The Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP) was developed by Dr. Flannery. It is a voluntary, peer-help, systems-wide crisis-intervention approach for coping with the psychological aftermath of violence. ASAP is a Critical Incident Stress Management approach that includes individual crisis counseling, group debriefings, an employee-victims...

In recent years we've seen an unacceptable increase in human-inflicted violence. People going berserk, seemingly out of nowhere, and (only on the surface) for no reason. The hideous images are seared into our memory. Tragically, health-care workers on the front lines are not immune....

In this volume two topics are discussed: the construction of Feller and Lp-sub-Markovian semigroups by starting with a pseudo-differential operator, and the potential theory of these semigroups and their generators. The first part of the text essentially discusses the analysis of pseudo-differential operators with...

Reviewed with Using Voice and Movement in Therapy 'Both books certainly provide a wealth of interesting concepts, structured theoretical frameworks for considering movement and voicework, detailed descriptions of practical exercises and techniques and clear case studies. Readers need to be aware that Newham uses...

Research has shown that building resilience in the face of adversity or challenges helps children and young people develop effective coping strategies and improve long term outcomes across a spectrum of illnesses. You Are So Much More reminds children who have gone through or...

Research has shown that building resilience in the face of adversity or challenges helps children and young people develop effective coping strategies and improve long-term outcomes across a spectrum of illnesses. You Are So Much More reminds children who have gone through or are...

This book was conceived in response to the increasing recognition of the central role of communication in effective healthcare delivery, particularly in high-stress contexts. Over a three-year period, the research team investigated communication between patients and clinicians in five representative emergency departments (EDs). The...

Malignant tumors of the colon and rectum are the most common cancers in developed countries. The incidence of rectal adenocarcinoma represents approximately 30% of this number. A neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by total mesorectal excision is the current standard of the treatment in patients with...

Neonatal Jaundice (NNJ) is common, particularly in preterm neonates. The objective assessment of the severity of NNJ is Total Serum Bilirubin (TSB) determination, and requires drawing multiple blood samples for monitoring. This has inherent limitations, particularly in preterm babies. There is therefore, the need...

This book on Tumour Immunology, by Dr. Anuj Mansata, Dr. Neelampari Parikh & Dr. C. Nandini, provides a comprehensive idea about basic immune system of the body and about tumour immunology. Immune recognition of cancers/tumours as well as mechanisms acquired by cancer cells to...

Traditionally, beta blockers were perceived to be contraindicated in the treatment of congestive heart failure. This was due to the negative inotropic properties of beta blockers. Recent evidence through extensive research and clinical trials, however, has shown that the administration of beta blockers in...

Provide a comprehensive overview about anatomy and physiology of the heart, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) definition, history, physiological effects, timing and timing errors, indications and contraindications, complications and nursing care of the patient undergoing IABP therapy. Thesis study aims to assess nurses' knowledge and...

The study provides a significant scientific basis used for constructing effective program in elderly women with type 2 diabetes mellitus and to improve glycemic control and in turn will lead to reduce secondary complications The study may provide additional insights into the role of...

There have been many advances in the management of maxillofacial infections. New classes of antimicrobial agents, non-invasive imaging techniques, improved culturing methods, and clearer understandings of the normal and pathologic functioning of the immune system are just some of the changes that have occurred....

Main features of this book are:1. Dealing with one of the most sophisticated medical titles in an interesting format (short clinical scenarios ), to facilitate expansion of factual knowledge and to improve diagnostic and therapeutic skills of the students by simulating real clinical conditions...

Transdermal drug delivery systems are adhesive, dug containing devices of defined surface area that deliver a pre-determined amount of drug to the surface of intact skin at a pre-programmed rate. These systems provide drug systemically at a predictable rate and maintain the rate for...

Burn and wound care has developed significantly over the last 70 years but most rapidly at times of conflict and war. Significant advances in the quality of burn care were seen in the Second World War. To achieve the best outcomes for burn patients,...

