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This book explains why non-technical skills are vital for safe and effective performance in the operating theatre. It provides a full account, with supporting empirical evidence, of the Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) system and behavioural rating framework, which helps identify the key elements involved in successful operative surgery. The system can be used for training, assessment, self-reflection and event analysis. Because it encourages surgeons to reflect on their own performance and behaviour, the book is suitable for surgeons in all specialties and at all levels.

Genetically modified foods generally refer to crop plants created for human or animal consumption using molecular biology techniques. This book covers various aspects of GM foods including the basics and principles of how the production of GM foods developed through time and how it relates to other types of biotechnology; the applications of these principles at the lab and field levels, GM foods in the marketplace; the ongoing debate on GM foods production and consumption, consumer issues and trends, labeling and legal aspects of GM foods.

This book aids in identifying when to apply adaptive randomization designs in practice. Featuring contributions from statisticians, clinical trialists, and subject-matter experts in academia and industry, the text discusses restricted, covariate-adaptive, response-adaptive, and covariate-adjusted response-adaptive randomization designs, as well as randomized designs with treatment selection. It describes a successful implementation of a single pivotal phase II/III adaptive trial in infants with proliferating hemangioma, addresses practical aspects of phase II dose-ranging studies, and examines statistical monitoring and interim analysis issues in response-adaptive randomized clinical trials.

Requiring no background in quantum physics, this text guides beginners in understanding the current state of research in the novel, interdisciplinary area of quantum information. Suitable for undergraduate and beginning graduate students in physics, mathematics, or engineering, the book goes deep into issues of quantum theory without raising the technical level too much. It describes basic algorithms used in quantum computation and addresses key elements of quantum information. Examples, exercises, problems, and references encourage hands-on practice and further exploration.

Nutritional management is an integral part of the management for virtually all gastrointestinal diseases. Nutritional Care of the Patient with Gastrointestinal Disease fills a current void in nutritional education by providing a reference for diagnosing and managing common nutritional issues related to gastrointestinal disease. Its separation into focused chapters allows it to be read cover to cover or in selections, making it useful on a need-to-know basis or for more diligent study.

A complete practical guide for the development and management of occupational safety and health programs in any industry setting, this book includes examples and tools to facilitate development and implementation of a safety and health management approach. This is how to book not just an information providing text. It shows readers how to write a program, how to identify hazards, how to involve workers and attain their cooperation. It expounds on the need to place a particular emphasis on better and more effective communication regarding safety and health.

Being and Knowing, rooted in the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, rests on two basic assertions: first, metaphysics is the science of being in its first and ultimate act, existence; second, that existence is known not through observing objects, but in affirming through judgments that these objects are subjects of existence

Advanced industrial societies are becoming aware of the impact of what they do to the physical and biological environment, and also what that environment does to individuals

A versatile resource that focuses on assisting students through the use of case studies. Through these 34 cases, students learn about the many possible choices in the clinical decision-making process, and how these different choices can lead to many equally successful outcomes.

Friedrich Engels' first major work, The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844, has long been considered a social, political, and economic classic. In this book, Steven Marcus, author of the acclaimed The Other Victorians, applies himself to the study of Engels' book and the conditions that combined to produce it.

This book presents a variety of solution techniques for optimization problems, emphasizing concepts rather than rigorous mathematical details and proofs. It explains how to solve complex optimization problems using gradient-based and stochastic methods. It also describes different architectures to handle multidisciplinary design optimization problems. The author uses MATLAB(R) to solve many practical problems and links the software code to the corresponding algorithms in a user-friendly way. The codes are available on the book's CRC Press web page.

This book focuses on human anatomy and medicine and specifically on both muscular and skeletal birth defects in humans with trisomy. Moreover, this book also deals with Down syndrome, which is one of the most studied human syndromes and, due to its high incidence and the fact that individuals with this syndrome often live until adulthood, is of special interest to the scientific and medical community.This new line of inquiry is addressed to a wide audience, including medical researchers, physicians, surgeons, medical and dental students, pathologists, and pediatricians, among others, while also being of interest to developmental and evolutionary biologists, anatomists, functional morphologists, and zoologists.

If IT companies seek to differentiate themselves from the competition, they must turn to consultative selling. Consultative selling is analyzing the needs and challenges of your customers and selling unique services that enable your customers to reduce costs, increase profits, and improve overall business performance. The Art of Consultative Selling in IT provides a practical framework for becoming a successful consultative seller and shows how to use the blue ocean strategy to identify opportunities in areas where there is no competition.

This book explains the key concepts and terms of power electronics, exploring applications including renewable energy production, fuel cells, and electric drives. It describes the power assemblies, control, and passive components of semiconductor power switches. It covers the control of power electronic devices, from mathematical modeling to analysis of electrical processes. It addresses pulse-width modulation, power quality control, and multilevel, modular, and multicell power converter topologies. It also discusses line-commutated and resonant converters, as well as inverters and AC converters based on completely controllable switches.

This book is designed as a reference point for experienced engineers and scientists on the topic of heat transfer in nanofluids. It explores the heat transfer capabilities of this new category of fluids. It introduces innovative methodologies of analysis, such as entropy generation, and discusses the coupling of nanofluids with other heat transfer enhancement methodologies. In addition, it emphasizes the specific insights of current applications, such as coupling between nanofluids and porous media and use of second law-analysis of heat transfer problems in nanofluids.

Although many archaeologists have a good understanding of the basics in computer science, statistics, geostatistics, modeling, and data mining, more literature is needed about the advanced analysis in these areas. This book aids archaeologists in learning more advanced tools and methods while also helping mathematicians, statisticians, and computer scientists with no previous knowledge of the field realize the potential of the methods in archaeological experiments.

