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| | Architecture, Society, and Ritual in Viking Age Scandinavia: Doors, Dwellings, and Domestic Space
In this book, Marianne Hem Eriksen explores the social organization of Viking Age Scandinavia through a study of domestic architecture, and in particular, the doorway. A highly charged architectural element, the door is not merely a practical, constructional solution. Doors control access, generate movement, and demark boundaries, yet also serve... | | The Enduring Library: Technology, Tradition, and the Quest for BalanceGeorge Eliot’s Middlemarch, deemed by many the finest English-language novel of the nineteenth century, is rooted in a particular time and place. The time is the late 1820s and early 1830s and the place England—a country going through a profound change. Superstition was giving way to science, quackery to scientific medicine,... |
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Encyclopedia of Junk Food and Fast FoodEating junk food and fast food is a great all-American passion. American kids and grownups love their candy bars, Big Macs and supersized fries, Doritos, Twinkies, and Good Humor ice cream bars. The disastrous health effects from the enormous appetite for these processed fat- and sugar-loaded foods are well publicized now. This was particularly... | | Allergy: An Atlas of Investigation and Diagnosis
In one form or another, allergies and intolerances affect approximately one third of the population, with as many as half of all sufferers being children.
Demystifying the whole subject, this exciting new reference is designed with one purpose in mind - to help allergy specialists and general practitioners care for patients... | | Neonatal Bioethics: The Moral Challenges of Medical Innovation
Neonatal intensive care has been one of the most morally controversial areas of medicine during the past thirty years. This study examines the interconnected development of four key aspects of neonatal intensive care: medical advances, ethical analysis, legal scrutiny, and econometric evaluation.
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Instrumentation and Sensors for the Food Industry, Second EditionAn authoritative and practical guide to the range of instrumentation and sensors available to the food technology professional. Revised to include new developments and techniques, including the development of on-line sensors for immediate analysis and control of production.
The enjoyable, everyday food in an industrialized society relies... | | | | Taylor's Musculoskeletal Problems and Injuries: A Handbook
After more than a quarter century as a primary care educator, I am
convinced that our graduates enter practice inadequately trained in
the diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal problems and
injuries. One reason for this perceived deficiency is the relatively
short duration of primary care training—typically three... |
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