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Provides the essential updates in food allergies. In this title, topics include: mechanisms of allergic sensitization to foods - bypassing immune tolerance pathways; determinants of food allergenicity; epidemiology of food allergy; prevention of food allergy through manipulating the timing of food exposure; and, food-induced anaphylaxis.

In this issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics, guest editors Drs. Jayne Stevens and Kiran Kakarala bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Reconstruction Options in Otolaryngology. Top experts in the field cover major salient topics regarding reconstruction in otolaryngology-from management of trauma and facial nerve reconstruction to free flap options and optimizing functional outcomes in oncologic resections-making this issue an up-to-date, one-stop reference for surgeons involved in head and neck reconstruction. Contains 19 practice-oriented topics including oral cavity reconstruction; lateral skull base and auricular reconstruction; reconstruction after skin cancer resection; management of facial trauma; virtual surgical planning in head and neck reconstruction; prosthetics in head and neck reconstruction; and more.  Provides in-depth clinical reviews of reconstruction options in otolaryngology, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.  Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Neurologic Clinics, guest editors Drs. Joseph S. Kass and Michael A. Rubin bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Medicolegal Issues in Neurology. Top experts in the field provide up-to-date, focused guidance on how to identify and approach the major medicolegal and ethical issues that neurologists confront in today's clinical practice. Contains 13 practice-oriented topics including medical aid in dying; legal and ethical issues in the neurology of reproductive health; brain death: ethical and legal challenges; organ donation and controlled determination of death by circulatory criteria; ethics and legal issues regarding global neurology; and more.  Provides in-depth clinical reviews of medicolegal issues in neurology, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.  Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics, guest editor Dr. Anthony Bared brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Gender Facial Affirmation Surgery. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as forehead contouring; navigating the insurance gauntlet; hair restoration; lower jaw contouring; cheek augmentation; and more. Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including chondrolaryngoplasty; gender-related facial analysis; preparing for surgery/timing; injectable treatments and non-surgical aspects of gender affirmation; feminization rhinoplasty; and more.  Provides in-depth clinical reviews on gender facial affirmation surgery, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.  Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Precision CNC Machining for High-Performance Gears: Theory and Technology covers basic theories and methods, key technologies, and machining equipment in precision CNC machining of high-performance gears. Sections cover research status and development trends of machining technologies and CNC machining equipment of high-performance gears, calculation theories of the precision modification method of high-performance gears, methods of reducing the machining principle errors of high-performance gears, the modeling method of multi-source errors and the compensation technique of CNC gear machine tools, the key technologies of precision CNC gear machine tools, the optimization method of the process parameters of hobbing and grinding, key technologies, and more.

**Association of American Publishers (AAP) PROSE Award Winner in Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry, 2024** The degree to which adults with severe autism and intellectual disabilities experiences desired lifestyles often is heavily dependent on supports and services provided by human service agencies. Promoting Desired Lifestyles Among Adults With Severe Autism and Intellectual Disabilities: Person-Centered Applications of Behavior Analysis describes how desired of individual adults can be accurately identified and supports and services provided in accordance with those desires. Focusing on person-centered applications of behavior analysis, procedures are presented for human service staff to develop good relationships with individuals, provide routine choice opportunities and ensure access to preferences, teach individuals to exert control over their daily lifestyles, overcome challenging behavior in acceptable ways, and treat individuals with dignity. The goal is to ensure individuals achieve lifestyles they personally desire and experience day-to-day happiness.

