"An A to Z, plain-English encyclopedia of contract terminology that dissects important contract concepts for business owners, law students, managers, and consumers. It also includes sample agreements with explanations on how to complete them"-- Provided by publisher.

• Visual pathways, eye development, and retinal organization : visual deficits and blindness
• Focusing light--cornea and lens : refractive errors, dry eye, and cataracts
• Capturing light--the photoreceptors : retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration
• Analyzing the visual image--the retina : glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy
• Beyond the retina--lateral geniculate nucleus and visual cortex : amblyopia
• Higher-level processing and visual perception : blindsight
• Looking back and forward.

Descriptions of basic visual mechanisms and related clinical abnormalities, by a neuroscientist and an ophthalmologist. Over the past fifty years, enormous progress has been made in understanding visual mechanisms and treating eye disorders. And yet the scientist is not always aware of the latest clinical advances and the clinician is often not up to date on the basic scientific discoveries. Writing in nontechnical language, John and Joseph Dowling, a neuroscientist and an ophthalmologist, examine vision from both perspectives, providing concise descriptions of basic visual mechanisms and related clinical abnormalities. Thus, an account of the photoreceptors is followed by a consideration of retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration; an explanation of the retina's function is followed by details of glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. The authors begin with the cornea and lens, which project an image on the light-sensitive elements inside the eye, the photoreceptors, and how that process can be compromised by such disorders as cataracts and corneal disease. They go on to describe, among other things, how the photoreceptors capture light; retinal and visual cortical anatomy and physiology; and higher level visual processing that leads to perception. Cortical disorders such as amblyopia are discussed as well as specific deficits such as the inability to recognize faces, colors, or moving objects. Finally, they survey the evolution of our knowledge of vision, and speculate about future advances.
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Whatever the level of OCD, mild to severe, the step-by-step activities in the Brain Based Therapy for OCD: A Workbook for Clinicians and Clients will guide you or your client in developing skills to better cope with the disorder. * Decrease time spent obsessing and ritualizing *Neutralize anxiety-producing triggers = Lifestyle changes that reduce the anxiety underlying OCD * Manage setbacks and create a relapse prevention plan.

• Breast anatomy and development. Breast anatomy and development
• Stem cells in breast development and carcinogenesis: concepts and clinical perspectives
• Diagnosis and management of benign breast disease. Physical examination of the breast
• Management of the palpable breast mass
• Management of disorders of the ductal system and infections
• Management of breast pain
• Abnormalities of the breast in pregnancy and lactation
• Management of gynecomastia
• Pathology of benign breast disorders
• Breast imaging and image-guided biopsy techniques. Breast cancer screening
• Imaging analysis: mammography
• Imaging analysis: ultrasonography
• Imaging analysis: magnetic resonance imaging
• New breast imaging techniques
• Image-guided biopsy of nonpalpable breast lesions
• Epidemiology and assessing and managing risk. Inherited genetic factors and breast cancer
• Genetic testing and management of patients with hereditary breast cancer
• Nongenetic factors in the causation of breast cancer
• Management of other high risk patients
• Chemoprevention
• In situ carcinoma. Ductal carcinoma in situ and other intraductal lesions: pathology, immunohistochemistry, and molecular alterations
• Lobular carcinoma in situ: biology and management
• Ductal carcinoma in situ and microinvasive carcinoma
• Pathology and biological markers of invasive breast cancer. Genomic events in breast cancer progression
• Pathology of invasive breast cancer
• Estrogen and progesterone receptor testing for prognosis and prediction
• HER2/ERBB2 testing: assessment of status for targeted therapies
• Clinical and pathologic prognostic and predictive factors
• Genomics, prognosis, and therapeutic interventions
• Bone marrow micrometastases and circulating tumor cells
• Management of primary invasive breast cancer. Evaluation of patients for metastasis prior to primary therapy
• Staging of breast cancer
• Mastectomy
• Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy
• Breast-conserving therapy
• Breast reconstruction
• Sentinel lymph node biopsy
• Axillary dissection
• Preserving and restoring function after local treatment
• Lymphedema
• Local management of the axilla
• Postmastectomy radiation therapy
• Adjuvant systemic therapy: endocrine therapy
• Adjuvant systemic chemotherapy in early breast cancer
• Adjuvant chemo endocrine therapy
• Adjuvant and preoperative systemic therapy for HER2-positive breast cancer
• Adjuvant systemic therapy: bone-targeted treatments
• Pharmacogenomics of systemic therapy
• Implications of obesity in breast cancer
• Lifestyle issues in breast cancer survivors
• Management of menopausal symptoms in breast cancer survivors
• Long-term and late effects of primary curative intent therapy: neurocognitive, cardiac, and secondary malignancies
• Adjuvant systemic therapy treatment guidelines.

