Digital Health Care in Taiwan: Innovations of National Health Insurance by Po-Chang Lee (Springer) Price verified 10 hours ago

This open access book introduces the National Health Insurance (NHI) system of Taiwan with a particular emphasis on its application of digital technology to improve healthcare access and quality. The authors explicate how Taiwan integrates its strong Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry with 5G to construct an information system that facilitates medical information exchange, collects data for planning and research, refines medical claims review procedures and even assists in fighting COVID-19. Taiwan's NHI, ...

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Biomineralization: From Molecular and Nano-structural Analyses to Environmental Science by Kazuyoshi Endo (Springer) (10 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This open access book is the proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Biomineralization (BIOMIN XIV) held in 2017 at Tsukuba. Over the past 45 years, biomineralization research has unveiled details of the characteristics of the nano-structure of various biominerals; the formation mechanism of this nano-structure, including the initial stage of crystallization; and the function of organic matrices in biominerals, and this knowledge has been applied to dental, medical, pharmaceutical, materials, agricultural and environmental ...

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Leaders of the Pack: Women and the Future of Veterinary Medicine (New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond) by Julie Kumble (Purdue University Press) (7 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Veterinary medicine has undergone sweeping changes in the last few decades. Women now account for 55 percent of the active veterinarians in the field, and nearly 80 percent of veterinary students are women. However, average salaries have dropped as this shift has occurred, and even with women in the vast majority, only 25 percent of leadership roles are held by women. These trends point to gender-based inequality that veterinary medicine, a profession that tilts so heavily toward women, is struggling to address. How will the ...

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The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 2 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies by W. Grant (William Grant) Hague (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

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Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration by Louis Dechmann (1 Review)    Price verified 4 hours ago

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Equality within Our Lifetimes: How Laws and Policies Can Close—or Widen—Gender Gaps in Economies Worldwide by Jody Heymann (University of California Press) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Well into the twenty-first century, achieving gender equality in the economy remains unfinished business. Worldwide, women's employment, income, and leadership opportunities lag men's. Building and using a one-of-a-kind database that covers 193 countries, this book systematically analyzes how far we've come and how far we have to go in adopting evidence-based ...

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Mining Gold and Manufacturing Ignorance: Occupational Lung Disease and the Buying and Selling of Labour in Southern Africa by Jock McCulloch (Palgrave Macmillan) Price verified 7 hours ago

This open access book charts how South Africa's gold mines have systematically suppressed evidence of hazardous work practices and the risks associated with mining. For most of the twentieth century, South Africa was the world's largest producer of gold. Although the country enjoyed a reputation for leading the world in occupational health legislation, the mining companies developed a system of medical surveillance and workers' compensation which compromised the health of black gold miners, facilitated the spread of tuberculosis, ...

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So You're Having Trouble Swallowing by Theresa Richard (29 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

So you're having trouble swallowing. You feel anxiety during mealtime or avoid eating in public. Maybe you've been told that you need a feeding tube, will never eat or drink again, or can only consume thick liquids and chopped up foods. Guess what? You're not alone. Far from it. It's estimated that over ten million Americans are evaluated for swallowing disorders (dysphagia) each year. But if this is so common, why does it feel so lonely, scary, and frustrating? So You're Having Trouble Swallowing dives into the facts and ...

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Health Information Systems: Technological and Management Perspectives (Health Informatics) by Alfred Winter (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 9 hours ago

This heavily revised open access edition provides a thorough overview of the technologies available to assemble, manage and assess the quality of health information systems. It details a variety of scenarios in the context of both health and heath care, including where prevention and wellness are related, such as the treatment of both acute and chronic diseases. Stakeholder requirements are also described to provide perspectives for describing the architectures and management techniques associated with health information systems, ...

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Assessment of Cancer Screening: A Primer by Pamela M. Marcus (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Cancer screening is a prominent strategy in cancer control in the United States, yet the ability to correctly interpret cancer screening data eludes many researchers, clinicians, and policy makers. This open access primer rectifies that situation by teaching readers, in simple language and with straightforward examples, why and how the population-level cancer burden changes when screening is implemented, and how we assess whether that change is of benefit. This book provides an in-depth look at the many aspects of cancer screening ...

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Microplastic in the Environment: Pattern and Process (Environmental Contamination Remediation and Management) by Michael S. Bank (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 11 minutes ago

This open access book examines global plastic pollution, an issue that has become a critical societal challenge with implications for environmental and public health. This volume provides a comprehensive, holistic analysis on the plastic cycle and its subsequent effects on biota, food security, and human exposure. Importantly, global environmental change and its associated, systems-level processes, including atmospheric deposition, ecosystem complexity, UV exposure, wind patterns, water stratification, ocean circulation, etc., are ...

