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Casos clínicos de Medicina de Urgencias y Emergencias
100 casos razonados
1st Edition
F. Javier Montero Pérez + 1 more
Spanish
Casos clínicos de medicina de urgencias y emergencias. 100 casos razonados acompaña la séptima edición de Medicina de urgencias y emergencias. Guía diagnóstica y protocolos de actuación para ayudar a profesionales de urgencias y estudiantes del grado de Medicina a actualizar y comprobar sus conocimientos. La obra va dirigida a médicos de urgencias, estudiantes de Medicina, u otros especialistas que realicen guardias de urgencias generales. Puede ser utilizada para la consulta clínica o el estudio, y constituye una herramienta muy útil para el desarrollo del razonamiento clínico en urgencias y la obtención de conocimientos esenciales para el ejercicio de esta especialidad. F. Javier Montero Pérez y Luis Jiménez Murillo han sido directores y coautores de Medicina de urgencias y emergencias. Guía diagnóstica y protocolos de actuación desde su primera edición, en 1994. Su amplia experiencia en medicina de urgencias en sus diversos aspectos (asistencia, gestión, docencia e investigación) avala esta obra de referencia desde hace tres décadas, así como sus nuevas obras hermanas: Casos clínicos de medicina de urgencias y emergencias. 100 casos razonados y Medicina de urgencias y emergencias a examen. 1.500 preguntas test con respuestas razonadas.
State Estimation Strategies in Lithium-ion Battery Management Systems
1st Edition
Kailong Liu + 5 more
English
State Estimation Strategies in Lithium-ion Battery Management Systems presents key technologies and methodologies in modeling and monitoring charge, energy, power and health of lithium-ion batteries. Sections introduce core state parameters of the lithium-ion battery, reviewing existing research and the significance of the prediction of core state parameters of the lithium-ion battery and analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of prediction methods of core state parameters. Characteristic analysis and aging characteristics are then discussed. Subsequent chapters elaborate, in detail, on modeling and parameter identification methods and advanced estimation techniques in different application scenarios. Offering a systematic approach supported by examples, process diagrams, flowcharts, algorithms, and other visual elements, this book is of interest to researchers, advanced students and scientists in energy storage, control, automation, electrical engineering, power systems, materials science and chemical engineering, as well as to engineers, R&D professionals, and other industry personnel.
Crises in Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries
Disasters and Environmental Challenges
1st Edition
Mohammad Reza Rahimpour + 3 more
English
Crises in Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries: Disasters and Environmental Challenges provides an overview of both natural and manmade disasters occurring in oil, gas and petrochemical industries while also covering special solutions based on their types. This volume includes the effects of natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and hurricanes as well as manmade incidents including fire events, explosions and the release of dust and toxic substances on various related units and plants. In addition, the long-term side effects on both humans and the environment resulted from these industries are presented. Problems such as releasing wastes and venting gases into the environment and challenges from overusing the natural resources and producing noise pollutants are also discussed in detail.
Crises in Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries
Loss Prevention and Disaster Management
1st Edition
Mohammad Reza Rahimpour + 3 more
English
Crises in Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries: Loss Prevention and Disaster Management, Volume Two provides an overview of both natural and manmade disasters occurring in oil, gas and petrochemical industries and prepares special solutions based on their types. The book focuses on loss prevention and disaster management in petrochemical industries from different points-of-view. Sections review methods for making the apparatus safer and continue with discussions on the process of facing and managing disasters during the occurrence. Final sections cover loss and economic analysis after disasters and methods of reversibility are presented with case studies from around the world.
Advances in Pediatrics, 2023
1st Edition
Volume 70-1
Carol Berkowitz + 4 more
English
Advances in Pediatrics reviews the year’s most important findings and updates within the field in order to provide pediatricians and primary care providers with the current clinical information they need to improve patient outcomes. A distinguished editorial board, led by Dr. Carol Berkowitz, identifies key areas of major progress and controversy and invites preeminent specialists to contribute original articles devoted to these topics. These insightful overviews in pediatrics inform and enhance clinical practice by bringing concepts to a clinical level and exploring their everyday impact on patient care.