In this issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest editor Dr. Kimberly A. Curseen brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Palliative Care. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as palliative care in the ambulatory geriatric; end-stage heart failure; the intersection of palliative care and primary care; public health and palliative care; advanced care planning in the geriatric population; and more. Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including diversity, equity, and inclusion in geriatrics: palliative care considerations; providing palliative care to LGBTQ+ older adults; palliative care for seriously ill older veterans; entheogenic medications (psychedelic, cannabis); integrative medicine for older adults; palliative care for the geriatric cancer patient; and more.  Provides in-depth clinical reviews on palliative care in geriatric medicine, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.  Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Apprenez à évaluer et à appliquer la recherche en sciences de la santé avec ce guide du débutant! Lire des textes de recherche : Un guide convivial pour les professionnels de la santé, 7e édition fournit une introduction claire à la lecture et à la compréhension des articles de recherche, avec des lignes directrices pratiques pour la mise en ouvre de la recherche dans la pratique clinique. Il décrit comment interpréter les méthodes de recherche courantes, y compris les approches qualitatives, quantitatives et à méthodes mixtes, et explique comment trouver des recherches pertinentes et fiables sur Internet. Écrit par Barbara Davies et Jo Logan, qui sont toutes deux des éducatrices et des experts en recherche réputés, ce guide de poche facile à utiliser est idéal pour les étudiants et les professionnels de la santé. UNIQUE! Un aperçu concis en français de la recherche liée aux sciences de la santé maximise votre temps d'étude et facilite la compréhension de la recherche qualitative, quantitative et à méthodes mixtes. Une brève introduction à la lecture et à la compréhension d'articles de recherche en sciences de la santé est accompagnée de feuilles de pratique et d'autres ressources d'apprentissage sur un site Web Evolve. Des lignes directrices utiles suggèrent comment trouver des résultats de recherche intéressants, déterminer comment utiliser les résultats de la recherche pour planifier et offrir des pratiques exemplaires et améliorer les résultats pour les patients, et recommander des mesures pour éliminer les obstacles à l'utilisation de la recherche dans la pratique. UNIQUE! Les boîtes Conseils fournissent des conseils pratiques et faciles à suivre pour ceux qui sont nouveaux dans le sujet. UNIQUE! Les boîtes Alerte! mettent en garde contre les hypothèses courantes faites lors de la lecture de texte de recherche. Les recommandations pour les pratiques exemplaires en recherche comprennent de brèves définitions des termes de recherche populaires ainsi que des liens vers l'information de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé, les plus récentes lignes directrices sur les pratiques exemplaires de l'AIIAO (Association des infirmières et infirmiers autorisés de l'Ontario) et des lignes directrices de l'Australie, des États-Unis, du Royaume-Uni et d'autres pays. NOUVEAU! Des exercices améliorés sur le site Web d'Evolve montrent comment appliquer les connaissances acquises à partir du texte, sur la base d'articles de recherche tirés d'Australie, du Canada, d'Europe et des États-Unis, sur une variété de problèmes de santé rencontrés dans les milieux hospitaliers et communautaires.

Préparez-vous à réussir les examens REx-PN®/MD et EAIACTM/MC!Le GUIDE DE PRÉPARATION DE MOSBY®/MD à l'examen canadien des inf. aux. Exemples de questions pour réussir l'examen est le seul outil d'étude concis à l'examen en français à se concentrer spécifiquement sur l'examen d'autorisation d'exercer en soins infirmiers auxiliaires du Canada. Entre le livre et le site Web qui l'accompagne, cette ressource comprend 1 000 questions pratiques ainsi qu'une justification détaillée de chaque réponse. Il fournit également de précieux conseils et stratégies de prise de test. Ce guide d'auto-apprentissage conçu par Marianne Langille et Karen Katsademas, des infirmières et expertes canadiennes, contient tout ce dont vous avez besoin pour être complètement prêt pour votre examen d'inf. aux. Un aperçu stratégique des examens REx-PN®/MD et EAIACTM/MC vous aide à vous préparer efficacement à l'examen de permis d'infirmière auxiliaire. 600 exemples de questions dans le livre reflètent les dernières compétences nationales du CCRSIA (y compris l'Ontario et la Colombie-Britannique) et fournissent trois examens de pratique complets de 200 questions chacun. 400 exemples de questions supplémentaires sur le site Web Evolve compagnon (pour un total de 1 000) vous permettent de vous tester en mode examen et en mode d'auto-apprentissage, avec des appréciations instantanées pour évaluer vos progrès. Les justifications des réponses expliquent pourquoi votre réponse est correcte ou incorrecte. Les conseils et les techniques de prise de test vous aident à répondre aux questions ' difficiles ', à sélectionner la meilleure réponse pour les questions à choix multiples et à répondre aux questions à réponse courte. Les légendes de classification indiquent la compétence et la taxonomie testées pour chaque question. L'annexe pratique comprend les compétences du Conseil canadien de règlementation des soins infirmiers auxiliaires (CCRSIA) pour le niveau d'entrée et la pratique pour les examens de permis d'exercice du EAIAC®TM/MC et du REx-PN®/MD. Les outils d'étude facilitent la détermination des options de réponse correctes. Les questions de pratique au format REx-PN®/MD sur Evolve fournissent une introduction et une préparation à l'examen pour les candidats à l'examen en Ontario et en Colombie-Britannique.