Increasingly, evidence can be found for the use of physiotherapeutic treatment for scoliosis. Bracing, once controversial, is now regarded as having a scientific basis. In contrast, evidence is lacking for the surgical treatment of scoliosis and recent studies on long-term results raise questions. The...

Induction of labour is one of the most commonly practiced interventions in modern obstetrics. Induction is progression from cervical ripening through to the onset of uterine contractions. Several methods have been used to ripen the cervix prior to induction of labour. Wide variety of...

Summary This book is designed to equip you with the basic concepts required for nursing students for nutrition. This edition includes the latest nutritional guidelines, with a new chapter on meeting particular dietary needs for infants, sick child, adolescent, pregnant women, old age people...

A crucial problem for oncologist in treatment of acute leukemia is the characterization of patients who require more intensification of therapy to avert relapse. Although clinical (e.g., age, gender) and biologic (e.g., white blood cell count, immunophenotype, structural chromosomal abnormalities, and gene rearrangements) factors...

Indigofera lupatana Baker F. (locally known as Mugiti) has been used to treat cough, diarrhea, pleurisy and gonorrhea. These and other infectious diseases are a cause of morbidity and mortality in humans and animals. Their effects are further aggravated by drug resistance. There is...

It is said that "necessity is the mother of invention". To be sure, wheels and pulleys were invented out of necessity by the tenacious minds of upright citi- zens. Looking at the history of mankind, however, one has to add that "Ieisure is the...

The demand for an atlas of CSF cytology has made a second edition necessary very soon. The number of those who have learned to appreciate the value of this simple diagnostic procedure has apparently increased. Optimal methods of cell preparation, lim ited technical requirements...

High shear stresses and shear rates in left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) make endothelialization of the LVAD difficult and likely contribute to cleavage of large von Willebrand factor multimers and resulting bleeding problems in patients. To better understand shear in a centrifugal LVAD, flow...

This book proposes a detailed picture of the continuities and ruptures between communication in primates and language in humans.Author: Pascal PerrierISBN-10: 3631737262ISBN-13: 9783631737262Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der WLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/04/2018Pages: 368Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.64lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.13d

This book on the design of very large-scale integration of microelectronic memory chips has been written by the worldwide leading reseacher and developer, Kiyoo Itoh who is a Hitachi Fellow.Author: Kiyoo ItohISBN-10: 3540678204ISBN-13: 9783540678205Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/13/2001Pages: 495Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.83lbsSize: 9.53h x 6.43w x...

Optimal Shape Design is concerned with the optimization of some performance criterion dependent (besides the constraints of the problem) on the "shape" of some region. The main topics covered are: the optimal design of a geometrical object, for instance a wing, moving in a...

Nowadays there is an increasing emphasis on all aspects of adaptively gener- ating a grid that evolves with the solution of a PDE. Another challenge is to develop efficient higher-order one-step integration methods which can handle very stiff equations and which allow us to...

This volume contains the expanded versions of the lectures given by the authors at the C.I.M.E. instructional conference held in Cetraro, Italy, from July 12 to 19, 1997. The papers collected here are broad surveys of the current research in the arithmetic of elliptic...

Development in science depends on several factors. Among these, the role of individual scientists is perhaps not the most important one. Science is typically a body of collective knowledge and any increase in the amount of this knowledge is certainly due to strong interaction...

These notes are devoted to a systematic study of developing the Tomita-Takesaki theory for von Neumann algebras in unbounded operator algebras called O*-algebras and to its applications to quantum physics. The notions of standard generalized vectors and standard weights for an O*-algebra are introduced...

Percolation theory is the study of an idealized random medium in two or more dimensions. The emphasis of this book is upon core mathematical material and the presentation of the shortest and most accessible proofs. Much new material appears in this second edition including...

to the Encyclopaedia Subseries on Operator Algebras and Non-Commutative Geometry The theory of von Neumann algebras was initiated in a series of papers by Murray and von Neumann in the 1930's and 1940's. A von Neumann algebra is a self-adjoint unital subalgebra M of...