Safety in the Chemical Laboratory and Industry
A Practical Guide
1st Edition
Muhammad Raza Shah
English
Safety in the Chemical Laboratory and Industry: A Practical Guide provides an authoritative reference on chemical safety procedures and the handling and disposal of chemicals at both the laboratory and industrial level. The book serves as a practical guide for laboratory workers and offers prudent guidelines for the development of regulatory policy for academic and non-academic organizations. The book stresses that all accidental injuries can be minimized if systems and attitudes are in place to prevent them and that to fully materialize a safety culture, even with improved technology, everyone should be mindful of maintaining a safe environment. This handbook will assist faculty, researchers, staff and students to provide a safe and healthy laboratory environment to teach, learn and conduct research.
Child Health Equity, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America
1st Edition
Volume 70-4
Robert S. Kahn + 2 more
English
In this issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Robert S. Kahn, Monica Mitchell, and Tina L. Cheng bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Achieving Child Health Equity. Health equity requires removing obstacles to health such as poverty, discrimination, and their consequences, including powerlessness and lack of access to good jobs with fair pay, quality education and housing, safe environments, and health care. In this issue, top experts provide up-to-date information to healthcare practitioners with the goal of implementing programs and policies to identify and address health care inequality for children.
Core Topics in General and Emergency Surgery
A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice
7th Edition
Hugh M. Paterson + 1 more
English
Core Topics in General & Emergency Surgery provides a short, up-to-date and practical reference guide for surgical trainees and established consultants needing a refresher.The seventh edition has been edited and fully revised by respected experts in their fields, and provides a full list of current references and relevant resources. It covers a range of topics relevant to all areas of surgical practice – beyond surgical knowledge – that are essential for enhanced patient outcomes. These include quality improvement in emergency surgery, evaluation of new technology, evaluation of surgical literature, and human factors.This volume is part of the Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice series, the pre-eminent reference for trainees in general surgery and those preparing for the FRCS examinations. Each volume summarises key issues within each surgical sub-specialty and provides evidence-based recommendations to support practice.
Demystifying Integrated Care
A Handbook for Practice
1st Edition
Kirsty Marshall + 3 more
English
Integrated care aims to address inequality through removing fragmented health and social care. It is being adopted worldwide, including in the UK, where the NHS is undergoing significant transformation as it introduces integrated care for all providers.This new book aims to equip students and practitioners to take the lead in this new model of care delivery. It will help them understand the key principles of integrated care and then apply these to the design, implementation and practice of integrated care in their own work.Written by academics and operational healthcare leaders, this book is ideal for final year students of nursing, allied health and social care, postgraduates, and all nursing and allied health professionals who will be required to work within the UK’s new integrated care systems.
Electricity Decentralization in the European Union
Towards Zero Carbon and Energy Transition
2nd Edition
Rafael Leal-Arcas
English
Electricity Decentralization in the European Union: Towards Zero Carbon and Energy Transition, Second Edition examines progress in decentralization across the European Union, with each chapter focusing on developments and innovations in a specific country. Sections provide an overview of the current role and state of smart grids, the conceptualization of energy transition, and specific cases across all EU states. Across the chapters, regulatory frameworks are assessed to identify to what extent it is conducive to decentralization, with specific outcomes of decentralization covered in detail, including deployment of smart grids and meters, demand response, electric vehicles, and storage. The book highlights how specific EU member states are progressing towards deployment of these tools and technologies, along with the specific needs and regulatory barriers in each and recommendations for how regulation can be more encouraging. In addition, electricity interconnections in the EU are considered as a vital step towards decentralization in order to boost energy security and energy efficiency. Finally, the book includes a detailed examination of data protection concerns that arise from the advent of new technologies that collect personal information, such as smart grids, assessing current regulation on data protection and identifying areas for improvement, as well as innovative finance options for sustainable energy.

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