• Preoperative systemic therapy. Preoperative chemotherapy for operable breast cancer
• Preoperative endocrine therapy for operable breast cancer
• Pathologic assessment of treatment response after neoadjuvant therapy
• Local-regional therapy following systemic treatment
• Locally advanced breast cancer
• Inflammatory breast cancer
• Preoperative systemic therapy for breast cancer --Special therapeutic problems. Male breast cancer
• Phyllodes tumors
• Paget's disease
• Nonepithelial malignancies of the breast
• Breast cancer during pregnancy and subsequent pregnancy in breast cancer survivors
• Occult primary cancer with axillary metastases
• Evaluation after primary therapy and management of recurrent breast cancer. Surveillance of patients following primary therapy
• Surgery for the primary in patients with distant metastases
• Management of local regional recurrences after primary breast cancer treatment
• Treatment of metastatic breast cancer: endocrine
• Treatment of metastatic breast cancer: chemotherapy
• Treatment of HER2-overexpressing metastatic breast cancer
• Palliative care in breast cancer
• Management summary for the care of patients with metastatic breast cancer
• New breast cancer therapeutic approaches. Newer targeted therapy
• Site-specific therapy of metastatic breast cancer. Brain metastases
• Metastatic epidural spinal cord compression
• Leptomeningeal metastasis
• Brachial plexopathy in patients with breast cancer
• Ophthalmic metastases
• Management of isolated liver metastases
• Medical treatment for bone metastases
• Local management of bone metastases
• Breast cancer in specific populations. Breast cancer in older women
• Breast cancer in younger women
• Breast cancer in minority women
• Issues in breast cancer survivorship. Nursing care in patient management and quality of life
• Overview of survivorship issues
• Psychosocial adaptation during and after breast cancer
• Reproductive issues in breast cancer survivors
• Cost and cost effectiveness considerations.

Expand your knowledge of every aspect of breast diseases as a diverse and distinguished group of internationally-recognized experts summarize the current knowledge, including biology and epidemiology, clinical features, and management. Ideal for any clinician seeing patients with breast disease, especially carcinoma of the breast, this full color 5th Edition of the authoritative text in the field is designed to foster the understanding necessary to provide optimal patient care. Features The importance of effective communication between pathologists, breast imagers, medical geneticists, experts in nursing, psycho-social support, and rehabilitation, as well as surgical, medical, and radiation oncologists in providing optimal patient care is demonstrated. The latest major clinical trials are covered, along with the information they provide on early detection and management of breast cancer. Illustrations and tables that emphasize breast imaging, microscopic and gross histology, anatomy, and procedural technique enhance visual understanding. Algorithms on problem management in all aspects of breast disease from benign processes to breast carcinoma inform clinical practice. eBook with content updates is included with purchase New chapters have been added on pathology of in situ carcinomas, prophylactic contralateral mastectomy, implications of obesity in breast cancer, and an overview of survivorship issues To keep perspectives fresh and updated, over one third of the authors are new to this edition.
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• Front Cover; Contents; Introduction;
• Chapter 1. The Language of Medicine: Sit, Stay, Diagnose!;
• Chapter 2. Medical Professionals: You Can't Tell the Players without a Program;
• Chapter 3. Ambulances: You Wanna Go where Everybody Knows Your Number;
• Chapter 4. Hospitals: What You Really Need to Know before You Gotta Go;
• Chapter 5. The Admission: You Are Going In! You Are Going In!;
• Chapter 6. About Drugs: The Dosage Makes It Either a Poison or a Remedy;
• Chapter 7. Medical Mistakes: To Err Is Human, but You Still Need a Lawyer.

• Chapter 8. The Business of Medicine: The Best Things in Life Are Free, but I Still Need Your Co-pay
• Chapter 9. The Future: How Foggy Is My Crystal Ball?; References; Index; Back Cover.

Do you really need to pay that outstanding balance with the hospital? Do you know the differences between a nurse practitioner, a physician's assistant, a physician, and a paramedic? Did you realize that not all hospitals can treat your stroke, heart attack, or trauma with equal speed and effectiveness? How should you negotiate and appeal a hospital charge? Can you do anything to minimize the medical mistakes that your provider might commit? In Prepare to Defend Yourself ...How to Navigate the Healthcare System and Escape with Your Life, Matthew Minson, a physician and disaster medicine and healthcare policy expert, pulls back the examination room curtain on the healthcare system, empowering patients and their families to become proactive and knowledgeable users of medical services. Written in a humorous, patient-friendly style and loaded with the author's cartoons and other visual aids, this essential consumer's guide to modern healthcare provides down-to-earth, accurate advice that any reader can use, whether preparing for surgery, dialling 911, or simply getting a prescription filled.
