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Rethinking Pain - How to live well despite chronic pain (Paperback): Helena Miranda Rethinking Pain - How to live well despite chronic pain (Paperback)
Helena Miranda
R462 R419 Discovery Miles 4 190 Save R43 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A practical and empathetic guide to a revolutionary approach to living well with chronic pain, based on the fundamental principles that: all pain experienced is real; wherever the trouble originates in the body, pain is experienced in the brain; all pain is unique to the individual sufferer; the key to overcoming pain is not to strive to be pain-free but to minimise the experience of it. Dr Miranda, based on her medical practice as a pain specialist and on her experience as a pain patient, shows how to do this through a series of clearly explained tools and strategies.

Bee Products - Chemical and Biological Properties (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Jose M. Alvarez-Suarez Bee Products - Chemical and Biological Properties (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Jose M. Alvarez-Suarez
R6,218 Discovery Miles 62 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents an updated discussion of the chemical composition and biological properties of the main bee products. Specific attention is focused on the beneficial biological activities of bee products in human health. Honey, royal jelly, propolis, bee pollen and bee venom are used as nutriment and in traditional medicine. Their composition is rather variable and depends on the floral source and external factors, such as seasonal, environmental conditions and processing. Bee products are rich in several essential nutrients and non essential nutrients, as sugars, minerals, proteins, free amino acids, vitamins, enzymes and polyphenols, that seem to be closely related to their biological functions. The effects of these products in nutrition, aging and age-related diseases, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and pathogen infections are discussed.

Radiology of Influenza - A Practical Approach (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Hongjun Li Radiology of Influenza - A Practical Approach (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Hongjun Li
R3,990 Discovery Miles 39 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents the theory of influenza and its imaging characteristics. The first section introduces readers to the fundamental theory of influenza, including the etiology, epidemiology and pathogenesis of influenza, influenza-related diseases, and imaging technologies. The second section is divided into 5 chapters and includes extensive DR, CT and MRI images on H1N1 influenza, H5N1, H7N9, H5N6 and H10N8 avian influenza.

The Bleep Test - How New Doctors Can Get Things Right (Paperback): Luke Austen The Bleep Test - How New Doctors Can Get Things Right (Paperback)
Luke Austen
R440 Discovery Miles 4 400 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

What does it mean to help save someone's life? How does it feel to nearly kill a patient? Can we keep our patients safe at night? In the face of overwhelming pressures, can we thrive or only survive? And is a happy life as a doctor still possible? In the early months and years of work, it is these kinds of questions, rather than any technical or knowledge-based queries, which preoccupy many new doctors. This elusive, hidden curriculum is pervasive within departments, around hospitals and across health systems, but is rarely, if ever, explicitly examined and discussed. At its core is the issue that should matter above all others - how we can keep our patients as safe as possible. The Bleep Test combines gripping and startlingly vulnerable recollections of early experiences on the wards with an array of research findings, from psychology and human biology to anthropology, business and behavioural economics. Acknowledging that the truly complex challenges facing new doctors lie far beyond the realms of the traditional medical sciences in which they were trained, the book explains that the shift to being a doctor depends on first understanding how we think, reason and behave as someone we have been all our lives - a human amongst humans. Focused on the experiences of, and the issues facing, recently qualified medics, The Bleep Test is not only for young doctors, but also for anyone who manages them, works with them, cares for them or may, one day, depend on them.