Nanotechnology for Oil-Water Separation: From Fundamentals to Industrial Applications explores how nanotechnologically engineered solutions (modified meshes, carbon nanotubes, functionalized fabrics, textile or hybrid elements for bio-membranes, nanofibrous materials, and many more) can be used to remediate current damage to the environment for a better tomorrow. Design and fabrication of low-cost, effective and environmentally friendly micro/nanomaterials exhibiting strong wettability properties and mechanical and chemical stability are examined, along with current research developments and possible future directions, making this book an essential read for researchers, advanced students, and industry professionals with an interest in nanotechnology and sustainable (bio)technologies. The increasing amounts of industrial substances released by petrochemical, steel or gas-generating plants and food-processing factories into water poses an ever more serious environmental threat. Due to the significant adverse impact on the natural ecosystem, aquatic organisms and human health, the scientific community has made its priority to find sustainable methods to separate oil-water mixtures.

In this issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, guest editor Dr. Nikolaos T. Pyrsopoulos brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure. Recent studies indicate that as many as one in four patients with cirrhosis develop acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) and 25% die within one month. This issue, the first devoted to this topic, provides thorough coverage of critical clinical interventions, including diagnosis, treatment, and management. It also focuses on early recognition of ACLF, which is important for the initiation of aggressive management and ultimately, saving lives. Contains 17 practice-oriented topics including ACLF: mechanisms of disease and multisystemic involvement; the clinical spectrum and manifestations of ACLF; management of ACLF; maximizing the donor potential for patients with ACLF Listed for Liver Transplant; future approaches and therapeutic modalities for ACLF; and more.  Provides in-depth clinical reviews of acute-on-chronic liver failure, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.  Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Robert S. Kahn, Monica Mitchell, and Tina L. Cheng bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Achieving Child Health Equity. Health equity requires removing obstacles to health such as poverty, discrimination, and their consequences, including powerlessness and lack of access to good jobs with fair pay, quality education and housing, safe environments, and health care. In this issue, top experts provide up-to-date information to healthcare practitioners with the goal of implementing programs and policies to identify and address health care inequality for children. Contains 15 practice-oriented topics including clarity on disparity of healthcare in pediatrics: who, what, when, where and how; screening and addressing social determinants of health in pediatric practice; addressing structural racism in pediatric practice; addressing health literacy in pediatric practice; LGBTQ+ and child health equity; and more.  Provides in-depth clinical reviews of achieving child health equity, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.  Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Hand Clinics, guest editor Dr. Sonu Jain brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Managing Difficult Problems in Hand Surgery: Challenges, Complications and Revisions. Top experts in the field provide solutions to overcome surgical challenges and restore hand function in patients, with an up-to-date focus on particularly difficult issues in today's hand surgery. Contains 18 practice-oriented topics including management of complex hand and wrist ligament injuries; challenges in nerve repair and reconstruction; tendon transfers: improving results, decreasing complications; infection management for the hand surgeon; and more.  Provides in-depth clinical reviews of managing difficult problems in hand surgery, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.  Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Learn proven strategies to prepare for nursing school tests and the NCLEX® exam! 2024-2025 Saunders Clinical Judgment and Test-Taking Strategies: Passing Nursing School and the NCLEX® Exam, 8th Edition provides tools to help you overcome test anxiety, develop strong study skills, and improve test scores. You'll gain insight into key nursing areas such as clinical judgment, prioritization, leading and managing, communication, and pharmacology. In the book and on the Evolve companion website, 1,200 practice questions represent all question types - including alternate item formats and new test items for the Next Generation NCLEX®. Written by leading NCLEX experts Linda and Angela Silvestri, this essential resource offers the practical tips and realistic practice you need to succeed on any exam! Helpful Tips for the Nursing Student are provided with every practice question to highlight the most important concepts needed for exam success. UNIQUE! Student-to-Student Tips highlight real-life strategies that have helped other students successfully complete nursing school and pass the NCLEX® exam. Focus on test-taking strategies helps you develop essential clinical judgment skills and prepares you to find the correct answer to all types of test questions. Categorization of questions by beginning, intermediate, or advanced level makes this book a useful tool throughout your nursing program. 1,200 practice questions in the book and on the companion Evolve website include detailed rationales and test-taking strategies. Practice question categories on the companion Evolve website include the level of cognitive ability, client needs, integrated process, clinical judgment/cognitive skill, content area, priority concepts, alternate item formats, and strategy. NEW! Additional Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) unfolding case studies and single-episode item types are included on the Evolve companion website, preparing you for the changes to the NCLEX® exam. NEW! NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (NCJMM) updates and new item types are included throughout the book.