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IAEA Atlas of Cardiac PET/CT: A Case-Study Approach by Marcelo F. Di Carli (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This open access book presents a wide portfolio of examples of positron emission tomography coupled with computer tomography (PET/CT) studies in various cardiac conditions in order to provide a rationale for the implementation of this technology in an array of clinical conditions. Cardiovascular diseases are a major contributor to premature morbidity and mortality worldwide. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are particularly affected by cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), with more than 75% of all CVDs deaths occurring in these ...

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Kantianism for Animals: A Radical Kantian Animal Ethic (The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series) by Nico Dario Müller (Palgrave Macmillan) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This open access book revises Kant's ethical thought in one of its most notorious respects: its exclusion of animals from moral consideration. The book gives readers in animal ethics an accessible introduction to Kant's views on our duties to others, and his view that we have only 'indirect' duties regarding animals. It then investigates how one would have to depart from Kant in order to recognise that animals matter morally for their own sake. Particular attention is paid to Kant's 'Formula of Humanity,' the role of autonomy and the ...

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Neurovascular Surgery: Surgical Approaches for Neurovascular Diseases by Julius July (Springer) (10 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

This open access book presents the diagnosis, investigation and treatment of neurovascular diseases, and offers expert opinions and advice on avoiding complications in neurovascular surgery. It also covers complication management and post-operative follow-up care. The book is divided in to three parts; the first part discusses common approaches in neurovascular surgery, describing the steps, indications for and limitations of the approach, as well as the associated complications and how to avoid them. The second part addresses ...

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Interdisciplinary Nutritional Management and Care for Older Adults: An Evidence-Based Practical Guide for Nurses (Perspectives in Nursing Management ... by Ólöf G. Geirsdóttir (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 5 hours ago

This open access book aims to primarily support nurses as leaders and champions of multimodal, Interdisciplinary nutrition care for older adults. A structured approach to fundamentals of nutrition care across Interdisciplinary settings is combined with additional short chapters about special topics in geriatric nutrition. The book is designed to provide highly accessible information on evidence-based management and care for older adults, with a focus on practical guidance and advice across acute, rehabilitation, and primary and ...

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Vermin, Victims and Disease: British Debates over Bovine Tuberculosis and Badgers by Angela Cassidy (Palgrave Macmillan) (12 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

This open access book provides the first critical history of the controversy over whether to cull wild badgers to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in British cattle. This question has plagued several professional generations of politicians, policymakers, experts and campaigners since the early 1970s. Questions of what is known, who knows, who cares, who to trust and what to do about this complex problem have been the source of scientific, policy, and increasingly vociferous public debate ever since. This book ...

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Euthanasia: Searching for the Full Story: Experiences and Insights of Belgian Doctors and Nurses by Timothy Devos (Springer) (3 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

This open access book has been written by ten Belgian health care professionals, nurses, university professors and doctors specializing in palliative care and ethicists who, together, raise questions concerning the practice of euthanasia. They share their experiences and reflections born out of their confrontation with requests for euthanasia and end-of-life support in a country where euthanasia has been decriminalized since 2002 and is now becoming a trivial topic.Far from evoking any militancy, these stories of life and death ...

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Natural Remedies: Naturopathy Guide To Heal, Protect Yourself From Common Ailments (Herbal Remedies For Alternative Healing Using Organic Antibiotics) by Jessica Conrad (18 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Harness The Healing Powers of Nature, Today! You're about to discover how to... Create your own treatments for different ailments such as fevers and coughs using all natural ingredients that you can get straight from your pantry or even grow in your garden. But that's not all! You'll also learn how to make beautifying products which are not only safe for any skin type but are also environmentally friendly. This guide will provide you with a clear and easy to understand introduction to natural treatments. After learning to identify ...

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Clinical Recovery from CNS Damage (Frontiers of Neurology and Neuroscience Book 32) by H. Naritomi (2 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

After decades of focusing on how to alleviate and prevent recurrence of acute CNS injuries, the emphasis has finally shifted towards repairing such devastating events and rehabilitation. This development has been made possible by substantial progress in understanding the scientific underpinnings of recovery as well as by novel diagnostic tools, and most importantly, by emerging therapies awaiting clinical trials. In this publication, several international experts introduce novel areas of neurological reorganization and repair ...

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Fast Facts: Biosimilars in Hematology and Oncology: Biologics and biosimilars - getting decisions right by P. Cornes (S. Karger) Price verified 7 hours ago

Biologics have revolutionized - and are revolutionizing - the treatment of many serious disorders. The evidence acquired from more than 10 years of clinical experience, with more than 50 biosimilar drugs and more than 700 million patient-days' exposure in Europe, shows that approved biosimilars can be used as safely and effectively as originator biologics. Yet concerns persist about biosimilars - particularly in curative cancer treatment, where they are relatively recent therapeutic options. 'Fast Facts: Biosimilars in Hematology and ...

