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  • Degradation of Alpine Grasslands on Tibetan Plateau

    Assessment, Causes, Consequences, and Restoration
    • 1st Edition
    • Shibin Liu + 3 more
    • English
    Degradation of Alpine Grasslands on Tibetan Plateau: Assessment, Causes, Consequences, and Restoration summarizes the approaches for assessing the degradation of alpine grasslands, highlighting its effects on vegetation, soil characteristics, water cycles, and ecosystem services. It examines soil carbon and nutrient distribution on the Tibetan Plateau, discusses how degradation impacts nutrient and water cycling, and explores the effects of climate change. The influence of varying moisture conditions on vegetation distribution is also analyzed, along with a quantitative summary of restoration strategies for degraded grasslands.This book serves as a valuable reference for researchers seeking to understand the current state of research in the field of alpine grassland degradation.

  • The Brainstem

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 216
    • English
    This volume on Brainstem consolidates research for a complete understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the Brainstem and how it affects assorted other systems in the body. The brainstem impacts breathing, the gastrointestinal system, the cardiac system, mood, pain, wakefulness, consciousness, and sleep. Pathologies can impact vision, motor control, hearing, balance, blood supply and is particularly involved in neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s. The volume discusses how the brainstem operates in full health, pathologies associated with the brainstem and their impact, methods for monitoring brainstem function, and diagnosis and treatment of brainstem disorders. Monitoring and intervention is reliant on technologies to assess function. This volume will include CT, MRI, USG, angiography, BERA, and functional imaging.

  • Coronary and Endovascular Stents, An Issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 15-2
    • Sahil A. Parikh
    • English
    In this issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics, guest editor Dr. Sahil A. Parikh brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Coronary and Endovascular Stents. Top experts in the field discuss key topics such as current generation coronary drug eluting stents: summary of clinical data; next generation drug delivery systems and drugs for vascular intervention; endovascular drug delivery from stents and balloons: what every interventionalist must know; and much more.

  • Anti-Racist Medicine

    An Essential Guide to Advancing Equity in Medical Education, Research, Technology, Policy, and Practice
    • 1st Edition
    • Zeshan Qureshi + 2 more
    • English
    Drawing on the knowledge and expertise of an international team of influential and respected editors, contributors, and advisors, Anti-Racist Medicine: An Essential Guide to Advancing Equity in Medical Education, Research, Technology, Policy, and Practice provides an up-to-date, evidence-based resource for guidance in this challenging area. This first-of-its-kind textbook addresses increasingly important questions associated with race, ethnicity, and medicine—specificall... designed for those in medical education, leadership, research, and practice—in one accessible, practical, and objective resource.

  • The Midwives' Guide to Key Medical Conditions

    Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • 3rd Edition
    • Linda Wylie + 1 more
    • English
    Designed to help midwives optimally manage pregnancy and childbirth in women with systemic disease, The Midwives' Guide to Key Medical Conditions, 3rd Edition, provides up-to-date guidance on how to recognize the early onset of disease-related pregnancy complications and determine when it may be necessary to refer patients to another member of the healthcare team. Using an accessible writing style and clear illustrations throughout, this highly regarded text is edited and written by well-known authorities in the field to ensure that information is relevant to midwives in training or practice.

  • Diagnostic Pathology: Nonneoplastic Dermatopathology

    • 4th Edition
    • Brian J. Hall
    • English
    This expert volume in the Diagnostic Pathology series is an excellent point-of-care resource for practitioners at all levels of experience and training. Covering virtually every entity in inflammatory dermatopathology likely to be encountered, it incorporates the most recent clinical, pathologic, and molecular knowledge in the field to provide a comprehensive overview of all key issues relevant to today’s practice. Succinctly written, richly illustrated, and easy to use, Diagnostic Pathology: Nonneoplastic Dermatopathology, fourth edition, is a one-stop reference for accurate, complete pathology reports, ideal as a day-to-day reference or as a reliable training resource.

