Physical Examination & Health Assessment / by Jarvis, Carolyn

Table of Contents: “…Evidence-based assessment -- Cultural competence -- The interview -- The complete health history -- Mental status assessment -- Substance use assessment -- Domestic and family violence assessments -- Assessment techniques and safety in the clinical setting -- General survey, measurement, vital signs -- Pain assessment: the fifth vital sign -- Nutritional assessment -- Skin, hair, and nails -- Head, face, and neck, including regional lymphatics -- Eyes -- Ears -- Nose, mouth, and throat -- Breasts and regional lymphatics -- Thorax and lungs -- Heart and neck vessels -- Peripheral vascular system and lymphatic system -- Abdomen -- Musculoskeletal system -- Neurologic system -- Male genitourinary system -- Anus, rectum, and prostate -- Female genitourinary system -- The complete health assessment: adult -- The complete physical assessment: infant, child, and adolescent -- Bedside assessment and electronic health recording -- The pregnant woman -- Functional assessment of the older adult.…”
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Maths, Physics and Clinical Measurement for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care /

Table of Contents: “…Data analysis and medical statistics / Andrew Biffen and David Ashton-Cleary -- Basic physics and electronics / Emma Foster and Hozefa Ebrahim -- Heat, temperature and humidity / Hozefa Ebrahim and Sean Chadwick -- Behaviour of fluids / Hozefa Ebrahim, Sunita Balla and James Rudge -- Gas measurement and supply / Jonathon Paige -- Gas concentration measurement / Catriona Frankling -- Blood gas analysis / David Connor -- Vapours and vaporizers / Ed Copley -- Ventilators and breathing systems / Dan Shuttleworth and Nick Dodds -- The environment and safety / Lauren Weekes -- Blood pressure measurement / Laura Beard and David Ashton-Cleary -- Cardiac output monitoring / Hozefa Ebrahim and Alistair Burns -- Cardiac support equipment / Katie Ramm and Laura May -- Ultrasound and doppler / David Ashton-Cleary -- Atomic structure, radiation, imaging, and lasers / David Ashton-Cleary and Jumana Hussain -- Electro-biophysiology / Vijay Venkatesh and David Ashton-Cleary.…”
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Telerehabilitation /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to Telerehabilitation -- Challenges and Trends Driving Telerehabilitation -- Telerehabilitation in the Military -- Nonverbal Communication and Telerehabilitation -- Telerehabilitation Interface Strategies for Enhancing Access to Health Services for Persons with Diverse Abilities and Preferences -- Telerehabilitation as a Means of Health-Care Delivery -- Implementation and Management of a Successful Telerehabilitation Program in Speech Language Pathology -- Speech Therapy Telepractice -- Applications in Teleaudiology -- Telehealth Opportunities in Occupational Therapy -- Tele-Ergonomics -- Electronic Record and Telerehabilitation -- Health Information Management and Rehabilitation: Moving Toward an Adequate Ethical Framework for Telerehabilitation -- Remote Accessibility Assessment System -- TeleAbilitation: GameAbilitation -- Virtual Reality Technologies and the Creative Arts in the Areas of Disability, Therapy, Health, and Rehabilitation -- Design, Construction, and Integration in Instrumented Walkways of a Portable Kit for the Assessment of Gait Parameters in Telerehabilitation -- Design and Construction of a Wearable Tool for Fall-Risk Detection in Telerehabilitation -- Professional Associations, State Licensure, and the Reimbursement of Telerehabilitation -- Making a Business Case for eHealth and Teleservices -- Speech-Language Pathology and Telerehabilitation.…”
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Thermodynamics for Engineers / by Potter, Merle C.

Table of Contents: “…Work and heat -- Introduction -- Definition of work -- Quasiequilibrium work due to a moving boundary -- Nonequilibrium work -- Other work modes -- Heat -- 4. …”
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Hanbury and Martin, modern equity / by Glister, James, Lee, James, 1983-

Table of Contents: “…Constructive Trusts -- 13. Trusts of the Family Home -- 14. Trusts, Legal Policy and Illegality -- 15. …”
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Assertive outreach : current perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…/ Andrew Molodynski and Tom Burns -- Multi-professional working in assertive outreach / Hannah Steer and Steve Onyett -- Fidelity and flexibility / Caroline Williams, Rob MacPherson, and Mike Firn -- Cognitive behaviour therapy for assertive outreach service users / Robert Griffiths, Caroline Williams, and Neil Harris -- Dual diagnosis : putting policy into practice / Rory Allott, Ian Wilson, and Mike Firn -- Use of medication in assertive outreach / Rob MacPherson and Tom Edwards -- Relatives, friends, and carers' experiences : involvement and support / Simon Wharne ... …”
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The International Handbook of School Effectiveness Research / by Teddlie, Charles

