Principles of Medical Biochemistry / by Meisenberg, Gerhard

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to biomolecules -- Introduction to protein structure -- Oxygen-binding proteins : hemoglobin and myoglobin -- Enzymatic reactions -- Coenzymes -- DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis -- The human genome -- Protein targeting and proteostasis -- Introduction to genetic diseases -- Viruses -- DNA technology -- Biological membranes -- The cytoskeleton -- The extracellular matrix -- Extracellular messengers -- Intracellular messengers -- Plasma proteins -- Defense mechanisms -- Cellular growth control and cancer -- Digestive enzymes -- Introduction to metabolic pathways -- Glycolysis, tricarboxylic acid cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation -- Oxygen deficiency and oxygen toxicity -- Carbohydrate metabolism -- The metabolism of fatty acids and triglycerides -- The metabolism of membrane lipids -- Lipid transport -- Amino acid metabolism -- Metabolism of iron and heme -- The metabolism of purines and pyrimidines -- Micronutrients -- Integration of metabolism.…”
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Manual of Clinical anesthesiology :

Table of Contents: “…Respiration-related cases -- Cannot ventilate, cannot intubate due to airway hemorrhage -- Pulmonary edema following attempted nasal intubation for mandibular fracture repair -- Loss of critical airway -- Anterior mediastinal mass -- Awake intubation with a NIM tube: how is it done? -- Hemodynamic collapse following a mainstem intubation -- Hypoxemia during tracheostomy -- Anesthetic depth and mask ventilation in the prone position -- Jet ventilation through a cookgas airway exchange catheter -- End of case evaluation and management of a patient post airway mass excision -- Possible recurrent laryngeal nerve injury -- Obstructive sleep apnea, and dead in bed -- Bilevel positive air pressure, decreased sensorium, aspiration and capnography -- Perioperative management of a patient previously treated with bleomycin undergoing thoracic surgery -- Intra-operative airway fire -- Obesity hypoventilation syndrome -- Circulation-related cases -- Hemorrhage during endovascular repair of thoracic aorta -- Pacemakers and automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillators -- Acute myocardial infarction during laparoscopic surgery -- Sickle cell and preeclampsia -- Dysrhythmias in a patient with Crohn's disease -- Hematologic disorders: hemophilia and disseminated intravascular coagulation -- Blood transfusion and the Jehovah's Witness patient -- Cardiac and pulmonary contusions -- Intraoperative coagulopathy -- Hypotension in chronic methamphetamine user -- Venous air embolism during arteriovenous malformation repair -- Cardiac tamponade -- Case of intraoperative new-onset atrial fibrillation -- Valvular disease -- Obstetrics-related cases -- Labor epidural with unrecognized dural puncture, causing high sensory block, hypotension, fetal bradycardia and post dural puncture headache -- Acute pulmonary dysfunction immediately after cesarean delivery under general anesthesia -- Jehovah's Witness with placenta previa and increta for cesarean hysterectomy -- A pregnant patient with mitral stenosis -- Unrecognized uterine hyperstimulation due to oxytocin and combined spinal-epidural analgesia -- Super morbidly obese patient for elective repeat cesarean section -- Probable amniotic fluid embolus -- Emergent cesarean section -- Pregnancy plus atrial septal defect vs Eisenmenger Syndrome -- Uterine abruption -- Pediatric-related cases -- Neonatal resuscitation following spontaneous vaginal delivery -- Anxious, coughing and bound to obstruct -- Special diseases/conditions/situations -- Hypothermia during laparoscopic nephrectomy -- Operating room management case scenarios -- Anaphylaxis reactions -- Autonomic dysreflexia -- Porphyrias -- Monitored anesthesia care: medical implications; and wrong-sided operations: legal implications -- Diabetic ketoacidosis in the urgent anesthesia setting -- Fever, altered mental status, and rigidity in the perioperative course -- Neuro/neuromuscular-related cases -- Emergent craniotomy for evacuation of epidural hematoma -- Hyperkalemia and residual neuromuscular blockade after kidney transplantation -- A defasciculating dose of nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker -- Postoperative monocular vision loss -- Delayed emergence after aneurysm clipping -- Pain and regional anesthesia related cases -- Unintentional dural puncture in a patient with severe preeclampsia -- Complex regional pain syndrome -- Vascular absorption of local anesthetic producing systemic toxicity -- Inadvertent high spinal in parturient -- Outpatient surgery-related cases -- Plastic surgery in a surgeon's office -- Orthopedic surgery in an ambulatory surgicenter -- Eye surgery at an outpatient surgicenter -- Endoscopic sinus surgery at an outpatient sugicenter.…”
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Maths, Physics and Clinical Measurement for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care /