Portraits of Everyday Practice in Music Therapy (Paperback): Noah Potvin, Kate Myers-Coffman Portraits of Everyday Practice in Music Therapy (Paperback)
Noah Potvin, Kate Myers-Coffman
R1,044 Discovery Miles 10 440 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

• This edited volume of case studies spotlights aspects of everyday practice foundational to the services provided by board-certified music therapists • Organized by five topics common to music therapy training and clinical practice – Therapeutic Relationships, Therapeutic Closure, Clinical Supervision, Treatment Planning, and Professional Development – contributing authors share their clinical stories and provide readers with pointed questions to help them reflect on their clinical experiences • Authors in this volume hail from diverse clinical practices, theoretical orientations, and intersectional identities to provide readers a rich and representational collection of stories directly from the field

Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head - A Clinical Casebook (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017): Rafael J Sierra Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head - A Clinical Casebook (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017)
Rafael J Sierra
R2,036 Discovery Miles 20 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Comprised exclusively of clinical cases involving osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH), this concise, practical casebook will provide orthopedic surgeons with the best real-world strategies to properly diagnose and treat both pre- and post-collapse conditions. Each chapter is a case that opens with a unique clinical presentation, followed by a description of the diagnosis, assessment and management techniques used to treat it, as well as the case outcome and clinical pearls and pitfalls. Part I discusses pre-collapse treatments aimed at the early stages of ONFH, including the use of bisphosphonates, stem cell therapy and minimally invasive core decompression. Chapters presenting post-collapse treatments aimed at preserving the femoral head comprise part II, including non-vascularized bone grafting, osteochondral transfer and transtrochanteric osteotomy. Cases covering post-collapse total hip arthroplasty (THA) and common complications round out the presentation. Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head: A Clinical Casebook will be an excellent resource for orthopedic surgeons, residents and fellows treating hip pain.

Child Anxiety Theory and Treatment - A Special Issue of Cognition and Emotion (Paperback): Andy P. Field, Sam... Child Anxiety Theory and Treatment - A Special Issue of Cognition and Emotion (Paperback)
Andy P. Field, Sam Cartwright-Hatton, Shirley Reynolds, Cathy Creswell
R824 Discovery Miles 8 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Despite the negative impact of anxiety in children, theories and research have lagged behind their adult counterparts. This special issue arose from an Economic and Social Research Council funded seminar series (Child Anxiety Theory and Treatment, CATTS). It highlights four themes in theories and research into child anxiety: the appropriateness of applying adult models to children, the need to isolate causal variables, the need to take a developmental perspective, and the importance of parents. This issue aims to stimulate debate about theoretical issues that will inform future child anxiety research.

Childbirth Trauma (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Stergios K Doumouchtsis Childbirth Trauma (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Stergios K Doumouchtsis
R5,506 Discovery Miles 55 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This comprehensive and authoritative text takes an integrated approach to childbirth trauma, focusing on anal sphincter injuries and perineal morbidity, as well as other lower urinary tract dysfunctions secondary to childbirth. In recent years there has been an increasing emphasis on childbirth injury. Research based on clinical evaluation and anal ultrasound has improved our understanding of these significant childbirth related complications, their associated morbidity and their long-term sequelae. Despite extensive research interest, clinical focus and institutional national and international guidelines, outcomes are still not optimal and debates continue. Complete with full-color illustrations, Childbirth Trauma is a useful guide for clinicians and researchers in this field.

Features and Management of the Pelvic Cancer Pain (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016): Marco Cascella, Arturo Cuomo, Daniela Viscardi Features and Management of the Pelvic Cancer Pain (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
Marco Cascella, Arturo Cuomo, Daniela Viscardi
R1,797 Discovery Miles 17 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book focuses on the features of pelvic pain in the different cancer diseases, the pain assessment tools, as well as the pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches. Pelvic cancer pain is a common and debilitating symptom, and pain control is a one among the main therapeutic goals throughout the duration of the disease. Because pelvic cancer pain due to primitive cancer, recurrence or metastasis is a complex clinical pathology, no single technique is often guaranteed to produce a complete pain relief. Thus, there are many treatment options, but in most cases a correct approach to pain control should be provided by a multidisciplinary team under the responsibility of a pain specialist coordinating several professionals. This book will aid several figures of practitioners, like anesthesiologists, oncologists or surgeons, in making the correct decisions in individual patients affected by cancer pain due to pelvic diseases.

