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  • Health Visiting

    Specialist Community Public Health Nursing
    • 3rd Edition
    • Patricia Burrows + 1 more
    • English
    This popular book encompasses contemporary theory and practice relevant to effective health visiting across all four nations of the United Kingdom, now and into the future.Now in its third edition, the text has been completely rewritten and updated by new editors Patricia Burrows and Jean Cowie to reflect the many changes that have occurred as health visiting practice evolves. These include a strong focus on parental and child emotional and mental health wellbeing; speech, language and communication development for children; the impact of trauma and adverse childhood experiences; and the relevance of technology to health visiting practice.The book is strongly grounded in evidence and is suitable both for student health visitors as well as qualified practitioners wishing to further their practice and academic development.

  • Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty

    • 1st Edition
    • Richard D. Scott + 1 more
    • English
    High patient satisfaction, rapid recovery times, and suitability for outpatient surgery make unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) an increasingly popular surgical option for treatment of isolated, medial and lateral compartment arthritis of the knee. Drs. Richard D. Scott and Vivek Shah impart their considerable expertise in Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty, providing orthopaedic surgeons and related clinical staff with the comprehensive, easy-to-read information needed to make the most of this innovative procedure in daily practice.

  • Non-Conventional Energy in North America

    Current and Future Perspectives for Electricity Generation
    • 1st Edition
    • Jorge Morales Pedraza
    • English
    Non-Conventional Energy in North America: Current and Future Perspectives for Electricity Generation provides an analysis of the current state of non-conventional energy sources used in the United States and Canada. The book works through all non-conventional renewable energy power sources, such as solar, wind and nuclear, considers the associated pros and cons, their impact on society, the climate and the population, and their potential. As well as coverage on the amount of power generated from each source, this book considers various imposed policies and programs alongside public opinion to provide readers with an understanding of current and future potentials for sustainable energy. Readers in government, energy experts, economists, academics and scientists will find this book to be a great reference on which types of power generation they would like to develop in their regions to promote economic and social development. The book will equip readers with the knowledge to make future decisions to diversity the energy mix in their respective regions.

  • Nanomaterials for Electrocatalysis

    • 1st Edition
    • Thandavarayan Maiyalagan + 4 more
    • English
    Nanomaterials for Electrocatalysis provides an overview of the different types of nanomaterials, design principles and synthesis protocols used for electrocatalytic reactions. The book is divided into four parts that thoroughly describe basic principles and fundamental of electrocatalysis, different types of nanomaterials used, and their electrocatalytic applications, limitations and future perspectives. As electrochemical systems containing nanomaterials, with relevance to experimental situation, yield better results, this book highlights new information and findings.

  • Storing Energy

    with Special Reference to Renewable Energy Sources
    • 2nd Edition
    • Trevor Letcher
    • English
    Storing Energy: With Special Reference to Renewable Energy Sources, Second Edition has been fully revised and substantially extended to provide up-to-date and essential discussion that will support the needs of the world’s future energy and climate change policies. New sections cover thermal energy storage, tidal storage, sustainability issues in relation to storing energy and impacts on global energy markets. Various systems are discussed, including mechanical/kinetic, thermal, electrochemical and other chemical, as well as other emerging technologies. Incorporating advancements described in the book will help the people of the world further overcome the problems related to future energy and climate change.

  • Leading and Managing in Contemporary Health and Social Care

    • 1st Edition
    • Elizabeth Anne Rosser + 1 more
    • English
    An understanding of leadership and management theory and practice is integral to the success of a new generation of health and social care professionals, and managers of services. It is equally important for educators in the field. Leading and Managing in Contemporary Health and Social Care by Elizabeth Rosser and Cate Wood supports the development of all health and social care professionals as managers and leaders in today’s rapidly evolving environment. This new title addresses pertinent topics including: integration and enhancement of health and social care services; interprofessional working; the importance of a strong organizational culture; developing individual resilience; leading innovation; and practising successful project and financial management within global and culturally sensitive contexts. With a growing mandate for health and social care professionals to understand leadership and management within their organizations, and a strong appreciation of these skills by employers, this new book is an important contribution that students and educators alike will welcome.

