A concise, yet complete overview of thoracic imaging, diagnostic techniques, differential diagnosis and disease involving the thorax, treatment plans, and treatment strategies. The book first provides a review of thoracic anatomy, cardiopulmonary physiology, and an overview of the various diagnostic imaging techniques (radiography, CT, MRI) including provides imaging strategies for evaluating specific symptoms and disease entitites as well as a large section on differential diagnosis based on specific radiographic findings. It goes on to provide a comprehensive overview on specific thoracic diseases broken down by organ system, including etiology, diagnosis, management, treatment, and prognosis. There are also chapters covering interventional techniques, thoracic surgical procedures, and post-surgical management.

Thoracic Imaging: A Practical Approach

Medical Books

Slone,Richard

Guitierrez,Fernando

Fisher,Andrew

Medicine

McGraw-Hill Professional

How to focus anti-hunger efforts not on charity but on the root causes of food insecurity, improving public health, and reducing income inequality.
Food banks and food pantries have proliferated in response to an economic emergency. The loss of manufacturing jobs combined with the recession of the early 1980s and Reagan administration cutbacks in federal programs led to an explosion in the growth of food charity. This was meant to be a stopgap measure, but the jobs never came back, and the “emergency food system” became an industry. In Big Hunger, Andrew Fisher takes a critical look at the business of hunger and offers a new vision for the anti-hunger movement.
From one perspective, anti-hunger leaders have been extraordinarily effective. Food charity is embedded in American civil society, and federal food programs have remained intact while other anti-poverty programs have been eliminated or slashed. But anti-hunger advocates are missing an essential element of the problem: economic inequality driven by low wages. Reliant on corporate donations of food and money, anti-hunger organizations have failed to hold business accountable for offshoring jobs, cutting benefits, exploiting workers and rural communities, and resisting wage increases. They have become part of a “hunger industrial complex” that seems as self-perpetuating as the more famous military-industrial complex.
Fisher lays out a vision that encompasses a broader definition of hunger characterized by a focus on public health, economic justice, and economic democracy. He points to the work of numerous grassroots organizations that are leading the way in these fields as models for the rest of the anti-hunger sector. It is only through approaches like these that we can hope to end hunger, not just manage it.

Big Hunger: The Unholy Alliance Between Corporate America and Anti-Hunger Groups (Food, Health, and the Environment)

Business & Money

Economics

Mit Pr

Big Hunger: The Unholy Alliance between Corporate America and Anti-Hunger Groups (Food, Health, and the Environment)

The MIT Press

Great Scrabble players are made, not born. First introduced in 1930, Scrabble has become a classic pastime because it simultaneously educates, challenges and entertains, but to get the most out of the game, top players employ a variety of winning strategies, and these are the very best. You'll find the techniques used by champion players to build their vocabularies, tips for the early, middle and endgame, and ways to improve your mental approach. Also included is a list of resources of interest to any Scrabble player, including websites, clubs and leagues, special Scrabble products, and mailing lists. An annotated, move-by-move analysis of the 1999 Championship match final game, which brilliantly illustrates the very techniques described, has also been added. Whether you play Scrabble with friends and family or want to join a competitive club, these strategies will help you increase your scores and enhance your enjoyment of this wonderful game.

HOW TO WIN AT SCRABBLE

Humor & Entertainment

Webb, David

Puzzles & Games

Batsford

Dufour Editions will now be distributing this Scottish publisher's fine list of books as part of Birlinn Limited, another Scottish press. John Donald publishes primarily Scottish history, biography, and folklore.
A vivid, concise, and complete account of the life of the great Scottish hero.

William Wallace

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

John Donald

By no means prepared by birth, education or training for leadership, Wallace nevertheless rose to prominence during the Wars of Independence, leading forces which broke the sequence of English victories and re-energising and inspiring his countrymen in the process. While others, ostensibly his betters, yielded and collaborated, Wallace set an example of constancy and perseverance and became the Guardian of Scotland. Even his terrible death in London in 1305 can be seen as a victory as it provided inspiration for the continuance of the struggle against English domination. Despite Wallace's almost mythical status—boosted in no small part by the film Braveheart—present-day perceptions of him are not always based on the objective analysis of the historical facts. In this revised and expanded biography, Andrew Fisher investigates all the aspects of Wallace's life and character, treating him as a man of his time. The result is a more authentic picture of the greatest of Scotland's heroes than has been previously available.

Birlinn Ltd.

Handbook for family planning operations research design

Population Council

A Traveller's History of Scotland

History

Europe

Cassell Reference

Get a Jump Start on Responsive Web Design today! Responsive Web Design is redefining the way websites are designed, enabling you to craft websites that deliver exceptional experiences to your users - whether they happen to be using a desktop PC, tablet or mobile device. In just one weekend with this SitePoint book, you'll learn how to: <ul>
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Computers & Technology

Sharkie, Craig

Web Development & Design

SitePoint

Ethics for A-Level

Politics & Social Sciences

Dimmock, Mark

Philosophy

Saint Philip Street Press

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