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  • Neuroftalmología. 2011-2012

    Sección 5
    • 1st Edition
    • Lanning B. Kline
    • Spanish
    La Sección 5 del Curso de Ciencias Básicas y Clínicas de la AAO hace un recorrido por las principales cuestiones que giran hoy en día entorno a la neuroftalmología, un área en la que además se han producido avances muy significativos en los últimos años. Se proporciona a los lectores las herramientas necesarias para llevar a cabo un diagnóstico correcto de las principales patologías neuroftalmológicas, su tratamiento y posibles complicaciones asociadas. Las técnicas diagnósticas por imagen son clave para el diagnóstico de este tipo de patologías y por ellos una sección de esta obra describe una a una las técnicas más empleadas en neuroftalmología. La pérdida de visión por causas neuroftalmológicas es una de las principales patologías abordadas en esta obra. Así, los autores describen paso a paso cada una de estas patologías centrándose en el origen neuroftalmológico de las mismas. Los autores, reconocidos expertos internacionales en la materia, han realizado una revisión exhaustiva y pormenorizada de los contenidos, los cuales están avalados por las principales sociedades científicas tanto nacionales como internacionales.
  • Tropical Radioecology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 18
    • J.R. Twining
    • English
    Tropical Radioecology is a guide to the wide range of scientific practices and principles of this multidisciplinary field. It brings together past and present studies in the tropical and sub-tropical areas of the planet, highlighting the unique aspects of tropical systems. Until recently, radioecological models for tropical environments have depended upon data derived from temperate environments, despite the differences of these regions in terms of biota and abiotic conditions. Since radioactivity can be used to trace environmental processes in humans and other biota, this book offers examples of studies in which radiotracers have been used to assess biokinetics in tropical biota.
  • Writing for Science and Engineering

    Papers, Presentations and Reports
    • 2nd Edition
    • Heather Silyn-Roberts
    • English
    Learning how to write clearly and concisely is an integral part of furthering your research career; however, doing so is not always easy. In this second edition, fully updated and revised, Dr. Silyn-Roberts explains in plain English the steps to writing abstracts, theses, journal papers, funding bids, literature reviews, and more. The book also examines preparing seminar and conference presentations. Written in a practical and easy to follow style specifically for postgraduate students in Engineering and Sciences, this book is essential in learning how to create powerful documents. Writing for Science and Engineering will prove invaluable in all areas of research and writing due its clear, concise style. The practical advice contained within the pages alongside numerous examples to aid learning will make the preparation of documentation much easier for all students.
  • Nanomaterials for Medical Applications

    • 1st Edition
    • Zoraida Aguilar
    • English
    This title covers recent advances in a variety of biomedical applications of nanostructured materials, as the field evolves from prototype device to real-world application. It presents the main types of nanomaterial used in medical application today: semiconductor nanomaterials, Magnetic nanomaterials, metal nanoparticles, Carbon nanomaterials, Hydrogel nanocomposites, Liposomes, Dendrimers, Polymer nanocomposites, and Biodegradable polymers. Structurally the work is demarcated into the six most popular areas of research:(1) biocompatibility of nanomaterials with living organisms in their various manifestations(2) nanobiosensors for clinical diagnostics, detecting biomolecules which are useful in the clinical diagnosis of genetic, metabolically acquired, induced or infectious disease(3) targeted drug delivery for nanomaterials in their various modifications(4) nanomedical devices and structures which are used in the development of implantable medical devices and structures such as nanorobots(5) nanopharmacology, as novel nanoparticles are increasingly engineered to diagnose conditions and recognize pathogens, identify ideal pharmaceutical agents to treat the condition or pathogens, fuel high-yield production of matched pharmaceuticals (potentially in vivo), locate, attach or enter target tissue, structures or pathogens; and dispense the ideal mass of matched biological compound to the target regions(6) nanotoxicology and remediation, which focuses on finished and on-going various toxicity evaluations on various nanomaterials that are used and currently being developed for medical applications.
  • Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 24
    • Gordon Gribble + 1 more
    • English
    "Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry" (PHC) an ongoing reference work on heterocyclic chemistry is published with the active involvement of The International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry (ISHC) whose aim is to promote heterocyclic chemistry, in particular by serving as the primary sponsoring agency for the ISHC-Congress, a large biannual meeting attracting up to a thousand participants.
  • Annual Reports in Computational Chemistry

