Archive For The “Nonfiction 10” Category
By John C. Griffiths (auth.), Daniel F. Merriam (eds.)
ISBN-10: 1468477323
ISBN-13: 9781468477320
ISBN-10: 146847734X
ISBN-13: 9781468477344
By Tiffany Field (auth.), Phillip S. Strain (eds.)
ISBN-10: 148992180X
ISBN-13: 9781489921802
ISBN-10: 1489921826
ISBN-13: 9781489921826
Since the early 1800's, kids were taught and inspired to operate as educational brokers for his or her school room friends. in spite of the fact that, it was once no longer until eventually the decade that peer-mediated intervention was once studied in a rigorous, systematic model. the aim of this edited quantity is to supply an updated and entire account of empirical learn that addresses the final efficacy of school room friends as habit switch brokers. because of numerous social and criminal advancements, corresponding to the passage of Public legislation 94-142 and its accompanying call for for indi vidualized guideline, peer-mediated interventions appear more likely to prolif erate. As i've got famous in other places (Strain, this volume), shut adherence to the main of individualized programming has rendered out of date the "adults in simple terms" version of lecture room guide. even if the usage of affiliates within the educational procedure involves be seen through university team of workers as a favorable adjunct to day-by-day lecture room practices relies in huge mea certain on our skill to scrupulously layout, behavior, and speak the findings of utilized learn. I belief that this quantity will functionality either to thoroughly converse current findings and to stimulate extra research. My colleagues who've generously contributed their time and talent to this quantity have my inner most appreciation. they've got played their a number of projects in a well timed, specialist demeanour and, in my view, have supplied enormous perception into the issues and potentials of comrades as educational agents.
By R. B. Flavell (auth.), Orio Ciferri, Leon Dure III (eds.)
ISBN-10: 1468445383
ISBN-13: 9781468445381
ISBN-10: 1468445405
ISBN-13: 9781468445404
This quantity comprises the displays of the central audio system on the NATO complex research Institute held at Porto Portese, Italy,23 August - 2 September, 1982. This assembly used to be the 3rd in a sequence dedicated to the molecular biology of crops. The preliminary assembly used to be held in Strasbourg, France in 1976 (J. Weil and L. Bogorad, organizers), and the second one in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1979 (C. Leaver, organizer). As in those earlier conferences, we've tried to hide the most important subject matters of plant molecular biology so one can advertise the combination of knowledge rising at an accelerating price from a few of the sub-disciplines of the sphere. moreover, we now have brought numerous themes, targeted to better crops, that experience now not but been approached with the instruments of molec ular biology, yet that are supposed to current new and critical points of vegetation amenable to check by way of DNA -+ RNA -+ Protein. This assembly additionally served to inaugerate the hot overseas Society for Plant Molecular Biology. the necessity for this society is, just like the NATO conferences themselves, a sign of the expansion, vitalitv and momentum of this box of research.
By Prof. Dr. Karl Leonhard (auth.), Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h. c. Helmut Beckmann (eds.)
ISBN-10: 3709163714
ISBN-13: 9783709163719
ISBN-10: 3709173086
ISBN-13: 9783709173084
Karl Leonhard’s "Classification of Endogenous Psychoses” relies on subtle medical descriptions and characteristical symptom styles happening through the long term process psychiatric illnesses. A analysis could be made provided that the entire scientific positive factors healthy, i.e. a unique analysis will not be made if one attribute symptom is missing. this is often the most and demanding distinction among Leonhard’s class and the operational diagnostic platforms that require the presence of a few yet now not all particular signs of a symptom cluster. Leonhard took over the fundamental good points because the early days of Psychiatry and located, continuously in line with personal live-long case reports, that the endogenous psychoses need to be divided into 5 major nosological various teams: at the one aspect the prognostically beneficial unipolar affective psychoses, bipolar affective psychoses and cycloid psychoses and at the different facet the prognostically negative unsystematic and systematic schizophrenias. in the meantime its reliability and validity were proven via medical experiences and early effects supply guidance concerning the diverse origins and sundry healing techniques for the explicit sickness profiles.
By Bernard Weiss (auth.), Bernard Weiss, Victor G. Laties (eds.)
ISBN-10: 1468426346
ISBN-13: 9781468426342
ISBN-10: 1468426362
ISBN-13: 9781468426366
By V. Sreenivasulu Reddy, Maria Bruma, John Fitch, Patrick Cassidy (auth.), Gareth Hougham, Patrick E. Cassidy, Ken Johns, Theodore Davidson (eds.)
