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Employed for both cosmetic and reconstructive purposes, breast
implants are one of the most widely-used and controversial
prostheses available. The development of safe, reliable products is
vital to the future of this important field of surgery.
Biomaterials in plastic surgery reviews the history, materials and
safety issues associated with breast implants.
Beginning with an introduction to the history of biomaterials used
for breast augmentation, Biomaterials in plastic surgery goes on to
discuss development issues. It then discusses the chemistry and
physical properties of biomedical silicones before reviewing
cohesive gel and polyurethane foam implants. The book concludes by
analysing the epidemiological evidence on the safety issues
relating to breast implants, followed by a review of retrieval and
analysis of breast implants emphasizing strength, durability and
failure mechanisms.
With its distinguished editors and international team of expert
contributors, Biomaterials in plastic surgery is an important guide
for surgeons, manufacturers and all those researching this
important field.
Comprehensively examines the history, materials and safety issues
associated with breast implantsProvides an overview of the history
of biomaterials used for breast augmentation and goes on to discuss
the development and chemical and physical properties of biomedical
siliconesReviews cohesive gel breast implants and polyurethane foam
breast implants
This book, first published in 1974, presents the findings of a
research project and considers their implications for public
policy. The project was designed to find out what effect the 1956
Restrictive Trade Practices Act (and the subsequent legislation of
1968) had on British industry. The Act was a decision in favour of
competition against a background of well-entrenched and widespread
restrictive agreements, and this book examines in depth its impact
in eighteen selected industries.
"The best books about Americans have been written by Europeans, it
is widely agreed. Peters joins here the tradition of Alexis de
Tocqueville, James Bryce, and Gunnar Myrdal. Sweeping and
insightful, unconventional and explorative, a book for our time".
-- Amitai Etzioni, The George Washington University
"The best books about Americans have been written by Europeans, it
is widely agreed. Peters joins here the tradition of Alexis de
Tocqueville, James Bryce, and Gunnar Myrdal. Sweeping and
insightful, unconventional and explorative, a book for our time".
-- Amitai Etzioni, The George Washington University
* Applies popular Christ Walk approach as a path to reconciliation
and healing * Combines physical and spiritual avenues in a holistic
program that anyone can use "Walk it off," that much-used advice of
coaches, turns out to work in the spiritual realm, too. Take a walk
with Anna and David as they explore reconciliation and healing
using the best-selling framework found in Christ Walk: A 40 Day
Spiritual Fitness Program. Through their own experiences with moral
injury, illness, and trauma, the authors have found that sometimes
the best way to deal with stressful experiences is by moving their
feet. Over the course of forty days, readers will experience God in
each stage of the healing process in tandem with a biblically
inspired journey.
This book represents the refereed proceedings of the Tenth
International Conference on Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo
Methods in Scientific Computing that was held at the University of
New South Wales (Australia) in February 2012. These biennial
conferences are major events for Monte Carlo and the premiere event
for quasi-Monte Carlo research. The proceedings include articles
based on invited lectures as well as carefully selected contributed
papers on all theoretical aspects and applications of Monte Carlo
and quasi-Monte Carlo methods. The reader will be provided with
information on latest developments in these very active areas. The
book is an excellent reference for theoreticians and practitioners
interested in solving high-dimensional computational problems
arising, in particular, in finance, statistics and computer
graphics.
In 1269 Petrus Peregrinus observed lines of force around a
lodestone and noted that they were concentrated at two points which
he designated as the north and south poles of the magnet.
Subsequent observation has confirmed that all magnetic objects have
paired regions of' opposite polarity, that is, all magnets are
dipoles. It is easy to conceive of an isolated pole, which J.J.
Thomson did in 1904 when he set his famous problem of the motion of
an electron in the field of a magnetic charge. In 1931 P.A.M. Dirac
solved this problem quantum mechanically and showed that the
existence of a single magnet pole anywhere in the universe could
explain the mystery of charge quantization. By late 1981,
theoretical interest in monopoles had reached the point where a
meeting was organized at the International Centre for Theoretical
Physics in Trieste. Many mathematical properties of monopoles were
discussed at length but there was only a solitary account
describing experiments. This imbalance did not so much reflect the
meeting's venue as it indicated the relative theoretical and
experimental effort at that point.