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 8
    • Ralph A. Wheeler
    • English
    Annual Reports in Computational Chemistry provides timely and critical reviews of important topics in computational chemistry as applied to all chemical disciplines. Topics covered include quantum chemistry, molecular mechanics, force fields, chemical education, and applications in academic and industrial settings. Focusing on the most recent literature and advances in the field, each article covers a specific topic of importance to computational chemists.
  • How the Great Scientists Reasoned

    The Scientific Method in Action
    • 1st Edition
    • Gary G. Tibbetts
    • English
    The scientific method is one of the most basic and essential concepts across the sciences, ensuring that investigations are carried out with precision and thoroughness. The scientific method is typically taught as a step-by-step approach, but real examples from history are not always given. This book teaches the basic modes of scientific thought, not by philosophical generalizations, but by illustrating in detail how great scientists from across the sciences solved problems using scientific reason. Examples include Christopher Columbus, Joseph Priestly, Antoine Lavoisier, Michael Faraday, Wilhelm Röntgen, Max Planck, Albert Einstein, and Niels Bohr. Written by a successful research physicist who has engaged in many studies and years of research, all in the attempt to extract the secrets of nature, this book captures the excitement and joy of research. The process of scientific discovery is as delightfully absorbing, as complex, and as profoundly human as falling in love. It can be a roller coaster ride of despairing valleys and exhilarating highs. This book sketches the powerful reasoning that led to many different discoveries, but also celebrates the "ah-ha moments" experienced by each scientist, letting readers share the thrilling instant when each scientist reached the critical revelation in his research.
  • Bioprocess Engineering

    Kinetics, Sustainability, and Reactor Design
    • 1st Edition
    • Shijie Liu
    • English
    Bioprocess Engineering involves the design and development of equipment and processes for the manufacturing of products such as food, feed, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, chemicals, and polymers and paper from biological materials. It also deals with studying various biotechnological processes. "Bioprocess Kinetics and Systems Engineering" first of its kind contains systematic and comprehensive content on bioprocess kinetics, bioprocess systems, sustainability and reaction engineering. Dr. Shijie Liu reviews the relevant fundamentals of chemical kinetics-including batch and continuous reactors, biochemistry, microbiology, molecular biology, reaction engineering, and bioprocess systems engineering- introducing key principles that enable bioprocess engineers to engage in the analysis, optimization, design and consistent control over biological and chemical transformations. The quantitative treatment of bioprocesses is the central theme of this book, while more advanced techniques and applications are covered with some depth. Many theoretical derivations and simplifications are used to demonstrate how empirical kinetic models are applicable to complicated bioprocess systems.
  • Kirk y Bistner. Urgencias en veterinaria

    Procedimientos y terapéutica
    • 9th Edition
    • Richard B. Ford + 1 more
    • Spanish
    Novena edición de esta aclamada guía de diagnóstico y tratamiento de animales de compañía. Abarca tanto la gestión de situaciones de emergencia, como las estrategias para hacer frente a cientos de problemas rutinarios de diagnóstico y tratamiento en pequeños animales. Su formato fácil de usar proporciona acceso instantáneo a información vital, y está organizada por sistemas corporales y presentación de signos clínicos. En cuanto a las novedades que presenta, destacan los recuadros de referencia rápida, que incluyen las posibles causas de cada situación clínica anómala y los signos asociados, las últimas directrices de la vacunación y una puesta al día en la evaluación del dolor, la prevención y tratamiento.
  • Telemental Health

    Clinical, Technical, and Administrative Foundations for Evidence-Based Practice
    • 1st Edition
    • Kathleen Myers + 1 more
    • English
    Acquiring access to mental health treatments can be difficult for those who are not near mental health facilities. The growing field of telemental health addresses this problem by using video and telephone conferencing to provide patients with access to psychiatric professionals. However, the process faces challenges to gain adoption into mainstream medical practice and to develop an evidence base supporting its efficacy. In this comprehensive text, leading professionals in the field provide an introduction to telemental health and explore how to construct a therapeutic space in different contexts when conducting telemental health, how to improve access for special populations, and how to develop an evidence base and best practice in telemental health. In the past 15 years, implementation of telemental health has seemed to follow more from need than from demonstrated efficacy. The thorough and insightful chapters within this book show the importance of continued research and thoughtful development of ethical and responsible practice that is needed in the field and begin to lay out steps in constructing this process. Telemental Health will be an essential book for all clinical practitioners and researchers in mental health fields.