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by Orlando Espín, Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández, M. Daniel Carroll R.
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Religion and Politics in America's Borderlands brings together leading academic specialists on immigration and the borderlands, as well as nationally recognized grassroots activists, who reflect on their varied experiences of living, working, and teaching on the US-Mexico border and in the borderlands....
The Role of the Arab-Islamic World in the Rise of the West
Implications for Contemporary Trans-Cultural Relations
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
This book takes a fascinating look at the role of the Arab-Islamic world in the rise of the West. It examines the cultural transmission of ideas and institutions in a number of key areas, including science, philosophy, humanism, law, finance, commerce, as well as the Arab-Islamic world's overall impact on the Reformation and the Renaissance.
Island Lives
Historical Archaeologies of the Caribbean
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
This comprehensive study of the historical archaeology of the Caribbean provides sociopolitical context for the ongoing development of national identities.
Long before the founding of Jamestown in 1607, there were Spanish forts, bustling towns, sugar plantations, and sea trade flourishing in...
Extending Canadian Health Insurance
Options for Pharmacare and Denticare
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1978
This study explores the policy options a provincial government might consider in extending health care coverage to the purchase of prescription drugs and dental care. It examines the major public policy objectives involved, such as spreading risk, redistributing wealth, and reducing the barriers to...
Listen, We Need to Talk
How to Change Attitudes about LGBT Rights
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
American public opinion tends to be sticky. Although the news cycle might temporarily affect the public's mood on contentious issues like abortion, the death penalty, or gun control, public opinion toward these issues has remained remarkably constant over decades. There are notable exceptions, however,...
by Larry F. Chu, Andrea Fuller, Edward R. Mariano
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2011
This manual visually demonstrates the most common regional blocks in anesthesiology and provides simple, effective direction at the point of care. Pocket sized, spiral bound, and laminated, it was created to be carried and used on the floor and in the operating room. The first section focuses on the...
by Lucas F de Freitas, Michael R Hamblin
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
This book provides detailed and current information on using fullerenes (bucky-balls) in photodynamic therapy (PDT), one of the most actively studied applications of photonic science in healthcare. This will serve as a useful source for researchers working in photomedicine and nanomedicine, especially...
Forensic Aspects of Pediatric Fractures
Differentiating Accidental Trauma from Child Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Fractures are a common finding in children and it is estimated that 2.1% of all children will suffer at least one fracture before the age of 16. With young children in particular, the question may arise if this is related to child abuse. The aim of this book is to help physicians involved in child...
Southeastern Ceremonial Complex
Chronology, Content, Contest
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011
A timely, comprehensive reevaluation of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex.
One of the most venerable concepts in Southeastern archaeology is that of the Southern Cult. The idea has its roots in the intensely productive decade (archaeologically) of the 1930s and is fundamentally tied to yet...
by Alessandro N. Vargas, Eduardo F. Costa, João B. R. do Val
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
This brief broadens readers’ understanding of stochastic control by highlighting recent advances in the design of optimal control for Markov jump linear systems (MJLS). It also presents an algorithm that attempts to solve this open stochastic control problem, and provides a real-time application...
Hormones and the Fetus
Volume 1: Production, Concentration and Metabolism During Pregnancy
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Written by the world's two leading researchers in steroid biochemistry this volume describes the ways in which hormonal concentration is regulated during pregnancy. It is a comprehensive account of how biosynthesis, metabolism and inter-compartmental transport are related to the concentration of each...
by Larry C. Gilstrap III, F. Gary Cunningham, Edward R Yeomans
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
The cornerstone text on obstetrical procedures – completely updated to reflect today’s practice
Since its first edition, Operative Obstetrics has provided clinicians with clear, step-by-step, detailed guidance for every major surgical procedure performed in current obstetrical practice....
by J. D. Pickard, C. Di Rocco, V. V. Dolenc
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Physical Principles of Electron Microscopy
An Introduction to TEM, SEM, and AEM
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Scanning and stationary-beam electron microscopes are indispensable tools for both research and routine evaluation in materials science, the semiconductor industry, nanotechnology and the biological, forensic, and medical sciences. This book introduces current theory and practice of electron microscopy,...