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Multidimensional Liquid Chromatography: Theory and Applications in Industrial Chemistry and the Life Sciences

John Wiley & Sons, 2008

At least two driving forces have contributed to the recent increased use and development of multidimensional liquid chromatography (MDLC). These include the high resolution and peak capacity needed for proteomics studies and the independent size and chemical structure selectivity for resolving industrial polymers. In this regard,...

The Black Death (Great Historic Disasters)

Chelsea House Publications, 2008

In 1346, Europe was hit by the worst natural disaster in its recorded history: the Black Death. Generally believed to be a combination of bubonic plague and two other plague strains, the Black Death ravaged the length and breadth of Europe from Sicily to Norway, from Ireland to Russia, for five terrible years. Scholars can...

Text Atlas of Podiatric Dermatology

CRC Press, 2001

For many years there has been a very positive link between podiatry and clinical dermatology, but unfortunately they largely remain apart in most medical cultures, both in training and in practice. Where they have begun to overlap in the clinical treatment of foot dermatological problems the benefits rapidly become obvious to those...

Radiology of the Postoperative GI Tract

Springer, 2002

The focus of this book is on the normal postoperative appearance of the gastrointestinal tract and the abnormalities specific to various surgical techniques. The authors have generally avoided the topics of abscesses, leaks, and other fluid collections unless specific attention was warranted. The imaging of recurrent neoplasm...

Obstetric/Gynecologic, An Issue of Ultrasound Clinics, 1e (The Clinics: Radiology)

Saunders, 2008

This issue of the Ultrasound Clinics is dedicated to ultrasound imaging of the abdomen. Abdominal ultrasound is often the first-line imaging modality used to evaluate the kidneys, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, abdominal aorta, and other blood vessels in the abdomen, and as such can be extremely helpful in...

Congestive Heart Failure

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006

Having first decided to organize and edit a book on heart failure in 1992 (with a 1994 publication date), we have been astounded at the changes in the field over a relatively brief 14-year period. It is with some amusement that we now look back at our first edition and note a combined chapter of beta agonists and...

Mitochondrial Biology: New Perspectives (Novartis Foundation Symposia)

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

With the recent renaissance in mitochondrial biology and increasing recognition of their role in many diseases, this book provides a timely summary of the current state-of-the-art in mitochondrial research. The book opens with the regulation of mitochondrial replication and biogenesis and reviews the mechanisms and functional consequences of...

Quantitative MRI of the Brain: Measuring Changes Caused by Disease

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

This book was conceived one balmy March evening on the banks of the river Brisbane, in Queensland, Australia, where I had just arrived for a sabbatical, and it became clear that the traditions of measurement science and MRI should meet. The notion of a guide, a cook-book, for quantitative MRI (qMR) techniques took seed, and attained its own...

Immunology and Immunopathogenesis of Malaria (Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology)

Springer, 2005

Malaria is still a major global health problem, killing more than one million people every year. Almost all of these deaths are caused by Plasmodium falciparum, one of the four species of malaria parasites infecting humans. This high burden of mortality falls heavily on sub-Saharan Africa, where over 90% of these deaths are...

Cured of Cancer: From childhood to adulthood quality of Survival (Uva Proefschriften)

Amsterdam University Press, 2003

Over the past decades, paediatric oncologists, paediatric oncology nurses and other health-care professionals caring for children with cancer have witnessed profound changes in the nature of their practice. Whereas care of the child with cancer was 30 or 35 years ago a matter of controlling pain and keeping the child as...

A Personal History of Nuclear Medicine

Springer, 2006

A Personal History of Nuclear Medicine is an account of how nuclear medicine developed, and its basic philosophy in the past, present and future. The book outlines the history of the development of nuclear medicine as experienced by the author and describes the hurdles that nuclear medicine has had to face, in view of the perception of...

Pocket Guide to Critical Care Pharmacotherapy

Humana Press, 2007

Critical care medicine is a cutting-edge medical field that is highly evidence-based. Studies are continuously published that alter the approach to patient care. As a critical care clinician, I am aware of the tremendous commitment required to provide optimal evidence-based care. Pocket Guide to Critical Care...

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