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by James H. Calandruccio, MD, Benjamin J. Grear
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
This issue of Orthopedic Clinics will focus on the most common complications that arise in orthopedic surgery. Articles to be included will cover pediatrics, trauma, upper extremity, adult reconstruction, and foot and ankle.
Animal Learning and Cognition
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Animal Learning and Cognition: An Introduction provides an up-to-date review of the principal findings from more than a century of research into animal intelligence. This new edition has been expanded to take account of the many exciting developments that have occurred over the last ten years.
The...
by John M. Hutson, Masaru Terada, Baiyun Zhou
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This review describes recent research into the cause of testicular descent and discusses two controversial theories on the mechanism. New animal models of cryptorchidism are described which shed light on the possible aetiology. A brief summary is given of current management, highlighting the controversies...
by Robert M Kaplan, John D Piette, Joseph R Ferrari
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death and illness in the United States, and though much progress has been made in reducing cardiac risk factors, obesity and diabetes mellitus are on the rise. Preventing Illness Among People With Coronary Heart Disease explores recent advances...
by James H. Calandruccio, MD, Benjamin J. Grear
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
This issue of Orthopaedic Clinics will focus on infection. This issue will include articles on: Charcot Arthropathy versus Osteomyelitis: Evaluation and Management; Physical function, and physical activity in obese adults after total knee arthroplasty; DVT and PE Considerations in Orthopaedic Surgery;...
The Confederados
Old South Immigrants in Brazil
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 1998
This collection of essays--which also includes a previously unpublished narrative by an original settler-- examines the fascinating experiences of southern Confederate exiles in Brazil and their continuing legacy.
During the late 1860s Southerners dissatisfied with the outcome of the Civil...
Pride and Humility
A Discourse, Setting Forth the Characteristics of the Proud and the Humble
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2016
The following essay on Pride and Humility appeared some time ago in the Herald of Truth, and is now published in pamphlet form with additions and improvements, at the request of some of the brethren who have thought it proper and needful to republish the same for distribution, as a warning and a call...
Crime, Second Chances, and Human Services
Creating a Pathway to Ordinary Life for the Convicted
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2019
This book promotes the notion of second chances and the importance of human services within the communities most affected by crime and the criminal justice system. Recognition of the fallibility of humans and the necessity of redemption is the first step to change our attitude toward guilt and punishment....
by John R. Crawford, Denis M. Parker
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
The chapters published in this volume developed from presentations, and their associated discussions at a conference organised by the Scottish Branch of the British Psychological Society, held at Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland in September 1987. The goal of the conference was to bring together workers...
Prometheanism
Technology, Digital Culture and Human Obsolescence
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
Günther Anders’s prolific philosophy of technology is undergoing a major revival but has never been translated into English. Prometheanism mobilises Anders’s pragmatic thought and current trends in critical theory to rethink the constellations of power that are configuring themselves around our...
The Decline of Substance Use in Young Adulthood
Changes in Social Activities, Roles, and Beliefs
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
This book is intended as a thoughtful extension to Bachman et al.'s well-received monograph Smoking, Drinking, and Drug Use in Young Adulthood. That volume showed that the new freedoms of young adulthood lead to increases in substance use, while the responsibilities of adulthood--marriage, pregnancy,...
The Objectification Spectrum
Understanding and Transcending Our Diminishment and Dehumanization of Others
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
What lies at the heart of humanity's capacity for evil? Any tenable answer to this age-old question must include an explanation of our penchant for objectifying and dehumanizing our fellow human beings. The Objectification Spectrum: Understanding and Transcending Our Diminishment and Dehumanization...
Decision Making in Health and Medicine
Integrating Evidence and Values
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
Decision making in health care involves consideration of a complex set of diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic uncertainties. Medical therapies have side effects, surgical interventions may lead to complications, and diagnostic tests can produce misleading results. Furthermore, patient values and...
by Francis A. Kulacki, John M. Dixon
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2017
This Brief describes and analyzes flow and heat transport over a liquid-saturated porous bed. The porous bed is saturated by a liquid layer and heating takes place from a section of the bottom. The effect on flow patterns of heating from the bottom is shown by calculation, and when the heating is...