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70 Years of Levothyroxine by George J. Kahaly (Springer) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 21 minutes ago

This open access book presents the history, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of levothyroxine, discussing its role in the thyroid pathophysiology of patients of various ages and during pregnancy. It also describes the influence of levothyroxine on heart, bone and in cancer. When it was first synthesized in 1949, levothyroxine represented a significant advance in the treatment of hypothyroidism, providing a safe and effective treatment option for millions of hypothyroid patients around the globe. This synthetic form of thyroxine ...

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Fast Facts: Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma by P.L. Haun (S. Karger) (1 Review)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) has been described as a 'great mimicker'. The correct diagnosis hinges on effective collaboration between clinicians and pathologists to correlate pathological and clinical findings. The patient's history, lesion description and diagnostic work-up will help the pathologist interpret the histopathology, whilst the clinician's diagnosis is aided by a clear understanding the terminology used in the pathology report. The treatment of early and advanced mycosis fungoides and its variants is potentially ...

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Bearing Witness: Ruth Harrison and British Farm Animal Welfare (1920–2000) (Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements) by Claas Kirchhelle (Palgrave Macmillan) (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

This open access book is the biography of one of Britain's foremost animal welfare campaigners and of the world of activism, science, and politics she inhabited. In 1964, Ruth Harrison's bestseller Animal Machines triggered a gear change in modern animal protection by popularising the term 'factory farming' alongside a new way of thinking about animal welfare. Here, historian Claas Kirchhelle explores Harrison's avant-garde upbringing, Quakerism, and how animal welfare debates were linked to concerns about the wider ethical and ...

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A Handbook of Health by Woods Hutchinson (156 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

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Assyrian and Babylonian Scholarly Text Catalogues: Medicine, Magic and Divination by Ulrike Steinert (De Gruyter) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

The reconstruction of ancient Mesopotamian medical, ritual and omen compendia and their complex history is still characterised by many difficulties, debates and gaps due to fragmentary or unpublished evidence. This book offers the first complete edition of the Assur Medical Catalogue, an 8th or 7th century BCE list of therapeutic texts, which forms a core witness for the serialisation of medical compendia in the 1st millennium BCE. The volume presents detailed analyses of this and several other related catalogues of omen series and ...

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Medicine and Memory in Tibet: Amchi Physicians in an Age of Reform (Studies on Ethnic Groups in China) by Theresia Hofer (University of Washington Press) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Only fifty years ago, Tibetan medicine, now seen in China as a vibrant aspect of Tibetan culture, was considered a feudal vestige to be eliminated through government-led social transformation. Medicine and Memory in Tibet examines medical revivalism on the geographic and sociopolitical margins both of China and of Tibet?s medical establishment in Lhasa, exploring the work of medical practitioners, or amchi, and of Medical Houses in the west-central region of Tsang. Due to difficult research access and the power of state institutions ...

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Psychiatry of Parkinson's Disease (Advances in Biological Psychiatry Book 27) by K.P. Ebmeier (S. Karger) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 41 minutes ago

Psychiatric symptoms are common in the neurological and geriatric care of patients with Parkinson's disease. This book assembles short reviews from experts in the field to chart the various psychiatric syndromes known in Parkinson's disease, their presentation, etiology and management. Presented are special topics on epidemiology of psychiatric symptoms, affective disorders and apathy, early cognitive impairment through to dementia, visuoperceptual dysfunction, psychotic disorders, sleep disturbances, impulse disorders and sexual ...

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Fast Facts: Gene Therapy: A new therapeutic direction?. by R. Herzog (S. Karger) (8 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Gene therapy has emerged as a discipline in medicine that can provide treatments for diseases that have no other therapies available, save lives of patients for whom there is no other hope and replace suboptimal treatments with lasting cures. 'Fast Facts: Gene Therapy' provides an overview of the field, looking at the main vector systems used to transfer the therapeutic gene constructs, the molecular mechanisms and the history of gene therapy, as well as the safety and ethical considerations of this important advance. Multiple ...

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Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (Reproductive Medicine and Assisted Reproductive Techniques Series Book 1) by Jan Gerris (CRC Press) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Major advances have recently been made in our understanding of Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS). These include improving classification, recognizing primary and secondary risk factors, manipulating and monitoring ovarian stimulation, handling risky situations, and elucidating the underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms of the syndrome. As su

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Drug-Acceptor Interactions: Modeling Theoretical Tools to Test and Evaluate Experimental Equilibrium Effects by Niels Bindslev (CRC Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 21 minutes ago

Drug-Acceptor Interactions: Modeling theoretical tools to test and evaluate experimental equilibrium effects suggests novel theoretical tools to test and evaluate drug interactions seen with combinatorial drug therapy. The book provides an in-depth, yet controversial, exploration of existing tools for analysis of dose-response studies at equilibrium or steady state. The book is recommended reading for post-graduate students and researchers engaged in the study of systems biology, networks, and the pharmacodynamics of natural or ...