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• The push for innovation, its consequences, and the degrowth agenda
• Our attosecond world : how we got here, where we're going, and the companies leading the way
• The need for cheaper energy
• Embracing our smaller faster future.

In the face of today's environmental and economic challenges, doomsayers preach that the only way to stave off disaster is for humans to reverse course: to de-industrialize, re-localize, ban the use of modern energy sources, and forswear prosperity. But in this provocative and optimistic rebuke to the catastrophists, Robert Bryce shows how innovation and the inexorable human desire to make things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is providing consumers with Cheaper and more abundant energy, Faster computing, Lighter vehicles, and myriad other goods. That same desire is fostering unprecedented prosperity, greater liberty, and yes, better environmental protection.Utilizing on-the-ground reporting from Ottawa to Panama City and Pittsburgh to Bakersfield, Bryce shows how we have, for centuries, been pushing for Smaller Faster solutions to our problems. From the vacuum tube, mass-produced fertilizer, and the printing press to mobile phones, nanotech, and advanced drill rigs, Bryce demonstrates how cutting-edge companies and breakthrough technologies have created a world in which people are living longer, freer, healthier, lives than at any time in human history.The push toward Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is happening across multiple sectors. Bryce profiles innovative individuals and companies, from long-established ones like Ford and Intel to upstarts like Aquion Energy and Khan Academy. And he zeroes in on the energy industry, proving that the future belongs to the high power density sources that can provide the enormous quantities of energy the world demands.The tools we need to save the planet aren't to be found in the technologies or lifestyles of the past. Nor must we sacrifice prosperity and human progress to ensure our survival. The catastrophists have been wrong since the days of Thomas Malthus. This is the time to embrace the innovators and businesses all over the world who are making things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper.
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• Preface Introduction/Foreword: Einstein's Life
• Part 1: Getting Started
• 1. Voyage to a Black Hole
• Part 2: Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity
• 2. Racing Light
• 3. Redefining Space and Time
• 4. A New Common Sense
• Part 3: Einstein's General Theory of Relativity
• 5. Newton's Absurdity
• 6. Redefining Gravity
• Part 4: Implications of Relativity
• 7. Black Holes
• 8. The Expanding Universe Epilogue: Your Indelible Mark on the Universe Acknowledgments Index.
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It is commonly assumed that if the Sun suddenly turned into a black hole, it would suck Earth and the rest of the planets into oblivion. Yet, as prominent author and astrophysicist Jeffrey Bennett points out, black holes don't suck. With that simple idea in mind, Bennett begins an entertaining introduction to Einstein's theories of relativity, describing the amazing phenomena readers would actually experience if they took a trip to a black hole. The theory of relativity reveals the speed of light as the cosmic speed limit, the mind-bending ideas of time dilation and curvature of spacetime, and what may be the most famous equation in history: E = mc2. Indeed, the theory of relativity shapes much of our modern understanding of the universe. It is not "just a theory"-every major prediction of relativity has been tested to exquisite precision, and its practical applications include the Global Positioning System (GPS). Amply illustrated and written in clear, accessible prose, Bennett's book proves anyone can grasp the basics of Einstein's ideas. His intuitive, nonmathematical approach gives a wide audience its first real taste of how relativity works and why it is so important to science and the way we view ourselves as human beings.
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• Acknowledgments Introduction: How to Avoid the G-Word
• 1. A Single, Complete Whole
• 2. Ancient Openings of Multiplicity
• 3. Navigating the Infinite
• 4. Measuring the Immeasurable
• 5. Bangs, Bubbles, and Branes: Atomists Versus Stoics, Take Two
• 6. Ascending to the Ultimate Multiverse Unendings: On the Entanglement of Science and Religion Notes Bibliography Index.
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"Multiverse" cosmologies imagine our universe as just one of a vast number of others. While this idea has captivated philosophy, religion, and literature for millennia, it is now being considered as a scientific hypothesis-with different models emerging from cosmology, quantum mechanics, and string theory. Beginning with ancient Atomist and Stoic philosophies, Mary-Jane Rubenstein links contemporary models of the multiverse to their forerunners and explores the reasons for their recent appearance. One concerns the so-called fine-tuning of the universe: nature's constants are so delicately calibrated that it seems they have been set just right to allow life to emerge. For some thinkers, these "fine-tunings" are evidence of the existence of God; for others, however, and for most physicists, "God" is an insufficient scientific explanation. Hence the allure of the multiverse: if all possible worlds exist somewhere, then like monkeys hammering out Shakespeare, one universe is bound to be suitable for life. Of course, this hypothesis replaces God with an equally baffling article of faith: the existence of universes beyond, before, or after our own, eternally generated yet forever inaccessible to observation or experiment. In their very efforts to sidestep metaphysics, theoretical physicists propose multiverse scenarios that collide with it and even produce counter-theological narratives. Far from invalidating multiverse hypotheses, Rubenstein argues, this interdisciplinary collision actually secures their scientific viability. We may therefore be witnessing a radical reconfiguration of physics, philosophy, and religion in the modern turn to the multiverse.
