Aids to Clinical Examination, second edition

Preface to Second Edition

Clinical governance in primary care. Second edition

Stem cells are characterized by two defining features, the ability to self-renew and to differentiate into highly specialized cell types. The POU homeodomain transcription factor Oct4 (Pou5f1) is an essential mediator of the embryonic stem cell state and has been implicated in lineage specific differentiation, adult stem cell identity, and cancer. Recent description of the regulatory networks w...

Fundamentals of Clinical Nutrition, Second Edition

39 child. In another chapter, Bondeson describes how the temperate movement espoused the belief of spontaneous combustion and alcohol to scare drinkers and relied on scientific articles supporting those claims. Bondeson's discussion of these curiousities also reflects upon the interpretations of human life and the phenomena of nature. In the later chapter devoted to the specimens of the Hunteri...

Introduction to Algorithms, Second Edition

problemsTo understand the class of polynomial-time solvable problems, we must first have a formalnotion of what a "problem" is. We define an abstract problem Q to be a binary relation on aset I of problem instances and a set S of problem solutions. For example, an instance forSHORTEST-PATH is a triple consisting of a graph and two vertices. A solution is a sequenceof vertice...

Introduction to telemedicine. Second edition

This book provides an introduction to telemedicine, a phenomenon defined by the authors as ‘‘rapid access to shared and remote medical expertise by ICT (Information Communication Technology), no matter where the patient or relevant information is located’’. The authors regard telemedicine as a part of health telematics—their definition coming from the European project AIM (Advanced Informatics ...