  • Overpressure Protection in the Process Industry

    A Critical View
    • 1st Edition
    • Marc Hellemans
    • English
    Overpressure Protection in the Process Industry: A Critical View provides a practical and pragmatic guidance for anyone dealing with overpressure protection in the process industry. The book explains the background of complicated international codes and regulations, offering a pragmatic and practical approach on how these codes can be interpreted for specific cases. The book also gives a critical view on these codes and regulations and where they do or don't make sense, along with the challenges in some instances, including technical and practical argumentations. Finally, the book covers specific problem areas and sizing methods when using safety relief devices as overpressure protection, such as how to handle installation, backpressures, blowdowns, the 3% rule, types of chatter and other destructive forces in relief devices.

  • Manual basico de urgencias en traumatologia

    • 1st Edition
    • Mario Holgado
    • Spanish
    Con un enfoque eminentemente practico, permite consultar rapidamente cualquier patologia traumatica y obtener orientaciones diagnosticas precisas para el tratamiento. Se trata del primer manual de traumatologia enfocado claramente a la asistencia medica. Los autores prescinden de informacion teorica no esencial para el tratamiento y ofrecen pautas concisas para que incluso un profesional con conocimientos basicos en traumatologia pueda llevar a cabo una labor asistencial de calidad. El elenco de colaboradores refleja la fusion perfecta entre la experiencia y la templanza de los medicos especialistas del servicio de traumatologia, y el entusiasmo y la frescura de los residentes que realizan gran parte de la actividad asistencial. Cuenta, ademas, con especialistas en el campo de la atencion primaria y la rehabilitacion. La obra va dirigida a cualqueir medicoa que tenga contacto con la traumatologia durante su desempe?o profesional, tanto en el servicio de urgencias como en la atencion primaria. La obra ofrece acceso a www.elsevier.es/clin... con 16 video que ilustran diversos tipos de exploraciones, maniobras de reduccion y los pasos generales para la colocacion de una ferula.

  • Netter. Exploración clínica en ortopedia

    Un enfoque basado en la evidencia
    • 4th Edition
    • Joshua Cleland + 2 more
    • Spanish
    Práctica guía altamente ilustrada que cubre los aspectos relevantes de la anatomía, la patología anatómica y las pruebas específicas utilizando las famosas ilustraciones del Dr. Frank H. Netter, así como fotografías clínicas. Proporciona resúmenes actualizados de la evidencia disponible para poder evaluar con rapidez la eficacia de las pruebas clinicas, revisar estudios recientes y determinar qué prueba predecirá mejor un diagnóstico específico. Emplea un práctico formato en tablas que proporciona un acceso rápido a pruebas fiables, diagnósitcos útiles, calidad de los estudios, anatomía y biomecánica, y recomendaciones para aplicar la evidencia y la práctica. Utiliza un código que identifica la calidad de los estudios (basado en QUADAS Y QAREL) para centrar la atención en aquellos de máxida fiabilidad y ayudar a entender por qué algunos estudios se han incluido y otros se han omitido. Incluye la versión digital de la obra original (contenido en inglés), con acceso, a través de distintos dispositivos, al texto, las figuras y la bibliografía del libro, así como a 25 vídeos que muestran el movimiento en distintas pruebas, ayudando a obtener la información clínicamente más relevante de la exploración.

  • Braddom. Medicina física y rehabilitación

    • 6th Edition
    • David X. Cifu
    • Spanish
    La más acreditada referencia en el campo de la medicina física y la rehabiltación desde hace más de veinte años. Esta obra de referencia ha constituido el primer recurso al que acude todo equipo de rehabilitación, ya que recoge pormenorizadamente los principios básicos de este campo, además de la información más actual sobre investigación, tecnología e intervenciones, lo que redunda en la mejora de la atención al paciente y en su recuperación. Añade un nuevo capítulo, "Medicina del trabajo y rehabilitación profesional", mejora la cobertura de temas como la vejia neurógena, la rehabilitación y la restauración prote´sica en la amputación de extremidades supreriores, y los trastornos médicos agudos -entre ellos, la enfermedad cardíaca, la fragilidad médica y la insuficiencia renal. Amplía el contenido sobre cuestiones clave como las opciones de abordajes del dolor en las intervenciones, la marcha y las prótesis, la ecografía, la radioscopia, y el electrodiagnóstico. Cuenta con cápítulos profusamente ilustrados y de estructura uniforme, en los ques es fácil encontrar la información clave. Incluye la versión digital de la obra original (contenido en inglés), con acceso, a través de distintos dispositivos, al texto, las figuras y la bibliografía completa del libro. Asímismo, cuenta con más de cincuenta prácticos vídeos y cientos de preguntas de autoevaluación basadas en problemas que buscan un aprendizaje más eficaz.

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