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Publisher: University of Calgary Pre
Keywords: honoring, norman, newell, studies, paleobiological, eon, evolution, bivalves
Number of Pages: 461
Published: 1998-08-24
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 155238005X
ISBN-13: 9781552380055

Since their origin in the Early Cambrian, the bivalve molluscs have evolved a remarkable variety of forms that reflect their diverse habits through the Phanerozoic Eon. The thirty papers in this volume represent the proceedings of an international symposium on the paleobiology and evolution of the bivalves held at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, Drumheller, Canada, 29 September to 2 October 1995. An international group of authors, representing a dozen countries, draw on diverse aspects of both fossil and living bivalves, including their form, functional morphology, morphogenesis, tap

Author: Jon Roper
Publisher: Edinburgh University Pre
Keywords: presidents, american
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2001-01-15
List price: $44.00
ISBN-10: 0748612262
ISBN-13: 9780748612260

This book looks at how John F. Kennedy confronted the challenge of the Cold War, molding the narratives of "consensus history" into the activist rhetoric of the New Frontier. It examines how his image, heroic style of leadership, and legacy -America´s war in Vietnam -had an impact upon his successors. Covering the period from 1960 to the present, the book draws upon a wide variety of sources to illuminate its subjects. After Kennedy, "hero," came Lyndon Johnson, "casualty of war"; Richard Nixon, "heroic failure"; Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, "faith-healers"; Ronald Reagan, "star"; Georg

Authors:Stephen R. Anderson, David W. Lightfoot,
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: physiology, cognitive, linguistics, organ, language
Number of Pages: 284
Published: 2002-09-23
List price: $36.99
ISBN-10: 0521007836
ISBN-13: 9780521007832

This study treats human language as the manifestation of a faculty of the mind, which is seen as a mental organ whose nature is determined by human biology and whose functional properties should be explored as physiology explores the functional properties of physical organs. The book surveys the nature of the language faculty in its various aspects: the systems of sounds, words, and syntax, the development of language in the child and historically, what is known about its relation to the brain.Book DescriptionChallenging and original, The Language Organ treats human language as the manifestati

Author: Amanda Blaber
Publisher: Open University Pre
Keywords: perspective, theoretical, practice, paramedic, foundations
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2008-08-01
List price: $47.95
ISBN-10: 0335222897
ISBN-13: 9780335222896

"This book is a timely and significant contribution to the discipline of paramedic healthcare practice. Topical and comprehensive, lucid and clear, its ‘user friendly’ style and use of ‘stop and think’ sections will allow the reader to make application to practice." Geoffrey Watts, University of Chester, UK "This is a thoroughly readable text which is specifically tailored to the needs of student paramedics and would be of great benefit to any pre-hospital or emergency care students. The chapters provide theoretical perspectives, encourage the student to assimilate inf

Author: J. Rosser Matthew
Publisher: Princeton University Pre
Keywords: certainty, medical, quest, quantification
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1995-07-03
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0691037949
ISBN-13: 9780691037943

Since its inception in World War II, the clinical trial has evolved into a standard procedure in determining therapeutic efficacy in many Western industrial democracies. Its features include a "control" group of patients that do not receive the experimental treatment, the random allocation of patients to either the experimental or control group, and the use of blind assessment so that the researchers do not know which patients are in either group. Even though it has been only within the past generation that the clinical trial has moved to the forefront of medical research, comparative statisti

Authors:Christina A. Meyers, James R. Perry,
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: medicine, cambridge, cancer, cognition
Number of Pages: 353
Published: 2008-12-15
List price: $117.00
ISBN-10: 0521854822
ISBN-13: 9780521854825

This book is a unique resource on the influence cancer and cancer treatments have on cognition. The majority of cancer patients on active treatment experience cognitive impairments often referred to as ’chemobrain’ or ’chemofog’. In addition, patients with primary or metastatic tumors of the brain often experience direct neurologic symptoms. This book helps health care professionals working with cancer patients who experience cognitive changes and provides practical information to help improve care by reviewing and describing brain-behavior relationships; research-base

Author: Neil M. Borden MD
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: pathology, anatomy, neurovascular, atlas, angiographic
Number of Pages: 284
Published: 2006-12-04
List price: $170.00
ISBN-10: 0521856841
ISBN-13: 9780521856843

The first atlas to present neurovascular information and images based on catheter 3D rotational angiographic studies. The spectacular 3D images are extensively labeled and juxtaposed with conventional 2D angiograms for orientation and comparison. Anatomical color drawings and concise descriptions of the major intracranial vascular territories further enhance understanding of the complex cerebral vasculature. This atlas is an indispensable reference for anyone seeking a fuller appreciation of intracranial and cervical anatomy and pathology, regardless of specialty.Book DescriptionThe first atla