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Life without Disease

The Pursuit of Medical Utopia

By: William B. Schwartz M.D.

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Life without Disease

The Pursuit of Medical Utopia

By: William B. Schwartz M.D.

The chaotic state of today's health care is the result of an explosion of effective medical technologies. Rising costs will continue to trouble U.S. health care in the coming decades, but new molecular strategies may eventually contain costs. As life expectancy is dramatically extended by molecular medicine, a growing population of the aged will bring new problems. In the next fifty years genetic intervention will shift the focus of medicine in the United States from repairing the ravages of disease to preventing the onset of disease. Understanding the role of genes in human health, says Dr. William B. Schwartz, is the driving force that will change the direction of medical care, and the age-old dream of life without disease may come close to realization by the middle of the next century. Medical care in 2050 will be vastly more effective, Schwartz maintains, and it may also be less expensive than the resource-intensive procedures such as coronary bypass surgery that medicine relies on today. Schwartz's alluring prospect of a medical utopia raises urgent questions, however. What are the scientific and public policy obstacles that must be overcome if such a goal is to become a reality? Restrictions on access imposed by managed care plans, the corporatization of charitable health care institutions, the increasing numbers of citizens without health insurance, the problems with malpractice insurance, and the threatened Medicare bankruptcy—all are the legacy of medicine's great progress in mastering the human body and society's inability to assimilate that mastery into existing economic, ethical, and legal structures. And if the average American life span is 130 years, a genuine possibility by 2050, what social and economic problems will result? Schwartz examines the forces that have brought us to the current health care state and shows how those same forces will exert themselves in the decades ahead. Focusing on the inextricable link between scientific progress and health policy, he encourages a careful examination of these two forces in order to determine the kind of medical utopia that awaits us. The decisions we make will affect not only our own care, but also the system of care we bequeath to our children. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1998.

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Univ of California Press

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0520335570

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9780520335578

The Baltimore School of Urban Ecology

Space, Scale, and Time for the Study of Cities

By: J. Morgan Grove,Mary L. Cadenasso,Steward T. Pickett,Gary E. Machlis,William R. Burch

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The Baltimore School of Urban Ecology

Space, Scale, and Time for the Study of Cities

By: J. Morgan Grove,Mary L. Cadenasso,Steward T. Pickett,Gary E. Machlis,William R. Burch

The first “urban century” in history has arrived: a majority of the world's population now resides in cities and their surrounding suburbs. Urban expansion marches on, and the planning and design of future cities requires attention to such diverse issues as human migration, public health, economic restructuring, water supply, climate and sea-level change, and much more. This important book draws on two decades of pioneering social and ecological studies in Baltimore to propose a new way to think about cities and their social, political, and ecological complexity. Readers will gain fresh perspectives on how to study, build, and manage cities in innovative and sustainable ways.

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Yale University Press

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0300101139

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Ridley Scott

A Critical Filmography

By: William B. Parrill

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Ridley Scott

A Critical Filmography

By: William B. Parrill

Ridley Scott, the director of such seminal films as Blade Runner, Alien and Thelma & Louise, is one of the most important directors of the last fifty years. Unlike many directors, Scott has been remarkably transparent about his craft, offering the audience glimpses into his creative process. This book explores Scott's oeuvre in depth, devoting a chapter to his 22 primary works, from his first effort, Boy and Bicycle (1962), through Robin Hood (2010). Topics discussed include the critical reception of the films, and the ways in which Scott's works function as cinematic mediators of issues such as religion, women's rights and history.

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McFarland

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0786485930

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9780786485932

Sixteenth-century Italian Drawings in New York Collections

By: William Griswold,Linda Wolk-Simon,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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Sixteenth-century Italian Drawings in New York Collections

By: William Griswold,Linda Wolk-Simon,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Focusing exclusively on examples from the 16th century, the great age of Italian drawing, this stunning volume, published to accompany an early-1994 exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, includes 124 prized works from The Metropolitan, the Pierpont Morgan Library, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, and some 20 private collections in New York. The catalogue is organized by school and, within each section, chronologically by artist. Each drawing is illustrated and presented with a discussion that places it in the context of the artist's career and explores the purpose for which it was made. Paper edition (unseen), $35. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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0870996886