No Good Deed - A Story of Medicine, Murder Accusations, and the Debate Over How We Die (Paperback): Lewis Mitchell Cohen No Good Deed - A Story of Medicine, Murder Accusations, and the Debate Over How We Die (Paperback)
Lewis Mitchell Cohen
R378 R310 Discovery Miles 3 100 Save R68 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

On a blustery night, detectives from the Massachusetts State Police knocked on Amy Gleason's door. Gleason, along with fellow nurse Kim Hoy, had helped a patient deal with pain and suffering at the end of her life. Now the patient was dead, and the two nurses were being investigated for murder. Both believed they had done the right thing, but they had no idea what it would cost them. In this captivating and powerful true story, Dr. Lewis M. Cohen uses the experiences of Gleason, Hoy, and the nursing assistant who accused them of murder to explore what happens when decisions about end-of-life care shift from the hospital to the courtroom and the church. Tracing this issue from the uproar over Terri Schiavo's feeding tube to the controversial figure of Jack Kevorkian, and to the legitimate threat of serial killer medical professionals, Cohen goes behind the scenes on both sides of this debate. He examines how advances in modern medicine have given us tremendous tools for prolonging life but have also forced us to address how we treat patients who are dying and suffering.

Rotator Cuff Injuries - A Clinical Casebook (Paperback, 1st ed. 2018): Patrick J McMahon Rotator Cuff Injuries - A Clinical Casebook (Paperback, 1st ed. 2018)
Patrick J McMahon
R2,930 Discovery Miles 29 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Comprised exclusively of clinical cases presenting injuries to and management of the rotator cuff, this concise, practical casebook will provide orthopedic surgeons with the best real-world strategies to properly manage the various kinds of cuff injury they may encounter. Each chapter is a case that opens with a unique clinical presentation, followed by a description of the diagnosis, assessment and management techniques used to treat it, as well as the case outcome, literature review and clinical pearls and pitfalls. Cases included illustrate different management strategies for rotator cuff surgery, including arthroscopic repair for tendonitis and tears, open and mini-open repair for severe tears, latissimus dorsi and pectoralis tendon transfer, arthroscopic debridement, hemiarthroplasty and total reverse arthroplasty, biological augmentation, and revision repair after retear and infection. Pragmatic and reader-friendly, Rotator Cuff Injuries: A Clinical Casebook is an excellent resource for orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine specialists confronted with both common and complex injuries to the rotator cuff.

An Emotionally Focused Workbook for Relationship Loss - Healing Heartbreak Session By Session (Paperback): Rheem Kathryn, Clare... An Emotionally Focused Workbook for Relationship Loss - Healing Heartbreak Session By Session (Paperback)
Rheem Kathryn, Clare Rosoman
R792 Discovery Miles 7 920 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Complete with exercises, reflections, and specially selected tasks, this workbook is written for those suffering from heartbreak (and their therapists) to support them in navigating and managing the pain of breakups. The authors help them learn from their experiences, grow stronger from their suffering, and create healthy and fulfilling relationships. Kathryn Rheem and Clare Rosoman bring their experiences as relationship therapists and devotees of attachment science to offer informed support and encouragement to the broken hearted by providing practical strategies to help readers make sense of and grow from their experiences. Mirroring the therapy process, the book is structured so that readers actively participate in their own healing process with activities that guide their journey session by session. Chapters address attachment strategies, facing fear, riding waves of anger, processing grief and loss, forgiveness, and trusting yourself again. This book will help the reader create a future in which they can know and accept themselves as the perfectly imperfect human they are and create secure bonds with the special people in their life. This workbook is for people who have experienced the loss of a close relationship and are struggling to heal and move forward in their lives, as well as therapists assisting clients in their recovery from relationship loss.

