Practical gastroenterology offers brief but expert coverage of gastrointestinal, biliary, hepatic, and pancreatic diseases. The chapters stated by nationally recognized lecturers and field authorities selected for their vast clinical and teaching experience. With its consistent formatting chapter by chapter, this text makes it simple to locate the practical information you need on diagnosis, te...

advantage of the unique capabilities of the computer to teach. The self-test segment of the program is simply a memory game, which does not focus on clinically relevant anatomy or provide a framework on how to think radiologically. In summary, while The Imaging Atlas functions appropriately, it offers few advantages over a radiographic atlas in book form. A firm grasp of statistical distributio...

2.1 Use of magnetic tape Magnetic recording was first introduced in 1898, with the invention of the magnetic recording device by Valdemar Poulsen, a Danish scientist working on audio recording. Later, magnetic recording technology expanded from sound recording to the fields of image and information recording, with the rapid advancement of television, computers, and similar technology.

The nature of a scholarly edition, as of any bibliographical tool, is determined by the historical, technical, social and rhetorical dimensions of the genre. This situatedness puts constrains of the force of scholarly editions: what they can and what they can not do. Claims have been made for the potent reproductive force of scholarly editions, as well as for the making of massive digital facsi...

Background/Aim: The grandmultiparae have basically been regarded as high risk obstetric patients. This study was undertaken to estimate the prevalence in this area as well as evaluate the problems, associated factors and ways of reducing the burden. Methodology: This was a retrospective study of the problems of grandmultiparity (five or more previous viable babies) at Amaku General Hospital, Aw...

The basal ganglia are large subcortical structures comprising several interconnected nuclei in the forebrain, midbrain, and diencephalon (Fig. 31.1). Because of certain features, it is generally agreed that basal ganglia participate in the control of movement. The largest portion of basal ganglia inputs and outputs are connected with motor areas. Second, the discharge of many basal ganglia neur...

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