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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Tables
Graphics in Life Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
This book is devoted to the graphics of patient data: good graphs enabling straight¬forward and intuitive interpretation, efficient creation, and straightforward interpretation. We focus on easy access to graphics of patient data: the intention is to show a large variety of graphs for different phases...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
The purpose of this book is to bring together scientists and clinicians interested in oxidative injury in the nervous system but whose approaches to investigation and treatment design vary widely. Indeed the goal of this book is to show that the investiga tive approaches and potential therapeutic...
Market Oriented Product Innovation
A Key to Survival in the Third Millennium
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Market-Oriented Product Innovation differs from most other titles, written either from a marketing or technical perspective, by giving a holistic view of the product innovation process. It has a product perspective, written from a managerial point of view, recognizing that product innovation, or new...
Handbook of Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis
with Neutron Beams
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
Prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA) is a unique, non-destructive nuclear analytical method with multi-element capabilities. It is most effective if intense neutron beams (especially cold beams) of nuclear reactors are used to induce the prompt gamma radiation. Based largely on the authors' pioneering...
by Ron Vannelli
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Evolutionary Theory and Human Nature is an original, highly theoretical work dealing with the transition from genes to behavior using general principles of evolution, especially those of sexual selection. It seeks to develop a seamless transition from genes to human motivations as bio-electric brain...
Thin Film Metal-Oxides
Fundamentals and Applications in Electronics and Energy
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2009
Thin Film Metal-Oxides provides a representative account of the fundamental structure-property relations in oxide thin films. Functional properties of thin film oxides are discussed in the context of applications in emerging electronics and renewable energy technologies. Readers will find a detailed...
Spelling Morphology
The Psycholinguistics of Hebrew Spelling
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Modern Hebrew is a highly synthetic Semitic language—its lexicon is rich in morphemes. This volume supplies the first in-depth psycholinguistic analysis of the interaction between morphological knowledge and spelling in Hebrew. It also examines how far this model can be applied to other languages....
Activity Systems Analysis Methods
Understanding Complex Learning Environments
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
In the last two decades, there has been growing interest in pursuing theoretical paradigms that capture complex learning situations. Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) is one of several theoretical frameworks that became very popular among educational researchers because it conceptualizes...
Advances in Teacher Emotion Research
The Impact on Teachers' Lives
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2009
Some reports estimate that nearly 50% of teachers entering the profession leave within the first five years (Alliance for Excellent Education 2004; Ingersoll, 2003; Quality Counts 2000). One explanation of why teachers leave the profession so early in their career might be related to the emotional...
Reproductive Toxicology
In Vitro Germ Cell Developmental Toxicology, from Science to Social and Industrial Demand
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Numerous reports demonstrate that the reproductive system could be affected by multiple potential toxicological agents. The volume includes different aspects of the development of new approaches to in vitro testing using sperm cells and systems involved on reproduction in mammals. Comparative analysis...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
Fundamentals of Clinical Practice, Second Edition presents medical students with a comprehensive guide to the social ramifications of a physician's work, and more experienced practitioners with the tools to augment their own patient-centered techniques.
Pediatric Orthopedics
A Guide for the Primary Care Physician
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Many residency programs in primary care specialties do not provide the education in pediatric orthopedics necessary to effectively deal with the field's challenges. Here, the authors present a framework for the effective evaluation of childhood musculoskeletal problems in a practical and problem-based manner. The volume contains case studies and over 200 illustrations.
Internet Links for Science Education
Student - Scientist Partnerships
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Science teachers come in many varieties, but they share a common goal: to nurture learners. Over the past decade, we have learned a great deal about how to do this effectively. Of all this new (and some not so new) knowledge, what strikes me as most important is that learning occurs best within a...
The Concert Song Companion
A Guide to the Classical Repertoire
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
W HAT I H A V E attempted in this book is a survey of song; the kind of song which one finds variously described as 'concert', 'art', or sometimes even 'classical song'. 'Concert song' seems the most useful, certainly the least inexact or misleading, of some descriptions, especially since 'art song'...