Developmental Trauma - Theory, Research and Practice (Paperback): Daniel Cruz Developmental Trauma - Theory, Research and Practice (Paperback)
Daniel Cruz
R1,411 Discovery Miles 14 110 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Developmental Trauma offers a comprehensive introduction to the research findings that help us understand the effects on human development of early childhood trauma and adaptation to stress. It explains how DTD differs from PTSD and emerges from a toxic seed planted at the beginning of an individual's lifespan development. This important volume examines relational traumas and adverse childhood experiences, such as exposure to family and community violence, polyvictimization (multiple repeated childhood traumas), and disruptions to parent-child bonds, which lay the foundation for future relationships. The volume considers how DTD affects self-regulation capacities, identity development, self-esteem, and faith in oneself and others andincreases the likelihood of comorbidities including ADHD and autism spectrum disorders. Individuals with indications of developmental trauma face lifelong challenges in their ability to develop and maintain trusting relationships, to build and utilize healthy coping strategies, and to adjust to school and, eventually, the workplaceUniquely, Daniel Cruz goes beyond individual levels of analysis that focus almost exclusively on patients and explores toxic stress embedded in social systems and institutional policies and procedures that cause individuals to suffer, experience psychiatric and medical problems, and that lead to social and economic adversities such as poverty, homelessness, and involvement in criminal activity. Key topics explored include institutional betrayal, such as sexual assaults and workplace bullying, and judicial betrayal when failures from the legal system do not adequately protect victims of trauma, for example in cases of domestic violence. Developmental Trauma is for students of child and adolescent psychology, developmental psychology, clinical psychology, primary care and health psychology, education, social work, and urban studies. It is relevant for graduate students in applied fields such as clinical and counseling psychology, and those working with diverse children, and public health and policy.

Albumin in Medicine - Pathological and Clinical Applications (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Masaki Otagiri, Victor Tuan Giam Chuang Albumin in Medicine - Pathological and Clinical Applications (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Masaki Otagiri, Victor Tuan Giam Chuang
R5,681 Discovery Miles 56 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents a comprehensive overview of medical and pharmaceutical applications of human serum albumin (HSA), with updates on structural aspects of albumin from the perspectives of X-ray crystallography and NMR, endogenous and exogenous ligand binding of albumin in various pathological conditions, and genetic variants and their phenotypes. Rapid progress and development of its applications have resulted in outstanding results for which albumin has clearly been proven to be a robust biomaterial. Contributions from leading international experts in this field show how HSA is applied to diagnosis, therapy, drugs, and treatment, with a comprehensive introduction of HSA. This volume will appeal to scientists in pharmaceutical and medical research including pharmaceutical chemists, pharmacokineticists, toxicologists, and biochemists not only in academia but also in industry. Readers can effectively acquire the most recent knowledge of applications of HSA and its impact on human health in a single volume.

The Silly Thing - Shaping the Story of Life and Death (Paperback): Esther Ramsay-Jones The Silly Thing - Shaping the Story of Life and Death (Paperback)
Esther Ramsay-Jones
R468 Discovery Miles 4 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Silly Thing is an account of a woman's acceptance of and struggle with living and dying with a grade 4 glioblastoma, an aggressive cancer of the brain. It is told from the perspective of her daughter, Esther Ramsay-Jones, a psychotherapist and academic. The book discusses the fears that people might have about dying and specifically about brain cancer: for the author's mother, the tumour affected her speech and, as an English teacher, whose life had so intimately been tied up with language the fear of language loss was at times unbearable. From a psychotherapeutic point of view, the book will explore what it means to be given a terminal diagnosis and what kinds of psychological responses the 'patient' and family members might have. It will touch on notions of family systems theory, and the roles people might then take up as reaction to the news. The author also looks at 'difficult conversations' in palliative care - what might help/what might hinder - and the value of listening skills, capacity for attunement and containment, in staff teams and in the medical profession at large. Though the main focus in this book is her mother's experience, vignettes from the lived experience of practising palliative psychotherapy will be woven into the narrative to highlight the value of talking and sharing fears, anger, confusion, loves and gratitude with those who are dying.

