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Health and Medical Geography

By: Michael Emch,Elisabeth Dowling Root,Margaret Carrel

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Health and Medical Geography

By: Michael Emch,Elisabeth Dowling Root,Margaret Carrel

Why are rainfall, carcinogens, and primary care physicians distributed unevenly over space? The fourth edition of the leading text in the field has been updated and reorganized to cover the latest developments in disease ecology and health promotion across the globe. The book accessibly introduces the core questions and perspectives of health and medical geography and presents cutting-edge techniques of mapping and spatial analysis. It explores the intersecting genetic, ecological, behavioral, cultural, and socioeconomic processes that underlie patterns of health and disease in particular places, including how new diseases and epidemics emerge. Geographic dimensions of health care access and service provision are addressed. More than 100 figures include 16 color plates; most are available as PowerPoint slides at the companion website. New to This Edition: *Chapters on the political ecology of health; emerging infectious diseases and landscape genetics; food, diet, and nutrition; and urban health. *Coverage of Middle East respiratory syndrome, Ebola, and Zika; impacts on health of global climate change; contaminated water crises in economically developed countries, including in Flint, Michigan; China's rapid industrial growth; and other timely topics. *Updated throughout with current data and concepts plus advances in GIS. Pedagogical Features: *End-of-chapter review questions and suggestions for further reading. *Section Introductions that describe each chapter. *"Quick Reviews"--within-chapter recaps of key concepts. *Bold-faced key terms and an end-of-book glossary.

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Guilford Publications

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1462528961

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9781462528967

The Sensory Circumventricular Organs of the Mammalian Brain

Subfornical Organ, Ovlt and Area Postrema

By: Michael J. McKinley

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The Sensory Circumventricular Organs of the Mammalian Brain

Subfornical Organ, Ovlt and Area Postrema

By: Michael J. McKinley

The brain's three sensory circumventricular organs, the subfornical organ, organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis and the area postrema lack a blood brain barrier and are the only regions in the brain in which neurons are exposed to the chemical environment of the systemic circulation. Therefore they are ideally placed to monitor the changes in osmotic, ionic and hormonal composition of the blood. This book describes their - General structure and relationship to the cerebral ventricles - Regional subdivisions - Vasculature and barrier properties - Neurons, glia and ependymal cells - Receptors, neurotransmitters, neuropeptides and enzymes - Neuroanatomical connections - Functions

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148

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Springer Science & Business Media

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354000419X

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9783540004196

Medical Geography, Third Edition

By: Melinda S. Meade,Michael Emch

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Medical Geography, Third Edition

By: Melinda S. Meade,Michael Emch

The leading text in the field, this comprehensive book reviews geographic approaches to studying disease and public health issues across the globe. It presents cutting-edge techniques of spatial and social analysis and explores their relevance for understanding cultural and political ecology, disease systems, and health promotion. Essential topics include how new diseases emerge and epidemics develop in particular places; the intersecting influences on health of biological processes, culture, environment, and behavior; and the changing landscape of health care planning and service delivery. The text is richly illustrated with tables, figures, and maps, including 16 color plates.

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Guilford Press

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1606236911

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9781606236918

The Federal Appointments Process

A Constitutional and Historical Analysis

By: Michael J. Gerhardt

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The Federal Appointments Process

A Constitutional and Historical Analysis

By: Michael J. Gerhardt

Although the federal appointment of U.S. judges and executive branch officers has consistently engendered controversy, previous studies of the process have been limited to particular dramatic conflicts and have tended to view appointments in a vacuum without regard to other incidents in the process, other legislative matters, or broader social, political, and historical developments. The Federal Appointments Process fills this gap by providing the first comprehensive analysis of over two hundred years of federal appointments in the United States, revealing crucial patterns of growth and change in one of the most central of our democratic processes. Michael J. Gerhardt includes each U.S. president’s performance record regarding appointments, accounts of virtually all the major confirmation contests, as well as discussion of significant legal and constitutional questions raised throughout U.S. history. He also analyzes recess appointments, the Vacancies Act, the function of nominees in the appointment process, and the different treatment received by judicial and nonjudicial nominations. While discussing the important roles played by media and technology in federal appointments, Gerhardt not only puts particular controversies in perspective but also identifies important trends in the process, such as how leaders of different institutions attempt to protect—if not expand—their respective prerogatives by exercising their authority over federal appointments. Employing a newly emerging method of inquiry known as “historical institutionalism”—in which the ultimate goal is to examine the development of an institution in its entirety and not particular personalities or periods, this book concludes with suggestions for reforms in light of recent controversies springing from the longest delays in history that many judicial nominees face in the Senate. Gerhardt’s intensive treatment of the subject will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, government, history, and legal studies.