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BioMEMS: Science and Engineering Perspectives by Simona Badilescu (CRC Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 36 minutes ago

Written to cover often overlooked areas in the field of bioMEMS, this volume bridges topics related to biomolecules and complex biological entities with those directly related to the design, fabrication, and characterization of the devices. Unlike other references, this text aids with the fundamental physicochemical understanding of biological processes relevant to the performance of various biosensing devices. Accessible to seniors and graduate students enrolled in engineering programs, the book includes problems in each chapter as ...

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Preventing HIV Among Young People in Southern and Eastern Africa: Emerging Evidence and Intervention Strategies (Routledge Studies in Health in ... by Kaymarlin Govender (Routledge) (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

This book provides an overview of the current epidemiology of the HIV epidemic among young people in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) and examines the efforts to confront and reduce the high level of new HIV infections amongst young people. Taking a multi-dimensional approach to prevention, the contributors discuss the many challenges facing these efforts, in view of the slow progress in curbing the incidence of HIV amongst young people, focusing particularly on the structural and social drivers of HIV. Through an examination of ...

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Fast Facts: Psychosis in Parkinson's Disease: Finding the right therapeutic balance by J.H. Friedman (S. Karger) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Psychosis affects nearly 50% of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). It is a major therapeutic challenge, as a balance needs to be found between the PD medications that can exacerbate psychotic symptoms and the antipsychotics that may worsen motor function. Focusing on the most common side effects of PD medications, namely visual hallucinations and delusions, this highly readable handbook will increase readers' awareness of: ? the various presentations of psychosis in PD ? modifiable risk factors ? prescribing that balances the ...

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Human Challenge Studies in Endemic Settings: Ethical and Regulatory Issues (SpringerBriefs in Ethics) by Euzebiusz Jamrozik (Springer) (4 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

This open access book provides an extensive review of ethical and regulatory issues related to human infection challenge studies, with a particular focus on the expansion of this type of research into endemic settings and/or low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Human challenge studies (HCS) involve the intentional infection of research participants, and this type of research is rapidly increasing in frequency worldwide. HCS are widely considered to be an especially promising approach to vaccine development, including for ...

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Updates on Myopia: A Clinical Perspective by Marcus Ang (Springer) (4 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This open access book discusses basic clinical concepts of myopia, prevention of progression and surgical treatments for myopia and pathological myopia. It also summarises the latest evidence and best practices for managing myopia, high myopia and its complications. Written by leading experts, the book addresses clinical diagnosis and interpretation of imaging modalities, and various complications of myopia such as glaucoma, choroidal neovascularization, retinal degeneration and ...

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Diseases of the Brain, Head and Neck, Spine 2020–2023: Diagnostic Imaging (IDKD Springer Series) by Juerg Hodler (Springer) (86 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

This open access book offers an essential overview of brain, head and neck, and spine imaging. Over the last few years, there have been considerable advances in this area, driven by both clinical and technological developments. Written by leading international experts and teachers, the chapters are disease-oriented and cover all relevant imaging modalities, with a focus on magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography. The book also includes a synopsis of pediatric imaging. IDKD books are rewritten (not merely updated) every ...

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Orthogeriatrics: The Management of Older Patients with Fragility Fractures (Practical Issues in Geriatrics) by Paolo Falaschi (Springer) (13 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Open access publication has been possible through an unconditional educational grant from UCB. This new open access edition supported by the Fragility Fracture Network aims at giving the widest possible dissemination on fragility fracture (especially hip fracture) management and notably in countries where this expertise is sorely needed. It has been extensively revised and updated by the experts of this network to provide a unique and reliable content in one single volume. Throughout the book, attention is given to the difficult ...

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Social Determinants of Health in Non-communicable Diseases: Case Studies from Japan (Springer Series on Epidemiology and Public Health) by Katsunori Kondo (Springer) (7 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. This open access book is the first compilation that reviews a wide range of social determinants of health (SDHs) for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and healthy ageing in Japan. With the highest life expectancy and the largest elderly population in the world, Japan has witnessed health inequality by region and social class becoming more prevalent since the 2000s. The first half of this volume describes in detail major NCDs, such as cancers, heart and kidney diseases, ...

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Civilian Lunatic Asylums During the First World War: A Study of Austerity on London's Fringe (Mental Health in Historical Perspective) by Claire Hilton (Palgrave Macmillan) (33 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

This open access book explores the history of asylums and their civilian patients during the First World War, focusing on the effects of wartime austerity and deprivation on the provision of care. While a substantial body of literature on 'shell shock' exists, this study uncovers the mental wellbeing of civilians during the war. It provides the first comprehensive account of wartime asylums in London, challenging the commonly held view that changes in psychiatric care for civilians post-war were linked mainly to soldiers' experiences ...