Mental Health and Well-being Interventions in Sport - Research, Theory and Practice (Hardcover): Gavin Breslin, Gerard Leavey Mental Health and Well-being Interventions in Sport - Research, Theory and Practice (Hardcover)
Gavin Breslin, Gerard Leavey
R4,049 Discovery Miles 40 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Mental health within elite sport has traditionally been ignored, but recent research has shown that competitive sport can at times seriously undermine mental health and that athletes are exposed to specific stressors that hinder their mental health optimisation. Mental Health and Well-being Interventions in Sport provides an indispensable guide for researchers and practitioners wanting to understand and implement sport-based intervention processes. This important book adopts an evidenced based approach, discussing the context of the intervention, its design and implementation, and its evaluation and legacy. With cases on depression, eating disorders, and athletic burnout, the book is designed to provide practitioners, policy makers and researchers with a cutting-edge overview of the key issues involved in this burgeoning area, while also including cases on how sport itself has been used as a method to improve mental health. Written for newcomers and established practitioners alike, the text is an essential read for researchers and practitioners in better understanding the sport setting-based intervention processes through presenting current research, theory and practice, applicable in a variety of sports settings and contexts.

Thinking Space - Promoting Thinking About Race, Culture and Diversity in Psychotherapy and Beyond (Paperback): Frank Lowe Thinking Space - Promoting Thinking About Race, Culture and Diversity in Psychotherapy and Beyond (Paperback)
Frank Lowe
R1,159 Discovery Miles 11 590 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Thinking Space was set up to develop the capacity of staff and trainees at the Tavistock Clinic to think about racism and other forms of hatred toward difference in ourselves and others. Drawing on Bion s (1962) distinction between knowing and knowing about, the latter of which can be a defense against knowing a subject in a deeper and emotionally real way, Thinking Space sought to promote curiosity, exploration and learning about difference, by paying as much attention as to how we learn (process) as to what we learn (content).This book is a celebration of ten years of Thinking Space at the Tavistock Clinic and a way of sharing the thinking, experience and learning gained over these years. Thinking Space functions, among other things, as a test-bed for ideas and many of the papers included here began as presentations, and were encouraged and developed by the experience. These papers do not seek to provide a coherent theory or set of views. On the contrary they are very diverse and decidedly so, as finding, expressing and developing one s own personal idiom involves emotional truthfulness and is an important part of getting to know oneself: both of which are important prerequisites to getting to know the other."

Herbal Insecticides, Repellents and Biomedicines: Effectiveness and Commercialization (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Vijay Veer,... Herbal Insecticides, Repellents and Biomedicines: Effectiveness and Commercialization (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Vijay Veer, Reji Gopalakrishnan
R4,878 R3,821 Discovery Miles 38 210 Save R1,057 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book looks closely at herbal product development and commercialisation. In spite of an ever-growing demand, there is a dearth of safe and effective herbal products that meet consumers' expectations. Therefore, this book takes it upon itself to elaborate on the development process of herbal insecticides, repellents and biomedicines from a commercialisation point of view. The introductory chapters deal with the various strategies for disease vector control and provide an overview of herbal biomedicines. The subsequent chapter describes plants with mosquito larvicidal activity, including a comprehensive list of lethal concentrations against different mosquito species. The chapter on Himalayan plants discusses potential botanical insecticide sources and their chemical constituents before delving into the topic of natural insecticides of microbial origin and their efficacy against mosquitoes. Plant-derived insecticides belonging to different chemical classes and the extraction, purification and characterisation of bioactive compounds are illustrated, as well. The recent technological advances in the formulation of microbial, biochemical and botanical insecticides are also reviewed. Three chapters focus on important medicinal plants useful for treating human ailments, with special reference to the traditional healing practices of northeastern India. This is followed by a chapter on the production, use and safety of biopharmaceuticals and edible, plant-based vaccines. The intellectual property issues related to herbal products in India including patents, trademarks, geographical indications, trade secrets and traditional knowledge resources are plainly examined. The book ends with a chapter on the herbal product registration process in India, wherein the data requirements for registration, clinical efficacy trials, toxicity studies, quality control, packaging and labelling are clearly explained. In conclusion, this book is a step-by-step guide for the development of safe, effective and commercially viable herbal insecticides, repellents and biomedicines.

