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  • Plant-Based Milk Alternatives and Human Health

    Current Trends, Nutrition, and Public Health Implications
    • 1st Edition
    • Hassan Vatanparast
    • English
    Plant-Based Milk Alternatives and Human Health: Current Trends, Nutrition, and Public Health Implications covers plant-based milk alternatives and their impact on human health and nutrition. The book includes information on global national dietary recommendations, consumption trends, and public health concerns, and draws economic and health comparisons between conventional dairy milk and plant-based milk alternatives. Additional topics included are the history and commercialization of plant-based milks, their role in ethical issues, their influence on social well-being, and their impact on agriculture, business, and economics. Finally, the authors present projections for the future role and impact of plant-based milk alternatives in a global setting.This reference will be of particular interest to researchers in nutrition, food and beverage science, and public health who focus on dairy milk and milk alternatives, beverage companies and product developers in the non-dairy milk space, as well as governmental organizations that provide health recommendations.

  • Educación basada en simulación: un enfoque práctico para educadores en salud

    • 1st Edition
    • Elizabeth Simpson + 2 more
    • Spanish
    La guía práctica de referencia para la educación basada en simulación En un entorno sanitario en que cada vez se presta más atención a la educación basada en simulación (EBS), este manual proporciona una guía paso a paso para desarrollar eficazmente esta modalidad educativa. La presente obra ofrece consejos prácticos para docentes de grado y posgrado sobre cómo planificar e impartir EBS en una amplia gama de disciplinas sanitarias y de asistencia social. Abarca la planificación, enseñanza y evaluación de la EBS; sugerencias y consejos para su aplicación exitosa, y modelos interactivos de simulación inmersiva en diversos entornos educativos. Escrito por especialistas en EBS de todas las disciplinas sanitarias, el libro adopta el enfoque de un «taller» que anima a los lectores a evaluar su práctica actual y aplicar nuevos conocimientos para desarrollar sus puntos fuertes. Se trata de una herramienta de gran valor para todo el equipo de EBS.

  • Kanski. Oftalmología clínica

    Un enfoque sistemático
    • 10th Edition
    • John F. Salmon
    • Spanish
    Una obra repleta de impresionantes imágenes e información detallada sobre trastornos oftálmicos tanto habituales como infrecuentes, y constituye una fuente básica de conocimiento para residentes y una valiosa obra de referencia para médicos experimentados. Con una estructura funcional y una cobertura exhaustiva, ofrece una guía fundamentada y centrada en el diagnóstico y el tratamiento, que facilita una rápida comprensión para simplificar el aprendizaje, ayudar a preparar exámenes y orientar la práctica clínica.

  • Viral Outbreaks, Biosecurity, and Preparing for Mass Casualty Infectious Diseases Events

    • 1st Edition
    • Trish M. Perl + 1 more
    • English
    Written by authorities in infectious disease and disaster preparedness, this one-stop resource covers the relevant theoretical, historical, and pragmatic considerations of viral outbreaks and bioterrorism. It provides an expert overview of this complex area for infectious disease physicians, emergency medicine physicians, hospital administrators, and more.

  • Hepatology, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 55-4
    • Kate Aicher + 2 more
    • English
    In this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest editors Drs. Kate Aicher, João Cavasin, and Jonathan A. Lidbury bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Hepatology. Top experts highlight important topics in the field of small animal hepatology, areas of major recent advances. Topics cover cytological and histological evaluation of the liver; formulating diagnostic, therapeutic, and nutritional plans for common liver diseases of dogs and cats; newly discovered diseases such as domestic cat hepanavirus; and previously poorly characterized liver disorders, such as granulomatous hepatitis.

