Clinical Biochemistry is a best-selling textbook, with global sales of well over 80,000. It is used across the world, and has been translated into ten languages. Over six successive editions, it has provided students with just the right amount of information they need to understand and apply clinical biochemistry in a clinical context. It is aimed fairly and squarely at those who are new to the subject, and is suitable for undergraduates across a range of courses including medicine, nursing, biomedical science, pharmacy and life sciences. Junior doctors will also find it useful. The seventh edition retains the same practical and patient-centred approach that has made previous editions so popular. Despite its accessibility, there is no 'dumbing-down': all essential information is covered. The illustrations, which are a major part of its visual appeal, have been revisited and updated. This book is an ideal source for understanding the background to biochemical tests and how they should be interpreted. It will help you apply your learning in the clinical context. The same basic structure that has proved successful previously has been retained; sections on core biochemistry, endocrinology and specialised investigations follow an introductory section. Clinical notes and case histories on help you to apply learning to clinical practice Covers the bulk of routine analyses and their relevance to the clinical setting Addresses real-world practicalities, such as how modern hospital laboratories work, and how test results should be interpreted Each topic presented on a richly illustrated two-page spread for easier understanding MCQs for each chapter Accompanying e-book now includes some animations A new chapter on the pancreas, as well as two chapters that explain how some analyses are done - methods involving antibodies, and methods that separate and identify analytes.

Presents a practical new model for evaluating the sustainable return on investment for housing led urban regeneration projects Works towards better fulfilling United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal 11 Useful for planners, strategic managers, local authorities, housing associations, the construction industry and built environment students alike

Biomedical revolutions seem to have radically altered the environment for HIV transmission: anti-retrovirals (ARVs) and drugs to reduce mother-to-child transmission promise to cut HIV transmission rates, as does male medical circumcision. However, the hopeful messages of UNAIDS are tempered with warning about expenditure shortfalls and calls for funding. Contributions to this book remind us that, along with the external financial constraints, there have been new fractures in state power and in the organisation of health systems. More than this, the book fundamentally calls into question whether biomedical interventions can change the social roots of this disease. As well as considering new policy approaches, the book reasserts a long-standing political economy approach to HIV and to adapt it to reflect new competing theoretical approaches. The chapters attempt to connect the debates about HIV/AIDS to larger discussions about globalisation, class differentiation, inequity and uneven development in African countries. This book was originally published as a special issue of Review of African Political Economy.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The political economy of HIV Deborah Johnston, Kevin Deane and Matteo Rizzo

1. Trapped in the prison of the proximate: structural HIV/AIDS prevention in southern Africa Bridget O’Laughlin

2. The political economy of concurrent partners: toward a history of sex–love–gift connections in the time of AIDS Mark Hunter

3. Wealthy and healthy? New evidence on the relationship between wealth and HIV vulnerability in Tanzania Danya Long and Kevin Deane

4. Paying the price of HIV in Africa: cash transfers and the depoliticisation of HIV risk Deborah Johnston

5. Exploring the complexity of microfinance and HIV in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Malawi Eleanor MacPherson, John Sadalaki, Victoria Nyongopa, Lawrence Nkhwazi, Mackwellings Phiri, Alinafe Chimphonda, Nicola Desmond, Victor Mwapasa, David G. Lalloo, Janet Seeley and Sally Theobald

6. Revisiting the economics of transactional sex: evidence from Tanzania Kevin Deane and Joyce Wamoyi

Debates

7. The key questions in the AIDS epidemic in 2015 Alan Whiteside OBE

8. 15 years of ‘War on AIDS’: what impact has the global HIV/AIDS response had on the political economy of Africa? Sophie Harman

9. Breaking out of silos – the need for critical paradigm reflection in HIV prevention Justin O. Parkhurst and Moritz Hunsmann

10. Microfinance and HIV prevention Janet Seeley

Biomedical revolutions seem to have radically altered the environment for HIV transmission: anti-retrovirals (ARVs) and drugs to reduce mother-to-child transmission promise to cut HIV transmission rates, as does male medical circumcision. However, the hopeful messages of UNAIDS are tempered with warning about expenditure shortfalls and calls for funding. Contributions to this book remind us that, along with the external financial constraints, there have been new fractures in state power and in the organisation of health systems. More than this, the book fundamentally calls into question whether biomedical interventions can change the social roots of this disease. As well as considering new policy approaches, the book reasserts a long-standing political economy approach to HIV and to adapt it to reflect new competing theoretical approaches. The chapters attempt to connect the debates about HIV/AIDS to larger discussions about globalisation, class differentiation, inequity and uneven development in African countries. This book was originally published as a special issue of Review of African Political Economy.

