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Radiobiology Textbook
This open access textbook focuses on the various aspects of radiobiology. The goal of radiobiological research is to better understand the effects of radiation exposure at the cellular and molecular levels in order to determine the impact on health. This book offers a unique perspective, by covering not only radiation biology but also radiation physics, radiation oncology, radiotherapy, radioch…
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- 978-3-031-18809-1
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- XXVII, 667
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A Practical Guide for Pediatric Nuclear Medicine
This open access book will provide a foundation for the understanding of, and knowledge for a successful routine use of diagnostic Nuclear Medicine procedures in children through expertise and cases provided by representative busy pediatric nuclear medicine facilities. The book highlights important aspects of nuclear medicine in children and the differences between adult and pediatric practice …
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- 978-3-662-67630-1
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- XVIII, 231
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Rangeland Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
This open access book reviews the importance of ecological functioning within rangelands considering the complex inter-relationships of production agriculture, ecosystem services, biodiversity, and wildlife habitat. More than half of all lands worldwide, and up to 70% of the western USA, are classified as rangelands—uncultivated lands that often support grazing by domestic livestock. Th…
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- 978-3-031-34036-9
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- XI, 1023
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Situated Intervention: Sociological Experiments in Health Care
This work considers the question of how the direct involvement of social scientists in the practices they study can lead to the production of interesting sociological knowledge. It draws together two activities that are often seen as belonging to different realms: intervening in practices and furthering sociological understanding of them.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262329439
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- 1 online resource (xi, 232 pages).
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The Politics of Invisibility: Public Knowledge about Radiation Health Effects…
Before Fukushima, the most notorious large-scale nuclear accident the world had seen was Chernobyl in 1986. The fallout from Chernobyl covered vast areas in the Northern Hemisphere, especially in Europe. Belarus, at the time a Soviet republic, suffered heavily: nearly a quarter of its territory was covered with long-lasting radionuclides. Yet the damage from the massive fallout was largely impe…
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- 9780262325417
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- 1 online resource (xii, 249 pages).
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Ethics and the Metaphysics of Medicine: Reflections on Health and Beneficence
Explores the philosophical and practical ethical implications of a definition of health as a state that allows us to reach our goals.Definitions of health and disease are of more than theoretical interest. Understanding what it means to be healthy has implications for choices in medical treatment, for ethically sound informed consent, and for accurate assessment of policies or programs. This de…
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- 9780262282383
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- 1 online resource (x, 222 pages).
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Historia : empiricism and erudition in early modern Europe
Essays examine how the genre of historia reflects connections between the study of nature and the study of culture in early modern scholarly pursuits. The early modern genre of historia connected the study of nature and the study of culture from the early Renaissance to the eighteenth century. The ubiquity of historia as a descriptive method across a variety of disciplines—including natura…
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- 9780262281775
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- 1 online resource (viii, 490 pages) : illustrations.
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- 900 POM h
Health and medicine on display : International Expositions in the United Stat…
This work offers a book-length examination of how international expositions, through their exhibits and infrastructures, sought to demonstrate innovations in applied health and medical practice.
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- 1 online resource (xi, 326 pages) :
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Cognitive Science in Medicine: Biomedical Modeling
Cognitive Science in Medicine presents current research that focuses on issues and results in applying techniques from cognitive science to problems in biomedicine. "A Bradford book."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262315791
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- 1 online resource (xxi, 421 pages) :illustrations
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Better doctors, better patients, better decisions :envisioning health care 2020
How eliminating "risk illiteracy" among doctors and patients will lead to better health care decision making.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262298957
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- 1 online resource (xi, 391 pages) :illustrations.
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