Handbook of Diffusion MR Tractography: Imaging Methods, Biophysical Models, Algorithms and Applications presents methods and applications of MR diffusion tractography, providing deep insights into the theory and implementation of existing tractography techniques and offering practical advice on how to apply diffusion tractography to research projects and clinical applications. Starting from the design of MR acquisition protocols optimized for tractography, the book follows a pipeline approach to explain the main methods behind diffusion modeling and tractography, including advanced analysis of tractography data and connectomics. An extensive section of the book is devoted to the description of tractography applications in research and clinical settings to give a complete picture of tractography practice today. By focusing on technology, models, and applications, this handbook will be an indispensable reference for researchers and students with backgrounds in computer science, mathematics, physics, neuroscience, and medical science.

Specialized Plant Metabolites as Cosmeceuticals presents a comprehensive guide to traditional medicinal plants that are used in the field of cosmetics. Chapters cover geographical distribution, extraction of key components from each plant, traditional uses, pharmacognostic characteristics, phytochemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, and future prospects. This book will be a valuable asset for researchers and graduate students of chemistry, botany, biotechnology, microbiology, cosmetology and the pharmaceutical sciences. As medicinal plants are a rich source of a variety of bioactive secondary metabolites, their wide range of pharmacological applications as antibiotics, antifungals, anticancer agents, and antimicrobial and antiviral applications provide new and exciting avenues. In addition, they have great implications for the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and personal care product industries. Secondary metabolites also ecofriendly, cost effective, biocompatible, and cause less side effects as compare to synthetic compounds.

Carbon Nanotubes in Agriculture: Specifications and Applications presents overviews the beneficial roles of carbon nano-tubes (CNT) in regulation of seed germination, plant metabolism and their applications in plant stress management. In light of current climate change trends, CNT-assisted crop yield is likely to play a significant role in improving plant health, enhancing root growth, and improved tolerance in plants to a number of abiotic and biotic stresses. Primarily targeted towards scientists and researchers in nanotechnology, nano-agriculture, nanomaterial-assisted crop improvement, as well as plant stress tolerance, plant biotechnology and crop yield, this book is the first to focus on this important topic.

Handbook of Sourdough Microbiota and Fermentation: Food Safety, Health Benefits, and Product Development links the cereal and sourdough-based microorganisms, fermentations and microbial metabolites with food hygiene and safety, functional and health promoting properties, and their potential interest to be employed in the agro-food sector and beyond. Structured in a way that provides the latest findings and most recent approaches and trends on sourdough this book also emphasizes the biotechnological aspects, such as fermentation, food processing and the use of beneficial microorganisms and their metabolites in different ways and in different industries. Written by experts from a multidisciplinary perspective, this book is a remarkable reference to a wide range of audiences with different backgrounds, from academics and researchers in food science to industrial food engineers and technicians, food plant managers, and new product and processing developers/managers in food packaging and preservation.

This second edition of Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Environments: An Emerging Matter of Environmental Urgency presents 14 chapters, through which a team of global, expert contributors cover a full range of microplastic research. The first chapter describes the general patterns for sources, occurrence, and transport of microplastics to lead off the book. The next batch of chapters covers sampling analytical methods for quantifying microplastics in the environment, followed by chapters addressing the association of chemicals with microplastics. A large cluster of chapters focus on the fate and transport of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants, freshwater systems, marine environment, terrestrial settings, and riverine runoff that connects terrestrial and marine systems. The next few chapters examine biotransport and effects of microplastics in organisms. The last two chapters are dedicated to two emerging research areas: nanoplastics in the environment and management strategies for global plastic pollution. Outlooks for future research to better understand the situation and further improvements of microplastic research are also covered. In the 6 years since the previous edition published, this fast-moving area has evolved, and the contents of this revision reflect that. There are numerous brand-new chapters, chapters that have been revised, and chapters that have been completely refocused. This book provides an overview of microplastics research. It is a guide for researchers to better understand the occurrence of microplastics. Ideally, this book provides basic background knowledge of microplastics for oceanographers, ecologists, and climatologists.

CRISPRized Horticultural Crops: Genome Modified Plants and Microbes in Food and Agriculture summarizes applications of CRISPR/Cas systems and its advanced variants e.g., CRISPR/Cpf1, base editing and prime editing, for precise editing of horticultural crops. The book discusses vector transformations methods, epi-genome, deep learning, synthetic biology, and precision breeding for improving yield and quality related attributes in horticultural crops. With coverage of the relevant technologies and their applications, the book also includes bioinformatics and large-scale databases and their potential application in fruits, vegetables and ornamental plants and sections on regulatory concerns related to CRISPR edited crops. Horticultural crops, including fruit, vegetable and ornamental plants are an important component of agriculture production systems and play an important role in sustaining human life.