Helicobacter pylori (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Nayoung Kim Helicobacter pylori (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Nayoung Kim
R6,616 Discovery Miles 66 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents the current state of knowledge regarding the ability of Helicobacter pylori to colonize the gastrointestinal tract, the global epidemiology of H. pylori infection, transmission routes, the pathophysiology of H. pylori-related gastroduodenal and other diseases, diagnosis and treatment methods, guidelines for eradication, antibiotic resistance, the reinfection rate after H. pylori eradication, and animal models of H. pylori or related Helicobacter infection. The aim is to equip readers around the world with the understanding required in order to implement effective methods of H. pylori eradication and to enhance clinical outcomes for patients. The text is clearly written and is complemented by many helpful illustrations. This book will be a great asset in clinical practice for all practitioners who are involved in caring for patients with H. pylori-related diseases or have an interest in the subject. It will also be a useful source of information for medical students and for intelligent laypeople seeking information on H. pylori.

Biocommunication of Archaea (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Guenther Witzany Biocommunication of Archaea (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Guenther Witzany
R5,478 Discovery Miles 54 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Archaea represent a third domain of life with unique properties not found in the other domains. Archaea actively compete for environmental resources. They perceive themselves and can distinguish between 'self' and 'non-self'. They process and evaluate available information and then modify their behaviour accordingly. They assess their surroundings, estimate how much energy they need for particular goals, and then realize the optimum variant. These highly diverse competences show us that this is possible owing to sign(aling)- mediated communication processes within archaeal cells (intra-organismic), between the same, related and different archaeal species (interorganismic), and between archaea and nonarchaeal organisms (transorganismic). This is crucial in coordinating growth and development, shape and dynamics. Such communication must function both on the local level and between widely separated colony parts. This allows archaea to coordinate appropriate response behaviors in a differentiated manner to their current developmental status and physiological influences. This book will orientate further investigations on how archaeal ecosphere inhabitants communicate with each other to coordinate their behavioral patterns and whats the role of viruses in this highly dynamic interactional networks.

Image-Based Computer-Assisted Radiation Therapy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Hidetaka Arimura Image-Based Computer-Assisted Radiation Therapy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Hidetaka Arimura
R4,721 Discovery Miles 47 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art computational intelligence research and technologies in computer-assisted radiation therapy based on image engineering. It also traces major technical advancements and research findings in the field of image-based computer-assisted radiation therapy. In high-precision radiation therapies, novel approaches in image engineering including computer graphics, image processing, pattern recognition, and computational anatomy play important roles in improving the accuracy of radiation therapy and assisting decision making by radiation oncology professionals, such as radiation oncologists, radiation technologists, and medical physicists, in each phase of radiation therapy. All the topics presented in this book broaden understanding of the modern medical technologies and systems for image-based computer-assisted radiation therapy. Therefore this volume will greatly benefit not only radiation oncologists and radiologists but also radiation technologists, professors in medical physics or engineering, and engineers involved in the development of products to utilize this advanced therapy.

Oncologic Imaging: Urology (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Seung Hyup Kim, Jeong Yeon Cho Oncologic Imaging: Urology (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Seung Hyup Kim, Jeong Yeon Cho
R3,798 Discovery Miles 37 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is designed as a reference and working guide for practitioners who deal with patients with neoplastic diseases of the urinary tract and male genitalia, including tumors of the kidney, ureter and urinary bladder, prostate, testis, adrenal gland, and retroperitoneum. Each chapter describes and illustrates key imaging findings relevant to the characterization, differential diagnosis, and staging of lesions. Pattern recognition is facilitated through the use of schematic drawings, and imaging findings on post-treatment follow-up also form an important component of the book. Brief core descriptions of related multidisciplinary fields, such as nuclear medicine, pathology, urologic surgery, and radiation oncology are included whenever relevant.