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Dilated Cardiomyopathy: From Genetics to Clinical Management by Gianfranco Sinagra (Springer) (10 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

This open access book presents a comprehensive overview of dilated cardiomyopathy, providing readers with practical guidelines for its clinical management. The first part of the book analyzes in detail the disease's pathophysiology, its diagnostic work up as well as the prognostic stratification, and illustrates the role of genetics and gene-environment interaction. The second part presents current and future treatment options, highlighting the importance of long-term and individualized treatments and follow-up. Furthermore, it ...

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High Resolution Imaging in Microscopy and Ophthalmology: New Frontiers in Biomedical Optics by Josef F. Bille (Springer) (7 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of the application of the newest laser and microscope/ophthalmoscope technology in the field of high resolution imaging in microscopy and ophthalmology. Starting by describing High-Resolution 3D Light Microscopy with STED and RESOLFT, the book goes on to cover retinal and anterior segment imaging and image-guided treatment and also discusses the development of adaptive optics in vision science and ophthalmology. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the reader will learn about ...

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Healthcare Biotechnology: A Practical Guide by Dimitris Dogramatzis (CRC Press) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Foreseeing and planning for all of the possibilities and pitfalls involved in bringing a biotechnology innovation from inception to widespread therapeutic use takes strong managerial skills and a solid grounding in biopharmaceutical research and development procedures. Unfortunately there has been a dearth of resources for this aspect of the field.

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Diseases of the Chest, Breast, Heart and Vessels 2019-2022: Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging (IDKD Springer Series) by Juerg Hodler (Springer) (81 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This open access book focuses on diagnostic and interventional imaging of the chest, breast, heart, and vessels. It consists of a remarkable collection of contributions authored by internationally respected experts, featuring the most recent diagnostic developments and technological advances with a highly didactical approach. The chapters are disease-oriented and cover all the relevant imaging modalities, including standard radiography, CT, nuclear medicine with PET, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging, as well as ...

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Global Health Economics: Shaping Health Policy In Low- And Middle-income Countries (World Scientific Series In Global Health Economics And Public ... by Paul Revill (World Scientific) (6 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

This book contains a collection of works showcasing the latest research into global health economics conducted by leading experts in the field from the Centre for Health Economics (CHE) at the University of York and other partner research institutions. Each chapter focuses upon an important topic in global health economics and a number of separate research projects. The discussion delves into health care policy evaluation; economic evaluation; econometric and other analytic methods; health equity and universal health coverage; ...

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The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies by Chris Bobel (Palgrave Macmillan) (8 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

This open access handbook, the first of its kind, provides a comprehensive and carefully curated multidisciplinary and genre-spanning view of the state of the field of Critical Menstruation Studies, opening up new directions in research and advocacy. It is animated by the central question: '"what new lines of inquiry are possible when we center our attention on menstrual health and politics across the life course?" The chapters -- diverse in content, form and perspective -- establish Critical Menstruation Studies as a potent lens ...

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The Ethics of Vaccination (Palgrave Studies in Ethics and Public Policy) by Alberto Giubilini (Palgrave Pivot) (10 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

This open access book discusses individual, collective, and institutional responsibilities with regard to vaccination from the perspective of philosophy and public health ethics. It addresses the issue of what it means for a collective to be morally responsible for the realisation of herd immunity and what the implications of collective responsibility are for individual and institutional responsibilities. The first chapter introduces some key concepts in the vaccination debate, such as 'herd immunity', 'public goods', and 'vaccine ...

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Forming Nation, Framing Welfare (Social Policy: Welfare, Power and Diversity) by Gail Lewis (Routledge) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

This book introduces a historical perspective on the emergence and development of social welfare. Starting from the familiar ground of 'the family', it traces some of the crucial historical roots and desires that fed the development of social policy in the 19th and 20th centuries around education, the family, unemployment and nationhood. By aiming to discover the link between past and present, it shows that social problems are socially constructed in specific contexts and that there are diverse and competing ways of telling history.

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The Mediterranean Way of Eating: Evidence for Chronic Disease Prevention and Weight Management by John J.B. Anderson (CRC Press) (409 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

This book presents evidence-based research that validates the traditional Mediterranean way of eating with respect to health. It offers information about an enjoyable, healthy way of eating that has stood the test of time, along with practical suggestions for incorporating the Mediterranean diet into daily life. The book addresses nutrients found in Mediterranean foods, how they function in the body, and why they are essential for optimal health. It highlights the Mediterranean diet's effectiveness in weight management and prevention ...

