40 Years After In Vitro Fertilisation
Marking the 40th anniversary of IVF, this collection gathers its principal actors to summarize the technique’s achievements, current state, and future. It provides a passionate story of IVF’s evolution, understandable to health professionals and the lay public alike.
Transdisciplinarity and Translationality in High Dilution Research
Evidence for the biological effects of high dilutions is often ignored by the scientific community. This book provides direct access to the latest research, offering a sound, evidence-based “no” to the question: “Is homeopathy really that implausible?” An essential contribution.
University Curriculum Transformations in Context
Universities worldwide are transforming curricula for the global knowledge era. This book presents case studies of three Chilean universities enacting a ’21st-century curriculum’ promoting critical thinking, providing ‘food for thought’ for educators internationally.
This book is the first to summarise the ultrastructure of pathogenic bacteria under different conditions. Presenting results from extensive studies, it describes similar morphological changes across species, suggesting universal adaptation mechanisms to changing environments.
This book explains the shift in Turkish foreign policy from a neoclassical realist view. Analyzing Turkey’s activist grand strategy through its relations with Iran, Israel, and the EU, it makes sense of policy under JDP rule while testing the theory’s explanatory power.
Chronic pelvic pain often has an unclear cause and a major impact on quality of life. The most successful treatment is a multidisciplinary approach. This book discusses pain abnormalities, various treatments, and delves into the psychological approach to such pain.
Reflecting on Presence in Nursing
Presence is essential in nursing: connecting with another person for healing. This book explores its importance through personal accounts from research and practice, allowing readers to reflect on finding meaning, joy, and delivering care in a truly relational way.
Obesity, diabetes, and hypertension interact, ultimately leading to fatty liver disease. This book explores all aspects of the condition, from how it develops to the ideal lines of investigation and management.
This book describes 100 years of change in American medicine through the extraordinary and inspiring life of Halsted Reid Holman. A visionary leader, he challenged orthodoxy and injustice, navigating the tension between healthcare as a basic human right and as a business.
Neurometabolic disorders are treatable hereditary diseases, but early detection is essential. Delays can cause severe neurological consequences or fatal effects. This atlas is a guide for pediatric specialists to diagnose and treat them successfully.
Human beings undergo hormonal and metabolic changes throughout life that can alter health and trigger pathologies. This volume focuses on these changes, presenting the screenings best suited for each life stage and the diseases they allow for diagnosis.
The Biology of Human Behavior
Why do we behave the way we do? Beyond culture, growing evidence suggests much of our behavior has its roots in biological processes. Our conduct is often governed by biochemical agents in the brain, an expression of our ancestral past, all beyond our conscious decision-making.
This book provides focused data on the role of brain blood vessels in health and disease. It addresses their function in cerebrovascular disease, neurodegenerative disorders, and cognitive impairment, supporting the discovery of new therapeutic agents for CNS disorders.
This volume offers concise, essential, and up-to-date information on the most common liver masses and lesions. For pathologists, trainees, hepatologists, and clinicians, its checklists provide guidance on initiating the workup and generating the report.
In the high-risk world of aviation, psychology is a critical variable affecting performance, safety, and accidents. This book brings together detailed studies from the behavioural sciences to allow the reader to better understand this multifaceted relationship.
Psychotherapy in Pain Management
This timely, neuroscience-based guide presents the Clinical Biopsychological Model for treating chronic pain. It offers novel strategies for addressing negative memories, interpersonal stressors, and depression, with detailed guidance for assessment and treatment.
This book on comparative anatomy will be useful to medical and high school students. It provides a better understanding of phylogenetically determined anomalies and malformations in the development of internal organs in humans.
This book describes experiments for modifying clinically used anticoagulants. It establishes the structure of the synthesized products through X-ray analysis, identifies unexpected new structures, and highlights their usefulness through biological and pharmacological experiments.
Modern Technological Intervention Advancements for the Physically Challenged and Disabled Population
This book explores how technology can improve the quality of life for the disabled and elderly. Incorporating expertise from global professionals, it provides insights for researchers and students, highlighting key challenges for engineers, clinicians, and industry professionals.
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) delivers toxins to cancer cells for targeted chemotherapy. More importantly, AFP+toxin harnesses the patient’s immune system to attack cancer by depleting suppressor cells, activating a natural immune response with promising results in patients.