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• Introduction: What is Multiple Sclerosis,
• 1. Get Active!,
• 2. Emotional well-being,
• 3. Nutrition,
• 4. Managing Your Daily Activities,
• 5. Accessing Your Medical Care: Do You Have the Help You Need,
• 6. Goal Setting.
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Can Do Multiple Sclerosis is a nonprofit organisation that was founded in 1984 to offer MS programs based on the philosophy of founder, Jimmie Heuga: that a person can have a chronic disease and also maintain their health. Believe it or not, at that time MS patients were encouraged NOT to exercise or basically ""strain"" themselves in any way. Today, Can Do MS has expanded Jimmie's philosophy from a focus on physical fitness with MS to a focus on the whole person and family living with the impacts of MS. Programs include education, nutrition, mental well-being, and exercise, as well as learning specific, individualised life management skills and ways to integrate wellness activities into everyday life. Every year they provide programs and services directly to over 10,000 people in the United States states and Canada. The Can Do Multiple Sclerosis Guide to Lifestyle Empowerment provides the reader with over 20 years worth of knowledge and information accumulated by this organisation and it's unique approach to wellness. In 2009, Can Do MS formed a collaborative partnership with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to align resources and more effectively improve the quality of life of people with MS and their support partners.
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• Acknowledgments ix Preface xiii* Cosmology Becomes Data-driven Science xiii * Outline of the Journey We Will Take xix Prologue: From Myth to Reality 1 * Astronomy: The Endless Frontier 1 * Charting and Modeling the Heavens 3 * Copernicus: "The Last of the Greek Cosmologists" 6 * Galileo: A New Approach to Mechanics and Cosmology 9 * The Impact of Copernicus: Kepler's Laws 13 * Isaac Newton and Gravity 15 * William Herschel Discovers the Universe 20 * Understanding the Universe Becomes a New Kind of Science 24 One: Einstein's Toolkit, and How to Use It 27* Overconfidence among the Cognoscenti at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century 27 * Revolution in Physics: The Inception of Quantum Theory and Relativity 30 * Special Relativity 33 * General Relativity 36 * General Relativity Is Tested, Passes the Test, and Is a Sensation 41 * Cosmological Solutions to Einstein's Equations 47 Two: The Realm of the Nebulae 52* New Instruments in a Better Climate Unveil a New World 52 * A Universe of Galaxies Is Confirmed 63 * A Cosmological Model to Fit the New Data: Enter, Georges Lemaitre 66 * Physical Cosmology and the Expanding Universe 70 * Lemaitre's Synthesis Model Foretells the Contribution of Dark Energy 75 * Hubble's Achievements 79 * Big Science to Attack the Big Problem 81 * The Steady State Model Universe and the Big Bang 84 Three: Let's Do Cosmology! 89* The Big Bang: A Starting Point That Cannot Be Escaped 89 * Observational Cosmology, the Biggest Puzzle to Be Solved with the Biggest Telescope 93 * The Grand Project Was Initially Too Difficult 97 Four: Discovering the Big Bang 102* Did Our Universe Have an Explosive Birth? 102 * What Makes the Stars Shine? 104 * Nuclear Astrophysics Moves to the Cosmos 109 * The Fireball in Which the First Chemical Elements Were Made 114 * Direct Radio Observations of the Big Bang Fireball 118 * Understanding the Big Bang 125 Five: The Origin of Structure in the Universe 130*"In the Beginning"--Why an Explanation Is Needed 130 * Structure within the Expanding Universe 136 * The Elusive Standard Candle: Beatrice Tinsley Changes the Game 139 * Real Cosmic Structure Found and Cataloged by Fritz Zwicky 146 * Understanding the Origin of Structure Becomes Serious Science 149 * Cosmic Inflation 155 * The Seeds of Cosmic Structure Are Discovered 162 * Closing the Loop: How Do Seeds Grow to Galaxies? 168 Six: Dark Matter--or Fritz Zwicky's Greatest Invention 174* How the Earth Was Weighed 174 * Finding the Mass of the Andromeda Galaxy 181 * Zwicky Finds Dark Matter in Clusters of Galaxies in the 1930s 184 * The Rediscovery of Dark Matter in the 1970s 187 Rotation Curves Confirm the Case for Dark Matter 193 * More Recent Multiple Lines of Evidence for Dark Matter 197 Seven: Dark Energy--or Einstein's Greatest Blunder 202* A Curious Situation 202 * Will Gravity Lead to a Collapse of the Solar System? 203 * Expected and Unexpected Motions of Thrown Stones and Hubble's Universe 205 * The Invention of the Cosmological Constant or Dark Energy: 1915 209 * The Revival of Dark Energy in the 1970s 215 * New Arguments and New Evidence--Dark Energy Confirmed in the 1990s 220 * Dark Energy Fills the Gap, Allowing the Flat, "Just Right" Universe 222 Eight: The Modern Paradigm and the Limits of Our Knowledge 229* We Have Come a Long Way 229 * The Matter and Energy Content of the Universe 231* The Global Cosmological Solution and the Cosmic Triangle 238 * In the Beginning 244 * Structure in the Universe 245 * The Supercomputer Approach 248 Nine: The Frontier: Major Mysteries That Remain 253* Dark Matter 253 * Dark Energy 255 * Inflation 257 * Giant Black Holes 260 * Fine-Tuning 261 * Summing Up 262 Appendixes 263 Glossary 281 Bibliography 291 Index 295.