  • Estructura y función del cuerpo humano

    • 17th Edition
    • Kevin T. Patton + 3 more
    • Spanish
    Este texto presenta la estructura y la función normales del cuerpo humano y describe lo que este hace para mantenerla homeostasis. Muestra cómo la estructura se corresponde con la función, utilizando ejemplos clínicos para reforzarlos conceptos anatómicos El estilo informal del texto se combina con una presentación segmentada del contenido, que organiza el material en bloques de información más concisos y fáciles de leer y comprender. Presenta la información utilizando un marco conceptual sobre el que el alumno pueda construir una comprensión del cuerpo humano. Además, las ayudas didácticas de cada capítulo identifican los objetivos y refuerzan el aprendizaje satisfactorio y consisten en consejos para el estudio, preguntas de repaso rápido, resúmenes esquemáticos, entre otras. Ofrece un enfoque multisensorial que se ve reforzado por los numerosos e interesantes elementos visuales, como más de 400 ilustraciones detalladas, fotografías, microfotografías, imágenes médicas y diagramas de flujo, que ayudan a los estudiantes a «imaginar» los conceptos y a desarrollar el sentido de la orientación anatómica. Las leyendas ampliadas y los «pasos» insertados proporcionan un «paseo» por los esquemas clave que refuerzan los conceptos esenciales de cada capítulo. Como novedades en la presente edición destaca el abordaje de conceptos básicos emergentes como el microbioma humano.

  • Technological Innovations and Industry 5.0

    A Supply Chain Perspective
    • 1st Edition
    • Jyri Vilko + 3 more
    • English
    Technological Innovations and Industry 5.0: A Supply Chain Perspective provides a complete review of Industry 5.0, its guiding principles, and its possible effects on supply chains. Examining the difficulties and possibilities presented by the incorporation of cutting-edge technologies into supply chain management, it guides the reader through decision making to application.Robotics... artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and data analytics are increasingly changing how supply chains operate. This book presents the core ideas and potential impacts on, and risks to, supply chain structure. It includes analysis of the latest research as well as providing a sound understanding of relevant techniques and modeling for real-world advances. Evaluation approaches of decision support frameworks for circularity, sustainability, and supply chain performance are also included.This book is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking alternative solutions to address supply chain issues and meet sustainability and customer demands by leveraging advancements in technology.

  • Antidiabetic Drug Discovery from Natural Products

    • 1st Edition
    • Shailendra S. Gurav + 4 more
    • English
    Antidiabetic Drug Discovery from Natural Products provides up-to-date and in-depth information, practical understanding, and guidance in a comprehensive, systematic and easy-to-understand manner to scientists, researchers, and graduate students on important and emerging biochemical topics related to current antidiabetic drug discovery research. This book analyzes and studies natural active substances and their medicinal chemistry in preventing and treating diabetes and its complications. It covers a wide range of critical issues to assist chemists in the discovery and development of safer, more affordable treatments, from identifying promising leads from medicinal plants to the extraction and synthesis of bioactive compounds.Following an introduction to bioactive chemical compounds from plants with antidiabetic effects, the book describes the discovery and extraction of antidiabetic drugs and antioxidants from natural sources. It also examines antidiabetic plants before delving deeper into the chemistry behind major medicinal substances and their derivatives like Mangiferin and Resveratrol, discussing both current and prospective uses.

  • Cummings Otolaryngology

    Head and Neck Surgery
    • 8th Edition
    • Howard W. Francis + 6 more
    • English
    For otolaryngologists at all levels and across all subspecialties, Cummings Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, Eighth Edition, remains the #1 reference of choice for authoritative answers and easily accessible clinical content on every topic in this complex field. This award-winning text is ideal for all stages of your career—from residency and board certification through the challenges faced in daily clinical practice. Now meticulously reviewed and updated throughout, this modern classic keeps you up to date with the latest minimally invasive procedures, recent changes in rhinology, new techniques and technologies that are shaping patient outcomes, and much more.

  • Neurology Secrets

    • 7th Edition
    • Joseph S. Kass + 2 more
    • English
    For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Neurology Secrets, 7th Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style—making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

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