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494

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Duke University Press

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0822384973

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9780822384977

Sociological Human Ecology

Contemporary Issues And Applications

By: Michael Micklin,Harvey M Choldin

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Sociological Human Ecology

Contemporary Issues And Applications

By: Michael Micklin,Harvey M Choldin

First published in This volume grew out of concerns raised by the contributors and a few others over the current status of human ecology within the field of sociology. Stemming from conferences and subsequent discussions by a group of sociologist-demographers on recent developments in sociological human ecology which started at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America in 1976, the original essays contained in this book are designed to review and assess the current state of knowledge in the field.

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Routledge

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1000312119

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9781000312119

End of Academic Freedom

The Coming Obliteration of the Core Purpose of the University

By: William M. Bowen,Michael Schwartz,Lisa Camp

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End of Academic Freedom

The Coming Obliteration of the Core Purpose of the University

By: William M. Bowen,Michael Schwartz,Lisa Camp

This book is premised upon the assumption that the core purpose of universities is to create, preserve, transmit, validate, and find new applications for knowledge. It is written in the perspective of critical university studies, in which university governance processes should take ideas and discourse about ideas seriously, far more seriously than they are often taken within many of to day's universities, since doing so is the key to achieving this purpose. Specifically, we assert that the best way for universities to take ideas seriously, and so to best achieve their purpose, is to consciously recognize and conserve the entire range of available ideas. Though the current emphasis upon factors such as student headcounts, increased efficiency and job creation are undoubtedly important, far more is at stake in universities than only these factors. From this premise, we deduce insights and arguments about academic freedom, as well as factors such control and monitoring of the market place of ideas, the structure of information flows within universities, the role of language in university governance, and relationships between administrators, faculty members and students. We identify impediments to achieving the core purpose of universities, including the idea vetting systems of authoritarianism, corporatism, illiberalism, supernaturalism and political correctness. We elucidate how these impediments inhibit successful achievement of the core purpose of the university. In response to these impediments we prescribe relatively autonomous universities characterized by openness, transparency, dissent, and the maintenance of balance between conflicting perspectives, values, and interests.

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IAP

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1623966604

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Stonehenge

Exploring the Greatest Stone Age Mystery

By: Michael Parker Pearson,Stonehenge Riverside Project (England)

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Stonehenge

Exploring the Greatest Stone Age Mystery

By: Michael Parker Pearson,Stonehenge Riverside Project (England)

Our knowledge about Stonehenge has changed dramatically as a result of the Stonehenge Riverside Project (2003-2009), led by Mike Parker Pearson, and included not only Stonehenge itself but also the nearby great henge enclosure of Durrington Walls. This book is about the people who built Stonehenge and its relationship to the surrounding landscape. The book explores the theory that the people of Durrington Walls built both Stonehenge and Durrington Walls, and that the choice of stone for constructing Stonehenge has a significance so far undiscovered, namely, that stone was used for monuments to the dead. Through years of thorough and extensive work at the site, Parker Pearson and his team unearthed evidence of the Neolithic inhabitants and builders which connected the settlement at Durrington Walls with the henge, and contextualised Stonehenge within the larger site complex, linked by the River Avon, as well as in terms of its relationship with the rest of the British Isles. Parker Pearson's book changes the way that we think about Stonehenge; correcting previously erroneous chronology and dating; filling in gaps in our knowledge about its people and how they lived; identifying a previously unknown type of Neolithic building; discovering Bluestonehenge, a circle of 25 blue stones from western Wales; and confirming what started as a hypothesis - that Stonehenge was a place of the dead - through more than 64 cremation burials unearthed there, which span the monument's use during the third millennium BC. In lively and engaging prose, Parker Pearson brings to life the imposing ancient monument that continues to hold a fascination for everyone.

