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The market in mind :how financialization is shaping neuroscience, translation…
A critical examination of translational medicine, when private risk is transferred to the public sector and university research teams become tech startups for global investors. A global shift has secretly transformed science and medicine. Starting in 2003, biomedical research in the West has been reshaped by the emergence of translational science and medicine--the idea that the aim of research …
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- 9780262352963
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- 1 online resource (312 pages).
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From X-rays to DNA :how engineering drives biology
"Engineering has been an essential collaborator in biological research and breakthroughs in biology are often enabled by technological advances. Decoding the double helix structure of DNA, for example, only became possible after significant advances in such technologies as X-ray diffraction and gel electrophoresis. Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis improved as new technologies -- includin…
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- 9781461952183
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- 1 online resource (xii, 233 pages) :illustrations
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Medical malpractice
Economist Frank Sloan and lawyer Lindsey Chepke examine the U.S. medical malpractice process from legal, medical, economic & insurance perspectives, analyse past efforts at reform, & offer policy recommendations.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262283809
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- 1 online resource (viii, 458 pages) :illustrations
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Progress in bioethics :science, policy, and politics
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- 9780262322560
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- 1 online resource (xx, 284 pages) :illustrations.
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Design and destiny :Jewish and Christian perspectives on human germline modif…
Scholars discuss the genetic modification of embryonic cells from the viewpoints of traditional Jewish and Christian teaching, considering both the possible therapeutic benefits of this technology and moral concerns about its implementation.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262270632
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Mining the biomedical literature
A concise introduction to fundamental methods for finding and extracting relevant information from the ever-increasing amounts of biomedical text available.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262305167
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- 1 online resource (xi, 138 pages) :illustrations.
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Making medical decisions for the profoundly mentally disabled
A legal and moral analysis of medical decision making on behalf of those with such severe cognitive impairments that they cannot exercise self-determination.In this book, Norman Cantor analyzes the legal and moral status of people with profound mental disabilities--those with extreme cognitive impairments that prevent their exercise of medical self-determination. He proposes a legal and moral f…
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- 9780262269810
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- 1 online resource (vi, 307 pages).
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Self-trust and reproductive autonomy
A study of the importance of self-trust for women's autonomy in reproductive health. The power of new medical technologies, the cultural authority of physicians, and the gendered power dynamics of many patient-physician relationships can all inhibit women's reproductive freedom. Often these factors interfere with women's ability to trust themselves to choose and act in ways that are consistent …
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 199 pages).
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Wearable Electronics Sensors For Safe and Healthy Living
This edited book contains invited papers from renowned experts working in the field of Wearable Electronics Sensors. It includes 14 chapters describing recent advancements in the area of Wearable Sensors, Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks, Protocols, Topologies, Instrumentation architectures, Measurement techniques, Energy harvesting and scavenging, Signal processing, Design and Prototyping.…
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Wear Prediction on Total Ankle Replacement Effect of Design Parameters
This book develops and analyses computational wear simulations of the total ankle replacement for the stance phase of gait cycle. The emphasis is put on the relevant design parameters. The book presents a model consisting of three components; tibial, bearing and talar representing their physiological functions.
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