Catálogo de libros: Medicina: cuestiones generales

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  • Electrocardiogram Signal Classification and Machine Learning
    Sara Moein
    Technological tools and computational techniques have enhanced the healthcare industry. These advancements have led to significant progress in the diagnosis of heart disorders. Electrocardiogram Signal Classification and Machine Learning: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a critical scholarly resource that examines the importance of automatic normalization and classificati...
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    209,74 €

  • Choosing To Stay
    Mo Haque
    Being diagnosed with cancer is frightening; learning that the cancer is late stage takes that fear to unknown depths. After a year of brutal treatment, Mo Haque heard the dreaded words, ‘There is nothing else we can do for you.’ His cancer was terminal and left him questioning the price we put on life. Three years on from the ‘small chance’ of survival the experts had given h...
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    18,40 €

  • Vitamin K and Vitamin K-Dependent Proteins in Relation to Human Health
    This Special Issue of Nutrients focuses on advances that extend our knowledge of the biochemical functions and health roles played by both the micronutrient vitamin K and its target Gla proteins.  The scope of potential topics is wide and may include studies in population and patient groups, animal models and at the cellular level.  Examples include the presentation, diagnosis,...
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    59,72 €

  • Nutrition and Allergic Diseases
    The purpose of this Special Issue, “Nutrition and Allergic Diseases”, is to provide an overview of the role of nutrition in allergy. The prevalence of asthma, rhinitis, and food allergy has increased tremendously over the last few decades. Is there a role for nutrition to help managing this global challenge? This Special Issue touches upon the many aspects that relate to nutrit...
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    67,87 €

  • Exploring the Pressures of Medical Education From a Mental Health and Wellness Perspective
    Christina Ramirez Smith
    Discussions surrounding mental health are becoming more prominent and these conditions are becoming less stigmatized. Studying the effects that mental wellness has on students within the medical field can provide an insider perspective on this critical topic. Exploring the Pressures of Medical Education From a Mental Health and Wellness Perspective is a critical reference sourc...
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    295,27 €

  • Stakeholder Health
    Stakeholder Health: Insights from New Systems of Health, developed with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is a rich and detailed review of some of the best practices in the areas of community health improvement, as well as clinical and community partnerships, spanning 11 chapters. The chapters range from a crisp review of the social determinants or drivers of hea...
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    25,40 €

  • Public Health Genomics and International Wealth Creation
    E. William Ebomoyi / EWilliam Ebomoyi
    In 2003, the secrets of the human genome were cracked open, creating a flurry of anticipation (and more than a little commercial buzz) about the role that genetic modification would play in years to come. This burgeoning field stands poised to redefine old paradigms and reshape industries such as medicine, agriculture, pharmacology, and biotechnology. Public Health Genomics and...
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    308,62 €

  • Social, Economic, and Political Perspectives on Public Health Policy-Making
    Presently, the healthcare industry is grappling with many challenges both nationally and globally, including escalating costs, a move to a preventative care environment and a technology savvy patient with high expectations. To accommodate the changing health demands of the current global population, public healthcare policy must undergo a critical analysis. Social, Economic, an...
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    255,92 €

  • Healthcare Information Technology Innovation and Sustainability
    Joseph Tan
    Healthcare Information Technology Innovation and Sustainability: Frontiers and Adoption presents research in the emerging field on information systems and informatics in the healthcare industry. By addressing innovative concepts and critical issues through case studies and experimental research, this reference source is useful for practitioners, researchers and academics aiming...
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    321,22 €

  • Cases on Healthcare Information Technology for Patient Care Management
    Health care organizations have made investments in health information technologies such as electronic health records, health information exchanges, and many more, which have increased the importance of Health Information Technology studies. Cases on Healthcare Information Technology for Patient Care Management highlights the importance of understanding the potential challenges ...
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    229,92 €