Tthe book evokes interest in the development of an integrated approach towards forest ecosystems and natural resources in the context of sustainability.

While formal training and communication are a foundational approach to developing employees in the workplace, alternate reality games (ARGs) provide a framework for increased and sustained engagement within business organizations. ARGs are transmedia experiences designed to generate engagement and immersive learning beyond what is achieved in formal and conventional training and communication approaches.Alternate Reality Games: Gamification for Performance leads you through the fundamentals of ARGs. It includes a discussion of what is and is not an ARG, citing examples and identifying business challenges that can be addressed through ARGs. It presents case studies that illustrate the variety of forms that ARGs take and the issues to which they can be applied, such as improving performance and critical communication situations. It also gives guidelines for creating your own ARGs, reviewing the process and technological tools and considerations relevant to their creation.Presenting a thorough examination of the beneficial roles ARGs can play in the business environment as well as methods for creating effective ARGs, Alternate Reality Games: Gamification for Performance is an ideal reference for those approaching or considering ARGs for the first time as well as the training professional or professional game designer. It presents a comprehensive overview of the advantages of applying ARGs to the workplace as well as methods for designing and using them.

This invaluable resource helps nurses to work effectively in partnership with patients and their carers. It offers insights into the fundamental principles of caring for families and carers irrespective of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality or religion. It provides practical perspectives for nursing and is a unique resource to inform nursing practice and learning at all levels. Topics covered include the stress process, stressors and how they relate to caregiving, as well as actions and resources to help alter stressful situations. Interventions discussed include training and education programs, problem-solving skills, information technology¿based support and formal approaches to planning care that take into account the specific needs of carers.

This new edition continues the unique approach of examining the roles of fungi from the perspective of ecosystem functions. It explores how fungi have adapted to survive within particular constraints, how they help to maintain homeostasis in ecosystems, how they facilitate resistance to perturbations, and how they influence the communities of other organisms. It contains substantial expansions to previous material, including discussions of new molecular techniques of metagenomics, transcriptomics and proteomics in understanding fungal functions and a new section on fungi in the built environment.

This book provides an introduction to functional analysis for non-experts in mathematics. As such, it is distinct from most other books on the subject that are intended for mathematicians. Concepts are explained concisely with visual materials, making it accessible for those unfamiliar with graduate-level mathematics. Topics include topology, vector spaces, tensor spaces, Lebesgue integrals, and operators, to name a few. Each chapter explains, concisely, the purpose of the specific topic and the benefit of understanding it. Researchers and graduate students in physics, mechanical engineering, and information science will benefit from this view of functional analysis.

This book defines the context of foodborne disease across a range of food sectors. It provides insight into the causes and management of outbreaks along with practical lessons about foodborne disease prevention strategies relevant to stakeholders throughout the food supply chain. Individual chapters capture the epidemiological and traceback investigations of foodborne disease outbreaks from various food sectors¿crops, meat, seafood, and wild game. Under each food category, case studies of real outbreaks are presented, along with lessons learned.

This book provides an evidence-based discussion of the impacts of food insecurity on public health as well as interventions to mitigate these issues. In addition, it reviews the conceptual framework behind interactions of food insecurity and health. Chapters cover food security and food sovereignty, measuring food security, food insecurity as it relates to health and nutrition, and gender issues.

Suitable for researchers and graduate students in fluid dynamics, astrophysics, and other areas of physics, this book clearly elucidates the dynamics and behavior of waves and oscillations in various mediums. It presents different types of waves and oscillations that can be observed and studied from macroscopic to microscopic scales. The authors describe applications in astrophysics, include simple exercises to give readers a hands-on grasp of the basics, and provide a large list of bibliographic sources that enable readers to research more technical aspects.

Metal ions in metalloproteins are critical to the protein's function, structure, and stability. This book examines research on metalloproteins and the interplay between theory and experiment, detailing the role of theoretical modeling in the field and explaining how it aids experiments.

This second edition of a bestseller is a practical guide to the production of castable polyurethane articles. The book shows the progression from raw materials to prepolymer production, including the chemistry and functionality of the processes. It provides a comprehensive look at various problem-solving and processing techniques, examining the selection of different systems on both the micro and macro levels. Reorganized for better flow, this edition describes new processing methods, expands coverage of health and safety aspects, and brings all standards up to date.

This book supplies readers with a practical way to learn how to use Blender¿s tools in the most common scenarios in video/film production, including setting up cameras on a stage, lighting, and other production processes using Blender. The book not only explains how to use the most common tools used in the film and video industry, such as tracking, rendering, and compositing, but also explains how to deal with software limitations and how to sort out common problems.

This handbook covers all aspects of sustainable apparel production including the raw materials employed, sustainable manufacturing processes, and environmental as well as social assessments of apparel production. The book discusses the development of sustainable indices plus social and environmental audits which gaining popularity in the apparel industry.

The supplement market continues to grow annually with more than half of the population using these products for reasons spanning from health maintenance to disease prevention and/or treatment. This book presents clear and concise evidence on how dietary supplements contribute to maintaining optimal nutrition in humans. It provides information on personalized nutrition; nutrient gaps; benefits of multivitamins; and dietary effects of various sources including vitamins, enzymes, bioactives, flavonoids, and probiotics. Each chapter features practical, clinical guidelines on recommendations of supplements as well as when to discourage use of supplements.

Focusing on the key challenges that still impede the realization of the billion-ton renewable fuels and energy products vision, this book provides comprehensive information on sustainable production of biomass feedstock, supply chain management of feedstocks to the biorefinery site, advanced conversion processes, and catalysts/biocatalysts for production of fuels and chemicals using conventional and integrated technologies. It also presents detailed coverage of downstream/recovery operations, for a refinery processing lignocellulosic and algal biomass resources.