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Wi-Fi Enabled Healthcare by Ali Youssef (Auerbach Publications) (7 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Focusing on the recent proliferation of Wi-Fi in hospital systems, this book explains how Wi-Fi is transforming clinical work flows and infusing new life into the types of mobile devices being implemented in hospitals. Drawing on years of consulting with hospitals in the US and abroad, and with first-hand experiences from one of the largest healthcare systems in the United States, it covers the key areas associated with wireless network design, security, and support. Reporting on cutting-edge developments and emerging standards in ...

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Aging Well: Solutions to the Most Pressing Global Challenges of Aging by Jean Galiana (Palgrave Macmillan) (39 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

This open access book outlines the challenges of supporting the health and wellbeing of older adults around the world and offers examples of solutions designed by stakeholders, healthcare providers, and public, private and nonprofit organizations in the United States. The solutions presented address challenges including: providing person-centered long-term care, making palliative care accessible in all healthcare settings and the home, enabling aging-in-place, financing long-term care, improving care coordination and access to care, ...

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Fast Facts: Digital Medicine: Measurement by A. Coravos (S. Karger) (17 Reviews)    Price verified 11 minutes ago

Technology is changing how we practice medicine. Sensors and wearables are getting smaller and cheaper, and algorithms are becoming powerful enough to predict medical outcomes. Yet despite rapid advances, healthcare lags behind other industries in truly putting these technologies to use. A major barrier is the cross-disciplinary approach required to create digital tools, a process that requires knowledge from many people across a range of fields. 'Fast Facts: Digital Medicine - Measurement' aims to overcome that barrier, introducing ...

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Molecular Mechanism of Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension by Toshio Nakanishi (Springer) (4 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This open access book focuses on the molecular mechanism of congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension, offering new insights into the development of pulmonary circulation and the ductus arteriosus. It describes in detail the molecular mechanisms involved in the development and morphogenesis of the heart, lungs and ductus arteriosus, covering a range of topics such as gene functions, growth factors, transcription factors and cellular interactions, as well as stem cell engineering technologies. The book also presents recent ...

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Pharmacovigilance in the European Union: Practical Implementation across Member States by Michael Kaeding (Springer) (8 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. The book presents the results of an in-depth comparative study assessing the implementation of the EU Pharmacovigilance Directive in six EU Member States. By going beyond legal transposition and instead focusing on practical implementation, this study aims to close a gap in EU compliance research. Based on qualitative interviews with relevant actors in Germany, Poland, Portugal, France, Finland and the UK, the authors identify perceived challenges and best-practices, issue ...

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Self-Assembled Molecules – New Kind of Protein Ligands: Supramolecular Ligands by Irena Roterman (Springer) (4 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

The subject of this book relates to protein ligands with particular structural and complexation properties. They are composed of self-assembled molecules, capable of penetrating as a unit into proteins outside the binding site. The ribbon-like supramolecular system only permits the penetration of self-assembled molecules into the protein-body and formation of stable complexes. Supramolecular Congo red and similar compounds fit these requirements. Destabilized protein fragments enable the penetration of such ligands, with ...

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Locating Zika: Social Change and Governance in an Age of Mosquito Pandemics (Routledge Studies in Health and Medical Anthropology) by Kevin Bardosh (Routledge) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

The emergence of Zika virus in 2015 challenged conventional ideas of mosquito-borne diseases, tested the resilience of health systems and embedded itself within local sociocultural worlds, with major implications for environmental, sexual, reproductive and paediatric health. This book explores this complex viral epidemic and situates it within its broader social, epidemiological and historical context in Latin America and the Caribbean. The chapters include a diverse set of case studies from scholars and health practitioners working ...

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Brain and Human Body Modeling: Computational Human Modeling at EMBC 2018 by Sergey Makarov (Springer) (14 Reviews)    Price verified 6 minutes ago

This open access book describes modern applications of computational human modeling with specific emphasis in the areas of neurology and neuroelectromagnetics, depression and cancer treatments, radio-frequency studies and wireless communications. Special consideration is also given to the use of human modeling to the computational assessment of relevant regulatory and safety requirements. Readers working on applications that may expose human subjects to electromagnetic radiation will benefit from this book's coverage of the latest ...

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Data and Text Processing for Health and Life Sciences (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Book 1137) by Francisco M. Couto (Springer) (40 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

This open access book is a step-by-step introduction on how shell scripting can help solve many of the data processing tasks that Health and Life specialists face everyday with minimal software dependencies. The examples presented in the book show how simple command line tools can be used and combined to retrieve data and text from web resources, to filter and mine literature, and to explore the semantics encoded in biomedical ontologies. To store data this book relies on open standard text file formats, such as TSV, CSV, XML, and ...

