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Automotive Engineering Fundamentals

By: Richard Stone,Jeffrey K Ball

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Automotive Engineering Fundamentals

By: Richard Stone,Jeffrey K Ball

In the introduction of Automotive Engineering Fundamentals, Richard Stone and Jeffrey K. Ball provide a fascinating and often amusing history of the passenger vehicle, showcasing the various highs and lows of this now-indispensable component of civilized societies. The authors then provide an overview of the publication, which is designed to give the student of automotive engineering a basic understanding of the principles involved with designing a vehicle. From engines and transmissions to vehicle aerodynamics and computer modeling, the intelligent, interesting presentation of core concepts in Automotive Engineering Fundamentals is sure to make this an indispensable resource for engineering students and professionals alike.

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SAE International

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0768009871

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9780768009873

The Chief Steward

By: Richard A. Borg

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The Chief Steward

By: Richard A. Borg

The Chief Steward" is a guide to developing the leadership skills needed to create a financial stewardship culture that transforms people into devoted followers of Christ.

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Xulon Press

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1604775076

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9781604775075

Stroke Rehabilitation

By: Richard Wilson,Preeti Raghavan

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Stroke Rehabilitation

By: Richard Wilson,Preeti Raghavan

Practical and concise, Stroke Rehabilitation provides everyday clinical guidance on current methods, techniques, evidence, and controversies in this important area. This focused resource by Drs. Richard Wilson and Preeti Raghavan consolidates today's available information in an easy-to-navigate format for today's practicing and trainee physiatrists, as well as other members of the rehabilitation team. - Covers the complete spectrum of stroke rehabilitation – from aphasia to limb impairment to pain syndromes – to facilitate the best outcomes and highest quality of life for your patients. - Discusses prevention, predictors of recovery, medication management, depression and psychological issues, and return to work and driving. - Includes coverage of robotic technology, brain stimulation, community-based rehabilitation, and children and stroke.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323553826

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9780323553827

Air Raid

By: Warren Murphy

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Air Raid

By: Warren Murphy

Don’t breathe the air... They are tiny, genetically engineered blue seeds that mature quickly into trees that literally suck all the oxygen out of the air. They’re the twisted experiment of the earth-friendly but highly secretive Congress of Concerned Scientists, and now they’ve been snatched by its head, Dr. Hubert St. Clair. Having killed off all but one of his scientific team, he’s leading Remo and Chiun on a chase through the proverbial forest. He’s got enough seeds to choke off the world’s oxygen supply, and the ability to create environmental disasters at will. Battling everything from acid rain to blistering heat to frigid cold, the Destroyer races to thwart double disaster in the Amazon rainforest: St. Clair is planting seeds like a maniac and a U.S. President prepares to nuke Brazil into oblivion. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1035999692

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Making Meaning of Loss

Change and Challenge Across the Lifespan

By: Richard L. Hayes

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Making Meaning of Loss

Change and Challenge Across the Lifespan

By: Richard L. Hayes

Making Meaning of Loss: Change and Challenge Across the Lifespan is about how change brings loss to our lives, how we make meaning of loss, and how our experience with loss directs our encounters with loss in the future. Each loss challenges us in this way: to rethink our world view, to ask who we have become, and to reinvent ourselves anew. Taking a lifespan approach, Hayes examines how we make sense of the losses that change brings in each period of our lives and how the way in which we meet the challenge that each loss brings directs our encounters with loss in the future. In addition, he provides suggestions for how earlier losses can become fruitful allies in encounters with change in the present and how caregivers can help others to make meaning of the loss in their lives. Above all, this book is about how caregivers can help others learn from the losses in their lives and to recognize what part of the past to bring along into the present in constructing a more reliable self for meeting the challenges of an uncertain future.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1666924512

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Our Wild Calling

How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our Lives—and Save Theirs

By: Richard Louv

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Our Wild Calling

How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our Lives—and Save Theirs