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Heart of Darkness describes the incredible saga of humankind's quest to unravel the deepest secrets of the universe. Over the past thirty years, scientists have learned that two little-understood components--dark matter and dark energy--comprise most of the known cosmos, explain the growth of all cosmic structure, and hold the key to the universe's fate. The story of how evidence for the so-called "Lambda-Cold Dark Matter" model of cosmology has been gathered by generations of scientists throughout the world is told here by one of the pioneers of the field, Jeremiah Ostriker, and his coauthor Simon Mitton. From humankind's early attempts to comprehend Earth's place in the solar system, to astronomers' exploration of the Milky Way galaxy and the realm of the nebulae beyond, to the detection of the primordial fluctuations of energy from which all subsequent structure developed, this book explains the physics and the history of how the current model of our universe arose and has passed every test hurled at it by the skeptics. Throughout this rich story, an essential theme is emphasized: how three aspects of rational inquiry--the application of direct measurement and observation, the introduction of mathematical modeling, and the requirement that hypotheses should be testable and verifiable--guide scientific progress and underpin our modern cosmological paradigm. This monumental puzzle is far from complete, however, as scientists confront the mysteries of the ultimate causes of cosmic structure formation and the real nature and origin of dark matter and dark energy.
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• Foreword-- Introduction-- A Rock Amid the Route-- Two Courses of Action-- The Extravagant Realm-- System Architecture-- Nets & Spots-- Storage-- Efficient Strategy-- Adapt for Survival-- The Galaxy of Programs-- People Like to Communicate-- Bibliography-- Index-- Symbols & Acronyms.
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Scientists from different fields are searching for the appropriate definition of what is digital and analogue, but the profile of the technologies that have changed mankind's lifestyle and the history of the world still resist the scrutiny of thinkers. Rocchi, a brilliant scientist of IBM, claims that understanding analogue versus digital is not as easy as comparing the adjectives digital/continuous or natural/artificial. He suggests a new key to interpret the digital and analogue machines. The author conducts an accurate analysis of the systems' core which he expands in the current new edition.
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• Prologue : who are we?
• Introduction
• The clueless agunah
• The scarlet agunah
• The ping-pong agunah
• The accidental agunah
• The agunah pawn
• The reluctant agunah
• Human rights violations in Israeli rabbinic courts.

Israel currently has two recognized systems of law operating side by side: civil and religious. Israeli religious courts possess the exclusive right to conduct and terminate marriages. There is no civil marriage or divorce in Israel, irrespective of one's religious inclinations. All Muslims must marry and divorce in accordance with shariya laws, all Catholics in accordance with canon law, and all Jews in accordance with Torah law (halakha). The interpretation and implementation of Torah law is in the hands of the Orthodox religious establishment, the only stream of Judaism that enjoys legal recognition in Israel. The rabbinic courts strenuously oppose any changes to this so-called status quo arrangement between religious and secular authorities. In fact, religious courts in Israel are currently pressing for expanded jurisdiction beyond personal status, stressing their importance to Israel's growing religious community. This book shows how religious courts, based on centuries-old patriarchal law, undermine the full civil and human rights of Jewish women in Israel. Making a broad argument for civil marriage and divorce in Israel, the authors also emphasize that religious marriages and divorces, when they do occur, must benefit from legislation that makes divorce easier to obtain. Making this issue their focal point, they speak to a larger question: Is Israel a democracy or a theocracy?
