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Assessment of Cancer Screening
Cancer screening is a prominent strategy in cancer control in the United States, yet the ability to correctly interpret cancer screening data eludes many researchers, clinicians, and policy makers. This open access primer rectifies that situation by teaching readers, in simple language and with straightforward examples, why and how the population-level cancer burden changes when screening is im…
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Veterinary Mycology
This book is a comprehensive overview of the fungi that are clinically relevant for animals and humans. It is divided in three major parts: the first part comprises the history of veterinary and medical mycology, general aspects of morphology, growth, nutrition, reproduction and classification of fungi. In the second part, the etiologic agents of cutaneous, subcutaneous and systemic mycoses are…
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- 978-81-322-2280-4
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Ventilatory Disorders
Respiratory function is a major determinant of the overall quality of health and well-being of an individual. This book runs the gamut of chapters devoted to chronic cough-related conditions in children and adults, health care quality and safety, environmental pollution health effects, efficiency of therapeutic approaches and a mutual dependence of respiratory and non-respiratory illnesses. An …
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- 978-3-319-20194-8
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Arterial Disorders: Definition, Clinical Manifestations, Mechanisms and Thera…
As our knowledge about arterial disease is greatly expanding, the aim of this book is to explore all aspects of arterial pathology, including classification, clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, and therapeutic options. The discussion of pathophysiologic mechanisms of arterial disease is wide ranging, encompassing hemodynamic, metabolic, humoral, inflammatory, genetic and environmental factor…
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- 978-3-319-14556-3
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- IX, 431
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- Arterial Disorders
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- 616.12 ART a
High Pressure Bioscience Basic Concepts, Applications and Frontiers
This volume covers both the basic concepts and theory of bio-macromolecules under pressure and the various frontiers in high-pressure bioscience and biotechnology. A century has passed since Bridgman discovered the irreversible coagulation of egg white by applying pressure at 700 atmospheres in 1914. Today we are able to monitor pressure-dependent changes in protein structure as a reversible pr…
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- 978-94-017-9917-1
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Reviews in Fluorescence 2015
Reviews in Fluorescence 2015, the eighth volume of the book serial from Springer, serves as a comprehensive collection of current trends and emerging hot topics in the field of fluorescence and closely related disciplines. It summarizes the year’s progress in fluorescence and its applications, with authoritative reviews specialized enough to be attractive to professional researchers, yet also…
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- 978-3-319-24609-3
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Rehabilitation with rTMS
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is increasingly being studied and used in stroke rehabilitation. This handbook is the first concise guide for clinicians and researchers working with or learning about rTMS in stroke rehabilitation. It gives you a practical guide to the novel use of rTMS in combination with intensive rehabilitation for the treatment of neurological sequelae of…
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Tryptophan Metabolism: Implications for Biological Processes, Health and Disease
This book discusses the relationship between cellular immunity and tryptophan metabolism, as well as its products, serotonin and melatonin, in the development of several diseases and reappraises the common signal transduction pathways of the neurodegenerative diseases, carcinogenesis, immune tolerance, inflammation, hypersensitivity reactions, neuropsychiatric disorders, in addition to bacteria…
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- 978-3-319-15630-9
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The Essential Guide to N-of-1 Trials in Health
N-of-1 trials, a type of individualized randomized controlled trial, are relevant to almost every discipline in medicine and psychology. They can tell the clinician with precision whether a treatment works in that individual, which distinguishes from the information available from most other trial designs. They have the potential to revolutionize the way clinical medicine is practiced. Whet…
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- 978-94-017-7200-6
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- XI, 245
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Individualized Medicine{ Ethical, Economical and Historical Perspectives
In 2009 the University Medicine Greifswald launched the “Greifswald Approach to Individualized Medicine” (GANI_MED) to implement biomarker-based individualized diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in clinical settings. Individualized Medicine (IM) has led not only to controversies about its potentials, but also about its societal, ethical and health economic implications. This anthology fo…
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- 978-3-319-11718-8
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