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This volume focuses on latest research in therapeutic devices for cardiovascular, i.e. vascular and valvular and cardiac diseases. In the area of vascular therapies, aspects covered relate to latest research in small-diameter tissue-regenerative vascular grafts, one of the greatest persisting challenges in cardiovascular therapies, stent grafts and endovascular stents for percutaneous arterial interventions. Contributions on valvular therapies focus on tissue engineered and tissue regenerative prosthetic heart valves and valvular prostheses for trans-apical implantation including the challenges posed on the prosthesis design. The section on cardiac diseases aims at covering therapeutic advances for myocardial infarction and prevention of heart failure and on in vivo biomechanics of implantable cardiac pacemaker devices. A further section complements these three areas by presenting constitutive modelling of soft biological tissues of the cardiovascular system, an area imperative for advanced numerical and computational modelling in the development and optimisation of cardiovascular devices and therapies.

This volume focuses on latest research in therapeutic devices for cardiovascular, i.e. vascular and valvular and cardiac diseases. In the area of vascular therapies, aspects covered relate to latest research in small-diameter tissue-regenerative vascular grafts, one of the greatest persisting challenges in cardiovascular therapies, stent grafts and endovascular stents for percutaneous arterial interventions. Contributions on valvular therapies focus on tissue engineered and tissue regenerative prosthetic heart valves and valvular prostheses for trans-apical implantation including the challenges posed on the prosthesis design. The section on cardiac diseases aims at covering therapeutic advances for myocardial infarction and prevention of heart failure and on in vivo biomechanics of implantable cardiac pacemaker devices. A further section complements these three areas by presenting constitutive modelling of soft biological tissues of the cardiovascular system, an area imperative for advanced numerical and computational modelling in the development and optimisation of cardiovascular devices and therapies.

"Beautiful As A Butterfly," 40 page hardcover, colorful, educational, motivational, character building, and hilarious African-American children's book for second to fifth graders and children with some disabilities. This children s book is personalized, easy reading, excellent for storytelling, and engages the child's participation throughout the story. They will learn about: butterflies in the day to day life of a boy named DJ and his best friend Bobby; responsibility and decision making; their beauty and uniqueness in comparison to a butterfly; the significance of parental/caregivers role; and the meaning of flying higher and higher to become the best that they can be. Arnetha A. Thomas, the author is a retired Master's level Social Worker of Miami Dade County. She is currently the founder/CEO of Solid Rock Enterprise, Inc. a community and school based organization that specializes in conflict resolution and reconciliation. She's a National Restorative Justice Trainer, Kingian Nonviolence Trainer, Peer Mediation Trainer, and Family Mediator; in addition to a license and ordained minister.

Discover the power of essential oils to enhance holistic health and wellbeing. Aroma has a potent, positive influence on the brain, promoting physical and mental healing. Neal's Yard Remedies: Essential Oils is a unique, stunningly illustrated guide to the properties and uses of 86 essential oils from basil to ylang-ylang. Try 30 home remedies and essential oil recipes, learn how to apply them safely, and create essential oil combinations to treat common ailments. Plus, make feel-good, fragrant products for the body and home using techniques such as blending, aromatherapy massage, and steam inhalation, alongside natural beauty treatments. Written by the experts, Neal's Yard Remedies: Essential Oils will bring the rejuvenating benefits of aromatherapy into your life.

Social scientists have long recognized many apparent contradictions in the Minangkabau. The world's largest matrilineal people, they are also strongly Islamic and, as a society, remarkably modern and outward looking.
Focusing on Minangkabau proper, and treating several adjacent areas as well, this collection examines the resilience and adaptability of the Minangkabau in the face of outside political and economic pressures and of distortions in social science and legal theory. Individual studies address issues of kinship and other forms of social organization, ideology, and political and economic life. Together, they emphasize the integrity of Minangkabau social forms while revealing fascinating patterns of continuity and change in Minangkabau culture.
This collection will be of particular interest to anthropologists specializing in Southeast Asia, but it will also be important reading for those concerned with the issue of change and continuity in the third world generally.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Historia Politica De Los Establecimientos Ultramarinos De Las Naciones Europeas, Volume 2; Historia Politica De Los Establecimientos Ultramarinos De Las Naciones Europeas; Pedro Jimenez De Gongara Y Lujan Almodoyar Del Rio (duque De) Raynal (Guillaume-Thomas-Francois, abbe) Pedro Jimenez de Gongara y Lujan Almodoyar del Rio (duque de) A. de Sancha, 1785 History; Europe; Russia & the Former Soviet Union; America; Asia; China; Colonization; Commerce; East Indies; Europe; France; Great Britain; History / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union; India; Netherlands; Orient; Portugal; Russia; Spain

Der Autor belegt mit vielen stichhaltigen Indizien aus der Geod sie, Kartographie, Radiometrie, Geologie, Hydrologie, Numismatik, Epigraphik, -konomie, Bau-, Technik-, Literatur- und Kunstgeschichte, da unser Wissen zur Geschichte vor 1500 nahezu v llig falsch ist. Die materiellen Fakten widersprechen den Angaben und Behauptungen der schriftlichen berlieferungen vor 1500. Daher kann es nie ein "r misches Reich" gegeben haben. Schritt f r Schritt wird wissenschaftlich begr ndet: Anfang des 16. Jahrhunderts unserer Zeitrechnung ereignete sich der bislang letzte gro e Kataklysmus (Sintflut, gro e berschwemmung). Ein Meteoriteneinschlag, vermutlich im Mittelmeer, und ein tagelanger Wolkenbruch lie en alle europ ischen St dte an Fl ssen und die K stenst dte des Mittelmeers unter einer Schlammflut begraben. Dies zerst rte auch eine bisher weitgehend egalit re, hochproduktive Gesellschaft ohne Grundbesitz, sie deformierte nun zu einer kriegerischen Feudalgesellschaft. Damit begann der gr te Raubzug aller Zeiten: ein neuer Adel (Ritter) besetzte freies Land, die Kaufleute forderten Zinsen und der neue Klerus Land und Abgaben. Unsere allgemeine Amnesie ber die kollektiven Traumata wurde nach einer systematischen B chervernichtung durch eine frei erfundene, blutr nstige Kriegs- und Feudalgeschichte herbeigeschrieben. Der zweite Teil untersucht in historischer, theoretischer und ethischer Hinsicht die Funktion der Zinsen, eine Folge der Zeitenwende der sogenannten Renaissance . Der Autor zieht aus seinen Analysen einen radikalen Schlu: entweder wir schaffen ersatzlos die Zinsen ab oder unsere Kultur geht in nur wenigen Jahren zugrunde.