By: Richard Louv

“A book that offers hope.” —The New York Times Book Review “A wondrous tapestry.” —Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel Audubon Medal winner Richard Louv’s landmark book Last Child in the Woods inspired an international movement to connect children and nature. Now he redefines the future of human-animal coexistence. In Our Wild Calling, Louv interviews researchers, theologians, wildlife experts, indigenous healers, psychologists, and others to show how people are connecting with animals in ancient and new ways, and how this serves as an antidote to the growing epidemic of human loneliness; how dogs can teach children ethical behavior; how animal-assisted therapy may yet transform the mental health field; and what role the human-animal relationship plays in our spiritual health. He reports on wildlife relocation and on how the growing populations of wild species in urban areas are blurring the lines between domestic and wild animals. Our Wild Calling makes the case for protecting, promoting, and creating a sustainable and shared habitat for all creatures—not out of fear, but out of love. Includes a new interview with the author, discussion questions, and a resource guide.

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Algonquin Books

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1643750844

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9781643750842

Liturgical Calendars, Saints and Services in Medieval England

By: Richard W. Pfaff

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Liturgical Calendars, Saints and Services in Medieval England

By: Richard W. Pfaff

This book includes four hitherto unpublished papers together with a substantial introductory historiographical and bibliographical overview. Many of the studies concern the liturgical views of figures like Lanfranc, St Hugh of Lincoln, and William of Malmesbury (an edition of William’s Abbreviatio Amalarii is included) and the ways Thomas Becket and the Venerable Bede were viewed liturgically. Others reveal the achievement of an 11th-century Canterbury scribe, lay out a hagiographical puzzle as to the saints venerated on the 19th January, ask why calendars come to be attached to psalters, demonstrate that monks at Canterbury Cathedral were still reading Old English homilies in the 1180s, and present a fascinating, previously misunderstood, psalter owned by bishop Ralph Baldock, c.1300. Two final papers deal with ’Sarum’ services in late medieval parish churches and with the devotional practice called St Gregory’s Trental.

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Taylor & Francis

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104024422X

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9781040244227

Principles of Neurological Surgery E-Book

Expert Consult - Online

By: Richard G. Ellenbogen,Saleem I. Abdulrauf,Laligam N Sekhar

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Principles of Neurological Surgery E-Book

Expert Consult - Online

By: Richard G. Ellenbogen,Saleem I. Abdulrauf,Laligam N Sekhar

Principles of Neurosurgery, by Drs. Richard G. Ellenbogen, Saleem I. Abdulrauf and Laligam N Sekhar, provides a broad overview of neurosurgery ideal for anyone considering or training in this specialty. From general principles to specific techniques, it equips you with the perspectives and skills you need to succeed. Comprehensive without being encyclopedic, this new edition familiarizes you with the latest advances in the field—neuroimaging, the medical and surgical treatment of epilepsy, minimally invasive techniques, and new techniques in position and incisions—and shows you how to perform key procedures via an online library of surgical videos at www.expertconsult.com. No other source does such an effective job of preparing you for this challenging field! Get comprehensive coverage of neurosurgery, including pre- and post- operative patient care, neuroradiology, pediatric neurosurgery, neurovascular surgery, trauma surgery, spine surgery, oncology, pituitary adenomas, cranial base neurosurgery, image-guided neurosurgery, treatment of pain, epilepsy surgery, and much more. Gain a clear visual understanding from over 1,200 outstanding illustrations—half in full color—including many superb clinical and operative photographs, surgical line drawings, and at-a-glance tables. Apply best practices in neuroimaging techniques, minimally invasive surgery, epilepsy surgery, and pediatric neurosurgery. Master key procedures by watching experts perform them in a video library online at www.expertconsult.com, where you can also access the fully searchable text, an image gallery, and links to PubMed. Keep up with recent advances in neurosurgery with fully revised content covering neuroimaging, the medical and surgical treatment of epilepsy, minimally invasive techniques, new techniques in position and incisions, deep brain stimulation, cerebral revascularization, and treatment strategies for traumatic brain injury in soldiers. Apply the latest guidance from new chapters on Cerebral Revascularization, Principles of Modern Neuroimaging, Principles of Operative Positioning, Pediatric Stroke and Moya-Moya, Anomalies of Craniovertebral Junction, and Degenerative Spine Disease. Tap into truly global perspectives with an international team of contributors led by Drs. Richard G. Ellenbogen and Saleem I. Abdulrauf. Find information quickly and easily thanks to a full-color layout and numerous detailed illustrations.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455727679

