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Food, Science and Society
Exploring the Gap Between Expert Advice and Individual Behaviour
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
There is widespread concern amongst consumers about the safety and acceptability of food, and there are clearly communication gaps between consumers, many food professionals and food industry. This book offers accounts of the two-way nature of this difficult communication process and steps that can...
State and Civil Society under Siege
Hindutva, Security and Militarism in India
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
A comprehensive analysis on the rise, assertion and dominance of the New Hindu Right forces in civil society
From its forgettable electoral performance of 1984 to its historical victory in 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) story has been fodder for many political and academic debates. In...
Parasitism
The Diversity and Ecology of Animal Parasites
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Reflecting the enormous advances made in the field over the past ten years, this text synthesizes the latest developments in the ecology and evolution of animal parasites against a backdrop of parallel advances in parasite systematics, biodiversity and life cycles. This second edition has been thoroughly...
by Elaine M. Bukowiecki, Marlene P. Correia
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
This book presents a myriad of instructional techniques and critical literacy strategies while serving as a professional resource for inservice and preservice primary-grade teachers as they include informational texts in their classrooms. In each of the nine chapters, there is a particular topic that...
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 Robert L. Arrington, Peter M. Burkholder, Shannon Dubose
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
With this issue we initiate the policy of expanding the scope of Tulane Studies in Philosophy to include, in addition to the work of members of the department, contributions from philosophers who have earned advanced degrees from Tulane and who are now teaching in other colleges and universities....
Distal Impact Ejecta Layers
A Record of Large Impacts in Sedimentary Deposits
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
Impact cratering is an important geological process on all solid planetary bodies, and, in the case of Earth, may have had major climatic and biological effects. Most terrestrial impact craters have been erased or modified beyond recognition. However, major impacts throw ejecta over large areas of...
by L. Symon, B. Guidetti, E. Pásztor
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
As an addition to the European postgraduate training system for young neurosurgeons we began to publish in 1974 this series devoted to Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery which was later sponsored by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies. The fact that the English language...
by Faiz M. Khan, John P. Gibbons
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Expand your understanding of the physics and practical clinical applications of advanced radiation therapy technologies with Khan's The Physics of Radiation Therapy, 5th edition, the book that set the standard in the field. This classic full-color text helps the entire radiation therapy team—radiation...
by Faiz M. Khan, John P. Gibbons, Paul W. Sperduto
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2016
This unique, full-color reference offers a total team approach to radiation oncology treatment planning, incorporating the newest imaging techniques and offering a comprehensive discussion of clinical, physical, biological and technical aspects. A clear focus on the application of physical and clinical...
by John M. Miller, MD, Mithilesh K. Das
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016
Keeping up with the use of new technologies in cardiology is becoming increasingly challenging. Case Studies in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology helps to bridge the gap between knowledge and application with 28 cases spanning both common and uncommon arrhythmias and ablation scenarios, each of which...
by V.J. Ferrans, Richard A. Hopkins, S.L. Hilbert
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
A major need of all cardiologists and surgeons involved with the application of allograft tissue to cardiac surgical reconstructions is met by this unique atlas. Step by step, it carefully describes the procedures involved in acquiring, sterilizing, and cryo-preserving allograft valves as well as...
Radiology of the Heart
Cardiac Imaging in Infants, Children, and Adults
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In this unprecedented era of revolutionary developments in clinical imaging, in no area of the body are dramatic breakthroughs better exemplified than in imaging of the heart. It is difficult for this writer to be objective about this work because he has watched its development in the exceptionally...
The ADHD Explosion
Myths, Medication, Money, and Today's Push for Performance
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most controversial and misunderstood medical conditions today. With skyrocketing rates of diagnosis and medication treatment, it has generated a firestorm of controversy. Alarming questions have been raised about ADHD in recent years, including:...