Presents a practical new model for evaluating the sustainable return on investment for housing led urban regeneration projects Works towards better fulfilling United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal 11 Useful for planners, strategic managers, local authorities, housing associations, the construction industry and built environment students alike

Paris. 1888. Kaden Thorne, a young handsome thirty something, flirts himself all over the city until he meets gorgeous, blonde, bombshell Viktoria. He falls for Viktoria fast without knowing her secret. She is a vampire and her seducing ways lead Thorne to a pivotal life changing moment, when she takes him home and turns him. Thorne experiences the change in a rough way when he declares his first kill on two innocent street kids. After several decades with Viktoria; and many deathly and dark ventures, Thorne makes the choice to not be a bloodthirsty vampire but to be different, thus leading him on his escape from Viktoria. In the midst of World War II, Thorne joins the fight on the American side and meets his first ally; young and valiant soldier Kase Walker. Thorne gives Kase a choice to live or die and Kase is turned by Thorne and recruited. The two then start freelancing themselves to governments around the world as the first ever counter terrorist vampire team. 2001 leads them to a British terrorist group known as The Order, where Cutie-Pie, her sister Cupcake and other team members, fight against the powerful, supernatural duo and lose. After being spared and recruited by Thorne and Kase, the relationship between Thorne and Cutie-Pie begins to blossom. Present day. Now being hired by the US government as a covert, counter-terrorist group, they are proportioned to take down a Middle Eastern terrorist known as Titan and his dangerous syndicate of villains, who are transmitting a disease through the international medical market and running a dummy cure as a way of making money. With Thorne's team now in high demand, who knows where their next assignment will lead them.

Europe beware when a young man full of wanderlust comes under the spell of travel guru Rick Steves. Kevin Dean took Steves' budget guidebooks and independent touring philosophy to the Old Country, but not everything went as planned or promised. From "storming" an ancient castle, to being nearly given up for dead by his parents, to hopping five modes of London transport to beat a curfew, Kevin finds the hilarity in both the ridiculous and the mundane of cheap trips. His unique tales form a witty and informative travelogue as he gamely tries to follow Steves' "back door" itinerary and advice. Like his holiday hero, Kevin discovers that the thrill of Europe is in its characters, waysides, and wrong turns, as well as its famous sights. Fans of Rick Steves, armchair travelers, and those who simply love a funny story well told will all relish grabbing an imaginary rucksack and tagging along.

While believers face an onslaught of sin in modern media, in the workplace and at school, it can be difficult to live the Christian life. Surviving might be easy enough, but how do you live righteously in the middle of a world that throws sin at us from all sides? Because to be honest, sometimes it hard to have a heart that actually wants to live for God. God did not make us so we could go to church, avoid major sins and sit around doing nothing for Him. How do you live in Christ? I believe the secret is in understanding the death that leads to life. The Bible calls us to live on the cross. On that cold, inelegant, rough Roman device. There's nothing showy or beautiful about a cross - it only has one purpose: to kill people. You are called to live crucified. Being united in the death of Jesus is the only thing that will lead to life. Are you dying to live?

This ground-breaking new textbook takes a thematic approach to the history of economic thought, introducing current economic issues and examining the relevant arguments of key economists. By taking this innovative approach, the book sets these pivotal ideas in a contemporary context, helping readers to engage with the material and see the applications to today's society and economy. Based on courses developed by the authors, the text introduces a range of perspectives and encourages critical reflection upon neoclassical economics. Through exposure to a broader spectrum of sometimes conflicting propositions, readers are able to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses and relevance of different economic theories. Recharting the History of Economic Thought is an invaluable companion for those taking courses in the History of Economic Thought, the Development of Economic Ideas, Developing Economic Thinking or Economic Thought and Policy. It will also appeal to anyone looking for an introduction to pluralist approaches to economics.