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9781455727674

Future Minds

The Rise of Intelligence from the Big Bang to the End of the Universe

By: Richard Yonck

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Future Minds

The Rise of Intelligence from the Big Bang to the End of the Universe

By: Richard Yonck

For readers of Michio Kaku and Stephen Hawking, the book readers have acclaimed as "A mega-comprehensive outlook at intelligence as convincing as it is surprising" and "A truly breathtaking forecast on the future of intelligence." With the ongoing advancement of AI and other technologies, our world is becoming increasingly intelligent. From chatbots to innovations in brain-computer interfaces to the possibility of superintelligences leading to the Singularity later this century, our reality is being transformed before our eyes. This is commonly seen as the natural result of progress, but what if there’s more to it than that? What if intelligence is an inevitability, an underlying property of the universe? In Future Minds, Richard Yonck challenges our assumptions about intelligence—what it is, how it came to exist, its place in the development of life on Earth and possibly throughout the cosmos. Taking a Big History perspective—over the 14 billion years from the Big Bang to the present and beyond—he draws on recent developments in physics and complexity theory to explore the questions: Why do pockets of increased complexity develop, giving rise to life, intelligence, and civilization? How will it grow and change throughout this century, transforming both technology and humanity? As we expand outward from our planet, will we discover other forms of intelligence, or will we conclude we are destined to go it alone? Any way we look at it, the nature of intelligence in the universe is becoming a central concern for humanity. Ours. Theirs. And everything in between.

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Simon and Schuster

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1948924404

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9781948924405

Driven

A Diplomat's Auto-biography

By: Richard Broinowski

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Driven

A Diplomat's Auto-biography

By: Richard Broinowski

The memoir of Australian former diplomat Richard Broinowski DRIVEN is a memoir by distinguished Australian former diplomat Richard Broinowski, with a particular focus on the cars he has loved and driven in Australia and his various postings in Asia, the Middle East, and North and Central America. this makes for an entertaining way of looking at various cultures (their driving behaviour, traffic conditions and road rules) and his career as an Australian ambassador. Part offbeat travel book, part career memoir, it is an engaging and personal look at one man's life and enduring loves. Perfect reading for car nostalgia buffs and lovers of travel books and biographies alike.

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HarperCollins Australia

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0730495760

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9780730495765

Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure

By: Richard A. Walsh

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Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure

By: Richard A. Walsh

This title reviews current knowledge of the mechanisms contributing to heart failure. Editor Richard Walsh and an internationally renowned team of contributors discuss key advances in molecular and cell biology, biochemistry, and pharmacology, focusing on advances that have a direct bearing on current clinical studies. It highlights developments across a broad range of disciplines, with in-depth coverage of each topic providing background and perspective on current literature. By setting new advances in a broader context, this text allows readers to compare different ideas and evaluate their importance in their own areas of research or clinical practice.

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CRC Press

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0203503244

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9780203503249

Superconductivity

By: Charles P. Poole,Horacio A. Farach,Richard J. Creswick,Ruslan Prozorov

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Superconductivity

By: Charles P. Poole,Horacio A. Farach,Richard J. Creswick,Ruslan Prozorov

Superconductivity, 2E is an encyclopedic treatment of all aspects of the subject, from classic materials to fullerenes. Emphasis is on balanced coverage, with a comprehensive reference list and significant graphicsfrom all areas of the published literature. Widely used theoretical approaches are explained in detail. Topics of special interest include high temperature superconductors, spectroscopy, critical states, transport properties, and tunneling.This book covers the whole field of superconductivity from both the theoretical and the experimental point of view. - Comprehensive coverage of the field of superconductivity - Very up-to date on magnetic properties, fluxons, anisotropies, etc. - Over 2500 references to the literature - Long lists of data on the various types of superconductors