Acknowledgements - Introduction - PART 1 RE-READING MARX FOR THE
INDIVIDUAL AND THE PSYCHE - New Grundrisse for the Levels of
Analysis Problem - PART 2 HUMAN NATURE AS MODIFIED IN EACH
HISTORICAL EPOCH - Community and Individuality: The Theory of
'Individuation' - The Role of 'The Individual' in History: the
Theory of Agency - PART 3 HUMAN NATURE IN GENERAL - Introduction -
Needs and Wants - Responses to Gratification and Deprivation -
Knowledge - A General Psychology of Intergroup Relations - PART 4
EVALUATING MARX'S THEORIES OF HUMAN NATURE 'EMPIRICALLY' -
Introduction - Individuation and Agency Revisited - How 'General'
is 'Human Nature'? - Conclusion - Index
After twenty years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, a global
pandemic, protests against racial violence, and frequent shootings,
more Americans than ever are living with the effects of trauma. The
good news is that Jesus was born and died in a traumatized world,
and his story speaks forever to wounded people worldwide. Army
veteran and Episcopal priest David Peters explores Jesus' life
story through the post-traumatic lens with which the Gospel writers
first wrote it-as people who had seen their leader executed by the
same oppressive government that had already shrouded their whole
lives in anxiety and fear. Meeting the post-traumatic Jesus-the
only Jesus the world has ever known-can be a balm to the wounds of
modern Christians and spiritual seekers.
This book, first published in 1974, presents the findings of a
research project and considers their implications for public
policy. The project was designed to find out what effect the 1956
Restrictive Trade Practices Act (and the subsequent legislation of
1968) had on British industry. The Act was a decision in favour of
competition against a background of well-entrenched and widespread
restrictive agreements, and this book examines in depth its impact
in eighteen selected industries.
Signed into law in 2000, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act
(TVPA) defined the crime of human trafficking and brought attention
to an issue previously unknown to most Americans. But while human
trafficking is widely considered a serious and despicable crime,
there has been far less consensus as to how to approach the
problem—owing in part to a pervasive emphasis on forced
prostitution that overshadows repugnant practices in other labor
sectors affecting vulnerable populations. Responding to Human
Trafficking examines the ways in which cultural perceptions of
sexual exploitation and victimhood inform the drafting,
interpretation, and implementation of U.S. antitrafficking law, as
well as the law's effects on trafficking victims. Drawing from
interviews with social workers and case managers, attorneys,
investigators, and government administrators as well as trafficked
persons, Alicia W. Peters explores how cultural and symbolic
frameworks regarding sex, gender, and victimization were
incorporated into the drafting of the TVPA and have been replicated
through the interpretation and implementation of the law. Tracing
the path of the TVPA over the course of nearly a decade, Responding
to Human Trafficking reveals the profound gaps in understanding
that pervade implementation as service providers and criminal
justice authorities strive to collaborate and perform their duties.
Ultimately, this sensitive ethnography sheds light on the complex
and wide-ranging effects of the TVPA on the victims it was designed
to protect.
This companion piece to the author's previously published Military
Records from the Fauquier County Minute Books contains transcripts
of original records, many not found in Court Minutes. These
military records were found in the loose papers in the Fauqui
This book represents the refereed proceedings of the Tenth
International Conference on Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo
Methods in Scientific Computing that was held at the University of
New South Wales (Australia) in February 2012. These biennial
conferences are major events for Monte Carlo and the premiere event
for quasi-Monte Carlo research. The proceedings include articles
based on invited lectures as well as carefully selected contributed
papers on all theoretical aspects and applications of Monte Carlo
and quasi-Monte Carlo methods. The reader will be provided with
information on latest developments in these very active areas. The
book is an excellent reference for theoreticians and practitioners
interested in solving high-dimensional computational problems
arising, in particular, in finance, statistics and computer
graphics.
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