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Essentials of Vascular Surgery for the General Surgeon
This volume provides a concise and up to date resource that directly addresses the needs of general surgeons who perform vascular surgery by focusing on the diagnosis and clinical management of common vascular conditions. The volume is divided into sections on arterial disease, venous disease, vascular trauma, and vascular access. Chapters on arterial disease outline the management and surgical…
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- 978-1-4939-1326-8
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- 100 b/w illustrations, 90 illustrations in colour
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Educational media and technology yearbook. Vol. 35, 2010
Dedicated to theoretical, empirical and practical approaches to educational media development, this yearbook highlights innovative trends and issues, technology centres and institutes for learning, and school and library media
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- 9781441915023
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- xviii, 485 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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- 371.334
Sustained Simulation Performance 2014
This book presents the state of the art in high-performance computing and simulation on modern supercomputer architectures. It covers trends in hardware and software development in general and the future of high-performance systems and heterogeneous architectures in particular. The application-related contributions cover computational fluid dynamics, material science, medical applications and c…
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- 978-3-319-10626-7
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- XIII, 238
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Challenges to Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance: Economic and Policy Responses
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) kills, increases the costs of our health care, damages trade and economies, and threatens health security. The most recent studies show that in the European Union (EU) over 33 000 people die every year due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria; of which, 75% of these deaths are caused by health care-associated infections. This is a burden that is comparable to that of…
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- 9781108864121
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- 614.4 AND c
Sustainable Value Chain Management
This book introduces the integrated management concept of "Sustainable Value Creation", which delivers sustainability ‘inside-out’ from the core business. It is based on the premise that sustainability can provide a platform for growth, if it is implemented in a company’s products, services and supply chains (combined also known as the 'Value Chain'). Managing the Value Chain from the out…
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- 978-3-319-12142-0
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- XII, 426
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- CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance
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Advance Directives Across Asia: A Comparative Socio-legal Analysis
Population ageing, which has been described as one of the four global demographic “megatrends”,1 is quickly becoming a concern for many countries around the world. The growth in the size and proportion of the elderly has many implications, including the fact that there has been, and will continue to be, a significant growth in the number of individuals who are living longer, and because of …
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- 9781009152631
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- 344.03
Geriatrics Models of Care
This book describes geriatrics practice models that are used to guide the care of older adults, allowing seniors to remain at home, prevent functional disability and preserve quality of life. The models include specific interventions which are performed by health care workers to address the needs of older persons and their caregivers. These models respect patient values, consider patient safety…
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- 978-3-319-16067-2
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- XXII, 319
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- 618.97 GER
Issues in Science and Theology: What is Life?
This book explores the concept of Life from a range of perspectives. Divided into three parts, it first examines the concept of Life from physics to biology. It then presents insights on the concept from the perspectives of philosophy, theology, and ethics. The book concludes with chapters on the hermeneutics of Life, and pays special attention to the Biosemiotics approach to the concept. The q…
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- 978-3-319-17407-5
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Investigating and Managing Common Cardiovascular Conditions
The aim of the book is to serve as a practical guide for junior doctors, primary care physicians and cardiology trainees. This book is a quick reference in everyday clinical practice and also as reminder of the necessary clinical steps for diagnosis, referral and management. Cardiovascular conditions have been described that clinicians are likely to encounter on a regular basis in their practic…
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- 978-1-4471-6696-2
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Introduction to the Representation Theory of Algebras
This book gives a general introduction to the theory of representations of algebras. It starts with examples of classification problems of matrices under linear transformations, explaining the three common setups: representation of quivers, modules over algebras and additive functors over certain categories. The main part is devoted to (i) module categories, presenting the unicity of the decomp…
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- 978-3-319-11475-0
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