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This book is the first volume of a series on the adverse effects of herbal drugs. We begin this series not because we are opposed to phytotherapy, or because we want to share our ammunition with adversaries of herbal drug treatments. We realize that several remedies of natural origin (e. g., senna, ipecac) have retained a prominent place in the conventional drug armamentarium. We also recognize that the general public appreciates so-called mildly acting herbs for self-medication purposes. We acknowledge that even when such herbs have no pronounced pharmacological acti vity, their psychosocial effect remains an asset that should not be ignored. Moreover, we do not hold the often heard opinion that traditional remedies are nothing but a collection of worthless relics from the remote past which cannot possibly be relevant for modem medicine. We consider this an erroneous assumption thas has been refuted repeatedly by experimental research on traditional botanicals. The encouraging results with the herbal remedy feverfew as a prophylactic antimigraine agent is a recent illustration that botanical medicine can still provide exciting the rapeutic discoveries. For these reasons it is not our intention to place botanical remedies indiscriminately in an unfavorable light. We do not seek to dam up the "green" wave that is sweeping over our society. We do consider it important, however, that this wave be appropria tely chanelled, and with this basic attitude we have assumed edi torial responsibility."

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) provide a powerful tool for the investigation of species-habitat relationships and the development of wildlife management and conservation programs. However, the relative ease of data manipulation and analysis using GIS, associated landscape metrics packages, and sophisticated statistical tests may sometimes cause investigators to overlook important species-habitat functional relationships. Additionally, underlying assumptions of the study design or technology may have unrecognized consequences. This volume examines how initial researcher choices of image resolution, scale(s) of analysis, response and explanatory variables, and location and area of samples can influence analysis results, interpretation, predictive capability, and study-derived management prescriptions. Overall, most studies in this realm employ relatively low resolution imagery that allows neither identification nor accurate classification of habitat components. Additionally, the landscape metrics typically employed do not adequately quantify component spatial arrangement associated with species occupation. To address this latter issue, the authors introduce two novel landscape metrics that measure the functional size and location in the landscape of taxon-specific 'solid' and 'edge' habitat types. Keller and Smith conclude that investigators conducting GIS-based analyses of species-habitat relationships should more carefully 1) match the resolution of remotely sensed imagery to the scale of habitat functional relationships of the focal taxon, 2) identify attributes (explanatory variables) of habitat architecture, size, configuration, quality, and context that reflect the way the focal taxon uses the subset of the landscape it occupies, and 3) match the location and scale of habitat samples, whether GIS- or ground-based, to corresponding species' detection locations and scales of habitat use.

Jetzt vollstandig uberarbeitet und in allen Teilen aktualisiert: Auch die 3. Auflage dieses bewahrten Lehrbuchs bietet wieder alles, was man uber die Pharmakologie und Toxikologie wissen muss. Umfassend und zugleich kompakt bietet es einen hervorragenden UEberblick uber die Wirkungen der wichtigsten Arzneistoffe und -stoffklassen.

Wir sehen in der Natur nicht Worter, sondern immer nur Anfangsbuchstaben von Wortern, und wenn wir alsdann lesen wollen, so finden wir, daft die neuen sogenannten Worter wiederum bloft Allfangsbuchstaben von andren sind. (Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. 1742-1799) Sudelbuch II Der zweite und letzte Teil des Taschenbuches "Pharmakologie und Toxiko logie" umfaJ3t die Kapitel: - Pharmaka mit Wirkung auf das Nervensystem, - Pharmaka mit Wirkung auf Herz, Kreislauf und Blut, - Pharmaka mit Wirkung auf Niere, Saure-Basenhaushalt und Elektrolyte, - Pharmaka mit Wirkung auf den Respirationstrakt und - Pharmaka mit Wirkung auf den Verdauungstrakt. Die Leitsatze, die mich beim Schreiben des ersten Teils bewegten, gelten natiirlich auch fUr den zweiten Teil. Mein Ziel war und ist es, eine EinfUh rung in die Pharmakologie und Toxikologie zu schreiben, die den Ausbil dungs stand der Studierenden der Pharmazie in den medizinischen Grund lagenfachern berucksichtigt und in kurzer und iibersichtlicher Form Pharmakodynamik, Pharmakokinetik und Anwendung einzelner Wirkstof fe oder Wirkstoffgruppen nach ihrer Bedeutung in der klinischen Anwen dung vorzustellen. Wieder habe ich versucht, einer klaren und verstandli chen, manchmal auch bewuJ3t vereinfachenden, Darstellung wichtiger Arzneimittel den Vorzug vor einer liickenlosen Wiedergabe zu geben. Aus Platzgriinden und urn den Charakter eines Taschenbuches zu wah ren, habe ich darauf verzichtet, aIle Handelspraparate eines Pharmakons in die entsprechenden Tabellen aufzunehmen. Die Beispiele stellen natiirlich keine Wertung dar."

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.

This booklet describes how to use the Pulmonica pulmonary harmonica and answers frequently asked questions about this unique device. Photos clearly demonstrate how to use and clean the pulmonary harmonica.

Dana K. Keller and Mary Lou Casadevall-Keller provide readers with a highly accessible introduction to the fundamental concepts of research methods in The Tao of Research: A Path to Validity. This brief, engaging book approaches the topic of research through an exploration of the issues that threaten validity in the process of knowledge generation.

Key Features

Examines the propositional, ethical, structural, functional, and technical restrictions researchers face Focuses on understanding how these restrictions influence research methods and results Makes concepts more accessible through discussions that follow the experiences of three "guides"-a high school principal, a statewide director of public health, and a sociology professor at a small liberal arts college.

The Tao of Research: A Path to Validity serves as either a main or supplemental text for courses such as Introduction to Research Methods, Social Research Methods, and Applied Research Methods.