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• Foreword by William C. Campbell Preface Acknowledgments
• 1. This New House: Trichinalla spiralis
• 2. Hooked on Parasites: Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus
• 3. Houdini's Nefarious Cousins: The Trypanosomes, the Schistosomes, and the Lymphatic Filariae
• 4. A Parasite for All Seasons: Toxoplasma gondii
• 5. The Unholy Trinity: Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and the Hookworms
• 6. The Long and the Short of It: Tapeworms-Taenia saginata, Taenia solium, Diphyllobothrium latum, Echinococcus granulosus, and Echinococcus multilocularis
• 7. All's Well That Ends Wells: Dracunculus medinensis
• 8. Nature Has All the Answers. What's Your Question? Glossary Further Reading Index.
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Dickson D. Despommier's vivid, visceral account of the biology, behavior, and history of parasites follows the interplay between these fascinating life forms and human society over thousands of years. Despommier focuses on long-term host-parasite associations, which have evolved to avoid or even subvert the human immune system. Some parasites do great damage to their hosts, while others have signed a kind of "peace treaty" in exchange for their long lives within them. Many parasites also practice clever survival strategies that medical scientists hope to mimic as they search for treatments for Crohn's disease, food allergies, type 1 diabetes, organ transplantation, and other medical challenges. Despommier concentrates on particularly remarkable and often highly pathogenic organisms, describing their lifecycles and the mechanisms they use to avoid elimination. He details their attack and survival plans and the nature of the illnesses they cause in general terms, enabling readers of all backgrounds to steal a glimpse into the secret work of such effective invaders. He also points to the cultural contexts in which these parasites thrive and reviews the current treatments available to defeat them. Encouraging scientists to continue to study these organisms even if their threat is largely contained, Despommier shows how closer dissection of the substances parasites produce to alter our response to them could help unravel some of our most complex medical conundrums.
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• Part I. The Nature of Physical Law: A Bird's Eye View of Our Quest-- An Epistemic Hunt for Scientific Truth-- The Laws of Nature and the Supremacy of Symmetry-- Maxwell's Magical Trinity - Electricity, Magnetism and Light-- The Theory of Relativity-- The Quantum World and 'Reality'-- Entanglement, Measurement and Quantum Paradoxes-- Many Particle Systems and the Classical Limit-- Energy, Entropy and Emergent Properties-- Part II. Complex Systems and Consiousness: Bio-Molecules, the Sub-Slime of Astrochemistry-- The Cell as the Basic Unit of Life-- Specialized Cells for Sight, Insight, and Information-- Exotic, Quantum Explanations of Consciousness-- Addressing the Enigmatic Questions.
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This is a highly interdisciplinary book straddling physics and complex systems such as living organisms. The presentation is from the perspective of physics, in a manner accessible to those interested in scientific knowledge integrated within its socio-cultural and philosophical backgrounds. Two key areas of human understanding, namely physics and conscious complex systems, are presented in simple language. An optional technical presentation is also given in parallel where it is needed.
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• Funes and other cases of extraordinary memory
• The library of babel
• The man who could not forget
• Living in the past
• Subtleties of memory
• Where do memories reside?
• Prodigious minds
• The delicate balance between remembering and forgetting
• Perception and memory
• Neurophysiology of vision
• The Jennifer Aniston neuron
• Keys to thought.

A scientist's exploration of the working of memory begins with a story by Borges about a man who could not forget. Imagine the astonishment felt by neuroscientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga when he found a fantastically precise interpretation of his research findings in a story written by the great Argentinian fabulist Jorge Luis Borges fifty years earlier. Quian Quiroga studies the workings of the brain-in particular how memory works-one of the most complex and elusive mysteries of science. He and his fellow neuroscientists have at their disposal sophisticated imaging equipment and access to information not available just twenty years ago. And yet Borges seemed to have imagined the gist of Quian Quiroga's discoveries decades before he made them. The title character of Borges's "Funes the Memorious" remembers everything in excruciatingly particular detail but is unable to grasp abstract ideas. Quian Quiroga found neurons in the human brain that respond to abstract concepts but ignore particular details, and, spurred by the way Borges imagined the consequences of remembering every detail but being incapable of abstraction, he began a search for the origins of Funes. Borges's widow, Maria Kodama, gave him access to her husband's personal library, and Borges's books led Quian Quiroga to reread earlier thinkers in philosophy and psychology. He found that just as Borges had perhaps dreamed the results of Quian Quiroga's discoveries, other thinkers-William James, Gustav Spiller, John Stuart Mill-had perhaps also dreamed a story like "Funes." With Borges and Memory, Quian Quiroga has given us a fascinating and accessible story about the workings of the brain that the great creator of Funes would appreciate.