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Elsevier

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0080550487

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9780080550480

The American Villain

Encyclopedia of Bad Guys in Comics, Film, and Television

By: Richard A. Hall

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The American Villain

Encyclopedia of Bad Guys in Comics, Film, and Television

By: Richard A. Hall

The American Villain: Encyclopedia of Bad Guys in Comics, Film, and Television seeks to provide one go-to reference for the study of the most popular and iconic villains in American popular culture. Since the 1980s, pop culture has focused on what makes a villain a villain. The Joker, Darth Vader, and Hannibal Lecter have all been placed under the microscope to get to the origins of their villainy. Additionally, such bad guys as Angelus from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Barnabas Collins from Dark Shadows have emphasized the desire for redemption—in even the darkest of villains. Various incarnations of Lucifer/Satan have even gone so far as to explore the very foundations of what we consider "evil." The American Villain: Encyclopedia of Bad Guys in Comics, Film, and Television seeks to collect all of those stories into one comprehensive volume. The volume opens with essays about villains in popular culture, followed by 100 A–Z entries on the most notorious bad guys in film, comics, and more. Sidebars highlight ancillary points of interest, such as authors, creators, and tropes that illuminate the motives of various villains. A glossary of key terms and a bibliography provide students with resources to continue their study of what makes the "baddest" among us so bad.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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9798216047506

Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery

By: Debabrata Mukherjee,Richard Lange,Steve Bailey,Ragavendra R. Baliga,Michael Blaha,Bozkurt Biykem

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Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery

By: Debabrata Mukherjee,Richard Lange,Steve Bailey,Ragavendra R. Baliga,Michael Blaha,Bozkurt Biykem

Written by clinicians, for clinicians, Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery offers a comprehensive, authoritative, and multidisciplinary approach to this rapidly evolving field. Covering every area relevant to the daily practice of cardiovascular medicine, this new and innovative reference text, led by Drs. Debabrata Mukherjee and Richard A. Lange, brings together a stellar team of cardiovascular specialists from leading medical centers worldwide who focus on cutting-edge strategies for the clinical and surgical management of patients. Both medicine and surgery are highlighted in chapters along with follow-up care and changing technology to equip the clinician for optimal patient care. Highly structured and templated chapters cover pathogenesis, diagnosis, management, special considerations/limitations, follow-up care, and on-going and future research.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1975148231

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9781975148232

WORKPLACE VIOLENCE EXPERIENCED BY STAFF NURSES

Kekerasan di tempat kerja yang dialami oleh perawat

By: James Richard Maramis

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WORKPLACE VIOLENCE EXPERIENCED BY STAFF NURSES

Kekerasan di tempat kerja yang dialami oleh perawat

By: James Richard Maramis

This book contains an investigation of workplace violence experienced by staff nurses in a selected private hospital in Manado, Indonesia. Likewise, it tried to describe the relationship of the participants' selected demographic profile to the extent of workplace violence experienced. All the staff nurses in the selected hospitals were surveyed as to the type and extent of violence experienced in the workplace. Results showed that 63% of the 93 staff nurses experienced verbal abuse as a form of psychological violence. Nobody experienced verbal abuse more alert and watchful as deterrents to such abusive actions. Participants who had not experienced workplace violence disclosed they would resort to the same active responses to face similar violence in the workplace. As a passive response, both groups stated they would take no action and try to pretend nothing happened at all.

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Literasi Nusantara

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6233290414

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9786233290418

Essentials of Rehabilitation Research

A Statistical Guide to Clinical Practice

By: Richard P Di Fabio

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Essentials of Rehabilitation Research

A Statistical Guide to Clinical Practice

By: Richard P Di Fabio

Enhance your clinical practice and your understanding of rehabilitation literature through applied statistics! Step-by-step, this interactive learning experience makes clinically relevant statistical procedures easier to understand, organize, interpret, and use when evaluating patients and the effectiveness of your practice. Only statistical procedures with direct clinical application have been selected to guide you through patient assessments, selecting the best tools for your practice, enhancing your understanding of predicting prognosis and responders to treatment, and outlining a method to critique clinical practice guidelines. With this reader-friendly, real-world approach you’ll be able to meet the need for evidence to support your practice, gain a deeper understanding of clinical research, and systematically evaluate patient outcomes.