Table of Contents: “…Data analysis and medical statistics / Andrew Biffen and David Ashton-Cleary -- Basic physics and electronics / Emma Foster and Hozefa Ebrahim -- Heat, temperature and humidity / Hozefa Ebrahim and Sean Chadwick -- Behaviour of fluids / Hozefa Ebrahim, Sunita Balla and James Rudge -- Gas measurement and supply / Jonathon Paige -- Gas concentration measurement / Catriona Frankling -- Blood gas analysis / David Connor -- Vapours and vaporizers / Ed Copley -- Ventilators and breathing systems / Dan Shuttleworth and Nick Dodds -- The environment and safety / Lauren Weekes -- Blood pressure measurement / Laura Beard and David Ashton-Cleary -- Cardiac output monitoring / Hozefa Ebrahim and Alistair Burns -- Cardiac support equipment / Katie Ramm and Laura May -- Ultrasound and doppler / David Ashton-Cleary -- Atomic structure, radiation, imaging, and lasers / David Ashton-Cleary and Jumana Hussain -- Electro-biophysiology / Vijay Venkatesh and David Ashton-Cleary.…”
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African Economic Development / by Langdon, Steven

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Africa in changing perspective -- Section A: Analysing the African experience -- Dimensions of development : geography, ecology, history -- Concepts of African economic development : growth, structural change, poverty and gender -- Development theories, political economy and governance -- Economic institutions and planning for development -- Section B: Human resources in Africa -- Demography -- Income distribution and human needs -- Human development : education and health -- Labour and livelihoods, formal and informal -- Urbanization, migration and regional change -- Section C: Sustaining African economic development -- Environment and climate change -- Agriculture and rural development -- Natural resources and African development -- The industrial sector -- Infrastructure, communications, services and tourism -- Macroeconomic management, debt and structural adjustment plans -- Section D: Africa and the international economy -- Trade and economic development -- Multinational corporations and foreign direct investment -- Development assistance : the African record -- The changing role of China in Africa -- International migration.…”
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Mobile and social media journalism : a practical guide for multimedia journalism / by Adornato, Anthony

Table of Contents: “…-- Social newsgathering -- From the field : the mobile journalist -- Writing mobile-friendly web stories -- Social media engagement and audience analytics -- Social media ethics and policies -- The spread of fake news -- Mobile and social media in your career.…”
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Illustrator Foundations : the art of vector graphics and design in Illustrator / by Elmansy, Rafiq

Table of Contents: “…Introducing Adobe Illustrator CS6 -- Managing documents in Adobe illustrator -- Drawing in Illustrator -- Working with color -- Working with the gradient tool -- Working with patterns -- Editing artwork -- Brushes -- Working with type -- Masks, blends, and blending modes -- Working with images and image trace -- Symbols and graphs -- 3D drawing in perspective -- Working with effects -- Arranging and saving artwork -- Illustrator for the web -- Printing -- Integration with Adobe CS6 applications.…”
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The Routledge handbook of mass media ethics /

Table of Contents: “…Bunton -- Violence / Patrick Lee Plaisance -- The eroding boundaries between news and entertainment and what they mean for democratic politics / Bruce A. …”
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Elsevier's Integrated Neuroscience / by Nolte, John