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God's Plenty

Religious Diversity in Kingston

By: William Closson James

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God's Plenty

Religious Diversity in Kingston

By: William Closson James

A complete religious topography of a mid-sized Canadian city in the early twenty-first century, inspired by the Harvard Pluralism Project.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773538895

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9780773538894

Introduction to Environmental Data Science

By: William W. Hsieh

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Introduction to Environmental Data Science

By: William W. Hsieh

Statistical and machine learning methods have many applications in the environmental sciences, including prediction and data analysis in meteorology, hydrology and oceanography, pattern recognition for satellite images from remote sensing, management of agriculture and forests, assessment of climate change, and much more. With rapid advances in machine learning in the last decade, this book provides an urgently needed, comprehensive guide to machine learning and statistics for students and researchers interested in environmental data science. It includes intuitive explanations covering the relevant background mathematics, with examples drawn from the environmental sciences. A broad range of topics are covered, including correlation, regression, classification, clustering, neural networks, random forests, boosting, kernel methods, evolutionary algorithms, and deep learning, as well as the recent merging of machine learning and physics. End-of-chapter exercises allow readers to develop their problem-solving skills and online data sets allow readers to practise analysis of real data.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009301802

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9781009301800

How Zombies Conquered Popular Culture

The Multifarious Walking Dead in the 21st Century

By: Kyle William Bishop

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How Zombies Conquered Popular Culture

The Multifarious Walking Dead in the 21st Century

By: Kyle William Bishop

Since the early 2000s, popular culture has experienced a "Zombie Renaissance," beginning in film and expanding into books, television, video games, theatre productions, phone apps, collectibles and toys. Zombies have become allegorical figures embodying cultural anxieties, but they also serve as models for concepts in economics, political theory, neuroscience, psychology, computer science and astronomy. They are powerful, multifarious metaphors representing fears of contagion and doom but also isolation and abandonment, as well as troubling aspects of human cruelty, public spectacle and abusive relationships. This critical examination of the 21st-century zombie phenomenon explores how and why the public imagination has been overrun by the undead horde.

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McFarland

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0786495413

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Elastic Lidar

Theory, Practice, and Analysis Methods

By: Vladimir A. Kovalev,William E. Eichinger

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Elastic Lidar

Theory, Practice, and Analysis Methods

By: Vladimir A. Kovalev,William E. Eichinger

* Focuses only on elastic lidars and directly related topics. * Evaluates all of the major inversion and analysis methods. * Covers an emerging field that is generating a lot of interest.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471201715

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9780471201717

The Mother of All Booklists

The 500 Most Recommended Nonfiction Reads for Ages 3 to 103

By: William Patrick Martin

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The Mother of All Booklists

The 500 Most Recommended Nonfiction Reads for Ages 3 to 103

By: William Patrick Martin

The Mother of All Booklists: The 500 Most Recommended Nonfiction Reads for Ages 3 to 103 is written for parents, grandparents, and teachers unfamiliar with the bewildering array of award and recommended reading lists. This book is a long overdue composite of all the major booklists. It brings together over 100 of the most influential book awards and reading lists from leading magazines, newspapers, reference books, schools, libraries, parenting organizations, and professional groups from across the country. The Mother of All Booklists is to reading books what the website Rotten Tomatoes is to watching movies—the ultimate, one-stop, synthesizing resource for finding out what is best. Mother is not the opinion of one book critic, but the aggregate opinion of an army of critics. Organized into five age group lists each with one hundred books—preschoolers (ages 3-5), early readers (ages 5-9), middle readers (ages 9-13), young adults (ages 13-17), and adults (ages 18+)—The Mother of All Booklists amalgamates the knowledge of the best English-language booklists in the United States, including a few from Canada and Great Britain. Each of the 500 books is annotated, describing the contents of the book and suggesting why the book is unique and important. Each includes a picture of the book cover.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442238623

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9781442238626

Peter M. Pringle, Master Decoy Maker

By: William C. Reeve

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Peter M. Pringle, Master Decoy Maker

