The pancreas is an unobtrusive organ, and the prospects and possibilities of solving the physiological and pathological nature of its behavior are numerous. When conducting a pathological study or an investigation of the pancreas, it is important to consider its anatomical and embryological basis as well as the occurrence of age-related...

This year, we received about 170 submissions to ICWL 2008. There were a total of 52 full papers, representing an acceptance rate of about 30%, plus one invited paper accepted for inclusion in this LNCS proceedings. The authors of these accepted papers came from many different countries. We would like to thank all the reviewers for spending...

A good knowledge of renal physiology is essential to the understanding of many disease states. The purpose of the book is to set out the principles of renal physiology and normal renal function. Now in its 30th year of continuous publication, this new edition offers a logical progression through renal physiology and pathophysiology. In...

Eagerly awaited, this second edition of a best-selling textcomprehensively describes from a modern perspective the basics ofx-ray physics as well as the completely new opportunities offeredby synchrotron radiation. Written by internationally acclaimedauthors, the style of the book is to develop the basic physicalprinciples without obscuring...

The Routledge Guidebook to Heidegger’s Being and Time examines the work of one of the most controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. Heidegger’s writings are notoriously difficult, requiring careful reading. This book analyses his first major publication, Being and Time, which to this day remains his most...

With more than 50,000 copies sold, Alan Farley’s The Master Swing Trader has become the definitive guide for maximizing profit from short-term price moves. Now in his highly anticipated companion volume, The Master Swing Trader Toolkit: The Market Survival Guide, Farley builds on his proven strategies and techniques and...