While numerous studies have illustrated healthcare disparities within otolaryngology, few have progressed?beyond?detection. To move ahead, our specialty needs to advance our level of understanding and develop, implement, and disseminate successful interventions toward the goal of eliminating disparities.?Healthcare Disparities in Otolaryngology offers comprehensive look at this important topic and its clinical impact on the practice of otolaryngology. After first covering specialty-wide perspectives on factors that are associated with healthcare disparities in otolaryngology, it then focuses on subspecialty specific evidence. Editors and authors represent leading otolaryngology experts who have assembled the most up-to-date recommendations for managing healthcare disparities in the field. Covers The Influence of Healthcare System Organization on Healthcare Disparities in Otolaryngology; The Integration of Sex and Gender Considerations in Otolaryngology; Understanding Rural-Urban Disparities in Otolaryngology; The Impact of Health Literacy on Patient Care in Otolaryngology; Hearing Health Disparities: Applying Social Epidemiologic Principles and New Approaches; Social Determinants of Health and Demographic Disparities in Rhinology; Disparities in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea; and much more.  Presents a unique look at healthcare disparities amongst special groups, such as the LGBTQ community and the geriatric population.   Consolidates today's available information on healthcare disparities in otolaryngology into a single, convenient resource.Â

Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Energy Applications covers recent developments in conducting electrodes, photovoltaics, solar cells, battery applications, fuel cells, electrocatalysts, photocatalysts, and supercapacitors. The book is one of four volumes that together provide a comprehensive resource in the field of Advanced Ceramic Coatings, also including titles covering: fundamentals, manufacturing, and classification; biomedical applications; and emerging applications. These books will be extremely useful for academic and industrial researchers and practicing engineers who need to find reliable and up-to-date information about recent progresses and new developments in the field of advanced ceramic coatings. Smart ceramic coatings contain multifunctional components are now finding application in transportation and automotive industries, in electronics, and energy, sectors, in aerospace and defense, and in industrial goods and healthcare. Their wide application and stability in harsh environments are only possible due to the stability of the inorganic components that are used in ceramic coatings.

Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes: Innovative Trends in Removal of Refractory Pollutants from Pharmaceutical Waste Water sorts out emerging and burning issues faced by the pharmaceutical industry, along with common effluent treatment plans. The book provides a comprehensive view of recent advents of various novel, advanced and hybrid treatment technologies in pharmaceutical wastewater treatment to treat emerging pollutants released by the pharmaceutical industry in their untreated wastewater. In addition, the book gives insights into recent developments with a physico-chemical and microbiological focus on the treatment of emerging contaminants (pollutants) present in pharmaceutical wastewater.

Dynamic Behavior of Materials: Fundamentals, Material Models, and Microstructure Effects provides readers with the essential knowledge and tools necessary to determine best practice design, modeling, simulation and application strategies for a variety of materials while also covering the fundamentals of how material properties and behavior are affected by material structure and high strain rates. The book examines the relationships between material microstructure and consequent mechanical properties, enabling the development of materials with improved performance and more effective design of parts and components for high-rate applications. Sections cover the fundamentals of dynamic material behavior, with chapters studying dynamic elasticity and wave propagation, dynamic plasticity of crystalline materials, ductile fracture, brittle fracture, adiabatic heating and strain localization, response to shock loading, various material characterization methods, such as the Hopkinson Bar Technique, the Taylor Impact Experiment, different shock loading experiments, recent advances in dynamic material behavior, the dynamic behaviors of nanocrystalline materials, bulk metallic glasses, additively manufactured materials, ceramics, concrete and concrete-reinforced materials, geomaterials, polymers, composites, and biomaterials, and much more.

Advanced Oxidation Processes for Tannery Effluent provides a detailed overview of currently applied and tested sewage treatment technologies and the integration of advanced processes to remove trace organic contaminants and micro-organisms. The book discusses the potential of improved biological treatment to produce reusable wastewater, new municipal wastewater disinfection processes, the reduction of bacteria resistant to antibiotics, as well as the effects of advanced oxidation processes on microbial and chemical contaminants. It features membrane bioreactors, moving bed bioreactors, light and solar technology, ozonation and immobilized heterogeneous photocatalysis, and more. In addition, the book discusses issues and standards for water reuse, the state of application of membrane bioreactors, and the treatment of reverse osmosis concentrate for better water use in wastewater treatment. Final sections present the latest developments in the field of drinking water reuse and address various important issues in this context, such as proper public health protection, reliability and monitoring.

