Published November, 2009
By Samuel K. Cohn, Jr.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Cultures of Plague highlights this most feared epidemic, one that threatened Italy top to toe from 1575 to 1578 and unleashed an avalanche of plague writing. In the heartland of Counter-Reformation Italy, physicians along with those outside the profession questioned the foundations of Galenic and Renaissance medicine, even the role of God.

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Published October, 2009
By David E Nelson, Bradford W Hesse and Robert T Croyle
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Published October, 2009
By Andreas Scherer and A Scherer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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Batch effects and experimental shift are major sources for noise in a microarray dataset. Their effect on gene expression profiling has been largely ignored until now. This book provides a valuable insight into the nature of batch effects, providing guidance on possible ways of dealing with it and illustrating ways of keeping it to a minimum.

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Published October, 2009
By Dennis J. Caine, Peter Harmer, Melissa Schiff, Peter A. Harmer and Melissa A. Schiff
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd))
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This volume reviews the distribution and determinants of injury frequency in Olympic sports, then suggests measures for injury prevention and directions for further research. After an introduction, the book is divided into parts dedicated to Olympic Summer Sports, Olympic Winter Sports, and Paralympic Sports.

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Published October, 2009
By Terence Gibson and John Rees
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Essential Medical Texts for Students and Trainees
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Covering all the clinical topics required of a modern curriculum for medical students, with each subject approached in a problem-orientated style, this book guides the reader from accurate assessment of symptoms through to a structured and clear understanding of medical disorders.

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Published October, 2009
By Christon J. Hurst
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Pathogenic microorganisms exploit a number of different routes for transmission and this book demonstrates how the spread of disease can be prevented through the practices of disinfection and controlling microbial growth.

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Published October, 2009
By Michael J. Campbell and T. D. V. Swinscow
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd))
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The new edition of this bestseller continues to demystify the world of statistics for health care professionals. Revised throughout, the 11th Edition features new material in the areas of binary data to deal with relative risk, absolute risk, and the evidence-based criteria of numbers needed to treat.

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Published October, 2009
By Ronald R. Watson and Victor R. Preedy
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This handbook features in-depth reviews of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), quality of life and financial measures for over 120 diseases and conditions.

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Published October, 2009
By Robin M. Murray, Peter B. Jones, Ezra Susser, Jim Van Os and Mary Cannon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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A comprehensive, epidemiological overview of schizophrenia, drawing together the findings from social, genetic, developmental and classical epidemiology. Controversial issues on its nature and cause are explored in depth, and separate chapters are devoted to suicide, violence and substance abuse, new prospects for treatment, and prevention.

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Published October, 2009
By P Tiwari and S Tiwari
Publisher: Jaypee Medical (Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers)
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