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• Prelude: Output for input
• Free viewing
• A sensorimotor system
• The moving retina
• Seeing and grasping
• The intensive approach
• The gaze of others
• Seeing and nothingness
• Coda: Esemplastic power.

A radically integrative account of visual perception, grounded in neuroscience but drawing on insights from philosophy and psychology. How do we gain access to things as they are? Although we routinely take our self-made pictures to be veridical representations of reality, in actuality we choose (albeit unwittingly) or construct what we see. By movements of the eyes, the direction of our gaze, we create meaning. In Brain and the Gaze, Jan Lauwereyns offers a novel reformulation of perception and its neural underpinnings, focusing on the active nature of perception. In his investigation of active perception and its brain mechanisms, Lauwereyns offers the gaze as the principal paradigm for perception. In a radically integrative account, grounded in neuroscience but drawing on insights from philosophy and psychology, he discusses the dynamic and constrained nature of perception; the complex information processing at the level of the retina; the active nature of vision; the intensive nature of representations; the gaze of others as visual stimulus; and the intentionality of vision and consciousness. An engaging point of entry to the cognitive neuroscience of perception, written for neuroscientists but illuminated by insights from thinkers ranging from William James to Slavoj Zizek, Brain and the Gaze will give new impetus to research and theory in the field.
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• Prelude: Output for input
• Free viewing
• A sensorimotor system
• The moving retina
• Seeing and grasping
• The intensive approach
• The gaze of others
• Seeing and nothingness
• Coda: Esemplastic power.

A radically integrative account of visual perception, grounded in neuroscience but drawing on insights from philosophy and psychology. How do we gain access to things as they are? Although we routinely take our self-made pictures to be veridical representations of reality, in actuality we choose (albeit unwittingly) or construct what we see. By movements of the eyes, the direction of our gaze, we create meaning. In Brain and the Gaze, Jan Lauwereyns offers a novel reformulation of perception and its neural underpinnings, focusing on the active nature of perception. In his investigation of active perception and its brain mechanisms, Lauwereyns offers the gaze as the principal paradigm for perception. In a radically integrative account, grounded in neuroscience but drawing on insights from philosophy and psychology, he discusses the dynamic and constrained nature of perception; the complex information processing at the level of the retina; the active nature of vision; the intensive nature of representations; the gaze of others as visual stimulus; and the intentionality of vision and consciousness. An engaging point of entry to the cognitive neuroscience of perception, written for neuroscientists but illuminated by insights from thinkers ranging from William James to Slavoj Zizek, Brain and the Gaze will give new impetus to research and theory in the field.
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• Introduction / Lisa Parks and James Schwoch
• I. Concepts and cartographies : The invention of air space, outer space, and cyberspace / James Hay ; Dethroning the view from above: toward a critical social analysis of satellite ocularcentrism / Barney Warf ; The geostationary orbit: a critical legal geography of space's most valuable real estate / Christy Collis ; "Freedom to communicate": ideology and the global in the iridium satellite venture / Martin Collins ; The NAVSTAR global positioning system: from military tool to global utility / Rick W. Sturdevant ; Satellites, oil, and footprints: EUTELSAT, KAZSAT, and post-communist territories in central Asia / Lisa Parks
• II: Satellite mediascapes : From satellite to screen: how Arab TV is shaped in space / Naomi Sakr ; Beyond the terrestrial? Networked distribution, multimodal media, and the place of the local in satellite radio / Alexander Russo and Bill Kirkpatrick ; Crossing borders: the introduction and legislation of satellite radio in Canada / Brian O'Neill and Michael Murphy ; Worldspace satellite radio and the South African footprint / Ben Aslinger ; Content vs. delivery: the global battle for German satellite television / Paul Torre
• III: Orbital matters : When satellites fall: on the trails of Cosmos 954 and USA 193 / Lisa Parks ; AFP-731 or the other night sky: an allegory / Trevor Paglen ; Microsatellites: a bellwether of Chinese aerospace progress? / Andrew S. Erickson ; Disjecta membra, the Kármán line, and the 38th parallel / James Schwoch.