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F.A. Davis

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080363790X

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9780803637900

Introducing Mental Health Nursing

A service user-oriented approach

By: Cath Roper

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Introducing Mental Health Nursing

A service user-oriented approach

By: Cath Roper

Introducing Mental Health Nursing offers a systematic overview of both the science and the art of caring for people experiencing mental health problems. It addresses the attitudes, knowledge and skills required to provide care for service users across all health-care settings, from specialist mental health services to general hospitals and community care. The authors place the service user at the centre of all aspects of mental health care and emphasise the importance of the therapeutic relationship as the cornerstone of good mental health nursing practice. Emphasis is placed on the role of the nurse as an intrinsic member of the mental health team, and nurses are encouraged to think critically about the perspectives that they bring to their practice. The second edition has been fully revised and updated, with increased focus on Indigenous social and emotional well-being, as well as two new chapters on Recovery and Cultural Safety. A must-have book for undergraduate nursing students, new graduates and professionals changing specialties or simply wishing to refresh their mental health nursing knowledge. 'This is a brave and dignified text - beautifully written and conceived and given the current texts available - a must for any serious undergraduate nursing program in an Australian university.' - David Buchanan, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom 'I recommend this text to all students of nursing, whether you intend to pursue a career in this speciality or if you simply desire to provide the best care possible in any field of practice.' - Associate Professor Stephen Elsom RN PhD, Director, Centre for Psychiatric Nursing, The University of Melbourne

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Routledge

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1000257630

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9781000257632

Modern Surgical Pathology E-Book

By: Noel Weidner,Richard J. Cote,Saul Suster,Lawrence M. Weiss

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Modern Surgical Pathology E-Book

By: Noel Weidner,Richard J. Cote,Saul Suster,Lawrence M. Weiss

Modern Surgical Pathology, 2nd Edition presents today's most complete, current, and practical assistance in evaluating and signing out surgical specimens. Nearly 3,000 high-quality color pathology images provide a crystal-clear basis for comparison to any sample you see under the microscope. Clinical, gross, microscopic, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetic features are integrated as appropriate for all tumors and tumor-like lesions, addressing all of the investigative contexts relevant to formulating an accurate diagnosis. Edited by four leading surgical pathologists - Noel Weidner, MD, Richard J. Cote, MD, Saul Suster, MD and Lawrence M. Weiss, MD - with contributions from more than 70 other experts, Modern Surgical Pathology, 2nd Edition delivers the well-rounded, well-organized, richly illustrated, user-friendly guidance you need to efficiently arrive at confident diagnoses for even the most challenging lesions. Contributions from many leading surgical pathologists give you well-rounded, expert answers to any question that you may face. Clinical, gross, microscopic, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetic features are correlated as appropriate for every type of surgical pathology specimen, addressing all of the investigative contexts relevant to formulating an accurate diagnosis and thereby ensuring a completely accurate surgical report. Nearly 3,000 brand-new, high-quality color pathology images provide a crystal-clear basis for comparison to any specimen you see under the microscope. A completely rewritten section on the female reproductive tract offers many more illustrations of common entities to help you more easily distinguish between tumors and tumor-like lesions. Expanded coverage of non-neoplastic diseases and disorders makes it easier to recognize benign conditions that can mimic malignancy. The latest classification schemes and criteria for malignancy, incorporated throughout, enable you to include the most current gradings in your reports. A new, more consistent organization explores anatomy/histology, gross and microscopic appearance, adjunct techniques, diagnosis, and differential diagnosis for each neoplastic or non-neoplastic lesion, facilitating rapid consultation in the reporting room. An increased number of differential diagnosis and classification tables expedite diagnosis.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1437719589

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Corvette 1968-1982 Restoration Guide, 2nd Edition

By: Richard Prince

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Corvette 1968-1982 Restoration Guide, 2nd Edition

By: Richard Prince

A guide to restoring and maintaining third-generation Corvettes offers comprehensive and photography-enhanced coverage of the full range of the C3's unique components, from engines and drivetrains to chassis and interiors. Original.