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Simon and Schuster

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085720730X

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9780857207302

Ecophysiology of Amphibians Inhabiting Xeric Environments

By: Michael Warburg

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Ecophysiology of Amphibians Inhabiting Xeric Environments

By: Michael Warburg

A description of the structural and functional adaptations of the key organs such as skin, kidneys, bladder, lungs and ovaries, with special emphasis placed on physiological adaptations: water, electrolyte, nitrogen, and thermal balance and their endocrine control. One whole chapter devoted to ecological aspects covers such exciting topics as development and metamorphosis, larval competition for food resources, and reproductive strategies.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642603572

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9783642603570

Aerobiology

By: Michael L. Muilenberg,Harriet A. Burge

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Aerobiology

By: Michael L. Muilenberg,Harriet A. Burge

Aerobiology is the study of airborne particles that have an impact on humans and other organisms. Every day, we are exposed to airborne particles, including "natural" particles such as pollen, bacteria, and fungi, and "unnatural" particles, such as asbestos fibers and noxious chemicals. Aerobiology highlights the current interests in this field, primarily the ecology and distribution of airborne particles and their effects on health.

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CRC Press

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1566702062

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9781566702065

All about Evergreens

By: Michael Dirr

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All about Evergreens

By: Michael Dirr

-- Teachers readers how to select, plant, and care for evergreen trees and shrubs. -- Both broadleaf and needled evergreens.

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0897210301

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9780897210300

Maingot's Abdominal Operations. 13th edition

By: Michael J. Zinner,Stanley W. Ashley

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Maingot's Abdominal Operations. 13th edition

By: Michael J. Zinner,Stanley W. Ashley

The best edition yet of the cornerstone text on abdominal operations—enhanced by thousands of full-color photographs and illustrations and thoroughly updated content A Doody’s Core Title for 2021! Edition after edition, Maingot’s Abdominal Operations has been hailed as the most complete, current, and trusted resource among general, colorectal, and gastrointestinal surgeons. Presented in full color, this classic textbook carefully details common and important abdominal procedures, offering a concise, yet complete, survey of the diagnosis and management of benign and malignant digestive disorders. Bolstered by more than 650 photographs and 1,250 full color illustrations, Maingot’s 78 chapters deliver everything you need to understand congenital, acquired, and neoplastic disorders – and optimize surgical outcomes for any type of abdominal disorder. FEATURES: Contemporary focus on operative procedures, and new concepts in the diagnosis and management of abdominal disease Convenient organ/procedure presentation provides a seamless review of surgical protocols, as well as pre- and postoperative strategies and techniques Added chapters on quality metrics, ERAS, and robotic surgery; and an increased number of “Perspective” commentaries by experts in the field Disease-focused and organ/procedure presentation provides a seamless review of surgical protocols, as well as pre- and postoperative strategies and techniques More than 650 photographs and 1,250 full color illustrations, many new to this edition

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071844295

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9780071844291

How to Attract Birds

By: John V. Dennis,Michael D. McKinley,Ortho Books

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How to Attract Birds

By: John V. Dennis,Michael D. McKinley,Ortho Books

Using food, birdhouses, water and planting to create an ideal environment for birds.

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0897212754

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9780897212755

Ortho's All about Attracting Birds

By: Michael D. McKinley

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Ortho's All about Attracting Birds

By: Michael D. McKinley

Discusses landscaping for birds and providing food, water, and housing, and offers information about the birds most likely to visit North American gardens.

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Health and Medical Geography

Health and Medical Geography

The Sensory Circumventricular Organs of the Mammalian Brain

The Sensory Circumventricular Organs of the Mammalian Brain

Medical Geography, Third Edition

Medical Geography, Third Edition

The Federal Appointments Process

The Federal Appointments Process

Sociological Human Ecology

Sociological Human Ecology

End of Academic Freedom

End of Academic Freedom

Stonehenge

Stonehenge

Ecophysiology of Amphibians Inhabiting Xeric Environments

Ecophysiology of Amphibians Inhabiting Xeric Environments

Aerobiology

Aerobiology

All about Evergreens

All about Evergreens

Maingot's Abdominal Operations. 13th edition

Maingot's Abdominal Operations. 13th edition

How to Attract Birds

How to Attract Birds

Ortho's All about Attracting Birds

Ortho's All about Attracting Birds

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