  • Innovations In Advanced Materials and Manufacturing

    • 1st Edition
    • Mohammad Nasr Esfahani + 1 more
    • English
    Innovations In Advanced Materials and Manufacturing provides insights into the mechanics, characteristics, behavior, application, and manufacturing of advanced materials such as nanowires, 2D materials, biomaterials, smart materials, and more. The book discusses the materials themselves, with chapters dedicated to the mechanics and electronic and magnetic properties of nanomaterials, photonic, and phononic materials and devices, 2D magnetic materials, smart materials and coatings, metamaterials, and microdevices and sensors. Other sections cover manufacturing technologies and methods of previously discussed materials, outlining manufacturing techniques for additive manufacturing of metallic lattice structures, biomedical alloys, shape memory alloys, multifunctional polymer composites, nanocomposite structures, ceramics, and batteries.

  • New Psychoactive Substances: An Analytical Chemistry Perspective

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 112
    • English
    New Psychoactive Substances: An Analytical Chemistry Perspective, Volume 112 introduces new information on psychoactive drugs, including their identification and quantification, and paying attention to three main aspects: the target molecules, the analytical tools and the matrices in which the new psychoactive substances (NPS) can be found. Topics in this new release include Sensors for the detection of New Psychoactive Substances, New psychoactive substances: pharmacology and impact on human health, Spectroscopic techniques, from (onsite) screening and identification to structure elucidation of new psychoactive substances, Liquid chromatography- Mass spectrometry for comprehensive research of NPS, and much more. Other sections cover Determination of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) in hair samples, New psychoactive substances as abuse drugs, The legal framework about NPS, Phenethylamines and amphetamine type derived drugs, Naturally based mystic drugs, Ambient pressure mass spectrometry in the forensic analysis of NPS, NPS - drugs to circumvent laws, Analysis of wastewater, and many more timely topics.

  • Autonomous Driving and Mixed Traffic Dynamics

    • 1st Edition
    • Michail Makridis + 1 more
    • English
    Autonomous Driving and Mixed Traffic Dynamics provides an introduction to autonomous vehicles (AV) in road transport systems, along with discussions on the critical similarities and differences with human drivers. Focusing on key concepts in traffic dynamics and AI-based modeling, the book also offers a comprehensive discussion of the unique dynamics introduced by AVs and their impacts on congestion, safety, energy, and their role in sustainable future intelligent transportation systems. Sections delve into traditional driving behaviors, examining the basics of car-following, driver characteristics, lateral movement, and how well AI models generalize these behaviors.Further sections cover shifts to autonomous driving systems, analyzing their operational principles and providing comparative evidence with human drivers. Assessments on the performance of traditional car-following models against artificial intelligence developments that highlight strengths and weaknesses for each approach are also included. Final sections integrate human drivers and AVs into broader traffic flow theories, presenting findings on how autonomous driving impacts traffic patterns, look at the role of AI and modeling, explore the pros and cons of various methods and data sources, and discuss real-world traffic management applications, combining AI and traditional models for traffic estimation, control, and ensuring fair, disruption-resilient outcomes.

  • Occupational Therapies Without Borders

    Integrating Justice with Practice
    • 3rd Edition
    • Nick Pollard + 3 more
    • English
    Since its first edition in 2005, Occupational Therapies Without Borders has been a key text in many of the world’s leading occupational therapy education programs. It focuses on how occupational therapists can affect positive societal change through nurturing participation parity and engagement in occupation.This book comprehensively covers theory, methodology and practice in the context of working with different cultures and geographies. It explores occupational therapy and social class, race, disability, marginality and sexuality from a critical theory perspective, and discusses practical approaches.The book has been fully revised to reflect emerging concerns for occupational therapy in different and health and social systems globally. It will motivate undergraduate and postgraduate occupational therapy students to explore the transformative potential of their practice.

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