Subject(s): Herbs -- Therapeutic use | Herbs -- Molecular aspects | Traditional medicine Summary: "Responding to the increased popularity of herbal medicines and other forms of complementary or alternative medicine in countries around the world, this reference reviews and evaluates various safety, toxicity, and quality-control issues relate

Subject(s): Photochemistry | Supramolecular chemistry Summary: "This is the most updated, comprehensive collection of monographs on all aspects of photochemistry and photophysics related to natural and synthetic, inorganic, organic, and biological supramolecular systems. Supramolecular Photochemistry: Controlling Photochemical Processes add

Subject(s): Lasers | Light sources | Optics Summary: "This book provides a description of modern light sources, covering their uses in a range of sciences and industries as well as the relevant scientific and engineering principles. The authors discuss incandescent and discharge sources along with more modern lasers and solid state light so

Subject(s): Movement disorders -- Etiology | Diagnosis, Differential Summary: "A large number of neurological conditions result in abnormal movements of the body; these are often characterized by changes in coordination and altered speed of voluntary movement. Many obscure diseases, conditions and environmental insults can cause movement di

Subject(s): Reproductive health services Summary: "This volume presents the highlights of current global thinking about sexual and reproductive health. Major changes have taken place in the last 15 years in the way decision-makers think about the subject and the manner in which programmes deliver comprehensive sexual and reproductive health

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