Venom Genomics and Proteomics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): P. Gopalakrishnakone, Juan J. Calvete Venom Genomics and Proteomics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
P. Gopalakrishnakone, Juan J. Calvete
R10,175 Discovery Miles 101 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume provides the reader with recent advances in the fields of molecular toxinology, the biotechnological applications of venom toxins, and antivenom production. The content of the twenty chapters of Venom Genomics and Proteomics illustrates not only the enormous progress made since the implementation of omics technologies in the field of toxinology, but one also realizes the road still ahead to reach a holistic view of venomous systems. Advancement in high-throughput technologies in the field of venomics has resulted in the ability to generate comprehensive venom profiles for many species. However, research on snake genomes is still in its infancy, although such studies are eagerly awaited to gain insights into the evolutionary history of snake venom proteins, including the mechanisms that originated venom and the regulation of toxin expression. Fortunately, this objective is also at the reach of current omic technologies. Therefore it would not be unrealistic to predict a bright near future to the field of molecular toxinology. Venom Genomics and Proteomics covers research into the venom of scaled reptiles (lizards and snakes), scorpions, spiders, ants and platypuses. Special consideration is given to a number of observations made in the area of snake venom and in the application of advanced genomics and proteomics techniques on a variety of venom samples. The final chapters give some insight into the potential clinical uses of venom derivatives and into the importance and challenges faced in the production and quality control of antivenoms.

Pharmaceutical Pharmacology (Hardcover): S. C. Mehta, Ashutosh Kar Pharmaceutical Pharmacology (Hardcover)
S. C. Mehta, Ashutosh Kar
R2,031 Discovery Miles 20 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Pharmaceutical Pharmacology", encompassing 78 chapters, is divided into four major comprehensive parts. Part A deals with general pharmacology, pharmacology of peripheral nervous system and pharmacology of central nervous system. Part B is concerned with pharmacology of cardiovascular system, drugs acting on the hemopoetic system, drugs acting on the urinary system, autocoids and drugs acting on the respiratory system. Part C contains chapters on drugs acting on the gastrointestinal tract, pharmacology of endocrine system, chemotherapy and principles of toxicology. Part D discusses mainly clinical pharmacy, pharmacotherapy, important disorders of organ system and their management, therapeutic drug monitoring and concept of essential drugs and rational drug use.To provide a realistic approach to the understanding of the subject, each chapter commences with a crisp introduction followed by classification, treatment of each class of drugs with reference to important 'drugs' vis-a-vis pharmacological actions, pharmacokinetic actions, mechanism of action, therapeutic uses, dosage regimens, adverse drug reactions, drug interaction, etc. The text is profusely illustrated with labelled diagrams, graphics and lucid explanations. It provides the reader an explicit route starting from the molecular understanding of receptors and drug activities to the therapeutic applications of the most important class of drugs.

Essentials of Autopsy Practice - Reviews, Updates, and Advances (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Guy N. Rutty Essentials of Autopsy Practice - Reviews, Updates, and Advances (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Guy N. Rutty
R4,891 Discovery Miles 48 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book covers topical subjects within the field of death investigation, where changes in practice have recently occurred. As the area of dating of wounds has changed since the subject was addressed in a previous volume, this subject is revisited for the first time. The remaining subjects covered in this volume embrace the multi-disciplinary approach required for death investigation, and address advances in the field of forensic radiology imaging, pathology, and toxicology. There is also a chapter on cardiopulmonary resuscitation which explains clinical processes and procedures that may occur to an individual immediately before death that may have a bearing on the subsequent autopsy findings. Essentials of Autopsy Practice: Reviews, Updates and Advances is an educational and practical resource aimed at trainees and consultants, generalists and specialists, and the new multi-disciplinary team alike.

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