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The organization of goal-directed movements is a process central to the relationship between brain and behavior. In The Neural and Behavioral Organization of GoalDirected Movements, the author describes the cooperation between the neurological and musculoskeletal systems which produces mechanical movement. By nature, the subject is an interesting mixture of basic neurophysiology and abstract ps...

This chapter first provides an introduction to the physical communication links that constitute the building blocks of data networks. The major focus of the chapter is then data link control (i.e., the point-to-point protocols needed to control the passage of data over a communication link). Finally, a number of point-to-point protocols at the network, transport, and physical layers are discuss...

The use of vitamin D has never been approached in the same way that we would expect to see for any modern drug. Unlike other nutrients, we have never had dietary intakes of vitamin D as a reasonable reference point for deciding on how much of this nutrient/drug that people should be consuming. The ambiguity between “nutrient” and “drug” is reasonable when it comes to vitamin D, because there we...

M Biofilms provides an overview of the formation, structure/architecture, cell-to-cell interactions, and dispersal of fungal and bacterial biofilms. The target audience is biofilm researchers, but this second edition of the book should also be useful for healthcare practitioners seeking a better understanding of microbial biofilms in healthcare delivery. The number of published papers pertainin...

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disciplines of the physical sciences, and the precision of the law to the practice of clinical medicine and the interpretation of clinical evidence. His purpose is to cultivate "common sense" so students of medicine can develop appropriate "rules of evidence" for clinical problems. Although the book is ostensibly written for medical students, and first year students at that, the lessons taught ...

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