This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the etiology, diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the structure and function of the right heart, comprising the right atrium, right ventricle, tricuspid valve and pulmonary circulation. Anatomy and physiology of the right heart, etiology and role of imaging of right heart failure, as well as treatment options, from pharm…
The book covers the essential information for ground operators to controls an FLP-based satellite applying international command and control standards (CCSDS and ECSS PUS).
Menelusuri kebangkitan dan kejatuhan Dar es Salaam sebagai pusat revolusi Dunia Ketiga, George Roberts mengeksplorasi hubungan antara Perang Dingin global, perjuangan pembebasan Afrika, dan upaya Tanzania untuk membangun negara sosialis.Alih-alih memahami dekolonisasi melalui lensa nasional, ia menempatkan persimpangan dinamika ini di kota yang terhubung secara global di Afrika Timur. Pembuat…
This book demonstrates how the primate hand combines both primitive and novel morphology, both general function with specialization, and both a remarkable degree of diversity within some clades and yet general similarity across many others. Across the chapters, different authors have addressed a variety of specific questions and provided their perspectives, but all explore the main themes descr…
Dari sekitar 7,000 bahasa-bahasa di dunia, setidaknya setengahnya mungkin tidak lagi digunakan pada akhir abad kedua puluh satu.Bahasa terancam oleh sejumlah faktor, termasuk globalisasi, kebijakan pendidikan, dan marginalisasi politik, ekonomi, dan budaya kelompok minoritas. Buku panduan ini memberikan ide dan strategi, serta beberapa latar belakang, untuk membantu revitalisasi bahasa yang ter…
With fascinating, spectacularly beautiful images, the book piques readers’ curiosity about the diversity of visual organs. This book is the result of a dual approach – scientific as well as aesthetic. The compelling images are accompanied by an easy-to-read, understandable text, aimed at both scientists and the educated public, and generally anyone interested in the beauty of nature. Thanks…
This is a book about the arrow of time, that curious asymmetry that distinguishes the future from the past. My aim is to answer two philosophical questions: what is the arrow of time, and how can we come to know about it? These questions depend on a remarkable concept of twentieth-century physics called ‘time reversal’.
This book reviews the progress made in salivary diagnostics during the past two decades and identifies the likely direction of future endeavors. After an introductory section describing the histological and anatomical features of the salivary glands and salivary function, salivary collection devices and diagnostic platforms are reviewed. The field of “salivaomics” is then considered in deta…
The Evolution of Sexuality collects stimulating new empirical findings and theoretical concepts regarding both familiar themes and emerging areas of interest. Following earlier titles in this series, an interdisciplinary panel of contributors examines topics specific to the whys of male and female sex-related behavior, here ranging from biological bases for male same-sex attraction to the seemi…