Published January, 2013
By Theodore Eliades
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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The orthodontic literature includes many articles on basic science and engineering research techniques, but clinicians are typically unfamiliar with the principles underlying these techniques and may also lack the background knowledge required for a full appreciation of their role.

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Published January, 2013
By Celia Dominguez
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
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This volume provides an overview of neurodegenerative diseases. Topics include the role histone deacetylases plays in neurodegenerative diseases, phosphodiesterase inhibition as a way to target synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease, and more.

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Published January, 2013
By Michael Wannenmacher, Frederik Wenz, Jurgen Debus and Michael Wannemacher
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Angehende Facharzte erhalten hier den UEberblick uber aktuelle Standards der Strahlentherapie und Radioonkologie. Das Hauptaugenmerk der Autoren liegt auf praxisrelevanten Aspekte der taglichen Arbeit. Zugunsten konkreter Handlungsablaufe und Behandlungsalgorithmen verzichten sie insbesondere in den Organkapiteln auf ausfuhrliche Literaturlisten.

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Published January, 2013
By Helena M. Tabery
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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This book presents in vivo captured high-magnification images of two conditions: keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS, or dry eye), an extremely common disease of the ocular surface, and filamentary keratopathy, a relatively rare phenomenon most commonly associated with KCS.

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Published January, 2013
By Gyorgy Kampis, Istvan Karsai, Eors Szathmary, Gyoergy Kampis and Eoers Szathmary
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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Constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 10th European Conference, ECAl 2009, held in Budapest, Hungary, in September 2009. This title features the papers that are organized in topical sections on evolutionary developmental biology and hardware, evolutionary robotics, protocells and prebiotic chemistry, and swarm intelligence.

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Published January, 2013
By Valery V. Tuchin, Dmitry A. Zimnyakov and Lihong Wang
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
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Optical Polarization in Biomedical Applications introduces key developments in optical polarization methods for quantitative studies of tissues, while presenting the theory of polarization transfer in a random medium as a basis for the quantitative description of polarized light interaction with tissues.

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Published January, 2013
By A.L. Baert, Veronica B. Donoghue and A. L. Baert
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Medical Radiology
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With contributions by numerous experts

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Published January, 2013
By Francesco Paolucci
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy
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As a contribution to the search for suitable and sustainable solutions to finance rising medical care expenditures, the book proposes a typology of healthcare financing and insurance schemes, based on the dimensions of basic vs.

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Published January, 2013
By Alfred Langler, Patrick J. Mansky and Georg Seifert
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Pediatric Oncology
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This book covers a broad spectrum of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices employed in pediatric oncology worldwide, with a special focus on the methods widely used in Western countries.

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Published January, 2013
By Andreas H. Mahnken, Kai Wilhelm, Jens Ricke and Kai E. Wilhelm
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Interventional radiology is an indispensable and still expanding area of modern medicine that encompasses numerous diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. A particularly comprehensive section is devoted to interventional oncology as the most rapidly growing branch of interventional radiology.

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