Cardiovascular diseases continue to be the leading cause of death in the - jority of industrialized countries. The most frequent underlying pathology, namely atherosclerosis, and its clinical sequelae, namely coronary heart d- ease, cerebrovascular disease and peripheral artery disease, remain common although for a long time we have been made...

This first edition of The Rough Guide to Dubai is the ultimate companion to the world's most exciting tourist destination, where Eastern and Western cultures merge. You can find expert coverage of everything from traditional souks to state-of-the-art tourist attractions, beautiful beaches to "seven-star" hotels. Plus,...

ESSENTIALS OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT, 2E, is a brief version of the authors' market-leading text STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH, 8E, helping students identify and focus on core concepts in the field in a more succinct, streamlined format. Based on real-world practices and current thinking, the text's presentation of...

This book contains contributions presented at the last of the Alcuin Symposia, held in April 2000, as a Festschrift to honour Prof. Axel Wollmer on the occasion of his retirement from the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen. The Alcuin Symposia were initially held alternatively in York and Aachen, in recent years...

Understand what accounting is all about and its evolving role in business with Warren and Reeve's ACCOUNTING, the most successful higher education accounting text of all time. You'll use the preparation of financial statements as a framemark work for understand accounting and concepts and in the rocess you'll see how to use...

IT in Pharmacy: An Integrated Approach aims to describe and discuss the major areas of pharmacy IT innovation (e-prescribing, drug databases, electronic patient records, clinical decision support, pharmacy management systems, robots and automation etc) from a systems and a professional perspective. It will also consider how the areas of...

The Molecular Genetics of Lung Cancer describes how the new...

This classic reference presents the history of interior design from prehistory to the present. Exploring a broad range of design styles and movements, this revised and expanded edition includes coverage of non-Western design and vernacular interior architecture and features 665 photographs and drawings (color and black-and-white).  A...

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With coronary heart disease one of the biggest killers in the Western world, this book will help people of all ages understand what coronary heart disease is and what can be done to prevent it, or at least, delay it for as long as possible. Highly accessible, and written by two experienced heart doctors, the text is designed to help dispel...

With rising prevalence of urinary incontinence and prolapse in aging population in the Western world there is an increasing need for knowledge about this subject. This handy pocketbook summarizes the practical patient management, based upon the available evidence and author’s own clinical experience, and indicates controversial areas...

The aim of the two-volume set of Placenta and Trophoblast: Methods and Protocols is to offer contemporary approaches for studying the biology of the placenta. The chapters contained herein also address critical features of the female organ within which the embryo is housed, the uterus, and some aspects of the embryo–fetus itself,...