Authors:Roberto Sampaolesi, Jorge Zarate, Juan Roberto Sampa
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: glaucomas, pediatric, volume
Number of Pages: 508
Published: 2009-01-28
List price: $249.00
ISBN-10: 3540691448
ISBN-13: 9783540691440

Congenital glaucoma is a complex problem, which has been a frequent cause of blindness in the past. Over the past decades, the prognosis of congenital glaucoma has completely changed. Surgical results are very good and enable these children to integrate entirely as adults in society. Based on the authors’ accumulated experience of more than 50 years and 860 cases operated for congenital glaucoma, this well-structured and lavishly illustrated textbook-atlas covers all aspects of congenital and infantile glaucoma, such as the original method for examining new-borns under general anaesthesia i

Author: Roberto Carlos Rodrìguez-Saona Roberto Rodriguez-
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: colloquial, beginners, series, course, america, spanish, latin, complete
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2002-01-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0415237866
ISBN-13: 9780415237864

The second edition of the best-selling beginner’s course makes learning Latin American Spanish easy and enjoyable. It has been brought right up-to-date, to include the language of the Internet, email, and mobile phones.

Author: Roberto BottinelliRoberto Bottinelli;Carlo Reggia
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: muscle, whole, advances, research, genes, disease, plasticity, health, skeletal
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2006-11-10
List price: $219.00
ISBN-10: 140205176X
ISBN-13: 9781402051760

The ability of striated muscle tissue to adapt to changes in activity or in working conditions is extremely high. In some ways it is comparable to the ability of the brain to learn. The interest in muscle adaptation is increasing in relation to the idea that physical fitness helps in the prevention of disease, may counteract the loss of physical performance and generally improves wellbeing. Plasticity is the word used since the late 1970s to indicate collectively all the processes and mechanisms which form the background of muscle adaptation. This book aims to provide a systematic updating of

Authors:Roberto Zagha, Roberto Zagha; Gobind T. Nankani,
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: lessons, experience, reform, decade, learning, growth, 1990s, economic
Number of Pages: 364
Published: 2005-04-14
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0821360434
ISBN-13: 9780821360439

This book is part of a larger effort undertaken by the World Bank to understand the development experience of the 1990s, an extraordinary eventful decade. Each of the project¡¦s three volumes serves a different purpose. Development Challenges in the 1990s: Leading Policymakers Speak from Experience offers insights on the practical concerns faced by policymakers, while At the Frontlines of Development: Reflections from the World Bank considers the operational implications of the decade for the World Bank as an institution. This volume, Economic Growth in the 1990s: Learning from a Decade of R

Authors:Roberto Moreno Díaz, Roberto Moreno Díaz, Franz Pi
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: computer, theory, systems, aided, spain, science, issues, canaria, general, las, eurocast, international, conference, palmas, gran
Number of Pages: 1233
Published: 2007-12-14
List price: $159.00
ISBN-10: 3540758666
ISBN-13: 9783540758662

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2007, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain in February 2007. The 144 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on formal approaches, Computation and Simulation in Modelling Biological Systems, Intelligent Information Processing, Computers in Education, Grid Computing, Applied Formal Verification, Cellular Automata, Computer Vision, Heuristic Problem

Author: Roberto Kno
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: products, structured
Number of Pages: 202
Published: 2002-02-14
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0471486477
ISBN-13: 9780471486473

Over the past decade, structured products have become part of the financial mainstream. The area is characterized by rapid market expansion and product innovation as the acceptance and use of derivative structures has become more widespread. This book takes a practical approach to the principal structured products which have been appearing in financial markets during the past few years. The investor will find in this work answers to questions which could arise in investment dealings, and how to maximize the potential for profitability. An excellent reference source for the institutional invest

Author: Roberto Cunningham
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: media, porous, gases, diffusion
Number of Pages: 298
Published: 1980-11-01
List price: $132.00
ISBN-10: 0306405377
ISBN-13: 9780306405372