Neurology Books
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Vagus Nerve Stimulation
The vagus nerve is one of the most important, yet most under-appreciated structures of the human body. It is the tenth cranial nerve innervating many of the visceral structures of the human body. It has been called the “wandering” nerve, given its ubiquitous and meandering course throughout the body. The major branch of the parasympathetic nervous system, it optimizes the body’s ...
By Elsevier B.V
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Atlas and Textbook of Small Animal Neurology
This is a comprehensive overview of small animal neurology covering the diagnosis and treatment of all clinical problems. It contains detailed information on neurological examination procedures, neuropathology and genetic disorders. There are also individual chapters on laboratory tests, anaesthesia, radiology and electrodiagnostics, rehabilitation, pharmacology and surgery. This book usefully ...
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Cardiac MRI
Cardiac MRI: Clinical Uncertainty and Patient Outcomes weaves together the essentials of clinical cardiology with advanced principles of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. This case-based atlas reviews a variety of cases where clinical management was modified after CMR revealed an alternative diagnosis than initially suggested by clinical data. It includes over 40 clinical scenarios covering a ...
By Elsevier B.V
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Ear, Nose, Throat and Tracheobronchial Diseases in Dogs and Cats
Ear, Nose, Throat, and Tracheobronchial Diseases in Dogs and Cats is the first textbook to provide a complete overview of all ENT diseases, both common and rare. It includes such problems as inflammation of the outer ear, deafness, nasal discharge, swallowing disorders, and cough. Detailed and up-to-date clinical information gives insight into ENT function and dysfunction for teachers and ...
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Head and Neck Tumours
Head and Neck Tumours is Volume 9 in the 5th edition of the WHO Series on the Classification of Human Tumours. This series (also known as the WHO Blue Books) is regarded as the gold standard for the diagnosis of tumors and comprises a unique synthesis of histopathological diagnosis with digital and molecular pathology. These authoritative and concise ...
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Construction and Culture Protocol of Neural Stem Cells
Because neural stem cells (NSCs) have the potential of self-renewal and multidirectional differentiation, the method of suspended neural bulb culture can be used to obtain and study. After processing the embryonic brain tissue into a single cell, only the cells with the ability of self-renewal can be cloned and proliferated into a suspended nerve ball in the culture medium, and with the progress ...
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Neuromodulation Using Ultra Low Frequency Current Waveform Reversibly Blocks Axonal Conduction And Chronic Pain
KEY TAKEAWAYS: Novel Ultra Low Frequency (ULF™) neuromodulation inhibits pain signals in pre-clinical animal models, computational models, and in a clinical trial The mechanism of ULF™ neuromodulation is unique, enabling controlled and reversible inhibition of pain neurons through sodium channel inactivation. This mechanism of action is different than existing SCS ...
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Journal of Future Robot Life
What will robots be like ten, twenty and more years from now? What will they be able to accomplish? How will human–robot relationships have advanced? What place in society will be occupied by robots? These are just some of the questions which will be debated in the pages of this new publication – the Journal of Future Robot ...
By IOS Press
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
While an ever-present and familiar toxin, carbon monoxide (CO) remains the number one poison in our environment. This silent killer is responsible for over 2,000 deaths a year in the United States alone. The public and healthcare communities need quality information about the many risks presented by carbon monoxide exposure. Edited by a leading expert in the field, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ...
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Tiger Bone & Rhino Horn: The Destruction of Wildlife for Traditional Chinese Medicine
In parts of Korea and China, moon bears, black but for the crescent-shaped patch of white on their chests, are captured in the wild and brought to "bear farms" where they are imprisoned in squeeze cages, and a steel catheter is inserted into their gall bladders. The dripping bile is collected as a cure for ailments ranging from an upset stomach to skin burns. The bear may live as long as fifteen ...
By Island Press
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Cognition and Tool Use: Forms of Engagement in Human and Animal Use of Tools
The ability to use tools is a distinguishing feature of human beings. It represents a complex psychomotor activity that we are only now beginning to comprehend. Robust new theoretical accounts allow us to better understand how people use tools and explain differences in human and animal tool use from the perspective of cognitive ...
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Advanced Laboratory Stress-Strain Testing of Geomaterials
A discussion of developments in the measurement and interpretation of advanced laboratory stress-strain testing of geomaterials. It includes a collection of case studies which apply the test results and is based on the activities of the technical committee No 29 of the ISSMGE. ...
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The Psychology of Safety Handbook
You cannot improve your organization´s safety performance to enviable levels without addressing human behavior and attitude effectively. The only comprehensive reference on the psychology of the human dynamics of safety, The Psychology of Safety Handbook shows you how to apply psychology to improve safety and health in your organization. Dr. Geller provides theory, procedures, and tools to guide ...
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Healthy and Productive Work: An International Perspective
The Enterprise Culture of the 1980s helped transform economies of Western Europe, but left behind a legacy of stress, both for managers and shop floor workers. The cost to business is seen in absenteeism, reduced productivity, compensation claims, health insurance and direct medical costs, which in the US cost approximately $150 billion a year. Stress related absences are about ten time more ...
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Structural Integrity of Fasteners
The first publication of its kind offering the latest information on fatigue and fracture behavior, as well as evaluation standards and design criteria for safe, sturdy industrial fasteners. Features current data from leading designers, researchers and analysts active in the field. Thirteen peer-reviewed papers cover a comprehensive range of topics including fatigue, fracture mechanics, stress ...
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Chevron-Notched Specimens: Testing and Stress Analysis
Twenty papers in this volume are presented in three sections, including stress analysis, test method development, and fracture toughness measurements. One purpose of this volume, given the precracking and other differences in chevron-notched testing compared with existing tests, is to identify conditions that will yield reproducible ...
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Biomedical Image Registration
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Biomedical Image Registration, WBIR 2003, held in Philadelphia, PA, USA in June 2003. The 20 revised full papers and 20 revised poster papers presented together with an invited paper and the abstract of an invited paper were carefully reviewed and improved during two rounds of reviewing and ...
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Neurotherapeutics
Publishes critical reviews of broad interest on the treatment of neurologic disorders by renowned ...
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Medical Emergencies: Citizen Responder (Handbook)
Emergencies can be terrifying, and sometimes, those who witness them have to respond right on the spot.Emergencies happen in the blink of an eye. To save lives, any witness must be as swift to react. This handbook illustrates what to do if a person meets a life-threatening medical emergency. It includes correct procedures for dealing with: Heart attacksChoking ...
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Medical Emergencies: Citizen Responder (Video)
Emergencies can be terrifying, and sometimes, those who witness them have to respond right on the spot.Emergencies happen in the blink of an eye. To save lives, any witness must be as swift to react. This program illustrates what to do if a person meets a life-threatening medical emergency. It includes correct procedures for dealing with: Heart attacksChoking ...
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