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"Vladimir Vernadsky was a brilliant and prescient scholar-a true scientific visionary who saw the deep connections between life on Earth and the rest of the planet and understood the profound implications for life as a cosmic phenomenon." -DAVID H. GRINSPOON, AUTHOR OF VENUS REVEALED "The...

On May 4, 1993, Cuba asked the international health community and the World Health Organization (WHO) to find the cause of a mysterious epidemic of blindness that was spreading uncontrollably. Contradictory hypotheses confronted theteam of scientists on this mission. Is the epidemic the result of...

Twenty-five years have passed since J. MILLER'S basic work on the central role of the thymus for the generation of immunological reactivi­ ty. During this time, the abundance of fascinating literature on the immunological and functional aspects of this organ has been in contrast to the paucity of...

In recent years, postcolonial theories have emerged as one of the significant paradigms of contemporary academia, affecting disciplines throughout the humanities and social sciences. These theories address the complex processes if colonialism on culture and society—with repect to both the colonizers...

When asked by students of medicine to name a reliable, readable and adequately comprehensive text book of clinical paediatrics we have, in the past, been forced to recommend the least unsatisfactory among the large number of not quite good enough books on the market. Those available always seemed...

Based on the Commonwealth Harvard Alcohol Research and Teaching Program, this clinically oriented work is designed to give internists and primary care practitioners the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and care for patients with alcoholism.

El tomo V de Materia Laboral, cuarto de los tomos de Materias específicas, desarrolla en 20 temas la materia laboral, dentro de la cual figuran temas de Derecho laboral y temas de Derecho procesal laboral, de tal manera que los aspirantes disponen del material que les permite preparar adecuadamente...

Operar diestramente equipos de colmatado de tapones de corcho, atendiendo a criterios de calidad y características de los tapones, colas y aditivos. Operar diestramente equipos de lavado y secado de tapones de corcho. Ebook ajustado al certificado de profesionalidad de Fabricación de tapones de corcho.

The purpose of this book is to provide the radiologist with information which is "as practical as possible" for the everyday use of computerized tomography (CT) in the field of cervical, thoracic, and musculoskeletal pathology. The approach is simple. For each region the following information...

In the last two decades, there has been a major increase in the actual numbers of women diagnosed with breast cancer (from 65000 new cases 20 years ago in the United States to 183000 in 1993). Concomitant with this has been a shift toward making the diagnosis earlier and toward diagnosing an earlier...

Esta coletânea reúne estudos a respeito do pensamento de Schopenhauer com ênfase nos aspectos éticos, estéticos e metafísicos da obra do filósofo alemão. No que diz respeito aos aspectos éticos, são abordados temas como a possibilidade de se pensar a liberdade e a atribuição de responsabilidade...

Mujeres africanas y afrodescendientes fueron decisivas en la formación de las sociedades del mundo particularmente durante la Colonia

Planeswalker Dack Fayden has followed Sifa Grent into a mysterious plane, where a Titans castle looms invitingly in the distance. Entering the castle in search of Sifa, Dack is soon imprisoned by the Titan and added to his vast collection. Dack must find a way out before the trail to Sifa runs cold and he remains the Titans prisoner forever!

This unique book provides a bridge between digital control theory and vehicle guidance and control practice. It presents practical techniques of digital redesign and direct discrete-time design suitable for a real-time implementation of controllers and guidance laws at multiple rates and with and...