Subject(s): Wounds and injuries -- Treatment Summary: "Treatment of traumatic injuries is increasing in importance for physical therapists active in hospitals and private practice. In addition to the bone, joint, and soft tissue injuries incurred in sports, physical therapists are seeing more and more traumas associated with aging and with

Subject(s): Crime and globalization Summary: Globalization & Crime brings together the closely related subjects of criminology and global sociology. Ideal for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students, it examines established topics such as human trafficking and smuggling, migration and organized crime. It also delves into new ter

Subject(s): Nursing -- Research | Evidence-based nursing Review: "Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice: Ten Steps to Success offers a unique approach to learning about nursing research, particularly evidence-based nursing practice. It is ideal for nursing students and practicing nurses who need to understand the language and signifi

Subject(s): Bioinformatics -- Mathematics | Drug development | Cluster analysis | Computational biology Summary: "This book presents an introduction to cluster analysis and algorithms in the context of drug discovery clustering applications. It provides the key to understanding applications in clustering large combinatorial libraries (in th

Subject(s): Clinical trials -- Statistical methods | R (Computer program language) Summary: "With examples based on the authors' 30 years of real-world experience in many areas of clinical drug development, this book provides a thorough presentation of clinical trial methodology. It presents detailed step-by-step illustrations on the im

Subject(s): Sleep disorders Summary: "The first comprehensive book on the subject, The Genetic Basis of Sleep and Sleep Disorders covers detailed reviews of the general principles of genetics and genetic techniques in the study of sleep and sleep disorders. The book contains sections on the genetics of circadian rhythms, of normal sleep and

Subject(s): Host-parasite relationships | Communicable diseases | Evolution (Biology) Summary: Findings from the field of evolutionary biology are yielding dramatic insights for health scientists, especially those involved in the fight against infectious diseases. This book is the first in-depth presentation of these insights. In detailing why

Subject(s): Solvent extraction Summary: The main challenge in modern solvent extraction separation is that most techniques are mainly empirical, specific and particular for narrow fields of practice and require a large degree of experimentation. This concise and modern book provides a complete overview of both solvent extraction separation tech

Subject(s): Movement disorders -- Case studies Summary: "Visual observation of patients is crucial in the diagnosis of movement disorders. Such observation can be subject to many pitfalls. The powerful lessons in this case-based book will help the reader appreciate diagnoses missed or wrongly attributed, movements difficult to characterize,

Subject(s): Electrocardiography Summary: This all-encompassing, four-color text, updated to the new Second Edition, is designed to make you a fully advanced interpreter of ECGs. Whether you are paramedic, nurse, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, medical student, or physician wanting to learn or brush up on your knowledge of electrocardio