In order to investigate work-related back injuries, researchers need efficient, accurate occupational exposure assessment methods suitable for large samples. This book examines critical decisions f...
It has been known for many years that glutamate
system implicated in pathophysiology of several
mental illnesses. The molecular mechanisms of these
neurological disorders including stroke, ischemi...
Providing care for the newborn might differ in many ways after a caesarean birth or a complicated birth from what we know of care of natural childbirth delivered babies. This book illuminates th...
Nursing advocacy for patients is
considered to be an important function of nursing
practice. The research surrounding nursing advocacy
is relatively new, with few psychometric instruments
devel...
Proper design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of epidemiological studies are the major challenges faced by students and researchers involved in such areas. The author of this book describes i...
Baccalaureate education is intended to develop nurses who can function beyond task-focused roles, and instead serve as professionals with a broad range of competencies and critical thinking skills...
The recent trend of urban sprawl in the United States has resulted in a demand for alternatives. Long commutes and automobile centered lifestyles leave less time to exercise, increase air pollution...
A child with specific language impairment (SLI) does not acquire normal language ability at the appropriate age. Findings in SLI studies are contradictory, and the core problem of the disorder is s...
Measuring the mechanical properties of human soft tissue is a current topic in the field of diagnostic ultrasound research. Long before ultrasound was used in medical diagnosis, palpation was the i...
This monograph discusses a clinical decision-making rule for mild head injury in young children, an extremely common type of injury seen in emergency departments. These children appear to respond d...
A novel automated approach of multi-modality biomedical image control point detection, registration, and fusion has been successfully developed. The new algorithm, which consists of the Adaptive Ex...
This book presents a methodology for fault diagnosis – detection, isolation, and identification – for dynamic systems whose models are faced with parametric uncertainties. This class of problems is...
The corset in eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe was a complex and
often contradictory social and cultural symbol. It symbolized both the sensual
female body and the chaste virgin; the female...