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Making Medicines in Africa: The Political Economy of Industrializing for Local Health (International Political Economy Series) by Maureen Mackintosh (Palgrave Macmillan) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 21 minutes ago

This book is open access under a CC-BY license. The importance of the pharmaceutical industry in Sub-Saharan Africa, its claim to policy priority, is rooted in the vast unmet health needs of the sub-continent. Making Medicines in Africa is a collective endeavour, by a group of contributors with a strong African and more broadly Southern presence, to find ways to link technological development, investment and industrial growth in pharmaceuticals to improve access to essential good quality medicines, as part of moving towards ...

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Bioimage Data Analysis Workflows (Learning Materials in Biosciences) by Kota Miura (Springer) (76 Reviews)    Price verified 6 minutes ago

This Open Access textbook provides students and researchers in the life sciences with essential practical information on how to quantitatively analyze data images. It refrains from focusing on theory, and instead uses practical examples and step-by step protocols to familiarize readers with the most commonly used image processing and analysis platforms such as ImageJ, MatLab and Python. Besides gaining knowhow on algorithm usage, readers will learn how to create an analysis pipeline by scripting language; these skills are important ...

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Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology: Evidence-Based Clinical Practice (Endocrine Development, Vol. 7) by C. Sultan (S. Karger) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Now available: 2nd, revised and extended edition (2012) Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology This book addresses the most common gynecological problems encountered in childhood medicine, including endocrinological and surgical aspects. It begins with a detailed description of infant and adolescent gynecological examination and then covers the advantages of imaging methods, with an emphasis on sonography. Several chapters are devoted to the various pathologies encountered in prepubertal and adolescent girls, including contemporary ...

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Rethinking Causality, Complexity and Evidence for the Unique Patient: A CauseHealth Resource for Healthcare Professionals and the Clinical Encounter by Rani Lill Anjum (Springer) (8 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This open access book is a unique resource for health professionals who are interested in understanding the philosophical foundations of their daily practice. It provides tools for untangling the motivations and rationality behind the way medicine and healthcare is studied, evaluated and practiced. In particular, it illustrates the impact that thinking about causation, complexity and evidence has on the clinical encounter. The book shows how medicine is grounded in philosophical assumptions that could at least be challenged. By ...

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Technologies for Development: From Innovation to Social Impact by Silvia Hostettler (Springer) (15 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

This open access book presents 18 case studies that explore current scientific and technological efforts to address global development issues, such as poverty, from a holistic and interdisciplinary point of view, putting actual impacts at the centre of its analysis. It illustrates the use of technologies for development in various fields of research, such as humanitarian action, medical and information and communication technology, disaster risk-reduction technologies, habitat and sustainable access to energy. The authors discuss how ...

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Vessel Health and Preservation: The Right Approach for Vascular Access by Nancy L. Moureau (Springer) (43 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

This Open access book offers updated and revised information on vessel health and preservation (VHP), a model concept first published in poster form in 2008 and in JVA in 2012, which has received a great deal of attention, especially in the US, UK and Australia. The book presents a model and a new way of thinking applied to vascular access and administration of intravenous treatment, and shows how establishing and maintaining a route of access to the bloodstream is essential for patients in acute care today. Until now, little ...

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Innovative Medicine: Basic Research and Development by Kazuwa Nakao (Springer) (14 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

This book is devoted to innovative medicine, comprising the proceedings of the Uehara Memorial Foundation Symposium 2014. It remains extremely rare for the findings of basic research to be developed into clinical applications, and it takes a long time for the process to be achieved. The task of advancing the development of basic research into clinical reality lies with translational science, yet the field seems to struggle to find a way to move forward. To create innovative medical technology, many steps need to be taken: development ...

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A Time for Metabolism and Hormones (Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions) by Paolo Sassone-Corsi (Springer) (36 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Recent years have seen spectacular advances in the field of circadian biology. These have attracted the interest of researchers in many fields, including endocrinology, neurosciences, cancer, and behavior. By integrating a circadian view within the fields of endocrinology and metabolism, researchers will be able to reveal many, yet-unsuspected aspects of how organisms cope with changes in the environment and subsequent control of homeostasis. This field is opening new avenues in our understanding of metabolism and endocrinology. A ...

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Stem Cells in Neuroendocrinology (Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions) by Donald Pfaff (Springer) (11 Reviews)    Price verified 6 minutes ago

This volume starts with an elementary introduction covering stem cell methodologies used to produce specific types of neurons, possibilities for their therapeutic use, and warnings of technical problems. In addition the authors report successes in achieving the derivation of a specific type of neuron. The dopamine neuron offers an important example and is discussed in more detail. Additional chapters cover problems obviously approachable with cells derived from stem cells, including their need in surgeries for pituitary cancers. The ...

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Care in Healthcare: Reflections on Theory and Practice by Franziska Krause (Palgrave Macmillan) (40 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book examines the concept of care and care practices in healthcare from the interdisciplinary perspectives of continental philosophy, care ethics, the social sciences, and anthropology. Areas addressed include dementia care, midwifery, diabetes care, psychiatry, and reproductive medicine. Special attention is paid to ambivalences and tensions within both the concept of care and care practices. Contributions in the first section of the book explore phenomenological and ...