  • Innovations in Data Methodologies and Computational Algorithms for Medical Applications
    Aryya Gangopadhyay
    Medicine has, until recently, been slow to adapt to information technologies and systems for many reasons, but the future lies therein. Innovations in Data Methodologies and Computational Algorithms for Medical Applications offers the most cutting-edge research in the field, offering insights into case studies and methodologies from around the world. The text details the latest...
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    321,26 €

  • Handbook of Research on Personal Autonomy Technologies and Disability Informatics
    Javier Pereira
    Information technologies constitute a very important contribution to the integration of a population into its environment. Unfortunately, in most cases the development of new technologies does not consider the special needs of potentially disabled users. The Handbook of Research on Personal Autonomy Technologies and Disability Informatics proposes a comprehensive description of...
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    347,74 €

  • Data Mining and Medical Knowledge Management
    The healthcare industry produces a constant flow of data, creating a need for deep analysis of databases through data mining tools and techniques resulting in expanded medical research, diagnosis, and treatment. Data Mining and Medical Knowledge Management: Cases and Applications presents case studies on applications of various modern data mining methods in several important ar...
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    295,51 €

  • Technology Due Diligence
    Stephen J. Andriole / Stephen JAndriole
    Due diligence conducted around technology decisions is complex. Done correctly, it has the power to enable outstanding positive outcomes; done poorly, it can wreak havoc on organizations, corporate cultures, and markets. Technology Due Diligence: Best Practices for Chief Information Officers, Venture Capitalists, and Technology Vendors develops a due diligence framework for any...
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    216,98 €

  • The Sanctuary of Illness
    Thomas Larson
    We all know someone who has suffered a heart attack. But, howoften do we learn the intimate, potentially life-saving details thataccompany coronary disease?In The Sanctuary of Illness, Thomas Larson (The Memoir and theMemoirist; The Saddest Music Ever Written) gives a powerful andpersonal inside tour of what happens when our arteries fail. Hechronicles the three heart attacks i...
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    12,16 €

  • Examining the Role of Environmental Change on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Pandemics
    Maha Bouzid
    Climate change is one of the most widely debated and worrisome topics of our time. As environmental changes become more prevalent, there has been evidence to suggest that there is a correlation between the environment and a substantial increase of infectious diseases and viruses around the globe. Examining the Role of Environmental Change on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Pan...
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    262,43 €

  • Transformative Healthcare Practice through Patient Engagement
    Guendalina Graffigna
    Recent literature suggests that patient participation and engagement may be the ideal solution to the efficacy of healthcare treatments, from a clinical and pragmatic view. Despite the growing discussions on the necessity of patient engagement, there is no set of universally endorsed, concrete guidelines or practices. Transformative Healthcare Practice through Patient Engagemen...
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    282,25 €

  • To Air is Human
    Joseph Weiss
    To ‘Air' is Human, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Intestinal Gas is a uniquely informative, entertaining, and well-illustrated volume. Extensive knowledge about the physiology and science of the digestive process and intestinal gas is clearly explained. It covers everything you ever wanted to know about the fart, burp, and bloat but were too embarrassed to ask. In...
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    25,22 €

  • Utilitarianism
    John Stuart MILL
    In John Stuart Mill's classic restatement of the utilitarianism of Jeremy Bentham, he continued a philosophical perspective that continues to be appolied to this day. The 'principle of utility', otherwise known as 'the greatest happiness principle' has surfaced over and over again throughout history since then, and has often been the basis for important publ...
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    11,07 €

  • US Health
    Lykourkos Liaropoulos
    HOW TO FINANCE AND DELIVER HEALTH CAREHealth has been one of the most frequent issues arising in the Social Policy debate for the last 60 or more years. The answers given vary according to political ideology, economic expediency, and the moral standing of individuals and society. The sources of funding are essentially two: either the individual directly, or a larger group actin...
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    16,72 €