Table of Contents: “…Cells of the nervous system -- Electrical signaling by nerve cells -- Synaptic transmission -- Sensory receptors -- General organization of the nervous system -- Development of the nervous system -- Tissues supporting the nervous system -- Imaging the nervous system -- Somatosensory system -- Auditory system -- Vestibular system -- Visual system -- Chemical senses -- Motor neurons and motor units -- Basal ganglia -- Cerebellum -- Control of eye movements -- Homeostasis, motivation, and emotion -- Consciousness and cognition -- Formation, maintenance, and plasticity of neuronal connections -- Case studies -- Case study answers.…”
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The Developing Human : clinically oriented embryology / by Moore, Keith L.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to the developing human -- First week of human development -- Second week of human development -- Third week of human development -- Fourth to eighth weeks of human development -- Ninth week to birth : the fetal period -- Placenta and fetal membranes -- Body cavities, mesenteries, and diaphragm -- Pharyngeal apparatus, face, and neck -- Respiratory system -- Alimentary system -- Urogenital system -- Cardiovascular system -- Skeletal system -- Muscular system -- Development of limbs -- Nervous system -- Development of eyes and ears -- Integumentary system -- Human birth defects -- Common signaling pathways used during development.…”
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MasterClass in Geography Education : transforming teaching and learning /

Table of Contents: “…Writing a Research Proposal, Mark Jones (University of West of England, UK)11. Ethical Considerations, Maggie Wilson (Oxford Brookes University, UK)12. …”
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E-books in Libraries : a practical guide /

Table of Contents: “…Overview ; Making e-book collections visible to readers / Anna Grigson ; Providing guidance, training and support for readers using e-books / Karen Gravett ; Information technology and e-books : challenges and opportunities / James Clay -- pt. 4. Engaging readers with e-books. …”
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Management & Organisational Behaviour / by Mullins, Laurie J., Christy, Gill

Table of Contents: “…Management in the news and case studies -- About this book -- Guided tour of the book -- Guided tour of my management lab -- In acknowledgement and appreciation -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- The organisational setting -- The nature of organisational behaviour -- Approaches to organisation and management -- The nature and context of organisations -- The individual -- Individual differences and diversity -- The nature of learning -- Perception and communication -- Work motivation and job satisfaction -- Groups, teams and leadership -- The nature of work groups and teams -- Working in groups and teams -- The nature of leadership -- The process of management -- The nature of management -- Managerial behaviour and effectiveness -- Structures of organisation -- Organisation strategy and structure -- Patterns of structure and work organisation -- Technology and organisations -- Organisation management -- Organisational control and power -- Corporate responsibility and ethics -- Organisation culture and change -- Organisational performance and development -- Conclusion -- Glossary.…”
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Treating complex traumatic stress disorders : an evidence-based guide /

Table of Contents: “…Steven Frankel -- Living and working self-reflectively to address vicarious trauma / Laurie Anne Pearlman and James Caringi --…”
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Readings in English Transformational Grammar / by Jacobs, Roderick A.

Table of Contents: “…--On very deep grammatical structure, by R. B. Lees.--Pronominalization, negation, and the analysis of adverbs, by G. …”
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Physical Examination & Health Assessment / by Jarvis, Carolyn

Table of Contents: “…Evidence-based assessment -- Cultural competence -- The interview -- The complete health history -- Mental status assessment -- Substance use assessment -- Domestic and family violence assessments -- Assessment techniques and safety in the clinical setting -- General survey, measurement, vital signs -- Pain assessment: the fifth vital sign -- Nutritional assessment -- Skin, hair, and nails -- Head, face, and neck, including regional lymphatics -- Eyes -- Ears -- Nose, mouth, and throat -- Breasts and regional lymphatics -- Thorax and lungs -- Heart and neck vessels -- Peripheral vascular system and lymphatic system -- Abdomen -- Musculoskeletal system -- Neurologic system -- Male genitourinary system -- Anus, rectum, and prostate -- Female genitourinary system -- The complete health assessment: adult -- The complete physical assessment: infant, child, and adolescent -- Bedside assessment and electronic health recording -- The pregnant woman -- Functional assessment of the older adult.…”
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A Reader in Promoting Public Health : challenge and controversy /

Table of Contents: “…-- Putting social marketing into practice -- Dilemmas in public health research: methodologies and ethical practice -- The evaluation of health promotion practice: 21st century debates on evidence and effectiveness -- Epidemiology - to be taken with care -- Feminist research and health -- Researching the views of diabetes service users from south Asian backgrounds: a reflection on some of the issues -- Setting priorities in public health research -- What would the Ottawa charter look like if it were written today? -- Prisons in England and Wales: an important public health opportunity? …”
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Advanced methodologies and technologies in government and society /

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