By: William C. Reeve

Reeve (German, Queen's U.) traces the life and achievements of Peter Pringle, whose decoys, considered to be among the finest in this field of art, have remained for the most part unknown until recently. The text and 180 color and 65 b & w illustrations illuminate aspects of his life and details about how he carved about 120 decoys for his own use, as well as the fate of his decoys after his death in 1953. Oversize: 11.25x10". Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773523480

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9780773523487

Machine Learning Methods in the Environmental Sciences

Neural Networks and Kernels

By: William W. Hsieh

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Machine Learning Methods in the Environmental Sciences

Neural Networks and Kernels

By: William W. Hsieh

A graduate textbook that provides a unified treatment of machine learning methods and their applications in the environmental sciences.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521791928

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9780521791922

Atlas of Inherited Metabolic Diseases

By: William L Nyhan,Georg F Hoffmann

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Atlas of Inherited Metabolic Diseases

By: William L Nyhan,Georg F Hoffmann

In a field where even experts may find that years have elapsed since they last encountered a child with a given disorder, it is essential for the clinician to have a comprehensive source of practical and highly illustrated information covering the whole spectrum of metabolic disease to refer to. The content is divided into sections of related disorders, including disorders of amino acid metabolism, lipid storage disorders, and mitochondrial diseases for ease of reference, with an introductory outline where appropriate summarizing the biochemical features and general management issues. Within the sections, each chapter deals with an individual disease, opening with a useful summary of major phenotypic expression including clear and helpful biochemical pathways, identifying for the reader exactly where the defect occurs. Throughout the book, plentiful photographs, often showing extremely rare disorders, are an invaluable aid to diagnosis. Key Features • Fully updated to incorporate all new developments in the field • Brand new chapters cover methylmalonic aciduria of ACSF3 deficiency, branched chain keto acid dehydrogenase deficiency, serine deficiencies, purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency, antiquitin deficiency, and others • Excellent and detailed clinical descriptions, with numerous valuable hints and suggestions for management • Helpful explanatory algorithms and decision trees, and high-quality illustrative material including biochemical pathways and an unrivaled photographic collection, which enhance clinical applicability The fourth edition of this highly regarded book, authored by two of the foremost authorities in pediatric metabolic medicine, continues to provide incomparable insight into the problems associated with metabolic diseases and remains invaluable to pediatricians, geneticists, and general clinicians worldwide.

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CRC Press

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1138196622

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9781138196629

Critical Theory and Contemporary Europe

By: William Outhwaite

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Critical Theory and Contemporary Europe

By: William Outhwaite

This volume in the Critical Theory and Contemporary Society series looks at the contributions of critical theorists to the study of Europe.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1441116265

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9781441116260

The Structure and Dynamics of Human Ecosystems

Toward a Model for Understanding and Action

By: William R. Burch,Gary E. Machlis,Jo Ellen Force

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The Structure and Dynamics of Human Ecosystems

Toward a Model for Understanding and Action

By: William R. Burch,Gary E. Machlis,Jo Ellen Force

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- ONE: Introduction -- TWO: An Overview of the Model -- THREE: Lessons and Legacies -- FOUR: The Ecosystem Concept in Biology -- FIVE: The Roots of Human Ecology -- SIX: Key Components and Variables for Analyzing Human Ecosystems -- SEVEN: Goals, Strategies, and Tactics for Inquiry and Action -- EIGHT: Using the Model for Science during Crisis -- NINE: Revitalizing Human Communities and Reclaiming Biological Communities: The Baltimore Story -- TEN: Toward a More Perfect Civic Order: Lessons Learned from Research -- ELEVEN: Extending the Capability of the Model -- TWELVE: Leaning Forward: Future Challenges to Human Ecosystems -- THIRTEEN: Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z