ISBN-10: 0306460602
ISBN-13: 9780306460609
ISBN-10: 0306469189
ISBN-13: 9780306469183
The fluorine atom, via advantage of its electronegativity, dimension, and bond energy with carbon, can be utilized to create compounds with amazing homes. Small molecules containing fluorine have many optimistic affects on lifestyle of which blood substitutes, prescribed drugs, and floor modifiers are just a couple of examples. Fluoropolymers, too, whereas normally linked to severe hello- functionality functions have discovered their approach into our houses, our garments, or even our language. a contemporary American president used to be frequently likened to the tribology of PTFE. because the serendipitous discovery of Teflon on the Dupont Jackson Laboratory in 1938, fluoropolymers have grown progressively in technological and market significance. New man made fluorine chemistry, new approaches, and new apprec- tion of the mechanisms during which fluorine imparts unparalleled homes all give a contribution to accelerating progress in fluoropolymers. there are various tales of harrowing shut calls within the fluorine chemistry lab, specially from the early years, and artificial demanding situations now and then stay daunting. yet, thankfully, sleek strategies and amenities have enabled major strides towards taming either the risks and artificial uncertainties. not like prior environmental difficulties linked to fluorocarbon refrigerants, the outstanding houses of fluorine in polymers have nice environmental price. a few fluoropolymers are allowing eco-friendly applied sciences corresponding to hydrogen gas cells for cars and oxygen-selective membranes for purifier diesel combustion.
By Gunther Doeker
ISBN-10: 9401187185
ISBN-13: 9789401187183
ISBN-10: 9401195609
ISBN-13: 9789401195607
By J. González-Merlo, I. Burzaco, P. Jou, M. Marquez (auth.), Louis G. Keith MD, FACOG, Gary S. Berger MD, MSPH, FACOG (eds.)
ISBN-10: 9400949022
ISBN-13: 9789400949027
ISBN-10: 9401086710
ISBN-13: 9789401086714
Infectious ailments stay an incredible challenge for physicians and different overall healthiness pros facing difficulties of the reproductive process. consequently, this two-volume finished presentation of infectious illnesses concerning the female and male reproductive platforms offers to be a big contribution during this box and to fill a much-needed vacuum. in past times 3 many years, the creation of antimicrobial remedy has dramatically altered either the scientific presentation and the healing methods hired in facing the conventional infections of the repro ductive approach. moreover, the altering demographics of infectious difficulties within the business nations and the constructing international were a resource of outrage. a great deal of vital info in this subject is integrated during this sequence. lately, enormous realization has been given to the function of Myco plasma and Chlamydia in either female and male infertility and the issues with regards to genital herpes and human papilloma virus infections. present scientific info is integrated on those infections in addition to on more recent features of analysis, corresponding to using laparoscopy within the analysis and therapy of pelvic inflammatory affliction. additionally addressed is new information about the function of actinomycosis in pelvic infections; present difficulties resembling poisonous surprise syndrome and bought immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) are reviewed in addition. New suggestions are integrated in those volumes to enrich the medical info. The attachment of microbial organisms to sperm can assist to give an explanation for entry of those and different organisms to the higher lady genital tract.
By Herbert Simon (auth.), Jan Żytkow (eds.)
ISBN-10: 904814793X
ISBN-13: 9789048147939
ISBN-10: 9401721246
ISBN-13: 9789401721240
Human and computer discovery are sluggish problem-solving techniques of looking out huge challenge areas for incompletely outlined objective gadgets. study on challenge fixing has frequently inquisitive about looking an `instance area' (empirical exploration) and a `hypothesis area' (generation of theories). In clinical discovery, looking needs to usually expand to different areas besides: areas of attainable difficulties, of recent or superior medical tools, of latest challenge representations, of latest innovations, and others. This booklet focuses specifically at the techniques for locating new challenge representations and new suggestions, that are rather new domain names for study on discovery.
medical discovery has often been studied as an job of person investigators, yet those everyone is situated in a bigger social constitution of technology, being associated via the `blackboard' of open ebook (as good as by means of direct collaboration). Even whereas an investigator is operating by myself, the method is strongly prompted through wisdom and talents saved in reminiscence due to earlier social interactions. during this experience, all study on discovery, together with the investigations on person techniques mentioned during this booklet, is social psychology, or perhaps sociology.
By Kenji Yamaguchi (auth.), S. W. Schaffer Ph.D., Steven I. Baskin Ph.D., James J. Kocsis Ph.D. (eds.)
ISBN-10: 9400980930
ISBN-13: 9789400980938
ISBN-10: 9400980957
ISBN-13: 9789400980952
It has turn into an annual customized for the Physiological Society of Philadel phia to sponsor a spring symposium in honor of A. N. Richards (\876-1966), a study pharmacologist who constructed the classical micropuncture tech nique for learning kidney functionality. The A. N. Richards Symposium for 1979 used to be hung on April 23-24 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The topic of this symposium used to be "The activities of Taurine on Excitable Tissues." even supposing taurine was once came upon as a constituent of bile salts in 1857 via a chemist and an anatomist (Gmelin and Tiedemann), curiosity this present day facilities mainly at the extrahepatic activities of taurine, specifically in mind, middle, and different excitable tissues. learn on taurine is obviously in a interval of exponential progress. we will be able to make sure that the learn reviews awarded and defined herein because the "Proceedings of the Symposium" will offer impetus for additional development. hence the file describing macromolecular receptors for taurine in myocardial sarcolemma may supply a version for exploring the molecular mechanisms that underlie the action(s) of taurine. Stabilization of mem branes and modulation of ion fluxes are basic activities of taurine handled in lots of of those experiences. it is only those activities of taurine which were pronounced by means of numerous investigators as being concerned with human myotonia, diabetes, and center failure.