Treatise on Process Metallurgy: Volume One, Process Fundamentals provides academics with the fundamentals of the manufacturing of metallic materials, from raw materials into finished parts or products. In these fully updated volumes, coverage is expanded into four volumes, including Process Fundamentals, encompassing process fundamentals, structure and properties of matter; thermodynamic aspects of process metallurgy, and rate phenomena in process metallurgy; Processing Phenomena, encompassing interfacial phenomena in high temperature metallurgy, metallurgical process phenomena, and metallurgical process technology; Metallurgical Processes, encompassing mineral processing, aqueous processing, electrochemical material and energy processes, and iron and steel technology, non-ferrous process principles and production technologies, and more. The work distills the combined academic experience from the principal editor and the multidisciplinary four-member editorial board.

Behavior Problems of the Dog & Cat, 4th Edition retains the highly practical approach that has proved so successful in previous editions, offering diagnostic guidelines, preventive advice, treatment guidelines and charts, case examples, client forms and handouts, and product and resource suggestions, along with details on the use of drugs and natural supplements to help optimize the behavior services offered in practice. Step-by-step guidelines describe how to collect a patient history, perform a thorough physical examination, conduct diagnostic testing, formulate differential diagnoses, select treatment, and monitor the patients' responses. Background information describes how dog and cat behavior problems arise and how they can be prevented. Coverage of behavior modification techniques provides you with a clear understanding of suggested treatment as well as the use of drugs, products, pheromones, surgery, diet, and alternative therapies. Content on behavioral genetics explores this rapidly growing and advancing field and includes new therapeutic approaches for cognitive decline. Case studies illustrate real-life clinical situations. Easy-access treatment tables provide at-a-glance solutions to common behavior problems. Useful appendices include treatment protocols as well as the drug information and dosages that make effective prescribing easy. NEW! Many hot new topics are covered, including fear, anxiety, and stress and their effects on health and behavior, as well as pain and behavior, the psychobiological approach to veterinary behavior assessment, and pets and the family dynamic. NEW! Updated chapter content is extensively augmented or completely rewritten by new authors, making this more than just a new edition - it's a new book! NEW! eBook version is included with print purchase which allows access to all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Online access also includes handouts and forms, drug dosing, and a comprehensive directory of resources.

The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understands what is essential to excel on your course, in exams and in practice - as well as the importance of presenting information in a clear, fun and engaging way. Packed with hints and tips from those in the know, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for an Unofficial Guide. This case-based guide teaches systematic analysis of orthopaedic X rays for everyone from complete beginners to professionals. Readers practise X ray interpretation on 100 high quality images based on real-life scenarios. Over each page is a model report accompanied by a fully annotated version of the X ray to explain the reasoning. 100 Practice Orthopaedic X Rays is ideal for students preparing for examinations and will also provide a handy reference for postgraduates and practising doctors. 100 high-definition images, just like real-life X rays Full-colour annotations demystify orthopaedic X rays for complete beginners Systematic examples of how to present reports in an exam and on a hospital ward round Follows international radiology reporting guidelines Matched to the Royal College of Radiologists national curriculum New bonus questions to allow the reader to test their knowledge and cement their learning

The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understands what is essential to excel on your course, in exams and in practice - as well as the importance of presenting information in a clear, fun and engaging way. Packed with hints and tips from those in the know, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for an Unofficial Guide. This case-based guide teaches systematic analysis of abdominal X-rays for everyone from complete beginners to professionals. Readers practise X-ray interpretation on 100 high quality images based on real-life scenarios alongside questions that test their overall clinical knowledge. Over each page is a model report accompanied by a fully annotated version of the X-ray to explain the answer's reasoning. 100 Practice Abdominal X-Rays is ideal for students preparing for examinations and will also provide a handy reference for postgraduates and practising doctors. 100 high-definition images, just like real-life X-rays Full-colour annotations demystify abdominal X-rays for complete beginners Systematic examples of how to present reports in an exam and on a hospital ward round Follows international radiology reporting guidelines Matched to the Royal College of Radiologists national curriculum New bonus questions to allow the reader to test their knowledge and cement their learning