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Foundations of Paleoparasitology by Luiz Fernando Ferreira (SciELO - Editora FIOCRUZ) (4 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Unprecedented initiative in the world, the book compiles the available knowledge on the subject and presents the state-of-the-art in paleoparasitology - term coined about 30 years ago by Brazilian Fiocruz researcher Luiz Fernando Ferreira, pioneer in this science which is concerned with the study of parasites in the past. Multidisciplinary by essence, paleoparasitology gathers contributions from social scientists, biologists, historians, archaeologists, pharmacists, doctors and many other professionals, either in biomedical or ...

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ACUPUNCTURE PRESCRIPTIONS FROM "A" TO "Z" by SARLOT SEFKAT ABENYAKAR (38 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

ACUPUNCTURE PRESCRIPTIONS FROM "A" TO "Z" is a book designed in order to be used by professional healthcare providers. It contains an A to Z list for more than 200 diseases that can benefit from acupuncture. As the prescriptions are listed in alphabetical order, it will be easy for an acupuncturist to find what he/she is looking for and to make combinations using a small number of points according to diagnosis and comorbidities.

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Nature Cure by Henry Lindlahr (237 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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Public Health Ethics: Cases Spanning the Globe (Public Health Ethics Analysis Book 3) by Drue H. Barrett (Springer) (42 Reviews)    Price verified 26 minutes ago

This Open Access book highlights the ethical issues and dilemmas that arise in the practice of public health. It is also a tool to support instruction, debate, and dialogue regarding public health ethics. Although the practice of public health has always included consideration of ethical issues, the field of public health ethics as a discipline is a relatively new and emerging area. There are few practical training resources for public health practitioners, especially resources which include discussion of realistic cases which are ...

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Visualizing Mortality Dynamics in the Lexis Diagram (The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis Book 44) by Roland Rau (Springer) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This book visualizes mortality dynamics in the Lexis diagram. While the standard approach of plotting death rates is also covered, the focus in this book is on the depiction of rates of mortality improvement over age and time. This rather novel approach offers a more intuitive understanding of the underlying dynamics, enabling readers to better understand whether period- or cohort-effects were instrumental for the development of mortality in a particular country. Besides maps for single countries, the book includes maps on the ...

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The South Texas Health Status Review: A Health Disparities Roadmap by Amelie G. Ramirez (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This book is a roadmap of the exact health disparities that burden the health of South Texas residents, especially Hispanics, compared to the rest of Texas and nation. This type of knowledge has the potential to fuel and motivate researchers and public health leaders to create and shape interventions to reverse those health disparities. Most notably, focus on obesity and diabetes prevention efforts and modifiable risk factors -- such as nutrition, reproductive factors and access to health care -- has significant potential to reduce ...

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Interface Oral Health Science 2014: Innovative Research on Biosis-Abiosis Intelligent Interface by Keiichi Sasaki (Springer) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

The Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry first introduced the concept of "Interface Oral Health Science", designed to establish and maintain healthy oral cavities, which are home to a number of mixed systems. Included in those systems are: (1) host tissues such as teeth, mucosa, muscle and bone, (2) parasites and microorganisms cohabiting the surfaces of the oral cavity and (3) biomaterials that are used for the rehabilitation of oral functions. In addition, (4) these systems are subject to severe and complex mechanical ...

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The Impact of Food Bioactives on Health: in vitro and ex vivo models by Kitty Verhoeckx (Springer) (11 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

"Infogest" (Improving Health Properties of Food by Sharing our Knowledge on the Digestive Process) is an EU COST action/network in the domain of Food and Agriculture that will last for 4 years from April 4, 2011. Infogest aims at building an open international network of institutes undertaking multidisciplinary basic research on food digestion gathering scientists from different origins (food scientists, gut physiologists, nutritionists... ). The network gathers 70 partners from academia, corresponding to a total of 29 countries. The ...

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Dear Anxiety. This Is My Life.: A Real Life Recovery Story by John Crawford (252 Reviews)    Price verified 51 minutes ago

When John's frantic search for spiritual accomplishment delivered way more than he expected, things suddenly got extremely weird! A reality-shattering event propelled John, an ordinary twenty-two year old Londoner, into a terrifying world where the very fabric of reality itself could not be trusted. This sounds like fiction. It is not. Dear Anxiety is a first-hand account of John's extraordinary journey of recovery from an existential crisis so profound that it left most therapists clueless about where to even begin. After ...

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Notes on Nursing What It Is, and What It Is Not by Florence Nightingale (275 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

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Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne (6 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

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Civics and Health by William H. (WIlliam Harvey) Allen (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

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North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Various (6 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

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