It is an historical goal of algebraic number theory to relate all algebraic extensionsofanumber?eldinauniquewaytostructuresthatareexclusively described in terms of the base ?eld. Suitable structures are the prime ideals of the ring of integers of the considered number ?eld. By examining the behaviouroftheprimeidealswhenembeddedintheextension?eld, su?cient information should...

Master's Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Medicine - Biomedical Engineering, grade: 1.1, course: MSc. Industrial Pharmaceutical Science, language: English, abstract: With the adoption of Disposable and Single-use manufacturing equipment on the rise, it is logical there is an industry push to...

A Brief History of the Late Expedition Against Fort San Juan, So Far As It Relates to the Diseases of the Troops - Together with some observations on climate, infection and contagion; and several of the endemial complaints of the West-Indies is an unchanged,...

A Contribution to South African Materia Medica - Chiefly from Plants in use among the Natives is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and...

Bipolar disorder (BPD) is a mood disorder that is characterized by periods of pathologic mood elevation (mania or hypomania). Many studies have proved that effective pharmacological treatment improves the quality of life in patients suffering with BPD. Various classes of antipsychotics and antiepileptics have...

Updated and expanded second editionExpanded section on helminthsNow includes Trypanosoma cruziAuthor: Yn駸 R. OrtegaISBN-10: 3319676628ISBN-13: 9783319676623Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2018Pages: 375Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.57lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d

In its extensively revised and updated Second Edition, this book provides a solid foundation for readers interested in clinical research. Discussion encompasses genetic, pharmacoepidemiologic and implementation research.All chapters have been updated with new information and many new tables have been added to elucidate key...

Apheresis refers to an extracorporeal therapy which aims at removing pathological constituents from the patients' blood. Due to the development of new techniques as well as the discovery of novel autoimmune antibodies, it is increasingly recognized as an important therapeutic option for a variety...

This special issue brings together cutting edge research and insightful commentary on the currentl state of the Cancer Nanomedicine field.Author: Clare HoskinsISBN-10: 3039430580ISBN-13: 9783039430581Publisher: Mdpi AGLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/15/2020Pages: 510Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.85lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.50d

It is now recognized that workplace aspects (scheduling, shift work, physically demanding work, chemical exposure) not only increase the risk of injury and illness, but also impact health behaviors (smoking, physical activity) and health outcomes (sleep disorders and fatigue, obesity, musculoskeletal disorders). In turn,...

Plant essential oils (PEOs) are hydrophobic liquids that contain volatile chemical components that are derived from various plant parts. They are among the most important plant natural products because of their diverse biological features as well as their therapeutic and nutritional applications. In addition,...

Nano-engineering offers unique solutions for biomedical implants to meet compromised patient conditions via enhanced bioactivity and local drug release. This book presents the cutting-edge nano-engineered dental implant solutions that has the potential to ensure long-term success of dental implants while maintaining clinical translatability. From...

This Special Issue gathers original studies (eight articles and one review) that aim to improve our knowledge concerning mycotoxin toxicity. The most recent research concerning the impact of zearalenone (ZEA) and the immune response is presented in a review that aims to explore the...

During the last 60 years the relevance of cannabis (Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica) ingredients, like the psychoactive Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol, 120+ additional cannabinoids and 440+ non-cannabinoid compounds, for human health and disease has become apparent. Approximately 30 years after the elucidation of THC...

"Newborn Screening in Japan-2021" is a topical collection of the International Journal of Neonatal Screening. Japan's newborn mass screening (NBS) was started in 1977 at the national level as a national project. Subsequently, screening was conducted for six diseases. From 2014 a tandem mass...

Oxygen is an essential molecule in the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in cells, and a lack of energy due to O2 deficiency makes the maintenance of biological functions and human life improbable. Since oxygen functions as the final electron acceptor in the series...