Table of Contents: “…Context issues within school effectiveness research / Charles Teddlie, Sam Stringfield, and David Reynolds -- The cutting edge issues of school effectiveness research. Some methodological issues in school effectiveness research / Eugene Kennedy and Garrett Mandeville. …”
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Engineering Circuit Analysis / by Hayt, William H. (William Hart), Jr., 1920-1999

Table of Contents: “…Mesh Analysis: A Comparison -- 4.6.Computer-Aided Circuit Analysis -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 5 Handy Circuit Analysis Techniques -- 5.1.Linearity and Superposition -- 5.2.Source Transformations -- 5.3.Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits -- 5.4.Maximum Power Transfer -- 5.5.Delta-Wye Conversion -- 5.6.Selecting an Approach: A Summary of Various Techniques -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 6 The Operational Amplifier -- 6.1.Background -- 6.2.The Ideal Op Amp: A Cordial Introduction -- 6.3.Cascaded Stages -- 6.4.Circuits for Voltage and Current Sources -- 6.5.Practical Considerations -- 6.6.Comparators and the Instrumentation Amplifier -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 7 Capacitors And Inductors -- 7.1.The Capacitor -- 7.2.The Inductor -- 7.3.Inductance and Capacitance Combinations -- 7.4.Consequences of Linearity -- 7.5.Simple Op Amp Circuits with Capacitors -- 7.6.Duality -- 7.7.Modeling Capacitors and Inductors with PSpice -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 8 Basic Rl And Rc Circuits -- 8.1.The Source-Free RL Circuit -- 8.2.Properties of the Exponential Response -- 8.3.The Source-Free RC Circuit -- 8.4.A More General Perspective -- 8.5.The Unit-Step Function -- 8.6.Driven RL Circuits -- 8.7.Natural and Forced Response -- 8.8.Driven AC Circuits -- 8.9.Predicting the Response of Sequentially Switched Circuits -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 9 The Rcl Circuit -- 9.1.The Source-Free Parallel Circuit -- 9.2.The Overdamped Parallel RLC Circuit -- 9.3.Critical Damping -- 9.4.The Underdamped Parallel RLC Circuit -- 9.5.The Source-Free Series RLC Circuit -- 9.6.The Complete Response of the RLC Circuit -- 9.7.The Lossless LC Circuit -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 10 Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis -- 10.1.Characteristics of Sinusoids -- 10.2.Forced Response to Sinusoidal Functions -- 10.3.The Complex Forcing Function -- 10.4.The Phasor -- 10.5.Impedance and Admittance -- 10.6.Nodal and Mesh Analysis -- 10.7.Superposition, Source Transformations and Thevenin's Theorem -- 10.8.Phasor Diagrams -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 11 Ac Circuit Power Analysis -- 11.1.Instantaneous Power -- 11.2.Average Power -- 11.3.Effective Values of Current and Voltage -- 11.4.Apparent Power and Power Factor -- 11.5.Complex Power -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 12 Polyphase Circuits -- 12.1.Polyphase Systems -- 12.2.Single-Phase Three-Wire Systems -- 12.3.Three-Phase Y-Y Connection -- 12.4.The Delta (A) Connection -- 12.5.Power Measurement in Three-Phase Systems -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 13 Magnetically Coupled Circuits -- 13.1.Mutual Inductance -- 13.2.Energy Considerations -- 13.3.The Linear Transformer -- 13.4.The Ideal Transformer -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 14 Complex Frequency And The Laplace Transform -- 14.1.Complex Frequency -- 14.2.The Damped Sinusoidal Forcing Function -- 14.3.Definition of the Laplace Transform -- 14.4.Laplace Transforms of Simple Time Functions -- 14.5.Inverse Transform Techniques -- 14.6.Basic Theorems for the Laplace Transform -- 14.7.The Initial-Value and Final-Value Theorems -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 15 Circuit Analysis In The s-Domain -- 15.1.Z(s) and Y(s) -- 15.2.Nodal and Mesh Analysis in the s-Domain -- 15.3.Additional Circuit Analysis Techniques -- 15.4.Poles, Zeros, and Transfer Functions -- 15.5.Convolution -- 15.6.The Complex-Frequency Plane -- 15.7.Natural Response and the s Plane -- 15.8.A Technique for Synthesizing the Voltage Ratio H(s) = V out/V in -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 16 Frequency Response -- 16.1.Parallel Resonance -- 16.2.Bandwidth and High-Q Circuits -- 16.3.Series Resonance -- 16.4.Other Resonant Forms -- 16.5.Scaling -- 16.6.Bode Diagrams -- 16.7.Basic Filter Design -- 16.8.Advanced Filter Design -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 17 Two-Port Networks -- 17.1.One-Port Networks -- 17.2.Admittance Parameters -- 17.3.Some Equivalent Networks -- 17.4.Impedance Parameters -- 17.5.Hybrid Parameters -- 17.6.Transmission Parameters -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 18 Fourier Circuit Analysis -- 18.1.Trigonometric Form of the Fourier Series -- 18.2.The Use of Symmetry -- 18.3.Complete Response to Periodic Forcing Functions -- 18.4.Complex Form of the Fourier Series -- 18.5.Definition of the Fourier Transform -- 18.6.Some Properties of the Fourier Transform -- 18.7.Fourier Transform Pairs for Some Simple Time Functions -- 18.8.The Fourier Transform of a General Periodic Time Function -- 18.9.The System Function and Response in the Frequency Domain -- 18.10.The Physical Significance of the System Function -- Summary And Review -- Reading 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International Entrepreneurship : starting, developing, and managing a global venture / by Hisrich, Robert D.

