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Organic animal farming is growing rapidly but faces a range of challenges in areas such as nutrition, health and welfare. This volume surveys the wealth of research addressing these challenges. The book start with a review of organic principles and the key question of the right breeds for organic...

Assesses latest research on how grasslands function Surveys best practice in sustainable grassland management Considers wider aspects of sustainability such as ecosystem services and biodiversity

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) is a new method for the treatment of numerous chronic disorders of the musculos- keletal system: Calcific tendinitis of the shoulder joint - Lateral epicondylitis - Medial epicondylitis - Plantar fas- ciitis - Pseudarthrosis. Other indications are being investigated...

This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, Guest Edited by Drs. Jean Deslauriers, F.G. Pearson, and Farid Shamji, is devoted to surgery and chemotherapy for lung cancer. This issue was written as a tribute to Dr. Robert J. Ginsberg, and will include articles on: Contemporary results of surgical resection...

Congenital hip dysplasia and dislocation are common diseases of newborns and small infants, with frequently severe consequences if orthopaedic therapy is not initiated at an early stage. Therefore many clinicians have been looking for a simple method for the investigation of the hip joint in the early...

The second volume of Frontiers in European Radiology covers two very promising techniques in diagnostic radiology, namely digital radiography and nuclear mag­ netic resonance imaging. Leading experts in both fields from Europe and the Unit­ ed States were invited to give a critical overview; digital...

EI libro pretende acercar el conocimiento de la prosocialidad y la empatía, es decir, la tendencia a ayudar cuando los demás lo necesitan y la capacidad para ponerse en el lugar de la otra persona que tiene un problema o una necesidad, y también de la agresividad y la impulsividad a familias y...

Professor B.G. WEBER has once again and in a very timely fashion produced a superb book on an orthopaedic subject of great importance. "The Extemal Fixator" is the most comprehensive text on the subject in orthopaedic literature to date. Professor WEBER thoroughly discusses extemal fixation...

Interdisciplinarity has seemingly become a paradigm for modern and meaningful research. Clearly, the interdisciplinary modus of deliberation enables to unfold relevant but quite different disciplinary perspectives to the reflection of broader scientific questions or societal problems. However, whether...

This book represents the second, fully revised edition of the original volume published in 1982. Experience in neuroradiology has confirmed the outstanding value of computed tomography (CT) for the diagnosis of space-occupying lesions within the skull and orbit. It might be assumed, then, that the...

Few subjects in gynecology, let alone in medicine in general, have provoked such inter­ est or study as cervical cancer. Although the wealth of monographs and books publish­ ed on the subject would seem to obviate the need for more, the great advances made in the medical sciences and in gynecological...

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...

De nos jours, l’existence des marraines fées est bien connue. L’une d’entre elles, Violette, est missionnée à Paris pour réunir deux tourtereaux : un chanteur pour midinettes et une couturière sans le sou. Mais sur place, rien ne se déroule comme prévu : les prétendants ne se calculent...