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1610602056

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Robots in Popular Culture

Androids and Cyborgs in the American Imagination

By: Richard A. Hall

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Robots in Popular Culture

Androids and Cyborgs in the American Imagination

By: Richard A. Hall

Robots in Popular Culture: Androids and Cyborgs in the American Imagination seeks to provide one go-to reference for the study of the most popular and iconic robots in American popular culture. In the last 10 years, technology and artificial intelligence (AI) have become not only a daily but a minute-by-minute part of American life—more integrated into our lives than anyone would have believed even a generation before. Americans have long known the adorable and helpful R2-D2 and the terrible possibilities of Skynet and its army of Terminators. Throughout, we have seen machines as valuable allies and horrifying enemies. Today, Americans cling to their mobile phones with the same affection that Luke Skywalker felt for the squat R2-D2. Meanwhile, our phones, personal computers, and cars have attained the ability to know and learn everything about us. This volume opens with essays about robots in popular culture, followed by 100 A–Z entries on the most famous AIs in film, comics, and more. Sidebars highlight ancillary points of interest, such as authors, creators, and tropes that illuminate the motives of various robots. The volume closes with a glossary of key terms and a bibliography providing students with resources to continue their study of what robots tell us about ourselves.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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Anthropological Theory

An Introductory History

By: R. Jon McGee,Richard L. Warms

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Anthropological Theory

An Introductory History

By: R. Jon McGee,Richard L. Warms

Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History presents a selection of critical essays in anthropology from 1860 to the present day. Classic authors such as Marx, Durkheim, Boas, Malinowski and Douglas are joined by contemporary thinkers including Das, Ortner, Boellstorff and Simpson. McGee and Warms’ detailed introductions examine critical developments in theory, introduce key people, and discuss historical and personal influences on theorists. In extensive footnotes, the editors provide commentary that puts the writing in historical and cultural context, defines unusual terms, translates non-English phrases, identifies references to other scholars and their works, and offers paraphrases and summaries of complex passages. The notes identify and provide background information on concepts important in the development of anthropology. New to the Eighth Edition: “Anthropology, Decolonization and Whiteness” puts the anthropology of resistance in historical context, explores the history of the anthropology of decolonization and whiteness, and presents some recent controversies in anthropology “Phenomenological Anthropology and The Anthropology of the Good” broadens the focus of the previous anthropology of the good section to provide a more diverse overview of philosophical anthropology. Revised introductions to every section in the book offer suggested readings for important works in each area beyond what’s offered in the text New readings include works by Sherry Ortner, Michel-Rolf Trouillot, Jason Throop, Audra Simpson, and Orisanmi Burton

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1538183927

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Star Trek: SCE: What's Past

By: Terri Osborne,Steve Mollmann,Michael Schuster,Richard C. White,Dayton Ward,Kevin Dilmore,Keith R. A. DeCandido,Heather Jarman

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Star Trek: SCE: What's Past

By: Terri Osborne,Steve Mollmann,Michael Schuster,Richard C. White,Dayton Ward,Kevin Dilmore,Keith R. A. DeCandido,Heather Jarman

Chronicles the early adventures of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers throughout the galaxy.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439194866

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Nothing Man and the Purple Zero

By: Richard Scarsbrook

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Nothing Man and the Purple Zero

By: Richard Scarsbrook

Marty Apostrophes and Bill Brown are from opposite sides of the tracks, but their friendship allows them to overcome bullies and scrape through classes (with Bill doing the lion's share of the scraping). Bill's obsession with the classic cars owned by Marty's family leads to a joy ride in a 1937 Cord 812 Sportsman, and the accidental foiling of a robbery . which is caught on video by their friend, aspiring teen reporter Elizabeth Murphy. The video goes viral, and Marty and Bill - or at least, their accidental alter egos, Nothing Man and the Purple Zero-become instant celebrities. Is this a fleeting moment of celebrity? Or are the trio living up to a destiny foretold by a dying principal who reminded them that "Some have greatness thrust upon them"? In Nothing Man and the Purple Zero, award-winning author Richard Scarsbrook brings us more hilarious adventures from Faireville High School.

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DCB

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1770863125

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9781770863125

Corvette Restoration Guide, 1968-1982

By: Richard Prince

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Corvette Restoration Guide, 1968-1982

By: Richard Prince

If your third generation Corvette demands restoration, you've come to the right place! This information-packed reference outlines every part and sub-assembly necessary for a factory-original restoration to your coveted Corvette. Filled with detailed schematics, charts, illustrations and photographs necessary to authentically restore every part, system, or component. Find out what's correct before you begin your next restoration project!

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