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Yale University Press

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0300137036

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9780300137033

Defending Fort Stanwix

A Story of the New York Frontier in the American Revolution

By: William L. Kidder

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Defending Fort Stanwix

A Story of the New York Frontier in the American Revolution

By: William L. Kidder

In Defending Fort Stanwix, William L. Kidder tells the dramatic story of "the fort that never surrendered" and the crucial role it played in the American War for Independence. After a series of military defeats over the winter of 1776–1777, British military leaders developed a bold plan to gain control of the Hudson River and divide New England from the rest of the colonies. Three armies would converge on Albany: one under Lieutenant General John Burgoyne moving south from Quebec, one under General William Howe moving north from New York City, and a third under Lieutenant Colonel Barrimore St. Leger cutting east from Lake Ontario along the Mohawk River. Fort Stanwix lay directly on the path of St. Leger's force, making it a key defensive position for the Continental Army. By delaying St. Leger's troops and forcing a retreat, the garrison's stand at Fort Stanwix contributed to Burgoyne's surrender at the Battles of Saratoga a month later, a major turning point in the course of the war. Kidder offers an engaging account of life in and around the fort in the months leading up to the siege, detailing the lives of soldiers and their families, civilians, and the Haudenosaunee peoples with a focus on both the mundane aspects of military life and the courageous actions that earned distinction. Defending Fort Stanwix relates the stories of local men and women, both white and Indian, who helped with the fort's defense before, during, and after the siege and showcases an exciting, overlooked story of bravery and cooperation on New York's frontier during the American Revolution.

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Cornell University Press

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1501777548

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9781501777547

Ecosystem Management

Adaptive Strategies For Natural Resource Organizations in the Twenty-First Century

By: William Burch

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Ecosystem Management

Adaptive Strategies For Natural Resource Organizations in the Twenty-First Century

By: William Burch

This is a study of the challenges facing those involved in natural resource organization. It identifies tools & ideas from applied environmental social science that may provide a more effective & efficient natural resource policy.

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Taylor & Francis US

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1560326077

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9781560326076

Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition – 1977

Studies in the Agricultural and Food Sciences

By: William Haresign,Dyfed Lewis

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Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition – 1977

Studies in the Agricultural and Food Sciences

By: William Haresign,Dyfed Lewis

Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition-1977 presents papers that tackle the various areas of concerns in raising ruminants. The book contains a total of 11 studies that examine the factors affecting rumen fermentation. The text first covers EEC and feed compounding, and then proceeds to discussing the aspects of the biochemistry of rumen fermentation. Chapter 3 examines the influence of nitrogen and carbohydrate inputs on rumen fermentation. Chapter 4 talks about reducing the rate of ammonia release through alternative non-protein nitrogen sources. The fifth chapter describes the potential of protected proteins in ruminant nutrition. Next, the book discusses the manipulation of rumen fermentation. Chapter 7 covers the application of non-protein nitrogen, protected proteins, and rumen fermentation control. The next two chapters deal with broilers and turkeys. The eleventh chapter talks about predicting growth response in pigs, while the last chapter covers fish nutrition. The book will be most useful to both researchers and practitioners of animal related disciplines, such as agriculture and veterinary medicine.

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Elsevier

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148316425X

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9781483164250

Suzuki Seijun and Postwar Japanese Cinema

By: William Carroll

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Suzuki Seijun and Postwar Japanese Cinema

By: William Carroll

In 1968, Suzuki Seijun—a low-budget genre filmmaker known for movies including Branded to Kill, Tokyo Drifter, and Youth of the Beast—was unceremoniously fired by Nikkatsu Studios. Soon to be known as the “Suzuki Seijun Incident,” his dismissal became a cause for leftist student protestors and a burgeoning group of cinephiles to rally around. His films rapidly emerged as central to debates over politics and aesthetics in Japanese cinema. William Carroll offers a new account of Suzuki’s career that highlights the intersections of film theory, film production, cinephile culture, and politics in 1960s Japan. Carroll places Suzuki’s work between two factions that claimed him as one of their own after 1968: the New Left and its politicized theoretical practice on one hand, and the apparently apolitical cinephiles and their formalist criticism on the other. He considers how both of these strands of film theory shed light on the distinctive qualities of Suzuki’s films, and he explores how both Suzuki’s works and unheralded Japanese film theorists offer new ways of understanding world cinema. This book presents both a major reinterpretation of Suzuki’s work—which influenced directors such as John Woo, Jim Jarmusch, and Quentin Tarantino—and a new lens on postwar Japanese film culture and industry. Suzuki Seijun and Postwar Japanese Cinema also includes a complete production history of Suzuki’s filmography along with never-before-discussed information about his unfinished film projects.

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Columbia University Press

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0231555504

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9780231555500

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