Down to Earth presents the first comprehensive overview of the geopolitical manoeuvres, financial investments, technological innovations, and ideological struggles that take place behind the scenes of the satellite industry. satellite projects that have not received extensive coverage-micro satellites in China, Worldspace in south Africa, siriusXM, the failures of USA 193 and Cosmos 954, and Iridium- are explored. This collection takes readers on a voyage through a truly global industry, from the sites where satellites are launched to the corporate clean rooms where they are designed, and along the orbits and paths that satellites traverse. Combining a practical introduction to the mechanics of the satellite industry, a history of how its practices and technologies have evolved, and a sophisticated theoretical analysis of satellite cultures, Down to Earth opens up a new space for global media studies.
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• Preface Part I What is Nature?
• Chapter 1 Introduction Part II Earth's Structure
• Chapter 2 Composition of Earth
• Chapter 3 Reshaping Earth Part III The Atmosphere: Earth's Breath
• Chapter 4 The Atmosphere
• Chapter 5 Atmospheric Water Phenomena
• Chapter 6 Atmosphere in Motion
• Chapter 7 Weather and Climate Part IV Water: Earth's Blood
• Chapter 8 Earth's Water
• Chapter 9 All About Water
• Chapter 10 Earth's Oceans and Their Margins
• Chapter 11 Running Waters
• Chapter 12 Still Waters Part V Earth's Life Forms
• Chapter 13 Biosphere
• Chapter 14 Ecosystems
• Chapter 15 The Fundamental Unit of Life
• Chapter 16 Biological Diversity
• Chapter 17 Animal Groups Part VI Wilderness
• Chapter 18 Land Organism Glossary.
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The study of nature is a complex science involving many different fields from geology and meteorology to biology, zoology, and botany. This complexity indicates nature's broad scope of impact. It is at once beautiful and dangerous, displaying power beyond human control. An understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the study of nature is therefore both enriching and practical. In The Handbook of Nature, authors Frank R. Spellman and Joni Price-Bayer provide a comprehensive guide to the study of nature in terms the layperson can grasp easily. This accessible reference work is for the non-specialist looking for quick, accurate information on all aspects of the study of nature. The handbook is arranged thematically for a logical and user-friendly progression through the material. It includes chapters on the earth's structure and landforms, the atmosphere and weather, water and water sources, and the many different forms of life from single-celled organisms to complex vertebrates. Along with basic natural scientific principles, the authors look closely at the consequences of human interactions with the environment we inhabit. This reference concludes with a glossary and index, and each chapter provides further resources and recommended reading. It is an essential tool for students and professionals alike.
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• Part I MS: What's it all about?, What Should I Know About this Book?, MS: An Introduction to the Disease, Who Gets MS and Why?, Symptom Management at a Glance, Part II: How is MS Treated? , How MS Treatments are Developed, Considering the Options for Managing Relapses and the Disease Course, Looking at Complementary and Alternative Medicine, The Role of Physical Therapy: Strategies to Enhance Independence and Productivity at Home and at Work, The Role of Occupational Therapy: Strategies to Enhance Independence and Productivity at Home and at Work, How MS Affects Sexuality and Intimacy, Speech and Voice Problems: Assessing and Managing, Swallowing Problems, Cognitive Challenges, Part III: How Do Individuals and Families Cope with the Challenge of MS? , Coping and Adaptation: Making a Place for MS in Your Life, Emotional Changes and the Role of Stress, How MS Affects the Family, Fertility, Pregnancy, Childbirth and Gynecologic Care, Children Get MS Too, Part IV: What Are the Recommended Financial and Life Planning Strategies? , Maximizing Employment Options, Managing the Insurance Maze, Thinking Proactively About Long-Term Care, Effective Life Planning Begins Now, Appendixes, Glossary, NMSS Disease Management Consensus Statement, Additional Readings, Recommended Resources.
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Multiple Sclerosis: The Questions You Have, The Answers You Need, Fifth Edition is the definitive guide for everyone concerned with the disease - those who have MS and those who share their lives with someone who has it. It covers a wide range of topics in an accessible question and answer format that allows people to easily find the information they need while providing a model of successful communication with healthcare providers.The contributors are leading authorities in all areas of Multiple Sclerosis management, who proffer expert answers to the most common questions about living with MS - medical, emotional, social and economic - and represents a interdisciplinary approach to the disease. The book's goal is to help those living with MS live the lives they aspire to lead. The chapters cover everything from treatment to emotional, sexual and employment issues.The new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated throughout. The book provides the most current information on Multiple Sclerosis including a review of the controversy surrounding CCVSI, discussion of the first two pills in development for the disease, new information on the drug Tysabri, emotional issues and the family.The thoroughly revised and updated fifth edition of the classic Multiple Sclerosis: The Questions You Have, The Answers You Need answers even more of your questions about how to live and thrive with MS.What are the current drug therapies for MS?What about alternative medicine?Should I exercise?How common is depression with MS?
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