Table of Contents: “…Importance of international entrepreneurship -- Globalization and the international environment -- Cultures and international entrepreneurship -- Developing the global business plan -- Selecting international business opportunities -- International legal concerns -- Alternative entry strategies -- The global monetary system -- Global marketing and R&D -- Global human resource management -- Implementing and managing a global entrepreneurial strategy -- Cases : -- Beijing Sammies -- Federal Express -- Fitz-Ritter Wine Estate : 225 years of tradition and entrepreneurship -- Intelligent Leisure Solutions -- Logisys : a small company with international potential -- Mayu LLC -- Motrada Ltd -- Parsek LLC -- Sedo.com -- Trimo -- UniMed and EduMed.…”
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E-books in Libraries : a practical guide /

Table of Contents: “…Overview ; E-books for public libraries / Martin Palmer ; E-books for further education / Karen Foster and Emma Ransley ; E-books for higher education / Jim Dooley -- pt. 3. …”
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The Routledge handbook of stylistics /

Table of Contents: “…Rhetoric and poetics: the classical heritage of stylistics / Michael Burke -- Formalist stylistics / Michael Burke and Kristy Evers -- Functionalist stylistics / Patricia Canning -- Reader response criticism and stylistics / Jennifer Riddle Harding -- The linguistic levels of foregrounding in stylistics / Christiana Gregoriou -- (New) historical stylistics / Beatrix Busse -- Stylistics, speech acts and im/politeness theory / Derek Bousfield -- Stylistics, conversation analysis and the cooperative principle / Marina Lambrou -- Stylistics and relevance theory / Billy Clark -- Stylistics, point of view and modality / Clara Neary -- Stylistics and narratology / Dan Shen -- Metaphor and stylistics / Szilvia Csábi -- Speech and thought presentation in stylistics / Joe Bray -- Pedagogical stylistics / Geoff Hall -- Stylistics, drama and performance / Andrea Macrae -- Schema theory in stylistics / Catherine Emmott, Marc Alexander, and Agnes Marszalek -- Stylistics and text world theory / Ernestine Lahey -- Stylistics and blending / Barbara Dancygier -- Cognitive poetics / Margaret H. …”
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Healthcare and the Effect of Technology : developments, challenges and advancements / by Kabene, Stefane M

Table of Contents: “…Krieger -- Integrating supports for ubiquitous eldercare / Dario Bottazzi, Rebecca Montanari, Tarik Taleb -- Implications of Web 2.0 technology on healthcare : a biomedical semantic blog case study / Jinan Fiaidhi, Sabah Mohammed, Yuan Wei -- Technology transforming healthcare : tipping points, strange attractors, and a singularity / Emmett Davis.…”
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Apps, technology and younger learners : international evidence for teaching /

Table of Contents: “….] -- Learning from apps in the home: parents and play / Jenny Radesky & Barry Zuckerman -- First principles of teaching reading with e-books in the primary grades / Kathleeen Roskos -- Reading between the lines : market scan and analysis of language and literacy-focused children's apps / Sarah E. …”
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Apps, technology and younger learners : international evidence for teaching /

Table of Contents: “….] -- Learning from apps in the home: parents and play / Jenny Radesky & Barry Zuckerman -- First principles of teaching reading with e-books in the primary grades / Kathleeen Roskos -- Reading between the lines : market scan and analysis of language and literacy-focused children's apps / Sarah E. …”
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The Oxford handbook of language and law /

Table of Contents: “…Courtroom discourse -- Discourse in the US courtroom / Gail Stygall -- Courtroom discourse in Japan's new judicial order / Mami Hiraike Okawara -- Courtroom discourse in China / Meizhen Liao -- The language of criminal trials in an inquisitorial system : the case of the Netherlands / Martha L. …”
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