Subject(s): Arthroplasty Summary: "Operative Techniques in Adult Reconstruction Surgery contains the chapters on adult reconstruction from Sam W. Wiesel's Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery and provides full-color, step-by-step explanations of all operative procedures. Written by experts from leading institutions around the wor

Subject(s): Cellular signal transduction | Cell interaction Summary: "Cell signaling, which is also often referred to as signal transduction or, in more specialized cases, transmembrane signaling, is the process by which cells communicate with their environment and respond temporally to external cues that they sense there. All cells have th

Subject(s): Polymers in medicine | Biodegradable plastics Summary: "This book focuses on biodegradable polymers that are already in clinical use or under clinical development. Synthetic and natural polymers will be included. This excludes polymers that have been investigated and did not reach clinical development. The purpose of this book

Subject(s): Massage for infants | Massage | Infants Summary: The power of touch is real and has been scientifically shown to have remarkable effects. For children, it encourages relaxation; improves sleep patterns; reduces discomfort from teething, colic, and gas; strengthens digestive and circulatory systems; and does so much more. For parents

Subject(s): Readers (Elementary) | Readers (Secondary) | Reading comprehension -- Problems, exercises, etc | English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers | Orphans -- Juvenile fiction -- England Yorkshire | Gardens -- Juvenile fiction -- England Yorkshire | People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction -- England Yorkshire | Gardening -- Juven

Subject(s): Families -- Juvenile fiction | Survival -- Juvenile fiction | Shipwrecks -- Juvenile fiction | Islands -- Juvenile fiction Summary: "The Robinson family do not die at sea; they find their way to a small island. But what can they do now? Where will they live? What will they eat? Luckily, the father and their mother have useful sk

Subject(s): Nursing | Nursing -- Practice Summary: To successfully complete the transition from being a final year pre-reg nursing student to becoming a qualified staff nurse, students need to understand and practice the responsibilities and roles of the registered nurse. This book outlines the principles of professional practice and the skills

Subject(s): Boron | Boron -- Biotechnology | Boron compounds | Boron-neutron capture therapy | Boron -- Isotopes Therapeutic use Summary: "Boron has made a significant impact in our lives through its quiet use in fertilizers, fungicides, soaps, detergents, and heat-resistant glassware. Boron Science: New Technologies and Applications addres

Subject(s): Anesthesia -- Complications | Anesthetics -- Side effects Summary: "Anaesthetic and Perioperative Complications dissects the nature of complications and helps anaesthetists and anaesthetic practitioners understand, avoid and manage them efficiently. Leading experts combine the detailed clinical management of common and important

Subject(s): Phase transformations (Statistical physics) | Quantum theory Summary: "Describing the physical properties of quantum materials near critical points with long-range many-body quantum entanglement, this book introduces readers to the basic theory of quantum phases, their phase transitions and their observable properties. This seco