Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is the fourth leading cause of cancer
death in the United States. Annually approximately 30,000 Americans are
diagnosed with the disease and most will die from it within five years. Pancreatic
ductal adenocarcinoma is unique because of its late onset in age, high
mortality, small tumor samples...
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Is your job search stalling out after you submit a resume but before you're offered an interview? With a recession that has caused a 10% unemployment rate affecting 15.3 million Americans, having a winning resume is vital to securing an interview-and it demands a fresh look at...
Darling of high society, creator of the "New Look", Dior shot to international fame almost overnight at the age of 47. At first his creations provoked angry accusations of unpatriotic extravagance, but women everywhere soon warmed to his hour-glass lines and long, rustling skirts. In this work, Dior's most characteristic designs...
The main objective of this book is to provide the students with the opportunity to improve their
programming skills using the MATLAB environment to implement algorithms and to teach the use of
MATLAB as a tool in solving problems in engineering. This book includes the coverage of basics of
MATLAB and application of MATLAB software to...
Image manipulation is being used by professionals all over the world. Beautiful pictures can be achieved by combining technology with art. GIMP. the GNU Image Manipulation Program, makes them accessible to everyone. GIMP is. With it, anyone can express their emotional and intellectual capability in a new dimension.
The "Bone and Joint Decade" draws our attention with increased intensity to the problem of the changes related to aging of our musculoskeletal system and the associated socioeconomic implications. In view of the increasing age of the worldwide population the impact seems to be tremendous. The editors of The Aging Spine pick up this...
Danger! It lurks at every corner. Volcanoes. Sharks. Quicksand. Terrorists. The pilot of the plane blacks out and it's up to you to land the jet. What do you do? The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook is here to help: jam-packed with how-to, hands-on, step-by-step, illustrated instructions on everything you need to know...
In an age when so much communication is tethered to
technology, delivering messages face-to-face has paradoxically
become even more vital to professional success. We all have ready
access to more information than any of our ancestors did. At the
click of a few keys, we can locate reams of facts on any topic under
the sun. But...
Herpes zoster is a serious neurocutaneous disease which has been underestimated
in terms of its burden, particularly in the elderly population. The
overall incidence of herpes zoster in Europe is about 3 per 1,000 people and
more than 10 per 1,000 people per year aged more than 80 years. Due to the
growing life expectancy of the...
Diabetes mellitus is one of the most frequent chronic diseases affecting children and adolescents. The number of young children being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes is increasing worldwide and an epidemic of type 2 diabetes already at a young age is being observed in most societies around the world. In this book, leading experts from the USA,...
This is a comprehensive handbook on all aspects of adverse effects by drugs, chemical substances and radiation on the kidneys. The book consists of a general part dealing with themes such as clinical relevance, renal handling and cellular mechanisms of nephrotoxicity, as well as animal and cell culture models. The second part includes the...
Health expectancies were developed to address the important question of whether or not we are exchanging longer life for poorer health - replacing quality by quantity.
Health expectancies extend the concept of life expectancy to morbidity and disability by providing a means of dividing life expectancy into life spent in various states...