  • Healthcare Informatics and Analytics
    Amir Hossein Ghapanchi / Amir Talaei-Khoei / Madjid Tavana
    Healthcare practices have been enhanced through the use of information technologies and analytical methods. A cross between computer science, healthcare, and information science is needed for the optimization of data resources and information systems within the healthcare industry. Healthcare Informatics and Analytics: Emerging Issues and Trends introduces the latest research c...
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    308,50 €

  • The essence of Homeopathy Materia Medica
    Dr. Mahendra Prasad Mahapatra
    In the study and application of homeopathy’s Materia medica, students focus on constant comparison and differentiation. They meticulously compare remedy pathogenesis with patient anamnesis and differentiate similar symptoms among various remedies to select the simillimum. Essential to this process is a deep understanding of each remedy’s individuality, including its peculiar or...
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    28,09 €

  • Jewish refugees and the British nursing profession
    Jane Brooks
    This book bears witness to the personal experiences of Jewish refugees from Nazi Europe in the highly gendered profession of nursing. ...
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    157,22 €

  • Retinal disorders of vascular origin
    Fettouma Mazari / Souad Nouasri
    Retinal disorders of vascular origin are highly polymorphic, and in many cases they are life-threatening. They may be secondary to lesions of the vessel wall, i.e. damage to the vessel container, as in diabetic retinopathy or systemic diseases. They may be secondary to affections of the content, as in the case of hemoglobinopathies or blood viscosity anomalies.Vascularization o...
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    84,50 €

  • Deja Vu with Quixotic Delusions of Grandeur
    Marc Sapir
     'On a balmy October afternoon in 1971 I found myself on my back on a street in South San Francisco, my left shoulder blade pinned to the curb. I had tripped....(and) there was a lanky young man with an unsettling ferocity in his eyes standing over me, pointing a handgun at my face...' Though this typical public-schooled suburban American kid becomes a doctor with the Cesar Cha...
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    25,06 €

  • Reigniting the Human Connection
    Elizabeth C. McCulloch / Jennifer H. Mieres / Michael P. Wright
    In order to resolve the significant racial, ethnic, language, and financial inequities that exist in healthcare quality and access, health systems must undertake the development of systematic approaches to advance diversity, inclusion, and health equity.Developed from the data, experience, and research that emerged from ten years of intentional creation of such an approach at N...
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    15,66 €

  • Ageing, stimuli and changes in the brain
    Cristovam W Cristovam W / Daniel Guerreiro Diniz
    Possible environmental and aging influences on learning and memory and the laminar distribution of astrocytes in the dentate gyrus were studied. Performance in episodic-like and spatial memory tests was correlated with astroglial changes in the dentate gyrus estimated by a bias-free method based on stereology. Taken together, the data suggest that maintaining the animals in an ...
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    68,16 €

  • Hip fracture causes complications in women over 65 years of age
    Raisa Duque
    To God above all things for allowing me to reach one more goal in my life project. To my family who has been my greatest pillar. To the State University of Guayaquil for having endorsed my professional training. To Dr. Hugo Behr, general manager of the Hospital Clínica San Francisco for allowing me to carry out my study at this distinguished hospital. I chose this topic because...
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    54,90 €

  • A contemplative look at Covid-19 in Tunisia
    Hajer Kilani
    The coronavirus appeared in December 2019 in China. It is considered highly contagious and transmissible to many people very rapidly in most countries, and is spreading on a larger scale across continents to create a SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.During the median incubation period (5 to 14 days), the person is considered contagious. The main symptoms of this virus are fever, coughing an...
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    60,58 €

  • Contributions of Pronto Sorriso to the training of health professionals
    Maria Luiza de Faria Paiva
    The book Contributions of Pronto Sorriso to the training of health professionals reports on changes in the lives of health professionals who have taken a course offered by the Faculty of Medicine at the Federal University of Goiás. The institution has been implementing curricular changes with projects that encompass new teaching methodologies and one of them is the Pronto Sorri...
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    55,10 €