Published January, 2014
By Jonathan Gratch and Stacy Marsella
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Recent years have seen the rise of a remarkable partnership between the social and computational sciences on the phenomena of emotions. This book reports on the state-of-the-art in both social science theory and computational methods, and illustrates how these two fields, together, can both facilitate practical computer/robotic applications and illuminate human social processes.

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Published January, 2014
By W.A. Bogart
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This book explores the effectiveness of legal interventions aimed at promoting healthier lifestyles. In it, W.A. Bogart examines the complex effects of law and its relationship with norms, including the unintended consequences of regulation.

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Published January, 2014
By Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Polyxeni Potter
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Published January, 2014
By Gregory E. Kaebnick
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Should there be limits to the human alteration of the natural world? Through a study of debates about the environment, agricultural biotechnology, synthetic biology, and human enhancement, Gregory E. Kaebnick argues that such moral concerns about nature can be legitimate but are also complex, contestable, and politically limited.

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Published January, 2014
By Stanley H. Rosenbaum, Keith J Ruskin and Ira J. Rampil
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Fundamentals of Neuroanesthesia is a comprehensive guide to neuroanesthesia which focuses neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, and neurosurgical procedures, and then offers practical approaches to the practice of neurosurgical anesthesia.

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Published January, 2014
By Georg Northoff
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What makes our brain a brain? This is the central question posited in Unlocking the Brain. By providing a fascinating venture into different territories of neuroscience, psychiatry, and philosophy, the author takes a novel exploration of the brain's resting state in the context of the neural code, and its ability to yield consciousness.

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Published January, 2014
By Georg Northoff
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What makes our brain a brain? This is the central question posited in Unlocking the Brain. By providing a fascinating venture into different territories of neuroscience, psychiatry, and philosophy, the author takes a novel exploration of the brain's resting state in the context of the neural code, and its ability to yield consciousness.

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Published January, 2014
By F.M. Kamm
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford Ethics Series
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Bioethical Prescriptions collects F.M. Kamm's articles on bioethics - revised for publication in book form - which have appeared over the last 25 years and which have made her among the most widely-respected philosophers working in this field.

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Published December, 2013
By Research Mary A M Rogers and Mary A. M. Rogers
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Comparative Effectiveness Research is the first textbook to offer an introduction to this booming clinical science. It broadly covers the examination of research questions, the possible choices of services, the types of patient-centered outcomes, the range of study designs, and how these elements fit together.

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Published December, 2013
By Naomi Rogers
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A study of Australian nurse Sister Elizabeth Kenny and her efforts to have her unorthodox methods of treating polio accepted as mainstream polio care in the United States during the 1940s. A case study of changing clinical care, and an examination of the hidden politics of philanthropies and medical societies.

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