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This concise, user-oriented and up-to-date desk reference offers a broad introduction to the fascinating world of medical technology, fully considering today’s progress and further development in all relevant fields. The Springer Handbook of Medical Technology is a systemized and well-structured guideline which distinguishes itself through simplification and condensation of complex facts. This book is an indispensable resource for professionals working directly or indirectly with medical systems and appliances every day. It is also meant for graduate and post graduate students in hospital management, medical engineering, and medical physics.
Who HQ has way more than 57 reasons why you'll want to read the amazing story of H. J. Heinz--the American entrepreneur who brought tomato ketchup to the masses. Learn how this son of German immigrants from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, turned his small food-packaging company into a booming business known for its fair treatment of workers and pioneering safe food preparation standards. This American success story follows Heinz from his early days as a pickle and vinegar merchant in the 1800s to the name behind the nation's number-one brand of ketchup. The name that's on everyone's lips is now part of the Who Was? series.
Running on Empty is the seventh book in a series that travels alongside four friends as they deal with teen life in Riverbend, Indiana. The novel inspires young women to deepen their relationships with God as they face real-life issues and solve their problems in God-honoring ways. Who is the real Isabella Valadez? Izzy has been spending the summer trying to find that out. She’s tried all sorts of hobbies, games, and sports—even golf. She still loves art and showing off her baking creations, but is there something unexpected there? Speaking of something unexpected, she’s been growing closer to her cute neighbor, Cody. Could that friendship morph into something more? Maybe, but she’s starting to question everything. School is starting up again, and it’s time to choose where she’ll invest her energy, and who she’ll be doing it with. It seems everyone that she’s close to has something dark lurking beneath the surface. Daniel, Shay, and now Cody? When everyone has a smartphone, access to inappropriate or hurtful content can affect mental health and damage relationships. Gossip and misinformation spreads quickly in the age of technology, can anyone be trusted?
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER The troubling story of how food companies have exploited our most fundamental evolutionary instincts to get us hooked on processed foods, from the #1 bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Salt Sugar Fat. Motivated by these questions such as Is it possible that processed food is addictive, like drugs or alcohol? and Are the decisions we make about food beyond our control?, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss began searching for answers. In Hooked, Moss explores the science of addiction and uncovers what the scientific and medical communities—as well as food manufacturers—already know, which is that food can, in some cases, be even more...
Michael Ende (1929 – 1995) is one of the most well-known German writers in the world. In addition to his classic children's book Jim Button, the fairy tale Momo, and the fantasy cult classic The Neverending Story, he wrote lyrical picture books, books for adults, plays, poems, and essays. His books have been translated into more than 53 languages, with a combined total of over 35 million copies in print worldwide. Many of his books have been made into films and adapted for radio and television. In this novel, Charlotte Roth imagines Michael Ende the man and paints a wealth of images which come together to form the mosaic of his story. Michael Ende's life spans nearly a full century, from the Weimar Republic to the modern, united Europe, and makes for a captivating tale that will appeal to fans both old and new.
From the Preface: The main purpose of this book is to acquaint clinicians with the essentials of immunoglobulin treatment. It summarizes recent clinical and experimental studies and reflects current ideas on indications for polyvalent and specific immunoglobulin preparations. The book contains original papers from many distinguished investigators which were presented at a workshop on the clinical use of intravenous immunoglobulins held at Interlaken in September 1985.
This is the first book to address moral reasoning and socioscientific discourse. It provides a theoretical framework to reconsider what a "functional view" of scientific literacy entails, by examining how nature of science issues, classroom discourse issues, cultural issues, and science-technology-society-environment case-based issues contribute to habits of mind about socioscientific content. The text covers philosophical, psychological and pedagogical considerations underpinning moral reasoning, as well as the status of socioscientific issues in science education.
Dieses Buch enthält von der präklinischen Notfallbehandlung bis zur Rehabilitation alle Aspekte der Therapie von Brandverletzten. Dabei werden ausführlich Notfallmaßnahmen, leichte Verbrennungen, Intensivmedizin, das Hygiene- und Ausbruchsmanagement, die Züchtung autologer Keratinozyten, Dermisersatz, die psychologische Betreuung und die meist lebenslang erforderlichen Korrekturoperationen behandelt. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt liegt auf den chirurgischen Maßnahmen: in gesonderten Kapiteln werden die Anforderungen der unterschiedlichen Lokalisationen detailliert beleuchtet. Die Technik und Taktik der Behandlung und die Fortschritte in der Intensivmedizin führen dazu, dass heute Patienten mit bis zu 80% verbrannter Körperoberfläche eine realistische Überlebenschance haben. Das Buch stellt ein umfassendes Lehrwerk für alle an der Therapie beteiligten Fachdisziplinen dar.