heroin epidemics, treatment and ODE modelling

The UN [United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC): World Drug Report, 2005, vol. 1: Analysis. UNODC, 2005.], EU [European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA): Annual Report, 2005.http://annualreport.emcdda.eu.int/en/home-en.html.] and WHO [World Health Organisation (WHO): Biregional Strategy for Harm Reduction, 2005-2009. HIV and Injecting Drug Use. WHO, 2005.] have consistently highlighted in recent years the ongoing and persistent nature of opiate and particularly heroin use on a global scale. While this is a global phenomenon, authors have emphasised the significant impact such an epidemic has on individual lives and on society. National prevalence studies have indicated the scale of the problem, but the drug-using career, typically consisting of initiation, habitual use, a treatment-relapse cycle and eventual recovery, is not well understood. This paper presents one of the first ODE models of opiate addiction, based on the principles of mathematical epidemiology. The aim of this model is to identify parameters of interest for further study, with a view to informing and assisting policy-makers in targeting prevention and treatment resources for maximum effectiveness. An epidemic threshold value, R(0), is proposed for the drug-using career. Sensitivity analysis is performed on R(0) and it is then used to examine the stability of the system. A condition under which a backward bifurcation may exist is found, as are conditions that permit the existence of one or more endemic equilibria. A key result arising from this model is that prevention is indeed better than cure.     

The Gay Archipelago: Sexuality and Nation in Indonesia

The Gay Archipelago: Sexuality and Nation in Indonesia . Tom Boellstorff. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005. 282 pp.     

A Genetic and Cultural Odyssey: The Life and Work of L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza

Cultural Landscapes in the Ancient Andes: Archaeologies of Place . Linda Stoneand Paul Lurquin. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. 227 pp.     

Same-Sex Cultures and Sexualities: An Anthropological Reader

Same-Sex Cultures and Sexualities: An Anthropological Reader. Jennifer Robertson, ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2005. 310 pp.