Published March, 2013
By Franz H. Messerli
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine
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After a certain age, one is elderly, aged, venerable, and patriarchal. Writing about the old is a preoccupation of the young, and that is as it should be because it is the young who must carry the burden of the old.

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Published March, 2013
By William H. Moorcroft
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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As in the previous book, Understanding Sleep and Dreaming, this new edition serves as a compact overview for now sleep experts, covering physiological sleep mechanisms, brain function, psychological ramifications of sleep, dimensions of dreaming, and clinical disorders associated with sleep.

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Published March, 2013
By Ferric C. Fang
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Familiarity with nitric oxide is essential to a modern understanding of pathophysiologic mechanisms of infectious disease.

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Published March, 2013
By Dean McKay and Eric A. Storch
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This handbook assembles current findings on assessment methods and applies them to common complicating factors, including comorbid personality and behavioral problems. It provides a how-to guide for dealing with common issues that may complicate assessment.

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Published March, 2013
By M. M. Fisher
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Hepatology
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Gallstone disease has afflicted man since antiquity, but only in the past decade has it been recognized as a major health problem and been the subject of widespread investigation.

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Published March, 2013
By Kathleen H. Dockett, G. Rita Dudley-Grant and C. Peter Bankart
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: International and Cultural Psychology
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This book advances a serious consideration of how the goals and practices of psychology can be informed and enriched by Buddhist traditions that transcend the individual to consider the interconnectedness of all things, and the responsibility we have towards the other.

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Published March, 2013
By J. E. Kudlow
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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The Editors v CONTENTS PERSPECTIVES ON THE CONTROL OF GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION Perspectives on the Biology of Growth Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . * . * * . Riordan GROWTH FACTOR - ONCOGENE RELATIONSHIPS Structure - Function Relationships in Cellular and Viral fps/fes Cytoplasmic Protein-Tyrosine Kinases.

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Published March, 2013
By Steven M. Hoefflin
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Starting with the basics of Black, Hispanic, and Asian nasal anatomy, the book goes on to encompass preoperative nasal evaluation and surgical planning. The author demonstrates his renowned techniques, including those for nasal septum and turbinates, nasal dorsum and bridge, alar rim and nasal base reduction, and the nasal tip.

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Published March, 2013
By Itzhak Ofek and Yona Keisari
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Activation of innate immunity is crucial for transition to specific immunity and for its orientation, and to assist the specific immune response in the recognition of pathogens and their destruction.

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Published March, 2013
By George Ware
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
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Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy, and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.

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